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WATCH THEDATE ON YOUR LABEL WATCH THE DATE ON YOUR LABEL -L-l. L. IB VOLUME XXXV ' 1 " CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROL! N A, FRI DAY, JUNE 22, 1923 NUMBER 12 T1IK HKlUffE OI'KNINU. Camden and Kerakiw County People Will Participate. ,, i iilv lgth has been sat as the date (or the big triple alliance?three , ounty celebration of the opening of ,hc Wateree. River bridge and ap- j , roachfi over the Wateree river be tween IUchland and Sumter counties. Kershaw/Sumter and Richland coun t ies with Charleston county joining ih, will bo there with big delegations. Mayor. H. G. Carrison, Jr., of Cam den Mayor L. D. 4ennlngs, of Sum ter,' Mayoi Coleman ef Columbia, Mayer Bates, of Eastover Governor T G. McLeod, Chairman H. G. Rhttfc tlf the State Highway Commnwitntt will be the ten minute s^eakeiij Of the occasion. All of the participant, on the Western side of, the nver? that is all of Richland county und other counties participating will meet Ker shaw "?nd ' Sumter and Charh sten counties at E^stoyer at 3 p. m. and a big procession will be formed ajid pro ceed across the bridge to Statesbuig, in Sumter county, where the exercises will, take place, including the speak ing and there will be a barbecue, chicken stew, and other good thmg* to eat, dutch style served by the la dies of the Guild of the Episcopal church. Efforts are being made to stage tremendous community sink ing feature of tfte program with hun dreds of singers from, Richland, Ke shaw and Sumter counties. The gen eral committee in charge has request ed that every store, office, farm, fac tory and in fact all places of business of every kind in Richland, Kershaw and Sumter counties close at noon on | July 12th, in order that every one may '^Mr. Ralph Shannon, President of the Camden Re^il Dealers As??cm; tion, has been appointed a member -of . Uie dinner committee, *nd the folio ing central committee from Kershaw county has been appointed, which wdl name one hundred citizens Of the county to whoop up the celebration and advertise the same: From Camden Retail Dealers Ass ociation? Ralph Gannon,- -President, Chairman; J, H. Burns. W. R. Ump, Leon Schlosburg, W. H. I ear(-'';' From Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce?E. I. Kear <lon, Chairman; B. G. Sanders, L. . Shaw, Mayor H. G. Carnson, r Camden, ex officio member of both committees* * _ Everybody in Camden and Kershaw county is invited and urged .to _ at tend and take &rt in this b.g ?lebra tion. Kershaw county should be fclad of. the opportunity to mingle with our good friends from Sumter, and Charleston and other counties in this get-together day o? pleasure an bringing together, of the people r of a large and impogant section of South Carolina. CamRi's busines and pro fessional men and women, and every town and comunity of Kershaw county I should Turn out in full force and show that our county and its county^ sea are anxious to shake Tiands w*tn_ fellow citizens of other counties. Nex week's issue of this paper will carry the names of the "Whooping TJp Com mittee of One Hundred" fcnd&ther im portant details of this big day of cel ebration, mixing and pleasure. Let us take a half day off, forget^ our trou bles and rejoice with Sotath-Carolin for the blessings we 'enjoy, meet each other and know each other better. We all need a kittle recreation, more of the elbow touch and "get ?*??e*her spirit". Arrange your social and bus iness engagements, to events of the big day-Jtfbr 12th, 1923. Soil Survey Maps. ?/% Congressman W. F. Stevehaon has written the following letter to Secre tary Reardon of the Chamber of Com merce: "Under separate cover I am send ing you a sack of Soil Survey Maps for Kershaw county. You will find these maps very instructive and in teresting and every land-owner * in Kershaw couhty should have one. I have plenty on hand, and will gladly send a map to any one requesting same. You can give out and send out any of those that I have sent you* and all you have to.do, if you care to mail any, is to address it. No stamps are required for my Frank ia stamped upon then. And if you want more, let me know. " At the Baptist Church Next Sunday. A Cordial invitation ia extended 60 t?v?ry one ta attend tha aenricaa.at the Baptist church Sunday. Mr. Bratton deLoach wilt make an'addreas at the U o'clock hoJr Tha evening service ARRESTERS ARRESTED. Magi?tr?le Cook Rutin Afoul of the 1'HW at 8t. MutthnvH. St. Matthews, June 16,? -An inci dent very much out of the ordinary was .enacted here yesterday afternoon late % when Magistrate A. L. Cook and his constable, D. A. Phillips, from Kershaw county were arrested by Qhief of Police W. Jones on a charge of drunkenness and having li quor in their possession. It is said that the two officer# were on their wa$ to Charleston for atten dance on the federal court where they were to tostify against a white man and a negro whom they had in charge Un -an accompanying transfer for vio lation of the prohibition laws. Hav ing shown signs t>f being under the influence of liquor, Chief Jones kept -h close eye on them and after having satisfied himself that his conclusions wore eprfeet, the" .vei'e put under an est. Their ear .vas searched With out protest and about three qtf&rts i>f liquor were found, in jars. '*? Changes were immediately preferr ed against them and resulted in a^fine of $100 fpr the magistrate' and $50 for the constable, being imposed by Mayor Carroll, after w^jich they were Egleaitad and went on their way to Charleston. White Man Arrested. Charlie Vaughan, a white rtian, who. has been about Camden for several months, was arrested at Reidsville, N. C., this week, and brought back to Camden Monday by Constable Stokes and placed in the county jail. Vaughan gave bad checks to the amount of $160. and also went away with a Chevrolet automobile which he' had bargained for but had not paid for. o Officers here learned that he. had gone to Reidsville, so a message to Reidsville officers caused his arrest and he readily admitted his identity and guilt and agreed^-to return with out requisition papers. He. was ?allowed to make good all bad checks, pay all costs and was re leased. Vaughan is said to be origi nally frbm' Westminster, S. C. Hall-Stokes. A marriage of interest to many friends of this city and county and adjoining counties was that of Miss Stella Adline Hall to Mr. Palmer Dix,on Stokes,, which occurred at the Home of the brjde, a few miles west of Camden on Tuesday. ' Miss Hall is the attractive daughter of Mr. and, Mrs. I^uth#* Hall. She is a graduate of the//?amden High School and spent several years at Winthrop. Mr .Stokes is a pro gressive young merchant of this city, being the senior partner in the groce ry firm of Stokes and Evans. The young couple has a host of friends to whom this announcement will be of cordial interest., . The marriage- was a quiet affair, being witnessed by only a ,fe,w inti mate friends and relative^ and the ceremony was performed by Rev. J. Jeter Johnson of the Camden Baptist church. \ Attended Firemen^ Convention. Mayor H. G. Carrison, J./ Fletcher Smith, W. F. Nettles, l#ane Shaw, Bill Hbrnsby, James Zemp, Frank Mayers, A. R. Mayers, Dewey Creed and James Owens, were members, of the Cam den fire department who attended the State firemen's convention held in Orangeburg this week. ? First Week Jurors/' The summer term of the court of general sessions will open on the sec ond Monday in July, being the ninth <Uy, wit? Judge W. H. Towhsend pre siding. The .following is a list of jurors drawn to serve for the first week : " ^ _ ' W. R. Hough, Camden, L. M. Low man, Cassatt, W. A. McDonald, Be thune, H. JJ. Campbell, Camden, W. B. Branham, Lugoff, G. W. Rabon, Lugoff, W. M. Elliott, Cassatt, W. A. Waters, Camden, L. C. Marshall, Cam den, L. W. Fletcher, Kershaw, A. J. Kelly, Blaney, J. M. Huggins, Cam den, W. M. Gettys, Longtown, T. B. Clybuwi, Weatvllle, Rhaylor Crow, Kershaw, J. R. Reynolds, Lugoff, J. D. Motley. Blaney, J. F. Mungo, Jeffer son, C. O. Stogner, Bethune, P. L. McNaughton, Bethune, J. L. Hunter, Kershaw, D. L. McLaugk^in, Cassatt, C. E. Davis, Kershaw, J. r-^Elliott, Cassatt, G. T. Bell, Lugoff, Marsh, Camden, J. R. Catoe, Kershsfcy &?J Anea. KtftUw, C. F. PuBoa%. Camden, H. C. McCoy, Caasatt, Willia Sheom, Camden, Bogan Phillips, Jef ferson, S. J. K Peach, Caasatt, W. F. Nettles, ~ Camden, J, S* HoMftiwii Csmden, W. E. RrowBiJaogoflt ? 50 THOUSAND NKGROKS GONE. Large Acreage Abandoned, Crops Kate and Poor, Saya Report. ? Clemson College, June 18. 60,000 negrdos migrated since Nov. 1, 1022, from 41 O^mties reporting figures; 0,324 ono-horse farms abandoned in 22 counties reporting figures; acres in cotton abandoned since March 31, 1023, in U counties reporting fig ures; and ^600 acreB of corn ab*n" doned in 9 counties reporting; the pre sent cotton condition reported as poor in 26 counties and medium in 10, and the present com condition re ported poor in 9 counties and medium in 21. , ' The above in brief is tho answer tw a 'recent inquiry sent out by the Lx ten&ion Sjjryle* to every county in the wtate. To secure thw information Director W. W. Long, at the request of many citizens, sent out the follow ing telegram to county .agents and (iin those counties without agents) in fluential citizens. "Please confer with leading farm ers, bankers, and merchants and give us the following information:; First, approximate migration of negroes from your county since November I, 1022, expressed in number and per centage of negro population; second, number of farms abandoned fmce November 1..1922, this to include ten ants as well as land owners; third, number of acres of cotton, Corn, and tobacco abandoned ?ince crops were pitched March 1, 1023; fourth, brief Htatemenfas to -condition of cotton. Corn, and tobacco at present time ex pressed as medium, poor, good; fifth, please read this telegram with great care and act promptly. _ ... Among the counties reporting, the average number of negro migrants per county was 1217, the #verage number of farms abandoned per coun ty, was 423; and the average cotton acreage abandoned per county was 1051. . * . Counties reporting the biggest mi gration are McCormick 3600, Newber ry 3500, Orangeburg 3500, Aiken 2000, Bamberg 2500, Greenwood 2440, Cherokee 200, Laurens, 2,000, Calhoun 2000. *By far the biggest number of faims abandoned was in McCormick 2,500, followed by 1,000 in Laurens, 800 m Lexington, 700 in Anderson, 600 in Clarendon, and on down. ? The biggest cotton acreage aban doned has been in Anderson 7,000, fol lowed by Marlboro 2,000,. McCormick 1,876, Newberry 1,000, fcichland 800, Cherokee 600, Sumter 500. . "It will be observed" says Director Long in commenting upon these facts and figures, "that forty-one counties teported, leaving Ave counties that have failed to answer. Inasmuch as the crop is from three weeks to a month late ig a large part of the state, the scarcity of labor, and the leaching from the Soil of the fertili zers by continuous rains, the broken stands and the presence of the weevil in large numbers throughout the state unusually favorable conditions from now on will be necessary to make a normal crop. It will be wise for us to begin to prepare for a short crop by putting all the stubble lands in forage crops, such as cowpeas, or soy beans, and later on vetch and oats, crimson clover, Abruzzi rye, an by all means, the seeding of a large acreage in oats and wheat. "The man who has his barn filled with forage, his crib filled with corn, and his meat house filled with meat, this fall, even though be cannot pay his debts, will be in a position to re ceive more favorable consideration from his bank than the man who has failed to exercise this forethought. All of this is preparedness!" Bread From Camdet^ While at Heath Springs Friday af ternoon* reporter for the News 'observed on the streets a large truck from Camden loaded with lightbread, cakes, etc., in charge of a former Lan caster county man, Caldwell Lingle. When admonished for hauling bread "right under our nose," Mr. Lingle said, "If I'd do what I ought to, I'd go on to Lancaster and sell you folks some sure enough breai? " Caldwell lives in Camden, but has extensive farming interests out from the city. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs, E. B. Lingle, of Buford, this county, and married a daughter of Alex West, who also lives in Camden. ? Lancaster News. * . \ First Cotton Bloom. Ck>llifHi, who is .pLanting old Ferry bloom BKTIIUNK NEWS NOTKS Happenings of s Interest Ah Told By t Our Correspondent* Bethune, S, C? June 20.~-Mrs. Anne Gardner, widow of the late D. W, Gardner, died suddenly Sunday eve ning at the home of E. E. Gardner, ?bout. Ave miUta amittt.flf .hflre, . Mrs.. Gardner was eighty yq#rs of age and Is survived by three sons, Messrs. E. E. tin# JO, C. Gardner and Dr. W. W. Gardner of Hartsville. The fuiu-r al services were held ^t Bethany cem etery, Monday afternoon. Her pastor, Rev. J. R. Sojourner, conducting. Mesdames J. M. Fofbis, A. K. Me I.aurin and Miss Stella Bethhne are attending the meeting of the G?".md Chapter of the Eastern Star iy Flo rnin1 this week. Miss Helen Garland has gone to Sumter to spend some time at the home of her sister, Mrs. Waddel. Misses Kate Yarborough and Rena MeNall spent Monday in Columbia shopping.' ? ? Miss Fanny Bethune, Mrs. A. T. Bethune and little slaughter of Bel mont, N. C., are guests of relatives here.- . M r. an^' Mrs. L, K. Yarborough and Joe Estridge of 'Sun^ter spent the week end here. Mr. ..and Mrs. C. Price of Char leston were in town Monday. * ' Mr. Boyd MeKinnon of Hemingway spent several days with his another, Mrs. N. K. MeKinnon this week. Mrs. J. P. Bethune and children are spending the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Mayes, at Carters ville. Miss Kathleen McCaskill is the guest of Miss Mattie Sligh Brooks in Lykesland. ftfrs. A. M. Gardner and children of Vance stopped over in Bethune last week en route to Mrs. Gardner's old home in Chesterfield.- . Miss Ellen Sojourner very delight fully entertained Tuesday afternoon in honor of her house guest, Miss Connie Howie, of Pinopolis, Interest ing contests were the features of the afternoon. In these, Misses Carrie Yarborough and. Madeline Clyburn were awarded dainty handkerchiefs as prizes. A salad course and ice lea were, served. In Their New Place. The Fashion Shop, formerly located on South ^Main street, has moved to their larger and more commodious quarters at the corner of. Broad and DeKalb streets, in the store formerly occupied for many years by Mr. G. C. Bruce. Mr. Sam Rarest, the manager of the Fashion Shop, has displayed excel lent taste in the fittings and. re-fur nishing of this store and the painting and decorating has made a wonder ful change. It is not completed yet and it is too early to try to give a proper description of it , but already the ladies are finding it a much more jcomfortable and pleasing place to visit than thqir old quarters.- Settees and rest places have been provided for and neat .fitting rooms are being erected in the rear of the store. With a much larger floor space, a larger assort ment of goods can be carried and this store bids fair to grow in popularity. American Legion Auxiliary To Meet. There will be a' meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary at Mrs. W. Bratton deLoach's residence, on Lyttleton street, on Tuesday after noon, June 26th, at 6:30 o'clock. A full attendance is desired of all mem bers and those who are eligible to j6in are invited to attend this meet ing. . <-*? ^ Transportation Free. Mr. F. N. McCorkle, loca^ agent of the American Railway Express Co., advises us that his company will transport free Of charge shipments within the State of South Carolina, for the relief of survivors of the re cent Cleveland school catastrophe. Dove Season Changed. 'Notice o^ a change, in the dove sea son from September 1 to December 16 to November 1 to January 81 has been received by Chief Game Warden A. A. Richardson from the department of agriculture at Washington. The change was effected by amendments to the migratory bird treaty act regu lations and was approved by Presi dent Harding. Fpfenk Sage was convicted in a Jer sey City, N. J,, court Friday of the mu?der of two policemen in that city on iftay 22. He waa ~*ehte need to the electric chair. His wife, who waa- a to -defendant with Safe in the caae, wm acquitted, fc* assuming *11 U? blame for the kfllfoff . OFFICBK8 BKFOKK GOVKKNOR. Are Cited To Show Cause "Why They Should Not Be Itomov^l. Magistrate A. L. Cook and Constable 1). A. l'hillipa of Kershaw County, ?ar rested and fined Ht St, Matthews on a charge of being drunk and transports ing whiskey, are to Ik* required to show cause June 28 why they should not be removed from office, according to' the announcement of Gov, Thomas G. McLeod. The hearing on the rule to show cause will be held in the Governor's office at 12 o'clock, noon, June 28, the magistrate' and constable being re quired under the, governor's order to report at this time. The grounds of the action as set forth in the gover nor's order arc that "certain charges" have been filed with the governor against the two men, "these charges appearing in the form of information concerning your intoxication or drunkenness, and having in your pos session certain intoxicating liquors." The two officers were arrested in St. Matthews Friday by Chief of Po lice W. \V. Jones of St. Matthews. Their car was searched , without pro teat and about tju'ee quarts of liquor were found. Charges were preferred against the two, resulting in fines of $100 for Mr. Cook and of $50 for Mr." Phillips. The two officers were said to have been on their way to Charles ton for attendance upon the federal court, where they wtye to testify against a white man and a negro for alleged violation of the prohibition laws. Constable Phillips' record in the governor's office shows that he has been among , the leaders in the capturing of sti^s and the arresting of alleged violators of the prohibition laws. A/L. Cook is magistrate for Buffaf lo township, Kershaw county, while D. A. Phillips is a constable having headquarters in Kershaw County. ? , Wednesday's State. 1 Base Ball Club Organized. A meeting of citizens interested in the formation of a base ball team for Camden was held at the Court. House : Wednesday" afternoon and officers and directors were elected. Mr.'E. I. Reardon, of . the Chamber of Commerce, was asked to act as chairman and, stated at the outset that those present wanted it sent out that this was to be a clean, manly base ball club free from gambling and betting that had caused so much crit icism and it would be run strictly for the recreation and sport * it would afford. The following gentlemen werq elected: pr. C. A. West, president; H. K. Hallett, vice president; Leon Schlosburg, secretary and treasurer; H. D. Niles, "imhlicity director and L. A. Sowell, Dr. Jl. E. Stevenson, H. G. Carrlson, Ji., John T. Nottles, John Villepigu^ " were named as a board of directors. The board of direc tors were empowered to elect a man ager, fix rules and salary. Just as soon as players and uniforms can be secured games will be under way and the men behind the movement hope that the citizens will get in line and patronize the games. Death of Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Lillie ?. Smith, aged 41 years, wife of Mr. W. T. Smith, a well known Camden grocery merchant, died at her home on Haile street Monday morning after a week's illness. Mrs. Smith was a native of the Antloch section of the county and re sided there until her removal to Cam den a good many years ago. Before her marriage she was Mi^s Lillie C. Trapp. Besides her husband she leaves a large; family of children? ? the ' youngest of tfhoitK is only two years of age. There are six girls and four boys, as follows: Haywood, Rthol, Harvin Blanche, Louise, Les lie, Lillie Mae, Willie Mae, Harold and Lorene. She also has a large family connection in this city and county. The funeral service was held at her late reskience on Tuesday, services being conducted by Rev, W. H. Hodges of the Methodist church and Rev, J. J. Johnson, of the Baptist church, and the burial was at Cedan Creek cemetery in Lee county. Colored People Marry. Charlotte Collins, a daughter of Lizzie Collins and the late f?vanS Col lins, was married on Tuesday, June 19th, to Herbert X.. McJLester, a for mer citizen of this county. It was a ?qntcr.hnme iMidilina .with- .Bat* B. F. Bradford officiating. Immediately after the ceremony they - left for Aaherille, N. C., where tfeey wttl re side. 4 1 ' 'y ^ - - r f- -,| J r^_ ^ HAH FIKM) ON TRIAL. Pleads ,\?t (iuilty To The Murder of Officer ?J. 1,. Youmans. Spec iA.) to The State. DHi'lingtont Juno 20.-? The case of t hr State against John IJni ln'M, in dicted for tne murder of Federal Pro hibition Officer J. Leroy Youmans, . was started thin morning and con sumed the entire day, going to thu jury just before nightfall. The killing of Officer Youmans took place in the POiyl Hollow section of the county during March. * Ira U. Fields, chief of police at 1/n raar, J. C. Parnell, constable at La mar, W. H. Segars, rural policeman and K. Ji< Scarborough, rural police man, that was in the raiding party when Officer Youmans was Killed, wore the first witnesses for the stat.*. They were followed by l>r. K. Heck man of llartsvjlle and Dr. .1. \\\ NVil box of Darlington. These witnesses examined the body of Officer Youmans and- described the wound. Dr. Wilcox testified- tUat death was caused by a hemmorage that was the result of the wound. The wound was inflicted by a .45 caliber steel jflckut bullet and the bullet en tered in the side near the hip. Kussell Parker, a white man, and Silas Hawkins, a negro, who were at the still when the killing took place, testified for the state and both wit nesses stated that Harfield fired the fatal shot. They admitted that they were making whiskey at the time. Maj. J. P. E. Meyer, United States district attorney, also testified for the state and was the star witness. He was in the neighborhood when Bar fleid was captured and. told of a con fosion that Ha rfield made him. Majoi . t Meyer had charge of the investiga tion after federal officers from Wash ington and Atlanta were sent here immediately after the killing. The first witness for the defense was S. 0. Sims, an officer at Flor ence. Het/\vas followed by It. J. Yar-' j borough, a prominent citizen of Ker shaw county, who holds the position of toad supervisor. He along with Policeman Jones of Bethune and T. H. Copeland also * of Bethune, brought Barfleld to Bethune^ after finding him in a neafby pasture. Mr. Yarborough ? and Mr. Copeland testified as to what took place while the defendant was receiving medical attention at Be thune. Dr. Humphries of Bethune testified about the giving of th^ med ical attention, as he treated the de fendant when he was brought in. Dr. Humphries stated that the mental ( ability of the defendant at the time/, was such that he could ? not have known what he was talking about when he made the cdfafesslon. ^ A motion was made at this time to strike the. testimony concerning the confession from the record, but Judge Dennis overruled the motion. Major ?Kelly then testified that he knew that both ~Barfield and Parker who were at the still, had A 45 caliber pistol. .Barfield, who is a rather nice look ing young chap, well built' and making a very good appearance, then took the stand in his own defense and testified that he was only 20 years old, that.hfe real name was Loyd Harrison that he used the name John Barfield so that his mother, an invalid who lives in south Georgia, would not know who it was. He sr.id that he came here from Georgia for the pur- . pose of making whiskey and that he had learned how to make it while liv ing in Georgia. He told all alx>ut his flight and the shooting that occurred the night that Officer Youmans -was killed, saying that Parker fired the _ fatal shot. He explained the fact that his pistol had been fired twice by saying. that he fell while running and that the gun fired once when he fe.T and once when he arose. He admitted that the cap, coat and gun found near the still were his. H^ was una ble to remember making' the confes sion related by Major Meyor nor was he able to recognize the men that took him in charge. Ex-Senator Frank A. Miller assist ed Solicitor J. Monroe Spears with the 1 prosecution, while Attorneys A. L. King of Florence and T. C. Cork of the local bar, conducted the defense. ' 4 / Base Ball. Wateree will play the fast Columbia Mills team at Wateree field Saturday. These teams met earlier in the sea- ? son and Colombia won tho game handily. Wateree's team has been greatly strengthened however aa the result of last SaUirdny's game proves. Wateree took thjs gatne 14 to i Wateree wITT pttjTlWU |t?iiiea July 4th with the Colombia Railway Ctorka at WaHfee fW4 at rn, - and 4 p.m. '.3. '*1 1 ? 1