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' V ^WPlPiPl |(Hp|jJ|BpHHBB| The Camden Chronicle " VOLUME CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1933 f NUMBER 29 ? ' . "J " ... . - .?1"" '-' " " "! l'"'.'lll-T ..' .I.mi! I Several Candidates I Spoke Here Thursday Wursdty was Farmer's Day at the I Kershaw C'ounty Fair and the fair j Jt3#pciation had invited all guberna! torjai candidates here the speak. A stand was erected op the foot j^ji grounds for the speakers and j jj M, Jahnson, attorney and secreI taiy of the Fair association, was in jj charge of the program. .Rev. J. B. Caston was called upon I for a prayer. j yir. Johnson then read letters of I regret frOJfl. Olin Johnston, of SparI tanburg; Tom B. Pearce, of '.Opiumj hia. candidates for governor,1 regretB tj?g their inability to be present. I Mayor Robert M. Kennedy,. Jr., J then welcomed the distinguished visI jtors to Camden. I Judge M. L. Smith, in his usual B able manner, introduced the speakers in alphabetical order dojng so by pre{ seating Cole L. Blease, who served j| this state two terms as its governor and al>o as United States Senator. Mr. Blease stated he had no political speech to make as he wp^ not | yet ready to announce his platform, jj Not until the adjournment' of the 1 January legislature would he be reaI dy to take up any issues. He took up his time in friendly greetings, to I thofeb whom he had long known in 1 this county and reminiscences of others who hud passed on, stating that the people of Kershaw county should \ be proud of their heritage, of the cit izens of their county listed in South Carolina's hall of fame. ; I Next Wyndam M. Manning, farmer ! candidate of Sumter, spoke of his ; business being farming. . That both ! | farming and business would in the I years to come have to be worked | through "individual initiative." That | farmers and all others could not B much longer rely on help from Wash; ington, that this work would have to be done in local' communities. He i favored equalization of taxes. James O. Sheppard, lieutenant gov| ernor, was the next speaker. He | stated he was no stranger in Camden j having spoken before Rotary meetB ings and other gatherings here. J Neither did he have any political B platform to announce at this time | I but immediately after the adjournj j ment of the next legislature he would. ; He s^idUia't the state was now on a j I cash basis in the payment of school B teachers and looks for the nation to ! I get on a cash basis too. He favored | I the reduction of the inheritance tax I I in this state which would bring more | I people' pf wealth here to reside, j j Congressman1- X P. Richards was f I also present and made a short talk. | I He said that the paramount issue of < | the day was the restoration of pros\ I perity and that those in WashingI I ton had always the welfare of the ! I people in their minds. ; The speakers all paid the highest^ ' I tribute to Alvin C. York, who pre| I ceded them on the repal of the 18th I amendment. While not agreeing B with him on the prohibition question, ! I they looked upon him as being a- wonB derfu soldier. A. I1'. Spigner, able solicflfr of the I fifth judicial circuit, being seen in J j I the a>-t mblage by Judge Smith, was , ; I paid a nigh tribute for his ability in; ' I uphold:*.;; law in this circuit and,' I ha\ing the state's interest always at B heart. to come up and say a few I *ord.?. which he graciously did. < i ! First Check Under New Law ] : j Cour.ty Treasurer S. W. Hogue re- j I wived his first check from Comp- | I troller General A. J. Beattie Wednes- L B day for the school >j?ar 1033-1934. j I This is the first payment of state aid | ^ I fvr s<h"ols in Kershaw county issued; I under school act of 1933, whereby j I ll !c paid in installments of six I month- cat h. This check amounted 1 I ! I and will be paid out to the} I Virion- districts on the regular school i I *arrar.t-. |1 Kidnapers Sentenced I 5 B ^ Ok.;,.--, tna City, Oct. 7.?The do- ^ I fondant, in the $200,000 kidnaping f I Cr.a.'e. p\ Urschel, millionaire oil ( I man, At;,, sentenced by Judge Edgar ? I ^ \au^ht in federal district court ^ B ^?day. i he sentences ranged from ^ I "k -onment for four of the do- [ j fl 'eRdar.t- to five years in the peni- j B ltn,iary for two others. Harvey Bailey and Albert Bates (j, B *eTe ntenced to serve life terms in , ^ I the Penitentiary. R. G. (Boss) Shan- t B nt>a aTW his wife also received lift? f I ^Btences. Armon' Shannon, their ^ B received a ten-year suspended r knt?nce. mwlantA' Ga ? is to bave Sunday 1 B l under an executive order is by Mayor Key. - ?-4C Creatn Station At Agent's Office Arrangements have just been made whereby u cream receiving station will be established in the County Agent's office in Camden in cooperation with the Piedmont Creamery of Hock 11 ill. The cream truck will take up cream from this station each Wednesday about 2 o'clock. raimers bringing cream on or before Wednesday may either leave theii? containers und have them brought back the ndxt Wednesday when the truck returns or else the cream may be sampled and then put with other cream in ten gallon containers. This sample will be tested later and of course records will bo kept as to whose cream each sample represents and payment will be made accordingly on the following Wednesday. The price of sour cream is not as high at this time as wo woujd like, but when small weekly cream checks, are multiplied by 542 weeks ill the year the result is usually very pleasing and profitable. Kershaw county farmers greatly need to develop their dairy and cream business and one reason the cream station is being moved to the county agent's office is so that closer contact may be kept with the farmers and more work may be dpne with them towards developing their cream and dairy enterprises. Since the county agent's duties have been so greatly changed, most of the agricultural financing has to go through his office now and he is unable to devote sufficient time to visiting individual farmers on various enterprise^ as he did before he fell heir to the financing work in the county. There are many farmers in Kershaw county at this time who could ship sour cream if they would only get started. Anyone milking 3 or 4 cows now could get started with no expense. Anyone interested in this will please get in touch with the county agent and every assistance possible will be given, advises Henry D. Green, county agent. California Governor To Return Prisoner Sacramento, Oct. ID,?Gov. James Rolph, Jr., refused today to delay extradition of C. D. Cooper, alias Ben Jones, from Los Angeles to South Carolina, where he is wanted as an escaped convict from the state penitentiary. Replyihg to the defense counsel's plea to delay action on the extradition papers 30 days so t/hey could argue the case before Gov. Blackwood of South Carolina, Gov. Rolph said: "I am going to permit Gov. Blackwood to settle his own cases, just as i { would expect him or any, other gov- < ernor to do with me. You tvtll have i to take your chances with Gov. .Black- j wood. I can not say to him by interference, 'This is your case but the i. people of California discredit your J, judgment.' " License Year Changed From Nov. 1 to Oct. 31 j j J Columbia, S. C., Oct. U.?A change j designed to expedite the handling of ; the large volume of license plate j business and to make for more eco- i nomic administration and service to Hjp public is now being inaugurated >y the State Highway Department, j ^ Under this change the license year j icrcafter will be from November lstJ^ if each year to October 31st, of the. succeeding year instead of from Jan- j iary 1st to December 31. The change in the license year is. is n result of an act passed by the1 ast session of the General Assembly., This act. No. 380, provides in section f !, that "application for licenses shall c >e filed with "the State Highway Dc- s )artment on or before the thirty-first ^ a lay of October of each license year,1 ind any person, firm or corporation f vho shall fail to file such applica-(\ ions before such date shall be sub-j ect to the penalties now imposed by , F aw upon delinquent applications. :F Application forms to all motor ve-' a dele owners have been sent out by. t he highway department and the mo-. 1 or vehicle division is operating In i ull gear to send out the license p dates as soon as the applications are h eceived. The department is expecting that c he entire load of handling this im- t nense volume of business will be s ompleted in record timejbia year. h Jurors To Serve " ' For Second Week * Tb? following jurors have been drawn to serve for the second week of criminal court which convenes on Monday, October 30: Ws F. Russell, Jr., A. M. McLeod, J. C. Gillis, J^L J. K. l*ang, W. I). GoodJleV^j W> A? U> Hurst, ^Jil/ Drairt&uui^W^. C. Catoe, W. 1L Wooten, I. J. MoKensje, Tnlmadge Gardner, J. W. Mcl^ain, Cecil L. Gardner, Norman Truesdale, C amden; C. 1'. Helton, W. J. Towers, G. D. Munn, G. R. Truesdale, Frank Young, Westville; 13, M. Ros)>orough,' H. S. Ray, N. T. Gettys, T. C, Hinson, Lugolf; 1). E. Baxley, Lewis Vincent,; I). A. Barfield, C. H. Broom, T. C.! Jones, Ernest West,-Kershaw; C. B.; Watkins, W. 'A. McDowell, Bethune; T. M. Keith, J. T. Ross, Blahey; L. L. Bowers, Cassatt. Says Buy For Six Months I, in this manner wish to advise the people of Kershaw County, not to buy any license plates for their ears, except for six months, taking their reduction, until the general assembly meets the second luesday in January 1932. Then I feel something will be done about this matter, (Signe^L) JAMES R. BELK, Representative from Kershaw County The South Carolina Conference To the People of Camden; On November 15 will convene the session of the South Carolina Conference, which will bring to our city of ministers and laymen, not less than two, hundred and fifty people. Accommodations must be provided for that number as a minimum. Some of the lay delegates will not come; many more will not remain throughout the session; but we can not count on this. We were very careful to get the concensus of opinion of the entire community before we extended the invitation* , We greatly appreciate the intefest shown by all the other de-1 nominations; aiso the Rotary Club, the Chamber of Commerce. The task will not be hard if all will cooperate. Next week, these homes must be j secured. Our organization has been fixed and it expects to do this in, good time. A special edition of Cam- ( den and Camden Methodism will be issued by the Southern Christian Advocate. It has been 44 years since this body met in Camden, and our j neighbor, BishopviLle, has entertained , it twice in recent years and now our time has come, and let us show this large group of visitors hpw royally we can do the job. C. F. Wimberly, Pastor. Death of Miss Alford Miss Fannie Alford died at the Baptist hospital at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Funeral serives will be held at the graveyard at Quaker cemetery, Camden, at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Interment will be in the family plot. The above is from Saturday's State ( and will be read with much regret by older citizens of Camden, who well remember Miss Alford, long a resi- ; dent of this city. She is the last J member of her immediate family. She is survived by two nieces, Mrs. John Smith and Miss Anna Kate Al- j ford, both of Columbia. Better Double Check "Do you know of any inmate es-; raping from your institution last light?" a man telephoned to the su- j aerintendent of an insane asylum, j "No one escaped that I know of,"( vas the reply. J "Better check up again. Someone *an away with my wife. ?Exchange. ^ Gangster's Body Is Riddled By Bullets j Chicago, Oct. 9.?Gua Winkler, af-: , luent and sinistety power^in the world if gangsters, nvM^ass^/fsinated today ^ is his hand turnecTlhe doorknob of t i beer distributing depot. i , Three killers motored down a North ; Side street in an old green truck as Vinkler strolled up to the door. The truck slowed doWn. Guns were '' >oked out, and a blast of buckshot ?oured into Winkler's back. He fell, j' ,nd the shotguns roared again. Six-, y-five wounds had been torn into his! >ody. He lived just forty minutes, j "You're dying," the police whisrered to him at John B. ~ Murphy ' icspital. "Who shot you?" Winkler moaned for water, for a 1 lergyman. But, in spite of a .rumor hat he had been slain for betraying ome criminal, he aaid no word about j is killers. ? n Many Registered For November Election The books of registration in charge of George K. Taylor, at the court house, shows that u gvutid total of 3,076 men and women have registered to vote in the general election on the question as to whether or not South Carolina will join the other states in voting out or retaining the present prohibition law. The election will bo held on the first Tuesday in November, and the following table shows the registration by precincts and the four townships: . DcKalb Townahip Camden .... *; 1,015 Pine Tree Cotton Mill 101 Hermitage Cotton Mill 01 Cassatt 73 Antioch :...- 05 Willie Brannon's Pilling Station. . 30 Beaver Dam 82 Charlotte Thompson 80 Stokes School House . . 13 Stockton Place 5 Total 1,570 Buffalo Township Kershaw C. 401 Shamrock ; J8 Haley's Mill 110 Ned's Creek 00 Ratcliff's Mill 20 Buffalo School House . 207 Bethune .... 134 Gates Ford 147 V- O ? Total ... 1,307 Flat Rock Township Liberty Hill , 72 Three C's 166 Shaylor's Hill . ... 35 Westtflle 201 Stoneboro . . 10 484 Wateree Township Blaney . 146 Rabons Cross Roads . 66 Lugoff 103 <\ Total.. '... 315 Grand Total 3,676 Lazarus Levkoff Dead Lazarus Levkoff, aged 62, formerly of Camden, but lately of Columbia, died in New York City Saturday shortly after noon following an operation. Mr. Levkoff and his twin brother, George Levkoff, operated in Camden for a number of years as the "Twin Brothers Department Store." He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sophie Levkoff, his mother, Mrs. Hannah Levkoff, of New York, three sons, Sanford Levkoff, of Louis, Mo., Jack Levkoff of Columbia, who was graduated from the University of South Carolina last June and is now entered in Harvard, and Henry Levkoff of Columbia; two daughters, Dorothy and Rosalee, both of Columbia; three brothers, George Levkoff of Columbia, ji._twjn-brother; David Levkoff of New York, and Shier Levkoff of Augusta, Ga.; one sister, Mrs. Julian G. Folfnor of Detroit, Michigan. Baptist Church Services The following services are announced at the First Baptist church: Sunday schopl at 10 o'clock, C. O. Slogner superintendent in charge. Public worship conducted by the pastor, J. B. Caston, at 11:15 a. m. and 8 p. m. Morning subject, "The Joy of Salvation." Evening subject, "The Door Into The Kingdom of God." Men's prayer meeting Sunday morning at 0:30. Midweek prayer nnd praise service Wednesday evening at 8. Senior B. Y. P. U. Thursday evening at 8 and Junior B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. The ordinance of Baptism will be administered at the close of the evening service. The public is cordially .invited to attend all the services of this church. Methodist Church Services Sunday. All the classes of the Sunday school a i 11 meet at 10 a. m. Willing Workers, taught by H%nry Green, will J meet at the usual place under fhe i parsonage. The piano has been fixed j and a good season of singing will be i feature of tfle Willing Workers' ser. ice. Chalk talk before the whole school at 10:50 by the pastor. Preaching at 11:15 by the pastor? :heme, "Fair Play;" also at 7:30 p. m. The hot evenings are over, and ctus now build up our congregations poth morning and night. We invite the public to worship with us. C. F. Wimberly. " An increased pay scale in the Alacoal fields will benefit 20,000 ttltttTf, - m r y " X ' ?j ^ - ^ ^ . X -. v* - * . ^ Seaboard Official* To Visit Camden On next Thursday, October 19lh, the City of Camden will be host* to around fifteen officials of the Souboard Air Lino Railroad. These gentlemen are agents of the Seaboard from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Washington and Jacksonville. They will arrive in Camden at 11 o'clock to spend the day, leaving at 7 p. m. The purpose of their visit is to look over Camden and vicinity, visiting points of interest here and got an idea of just what Camden offers I-in the way of attractions to tourists. In this way they will be ready to give personal information to travelers as to Camden's qualifications as a point to visit. The party will be entertained at ".Mulberry Plantation," home of David R. Williams, and will have a luncheon given in their honor at llobkiik lnrv? > City officials, representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and others will assiAt^in entertaining these visitors. .1 John McCaa Dead; Burial In Camden The funeral services for John McCaa, of Columbia, were -held at Eau Claire Baptist church Tuesday afternoon and the burial was in the Cam-1 den cemetory the same afternoon. Mr. McCaa's death was sudden and I happened at 9:30 Monday morning at Andrews railroad yard. He appeared to be in good health when he left his home, 3<>11 Bouknight street, Eau Claire, Monday morning and went to his work at Andrews, where he was a car inspector. He had been in the service of the Southern railway for more than 25 years and had been presented a gold medal in recognition of his long and faithful service. He was a member of the Eau Claire | Baptist church and had the respect of all who knew him. He was 68 years old and was a native of Kershaw county. He is survived by his widow, who before marriage was Miss Theo Allen of Sumter county; three daughters, Miss Isabelle McCaa, Miss Elise McCaa and Miss Mary B. McCaa; one son, John McCaa, Jr., all of Columbia; four sisters, Miss Mamie McCaa, Miss Millie McCaa and Mrs. Will Roseborough, all of Lugoff, and Mrs. Louise Mickell, of Camden; two brothers, Jimmy McCaa and Willie McCaa, of Lugoff. FlorhlUr "Votes Repeal Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 10.?-Florida today became the 33rd state to vote for repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, the wets leading by approximately four and a half to one with nearly half the state's precincts counted. With the vote tabulated from 597 of the 1,273 voting places in the state the count stood: For repeal, ^58,950; against, 13,106. Incomplete returns had been received from 52 of the state's 67 counties. Death of Young Son Friends of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. ( Little will regret to learn of the', death of their young son, Jack Leland Little, aged two years. The baby was taken sick suddenly and rushed to the Camden hospital where it: passed away Friday. Funeral services were held Salur- . day at 11 o'clock from the Kornegay | Funeral Home with burial in the | Quaker cemetery. Pallbearers were: Wiley Ilogue, Jr., Sonny Robinson, Billy Wilson and Wesley Pitts. The baby is survived by his parents and the following brother and sisters: | Robert' Liude, Marjorie Little and! Dorot'hv AnnvJvittle. M r/Jfcid NlX^Little have made | many friends here",^ince moving to j Camden four y'ears ago from Atlanta, j Mr. Little is connected with the i Metropolitan Life Insurance Com-j pany. Married In Columbia A marriage of interest to Camden j people is that of Miss Virginia, Owens to John Borrini, of Pittsfield, Mass. The ceremony was performed by Rev. John H. Webb in the First Baptist church in Columbia Thursday, October 5th, at 5 o'clock. Only close friends of the Couple were' present. The bride wore a becoming ensemble of blue, with accessories to match. During the winter months the young couple will make their home in Camden. Nation's Noted Soldier Speaks On Prohibition ^ w ' ^ , V ' A mooting was held in Cumcktyl Thursday by the dry forces on the prohibition question. <Sorgoant Alvin C. York was the principal speaker. Kx-Governor John G. Richards, the candidate for the dry forces, had the meeting in charge. He called upon Rev. C, F. Wimborly for the invocation. '4 Rev. 0. E. Hurts, Baptist minister of Columbia, one of the ardent prohibitionists of Jthe ftt,ute, WttS introduced. Dr. Hurts stated that he had als'd spoken in Camden on the prohibition question around thirteen yours ago when liquor .was made unlawful, lie spoke of the moral issue and that the people were foolish to be dominated by the influence of the rich demanding repeal of the lKth amendment. "Avarice" was the keynote of the light to repeal, he said. The repeal is Is were telling of the millions to be derived from taxes on liquor, but not stating who would have to buy the liquor to thus derive the taxes. He pointed out that England in the last one hundred years had sold seventy-five billion dollars worth of liquor but that money could have paid all their debts and left a ne>At sqfplus had liquor been unsalable. The main speaker of the occasion, Sergeant York, was next introduced by Ex-Governor Richards. He is America's most distinguishes! World war veteran, wearer of the Congressional Medal of Honor and other decorations. Sergeant York is a man of powerful build, fearless of eye and one can readily see, whole-heartedly endorsing his beliefs on the liquor question. He, in a simple, direct manner, urged the people to ask themselves if they were going to sacrificed freedom to those who believed \x\ dealing in liquor. In the interest of the children, church, institutions and schools to vote against repeal. He asked, "Why, if liquor was SO much needed, did not Uncle Sam give it to his soldiers,, in their rations, for surely in times of stress they need the best of everything." But that one cannot be at his best when 1 under the influence of liquor and begged the people vjiot to sacrifice their girls and boys to the teachings of the false prophets, for their gain. He urged that South Carolina come out on November 7th and get in the dry column. Terraplanes Perform Well During..it-recent test, several hundred Terraplane owners made sworn statements as to their cars' performance over a period of six weeks. Out of 307 owners whose records showed gasoline consumption, fifty-nine show- > ed 22 miles per gallon or better. Twenty showed 25 miles per gallon or better. These owners were from Massachusetts to California and from Wisconsin to Georgia. Some lived in the country and obhers in cities of over a million population. They represented a true cross-section of Terraplane. ownership. No Parking Until After Parade R. M. Kennedy, Jr., mayor of Camden, has given orders that there is to be no parking on Main street from the present court house to the old court house on lower Broad street, unti? after the parade. This is done not only to safeguard the school children but also to allow those who wish to view the parade to have some place to stand. All motorists are asked to keep this in mind today. The Commercial Bank Opened On Wednesday 1: Wednesday was opening day for The Commercial Hank of Camden and the officers and stockholders were h-ighly gratifi#i with the results of the deposits on the first day and new accounts are being received daily. The old Hank of Camden building is being used, and the officers are II. G. Carrison, Sr., president; R. B. Pitts, vice-president; H. G. Cafrison, Jr., cashier; and Henry Savage, Jr., attorney. M. B. Williams, formerly assistant cashier of the old bank, is again serving as assistant for the new banking house. Presbyterian Church Services Services at Bethcsda Presbyterian church*arc announced as follows by the pastor, A. Douglas McArn: Sunday, October 16, church school, 10 a. m.; morning worship, 1L:15; ? Junior Boys and Girls Sunday afternoon at four o'clock. Intermediate Club Saturday evening. Midweek service Wednesday evening, 7:30. The public is cordially invited to these services.