The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 08, 1931, Image 8
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LOOKING BACKWARD
Taluea From tiro File* ol The Chronic If Fiftcan and Thirty Y?or? Ago
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THIRTY YEARS AGO
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May 8, 1901
Another freshet in Wateree river
reaching a height of Iid feet with wa
ter to floor of toll bridge. Southern
trestle at Catfcwba river washed away
and no train? into Camden over
thin line.
Camden Horticultural Society hold*
f' Spring fair.
Mrs. Blakeney, mother of K. D.
Jllakeney, dies at residence of her
daughter, Mrs. K. C, Zemp.
Mrs. S, Tweed, long time milliner
"in /Camden, died at her home corner
Lyttleton and OeKalb streets.
Colored Preeibyte*;ian church build?
ing completed on Market street.
Residence of Leo Schenk on north
broad nearing <u>mpletion.
Kershaw Guards under command
. of ('apt. S. C. Zemp to leave for
jCbUumauga for unveiling of state
monument. H. L. Watkins, It. It.
Team, as Lieutenants; I. C. Hough,
B. P. peLoache, A. L. Watkins, W.
It. DeLoache as 'Sergeants; W. S.
Burnet, B. W. Rhame, O. C, Moore,
J. K. Lang, R. Shannon, as Corporals.
; i Camden graded schools to close with
, graduating class as follows: Mamie
Alexander, Leslie Arthur, Courtney
Atkinson, Allie Zemj>,_J<eHsi? Zemp
???and Wltlle IJePaaa.
South Carolina press association to
meet at Glenn Springs and from there
will go to I'an-American Exposition
at Buffalo, New York.
FIFTEEN YKAKH AGO
May 12, IMIti
Prank Gardner, citizen of Kershaw,
dies at his home.
National Guard of three state*
called to service on Mexican border,
making 45,000 troop* on duty,
Thomas J.^Upucomb died % at his
home on north Broad street.
Big political picnic held at Vine
Grove school house <Wheq all candidates
for county offices made speeches.
Memorial day held at Camden cemetery
with L. T, Mills as orator of
the day. The veterans -were served
dinner by the ladies in Kershaw
Guards armory. T. Jxjo Little admitted
the vets to the movies free
of charge.
Harry Sehlosburg returns from big
business trip. He purchased a half
million pounds of acrap iron from the
Charleston navy' yard. He shipped it
to a Pennsylvania foundry requiring
forty-eight care to move it.
Franklin Strickland, 4-year-o 1 J
child, dies a horrible death from hydrophobia
caused 'by bite in the face
from a vicious hull dog.
V W. H. Haile, Grover Blackwell, Lee
little and. I/m-wtctdpc Whitaker on a
fishing trip <>/ several days at Doby's
Mill.
Congaree Presbyterial holding its
session at C&mdcn Preabyterian
church.
Short Term Convicts
To Serve On Gang
By a Ibill introduced in the house
by Messrs. Belk ami Stevens and I
which carries the signature of the
governor, short term (prisoners will i
hereafter be required to serve their .
terms on the chain gangs or in the i
county Jaiis itfstead of being sent to
the state penitentiary. This act is 1
a wise one in that u will help relieve '
the congested condition at the state
institution. The full text of the bill '
is us follows:
"Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of South Carolina;
That all persons convicted of
any criminal offense whatsoever,
where the sentence imposed-by the
presiding Judge is less than six
months, the person so convicted and
sentenced shall serve said sentence
either in the County jail or on the
chaingang of the County in which
said person was tried, convicted and
sentenced: Provided. That should it
appear to the presiding Judge that
the person sentenced is a dangerous
character or can not be safely kept
in said County, then the presiding
Judge shall order said person to be
taken to the State Penitentiary."
"Safety" Meeting
At Mt. Moriah
Sponsored by Mr. J. A. RaffieId,
superintendent of the North-western
Railway of South Carolina, a safety
meeting yill be held at Mt. Moriah
Baptist church in this city on Wednesday,
May 15, at 8 p. m.
The public is cordially invited to
this-' meeting. The great need for
more safe driving cf automobiles will
be stressed and seats will be reserved
for white friends of Mt. Moriah
church.
The tentative program as outlined
will consist of music by the Mt. Moriah
choir,-invocation, music by quartette,
remarks by Mr. J. A. Raffield,
address by Mayor R. M. Kennedy, Jr.
on "How We Can Make Our Streets
and Highways More Safe," address
by I)r. J. P. Pickett on "The Need
For More Safety." Rev. J. W. Boykin.
pastor of the church will also
take part on the program. ?
Ten Rainy Saturdays
According to F. F. Williams, manager
of the J. C. Penney company, of
this city, who keeps a record of the
weather on Saturdays, rain has fallen
on ten successive Saturdays.
<&MOTHER.
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uuorvt forget 7Tlai| 10th
WILL YOU?
Sunday, May 10th, is Mother's
Day. She looks forward
to it wi& such anticipation.
Will she look hack upon it
with happineSvS and pride . . .
because YOU remembered^ ^
Ftor your mother . . . and
the mother of your children
. . . order a Mother's Day
tribute of FLOWERS. Nothing
else could be half so
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welcome, half so appropriate!
Say it with
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FLOWERS
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The Camden Floral Company
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Goodyear Dealer,
Feels Confident
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Confidence In the outlook for the
entire automoti\? industry, once the
reaction from the recent depression
has passed, was expressed today by
Hughey Tlndal, of the Carolina Motor
Company, Goodyear dealer at
Camden, on his return from a meeting
at Columbia, S. C? where he
attended an unusual business conference
of Goodyear dealers from this
section of the state.
A feature of the meeting was the
use of sound movies showing modern
merchandising practices, and throwing
an interesting side light as well
on the airship activities of the Goodyear-Zoppelin
Corporation in the construction
of two great dirigibles for
the U. S. Navy at Akron, Ohio.
The picture, entitled "Every JThird
Wheel," centers nround Perkins, an
unsuccessful tire dealer, rwho scoffs
at modern sales methods. One day
he calls on Webster, a tire dealer in
a neighboring town who has built up
a substantial business and has made
a place for himself as a leading business
man. As Pyrkins watches, hfe
gets an idea wlW the other man ha,s
succeeded. ;
A customer comes in and Webster
inquires about >his driving needs,
road conditions, how long he expects
to keep his car. He wakes surer that
the customer gets the right tire.
gets out- a Supertwist demonstration
machine and shows the resiliency of
the fabric used in the quality tires,
how they will stretch and snap back
into place and so stand up over rough
roads. Webster explains the traction
and non-skid qualities which a
tire tread furnishes. He urged regular
tire inspection to avoid road
trouble.
The unsuccessful dealer learns that
Webster not only uses newspaper advertising
but plans copy and position
and scheduling to fit into his selling
campaign.
In the story Perkins is convinced
of the importance of improving his
merchandising, goes back to apply the
principles in his own place.
Other interesting features of the
picture are an address by R. S. Wilson,
vice-president and sales (manager
of Goodyear and a number of shots
illustrating the construction of the
giant Navy airship at Akron. There
are also views of the various Goodyear
tire and fabric factories around
the world and the vast cotton and
rubber plantations in Arizona and
Sumatra. t
William J. Newman Dead
Bethune, 9. ., May 2.?WilHam
J. Newman, 75, died a this home
here very suddenly last Wednesday
night. Although Mr, Newman had
been in failing, health for several
years his death was unexpected and
came as a shock to his relatives and
friends, Mr. Newman had been a
resident of tihe Timrod community
his entire life. He is survived by
his widow, who was Miss Lizzie
Gardner and the following children:
Mrs. J. E. Davis, Mrs. D. A. Munn
Mrs. S. P. Watkins, Mrs. J. G.
Squires, W. C. Newman and Elmer
Newman.
Interment was in the Mt. Pisgah
cemetery. Funeral services were
conducted by the Rev, J. B. Caston,
'z' Cwimlvii) aiiu J. O. " ' IIXCCHfB, v/x I
Bethune.
The North Carolina house has passed
and sent to the serpite a bill under
the terms of which all lobbyists
J would be required to register with the
secretary of state and pay a license
jof $5.
Majestic Program
Friday, May 8th
There's a thrill in every scere?
THE SEAS BENEATH," with
George O'Brien, Marion Lessing,
Walter C. Kelley and William Collier,
Jr. Sealed Orders? and Sealed Lips.
Story of sailors who loved the sea? 1
and women! "We have met the en- j
etny and she is beautiful. We sur- |
render!" One hour and thirty min
utes of genuine entertainment.
Saturday, May 9th
Walter Houston with Dorothy Rcvier
in "THE BAD MAN." A humorous,
but thrillingr story of a Mexican
bandit who acts as matchmaker,
and the humorous way he goes about;
it forms the basis of the story. Also
MGM Comedy, "The Crazy House."
Monday & Tuesday, May llth-12th
Lowell Sherman's Gay Sensation?
"BACHELOR APARTMENT," with
Irene Dunn and Ixiwell Sherman.
Crashing the privacy of New York - i
most intimate circle. The clo<k
clangs midnight and the doors swing1
open. Inside gaiety never end-,
laughter never dies. Curfew never
rings. j
Wednesday, May 13th
Here's one picture that'll make you
glad you are a part of the audience? j
"DIVORCE AMONG FRIENDS,"
with James Hall, Irene Delroy, I>ew
Cody, Natalie Moorehead and Margaret
Seddon. Doubly sensational.
Thursday, May 14th
Maybe this one won't make them
talk and say things?"DOCTORS'
WIVES." A wife saw too much?in
the private office of her successful
husband-doctor?and how the patients
try her patience.... Better see this.
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Half Holidays
Began Yesterday
The first ten undersigned firm* of
the city have agreed to close their
respective places of business on ea^-h
Thursday afternoon at one o'clock
during June, July and August. The
remainder of the list began closing
yesterday, Thursday, May 7th, and
will continue td <flo?e each Thursday,N
half-tfciya until August 27th:
W. G. Wilson, The Outlook Shoppe,
Enterprise Mercantile Company, J. J.
Newberry Company, Wolfe-Bichel
(Company, M. H. Heymart, Hirsch
Brothers and Company, Camden Furniture
Company, L. Ix>mansky, M. E.
Gerald, The Fashion Shop; Williams
Insurance Agency, Burns and Barrett,
Home Furnishing Company,
Fischer* 5-10 and 26 cents Store, Inc.,
Dixie Kadio and Electric Company,
R. S. Williams' Store, M, Ratuch,
Maekey Mercantile Comj>any, L. J.
Whitaker, Nero Reed, J. Fid I>ee, F.
K. Jeffers, A. Sheheen, F. Sheheen,
I. Wolfe, Ithame Brothers, W. F.
Nettles, Schlosb'urg's 5-10c Store, T.
T. Harvey Shoe Shop, Singer Machine
Shop, J. C. Penney Company, Latnoy'g
Grocery, Lindaay-Blakeney Insurance
Agency, C. P. DuBose and Company,
Davidson Insurance Agency, Heyward
Smith, W. Sheorn and Son, The IIoffer
Company,, Camd&n Feed and Seed
Store, A. & P. Broad Street (by L. O.
Yarboj-ougb), The Leader, Home
Stores No. 31, MoCa*)cill and Lollis,
ling's Grocery, J. K. Lee, I. B. English,
F. D. Goodale, Iodine Products
Store, Palace Baiber Shop, C. V.
Massebeau, Sanitary Barber Shop,
Camden Beauty Parlor, A. & P DeKalb
Street (by L. C. Pate), J. C.
Nicholson.
General News Notes
Business leaders of 46 nations are
meeting in Washington this week to
try to find out what they can do to
improve economic business conditions
without the aid of their governments.
This body will be known as the International
Chamber of Commerce, beginning
its sessions yesterday apd
continuing through the week.
E. Grier Waugh, bank clerk of
Statesville, N. C., has been sentenced
to two years in the Federal prison in
Atlanta, Ga., after being found guiity
of making false entries in the
books of the defunct Commercial National
bank of Statesville.
Parker Reeves, president of a bank
at Columbus, Miss., committed suicide
Saturday. Ill health was given
as the cause. His bank is described
as "one of the strongest in the state."
Eighty-eight communists involved
in Labor day demonstrations, were
executed at Swatow, China, Saturday.
John Lubic, a confectioner of Garfield,
N. J., on Saturday killed himself
and three sons by shooting. He
was out of work and about out of
money that he had saved.
The Illinois supreme court has
hflnded down a decision in which it
holds that it is illegal for women to
serve on juries in that state. As a
result it is likely that many cases in
the courts will have to be retried.
The right of women to serve on juries
was granted last fall after a referendum.
The court holds the referendum
was an "unconstitutional delegation
of legislative powers."
Mrs. ^ngrne uwarion umvoara ^wo,
wife of Tyrus Cobb, baseball player,
has withdrawn her suit for divorce
from her noted husband, which was
filed in Augusta, Ga., on April 16.
Colonel Robert Ewin-g, 71, publisher
of the New Orleans States, and one of
the best known and most successful
newspaper publishers ni the country,
died from heart disease at his home
in New Orleans on Tuesday.
The strawberry season opened at
Chadbourn, N. C., Wednesday, sales
totaling 589 crates at $5 to $6.90 per
crate.
National Guardsmen were ordered
to Elizabethton, Ky., Wednesday to
give additional protection to a negro
lawyer appearing in court there as
counsel for three negroes accused of
slaying Thomas Tillery, a .farmer.
Bryan Untiedt, hero of the Colorado
blizzard of a few weeks ag<}, arrived
in Washington on Wednesday
to be the guest of President and Mrs.
Hoover on a short visit.
1 Fire destroyed 4,(XX),000^pounds of
tobacco, a warehouse and redrylng
[plant at Winston-Salem, N. C., Wednesday,
with a property loss of approximately
$760,000.
Five negroes, locked in their room
at the Montgomery county, Tenn.,
poor farm, were burned to death
Wednesday whin fire de-stroyed the
10-room dormitory.
The veterans' bureau at Washington
reports that up to the end of last
week $971,000,000 had been loaned to
veterans, with 168,000 applications
for loans still on file.
Miss Ruth Beavans, 21, was killed
at Bartlesville, Okla., Wednesday
when an airplane piloted by George
M. Conover crashed. The pilot was
slightly h?rt.
The North Carolina flankers association,
in ^nventioA^at Plnehttxat
this'wet k, adopted resolutions recommending
that banks reduce the intereat
pai id on time deposits from four to
three par- cent. ,
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Jake Vande^>urg, i?6re or less notorious
Gaston county boy, has been
granted a new triul by the North
Carolina supreme cotiH in a ease :n
which he was convicted arid sentenced
to serve three years Cor secret assault
and carrying conceal^ weapons.
The police of San Diego, Cal., have
the fourth murder mystery over a
period of less than three months on
their hands. The dead body of Hazel
Bradshaw, 19, telephone operator, wns
found in a park Sunday morning.
Neither of the other three murders in
which girls were victims, has been
solved.
The mother of Governor Franklin
Roosevelt is quite ill with influenza
in Paris, France.
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Auk For Meeting Here
The local council of the Jr. o. y
A. M., through He representation
in attendance at the 87th annus*
session of the State Council, held j.
Marion, & C.f laat we?<k, invited
State Council to hold ita 1932 session
in Camden, hut it war decided bv
>t small margin to meet in Charlt**
ton, S. C. >
A goodly number of telegr^a,
were sent from Camden, inviting
State Council to hold ita 1932
here and the local council wishes to
express its sincere appreciation to
those who sent the invitations.
Mr. and Mrs. John L&ngford and
little ?on, apent Sunday with tho
former's parenta in Prosperity.
Mrg. William Ancrum and daugb.
tcr, Miss Margaret Ancrum, left the
past week.for Charleston,/from which
place they will leave for the Cansl
Zone, where Captain Ancrum will be
stationed for the next two years.
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PEACHES
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^ncy rlOlli 75c
Rosemary
Grape Juice
Quart -5Cn j
Bottle OD\j
P1I.LSBURY I
FLOUR
n. 89c
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White's Corn Fed HAMS lb. 22c |
sT?kd lk 25c
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Dre?ed HENS 25c ||
Pork 2 OP J
Tails lbs ""C
Neck 3 II
/Bones lbs J1
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Lamb OC_
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Butts lb 8c ]