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The Camden Chronicle CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, S5 *SSaamm " " 1 1 'LANS 4UAL OPENING OF FAIR AND AIRPORT gt / y' The county fair committee headed ,y H. G. fcarrison, Jf., as, -president, vith J. B. Zemp, vice president and jrevard Boykin, as secretary, in conunction with the Woodward Aviaion Field commission,' with L. A. iirkland, chairman, H. G. Garrison, |r? C. P. DuBo#e, ex-officio memjers and R. M. Kennedy, Jr., and J. B. So we) 1, are planning a big. day 'or Camden on Thursday, November fth. The program calls for a dug! opening of Woodward municipal airport ind the new Kershaw county fair jrounds. Since the last county fair ires held a new fair grounds has jeen purchased and new __huildinga >rected. The new Woodward airport md mammoth hangar haB been erected during the year. The plan ip to have a number of army, navy and commercial planes for the opening of the airport in the morning. Speakers invited for the occasion are Senator Cole Tj. Blense, Senator E. D. Smith, Congressman W. F. Stevenson and Governor John G. Richards, and it is practically a sure thing that all will be here. 0 Some of the speakers will take part in the airport opening while others will speak jp the afternoon at the county fair grounds. Merchants and business men will be appealed to to 'help in every way possible to make this a big day for Camden and both the fair committee i and airport commission feel sure I that all will cooperate for this ocIcasion. I The new county demonstration [agent, Henry D. Green, who has already been received most cordially 'by the farmers and citizens will co; operate, as will Miss Alma Burgess, I tjto home demonstration agent, Mrs. I Kithleen B. Watts, the new superinAaient of education, as well as oth gfaho have the interest of the ffifr at heart. With a 'fair yWd dfrops his year there ought to be Biftgnificent display of the farm remotes of the county. a" It will be remembered last year mm of the displays from Kershaw founty took first place at the state Ms; and they should show up equally lu well if not better this year. I These annual gatherings are inmtroctive to our people and a spirit |of'get-together ought to put over a laighty fine agricultural ' show at Camden in November. I-Many attractions have been booked ao make the entertainment features Jwlly worth while. I FARM FIELD MEETINGS [ \ ,, _. ' . ? fetUtion of Crops Show Much Value I to Farmers of the County I ______ l_Tuesdny, September 10, has been et aside for Kershaw County farrogfs to visit demonstrations and learn >11 they can of better methods of rming. There are soitle good demputrations of what can be done in erahaw County and we should at gat see them and follow the ones Bt will be profitable to us, advises Benry d. Green, the county demonPwtion agent. The first stop on the farm tour on uesday morning will be at the ro tion of Mr. George F. Watts, near WZon, at D a. m. sharp. He has >we splendid corn on land that is ot the best. Last year cotton was ft* this land, followed by a legume crop. Check plots beside this rn show the result where ho legume krtilizer is used. E_ftrst prise of $3.00 and second 12.00 will be given to the ones * guess nearest to the yield. Wfll eke forty, fifty or sixty bushels? Mr. WWfgofft naliwe will ^ other denjonetrgSofM. incorn? <>otton, pastures, dairym> cows, peanut#, potatoes. We tb visit tjjr Oft# end E*? cpgb interest to wir? n putting on a milk-cow judging Jet P** And bring your family end p^es notify your neighbors. mF* annoumwd at pubHc fneetB? |n Jour eonrmuirfiy.? 5'.. boys and'girls have made 'M*** ftartin agricultural work and WiH yeo oWer fotts II ta . EN BANC SESSION CALLED Circuit Judges to Sit With Supreme Courts in Highway Bond Isaue. Columbia, Aug. 30.~-An order for an en banc session to determine the constitutionality of the $06,000,000 road bond bill, passed at the last session of the general assembly of South Carolina, was filed late today by Chief Justice R. C. Watts. The session has been set for Friday, October 4., The sessioh of the court en banc will continue through Saturday, October 5, at which time the case of i Governor John O. Richards against Sheriff C, P. Bullentine, of Berkeley county, will be ^termined, The case is the result of efforts of the governor to remove the sheriff on charges of misconduct in office. In his order the chief justice stated that the justices of the supreme court desired the assistance of all the judges of the circuit court in the determination of the two matters now pending in the high court. The order called for the judges of the circuit court to sit with the supreme court to determine the causes. I he road <bend bill, providing for the issuance of $65,000,000 worth of bonds for the completion within a period of about four years of the entire state highway system, was passed by the 1929 legislature after a bitter fight. When the measure went to Governor Richards for signature legal proceedings were instituted to prevent the governor and other state officials from issuing the bonds. Grounds were that the act was unconstitutional in that the matter bad not been submitted to the people for a vote. In April the supreme court heard lengthy arguments as to the constitutionality of the act and the matter has been pegging' in the high court since that ttaMb. ~ The bill provide* that not more than $20,000,000 worth of bonds be issued in any one year. A companion measure to the road bond act, passed at the time, provides for a six cents tax on gasoline, one cent to go to the counties for construction and maintenance of state hightraV de-* partment for - the retirement of the road bonds. I The three petitions contesting the constitutionality of the bond issue are those of the State of South Car-' olina, ex rel J. S. Farr, petitioner, vs C. P. Moorer, et al respondent. The State of- South Carolina, ex rel Clarence Richards, vs C. P. Moorer, et al, vs the State Highway Commission of South Oaroliba, John G; Richards, et al. * The order for the en banc session limits the petitioners and respondents to one and three-quarters hours each to present their main arguments and the petitioners fifteen minutes in reply. The case against Sheriff Ballentine was heard for the first time before Judge M. L. Bonham who ruled that the governor did not have the constitutional right to remove a sheriff from office.. The case was appealed to the supreme court with the result that the high tribunal reversed the judgment of Judge Bonham, passing only on the law of the case and remanding the matter to its original jurisdiction for rehearing on the fact. Before the case was reopened in the tfrcuil" court the supreme court granted an appeal for rehearing and further arguments on the law involved were heard. Siwce the rehearing the case has been pending in the supreme court * v ' Bishopville Boy Drowned Saturday afternoon, Luther Fields, son of E. N. Field?, w!k> lives on the place of R. E. McLendon between the river and Bishopville, waa drowned. It seems that the young man who waa 21 year? of age and several younger boys went in swimming at the bridge acroae-thn lrighwayr-YOung Fields could not swim and getting in deep water waa drowned. Sonne effort was made by the boys to rescue Folds but being email their efforts Were not successful. The body not recovered until Sunday morning at about eix o'clock when it wee found not fkr from where It went dOWJL ed by the Rev. J; H. Graves at the bom# and the burial waa at Haw Hope cemetery near Carters Oroea Bonds. ?Bishopville Messenger. Loe Angeles county has $0 airport* and landing Aside. jfr-r - ?? ?*-- ?rr ? *r CHESTER NEGRO TO PRISON There to Await September 20 'When He Goes to The Chair. Chester, Aug. 8|.*~Joe Cloud, negro, who was .convicted of the murder of Dan Gladden qt the recent term of court and sentenced by Judge J. K. Henry to die in the electric chair on Friday, September 20, will be taken to Columbia Monday after* noon by Sheriff James G. Howse as required by law to await execution at the state penitentiary. Cloud has had very little to say recently and apparently is very little concerned about his fate. Shortly after his arrest he madey a full and complete confession, which was used as evidence against him at the trial. V Gladden wafe murdered, and the bed on which he was lying was then set on fire to conceal the crime. Gladden pretended to have a considerable lot of money and to aid in the deception had taken a dollar bill or two and had rolled the money around some other object to make it look like a big amount. Cloud had been misled, and killed Gladden to secure what proved to be only a small sum, and which he claimed to have lost in leaving the Gladden home. The murder occurred on the plantation of Joseph W. Whiteside near Richbourg. . Presbyterian Church Services Rev. A. D. McArn, pastor of Bethesda Presbyterian church extends a special invitation to all college students to attend the morning service, Sunday, September 8. The theme of his sermon is "I Want to See Life.'* Hour of worship is 11:10 a. m., and Sunday school begins at 10:00 a. m. Blaney Man Held Up. ? Hold-up men seem to be getting more "nervy" in Columbia. The latest report is that ? wtn wax & held up Saturday night, not *t the paint -g a gun, but at the point of * jranog^ ^i W. B. Lynn of Blaney told ifclfco Suhday that he was held up the i&i$t before at Pulaski street and Railroad alley, by a man who threatened him with a razor. Eight dollars in pap?r money and some change was stolen, he said. 'fi Although the highwayman escaped unscathed and left no traces of his whereabouts officers are under the impression that a negro did the job. Policemen Spires and Norton investigated I'the hold-up.?Monday's Columbia Record. Think Body Thai of Swiss Aviator Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 2.?Diario Be Lisbon today expressed belief that the body of a fair-haired youth, clad in a yellow rubber suit and wearing aviation goggles, washed up on Ericelra beach was \|hat of one of the two Swiss youtha who set out to croSs the Atlantic on August 19. Persons' who found the body last Friday described it as that of a youth of about 20 years of age with fair hair?and blue eyes. This description would fit either Oscar Kaeser or Kurt Luescher. ? . r i- TV Boiler Explosion Kills Man Orangeburg Aug. 31. ?- James Marsh, engineer at the ginnery of R. J. Berry at Bowman, 12 miles from here, was killed and James Glover probably fatally scalded when the boiler at the ginnery exploded this morning. Marsh sustained burns and was struck by flying pieces of wood and debris, causing instant death, accordJng to information received here. Glover was brought to the local hospital, where his condition tonight was reported about the 'same SB when he was received here. KERSHAW BOYS WIN HONORS !?' I Ml. 4 Club Members to Compete In Spartanburg, October First. Five Kershaw county 4-H Club Hoys competed in the tri-county livestock judging * contest * hel<Liui the Kirk plantation In Lancaster county on September 2. Boys from I^ancaster, Chesterfield and Kershaw counties competed for high Bcores that would carry the five highest contestants to the big judging ringB in Spartanburg where the district contest will be held on October first. It is encouraging to notfe' tflfct the boys from Kershaw county carried ofT three of the five highest awards and therefore Willie Cussidy, Kenneth Joye and Ben Galloway will go to the Spartanburg contest. Mr. Henry D. Green, county agent, desires that every boy of club age, 10 to 18, in the county belong to thb 4-H club which is directed by the Extension Service of Clemson College. Club work in South Carolina is made possible by an act of congress. " 'VI Prisoner Brought Here. Sheriff J. H. McLeod went to Moncurc, N. C., Tuesday where he had officers place tinder arrest one Barnwell Wilson, a negro, formerly of this county, on a charge.of <4i?i>osing: of property under mortgage. He brought the man back to Camden and placed him in jail. The negro left Kershaw county in January and had a crop under way near the *N6rth Carolina town. The sheriff was accompanied on the trip by Mr. J. L. Kirkland, Sr. 1 O Mimnaugh to Open at Saluda. Newberry, Aug. 29. ? The J. L. Mimnaugh company, of Columbia, hag signed a two-year lease with L. P. Wheeler, of Saluda, and will about September 16 enter that town with an up-to-date dry goods store. J Fred J. Weir, manager of the Newperry store, signed the lease end States that the company is well pleased to open up a store In ?alnda as the crops are the best there they have been in years.' Elliott Bedenbaugh will be ilk charge of the Saluda store, which will be under the supervision of Mr. Weir. { : ? First Bale Sold Here. The first bale of the 1929 crop of cotton to be marketed here came in on Friday, August 30. It was grown in West Weteree by G. P. Bell and' weighed 467- pounds. It was of the Coker Cleveland No. 5 variety. The cotton was ginned at the Swift's ginnery here managed by O. J. Smyrl and was bought by J. T. Hay, Jr., local cotton buyer at a price of 19 cents per. pound. Large Rattlesnake Killed. Mr. C.- B. MeCaskiH,- manager of the Fair View farms, on the Knights Hill road, was exhibitnig a large rattlesnake here Friday which had been killed near his house. It was a diamond back rattier and measured three feet and eight inches. It had seventeen rattles and a button, and according to the old saying it must have been twenty years of age. Mr. McCaskill says this makes the $hird large rattlesnake killed close around his bouse this season. Baptist Church ' Services at the Camden ''Baptist church %next Sunday, September 8, Witt be as follows: Sunday/school at 10? a. m.; morning service at ll:t6; evening service at 8 o'clock. *feoth church services will be conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. B. Caston. The publk; is cordially invited to All services. ' * - ll IMIIT--' " i i ???^1 HKAVY STORM AT WOODRUFF ..!< , .. Great Damage Done to Growing Crops, Houses uiid Animals. Woodruff, Aug. 29.-?One of the most destructive hail and rain stormB that has visited this section in 50 years struck Woodruff this afternoon at 4 o'clock, leading in its wake a ruined cotton, corn and pea crop, the damage being cstimuted.at from 75 to 86 per cent. Fruit was knocked from the trees, which were stripped of their leaves. Cows and mules which were left in the open pastures had cuts and bruises from the hail atones, which left their backs streaked with blood. "Window panes were knocked out in many homes and in one home on the Parks place, three miles from Woodruff, there were 45 panes shattered. <Tin roofs were crumpled and tar and shingle roofs were torn up. Many automobile tops were jK'pered1 with holes while traffic was stopped for some time due to the hail stones, which were about six inches deep on the streets, and many as large as turkey eggs. Water was up to the hubs of cars after the storm. The storm made a path about four miles wide and seven mileifdong, reaching from the William Willis and Woodruff farms on the south to the Sam Wofford farm on tho north, and from R. L. Crows to the Swink and Cox farms across the county. Hail Remains Long After Storm Woodruff, Sept. 2;?Believe it or not, but there was a box of hail stones displayed on the streets this morning, gathered from the bottom lands, back of the Alvin Mason home | five days after the hail stormt Mr,; Mason says that there are several tub fulls still there and that the sun has 'been shining on them every day since Thursday. During the rush of visitors from all over the country Sunday, Mr. Mason filled bucket after bucket lull of hail to he carried to other parts of the state to be shown. Gets Share of Estate. New York, Aug. 29.?Mattie W. Suber of Newberry, S. C., and Bessie Trues<tale of Kershaw, S. C., **och receive $10,000 of the estate of their late uncle, Robert F. Filer, which was filed for appraisal in the office of the new state transfer tax department here today, showing a net value of $1,285,662. Isaac A..Fifer, a cousin, of Spartanbur,' S. C., receives |5,000. Mr. Fifer died October 16. 1928. Cotton Picking Price Set At a meeting of farmers held at the court house in Camden, Saturday, August 31, it was decided to recommend a county-wide picking price of 50c to 60c to begin with. If prospects for a good crop or good price warrant this may be raised but if prospects indicate a shorter crop or lower selling price the price for pick-? ing may have to be kept constant or reduced. _ .? The idea is not to favor the owner or picker but to try to keep the profit or loss As equally imposed as possible on both the owner and the picker. It is strongly recommended that all cotton going to the gins be thoroughly mature and dry. The matter of installing dryers at. gins was diacussed-St length. r- ? . . ? ? " ' Holding Protracted Meeting. Rev. T. P. Christmas announces that a protracted meeting is being carried on at Antloch Baptist church. These meetings began on Monday night, September 2nd, and will continue every day through Sunday, September 16th. Services are at 11:06 a.m., and'8:00 p.m., daily, conducted by Rev. W. M. Howell, of. AsheviUe, and Rev. Christmas assists Mm. Special music will be furnished at these services. . Extends Invitation. A cordial invitation is extended to you to attend the A. T. Jamison Bible class at the First Baptist church at 10 a. m. each Sunday. An especial invitation is extctkftfd to the ladies to I be present with us on next Sunday morning. Judge.M. L. Smith, who is the teacher of this class is giving gome very able and instructive lessons and those who be well repaid for the time spent. Edward F. Keating at New York, last Friday won the Lake Ontario I swimming msrdtbon, swimming the I 16 ndles in 8 hours. 18 mtoetes, 181 1-6 seconds. His prise was $26,060. | BIG HAUL OF BOOZE Rural* Take Two Carp, Two Men and 304 Gallons of Contraband 1 wo white men giving tho names of Ed. Salem ami Walter Floyd, and claiming Ch^rlotU. Hheir home, were taken in charge by rural police officers Watkina, Hough,' Kabon and DeHruhl Thursday night about 11 0 clock. The arrest was made on tho Lucknow road about eight miles oust of Camden. , Officers sighted three men driving a iudor Ford ami a Graham-Paigp sedan. When Hugged to stop, the care tried to turn around in the road and the care stuck in the sand. The men then jumped from 'the cars and ran. One man was run down and captured, another was captured before he could get from under the whetm, and another made his get-n-way in tho woods. The Ford car bore a North Carolina license tag and had aboard 06 gallons of white corn whiskey in fruit-jars. The Paige car bore a Georgia license tag and carried 108 gallons of white corn. Both curs were equipped with smoke sceens, but the apparatus oxi tho Ford^wus disconnected, Both men were brought here and placed in jail where they remained until Saturday when Attorney J. Cliff Chancill, of Charlotte, appeared Iff!.be-.3 half of the men and put up $700 cash , bond for their release. Both cars are still in oustody of t/he Sheriff, It is said the Graham-Paige car was captured at Kershaw some time ago with a load of liquor aboard, and tho car was mortgaged to a finance corporation. The corporation ejairped it tinder its mortgage and the car was released. Commandery To Meet.. , J. E. Ross, recorder of. the Masonic , bodies of Camden, announces that a stated conclave of Camden Command ery will be held Tuesday, September 10, and the -order of tb? Red Cross and Malta will be confered en * daee at time. All Sir Knfghts m+urged to be present. Uniforms not necessary. * ^ t:' - 1 i . J' Dedication Postponed. The dedicatory services scheduled for Sunday at the new Wateree Baptist church have been postponed up- " til some future date. Announcement of these services will be made later.' Methodist Church Services Lyttleton Street Methodist Church, near Hampton Park, Rev. George p. ; Watson, pastor, Sunday, September | 8, services will be as follows: Bibl* school nt 10 a. m. with classes for all attendants. L, C. Shaw, superintendent. Epworth League especially for the,young people at 7:80 p. w. ..PoWio jwot^ip gt 11:15 0. m. and *77 1 p. m. conducted by the'pastor. Morning theme "Slogans for the Christian "Warfare, II. Duty." Evening theme "The Challenge of the Future.". All of our young people are especially requested to attend both these services. Schools are about to open and these studies are particularly appro* ' priate to this season. Mid-week service on Wednesday at 8:00 p. m. The public is most cordially invited to all the services of this, friendly church. Come and bring your friends. MR. DeLOACHE TO SING. ? '*' Vo Give Concert Here Under Aes-' piceH of Leffien Auxiliary. Mr. Benjamin P. DeLoache, one ef the winners in 1927 in the Atwaier- 4 Kent audition eontMt, a nation-wide contest, will appaat inXamden at the Camden school auditorium Tuesday evening, September 10, at 8:15 o'clock in a song recital. Mr. DeLoache is an artist pupil ef the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and studies uiiflu Hhfflg is Gogorza, the famous bariUM ' his present tour Mr. DeLoache Is? singing h| Camden, Spartanburg and " Wlnnsboro, after which he will return to Philadelphia to retuma" Ms church work and studies at the Institute. " ;V ' r :v Ifr. DeLoache has given several recitals ih Camden and his recitals are hi way* looiced iorwim to Willi ffeh nine pleasure. Miss Harriette Flak T boots,, of CoftmAU, who ha, uitatad him on previous mcttal* in Cnmfco will be a$ the plana.4*? > of the American Legle^V*ti?2^i tad thaae ladidl are HiBefa** lurg^meAanea. Admiasisa wiU he 2^. . New Use for Old License Plates ?? III III II?? | ?II IIIIIIW A farmer near Schuylerville, N. Y., h abound a new and gcxxTusc J6i old automobile license-plates. In the caiftrf ugly or unruly cattle that go oa rampage tho state Is Mm through the animal'* tin* and horns, across hta eye*. Loss of MPt stsu to take much of .thai* ^ambition away and they become peaceable. ~ fs % <9 m "* ' V/' '