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WATCH T H? DATE ON YOUR LABEL WATCH THE DATE ON YOUR LABEL VOLUME XXXV. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1923. NUMBER 11 NVoMKN'fc SHORT COURSE. Jl?ing Offered By Wlnthrop College June 25-July 7. ? W.i(VftF?'P Cojlege, the South Car olina College for Women, located at Rpck Hill, S. while striving to meet the collegiate demands of almost 1400 young women, recognizes her responsibility to the mature woman hood of the State and provides oppor tunity for continuous education for them. It was the sense of this obliga t jon that prompted her president, Dr. I). B. Johnson, to grant the'yetpiest of the South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs. to establish wha"t is known as the Short Course for Wo men, the only one ?f its kind in the United States. In arranging the courses to be of fered during thi?. Short Session it was deemed wise to make them such that one might pursue them intensively or simply attend and listen. These courses offered each year will enable club women to render more efficient service to their homes, to their clubs, to their communities and to their state. . ,.t V ? / ? During the coming session, Mrs. John Drake, president of the South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs, .will conduct each day a qonfer ence dealing with the work of th<* in dividual club, its relation to the. com munity, to the State Federation and to the General Federation. To assist women in meeting the new obligations which have come to them with the 19th amendment, a course in citizenship has been offered for several years and will again be offered this summer. To meet the need of the presiding officer and of the club woman in gen-'1 oral for a knowledge of the essentials of parliamentary law, courses in this1 subject have for six years been, taught by the eminent parliament*-, rian, Mrs. Emma A. Fox. Mr^. Fox will again offer this course the coming session, ^ut women must know not only orderrly procedure; they must learn to speak in public when necessa ry. Hence, courses in public speaking have been introduced. We were for- j tunate in securing Professor J. B. Coleman, of Furman University, to give this work for the 1923 short course. To render further service- in the matter of effective community organ ization work, courses in social science have a place on the program. Again, -women are often called up on to writfc up their club meetings. In order to handle publicity effectively, one must possess a knowledge of'what is news and how to write it. To meet this demand, a course having this knowledge as its goal will be offered this summer. Add to this curricula courses in the short story, current his tory, child study, chemistry in its re lation tto progress in the home and the, nation, home economics, home nursing, and physical education, and one has in perspective the short course for women at Winthrop Col lege, June 25-July 7. Last year, although the larger num ber of registrants were from South Carolina, applicants were received also from North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Florida and Pennsylvania. There are no ttuition charges for the Short Course, the only cost being the price of board, $9 per week, or $2 j per day. Those wishing to take advantage of this opportunity for further worth-while study, for fellowship and association with the club women of our State, and others, and for hearing many of the well-known lecturers of the country should write to Miss Lei la A. Russell, Rock Hill, S. C., for in formation regarding the Short Course for 1923-June 25-July 7. To Close During Church Hours. Through an appeal from all of the Camden churches city council has asked all garages and filling stations in the city to close on Sundays during the hours from 10 to 1, in order that the proprietors and their help can attend services. It is understood that the request meets with the hearty ap proval of all garage owners and fill ing stations. Camden being upon one of the main arteries of travel, it was deemed unwise to close the whole day. In case of absolute necessity permits will be issued and cars can be filled from the city's supply tank, but these permits will only be* issued in emer gency cases. ^ The "lid is off" at Shelby, Mont., whpro f*ght between Dempsey and Gibbons is to take place on July 4th. Advance sales of tickeU for the fight are immense. PRISON lift S' KKI.KASK1). Negotiation* With Chineae Banditti Made By an American. Tsao Chwang, Jund 1SJ. ? Eight bearded, shabby men, four of them I Americana, the last of the twenty ! tuiven foreign prisoners captured by Chinese bandits from the Shanghai' Peking express' near Suchow, May 6, arrived at the Tung Using mines, near Asao Chwang, this afternoon. They came down the mountains from their prison in the temple of the clouds of Paotzuku Mountain, in se dan chairs on donkeys and somv walking with an escort of outlaws. At the mine compound they saw the last of their brigand hosts and were joyfully .greeted by relatives and friends who had gathered there to welcome* them. Baths, clothing, and food were awaiting them and on a railroad sid ing stood a special train to take them to Tsao Chwang. It is expected that all or a ma jority of the eight will proceed to Shantung tomorrow. ' The closing scene of the six and one-half weeks of negotiation for the prisoners' release was staged with all the Chinese love "of formality. The stage was the village of Tsiliho, 15 miles from Tsao Chwang and, two miles down the mountainside from the temple" of the clouds. In the center of the group of ban dits chieftains and Chinese officials stood Roy Anderson, American, long familiar with Chinese customs and the chosen intermediary of the out laws and the Peking government. . Arfaed with a commission as per sonal representatives of Tsao Kup, powerful Chihili military leader and inspector-general of Shantung pro vince and possessing full authority from Tsao to put up the guarantees demanded by the brigands, Anderson opened the final session. Accompany ing him were Wen Shih Tsen, commis sioner of foreign affajrs at Nanking and several other Chinese officials. In accordance with ancient Chinese custom, Anderson asked the bandits to nominate their "elder brother," or spokesman, with power to act. The American explained that he was there in the role of "peacemaker" an office held sacred throughout China. He re viewed the situation, told the bandits of America's traditional friendship for China. He said that the United .States had been deeply grieved by the kidnapping. In reply to the outlaws' demands for foreign guarantees of immunity from punishment and other terms if the captives were released Anderson explained that this would be possible only if the foreign powers took over the government of China, a course which he emphasized the brigand chieftains themselves desired above all to avoid. _ When Anderson had finished, Gen eral Chen Tiao-Yuan, representing the military governors of Shantung read a document which recited the enrollment of 2,000 out-laws in the Chinese army, the payment to each of $20, and the distribution of uni forms. Then the crisis was reached. Ander son, supported by General Chen, asked for the immediate release of the eight foreign captives. The .outlaw chieftains parleyed among themselves. Then a messen ger left the circle and started up the steep Paotzuku slope. The formal agreement for the re lease of the prisoners was produced and signed by the two chief spokes men, one Roy Scott Anderson of At lanta, Ga., U. S. A., and the other the chosen "elder brother" of the brigand Sun Kwei-Tsu. In a few moments the messenger reappeared and following him, ac companied by an armed detachment of their guards came the eight prisoners of Paotzuhu. They passed through Tsiliho and headed for the railroad, free men once more. Big Auto Wreck Near Lancaster. Mr. Bedell of Greenville suffered serious injuries, including a broken back, and Mr. Foushee of Charlotte suffered lesser, though painful inju ries, last night when a Buick coupe in which thqy were riding overturned on the Charlotte road just above Cane Creek- The car was totally wrecked. The injured men were brought back to Lancaster for first aid treatment and were later cArried to a Charlotte hospital. Mr. Bedell is an engineer connected with a large Greenville firm and the men had been in I^ancaster yesterday looking after work on the new weave shed at the cotton mill. They left for Charlotte about six o'clock. The accident oc curred right near the seven mile post. Reports today are that the men are resting well. ? Lancaster Citizen. * * TO VISIT COAL MINKS. Editors Will Make Trip Through Ten nt'KHec, Virginia and Kentucky. t Spartanburg, June 12.? Governor Thomas G. McLeod has accepted the invitation extended him some days ago to accompany the South Carolina Press Association on the three days trip over the Carolina Clinchfteld and Ohio Railroad, when the members of that body are the guests of Spartan burg the last of this month. A letter recefved today by the chairman of the local committee on arrangements from L. H. Ph<Jttaplace, general manager of the "Clinchfteld", says he will attach his^rivate car to the special Pullman train and will be delighted to have a part in the en tertainment of Governor McLeod and members df the South Carolina Press Association. The South Carolina Press Associa -tion meets in Spartanburg June 19, and at .the conclusion of the meeting here on Wednesday night June 20, the, members who have accepted Spar tanburg's invitation will board the sleepers. The special train will leave the cit.V Wednesday morning, make the trip over the mountains on a leis urely schedule and arrive in Erwin, . ? < Tenn., for dinner, wheje the party will be entertained by the people of that place. Leaving Erwin in the afternoon the train will go directly to Kingsport, Tenn.r where thege will be more entertaining that evening. Thd party will be in Dante, Virginia, when they awake and spend all of Friday in the coal fields, making the trip to the end of the line at Elkhorn City^IxL inspecting one of the most modern mines of the Clinchfield Coal Company. Returning, the train will leave Dante Friday night and Johnson City will be visited on Saturday morning. Spartanburg will be reached in time to make connections with the evening trains leaving this city. Secretary Booker, of the South Car olina Press Association has advised the local committee that the invitation is being generally accepted t>y the members of the association. In Spartranburg the entertainment will begin Tuesday evening followed by a reception at the country club Wednesday afternoon and a banquet at the Cleveland Hotel Wednesday night. The Franklin Hotel has been designated as headquarters for the meeting. Blackman Dies Suddenly. Greenville, June 12.? While attend ing a salesmanship class at Lawton Lake camp of the Southeastern Life Insurance Company in the upper sec tion of the county, R. Thomas Black man of Pageland, Chesterfield county, dropped dead this afternoon. He had only recently joined the agency staff of the company. Succeeds Mrs. Brown. George W. Nicholson, of Kershaw county, has been appointed by Gov ernor McLeod as member of the Ker shaw county board of education to. succeed he late Mrs. Margaret E. Brown, who lost her life in the Cleve land school fire near Camden on May 1 7th. Sonic Rare Old I'apers. Mr. G. S. Iliggins, of this city, who has a hobby of collecting old coins, showed us some rare old pieces of paper money he has come into pos session of lately. One is that of a half crown, used in the reign of Kini* George 3rd. It bears three signatures still plainly visible written in ink. John McKinley, Thos. Collins, and Boaze Manlove. It bears date of th?* first day of January 1776. We ven ture the assertion that there were no bad checks given in that age, and very few counterfeits put on the mar ket, for we find on the back of the old piece of money the following in scription: "To counterfeit is death." It was printed by James Adams in 1776. The other old paper ' is that of a Twenty-five Cents note issued in June 1876 for the payment of taxes for the Town of Camden, and is signed by J. I). Dunlap, Intendant, and J. K. Witherspon, Clerk. Mr. Higgins has a great number of rare <?oins bearing ancient dates and are very valuable. His collection rep resents the expenditure of quite a neat sum of money where he purchas ed them at various auction sales of rare coins. Will M?t Tuesday. The Circles of the Missionary Soci ety of the Baptist churck will meet at the church Tuesday afternoon, Jane 19th at four o'clock. bkthunk news notes HitpponiitKH of Interest As Told By Our Correspondent. Bethune, S. C.j June 18. ? Mrs, D, M. Mays delightfully entertained her Sunday school class last Friday even* ing. After dispensing with the busi ness an initial contest was enjoyed, in which Misses ^Nancy Best and Lil lian Brannon seored highest'. Miss Kathleen McCaskill, teacher of English in the Martinsville, Va., high school, is at home for the holi days. Misses Ellen Sojourner, Virginia Watts and Berlie Outlaw returned last week flfter graduating from Win throp College. Messrs. Percy Mays and Walter Robinson left last week for Cuscobb, Conn. Misses Kathryne and Margaret Truesdell are visiting relatives in Me Bee. Miss Kate Yarbrough, who has been teaching m Walhalla, is at home for the summer. Mrs. A. J. Smith is at Winthrop taking the home demonstration work. Mr. J. A. Graham and family, of Reidsville, visited relatives here last week. w Master Robert Bruce, of Camden spent tl)e week end with June and Neil Truesdell. Miss Lois Watts, a student at Win throp, is at home for the summer. Mr. Dalton McLeod has moved into the house which was formerly occu pied by L. K. Yarbrough. Miss Connie Hafvie, of Pinappolis, is visiting her cousin, Miss Ellen So journer. Mrs. S. S. King and Miss Christine McCaskill, of llartsville, visited rela tives in town this week . . At the election of town officers last week the following were put in: Mayor, M. G. King; Wardens, L. Da vis, J. N. McLaurin, H. Lee, and J. M. Clyburn. Miss Thelma Cassady celebrated her fourteenth birthday Monday af ternoon. More than a dozen of her little friends were present to wish her many happy returns of the day. At the conclusion ambrosia and cake were served. Mr. Fletcher Mangum from near Bethune is seriously ill with pneumo nia. This week a Sunday school study class is being conducted by Presiding Elder McCoy and his wife. The seventy-sixth birthday of Mr. N. A. Bethue was celebrated at tyis home last Thursday. Besides his chil dren, Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Forbis and his old comrade ftlr. A. B. King, were present. Old Fashioned. An old physician was noted for his brusk manner and methods. A womati called him to treat her baby, who was slightly ailing. The doctor prescribed castor oil. ? "But doctor," protested the young mother, "castor oil is such an old-fashioned remedy." "Madam," replied the doctor, "ba bies are old fashioned things." ? Edin burgh Scotsman. I'lay Grounds To Open. The playgrounds at the Grammar School will open every day from 9. to 11 a. m., be ginning Friday, June 15th. Games and fun for all. Under super vision of Miss Willie Belle Mackey. To Attend Opening Celebration. The Retail Dealers Association of Camden has named the following well known business men as a committee to cooperate with the ^'hambers of Commerce of Sumter, Camden and' Columbia, and with the South Caro lina Gdbd Roads Association, J. Gil More Smith of Charleston, President the City Council of Columbia, Colum bia Automobile Association, and city council in the approaching big cele bration of the opening of the new Wateree river bridge over Wateree river between Sumter and Richland counties: Ralph Shannon, President of the Association, Chairman; and Messrs James IT. Burns, Leon Schlos burg, W. H. Pearee and W. R. Zemp. Camden is much interested in this celebration and will put its shoulders to the wheels to push or pull for a big get-together, Eastern Carolina cele bration and holiday. ? ? ? ? ? i Boll Weevil Control Demonstration. The Seaboard Air Line railway de velopment department has announced a number of dates at various places along their line of the Florida im proved method of boll weevil control for a demonstration of the workings of this method, has named June 18th as the date they witt be in Camden, and the demonstration will be held on the farm of James H. Bum*. FARM NEWS BRIEFS. Timely Tipfc of Value to Farmers us i Noted by ClimlQA Co)lo|l> Clemsoii College, June 12.? Celery; on irrigable lands along fresh water streams in the coastal counties of the slate may become u profitable Indus try us indicated by the experience of Mr. Paul Sanders of Hitter,. Colleton 'county, who last season grew success fully and sold advantageously tho first carloud of celery ever to leftvo this state. Mr. Sanders1^ report of his experience indicates that a high. Qual ity product can be grown if irrigation is provided a>id that there will be no difficulty in selling the product to an advantage over Florida shippers who are several hundred miles fiirther away from consuming centers. t J. 1'. LaMaster, .Chief of the Dairy Division of Cletnson College and Sec retary of the State Dairymen's Asso ciation, Vhrfftunces that the annual meeting of the association will be held June i f at L. I), Joinings' farm, Sum ter ,and that prominent authorities on the program will include J. II. Mc Clain, ii\ charge of Southern dairy work for the government; .1. A. Mc Lean, head of the livestock depart ment of the Quaker Oats Co., ft. G. Charbonnier, manager of the livestock department of the Ralston Purina Co., and others. Within the last month six carloads of poultry have been shipped coopera tively by farmers from Chesterfield, Laurens, Darlington, Greenwood and Abbeville counties, and prices aver aging 21 to 22 cents for hens, 35 cents for fryers, and 10 cents for roosters were received. These prices, Well above those of local markets,, have created considerable interest in this plan of selling poultry, and ar- i rangements are under way for sever- j al otheV shipments during June. The success of this method of marketing is rapidly stimulating greater inter est in poultry. Growers of melons are cautioned I ed by W. D. Moore, assistant plant I pathologist, that spraying is neces ( sary to control such melon diseases as anthracnose, which is already be ginning to cause trouble in the melon fields. Bordeaux mixture spray 4-4 60 should be put on every ten to fif teen days begining when the vines begin to run and lasting through the growing season. A chemical analysis of soil is not a true indication of fertilizer needs of soil, says T. S. Buie, assistant agronomist, who states, however, that there are times when an analy sis is especially desirable and that in such cases Clefnson College will make this analysis, provided soil samples are takeii in accordance with instruc tions which will be furnished to those who write to the Agronomy Division, Clemson College; S. C., for such in structions. Soil surveys of many sec tions of this state are available and may be had by those writing to the Bureau of Soils, U. S. D. A., Washing ton, I). C. Injured in Wreck. Mr. John I,. Shaw was quite badly; injured in an autombile wreck near Hartsville last Thursday night when ' the car in which ho was riding struck -a Ford truck. He had a leg broken and his collar bone was also broken. Others in the party were quite badly bruised but none seriously hurt. Mr. Shaw was an employee of the Wat eree Mills. He is still in Hartsville, where he is receiving surgical treat ment. At Work in liusinesK Section. The Southern Paving Company has been engaged this week in putting down the sidewalks on Main street, in the business section. The old flag stones that have been walked over for the past twenty-five or more years are being replaced with cement, and 1 when completed the whole of Main! street will present a uniform appear- 1 ance. Portions on lower Main street j have already been completed and onen i to pedestrians. CIj?rk Named Principal. W. A. Clark, son of I)r. Melton 'Clark of the faculty of the Columbia1 Theological Seminary, has been ap pointed principal of the Camden High school. He was re-elected to teach English at the Greenville high school where he has been for the past year, but declined at the urgent request of friends in Camden. Mr. Clark graduated from the Uni versity a year ago and was immedi ately offered the position in the Greenville hitfh school. His remark able success,** Responsible for the of fer of the j/fincipalship in Camden. While at the University Mr. Clark wai chairman of the honor commit tee. ? Monday's Columbia Record. HAM.lt AM SKY MEETING At Sumter Well Attended by Kershaw Countty People. ? i ?? > ? i ii i .?"?=,? . y About seventy-five happy Camden and Kershaw county men and women returned home Sunday night from the big and wonderful Ham-Ramsey Evangelistic Campaign at Sumter, and all were delighted with the splen did and immense influence being ex erted by this large five weeks re vival. More than four thousand people attended the afternoon meeting and Mayor Jennings of Sumter officially announced that more than five thou sand were at the evening meeting. T)u> visit of the Camden and Kershaw county citizens resulted in such great pleasure and satisfaction with the sermons of Key. Ham, the evangelist,' Choral. Director Ramsey, the big choir of three hundred men and wo men, the hospitality of S unite r and other delightful features of the re vival that hundreds of other Camden and Kershaw county people will, from time to time motor down to Sumter djuring the remaining three weeks of revival. Kershaw county and Camden visitors who remained for the evening service were delightfully entertained in the homes of Sumter citizens for supper and many were, given auto rides around Sumter and vicinity over Sumter's, paved streets and beautiful hard surfaced country roads. Mrs. E. C. Zemp of the Lyttleton Street Methodist Church choir of Camden was given enthusiastic ap plause for her beautiful rendition of a couple of solos and four thousand people unanimously by a hand pri mary expressed their pleasure and appreciation in an enthusiastic en core which she gracefully responded to. She was highly complimented in a short speech of thanks by Choir Director Ramsey. Sumter need not be surprised uttne number of Camden citizens who will from now on attend their big revivul meetings because seventy-five boos ters are today singing the praises of Sumter, "The little City o.f< Big Doings" and the Ilam-Ramsey Re vival certainly entitles Sumter to that name. Rev. Ham is in a class all to himself as a pulpit orator. Every feature of this revival is a great big tribute to Sumter's well known spirit of cooperation and successful "put it over the top" reputation. This evangelist of national reputa tion, the wonderful and efficient choir of more than three hundred and other features of this big spiritual cam paign are well worth riding hundreds of miles to attend. "E. I. R." Sportsmen Asked To Aid. A movement is under way to pro tect the game of this section by enlist- ' nig the aid of sportsmen in shooting game destroying animals and birds* before they have opportunity to cause destruction during the nesting and mating season. Plans are being made to have every sportsman interested in game protection, spend some time ridding woods, field and ' marsh of predatory hawks, owls crowa, wea sels; and others who annually kill ten times as much game as all gunners combined. It has been stated that the red squirrel alone will kill 200 birds a season, while the great horned owl destroys anually covey after covey of quail. Special efforts are being made to enlist the aid of game lovers against the crow who is described as destroying individually more birds of all kinds, more birds' eggs and young poultry than any other bird that ever flapped a wing. , All game destroying animals and birds are classed by sportsmen and game lovers as vermin, and it is ex pected that vermin hunting clubs can be organized here and that members of established gun clubs will join in the movement by going into the wood and shooting as many game destroy ers as tfiey can find. Funeral Notice. The relatives and friends of Mrs. F. CJ. DePa.ss and farViily arc invited to attend the funeral services of Miss Lillie H. PcPa.-* at the Quaker ceme tery this afternoon (Friday) at 5 o'clock. Our "NewHie." Oscar Outlaw, aped 13. who sells The Columbia State each morning, is also handling The Chronicle on, Fri day mornings and has built up quite a good street sale for us. Little Oscar is the young lad who was sent to the Scottish Rite Hospital several month* ago by the Mason's and Red Cross to have his feet straightened. His pic ture appearecJ in The Chronicle some months ago, showing him before and after treatment. It was a remarkable feat of surgery aftd Oscar gets about nearly as well as his fellow newsies and is proud of his rejuvenated feet He isva bright, affable little fellow and makes friend* readily. * t ,v