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* ' w - * . rr" ' 'i' " > ' I MEET YOUR FRIENDS AT THE KERSHAW COUNTY FAIR OCTOBER 15-20 ..... The Camden Chronicle ?'?46 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1934 NUMBER 29 l^nty^Fair Gates I Open Here Monday | ,, Couiitv Fair "?xt week-15th |2b-prumi-e? to be the best ever E Various committees from W^rZ Club and American Legion Ej working day and night to make Ea big access. the gate* of the fair open at 0 I? Monday. Season tickets are on Bi with all merchants and at the WL or ice of M> cents. A big saving Tttfcdb by Purchasin* a season Vvhibits will be received between Ifr and 7 p. m. Tuesday. The W, tflU..s will open at -1 p. m. w?Ui Emidway in full swing and the free K will Start than. Wednesday will be one of the big E 0f the fair. All school children Ethe county will assemble near the house, and will march behind Ed music and floats through Main K t0 the athletic field of the fair Eunds. Every school child will be Emitted free. The exercises will be Ea( the football field and following E wiH be daylight fireworks, after Ehich will be free midway attracEmi During the afternoon will be football game between the Blaney E Bethune high schools. Thursday will be Agricultural and irmers' Day. Judging of livestock, ,',1;rV and furm exhibits will take K; ^en. There is keen rivalry beEten the different sections of the Eunty and each is trying to put on K best exhibit. At 3 p. m. the aa d0g show, open to all of South Erolina, takes place under the manEment of Samuel Russell. KerEw county has some very fine dogs Et will compete with dogs from Eer parte of South Carolina. The Esses to be shown are pointers, setE-, spaniels (sporting), terriers, Ends. German police, pet or lap, Esceilaneous and muts. Friday is .Merchants' and ManufacB'erV Day. The merchants and Eufacturors are working hard to Ee this one of the big days of the Er That afternoon will be a footEl game between the Charleston Er.'.am.- and the Camden Bulldogs. | prom!-? .? io be a very line game) E one of t he largest crowds of Uuj Er is expected to be on hand to, E-r the Camden team, which hasj one of the best teams in South Erolina for the past ten years. ESaturday will be colored school day. El colon d school children are expectE to assemble in Camden and parade J Eth.e fair grounds, and they will also. Eve their ( xercises at the athletic; : or. the grounds. That afternoon j Eli be a football game between the. Elored high school of Camden and j u of the other colored- teams from nearby town. T V. Walsh. Jr., general chairman I j the fair, has secured the Steiner j no. well-known acrobats, who will j >e fret acts twice daily on the1 rounds. Their act's will be feats I om aerial bars, comedy and clown j Another feature of the fair will be! Et high dive of Captain "Daredevil" *c Simon, who will leap each night > 10:3b f" m the top of a 105 foot Ewer, r- k-ting through space with] i body enveloped in flames, making 1 E ar.d or.r-half turns backwards and | E'?:ng or. the flat of his back in a! E**''.g furnace of fire. bayhght {ire works in the aftcr ^r. will featured and again at Br. a ha.f-hour of fire works dis *)' w.ll take- place. Sisco's S, ?.tch Highlander Ban<l will E"'-h r\. t at the fair grounds. fte B .v H. Shows will furnish the ttna. midway attractions. This |tr.:va. (i ?[-. > here highly recomB*s<ied ar 1 !- supposed to give not j Ed dear, hows- but also attractive ( The Fi.-h and Game Association is ^ Bj?r.;r.g <?u attractive exhibit an<l j E^-have the assistance of the ForB^T A->. la'ion and C. C. C. Camp j E >rr*ngirg it. Ralph Chase has B**" made < hairman of the comimttee thexhibit and he will be j*:jt*d by quite a number of men ?o are interested in seeing that it be cr- f,f the features of the l^ey 1 "lice W. D. Whitaker will suff r.t officers on duty to F*'* tr.e parking situation and help W^r. th.- cro^H! are taxing tickgate keepers and buildings. B"*"? Peop.^ will buy season tickets E^ rnercrar,ts in order to save time in entering the ground.-. A. E. Miller, W. F. Nettles, W. M. Alexander and many others will assist Mr. Walsh in handling every situation that presents itself during tho J week. An office will be maintained | on the grounds with office help to keep things moving smoothly. Telephones will be available on the grounds. Henry D. Green, cou nty agricultural agent, as usual, is lending a helping hand in every way to make the fair a success. Mrs. Watts is also giving a lot of help in arranging the program for school children's day. I^arge crowds are expected to visit the grounds at night also, and a carnival spirit will prevail. Free acts, including trapeze artists, high diving and fire works will insure plenty of action both during the day and at night. Thousands of visitors from every section of the county are expected to visit Camden during the fair. i t - / t [Hardware Croup To Hold Meeting; Here i On Monday, October 15th, at 7 j p. m., at the Camden Hotel a group of Hardware dealers, The Hardware' Retail Dealers, will hold a meeting. This group is composed of dealers within sixt^ miles of Camden. Mr. Arthur Craig, of Charlotte* secretary of the Hardware Association of the Carolina*, will have with hint as speaker Mr. Irwin E. Douglas, of the National Retail Hardware Association. About fifty guests are expected for the meeting. Brookland-Cayce Defeat Camden 11. C.'s last minute rally defeated Camden by a scone of' 7 to 6 in a tluillijig game a/t Zenip Field. Thin 1 year the tables turned on the home team, for last year Camden defeated them by the same score. For three quart&Vs the two teams battled on almost even terms. The punting of Paris was excellent throughout the envtiro game, and served to keep the ball out of their territory. It was during the fourth period that the fireworks/-started. Branham intercepted a pa&* on about Camden's 10 yard line aind went to midfield before downed by Henison and Howell. It had been a good chiunce foir B. C. to score so close to Camden's goal, but they attempted to pann instead of driving. Camden on reaching midfield could gain no farther and jmnted, playing a safe game. Brookland received the ball and tried another pans wThich was also interc3jlrted, and the run put Camnen near the goal line. Flowers tried hard to put the biill over but failed. It waa Branham who finally made the touch<lown. The try for the extra point failed and the locals were leading 6-0. On the kickoff Crapps ran the ball for a gain of 55 yards. A couple more runs and B. C. had. scored. They tried for the extra points and made it putting the score 7-6. For Camden, Flowers and Bran- j ham were outstanding for B. C, Paris, Crapps and Henson. (7race Church Services. Services as announced by Rev. F. H. Craighill, rector of Grace Episcopal church, for Sunday, October 14, will be:r Holy Communion 8 a. m. The Rev. (j^orge H. Harris of Hagood will be fu- charge. Church school, 9:45; Men's Bible Class, 10:20. No other services. "Watchman, What of the Night? This will be the theme of the address before the Men's Bible Class of the Methodist church next Sunday mortiing. This will be in line following the message of last Sunday, "The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse, which was thoroughly enjoyed by the large attendance.. Our class is mounting up, and we are pushing for an attendance of Seventy-five for the goal. Men, turn out ancj let us make this our objective during the month of October. Come to the Lyttleton Street Methodist church at 10 a. m. ?Jack Moore, Secretary. Methodist Church Services "Dangers To Our Salvation ' will be the sermon subject next Sunday morning. Sunday school at 10 a. m., conducted by Dr. A. W. Humphries ^ superintendent, and class study wi begin at 10:20. a Subject for the evening hour will be following the one of last Sunday, I "The Tragedy of Neglect," according to C. F. Wimberly, pastor. Bishopville Plays Camden Today The Bishops ille high school foolhall team will meet the ^anulen hull dogs on Zcinp Field this afternoon at o:45 in the first elimination game of tile season. Both teams are in the Fifth District. Edward M. Shannon. .Wotfotd will referee. Admission will be adults 50 cents, school children 15 .cents. Second Week Jurors Drawn For Court Below are the names of the jurors drawn to serve the second weyk of General Sessions Court to be held here beginning, Monday, October 29th with Judge <M. M. Mann, of St. Matthews presiding: F. H. C'orbett, B. 1). Trapp, Olyn Waters, A. M. Norris, F. C. Jone^ N. R. Goodale, H. D. Horton, R. S. Marsh, 1). S. Murchison, D. K. Stokes, of Camden; R. T. Anderson, L. B. Tidwell, R. C. McCoy, of Cassett; D. Eubanks, W. E. Jones, L. K. Varborough, of Bethune; H. D. Boykin, C. B. Thompson, of Boykin; T. G. Sessions, J. D. Price, of BLaney; John R. Welsh, of Jefferson; J. A. Whitley, Bill Morton, H. W. Baker, A. B. Kelley, E. S. Williams, T. L. Catoe, A. T. Gardner, T. B. Fletcher, Samuel Hunter, Arthur Jordan, W. T. Broughton, of Kershaw; E. T. Truesdale, Robert Watts, Douglas Arledge, of Lugoff; Willie F. Huckabee, of Ridgeway. To Meet With Wayside The Lee County Singing Convention will meet with Wayside Baptist church in its one hundred and tenth session on Sunday, October 14th, at 2:30 p. m. We extend a cordial invitation to all choirs and singers to meet with us and take part in the exercises. The church is about five miles from Bishopville, two miles off highways No. 401 and No. 34, going north turn to the right at Shannon Hill. A warm welcome to all.?L. A. Moore, President. Antioch Church To Call Pastor All members are urged to be present on the third Sunday in October,] being the 21st, at 10 o'clock, for the, purpose of re-organizing the Sunday! school and calling a pastor for the! coming year at Antioch Baptist' church.? Harvey Davis, Chairman. ] Rev. Woodward Pastor At Lugoff Rev. C. L. Woodward, of Smoaks, has been called to fill the--West Wateree charge. Five churches are in this charge. Rev. W. S. Gardner,, who has accepted a church at Clinton ! was formerly pastor of this charge at LugofT. Demonstration Club Met The Lugoff home demonstration club held its regular meeting Tues- j day, October 2nd. at the home demon-, stration community house with seven-: teen members and three visitors | present. There was a timely talk by | H. Granade, agriculture teacher on , "Ftgjdlng Hens For More Eggs." "fib next meeting will be held , November 6th at 3 o'clock. . The talk will be on "Exterior Beautification." j To Serve Supper The Charlotte Thompson Parent-1 Teacher Association will have a hot supper benefit at the ( harlotte j Thompson school Friday, October 12, j beginning at 7:30 o'clock. Charge per plate will 25 cents. Workman Appointed Westville Postmaster V. Nye Woikman this week re-1 ceived his appointment as regular. postmaster at Westville. He has been j acting postmaster, since the death; of R. Luther Bell, who served as j postmaster at this office most ef- | ficiently for 44 years. Mr. Workman is a young gentle-] man of unquestionable morals and serves the public with greatest pleas-j ure. He is in every way worthy of the confidence and respect of the j public. A Sermon To Women On Sunday evening, October 14, at the First Baptist church the pastor. J. B. Caston. will preach on the "New Woman." Morning subject. "Yhe Value of Religion." Sunday school, at 10 o'clock with C. O. Stogner, superintendent, in charge. Midweek service Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening at 7. The women and girls are especially urged to attend the evening service. Some of the problems and duties of woman in her new day of freedom will be discussed. The public is cordially invited to attend all the services of this church. Camden's Haiglar Theatre To Open ! The newly constructed auditorium Jin Oannlen's opera house has been leased to T. Lee Little, who for mauy sears operated the Majestic Theatre here, and who will open a motion picWire theatre there on Monday, November 5. s ^ t Mr. Little operated motion picture houses in Camden for IP years. His knowledge of the business and of the demands of the public here in pictured peculiarly tit him for the operation of this theatre. He tells the Chronicle thai he has already contracted for a line of the very be^t screen attractions for the comifig months. Tn addition to the motion pictures Mr. Little is arranging for stage shows, including musical comedies, vaudeville, etc. during the season, the auditorium being adapted to stuge performances as well as to screen shows. The name "Haiglar Theatre" chosen by Mr. Little is indeed apropos. It is taken from the effigy of King Haiglar. which for many years has j stood atop the Camden Opera House here. King Haiglar was a noted Indian Chief of the Catawba Tribe i and a warm friend of the early setrtlers of Camden, then known as Pine Tree Hill. His effigy, cut from copper in the form of a weather vane, has seen much of Camden's history j unfolded. J The auditorium, one of the most modern in the state, lias a seating capacity of six hundred. The gallery will bo reserved for colored people. With the opening of this theatre Camden, will have two motion picture houses. Opera House Now A Modern Theatre Many different rumors have been J going the rounds with reference to. the cost incurred by the City of Cam-1 den in the remodeling of the opera house and the city fathers have furnished us with the facts in order that the people may know definitely just j what Camden has had to pay. All the labor-01^ the project was I furnished by the Civil Works Administration and the Federal Kmergency Relief Administration, the work having'been begun by the C. W. A. and completed by the F. K. R. A. The] city furnished the material, including1 all lighting fixtures, etc., and the ex-1 pense to the city was $0,692.12. This amount does not include the seats for the auditorium which, under contract with the lessee, are to be furnished by him. This was one of the most worthwhile projects undertaken by the C. W. A. and F. K. R. A. in Kershaw county. Camden's opera house, buiit in the early '80s and therefore being fifty years old, was badly in need of tepairs. The architecture of the old landmark was left intact. It is a well-constructed building and all of the work done was in renovating it, changing and remodeling its interior and providing the handsome auditorium that the city now has. The old auditorium served for many years as a public gathering place, and it is most fortunate that the city officials were able to interest the Relief Administration in its remodeling. Cotton Linned In County There were 2,927 bales of cotton, counting round as half bales, ginned ir. Kershaw county, from the crop of l'J.'.-l, prior to October 1, 19.'M, as compared with 0.525 bales ginned to October 1, 1922, reports (). R. S. Pool, -pecial agent for the Bureau of the Census. Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church i ' There will be services at the Mt. P:-g;ih Baptist church next lord's Day as follows: Bible school at 10 a. m.; church worship at 11 a. m. The sermon theme will be, "One's Attitude Before a I.arge Task." The B. Y. P. U.'s will meet at the usual time. The public is most cordially invited to worship with us.?Luther Knight, Pastor. Bothesda Church .Services Presbyterian church services Sunday, October 1-1. A Douglas McArn, pastor announces Church school 10 a m. This Sunday is Rally and Promotion Day in the church school. A special program has been arranged and it is hoped that every person in the church will attend. An offering ' will be taken for Sabbath .School Extension work in the south. Morning worahip 11:15 with anthem and sermon. No junior club this week. The public is cordially invited to these services. Visit The State Fair October 22-27 Columbia, Oct. 10.?It is natural to look with bright eyes on forthcoming (events, and so it is not unusual that the Officials of the State Fair would be optimistic about the 11KM Fair, which will bo held October 22-27. This year even the gloomiest eyes would see that the Fair promises to be an extraordinarily good ont^ both from an educational and entertaining standpoint. The demand for exhibit space has been the best in years. TTie fair is expecting a great attendance ami is warranted in reaching this conelusion. During the year improvements have been made including a fence entirely around the property. The old football stands of wood have been torn away and in the stead on " different iocation, just beyond the race track?has a sen a modern steel and concrete stai. uin seating 18.000 persons. This will be used for the Carolina-Clemson Classic at high noon Thursday, October 2;>th. 1 he old space will be used for expansion of the Midway, which by the way. will be the biggest cVer brought to the Fair. Special attention is being called to the electric display sponsored by the Railroad Commission. It is noncommercial and is designer! to show the advantages of rural electrification. A headliner will be the House of Magic, which will come direct from the World's Fair, Chicago, and will j be shown'in the South for the first time in Columbia. This alone will be worth the price of admission. Kvery hit of space in the Steel Building will be used this year. Quite a contrast to what it was last year. The Fair is the "Meeting Place" of South Carolina and it looks as if there will be more people to meet them ever before. The fact that the premium money all goes to South Carolinians has stimulated interest in entries arid those exhibiting will no longer compete with what might be termed professionals. Young Man Loses Life I Trouble in his automobile at 10:30, [yesterday morning caused an acci-' dent which .resulted in the death of Oscar Homsby, 28, who lived 15 j miles from Columbia on the 1 Vivien 1 road. Homsby and his brother were en route to visit friend3 in the Messcrs Mill section. While traveling a i county rojid some distance from their destination the radiuj rod or. their car came detached and the j driver, Oscar Homsby himiself, lost. control and the vehicle ran into a ' tree. Jigg* Homsby his brother, I who was riding with him, was inj jured only slightly. The .victim had made his homo in th f community whero ho lived for eight years. He was a farm err and of many good trails of character. Hi - many friends will be grieved to i leant of his death. Surviving him are his father, .James I Holr.sfoy; four sisters, Mrs. Jamie ! Dinkins of IVjntiac, Mrs. Helen ' Branhum, Mis* Lizzie Mario Homsby. both of Blaney, and Mrs.'Johnny Branham of Lugoff; two brothers, t Luther Homsby *xf Columbia and Jiggs Homsby of Richland county. Funeral service* will be held froora | the residence at 3 o'clock th;s afternoon conducted by the Rev. Mr. Woodard of Lugoff. Interment will be ir. the Kelly cemetery near Ponac. Coroner John A. Sargearvt, who invest i gated the death with Sheriff T Alex Heise f|r.d Deputy - Sheriff Wade H. Rawlmaon, ajuyntneed that r o inquest would be held.?Monday' i State. % Hot Supper At Lugoff On Friday, October 12th there will be a hot supper served by ladies of the church at the parsonage, near the home of Pari Truesdale, Lugoff. Supper will be served from 7:30 to 10 o'clock and a small sum charged per plate. All proceeds will go for the remodeling of the parsonage of 1 the West Wateree charge. The public is most cordially invited. To Have Demonstration For one week beginning Monday, October 15th there will be held at The Camden Furniture Company a demonstration of Majestic Ranges. Mr. Arthur Smith, the proprietor especially invites all the ladies of the county to come in and inspect these up-to-the ftiinute ranges. Have Flower Exhibit At Local County Fair The premium list for the Flower Exhibit failed to appear in the Fair Premium hook for the Kershaw t'ouhty Fair duo to the rush of time. Tire following prizes will be given: Best Collection Roses-?First, $I.IH); second, 50 cents; third, ribbon. Best Collection Petunias ? ? First, $1.00; second, 50 cents; third, ribbon. Best Collection Chrysanthemums? Fir^t $1.00; second, 50 cents; third, ribbon. Best Collection Zinnias ?First, $1.00; second, 50 cents; third, ribbon. Best Collection Snap Dragons First, $1.00; aecond| f>0 cents;, third, ribbon. ' Best Collection Batcbelor's Buttons ?.First, $1.00; second, 50 cents; third, ^ ribbon. Most Artistic Basket Flowers ? First, $1.00; second. 50 cents, third,ribboi!. 4 Best Display Dahlias?First, $1.00; second, 50 cents; third, ribbon. Game And Fish Zones A Constitutional amendment is tif be voted on the November general election authorizing the legislature to divide the state into several game and fish zones, and to enact suitable laws for the several zones. The South Carolina Game and Fish Association has for several years advocated the zoning of the state, and at a recent meeting of its Executive i CoiYimittee it was decided that the Association should use the full weight of its influence in helping to obtain a favorable vote on this question in November. At present under, out state constitution a)l game and fish laws must be of a statewide nature. However, individual counties have the right to exempt themselves from the provisions of such measures, and, as a result, our game and fish laws, in many instances, resemble a patch-work quilt and are difficult to enforce. It is a generally accepted fact that game and fish conditions'are entirely different in the Piedmont from what they are in the Low Country, and, to a certain extent, conditions in the central part of the state are again different from those in both the Piedmont and the Low Country. Game and fish laws should be in accordance with condition in the territory to which they apply, and this is practically impossible if the laws are to be same over the entire state. 'I he right for individual counties to exempt themselves from the general laws is confusing and disrupting to law enforcement. Open and closed seasons, and bag limits, suitable for the Low Country are entirely unsuitable for the Piedmont, and vica versa. The only sensible thing is to have laws that are suitable and acceptable to every section of the state, and the only, way in which this can be accomplished is to divide the state into game and fish zones. Then it would be to the interest of the Low Country to assist the Piedmont in getting proper laws for their zone, and in turn it would be of interest to the Piedmont to see that the Low Country and the central part of the state got the laws that they desired. This year there will be very little interest taken in the general election, and the officials of this association urge every member not only vote in favor of this amendment, but that they in turn urge others to vote likewise. This is one of the most important forward steps in the improvement of our game and fish affairs that has yet taken place, and it is up to the hunters and fishermen of the state to exert every efln5rt toward the passage of this amendment. Therefore the officers of the South Carolina Game and Fish Association earnestly ask that all sportsmen who are interested in the welfare of the game and fish of our state take the trouble to go to the poLls next month and to vote "Yes" on the question of \ dividing the state into game and fish zones. Supper at 4-H Club The Men's Bible Class of Lyttleton Street Methodist church gave a chicken stew supper at the 4-H club houae, near Lake Shamokin on last Friday night. Around sixty members were present and enjoyed the social affair of their class. 18e%*on ticket to Kershaw ^Aty Fair, SO cents. On sale all merchants and at J** office Fair C. rounds until w*i*sday, October 17th. L / mlAJt * ? ? Season ticket to Kershaw County Fair, 50 cents. On sale with all merchant* and at ticket office Fair Ground* until Wednesday, October 17th. ' f- ~ ? TTTttr*1"'^l^a'rAii^i.Yii'* ri" _ "...