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j[\ Si J ' ~ p m The Camden Chronn-i f VOLUME 41. f 0 "????- CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. AUGUST 30. laaa ~ m " NUMBER 23 MT. PWGAH RCHOOL NWWti Pupil" Orf*aise Literary Socity l? Rural High School. K<r?h*w, S. C., Aug. 26.?l^cHduy morning: the high school pupils organ, ired a literary eocity. The following officers were elected: Viola Catoe, president; Ruth McOaskill, vice president; EHen Scogers, socretsry und treasurer; Catherine Holley and Joe Catoe, critics. The first meeting will be held in the auditorium Friday! morning at nine o'clock. The public is cordially invited to 'attend this meeting. The program is as follows: Debate, "Resolved; That the Eight, eenth Amendment should he abolish-; ed."' Affirmative, Jack Johnson and Dexter Raley; negative, Ellen Seegers and Alma Phillips. Special musk by Miss Truesdale. Humorous reading by Ruby Seegers. Recitation by Laura Roberts and jokes by Sam Roberts. Every Wednesday morning during the' assembly period at . the high achool a special program is given by the pupils.. Last Wednesday morning the agricultural students gave the following program*:, Several agricultural yells were given by the entire class, after which two short agricultural plays were presented by 5imon Games, Cecil Catoe, Jack II Randall Taylor. The "uu(tu^t" was then acted by )Hey, Claud Phillips, ' Paul W. SoweTl, trilllam Rogers, leedale, Ira B. Eubanks, t and Mehrin Bird, rsdny the agricultural stuted the farm of Mr. R. D. vr the purpose of studying s of different fertilizere on of cotton. While there the mated the pounds of liiit it Mr. Phillips would' make. ) made infestation counts 1 eleven per cent of the mtfwred by the boll weeAugust 30, there will 7 cnrmvdl and ice cream the W*h school fetittfog. vm bd ^sed #or buying a TibhwyV ptfUic is ^isglfli high school is now ? the sixth week 6f the lion -with bright prospects successful year. 'Last tended on our school colare to be oH gold and tar-betf what we believe rHy school library of its lere. ,Tt _ is cooperative. /a? *?ked to bring to the foer any -boOk or books high school pupils that re at home and which he ting. There has been a ing response, and we xrat SB or 40 books in >oolcs are handled in the ' that TibraVy books are > number, name, author, the book are placed on book "has a single card >r name of borrowers, iday our literary societs first public meeting, has already been arPttpiW as well as the Greeted in malting our and better. baod-Og#fcn C., Aug. 26.?A marr OWdfcif interest riends and one dharacQUfeite simplicity and it . Of Miss Annie Muryoungest daughter of tew* Danie McLeod, itton Ogden, of Chwrilch was solemnised en emoon, August 21, at HoLeod's Ohapel. The ? . ceremony was perR?v. George K. Way, former .pastor of (lis 1 iwjirw w** ~ > WMion of Jfc. <* ! hi?fc ohoolTrilJ open ?, ?t nine *Wos and friends off invited .ta bs present Sife. ! V Mm Ifay Boyfan, te C. SttMi uf WA Abl M^e of CaakftML ' High . .i _ -WATCH FOR TUB TOTS. Auto Association Sounds Note of Warning As School Day. Near, Washington, Aug. 24.?On the ?ve of the reopening of public, privute and parochial oehoolo throughout the country, the Amor icon Automobile association today broadcast a warnin* to motorists that the return of millions of children to the school room will create new traffic hazards and urged careful driving on the part of every car owner. ? The national motoring body ipointed out that the prevention of accidents invoking whopl qhifcfem is largely within the province of the motorist, and the e*ercise of caution will go far in reducing the number of deaths and injuries. "School days are just ahead," says the statement, "and millions of children will be upon the streets and highways. In this vast army will be little ones of four, five and six years of age who for the first time are leaving the protection and safety of their homes to enter an entirely new world. There will be problems enough without that of the reckless driver. While there is no doubt that teaching of safety in the schools throughout the country, safety posters and the effective work of the school-boy patrols has done much to protect these youngsters, the problem will still remain as a challenge to the nation. Every motorist should feel obligated to have a part in this -great humanitarian work, and they should realize the enormous difference their care and consideration wrid mean jji keeping these children safe from physical harm as well as from a fear that may mar the rest of (Mr lives. Such a spirit on the part off the car owners Will do more than anything else to make for safety. , Met at Antiodh The Antaoch Vocation*! AgrteoHwnl Club satat fiw ixbuol h<xaee Fi'Hvy j evening, AngUet *&. lbs htdsir fe. W. D. Truster fa dQH anwty but ere had with as Mr. flesuy T). Greene, our new county desMmsferation ngent who ma^te a most mtouestiug twlk on agriculture and alee on legumes, livestock; and faanres. Those of the 'Cfab who were absent -certwhily missed a lot of mteresting advice and suggestion's. Dr. A. W. Humphries was also present who made ?n interesting talk on home gacrens send What they mean in the way of 'hplp to the family. have Mr. Greenerfhutl ?fimd indium Neoct Friday'evening, Tferrch Mr. Greene wfTl again talk ait Antioeh and he especially . invitee all the young people to he phaauuL Itris hoped that a good crowd will greet him and shew him tflsA tilie uaniiimiii ty is interested In emnething other than cotton growing. : ;:pr; .7 Garden Information. _ ; Anyone interested in gardens may receive free of charge monthly letters on this subject from the Clemson College garden specialist by giving your name and address to J. T. Gettys chairman of the Kershaw County Natural Resources Commission, or to Henry D. Green, county, agricultural agept. Camden Man's Father Dead. _ V. Cannon, 64, serving his fourth term ns supervisor of the Spartanburg township, died at his home near the city at an early hour yesterday morning following an illness that extended over a period of several weeks. Mr. Cannon is survived by Me widow, Mrs. Lydia Gannon, three daughters, Mrs. John Branch of Gaffney; Mrs. B. W. Bennett of Cannon's Camp Ground; and Mrs. A. V. Dunagpn, Spartanburg route 2; two sons, W. Herbert Cannon, of Laurens, and Howard E. Cannon, of Camden. TWO brothers, H. R. Cannon, of I artiulmg and B. O. Oannou. of Spartanburg, route 1, 21 gvahd-dhlldren and four great grand-children also survive.?Spartanburg Herald of AQfoSX TOO. - 11 11 " ' ' ' V. Pictures at School Auditorium. Springs A Shannon, Inc., Ideal dirt ers for tho Larro Company, announce 1 that the Laxro Company will 4** come interesting moving pletmua at the Camden school audRoHum on Tuesday evening, September 1 at 8:60 o'clock. ThU te a freeohov and will prove most interesting to all and thf feedifif U aiikte <m and chickens. _?^?i PLOTTERS FACE CHARGE _________ Claimed Georgian Planned Death el Yenth to See are Insurance. I.I . I , OciHa, On., Aug. 28.?A mother*! anxiety for her son that put the police on a dim trail which) led to a grave has brought a tragic denouement in which three men face a fight for their lives against charges of ! murder. In the cemetery the state of Georgia now contends the son, Harry Loving, 22, of Huntington, W. Va., waa buried under the name of another. Now the accused men, two brothers, Aubrey and Jamee Carlyl? Hoor ver, friends of Loving, and Harry K. Sligh, Irvin county farmer, fcjtire been indicted for murder, chaiged with causing the youth's death hi * plot to obtain $00,000 insurance inoney. Protesting their innocence, the three men await trial, and the hearing is expected to develop the truth of the weird plot. Two years ago, I?ving started with the two Hoovers to "hitch hike" to Florida. The last word of hipi was from Fitzgerald, Ga. Then he vanished. A worried mother, Mrs. Maude L. Powers this summer enlisted the aid of Sheriff W. E. Tyler in the search foT her son, Harry Loving." By thin clues Tyler traced Loving to the home of Sligh near here. Slight home had burned in September, 1927, and a body tecovered from the ruins had been buried at Seneca, S. :C., as that of the farmer. Insurance companies had refused to pay the $00,000 insurance on his life and found SHgh in California.** Returned, he was acquitted on a charge <of arson after he told Strange Wtory of struggling With a man who attempted to. rob him. to* said they overturned a lamp in the ftgjht, editing Are to the house. He claimed his mind 'becume a blank and that Tie ^recovered hid faculties in CaKj ifuiiiha. '* That was in the court record wheal Tyder started his search. Hia Investigation 'brought the arrest of the three men. ' The :Hoover'e dittoed they had left Ixmng in "Georgia mnd gone' to Florida. 'Changing his story, Sligh said he believed his attacker was Loving and 'that the latter lhad fallen unconscious and umty not ' have escaped the Harries. But the state wfll attempt to prove that tthe three men plotted the murder of the youth, burned the house and1 idertfiffied the body-as Sligh in a vain effort to collect 'the small fortune from the insurance company. Banks To Close For Holiday. ? Monday, September 2, will be ol^ [ observed by the three banks of Cam[ den as a holiday. 3t being Labor Day observed throughout the nation. The hanks will be closed on that day. LANCASTER SHERIFF HUHT. x ' ^ , 1 ,1 ** Was Chatting Bootlegger When His Car Plunged Uto Ditch. Sheriff L. F. Dabney vtas seriously and painfully injured at about daylight Sunday morning' on the Goooh'a herry Road, near the Joe Caskey place, when he lost control of the car In which he watt chasing a bootlegger and plunged into a deep ditch. The car, a new Ford sedan, was badly wrecked and Sheriff Dabney sustained three severe cuts on the head, injuries to the right shoulder and other painful hurts. Deputy Sheriff Manley Gregory and Jailor David Belk were following in another car, and came to the assistance of the sheriff immediately. W hen the party who was being chased, realized that ho was about to be caught, he threw away the small quantity of whiskey he had ami was taken in charge by the officers and brought to jail. He gave his name as W alter Brazelle of the Oak Ridge section. The Ellis ambulance was called and the injured sheriff taken at once to the Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital in Monroe, where an examination revealed the injuries noted above, but so far ;is could be deter mined Sunday night there are no broken bones nor iftterual injuries.?Lancaster l^lews. Presbyterian Pastor Returns Rev. and Mrs. A. D. McArn returned this wei'.k from a vacation spent in Nashville, Tenn., Pittsburgh, Pa., and I^aurinburg, N. C., and the usual services will be held at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning at 11:15 o'clock. Pastor Returns. Rev. J. B. Cnston has returned from a vacation vpent in the mountains and there wiW .be the usual services at th* Camden Baptist church Sunday, bott mornrng and evening. The pastor wiT talk ?m ''Stoats" in the morning ask t evening subject will be Home." I (Cotton Meeting. ? A. number of farmers have reqp^e#t efi ?hat a meeting of cotton farmerl j bo coiled for the purpose of stand artlizing a policy and price for pick| ing 'this year's crop. All ginners aw ?Jko 'requested to attend. Date foi this -meeting has been set for Satur day, .August 31, at 1:00 p. m., according to Henry D. Green, county demonstration agent. I f - ' Farm Bulletins M We have several hundred Farm und Home Bulletins for free distribution to the people of Kershaw county, says Henry D. Green, county 'Be sure to get one on gardens and one on pastures. Have s 12-TnoTiths garden and a good cow oz two. rGows, chickens, hogs and gardens will help you keep healthy and will cut down on living expenses. ?J 1 I _J I < ~ eJ?LS ?/ Air m Women's Derby 1 ttin 4 flnfabie Trout I lit*. Oaire Mae Fahy* r Ruth Elder MRS. THADEN WINS DRRBY First to Land Her plane in Cleveland fat Race From Santa Ifoaiea. I;.', r Cleveland, Any. 26.?The curly haired and fafonsed head of ICts. LouJlel .McPNtH4l? _TI?4^ smiling Pittsburgh air pilot, wws the tot to f*d before the cheering throng at the National Air raoea today mm the momen's trans-oontinental. air darby rtkIdto a thrilling dose at the Cleveland municipal airport. ygti Thaden, holder of the mamen's air speed record added to her pilot's laurels in distiagukhad faahloh by winfiinc the tofte Monks, Cel., to Cleveland apeed test with mete ton an hoar to spa**. When ?he brought her plana doam ecissss the finish line at 2:14 p. nu, th|| ||l ii noon, only CO tore, 10 iliittgi and foar seconda of flying time had slgi sd aince to started east torn to Pacific coast on Sunday, August 18. Negotiating the final 120 milee from Oolumbus, O., in only 44 utes, the smiling Pittsburgh aviatrix maintained her lead ever* Donaell of Long Beach, Oal., who won second placo with an elapsed time of 21 hours and 30 minutes. Rath Nichols, of Rye, N. Y., who had been in third piece when the wvnisaSi air eanmn reached Colombo#, crabbed while making a landing them and wSa forced out of the rece. She w*a injured and her plane was WlM%dd. misfortune moved Aj?| eUa Earfcart, the trans-Atlantic filer, into third position with an etapf^d Aside from the tragic death of Kin ihfid Crossen of Los ^ ? 1'a-agrrj-'v-. ....... A-.r. ' LEGUMES PAY FARMERS Kershaw County Visitors See Results t Bishopville Station. On Tuesday, August 20th, Messrs. J. T. Mackey, J. T. Nettles, S. W. Vanl>an<iingham and Henry D, Green the demonstration agent, visited the demonstration lie Ms en the Manning farm at Meredith in Lee County. These demonstrations are conducted by Clemson College. Mr. Green tells of what he saw in the following manner: "Probably the most outstanding features were the value of legumes in a crop rotation, ami lime. Lime showed very conclusively its value for making soy beans and cotton grow. The lime probably helped the cotton indirectly by causing the le gumes, which had preceded the cdtton to grow better. Soy beans on the limed plots were nearly twice as prolific us the non-limed. The land that was used in the crop rotation was much mellower ami spongy and contained more humus than the land planted to cotton year after year. The crops were much better on the rotation soils. Lime was used at the rate of 1,000 pounds per acre. ( "These plots Indicated that a complete fertilizer is required. On that particular soil GOO po.unds per acre seems to be the proper amount. Benefit by a nitrogenous fertilizer was in evidence. "Cotton poisoned with the molasses and dust was far less affected than that which received no molasses but receiving the dust alone. "We also inspected other fields where the weed would indicate 1,000 pounds or more of seed cotton. A closeup inspection revealed that the ( crop would fall in the 300 pound seed I cotton list In all probability. It pays , to poison right. { "'Cotton that was matured early I "will make far better results than the 1 late. Ooker Cleveland No. 5 was the ^ b?t cotton we saw. Get some of , these seed for next year. - Let Iter \ shaw county standardize oil it Chit down on cotton acreage, rotate crops, . plant legumes, use Hme "where needr cd. Plant one variety of cotton." Methodist Church Services.' J. ' Lyttleton Street Methodist Church, near Hampton Park, George Pierce Watson, pastor. Sunday, September ^ 1, Bible school with classes for all r who will attend. Mr. L. C. Shaw, superintendent. Epworth League, especially for all the young people, 7:90 , p. m. Public worship at ll:15 a. m. and 8:15 p. m., conducted by the pasr tor. Midweek service Wednesday at , 8:15 p. m. Vacation is over, Let us , all with renewed energy and vigor k rally to the service of. our Divine , Master. The public is most cordially invited to all the services of this church. Come and bring your friends. Trustees Called To Meet. A meeting of ail school trustees of Kershaw County has been called for Friday, September Q, to be held at the county court house at 3:80 p. m. Mrs. Kathleen B. Watts, county superintendent, wants every trustee of the county to be present if possible and has asked state superintendent James H. Hope to be present and go over several matters of importance pertaining to the public school# of the county. Openp Paint Shop. The Gray Seal Paint Shop is the name of a new Camden firm located in the building belonging to Mrs. J. S. Rhame on lower Main street. It is being conducted by Messrs. C. C. Brown and W. F. Cole. Mr. Brown is a Camden policemen and Mr. Cole is a contracting painter who has made his home in Camden several years. At the preaent time he has the contract for painting the Camden Hospital. Church To Be Dedicated. The handsome new brick 'Baptist ?hureh at the Wateree Mill# village fWill hold its dedication services ? on Sunday, September 8th, at 8:SO p. <m. -The old church had been burned and it has been replaced >x.A modern brick buflding. . Castor T. L. Wttlingham and his congregation have iiiBi a apodal Slnritation to the mayor, city council and all minister#, aa well aa the general public to worship with them <m that day. Dr. C. A. Jones, h*& of the Baptist Mission Board witf preach the dedicatory sermon at 8:80 o'clock Hp .. - _ the afternoon.' . | BETH INK SCHOOLS TO OPKN Wednesday Morning, Heptembcr 4, Sot as Opening Date. Bothune, S. C? Aug. 27.--Opening ' exercises of tho? Bothuno pubtte achoola will bo held in the high school building Wednesday morning, Sep- ^ tembcr 4, at 8:30 o'clock. The buildings huvy been repaired and renovated. Some now equipment has been inetailed which will help in making i the work of the school more efficient. A call has been sent out to all tho teachers that they will be expected ^ to arrive Monday, September 2, m ordei* to be present at the first faculty meeting Tuesday morning, September 8, at 8:30 o'clock. Tho school hooks have already arrived, and all pupils are urged to purchase these books from Mr. C. C. Pate before school opens. List of books needed may be obtained at the superintendent's office. AH high school -pupils are expected to register sometime Monday, September 2, at the high school building. The farmers and vocational agricultural students of the Bethune school district will make a tour of the Pedigreed Sited Farm and the Humphrey-Cokor Seed Farm of Hartsvillo Friday morning, August 30. DEATH OF MR. BOYCE * ?^ Passed Away in This City After a Long Illness at Great Age. ^ John Harriott Boyce, for many years a resident of this city, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. >*A. * ^ Trapp, on LaFayette Avenue Sunday evening after a long illness. He mas nearing his eightieth birthday, having I been born October* 14, 1849. He a native of the * "Oswego section Sumter county, and. moved to Camden about eighteen years ago where he followed the trade as a miller. Ht was a fine Christian gentleman, beloved by all who knew Mm. He wee a Confederate veteran having ssovej in the last siege a df the wa*. v-,.;He was married to Miss Nttu* ; Smith, of Spring Hill; Uo cott.lv, who preceded him to the grave by many years. He Is survived by efcebrother and one sister and 3 daughters. Mr. Samuel Boyce . e* , Camden is a brother and Mrs. Maty i Horton oil Betfttifie is his sister, Jliedaughters are Mfa. J. A. Trapp-eunUf Mrs. B. E. Jennings of Camden. Mr. Boyce was a member of Saint John's church at Spring Hill, and lis funeral wad held at the cemetery at that church en Monday, being eon ducted by the paster, Rev. Mr. Chad'-; . ner, assisted by Rev. T. L. Willingham, of Camden. ^ Greenville Officers Indicted Greenville, Aug. 27-?Indictment of superintendent of education Robert ?~r? L. Meares, Jr., his secretary, Joe A. Foster, Jr., and register of mesne conveyance, James R. Bates, was * &>'" commended today by a special grand juiy in general sessions court here. Judge T. J. MaukHn, presiding, or- ...2 dered solicitor J. 0. Leatherwood to immediately draw the necessary bills of indictment and appointed county attorney James H. Price to assist tile solicitor in the prosecution. The grand jury presented Meares on a charge of* "general malfeaBanco in office and embeitaAanMnt.af fundi. ... . .. ... Foster for "aiding and abelOag Meares in gtnpi^l malfeasance in office and embezzlement," and. Bates with "official misconduct, corruption, fraud, oppression and obtaining money under false pretenses." Anderson Representative Dead Andersen, Aug. 28.?Asa Hall, J<., member ef the house of repxuaapftatives, died at bis home near Iva, ttrib ./ morning. Mr. Hall baa bean in for four weeks, and a few days ami* ' pneumonia developed, wd Be aufr?' combed at pace. Wing te a weaW?% " , - oauditfonT ' t. - . ' -v ~. _ Newberry Man BafcldauV--7V 2 > Newberry, August 27?Claudd CL Scbumpert, 48, who retired be r rusyCj treasurer in July, 1828, commMti suicide by shooting bfanaetf through the temple at Ma bpme bete <Ws morning. ' i m' Hall ywteu??? .. 1 * 5