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"????- 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
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-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;
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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.
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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.
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PLOTTERS FACE CHARGE
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Claimed Georgian Planned Death el
Yenth to See are Insurance.
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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.
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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."
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(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.
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Farm Bulletins
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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.
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~ 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.
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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 ^
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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
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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
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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. '
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Hall
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