Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CDFfT A T F?r FRIDAY and Or hllAL SATURDAY POT ROAST BEEF, lb. .'.It..!...,, 18c VEAL CHOPS, lb. ? 15c REGULAR HAM, lb. 23c LAMB STEW, 3 lb. 25c .. " BEEF STEW, 3 lb* 25c BEEF LIVER, 2 lb?. ? . 37c Empire Market DeKalb Street Opposite Poatoffice * Boy tpnl'esses Setting Fires Jessie Deigardo, alias Jesse (?raf, 1ft-year-old Baltimore, Md., boy, who yesterday confessed. to Sumter ofFicera that he set tire to the Kuker building and the Colonial Theatre in Florence on October Oth, was held in the city guard houso here this morning for Florence officers. The boy will be turned over to Florence officers who are expected here sometime today. Pelgardo was picked up as a suspicious character early yesterday morning by city officer A. C. Carrigan. Tho officer found a quantity of merchandise from the Kress five and ten cent store on Deigardo. After* being questioned*for sometime the boy confessed robbing the Kress store here Thursday night. He led the officer to the place where he had hidden about $25 worth of merchandise from the store. Yesterday morning Deigardo was j questioned at some length by special officer J. H. Forbos. The boy told of his life in Baltimore and admitted j setting fire to an automobile garage I and two haystacks, for which he was r sent to the Maryland Training School I in 1D33. He was released on proba- j tion, he said, in May, 1934. Deigardo also told the officer he was in Florence at the -time of the fire in tho Kuker building which caused an estimated damage of $50,000. The fire in the Colonial Theatre caused only slight damage. Deigardo said he was held in Florence for several days af tor the tire for questioning, but was finally released when the authorities became convinced he had nothing to do with it. Yesterday morning'Deigardo denied that ho set fire in Florence. Shortly after four o'clock yesterday afternoon Deigardo was questioned by special Officer J. D. Chandler who was later joined by Forbes. At this time Deigardo stated he was ? ready to tell the true story of the fire. City Manager J. A. Raffield was called in to take down the confession, which was as follows: State of South Carolina County of Sumter Personally appeared before me Jesse Deigardo, ulias Jesse Graf, who . being, duly sworn says: "I am 1<> years old; born in Washington, I>. C. My mother and stepfather, Louis R. Graf, now reside at J Box 502, Arbutus Avenue Knglish Consul, Baltimore, Md. When eleven years old I set fire , to an automobile garage, and in 1933 I set fire to two hay stacks, one in the morning and one in the after- : noon. All of these fires in the su- : burbs of Baltimore a few blocks of my home. I was sent to the Maryland Training School at Loch Raven, Md., and i released in May, 1934, on probation. ( i I arrived in Florence. S.C., on C)c- : i tober 4, 1934, and slept that night at the Colonial Theatre at Florence, S. C. 1 slept the following night, Oc- < tober 5, at the Colonial Theatre. I 1 1 left the theatre at five o'clock on Saturday moving, October 6. I went to the Atlantic Coast Line passenger ] station and there I got washed and I cleaned up. And then I came back to the Colonial Theatre and from there I went around to corner drug store. I went upstairs until I came , To a long hall. I found a hole in Jhe , wall, a cardboard wall. This hole had a patch over it. I went on down to end of hall, there was a tailor shop. Up above this tailor shop was a sign to show it was a tailor shop. I took this sign and brought it back to the hole in the wall where I tore the patch off the wall. The sign was a paper sign. I s-truch a match and lit this sign and stuck the lighted paper through the hole. The hole was about four feet from the floor. The lighted paper dropped between two walls, one of which was of wall board and the other of wood. The space was about six inches wide. , I saw the fire was burning before I left. I found a lot of old papers between the walls. A soon a< I saw the fir" wa* burn- i ing I ran down the hall, went down | the steps which led to the stYoet. This was around the cornor .from the | theatre towards the railroad station. From here I went back to the Colonial Theatre. This was about fi:3(). 1 went up the alley alongside of the theatre which leads to police station. I went in the side door of the Colonial Theatre which leads to the stage and there 1 saw a cardboard box filled with paper. The box was about , three feet high. I turned the box ( over and set fire to the paper inside. < I started hack to the door and jlist 1 as I got outside I heard the fire engines coming to the fire over the drug i store that I had already set. I ran to the street -to see how much fire was burning. When I reached ( the street the whole roof was on fire. I make this statement of my own i free will and accord without any threat or hope of reward, in the pres- . ence of J. I). Chandler, J. H. Forbes and .1. A. RafTield. i (Signed) Jesse T. Delgardo." ; Ihitod at Sumter, S. (\, this 13th ; lay of October, 1P3-1. Sworn to be- ] fore me this 12th day of October, 11)3-4. | J. A. RafTield, ] S'otary Public for South Carolina.? ] Sumter Item. Zoo (,'Ocs On Market At Birmingham Birmingham, Ala., Oct 8.?For ^alc: One zoo. Apply to the city commission for animals ranging from an elephant to a llama. As an economy measure designed to save $4,000 annually, the city commission voted today ttf&abolish Avondale zoo, a favorite redezvous of Birmingham children for years. Value of the zoo's inhabitants was placed at $4,242.65, with "Miss Fancy," the elephant, estimated to be worth $8,000, holding the "bulk" of the figure. 1 1 4TV* Admit Buying Passports New Orleans, Oct. 15.?Four Yugoslavian brothers admitted today .that they paid four men closely connect* 1 with the United States consulate at Zagreb, capital of Slavonia, $200 apiece for false passports with \M^ich to enter the United States. Worm* Destroy Cottle Orangeburg, Oct. 10.?The screw worm, an insect pest, heretofore tinknown in this section, is doing considerable damage to cattle and other animals. Within the past week veterinarians have ordered killed a number of western beef cattle brought into the state recently, suffering advanced stages from the attack of the worms. Other of these cattle are being brought Into pens from pastures to undergo treatment. Authorities say the worm has attacked not only cattle, but dogs,' horses and dairy stock. The worm is hatched froip the egg of a new variety of blow fly. The eggs are deposited in fr^sh blood or fresh wounds, and the worm attacks the Jive flesh, boring downward in a screw-like manner, continuously, apd destroying the tissue." Bridge Battle On London, Oct 14.?-In what is touted to become a "battle of systems" an American bridge team headed by Ely Oulbertson started its defense of the Charles M. Schwab trophy Monday afternoon, beginning a 300 board match against an English team led by Colonel Q. G, J. Walshe. LOCAL COUNTY FAIR HAS GOOD EXHIBITS (Continued from page one) oi)j? showed that there is talfent in the young people of our schools. cThe Home Economics Department of the city school had an exhibit of pillows, dresses, canned goods, and other articles they had made so far this term. The County Agent's booth was stressing the planting of legumes, followed by cotton and corn and how the farmer in this way can save on his fertilizer bill and still urdw^sjK" perior crops. ?? The K^fshaw County Forestry Association and the Fish and Game Association so closely aligned had one booth, both urging gbeat protection from tires, that destroy the game, dry up the streams, and kill the virgin timber. Many mounted deer heads, fox, birds, fish and two live snakes, interested the youngsters. A.11 specimens came from the forests of this state. In the chicken exhibits there were: Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks, White Leghorns, Games, Minorcas, Bantams, Ducks, Pheasants and Pig-1 eons had their place also. . I The dairy class, with cows and bulls, of Jersey and Guernsey breeds j held the attention and admiration of the boys and men especially. In the same building were fine samples of the peas, corn, wheat and other grain and feeds raised by county farmers. Many Poland China and Hampshire hogs, some of exceptionally fine types were shown. The Merchants exhibits showed much work and time given in the arrangement of their goods. Redfearn Motor Company displaying Fords and having one with all the working parts showing was the attraction for those liking machinery. They won ' first prize. Second prize went to The Arcadian Nitrate Company booth, displayitfg its wares in an attractive manner. Many tried-their luck atguessing the beans in the bot/tle and also shooting the arrow at <the bullseye. Prizes are to be Arcadian Ni-t trate fertilizer. Third prize went to Coco Cola, that refreshing drink, a table set for four >howed how Coco Cola can be served most temptingly as a beverage for a party. Other merchant^ stressing some nationally advertised goods were: Mackey's General Electric display; John S. Davidson's Texaco booth; W. F. Nettles, showing Stewart-Warner radios; The Camden Furniture Comp- ' any was telling the world of the many fine points of At water-Kent products. Vieing with the Ford display was Lhe Chevrolet boorth, arranged in a ovely setting and having one of their latest models on hand. Burns & Barrett had a display of lardware of the best makes. They had n toy engine made of hardware articles, looking very realistic as if Santa Claus had just been there. Sheorn's with what the yong man should wear, and Eichel's Department Store in a like manner showed what [he young lady will be wearing this fall were most attractive. Making one think of winter, on *uvh a lovely day, was the attractive booth of McLeod-McLauchlin, advisng one to put in their winter supply of fuel. Also they stressed the advantages of u?ing ice for refrigeration purposes. The Camden Floral Company had 4 beautiful display of hot house flowers arranged against a background of green, bringing out all fche lovely -a\ors of the rainbow, of the chry;anthemums, carnations, lilies and other flowers. As soon as we can get the list of orize winners we will publish the lames in the Chronicle. If you have not visited the county 'air thus far, do so today. The Amercan Legion and Shrine Club have riven the people of Kershaw county i most instructive as well as enteraining program. 4 The Central Service Station Invites the people of Camden and Kershaw county to visit this new and uptodate Station for their needs in car servicing, gasoline, oils. Distributors of SINCLAIR Products The Central Service Station W. T. REDFEARN, Proprietor BILL OWENS, CHARLIE DeLOACHE Day Manager. Night Manager. ? 24 Hour Service Telephone 148 Newspaper Oddities Given By McKissick mm f tumorous oddities from the newspapers were presented before the Klwania club yesterday by J. Kion McKissick, de^n of ?the school of journalism at the University of South Carolina, in a luncheon program presented by the publicity committee of the organization at a luncheon meeting at Hose Mary Tea Room. . Among Dean , McKissick's quotations from the pre** were: From a negro paper, 44Mrs. Ruby Hack is here to attend , the funeral of her aunt. Many other social courtesies are being extended to her." And also, "Born to Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Miller, a grand son." , From a South Carolina "county paper, "The Woman's Missionary Society met Wednesday evening with Mrs. . Miss Minerva ?- read a paper on 'Personal Devils.' Sixteen were present." An example of what happens when the printer gets the type mixed, "Mrs. George ?, who 'gave birth to a nine-year-old daughter, is reported as getting along fine. A. J. 1? of Farley, who suffered.a broken leg ic the same accident, is recovering." From a laundry advertisement, "We do not tear your clothes with machinery. We do it carefully by hand."? Wednesday's State. Bolivia Proposes Peace Conditions ' K Geneva, Oct. 15.?-Bolivia submit* * Mi* ted a counter-proposal to the League of Nations today for settlement of her war with Paraguay. She recommended that the dispute be ended by conciliation or juridical arbitration, to be reached through compromise, and also asked: Simultaneous guarantees of recip- ( rocal security, like demobilization and reduction of armed forces; Liberty of navigation, de-militarization and all other measures the arbitrators judge necessary for the establishment of a permanent peace between Bolivia and Paraguay." U M L. G. Eskridge saying he had attended the Carolina-Clemson football game during the State Fair every year for the last 30 years?and it has never rained during the day of the game. Mr. Eskridge has been a citizen of Newberry for 35 years and has taken an active part in promoting the best interests of the town.? Newberry Observei. I Mil ' I South Carolina Wins Association Cup " " On display at The Hotter Company, is a beautifully engraved silver cup two feet high, which was won by the South Carolina Association of Insurance Agents for the year 1934, they having shown the greatest increase in paid-up memberships of any in the United States. R; M.* Kennedy, Jr? is the state president, therefore it was- sent to him to be engraved wi-th the state officers names and retained for a period of one year. It will be sent to other South Carolina agent's for display also. This cup was bought in 1918 \>y the National Association of Insurance Agen.ts and engraved in the center of the front is the following: "National Association of Insurance Agents, The President's Cup, presented annually to the State Association showing the greatest increase in paid memberships." It has been won for the years 1918 to 1934 by Georgia, 191&; Minnesota, 1919; Oklahoma, 1920; Rhode Island, 1921; Michigan, 1922; California, 1923; Pennsylvania, 1924; Florida, 1925; Florida, 1926; Kansas, 1927; New Hampshire, 1928; Vermont, 1929; , 1930; Nebraska, 1931; Washington, 1932; California, 1933; South Carolina, 1934. ^ Other officers besides Mr. Kennedy are: James M. Green, of Orangeburg, vice-president; James H. Woodside, of Greenville, secretary-treasurer; J. F. Stuckey, of Bishopville, executive secretary. Gin Tickets For Sale We have a few of the National Pool gin certificates for sale at 4 cent per pound. These can be had by applying to the county agent's office. Settlement for these must be made by certified check, bank draft or P. 0. Money Order to "Certificate Pool Manager" says Henry D. Green, j County Agent. President Laughs At Inflation * Washington, Oct. 12.?-President* Roosevelt at hi* press conference Friday laughed off conflicting reports that further devaluation of the dollar or some other inflationary st . p was in prospect. The President said he had talked Thursday with Senator Bulkley (Democrat, Ohio) aboy?t several Ohio matters, but never was the subject of inflation, deflation^ or monetary policy in-any form mentioned. Asked if there was anykhange contemplated in the administration'* gold policy, the President laughingly replied he was neither a prestidigitator nor *n astrologist. President Roosevelt said Friday that Secretaries Hull and Morgenthau had agreed on a reply to China'* protect against the administration's silver purchase program, and that it would be m^de public simultaneously in the country and China after the secretary of state had conferred with Chinese Minister here, John >D. Rockefeller, Sr., 95, is now at his winter home at Ormond Beach, Fla., for the -winter. rrrr* ^ y ' ' ?'T 1,1 CLIFTON B. McFARLAND t- ' * Civil Engineer and surveyor / .y* :. ' ' Office Rhone 374 Residence lkhune 34:j-j camden, 8. c, * ^ - fc. t% i . - M BATTLE CREEK SAVITA YEAST TABLETS Here's a bargain! Get acquainted with the wonderful health benefits accruing from the use of Savita -'fl Yeast Tablets. Three I I, tablets equal in vitamin JILIL B to one cake racist fl .baker's yeast. T b f iiRiiii n i I mm ?e^nnniiiu.w ? a ?^ savita Bi MMMMMh! HKI DeKalb Pharmacy 4 The Rexall Store Phone 95. We Deliver. I UJ???.y. ? . I ?-???? ?mr? M Wateree Building and Loan Association 1 | | AUTHORIZED CAPITAL $1,200,000.00 j FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING I | CAMDEN, S. C. 411^ I Condensed Statement of condition as reported to Federal Home Loan Bank of Winston-Salem, N. C., at the close of business August 31,-1934. J \ STATEMENT a;;* RESOURCES I First National Bank $ 6,871.94 H Bond Account : _ 7,200.00 i Federal Home Loan Bank Stock 2,500.00 ! Real Estate Owned 28,473.09 H Accounts Receivable 1,717.77 Loans, Mortgages and Bonds 208,460.?6 Interest Earned But Not Collected 3,539.22 H . . $258,762.58 * j " ' LIABILITIES Capital Stock (Dues Paid) $ 90,814.00 a Bills Payable 29,850.00 Advances by Federal Home Loan Bank 19,080.00 ! Full Paid Shares 83,300.00 Accounts Payable 2,216.80 ? Reserve Fund 12,000.00 ! Undivided Profits 21,501.78 | Attest Correct: $258,762.58 ! L. L. WALLNAU HUGHEY TINDAL L. A. WITTKOWSKY Auditing Committee David Wolfe, President Lewis L. Clyburn, Secretary & Treasurer - -B S. W. VanLandingharrt, Vice-PresidenL . L. A. Wittkowsky, Solicitor David Wolfe J. P. Lewis L. A. Wittkowsky S. W. VanLandingham t SAFE ^ j c-, " . ' -, t ' - DIRECTORS Henry Savage, Jr. Hughey Tindal Lewis L. Clyburn SOUND ii C. J. Shannon, Jr. ^-M. H. Heyman I<-^R "John T. Nettles Shelby Truesdale I I SOLVENT II