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Noted Merchant Give* Much Time To Cattle I New York,. ' June 19,?The recent J return of J. C. Penney, founder of the Jf. C. Penney o., from a trip around the world i? cloeely followed by hie announcement thai he will shortly send his internationally famous herd of Purebred Guernsey cattle, on a circuit of state fairs and dairy shows. It was with this herd of cattle that the chain store magnate won the greatest list of prises ever awarded at the National Dairy Show at Memphis, Tenn., last year. This year this exhibition will be transferred to permanent headquarters ut St. Louis, Mo? where a large exposition section has been constructed with building especially designed for the showing of dairy cattle. Mr. Penney has announced that he will take his herd to the National this year as well as to a large num- I bcr of other fairs -and expositions. | Included in the show herd is Mixter May Princess who holds the world's record for production, reproduction J and type. In the past four years this famous Guernsey cow has produced 3484 pounds of butter, 6903 gallons of | milk and has been the dam of live calves. r- I During the past five years Mr. Penney has been devoting an increasingly large amount of his time to the breeding of Guernsey catile. He gives as his reason the fact that better foundation stock is needed for dairy herds . to make dairy farming profitable. Herds are now being developed in many parts of the country from foundation stock* furnished out of the J. Cf. Penney herd. . In a statement just released, Mr. 1 Penney says, "We have always considered the agricultural sections of the country as the backbone of our national prosperity. "While developments agriculturally during the past few years have not ' kept pace with industrial progress, there is direct evidence that the far- I mer is helping to solve his own problems by increasing the efficiency of his efforts in much the same man- ' ner that the industrialist increases the efficiency of his plants. "Crop farmers are doing it by diversification with production regula- , ted in proportion to anticipated dO" | mand. _ i "The dairy farmer is doing it by culling bourder cows out of his herds, by using purebred sires and by making every cow produce a profit. "The country is still far short of sufficient dairy cows to meet the demand for dairy products. In the past two years many steps have been made to bring dairying up to its potential possibilities. "It is a noteworthy fact that financial depressions throughout the country have had less effect on dairying sections than on any other sections. The dairy farmer is usually a high type of individual with a keen business sense. The demand for dairy products is constantly on the increase." Pretty Plain Speaking In a long editorial The Dorchester Kagle puts the persisting demoralization in that county straight up to Governor Richards. According to The j Kagle nothing is going to work out well until Governor Richards removes Q. B. Limehouse from the office of state constable. This appointment was in the first place made directly contrary to the wishes of the county delegation and the popular majority, as revealed in the last election. As to why the governor should have done this The Eagle says right out: Governor Richards, simply and sole- ^ ly because of personal friendship to one of the appointees?a friendship that has apparently resulted from 1 frequent gifts of fish, fowl and fruits j ?and other things?prefers to retain a man as one of his constables afte: j vigorous protest has been made. The governor seems to allow a personal friendship to outweigh the expressed voice of the. people. Further on, speaking of the de- , fcated Limehouse faction, the paper | goes on to say: No one has said that all the mem- j hers of the defeated faotion are bad; j but it is a notorious fact that State Constable Limehouse, since he was given a commission by Governor j Richards, has openly and repeatedly , abused and.villified and threatened | members of the party who defeated him, his language on every such occasion being in entire accord with the language used in every one o^ the foul letters received by the men and women of the county who opposed and defeated him. And that brings us back to the main point. When it is seen that the peace and security of a people are threatened and it has been shown that one man is at bhe bottom of it, then the only solution of the whole business is to remove the one that is even under suspicion. The people of Dorchester county are sick and tired of the methods emplo\ed by Governor Richards to defeat their wishes. He is playing very poor politics. He has the power ir. his hands to solve the Dorchester problem. Will he be man enough to d?> it ? Certainly that puts it up to trie governor, who ought to act in relief of the situation or else give reasons - plain and convincing to the country. ?.Spartanburg Herald. Kershaw County Farmers Borrow South Carolina farmers borrowed $1,326,320.75 of the $6,000,000 appropriated by congress last spring to aid in purchase of seed and in planting, following the storms of last year, according to L- E- White, administrative officer of the farm loan bureau Kershaw county farmers are on the * list as having borrowed $17,322. The war department last wee* pI?S contr^ for ^ new .ir plana* to coet $6,000,000. Green Corn Dance Calls Indians Together Fort Myers, Fla., June 19.?Deep in the Florida Everglades, straggHng bands of Seminole Indians urd pre* paring for the most pretentious event in the tribe since almost a century ago, when Qsceola sounded the tocsin of war against the whites. From the fastness of ths 'Glades, the wandering aborigines are assembling to participate in the annual Shob-ca-taw, or Green Corn dance. ' This year the religious and political festival has nn added significance,, jfor the high council of Seminole med- ' icine men will try two tribesmen aejcused of murder. One of the accused ' lis a member of the Council. All Indian crimes ceme before the 1 yearly session, which usually is held late in June but often postponed.un-| til July. 1 There are no bailifTs or court at- ' tnches, for the Seminoles need none. ' Every brave und squaw accused of a* misdeed voluntarily appears as tribal . custom decrees. Sentence 'is passed after a brief consideration of each case and punishment is summarily administered. 1 On rare occasions the extreme penalty has been exacted. Often torture .by ftj;e is prescribed. Statements are made by the defendants and witnesses are heard. Seminole law has taken precedence over Florida jurisprudence for years , and the white man's court has never been known to interfere with decisions. The principal ease this year will involve u member of the tribunal. ; Josie Hilly, 41-year old medicine man, lust December stabbed and fatally wounded a widowed squaw, Nuf-chee, | in the Everglades, in a drunken quar- " rel. I( Josie will be tried by the three . other medicine men of the Miccosou- 1 kees, or South Florida Seminoles, his former colleagues in the Council. Assisting in pleading Josie's ease will be W. Stanley Hanson, known as the "white medicine man" of Fort >. Myers, Florida. Mr. Hanson has spent more than 20 years among the Semi- , noles, and is a trusted'leader und ad- I visor. I The second case involves Philip Billy, also known as Johnny Billy, who, it is charged, stabbed CharleyLee to death in an argument over whiskey last February. The murder trials will be the final day of the week's celebration of the Green Corn dance. The scene of the festival is a closely guarded secret. Mr. Ha nson'is believed to be the only white man ever to witness the affair. WITCH DOCTOR GAME Is to Live by His Wits at Expense of The Poor and Ignorant There is no better example of how the ignorant and superstitious are preyed upon and robbed of their substance for nothing than the case of John Doctor recently developed here and the offender jailed for practicing medicine without a license, relates the Horry Herald of Conway. His idea was to encourage the thought in the minds of the siok that they had been bewitched; that some enemy had cast a spell upon them and thus their troubles had come about; that he had means whereby he could determine the cause of the sickness and could therefore remove the cause; that he alone could determine this and find the means of removing the spell so the subject could recover, t The main instrument with which he worked his charms was shown in the sheriff's office just after he had been arrested and lodged for sale keeping in default of bail which was required in the sum of eight thousand dollars. This instrument was evidently in- j tended for other uses and purposes, ; but purposes hardly ever exercised, therefore in the mind of the ignorant men and women that he secured as , clients and patients, this thing was an object of mystery and efficiency. ! It was described most accurately by comparing it to a plump bob, yet it was not a plump bob. Attached ; to the upper end of the instrument was a long spring very much like one of the springs taken out of a window shade roller though not quite so long as that but of about the same strength and size in diameter. This spring was perhaps eighteen inches long. Attached to the upper end was a handle wherein the fingers might hold up the affair. At the bottom was a square piece ctf metal rod with a threaded hole in the end of this and in turn there was screwed on that end a small cylinder filled with lead or other weighty substance making a weight of about a pound, perhaps heavier; then under the bottom end of the cylinder weight was another threaded hole and in this wa< screwed another piece of small metal batthus making the instrument longer ijnd giving the opportunity of attaching still further parts. At the side of the bar above the weight was a rawhide bag sewed up around some hard materials known" as a witch bug or similar name, , This little rawhide bag attached at the side would have the effect of makipg the whole instrument whirl round and turn in the hands when it was being put into operation by the witch doctor. Along with the "Jojo" or "Jock" a* he called the above described instru , ment, he curried a black satcha^ ir which was stored a conglomeration odirt and filth. Among these was i package of remnants of hoofs ant horns, hair partly burned, finger an< toe uails, pieces of hide, snake skin; I J. .. KERSHAW NEWS NOTES Interesting News Noteg^GsthereS Frem The Bra of That PUee Kursl Policeman Jim Hough, on Igat Saturday afternoon captured two copped stills and one barrel of "buck'' about one mile east of Weatville. One of the stills was of seventy-five gallons capacity, and the other was a ten gallon still. There was no one at the stills when found and captured by Officer Hough, but they had tl>e appearance of being run only very recently. ' Officer Hough was also with deputy. Sheriff G. F. Cooley, of Cmmden, Rural Policemen Watkins and Rnbon, and State Constable Brown (without pay) when they captured nine barrels of "buck" in the Blaney section of Kershaw county last Thursday. They failed to find the still or still* belonging to the owner of the "buck" and supposed that these were hidden out awaiting a favoruble time to make a "run" of liquor. v < 4 Buddie Horton, Zed Boone, I^wii Boone, all white, and "Miss" Cunningham, negro, wfcre placed under arrest Tuesday of last week by Rural Policemen Jim Hough and S. P,j. Watkins on the charge of violatiugi the prohibition law. All but Zadri Boone gave bond for their appearance, at court in Camden, and we have been informed since that Zed Boone supplied bond at Camden Monday. , Francis Edward Kirkley, son of Mrs. L. E. Kirkley, of the Abney section, gruduate of Clemson College in the class of 1929, has been notified from Washington that he has been commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry in the national army reserve corps. William McManus, tenant on the place of Arthur Vincent in the Bethel section, was dangerously shot by Vincent with a shot gun Tuesday morning un<l was taken to the Camden hospital. The trouble arose, so far as we could learn, over McManus' starting to leave the place. It ^ is stated that Vincent was using-a single barrel gun and fired several timetf. . \ negro employe at the saw mill of Dr. Gautt at Jefferson was brought through Kershaw Tuesday afternoon late on his way to the Camden hospital. It was stated to The Era reporter that the negro had one of his feet and one hand cut off in a saw mill near Jefferson, belonging to Dr. Gantt. Dance at Whistler s Tavern On Tuesday evening Whistler's Tavern was the scene of a lovely dance when a script dance was given under the management of Mr. K. G. Whistler. Music was furnished by George Coleman and His Countfy Club Orchestra. Dancing was enjoyed by the young people of Camden from 9 until 1 o'clock. MiC and Mrs. K. G. Whistler, Mrs. C. C. Brown and Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Stevenson were chaperones for the evening. Whistler's Tavern opened last sea-j son by . the owner was - successfully conducted as a tea room and ( was popular with the tourist colon> , as well as the townspeople. By many jthis dance was said to be the most enjoyable of the season and it is hoped that others will be held during I he summer months when so many I >f the college boys and girls are at home. j ~ Negro I.ad Captured Melvin Green, a small negro lad, was captured by Sumter policemen on Wednesday on advices from Sheriff Mclveod's office. The boy is charged with entering the store of B. C. Truesdale at Boykin. He left immediately after the theft for Sumter where he was picked up by officers. and parts of inseots of various kinds; also a box of colored pebbles and a lot of colored sand supposed to be taken from certain graves and pack^ Hires of colored powders, a box ot Paris Green, other salts and elements which would take a careful analysis by a chemist to determine their na| With those and some bottles of evil 'looking medicines, two in number and from which he measured certain doses, he would work on the minds of the negroes and draw from them various sums of money. He would give no advice or any of his medicine, nor would ho oxercise any of his 'charms without fust having at least 'a part of the fee that he charged. There wa- no certain scale of price i<> go by. ''.ere was only a lump su 1 named w n he was consulted. If 1 | 'agreed o:. the price and a part of t at least paid, he would go nhr.> i and trea4 ; he patient by using > tools an ' -struments and if "J<> 'said th.. ml so was the matter at 1 'told wh t ' would take to remove spell, lie would administer a \ dose or a . of the foul liquids o tained ;r. - bottles, or perhaps o I would up a quantity of the : 1 ious powders frohi some o s Jnumorc.:- packages amJ7 adCOrd-.ng o 'the witness, the patients as often not would become deathly sick ir.d, ; take to their beds, and' that som* >f 1 them never got up any more. : Among the things seized w re . found two or three letter* written to the doctor by his patients, l. i letters complained that the me., ne given had not done any good \? ,1? i on the other hand it appai < p..1* f done harm. One fellow wrote f: th i Chadbourn that h? w*? 1H\ hetter, i was growing worse all the time and I that he contemplated making other a. arrangements. 1 Car Door System Gives' Bigger Poultry Profits . I The car door system of marketing! poultry has increased tremendously the volume of poultry marketed since it w?s inaugurated in the Eastern .Carolines in 11/23. In the eaifly period of development. I jppposition to , the system was displayed by a few business men who thought their in- j teresta would be injured and by a number of individuals who feared da- J pletion of farm flocks and consequent increase in the cost of poultry for the family table. The price now paid to the farmers for poultry is materially higher than the price formerly paid by stores and by hucksters, bat the supply has not ? b?-en depleted and the price to the city consumer in the territory, generally speaking, has not advanced in greater proportion than have prices on other popular foods. During the present year shipment* have been unusually hefavy due to a I strpng market demand at high prices; to* an improved arrangement of car schedules; and further to a keener ^dfrrjeciation by farm families of the vflfce of cash income during the late 1 winter and spring monthB. Poultry ' income has led t6 substantial savings through the buying'~for cash of sup- ; plies and fertilizers. The following items copied from reports of a few cbunty agents are , typical and tell the story of a successful season in an enlightening ] manner: 0 1 Pitt county, North Carolina, farmers have sold at car door 126,035 pounds of poultry for which they received $30,593.27. Horry county, South Carolina, farmers have sold at car door 124,521 pounds of poultry for which they received $31,H81.27. Chesterfield county, South Carolina, farmers have sold at car door ? 132,838 pounds of poultry since Jan- i pary for the sum of $34,482.22. < , Establishment of the proposed ' union terminal at Weekawken, New < Jersey, for the New York City live poultry trade would effect economies in terminal marketing costs which should be reflected in better live poultry prices to shippers, dealers and consumers, according to the Bureau of Agricultural Economics in a report of the results of an economic survey of the present system and methods of live poultry marketing made at the request .of the New York Live Poultry Commission Merchants Association and the Attorney General of the state of Nerw York. Under present conditions, the bureau points out, the market supplies, which now aggregate some 13,000 t'ars annually, are distributed among k number of terminals and West Washington Market. There exists no adequate mechanism for determining prices and there is considerable waste in handling costs involving unloading, coop rental and cartage. Concentration of the business at a single terminal, says the bureau, would enable commission men operating under the present system to reduce the number of their salesmen; the number of employes for unloading 'from the cars and loading onto trucks could be materially feduced, and coop and cartage costs could be lessened by more intensive use of these facilities. The average cost of marketing live poultry from shipping point to slaughterhouse only, for all states, was found to be 6.13 cents per pound. ?Guy A. Cardwell, Agricultural and Industrial Agent, Atlantic Coast Line jtailroad Company. Negro Press Describes Hoover'DePriest Party Editor Bon Davis's Atlanta Independent, organ of the former Republican naMonnl committeeman from Georgia, display? prominently on it? front page the following telegraphic account of Mr?. Hoover1? tea, attended by the wife of 0?car DePriest, Illinois congressman. The article is credited to a Negro prea? service. . "Mrs. Oscar DePriest Was a tfuest at the White House on the afternoon of June 12, when Mrs. Hoover entertained at one of a series of teas in honor of the wive? and relatives of the congressional group. "Mrs. DePriest wore a charming afternoon ensemble of the loveliest pale blue georgette. . The simplicity of the costume was relieved only by a beautiful rhinestoue buckle, on the left side of the finely pleated skirt. A coat, the shortest of jackets, completed the costume. "She wore a large : hat of * rosegray hair braid trimmed with a cluster of handcut dove-ray velvet leaves and a velvet rose placed modisnly on the underbrim, .framed her face becomingly. She carri e<| a JOVfty which matched her natA.rtiie-gra^ watersnake slippers tgad a laqge pointed fox scarf. "M rs. DePriest was graciously received, both by Mrs.j'ftb^Jfeg iihd;the ladies of the cabinet, who, as usual, assisted in entertaining. "The invitation to tea was delivered to Mrs.' DePriest by messenger last Wednesday. It was engraved on a heavy veljtnn card, carrying the White House insignia, and read: "Mrs. Hoover requests the pleasure of the company of Mrs. DePriest on Wednesday afternoon June 12th at 4 o'clock T. M. Campbell, 93, a Confederate reteran, and a forme^ citizen of New,berry county, is making a visit to his aid home. He is jjow a 'bitifcen of rupelo, Miss. It is Mr. Campbell's first visit to his old home in 65 years. Judge Smith Speak* at And^^llf Anderson, June 28.?-Jn * before the post of the AmerictajJB I gion, former Judge Mendel L. m6|= decried the centralisation of ggyJUw merit ahd urged that the legion alive to dangers besetting the H tion upon which the United was founded. Judge Smith poi3l out some of the methods to cony I this tendency. He aaid that this eeSI I try would look to the men td SI American Legion as the most structive body in a few y^ars, t<j this service. ;H He, also spoke against bigotry religious intolerance, which h? were more ?" evidence t?.?iuy ever before.in the history of America! That while he is A Baptist and |1 "J.\ Southerner, he would rather embrtml the priest liian DePriest. H It's a funny thing, but you never! hear of a Mediterranean fly or weevil! of any sort going around puttinr the! spinach <m>i> <>'? the blink. <Macon H Telegraph. 1 =a Special Excursion WASHINGTON,D.CM Wednesday, July .'ird Limited to reach;; original starting la ^ point by midnight, July 8th, 1929. M Following round trip fares apply: L? Lancaster . . $12.00 I; Camden $12.00 Fares from other points in H | proportion. j i Celebrate Independence Day I in the Nation's Capital. See the T<; I Big League Baseball Games. H For further information and - re* j servations consult: H TICKET AGENT 1 Southern Railway I System . 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