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'resident Asks
Voluntary Code
Wishintrton, July a4.?President
loosevelt tonight called upon all emwrs
in the nation to put into
.n^|jate effect the voluntary code
o shorten working hours and elevate
levels.
Summoning tho country to a quick
tuck upon tho depression, Mr.
Revolt in a talk to the people anWunced
his purpose to keep posted
n t|,e post office of every town a
oil of honor "of all those who join
,.jth me." ;
ask," he said, "that oven before
the dates ant in the agreement which
? have sent out, the employers off
he country who have not already!
iofrf ip?the big fellow and the little,
'ellows?-shall at once write or tele-1
_raph to me personally at the White
louse, expressing their intention of
going through with tho plans. And;
t is my purpose to keep posted in ^
the post office- of every town, a roll
ot honor of all those who join with
me." '
Praising the cooperation so far
given to -the attempt for American
industry to spread work and increase
vnges, the President said ho recognised
that a few men might try to
thwart "this great common purpose
by seeking selfish advantage."
He noted there are adequate penilties
in law to meet this but he
urged instead a voluntary cooperation
and announced this would be the
only instrument used "in this <g#$ttt
summer offensive against unemployment.
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"But we shall use them to the
limit," he stated, "to protect tho
willing from the lagigard and make
the plan succeed."
The President said the' American
people "will put themselves out of
this depression if they want to."
He expressed his belief that the
people would mobilize the great force
of American public opinion^behind
the plan to divide work arn^o give
all living wages.
"The essence of the plan," he explained,
"is a universal limitation of
hours of work per week for any individual
by common ponsent, and a
universal payment of wages above a
minimum, also by common consent.'
In his third talk to the nation since ?
his inauguration, the President analyzed
the full program which Conpress
gave him the power to carry
;hrough.
He said the credit of the nation
ud been maintained by (balancing
he budget. The credit of the indiidual.
he said, was being maihtained i
>y restoring the purchasing power of
he dollar and by the home loan act,
he farm loan act and the bankruptcy :
He assured there would be no
'smell of the pork barrel" in adiinistratior,
of the $3*300,000,000
mblic works program,
Turning to the task of building
i "more la-ting prosperity," he said
'we cannot attain that in- a nation iilf
bo< in and half broke."
Two -.rings he declared, must be
lone to find better days: first improvement
of the prices of farm
>roduct>; second, "bringing back inostry
along sound lines."
Mr Rn< ---cvolt expressed confidence
hat farm < editions were improving
nd would continue so under operaion
of the farm act.
He then went into his appeal for 1
rho.e-heartod support for the nation- '
1 plan for shorter working hours and
'ifher wages.
Hugh S. Johnson, administrator of '
he industrial recovery act, was in
h* room in the White House with,
he President as he spoke.
Picture cameras lined the side of
h* oval room on the White House
r?und il or to record the scene.
Others present included Mrs. Johnor-.
Marvin H. Mclntyre, one of the 1
^aidert s secretaries; Miss MarWr;te
Lehand and Miss Taula Tul- ]
y of the White House secretarial
toff; I.. \y Robert, assistant secre"7
of tho treasury, and Miss F. M. '
obin^rf*. secretary to Johnson.
Mr. Roosevelt directed his appeal I
tn'fu.arly to fhe smaller employ- 1
ar.,; <a j the great task dependur>on
these men who are in a i
^ti-.n to hire from one to ten more ]
'>rker? each. i
In oflVt. ho asked a boycott agatnftt 1
producer* who fajd to enroll. 6
Proposed that the "badge of i
Mior ?the insignia of the industrial i
*0%ery act?be displayed by all i
w^? enroll in the national cam- I
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will be clear to you," he taid, '
15 ,l to me, that while the shirk- 1
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ing employers may undersell his competitor,
the saving he thus makes is
made at the expense of his country's
welfare."
*-"We are not &oing through another
winter like the last," he asserted.
"It is time for - courageous
action and the recovery bill gives us1
the means to conquef unemployment!
with exactly the same weapon that
we have used to strike down child
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Unavoidable Accident
Says Coroner's Jury
Tho jury .of inquest held to investigate
tho death oP Durham Seott,
guard at the State Farm, who was
killed near Horatio in Sumter county
on Sunday of last week, brought in a
verdict of that the deceased came to
his death by an unavoidable accident.
The accident happened in SumteK
county and Sumter county authorities
requested the Kershaw County
coroner to investigate the affair.
Wade Melton and a brother of Paul
Sessions, driver o?, the car, testifi d.
Sessions' brother says that he was
riding in the rumble sea^ and that
they were attempting to /ieet another
car on a slippery highway. That
the car which they were meeting was
taking too much of the road and when
Sessions pulled out to one side Sc>?tt
grabbed tho steering wheel, causing
the car to turn over.
Offcer Alva Rush, of the Camden
police force, who happened to be in
the vicinity at the time of the wreck,
testified. Others testifyng wove W.
D. Whitaker, Doctor George Rhame
and others who testified that there
was no odor of liquor on Sessions
when they saw him soon after the accident.
Dr. A. W. Humphries, the
county physician, testified as to the
injuries which caused death. It was
testified that the car was running at
a rate of about thirty-five to forty
miles per hour.
Sessions was a brother-in-law of
tho man who was killed.
It is said that this is the third
wreck in which Sessions was the driver,
and in each instance one person
was killed.
Senior Savage To Run
In the last issue of The Chronicle
it was stated that Henry Savage, Jr.,
was to run on a wet ticket against
former Governor John G. Richards on
a dry ticket in the election to be held
in November. It should have been
Henry Savage, Sr., instead of the
Junior Savage. He says he does not
mind being classed as a "wet" but
wants the record straight.
The books of registration will open
in September and it is necessary for
those who do not have a registration
certificate to .get one or else they
cannot vote in the general election.
Name For Camp Wanted
The men at the conservation camp
near Camden wish to finc^ an appropriate
name for their camp, one with
historical interest in Kershaw county
or some other suitable name. They request
the leaders of The Chronicle to
send in suggestions and to the person
sending in the name that is seldfcted
a prize will be given. Perhaps your
suggestion will win. Mail or send
them to this office and we in turn
will pass them on to the officers and
committee appointed .to find a name
for the camp.
Former Sumterite in Accident,
Mrs. Dave Kirschner of Camden,
formerly of Sumter, was painfully
but not seriously injured 18 miles
north of Emporia, Va., about 7:30
Tuesday evening, when a passing
truck threw a rock through the windshield
of the Kirschner car, and
struck her just under the eye, inflicting
a painful injury.
Mr. Kirschner, former local business
man, now living in Camden, was
en route home from the Northern
markets and was traveling in Virginia
with Mrs. Kirschner and their
daughter, Eleanor Kirschner. Mr.
Kirschner was driving the car, and
18 miles north of Emporia the truck
passed by .The road was of a gravel
type and a rock was picked up by the
passing truck and propelled through
the windshield of the Kirschner car,
inflicting the wound. It bled profusely
but first aid was given her at a medical
office in Emporia. Mrs. Kirschner
was riding on the front seat with ,
Mr. Kirschner, while Miss Eleanor
was in the back seat. Her many
friends are glad her injury was not
serious. Today she was in Sumter
getting her wound dressed.?Sumter
Herald.
Charlotte Woman
Killed In Accident
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Mrs. Nannie Helms, 35-year-old
Charlotte woman, was almost insU.pt1y
killed two milea north of ^.anuloir
on the Camden-Charlotte highway
Wednesday when an empty truck
driven by R. O. Ferguson, also of
Charlotte, crashed into tho rear of a
truck belonging to the Bowman transportation
company.
The accident occurred at an early
hour and is said to have been caused
by poor visibility of the Charlotte
driver. The Ferguson ti\uck is said
to have been on its way to Charleston
for ft load of produce. Mrs.
Holms was a passenger with Mr.
Ferguson to visit relatives in Chat
leston, Mr. Fergus^ was cut about
the head and knees.
Harold Weathers, driver of the
Bowman truck, stated that he had
engine trouble and had parked his
truck as far off the road as possible
when the crash came.
The body of Mrs. Helms was carried
to Charlotte Wednesday morning
by the Kornegay motor ambulance.
Mr. Ferguson was able to return
home also. An inquest will be
held at some future date.
Tho wrecked Chevrolet truck in
which the woman was killed was
hauled to the local Chevrolet agency
here Wednesday, where it was shown
to be badly damaged. The entire side |
of the truck where the woman was
sitting was crushed in and partly
torn away., i
Two Men Injured
In Road Mishap
C. J. Savarese, a traveling salesman
from Charlotte, N. C., was
slightly injured Wednesday afternoon
a few miles south of Camden on the
Sumter road when his car left the
paving and turned over several times.
Mr. Savarese was enroute from |
Charleston to Charlotte. In juries- j
ton he picked up Luther, Reynolds,
22-year-old white youth, who was enroute
from Jacksonville to Philadelphia.
iSavarese says that he became
tired driving and turned the wheel
over to Reynolds and shortly afterwards
the car left the road. A passing
truck picked them up and brought,
the injured people to the Camden hbspital.
At first it was thought that
Reynolds - was fatally
having suffered concussion and was,
bleeding profusely. Physicians yesterday
stated that he had a fair
chance to recover. When asked
where his people resided he replied
that he had no people anywhere. We
said that his home was in Philadel-1
phia. ? Father
Suicides ' j
Lavonia, Gn., July *
Bowon, 75-year-old father 0 r*
Bowen, under indictment for the kid
napinff of John K. Ottley, Sr . Atlanta
banker,., shot himself to death at
his farm home here tonight, P
Chief D. W. Adams reported. in
officer said the aged farmer had been
despondent since his son was anested
hist month.
Meeting of Merchants
Called This Afternoon
A meeting of the merchants and
business men of all walks has heen
called for this Friday afternoon at
4 o'clock to assemble in the American
Legion Hall on DeKalb street.
The meeting is called in the interest
of a "Merchants' Day" to be held
on Wednesday of CountyFairWeek.
It is being sponsored by the fa
committee, composed of mem^e" ?
the American Legion and the
Shrine Club. It is the hope of the
committee that there will be a good
attendance. The purpose is to get
tho merchants to put on special .price
on that day, and offer inducements to
bring town and country together for
a big day at the fair and in a busi-,
ness way. . ... ?
The members of the fair committee
have already gone actively at work
?nd they intend to put over the biggest
and best fair ever held in tms
county.
Fine Corn Exhibited
J. P. Lewis has on exhibition this
week at* the store of Lewis and j
Christmas two stalks of corn, one
having seven ears and the other s
ears. It was grown on the former
McCaskill place, eight miles east of
Camden. He has a field of about
five acres like this and says tha. ha
used two hundred pounds of cotton
t*?d meal to each acre.
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Negro Man Slays
A Negro Woman
Outlier Hilton, 85-year-old negro
man, was placed in jail Friday morn;
?ng, charged with the killing of
Arvelia Kirkland, a negro woman of
Kershaw. The tragedy occurred in
the town of Kershaw at the home of
Kmily Kirkland, sister of the slain
. woman. >' <
A party of negroes, including the
principals in the tfffuir had been to
H fish fry ??n Saturday night and upon
returning home engaged in a quarrel.
Some of the members of the party
| had Luther Hilton locked up early
[ Sunday morning. He was later released
and is said to havo become
angrier1 and angrier over his arrest
until Thursday shortly aftei^fboon he
struck the woman in the back of the
head with the butt of an axe, causing
concussion of the brain. She never
regained consciousness and lingered
until Monday, when she died. Physicians
attending her said it was useless
to send her to a hospital because
her case was hopeless from the lirst
blow.
Hilton made his escape temporarily
and be was traced toward Bethune.
In the meantime Deputy Sheriff
Cooley and Constable Hough had received
a message to go to Bethune
Saturday to investigate a robbery of
a store at that place. They ran upon
"Hilton walking the Seaboard track,
presumably to catch a freight train
to northern points. Ho is now in
jail awaiting trial, as a coroner's
jury on Monday held him responsible
for the woman's death. It is said
that when asked why he hit the
woman his reply was he "wanted to
teach her some sense."'
"Wildwood Manor" A
Demonstration Forest
At a recent conference between
forestry officials and Karl T. Rosborough,
owner of "Wildwood Manor,"
the site of the C. C. C. camp,
near Blaney, S. ., it was decided to
make this 900-acre tract a Demonstration,,
Area, on which will be constructed
the various types of firebreaks
and other protection improvements
in order, that all interested
timberland owners may actually see
the type of work that we plan to do
in Kershaw county.
It is also planned to set aside certain
suitable areas for the growing
of quail food. It is likely that this
program will be worked out in connection
with the firebreaks.
Construction of roads and firebreaks
has already begun within
walking distance of the camp. Work
.in other sections of the county will
begin as soon as the trucks and other
equipment arrive, which should be at
an early date.
All owners of timberland in Kershaw
county are urged to visit the
demonstration area by Charles W.
Nuite, county forester.
Woman Is Killed
When Cars Crash
BeltsvilJe, Md., July 20.?'Mrs. Margaret
Divens, 27, of I^aurel, Md., was
killed, and nine other persons were
injured in a collision of a bus, four
automobiles and a truck during a
downpour of rain on' the BaltimoreWashington
boulevard near here today.
Mrs. Divens was struck by the
automobile driven by Harding Frizell
of Baltimore. Two other cars and
the truck then crashed into the bus
and knocked it into the automobile
of Mrs. George Sullivan, of Beltsville,
who was .waiting for her sister, Mrs.
Divens.
Mrs. Sullivan was taken to a Washi
in-'ton hospital, where her condition,
was said to be serious. She had a
fractured leg, possible fractured skull
and other injuries.
Fred P. Edwards, of Washington,
driver of the bus; Frizell, John P.
Hallahan, of Philadelphia, and J. T.
Bradshaw, of G^ldsboro, N. C.,-driv!
ers of the other cars, werfc held in
$500 bond each.
Mr. Hallahan, above referred to, i3
known in Camden, where he is the
contractor in charge of the erection
of the large Walton Ferguson house!
north of Camden, near the former
Holland Lake. Mr. Hallahan was
scheduled to be the speaker at the
Rotary luncheon in Camden yesterday
and waa due to arrive in Camden
on Wednesday.
New York Central car loadings last
week showed a gain of 62.9 per cent
over the lame week of last year.
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Registration Rooks to
Re Open in August
The Board of Registration for Kershaw
county will open the registva- j
tion books on the first Monday in'
August, being the 7th day, and will
remain open for three days,
It will bo necessary to present a
registration certificate in the election
in November, when all of tho counties
of the state vote on the repeal referendum,
In Kershaw county tfio wet
candidate will^l&e Henry Savage, Sr.,
while . Former Governor John (J.
Richards, of Liberty Hill, will bo the
dry candidate. The shmo rules gov-'
urhing a general Election will be in
voguwvon election day in November.!
Tho board will be in session again'
on the first Monday, tho fourth day
of September ami remain in sessson
for fifteen days,. Again on the fir si
Monday in October, the second day,
the Board will be in session and remain
open for a period of three days, j
Do not put otr getting a certificate I
if yoq.clo not have one, for it will j
be impossible to vote before showing
one.
Attended Ruilding
and Loan Meeting
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Zenrj!? Mr. and
Mrs. John T. Nettles, Mr. and Mrs.
"Willis Sheorn, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
I^ee Olyburn, C. H. Yates, J. B. Wallace
and David Wolfe were among
Camden people attending the meeting
of the South Carolina Building and
Loan Association in Charleston on
Monday and Tuesday.
Mr. W. Robin Zemp is, tho retiring
president of the association. He was
succeeded this- year by R. G. Childs,
of Columbia. Myrtle Beach wus
chosen as the meeting place for 1934.
Sixty-Day Notice To
Draw Postal Savings
Washington, July 18.?The Postoffice
Department said today orders
had been sent offices over the nation
to require sixty days' notice of withdrawal
of postal savings time deposits
if the 2 per cent interest is to be
received.
As explained: by officials, the order
was made necessary by the GlassSteagall
Banking; Reform Law,
which stipulates that interest shall
not be paid on demand deposits, but
only on time deposits of ninety days
or longer.
Officials said it would be necessary
to notify the .jpostoffice sixty days in
advance of withdrawals of time deposits
to obtain interest for the ninety-day
period.
Store Ruildings are
Now Reing Improved
Burns and Barrett Hardware company
have had carpenters and other
workers busy the past week remodeling
their store front. The work is
now almost completed and when fin-1
ished will present a handsome display
window, so necessary in these days to
exhibit wares for sale.
A store a few doors below Burns,
and Barrett and formerly occupied by,
the Mackey Mercantile company is j
being remodeled inside, putting in,
new shelves and new counters, getting;
it ready for occupancy by Henry j
Eichel, who will fill the store with
a new line of dry goods. The store
front to this building was remodeled
some time ago. "
First Baptist Church Services
The following services are announced
for the week at the First
Baptist church: Sunday school at 10.
o'cld^i^^ith C. O. Stogner superin-|
tendent. Public worship conducted by;
i the pastor, J. B. Caston, at 11:15 a. m.j
and 8:30 p. m. Morning subject,
"The Prayer of Jesus For His Peo-j
pie." Evening subject, "Judas, The
Traitor." Men's prayer meeting at
| 9:30 Sunday morning. B. Y. P. U.|
Sunday evening at 7:30. Midweekj
prayer and praise service Wednesday
I evening at 8:30.
[ The public is cordially invited to
attend all the services of this church.
I To Clean Off Cemetery
j Members of Antioch Baptist church
.are requested to meet Thursday,
August 3, at the cemetery for the
purpose of cleaning up the cemetery.)
A protracted meeting will begin
Sunday morning, August 6, at II o'clock
and also preaching at 8:30 at
night. Preaching 'will be by the
pastor, Rev. J. T. Outen. The public
is cordially invited. ^
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Teachers in Kershaw
Schools Are Elected
During the week the board of trustees
of the Kershaw school district
No. 40, Lw K. Hlackmon, chairman;
Q. A. WiTiiwrfTTsecrotary; and Dr.
W. B. Turner, tho superintendent of
the schools, M. (1. Hawthorne,' meeting
with them, completed tho selection
of the teaching faculty for tho
1933-11W4 session, the list being as
follows:
High Schools
Superintendent of schools ?M. .0.
1 tawthome, Ahhevilie.
Principal . <>f high school? C. L.
Rasor, (S-oss Anchor. ?
Out of Town?-Miss Marlon Games,
Lancaster; Miss Rosa Currie, Olio;
Miss .Mary Ktnma Hough, Camden;
Miss Louise Jones, Liberty.
Kershaw?Miss Inez llamol.
(J ram mar Schools
Out of Town -Principal and coach,,
O. A. Robinson, Winnsboro; Miss
Elizabeth Bailey, (Columbia; Miss v. J
Frances Burch, Ohcraw; - Miss Mary
Dunlap, Rock Hill; Miss Boulah Ellis,
Heath Springs; Miss Lucille Gregory,
Spartanburg; . Miss Mary Reeves,
Bates-burg; Miss Mamie Rothrock, of
Pendleton; Miss Nancy Wannamaker.
Kershaw?Miss Loutee Benton,
Miss Mary Evans Brasington, Miss
Ruth Estridge, MiBs Mildred Pace,
Miss Gertrude Sowell.
The teacher of Home Economics,
to be recommended by Miss Hoffman,
state superintendent of Home Economics,
will be'elected' later. Under
legislation-enacted at last session of
the legislature the school will have
two teachers less than la&t year.
All teachers of the colored schools
were re-elected.?Kershaw Era.
Death of Mrs. Stevenson
Mrs. Rebecca Addison Stevenson,
aged 40, wife of the Rev. W. H.
Stevenson, pastor of the Dalzell Presbyterian
church, died early Monday
morning at the Tuomey hospital.
Funeral services were held at Due
West, her" former home, Tuesday afternoon
at six o'clock. Surviving
children are Robert Stevenson, W. H.
Stevenson, Jr., John Addison Steven-^
son and Mason Stevenson.
This is the third time death has
invaded this family within recent
months and great sympathy is felt
for the father and little children.
Rev. Stevenson is a brother of Dr.
R. E. Stevenson, of Camden, and has
visited here on a number of occasions. c
The funeral party left Camden ^
from the Kornegay Funeral home jtfkl ?
went to Due West where the services
were held. .
Prisoners Carried To Penitentiary
Albert Carlos and Eugene Cook,
two negroes who- were convicted at
tho last term of court for the killing
of Heyward Reynolds, young white
man of the Lugoff section, were car-fried
to the penitentiary this week to
serve ten years each for voluntary
manslaughter. Their attorney served
notice of appeal, but tho appeal has
been abandoned.
On Burglary Charge
Henry Giles, negro, is in jail on a
charge of burglarizing the home of -Ben
Hornsby in the Piedmont section \
of the county. He entered the house
in the daytime but only succeeded in
getting away with a few minor articles.
Wiley Post Beats
His Own Record -----New
York, July 2,2.?'By landing 30
seconds before 11 o'clock tonight,
Eastern Standard time, Wiley Post,
clipped 21 hours and 1V6 minutes off
the world flight record he made in
1931 with Harold Gatty.
Post took off from Floyd Bennett
airport at 4:10 a. m., E. S. T., last
Saturday. He returned at 10:59:30
p. m., tonight.
This record of 7 days, 18 hours,
49 V2 minutes, compared with the
Post-Gatty 1931 time of 8 days, 15
hours, 51 mjnutcs. s
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New Social Service Worker
| Miss Primrose Johnston, of Savannah,
Ga., is the new social service
investigator with the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation in this county.
She has had several years' experience
in this work.
Bethesda Church Notes ? ~"r~^
Rev. A. Douglas McArn, who is on
vacation, sends us the following notice
for publication: Sunday school
will be held at Bethesda Presbyterian
church Sunday, July 80, at 10 a. m.
No preaching service will be held
until the third ^oadiy in Angus*.