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WATCH THE DATE ON YQUR LABEL WATCH THE DATE on y6ur LABEL CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1923 NUMBER IS VOLUME XXXV , m it TREES in this toYnty l.judx WWII /S^^ted'',, For Producing Fine Orchards. i i ctai y 10. I. keardon of tin Camden and Kershaw County Cham-, bur' of Commerce, who, with J. W. Sanders, County Agent of Kefahaw County*. headed a delegation of about thirty-five Kershaw Cpunfcy citizens to the Carolines Sandhills Pea?h 'Shtjw at Hamlet last Friday, reports that the visit of these citizens accoi-d ing to expressions from the delegation was very profitable and satisfactory. County Ag<yit Sanders says, and he has reliable records to show, that Kershaw County has eighty 'thousand peach tree* of the one, two and three year variety planted of the Georgia Bell and Elberta, Carmen and Heiley varieties, seventy ' thousand of which are in commercial orchards, and ten thousand of which are in home -or chard*. There are between 3,500 and 4,000 pecan trees of.ttio Sligh 'and Stewart varieties; between 1200 and 1300. pears of the Pineapple variety arid, between 45;000 and 47,000 of the Lucretra Dewberry plants. The* sandhill- lands of Kershaw county are peculiarly adaptable to growing of peaches for commercial and home orchard purposes, produc ing about the same grade and size poaches as are grown around McBee in Chesterfield county, and the McBee peaches have been taking the blue ribbon prizes at the Hamlet, North Carolina, Show , for several years. The McBee, South Carolina, peaches, according to commercial reports are selling f. o. b. McBe.e at $3.00, to $*.00 per crate, $3.00 for the run of the orchard^$4,00 for selected peaches while the Fort Valley, Georgia, peaches are quoted at $2.00 to $2.25 f. o. b. Georgia. Kershaw county is on a par with Fort Valley, Georgia, so far a1* dates of late frosts are con cerned, jmd the Kershaw county peach like the McBee, S. C., and the Hanv lot, N. C., peaches are said<to be bet tor in quality thai^the Fort Valley, Ga., peaches. ? It is said that many hundreds ot acres of unimproved land in I^ershaw County suitable1 for peaches for com mercial or .home orchard purposes can be purchased for $25.00 per acr^, according to location aric^ improved lands suitable for peaches for $35.00, $50.00, $60.00 and up to $100.00 per acre, according to location. Kershaw county therefore presents an admirable field of opportunity in peach and pecan industries because of similar soil and climatic conditions alongside some of the best peach growing sections of th^ United States. With splendid roads V throughout the county for rapid and economical hauling of peaches and splendid rail way shipping facilities throughout the county, Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce invites investigation of the opportunities presented in this county. Truck of all kinds, peculiar to a semi-tropical climate can be pro duced in great quantities in Kershaw County, and the establishment of* a good sized canning plant to 'furnish definite and permanent market for truck would be a paying investment in this county, provided that contracts were made in advance with farmers to plant tomatoes, b^ans, peas, spin ach, and other cannable truck pro ducts, such as is done in Sumter County and other countfes. The land and industrial - departments of Sea board Air Line Company, the South ern Railwaj^ Company ami the At lantic Coast Line Company are co operating with the Camden and Ker shaw County Chamber of Commerce, and with County Agent J. W.^San ders and Miss Jennie V. Boyd, the Home Demonstration Agent, the lat ter of whom has hundreds of women ?nd girls in numerous Home Dem onstration Clubs, demonstrating an nually what can be done in Kershaw <ounty in producing and preserving ftnd canning all kinds of truck, fruits and berries. County Agent J. W. Sanders has a goodly number of Roys' Pig and Corn Club members who annually show what good farm ing can do in Kershaw county. . ? Mohammet Goes To .The Mountain. Asheville, N. C., July 31. ? Opening of a campaign of Ace at Henderson v?lle in Western North Carolina by "Hiomas P. , Stoney, candidate for "*ayor of Charleston, S. C., in an at tempt to reach voters on their vaca tions, la believed to establish a neiv record" for activities ttT'munkipal. Politics. . ? The office It over 800 miles fi^im CharlWton tad an offer is ?tde to Mtl k ?*>r IMt Ot} Weekly Souk Services Th? Wateree Mill Village "weekly s;ong service and community evenings held every Thursday night are unique and vory interesting affairs. At H o'clock every Thursday night hundreds of the employees and mill managers and welfare department ex-, eeutives assemble at the community club house whore a song service, ex pression recitals, games,.' plays and other splendid sources of ' amusement and social service features are put on. Miss Bertha Peppeard, director of welfare work, Mr. H. P. Cobb, super intendent of employment and song service, leader, Miss Helen Williams and Miss Barnes, teachers of music and expression and other executives and employeos take the load in com munity pleasures and exercises. past Thursday evening the pro gram was exceptionally line and p lange audience attended. Last Thurs day evening E. I. Reardoh, Secretary of the Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce talked along the lines of community cooperation and highly congratulated the em ployees and the mill management on the idfcal and uptodate spirit of co ordination existing and the different facilities afforded the employees by the .management for physical, mental and recreational purposes. Former Kftshaw County Mai\* Dead. A special from Uvalda, Ga., to the Mac.onvTelegraph dated July 24, says: "Joe Anderson, of Cedar Crossing section, and one of the best known men of this section died of typhoid fever at his home near Uvalda this afternoon. He will be buried at the family burning ground tomorrow at Hardin's chapel, Mr. Anderson was a good man and his death will mean a great loss to his community. Th& de ceased leaves a widow and three chil dren. " Mr. Anderson above referred to left this county about 34 years ago to make his home in Georgia and is well remembered by many of'i the ojder citizens. He formerly resided in the Cassatt section and had been b*?k to this county on visits on ' several occasions, his last YiBit "being .about five years ago. He was fifty-four years* of^rage and was married after settling in Georgia and leaves his widow and three .children. He had been engaged in farming in which he had been successful. He is survived by four brothers ? W. A." Anderson of Camden, and J. M. Anderson, L ., T. Anderson and R. T. Anderson, all of Cassatt. Mr. W. A.' Anderson weht to his brother's bedside but he had pass ed away before he reached there. ' -\ With Charlotte Polo Club. * .Mr. K. G. Whistler left early this week with a string of polo ponies^for Charlotte, N. C., where he will have charge of a polo club recently formed by some of the prominent young business men of that place. Mr. Whistler is an expert norseman, knows gbod horseflesh and also knows the polo game, having been a meipber of* one of the first teams organized in Camden, and his friepds wish him good luck and success in his new un dertaking. ?? 1 ?" 1 > ? 7 Drowned Off Bt4;^6?t ^ A Wilmington, N. C., pipe/ <Tf ^uf^r J23rd, tells of the drowning of En gineer James Copeland of tfcat city off the coast of Beaufort; N. (X, when the sea-going tug "Juno" foundered during a heavy gale and was com pletely lost. All the remainder of the crew took to the boats and* were saved. Engineer Copeland is said to have been at Ris post when the engine room filled with water, cutting off his escape. He was a man of middle age and had been engaged in marine en gineering on the Cape Fear river for many years and leaves a family. Mr. Copeland was a nephew of Mrs. M. E. Shcrock of this city and his mother at one time resided here. 9 J*. \ Will Go With Bank of Camden. Beginning Augutt 15th Mr. Doug las A. Boykin will have charge of the teller's window at the Bank ot Cam- 1 den, succeeding Mr. Marion Williams, at this window. Mr. Wil|iams nowj holds . the position oi assistant cash- J ier since the death of Mr. Tom Hum phries. Mr. Boykin for a long num ber of years was associated with the la^e A. D. Kennedy as a salesman in J his hardware store. Later he wa# on | the road as a grocery salesman, and mora recently has been a traveling I ?#Wntaltve uf the Rujater ijglHt-J Mr company. He is *fell and favpra bljr known throughout Kershaw cour ty and South Carolina, and will no] doubt prove a v*kw?M* addition 16 the BETH UN E NEWJB NOTES Happenings of# Interest Ah Told toy Our ( or respondent . Hethune, Ss O., August 1. ? A seven passenger Packard driven by a tourisft of Florida, In passing through He ttyune Wednesday morning going north, struck Newton Jphnson, youn# son of Mack Johnsoty, and inflicted severe wounds about the fact' and head. , He was rendered unconscious until the next morning, but is now convalescing nicely. As it was shown to be entirely an accident, the gen tleman paid all expenses of the lad's injuries and continued on his way ait tfoon ah he found out he was out of danger. ' Mr. Hex Josey and mother left Wednesday'morning for a two weeks' stay in IlenAersonville. Mr. and Mrs. Hright Williamson of Darlington were the week end .guest? of Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Forbis. In cooperation with the Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce, the School Improvement Association and Home Demonstration ~CIulT"Wttl?~hoM a get-together between city, town and county meeting and agricultural rally at the school building Friday 'evening at 7;j30 o'clock. Dr.* Winters of Florence will deliver an addres^; also Mr. L. Lt Rice of Andersp'n. An attractive feature of the evening will be the- community singing program by the ladies and gentlemen of Camden and others. ? A delightful menu of light refreshments-/ will be served at bo cents a plate. Mr. L. D. Robertson at led the funeral* of his brother Mr. Djxon Robertson, in Winnsboro, Monday. Miss Amelia Robertson of Charlotte is visiting her. uncle, Mr. L. D. Robert son. Mesdfcmes M. 0. Ward and W. M. Stevens spent Saturday in Lancaster shopping. Mr, and Mrs. L. C. Parker^isited their daughter, Mrs, Gregory, in Che raw last Friday. 1 Dr. C. O. Terry and family left for their home Thursday morning in Ray City, Oft. They were accompanied home by Miss Kathleen McCaskill, Misses Stella Bethune, Rena Mc Naull and Carrie Yarbrough spent last week end in Ljlesville, N. C. Mt Hugh Oliver left Sunday even ing for Baltimore, where he has gone to , purchase goods for his new store, which he expects to open about the first of August; John and Raymond I^e, and E. T. Truesdell^ Jr., of Lugoff, are visiting their cousin, Neil Truesdell. Mr.^nd Mrs. Davis of Manning were the week enc^ guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lafflte. They were ac companied home by their daughter, Florence, who has been spending the week here and little Miss Harriet Steven&*..._ ... Mrs. Annie Bradley and son, of Che raw, were guests of relatives here this week.' . Mr. Wilson Bradley, who has been in a hospital in Columbia, returned Sunday afternoons Dr. L. O. Johnson is visiting at the home of his father in I^in^stree. ? The families of Messrs. W. E. Davis and B. Best are camping at the Big1 Springs this week. # Mr, and-^rs. C. L. Mays and their t^ug^tgr,/ Annie, spent Sunday * in ' town* wfiSj^frelatives. Little M^es ^Margaret Hearon visited in McBee th^^Rt wl^k^end. Mrs. Beh Blackwell Ii^i^nteyed into the hotel and opened up a cgfp at that place. ?.* 5k Mr. L. C. Parker has -purchased' the home of L. W. 'Raley -a '^fcv^miles above town.- ^ ; % t Realty Deals This Week.# The Camden Real Estate Exchange reports the sale of the E. L.^Wooten property o#f Green street *o<J>Mfs. H. H. Selye, fef Spartanburg, w;ho will make Camden her winter home. 1 The Pittman house on North Fair street, formerly known as the. John D. Kennedy house, but last owned by H. G. Carrison, Jr., and R. E. Steven son, was sold this week to Mrs. Leroy Wooten. , An Old Mile Dead. A lady from thexBeulah community reported to us>this week the death of 'Old Mag", a mule belonging to Mr. R. T. Holland of that section, said to ?be 49 years of age ? that Ts so far as, they know ? she may have been older. The faithful old animal was found depd Sunday "morning, and up to the time of her death ha<^ worked along doin? the same duties as other mules. * . 'm i _ Adult school* operated V in -South Carolina in 1922 numbered 223 for whites and 158 for aegroes, wimking .total ?f?H. - :v . ^ | THREE DAYS in OA Ml** Nftr Camden For MomberH <of Boy a' I and Girls' Clubs. t - ? August *he 8th, 9th and 10th wiU j bo fo<l letter days in boys' and Kil ls' ' pig and torn clubs and limine demon- I atration circle? of Kershaw county, as those three da^va will be annual short I course a>ul encampment days at Hermitage Mill Pond near Camden. Many of the parents of the boys and girls arc going to be there also for a pert of tho time at least. There will be .several prominent j .speakers during the short course a - follows: Professor A. K. .Vhilletter, of Clem son College, who spoke at the Hamlet Carolina's Sandhill Peach Show, noted horticulturist, will speak on Ai^rust the 8th, at 4?30 P. M. nJiis subject bcijjkg, "Interesting Facts About Orchards." Mr. A. A. McKeown, district Coun ty Agent of the , Piedmont counties, will speak twice on August tho 9th. His first address at 1 1 a. m. will be, 'The Roy's Opportunity* to Become a Great Man." . Hia . second,. talk tFe same day will be on the subject of "Successful Farming" at 2 p. m. Mr. McKeown alii> speaks at 1> a. m. Fri day, August 10th, on "What Plants Think of the Soil." On August the 10th at 11:30 a. m., Mr. A. H. Ward, Coupty_Ag?Jlt of Darlington county, will address the boys and girls. Mr. Bt. O. Williams, in charge of boys' club work in South Carolina, will be with the boys ai\d girls for all three days and will make several in teresting and instructive talks as*will Mp. , J. AV. Sanders, County Agent of -Kershaw county. *On Friday, August 10th, beginning at 12:30 o'clock p., m., there will be a county wide, get-together basket ; picnic and general good time to whicn the public is invited. The entire short course and encampment will be open to the general public as will bo the addresses by the several splendid -speakers. It is believed that numbers of Camden ladies and gentlemen will motor out during the encampment to welcome the boys and girls and their parents and to hear the addresses and attend the bi& get together basket picnic, on .Friday, August the 10th. . Mrs. S. O. Plowden, Pee Dee Di4-, trict Home Demonstration Agent, and Mrs. Harry Johnson, State Leader of girls' club work will attend the short course for the girls and there will be addresses- and demonstrations in household work, poultry work, bis cuit-making contest, cooking, sewing, basket-making, and many pther ,in structive features. Mrs. Hugh Mc Callum, of Kershaw County, will be in charge of basket-making demonstra tion, assisted by Mrs. G. L. Black well of Camden and Mrs. B. If. yrues dale'tof Cantey Hill club. MIbs Jennie V. Boyd, home demonstration agent, will be 'very busy of course as general manager of the girls' work during the encampment. Secretary Reardon of the Chamber of Commerce is helping out Mr. San ders and Miss Boydun ^very possible way and has been invite<J to make the welcoming address "to the young men and young women on "the opening day extending them a most warm wel come to Camden. American Legion To Meet. The James Leroy Belk Post will hold its monthly meting at its head quarters* on Monday, August 6th, at 8:30 p. m. All members will please be present, JOHN WHITAKER, JR., -X ? ~ Post~ftd ju$AJQ^ Poultry- Meetings. There will' be held two very "interest ing poultry meetings this month un der the leadership of Mrs. Hugh Mc Callum of Lugoff, S. C., who has just completed a course -in Poultry Work given at Winthrop College. On August 13th, at three o'clock, there will Be a meeting at the honrfe of Mrs. C. B. Smith in the Cleveland community. We are inviting leaders from the different Home Demonstra tion Clubs in the county to attend as well as the members of the Beulah club. Later in the month there will be another meeting at Mrs. J. Team Getty's. Some important ppultrry facts will be discussed. All interested in poultry raising are invited to the meetings. ? Jennie Boyd, ? Home Demonstration Agent. ,i U .. .. . _ Catholic Church Sffww. _ ?he service* at'the Catholic church on Sunday* August 6th, will b? All cordially in vHed to atUM Fifteen Passenger Car. Mr. H. I?, Moore, of High l*oint, N. C., was in Camden Tuesday ertroute t'uun Cnlumia to 1 i i k h Point, travel ing in a fifteen passenger Packard oar. It wHs specially built by the Gibbcs Machinery Company; of Co lumbia, tor use as a bus plying be tween High Point and Charlotte While here it attracted a good >U;W of attention. This is the aecond yar of the kind that Mr. Moore has had specially built and he expects at an early date to have another construct ed to be used between Charlotte and Columbia by way of Camden. At present Mr. Moore is operating aseven passenger ear between Charlotte and Columbia by way of this city, making daily trips Southbound the ear jaasfces Camden at 10:1)0 a. m., and 4:45 p. mi, Northbound passers Cam den at 0:15 a, m. and at 3:15 p" m; The fare from Camden to Columbia is $1.50, and from Camden to Char lotte is $3.00 ? one way. The cav stops at the Hotel Camden where reserva tions can be made. Meets Next at Mount Piugah. , | The 45th annual County i Sunday School convention for Kershaw County, was. held in the Camden Hap* tist church Wednesday of last .week. A. J. Beattie is the president of the j organization and Eugene Pearce is | the secretary. The convention key ..word, "Go for ward," was 'given by Rev. J. J. John son, pastor of the church. The speakers were Leon C.' Palmer, gener al superintendent, Dr, Watson B. Dun can, of Che raw, the state president of the association, Capt. J. W. Hamel, of Kershaw, and Mrs. ]G. C. Watts of Camden. The following officers were elected: A. J. Beattie, president; Rev. J. J. Johnson and D. M. Kirkley, vice pres idents; E. T. -Pearee, secretary ami Treasurer. District Presidents: first, D. M. Kirkley; second, T. H. Young; third, C. W. Birchmore; fourth, S. E. l Ross. Mt. Pisgah Baptist church was se lected as the place for the ?next an nual meeting; Married in Camden. Again The Chronicle has td get the news away from home. The following 'marriage notice is copied from the Rock Hill Record of Monday: "Miss Oveda Robbins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Robbins, and Dr. Arthur Summerlin, formerly of Rock Hill, but now 'of Wallace, were mar ried on Thursday in Camden, where the bride was visiting relatives. The marriage took place at the parsonage of the Baptist church there, Rev. Mr. Hardin, the pastor, officiating. The marriage of this popular young couple I came as a surprise to their many' friends here. Dr. and Mrs. Summerlin left for -a bridal trip to Charleston and upon their return will be at home in Wallace, where the groom holds a responsible position as pharmacist with a firm of ^xuiggists. Has Original Parole. Mr. L. W. Watts, a highly respected old Confederate veteran of West Wateree, was exhibiting at the last reunion in Florence his original pa role, issued to him when he was re- | leased as a prisoner of war at Point Lookout, Maryland. It was signed by A. C. Brady, major and provost marshal, and bears date of May 13th, 1865. Mr. Watts says that he was captured on the 27th day of October, 1864, by federal forces near Roc4cy Creek, Va., alter a rtinning and hope^; less fight against superior odds. He was captured by three cavalrymen and Mr. Watts says that one of the men made the threat that he was going to kill him and not take him prisoner and that a second cavalryman inter Ceded and .told the first spokesman that ifthe i^red a shot at Watts thai he would fir? on him and thus he feels that his life was saved by the second spokesman. Mr. Watts is still hale and hearty and attends- nearly all of the state reunuions. Died in Columbia. ? G. S. Rose, 62, died at his residence, 1822 Pulaski street, Wednesday after noon, pt 4 o'clock. The funeral services will be held at the Union Baptist church, Kershaw county, at 4 o'clock Thursday after- 1 noon. I Mr. Rose was an employee of a lo cal cotton mill. His many friends will his death. He is iikay\ DEATH toll. {'rum Grade Crossing Accidents at Various l'laocs Sunday. Ohicttffd, iuly Twcrm live tydiv ! won-s wc to reported killed today in j railroad crosfcing accidents in \aVtous parts of the country. Many ,?>tbeis wore injured in six different aci idont ~a ( rain. striking an huUrtnobjle in each i instance. One Pennsylvania train struotf two automobiles within a ft^v hour*,, four being killed in the first. crash and nine in the second. The first 1 accident, oc curred at Highland, 111., where an automobile apparently became stalled on the tracks as the speeding passen ger train approached. , A fyw hours later the trrain, hur rying to make up for lont t iyui, struck another automobile at Liggett, Ind., eight miles f rqjn Terre Haute, nine persons lating Willed, the^driver ap parently having made an atteiiTpf t > 'cross the tracks before the trni,n reached hint. At Iron 'Mountain, ??!<).. a Missou-i Pacific. expft?ss train struck an auto mobile and killed tour person:-: re turning from Sunday School. Fr6m New York came a report of five killed, including William I. Gottlieb, well known manufacturer, when a t<ong Island passenger train struck the au tomobile in which they were tying. The fifth accident was reported from Wadesboro, N, C. The Sea board train struck an automobile, kill ing two- and injuring one other. The sixth occurred at C'astlet-on - - Corner, Vt., a freight ti;ajn strilclng a car, killing one and* injuring ah-' other. . , ? ? BUILDING BEING REMODELED. Iiundell .Building To Be .Made Into Up-to-date Storeroom. The building on the north corner j of Broad and Rulledge 'streets, for merly known as the Iiurdell Building aiuj occupied for many years by the Bank of Camden, is now being re modeled. It wan purchased some' years ago by Springs & Shannon, and has been vacant since tho removal of the bank, and it is the intention of the * new owners to convert it into a largo store-room with an up-stairs room, which will be reached by an electric elevator. An ? up-to-date glas3 front with display windows will adorn1 tho front of the building. The store room when completed will be for rent and it is the intention of the propri etors to lease it to somo large estab lishment who will make Camden I.ta permanent home. ' Wilson Given Big Ovation. Woodrow Wilson received an un usual ovation at Keith's Saturday night. Bert Levy, red-paint-on-glass artist, drew a splendid portrait of the distinguish^ America!^, and then wrote in the margin, "He gave us his best." Cheers and wild applause, to which Mr. Wilson responded with his hast Btffile. L ? Then the curtain came down with Levy in front, presumably to tell fun ny stories while the next set was pre pared. Instead, Levy paid a touch ing tribute to Wilson, expressing the hope that' "God will speedily bring him back to health!" More cheers. Following the last number, musi cians and dancers and singers started out in a grand joint act, marching down the aisles and back to the stage where their backs revealed the words in big caps, ' "Woodrow Wilson." More cheers. Then down again the pretty girls came, carrying great bou quets of flowers whioh they deposited on the former President's lap until he was fairly smothered. He didn't like it any more than a hungry kid likej hot doughnuts on a cold day* Mrs. Wilson's sweetest smile was given those girls, too. The house rose and cheered some more, and when the former President's limousine reached the street, the en tire curb wax blocked with a cheering crowd. ? Washington Daily News. ? A Clean Up Your Premises. This is to notify each ami every person that they must have all weeds [.on their premises cut down during the month of August and placed in a con venient place for trash cart. Notify Health Officer when you f hrfVe them ready for cart. Hy order Board of Health. J no. W. ?Wilson, Health Officer. Jesse Bvannon, well-known citizen [~C>f Rortr~Iffl>, wmmittwl aofcJdc fri'U d^y by akofttfnf himntf ia ihm jSsfcd With a shotgun. Bad health k given - ; M the eattae. He leaves a wife and two children.