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Monthly Report of Associated Charities Report of the Associated Charities of Camden-Kershaw County for the month of July 1031, as rendered by W. H. Harris, the treasurer; # Balance from last month . . $2,626 70 Receipts this month . 160.10 $2,605. HO General Charity McDowell Print. $ 18.00 Redfearn Motor Company .. ..2.85 - Rheum & Son., clothing .. ..., 5.50 Howell Drug Company 8,60 I/orena Rabon, groceries 2.00 Ogburn Brothers, groceries .... 4.80 Lamoy's Grocery 8,88j Zemp's Drug Store 1.05 DeKalb Pharmacy 14.50 lamoy's Grocery 2.00 Mrs. J. B. Gaskin, milk 1.00 N. H. Ross, groceries 5.851 Villepigue Company 4.50 IFischel's 10c Store I.h5 M. Baruch, clothing 2.7.11 Camden Feed Store 8.10 City filling Station 4.85 R. B. Ross, milk und rent ..J. 11.75 W. B, Faulkenberry, milk 1.50 County Health Board, yeast . . 5.00 Stamps i.oo R. H. Williams, groceries 81.80 Mrs. J. It. Gaskin, milk 1.00 Ogburn Brothers 8.30 Carolina Motor Company 4.80 M. Baruch, clothing . .5.00 Mrs. J. A. Bell, sulary 40.00 Rent 5.00 Lamoy's Grocery 8.05 Mrs. J. B. Gaskin, milk 1.00 Leaded, clothing 7.00 W. B. Evans, groceries 6.25 Southern Cotton Oil Company . . 0.20 Ogburn Brothers 4.08 Lamoy's Grocery 8.25 Canning vegetables 0.80 $ 246.87 Children'n Home Lamoy's Grocery $10.55 Meat bill 4.55 Mnckey Mercantile Company . . 5.80 Labor and Servant Hire 11.50 Carpenter work 0.00 Incidentals 10.00 Water and Light bill 0.00 Telephone bill 2.75 Roofing 0.80 Labor and servant hire 11.50 Lamoy's Grocery 18.50 W. G. Wilson, clothing 2.751 Canning 1.35' Mrs. Sanders, salary 20.00 Miss Jackson, salary ........ 15.00 Labor and servant hire 11.50 Lamoy's Grocery 12.20 Lamoy's Grocery 9.45 Labor and servant hire 8.50 Incidentals 10.00 $100.70 Total $487.17 Balance $2,258.07 I he Pelzer mills Anderson have resumed iull time operation of 55 hours ,a week as large orders arrayed and employ over 2.000 men and Wumen. They have been running three >days a week for some time. Important Meeting Set For August 25 Conditions are such that it i? felt wise to call a meeting of the thinking people of Kershaw county who are interested in agriculture und general economic improvement, therefore, all men who are \jdlling to contribute a little of their time and some of their most concentrated thought are requested to meet at the Court House in Camden at 11 a. m., Tuesday, August 26th. Outstanding leaders and thinkers ure expected to be present. It is felt that the county should go on record as hacking a definite plan of relief. It is well known that there are many plans being offered. Prominent among them at present are the plans offered by Mayor Stoney of Charleston and Senator Smith of South Carolina. Mortgages on farms and homes in Kershaw county are continuing to fail due. Our farmers have large crops of cotton und other commodities but under the present conditions these crops mean little in the way of assets in liquidating and discharging obligations. Men who have given the present situation great thought and consideration will be present to discuss some phases of betterment of our people. Mr. JI. G. Carrison, Sr., key bunker for Kershaw county, will be among the prominent speakers. Congressman Stevenson has been invited, says Henry I). Green, county agent. Peddler's License Declared Illegal Asheville, N. C., Aug. 19.?North Carolina's effort to place a $50 tax on trucks hauling produce, fruit or fish into this state from other states today was held unconstitutional by a three-judge federal court. The court nullified, in effect the action of the last general assembly, which passed the peddler's tax by making permanent a temporary injunction restraining collection of the levy. The injunction was granted to B. M. Gramlin, of (Spartanburg, S. C., peach grower, who brought a test case against the tax act in behalf of hundreds of other orchardists and farmers who have been accustomed to marketing South Carolina products in this state. The court, composed of Judge John J. Parker, of Charlotte; Judge E. Yates Webb, of Shelby, and Judge H H. Watkins of Anderson, S. C\, held that the. state has a right to impose a tax on peddlers so long as there is no discriminating against the products of other states. \V. Frank Norman, prominent | Washington attorney, was shot to death in that city Wednesday by a hotel bell boy over a parking space at j the Wardman Park hotel. The negro j bellhop claimed that the lawyer had struck him two /days before and he waited his chance to shoot him. He surrendered to the police and will claim &elf-defense. ? LOOKING BACKWARD] Taken From the Files of The Chronicle Fifteen and Thirty Years Ago i > THIRTY YRAR8 AGO \ August 21, 1901 Robert N. Mclyeod and Miss Mamie Vardelle Warren married in Sumter and come to Camden to make their home. Joe Hammond, negro man, meets mysterious death while gambling near Bateman's ditch near S. A. L. depot. Cattle crop being marketed and highest price paid is 7 cents per pound. Mannes Rabon opens new store at Lugoff. Northwestern railway company having depot^^iilt at eastern end of DeKalb s^lt. Building to measure 24 X 94 fed. Shannon Kirkland recovering from typhoid fever. Burglars break into auditor Bruce's office and ransack place. Two children, one aired 4 months, and Loma, 7 years old, of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Creed dead at Cantey Hill. Horse drawn hearse purchased for the use of colored people. Rev's. C. C. Scott, T. J. Williams and J. W. Boykin appointed to raise funds and secure exhibits for Charleston Exhibition. J. K. DeKay, G. B. McCoy and E. P. Shedd draft resolutions of reaped on death of J. W. Myers. Department of agriculture report* one of the largest com crops e'ver produced. William Mills and three children near Rutherfordton, N. C., drowned when they attempt to cross small stream in a covered wagon after a heavy rain. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Ok ? ' 1 j ? . August 25, 1916 G. H. Lenoir puts in twenty-five barrel daily capacity roller mill for flour at his lake near Horatio. Geo. T. Little winner of three blue ribbons with "The Emperor" at Blue Grass Fair, held at Lexington, Ky. T. E. LoweTy returns from a sevenweeks' visit to his son at Utica, N. Y. Remains of Isaac L. Sanders who J died in Columbia brought here for burial. Work begun on new brick Baptist church at Kershaw. Five negroes?two women and three men?were lynched at Greenville, Fla., charged with aiding in escape of negro murderer of two white men. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Birchmore issue invitations to marriage of Miss Evaret Birchmore to Norman Oliver Head. Joel Hough returns from a trip to England. B. M. Pearce celebrates seventieth birthday at home near Stockton. Major E. C. von Tresckow writes interesting letter to home-folks' telling of life on the border with Company M? at El Paso, Texas. The merchant submarine Deutchland arrives at home port at mouth of the Weser after successful trip to America with a cargo of merchandise. State candidates for governor? Blease, Manning, Cooper, DesChamps and Duncan?speak in Camden. Poland produced more than 40,600)000 tons of coal last year. ihird Row Plan Gets Sharp Criticism Ualurnfta, Aug. n^-^*?arp crl^. m has beeppdiAscted by South Catv wan* at the Farm Jkiard proposal it( cotton farmers destroy aytyW rd row and various other remeditt the South'* pressing economic i? ? have been advanced, teached in Knoxville, Tenn., on his ation tour, Gov. Ibru^C. Black>d registered opposition to th1* n. 4. I entirely favor increasing the .'e, he said, "but I don't think L-an be done that way. Growers ild all favor it for the other felIt would never be done on u*i itable basis." ohn L. MeLaurin, former United tes senator* has suggested that on be put away by farmers themes until next year and that legisires jwkIs laws forbidding the inting of a single acre of cotton" I year. He termed the Faiyrv rd plan "absurd" and "impractie." he former senator also suggest-' that the states "forbid the colon for one year of any debt not lected with the production of the ent crop and let the lien merit, land owner and tenant carry cfop, and plant a food crop next s a deterrent to cottpn planting year, McLaurin would "give a of castor oil to the first man brings a bale to market." lomas P. Stoney, mayor of C'hnr>n, has wired the board protestits suggestion. He asked "why propose that manufacturers, merts and others destroy one-third leir holdings of cotton and cotton Is and that the Farm Board de/ its entire holdings of cotton." io plan advanced by Senator E. Smith was heartily endorsed by Wade Steckhouse of Dillon, large n grower. ^Senator Smith wyuld the board buy surplus cotton farmers this year and resell it, icm next year, charging interest, armers signing contracts not to cotton in 1932. king another viewpoint, the Astion for the Increased Use of >n in a statement at headquarhere said none of the remedies be wholly effective unless, and there is an increased consuinpof cotton, products. * * * if all nergieg and efforts that are belevoted to trying to find some way out were being spent in ing a greater consumption of n products there would, we bebe an improvement in existing tions at an early date." ANCASTER NEWS NOTES old by The Semi-Weewly News Published in That Town heavy was the rajn that fell in vicinity on Tuesday that Cane and Bertr Creek went out of banks. This is a rather unoccurrence for this time of the year. Mrs. Bessie Ballard Hammond died on Wednesday night at ten o'clock after a short illness. Mrs. Hammond had been in poor health 'for the past month but her condition was not considered critical dntil recently. She Tr- ?:fC?f ., sure and heart trouble. A specialist from Charlotte was called recently but in spite of everything that was done she passed away on Wednesday night. Lightning struck the corn crib belonging to R. W. Parker near Bufori on last Monday afternoon causing the building to be set on fire and it was wnth difficulty that the flames were extinguished. Lightning struck on the opposite side of the house first and then struck the corn crib. It was noticed that smoke was coming from the crib and members of the household extinguished the flames with water. Mr. Parker says that the heavy clouds overhead had almost passed by at the time his building 'was struck by lightning. O. H. Bell was elected as cotton weigher at Lancaster on Tuesday when a very light vote was cast. Ho I received a total of 98 votes to 67 votes for S. S. Steele. As it rained for a good portion of the day there were not many farmers who came to town to vote and many in the city were prohibited from voting because of the pledge which had to bo made previous to voting. This pledge stated that the voter must be a grower, buyer or seller of cotton either directly or indirectly. At Heath Springs Z. F. Mackey, who has been cotton weigher for a long time had no opposition so that he was again elected to fill that office for the next two years. Only a few ballots were cast under the circumstances. Cotton seed crushed durinjr the year ending July 31st totaled 4,694,It8 6'?15' MPVHMiHil Ml .t*ifclKl*i 'I' Fort Motte Cannery Has World Range > i nji mi n * St. Matthews, >S. C., Aug. 17.? From a farm near the village of Fort Motte produce has been shipped all over the world, some going aa far as India, in cans. It ia u garden truck farm with a year-round market. The director of operations ia a woman, Mrs. Margaret JK. Hane, to whom the owner of the farm, her husband, Wm. C. Hane, defers. In the yard back of the old antebellum mansion that is reminiscent of the days of slavery, Mrs. Hane links manufacturing to 'field production and makes a creditable go of 1aoth. "I always liked to cap and did a lot of it afid sold some of what I put up in the kitchen even when we were operating the farm in the old way," says Mrs.. Hane. "When it looked as if the boll weevil would, ruin us if we kept on growing colton, we decided to make canning( a irpajor operation. That was eight ov I nine yearA ago. Now our farming is more or less an udjunct of canning." | Yet nearly everything put up in Mrs. Hane's cannery is produced on her husband's farm, once a big plantation and still comprising some 300 acres of land. This year the gatherings of 40 acres of truck crops are passing through the cannery, which is started up as soon as early vegetables come on and continues operating until late in the fall. A little prdouce is bought for it and when prices are good some produce is sold in fresh state by the Hanes. Last year, Mrs. Hane canned and sold between three and four thousand cases of goods. Several of her products, such as her vegetable mixture, are canned according to her own formulas and have won high standing in markets where A hey are sold. A big New York department store is now negotiating with her for asparagus. She was a pioneer in the canning of that vegetable in South Carolina. Her canned tomato juice is purchased for use in hospitals as far off as Cincinnati and Minnesota. She has even shipped iSouth Carolina canned goods to California. Original equipment for the farm cannery cost only a few hundred dollars. Three young men, aged 26, 22 and 19 years, were sentenced at Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday to death in the electric chair following their conviction on a charge of killing a policeman in a grocery store hold-up. Back to The Farm I Wingate, N. C., Aug. 19.?A gen-' eral back-to-the-farm movement will | rid America of the present economic j depression, Dr. p. W. Sikes, president > of Clemson College S. C., told attendants at the Griffin family ro? J union'here. * I Farm life and the independence it carries will make contented citizenry, he declared. The best situated man of today, he continued, is the farmer who prepared for adversity in the time of prosperity. Check Up On Joy Wagons jfl I Columbia, Aug. 18.?To effect eajjB omies in the operation of public vt-H hides, the Farmers' and Taxpaya? league of South Carolina secured? list of 3,300 state, county and mmfl cipally owned automobiles today foil W. V. Sutherland, director of tltifl highway motor vehicle division. ? Mr. Sutherland gave Pierre Mazyd? league secretary, a detailed list vitifl the make, model and ownership offl the car as well as the office hoktaH who operated it. -?. Dad needs a Vacation, too . .W M OTHER is busy planhing her vacation?the children's J j ,V1 holidays must be decided upon?but how can dad get awsy from business? If there was some way he could keep In touch ; I with the office for a few minutes each day, He, too, could enjoy a well-earned rest. k j The answer is the telephone, which gives quick and inexpensive voice contact with the office wherever you choose to go. Hy arranging to call the office at a particular time, you may be sure your manager pro tern will be at the telephone to i report the day's activities and receive instructions. This enables you to use cheaper Station-to-Station service without risk of not finding your manager in. Join mother and the children in having a holiday this summer, while dependable telephone service enables you to keep informed about your business or to call your friends at "'fll home. The operator wherever you go will gladly tell you about of call? to your office?just ask for "Long (Distance.* Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company H (Incorporated) L< II Announcementl II With much pleasure we announce to the I | people of Camden and Kershaw county that we __ j| | are privileged to be with them again under the . | name of Camden Chevrolet Company. II || We are glad to learn that so many of our H | acquaintances are satisfied owners of Chevrolet II I sixes. H ill | r' Over two million owners-have proved the || | value of Chevrolet six cylinder design, t They jfl | know a six is better and would never be satisfied M | with less. It is our desire that you get full ben- I | efit of all the service that was built into your car I | at the factory. With this in mind, we are put- 11 | ting forth our very best efforts, time and atten- I | tion to bring to you a Chevrolet Service you will I | appreciate. fl | We are located in Mr. Little's building on H || DeKalb Street. Here we will have a Home of |1 | Good Service. n I WE INVITE YOU TO COME ^1 I Camden Chevrolet Company | II C. M. GRAVES, Manager "I || 111