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| VOLU??g 44v CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, fRlDAY. DECEMBER 30, 1832 ^ NUMBER 39
County Agent Green
Confers Senators
? For the past several weeks we have
watched closely all proposed legiila|
tive action in Washington that would
affect Kershsw county farmers. Many
of our farmers suffered extremely
low crop yields in 1932 due to the
drought. It wm realised that any
1: farm aid for 1938 based on production
in 19363 would be of little value
to most of our farmers.
Senator (B. D. Smith's cotton bill
S. 8132 aiming to help cotton farmers
was based on 1980 production. .Since
the enactment' of this bill was pending
it was obvious that immediate action
should be taken to correct this feature
of Mr. (Smith's bill. A satisfactory
adjustment could not made
by mail or wire. So after another
conference between Senator G. C.
Welsh and County Agent Green, it
was decided that Mrv, Green should
go to Washington in behalf of the
farmers who had made the low yields
in 1932. A conference with Senator
Smith was arranged by wire in advance
and on Tuesday imorniag Mr.
Green went into the matter in detail
with him. Corn and cotton demonstration
records kept by farmers of various
sections of the county for the
county agent were used to impress
the importance of (changing the wording
of the bill from "1930 production"
to "the past five year average
production." The matter was discussed
in detail by Senator Smith . and
Mr. Green after iwhich Senator Smith
agreed to amend his bill as requested.
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After investigating the agricultural
legislation situation in Washington,
it was found possible that<s<)me
other Senator's or /Congressman'?
Farm Relief bill might be enacted
instead of the one in question, so in
order to play safe a conference was
held with Senator James F. Byrnes
for the purpose of getting him to
endeavor to have any bill that paseed
to"carry the provision for farmers to
participate on a basis/ of their average
production rather than their 4930
production. Senator Byrnes seemed to
appreciate the importance of , this
feature and promised to lpok after
it carefully. Congresman W. F. Stevenson
also promised to look out for
this important point when the matter
comes up in the House.
'*? The following letter from County
Agent Green to Senator Smith sets
forth the importance-of^this matter;
"Upon receipt last night of the two
copies of your cotton bill iSenator
Welsh and 1 studied, it carefully andj
being in such close contact with the|
local conditions in thia county and j
believing that similar conditio*1? Prew
vail in other counties and -possibly;
other cotton producing states, we
make the following suggestions:
"First, that instead of limiting
the amount of cotton a participating
farmer may be allowed ,to produce in
1933 to 26 per cent, of his 1982 production,
that his 1083 production be
based on his normal previous production.
This is es-pecialty important in
consideration of the fact that South
Carolina's cotton crop thia year is the
I smallest in years. This slate's cotton
for this year is estimated by the
D. A. at 095,000 bales of 500
& gross weight each. TWa is the
d smallest crop since 4888,
as our normal state production
i be near one million balsa. JLikethis
county's production has
ed a tremendous decrease due
; drought largely and somewhat
> the curtailed use of fertilisers*
or more, many indivfcfoal farznf
this county suffered extreme
tion of yields per acre, whereas
farmers in this same county
iad more favorable conditions
roducing a crop this year made
ximately a normal crop, TM? Is
fttcd in the contrast of producmade
in the Casestt, iBethune,
laney sections rwhere the soil is
and sandy ana where the crop
dropped extremely as " comwith
the 'yields made in the
n section of this county, where
>il is more fertile and the
ht was not *o ruinous. As I
.under the present wording o*
>ill. we would have "hundreds of
[be unable to participate to any
(able extent. We have inany
cs in the light sandy sections
>ado 1 o.ss than one bale of cotton
a(,res, whereas th'6y should
nade nearly 5 bales.,
the cotton acreage o be planta
participating farmer , in 1088
be reduced to conform with
an of holding his production
oent. of his 1982 production,
of our low producers in 1982
be unable to plant any cotton
However, if he should^ be alto
borrow and produce on a
of a normal crop he would be
W? neighbors who had
"oufr^
b?.fHU<? ?<*. B?*rly IB
t with other co^prodhdBC
states which did not suffer the
drought that was experienced in most
of South Carolina miring the 1982
I growing season.
' "In line 10, page 2 of your bill,
would it not be wise to change the
i'5 million bales' to 10 million bales?
I "Line 18, page 2, what would you
| think of having cotton disposed of
first by an agreement or on an agreeable
basis between the producer and
ithe board, and second in case such
agreement was not readily reached
I that the cotton be disposed of m such
a manner as Congress shall by law
provide ? *- ?
. "Lihes 24 and page 2, etc., hundreds
of our farmers on the light
types of soils, would be unable to
borrow practically. any, money at all
if held to the eforang of" the bill as it
is at present, rnWhereas they could
borrow enough to be on a par with
land Owners of better types of soil,
should their borrowing capacity be
put on a basis of their normal cotton
pfaauctifflk ??
"In this morning's State there is
an article by Congresmarl Fulmer explaining
somewhat the operations of
Ms allotment bill. We believe that
this allotment idea if connected with
your worthy bill would make a more
satisfactory, more serviceable and
more mutually beneficial arrangement;
Would you please,? therefore,
advise youf ^ "opinion in this connection
and in case you should concur in
our vi^r, could the allotment idea be
included in your bill ? Otherwise, hundreds
of our cotton producers and
good farmers who suffered low yields
due to the drought this year would
be? left stranded.
amttie you that wesppredste
the groat servioe you are rendering
to our people and we know that you
have always been eager to hear the
views of the folks at home."
Chicago Man Buys
"Millway" Property
George W. Brunson, former editor
And owner of the Green vine News,
J>ut now of Chicago, last week closed
a trade whereby he becomes the
owner of "Millway", the antebellum
home of the late Hamilton Boykin.
The large house contains thirteen
rooms and the estate consists of 836
acres of farm and timber lands. Thb
property was procured from Miss
Mae Boyikin, daughter of the late
owner, The beautiful old residence,
situated in a large grove, has been
renovated, both inside and out, and
was thrown open to the friends of
Mr.- and Mrs,. Brunsoiv during the1
holidays when thany of their friends
journeyed there for n visit.
Mr. Brunson is connected with the
advertising agency of Bryant, Griffith
and Brunson-, of Chicago, and
while his duties will keep him in
Chicago most of tho time, he and
Mrs. Brunson expect to spend their
vacation time here. The property is
located near the Boykin Mill section
and consists of valuable farm lands
which have been leased to Bolivar D.
Boyikin, who pxpects to operate the
farm.
Paul P. Wimberly yisits Parents
_ Paul Wimberly, son of Br. and Mrs.
C. F, Wimberly, who is now doing
graduate work at Carolina in the engineering
department, spent the holiday?
with his parent?. He has just
returned from a tour with the Carolina
Glee Olub, whieh had a fine trip
down from Charleston touching all
the big cities to Miami. They gave
two concerts at every town. This is
two of Br. Win.mberly's sons who
have been selected with the Carolina
Glee Club.-*-Newell Wimberly, known
all over South Carolina?especially in
musical circles, at "Piute," director
of the famous Gamecock Orchestra,
toured with this same musical aggregation
for four seasons. He is now
director at Wentworth Military Academy,
at Lexington, Mo.
Methodist Church Services Sunday
The Sunday school will convene at
10:00 a. m., and the Men's Bible.
Class at 10:15 promptly. ' The Sunday
school will be in charge of M. M.
Reasonover, superintendent. Let us
begin the New Year in full attend-,
ance. Preaching at 11:16 byjthe pastor,
"Thoughts and Lessons Prom a
Dying Year.'' The Epworth Leagtre
will meet at 6:45. Preaching at 7:30
by the pastor. Theme: "Meaning of
a New Year." The music will be accompanied
by organ, piano and led
by the Senior and Junior choirs. We
invite the public to worship with us.
?C. F. Wimberly, -pastor.
Services at Grace Church.
Rev. -F. H. Craighill, rector, announces
the following services . at
Grace Episcopal church: New Year's
Eve services, Saturday night at
11:80; Sunday, New Year's Day,
church school at 10 a. m.; Holy Com-,
munion and sermon at 11:15 a. m.;
Y. P. S. L. at 7:80 p. <m. -
Large Traffic Toll
Over The Country
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The eomberneae of- tragedy *was
threaded through the cheerineaa of
the extra-day long celebration of the
Christmas. * '
With the holiday falling on Sunday,
the nation generally observed Monday
also and the added day of leisure
sent thousands to the highways for
visits with the accompaniment of
numerous motor and crossing fatalities.
A survey by The Associated Press
last night put the 1 total death list
for the three-day period at upward
of 400 dead with traffic casualties
predominating as the leading cause.
Michigan and California led among
the states in the number of automobile
deaths.
The holiday was turned Into a day
of mourning at Moweaqua, 111,, where
a mine explosion Imprisoned 54 coal
diggers Saturday. Following the recovery
of 12 .bodies Sunday, the rescue
squads Monday reported finding
27 more bodies in the pit The east
had two mine fatalities in the Pennsylvania-Delaware
territoryv
Poison liquor, brawls involving
hooting and stabbings, train mishaps,
drownings, fires andr other
causes swelled the mounting figure.
Many of the deaths were not connected
in any way with the Christmas
celebration but might have hap*
pened on any ordinary day of the
ye*r. Despondency led to several
suicides on the day of general happenings.
q.
In Newport, Ark., authorities said
the Walter Ballew family of flve,j
including three children', died from
eating Christmas cake in which the
mother by mistake used some poison
Which had, been kept about the place
to combat cotton insects.
Of the total auto deaths of lf>0
for the country, California reported
20 and Michigan 12. There were 300
persons injured in traffic crashes
in the Pacific Coast state and 175
more in Michigan.
Three poison liquor deaths occurred f
in New York and one in Wyoming, j
In the western state three persons
also were, seriously ill from the sam'e
cause. i
Miscellaneous accidents and tragedies
accounted for 83 deaths. Four
died in week-end shootings in Kentucky,
one man in a quarrel over a
quart of, whisky, Texas had nine
deaths from shootings and^tabbings.
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Saturday Last Day
For Paying Taxes
/ Only one day remains on which
property owners of Kershaw county
can pay/,their 1992 taxes without additional
cost.
A one per cent penalty will be imposed
on all unpaid accounts Monday.
This charge will be made on
such taxes through January, and the
penalty will be increased to two per
'cent February 1. The two per cent
penalty will stay in force through
February and afterwards taxes will
go into execution, according to *S. W.
Hogue, the county treasurer.
Prize Hound is
Killed by Train
.Laurens, Dec. 22.?While in a fox
chase ' one morning this, week,
"Crimson Tide," champion prize winning
hound at the recent annual
bench and field event? in connection
with the. South Carolina Fox Hunters
association at Camden, was killed by
a train in the Whitmire section of
Laurens and Newberry counties.
The dog, aged 18 months, was of
the celebrated Trigg fox hound breed,
and was accorded first honor in the
sweepstakes exhibition at the Camden
show, besides taking prizes in the
bench exhibits and other field tests.
^Crimson Tide" was owned "by L. S.
McMillan of Laurens, who in purtnerehip
with his brother-in-law, T, W.
Bennett, are the owner? of Oak Fewest.
Kennels at Laurens.
Mr. McMillan, who attended the
Camden show, was elected as the new
president of the association.
Asks a Correction
bt/the las* issue of The Chronicle
we reported the marriage of Miss
l&herine Blanche Rhoads and Mr.
Sri* Jack Hinson a# occurring at
?&hopvlHe on December 5. We era
that -P">bate court records
in Bisbopville show that the marriage
occurred on December 8. TMs correction
is made by requaafc
Floods Threaten in
South Carolina
^Columbia, C., Dec. 28.?Soma
streams in central South Carolina today
were from two to four feet above
flood stage, but R. H. Sullivan, of the
Columbia weather bureau, said it waa
too early to estimate probable damage
from the high waters.
The Wateree river at Oataujen Wt?
four feet above flood stgge and slowly
rising. Saluda at Chappells and
the Broad at Blaine early in the day
fcere a little more than two feet
above but were falling. The Congaree
at Columbia was neariwg flood stage.
Sullivan said that until the flood
crest moved a little farther oceanward,
damage could not be determined.
He predicted the Santee, formed by
the Wateree"nnd Congaree, would
reach five above at Rimini by January
1, two above at Ferguson the
Second or third of the month, and
three above Ferguson by the 15th.
Flood warnings have been issued.
Highway officials announced route
22 between Newberry and Greenwood
had been closed because of high water
in the Saluda river, and that
route 76 between Columbia and Sumter
probably would be closed tonight
in the Wateree swamps. Vp
Baltimore Couple
Hurt Near Camden
Mr. and Mrk Frank Neikirk of
Baltimore, Md., em route to Florida,
were injured near here Wednesday
when their automobile overturned on
federal highway No. 1.
They were brought to a hospital
here where attaches said; Neikirk had
a broken collar bone and his wife
cuts and bruises.
The couple were conscious but were
'suffering too much from shock to
give details of the accident. Police
believed a blowout in one of the tires
caused the accident.
Negro Meets Death
Under Freight Train
? * * V-'Will
Alexander, 30 year old negro,
was fatally injured Friday when he
waa rub,over by a southbound Southern,
freight train last Friday near
Wesley Chapel church, five zniles
I south of Camden. The engineer saw
| the form of the man. oh the track and
[made every effort to stop his train.
The track wheels of the engine, however,;
***;$? ? both, fegi mar the
knees, badly crushing both. He lingered
until the following day when
death' came.
An. inquest was held by Coroner
Clements with a verdict of unavoid!
able accident being rendered. It was
the opinion,, of the train crew that
the man had lain down or fallen while
' in an intoxicated condition.
First Baptist Church Services
The following services are announced
at the First Baptist church*
Sunday school at 10 o'clock with C.
O. Stogner as soperintsndent. Public
worship condoctad hy the pastor^
i J. IB. Canton, at 11:15 a.m., subject,
"Hfe-Cfeadeth Me/Vh New Year's sermon.
Sunday eveiing at 7:80 will be
"College; Night" and several college
students SHU deliver short talk*' B.
Y. <P. YJ.HJtfhday evening at 8:80.
Midweek service Wednesday evening
atu7f80bJ Teacher's meeting Monday
evening at 7:30. The public is cordially
invited to attend all the services
of this church.
Funeral Service For Mr. Rhame. ~
Funeral services for the late BoyIdn
W. IRhame, who died suddenly on
last Thursday afternoon were held
from his late residence on Laurens
street Friday afternoon at 8 o'clock
and wew~' conducted by Ms" ptuiloi,
Dr. C.F. Wimberly, of the Methodist
church, assisted by Rev. J. B.
Cast on of the First Baptist church
nnd'Rev. A. ,P. McAm, of the Presbyterian
Church.
Actite pallbearers wjre nephews of
Mr.nRtyafne and wer^ as follows: Dr.
J. Sumter Rhame, of Charleston; Dr.
GeoTge Rhame, George A. Rhame, Jr.,
George Coleman, Clarkeon Rhame
and Marvin' Reaeonover.
Heaerary pallbearers were members
of the Official Board of the
Methodist chfircF and Bill Young, J.
JL Montgomery,-Jack Whitaker, flr.r
and Dr.-W.--Ia Debase.
Interment was to the Quaker cemetery
of onr city.'
WKite Team Wins by
a One-Sided Score
The White team of the Old Camb
den Polo Club enjoyed a field day at
the expense of the Bluea in the game
played Monday afternoon, snatching
victory to the tune of 11 to 1< Haixi
and sensational riding on the part of
the Blue? could not counterbalance
th^superior team play and hitting of
the victors.
The lone tally %f the Bluea was
gained through a free hit following!
a foul In the first chuoker.
Immediately after the game each
of the five members of the White
aquad was awarded a mallet by Mrs.
John Bovine of Camden and New
York, a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Devine,
as evidence of their interest in
what this group .of local boys are
doing in carrying on this sport of the
ages.
Commencing this week games will
be played on Thursday afternoons as
well as Sundays, all games starting
at 3 o'clock. j
Line-up and summary: I
Whites (11) ?lue? <l>
H. Savage, Jr. ... 1 ... Kirby Tupper
M. L. Smith, Jr... 2 .. A. Boykin, Jr.
C. Rhame ... 3 .. Frank Wooten
Charlie Little ...4 Joe Bates
Cutting in: Whites, C. P. DuBose,
Jr.; Blues, Whit Boykin and Charlie
Roberson. ,
Scoring: Whites, Smith (3), Du-1
Boso (S), Rhame (3), Little (2);
Blues, Wooten 1).
Referee: Samuel Russell.
Presbyterian Church Services
Sunday, January 1, A. Douglas
McArn, Pastor. Church school 10 a.m.
Morning worship 11:15. The Lords
Supper will be celebrated at
service. Communion address, "The
Willingness To.r Be Commanded. I
Intermediate Club Saturday evening.
Junior Club Sunday afternoi^3:30 J
Young People's Forum (Sunday.evening
7:30. The public is cordially invited
to the services in thia church. I
Banks To Close Monday. j
The First National Bhhk and The
Bank of (Camden will be i. closed on
Monday, January 2, being observed J
as a New Year's holiday^
' Entire
Community Helj>ed
~Ih our last issue -we mqde mention
of all the donations to the jCamden j
Hospital, and in the ii?t a mistake
was made as to the amount given by
Mr. W. T. Holley and the .Mt. Piagah
community. The error" was made
through copying the list. Mr. Holley
was given credit for $86 the 1
community 76c. We know it was notj
Mr. Honey's desire that this be so.
He brought the produce to Camden 1
and was given credit individually
when it should have gone to the community
as a whole. Our informant 1
writes: "The produce was gotten up 1
through .the Mh Pisgah high school
and grammar schools combined. The
children carried it in from the differ-1
ent homes and the colored folks help-1
ed too." The Chronicle as well as the
treasurer of the hospital is only too I
glad to make this correction.
Man pTakes His Own Life.
it. Edward Williams, 60, a well
known citizen of this county, residing
near Station 56, between Camden and
KershaW, shot himself fatally Monday
night and died in a Columbia I
hospital at an early hour Tuesday
morning. Mr. Williams had been inl
had health for some time. He was an |
extensive farmer in his sectiatl and is I
survived by a family. ?
. Young Girl Piea.^If"
Miss iBernice E.? Poisonyearl
old daughter of Mr. and ** I
Poison, who live east ofc^Camden, j
passed away at the Camden ihbapital
on Thursday, after an illness of only
three days. Bernlce was in the sixth!
grade of the Camden schools. She is I
survived by her parents," grand-par- j
ents, Mr.^and'Mrs. F. J. Tidwsll and!
| the following brothers and sisters: J
Woodrow, C. R. Jr., AJrva, John L.,1
Stella, Martha E. Poison.. Services
and burial will be held today, 11 a. m., I
at Beaver Dam Baptist church, fun-j
eralized by the Komegay Funeral!
Home of this city. (
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V. ?te<iy Expenditure*.
Washington, Dec; 27.?A special
appropriations sub-committee was I
designated in the House today by
Chairman_ JJymes to attempt-to reduce
fixed -annual expenditures, the
total of which Byrnes estimated to be
mdr* than $140,000,000, excluding,
the public debt.
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Students Trek Home
For The Holidays
The following lint gives the names
of some of the boye and girls home
for the Christmas vacation:
George Hhame, Jack Boyd, Alvin ; ?
Creed, Reuben Pitts, Robert Kennedy,
3rd, Julian Burns, P. B. Horton, from
The Citadel,
J. H. MoLeod, Jr., Bob Clai)kaon,
Donald Barnes, Derrell Sanders, from
plemaon,
Sam McCaskill and Eugene Z. DuRose
from Duke University.
Jimmie Seagle, Whiter Wooten,
from Presbyterian College. J|j
Phyllis Garrison, Betty Carrison,
Emily Zemp, Harriet Beard, Virginia
| Drawdy, Caroline Richardeon, Kath!
erine Little from Winthrop.
Emily WtS, Elizabeth Zemp and
Grace Robinson from Convorso, ^
Olivo Nettles, Olivia 'Buddin, Jim
Chewning, Duncan Lang, Joe Lang, f
Shannon Rhickwoll, Hhrolrf Hough,
Sarah Mills, Paul Wimberly and ' : i
Grayson iShaw from the University
of South Carolina.
Marjorie McCann from North Carolina
College for Women^
Henry Beaftl, 3rd, from Bailey MiD - - jh
itary Institute.
Jean Harris from Ashley Hall. /?'. " >L/ila
Ross from Coker.
Dan Carrison from. Marionv Alabama
Military Institute. , v '
Frank Montgomery from Univarsi- *
ty of . (Florida.
'Nancy Brown from George Washington
University.
Frank Caston from Mars Collage.
(Lucy Kirkland, from Wellesley. '
Lenora Rhame, from Columbia.
Nahcy Pearce.^fuom'Brenau.?
Lawrence Kirklund, Jr., from St.
Andrew'8, Middle!own, Conn.
Philip Knapp, from Exotdr Academy,
Exeter, N. H,a m
John Knapp and Ben Belcher, from
University of Virginia.
Hamilton Wright, from Yale.
Ellen Knapp, from Bennington
School, Bennington, Vermont,
Sarah RJchey, from Peabody. r
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Three New Firms
Open This Weak
R. E. Stevenson and John W hi taker,
Jr., have,formed- a "partnership,
known as Stevenson and Whitaker,
and have opened; a; hiy; JHHn and ji,
feed business, in the storeroom formerly
used as a garage, on North
Broad street; They are buying spd 6
selling mostly locally grown - com,
oats, peas and other feedstuff and
have a considerable quantity already
on hand;
Another new business to open this
week is that of McLeod and MeLauchlin,
to deal in coal, wood and
ice. Their plant will be located on
eaert DeKalb street, near the Southern
depot. They will be in the building
formerly used by the late Chm~*
den Wholesale Grocery. The firm is
composed of Alfred M. McLeod and
Drue F. McLauchlin, both having had
a number of years experience in this
line. ....' v.r'Still
another to open this week is
The Economy Shop, operated by R. L. v'3||
McCaaldll, of Camden, and H. D. '
Guthrie, formerly of Atlanta, but / >*
now residing in Camden.' They will
be located in the building formerly^
occupied by The Outlook Shop. They ] -arel
will dsil in . ladies ready-to-woar at
POjpnlarprice*
First Allotment
Comes To Caipden
A check amounting to $3,000, tjie
first of the allotment from the Recon- .
Straction Finance Corporation, has
been received .in Camden to be jused v v;-^
in putting the unemployed bade to
work on various projects.
It is said that the rate of pay for > ' ^
laborers witt be 60 eents per day.
W. T. Redfeam is chairman; W. L.
Jackson, vice-chairman; T. V. Walsh,
treasurer; and R, B. Pitts, W. R.
Zemp and Mrs. W. J. Mayfield are
members of the board of directors.
Further details of the plan of selecting
those who will be given jobs
will be announced at. a later date,
when the officers and directors hate
had time to shape things tip.
The officers and directors serve
without pay and The Chronicle knows
from its own experience with the lady
i ft ixd gentlemen named that they have
been watt chosen and this money will
be wjgely-gpenfc, . AR ef them have
.already given their services to the *
community freely hi other causes. X --