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SOUTH CARbUNA, FRIDAY, APRIL 8,' 1932 NUMBER 1.
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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.
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George Bradley and sister,
Bgert, after spending j 11*
B_ L?** Huiriaa ijguifwl
|y 14 homra^Id
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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^
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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.
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__ 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,