The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 20, 1933, Image 1
The Camden Chronicle
i ''f'" WStM
" ' ** * 11 * ' ' ' 1 I.IS?WMBBMW^MIBMMaBBMSa?BSri>MBMWMaHMBgglll n? ;i mi i i in i I 1
VOLUME 44. '. CAMDEN,. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 193? NUMBER 42
.,v so.. *>*
Achievement Day
To Be Celebrated
On Saturday rooming, January 21,
4.H club member* from every section
of Kershaw county will come to
Camdqn fpr their achievement Day
program. Tbia program will be held
in the American Legion Hall and will
begin at 1ft o'clock. Mra. Harriet R
Johnson, sUte girls' club leader, will
be present. .
' One hundred eixty-flve club girls
"completed their work last year and
will be given certificate? at this time.
Many other club members wiH be
present also. A silver loving cup will
be given the club having the largest
, attendance. Pollye West will preside.
Following is the program:
Meeting called to order; chorus,
"Carolina"; devotional, Dr. Wimberley;
greetings from County Council
of Farm Women, Mrs. Kate fe.
Gettys; greetings from Senior 4-H
Olub, Miss Effie Truesdale; response,
Emily McCoy; chorus, "Club Work;"
roll call by club and review of
achievements; chorus, "4-H Clover
and the Rose;" "What Club Work
Has Meant to Me," Pollye West;
"How Club Work Teaches Us To Be
Healthy," Louise Gaskins; "My Trip
to State Short Course," Ola Baker;
chorus, "Dreaming;" address, Mrs,
I Kathleen Watts; awarding of certificates
and diplomas, Mrs. Johhson;
short business session; parting song;,
adjournment; picture show,
r The 4-H ^lub .girla have done excellent
workJ dpring the past year.
165 Have completed the required1 work.
150 entered the various club contests
last year. Two of the girls won outstanding
honors. Pollye West won a
trip to Washington next June as one
of the two most outstanding club
girls in the state. Louise Gaskins
won a trip to the State Fair for being
the health jest club girl in the
Pee Dee District- She was a close
second for jtje healthiest girl in the
state. Both girls wttl take part in
Saturday's program/
The parents,- teachers and all others
interested in 4-H club work are invited
to attend and see what club
work really means to the rural children.
Mr. J. P. Richards
Appoints His Clerk
? ?_ ^
Congressman J. P. Richards of this
city announced on Thursday morning
that he wpuld appoint Milus H. Carroll
of Yort^sifa clerk when he goes
to Washingtons in thb near future.
Mr. Carroll at the present time is
superintendent of the Bethel Consolidated
high school in York county.
The trustees of that school have made
arrangements to permit him to undertake
his new duties as clerk to Mr.
Riehftrds. Mr. Carroll is a native of
York. . 0
Mr. Richards said that he^believed
that there would be an extra session
of congress about April 1. He said>
that he would go to Washington so/ne
time in March but that he would not
lake his family there until later. The
election of the speaker of the
house in congress is attracting much
attentioir at present and Mr. Richards
said that he had not made up
his mind as to whom he will support
for this important position when thenew
congress meets. Representatives
Rainey of Illinois, McDuffie of Alabama
and Byrnes of Tennessee are
the outstanding candidates for this office.
Mr. Richards said that he considered
Representative Byrnes of
Tennessee as one of the Ablest mem
hers of the house of representatives
but that he was not pledged to his
I candidacy.
Miss Mary Louise iSistare who has
served as stenographer for Mr. RichBards
for more than, A year will be his
stenographer at Washington.
Mr. Richards said that he was reBceiving
much mail concerning pemdHing
legislation and also many letters
concerning.-the election- of a speaker
B<>f the house.?Lancaster News.
Mr. Corbett Died Tuesday
William Preston Corbett, aged 51,
Bhed at the residence of his sister,
^vfrs. Ed Lee, on Lyttleton street, this
Bity, Tuesday afternoon. He wme J
Buried at Pleasant Hill Methodist
^fcpiscopal church on Wednesday,
Banuaiy 18th, at 8 p. m., and internment
waa m the church yard, burial
Bulcee being conducted by Iter. J. B. 1
^Baaton. Mr, Corbett leaves only one
later surviving, Mrs. Ed Lee. The
^Bornegay Funeral Home had the fun- ,
hi charge.
.i < < I W" nil
Camden Host To
Churih Group
1 > " W"l" ' I
I The eleventh annual convention of
tljo upper South Carolina branch of
the woman'? auxiliary to the National
Council of the Episcopal church
convened at Grace church in Camden,
yesterday.
The program yesterday "was: 10:30
a. m.. registration, parish house; 11
o'clock, a* m., celebration of the Holy
Communion; celebrants, Rt. Rev. K.
G. Finli&y, D. D.; Rev. F. H. Craig|hill,
Jr.; Rev. William Johnson; 12
o'clock, business session; call to order
and organization of the annual
meeting; invocation, Rev. W. H. K;
Pendleton; greetings, Rev. F. H.
Crtiighill, Jr., rector; Mrs. John M.
Villepigue, president parish branch;
introduction of guests; address, Rt.
Rev. K. G. Finlay, D. D., bishop of
the diocese; appointment of committees;
1:30 p. m., adjournment; lunch;
2:15 p. m., departmental conferences;
3 o'clock, p. m., business session; roll
call of branches; report and address
of president; report of credentials
committee; recommendations of executive
board; report of district directors;
6 o'clock, p. m., address, Mrs.
James R. Cain, provincial president;
5:30 p. m., adjournment; 8 o'clock
p. m., evening service andi address,
Rt. Rev. Edwin E. Penick, D. D.,
bishop of the diocese of North Carolina.
,;) Today at 7:30 a. m.: Celgbratiojl of
th&'Holy Communion; a. nr.,
quiet "hour, Rev. Capers .Satterlee^
11 o'clock, a. m., business session;
invocation, Rev. R. C. Topping; minutes
of Thursday's session; departmental
reports and programs; 12
o'clock, noon day praydr; report of
nominating committee; elections; report
of resolutions committee; report
of committee on resolutions of courtesy
; service of consecration of executive
board, Rt. Rev. K. G. Finlay;
1:30 p. m., adjournment.
Gibson Flays
Lobby Hordes
Columbia, Jan. 13.?Former members
of the General Assembly were
termed "the greatest menace we hav^f
here" by Speaker James B. Gibson;
of the House today. ,
In a discussion of the rules regarding
admission to thq hall, the
speaker was asked if he did not favor
admission, of former members, as
the present rules allow.
"Why those fellows are the greatest
menace we have," Gibson replied.
"They come here and do more lobbying
and harm than anybody we ha\te."
"We are here to 'tend to the people's
business. If you were on the
board of directors of a bank, would
you allow anybody and everybody to
oome in and interfere?" He was ap*
plauded. ' ^.
Representative Moorer, of <3olleton,
said during the past ae?jipns
lobbying of former member&^during
the election of judges wa:^rdisgust
LCamden
Rotary Notes
Henry Savage, Sr., had charge of
the Rotary program on Thursday.
Rev. J. B. Caston gave a splendid talk
on Robert E. Lee, Thursday being his
birthday. Mr. Savage then called on
W. T. Redfearn, chairman of the
county board, who spoke on the finances
of Kershaw county. J. Team
Gettys, county attorney, also gave
some figures about the expenses and
revenues.
Mr. .Savage suggested the beautifying
of our county and state roads,
and said that more care should be
taken to save the trees when build- :
feg roads. . L. I. - Guion pffered to j
give 1,000 crepe myrtle trees to be
used in improving our highways.
The visiting Rotarian was Joe E.
Timberlake, of Columbia.
The program next week will be in
charge of J. G. Richards, Jr., and two
weeks hence, it will be in charge of
the?"A ima. and. Objects CommitWej" .
T. V. Walsh, Jr., is chairman df this ,
committee. - : 1
Death of Mrs. Peak
Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Peak, aged
77, died at her residence at Lugoff
on Sunday, January 16th, and was
buried at Pine Grove Baptist church
Monday morning, ear vice# conducted
by Eev. FaHe. Mra. Peak {eavee one
eon, Melton Peak, and one daughter,
Mre. W. B. Branham, both of Logoff. ;
The Kornegay Funeral Homo sous in
ehawge of all arrangement#,
^
The "world's digest roller dam" is
Bearing completion in the Mississippi
Prodigals Returning
To Farms They Left
Kingatree, Jan, 1$.?They are coming
back to the land, those negroes
and whit? tenants who answered the
call of the city not so many years
ago, and all they ask is an humble
hut and a bit of ground.
In good times, hundreds left.farms
in the South Carolina low country
and found good paying jobs in cities.
Mills and industrial centers. Those
who went wrpte back of the money
they were making and the pictures
of prosperity attracted others who
were accustomed to plenty of food
but iHttye cash.
Now, with millions of unemployed,]
landownefs are being besieged withj
requests from those comihg back to
the earth for a living to he allowed
to use cabins long abandoned and
plant jlnnd idle five years.
The prodigals .look enviously at
those who have remained and been
contented with their lot on the farm.
They see W. N. Guess, who quit the
navy to spend 20 years' on, a Williamsburg
oounty farm,' prospering in a
small way with his ^eet potato]
crops. They see Col. C. L. Burgess'I
small farm and the pecan trees thatj
are }\is money crop.
Arid in time, with the aid of large
landowners, they expect to be simi-|
larly well-fixed because those returning
are being welcomed home. *
On one plantation, where as many]
as 50 houses -yrere vacant last year,
there is not a vacant cabin now and
the owner is still receiving applications.
New shingles and boards, freshly
cut from the pine forests nearby,
have been added to the run-down |
cabins. Improvised furniture, knocked
together from odds and ends, has
been provided. i
There is a little cash to go along
with food from the soil for those who
are willing to work for it. Vegetables
almost always find a market.
Guides are in demand by winter vis-i
itors who come here to hunt and lightwood
is usually saleable.
Relief Council Gives !
Many Employment
The Kershaw County Relief Council
reports that crews of men are now
busy at the following schools of the
county, cleaning off t^je grounds, j
grading, planting shrubbery or dOing
repair work to the buildings: Camden,
-Blaney, Kershaw, Rethune,,
Charlotte Thompson, Baron DeKalb,
Midway, Thorn Hill and Lugoff.
Over four hundred men are employed
now and next week an additional one,
hundred will be taken on.
Foremen on these jobs report that
the men are doing their work equally
as well ad -In former times when la- j
bor received from onO dollar and up
per da jr.. The price per day now being
paid iO fifty cent?, and as many
as can be used are being added to
the pay rolls.
It has not been our privilege so
far to visit any of the schools where
this work is 'being done but .the city
school grounds show a wonderful improvement
and will add much to the
looks of our handsome school building,
as well as have the play grounds
in good shape for all athletics, so
boon to occupy the children's afternoons
as the days lengthen.
Dr. Wimberly Goes To Charleston.
The " services at the Methodist
church will be called in Sunday night.
The reason is, that the pastor,_ Dr.
Wimberly, has been invited to deliver
the annual address for the Charleston
Bible Society. This is one of the oldest
Bible -Societies in the country,
and at the anniversary of its organization,
the larger churches of the
city unite for the address, and it is
taken to the different churches. This
season it will be held in the Bethel
Methodist church, where Dr. Wimberly
Was pastor for four yearS*^Kp
doubt, he will be greeted by. a Mlt
audience, among his many friends in
thp ^'Old City by the Sea."
ylV Special Meeting at Church.
The men of the Presbyterian church
wiB Bold a special meeting in the
Sunday, school building Monday evening,
January 23rd, at 8 o'clock. The
purpose of this meeting is to bring to
the attention of all members the status
of the Foreign Missionary situation
of the church. Rev. J. T. LittleJohn,
Jr., who "has spent some time
as a Missionary to China, will MT the
speaker. F. N. McCorkle will have
chirge of the program and the pdhlic
- ^ : *r:.
Aged Lady Passes
At Lugoff Home
\ . ' - '
Friend? were saddened to learn of
the passing of Mrs. Mittie Truesdale,
life-lohg eitiren of Kershaw county,
on last Friday, January 18th, in her
eighty-fourth year.
- Mrs. Truesdale, born and reared in
thia county, was at an early age
married1 to Zachariah Truesdale, of
Wost Wateroe, where they lived and
were active in all community life of
that community. And to this union
was born a large family, as follows:
E. P. Truosdale, of Camden; Dr. E. Z.
Truesdale, of Bethune; E. T. Truesdale,
of Lugoff; Mrs. E)la Twitty, of
Cleveland, Ohio; -Mrs. T. O. Lee, of
Charleston; Mrs. J. K. Lee, of Lugoff;
Mrs. Lillian .Bruce, of'Camden;
Mrs. J. A. Ward, of Lugoff. The following
grandchildren survive: Mrs.
D.^L Jowers, Rome, Ga.; Mrs. l^amar
Davis, Memphis; Ernest Truesdale,
Neil Truesdale, Misses Katherine
Truesdale, Margnret Truesdale, of
Bethune; Mrs. Edna, Ed ens, Florence;
LeRoy Truesdale, U. S. Marines; Mrs.
S. C. Clyburn, Camden; E. T. Truesdale,
Jr., Miss Marguerite Truesdale,
Karl T. Rosborough, James Rqsborough,
Lugoff; T. O. Lee, Jr., Charleston;
Mrs. Thelma McNinch, Columbia;
J. K, Lee, Jr., Westville; Raymond
Lee, U. ,S. Marines; Ralph Lee, Misses
Vivian Lee*, iSallie Lee, Lugoff; Basil
Bruce, Robert JBrUce, Camden; Miss
Evelyn 'Bruce, Colupjhia.
Mrs. Sallie P... Tniesdale, of this
city,. is also a sister of the deceased.
Funeral services were held from
her late home conducted by Rev. W.
F. Jorman, of Bethune, assisted by
Rev. Gardner, of Dugoff, and burial
was in the St. John's Methodist
Episcopal* burying ground at Lugoff.
Four granddaughters placed the
beautiful floral emblems, sent by loving
relatives and friends, upon the
grave.
Pallbearers were six grandsons of
Mrs. Truesdale as follows: James
Rosborough^JE. T. Truesdale, Jr.,
Ernest Truesdaie, Jr., Neil Truesbale,
Basil Bruce, Robert Bruce.
Wounds Were Fatal
To J. Tillman Munn
J.r Tillman Munn, 41, died in a Columbia
hospital Friday from wounds
j said to have been inflicted by Gill 0.
Robinson, a neighbor, both men being
| residents of the Cassatt section. The
j fatal wounds were inflicted Monday
jafternoon of last week and Munn's
j condition was regarded as desperate
I from the first. He was badly cut in
many places.
An inquest was held at the Kornegay
Funeral Home /Saturday afternoon.
There were no eyewitnesses to
testify except the widow of the slain
man, but she could not tell much
about the affair except that she saw
the men standing close together and
heard Munn say that Robinson had
cut him. Dr.- George A Rhame also
testified as to the cause of death.
It is said that the row started on
account of cattle running at large on
Robinson's field. The coroner's jury
ordered Robinson held for the killing.
Both men were married. Munn was
a World War veteran, having served
overseas.
___ '
Small Fire Sunday
i The-fire truck answered a call Sunday
about six o'clock in the afternoon,
when an oil stove caught fire
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Garwood
Jaynes, on East Hampton
street. The stove and several small
articles were destroyed but no great
damage done as the firemen, using
chemical extinguishers, soon had the
blaze under control.
Campaign Postponed.
In view of so many other important
matters which have required the
attention of the county agent recently,
it has become necesary to post-,
pone the rat poisoning campaign from
January 21 to February 4. Everyone
in the county who desires to get this
poison will please notify the county
agent as soon as possible in order
that definite orders may be made up.
c
Visit The Market
The members of the Chib Market
will hare spinach, spring onions, turnips,
collards, dressed chickens, pork,
sausage,' eggs, head cheese, fresh
butter, cottage cheese and cream to
seH on Saturday morning, January
21. They.invite the Me* of Camden
? visit the market and purchase
their .Sunday dinner.
-
Agents' Retention
, Urged By Leaders
At h rocent meeting of the Kershaw
County Board of Agriculture
which consists of farm leaders 'from
various sections of the county with
N. P. (iettys as president, the following
resolutions w^re unanimously
adopted:
It is recommended that in 1083 our
farmers leave out approximately onofourth
of their cultivated lands, cultivating
only the best lands on the
place, and on the lowe-st producing I
farme that possibly 60 per cent of
the cultivated land be left out and
that the best land be planted' and
better fertilized and better cultivated;
That every landlord in the county
see that his tenants produce adequate
supplies of food and feed for the
family and livestock;
That every farm family in the
county, largo or small, "white or colored,
secure us early as possible at
least one milch cow and that sufficient
feed be grown for such animals;
.
That every farm family exert still
more diligence in the production, conservation
and use of stable and lot
manures, and that our cows and other
livestock be better housed during the
winter, and tbat fires bo kept down
in the woods, and that an abundance
of litter be kept in the stables and
lot? at all times; ?
Tha<t every farm family take greater
interest in having bigger and better
al^-year home gardens and that
each family won^c in bloser cooperation
c'Wlth their coiihty and home
agents, especially in the development
of hotter all-year gardens, and that
each family secure a copy of the garden
bulletin from one of the agents
and that each family see that their
name is on the list to receive the
monthly garden letters; ?
It was moved, seconded and passed
unanimously by a standing vote that
the Kershaw County Legislative Delegation
retain our county and home
agents on as favorable basis as possible;
That all of the farm people of the
county be urged to work closer during
1933 with their county and home
agents .in all of their farm and home
problems. . '
Urges Libel Law
Be Made Liberal
Columbia, Jan. 13.?The charge
j that "the, press of the state is 'hogj
tied' ?pd muzzled" was made today
| by Speaker of the House James B.
Gibson.
f Gibson indicated' he believed the
condition he charged resulted from
the lack of more liberal laws regarding
libed. He" pointed out that he introduced
a "liberal" libel "bill last
year.
"If I'm a public servant," he said,
"I'm not afraid for anybody to'attack
my public life, or my private
life, either. I think something should
be done about it."
> k
Mr. Hasty Passed
Away Thursday
; James Preston Hasty died at noon
Thursday at his residence east of
Camden, after an illness extending
over several months. He was in the
56th year of his age.
Mr. (Hasty is survived by his wife,
two eons> and two daughters, as follows:
Edward Hasty, Thelton Hasty,
Mrs." Gonzola Beleos, Mrs. Lillian
Robinson, all of Camden.
Three brothers and one sister also
are other relatives surviving:-' Charlie
Hasty, Ben T. Hasty, of Camden;
Lee Hasty, of Kershaw and" Miss
Matt Hnsty, of this city.
Funeral services win be at 2:30
Friday, at Wateree Baptist church,
conducted by Rqv: J. T. Littlejohn,
and interment in the Quaker ceme.funerj&lized
. by the Konwg?y
Funeral Home.
The meeting of the South Carolina
delegation in congress to arrange the
distribution of political plums in this
state was amicable and an agreement
wa^quickly reached.- Under ite terms
as explained by Senator Ellison D.
Smith, in whose office the delegation
met, members of the house will have
the right to recommend appointments
for postoffice positions, rural mail
caniorf and cqtton gin centmrtakers*
while senators are empowered to
officials, such as judges, district attorney*,
marshals and internal safe
Extension Given
To Buy Licenses
The South Carolina general assembly
finished its first ,week of -work
Friday and just boforo adjournment * '
for the week end the house adopted
a senate amendment to its resolution
requesting that time for purchase of f ^ : ;]
automobile licenses ho extended from
Junuary 15 to February 16. Bon M.
Sawyer, chief highway commissioner,
Announced that the request would be
complied with by that departments^
Stacking soon after convening ^
Tuesday, the two housOs began pro- .
grams looking toward tho Reduction
of taxes and balancing the budget.
Yosterday the house adopted a res- ^
olution instructing the ways and
means committee not to approve appropriations
for current 1933 expenses
totaling more than $5,000,000, In1
dicative of the tenor of the house, the
instruction of a committee is an
usual procedure.
Tho senate, too, has given indications
that the taxpayer will be relieved
this < year. Bills of economy have
poured into both branches' of
the general assembly. ,
Senator I^aney of Chesterfield is I *
sponsoring a resolution urging the
substitution of indirect taxe9 for
county and district levies on property
for the support of schools. The senate
heard two other important measures
read1 yesterday. Senator Dreher Q
of Lexington introdu^d a bill to prohibit
the forced sale of small farms
this year, and Senator Jeffords introduced
one to reduce by one-third the --'W"*'
present value of farm lands. > ,.
Big majorities in both houses fo-#
vored postponement of the time to
buy 1033 automobile licenses until
February 15. Tho house concurred
in a senate amendment to its bill to
provide that the- distribution of a
part of, the gasoline tax to counties
be based pn the number of automo- ^ : >
biles registered in December. This
will only apply during January and
While the resolution adopted did
not have the force of law, such requests
by the general assembly are
invariably carried out-by the depart"In
compliance with the request of
the general assembly," Sawyer announced,
"I will instruct our officers r
and agents not to make any cases
until after tho 15th of February."
Pretty Church
Wedding Tuesday
Beautiful in its simplicity and dig'
nity was the marirage of Miss Mary
Wells Boykin to Clifton McFarland,
of Melrose, Mass., which was solemnized
at 4 p. m. Tuesday, January
17, in Or ace Episcopal church. The
impressive double ring ceremony of w ]^>fj
the Episcopal church was performed
by Rev. P. H?- Craighill, of Camden,
pastor of the bride. ?
(Southern smilax, ferns and palms [
were used in the church and the chancel
was decorated in Easter lilies and
candelabra holding lighted cathedral
Preceding the ceremony while- the
guests were assembling Mrs. F, N.
McCorkle played a program of organ
music. She also played the wedding
march and "To A Wild Rose," by
MacDowell, was softly played during
the ceremony. Prior to the ceremony Miss
Virginia DeiLoache delightfully
sang two selections: "At Dawning"
and "I Love You Truly." - . _
The charming bride of brunet type,
gowned in a model of grey crepe
modishly fashioned with grey accessories,
was^ given in marriage by her - ,
father, Mr. B. O. Boykin. Her bou- .
quet was of pink Briarcliff roses. I
The ushers were Hunter Kennedy
and Frank Tompkins, of Columbia;
.Harvey Clarke and John deLqach, of
The bride's only attendant was her
sister, Miss Catherine Boykin. gfo& ?
"wore K lovely gown of periwinkle
crepe with accessories to match ""and
carried a bouquet of yellow Joanna
11 rosc^i
The bridegroom was attended by
Moultrie B. Burns, of Columbia.
Out-of-town guests for the wedding
were: Mr. and Mrs. C. H.'McFarlaud,
of Melrose, Mass., parents of the
bridegroom; Mr. and Mm. William
Boykin, of Charlotte; Mr. and Mrs.
William King, of Davidson; Mr. and
M. Kennedy, Sr., Mr. mid Mrs. John
Bajwck* Mr. and Mrs. Prank Tomp- pr
kins. Misses Louis and Zaida Lang,
Kennedy, aH of Oolurebi^^^^^^^K<-.