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f The Camden Chronicle ' - - ' ' CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY*.^ APRIL 10, 1?31 |WLUME43 NUMBER 2 itive of Camden Idresses Assembly urn bin, April 7.?A native South inian, Bernard iM. JBfcruch, of York and Georgetown, counselconomy iA government and for duals in an address before the al assembly today, e must face realism, not roL'," the man (who was chairman i wur finance board asserted. . Baruch3 said he expected - "a md more substantial prosperity" etum when adjustments were rning against misuse of taxathe financier advised the legis? that it must "balance ~ Its I'bra C. Blackwood, who bad introduced Iby iSenator Desportes, nted Mr. iBaruch, lauding his d. Galleries of the house hall crowded. am (bound to South (Carolina es of blood and love," Mr. Bara native of (Camden, asserted, leart I am, and always will be, ith Carolinian." iday iSouth' Carolina is facing ier crisis, along with the rest of ,-orld, largely, an economic crisis, e are still suffering from that trophe of 1914. 11 ?f us today are victims of s of spending following the in>n after the war," he asserted, cnditures too often become exgance * ^ * individual and state d to a merry tune, neither ceras to how the score would be aid work and rigid economy," idvocatcd by the speaker. "We cut the cloth to suit the coat, lust face realism, not romance." uth Carolina has a rich tfouni on which to build," he contjnciting many of the staters re3S. uth Carolina is pursuing a i of spending more than she is ing * ^ * South Carolina must ce her budget. She must, and >f course, pay her deibts of the advocated a "sweeping economy irogram odf efficiency," in state roment. e must remember it is always nany on whom the (burden of ion rests. We must. remember power to tax is the power to j would not have you think I am rig a case against taxation * * * Jconomic paralysis and chaos folunwise taxation," said Mr. Bart is difficult, he said, "to speak epression in . a state which sufI at TarJeton's hands, from (Sherand the evils of reconstruction." I Presbyterian Church Services ^Hunday, April 12. A. Douglas McHn, Pastor. (Morning worship 11:15. ""(on subject, "The Unfailing Cup." He Lord's (Supper will be celebrated" this service. Sunday school 10 a. Midweek service 'Wednesday Hoinir at 8 olclock. The Song of Homon is the book of the week. public is invited to all services ^Hthis church. < Hirs. A. G. Gunter and soni Guy, H spending a few days with the ^Hner'V parents, iMr. and Mrs. ^rlie J. Shannon, Sr. I Were You I Overseas? ! I Did yon have a son, I brother, father, hus(band in the warf~~ I THEN READ General John J. Pershing's My Experienced I in *he World War i ,--v r*- ? -- ?- ? v -i%-. x 0i| i Organize At Once ] Advises Hodge The State Advisory Committee on Agricultural Credits, composed of the , following members, A. L. M. Wig- ] gins, chairman, Hartsville, S. C,; and < Christie 'Benet and Henry S. Johnson i of Columbia, :S. C., in a statement issued today urged that all persons j interested in obtaining loans through this committee to organize an agri- ' cultural corporation, or to increase j the capital stock of such corporation 1 already organized, write the committee at orlce giving notice of. their intention to make application for loans and giving the following information: The dumber of individual applications to be submitted, the approxi- j mate amount of the loans to be requested and the approximate date on ] which these applications will be for- , warded to the committee. _ ( ''This information," the statement , said, "should (be in the hands of the executive 'secretary off the committee, E. D. Hodge, Jr., 1426 Main street, Columbia, S. C., not later than noon oC April 16th. "It is not necessary that these applications be completed and submitted by this date, but it is necessary that the Committee have the information asked for at the earliest possible moment, as the chairman of the j National Advisory Loan Committee is I asking for a report as to the approximate number and amount of applications for loans to be handled by the South Carolina Advisory Committee, and this report must be made on April 16th. "It is therefore urged that all persons interested in obtaining loans act at once; otherwise, parties expecting to take advantage of the aid offered may ha unaJble to do so merely because olf^delay in making applications or giving notice of intention to make application." f ' First Baptist Church Services The follownig services are announced for the week at the First. Baptist church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock, Judge M. L. Smith, superintendent; public worship, 11:1(5 a. m. conducted by Rev. Mark Rivers, ,of Columbia; evening service at 8 o'clock conducted by Rev. W. S. Brooke of Columbia; prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o\:lock; Senior B. Y. P. U. Thursday evening at 8:15; Junior B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening at 7; o'clock. The ipublic is cordially invited to, attend all the services of this church. To Have Hot Supper The ladies of West Wateree Methodist charge are to have a hot supper on Friday night, April 10th, at LUgon uomnrraniry v;iu d, to wnicn tne public is cordially invited. The money derived from this supper will be used for improvement of the parsonage. As always a delicious supper of home cooked specialties will be served for 60 cents. >i _ t Misf Jean Perdval Dead . Bffise Jban Perckval died- Friday morning, April 3, at the beitotf,. of hef niebe, Mrs.i W. A. Sanders, of this city. She stricken With per-1 alysis one week before the end came. (ShaZls Survival (by one sister, Mrs. & W. I$ose, of Vlaney, and a number of nieces and nephews. Miss Perchral was reared at Blaney and lived there all her life until 21 years ago, when she came to Camden and had made her home with ; Mr. and 'Mrs. Sanders the rest of her life. She was 67 years of age and had made ;a large circle of", friends throughout the county who regret to 1 learn of her. death. She was a member of the Methodist church out was buried at Union Baptist church near >Blaney Sunday morning at 1-1 o'clock, the .Rev. Mr. Willis of Ridge way, officiating. The pallbearers were J. E. Ross, Gilymrd Monroe, A. C. Rose, (Stan- 1 ley Rose., Dnpree Peneival, Raffieid ' Holland. ' "Nick" Longworth i Dead at Aiken, Radio yesterday afternoon announced the death at Aiken, 8. C, d Nicholas Longworth, speaker of the j National honoo of jfeprooeatativeo, of* | tar -A few days lllnese with paiwmo < nia. Mr. the ( "!Ti. "Si,"'?** -^"ni T? - " v-.^r Hog Breeder Writes County Agent Green The following is a letter County Agent Henry D. Green received from Mr. C. L. Gramlirvg, the largest and vldest Hampshire breeder in South Carolina, of Orangeburg, S. C.: "It was a pleasure to spend a few hours, with you recently and to wait several of the 4-H club boys who are raising purebred Hampshire pigs .purchased by you from me for them last November. All of the pigs we saw are certainly doing fine, which $ Peaks well for the manner in which they are being fed and handled. I congratulate you and all of the boys on their splendid progress. " It is a pleasure to say that you have bought more registered Ha/mpBhires from me than any other individual during my sixteen years as a purebred breeder. -' It is also true that more of niy' hogs have gone to Kershaw county than to any other county (n the state. I am very much '".-Iciiow that such excellent care and supervision is b^ipg given all these animals. WtsMlljlg. /. you continued success with your hog program in Kershaw county." VV Stole Bethune Auto; Arretted In Sumter Arthur 18-year-old youth, who said his home /was in Connecticut, was u^Tcstvd here - at 3.30 o'clock this morning in a car he had stolep three hours earlier in Bethune, S. C. Gilfln had stalled the car, a light sedan, on 'Salem Avbnue, between Calhoun and Haynaworth streets, when Officers Strange and Jones came along and pioked him up as a suspicious 'cfhuraeter. He was held in the guard house until this morning | when the ..highway department \vafi called and the owner of the car found to be a /Mr. 'Lane of Bethune. The police of Bethune were notified and they carefe for Gilfin at once. The csr/imd*been stolen from 'Mr. Lane's garage shortly after 12 o'clock. The Sumter police, on the job as usual, recovered the car and arrested the thief within three hours after the theft.?Tuesday's Sumter Item. Floral Company Ships Many Lilies ?? The Camden JFloral company sold out their entire crop of Easter lilies, said to have been the largest grown in the south. The flowere went to all parW of the southland, and the management states th^t many orders coming inflate could not be filled. tCM.'.. ?"~- UA 51 nn tVia Seaboard, which passes (Camden near midnight, was held here for twenty minutes while esjpress and floral employees worked feverishly to load two solid /express icars with Camdengrown lilieB. More than one hundred crates Wfere sent to Florida points? representing the largest single shipmopj^eyer made from this point. Hog Shipment It is planned to ship another car of hogs from Kershaw county within the next two weeks and ail hogs to be shipped should be listed with the county agent at once, advises Henry D. Green, the county agent. Benedict Quartette to Sing >- Sunday afternoon, April 12th, 1931, at 3:30, Benedict College Quartette will sing at. AIL- Aforiah Baptist church. We cordially invite our friends to come out and enjoy this the last song, service of the season. This quartette l^as distinguished itself by pinging over the radio to the delight of many..; (Special seats will be provided (for our white friends whom we will be glad to welcome. , J. W. Boyikin, Pastor. Drowns in Pond Cheraw, ApriL.3.?-Aubrey Burch, 16, lost his life by drojwning in the mill pond near here when he and a companion, Mfendel Odom, want out in ? boat. The boat in some manner ?psiz*d and the two boy* were thrown into w aster. The younger managed to reach the shore. Aubrey Wil|pi son of Mr. and Mm. N. J. Burfch of this place. Atter^dfd -Springs Funeral CHfcfe ^.V Shannon, long-time hi sines* associate of Colonel Leroy dtfsmfcil the funeral of Ool^ afternoon. Others in the party 'rem Camden war# Ml suss ChmMs md Leila Shannon, Mrs. Ida S. Heath end Ralph N. Shannon. Mayer Released On $3,000 Bail A. R. Mayer, who was held in Jail charged by a coroner's jury with fatally shooting R. IS. Williams on Main street last Wednesday evening, was released .Monday on bail His attoi neys, Smith and l?>mith, appeared before associate justice Jqhn C. Stable! at St. Matthews 'Monday and secured an order for bond in the sum of $3,000. Bondsmen for Mr. Mayer were W? L. Jackson and W. F. Nettles. In aligned statement (presented to Judge Stabler, Mr. Mayer stated that his .mission to Mr. Williams was q peaceful one. The statement made by Mayer in his application for bail as to the immediate difficulty, omitting certain parts therein, leading up to the trouble is quoted: "Petitioner had scarcely finished this statement when the decensed applied to him a vile epithet, quickly drew his pistol and ipresented it on petitioner as if to shoot. The petitioner had his ipistol in his back pants pocket and had on an overcoat which was closejy ibuttoned, petitioner struck the deceased in thd5 head as qdfcldy as he could and at about the same time caught the pistol with hand. The jpetitioner tried to prevent the deceased from shooting him and a struggle resulted, the petitioner at the same time tryjing to gM his pistol from his pocket for his protection. During this struggle, the |t|stol of the deceased was j discharged several times in the effort of the deceased to shoot petitioner. Finally, petitioner managed to get out hi8 pistol and while the deceased was stiU trying to shoot him, the petitioner strudk deceased on the head with his pistol thinking this would stop him but it did^notrand then the petitioner fired several shots, after which he took the pistol of the deceased from his hand. He did not fire a single shot at the deceased with the latter's pistol and only shot the <to?eased because he fully realized that it was necessary for the protection of his life." Blind Woman Dies From Auto Injuries l The second victim in the automobile wreck that took the life of IsTtiel Brown, Augusta, Ga., negTo undertaker, was claimed when Golda John&on, an occupant of the car, succumbed Friday to injuries received. Golda Johnson was blind and she iwas being taken to a hospital in Philadelphia, when the Car in which she was riding with Brown, Richard JaKb?aii n wIia -ursia Hruriiw. other woman ran off the Water^e river bridge. Brown was instantly killed, and at an inquest held shortly afterwards, Johnson, the driver, was placed in I jail. The verdict was that Brown came -to his death in an automobile 'wreck caused by the reckless speed at which the car (was driven by John pon. , When the woman died, another inquest was held with the same vei> diet being reached. | CLIMATE AND" IODINE ~~ ? Bernard M. Barueh Discusses Two Of State's Great Assets Columbia,i.<S. C?. April 7.?South Carolina will benqfit from the establishment of the fact that its products contain iodine and from weal-, thy outsiders purchasing estates here because of its climate, Bernard M? Baruch, financier, said in an interview here today. "We want to avoid starting upon this development of 9outh Carolina products before we. are completely sure of the ground upon which it is baaed," Mr. Baruch said, "and until we know the markets are available. Investigations are now being made an the state by large corporations, Twhich are interested." Recognition of South Carolina's winter climate as having "no superior" already has won many nonresidents to purchase homes and land in the state, Mr. Baruch pointed out. South Carolina products wiR- fGtt an enormous momentum" when placed on the market, Mr. Baruch believes, but "Well have to push them our-1 selves." ?? dismantled by Federal of April 16 and 17 To Be Field Days Apri) 16th, 8 p. m., high schojl auditorium. High school contests. ' Fiaoh school may enter one girl and a one boy above the seventh grade, i The time limit for the declamation ? and recitation contests shall be 12 ? minutes. ? April 17th, 9;40. Spelling coptest. | One entrant from each high school \ and one from each elementary school, i All contestants must assemble in hjgn i school auditorium at 9:80. 10:80. Declumation contest in high \ school auditorium for elementary ; grades. Any school may enter one boy and one girl from grades four , through seven. 10:80. Recitation contest, primary department in 'Methodist church auditorium, but all contestants will report to Mrs. L. T. Mills class room. , This contest is open to one pupil t from each school, grades one through three. Judges for declamation and recitation contests shall be furnished by Lancaster county Hoard of Education. , The high school athletic events will be started promptly at 10:00 o'clock Friday morning and the grammar grade events will be run off in the afternoon starting at 2:00 oVlocK. City Council Orders Election In Ward 2 At the regular monthly meeting of the city council of Camden held Monday night the city ordered a primary election to 'be held on Tuesday,* April 21, to fill the Vacancy in Ward Two caused by the death of Alderman R. S. Williams. The council at ? thfc same time appointed a committee to draft suitable resolutions on the death of Mr. Williams. The Certified Audit company, of Columbia, was again employed to make an audit of the city books. Since the legalizing of boxing matches in this state the city council named A. Sam Karesh as commissioner for Camden, D. J. Oreed was named by the members of the house and ^Senator Welsh named Brevard Boykin. The rules as now used by the New York state boxing commission will be used temporarily until all the towns in .South Carolina have appointed commissioners ? then a meeting of all commissioners will be held in Columbia to formulate their own rules and regulations. JThe council authorized the expenditure of $100 for a portrait and a copy of the war department citation I of John Cantey Villeplgue, Camden's congressional medal winner to be placed in Pershing Memorial Hall in faris. The County Board of 'Directors named Directors J. H. Sowell and E. T. Bowen as a committee to confer with the village of - Westville, the home of R. Hobson Hilton to furnish the Cost for a portrait of him for the Hall. Mr. Hilton is another Congressional medal winner. In case the citizens of Westville do not subscribe the amount the county; board will very likely furnish tb? joost. - v Several Sudden Deaths ' Coroner Clements and members of the Sheriffs forces sev- J eral sudden deaths during the past week but in no instance <JW they deem an inquest necessary. x A 61-year-old ^legro man by the name of R. M. James was found dead in his house in the Cantey section, lit was thought he had beeii dead for quite n while before hig body was discovered. No evidence of foul play was noted and no inquest was held. Joe .Richardson, a negro near Bethune, dropped dead. His death was pronounced due to natural causes. Kitty (Moultrie, a negro Woman of West Wateree, died on April 4th from injuries received in an automobile accident March 26. No inquest was 'thought necessary. Farmers Everyone interested in entering the 1931 corn, sweet potato or cotton contest should notify the. county agent at once, says Henry t>. Green, the i county agent. ; _ Was In Greenville Friday. . * A. S. Llewellyn, state commander of the American Legion, was in Greer and Greenville last Friday. The . Greenville auxiliary had the honor of entertaining " Mrs. Robert Lincoln Hoyal, of Douglas, Arizona, national president of the auxiliary dn that Iwo Men Injured In Peculiar Accident Two men met scriou* injury here Tuesday in u peculiar accident which may prove fatal for one. While walkng through a public alleyway on low?r Main street, Special Ajjent Moak, jf the Carolina Life Insurance Oomi>any orf Columbia, and W. B. Uhoden, peal representative of the same comlany, were badly crushed by the fallng of a truck body used for hauling cotton. The huge body measuring twenry feet in length and weighing about 1,000 pounds, was propped up by iron supports near the alleyway. It is supposed that a sudden gust <vf wind tilted the body causing it to fall on the men while passing. It took ten or more strong men to life the body so the?men could be extricated. Both were rushed to the Camden hospital, rwhere Mr. Moak was found to be the more seriously injured. It is thought his back is broken and he is suffering internal injuries. Mr. Uhoden is suffering from a crushed ankle and It is feared amputation may be necessary. The truck body was the property of J. B. Zemp, local drayman. Later in the afternoon Mr. Moak was carried by ambulance to Columbia and placed in a hospital. It is said he is paralyzed from the waist down and is in a serious condition. Highway Robbers Captured at Bridge Following a telephone message from Sheriff Oswald and the chief at policd of Lexington, motorcycle Officer Alva Rush and rural officer G. B. DeBruhl, got to the river bridge at midiiight Wednesday in time to hold four persons charged1 with highway robbery in Lexington. The four persons in the car were two white men, one white woman and one negro man. The cp?rtette was held at the bridge until the arrival of the sheriff and chief from Lexing- , ton and the filling station man who was robbed. He promptly identified the party, stating that after giving them enough gasoline to proceed northward, one rWhite man covered him with a pirto* while the negro . taking in .money and his coat and cap. All of the stolen goods were recovered and the sheriff took his prisoners back to Lexington. The car they were travelling in was a fordor sedan bearing a New Jersey license tag. It is thought they were driving a stolen car as their identification card called for ahnthaf mojfc* the prodigal bons of god Tragedy of the Human Soul .Wandering From Home Into Sin The (fatal tragedy of the soul going {away from God was discussed by Rev, H, G. Bryant tn his sermon at the North Charlotte Baptist church. -l.-Z "His notte impulses a re chocked, his warmer aHfeCtiohs atfr d?iHe<fc;We holier energiesputff paralysed*> while hte\heart is hardened tjyjghe doc^it^ ftilmwu rtf'Tffrrttnr^ "Thus men torn thefaMUsarts away from the summer land of the soul and drift into the far country at perpetual winter and. godlessaoaa. A desolate, orphaned heart, a deserted shrine, a desecrated temple, and yet an empty, weary, disappointed heart that nothnig can satisfy forever." ) Just as the prodigal son went into a far country away from his father to have a good time, so men are still going into the far country of sin aiway from God, theif* father, and persuading themselves that they are having a good time, said Rev. Mr. Bryant. He described the far country as "the \OY* weary journey the soul takes when it turns away from God, the place of the shadow of death." It is estimated, he said, toy the distance a man's will and affections are from God. . h > ? - - . ??^ v Bli Johnson, ?, a negro, is reported to have been shot to death' near Redwood, Miss., Sunday, after an alleged attack on a white woman of the community. , i ii i a i 11 - >" Two men wer? sentenced in PhilaiHhftiw Tnesdsy Prr itrsa two yaara each following their / ?onrictkm on ofcargM of offering te sell poieoned bqoor. Analysis shewed the Hqu>r to he made of iodine and poteaeium in quantities euffIcient to cause death.