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VOLUME 44. CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, StUDAY. JULY I, 1932 , NUMBER 13.
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I Lewis Waller Watts
Dies Near Lugoff
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Death invaded again the ever Skinning
ranks of the noble defenders
X the South early (Sunday morning
and added to the roll of those -who
I have answered the last call the name
I of Walter (Watts.
I At the fh*t call for defenders of
I the Southern cause he was found at
I his post of duty, having enlisted in
I the 6th South Carolina Infantry upI
der command of General Kershaw.
W It was his share to serve in vaTI
ious branches of the service and with
I undaunted courkge and fortitude ha
I upheld the cause of right and bore
jflL hoth on the Held of battle and
I in the enemy's prison campe the unI
dying spirit of the Confederacy.
He was married to Miss Virginia
I Higg>ns and to thia union th re were
I born eight children.
By persistent attention to his own
I interests he accumulated a comfortI
able home and became a leader in
I the various interests of his commun|
ity, thus from the very dark and
I dreary aftermath of war, he again
I proved his real worth and with his
I faithful wife saw the battle grounds
I become the homesteads of peace lovI
ing people.
The funeral services were held
I Monday morning at 11 o'clock from
I the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. R.
I Dinkins at whose home he was visit
ing when stricken with pneumonia.
Interment was in Smyrna Methodist
I cemetery by the side of his wife and
I mother. n
B The services were in charge of Rev.
I A. V. Smith, pastor of the church,
I assisted by ^ 'Rev. A. 'L. Willis, of
Ridgeway.
Mr. Watts was a member of Pine
I Grove Baptist church and for many
( I years served faithfully on the official
board of his church. ?
' He is .survived by two eoh?, George
I'T; and Eugene H.-^Watts, .and three
I daughters, Mrs. J. R. iWnkina <*f Idle
g0ff, Mrs. J. M. MdOabe of (Columbia
land Mrs. Herbert Cassels of RockThere
are forty-two grandchildren
and twenty-three great grand childI
.The beautiful floral display and the
I large concourse of sorrowing friands
I testified to the high esteem in which
H he was held.
Representatives of the American
I Legion and other civic organizations
I were present to honor the noble solI
dier of the Confederacy.
| Series Seventeen
Soon To Retire
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The retirement of iSeries No. 17 by
B the Enterprise Building & Loan AsB-wciation
at a value of f 100.00 per
fl share on payment of seventy-eight
I dollar months, with the excellent
I prospect of complete liquidation in
I cash within the next few months,
I shows, considering the "financial deI
pression of the many past months,
B that this old institution is on a sound
I and safe foundation.
They have discounted none of their
I securities with any Federal or other
I financial institution, but is. standing
I on its own feet, with all of its seI
curities in its own vault.
Visit The Market
Visit the club market Saturday for
I your fresh vegetables, green peas,
B butter beans, okra, corn, string beans.
I squash and pepper. Milk-fed chTck*us,
also choice cakes made with
fresh butter and cream. A prize will
1* given to the holder of the lucky
number.
fione To Chicago
Mayor F. dyfcram, delegate
rom the Fifth congressional district
the National Democratic convenl!on
had improved sufficiently to
e*ve >aturday along with other delates
from South Carolina to attend
fe convention, which met in Chicago
Monday r..?on.?Kershaw Era.
Protracted Meetings
Proira. ted services will begin at
bugoff Methodist church Sunday
" ght. ju:y 10thf g;15>
^ev K. 8. Dunbar, of Sumter, will
the pastor, Rev. A. V. Smith.
Augmented choir and special features.
The public is cordially invited
10 attend these services.
Presbyterian Cfcarrir
Sunday July 3. A. Douglas MeArn,
***<* Sunday school 10 o'clock.
?nung worship 11?16. 13ka public
s cordially invited to theae services.
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Buy Tires Before
Prices Go Higher
Car owners of ths city were strongly
urged today by Mr. J. Q. Gillis, of
the City Filling (Station, local Fireatone
dealers, to buy tirea bow in
preparation for their Fourth of July
automobile trips.
"There is no reason this year," said
Mr. Gillis, "why anyone should risk
spoiling his holiday enjoyment by
driving on worn and unsafe tires,
'Motorists now have a wonderful opportunity
to equip their automobiles
With new tires *? the lowest prices
in history. With\ an Excise tax on
tires and tubes effective on June 21,
it is unlikely that the chance to buy
at the prevailing low range of prices
will continue much longer.
"With the Fourth of July holiday
close at hand and with an eventual
increase in price inevitable, no one
should miss this unusual opportunity.
The pleasure you derive from a motoring
trip over the Fourth depends
on your tires. It is the unwisest
economy to mar your whole day
through tire failure. The , money
saved in trying to squeeze the last
few miles of a. tire is insignificant
compared with'the expense and worry
of an accident, with possible injury
to the motorist and his family, as a
result of smooth" or worn tires failing
to stop the car in an emergency.
"In addition to the present low cost
of tires, values have been greatly
increased. In Firestone tires, the
gum-dipped cord plies under the tread
and the extra tough/^low-wearing
non-skid tread give the motorist the
lowest cost per tire mile in history.
These are construction features
found, in,hh..other make of tire." v
Government Flour
Passed To Needy
The Kershaw County-Board of Directors,
through the Bed Cross, has
within 'the past: week delivered at
their headquarter .,?n South Mill
street 1,760 bags of government flour
to the needy citizens of Kershaw
county. The hags were of 24^
pounds capacity, and the flour was
issued to persons known to be in need
by recommendation of some reliable
citizen of their own community.
Careful though they were, there was
some duplication by some unscrupulous
persons, 'but the duplications
were discovered and the flour recovered.
The board is expecting a larger
shipment at an early date and notice
will be given upon its arrival.
- Here On A Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Brunson and
George W. Brunson, Jr., of Chicago,
have been here this week on a visit.
They left here Thursday fqr Pawley'a
Island to spend the month of July on
the coast enjoying the sea breezes.
Mr. Brunson was formerly^^ditor
and manager of the Greenville News,
but sold his interests in that paper
sixteen years ago and went into the
newspaper advertising game With
headquarters in Chicago under the
firm name of Bryant, Griffith and
Brunson, and they have offices in
New York, iBoston, Chicago, Detroit
and Atlanta. Mr. Brunson's connections
carry him from coast to coast
and he says he finds prevailing conditions
existing in all Cities and
towns.
ganitJtry Covi?T For Milk
The Willowbroow Dairy, of Lugoff,
deserves praise in trying in every
way to insure the absolute cleanliness
of the milk they deliver. Recently
they have been using a square
of oil paper 5Vix6 inches over the top
of the milk bottle, kept in place by a
rubber band: In this manner the
bottle, sterilized at the dairy, is delivered
to the consumer with as little
danger of germs as is possible. Mothers
feel safe in giving their babies
milk protected in this fashion and
the sick are not in danger of receiving
milk from a bottle that has been
touched by human hands or' that dust
might have settled upon.
Notice To Shriners
Members of the Camden Shrine
Club are in this manner notified that
the local club will not entertain the
clubs from Columbia and Sumter at
their July meeting due to the fact
that many are going to the Imperial
Council meeting being held in California
during July. This entertaining
of Columbia and Sumter Shriners
will taka piece at the* August meeting,
the date and place to be announced
later.
Canning Season On;
Some Suggestions
The se*eon for the canning cam-v.
pnigo is now on. Let us take advantage
of the opportunity to save our
fruits and vegetables. Let none go
to waste. Eat all you can and can
all you can't. Follow your instructions
for canning and drying by the
budget for family use in the winter
to supplement the green vegetables.
You will have an abundance from
your garden if your spirit of patriotism
and family loyalty furnishes the
proper incentive. ...
r Can extra vegetables and fruits to
help the sick and afflicted, the poor
and needy. These extra cans may
be transmitted through the County
Council Chairman of Welfare, Red
Cross, the (Salvation Army and .the
church organizations. Let every club
woman do her bit to relieve the situation
in this sad and serious time of
need.
Following is a list of equipment for
canning demonstrations qjid each
leader will ib? supplied with our Winthrop
Canning Bulletin No. 26.
Essentials for Canning.?A clock
conveniently situated; scales graduating
from 1 ounce to 24 pounds; supply
of towels or clean cloths; salt,
sugar; preserving -kettles, colanders,
pans, buckets; paring knives, spoons,
1 coarse strainer, 1 fine strainer, 1
skimmer, 1 ladle, 1 large-mouth funnel
for filling jars, a long handled
wooden spoon, 1 wooden masher, a
wooden rack; jars, rubbers, sanitary
tin cans, tops, tongs for handling
jars and cans; canners, hot water and
steam pressure, sealing machine for
sanitary cans; vegetables and fruits
perfectly fresh and sound for canSystem
is a prime factor in making
the canning operation easy and enjoyable*
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The berry and cherry season is in
vogue right now, so it is quite OF*
propriate for the recipe.
* Canned Berries.?father the vbor*
ries in shallow vessels so as to pr^t,
vent crushing and can them as soon
as possible after gathering. Sort the
fruit and use the smaller and imperfect
berries for the preparation of
juice to use in making a syrup ?i
medium sweetness. Wash carefully
and remove caps and stems. Fac*
the fruit into containers, pressing it
gently into place; cover with the prepared
eyrup boiling hot. frocd"
quarts and pints 20 minutes in boiling
water, and No. 2 and No. 8 sanitary
or enameled tin cane IB nutes
in boiling water.
For medium syrup use one cup oi
sugar to two cups of water.
Some berries shrink much. To obviate
this, pre-cook the berries filling
the containers. To each pound
of berries add one-fourth to o??-hatf
pound_ of ?ugar according to the
sweetness of the ^-in^
kettle and heat to boiling; stirring
gently/ and boil for five minutes.
Pack boiling hot and process immediately
containers of all sizes for. live
minutes in iboiling water.
String Beans. Pick over carefuUy,
string, wash thoroughly and cut into
pieces of desired size. A<*d enoU?*
boiling water to cover and boil for
five minutes in an uncovered vessel.
Pack in containers boiling hot,
cover with the water in which they
were boiled, and add 1 teaapoonful
of salt to each quart. Process im,nediately
at 10 pounds pressure or
240 degrees F.?quart glass jars 40
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and No! 2 and No. 3 plaih tin catw
for 30 minutes.
Lima Beans.?Only young and tender
lima beans should be canned The
older ones may be dried successfully.
For the young and tender ones use
the method suggested for peas. Process
the hot packed bean3MTmncdifttely
at 10 pounds pressure or 240 degrees
F. in quart glass jars 60 minutes,
pint jars 55 minutes and No 2
and No. 3 enameled cans 55 minutes.
English Peas.?Use only young tender
peas. -Shell, discarding any imperfect
p?as> an(i wash>
boil in water to cover. Pack bollin?
hot into the containers adding 1 teaspoon
of salt to each quart. Process
immediately at 10 pounds pressure'
or 240 degrees F.?quart jars
55 minutes, pint glass jars end No. 2
and No. 3 enameled tin cans for
minute s^g^ J ^
After July 1 the Byrd law in Virginia
will become effective and ttiue
reduce localwbwaww of VtrgtEla
counties nearly #3,000,000, <8^g
the first time providing for participation
of cities of the, state in highway
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Meeting Called In
Interest of Canners
_^jEvery section of Kershaw county
win be represented at a county wide
meeting at the Court House on Friday
afternoon, July 8, at 4 o'clock.
At this meeting plans 'will be made
for community canning meetings to
conserve the surplus fruits and vegetables
that heretofore have been going
to waste. The planting of fall
gardens will be discussed as well as
the best methods of drying fruits and
vegetables. (Specialists from Winfcp
and Clemson Colleges will be
ent to assist the county artd
home agents in this meeting.
Watch next week's paper for the
complete program and make your
plans to attend, advises Henry D.
(Qreen, county agent and Sadie B.
Cfaig, county home demonstration
agent.
To Have Lawn Partjr
The ladies of the Lugoff Methodist
church invito the public to a lawn
party and fun festival, to be held at
"The House 'By The iSide of The
Road," owned by Gus Ward, of Lugoff.
This entertainment will be given
on Wednesday evening, July 6th,
at 8 o'clock. Contests, games and, delicious
food will be enjoyed. This is
for the benefit of the parsonage improvement.
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Services at Malvern, Hill
. Services will be held at the Malvern
Hill Baptist church Sunday,
July 8, at 3 p. m. by the pastor, Rev.
W. E. Furcron. A protracted meeting
will begin Sunday night at 8 p. m:
Song service starts at 7:30 p. m. each
night. The public is cordially^invited
to attend these services.
Legion Officers Elected
A meeting was held at American
Legion headquarters on Monday
evening, June 27th, for the purpose
of electing officers for the coming
year to serve from October first,
1032, to October first, 1033, for
James iLeroy Belk Post. The election
was held at this time so that
new officers' going to the state convention
in Aiken, July 3, 4 and 5
could observe and learn the duties of
the different offices in the Legion.
Those elected to fill the various offices
were: Commander, W. M. Alexander;
first vice-commander, Dr. Carl
A. West; second vice-commander,
Ralph Barnes; adjutant, S. L. Crol-?
ley; finance officer, L. L. Wallnau;
post service officer, M. M. Rea'sonover;
post judge advocate, John K.
deLoach; sergeant-at-arms, Lawrence
Whitaker; chaplain, Rev. A. D. McArn.
Mr. Alexander will succeed
(Commander M. M. Reasonover, who
has done such fine work this past
year. -s
- . Goes Tcl Saratoga Springs
Howard Hickmott, who for the past
year has been the manager at the
J. J. Newberry company five and ten
cent store, in this city has been transferred
to Saratoga iSprings, N. Y.,
where this mammoth chain system
has opened a new unit. Mr. Hickmott
will "be the manager and it is
in line of promotion. Mrs. Hickmott
will join her husband later. -The
new manager- for the local store is
G. Owens, of Indiana, and his family
will join him later.
Death of Mrs. Hilton
Mrs. Eliza Hilton, 47-year-old wife
of Dick (Hilton, died at her home six
night, following an illness of two
weeks.
Mrs. Hilton is survived by her husband
and eight children besides a
large family connection. Children
surviving are Floyd Hilton, Mary
Hilton, Lillie Mae Hilton, Alene and
Ciarine Hilton ftwins), Lizzie Kate
Hilton and Everett Hilton. She is
also survived by her mother, Mrs.
W. T. Pitts, and the following brothers
and Bisters: Mrs. L. A. Horton, of
Bethune; Mrs. G. I* Sowell, of McBee;
Mrs. H. T. Horton, of Sanford,
N. C.; Mrs. T. B. Sowell, of Hamlet,
N. C.;'J. D. Pitts, of Wilson, N.
C.; H. T. Pitts, of Bethune and J. R?
Pitts, of .Hamlet, N. C.
The funeral and burial occurred at
Timrod church on Tuesday at 11 a. m.
services being conducted by Rev. W.
V. Jerman. The pallbearers were six
brothers-in-law of the deceased: L. A.
Horton, H. T. Horton, T. B. Sowell,
C. E. Langeton, G. L. Sowell and
Brantley Parker. A large number of
relftttViiifiiT friends from distant
points attended the funeral rites.
The (Brans Funeral Home of tbia
city -had charge of funeral arrangementa*
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Cashier of Bank
Shot On The Road
Kingstree, June 27.?'Harold Wheeler,
about 27, son of Mr. and 'tyrs. J.
iPreg Wheeler, of Cades, Is in the Williamsburg
county jail where he was
lodged this afternoon after the alleged
shooting of Allen Brown, cashier
of the Bank of Pamplico, on the
Atlantic Coastal highway, route 17,
12 miles from Kingstree.
It is alleged that Brown was driving
down the highway about 1 o'clock
when Wheeler, who waa walking, shot
at his car from the rear with an automatic
pistol, one shot entering
Brown's head. IBrown's car turned
over in the ditch and a passerby
picked him up and took him into
Lake City where hU Condition was
pronounced grave though he was
conscious. <' >
Wheeler is said to have gone into
Lake City where he wdndered about
for an hour before he was arrested
by I^ake City police authorities who
communicated with 'Sheriff Graham
of Williamsburg. The shooting took
place in Williamsburg county in which
Wheeler resided. He was brought
here by Williamsburg authorities.
It is alleged that Wheeler confessed
the shooting in Lake City but flatly
denied it on his arrival in Kingstree.
In 1027 Harold Wheeler shot the
late Sheriff H. S. Gamble of Williamsburg
when the Bheriff entered
Wheeler's home to arrest him on a
charge of having piled cross-ties on
the tracks of the Atlantic Coafct Line
railway. The cross-ties werfe discovered
and removed by the section master
before a train had been wrecked.
Sheriff Gamble was seriously
wounded but Wheeler was never tried
for the shooting. Previous to the
shooting of the sheriff, Harold Wheeler
had been a patient in the State
hospital in Columbia.
Important Meetings
Interest To Baptists
Thre? meetings of unusual importance
to the Baptists of the Kershaw
Association' will be held next week.
The flrst is to be on Tuesday evening
at 8:30 o'clock at the, Bethune church,
the second will be on Wednesday
evening at 8:30 at the First Baptist
church of Camden, the third will be
held at Mt. Pisgah church on Thursday
evening at 8:30.
. The following topics will be discussed:
"My Duty To My Church,"
by Rev. J. E. Williams; "The Need
of a Great Revival," Rev. B. S.
Broom; "The Great Commission of
Jesus," Rev. T. P. Christmas; "A
New Testament Church," Rev. J. B.
C as ton; "Is The Every Member Canvass
Valuable and Scriptural?" Dr.
W. S. Brooke.
It is hoped that every church in the
association may send a~ delegation to
at least one of these services. The
public is most cordially invited to
attend these meetings.
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First Baptist Church Services
The following services are announced
at the First Baptist church:
Sunday school at 10 o'clock, Mr. C. O.
Stogner, superintendent. Public worship
conducted by the pastor at 11:15
a. m. and 8:30 p. an. Morning subject,
"A Bad Bargain." Evening
subject, "Our Children." Prayer and
praise service Wednesday evening at<
8:30. B. Y. P. U. 'Sunday evening at
The Daily Vacation IBfble School
will begin next Monday at 9 o'clock.
All the children and young people
from 5 to 17 years of age are invited
to attend.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the services of this church.
Suit Halts Building
Suit against the estate of the late
J. K. Crosswell has been served on
the executors by "Ina Cartee Crosswell,"
of New York, who claims to
be the common law wife of Mr. Crosswell
and therefore entitled to a share j
in the estate.
n ?xccutors for the estate were preparing
to select a site for the Crosswell
Orphanage, for the establishment
of which the greater part ^of
the estate had been left, several days
ago when notice of the suit was filed
on them. Tho papers were filed by
Attorneys J. D. Lanford and Mendel
L. Smith. The attorneys'fdr the executors
are Epp? and Le*yof this
city. Filing of the suit
plans for building the orphanage,
which plan* will be Held in abeyance
until all litigation has been concluded.
?-Sumter Daily Item.
Party Recorded
Favoring Repeal
Chicago Stadium, Juno SO.?A national
convention rocked with emotion
put the l>emocratic party over|
whelmingly on record shortly after
midnight as favoring prohibition repeal
and Volstead modification.
Th(iH vote was 034 8-4 for the repeal
commitment, to 218 8-4 in favor
I of only recommending submission of
a repeal amendment. Weary from
the 7 p. m. to 1 a. m. session the
delegates broke up at 1 a. m. to meet
again at noon today.
For more than two exciting hours
debate had run with a fervor that '
roused both the delegates and galleries
to demonstrations bordering at
times on the riotous.
From the outset, it was evident triumph
was certain for the militant
extreme wets.
One ufter another state reputed as
bulwarks of dry sentiment in years
past, including some ffom the South,
joined arms \yjth the outspoken wet
delations from the industrial East.
Hailed by a swirling and tumultous
parade, and the vote went the way
that Alfred E. Smith had advocated
Ln a crackling speech reminiscent of
his palmiest' campaign days. Tribute
was accorded him from all quarters
of the massed stadium, while"
he stood red-faced waiting the chance
to tell the convention forcibly what
he thought. "
The vote showed the lines for favorites
for the nomination split in ~
instance after instance. The domi^
nance of Franklin D. Roosevelt in
seeking to top the ticket in the balloting
to come tomorrow had no part, *
care having been taken by his organization
early in the day to say
that it was keeping "hands off," leavJlML
Roosevelt delegates fo vote aB
they would.
Senator iCordell Hull of Tennessee
led the losing attempt to confine the
prohibition plan to an advocacy of
submitting a repeal amendment to
the people. Contrasting with the
tumult that A1 .Smith and Gov. Al- . ?4
bert C. Ritchie of Maryland inspired
for their side, Hull had difficulty holding
the audience at all. He and ' ||j
other opponents of pledging repeal
were booed frequently and at times
could hardly be heard for consecutive
sentences.
Just before the vote, Ritchie set
off more roars of approval in saying 43
I haven t the heart to keep you any
longer from having a chance to vote .
for repeal."
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Lovely Gift Goes |
To Legion Queen 41
j Aiken, June 27;?Jf the young lady
^representing Camden in the crowned
queen at the (State Legion
Convention in Aiken, July 4th, her
reward will be a gift lovely enough
for any queen. This announcement ?
comes from the ladies' committee in ?
charge of the beauty contest, which *
was won last year by Miss Azile .i..
Smoak, of Branchville.
No information concerning the nature
of the prize will be available
until it is presented to the winner
at her coronation by Miss Smoak.
Second and third choices will be appointed
maids of honor to the new
'queen.
Both the judging and
coronation
win take place amid the regal setting
of the lawn of the Highland
Park Hotel, Aiken's largest resort
hotel. Following the coronation, the
new queen, her court, and members
of the convention will celebrate the
occasion at the queen's ball in the
ballroom of the Highland..Pftrk*
Competition for Beauty's crown
promises to be more intense than at
any previous Legion convention, with
thirty entries already received. -?
Each Legion Post nominating a
young lady for the title, "Miss American
Legion," will furnish a decor- f>
ated automobile for her use in the
"Big Parade'^jgi the.afternoon of the
Fourth, and ^"Substantial cash prize
will be given for the best decorated
car.
Many Posts throughout the state
have written that they are now making
plans to choose an entry, and
will make application for her before _ ll
the lists of entries are definitely
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The temperature reached 42 degrees in
.Boston on Tuesday, the lowest
point on record for June. Oops all 4
over New England have bean damaged
by froit
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