The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 02, 1931, Image 1
H- The Camden Chronicle
^^^^ rtBaeeW*WW*B*B*eH=515!?B*=!S!5'8s5=5i!S=?!5!R*CBeea!l5=eBSSrSB5SSBSB$Ea!65eS55!SSE=^^
y n ^ ' CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, ffelDAY, JANUARY 2, 1931 " NUMBER 40
If1Solons To . J
I Work For Less
Brmbte, S. .,IDec. 27,?The
K cohfmisslon has recommended
K( appropriation bill of 1981,
Kg operating experules of the
Kf Sooth Carolina, the sum of
K,710.07?approximately thrceBr?
of a million dollars, $740,"
r under the 1980 appropriation
reduction was effected, the
Ht carafcnission announced by "a
i-m reduction of dfcpenditures
I applies to every department
Be state government. For 1980
Bgislature appropriated $11,005,
reduction as recommended, if
Bed by tjve General Assembly,
i #iE>e effete ted largely by a 10 per
$ sKKieteirease ih the salaries <>f state
apd employes. Reductions
Misappropriations of colleges and uniKties
were recommended, includl^uYBwInthrop
and -the .State univer9
C j
salaries and wages of all per^^^ Nfrmiployed
by the state/' the ani?|lK?emeTii
stated, "in whatever cap/;
my, with the exception of certain
I Ktitutional officers elected by the
/ Y;Bpl? whose compensation cannot be
I Kiged during the terms for whicn
"Y ti^K~hav'? been elected, would be ef;
f^Kd by this uniform salary and
'<v;B$ reduction, as likewise the com- I
; pMbtion of members of the General J
I 'Kmbly, who are requested to reI
Be their awn compensations in the
ratio that reductions are reteomfor
all persons on the state's i
i Broil. . The maximum salary to be j
B|^B| by the state is $7,500 in the I
Y/Hdget commission's reoommenda-1
I iB?*"
r/lf^Brhe reduction-in the expense pro-:
fi^m was a fraction more than sixj
Y;j#l one-half per cent. The comfmis-1
v. K11 8a^ that a larger slash in ex-1
i o Bnses could have been made "ex- j
|t| iBpt for the conflict with the stat- J
Bes, a? for instance in the case of,
;Y'Be- 6-0-1 School larw, which is auto-j
Wm?c int ita .operation."
One rdcommendtaion to ;the Gen-!
^^B*nl Assembly is that the teacher
llKad, as fixed by the state, be in*f|Beased
20 per cent, also that daily j
; Btendance rather than enrollment be
^Bade the basis of state aid, which J
ffBouM make possible. the commission'
i^Bepovtcd, "a large reduction in this
^ articular appropriation for 1931."
J? The appropriation for the coming
Bear for the 6-0-1 school law (six
Ifwionths tei'm) is the same as for
l'?930, $3,500,000. This is by far the
!?IB$r2?8t' item on . the budget. The,
lIKommissioTv reported that "to deBrease
this appropriation without;
^flf^anging the statutes governing the J
-!pK?railon of the law would serve}
fBply to create a deficit.
[The commission this fall heard reBests
from state departments and
Btitutions at a series of hearings
Bre. When they were concluded
B Bovernor Richards asserted that the
B Bid get commission had not received
-!< Bom the state departments as a
Bhole the "co-operation" it expected.
I Total requests for 1931, the commission
said, "as made by the state
v , Bepartments and institutione, arc
^Brrgcv thffn In any previous year,
^ mounting to $12,294,418.05?over a
MlBdllion dollars in excels of the 1980
-^appropriations. Total recommended
.5 Bxpendituree are practically two milBions
under the amount of the reBuests?exactly
$1,999,708.04 leas.
; ]B"FQr/1931, as in former years, the
s^Bargest recommendations are for eduBational
purposes. Of the total reKmmendiationa
of $10,264,710,07, the
|?B?m of $6,266,116.17?more than onoincluded
in the educational
fll!lBt*0n' legislative departBnt
the sum of $117^5<2 is recoim'
^Bided; for the judicial department,
' B$'^' f??" the exeicuitve and adB
Jte&afl?e^vis4on, $176,010^8; for
B charitable and oorreotional diviiS|K?s,
$1,336,846.98; for the regulaBe
division, $1,585,799.94; and for
Y'llB ' ndserilaneous division, $1,542, 6.64.
total of $78,125 was recomjnendmlj?
for permanent improvements. The
Ki requested.'for permanent jmIpBj
1 ements was $784,050.
Hfe, [ Grace Church Set rkea
ggBnct DptecopW church, the Rev.
MBnd C. G. Btchsrdaon, Rw-tr>r, ta.
imu the following service* for
JWmry 4th, 1981. Church
Bool l$i(| a. m., Holy Communion
BIMh-lliimi '11:15 a. m., Y. P. 8. L.
tectofy. Visitors
Holiday A ccidents J
Reach High Mark
( Saturday's Associated Press)
Reports <rf holiday accidents until t
late yeaterday hed brought the total 1
deaths in South Carolina to seven and <
more than that numfber injured. >
Five of the deaths were the result
of automobile accidents, one was from <
gunshot wounds and the other mis- :
taking gasoline for water. 1
E. C. Crouch, 22, was burned po <
death Christmas day in a fire that J
destroyed the building occupied by i
the Eastern Aij;' Transport company 1
at Greenville. (
Wishing to warm some water he '
placed a bucket of what he thought J
was water on the stove. 'Discover!ng 1
his error, he tried to snatch it off 3
the stove but failed, an explosion resulting.
j
Lewis MoClamf '2l, was killed when i
another automobile struck his car at *
Lake City as he Was waiting at a i
railway crossing for a passenger <
train to pass. His brother, Jack McClam,
was seriously injured and Al- <
bert Godwin, 19, driver of the other I
automobile, also was injured. <
McHardv Longshore, 18, died of in- i
juries * received in an automobile 1
crash at Newberry. J. D. M. Smith, <
of Greenville, his sister, Mrs. James '
F. Epting, were injured. i
Tom Sullivan, of Greenville, was '
fatally hurt in an automobile collision
and Jim MCDaniel, also of Greenville, i
died of gunshot wounds. j
Edgar Curry, 28, of Loria, was killed
when his automobile ran off a
fill near Loris. i
Among the more seriously injured
are: - 4
Miss Lessie Bickley, of Chapin, 1
struck 'by an automobile as she was
going to attend Christmas exercises, i
Henry Harrelson, of Hemmingway, i
hurt in an automobile collision. 1
Charles Calvert, of Abbeville, shot
Christmas eve. ,
James Eslie Carruth, 30, was instantly
killed Wednesday afternoon
near Land rum when struck by an
automobile driven by an unidentified
person. (Police are investigating the
affair. Carruth was removing tire
chains on the side of the road.
Advertising Needed
For Business Tonic
New York, Dec. 24.?Faith in the
success of continued advertising
through periods of boom and depression
is expressed by several leading
advertisers in the current issue of
Printer's Ink, advertising publication.
- "What is the real value of continued
advertising effort?" the publication
asked. , J.
L. Johnson, presiderit of the
Lambert JPfyprmaoal company,- replied-,
"Out opinion of the importance
of continuity of advertising effort
is sho<wn by the 10-year period
of our advertising expenditures."
J. A. Zehntbaur, president of the ,
Jnntzen Knitting Mills, Inc.,- answered,
"Our experience is thoroughly
convincing as to the necessity of advertising
continuity, x x x In increasing
our advertising outlay for 1931
we believe that we aTe sowing the
Louis W. Wheelock, vice president,
Stephen F^ Whitman and Son, said:
"We believe in advertising all the
time, x x x Advertising just nofw is
an expression of confidence in one's
product and the future of America."
C. R. Palmer, president of Cluett
Peabody and Company, Inc., said:
"In my opinion the one sure way to
make national advertising count is
to see that it is "continuous."
Goodyear Zeppelin
Flies Over Camden
Many Camden people got a glimpse
of the Goodyear Zeppelin as ft flew
over the city Monday morning on
its way from Charlotte to Sumter.
The big ship entered over the northern
part of the city and flew down
Broad street, on tpwards Sumter
where it landed about noon.
The silvery, bullet-shaped "Puritan"
was piloted by Captain Brannigen
and landed at Sumfcar where
a ground craw bad gone - ahead by
[M. * few minutes in adranea of the
hip. IhgiMugers were carried for
ildn In the Somtereity until the
afternoon when the Puritan left for
Savannah.
? ;
Mr. C.1fr Bahfufa h^s gone to Or* hoM"'
**
Income Tax Report
For Last Year
Washington, Dec. 28.?'high
Jde of 1928 in financial affairs i
wrought the golden harvest of in- I
x>mes above a million dollars to 511 i
\m<-rican:...
The internal revenue bureau showed
this in compilations made public j
yesterday. At the game time the z
treasury sent to congress the so- j
'ount of another rtich reaping by tax- i
payers?refunds laat ye,fir aggregating
$126,836,633. This sum included ,
137,971,711 of interest, Also the 1
reasury allowed as abatement $176,- i
198,377 and as credits agonist unpaid
income taxes $36,535,245. The
total of refunds was way below the i
1929 total of $190,000,000.
The 1928 receivers of millionaire
ncome included 74 women, 29 of them
Jingle. TVertty-six persons received
tnoie than $5,000,000. These were
spread over the map from coast to '
-oast but eleven lived in New York.
That rich year showed total net incomes
of the nation amounted to
?25,220,326,910, more than two and
a, half billions higher than the previous
year. The government obtained
?1,164,254,037 as tax. Altogether
4,070,851 persons filed tax returns, s
but only slightly more than two .?nd
a half million of these were taxable.
The millionaire income class paid a
total of $185,140,211 on a total in-'
come of $1,108,1863,041, for an aver-1
age of 15.9(^?per cent compared to
4.65 per cent as an overall average.
Somewhat less than half of the
total income, by far the largest
single item, was accounted for in
salaries and wages $10,862,330,998.
Other sources in the order of their i
size were given as: business, part-j
nerships, profits from sale of real |
estate, stocks and bonds, capital net j
gains, rents and royalties, etc.
The 1930 tax re/funds reported toi
congress included all those above I
$500.
The lists of receipts included poli
ticdans, prize fighters and other pyblic
figures, while the biggest refund
went to the United States Seel Cor-i
poration. It received $15,206,343.
One of the world's richest men,
John D. Rockefeller, also whs one
of the biggest beneficiaries, although
he did not appear among the twelve
?rocoived?a?million?dollars?ormore.
His refund* was $448,406.
Henry Ford received $46,060, while
Ignace Jan Paderewski, who has a
residence at Paso Robles, Cel., drew i
$2,755. ..
Among other weR-known names t
were Senator Gould of Maine, $11,- '
494; M. J, and O. P. V^n Sweringen,:
a total of $65,212; William Harrison ^
(Jack) Dempsey, $1,114; Senator;
Couzen? of Michigan, $3/677; Mayor!
Thompson of Chicago, $21464^_J^d!
William H. Vanderbilt $2,804.
Coroner98 Jury Says
Death Accidental
Sumter, Pec. 29.?-A coroner'g jury
meeting here this morning returned
a verdict that "Walter C. Boyle, the j
night of December 21, 1930, came to
his death Iby accidental discharge of a t
pistol, wli Mr-he wag removing froth
his car," and "furthermore, that he
came to his daeth by an accident."
A1J Circumstances surrounding Mr.
Boy leh death pi anted to the accidental
theory, in opinion of the jury. It
wair testified that he was lying on
the couch retading jiurt before he went
out to the car. When he learned Mrs.
Boyle iptended to use the car later
on in the evening he went out to get
the pistol, marking his place in the
book befdre he left the room.
When his son, Helton Boyle, ran
from the house after hearing the pis-'
tol shot and lifted his fathor from the !
ground, it was testified, the dying |
man said: "It accidentally went off.
and got me."
Mr. Boyle wtas one of the most pop.
ular and influential citizens of Sumter.
HI? sudden death came as a
great shook to the community. - ^
Presbyterian Church (Services
Sunday/ JWmmny 4, A. Douglas
McArn, pastor. Morning worship
11 >15. Sermon subject, "Entering
the New Year With God." The pastor
encourages every member of the
conjugation to begin the new year
at the Lord's house. The Lord's
8opper will he celebrated at this ber toe.
Sunday school 19 a. m. Christian
Ehdeavor 7 p.m. Midweek ser toe
Wednesday evening, 7:30. The
public la cordially incited to all series
in tide chunh.
Police Do Good Work I
Capturing Burglars
' ______ '
Three burglaries in widely separated
places in the county during the t
holidays resulted in the capture o! c
nearly all the thieves and recovery of c
moat of the loot. <
Friday night the posbofftce at \
goff was entered by being broken into ?
from a back window. Various pack^ I
ages were broken into and the combi- 1
nation on the saife was hammered, r
bijt safe not entered. Tuesday night
Andefcson Peay, a negro, former con- i
viot, was arrested near "Dusty Bend". 1
and confessed. A traveling bag and
brief case taken from the poatofftce 1
was recovered. Peay had served a j,
sentence on the gang for housebreak- j
ing and larceny./The arrest was made t
by Deputy Sheriff Cooley and rural
officer DoBruhl. A federal charge t
will be lodged against him. t
The store of R. L. Pate in the An- c
tioch section was also burglarized on t
Friday night and some goods taken. *
Part of the stolen goods were found
at the home of Josh Frazi& and his ^
wife, in Dee county, about five miles
from where the burglary occurred.
The woman was arrested by rural officer
Pe BruWl, but the man had gone.
Hfe capture is, expectefl at ah early 1
(lute.
A negro home a few miles north of '
Bethune was entered during the. holidays
and some meat stolen. Rural of- 1
ftecer S. P. Wabkins arrested Aug '
Horton and his wife and the meat
was recovered. .<>
The officer** did good work in running
these burglaries down, recovering
the goods and putting the thieves <
behind the bars.
Methodist Church .'Services
Lyttleton Street Methodist Churoh, I
Warren G. Ariail, ,preacher-in-charge. I
On Sunday, January 4th, services
will be as follows: Sunday School
it 10 a. m., Mr. L. C. Shaw, being
the superintendent. Bpworth League
nit .6:45 p. m., public worship at 11:15
in the morning and 7:30 in the evening,
conducted by the pastor. Morning
subject, "Meditabiori," evening
subject, 'Opportunities." The public
is most cordially invited to attend
all the services of this church, yisitors
are especially welcome. Come
and bring your friends.
Baptist Church Services
The following services " are announced
for the week at the First
Baptist church: Sunday school at
10 o'clock, New Year's sermon subject:
"The Secret of a Great Life."
Evening worship at 7:30, subject,
"God's Greatest Gift." Prayer meet- _
ing Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock.
After prayer meeting the Workers
Council will meet. (Senior B. Y. P.
U. Thursday evening at 8 o'cloak.
Junior B. Y. P. U. Sunday Vevening
at 6:30.
ihe public is cordially invited to
attend all these services.
Dr. Eugene Zemp Back
From Europe
Dr. Eugene Zemp has returned to
Columbia after having spent four
months in Europe. He was in Vienna
modt of the time baking post-graduate
work at the medical school of the
University of Vienna. After leaving
Vienna be visited Hungary, Germany,
Czecho-Skyvakria, Italy, Switzerland,
France, Holland and England and attended
medical clinics in .most of the
! larger cities of these countries.
Doctor Zemp confines his practice
| to diagnosis and internal medicine.
| " The clinics that Doctor Zemp visitj
ed, especially the post-graduate
I school in Vienna, are highly apCciaLizod
in teaching the treatment of
heart and blood vessel diseases, socalled
"cardiovascular diseases/'
which worry so many as they grow
older.?Tuesday's Columbia State.?+
7 ? "
Child Murderer Escaped.
Waycross, Ga., DeC. 26.?Five prisoners,
including J. H. Parker, awaiting
execution for the mutator of his
small child, escaped from the Ware
county jail here today by sawing bars
in tiU<rcells and jumping from a
second story .window.
A sheriff's ' posse searched the
countryside but had found no trace
-of the fugitive* st noon.
Parlor's?wife and?bMjg UWSM
found buried in a field near his home
several months ago. He mifiN on
a charge of murdering the child and
was convicted and
In the etotrto chair January 9, Ml.
The ohsrge ef ktiKng Ms wife hae not
wmm to trial. ?
Shooting of Rifles 1
Strictly Prohibited
Chief H, D, Hilton, of the police
iepartment, hn? issued a warning to 1
hikfren as to promiscuous shooting r
>f rifles and sling-shots within the a
fHy limits. Thp chief states that he .S
rns received complaints from differmt
sections of the city. One colored T
x>y on north Mill street was struck (
n the face by a stray rifle ball, but h
lot seriously injured, n
Another citizen on east J^uurcns
street told the chief that a rifle r
rullet had sped through his screen r
vire and window during the day and ^
le did not know it until he found f
flass an dthe bullet on the bed thai
night. Otiher complaints have also ^
>e?n registered, I
His officers have been instructed r
or look out for the violators of this
irdinanCe and he .wants to warn par- ^
-nts that arrests will follow wherever ^
:hildren are caught .with rifles and
ding-shots. a
t
Delegation To Meet ,
Here Next Thursday '
_ i
Senator Graver C. Welsh and rep- I:
resentatives-elect J. R. Belk and .J.
Team Gettys, comprising the Ker*haw
county logislative delegation
have issued a call to citizens and 1
taxpayers to meet at the court house ]
on Thursday, January 8, at 11 a. m? i
for the purpose of discussing the i
needs of the county and any other f
matters that .may come before the i
Legislature for consideration at the 1
an suing session. 1
- . j
v Native of County Dead. ,
>Mis^vvF)mily Lenora Sill, 89, former- {
ly of Keisghaw county, died in Oolum- j
bia at the South Carolina Confeder- (
ate infirmary 'Monday night. She was ]
a sister of the late Maj. E. E. Sill. * ]
Funeral services were held from <
the graveside in the Confederate
cemetery at 3 o'clock Tueoday after-' ,
noon, conducted by th^ Rev. Andrew ,
Hartley, pastor of (Broadway Baptist
Church.?Wednesday's State.
To Mark Veterans' Graves.
The Leroy .Belk .Post, .American
Legion, is undertaking to have all j,
graves of World War dead Ker- (
shaw county, which are rtot marked,
suitably markedly a headstone fur- "
niehed by the Government. All parents,
relatives or friends who desire
the grave of their World War kinsman
or friend marked (will please
corrtmuhyicate with John C. deLoach,
or Hermbn Baruch in Oamden, arid
applications will be forwarded1 at'
once. Thesq, .markers are donated by j
the Government and shiptped without!
cost. The appicant must only pay to j
have the headstones placed at th^!
grave.
Services at Beth El Temple.
Raibbi Samuel Sdhillman, of Sumter,
will conduct service? Sunday afternoon
at 4 o'clock at Beth El Temple
on. north Lyttleton street. The
public is most cordially invited to attend
these services.'
M. H. Heyman, Secretary.
Attended Conference.
Mrs. Kathleen B. Watte, superintendent
of education, and Messrs. C.
H. Yates, J.'G. Richard?, Jr., L. T.
Mills and J. T. Gettys attended the
school superintendent' conference
held in Columbia Monday. An address
;Was made by govemor-elect Ibra C.
Blackwood.
Junior Order To M^et
The loteal council of the O. U.
A. M. will meet in the Masonic Temple
next Monday night, January 5,
at 8 o'clock. Every member is requested
to be present. Officers for
ensuing year will be elected and
installed.
Sentenced to Serve 100 Years.
Los Angeles, Dec. 26.?Gilbert H.
Beesemyef, confessed embezzler vof
nearly $8,000,000 from the Guaranty
Building and Loan Association, of
which he was secretary-manager, was
sentenced in superior court today to
serve 10 to IdO years in San Quentin
prison. He pleaded guiRy last Taceto
an indictment charging ten
counts of grand theft.
, 1 w r
:?Com i>l sd of mckn*tti Kansas
City, Dec. 16-?Charles U
Doncan, 23, was sentenced to two
f*d a half year* in the Miseouri penitentiery
by Jadge Rtfpfc 8. Latshaw
today on a plea of guilty to a charge
of attempting to extort $16,000 frdtoi
R. A. Long, wealthy lumberman.
t".y -? ? - ,.I|L.
rhree-l)ay Air Show At
Woodward Field
Three ships are expected here to?y
from the Weeks Aircraft eorpoation
of Charlotte and will put on
n ??r show Friday, Saturday and
iunday at Woodward airport.
Pilot L. H. Smith, in a Speedwfng
Vavelair, accompanied, by Tpmmy
jibbons, parachute jumper, arrived
ere Thursday tx to make arrange
tients for the flight.
ColoneKUek ''fccady/nytnir u fou.- '
>aaHeni?er F.lrchild italic, will ?r.
}y> krulay. lTii? iplane will be used
or carrying pa?sknger8 at a nominal
CH?.
There will be stunt; flying, balloon
>u rating and several parachute jumps
>y Tommy Gibbons for the entertainnent
of the crowds, i
1'. J. Sauei'born, manager of the
Veeks Aircraft^corporation will bo
iere for three days.
.Sponsored by the Charlotte
lerver the Weeks Aircraft corporaion
will put on a goodwill- air tour
tver the Carolines, a group of thirty
?lanes reaving1 Charlotte airport on
ilaroh 16 visiting many of the townfi
n the two Carolinas and Camden will
>c included in the tour.
Lawyer and Author Dead
Aberdeen, N. C\, Doe. 20.? James
VleNeill Johnson, lowryer, author and
>pet^of Aberdeen, died this mornng
after a prolonged illness. Born
n the county 71 years ago, Mr. Johnion
played an important part in the
apbuilding of the Sandhills section,
las long been dean of the county
>ar, served at one time as mayor of
\berdeen, and was recently honored,
by the county commliaaioners who *
created for him the orflfice of poet *
laureate of the county. He was the
ddest member of the local Masonic
lodge, both in years and affiliation.
His literary works included "A
Thousand Years otf Royalty," "Free
yerse and Paraphrase," and "Talleyrand
and Firefly/' Surviving him are
his widow, three sons, two daughters
and several brothers and sisters.
Mr. Johnson was a brother of Mr.
Henry T. Johnson, of the Shamrock
section of our county, and is an
uncle of Mr. M. M. Johnson, formerly
of Camden, and who was associated
with?him an?the practice?of?law at?the
time of his death.
Regarding 'Poultry Shipments
The poultry shipments made from
Kershaw county a few days ago were
thought by many in our county to
have very low prices and in order to
show that we got the very highest
prices obtainable the following figures
are given:
Turkeys No. 1, 18c, old toms 16C;:
New York prices 20e to 26c lb. ?
Colored hens 16c; New York prices
17c to 20c lb.
Colored chickens 16tej New York
prices l_7c to 18c lb.
Leghorn hens lOof New York prio.
es 14c lb.
Leghorn chickens 10c; New York
prices 13c lb.
Cox 8c; New York prices 11c . Ih.
Philadelphia prides werepractically
the same as New York. When we
add the expense of advertising and
of car loader, feed and freight we
realise the deplers are paying the
top of the market. Unless the dealer
who bought t.lwap aobadttW has .a.
better outlet than the usual channel
of trade he lost money, says Henry
D. Green, the county agent. ~
J
0 Governor Richards spent a good
part of last week, including Christmas
day, affixing his signature to the
20,000 bonds representing the second '
$10,000,000 issue of state bonds for
road purposes. ~~ '
? ?; ;
.... "\t " \:jc ~
Premature Fireworks Display
On Ohristmaa eve while the streets
were crowded with shoppers, a fireworks
stand in front ?f Sowell's Drug
Store, was accidentally eet off "by a
small lad, and before it could be put
out had sent by-standera scampering
for safety. No damage was done to
porsmuror property, but K is said
?e?ut_ JW6 worth of flrawoitcs went II
up in atnoko..
New Year Eater. Noisily
M the stroke edf twaWa, midnight.
-wr?y^ w
notsiiy. -.yiriworks, ilia dna whla*-tlsY'bhrtiii^jfand
ehurch bells rm^f ,
.? *? to aW parte of the
<***' And H is safe to say that not
many tears wars shed ewer the passt
y th* Nytte jgiI of 1W0, long