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^? III III I ?? 4-H Boys' Camp Was Big Success The 4-11 beys' camp which ended last Saturday wan conceded bfi to be one of the best tamps ever held in KOcsnhw county for club boys. The three-day program held the interest of the boys so well that many of them expressed their rCgretx at having to 'break camp and go home. The success of the camp is credited to the whole-hearted cooperation of all who took part. The program was carried out more or less on a military basis with the boys going from pne event to the other on schedule. Swimming in I.<ake Shamokin twice each day was one of the outstanding events of interest for all who attended the camp, and on the pari of the boys and sponsors of the camp they wish to extend to Mr. J. B. Zemp, owner of l^ake Shamokin, their sincere appreciation for his kindness and cooperation in allowing the boys to swim and play in the lake without cost. The military activities of Company M, National Guard, under the direction of ('apt. Brevard Boykin, wus of great interest and inspiration to tho boys. The sham battle staged by the machine gun company was something new and deeply interesting to each of the 4-11 boys. The boys were given a good idea of how real warfare is conducted. In the sham battle the National Guardsman defended the v' "bridge just below the dam of Cake iShamokin from an invading Red army which was attempting to cross the bridge, attack and capture the 4-H camp, Of course the enemy was repulsed and our side won. All of the activities of the military unit woio carried out in the military manner, the bugler sounding each call and the 4-H club boys mot as many formations with the soldiers as possible, including reveille, calisthenic exercises, mess calls, assembly, call to quartcrs and taps. Most of the boys weie especially interested in the machine guns as they hnd never seen one in action before. Each of these guns * is capable of tiring 52.) times per minute. One of the most valuable features j of the entire camp was hearing Dr. j ' Luther Bridgers, noted evangelist who j was conducting a series of meetings, in* Camden at that time. Dr. Bridg- j ers came out to the camp and talked j to the boys on Friday. Then h ridayj night each of the 51 boys and those working with the bo.vs attended Dr.! Bridgers' meeting in Camden, where j the boys were called upon to sing in j church*. Dr. Bridgers delivered an unusual and very forceful plea to thoi young people to invest theii lives fot j the greatest good, and the boys seemed not only to enjoy this service but. also appreciated it and realized its] significance and importance. A number of 4-H club songs had! been printed and under the direction of Mrs. Green the boys became quite] talented in singing them. In taet. a; good part of the time at camp was taken up in singing. Mrs. H. D. Green also bad charge of the cooking and preparing of all meals. Probably the most important man making for the success of the camp was Mr. Dan liewis, state director of j 4-H club work from Clemso^ college, who was the experienced and guiding hand behind the whole camp. Practically all of the boys expressed, their desire and determination to do still better and greater 4-dl club work during the coming year and to! again attend the 4-H camp at the ^ next opportunity. Many games were played and tho ^ devotional exercises were not neglect-; ed. Appreciation is also expressed to, the following persons who helped make the camp a success: Mr. W . J.. Brasington, who furnished a school bus for bringing the boys to church and return; Mr Wiley Hogue, county treasurer, who also conveyed a number of the boys to church; Mrs. k. ? , W'ntt*. uponntcrden* *-dueHt?on. who spoke encouragingly to the 4-Hj club boss; Mr. Walter Rhanje. Mr. Arthur |>, !,..a.he and Mi. Harold: Mc N n, h. who w ere 'he efTiemnt life-* guard- durmg ihv ett'tre .amp wh.V; , ;. %- w. !? 'n w'ir.mitg; Mr. I.. I< ? v ' . ... : Vn.:. r T: 11 ' ; !i A A,v can:;.; P 1 at', r ' ' * ... a. .{ a'". a a 'a r lv' ; v ' P 7, - . f :'v '.!*? of Uih. v':.a ;r. kiv. f o - w m-t :r g: ( a .: it:, .a ! P.- > k ' a! i ;..* 1i , n.r!: the important part played. h\ ( :ii::in> M "t the National Guard*', Mr. Dan Lewi*, state I II ager.t who dimicd the camp; Mr. A. A Mckrnwr.. d:-tr:ct agent front Ciemson col.ege. who helped make the camp a *ihtc*? and who made an inspirational ad.ire-* to the boys; Mr. R. W. ( oHrsey. dairy specialist, and Mr. A. L. 1 Hi Rant. liv<?foHt specialist, who tn-pired the boys to the development of dairying and livestock work; Dr. A. W. Humphries, who brought the boys an important message on sanitation and !>? - na! > yy; Mr. l^e-rell Sar.who a.ted a> V-Utrler for the raniji and called the hoys to each formation; Mrs. Henry I>. Green for preparing the meal* a mi directing the -irgdnj?; and last hut not least the hoys who attended the camp and" their parents for their cooperation and all 'others who helped in *any way. Also , to the captains of the various groups of club boys.?Henry D. Green, county j agrent; Lightning Kills Negro Driver McNeil Blackmon, ? colored man, whs Blatantly killed on last Thursday afternoon about 41.3^) p. in. when lightning struck close to him with the result that' an electric current went through bin one horse wagon. The horse which he was driving was also stunned by the electric shock, but it revived in about two hours and fully recovered. Although W. -S. Kennington and family were driving but a few feet behind the negro and were in the act of passing the negro In their automobile at the time the lightning struck, the Kennington's say that they did not feel the slightest shock. An examination of the dead negro revealed no burns- or scars, although the horse was burned about the eyes from the result of the electric shock and the animal had some bruises about the knees when it fell to the pavement. The clothing of the negro was wet and for that reason the electric shock I had full effect. The fact ffhat the Kennington's did not feol u shock is hard to explain. It is said that the lightning seemed to pass between the ^.ennington car and the wagon driven by the negro.? I>ancaster News. How Meet Timber Supply Adjustment The timber supply problem is primarily a land problem. Forest land should produce timber crops. The Unitt'd States contains . 470,000,000 acres of land which foresters classify as forest land and which will not be needed for other agricultural purposes. If all this acreage were producing trees at maximum capacity the United States would have no serious timber supply problem. Unfortunately, at least 80,000,000 acres out of the 470,000,000 is in nonproductive condition. In fact,- much of this idle forest land must be artificially planted if it is ever to growi trees again. To put all of the country's forest land at work producing timber requires, for one thing, adequate public systems of protection from forest fires. It requires also the adjustment of taxation values so tti.it private landowners can afford to grow timber for a number of years, during which no revenue can be expected. Most of all it depends on; stabilizing the -ownership of .forest land, particularly through the ostab-j lishment- of more state and municipal j forests undoi* forest management and; the adoption by more private 'timber-' lam! owners of a policy of permanent' retention of the land with consequent consideration of forest management as a form of land use.? Kershaw County Forestry Association. An unsuccessful attempt was made to assassinate Adolph Hitler, fascist leader, at Fuerth, Bavaria. GtTmany. Sunday night. .Bullets hit Hitler's car, but he escaped without injury. The Italian Steamship line announced at Genoa, Italy, this week, that the navigating time between Genoa and New York will he cut to approximately t-ix day* when thet giant new Italian liners Rex and | Conte go into service next winter. Congressman Batman of Texas, addressing the American Legion convention at Talsdetr, Ala., declared that the bonus legislation will be passed by congress "which will place American World war veterans on a level with those of Kuroptsn nations." Two bandits walked into a diamond importer's office in a Newark. N. J., building Tuesday morning; poked a pistol in the face of a young woman in charge, handcuffed her to a chair iinil walked out with jewels valued at $15,000. Everything from turkey eggs to goats' milk will he received by the j William Jennings Bryan university at j Dayton. Tenn., In payment for board and tuition during the coming term. Ih-an (Juigley says students may n!sO| pay w 1th canned foods and fruits. 1 .1. M i nntoy. Jr., executive sevro-j la: y ol I.'Il tioulli Carolina Sialic l?ai-i a - a* is taking a postal tad; \ _Tc ul a.. .!w liioiiibciw wii L..c proa.- . r r amendment. It ack? t* r a >#;s. t x :? from nil h laywc on. a n ...in:: r. which is about the string. ita.ii.::al.on ol thi 1st). amendment yet seer., chaig.r.g .t w.;h being ava n-t t h? r the i ei;>t .tut : :.. .minora' ,r. ter.de r.ry. hampering j\i-. t; i. i o;TUpC.ng j'abac officials and so ! uM h. Clemson Adopts Cotton Shirts Clupnaon Collect, Aug. 1 Tto do* cision of Clemson College officials to adopt cotton shirts to eventually replace'Wool shirts heretofore specified in the uniform requirements of Clemson students is another stej> in the movement to have South Carolina people buy and use South (Caroline products, says J. C, I/ittlejohn, business manager, who announces that the new cotton shirt is ft South < w~ olinft product made at Ware Shoals, and that its adoption further reduces the expense of attending Clemson college. The contract price, he states is such that three of the cotton shirts can be had for one of the wool shirts now required. The new cotton shirt decided on is a gray sanforized cotton broadcloth which was adopted 'by the uniforms committee us the best obtainable after samples of^cloth and shirts "ail been secured from various sources and tested in the Textile D^rtmenc of Clemson college by Di?rctor H. H. Willis. The Board of Trustees of the college has authorized the action, and Cpl. R. John West, the new commandant of cadets, heartily endorses it. The garment will bear a Clemson label but will be made by the Ware Shoals manufacturer under specifications stipulated by the Clemson authorities. Because of existing contracts with the wool shirt manufacturers and because of wool shirts now owned by Clemson students, the change from wool to cotton will not be made completely at once, Mr. Littlejohn explains. When students enter Clemson in September they are outfitted with' shirts, trousers and caps by the uniform manufacturers. The plan is to supply each cadet this fall with three cotton shirts as part of the uniform equipment. It is expected that aB*"the wool shirts give way more and more cotton shirts will replace them, so that by another year the change will be complete. Extra cotton shirts may be secured by students at any time at the low contract price. ? 5 Arrest Sumter Man On Serious Charge James M. McKay, or McCoy, ot South Main street, was arrested by Special Officer J. P. Chandler Wednesday morning on a charge of rais- j ing the amount of money orders from $2.00 to $20.00 on a warrant sworn out by Post office Inspector A. J. Knight, who worked the case up. assisted bv Officer Chandler of Sumter and Columbia officers. As a result of information obtained in Columbia Inspector Knight, came on to Sumter this week and continued his investigation of the forged money orders which in each case were raised from $2.00 to $20.00 each. The arrest of McKay followed Wednesday morning anil he was lodged in the county jail and held for federal authorities. The money orders were cashed in Charleston, Augusta, Atlanta and two ' were bought at Rembert, this county, and possibly at other points. The method used "wa^ for the money order of $2.00 ta be taken out for person unknown to the clerk at the various postoffices or taken out under assumed names, then it is alleged McKay would raise the amount to $20.00, endorse the money order with assumed names and usually go to a grocery store,- order some groceries to be sent to a fictitious address, get the change for the difference and leave, officers said. In one case the address to which the groceries were ordered sent was to a church and .n another case a vacant lot. A couple of these money orders were secured at the Rembert postoffice and the postmaster there came over and identified McKay as. the party who secured the money orders rhoro for carh.~ In nil castrr the forgery was detected when the money orders were presented for payment at the various postoffices. Sumter Herald. l or Magistrate U>?er Flat Rock I herein anmmr.ee mwlf a~.a. diuate T'-V the office Mag!-'. : f. j I.nwer Flat Roc's. Town-h .p. - rrt to the rule- of the 1 )e:uo, : v :mary. Ke-pe, t :V.!\. W C,. ANTHONY. (onunittec ( ailed lo Meet l.e member- of ' k? 1 '< a executive committee frum. c : c-.r.ct ,* called to meet at t ? . - ;rt '? h< us*- on 1 ue-dny. Augu-t j the purpose of revising ami t: ing the club rolls. Those < u" 1 hooks which have not been sent '<> I ti-,. secretary are requested t > ho j brought in at that time. It tne e\Ifeutive committeeman cannot a""< n i j he is requested to send sonu- number of the enrolling committee u r. * familiar with the club roll. R. F. BRAKINiiTt >N. Chairman. H. D. NILE8. Secretary. Henry Ford celebrated his fiOth birthday anniversary on Saturday. mmasssssssSBSf^mm'xn Upkeep Is Ninth Expensive Item foliimttm. July 36,?Salaries apd expenses of the state legislature cost the people of South Carolina $363,029.79 during 1931 and 1932, the twoyear period preceding elections this summer, records here reveal. Upkeep of the legislature became the ninth most expensive item among more than 50 carried on the state budget during the two. years. The lawmaking body cost more to maintain during the period than the Citadel, ($355,555.) iClemson college (331,000,) the , state penitentiary ($324,211,) the state board of health ($310,015,) or the state sanatorium ($311,631,) financial record? Aow?, The 170 members of the general assembly themselves got $184,000 during the past tw<f years that they held office. Their attaches, servants, and creditors collected nearly $180,000 more. J Expenditures for legislative pur-! poses soared0 to a record maximum in 1031, the year after all representatives and half the senators were olcctod* South Carolina paid $230,647.29 for the enactment of laws that year, including $21,?21.56 for the ten-day extra session in September, 1931, which passed the defunct "no-cotton act. In 1932, grappling with governmental depression, the solons slashed their expenses to $123,382.50, some of which has not yet been collected. The 1932 amount was the smallest for legislative purposes since 1921. j Only .ten senators and nine repre-. sentatives refused $260 extra 4 ex-1 pense money" for the 118-day session which "broke all records for length in 1931. ;Some who first refused it later accepted. A representative from Richland county and another from York county took their 1931 "expense" allotment at the close of the 1932 session. I Rallying at the call of Governor Blackwood in September to adopt an emergency measure to aid the impoverished farmer, only 32 legislators heeded the governor's request that they serve at half-pay or without pay. Thirty senators and 197 members of the house drew the full $90 apiece for the extra session. Fourteen senators and 15 representatives accepted only one .voucher for $45, abiding by the half-pay agreement when tendered two vouchers so they might take their choice. Two senators. P. H. McEachin, of Florence, and R. M. Jeffcries, of Colleton, declined both extra "expense" money and all pay for tho extra session. Senators who refused the $260 in "expense" allowances were Greneker, Edgefield; Hammond, Richland; Hamrick, Cherokee; Hill. Newberry; Jeffries, jColleton; Laney, Chesterfield; McEachin, Florence; Riley, Bamberg; and Stukes, Clarendon. The nin.e representatives who said "No" conclusively to the extra "expense" offer were Cooke, Horry, Daniel, Greenwood; Fishburne, Colleton; Gaston, Chester; Gibson, Dillon; Jones, Ix?xington; Moorer, -Colleton; Ouzts,. Greenwood; and R. J. Williams, Marion. The senators who served at half ? ' pay during ths t?xtm session were Hammond, Richland; Hamrick, Cherokee; Hill, Newberry; Uney, Chesterfield; Long, Charleston; McCaH, Marlboro; Nash, Sumter? Riley, Bamberg; Nicholson, Anderson; Stukes, Clurendon; Ward, Georgetown; Wise, Chester; Young, Union; and President Pro Tem Williams, Aiken. Representative* who sat through the cotton session for $46 instead of $96 were "Belk, Kershaw; Bowers, Newberry; Broome, Richland; Bryant, Orangeburg; iCary, Greenville; Cooke, Horry; Gaston, Chester? Gressette, Calhoun; McLeod, Lee; Morrison, Charleston; W. B. Smith, Greenville; W. C. Smith, Barnwell; R. J. Williams, Marion; (S. B. Williams, Aiken; and D. M, Zimmerman, Saluda. A During the 10dl session, when legislators' struck gold in the state treasurer's office, four attaches of the house of representatives and two of the senate received more than $2,000 apiecfc for their year's work. iSpeaker John K. Humblin, Union, in the house, and Lieutenant Govern-1 or James O. Sheppard, Edgefield, in the senate,, received a total of $1,726 each in 1031, compared with $900 in 1032. * ? The ppnkte spent $100 and the house $2$)' for robes for their officials that year. Floral designs and wreaths cost $104.15 for deceased senators and $127.40 for representatives. One item of expense borne by the state in 1081 was a dinner given a visiting congressmen by senators. Held at a country club near Columbia, it added $52.03 to legislative expenses. The hall of the house of representatives required $1,530.10 in repairs in 1031. An additional $2,610 was spent in 1032 for accoustic wall material to deaden the more jarring tones of the representatives. , Photography fprmed a considerable item in th^ -4032 miscellaneous expense bill, with $10 paid one Columbia studio for "twenty large prints" and $30 given a second photographer for "photographs and frame" of the pictures of the house judiciary committee. The first studio also got $3.75 for furnishing prints to four representatives listed by name. Torn by hind winds in the vicinity, it cost $32.50 to mend the* United States and state flags which float from the capitol dome this year. ] They needed repairs February 10, February 23 and March 10, records j show. i Legislators manifested a penchant for losing the keys to their desks,! usually kept tightly locked. The state paid $43 to a Columbia hard-j 1 ware merchant for fitting keys to desks early in 1932, and a larger sum in 1931. The 1932 supply of towels to remove grime in legislative halls cost nearly $50. Wall thermometers to keep the temperature in the senate ! chamber adjusted involved $3.90. Rental of 'an electric c^ock for the , house amounted to $12.50, and in J the senate, where later hours were 1 kept, the clock cost $17.50. Telephone and telegraph service is estimated at $700 for 1932. With 61 lawyers and four law students listed among its members, the j 1932 legislature voted that each mem her bo provided With a geTT^B !**, WhUhco.;^* rhe bill ^of a Columbia winJ cleaning Arm appears on expe^J counts, although the legLUtZ* projprinted as W W borers and paid them half J V again in overtime at $5 a (jav * n,,uB bish its halls. y t0 Names of Ave rePreaentativs* duplicated upon the list of *B the two sessions. Surname* ,**'? 0 others appear on the roll of c. j? f One upaUte representative count? .signed pay vouchers for three iB tives of the same name who in? jobs about the legislature. Members of the ways and meinHti' committee who met a week iB *? ,t vance of the 1932 regular session^Mli perfect plans for economy the state $1,944 for their servicsT?* Thirty-six of the 88 committee?'? collected $64 each for "actual serrTH^ es" dally for six days at $9f4(^? ? although attendance was not mo JV m peBv, | From such seed sprang the incregg? ti fin legislative costs. Over a 20-yea^Btl period, it was as follows: 1912, $65,468; 1913; $62,104' IBM I $62,128; 1916, $6.1,611; 1916, $61 71*11 1917, $62,460; 1918, $62,378; lBig'Bi $72,196; 1920, $103,774; 1921, $119?' l 156; 1922, $123,088; 1923, $138 330? 1 1924, $147,380; J926, $157,601; 19261 ^ .$134,631; 1927, $204,036; 1928, $140-?1 838; 1929, $148,661; 1930, $212 080*^B' 1931, $239,647; and 1932, $123,382, '?J I - ?i * red Dusenberg* 56, pioneer auto-? I mobile builder and sportsman, i* dead I | at Johnstown, Pa. .Death was due to? injuries received in an automobile ac-1 | cident on July 6 when his car turned? over. His home was at Indianapolii, ? Ind, Four unmasked bandits robbed a I | bank at Paint Lick, Ky., Tuesday of I between $2,000 and $2,500 and escap- I j ed in an automobile after locking I I j three bank employes in the vault. ? | Representative Tijson, Republican, I I of .Connecticut* former house leader, ? said in a statement published in the 1 j Congressional Record this week, that H he will soon resign from congress and H i not offer for re-election. 1 H Will Rogers, schoolmaster, "was I nominated for cohgressman-at-large H by the voters of Oklahoma on Tues- I da,y. He is a Democrat and was op- I posed by Mrs. Mabel Bassett, state's charities commissioner. Two border towns of Nogales, I I Mexico, were flooded this week when 1 j flood waters swept down from the I I streets of the two towns to a depth I of three feet. The North Carolina highway com- I mission on August 10th will let high way construction contracts involving I an expenditure of $1,000,000 on more I than 175 miles of road and one large bridge. A 19-mile railroad of Green coun I ty, Georgia, has been authorized by 1 I the interstate commerce commission I i to borrow $17,166 from the Recon! struction Finance corporation, the j money to be used to pay vouchers and j to purchase a locomotive. Mrs. Lillian Babcock, 44, was slain, I and her husband, Rider Babcock, was dangerously wounded at their home in Los Altos, iCal., Tuesday by a mys- ; terious assailant. The police have not found a reason for the muroer and assault. | 3' Big Shopping Days' 31 New Boston Store I Friday, Saturday, Monday I ?? Captains Order, Clear Decks! All Summer Fabrics Must Go Regardless of Cost or Value! All Dresses Voiles, Embroidery Swisses, MandkeiYhior linens and India i'ongettea "will be sold these three $1.33 Efurzncrlv sold up to .52.1* chopping da\s for I One lot of fast color wash Presses in Prints, Voiles some organdies. Special Price "MODESS" Special Price 15c All silk perfect fitting slips l.'J to 41 Inches long, bias cut Q mm front and hack, 2 inches lace top and *hottorn. Special for I The New Boston Store Camden I - - *. :-^l^^?lSiiii3i