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The Camden Chronicle
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g5BBgBB8MBg!!a[a_!!^^ CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1926. . NUMBER^
IX'THKK HUKHANK DEAD
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Hunt Wizard Had Worked Wonder*
With Many Plant* and Flower*
Santa Roaa, Cal? April U.-LutheBurbank
died here today- amid the
flowering fruits and blooms that he
created for mankind's benefit. '
The noted horticulturist passed on
to the great adventure of a hereafter
in Which he had no faith. Only u
few weeks before the end the great
plant wizard had declared thatx he
could not believe in a life after dea.th.
And as life ebbed away and he stood
at the brink he did not falter in his
convictions.
Infirm and wor^> after years devoted
to developing and guiding plant
life, the 'controversy started by his
pronouncements on religion and reincar-nation,
contributed to his last illness.
A storm of protest came from religious
leaders after Mr. Burbank
gave out his statement (declaring himself
to be an infidel. His home here
was swamped with letters, and telegrams
condemning his stand. The
stress he was subjected to in defending
and explaining his beliefs brought
on a nervous condition that his 77
years could not survive.
A miniiltes before life fled, the
aged patfent lapsed into semi-consciousness.
"Oh, doctor, I am very sick," were
_his last words. They were uttered
to his physician, Dr. Joseph- H. Shaw,
Gastro-intestinal complications and
violent hiccoughing had weakened
Mr. Buvbank.
All hope for him was given up last
night after a two weeks' struggle by-'
physicians to prolong life.
At the bedside were his wife and
his sister, Mrs. Emma Bceson, of
Healdsburg.
Fortified by a vigorous constitution
which had its roots as deep as the
flowers and plants he tended, he put
up a valiant struggle against his illness.
Mr. Burbank always declared tnat
hi* object in increasing the yield of,
plants was to better the condition of
his fellowmen and he died believing '
"we must look for survival only in
the spirit of the good we have done
in passing through life. *
"If it has been a good life, it has
been sufficient," he held. "There is
no need for another. Once here and
gone -the human life has served its.
purpose.
"The universe is not big enough to
contain all the human souls and the
other beings that have been here for
their -short 'span. A theory of personal
resurrection or reincarnation of
the individual is untenable when we
but pause to consider the magnitude
of the idea."
Recognition of the existence of "a
great universaPpqwer'- was admitted
by the horticulturist, but he declared
he did not "even begin to comprehend
it."
He said he was "a lover of Chrisi
as a man- and His works . . . but
nevertheless He was an infidel then
os I am an infidel today."
Mr. Burbank's expresdh>n of his
views on religion and reincarnation
were said to have been called forth
by articles quoting his friend Henry
Ford as declaring his faith in the
theosophist' theory of reincarnation.
Edgar A. Waite, of the San Francisco
Bulletin, r^Vealdd today that
he had obtained an interview with
Mr. Burbrfftk, to be used only after
his death, in which the Scientist said
the real reason for his success as a
plant cultuitfst was a disappointment
in love many years ago. This, he
told Mr. Waite, turned his energies
and his genius into what became, his
life's work thfit made him famous.
Acknowledged the dean of plant
breeders and leader in modern creative
plant development, the name of
I-uther Burbank became a household
word throughout the civilised world.
Virtually his whole life was devoted
to scientific plant breeding and many
of his more than 100,000 experiments
with various forms of vegetation attained
such marvelous results that
they .won him the title of "Plant
Wizard."
Early in life Burbank evinced a
great love .for growing things, selecting
plants rather than animals,
as his pets. His first notable sue-!
cess was achieved at the age of 22,
when he happened to find a seed
ball of the Early Rose potato, which
rarely- bears seed. From this he developed
the world-famous Burbank
potato that has spread to everjr-pe*t
i->n of the globe and wMch is said
to exert a greater Influence upon the
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a h ended dealers meeting
Chevrolet Motor Company Planning
lo Eclip?e All SaleH Records
Ail previous sal us and production
records are to be shattered by the
Chevrolet Motor Company during
1W6, acording to G. C. Welsh, local
sales agent who has returned from
Charlotte where he attended the annoal
convention of Chevrolet dealers
from North and South Carolina.
I The local dealer says there were
approximately 400 in attendance at
the great sales conclave and he has
'returned to hUMftne with the "big
picture" of the Chevrolet program
(for the coming months,
i In addition to the Chevrolet dealers
who attended the sales conference
,and the annual banquet which was
Id in the grand ball room of the
Hotel Charlotte, there were many
prominent bankers present from all
sections of the Carolines.
' R. H. Grant, vice-president and
general sales manager of the Chevrolet
Motor Co., a man who is recognized
as one of the outstanding sales
executives of the auto industry, was
the principal speaker at the convention
and at the banquet. He was accompanied
to the Dixie Metropolis by
his executive- staff^ a corps of specialists
who head*the various divisions
of the Chevrolet sales organization.!
Mr. Welsh says that it was the, largos.
delegation of automobile factory
officials that ever visited the South.
'ft PttHhg Itffifl ~ the Chevrolet Motor
Company is to conduct the greatest
newspaper advertising campaign that
has ever been planned in the entire
history of the motor car industry, J
states the local Chevrolet dealer.
More than 4,000 American newspapers
are now being used regularly
and the great co-operative -advertising
program now being carried on!
in addition to the f ast national cam-1
paign, has made a consistent adver- [
tiser out of every Chevrolet dealer!
and put the Chevrolet message before
the newspaper readers in praetically
every city, town and village in the
United States.
"Without question," says Mr.
Welsh, "the great sales record of
1026 which totaled more than half a
million Chevrolet cars and trucks,1
will be eclipsed during the present
year. At this time, sales are far
ahead of the production schedule and
all of tlfe .twelve manufacturing
plants operated by the Chevrolet organization
ore running at capacity in
an attempt to keep up with the unprecedented
demand for the Chevrolet
product."
Throughout the United States,
Chevrolet sales are piling up rapidly.
During January and February sales
were double what they were during
the same months of 1925. The March!
figures-are not yet available but it j
is a "known fact that it was the big- j
gest month in the company's history.
food supply of humanity than any
other single food plant.
Soon after breeding this potato,
which brought him neither fame nor
mondy at the time, Burbank moved
to California, where he obtained employment
as a farnt hand. He continued
as a laborer until able to acquire
a* small farm in.the-town of
Santa Rosa, some fifty miles north
of San Francisco. With- this small
beginning he undertook the series of
experiments which long had been uppermost
in his mind. Thereafter his
work .was continuous and tireless, occupying
nearly fourteen hours a day
on the average. ?
Burbank was born at Lancaster,
Mass., March 7, 1849, son of Sarhuel
W. fand: Olive (Ross), of English and
Scotch ancestry. He was 'the thirteenth
of fifteen children born on his
other's 200-acre farm. He attended
the Lancaster Academy, from which
he was an honor graduate.
Next to the potato; the accomplishment
which brought first fame
to Burbank was the spineless cactus,
whereby he turned a worthless desert
growth into a valuable forage and
fruflting plant. In recognition of this
work he received in 1912 a Unitecf
States grant, Congress under special
act turning over 7,680 acres of nonirrigable
land to be located either in
California, Nevada or Arizona.
It has been estimated that Burbank's
100,000 or more experiments
with plant life involved the planting,
pollination, observation and propagation
or destruction of a billion individual
vegetable growths. From this
vast nuwabar, bowver, only 385 were
selected and recommended by Mm as
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BETHUNE NEWS NOTES
Items of Interest ia Gathered By Our
I tegular Correspondent
\ Bethune, S. C., April 14.?-The Bethune
school improvement .association
held its regular monthly -meet*
ing Wednesday afternoon. It wad
decided at the last meeting that all
the school rooms would be open for
inspection and a half holiday would
be given the room receiving the
greatest number of mothers on thie
occasion. The sixth grade won the
holiday. A goodly number of vial*
tors took this special opportunity to
know their school better.
An entertaining program consisting
of musical numbers, readings* and
short comic plays was given by
pupils from both the grammar and
high schools.
Messrs. L. J. Baker and J. M. Clyburn
gave a fish fry Friday evening
at the former's mill pond complimentary
to the teachers of the Bethune
school system. Almost all of the
teachers were, present and enjoyed
the excellent fish served by their
hosts.
M iss Thelma Smith was hostess to J
the members of the B. Y. P. U. and
a few invited-guests Wednesday evening
at n fish fry on the Smith plantation
several miles above town.
Mrs. C. A. Atkins of Rocky Mount,
N., C., Wib the guest of her sister,
M rs. J. G. Fullmer last week.
Born, to Mr, and Mrs. R. C< Hedgepath
Saturday, April 10, a daughter.
Miss Mary McKinnon ente,rta;ned
the members of her Sunday School
class at the home of Mrs. J; N, McLaurin
Friday eveping. Music,
games and contests featured the
;evefffng\s entertanment. Refreshments
Consisting of ambrosia and
wafers were served.
Misses Eva Mae Caston and Eddie
Bradham attended the B. Y. P. tJ.
conference held in Camden last week.
Miss Hallie Brown, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Brown of Bucknow,
died at the Columbia hospitalSunday
morning of pneumonia. Miss
Browiuwas nineteen years of age and
was taken to the hospital one month
ago to undergo un operation for appendicitis.
She attended the high"
school here two years ago.
Misses* Carrie Yanbrough and Stella
Bethune and Messrs; Lee Morgan and
Neil Truesdale aJLtended IhuChrisUarv
Endeavor convention held in Columbia
the past week-end.
The Eastern Star chapter held its
April meeting Thursday afternoon.
Grand Worthy Matron Gladys M.
Griffith, of Arcadia; District Deputy
L. L. Baker of Bishopville and a
number of visitors from Camden,
among whom were Mrs. Frank Campbell,
Mr. and Mrs. Creed and Mrs.
Thomas Truesdell were present.
Punch and wafers wejrp served at the
close of the meeting. ?
An U. D. C. chapter, known as the
Bethune chapter, was- organized here
Wednesday afternoon and the following
officers were elected; Miss Ruth
Watts, president'; Mrs. E. Z. Truesdell,
vice-president; Mrs. D. M. Mays,
treasurer; Miss Stella Bethune, secretary;
Mrs. R. K. Tompkins, registrar;
Mrs. A. B. McLadnn, historian.
The first meeting will be held witn
Miss Stella. Bethune in May.
Mr. and Mrs. Ci M. Wilson and
children of Columbia and Misses
Mary Louise McLaurin and Lizzie
Kate Davis of Chicora College were
week-end -visitors to relatives here.
Mr. J. A. McCaskill left Tuesday
for. Columbia to -undergo an operation
at the .Columbia hospital.
Edwardr the twelve year pld son
of Mr.' and Mrs. Sam Stewart1, broke
his arm ? Monday while practicing
jumping with his little companions.
He received prompt attention and is
now doing nicely.
Miss Margaret Clyburn of Chicora
College was the -week-end guest of
her sister, Mrs."Lor ing Davis. ..
Miss Mildred Billings a teacher of
the school here, took as her guests
to spend Saturday in Lancaster with
hor mother, Mesdames W. H. Hearon,
L. M. Best and Nancy King.
Mrs. Sara Powe and Miss Elise
Hook were vistors in Kershaw Sunday.
r Misses Vesta Copeland and Mary
Collins wore week-end guests of
friends and relatives in Kershaw.
- Sunday evening one of the heaviest
rains which ever fell in. this community
did considerable damage to roads,
bridges and mill dams.. Marshall's
bridge, over Lynche's creek, a few
milfes below here was washed away.
Raley's mill dam, owned by Davis
and King, several miles .above here,
was broken by the heavy impact of
water and the county bridge below
(he mill was carried away.
Congressman Stevenson Married.
The wedding of Congressman W.
F. Stevenson and Mks, Clara A. Malloy
Finley took place Wednesday evening
at the home of the bride in
Choraw. The wedding was a duiet
affair and only relatives of the couple
were - in attendance. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. A. H. McArn,
pastor of the Cheraw Presbyterian
church. The bride ia a daughter of
the prominent Malloy family which
has been identified with the cotton
*nd mercantile business of Cheraw
for a century. She is the widow of
H. Ftnley who died in
1918. She ia a leading figure in civic
ink! church Work.
MAYOR GETS SILVER SERVICE
Pretty 'Ceremony Takes Place at
Clone of Pour-Year Administration
A large number of admiring
friends of Mayor H. G. Carrispn, Jr.,
and the retiring city council gathered
at the council chamber Wednesday
afternoon when Mayor C. P. DuBose
took the oath of-office, to witness the
presentation of a beautiful silver
service of seven pieces to the retiring
mayor.
^Mayor-elect C. P. DuBose presided
and called upon Editor C. W. BirchI
more to make ' the preliminary talk
fbefore the presentation and Mr.
Birchmore paid a high tribute to Mr. 1
Carrison as a citizen and aa an
[executive officer and hinted that
there was a surprise in store for him.
Mr. Carrison responded in a> Very
happy maimer and thanked the
speaker for his tribute.
City Attorney L. A. Wittkowsky,
who has been associated with Mr.
c/rrison throtighout-his four'-year ad- .
ministration In a fow happy remarks
presented six plates to match the
silver service as a token of esteem
jrom the water and light department,
the police for<&, the street and health
department.
It was left to Eecordor L. T.. Mills
to^make the presentation remarks accompanying
the gift of the beautiful
silver service of seven pieces from
hd^niring friends. Mr. Mills did not
oyirlook the other faithful members
of the council in his remarks but laid
groat stress upon . Mr. Garrison's
leadership and executive* ability and
cit^d more paritcularly the smooth
manner in which he handled the -big
job t)f paving undertaken during his
administration, stating that ?he
handled the situation in such a way
as to make friends of those opposed
to _paving and that today-they are
thankful of the beauty of our streets.
Not a hitch occurred here while he
said that many towns with smaller
propositions had encountered matters
of"fin fiW5faTdlfficulties ?as well as law
suits from disgruntled citizens.
Mr. Carrison was deeply touched
by .this manifestation' of esteem and
said he could not find words to express
his appreciation.
It was a beautiful gift worthily
bestowed and the inscription engraved
on One of the pieces, read as
follows:
"Presented by the City of Camden
Mayor H. G. Carrison, Jr., April I
14, 1926, at the close of a successful
administration of four years, a token
of e$teem and a testimonial of his
splendid efficiency as the city's chief
executive."
To Hold Meetings Soon
Columbia, April 6.?The biennial
convention .of., the Democratic party
of South Carolina, precedirig which
will be the meetings of the divers
Democratic precinct clubs' and the
Several county^ Democratic conventions,
will be held in Columbia, May
19th.
The dates of the various meetings
are fixed by the party rules- as adopted
by thg Democratic state convention
in Columbia of'May, 1924
Precinct club meetings-^-the fourth
Saturday in April, this year April' 24;
County conventions?the first ftfonday4
in May, this year May 3.
State convention the third Wfednesday
in May, this year May 19.
Notice of the ncar.approaoh of the
dates for the club and county con^
vent ions with copies of the party
rules are now being mailed to the
several county chairmen by H. N. Edmunds
of Columbia, secretary of the
State executive s committee.
Young Nurses Return Thanks
In a communication addressed to
the editor of The Chronicle the members
Of the Senior Class of the Camden
Hospital Nurses Training School
wish to thank the . public for the
liberal contributions given to the success
of their first annual, The Echo.
Misses Stella Mae Hall, Bertha Laura
Henson, Mattie Allies Price and Mertie
Lee Kirkland are the young
women whose names form the class
roll and who . will receive their
diplomas at appropriate exercises to
be held at the grammar school auditorium
on Wednesday evening.
Graduation Exercises To Be Held
The graduation exercises of the
Camden Hospital Training School
^vill be held at the grammar school
auditorium Tuesday evening, April
j20 and the reception will be held
at the hospital immediately following
the exercises. The priblic is cordUlly
Invited to attend.
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MRS. SEAGLE INJURED
Near Serioaa-Auto Accident Sunday
Morning on South Broad
While returning to their home near
Boykin Sunday morning from aervices
at the Methodist church here the
Franklin car driven by Mr. W. C.
Seagle, accompanied by Mrs. Seagle
and son, was run into by a Ford car
driven by Abraham Arthur, a nogro.
The collision occurred at the Intersection
of Broad and York streets and
the impact of the Ford strlkihg the
larger car was so great that Mr.
Seagle's bar was overturned and
badly torn up. Mrs. Seagle was
pinned beneath the car and sustained
bruises and injuries to such an extent
that she was confHflra to the
Camden hospital for several days,
but was dismissed from'the hospital
on Wednesday.
Mr. Seagle was only slightly
bruised and his son was unhuri. The
Ford car was not damaged and the
negro was uninjured.
Arthur whb arrested and placed in
the city prison, but was later transferred
to the county jail under a
warrant sworn out by Mr, Seagle.
^ Mr. and Mrs. Seagle are two of our
county's very best citizens and have
a host of friends who are delighted to
know that their injuries are not
serious.
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f Baseball Again Today ;
The Camden High school baseball :
team plays the team from the Cotum-,.|
bia high school this afternoon at the j
baseball park at 4 o'clock. A large j
numbfcr of fans witnessed the gdtmej
between Sumter and Camden last '
Friday afternoon when the Camden;
lads met defeat and great interest is j
being manifested in these games.
The boys have been giving good exhibitions
of baseball and are looking
for a larger attendance this ^fter|s
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noon.
MADE HIS ESCAPE ,
Lewis Hale Was Supposed To^ Be
A Army Recruiting Officer
A white man, dressed in an officer's
uniform, giving his name as
Lewis Hale, and purporting to be a
United States recruiting officer,
made his escape from' officers w)io
were delaying him here under, suspicion.
Hale, who went under the name of,
Harold Miller, had operated in Columbia,
claiming.that he was stationed
at Parris Island, and had obtained
an automobile in that city with a
fraudulent check. He wap located at
Estill* S. C., and is said to have escaped
from, officers at that place by
the same method employed here.
When located fit EstHl" h'?? nfft?
cers that there must have been some
nHktake as to the man wanted, but
that he would readily go with them
and askfed to be allowed to go to his
hotel to change his clothes. He went
to the hotel but escaped out of thg
back way.
. The same ruse was worked here
after trying to obt'aljn^.ah.automobile
by offering to give A a government
voucher for same. He was stopping
at the Jone^ boarding house on JBroad
"street"and made bia get-away through
a back lot.
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Miscreants Throw Eggs
Two white ladi were arrested by
police officers Saturday night while
atop of a building on east DeKalb
street. The lads had a lot of'eggs
and Were throwing them at passersby
as ' they' entered * store. It is said
some of the hen-fruit' found lodgement
as far across the street as the
Fashion Shop. Luckily for those who
were struck the lads were liberal
enough not to pick over-ripe eggs.
They wefe released on payment of a
small boiui. ^ iWd
Coupe Stolen
A Ford conpe of a 1924 model belonging
to Dr. A. W. Humphries of
Camden was stolen from its parking
place on West DeKalb street, near
the DeKalb Pharmacy, early Friday
night. Dr. Humphries had not left
his car for lobg and when he returned
it had gone.The coupe had been
repainted dark grey, but had no
motor number because the motor;
block had been replaced. Phone calls 1
and printed descriptions were.sent to
all nearby towns but nothing has
been heard Krom the car.
In its tentative party platform to
[the~ state Republican convention at
Portland, Me., Wudneaday, the unswerving
loyalty was pledged to the
prohibition cause.
WOMAN KILLED IN WRECK
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Caiudon Man Was Also Injured Near
Columbia Monday Afternoon
Mies Lavinia Neese of Edgewood
was fatally injured and Robert Morris
of Camden is at the Columbia
hospital suffering: with a broken rib,
as the result of a head-on collision
between the automobiles in which the
two were riding: Monday afternoon;;
about 6:80 oJclock near a store on '
the Two Notch (Camden) road, In
the Edgewood community* a suburb
of Columbia. Following the wreck
both were taken to the Columbia, hospital,
and there Miss Neese died Tues
day morning at 8:46 o'clock.
The collision of the two automobiles
occurred, according to; information
from Mr. Morria, when he attempted
to avert a collision with another
car, which had. entered the
highway from a by-road. Mr. Morris's
car, it was stated, was headed
toward Columbia at a speed of about
20 . miles an hour. On approaching
a store near the Edgewood school,
close to where the accident occurred,
he said that a car with the curtains
up drove from the rear of the building
out on the main highway. Mr.
Morris said that he was prevented from
seeing the car enter the main
highway by a building. To prevent
a wreck with this car, Mr. Morris
'Bald, he stcered his car to the left
of the road.
Coming from the direction of Columbia
was the ear in which Miss
Neese was rising. The driver of the
car in which Miss Neese was riding
also steered to his right, placing tooth
cars on the same side of the road.
Both drivers steered their* cars so far
to the side of the road that the point
where the impact occurred ' was entirely
off the highway, it is etated.?
Miss Neese had been making her
home in Edgewood, with her sister,
Mrs. O. E. Hutto and had made many
friends here. She was 66 years of
age, and is survived by <^~sister^
Mrs. O. E. Hutto of Columbia, two ">
brothers, H. W. Neese of Hamlet,
N. C., and B. P. Neese of Swansea;
also several nieces and nephews.?
Tuesday's Columbia Record.
Morris Ordered Held By Jury
Mi\ Robert Morris, above referred
to, is a native of Evamsville, Indiana,
but has made his home in,. Camden
for the past year. He was recently
married. Accompanying him to Columbia
when the* fatal accident occurred
was Mr. Waddell Collins.
They were driving a Chevrolet car belonging,
to the U-Drive-It system of
the DeKalb Service Station of this
city. The car was almost a complete
wreck. The coroner's jury ot inquest
over the remains of Miss Neese order
ed._Morris held for court -trmt-trr7-"
default of $2,000 bond.
TO IIOLD MISSIONary"MEP;T
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Methodist Women of State to Attend
Conference Here Next Week
The assembling of thfedelegate&Yto:
the Missionary Conference on next
Tuesday, April 20, will bring together
many women prominent in the
work. Among these will be Mrs."
J. W. Perry, vice-president of Missionary
Council; Mrs. W. I. Herbert,
of Darlington, president; Mrs. Wait, .
of Florence, president emeritus; Wfrss
May Wightman of Charleston,
daughter of Bishop Wightman, decoasOd,
whose . courageous and indefatigable
spirit Originated the organization
in the state; Miss Mary Hamlin,
who for many years has 'been" J
secretary of the -conference.
foreign^.
missionary now oh a visit home, will
give interesting ;views of the foreign*!
work'.
The public is cortliaHy invited to
these exercises * which will last ;
through Thursday evening and will
be held in the Lyttleton Btreet Meth^st
church. 7
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Mill Dam Blown Out '
Parties, frbtir Jhe Westville section
tell us 'that that section experienced
an unusually heavy downpour of rain
Saturday night causing considerable
T?C at Cauthen's
We?tvillo was
blown-out by high water, bridges
were washed'away and it is thought
a great deal of corn and other crops
Tf the'^LdhiJ? A0" acc?mm
^hehing of the land.
J **Services at Jewish Temple
Scrvice? will be held at the Jewish
T,>rrtl% on Lyttletqn Street Sunday?
Afternoon at 4 p.m. by RkbU'F. ? "
Hirsch will talk on the*
late Luther Burbank.. The .public U
cordially invited-tq^ttend thsso serv