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The Camden Chronici f ... NUMBER 18 .... iarry M. Arthur Next Legion Head t 3barle?ton, July 28.?Harry if I thur, of Union, 30 years of age, lay was selected commander of the' Bth Carolina department, Amerii Legion, at the closing session of , Legion Convention here today, ^succeeds ,A. Stanley Llewellyn, BKkn textile man, and first "Yahto head the siute department, foe legionnaires selected Aiken as ) 1932 convention city. Dther officers elected were: L. A. Nelson, Charleston and Carl H. irt, York, vice oomtpanderg; Dr. P. Setzler, CfeludiblaJ^atorian; ( Rev. Homer ^a3i 'Hoover, irtsville, chaplain, ,knd *>ed (JnP bi, Greenville, service officer. Members elected to the executive nmittee were: J. J. Altman, Charlton; Jake Wise, Newberry; D^ tide Hood, Lancaster and L. A. pnilton, Columbia. v fd. J. Monroe. Johnson of Marion gamed representative on the nail executive committee. Auxiliary Officers r?. Louis A. Bikle, of Charleston, i elected president of auxill Other officers chosen were: In. J. A. Summer, Newberry, first e jresident; Mrs. John Lucius, prille, fording secretary; Miss iitifte Wise, Saluda, treasurer; , John Brookshire, Chester, audiMrs. W. E. Maquire, Greenwood, lorian; Mrs, W. C. Merrette, SenL chaplain; Mrs. J: L. Henegan, | Dillon;' color dengeant-wt-arms; i. Carl E. Morgan, Greenville, natal executive committeeWoman; s. E. H. Cappleman, Columbia, aliate. lembers of the state executive unittee: First district, Miss Washton Green Pringle; second, Mrs. L Walker; third, Mrs. A. J. Boggs, fourth, Mrs. Eugene Speers; h, Mrs. Hughey Tindal; sixth, i B. T. Frierson, and seventh, Mrs. er Fairey. Presented With Gift he legion commander, Ai Stanley wellyn, of Camden, made public nday his annual report' which told the work accomplished during i past year and made the recomndaiton that the state be re-disIcted into smaller districts for conKwnmander Llewellyn, who had a flkh successful year, was presented hi jilver tray and a half dozen Ber pV.ets, the gift being for him H Llewellyn. ' Walter JohnBp^ the pFesentation-speech_and VT Altman and Carl Hart were B?-committeemen; A resolution adopted thanking Mr. Llewellyn Bhis fellow officers for their work. *ck Whitaker Heads Rainbow Whitaker, of Camden, was Ped president of .Soda Carolina Pbow division veterans this after st the lale otf . .Palms _ hotel, succeeds J. M. Jackson, Jr., of nettsville. new president will select his secretary. Lane L. Bonner, of ,m"ia, is now secretary. "Too Young" to Go Over "ion, July 28.?Harry M. Arthur, Jnion, elected commander of the Carolina department, American ,n> at Charleston today, was "too to go overseas during the war- He is only 30 years okL 6 wag graduated from the itanru is a former post commandiB legion at Union. He is a ?* B. F. Arthur, secretary cession convention, nder Arthur is a wholesale 11 dry g00ds and , He is a captain of ComNVtional guard, of Union, the World war he was a ? the R. o. T. C. at Plattsformer vice-commander of department. He is one of ers that saw service in the terian Church Services August 2. A. Douglai *?tor. Morning worship rmon subject, "The Way of vthem, morning prayer and tymns. The seeiion is re< "***- Just before the momP ot 11 o'clock la the San. 1 ?\???*ir school at 1,7 ** y*." TV- ?ornin| ***** is cordially in?'i?V % ^ I Highway No. 26 Open For Traffic On Saturday the Elgin-Kershaw I road which it on Highway 26 was I opened to traffic and a large numIber of car? have ulready traversed the new highway. With the opening of thif road No. 26 is now open to traffic all the way from .the North Carolina line to a point below Man-i nin*- V I The stretch between Lancaster and Elgin, a distance of four and oneI half miles remains to be paved and I the contractors will move to this end I of the stretch during the middle of I this week to compleite the paving I from Lancaster to Kershaw. . Contractors are working npw on I the road ,from Lancaster to Primus las culverts are being built along the route. It is expected that the contractors will move their paving equipment there during the next week to commence the paving. ; J On S&tutday the Nitrolee bridge between Lancaster and Great Falls was closed as it was believed that there was not enough traffic over the bridge to warrant watchmen and the bridge was unsafe for traffic without this safe-guard. The watchmen made each driver sign a card stating that the crossing was made I at the driver's risk.-?? I Wi<th Highway 26 opened from ElJgin to Kershuw the traffic from ElIgin to Lancaster, is split between the old and the new roads with most of the motorists taking the new graded road. This road is in good shape and the few miles of dirt road is not hindering traffic to r any extent.? Lancaster News. CAMDEN MAN LOSES MOTHER ' ________ Mrs. Milaa D. Purser Died at Her I Home In Monroe, N. C. Mrs. Milas D. Purser died at 1:80 Ib'clo&t Sunday morning, at her home Tin the eastern fceetion of the city dn the Morgan Mill road. She had been In failing health for some time, and about three weeks ago was stricken with paralysis of the throat. I Mrs. Purser was a most excellent woman and had many friends who mourn her death. iShe was 86 years old and was born July 11, 1866. She Iwas married June 6, 1886. j She is survived by her husband, a I Confederate veteran 86 years old, five sons, J. C. Purser, of Monroe; R. A. Purser, of Camden, S. C.;, John R. iPiirftAr, nf Chaxlotte;JC. D Purser, nf I Leesburg, Fla.'; H. J. Purser^ Lumber Icityj Ca.; and G. H. Purser, of Garner; four daughters, Mrs. L. S. Griffin, of Unionville; Mrs. J. F. Lylea, 1 of Charlotte; Mrs. C. E. Sells, of j Monroe. I Up to 20 years ago Mr. and Mrs. Purser lived at Unionville.. She was io. UiaJIriMi Hone Baptist church in this county. The funeral was held this afternoon at ' 8 o'clock from the home. .Rev. E. C. Snyder conducted the services.?Monroe Enquirer. ! Youth Dies After ...Short Illness ' Jack Shirley, seventeen year old aonof Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Shirley, died Sunday afternoon at the Camden hospital following a khort illness. 1*he young lad went home Friday and complained of being ill. A physician wds summoned and an immediate operation was advised, and his. death followed Sunday. Young Shirley wafcjf high school student, an industrious lad, working during vacation at the Palmetto Paclc ing corporation. He was held in high > esteem by his fellow students^ and 1 acquaintances. His death came/as a great shock to his parents and four brothers. He is survived by his parents ahd four brothers Blease Shirley, Gilbert Shirley,-Albert Shirley ; and Bobbie Shirley. His father is > the efficient mail truck driver from ! tndHi to the post office and the youth I often substituted for hie father in > this capacity. the funeral was held from his late - home on South Fair street and the ? Afarial was in the Camden cemetery, with service* conducted by IUv. Urnmon from Columbia. , Tho N.tlon.l , I*w B?; i forcement League through its official i er?tn, "tho Womon Voter," *Jvt oa it? endorsement to'WUlUm 0. >fc Adoo M a Draocmtfc candid. t? for the prMMonoy. ....... jjjfWy. .. j' ' SU1. . i Agc4 People Burned InlPittsburgh Fire Pittsburgh, July 26.?Bereft of the home that was transformed from a merciful shelter into an inferno of death and terror, scores of old men und women were in hospitals here tonight, and the bodies of 30 others lay in the county morgue. They were the victims of fire that left in ruins the Little Sisters of the Poor home for the aged, a oharitable haven for 230 infirm persons, none of them under 60. Two hundred and thirteen men and women were in the hospitals. Many of them were racked by memory of a night of horror in ^ho five-swept four-story v brick building at Penn and Aiken avenues. iSome of them 'were volunteer rescuers, policemen and firemen. The number of dead rose to 30 tonight, when four victims of the fire succumbed in hospitals. They were Samuel Berry, 72; Mrs. Rosie Lang, n{ Bfrs. Sarah Ludden, 70; Mr?, Kste Isaacs, 68. $9IUP of the inmates of the home were, almost 80, and suffered from shock and exposure in addition to burns. J (Seventeen, of the dead were not even partially identified. Although some were burned badly, making identification difficult, it was believed ^11 were inmates of the institu,tion/:.{Besides the 230 aged men and women,.the home housed 16 nun attendant*/ All had retired when the alarm whs'sounded late last night. The fire chief, Richard L. Smith, who estimated the property damage at between $4)5,000 and , $50,000?j* said the cause of the fire had not been established. It started in the basement, whirled up an elevator shaft and burst out on the third and fourth floors... The sections were crippled where the bedfast inmates lay. tSome of the victims died in their beds. t .Services at First Baptist Church During the month of August the pastor, Rev. J. B. .Caston, is off on 4 vacation but splendid supplies have be$i??Mcured to fill the pulpit. next Sunday, August 2nd, at Mr. Johnson, of Wingate, North Carolina, will conduct the service. The evening seWice will be called off on "account of commencement sermon for graduate nurses. On the second Sunday Rev. Floyd F. Surls, of Winnsboro, will preach both . morning and evening.?On the third Sunday, Rev. Mr. Godfrey, of Spartanburg, will conduct both morning and evening services. On the fourth Sunday Rev. Clyde Helms, of Columbia, will preach only at the morning hour* Und on the fifth Sunday, 'Dr. P4&fteld, of Tampa, Florida, will preach both morning and evening. . difficult . to-Secure, a finer group of supplies and it Is to be hoped that the services may be wOll attended. Sunday school each Sunday morning , At 10 o'clock. Judge. Mendel L. Smith, superintendent. The public is most cordially invited to attend all these services. Patent Granted Camden Men Among a list of patents granted to Carolinians published in Sunday's Charlotte Observer will be found the following: S. B. McMaster, Columbia, for a football downs signal; Albert W. Lee and Arthur W. Hamby, for a carburetor; Sumter L. Crolley and Dewey L. Jones, Camden, for a splitting attachment for looms; Richard F. Smith, Charleston, for a method of ship construction; ' Guy F. Cheney, Spartanburg, for a cord fastener;-George L. Fuller, Orangeburg, for a door holder; William A. Harris, G**cnville, for a pneumatic tire inflating and deflating apparatus. &//r, Store Robbed Belk's store at Kershaw was robbcLn UA (Friday night of about jewelry, tobacco, perfume Entrance was effected t>y removing the iron bars on the rear ^Pdow and cutting the To Serve Chicken Supper A wM1 by Workers league of the Bapttofcefeatch on Wpdpeeday, August 6th, at the First Baptist church men's Bible class room. The supper b sponsored by the Men's Bible class. A charge of 75 cents psr plats will bo mads and the hour of st*ps? *n*? , . . ' I m . wag?I 11 ? Boys and Girls Enjoy 4-H Club Camp On Thursday morning,. July 16th, 116 boys and girls from Kershaw and Lee counties arrived at the 4-H Club I camp for a two-days' encampment. From the first clubster to arrive to , tbe last one to leave they showed the 4-H splrH?to make the best of and to get the most from every opportunity., General assembly each day was especially enjoyed for it was at this hour that all the groups assembled for -devotion, songs ami talks.! Among the speakers Thursday were! Rev. Ariail, pastor of Lyttleton Street Methodist church; Dr. Humphries, Kershaw County Health Department; - Dr. Randall, County Health Inspector; Mrs. T. D. Plowden, District Agent and Miss Jane Ketchin, Marketing Specialist from Winthrop college. The assembly speakers on' Friday were Rev. A. D. McAm, pastor of tjie Presbyterian church, Camden; Mr, HfcKeown, District Agent; Mr. Savely, Chilean Nitrate Representative, Columbia; Mr. Lenhart,rof the State Forestry Department and Mr. Kennedy, mayor of Camdep. Ihiring the work periods demonstrations fP^re given the girls in making flower containers from dmall cans, clonies pins and a little paint. Each girl took home one of these finished containers Which can be used for flowers on the porch or in the room- Miss Sallie Pearce, Lee county agent, gave a most helpful and interesting demonstration on making attractive dressing tables. She used two oringo crates and a plank as a foundation for this dressing table. The boys were given demonstrations in judging live stock, corn and poultry and in forestry work. Perhaps the most enjoyable feature of the camp was the swimming pool. This pant of the recreation was under the supervision of Mr. Walter Rhame an experienced life saver. The evening entertainment included stunts, recitations, songs and "moving pictures"?the 4-H club members taking the leading part. The kitchen was under the supervision of Mrs. Earl Truesdale, Mrs. J. T. Gettys and Mrs. S. C. Clyburn which means that the youngsters were well taken care of at meal time. Late Friday afternoon after a swim and a watermelon slicing, the clubfffcers broke camp and departed for their respective homes wishing that such camps came more often than once a year. Trip To Beach Cost This Couple $4,000 tCheraw, July 24.?It cost Mr. and . IL- R? Hickson more thalf*$4,000 to spend two weeks at the beach? unless officers recover the valuables stolen from their home while they were away. Mr. And Mrs. Hickson returned here today from Myrtle Beach to find every room in their home had been ransacked. Thieves had made away with a small amount of cash, all of Mrs. Hickson'? jewels, including several family heirlooms, all of the silver, numerous garments and several pistols from a collection of firearms. Total value of the goods was estimated at $4,000. Officers are working on the case but said they had no clues. ^ x Name Kendall On Employment Board Henry P. Kendall, of iCamden and Boston, president of the Kendall company, has beep appointed by Governor Ely, df Massachusetts, member of a commission recently created by the Massachusetts legislature on the stabilisation of employment. The commission will serve for 18 months*. It is empowered to hire experts, * for^which an /appropriation of $36,000 was made. Members aerv( without pay. ' The authorising bill states thai "the commission shall collect and ' publish *or the benefit of employers and employes in Massachusetts information^ on methods of regularisetion and stabilisation of business and employment** and "shall further raaki promoting steadier employment foi v. . -v *. -? 1-. - J 931-'32 Faculty of Bethune Schools BtHhune, July 3L,?The teachers of the Bethune public schools for the session of 11)31 -'Si have been announced by superintendent J. C. Foster, which ure as follows: High school, principal and teacher of science, J. H. McDahiel; English and French, Miss Thelma fctroman; mathematics and l^atin, Miss Eloise Miller; history, economics and English, A; W. Parker; vocational agriculture, B. E. Keisler; vocational home economics, Miss Lillian Goodlett. Bethune grammar school, principal, teacher of arithmetic and spelling, R. R. Burns; English and reading, Miss Lucile Smith; history and geography, Miss Ruby Norris; fourth grade, Miss Louise Tiller; third grade, Miss (Stella Bethune; second grade, Miss Lucile Brown; first grade, Miss Mildrefl Manning. Timrod grammdf school, Miss .Sarn Gettys, Miss Margie Brock. Shamrock grammar school, Miss Mildred Bradford, Miss Thelma Burnside. The above named faculty ha? taught in the schools for one or more years with the exception of two teachers of the Shamrock grammar school -who will be in the system for their first year. " 'f.? 1V 1 1 Junior Leaguers Play This Afternoon The Columbia Legion Juniors, local hopes in the race for the national junior championship sponsored by the national organization of the American Legion, will play Camden, upper state champion, at Maxcy Gregg park at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon for the state title. The winer will enter the regional series at Gastonia, N. C., for the championship of the Carolinas, Virginia and Tennessee. y The regiona winner will play at Manchester, N H., for the championship of the East The winner in the Bast will meet the champion of the West in the "little world series" at Houston, Texas, foi the national title. Oolumbia won the South Carolina title last year and lost a hard fought game to Gastonia, regional champion The Capital City nine" this year ii rated at 30 per cent, better than lad year's organization, and it is generally believed that the local nine has i ' good chance of going through the re gional series with h clean slate, pro vided Camden does not win Friday. - Under the coaching of Paul C Aughtry, the Columbia Legion Junion ' have developed into a strong outfit a formidable opponent for the besi local amateur organizations, and sev eral of them would compare favor ably with small professional leagui . teams. ^ ? Camden likewise has a strong or ganization and is expected to give Co lumbia the hardest assignment on th< Capital's card. The Kershaw count; boys wade^ through the upper stab competition and hurdled Piedmon last week toje the right'to enter th< , finals. The championship game with Cam den will come at the end of a three ' day series for Columbia. Columbia offered to play the stab - titular contest at Camden, but th< Camden' team preferred to play ii Columbia. Both teams have big fol i lowingB. A large attendance is ex ' pected for their meeting. Oats Better For Hogs Without Coarse Hulls Clemson Colleg,e July 25.?Recur ring to a previously published state [ ment that it pays to grind oats fo - hogs and that ground oats may b< used to the extent of 25 per cen [ of the concentrates in the ration fo i fattening swine, Prof. L. V. <Starkey chief animal husbandman, says tha I the only objection to oats for hogs . namely, the bulk or fiber, may h \ overcome. > Prof. Starkey's suggestion is tha if the farmer has a few hogs an< i some cheap labor he can take a coars I sieve and sieve the coarsest hulls oui ( These coarse hulls, which will, ? ? course, contain bits of the kernel > may be used in the ration for cattle horses or sheep. At the presen price of oats this suggestion wtl i doubtless prove practical because i r will help to utilise the oat crop an conserve the com. Forest Protection Expands In County At a meeting of the Kershaw County Forestry Association held <n Camden Saturday afternoon plans for expanding the present area under the Association's protection system were " \ discussed. Mr. L. I, CJuion, president of the association, president over the meeting, which was attended by State Forester H. A. Smith, T. K. Trotter, P. 4). FJoyd, ex-governor John (i. Richards, County Forester, Charles W. Nuite, District Forester 1). Y. Lenhart, and members of the assiciution. Progress concerning the listing of woodlands in addition to the 23,000 acres already under protection by tho association adjacent to i the observation tower located near i Camden was reported upon. Special i effort is being made to have all . landowners within a ten mile radius of the tower list their lands for protection against fires with the association. Ex-governor Richards, Mr. Trotter and Mr. Floyd represented woodland owners of' the Liberty Hill vicinity t in asking that the County Forestry > Association nnd the State Forest Ser vice investigate possibilities for ex tending their activity in woods protection to the Liberty Hill section. It was pointed out that already there' has been much interest awakened toward action against woods burning | in that section of the county. Mr. ft Richards declared that reforestation , is mainly a matter of forest protec| tion because of the fast rate of natural reproduction which occurs in the absence of fires. 'State Forester ! Smith assured the Liberty Hill representation that the second observa, tion tower for the county would be erected in that vicinity if landowners representing fifty thousand acres wbuld list their lands under agrec5 ment for protection with the dtershaw County Forestry Association. Indications are that such an acreage can be listed within a short period. County Forester Charles Nuite and J District Forester D. Y? -Lenhnrt will ' J commence organisation work in the Liberty Hill section on August 3rd. Assurance that 60,000 acres can be ^ listed in that- section of the county must be on record before September 16th in order to meet the Stale Forester's proposal for tower pur-t ohase and erection by the State For est Service. Demands for towers and 1 forest protection by other counties throughout the state make it neces >MlTy that Kershaw couny UnHownprn respond promptly to membership in ? the County Forestry Association in j order to get another tower within the year. r ; Agricultural Class To Go On Camp - The Agricultural class of CamdeiT" - high school cleft Monday, July 27,' s for Tamassee for a (sreek's camp. f They were accompanied, by \their s teacher, (Mr. Hermas Granade. The c camp to which they hare gone is for ? the Future Palmetto Fari^ cf South Carolina. The trjjp willbeed ucational as well as recreational. . There is a 'considerable number of boys from various parts of the state a the camp which has been proe *ided for the Future Palmetto Farma lers of all the agricultural school# of South Carolina. 55F5 jgSSS A message was received in Camden Thursday telling of the death of \ Charles Y. Holland, which occurred at I his home in Tullahoma, Tennessee, on } Wednesday night. Mr. Holland was around fifty years of age and was a native of this 6eun ty being a son of Judge Isaac F. r Holland. He left this county about 8 twenty years ago to make hiB home t in Tennessee where he. was a soft r drink manufacturer. His death came '? with suddenness, said to have resultt ed from an attack of acute indiges- < '? tion. d -% ^ 6 Mr. Holland ia survived by bis \ aged father,. several brothers and J sisters, his second wife and two chilJ dren?John Holland and/Kim Char- 1 ? lotto Holland, both of Team?e. No funeral arrangements had been * made yesterday and it waa not known if the body would be brought her# for burial or not. ? ;* ; * 5 ... vsvsprrr: