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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
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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,
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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
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(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.
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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.
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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