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I MEET YOUR FRIENDS AT THE KERSHAW COUNTY FAIR OCTOBER 15-20
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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
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[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.
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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
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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.
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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!.
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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.
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Season ticket to Kershaw
County Fair, 50 cents. On sale
with all merchant* and at
ticket office Fair Ground* until
Wednesday, October 17th.
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