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Ex-President Buried
at Vermont Home
Northampton, Mass., Jan. 6?-Calvin
Coolidge, president of the United
States for five and a half years, died
of a Heart attaek ^wblcb struck him
> with startling tuddennesa today.
The only Mvihff former president,
'' who was eo years old laat July 4, died
alone aa he waa preparing to ahave
in a dreading room Of his suburban
home, The Beeches.
A few minutes later Mrs. Coolidge,
returning from ^ shopping tour,
found his body lying on the floor.
His face was calm and bore no sign
of pain. * .
When Mrs. Coolidge found him it
was 12:15 p. m. A physician, Dr. B.
W; Brown, a friend of years, was
summoned immediately. Dr. iBrown
said death had occurred about 15 minutes
before. 1
Mrs. Coolidge, though stunned by
the shock, maintained her composure
and tonight joined her son, John; in
arrangihg plans for the funeral.
Death came to him at a time when
only a few days before he had written
a former secretary, Edward ^ T.
Clark, "I know my work is done." .
Today, his present secretary, Harry
Rose, said, Mj\ Coolidge and I went
down town^and /returned about 10
o'clock.
"We sal in the > library chatting
about nothing/in particular. The
main topic of conversation was ji
r hunting trip we-made in October
near Plymouth. Mr. Coolidge, was a
pretty good shot. v
'"Sometime after 11 o'clock, Mr.
Coolidge went upstairs and I remained
in the library reading..* x
Mrs. Coolidge returned to the house
but I did not see her come in. At
12:15 she called to me from upstairs,
'the president was' dead.' I don t recall
her exact words." .
The lest person to se? Mr. .^Coolidge
alivei was believed to have been
Robert S. Smith, caretaker, who saw
about 11:50 o'clock, . .
"I was in the cellar taking car? of
the furnace when Mr. Coolidge appeared,"
said Smith. "He had a
habit of walking about the house and
there was nothing unusualin his visit
to the cellar. - I don't think we exchanged
a single word unless he pobsijbly
said 'hello.' " '
Following his daily custom he had
gone to the office at 8:30 seemingly
he was in his usual health. He
had complained at times for the past
I two or three weeks of indigestion but
he did not appear to regard his in
disposition seriously.
At the - office ho attended to his
correspondence and read the newsH
papers and about 10 o'clock he said
to Ross: "I gues? well go back to the
B house." o
r ' Ordinarily ha yemalned at. the pfx
flee until shortly before noon when
he returned home for luncheon and
t an hour's nap before resuming his
afternoon's work.
Upon their arrival at the house they
I conversed for some time.
B Ursb Coolidge was preparing to go
B shopping with a close friend, Mrs.
SR. IB. Hills, and her husband asked
Mf ghe would like to use the car. She
expressed d desire to walk and left
Btha horn*. .
B Later Mr. Coolidge noticed a jigI
saw pussle upon which Mrs. Coolidge
apparently had been working. It had
V been a Christmas'gift .to him hot ha
had; not attanapted put it together.
| It bore a picture of George Washing|
ton .and an elephant, symbolic of the
[ republican party with Mr. Coolidge's
name across it. He looked at the
I puzzle for a time but did not'make
any effort to At the pieces into place.
Soon- afterward hb started upstairs
I while Mr. Ross remained in the ttB
brary until Mrs. Coolidge returned
B and followed her husband to the sees'
ond floor.
Mr. Coolidge's body was lying upon
I the floor, face upward. His coat waa
off and he was in his vest and.shlrtB
sleeves, dbvioualy having oeea P*a
paring to shave.
L Coolidge's Laat Public Urn***
What 1* believed to be the l??t me?
sage of former President Coolidge to
Kbe American people he served so
long, was reissued today on the oeBcasior?of
his death by Station WINS,
Bfrom where it was broadcast on-Haw
Year's day. It follows:
"Fr* the year 1958 it seems to me
Bthatlws need cooperation and charity.
Brhe moorces of Our country are
Kcient to meet oUr requirements if
th*? *? ^ ***** oth*r' We
Mfl>opki cooperate to kinds
h b \vunu n iim vm aAff.
B I
Account of Work of J
County Home Agent
The following account of the work I
of the home demonstration agent,
Miss ?adie D. Craig, of Kershaw I
county, for the year just ended shows
hard work apd good result* accomplished.
There were 16 4-H girls' clubs with I
an enrollment of $11. They were as
follows: ' ' ~* {
Midway I, Pine Grove, Thorn Hill I,
Charlotte Thompson II, Mt. Pisgah
II, Midway II, Three C's, Mill, Pine
Grove n, Thorn Hill II, Charlotte!
Thompson I, DeKalb I, DeKalb II, Mt.
Pisgah I, Lugoff. j
There were 18 organized clubs for
women with enrollment of 488. The
dubs were in the following places: ]
Lugoff, Charlotte Thompson, Liber-1
ty Hill, Thorn Hill, Sand Hill, WaJ
teree, (Shamrock, DeKalb, Mt. Zion, I
Gates Hill, Midway, Blaney, Three
C's, Timrod, Gates Ford, Westvjlle,
Mt. Pisgah, Antioch.
These clubs were met by the agent
regularly once each month and their I
courses of study^during the year were I
along the lines of foods and nutri-l
tidh, clothing, orchards, conservation J
of foods by canning and drying and]
storing, home management, year-1
round gardens, poultry, beautifies- j
tion of homes and sanitation. There 1
was also an active County Council of
.Farm Wdmen with 480 members I
which did very fine work. ?4
A campaign for canning and stor- I
ing of food for winter use was con-,
ducted during the summer. This!
program called for definite planning
0<f the year-round garden and for]
special crops. By raising this food]
the farm people would not need to
spend dollars earned by selling cotton
or other products. In a year like
1032 the farm people that have their
food ppt up in a pantry have at least]
one less worry. They know the family
will live and many are living on
the products conserved during this ]
campaign.
j Twenty-six communities were
reached in the county during the cam- I
j paign; 70,366 containers were canned;
! 207,360 pounds of meat, fruit and I
vegetables were brined, dried and
cured; 280 women taught others to]
can; 840 negroes were helped with]
production and conservation work.
1'
_ Certainly Kershaw county home
demonstration f<fk are going to bel
well fed this winter ho matter what]
King Cotton may decide to do. They |
are securely entrenched behind a bar-1
ricade of cans and glass jars full of |
home grown food, put up under modem!
scientific methods under the
guidance of 'the home demonstration
agent and perhaps they can weather
the economic storm, known as the
pression.
There were 3B8 year-round gardens,
in the county. _ _]
Poultry production for profit is a
specified type of fanning requiring
special training for success. This
training is being given by the home
agent. There were 416 demonstrations
carried out through the year
with a profit of $6,687.76.
Club Market.?This phase of borne
demonstration work grew out of the
economic situation as far back as
1920, when farm women asked for
some definite method of adding to the'
family ^income. Sales by farm women
through the club market were
$2,18147 for thg past year. The
market baa brought an income to
many women who would not have
found it practicable to market products
in any other way.
A county short course" for girls'
was held -with an attendance of 96.
The following facts and c figures
show ill' part the work the home
agent has accomplished:
Office and telephone calls, 386; individual
letters written, 619; bulletins
distributed, 978; home visits made,
329; news articles prepared, 62; days
agent spent in office, 74%; days ag-gnt
fpent in field, 198;. meeting* held,
326; attendance, 8,860; adult clubs,
18; members, 438; 4-H clubs, 14;
members, 311.
Died in New York
George C. Rosa, pleasantly remembered
in Camden as a winter visitor
who stopped at the home of Mrs.
F. M. Zemp, died on New. Year's day
JtLhis home in Wellsville, N. Y. His
death came with great suddenness.
Mr. Rosa was the head of the Scothe
outstanding wholesale food house
in the anuthwAaUrn
President of Rotary J
To Visit Rock Hill
Camden Rot*rians have received
from their district governor,'Dr. Re*
Z. Thomas, of Rock Hill, details of i
the meeting in Rodk Hill, January
27th where Clinton P. Anderson, of .
Albuquerque, New Mexico, president
of Rotary International, will clasp ;
hands with Carolina Rotarians at the i
first visit of an international president
to the 68th district meeting.
Members of the local club hava
heard announcement of the coming <
meeting and doubtless the club will
be well represented. _
Tentative plans for greeting Clinton
P. Andefidh caff for an informal
reception in the parlors at Winthrop.Goliege.
The Rotarians will then
gather in main auditorium whore visiting
celebrities will be introduced
and where Mr. Anderson will speak.
The Rotary Anna are also, invited.
r- Dr. Thomas, who has visited pamden's
club, has urged that local mem- ;
Ijere attend and has advised that the
Rock Hill meeting may be substituted
for the regular meeting. <Prior
to the celebrations at Winthrqp
College, a good hot luncheon
will be provided at the Andrew Jackson
Hotel. Thiols optional.
To Present Minstrel
The senior class of Midway high
school will present a minstrel at 7:80
o'clock: on Friday night, January 18,
in the school auditorium. Com? to
this foinstrel and let "fun and mora
fun" start your New Year with a
laugh. Admission 16 cents for adults;
5 cents for children.
Services at Refuge Church
Rev. J. B. Caston, of the Camden
Baptist church, will preach at Refuge
Baptist church Sunday afternoon,
January 15, at 3 o'clock. This church
is located on the Lockhart road be-j
tween Camden and Kershaw. - Twf
public generally is invited.
. .
Services at Grace Church
Rev. F. H. Craighill, Jr., rector of
Grace Episcopal church announces
the following services for Sunday,
January 15: Holy Communioiv at. 8a.
m.; Church school atrlO a. m-J
Morning prayer and services at 11:15.
At 6 p/ m. there will be held a very
impressive service known as the
Feast of Lights, showing how the
Light'.ol- the World has spread fropi
country to country and from generation
to genereation until it has reached
our generation, and Camden. The
public m cordially invited to attend.
Younsr'People's Service League meets
at 7 rw m.
Colored Teachers
Meeting Called
1 Prj B. Mdodaha, president of the
Kershaw County (Colored Tochers
Association has called a meeting of
the teachers to be held at Jackson
school chapel Saturday, January 14,
at 12 midday. Each teacher in the
county schools is especially requested
to attend the regular meeting. It is
v^y necessary that all of our teachers
compelled to enroll with the Palmetto
Teachers Convention at this
time. *
The Christmas seals final report is
to be made and the unsold seals ,ie[
turned at this thne. We must have
effective departmental work at this
meeting. One hundred per cent at!
tendance is the only goal.
Would Cut Fee hi Half. ? "
| In the first days session of tqe
house of representatives held Tuesday
representatives Belk, Kershaw;
Evans, Marlboro; Blatt, Barnwell;
Bennett, Marlboro; Smith, Barnwell,
and Stanefield, Aiken, introduced a
bill to cut in half the price of state
automobile license plates. It -was
sent to the ways and means committee.
Refunds would be made on 1988
ESm -r'
| Presbyterian Church Services
{Sunday, Jbnuary 15. A. Dotffclaa
McArn, pastor. Church school 10
a. m. The Men's Bible Class will provide
the worship program. All the
men of the church have a special invitation
to attend this service. Morn-j
&& worehipttrtfk Sermon subject,
ewJST* Mar Know Jesus Better."
Junior Club meeto Sunday afternoon
at 1:80. The. Intermediate Cltfb
meet* 9ator^x.n??^*A Tl^ ?V_
Young Peoplee* Forum Sunday evteing
at 7:80. Prof. C. T. Baldwin will
htedMhe daruaeion. ?
Blue Team Wins
By Score of 4 to 3
The Blue team of the Old Camden
Polo club broke .the long winning
streak of the Whites, taking Sunday
afternoon's game by a 4 to 3 score.
The Blues started strong, scoring
three goals in the first two chukkers
but then the Whites staged a rally
and made the game exciting and the I
result uncertain throughout remainder
of the play,
r The Blues outplayed the Whites
and deserved their victory but it so
happened that it was won by a peculiar
series of coincidences, in t*h?
first chukker, after a goal had been
made by the Whites, a foul was called
pn them *nd a free hit given the
Blues, which try was successful, reversing
the score of the minute before.
Later in the game the Blues
gained another goal through a hit
by a White in the wrong direction.
Saturday and Sunday will find-the
Camden squad in Savannah keeping
an appointment with the polo club
of that city. Games will be played
Saturday and Sunday afternoons
there with Camden putting in the
field the following players; Kirby
Tupper (1), Clarkson Rhame (2),
Charlie Little (8) and Joe Bates at
back. A number of substitutes will
also make the trip.
There will be no polo games in
Camden until the Thursday after the
club returns from" Savannah.
First Baptist dhuirch Services
The following services are announced
at the Fi^st Baptist church.
Sunday school at 10 o'clock, Mr. C.O.
Stogner superintendent; public worship
conducted by the pastor, J. B.
Caston, at 11:15 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
taorning subject, "Working* With
God." Evening subject, "Making A
Man," a message to. young people.
Weekly teachers' meeting Monday
evening at 7:80. Midweek service
Wednesday evening at 7:30. iB.
P. tf. (Suncfay evening at 6t80c 5
The public is cordially invited to
attend all the services of this church.
There will be a meeting of the canvassing
committees of all the churches
of the Kershaw association held
at the Hermitage chut?h next Friday
morning at 10:30 O'clock. Dr. Brooke
will be the speaker. All pastors and
deacons and committeemen and W.
M. U. leaders are urged to attend.
Methodist Church Announcement
The Sunday school will meet next
Sunday at 10$0 a. m., Men's Bible
Clas# at 10:15 ,preaching by the
pastor, Dr. C. F. Wimberly, at 11U5.
Themes "leaning of Christian Light.
Preaching at 7:30 p. m., theme, "The
Available Future," the sequel to the
message last Sunday everting bn "The
Irremedial^Past^' - The^uaual musical l
program will be conducted by the
pastor with double choir and organ)
and piano accompaniment. Epworth]
League will meet in the Ladies Bible
Class room at 6:45.
Preaching at the Trinity Methodist
church (coloredj. at 3:30 p. m.
Special Services at Trinity Sunday j
There wiH be services at Trinity j
church on west DeKalb street on Sunday,
January 15, at 3:30. Judge M.
L. Smith will give an address and
Dr. O. T: Wimberly will give one of
hia delightful messages. Spirituals
will bo sung. ' *
This is opening the drive to raise
$2,000 to meet the challenge of the
Board qt Home Missions and Church
Extension of the M. E. Church. We
are making, a determined effort to reduce
of church debt, p
Our white friends are especially invited
as well as colored, announces
I. B. Chairman, the chairman.
Camden Cadet Commended
Charleston, S. C., Jan. 10?Cadet J.
J. Boyd, son of J. W. Boyd,,of 1301
Lyttleton avenue, Camden, a member
of the Freshman class of The Citadel,
has received a cQpigieiidatkm .-ixoxaGeneral
Charles P. Summerall, president
of the institution*. These commendations,
, awarded by General
Summerall at his recent inspection
of the Artillery unit of The Citadel
R. O. T. C. regiment, are awarded
for neatest of bearing and appliance,
poldierly conduct and military
i achievement.
>
Senator Welsh on Committee# !!
In the naming of committees in the
of this county, ^
Gibson Named as ,
Speaker of House
Columbia, Jan* 10.?Important duties
were accomplished on the opening
of the 80th general assembly today,
the house electing J. B. Gibson,
oT Dillon, speaker, while the senate
voted to seat H. Kemper Cooke from
Horry county.
^ Gibson was elected on the first ballot
over three opponents and called
for economy and a "pay as you go
policy."
After a three-hour seeeion of the
senate, Cooke was seated by a vote
c?f 9Q to i!. M. G. Andersen, former
senator had contested for the seat,
contending Cooke was not a qualified
elector.
Both houses completed organisation
including election of clerks and
attaches. John F. Willioms, of Aiken,
was reelected president pro tempore
of the senate, while the house
chose Claud A. Taylor, of Spartanburg,
ite speaker pro tern, , ^
Among new measures received today
were ones to legalize the sale of
beer, increase the gasoline tax from
six to seven Cents, classify real estate
for taxation, reduce the cost of
automobile license plates artd extend
the time for their purchase.
Snipes Woman to
Escape Death Chair
Columbia, Jan. 10.?The grim shadow
of death was removed today from
Mrs. Beatrice Ferguson Snipes, convicted
of murder, in order that she
may await motherhood in a more
peaceful mind.
Yielding to pleas for "mercy" from
many states, Governor I. C. Blackwood
commuted the death sentence
of the 29-year-old expectant mother
a former textile worker, to life imprisonment
in the South Carolina
( penitentiary.
. was sitting in Jhe^un-1
shine in the penitentiary yard when,
the "good news" was brought to her j
by Capt. H. H. Kester, of the prison
guard.- -- - - ?
Expecting a baby to be born to her
in a few days, she was at first bewildered.
"What does ft mean?" she
asked. "Who did it, the governor ?"
Shown Governor Blackwood's signature
on the commutation, it dawned
upon her that death no longer faced
her. Hef -face brightened into a
semblance of a smile.
"? wish you'd tell the governor I
appreciate this," she said. "Yes, and
tell everybody who had anything to
do with it how much I appreciate it."
. (Hundreds of men and women, many
of them prominent, had written or
petitioned the governor from many
stateB to iflJow ber "mercy for the
sake of her unborn child."
He said he would have acted sooner
but for the fact the case was pending
in the courts. His commutation
swiftly followed an agreement of her
attorneys, R. B. Hildebrand aind Joseph
R. Moss, of York, to abandon an
appeal to the state supreme court. |
CHARLES E. McLEAN
Charles Evans McLean, 86, a resident
of Bethune, died here yesterday
afternoon after * lingering illness at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. M.
Crowell. .
He is survived by six children,
A. B. McLean, Millen, Ga.; Mrs* Elfie
Robinson, Bethune; P. L. McLean,
Mrs. Kate Mobley, Mrs. Maggie Galloway
and Mrs. Crowell, all of, Hartsville.
1
Funeral services will be held in
Bethune Friday morning at II o'clock
with interment in Bethel cemdtery.?
Hartsville Messenger.
x .
Will Rogers Is '"r
' 'All Broke Up*
Beverly Hills, Cai_if? Jan. ?WW
Rogers," comedian, said today "I'm all
broke up" over ?he death of Calvin
Cooftdge.
"He had something on the ball th*
rest of 'em didn't have," Rogers said.
"I don't know what it waa Mebbe
it was economy or statesmanship or
just plain Ameridantam, but whatever
it waa he had it; I guess I made
more jokes about him than anybody
else, but underneath eVery one of
them WM an expression of nig own
admiration for the man. I guess he
,p??- ?-?*
J. T. Gettys Named
County's Attorney
The new county board of director*
composed of W. T. Redfearo, Ernest
Truesdsle, John A. iRabon and J* H.
Sowell. has named J. Team Gettys as
county attorney and J. A. Roseborough,
of Lugoflf, n? clerk of the board.
So far the new board has done very
little owing to the fact that W. T.
Redfearn, who baa been named chairman,
was taken ill'with inftuensa and
hjit^ been confined to his home for
more than a Week. ^
Other changes made in tho subor-,
dinate positions was that of the naming
of Eugene L. Moaeley aa superintendent
of the chain gang. He replaces
H. E. Munn, who was the road
superintendent until that office was
abolished by legislative enactment.
Serving with Mr, Moaeley as guards
and truck drivers will be Ray F.
Gregory, M. P. Johnson, T. M. Keith,
Will Connell aa old employees and
Marcel Owfcris and E. K, Gregory as- *
new ones.
Bridge keepers named were M. M.
Reasonover, S. W. Rose, D. E. Baxley
and S. J. West as relief man. ^
January 15 Last Day
For Displaying Tags ?
Columbia, S. C., Jan. 0.-4n view gg
of the fact that the South Carolina
highway department has no authority
to extend time oh the purchase of
1933 license plates, W. V. Sutherland,
director of the motor vehicle division,
is again appealing to the. motorists
of the state to secure their new plates
on or before January 15 in order to
avoid the liability of arrest and fine.
"The state law says that the plates
should be displayed on January 1,"
Mr. Sutherland said, "but we instructed
the highway^ patrolmen not to
make any cases until after January
15 in?order that we might make a
fhoOB the licenses sold
pripr to January 1, but we have no
authority to extend .the time for displaying
plates and therefore urge the
purchasing of tho new plates at once.
Thousands of motorists are operating
their vehicles on the highways of
the state with 1032 tags, and it is of
paramount importance to them^tpL^.
equip themselves with this year's \
plates^as soon as possible to avoid
the last-minute rush thpiwill be made
next week. The fifty-centA penalty . " >.
is in"effect. * ,
In urging those who have not
bought plates to do so immediately,.
Mr. 'Sutherland pointed , out -that more
than <$1,150,000.00 was collected by
the department for license plates
through January 8, and said, that
is very gratifying to us considering
^he fihanciar condition.^ ldr* Suther- >
land said he also wanted to thank
those motorists who purchased their
plates before the first of the year and.
avoid a rush. "They aided us greatly
in a big Job," he said, "and again wdw
appeal to other .motorists to help us
in the remaining few days thpt are
left before the final time limit on
January 15, because it meant a great
deal to them as well as to us."
*?
Passengers By Plane
The Eastern Air Transport company
had three passengers this Week
using, their regular mail plane tot
transportation. W. L. Turner, of
Chester, made a trip to Colombia;
M. L. Mays, of the Western Union
office, and R. A. Huey, of the Postal
Telegraph Company, made a .trip to
Charlotte and return. ; ?1... riiffa
Effective January 7, Eastern Air
Transport inaugurated a through ser
vice between New Yorkp and . Miami ~'
which for the first time will allow
passengers to travel the entire length'
of the East Coast in one day, it wma .
announced by Harold A. Elliott, vicepresident
and.general manager. The
through service greatly increases the
import*nee of pammgnr and air ex? r
press services in "this territory, for
it eliminatee the overnight stop in
Jacksonville and connects directly
with the international airway extending
from Miami to the West Indies^
Central and South America. /
Starving With Money hi Stocking
She was 90 years old and feared
poverty, and "waa- saving up for my
old age," Mrs. Johannar Wilkins ex- :
plained when taken to thfe Mission
Emergency hospital in Ban Francisco
suffering from starvation. But in her