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The Camden Chronicle
VOLUME 43 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 13, 1931 NUMBER 33
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eath Claims Editor
ias. W. Birchmore
l^rleg Whitaker Birchmore, who
71 years of ago the day before
death, passed away on Armistice
71931, after a paralytic* stroke
ered on Sunday mortring, NovjtUWi.
[r, Birchmdro, for forty-seven
rj gnd five weeks had published
Wateree Messenger, of this <flty.!
all these years ho had been idenrf
wtih the religious,, social, poland
civic affairs of Camden,
e had planned a trip with his
day school class of the Lyttleton
,et Methodist church to take part
joint meeting of the Men's Bible'
;j at BetJbune on Sunday mornyrtien
he was found fatally strick?hile
kneeling in prayer. ' ?
x. Birchmore was born at Cheraw,
J., and at an early ag? came to
iden, where h? mad? his horn?
i an aunt, Miss Ann Whitaker.
a mere lad h? was employed as
irinter's apprentice by the late1
i P, Beard, who was the publisher
the Kershaw Gazette. Fortym
yeurs ago he established the
eree Messenger and since that
y he has .never missed an issue
hat paper.
uring his residence here he has
i affiliated with many of the
ity's affairs. First he was a
iber of the county board of comsioners
many years ago. Next he
elected superintendent of. ^e.dur.
on and served one term." Under
administration of Governor Richj
he served as a member of the
te Welfare Board. iHis duties in
i department caused him to come
contact with many wayward
iths, and the latter part of his
I saw him using his influence, vislg
the jails and chain gangs, try;
to correct young men who had
m astray?many times using his
?n funds towards starting them on
straight pathway.
Mr. Birchmore was a member of
e Masonic order and a Woodmen
Ihe World. He was a member of
i Lyttleton Street Methodist church
one of its oldest members?and
ring his membership hfrd served at
rions times as superintendent of
[ Sunday school and teacher of the
n's Bible Class.
n early manhood he was married
Miss Eva Sligh, of Fairfield counind
to this union was born Mrs.
G. Kirven, of Darlington; Mrs. N.
Head, of Augusta, Ga.; Miss Ethel
chmore, Charles Willis Birchmore
IE. Dozier Birchmore, all of Oamt
who survive him.
'ossessed of a genial.* disposition
hiade friends in all walks of life,
was the lif? of a Christian genan,
a true citizen and a friend
mankind and the world is better
his having passed this way.
toiernl services were held for Mr/
dmore from the Methodist churcl(|
feday. .aCterjlQpiL?atc.?L o'clock,
ft? pallbearers were: kj.' l?;
ighan, Lynell Fouts, Clarkson
Walter Rhame and George
cman.
lonorary pallbearers were: C. J.
Jr., H. iG. Carrison, Sr.,
c-'Shaw, W. F. Nettles, Sr., R.
Kennedy, Jr., James H. BurrTs,
n SnLin<ls?y, L. T. Mills and W.
e &ss. Sr. The Men's Bible
? the Methodist church at0
'n a body and the Masons had
r?e of the services at tnS^ grave.
Camden Boys at The Citadel
^atts, who is a mem1
the Senior Clnss at The CitaWtrucTorntly
bfen appointed as
"uctor m military subjects of
c?ajJ ArtiHery unit of the R. O.
c will instruct underclass,
n the 155MM. Gun. In the
fet ?J?S' ^atts is a First Lieut(ruar;,e
18 ^ fine game
^ on the varsity football
fcdet W t a
CitaHni" J." Ancrum?- who is also
in^f50"'01*' ^> en assigned
ktrol Uctor in Seacoast Fire
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fc ^ipn"'"t ^t Month
I readv ? **?. ex^ectir^S to have
it aR ' advise the County
Kmber^\ ** po#?il>le stating
P""* andth?
I'M Mr, john W|e?k?, and
J?T?k ^inc? Weak., of
K?^rr,,th*
home
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Education Week
Observed Here
Amu jean Education Week hug been
observed ut the Camden schools this
week with several excellent programs.
On Tuesday the seventh
grade section under Mrs. Guy put on
the following:
Hymn, "1 Think When 1 Read That
Sweet Story of Old," by school; reading
of Scripture, Marjorie Cullen;
prayer song and Gloria, by school;
reading, "China I,and" by Goldn
Shirley; song, "China Land," by 7th
g^ade; address, ".China," by Rev. J.
T. Littlejohn, Jr.
Op Wednesday, the Armistice Day
program was sponsored by the two
fourth grade sections under Miss
Grace Oajte^ and Mrs. John M.
Dempster, together with representatives
of th'e American Legion and
American .Legion Auxiliary. The
pi ogi am consisted of songs, recitations
and a playlet well adapted to
such a program.
I he principal speaker of the morning
was Mr. T. K, Trotter, who* presented
to the students a brief summary
in American history leading up
to and developing the idea that each
pupil should do his very best to help
further the cause of universal peace.
Mrs. Gertrude Zemp had the program
in charge. Others on the stage
were Mrs. Marvin Reasonover, Mr.
W. M. Alexander, Mrs. Sam Karesh
and A. S. Llewellyn, pnst state commander
of the Legion.
' The stage- was very tastily decorated
with autumn leaves, flowers and
flags of the state and nation. Mr.
Trotter also spoke to the high school
students at 9:46.
Friday morning at 8:40 and 9:40
the county forester, Mr. Charles W.
Nuite, will speak first to the children
of the lower grades and later
to the high school. His talk, will be
on forest conservation particularly
with reference to protection from
forest fires. The public is invited to
this program.
Sunday night the last of the National
Education Week programs will
be held in the Baptist church. This
program will be in the form of a regular
Sunday evening service, at
which the pastor, Rev. J. B. Caston,
will speak. This program is sponsored
by the County Teachers Association.
All teachers of the county are
urged to be present. People of the
town and the surrounding communities
a?e invited to be present.
The services will begin at 7:30 and
the subject will be, "Prejudices in
the Field of Education and its Cure."
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At Hagood and Stateburg Churches
The* Rev. J. L. Jenkins, of All
wSaints Church, Birmingham, Ala.,
will conduct a? Teaching Mission .on
Christ's great commission '"Go ye
. into all the world and preach the
'gospel. to every creature," at the
Church of the Ascension, Hagood,
Statebufg, next week. This teaching
mission is being held throughout the
province of Sewanee of the Episcopal
church. The purpose of the mission
is. to re-study and re-learn and re-apply
the principles of Christian duty
and service involved in Christ's last
command. - Opportunity will also be
given to receive a new vision of the
kingdom of God, to deepen the spiritual
life, and to receive channels of
expression through the program of
the church. Everyone is cordially invited
to attend all meetings of the
mission. The schedule for the two
churches follows:
Ascension, Hagood?Service Sunday,
November 15, 11:30 a. m. Service
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
November 10 to 18, at 7:30 p. m.
Conference, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
November 16,to 18, at 11:30
a. m.
Holy Cross, Stateburg?Service on
Sunday, November l'Btn at 4 p. m.
Service Thursday, Friday, November
19 to 20, at 7:30 p. m.. Conference
Thursday and Friday, November 19
to 20, at 5 p. m., at Community
house.
Visit the Club Market
Make out your market! order and
- have it tilled at the Club Market top
morrow, where the ladies of the county
offer produce of the finest kind,
raised on the farais of Kershaw
county. The hour for opening is 9:00
o'clock^.
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Mrs. Jf. J. Gardner and Mrs. W. F.
> Tobias, of Maiming, are on a visit
1 to the former's granddaughter, Mrs,
i Aiva kush. ' ;
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Charlotte Thompson,
I o Present Minstrels
1 ho Charlotte Thompson high
school will present "The Dixie Jub* |
Jee MinHtrgls" jfjudny eyenmu, Novu.
cmber 13, at 7:30 o'clock. An intertstuig
an(l amusing entertainment is
promised all who attend. Admission
charges will be 15 and 25 cents.
The cast includes: Middleman,
Mary Lindsay Pearce; Joshua Kbenezer
Frye, Poilye West; Hosannah
Wilkms, Hilly Moseley; Misy Polly;
Ticks from Washington, Leila Mae
Dixon; Potash from Fertilizer, Tenn.,
Arthur Gaskin; John Wesley, Marietta
Thompson; Mr. Wintergreen,
o nest Kunda; Abraham dcPatrinrch
John Sowell; 1. B. dePression, Clator
Arrants; Miss Sunny South, James
Mmer; Mr. K. F. D. Gulliwhopper,j
Curtis Arrants.
Armistice Day Celebration
On Wednesday, Armistice Day, at
ten o'clock *t the intersection' of
Broad and DeKalb streets the American
flag w^a raised and at the four
corners, the flags of all nations were
flying. Main Btreet and DeKalb also
were attractively decorated with Old
Glory flying in the breeze.
Promptly at eleven o'clock the
James Leroy Belk Post American
Legion and a firing squad from the
Kershaw Guards, tmder the command
of Captain Brevard Boykin, gathered
for an impressive observance of the
day. All were called to attention by
the commander of thylo.t;*!' post, M.
M. Rcasonover, while the colors were
advanced with color guards.
Then W. M. Alexander, adjutant of
the Legion read fte roll of honor and
following this the ensemble was
asked to observe a minute of silent
prayer, for the departed comrades.
At Captain Boykin's command the
firing squad fired three volleys. As
the report from the volleys died away
taps was blown and the crowd then
disbursed.
Two Fires Wednesday
The Camden fire department responded
to two fire alarms Wednesday,
both in the same neighborhood.
The firtft call was a five room residence
located at the comer of York
extension and Rippondon streets
owned by the Hermitage Cotton Mill
and occupied by a Mr. Tunstell and
family. The mill carried, some insurance
on the house, but the tenant
suffered a complete loss as to the
furniture.
The second call was from the Guy
Lumber company plant where a pile
of shavings caught fire, but it was
checked before any damage was done.
To Meet With County Agent ]
Some misunderstandings having
arisen as to premium awards for the
recent county fair, all those who feel
they have not received their proper
checks are requested to meet in the
office of ^County Agent Henry " D.
WTfdl kjh ~ ^ Oa t u t xxay , x tvtciiii/rx c, x ,
when matters will be straightened
out to the satisfaction of all concerned.
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To Donate Car of Produce.
The Kershaw Baptist Association
has decided 'to donate the Connie
Maxwell Orphange a car of produce.
The car is expected to be in each
of the following places to be loaded
on Tuesday, November 17, Bethune,
Camden and Kershaw. Potatoes,
corn, produce, etc., must be in bags.
-Syrup and all canned goods must be
crated.
"Brethren, let's be liberal, since
the need is great and urgent," says
J. E. Williams, chairman of the com>
mittee.
Heniry Lundy Killed
By Auto at Bethune
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Bethune, S. C.. Nov. 10.?Mr. Henry
Lundy was struck by an automobile
early Saturday evening w-hilc
1 crossing; highway number o/ie on
Church str^pt .near the Methodist
church and f died Sun&iy afternoon.
The automobile \ptaTftiVf4i by Mr.
C. S. JjfanLandinforo/} of Heath
Springs,j?Jfc said he faired to iee Mr.
! driving '* until
too closer- to avoid the accident.
Mf. Ltm^y^was burieij; Monday ?ftemooiv/avysTfllers
church. | Hie fu'
neral services were conducted by the
Rev. Mr. fngram.
i Mr. Lundy was a member of the
Baptist church and a quiet, peaceable
citizen. He is survived by his wife
and two daughters?Mrs. Jake Linton,
of Society Hill, and Mrs. Willie
; Smothers, of Rocje Hill, also severs'
grand children and other relatives.
A coroner* jury rendered a verdid
: of **avoidable accident.
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Officers Capture
Thief After Chase
\\ illie Hazard, young negro, stole
u 1*runklin car belonging to Mr. E. I'
1 f&OKdale from its parking place at
the rear of \he Enterprise Mercantile
company's place Wednesday afternoon
about 1:30 o'clock and in less
than two hours Mr. Truesdale had his
car back and the thief in jail.
Off tier s were notified and city and
county police gave chase in all directions.
Deputy Sheriff*fj. F. Cooley
and rural officer Hough found the
<-m abandoned near Midway high
school, and captured tUt- negro not
fur from the car. A burned out
.b?tr|nj caused the negro to desert
the cur.
j It was quick woj;k on the part of
th? officers and there have been but
few cars stolen in Camden but what
have been recovered.
. The negro claimed he was on his
way to Hamlpt, N. C., when he stole
the car, and exhibited papers to showwhere
he had only recently been released
from a chain jfang after serving
time in Florida.
Two Cars Wrecked
A large Florida-bound automobile
I and a lighter weight ,car were pretty
badly wrecked . Sunday afternoon on
Highway No. 1 near the home of Mr.
! Stoney Moore, but fortunately no one
was in .ured. Both cars were going
in the same direction and the accident
happened when one attempted
to pass the other on a straight road.
The larger car nearly buried itself
in the side of the one of lighter
; weight.
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Camden To Play
Newberry Today
Caipdon will play Newberry high
school on the Zemp Field Friday afternoon
at 3:15. dewberry presents
lone of the strongest B teams of the
! upper ?tate. Just last week they de|
feated the strong Union high school
; team for the championship of Dis:
trict number 2. Fans of Camden are
urged to take in this game as it is
bound to be a corker.
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Veteran^ of 60's To Meet
A meeting will be held on Saturday,
November 21st, r?t 11 o'clock, at
the Kershaw county court house in
this city of all members of Richard
Kirkland Camp and the Pension
Board of this county. This meeting
is for the purpose of elect' g officers
to fill vacancies in both of the
above mentioned organizations.
Probate Judge Gets Two Years
[ (Spartanburg, Nov. -6.?R. Burton
MJicks, former probate judge of Spari
cqnburg county, today pleaded guilty
(to charges of breach of trust with
| fraudulent intent and grand' larceny
j and was sentenced to two years in the
prison. t.The^-charges grew from
[ discovery of. a shortage or $Z4,0UU in
Hicks' accounts.
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To Meet Here Fourth Sunday
The province of Sewanee of' tfle
Protestant Episcopal church has inaugurated
a teaching mission on the
Great Commission to be held in the
several dioceses of this province durI
ing the month of November. The object
of this mission is "To give a
j vision -of the Kingdom of God, to
deepen the individual spiritual life
i and to present channels of expression
through the program of the church."
Rev. N. C. Duncan, of Franklin, N. C.,
will be the missioner for Grace church
and the opening sevrice will be held
on Sunday, the 22nd, at 11:15 a. m,
Other services will be announced latter.
The publitf is cordially invited to
attend.
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Attention Baptists.
i All local church Every Member
Canvass Committees are urged to be
present at Bethune on Friday evening,
Novefnber 13th. Please see
j that your church is well represented
A speaker will be secured calculated
| to bring a message of instruction, enthusiasm
and inspiration,?Rev. J. B
. Caston, chairman; J, T. Littlejohn
Jr., assistant.
Million For Unemployment
New York, Nov. 6.?The emergen
i cy unemployment relief committee oi
| New York, announced today tha
, John D.. Rockefeller and his son, Johi
i D. Rockefeller, Jr., have contributes
I $1,000,000 to its fund, bringing th<
total to $7,631,134. The committe
seek a $12,000,000.
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Declare Closed !
Season on Hunting
At a conference between Senator)
(j. C..' Welsh and Representatives J.
Team Hetty* und J. R Rt.lk, held'
Wednesday, it wi(s agreed to request
Chief (iame Warden A. A. Richard
son to dcclar? a cloned season on:
hunting, both day and night, in Ker-'
shaw county, until Thanksgiving Day.j
Seven counties have already made i
this request on account of foicst ft res
raging in various sections of the'
state. This is done in order to pre-!
vent fires being started and also to i
preserve the wild' life driven from'
their native haunts by fire*.
(iame wnrdons and deputy game1
wardens will be instructed to enforce
these laws and hunters had' better'
stay but of the woods until Thanksgiving
Day.
First Baptist Church Services
I he following services are announced
for the week at the First'
Baptist church.: Sunday school at l(i^
o clock, Mr. C. (). Stogner, superintendent.
Public worship at 11:16
a. m. and 7:.'U) p. m. Morning sub-:
ject, ' I he Office of Deacon." Even-'
irg subject, "Prejudice in the Field!
of Education and Its Cure." B. Y.
P. U. meets at 6:.U) Sunday evening.
We are expecting a great day ut
this church next Sunday. At the1
morning hour we shall ordain eight
deacons who have recently been elected
to serve the church. A visiting
speakei will deliver t lie message.
Sunday evening marks the close of
National Education Week, and at the
request of the County Teacher's As-1
sociation we ure holding a union
service at this church. The pastor'
will conduct the service. We hope
to have with us at this service the j
pastors and members of the other
churches. We are installing a new:
heating plant this week which will
be completed by the week end.
The public is cordially invited to
attend all the services of this
church.
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OFFERED GOOD SUGGESTION I
Citizen to Send Chronicle as Christmas
Present to Five
One of our good friends and longtime
subscribers came in this week
and paid us five dollars for five
new subscriptions to The Chronicle
at one dollar a year cash. jHe, requested
that we hold the subscriptions
in reserve and let them start
the week of Christmas so as to let
them serve as Christmas presents to
friends and relatives.
This was a good suggestion on his
part and the offer is hereby passed
on to others. Pay for the paper
during November at the one dollar!
rate and we will start the paper any
time you say.
Many have taken advantage of our
special offer for this month?both
rQHAWfllA And T1AUI . All
The paper is now .going into many
new homes and before the offer closes
we expect to add several hundred
new subscribers to our list.
Squirrels Destructive in Sumter
The squirrels that infest the trees
of Sumter in rapidly increasing numbers
have become destructive pests
and the time has come that steps
should be taken to eradicate the
greater part of them. The squirrels'
destroy bird eggs and young birds,
do hundreds of dollars damage annually
to telephone cables, damage
1 house-roofs, infest the walls and attics
of -houses, damage pecan and
other trees during bpring and sum'
mer by stripping the bark from limbs,
and harvest a large part of the nuts
produced by the pecan trees in yards
and gardens. A squirrel is a grace
ful and pretty little creature, but it
has no economic value, serves no
useful purpose and does damage out
of proportion to its size. The nuisance
should be abated.?Sumter Daily
Item.
' Fire Damages Residence
A two story frame residence on
Mill street, formerly the Rudisill
' property, but now owned by Kershaw
county, was badly damaged by fire
Thursday of last week. The house
was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. James
Sheom and family and Mr. and Mrs.
^ Olin Waters and family, whose house^
hold goods were badly damaged. The
1 building was fairly well covered by
* insurance,
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e Abbott Goodale attended the flower
show at Ducfcjtm, N. C., hurt week.
Forestry Lecture
At School Today
( ounty 1- ort'stvr ('hat li'.s W. N'uite
vi!! deliver an illiix)ritU'il iccturu on
our forests to the sehool children of
( anidtii at the grammar school uu-*
ilitoiium itt K!'45 o'clock this morning.
Mv. Nuiie desires all the children
|)', esc at as it is his intention during
the fall month* to carry this information
to all school children, both
white and colored, within the protected
area of the Kershaw county forestry
association.
Forest fires in recent weeks have
created a grave situation throughout
the state and the entire south, i'less
dispatches from every point tell of
the vast destruction of timbered
lands. So much so that it has caused
Governor Blackwood to issue a
proclamation, calling upon the state
highway department, rural officers
and other citizens to use their effofts
at stopping these fires. It is
desired to entry this message to the
||(>ung children of the state and impress
upon their minds the need for
cautio in letting fires get beyond
their control.
In accordance with the governor's
proclamation the Kershaw Gounty
Forestry Association has the assurance
of the assistance of u 11 county
road employees and the state highway
maintenance forces in fighting
files. Also all postal rural employes
and the sheriff's rural police officers
in reporting fires wherevef discovered.
This is the first time in the
history of the association that so
many agencies have been co-ordinated
in this work.
An associated press dispatch bearing
u Columbia date line of November
9, tells in a small way of the
fires now raging in this state:
"Steps to curb forest fires now
raging over the state were begun here
this morning by Governor Blackwood.
"A conference was held with H.
A. Smith, state forester, and another
planned for luter in the day
with Mr. Smith and Ben M. Sawyer,
chief highway commissioner.
"An attempt will be made to
marshal forces to combat the flames
which are eating at forests over virtually
the entire state. "
"In his conference with the gpvernor,
Mr. Smith asserted the lancF
owners are little interested in putting
out the fires. He said great
difficulty would be experienced, however,
in extinguishing flames because
of the extreme drought.
"Reports coming in the governor's
| office indicated the flames have
spread rapidly. , A state constable
told the governor the forests from
Spartanburg to Columbia were burning.
The Watere? swamp forest between
Columbia and iSumter was said
to be in flames. ^
"A heavy smoke hung over Columbia,
causing the day to appear
_ta. he oa.rt.iHll v .eliuuLu- ? .. ?. ?_
"From the eastern sections of the
state came reports of fires through|
out the wooded lands, causing dif|
ficulty in highway and air travel.".
Clothing and Shoes
Wanted For Charity
You have all read and listened
over the radio to the special appeal-for
fund* for the unemployed being
carried on all over the country and
backed by the National Committee
for raising the unemployment relief
fund, and which is sponsored by
President Hoover.
Locally, the Associated Charities of
Camden an4 Kershaw county bas, so
far, been Able to take care of all
cases that have arisen and at present
are supplied with'food and funds(
for our current needs for ordinary
requirements, but in the matter of
requests fqr clothing and especially
shoes we are being swapiped, the
demands being way beyond Our ability
to supply. We are at present
supplying clothing and shoes to the
extent of our means but are'falling
far short of filling the needs.
Should you feel that you <f?n give
anything in addition to what you
have already given us in oar drive
last March, we will be glad to accept
it and apply this particular
money to the needs for shoes and
clothing for this winter.
Should you be able to help us Jn
this time of special Med you may
send cheeka. W' * *
The Associated Charities
Warren H. Harris, Treasurer.
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