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The Camden Chronicle u ;^gCi^a^ag,a^Bgg!!ga?!g?g?" in mi iiJilBBB?Baags5g?ae?Bwgww?gywftfeMBBiaM^B^jpggg!HgHgeggBBaBB^^ mmwmsesmmtamCAMDEN, SOUTH CARbUNA, FRIDAY, APRIL 8,' 1932 NUMBER 1. ' 1 1 I -s^g?g?^^Wto?g-s-ggCT-ggg??|?u U-LUUJWO11 Hill' II .' I?WH I. -? -* ? t .--MJJteHeaegagggi j?u I-?ggBgHgaBB8gegggffgHgaBgss!^^ . Endard Oil Men I Close Convention fttamlaril Oil representatives from K states?North Carolina and South Kolina?closed a three-day conven K here Wednesday, which was held I the Kirkwood Hotel, Camden's Best tourist hotel. K great many of the delegates ved Sunday night and the con tion opened Monday morning at o'clock, with the business sessions Kg held in the spacdous grill room the hotel. E. it. Collins, repreKing the South Carolina branch, ed the meeting to order and inBuced Mayor R. M. Kennedy, Jr., K, along with other representative Kens* called to welcome the Stand men to Camden. The mayor de? Ked a short welcome address and Kned an entertainment program the visitors. Kmc of the high officials and diKrs of the cotaapahVj were in atBance, including vice-president and Ktor C. G. Sheffield, and many Br men of the greatest oil industry K^e nation. Ke day sessions of the convention K confined strictly to business Kenis which had to be threshed and lasted from 10 in the mornBuntil late into the night. K Monday evening all of the repKtatives were invited guests at xin? bout staged at the Kershaw Bds armory, which they thoroughBnjoyed along with the townsKsday evening they ,turned out Kasse at a combination dance at Pines, the pretty and hospitabfc home of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Bsdale, located Ave milos north 'Of Ken on the Camden-Liberty Hill Kvay. This home has been the B of numerous delightful -enter-! Bients, but this dance 'c^imealed I all. Kts began arriving early in the Kg and, as at the boxing* bout, fsion cards, furnished * tty the were given the oil p^en. Tfre ggy Kbly danced with attractive CamBnaids and matrons until early i Kes(1&y morning hours. ^ business session of the con1 Kn ended about five o'clock Wed; By afternoon when many left for | I homes. An airplane at the ; Kvar<l Airport was waiting to ; By vice-president Sheffield And Biarty to New York Thursday Bng. I the conclusion of the business i Bn 'Wednesday afternoon a Bicic man was listening in and impromptu speeches were made B delegates as to the hospitality B them by Camden people and K emphasis was placed on the Msy, service, accommodations and Be offered by Karl P. Abbott and j ^Ka.k.vuod Hotel. B did they forget to pay a de tribute to Henry E. Beard, !^^Bcal representative' of the StanBOil Company, tar the part he in making a success of the Btinment feature, as well as B aftor the details of the fconv K expressed themselves as favBiolding the 19*38 convention at K'rkwood in Camden, and it is likely that Camden will have asure of entertaining this imbody of oil men another year. Kee Men Hurt lien Car Hits Pole . . . i collision between an auto and K>hone pole Monday evening, ^wcr. were cut and bruised, but Briously. The enr was owned Biven by Walter Dedman and B|('cupanLs were M-aok -Dedman Bbert Fisher. B auto was headed south on B'frcet near the Confederate Bent, when in attempting- to Bio;her car it struck a pple, K' 'be pole off and the car was Bamaged. All three were car tho hospital for surgical treat Mr. Dedman suffered the loss Bal teeth. Young Dedman reButs and Mr. Fisher received Bout the head and a wrenched Blr. Dedman and his eon are Bcs of Mr. Ernest Li WoodBrhile Mr. Fisher is an emBf Mr. Robert W. Pomeroy. I were en route to the boxing B the Armory building When Blent occurred. K^" ' i MMMi George Bradley and sister, Bgert, after spending j 11* B_ L?** Huiriaa ijguifwl |y 14 homra^Id ^ 1 ..I . I*'I J. Fifteen Years Since Wilson Asked War Washington, Apr. 2.-vTense and drawn beneath the burden of great responsibility, America's leaders stood in a deep silence while the President, lifted his arm and began to spefk solemnly: "I have called the congress into extraordinary session because there are serious, very serious choices of policy to be made, and made immediately." Wood row Wilson faced a joint session of the hopse and senate and with these words 15 years ago tonight >, preceded his recommendation rthar^YnSeTdeclared updn the Imperial German government. ( fPhe congress, whose members had greeted him with a prolonged ovation inside the great house chambeis j sounded the same tefl in mighty apf plause that interrupted him often during the speech. ~~ ~ . Steel sabers shone in the T\ands of cavalrymen on guard ^ about the rbuilding. None could enter or leave. Excited spectators packed the galleries. A few diplomats representing America's soon-to-be allies weighed his words. During ' the day, hundreds of peace-seekers had thronged the capital and office buildings, buttonholing congressmen called by the President on March 2>l to meet April 2. Thousands of messages, opposing war; pledging support; urging war, had poured into th$ city. One of the nation's most momentous hatfrh'odrs passed in Mr. Wilson's' visit to the ?apitol. He entered the house chamber-and^cheers pr-m.T and at 9:11 left the clerk's desk by which he had stood to advocate war because . of Germany's unrestricted submarine campaign. Response came before either house adjourned, in the * introduction of resolutions declaring hostility. ?Two Virginians?Senator Martin and Representative Flood?sponsored-the 15& words that pledged the nation's manpower and wealth to settling: "The state >of war between the United' States ahd Imperial German government which has been thrust upon us." To quote from the declaration. . , , Oratory was loosed in house and senate. Grim-Visaged, weighing the stern consequences members debated it. Gallery admission was by card. * Demonstrations were forbidden and guards instructed to eject demonstrators, but to little avail. Applause interrupted those speaking 'for war; opponents, the scant handful in either branch who piled UP the 56 votes against nt, eitne met silence or an immediate, stingling reply when they concluded. First to act. the senate adopted resolution No. 1-the dcclarat.onaround 11 o'clock on the night Anril 4, after a tumultous 13-hour session. Only six voted against the 82An ya?lmpt .to bring it up M 3 failed on objections of the fiery Robert M. LaFollette. founder of the Wisconsin dynasty, one <? the six who anpwered "nay." The others were-Gronna, Lane. Stone, Vardaman and George W. Norris. o braska, the last the only one now in cnnrrfiM. 1 . "Unborn millions will bend their backs in toil in order to pay for the terrible stop wo are nowabo to take," Norris shouted that d y. "I feel we are about to pu dinar sign upon the American ^Flashing John Sharpe Mississippi, asserted of the kan's speech: "If it be not treMQn. it-praxes the edge trf treason. Cooper, of Wisconsin, led the fight against war in the housc whcr thc declaration was approved about ^ a. m. Good Friday, April 6, by a vote of 3173 .to 50 amid disorder on floor and in the gallcries. ^^ Speaker Champ Clark signed resolution before the brain_we?F end body-exhausted hous, at 3:14 a. m., ending a 17-hoor sion Vice President Marshall signed later that day and Amer^a.oonwss at war, carrying to a fuTfinment the shouts of congressional propones, "The time for heroic action 1ms arrived: the time for discussion has passed." j ' _ ?r-r-~r=--rr=Ttrr-TW CW> Market ?j Visit yotrr club market, <*** *7*** tfedmmday and S^nrday, ? odock. Fresh vegetables, chickens, eream and butter, cakes and pies. Ofakir at pboae _r Pay For Teachers Soon Will Arrive "The time is not long now before we will be able to pay our public 1 school teachers, and this is not an i April fool either," said James H. 1 Hope, state superintendent of educa- 1 tipn, in his 'address to the noon session of the Palmetto Teachers' asso- i elation gathered in the. chapel of < Allen university for the expressed j purpose of hearing an address by Mr. ] Hope. This assembly coming at the ( close of the several group meetings , held in Allen and Benedict and to which addresses were made by J. \ McT. Daniel and others. "Teachers are improving. Thp rec- 1 ords in the office of Mr. Dominick I show much preparation made by teachers for their work and we feel i certain that our teachers are better qualified now than ever fog^ work , thoy; are doing," said Mr. Hjpe as j he urged Negro teachers to Stress the things that suit the fundamental needs of the children in the public schools. He also urged that teachers do their work with thoroughness and go beyond the textbooks in getting up subject matter to use in teaching. i " "Tender the law you are expected to keep correct and accurate records. TliV/department of education must , demand this or ask those who can nb^^eep these records to give up j thejlr places as teachers," Mr* Hope saidJ\\ ^ Mi Hope said that he had been in school work for 30 years and had nevfcir seen times like these. However, he has been made to feel encouraged in the way teachers have . c'Aftttnued to ' wdrk 'and ' V^etf up a good marole without having had any remuneration for the service they are rendering. "White and Negro teacher* are to be congratulated for the very fine spirit shown during tbia period of distress. The high school inspector, J. McT. i Daniel, discussed with the teachew [lb the high school group methods by which high schools are or may become accredited, and the meaning of the term "accredited." t J. P. Coats, secretary of .the State I Teachers' association, followed Mr. Hope, emphasizing the importance of teachers doing a good job and placing the stress upon thoroughness. The last speaker introduced by president Johnson at the first assembiv was F. Miller Whitaker, acting president of the State A. and M. College. at Orangeburg. Whitaker compared briefly education in America with some systems studied by him in France when he was overseas in the World war. Boy Is Injured When Thrown From Truck Otto Faulkenberry, of Kershaw, suffered a serious head injury on Sunday afternoon when he was thrown from a truck as the car was rounding the corner at the Lancaster hospital. When his head struck the curb he was rendered unconscious and on Monday morning he had only partially recovered consciousness. An; x-ray examination failed to disclose any fractures but it was said at the hospital that he suffered a severe concussion. Two other boys, Haskell Adams and Dewey Roberts, were thrown from the. ' truck but they did not receive serious injuries. Melvln Adams of this city was driving the truck nt the time of the accident. It was said this morning -that tne full, extent of the injuries of young Faulkenberry would not be known untiLa day OX two.?Lancaster News. Dr. Schillman To Speak At the April meeting of the James Leroy Belk Post, American Legion, to he held at legion hall Monday night, April 11th, Dr. Samuel SchillmanV of Sumter, will deliver an.address. The meeting is to be held at 8 o'clock and all ex-service men oi Kershaw county are especially urged to attend this meeting, as well as legit^t members. ' viSfeeta With Wateree Church fee County Singing Convention rith Wateree Baptist church lay, April 10th, at 2:30 p. m. rs and singers of Camden and r county are especially inattend and take part in the j. The Arnold choir will be and sing that universal Hr* orita, "Have You Invited Him Back." A quartette from Calvary Baptist church, of Lancaster, and singers from various other place? will be present. A ^arm welcome to aB. To Hold Meet v, 1 In Sumter The tenth annual convention of the South Carolina Congress of Parents 1 ind Teachers will convene in Sumter f today and last through Saturday af- I ternqpn. ** " Mrs. John Wilson, of Sumter, ja ? state president and the convention * will be hekl at the Claremont Hotel in that city beginning at 10 o'clock 1 Friday morning. Many prominent speakers will be on the program in- j tlu<Ung Mrs. J. K. Pettengill, secre- * tary of the National Confess of Parents and Teachers; Miss\.Marian Telford, Jteld secretary National Safety Council; Miss Martha McAlpin, of the University of Georgia; Dr. S. H, Edmonds, of Sumter, and many oth- ^ era. Musifcal numbefb will add to the social features and a eo*d^l welcome is extended allHeachers and parents. $ LibertyliUTower I On Guard For Fires , Liberty Hill, April 1.?With the extension of the activities of the Ker- ( shaw County Forestry association in ^ woods fire control into the Liberty , Hill vicinity in Kershaw county, the ( state forest service, in co-operation ( with the United "States forest service, ( is erecting an 30-foot steel tower for j use in woods fire detection. The tow- ^ er site is on the property of L. P. ^ Thompson, along highway No. 97 and is located in the town of Liberty Hill. ^ Building has been under the direc- . tion of W. C. Hammerle and D. Y. ; Lenhart, district foresters, and L. P. ^ Th<ympson has recently been-appointed ranker in charge of fire control on the Liberty HiU unlt, . . Chicago Resident Dies Here William C. Miller, 84, a retired gents furnishing goods dealer, of Cni?go. 111., died at the Hobkirk Inn here early Thursday morning. Mr. Mill,er had been coming to Camd<en for the past tw6 winters. He was j? native of Canada and his wife pre ,, deceased him about Y^r|wLg 4 The body will be carried by the Evans motor hearse to Columbia ^here1 . will be placed aboard the Carolina Social for Chicago. The. remains < will be accompanied by Miss Mamie Holden, his nurse and secretary. Cassatt Baptist Church The Cassatt Baptist church announces the following services for Sunday, April 9: Song and prayer service at 10 o'clock; Sunday school at 10:15 with Carson Gordon, superintendent, in charge; preaching service at 11 o'clock by the pastor, Rev. H C Robinson. The public is invited to take part in these services. There will be a special song by some members of the choir. Officers InsUlled At the annual meeting of the vvo mans Auxiliary of Bethesda Pres, yteriaSv. church held ih March, the \o^ne were" regularly installed in 'thpir ^offices for the coming year. President. Mr.. J. B. Wallace; v.cepresident, Mrs W. J. Dunn; secretarv Mrs. J. G. Richards, Jr., treas utIt' Mrs. R. E. Stevenson; circle chairmen, Mrs. Wylie Hogue, Mrs. H D Nile, Mrs. J..T. Mackey and Mrs. Dan Murchison. ML Zion Club Supper The Mt. Zion home demonstration club gave a chicken supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Elliott on last Friday evening. The home was attractively decorated with fern* and sprIHgTlofcers fbV Hie oecslon. Misses Willie Torter and Louise Hunnicutt gave several selections- on the piano. The day being April first, many games and pranks were played and much amusement afforded A tce ?> charged for supper and all proceeds g9 towards a fund for-tfc* church. Camden Man Expert Shot Hilo, Hawaii, T. H., Feb. 2 . Albert Hugh Isbcll, Coxswain, of, Camden, South Carolina, now aboard the U. S. S. Colorado. recently received the Navy Expert Rifle Shot medal. He held, for a number of years, the old expert medal, but was one of the first to obtain the latest type. The Colorado is quite proud of the ability pf Iat>ell, and fcK record. This latter is something that would make a*ny rifleman envious. He has shot two years with the Navy Team at Camp Perry, and becameone of the ^President's MuildTfd Willi* there. He was a member of ? ! ShipV team that won the InterBattleship Match in 1928 and again in 1931, and also shot in the Enlisted Men's winningteam. A* Seagirt, N. in ha nfcftt ?a*th? H*ry winning tb? Dry den Trophy^ v - - " J*"*' vSJ !- IA ^ - A.ir Kirkland To Receive Medal for Heroism Washington, April 2.?Thomas J. ?irklnnd, formerly of Columbia, c ormcr lieutenant in the United c States navy, is to be presented a f fold medal for the heroism When a teaplano which he was piloting crash- ( id in the waters of Narragansett bay, 5 iear Newport, R. I., the treasury delartment announced this week. The medal is ono of those author- 1 zed by congress to be conferred, at i he discretion of the secretary of the < reasury, in cases of extreme merit.* 1 The crash occurred July, 1928. Jeutenant Kirkland was Instructing t Snsign E. K. MoGurk in the handling 1 >f the plane, and had a? passenger j i noncommissioned officer, O. M. i Sloan. 1 Though injured and partially stun- < ied by the crash, Kirkland managed j 0 free Sloanej who was paralysed by i ihock, and get him to temporary < lafety on a pontoon which had brok- i m loose from the wreck. By^this ;ime, the fuselage of the plane was < mder water, and McGurk wap wedgid in the forward cockpit. ? i Throwing off hip parachute, the 1 Columbia man dived in an effort to i Tree MoGurk, but was Caught in the 1 wreckage himself and barely manag- 1 ed to work free in time to escape 1 frowning. Despite this, he dived a second time, as soon as he had taken 1 a breath of air, and continued his ] sfforts to dtelodge the ensign until ] the plane sank to the bottom. i Although MoGurk drowned, the jfficial citation which will accompany i Kirkland's medal declares that ha i 'showed unusual heroism in repeat- 1 edly diving for his .comrade, at the < imminent risk of his own life." * l Car Collision Injures Five In a collision between two. light cars, late , Friday .night five people were 'more or less Injured, at a point about one mile from Camden on Federal highway number 'one. Messrs.' J. C. Gillis and Carroll 1 DesChamps were returning from an ] entertainment at the home of Mr. and s Mrs. R. B. Elliott when the light de- 1 livery truck owned by Mr. DesChamps . crashed into the side of a car be- longing to Mrs. C. T. Trapp. It is said the Trapp car was backing into the highway, when it stalled in the roadway, the DesChamps car struck it froip the right side. Mrs. Trapp suffered a broken arm ahd bruises about the head. Her son and daughter were slightly injured. Mr. Gillis suffered a badly bfuised face and lost about eleven teeth. Mr. DesChamps was badly cut on the forehend and suffered a bad gash in one leg and a sprained knee. All of the injured were carried to the Camden hospital for treatment. While their injuries are painful none were considered serious. Both car and truck were badly damaged. Negro Meets Death In Bethune Row Jesse Chesnut, known as 'JBud Boy" around Bethune, died Sunday morning from t'ne ertects of a knife wound in1 dieted Saturday night when he bei came engaged in a difficulty with Oscar Lee, alias "Sug" Ue, near Bethune. An inquest was held Sunday and Lee was committed to jail as a result of the verdict, to be held on a charge of murder. It is said it was a drunken brawl and Chesnut struck Lec. when Lee ?? turn made a slash at Chesnut with a ( knife, almost disemboweling the man. Chesput ran a short distance and fell and Is said to have lain in the woods until Sunday morning when he died about ten o'clock. Mr. Burns Signed Bond In our last issue we noted the name of H. E. Munn as a signer of the $5,000 bond of James B. Munn, charged with the killing of O. L. Holley in the Buffalo section. This paper was informed that Mr/ Mtmn had signed the bond when it should have been James H. Burns, of Camden. We have been requested to make this correction. _ _ j i~: __ Engagement Announced Mr. and Mra. R E. Jennings announce the engagement of their daughter, Lena. Mae, to Mr. Woodrow Garvin, , of Aiken and Saratoga theY ' ^ Z,Tng t0 Ul" Crowds Throng To See New Ford V-8 AM day Tuesday the show room ;v:] >f the Redfearn Motor company, lo al Ford deaier, was crowded with >eople eager to see the new Ford V-8 ?Mr. Ford's greatest contribution to,he automobile industry during his J7 years in the business. The bodies are fresh and modern, 'rom rounded V radiator to rear jumper. Body interiors are roomy md attractively finished. Seats aro >f new style, designed for comfort,, driver's seats are adjustable. The V^8 engine ot 90-degree ype, which will develop 66 brake ^ lorsepower at 3,400 r. p. m. There ire numerous new features in the jew engine,, including aluminum sistons, cylinder blocks and crank ase cast in one piece, new type, one ?iece valves are of single-end type, md aro interchangeable, down-draft jarburetor, automatic spark control ind others, . ..."-.1^ The new Ford eight has been kept ?, leflnitely in the lowest price field. The majority of the models aro only from $10 to $26 higher in price than ,he corresponding models in the now retired Model A four-cylinder line. [n the case of the standard coupe and the Fordor Sedan the prices remain the same, $400 and $600, respectively. ? r The DeLuxe Phaeton of the new eight line is $86 less than its foqr-eylinddF predecessor. - Ita price is $646. The price of the new eight-cylinder roaditer is $460. " '*:<< The new Ford four-cylinder car, which replaces the model A is priced it $60 a model lower than tho,eight. it is virtually the same the eight ' .. jxcept for thf .engine. The chaaaU of the eightrcylinder ^rwi 1 IseMfor $370 f. o. h. Detroit and the four-cylinder commercial chassis is priced at *W0 for the 106inch wheelbase sine and *470 for the^ 131-inch site. The overall length of the newcw is approximately 27 inches longer-. ^ than the Model A. T. W. Hancock,- representative of the Ford Motor company, who was here with the Tudor Sedan, says that . ' t he is delighted with the public's keen acceptance as indicated not only by their favorable comments but al^o by the number of actual orders being obtained for immediate delivery. ^ J? Mr. Redfearn says: "I am highly delighted with the new car and the .3 number of persons who visited our show room. With such keen public acceptance and unusually low prices, I predict a large amount of immediate business." Ford's Comment ^ Out of Detroit Mr. Fordy after tell- -ving the pressmen about the new product, made comments regarding the present system of doing business. Mr. Ford was asked if he thought ?. the present system of doing business was going to last. Mr. Ford replied: "These are the cars and the prices. I think it will be granted that when.. an eight-cylinder car can be bought for the price of a four and in sothe cases less, I am justified in saying that these are low prices. No proilt can be expected from them unless we attain a certain volume of production. Naturally we hope to attain sufficient volume to keep these Pr?es low as they now are. A man asked me this morning if 1 tnoilgnt the ?... present gystem of doing business was going to last. "I told him that since commerce ~~d civilisation devc.tdtni uu^nmu, ufacture and exchange of goods " I was willing to manufacture and exchange under any system. The only .? bad system I know is one that Interferes with men working and exchanging what they make. We are just one concern doing out best to start business under present conditions. Other manufacturers are directing ? their efforts to the same public good. I think there is field enough for any article worth the money. _ ."There- are just two permanent satisfactions in business for me?one is designing and making a useful commodity and the other is the jobs thus created. If you do one the other naturally follows. I don't think it possible to separate them. It seems to me a waste of time to have to urge people to buy in this country. That is not the manufacturer's business anyway. His business is to make something so good at a price sq low they cannot help buying." Methodist Church Services Lyttleton Street Methodist church, Warren <3. Arlfirtl, preacher Tn charge. The services for Sunday, April 10, will be as follows: Sunday school, with Mr. L. C. Shaw, superintendent, 10:00 a. m.; Epworth League, 7r? p. ul; preaching service, conducted by the pastor, 11:16 a. m. and 8:00 ; p. ?. Midweek prayer service every ? Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. The ;. ; public is most tarGMj fcwrited, *0^ . ittmuf .11 the cc*ufc? of tM. church,