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I The Camden Chronicle VOLUME 42 CAMDEN - 1 6 ^ ***? __ ? NUMBER 13 Canning Factory Doubles Capacity Monday night of this -week the Palmetto Packing Corporation put on a night shift ami* their plant is now working full time, both night and day furnishing employment to* approximately four hundred persons. The increased capacity was made necessary on account oi an over- production of beans in Orangeburg county lor the Orangeburg cannery. The Orangeburg cannery was swamped by the overproduction and Mr. Jpe Thomas, the manager of the Camden plant made a trip to Orangeburg and agreed to put his plant in night op* eration in order to care for the Orangeburg beans. From ten to fifteen tons of beans 'are being received "frbfh 'Orangeburg daily and with the night and day forces, it is expected the Camden cannery will pack from one and a half to two car loads of beans each day, and this is expected to keep up for at least two weeks. Two thousand cases are packed each day having a market value of around $2,000 per car. When the beans are exhausted the tomato and okra crop will be coming in and the plant will hnve continuous operation for several months. In Camp at Port Bragg ' The following is a list of young H men who have been ordered to Camp Bragg for the crthwns' military train ing camp, which opened June 13. TJiecamp win last for one month: Thomas J. BTyther, Floyd H. Boy kin. James S. Moore, Luther T. Pate, | Coley L. Stokes, of Camden; Murray} A. Clyburn, Wayne H. Copeland, L. j I S. Holland, Baron E. McGougan, W.} I B. Seegars, Ixxmos W. Wagers, Jr., of I Bethune; David L. Self, of Cassatt; I Sam H. Roberts, Jr., Ernest H. Jones, Mm. E. Neal, of Kershaw. I Lyttleton Street iMethodist Church Services for the week at Lyttletpn Street Methodist church, are an-' I uru'('<! by the pastor," Rev. George I Pierce Watson, as follows: .Sunday, I June 22, Bible school, 10:00 a. m., Mr. L, C. Shaw, superintendent. EpI worth League, 7:15 p. m. Public worI ?h:p, 11:15 a. m. and 8:00 p. m., conducted by the pastor.: Morning theme, "The Foundation of the Church." Evening theme, "The Activities of ra:th.M Midweek service, Wednesday, 8:00 P- m. The public is most cordially invited to all the services of this church. Visitors are especially welcome. Come and bring your friends. First Baptist Church Services The following services are announced for the week at the First Baptist church by the pastor, Rev. J- B. Caston: Sunday school at 10 c clock, Mr. W, G. Wilson, superintendent, preaching by the pastor at 11:15 on the subject, "The Conversion ?f Paul." Evening service at 8:30, Preaching by the pastor Bn the subject. "The Failure." Prayer meet r-' at 8:30 on Wednesday evening, B- 1. P. U. Sunday evening. The public is cordially invited to I attend all of these services. I Died in Charleston I J!!;' Marion Baxlev and niece, Metto, i I ,! 1? Charleston Sunday evening to SuX. .the f?neral pf his niece, Miss inc?nt, whose death occurred Saturday night at the hospital ft\r -daughter of the v. ^rs- J- H. Vincent, who, before ? ^arriage, was Wise May BaxI I;' of Lamden. (Miss Vincent spent I SUmTn r& here and her many 'egret U> learn of her death. First Week Jurors, General Sessions. * H. Heyrnan> W. T. Smith, C. O. C F* W* L< Jacfc8<m. J."H."-Bums, I Fd?i D- J- L. O. CamW- A- H. S. ter^r "a' T: L' ****> John R Wa* den ' p D* K' Stok** OamW 'u- , Roberts, Wade H. Jones, I n LF aulkonberry, T. F. Johnson, I \V?v. R. N. Roberts. J. E. I ner W' T. Gard" V, Johnson, Kershaw; Zack I hv m V< Dranham, J. M. GrigsI \V' Nick Watts, *J. P. Gettys, I gofT \va o)n? J?b? L- Rabon, Jr., LuI SLl.' s;..slok<*/ W. P. Bowers. I \ v A- ,Min<* Holley, Jefferson; I liberty Hur"1' BoykIn; W' C* P<srry? ? I Overhead Irrigation I lor Forestry Nursery I For^!01' lrhe of State I irrigaJ1" E' ? overhead tW . 5yet*m ' Installed at I J ??? Urn I "tOla*! at'ttunnJ^t 4 I ' I Belue's Slayers Lose V Their Last Hope Columbia, June 14.?The last avenue of escape from the electric chair for Paul Johnson and Ray Coleman, Spartanburg bandits, was closed today when Governor Richards announced he would not commute their sentence. They* must die June 24 for the murder of Karle Belue, Spartanburg pay-1 roll clerk. In a statement made public shortly before noon today, Governor Richards declared he "would not be justified in interfering with the finding of the jury and the sentence and decision of the courts.". Granted a 30-day reprieve on tho eve of their electrocution day, May 23, the t)yo men had been transferred from thd death house to other prison cells and had told newspapermen they were confident the governor would save their lives. There was no demonstration when J. Austin Latimer, secretary to Governor Richards, took them the news that they could expect no clemency from the "Governor. Johnson remained mute, Coleman muttered that he had hoped something could be done. Neither wept as they had when they were granted the reprieve. Col. James N. Pearman, superintendent of the penitentiary said they would be removed to cells in the death house 'Monday. Tbdt Governor Richards reached his decision only after much worry and thought is well known at the capital. Tor weeks he has shown signs of mental strain, and to an Associated Press representative several days ago he declared no problem had been as difficult to solve during his entire administration. Johnson and Coleman were found guilty in the Spartanburg court more than *a year ago. Their appeal to the Supreme court for a new trial was denied and they were sentenced to die May 23. A determined effort to save them was begun. ^ Johnson's father, a Methodist minister, made a personal appeal to Governor Richards. A delegation of Methodist ministers also Visited the Governor. Telegrams and letters flooded the executive offices. After iBelue's widow came to Columbia and requested the governor to commute the sentence, it was generally believed the governor would change the death penalty to life imprisonment. The governor's statement follows: "The Caleman-Johnson case has given me most profound concern. Appeals for clemency have been wellnigh overwhelming and many appeals have come to me urging that clemency ^should fye granted. "These young men were tried, convicted and condemned to death, and the Supreme court has declared that their trial was fair in every particular and conducted as directed by the law governing such cases. "After the most careful and earnest investigation, and serious thought, I have reached the conclusion that I would not be/justified in interferring with the finding of the jury and the sentence and decision of the courts. "My heart goes out in sympathy to these young men and the families connected with this most unfortunate tragedy, but I am convinced that my duty to the state demands that I allow the law to tdke its course." ? 'Gene Lancaster is Found Dead Columbia?Eugene Lancaster, 50, of Columbia, was found dead at his place of business, 1214 Assembly street, Wednesday morning by Mrs. Sadie Hooker, an employe, shortly after seven o'clock. Mr. Lancaster slept in the basement of his establishment and went there Tuesday afternoon to rest, Mrs. Hooker called him about six o'clock, but was informed that he would "rest awhile longer." , Huge Still Captured. Columbia?A whiskey distilling plant, valued at $26,000, one of the largest that has been captured by county officers recently, was taken in the Spring Hill section of Dutch Fork about 20 miles from Columbia Tuesday. The outfit consisted of twe 1,000-gallon vate, eleven 700-gallon rata, nine 500-gallon rata, 14,000 gallons of mash, a ten horse-power boiler, two pumps, a 700-gallon wooden still and 240 gallons of whiskey, fixA. ? .at' ml. - V - > . ** _ , WBsanaiiaBi avuewa-L. Man and Woman Go j To Electric Chair; "? ? Tom's River, N. Jt, June 14.?Mrs.! Hattie Evans and lister Undertown, a United States marine, were convict- ? ed today and sentenced to die for the ! murder of Robert Evans, the wo-: man's sailor husband, and Albert J Duffy, a former shipmate of Evans. Although one woman on the jury of four women and eight men had said she could not vote for a verdict of guilty If it meant, capital punishment, the verdict was returned . without a recommendation for mercy, which woujd have permitted a sentence of life imprisonment, and so the pair were automatically sentenced to death in the electric chair. Two women have been hanged in the criminal history of New , Jersey, one in 1868 and the oth$ in 1878, but there have been no executions. of women since the gallows was replaced by the electric chair 29 years ago. No date has been set for the electrocution of Undertown and Mrs. Evans. The trial ended today will be followed by another, the defendants in the second being two other marines from the Lakehurst naval alt station, where Undertown was also on duty. They are Claude Carmichael and Madison Chappel, whose trial was severed from that of the two convicted today so that they might serve as state witnesses. They testified that Undertown, who they said had been intimate with Mrs. Evans, while her husband was at sea, had offered them $100 to help him "bump a couple of guys off." They said they went with him to the Evans home, where Evans and Duffy were celebrating the former's dipcharge from the navy, and that he shot the men with his rifle. After the crime wis done, they said, Mrs. Evans kissed "Undertown and told him it was a "good job." DEATH OF MR. GERALD Former Camden Man Died Tuesday In Sumter. - Relatives and friends of Mr. John D. Gerald, formerly of this city, were saddened to learn of his death which occurred at Sumter Tuesday morning after an illness of several months. Mr. Gerald was born in Camden 63 years ago, bejng the eldest son of the late William C. Gerald and' FYnnces Gerald. For a number of years he was on the road as a traveling salesman and was a gentleman of likable personality. Quitting the road he entered the mercantile business in Manning, but for the past Several years "he had made his home in Tampa, Florida. Mr. Gerald was twice married, his first marriage was to Miss Minnie Rates, of Eastover, and two children were born to this union?J. Bates GeTald, now a member of the genernl assembly from Clarendon county, and Mrs. Bynum Davis, of Summer ton. His second marriage was to Miss Tryphosa Davie, of Clarendon county, and sihe and tbe following children survive: John D. Gerald, Jr., of Toronto, Canada; Harry C. Gerald, of Sumter; W. Alston Gerald, of Rocky Mount, N. C. He is also survived by the following sisters: Mrs. John E. Rhame and Miss Mattie Gerald, of Camden; Mrs'. J. N. Kirven, of Darlington, and one brother, Arthur E. , Gerald, of Augusta. Ga. The funeral and burial occurred at 1 Manning Wednesday afternoon. To Confer Degrees. The local council of the Jr. O. U. ' A. M. wiH confer degrees on a class of candidates next Monday night, 1 June 23, at 8 o'clock. The officers are very anxious to have all members present and on time, as this is a special meeting, and the degree team will be present and ready to put the candates through in first class order. Married in Camden Sunday. A marriage of interest to friends in Camden was that of Inst Sunday evening performed at the residence of Judge of Probate W. L. McDowell by the Probate Judge vtfien Julia Estelle Miles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.V. Miles, of Lugoff, became the bride of Mr. Luther Jones, also of Lugoff. Only a few intimate friends of the yopng couple witnessed the ceremony. _ The hride was attractively attired in a dark blue traveling costume with blond accessories. For several years she has been an efficient employee oi the Southern Bell Telephone Company of this c|fty>v Mr. Jones is a progressive farmer ' of West WatOree section of the coun1 ty and the young couple ^vill make i tfheir home iri Lugoff. i Odl Henry Martin, one of the best > known "bums" of Chicago, 60, and ' a member of a wealthy family, died i Wednesday. His family aften tried to get him to abandon the bum's > fray of living, but he ahraye refused, i and spent hie time in the flop houses of Chicago's slums. * : vi' ?>"s" *; . * -"rr.* er* r r- v ' . A - , ,u j inujiBa?iana?fWW Tells of Experiences \ in State Death Cell; A successful series of revival services came to a close at the Baptist church on Wednesday night, Iatrge crowds were in attendance at the meetings each night for the past ten night* ami fairly large crowds were in attendance at the morning services. On Monday night an especially large crowd was in attendance at this church when Rev. Grain of Columbia talked on "The Croas of Christ and the Death Cell." Every available seat was taken for this service and Rev. Grain delivered a most forceful sermon on the wages of sin.- He continued the sermon on Tuesday night and another large crowd heard him tell of the terrible price paid by sinners who paid the supreme penalty for their misdeeds. In showing the terrible effects of sin upon prisoners in the death cell, j Rev. Craln told of the reactions of ' a number of prisoners as they Wore, awaiting the end. He said that Jeff | Chandler, Greenville mf^n who mur-' dered his wife and motbpr-in-iaw, was baptized but two days before he was electrocuted. Just before going to the chair Chandler told Rev. Grain that the last two days of his life were the happiest he had spent because he had been baptized and believed that he had been forgiven for his sins. -Rev. Grain said that while the governor was considering a commutation of sentence both he and Chandler, in some manner or other as if they had received a telepathic message, knew that his plea for clemency was denied. When Chandler's brother cam? for the body after the electrocution he said that the deeds of his brother had affected his so greatly that he had not been able to work for almost two years although he was practically destitute. Rev. Crain's experience with a negro boy from Chester<!jfcho was electrocuted was most pathetic. . \ The minister told how this boy in his death cell kept clinching a Bible although he couid not ,read a line of When asked if anyone had ever ' told him to beware of wrong doing ' the boy said that his grandmother and his preacher were the only ones Who had ever mentioned such a thing to him. As the boy was about to be strapped in the <iledtric chair he asked ltev. Grain to hold his hand. Just before he died he is reported to have said "you'se not mad at me, is you?" The warden, the minister and others told him they were not mad at him and the electric current which -snuffed out his life wasturned on. In telling of his experiences with a young man named King who was one of the murderers of Major O'JLeary near Chernw Rev. Grain said that the young man told him that he was suffering great mental anguish as the- result of his crime and that he was about to give himself up when arrested. , Rev. Crain said ?hat the awful consequences of sin were never fuHy realized until he had taken up his work at the state penitentiary. Practically all the prisoners in the death cell told him that their .trouble dated back to their youth and that their failure to attend church in the younger days were responsible fox their downfall.?Lancaster News. Kershaw County Third, Corn Contest Kershaw county runs third in the State in the number of contestant* signed up for the five-acre corn contest. Kershaw county has twentythree contestants, Orangeburg count) twenty-five and Richland count) thirty-two. We need ten more contestants in orde^* to lead the State We want our farmers to aeslat ?l not so much for contesting or 101 winning prizes but for keeping records and letting the specialists ?ps how much corn you can actually make under your conditions with the fertilizer that you use and on your type soil. What we need are facts about com raising and you farmers can helj a lot. Please let me know at onc< if you will keep a record on five acres of corn and we will send yot the record book free of charge, sayi Henry D. Green, county agent.. Incidentally you may win a prize. Th< five acres may be a part of a largen field "but it has to be all connected August Kohn Will Filed. Columbia, June 13.?The bulk oi , the estate of the late August Kohn former newspaperman, was left to bii thfco children under the terms of hi? will on hie in probate con^vJtaM The. state was valued at $328,468.79 Mr. Kohn, former president MM at the time of his death treasurer 01 the South Carolina Press Associatio? i worked for many years on the ataf of the Charleston News and-?ouriei as its Columbia correspondences ; his will he,vrequested that A sketcl | of his life be prepared with partfeft I lar emphasis on his work tot t 1 Charleston paper. 'A .V ' ? The Federal Trade commiseion wil resume its probe into the alleged fin - - U .. j Retail Prices Go To New Lower Levels New York, N. Y., June 20.?Material reductions in the base prices of a wide variety of articles have resulted in a general re-pricing of these items by our 14f?0 stores, with the new levels representing u substantial increase in the customer's buying power, according to a statement released here today by Earl C*. Sams, President of J. C. Penney Company. ""Commodity prices, particularly in Rtaple lines, nave been declining for some time past," Mr. Sams states, and orders now being delivered to our stores are on a lower basis enabling us to pass on the consequent savings to our customers. "There have been notibie reductions so far in silk piece goods, silk hosiery and other items which have been affected by the general decline in the price of raw silk. Among these are flat crepes, georgettes, satin crepes and other silks which show very substantial reductions. Some of our own well known brands of silk hosiery are today priced lower than at any time since the war. "In men's and boys' work clothes equivalent reductions have been biadc by the manufacturers, and these reductions are today reflected in the price tags on these items in our stores. "A trend towards lower prices has been indicated by leaders in other industries and bus been given considerable attention in trade and business magazines during the past month. "In making these new Iqw retail prices we feel we are bridging the gap between the new lower wholesale prices and the prices to the consuming public and are therefore contributing directly to the re-establishment of greater confidence both by the manufacturer and by the buying public. "We are making these new prices available immediately. "As a result of generally lowered prices 'on raw materials, we have peon aj>le either to reduce the selling price op much staple merchandise or to give to our customers better arti|Ws at the same prices. "This readjustment X in , price* throughout our stores is a freet result of savings passed on from th< mills and manufacturers, and hot* made available to our customer* throughout the country." POISON BOLL WEEVILS Molasses and Arsenate Will I)o Th< Job Says County Agent Cotton is looking good and weevil* are coming out, Which will it be, s crop of cotton or a crop of boll weevih? 8weetened poison will kill th< i weevils. It costs about BO cents foi enough poison and molasses to over an acre three times. Farmer* in doubt about poisoning might dc , well to consult their bankers. One pound of calcium arsenate ; mixed in one gallon of water, ther , added to one gallon of black strai i molasses wiTl give the right and th< ( best poison for killing boll weevils ; Apply this with a mo*p ont the end o < a piece of light dry goods box is i : good method. The pound of poisoi will cost about 9 cents and the galloi of molasses about 23 cents or a tota k of cents, which makes two gal ' Ions, counting the water. This tw< i gallons cost 32 cents or 16 cents pei i gallon. One gallon will go over on< acre, of cotton, ^o to go over born acre three times will be 3x16c or 41 ' cents per acre for three applications ' We can't afford to lose a big part o r the cotton yield for lack of 48 centi Of poisoning per acre. 1 Mix up as much poison in th< morning as you will use that day I Do not use poison that has been mix . ed several days. Also, it is impor tant that the mixture be stirred fre !. quently to keep the poison from set I tjlng to the bottom of the bucket o i bnrrel, as it does not dissolve lik< . sugar in coffee. All farmers who borrowed from th government seed loan this year, o t course, will be expected to use th ? sweetened' poison as these borrower ? agreed to follow methods approve by the department of agriculture, am sweetened poisoning is required. 1 Henry D. Green, I County Agent. Here Tomorrow Night. The Carolina Comedians will ap r pear at the Camden high school au t ditorium Saturday evening, June 21 at eight o'clock in singing, dancini and vaudeville acts, presented b; some of Carolina's funniest come f dians and black face artists. The; come under the auspices of the Im ' proved Order of Red Men of Camden * The admission fees will be 25 and 5 f cents. r ^ Number Unemployet [ In City and Countj ^ ? According to A. H. Bynum, directo F, of the census from this district th 1 ,(number of persona living in Camde 1 ahd usually working at a gainful oc cupatkm, who were reported on th K unemployment schedule as without job, able to work, and looking for i job, was 146. The somber in Kershai 1 county, exclusive of those living i i Camden, out of employment, Is nun tyfitaatlS. Martin Low Bidder on School Building ( ontiactors bids were let here Monday for the Bur on DeKalb high school, which is to be built just halfway between Camden and Kershaw, in sehool district No. 14 of Kershaw county. Wdrk is to be begun immWiuUdy so U?ut the building may be ready for the school term begin* ning in September. The general contract was given to I. (?ary Martin of Clinton, wlio in ul present doing some construction work for Winthrop college. Mr. Martin made the lowest bid, $27,850. The two contractors who handed in the next lowest figures were J. Cordon, Waxhaw, N. C., who bid and the ( arolinu Contracting company, Greenville, which bid $28,759. > The complete list of bidders for the general contract Is" as follows: W. T. Beamguaixl, $29,485; Brown Harvey, $39,0-10; Carolina Contracting company, $28,759; K. E. Chewiiing, $81,100; George A. Creed, $80,000; J. E, ilealun, $31,285; J, Gury Martin, $27,850; .1. C. Cordon, $20,500; Southxlrn Builders, $81,900. The Waidrop Heating & Plumbing company of Rock Hill received the contracting for heating and plumbing, with a bid of $5,890, and G. A. Elliott of the Westinghouse Electric company received the water and light plant contract, with his bid of $976. .. All bids were submitted to the office of the county superintendent of education, Mm. Kathleen Watte, Monday. S. P. Clemons, a member of the state department of education, was present. Plans for the new school were drawn up by A. D. Gilchrist, Rock Hill. The building is to be a story, brick-verteer structure anfr-wrtl be one of the most modern and completely equipped country schools in this section of the state. It will contain, besides an auditorium, twelve class-rooms, including home economics and agricultural ones. This school will consolidate seven surrounding school districts of Kershaw county, accommodating chidlren i of all grades from first through the seventh in the grammar school and four in the high sehool. 1 An ideal location has been selected as the site of the nerw school, oh the * Camden-Kershaw highway, juSt1' ten ' and one-half miles from each town, J with convenient roads leading throughout the section. Bon^s for the Baron Defculb school were sold about a month ago to the Bank of Camden at a good premium. , A large number of out ojLjtown people were here for the lettinfc^in- ^ eluding plumberef builders supply , m?n and bonding company represeni to*iv?s . ^ ; Will We Have To ; Stop The Paper? > Subscribers in arrears arc cautioni ed that The Chronicle will be forced i tp discontinue it? visits to them un> less they take immediate step? to i "get right." It would be a pleasure to send this f newspaper to everybody in the counx ty free of charge if it were possible, l but worse than that, is the /act that i modern advertising bureaus will not 1 even count a subscriber unless he is - paid in advance. > As newspaper advertising rates . r are based on circulation this means' b that delinquent subscriber? do not b maintain the circulation figure that 3 is necessary t6 receive reasonable . rates. f It will soon be imperative to dis? continue all subscriber? in arrears. 8 First Cotton Bloom Reported Mr. J. B. Zemp, who pperates a _ farm on the old race track property, - west of the Seaboard passenger sta tion with Ed Barnes in charge, f brought the first cotton bloom of the season to The Chronicle office, which e was picked on June 11. It was from f Coker's super-seven seed and is extra | early cotton. The bloom this year d is neardy ten days earlier than those d of last year. Another bloom was brought in that had been picked Wednesday morning, June 18th, from the Hermitage farm managed by Hammond. ~m Attending Summer School Kershaw, S. C., June 19.?Eight ^ members of the Mt. Pisgah school y faculty are attending summer school _ this summer. The names of the y touchers and the school that they _ are attending are: Mis? Edred Trues, dale, Duke University; Mrs. W. F. (j Byrd, Winthrop; Miss Mary Raley and Miss Marie Seller, Boone College; Miss Ottie Lee Robinson, Miss 1 Mamie Lou Hilton and Miss Nell " Gregory, Winthrop; and R. M. Foster, University of South Carolina, r The School Board announces the " following faculty for the school year 1930-'31: High School, G. M. Faile, r Principal, Edred Truesdale and Lula e Lee William?; Grammar School, Mrs. W. F. Byrd, Mary Ralev, Marie Seller?, Nell Truitt, Ottie Lee Robinson, >' Mamie Lou Hilton, Mr?. G. M. Faile, e Nell Gregory and R. M. Foster, supft erintendent. a . w The Georgia peach crop %mn begun n moving to the Northern market*. An h IB-car train left Ike Fort Valley eecI tion on Tuesday for New York.