The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 12, 1932, Image 1
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Ifiirls' 4-H Club Camp
I Was Well Attended
K<' win '
I jjnety-ftve girls from tha various
Idubs throughout the county gathered
Ijttbe 4-H club camp Wednesday of
um week 'or * two-day encampment.
ftis cimp was a reward for work
fell done. Ohe of the requirements
vts that each girl complete the renatt-.work
and have her record card
j^to-dste.
I j(rg, Chalmers Young had charge
?f the registering, and so great was
Kg interest that toy ten o'clook more
thin fifty girls had Registered and
anip activities were well under way.
I The general assembly hours were
specially enjoyed. These were pre tided
over by the club girls. On
Wednesday Louise Gaskins presided.
The devotional exercises were con dacted
by the Rev. A. V. Smith, who
bought the girls a splendid message.
fie urged them not to scorn small
things but to do the everyday tasks
veil for it is the little things in life
that really count, ?
I Polly West presided over the Thurs
day assembly hour. Rev. J. T, LittleHjohn's
devotional message was an in
juration not only to the club girls
hut also to everyone present. He
bought home the fact that unless one
made the most of every opportunity
she would not have a well-rounded
four-fold development, such as is ex
pocted in 4-H club work.
I Mrs. S. C. Zemp, president of the
U.i). C., gave a most inspirational
talk on good sportsmanship. Since
one of the aims of the 4-H members
lis to learn to win without boasting
and to lose without squealing, Mrs.
Zemp's talk was most helpfuL
I Mrs. Kuthleen Watts, the superinIUndent
of education, was next dntro
duced. She spoke of the dayelop
mt of 4-H club work in Kershaw
county. She urged the girls to put
their best into their club work, their
k)m^ work and church workr-if they j
ojlfted to get the best in return.'
hothef words, one gets out of life!
ihat one puts into it.
I Dr. A. W. Humphries spoke on the
ntportance of personal health.' He
his assisted with all the 4-H health j
activities, having held the club con-j
tests and assisted with the county j
health contest. This co-operation is i
appreciated by all the club women and j
girls.
j Since training in leadership is one!
of the chief aims of 4-H club work,
the girls had an active part on each'
program. Dorothy West and 'Louise
Gaskins gave reports of their trip to
the state short course which was held
it Winthrop college in July. Polly
Hest, Louise Gaskins and Nancy
Tompkins sang "My Country's Faith,"|
the national 4-H club hymn.
! I Interesting demonstrations were
cjven along the various phases of 4-H
fob work done in the county this;
J**r. Since every club girl is re
Wired to can twenty-four quarts of
fruits and vegetables, Miss , Jane
Kitchen, marketing specialist, gave a
demonstration oir- canning tomato
face. She was assisted by -Mrs.
Kate B. Gettys.
: I Hit. Harriet F. Johnson, state
prls club leader, gave demonstrations
on correct table service.
Attractive George Washington
Sk"68 WCre mac*e from K^ro bucket
w/ demonstration was .given
, Craig, the home agent, as ?stedby
Miss Jane Ketchen.
of *r^aps most beautiful service
the entire camp was the camp Are
the canHio service CTi
l^nesday evening. Songs were
Bnd ctories told around the
M?p ^e- Then as the Are light
dimme- cach girl was given a
jj*' ^rs- Johnson lit a candle
at the state short course and
jj^d the agent's and the leaders'
?s. who m turn lighted the girls'
/^' typifying the close coopera
^ vm.. .rif> clubs in the county
,n tr-'' -tate. Then the club
?l-r
?- given and taps were sung.
'^ came f?r this .evening
fc/eCrea' "n ?nd music had a most
^PP?rtar.t rlanA A.V. 114
^ (1 r-a.e in the camp life.
^ v?lyn Getty# had change of
Tmn. UX: ar'd many club songs,
tnd national songs were eny
l'1t* 8Tirls. Swimming and
Um vWerC under the supervision of
be h* r8 n a ^ettle?. ?he has
app)_ faculty of being one of the
^K^jl r than a leader and it is
to say there were no slack titsH^
S *Vl'ettIeR began a game
I (Wi!?ward the lake 'or a swim.
?od JLj whets the appetite so
?d tk CS ^ c?*?p. The kitchen
w prepara?on of meals ware
** ?upenHrfon of l|rs. J. T.
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j Gettys. Mrs. Getlys was ably assisted
by Mrs. Shelby Tri^sdale, Mrs.
John M. Croxton, Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers
Young. Other ladies who came
in for the day and assisted were
Mrs. Earl Truesdale, Mrs. Sam Truesdale,
Mrs. L. D. Broome, Mrs. Kate
Gettys and Mrs. J. A. Bell. With
this excellent corps of helpers the
food was perfect.
Late Thursday afternoon, after a
swim in the lake the girls began leaving1
for home. They felt they had
been rewarded for work well done
and they are looking forward to the
camp next year.
ir~ More than fifty parents of the 4-H
club members spent Thursday at the
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[Gets Right-of-way
j On Highway No. 34
| (Frank H. Haskell, representing the
right-of-way division of the state
highway department, was in Camden
last week and with the assistance of
John T, Nettles, local business man
succeeded in securing the right-ofway
on State Highway No. 34, ,tetween
Camden and the 'Lee county
line. \ In every instottee the rights
were obtained without any cost to
the Btate or Federal governments?
the property owners., being glad to
have the paved road pass their way.
; ft is said that bids will' soon be
received for paving of this route to
Bishppville?the right-of-way through
Lee county having already been obtained.
Ttyfcjkiute to Lee county will
measure a IWction ove* 11 miles.
; Property owners signing up to deed
the rightrof-way without cost were:
Hermitage Mills, Mrs. K. G. Whistler,
S; H. Mickle, H. G. Carrison, Sr.,
Tfcr. A. W. Humphries, Mrs. W, M.j
Brannon, Bank or Opmden, iForbes1
and Kennedy, C. V. Galloway, Estate
of William Gaskins, (B. E. Sparrow,
Mrs. A. B. Shiver, John T. Nettles,
D. W. Joye, C. W. Shiver, T. B. Blyther,
Mrs. Funderburk, T. S. Stokes,
Frank Barnes.
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Camden Shrine Club
To Entertain Visitors
i According to President Arthur
IWellwood of the' '(Columbia' Shrine
Club, members of that club have an
engagement to be in Camden August
18 for a joint meeting of the
Camden, Columbia and .Sumter
Shrine clubs.
The invitation was extended by
President Sam Karesh of the Camden
club, through President Wellwood
and it is promised that the affair is
to be a "humdinger"; translated into
Shrine parlance meaning "OK America."
The gathering is to be at the
Woodward airport, preliminaries to
start at 4 o'clock. Shriners attending
meetings of the Camden club in the
past are unanimous that there is not
a more enthusiastic group in the
state; their type of hospitality being
unsurpassed.
"Jess" Roddey, past potentate for
Omar temple, is back fr&m the big
| show at San Francisco and he will
have a word to say about his trip.
Charlie Mercer, potentate of Omar,
[will be back from the same show by
[then and he will likewise report. It is
j thought that Frank Harrison, of Abbeville,
potentate Of Hajaz, may run
down for the event. Frank is taking
a respite from his educational duties
and this occasion will be fine opportunity
for him to see those Camden
nobles in action.
The Omar temple band, of which
John B. Rodger's JlT director, will make
the trip and the Camden Shrine Club
will absorb all tolls for Shriners
wearing the fez while crossing the
Wateree bridge.?The State.
The above article from Wednesday's
.State will be read with interest
by all Shriners of the county and
other citizens as well. A. S. Karesh,
president of the local club, announces
that the program committee is making
all arrangements for a most entertaining
and amusing program. All
members of the local club are requested
to be on hand and to see that
the visiting Nobles have a great
time. o
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Services at the Cassatt Baptist
church on Sunday, August 14th, will
be: Sunday school at 10 a. m. with
Carson Gordon,., superintendent, Ik
charge. Morning hour of worship at
11 .o'clock. On this Sunday the revival
services will begin with Rev.
H. J. Wood in charge, assisted by
the pastor. The public is extended a
cordial invitation to attend all ser[
vices.
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Health Forces Judge
Smith To Withdraw
j
Editor Camden Chronicle:
. It is a matter of deep regret that
1 am forced to announce under the
positive instruction of eminent physicians
that I will be unable to make
the race for the house of representatives
in the ensuing primary. I am
advised that such a course will probably
result in undoing all that 1 have
thus accomplished in the restoration
of my health from an illness of the
past three years and that it would be
almost suicidal to undertake It.
l am sorely disappointed as it was
my purpose to present to the people
of the county some county and state
issues and conditions that are of vital
importance in my judgment to their
present and future welfare, with all
the force and vigor at my command
regardless of consequences. And it
is my hope that the remaining candidates
for this important office may
haye thes> political courage and mari^
hood to present these matters as they
are and propose the remedies, for
only such should be elected.
The last legislative delegation
placed Kershaw county in the lead of
all the counties in the state in the
reduction of expenditures and the
people should see that this splendid (
accomplishment is not defeated.
This is no time in these days
of an unbearable tax burden and governmental
extravagance, when every j
business is tottering on the brink
of ruin, for petty politics, political
trickery^ house to house canvasses
and secret |Vote-getting pledges for
every candidate should be weighed on
i his public declaration of principles
that he may be held to the strictest
account if honored by the choice of
the people and no intelligent and pat!
riotic citizen should declare his support
until he knows for whom and,
; what is more important^ for WHAT
t he is voting. Such is the object of
'the campaign meetings,
j If the people of the county...will
| elect a Board of County Commissionj
ers in sympathy with their real inI
terests and a cooperative legislative
j delegation the affairs of this county
! can be placed on a cash basis within
ja comparatively short period.
MENDEL L. SMITH.
Enrollment Books
Show An Increase
The members of the county democratic
executive committee met Tuesday
to purge the club rolls for the
thirty-four county voting precincts.
In nearly every instance the books
show an increase over the registration
for 1930. The table below shows
the enrollment for 1932 as compared
with 1930:
1 VantP of ClHb J932
Abney 76 JT
Antioch I?4 223
Bethune 301 517
Blaney 298 497
Buffalo 269 363
Camden I.337 *.?10
Cassatt.:..: 10T 139
Charlotte Thompson ..104 119
DeKalb^ 81 130
Doj^s Mill 101
Enterprise 83
Gates' Ford 38 I94
Harmony 45 37
Hermitage 283
Kershaw _ 410 479
Liberty Hill 83 93
Lugoff 101 139
TywlrVart . *** 1
Ned's Creek 128 ?
Oakland 37 33
Pine Tree 8* 123
Rabon's Cross Roads .. 121 194
Raley's Mill J48 l?3
Roland 40 33
?nlt'Pond 79 197
Sandy Grove 59
Shamrock .: :rrrr.. rr... 99 109
Sheppard 28 89
Shaylor's Hill 80 71
Swift Creek 84 72
Three CV" .7.".... ' 237 ~ 305
, Twenty Creek 71
Wateree 272 339
jWestville 159 227
Total M*2 7?779
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Democrat* to Sell^ Much Soap
. Raleigh. N. C., Aug. 5.?Soap, not
the soft kind but the genuine article,
wiir be sold by young Democratic
clubs of America, to aid in financing
the campaign. Each
bar will be in a red, white
/ind blue wrapper, on it will be
stamped "Democratic soap-^let's clean
up America." The plan wae announced
by Tyre C. Taylor, preaident
of the national organisation.
Local Man Honored
By S. C. Fox Hunters
George T. Little, of Camden, succeeded
W. Aiken Khett, of Charles-,
ton, as president of the -South Carolina
Fox Hunters association, at the
election of officers held in the chamber
of commerce Wednesday morning.
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J. J. M. Graham, Lake City, was
elected vice president and L. B, Wingard,
Columbia, was re-elected secretary
and treasurer. The new board
of directors named included: C. Y.
McCants, Cameron; H. Kemper Cooke,
Gallivants Ferry; John E. Dreher,
Columbia; R. R. Shaw, Bishopvillo
and Carl E. Epting, New Brookland.
The board of directors will meet
in Columbia on August ?6, to decide
on a place and time for the -field and
bench trials for fox-hounds.?-Wednesday's
Record.
Camden Man Wins
Trip To Meeting
J. E. McKain, local representative
of the Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance
company, was one of three men
in South Carolina to win a free trip
to a house party and convention to be
held at Myrtle Beach beginning Monday,^'August
15th. 'The other two
representatives winning this honor
were Mortimer Muller and T.;JP. Davis
of the Columbia agency.
This house party and convention
will be given by president T. A.
Phillips; vice president, Harold J.
Cummings; superintendent of agencies,
A. Howard Blanton, of the Minnesota
'Mutual Life Insurance Company:
Representatives of the Eastern
states, comprising Virginia*, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Tennessee and Kentucky will send
representatives to Myrtle Beach for
the convention. To win the trip these
men had to fulfil quota given by
home office, since February 1932, for
their territory.
Appreciates Service
Of James R. Belk
Representative James R. Belk, who
is a candidate to succeed himself,
hns received a much-appreciated letter
from a staunch friend and coworker
on the ways and means committee
of the general assembly. Hon
W. M. Manning writes him as follows:
"Rt. 3, Sumter, S. C., Aug. 6, 1932.
"Hon. J. R. Belk
Camden, <S. C.
"My dear Jim: I am glad to hear,
in going about in Kershaw county,
that you are almost -sure of re-election
to the House of Representatives.
In my opinion you should be re-elected
if?for no -other- reason than - for.
the fight you helped make against
extra pay and for economy and for
the elimination of waste in government.
If you are defeated, the state
officials and the high spenders are
going to say that the pieople do not
care about, governmental economy;
and it will make it all the harder
then to get measures of economy
through the Legislature. So here's
hoping for a big vote and great success
from
"Your Friend,
"W. M. Manning."
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Revival Meeting
- The public is cordially invited to
the revival meetings to oegm at flat,
Zion'Baptist chbrch on Sunday, August
14th.
Base Ball Here Saturday
The Base ball team of the Hermitage
cotton mill played the team from
'Hall's Mill, near Bishopville, last
] Saturday, and. in 'an exciting, fourteen
j_kining game, the Hermitage won 10
i to 7. This same team will play Be'
thune here at the old Fair Grounds
j near Seaboard freight office, on Sat;
urday, August 13th, at 4 o'clock.
Ladies free, gentlemen charged 25
! cents. This will be a real game, so
all base ball fans are especially invited.
Baby Girl Left
On S. C. Doorstep
MeBee, S. C? Aug. 1.?A baby girl
apparently about a month old and
clothed in expensive garments was deposited
in a basket on the porch of
Mrs. W". C. Stewart's home here at
an early hour of the morning- No
clue of the identity of the baby's
patent* could be found.
Ranch Guests Join
Search For Bandits
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The following is from an Emigrant,
Montana, paper, regaling a chase
'for bandits in that wild section. A
number of Camden people go each
summer to Ox Yoke ranch where the
climtUe is cool and comfortably
Sheep, cattle and horse-raising are
carriod on on a large scale in the
wide expanses: "J.
Leonard Graham and Walter 0.
McClure, guests at the Ox Yoke dude
rancK near Emigrant, and Charlie
Murphy, owner of the ranch, joined
Hhrold Elktns, Undersheriff Roy Hodges
and Deputy Sheriffs Vern Meigs
and Clyde Gilbert in the man-hunt for
the robbers of the Security bank of
Boseman last week, only a short time
before the bandits were shot and kib
led by a posse in tho Gallatin Canyoh.
Horses were obtained at the Ox Yoke
and the voluntary posse left for the
Big Creek divide at four o'clock In the
morning. All were heavily armed and
aided the law'in every way possible.
"After leaving the Ox Yoke, the.
voluntary posse Accompanied the
peace officials over the rough timberladen
county of Big Creek, which
leads into the Karst's Camp country,
only a short distance from whore the j
bandits made their last stand against
the law. City Attorney Fred Lay of
Bozeman came to Emigrant with u&ne
full details of the robbery and expressed
the idea that tho bandits
might be hiding in this particular part
of the country. ? ?
"Tho dude ranch guests, throughout
the long search, did everything
possible to aid the officers. ' While
their search proved in vain, they are,
nevertheless, to be congratulated for
the manner in which they volunteered
to aid in the search for the wanted
men." \ ^ ; - *
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Marriage Announced (
Mrs. J. E. Gardner, of Bethune, announces
the marriage of her daughter,
Blanche, to Mr. Carl Lightfoot. The
marriage took place here April 18,
1932.
Mrs. Lightfoot before her marriage
mnde her home here in Camden,
where she was an employee of the
Schlosburg stores.
Mr. Lightfoot is an employee of
the Mulberry Plantation and makes
his home in the summer in Tulsa,
Okla.
Kershaw Leads in
Appropriation Cuts
In 1932 as compared to 1931, the
Tax League gives the assessed values
and appropriations for tho two
years. We reproduce below the percentage
of reduction in each. The
county savings net "40 per cent
greater than the state savings.
The- stars ahow increased appropri-.
atioxrs in a few counties:
Per Cent.
Abbeville
Aiken 28
Allendale * 13
Anderson **
Bamberg t
Barnwell "
Beaufort
Berkeley 33
Calhoun
Charleston 20
Cherokee
Chester 26
Chesterfield
Clarendon J?
- Colleton . ;r. . .T~; . r'. r:v: . . ... 26
Darlington ....
"Dillon 13
Dorchester 33
Edgefield 29
Fairfield 03 7
Florence 32
Georgetown
Greenville *3
Greenwood ,?.?. - -- ^
Hampton
Horry ..., 13
Jasper 22
- Kershaw '
I^ancaster
' Laurens 9?
Lee 28^
Lexington 33
McCormick ^8
Marion
Marlboro 26
Newberry
Oconee 37
Orangeburg
[ Pickens 04.3*
| Richland VI .
Saluda " r r?i-?22
' Spartanburg ........ 08
; Sumter 21
Union 2?
I Williamsburg . ...... 20
York v - 88
Future Farmers
Enjoyed Camp
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| On Monday, Jfculy 25th, six of the
f Future'Palmetto Farmers from Camden
with their agricultural teacher,
H, Grenade, loftMo attend the Future
Palmetto Farmers' camp. Thfs camp
is located in the mountains about nine
miles from 'Seneca and is u permanent
camp foriboys who study agriculture
I in the high schools of ^outh Carolina.
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Each year boys from all over the
state go to this camp for a week's
vacation. The I). A. R. school which
was established by the X). A. R. in
honor of th<j seven living Daughters
of the American Revolution, is noar
the camp, so the boys take their
meals there. The camp is ono of
the best I have attended and I think
it is well worth any boy's money to
go there u week each summer.
During their stay they climbed the
mountain known as Tainaskeo knob.
On Wednesday they visited the
tunnel *->in iStumphouse Mountain
which was being dug during the civil
war by Blave labor for the purpose
of building a railroad from Charleston
to some point in Tamassee, but
which was never completed because
at the close of the war tho slaves
were set free. The last place visited
was White Water Falls. This is pno
of the most beautiful places in South
Carolina.
Leaving camp soon after breakfast
Friday they went to Clemson college
and spent most of tho day looking
over the farm and buildings. Even
though all were glad to get back
home they were sorry camp was over.
All the 'boys on the camp had a fine
time and voted to return next year.
Boys from Pickens, Chesterfield, Flat
Creek- and DeKalb schools were in
camp at this time.?H. Granade, agricultural
teacher..
County Fair To Be
Again This Year
The annual Kershaw County Fair
will be held again this fall under the
auspices of the Atherican Legion Pbst
No. 17 and the Camde^ Shrine Club.
The dates have been advanced this
year t\nd there will only be three
days?October 27, 28 and 29. The
midway will open as usual on Monday
evening.
Attorney M. M. Johnson has been
named as secretary this year, and other
changes jn the management will
be: T. V. Walsh, general chairman; \
W. M. Alexander, assistant general
chairman; Hughey Tindal, treasurer
and Ifenry D* Green,, corresponding
secretary.
A number of Legionnaires and
Shriners went to Hamlet last Thursday
night to witness the Bunts Shows
holding forth there during the North
Carolina Firemen's Tournament. Those
making the trip were T. V. Walsh,
Jr., R. M. Kennedy, Jr., M. M. Reasonover,
Leon H. Schlosburg, A. S.
Llewellyn, W. M. Alexander, Hughey
Tindal, John Whitaker, * Jr.
With good prospects in view for
fine crops, a creditable farm display
will no doubt be gotten together
again.
Thomas Frazier James, Sr., a
Spartanburg business man, was buried
Sunday afternoon at his"^ native
town of Darlington, where he / had
killed himself at the home of a sister
where he was visiting. He was 55
years old and leaves his widow, one
son of the same name, one sister and
three brothers.
City Council
Lowers Tax Levy
The members of City Council are
this week-mailing statements to tax
payers that they have reduced the
tax levy from 30 mills to 28 mills
on each and every dollar of real and
personal property within the corporate
limits. The hooks for collection
of taxes will be open the 15th day
of September, 1932.
The following discounts will be allowed
and pennlties imposed:
Two per cent during September;
one per cent during October, November
and Decemberf net during January
and February; two per cent penalty
during March; four per cent
penalty during April; seven per cent
penalty after April 30th.
Twenty-ftve or Ufty per cent of
taxes, if so desired by the taxpayer
will be accepted rather than payment
allowing discount or imposing penalty
in effect it the time ef payment.