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[ The Camden Chronicle fME 41 I CAWDgN, SOUTH CAROUNA, VRIDAY. NOVEMBER 22 .0 1 ' KT* l _ ?* -iJ I r* ? ? _ NUMBER 30 dues 10 ueure Qfter Long Service L a lengthy communication adto the voUfru of Kershaw Ely, Judg* * ? SMcDoweli states Eh? villi not he a candidate for Ration to the dffice of judge o! Ce ne*t sannper. Mr. McDow. Bp held office for one of the Lt records of -any man in JC*rKcounty, and his retirement wifl Kgietted by a large number oi K whom he has served well and Enflv. He has always attended Ely to his office and baa nevei Ced himself with any clique ol which accounts more thar King else for his re-elediion at BTptimary. His statement to the Ke of Kershaw County follows: Bthe Democratic voters of KertL County who have so loyal1.? Ejrtfd me for the office of Pro [judge f?r now nearly a Quarter Ecentury and who would still vote toe were I to give them the op Htanity, (which I- appreciate- very Ep]y) I wish to say tjat I wilfnot Hi candidate for that office nexl men in KershHW County have Bg public office far an unbroket Ejd of time longer than I have Kvkw of this faCt a short resume KB; administration I trust will bf Imtered politics in 1908, and'led Bit W in the outset that it was pos> Krcly against mry .will. I was averat Mj.ftt hdlding of nany .public office Heater, and not until three weeks Kfo th primary 'election in l&Qt $1 I yield to the solicitations ol tnobwdmy name appeared in the Bpiutvhns as a candidate for the H ?^ce' ** may be a ffUte I mst hiri to be believed by sojnp mitt ? fart nevertheless, but daring Mm Srst aatpaign I sincerely hopred B&7 irtB^Ve^ddfeated. . 'X&MFMI fet time engaged in the. newtpapei Bodind I preferred the' newspaper Hftcbiny office within the gift ol It was my first love -and Bee/my happiest business hours Hi! as some very anxious ohes, spent in -the office of the CamHkronicle which I established in ; Hnr 1'889, and which ib now Hand edited by Mr. H. D. Nil ex, Hk the records show, the people Hi differently to what I did and Br taking charge of the Probate Hi soon found out that it would Hpe&ible for me to do justice - to . Wtihate office and carry on 'the Hptper work at the same tame, Hat being willing that the P?oH office should suffer, I diseonHi myself from the newspaper Htmd my .entire time since then Hen devoted wholly to the duBtfee primary election in 1908, to st the unexpired term of Col. "W. btttham, my only opponent was HC W.' Birchmore. That election Hptd as foIIo.wb : Birchmore, 006; well", 1,078. My majority 172. Hl910 I was again opposed by Mr. Hfmore, the election resulting dn i??e manner as the previous one, H*?te being Birchmore, 962; Mc1,043. My imajority was 8L. HjtfiU my only opponent was J. HWUin, the vctte being McKaJn, HMfDowell, 1^895. My majority H J918 1 was opposed by J. J. H** and IX S. Trapp, necessVHf? second electfcion with Mr, In the first election the H,<8: Goodjde, Alff,; Trapp, 878; Hyii, 1,123. In the second elecHae-vote was: Geotiale, 974; Mens* 1,142. My majmrtty 168.7: WV? I was opposed by F. H. J. I. Bowers and I. J. McH? necessitating a second race I*' Arrants. The sesult of the pSlTon wasi AwSnis, 778; 536; Mc.Kenxie, 666) Mo* 1,725. Result di "^^schon^ K1I34. Mry^aVaity24b5.ML 1926 I was again opposed by i H&ants and S. N. Nicholson, neH*|ng a second race with NichHwe result in the first election -Arrantp, 844; 'Nicholson* 1,874; jHF", 1,812. Tn the second elec ?Jesuit was: Nicholson, 2,009; fD,'2,343. My majority 384. will be seen from the above f majority in the last election H?* of the three largest I ever P?? and looking back over the J Past I cannot but feel grateful, food people of Kershaw CounKtave always given me their] H^rst commission was issued **rnor Martin F. Ansa! in U\ L socond one by Governor HyBloase in 1911; third ohe by ' ?* Richard I. Manning in 19lb; H?1Q ^?rnor Robert A- CoopHLr,:.lftb one by Governor McLeod in 1928; gnd the H^l Prcaent one by our own Governor, John G. RitfhBgj?f not toc be a candidate ?o upon my own iniyid^Heving^hftt L' ? n i \ g\ Jk _ m w ^. pauioly i amden Lady Now Assistant Lee Agwt KnhopvfB#, Nov. 14.?Thi a|i|M>inl went of Bias Saflle Pearce as afcsULv ant homo demonstration agent for, Le? I'ounfly has been annoqnced by ' the district agent, Mrs, S. O. Plowden. Hl&e Fesrce is a native of Camu den and has been successfully teaching for several years In the Charl lotte Thompson high school. She re' ceiyed her education in the schools I pf 'Camden and at Columbia college. I She has taken special courses in home economics at Feabody college this ? fall. She comes with high recommeni dations for tV\e position she is to fill. ; She began her "work November 11 and ( her office will be in the saihe office - with the home agent," Miss Heba . Sheppard. - Miss Sheppard and Miss Pearce . will have full schedules of work, for in addition to the regular duties of . the home agent, they are putting on ? a food survey for the county, which demands careful and thorough work;, ; And it is to be Invaluable in the flna; ings for the feeding of undernourish'edpeopile. . Both of these agents arfgpull trainv ed for t)>e work they are undertaking and with' their experience with food ? work they will make a telling exam. pie of results that can be obtained from such a study. Lee, county is particularly fortunate I in having such work done and the ! county legislative delegation is tq be | thanked for this progressive move$ Intent. ; First Week Jurors - I j December Court Tv\The following jurors are to se|ye the fifir&t" week of the court of gen| eral - sessions for Kershaw <?ounty j r which opens here on Monday, Decy[ember 9th, with Judge S. W. G. .fShipp, presiding: ' ? . X, A. C. Drawdy, J. C. Rollings, T$*. I Brown, Wiley Sheorn, C. V. Mas^e, bbeau, John - W. Wilson, Heyward i Smith, John E. Cassiday, D. E. Bel^i-vih, W. L. Sanders, of Camden; K. S. Rodgers, S. N. Horton, C. J. Baj ker, R. *S. Long, E. L. Sowell, J. ?I Sowell, ' David F. Faulkenberry, ?. ?JT. Catoe, of Kershaw; L. S. Horton, 1 H. E. SeegarS, W. H. Smith, J. T. cRaley, of Bethune; Dewey Rabon, E. ! H. Watts, B. T. Rabon, Abe Rabon, [Tillman Peak, of Lugoff; B. K. Rose, [John/L. KirMand,Jr.,_ Ernest j offBlaney; J. J. Owens, J. E, Dixojto rW. P. Barfteld, of Westville; ClevAp I land Holley, of Jefferson; H. C. GrVjKH tort, of Heath Springs; H. E. GardV hi$r, of Cassaty. ^ E Abandoned Car Ib Found. EvA wrecked Nash touring^OT iffound a few miles southeast of Cam; | den Tuesday. The car had turned^dydr in a clay pit and had been abandoned j Iby | company sent a wrecking machinP out and pulled it into their garage. The, supposition is that it was a stolen ca$ AJabel bearing the name of "Central1 j School" of'North Carolina was pasted on the back of the car. The policy j have been notified and .are on tftl j lookout for the owner. 1 * County Teachers To Mee^ There will be a CountylTeftchers' Associa:j J tion in the Camden high school auditorium, Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock, November 23. The last meeting of the association, was well attended by tiie teachers of the county j and It is hoped that at th? coming meeting they will all be present* Each teacher is requested to make every effort to be J Holdermans Made Fast Flight Mr and Mrs." Bu??eli Holderman last week visited Camden, South Carolina, where investigation is beta* made of the prospects of locating, the D. W. flying school fbr the winter months. They made the tri# in a plane, and covered the 750 miles between LeRoy and Camden in six hourn and thirty minutes.?LeRoy News-Caxette. Hot Sapper at Bethany ' The ladies of Bethany church at WekyUk Bill give a hot supper Frlschool hooss. W Bethany church, yyybod^^w Comic Opera Staged at Camden School ! - 1 ""? ?. i V **iday evening it 8:16 At thi .Camden high school auditorium, th< Wa^jsvijle chamber of commerce b a comic opara, "The Idyll o; thrill." This company of 60 ybuni mm come very highly rccowmende< and since they are visiting Oamde: u^der the auspices of the local foot ball team, the Camden school official) will appreciate Camdeu's enthusiasts support of the entertainment The en tire cast will be dressed out ip beau tiful attractive costumes, addinf much to the stage setting. v The Idyll of the Mill is a romanth opera of Colonial times, with ten prin cipal characters, supported by a cho rus of over forty, young men an< ladies. The varying lights and shade; produce a magic spell History, patH ptism, pathos and comedy are blende* <fo<^i*pnique manner and the public 1 assured of a very fine evening's enter tainment. local school will profit in th receipts and, therefore, Camden wil be expected out in large numbers. . Don't forget to glance at the ad vertising matter In" the display win dows over town and be sure to te) your friends to join the crowd an< march to the school auditorium Fri day nighl^The prices of admiBsloi are, school children 25c, and adult 50c. A guaranteed show. Not one dul moment for. anyone. Solos, duett trios, and chorus numbers which ca: and will be enjoyed by yofcmg an< old. # The Chamber of Commerce heart ily endorses this show and hopes tha it will be liberally patronised in or der to help the foot ball team. Boy Scout Campaigr Commences Mondaj The annual campaign of the Cam den District Boy Scouts ?f Amerie will be inaugurated on Monday, Nov ember 25, 1929, by a dinner to b , b^ld in the Palmetto Tea Boom a j o'clock in the afternoon, a which Mr. Orin F. Crow of the fac ulty of the University of South Car olina will be the pincipJe speakei Mr. Crow has been connected wit the Scout movement* tn Coluffitblirfo many years and is a talented speakei . Following the dinner on Mondaj at which ho solicitations will% made, about fifteen or twenty mei will make a general solicitation o 'the city extending over the balanc of the week and all persons will b ' asked to belp~ in this worthy cause. -?Tha Chroniele?wiB-be glad to re ceiye donations from any person o persons desiring to use it as a me j ' ? Bulls Are Coming Saturday, Nov. 30th The dairy bulls for the sale her* On" December 3rd are to arrive at thf tbuplfy fair grounds on Saturday afternoon, November 30. They will be there for generaL inspection qntU the eale on December 3rd, at 1 p. v.v Anyone interested'.in these bulla should look them oyer before -the ohnj. ^ f ( .:' t - a -IV After, the meetings all over the \courity there will be the big . countywide dairy meeting at the Court House at 11 a. m., December 3rd, at which time a county dairy association will be organized. Please notify your neighbors requests Henry D. Green, the county agent. Local Post Drive ^ Goes Over Good r * The James LeRoy Bdlk Post No, 17, American Legion List week put oh a drive for new members and went oveivwhat they expected to get. They had on their roll for^1929, a membership of 122. Their goal was 117 ftv/prder to be entitled to the state 'orcatfon, but they went" beyond that number and secured a total of 125 pjpmbors. This entitles .ythe locnl ram*,to a citation from national aa Wall as state headquarters. The local post is%pl80 in receipt of a community service citation from PauI v. McNutt, national comman<> >der, for worthwhile and outstanding^ service to its community during the *roriod between November 1, 1928, and August 15, 1929. Camden Boy Injured. Mr. and Mrs. B. P. DcrLoache received a message last week that their son, Arthur Harris DeLoache, had been painfully Injured in a parasite jump at Long Island. Young DeLoache had been working for some time tu the Atwater Kent radio factory at Philadelphia: < It is said the wind caused the parachute to veer and the juniper had his, .leg broken ^ratrikli^ Mme^^^TTMis r^uTwed tb?t Artbsr H?ri? wm? Meetings Called in I interest of Dairying ? For ?om? time there has been de} velopln^ in Kershaw County a greatI #r and greater interest in dairying, f It seems to have been preordained by X Providence that we should have this 1 splendid and valuable*" industry' o^ ? dairying and livestock to fall back on when we have come face to face f ^Hrith the present seemingly diSMc trous economic condition. f:_ ^ A one-crop system anywhere with a V ,^w. successive years of crop failures X or near failures will mean /uln^and hardship for the people. We. nfted c and must^havt' diversified farming with livestock in our program. An -" "agricultural program that is not bal1 anted with a proper amount of liveb stock in the program is not aoynd. - If livestock had been made a part of I jibe farm policy in Kershaw County s 2^ of 40 years ago we would have a - ffeh'er county and more prosperous and happy people today. S For the sake of the -present and II future generations we must put our farming on a safer basis. Why is it - Jthat the dairy and livestock balanced - farming sections are in better condi11 tioq than we are? How will cows, d fcogs and chickens help us out of thitf present economic depression?,. What ti must we do to start out on this basis 8 pf farming? Can the farmers of 11 Kershaw County who are deeply in^ b debt do anything? All of these n questions and many others will be d brought up and' answered by in and out of state specialists and speak ers who are to meet with the people f of Kershaw Coxntty in meetings all over the county. Meetings are to be r. held as follows: ? November 25th, 3 p. m. at Lugoff and 7:30 p. m. at filaney. j November 26th 3 p. m. at Cassatt and Westville at 7:30 p. m. The Cassatt meeting will be In the R Midway school house. .j:i' November 27th, 3 p. w, at Liberty e Hill and Mt. Flsgah at 1:30 p. ha. t November 29th, 3 p. m. at Chart lotte Thompson and Antioch at 7:80 p. na. November 30th, 3 p. m. at Kershaw and Bethune rat 7:30 p. m. Y - County-wide meeting at Camden -. in Court House on December 3rd at '? 11 a. m. ? (Bull sale to be held at caunty fair f gi^CUnds in Camden on December 3rd e at il p. m. e . Some, of the speakers who are ex~ pected other than local speakers are: r Rowland Turner, general agricul tural agent; Mr. Humphries and Mr. Lawhon, agricultural agents, all of the Southern Railway system, Atlanta., Ga.; W. T. Bennett of the cotton seed crashers association; ,V. W.?Le1 wis, Atlantic Coast Line railway; D. - JR. Abbott, Seaboard Air Line Raili way; J.,P. LaMaster, extension dairy . specialist from Clemson College; R. i D. Steer, dairy specialist from Clem1 soli College; D. W. Watkins, assistant director of extension work in South Carolina; A. A. McKeown, district extension agent; W. F. Ilowell, Lancaster county agent; Ward Snarr, ' field representative of American, sey Cattle Club; Miss Nepley, poultry., ajwcialisit from Winthrop, College; ,P. H. Gooding, poultry specialist from Clemson College.1 ^Others have been invited. Local interest is-very keen iTr^hls dalry movehaent and some of tfte best business men in the county are expected to help in the c&mpaign meetings. It is not desired to bring about a ^sudden radical change in outf .ARticulture but instead to supplement our cotton and other present crops? to balance up our farming. Wo need more cows, ho^s and hens. We will never have farm relief until we do something definite ourselves, -r The biggest present need of the farmers in Kershaw County is final!* cing for 1930. We are working hard" on this big need. The different ins&tj^ian* of the county are cooperating well but it is very evident that before-,wa^get much aid we are going to have to put our farmi^^^Hjj j safer and more business-like basis. It is not wise for any one person to jump id to the dairy or any live- < itock bu.ine.fi too heavily. We should grow into it. We need ?*., hogs and hens to supply more aaff better food to our children and our grown people. We need an addition- j al arid more evenly distributed income, arid use of farm labor. We! i want statft this dairy movement by1 getting a jpwe-bred, registaued dairy bull main community in the ? county.- This will take a tout fifteen hulls. We need to distribute over the county 200 or 000 grade dairy -heifers. This is -tfJe cheapest-and best way for us to go into dairying. We must make pastures. The success of dairying depends largely on, first, abundance of pasture and good, cheap feed and, second, high - producing cows. This is why we must have the pure-bred hulls. All of our idle lands or unprofitable lands should go either into pastures or foresty. We should set a goal of ridding Kershaw county of every scrub sire, bull, boar, ram and rooster. can be done. Let's do it. ? At the meeting in Camden on December 3rd at 11 'a. m. a county dairy ' association will he organised. -? As for markets for our dairy products that is no problem to worry about.' We can' sell all of our sour Bream at go^d prices now in Sumter, Rock Hill, Chester. 0{ Charlotte. We itae working on the matter of a ireamery for Camden. What we need pv are more cows and dairy-minded Yours for better and safer agricultural conditions in Kershaw county.. Respectfully, Henry D Omit, .m ' . County Aaent hl ..j iaill ' B3B838BBgS>". ^J.-Jg^888Sgg? Legion Auxiliary To Put on Cabaret On Wednesday night, November 27, a Cabaret will be given here under t.he ny spices of the American Legion Auxiliary and the Kershaw Guards. The new armory will be converted into a modern grill room for the occasion. Plans have recently been completed for this event, In response to popular demand for an affair similar to the one held last November by the Auxiliary, The cabaret given last year was the first ,public? "night club" ever held in Camden, and whsi so successful that, if this proves us good arf^the last, the affair may become an annual one. A great effort is being made to have the cabaret as tnuch like a real night club as possible, and. the favors, decorations ami entertainment of the original are being closely imitated. Entertainment will provided by a program of specialty numbers by talented local people, with* a chorus of young Camden girls?Phyllis Carfison, Willie Haile, Elizabeth Zemp, Carolyn Houser, and Olivia Buddin. Jumelle Haile and Basil Bruce are to give an exhibition ball room dance. Elsie MeDowell will give a song and dance specialty. Fred Bryant will sing a solo. Joe McKain will sing whfle Molly Blackwell gives a special dance. Miss Nancy Dempster will show^us something, new. in novelty singing. f F Jimmie DeLoache and Miss Elizabeth Zemp will be seen in an attractive dance number. Dance music is to be provided for the evening by George Coleman and his ? country I club orchestra. The small tables for four will be arranged around the walls, leaving' d large space in the center for the guests dancing and for the entertainment features. * Canning Factory Seems Assured Some time ago a proposition was made to the business men of Camden through the Chamber of Commerce by Mr. Joe H. Thomas, ol Bloomville, S. C., that he would establish a cannery here provided th< citizens would raise f^OOO. A canvass of the business district this week practically assures thin amount being raised and with th? promises of other interested business men the goal is almost in sight. Mr. Thomas aready has his cannery paid for and the only, cbntin geney-is getting thefnTTflbriTto agree to plant one thousand acres ih truck. But this should be readily agreed to. The cannery will be operated for four months or more during the season and will employ between 250 and 500 women and 25 men, and have a capacity of one and one-half car loads of banned goods per day. At first "intention to start off on tonflboes^dkra and. beans. Later expand to take in other pro* ducts such as turnips, mustard, sweet potatoes and asparagus. About December 5 Mr. Thomas will come to Camden to arrange contracts with the farinera. He will come here with the very highest recommendations both in a personal and business way. To Meet at Hospital The auxiliary to the Camden Hospital will meet in the parlors of the [ hospital on Monday afternoon, November 25, at 4 o'clock. -All'members ai'e urged to Obme to this meeting. A ? ! 1 l- ' " ' 1I 11 Fatal Auto Collision Close To Newberry Friends in Camden and throughout the *tate regretted exceedingly the unfortunate accident which befell Mr. and Mrs. Reuben B. Pitts Ipst Saturday morning when their car and another car of a Newberry citizen collided causing the death of tfye Newberry man. Besides being president of the Hermitage Cotton Mill of this city, Mr. Pitts is a popular Rotarian, prominent member of the Camden Bap-, tist church and an all round good citizen. A large number of Rotarians 0n<\ other' friends called at the Pitts home Sunday to offer sympnthy arid services to these good people in their trouble. Tuesday's Newberry Observer carried the following impartial account of the sad occurrence: Another very distressing and unfortunate automobile collision has occurred on the now famous detour around this city,put there a few years ago over the protests of a number of our citizens by the State Highway commission, in which a prominent young farmer of the New Hope section of the county, Mr. J. Wilbur Graham has lost his life. The collision occurred Saturday morning about 10:15 at the intersection of the l&rother-Winnsboro high- -p way and the road around the city of v Newberry from Columbia to Greenville, near "BisKbp's filling station. % ? Mi^yGraham had in his car with ' him, Mrs. Graham, and they W.eTe ! on their way to this city. The car ' with which they collided wits that of tyf. Reuben B.% 'Pitts, driven by Mr. Pitts, and1 was occupied by Mr. * and Mrs. Pitts.. Mr. Pitts is president of the Hermitage Mill at Camden, S. C., and they were on their way to the upper part of the state, j Mr. Graham's car was completely I -turned*- ever -and he and Mre. - Graham' pinned -beneath the wreckage. 5 Mr. Graham was injured about the chest and body, causing internal j hemorrhage. He was carried to the Newberry- County hospital where > he died about 12:38 o'clock. Mrs.?? .. Graham wns painfully-. hurt about the face and arms, but was dismiss' ed from the hospital late Saturday 1 afternoon. , i Mr. and Mrs. Pitts were unhurt and their car wns only slightly damaged, the car running about one hun7 dred feet after"The impact. . -2 The coroner held an inquest Sat4 urday afternoon and after hearing, several witnesses', none of whom were eye witnesses, no one seeing t the cars whqn they struck, their, atr. tention being attracted by the noise of the impact, and rendered a Verdictto the -effect that1 Wilbur Graham was the result of a collision of a Pord touring car driven 'A by the deceased and a Buick coupe driven by Reuben B. Pitts. uMr. Pitta.-was held by the author.* - ities on a charge of manslaughter and appeared before Associate Justice Eugene S. 'Blease Saturday afternoon -oh application fof\ bond 3? which was granted in the sum of $1,500. Mr. Pitts was represented at the hearing for bail by Dr. Geo. B". Cromer, F. H. Dominick and Steve , Griffith. The-etste?wag"ropfe- F sented by Alan Johnstone. Mr. Pitts is a nephew of Judge C. FegtKerstone,. who, was f|io present ar^tbe heanng for bail. Mr. Graham was 38 years of ag6. The funeraF services were held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Graham cemeteiy, wndutled "by the Rev. R. C. Anderson. Besides AWidow he is survived by seven small children, ranging from one to twelve years of age. Five^ brothers and three sisters also survive, Thomas, Clarence, Daniel, Roy And Grady Graham, Mrs. E. Q. -Wicker and Mrs. Blackman Wicker all of Newberry and Mrs. Bessie Bonds of Colum- . bia. An aged father* Felix A. Gra- ? ham also survives. Charlotte Thompson Carnival. HThe athletic association of Char- I lotto Thompson High School is pubting on 4 Carnival at the' 8gb<jjfe?3M building Friday evening, November 22. They are anxious for you to attend this Carnival. It is a good place to- meet your friends and enjoy an evening of fun, v and feasting. Don't disappoint anyone. (Be thorn to receive your share of the pleas0**. There, will be- entertainment* for tt? young and old so bring the family. Be on hand from 7:00 until bedtime.