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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.,
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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.
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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.
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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.