The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 14, 1930, Image 11
r l'oiw^iuH^XI >? planning to spend
the summer in the old papal summer
home in the hills of Alban over- 1
looking hake Albano. It will be the
first time the place has been occupied
since the days of Pope Pius IX.
Announcements
For Mayer
I hereby announce myself as a candidate
for the office of Mayor of the
City of Camden in the primary to
be held in March.
ROBERT M. KENNEDY, JR.
For Alderman
1 hereby announce myself as a candidate
for the office of Alderman of
the City of Camden from Ward Six
and wirl appreciate the vote of the
people in that Ward in the city primary
in March.
?T- <C. OLADDKN.
For Aldfrtitan
1 hereby announce my name as a
candidate for re-election to the office
of Alderman from Ward One for the
City Of Camden.
W. L. JACKSON
For Alderman
1 hereby announce myself as a candidate
fof- Alderman from Ward Five
for the City of Camden, and will appreciate
the support of the voters of
my Ward. It. P. DeLOACHE
For Alderman
I hereby announce myself as a candidate
for the office of Alderman
from Ward Five of the City of Camden,
subject to the rules of the City
Democratic primary.
HENRY SAVAGE, JR.
For Alderman
1 hereby announce myself as a candidate
for re-eleetion to the office of
Alderman from Ward Four of the J
City of Camden, and will appreciate
the continued support of the citizens
of that Ward.
C. C. WIIITAKER, SR.
For Alderman
1 hereby announce myself as a candidate
for re-election to the office of
Alderman from Ward Six for the City
. of Camden, and ask the continued
support of the citizens of my Ward.
M. L. SMITH, JR. I
iFor Alderman
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for re-election to the office of
Alderman from Ward Three, subject
to the rules of the Democratic primary.
S. W. van Landingham.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
Following is a copy of a letter received
from the Comptroller General's
office:
"To All Auditors and Treasurers:
"In response to numerous requests
for suspension of the penalty provided
for February and March on delinquent
taxes, and on account of conditions
existing at this time, it is
deemed advisable to suspend said
jK'nalties;
"Therefore, under authority of
Section 830, Volume 3, Code of Laws,
1022, and with the Approval of the
Governor, the penalty of one per
cent, for February and five per cent
for March is hereby suspended until
March 15th., when the sam/i will be
added to all unpaid taxes for the
year 1929, and the books shall be,
closed; that is to say that the one'
per cent, added for January will be
collected without further increase until
March 15th, 1930.
Yours respectfully.,
S. W. HOGU?,
Treasurer Kershaw County
January 30th, 1930.
TRE8PASS NOTICE
We, the undersigned, forbid any
and all trespassing for the purpose
of fishing or hunting, or nny purpose
whatsoever on our lands in School
District No. 37.
M. "M. KJRKLAND,
MARY H. CLYBURN.
Route 5, Camden, S. C.
Jan. 6, 1930. t 43-45 pd.
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NO-MO-KORN
FOR CORNS AND CALLOUSES
Made in Camden And For Sale By
DeKalb Pharmacy?Phone IS >
that la
REFRESHING N
"Wa have used a
Tbedford's Black- B
Draught for years I
| in our family. I can B
highly recommend
it for many all- m
merits. We take it fl
for colds and for B
j constipation. B
"I have four chil- B
dren, and I give it >
to them. "When my
little girl gets bill- j
ous, or complains of
headache, I give her
a treatment of Black-Draught, Ifi
and she is all right in a day M
or two. !. j j
"Sometimes when I have in- MM
digestion from improper eat- |fl
ing, I have headache. Then I II
take Black-Draught. I always M
feel fresh and have more Bj
energy after I have taken ml
it."?Mrs. E. Reich, 2215 East H
First Street, Austin, Texas.
NOTED PRISONER PAROLED I
Governor Gardner I'iuch Man Who
Became Wealthy in Alabama
Raleigh, Feb. 5.?John H. Cameron, j
North Carolina escaped convict who '
became a weulthy and respected cit- j
is en of Sylacauga, Alabama, will again
become a free man late today j
or early tomorrow.
Governor O. Max Gardner late this
morning formally signed parole pap.
era for Cameron, Hoke county man
who served less than a year of a
20-year sentence for murder before
he escaped prison in December, 1014.
The decision of Governor Gardner
last night to free Cameron came as
a surprise and was taken without the
knowledge of Cameron's attorneys or
any other interested parties. The
condition of the plotter's health whs
said to huve been Responsible for the
parole.
Cameron, under the name of J. 13.
Davis, became the wealthiest and
leading citizen of Sylacauga during
his 14 years of freedom after his escape.
He was returned here in November,
HK38, to complete service of
his sentence.
While living in Alabuma uhder the
name <>/ Davis, iho former Norti
Carolinian carried three of his son- j
from Kacford in Hoke county to Sylacauga
and established them in exiensive
turpentine business with himself.
The rest of bis family remained
in Raeford.
Cameron was sent to prison in 101 i
to serve 20 years for the killing of 1'.
C. Oakev, Raeford county chief of
police. The of.fcier had previously
arrested Cameron, member of a
prominent family, for drunkenness.
TODAY'S BANDIT A BRUTE
Gunman Shoots to Kill Whether He
Has Provocation or Not
Two bandits entered a New Yorx
store, occupied at the time by Elias
Ellmond, 60, a shoe clerk, and Louis
Dickman, young son of the proprietor.
Their hands were ordered up as
the thugs aimed revolvers.
"You hand over that ring," said
one, spying it on Ellmonds up-raised
hand. It was a gift from his dead
wife, Ellmond explained, and pleaded
for the right to keep it. Ellmond
was chivalrous to the past, in remembrance
of romance. His knigh4hood
still lived.
But not so in the criminals of today.
The robbers swore in reply, and
one fired two shots into Ellmond's
breast, killing him, for no reason
whatever, as Ellmond in death kept
his ring. The bandit turned hastily
scooped $75 out of the cash register
and fled.
There is no chivalry, no honor
among the modern thieves. They
have no respect for romance, for sentiment
and certainly not for life.
Men are shot down now with little
or no provocation. This is due either
to bitter brutality or the nervousness
of inexperience. The trained
thug of old never shot without a
semblance of an excuse. There is no
regard for "life nor fear of the law.
There is no conscience and chivalrous
conduct is missing.?'Miami Herald.
"Hard Times"
How are times in North Carolina?
"Hard", comes the clamorous answer
from all over the state.
But if times are so "hard" why
is it that the people of the state
managed to scrape together some
$60,000,000 to send out to other states
for new automobiles during the past
year? This is a sum not so much
less than the value of the cotton crop
of the state.?'Winston-Salem Journal.
A Buffalo, N. Y., policeman was
shot to death Monday while trying to
prevent the robbery of a chain store.
NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE
Under and by virtue of executions
in the hands of the Sheriff of Kershaw
County for State and County
Taxes against the Camden Clothing
Company, a corporation under the
laws of the State of South Carolina,
for the years 1927, 1928 and 1929,
and executions on judgments, in the
case of Stanfley Clothing Gompany
vs. Camden Clothing Company, and
in the case of Sweet Orr Company vs
Camden Clothing Company, and in
the case of Muncing Wear Corporation
vs. Camden Clothing Company;
and under and by virtue of executions
for taxes of the City of Camden against
the Camden Clothing Company
for the years 1928 and 1929, in the
hands of the Chief of Police of the
City of Camden; and under and by
virtue of an assignment made by the
Camden Clothing Company to Jf. K.
de Loach, as Assignee, and under
which S. N. Nicholson has been appointed
as agent of creditors, the
undersigned will offer for sale to the
higjiest bidder for cash, before the
Court House door in the City of Camden
at eleven o'clock in the forenoon
on Monday the 3rd day of March,
1930, all of the wares, goods, merchandise,
fixtures, and accounts of
the said Camden Clothing Company,
a corporation. An inventory of the
said goods and fixtures will be made
for inspection of any persons desiring
to bid thereon, and the said goods
and fixtures may be seen at the store
on Broad Street of Camden heretofore
occupied by the Camden Clothing
Company.
J. H. McLEOD,
Sheriff, Kershaw County.
H. D. HILTON,
Chief oJ Police, City of Camden
JOHN K. de LOAOH,
Assignee, Camden Clothing Company.
S. N. NICHOLSON,
Agent of Creditors, Camden Clothing
Company. ?
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TALL MAPLE TREE NOW MARKS ])
VENERABLE PASTOR'S GRAVE!:
(Hy Mcudle 8. Fletcher in Greenville
I >miIy iNews.)
Nature haa added her handiwork
to the efforta of men to erect a
suitable monument to the memory of
the Hev. George Pope, founder of
the second oldeat Baptist church in
South Carolina, the Flat Creek Baptist
church, ten miles oust of Kershaw.
Standing in the center of th* ven
crable miniater'a grave in Flat Creek
cemetery, ia u 50-foot maple tree,
t
sided in the Flat Creek community I
till hi* life, related, soon* interesting j '
! history of the Flat Creek church,
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some of which he has witnessed himI
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self and some of which antedates his <
own life.
"1 don't know how old that tree \
I
is," Mr. Gardner said, in referring' t
to the maple standing in the center . ,
of the grave. In fact, I don't Uiink (
anybody knows. It has been there
for years and years. Of course I I ,
can remember when it was just a
I i
i four and a half feet in circumference
| an<| one and one-half feet in diamI
eter, which has been there since the
I memory of the oldest inhabitants of
| this community.
The Rev. Mr. Pope came to the
Flat Creek section in 177(3, moving
here from North Carolina or Virginia
in response to a dream and
a direct call to go to Lancaster county
tO^preaoh.
The same day the United States
was born, July 4, 177(3, he led a small
group of zealous followers in organizing
the Flat Creek church. He
served as its minister until his death,
and now he sleeps in the church cemetery,
with an ancient stone at the
foot of his grave, a more recently
erected monument marking the head
of the tomb, and nature's beautiful
memorial, a maple tree, rooted in the
center of the grave.
Frank Gardner, 75, who has re
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little sapling, and only it and two j
small stones marked the grave. The j
original footstone is still in place,'
while the old headstone was moved j
aside in 1909 to make room for the j
large stone which now marks the I
head of the grave. The new stone ,
has the most unusual inscription that '
I have ever seen or heard of."
"Mr. Pope was a Baptist preacher i
who lived in the upper part of North |
Carolina or the lower part of Virgin- i
ia. He had a 'vision' to go to!
Lynche's Creek, South Carolina, and ,
preach. When he refused to go after ,
a second vision, his stock begun to !
die. One morning he found that his j
wheat had been killed during the
night. Mr. Pope then cried out,1
'Lord, what shall I do?' A voice told
him to go to Lynche's Creek and
preach. The man came here on
horseback, and upon riding up to u
little log cabin where services were
jein? hold was asked to preach, lit? <
?uhI he would preach just so at the t
same time crossing his index fin- i
{ers. So powerful was the visitor's
preaching that the people followed (
mmi and on July 4, 1770, he led ih 1
<ig a n iy. i ng Flat Creek baptist church, r
.vhivh I have been told is the second <
ddcsl church in the state, being sec- \
rul to a ohurch in Charleston."
"Mr. Pope was the first person to .
ie buried in the cemetery although
here is no written record giving the
/ear in which he died," the old genIonian
added.
The unusual inscription which cov rs
three sides of the atone reads:
"A baptist preacher who lived in
:he lower part of Virginia or the
jpper part of North Carolina, \s h *
iad 11 dream to go to Lyache's Creek
Lo preach, as it was only a dream
tie did not heed it, later he had the
same dream, but he paid little attention
to it as it was" only u dream.
Soon his stoJTc began to die. lie stiU
lid not go. One morning he wen'.,
to his wheat field and found the
frost had killed all his wheat and in
tlorp.'i!' he cried out, 'I.ord, what -h:."
I do?' A voice or deep impression
replied, '(Jo to Lynche's Creek and
preach.' He went home, saddled his
horse, and started, not knowing
which way to go, but knew he was
right by seeing objects that he had
seen in his dream. Arriving at the
place, next day he and some friends
went to the little log house where
services were being hold. At the
conclusion he arose and said he was
going to preach just so, describing
a cross with his fingers. The effect
of his preaching was such as had never
been seen in all the eountry before.
The theme of his whole preaching
was that it was dangerous to lie
down to sleep a sinner. ''The people
followed him and extended him a
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call to preach, and he accepted
and organized Flat Creek church
July 4, 1776. He moved his family
here and preached until he died, being
the first pernon 'buried here.
Some years after the death of Rev.
Pope, Joseph Copeland, a baptist
preacher, dreamed that he must go
and cut down the saplings which hui
grown up in the field cleared by M?*.
Pope."
The fourth side of the stone carries
in larger letterR?these words'"Erected
by the Flat Creek Sunday
School and Friends July 4, 1909."
Upon being asked if there were
dher interesting figures 'burled In
he cemetery or if there were other
inusual graves Mr. Gardner replied,
'I ran give you the names of severul
Confederate soldiers, ail former inem?ers
of the Flat Creek church, who
est there." Then the man who was
>nly seven years of age when the
,var began, gave as wearers of the
fray Bob Gardner, George Gardner,
lim Gardner, Geames Gardner, Minor
. ardner, Ransom Gardner, Hanson
Mexican) Gardner, Alfred Gardner,
(all relatives of Frank Gardner),
Jritton Parker, Lydes Preston, George
Mungo, Andrew Knight and Therlow
PreRton.
It is an established fact that the <-v ]
l-'lat Creek church organized in 177<>
.ml which met first in a log cabin,
lias continued without interruption.
\ second building was erected a few
hundred yards ,below the site of the
lob cabin, while the present structure,
n modern rural house of worship,
?
lands on the exact spot where services
were being held when Mr. Pope
rode up to the cabin door."
A number of powerful spiritual
figures have occupied the pulpit,
among them being the Kov. Nathan ?
Faile and ihe Rev. T. A. Dabney,'th<
1. tiler serving for approximately'
twenty-five years. For the past four
years the church has experienced
growth under the leadership of the
Rev. Geo. E. Smith, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Kershaw.
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1 height W. Morrow, United States
ambassador to Mexico, and member
of the naval parley delegation at
London, has filed papers in Neiw Jersey
as a candidate in the primary
for the United States senatorial nom
ination of the Republican party of
that state.
| (Cut Furnished by Courtesy Greenville Daiy Mows)
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NOTICE OF SALE
Sheriff's Sale of Contraband Goods
Forfeited Under Section 885 of Volume
2, Code of Laws 11*22.
Please take notice that I will sel) - ^
at public auction, for cash to the
highest bidder, in front of the Court
Mouse door at Camden, S. C., on the
first Monday in March, 11*30, being
the 3rd day thereof, during the legal
hours of sale, one upright steam
boiler; one gasoline engine, 10 empty
Coca Cola barrels, 300 pounds granulated
sugar, said goods having been
confiscated by me under Section 885
of Volume 2, Code of 1022, providing
for the forfeiture of goods used in
illegal manufacture of alcoholic liquors.
J. H. McLEOD,
Sheriff Kershaw Counfy.
j February 10, 1030.
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| To the Farmers
i of South Carolina
5
s In recognition of the vital necessity of producing higher yields per acre and
better quality of lint, the Cotton Manufacturer's Association of South Carolina is re- '
as newing its offer of $2,000 to he given in prizes to the successful South Carolina
j I farmers in a 1930 Five-Acre Cotton Contest to be conducted hy the Clem son College
Extension Service.
m Increased production per acre and higher quality lint is essential to the welg
fare of the South Carolina cotton growers. To meet the competition of Western
cottons our growers must realize the following facts:
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m We are in the fortunate position of having within the State a market through
IS our cotton mills for approximately 800,000 hales of 15-16 to 1 (1 -16 inch cotton.
During the past four years, since the inauguration of the Five-Acre Cotton Conss
test, our production of this type of cotton has increased faster than that of any
t other Southeastern State but we still sure approximately 500,000 bales short of
supplying the needs of our home manuf acturers. \y '
S Results of the contests show that the production of a quality cotton is more
W profitable per acre than is the production of 7-8 inch staple cotton, of which we
grow almost 300,000 more bales than our mills can consume.
psi A cordial invitation is extended every farmer in South Carolina to enter the
56 1930 contest and to compete for the valuable cash awards to be given by the Cotton
'Manufacturers. Full details of the requirements and rules will be gladly
sss furnished by the local County Agent in each County Seat.
| | W. W. LONG, Director,
Clemson College Extension Service.
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i Q=j Comparative Profits per Acre from Various Length Staples?
? Averaged from Records of 1010 Contetsants
.in 1928 and 1929 ,Contests
| == Staple 7-8" 15-16" 1" 1 1-32" 1 1-16"
j No. of~acres 590 1170 1110 800* 1120"
Ave. yield per acre lint.... 487 500 500 561 484
Value in cts. per Kb 17.96 18.48 19.36 20.18 20.48
Value per acre.. $87.46 $92.40 $96.80 $113.21 $99.12
' Increased acre value over 7-8" 4.94 9.34 25.75 11.66
Average Pjrice Delivered Carolina Mills Last Week of Dec. 1928 and 1929
Per Cent of Cotton Crops in Desired
Class of 15-16" Staple or Better
State 1928 1929
South Carolina 33.3 34.3
North Carolina 20.8 24.1
Georgia 17.4 10.8
Alabama 7.9 2.8
Figures by Bureau of Agri. Economics,
U. S. Department of Agriculture
BThis space is contributed to the Clemson College Extension Service by The Cotton Manufacturer's
Association of South Carolina and this advertisement is being inserted in the entire press of the
SB State as an Assurance of the continuation of the interest of the Cotton Manufacturers in more
profitable cotton-growing in the State.
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