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The Camden Chronicle I VOLUME 45 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1933 NUMBER 12 Suits Are Dropped S Against Officials j p Watson ami Henry T, Hor, ' who hail instituted" ta*i>ayer8 1 ?*? "? J- " McLcoa-. T w Hogue, treasurer and B. E. Lrrow, auditor, to enjoin the enJLment of the recent act of the Lend assembly, which provided for 'Jj extension of the^ tjmo ti>v -paying ?jes now delinquent over a period rften years under certain conditions L gtipulat ions, through their uttor. -tLtook orders before Judge W. H. iwnsend ^Columbia Thursday, dismissing tin-if suits and dissolving the temporary injunction issued therein. It i, understood that these gentlemen wcr?- utnU-r the impression that n the ev? n.t any taxpayer failed to comply w/h the terms of the act *hen tho ? xeciitions were returnee! ,he treasurer and the executions were"theu up n sent back to the sheriff he would have no further discretion and would be compelled to foregone or. property immediately; and upon it appearing that the delegation had n<> such intention, these gentlemen withdrew their objection and dropped the suits. When the papers were served on Sheriff McLeod, Treasurer Hogue and Auditor Sparrow, they promptly turned the papers over to J. Team Gettys, county attorney, who before entering upon the preparation of their defense, directed a letter to them inquiring,''if they or either of them had any /objection to the act or any portion/thereof, and with especial reference, to the question of fees denied the sheriff and. treasurer's offices under the terms of the act. | These gentlemen, responding to the i letter of Mr. Gettys, advised him that it was not their desire to attack '.he act upon any ground nor did they desire to make any question as to the allowance of fees and costs to them, and requested Mr. Gettys to defend the act. In his return, filed in accordance with the first order of Judge Towusend, Sheriff McLeod stated that he expected and desired to obey the mandates of the act and was preparing to turn over to Mr. Hogue as treasurer the executions in his hands. Sheriff McLeod further in his return called atttenlion to the deplorable conditions prevailing in Kershaw county, especially in the rural districts, and the inability of farmers to pay their tuxes, and further stated that because of these distressing conditions he had refused whenever it was possible for him to do so from levying upon and selling property | under tax executions in his hands andt had offered no lands for sale for! taxes since January 1932, except when requested to do so by the par- j .ties interested for the purpose of! 'r closing t'tT" to the lands. The returns of Messrs. Hogue ,and Spar-| row wfj\ Iifee Wen'or, each--of-them : defendir-- .< ttet and calling atten-j ton: distress prevailing among tr.e far: ? people and their inabil- ^ ; . axes at this time. Mr. (i. - was assitied by Mr. E. j D. ; , y. I I Teachers Being Paid With State Notes! r - to the amount of $56,-1 xpected to be delivered to j Kprsha v ,unty this week for the payrr..-r. : teachers' salaries. Those i note* a irned and issued by State Tfca -; j ,;;an ji, ScarbordVigh on 1 ' i, and credit of the State; o. S., ; f'v.ro'.ina, and bear interest at fh. .;i(M. cent $30,4-59.00 will ..v 1. 1934, and $20,208.00 -July 1, 1935. The teaehpaiii with these notes, and] ? ?Tl' ' n.ar.y of the business houses -<d a willingness to ac-| ' ? for face value. A few < agreed to buy the notes! a r of safe investment and! *? r-' tr.c teachers who will be ' a.-cept these notes instead -r the services they have, ,^r :' ' " the school rooms during( jl'1 ' - y-nr. All the teachers of ^r.aA- county were paid up in full . 'fl ' <-t, but since that time] dr-j received no pay, and it is, . ' "pod that they will not i; to make a further sacrifice and notes for leas than full 'a.i}#., ' ta..- notes are being issued also the .Stale's obligation for trans- ' UL*l'?n an<* deficits due in the Aid for 1931-1932 and 1932- 1 ". * Asks Permission To Take Off Two Trains .Mayor K. M. Kennedy, Jr., is in receipt of the following letter from J. W. Wa??um, of the Southern railway, inWhick-he makes a frank statement relative to the cost of operating Southern passenger^trains: "Application has been made to the South Carolina Railroad Commission for permission to discontinue trains 117 and 118 between the North Carolina-South Carolina state line (ShelJ by, N. C.) and between Columbia and Kingville, S. C., and hearing has been set for 10:00 a. m., Wpdnesdayp Jurte 28th, to consider our application. "Under this plan, trains 117 and 118 will continue to operate betweenj i Kingville and Rock Hill on appVoxi-| i mutely the same schedule as at pres- j |ent, train 118 making connection at; j Kingville with the Carolina Special j an<? arriving Rock IIill at the samo time as now. We are handling with i the Post Office Department the mat ter of establishing Star Route Service j between Columbia and Kingville to j take care of papers and mail going to train 118. Under the proposed arrangement there will be no difference on the Columbia end as com-] pared with present service except the handling of passenger business, which practically amounts to nothing as shown below: "Trains 117 and 118 operated without handling a passenger per trip 23 different days during January; 25 different days during February; 22 different days during March; and 12 different days during April. "We are also asking the Post Office Department to inaugurate Star Route Service from Rock Hill to Blacksburg, connecting at Rock Hill with No. 118, and at Blacksburg with No. 38; and I from Blacksburg to Rock Hill, eoninecting at Blacksburg with No. 36, and at Rock Hill with No. 117. Therefore, the handling of mail to and from points west of Rock Hill will be just as satisfactory as at present if .the-Star Route .Serviee is inaugurated. , t "Careful account has been kept oi the actual revenues and expenses of these trains and our _ out-of-pocket loss for the last six months of 1932 amounted to $28,440.49, and for the first four months of 1933 our out-ofpocket loss amounted to $19,312.17. From these figures you will see the j absolute necessity for curtailment in the expense of these trains and we are convinced the curtailment in service can be made without impairing the service to and from points between Rock Hill and Kingville but 'very little. You understand, of] course, there will be no change in the schedule of passenger trains' as now operated between Rock Hill and Kingville, other than perhaps a few minutes." Methodist Church Next Sunday Sunday school begins at 19 a. m., conducted by M. M. Reasonover superintendent. and B. W. Marshal , assistant. Envelopes for the Junor, Church will be distributed at the assembly of the Sunday school at; 10:50. Chalk talk by the pastor to ^ the Sunday school. : Preaching at 11:15: "Mysteries of. The Kingdom." This will"be a con-, tinuation of the series which wberan last Sunday morning. This, series will continue for six Sundays,, covering the great prophetic 13th, Chapter of Matthew. We trust the membership will become interested in this, the most startling chapter given bv our Master during His ministry. Services at 8:30 Sunday evening. C. F. Wimiberly, pastor. To Observe Anniversary Rev. C. C. Reynolds, pastor,, and) Kate C. Powell, secretary, announce j the fifth anniversary of the erection j of Trinity Methodist church on west, DeKalb street. Trinity church was. destroyed by f.re and was rebuilt. The congregation held their hrst services on June 17, 1928, and their anniversary comes this >ear a y Inter, on June 18, 1933. A very interesting program will be given. elections by Trinity choir, readings j solog, instrumental selections andquartets are included. They extend a cordial invitation to their white j friends to be present at 3:30 in the afternoon. Early Influence. "What do you suppose makes Goo--fus so very erratic? It must be some early influence in his life.' "I don't know; but they say he was born under a crazy-jullt, and that might account for it.* % _ \ . 7,'Vr - .? ? - ' ' Kershaw Cotton Mill Will Enlarge Greatly It was about twenty-one years ago when the capital stock was subscribed and the organisation effected whioh brought into actual existence the initial plant of the Kershaw Cotton Mills. The effort was not made at the beginning to start on a very ltLfgo seale, but eight years ago the mill was* enlarged to double its original size, which meant one hundred per cent increase in building, machinery equipment, in the erection of cottages and in the operating force. j And now the information is given j I out that another decided step is to i be taken, not at a future time, but now, in the midst of the period of j depression which has crushed the op-1 ! timistic spirt of a large proportion. Sto a dead standstill, the mill will j j make another bound forward by the j i fifty per cent increase of its housing' i facility, the enlargement of its op-j orating plant, and in its working! force. For the present the number j | of its residential cottages will not be I increased, there being no urgent need for that. *Tho Kershaw Mill is classified as being in the Springs group, over which the late Colonel Springs was the presiding head, and a genius in [the successful management of textile [ plants he was. However, his mantle fell upou capable and worthy shoulders when his only son, and child, Captain Elliott White Springs, succeeded him, following the death of his father, and there is every reason to ibelieve his vision is forward and bis confidence unwavering in what the future holds in store for those who make use of present opportunity to aid in dispelling gloom and drooping spirits and substituting factual evidence of returning prosperity. This manifestation of enterprise at such a time should have the effect of inspiring other lines of industry and raising the spirits of the people generally within the vicinity at least,? Kershaw Era. Old Welsh Home Destroyed > The dwelling on the extreme south end of Cleveland street, known as the Welsh old home place, which was erected and occupied during the later years of his life by the late Captain j. V. Welsh and family, was totally destroyed Monday afternoon about 3 o'clock by a fire which originated in the kitchen roof. The fire had made such headway when discovered and was fanned by a stiff breeze that it was next to impossible for the fire department to subdue the flames after being summoned. The building was occupied by C. A. Blackmon and family and was owned by the Kershaw Lumber Company. Both the building and furniture were insured and some of the furniture was saved.? Kershaw Era. ^ \ Presbyterian Church Services I Sunday, June 18. A. Douglas .31c-1 Arn, pastor, announces services at Bethosda church as follows: Church, school at 10 a. m? morning worship j at 11:15, Young People's Forum at j 8 o'clock, midweek service. Wednes-j dav evening at 8 o'clock. There will bo'no meetings of the Junior and In-( termediate clubs this week. The community daily vacation school begins j Monday morning at nine o'clock at, the high school building. All children in the city, ages 5 to'lT, are cordially invited to attend. Registration will be made at the high school this afternoon, June 16, at 3 o clock. The following boys and girls left on Tuesday for the Intermediate con-j ference at Clinton: William Brad-, ford, Jack Richards, McKain Rich-j ards, Emily Sheorn, Douglas Wooten.j Emily Stevenson, Frank Oliver, Wy-, lie Hogue, Jr., Herbert Richoy, Ellen Little, Ralph Stevenson, Jr., Derritt | Wooten, Jean VanLandingham. The Senior conference begins Tuesday, June 20. Those who expect to attend will please notify the pastor. The public is cordially invited to the services in this church. Death of Mr. Devine Frier.ds nr.d acquaintances will begrieved to learn of the death of Colonel John S. Devine, which occurred at his home in New York City Sunday morning, June 11. Colonel Device has been spotiding the past; eight winters in Camden, sometimes j as a guest of The KifKwood. and lastj year he was at the Whittredge home, j He was a retired lawyer and during; his stay here drew a wide circle of friends and admirer*. He is earvWed by hi* -widow. Winners Chosen In Girls' 4-H Contest Each year, the 4-JI club girls look forward to their county contests because the winners can attend tho State Short Course at Winthvo-p College. This year the short course will be held the week of June 2t5. Four contest's were held and the winners are as follows: Project Achievement, Bmify McCoy, first; Anna B. Kelly, second. Clothing, Ola Baker, first; Ruth Holland, second. Health, Anna It. Kelly,?first; Willeno West, second. Health Jrrrpi*or^ment, si>orothy West, first; Ruby Marshall, second, Al; of these girls have had at least two years of club work and have received certificates for work completed.' They have all held club offices whjcnl shows they are leaders in club workj in their communities. Twenty-five girls representing 7| different clubs entered the contests.) Mrs. .1. T. (iettys and^MVs. L*. T.' Truesdale^judged the clothing work.' Mrs. Kathleen Watts and Mrs. Katej Gettys were the project achievement judges, while tho health and health improvement contest was under the supervision of Dr. Humphries and Miss Hey of the county health unit. Jurors Drawn For July Term of Court Jurors were drawn Tuesday for the first week of Court of General Sessions which will convene Monday morning, July 3rd, with Judge W. H. Town send presiding: L. E. Hill, James D. Sheorn, E. R. Frietag, B. F. Workman, E. C. Zemp, D. L. Sotfell, T. G. Arrants, J. L. Pate, L. T. Pate, Camden; L. J. Truesdale, R. F. Gregory, B. F. Vincent, Shell Connell, C. J. Baker, T. H. Young, Robert E. Cauthen, C. H. Truesdale, L. E. Barfield, Shell Crow, L. M. Sowell, J. R. Roberts, B. F. Gregory, E. J. Catoe, F. A. Sowell,, Kershaw; G. C. Rush, Will Connell,: Roy Young, J. B. Galloway, Westvine; T. L. Davis, J. B. Branham, R. A. Jackson, Lugoff; Joe Nettles, Glenn Brown, Blaney; C. C. Stroupe, Liberty Hill; B. Eubanks, Jefferson; j W. S. Young, Cassatt. x') Goes To National 4-H Club Camp ,Miss Pollye West left Monday afternoon for the National 4-H Club: Camp, which is to be held this week | in Washington, D. C. Miss Sadie B. I Craig, the homo agent, Mrs. Lee West and Lee West, Jr., accompanied' Miss West to Rock Hill. There she joined Miss Harriet Welborn, the other state representative, and Mrs. Harriet F. Johnson, the state girls' club leader, who will chaperone the girls. I There will be three broadcasts from the National 4-H Camp and it is hoped that club members, local leaders and the folks back home will en- ] joy. listening to the programs. The broadcasts w"rbl" be June 16, 12:30 to 1:30; June 20, 1 :Wt<^ 1:20; June 21, 1:00 to 1:20. Vacation Bible School Opens MondayAll the white children from the ages of 5 to 17 years are requested to be at the high school today, Friday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock, for the big, parade will be staged at that time. The city fire department and all the j trucks needed will be lined up?ready to carry all the children through every street of Camden. So, children, you cannot afford to miss this big beginning of arid ip t.P rest ing Vacation Bible School which will open at 9:00 o'clock next Monday m.rn-j ing. Lots of fun and a general good] time.?Publicity Committee. Baptist Church Services The following services are an-, nounced for the week at the First Baptist church: Public worship conducted by the pastor, J. B. Caston, at 11:15 a. m. and 8:30 p. m. Morning subject, "Christ, the Perfect Man." Evening subject, "Sin, A Detective." B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening at 7.30 Mid-week prayer ar.d praise service Wednesday evening at f^;.'i0. Sunday( scnool at 10 o'clock with C. O. Stog-j r.or. superintendent. Men's prayer' meeting Sunday morning at 9:30 will be held .n the par.ors of the Sundayschool annex. The public is cord ally invited to attend all the ser\ice3 of this church. . Misses Helen Montgomery, Mildred Brown and Louise Commander have returned home after being the guests of Miss Frances McLeod in Camden for several days.?Wednesday's Sum-, ter Item. .d-S ? *r K - t State Colored Baptist Women To Meet Here The following article with reference to the meeting of colored Baptist women of the state in Camden is signed by Daisy 1). Shropshire, president of the local missionary society, and J. W. Boykin, pastor of Mt. Moriah Baptist church: The forty-fifth annual session of the Woman's Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention of South Carolina will meet here with the Mt. i Moriah Baptist church next week. Beginning Thursday night, the 22nd, 8 oVlook, there wilt be Intro-1 ductory services consisting of welcome' addresses, at,which time Mayor R. M. Kennedy will deliver the welcome ad-j dress in behalf of the city and Mrs. C. E. McCoy, of the First Baptist! church (white), will deliver an ad-i dress representing the white societiesi of the city. \Velciuiio addresses will, be delivered in behalf <>f many of thoj colored organizations of the city.. Tht; convention, proper will begin i Friday mmuting at 10 o'clock with devotions; atllVdoek the introductory , sermon will be preached by Rev. T. L. Ducket, of Columbia. At (? p.^.m. j tho convention will march to the cemetery to the grave of its ex-president, Cora S. Boykin, and there hold memorial services in her honor. She served this convention twenty-two years, as its president. The memorial address will be delivered by Rev. H. H. Butler, of Hartsville, president of the Missionary and Educational Convention of South Carolina. Beginning with Friday morning there will be three services a day and will continue until Sunday nigbt, at which time the closing sermon will be preached by the Rev. J. I. Golson, of Newberry, S. C. We cordially invite all of our! friends, white and colored, to attend these services. Former Camden Man Popular in Anniston The following article taken from the Anniston, Alabama, Star, of June, Bth, will be read with interest by' many of Camden's citizens, who will remember Rev. Stoney, when he made his home here on Fair street, in the house now occupied by Mrs. Louise Cantey: "A good will offering for the building fund oT the Chapel of the Redeemer was taken at Grace Episcopal church Sunday, which marked the twelfth anniversary of the beginning of the Rev. J. M. Stoney's connection with the church as rector. The offering was made by the church as a token of appreciation for the services ' of the rector. I "The congregation of Parker Memorial Baptist church unanimously passed resolutions Sunday morning extending felicitations to the Rev. J Mr. Stoney. "The resolutions said in part: 'lie has manifested a spirit of brotherly cooperation with every other denomination in the work 'of the Lord in this community. The fine spirit of abnegation he has manifested, espe cially in his social service aetivitres ^has furnished a tine Christian examptvjbr y.s-sijin We hereby extend to the Rev. "$1 r. Sidney our sincere fe-. limitations upon his twelfth anniversary as a pastor among us and oxten a to him and his estimable family our heart-felt wishes for their continuecfwglfare.' " ^ Future-Farmers Off to Washington Five boys who are members of tho Camden Chapter of Future Farmer*. -of^Amejiea, with their instructor, H. Grar.ade, left Sunday for Washington and Charlottesville, Va., to take part in the Future Farmers of America pilgrimage. The Future Farmers of America is known as the F. F. A. which is the national organization for bdys "who are studying vocational agriculture ! in the high schools of America. Boys making the trip are Ralph Lee, Steven Team, W. I.. Jackson, Jr., Robert Rhame and Clyde Boheler. Camps Will Be Held Inctruet jon? have just been re-' ceived at Headquarters Fourth Corp* Area that Citizen's Military Training Camps will be held for Red, White and Blue Trainees only. Those who had been selected for the Bssie Course will not train this summer.' Applicants who have received their I "Red Letter" and who were to take! the Red, White or Blue Course, should consider the "Red Letter" as authority to attend. The date of the camps will be announced later. Negro Man is Victim of Heavy Beer Truck Alex DuBose, 45 year old negro, residing on the Jim West place, in the Oasaatt section, was struck ana instantly killed on Federal Highway number one at a .point Ave miles east of Camden Monday afternoon by a truck dvivon by William Ramsey and James Shaddock, of Columbia, DuBose was vidiivg north on a truck when his hut blew oif. The driver stopped to lot- him retrieve his hat and the unfortunate negro seemed not to see the heavy truck coming Amith. Although 'he driver of the Columbia truck run his cur off tho road he could ndt avoid hitting- the man. j. The southbound truck was the property of the State Beverage Company of Columbia, and was enrouto from Camden, New Jersey, to Columbia, S. C., and was heavily laden with beer. An inquest with tbo following jurors was held Monday afternoon: E. C. Zemp, foreman, II. S. Little, G. A. Bart in, Wiley Sheorn, G. W. Monroe, Fred Watts. Unvis Robinson, a white lad, was the only witness to testify, and after a few minutes deliberation the jury announced an unavoidable accident, and the drivors of the truck were released from custody. IHiBose suffered a crushed skull, fractured and a crushed arm. He was carried to the Haile colored undertaking parlor, where the body was viewed by the jury. WatsonWithdraws Action To Test Law Magistrate J. D. Watson, who brought action through his attorneys ! to test the recent act pertaining to j the sheriff's office in regard to the 'change of law for tho collection of taxes in Kershaw county, has submitted the following statement to Tho Chronicle for publication: "Having decided to discontinue the action recently brought by me as a i tax-payer to test the constitutionality of the act recently passed by the legislature dealing with delinquent taxes, 11 wish to say thAt I was under the ! impression that when the executions were returned to the sheriff upon default under the ten year installment j plan of payment, the sheriff would !be forced to sell at once the property (assessed, and felt that such a requirement would work great hardships on many taxpayers. "I am now informed that such was not the intention of the act and that the sheriff would bo vested with the same discretion as heretofore. "Under these circumstances it ia not my purpose to prosecute the acjtion further." Grace Church Services. 1 Rev. F. H. Craighill, rector of Grace Episcopal church' announces that on next Sunday, June 18th, services will be: Church school 10 a. m.; morning prayer and sermon, 11:15 o'clock. The public is invited to these services. Camden Boy To Be Aviator I M. Ansel Bateman, who left hero i last year soon after his graduation from The Citadel, for Texas to enter | aviation, will on June 29 graduate (and be commissioned as lieutenant in the United States Air Corps. He is 'at present in training at Brooks Field. ' It is quite an honor to be a graduate in one of these aviation schools as .the, strictest physical and mental - tests mupCbtr "passed'by the students. I Florists Remember I Sick With Flowers | Last Saturday the Florists Telegraph Delivery Association, throug' out the United States and Canada, ; inaugurated their "shut-in day", by sending flowers to the sick and shutins in homes and hospitals.4 The Camden Floral Company, a member of this association, sent flowers to the number of seventy-five bouquets to the hospital and homes, and judging from the numerous letters of thanxs received by the management these flowers were well received and highly appreciated. It was a happy thought on the part ,of these flower growers and will help in years to come, to carry out their slogan "Say it With Flowers." This is the first year this program has ' been tried out and will more than likely be made an annual afItair. \ " \ f- - ' -