Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Open Letter From Transient Camper i'aul Jordan, member of the liocky Bottom camp for truiuients located in 1'ickens county, has written the following o|H*n letter to the editor* of South Carolina which is selfexplanatory: "In Kooky Bottom, 17 miles out of I'ukerih, S. '(\, the government has established a cum]) for the tiunsients. They reeeive then mainieiianoe and a small amount of money tor personal use. It they remain in camp for a period of m weeks, they reeeive h bonu* of $ld. J^i return they work for JO hours pr"p week on whatever . project they are assigned. In the Kooky Bottom ( amp they are at present engugod ill building a road' through the mountains. The CCC hoys on the other side of the mountain are engaged in the sumo kind of work. ."'The transients of today are no . longer hoboes .and hums. The public at present j.s under tho^-HU^ression that they uie. They meH^ and women who have left hcune, bpcatfSo they could not loCuto any kind of work in their home town. The boys have left home because they did not wish ttf become a burden to their families. If there is any kind of work, the job gls iftually given to a married man. The single man is left out in the cold. They 'hit the road' with the idea tfi mind that somewhere a job would be r waiting for them. "We have men in camp who are graduates of various technical and professional schools. After graduation they could not locate work of any kind at home, and left to seek their goal i? other cities. The government at Washington knows what manner of men these 'transients' are, that i" the main cause these camps and trun-ient bureaus were organised. A visit to our camp would be sufficient to convince you that we are no different from the average citizen in' your town. "At present, if you are known as i a tran-ient the majority of the people will not give you any ehance for a job; you are looked down upon. If; the publii would know what kind of j men we have ,n these camps they j would be more toleiant towards them.; Here in Pickens we hn\e shown thei I people what manner of men we ae; they treat u- with respect. We have educated them through ??'ir weekly puli nation of a tran-.ein magazine At. h a. <!. -row, , mindis g a n-. I'.ir . .,ai it .mp.rs.^bie ' > -i mi oUi muga/.il.t to e\ri\ <;tj/en ii > i i' ( :i: .. n.-1 I ;. i re: i : i. \o at i ;? ?. . i : 1|. n ' ' v..i;. . ; ' <' i t : ' .it J.lM. ? K Dead Negro Found In Lancaster Limits , |n the rear cf Jthe Moore premiss in Ka'?t Lancaster wan found the dead > body pf a young negro. Wtlliu Crawford, last Thuiwday uftennObty As the body had been exposed for more than four days the remains were in a stale of decomposition when found and the only means of identideation ! wei;e the marks on hid clothing. This negro who was about 2<> yeuts of age was last seen by his family on Sunday evening. l>n Sunday night he was known to have been drunk and ho had crawled' under some honeysuckles in the rear of the Moore place, to sleep eviityuiy. What I caused his death is not known but it ! is believed that he either suffered a heart attack or died from poisoning as the result of drinking poison | liquor. lie was known to be in the i habit of drinking rubbing, alcohol. On Thursday afternoon his dead body was found by the young son of Mrs. T. .J. Strait who was attracted jto the place by buzzards which had been hovering above the corpse f<>V two or three days. So well concealed was he that on Wednesday when Officer Angus HagI ins went near t^e spot to shoot-buzzards that ho 'approached within twenty feet or so from the body but did nut see the dead man. Crawford had taken off his clothmg and had folded them up beside the place where he laid down. The I name "Willie Crawford" was found tin his trousers.and Tmis was the only means of identification. An investigation proved that he had not been at his home near this city since Sunday. It is believed that he died on | Sunday night. Several people had noticed the buzJzards about the place but did not think that a dead human being had attracted the birds. When Mr. Hagins shot at the buzzards on Wednesday they Hew away but afterward returned. The remains were taken near the county home and buried. ? l.ancasten1 News. IN MEM OKI AM Whereas Mendel L. Smith, the most devoted servant of the First Baptis' church of Camden and inspirer of good will and enthusiasm in its membership; planner of its program.-; u i?e, able and ingeniou- coun-elor to the church and southland ha.- passed i the "Hi oat Beyond." we re.-pi el j ful'.v l?ovv our h*ud?- Hi. memory "t Cn, ' ..a : i ? mi and colleague, who I ha- left U-. May other.-, inspired by! in- zeal, (arty on. i S:gi;eU I Board of I'eaenllS, |ta id :-! ' ii'.iM'h of < a iriior:, S. C. How Elephants Die |. r. n ai l that i.o w nCe ' . ' V' - ' a ' I k \ ' { Still Sentence Is (liven (*ov. Langer . . g . N 1 Jane J.h- t, .v. W.1.v; 1. I : . a 11? ! w .i.n.n.g t.'.e J?e. .. :. n..:.at. r. .:. Tuesday'- pr. a - 1 o. ". < ;a;. was senteliv ed i - m air. - t. : r r. an ! fine 1 h o .lira. . for > -r. -p. a y a ;; i the I 1 .*ed S-a'e- - r. I . .< : a 1 Judge A: fr<-\ M. 1. r in. I : sen'en.e. (1 i>v 1 jH.g? r a " 1 ' ..r hi r? convicted two uo-n- ago of :r.g fur.d.- from federal relief workers f >r mairtcnar.i e of "The Ix-ador," an ad- ' ministrat.or. r.ew-paper. -m John D. Dcsckefeller. Sr.. ce.ebrated , 1 his Path birthday ann'versary at his:] iomc at Lakewood, N. J., Sunday. Ji Roosevelt Plan Will Assure a Livelihood u ??t f* President Roosevelt is trout# to try | to vast out the "jinx" whleh has eo i Ion# made the lif? of millions misLiable. Fear, as we know, is the I thin# which mainly oppresses the ! people of the United States today. 'The splendid courage which our fore! fathers showed in the pioneer days I is now found to be missing. People are afraid of losing their job, afraid i that they couldn't hold their job it they had one, afraid of getting sick, 'afraid of old age, afraid of accidents afraid of bootleg liquor during prohibition and equally afraid of legal liquor now, afraid of the police, afraid of kidnapers, afraid of rioters j afraid of thugs, afraid of being rei ligious, afraid of expressing any fine sentiment, afraid of getting married, | afraid of having children, afraid of venturing on any sort of enterprise. II is to tuke some of these fears out of people that the President is | planning to remove, as far as possible, the causes of the fears, lhis is a large order, and that is why tho President asked and secured from I Congress the right practically to "write his own ticket" so far as drawing on the public funds is concerned. No matter how much is spent it will be worth it?this is the prevailing sentiment. Granted that there is going to be graft and misappropriation of funds, granted that some trusted officials will prove bad eggs, granted that Uncle Sam's debt is going to be the biggest ever known in any age~^ granted all this, the spending of this money is going to do good. It can t all be squandered or wasted. The government's "spending program" so far has not beep able to keep up to schedule, and so a lot of other ways are to be found to get the money into circulation, as was promised. Private employers are not taking the' burden up as expected, but Uncle Sam i.s not going to quit on that account; he intends to step right into the gap and do the job wherever it is needed and in whatever form it' may assume. Many of the projects are of a startling nature?hut these are only a start. For instance, one of the latest plans is for the government to assist the states and localities to open up old canning-plants and factories of all sorts, operate them and handle the products. Food and clothing are the main items so far planned, hut the list can be extended indefinitely. If the b.g business barons msi-t or. charging so much for their wares that th, people can't afford to purchase '.rum. I'r.cle Samuel, in a nice way, will take the business out of their n?i !* \i\ . ' . f ? ? ; . ? ' 1 V t> i > 4 r i * i-M j . : g ; .... : ' . - :?r..ar } .an- w .. go r. t" u'jr.rg out : he -lum- >\ , nr. . !' pl.t. -g the s?,ua.;.; r- w > w rr.-.iiv. ho:ne< whi ' ..?"i - .ill be er.h.yed by buyers and s w.'iv,.: having to pay through t:,e r.ose as they <io now. The p.an. r. the whole is very far-reaching an.I it w.ll take mar.y years to cany it < ;t ] mp et? .y. It ought t" mjiK? ..s . e.i'.'ry a better place for o*.r gt ami, n.liiff' t .? live in. Ir. e' - r a. r is w, are incited to help make the A.i'l.i better than we found ;t when we came into it ?as our nr.ee-tor.- did. Topcoat- were comfortable in Dos Moines, Iowa. St. Paul. Minr.., Milwaukee, Wis., Chicago and other inrthwestern sections, last Saturday, .chile eastern cities were sweltering n maximum temperatures. 4 * J, 'Buy Southern' Move Started To Aid South Atlanta, June 2t).--Fieid work began here today In an organized "buy southern" campaign designed to rebuild the south's economy with its own money. <? Hack of the drive is extensive research by the Southeastern council, headed by Hugh McKae, of Wilmington, North Carolina; which resulted^ in the conclusion that the primary jreason for progressive poverty south^ j of the Mason-Dixon line is an un| favorable tride balance of at least i a billion dollars a year. The purpose j of the campaign i-t to keep these i Dixie dollars at home. Atlanta was chosen for the headj quarters of the "buy southern" drive | because of its central location aqd the fact that a large portion of the goods sold in the south is distributI ed from here. w j U. S. Franklin, of Greensboro, N. C., representative of the Southeast-! ern council, will direct the work, with | the assistance of a local committee whose membership includes some of; Atlanta's leading business men. , The Southeastern council, whose governing committee of 500 includes leaders from all southeastern states was organized three years ago fori the general purpose of promoting! prosperity in the section. One of the major operations has J been investigation of the reasons fori economic difficulties in a region which [ the organization held should normally be one of the world's most fruitful and prosperous. The researches re-1 suited in conclusions that the trouble I was traceable to three major factors: 1. Excessive importation from out-1 side permitted and invited. ii. The habit of buying from other sections those things which can and should be produced at home. 3. An obsolete agricultural sys- i tern in part the cause of the other1 distressing conditions. McKae made the estimate of a bil-' lion dollars annual adverse trade bal-j j ance, which he said was ' made all, 'the more remarkable by ^'the fact! I that southern produced cotton had j been the chief source of maintaining ja favorable balance of trade for the nation." * j He said cotton had contributed frnrnrnammmmmmmmmmmmmmm $2(5,000,000,000 to the total favorable trade balance of $30,000,000,000 piled up by the United States since records have been kept. * f^Tjie reipedy, fortunately, he said, "is within the hands of the southern people. The south holds within its own borders and under its own control the master key to complete recovery. It is to produce, buy and consume our own products as a southwide policy. In accordance with this policy the Southeastern council proposes: To commend to the southern people southern products of proven merit; to give recognition to corporations and institutions which appreciate the fact?that the southern people arp valuable customers: to commend those who?as a matter of good business and sound national policy?give their cooperation in rebuilding the now practically lost purchasing power of the southern people." Card of Thanks We wish to thank our many friends for their kindness and sympathy shown during the illness and death of our daughter and sister. Also for the beautiful floral tributes. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Gardner and family. I .. 1.111 -" m | Alligator Shows Odd Taste In Appetizers ^Jacksonville, Fla.,. July 7.?A lafoot alligator slain here in a creek, displayed odd taste in appetizers, a stomach autopsy revealed. Among the articles the saurian had attempted to masticate were: 20 small pine knots; two quarts of gravel; a five cent piece; several keys; a small bottle; a ball of haywire; the ear of a hog and a tagfv j from a dog collar. While on a vacation accompanied by his wife and two sons, J. Fred Crowther, Anderson business man 62 years old, was drowned at Myrtle Beach, when he swam too far out and -z was exhausted before he could get in to shore. The body Was recovered in ! 15 minutes, after efforts to rescue him failed. He was an active member of the Baptist church in Anderson, where the funeral was held. He leaves his widow, three sons, six sisters and three .brothers. The cruisers Pensacola and Minneapolis, each of 10,000 tons were in Charleston harbor for the Fourth of July celebration. Three destroyers are in that harbor. ' J . , r ; , \ k 1 - K i i c 1 i J CI I 1 U " v ? "n I i i ' i \ I I. K i ' \ *i i . : n .'i M i. i." i ( i i S v t>. t!. i . N i ' i! .?I I 0 :. U) i \I.I. I i I v. L K. ' MONDAY and TLKSDAY ! "IWKMY MILLION 1 SWEF.TIIHAK IS" W . i ' ' i i ;! \' \ I < WEDNESDAY "SPRINGTIME FOR HENRY" \V: t h K u' N :i' >' ' . * 11 < <\' i, < 1 \ ' . \ _ c ! ! : : 1 i \! . :a\ A >o <? , - : tTHURSDAY and FRIDAY "CIRCUS CLOWN" With .li>?- K Brown, Pa*r., .a and Dorothy Hu:yr<^A!m> ( omedy and Matinee at 3 lo Admiss'n I V. 10c Evening at 7:30 and '3:13 Admission 20c and 10c ' I Public is Requested To Take Notice of I I Following Ordinances I jS I i Upon the approach of any tiro apparatus, police ! ! patrol or ambulance every vehicle shall draw up us , | near as practicable to the right curb of the street and | i remain at standstill until such apparatus, patrol or il ambulance shall have passed. I I ! That it be unlawful to drive amy vehicle on any j | ! block in the City of Camden where tire is being j I fought within three hundred feet of said fire. No ve- I ] hides are allowed to follow tire trufck beyond speed j \M" limit and to approach within five hundred feet of I | said truck when said truck is going to or returning | from a tire. _ 1 ! j W. D. WHITAKER j I Chief of Police j | ?. * -S -5. 111 1_ _if_fl_!i_ These low prices remain In effect only while present stocks lastl USE THE LAYAWAY PLAN Protect your savings! No need of paying the whole price now. A small payment and a little each week will hold your blankets until you are ready for them! - 1 * ' i. . , J * . ' a _ 72 \ ..... ? v. ?i %. . ' ' -1 . I: / : , I I j ; y i ? 1 :'-2 l *?.VBLANK.ETS i ioc/o L; - - r- e&.Cf* Pr. w*^ t .... H v ..J ] ' /I .y :- 1. 111 ?} / " " 1 ' ( f : t ,.j . . , , : , | '1, ! i j . i. .V-y"4V ' - ' Jj \ r?-;<r < a, \S<il A \} J"-- \V|7".-.' ./r. .? v\ w\ i'; ^ : *??,- , ! ; ^ ' "" "! r-1 . *rs=? ' I! Cotton Colonial Spreads 8 i\i or, $1.98 Our Famous "NATION WIDE" SHEETS Six 09 | 88c A 4? ? Indian or Plaid Designs PAR rWOOL ? \v ! . . Y "v PRICE NOW $1.98 pa,r ! - ; a. : - :v jrr or.. v. :! * xo ..' ' * . a' !f;-l i ./I?' j/ i)i>l tixtytJ .. T~ '1 4VWV-.'--. ' " ""* - : ?. .I*\. o. L j5r</ S)^c?72>:~ ' ' * ' , '? V - J ' 1" ' * il ht?;, downy blink"? i - ?..-i'lon.-l value. Contain not : * i.. '.) i pure v.j^in wool. i'< .J ' :n };<-?*. C< i i, i ije. Green nr. ! !Ne the l.avaway Plan. At Least 5% Pert Wool . BLANKETS -IV in Gorgeous Block Plaids! / 98c Woven on a special Core-yarn foundation for extra service; the deep, coxy nap assures comfortable a 1 warmth! Blue, rose, fold, green ad orchid plaids. A marvelous barffain. " o \ * X ^r -ji? i * \ - +t? - ?, 'L V,g