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[?The Camden Chronicle
1 M " ,, CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1933 NUMBER 20 1 I
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Kumbia Speakers
I Give Good Advice
I, Meting Of I ho Merchant's As
of Gaimton w?s called for
K*Friday and was well attended.
K. t. Mac key, the president, preE'
and A McKain, secretary,
Pthe minutes of the previous
J"-ngi which were adopted" ""swith
E except'0"- that was that th^
P 0f the N. R. A. were not unanP^.'v
adopted but that all those
Chad gOttohodHe code from their
Cil organizations had compiled
EwiUk Th0 drwg stores ami ice
.C, pari ft-s being exempt until
Kembcr drst, by which time it is
ETthey will have some schedule
The' follow >ng members were apHLj
as a board to help the pres- j
E on any thing coming up for:
Elation: W. F. Nettles, M. H.
Eican, d. I\ Lewis, George Wil-?
Ejaim-> /<-inp and Hughey Tindal. \
E Sam Karesh wm appointed to j
Eon a drive for membership as j
Ere arc '.'d merchants eligible, with j
folding memberships in the reHttjy
organized association.
Ejno vice president had been elecE
nominations were in order with
Ef, Nettles being nominated and
Eted by a rising vote.
Present at the meeting was
S&nrn?, secretary of the State !Mer-,
mL[s Association, who presented
ElKohn, a Columbia'merchant, who |
E<fed no introduction to a Camden
Efrnce. He in a very comprehenEt
talk told of the advantages of
E merchant belonging to the asEution.
Through a well organized
Esttant's association the communiEii
saved thousands of dollars on
E-kpnight schemes, sign board adEtising,
school curtain ads, hotel
Etters, etc. By appointing what J
Shown as a secret committee these
Ea tan look into any scheme that
Enes up for consideration and where
Em men (find the proposition all
E|t it is given sanction by the comEttee,
the merchants can safely inE<t
their money in the proposition.!
edited that the Columbia mer
Eut& had been saved approximately
EOOO in this way, and that this
Hcitj could easily save their people
1)6,000 a year.
I Another good item was that returnHid
articles would not be accepted by
Efirm selling them if they were not
Earned within three days after purIdase
and then only with sales slip
The sales tax in iNqrth Carolina
up for discussion and the CamIfcn
men were informed that likely
B the next session of our legislature j
Elike bill would come up for passage
ad all were urged to see that such a
Wl was defeated, as it has been [
|A?*n by our sister state that it is
lw? workable plan for revenue, and
Et North Carolina is now laying
Wus to have the law changed at its
|*nt meeting of the legislature.
I A trade expansion idea Was suggest- '
whereby the firms of the city could
their share of the new business
l^ng to lb - vtate in the next few
Months. \\ i*sales to get rid of the
ptrcr.and.M' hand, even at a sacriand
a newly painted,
P^htened a; pearance of the stores,
P14'a., gooo could l>e offered to the
Gutomer*. .r- ;in attractive manner.
Next Johr, K. deLoach, president of
^ Charr.hr 0f Commerce, intro- j
1M. Murphy, of Columbia,:
lawyer and a past president of the
wamber of Commerce of the Capital,
City.
Murj nv showed the advantage j
'-e Mer-rant? Association work^
""'-d .and with the local
mber f ( ..rnmerce. He spoke of
^ a. . a-iy being done in this
J ' was bringing all the
r^c'^ar:'v : -Hher, each one learnC
^ *b<- 'h. i's trials and in pull-,
what wonders could be
.thrug- . pjan ncw an(j prob- |
'J ' mistakes, it is the best,
and with all behind
Prr. > ... .u
c ' . looks brighter in the
* " *' 0 ' m.gor does big business
' o ..; business. The code
n*ia , ,
. ' r 'ceak America and with
* the '
behind it only good
'rr'i *.! <.m it. England that has
*'<rk ?' ,,n a sCheme for eighty-1
ter.?ear?s. "bolish child labor, was;
iv? sro that President
U;' k a stroke of the pen
'* 'r- this country in twenty
&in? S *>uk''c opinion can put anyjlet'*"'?'
an^ ^at-4ona^ Recovery
bring chaos to an end, in the
*Ss World, giving employment to
' s- u'ho have been idle for
L. ^Hiyi
years.
Mr. Murphy spoke of the complaints
coming into the Columbia i
office of firms having the N. II. A. I
sign in their windows but not complying
with the law. These companies
were being checked up and where the |
parties found guilty they wouki be :
dealt with. t
People speak of America's foreign j
trade being cut down but statistics (
show that only six per cent of Amer- j
ica's wealth comes from that source, t
He told of the state organization i
of Merchants calling a meeting last
yenr that brought to the Capital City t
the largest number of merchants!
ever assembled in this state and that
this body defeated three separate
sales taxes, that would have ruined
the average merchant.
One of the benefits to be derived by
joining the state organization was.
that when this N. R. A. code came up;
that in one day the office received 48
(calls for information on it. '
The speakers were attentively listened
to and points noted that would
help the Camden organization, so recently
formed,
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Four-H Camp Proves
Most Successful One
The anpual Four-H Club camp for
Wfirlt* was held at their camp on the
25th, 26th and 27th days of July.
The first and second days about ?5
girls registered, (but on the third day
there was about 125 club girls,pre'
sent. This was the largest crowd
of girls that have ever attended their
camp here. It was an inspiration to
see all the girls enter so intorostingly
and zealously into the work and
play that was so carefully planned
for them by their county agent, Miss'
Sadie Craig. Thyo was not* one |
hjteh anywhere in the program. We
have never seen such a big group of:
girls cooperate so nicely with the of- j
ficials of the camp, especially at meal
time. Miss Craig had such efficient I
local help that no state aid was need- !
ed in carrying out her can\p program. \
The Four-H girls themselves work- j
ed so earnestly that they needed no |
help in making this years camp just j
another milestone in their Four-H
career. The girls greatly enjoyed;
the privilege of using Lake Shamokin !
at their swimming period which Mr. i
J. B. Zemp so kindly granted them, j
No one will ever realize what these '
camps mean to the Four-H girls. It
brings the rural people closer together
and to really see what the j
Four-H work means to them.
Some of the visitors to the camp i
were: ' Mrs. Harriet F. Johnson, the >
girls state Four-?H leader, from Rock
Hill; Mrs. Plowden, district agent,
from Stateburg; (Miss Anne Moore, j
agent from Lancaster county, and j
Miss Bennett, one of Miss Moore's
club girls from Lancaster, and Mrs. j
Sam Russell, of Camden, who has
shown so much interest in the FourH
club work.
Quantity Austrian
Peas To Be Used
Judging from the success Austrian
peas made in Kershaw county last
season and from the large amount of
interest on the part of the farmers,
a very large quantity of these winter
legumes will 'be sown in the ccranty
this falL
At this particular time it is very
interesting to note the growth, of
corn and cotton following Austrian
peas or vetch as compared with corn
and cotton that did not follow Austrian
peas ?r vetch.
Arrangements are being made
whereby a large quantity of these
seed will available for farmers of
Kershaw county at a price considerably
below the market price. All
farmers interested fn securing Austrian
peas or vetch seed are requested
to notify County Agent Usury D.
Green immediately.
Nqgro Gets High Post.
Washington, Aug. 1.?Robert L.
Vann, negro newspaper publisher, of
Pittsburgh, has been appointed special
assistant to Attorney General
Cummings to be in churge of the
claims division of the Department of j
Justice. Negroes frequently have j
been given high political office by J
Republican administrations but such j
recognition from Democratic admin- j
istrations is unusual. Cummings made
the appointmcntMiss
Mary M. Pearce and Miss
Harriet Nelson left this week for a
visit in the mountains of North < arolina.
N. R. A. Organization
Is Set Up In Camden
A meeting of the Campaign CoinCommittee
of thef National Recovery
Administration in thia city
was held in the American Legion
Hall Monday afternoon at 5o'clock.
Mr. John K. do Loach, President of
the Chamber of Commerce presided.
After repeating the Lord's PiajKn in
unison and the sinking of ",My Coupfly
lis of rhee", Mr, do Loach in a
clear and concise manner told of the
purpose of the meeting, which he said
W|s to organize.and "to put on and
across the National Recovery plan in
the community." He stressed the
seriousness of the situation and the
importance of every put riot i^fceitizen
doing his and her utmost to hack
President Roosevelt's plan for a
speedy restoration of prosperity.
After his talk nominations were
open for a General and Lieut. General?the
General to be a man and
the Lieut. General to be a woman.
Mayor Kennedy nominated Mr. do
Lpach and the motion was seconded
by >Mr. C. H. Yates. Mr. do Loach
was unanimously chosen as Generals
Next in order was the naming of
a Lieut. General. Mr. Henry Savage
Jr. nominated Mrs. Leon Schlosburg
and tho motion was seconded. Mrs.
Schlosburg also was unanimously elected.
The General and Lieut.
Gen, will appoint their subordinates
from members of the campaign committee.
Mr. de Loach named on the
Interpretation Committee?a committee
to study the Code and to give
information to those seeking it?Mr.
C. H. Yates, Chairman, Mr. J. Team
Gettys and Mr. Sam Karesh. Other
committees will be named later as
the organization progresses.
Heading the work in each state are
a state chairman and a state women
chairman, both appointed by the
Governor of the state. These two,
in addition to the chairman of the
committees representing the principal
cities of the statu, and the "" state
commissioner of labor, will constitute
the state committee.
The duties of these state committees
are to make certain thati
every city in the state organizes and!
conducts a local Emergency Re-employment
drive.
Next comes the city organization.
The local committee is organized
along strictly military lines, the
leader being designated as "General",
The, in turn, selects three colonels,
each of whom will have charge of a
specific part of the campaign. Each
Colonel will appoint majors and so
on. It will be a duty of the organization
to make a complete survey of I
the unemployed, codifying them as to
adaptability by experience to trades
and industries and act as an intermediary
or active agent in getting
people into definite jobs. It will also
"be the duty of this group of workers
to check on the proper use of the
N. R. A. insignia by dealers and consumers.
It will be the duty to conduct
and organize the publicity and
educational campaign, to organize
the speakers' bureau.
It is suggested that the public
watch the newspapers and listen to
the radio with the view of learning
every phase of the campaign as It
unfolds.
There is not an individual or family
in the city of Camden that is not
vitglly affected hv this drive because
it will he an important factor in
breaking the back-bone of a depression
which President Roosevelt so
aptly described recently as "four
years of economic hell."
Elsewhere in this issue we print
interpretations of the Code and suggest
that employers who wish to he
guided by them clip same for reference.
Asked To Formulate Code
All distinct classes of busyiesS such
as barbers, grocers, drug stores, etc.,
are directed to immediately formulate
a co<lo under which they desire to be
governed and to present the same for
the approval of the Interpretation
Committee consisting of . H. Yates,
chairman, J. Team Gettys and A. Sam
Karesh. If the code is approved by
the looal committee it will then be
forwarded to Washington for approval
there. Until approved by authorities
at Washington all parties who
have signed the President's agreement
will be required to adhere to
the principles therein enumerated, advises
John K. deLo&ch.
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Water Sports Events
at Kendall Mill Lake
A. M. Meloon and his Florida crew
of water stunt performers will entertain
the people of Camden and vicinity
with high performing boats, powered
toboggan and aquaplaning showing
the many thrilling sy>orta that
can bo enjoyed on the surface of your
beautiful lakes and rivers.
As this Florida crew, from the
Pine Castle Wat Co., of Pine Castle,
Florida; entertains from southern
Florida to northern Maine, some time
during the season Mr. Meloon guaranties
the people of Camden and vicinity
thrills long to be remembered.
Arrangements are hying made tor
a thrilling race between the hL'hpowei'ed
speed boat and a powered
toboggan manned with crews of our
own -Camden popular young ladies
and men, who will be picked front
the crowd of spectators each afternoon.
At the small price of 10 and 25
cents the spectators are invited to
enjoy the most thrilling rides that
are absolutely Safe, but as to thrills,
will long be remembered. <?
The "* equipment used for these
stunts are of the most up-to-date
type and very expensive and the crew
knowing their stuff, therefore it will
be well worth your effort to see it
all through the four-day stay on
Wateree Mill Pond. Friday, Satur-1
.day and Sunday, August 11, 12 and
13 are the dates.
O'Kelley Klan Held
Annual Reunion
Hartfeville, August 6.?-About 2001
descendants of David and Elizabeth
CTKelly, who settled m the upper
part of Darllagton district about the
year 1786, met in annual session Friday
at the Gum Branch Baptist
church, near Hartsville, where this
couple worshipped over 160 years ago.
After a musical program rendered
by MjBses Oline iSegars and Frankie
Hielcs," the iKev.^'MZP Turner of IRoiTnt
Elon Baptist church, led the devotional.
T. Hicks "Fort of Columbus,
Gn., delivered the address of the day.
The following officers were elected
for the comihg" year: President, Dr.
J. E. McLure, Bishopville; frrst vice
president, Mrs. R. C. Grant, Clyde;
second vice president, W. L. McDowell,
Camden; secretary-treasurer,
Miss ISusan Hirks, HartsviBo; historian,
Mrs. Louise McLure JHcLendon,
Bishapville.
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Dr. Guilds To 4*e Speaker.
Hor some time plati^ have been
under way to secure the services of
Dr. J. JC. Guihis, President of Columbia
College, for .an address at the
Methodist church. Under the auspices
of the Sunday school Mr. M. M.
Rou son over has planned for him. He
will speak to the Men's Bible Class at
the Sunday school hour, and then will
address the entire church at 11:15.
Dr. Guilds is the lay leader of the
South Carolina Conference and is
sought for all over the state and
elsewhere for public address. He will
have a *^vm*th^^rivrt,e ,
people of Oumden, and a full house
should greet him. In the absence oT
the pastor, there will be no service
Sunday night, as he will be resting
for a week in Georgia. All the Sunday
school organizations will meet as
usual. The assembly will be at 10:50,
and wijl bo in charge of Mr. Reasonover,
the- superintendent.
C. T. Wimberly, Pastor.
Ah To Registration.
There seems to be a good deal of
misunderstanding in regard to registrator!
certificates, and many inquiries
are*Voming in to members of the
registration board. All registration
tickets issued since 11*28 are in force
and will continue to be in force until
1938. If you have lost your registration
ticket, you have the right to
apply for a certificate which will entitle
you to vote. A member of the
board is at the court house each
morning from nine o'clock in the
morning until 12 o'clock noon and will
be glad to accommodate any one
wishing to register.
South Carolina's First Bale
The first bale of 1933 cotton sold
in South Carolina was grown on a
farm near Parler, and sold at Orangeburg
this week for 11.20 cents a
pound. The bale weighed 558 pounds
and graded middling, seven-eighths
qaple. Because it was the first bale,
it brought a price considerably above
the market.
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Death Claims Widow
Of A Former Pastor
News has been received in Camden
announcing the death of Mrs. (arVie
K. Earle, which occurred suddenly at
her summer home near llendersonYiUti
on August 4, She wa# thoj
vyidow of Rev. A. B. Karle, one time j
pastor of the Lyttlotoh Street Meth-j
oclist church. She ha4 been making
her home in Spartanburg since, the.
death of her husband. Mrs. Karle
was a leader in civic affairs in that
city and her death is deeply mourned j
in Spartanburg. Rev. Karle s body j
rests. in the Camden cemetery, but,
it is said that it was Mrs. Earle's
wish to be buried in Spartanburg by ;
the side of tier sons- and other relatives
buried there.
Mrs. Karle was an aunt of Mrs.
J. 1.. Will if ord, of Camden, and a
sister of Rev. CI. K. Kieby, presiding j
elder of this district. j
The following appeared in the
Spartanburg herald of lust Friday."Mrs.
Karle was the daughter of
Major A. 11. Kirby and Mrs. Eliza-,
beth Durant Kirby, and the widow
of the'Rev. Alston B. Karle. She
I is survived by four daughters, Mrs.
John B. Cannon of Spartanburg,
Miss Elizabeth Karle of Union, Mrs.
Robert M. ltawles, of Blanco, Texas,
Mrs. Bates Scoggins of Piedmont,
S. C.; two sons, James and Carroll
Karle, and six grandchildren, also
the following sisters and brothers:
Misses Saba and Joda Kirby, C. G.
Kirby, and the Rev. George F. Kirby
of Sumter."Mrs.
Earle was born in Spartanburg
in the old Kirby home, and
spent most of her life in this city*
As the wife of a Methodist minister
and an active participant in civic affairs,
both state and local, Mrs. Earle
had many friends all .over the state
who mourn her passing.
"Spartanburg has lost one of its
best citizens, her friends agreed, as
she was a leader in every movement
for the welfare of this community?
even after her health failed and she
could no .longer take active part in
the work &he loved, her . wise counsel
and advice was sought by many men
and women leaders in civic enterprizes.
She was a sincere and courageous
woman, and always took a
firm stand for what she believed to
be right on all public issues. She
never spared herself in her devoted
service to family, or friend, to her
church or her community. She was
a faithful and loyal wptfeer in Bethel
Methodist charch and^unday school.
^Dnring the stirring days of the
World war, Mrs. Eai|e was chairman
of the canteen sjgmsored by the
War (Camp Community Service, and
later president of yxhe Community
Service Club, and tf hair man of the
committee from thjC dab in charge
of the work for ^ftdiers at Oteen.
She was first pr?j0ent of Spartanburg
Unit, Ametj^n Legion Auxiliary,
president J>T South Carolina
Unit, and of fie National Legion
Auxiliary execc$v? board, representing
the fourth.&Srfrict in this state
: and national ?jg^tivcv committee
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woman. V"Her
two surviving sons sefyec
* Wer 'sea's.' Mrs. Earle was among
the first women from Spartanburg treceive
the appointment as representative
at the state Democratic convention.
She was for several years
chairman of the legislative committee
of the Spartanburg Woman's Club
which she also served as presidenl
for two years. During an illness ol
nearly two years she kept in touch
with welfare work of the city, an<
to the end her interest in these thing*
remained, next to her family, her
chief concern.
"'Her death is a real loss to the
community, and a vital sorrow to hei
many friends,' a leading citizen saici
yesterday."
To Serve Supper.
The Parsonage Auxiliary of the
First Baptist church of Camden will
serve a chicken supper at the Masonic
Hall, Saturday evening, August 12th
from 6 to 8:30 o'clock. Proceeds foi
the benefit of the parsonage. All arc
cordially invited to con&e out.
Presbyterian Church Notes.
On Sunday, August 13th, there wil
be Sunday school at 10 a. m. a*
Bethesda Presbyterian church. Nc
preaching service until the pastor':
return from his vacation.
Plow Maker Dies.
"South Bend, Ind., Aug. 6.?Josepl
D. Oliver, 83, noted plow manufacti
urer, died early here today after ar
illness of several weeks.
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Many Improvements
At Methodist Church
The people of the Lyttleton Street
Methodist church huvo every reason
to congratulate themselves, and doserve
the. congratulations of the public
in general. For many years their
I buildings church, Sunday school ami
parsonage;' have been in bad repair.
Iti fact when it rained, the children
could not occupy the Sunday school
rooms. Karly In the year they began
plans for repairing, both the walls,
inside and put,' were cracked and
broken, l arge sections of the stucco
had fallen off. All this has been
changed. A new root was placed on
[.the Sunday school rooms; all the
rooms were repaired and painted.
The walls of the church inside and
out, have been replnstercd, and now
all have been painted, pews ami Moors
! varnished, had the ceilings all done
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[.over. New partitions have boon made p
j in the Sunday school rooms, and new
; doors and windows. It .is like a new
i building, throughout.
j The transformation in and about ;v|
| the parsonage, is even more marked.
All the old fences have been removed,
j lawn leveled and ornamental drivej
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, ways and cement walks, where be!
fore were brush and briars. FlowerI
ing shrubbery, under the most up-toi
date landscaping adorn this large,
j beautiful old yard. It is.becoming one
! of the beauty spots of Camden. All
the old ragged trees have been re- a " ?
moved from the backyard, and it will
soon be as ornamental as the front.
Most of all is the work done under
tho parsonage. All tho o^d rubbish
was removed, and excavation of from
ten to twelve inches throughout. Now
there is a large assembly room, 51x18
feet, a dining room, all equipped,
121x21, an up-to-date kitchen, large
and alL fully equipped, supplied with
lights and water, a servants' room J,
and toilet with a large concrete floor,
i which can ibe used for future rooms.
All the missionary meetings are held
in these rooms; a large Sunday school
class of young men and women hold
j their meetings. Some time ago one
[hundred Hufi4s of* the district -ware
served dinner. All the work done in
and around the parsonage was the
direct result of the. pastor's diligent
activities and organization. He has
given himself without reservation to
! this task from the day he came to
Camden. The congregation is now
hoping soon to install a furnace, and
when this is done, they will have one
of the best equipped church plants ?
in the country.
Search Being Made
! For Truck Driver .|
A search for Furman Ellis, an employe
of the Bowman Transportation
i company, was being made yesterday
by state ' highway law enforcement VrCl
| officers after the man had been miss- .
ing for about 30 hours and no word
had been received from him at company
headquarters.
' Ellis left Columbia in a 11)32 Chevi
j
rolet truck belonging to the company
jryTflul a load of produce. He ;unloadj%l
part of the produce at Florence ^nd ~
' it was there that he was last" seen.
Company's orders are that in case ~
'j anything goes wrong the employe is
to wire headquarters immediately.
| When considerable time had elapsed
the highway department was notified.
' Fear was expressed for his safety.
; i A. R. Ward, assistant chief of law
! enforcement, described the truck as
j, bearing a 1933 license, No. D 5213. It
j is painted green and pulls a three-ton
. semi-trailer.?'Wednesday's Columbia
State.
Celebrates Birthday.
"i Mrs. C. R. Marshall, of route two,
I Camden, celebrated her seventyfourth
birthday on August 7th. She
, had present her five daughters and
1 three sons and a large number of
f grandchildren and a host of friends
and relatives. Among the friends
\ present were: Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
| Radcliffe, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Radcliffe,
Jr., of Bethune; A. J. Hardee,
; John L. Carter and sisters, Alice and
Aleen Carter, of Hammonds, S. C.
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Grace Church Services.
Services at Grace Episcopal church * -|j
t for Sunday, August 13th, will be as ^ '3
) follows: Holy Communion, 8:15 a.m.;
'; Church school, 10:00 a. m.; Morning
prayer and sermon, 11:15 a. m. No
Y. P. S. L.
Rev. F. H. Craighill, Jr., Pastor.
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Mrs. W. E. Turpin, of Augusta,
i was the gueat last week of Mr. and
j Mrs. Norman H. Fohl.