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The Camden chronicle VOLUME 46 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1934 NUMBER 20 our-H Girls Camp At Lake Shamokin ,w hundred girls from twelve -H Clubs spent three days at the ** h Club Camp l*-st week. These u' came from rural communities roughout the county. was truly a girls' camp for iris had charge of all programs nook part in every phase of camp Blanche Threatt, president of ' junior Four-H council, presided f the first assembly on Thursday, /general theme was "What is k Work?" Members of the vaL phases of Club work told of ,ir club experiences. Peggy Hold 0f the Antioch club told of her j0r Four-HI poultry work. She rchased 100 baby chicks and raised She made $25.00 profit after all penses had been paid and has 25 Jjce pullets for fall layers, and at months of age they are already ing. Elizabeth McCoy has several ds laying at six months of age. f Shrine Club of Camden sponsorthis project. 1Jt 4 Carolina Hill of Antioch club told her work in room improvement? e articles made and the things med. This club was organized t spring. Emily McCby of the Midway club oke of her experience in food predion. She told of the new dishes ( had learned to prepare and serve, try McCoy told some interesting lerienees in her canning and gariing work. Mary has received heriloma for completing four years in ur-H club work. She was also a tional winner in the canning con< m Chicago last fall. Lena Sinclair of the Malvern Hill ub conducted the Vesper service on ursday evening. Peggy Holland,' Antioch club conducted the mornI watch on Friday and Saturday iming watch was conducted by Do- , hy West of the Midway club. cm- devotionals of each day were regular part of the camp for the ; K-'.pjbnonl of thc spiritual or the | art-h i.- an important part of club irk. ifary McCoy presided over the asab'.y or. Friday. The topic on Friwas the Four-H's in the fouri.v.JiVi:' Mrs. Harriet F. Johnson, v girl".- <lub agent, spoke on the u-lupmen: of the Hand-H for being :u'., M-rviceable and skillful. Mrs. r.x county superintendent of edit/::. spoke on the importance of eloping the Head-H to think, to r. and to reason. Dr. Humphries, the county health unit, developed Hca'.th-H for efficiency, resiste to (iiseasc and for the enjoyment life. The lleart-H is developed kindness, sympathy and truth. The girls were delighted to have ss Christie Hey of the county 1th unit, to speak to them on the tivation of good habits. This was imely talk and Miss Hey gave mahelpful suggestions along this "he last assembly on Saturday was sided over by Mary Laney of Midy clqb. The subject was "God of Out-afsDoors." Many of the club Is took part on the devotional. Lathe eight groups composed of the Is at camp contributed to the pro-: im. Music and games are an imtant part of camp life. Swimming s enjoyed twice a day and games 1 music in the evening. On Friday ting each of the eight groups entamed with songs, dances and nts. The Friday evening program s one of the most enjoyable of whole camp. The most impres* exercises and the one looked forrd to from year to year by club mbers is the candle lighting sere or. the last evening of camp, s year the service was in the form a wheel of progress and it revolver the first time. Mary Laney racer,ting the spirit of camp, was hub of the wheel-the club girls do up the spokes and the rim. Afthe lighting of the candles the b pledge was given, the Four-H mber?hjp song was sung and finaltap?. Then the wheel slowly reved around the hub and the girls quietly to their cabins for the ht. h our-H club members and the In* are indebted to the following "P'C for making the camp the best ! ?ver held: Mrs. S. C. Zemp ana w Virginia DeLoache for games 1 music; Misses Gertrude Zemp Virginia Haile for assisting with Karnes and swimming; Mra. L. D. IOme' Mrs. McRae and Mrs. Budfor the food; J. M. Villepigue, for *ting the ice; J. B. Zemp for two swimming pool and E. L. for supervising the cleaning grounds. Hiss Dolly Singleton has gone to w York for a visit, * ? Fish and Game Men Have Meet A meeting of the Camden Chapter , of the South Carolina Game and Fish) Association was held Tuesday night at the American Legion Hall, about thirty members were present. T. K. Trotter, president, read to the meeting his report to the State Secretary, Harry Hampton, covering [ all activities of the Chapter for the ( past year, chief among these being the Field Trials of last Spring; special d rive for membership; and reg ular monthly meetings throughout the year. It was approved that the Camden Chapter extend an, invitation to the State Association to hold a spring meeting here about March 11th, 1935. This idea is tentative, but the idea is to have the State meeting the same | day of the drawing for the Field Trials. In this way it is hoped that statewide interest will be aroused and that many more entries ensue. Along this same line, it was also decided that the Association put on a dog show at the County Fair this fall. The meeting went to record as approving the staggered season for duck, that is the shooting of duck to be allowed only on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays over a ten week period beginning in November. Motion was made and carried that the office of secretary remain unfilled until the regular annual election of officers. Boliver Boykin was asked to uttend the preliminary meeting to bo held in Columbia August 23, since Mr. Trotter will not be able to attend, j Delegates to the State meeting to be \ held in Greenville on September 5, will be appointed by the President. Motion was approved that a com-1 mittee be appointed by the I resident to ask the county delegation to close the season on all game in the county,, taken with gun, until November loth. This committee is to report at the next regular meeting, j \Y. P. Heath brought before the ! meeting the importance of keeping the C. C. C. camp in the county. Ild pointed out from the merchants standpoint, how much this organization means to the county and urged the association to use its influence to sei cure a state park, thereby assuring" ! the county of a permanent camp. Mr. ! Heath and Mr. Trotter were authorized to handle this matter with the ! Chamber of Commerce and others concerned and to report on the situation at the next meeting. j Death of Mrs. Bullock Mrs. Tillie Bullock, wife of David J. Bullock, died at her home on Yor^ street on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. She was born in Kershaw county November 26, 1895 and came to Camden in 1920. She was married in 1914. She is survived by her husband and several children, also by her mother, Mrs. Francis Sinclair, of Camden. She was a member of the Lyttleton Street Methodist church. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock from Marshall's church near Camden and the burial was in the churchyard. j Troy Sixth City on Site Digging into the desert sands of Asia Minor an expedition from the University of Cincinnati has discovered some interesting facts about ancient Troy and its site. This city, immortalized by Homer, was built on a spot which has seen the rise and the fall of eight other cities. The first to grow on this historic groun ceased to exist about 5,000 years ago and the last to flourish there had its | untimely end about 500 years after ( the death of Christ. Digging thru successive layers of debris and unearthing tons of pottery of different dates the archeologists have established Troy as being the sixth of the nine cities to occupy the ill-fated 8p0t.?The Pathfinder. Pool Cotton Gains Value County Agent Green has just received a telegram from Oscar Johnston, Manager Cotton Producers Pool at Washington, advising that the cotton pool is how developing a plan whereby holders of Part^tic" Trust Certificates will be able tender them to the Pool manager who would purchase the certificates and pay them the market valuJ. Mr. Green, therefore, advises holders of these certificates not to sacrifice them as they are worth current market price of cotton less ten cents per pound and small carrying charge. Details of plana of tendering and receiving disbursement* will be made public through the county newspaper* *t an early date, says Henry | D. Green, county agent. Thirteen tin mill* wer? Warren. Ohio. Wednesday after being ghat down for a month. Conditions Dreadful: in Drought Areas! Kansas City, Mo., Aug. t>.?Starv- J ing cuttle from devastated drought ureas crowded stock yards tonight almost to the bursting point. Owners rushed their remaining live stock to market as a renewed heat | wave killed hopes of life-giving rains. The Mid-West sweltered under bra-j zen skies and 100 plus temperatures. Stock yards employes worked furiously in the killing heat to handle the record shipments. Yards' facilities here, and in other important packing centers were strained to the utmost. Emaciated cattle stood packed as closely as sardines in a can. Handlers were careful to feed und water them sparingly. If allowed to eat or drink their fill, many would die in their tracks, so long had they been on famine rations. The stock yards here held 47,000 cattle tonight, of which 32,000 were commercial cattle. The others were purchased by the government, for slaughter or shipment to green pastures in. o^ther parts of the country. Combined with 8,500 calves received today, the 55,500 total is the largest in a decade. September 8, 1024, 03,701 head were received. A year ago, receipts were 0,000; a week ago, 11,000. Other large stock yards reported a simliar influx. Yet left behind on scorched ranges were thousands of cattle whose bones were being picked by buzzards. They died pitiful deaths from hunger or thirst, or were shot when they be-! came too weak to stand. No human beings have died of | thirst, but drinking water in quanti- j ties increasing daily is being hauled' for human consumption. Thirteen carloads, in serilized gasoline tank cars furnished by the government, were shipped from Kansas City by rail toduy. They went to Missouri and Kansas towns, where water supplies had dried up. In addition, more than 100.000 gallons a day are being distributed free from outlying city tire-plugs to .long lines of farmers with barrels and cans. The same condition exists' in large parts of Oklahoma, Nebraska, and others of the drought-stricken states. At least ten inches of rain will be needed to condition soil, revive the springs and wells and start streams now drying to flowing again, government experts estimate. No relief is in sight. A low pressure area blanketing the Mid-West is drawing hot dry air from the Southwest. Whether August will produce protracted heat like that of July, which i took more than 1,000 lives and damaged crops and live stock about $2,000,000,000 worth was uncertain. But ' the weather man pointed out that August, not July, usually produced the hottest weather in the Mid-West, and that good rains seldom fell during the month. Veteran Dies at Vets Hospital Walter Heyward Hawkins, age 46, died the the Veterans Hospital at five o'clock Tuesday morning in Columbia after an illness of six weeks, j A native of Richland county, Mr. j Hawkins moved to Camden about 7 : years ago to become associated with I the Wateree Cotton Mill where he j was held in high esteem by all those ! who knew him. He was a devoted 'member of the Wateree Baptist j church. He is survived by his widow, the former Miss Pearl Stack of Lexington; four children, Sarah, Hazel, Billie and Frances, all of Camden; two brothers, W. A. Hawkins, Ga<mden, Robert Hawkins, Columbia; three sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Millwood, of Lyman; Miss Hattie Hawkins, of Columbia; Miss Agnes Hawkins, of Columbia. Funeral services were held from Wateree Baptist church near here at eleven o'clock Wednesday morning, with the Rev. George Babo officiating. Interment was in the churchyard cemetery. For Confress I hereby announce myself a candidate for Congress from the Fifth District, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. A. L. WOOD Meets With Wateree The Lee County Singing Convention will met at the Wateree Baptist Church Sunday, August 12th at 2:30 P. M. All choirs and quartettes of Kershaw County and adjoining counties have a special invitation to come and be with us. We are expecting one of the best singing conventions that has ever been held in Kersbaw County. Everbody welcoim.?E. R. Hunter, Secretary of Men's Bible Class. State Enrollment Heavier Than 1930 Available enrollment returns in.li-t eated last night that approximately j 25 per cent more persons will be eligible to vote for a governor ibis year than in 1930. Official reports filed with Lane L. Hornier, secretary of the state Democratic exocutV'O committee, showed an increase of 5b,031 in the party en-j rollment in 32 of tho 40 counties as compared with the enrollment four years ago. There were 268,795 names on the books in ST> counties where 1930 en-, rollpient In the same counties numbered 213,764. Tho increase was slightly over26 per cent. Purging of the club rolls was expected to reduce the total, however, and the actual vote heretofore has usually beer, considered less than thfc enrollment. Only six of the 36 counties reported an enrollment exceeding the oversized registration rolled up in 193? and but one of tKese Vaa in the upper atate. There was no governor's race in 1932. Charleston and Barnwell in the coast country, Sumter, Richland and Fairfield in the central state and | Cherokee in the Piedmont found their prospective voters flocking to sign the books in greater numbers than in 1932 or 1930. Thirty-four of the counties surpassed their 1930 enrollments, however.. The two exceptions were Pickens, which fell 683 under Its mark of four years ago, and McCormick, which was four short. A number of lower state; counties barely exceeded their enroll- | ments of that year. , Increases over 1930 enrollment among the larger counties included: Charleston, 5,714; Greenville, 4,684; Florence, 2,422; Aiken 2,157; Sumter, 1,912 and York, 1,139. Telegraph Office To ; I Have New Tickers! For the first time in their history eight Southern and Southwestern > States will inaugurate about August 15, a comprehensive quotation service , by ticker for cotton and practically ! nl 11 other leading commodities, it was .announced today by M. L. Mays, local . manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company. ' "The South ha3 outgrown its old system of cotton tickers and Morse wire reports serving firms in only a small portion of the towns and cities ' in this section," Mr. Mays said. In place of it, a new fast quotation tick; er system will be inaugurated, providing complete service to available points in South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Oklahoma. Eryerts are at work installing the high speed ticket throughout thfc South and making ready for the inauguration of service as quickly as ' possible. Death of Robert Council Robert J. Connell, 78, native of | Lancaster county, but who has been i living here for 40 years died at his home Friday morning. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Maggie Dabney Connell, and the folj lowing children: Mrs. W. M. Uwrenee of Angier, N. C.; Mrs. S. M. ! McCa skill, .Brodus Connell, Luther ]Connell, Charlie Connell, of Camden; ! also one adopted son, Ralph Connell, I of Camden. F. R. Connell, brother, of Camden and Mrs. John Parker, of I^ancaster, sister of the deceased, also survive. Funeral services were held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at Malvern Hill Baptist church with Rev. John Littlejohn, of Bishopville, and Rev. Dabney conducting the service. Notice To Farmers K. R. McMaster, of Winnsboro was in town Wednesday representing the Debt CounciliatTon Board of Agricultural interests. He wishes people to know there is a county Board composed of: G. C. Welsh, Camden; W. T. Redfearn, Camden; T. S. Bell, Kershaw; E. T. Bo wen, Blaney; Dr. E. Z. ) Truesdale, Bethune. Farmers who have been granted loans by the Federal Ix>an Bank insufficient to satisfy creditors, can apeak to the members of the Board or write direct to Ashland Williams, Florence, S. C. for additional information. Charles P. DuBose is spending two weeks In Greenwich, Conn. Rumor Proves To Be Unfounded Rumors have been going the lounds that there is. an epidemic of typhoid , fever in the community, but investi- : gation by tins newspaper proves that there are only a few mild eases. Someone also started the report that it originated from the Saddle and Paddle Club, a favoute swimming place for young ami old ulikC| giving a3 the reason that the ownet of a tine piece of property near the head of the lake was allowing the sewerage to be dumped into the lake. A Chronicle man in company with a most reliable plumber called on the owner yesterday and found thut instead of allowing the sewerage to be dumped into the lake, there are two septic tanks- upon the property situated more than four hundred feet from the lake and the plumber who put in the system tells us that there is not a particle of waste that goes into the lake. ' While the ownersare a little peeved at these reports, they are glad to have the matter straightened out and hope that by this scare others will use as much caution as they do. As a matter of fact this property is one of the most spotless to be found anywhere and is one of the show places which natives and visitors love to look upon and The Chronicle takes pleasure in correcting this rumor. Columbia Man Kills Himself Columbia, Aug. 5.?Armed with two pistols, John K. Black, former executive of the Security Building Loan Association, of Columbia, set out yesterday apparently to uttack its ten directors, but ended by fatally wounding himself. Black fired two shots at 0. Frank Unit, Grand Master of South Carolina Ma-ons, and one of the directors, before -thrusting one of his pistols against his- own chest and firing a J bullet which penetrated his heart. Hart was unharmed by the bullets, which were fired in his office in the ; center of the business section. The Masonic leader told police he seized one pistol which Black attempted to draw from a hip pocket and was standing at a window unloading it when Black pulled qnothi/er pistol from a box under his tu'tn and fired. Hart said he ducked and the bullets missed him. With Andrew Brown, elevator operator, and L. C. Shaw, of : Columbia, a passerby who heard his I call for aid, Hart broke from the of! fice and took refuge in a room on anj other floor. Hart said he heard Black fire two more shots after they escaped. One was believed to be the bullet which took his life. He died shortly after ' noon at a local hospital. Police said tney round a letter in Black's pocket addressed to officers of the association and asserting: "In taking the Security Building & Ixjan Assiciation, that I conceived, organized, named and by hard and faithful work built up, from me you have forced me to kill myself." With the letter was a photograph of Black standing with his right arm outstretched and finger pointed as though in condemnation, and a clock in his left hand. "To your dying day when you see, hear or think of a watch or clock," the letter said, "you will realize that I am silently standing near you with outstretched hand pointing to you." At the bottom of the letter was a notation, "this letter and photograp 1 has been sent to each one above." At the top of the letter were the names of James H. Hammand, Joe W. Clark, Jr., Herbert J. Williams, Thomas Calk, A. C. Oarson, Joel E. El can, John W. Grist, A. B. Laiifcley, J. K. Mcl>aniel and Hart. Chief of Police W. H. Rawlinaon pointed out that Hart's name stood second on the ljst and that, apparently unable to locate Hammond, he went to Hart's office to "settle" with him first and then intended to search out the other persons on the list. To I>ance Tonight The former members and friends of the Official staff and present membership of the Camp are cordially invited to attend a dance to be held in the recreation hall on Friday evening, August 10, 1934. Dancing begins at 9:00 P. M. Thirteen piece professional orchestra will furnish music. Chaperones in attendance. Ventilators have been installed which will make the hall much cooler for dancing. Script 25 cento.?A. V. Smith, Company Clerk. County Enrollment Shows Loss of 531 The county Democratic executive committee met Wednesday with a fairly good attendance, the main ofjeet being to purge the club-rolls, which were accepted as turned in with a few minor additions, a few sunken olV and some transfers. A total addition of all precincts complete show that in 11)32 there were 7,779 names on the club rolls, while this year the number is 7,248? showing a los.s of 631 names. In the tabulation below Shepard appeared in 1932 with dD?this year this precinct has been abandoned and merged with Camden ami other precincts, so that the count is not given. The matter of several names being enrolled on Salt Pond club who some claim resides! in Richland county was brought up. Chairman Brasington appointed a committee of two to look into the matter. Two years ago the vote for magistrate at Cassatt and Lockhart caused r contest and the matter was finally carried to the supreme court and the supposed winner lost out by the supreme court's decision. In order to avoid any confusion this year it was ordered that two boxes be placed at these two precincts designating the township in which the voter Bhould cast his ballot. The final enrollment shows the following figures. 1932 1934 Abney 97 73 Antioch .. ..228 190 Bethune 517 484 Blaney .. .. 407 872 Buffalo ..363 319 Camden 1810 1786 Cassatt 139 140 Charlotte T 119 119 DeKalb 150 148 Doby's Mill 101 114 Enterprise 61 59 Gates Ford 104 93 Harmony 67 62 Hermitage 381 381 Kershaw 479 510 Liberty Hill 93 89 Lockhart 105 74 ; Lugoff 139 142 Ned's Creek 190 125 Oakland 58 66 Pine Tree 123 129 Rnbon's 194 161 Raley's Mill 183 119 Roland 55 92 Salt Pond 197 134 Sandy Grove 78 99 Shamrock 109 86 Shepard 69 ? Shaylor's 71 70 Swift Creek 72 96 Three C's 305 249 Twenty Creek 114 122 Wateree 389 343 Westville 4 227 201 7,779 7,248 Gillis?Matthews Mrs. Daisy Gillis announces the marriage of her daughter, Mary Elizabeth, to Mr. Mason Matthews on Wednesday, July 14. They were married at the Baptist parsonage in Camden by the Rev. J. B. Caston. Mrs. Matthews is nn honor graduate of the Charlotte Thompson high school of the class of 1982. Her charming personality and sterling qualities have won her many friends, who will regret her leaving the community. Mr. Matthews is a popular young farmer and merchant of St. Charles. He is a candidate for the House of Representatives from Lee county. After a wedding trip, the young couple will be at home at St. Charles. The Democratic state executive committee by a vote of 11 to 3, refused to accept the resignation of Mrs. Ellen >S. Woodward, as national committee-woman and left the resignation on the table subject to call. Summer School At Gates Ford On Monday morning, July 23, a summer school begun at Gates Ford school. The teachers are as follows: Miss Sue H. Hendrix, Hartsville; Primary teacher and principal: Miss Henrietta Joy, Camden; teacher of the intermediate work: and Miss Cornelia Gardner, Kershaw; teacher of the sixth and seventh grades. We take the privilege to thank the patrons of Gates Ford School for the splendid manner in which they are cooperating with the schol, by sending their children. While the attendance is very gratifying, we urge those who haven't started their children to do so at once: in order that they might get the full benefit of the summer school. Plana are being made for the improvement of school grounds, also for additional school equipments?-Ker, shaw Era.