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The Camden chronicle 46 CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JUNE 1, 1934 NUMBER 10 [tote Speakers To I Be Here August 10 I state ca?npaiK?era will come to R.mfcn en August 10 , according to KT itinerv as mapped out by the R1 committee. There will probably W\ nun,bcr of candidates for goverR thi? year tho campaign will R interestingly warm, no doiibi, by E time they arrive at Camden. R The Piedmont will be invaded twice |h,? year by candidates seeking pubEAffice. uiidev the itinerary for the Emocratir campaign .announced by : I M Honncr, the new* secretary Etho state executive committee. The Rtnenry has been adopted by the R^nitteo approved |?y Ben T. LepKr'd: Gain man ,.of the. state commit The first half of the campaign will Rpen in I-cxington June 19. In the E,urth week of the first half, the can dates will speak at Spartanburg, Key being thus K?ven opportunity to j R" "i >i,le" meetings in that section j R .-hv s > elect. The closing days of j :K an-paign will find the candidates in the Piedmont. They will be! }R August IB; at Newberry,' Ruiru-'. ! I: at Laurens, August 15; | oiv the next day and . th?v go to Abbeville. On tho Rrta. week, the candidates will be at Rnderson. Walhalla, Pickens, Green|R"e?and then will close at Colum Tho "rest" period begins July 20 j Rm extends through July 29, giving! ;Re candidates nine clays' res pi ten {Rem their scheduled public appear- j Rices. The American I^egion conven-1 [Ror. is to bo held in Charleston July 24. which is a part of the "rest iReek". so candidates will be enabled jR attend that gathering if they de|R:e. I There is no separate itinerary for Randidates for congress and for soliRtorship. These candidates are to Rttend the state campaign meetings {Rid at the seats of counties in their (Respective districts or circuits, j BThe first primary is to be held on ^wgust 28. and the second primary weeks later. ^BT\ie books of enrollment have been iRert out to all county chairmen secRetary Bonner says. The enrollment ^Beriod closes July 24, and all persons Rlantting to participate in elections Ri South Carolina this year must enRoii under the party rules. This is Rn "enrollment" year and a new enRoliment is required in order to vote Ri the primaries. B The complete itineray follows: First Weeg^. ?TUfsd.iy, Juno 10 Saluda? W'odnosday. June 20 Mr-Cormir k?ThursdaV, June 21. Edir.fi. Id - Friday. June 22 Aikf-n?Saturday. June 23 {H Second Week Mattluws ? Monday. June 25. ^ 'Tant'.-hur Lr?Tuesday, June 26. Rarr.ti. < ir- Wednesday. June 27 Ac ndal"?Thurs<lay, June 28 tarnw. l| Friday. June 20 Third Week I;' q-e-tr.. ? Monday, July 2 I,. Tuesday, July 3 r>n>!i Wednesday, July 4 [ K:dei.|at d Thursday morninK, July 5. . < eg." 'd;, % night. July 5 Friday night. July fi *.- v ks >" ?Saturday, July 7. B, Fourth Week lB Tuesday. July 10 W. dn, sdny. July 11 ' ' I v. Saturday. July 14 ... Fifth Week iB va'aV rM;,n,!a-v' J",y i6 |B Wednesda'y. July 18 T'hursdav. .Tilly 10 . r Sixth VVeek I - ' "est period .. r Seventh Week i | Monday. Julv 30 M '} -Tiii'sday, July 31 lBv.'.'n,",,w'"fI' ?Wednesday, August 1 W' Tt a-ulrn-, August' 2 , : ..way ? 1-Yiflav. August 3 Mr Eighth Week iBk" Monday, August 6 B V ' ~ Tuesday August 7. s'tl;l?1K~ ^ - 'Inesday. August 8 B T'-ors-day. August 9 ! < <i. n- Friday, August 10 ! Ninth Week vi?V~M''m,aV- August 13. . Tin sday, August 14 I " TVe,jnesday, August 15 B Ati'!.i" Thursday. August 16 i Fiday. August 17 ^ Tenth Week B T-.' Xlr.nday. August 20 Kir. ' sd?>' August 21 'B'/'nesdny, August 22 H r '.Thursday August 23 ? Friday, August 24 r'Hrates Eighty-Eighth Birthday w May 20th, 1934, t.he n'.s ar.d relatives assembled at Rj* lOrr.e of Mrs. S. C. Gardner in . ^'a'-h Springs community to |Jra''! v-?r 88th birthday. R-* Gardner has three children livRj!~7^r?' StoneRT . Mrf- lb A. Baker, of Westville; R^n ' ^ ^ Bowers, of Heath Ri>>r^ ^,ar<lner is very proud to ^at she is the mother of nine R' eTt\ lhe grapdmother of fortyR.r. c^liidren and the great grand i of forty childrerv. ^ ^rvice Presbyterian Lawn Sunday evening, June 3, at seventt 7 a vP?por service will be held Wb la^ of the presbyterian R:bu T>ieturea of the RTrfi shown. The piAlic is | ly incited to this service. ** ? Historic Home At ! Stateburg Burned 1 he home of County Game Warden i George L. Mabry at State-burg was j destroyed by fir? shortly before one | o'clock Sunday afternoon. Mr. Mabry was able to save a portion of his furniture and household goods, but tho structure was a complete, loss. No insurance was carried on the! | structure. | The house was one of the oldest in Sumter county, having been built by Edward Kutledge, of Charleston, before the Revolutionary war. The j place was known as "Sans-uSouci": and was used as a summer home by. tho Rut ledges. Edward Rutledge! was a governor of South Carolina*' and a justice of the state supreme court. His brother, John Rutledge, was at one time chief justice of the United States supremo court, tho only . South Carolinian who has ever held this honor. John Rutledge and other' members of the family wore frequent visitors at "Sans-Souci."?Tuesday's Sumter Item. Committee Is Called; Books Have Arrived ____ 1 Dr. S. F. Rrasington, county chairman, issues a call for the assessment committee of the county executive committee to meet at the court house in Camden on Saturday, June 9, at eleven o'clock. This committee is composed of H. A. Rabon, Lugoff; N. ;S. Richards, Liberty Hill; D. M.! Kirkley, Kershaw; D. T. Yarborpugh, Bethune and T. K. Trotter, of Cam- J den. The new enrollment books have arrived1 and mem'bers of the enrollment committees from each club are re-1 quested to call at The Chronicle of-1 fice for these books and to urge pro-; spective voters to place their names in alphabetical order, giving full name, age, occupation and address, i Senator Welsh For Re-Election I I , The Chronicle is carrying two new announcements in its columns today -?those of Grover C. Welsh seeking re-election as senator and W. T. Redfearn for re-election as county director for DeKalb township. The announcement of Senator1 Welsh makes a three-cornered race for the senate from Kershaw county., Dr. S. F. Brasington, Camden physician, is also seeking this office, as is Murdoch M. Johnson, Camden attorney. All three' of these gentlemen have large followings in the county and the result of this election will be watched with a great deal of interest. It has been predicted that I this race will bring out the largest | silent vote ever cast in Kershaw county. Received High Honor Out of a hundred contestants for highest military honors at the Marion Military Institute, of Marion, Alabama, Daniel Jordan Carrison, of Camden, won first place. Not being a native of Alabama, however, he was ineligible for the appointment to Annapolis, so Daniel has entered the United States naval service and is now* at Norfolk, where he will serve one year. The young man is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Garrison, Jr., and besides making high honors in military training, has stood high in scholarship. Baptist Church Services The following services are announced for week beginning June 3rd at the First Baptist church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock with C. O. Stogner, superintendent in charge. Public worship coducted by tho pastor. J. B. C^ston. at 11:15 a. m., subject: "God's Interest in Man." Evening service will be cabled in on account of commencement sermon at high school auditorium. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8. B. Y. P. U on Sunday* evening at 7 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend all the services of this church. Gale Strike# Camden Camden felt the force of the gale which swept the Atlantic .Seaboard Monday night and Tuesday morning. A high wind blew nearly all night, accompanied by heavy downpours of rain. Only a few trees fell victims to the wind?a large oak near the Habkirk Inn went down as did a tree in the yard of John T. ^Nettles. Numerous limbs littered the streets Tue*dby morning, trot no damage was reported to property. * Many Schools Have Closing Exercises! The past two weeks have been busy ! ones in school circles of Kershijw county, school'closings, picnics ami graduating exercises have been the. order of the day. Most all of the schools have had a term of eight months and a few nine months. The high schools have found it difficult to complete the re- { .quired work in an eight months term, j but with an Increased length of day I the work has been done. Graduating exercises for Camden j and Charlotte Thompson will start | Sunday, June 3rd. Mt. Pisgah had a graduating class of nine this year. L Williamson of i the University of South Carolina de-1 livered the commencement address; and Superintendent R. M. Coster with ; \Y, P. Sowell, chairman of the boanL of trustees^lelivercd the diplomas, j At lilancf^'a tine class of seventeen boys and girls received diplomas, and this cla&s presented a line program of their own. Mrs. Watts, county su]>e.rintendcnt of education, prc-ciU-.., ed the medals of award and C. A. Byrd, superintendent of schools, pre sentcd the diplomas. Out of the usual order / of commencement programs but in step with) the modern idea of education, the Bethune class gave several demon strations of the work that had been ( done during the four years of high school, and stressed upon a large j audience the fact that the "New j Deal" was touching the lives of these j fifteen boys and girls at' Bethune, I along with the thousands of others that are graduating into a larger j field of activity. J. C. Foster, super-j intendent of the school, and L. M. ! Best, chairman of the board of trus-' tees, presented the diplomas, and 8. [ Wiley Ilogue, the affable county j treasurer, presented the plaque to the elementary department from Camden Shrine Club. ' Since a high school must operate ' four years successfully before it be- | comes an accredited high school, it 1 was most fitting that the Hon. James H. Hope, state superintendent of ed- j ucation, should 'be the guest speaker . and award the first high school di- j plomas to a class of nine boys and girls at Baron DeKalb high school. T. V. Walsh, of Camden, delivered two handsome plaques to this school j on behalf of the American Ixigion j and Camden Rotary Club. The Rev. R. Brice Herbert deliv ered a very fine commencement ad- i dress to the graduating class at An- j "tioch and E. M. Shannon, superintendent, is much gratified with the work his school has accomplished i this year. t At Midway the graduating class? was rather small, but the prospects for another year are very encouraging. Mrs. Watts, county superintendent of education, introduced Miss Mattie E. Thomas, director of cle1 mentary education, who addressed the graduating class and a most appreciative audience. 1 Thorn Hill, Oak Ridge, Oakland. ! Central, Pleasant Grove, and Provi- ! dence, all elementary schools had picnics and exercises by the children. The Wateree school presented a very pleasing operetta to a large audience of friends. ! The Pine Grove teachers had a pro! gram for the children in the morning and in the afternoon entertained more than one hundred and fifty at the picture show. i The Lugoff school closed Friday afj ternoon. May 25, with an address by I the Rev. J. B. Caston. This school [has had several very pleasing programs this year. Mrs. W. B. Lord, the music teacher, has been instrumental in this work. | Crescent, 'Ned's Creek. Three C's, Liberty Hill and Stoneboro had exercises and gave promotion cards, i- All of these exercises were well at tended, and the interest shown in those programs is a fine indication that the citizenship of Kershaw county is still backing finer and better j schools for our boys and girls. ! Presbyterian Church Services T? Sunday, June 3, A. Douglas McArn, pastor: Church school 10 a. TTT\ morning worship 11:15. Intermediate club Friday evening at six. Junior Club Saturday morning at ten. Midweek service Wednesday evening at eight o'clock. Vesper service Sunday evening at seven thirty on church lawn. The public is cordially invited to these services. When Holland has completed her work of draining the Zuyder Zee, she will have added 660,000 acree, or the equivalent of 10,000 farms to her are*. Camden Entertains j Much Noted Visitor Camden hail as a visitor this past j week quite a' noted person in Dr. I Frank 1). (Inmewell, of Philadelphia., He and his wife ohiiic here unnn-1 nounced and made their stay at the} Camden Hotel, and not until ready; to leave the city did'they let anyone know who, they were. l>i\ Came we 11 is n son of the inventor of the (lanioAveU Fleetrie Fire I Alarm system, found in almost everyeity of any size. He, left Camden nt < the a Re of seven years hut his reeol-j Kvtions were augmented by his asso-1 eiation with the late G. (5. Alexander,! Sr., who was employed in New York ' and visited the (lamewell family when they lived in Ilarkonsack, N. .1., many; years They both had a lot to; talk about in common and hi* early; recollections were recalled from mem-' ory and childhood pictures. Tits fa-! ther orcupifid tlio residence mnv! owned and occupied by .Came.- K. Belk ' and hi* family. At the time the (lamewi!) family left Camden their property was. bought by the I.oightnci's, then sold to School District, Number One, the building being1 eon- ! verted into a high school for Camden.. At a later date the property passed into the hands of J. Luther Moseley, who remodeled it into a handsome! home which was burned and replaced with a modern dwelling" recently, bought by the present owner, J. R.I Belk. Therefore no trace of the original home is left save the giant' oaks to which the visitor's fancy was1 at tract ed. Dr. Game well has in his possession several decorations bestowed upon him, of which ho does not boast, being very reserved in his manner, and carries himself very erect belying the fact that seventy-seven winters have gone over his head. The British government decorated him for his services rendered during the Boxer uprising in Peiping, China, when he was in charge of tho British fortifications. In all he has spent thirty years in China and speaks a good word for [ the Chinese people, stating that his experience is that you could count on what a Chinaman told you, but his! references to the Japanese were not' so complimentary. I)r. Gamcwell is related to the Capers family, who at one time occupied the building where the Commercial Hotel now stands and in turn ho is related to the Zemp family, who showed him many courtesies while he was here. Stores To Close Half Thursdays The merchants of Camden have agreed to close their establishments half day each Thursday during the i summer months. The observance of these half holidays begins Thursday, June 7th, and will continue through until September first. AH are requested. to close their doors when they hear the siren at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. This plan has been carried out each summer to tho pleasure of all employees and no harm done to business. j It is hoj>ed to have several ball j games scheduled to be played in Camden on Thursdays giving all an ' opportunity to attend. Civil Court Jurors For June Term j * First week of civil court will be held here on Monday, June 18, with Judge W. H. Townsend, of Columbia, presiding. Following is a list of tho {jurors drawn to serve: j Dewey J.^Creed, H. T. Branham, J. W. Colo. C. G. DesChamps, I). M. Davis, R. P. Billings, F. R. Cureton, J. H. Osborne, W. W. Johnson, A. L. Mel^'od, J. D. Sheorn, M. I>. Han-cock, J. C. Robinson, R. L. Stokes, I). S. Arrants, of Camden; Lewis T. Truesdale. Alex Baker, G. C. Stover, G. H. i Coats, Henry Stroud, F. I. Gardner, | Robert K. Tompkins, of Kershaw; W. | D. Dowoy, John S. Rabon, E. A. Bell, ! Dewey Rabon, of Lugoff; J. J. {Thompson, O. F. Mangum, V. M. Stokes, R. B. McCaskill, Lewis Hil: ton, of Bethune; C. P. Hiltor, J. W. Owens, of Westville; B. I. Maddox, T. M. Keith, of Blaney; C. W. Holley, 'Jr., of Jefferson. Governor James Rolph, Jr., of California, has announced that he will not offer for re-election, giving his poor health as a reason. France is planning the building of 1 a string of fortresses costing ?9,000,000 along 16 miles of the Belgian frontier, but 60 miles back of the disputed Saar region. * A V Democrats of State Reaffirm Allegiance j t, Democrats of South Carolina, meet-, ing in convention in Columbia \Ved-j nesilay, adopted a phuform rentVyniing their allegiance to Democratic' political principles, their loyalty to "our courageous national leader," President Roosevelt; expressing pride in the accomplishments of the national administration since March, 1933,' and commending the general J assembly for its action on several matters. The full text of the platform, as proposed by the platform committee, .John (!. Richards, Liberty Hill, chairman was adopted on motion of D. A. (I. Ouzts, (Irecnwood. The subcommittee on platform was composed of Neville Bennett, Ben F j Adams and \V. O. Mixon. The platform is as follows: Wo, the Democratic party of South Carolina in convention assembled in Columbia, this 10th day of May, 1934,j adopi this, our party platform: Fy-st: We reaffirm our allegiance to the 1){ nuH'-rat id .political principles of the great leaders of our parly and our loyalty to our courageous national leader, President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Second: We take pride in the glorious accomplishments of the national administration which since March 4, 1933, has moved boldly and swiftly to bring order and confidence out of the chaos and confusion left as a legacy by the Republican pnrty. We especially commend our national administration for putting human, rights and needs first and for its insistence upon the Golden Rule being applied in the administration of federal relief. We furthermore indorse the efforts of the President to encourage self reliance and independence of action on the part of our citizens. Third: That this convention go on record as heartily approving the agricultural adjustment program of the Roosevelt administration; that this convention recommend that provision be made for a loan of the parity price on staple farm commodities as soon as they are harvested, said lean to be available to all farmers who are co-operating in this program. Fourth: We commend the general assembly of South Carolina for carrying out the provisions of the platform of the Democratic party indorsed in 1932 by changing the fiscal year of the state, by instituting a system of budgetary control of state expenses, by reducing the cost of government, by generally placing the government and credit of the state on "a sound, safe and solvent basis and otherwise carrying out recommendations of the party platform of 1932. Fifth: We further commend the general assembly of the state for maintaining the operation of the schools and other slat<* services and functions of government, in the midst i of several difficulties and we especially commend the teachers of South Carolina for patriotically rendering most loyal service under hardships. We reaffirm our faith in the public school system and stand for adequate support of public education within | the limits of our financial ability. ' Sixth: We as a party unequivocally stand for tho application of business principles in the management of government finance in such a manner as to preserve unimpaired the credit of the state and afford relief to thf 1 taxpayers. | Seventh: We favor enactment of J a law providing for consolidated in ^ formation with regard to all stat< and local bond issues, sinking fundjs land public debts of every kind, sc that the taxpayers may have the information at his disposal. Eighth: We believe that the para' mount issue before the Americar people today is the enforcement of . law and the swift and sure punish ment of crime and to that end the party calls upon every law enforce ment officer, judge, jury and citizer of the state to obey and enforce th< ] law and preserve the dignity and wel fare of the state. | Ninth: We favor the further ex ipansion of a system of rural electri I fication in South Carolina. I Methodist Church Next Sunday Sunday school will assemble at 1' o'clock promptly, conducted by Dr A. W. Humphries, superintendent Preaching at 11:15 by the pastor There will be no service at night, be , cause of the commencement service at the high school chapel.?C. F Wimfcerly, pastor. The rain last week waa a real rain fall over most of South Carolina. Credit Assn. Loans Total $62,977.75 Kershaw and Iancasler county farmery have received loans aiul approvals' for loans, from tin1 Production CTodit Association amounting to I $62,977.75, according1 to Alex, GClarkson, secretary and treasurer of the association. Since its recent orgaui'/.nt ion the association, which includes Kershaw and Umcaster counties, has made an increasing number of loans 11? farmers for growing crops this season, for purchasing and producing livestock and for other general agricultural purposes. Altogether 217 (aimers and stockmen have obtained loans or approvals. j Of the total amount of loans ami I approvals of the association, 131.50 has been paid out in cash to I borrowers, including loans paid in i full and first installments on budget I loans. The balance of $9,813.25 wi'l be paid out on a budget or installment basis, the money being advanc-h led to borrowers in amounts as rutedI I'd during the season, thus enabling [them to save on inteiest costs ami | finish their crops or livestock opera| lions by using their production mo! ney for production purposes. The interest rate on loans from tinassociation is now live per .cent per annum, payable at the end of the loan. Since interest on a budget loan is not charged on the full nmount of the loan for its entire length, but on each advance separately from the time the money is advanced until repaid, farmers may save from 1-3 to 1-2 on interest charges by borrowing from the association. For instance, if a farmer obtains an approval of a loan of $1,200 to be paid out in six equal advance??$200 every 2 months? his total interest cost at the end of the year is $35, compared to $00 he would pay if he obtained $1,200 in a lump sum?a direct saving of $25. Even the farmers that have been nble to finance their crops through the commercial banks should not forget that these accommodations have been made possible by the government's setting up this source of credit. Boston Store Soon To Be Remodeled u r . The 'Springs & (Shannon building, corner of Broad and Rutledge streets, occupied by The Boston Store, will soon undergo considerable remodeling and when completed will be modern in every respect and give more floor space for merchandise to be displayed on. Plans call for a new front, extensive interior repairs with a me^/.anine floor for ladies ready-to-wear department. Ralph Little furnished the plans for the repairs and George A. Creed has been awarded the contract. ? Work will commence in about ten days and during the remodeling the Boston Store will occupy the building formerly occupied by Fischel's five and ten cent store. Graves Decorated On Memorial Day A committee was appointed at the last regular meeting of the James . Lcroy Belk Post No. 17 of the Amer. ican I/egion for the purpose of dec, orating the graves of all SpanishAmerican and World War veterans in p this county on National Memorial Day, May 30th. ; The following men were named on , the committee: M. M. Reasonover, ) L. L. Wallnau, for Camden; H. E. . Gardner for Sheppard, Cassatt and Bethune; R. I>. Gaston for LugofT; . K. T. Bowen for Blaney; W. II. Stokes i for Westville; B. D. McDonald for ! Kershaw* E. T. Pearco for Charlotte - Thompson community. ; A total of sixty-four graves were - decorated and they were located in i twenty-one cemeteries over Kershaw ; county. The Iveviathan, the largest of the American merchant marine ships, will resume transAtlantic service on June 9 after being laid up for a year. The federal food and drug administration has put the ban on the sale ^ of absinthe in the United States and sellers are subject to prosecution. The weather bureau in Washington [* will soon begin the use of airplanes with ascents each morning in gathering data on which to make fore, casts. Mae Murray, screen actress, lost a $300,000 damage sutt in New York and wis so exasperated at her failure to win that she slapped the face of the defendant's attorney. f ' --'r ^ ' 'iiir f rwli it