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I The Camden Chronicle .Mnggggggga? ? mmmmmsouth Carolina, Friday, april 17, mi 1 1 """ 111 ? - -- 1 ? NUMBER 3 flans Being Made For Cotton Show "Live at Home" movement bepromoted all over the state will ^ observed in Camden during NaHal Cotton Week with a Cotton ;He Show to be held at the Armory, the evening of April 24th, A Hmittee composed of the mayor, .Hreseptatives from the Chamber of yHtmeree, the Rotary Club, with the Hi or Welfare League, met at the Be of* Mrs. S. C. Zemp, chairman Kershaw com^y, and" perfected -His for the style show. Bach mer i will be asked to secure models H exhibit their cotton ready-to rood's for men, women and Hdren. There will have assigned to merchant a booth Where yard His can be displayed. The two i^Hon mills* will also exhibit their r^^Hl w> ? * Hhe women of the town and county jifl asked to make cotton dresses and -.Hr the contest. All those plan, H^ to enter the sfypw with homeHe garments . please notify Mrs. Tindal, telephone 274-J. he ready-to-wear styles will be so^Hcd by Mrs. Henry Savage. Jr., he Junior Welfare League; Prizes H be given in each class. H. F. y'Hb has charge of the music for ^H evening and there will probably Hancing after the show. Hr. D. W. Daniels, of Clemson col: , will make an address appro te to the occasion, opening the _ l . - ?-iUMIUIOOIUII i& tu utJ JiMUt H the town and county people are Hdially invfted to attend. flecjted President Bhamber Commerce Ht a meeting of the Chamber of mmerce directors on Wednesday ernoon held in the office of the I amber of Commerce* 'Mr,,. Henry Bvage, Jr., resigned the presidency. John Whitaker, Jr., who has been H president was elected president H to fill the vacancy of vice pre3 nt's place, Mr. Hughey Tindal was Sr. L. I. Guion presented the matH of formation of an Agriculture Hiit Association for Kershaw coun?Hav4? gave the directors?inform aH as to the method of formation also the conduct of such an as'fi'Htion after its formation. s?: c* Kind to Animals Week" He Kind to Animals Week" will ^ celebrated throughout the nntion Hil 19 to 35, and Mrs. Robert W. Hiety for the Prevention of Cruelty Animals, makes the following sug-. Many mules and horses doing conHction work on our new highways He been fearfully abused. Please I a word often to stir up sentiHt in their behalf nod to encourage ^Hiffs and rural police to do their H them. Hhery county in . Suoth Carolina Hid have a Society for thja.- PreHion of Cruelty to Animals, se urge the forming pf an?Lin ^Hlease suggest in your next issue pulpits and Sunday schools ob~ Humane Sunday, April 19." Pershing breaks his silence of years ? READ My Experiences in j the World War I General John J* iPershing Now in the Hmden Chronicle Greenville Exposition Boosts Home Goods # Greenville, S. C? April U.-Thc eve at, Heme' Exposition,.' held in Greenville recently, hka brought about an appreciation on the <part of housewives and merchants for South Carolinr food products, according to W. Frank Hipp, president of the Lib. erty Life Insurance Company, which is sponsoring the movement. Hundreds of persons -who visited the Greenvfille Exposition were impressed with the products of farm and factory displayed there and, according to their remarks,, intended to become purchasers of home goods. Canned tomatoes, b^ans, okra, sweet potatoes, relish and many other articles put up in this state were displayed to advantage at Greenville. In addition there were v exhibits of candy, parched and salted peanuts, etc., made from South Carolina products. Many merchants from over the. Piedmont section visited, the Exposition during the three days in which it ran, making inquiry as to whether the goods could be obtained, how quickly they could be shipped and the like. All were impressed with the high quality of the goods shown and expressed a desire to carry on the work by stocking their shelves with South Carolina products. The Exposition has not ended before gratifying results wer? visible, Mr. Hipp said. The interest and enthusiasm generated by the Exposition spread to all parts of the Piedmont section, farmers, merchants and housewives becoming interested. The Exposition at Columbia, intended for the residents of that section of the state, will feature the same type goods as was shown in Greenville. Hundreds of .persons from all parts of the state, particularly from Columbia and the coastal regions, are expected to attend the Columbia Exposition, which is also being sponsored by the Liberty Life Insurance CbrtLpeny. ' Coming at this season of the year, when farmers and truckers are beginning to think of the 1931 crop, the Expositions will also have a tendency to encourage production. Bi past years farmers have not always been able to dispose of their surplus crops of beans, tomatoes and other vegetablco but with the ineroaocd demanAon the part of housewives of this state, this condition will be remedied this year. Agriculture over the state has- taken on a brighter outlook because of the Greenville Exposition, it being generally believed that farmers who devote a part of their acreage to vegetables this year will hav? no difficulty in disposing or tn?m to goou advantage. Camden Han Has Bird Exhibit The high school was entertained this morning with a bird exhibit presented by Mr, Edward B. Buddin, of Camden. iMr. Buddin has had fourteen years' experience raising and studying birds. This work is a hobby with him, and he devotee much of his tiime showing them to the schools of the state. The Med:-exhibit Consists of live la cage*, and charts of ail South Carolina and North American bride. This includes all the game birds of this continent, which are protected by law from being caged. ?Mr. Buddin explains fully the history and habits of the birds included in the exhibit and on the charts. He shows an unusual familiarity and understanding of birds. The pg^Hc is invited to attend the exhibits which will be given at the grammar schools on Wednesday, April l'&th, under the following schedule: Dora Jones, 8:46 a. m.; Fbote Street, 10:80 a. m.; College Street, 12:00 M.; Baldwin Mill, 1:00 p. m.? Chester Reporter. Services at Temple Beth El ^Jbe^pGEHc cordially invited to services at Temple Beth El on Sunday, April 10th,.at 4 o'clock. Rabbi Satnuel Schilfcman, of Sumter, will conduct the services. M. ?. Heyman, Secretary. Langley Man Died Here J'. T. Bruce, a former citizen of Langley, S. ., aged 64 years, died at the home of Ma son-in-law, G. W. Harrison* at the Hermitage mill village Tuesday afternoon. Hie body was^oarried to Lengiey by the Evans funeral hearse Wednesday where the funeral and burial took place on Thursday. Highway Patrol Has Busy Quarter A large majority of those arrested by members of the styte highway patrol during the first quarter of this year y*ere convicted and paid fines, a report issued by 3am E. Owen, Jr., chief of highway law enforcement, showed. x: Only 242 persons of tho 2,:i<31 arrested were acquitted. The report shows a total of $27,576.60 collected, in fines. "While we are not primarily fine collectors and have made oases only against flagrant violators," Owen said, "you can see the necessity of the highway patrol." Arrests for careless and reckless driving or speeding Jed tho list, with 454 arrests, 468 convictions, and $5,262 paid in fines. The 103 irUftkicated drivers caught .by the patrolmen paid $405 upon conviction. Only two were dismissed. v Of the regulatory law enforcement, 1,006 cases were made for lack of proper motor vehicle licenses. There were 846 convictions and 150 dismissals on the charges and fines amounted to $9,602, the largest amount paid for any one violation. Greenviille yielded the largest sum of the 46 -counties in fines, paying $2^660. Yorte, also in the Piedmont, paid $2,260, \v -Lexington, intersected by important highways in all directions, produced the third largest amount $1,961!.. Spartanburg paid $1,645, Chester $1,485, Pickens $i,070 and Charleston $965. Assassin Kills Pine wood Mayor Pinewood, April 16.?Mayor E. Clyde Geddings was shot in the back and almost instantly killed tonight aB he sat in the living room of his home here. His assailant fired through th? screen d<oor of,the.room, skiing 'a charge of nine buckshot into his vic&ta'a body. Mr. Geddings, who was a prominent attorney, member of the firm of Geddings and Weeks, was sitting in a chair reading a paper with nis back to the door when members of the family passed through the room just a minute before they heard the shot. 'He died a few seconds after the charge entered his back without being able to make any statement. Rural Officers Seale and Dollard and Officer Chandler of Sumter were summoned to the scend* and immediately began an investigation but after k close study of the scene saivl they had found no clues to the pertaiL or nafflAiui wtm shot doum the official "Mayor Geddings is said to have been very active recently against violators of the prohibition lawsnd the theory has been offered that his assassination may have its root* in enmities made in his enforcement campaign. The Ahooting occurred at about 0 p. m. at the home here within the limits of the town. Mrs. E. H. Geddings, mother of the mayor, and Mrs. Jlames Bryan, a sister, were the onty other occupants of the house at the ifme. Neither of them saw the shot fixed and by the time they had rushed ffom an adjoining room, drawn by the report, the assailant had fled. Mayor Geddings was 47 years old and unmarried. Beside the two women in the house with him at the time of the tragedy he is survi^nd^y One brother, J. F. Geddings, Newport News, Va.'; three other sisterk, Mrs. C. B. KoMt>, of> Sumter; Mre. R. J. Aycotk and Mts. E. T. Byrd, of Pine-^ wood, and an adopted sister, Miss" Inez Rogers, student at Columbia college. . j, n First Baptist Church Services " The following services are announced for the week at ^the First Baptist chuQbh: .Sunday school at 19 oVtack, JudggM. L. Smith, superintendent; preaching by the pastor at *1:16 a. mTJwnd 8 p. m.; morning subject, "Tb^pUr of Life;" %vening *ubfject,'TOE1ie Seeking Christ." Prayer mep^pg Wednesday evening at 8 oVdoe^^j^mior B. Y. P. U. Thursday ewrityfeg 8:15 and Junior B. Y? P. U. Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend all the. services of this church. Aatloch Baptist Char* Sunday School 10 o'doek. Luther Pate, superintendent. Preaching 11 0'<h?k by visiting preacher. iii i ,..i.9s=naaBsssR Says Cock Fight . Ends In Draw Newspapermen have to often go away it out home to learn the news. The United Dress correspondent sends the following to the Columbia State VIM**" * Yo1*' s- C > date line of April id. Die reader will note that ho carefully omits names and this story is all news to The Chronicle. Here's his story: April 10,?The cock-fighting laurels of two Houth (Carolina cities were trailed in the dust today when gamecocks representing Camden and Roek Hill fought five minutes to a double knockout, futal in both cases, in an illegal tournament near Camden. The special South Carolina ?judge entered some of his own gamecocks in the meet and lawyers, doctors and business men, farmers, bootleggers and rum runners sat excitedly arm to arm watching the great bout from which all "liquor and pikers" were I barred. ? The principals of the main bout, Camden and Rock Hill are as good names as any others, battled fiercely and lightning-swift jabs of the long steel gaffs and showers of feathers. Camden drew first Iblood, driving his gaff deep into Rock Hill's breast. The Rock Hill entry rolled over on his back, his legs kicking. If Camden had been satisfied then, he might have been awarded a knockout decision, but the blundering cock sailed into his opponent's kicking Spurred QW j <V/\f fnii* kjmoni^ n 4- V, pierced the brain and killed him in-( stantly, Rbck Hill died a moment Later. So the main bout in the Carolina's greatest cock-fighting tournament of the 1/931 season ended in disaster to the principals and started an extended argument if bets should be paid when both the winner and vanquished were dead. The fains caused no disturbances, having b^en -forewarned that only the gamecocks were to do the fighting. Agonized curses rent the soft April sunshine, however, when the disgruntled bettors saw their funds disappear under the futile kicks of beaten bird3. Breeders from more than 20 towns in at least three different states entered candidates. Some bouts were over in a few second?. The historic battle between Camden and Ruck Ilill lasted longest. . i Presbyterian Church Services Sunday, April 19. A. Douglas McArn, pastor. iMorning worship 11:15. Sunday school 10 a. m. You are cordially invited to these services. V Mr. Moak Severely Injured Paralyzed from his waist down because of injuries to his back received last Tuesday when the side of a large truck fell upon him at Camden, Calhoun C. Moak, special agent of the Carolina Life Insurance company, of DM4 Assembly street, is critically ill at the Baptist hospital. Despite an operation *?* the fact that he i* conscious and in good spirits, physicians despair -61; his Mfe. - Mr. NMoak and fols wife, formerly Miss Julia Miller, daughter of MrS. Powell Miller, of Columbia, had recently moved to Columbia from Charleston -- when Mr. Moak was made special agent of his cmopany and assigned: to the Columbia territory.? Columbia State. % Mr. Rhoden Improving Mr. W. B. Rhoden, who had his i ankle crushed in an accident on lower Main street last week is gradually improving at the Camden hospital and surgeons in attendance believe he will recover without the loss of the Wmb. This will be good news to his many friends throughout the city and county. 'Mr. A. B. Lang ley, president of the Carolina Life Insurance company, and ex-governor Wilson G. Harvey were visitors at the hospital Tuesday to see Mr, Rhoden. Galon at Jackson, Miss. L. L Guion, of Lugoff, vice-president of the Federal Land Bank at Colutahia, *nd a prominent pecan grower, is serving as mentor of the < finance sndf prganization comfmfttee st the National Pecan Marketing as- < sociation's convention now being held < Mto. . v f i Schilletter, extension horticufcnriatwf South Carolina, Of CUtoe?n college, is tarring as a mentor , of the aatee and advertising com- , dttee. jC Dr. Luther Little To Preach Here! Announcement ia made that Dr.| Luther Little, pastor of the First Baptist church of Charlotte, N. C., will conduct a revival meetipg in the First Baptist church of Camden )>eginnin Monday, April 20th and continuing through Wednesday, April 20th. j I)r. Little is one of the iieat known ministers of his denomination and j many people who have heard Ids sc. -1 mons over station WBT at Charlotte; on Sunday feel that they know him personally. He has been heard all over the section reached by the Charlotte radio station and his sermons have been a delight to many shutins who listen to the gospel word. It is eaqpected that many from nearby towns will attend these services. There will 'be two servfices daily?at 10 in the morning and 8 in the evening. I Men Caught Here -! To Plead Guilty Lexington, April 9.?'Walter and Eddie Bryant and Mrs. Elsie Bryant, of Trenton, N. J., and Tom Williams, Negro, of Tennessee, will plead guilty before Judge M. M. Mann here tomorrow to- a charge of holding up and robbing the filling station of Artie Corley last night, Sheriff H. Cromer Oswald announced tonight. 'the quartet was arrested early this morning at the Wateree bridge near Camden shortly after they are alleged to have committed the hold-up. Sheriff Oswald went to Camden and returned the three men here but left the woman in Columbia because of a lack of facilitiee to care for her at the Lexington jail. The officer said that they have confessed and announced their readiness to enter guilty pleas. Mr. T. L. Smith Dead Thomas L. Smith, 74, n retired farmer, died at his home in the Beulah section of Kershaw county Friday about midnight. Funeral services were oonducted by the Rev. E. S. Dunbar of the local church, assisted by the Rev. T. J. White pf Dalzell and the Rev." A. V. Smith of West Kershaw in Beulah Methodist church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Interment was in the church cemetery. Mr. Smith was a member of Beulah Methodist church. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mattie Ives Smith and the following children: Mrs. Charlie Yates, of Dalsell, William M. Smith, of Catnden, Jim Sknith of Sumter, Murray Smith of Oamden, and Walter Smith of Lee county. Fred 1. Blumor. owner of ?jiSfc ery at Monroe, Wis., in held by kidnapers who are demanding f WMOO for his raleaee. ? - To Take Census of School District One Beginning Tuesday afternoon, Ap- 7 ril 21, the teachers of District No. 1, will visit the "homes of all of the patrons of the school district in order to take a census of the children from ages 0 to 20 years inclusive. This census is required by law to bo taken each year in April. The act requiring the census was passed by the legislature of 1030. We ask that parents aid the teachers in every way possible% in securing the data necessary. We quote sections one and live from the Act entitled "To Require a State Census uf Children of School-Age.": "Section 1?Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of .South Oarolinu: The teacher or teachers in each school district in cooperation with the local board of trustees, shall annually before the fifteenth day of April, or not later1 than two weeks before the close of any school term, take and report an enumeration of all youth residing In the district who will bo between the age 3 of six and twenty-one on the first dav of July, following, distinguishing between malo* and females, and white and colored. '^Section 5.?It shall be a misdemeanor for any person or persons to wilfully or personally refuse to give the enumerator such information desired, and any person or persons violating this act shall be subject to a penalty or fine, or both, in the discretion of the courts." Robber Makes Haul At Bethune Store Bethune, April 1'5.?The store of J, M. Clyburn was robbed some time during Tuesday night, the loss being estimated at several hundred dollars. The goods stolen consisted chiefly of men's clothing, shoes and some groceries. The thief entered the store by breaking through a transom over a side door and made his exit through the back door. Sheriff McLeod, of Camden, came over during the morning to investigate and also a fingerprint exjpert, Mr. Charles B. Blythcr, from Camden, has been here, but so far no arrests have been made. The .April meeting of the Bethune P. T. A. was held at the high school auditoriuVn Monday eveniqg. In addition to the usual routine of business a pleasing program. yffrs r?ni dered. Piano Solo by "Mrk. J. C. Foster; tajik on Home Education by Mr. R R Pnms; tsVk. c" of Tomorrow by Mr. A. W. Parket; reading, "The Yellow Butterfly," by Miss Margaret Truesdell. Miss Mildred Manning, a member of the school faculty, spent last week end at her home in Clio. Miss Inez MoManus, who has been spending Beveral weeks in the town and community in a professional capacity, that of a trained nurse, returned to Columbia Tuesday. ^Mrs. D._ M. Mays ?nenh TuAa/tau m ixnunYDia. The Baptist Woman's Missionary. Society met at the home of Mrs. D. L. MoLeod Wednesday afternoon. Lee Ernest Outlaw, who has been making his home in Pennsrbsnia for* the last few years, arrived last .week to spend some time with hie parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Outlaw. [ Miss Clara Gordon, of jkbe Union school, spent the past week end at, her home here. Miss Gsnaua Pitts i? at the C$-. lumbia hospital! where Ac has gone- 1 in training fer a nurse. The Rev. J. E. Williams and Mrs. Williams spent last Friday in Co1 ai _ ?1 ' lUjywhHTMT ***** , ?W OllUallr 111 1 ,i~i; Friends of Mr. Frederick W. Burr, the popular and capable manager of . The Kittowood Hotel, urtM regret to know that he is critically ill at the -< Camden hospital and little hope is held out for his rseovery. Mr. Burr is a native of Waterbury, Connect!- . cut, and besides being manager of The Kirkwood in Camden, he is also manager of the Abbott hotel in Fran- ; conia, New Hampshire, during the summer months. tMrs. Burr is in: Camden with him. Three men walked into, the Moddus; Savings Bank, of "Moddus, Conn., Wednesday, covered the two employes remaining in the building, seised 160,000 in hills, and walked away, leaving their two victims lying on the floor, bound. Ml II I I - . V Seventeen persons, including most ' of the victims, have identified two negroes in jail in Louisville, Ky., as being attackers of two women near Hhdkman, Ky., and a 16-year-old girl at Bast St. Louis, Mb., last month. Two women died in an apartment hoses in Pittdbmgh, hL, Sunday from ' toe eriects on {poisonous gases released in 4bs iMMaseut ef the house to httl ante. The gas spread through the building, killed* tte^wo women .11 and overcame three others.