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The Camden Chronicle VOLUME 4ft ' ; ' ' ' - -? :-???r CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1934" NUMBERS farmers Cooperate I Well in Cotton Cut .Farmers of Kershaw County have operated most splendidly with the Bunty agent and eommittees in the Batter of reducing the base acres B<1 total lint in their cottop con a-1 When the base acres and total lint B all the eon tracts in the county Bre added together the totals were Brger than the figures set by the Bate board of review in Columbia acceptable, and we were conse \ ordered by the state bo^rd? Bpch represents -the Federal goveynBat in South Carolina?to cut the Btal base acres and total pounds of Bt materially. We' were requested B the state board to reduce our base Bros by nearly 12,000 acres and to Bducc the total lint by more than rce million pounds. It was necqs ry ihat these deductions be made Bfeic our county could pasa the tr board of review and before any the cotton contracts in our county Buld be paid for. Kershaw county s not the only county in the state be iuo high as the entire state was too high and each county in the to was fur too high with the acres l pounds of lint originally indicat in the cotton contracts all over the te! Each county was therefore or ed by the state board of review make the necessary reductions Or e all contracts in the county not reducing wotfld be thrown out and farmers in such county would not eive any payments. t should be rememlbered that while are sacrificing in the acreages nted to cotton that we will benefit a much larger extent by the inBased price we should receive for cotton which we do produce on decreased acres. It is believed men in authority that were it not this reduction, cotton would sell s fall for four or five cents per Bnd' armors who have not ye^ complied h requirements set by the State rd in accepting the necessary r.e tions which are to be made by all mers are requested and urged to ply immediately' by signing their er which they have received from county agent notifying them of reductions made and of the acres - will be permitted to rent to the eminent and the number of acres y w ill be permitted to' plant to ton this year. Any farmer who not yet received such notice uld come immediately to the coun agent's office in the Court House Camden and see that his contract i But in proper shape as it is pos e that some of these .notices may ^ nis.sent or lost. wish to thank each and every ner in the county for cooperating veil in this matter of reductions Hch was made necessary by thfc o Hoard of Review and by the artment of Agriculture at WashBon, says Henry D. Green, county ^ u. I Junior Order Held Meeting rmr to the convening of the State B?" U. A. M. inofibester, -, this week, the regular quarterly ting of District No. 11 was held B beKalb Council No. 88 on Thurs evening of last week in the Ma Temple. A large delegation the Councils of Kershaw, Lan er md Chester counties was prea L ke other fraternities, the Jun Drdt-r has suffered some member losses during the depression, but as been able to recover a large on of them. o>e present were honored by the enco of two distinguished and known speakers of our state, p M. L. Smith, of the local bar, BHt v. j. b. Ca&ton, pastor of the l Haptist church. These gentle a* usual, delighted their hearers incir wonderful and timely adBvi-' at fbe Methodist Church ? ning Monday morning, there bo revival services at Ihe Meth church, continuing until next By ni^bt, April 29. Dr. Wim - being assisted by Miss Kath '^anforth, of Columbia Bible ko. Miss Danforth is a young of great charm and person a fluent speaker and a fine Bible ^ftcr. danforth wiH speak each afm?n. at /our o'clock with special ^*ia to the women .and girls, ght o'clock she will speak po oung people of high school age bove. Some evening a service ? held for children. We invite ommunity to come- and enjoy fine spiritual mesjMUMe. . r ^ C. P. Wiaiiberl^Paator. I . . . Dillon Ladies Injured ?n Route To Camden Dillon, Aprilt19.?Five Dillon elubwomen, Mts. Pierce Rogers, Mrs. R. M. Carmichael, Mrs. F. L. Bethea, Mrs. Joe P, Lane and Miss Mary Carter, were injured* this morning when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a large fertilizer truck on the Society Hill bridge. All five were taken to the Marlboro hospital; but Mrs. Lane and Miss Carter were dismissed after treatment for' minor injuries ami returned to their homes. The three others remained in the hospital with painful injuries, but all are expected to recover. The Dillon women, all members of, the Avon Study club, were on an out- J ing for the day. H/ . Their car wasj parked when hit by the truck, officers were told. . The five occupants ware thrown out of the automobile by the impact and the car was badly damaged. The Dillon ladies were enroute to1 Camden on a visit to Camden's beau- ( tiful gardens when the accident oc- ( curred and phoned Camden friends > that they could not complete the trip. Mrs. Rogers was a former Camden lady, being a daughter of the late Sheriff J. S. Trantham. Fertilizer Needs of Porto Rico Sweets Clemson College, April 14.?That a rather high percentage of potash in the fertilizer increases the yield of marketable sweet potatoes is shown by experiments in 'South Carolina and several other states, and by the experience of growers, says A. M. Musser, horticulturist of the 'South Carolina Experiment 'Station. Tests j with different amounts at the Pee Dee Station at Florence show that yields are increased by increasing the potash up to nine per cent, he states. A 3-8-8 or a 3-8^10 (NPK) mixture is recommended for this state by the horticulturist, who explains j that some may think eight per cent. of phosphoric acid more than the sweet potato requires. ' Experiments in North Carolina and . Georgia, Mr. Musser states, have \ shown that the source of nitrogen | for the sweet potato crop is important and that one-fourth to one-third of the nitrogen should come from such organic sources as cottonseed, meal and dried blood, and the re-! mainder from inorganic sources such as sulphate of ammonia, nitrate of; soda, etc. The organic carrier also; gives a better physical condition to I the mixture. Muriate of potash is generally considered better than some j other sources of potash, and phos-, phoric acid in most cases comes from . superphosphate, while a small amount j is often obtained from cottonseed meal. If a large amount of fertilizer cmi-| taining a high percentage of 3oluMj? salts is applied to the sweet potato; plants or vine cuttings, it is suggest-, ed that that part bo put in the fur- j row and the remainder applied as a side-dressing later. 'Splitting the ap- j plication leaves little chance of the r young plants being injured by too great a concentration of soluble salts. ?m Mt. Pisgah Grange Meets Mt. Pisgah Grange No. &52 held its regular meeting oh Thursday night at eight o'clock. The following literary program was enjoyed oy all present: Song contest between the men and women. Talk by Mr. C. W. Holley, "The Value of Cutting Cotton Acreage." Debate: "Resolved that it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all;" affirmative Mr, W. P. Sowell and Mr. Ira B. Catoe, nc&KMf Mr. W. F. Byrd and Miss Ottie Lee Robinson; thei judges decided in favor of the affirmative. Piano solo by Miss Cornelia Gardner. After this games and contests were enjoyed until the ladies announced that refreshments were ready. The men of the Grange will give the next program ate well as prepare and serve refreshments. All Grange members are urged to attend the next meeting on May third. Neville Ohamberhn, chancellor of < the British exchequer,' told the house of commons on Tuesday that he did not propose to make any provisions for the payment of war debts to America or the receipt of war debts from Great BriteiA'e debtors. He declared the last year had shown a profit pf 3?,OOQ,OOd pooxkds end that "the atmoerf** U decidedly brighter." . . SSr * v ' -Vfc- lA Storing Up The harden Surplus Many of us in planting, our Kal* den* consider merely the yieW of fresh vegetables for our tables .luring the growing season. How much wiser it is for us to plan for our food supply next winter, as well as fhroug the summer. When we plan oun gardens with a year-round budget in hand, we are almost certain to And ourselves, when winter comes, with a well balanced and a varied food supply! For a well balanced winter di<?t, we shall need to draw upon several sources for our vegetables and fruits first, our fruit and vegetable cellar, | if we are blessed with one where lies | our potatoes, cabbage, carrots, tur- j nips, squash and apples; then our , pantry shelves, well-filled let us hope with canned fruits and vegetables, es-, pccially tomatoes, dried beans, peas , corn, okra and fruits; and a last, source, by purchase where we hope to spend only what we must to supplement our home supplies. The question arises, "How much food should I try to put away for winter?" For a well balanced diet through six or seven months of w,inteV says the Bureau of Home Econ-, omies, your family of five should have | about ten bushels of potatoes; from 1 1-2 to 3 bushels of cabbage; 1 1-4 to , 11-2 bushels of , carrots; yellow tur-1 nips or yellow squash; 1. to bushels of onions; 6 to 15 bushels of.( apples; dried beans 1 or 2 bushels, dried fruits 30 to 40 pounds If your garden and orchard yield that much more than your summer time needs and if you have a good storage tplace in which to put them away, that Supply of stored fruits and vegetables "will go a long way toward good living in the winter. or dried fruits and vegetables should do the rest?that calls for a canning budget which would include from 15 to 300 quarts of canned vegetables and 100 to 200 quarts canned fruits. Your needs will vary between those lowest and highest figures, according to local situations and the number in family. ' * . The most important result of -producing vegetables on the f.arm is the improvement which may be expected in health and food habits of the fam-1 ily To be healthy and strong one roust eat plenty of fruits and vege-| tables and in order to have plenty of fruits and vegetables we must plan, | plant and work the vegetable garden, i Cultivate the vegetables planted eai y . such as beets, cabbage, carrots, kale, lettuce, mustard, peas, spinach, requently and - thoroughly. A side dressing of nitrate of soda should be given. The soda should be scattered, between the rows without getting it, on the plants. Tomato, sweet potato, | eggplant and pepper may. now be transplanted to the open field. , Negro Killed In Accident | Benjamin Alexander, young negro, man, was killed on Tuesday, April I 24th. He was riding on a truck dnv-| en by Mr. Furman-Young on a roa in the Flat Rock section of this county, when the truck became unmanageable and turned over off the road. Mr. Young received a broken leg and was carried to the Cam hospital for treatment. The Urn* wa-s the property of Mr. Mar ( Fletcher. ? A coroner's jury brought in a verdict that the negro died from wounds received in an ui*voidable accident of a motor truck. Meeting^Game-and Fish, Association . The monthly meeting of the Camj, den Chapter of the Game and * ish, Association will be held Tuesday^ evening, May 1st, at 8 p. m. , land Trotter, president of the chap has invited the association to meet, at his house adjoining the Woodward | Airport at this time. Report made on the various activities of th committees and the further plans of, the association for summer, laid at, this time. _ i C. W. Nuite, Secretary, i Box Supper at Malvern Hill The Woman's Missionary Society oi | Malvern Baptist church is givmg , a box supper and ice cream festival at the homo of Mrs. J. H. Sinclair .n Friday evening, April 27th. beginning at 7:30 o'clock. The public is cor-, dially invited to attend. Proceeds* for benefit of church. 1 ~To~Present Operetta " The Midway grammar school will present sn operetta, "Sunny of Sunnyside," Friday night, April 27'1?3^ at 7:30 o'clock In the school auditor-, ium. The public is cordially invited. Admission 10 and 16 cents. 1 Applications Close Monday, April 30th , ?-? Application#,, for loan under regulations must bo mailed in time to bo presente<l by the designated representative of the Government Farm Credit, Administration at the Emergency Crop Loan Office not lator than April 30, 1934. Thexofoxo, the Emergency Crop Loan Office in Camden, over the Fashion Shop, will close Monday, April 30, so far as taking applications. There has boon some misunderstanding all over the county as to why at several times the Emergency Crop.Loan checks were held up in the office here. This was no fault of the Field Supervisor nor the Clerk of Court who has charge of recording the mortgages and releasing check 'certificates. "Mr. J. H. Clyburn, Clerk of Court of this county, has been very prompt in recording and turning over to me 'mortgages and certificates. He has always given me back papers and checks the same day ho received, them," says \V. C. Parham, Field Supervisor. Youth Loses a Foot Under Freight Train . The following appeared in the Washington, D. C., Star of April 17: "Hun over by a freight train he 'was attempting to ho.p for a ride to Philadelphia, a 19-year-old colored youth had his right foot cut off today. "The accident happened just out s^le the Benning freight yards, about a quarter of a mile from the bridge crossing the Anacostia River. The youth, Arthur Kirkland, and two companions from Camden, S. C., were on their way to Philadelphia to visit Arthur's relatives. "The rescue squad truck and an ambulance, summoned to administer first aid, became stuck in the mud of Anacostia flats trying to get to the scene. The ambulance finally was extricated and took the youth to Gallitiger Hospital. The truck was sunk in mud to its axles and a wrecking crew had to be summoned to tow it out." Grace Church Services The following services at Grace Episcopal church are announced for I Sunday, April 29, by Hev. F. H. Craighill, rector: 8 a. m., Holy Communion; 9:45 church Sunday school; 11:15 morning prayer; 3 ,p.|m., Sunday school at Old Court House; 7 p. m., Young People's meeting. For Next Season The residence of Charles M. Taintor on North Broad street has been rentI ed by Miss Olive Whittredge to Mr. and Mrs. Lamont Dominick, who will i occupy it for the next winter season. Baptist Chprch Services The following services are announced at the First Baptisjt church for Sunday, April 29: Sunday school at 10 o'clock with C. O. Stogner, su! perintendent in charge; public worship at 11:15 a. m., Rev. R. F. Ter| rell, representative of the Courier, will speak at the morning hour. Mr. ! Terrell is an interesting speaker | and always delivers a thoughtful and helpful message. Ho is to speak at the Kershaw Union meeting on Saturday at 11 o'clock. It is hoped that he may be heard by a large congreggation on his visit to our church. At the evening hour there will be no service at this church on account of the revival services at the Methodist church. The public is cordially invited to worship with ue. Teachers' Association Names Officers The last meeting of the Kershaw County Teachers' Association for this | school year was held at the Camden ; school ^auditorium on Saturday, April i 14th. Officers were elected as follow?: John K. Lee, Jr., president; j M iss Stella Bothune, vice-president;1 M iss Thomasia Guthrie, secretary; i \V. B. Stevenson, treasurer. Departmental leaders clectod were:i High school, E. N. Shannon; inter-j mediate, R. R. Burns; primary, Miss I Ada Phelps; first grade, Miss Starnes. I Church Supper at Hagood F riday The Woman's Auxiliary an 1 Guild of the Church of the Ascension, Hagood, will hold ' their usual spring 9upper at the Hagood Community House Friday, April 27th, 8 p. m. A delightful chicken a-upper will be served at 50 cents a plate. A special musical program of entertainment has beeix arranged with visiting musi- j cians from Sumter. The proceeds of the supper will go to the repair land of tbs eharck. lNf|f ia cordially | invited to attwA . | Agrees To Free 1 Bridge April 30 Charles H. Moorefteld, stato highway engineer, said yesterday Kershaw county had executed an agreement to turn over tho Wateroe river toll bridge to the highway department at noon April 80, /The highway engineer said tho department bad not yet complied with terms-qf an agreement to free tho bridge laid down in ft 1934 legislative act, but expected to meet all requirements in time to lift the toll at noon April 80. An initial payment of $19,000 will be made before th\& date set for the transfer of the span and tho balanco of $147,500 is to be paid in instalment# of $18,000 over a period of years. No exercises will mark if. e freeing I of the bridge, Mr. Moorolle.ld said. A small amount of construction work and paving will be done to improve it and cover the place where tho toll gate now stands. Preliminary negotiations also have been entered. into by the department, the engineer said, to purchase the Mars Bluif, Godfrey's Ferry and Potato Pod Ferry toll bridges from Florence, Marion and Ilorry counties under another 1&14 act. The Wateree bridge is located on United States Route 1 and the Mars BlufT bridge on Route 17. Celebrates Birthday Mrs. J. fl Gaskin, of the Flat Rock section, celebrated her seventy-fourth birthday Sunday, April 15, with the following children and grandchildren present to join with her in celebration of the event: T. P. Gaskin and chlidren of Lykesland; Mr. and Mrs. J. I). Easier, of Spartanburg; Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Gaskin, of New Brookland; Dr. Lewis Ift Gaskin and: chil -"y . j dren and Dr. John G. Gaskin and family, of Albemarle, N. C.; Miss Rebecca--Gaskin, teacher in the State school for the blind at Raleigh, N. C.; Alva D. Gaskin, Aytiorj.and Mr* &n4. Mrs. H. B. Gaskin and children of tha home community.?K^ershaw Bra. Camden Rotary Notes George Creed had charge of Thursday's Rotary program. He had Mrs. Cobb, of.Columbia, and Mrs. G. A. Creed as his guests and Mrs. Cobb rendered several solos. Her singing i was enjoyed by all at the luncheon. Granger Kornegay had as his guest Dr. J. W. Jackson, Dr. Ray Riddle and Dr. Timmons, all Presbyterian ministers, of Columbia, and they were called upon for short talks. The visiting Rotarians were McWillie Boykin and John Wilson, of Sumter; J. A. Flannigan, of Franklin, N. C.; and Boykin Freeman, of Bis>hopville. The guest visitor was Mr. Hagin, who recently moved to Camden to take charge of Belk's Store. 4 The following men were elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the coming year and they will in turn elect the officers of the Club: William Alexander, J. K. deLoach, J. H. Osborne, T. V. Walsh, Jr., W. T. Redfeam. Tho retiring president, Hughey Tindal, automatically serves on the board also. The meeting next week will be in j charge of John doLoach and the following week in charge of R. M. Kennedy, 3rd. Marion Heyman drew the lucky number and won this week's Rotary f>rize. To qualify, each Rotarian must be on time, have his button and not sit in the same seat two weeks in succession. The Camden Club will send a large delegation to the 57th Rotary District Convention in Hickory, N. C., next month. Rat Bites Nose; Rabies Is Feared . * Gastonia, N. C., April 19.?Jonas Robinson, a farmer living near Gastonia, was attacked and bitten by a rat as he lay asjeep in bed early today. The rat, which slashed the bridge of Robinson's nose, was killed and I sent to the state laboratory at Ra' leigh for examination for possible | rabies infection. j Twenty-one Gastonia residents are. i now taking the anti-rabies treatment 1 and a drive has been launched for j vaccination and confinement of all 1 dogs here. Mr. Bell In Hoapital Friende of R. Luther Bell, who entered the Camden hospital last Sunday for treatment, will be eorry to I learn that upon laat report* he ia net | getting alone aery wPlL -V * . * ? y . ( . jBlfc .V Coccidiosis In Chicks A Dangerous Disease This is the'time, now that warm weather has arrived ami most chicks are from four to eight weeks of age, that coccidiosis, one of the most dangerous diseases of young chicks, appears, The disease is aprcad.by contamination of the food, water and soil with the droppings- of infected chicks. The most totnmon source of infection is by brooding chicks on the same ground year after year, which causes the soil to get infected and when this happens, tho only sure way to avoid the disease Ls to move he chicks to new ground. ' The severity of cocciddosis depends in part on the number of diseaseproducing organisms which are taken into the body of tho young fowl. Re-infection can be kept at a mini-.#' mum by removing the dropping* and litter ami keeping the yards, feed and water containers in a sartitary condition. If permanent brooder houseB are used, or the brooder house has been on t'he same ground for more than one year, it would be best to remove the pullet chicks to range houses or new ground as soon as their/ sex can be told and -they no longer require heat. This not only avoids the danger of coccidiosis, but other diseases and also infestations of intestinal worms. Dr. II. E. Moskey, veterinarian of the Federal Food and Drug Administration, has the following to say about coccidiosis: "Poultry growerj are sometimes led to believe that certain veterinary medicine's will cure this malady. The administration, in the enforcement of the pure food and drug law, has removed from the market stacks of the so-called remedies for the disease. According to tho concensus of opinion of veterinary medical authorities, there is today no drug nor combination of drugs which can be considered a cure for coccidiosis of chicks. "Ghicks infected with the disease frequently recover naturally, and if proper,, sanitary, method* are followed they will not become " re-infected. Poultry growers have sometime? attributed natural recovery of their chicks to some nostrum which has been sold to them. There is little or no evidence available at the present that any established veterinary preparation on the market is valuable in the cure of this virulent malady."? Henry D. Green, County Agent. Legion Auxiliary Notes In the absence of tho president, Mrs. Leon Schlosburg, Mrs. S. C. Zomp presided at the April meeting of the Auxiliary held last Friday in Legion Hall. After repeating the allegiance to the flag, the preamble to the consti- * tution, the meeting was opened and chairmen of the different committees were asked for reports. ^Mrs. Hughey Tindal stated she had a letter of thanks from the Veterans' Hospital in Columbia for some pipes and pipe cleaners tho local unit had sent them. Mrs. R. E. Chewning on the membership committee asked the co-operation of members for a drive for new member*. Mrs. S. C. Zemp on the Americanism committee stated that the school children were busy on compositions for which a medal is given by the Auxiliary for the best. Mrs. John Whitaker, -Sr., chairman of the Memorial Committee requested all members to, help her make wreaths for the graves of all World war soldiers in Kershaw county, these to be placed on the graves on May 30th, National Memorial Day^ Mrs. W. J. Mayfleld, president of the Children's Home, asked for a donation from the Auxiliary and it was moved and seconded to send a check for this worthy cause. Miss Molly Anderson, a visitor, was introduced and Mrs. John K. deLoach, a new member, welcomed to the Auxiliary. While the hostesses, Mrs. Hughey Tindal and Mrs. A. S. Llewellyn, were serving refreshments, Miss Eleanor Kirschner delighted the assemblage with a lovely piano solo. Mt. Pisgah School Commencement Wednesday, May 2nd, at 8 p. m.,~ program by first, second, third, fourth and fifth grades. Friday, May 4th, *t 8 p. m., senior play, "Back to the /n Fattn." Sunday, May 6th, at 11:16 a. m., commencement sermon by Rev. Luther Knight. ^ Wednesday, May 9, at 8 p. m., promotion exercises for grammar aebool. Friday, May 11th, at Mgh graduation exerda**/ . v T -#38 4 - ? \ , . * , . . ^^2 ^53