The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 08, 1933, Image 1
The Camden Chronicle
g VOLUME 48 ? CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1833 NUMBER 24
Bounty Fair
lllot Far Off
I pirns for the (County Fair to be
Iu4 between October 11th Mid 15th
KTbeing pushed to completion and
uthjng be left undone to mtvko
? success. The bulk of the work
k being done by John T. Mackey,
ELsjdent of the Merchants' AssociaKon,
and T. V. Walsh, of the Legion
td Shrine Club.
Wednesday will be Merchants' and
Kunufaoturers' Day and a tent
*6x120 has been secured to take care
?f the exhibits of the local merchants
I tod manufacturers. Booths will be
Bsitraotively decorated and there will
be many free souvenirs handed c-?t
to the laige crowd that is expected to
Ik in Camden that clay.
Another biff feature on Wednesday
till he the free barbgcne-, which will
be given to the visitors that da>' by
the merchants and manufacturers.
I Five thousand people are eocpeoted to
enjoy the bountiful repast that day,
which will be cooked under the suporI
vision of experts.
To wind out a complete iday,,-*tt
I dusk dark will be the display af Won
derful fireworks. This feature will
be worth travelling: miles ?ot see.
I After the fi if works many w.21 lingwr
I to see the carnival attractions of the
I midw&y. Bunts Carnival will be here
that week and they will hawe several
I very fine midway attractions which
I will be free to the crowds. Of course*
there will be carnival bands to keep'
I the crowd in a good humor also.
Thursday will be Farmers' Day, and
many farm and community clubs in
the various parts of the county will
I compete with each other for the most
I attractive booths. Fine livestock and
farm products will be on display. A f
complete program of that day's nut
I ivities will be announced later.
I Friday will be School Day. and;
I thousands of school children from all j
I parts of the county will oome to Cam-j
den, and the schooJ parade through i
I the streets to t.h<> fair grounds will
be well worth witnessing. That af
ternoon there wiU be a football game
between the famous Camden high'
I school team and some worthy oppon**
I aVwrhich will be annus need later.
I Saturday, the last day, will h^ the
Negro Day at the fair .and the negro
Khool children will parade through
the streets to the fair grounds. It
is needless to say the negroes will;
k in Camden that day by the thous-.
Those who are planning to- have
community booths or individual farm
displays will please get in touch with
A. E. Miller or T, V. Walsh by Octo
kr 1st. The exhibits mnst be in
place by 10 p. m. October 10th.
| Various prizes will be g^ven t? visKitors
on the Merchants' and Manufacturers'
1);?y, such as prizes for the
oldest au-.tmobile to visit Camden
that day, ;;.p largest family to enter
fa:r unds, etc. And in adds- ,
lion prize will be given to the mer
(Hants w.: . the most attractive win <dow
displ.;, - and to the exhibitors in
the tent the best booths. It is
T?ssible f.,t a platform will be
Erected a* the- tent for an old fiddlers
^test. T'ans for that day arc be
kg workc: .ut by J. T. Mackey, T. V.
talsh ar.-i Thomas Ancrum.
B.!^e m. . .-.ants will soon begin a
J3** for S!,le of tickets to the
J,lirat -he ridiculously low figure of
I* *r.:^ .\hich will admit one to
^arfe Hurried Trip
But Cost Something
Pac .-.x of The Chronicle this
*eek w;l! i?. found an attractive ad
^ftisem.r- for the DeLoache Motor
"ipar.y of this city,-announcing thci
*oique features of the Hudson-Essex
- icw Terra plane car.
Th* ( ' 'VP6 f?r this ad reached
B, ^bror.it.e just a few minutes be
j/e Wt* went to press. Camden beB
w t^*' a'r ma^ ^ne was scnJ
*ir ma; and although the sman
'(id not weigh but two
took four dollars and eleven
Wv\*? *>r'n^ ^ from Detroit here.
hw'kn ?r y %oea fo show that when
2w#L8'ness after business thru
T^P'Per advertising they spare no
I in getting on schedule.
^ Greenwood this week/ 997 out
thousai>d woni<5ir-tn?Uacn
B 2?/,the ^RA customer pledgeakbe
tho CWM* there,
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Poultry Shipments to
be Made From County
Poultry shipment* are to bo m*t]e
from Camden, Thursday, September
14, from 9 a. m, to 12 noon; from
Bethune, Thuvftday, September 14,
from 1 p. m. to 4 p. 'tnlf from Kershaw,
Friday,, September 15 from 9
a. m. to 2 p.,m.
Prices to bo paid will be published
in the county newspapers very soon.
Watch for these prices. They will be
higher than we bavc received in a
long time.
This advance notice of this shipment
is given In ordtfr that poultry
to be sold may be fattened and conditioned
before shipment is made. It
is very important that poultry for
this shipment be in good condition
and it is recommended that those expecting
to ship poultry fatten such
poultry well between now and time
of ihipnumt. The prices we will get
for this shipment will be good and
the buyers are expecting poultry of
extra good quality. .
The classes of poultry to be purchased
are as follows: -Fat hens, 5
pounds and Up**will bring top prices;
.fat hens, 4 Tpounds and up will be
slightly lower; Leghorn hens will be
still a little lower; roosters and Guineas
will also .be purchased; colored,
fat chickens, 3 pounds and up, will,
bring top prices; colored fat chickens,,
2 pounds and up, will bring a
Utile less; Leghorn chickens* two
pounds and up, wID probably bring
about the price of 2 pound colored
chickens. Smaller thickens are ndt
wanted ao do not bring them.
Please feed yoar^chickens and
'.them in good condition, lite buyer ^
of this shipment wants their rhidcetis
for a particular sale and if *we
can "give him good^quality this time,
we m?y be able tayget him to pay us
a premium again later. Please notify
your neighbors request Usury
3D. Green, County 'Agent.
Cotton Cheeks Must
Go to Proper Purpose
The government checks for paymerit
M0f destroyed cotton have mot
come yet. It is entirely unnecessary
for farmers to call at t-be county
agent's office asking for ttheir
chedks as the farmers will be noti^ftefcl
jju&t - as soon ?.as their
come. They will also be adrised
what action will be necessary on
their part In order to receive ifceir
checks in proper ftem.
landlords and ottier lien halders
Interested in the cotton embraced in
these , cotton cpntrarits have cooparated
with tenants and with the government
and have enabled the p?*ram
to succeed. It is our distinct
intention that all interested partte
who ibid just and lqgal claims againdt
thfe cotton embodied m thee?
Contracts shall be protected according
to contract.
While it is the county agent s desire
to protect the interest of all interested
parties this is notice that no
liability is assumed by the e?unty
agent in eases where checks may be
delivered to producers without the
consent .of the lien holders However,
the county agent and his office
will expect to use every precaution
to protect all just claimants as he is
confident that this is the will and desire
of all interested parties, whether
lienor or Hence?Henry D. fkreen,
County Agent.
Grace Church Services
Services at Grace Episcopal church
on Sunday, September 10th, as announced
by the Rector. Rev^-F. H.
Craighill, Jr., will be: Jloly Communten
Ia. mtl church school, 10 a m.;
morning prayer and sermon, 11.lo
a. m. There will be no Y. P. ? 1*
service.
I.ad Killed by Automobile
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt
Tripp former citizen, of this city
will be saddened to learn of the acci-.
dental death Tuesday of their young
son, Hoyt Trapp, Jr., age 4 J<?"The
child was crossing the atree
near his home in Garwood, N. Jo
when struck by an automobile. He
was rushed to the Elizabeth General
hospital, Elizabeth, N. J., where he
P8TTied bodyy was brought to Ca"d?"
and funeral services will bo held at
the home of H. T. Horton. north of
Camden today, September ^ conducted
by Rev. J. B. Gaston, of the Baptist
church and the interment will be
at Antioch cemetery.
Kornegay iFuneral Horn? ia in
of faneral rtongomonti..
Kershaw Man Passes
Suddenly at His Home
Seated quietly in a chair on the
back porch ef his home C. L. Dye, <
82, highly esteemed citizen of Kershaw
for many years, passed sudden
ly ut 1:30 Tuesday afternoon without
any apparent premonition that
death vf"as immediately near. Three :
decades and a half ago this most
worthy gentleman came to Kershaw
to make his home among us and
from then until the end came so
peacefully and suddenly never has
there been manifest in his life a just
cause for anyone to say aught against
him. He enjoyed the highest
esteem and good will of all.
Mr. Dye was born and reared in
the Beaver Creek section of Kershaw
county where he was engaged in
farming. He came to Kershaw thirty-five
years ago to take a position
with A. P. Brown,, who operated a
store in the room now occupied by
the Gardner Barber shop. Afterward
he' was successively for a time with
the Kershaw Mercantile & Banking j
Company and the Threatt-Carson
Company. Later he embarked in the
furniture business and continued at
that until a short time befort; last
Christmas, when he retired from active
life to spend the .remainder of
xhis declining years in peace and quietude
within the precincts of his horn*;,
his son, D. P. Dye, and family sharJ
ing the home with ivi?i following the
death*of >Mrs. Dye, which occurred
some time before.
Mr. Dye is sarfi.vwl by the following
children: B. P- Dye, assistant
cashier of the Bank of Kershaw;
Mrs." R. PI Thompson, of Lancaster;
Mrs. J. M. Morgan, of Asheville; who'
with her husband were here om a
visit when the end camc;and Mr*. B.
J. Truesdale of Kershaw.
Legion Post Meets .Monday
All members of .James Leroy .Belk
Post 17, of the American Legion are
requested to be present at the monthly
meeting to he held .in the Legion
Hall, Monday, iSqptember 11, at 8 p.
m. This is the last meeting before
the county fair and maqy matters jof
importance will have to be .decided
so a large attendance is (.expected.
Urged to Register
I wish to urge every person interested'
in prohibition neform not to -fall
to register in etrder to .rote in the
prohibition referendum jtm November
7. Every ome must have a registration
certificate to vote .in .that election
and all who .do .not have such a
certificate dated in 1928 or later must
secure a new ^xne.
These certificates may be .obtained
from the Registration .Committee at
the office of the Clerk of Court in
the Court House any lime .between
1 now and September 18.
What is desired is a jtrue expression
of the sentiment of the people
of this county; hence this appeal to
all that they do not fail to register.
Henry Savage,
Repeal Candidate.
White Man Beaten
By Negro Sunday
, I
Mike Johnson, negro, was lodged ;
in the county jail Sunday night by j
Charles M. Emanuel, magistrate at
Rembert, on a charge of assault and
battery in connection with an attack
on N. C. Ellerbe Sunday afternoon at
his home at Elferbe's mill.
Johnson is alleged to have chared
a crippled negro into the home of
Mr. Ellerbe and when the white man I
attempted to stop him attacked him
with brass knuckles. Mr. Ellerbe
was painfully beaten around the head,
it was stated.?Tuesday's Sumter
Item.
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Bet hesda Cmirch Services
Presbyterian church services for
Sunday, September 10, announces A.
Douglas McArn, pastor, will he as
follows: Church school at 10 a. m.
Morning worship at 11:15. Midweek
service Wednesday evening at eight
o'clock. The public is Cordially invit^
ed to these services.
. Important Farm Meeting Tuesday
In order that the farmers of South
Carolina may have a general kn<>w-j
ledge of the cotton acreage reduction
plan for 1934 and 1935 a meeting of
all farmers in the state has been set
for next Tuesday, September 12 at
10:30 at the Columbia Hotel in Columbia.
Kershaw county farmers are
urged to attend this very important
meeting. This will affect our farmen
^tally advises Henry D. Green,
the County Agent,
Recovery Act Not To
Hurt Small Business
The following article has been sent
out by John K. (toLoach, General of
the N. B. A. organisation v in this
county, to correct a misunderstanding
of the purposes of N. R. A. It
goes forward to all those who have
not yot signed up under the Agreement
or Blanket Code.
"It has come to my attention that
soma businesses, especially tho sawmill
industries, have been closing, or
expecting to close due to a misunder.
standing and misconception of the
purposes of N. B. A. General Johnson
has repeatedly stated that it is not
the desire ox purpose of N. B. A. to
drive people out of work. On tho
other hand, it is a gesture of cooperation.
There is qothing to fear in
the principles of N. R. A.
Thero is an interpretation committee
in Kershaw County of which Mr.
L. A. Wittkowsky is Chairman,,whose
duty it is to give such information to
those seeking it, as interpretations
come From Washington. Please take
advantage of the service, which is
gladly rendered.
If you have not signed the President's
Agreement, or if you have
signed the same, and the terms of
the substituted provisions, regarding
wages and hours of the code, adopted
by your trade or industry, are such,
which will tn the individual case cause
a great and unavoidable hardship,
you may still obtain the Blue Eagle
by approaching Mr. Wittkcrwsky and
his committee, making a showing
before them such as will prove to the
committee that a great and unavoidable
hardship will be caused, and that
cimmittee is authorized to approve
wages and hours such as will not
cause the hardship above mentioned.
This approval is subject only to approval
in Washington.
"It* is the desire of the local committee
of N. R. A. to "be helpful in
this situation, and we urgently request
all persons who wish to know
more about N. R. A. and its relation
to their vocation, to get in touch with
the interpretaion committee.
Appeared In Interest
/Of Air Mail Service
Congressman J. P. Richards on
"Monday returned from Washington
where he had been for several weeks
on official business. While there he
appeared before the "Post Office Department
in the interest of the retent
ion of the Charlotte-Camden-Co1
umbra-Augusta air mail line. Mr.
'Richards protested the proposed discontinuance
of this service. It is not
[known what definite action will be
f taken by the department but the
Eastern Air Transport has requested
to be relieved of this service on the
grounds that the passenger service
is negligible, the mail poundage disappointing
and that reduced rates
render it impracticable to continue
this service. The appropriation for
this type of mail service has been
reduced from twenty-oT>e million dollars
to fourteen million dollars and
the government is cutting out these
lines wher^yer possible. South Carolina
at present has six mail stops,
which is more than any other state
except California, Florida, Michigan,
Montana, North Dakota, Ohio and
Texas.
Arr Mail Route To Quit
Washington, Sept. 6.?Suspension
of three more air mail routes on
September 10, was announced today
by Stephen A. Cisler, in charge of
the service.
These are Amarillo to Dallas,'
Texas; Charlotte, N. C., to Augusta,
G?? and Detroit, Mich., to Columbus,
Ohio.
Cisler emphasized that the gutting
off of these services was temporary
suspension, due to financial emergency.
Five or more persons were killed
and 40 or more were injured early
Tuesday morning, when the Golden
State limited, fast train from Chicago
to Los Angeles, plunged through a
weakened bridge and fell iqto a water
filled gulch near "Aicumcari, N. M.
Seven coaches and the locomotive fell
into the water. Several pullman
carg remained on the bridge.
Administrtor Johnson of the NRA
administration, announces that the
government will ahoftly start an intensive
drive to get the people oi
America to start buying, more merchandUo
to haateo recovery.
i
Veteran Editor Found
Dead tn His Home
Cherryville, N. C., Cept. 8,- L. H.
J. Houser, one of the pioneer citizens
of Gastort county and for 25 yegrs
editor of the Cherryvillo Eaglo, was
found dead in his bed Wednesday
morning. He had been dead for several
hours when members of his family
found him. He was 77 years of
age, having been born October 8,
1856.
Surviving are his \yidow, who was
formerly Miss Etta Beam and whom
he married December 23> 1883, and;
the following sons: D. O.. Houser, o
Camden, S. C.; EvonL,. Houser, Dallas,
and Rred K. llouser, Cherryville,
who succeeded his father as editor of
The Eagle. He leaves also the 1 olio
wins brother* and sisters:. Logan
Heraser and Luther F. Houser, Bothpage;
Lillian Houser, Lincolton; J. B.
Houser, Cherryville, and Mrs. Mary
Leonhardt, Chase City, Va.
Mr. Housel'1 was one of Chevryville's
most influential '^citizens and
held a warm and abiding place in the
hearts of her citizens. Ho was a public
school teacher for 25 years,
a justice of the peace for 20 years,
and served as postmaster for the
town of 'Cherryville four years. In
1805 he represented Gaston county
in the state legislature.
As editor of the local newspaper,
Mr. Houser rendered his greatest
service to Cherryville and the community.
Last January after 25 years
of service he turned over his duties
as editor to his son, Fred K. Houser,
and since that time had taken no
active part in business.
He was president of the Houser
Historical association and at the reunion
held at Bethpage earlier this
month he presided and delivered the
address to more than 1,200 people.
Baptist Church Services
The following services are announced
for the week beginning, Sunday,
September 10,' at the First Baptist
church:* 'Sunday echoql afcylO
o'clock with C. O. iStogner^ superintendent
in charge; public' worship
conducted by the pastor, J. Caston,
at 11:15 a. m. and 8 p. m., morning
subject: "Contrary Winds," evening
subject: "The ^eed of a Revival.",r
Men's prayer meeting Sunday
morning at .9:30. Midweek prayer
service Wednesday evening at 8.9 B.
Y. P. U..6unday evening at 7 o'clock.
- The public is cordially invited to attend
-all the aerviaes of this church.
Methodist Church Services
Methodist church services Sunday,
September 10, will be: Sunday school
at 10 a. m. ' Special invitation ifi
given the Men's JBible Class and the
Willing Workers. Willing Workers
meet in the room under the parsonage.
AH the departments will meel
in their respective places. Assembly
of all the school at 10:50 for chaH
talk by the pastor.. Preaching by the
pastor at 11:15. Theme, Th<
World's Greatest Thjng." Preaching
at 8:00 p. m. Theme, "The Fait!
Once Delivered to the Saints."?C. F
Wimberly, Pastor.
Eichel's New Store Is
Pleased With Opening
Eichel's new store got away to e
good start Friday morning, when thc>
opened an entire new stock of gen
eral merchandir- to the public. Th<
manager stateAj??,hat he was highlj
pleased with twiflittendance and sale;
on his two opening days. It is s
new stock, prices marked it* plair
figures, which has appealed to the
trade.
Mr. Henry F.iohel has associated
with him his jion, Julian Eichel
They also have with* them as sales1
ladies Miss Nan Young and Miss Ella
1 Hailc, both of whom for a number of
years were with the old firm of
[ Wolfe-Eichel company. .-They arc
| both well known to the trading public.
Wants To Enlarge Registration
We are informed by C. H. Yates,
manager of the National Re-Employment'
Agency, that he is very anxious
to enlarge the registration of
his office. That all classes of laboi
are eligible to registration. Domes,
tic servants, unemployed school
i teachers, in fact any person who is
i now unemployed. It is quite "ptoba'
ble that in the near future ther?
will be a demand for teachers for th<
i adult schools that are now being proposed
and it is the policy to dse th<
! National Re-employment offices to
- secure placements where govern men'
funds are used.
Aged Citizen of Flat
Rock Dies Suddenly
AThe
funeral of John E.-Gaskin, 80,
was held at the Bethany Baptist
church, near Kershaw at 11 o'clock
Sunday morning* and was conducted
by the Rev. J. T, Sanders, pastor, assisted
by the Rev, J. M. Neal, of Kershaw,
a life long friend, of Mr, Gaskin.
His seven sona and ,ono son-inlaw
were the pallbearers: ThomasP.,
James 10., Grover C., Henry B.,
lx?wis R., John S., Alva D. Gaskin
and J. I>. 'Easier. Interment was in
the family burying ground at the old
homestead, in the Flat Rock section
of Kershaw county, where rest the
remains of his parents and grandparents.
Mr. Gaskin passed away in tho
early morni^g^hours and his death
was not known until Mrs. Gaskin
called him to breakfast.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Rebecca Stover Gaskin, seven sons,
Thomas P.. Gaskin, of Lykeslund;
James 10. Gaskin, of Columbia; Grover
C\ Gaskin, of Brookland; Henry
B. Gaskin, of Kershaw; Dr.. L. It.'
Gaskin and Dr. J. S. Gaskin, of Albermarle,
N. t\; Alva Gaskin of KorshaW;
three daughters, Mrs. J. D.
Easier, of Spartanburg; Mrs. J. M.
Cason, of Lykesland and Miss Rebecca
Gaskin, of Kershaw; one half brother,
D. R. Fletcher, of Kershaw; 31
grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
.
John E. Gaskin was born within
two*- miles of Flat Rock July 81, 1853.
He was the second son of James Gaskin,
oldest son of Thomas and Sarah
Drakeford Gaskin and Elizabeth Owen,
daughter of Richard and Elizabeth
Owen.
His father died when he was only
two months old. His elder brother,
Archie, died just before coming of
age. His Mother married John
Fletcher and became the mother of
three other children: Elizabeth, who
married Mike Gay and died several
- years ago; David R., who .survives
f him, and Walter, who died a year
ago under circumstances almost identical
with his death. All four of his"
grandparents married December 24,
1818, and each set had nine children.
His early boyhood was spent with
his mother. When a youth, he moved
to his uncle Archie Owen's home,
where he lived about four years.
When he was about nineteen, he mov- %
ed to his grandfather, Thomas Gas'
kin's1 home, which he inherited two
years later and where he has lived
ever since.
In 1878 he marHed Rebecca N.
Stover, daughter of John and Rebec^
ca Truesdale iStover, who aurvives
1 him. He often spoke to his children
1 of how happy and congenial his mar1
ried life had been. Ten of his four"
teen children survive. He was in
tensely?devoted to his family and
r proud of his children. He tried to
: give them all the advantages that he
! had been deprived of and took a great
! interest in the work of each one of
I- them. .
1 His mind was brilliant" and continually
reverted to incidents of the
past. His statement regarding any
event he was familiar with was re^
garded as the last word by all of his
I acquaintances. He had a great store
of anecdotes, which he enjoyed relating
on any suitable occasion. A1-"
, though rather feeble the last few
years, he loved to visit with friends
, and neighbors when ho had opportur
nity to do so.
, He was found dCad in bed a few
t minutes before seven o'clock when his
L .wife ?tent to call him for breakfast.
( It was abouLan hour after his usual
rising time. She had not noticed
I anything amiss when she passed
through his room to go to the kitchen.
He had been dead about an
hour, and had apparently just stop(
ped breathing while asleep as his bed
was in good order and his features
, composed. He had been to Kershaw
the day before and had talked nearly
an hour just before retiring, apparently
feeling about as usual
His life was almost blameless. He
, often spoke of how few regrets ho '
. had regarding his past life and con.
duct. He was the oldest member
\ and senior deacon of Bethany Baptist
church.
I The Master Barbers association of
5 Atlanta, Ga., went into court there
- this week to try to force a barber to
s charge 40 cents for haircuts, instead
i of 25 cents which the tonsorial artist
- was charging, The union barbers
? claimed that the fellow was violating
1 the barbers' code. A temporary, int*
junction was issued against the bar^x
ber charging two bite. -?,
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