The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 28, 1929, Image 8
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;
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Average summer temperatures, as furnished by Belen College
Observatory are as follows: - - -*
Minimum Maximum
June 76.14 . 88.68 v
July 78.8 88.65
August 76.7 k 89.45
September 76.07 89.02
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