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I' VOLUME 44. ______ MP^ SOUTH CAROLINA, 1^1 PAY, JANUARY 6, 1933 NUMBER 40
Chester County Has
Cash and~is Solvent
(By Dan Orosland in Greenville
i New*)
Chester county enjoys a nearly
complete Isolation in South Carolina
in one respect?it ha? a novel ffo
ernment, one which i? and eeeme detiucd
to remain solvent.
Its government is not the shadowy
? government of, by and for the people
such as exist, only fit ?>
tion at fofvld political candidates as
theV somctimee harry voters from the
i stump; it merely has been shaped in|
to a pliant, practical instrument of
business administration, which has
. enabled the county to H?complis? the
following things:
the gradual erasure 6f a worrisome
: deficit of $65,000. ^
The attainment of a cash basis ill
r 1025, which has precluded- the necos-I
sity of bank loans during the padl
1 seven years, , I
The building up of a cash surplus!
which, in the present time of stress
is being expendedto lighten the low
on taxpayers. , -j i
Chester county has thus become I
sort of financial holy land in the stat
1 and visitors who still dream of a gor
ernment of minimum essentials
ministered at low cost inquire cvjiously
and reverently:
"How do you do it?" ,^|
i The citizens?bankers, merchaws,
and farmers?say: JL
"It's been done by Holmes WfTden's
crowd." I
Holmes Harden's crowd happeji
be a board of three financial <|rfctors,
created for the county undJr a
special Act and somewhat similr.to
the financial advisory committa of
Greenville county. v J' 1
Mr. Harden, S. A. McWaterrf and
\ J. M. Caldwell, all farmers, havefcomposed
the board since 1922 ana during
their decade of administration the
three men have won the confidpee of
the citizenship with the exgetf/on ot
a few malcontents who disHe the
parnful surgery of cold-bloodw business
methods.
' The respect and affection i which
Mr. Harden, chairman of th< board,
is held have been epitomizt by a
pleased citizen as follows: ?......
"He'll argue with you on le cost
of a plow point and he's a g*>d bird
| hunter, too." It appears Bat the
first trait indicates his busillss acumen
and that the second spfiks eloquently
for his human qua 1 if.
The chairman himself is n?re mod.
est and less fulsome in hisJpeech.
JIOW IT IS DON!
(The success of the board fi achieving
continued self-sufficfncy for
the county he attributes u the fol- \
* lowing factors: J
The board's aloofness frei politics.
Its ability to. say "No'fto extravagances.
? ?
Its absolute power oveiroads and
l"l-llWt ^ J
its kgjjt to help franl all items
of the supply bill exceptJlhose relating
to salaries. I, rrir: r.;.
Its policy of maintain"# ? capital
surplus for such energencies as
can be expected in the pe of a local
I government > * J/ ' 1
l?r. Harden* confessw that the separation
of a lcounty Inancial board
r from'politics iA difficib and that the
, divorce is rifcgfiy eveifully achieved.
Business nuAhods aniolitlcs, though
sufjer from m tal ihcompatiirnlity,
are often fore , he explained, >
to reunite in the en enciea of governmental
life. . - . ~J ,
I The Chester boar chairman said
_[that he did not me i-to-infer that business
methods a . politics could
ijnot have an amicah love life."* Ho
insisted 'that politicJ the vain wife,
ij^ften had a dimme< perspective be- j
^cause of her cravin to -pamper her
sometimes whimsici voting swains.
"Our board,"> he ontinued, "was
organized, I think, o separate, as
I far as possible, the e*iTe to run the
"county government conomically and
without stinting- fr<n pplitiAl inter- .
Tests. Still, I admitlhat at times we
have had rather roijh going."
He p then outiinK the turbulent
{phage of the hifftoi ol the board of
directors, which vh established by
an aet in 1920 to ipplanf 'Hie office j
of supervisor, who lad been the gen- I
aral financial agen of the county* I
NOW BBCTIVB J
From 1920 to 1^2 the board waifl
Jlectlve. Until 196 the board wai
appointive. Mr. Rrden and hie twfl
comrade* went ilo office, in -192fl
^hen 7026 cameJthe board turn^
fctive again an/ in 1080 it beeaifl
pointive. In lflB it changed to tV
(Continued in last page) -
Poultry School Here
.January 24 and 25
he poultry school to,(Jbe held in
Cimten under the direction of Dr.
B.F. Kaupp has been scheduled for
Jauary 24 and 26. This, will be an
uusual opportunity for people of.
Krshaw county who are interested in
ppltry and turkeyo production to
ljjfrn first hand from a man who is
tobably the world's most famous
fmltry and turkey specialist. Also
rivitations will be extended to interreted
parties in adjoiniuir countie^. I
I It is urgent that 31,0V only those ifti
Kershaw county who are particularly/
Interested in poultry and turkoy pr
paction but also those who, feel th;
Wey should develop their poult!
ppd turkey business to a greater d
f,d*ee are urged to attend. It' is ft
that there is hardly a farm family j
the county but who could afford]
levelop their poultry and turkey bJ
iness still more; I>r, Kaupp's disoj
wons will be very practical and eft
prehensive. Everyone in the ,*?01
should take advantage of this oif
tunity to develop a better program
poultry and turkey raising in b
to increase their farm income. |y
5f our farm people try very h^0
raise chickens and tfarkeys b?r?
[pcking in the necessary infor/on
as to brooding, feeding, and bf*
for the young bird. Boys and j <
well as their older folks shoif?ko r
advantage 6f this occasion. hret*
farmers are alsp., invited to
Relief Council /
Now Opei/ng
The Kershaw County R/C?uncil,
organized to expend Jnoney
allotted by the Reconst#11 ?
nance Corporation, has#1*11 to
function and has its heafkrs in
the city office building futledge
street. I
W. T. Redfearn is chafi' L.
Jackson, vice chairman;T Walsh,
JW treasurej^iinja
the council are Mrs. wtayneld,
W. R. Zemp and R. B. /
C. H. Yates, Jr., is fokkeeper
and paymaster, Miss 3CamPbell
is stenographer; Jamej^' superintendent
of work anP Blanche
Hough, .social workei/
The council is only/*1**1# labor <
and the rate of paf^essarily
small. For the pres#8 e^gaged
in furnishing labor if putting up
of 300 "cbrds of wopf t"e city t<T
furnish the poor, J
Quite a'lot off.'"*
oart"V the^to a/councn wm
furnish a paTofp- '<? thi?
pf a^Afn<*r-nm<Ai<(/wiM soon enf.r
,^n L tha iSe"t ?' S^OOI
ter upon is* tne +i,_
county!?the coi^^urn h iahht1
but' no materials
Treasurer <TT
County IVeasf. ?Ogue IMt
week received 7 **"? ?uke
,??,to'/id the Wateree
Power comS^ ?90'88i,*ta
\ % ] for 1932. p The
Ciuko'check M to *58,062.47
-l^^e?bytf/'lu*c,l i
Sunday, JK, ?* - A- Douglas I
McArn, paFhuT?fi 101
a. m. MSr?rshiP H:W. Intermediate
7 Saturday evening
7:30. JuniP afternoon
3:30. YouTpj?? Forum Sun-J
ley evenirf.. Tn? j>uhlic is cor-1
iiafly invif ^tend^jtttese services. I
Fridiffth, Occurs I
Twid* Next Year
cause 3l"**K?th occurs twice!
and th#"^"8 "know" .that at (
intchtii1?. things can't be done, I ]
Hie '#?y? occur in January
And <*Dnly once did such a|
iay that was in May. /
- uuJnn J
jJacjBad lu&c at any, timej
atteoP? put n shoe on the
wroMsccing one's image in a
mjrMediately after arising,
ha.\M beams fall on one while
.iJVd a full moon occurs eiL
many other' thing*
? uy red forerunners of bad
twS of them at any time, but
gflpn Friday the thirteenth.
^Superstitious will naed-be"
careful in January and
|n coolidge dead
h ftnd ta g t
Blijbs Come Back
/And Win a Qgm<
T| new year's holiday season sa
botiteams of the Old Caanden Pol
eluJvtart the new year auspiciousl:
I the game played Sunday aftei
ncl the Whites came off victoriou
bl 7 to 4 score. Throughout th
fil half of this game it looked a
ime Whites were going to snow th
lies under as they did in the gam
previous Monday bu.t the Blue
fned the tables on the victors dui
^ the last thHfiir Ohakjkers, sc(?vhi
rotwo gbals each in two of them.
"Monday in a game that was nee
d neck throughout, the Blues, ex
biting some beautiful polo, in th
last cnukKer put through the win
tfiing goal, breaking a 3 to 3 stale
Jmato that had held for half the game
[and making it a 4 to 3 victory ovei
the Whites. *
The Whites presented a different
lineup, in the 'Monday game, Hornet
Johnson, of Charlotte, and 'NSkippy'
Pontoon, of New York, visiting players,
being in for portions of the
game.
For the remainder of the season
games will be played every Thursday
and iSunday at 3 p. m., weather
permitting.
Important Outlook
Meeting On Friday
There is to be one of the most im
portant meetings of the year held
Friday 'tnorning at the'court house at
10:30 o'clock. Farmers, their families
and business men -are requested
to attend and find out how many important
things are in store for them
during the year 1933. '' Mr. D. W.
Watkins, assistant director of . the extension
Service, Clemson College,
S.'C., and an economist from Washington,
D. C., are to conduct this important
meeting. .
? lea and" 4et's -%e?t' chl
man depression in 1933! This 1s going
to be one of the most important,
if not the most important, meetings
to be held this year. Mr. Watkins i3
=m authority on the general outlook
jf the situation. T^iese two men will
ict as your advisory board, so please
;ake advantage of this wonderful op~
^
Methodist Church Services
Dr. C. 'J"1. Wimberly, pastor of the
Lyttleton Street Methodist Church,
innouncfes^ the following1 services for
Sunday, January 8: Men's iBible
Slass will ifieet promptly at 10:15;
Sunday School under the direction of
Vf. M. Reasonover,. superintendent;
reaching by the pastor at 11:15.
rheme of the morning sermon, "A
Pime to, forget." Epworth League
vill meet at 6:45, Miss Etta Zemp as
eader. Preaching by the pastor .at
r:30. Music by double choir and with
life organ and piano. /We invite the
ttblic and friends to meet with us
nd worship.
v Rev. Furcron is Pastor
Services are now being held at the
Mglyern Hill Baptist church every
first Sunday in eacn month at IX a.
m. and 7:30 at night. Rey. ;f|$h
Furcron, former pastor at IKTateree
Mill, is the pastor. He is now located
at RockHill, where he is doing
evangelistic work. <
s Rev. Furcron is still held in high
regard by his former members, and
ivas called here recently to conduct
he funeral services of Mrs. Sarah
rordan, who died at the home of her
laughter^ Mis. iSanrtBelk, of rthe Waeree
Mill fviilage. It was the request
>f Mrs. Jordan that Rev. Furcron ofIciate
at her funeral.
Alt. Pisgah Baptist Church
There will be service* at the Ht.
'isgah Baptist church next Sunday
is follows: 10:00 a. m. Bible school;
rfyQflk a. m. preaching; 6:30 p. 111.
J. Y. P. U.'B.
Tha apootlo Paul matte" the" foliow.Ing
assertion in Phil. 8:13, ^Forgetting
the things which axe behind and
stretching: forward ta the' things
which are before." jr ; "ffir ^Bii
Here is a practice iri Which nearly
every business man engages' about
this time of year. Disposing of old
stock and antiquated apparatus, he
rearranges and directs energies' toward
the coming year. Ia.it not well
for souls to do likewise 7 We should
not let the failures of the old gear
piwmt WJltom tfivinjf our best to
the elor^rf God {S* y<Mr.
Lotlttr Knight. Pantolfiij
Early Morning Fire
; Destroys Residence
mm?. I
v 'Fire at an early hour Saturday
0 morning completely destroyed the
\ seven room dwelling of K A. Sowell,
- located on north Mill street. The
a members of the family were sleeping
e soundly and had to be awakened by
s neighbor*. The Are had gained such
e headway that 'the l^fmily had to ese
cail? through a window.
8 Tbe building and contents were
'TttMlipletely destroyed, pnly a radio
P and gbout three chairs were saved.
The fire occurred about 4:15, and alc
though at a very early hour many
- gathered there to offer assistance.
9 A barn and ite contents, belonging
to Attorney L. T. Mills also caught
*. from the same fire, and was destr'oy>
edi Luckily there was a slight wind
: blowing the flames away from the
MRls home or. it would also have been
; destroyed. (Stored in the Mills btgn
1 was a complete camping outfit, Used
' by Mr. Mills and his friends each
summer,1 when they went to the Heri
mitage Mill property. Both carried
partial insurance, but the loss falls
, particularly heavy on Mr. Sowell, as
h^ carried but a small amount on
house and contents. ?
IV Teachers of. Kershaw County.
January l&'a county-wide rat
ejctilrmination campaign is to be held.
.On January 24 and 25 a poultry
and turkey scjtool is to be conducted
in Camden at the courthouse under
th^ direction of Dr. R F. Kaupp, who |
is one of the highest authorities in ^
thg world on poultry and turkey sub- j
jeOts." , ,
This is to request that the teachers (
of: the county lend their cooperation j
in calling the above to the attention f
of the people of Kershaw county and r
' urging them to attend or take part in r
sapie. This cooperation and support y
will be appreciated by the people of y
thjfccounfy and the county agent. i
Truesdafe Passes at Westville
Westville, S. C., Jan. 2.?-R. Harvey r
Truesdale, aged 54 years, died at his
home near Westville on December 28,
after a lingering illness! Mr. Timesdale
is survived by his wife and ten
children.
The funeral and burial occurred at
Damascus Church, near Westville on
Thursday at 11 o'clock, services being
conducted by his pastor, Rev. R.
R. Tucker, v
First Baptist Church Services
The following- services aref-announced
at the First baptist church:
Sunday school at 10 o'clock with C.
O. Stogner, as superintendent. Public
worship conducted by the pastor,
J. B. Caston, at 11:15 a. m. and 7:30
p. nil. Morning subject, "John the
Baptist."-? Evening^ gubject, . "The
Hands of jesus." Weekly teacher's
meeting Monday evening at 7:30.
Midweek ;^ervice Wednesday evemng
it 7:80. fi. Y. P. U. at 6:30.
The public is cordially invited to
iltend all the services of this church.
Crace Church Services
Rev. F. H. Craighill, Jr., rector,
announces the following1 services at
Grace Episcopal chtychro Sunday,'
January 8, Holy Communion , at 8 a.
m.; Church School at 10 a. m.; morning
prayer end sermon at . 11:15.
.There vyili 1m an important congregational
meeting immediately after
this service^. Jp at 7:80, p.
THfe' circle meetings of the WomanV^uxiliaf?
"""will t>e held next
Tuesday afternoon. Members to be
notified-of :thne and place by circle
leaders.
Sumter Doctor Robbed
Dr. J. Ralph Dunn suffered from
the depredations of petty thieves'
Saturday night, when on hia way
home ho stopped in a few minutes
to visit a patient and when he returned
to his car he found a Christmas
present he had bought for his
wife, -hifr mstfttftWftit ^A'ie*~a~mTa packige
of trial lenses gone, approximately
a losj^o?V$800.
This is the second doctor to lose
lis instrument case in recent weeks,
is that o^D^ C. P. Osteen was stolen
'rom his car three weeks a#o and
ms recovered last wewc from a pU?
\i' rubbish in a back lot when the
Han was receiving a general dealing
up prior to Christmas.?Sumter
leralA*
w iSkf Dec. 27.?The Southern
Railway -Company today reported ita
net railway Income, for Korember
w*e WiSAW a? compared with #660,M2
for Noi*?foer, WSI. ???9
-
Boy Shoots Brother
In Face With Pistol
J, T. Catoe, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. J,, Thurmond Catoe, was seriously
shot in the face Tuesday moaning
by his. younger brother, Wehion,
with a 22 pistol loaded with a spreador
cartridge, at close range, the shot
spreading over the face, some Of them
entering the . eyes., The wounded
young man was rushed to the Baptist
hospital in Columbia as quickly as
possible where he is receiving treatment
but fear is expressed that ho
will lose the sight of both ?yes. He
was accompanied to the hospital by
his father, J. T. Catoe, his sister,
Miss Anna Belle Catoe, and Pressley
Hilton.
According to the information obtained
Weldon Catoe wa? swinging
the pistol, which he believed to have
no loaded cartridge in it, and was
snapping it when it fired as it was
snapped upon the one loaded" cartridge.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Catoe, accompanied
by Mrs. I). E. Catoe, are in
Columbia today with their son.
Later information states that? the
attending* physicians hold out hope
ofosaving the sight of one eye and
possibly both, if infection can be
averted-?'Kershaw Era.
Poultry Meetings
To Be Held Here
For more than sixteen years Dr.
Kaupp was at the head of the Poultry
Department of the North Carolina
State College and is recognized as
me of the foremost authorities on
joultfy diseases, nutrition and sani- *
ation. He is a member of the Interlational
Poultry Council, was chairnan
of the committee on diseases for
he Third Wood's Poultry Congress
leld in Ottaw'C Canada, in 1927, and ]
s also the author of several text 1
ma*^ *' - ? r J
books on poultry and is a contributor
to many poultry and firm papers.
In the meetings to be held Dr.
Kaupp will discuss breeding, management
and feeding of baby chicks,
sanitation and disease control. This
meeting is to be held January 23 and
24 and everyone is urged to attend
this meeting. __ ..T
Anyone having sick birds are requested
to bring one or more for the
post mortem examination for the disease
program, according to -Henry D.
Man is Killed When
Hit by Automobile
Leandej- Blyther, young: neg^o man
waiT struck by an automobile near
Woodward Airport Tuesday after noon
and died,Jfrom hla injartej^^at
the Camden hospital' Shortly1 After- i
wards.
'l'fte "man is said to have alighted
from a wagon and started to cross
tha_.road to-go to a store-near the
airport. Other occupants of the wagon
warned him that a car was approaching
but he did not seem to
hear them in time and was hit, both
legs being broken and he was other*
wise injured. The car was owned
and driven by W. P. McGuirt, of the
Gutewtttl Fam#i rjllr. -BtoGijJrt afcipped
Ma^Snr^ftnd carried the injured
man to tfie hospital.
Coroner Clements held an inquest
ruesday and theVjury's verdict was
that it was an unavoidahle soaidentrDeath
of aa Infant %
Algio Norman Sapp, infant son of
1 i.-i.i Jii..'. 11 i iiii'iiumw 'ii nun, i awaa
Penney Managers
Receive Good Advice
Boston, Mass,?A strong argument
for newspaper advertising and its
results recently was sent by the advertising'
department of the J. C.
Penney Omopany, operators of a national
chain of retail stores, to its
store managers.'' The message follows:
V
"Do you want to be certain of reader
intorest? Then use the newspapers.
Many a circular receives only
a glance, while the looal newspaper
with hundreds of generul news items
is read thoroughly from first to last
page., , l '
"Do you want representation in
the same 'shopping window' as the
other merchants of your town use?
Then use the local newspaper. Wo- ^
men, the purchasing agents of the
home*, read newspaper advertising
daily, "jvheroas marig a circular is v ~
tossed into the tvasto basket without
a glance.
"Do you want fast, action? Thfen
use the newspaper. The ad that you
run today, if it' contains real merchandise
news, will bring immediate
results tomorrow. You can receive
and sell out a consignment of merchandise
with newspaper advertising
in less time than it takes to prepare
a circular. - '
'T)o you want to be recognized as
a factor of Importance in your community?a
real home-town store? If
you do, use the newspaper-^-it undoubtedly
is a strong factor in the
building of good will and acceptance
by the whole town as a good place
to trade." i
Jewish People To
Meet at Legion Hall
I 4
A second inter-county meeting of
Jewish people within a radius of fifty
miles will be held at the American
Legion Hall in Camden at 3 p. m.,
Sunday,. .January K, 19&3. A - large
jroup or guests -vylll attend from this
listrict and from Allendale, Bamberg,
3arrtwell, BishopviWe, Columbia,
Sdgefield, Bhrhardt, Kershaw, Lanfi&ter,
Langley, Leesyille, Lynch?urg,
Newberry/ North,. Orangeburg,
*jnewood, St, Matthews, >Vedgefield,
Saluda, Silver, Summerton and burner..
. _.3Lli? ?
Subjects dispussed by the speakers
will carry out the theme of religious .v
educatioa . and the problem ?of? the .
Jewish peopje in the small communis
ties where there is no temple to
meet these problems. . v.
Mr. L. A. Wittkowsky^ Camden,
Chairman of the Inter-County Meeting
Committee, will preside. The program
follows: v ' "
Invocation, Rabbi Samuel R. Shill- ' "
man, (Sumter; Opening Remarks and
Readihg of Invitation, Mrs. Leon
1 Schlosbnrg, State President of S. C.
Federation of Temple Sisterhoods;
Response, Dr. C. D. Jacobs, Kings-tree;
Symposium, "The JOv??h C^mJEhUnity
. "What Can the Men Contribute
to the Maintenance of Congregational
Life in the Community?'4
Julian Hennlg, Columbia. "What Can
the'Women Contribute to the Devotional
Lite* of the Community ?" Mrs. ,
H. D. Barnett, 'Sumter; "What Can *
the Young People Contribute to the
Future Development pf the Community?"
Julian Eichel, Camden; Open
FOrum Discussions; Business: Musical
(Selection,. David Silverman,
Kingstree; Benediction, Rabbi Shillman.
The program for the afternoon will
close with a reception in charge .of
the Sisterhood of Camden. Miss Sarah
Wolfe is Chairman of the Hostess
Committee.
1
l 4*?f4^H?urt Hilton . UZ?
Mr. Hoyt Hilton, 92, of the (Shamrock
community, died Friday evgfting
after an Illness of about a week of
flu and pneumonia.
Mr. Hilton was a faithful and consistent
member of the Shamrock Baptist
church and superintendent of the ~
Sunday school. He was the son of
Mr; and Mrs. D. F. Hilton, of Shamrock,
and was married to Miss Anna
Elliott, who, with three daughters,
survive. Two sisters, Misses Mabel
?ITld Mornl'n T "" rniinw,
together'with a host Of relatives and
friends.
Funeral services were conducted
Saturday afternoon. in Shamrock
church by hia pastor, the Rev. J. E.
Williams. Interment was made in
the church yard cemetery.
i^hugotf Club Meeting^
Z7Th& Lugoff Homa Demonstration
club met Tuesday afternoon, January
8rd,n at the club rooms.
Due to the absence odf the ftrasfo, ,
dent, 'Mrs. J. W. Sanders, Mrs. B. W.
Getty* presided. Usual business was.
carried out; ften'th* members sued
by the ^te^^^'j^LTGet^ 2
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