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Personal Mention I Mr. and Mr?7 Tom Shiver and chil-1 dren, of Charlotte, are spending the holiday* with Mr. and Mrs. FM Stoke*. ? Wallace Stoke? left Saturday for Charlotte, where he ha* a portion V at the Boaton open air market in IS* that city.." , . Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Blakeney and * children, of Charlotte, viewed at the ||> hc^o of Mr. and Mt?. E. ?> ney la*t week. Mr. and Mr?. C. Shannon, did. and children and Mr*. H. <! Brown, of Savannah, arc quests at the home 4"t>f Mr. and Mr?. 11. L- Moore. Mr. and Mrs. .luck SchuMz, Of Chester, ami Mrs. Meadow f)j km-on. Of Union, apeM lust Tuesday with Mr. and Mr?. W. T. !><?n pater Mr. and Mr*. George Jarvw and koo and Mr*. F. K. 'Schenk, of ( hnrlotted were guests last week end at ?the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Hoyd Beaver. Mr. and Mr,. A. S. I.lrwnllyn ti?itwl rylativi-s in Kirhmnnd <lui mi! tin hnliduys. Mr. Idt-wcllyn rrturru.d Sunday but Mini, l.lrwrliyn will ? main for a longer stay. Mr*. H. S- Steed man had a* her guest* during the holiday* her daughter*, Mi** Sa ra- Steed man, from New* berry Mr*. Hobert Taft and Mis* Harriett Stecdmnn. from Charleston. Mr. and Mr*. E. II. Mobley had a* fe their guest* for the holiday* their son Taylor Mobley, of Charlotte, Mr. and Mr*. W. H. Stover, of Aahevdle, and Mi** Molivia Taylor, of Irfinras ter. , , Mr. and Mr*. W. F. Nettles had a* their dinner guest* on Saturday evening Mr. and Mr*. B. O. Cantey, B. O Oantey, Jr., and Alice ( antey, o Sumter; Mr. and Mr*. Washington Patrick, of Charleston. ? Friend. of Mr. F. M. Woolen, - prominent cotton buyer of Camden, will regret to know that he is confined to hi* homo on north- Fair street, suffering from a succession of heart attack* and physician* and loved ones are apprehensive a* to hi* condition. ' ' The Colulribia-Ciladel club dance which was held in Columbia on Monday evening of this week at the forest I>ako club was attended by the following young Camden set:. Missies Molly Blackwell, Elizabeth Zemp, Willie Haile, Messrs. Ansel Bateman and Elmer Watt*. Dr. Cecil Wiltkowsky, of Koper * hospital, and Prof. George Wiltkowsky, of the University of South Carolina, spent Christmas day with Mr. and Mr*. L. A. W ittkowsky. The party left next day to spend a day with Miss lleyman, at Chester, who is a sister of Mrs. Wittkowsky. Friend* of Murdoch M. Johnson and family of Aberdeen, N. C., arc glad to welcome them back to Camden. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are occupying the Walter Rush cottage on north Mill street. Mr. Johnson will resume his law practice in the same offices he formerly occupied in the Crocker building six years ago. Met With Mrs.^Lovctt The Woman's Missionary Union of Melvern Hill Baptist church met at the home of Mrs. II. T. l.ovott on f Tuesday afternoon. The regular program was carried out, after which Mrs. Shivnr, from North Carolina, who is visiting M -. I,oVcttc. made a short talk on "The Work a I r.;on Should. Do." Tw.'.ir members and six visitors .were piVM-n'. De.aious refreshments wrio set vet! by M s. Lovette assisted, by Mrs. T. Shivar and Mr*. Fred Sti ke-. of < amden. Camden Wins Crown. The < he*ter High S, hoi foot hal: team w-m* defeaterl by the i nmrirn "Bull Dogs" in Columbia on Christmas Day, by a vevy one-sided ?eore of .'12 to 7. The game \vn? nttcn?le<! by approximately ">,000 people. "Both teams played good ball, although the score looks like it was a rotten game. Camden has a wonderful team for a high school. They have excellent plays and sure kr.nu V.o\v to work together It is not a <>? ' man team. McCn-k.1'. tartcd for C-aimmn making n of their t uch downs. On practically < vc y play that Camden wo ibi run they would throw a short late-al pa-s It ua- often hard for the spectators to keep up with the hall. The Cyclone* tried several passes but they didn't have much luck with them. During the game Camden made 1H first downs tc dr Chester's two. One of Chester's was made by a penalty. Cloud was captain of the local squad in the game and did well under such conditions. He kept up that "ole spirit" till the end of the game During the last half the Cyclone! r-7| came back in with more pep and in 1?the lhst quarter made a touch down 1.4." Had they played that way in the whole of the game things might have isf*- been different.?Cheater News. Arrangements Made I For Farm Meetings I i In order to usnit the farm people of Kort?haw county to better hiy their plans for 1932 and to assist them to determine what crops.?they should produce and in what amounts, county agent Green is making arrangements for a number of important meetings. The dates are being arranged and will Ik- announced in a few days. Mr. D. Vto Watkins, senior economist. United States department oI agriculture, has advised Mr. Green that he will corny to Uarmlen at an I early date to conduct a general outlook meeting. This is most important in deterirfifting the larm and business policies for the future. Outlook wot.k might well be caller! the eyes of agriculture. Mr. Watkins. being the Senior economist for the government, is in position to give our people valuable information and it a distinction to have him come to Kershaw county. I.earling farmers, bankers and other business men have learned to use and appreciate this work and it is expected that this meeting will be a popular one. The farmer who operates without this outlook information works in the dark to a large extent. Many a crop has been planted, cultivated and harvested in Kershaw county and sold at a loss when had the farmer but known it it was already foredoomed to bring him loss? and the farmer, could have known of its future outcome if foe had had the opportunity of studying this important outlook work as taught by the government economists. How many of our farmers or other business men know now just whut the 1932 outlook is for probable prices on cotton, corn, wheat, poultry, eggs, turkeys, potatoes, cows, cream and butter, oats, hogs, Pea"t nuts, mules? The outlook on some of these is pretty dark while others ure fairly bright. But without knowing which is bright or which is dark how is the producer to know how to plan his 1932 operations? Outlook work is the front sight for agriculture. Many people will ask "How could a Government economist know what is ahead?" Many people will say "That town man can't help me." Just the same these special agents of the government do know, they have proven this many times before ? and they can help our people of this county if they will only listen. It will be a big opportunity for the people of Kershaw county to hear Mr. Watkins, to be able to ask him questions. Tell your neighbor about it and watch for the meeting dale. Let's . stop farming in the dark, advises Henry I). Green, the county agent. Child Mutilated By Firecrackers Durham, N. C., Dec. 28.?Charlotte Ferrell. 1. may be permanently disfigured because a holiday celebrant threw a lighter! firecracker within reach of her hands as he passed in his automobile. The child picked up the cracker j ami put it in her mouth. Its explosion tore away the roof and lower , pail of her mouth, dislodging her teeth and ripped off part of her 1 tongue. She wn- recovering in a hospital; t o lay. __ | Virginia < iara Penfield. Columbus, ! Ohio, school girl, who disappeared; last week in.-Philadelphia as she was j on her way home from school, and J fiirtrli'Vm a wide search was made by ! the police, was found in a hotel at j Providence. R. I., the victim of a ncr-1 \i.us breakdown, but otherwise un- j harmed. She could nut explain how ; she not there. 1 The government of Hungary has t declared a or.o year moratorium on j all of her debts. Among other debts! -he finds herself unable to pay jo?t row are about $7,000,000 due toi American bondholder*. The state department at Washington estimates' that a total of about $14,000,(810 is now due American bondholders, but that not all of it will be affected by the moratorium. Americans hold about $U? l.uoo.uoo of Hungarian bonds'. Mrs. Gencvive A. Clark, who two months ago forced Ai#?ls(rial in the ' case of the Unite*} States against W. B. Foshay, and six others charged j with mail frauds, by holding out I against 11 other jurors for a week, j has been cited for contempt of court { by perjury and sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000 arvd serve six months in i jail at Minneapolis. Minn, i Mrs. J. Reeves Pearson, 22. bride , of a month, fatally shot herself at i her home in I>enoir. N. C.. Sunday > afternoon. Domestic troubles were assigned for tfoe shooting. January Calendar Farm Suggestions 'J* Clemson College, Dee. 26.?-In field and orchard and gulden there are many important things to do toward the success of 1932 farming opera* tiona, say Extension Service specialists, and some of these are listed below by H. W. Hamilton for agronomy, K. H. Kawl for horticulture, .1 T. McAliater for agricultural engineering. Alfred Utken for insects and diseases* and Ned Prevoat for bees. , . Agronomy.?-He sure your planting seed for 1932 will produce staple at least one inch in length. A one-cent premium for better staple with cotton at si* cents means an increased value oLs IGVicentjn If sufficient grain was not planted. ducing-fall to meet farm needs, plant this month, weather permitting. Clean up hedge rows and wood patches between fields. .... Horticulture. Prepare hotbeds and eoldframes for cabbage, tomato, pepper, etc. Plant English peas, if soil is in condition. * Prepare land for Irish potatoes ami order certified seed. Prune fruit trees preparatory, to spraying with lime-sulphur. Plant fruit-trees at once, if soil is in condition. Dig, separate and reset eanna roots not dug last fall. Prune deciduous ornamentals severely at' transplanting. . . ... .r Agricultural Engineering.?1 [an to lower production costs in 1932 by efficient use of labor, power and machinery. Build implement shed and farm shop for better care of eqti.pment. Make more efficient use of land and machinery by rearranging fields, removing stumps,* constructing terrftces, etc. Include more fencing in the 1932 program. Insects and Diseases.?Continue cleaning orchard's to destroy fallen fruit, and limbs. Prune grapes to remove and burn disease-harboring vines. Plan to treat tobacco seed before sowing. Continue clean-up of trash about edges of fields and gardens to kill hibernating insects. Do not burn woods to control insects. Burn fallen severed pecan tvyig?. t? help control beetles. 'Put spraying outfit in order for dormant spray for San Jose scale and diseases. Fumigate with carbon disulphide to sav* grain, peas and beans. . Bees.?-Clean beeyards of rubbish and dry grass by plowing?with care not to hit the hives. Clean hives where the bees have died ami stack under shelter. If. bees are not located right move them. The palatial home of John S. Stone, in the Festerville section of Chester county, was destroyed with all its contents by fire Saturday. E. B. Bagby, who lived with the Stone family, escaped by jumping-from a window to a tree. On the day before Christmas, in seven pages of The Times and Democrat, the sheriff of Orangeburg county advertised for sale for unpaid taxes, on January salesday, over 2,100 tracts of bind, many of them containing buildings. The value of all 1931 crops in South Carolina is estimated of $71,'214,000 by Frank O. Black, government statistician, a* decrease of 40 per cent from 1930, and of nearly 50 per cent from 1929. The cotton crop of 1931 is valiied at $30,450,000 compared with $49,550,000 in 1930, and SGS.OGO.OOO in 1929. Nine persona were injured, one seriously, near I^ancaster, on the road to Rock Hill, when two cars collided Christmas night. Mrs. Shealy had her skull fractured and is in a Lancaster hospital. She was riding in a coupe which collided with a htfavy sedan. One of the slightly injured was M. S. Witherspoon. A veneer making company at Dillon is doubling its plant capacity at a tost of $50,000. More than 30 Philadelphia firemen were overcome by monoxide gas fumes as they sought to find the source of smoke which fillet! a Market street theatre. Fourteen of the firemen were taken to hospitals. Richard Lackey, miller at a roller mill at Lim-olnton, N*. C., was kilted there Wednesday when his clothing became entangled in an overhead shaft as "he was putting a belt on a pulley. The charred body of Robert T. flooding was found in a burning parked automobile on the highway near Wilkinsburg. Pa.. Wednesday afternoon. Just how Gooding came to his death or how the car caught I fire the poho?* r;re not able to say. Foul play is suspected. Gooding was a native of Winnsboro, S. but had been living in Pittsburgh for a numI her of years. Christmas club savings of the coun1 try during 1931 totaled $d00,000,000, ; declares a Washington statistician. This was $100,000,000 more than was i in the clubs of 1927, an unusually i prosperous year. The savings ac- j I counts of the country are estimated to total $28,00u,000,000 to the credit of .">1.000,000 depositors. * An amphibian airplane, carrying passengers including' two women and two children, en route ^com Nassau to Miami, Fla., was forced down by the losa of its fuel supply, a child having opened the petcock on the ship and let the trasoline flow into the ocean. The plane landed on the ocean near Andros Island and returned to Nassau for more gas. O Seaboard Pays .Back Taxes Columbia, ,.l)ec\ . 29.~Comptroller General A. J. Beattie announced to- \ day checks totaling $400,0#! had been received from receivers for the Seaboard Air Line Railway to cover 1030 tax assessmenta. Except for approximately $10,000 all the money is to be distributed to the 31 counties in the state through which* the road operates. Checks for approximately the same amount, $100,000, are expected tomorrow, the comptroller general said, to pay 1031 taxes. The 1030 taxes have been in arrears, Mr. Beattie said, but in order to get the money, he had taken the amount of the tax less the penalty without canceling the state's lien as to penalty, and was still holding the execution until the matter of liability A'as determined. aThe railroad, contends it is not subject to the penalty since it is in bankruptcy. Chesterfield county gets the largest amount of money from the tax. I' The list by counties: Abbeville .... $10,175.02 Allendale ..?..... .... 14,415.00 Bamberg 0,058.40 L Barnwell 380.10 [Beaufort ... 8,140.77 Berkeley .... .. 13,115.60 Charleston ... ? ?-,. 20,010.00 Chester 17,262.70 Chesterfield . . 32,823.08 Colleton ,, . . . . 5,770.44 Durlington 12,772.40 Dillon .... "8,763.50 Florence 9,083.15 Georgetown .... i 14,681.56 Greenwood '9,586.64 Hampton 15,319.96 Jasper 10,658.86 Kershaw 20,760.61 Lancaster 5,869.01 Laurens 24,312.05 Lee 4,850.00 Lexington 14,405.49 Marion 14,343.65 Marlboro .. 13,610.35 Newberry 4,777.92 Orangeburg 17,343.65 Richland 17,184.62 Sumter 2,335.37 Union 11,704.56 Williamsburg 12,156.17 York 4,036.10 C. C. Thomas Derid. News was received in Chester last week of the death of C. C. Thomas, at Durham, N. C., following a short illness. Mr. Thomas was the senior member of the firm of Thomas and Howard, wholesale grocers, with branch establishments in both North and South Carolina. He was viceI president of the First National Bank rTiT Durham and had extensive business interests in both Carolinas. He is survived by his widow and one daughter, both of Durham. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Horner, of Chester went up to Durham Sunday to attend the funeral services of Mr. Thomas. Mr. Horner is connected with the local branch of the company.?.Chester News. Citizens of Quitman and Panola counties, Mississippi, have been battling high waters in the Tallahatchie river for the past two weeks to keep the levees intact. Indications Sunday were that the worst was over with possible recession of the high waters coming within 24 ohurs, but with great area still flooded. Despite efforts of Senator Cutting of New Mexico, it is hardly likely that Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior, will not be released from prison until sometime after New Year's despite the fact that he is eligible for a parole. _ Dr. J. R. Walker, aged 100 years, j oldest alumnus of Jefferson Medical college, Philadelphia, class of '54 is dead at Rogersville, Tenn. He was the last survivor of a class of 350. Watermelons, ripened on the vines and just taken from the ^fields, were dn the menu of many Alabama Christmas dinners, according to a Huntsville dispatch. Mrs. Bartley McMans, married 13 years and living at Washington, Pa.r on Christmas eve gav birth to her third set of twins. jiShe now has twelve children. ^ I Woodrow W. "Schumker, 19, was ^ killed by a Policemai in Philad^lphi on Christmas eve ft the Iboy was trying to make way rith a Christmas tree. \ i ' i / The Camden Floral Co. Phone 193 Camden, South Carolina SAY IT WITH FLOWERS LOOKING BACK)ARD Taken From the Files of The Chronicle Fifteen and Iftjr Year* Ago I THIRTY YEARS AGO January 1, 1902 W. F. Stevenson, speaker of the house of representatives, announces that he will be a candidate for at- j tomey general. Grover Cleveland headed for a big, duck hunt at Georgetown. Alfred L. Ballew, 63-year-old Confederate veteran, met horrible death j at Walhalla when he was burned to | death while confined in a guard j house. Announcement (made of coming, marriage of Dr. E. W. Haile to Miss Eva Mae Hayes, of Kershaw. State publishing company, of Columbia, presents mammoth thermometer to city council to be hung in opera house. Wt J. Fletcher, 71-year-old citizen of the Flat Rock section dies. Sydney Smitb, of Wofford, at home recuperating from injuries sustained in a football game. T. J. Arrants, formerly with J. C. Man, enters business for himself. Store of W. -S. Smith at <Smithwille broken into and robbed. John Goodale run over and injured I by wagon. Southern freight train near Boy-, kin ran over and killed about a dozen sheep in a herd belonging to W. A. Ancrum. Policeman Bateroan arrests . negro charged with robbing Hop Lee, chinaman, of $40. The money was recovered. FIFTEEN 1AR8 AGO 1 ? . I January !, 1817 Miss Ruth Char er, 20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. . W. Chandler, of 1 Park View Inn, dh in Columbia following operation. ? Mr. and Mrs. Sy iey Smith' arrive in Camden in new lick car, the gift of Shreveport base iall fans. Mrs. J. N. Jonei 60, dies at her home near Lugoftf. W. R. DeLoache j es to New York to attend National Litomobile Show. Judge M. L. Smit attends banquet given in Greenville >y Flirman university foot ball tem. c> MoCormick and >mpany, undertakers, sell out to W. Evans and quits the field in Cajden. L McNeill building 1 York destroyed by fire with^ otti buildings eh- -< tailing a loss of net $100,000. Supervisor M. C. est and O. ?M. Fort have narrow e ape when Mr. West's car runs off jerry and dives into Wateree river. 1 * Col. William (Bufllo Bill) Cody dies at home, of his s ter in Denver, Colorado. il ? ? J. B. Wallace and E J. Lewis summoned as jurors in Jnited States court in Columbia. Jack Watkins"gSe6 to Richmond, Va., to attend busines college. Miss Gertie Williins, aged 24, died at her home nec Kershaw. John Lee, of Lugo', at Camden hospital suffering froi pneumonia. FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL STATEMENT Enterprise Building and Loan Association I Camden, South Carolina "F" | (Oldest Building and Loan Association in South Carolina) j j DECEMBER 31, 1931 | j RESOURCES . -^-1 Loans on bonds and mortgages ...... -v. ...... $367,088.68 ' j Loans on members' stock 9? 23,712.57 j j j Loans on real estate (special) 5,000.00 j j Real estate owned by Association 14,659.57 j Furniture and Fixtures 498.90 : j j , Insurance and taxes advanced, interest due, uncollected .... 6,159.75 I ! ! j Cash in bank and office . 7,396.96 11 TOTAL $424,547.43 | i LIABILITIES ^ I Construction credits * $ 1,161.32 j ! Installment stock (paid on dues) 187,598.59 * j ! Rills payable (money borrowed) 178,580.73 .. J Cash over account 9.26 ^ I Interest accrued, bills payable 8;028.33 m, . Undivided profits (expenses and taxes paid) 49,169.20 " j ! TOTAL $424,547.48 j SHARES SOLD IN MONTHLY SERIES H I OFFICERS: W. ROBIN ZEMP, President; C. H. YATES, Vice President ' 1 J. B. WALLACE, Secretary and Treasurer .Z _ 1 DIRECTORS: W. R. Zemp, W. G. Wilson, W. K Johnsaiu_JL M Kennedy, Jr., C. H. Yates, David Wolfe, J. T. Nettles, js r- "T J. B. Zemp, S. N. Nicholson \ '