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ltjj??Camden Chronici.f 1 CAMDEW SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 38. 1?3Q ^ , v NUMBER 35 Epden Methodists flote Faithful Pastor j^v. George Pierce Watson, I wutor ot the Lyttleton Street church here, died at the (gxltn hospital early Wednesday tming, a B^or^ illh???. FuKLi services were held Thursday rI)ing at 11:15 o'clock, from the rttleton Street church and inter t yttB in the Quaker cemetery Li Dr. E. 0. Watson of Columbia, a Lj, of the late Mr. Watson, coritjd the services. He was assist|Jy the Kev. W. I. Herbert of lopvilie, the Rev. T. G. Herbert of Effeston, maternal cousins, and the Listers of other churches of CumL The board of stewards and the Ld of trustees of the Lyttleton Ett church acted aa honorary pallKftti. The following young .men the church served as active pallLrers: W. F. Nettles, Jr., Sidney aZcmp, Marion B. Williams, Jack Ltles, Basil Bruce and Walter Lm L large number of Methodist minisE from all parts of the state attend the funeral. His fellow pastors? | C. G. Richardson, Rev. J. B. Eton, Rev. A. D. MicArn and Rev. L Uttlejohn all paid beautiful Eat# to his memory and worth. Ke Bev. Mr* Watson had attended L Sooth Carolina Methodist conL? at Mullins, and was reapCamden. He became ill ac H: (fere nee and when he grew i ft worse upon returning to I Hjjht, was taken to the Camden; Hffcl Tuesday. Hi had completed three years of i Hrt service in Camden and was 1 Ling upon his fourth. L< Rev. Mr. Watson had served a J r>r of the leading charges in j L'.h Carolina, usually through a In of four years. I He was born in Cokesbury in July.1 1. His parents died when he was 1 y young,-and he was brought up' his godmother. An older broth-j I who lived with another relative,. Id at an early age. Mr. Watson ; lered the conference at the age of j land since that time has faithfully \ len his services as minister to i by towns throughout the state. He is survived by his 'widow, the | Imer Carrie L. Spann of Leesville; I daughter, Mrs. Louise W. Cantey j fti three grandchildren, .Pierce CanI. J. B, Cantey, Jr., and Carolyn! fey* f-1 i I ;? } he Columbia State of Thursday; ning has the following to say of beloved minister: he Rev.* George P. Watson, son of iheus T. and Hanna Herbert WatI was bom at Cokesbury, July 14, Kter educational training at the j lesbury schools when he decided ^ breach his further preparation was j ler the Rev. J. Emory .Wateon, j b? with the Rev. E. O. Watson of Lmbia. e *as licensed to preach Novem- ] |T> 1882, by the quarterly confer- j L Lexington circuit, and adlnto the South Carolina conSumter in December, 1883. flnt appointment was Leesville, H served one year and where H^Miss Carrie L. Spann, daughI ?f the late Mr. and Mrs. P. A. H? charges served by Mr. Watson * tan Leesville^ Winnsboro, ?froorg, Anderson, Summervilfe, ^weegt, Chester, Beaufort, Spring H* CWleston, Buford Street, Manning. Hishopville, Muland Ckhaden. I P G. P. Wateon was a man H*re Ulents, naturally endowed order of mind. Training ]| Htudy made him strong in it;!};/'', ># r outstanding characteristics ^ Was a man ?* deep con||EI tnd sincere and genuine was faithful to every th? true P*3^'3 heart 9 * gospel preacher of parts. ' 35^*^ heart and possessed Hhto 'ud?rment? wae every-. ; Gloved pastor and preachKwas for many years a jK^Pondent of The State, ?r the paper the news of L * inferences which he at11 * delegate, - H*rj -T. . c Aate This Week . * rneh of last-minute H k Sri ,tR readers this week. Camden Man Obtains Patents on Devices Mr. iCluude C. Shato, of the Camden Iron and Brass Works, has just been notified that ho has obtained a patent, through his attorneys, Davis & Davis, of Washington, D. ., on a beam lock for cotton mill looms. .v Application for a patent, was filed January 11, 1928, and the parent was granted on November 18, 1930. Although there are numerous beam locks on the market this new beam lock has been designed after several years experience and experiment with the others and has been so designed that it is not only applicable to practically any loom, but eliminates the many small disadvantages of the numerous other styles of 'beam locks, j While the patent wsa pending, Mr. Shaw has placed these new devices on many of the cotton mill looms in North and South Carolina, and is j now rushing an order for the -making of 3,0Q0 sets for the Lancaster C<tfton mills. In a testimonial from P. j Gordon Cobb of this mill, -we quote a part of the letter: "We now hnve practically 1,000 looms equipped with patented beam loOks and since the saving has shown up so well, we hope you will rush the balance of the locks to equip all of our looms as soon as you possibly can . "Those 1,000 looms, which we have on one style of goods, had 875 yards of yarn to the .beam, and when we put on your patented ibeam locks we were able to comb up the yarn and get 1,000 yards to the loom. This gave us a saving of $100.00 per month on the drawing ,in of these 1,000 looms." Mr. iShaw tells us that he has a wide field for the sale of these beam locks and he expects when cotton mills see the value of them, all southern mills will put in t^e new devices. Another patent granted in May, 1029, secured by the same attorneys, is a slide shoe for road graders. He has sold a great many of these new devices to roadworking organizations throughout the south. Checks Mailed Soon to Winners at Fair Brevard Boykin, secretary of the Kershaw County Fair Association, states that owing to the large increase in exhibitors at the recent county fair, it has required quite a largo amount of time to compile the winners, and for that reason there has been a delay in the sending out of checks to winners in the various departments. When it is taken into consideration that there were a total of 196 winners, representing $1,235 as A total in premiums, andi the writing of 196 letters and a like number of checks, it can readily be seen how the delay occurred. Mr. Boykin states that the prize winners can expect their checks during the first week of December. Special Program For Sunday at Trinity A special program under the auspices of Clubs numbers 14 and 19 will be given at Trinity M. E. church, on West DeKalb street, on Sunday, November 80th, at 3:30 p. m., according to Rev. 'S. M. MoCollum, the pastor. Judge Mendel L. Smith, of Camden, nnd I. S. Levy, of Columbia, will be the speakers for the occasion. A choir of twenty-five voices from Second Calvary Baptist church, of Columbia, will furnish the music. Special numbers will also be rendered by three small artists of the Levy family. The program is announced as one of the -best of the season. An offering will be taken for the benefit of trie church expenses. A special invitation is extended to the white friends of the church. Baptist Church Services . The following... services are announced for the week at the First Baptist church: ;" v Sunday school at 10 o'clock, Mr. L. N. Harwell, superintendent; 11:1# preaching by the (pastor on the subject, "Anxious Worry." Evening service 7:80; sermon to children by the pastor on the subject, "Shining For The Lord." Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:80. ? Senior B. Y. P. U. Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Junior B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening at*80. ^ ^ ^ Accidental Shot Fatal To Young Columbian . Orangeburg, Nov. 22.?Accidentally shot while duck hunting in the Santee river swamps near Eutawville, Frank^'M. McDavid, 18, of Colujnbia, freshman football player at the University of South Carolina, died in a hospital here today. A gun held in the lap of William Rogers, former quarterback on the University football team, discharged when the trigger was caught in some undergrowth, inflicted the fatal wqund, according to McDavid'* companions. * With McDavid at the time were , Rogers, Mortimer Cosby und Grover Richey. The four left here early yesterday and were rowing in the swamp -waters when the accident oc-. curred. Rogers, who was sitting in the | middle of the boat, reached up to push some branches out of the way. When he did so, the trigger caught, dischargnig the gun in McDaVid's hip and leg. i , Cosby went to Eutawville for aid, leaving the two others with McDavid. They attempted to stop the flow of blood by tearing up their shirts. A truck was secured and the boy was taken to Eutawville, where he was seen by a physician. They then-j carried him to Orangeburg, where he, died. | Camden Lady Loses Her Brother Mrs. C. C. Shaw and Mr. Lane C. Shaw, of Camden, attended the funeral of Mr. Fv Miller Killen, a retired business man of Asheville, N. C., who wns a brother of Mrs. Shaw, his death occurring in that city on Wednesday of last week, the funeral being held last Friday. He had been a resident of Asheville for the past twenty years and retired from active business abo-ut -four years ago. ^ He wns formerly connected with the E. W. Grove Investment company, and was also prominently connected with the Masonic organizations of Asheville. He lenves a widow and pne son, also four sisters and, five brothers. Mr. Lane C. Shaw noted as one of the pallbearers. Chamber of Commerce Elects New Officers At a meeting of the new directorate of the Camden and Kershaw County Chamber pf Commence Tuesday evening, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Henry Savage, Jr., president; John Whitaker, Jr., vice president and Mary M. Pearce, secretary and treasurer. The new directorate recently elected is as follows: Dr. John W, Corbett, H. G. Carrison, Jr., A. S. Llewellyn, W. F. Nettles, J. H. Osborne, R. B. Pitts, John Villepigue, W. Robin Zemp, W. L. Jackson, Jno. Whitaker, Jr., J. B. Zemp, Karl P. Abbott, Dw^ght Partridge, H. G. Marvin, R. M. Kennedy, Jr., F. W. Chapman, T. V. Walsh, John K. de Loach, Jas. H. Burns, L. I. Guion, R. E. Stevenson, W. H. Harris, Hughey Tindal, Mrs. Alice Marye, Mrs.) J. B. Zemp, Mrs. R. B. Pitts. ExOfficia: Henry D. Green, Miss Ahna Burgess. In addition to the President and .YicerPreaideiiL H. G. Garrison. .Jr^. W. F. Nettles and Jas. H. Burns compose the executive committee. This committee handles all routine busi- j ness of the organization. Mr. W. H. Harris has been appointed a committee ofk one to compile a3 accurately as possible an estimate of the dollars and cents of Camden's winter resort business. Plans were discussed for the year and many valuable suggestions as to how the Chamber of Commerce might better, serve the community were of-v fered. Chain Store Bill Before Congress Washington, Nov. 24.?Action on the long discussed Capper-Kelly resale price bill designed to prevent chain stores from underselling independent establishments on nationally known trade-marked commodities will be sought at the coming short session. .Representative Kelly, Republican* Pennsylvania, co-author with Senator Capper of Kansas, said he would press for early consideration. David Belasco, theatrical producer, on Monday night for the first time broke his record of being present at the op*** night of one of auctions for the first time hi H years. He was too ill to be present. ? Mill,,JI JJ _ j JU.U.XJB Annual Conference' Comes To A Close - ' ? (Reported .by C. C. Thorpe) The 38th Annual (Conference of the A. M. K. Zion church cloaed here Sunday after one of the beat sessions in the history of. the Conference. Never before have we been so ro>ally entertained as we were hero in Camden. One thing we noticed here was the great friendly spirii that exists between the churches; also the friendly feeling that exists between the races here. It's wonderful to see all living in a city as one big friendly family. Other cities would do well to pattern after Camden in this particular, for the relationship here is fine. We noticed the white people here tire people who jStand for right and treat the opposite race right and wherever you ftnd j a city with this type of people, conferences or any other kind of meeting will be a success, because they are all living as God would have them liye. We again thank the j whole city of.Camden for its loyal hospitality. Dead Columbian Had Business Interest Here | ^Robert William Rogers, 66, owner [ oi the Iodine Products stores in Columbia and in several cities in South I Carolina, died at the Columbia hospital about noon Tuesday after being in declining health for several months. Mr. Rogers waif Vtrondet and for many years owner of the Rogers Ice I Cream company of Columbia. Seveial years ago he sold his interests to the Foremost company artd at that time opened his grocery stores. Born in Mississippi, Mr. Rogers , came to ( olumbia about 15 years ago J and at the time of his death lived | at 5.11 Maple street. Since making i his home here he had become well . known both in the life of the -city. A lover of the out-of-doors, hi$ chief diversion was hunting, fishing and such sports. At no time was he without a large number of fine dogs ! and was a leader in annual field trials. ^ I Mr. Rogers had been in the hos- j i pital several times within the last several months. About two weeks , ago he returned to his bed and grad-! "ally grew worse until his death. Besides his widow, Mrs. Helen Ros- j cflfc Rogers, he is survived by one daughter, Miss Helen Lucile Rogers; two sons, William M. Rogers and RoscoeJtogers, all of Columbia; five sisters, Mrs. H. B. Adams and Miss 1 I Maggie Rogers, both of Decatur, Ga., | jiMiss Jennie Rogers of Oarrolton, Ga.J j Mrs. Wallace Crubchfield of Oklaj homa City, Mrs. Mattie Wfcitworth of Cottontown, Tenn. j r In Mr- Rogers' death, Columbia . lost one of its best citizens. A sports- j i man in the finest sense of the word, he played the game of life just like I he hunted and fished, and his, | straightforward, kind, just . attitude.) toward all matters made his staunch.| friends who joined with the family : in mourning his death.?Wednesday's State. As a mark of respect the Iodine Products Store, east DeKalb street,! - -this -dtyT managed Jby_IL_n. Gladden, tvas closed Wednesday and Thursday. Local Chamber Plans Merchants Organize At the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce last Tuesday evening plans for the organization of a merchants association were innuguarated. Every merchant member of the Chamber of Commerce will be enlisted in this organization which will function as an independent organization holding independent meetings when they so desire and having its own officers and each member to be exclusive of Chamber of Commerce members. Funds of the Chgfhber of Commerce will be available for it* support. The following committee of the Chamber of Commerce will immediately set about the organisation j of this merchants association: W. F. Nettles, chairman; J. M. Vlllepigue, W. Robin Zemp, Hughey Tindal, Jae. H. Burns. ? The need of a merchants association has been felt in Camden for some time. Many matters, such as uniform closing of places of business, credit regulation, curtailment of advertising soliciting, seasonal decora Final Census Shown United States Gained Washington, Nov. 22.?'The 1930 population of the Unit** State* is 122,776,046. This figure was announced today by the census ibureau as the final total of the compilation it started ai the beginning orf the year. All revisions have been completed. The census report shows the number of inhabitants of the 48 states increased in the preceding decade by 17,064,426, or 16.1 per cent. The 1920 population was 106,710,620. In the column showing the percentage of increase by states was a key to several important trends of the past ten years. Leadihg in this table was California with '65.7 per cent, Florida on its heels with 61,6, both showing the pull of climatic attractions. Third with 32 per cent was in Michigan, center of the fast growing automolbile industry. Fourth was Arizona with 30.3. Now Jersey had 28.1 suggestive of the shift from metropolises to adjacent suburban territory. Texas, 24.9, arjd North Carolina, 23.9, pointed to the Southern advance in industry and agriculture. Oregon has 21.8, a symptom of the westward shift. New York ninth in rank, had 21.2. For tenth place West Virginia and Louisiana tied at 18.1 per cent. California led also in total gains, adding 2,260,390 inhabitants while j New York state gained 2,202,839. Michigan, Texas and Illinois were the only other states to gain more than one million. Only noe state, Montana, lost, papulation, dropping 11,283. Today's announcement included the outlying territories and possessions, exJcept for the Philippine Island*. Substantial increases were shown by Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Canal Zone, wit^i the Virgin Islands the ronly lteer. Suoth Carolina, with a population of 1,738,765 had an increase of 65,041 or 3.3 per cent over hte 1920. i . ; w 4-H Club Pig Sale To Be Held Saturday 1 Twenty-five fine, registered Hampshire sow pigs have been brought into Kershaw county for 4-H Club boys. The purchase was arranged by county agents Beason and Green and financed by two CuTnden hanks, i The pigs were purchased from Mr. C. Lee Gramling, of Orangeburg, who is the largest Hampshire breeder in the state and one of the largest in the south. He is reputed to have one ! of the finest Hampshire herds in the ! United States in respect to quality. This purchase of twenty-five pigs for Kershaw county 4-H boys is the ! largest sale for 4-H wofk that Mr. t Gramling has ever made. / Sale of these pigs to 4-H Club boys will be held at the county fair grounds Saturday, November 29, beginning at 10 a. m.' The pigs will cost $12 each. This includes regisI tration papers made out in the boys' name. A few of tho older pigs will sell for $13 each. If the boys can't j pay all cash for the pigs they may j buy them for half cash, giving note and mortgage for the balance, due in twelve months at eight per cent interesL The boy's father will b5~ asked to sign the note with his 4-H son. This will give the boy a bit of business experience. Boars, unrelated to - (.hese pigs are being placed ov$r '{Be county, j These pigs will t&.fered next May and will bring pigs in September. Therefore the 4-H boys will have a lot of fine sows and litters to enter in the county fair in October and also in the state fair. Boys of Kershaw county who are not now 4-H Club members but who desire to join the 4-H Club may join and also buy his pig the same time Saturday. It is requested that no boy buy a pig unless he has sufficient corn and other feed to raise his pig on. One boy may buy two pigs. It Is hoped that all the boys who can do so will pay cash for his pig but if he can't pay all cash, he can pay part cash. The county agent does not want a single boy to be deprived of owning and raising a Ann, thoroughbred pig if he wants one. New boys are invited to attend the sale. If these pigs are not enough we win get more for the 4-H boya.0 ..The American Bar association haa <? record by a vote of 18,779 w ASiOaefavoring repeal of the Well Known Merchant Died Here The sudden death of Jacob Hirsch v *t hjn home on Lyttletou street early Thursday morning brought sorrow to .a11 wh<> knew him. The passing of Mr. Hirsch removes one of Camden's oldest merchants. He was the senior member of Hirsch Brothers and Company, Camden's oldest and largest dry goods establishment. The company has just passed its forty-third anniversary. Mr. Hirsch was a native of Germany, born at Handel, October 25, [ WW, being 7/ years of age. He came to America in 1887 and worked for a short while in Baltimore and came to Camden shortly afterward, where he and his brother Gus Hirsch formed a partnership known as Hirsch Brothers. Later, L. L. Block became associated^vith the firm and it was changed tcTTts present name. Mr. Hirsch sdhered strictly to business, and could always be found at his store, where he was instrumental in building up a large trade in the general dry goods line. Quiet in manner, be had formed around him a large number of friends who will learn of his death wilh sorrow. Mr. Hirsch hud been at his usual place of business Monday and had not complained of illness. It was at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning he w^s stricken with paralysis and he never regained consciousness, the end coming at 4 o'clock Thursday morning. In 1908 Mr. Hirsch went back to Germany where he was happily married to Miss Clemintine Hirsch in the city of Frankfurt. His widow, and brother, Mr. Gus Hirsch, .and-tirother-in-law, Mr. L. L. Block, and a sister, Mrs. W. A. Lazarus, of Jeffreson City, Mo., are his only Surviving relatives. ^ The funeral will be held from his late residence this afternoon at' 2 o'clock and the interment will be in the Hebrew cemetery in this city, y Active pallbearers serving will be Joe Baruch, Mannes Baruch, Herman Baruch, Marion Heyntan, Leon H. Schlosburg, and Louis Lomansky. ' Honoray pallbearers will be the male members of Beth-El Temple congregation. Asks Us To Make Correction Mr. J. E. Brannon, brother "of Mr. John Brannon, whose death was reported in this paper sent from Bethune last week, asks that we make ~a slight, correction. Mr. Brannon was 69 years of age instead of 72 as reported, and in the list of children surviving the name of Mrs. Henry Watkins, of" Jacksonville, Fla., was left out. Also an elder brother, Mr, Irwin Brannon, of Bethune, survives. - ^ Cotton Ginnings in the County According to H. L. Richey, cotton ginning reporter for the" United " States bureau of the census, there were 19,496 hales of cotton ginned in Kershaw county prior to November 14, 1930 as compared to 11,136' bales for a like period last year. Early Mailing For. Christmas Will Help With the Christmas season a little more than a month away, a plea for preparation for early Christmas mail has been made by Postmaster W. T. Stewart. "Shop now and mail early for early delivery," is the slogan sounded. Postoffices will make every effort to handle the mail without congestion and delay, it was pointed out, but owing to the enormous volume to be moved, this can be done only with the co-operation of the public, the postmaster said. ^ In keeping with the annual custom there will be no mail delivery on Christmas day. Each season extra Postal employees are added to expedite the letters, cards and packages, but in order to avoid a last minute congestion, the public is aeked to mail everything early. During the holiday season the volume of mail throughout the country .increases approximately 200 per cent, Postmaster General Walter F. Brown stated in a leaflet urging early mailing. He said, "Do your Christmas shopping so that you can mail your gifts, greetings and letters to rela* tivee, friends and loved onee at least a week or tew days before Chriataccording to distance. This will not only make it certain thai they are received on or before Christmas day, but