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The Camden chronicle ?t???? i i i??? ^ _ - .. , ' i Volume 46 ? camden, south carouna, friday, august%3, 1934 . number 19 < ecidental Shot (ills Mother of Lad jrs i)Ih (luiney, year-old mothwife of Koy Gainey, was killed ,dJiy morning by the accidental hirge of ? single barrel shot gun, J to have been fired by her four.u son while he was dragging "i. gun along the floo, i coroner's jury investigated the and found that the father had "the gun loaded lyith buck shot lUse he had been# bothered with ;ken thieves. The mother was sit\ beside the sewing machine a few [away and the load of shot en^ her shoulder and neck on the side. She died on her way to the Allen hospital. ilrs. Delia Wright, mother of the fortunate woman, was in the room the time but had her back turned 1 did not sde the aceident. The her was in a field at work about 10 in the morning. The dead won is survived by her husband, her ther and the young son, K6y, Gaifi jr. The family resides on the R. Sowell place about nine miles Ltheast of Kershaw. ounty Agent Tells of Farmer's Week Farmers' Week which is to be held Clemson College August 14-17 is joiith Carolina farm people's occaa, and the farmers, farm-wives, ildren, relatives, are not only invitto attend but are also urged to Jte arrangements to be there witht fail. It is impossible to realize ? benefit and value to be derived m this occasion unless you attend, t is entirely possible that a farmcan improve his condition by many lars worth in addition to gaining ich inspiration and learning the th about many of the farm proms now in question if he will at-,d Ithis occasion which is for the rmerc. Progressive farmers ?will rtainlv make a great effort to be re with their wives and children, is impossible to realize the beneto be derive'd from attending this asion unless you actually attend, ealize how farmers are always y and how they feel that they can leave home, but this is the one only occasion where I have recomided and urged our farmers to ,e their farms for'this length of e. .mong the speakers scheduled to be ;he program at Farmers' Week art 5. Senators E. f). Smith and James Byrnes; Under Secretary Rexford rwell, U. SrDept. of Agriculture; Frank Bohn; Hon. Neville Ben, and probably Secretary of Labtrances Perkins. Also M. L. WilAsst. Sec. U. S. D. A.; L. C Gray, if of the division of land economic'. S. D. A.; Governor W. I. Myof the Farm Credit Administra; F. A. Silcox, chief of the U. S. ?stry Service; Lawrence West>k of the Federal Emergency Re- , Administration; R. A. "Winston of Bureau of Soils; Dr. T. S. Buie, in go of the Tyger River Soil Eros- project; Dr. J. W. Studebaker, U. ommissioner of Education; and ' Sheldon Phelps, president of Winp College. lese are all big calibre people ag the leading thinkers of the States and it will be worth e than I am ca/pable of saying to farm people if they will only coate with the Extension Sendee of n$or. College and the federal gov- , ifnt in this effort to render vale service and assistance, recreated inspiration to the farm pegple outh Carolina. It is only through possession of the right care or vledge that we matffe progress, 'efore, I urge that every farm ly in Kerfhaw County make a iuous effort attend Farmers' k at Clemson^ CoJJege August 7?Henry D. Green, Cq. Agent. Pastor On Vacation v- J. B. Caston, pastor of the . Baptist church of this city, will , his vacation the month of Aug- < He announces that the pulpil be supplied each Sunday morning visiting pastor and the hour of bip will be 11:16 o'clock. There ' be no evening service held during nonth. J v- Caston will hold services in First Baptist church of Edgafleld ' 6th, in the First Baptist rh of York on August 12th, at First Baptist church of Charlotte ?t mh and at the First Bap- 1 church of Columbia on Augurt Plants For Fanning . To Be Set Up Soon 1 Ions for setting up six canneries in the immediate future and others as m^y be necessary to process 50,000 head of cattle in 72 hours were made yesterday at state relief headquarters. ' The 50,000 head "represent an additional shipment from Western dry areas to^Sduth Carolina, M. J. Miller, state relief administrator, was notified they would be sent for slaughtering in addition to 50,000 others for summer pasturing. T. E, Keitt, state garden supervisor, who has charge of canning, said the canning plants would be set up at Greenwood, Laurens, Beaufort, (amden, Johnston, and Batesburg in the immediate future. An experimental cannery at Orangeburg will begin operations at once, Keitt said, to train workers as well as test methods and machinery for the others is being shipped. There w?U be 40 to 50 relief canneries running'later in the year with a capacity for processing 800 to 1,000 cows a day. The product will go to i feed persons on relief rolls. IDr. W. K. Lewis, state veterina-1 rian, said the cattle for immediate slaughtering would be inoculated for tuberci^Josis, dipped for insects, and killed within 72 hours after their arrival. During the interval, it was planned to keep them at county fair grounds, on public lands, and in private stockyards where necessary. (Seven thousand will be shipped to Columbia and kept at Camp Jackson. ?Sunday's State. Negro Man Drowns in Wateree River A negro man, Johnnie Huffman, was fishing in the Wateree river on Friday of last week when he either stepped or slipped into the river which was over his'head find was! drowned. He was with a party of friends but was unable to swim and the swift water soon carried him be-' yond the reach of the other boys. ! He came to Camden about three years ago from Charlottee, moving here with his young wife who was a citizen of this county. His body was recovered Sunday by Rchard Haile, some two hundred yards from the spot he was last sighted. The water is cut off at the' Wateree power dam on Saturday and this enabled searchers to locate the body. Burglar Arrested Soon After Theft Mr. and Mrs. Usher N. Myers returning from a trip to New York: and other northern and eastern points found that their home on Laurens street had Deen ourgiarized in their absence. Entrance had been made by cutting a small hole in the screen door to unlock the latch. The house had been ramsacked from one end to the other. Clothing front ciosets had been piled on top of beds as the thief was evidently looking for valuables. A wrist watch, several rings, a revolver, hat and belt and other articles were missing. Mr. Myers immediately got in touch with Sheriff McLeod and he with the city Solice cooperating, within about one our had the burglar in custody. He proved to be Barney Cooper, a resident of lower Fair street, and when found with the stolen hat nnd other articles he confessed to the theft. Cooper is said to be the same man who stole Rev. A. D. McArn's automobile from in front of the grammar: school building some time ago and is said to have used it in a bootlegging ' enterprise soon thereafter. He final- i ly confessed the theft of the car and ! was sentenced in court to serve one year . Cooper was observed by employes of Mr. Myers as he stood on the porch of the Myers home the afternoon of the robbery and from this tip the arrest followed soon after. Nearly all of the stolen loot was recovered and Mr. Myers told The Chronicle man that he could not praise the sheriff's office and the city police too much for the quick way in which the nrrest was made. This makes the fourth home which has been burglarized in the past few weeks?in every instance the culprits have been captured?thanks to the ! cooperation of both county and city officers. Kim Zayan, a Korean, and sever* others, allegedly conspirators in the employ of Japan, and charged" with wrecking trains and otherwise disorganizing Soviet railways, have been sentenced to death at Moscow after court martial trials. Fifteen other* were given long prison terms. Orthodox Jew* will be observing their New Year day on September 11, , the date of the second primary, and It is proposed that in this state they ; vote absentee ballots. < b Highlights and News From Liberty Hill John McCaskill visited his mother this past week end in Liberty Hill. Miss Lucy Clements returned home Saturday after visiting her grandmother in Lancaster, S. C, Mrs. F. J. Ilay, Misses Lisle Hay and Annie Righton McCaskill left oil Wednesday for a short trip to Montreat, N. C. Mr. ami Mrs. Luther Gregory and baby were the Sunday visitors of Mr. I and Mrs. J. L. Mack. \i ,j Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Harriot of Bishopville and Miss Sophie Richards were visitors Sunday in the home of Mrs. Oallie Richards. /F, A. Drennan, Misses Carolyn and Louisia Drennan leave today for a trip to Montreat, N. C. Mrs. Drenrnan will accompany them as far as Grover, N. C, Bissell Parker, of Hampton, S. C? was a guest in the home of F. A. Drennan this week end. Mr. and Mrs. Bryum and family of [Great Falls, and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Blackwell and children were visitors Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Perry. wr. and Mrs. L. S. Hammond and son, Mrs. W. C. Salters and daughter, and Mrs. C. V. Hammond and family were the Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Hi S. Higgina. Mr. and Mrs. V. V. Adams, Bill Adams, C. W. Kimmer and Delma Adams, of Great Falls, and Mrs. A. N. White and daughter, of Houston, Tex., were the sight-seers who visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Thompson. Miss Righton Richards and Gibbs Richards^;visited their father, Norman Richards, Sunday. Mrs. Kate .Seeger and daughter, are the visitors of Miss Laura Matherson, in Liberty Hill. , A fire occurred Wednesday of last week on the property of the Kershaw real estate company, lust one mile on the Camden side or Beaver Creek. The Are was discovered by the district ranger W. C. Perry at 12:30 and the C. C. C. boys were called into action and had the fire under control in one hour. There was no serious i damage however, the fire did not con-! sume hardly an acre. Only trees and dry grass were the main part of that' which was burned. Mr. Perry ex- 1 pressed his belief that the fire was evidently set. The Young Girls Circle of the Lib-1 erty Hill Presbyterian church, at' their circle meeting had the pleasure of hearing a talk by Mrs. Mclllwaine, a retired missionary from Japan. She brought out the fact that we could help the Japanese by standing for clean movies for they get the same movies that we have here in the United States. They also get the same funny sheets that we do. The Woman's Auxiliary were the guests of the circle. At the close of the meet-' ing a social hour was enjoyed and delicious refreshments were served. I This talk just goes to prove that we all should stand in a body behind our ministers for cleaner movies. The social spotlight turns on the "tacky party" which was held Mon-1 day evening at the home of Miss An- < nie Mae Cureton, just on the outskirts of Liberty Hill. A group of a/bout twenty-five young people assembled at eight o'clock in the living , room of Miss Cureton and the prize was awarded for the "tackiest boy ! and the tackiest girl." The boy was j "JE5o" Cureton, and would you believe it your writer won second place ? Fancy that. The girl was Miss Margaret Perry. A delightful course of refreshments was served and games were eng'oyed. A treasure hunt was held Thursday night at the home of Miss Sarah Cunningham. The treasure was found by Charlie Cunningham. It was hidden in a bush in the front yard.' Some place to hide a treasure, eh ? Misses Susanne and Carolyn Herriot, who are visiting their grandmother, Mrs. CaUie Richards, held a "tacky party" for a few of their little Liberty Hill friends. First pirze for the tackiest boy went to young Leonard Mack and second prize to little David Higgins. Refreshments! consisted of orangeade and cookies, t The party was enjoyed by all present I and they all went home happy. Attention, Liberty Hill citizens and others: Remember when you are: driving your car through the Hill! that you are not on a country road | and that to go over twenty miles an i hour is or should be fast enough for ; any man to drive unless its a case of life and death. So let's take into consideration of the life in Liberty Hill and drive slow. iSventy miles an hour is the speed limit. Negro Man Slashes White With Knife Fred Tucker, 27-year-old ne^ro, is | being held in the county jail charged with severely cutting Thomas Branham, 22-year-old white man at Rabon'a Cross Roads Saturday afternoon. ,The trouble is said to have resulted from an argument over the fare charged when young Branham took a party of negroes to a ball game in a truck. I A knife wound was inflicted on the left side of Branham'e neck, but it is not considered dangerous. Tucker made his escaj?e, but was captured Sunday morning by Sheriff McLeod near Longtown in Fairfield county and brought to jail here. ^ > Jack Ballard, another negro, was placed in jail in connection with the caee. * * A Q -A . | von Hindenburg Dies At Country Mansion Berlin, Aug. 2.?President Paul von Hindenburg died today and within seven hours, Chancellor Adolf Hitler hud succeeded him and ordered a nation-wide, plebiscite, to. hd.t held August 19. I Also within that seven hours was formulated a new oath by which the Keichsw ehr?the standing army of Germany?will pledge its allegiance to Hitler. Von Hindenburg died in his 87th I year at 9 a. m. (E. A. M., K. S. T.) | in his country mansion at Neudeck, East Prussia. Almost simultaneous , . . i with the announcement of his death came the announcement that the offices of the chancellorship and the presidency had been merged. Any doubts as to what position the Reichswehr, long faithful to von Hindenbufg, might take were dispelled, at least temporarily, by Werner von (Romberg, minister of war, who announced that the army would take a new fgath. It is expected to be administered within the next few days. The oath reads: "I swear by' God this holy oath: That I shall be absolutely obedient to der fuerhrer (the leader) of the Ger^ man Reich and people, Adolf Hitler, supreme head of the army, and that I will be ready as a brave soldier to give my life for this oath." Western Cattle Are Arriving Here Daily Quite a number of shipments of cattle have been received at Camden; within the past week coming from the j drouth-stricken area. Pens and run-j ways have been built near the Sea-1 board freight station on the lands of: L. B. Ogburn to care for 2,600 head.! Other pens at. the Southern depot on the'southeastern edge of town will take care of 5,000. These cattle are; typical western beef cattle and all seem to be in fair condition, though slightly thin. Only one death has j been reported while the new calves arriving numbered four up to yester-j day afternoon. ? One hundred head each have been sent to the Guignard farm, J. K. Lee, S. H. Kirkland, Ajfred Boykin and R. T. Mickle. One hundred and fifty j head are expected to arrive at Lugoff and one hundred head at Bethune this morning. One thousand more are expected next week. The cattle are to graze on pasture lands until, the middle of October and then they! are to be put up and stall fed preparatory to bein slaughtered and canned. Have Appointed Fair Association A group of business men met at the American Legion hall on Wednesday afternoon to plan for the County Fair this fall. Vardell Walsh presided over the meeting and called upon several business men to make short talks. Groups represented at the meeting were the Shrine club, American Legion, Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association. The Fair Association is counting' on a bigger and better fair this fall j and committees were appointed to' immediately start work on various features of the fair, John Villepigue was called upon to arrange two football games. Mayor Hamilton Osborne Baid that the city would cooperate in every way. Talks ! were also made by Bill Alexander, John deLoach, W. F. Nettles and others. Campaign Meeting Here Next Friday On Friday next, August 10, the' candidates for state offices will speak J in Camden at 10 o'clock, on Hamp-1 ton Park. The public will no doubt ! avail themselves of the privilege to hear these speakers. NOTICE OF MEETING A meeting of the Kershaw County Executive Committee is hereby called for Week)esday^August 8, at eleven o'clock at the Court House for the purpose of going over the roll books and making necessary corrections. Executive committeemen who may have names who failed to get upon the roll books are requested to present them at this meeting for the consideration of the entire committee. Those who biiTa not aent in the roll booka are requested to bring them to this meeting. 3. F. BRASINGTON, / County Chairman ff. D. NT.LES, ' 7 * Ootmty Secretary Direct Relief I '* Faces Discard ! Mackinac Island, Mich., July 28.? Aubrey Williams, assistant' ndminisjiraior of the federal emergency re, lief administration, declared hero toj day that he did not think the people would stand for another winter of direct relief and that he believed a socj end work program would have to bo devised along the lines of the civil works administration. Williams spoke at the closing Session of the 20th annual conference of governors, which wound up its session by electing governor Paul V. MoNtftt, Indiania, as chairman, and selecting Hiloxi, Miss., for the 1035 meeting. In the closing program Williams ' shared the program with Governor Joseph It. Fly, ^Massachusetts, who earlier in the day had discussed the national recovery program, and warned that its methods and continuation would lead to a "Socialistic state." "Tho CAVA was tho best answer to the problem of unemployment," said Williams in his appeal to the governors to put their states into line to share the cost of general jobless relief. "We are becoming very complacent," he added, "about the fact that one-sixth of our entire population is living in a state of chronic destitu*? tion. Relief by the direct dole is no answer. The dole crushes morale. Regular work and wages, employment on something useful, are the only answer, and it has got to come this winter. People won't stand for another winter of direct dole." The assembled governors and tho representatives of governors coming from 12 states engaged Williams in a lively debate, cross-examining him chiefly on the responsibility of governors for the administration of federal relief funds. "I think all x>i these questions," said Governor Henry Horner, Illinois, "are being asked principally to impress on the national relief administration tha? the governors are responsible for anything that goes wrong with relief." As Williams plunged through a maze of figures, including new complications, Showing that the drought was an increasing menace, Governor Horner asked, "Whither are we drifting with relief? How long can' the states anticipate the need for relief?" "Probably another 12 months" replied Williams. "Much depends up-; on the fluctuations of employment irt j industry. Congress will have to appropriate more relief funds, and the drought has reached a stage where G4 per cent of the nation's farm lands are seriously affected." DEATHS AMONG COLORED FOLK Woman Dies Suddenly While Coming To Camden Saturday Morning Ammons Collins, of the Collins Funeral Home for colored people, reports the following deaths among his race for the past week: Mary Chesnut, aged 9, daughter of Joe and Amelia Chesnut, died Friday afternoon at the home of her parents' on the old race track property near Camden. The burial was at Smyrna M. E. church near LugofffT on Sunday afternoon. Delia English, age 51, daughter of John and Malinda KirkJand, expired suddenly Saturday morning at a point about six -miles north of Camden on the Flat Rock road while coming to Camden to do her week end | trading. The woman had been suffering from high blood pressure and it is supposed the intense heat aggravated this ailment into a heart attack. As there were others on the wagon at the time her sudden summons came, the coroner did not hold an inquest. The funeral occurred on Sunday afternoon at Parker Baptist church near the DeKalb marker and also within a short distance oi where her final summons came. The body of Marie Carolina, aged 22, daughter of Emma Carolina, who /iied nt Buffalo, New York on July 22, was brought to Camden where it was buried at Smyrna M. E. church in West Wateree, near Lugoff. For House of Representatives I hereby announce myself a candidate for the House oi Representatives from Kershaw county, subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary election. 1 pledge my best service in interest of every citizen of the county. I will appreciate the votes of all. WADE H. JONES The Greenville Legionnaire drum and bugle corps won the state championship at the Legion state convention thia week and will go to the national convention at Miami next Oetoberber. Will Hold A Class In Life-Saving Methods Walter A. Khamo has recently roturned from a ten-day encampment at Camp Carolina at llrevard, N. G>, i where he was synt-hy the local Rod Cross chapter to take instructions in the American Red? Cross acifuatie school. He took instructions in swimming and life-saving tests and has already given instructions to a selected group and is on Monday next starting a class of twenty or more in this kind of tests. The requirements for the juniors is that they,, he twelve yvais or over, the seniors to be seventeen or up and all to be good swimmers. The instructions will be given at the Saddle and Paddle swimming place at Watoree I-ake beginning at 5:80 Monday afternoon. Successful Conference at Kanuga Kanuga Lake, July 2Rth.?The Adult and Clergy Conferences at Kanuga Lake, near HondersonviUe, N. C., largest in the seven seasons of the ownership and operation of tho property by the Episcopal church, were brought to a close on Saturday* July 28th. The conferences, which lasted two weeks, had a registration of 800 members. Among those connected with tho conference, on faculty or in other capacity were: TM Rt. Rev. K. G. Kin lay, Bishop of Upper South Caro-, lina, the Rt. Rev. A. S. Thomas, South Carolina, the Rt. Rev. Thos. C. Darst, East Carolina, and the Rt. Rev. . R. E. Gribbon, newly consecrated Bishop of Western North Carolina, the Rev. D. A. McGrtagor, Ph. D., executive secretary of the department of religious eductaion for the National Council of the Episcopal church, the Rev. Eric M. Tasman, general fit*Id secretary, and Mr. Spencer Miller, consultant onjndustrial relations. Among those registered from Camden at the Adult and Clergy conferences were: The Rev. and Mrs. Francis H. Craighill, Jr.; Mrs. Lucy S. Boykin, Moultrie B. Bums, Mrs. Jas. H. Burns, Major A. M. Brailsford, ?Mrs?. E. N. McDowell, Mrs. J. H. Guthrie and Miss Evelyn Gettys, of L?ugoff, S. C. Timrod Annual Revival The aniutal revival services will begin at Timrod Baptist church Sunday, August 6, at 3:30 p. m., and will continue throughout the week with ser- vices twice each day at 11 a. m. and 8:15 p. m. The Rev. Hoyt Blackmon, a native of Kershaw, will do tho preaching. Rev. Mr. Blackmon is a young man wh6 has given a great many years In preparation for his work. His most recent work having been done as instructor of Bible in Mars Hill Academy, Mars Hill, N. C., and pastor of the local church. In 1983 and 1934 he did graduate work at Yale university.?J. E. Williams, pastor. Baker Now On Board Battleahip Savannah, Ga., July 27.?'Andrew C. Baker, Jr., a graduate of Antioch high school and one of the nine graduates of Kershaw county high schools to enter the United States Marine ( Corps during the past two years, is serving at present with the marine guard on board the battleship Mississippi, now in port at Newport, (Rhode Island. He is the son of Andrew C. Baker, Sr., of Camden. Baker was accepted at the district office in Savannah in July, 1933, and completed the preliminary training course in September. He was selected, from among those most proficient in training, to attend the sea school at Norfolk, Va. He graduated from this school in November and received assignment to the Mississippi. This ship joined the United States Fleet at New York and pnssed in review before President Roosevelt on May 31, Applicants for the Marine Corpe must be high school graduate* or have equivalent or superior education, and they must be at least 18 years of age and not under 66 inches tall. Evidence of educational and physical qualifications and of good character must be submitted by mail before the applicants are admitted to the examining offices, which are located in the post office building, Savannah. Beth end a Presbyterian Church Note* During the month of August all services will be suspended in the Presbyterian church with the exception of the Sunday school, which will meet each Sunday morning as usual at 10 o'clock. On the first Sunday | in September all services, including the Sunday evening vesper service, will be resumed. The enrollment in Columbia wan nearly 1,000 leae than last time, bat in Greenrrillo it nearly reached the figure <xf two yeara age.