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The Camden Chronicle V0LUME CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER IT. 1933 NUMBER 24 I Methodists are Now I in Annual Session * i. in it" ! ('gmden is host this week to the I Lower South Carolina Conference of I ^ Methodist Episcopal church find I ministers ami delegates began arrivI ing on Monday and an interesting I historical meeting was held that evening. | On Tuesday the 148th annual ses lion of the conference was opened I ,t 9 a. m' in Lyttlpton Street M. E. church with Bishop Warren A. CnndI ier D. D., of Atlapta, presiding, as-. I listed by Revs. E. ^ McCoy, S. 0. I Sntey,' J. T. Fowler, J. T. Peeler, I j. H. Craves, G. F, Kirby and W. V. I Dibble. jIon m. L. iSmith and Rev. A. D. I. JtcAm, spastor of the Bethesda PresI byterian church made eloquent ad dresses of welcome to the assemblage I t0 which Bishop Candler responded. I He said that the American RevoluI tion Whs virtually ended at Camden, I for it was here that the British power was broken and after Camden, YorkI t6Wn was inevitable. I The conference was organized with I \y V Dible, secretary; W. J. Snyder, I secretary; George K. Way, assistant; I w. A. Beckham, statistical secretary I with J- R- Johnson, L. D. Harner, Wood row Ward, J. C. Inabinet and B J. G. Ferguson. I Hours of daily session have been fixed from 9 to 1 and to reconvene I 2:3?- ,. , , ' , i The roll was called and most of I the ministers and lay delegates res' sponded to their names. Several al ternates were seated in place of abI sent principals. I A telegram from the California I Anti-Saloon League wriSKbeceived con gratulating South Carolina upon the I dry victory last week. i Various communications were reI ferred to the' several hoards and committees without reading. A let ter from the Methodist Publishing I House was read and duly referred. I Mr. L. P. Alfriend of the Richmond branch presented the Conference a I dividend check of over $1^000 from I the Publishing House, and same will I be used to aid the retired preachers, j The Rev. S.'~ 0. Cantey, Tor" the I presiding elders, submitted the nomI inations for the committees: I Conference Relations-?D. A. PhD" I lips, Gobe Smith, J. E. Clark, T. E. V Derrick, W. P. Way, J. J; Stevenson. Public Worship?Bishop Candler, I Dr. C. F. Wimberly, W. It. Zemp. District Conference Journals?A. j Sassard, C. E. Hill, G. H. Vnrn, J. W. Jones, L. I). 'B. Williams, J. C. In[ abinet. " Sabbath Observance?M. L- Banks, E. F. Scoggins, W. E. Sanders, J. G. Ferguson, M. G. Arant, A. V. Harvin. Spiritual State of the Church?. J. P. Attaway, L. C. .Sanders, L. D. Hamer, G. A# Teasley, G. W. Davis, ! 0. C Herbert, J. C. Long, W. E. Nesmith. W. A. Black, H. W. Ambrose, J. L. B. Gilmore, J. C. Lanham. Memoirs?E. O. Watson, J. M. Rogers. . Memorials to the General Conference?J. E. Ford, W. D. Gleaton, Peter Stokes, >S?. W. Henry, J. C. Guilds. L. K. Hago'od. The following vacancies on -boards ..Were tilled: On .board of niisi/ions, W. K. Ivey for J. W. Ivey, deceased; or. board of church exterfsion, J. P. ! Brunson for Dr. B. G. Gregg, deceased; on committee on minutes, ! H. S. Sims in plj|ce of S. PL Owens, " "fovea .-i ]. < A .C.egram from Bishop (har.es . E. I, i and Judge Nathan New^iy, of ( t!;f .rnia, was received congrat-. ulati- -r South Carolina upon the recent "?iry" victory. The names of the six presiding eld. r- were called and they made their reports to the conference: E. L. McCoy. Charleston; J. T. howler, Flo(}/! ' Kirby, Sumter; J. H. Grave... Marion; ,S. O. Cantey, Orangeb ii g; .1 .T. Peeler, Kingstree. They ail showed encouraging progre-,. ' T'.v-i ministers have died during the \ ar: E. P. Hutson and O. N. Rour. M t . Their names were referred to the memoirs committee. Tfi" names of the superannuated :n;~? r< were called as follows. R. li. Jones, A S. Iycslie, G. H. iV'n;*ars? r, C. B. Smith, W. H. Perry, ft- .Spinner, A. M. Gardner, W. A. ; R. R. Doyle, G. W. Dukes, >. Stokes, J. W. Daniel, W. S. 1 ye!... (;. H. Waddell, T. J. White, T. W. Law, T E. Morris, J. L. Mulnf and J. K. Inabinet. Some of them wa re present pnd spoke briefly. I 'Three* ministers a&ked to be retire^ *1 tV.:.s time: J. W. Arinii. of Bamberg; C. M. Peeler, of Cameron; and *? ^anders, of Georgetown. Rev. L "If. Ariail retires after 58 years of t continuous active service, nevfr having m:??cd a roll call of this Conference. His remarks moved the audience greatly. He had served two years as local preacher before enteric ing the conference, so he now has completed sixty years as a Methodist r. minister. Tfac Rev. Warren Ariail, of f Gheraw, and Dr. J. M. Ariail, of Co7*n,nbia College, are his sons. The conference spontaneously broke out r singing: "How Firm a Foundation, K *Saints of the Lord." . Pastors of the Charleston District *fcr? called upon for their reports, j . JTie Rev. C. B. Bums, of "land, spoke briefly in bohalf of the b4*erkaa Bible Society. In this connection the Rev. E. L.J McCoy presented a resolution provid- ; ing for the continued support of the work of Mr. Burns as Camp Pastor at Parris Island. It was unanimously adopted. Dr. Boone M. Bowen, professor in I Emory University at Atlanta, spoke I concerning the fir.e work and growth i cf Candler School of Theology in that ! University. I>r. a native; of South Carolina and dniR'mber of j this conference. The Revs. J..W. Speake, J. D. Grif-j fin and O. G. I)osn of the Upper South Carolina Conference were present and introduced to the conference. A distinguished visitor from Nashville, Tenn., was introduced by Bishop Candler, the Rev. William P. King, D. D., editor of The Christian Advocate of that city. He spoke just a few words, as he is to adress the | body tonight. The time for adjournment having arrived, Dr. King pronounced the benediction. The Rev. Wallace D. Gleaton of McColl preached Wednesday afternoon in the Methodist church a special sermon for the younger ministers of the conference. A large congregation was present. Wednesday night the Board of Christian Literature had .charge of the program, the Rev. Eben Taylor, of Charleston, presiding. Dr. William P. King, of Nssnville. Tenn., (Please turn to last page) \ 9 - ~ f'- '' f" J) . . - , "i*5? Officers At Kershaw Arrest Hold-up Men Toy Williams, of Kershaw county, S. C., and Oscar McNorton, of Kershaw, were arrested last Thursday and Friday respectively and placed in Monroe jail. They are charged with having Irobbed Mungo's Service Station on Highway 151, near the State line, on the night of November 3rd. They are also wanted for robbing Sowell's Service Station near McBee, S. C., on the same night. " At a preliminary hearing this morning before Recorder C. E. Hamilton, ?J. W1! Mungo, owner of the filling station, J, Smith and Drew Terry, the latter being at the filling station at tho time, all were positive in their identification of the robbers. Mr. Mungo, on the witness stand, stated that Williams came into his store, pulled a shotgun which had been concealed under his coat, ordered his wife, Smith. and Terry out \nto tho yard. McNorton flourished a pistol and accompanied the three. Williams proceeded to the cash, register, and for fear he would injure it, Mr. Mungo instructed him how to open it by pressing a key. The robber secured about $9, and a quantity of cigarettes and tobacco. At this juncture Mr. Mungo dropped his billfold behind the counter, whereupon the robber demanded that it be picked up and handed him. The owner of the station told him to come and get it, but Williams failed to find the money since he kept his eye on his victim. Willian^s then took a lot of Cigarettes, according to fiftr. Mungo. Then he ordered Mi^ Mungo out into the yard and lined him up with the others that McNorton had in tow. All were then ordered to march down the road and stop when commanded, McNorton shooting his pistol in the air to scare them. After proceeding a short distance .the hold-up victims were ordered to " stop. The robbers then started toward Pageland at a rapid rate in their automobile. Neither .Williams nor McNorton went on the stand, nor did tbey introduce any witnesses. The men were recognized by several men from Kershaw as having robbed the Will Sowell Filling Station. Recorder Hamilton placed bonds of $5,000 each at the suggestion of Prosecuting Attorney Henry iSmith, and the men were remanded to jail, by failure to make bond. They will be tried at the January term of crim-, inal court. Afterwards they are wanted by Chesterfield officers. Williams is about 50 years of age while McNorton has a youthful appearance. Sheriff Frank Niven and Deputy Lee Walkup spent two days last week in South Carolina on track of the alleged robbers. They had splendid cooperation from Sheriff J. H. McLeod and Magistrate W. R. Taylor, of Kershaw.?Monroe Enquirer. Williams was captured by Deputy Sheriff Cooley at the residence of his father at Dusty Bcrttf; north of Caihden. McNorton was captured at his residence by Sheriff McLeod and Magistrate W. R. Taylor, of Kershaw. Sheriff McLeod v furnished The Chronicle a list of Chose robbed and the amounts taken from the men at the Sowell filling station hold-up. They were: Jesse McCoy, $6.-lo; Tom-] mie* Scegars, $30.00; Marion Brown. 50c; Lacy Smoothers, $1.70; I). B. Seegars, $8.00 and Will Sowell, $18.00. j Gin Records Show Small County Crop Kershaw county ginned 11,240 bales of cotton up until November 1st, according to W. D. Trantham, formerly gin census taker. Mr. Trantham has resigned* this job so as to devote his time to his new position at the C. C. C. Camp. He will be succeeded by F. H. Poole of the Rabp.n's Cross Heads se'ction of the county. Kershaw county ginned 9,614 up to October 18th. It is estimated that the final report will show about 12,500 bales, which will make it one of tho smallest crops during the past,twenty years* The crop of 1910 was 12,500 bales; 1921 was 12,983 and 1922 was 12,344. Some of the large crops during thp past twenty years were: 1915, 24,879; 1918, 31,307; 1919, 30,199; 1920, 42,215; 1925, 28,090', 1920, 33,692,' 1927, 24,432; 1930, 21,928; 1931, 22,791. Last year's crop for our county was also a small one?15,501 bales. Basing this year's crop at 12,500 bales, the average for the past twenty years is 21,827 bales, so this crop is nearly 10,000 bales short of an average crop. The largest cr^p for the county was 42,215 bales and the smallest of the last generation was in 1922, 12,344 bales, making a difference between the large and small crop of nearly 30,000 bales. It is likely that this year's crop of 12,500 bales will bring more tbun last year's crop of 15,500 bales. This year's shortage of production can be attributed to plowing up the crop; boll weevils, dry weather and J lack of fertilizer. The acreage planted has gradually dwindled since 1920, the big crop year, and many fields that were planted then are now covered with broom straw or small pines. Another factor that gives us smaller crops each year is that many acres formerly in cotton are now part of large . estates or hunting preserves. Many acres "have been cultivated in pines that will not produce cotton for perhaps several generations to come. Lands along the river or lands suitable for cattle raising are no donger planted in cotton but are now taking care of large herds of cattle. A number of years ago there were 115 active gins in Kershaw county. Today there are only 39 active. SixI ty-five gins are listed in the county, ' leaving 25 dormant,, which will probably remain that way in the future. Twenty-five years ago there were sixteen active gins between Camden and Liberty Hill, a distance of twentytwo miles and today there is not an active gin between the two points. Kershaw county has fewer bales i ginned per gin than almost any I county in the state. There were 46 ; active gins last year, according lAi the government report, that handled 115,501 bales or an average bales per gin. F'rom the same source | we gathcv that Cherokee county with 14 gins handled 14,134 bales, or an ; average of over 1,000 bales to The gin. For the> state of South Carolina there'were 1,229 active gins and 'handled 722.229 bales in 1932, or an average of nearly 600 bales "per gin. In other words, Kershaw county gins only ginned sixty per cent of what i the* average gin handled in South j Carolina in 1932, and will probably have that average this season. Legion Had Pine Meeting | This past Monday evening the Legion held their November meeting with Commander Sumter Crolley in i charge. After the business session 1W. M. Alexander, in charge of the ' program, was called upon and he had arranged a very interesting one. A. C. McKajn rendered a solo, accompanied by Newell Wimberl^ on the violin. Later Mr. Wimberly also played a beautiful selection on the violin. John K. deLoach, judge advocate, made a short talk on "Armistice and Its Significance," followed by T. K. Trotter, who paid a fine tribute to the Legion boys and then introduced his aunt, Miss Marie Kirkland, who told of her visit to France this past summer and the excellent care that the cemeteries have, and snowed many pictures taken over there. This was of especial interest, told in an entertaining manner. A quartet composed of H. C. Hardy, ^I>r. A. W. Humphries, Rev. A. D. McArn and E. C. Zemp pleased the assemblage with their song. The I region was delighted to have as their guests several gold star mothers and many of the Auxiliary members* ? : : " V ' ' n \ - ' ' n - .j .. IT Kershaw Negro Is .Shot Thru Heart A Kershaw negro named Dan tartor wai killed instantly on Sunday by another negro, "Cooty" Truesdhle, on Sunday after what was described as a drunken brawl in the negro section along the old highway south of the business district. Carter is alleged to have cut D. J. uStiff Trues* dale severely with a knife when the latter'* brother pulled a gun and shot Carter , through the heart. His aim was good as it' is said that he shot Carter almost directly in, the center of tharheart, causing, instant death. Truesdale was placed under arrest following the shooting and placed in the Camden jail as the shooting occurred in Kershaw county. An aged white man named James, Catoe was seriously injured Sunday night in Kershaw by a car driven by a negro named -Guy who resides in Chester county. Mr. Catoe was struck by the machine on the main street in Kershaw and on Monday morning he had not regained consciousness. Guy was placed under arrest by Chief Mothershed and the negro was turned over to Deputy Sheriff Sowell and Jailor Belk on Monday morning. Guy is now being held in the local jail pending the outcome of the condition of Mr. Catoe, Mr. Catoe was badly injured] about the head and it is believed that he suffered this injury when he was j hurled against - the sidewalk.^-Lancaster News. Presbyterian Church Services Services at Bethesda Presbyterian church are announced for the week by the pastor, A. Douglas McArn, as follows: Sunday, November 19, church scAol lOfra. m.; morning worship 11:15;Rev. John Graves, a former pastor of Lyttleton Street Methodist church, will preach at this service. Intermediate Club Friday evening. Junior Boys and Girls hike Saturday morning, meeting at Sunday school at JO o'clock; bring lUnch. Midweek service Wednesday evening, studying 1 Kings, chapters 12 through 24. The public is cordially invited to the services in this church. Semi-Finals Today _ Lower State Crown This afternoon at 3:15 the Camden high school football team meets the strong team from Ridgeland high school on Zemp Field, for the semifinal contest for the lower state Class B championship. ***< ? Camden is the champion of the Fifth District and. has only lost to the Sumter, Charleston and Chester strong Class A teams . Ridgeland team comes to Camden with an uncrossed goal line for the season, having downed five teams, making a total of 78 points in these contests. Both teams having such good records. this game should draw not only the local fans but also all who love a good game of the popular sport, football. Adults 50 cents, school children 25 cents and parking space for cars 25 cents. Following is the record of each team: Ridgeland G Denmark 0 Ridgeland. ..... 14 Walterboro .. 0 Ridgeland 19 Summerville .. 0 Ridgeland .33 St. George . . 0 Ridgeland G St. Paul Q - ' 78 0 Camden 7 Charleston .. 18 CVamdcn 0 Chester 27 Vamden 7 B'kland-Cayce G Camden 45 Andrews 0 Camden.. 7 Sumter 18 Camden 27 Hartsville ... 0 Camden 49 Darlington ... 0 142 69 Fish and Game Meet Planned for Tonight The members of the Camden Chapter of the South Carolina Game and Fish Association will gather for a get-together supper meeting Friday evening, November 17th, at G p. m., at the Masonic Hall in Camden. Those who have already enrolled for this year and also old members are urged to be present. The Committees appointed at the September meeting ifriH .make report* on their recommendations. It is expected that many matters of interest to the association will come up. V J - *? ... ; - Tea And Shower At The Children's Home Oq, Wednesday, November 29th, the day before Thanksgiving, there will be a gift shower a{. the Children's Home on Fair street. As. well as being slfbrt of f\puls this year we do not have as many canned goods and potatoes stored up as in former years. \ On Wednesday the 29tb from two to four o'clock, tea will be served at the Home and we hope all will come and bring edibles, wearables, etc. We give below suggestions of what will bo mostly needed during the winter: Hags of flour, cases of canned vegetables, cases of canned fruit, buckets of lard, bags of corn meal, bags of sugar, sweet potatoes, white potatoes, bags of grits or anything to eat or wear. We hope you will all come and see us again and meet your friends and neighbors. The Associated Charities. Lad Gets Skull Fractured W. L. Taylor, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Taylor, of the Flat Creek section; was accidentally struck in the forehead with a baseball bat while a spectator at a practice ball game last Saturday at Mungo & Taylor's store. He was passing behind the batter who struck the pitched ball and was hit in the head the bat swung backward from the strike. The boy's skull was fractured from the blow and, while he regained cortsciousness, he is still in a very serious condition; his eyesight appears to be involved.?'Kershaw Era. ciMr. Parker Hies at Bethune Bethune, Nov. 14.?'L. C. Parker, 69, died at his home here Thursday morning at 4:25 o'clock after an illness of several weeks. | Mr. Parker moved to^Bethune from Leo county near Bishdpvftle twelve or more years ago. He was for many years a member of the Methodist I church. He was a retired farmer ahd had large real estate holdings. | Funeral services were held Friday ? morning in the Bethune Methodist church conducted by his pastor, the Rev. W. V. Jerman. Interment was in the Concord cemetery, Lee county, where lovely flowers were placed on his grave. Surviving are his widow; one daughter, Mrs. L. E. Holland, Bethune; four sons,"Haskell, Emory and i Basil Lee, Bethune, and Walter, I United States Navy, Pensacola, Fla; l six grandchildren-?five children of | Mrs. Holland and Mrs. Wade Atkinson, of Columbia?besides other <Mbse relatives and friends. Three Men Named to Assist Boykin At a largely attended meeting of the depositors of the late Bank of Camden held at the American Legion i Hall Monday afternoon John M. Villepigue, Newton C. Boykin and L. L, j Block were named to assist D. A. Boykin in the liquidation of the afBoykin in the liquidation of the affairs of th ebank. The election was by ballot according tn~trTP amount each proxy-holder {represented. The selection of these I three men seems to meet with the general approval of the depositors, j(^u:te a number of colored people who were depositors in the bank were j present and took great interest in j the selection. Smith's to Erect a Fine Residence i *' j Lafaye and Lafaye, architects ol Columbia, have awarded a contract tc Mechanics Contracting company, ol I Columbia, for the erection of a residence for Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Smith, Jr., on North Broad at I*ine street, |Th;s lot is considered one of the best in Camden and we are informed that the residence will be an addition to the numerous beautiful homes in i Camden. ? Death of Mrs. Branham I Mrs. Katie R. Branham, 35,' wife j of H. B. Branham, of West Wateree, died suddenly while on a visit to her . parents at noon Tuesday, j Mrs. Branham is survived by hei parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Hayes, J of West Wateree; her husband and j children and three brothers, M. C Hayes and B. H. Hayes, of LugofT j adn H. H. Hayes, of Florence, S. C j She was a member of Springvalt j Baptist church, from which place th< funeral was held at 3:30 Wednesdaj afternoon, conducted by Rev. Mr Padgett, of Winnaboro. ? -Serving as pallbearers were P. B Jackson, J. E. Jackson, W. R. Bar field, J. W, Wilson, J. S. Rabon, F. M Watts and W. M. Gcjttys. 4 * - Farmers Advised To Pay Farm Loan Debt 1 " " Recently I have heard considerable comment to the effect that it wai being rumored around the county that the seed loan and crop production loans would not be in operation next j season and that many farmers therefore were hesitating to make full payment of their seed loans and crop . production accounts because they felt that these agencies would not ope;ate and therefore they would not bo held accountable next year for Unpaid balances. This notice therefore is to state frankly that 1 have receivod no word, either official or unofficial, indicating that the seed loans or erop production loans would be discontinued. Therefore, 1 can not say whetner these loans will be/'made or not. 1 do know that they have been made for the past -1 years und that each year a farmer application is based to a considerable extent on his past record if he has borrowed previously. I feel that it is to the interest of all our farmers to pay these accounts 6a soon as possible. In the event the loarts are lUftde again ;%next season it will be to a farmer's interest to have his account in good shape. On the other hand, if the seed loans and crop production loans should happen to be discontinued, it is only reasonable to ,? expect that the records that the farmers make with these loans this year will be used as a basis for making loans through any new institution which of course would be a government institution just as the seed loans and crop production loans are government institutions, and a farmer who leaves a poor record with the seed loan will have that as a basis for committees to pass on his application for any new type of loan next season. Hundreds of our farmers have been .unable to secure financing any place 1 other than through the government and fhey have received this money , at a cheap rate of interest and on a , favorable basis. Therefore I recomi mend and urge that each borrower do his best to pay his account in full. I shall of course, continue to do everything possible to help secure farm i crop financing for next year, but please bear in mind that we have received no indication at all as to a change in the seed loan or crop pro- < ' duc^ion loan operations. v * . Henry D, Green, County Agent. Two* Fires Wednesday The fire department responded to two alarms Wednesday, both being roof blazes. One was at the residence of Dr. S. P. Brasington and the pther was at the old Trupsdale home on East DeKalb street. Very little damage resulted. Anderson?Spradley [ r -Hartsville, S. C., Nov. 15.?Miss | Nellie Grace Anderson, daughter of J Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Anderson, of Cassatt, S. C., became the bride of Clyde B. Spradley in a simple but .'impressive ceremony performed by t Rev. Howard M. Reaves, pastor of the . ; First Baptist church in Hartsville | i Saturday night, Novembe5r 4th, at his i j home.! Present at the ceremony were Mrs. j Howard M. Reaves and Miss Marie I Reaves. j Mr. and Mrs. Spradley are making their home in Hartsville. ' Farm Financing To Be Discussed .I A meeting of the farmers of Ker! jshaw county . is to be held in the . | Court House in Camden next Tuesday, , | November 21, beginning at 10eo'clock for the purpose of hearing a representative of the Production Credit Corporation of the Federal Govern11 ment discuss plans for the organization of a County Production Credit Association. Through such an organization farmers of the county should be able to finance crop and livestock produc> tion. The Farm Credit Administration proposes to set up these credit associations which will or should be permanent organizations for financ? . dng farmers. ' This is an important meeting and the county agent urges you to be ' present. ' Baptist Church Services i Services at the Camden Baptist ' church Sunday, November 19th, will. be as follows: Morning hour 11:16 and evening 7:30. Visiting 'minister* ^ of the Methodist Conference will _ preach morning and evening. An in. vitation ia extended to the public to attend. : n * - . -r. - 1 ~ - . ' ' *