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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.
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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.
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TO VISIT COAL MINKS.
Editors Will Make Trip Through Ten
nt'KHec, Virginia and Kentucky.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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