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Bring Your Cotton to Camden Where You Get Highest Market Price and Trade With Camden Merchants Chronicle -J LLl ? ?- L ' i, . SM CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1925 NUMBER 25 VOLUME XXXVII MMKS SKKIOHB IN iMEl>MONT ! ' ?Yople Kuciiig Crises In History, Says Judge Kuinagt Spmtan bur jr. Sept. 10. ? Judge C. J. ftamage, of .Saluda, presiding over the special term' of the eourt of gen eral sessions which opened here Monday in order to relieve the con yes ted condition ol' the criminal docket, declared in his charge to the grand jury that this county and the j upper Piedmont section. i# facing one of the nios| serious crises that they have ever -faced before in the present continued drought andthat he did not sic how they were going to get through it. "The extravagance und idleness that has been so prevalent will make' it go hard with you," the court declared, "Forty or fifty years ago, if such a drouth Jiad hit this section, it would not have been a *serious matter, for* then, the farmers usually had a year's supply of foodstuffs stored up. But today, it comes with the storehouses empty. All that, the people of today think about is getting ^ car* and tun ning up all the gas, speeding over the highways of the eourtty, endan gering the lives of their follow coun trymen. I wish that the banks and the monied interest would quit loan ! ii if money to people to buy autos and Kits, for it is ruining the country. "The poor people have to get their living out of. the soil, and as the soil is not fertile, they have to. work hard for it. They maintain a living only by the strictest economy. There is no room for extravagance or for waste. .If a man is worth a million dollars, he can not afford to waste a cent, for the day will come when his earning power will cease. What this community needs to learn is the les ion of thrift and economy. "Before the war Between the States, the South had two billion dol lars in 'negroes. Evefy 36 years the South took thi-s two billion dollars and ouried it in pine eoffirjs. The North! invested it in bank stock and other} securities that lasted. That's how the. South came to be impoverished. I Negro shivery was the greatest curse to the South. The migration of the c negro to <he North is the best blessing that could come to this community. It is the best for the negro to go North where they look upon him in a different light. The counties of this istate where the farms are worked by white people, as Pickens and Oeomee, are all in prosperous condition. A com munity where all the farms are Set tled by gpod white people is sure to prosper. "Another thing that I would ad vocate is a compulsory labor law. F,v cry body should be . engaged in some gainful occupation.' The fel low that sits around and does nothing is apt to get into trouble, for an idle brain is the devil's workshop. Idle ness and crime go together. "If you have any of those abom inable bathing pools around here, I would call your attention t<> them. Today, they have become places where men *nd women consort to* ifether to bring disgrace upon the community. A city must have a sense of modesty and reserve, and if it doesn't it is on the downgrade. A destruction of sexual morality, of shame and modesty Wilt -mean the destruction of ? civilization. I have been told married men with families go out to these places and flirt with the girls and the married women go out there and flirt with, the boys. "The greatest calamity that can possibly come over a c6mmunrty, the present drouth, ha? come to bring the people to rtheir senses.. I hope that God will speed the day when these swimming pools ?<will be abol ished. There is not one of them in Saluda county, but the people there ride thirty or forty miles to go to one. Now, you ltnow that a man doesn't ride that far just to get in water. Some restraint must be thrown around these matters." He charged the grand jury upon the technicalities of law involved in the different indictments that he sent up to them. Myers-Kelly On Monday evening, September J 4, Mr. Amos, i'eam Kelly, of Blaney, and Miss Pearl Kathleen Myers, also of Hlaney, were msrrled the home of j Probat? Judge MeDoweH. TO THB HDBLIC No trash shall be burned within the City Limits without permission of the i Street Commission. W. D. WHITAKER. Sept. 15, 1926. Chief of Cow. BOON TO CAKOMNAS To Follow in Wake of Florida's Un precedented Prosperity By P. II. McQoWftft \\ a.^hington.- ? Millions of dollars in investments inpill find their way into Georgia and the two Ca?x>linas ? HGuth Carolina In particular ? a* a result of the unprecedented number of people now goinj? to and return* ing from Florida within the next twelve months. There is no doubt whatever about it. While there have been speculations from time to time as to just what benefits other parts of the .South would tret from the thou sands of people now making t ?> i ' Florkla, it was not until a day or two ago that eertain signs became as i plain as the handwriting on the wall. I While thousands of people are now either en route to Florida or are plan ning to go there during the next i three months, it should be remember- I ed that many are coming back. Some have made their pile and are ready to take their earnings and invest it elsewhere; others who have not seen j exactly where they could find the1 enchanted gold mine made up their j minds not to invest but to look else- ' where, Add to these thousands who j Will take some of the gold out of j Florida this winter, but who, know-' in# that such situation as exists there j cannot go on forever, will profit by experience and take their savings elsewhere. It is then, from what is learned here that three states, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, j will profit, as they have never donej before. A tremendous commercial j development for all these states lies j just ahead. Aside from the reasons just stated for this condition of affairs lies the I more positive fact that there are tre- j mendous opportunities foV invest ments in Macon, Augusta, Atlanta,' Savannah, Colun\bia? . Charleston, and in North Carolina, especially the sec tion around Asheville and down the line of the Southern Railroad into South Carolina and v the South Caro lina resorts and coast country. ' Facts are quickly shaping them selves in the investment world that | were either ^unknown or^looked upon j as not feasible a few years ago. North Carolina is attracting the outside world by the many miles of improved highway which it main tains, and since the automobile has come to stay this is one of?the biggest and most important factors in mod-" ern development; all South Carolina is on the map for various reasons, among these good roads and invest ment opportunities. The Piedmont section is attracting the attention of the entire world by "the illfUlbtJi' ~and size of her textile manufactories and; the state's magrnificent agricultural j lands are not going without notice. Charleston is destined tc^ become onel of the srreat cities of the country,] once the eye of the big tourist cara van is fixed on it. Her harbor is without parallel, there is plenty of deep water on the bar and her mag nificent climate and historic associa tions make her second to- none .in the world. Georgia, especially all the middle and lower section around j Macon is soon to see the dawn of a< new commercial day, unless all signs' | fail. There is apparently nothing more certain than that the present boom I in Florida must and will, within the next year, see land values in the states mentioned, war to such a point I never believed possible before. No[ o he knows to what extent this in cre$ue ami growth is going, but it's on its way at a rapid rate. The eyes of the investing world are on the Carolina* and Georgia. The railroads predfet that Aiken' will have more winter tourists this year than evrr before in its history. The same is true of Augusta and Summerville. Many people now in Florida cannot find hot*?l accommo dations at any price in certain lo calities. Catholic Church Service* Services at the Catholic church on September 20th, the sixteenth Sun day after Pentecost will be as follows: Mass at 9 a.m.* sermon on "The Oc casions of Sin." All are cordially in vited. Tackey Party Thursday Night L There will a tackey party at the home of Mr. John Langley Thursday night, September 24th, at 8 o'clock. Refreshments will be served. Pna?fh will be for ML Zion church. The public is cordially] invited to attend. PICTURES TO BK SHOWN In Rural CominuuiticH in Interest of CovIM* Crop Campaign Coin and hay crop 8 have been re duced greatly by the prolonged drouth this season and In order to \i rge upon the farmers of Kershaw County the importance of supple menting Vhese crops with small grain: and winter growing hay crops, the county agent has arranged to hold a series of meetings next week at which will be shown motion pictures and lantern s^des of the United States Department of Agriculture. Pictures to be shown a^e "Uncle Sam, World Champion Farmer," and "She's Wild." The latter picture is designed to furnish entertainment only, while the former has to do with general farming.- Admission to the*.* pictures is always free. ? A. A. McKeown, district agricul tural agent and S. L. Jeffords, ex tension agronomist, both of Clemson College, will assist County Agent .1. W. Sanders during the week and will make important talks at these | meetings. | Everybody is urged to attend one of the meetings which will be held | at S o'clock eac h evening at the fol lowing places: Pine Grove ? Monday, Sept. 21. Three C's ? Tuesday, Sept. 22. Mt. pisgah High ? Wednesday, Sep tember 28. DeKalb School* ? Thursday, Sept. 24. ; Antioch School ? Friday, Sept. 21. Bcthune, Town Hall ? Saturday, j September 2t>. ! Belle-Shaw Farm to be Subdivided. Mrs. A. S. White's farm known las the Belle-Shaw Dairy will within a short time be subdivided and sold at auction. This property lies just east of the city, and is considered one of the best suited properties ne&r Camden for suburban homes. The land lying immediately on the high way will be divided into good sized building lo.ts and will be known as I White's Gardens. Eastward on the gently sloping hillside and through the spacious pine groves a new road way will be built with home-sites of larger proportions. A park will be defined and beautified and a club house is planned. It is generally knowrn <tha't this property adjoins the Hermitage Mill property on which is situated the magnificient lake enjoyfed ?o exten sively by Camden people many of whom spend their entire summer on its shores. Many other improve ments are contemplated and work .will begin at once on this interesting development. It is ^predicted that to many who have- been 'looking^ for just this sort of development this will be interesting news. The hill division will be known as Pine Haven. - * ? ] Old - Fiddler's Convention ? On Friday night, September 25th, at 8 o'clock, there will be an old Fiddler's convention held at Antioch ?school house. An admission fee of twenty-five cents will \>e charged and the receipts of the night will be for the benefit of the High School Ath letic association. All old fiddlers are cordially invited to enter the contest. Stoke r-Case , Mr. * William Alexander Case and Miss Eunice Janie Stoker, both of Camden, were married on Monday, September 14th, by Probate Judge W. L. McDowell. * - Church Conference All members of Antioch Baptist church are requested to *be present next Sunday, September 20th, to at tend conference immediately aiter the morning: services to decide on re building' or repairing the present fchurch. All members, through C. W. Shiver, church clerk, are urged to attend. Scries to be Liquidated The Enterprise Building and lx>an Association, in continuous operation for forty-twQ years announces the liquidation <>f their Fourteenth series, with a total of 1,996 shares, which will be retired at the end of the year, and at the same time announces the beginning of their 17th series. This series soon to liquidate will be the largest in tne nisiory o i *!??? ???dv ciation. The association Is managed by W. iR. Zi-mp president, C. H. YateH, vice-president; W. E. Johnson, secretary and treasurer; L. T. Mills, attorney. The directors tore W. R. Zemp, W. E. Johnson, W. G. Wilson, J. T. Nettles, C. H. Y?tes, D. Wolfe, <2. A. Rhsme and 8. N. Ntcfeoleon. ? ? - - \i <- * - - - : BETHI NK NKWS NOTES Item* of Interval as Gathered by Our Regular Correspondent. Bethune, s. C? Svj>t. it?. Tin' opui inti exercises of the Bethune school whs held Monde y morning" in the high school auditorium in the pivv once of a large crowd of patrons and inUMvsW'd visitors. Opening mmnks win made *by Mr. 0* H. Parrot:, ehaiftnan of the board of trustees, "America" was sung oiid the devo tional exercises were conducted by Rev. J. M. Forbis of the Presbyterian church. Prayer was made by Rev. \V. V? .Jerman of the Methodist churoh. Those pastors then extended u cordial invitation to the new corps of teachers to their respective churches and its activities. Mr, Team Gvttys, superintendent of education, \vaj? then introduced. He expressed | his pleasure in the interest manifest ed by the citizens in the progress of the school. Mr. L. R, Flowers, principal, of t?he grammar school and coach of athletic#, then, made a talk in the interest of physical training. ,Mr. J. C. Foster, Bethunc's new and effi cient superintendent, made the clos ing remarks. The school- has opened with the brightest outlook ift it^ history. The' following girls and boys left { this week for the various colleges: j M sses Mary Louise McLaurin and j Lizzie Kate Davis to Chicora; Parny Hyatt, S. C. University'; Cecilia King to Anderson; Frances Severance, Katherine Ward and Nancy Best to Coker; Louise Tiller to Due West; Beth Pate, Columbia College; Messrs. Bennie Kadcliff and Nonvood Hall to the University of South Carolina. Mr. Ben Blakley, of Laurens spent Monday with his sister, Mrs. T. It. Bethune. J Mr?. T. K. Bethune was the guest of her -sister Mrs. O. R. Bell in Lan caster last week. Dr. R? E. Severance of Columbia spent Sunday wit?h his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Severance. ^ The home of Mr. Foster Gardner, who lives in the Tillers Ferry sec tion, was burned at midday Thursday. His wiife who was ill at that time was carried from the burning build ing to Mr. Gardner's father, Mr. E. E. Gardner. Only a part of the furni ture was saved. Mr. T. R. Bethune has accepted a position in the Midway school which opened Monday. A groups conference of Congaree Presbyterial met at the Presbyterian fchurch Friday in an all day session. Speakers were present from Colum bia and Eastover. Delegates, also were present from Pine Tree an 1 Turkey Creek churches. A bountiful dinner was served on the church grounds. The exercises closed at fourj in the afternoon. Deaths Among Colored People. Eli J. McGirt, for many years a dealer in meats, died suddenly near his home last, Thursday morning, af ter a short illness. His funeral oc curred on Sunday from Baboolk Cha pel, now being used as a place of worship by Trinity Methodist congre gation whilo their church building is being rebuilt. It is said to have been the largest colored funeral ever held in Camden. The services were con ducted by the pastor, Rev. B. F. Brad ford, assisted by many of the other colored ministers of the county, who all paid feeling tribute's to the de ceased. Eli McGirt wafc a member of the Knights of Pythias, who attended the services in a body. He was a good citizen and for years had been active in the affairs of his cfturch. He had been superintendent of Trinity Meth odist Sunday Schoot for^more than thirty years. He was twice married and was the father of several boys by his first wife. He was one of the"^ oldest meat dealers in the city, having started in the old city market near the opera house many years ago*. Anna Bell Brown, wife of William Brown, a colored merchant of lower Main street, died Monday afteraa short illness. She was a daughter of the late "Aunt" Fannie Meeks, known to many of our citizens. She was a momber of Trinity Methodist church. ^ 1- U - ? wmtvv. --- ity church, now building, died quite suddenly at his home on King's street Camden, Saturday. He was reared on the Hermitage plantation of Mr. H. G. Garrison, and was a member of Wesley Chapel church, a few miles ?oath of Camden, where the funeral ' and burial was held. ^ ITT '^7 ? ' ' ' t * ? 0t TO MAKK KKLIGKWS CBN 8 US ('hiivuhk to In* Made N (Vt Sunda\ Al'lvruoon. The i hurche> of the town have un- t (h rtakon to make a religious census of the city so tlvat tluj- may learn ni- 1 what families belong to the dif ferent denominations and what people are not affiliated with any church. They export to visit all of the homes of the community next Sunday after noon to gather thin* information and wo hope that committees making the canvass will be given every assistance that can bj* given tihem to make their work pleasant and effective. It is inspiring to see all of our, churches engaged together in tin same religious work. Even in this city, ?tnd we believe there are few, if any, more moral and well behaved communities, there are some who have lost touch with the churches, and they need the friendly hand of the church people to welcome them into some definite religious affilia tion. The canvassers 'of each, want are requested to meet at' the home of their- respective captains Sunday af ternoon, September 20th, at three o'clock,, when cards and work in de- ! tail will be given* Ward One, \V. L. Jackson, Captain; J. w. Thompson, E. ,1. L^wis, G. w. Wilson, .Jr., A. J. Kelly, .1. W. Boyd, T. D. Goodale and C. W. -Birch more.. Ward Two, M. G. Huckabee, Cap tain; W. M. I .oil is, B. G. Sanders, F. C, Moaeley, J. A. Rudisell, Benton Sheorn, Capt. H. C. Fouls, Dr. S. F. Brasington- and T K Goodale Ward Three, T. Lee Little, Captain; A. C. King, C. C. Whitaker, S. W. van Landingham, S. B. Board, .1. 11. Ok-* borne, S W. llogue, W. H. Pearee, D. O. Houscr, F. N. McCorkle. Ward Four, W. S. Burnet, Captain; i C. H. Yates, Jack Whitaker, JrM H. G. ! ; Garrison, Jr., I). A. Boykin, Dorr-aid Campbell, J. M. Villepigue, B. A. Hornsby and William King. Ward Five, B. P. DeLoache, Cap tain; L. T. Mills, Lewis Moore, James DeLoache, Jr., H. R. Lang, Stoney Moore, W. F. Nettles, Dr. R. E. Stev enson, M. $f-. Reasonover, John T. Netitles. Ward Six, E. B. Buddin, Captain; R. B. Ross, J. K. Shannon, J. C. Fu quay, George Creed, L. C. Shaw, E. N. : McDowell and Lexio McCaskill We nrc very glad to see this pro- ' gressive,- get-together spirit at work! in our ehurdies and In our town and hope this census they are planning will be the means of helping many to feel a new interest in and apprecia* tion of the work ; our churches are doing. ? DR. SAWYER DEAD Georgetown Citizen Was Former Fnirmacirt in Camden Georgetown, Sept. 12. ? Frank H. ?Sawyer, prominent citizen and- drug gist and proprietor of the Sawyer Drug company of this city, died sud-^ denly at his home on Winyah road at 12:30 o'clock this afternoon. He had been feeling unwell for several days, but no thought was entertained of a fatal termination, since he was prev iously in excellent health. The an nouncement of his death was a com plete .surprise and shock to the people of this county. Mr. Sawyer leaves a widow and six sons, the oldest 14 and the youngest two, and a large number of brothers aikl sisters, namely: Dr. Olin Sawyer and Mrs. Horace L. 14 \Vright of Georgetown, Earle Sawyer of Saluda, N. C., A. F. Sawyer and Mrs. James A. Bland of Vidalia, Ga., and Mrs. Henry A. Clark and Misses Clara, Daisy, Maude and Gladys Sawyer of Johnston. His death is the first In this larg'j and devoted family of brothers and sisters. Mr. Sawyer wa? educated in the public xchools of Johnston and the University ftf South Carolina and was graduated in pharmacy in the State Medical coHtge at Charleston. He was born at Trenton October 15, 1878, the son of P. S. Sawyer, a Con federate vteteran of note, and Mrs. France* Crouch Sawyer of F.dgefield county. NNas Known Here. T\- CJ_. ... ?!?- u Camden as a pharmacist in the Zemp ?Si DePass drug store, and later or ganized the Sawyer Drug Co,T which he operated for seveVal years. Be fore coming to Camden he wti a resi dent of York, and had many friends in thi* eity who regret to learn of Mi d?th. **?' ? ?.*** i.ori J*r i- ' A Bl YS ANOTHHK Mil l ' * ? y i - j' r Kershaw Man Now Owner of Klbu Mills nl Charlotte. I'uichase of the plant of the Elba Manufacturing Company here by the newly incorp ? rated, Charlotte Cotton' Oil Company for a figure s$id to havo been between $ lot), 000 and $200,000, is annoyyi'ed in a Wogram received by t btv OUso rveV from .lo.hii T. Stevens of Kershaaw, S. <\, one of tin- lead ing cotton oil men Ui tho south ami principal stockholder in the newly formed company. A i) >oeiattd With Mi. Suvi'iis is Kred R. CUlvcr, of Korsln.w, who \s ..!->> aaaoelttted' with mtft ii\ several other cotton oil mills in South Caro lina, and Torrenee K. Mombly, of Charlotte, vice-president. of the Am erican Trust Company and president of tho Standard Bonded Warehouse Company. The Charlotte. Cotton Oil Company has just received a charter and the stockholders have not yet hold their organization mooting. The author ixed capital is $150,000. The new company takes over the large cotton seed oil crushing plant #nd ginnery in Charlotte, located on ttith street, near North Tryon, on a 16-acre tract and consisting of sev eral large buildings, and also the ginnery 'plants and sites at Matthews' and at Pineville. . J Mr. Stevens announces that O..B. Robinson, of Charlotte, secretary of the Elba' Manufacturing Company for several years, will be' associated with the new company. He does not. state in what capacity. The Klbu Manufacturing Company has been operated here for 20 or 25 years in a very successful manner.*-- - Monday's Charlotte Observer. THREE PEOPLE KILLED Automobile Runs Into Spcond Coach of Train Aiken, Sept. Ml.? Southern Rail way t imi in No. .11 and an automobile crashed at tho Johnstown crossing, near Bath, at noon today, and killel three people. The dead are Arthur Mcdlin, driv er of the eftr; Mrs. Nettie Talbert, nnd her companion, who has not been Identified, a41 of Columbia. The automobile party -was traveling from Augusta towards Aiken, and ran into the second coach of the train a* it passed this crossing at 12:87^ o'clock. This is a dangerous cross ing, a number of deaths having oc curred here within the past few years. Why the occupants of the Automobile did not see the train and ran into the second coach will ^lever be known. Tho man was hurled sixty feet^and the two women were Also thrown con-, siderable distances. The machine was I mashed to pieces. The three dead bodies were a gruesome sight, the skulls of all three of them being rushed, and they were otheiwise in jured. The chief of police at Columbia has been notified and he is now trying to check up and ascertain the name of t he unidentified woman. Engineer H. C. Hughes was run ning the train. LIVED TO GREAT AGE. Colored Woman Said to Have Been 114 Yea Ar~Old. TCena Bracey, said to have been, born in 1813, died Tuesday morning after a short illness. Despite her great age, .she was up and w&lldng around a few days prior to her death. She had retained all of her faculties up to the time of her death. Rena Bracey was born a slave and for many years was owned by the late Major W. R. Blair, w*ho resided three miles east of Camden. She is said to have been the mother of 25 children. One of her sons, Finley Bracey, who resides north of Cam den, 1h' around 90 years of age. She died at the home of her daughter, Kate Bracey, in the Hico section of the county, her daughter being quite aged. The funeral of this interesting old character occurred on Wednesday from Hico church, -where she had been a member for 63 years. Funeral services were conducted by her pas tor, Rev. Friday Harriott. Jhw eat Parnelt Acquitted t j- * ct ? fit :n ? vr* ??iv* <?a * a/* ? Darlington Wednesday where he rep resented Ernest !*arnell, young white maiH-eh*rg?d with the-- killing # ol Douglas Odom. The footing was the outcome of domestic difficulty* ?nd the defendant pleaded self-defense. The jury brought In a verdtet of not guilty. * . *