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The Camdf.n chpm..r, f VOLUME 43 - V^. '"" ~ ' - ? I9"- NUMBER 21 thool Days Wear; Advice on Entering ?' ' He Camden City .Schools will open .work on Monday morning, Sep7th, at nine o'clock, adviqfg (j, Richards, Jr., superintendent, rents are earnestly requested to iride their children with -books and (trials in all grades except the jt grade, as we expect to begin the jn earnest with teachers mak[ assignments of lessons during pilar scheduled periods. Book lists y be had at the Messenger Book tie. The hook list you wHl find, , not been changed from that of ( year, except that in the fourth 1 fifth grades, the Child's World ^ers will be used first instead of > Winston Readers. However, the jjston will be used later in the ir in both grades. We would adt those wishing second books to rt early in their search^ for them, swing books and materials are not be bought for the first day, but :ice will be given as to the' rerements on the opening date, ffe ask that parents obey the ilth laws of the state by having Jdren vaccinated early enough to ,t arms a chance to heal before (opening. Also, we ask, that more fntion be given to laws concerning agious diseases. If your child a contagious disease do not send 0 to school on the first day, but td his name in for enrollment. We inot stress too much the imporice of attendance on the first day. addition to the usual reasons, the t that the schools will probably be re crowded than ever before makes more imperative that your chi'.d 1 a choice location on that first u "his year we are asking that those dents above the first grade who e not attended the schools during past year come to the new school ding for registration on Thursday I Friday of the week before the sing, that is on the third and Irth. Pupils from the second on lough the fourth grades will report Thursday during the hours 9 to 2 m. inclusive, and pupils from the jh through seventh on Friday some ie during the same hours. Such dents will only be kept long &gh to examine records and assign grades. It is very necessary that n pupils be enrolled during the Ini named days. A failure to do cause a delay of registration t *nR work a hardship on your nminntions for students who Bw to pass on work during the v year will be given in the gram Khool building on the dates of member 3 and 4 beginning at nine pel. First through fourth grades I be given the first day -and above fourth and through tjre seventh pes on the following day. Only Kla. ji.ho olioeihla accordiXLK roles will be allowed to take such ^nations. Parents are requested *otify the superintendent of the "tion to stand such examinations. e*i?tration of high school pupils at nine .o'clock, Thursday, tcmber 3. Parents are' requested lave *beir children call at the ol for registration at the sched"?ur. Attention is called again year to the fact that not all high curr>culums lead to college adance. Parents, should discuss their children the work offered be high school and come to an ?m?nt with them about the sub1 to be taken. A cordial invita18 extended to all parents to J the school with their children * time of registration. The for registration follows: "^ay. September a?Eighth i 9:00 to 11:30; -ninth grade, V 2:00. September 4?Tenth grade, J11:30; eleventh grade, 11:30 ^ will be excused immediately Festering. The grades ill the F?* schedule refer, to those of of lggl and 1932. Pupations iw Ugh school ^Kt?re eligible for fall cxaminaWyj fline o'clock. Arrangements examinations should Lw .Wlth principal not Inter atil y' 2. Bx?? * ***** srrangements -with *r 3 prior 10 Thursday, Sepg/ ^ of Teachers V Fall Meeting of v Farm Woirten A number of the officers end members of the board of director* of the Council of Farm Women met with Mies Craig, the home agent, and prefected plans for fhe fall meeting. This meeting will be held in the American Legion Hall on Saturday, September b, beginning at 10:30 o'clock, according to announcement by Sadie Craig, county home demonstration agent. The program has been planned around 4-H club work and every one in the county is invited to attend this meeting. Not only the members of the various clubs are expected to be present but all the boye and girls who are members of the 4-11 eluj? as well ijis.^th^ fathers and all others who are (interested in club work. The council is very fortunate in the speakers for the day. They include Dr. D. W. Daniels, head of the English department at Clemson; Miss Lonnie I. Landrum, state home demonstration agent, of Winthrop; Mr. Theo Vuughan, assistant boys club agent; Mrs. ,S. A. Plowden, district agent and Mr. H. G. Carrison, Jr., of Camden. Sixteenth District Picnic. k The members of Leslie Zemp Chapter No. Ill, Order Eastern Star will tyiave a basket picnic at Pocalla on Thursday, August 27th, It is hoped that all Eastern Stars und their families will be present. Cars leaving Camden at 3:30 o'clock. Supper served at 7 o'clock. J. E. Ross, W. P., ' Sarah E. Graham, Secretary Death in Cedar Creek Section Mrs. Jessie Smith, aged 29, wife of Jessie Smith, died Sunday noon at her home in the Cedar Creek section of L*e county, after an illness of several months. Mrs. Smith is survived by her husband and three small children. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Stokes of Lee county. She was a member of Cedar Creek Baptist church and the burial was at that church Monday at noon, services being conducted by her pastor, Rev. P. E. Blackmon. Fire Destroys Home The residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Davis, on route 1 leading out of (Bishopville, was-- destroyed by fire Sundya night. Only a few minor articles of small value were saved and the loss falls heavily on the family. tory and French; Miss Henrietta Zemp, English; Miss ft-lberta Team, English and Latin; Miss Ada-Montgomery, science and mathematics; Mrs. Dan Murchison, mathematics and .English; Miss Gertrude Strother, silence; Miss Catherine Murchison, commercial; Miss Hortense James, Latin and English; Mr. C. T. Baldwin, history and science; Mr. Hernias Cranade, .agriculture; Miss Lenora knight, home economics. Laurens Street school?Miss Margaret' Burnet, principal and seventh grade; Mrs. E. L.* Guy, seventh gr.ade; Miss Cornelia. Oliver^ seventh, grade; Mrs. J. R. Montgomery* sixth grade; Mrs. Mortimer. Beykin, sixth grade; Miss Luoile Allen* sixth grade; Mrs. Phoebe Schenk, **th grade; Mrs. Louise Cinteyy fifth grade; Miss Julia Seabrook, flth grade. Grammar school?Mfs. Susie Taylor, fourth grade; Mrs. John M. Dempster, fwrth grade; Mrs. Leslie McLeod, third grade; Miss Grace Qakes, third krade; Miss Timberlake, third grade; Miss Ada Phelps, second grade; Miss Margaret Blanding, second grade; Miss Lois Latham, second grade; Mrs. L. T. Mills, first grade; Miss Ellie Zemp, first grade; Mils .Sara Wolfe, first grade. Mill school?Miss Ernestine Bateman, principal and fourth grade; Miss Catherine McCarrel, fourth grade; Mrs. Nan H. Richards, third grade; Mrs. D. M. McCaskill, second grade; Mrs. Lou Pearce, first gr*de; Miss Lula Gillis, first grade. J. G. Richards, Jr.i superintendent of schools, r There were only two changes in the faculty. Miss Alberta Team has oome back to us to take the place of MH# Grace D. James who resigned, ahd Misg Timberlake has been secured in the place of Miss Helen Chambers:'WithinV the system Miss Julia BMfatok b), been to the Laurens street school and Mies Timberlake takes her place in the third grade. - ' > < The test teachers* meeting of the year -will be held in. the school auditorium at tee o'clock Saturday after* Fox Hunters Meet Here in October The South Carolina Fox Hunters' *a8oeJft?ion will hold its annual field trials at Camden, October 13, 14 and iU, it was announced Saturday morning by L, S. Wingard, secretary an! treasurer of the association. George T. Little, of Camden, vicepresident of the association, has hi^h hopes for the success of the meeting. He is one of the leading fox hunters of the state. Mr. Little says that it will be the greatest of all the trials as Camden is a sporting town and the citizens of Camden are going to do everything in their power to make the meet a success. There will be numbers of trophy prizes to the winners of the^different classes on the field and on the bench. The association is expecting to have more entries this yeaT than- ever before as there are more fox hounds in South Carolina than there have been. Carolina generally sends a number of entries to the trials and thWyeorthe association is expecting itA increase in the number. ThSsjbutatanding trophy of the meet is P;j.FifjlDfird memorial cup donated by the friends of Mr. Efird and awarded to tb^Xhigh score hound of allage clasa in the field. The officeril. of the association this year arev Pi^jdent, W. Aiken Rhett, Charleston; vice president, George T. Little, Ojknfcfeu, and secretary, L. S. Wingard^" Colombia. Bethune News Notes Told by Correspondent xX 'Bethune, Aug. 18.?Dr. Sullivan and daughters, Misses Frances and Dorothy Sullivan, of Columbia, were Week end guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. McLaurin. Miss Mary Louise 'McLaurin and Lee Morgan spent Saturday night and Sunday in Newberry visiting relatives and friends. 'Miss Ii\a Fletcher, of Kershaw, has Recent guest of Miss Clar^i v.John Neil McLaurin has returned from a western trip including California and other places of interest. Louise McDonald, of HartsVille, Was the guest last week of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John McDonald. Miss Gladys Burley, of Winnsboro, is spending this week with Mi6s Malloy Hearon. The many friends of Mr. arid Mrs. R. L. Church will regret to learn that they have moved to Laurinburg, N. C., where Mr. Church has taken charge of the 'S. A. L. agency. The agency at Bethune is being temporarily filled by Mr. Clarke. Miss Olga Brannorj, of the Baptist hospital. Columbia, has been spending her vacation at Borne; ~? Miss Marie Clyburn, of Jacksonville, Fla., is visiting relatives here. iMr. and Mrs. Steve Chapman, of Chesterfield, were guests in the home of' Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Ward -Sunday. Messrs. J. M. Clyburn and B. W. ?est haye gone to Black River on J if/fishing trip. Mrs. J. B. Burley, of Winnsboro, . t-r-v 1 - n w H^krrui. ,<rf Mrs. Love Hearon? ' i Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beard and ehildren, recently of Nashville, Tenn., have been stopping over with relatives" here en route ,to Charlotte, wnere they are now located. " Mise Birdie Belle Smith has re. turned to her duties at the Columbia hospital after having been at home on account of sickness. Miss Clara Gordon is visiting friends in Kershaw. !Miss Mary Brannon has gone to Columbia where she will be in training at the Baptist hospital. Patsy Horton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Horton, was carried to the Columbia hospital last week where she underwent an operation for appendicitis on Friday. Her condition was favorable when last heard from.( Mrs. M. 0.^ Ward, and daughter,' Mrs. Charles V. Rivers, of Chesterfield, returned from Columbia last Thursday where Mrs. Rivers had been a patient at the Columbia hospital for the past six days. \,V> '' Program of Spirituals On Wednesday, August 26th, 8:00 O'clock,-.hi 'Mt. Moriah church a^ female quartette from the Florida Memorial College at Live Oak, will render A program of spirituals, jubilees and teadMin and minor classics. A charge cents will be made for grown , ^ee|de and 16 cents for children^ A 'Motion. of the church has been reserved for the -white friends of the eongregation. Those who rtette on their firifc prograna in the city are high in their pirnbe^im singers so that a large atten^A9t\^vk>oked for this time. Mrs, ? |L iShivar and children, of Cftiariotte, have returned home after a weekV visit here with relatives. ThejTviere accompanied home hy Mrs. Marshall 'Hancock and children, who IfriU visit in Charlotte fqr twq weeks. Legion. Members Honor Llewellyn The Camden Legionnaires, members of the James Leroy Belk post, No. 17, hold their former post com- ' mander, A. Stanley Llewellyn, who was later elected state commander, in the highest esteem, for Commander IJewellyn is "one of the boys" with his comrades, and as h slight token of their unwavering friendship* at the state convention held in Charleston recently, Mr. Llewellyn was presented by the Camden Legionnaires with u handsome silver wall plaque, suitably engraved. The presentation was made in behalf of the local legionnaires by Commander T. V. Walsh, Jr., in the following wellchosen words: "Mr. Commander: The members of ydur home post, James Leroy Belk, No.^ 17, Camden, realizijjg the ability with which you have governed the department and the zealous and unselfish service you have rendered throughout the year, wish to present to you this token, and in this small way express to you our appreciation for your valuable services to our pbst and the department of this State. It is with much pride that we .point to the fact, that we have given to the department a commander g?iosc services are outstanding, not; only in our department but nationalLr recognized and spoken of in all departments of our country. We feel that if this post does no more in its history, that we have in giving Commander A. Stanley Llewellyn to the department of South Carolnia for the year 1930-31, done A sopd job." Those who are not members of the local post, but who know Mr, Llewellyn and his tireless service in the interest of his comrades, join heartily in their endorsement of this recognition of services go well done by the.r fellow townsman. Methodist Church Services Lyttleton Street Methodist church, Warren G. Ariail, preacher in charge. Services for Sunday, August 23, are as follows: Sunday School, with Mr. L. C. Shaw, superintendent, at 10 a. m.;* Epworth League at 7:45 p. m.; preaching service conducted by the pastor, at 11:15 a. m., and at 8:30 p. m. The public is most cordially I invited to attend all the services of this church. Visitors ^fare especially welcome. Baptist Church Services On next Sunday the pulpit of the First Baptist church will be supplied at tne morning hour, 11:15, by Rev. Church of Columbia. At the evening hour, 8:30, by Rev. B. F. Hasty, pastor of the Summerviile Baptist chur;.i and the public is cordially invited to hear these visiting ministers. 4-H Trophy and Prize#' , ^ 4 4-H Club boys of Kershaw county AtSorad. Tmlufthle. nrizes at the county fair this fall in addition to the prizes offered them by the county fair association. A very beautiful trophy or cup will be given to some 4-H boy also. The terms of competition will be announced in the county fair catalogue. This trophy and $75.00 is given by Mr. Richard Blackwell Boykin, who is interested in 4-H club development in Kershaw county. Other valuable prizes will also be given 4-H boys at the county -fair.? Every 4-H club bojy in the county and boys who wish to join the club are urged to begin now to prepare their entries for the fair. Pigs, hogs, calves, corn, potatoes, poultry and many other things. Let's make this the best fair we have ever had, says Henry D. Green, the county agent. Notice Church Services A protracted meeting will be>gin at Smyrna church in West Kershaw charge on Sunday, August 23rd, at 4 o'clock. Rev. S. D. Newell, of Charleston, will be in charge of the services. ^ The regular Sunday service will be held at 8:30 o'clock in the Lugoff Methodist church 'on next Sunday.First* Sale of New Cotton J. L. Oillie, merchant and farmer of Reinbevt, brought the first bale of the 1031 crop of cotton to Camden I on Wednesday and sold it on the local market at 6c per pound. The bale weighed 604 pounds and was raised from Dixie No. 14 seed, short staple cotton.v ;* -More than 14460,000 Americana are eaid to have defective eyesight ^ Plan Witfe Publicity of Highway Opening ' ,"'raw> s. C., Aug. 14?I'rogtiss rv ports regarding pluns for colobratV>t hero .Soptombor 17 the peeing throughout of the United Stete, highW?y No. i, from Fort Kent, Meine, to Key Weet, 1 le., were made et a committee meeting ?f Federal Highway No. 1 association, held here today at the Ingram hotel, with Mayor Hotleo of Cheraw, general chairman, preaidmg. Ample showing was made to assure a tremendous public outturn for the celebration and every possible provision for the comfort of oil participating. Cordial interest in the occasion is manifest in responses re-1 ported from points distributed' through the long extent of what has been culled "the MaiiKfttreet of the Original 13 Colonies." Led with energy and enterprise by .layer House, the entire citizenship of Che,aw, apparently, is Ht work upon the muny phases of activity! deented requisite to irfsure the success m a big way of this celebration, and the community has contributed! liberally besides in cash toward the expense that will necessarily be incurred. A modest budget proposed today was considerably scaled by the committee and will be presented within the next few days to other towns along the southeastern sector of the route by committees, including these appointed this afternoon: From Cheraw north, J. S. BrasweJl, Rockingham, N. C., and iShields Cameron, of Southern Pines, N. C.; from Augusta south to Jacksonville, Henr Carri-i son, Jr., of Camden, and L. S. Moody, I of Augusta, secretary of the association. Will Rogers, the flying cowboy humorist, and former Senator J. Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, are among the public men invited to be guests of honor, the complete roll making up a highly distinguished company. By practically unanimous^, votemembers from Kershaw county refraining from voting?the committee adopted a resolution, proposed by Dr. B. C. McLean, of Aiken, as follows: Whereat, United States route No. 1, from Canada to Florida, is, or will be within the next few days, paved in its entirety, and wfyereas travelers increasingly resent the payment of tolls on public highways, for the reason that gasoline taxes are imposed in practically every state which^they regard as sufficient, and whereas tolls on all bridges between Maine and Florida have been removed, with the exception of the bridge over the WuLCiee river in/^Kcruhuw?county, South Carolina; now, therefore, be it resolved that we, representatives of United States Highway No. 1 association, do hereby petition the state highway department of South Carolina to expedite either an amicable and equitable agreement with the commissioners of Kershaw county for -th*- fwrnin*. of... said bridge^ or stgps for enforcement of the act of 1920 providing for said objective." Members of the committee were guests at lupchfon of the Kiwanis club of Cheraw in the rooms of the Chiquola club. Columbia's active and effective support of the celebration plan# from their initiation was apparent throughout tne reports and discussions todsy. Participating, besides citiwns_ of Cheraw, were the following, all present, besides the many who were represented by telegrams or letters evincing warm interest: ; ' Columbia ? Charles D. Gordon, president, and William Lykes, secretary, chamber of commerce; D. T. Roughton, Warren Bernard, George Collins, Roland McAllister, W. J,. Krell and McDavid Horton. Augusta?L. S. Moody, B. F. Stubb, J. Frank CarswelL Aiken?C. J. Hill, Dr. B. C. McLean. Batesburg-Leesville?J. B. Be lientine. Lexington?C. E. Leaphart. Camden?John Whitaker, Jr., president, chamber of commerce; Henry Carrison, Jr., chairman, ' Kershaw county commissioners. IMcBcc "J, D. .Sexton. ,. v,, 'Southern Pines, N.u C.,?Shields Cameron. ? Rockingham, N* C.?W. G. Pittman, J. 6. Braswell. Sanford, N. C.-O. P. Makepeace, Robert L*. Burns. Some 15,<KK> persons helped Cheraw celebrate an anniversary 20-odd years ago. How nleny will tor* out for the highway celebration September 17 cannot as yet be even estimated, but interest already evident in various ways assures the presence of a vasi throng?and Che raw will be amply prepared1 to muptfor all comers. ?MoDitW Horton, fa the Columbia State. r; > ? Gov. Long Calls Cotton Conference ^ New Orleans, Aug. 17.?Gov. Huey, P. Long, of Louisiana, has entered the Youth's battle aguin*t over-production of cotton by proposing that the cotton-growing states pass laws against the raising of a single bale . in 1932. Today Gov. Ixrng awaited response to telegrams sent last night proposing a meeting in New Orleans next Friday to prepare the way for enactment of such legislation. He gave assurance that Louisiana will enact the necessary laws if the other states will. The telegrams were sent to all governors, lJnit4'<l States senators, congressmen and lieutenant-governors of the cotton-growing states. General endorsement by the South of the legislation, the governor predicted, would have immediate effect, restoring prosperity to the south "in less than two weeks." If the plan is adopted, he said, the farmers will get more m<mey for this year s crop than, at present, they will receive for this year's and the next two years' crops. "rI he farmers yet have their cotton, he said, "and if action is immediately taken along this line, they will get the benefit of the price that will result from this move. Blackwood Endorse* Plan Columbia, Aug. 17.?Governor Ibra C. Blackwood today expressed himself as being "heartily in accord" with the suggestions of Governor Huey P. Long of Louisiana for legislative action to control cotton acreage, but added the further suggestion that there be. a cotton growing holiday "every other year." Reached by his secretary, Charles H. Gerald, at Bumsville, N. C., where he is spending a vacation, the governor said he favored the plan and instructed Mr. Gerald to send the following telegram to Governor Long: "Re Telegram, Governor Blackwood * absent from office on vacation. Over long distance telephone advises he is in accord with your sentiments and better still if constitutional that laws should be passed prohibiting planting of cotton every other year. Governor Blackwood will co-operate to the fullest and if possible attend meeting in New Orleans Friday." Mr. Gerald said a number of requests had been received asking the governor to co-operate with Governor Long. One of them was a tele- gram, signed by "Salley Citizens," as follow*: ' "We, the citizens of iSalley, Aiken county, heartily endorse plan suggested by Governor Long and will thank you to support it." From Mayesville, Sumter county, came the request by long distance telephone that a delegation be allowed to appeal to Governor Blackwood toNsupport the plan. '/1IIUIIICI XV\|VCTDb IV* * v - .???w received from Latta. Mr. Gerald said if the governor decided to go to New Orleans he probably weuld go from Burnsvtfle to Spartanburg Thursday and leave from there far New Orleans. The United (States Civil SerVlce Commission has announced an examination, as a result ef which it is expected' to make certification to .fltiLAlL.. contemplated vacancy in the position ' of fourth class postmaster at Rembert, 'S. C., and other vacancies as they may occur at that office, unless it shall be decided in the interest of the service to fill any vacancy by reinstatement. The examination Will be held at Camden, S. C. The compensation of the postmaster at this office was $790 for the last fiscal year. Receipt of applications to close on September 4, 1931. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Elliott, R. B. Elliott, Jr., J. T. Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. Claude West and children, of Sheppard; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stokes and children, of Camden; Mrs. T. R. Shivar and children, of Charlotte, spent Sunday with friends in Sumter. They had a picnic at Pocalia Springs. Thirteen "Roosevelt for president" clubs have been organized in that ! many Alabama counties. . e?