The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 23, 1932, Page PAGE EIGHT, Image 8
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LOOKING BACKWARD
Taken From the Filea ?f The Chronicle Fifteen ami Thirty Year* Ago
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FIFTEEN YKAKS AGO
October 12, 1917
Senator Tillman issues statement
f^om Trenton saying he will Ik* a candidate
for renomination to United
States senate if people want him.
Cum don Baptist church extends call
to Rev, M. M. Benson, recent pastor
at Hishopville.
J. M. Curson, of Kershaw, in a Baltimore
hospital for treatment.
Houston Davis, aged 20, dies ut
Wateree Mill village.
iCorbett Russell J*angley, son of Mr,
and Mrs. H. C. Langley, dies in Malvern
Hill section.
Dr. R. E. Stevenson receives commission
as lieutenant in dental corps
of United States army.
Rube Benton, former ('amden base
ball pitcher, wins his game for New
York nationals in world series between
Chicago by score of 2 to 0.
laiwis Caskin, of Flat Rock, enters
South Carolina Medical College as
stuck1 nt.
Col. D. A. Dickert, author of "Dickert's
History of Kershaw's Brigade,"
dies at Newberry, at age of 73.
Judge Jesse. Arthur, of Los Angeles,
former citizen of Camden, here
on a visit to relatives.
T. K. Krunvbholz returns-from summer
spent at Hendersonviile, N. C.
and Albany, N. Y.
C. V. Mrashall, of Fort Cobb, Oklahoma,
visiting relatives in Lee
coynty after an pbsence of 36 years.
Pckitmaster general" Burleson udvises
postmasters as to 3 cent postage
in effect on November 1.
Juanitu Hegler, 13 year old girl,
completely scalped when her hair becomes
entangled in belt at fathers
gin nery.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
September 23, 1902
Commission issued to Camden lumber
company with capital of $10,000,
with Henry Savage. II. (J. Garrison
and E. M. Hoykin, corporators,
Advices from Washington say new
pOatolfice will be built on Capers lot
on Main street.
(Beautiful wedding solemnized at
"The Terraces" when DeVant Bos tick
marries Miss Elizabeth Boykin, of
lioykin.
Street lights turned on again in
Camden- much to the delight of pedestrians.
Seaboard- Air Lino, compress at
Hamlet destroyed by Ore along with
2,-100 bales of cotton. A book-keeper
lost his life in the llames.
Mob at Hempstead, Texas, takes
two negroes from court house and
hangs them for criminal assault and
murder.
(Seaboard Air Line Kuilway extends
its lines to Birmingham, Ala.
Fire which broke out in the Glucose
Sugar Refinery in Chicago, destroys
the plant and 2(J men lost
their lives.
A grand reunion of the Horse-iSwapper's
Association of the Carolina's
Georgia to be held at Walhalla, S. C.,
during court week there.
The game department of Pennsylvania
reports thatM20 deer have been
killed on a single stretch of highway
in that state during the past two
years.
Woodburn, Oregon, has ordered restoration
of hitching posts there for
the convenience of farmers who are
now using horses, automobiles being
discarded.
Sudden Death of Mr. Fletcher
Walter B. Fletcher, of the Flat
Rock community, passed away suddenly
early Tuesday morning' while
still in bed, quite unexpectedly. While
not in the best of health for some
tffhe. yet he went about his farm duties
and on Monday ni::ht. was n
TTT nt Thrr home of his neighbor, "l*. t
A. McDowell, until about 10 o'clock. J
After retii. ling home he retired in
his norma! condition and without any i
complaint. Mr-. Fletcher arose about !
f. o'clock Tuesday morning and was
in the dining room adjoining when:
she heard her husband make an tin- j
usual noise. On going to the bed she:
found him unconscious and he died ;
in n very few minutes after she |
reached the bed-ide.
Mr. l'leteber, who. was <".] years of
age. was a good citizen and was highly
esteemed by his neighbors and
friends. He was for many years a
consistent and faithful member of
Be In any Baptist, church at estvITTe.
and was a deacon <>( the church and
a .Sunday school teacher.
The funeral services were hold in
the church at II o'clock Wednesday
morning conducted by Rev. .1. B. C aston,
pastor of the First Baptist
church at Camden, and interment was
in the cemetery at the church.
The surviving relatives are his
widow, one daughter. Mrs. Walter
Knight. of Kcrshiiw;_aD>l -even sons:
Chelser. .Jack, Trantharn. Fred. John,
Wilson and Te<ldy Fletcher. of the
Flat Rock community; and one brother.
1). R. Fletcher, of Kershaw.?
K> rshaw Kra.
Gates Ford Club Held Meeting
Kershaw, S. ('., Sept. 21. ?At the
annual business meefmg of the Gates
Ford Home Demonstration <'lub held
at the school building on FrUtay aftcrnoon
much business was transacted.
Kneouraging reports were given,
the next year's work planned and of-.
cr- V ... ihv
home agent, very ir.trrosttngly out'.ir.ed
the demonst rat :or:s in the two
projects offered for th;- year'- -t tidy:
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Mrs. Garner Dead.
Detroit. Texas. Sep;. 'Jo Mrs. Sa-.
rah Jane Garner, SIt-ar-o'.d mother J
of John Nance (ii/ncr. Democratic
vice presidential nominee, died at her
home here at 12:2f> p. m. today.
Mrs. Gamer spent her whole life
close to the northeast section of
Texas, in which she was born.
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CON TEST IN RICHLAND
Intimidation of Voters With Guns
Charged at Pontiac
Columbia, Sept. 15.?Charges that
drunkenness, "gun-toting" and intimidation
marked the second Democratic
primary Tuesday at rme of the boxes I
at Pontine, Richland county, were |
made before the county executive
committee today by a defeated candidate
for magistrate.
The county committee took a pro- j
S test by the candidate under consider-!
; at ion and named a special committee
to, investigate the charges and re-j
port back to it Monday.
\V. .1. Wil-on, defeated by K. T.
Medlin for the magistrate nomination.
made the charges. Presenting;
1 M'veral affidavits, Wilson said:
"1 saw one man so drunk that he,
did not know who he was voting for. j
Another man was not satisfied t<> j
-carry - one gun, but was a two-guntoter.
and earried pistols :n his belt j
where everybody eould see. It was
not safe for women and children of
the community."
A Hurry of excitement was creates! j
at the meeting when Wilson some
of the signers of his affidavits did
not .appeal personally Iv-foro the committee
because thev were afraid they
might be "burned out" or otherwise j
ha rmed.
This brought a huat'ed retort from }
J. W. .Jacobs, defeated in the first
primary, who said he had lived in I
the community all his life and had j
never heard of anyone being "burned i
out."
Medlin was present at the meeting,
ami was represented by former Sen- :
ntor Cole L. Blease as attorney.
Two safes in the ofTice of Furman
university, at Greenville, were cracked
by yeggs on the night following
the first day of registering students,
and $5iM was taken, although the}
er in the rear of the safe. The mo-}
ney was taken in between bank do-'
po-it time at 2 o'clock and the clos-1
:ng of the college ..fTiee, The college '
had r.i burglary insurance ami loses
the mor.ey stolen.
MKKHAN GIVEN P MtDON
Citizenship of I'iii iiht Legislator Restored
l>> Governor.
;tr.b a. 1 2. Pa mil M<
< '.i' \i w l-.o w a - ?. nvictr.s if hrib<
. '.'Ad \e;ii's ; i g '. recei \ ed a full
m Co'.. Tfla. kw i u h a ,
- * red hi> v.:! 1 /.i t. shi p rights.
Attorneys f..r Mcehan interceded ,
\:'h the governor, saying that his '
uorsora! affairs tr.ii business -equ re
'" ill v::cges of citizenship. The
gov.-rnor thereupon issued the pardon.
The document set forth that Mee- <
ban, sentenced to serve one year in 1
prison and pay a $1,000 fine, had already
"met this sentence in full."jt
Judge. M. L. Bonham passed sontcrtce I s
at Chestc-rficld in February 1030, aftor
a jury heard testimony that involves!
Meehan in the exchange of p
money for an appointment. f
American Legion
Favors Bonus I'ag
Auditorium, Portland, Ore., Sept.
15.?tempo reminiscent of lb/H
when they champed at the hit to go
over the top, the American legion today
at its closing session selected
Louis A. Johnson, of (Clarksburg, W.
Va., as new national commander, demanded
immediate cash payment of
the soldier l>onus and voted in favor
of repeal of the eighteenth amendment.
Johnson, an attorney, was elected
on the first ballot, receiving ?71 votes.
George Malone, state engineer of Nevada,
was second with 232 and Frank
N. Helgrano, Jr., of San Francisco,
third with 161. There was a scattered
vote for Kdward A. Hayes, of
Illinois, Karl V. Cliff, of Minnesota,
William Stern, of North Dakota and
iVaymond Fields, of Oklahoma.
Flection of Johnson was made unanimous
on motion of the California
delegation.
On the bonus the convention voted
1,107 to 100 for immediate payment
and on the prohibition resolution 1,144
to 133.
Votes on both' subjects were taken
amid shouts and some disorder. The
bonus vote had boon preceded by debate
on the floor during which speakers
were interrupted by boos, shouts
and calls of "let's go," while the national
commander, Henry L. Stevens,
Jr., pleaded with his "boys" to hear
everyone and show they believed in
"free speech and Americanism." 1
Met With Mrs. Pate I
The Mt. Zion homo demonstration ]
club met at the homo of Mrs. Mattie
Pate on last Thursday evening. The j
living room in which the guests were j
entertained was beautifully decorated j
with flowers j
Miss Sadie Craig gave a very in- (
teresting talk after which the club
elected their officers and made plans ;
for their new year's work. The club ^
passed a resolution that they would ^
work with more interest and try to
achieve higher things in the coming
year than they had in the past, although
they had accomplished a good
piece of work during the past year.
One of their best pieces of work t
which they did during the last year
wa-s. to paint th**- church ami heauUiy
its grounds. <
During the social hour games were
played after which delicious refreshments
were served by the host-esses.
BI ease To Offer
For Governor?
Columbia. Sept. 15.?Cole L. Please,
defeated for the democratic nomin- j
ation to the United States senate by
Senator K. D. Smith in Tuesday's
run-off primary, today made a brief
two sentence statement which left
observers guessing as to what his
next political move will be.
"The talking is all over now for
two years." the former senator and
governor said. "That's all 1 have to
say now."
Whether P.<34 will find him in the
race for governor, a position to
which he has been twice elected, was
a matter of speculation. Should he
decide to become a candidate, another
of the stormy campaigns which have
characterized his nearly 50 years in
South Carolina politics is in prospect.
Already- two vigorous campaigners
are lined up for the 1034 battle. One
is Ohn I). Johnston, of Spartanburg,
who was barely defeated two years
ago after a fiery campaign. The
other is James O. Sheppard, of Kdgefield,
who has announced he will -eek
promotion from lieutenant governor
to governor two years hence. State
Senator Robert M. Cooper, of Lee
county, also had been mentioned as
a possible candidate.
A state law permitting children 12
years old to drive motor vehicles was
that ia.-t <?;;? .>e legislature.
in 1930, :tnd South Carolina cities
are bringing their ordinances in
line with the state law which is .-ont
rolling. Most of them had a 16year-age
limit fur automobile drr.era.
Kdward A. Langiey. 22 year- old,
of Great Kails, was arrested :r. his
father'.- ..tit.".mobile in New York,
charged with r.'blx'ry of an Ka?* -ide
vwrlty -!.'!< Police -a.d they jnd
in his rn..m ., revolver ar.-l . .? dry K
P.- oklyit. IK- >:x as-o, .ate- on- I
Ike M nicy, negro ?.f \\ .dr. ."on,
N*. < Worse up a{ the elf of >"ee
days "after ha\.ng d u:.k ? .g t -its j
of whiskey. He wa- :n-. . g:.'. : be i
riend for a Give, but a... ..ply
pie k led.
Dentist Gives Free Ser\ice
Garrison, N. D.. Sept. 17 'Free
fay" means lots of work to Dr. ('. D.
Stewart, local dentist.
Several years ago he began -eting
aside certain days?ju*t ix-'ore
.ohool opening?for treating children
vithout cost.
Yesterday was the last day. He I
rnlled 132 teeth for children from
our counties. N mm
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Farm Manures,
Meeting Thursday
Realizing the great disadvantage*1
that our farmers will face next
spring in the matter of securing adequate
fertiliser for making the 1933
crop an exhaustive study has been
made by Dr. R. Hamilton from
the Clemson extension service as to
the possibilities of our farm manures
which at present has been badly neglected.
A county-wide meeting is to
be held in the interest of this matter
at the Court House in Camden Tuesday,
September 27, 10:^0 o'clock. It
is very probable that every farmer
who attends this meeting will learn
something about farm manures thathe
had not before.. l>r. Hamilton has
recently published the bulletin entitled
"Farm Manures," which bulletin is
No. 1)2 and may be had by any farrier
in the county upon- seeing or writing
the county agent. This bulletin is
certainly an eye opener for our people.
South Carolina's crop value in 1929
was $140,744,009; in 1931 it was $71,214,000.
In spite of bumper crops in
1931 the value of the- crops upon
which our farmers base their income
was reduced by $09,530,000 in/ two
pears. With this tremendous shrinkage
in income, the farmer must neces- .
warily reduce his outgo of cash, yet
M>ntinue to strive for high acre yields \
jr high yields per man. 1
Every farmer, large or small, white J
>r colored, landlord and tenant should ]
attend this meeting. It is a matter j
that is fundamental for the welfare
and development of our farming in- 1
terests. Please notify your neigh- ,
taora.
Do not overlook the fact that it
a a real opportunity for the people '
n any county to hear Mr. Hamilton.
He is one of the best informed men ]
n the United States on the matter i
>f fertilizers and manures. Ho is
fearless and has no doubt and is in- .
>trumental in saving hundreds of dol- s
ars for the farmers of South Caro- 1
inn, states Henry D. Green, the
ountv agent. (
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The Graf Zeppelin, Germany's big ,
lirigible, reached Rio Janeiro on Saturday,
completing the last of its sev- *
Mai trips across the Atlantic. (
The Associated Gas and Electric ]
System, serving 20 states, reports t
hat 117 factories in its service territory
have resumed operations in the
econt past.
County Represented
At District Meeting
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"* About thirty-five women representing
the various home demonstration
clubs in Kershaw county attended the
ninth annual meeting of the Pee Dee
district at McBee last Saturday.
Inspiring message# were brought to
the council Jtyrs. J. Whitman (Smith,
state president and Mrs. 0. E. (Gamble,
district director. Mr. A. H.
Ward of Aiken spoke on "Taxation."
The report# from each codnty
showed the council to be wide awake
and growing. Kershaw county had
the distinction of organizing more*
new clubs and therefore having a
larger increase in council members
than any county in the state.
' Gates (Ford, Shamrock, Gates Hill,
Midway, Mt. Zion, ChaiQotte Thompson
and Lugoflf home demonstration
clubs were represented, according to
Mrs. W, . West, publicity chairman.
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THE NEWS AT SPRING HILL
Rembert, >S. CL, Sept. 20.?Mr. and
Mrs. Lehman Moseley and children of
Chattanooga, Tenn., who have been
visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Moseley,
left Monday for Anderson where they
will visit Mrs. Moseley"# purents.
Misses Hetty and Lina J opes, of
Columbia, are spending a f6w days
with their aunt, Mrs. M. E. Wilson.
Mrs. Bernice Hancock entertained
the Epworth League with a peanut
boiling Tuesday night. About thirty
League members were present.
Dr. Ernest Carson has' returned
home after an extended visit to California.
The Rev. and 'Mrs. J. A. Graham
and daughters, Misses Grace and Joe,
returned last week from Bloiffton "
where they spent several weeks
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Graham, of
Mt. Airy, N. <C., spent several days
last week with the Rev. and Mrs.
1. A. Graham. tj
M rs. J. R. Kirkley, Mr. James Kirk- p
ey and Miss Mary Kirkley were vistors
here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Player and baby A
have gone to make their home in p
Williston. where Mr. Player will rei.ume
his duties as superintendent of
;he Williston-Elko high school.
Howze Evans left Tuesday for
^lemson colloge where he will attend
>chool this winter. Misses Joe Gralam
and Mary Lou White will leave s<
lext week for Columbia college. IV
Mr. J. L. Moseley, Jr., of Walter- a
joro, spent Wednesday with his par- ,
?nts, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Moseley, Sr.
Mi"; Howze Evans was entertained s'
Yith a dinner party by his parents, u;
VIr. and Mrs. H. H. Evans, on Thurs- bi
,&y- ; u
Frank Tucker, a negro, was lynch- ^
id on a business street of Crossett, P'
\rk., Thursday. fi
Party For Their Son.
Mr. and Mrs. B, T. Rabon entrained
a group of young people lut
'riday night, September 16, honoring
heir son, Horace's fifteenth birthday,
.bout thirty-five of his friends were
resent. Late in the evening delightnl
refreshments were served which
'ere^-tenjoyed by everyone.
A. J. Tabor, Confederate vetertlfh,
srving a life-time sentence in the
lississippi state prison for murder,
t the age of 8& years, refuses th
^ave the prison on a pardon. He
lys that he is very comfortably sitated,
much more so than he wouhb
e outside and wants to spend his ist
days right where he is. He i*
rivileged to come and go as he
leases and spends much of his time
shing in nearby streams.
New Fall Oxfords I
1 $2.95 1
This week brought us II
the new Fall Oxfords for ||
men. Scotch grains and ||
Calf Skins in a wide va- II
riety of patterns?Black ||
and Tan?-See them today ||
?ALSO? t|
New Friendly Five* at ||
$5.00
and |l
Nunn-Buah at II
$8.00 and $7.00 ijl
W. SHEORN t SOU ||
Igjjff BREAD' JJ
2 21 Ounce Pullman Loaves ISC II
|VINEGAR Rc? a 15c ^ 39c|
H E E S E ?; r?* 15c
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gl'AKKU
GRITS
2 pkgs. ISc
I'lLLSlU'KY
FLOUR
24 lb. Bag 79c
ENCORE |
MACARONI
SPAGHETTI
NOODLES !
4 pkss. 19c
GOLDEN CROWN OR
KARO BLUE LABEL i
SYRUP ]
5 lb. Pail 29c j
QUAKER MAID
CHILI SAUCE
12 0;. Bottle 19C
g" BAKED BEAMS 6 S 25c ;
TFNDFR (IT
STRING BEANS
4 No. 2 Cans 2Sii
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FIG BARS \
3 Pounds 25c ? 4
I< . 1 I N | I V ( I |< \
SOAP 3 cks. 12c
Geld Dust 2 pkgs. 5c J
Oxydol 2 pkgs. 15c |~j
SWIFT'S PREMIUM HAMS . . . . per lb. 15c :]
Pot Roast Beef, lb 15c ^ ^ Hamburger, lb.
Lamb Shoulder, lb 15c * Pork Sausage, lb
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FRESH FRUITS . |j
Golden Bananas, 6 lbs .... 25c
Fancy Tokay Grapes, 2 lbs 15c
Fancy Celery, stalk 5c
Honey Dew Melons, each 27c
Juicy Oranges, 2 doz 35c I >1
Cooking Apples, 6 lbs 25c j
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