The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 29, 1932, Image 1
The Camden Chronicle
VOLUME 44. CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JULY 29, 1932 NUMBER 17
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Two New Entrants
To Add Interest
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Tte Chronicle this Week is carrying
the formal announcement of
judge Mendel L, Smith as a candidate
for the House of Representatives.
This announcement will he of
interest to Judff$ iSmith's numerous
friends and admirers throughout
South Carolina, as well'as Kershaw
county.
Judge Smith was, first sent to the
House by the voters of Kershaw county
in the election of 1900, when he
was quite a young man. He rose
rapidly to prominence in that body,
and after the sessions of 1901 and
^02 he was elected Speaker of the
House at the session of 1908, defeating
by overwhelming majority one of
the ablest legislators and parliamentarians
in the state, who had had long
years, of experience in the general assembly.
He was re-elected speaker in
the session of 1905 and served as
speaker during the sessions of 1905j
and 1906. Returning to the House
he was again elected speaker in 1911,
serving through the sessions of 1911,
1912, 1913 and 1914, as "the presiding
officer of that body, being elected and
retiring upon his election to <the
Judgeship in 1914. He served with
great distinction as judge of this
circuit from 1914 until the entry of!
this country into the World war,'
when he, responding to the call of
his country, resighed the Judgeship
and entered the service. (Because of
his eminence as a lawyer, his distinguished
service and experience as a [
judge, he was assigned to the Judge
.Advocato's Department and received
the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. When
he was discharged at the conclusion
.of the war he returned to Oamden, I
where he resumed the practice of law, !
being again elected to the House in
1924 and serving during the sessions
of 1925 and 1926. " 'Because of. the
ritite of his health and because his'
long public service had made'it ne cessary
for him to_ devote all availBible
time to the practice of his pro-1
fession, he has ru?t since been preI
vailed upon to offer for public office
until this time; although in the n^ean time
in spite of the fact that he was
ill for a great part of the time, he
has been frequently called to serve
as special judge andi as an acting
member of the iSupreme Court of this j
?tate, filling in vacancies oaused by'
illness, death and other causes; and
his opinions while so acting have been
remarkable among legal circles in
in iSouth Carolina for their clearness
and erudition. ?A? a practicing attorney
Judge iSmith has served in more
important cases than any other Law ler
in South Carolina. If nominated
nd elected he will most assuredly
m? a very import?nt"TP?Tt"tn shap jng
the legislation during the next
wo sessions of the General Aseem ?y.
The demands upon him for en **nee
into this race have come from
very section of the county. While
Smith has practically entirely
ecovered from his recent lohg il^
it is necessary that he conserve
'8 &trength, and for that rensofi, and
Because of the accumulation of busi y0
during his illness that must now
* attended to, he will not be* able to
"*ke a house-to-house canvass over
J* county, but he will attend1 the
ampaign meetings, where he expects
> discuss the important issues facing
?G taxpayers at this time.
The other pnn^i/ja+no 'or the houn
lre*dy announced are J. R. Belk,
^cacnt member of the house; New ?i
Kelly, a former member; Wade,
j* J?Ues, who has been a candidate
B* ore? an(l E. T. Bowen, at present
tfiember of the county board of di ^
ors. All of these men are widely i
^0Wn 0Ver Kershaw county and the]
^P^Tr'umTs^s to be a most interestone.
nother announcement of imporBn
?<a> significance is that of Mr.
^ Kedfearn, who this week an-!
?BBces a. a candidate for an office.'
|irector from DeKalb Township,'
^Position to Mr. H. G. Carrison, Jr.,;
T1* member from DeKalb Town-'
V P and Chairman of the Board of!
Tu j
B . 1 nia promises to be one
Kis 6 ^ve''e*t races in the county
***** Eoth of those gentlemen
known business men and
v* VCry P?Pular. Mr. Garrison
d . *r the Bank of Camden,
HLf iar*e farming interests. Mr.
r??rn is the owner of the Ford
t},is plada^-^nd is also en Vu
farmin? ?n<4>a(|ch growing
Urge scale.?Th? outcome of this
will be Watched
Dozier Birchmore
Dies In Hospital
i- Mr. 'Edwin Dozief Birchmore died
in the Veterans' Administration hospital
in Atlanta at 11 a. m. Saturday,
July 28. He had been in a serious
condition since suffering a stroke of
paralysis last November. However
l^e had slhown signs of improvement
and hopes were entertained for his
recovery. About two weeks prior to
his deatfh he took a turn for the
worse and gradually grew weaker
until the end came. His mother was
at his bedside when he parsed away.
Mr. Birchmore was the sort of the
late Editor of The Messenger K Mr. C.
W. Birchmore, and Mrs. Eva Sligh
Birchpriore. He was born in Camden
August 15, 1898. In early manhood
he accepted a position with the Westem
Union Telegraph Company in
the Charlotte, N. ., office, and continued
in the employ of that company
working in various cities up to a few
years ago when hie health failed. Mr.
Birchmore was a World war veteran
and a member of the American Legion.
Possessed of a sunny and
gentle disposition he made friends
readily. There are many who will
mourn his untimely death.
(Surviving - Mr, Birchmore are his.
mother, -Mrs. Eva B. Birchmore, of
Camden; three sisters, Mrs. E. G.
Kirven, of Darlington; Mrs. Norman
O. Head, of Augusta; Miss Ethel
Birchmore, of 'Camden; one brother,
Mr. <C. W. Birchmore, of
Funeral serices were**cortducted
from the home Monday morning at
11:15, Rev. Warren G. Ariail, pastor
of the Lyttleton Street Methodist
church.- assisted by Dr. Luther B. (
Bridgers, officiating. Interment was,
in the Quaker cemetery of this city.;
Those acting as pall hearers were:
Messrs. Wylie iSheorn, W. M. Alexander,
Marvin Roasonover, Lambert
DePass, Arthur - Clarke and Dr~-George
S. Rharme.
Mrs. Sowell Dead
In Beulah Section
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth
Sowell, aged 74, who died at her home
in the Beulah section Tuesday, were
held Wednesday afternoon at Beulah
church and the burial was in the
churchyard cemetery. Services were
conducted by Rev. M. Shealey, assisted
by Rev. Warren G. Ariail, of the
Lyttleton Street Methodist church, of
this city. ?
Mrs. 'Sowell had been an invalid
and confined to bed for a long number
of years and her death was not unexpected.
She is survived by a large
family of children?Mrs. Lou Pearce,
Miss Ethel Sowell, of Camden; Mra.
J. H. Hammond, of Stateburg;
J. C. Wylie, of Sfcindale, N. C.; D. L.
Sowell, L. A. iSowell, C. F. Sowell, o
Camden; and Sam Sowell, of Washington,
I?. *C.
Pallbearers serving at the funeral
were: M. M. Johnson, E. C. J*?"!'
Eugene Pearce, H. D. Green, of CamdSn;
R. E. Sowed, of Hartsville; and
Vance iHough, of Kershaw.
MeetingToClose
On Sunday Night
The revival services at the 'Lyttleton
-Street Methodist church will
do to a close Sunday night- The
services have been going on for two
weeks and Dr. Luther Bridgers, a
well known evangelist from Gaines
ville, Ga., has been cpnducting the
revival. There have been two services
daily?morning and evening
and the evening services especially
have drawn large congregations from
all denominations. Dr. Bridgers has
been preaching powerful won* and.
great good will no doubt result from
his earnest efforts here. I
A well trained choir from the var-,
ious denominations has added much,
to these services.
Services Sunday at Grace Church ;
Rev. William Byrd Lee, o? Auburn,
Alabama, will be the Preacherin
charge of services at Grace F.p.seo^l
church Sunday morning at 11.l? o-,
clock The congregation issues
cordial invitation to these services.
RolpBooks Closed Tuesday
. The Democratic club books for e
enrollment of voters closed Tuesday
night. Only a few of the preemcts
have sent in to the secretary these
books so it is impossible yet to give
the total enrollment. """J?* ?0
roll book shows a total of 1'770
in WW.
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Bureau Ready To
Make New Loans
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The veterans' bureau at Camden
will be prepared today to receive ap- j
plicutions on adjusted compensation,
certificates from those whose certificates
are not two years old
who were ineligible to borrow until
legislation was passed by thVrecent
congress which mak?? it possible for
them to borrow now up to 50 per
cent, of their policy.
The new legislation does not in any
way affect those already eligible to
borrow. That is, no increased loan
value over the 50 per cent, has been;
authorized though a smaller rate of
interest is hereafter to be charged.
Those desiring loans can get same
by applying to M. M. Reasonover,
Legion service officer at the American
Legion building. He will furnish
application blank? and forwai-d
to the Columbia office of the Veterans'
Bureau for payment.,
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First Baptist Church Service^
Thq " following services are announced
at the Baptist church: Sunday
school at 10 o'clock, Mr. C. O.
Stogner, superintendent; public ^or*
ship conducted by the pastor at 11: ^
a. m., subject, "A Marred Vessel.
Sunday evening service is called in
on account of the meeting at the
Methodist church. ,
The public is cordially invited to
worship with us. '<>
Services at Malvern Hill
Services will be held at Malvern
Hill Baptist church Sunday, July 31,
at 11 a. m. Sunday school at 3 p. m.
and evening service at 8:15 ip. m.!
These services are to be fcoddUcted by
Rev. W. E. Furcron. The public is
cordially invited to attend these services.
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To Meet With Cedar Creek
The Lee County Singing Convention
will meet with Cedar Creek Baptist
church on Sunday, July 31st, at
10*45 a. m.; recess 1 p; m. for dinner;
reconvene at 2 p. m. We cordially
invite choirs from Camden and
Kershaw and adjoining counties to
meet with us,, All attending the
morning exercises will be expected to
bring lunch. A warm,welcome to all.
?L. A. Moore, president.
Young <Hrl Dies ? _
Friends and relatives were grieved
to learn of the death of Miss Carrie
Bell Wright, sixteen-year-old "
ter of Mr. and) Mrs. C. M. Wright,
of the Hermitage mill village. ?,The
young girl passed away on ^UC8fiy
after a short illness and burial^services
were performed by Rev. T.
Christmas at 11 o'clock Wednesday
morning. Burial was in the graveyard
at Hermitage mill. The decked
is survived by her parents and
several sisters and brothers.
Magistrates Attention!
The Acts of 1932 have been received
at the Clerk of Court s office
at the court house and the
trates of this county can get sam
by calling at .the office of the clerk
for their copy, announces J. H. y
burn, clerk of court for Kershaw
county.
NewOifficersFor
State Council
At the closing business s?isiin ?f
,Sute Council of Farm
Z new officers and chairmen were
introduced to the eonvention as follows:
Mrs. J. Whitman Smith, B.sh
opvitle, president; Mrs. Julian Onsenbury,
Florence, first vice-president.
Mrs J T. Gettys, I-ugofif, second vicepresident;
Mrs. R. F. Fayle, F-astover,
Treasurer; Mrs. R. R- Shaw. BiahopsecretaryT
Mrs. 7T. K. Cantt,
Monetta. chairman of a?r,ra"u"'
Mrs. Landrum Sellers, Pauline, chairman
of exterior benutiflcation, i rs.
S B. George, Lexington, chairman o
health; Mrs. J. R. Fairy Fort; Mott,
chairman of education, . rs.
Edwards, Union, chairman of finance.
Mrs J L. Williams, -Greenwood,
chairman of legislation; Mrs^ J. MThomas,
Ruffin. chairman of membership;
Mrs. A. V. Bethea, Dillon,
chflrman of publicity; Mra. F. .
Candy, Darlington, chairman of music
and recreation; Mra. Annie Dun
lap, Laurens, chairman of
ami welfare and Mrs. C. E. Gamble,
Turbeville, chairman of citl*?tt?hip.
Mrs. L 'C: Chappel, director of central
district; Mrs. J. L. ,Welbo"1' f"
rector at Piedmont district and*r?i
C. E. Gamble^ director of Pee Dee
district. - - ^ I
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Former Camden Man
Is Penney Manager
A. Clifton McKain, native of this
city but who haa been away for the
past three years working in North
Carolina and Virginia, returned to
Camden last week to assume the manager's
place with the J. C. Penney
store of thle city. ' .
Mr. McKain comes to the local
store as manager after being with
the J. CL Penney organization for
three years, where he was first associated
with them in Fayetteville
and later as assistant manager in
their store in Petersburg, Va. This
is 'an honor for Mr. McKain to be
put in charge of a etore in his home
town, as the organization seldom
sends a man to his native city.
H? is well known to the trade of
the city and county, for he was with
L. Sehenk & Company, who up to a
few years ago had one of the leading
mercantile businesses of the
county. Ho was with this firm for
fifteen years and became known
through his dealings with the public
to tho majority of the citizens of this
district.
Mr. and Mrs. MoKain hav. been
expended a cordial welcome back to
their home town. They will occupy
the Stevenson Wo-story bungalow on
Hampton avenue, formerly occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Health, J*.
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Industry
Will Start Soon
j^sheville, N. C., July 20.?H. V.
Jenkins of the Savannah (Ga.) News
and Press announced here today that
manufacture of newsprint and other
paper from pine pulp would begin
within a few days.
? Mr. Jenkins made his 'announcement
at the closing session of the
Southern Newspaper Publishers' Association's
annual convention.
In his refport, the iSavnnnah mem~
ber briefly outlined the progress of
the research work in connection with
the use of Southern pine for paper
making purposes.
With results obtained1 in the experimental
paper mill in 'Savannah
already far advanced, he said, it had
been definitely assured that the manufacture
of the product would begin
without delay.
Iti connection with the new industry,
Mr. Jenkins pointed out that
there were 10,000,000 acres of slash
pine in Georgia, Florida and other
Southern states, while in the Carolinas,
Virginia and neighboring states
there were 100,000,000 acres of long
leaf and loblolly pine.
Association To Meet
At Jefferson Hotel
The fifth annual convention of the
United States Highway No. 1 association,
Incorporated, will be held at
The Jefferson Hotel, Columbia, S. C.,
.on August 3rd and 4th, 1932.
United States Highway No. 1 is
the longest Federal highway in the
east and is considered toy experts not
only the safest but fastest route from
Maine to Key West, Florida. This
highway under one number traverses
tho original thirteen colonies and assures
the minimum of inconvenience
to the traveler by eliminating the necessity
of constant reference to maps.
Scenic 'beauty and historical background
thrill the tourist as he traverses
the sections which were the
backbone of the early American nation
and which now has become the
Main Street of the east.
The purpose of tho convention is
to advertise ami promote the advantages
of every section traversed by
| United...States Highway No. 1; - To
provide for distribution of practical
i educational maps and guides to its
j historical centers and recreational
J playgrounds and promote tho develj
opnient of the Florida Everglades
National Park. Increased tourist
travel twill benefit every town and
city on this famous highway.
Rains Help Some
Light rains scattered over nearly
every section of the county has
brought temporary relief to farms
and gardens and at the same time
has broken the intense heat wave that
has extended over a period of nearly
four weeks. Old corn has suffered
the most and a numfber of farmeTS
have reported cotton shedding to a
considerable extent. Garden? were
practicing rained and there lias been
a scarcity local grown vegetables
offered for eale.
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Louise Gaskin One
()f Three Winners
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Rock Hill, July 23,-4>istrict conteats
were held .Friday as a part
the Girls' State Short Bourse now being
held at Winthrop College These
contests were held in health, room
improvement and clothing?the latter
being in the form of a dresA review,
contestants were entered from the
various counties of the Piedmont, the
Central nnd the Pee Bee District*.
' Chief interest centered around the
health contest, inf which there were
42 contestants from as many counties.
The physical examinations for this
' contest were conducted by Dr. Ben F.
Wyman, director of county health and
rural sanitation of the state health
[department, assisted by Doctors
White of Gaflfney, Humphries of Carn
den and Bryson of Winnsboro.
| The winners by districts were:
j Piedmont: Addie Lee Ballard, Anderson
county: Central, Ernestine Maj
lone, Richlana county; Pee Dee, Louise
Gaskin, Kershaw '.county. ThesC
three will compete during the state
fair in October for the honor of .being
South Carolina's healthiest club
girl, and her representative at the
National Boys' and Girls' Club Congress
in Chicugo held next December.
Bandit Caught
In Greenville
Pickens,, July 25.?Robert Mc?ill,
identified by five Pickem residents Us
the driver of a bandits' automobile
during the robbery of the iSouth Carolina
iState bank here 4k?t Thursday,
awaited in Piokens county jail
(today other witnesses Sheriff John
| B. Craig said he would bring before
the prisoner.
' MoGili was arrested # yesterday - in
Greenville and brought here where
| the five witnesses, including former
State Senator W. E. Findley, identified
him as the driver ><*f the automobile
that waited outside the bank
while two others entered the establishment,
scooped up $26,000 and fled.
McGill said he knew nothing of the
robbery. Sheriff Craig said two additional
witnesses would face McGill
in his cell today.
Ex-Senator Findley was rofobed of
$50 as he entered the bank while the
robbery was in progress. Three employes
of the bank were ordered at
pistol points to lie upon the floor
while the bandits looted the vault.
Make Fertility For
Next Year s Crops
Clemson College, July ^23^"The
tonnage of commercial fertilizer used
in South 'Carolina this year is the |
smallest since 1903, and next year's ,
tonnage may be as small or smaller, j
states R. W. Hamilton, extension agronomist,
who says that farmers have
been depending largely on this com- j
mercial plant food to make crops
grow, and in order to maintain the
supply of food in our soils a much
more intensive and extensive use of
farm compost must be practiced.
"During the slack work season in
July and August," Mr. Hamilton suggests,
"the teams and hands can be j
kept profitably busy hauling into the
lot and stables grain straw, forest
leaves, pine needles, swamp grass, or
anv other waste organic material
around the farm. This material put
in the lot and stables or in a compost
heap, will rot and be in fine
shape to put in the field next spring
and will supply the all-important organic
matteT and much aetual plant
food."
Searching parties gre Actively looking
for a missing passenger plane
with nine passengers, missing since
last Saturday in the Andes mountains
of Chile. Reports say the passengers
are still alive.
James Mattern and Bennett Griffin,
American flyers who recently "flew
from New Foundland to Berlin, and
were forced down in Russia in the
round-the-world effort, have reached
Paris on their return to America.
Three bandits held up the proprietor,
manager and a clerk of a New
York jewelry store, Tuesday and got
away with jewelry and unset precious
stones valued at $50,060 to $100,OOP.
The job took just a few minutes in
broad daylight.
John R. Oomett has been elected
mayor of Merced, ?al.r after the city
council had voted oa issue of the
mayoralty 116 times. The city council
deadlock >egan two months ago.
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Truesdale Recovers
From Bomb Wounds
Managua, Nicaragua, July 22.-?
Donald Truesdale, U. ,S. M. C., of
Lugoff, iS, C., who it* serving as lieutenant
in the Nicaraguan National
Guard* wan released from the hospital
today ami returned to partial
duty after more than three months
on the sick list.
Last April wfoile he was leading a
patrol through the jungles ' of the
north, one of hia mert stumbled and
dropped a rifle bomb, Truesdale saw
the detonator had been released and
he pounced upon the bomb to toss it
out of the way so that his men
would not bo injured. The bomb exploded
and blew off his right hand.
He has been recommended for the
congressional medal of honor.
Young Truesdale is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. T. Truesdale, of Lugoff,
and a sister of Mrs. 5. C. Clyburn, of
this city. ? ?
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Wife Of Democratic
Nominee Gives Views
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Albany, N. Y., July 19.?Mrs.
Franklin I). Roosevelt, wife of the
Democratic presidential candidate,
Who said she always had been a "personal
dry," today agreed wibh her
husband and the Democratic platform
that the 18th amendment should be
repealed and liquor control returned*'
to the states. ^ ~
Mrs. Roosevelt's statement, provoked
by a report that she had refused
to sign a membership card in
an anti-prohibition organization, was
issued about the the governor
was completing plans for hia campaign.
James A. 'Farley, national
chairman, and Impute M_. Howie, political
secretary t<5 Roosevelt, laid a
program of organization work before "
Mr. Roosevelt.
s
Within a few days a national treasurer
will be named, general bead
quarters opened in New Vork and regional
headquarters in Chicago and
probably on the Pacific coasts
* Mrs. Roosevelt established her
place in the prohibition fight in a
statement of 57 words. It read:
"I am and always have been a 'personal
dry.1 I do not believe, however,
that the J8th amendment has
worked at all successfully and I fa?
vor its repeal, permitting the states
to pass what laws they deem necessary.
In the event of this happening,
I shell always be . on the side
of those working for real temperance."
A Poughkeepsie newspaper quoted I
Mrs. Aubert* J. Aiken, of Pawling,
saying she approached Mrs. Roosevelt
at the Hyde Park home welcome to
Mr. Roosevelt on July 9, and asked
her to sign a membership card in the
Women's Organization for Prohibition
Reform. Mrs. Rodsevelt was said .to
have replied "I am extremely sorry*
that I cannot do so because I am dry."
Florenz Ziegfeld
Dies At Age of 64
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Hollywood, July 23.?Florenz Zieg- .
feld, the "glorifier of the American
girl", has come to a sudden death
when thought recovering from a lung
congestion.
The originator of the Ziegfeld follies
died of n heart attack at 10:31
p. m., last night in a hospital while
his wife, Billie Burke, was rushing
from a motion picture" studio where
she was working. She arrived at his
Ijfedside, still in makeup, two minutes,
after his death.
Patricia Ziegfeld, daughter of the
fi4-year-old producer and his actress
wife, was at the palatial home in
i Santa Monica which Ziegfeld hfitT"
leased for his Southern California
visit, Sbe reached the hospital soon
after her mother.
The lung congestion resulted from
an attack of pneumonia suffered nearly
a year ngo. Ziegfeld was brought
to the hospital last Sunday from a
New Mexico sanitarium where he had
been confined for several days. He
was reported on the verge of a nervous
breakdown after a strenuous
season with his Follies in New York.
When ho entered the hospital, his
physicians described his condition as
"serious but net critical."
F? <B. Lax ton, postmaster at Rhodis*,
N. C., 'committed suicide Wednesday
by shootisf himself with a shotgun.
He was short $75 in his post *
office accounts, and Ms act followed after
a postal inspector had a^proaeh?d
him? regarding the discrepancy.
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