University of South Carolina Libraries
The Camden Chronipi f I VOLUME 42 11 '? ? | I CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY; JUNE 13. 1030 ~ ~ " RS5TO _ _ JNUMUEU 12 Abandoned Acres I Good For Wheat I A recent issue of the Macon, Ga., BpWraph. carried the following, Bwhicli will be read with interest by the friends of Mr. Carrisoiv who for mefly resided i%Camden. Mr, carEton is also in receipt of a letter from the Macon Chamber of Comwhich reads: I "The press continues to report a rich harvest from the movement of Kechaniaed 'farming, and the adap-1 Station of wheat to Georgia farms which was inaugurated by you so, courageously a few years ago. "We wish to convey to you'sincere Appreciation of the Middle Georgia utirfess men for yoyr intelligent eadcrship in this program?yours as been a revitalizing Tnfulence on liddlr Georgia agriculture." B^The present, harvest of Georgia wheat which is daily pouring into he local mills, was the subject of Bom'ment yesterday by I),. F. Bruce, Bounty agent, who called attention Bo the opportunity which this crop offered for the use of < abandoned Bcreage in the state. F "Thei e a real future in GeorBiu," he said, "on growing field-1 crops and livestock on abandoned acreages. The necessities which must' Bo along with the use of such land are managerial ability, capital and labor-saving machinery. I "The bountiful wheat crop being harvested in Georgia this year is the result of increased interest during the last three years. This large crop is giving the farmer a nice profit where cost of production is kept beBuw $15 an acre and production is! above 18 bushels. "Two wheat day demonstrations were held on the farm of D. J. Car- | rison in 1928-29. These brought ^ farmers, bankers and agriculturists from all parts of the state to see what was thought to be impossible carried out. I "We take off our hats to Mr. Car nson for having the nerve and pion-1 eenng spirit to tackle an old aban- 1 doned farm and turn it into profitable yielding crops by the use of a I tractor, one-way disc tplows and com-; bine harvester. Several flour mills! in the state affording a market for ! wheat has caused 21 combines to be | bought in the last two years. Large! acreages are still being harvested by i reaper and binder, too. But this has | brought a new vision with power I machinery doing away with inefficient labor. Several farms'with 1,000 to l,f00 acres are employing only four to six hands by the use of riding; I plows, cultivators and tractors." He also added a word about adding fertilizer to other crops as a side dressing after the rain of the last 24 I $22,000 For Wheat I The purchase Monday and Tuesday! of $22,000 worth of Georgia wheat1 by local mills made those two days j a record for grain history here, a; check-up revealed last night. W hen wagons and train cars poured ! 8.694 bushels of grain into the bins! of the Birdsey Flour Mills here! Tuesday, an all-time record was es-i tablished, it was learned. ; The Georgia wheat yield this year i is considered the best in the history i lof the state, and has brought many thousands of dollars to the pockets of ' he farmers. A dry maturing period and improved methods of cultivation! I^n(i harvest are credited with the ICamden Attorney I on Supreme Bench q^?/"mor Circuit Judge Mendel L.! mith. one of the outstanding lawyers of the state, is serving the! roonth of June in Columbia at the ?essA0D the supreme court of | fcouth Carolina. Chief Justice Watts,] i Laurens, is in Atlanta recuperating ro'? an illness and the Camden at B?rfyjwaa aPP<>i?ted by Governor H chards to serve for the term now n session. Mr. Llewellyn Dead In Northern Home ed -r R in Camden were sadden v ,uesday when a message came I . a"n?uncing the death of Mr. that j Llewellyn, which occurred I M#c "a-y. at bis home in Arlington, I ferin ? Llewellyn had been suf --m ^ 11 heart trouble for some v;.e an<' '-cft here May 30th for vl.JU>rt)>vn home- He was 76 I mac ^ v.?,' Mr. Llewellyn had vp^l! . home here for a number of e!!Vv, u> : bis son, Mr. A. S. LlewI ail.' "'"(1 .bad many friends in his I father !r'nu'- The devotion of Cam son was beautiful and I UeweM* - cnds sympathize with Mr. death Vk'in(' 0^ber relatives in the I ber ,f u ^atber. He was a memI of fA A'0 tVnteree Baptist church I not 1 lin' Ho had retired and had lioth. ti<n on??ged in business for u??ie time. I C*mden?\^r' Llewellyn, of Bowing rings'8 SUrv^ve<l "by the folI win, ffd?Ufhim: Mr?- F- W,. GoodI L- UewellS?*t<m: *!* * MIm Edith 1 ColoradoM* a tocher of Delta, l^on. N^^^WindUm. oi J,, " ' ' t I I 1ft !?* Camden Cannery Attracting Attention TV, (Hy John K- Aull) the cannery at Camden, which ho j jfan operations during the past week >f uTut n ?t'"the. me' it reaches ?ts Ufn 11 ,Mir day' *ut when just US soon as tile rereuU? ??'ty' c l.s'of aThe S v,i k years was engaged in is business at Bloomville. According to information given S' K;.A.V11' executive secretaryof the South Carolina Natural Resources n^T8"'," by Mr- 'rhomssl the cany .now ha? contracts with growers covering some 400 acres of kan? jokra and tomatoes, and will have con' 1-400 and fiOO1 ^ ***7" f-or h(-'Uveen I nip vuhr; I ter^ountfes? K#r'h'W' a"d Su'"! ' wrmri Tho as stated th?t the plant land hCcmi'0y 125 t0 130 Persons,. n M WM- V exP?ct?d later to ion Si, \ i capacity, which will pro. poi tionately increase the acreage to be contracted for. When its present full-time capacity is reached, the ; V1' run UP to between 1200 and 1500 acres. 1,500 cases means one and one-half carloads per day. ir> th p!fnt l? located on a sidetrack Jl ft* r> Y ?l Camden and is known I as the I almetto Packing Corporation. ? ?Ri ve?9tabl?fs are included under a Bloom Brand", and the labels bear lirfa ' wT dfS?n of the Carom Vi^ura Sources Commission. I Mr. Thomas stated that he will ship to various sections of the United .States all the way from California to New York and from Oregon to Florida. During the few days of its operation the cannery attracted many visitors from the city and county, and it was stated that the products Drought in from various points in Kershaw, Sumter and Lee counties were as fine as were ever seen on the local market. Reports received at the office of the ~oirth Carolina Natural Resources Commission are to the effect that in several sections of the State there will be various community enterprises in the growing of tomatoes. -!?rin last tomato season considerable shipments were made to Georgia and Florida, in addition to the large usual shipments to other states, and this year contracts have already been made by various growers for the disposal of a larger acre- ! age. Shipments of vegetables are not only larger this year but the points of shipment are more widely scattered over the State. Impetus has been given the vegetable movement by buyers who have come into South Carolina from other states. As one particular instance of the wide advertising which the iodine content of South Carolina products has secured, is a letter from a gentleman in another state to the secretary of the Natural Resources Commission stating that he expects to send his son to a South Carolina college particuj larly on this account. | - Johnson Wins Seat ! North State Senate Camden and Kershaw county friends of Murdock M. Johnson, formerly of this city, but now a prominent attorney of Aberdeen, N C., will be Rl&d to know that he was overwhelmingly nominated for a seat 1Y1 the North Carolina senate in Saturdays primary in that state. Mr Johnson is a member of the law firm of Johnson and Johnson, doing a large practice in several counties. He was put up as a Democratic candidate for the state senate from the twelfth senatorial district, comprising the counties of Moore, Harnett, Hoke and Randolph, and won out over two opponents. While there are a good many Republicans in the district and they will have a candidate out against him, the Democrats always have a majority and the nomination Saturday, like South Carolina primaries, is practically tantamount to an election. Mr. Johnson has made good in his adopted state and he will have the distinction, when the North Carolina assembly, convenes of having served in both branches of both the Smith and North Carolina legislative bodies. He was twice elected to serve as a | member of the lower house from Ker shaw county in the South Carolina ' assembly. His friends here congratj ulate him on his victory. Purchases Plane Nathan N. Prentiss, of Boston, i Massachusetts, who is hotter known ! as the "flying salesman", has pur;chased a Stearman with a Wright i Whirlwind motor from the D. W. Flying school and now has 425 flying j hours to his credit. Last winter i Prentiss handled all of the flying activities at the Woodward Airport in Camden, South Carolina.?LeRoy, N. Y., News-Gaiette. Junior Order to Attend Service* The membership of DeKalb Cduncil No. 88, Jr. O. tl. A. M., will attend services at the Wateree Baptist church next Sunday evening, June Ififch, at 8 o'clock. Rev. Lit tie john. the pastor, has arranged a special program for this aatvice. All n*m?*? JU* requited to be promt at tfcechuch not later than 7:46 o'clock-J. I 4 Mother Follows Son To Grave in a Week ^f The citizens of the Flat Hock section were called upon to mourn the passing of a son and mother within a week's time recently. On Monday, May 28, Henry A. Moore, aged 55. died at the family homestead after a long illness, brought about by a complication of diseases. Funeral services were held at Damascus church conducted by Rev. Hoffmeyer, of the Kershaw Methodist charge. Mr. Moore's wife predeceased him about twelve years ago. 1 hen on Saturday following the death of the son., his mother, Mrs. Laura Moore, an aged lady of 82 years, passed away. Her funeral and burial were held the following day* at Damascus church, the same pastor officiating. , Mrs. 'Moore is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Kate Truosdell, of the! Mat Rock setcion, and two nieces,! h annie Bell McDowell and Rebecca i McDowell, of State Park, Columbia.! There were six children of this fam-1 ily ttnd JMr#, Truesdell is the only surviving member. Two More Foresters Added To State Columbia, S. C., Juno 2.?The State Forestry' Commission at their last meeting districted the State and authorized the appointment of two district foresters for South Carolina. One man is being located in Florence, and headquarters are being provided for a district forester in Spartanburg. & Dr. D. Y. Lenhart, in charge of the Morence district, has had four years of technical forestry training, with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Forestry: He was secured frorh the North Carolina State School of Agriculture and Engineering, where he held a teaching fellowship in the Forestry Department of that School. He graduated in 1927 and was employed by private timber growing interests for nearly two years, with about one year's experience in state forestry ac.i tivities. Mr. Lenhart is a woodsman1 from every point of view. The timberland owners of the State are becoming more interested each year in their idle land problem. Mr. Lenhart will spend practically all of his time right on the ground with the | timberland owners. He will work with the schools, agricultural agents, agri- ! cultural teachers, county agents and many other agencies that can be interested in the all-important forestry work of the state. With the fourteen million acres of land in the State that must grow trees under present agricultural conditions, there is a big job ahead. The State Forestry Commission wishes to enlist for Mr. Lenhart the fullest cooperation from every timberland owner, saw mill operator, farmer, business man, and, in fact every'citizen of the State. First Baptist "Church Services The following services are announced for the week at the First Baptist church. Sunday school at 10 o'clock, Mr. W. G. Wilson, superintendent; preaching by the pastor at 11:15 on the subject, "Dads And Lads." Evening service at 8:30; preaching by the pastor on the subject,' "The Life of Service," baccalaureate sermon to graduate nurses of Camden hospital. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8:30, B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening at 7:30. The pastor -and members of the other churches are invited to worship With us at the evening hour. Visitors always have a most cordial welcome. Club Held Meeting The June meeting of the Lugoff Home Demonstration club was held at the Community House Tuesday, June 3, with nine members and three visitors present. <*>The president, Mrs. B. W. Gettys, presided with Mrs. J. B. (Durham acting secretary in the absence of the secretary, Mrs. J. T. Gettys. Miss Louise Rabon conducted the devotionals. Mrs. Holland and Mrs. West presented the plans of the permanent 4-H Club Camp. We hope these plans will meet with favor elsewheo*e and that the camp will soon be established. Each club is asked to build its own shack while the county council will build the kitchen, pavillion, etc. Refreshments were served at the close of the business session. Wateree Baptist Church Services Services announced for Wateree Baptist church for Sunday, June 16, will be: Sunday school' at 10:30; preaching at 11:30, evening service at 8 o'clock. Sunday night the church will have as guests the Junior Order United American Mechanics Visitors are always welcome to all the services. Guernsey Heifer Sale July 10th Boys or girls wishing to purchase a well-bred Guernsey heifer will please get in touch with County Agent Green and attend the sale of Guernsey heifers at the State Fair Grounds, July 10th, at noon. We need more and better dairy cows in Kershaw county and it is hoped that a number of boys and girls from this county will attend the sale and buy a good "4alf and begin to lay the foundation' for .? food datty herd, advises Hetrry D. Often, County Agent ri*; Roll Books For Enrollment Open ( lub roll books- for the enrollment j of voters in the Democratic primary ; for liMO ure now o]M>n in the various; precinct* ovet\ the county. This is the fourth year of the previous enrollment, Hnd calls for a new one. The old enrollment will not enable u voter to go to the polls in the com* ing primary and vote. The book for the Camden club is / located at The Chronicle office and the enrollment committee is composed of Miss Kmmie Alexander, F. M. May* nurd and II. I). Nile*. The enrollment places for other precincts in the coVrfuy will be found in another place in this paper. The books for enrollment will be open through the month of June. 1 he books are also to be open in all other precipcts of the county during the month of June, In order to enroll, the chief requirements are that the age of twenty-one must be reached on or before ! the general election in November; j each one enrolling must have lived in] South ( nroliua for two years and in the county six months on or prior to the general election. Every citizen of the county is urged by-the executive committee of the county to locate their respective place of enrollment and at the earliest pos- 1 sible moment meet the requirements ' for voting in the primary. Bailey Defeats Senator Simmons Charlotte, N. C., June 9.?Josiah W- Bailey, Raleigh attoruey, defeat-} ed United States senator Furriifold M. Simmons of New Berji fpr the democratic nomination for senator on the basis of incomplete returns from Saturday's democratic primary election. He will be opposed in the November election probably by either Geo. E. Butler of (Clinton or George M. Ptfitchard of Asheville, republican. Butler and Pritchard were leading on the face of scanty returns ftom the first state-wide republican primary ever held in North Cardtina, with Irvin Tucker of Whiteville and H. Grady Dorsett of Wake Forest receiving ?n'vugh votes to prevent either getting a majority. In the democratic race 1,514 out of the state's 1,799 precincts gave Bailey a lead of 61,905 votes over Simmons and the veteran senator, : who has served his state at Wash-1 ington for 29 years, admitted yester-1 day afternoon that returns he had received indicated his defeat. The I vote was Bailey, 183,390; Simmons, [ 121,465, and Thomas L. Estep, wet, 1,073. There had been intimations that Senator Simmons might run as an independent in view of the fact that Bailey entered the campaign with the avowed intention of "punishing" Simmons for his refusal in 1928 to support Alfred E. Smith for president. The senator today put a damper on this with the statement that such a prediction was "ridiculous." Senator Simmons entered the senate in 1900, defeating Marion Butler of Clinton, then senator from North Carolina, who was elected on the republican ticket. For many" years Simmons was virtually dictator of the democratic party and to "his Ye} fusal to support Smith - many attribute the fact that North Carolina went for Herbert Hoover in 1928. Steamer Outfit Captured by Officers Rural Officers S. P. Watkins, G. B. DoBruhl and H. A. Rabon, accompanied by Federal officers captured a complete steamer liquor making outfit late Tuesday afternoon about four miles over the Richland county line, in what is known as the Kelley's mill sectioh. v Included in the capture were one twelve-horsepower boiler, 215 gallons of corn liquor, 12,500 gallons of beer and one . large Hudson automobile. No arrests were made. Sumter Woman Dead From Gas Mrs. Arthur S. Harby, widow of the late Arthur S. Hatby, was found dead in her bed in a gas-filled room of Jier home on North Purdy street here shortly after 8 o'clock this mornjng. The body was discovered by the daughter of the dead woman, 1 Alice Harby, and a sevrant in tho 'house. An examining physician dei dared that Mrs. Harby had b^?..dead at least eight hours, indicating that she turned on the gas when she retired Friday night. Arthus S. Harby, prominent attorney of this city, died la?t October 16th after a few weeks' illness. | Mrs. Harby suffered a nervous breakdown soon after her husband's death and has been very despondent since. Worry over the loss of her husband is believed to have caused her to take her life. Mrs. Harby, before her marpiagatn 1915, was Miss Ella Dils of Oon* wasrt/fl. C. Surviving her are " two ohiklrOa, Jack Harby, age 14, and Alice Harby, age 12; one-sister, Mrs. W. D. Thurman of Logan, west Virgin^ two brother*. ?* Saturday * Sumter Item. .? Home For Children On Lower Fair Street Members of the Associated Charities of Camden and Kershaw County, make the announcement that they have purchased the old Hrasington homo on. lower Fair street, more recently known us the Hinson property, and plan to make improvements and convert it into a children's home. The nruperty was purchased from Mrs. Kathleen A. Mooreford at a cost of $2,1(H) and it consists of two and one-half acres, with a frontage of 194 feet on Fair street. The house sets well buck off the street and has a half acre garden already under cultivation and has pasturage enough for the care of one cow. It is planned to divide the house properly, for boys and girls, install two bath rooms and have these repairs finished by fall when it will by ready for occupancy. For the present the children already being cared for by the Associated Charities are being boarded by Mrs. W. K. llcndrix. in her home. After the home is opened Mrs. llcndrix will be in charge. A drive will be put on at an early date for furniture, bed linens, towels and children's clothing for both boys and girls. The Associated Charities also plan to get a charter of incorporation from the secretary of state as soon as notice of publication can be iAsued. McGraw Takes Own Life Day of Trial Columbia, June 7.?A- B. McGraw, policeman of New Brookland, suburb of Columbia, was to have gone to trial last Friday morning at 9:30 for the murder of Henry Martin, whom he killed in the emergency operating room of the Columbia hospital in April, 1929. But at 9:15 he sent a bullet through his heart and died itr stantly while the court house in Columbia was filling with men and women intent on hearing details of the trial. McGraw left his home to start for the court house. Ho reached the front yard and turned to re-enter the house. As he did so Mrs. McGraw emerged from the house. He passed j her on the porch and patted her on (the shoulder affectionately. He went | op into the house and Mrs. McGraw I heard a shot, she later reported. She 'fainted and relatives who were visiti ihg at the home came to her rescue and also Pushed to the room where they heard the shot, to find McGraw lying dead on a cot, a pistol ball having passed through his i>ody. McGraw left no note and had made no statement to anyone that would explain his suicide. He was, in Columbia yesterday and while here investigated the jury list from which would have been drawn the venire that would have heard his case. He made no comment, however. McGraw was tried last July and a mistrial resulted. Three or four times since the case has been postponed for one reason or another, but it was expected that the trial would : start this morning. Court adjourned for the remainder of thCweek, as witnesses in all other cases had been I excused till Monday. County Shows Gain In Recent Census While many counties throughout the Southland have shown considerable decrease in their population over the ten-year period, Kershaw county comes forward with a gain of 2,527 since the lust census, according to a report just made public by A. H. Bynum, supervisor of the census for ^his district. The population of Kershaw county as shown by the preliminary, count of the returns taken as of April 1, 1930,' is 31,925 as compared with 29,398 on January 1, 1920. The 1930 figures are preliminary and subject to correction. There were 3,093 farms enumerated lit Kershaw county. Editor Smoak Pays Visit To Camden "W. W. Smoak," editor of the Wulterboro Press and Standard, one of the progressive newspapers of tho low country, and an announced candidate for governor of South Carolina, was in Camden for a visit Wednesday/ Mr. Smoak is a man of pleasing personality and has had ten years experience in the legislature from Colleton county, on the important ways and means committee and was speaker, pro tern. He is a member of the South Carolina Resources Commission and has spent a great deal ime helping to promote the iodine Idea and has had to do with many other things pertaining to the welfare of his state and in his preliminary campaign is stressing the most important things he stands for, which will be discussed from the plaform in the regular scheduled meetings, Which open at I^exington next Tuesday. Rochelle-McGougan Mrs. Lois McCougan, of Bethune, Announces the marriage of her daughter, Sally Kennie, to Bonnie Claiborne Rochelle, of Durham, N. C., Sunday, June 1, at Camden. Mr. and. Hi*. Rochelle wiU make their heme in Home Talent Play Hooked For June 20 Next to Santa Cluus appearing in ( nmden, Lindbergh would In* next on ? Jlol; V'l ,,ri<,?y ?'Kht, June 20, i. i 0\,m"k Duulbergh's double will be at th?> high school auditorium and ( amden boys and lorit Ik will have / a ride with him into the land where f even this Jamyus aviator has never before flown his monster plane It Happened at Midnight" is one of the most unusual and "different" "I'P ?L Plays imaginable. 1 be U. 1). ("s., who are sponsoring this charming play have taken great wire to give the well seleeted east professional eoaehing by Miss .Mildred Wall of the Kline Producing ( ompupy. Kveryone will be more than pleased with the. petite edition of '/iegfeld'a fol.ies i? which the little beauties of Camden "step high" to the tuno of snappy song hits. The ebarming little boys who glorify the beauties, are quite a bit in their interpretation of the modern tea hounds. Jl,u will long re me nils r the scene where dreams are sold?when every color m the rainbow danees through so! i floodlights of gorgeous rainbow hues. Besides all that dreams are auctioned off to the highest bidder. But perhaps the most delightful scene in this play is story book land. The action that takes place introduces Mother (loose and her famous retinue, Mother Hubbard with her dog, Br'er Rabbit and his di/ficulties with the dog, Simple Simon, the Old Woman, Juck Spratt, his saucy little wife and many others are introduced in an original manner, which is certain to inspire much laughter. "It Happened at Midnight'" has been given extremely ^Omplimervtary press criticism and reviews in cities where it has been played. Don't forget the time?Friday evening, the 20th of June, at 8:.'10 o'clock. The place?.High School Auditorium. This is the first time in quite a while a Camden audience will have the pleasure of seeing the children of ( amden in a play all their own. The John I). Kennedy Chapter U. I). C. will offer this play for your approvul at popular prices. Tickets will be on sale after Monday at W. K. Zcmp's Drug Store. Beloved Physician Died Here Tuesday Dr. James Thornwell Hay, of Boykin, S. C., died at the Camden Hospital at 11:15 Tuesday evening about eleven hours after returning to ("amden from New York, where he had been carried a week previous in a last desperate effort to save his life from a complication of diseases, which had been troubling him for a long period. The announcement of his death will bring sorrow to a large . circle of friends of both races. Dr. Hay was born in Camden September 8, 1879, the son of the late lamented Senutor J. T. Hay, one of the best known and highly esteemed barristers who ever practiced at the Camden bar. He moved to Boykin soon after his graduation in medicine and much of his time was spent in the practice of medicine, a great deal of it without any hope of compensation or reward, except for the alleviation of the sick and suffering, as many of the poor of both rtijces can attest. He is survived by his widow, who before marriage was Miss Maggie Boykin. He. is also survived by his mother, Mrs. J. T. Hay, of Columbia, one sister, Mrs. Bonham Brooks, of Columbia, and one brother, Mr. W. O. Hny, of Camden. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon from Graco Episcopal church, services being conducted by Rev. C. G. Richardson. The entire medical society of Kershaw county, with a full attendance, acted as honorary pallbearers, and the active pallbearers were: W. A. Boykin, Henry Boykin, B. D. Boykin, Jr., L. D. Boykin, Willis "Cantey and D. A. Boykin. The church was filled with sorrowing relatives und friends and noticed among the assemblage was a large number of negroes?many of whom he had ministered to when they were in ill health and distress. The exquisite floral designs attested the esteem the Doctor was held in by his host of friends Presbyterian Church Services Presbyterian church services are announced for the week by the pastor, A. Douglas McArn, as follows: Sunday, June 15, sermon subject, "A Source- of Inspiration That Never Fails." Next Tuesday Miss Mary Thompson goes to the Yourtg Peoples' conference at Clinton as a representative of this church. Because of the graduating exercises of the Camden Hospital there will be no midweek service next Wednesday evening. Morning worship 11:15; Sunday school 10 a. m. You are cordially invited to all these services. New Machine Attract* Attention The Ingleside Plantation, located near Lugoff, has recently purchased an International Harvester company combine, which they have now in operation harvesting an immense acreage in oats. This machine has attracted many farmers from different points. It cuts the oats, threshes and sacks them all in one operation, and la said to be almost human in its . operation. Mr. Kennedy, of this term, tells us that he will very prob- > eWy harvest five carfead* of 'S?ts esd have a food deal for sale. -m-M ?..