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The Camden Chronicle r*m*U CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. ^ NUMBER 34 |port Opening and Annual Fair [urevi Great Crowd to Camden! It "i * ud hum of motors and t the plaintive whine of e order of Jthe morning Thursday, as the twentingly and in squadrons, clear air above Cam?nd after the ceremoficial opening of Woodand Kershaw County lage. of thousands of idely scattered to even umber, and more than itoraobiles of every deage, from the lordly down to the humble re seen on the streets leading to the air port nds. scheduled parade from ids through the streets d curbs, the martial roar 'Shrine hand and te club bugle and drum nctuated in exclamation the planes which mamade numerous dives . of altitude Of hardly ) feet above the line of e and the subsequent ;ats performed by the ursuit planes tended to many doubters of the navigation, for there al citizens who venture i pilots for both plain i ing, not excepting the, stunt. The premiere; tacular flying goes easree small navjr planes, is old "Question Marie"; n command of Captain ok the lion's share of in-| tie crowd. part of the crowd as-: d the speakers' stand at me, and after the ap-; ming prayer hy the lev.. Governor J. G. Hichards introduced by Mr. L. A.: baiman of the .air-port paid a high tribute to his! and its ~ capital city of! the existing forward? essiveneaa, and pledged! ?r all future ? ^develop-; ir possible. He congratn an having iately ac-' nificent philanthropist, idward as A citizen, and* i fast coming pradomi-' he through the air by >r and radio. i V. F. Stevenson, intro-> e M, L. 'Smith, followed1 fly Camden's 'leadership1 civic affairs-since 1769, court of Justice east of river was established ded the settlers of this ate the benefit Of Court and relieving tthem of of long travel to Chare purposes. Heialso conmden on its stragetic ; present -day by > virtue located tm trnrtlr line S. highway .$io, .1 and travel from New York fully adoptad il>y the corporation for its depress line. etted that Mr. Ernest donor of the airport, attend. He had an eson to be present, but business engagements beidg "here. dispersed from the air >ne and two o'clock :for r which they, including and other notable visile fair. The governor larly interested observous exhibits. 1 in all, it was a happy taking day for the old held in its limits a .muled as the lsogeut ifor f the kind, and unmarird accident excepting n the highway between ir port between a heavy >rd car. There were '9(0 s sustained however in <loring the dense traffic >lo that there were not <'<1 that Senator Blease Stoney of Charleston foible to be here as ns of Columbia and cr by plane. io exercises at Wood Camden Airport combed of L. A- Klrkland, or C. P. DuBose, H. G. R. M. Kennedy, Jr., and nvited thd aviators and 0 a luncheon at the Camden's pioneer winCarrisdn ^acted as the luncheon, he a were made by '\ Mayor Owens, who 1 ns "Columbia's flying or nor Richards, Cop onson, Senator Ham>ofer, Senator Welsh, of 'y\ Captain Muse, Lieut ndered the compliments iral Marshall, comandensacola flying base; ^presenting the departlerce at/ Waahington; Corbett, of Camden, ?t Maine; Lieut. Iv Wood side, navlgatthe U. S. S. Cincinnati, luncheon, Lieut. Edwin "eut- H. S. Hansel, SJl arrived in CamMd two heavy bombing ^ 7...v V dl?. "ot ?* ? In in.,.- to tivd ft"d. ??"'?? ?t WoodpJimh?*nUrvCtho**rwel7 brkf ?n<l comUllty. C*m<len ??d iU hospi??,C,Mum, ot the 22ud Obee/cherZ W, ' Max,we" "eld, in "pri,fcV?^ w **' % pUoHn* "HeT4 'hiLb4"P^"0to pC?"'r in avUtio^VT^*"" ?f the peoPIe tm Ji ! , * 18 necessary to build 'W",Ul and wh? 2S2& Welcome 10 th? ?rmy navJ glfem^s-lg se'refe.** -- s Judge Smith in his usual brilliant oratory, outlined the great nro fnffctate ?' Carolina has male now ?<Je<r,*re<1 state was * lt8 industrial tit?' ?L??re given ^ hlm indic?* St2te^^r^18 P * *8 mude by this w?v &?ZLl'Z'1?"1? >,and industrial way. ir<tt example la 4900 South Carhili? consuming about 460,000 cotton in its manufacturing WUS!i.^ "TiA1*? latest avaiiae show that l;a30,000 bales mni^r'- Adtive &pindle8 in the stdte have increased twirthv^ ^ like one ****** twenty odd years ago to around Ave tkm ne"half mllli?n now, in ??>eraAggregate hanking resources increa*ed froin ^00,000,000 in a?l0 to more than $376,000,000. In individual deposits $18^000,000 in so short a time has risen to $186,000,000. achievements of ?tfhe^ounty^andP?he ^xifus^'88 0' the ??onty w<sre /at fe//ed to the iodine content ;JV,nd j" the vegetables grown in this ?*te end the future assets of 'the state. . . <He highly commended the advance IflR^nnnK^S61" of the eoo,000,000 bond issue and explained the nature of this act in a few Words, in this connection he stated it would not be necessary to levy one cent on property tax to carry out provisions of this issue. He showed, that based on the gasoline tax collections for the year 1928, allowing an* increase of Ave per cent each year thereafter through the year 1938, but no increase after the latter year, and a similar estimate of the motor vehicle license fees on the same basis, extending from the year 1929 to the year 1953?a period of 24 years? under the operation of this act, in the year 1929 an issue of fifteen million dollars could be safely made, in the. year 1930 an issue of twenty million dollars, in the year 1931 an issue of twenty million dollars and in the year 1932 an issue of ten million dollars, making up the sixty-five milaon -dollar issue under the State unit plan of financing. . Such revenues would be able to meet the expenses of administration, operation and collection of revenue at an annual estimated cost of four hun-i dred thousand dollars, annual obligations on. outstanding reimbursement agreements as of date December 81st, 1928, annual interest charges on outstanding reimbursement agreements at. the rate of four and one-half per centum, annual interest charges on certificates of indebtedness issued under the Act at the rate of four and one-half per centum per annum And beginning schednle of retirement in the year 1937 by the payment of one million dollars and continuing f the same annually by the payment of two million dollars in each of the next two years, three million in each of the next three years, four million in each of the next two years, five million in i each of the next eight years and three: ! millioh In the last year, the whole ! issue of sixty-t-five million will he re tired with a surplus each year du; ring the period, amounting to not less than two million dollars in four of : the .years, three million in five, four' million in eight, five million in three, six million, in four, and nine million is one?the last year. In addition to these obligations, such revenues, estimated on such basis, would be ample to pay each year during the period maintenance operaticm based on five -thousand eight hundred miles at three hundred arid thirty-five dollars. per mile, and maintenance, supervision and equipment at an annual estimate-of four ht?iK dred and seventy thousand dollars. - "Such revenues are shown to be ample to meet these obligations and expenses, and without Federal.aid, would produce a surplus each year during the entire period which would aggregate the sum of about fifty-six j million dollars, and if Federal aid is added, the total surplus would amount to about eighty ^million dollars. '' i the county fair The eleventh annual Kershaw r County Fair came to a close here i Saturday and it was a decided sucJcess in every way. d r People generally, took more inter) est tniin at any previous fair. Tha fair building was crowded to capatlr ty with the general farm exhibits ' + " --- Commercial Body Elects its Officers /On Monday, November Uth, ot 10 o clock, the director# of the Camden * - Korehaw County Chamber of Comma** held an election for officers at the offices of the Chamfcet of Commerce on West DeKalb atrswt. Mr. Hetory Savage, Jr., was re-ele^ted president for another year a# was also the secretary, Mre. W. H. Pearce. Mr. John M. Villepigue was elected to the office of vice president to succeed Mr. W. L. Goodale, who, did not odf^r. for ro-eloction. 1 he Chamber of Commerce has had a very successful yea^ and with the re-election of the officers to carry the work forward it will reach new goals in the near future. Many inquiries are being receive i at the office for booklets end information about Camden as a winter re* m*ny homes art* being tented find rooms reserved for the coming season through this service to the public. . * ' Dairy Campaign. Within a f?.w days details of Kershaw County's dairy campaign will probably be announced. It. is desired* however, before the schedule of meetings is definitely perfected, thai every community in the county that wants a meeting Vill register this desire with the county agent at once* ! and various booths. While the cattle and swine exhibits were not so large they were good?especially the hogs: The poultry exhibit proved conclusively that Kershaw county has wjth* in its confines some handsome birds, in the mam building the distdavs th* r\ u MiU J*h?o1' Glris 4-H club' the Club Market, Mt* Pisgah, Legofl? Home Demonstration Chafe, Lugoff, Dunn s ^Nureery Cawdtn Primary school, Camden high Bchoel, Charlotte t 8c**>ol, Midway* Anti<?h, Camden Mill school, an attracted wide atftewtion The Kershaw Cfeunty Health ttejpejtment had a fine feao>th, *tresshi|tj The American Limestone Company, 5*. KnoxviHe, TPenn., bad an edttcatoinaV display <?f Mascot Ime, {Showing. it? value t*> the soil w?fe?n applied,^ It was in charge of O. H. Stanard, state salesman for the company. Mascot lime <tb sold m Camden by W. S. Bnrtrnet & Company. Lugoff, as usual, cultured many prizes?winning first prize 'of $60, in the community booth, ^/tth Mt. Pisgah winning second prize of $26. logoff's flome Demonstration club booth took first prize of $60, withi ^fnd Hifl focmnng second .with a prize ox $ML Camden high school won first prize of-g26-for .schooi exhibits, while Betnunecame second for a .prize of $15., y ' Camden grammar school intermediate grades also took first prise of $26 with lag-off Witnong second $15. In the primary department Camden Mill School .took first prize - of i $26, iyith Xaigoff coming second for J3L5.'V>.^ In the automobile "parade the Camden Hospital took -first :priz$ of $50 for prettiest decorated float, while 'the Junior- Welfare Workers won second float car carrying a prize of $25. Charlie DeLoache, 'ami of Mr. and Mrs. W. It. DeLoache, won first prize of $50 for best decorated automobile. \ The 'fair came to a close Saturday. Saturday, around mid-day, all of the negro schools of the oounty had been invited and wwe offered free admittance. .-The parade started at Jackson graded school and traffic was halted during the march down Broad street to the fair grounds. It is estimated that nearly 2,(HID ^school children were in this parade?all neatly dressed and $ anost well behaved crowd. They made a very creditable showing and all aeemed 7bo enjoy the day immensely. - ^ The pecnrtary is buw 'this. week mailing out checks to the ;prize winners and we were unaWe to get a complete' list of winners but they will aypear hater. -A vocational agricultural exhibit was pnt on at the Kershaw county fair this year, with 27 boys from the following schools exhibiting: Bethane,' Midway. Antioch anfl Blaney. TSW ynz one of the first contests of it#-kind erer hekl in this county, but quite a bit of interest was manifested by the boys taking part in the contest and it is expected that there wiiy. be some extra good exhibits anotherVyear. The .prizes offered in tbto ttdntost were awarded as foBows: - 'fCottdn -Floyd Boy kin, Antioch, first' F'mest Sanders, Antioch, second;'Harold Copeland, Bethune, third. -Gorn-^Cary Gardner, Bethune, first- Emory Parker, Bethune, second F H. Boykin, Antioch, third. Sweet Potatoes?Woodrow Motley, Paul Kirkland, second; A. T. Simpson, third. All of.BI.ney. Chickens?Norman Kelley, Blaney, first- Alvo Stokes, Midway, second; Morris West, Midway, third. Thrift Prices of $12, $8 and $6 will >V? awarded to the three boya who "make and save the most off of their nrniects These prizes will not bt awarded until later, when tfce teachers of the different schools will decide which boys have made and aaved the most off of their projects. B?;.v Jd fee Dee District /Farm Women Meet $ "3 Salurdtiy' November 1C, at I0J0O a in., the sixth annual meetIng oi the 1'ee. Dee District Council, of Farm Women will be called to or*4er at the school auditorium. At this meeting Mr. L. E. Staley, state forenter will talk on reforestation in South Carplina. The men of the county nti well as the women are in-1 Vited to hear hhn. <)? the program will be Miss Lonnie I. Undrum and Miss Harlette Layion of the Extension Service of jWfnthrop College. Mrs. S. O. Plow-; wsn? diftrict agent; Miss Blanche Tarrant, Piedmont district agent; Mrs. h. L. Ware, chairman of citizenship from Rock Hill; Mrs. J. Whitman Smith, state president of the Council of Farm Women, ara BQmc M the other guests coming for the occasion. 7 than two hundred delegates from the fourteen counties comprising Pee Dee District are expected. Trtite Kershaw county delegates will be hostesses at the meeting so they ara requested to come early and be hand to welcome the visitors at .tiie high school auditorium. s Cotton Ginninga. / cording to T. T. Truesdaltf, cotWn ginning reporter for this county* | the gins of Kershaw county had ginned prior to November 1, 1929. 9*362 hales as compared to 11,940 bates for It like period in 1928. "*v Poultry Association Formed Djue to. the increasing interest in 'the raising of poultry in the -county "the Kershaw County Poultry Association has been organized. -Around thirty members have signed up and the following officers have heen elected: Mr. R. C. Jones, of Liberty Hill, president; Mr, Shdfcy Truesdale, of Wesstville, treasurer, and Mrs. W. H. Pearce* of *Camden, as Secretary. About eerotx thousand baAtyjrctitkz have been ordered to arrive in ^awaaty, IPwJtti this start it; is hoped to build -up * large poultry trade throughout the county. fnvibed to Medl Thursday Everyone is invited to a meeting <of tire Kershuw 'County Poultry Association em Thursday, November 21st, at the Court House. The meeting wiU be opened rtt 2 o'clock and an initiorerfting program has been prepared. All members are urged to attend mid 'bring iany interested visitors WE THANK YOU iF-ive weeks ago in anticipation of the qpening of our Airport and Fair (Grounds, we appealed to the citizens of oar town and county to "cooperate vwhen .uallaH on." F. Far your ready response and for your generous assistance in many : and sundry ways, we thank* yon. Without the splendid cooperation that 'was-so generously rendered we would have never succeeded. - Tht; airport has been formally opened, the new fair grounds and athletic <iield put into use. Both will, play :an important part in Camden's, future development. Agnin, to the many whose assistance made our ceremonies successful, -vie thank;you.?The Woodward .Aviation Field ^Commission, The Kbrshaw County Fa'ir Committee. Heads !6tate Teachers - j Mr. Henry ffi. Strohecker, of Char-, icston, was made president of the Snyth Carolina Teachers Association ai their meeting last week in CharlKHton. Me. Strohecker is well known in Camden- where he taught in the KdrooilB for setwr<Al terms. He is M son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wallace of this xity. \* . Planning Trip to Dairying Center Plans are being made for a number of farmers, bankers and business men of Kershaw County to make a tour to &tarkville, Miss., to study the dairy' business first hand. It is hoped that a sufficient number will go to warrant chartering a railroad 1 car. If only a few desire to go then only a small committee will probably be sent. Dairying probably o$ft#< f the best agricultural opportunity for new development in this section and it is hoped that those who art'\ tentially interested in dairying will make this Interest active and useful and available at this period of da- ' velopment when cooperation and as- \ sistance and encouragement needed most to* get this valuable In- 1 dustry of dairying started here dfj * Kershaw county. Those interested In going on Ifce trip to Mississippi pre requested to notify the county agent. Mrs. Mary N. Boyd Died Here Saturday Mrs. Mary Nicholson Boyd, of this city, passed from us last Saturday at 1:36 p. ,;m. She ^ied in the Camden Hospital aftew two weieks >11ues8 at the age of thirty-seven years, having been born on Christmas night in the year 1801. Mrs. Boyd, before her marriage, was Miss Mary Katlreryn NiofeaWon, second daughter of Mf. John Cortex Nicholson and Mrs. Nannie Wilson Nicholson,- of Camden. She was married to Mr. Jefferson Welcome Boyd, of Sylvania, Gii., on the fourteenth day of April, 1914. She was dearly loved and admired by all who knew her and all of her many friends are brought to profound grief on learning of her departure from this life. Mrs. Mary Boyd was one of Camden's finest, most beloved, most affable, and most popular young women, having beefi reared in this city and having enjoyed immensely Camden as her home the major papL, of her life. Everything that is Camden was imprinted indelibly on her heart despite her having at different times beco.me a resident of Spartanburg, Columbia and Atlanta for brief periods of time. Prom her deep devotion to the generous and hospitable citizens of Camden she never wished to be separated. Besides her husband, Mr. Jefferson Welcome Boyd, Mrs. Boyd leaves two children?John Jefferson Boyd, aged 14, and Mary Katheryn Boyd, aged 10 years. She is also survived by her father and mother, Mr. John Cartel Nicholson, and Mrs. Nannie Wilson Nicholson, and by throe brothers and a sister?Mr. Samuel Newton Nicholson, prominent attorney of this city; Mr. Wlliam (^ptez Nicholson, now of Heath Springs; Mr. George Wilson Nicholson, professor of mathematics in the University of the South, Sewanee, Tettn.; and Miss Nancy Virginia Nicholson, now attending the University of South Carolina as an academic student. Interment tvbk place in the old <Quaker cemetery of Camden. Those acting as pall-bearers were: W, G. Wilson, Jr., Hubert O. Wilson, S. W. V&nLandingham, John Rikard, John K. doLoach, all of Camden, nnd Ray Stuckery, of "Langley, S. C. 'Camden Man Loses Father "Mr. N. C. Arnett has returned from Virginia, wher* he was called j on account of the illness and death of his 'father, Mr. Julius C. Arnett. Mr. Arnett was in the se^oty-sixth year of his age. He was born at Louisa, Va., but had been, making his "home with his daughter In Onancock, Va., where his death occurred. Mr. Arnett has the sympathy of his many friends in the death of his father. New Brjdge Across Lynches. Washington, D. C., Nov. 11.?The war department today approved plans for the construction of a bridge across Lynches river, at I.ynchburg, S. C., under the authority of the state law. The structure is to replace one built prior to 1800. Standardize on Cotton Seed It is advised that as md'ny farmers in Kershaw County as can, standardize on Coker's Cleveland No. 5, says Henry D. Green, the county agent. We have these offered us now at 00 cents per bushel f, 0. b. /or $1.25 in sacks in small quantities. Do not plant the above seed on blight-infested lands. If interested in getting some of these seed let me know. Entomologist Here. M. H. Brunson, extension entomologist. from Clemson College, is ho re this week and will give demonstrations on how to curb the larger corn stalk borer. He will also put on a demonstration at some farm barn showing hbw to protect corn from weevils which causes such a heavy loss to farmers each year. x Has Agency for plastic Cedar. W. F. Cole, of the Gray Seal Paint Shop, has the agency for a novel plastic paint which when applied gives any clothes closet the same Protection against moths as a cedar chest would do. ^ la a recent scientific discovery and' is a special blend of genuine red cedar wood, cedar aroma ties and plastic ingredients which allow its apjffleation freely on new or old walls, painted or unpainted?wher-1 ever yon want * real cedar closet. | Poultry Prices Off; Shipment Delayed Airangementa had been made to ship - Ao cars of poultry fruni Kershaw county next week -one over the Southern and one over the Seaboard roads. However, the poultry sales conference, held by the Clemson College marketing divisiou in Columbia on last Tuesday, revealed that prices we***very low all over the United States and that it seemed advisable to postpone that sale of poultry for a few weeks. As soon as prices permit we Will arrange for the shipment of/ our poultry, turkeys, and other fowls, but in the meanwhile, I suggest that our farmers hold these fowls unless a good local price can be had, advises Henry D. Green, the county agent. When we plan to Hhip a ear, we will put notices in the county papers, says Mr. Grefcn. At the conference in Columbia last Tuesday the Clemson College extension and marketing specialists were there and they had arranged for th? big poultry buyers to be represented. I want to say to the farmers of Kershaw County that I have never seen any state do so much as Clemson College and the extension service is doing for South Carolina farmers in the way of getting top prices for th? farm products. Clemson has the state organized and divided into districts for these buyers. These buyers must pay the high mark as outlined by the Clemson marketing specialist. If a buyer will not pay the price then his territory is aiitu,ted to one who will pay the price. The farmers' interest is certainly being looked gfter by Clemson College lid the extension service as far as they can possibly control the situation. The present low prices are due to the fact that the large Eastern markets as New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and others, are overrun and we coiild have no control over that. But Mr. Prince, our marketing specialist, keeps in A/ouch with the big markets daily and whenever a buyer gets a shipment through your marketing division he pays the New York market less cost of transportation and a small profit. It is very gratifying to know that the farmers' interest is being so diligently looked after in South Carolina says Mr. Green. Pellagra Situation Shows Improvement During the past few months ap* proximately a thousand cases of pel lagra have been brought to the attention of the Health Department, says Dr. A. W. Humphries, physician in charge. It is Very gratifying to note that there has been n notable decrease in the number of active cases. This is due to a large extent to the following of advice given as to diet, hygienic measures and medical care' on the part of physicians. About 1,000 pounds of dried brewers' yeast have been sold at 25 cents per pound, which is within financial reach of everyone, and marked improvement has been observed in every case taking it. The most vital point to be stressed at this time is that there should be no let Lup-in the -preparattoh and production of fall and winter gardens from which vegetables that play such an important part in maintaining a correct diet, can be obtained. Also do not overlook the fact that it is necessary that each person should consume products of the cow, hog, and hen during the entire winter lest there shall be a recurrence of the vast number of cases next spring and summer In a period of financial depression let us not practice false eoonomy in. depriving ourselves and families of proper diet at the expense of our systems for then it is that the vitality is lowered and any disease from pellagra on through the list finds ready prey. Learn to "live at home and board at the same place" there- . by keeping your bodies healthy. Association to Meet The Kershaw County Colored Teachers Association will hold ita first t meeting of this school year on November 23Td at 11:30 o'clock -at Jackson high school building, according. to announcement V? P. B Mdodana, th? president, and E, F. * McLester, the supervisor. All teachers are requested to attend. Business of great importance to be arranged.