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I Men Held
For Burglary
rest here l#st Wednesday
0, J. Williams by Officers
! and L. E. Barnes, proved
1. lead to the round-up of
tr men known to have been
ir loaded with cigarettes
m the Thomas and Howard
grocery.
jg a tip Sheriff J. H. Mcstate
constable W. A. Stydetective
W. T. Scott and
t W. H. Rawlinson of the
forces to assist him and
J. . Downs, Freddie HamCliff
Bradley under arrest
ht them to the Camden jaij.
enough has been secured, it
? convict all four men.
Williams, known as 'btto
formerly of Newberry, is
* the leader of the band,
men were surprised on York
a laic hour when they were
get away with about $500
cigarettes of all brands
m the wholesale concern afj
an entrance on the west
?e building.
aped except Williams,' who
esperate effort to take ofh's
pistol away from him.
officers came down from
Saturday and after the
county court finishes with
Williams and Downs will
mswer to charges of burghe
store of Senn and Jones
ttllnhnn village and Dnminng
Station, where it is said
>0 in money and other ar*
stolen.
flowing- is taken from Tues^t
. /fcerr"' Observer i
our men were caught in Camden,
men turning State's evidence conHing
several robberies in NfVfB.
Otto Williams is being held
Re Camden jail and Buster Wills
is being held here. It is
Bgfat that this is the crowd that
committed the robberies of so
Br cigarettes and other small ar
in Newberry.
Honday night, June 21st, the store
enn and Jones in Mollohon was
led. the safe robbed and several
dreds of dollars and other articles
In. This robbery was. of the same
Hare as the one at Dominick's FillB
Station several days ago.
Mt* *um ?f approximately $350
B stolen, about $325 being ?i?\cur;By
and the remainder /in silver,
Biff Cannon G. Blease Had a fibgBajcii
.ft-^t^vberry Monday mnrnBf?0m
Columbia and he is working
Bhe matter. No other clues have
B found."
linden to Be Host
Building and Loan
(!prtcwv. Lwn <X1 _A. ftj?r Alectimr
Brp n7ld choosing Camden as its
1 convention city, the South CarB
"^'Idiug and Loan league ended
nnual meeting here today.
I B. Woodson, secretary' of the
Brs0n Building & Loan associa
elected president. W. R.
?* Camden, was elected first
president ajnd R. G. Childs, CoRa<
^ond vice presidents.
e of the closing activities was
?* a ?ihrer loving cup-to
B Blac*? ?f Columbia,' chairman
mt JwlW*fty committee of the
I Twenty-Four in Jail
Be Kershaw county jail is pretty
filled up with .prisoners await. rial
at the July term o? court
m convenes the first Monday in
I The prisoners are equally diB~"tvelve
white men and twelve
g' and the charges include proBo?
violation, assault and bat'
ugg^ary En^ ?ne att?mPted as ted
For Murder
P* North Carolina
i'H. j -MwnaMM '
tenkins, alias John Patterson,
E negro, was captured. in
M, k 8?cHon of tWst county
was tumid over totJ. W.
*ry and S. E. Battley, detec1
" ??nUd ?t fti,h Poipt >>
*ory to the murder ?{ John
fV ^ * U*t-pUoe in
B H? made his escape and went
k but came to thife cbttnty
I??LWa* mWh?
Ijl?# r*** * Ratal Of*
I^Hough and & P. Wktkfti*.
Biai?*^ Gladden and
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i Kind of Stamp
Now On Sale Here
^Po?tm?,Ur W. T. Stewart h?, ?
in postage stamps just now,
something different and entirely new,
th#"mo,t popular colors of this
summer, and hence they ought to be
attractive to fashionable women, at
, Th?y ar* 2-cent stamps issued to
commemorate the fiftieth anniversary
of the founding of the American Hed
Cross.
The new stamp is printed in two
colors, black and red, and is the same
size as the regular issue, arranged as
an upright rectangle,
It is enclosed in a border formed by
a heavy black line slightly indented
along the center on all four sides.
Acrosp the stamp in two lines are the
words "United States Postage" in
white faced Roman lettering.
The central design of the stamp,
orinted in black, is the figure of a
Red Cross nurse kneeling before the
globe with outstretched hands, reproduced
from the 1930 poster entitled
'"Hie Greatest Mother." In the uppfer
part of the stamp at the left of
the figure is the Greek Cross with
five equal squares, the emblem of the
organization, printed in bright red.
Arranged vertically, opposite the
indentation on either side, are the
dates in black Gothic figures, "1881"
on the left and "1931" at the right.
f In both lower corners within white
jmrders with (black background appears
the numeral 2.
The sale of these special stamps is
among the many ways in which the
annlversaf^r <of the founding of-thw
Red Cross is being commemorated.
# Camden Lost to Florence
G& l*st Friday evening a team representing
the Bowlmore Parlor went
over to Florence to play a return
game of duck pins at the Lucky
Strike Bowling Alley. The local
team lost to the Florentine^ by twenty
points the totals being 1119 to
1099. Messrs. E. W. S&pp, W- C.
McManus, M. M. Bryant and Ted Elmore
composed the Camden team.
An announcemnet will be made at
an early date of a game to be held
here between the rivals.
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Dunn Named Winner
in Potash Contest
Atlanta, Ga., June 10.?The win
norw in the smith-wide contest
among farmers for the best answers
to the question "How Does a
Top-dressing of 100 Pounds of Muriate
of Potash Help .Cotton pay Extra
Cash" were announced today by officials
of the N. V. Potash Export
My., Inc.
From among the thousands of lettorB
rwpivftd the iudirds.aelfiQted.tbe
following winners lor South Carolina:
J. W. Dunn, Route 1, Camden;
R. C. Pittraan, Route 1, Taxahaw; M.
B. Rucker, Pelzer; T. E. Keitt, Newberry;
J. M. Shealy, Pomaria; N. B.
Dulin,. Bowling Green; T. L. Gramling,
Orangeburg; Mrs. A. M. Smith,
Route 1, Ridgeland; L. J.. Browning,
Route 2, Union; R. B. Goodglon,
Williamston; ^dfcuth' Ellington, LaFrance;
Joe' Ballenger, Route 3, Inman;
Sara Drennan Craig, Lancaster;
Shelor G. Harbin, Westminster; V. M.
Johnson',' Route 1, Greer; RalplT Sullivan,.
Route 8, .Simpsonville; Alton
Gibbons, Turbeville; R. P. Bullock,
Route 5, Greenwood; Mrs. Bertha Lee
Wynns, Route 1, Branchville; Clifton
W? Galloway, Route 2, Hartsville;
Mrs. R. D. Brownlee, Route 3, Honea
Path; and Mrs. F. V. 0*DeH, Route
2, Easlev. ^
The judges of the contest were
leading agronomists of the state colleges
and experiment stations. They
decided that Mr. J. W. Dunn of Camden
submitted the best answer for
South Carolina. Dr. Gilbert H. Collings
of Clemson College represented
South Carolina as a judge.
JL Presbyterian Church Bertie?
> (Sunday, June 28. A. Douglas McArn,
pastor. Morning worship 11:15.
Sermon subject, "Thy, Gentleness
Hath Mfde Me Greiit* Solo, Mr.
Hollis Cobb. Morning Prayer; fan*
War hymn.: (Sunday school 10 a. in.
The men of the church meet with Mr.
W: L. DsPass Wednesday svening at
MO It* afternoon and ?thing,
| PHday, ^nns 2#t .ice cream and cdke
will be Mtimi en the lawn of the
ehurch from ? until 10. The prbr
eeddt will be used for tin Sunday
Germany Rejoices
^ $00ver'8 Action
c^'Vr w-xiv^"y hm *c
Pmld.nt "' f"t.t'on:wld? rejoicing
"e*T*r s offer to defer for
one ye?r payments on inter-government
war debts.
ann???cing iu adherence yeahow^he."
f0,#r"ment ?PW??d the
hope that GW?t Britain and Italy
'kan ;,?UM, UUint0 Une with ">e An,'
an plan to end world-wide economic
that K Th?U,!h " W"8 a<imi??d
that b ranee annually receives about
twice us much in reparations as she
pays in war debts, It was hoped she
-t0? *<*"<1 beeomc a party to the
agreement. ,
Describing: President Hoover's pre
{? rw* a 4<lfift from Heaven." Foreign
/Minister Julius Curtius said:
"He has placed his finger on the
sore spot andf now comes one of
those rare moments in history when
all reserve should be thrown aside.
I can only say that we endorse with
U *?y the herolc declaration
which President Hoover has made.
'^Kot only will it lighten our burden,
it 'will Remedy the situation
throughout the world. I don't care
What people- 'shy about lower prices
and such-lJko economic factors; at
the bottom of it all is lack of conflde"ce
the decisive factor
and MC. /HAbVe^ has been quicker to
see >t ^d ^>alixe that is where
decisive action-1B needed.
"faxprfe^ bur deep appreciation
ett in bringing about this action, this
wise, quiet man long has advocated
gduttwx, along the lines which Mr.
Hoover now proposes."
Germany s foreign poiicy of conciliation
and co-operation had been
vindicated by the turn of events, Curtius
said.
Young Man Killed in
Wreck Near Horatio
The body of Sherman R. Foster,
aged 20, was brought to the Evans
| Funeral Home here Tuesday night,
the young man having met death in
an automobile wreck- when his car
crashed into an embankment near
Horatio. The injured man was picked
up by Henry Jackson and carried
to the home of Dr. M. S. Kirk, but
died in a short while from internal
injuries. ^ He was , making his home
??ar Horatio, but was originally from
North Wilkesboro N. C., where his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Foster,
fedlde. Two negroes were in the cat
WithJFoster when the crash came but
-were uninjured. The accident happened
in Sumter county and Sheriff
McLeod on Wednesday morning notified
-Sheriff Hurstof Sumter.
Clerk Clyburn Improving
Reports from., the CamdfiJl Hospital
are to the effect tnar triers or Cvml
James H. Clyburn is improving after
undergoing a serious operation last
^ news t? the
peptilkV' cWHc s friends everywhere.
DEATH OF MR. CAMPBELL
Camden Man Loses His Father in
Newberry County
Whitmire, June lO.-^James Allen
Campbell, 60, died this morning after
a lingering illness at his home
here. In his death Whitmire loses a
beloved and respected citizen.
Mr. Campbell had lived here for
the last H5 years and had actively
identified himself with "both religious
and civic |ife, ff the community. He
had for qui^e d number of years been
a deacon -m the Baptist church and
was for a number of years a member
of the town council. He was a member
of. tba Woodmen of the World
and IIAMtnaili lodges. Mr. Campbell
was a prominent and efficient mill
rpan until a few years ago when he
the work on account
of his haa^f*. <He served as superintendent
JGreenwood mills and
was until a fsw years ago superintendent
wiffcftapinning rfom here
Mr. his widow?
four Mltwi^^llCrs. Nannie Chandler
and Greenwood,
Mrs. W//fo&orrtii. of Seneca, and
Ander son and
the ^epostCMuv^ildren: L. A. Campbell,
Ceiwfl^krs. J. T. Baker, ColumbiaV
XJllian Campbell, Henrietta,
N. <?.{ Hratji L Koon, Ware ^Shoals;
JL J). Campbell, Henrietta, N. C-?
jfrd., p. If. Vahneraon, Columbia;
Dell, Campbell, Ware flfcoals, and B.
W7jJfnnette, Moy Keith, Bruce and
whitmire, besides six
President Urges "" j
War Ilebt Suspension
Wuhinirton, Juno ?Preoidont
cover tonight announced an offer to
the world for . one ye.r', .u.pon.ion
or all inter-governmental debts.
*The American government proposes,
announced the President, "the
Postponement during one year of ail
Payments 0n inter - governmental
debts, reparations *,nd relief debts,
both principal and interest, of course
not including obligations of governments
held by private parties."
*nn?uncem?"t was given at
1 .W,hltc Hou"? ?fter receipt of informal,
reports from the European
government, and there', a confidence
?t the upjtal that France, Great Britain
and the other allies will join the
move and forego collection of their
reparations from Germany. Unless
that occurs congressional approval of
the proposal is not expected.
Mr, Hoover coupled with his announcement
a hope that this expression
of "desire to assist," America
will have contributed to the success
of the forthcoming land disarmament
conference in Europe. He reiterated
that "the burden of competitive
arnftnsents has contributed to
bring ubout this depression."
, sfcep to aid in avoiding an European
financial crisis was taken only
after the President had consulted
with all congressional leaders whom
he could reach. He announced that
21 senators and 18 representatives.
Including both Republicans and l>emocrats,
had approved the proposal.
By,this action, America will forego
collection next year of more ^ihan
%'M6,000,POO in war debt. America
expects the aiiies, in turn, not to collect
the $425,000,000 in reparations
owed them by Germany in the coming
year.
"The purpose of this action," said
the President, "is to give the forthcoming
, year to the economic recovi
try of, the world and to help free the
recuperative forces already in motion
, m the .United States from retarding
: influences from abroad."
Represents Vast Sums.
These are some facts and figures
about war debts which would be affected
by President Hoover's proposed
one year moratorium:
! Great Britain pays the United
; States approximately $165,000,000 a
year in principle and interest,
i Allied war debt payments to Great
Britain.,.total $88,760,000 in 1031 and
i 1032 and $91,250,000 a year thereafter.
Germany pays Great Britain $80,
000,000 a year in reparations annuities,
.and thus Great Britain collects
from her creditors enough to cover
her annual debt to the United States.
France pays the United (States increasing
amounts each year, installments
of principle rising from about
JAa4.A00.000 in 1926 to $116,000*000 in
1987.
Interest did net begin until last
year, and until 1040 will be at the
rate of only one per cent.
Italy pays the United States about
$16,000,000 , a year, increasing to
. about $80,000,006 in 1987.
Germany this year owes $426,000,000
in reparations.
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Second Week Jurors
F. M. Mayer, C. J. Outlaw, J. J.
: yftertfiK P. "Hasty, John WMtaker,
Jr., C. M. Hough, L. Lawrence Whitaker,
Joe B. Gasldns, H. C. Hardy, Jr.,
' "F. C. Jones, W. C. Smith, C. M. Laney,
A. S. Karesh, W. D. Goodale, S.
E. Belvin, G. E. Hinson, Jesse L. Williams,
Camden; C. E. Jones, G. M.
' Baxley, JEL E. McCaekill, Bethune;
' W. J. Bowers, L. L. Bowers, H. R
Gardner, Cassatt; B. C. Deas, Boy>
kin; T. M. Keith, Blaney; J. A. Bell,
LugofT; J. J. Rush, D. P. Owens,
Westville; T. A. Gardner, L. C. Sowell,
G. Otis Broom, G. R. Crow, Roy
D. Croxton, James E. Knight, Minor
Roberts, J. H. Bnrfleld, Kershaw.
Cotton Advances
' $3.50 A Bale
u New Orleans, June 2fc^0oftbn
gained -approximately $3.60 a \m]4 ~tn
the most Active trading of the season
on the New Orleans exchaifge today.
The buying movement here developed
from the start in response to
strength of foreign commodity markets
and sharp advances in the New
York stock market and continued almost
throughout the session, futures
maWng new high fer' the day right
*t ? ?nd, .dp to W points above Sat'
$riay1 ciuee.
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State-Wide Meeting
of Taxpayers Called
The second annual meeting of the
Farmers' and Taxpayers league will
be held at the state house in Columbia
on July 14, at 11 o'clock, according
to a statement given out by A. B.
Lgngley, chairman of the committee
on organisation of the league.
The committee is anxious that every
county in the state take an active
part in drawing up this program and
realize that the solution of the vexatious
tax problem will involve the
far-sighted intelligence of the state'fs
leading citizens.
To clarify in the minds of the citizens
of South "Carolina the program
as outlined by the Farmers and Taxpayers
League the committee on organization
issues the following call:
"The trend of the tames for the
past several years has been toward
extravagance, and the time has come
*when the tax burden on at least a
portion of our citizens is unbearable.
"It is time that we stop and take
stock of ourselves and about face
and return to the practice of economy
and set about for the necessary tax
reform to relieve real estate of some
of its burdens, particularly the farm
owner and modest home owner, and
to do this needs that we enlist the
best talent and brain in the state to
constitute a research board to accumulate
the necessary datu to help us
solve our very vexatious tax problem.
"If we are to progress, we mUst
have a fair and equitable tax system,
so that each class of citizenship benra
, its just portion- of the tax burden and
no particular class be bur<tefi?d\ beyond
its apiiity to pay.
We need to develop a^program,
first, for tax reform,v to include "the
sources of tax revenues, conservation
of sinking funds; second: for governmental
reform, to include consolidation
of departments, commissions and
institutions; and third: for political
reform, to include changes in the primary
system to insure honest voting,
the candidacies of able Men, and campaigns
based on issues.
"The realization of this program
would necessitate legislation by the
general assembly in two or more sessions
and the action of a constitutional
convention which would bergMpessary
for fundamental changes fO'aiinplify
and modernize our governmental
structure. *
"This is a stupendous-Undertaking,
but it can and will be decPfqplished
~ if people will rally to this standard.
"The Farmers and Taxpayers
League is organized for the purpose
of bringing about these reform# and
a meeting has been called fpr July
14, at 11:00 a. m., in the state house
in Columbia.
"We ask that each county organize
a unit of the Farmers and Taxpayers
- -wo' A A , *1 * * .to
the meeting on July 14, but if you
cannot organize regularly, send representatives
anyway, because it is
you the League is endeavoring to
' serve. ' rf
"Address your comqMjgdcations to
the Chairman, Box 404/fcbhambia, S.
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Plan Local Meeting fojr Monday
The Farmers and Thnpayera
League of South Carolina "frill hold a
public meeting in the KershaW (Motility
court bouse at Camden, on Monday,
June 29, at 11 a. m. The public
is invited and all citizens interested
in, farm relief and tag reform, are
ufged to be present. Prominent
speakers will discuss the w^k and
plans of the Farmers and ..^gifcayers
League. Mr. A. B. Langley, of Columbia,
chairman of the organization
and finance committee, together with
former senator Niel Christensen, of
Beaufort! vice president and Dr. Cirl
B. Epps, of "Sumter, vice president,
plan to organize at this meeting a
Farmers and Taxpayers League of
Kershaw County, which will ele^ a
county chairman and delegated to attend
the state wide meeting" of the
Farmers and Taxpayers League of
South Carolina to be held in the
i state house on July rv.
Counties in the central section of
i the state hare a county organization
" and have been very active for somewhat
Over a year. ere .Sumter, Lee,
Marlboro, Darlington, Richland, Calhoun
and Orangeburg. The Imagu*
- maintain* office* in the'
building in Columbia and employs a
i full time aecretary wbe.te
the Columbia office.
have the reedaihing i.iimtfj&jdfc V
CSS* w ' jr- I
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not or*ani*?d a county unit to do ao
te tim# to maA delofato* ^Aaggg^,.
wife meeting in Columbia on July 14.
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Forest Fire Danger
Grows Steadily
J ho intent* heat and lack of rain
or the past few days renders the
forest land of this county subject to
tremendous damage from forest Area
unless every precaution be taken to
prevent their outbreak. Fire reports
covering the protected areas in Kershaw
county during the past Are sea.
son are indeed encouraging and it behooves
every timberland owner in
this county to exercise every possible
precaution to prevent the occurrence
of Ares at this season of the
ycur when they are even far more
destructive thun in the regular Are
season.
Forests are wealth. Tree* are a
crop from the soil. A forest i* not
necessarily gone when cut, but may
be regrown, one crop following another
.perpetually. The future wealth
of the south must come in large part
from the land.
forests have played an important
part in rebuilding the south's indus- J
trial and domestic .prosperity. Timber
is one of our most valuable natural
assets?much too valuable to be
destroyed or injured by Ares.
Trees help to build soil. When the
woods burn valuable fertilizer is destroyed.
Often this is worth as much .
as $16.00 to $26.00 per acre. u
- Forests cover the soil with a
Bpongy covering of woods mold which
protects the soil from overheating in
midsummer, checks soil erosion and ?
washing, and stores up much needed
water. As a result, the trees grow
much faster and springs are fed.
Pines and cattle can be grown on
the same land in'Chis county. Fires
greatly reduce the value of the lands
for both uses.
A producing forest creates wealth ?
from whifch taxes and other money
contributes toward the support of
churches, schools and roads. The
growing of timber is unquestionably
the most -proAtable use to which certain
kinds of lands can be put.
A well managed and protected for
est will grow an average of 300 to
800 board feet of pine' timber per
year, which means $2.00 to $4.00 net:
yearly income. The owner can make $
. * cut every year.
1' Timber is a farm savings bank account,
collateral for loans and a recognized
part of diversiAed farming.
Agriculture is dependent upon plentiful
and cheap supplies v of timber.
Also poorer lands can be more successfully
farmed where there are for.
est industries to give winter work.
By protecting the forests from fire ^
we restore the home of Ash and game.
The streams clear up and improve in
regularity of flow and volume. The
game birds and animals have breeding
grounds and a fair chance to hold
their owh in competition with the &
hunter. Let's give .nature a chance
by keeping down Ares.?Chas. W.
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Loan and Savings
. To Pay Dividend
Dr. R. E. Stevenson, receiver for r- ?
the late Loan and Savings Bank, of .
this city announces that on July 10,
he will pay a;dividend all depositors
amounting to Wper cent^He
requests that those who have deposits
of less than opejtollar please call
, t.the bank for same as the amounts
lbe so small that he do* nor~"
think it wise to mail them. ' - *
It is estimated that the total cash
to be put in circulation by the payment
of this dividend will be around
$16,000.
To Develop Property j
North of Camden ?^
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An application for a charter from ,_i
the secretary of state will be made
next week for "Lake Shamokin," a ,. - .
few miles north of Camden. The ' '-***
corporators are J. B. Zemp, John
Whitaker, Jr., John M. Villeplgiu
and \y. L. Goodale.
The' property consists of quite a
number of sand M$h *cres. some
wooded and some cleared, and on the
property is located a body of water - i
formerly known as Gilder's Mill."
It is the intention of the new owners .
to clear the lake and make It into a s
summer swimming resort and play- V
grounds, Lote will be sold Ota hater " v*
date for country cottages. s
]W$ B. W. Marshall; and Mrs. J.
B. Gaskins were among those from
Camdtn who mUmMi the Qrand ,
Chapter of tho Order of Eastern ,
fy* which waft held in Columbia last
wook.