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f , , The Camden Chronicle r - -J-XO. J j , i ^ SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1931 " ' '' ill Be Guided By Views of Citizens gpirUnburg, Aug. 23.?Governor jj c. Blackwood, in a statement 5^ here tonight setting forth his on proposed legislation to ^ibit the planting of cotton in 32, said he was "comfortably sure" ( proposed act would be constitu^1 in bouth Carolina. Governor Hlaekwood plans to call iMcial session of the legislature to psi<ter the question but he said tojbt he would not do this if a strong jtiment develops against the plan b?r among the legislators or the op!? of the .state. He said he extted to make as thorough a survey opinion as possible before calling i special session. He also explained that the plan, fer the resolutions adopted at the ? Orleans governors' conference, aid not be put in effect in this le, if important other cotton proring states reject it. tfter the plan was advanced, some iminent state leaders, including U. Senator James F. Byrnes, ex-' ssed the opinion that it would be institutional. U. S. Senator ElliD. Smith said lawyers with whom bad discussed the proposal dopbtthat it was constitutional. Itvernor Hlaekwood said, MIt is natural that the constitutional stion would be a conspicuous facin this instance" but "personally >el comfortably sure that the act lid be constitutional." ie Man Killed tod Others Injured om Melton, a white man about 2S rs of age, met instant death last iirday afternoon on the Camden^ know road, when his truck driven limself, crashed into a sedan driv>y Leroy Matthews, he accident happened about eight is east of Camden on a straight e of road and a coroner's jury rh held an inquest gave it as their lion that "Tom Melton came to death by careless driving on the , of Tom Melton," and so wrote s a verdict. n the truck with Melton at the i were his wife and child and Mr. Mrs. Floyd Hall, but they were tart to any extent. I*, other occupants of the car Matthews were not so for? pk Uroy Matthews sustained a Pttann and possible internal :nWton's injuries were to his head dy all teeth being knocked out severe cut in his temple and it thought his neck was broken, th truck and car were badly Hunks Club Boys and Girls ne weeks ago when the camp of ( Uik Vu\u0 on/l crirlar nf the Hty was over it was fountf that a V quantity of fresh vegetables, I *nd other foodstuffs was on to it was decided t?. turn this to the Children's Home. Mrs. W. president of the home, ;F *? thank the club boy* and through the columns of this pa ?r generous contribution to eriff Receives ward for Capture I * ? i+ ; ^ J. H. McLeod last week rc a Postoffice department warW?r one hundred dollars, as a rePai*t he played in cap ndrew Peay, a postoflfice bur Cooperating with the sheriff at ^ of the arrest were Deputy *?ley and Rural Officer G. B. r ^he sheriff divided the rewith his subordinate of /J0 ^tter to the sheiflf from r*ice department reads as ; * bas reference to your appli' B 0r reward for services render ^nnection with the arrest and of Andrew Peay for burBtJ ^^office at Lugoflf, S. lam ?* December 26, 1930. *^?leaSed to advise you that dfr ^ >Cat'on received favorable ent 10n and a P08* office de warrant for $100.00 is . 'n ?ettlement of your .. - ; K apPr?c?*tes your inte- m ?f the p?*ui B? cale o d by yo^*r activities Farm Women To Meet September 5 The following letter i, being M?t <> all the home demonstration club members of Kershaw county by MU? ' * ( rttiK? the county home demonstration agent: "The fall Council Meeting will bo held in the American Legion hall on' ?Vn!!' f?Pt mbei' r>th, beginning ii i 0 clock. This is to be an all-day meeting and all people interested in Lxtension work are invited. I he program will be centered around ~ lc,ub wo,k u,1(l vve want the men of the county to know what wc are doing so bring,your husbands.' 4No meeting is complete without food so you are requested to bring a picnic ,lunch?enough for your fumily and one more, also enough sweetened tea. The agent will furnish the ice and lemons. Don t you think we are very fortunate in the speakers we have secured for the day? Dr. Daniels, you know, is one of the outstanding speakers <Jf the state; Miss Landrum the state agent, always brings us an interesting and helpful message; Mrs. Plowden, our district agent and the song-bird of the Extension staff inspires us with her singing and. her talks on music; and Theo Vaughn is one of the most enthusiastic and peppy club leaders. "Make your plans to attend the council meeting." Dinners and Cotton Growers, Notice With the prevailing low prices for our cotton crop it is very important that we take every precaution in the matter of producing a high quality | cotton. With aiL_extremely large crop the mills wiH no doubt be exacting in the requirements for good cotton and one of the major points in which they will deduct from the price will be for gin-cut cotton, therefore, it is extremely necessary that our farmers pick only the dry cotton cautioning the pickers about picking green or wet cotton and it is also important that this cotton be protected from rain after it has been picked/ As for the ginners we again ask that they continue to consider as in' the past the matter of watching closely the speed of their gin and the adjustments. It might be said that the county agent has received advance notice that the buyers will have to make considerable deduction in purchasing gin-cut cotton. ' To the People of Kershaw County The Piedmont Creamery Rock Hill, S. C., which is now operating a cream route in this county advises that unless the volume of cream, which they are receiving is increased! within the next two weeks they will be obliged to discontinue the route on in to Camden. j This is an urgent request that you l^orl us vour immediate cooperation in the matter/-of assisting to sceure a<& ditional cream. If you have any cow*' yourself (from which you can sell I cream please try to begin at onceJ Also please ^use your foftuence Witb^ any neighbors who may be in po-l sition to ship cream. Also if you' know of any inv^he county who you think could -ship, I shall be glad to call -on them and see what can be done, if you will give me their namc3. This cream route is a real opportunity for Kershaw county-farmers and it will be a big loss if it is discontinued. Anyone desiring to purchase one or more cows for the purpose of shipping cream, and who has adequate pasture and food and who needs some financial help in purchasing such cow or cows are hereby requested to take the matter up with the county agent, Henry D. Green. Sweet Potato Shipment Arrangements are being made to ship sweet potatoes this season from Bethune and from Camden. . .f All presons in Kershaw county wbb* expect to have sweet potatoes for sale re hereby requested to notify the county agent by letter, stating variety and approximate number of bushels of No. l's they w}ll probably have for sale. Please send notices as early As possible as, arrangements will have to be made in advance for shipping baskets, selling arrangements, freight, cars, requests Henry D'. (*rien, 'the co?Bt/Mat More than 1,600 men's clothing Horkf?i.vof Boston and Cambridge Haas., are on a strike., MNMM . Warn Dove Shooters Against Baiting A.*A. Richardson, chief game wnrWty., kfi? addressed the following A?ri\W notice to F. L. Munn, county gam? warden, to the effect that the law governing baiting doves will be tfrktly enforced. His letter to Mr. Munn follows: "I think it would be well for you to immediately- publish in your county newspapers the following: "The hunting, killing or taking of doves not permitted on or over, at or near,any area that has been baited with salt, with corn, wheat or other grain, or with other foods placed or scattered thereon.' The above is both a Federal and State law and it will be well to iet the public know that it will be useless for them to go to the expense of baiting any fields to shoot doves. After giving full notice to the public, if this law is violated, I expect you to prosecute the violator at once." f 9eriee of Meetings at Trinity F. Harrington, pastor of Trin4ty ;M. E. Church, makes the follow-j iWfif Announcement: series of meetings will be conducted at Trinity Methodist EpiseoPal ^urch. . beginning Sunday morning, Afiguatr 30th, "and continning through Sunday, .September 13th. We shall- be glad to have the cooperation of vaDfthc churches of the city, at leastVvwih. your prayers. a deeper Spiritual awaken&^VsUys the pastor. Negyo Tells Tale of Being Fired Upon Officers from Kershaw and Richland counties have investigated the story of a negro boy from Wedgefieid who stated that he and his companion were fired upon and his companion probably killed at a point near | Blaney. I The negroes who gave their names ^\vlfenry James and Sanders Hin-drews, said they were returning from Aiken by way of Blaney when the affair happened. Officers found out the boys went to the home of Mr. Arlin C. Rose, at Blaney and knocked at the back door. Mr. Rose asked who was there, and the boys replied "strangers." He got up and saw them pass a window. Thinking they were suspicious char-! acters, he and Mr. H. T. Jeffers gave chase in an automobile. When they saw the men approaching both boys ran, and one of the men fired his pisrfcpl into the air. The boys were n>t only not hurt, but were not shot at. Dr. Corpening To Preach Here , Dr. J. S. Corpening, pastor qf the First Baptist church of Lancaster and One of the leading Baptist ministers ,bf South Carolina will preach at the iwjjust tiiuii.il vi irttrTt Sunday morning at 11:15. Dr. Corpening will speak on some phase of church, finance. He is well qualified iospehk on this subject. Within the last few months the church of which he is pastor has raised thousands of dollars paying off & large debt and in addition keeping up current expenses and cooperative program offerings. The public is most cordially invited to-hear Dr. Corpening. _ Prices Being Lowered R. A. Bruce, public cotton weigher, announces in another place in The Chronicle today that on account of the decline in the price of cotton ne will reduce fche price of weighing a bale from twenty cents to ten cents, so long ag the price remains at the present low level. I. B. English, proprietor of the Eureka Barber Shop, who has been serving the public for more than forty yeapra continuously, announces in an advertisement that beginning on the firsi of-.&ptember the price of hair be reduced from thirtyfive /trehtt -to. twenty-five cents. The pried offljhAves will remain the same i$S5Ec?ttoir Gins Closed Ne^trDosVon, Tex., Aug. 23.?More ha^ ^^KBkfarmers met in the streets here ycAMrdsy and recommended that Sterling shut down . hntil .the price of cotton an*e??t<nr' seed attained a . higher .vTfce <T?conjiftendation was in the forn> of .a petltion. j > j V* ip i , j Bww^wwff^WfwwaggaggBgeg Flans Being Made For Celebration Che raw, S. C? August 24, 1931.-Hon. H. A. Rouse, general chairman of the celebration to be held in this city on September 17th to mark the complete puving of United States highway No. 1, announced today that intense interest throughout the entire length of the route (2433.5 miles), j indicated the biggest celebration of like kind ever held on the K a stern Seaboard. Thousands of personal letters w persons inVrested in United States highway No. 1 has developed a general request that the historical setting of thi's most desirable and convenient route, Maine to Florida, be given to'the press at this time. The following sketch is hereby submitted: Stretching from one end to the other of the thirteen original colonic*, United States Route No, 1 forms a highway of American history covering a period of more than 300 years. Washington travelled it many times in' peace and war. Jt passed near or through many battlefields of both the Revolutionary War and the War Between the State. The ancient inns, old estates, the many historical connections, continually remind the motorist of those early days in the life of the country; United States Route No. 1 was originally developed as an artery of communication between the settlements of Massachusetts, New York Bay, the Hudson Stiver Valley, Long Island th^ Connecticut River Valley, the Delaware, the Susquehanna and the Chesapeake Bay region, including the valleys of the James and other Virginia rivers. Today, connecting north temperate Main with semi-tropical Florida, "the highway of history" is the principal tourist route from the large eastern cities to the winter resorts of the South and the summer resorts of New York and New England. By the end of the seventeenth century Boston, New York and Philadelphia were growing rapidly and 'communication between them was made by horseback and pack horse. | In 1G87 the stage coach made its debut in Boston, but not without experiencing the stern disapproval' of the Puritan leaders because of its luxury, This could not stay its enormous popularity and soon regular travel service was established between the three cities. Coaches made the trip between New York and Philadelphia with comparative comfort in five days. In 1771 an omate coach called ".The Flying Machine" made the trip from New York to Philadelphia .n two days. The zenith of speed seemed to be reached then. By the beginning of the nineteenth century, turnpikes were becoming the fashion, hundreds of miles of roads being opened in a period of a few years. The greatest development took place ' V A. * ?T over cue uiu cvatn ivuvw, ? States Route No. 1. The section of the Boston Post Road near Greenwich, Connecticut, was built by the t^ird turnpike company chartered "in the United States. By a strange coincidence, United States Route No. 1 connects it'll the points at which the earliest railroad experiments were made. And when the automobile and motor truck came to give new facility to travel, United States Route No. 1 was one of *.he first to feel the tingle of new life. Five of the' states through which it passes were among the first seven,to establish state highway departments and it was consequently one of the first highways to benefit by scientific traffic control. A brief historical itinerary of United States No. 1 is absorbingly interesting. Crossing the new bridge at the Kennebec River, one is reminded that John Quincy Adams crossed -in a skiff in 1760, and that for many years, in fact until 1920, private ferries were the only means of transportation. Then at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is the United Statea Navy Yard where the Ranger, first ship to Sail the Stars and Stripes was built. The shore of New Hampshire, although the smallest of any sea6oast State, is o?e of the most historical and beautiful. Boston, which saw the first brave days of tha young Revolution, and Concordv Charleston and Cambridge close by; Pawtucket, the site of the first cotton mill in America; Providence, founded by Roger Williams in 1636, the second city in New England; and New Haven, th? site of / j. great university, all are en route. Barely touching New York State, I United States Route No. 1 passes through New York City, largest city on the continent, whose historical background is well known and too extensive to review here. From the Delaware to the Brandywinc is sacred ground. The 70-odd thiles from Trenton to the Dixie line were marked inch by inch with blood. Philadelphia, the scene of the-signing of the Constitution, the creation of the national flag, the first Continental Congress, and the home of Benjamin Franklin and other great statesmen, is part of our national inheritance. Between Philadelphia and Baltimore, the road passes the oldest courthouse in continuous use in Pennsylvania and the site of the battle of the Brandywine, which is marked by monuments. Then it reaches Baltimore, the I "monumental city" where Francis, Scott Key wrote "The Star Spangled Banner," and where Edgar Allen Poe is buried. In and around the National Capital are innumerable points of historical connections and the gov-, emment buildings and museums are of the greatest interest. Near Washington are Alexandria, Mount Vernon, Arlington National Cemetery and the new Arlington Memorial bridge across the Potomac River. Then there is Ashland, birthplace of Patrick Henry; Richmond, capital of the Confederacy,, where, in St. John's church, Patrick Henry made his, immortal speech for liberty; Petersburg, which Grant besieged for ten months. Then the motorist crosses the line into North Carolina, and soon Raleigh is reached, the state capital and birthplace of Andrew Johnsdn, the States. Next are the progressive cities of Sanford, .Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Aberdeen and Rockingham. A few miles south of Rockingham is the South Carolina line and the' thriving little city of Cheraw. Here will be found St. David's Episcopal church erected in 1T68 and used by .Cornwallis as a hospital! the grave of Captain Moses Rogers, captain of the S. S. Savannah, the first steamer to cross the Atlantic and the first Confederate Monument erected in ne South. Then Camden, one of tha noted and popular winter resorts of the South. The city of Columbia is next and here the capitol building still bears the cannon mark make at the time of Sherman's siege. From Columbia the finely paved road leads to Aiken, famed winter resort and polo center. A few miles more and the motorist is crossing the tawny Savannah river into another popular winter resort, Augusta, Georgia, noted for its fine hotels, mild winters and renowned golf courses. At Louisville, Georgia, the motorist may visit the old slave market. Next are the progressive little cities of Swainsboro, Lyons, Baxley and Alma. Then Waycross, the largest city in south Georgia on United States highway No. 1. Jacksonville and then St. Augustine and Daytona Beach (the world's finest racing beach) and down the famed Florida East Coast through palm fringed avenues. United States Route No. 1 is truly a cross seotion of American history. Through its associativa, is literally "first in the hearts ?if. Ha countrymen." ; .^,1 V* * > ' Bethune Schools To Open August 31 P Bethune, S. August 24.?The Bethune public schools will begin wotk Monday morning, August 31, at 8:00 o'clock. The teachers will arrive Friday in order to attend the first teachers meeting, which will bo held Saturday morning. Book lists may be secured from the office of the superintendent. A second-hand * book exchange will be op of a ted ut the high school building for those desiring to purchase or sell second-hand books. Pupils are urged to bring all old books, that are on the list of books used in the schools at present, to the exchange for disposal. The people of the community ^uninvited to attend the opening exercises, which will be held Monday morning at 8:00 o'clock. r^luarterly B. Y. I*. l>. Rally The quarterly B. Y. P. U. rally of the Kershaw association will meet with the Bethune Baptist church Sunday, September >, at 3 p. m. All the young people of the association are requested to Ik- present. Governor Blackwood Issues' Proclamation Go\t*i nor ]$1 iick wootI issued u call to the farmers of South Carolina to gather ut their county ?eat? ut 11 o'clock Saturday morning to commit themselves in regard to the plan to abolish cotton planting m 1932 and to state their wishes to the general assembly in a radio address broadcast Tuesday night over station WIS. Ho declared in his proelamati >:i thut overproduction of cotton hn* brought the Southern cotton farmer to the brink of tinancial ru.n" and said also that the people of South Carolina want the legislation that will outlaw the planting of cotton foi one year. <> fCi A letter to the membeic of th" general assembly seeking t h e i i thoughts on the special session was dispatched by Governor Blackwood Wednesday. Also, he plans to send each one u copy of the proponed aet for study J^efore the special session i? called. The act would be so short that "it can he written on one page," the governor said. Enough copies will be prepared so thut it may haw wide distribution among the farmers and other interested persons. The Proclomation Governor Blackwood's proclamation iwhich followed his address is as follows: "Whereas, the overproduction of cotton has brought the Southern cot ton farmer to- the brink of financial ruin and it is being predicted by the experts that cotton will sell for from four and one-half cents to five cents per pound?less than one-half the cos] of production, and, "Whereas, it is the earnest desire of the governor of South Carolina and others in authority to assist the farmer by any practical means within their power; and, "Whereas, there is no desire on the part of those in authority to force the farfner to refrain from planting cotton during the year 1932, but merely a purpose to make effective by legislation the expressed wishes of the farmers of the state; "Now, therefore, I, I. C. Blackwood, governor of South Carolina, do hert>by call upon all the farmers of South Carolina to assemble at their respective courthouses on next Saturday, the 20th of August, 1931, at 11 o'clock for the purpose of expressing their opinion with reference to the proposal to forbid the planting of cotton during the year of 1932, and to Advise the members of the general assembly as to their wishes. "L further call upon all county legislative delegations to attend these meetings and request that the state senator or some membei' of the county legeslative delegation preside at these meetings." During the month of June a total of. 274-734 m?n -u&ni rQcaiied it road ?_ . work in 37 states as the result of emergency road work aided by appropriations by the last congress in addition to the sums spent by {he states. The American Bed Cross has idlotted $100,000 for Immediate relief in the flood pweft aOctieps of China, where .$u*dMds-.of thousands hare been rendered homeless by high waters of the Yangtse river. Officers Track Thief a Long Distance Deputy Sheriff Cooley and rural officers Watkins and DeBruhl captured a cow thief here Saturday after a 22mile trek from Bcthune to Camden. James Blakeney, a negro resident cf near the Camden Seaboard passenger station was placed in jail and admitted the theft. Dr. E. Z. Truesdale, of Bethune, or. Thursday night reported to officers that his valuable milk cow had been stolen. Rural officer Watkins called fellow officers from Camden and they got on the trail. The cow was tracked from Bethune to Camden, where the negro had ridden or led her all the way down over the Seaboard track. Dr. Truesdale accompanied the officers to Camden whew the cow was recovered. The officers made the statement that they hoped when Blakeney decides to steal another cow he will not go so long a distance as they were weary and footsore from the ton* trek mliwwf^v : V James Blakeney has a formtT Jail record.- v< f... .s x ' \