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VOLUME XXXV. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1923. ^ ****** NUMBER 7
IHK (OMMIMTY MARKET.
Clearing Hou*e Fur Farm Produce
For Muny Kershaw Wameu.
i )iu* iglf the moM useful and, suc
cessful enterprises or institutions.
Whatever you please to call it, or you
i:4n truthfully t*all it both, in the com
munity market of Camden and Ker
shaw county un<K*r the supervision
i,; the home dtMnonstra,tion agent of
Uus county, Miss Jennie V. Boyd, and
Mis. B. K. Truesdale, the chairman
tt,i the dirJtting board, with the la
die- of KersHaw county, western
iiumter county and of, Camden partic
ipating as sellers and buyers. The
Cumdeit and Kershaw County Qhunw
^Ih i of Commerce is cooperating with
the' women of both counties. Every
hi iday, 'betwen tl\jp hours of 0 a. m.
and 12 o'clock noon, many of theViwo
niin o'f the farming districts and
smaller- towns' bfinfjr in their eggs,
Vegetables, poultry, fruits, canned
??and preserved products, and moat any
thin:;" they care to offer, while many
I'd t riic is also bring in cdrn, and other
iaitU products, The housewives of
( i. MdMi are taking advantage oi' the
(unity to purchase home raised
oi produced commercial commodities
, i are helping to solve tile economic
; <i>knis of farm and fit'ld'crop di
V.' . .'ideation. M^ny Sumter county
\ .?m?n sell on this market with* their.
Ke liaw County frionds;
rhis market has been running' f *>i
.? ?, i'ii pit* of years! II is <juitp pruba
j,.v that within a .short while, two
(i..;. a week ? Tuesdays and Satur
s 1 . - .. , it is suggested, will be devoted
to marketing days. The Kershaw
Yuji 'i Company has kindly placed a*
targe, avo 11 lighted "and" ColVVeni'enC
iifiit room at the disposal of the
(uminimity market sellers and pur
ihasefs< The. leaders of this impor
tant and convenient "keep Kershaw
iount> and Camden money living at
home, working at home, and board
.-ng at the same place we do" have
i (inferred with the secretary of the
Camden Chamber of Commerce and
Au'i icultural bureau regarding ex
tensive 'improvements and speeding
uii'iif the community markets aetiv
Comnuinitv Leader Day.
Thursday, May 10th, was quite h
day in home demonstration circles 6f
Kershaw county when "community
ii-ader day" was staged in Camden, at
the community and county rest room
In tin* leaders of community home
demonstration clubs undo* the super
vision of Miss Jennie V. Boyd, Ker
shaw county's popular and efficient
home demonstration agent, assisted
!>;? Mrs. Johnson, a specialist of Win
throp College. This was an "all day,
all u?'t together , do it now and keep
it *.i i ? meeting" typically- characteris
tic of Kershaw* county women's
s?\le of maintaining tnetr Commun
ity clubs- as "going concerns."
The following well known commun
ity leaders of the county were pres
ent and there were also numerous
uthM* visitors of Camden and Ker
?liaw county who "dropped up" as the
commercial secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce puts it.
Mesdames J. E. Pearce, S. J. West,
Lee M. West, A, J. Smith, J. It. So
murneivK. K. Holland, Earle Trues
dalv, C. I>. Stogner, I). C. Black
mail,
A demonstration in dress form
making was put on by Mrs". Johnson,
other matters of in\portance were
discussed and plans made for 192;'.
It is believed that Kershaw county
h;i- about the most up-to-date and
M'Jickcst moving home demonstration
;(yent ;nid home demonstration clubs
>ii South Carolina, including Western
>umter county clubs also. Of course
that is going some, but does not pre
^ 1 'it it from being so. ?
To Meet at LugofT.
The Chamber of Commerce has
i-i i'ii requested by Miss Boyd, Coun
ty Demonstration Agent, to announce
*' important and special poultry
meeting at Mrs. Hugh McCallum's
iv-idence in LugofT, on May 28th.
diss Xeeley, specialist in poultry, of
^ inthrop College, will be present to
" Jiduct the meeting and address
1 me. Caponizlng will be the chief
? atuie of the day. Every one inter
1 '.<?(! in poultry is invited and urged
attend.
Christian Kndeavor Program.
1 ollowinj; is the program for the
1 t iistian Kndeavor meetings at the
l'i i-sby terian church for Slay und
?I m ?ic
I'rojjram for May.
1 h i ? ? i Sundfiy ? Out-Door Meeting,
M;>s Nancv Lindsay. leader. "Topic:
lhble Help.
Fourth Sunday? M ixsionary ( om
i!itt?'c. Topic; Medical Missions it
H mc and Abroad.
Program for June.
Hr.<! Sunday ? Consecration Meet
ur- Topic: The Shepherd Psalm.
Second Sunday ? Miss Affiles Cor
'"?tt, Leader. Topic: Lessons from
' very day objects.
Third Sunday ? Mr. F. N. McCor
* ?*. Leader. Topic: .What are some
'? forms that call for our help?
Fourth Sunday ? I > r. (J. C. Trant
Leader. Topic: How t<> win
J "u nds. *
W. O. W. TO MEET, j
There will be a special meeting * f
l'"plar Camp No.?3W at A ntioch held
' n Friday, May ? 18th.' important
'natter? before the c?mp and all
m? m brrs expected to be present.
Candidates who have not been exanv
ined are expected to be present for
examination.
' W. Campbell, Clerk.
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COTTON MILLS CLOSE.
Textile Industry, lnahlc To Meet
Southern Competition.
Fall Kiver, Mass,, May 12.^- The
textile industry of this city, with 12
of its largest cotton mills closing
their doors tonight for an indefinite
period and more to take similar ac
tion as the wnt'ks go by, while the
r?*mainder are to operate .buV three
days a week, is facing ruin.
The closing of the Tecumseh, Gran
ite, Cornell, FJint, Harnanl,- Poeas
sett, Troy and Other mills brought
about by the inability to meet South
ern competition is but the initial move
in the transfer- of their operations
South.
? More, than -15,000 Ifnnds are etfecy
ed by the shut down. Most Of these
concerns have completed their con
tracts. Thy ijnovf, though sudden,
was not unexpected, for ever since
the granting of a 1$** po.t! cent; in
crease in wages in this ojty, business
has been on the steady decline while,
orders have fallen steadily.
The condition of the cotto'ri market
coupled . witlv the attitude, of buyers
in the cloth market has 'been such that
the mahufocturei's have re-fused to!
place- goods in their, storehouses arid
has hastened the end.
Orders, few and far between, have
been filled 'according to reports, from
authoritative sources, at loss. Manu
facturers and brokers declare that it
is impossible to attempt to compete
with the cotton industry of the South,
especially ' since the last increase in
wages granted the employees, "Frank
ly, we are up against it," declared an
official of the Fall River Cotton Mu.'i ?
Uiacturer.V association tonight. "Con
ferences are useless. We can operate
only. at a loss and if we are to remain
in business, there is but one thing we
can do- -follow the general move to
the Sofilh, to tin? Carolinas."
History-Making Bvent.
Monroe, May^W. ? When Willeford
C'rook boards the train in -Monroe
for a trip' to Wilmington in celebra
tion of his sixtieth birthday it will be
a history-making event so far as
Crook is ? concerned, for he has never
during his life ?ridden on ay iron
monster called a passenger train. He
once tried a ride iti an automobile,
and found that method of travel en
tirely too fast to suit his liking. With
one exception he has never been out
of Union. county and on that occasion
he drove his wagon to Concord to
bring his family back. Mr. Crook
was born within a mile and a half of
Monroe but has never seen Charlotte,
Waxhaw, Marshville; nor Wingate,
and -he has neVeV been away from
home at night since he was married.
Dr. Snyder Dead.
Dr. H. L. Srtyder, of Bishopville,
died Sunday morning at 2 o'clock at
the Tourney Hospital, where he was
brought a few days ago for treatment
for injuries received about a month
ago when a mule kicked him. s
/ Dj;. Snyder was about sixty years
of age and had lived in BishojA'ille
for about three years, where he made
many friends., He was a veterinarian
by. profession.
? .The deceased is survived by one*
son, a lad who is now serving an en
listment in the navy, and a brother of
Torre Haute, Ind. The body is being
held by the Geo. H. Hurst undeutak
in?: establishment until instructions
are received from his brother at
Terre Haute. ? Sumter Item.v
Lee County Rejects Road. JiondK.
Bishopville, May 15, ? A v^uy small
vote was polled today at 'the special
election f<> pass on the bond issue for
roads. With only two or three small
boxes it-mafning to be heard from, the
bond isue was defeated by a vote of
about 2 to 1. Apparently very little
interest was taken in the election*
Death of .Mr. Haile.
The remains of the late Mr. AlbeV
tus M. Haile, who died at the River
side Infirmary at Charleston on the
morning of May 12th, were brought
to Camden Sunday, and i^ter funeral
services at the grave were buried with
Masonic honors in the Quaker ceme
tery. The funeral services were con
ducted by Rev. J. .1. .Johnson, of the
Baptist churchy
Sir. Haile was stricken with pneu ?
? monia from which hi' never recover
ed. He was ?'{? years of age, having
been born in Camden February 15th,
lKXfj, the son of Mr. and Mrs. B.
Frank Haile. of this city, who survive
him. He is also survived by the fol
lowing sisters: Mrs. (i. A. Brasing
ton. of Macon. (?a., Mrs. Norma Ix-d
?ford, of Camden; Mrs. F. K. Brooke,
of Florence, S. C.; Mrs. \V. F. Wear,
of Greenville. S? C., and Miss Klla
Haile, of Camden.
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For Free* Distribution.
The State is reprinting in pamphlet
form, free for distribution while the
edition lasts, the series of articles
by McDavid Horton, managing edi
tor. which appeared in the State.
May I-?4, reporting the results of a
first hand investigation of the re
markable "come-back" that Turner
county, (t a., has achieved through its
"('oft, and h?-n permanent pro
gram." Included, also, is a
report by C. C?. Cushman, district
dairy husbandman. who made
a studv of Turner county under or
ders from W. W. Long, director of
the extension service for South Car
olina^ -maintained .H>w?Uy by the fed
eral government and Clemson C'ol
h?g*. Copies of this pamphlet will be
mailed so long as the supply shall last
to all who will apply to The State,
Columbia, 8, C. ' ,
HEAVY U>S8 BY HAll
Wind and Hail Cause Damage in Kant-i
orn Section ?f |iee County.
A largo portion of the Kastern see
tion of Le? county whs viaited yester
day by one of the most disastrous
wind and hail storms in many years,
covering a large area in the Mt. Zion
section. Lands which had been plant*
ed to rot ton and 90m as well us other
crops were leveled by the hail, the
damage being so great that crbps |
weiv entirely wiped out. . , '
About 'J, 000 acres of cotton 'waa de- 1
strpyed by the hail in addition to
other crops being badly damaged andj
literally thousands of thickens were
killed.
Uhe path of the storm seemed to be
about two miles wide, beginning with
in about two miles of Hishopville and
taking in everything from the farm
of G.^H. MiCutchen Jo that of W.
Josey. Hundreds of acres of ' ."?rftwing
cwips-, including tobacco, cotton, corn
and small grain were in a complete
wreck. The storm which continued in
unabated ferocity for about a half
hour, was accompanied by a small cy
clopv, which confined itserf to a nar
row. path, but wreaking havoc a-5 it.,
spent its fon'e. Several large beUu
tit'ul oak:; in the yard at the residence
of Mrs. Minnie Cooper were blown
dow.ii, one of them wrecking the cor
ner of the residence, and much 'dam
age was done on the farm of 10. "!?.
McC'utehen.
It i.-i impossible to estimate the
damage altold at this time. Many ot
the farmo.rs in the path of the storm
consider it t'oo late to replant cottou
and .practically overy acre of ground
will havtr to be replanted to some
crop. / 4
A negro woman and her baby were*
killed near Elliott by lightning during
the same storm. ? Hishopville Messen
ger.
SI1 MINERS AT TI1K CAPITAL.
'
Washington Preparing For Arnvy <>f
Visitors in June.
Washi ngton, I). C., May Hi.? Mem
bers of the Shrine, thoir wives, apd
children, are already pouring into
the (%pital of the .Nation to attend
the Annual Imperial Council Session,
which is to be held in June.
Few who are coming have any con
ception of the magnitude of the gath
ering, and less, 'as yet, sense the great
importance of this convention to the
coutttry at large.
For no other convention, no other
event of any kind, has drawn to the
Capital of the Nation ' so large a
crowd of people, or from so. many sec
tions of the country. At an inaugu
ration of a President, thousands come,
for a day, but there will be hundreds
thousands for a week or more.
The country does not know well its
Washington, or its Government. And
here will be four hundred thousand
visitors, from every state and every
city in the Union, spending a week or
more visiting and learning of rthe
Government machinery which they
provide to govern themselves; the
effects can not help but be far reach
ing and lasting, and infinitely more
important socially, politically, and
governmentally, than the deliberation
of the Order whijth draws the throng
together, be their magnitude what it
niay?_
The more we Americans know of
our country, thf> better we love it: the
moie we know of our Government, the
more interest we take in it, the better
we make it.
The educational feature of a trip to
Washington has always been consid
ered well worth while, for and by the
individual* The educational' effect of
so . massed a gathering of individuals
of sy absolutely representative a typv,
can only be guessed, but it must work
out to the great advantage of us all,
in spreading through the country a
better conception of what, nationally,
the Capital City and its government
\ul mechanism really is.
Invites Foreign Capital.
Managing Secretary E. I. Reardon
is hot on the trail of the seven big
cotton mills .in Fal^ River, Massa
chusetts, that closed down their
plants. and decided to move to North
and South Carolina. Ife has written
to the picsidents of these mills tell
ing them that Camden is the place
with the greatest amount of the
cheapest electrical power supplied by
the one hundred thousand power hy
dro-electric plant of the. Southern
Power Company near Camden, and
that within seventy-five miles of Cam
den are available approximately three
hundred and sixty-fi"e thousand
horse power hvdraulically produced
electrical power which is nearly one
half of the estimated horse power of
the great Mussel! fthoals power dam
that Henry Ford is offering one hun
dred million dollars for, and that
while Mr. Ford is trying to get cheao
electrical power Camden has it al
ready to deliver the goods.
Mr. Reardon has invited -these cot
ton mill presidents to either visit
Camden in person, as Camden's guests
or to send representatives here to see |
what kind of a successful cotton mill
town ''amden 4s already, and has j
told all about Camden and Kershaw
county to these mill men who are i
looking southward. So ( jtmtlcn might
. some morning find our secretary
hrffrying around getting up a meeting
of bu*?irM#KH m^n and women
i come a bunch of ihu MiomlmtU*
mdl men. and conscripting _auto? to
ride them in and asking for his lady
I friends to dig up a luncheon for the
visitors. ,
DISTRICT OF SUMTER.
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Methodists Sckct Cmndon its N'ovl
Meeting IMuce.
Sumter, May 11. A largely attend
ed meeting of 'Sumter District Con
ferenOe was held at Hroad Street
Methodist church Tuesday night and
Wednesday, twenty, of the twenty- 1
two preachers in the district being in
attendance and about fifty laymen.
The convention met Tuesday night ,
and was opened with a sermon by the
Hev. Mi L. Hanks, of Hishopvlllo, af
ter which committee* were appointed !
and arritngements made for the con i
fercnee to get down to work when it
convened Wednesday morning,
Wednesday; Camden was selected
as the place for the next annual meet
ing, and the following delegates were
selected to attend the annual State
conference:' C. M. llurat, II.. I- Mc
Coy. T. B. Kennedy. Sumter; Gover
5 n<?r T. G. McLeod. HisJiopviUe'; Hon.
Charlton DuRaht. Manning: Dr. F. M.
i ainden; Dr. .1. C. Gfiilds. Co
1 n n 1 1 > i.i ; I >?*. J. \V. II am el. Kershaw.
Thi_ cuotVreme- authorised to bee. in
W'e! k oiue to rebuild {-he di.stri.t
m?- ??'??n:i?re ' in .Sumter, now occupied
be '.h< R"\ V ? l\. 1/. M Cm , presiding
ride ! ' t* the district. The pastors'
reports' showed their rhuichcs.to be
in a rnui h lu-Uer financial condition
Ihan at Hi is time last year.
Wednesday the meetings We re fea
f tired by talks by l>r. .1. C. Guilds, of
'Columbia College and the Rev.' .1. K.
Edwards, Orangeburg, on missions;
; by the Rev. 'J. N Noland, business
manager of lite Southern Christian
Advocate, on Christian literature, and
bv the Hon. Charlton Ihilvant, Man
ning. lav leader for the district, on
the work of the- laymen. An excell
ent dinner was served by th.e.churcU
<Mi the grounds.
Gillis-Cook.
: \ marriage that came somewhat us
a surprise and is of unusual interest,
is that of our felhiw-towns.man,
George R. ( ook, to Miss Fllen Gillis,
of Rembert. who were married in the
Methodist parsonage at Rembert Sun
day afternoon by Rev. Gary Aran!,
? pastor of the Rembert charge. "I'n
| elc" George, as Mr. Cook is most fa
i miliarly known, has been a. merchant
i in Kershaw for a number of years,
and will continue, with his bride, to
make Kershaw his home. ? Kershaw
I Kra.
| Well Gushes Forth Giant Fire Torch.
I Corsicana, Texas, May 10. ? The
' Hughes- Me Kie well which exploded
( yesterday, killing at least fifteen men
continues to gush forth its K'"nt
| torch of fire tonight, fed by the con
stant flow of J .r?,000 barrels of oil and
.'{,000,000 f eet of gas.
For more than 1M hours the flames
have leaped high in spectacular ca
: pers. Red streaks of fire soar as
? from a mighty, nozzle, disappearing
in huue black clouds of smoke, which
drift with the wind in a surging bias'.
To Try Officers in Federal Court.
' Greenville, May 15. ? Clerk Durham
; of' the United States court today is
sued a writ taking the cases of the
four prohibition officers charged with
shooting into an automobile occupied
, by two women on April 7th, out of
the state court. The Greenville grand
J jury today indicted them, on charges
of assault and battery. . ?
Dies From Attack of Hull.
j Greenville.^ May 14.? Charles M.
Hlakeley, 40, well to do planter ami
1 stock raiser of the Reedy Fork section
of Greenville county, died in the city
'hospital here late today following in
juries received by him in a pasture
at his farm April 29th.
Mr. Blakeley suffered fractures of
the neck and spine, surgeons said, as
j well ax serious internal injuries and
j he hovered between life and death for
. several days before physicians finally
announced that recovery would be im
possible.
The bull, a fine large animal, wa*
summarily condemned to death by
members of the planters family and
was brought to the abattoir here sev
eral days ago and slaughtered.
Pleased With Our .Movie Theatre.
A stranger in Camden wps heard
'to remark that t ht- Majestic Theatre
I of this city is one of the best and
j most up-to-date, cleanest. comfort
i able, sanitary, well-ventilated and
finest of motion picture theatres to
be found anywhere in the I'nitel
States.
The class of pictures shown are of
I the very best and of the latest pro
duction every night. -.The manner in
j which the pictures are reeled is away
; above the average in this theatre.
'There is plenty?of room in the aisles
j and between seats for patrons to tfet
j in and out without obstructing so
t much of the view of others or having
j to walk over each other's feet, which
; is rather disagreeable in most crowd-.'
j ed theatres for both walker* an I
; tho.se whose feet are walked on.
There are few motion picture ihe
I aires under twenty thousand popula
tion cities with such a first class or
chestra as th<- Majestic Theatre
furnishes ewiKy evening and the'
music is an added attraction to the
splendid pictures and courteous treat-'
! ment and care of the patrons of this;
house. Camden can boast of the fact1
that it has a motion picture show that
has many other cities beat in many!
way*. The proprietor ami manager, j
usher*, reel men snd orchestra i
always "on the job" and that is what 1
makes the Majestic Theatre in Cam- i
den superior to many, equal to any j
and second t<f none in the country. ,1
HK I Hl Nfc NEWS NOTES
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II ii |?|>o i\i i?k k of Interest Ax Void My
Our ('urrex|)undent.
Hethuue, S. May 10. Mothers'
l>uy whs observed at tho Hapti.st apd
Preshytoi ian ehuichel* )a#t Sunday,
Mr. loo Mays' and family of Flor
eme' spout st.veral days last week
with Mrs. ('. I.. Mays.
Mr. U. M. Hethuno <?f Oh'oruw spent
Friday in Bet h"uiu>.
Messrs. liobort Hnu*' and William
Clyburn, of i,'amdon, and .lames Nor
wood, i?l' Mi Rev. wo o . week vtid visi
tors of Juno and Noil Truosdoll.
Messrs. \. A. Bothuno, G. B. King',
Mesdamos K. /?. Truosdoll, Mark Kinn
and Miss Stella Methuuo attended
the memorial exorcises in ('ijiruU'U ,
Thursday. ?
Miss 1 lelou i in i:ja nd loft Friday
aftoiiuioji for Mj.ii shviilo. N. whore
she will \ isiv her hrothoi, Mr, :Janu;s
tiurlahd.
Mrs. I . < .lolui; uii ' prnf last Week
with her mother, Mis. nkickiViuii in
i ?ai lington. . .
Jli'fii. .1. M. ( ooper ii.i.', i i;t it rued to
Iut hntiVc in i 'har'oslon of lor a two
uvjuih.-. .^t ay with hor o.um. Miss l>a'n.i
M? Swocti.
Mrs. A .1 Smith it-nd Mi - janet't
Williams smut Thursday iii * < amdim
shopping and attending tho homo
demons! ral ion moot i n K' .
M is Kathoriiu' St? \ firs spoilt the
week end in t'heiviNv with hor ami'.
Mrs. I.. A. Mi, kit .iohir. ;
Moss cm. ( IJ. Cassady ami J. V
('opolaiid spoilt Tuesday- iii Columbia
o.i i business.
Mi:-. A. .1. Smith was hostess to tho
Home Dcinoiist ration t'lub Tuesday
^^JUy.JJU}ou,.' T hi' making ? ? f dross forms
'woro demonstrated. Miss Jennie
Hoyd was -assisted in this hy Mrs.
Har.'ioM of Camden.
A ph-nio was given Saturday ai
l'.ig Springs l.y Mis. (' 1 ;. Mays, com
plimentary i?. hor . Sunday School
das*. Taking pieiuros and gathering
mountain laurel uciv tho order of tho
day.
Miss Mamie Loii Milkmaid gave
a pit nir to her grade (third) Tues
day afternoon. Tho children woro
carried in a I ru< k. Thoy were ol)ap
or*. nod by Misses Stolla Hethuno,
A nnio Mays and Mamio f .< ? 1 1 McDon
ald. ?
Broad Street Now Opened.
Broad Street from Mt. Moriah Rap
, tist church on the south t ? ? the city
limits on tin* north was opened this
| Week to traffic, giving_^-_i*m-fc eon
! tinuous driveway wtTFoss'the entire
breadth of the cijfy. Some autoists
who arc inclined"^ to speed on this
street, and the crty has detailed Of
j ficer Cole as a motorcycle man, and
his duties will he to meet all trains
and look out for wreck less drivers in
all parts of the city.
It is very likely that citizens re
siding on Chestnut street from Broad
to Lyttleton will soon present a pe
tition to the city asking; that they
pave that section of Chestnut. This
will connect up with the portion re
cently petitioned for by Messrs. C. J.
Shannon ynd Ralph N. Shannon.
It is 'also understood that property
owners on La Fayette Avenue have
presented a petition to the city, for
paving of that avenue. The work is
now going forward rapidly on Lau
rens and Lyttleton streets.
Tarts About South Carolina.
(My tin* Associated J'rcss.)
Lancaster County officials are:
.Joseph \V. Knight, auditor; Paul
Moore, court clerk; \V. (i. Caskey,
coroner; J. I\ Richards, probate
1 judge; John R. Hunter, sheriff; A. C.
Rowell, superintendent of education;
?and T. I.. Hilton, treasurer.
. Richland county companies had
a total of $.">?>'.?, .'?0(l invested in 102 1
and the product was valued at $2Htf ,
?2<;.
Officials <i f Kershaw county are:
R. K. Sparrow, auditor; .). 1L Cly
j burn, court clerk; (?. L. Dixon, coro
ner; R. R. Clark, master; \V. Mc
Dowell, probate judge; (i. C. Welsh,
sheriff; Allen R. Murchisoii. superin
tendent of education, and I >. M. Mc
Caskill, treasurer.
, Kersh aw county has h.~> miles <>t'
state highway and H 1 '> miles of coun
ty roads. The county appropiated
$27,000 for roads in i!<22.
Winthrop College, South Caroli
na's Stat< woman'?* college, was
opened in It i- located at Rock
Mill and has an enrollment <?t" ap
proximately I. lot) students,
\V. W Bradley. of Abbeville, is
South ( arolina's state hank cxami
, nei .
There were .12, .' >???? white children
anl X0,!S.'{ negroes in 4 he "cciinJ
grade in South Carolina public
m hooh in 1 022.
< har!e-ton county tndu-trie* had i
toial of $ ] invested in 11*22
land the product* were valued at Sltt,
{ *21 ,304.
Boxes ;tnd ha-kets produced ir
South Carolina i n I '.'22 were valued
. at. $3,17 1,7?>7.
There wcrr 221. KT7 h<>g^. v alued at
$Hl7..r>l?i m South Carolina in 1U2-.
according to the report <>f the State
1 Tax Commission.
| Office furniture and *hop equip- 1
ment in South Carolina \\a-> valued]
at $83t>,17K in 1022.
The officials of Rarnweil county;
are \V. H. Manning auditor; R. L. !
Bron?on, court clerk; .1 S. Malford,
xfr: H. ? L. O'Bwnmm. M?>*tw
John K. Snelliiig, pYobaf ? judge; C.
Key Sander*, sheriff; J, S. Still, sup
erviior; Horace . Crouch, superin
tendent of education and J. B. Arm
strong, treasurer.
CAKl O Ah OV I'Ol'l TK\\
% i%k and Old, Male and Female,
Juin in Trip to 1 '? I > Dweller,
(Wdliam Hunks in New*' and CtfuriorV
Columbia, May 11. Flivvers in all
stages of dociepitude "VerC massed
I around the station At (iray Court.
Laurens county, this afternoon, a&
. this correspondent happened to l>o
? passing. Why nil the excitement? Nnj
! riot. '.Merely chicken* - leaving South
! Carolina. Table chickens.
What a clatter and cackle as the
j Cowl.* were packed on board a poultry
i palace car. Might thousand jvouniN
? was the estimate made by the county
demonst ration agent, Mr, Vaughn,
who has been promoting this whole
sail* eXpdus. From here the car
makes a short stop at l.aurens, where
' there will he other feathered passen
: i',ers taken aboard and then on to
i (Hint on, where the car will get its '
l\nnl burden 'and. wUI.be t ranHtVrred
i front the Columbia,- Newberry and
? Lauren: Kailway to the Seaboard
; and then on to New York.
When I leached Clinton the stores
Wire .".I! closed and the place had a
'Sabbath appearance Perhaps jhe'eit'
i i/.i-ns are on. I catching chickens to go
, in this car deluxe?
?No a sign on the drug store, i.loo"
?informs the wayfarer that the stoVe*
arc all closed .is Presbyterian College
and New ben \ are playing a game of
k;n?eball. ?
That's Ik1.; \va\ the people of tha.
t i\\ a, back up Coach Waller .Johnson.
! No wonder he has so many near
champion loams. Tbi' stores, of' New
beny \\oav not closed, for they hud
not .yet h ea *?? f the result of the ball
' game.
Hack 1 ? > I hv nmUoiiv, I mean * hick
ens. The people of Gray Court wore
j excited Dvcr tin' venture. They rb'- >>
eeivyd 12 J cents a pound for the hens,
j and in cents a pound for the roosters.'
i The female of the species is more
i tender than the male. Frying size
; brought cents per pound. The far
mers and a lot of the town' people hail
i culled their Mocks and had disposed of
| the surplus. This shipment wHI bring
[ to Lauren* County close .to Tour thou
i sand dollars.
Mr, M< Hi idc wishes to gut. some of
i the counties* around Charleston inter
! esled in poultry raising, and shipping,
j lie is Organizing the Chesterfield far
mers for melon shipping and hopes to -
1 help them avoid the customary losses
j from having no market.
j .The chickens were bought by an
; Atlanta dealer, who was put in touch
1 with the people of (iray Court by Mr. *
J Mc Bride, of Florence, industrial agent
. of the Seaboard. The weighing \yas
J done by the county agent. The chick-,
j ens were brought to the depot in the
j ordinary way. and were weighed in
! the car. There were several tiers of
stationary coops un the' sides of the
car. There was sufficient ventilation
for tfce fowls, and in the middle of tin."
car was open spacjL. where the care
taker-will traVel. A 200-gallon tank
? of water and several days rations for
! the chickens were included in his
j household effects.
" Mr. F. T. Curry, the local poultry
? dealer; Mr. Young, of the Columbia
? office of the Seaboard; and Mr. Rob
inson, of the Seaboard held -forces,
! were assisting in getting the chiek
; ens comfortable for their long trek.
. Mr. W. T. Stevens, a farmer, brought
in 71 5 pounds, and says if the Sea- .j
board works up another car he will
have 2,000 pounds.
.Mr. \V. T. Race had 000 pound.*
ready to ship, but his incinerator or
brooder, or whatever it is, burned up
last night and all his chickens, large
and small.
Will t hi.- shipping of car:; of thick
ens from Chesterfield, and Lauren*
and Florence and Anderson counties
affect '> hi local market? What will
the -alaricd man in town have to pay
for ? hii kens hereafter, or go without
as he did during the war? I asked
this question of Mr. McBride and lv*
said there are chickens enough to go
! around if the farmers would go into
the woods lots and call them up and
'catch them. Anyway, it will be an in
centive to raise more chickens if the
farmers ? an get good prices for them.
One farmer's contribution to .the
festivities of the occasion was 21 male
< hi< kens somewhat advanced in years
but set possessed of thejr crowing
ability. Inquire failed to reveal
| whether or not they were pit chickens
1 or table food.
The 1 .">,000 pounds of chicken meat
i that lea\? s [.aureus Saturday proba
bly become fifty thousand under the
? deft manipulation of chefs. whose
specialty is chicken < coquette* and
A La King. !>ut vs e should worry,
what happens to the veal if we can
*-ell our chickens.
Carload of Hogs.
.fetfeison. May Ifi. ? The first car or
hogs "hipped from this place and
probably the first ever shipped from
Chesterfield county . left here Mondav
going to Richmond, Va. They were
( shipped by R. L. Sowell, whose farm*
. aie just across Lynches river in Lan
caster and Ketshyu counties. Mr.
1 Sowell i* one of the largest farmer*
[ in this part of the state and has of
late given much of his time to the
I raising of hog" and potatoes.
With two cars of chicken* having
been shipped recently from this coun
ty and a car of hogs from here thi*
week, it is seen that the people are
not going to depend altogether on
cotton for the money crop.
Up to April 7 when the time limit
had expired 8,322 World War medals,
including 95 special congressional
medals of honor had been issued by
the war department.