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The Camden Chronicle VOLUME XXXV. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY^ AUGUST 17, 1923. NUMBER 20 cash for ni <;(;kt. Monroe. Man Makes Valuable Find on Lancaster Property* , ? . . , s ,]. I). S. Ply lor, of Monroe, has re ceived & .check from the United State* mint tor, $3 12. 17 fo* the nugget of gold which he found on his farm just across the line in Lancaster county on June 19. Tho story of the And was told in' The Journal at that time, and the statement made that for aught anyone knew Mr.? Plyler was dreaming about the days when his find should lead to a mine which would make him a millionaire. Everybody asked him about it and some who saw it had their doubts about it. Hut Mr. Plyler had none, and he took the quickest way to find the truth. He got tho First National Bank to send it to the mint for an assay. He has not only received a report on it, but has received a check for its full value. It seems that when gold in sent to the mint the custom is to consider it on deposit subject to in struction from the owner. If the owner wishes to have the cash for it, they send it to him, and the gold goes into the mass. When Mr. Plyler got his report saying that the nugget was worth $312.47 and he could have the cash if he wanted it, he wrote Uncle Sam that if it was just the same to him he might send along the cash. And he did, and somebody in these parts will probably be carrying around five dollar gold pieces coined out of Plyler's nugget. The tract of land on which the nugget was found embraces a hundred acres, . It was bought by Mr. Plyler last fall from General Griff^i. Qn the 19th of June Mr. Plyler was in the field where wheat was being cut, fol lowing the reapers, when he espied the glaring gem. It was on a ridge which runs through the adjoining tract of 13 acres belonging to Mr. E. Carnos. Mr. Carnes is about as much excited over the find as Mr. Plyler, for he is suro that there is plenty more there. Mr. Carnes and Mr. Ply ler arc making plans for further in vestigation and will probably do a lot of planning right away.? Monroe Journal. Fire Victims' Fund. Columbia, Aug. f9. ? Contributions to the relief fund for the Cleveland school fire sufferers continued to ar rive at Governor McLeod's office, al though it has been three months since the catastrophe. The latest was a check for $139.57 from citizens of Monck's Corner in Berkeley county, which has been forwarded to Camden, according to a statement today, at the Governor's offjce. First Bale Cotton. Allendale, August , 13. ? The first bale of cotton in the State as far as locally known, was ginned here today at the plant of the Southern Cotton Oil Company. It was grown by R. H. Walker, of Appleton. The weight was 540 pounds and was consigned to R. H. Walker,- Augusta, via- America rrj Railway Express. Dr. Jamison Tells of Germany. To be a rifultimillionaire and to have so muph thM one has to carryj pocket change in a "bushel basket," if the money Is in moderate denomina tions, is the condition in which an American traveler finds himself in Germany now, says Dr. A. T. Jamison, superintendent of Connie Maxwell Orphanage, in a vivid description of Germany, written from Berlin where he and Mrs. Jamison spent sometime on their tour of Europe. The Gerjnan people have no doubt that they are beaten and are de jected and gloomy over the business outlook, Dr. Jamison declares. In many Berlin shops, pfactically all of a merchant's stock is displayed in the show windows and his shelves are hare. Without coal from the Ruhr, industries are idle, and abject poverty has befallen vast numbers of the mid dle class and educated, cultured classes. ^ Marks are scarcely worth the paper they are prints on and it cost him 30,000 marks to have his beard trim med, Dr. Jamison said. Even at that the barber claimed he made about $1.60 per week in American money and wanted to leave Germany, but the authorities forbade him. , Although stricken with poverty, the Germans arc polite and eager to please and no kinder peopie have been encountered in their tour of Europe, Dr. Jamison states. An American's ? change by living "among the German people who bitterly hate the former Kaiser. Socialism is rapidly gaining ground, in Germany, according to Dr. ? McDanifl I oaves Ncwherry. P. MeDaniel, who has boon sec re tary of the chamber of commerce at Newberry since August 16, 1021, hav ing come here from Camden at that time, has resigned hm position as sec rotary at Newberry and has accepted work of, a similar nature at Marietta, C?a., a city of about 10,000 population about 25 miles north of Atlanta. Mr. MoDaniel will leave Newberry on the first of September atod will immediate ly begin his work as secretary at Ma rietta. During' his stay of two years in Newberry, Mr. MeDaniel has been very active and always looking oirt for the best interest of Newberry and county. During his stay he has been very active and instrumental in se curing a creamery for Newberry, box factory arid a number of other enter prises and always worked hard each year in securing chautauqua, The people of Newterry regret to see him leave but hope he will like his new place and welcome him back to Newberry at any time. Mr. and Mrs. MeDaniel have been making their home at the National hotel. ? Newberry Observer. Gasoline Prices Reduced. Retail gasoline prices over South Carolina will bo reduced today from 26 cents to 24 cents, according to an announcement made last evening by W. R. Goodwin, manager for the Standard* Oil in Columbia ant} by R. H. DeTreville, manager for the Gulf Refining Company in this city. "We received instructions this af ternoon to reduce the retail price of gas from 26 to 24 cents," Mr. Goodwin ! said last evening. "The reduction be comes effective over South Carolina Wednesday morning." When asked if the gasoline war on in the West had anything to do with the reduction in price in South Carolina, Mr. Goodwin said that he thought overproduction was the cause of the reduction. Mr. DeTreville of the Gulf company said he received instructions last night to reduce the price from 26 to 24 cents.? Wednesday's State. ' Bad Checks for "Gas." Greenville automobile owners and drivers are f^oing to ride whether they are able to pay for gasoline and oil or not. This was the conclusion drawn Saturday afternoon by City Magistrate George W. Batson, as he issued some half a score of warrants I charging various local persons with J issuing worthless checks to filling | stations. "I have never seen such a condition in my life as exists right here in Greenville," said the magistrate. "At least 9 per cent, of all bad check warrants I write are made out to some filling or service station'. "People seem to be determined to ride on and on whether they can hon estly pay for the gasoline and oil they use or not, they a*re going to ride. "Well nigh all the bogus checks which are brought into this office are made out to filling stations and are for amounts ranging from $1.50 to $10. "I have written 30 bogus check warrants thus far in August. Of that number 27 are made out to gasoline .service stations, and call for small amounts such as would be paid for a tank full of gasoline and a quart or half a gallon of oil." ? Greenville News. New Road Open For Traffic. The new piece of road leading out south from town on the Kershaw Camden road has been opened for traffic, though the top surfacing is not yet completed. This new road takes out considerable curving, cuts down one-fifth of a mile in distance and eliminates two dangerous rail road crossings ? Kershaw Era. Another New Bale. Cheraw, August 13. ? Lawrence Reid, a prosperous farmer in the west side of Cheraw, reports the first bale of new cotton in_ the State. He is much elated over his achievement. Notice To Delinquent Tax-Payers. Kindly take notice that to our re gret we are obliged to advertise and sfcll the property of those in arrears for their taxes as fast as we can reach them. There will bo no discrimination. It is our plain duty to realize on the ex ecutions in our hands just as fast as' we can. J. II.. McLccd, Deputy Sheriff, will be in the office each day in the morn ings and for all day on Saturdays for the present. Those in arrears will 1 sate thcinaclreg - cmbarasawieat - and costs by calling *nd making payment. Please be assured that the properly will- be advertised .as fast as we ean ttmth ft. , * O. C. WELSH, Sheriff of Kershaw Qranty. say? ' - r .... : ; V BETHUNE NBW8 NOTES Happenings of Interest As Told By Our Correspondent. fkthune, S. C., Aug. 15.? The Ep worth Lea gue> of Union Methodist Episcopal church, near McBeo, gttYO a full program at Methodist church here Sunday afternoon under the leadership of Mr. Zach Met oy. Mr Foster Gardner and Miss Ruby Jopey <>f the Tillers' Ferry section several miles below here Ave re married ut the Presbyterian manse Saturday afternoon by<Rev. J.. M. Forbis, pas tor of the bride. The bride is the oldvst daughter of Mr. T. H. Josey, and the groom is the youngest son of' Mr. E, E. Gardner. Mrs, L. A. McDowell left Saturday night for Tampiv, Fla., where she will spend two weeks with her hus band, who is engaged in the newspa per business of that place. Mrs. H,' C, Wall, of Andrews, ?s the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M Masses "kv a and Frances Severance are on an extended visit to friends and relatives at Lamar. Mr Jasper Johnson, of Trenton, Tenn. spent the week with friends Master Carlos Blackwell, of Dai lington, underwent an operation of the throat Thursday evening. Dr. 1 rues dell was assisted by Dr. S. M. McCas kill of Camden and Miss Sox, a nurse of Columbia. ??_ Miss Helen Garlandhas returned from an extended visit to her sister, Mrs. Wadtlell, in Sumter. Mrs. Kate McNaull, of Charlotte, spent the week end with relatives htRev. A. M. Gardner of Vance spent Saturday here enroute to Chester field. Mr. Gardner was in charge ot this pastorate several years ago and spent the time very pleasantly re newing old friendships. Miss > Mary Ella Hough oi South Georgia was the guest of her sister, Mrs. S. H. McCaskill last week. Miss Lovie Clark, of Columbia, was the guest, of her uncle, Mr. M. O. Ward. - Mrs. Blackwell of Darlington was the guest of her daughter, 'Mrs. L. O. Johnson last week. Mrs. Leonard King, Miss Charlotte Galloway and Mr. Tom Bethune were visitors here Wednesday from Harts ville. Miss Genevieve McDonald has re turned to her home in Kershaw after a visit to relatives here. Mr. J. D. Wilburn and family and Mr. Broadus Brazil of Anderson are visiting at the home of Mr. ,A. J. Smith. ' .. Miss Annie Mays of Cartersville, is the guest of relatives here. Messrs Loring Davis and Theodore Clyburn are spending this week in the mountains of North Carolina. Miss Helen Smith, of Laurens, was the guest of Mrs. T. E. Hearon. Miss Gussie Hough is spending the week in Sumter with her niece, Mrs. L. K. Yarborough. Mr. Carl Gregory, of Cheraw, has purchased the stock of goods belong ing to Mr. Mortimfer Gardner and has taken charge of the business. Mr. and Mrs. Davis of Monroe, N. C.i spent Friday with their aunt, Mrs. Eva Morgan. Mr. W. M. Stevens left Tuesday afternoon for New York and other northern cities. He was accompanied [by Mr. Chalmers Williams, of Heatn Springs. Revival services were begun at Pleasant Hill Baptist church, one mile below here, last week, conducted by Rev Mr. Harloy of Columbia. The meeting was discontinued on account of Mr. Harley suffering from a car buncle on his neck. He returned home and entered a hospital at that place for treatment. Miss Helen Garland spent Tuesday in Columbia. Death of Mr. L. I*. Mackey. Stoneboro community was deeply Raddened Wednesday afternoon last, when the angel of death visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Milliard and took away the father -of the lat ter. Mr. Mackey was 87 years of age and leaves surviving two daughters, Mrs. W. T. Milliard, of Stoneboro, and Mrs. J. Sam Brute of Heath Springs, and six sons, Mr. Sam D. Mackey of Lancaster, Walter W. Mackey, of Rich Hill: James A. Mackey, of Anderson; Zrd F. and Ruffln Mack ey of Heath Springs; Perry Mackey of Stoneboro. Mr. Mackey had been in declining health for aoma time and the and was , not unexpected. Funo/al services were conducted at Beaver Creek Baptist church Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock by the Rev. Dr. Dychcs, of FoiVMilL ? Lancaster Hews. ? > ENCAMPMENT A Sl'CCKSS. Various tin l>N Had Great Time at the | Hermitage Mill Pond, Mounded out with the big get-to gether between city, town and coun try basket picnic ami rally, which Was attended by several hundred men and Women from every section of this, county, and ? great many Camden men and women, at Hermitage Mill Pond, on Friday, August 10th, the three-day short course and encamn nient of the Boys' Pig and Corn Club* and the Girls' Home Demonstration, Poultry, Sewing and Cooking Clubs of Kershaw County was brought to a .successful and happy ending late Fri day afternoon. Mayor 11. t! Carrison, Jr., and other members of the Camden City Council, and numerous men and wo men of Camden, attended the big pic nic Friday and motored out during encampment to greet the boys and girls. B. I. Keardon, Secretary, rep resented the Chamber of Commerce during entire encampment, and with the following other ladies and gentle men of Kershaw county and visiting specialists addressed the club girls and boys, and assisted Miss Jennie V. Boyd and J. W. Sanders in the en tertainment and pleasures of the camp; 13. Q. Williams, Superintend ent of Hoys' Pig and Corn Clubs, A. H. Ward, County Agent, Darlington; A. A. McKeown, Pee Dee District County Agent; J. ft, Blair, York Coun ty Agent; Senator L. O. Funder burk, Kershaw County; Mrs. S. O. Plowden, Pee Dee District Demonstra tion Agent; Mrs. Harry Johnson, Sup erintendent of Girls' Club Work for South Carolina; Mrs. B. K. Trues dale, Mrs. Hugh McCallum, Mrs. E. E. Holland, Mrs. E. T. Truesdale, Mrs. K. B. Lorick, Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Watts, i Miss Watts, Miss Arthur, Miss So journer, Mrs. Laney, Mrs. Benton. On Friday, August 10th, with Sen ator L. O. Funderbrk in charge, the boyfc hnd girls and numerous visitors held appropriate exercises in mem ory of the late President Harding. During the three days there was an average attendance of 115 boys and girls and one day there were 125 of the youngsters present, and an average daily attendance of 50 of the mothers and fathers, Notwithstand ing intermittent downpours of rain, the first two days and nights, every body was well-housed in tents, there was plenty of good things to eat, and in addition to the lectures, demonstra tions and other courses of instruc- 1 tion, there was an abundance of re creation, such as swimming, singing, dancing, plays and other frolicsome features. Miss Boyd and Mr. Sanders are to be congratulated on their hard work and efficient supervision and successful 1923 encampment in which they were assisted in every possible way by the Chamber of Commerce and ladies and gentlemen above mention ed. The Camden Ice Company sup plied, free of charge, hundreds of pounds of ice daily to the Camp and To Go To Florence. All farmers of Kershaw County in terested in going to Florence to make an inspection of the government boll weevil experiment station and South Carolina Pee Dee Experiment Station are invited and urged to go on Wed nesday, August 22nd, on which date Dr. N. E. Winter, the director of the Government Laboratory and Boll Weevil Experiment Station will meet the Kershaw County delegation of farmers and take them over all of the experiments in progress and explain to them in detail the workings of the station. This trip should be of partic ular interest to every farmer who is interested in fighting the boll weevil, both directly and indirectly, ,and should be of untold value to those who attend. Those who can go in a body and find it convenient to leave from Camden are requested to assemble in Camden in fr.vnt of the Chamber of Commiercc on DeKalb Street by 7 o'clock a. m. on the morning of August 22nd, from where they will proceed to Florence in a body. Others who find it more con venient to go other routes are re quested to start in time to arrive in Florence by 10 a. m., so the entire del egation will be together. The delega tion will be engineered by J. W. San der?, County Agent, and E. I. Rear don, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. Orangeburg Team Disband*. The. Orangeburg Ka*oK?ll h>i disbanded for the season with a long string of victories to their credit. They are talking at forming a !??#>> next year with Orangeburg, Mollo hon, Winnaboro and Camden. Proved , to la- a Oook, A well dressed *man representing himself to be a snlrsmnn tor n Phila delphia concern taking orders for fur niture and fixtures for cafes, hotel , and soft drink house*;- took away? around $100 good money from Cam den last week. His plan was to'eolleet enough from each sale to. guarantee jlreight charges, After he had gone some of his victims telegraphed Phila delphia and the reply was that 110 sin h firm existed. He gave Ins name v\ hi|i(' heve Koht. Boyd, P rejig di* patches state that he is wanted in Othor (own. . It seems as though a tire station is located in Philadelphia at the address given by the salesman as the firm headquarters. 1 he deseription of Boyd is, weight about ~M) pounds; elean shaven, black hair, flipped clon^u in the back; red complexion and while in Camden was wearing a brown suit, bookkeeper Kjlis Self! . ? 1 Sumter, Aug. *14,-- Spec ial; l'i, Kd gar Black well, bookkeeper at the First National Hank of Snmtor, was found dead in his room at the V. M. C. A. here this afternoon, a bullet j from a Revolver presumably having been fired into his head I by himself. The theory is that he killed himself, it being rumored that he had been des pondent for some days over a love affair. Mr. Blackwell, a young man about twenty-seven, ofi quiet and friendly demeanor, has made Sumter his home for six or seven years, being employ ed by the First National Hank for the past four years, where he was con sidered a reliable man and faithful worker. He came to Sumter from Darlington. His father and mother are both dead, it was learned. One sister, Miss Mary Ellen Blackwell, [ lives in Sumter and one brother, W. K. | Blackwell formerly lived here. New Hotel For Myrtle Beach. I A new hotel will - be erected at Myrtle* Beach, according to reports. I he accomodations of the present hotel are inadequate to meet the in creased number of beach resorters, ' and it is believed that a new hotel will * aid greatly in the growth of the beach. Nearly a hundred persons were turned away .from the hotel du ring the past week-end, due to in sufficient accomodations, according to traveling men who sought the salu brious ocean breezes for relief from the oppressive heat wave which has gripped the country during the past week. Numerous cottages now oc cupy the ocean front at Myrtle Beach as far as the eye can sec, while the attractive Yacht Club is an asset to the beach, having many members and also permitting outsiders who may desire to avail themselves of its com fortable quarters. It is believed by many frequenters of Myrtle Beach that it has a great future and will be one of the most popular beaches on the Atlantic coast if a new hotel with adequate and comfortable ac comodations is built and additional amuKements rareins tailed, K? its bathing facilities are concerned, Myrtle Beach cannot be surpassed. ? Marion Star. | Notice To Contractors. Bids will be received and opened at the Bank of Camden, at 12 M. Thursday, August 23, 1923, f6r the erection and completion of a Cotton Warehouse for the Hermitage Ware house Company, Camden, S. C. Warehouse to be 80x144 feet, brick foundation, concrete floor, wood con struction, Barrett's Specifications roof, twenty year guarantee. Plans and Specifications may be obtained of C* H. Yates at the Bank of Camden. Child Died Here. Jessie Mae Shiver, seven months old infant of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Shi ver, of the Pisgah section, died here Monday, where it had been brought for treatment. The burial was at Pisgah cemotery on Sunday. Bond Issue Carried. In the election held here Tuesday on the question of issuing $85,000 bonds for additional street improve ments and $10,000 for sewerage ex tension in the southern portion of the cit^, both carried by good majorities. There was very little interest in the election however, everyone taking it for granted that both would be car ried. The registration was not large and the total vote only 80 for and 17! against. This means that the several other streets whose property owners have petitioned the Council will bo paved, giving Camden a ?otal of about seven miles of street paving. Federal narcotic detectives on Tues day. arrested two men in Newark, N. J-, and secured $10,000 worth of he roin from the person of one of tj^etn. NKW COUNTRY CUUI Will llu\e Variety of Amusements Next Season. 'rile Kershu.w c'dunt^v, ( iHWiU y flub Ut I'xnuVn, South Carolina, opens on Thanksgiving I 'ay. This Cluh is sec ond to uq ne and * onsets nf five hun dred and sixty acres of heautifu. property Vyithin a mile of Camden. , The Club contains foui' polo fields, and a full sized practice polo field, two utile ?tteple-eha,se course and a half mile running track. Around the Cluh hou.se, which has been remodel?, ed from the beautiful old Colonial home known as Sprmgdale, is an exeellent oighteen-hole golf course aful six line tennis courts. In coniiectjon with the Cluh there will he several thousand acres of .shooting land whei ;4 doves quail, tie., may lu> found ip abundance. There will he stabling for ?one hundred head of horses, all box stalls, and the Club has secured the use of a fine pack of hounds for fox hunting ihtB ? reason. The young hounds which the Clubjuis purchased and which come frotf) some of the best stock raised in the South, will not run this year, but will be used for *tho nucleus- of an exceptional pack for the coming seasons. The Club will open its season . with a polo tourna ment to start, on Thanksgiving Day und a golf tournament starting on December 85*97 All members of the olo Association and United Stutes Golf Association aro eordially invited to participate in these events, Convention of Postmaster**. The annual eonvention of third and fourth postmasters will be held in Columbia August 23rd. Permission has been granted for the use of the United States Court room in the old post office buildings Congressman James K. Byrnes has ac cepted an invitation to address the postmasters at the morning session and in addition to this there will bo representatives from the division of Railway Mail Service and Inspection bureau. The Central accounting and disbursing postmasters have been asked to send representatives, but as yet nothing definite can bo stated along this line. The morning session will begin promptly at 10 o'clock in order that we might complete our program du- . t ring the day. Every third and fourth class postmaster in the $tate has been sent a notice of this convention and urged to attend. It is not necessary that you be a member of the League, for you arc welcome and urged ato be present. The state president, H. O. Jones of Salley, and the state" secret .77 tary, John McMillan of Ulmers, are anxious to have a large attendance as they have invited speakers to come and they are doing everything pos- . ... sible to get up an interesting pro gram. ' If you live quite a distance "*KQm Columbia, you should arrange to rtach Columbia on the night before so ttyat you will be able to attend from thd very beginning. Catholic Church Services. The services at the Catholic church on Sunday, August 19th, will be At 10 a. m. All are cordially invited to attend these services. Railroad Collect** Damages. Danville, 111., Aug. 9. ? The estate of Ilarper Daniels, deceased, 'has paid the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Rail road Company $1,000 -damages for in jury to its property when a north hound passenger train struck Daniel's automobile near Bismarck this county June 9, 1916, killing Daniels and wrecking the train. The widow of the engineer, Charles Evarhart, who died from scalds re ceived in the wreck, secured a judg ment against the Daniel estate for $2,500, which was paid about five years ago. The suit* of the railroad company against the estaUewas com promised in June last. This is said to have been the first suit of the kind ever instituted by a railroad company. Wealthy Negro Dead. Brunson, S. C., Aug. 11. ? Jackson Smart, one of the wealthiest and most highly respected negroes in the lower part of the state, was buried Tues day afternoon at Mt. Zion ?Bapti3t church near Brunson. He has lived near Brunson all his life and was al ways noted for his honesty, Integrity and politeness on all occasions. To evidence the high regard in which ho was held, a largo number of his whit? friends from Brunson attended the funeraj He is survived by his widow and one daughter, wife p* Scroti, fie was always Industrious and thrifty. He leaves an estate of approxi?etely $6,000. ? V ..- - J