The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 13, 1933, Image 1
' 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.