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i?Ihe. Camden Chronicle L? CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, JULY 29 1927 ~ " ? ' 111 ,J 1 1,1 rZ~-? ?~ ?i i 1 - ii. NUMBER 18. f WKI1K9B wr XIJH TKII* II ' t ' lor AulJ Say* Nice Thing* About Camden and This Territory H. Aull in dewberry Herald an.I News) or many years I attended the1 ting of the Press association regly. And during my connection i the paper I haw not missed y of the gatherings. I have ul8 felt that it was helpful to meet .sionally with the people who are iged in the same work, and to v them, and/get their viewpoint Id help you In ypur work. Then social feature is beneficial and it s you a little rest and recreation, hange is rest, and even if the goand the *tfr at the meeting is i tome at times it is a change, and 1 n you come back homeland relax I feel a sort of rest. ) I arranged to attend the meetthis year at Darlington and Flor', and on Tuesday afternoon I ;ed up my, no I should say our, ppct and the four b9ya and their her and went to Columbia. The e older boys we left with John I and his wife who had kindly con-1 eil to take care of them until I . returned. The youngest one it on the trip. I drove through country and we went by Camk?nd Bishopville, ? a country llgh which I had never driven, ^meeting did not begin until Wedlay evening, so I took it leisurely g the countryside and looked at cropwajv! the spot!on of country, distance fftmt Columbia to Cam's 33 miles. Seventeen miles > Columbia the road is paved. ' labeled the Jefferson Davis 'way. All along the way from mbia to the end of the paving <ome mighty fine farms and sevpeach farms. The most noted e Wilson peach farm just thirmiles out from Columbia. We ->od at this farm and bought a peaches and' talked-1 with b&s. on who*said they had 55 acres in place where the peaches were red, the greater number being n to market at Columbia She selling large fine peaches at fif- j cents the dozen and grapes at! en cents the basket, and the es were fine just like the peach-. The peach trees were as far as could see and looked good. Mrs. on said they had fifty acres in! bes and they expected to gather season 8,000 baskets for which averaged one dollar the basket, hey had thirteen varieties of Hes, and as I talked to Mrs. WilI thought of Dr. G. Y. Hunter at iperity, and the ?storie hills, and t he is constantly advising his ?le to do in regard to peaches and and I reckon he is right that 'an grow just as fine peaches and ff in Newberry county as they in Richland and Kershaw. Eight Jsand dollars from fifty-five acres w bad, and it does-hot take so h work as it would to make cotand even if you made a bale to acre, fifty-five bales would not JK you eighty thousand dollars. M.. Wilson sells the greater t of his peaches on the locil marat Columbia. But he works the 1a! ! all the time just, like you 1|(1 work your cotton crop, and he lys an<* prunes .religibusly. But lays. Lnd there are other orchard*. all ? this road, and while X sn talk, about peaches let me say that at dinner given the Press at Florf by the Kiwanis and Rotary and 08 ther? were some Florence *n peaches that were just as fine the Wilson peaches. And they r ,^'t throt>gh this section, ail the crops are just as flne W would care to see/anil especiaithe corn crop one of the finest A ih* way from 5to Florence and back by Suml erp 1? * fine crop and It is made. ( j*n,y is the <?orn fine on the] S0" farm, but all along the S?nd there seemed to be a* Ppoe -uf Xto planted. Thefe Wn heavy rains and they say1 *>ll weevil is raging but the weed nv L ??"^Uy and I did not frLa on *** *r?und. And oniv J' R Norment, who is o . f *ood newspaper man but fortv ' 8ay" ht wa* ln * ? 1* J*/'" on onao# Wk farms > bell '<****? if had invaded it, and ?W"<* ?nd any, and the * And kin* ?nd fruiting ir* ** mlT that **n by t?,m y ***** srs being * Pe.t aim the fnrm? are poisoning. The road from the paving on into Camden is very good and the detour at Blaney is not bad. The bridge across the Wateree at Camden is a toll bridge and it costs you fifty cents' to cross and with the heavy traffic this way this bridge is a gold mine for some one.or some corporation or it may belong to the county. And it is no fine bridge either. We spent a couplg hours in Camden, drove around town and through KirkwooJ and took a picture of the DeKalb monument and called on Birchinore of the Wateree Messenger and Niles of the Chronicle and had lunch and then went on to Bishopville and froui there to Darlington. Mr. Ni}es of the Camden Chronicle marrie<l a Newberry girl, a daughter of Mrs. Jordan Green. None of the Camden editors attended the press meeting. Camden is a winter Resort for the toifrists and there are some handsome Residences and pretty yards in tne town^though the tourists homes are closed dt this season of the year. "Mrs. Aull said she nevei* before in all her life saw so many churches as you find all along this road, and she concluded that the people were mighty good. That may be a proper conclusion and then again it may not be.: Therfe are many * nice country homes j and most of them are painted, just what I have been urging our farmers to do, paint their homes and give a little more attention to the comforts and conveniences and it would help the appearance of the countryside and <4400 add to the comfort of the people who live there. I had planned to stop for a short time Ih Bishopville but it was getting late, it had been raining every afternoon for ko long that I felt we had better hurry on, and it did rain in torrents that afternoon along by Camden ind Bishopville, but I managed to keep, ahead of the clouds. There are some mighty fine residences at Camden and Bishopville and Darlington and the homes are all surrounded, by beuatifully kept lawns and everything Is neat and clean: With the rains the grass has kept green without much attention, but it has to be mowed. From Camdan to Bishopville the distance is 22 miles. We arrived at Darlington about five o'clock and the distance from Bishopville is about twenty miles. We had rooms at tbe Hotel McFall, one of the nicest small 'hotels in the country anywhere. ft is .weft kept and the service is all you | could expect or desire. And Darlington is a beautiful town with wide streets oaks on either side of the street and it is a clean and a beautiful town. I felt that I would not mind living in such a nice looking town, and the stores are modern and everything has the appearance of prosperity. There is in ,thfc town a large veneering plant and also several large tobacco ware houses and a cotton mill. As I drove along through Camden and Darlington I thought of Mayor Wright and wifhed for him to see the stop lights at the street cnog&ings 1 in towps, 5 and^mot thinking that Darlington had such a thing the first thing I did was to make a left hand turn which the sign said I should not. I did not see the sign but the policeman saw me and he wnrned me that he would let me go if I promised to si^ no more, and this I did. But these stop signs are good things and we should' have a few ~of them in Newberry, ,1 will | finish my obsecration of this trip in 1 the next issue. Titer* are several I things I want to say and in the sayling i am hoping- it udll help NewI berry. . v % " v - MAKES A GOOD SHOWING Increase in Water and Light Shows Growth of Camden | The Chronicle is publishing this week a statement from the City Water and Light Department upd a comparison of the figures witfi an audit of ten years ago shows the growth of Camden. From January 15, 1017 to January 15, 1918 the gross receipts of the plant was only $28,427.18, while the statement in today's paper covering a period of one year closing April 30, 1927 shows the gross receipts at $80,- j 371.52 with net Earnings of $22,148.76. ' The department spent during this year $10,000 on plant extension, and has only recently authorized around $5,000 to be expended on further improvements. All improvements now being made are of a permanent nature, ?ueh as creosoted noles. the life of which is said to be twenty years. The late W. B. Allred, the former superintendent of the plant, took charge July 1, 1919, when the old plant was in an exceedingly run down , condition and by hard work and fine executive ability succeeded in putting it on a paying basis in a short while. Frank W. Chapman, the pre?$BJt superintendent, who took charge Junfe 1, 1926, has proved himself a worthy successor to Mr. Allred's efficiency and under his management the service is being improved daily. At the time of securing Mr. Allred, Mayor C. P. DuBose was then alderman from his ward and as chairman of the water and light department was instrumental in getting Mr. Allred. It is a singular coincidence that ftp mayor he was also instrumental in securing the services of Mr. Chapman. The success of the water and light plant has always been uppermost in Mayor DuBose's mind, with his' associate, Alderman Osborne, and he believes that in the late Mr. Allred and the present Mr. Chapman, he can safely say city council has secured two of the very i best superintendents to be found in! the South. HARDER MAGNATE DEAD Highly Kctopectcd ami Wealthy J^egro Dead in Atlanta. j Atlanta, July 22.?In an elaborately fitted barber hhop in the iieart of town where 42 brightfacedf^Negroes < answer, "Yea, sur, boss," t/> the tentorial requirements of white men, I there was an atmosphere Of restraint today. Patrons knew that death bad claimed Alonzo F. Herndon, owner" of the shop, who for 44 years had made shavjng a rite and the cutting of hair a formality. There was business as usual today, but the barbers talked little, and patrons themselves were concerned by IJerndon's passing. He died Inte last night in his dtfth year' after a lingering illness. Post-war prejudices against the Negro were in evidence when Herndon as a youth began a struggle for existence here in 18H2. How well he succeeded in the struggle could be told by 742 persons who, in his employ at the time of death, had helped him amass A foftune estimated at; $1,000,000. I Three years after he arrived from , Social Circle, Ga., he owned a barber shop. He moved his business twice, 1 enlarging it every time, and 1902^ located in the heart of town. A sug-j gestion made by one of his first cus- 1 tomers led him to purchase the first piece of real estate. Gradually, yet' surely, he added to his holdings, pro-j fiting by the advice of prominent white men who held him in esteem. Although interested first and last | in his barber shop, it was with the Atlanta Life Insurance company that he was most succesful. Scarcely a Negro in the city did not pay into the company at one time or other ten cents or 25 cents as premium on policy. As president of the conv pany Herndon employed approximately 700 persons. Although he lived in a great house and rode in expensive cars behind chauffeurs, there was nothing about Herndon to excite resentment. Norwas he ingratiating. As white men said, he "kept his place," friendly and considerate and highly respected. He will be buried here. Pastor To Be Installed On Sunday evening July 31 at eight thirty o'clock there will be a special service in the Bethesda Presbyterian church. At this service the pastor elect, the Rev. A. Douglas McArn, will be ordained to the gospel ministry and installed a.s pastor of the church. Those assisting in^this service will be, Dr. R. A. Lapsley Jr., Dr. G. G. Mayes, Dr. H. R. Murchison, Rev. J. B. Hillhouse, Rev. B. S. Hodges. Dr. A. H. McArn and elders G. M. Ward, J. T. Gettys and L.-T. Mills. The public is welcome at this service. The parents .of the church will please keep in mind the Daily vacation Bible School that will be held at the sunday school building, beginj ning Monday morning August 1. Mrs. Gay Baum has beet^ secured as Principal of the school and will be j assisted by a number of the young ladies of the church. It is hoped that all of the children of the church of age four to fourteen will attend and receive the religious instruction that will be offered. An air rape to 100 airplanes is being arranged/to take place in September from..Wew York to Spoj kane, Washington. . - i , j PROMINENT CITIZEN DEAD . Wrll Known Man of West Water** Kurrumhs To Short 11ln?**t? Benjamin Wiley Gettys, aged 3(> years, widely known planter and dairyman of near this city, was claimed bjy death at eleven o'clock Sunday tnorhing following double pneumonia und a four week's illness with rheumatic fever at Iris home in the West Watjree section of this county. Qettya was among the first to offar for service during the World y*} He trained at Fort Oglethorpe yn#re he received a lieutenant's commission, later served as a captain of infantry and following the Armistice I he was retired with the rank of major in the reserve''offfcer's corps. Durjpg the war, while stationed at HChicnumaugn Park, Mr. Gettys ?uf-, fered a severe illness \yith pneumonia and it is stated that he had never completely recovered from its effects. Mr. Gettys was u graduate of Clemj?on college, a Mason and u member of the Presbyterian church. He was held in resj>ect and admiration by a wide cilrcfe of friends through the state and besides these he is survived fey his widow, who before marriage i was Miss Kate Bell of this county, jafid three small children, Benjamin Wiley Gettys, Richard Gettys und | Martha Gettys.' He is also survived , by his father and mother, Mr. and M rs. J. L. Gettys, and two brothers, I J. T. Gettys and N. P. Gettys, all of whom are residents of this county. , The home of Mr. Gettys was located I within. calling distance of the homes i of his parents and his brothers and it was in this family settlement that he In part carrier! on extensive and successful farming operations. As an associate proprietor of the Rock 1 Springs creamery he was interested in maintaining one of the finest dairy herds in the state. i Funeral services, which were largely* attended by former comrades-inarms and by representatives of virtually every family in Kershaw county, were held at eleven o'clock Monday morning and interment followed in the family burial ground near the home. The?services were conducted by Rev. B. H. Franklin of Rowan chapel with the assistance of Rev. O. D. Lamoreaux of Abbeville and a choir selected from the churches of Camden and composed of Mrs. John M. Villepigue, Mrs. Clifton McKain, Mrs. J. B. Zemp, I)r. A. W. Humphries, N. M. Huckabee and F? C. Zemp. Dr. Benjamin Team, Bennie Team, Carl Rosborough, Gordon Bell, John Gettys and J. T. Gettys^ Jr., served as active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers included local legionaires and other war-time friends of Major Gettys. ' Countless floral offerings covered the final abiding place beneath the oak-studded and quaintly restful ancestral plot and attested the genuine sorrow which is felt among every creed and faction at the passing of one whose brief career had been filled with the warm admiration of all with whom he had been associated, t The gathering of friends was perhaps the largest ever assembled in the rural districts of this county for a similar occasion and among those who came from a distance for the services were R. T. Fewell, Rock Hill; Mrs. E. Brough'tton, Warren, Ark.; E; C. Team; Wichita, Kan.| Gaither SCott, Fayetteville, N. C.; Dr. W.^R, Barron, Columbia; Frank Barron, Columbia; Rev. and Mrs. F. O. Lam* 1 oreaux, Abbeville; ' J. R. Sumter, i W. W. Rees, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Converse, G. G. Tweed, L. F. Twqed, M. L. Moyes, all of Sumter; Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Isbell, Columbia; Mr. and Mts H. H. Hinnant, Mrs. Stella R. , Nelson, Mrs. John Parker and Mrs, McConnell, all of Ridgeway. ,/ S r.;. Automobile Wreck Results Fatally Fultoti Geddings, white resident atf'ttt# 'Privateer section of the county was killed Sunday afternoon wher the tar in which he was riding overturned on the Pinewood, road. Details of the accident are lacking, but it is said that Geddings died almost instantly, be'ng badly rushed undei the automob'le. He is survived by his widow and several children. Fun . eral seniors were held Monday after noon at Bethel church. Mac Geddings, a first cousin o Fulton GedrMngs. who, also Hves it the "Privateer section, was seriously tfrjared Sunday afternoon in anothe 1 automobile accident, his car be'fp wrecked on the Pocalla road. H* ' was report*! as gutting along a well as could be expected at hia horn Monday morning.?Sumter Item. Bi... 1 * v*' > 1 1 ? I POLITICS IN THK ( A I'l l A I. Senator HIi'iim' IH*uifN Humor lit* Will Be (undid a If For Governor (By John K. Aull) | Columbia, July 25.?With Governor Richard* out of the city, in attendance | MJ>on the Governor's Conference ut -ake Macskanic; with summer vacations at hand for those who are able I to afford them, and with fairly warm I I weather, things are somewhat quiet in official circle* in the capital this | week; though the p^st few duy? have been more than ordinarily fruitful of political rumors. And then the special tax relief, or revenue-seeking, committee of the house and the special committee to Investigate the State highway departmet ?* ? *till plugging.' | away, with what progress as yet I unannounced. , The most interesting political rumor recently, which "was going the rounds in Columbia ynd elsewhere in j the State, to the effect that Senator Bleatse was laying his plans to be a J candidate for Governor in 1930, was j nailed by the senator when he reached Columbia. When asked about it, he said that he also had heard it. Three years hence was a lime ~offy, he remarked, but that if he lived until then, and was candidate for a?y | political office, it would be for the 1 United States senute. There has been talk even thus eariy of other candidates for Governor, but, with all the 'inborn love of South Carotinans. for the game of politics, throe years hence is too far away for definite) plans to begin to shape. No span of yea is which does not reach beyond a lifetime, however, runs too far into the future for political ambitions I to look that fgr. 1 Already, six months- aheud of the j convening of the next general assembly, and with the recent long .session-of 1927 only a very short time back gone into history, the agitation is being renewed to cut down the highway commission from fourteen members, one from each of the judij cial circuits, to seven members, one from each of the Congressional distiicts, and to make them elective by I the general assembly. The opinion | seems to prevail at this time that this will not be done. The wisdom or lack of wisdom of such reduction is noti -even discussed by those of this' opinion. They are just simply con- | vineed that it can't be done and won't I be. There has been a tendency in re(cent years tp reduce the number of I officials elective by the legislatl&ro j and make them appointive by j Governor. Up until 1923 the board j of directors of the State penitentiary were elected by the general assembly. T,he bill which was passed at that session, making.the (members appointive by the Governor, was sponsored by Senator Wightman, of Saluda, now a member of? the board by appointment of Governor Richyds. "Battlej axe Wightman" was the cognomen he i gained for himself in the senate,^nd when he assumed his duties on the iboard .it Boon became evident that the descriptive title was still applicable. He takes nothing for granted. Aad upon a rapier he looks with scorn. The axe is his weapon, and it is with i the gxe that he does battle. When j Superintendent Scarborough sent:! in ] hi* last resignation, it is said'^hat Mr. Wightnmn was not so much dis! pleased that it was at all noticeable. | M>v James N. Pearman, of Anderson, will be ^eady to take over_the I duties of the superintendency oh Mo*, day, August 1. He has large powers, J including the appointment and rej?6& J al of all subordinate officials, subject ,-j to the approval of the board. The sall.ary attached to the position is #4,* j 200 per year. ,1 Governor Richards is expected to j return to Columbia the last of this j week or the first of the coming week, j'This js his first absence of any length ';since, he has been the State's chief '' executive. He is accoihpamed by ' Mrs. Richatds and by. Secretary i Stricklin and Mrs. Strickiin. The of fice details are being handled j smoothly while he is away, and he it i in constant touch by wire * t *7. At Fort McPherson f r, Ai^iong the United States A*m> - Reserve officers in training with th? J 827 h infantry for the summer ji Second Lieutenant H. E. Nettles, o f ' ugoff. Kcishaw County, S. C. Ma i jor Ben Wylie Gettys was expect* vt to attend but his extreme illness an r "ibsequent <cath kept him **a> I Lieutenant Colonel L'ndray a Mc e Fsodcn of Rock Hill, S. C,, is i g command of the Regiment. Tho 32*! a th Infsn' y is cons'tkred one of-th tw?t tr?'?c<i ml;, o( tho R, .N KW Ul K K ON DISJ'I AY HnndMomt* Now Huick Model C?i, Now Ih- Seep at I .It tie Motor Compuny Beauty, HtyU* and luxury which erettte a new vogue in motordom distinguish the entire line of Buick* for L . . ,<OWBWUng and rakiah, the new Buick elicits gaapH 0f admiration at gl?nce, and the deeper the investigation, the warmer the response. In the models which Huick is presenting today, it sets a precedent, hvory m.KUI ?f ,6 . ..mprl.lng th? Huick line is a? luxurious as a fine drawing room,?as tastefully appointed, as painstakingly executed, and as comfortable. The new Huick is now on display at the Little Motor vft in this city. Seat cushions and bucks have been shaped with the same regard for comfort as makers of high grade furniture bestow upon their finest offerings. The upholstering i? selected by the world's foremost body engineers, in keeping with the highest dictates of modern interior decoration, aknd i? applied in a manner of which the most fastidious owner | may well Jje proud. I A striking improvement in the general appearance of every Huick interior results from the new color scheme adopted for the Huick line for 1928. Contrasting colors are used, the Keats taking different shade than the side walls and head lining. The muterial used is u special fine quality mohair plush, with short and | very durable close-woven nap. All | closed models are fitted with arm l rest* which add to the car's comfort as well as to its completeness, j v Harmoniously combined Duco co- ' lore, emphasizing the stylish low contour of the cars, and resplendent with heavy nickel on radiator, bumpers, lamps and trim,-this is the exterior of the Buick for 1928. Greene, blues, tans, gray, brown and maroon, | all used in combination with black, | and set off tastefully with brightlystripped moulding, make up the Buick color list, A new development adding to tho | beauty of the new Buieks is the handsome washable top material, of | light color, applied to several of the deluxe models. I One of the pleasing features on the new sedan bodies is the elimination of the vertical moulding at either side of the rear body panel. This change produces a sweeping effect which em- ' phasizes the car's low-swung grace, I a'result to which re-location of other mouldings also contributes. All Buick models for 1928 are wider and roomier, and all present new roof lines which help to account foi their atyiish appearance. All have elear vision fronts, achieved by narrowing the windshield side -pit; ; lars and the horizontal top bar. As with . its other Improvements, Buick has gained better vision without sacrifice of any desirable quality. The pillars are still of the famous Fisher wood and metal. Viewed troiin any angle, Buick for 1928 displays a beauty, grace, and thorough going luxury destined to extend Its ^1 ready remarkable conquest of the fastidious. Yet beeutyis only, ofie of the new Buicks outstanding qualities. Performance, long life, and fomt6H consistent with this beauty give Buick stronger ground than ever for it* claim to value beyond -^compare. A ~ - Additional Belief ' Fnnd -?-Commander Hughey Tindtl 'of the American Legion this week mailed a check to the National Bed Cross headquarters as .an additioiial^mount to that already mailed for the Mississippi flood relief. The donore were Mrs. R. W. White $5 and the Blaney Baptist Sunday School $5. \ Looking Paving Messy*. IL G. Carrison, Jfo D. M. Kjrk ley, J. H. Sowell and E H. Bo wen, members of the Kershaw County Board of Directors, left Wednesday, morning for points arpund GreenvJHe. Anderson, Spartanburg U. other places, inspecting *ome of/the paving ,ihat has been completed' bjr the State Jighwa^ Department Tljey were *c, companied by a Federal engineer, and i ihe trip was made with x'view of Ji g .ttihg a line on the very best type f I of paving preparatory to letting the :lT*Hn*c?n.raet fo.; the highways in ^ j Ktishaw county. * *'* Atf, Hovr Afrfwd T <"4tk o* _ ?? ??.?*?? th? the Acts of . < >* 11,27 Gcne.l Art-hibly.hove M ' i-vcd. anJ tho.t ,ri 1 lod to hove * ny . eon w; mm, by c.lHfc S th, I MM offtc.., , ,