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>' ?;.r ,, I.?The__Camden Chronicle B VOLUME 45t ^ : - _ CAMDEN. CAROLINA. FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1933 <> NUMBER 15 " ^^^^^^MaBtMggga,BBB!ggaiB'BatBMia,gWBIiaj ?1 I .'.ggggg^MBXi i 11 I Why They All See I Barney M. Baruch I Under the above caption the Boston I itailv Gluhaof Su"<l?y? Jun# ^ cftI" X Rowing interest!ny article ? Bernard M. Baruch, who has cotne I L national -prominence by hia *sI lociation with various presidents in I the past twenty yearsf When the headlines proclaimed last that Bernard M. Baroch Is "uu I official President of the United I States" during Mr. Roosevelt's vacaH ^ cn,ise, the Americans ru-bbed their eyes once more over the amazI in* role this mild-mannered philo Shical New York financier has I .laved in the last 20 years. I Of course, "unofficial President" is wjj. the headline way of putting it; ^ the dispatch beneath the head lines showed that Barucji & once I again in his role of advising byI atander to whom many officials are I turning in a national industrial crisis. ?* Ever since Prof Moley dropped the remarks about Baruch being -sort of j m. in charge of things while others were j ,way) the smiling New Yorker has, I been ridiculing'the idea, and finally I rushed off to Europe, to show "how j ridiculous" the whole idea was. Ap-| ptrentlv Prof Moley spoke out of turn. I What it is abqut Baruch :that draws so many officials Jo him is as bafI fling as ever to the pubBc at large. I It is as mystifying to the public as it was when the country first began I to hear that Woodrow Wilson, who certainly had no love for anyone with I Wall Streot attachments, was in conI slant consultation yvith Baruch. i Ever since the Wilson days Baruch I has been a familiar figure at the I White House. During the Harding I and Cool id g? days he was not on call I so cdnstomtly, but he was every once I in a while seen coming o\}t of the I White House. During the Hoover regime it be* I came known that .he was constantly. I ?sometimes every - day?in telephone | I communication with the President. ' | His role at the exciting Democratic * I convention in Chicago last June was, I as baffling to the press corresrtond-1 I ents as his whole sexaipublic role has I been to the public. At( .Chicago it I was finally discovered that Baruch I was the man behind the scenes who I was organizing the ""Stop Roosevelt" J I movement. He was apparently the I powerful figure who was holding all V the lesser candidates together and j I keeping the nomination away from | I Roosevelt for three ballots. An inside story of that affair was<_ told by Frank Kent months after-j ward: Baruch, from his fashionable Blackstone Hotel suite (where, inci: dentally, Gen. Johnston of the Indus-' trial Control bill was also n guest), called up A1 Smith at the Congress and invited him to come to lunch' with j>.- l itter enemy, McAdoo. "Be. r, .-aid Al, "I don't like McAdoo, h in this fight I will sleep with u "> r.iraman to win, and I will cm ' So ,v-. McAdoo .and Baruch sat <iowr. fi. little lunch in the banker's r.v, i apartment. And the agreement i- -aid to have been that if either. Smith or McAdoo quit on the ant;-K o-'-velt combination, the other *houlc l.o notified. "If we work to-1 gether we can beat this feller," said Sm:th. ' According to Smith's friends, McAdoo (icLn't keep his part of the harg,i;n >vhen he quit the stop-i Roosevelt forces. Whereupon, ac-j fordir.g t0 Frank Kent's story, Al| railed up Mr. Baruch and said, | Bornie. your long-legged friend has run f .r. on us, just as I told you he, would." II nor. Baruch was asked after the campaign about this version of the affair, no reminded his questioner that trie part of all good Democrats, now {o be intercjat^d only in the; success of the tickwfiSfcnot in hash-! hig over bygones. ' ourpFfoiFrg thing, however. ^ Was tr.at before Roosevelt had really : cured the nomination, he was al-jl rt'a(ly privately in cmmunication j *"itr. Mr. Baruch, but the first ihat( the pubBc knew about it .was when!] hia r.ame came out during the Sum^h a.> one of the visitors at Hydej^ * firk. ] A 4c mrn who have been close to the tr.rone in various natational ad- ' mmistrations during the last 20 j| J(ars for an explanation of Baruch's | ^hite-thatched six feet, Your and a ] Jwf figure forever flitting back andji f?rth behind the scenes and yon gtt.l "".SHJ??**?!-? h sides," said an official Bostonian ; who has himself been in on many j White House conferences. "One side i is that of the man who knows how to go out and make money. Some eet his wealth at fifty millions. The other side is the man who likes to interest himself and get to the bottom of public problems. The rare thing about Baruch is that he keeps those two sides separate. He has never been suspected of approaching public problems with an ax to grind." Even the farmers got hold of him and he has been their adviser for 10 years. No man in America has such wide ramifications as an adviser. Even Will Rogers will testify to that. When Will was in Boston in} 1930, iie toM of his own itch to get | in on the speculative craze of 1929. i "I told my wife one day," said Will rs he sat in the Globe office talking { to friends the anenrrocriT before his I lecture at the Opera House, "that I wanted to be one of these fellows who cut coupons and get dividends. I wanted to have stocks that went up and made me rich. All I had been doing was buying land around my | place in California. "So I told my wife one day when we were in New York that I was going over to see Barney Baruch.. to get his a<hdce. That' was early in r 1929. I went to Baruch's office and told him that I was making quite a lot of money (on the movies and that Lwas goto* to daposit so much oaeh (Continued on Last Page) Camden Civilian. > Corps at Conway (By Harold McNinch) We, * group of* 200 aspirant Mcivies" and officers, arrived in Con- I way, S. C., bright and early Monday morning, June 26, 1038, and began our quest for our now home. Wo started out on the fi^st road' wo saw (you know the kind that all C, C. C. boys find it thoir luck to have to travel; a long, dusty, -hard-to-travel kind) with our barrack-bags on our shoulders, suit "cases and other burdens in our hands, nothing much to speak of in our stomachs'but with a gleam' of expectancy in our eyes and a hope in our hearts that \yo would soon ftnd our enmp site and chiefly a good substantial camp chow! After we had walked what seemed about ten miles to us (in reality only j one half of a mile) our leading officer called halt and yelled, "There j it ia boys!" You can imagine our disappointment when w? looked up from the road and saw a watermelon patch planted on top of a hill and a pig pen running the whole l<?ngth of the field on one side! After we had recovered from the shock we went to work and while the cooks were preparing breakfast the watermelon field was cleared off and the pig pen demolished' so that nothing was left except a sandy, open field and a lingering smell where the pigs had been. By that night the area had taken on a new look and we were all dog tilted but happy and contented for we saw the prospects of having one of the best camps in the whole organization". Tents, kitchens, store rooms and other camp necessities were temporarily erected and then we bedded down for the night The rest of the week has been given over to thoroughly cleaning up camp, digging garbage pits and drains, clearing out the woods near the camp, building permanent store rooms and kitchens, establishing a Water supply, etc. We have not had the time to devote to any sports yet but that is on our program, to build and supply the camp with all kinds of athletic equipment. We are not far from the river and we axe given time off in the afternoon to enjoy a good swim in the old Waccama. This is a tfeat indeed, for it is the first opportunity we have had for a siwim in qver six weeks! The people in Conway have given us a most hearty welcome and when we go to town at night we all feel as if we are in our own-home towns. Some of the boys have been lucky enough to find a "girl friend" in town and they chime in with an extra vote of enthusiasm when we say that Conway is a peach of a place and we appreciate the people being so nice to us. It will take some time yet to have i our camp completed to suit our ideas i but when it is finished it will be a swell place. We sincerely hope tnatj visitors will pay us frequent visits! and see what the boy's from South, Catolina are doing and what Uncle, Sam is doing for us! Camden Veterans Attend Convention ?Those in attendance at the state convention of the American Legion held July 3 and 4 in Spartanburg were Mr. and Mrs. liughey Tindal, Mr. and Mrs. James Candy, iMr, and Mrs. (Holljs F. Cobb, Mrs. Kate B. Gettys, Mrs. . Lois Carter, Mrs. B. C. Zemp, IS. L. Crolley, W. M. Alexander, M. M. Reusonover, Iawrence Whitaker, Sam Karesh, M. B. Williams, J. L. Williforil, Marion Baxley, W. R. Vaughan, Albert Hinson and L. L. Wallnau. The Camden Legionnaires had a delightful dinner tendered them by the Post from Anderson, at the Franklin Hotel Monday evening. The loeal post and the one from Anderson had challenged one another as to which would add the greatest number of new members by a given time and the Leroy Belk Post being the winner the dinner was in their honor and all attending were high in their praise of the good time they had.. The Legion named W. D. Schwartz, Jr., of Charleston, as1 its next state commander, succeeding R. H. Hilton of Camden and Columbia. Mr. Hilton was presented with a handsome silver pitcher and half a dozen goblets. Charleston was selected as the next convention city. Col. J. Monroe Johnson, of Marion, veteran of the Forty-second (Rainbow) division, was re-elected national executive committeeman. Miss Etta iSkippor of Lancaster was unanimously re-elected president of the woman's auxiliary. ' She is the first to be re-elected to this office since the auxiliary was organized. I Miss Christian Wise of Saluda was ' elected first vice president and Mrs. i Sam Karesh of Camden, second vice president. * Other officers elected are Mrs. Ernest Glover, Orangeburg, recording ^secretary; Mrs. John Reynolds, Columbia, auditor; iMrs. George Bailey, Greenville, historian; Mrs. W. J. Storein, Charleston, and 'Miss Mary Kollock, Darlington, sergeants-at-arms. Mrs. Allen Rogers of Spartanburg was elected national executive coramitteewoman and Mrs. Louis Bikle of Charleston, alternate. Mrs. Hughey Tindal, of Camden, and- Mrs. J. Lyles Glenn, Jr., were named as committeewomen for the -fifth district. Camden Church Has Broadcasting Outfit] | The Camden Baptist church has the unique distinction of having its. own broadcasting system. Through the efforts of D. J. Creed he has constructed a sending outfit and a microphone has been placed on the pulpit. Radio listeners within a radius of twenty-five or more miles were enabled last Sunday at the morning hour to hear Rev. J. B. Caston, the pastor, deliver a great sermon, using as his subject "A Soldier of Ihe Cross." Camden radio listeners heard the services as clearly as if in the church and the organ music and singing were excellent. Rev. Caston tells us that some of his Lancaster county friends heard these services. The wave length is such that it does not interfere with any other stations coming into this section. If you cannot attend church they invite you to dial 171 or 710 and worship with them each Sunday morning. .The evening services cannot be put on the radio. Session Of Court Held Next Week Owing to the indisposition of Judge William H. Towns-end court of gen- J eral sessions scheduled for this week j was called off and the jurors drawn; to serve were notified not to be in attendance. Clerk of Court James H. Clyburn tells The Chronicle that irro jurors drawn to serve for the second week are notified to be on hand when court opens Monday morning, July 10.?The grand jurors will also be in session during the first few days of that week. Judge Townsend will preside if ho- has recovered from his sickness, otherwise a special judge will be named to preside. Monthly Meeting of I^egion The July meeting of James Leroy Belk Post of the American Legion will be held on Monday, July 10, at 8:30 o'clock at Legion Hall, DeJUlb stmtSST members urged to attend., -i-J Jewish Evangelist To Be Here Sunday Rov. Jacob Gartenhau% of the Home Mission Board, of the iSouthern Baptist Convention; Atlanta,) Georgia, who for the past twelve years has been in charge of the evangelization work among the Jews will preach at the First Baptist church Sunday, July 9, at the morning services. His address can also be heard by radio listeners by dialing 71 or 710 kilocycles. Mr. Gartenhaua' address will be of unusual 'interest. He was born in Austria, of Jewish parentago in a homo of wealth5 and culture, educnted in the strictest Jewish schools of learning, the cherished hope of his parents being that he become a rabbi. Ho came to the United States in his youth seeking wealth, but the World with it.^ charms failed to satisfy this Hebrew's search for peace of heart until he found Jesus of Nazareth. On completing his studios at the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, and the Baptist Theological Seminaryt Louisville, Kentucky, he came twelve years ago to his present worla Ho conducts city-wide meetings in tho larger cities, among them, New Orleans, iShreveport, Atlanta, Louisville, Kansas City, St. Louis, Richmond, Washington, D. ?., Baltimore and Oklahoma City. " Mr. Gartenhaus says he is not what some people term "a converted Jew" but rather "a completed Jew." The Impression abroad that when a Jew embraces the principles as proclaimed by Jesus of Nazareth he ceases to be a Jew is not so, for the apostles, especially Paul, spoke of himself as a "Hebrew among Hebrews." This Christian Jew has a responsible place among Southern Baptists in the life of the denomination, rendering a timely service in promoting better relations between Jews and Gentiles, has endeavored to impress upon the minds of Southern Baptists their debt Of gratitude they owe the Jewish people. His appeal for fellowship and brotherhood is not for Jews and Gentiles in America alone but all peoples everywhere. You will not regret if you avail yourself of the privilege of hearing him Sunday night at the First Baptist church. An Old-Time Balloon Ascension Saturday .. A large crowd is expected in Camden Saturday, July S, for the specitacular balloon ascension and parachute jump and Merchants' Mammoth Trade Day sponsored by the local merchants. Don't fail to see them fill the big balloon on lot at rear of postofTice. ! The central feature will be the asj cension of the balloon, which is de; clared to be the world's largest, an , egg-shaped balloon made of fabric and webbing containing 900 yards of linenc cloth. ; After its ascent to the clouds there ! will occur the most daring feat of all?the 3,000-foot parachute leap by Daredevil Diavalo. People of Kershaw county and the surrounding territory are cordially i invited to come and spend the day in i Camden. The merchants will feature I unusual values for this day. Sponsored by the f^irtiden and I Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce and the following business firms of the city: Carolina Motor Company, The Fashion Shop, Inc., Mackey Hardware Company, Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Camden Dry Cleanery and City Laundry, The K<mnedy Insurance Agency, Samuel Russell, DeKalb Pharmacy, J. C. , Penney Company, D. M. Mays Chevrolet Company, DePass Drug Store, Texaco Certified Stations. First Baptist Church Services | Pub! ic worship Sunday morning 11:15; evening service 8:30. Sunday school at 10 o'clock with Mr. C. 0. Stogner superintendent in charge. Midweek prayer and praise service Wednesday evening at 8:30. Men's prayer meeting at 9:30 Sunday mornnig. B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening at 7:30. The- public ia cordially invited to attend all the services ef this church. I To Meet With Antloch Church. The I>ee County Singing Convention will meet with Antioch Baptist church on Sunday, July 9th, at 2:45 p. m. We cordially invite all choirs and fingers of Camden and Kershaw county to meet with u% and take psrtju the exercises. A warm weltorn* i?mSL I? A. Mow^TfmUmt. . - Local Farmers Lead In Cotton Reduction Kershaw county has been ataong the leaders in' all. of the cotton reduction work since this began. Tho largest meeting ever held at the court house in Camden was on the occasion of tho farmers of (he county gathering hero last Monday for the opening drive on plowing up cotton in Kershaw county. From the very beginning tho slogan in Kershaw county has been, "plow up cotton rather than just acres." It is estimated by conservative "old timers" around tho court house that there were between 1200 and 1500 farmers in attendance at tho meeting in Camden Monday. This meeting was presided over by Senator G. C. Welsh, 'Chairman of the county central cotton committee. IIo was assist ed by Mr. L. I. Guion, of-LugofT, and Mr. N. P. Gettys, of Lug off, the other members of the Central committee and by County Agent Henry 1). Green. F.ach of these ipen made enthusiastic appeals to tho farmers to cooperate with their President, their National Administration and their Country, and to continue to follow the leadership which tho speakers said had brought the price of cotton thus far up to< about 10 per cent at that time. The meeting was very enthusiastic from beginning ( to end. Speeches were also made by ex-Governor John G. Richards of Liberty Hill, Mr. Newton Kelly, and Mr. B. H. Boykin, Sr.? -sc. A * Chairman Welsh and the other members of the committee- emphasized the absolute necessity of the farmers entering into the true spirit of the propQsition and plow up cotton rather than acres. This thought and spirit of cooperation has spread throughout the county and the farmers in general are asking that they be allowed to plow up cotton better than the average. The county organization for handling the work was perfected Saturday and Monday, and the 50-odd field workers went to work Monday afternoon securing a large number of contracts immediately. After the meeting in the court house a long list of farmers gave in their names requesting that their cotton bo inspected immediately so that they could sign contracts. In addition to the tremendous county meeting held in the court house Monday the following meetings with speakers indicated -were conducted throughout the county: Kershaw, Tuesday, 10 a. m., Senator Welsh and the county agents from Lancaster and Kershaw counties; Mt. Pisgah, Tuesday, 3 p. m., with Mr. L. I. Guion and Representative E. T. Bowen of Blaney making the addresses; Bejthune, Tuesday, 8:30 p. m., with i Messrs. Guion and Bowen speaking; Blaney, Tuesday, 8:30 p. m., Senator I Welsh and ex-senator L. O. Funderj burke speaking; Pine Grove, Tuesday, 14:30 p. m., Prof. II. Granade and County Agent Green speaking; Char! lotle Thompson, 4:30 p: m., former j Representative J. T. Gettys speakj ing; Baron DeKalb, Tuesday, 8:30 p. m., with county committcmnn j N. P. Gettys speaking; Midway I school, Tuesday, 10 a. m., Messrs. Guion, Bowen and Green speaking; Antioch, Tuesday, 4:30 p. m., Senator Welsh speaking. All of these meeting^Twere well attended with enthusiastic audiences. Many of the larger farmers of the county are now asking that they be allowed to plow up 100 per cent of their cotton crops. Never before in the memory of the older men of the county has such a wave of enthusiasm and cooperation swept Kershaw county. Farmers from' Mt. Pisgah to Boykin and from Blaney to Bethune, and from Kershaw to Qassatt and from Liberty Hill to Antioch are looking up field j workers requesting that their cotton | be inspected in order that they may make contracts immediately. The central committee has fotind it ne| cessary to devote additional time daily to passing on the contracts which are coming in in such large numbers. The county field workers are divided into eight general committees, the chairman of each being the agricultural teacher in that community. The fieki workers are as follows: Blaney and Lugoff: Prof. P. B. W aters, C. R. Bowen, John L. Gettys, J. M. Martin, T. M. Mattox, A. E. Kennedy, R. T. Micklc, J. T. Ross, J. D. Watson, W. L. Miles. Camden: Prof. IF/ Granande, L. - ' - j Holley, It. D. Phillips, W. P. Sowell, i T. G. Sowell, Ira B. Catoe, C. W. Holley. Bethune: B. E. Keisler, J. C. Fos-. j tcr,, A. J. Smith, W. A. Outlaw, J. E. Davis, J. A. McCaskill. Antioch: Prof. D. W. Traxler, W. H. Marshall, D. G. Joye, L. A. Shiver, j I. J. McKenzie, C. V. Galloway, j Westville: Prof. W. A. Mason, j Herbert Yoang, L. P. Thontpson. T. 0. Fletcher, L. J. Jordan, L. A. Perry, ISam Truesdale) J. S. H. Clarkson, C. _ K. McDowell, P. A. McDowell, Ale^. Williford, J. H. 'Sowell, W. G. Perry, W. Z. Hilton, A. C. Cureton. v Cassatt: Prof. W. B. Stevenson, Henry Gardner, F. M. Waters, Poland McCoy, J. R. West, J. E. Bran, non, J. B. McCoy. v .. Boyl^n: Prof. F. M. Mellett, E.~ fjp , ^ Wot Lady From Camden Is Held For Murder Pngeland, Juno 80,?Three sister a told a coroner's jury here today they saw their stepmother* angry after an argument over a sick ' child, fatally^ wound their father and on the strength of their testimony the mother, Mrs. Churlos Walker Arant, was charged with murder. The father, 45, one of this section's leading farmers, was shot under the loft armpit at his home two miles from here Wednesday night. He died in a" Monroe, N. 0., hospital yesterday. rf An order admitting Mrs. Arant to bail of $H;00Q was issued tonight by Judge K. C. Dennis at Darlington and the amount was supplied. Solicij tor S. S. Tison of Bennettsville, who attended the inquest, conscntod to bail. Mrs. Arant was arrested by I Sheriff S. S. Douglas and taken to 1 Chester held, the county scat, after the inquest. The throe Arant sisters, Verlu, 18; Inez, 18; and Atha, 14, were the only eyewitnesses to the shooting. Their testimony was similar. Thoy said their father came homo from Columbia late Wednesday and that after supper Mrs. Arant wont to attend to a child, made ill by eating green fruit. 1 Arant asked the nature of the illness and, upon being told, an argument ensued in a bedroom of the home. Mrs. Arant, the sriffters agreed, reached under her husband's pillow, where he kept his pistol, pulled out the weapon and began shooting. Five bullets were flredi, the girls said, and apparently the second one took effect. 'Mrs. Arant left the house and went to "Camden, where she lived before she was married, and spent the night;. The next day she went to Columbia where she told Governor Blackwood, there had been some "trouble" at her. home and >?he wanted __ protection while she returned there for some papers. While the matter was under consideration, she received word of her husband's death and went to Cheaterfield, coming from here today for completion of the inquest, which wa8 ! started yesterday. ! Senator George K. Laney of Cheftj terfteld is Mjs. Arant's attorney. M. ' J. Hough of Chesterfield, former soi licitor for this district, has also 'been ! retained by Mrs. Arant. Mrs. Arant was the former Miss Juanita Rose, daughter of Mr?. S. C. j Rose, of Camden. Old Opera House Notv a Busy Place I Some of the good work being done in this county by the Reconstruction , Financo Corporation is the sewing jroom being operated under its supervision. The second floor of the opera house building has been converted into a sowing room where 10,000 yards of mixed goods is being made into garments for all ages and sizes of men's, women's and children's clothes. Later the scraps will be made into quilts under the Kershaw County Rei lief Council's orders. Employed are sixteen ladies doing j machine work, four cutting out the I garments, four working button holes, two general supervisors, with Miss ; Thelma Flowers in charge of the sewing room. To give more women employments there are two sets of workers each week?one set working the first three days and another the j latter three days in each week, j This work will continue as long as j there is any material left.