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VOLUME 50 CAMDEN, SOUTH , CAROLINA* WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1934 NO. 44 Club Women Held Successful Camp Seventy five Club women represent ing fourteen of the sixteen clubs at tended the two day encampment held last week at the 4-H Club Camp at Lake Shamokin. Rest; recreation and music were the chief features of this Camp. Mrs -A A. West, President of the Midway Club, conducted tho devotion al iCt the first Assembly. Various members of this club had pari on the program. During the handwork period Miss Mary Hayes, assisted by Miss Har riette Layton, Assistant State Agent * from Winthrop College, gave a de monstration on making collars from s:c!:3. Each club member made an attractive collar and cut many collar patterns for future use. Miss Hayes also had a very attractive exhibit of Collar and cuff aets which proved most helpful to the Club members. Music and games had a prominent . palce on the program. Mrs. S. C. Zemp assisted (by Miss Virginia De Loacho and Miss Layton, taught many new songs and games. Swim ming was enjoyed each afternoon. One of the most impressive ser vices of the whole camp was the Ves per service conducted by Rev. A. D. McArn, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Camden. He spoke of the personal relationship to God as our Father. Mr. McArn is an earnest and inspiring speaker and the Club women' felt they were indeed fortu nate to secure him for this Vesper service..- Morning Watch at Camp starts the day aright. Mrs. R. K. Tomjpkins of - the $?ats Ford Club brought a very inspiring message on W edneM^fcjnorning. She spoke of our resposflWHtS^^to our neighbor in the (present crisis. At the Assembly on Wednesday Mrs. ?aijl Brown of the Mt. Zion 1 Club condii&ed :.the devotional using . 1 -Qf V? fltiattfri. 1 at- CniHnfVUm made by Mrs; R. K. Tompkins, Treas urer of the County Council of Farm Women. All of the Club women wert. so pleased with what had been ac complished during the past year. Five cabins have ibeen built by Lu goff, DeKalb, Three C's, Gates Ford and the Gates Hill Home Demonstra tion clubs. A complete new dining rOoixit lias been built, the kitchen has been enlarged and * screened porch built. Much 6f the excavating for a 90 x 60 ft. fctfimimlng pool has beev done. All of this work has been made possible through the County Relief Administration as they have furnished all of the labor and. part of the cost of the material. This is a most worthwhile project and the farm women a.p(preciate the cooperation given them by the Relief Administra; ' tion. ; The 6amp was beautifully cleaned by the County Ohaingang under the supervision* of Mr. Moseley. The CoUft6!l of Farm Women appreciated ^courtesy/ ' 1 \ Among the visitors at Camp Wed nesday were iTfrs. Kate B, Gettys presidont of the County Council of Farm Wwhen, Mrs. W. L. Salmon^, ' fo>mer homo agent for Kershaw County, and Mrs. Kathleen Watts, | County Superintendent of Education. Mrs. L. D. Broome supervised the work in the kitchen. She was. assist ed by Mrs. McCrae and Mrs. Buddin, Emergency workers., With such cap able people'ln chafg6 It is needless to ?ay that the food was excellent ind that everyone enjoyed meal time at Camp. - Campaign Meeting ? Here Next Friday On Friday next, August 10, the candidate* for state offices will rfpeak in Casidett At 10 o'flock, on itamp ton Paw 'ttie public will no doukt I nvnil themselves of the privily to hour these apeekefs. TO MBET WITH WATBfttti" BAPTIST CSIIJftCll SUNDAY ? "i The Lee County Singing Gonvefc* ton will Aftet* with' Wr*~ Church of Camden in and seventh session < ff 512th at *&$<?< * " We invife all choirs femeet with us and i exercise*. A, war - I* A. Mm., %?' ? . ' ? ' ??l Liberty Hill News Liberty Hill, August 6. ? Our sec tion was visited on Saturday evening by a strong wind and a regular dust storm from the dry fields and roads followed by just rain enough to settle the dust". "X good rain is badly need ed. Much corn is nearly ruined, and all crops are suffering for lack of moisture. Sunday school exercises were con ducted on Sunday morning by Mr. R. C. Jones, who also conducted the morning churcK services, both the Superintendent arid Pastor beir.g a way. *- * Mr. R. C. Jone3, chairman for Flat Rock Township, has arranged for a meeting on Sunday next at 8:80 p. m. Damascus church, Westville, in the in terest of "Prohibition and Law En forcement". Speakers of note will be present to address the audience and it is hoped that *a large crowd will be out to hear themi Sunday was "home coming day" at Beaver Creek church near Stoneboro. Gov. Richards, D. W. M. Whitesides of Columbia, and Rev. H. P. Bennett of Lancaster, were the principle speak era. A bountiful picnic dinner was served to quite a large crowd. Your reporter in company of Mr. R. C. Jones and daughters, Misses Jennie and Annie, attended in the afternoon but were too late to hear the ad dresses. Quite a number of our peo ple, however, were in attndance throughout the day. Capt. D. R. McCallum of the C. C. C. camp went to Camden late Satur day evening to "carry a sick boy to the Cajmden RospTtaL < Mrs. F. J. Hay and daughter, Miss Lysle, and Mr. L. H. McCaskill and daughter, Hiss" Annie Righton Have gone to 'Montreat for a period of rest in the bracing air ofyt'ffaT" popular resort. Misses Charlotte and Sallie Ward law and their nephew, Mr. Albert May all of Augusta, who have been stay In the mountain air of Western North Carolina, . . Mr. L. P. ThomjSSon'and family left last week for a visit to relatives in" the Northwestern part of the State. Miss Louise" Adams of Rock Hill is spending a few days with her ousin,| Miss Lucy Clements. Misa Johngy Richards has returned from a visit to relatives in Laufenn. She was accompanied home by her cousin, Mr. John W. Todd, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Sauls of Man ning were Sunday visitors Jn the home of Gov. and Mrs. John G. Rich ards. Mr. Sauls returned home, but Mrs. Sauls remained for a longer vis it. Mfss Christine Perry of Lancaster is a guest of her sister, Mrs. J. H. Clements. Miss Perry has been teaching at Gaffney but will teach the coming fall at Olanta, S. C. Rev. F. A. Drennan and family are vacationing somewhere in North Car olina. We wish for them a pfaasartt stay and safe return. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jones and little daughter, Mary Eklna, were visiting relatives and friends on the "Hill" Sunday. Misses Julia Hilton and Lois Mack spent last week with Mesdames L. J. and C. W. Jordan of Westville. Mrs, John W Wood of Blanoy was i guest last week of he* sister, Mrs. H. 8. Higgins, and is flow with rela tives at Stoneboro. ^ Mrs. Ruth Bodkin of Atlanta has returned home after spending awhile at the home of her aunt, Miss Laura Matheson. Miss Laura Matheson, who has been a recent patient at the Camden Hos pital has returned home. A Bible school will be conducted through this week at the colored Pres byterian church with Robert Jones as iupnrfnttdont and other teachers an sisting. ':*k BUPPKR AT fteKALBXHURCH tn order to further!! nance the re modeling of the DeKalb Baptist J church the members win serve anoth er Nipper TMiThursdsy evening Aug Just ? starting at e p. m. The pubic 111 urged to come gnd help the gob* I woifc along. The supper will consist of chicken stew, ice emftnt and cake, fpt? ? :>0W . . PS?*? 3P'i> Enrollment Henvier Than in 193? Available enrollment returns indi cated lasf night that approximately 26 per cent more persons will be eli gible to vote for a governor this year than in 1930. Official reports filed with Lane L. Bonner, secretary oi the state Demo cratic executive Committee, showed an increased 55,081 in the party en rollment in 82 of the 46 counties as compared with 'the enrollment four years ago. There were 268,796 names on the books in W~ counties where 1980 en~ rollment In the same counties num bered 213,764. The increase was slightly over25 per cent. Purging of the club rolls was ex pected to reduce the total, however, and the actual vote heretofore has usually been considered less than the enrollment Only six of the 36 counties report ed an enrollment exceeding the over- ! sized registration rollecT'tfJ) in 19S? and but one o'f. tKese Vas in the up per state. There was no governor's raco in 1582. " f Charleston and Barnwell in the coast country, Sumter, Richland and Fairfield in the central state and Cherokee in the Piedmont found their prospective voters flocking to sign ?he books in greater numbers than in 1932 or 1930. Thirty-four of the counties surpass ed their 1930 enrollments, however. The two exceptions were Pickens, which fell 688 under its mark of tow years ago, and McCormick, which was four short. A number of lower state counties barely exceeded their enroll ments of that year. Increases over 1980 enrollment a mong the larger counties included: Charleston, 6,714; Greenville, 4,684; Florence, 2,422; Aiken 2,157; Sumter, 1,912 and York, 1,189. Civil, SERVICE EXAMINATIONS Commission has announced open com petitive examinations as follows:' Special investigator, |2,9uU, and in veati gator, $2,600 * year, Alcohol Tax Unit, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Treasury Department. Closing date, August 20, 1984. , Specified experience in the practice of law, 6r in investigational or law- 1 enforcement work, is required. Full information may be obtained fromf M. H. Moore, Secretary of the United States (yivil Service Board of ftx&miners, at the post office in this j city. " : The salaries named are subject to a deduction of not to exceed 6 per cent during the fiscal year ending June 80, 1985, as a measure of economy, and also to a deduction of 8 1-2 percent toward a retirement annuity. Additional Enrollment Figures The Chronicle presents below al most a complete enrollment list as compared with that of two years ago. Two missing books are Liberty Hill and Gates Ford. The executive com mittee has been called to meet next Wednesday at the court house at 11 o'clock to purge the rolls and next week we wtU be able to show a com plete and total number of votes ex pected in the August primary. The figures so far are as follews: 1938 1984 Abney 97 78 Antioch .. . . 228 190 Bethune 517 484 ) Blaney 407 872 Buffalo 858 810 Camden 1810 1786 Cassstt A 180 <140 Oharlotte T 119 119 DeKalb ..150 148 Doby*? Mill 101 114 Enterpriae 01 59 Harmony .. 67 6B Hermitage 881 B81 Kershaw 479 , 510 I liftoff 189 142 Lockhart 105 - 74 Ned'S Creek 190 ,126 Oakland .. 5ft : 66 PMjTree .. 128 XM ? 194 161 S Mill .. .. .. .. 188 119 I .. 55 92 Salt Pond ....197 184 Sandy Orovs 78 99 Shamrock 109 86 ?. .? . ? Tl W ........ 72 96 k .. .. 114 "'A - -?2 - ?> ?? ?? J?. " ?? ?? . M7 1 ? syUb Deplorable Tragedy Near Kershaw Sheriff J. H. McLeod and Coroner Julian B. Rush, of Camden, wore summoned to this section this morn ing to investigate a most unusurff tragedy which occurred this morning about 7 o*cTbcf"ln the Buffalo section of Kershaw county, in wh?ch a four year old child accidentally shot his mother with a shot gun. According to the statement given The Era reporter by Coroner Rush after the killing was investigated, the mother, Mrs. Ola Gainey, wife of Roy Gainey, who live on the R. L. Sowell farm in the Buffa"ft> section, was seat ed at her sewing machine when the discharge of the gun occurred, the load of No. 2 shot taking effect in heri left shoulder. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. TJaTney, Carl, 4 years old, had taken the gun from a corner of the room and was dragging it across the floor by tne parrel with the ham mer turned downward toward the floor and going toward his mother, when it was discharged at a distance of about ten feet away. The theory is that the hammer was pulled back ward by contact with the floor and a slight raiso of the barrel released it when it discharged with the result stated, death resulting from thr wound. Tests made with the unload ed gun, a 8inj$e barrel sifot gun, bore out this theory. The mother of Mrs. Gainey, Mre. Annie Wright, was seat ed in the room at the time of the oc currence but Mr: Gainey was out in the field at work. The presence of the loaded gun in tho room was ex plained by tho statement that chick ens were being stolen at night from the coop and Mr. Gainey had loaded the gun and placed it in the room for convenient use, leaving it standing on the floor. Up lo this time no inque had been held, the coroner and sheriff deeming it unnecessary. ? The Ker shaw Era. There will be a chicken supper at the home of Mrs. 3. H. Sinclair on Friday evening, August 10th at eight thirty o'clock, irepved by the Women of the Woirtai^ ifaisBionary Society of Malvet^ll^ ^aptist church. All who like friend chicken are cordially invited. Proceeds for benefit of churcS. tflRST OTlSISf ROLLS OF COTTON The" first open boll of cotton that we have seen of thia season's crop was brought to our office Monday. It was grown on Mr. H. G. Garrison*!? Hermitage Plantation. Kershaw Production Credit Ass'n. Secretary Returns from Convention ? A. G. Clarkaon, Secretary-Treasur er of the Kershaw Production Credit Association has just returned from Columbia where the Secretaries were called for a State Convention. He is glad to state that all twenty-six Sec retaries made splendid reports of the crops throughout the entire state. They all reported that they expected to make on? hundred per cent collect i Ions without any trouble and very lit tle expense except in a few sections damaged by hail and excessive rains where the lands were lying so low the crops Were drowned out. I Mr. Clarkson's report to the con vention was that he expected to have no trouble with collections, that all members of the Association upon whom he had made inspections had splendid prospects for a good crop, es pecially In the aand hill section where they have the best cotton crop that he has seen for years. He reported that he thought both the counties served by the Association would make their quota allowed by the ftanhead Rill. He also would like to take this op portunity to oall the farmers' attent ion to the fact that the more cows they 'kre Able to pasture in the coun ties will mean that much more money brought in to pay for handling these cattle, also a larger pay toll in the, tabor uftfed in the butchering, process ing and canning of thfi beef. He therefore urges all farmers that have land either under wire or that could be suitably Wired fer pasturage to get la touch with, the Rehabilitation Au thorities either III Lancaster or Cam |den* Have Appointed Fair Association A group of busineaa men fneit at the American Legion hall onWednes day afternoon to plan for the County Fair this fall. Vardell Walsh presid ed over the meeting and called upon several business men to mafc* short talks. Groups represented at the meeting were the Shrine club, Amer ican Legion. Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association. The Fair Association is counting on a bigger and better fair this fall and committees were appointed t to immediately Btart work en various features of the fair. John Villepigue was called upon to urrange two football games. Mayor Hamilton OsJt>orne said that the city would cooperate in every way. Talks were also made by Bill Alexander, John daLoach, W. F. Nettles and others. WESTERN UNION INSTALLING HIGH SPEED TICKERS For the first time in their history eight Southern and Southwestern States will inaugurate about August 15, a comprehensive quotation service by ticker for cotton and practically alU other leading commodities, it was announced today by M. L. Mays, local nanager of the Western Union Tele graph Company. "The South has outgrown its old system of cotton tickers and Morse wire reports serving firms in only a small portion of the towns and cities in this section," Mr. Mays said. In place of it, a new fast quotation tick er system will be inaugurated, pro viding complete service to available points in South Carolina, North Car olina, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Oklahoma. Experts are at work installing the high speed tickers throughout thf South and making ready for the in auguration of service as quickly as possible. - , -. .*4... * I 1 ***** w t+lli Urarrtfay, Frlday and Saturday | One hundred girls from twelve 4-H Clubs spent three days at the <f-H Club Camp last week. These girls I came frora^rufttl communities through! out the county. Thij? was truly a girls camp for the girls had charge of all programs and took part in ev ery phase of camp life. Blanche j Threat*, president of the Junior 4-H | Council presided over the first A*s sembly on Thursday. The general theme was "What is Club Work?" Members of the various phases of Club work told of* their club exper ience. Peggy Holland of the Antioch Glublora-bf her Major 4-H Poultry work. She purchased 100 baby chicks and raised 93. She made $25 profit after all expenses had been paid and has 25 choice pullets for fall ayers, ami at six months of age they ajre already laying. Eliza(beth McCoy has sevenff bifds laying at six months of ago. "Hie Shrine Club of Camden sponsored "this prdjegt. Caroline Hill of Antioch Club told of her work in Room Improvement ? the articles "made and the things learned. This* club was organized last Spring. Lmily JTcCoy of the Midway Club spoke of her experience in Food Pre paration. "She told some of the new dishes she had learned to prepare and serve. Mary McCoy told some inter esting experiences in her canning and gardening work, Mary has received her diploma for completing four years in 4-H Club work. She was also a national winner in the canning contest in' Chicago last Fall. ? Lena Sinclair of the Malvern Hill Club concftictefl the Vesper service on Thursday evening. Peggy Holland of Antioch conducted Morning Watch on Friday morning and Saturday morn ing watch was conducted by DorotlTy WeBt of the UHdway Club. Theso devotionais of each day wero a r*?gu~ ular part of the Camp for tho devel opment ofthe spiritual or the Heart H is an important part of Club work. Mary IVfoC oy presided over the As sembly on Friday. The topic on Fri day was the 4-lPa in the four leaf dover. Mrs. Harriet F. Johnson, ^tato Girls' Club Agent, spoke on the importance of developing the Head-H Hu the County Health unit "Witney, tor mJoy ment of life. The Heart-H i* devel i f . . * i Cotton Certificates To Be Issued The organization for handling the business of the Bankhead law and for issuing tax-exemption certificates for 1934 cotton has nearly been completed. Most of the Bankhead committeemen to handle this work have been select ed and trained and are ready to be gin functioning. However, there are a few communities which have not yet been completely ? organized and com mitteemen will be put in operation in these communities at an early date. The following committeemen have been selected and trained and will bo prepared to begin accepting applica tions for tax-emption certificates from farmers who signed cotton con tracts and also from those farmers who did not sign contracts. It ia ab solutely necessary that evey produc er of cotton in 1934 apply for these certificates whether he signed a cot ton contract or not, otherwise re will not be premitted to gin any of his 1934 cotton. Liberty Hill, L. P. Thompson and N. S. Richards; Westville, B. P. Horns by and K. C. Etters; Bethune, M. G. King and J. H. McDaniel; Cassatt, J. It. We3t and W. B. Stevenson; Char lotte Thompson School, F. M. Mellette and E. T. Pearce; Boykin Mill Pond, W. C. Capehart; Blaney, John Kirk land; Lugoff, Victor Ward and John L. Gettys (at his residence); Antioch, I. J. McKenzie; Camden, H. Granade, Elmo Brown, B. W. Rhame (at coun ty agent's office; Kershaw, W. R. Perry, J. P. Truesdale, Quincey Greg ory, Wilson Taylor. Farmers will not go to these com mitteeman to apply for certificates until they have received a notice from the committeemen stating the date and hour to come. It will be impossible to handle this work unless it is taken in the proper order and this is to ask the cooperation of ev ery farmer in this particular. When ever. your; , .f.qnamittogmfln via jceady. to begin functioning and when he is ready to -fix your papers he will send you a notice. Pease DO NOT go to see him on tflis work until you have received your notice. ? Henry D. Green, County Agent. oped for kindness, sympathy and truth. ~ The girls were delighted to have Miss Christie Hey of the County Health Unit to apeak to them on the cultivation of good habits. This was a timely Falk" and Miss Hey gave many helpful suggestions along this line. *"c~ The last Assenplbly on Saturday was presided over by Mary Laney of Mid way Club. The subject was God of the Out-of-do^ts." Mafty of the Clufc girls took part in the devotional. Lat er tHe eig"ht groups composed of the girls at Camp contributed to the pro gram. Music and games are an im portant part of Camp life. Swim ming was enjoyed twice a day and games and music in the evening. Oh Friday evening each of the eight groups entertained with songs, dances and stunts. The Friday evening pro gram was one of the most enjoyable of the whole camp. The most im pressive exercise and the one looked forward to from year to year by Club members is the candle lighting ser vice on th*e last evening of Camp. This year the service was in tho form of a wheel of progress and it revolved for the first lime. "Mary Laney re presented the spirit of Camp wan the hub of the wheel ? the club girls mado up the spokes and the rim. After the lighting of the candles tho Club pledge was given, tho 4-H member ship song wart sun# and finally Taps. Then tho wheel slowly revolved a round tho huib and tho girls went quietly to their cabins for tiie nltfht. Tho 4-H Club members and the Agent are indebted to tho following poople for making tho Camp the best, one ever held. Mrs. S. C. Zomp and Miss Virginia DeLoacho for games and music, Misses Gertrude Zemp and Virginia Haile for assisting with tho games and swimming, Mrs. L. I), ftrotttno, Mrs. McRae and Mrs. fturi (fin for tft?' food, Mr. J. M. Villepiguo for donating the ice, Mr. J. B. Zemp for use of tlti swimming pool and Mr. Moseley for supervising the cleaning of the grounds. Mrs. I>. M. Davis and daughter, Mian Lostfc Davis, have gonfl to Chi cago to the World's Fair.