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????'? ? ? Sr BHP*^ ?! W%^?::y^&Mr'. ? : " >y ? JT " ^ ' E&? &? P M"' '. CKRM8: ? 11 ?? LN ADVANCE PES ANNUM. 'The Hand ?f the Diligent Shall Rule" VOLUME 51 4MSHBBR3SSSS5Si CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1935 CHAS. W. DIRCHMORE, PROP. NO. 44 >' " Nine Lose Lives in Train-Truck Collision A horrifying and shocking tragedy was enacted just outside the Camden city limits Saturday afternoon when e truck driven by Murray Baker, 19, and occupied by 8 others, collided with the crack New York-Florida limited v , of the Seaboard railway. All of the occupants were killed, Some dying at the scene of Ui> acci dent, and the others a few hours lat er at the Camden hospital. The dead: J. Van Baker, 55, owner of the truck. Mrs. Van Baker, 55. Murray Baker, 19, driver of the truck. Samuel Baker, 22. J. V. Baker, Jr., 18. Steve Baker. All sons of Mr. and Mrs. Vskn Baker. 8hrdl? Mrs. Steve Baker, a daughter-in law. Gaylord Jordan, 18, and Herbert Jordan, 16, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ar U/vur Jordan, Kershaw county. The Bakers and the two Jordans, all of the Booneville section of this county, 12 miles northeast of Camden, were coming to Camden for the usual Saturday shopping. The truck pass ed "Dusty Bend" a small settlement, which tal>i in a number of srrfall stores and filling station. Two hun dred yards beyond is the main line of the Seaboard Airline Railway. The occupants of the truck waved at the crowd in front of the filling stations. Heading soutlh was the crack New York- Florida limited of the Seaboard railway. The train Iblew its whistle after leaving Spaulding Junction, a half mile away, according to Mr. Thigpin, an eye witness, who lives within 75 feet of the accident. The driver evi dently became excited on seeing the the ^ diverts draining' ttoe crossing, about three feet high, were in his pa(%. Going over this small culvert and embankment turned the car over, pitching, the occupants into and under the train. It is said that truck struck the second oar behind the locomotive. The occupants were mangled hor ribly. Legs were cut off, arms scat tered, a head was found 200 feet from a body. Witlfrin a short space of time the crowd began assembling. Am bulances and doctors were called. The living were rushed to the CafcnHen hos pital, the dead' to a local undertaking establishment. Three were dead a moment after the crash, another a few minutfts Afterward. Five died after reaching the hospital. Funeral Services Held Sunday Funeral services for the Bakers were held at Bethany Baptist churdfr at Westville, at 11 a. m. Sunday. All seven were buried In a single grave in the churchyard cemetery. Services for Herbert and Gaylord Jor dan, were held Sunday afternoon at ?1 o'clock at Providence Baptist, church. Interment was in the churchyard cem etery. An estimated crowd of 2,500 at tended the services. JOHN STEPHEN CLYBUKN Orangeburg, Aug. 8rd. ? John Stephen Clyfburn, 42, well known me chanic of Orangeburg, diod suddenly at his homo on Windsor street late Thursday night after a heart attack. Mr. Clyburn was a native of Ker rfhflaw County, but has made his home here for the past 20 years. Fueral services were conducted Sat urday morning at Westville in Kor flhaw County.The funeral cortege left Orangeburg early Saturday. Besfdo his widow who was Miss Wil lie Young, Mr. Clyburn is survived by two childron, Miss Miarie Clyburn , and Charles Clyburn, both of Orange burg. His father and mother, Mr. and i Mrs. Tom Clyburn of Kershaw Coun -? ty and the following brothers and ? nistern also survive: I,?wis Clyburn of Kershaw, Henry ClyTmrn of Cam' dan, T. B. Clyburn of Westville, Mrs. Chanrtton Croxton and Mrs. Robert < Croxton of Kershaw. ?t:'V '? k : m. ? - . . I#.- - - ? . Liberty Hill News Liberty Hill, August 5th.? The reunion of the Richards family, descendants of the late Rev. J. G. Richards, noted Presbyterian (minis ter, wan held on Thursday last at the home of former Gov. and Mrs. John j G. Richards. It was a very pieasant| and notable occasion although many members of the numerous families I were unable to be present. Some are ' in Europe and others unavoidably de-i tained. About 80 people were present j tb enjoy the pleasure of meeting and| mingling witlh kindred and loved ones | in the lovely and hospitable home of j our popular and revered farmer, Gov.j and his "good wife." A day no doubt J to be cherished in the memory of those present. The extremely hot weather for the past several days, together with the lack of rainfall is having a very ser ious effect on growing crops, whicfit I were in quite a flourishing condition j following the bountiful rains of three! weeks ago. Unless rain ccmos soon J a very decided decline in credos pros- j pects will result in our section of the, County. The very sad and distressing ncci-; | dent last week near Camden in which two families suffered so great ly was very much regretted by our people, (both stricken families hav ing kindred or connections in our village and much sympathy was felt for them. | Mrs. F J. Hay, Mrs. A. L. McCas kill and daughter, Miss Annie Righ- i ton are spending a while at Montreat, ! enjoying the mountains and other at-j tractions of that popular resort. | Mrs. N. S. Richards has returned | home after spending a month with; her children and relatives in differ ent parts of N. C. Mr. J. A. McCaskill, prominent citizen of Bethune was a visitor on "The HUl" one day last week. Mrs. J. B. Cunningham and Mrs. Punninghtfnni Stevenson^, "old citizens of this place, but for many years residents of Chester, were weekend visitors of relatives here. Miss Nannie Floyd, who has been litTe for some visiting her brother, Mr. F. B. Floycf at the old home, left! last week for a visit to her brother, Mr. W. A. Floyd, at Greenville, S. C. Miss Louise Johnston spent several oayf. with friends in Charlotte last week. Mr. L. P. Thompson and daughter, Miss Ann, were Camden visitors on Friday last. Miss Louisa Drennan, a recent graduate of Queens Chicora College, has accepted a position to teach in five Blanty schools the comng sess ion. Dr. T. G. Hall arrived on Friday from Camp Jackson, where he at tended the encampment of Army Physicians and Surgeons. Mrs. Hall and children who had spent the time at the norne of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Jones, joined him on Sat urdoy for their home at Westminist f .*. Mr. ,T. G. Richards of Asheville, Mr J. P. Richards and Miss Sophie RicHf ards ofLancaster, were weekend 'nests in the hf(TP of thoir mother, Mrs. C. R. Ricl.nrds. Miss Margaret Perry was a rocent .visitor in the home of her aunt, Mrs .J. B. McCoy of the Cassatt. section. Several of our citizens attended the' "Progress Dinner" at the Camden Hotel Inst week. Among whom wero former Gov. Richards and Messrs. R. C. Jones, F. B. Floyd, and perhaps others whose names we failed to get. Miss FJizabetlb McCoy of the Mt.. '/ion section and Miss Charlotte Per *y of Miiami, Fla. were guests last week of thoir cousin, Miss Margaret! Perry. Mnster Pat Thompson, Jr. and Fred Cunningham are in tho children's, canryn at Lake Shamokir? this week. Mr. W. C. Perry made a business call to Florence on Tuesday in inter est of tho Kershaw County Forestry Association. He was accompanied by Mrs. Perry and flon, John, and ba-| by Catherine, fftr the trip. Dr. D. C. Walter of Birmingham, Eng., lifts succeeded in confining coal gas compressed at 3,000 pounds to the nqiiase in?h in fmall bottles. Seaboard To Give Fine Train Service J. L. Carter, District passenger a pent of the Seaboard Air Line R. Ry.? Columbia, S. C. was in Camden on Wednesday, and told tho officials of the chamber of Commerce of the splendid scedules and fine trains to servo Camden and Columbia during the tourist season coiromencing this fall. Some of these trains are already in service. Tlh'e crack train, the rlobert E Lue, will leave New York at 5:30 in the afternoon with a Camden-Columbia Pullman, and from Hamilet this air conditioned car will be switched tc train No.l arriving in Camden at 'j:54 .A M., and Columbia Shortly afterward. This pullman will be re turned to Columbia on the New York to Florida Limited, (passing Camden at 4:20 in the afternoon,, arriving at New York at 9 A. M. The New York to Florida Limited will leavt out of Boston at 4 P.M., New York at 9:50 P. M. and will av rivo in Camden at 2:03 in the after noon and in Columbia a short whi! [ater. Tourists on route to Canmden a d Columbia will be assigned space in through Florida ears from Boston and New York. T'Jve Southern States Special will leavo New York at 9:30 A. M. ar v.vii'g a* Camden at 1 in the nigh*. Camden is looking for another big tourist Reason and the Chamber of Commerce is gratified at the ser vice to be offered the thousands of visitors v ho will be here nevt season, and the cooperation of tho various railroads, steamship lines, and bus lines bring 'ng tourists to the SoutUf, ;n advertising this winter resort and the State of South Carolina. Attract ive pictures and placards, as well as descriptive literature about Camden will be distributed at the various ,ter minal offices of the railroi^il&'jtt' tlie North and Northwest. Nothwestern Railway Discontinued Last Saturday. News of the fact that the North western Railroad, serving Kershaw, Sumter, and Clanendon Counties will discontinue Operations at midnight Saturday has been very upsetting to the business man of Camden. The road has been in receivership since fall and was put up for salo some time ago, but there were no bidders A. federal court order was granted j recently for the road to cease operat ions as of Midnight, August 4th. The Northwestern Railroad, operat ing several branches, serving Sum ter, Summerton, Camden and other i points, was constructed about 1900. I Tho road enjoyed considerable pros perity until tUve depression, truck and (bus competition forced it into taking -big losses, thereby causing the road . to ask for a receiver. It had been hojped that the Atlan tic Coast Lnie would take over the . Carrjden Sumter branch, but so far there has been nothing to encourage this hope. The Camden Clhtomber of Commerce is cooperating with the Sumter Hoard of Trade, hoping that something can be worker! out to pre vent the removing of the tracks and terminal'*. A remote possibility of this road being used to move a large portion of the fine timber of the Santeo-Cooper development is enter tained as a possibility of staving off the abandonment of tlh'e road. Tho lower end of '-ho railroad .parallels tho Santee river from Summerton to Wilsons Mill. The business -mien in Camiden and Sumter fool that, enough business ran 'be gotten from the Cam den-Sumter branch lo keep it operat ing, especially if the Atlantic Coast Lino will take over this branch and let Camden bo the terminus of some of the trains that stop off at Sum ter eadH ni^ht. l'.oside trucking and bus competition, another large thing that hurt, the railroad is that timber has been cut from the large forest -along the rond, and big saw mills are no longer in business. An important new instrument for measuring the s(<n's rays has been de veloped at the SYnithsonian Institut i ion. Nutrition Camp Began Monday The nutrition camp for Camden and Kershaw County was begun on Mon day, August 5th. This is the second year of five camip in the county. It was organized last summer under Rev. F. II. Craighill. The number of children to attend camp this year is 111), and they arc divided between Camden and Ker shaw County. Funds have been realized from pri vate contributions, and from the clubs of Camden, namely the Rotary, Exchange, and Shrine clubs. A num ber of interested citizens of the town arc taking part in the running of the camp. The young men who are acting :lr life .guards 'have received Red j Cross Instruction in life saving and | also sonv? of the councilors. The camp is scheduled to last two j ivoeks. I , "Cleopatra" Reproduces Plenty Two weeks ago "Walter Rhame w ilo pursuing fiis duties, dfaeov i ?. -d p. black widow spider, easily rec ig-'.izcd by the red hour glass on tlr.* j hi: ler side. It was found in a water | mr:cr or. upfper Broad street. Rhamc wa'ched the spider from day to day! and a few days ago found in the web two cocoons afoout the size of mar bles. He then put both the insect and eggs in a glass bottle and named the | spider Cleopatra. | I There was a .<rrfcill 'hole the next; day in the top of one of the cocoons ! and the jar was swarming with a j bout 2!>0 little Black Widows. I It is believed that the mother has already devoured some of them, and it is said that she will eat the ma jority of. them before tftvey are more than a few days old. The other co i_cooi\ has not yet hatched. ? I Although this is not the first spid er of it.} kind to be seem in Camden, it is the first event in which tihe in sects have been watched in such a I [manner. I Cleopatra and her brood will re Irr.ain under observation for a few I days before being destroyed. Special Notice During the heated season, services | will be cut not to exceed 45 minutes; I this will include all imiu' ic and iprelim , inaries. Preaching service will begin 'at 11:15, and the benediction will be pronounced before 12:00 o'clock. This V'ill ho'd good for the evening ser | \ ice as it will begin at 8.15 and close at 8:15, making the service not over 40 minutes. Come and be with us. Sunday School Improvements Of Oil Mill Cotton Gin The Southern Cotton Oil Company will soon complete the installation of a very modern ginnery at its plant hoe. This new gin will (have the lat and most up to date machinery which will give a very fine samiple, rind at the same time enable the quick I handling of the farmers cotton, j It is expected that the first cot ton will come to the market about ! August 12th. The crop prospects for the County are very good, but of course lots depends on Uhv? weather and weevil infestations between now .ami the maturity of the crop. Weevils are reported in many sections of the I County r ut no great damage has I been found in the fields. The second 'migration of weevils are due early j in August, but hot, dry weather will curtail their activity. Rainy and cloudy weather will cause heavy wee vil damage to t'bo crops Tn pipits of the three weeks of al most continuous rain, the sandhill co' ton crop is most promising. A we season usually is very costly to sanr' iS i 1 1 farmers. The drought early in the season was a bad backset to earl.', corn, but young corn is showing cor siderable ptomise. The' cotton crop ii the Cantey -Lane, Stockton, and Roy Vin sections is very good. Some of the best lands in tHi<e County are in thorn sections. Tho *rain crop of the County was ( very good and the sa-ne with the )>ench crop, both of which have bw* harvested. 1 1 Manning Speaks at Rotary Meeting Wyndham Manning was the guest orator at tlhfc Rotary luncheon Thurs day. Ralph Shannon had charge of the program. Mr. Mannings subject was Constitutional and States Rights. He said that South Carolina sfhfould in iio way surrender its states rights to the national government. He favored an amendment to the federal consti tution in an extreme emergency only. Mr. Mannfng said that with mixed races in this state and other condit ions that states rights should be u/[v held to tho last degree. Ho ref erred. to federal legislation, particu larly tlie Costigan - Wagner bill, which would make South Carolina subservient to federal rulings; which would surrender certain law enforce ments and privileges to the federal government; which under certain lead ership might not be so friendly. The program next week will be in chargo of R. M. Kennedy and the fol lowing two weeks jn charge of W. L I DePass and George Creed. Sam KaresS! made a report on the camp for underprivileged children to be held soon nt Lake Shamokin. He said it was most gratifying the way in which people had contributed to the carrv>. He paid tribute to the work of the Exchange club in raising funds and also for the good contribution from the club itself. He said that the sponsors. of the camp were most for tunato in having Warren Harris in charge of the finances of the camp. He said that he knew that everything woul(ji be run in a most efficient man i;e.\ ?. 100 children .Will be invited to the ramp, 60 f rof.t< t'hfe County and 40 from Camden.; Any one knowing a child v eligible ;g?or the camp should report to thmimemfoers of the Ex change, or Clubs. The ties, David Blackwell, Charlotte, Lew in L. Clyburn, Douglas A. Iioy kin, and Hugh S. Smith, Atlanta. By tho action of the Worker's Courv- j cil which met last Friday evening, wlh'ich by the way was one of the best wo have evr held,- the church ^school will assemble at 10:00 A. M. in the church auditorium, for the devot ional and other matters to be brought before the whole body. This action i met with the approval of every teach er and officer present. There were 21 ;present. ' I shall meet all three of my appoint ments next Sunday, 10:00 Men's Bih 'le class, preaching at 11:15, and at 8:15. We invite most cordially the members of the other churches to worship with us at our evening ser vice, and it will be the only n- -vice in Camden for the month of August C. F. Wimberly, Pastor. Life Saving Instruction Grayson Shaw and James Shealy have recently passed the Red Cross tests for the grade of 'Examiners' wfh'ich is a class of Life Saving. There are three classes, Junior, Senior, and Lxaniiner. Their te^ts were taken at Bordons near Colurrbia, under a field representative ,of the Red Crosr, Henry Cheatham. Both of tho young men will help Walter Rhame with the life saving "nstructlon. Tho class in Camden has sixteen registered and the work is lieing car ried on at Saddle and Raddle pond and tflVi cless at the Pontiac C. C. C. camip has 27 registered. This inslnic ct.ion in Camden has been available for two years. The C. C. (' camp at Pontiae has been recently been set up and there has (hern no instruction up to this tirrle. There are over two lvin (ired enrolled and t.hero is no one at the camp who has li'ad any life sav ing instruction. This training is bad ly needed It is exported the course at I'ont iac will he completed within two weeks. French f^-ientists ripened straw berries in one- half the timr requir ed by nature, but at a east of about $5 for each berry. t Looks for Work to Start Soon Early ' fall will see under way a considerable part of South Carolina* rural electrification program, in the opinion of A. J. Beattie, secretary and treasurer of the state electrifi cation authority, who returned to Co lumfcia yesterday from Washington whero he held satisfactory conferen ces with Dr. Cook, national administ rator of rural electrification, his assis tants, and with legal and engineer ing departments. 'live re is now a full understanding between us for a working basis, Mr. Beattie paid. They seeim ready to fun ction new, and we feel that const ruction in this state will get under way in the early fall. Instead M submitting one or two projects, as we were at first directed, we are now permitted to enlarge our requests for sums much greater, and p.s rapidly as we can assemble the data and fill out the forms required ?applications will be filed. I It will be necessary for our author ity to show that any group of pow er lines would be built would have an income, which would amortize the cost in 20 years at 3 per cent interest Mr. Beattie said tlhfc trip to Wash ington was made primarily for th? purpose of speeding up the rural electrification program from the Washington end and to determine as near as possible what nationai authority required precedent to mak ing loans for constructing the lines With Mr. Beattie were W. L. Poll ard, director of the utilities division of the public sevrvice commission; J. T. Duckett, director of rural electri fication surveys; Irvine F. Belser, attorney, and U. Z. Gunter, engineei of the electrification authority. ? I The State. ? j Men With We invite the men who attend th? Lytteleton St. Methodist Church, dur ing the hot seoson to leave their coats at tome. Come and worship with us you will find the coolest place in Cam den- under our revolving fans. Hut Poison Available at County Agent's Office It is expected that damage by rats will bo unusually >hfeavy this season due to the fact that there is a large grain crop in the county and much of this is being stored on the farms as well as in store buildings, ware houses, etc. Wo expect to conduct a very intensive county-rwide ca(/nr ^paign later this fall at the proper time when rats are driven in from the fields and they can ibe more near* ly eradicated in total. However, in the meantime many farmers and otJhf ers in the county have indicated they would like to kill as many rats as possible around their premises prior to the county-wide rat campaign. Fot the convenience of those who wish to poison at this we have gotten In a qautity of red squill bait which is prepared under the direction of the U. S. Biological Survey. This can be secured at the County Agent's of fice at nominal cost. Th'is rat bait is an emetic and not a poison and is not supposed to kill anything except rats and mice. How ever, I would advise keeping it out of reach of children and irresponsibly persons. ? Henry I). Green, County Agent. F-ee County Singing Convention The I,ee County Singing Convent ion will meet with Roreb Baptist Church near I>nl7.oll (in its 122nd ses sion) on Sunday August 11th, at 2:.1() P M. We extend a cordial invi tation to all singers to meet with ur? and take part in the exercises. A special feature of the convention will l>e a song, " Come where the I, lilies Bloom" by a quartet from Florence County led by Mr. Fred McLauchlin who will also render a hawaiian se lection without Hh*n nid of the human voice or any musical Instrument. A warm welcome to all. I,. A. Moore, President