The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 27, 1934, Image 1
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.
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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.
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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."
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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
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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
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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
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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
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