The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 05, 1932, Page PAGE EIGHT, Image 8
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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 ' ' *
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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.
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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
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