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The Camden Chronicle . '. . ~ ^ ^ " * . ...... .. ^ ' ' ' i i i ii ii i i i fT~T"n~~~~~J~~~' r-T-rrr--rrr\ VOLUME 44. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER S3, 1932 NUMBER 26 ?' ' ?? 'i 1 1 1 1 i ? ? i , , i n..! mmaaam mmammmmmm ?g? State Fair Dates October 17 to 22 Columbia, (Sept. 21.?'Though it doesn't seem like a year since the turnstiles at the state fafr grounds ceased to oliek on the 1931 show, it h$9 been almost that long, and one month from this Aveek the state fair 0f 1932 will be in fuW blast. The dates are October (J7-&2. Despite the socalied depression, the State .Fair Society has gone right ahead with the fair in a big way, feeling, Paul V. Moore, secretary, said, that the people need the fair more in times like these perhaps than when everything is rosy. The state fair is the great crossroad of South Carolina?the annual meeting place for many thousand people?and the whole plan is to make . the week gayer and more worthwhile than ever before, The /amusements are tip-top, the exhibits (ire the finest the fair has ever offered. There will be a great out-door musical show, something like the one that made such a big hit last year. The finest poultry) pigeon and rabbit exhibition in the South and, ,of course, the big Carolina-Clemson game with all its frills and thrills. In addition a first class high school game will be held on School Day, which is Friday. So Mr. Moore says for all (South Carolinians to write down in their memory books the dates of the iState Fair and prepare to meet their friends j there next month. , ~ B. Y. P. U. Meeting At Timrod Friday Program of the annual B. Y. P. U. meeting which is to be held with Timrod church Friday afternoon and night. September 23, 1932. Friday afternoon, September 23? Theme, "A Transformed Membership"; 4:30, song service; devotional, ' JamesHolley, Mt. PiSgah; reading minutes and roll call; business: "Reformed B. V. P. U. Members," Miss Margie Brock, Tinirod; "Transformed-B. Y. P. U. Members," Rev. W. -J. Bradley, Kershaw; "Methods of Enlarging Our B. Y. P. U. Membership," Miss Nnp^ nie Van (.'atoe, Mt. Pisgah; special music; "Hound Table Discussion on B. Y. P. U. Problems," Mrs. W. F. ^Byrd, Mt. PUgah; adjournment for lunch. Friday night?7:30, sung service; devotional. Miss Cleora Estridge, Timrod; playlet, Thorn Hill Union; "How to Get and Maintain Cooperation in Associational Work," Mr. Boyd Horton, Jefferson; special music; "Conformed B.' Y. P. U. Members," Mr. V. C. Hudson, Kershaw; "What the B. Y. P.-U. Means to Our Country Churches," Rev. J. p. Williams, Bethune; song; report of committees and dismissal. Bethesda Church Services Presbyterian Church services on Sunday, September 25, announces A. Douglas MeArn, pastor, will be: Church .school at 10 a. m., Morning worship at 11:15. Sermon subject, ^ould All Men Repent After Death |f They Had a Chance?" The public COrdia!ly invited to attend . Mrs. Sowell's Sister Dead Hartsville, Sept. 19,?Mr?, Mattie Johnson, 47, .died after a long ' n?a at her home in Rutherford, N. '' Sunday, September 17. Funeral ~*7, ' I? internment were held in or Tuesday morning. rviving Mrs. Johnson are three en, Kleanor, Robert and BurJohnson; five sisters and three ers, Mrs. H. L. Dickart and Mrs. White of Rutherford, N. J., Mrs, Jor.es, of (Greenviye; Mrs. D. W*U of Camden; Mrs. A. J. Hat Sumter. T. J. Cato, of ttew R- I- Cato, of Hartsville, and Cato. of Rembe.rt. Revival at Flint Hill P- T-. Hlackmon, the pastor of H:i! church, announces that a u meeting will be in progress Hul Baptist church next g,::r..r.g on Sunday night. The will have with him Rev. H. P. f'a<;tor of the second Baptist 1 1'incaster to assist him in ^lces. The public is invited 'r*nip at this church during In* the first half of September '^r* licenses were suspended e bolder* had been convicted ^lnK while drunk. This waf per cent above the, norinaj [ Greenville and Spartanburg ( b?Uoc, se*tt?T City Schools Open With Slight Increase The Camden City Schools finished their first weeks work with an enrollment of about 70 higher than that of the same time for the previous year. The increased enrollment occurs both in the high school and thp graded school. The Mill school enrollment is the same as that of the first week one year ago. The following is the enrollmftnife by grades and schools: Grammar School?'First grade, boys 65, girls^ 67, total 112; second grade, boys 35, girls 39, total 74; third grade, boys 53, girls 39, total 92; fourth grade, boys 39, girls 36, total 74. Grand tqtal of boy? 182, girls 170, grand total of both sexes 352. Laurens Street / School? Fifth grade, boys 60, girls 69, total 129; sixth grade, boys 61, girls 52, total 113, seventh grade, boys 38, girls 32, total 70. Grand total of boys 159; girls 153. Total of both sexes 312. High School-r-Eighth grade, boys 40, girls 46, total 86; ninth grade, boys 36, girls 44, total 80; tenth grade, boys 32, girls 35, total 67; eleventh grade, boys 25, girls 19, tot&l 44; totals for high school, boys 133, girls 144, which gives 277 pupils in high school. Mill School?'First grade 61, second grade 64, third grade 40, fourth grade 43, total 208 in Mill school. ' The total enrollment first week this year is 1,149, total last year same week, 1,078. Both teachers and pupils took up their tasks with an earnestness so that this week finds the schools running as smoothly as if there had been no vacational break. Faculty of Camden city schools for season 1932-1933, with J. G. Richards, Jr., superintendent, is as follows: Grammar School?Mrs. L. T. Mills, M^ss Ellie Zemp, Miss Sarah Wolfe; Miss Ada Phelps, Miss Margaret Blanding, Mrs. Leslie McLeod, Miss Helen Timberlake, Miss Lois Latham, Mrs. Susie Taylor, Mrs. John Demp-?ter, Miss Grace Oakes. Laurens Street School?Miss Margaret Burnet, principal; Mrs. J. L. Guy, Miss Cornelia Oliver, Mrs. J. R. Montgomery, Mrs. Mortimer Boykin, Miss Lucille Allen, Mrs. Leonard Schenk, Mrs. Louise Cantey, Miss Julia Seabror^k- < ' Hagh School?L. W. McFadden, principal; Miss Agnes Corbett, Miss Henrietta Zemp, Miss Ada Montgomery, Miss Gertrude Strother, Mrs. Ethel Murchison, Miss Alberta Team, m TT-. a _ ? Tn * -i I iuiss iiui'iciidc u aiiico, mmo ine Murchison, Miss Lenora Knight, fc. T. Baldwin, Hermas Granade. Mill School?Miss Ernistine Bateman, principal; Miss Elizabeth- Buchanan, Mrs. J; G. Richnrds, Jr., Mrs. D. M. MoCaskill, Mrs. Lou Pearce, Miss Lula Gillis. Special Teachers?Miss Hallie Carson, Mrs. George Little, Mrs. Charles Salmond, Carl Weiderman. Birth of a Son. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wade Gainey, of the Timrod section, on Monday morning, September 1, a son. Camden Boys at Clinton Clinton, S. C., Sept. 17.?Presbyterian college completed its preliminary registration Friday night, September sixteenth, with only six lewer students than at this time last fall. The student body for the year 193132 was the largest in the history of the college. This year over one hundred new men registered from ten states bringing the number of states represented in the student body to fourteen. Students from Camden include "Waiter McN. Wooten and James M. Seagle. Club Elects Officers The Gates Hill Home Demonstration Club held its reorganization i meeting September 2, at the school ; house. The following officers were - elected for the year: President, Mrs, B. K. Tidwell; vice president, Mrs, ; Baron Yarborough; secretary and i treasury, Mrs. R. B. McCaskill.JThf 1 club decided upon unit No. 3 as its r major project for the year. Lookin* forward to a successful year's work we invite all the ladies of our com? munity to come join our club. 1 ? ? [ Cubs Win the Pennant ? Chicago, Sept. 20.?The Cubs won t the Ntfional League pennant today f with a "victory over the second pla? Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game . of a doubleheader. The score was * to i. HviL&xrxr/??' "-'if".'* " . . i . ~ X....UM , JL.I I II ,=r ' " ' ir Many New Faces in Our Next Legislature The iSouth Carolina house of representative# has 124 members, and the next one toll have only 30 who were there at the last session of the legislature. The state senate has 46 members, of whom 23 are holdovers whose terms will not expire for two years, eight were re-elected this year, including Senator Welsh, of Kershaw, and 15 are new senators, elected this year. The next senate will be composed of the following men, the letters after the names denoting whether they are holdovers, re-elected or new: Abbeville, Fred D. West, (HO) Anderson, W. P. Nicholson, (N) Aiken, John R. Williams, (RiE) Allendale, R. P. iSearson, (HO) Bamberg, H. C. Folk, (N) Barnwell, Edgar A. Brown, (RE) Beaufort, W. B. Harvey, (RE) Berkeley, M. M. Murray, (HO) ^ Calhoun, J. R. Fairey, (N) Charleston, J. C.Long, (HO) Cherokee, Dr W lC. Hainrick, (HO) Chester, John M. Wise, (HO) Chesterfield, Ceo.' K. Laney, (HO) Clarendon, Taylor H. Stukes, (HO) Colleton, R. M. Jeffries, (HO) Darlington, S. Joe Jeffords, (HO) Dillon, J. W. Hamer, (HO) Dorchester, J. D. Parler, (N) Edgefield, J. Sirom Thurmond, (N) 1 Fairfield, Fay A. DesPortes, (RE) Florence, P. H. McEachin, (HO) Georgetown, S. M. Ward, (RE) Greenville, C. E. Sloan, (N) Greenwood, W. H. Nicholson, (N) Hampton, W. H. Lightsey, (HO) Horry, H. Kemper Cook (N) Jasper, H. Klugh Purdy, .(N) . Kershaw, G. C. Welsh, (HO) Lancaster, B. H. Clyburn, (HO) Laurens-, Carroll Nance, (N) Lee, R. M. Cooper, Jr., (HO) Lexington, Dr. L. E. Dreher, (N) Marion, L. D. Lide, (N) Marlboro, C. -S. McColl, (HO) An McCormick, J. J. Dorn, (RE) Newberry, B. V. Chapman, (N) Oconee, Harry R. Hughes, (N) Orangeburg, Henry R. Sims, (RE) Pickens, W. D. Spearman, (HO) Richland, J. H. Hammond, (HO) Saluda, Joe Griffith, (N) Spartanburg, W. D. Burnett, (N) Sumter, Shepard K. Nash. (HO) Union, Macbeth Young, (HO) Williamsburg, E. L. Ard, (HO) York, Walter M. Dunlap, (RE) Members of the House * Each county in this state has one senator, and one or more representatives according to population. The members,of the next house, by counties, are the following (R) after a name indicating that he was re-elected.: Abbeville?James P. Nickles, L. M. Drennon. ~ Aiken?John E. Stansfield, John W. Danean, M. F. Bush, (R) Anderson?W. M. Crenshaw, (R) Paul R. Earle, Nathan A. Coward, J. Press Ashley, E. D. Tate, Joe D. Welborn. Allendale?J. B. McMillan. Bamberg?J. Wesley Crum. Barnwell?C. Winchester Smith, (R), Solomon Blat. - Beaufort?Calhoun Thomas, (R) C. W. Martin. Berkeley?E. W. Stevens, (R), J. I. Cannon, (R) Calhoun?S. W. Taylor Cha.lcoU/11?Jvmn TV*. Graham, uen Scott Whaley, (R), Robert McC Figg, H. G. Senseney, (R), J. G. Knobeloch , (R), J. W. D. Zerbst, Higer SinkJer, (R). - Cherokee?Dr. W. K. Gunter, J. D. ! Parris, (R) Chester?A. L. Gaston, (R), J. G. Jordan. . Chesterfield?J. E. leppard, J. A, j Sprull. | Clarendon?Miller H. Mellette, J. E j Rowe. j Colleton?E. L. Fishburne, (R), J ' M. Moorer, (R). j Darlington?J. P. Coggershell, F S B. Hines, W. W. Summer. ' Dillon?J. B. Gibson, (R), C. L , {Wheeler. j Dorcfiester?Randolph B. Lee, (R) | Edgefield?M. Hansford Mims. Fairfield?Rev. J. P. Isenhower, O " C. Soafborough, Jr. Florence?W. H. McElveen, (R) ! D. G. Baker, S. O. Eaddy, Troy E , Stoltes. ~ 0 Georgetown?L. C. Davis, (R) Dr John H. Porter, (R) Greenville?H. P. Beam, H. M i Farr, Hubert E. Nolin, Ben T. L*op ' pard, John H. MoDaniel, E. L. Rob ; ertaon? H. Thackston, A". McQueer I Martin. Greenwood?Paul B. EIHe, W. N IMimVr WrLDliiililll) Veteran Legislator Favors Great Cut Yancey Williams, Lancaster legislator ami candidate for speaker of the house of representatives, Wednesday declared; that he would favor an appropriation bill not exceeding $6,000,000 at the next session of the legislature and would seek the abolition of all useless and unneccessary jobs. The veteran legislator denied that he was a candidate supported by the Farmers' and Taxpayers' League but declared himself "100 per cent in favor of the league's program." "I have a number of friends in the league, however," Mr. Williams said, "My friends back<ffi Ioncaster county drafted me into running for the legislature. When I was elected they urged me to run for speaker of the house?that's the reason I'm in the race," While he intends to be an active candidate for the position, Mr. Williams declared1 .that he would not do any canvassing or make any promises during his campaign. | The Lancaster county legislator stated that he was firmly in favor of [.doing all in his power to eliminate the state deficit and abolish jobs that he seems not necessary to efficiency. "I would like to see all appropriations cut 50 per cent," he said, "and the' limit for the appropriations' bill set at $5,000,000." A'-former member of the legislature, Mr. Williams has been engaged in law practice in recent years. He was admitted to the bar at the age of 21. He served as a member, of the house of representatives from 1890 to 1904. Presiding over the house will not be u new experience for Mr. Williams should he be elected speaker for he served as speaker pro-tem from 1903 to 1904 and was called on a number of times to fill the chair of the speaker. He was u member of the state j senate from 1900. to 1910.?Wednes; day's Columbia Record. Work Starts on Highway Work has begun on the^/Camden! Bishopville highway and is now unjderway and additional workers will be needed shortly... Two crews of twelve men each have started clearing the right-of-way and it is- expected by the last of next week that additional laborers will be needed. Men who have been employed as laborers were selected from the j list of Kershaw county unemployed, j Married men with dependents will receive first consideration. Men who placed their names on the list of unemployed are asked to keep in touch with the work going on, in i order that they can get information j as to employment. Each crew of laborers will be al; lowed to work only up to thirty hours during each week. Hampton?C. Lester Thomas, (R) Horry?J. T. Mishoe, T. H. Patterson. J-asjper?W. E. Byrd, (R) Kershaw?Jas. R. Belk, (R), E. T. Bowen. Lancaster?Toy R. Gregory, T. Y. Williams. Laurens?<3 eorge T. Cook, Rex ford, J. D. Witherspoon. - Lee?C. W. Josey, (R) T. H. Clytnirn. Lexington?Carl L. Epting, Jack Hall, W. T. iSmith. MaCormick?T. A. Dowtin. Marion?L. M. Gasque, D. M. Watson. Marlboro?Neville Bennett, (R), J . J. Evans. Newberry?Marvin E. Abrams, Dr, John J. Dominick, James P. SetrJer. Oconee?J. S. Glymph, H. A. Wood 1 Orangeburg?Bog Connor, Thomas A. Salley, Joe S. Weeks, E. L. Davis . | Dr. A. W. Connor. | Pickens?J. Austin Dillnrd, T. B . j Nalley. Richland?R. Beverly Herbert, R. I . , Lane. Alfred Scarborough, Thomwel McMaster, D. P. Cloaninger, John E Edens, (R) Saluda?B. M. Zimmerman, (R) Spartanburg?J. Belton Jackson, T Wrrght'COT, ~JaTnr!? W. W^lfe, E,- -K , Crow, Otis E. Bruce, Claude A. Tay . lor, (R), T. J. Hendrix, W, Herber Grace. " Sumter?Dr. Carl B. Epps, W. M Manning, (R), J. B. Britton. Union?J. F. McClure, J. Fros Walker. ^7. Williamsburg?W. T. Row ell, W j N. Clarkaon, V. G. Arnette. York?W. R. Bradford, (R), Ray . mond B. Hindebrand, Buford Worthy Wiagmta. _ Voters Of America In Sweeping Revolt Washington, iSept. 18.?One of the moat sweeping revolts by American voters in history has occurred in the primaries this year, unseating veterans who have ruled here for years. WitlL three primaries still to come ?those in New York, Wisconsin and Massachusetts this week?a total of 41 house members and four senators have been denied, a place in the 73rd congress which assembles a year from December. In addition, 16 house mombers decide not to test^the voter's feelings this year, retiring voluntarily. Five others aspired to the senato, three winning the nomination of their parties, two being rejected. One senator, Harry B. Hawes (Democrat), of Missouri, likewiso decided to withdraw from the senate,. General resentment against the "ins" engendered by the depression probably is considered responsible for most of the change, though prohibition and nepotism practices have caused trouble In some casos, peculiar little local, issues have beon responsible. The voter this year has proved restless and unpredictable. When the veteran representative, Charles R. Crisp, went down to defeat in. the Georgia senatorial primaries this week before the youthful Governor Richard B. Russell, another vacancy was opened in the council of debaters. A deep niche has been cut in the house leadership. Ambition for the topmost honors has been thwarted just when they seemed within grasp. The final day of the coming short session will be especially doleful with "swan-songs" of long familiar figures. Representative Willis C. Mawley, Oregon Republican veteran, former! chairman of the important -ways and means committee, co-author of the Snioot-Hawley tariff act, will be among these. $o will Representative John Q. Tilson, Connecticut, formerly Republican floor leader, who was deprived at the last session of this post, has decided to leave politics. As acting chairman of the ways and means committee last session, Crisp put through the billion dollar tax bill. He ranked with Speaker of the House John N. Garner ami Democratic floor leader, Henry T. Rainey, in house counciIsland had he not chosen to run for the senate, was destined for higher honors. He had aspired to the speakership. In the eymt of a Democratic victory this year, with Garner presiding over the senate. Crisp would nave been in line for the speakership which his father held. It was his life's ambition. Among other veteran and picturesque house figures who have been retired by the primaries are William F. Stevenson and Fred H. Dominick, South Carolina. Among the younger house leaders who retired were Butler B. Hare (Democrat), South Carolina, who was chairman of the insular committee. In the senatorial primaries the voters removed Smith W. Brookhart, Iowa; Snmuel Shortridge, California; Cameron Morrison, North Carolina; and Edgar B. Broussard, Louisiana. Father at Eighty-Four Mr. and Mrs. John A. McAteer, of North Lancaster announce the birth of Jl 10V. nntind snn r\n loof MAn/)oy September 12. Mr. McAteer was 84 : years of age last May. The many friends of the couple are offering congratulations. Mr. and Mrs. McAteer " are widely and favorably known in this vicinity where Mr. McAteer has resided for many, many years. They make their home on the Monroe road about five miles north of Lancaster The mother and baby are reported as doing well.?Lancaster News. ? , Woodward Horses Win a In the Genesee Valley Breeders . Association at their annual autumr show held two days last week in up . state New York, Flrnest L. Woodward 1 of Leroy, L. Y., and Camden, S. C. . rtwon the cup presented by Mrs. Val!e< Austen, of Geneseo, with thorough bred mare, Mcdicil. Mr. Woodwar< . also won the cup in the open clas; for two-year-olds with Lough Rose - a thoroughbred chestnut filly b] t Lough Foyle-Medici. His chestnu filly, I>ady Ix>ugh, also won thir< . place in this class. t CasKatt Baptist Church Sunday 'School at ten o'clock, grit) Carson Gordon as superintendent h r charge, breaching at eleven o'eVod by the pastor. All members request . ed to be present on Sunday if posst ble aa new officers will be elected ' The public cordiaHy invited to atten< all services at thia church. Gregory Trial Now On in Chesterfield Chesterftekl, Sept. 21.?The first day of the murder trial of George W. and Tom Gregory, brothers, of Jefferson, charge<t with the murder of J. T. Nicholson, 24-year-old merchant, also of Jefferson, saw seven witnesses for the state take the stand. The murder occurred June 16 of this year in the Farmers' drug store at Jefferson. From tho testimony introduced today, Nicholson was out in front of the store, talking to somo friends. Ho left them to go into the store. None of thoso he was talking to beforo he entered the storo witnea&od tho actual shooting. However, they testified, they saw Nicholson immediately after he had been shot tho first time. Some testified they saw a pistol in Nicholson's hand immediately after he hnd> been shot. None was able to testify that ho discharged a weapon. Two of them heard three reports. The Gregory's are alleged to havo shot twice. The largest crowd ever to witness a trial here packed the courthouse all day, many standing throughout the proceedings. P. A. Murray, Jr., of OheraW, and Mendel L. Smith, of Camden, represent the defense. Solicitor M. J. Hough is assisted by C. L. Hunley, J. A. Knight and Laney and Chapman of Chesterfield, J. B. Nock of Cheraw and Claud N. Sapp of Columbia. Tho state will probably rest its case some time Thursday, and it is thought that it will take tho defense about two days to present their witnesses. Promotion Day at Sunday School 'September 25th being annual Promotion Day at the Camden Baptist Sunday School, wo cordially invito the public to visit our Sunday school at the 10 o'clock morning hour, and we especially request the p'arents of the following children to be present ' to Witness the presentation of certificates, showing that they havo finished the required work in their present departments and are being promoted to a higher department of tho Sunday School: Francis Williams, Gary Ogburn, Alfred Smyrl, Irby - Dickey, Billy v. Moore, Lewis Christmas, Jackline Davis, Sybil Drakeford, Rhetta Halsail, Bettie Moseley. R??rmie Price, Dority Mae Rhodes, Doris Lynn Rush, Harold Rhodes?, Lucy Smyrl, Bobby Snfyrl, Francis West, Martha Greyn, Carl Ray Cox, Albert Byrd, Dixon L. Deal, James Shivar, Jr., Wilma Christmas, Lqi8_Gilflkins,-Bev?? erty Hendrix,~T)oris McLeod, Nettie Lees Ogburn, Rebecca Shivar, Myrtle Mae Sinclair, Ruby Evans, Murray Smith, Jimmie Graves, Joby Hough, Jack Smyrl, Leonard Schenk, Rufus Redfearn, L. J. Watfs, Tommy Clyburn, David Melton, Edward Ogburn, Albert Spears, GlenWood Outlaw, Wilhelmina Strak, Paulett West, Eula Smyrl, Sophia Creed, Lucile Watts, Cora Lee Trapp, G. T. Hendrix, Le wis Anderson, Dempsey Stogner, Isaac Post Pitts, Leslie McCaskill, Le~ wis Clyburn, Cecil MoCa^kill, Alma Smyrl, Lorine Strak, Mildred Williams, Rosalie Moore, Johnsie Carpenter, Goida Shirley, Mattyln Anderson, Mary Huekabee, Alice Melton, Thelma Trupp. C. O, Stogner, Supt. First Baptist Church Services The following services are announced at the F*irst Baptist church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock, Mr. C. O. 1 Stogner, superintendent. Public wor1 ship conducted by the pastor at 11:16 a. m. and 8 p. m. Morning subject, * ' "The Need of a Revival." Evening ' subject, "Things That Hinder Prayer.'! ' B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. A series of revival services will , begin on Monday evening. Dr. Frank Pittman, of Greenville, will conduct the meeting. He has the reputation of being one of the leading pastorevangelists of the Baptist denomin' ation of South Carolina. * The public is cordially invited to j attend all of those services. 5 PLANT YOLK LAWNS NOW! ly. ? ? , -, I.I / Not only all property owners, but t likewise all renters of property with. in the city are urgently requested to cooperate with the Street Department of the city In its efforts to make Camden more beautiful than ever this winter by planting winter lawns both ~ l in their grounds and between the r sidewalk and the street. The eoat_ t of putting in these lawns Has never - been so low and no money will be - better spent than the few dollars L spent in this cause. i HENRY SAVAGE, JR., Street Depa^^^^