The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 11, 1935, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6
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Taken From the Filen of The Chronicle Fifteen and Thirty Yearn A#o
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FIFTKKN YKAKS AGO
January ty, J920
Stoney Moo if and J'almer I). .Stokes
acll thmr" grocery business on Mam
street to J. IV I/4'wis.
Mrs. J H. Mayfield, mother of W.
J. MayHold <lies in Norlina, N. (
Anti-Boll Weevil Association to
hold meeting ut Court Hou?e.
C. J*. l>uBoae announces for Mayor.
Those already announcing for Aldermen
are: Ward Qne?W. L. Jackson;
Ward Four?>11. (j. Curriaon, Jr., and
K. C. Zomp; Wurd Five-- W. K. UeIxrache.
Mrs. Kuphemie Foot Whittredgc,
mother of Miss Olive and Miss KfFie
W'hittredge dies here.
Mi as Nelle 11. Wilkes has been
named census enumerator for City
of Camden.
Mrs. Sarah K. Winkler to spend
winter in Camden at Hobkirk Inn.
Douglas Fairbanks, popular screen j
actor to play in picture, "His Majes-j
ty, the American," ut The Majestic, j
Mrs. Jacob Hirsch entertains for t
Miss Henrietta Block, who is to he
married in the early spring.
Fprty thousand persons at work in
French mills, that were located by
Germans during the World War.
Sheriff Grover C. Welsh visited ;n:
"Lancaster last week.
Miss Flizabeth Carrison reruir.C
to Columbia University, whe-e
will graduate in June. il
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K. K. Hunna, of Cheraw, pi ? >. :<-nt, <
of the South Carolina P/niiuinic <
ciution, which has been bioud.-a-.t.ng .\
.the advantages of this s?at.e in! i'sili
v communities, has gone to i 'ii<-r*., Jhea 'S
i to further develop trade re.'u'. wis be-. In
/ tween thus state and that idand He M
*T t
/takes along a textile exlob ' arid one M
of canned good . l.i made by j Jar
farm women. | ko'
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THIRTY YKAKK AGO
January Id, I
Coventor I). <\ Hey ward d?*iiveis
message to Legislature.
Kershaw County's delegation
signed important position- m i^'K,s
lalive body: Hun. M. I. Smith reelected
Speaker of the JiuUse; Kcpre-I
xcntutivo J. (1. Kichaid.-k 1.1 Chairman!
of House Committee u/i hducalion,
has second' plu< e 0/i Committee of
Ways and Means, ,n,d second place I (
on Committee on J>iipen.vary; Sena-/j
tor J. T. Hoy is Chairman <>f Judic-L
lary Commit tee of Senate, alio H ^
member of Committee on t\>rpratZona, ^
on J'riviiegiw and Elections, on (he v
I'enilentia/y, on I'ena! and Charitable ^
Institutions, and on liules. ^
Frank YCiepigue, of Port Worth, v
Texas, who .-pent Chnstmas with his #
fami.y /? nas returned home. H
Miv H I- Jlaiie and g'andaon, j
Master Karl Hraxmgton have return- t
ed I iorn a VI-It III ( harlot te. They ?
wei I* a i oinpamed home by Mrs. P. E. ,
It Ic- ' f
A' January meeting of the His- L
*< i -a. Sonety L T. Mills is to read ;
/ape-- "The oldest House in Cam\
tin Investigation." tDr, I. H. ^
A o-xaiidir a I so to read a paper of (
ui-ioricai interest, he has prepared.
T>i?- tfolf team from the S>outh Car- (
,, i.i f'ollege Golf and Tennis Associ,
n, Columbia omes to Camden for
I game. Kugene McCarthy, captain !
.? play Camden's professional.
Those attending the centennial eel- '
liraHon of the South Carolina Col- '
ge this week from Camden were:
11s.ses Sue Young, .Dean Long, Jo
famlm, Alice Corbett, Jo Shannon,
u ah boykin and Meta Boykin, Al rt
Zrmp, Robert G. McCreight, Hon.
. L. (Smith, Captain William M.
lanuon, Hon. J. T. Play, T. J. Kiikkl.
E. t). Blakeney and L. A. Wibtivsky.
General News Notes'.
Ijury ai C:. r..'.w..<J acgtatud
Ka.-ton I'm !. \^? .i man tin r?
w iiu kill.-,i \J n ,ifi Smith. a former in\
.
Milan. -.i.i-::..' r;'<on the
gi ??;??. ! .... The affair
H*' "i ? I J | I 4.1.' \ .
A !i i ' , .at *.. .! origin com*
plot. i\ ,-j. ,j\. a : !( Smyrna Presbytn
iar; . :j r. building located
aht.tr tivf mi,-- u.-t of Newberry.'1
Tiit- i.g hh< .Miniated at about
*!.? >I.."HH> insurance. |
A .\o.. 11.. a up in the yard of a
\ mgm ? Anderson, and the explosion
start.Vd ihi* city. The negro had 1
been u-iag the well to dump garbage
an.I trash, and the gas formed by
i fermentation igrntod.
Mayor Owens, of Columbia, will
a-k the governmeat for 1,000 trees
removed from lands in the lower part
of the state, to be carried to the capital
city and planted there.
George IV. MdKerall is asking the
citizens of Marlon to elect him to a
sixth term as mayor, but the younger
element is strongly opposing him
with another candidate, who is named
Staekhouae. The enrollment for the
primary is 707, and it will l>o held
on January 29.
The Greenville News, and Mime
other papers published an excellent
photograph of the ruins of the Cherokee
county home ?1 hours after the
tire and in the first issue aftei ihe
tragedy. The Associated !'r? manager
at Atlanta, telephoned a Citfney
photographer to take the
graph ami sent an a:r;>hi*:c l ( ;
the undeveloped film- am!
'to Atlanta. Three cop,,.. uetv
out at once to the j,..u..
papers of the cutu.'-y
There is much m> tery irro u ding
the death M, k .roe,
/ 51, in the -. ,vv<k
Baltimore, Md. Sh. . : a wi
in her breast ..?u-.-.|
w r. / 1 1 n . 1 I ., *
ed shot.
More than I ".On ;l,.
rested in Norm i ar..';na \,V
afevl day by !m.r
W': ORU*? ;ht> ' ought and <i -played
1 ; en-.- plat.-ears.
Column Wae H. Hani-. editor or
the Chariot*e -mer. celebrated his
77th b:rh.ia> a tmv. r>ar\ on Turnt'"v
H" 1 ir-. i h.,.!:h
for .?? ?. i.u: r.as
being h. tr
I Mrs. I! Shank., a }> n-.f. \:k.
cou!.i j far:r. 1 i
mother Of a lA.p.vanl Ivy ^Tae-dLy'
In tne next room h,.r wife K,.lV0
Blocks Johnston's
Highway Program
Columbia, Jan. 8.?The senate today
confirmed Governor Blaekwod's
appointment of six state highway
commissioners including John T.
Stevens, vice-chairman whom Governor-elect
Olin D. Johnston promised
last summer to oust from office.
The senate went into executive session
for nearly half an hour and adjourned
soon afterward with an announcement
that the recess appoint-1
ments had been confirmed.
Charles (). Hearson of Spartanburg,
chairman and commissioner
from the Seventh district, was one of
I the six reappointed. Others were
Stevens, E. L. Culler of Orangeburg,
'First District; J. C. Bethea of Dillon,
Fourth; W. P. Hamrick of Columbia,
1 Fifth, and E. T. Heyward of Charleston,
Ninth.
i Attended Columbia Conference
I Six FKRA teachers with the County
organizer, Mrs. Mary M. Pearce
attended an educational conference
last week at the University of South
('arolina.
This conference was under the direction
of M iss Wil Lou Gray and
\va- conducted for the purpose of
carrying out an extensive program
of adu'.t ar.d community training dur:iar
the next few months in every
' .or. of South Carolina. W ith the
'.unity now presented there
"o'li - i,,. > excuse for South Caro
a to rank as one of the lowest t
'?a:e< itt the Union in literacy and!
"? : u :.,C cooperation of the schools,'
:.i s and . ommunities, every sec-j
of Kershaw County should be
> a -ad and classes t.hat would create
a r.ew t\pe of informed citizenship
and vominunity life organized.
i '-a adtiit teachers under the FERA
:> cam for Kershaw County are:
Mr \V. K. Del.oache, Camden; Mrs.)
!li ' .>? 11 Boykin, UugotT; Miss Gussio ;
Hough, Kervhftw; Miss Saiite Young.!
Cam.ion. RED; Miss Mary Rose- {
ouu'h. UugotT. In addition to the,
adult dases, fine work is being done'
by six agricuitural teachers, two home)
economics teachers and plans are be- j
.ng worked out for a nursery class.
There are now between seventy five 1
and a hundred pupils enrolled in the I
elates of Kershaw County and the (
negro teachers are holding regular)
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Many schools in this state postponed
the opening after the holidays
until Monday on account of the flu
epidemic.
I'VE FOUND VICKS
VA-TRO-NOL HELPS
PREVENT
COLDS' I/O
JUST A FEW DROPS '"IB
UP EACH NOSTRIL ^
r YES.. AND VICKS
VAPORUB HELPS
SHORTEN
A COLD
JUST RUB ON
THROAT L. CHEST
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Writer Describes
New Hunting Lodge
, Bv ji,.u!?h <'l,JV<>r '? Walterboro
I'rt-si rtnd Standard)
j.\ a? old "^uthem custom whenever
a m'w building is being conmructcd
tor the public to visit the
J piare to nvirk its progress from time
| mm- f'd perhapa veathre an opinf
jo/i as Hs architectural design. The
[owners expect visitors. They would
.susfM*'* a lack of interest, perhaps
even disapproval if visitors did not
eo/ne to inspect. But if one follows
this tilive-honored custom to the doors
of l^aurel Spring plantation where a
>en?ty room lodge is having the fin?hing
touches put to it, they may
e met with a sign reuding, "No Vistors
Allowed" painted in conspicuous
utters. But anyway the gateway on
vhich a tidy sum was spent is wide
>pen and the greatest architect of
hem all fashioned the wonderful oaks
vhich mark the avenue to the plantation
home. And at low tide the
light of thousands of ducks at rest
n the marshes is worth anyone's
ime. True the "No Trespass" signs
eem to outnumber the ducks but ev>n
here there is a note of distinction
or the closing sentence on each sign
ramies a note of appeal. "Please help
is protect the game."
Everyone has been busy at Laurel
Spring' plantation the past few
months, particularly the past few
weeks getting the lodge ready for
the owner, E. F. Hutton, of New York
and his friends who join him for the
opening of the hunting season. The
"No Visitors" sign was really necessary
for fresh paint was in evidence
and the interior decorator was putting
the final artistic touches to this
charming place. Outside the landscape
gardener has been at work, so
beauty reigns within and without.
The visitors from the north will see
from one direction beautiful live oaks,
spreading long arms over the green
lawns beneath them, and masses of
shrubbery against white walls. And
from the other direction they can
look on the Combahee river where
myi iads of bucks gracefully swim.
1 he first lodge, which was similar
in appearance; to this one, was destroyed
by lire early in March. The
new lodge is ,-^aid to have twenty
rooms. There is a restfulncss about
the rambling building which must
carry a great appeul to tired hunters
at tin* close of the day. It seems
to speak a cordial invitation. There
IS nothing austere in its design. The
afternoon shadows fall across lawn
and roof and one is sure that the best
view is to be obtained just at this
certain place, then moving a few feet
on. becomes equally sure that this is
the vantage point. The architects
must have found the trees very companionable
when planning the structure.
But there are pleasures even before
arriving at Laurel Spring. After entering
the gateway and traveling a
short distance, a side road leads to
a large square building. There is
nothing modern in the design. It belongs
to another period, one fast disappearing.
It made its appearance
with the first settlers. It is one of
the oldest buildings in the county.
Commonly spoken of as "the Lowndes
place," it is Oakland for many
years and until recently owned by a
Lowndes or a descendant. It fortunately
escaped the fate of most homes
<>f the days of the Confederacy, although
the story goes that the match
was set to it and it would have been
a-hes, but for the faithfulness of the
negroes from the Quarters who saw
the smoke and rushed to its defense.
Luring the Confederate War it was
u-ed as headquarters by the Federal
amy. The woodwork i< said t> be
very line. Years ago the Walterboro
folk made annual pilgrimages
to this place to gather the jape has
and jonquils for which the place was
famous. The japonieas, it is often
told, were brought here by Dr. Drayton
Grimke. a friend of the Low-ides
lamily, who often visited them. At
Horseshoe plantation. r.ea.r the Ashepoo
river. Wiiliam Ixnvndes was born.
Oakland is built of cypress and heart
pine, and unless destroyed by fire,
w ill stand for many more years, perhaps
centuries.
Most, of the plantation hemes are
now U-ing repainted and made ready
for tlu* winter and the guests that
will come for the hunting season.
Negro Arrested
On Murder Charge
Rural Officer Scale yesterday arrested
Clarence Wilson, negro. at
Uembert on a charge of murder in
connection with the death of Molly
Davis, negro woman. The woman
died in the Camden hospital on Jan- j
uary 1st as the result of infection l
from a knife wound. Wilson is alleg-'
ed to have stabbed the woman on
Christmas day at Rembert. Wilson I
was lodged in the county jail to await j
action of the grand jury.?Friday's:
Sumter Item. I
Marion county also has a wonvan
auditor now as Governor Blackwood i
this week appointed Mrs. Mae S. j
HAmlin to that position.
Corn-Hog Contract
Forms Simplified
Florence, Jan. 6.?'Simplified forms
and simplified procedure, for Uio 1936
corn-hog program, developed through
experience with details of corn-hog
adjustment during the past year, are
expected to'permit more rapid handling
of contracts and payments during
the comiivg year, says A. L. I)uUant,
extension livestock specialist,
on information from Washington.
An official application form giving
the producer's name, address, and
farming location will be provided un*
del1 the 1936 program. On this form
the producer will report any changes
from his 1934 status, aivd will state
whether he signed a contract in 1934,
whether the Jand to be covered by
contract is exactly the same as covered
by contract in 1934, and whether
he wishes to include a hog base which |
was not established under the 1934
contract.
This precedure will enable community
committeemen to speed handling
of contracts by classifying applicants
according to the work that will be
required in determining 1935 allotments.
General procedure, for pro- 1
ducers whose status or location has
not changed since 1934, will consist 1
in transferring adjusted figures from
the old contract to the new contract
and submhitting it to the producer
for signature. '
In the case of 1934 signers who
have moved to new farms or otherwise
altered their farming units, or
where changes have occurred which
necessitate a redetermination of the
corn or hog base,- the applicant will
also fill out a work sheet, giving full
details of these changes. On the :
I basis of this complete information,
committemen may then compute the
1935 corn and hog allotments and
.adjustment payments.
Complete information on the details
of ih? 1935 program will be
available to all corn and hog producers
at the community meetings to
be held later.
I Negro In Dying Wins
Title Hard Luck Ace
Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 5.?James
Beasom, 55, negro, of Summit, Tenn.,
is dead, but in dying he won the distinction
of being one of the "hard
iuck" champions of the world.
Stabbed by a negro woman early
last night Beasom was reported
bleeding to death when an ambulance
started for a Chattanooga hospital
with hi. The ambulance crashed into
another car a few miles from Summit.
Another undertaker sent his
ambulance to the rescue, but it caught
fire just out of Chattanooga and it
took still another ambulance to get
Beasom to the hospital.
At the hospital the flow of blood
was stopped and after a stimulant
Beasom set out to walk the six miles
to his home in Summit. On the highway
he was struck by an automobile
and instantly killed.
WORE CONVICT'S SUIT
Veterinarian Free After Wild Ride
a? Thugs' floatage.
Augusta, Ca., 'Dec. 29.?Released
after a wild ride through two state*
with desperate fugitives from a
chairvgang, I>r. T. M. White, Cochran,
Ga., veterinarian, appeared at the
sheriff's office here today wearing a
striped suit given him by one of his
raptors.
White had been robbed of his automobile
and a sum of money and
tied to a tree near Cathwood, S. C.,
a few miles from here. Nearly 24
hours earlier he had been abducted
by the convicts near Bacon, where
they had over-powered a guard and
fled from a road building gang.
Dr. White's wfte and two children
were forced out of the automobile.
They walked ito a farmhouse and
sounded the alarm.
A few hours after seizing the veterinarian,
the two white convicts, Albert
Allison and Guy Allen, ordered
the others, negroes, to leave them
near Jeffersonville, Ga. One of the
negro fugjtives, John Spears, was recaptured
with the aid of blodhounds.
White walked into Augusta, creating
a sensation with his striped suit,
after freeing himself from his bonds.
He was unharmed.
Lee Probate Judge Popular
Judge John M. Smith by this time
must know the marriage business,
judging from his 1934 record. He
has issued from his ofTice 341 licenses
in 1934, 123 of which were white, and
218 colored. Now the judge didn't
marry all of these couples but he did
join 236 of them. Guess if he were
a little nearer the North Carolina
line he'd be in sharp competition to
the York county .judge. Folks will
maTry.?JBishopville Messenger.
Robert Julian Dew, who died suddenly
in a movie theater at Dillon,
was in the legislature from 1916 to
1919, and was a prominent business
man and farmer at Latta. He leaves
a widow, three sons and a daughter.
The Rule Of Contrariety
The business ouj-d of P. K. Barnes
hay and straw buyer, of Hichwoo^
Ohio, is printed on, yellow bristol. On
the back appears a good deal of horn?.
ly philosophy. ^B
"Did it ever occur to you," it readijc^B
"that a man's life is full of crosses
and temptations? He comes into Um
world without his consent and goei I 1
out against his will, and the trip be-^V
tween is exceedingly rocky. TV ruk
of contraries is one of the features!
of the trip. When he is little thai
big girls kiss him; when he is big ^B
the little girls kiss him. If he is I
poor he is a bad manager; if he ij I
rich ho is dishonest. If he needs I
credit, he can't get it; if prosperoua
everyone wants to do him a favor. I
If he is in politics he is for graft; I
if he is out of politics, he is no good|
to hjs country. If he doesn't give to V
charity, he's a stingy cuss; if he does, I
it's for show. If he is actively relig. 91
ious, he is a hypocrite; if he lakes ^B
no interest in religion, he is a hard- I
ened sinner. If he gives affection,!
he is a soft specimen; if he carea|
for no one, he is cold-blooded. If'9
he dies young, there was a great fu'fl
ture before him; if he lives to an old
age, he missed his calling. ^B
"But what's the use? So long as^B
we can sell our straw we will forget
it. Life consists of one darn thingS
after another, sometimes, two. If|
you save your money, you are a|
grouch; if you spend it, you are a I
loafer; if you get it you are a graf- 9
! ter; if you don't get it you are a ^|
I bum."
i\Vhy Get Up Nighfel
Use Juniper Oil, Buchu Leaves, Etc. I
Plush out excess ncids and waste |9
matter. Get rid of bladder irritation
that causes waking up, frequent de
sire, scanty flow, burning and back-^^
I ache. Make this 25c test. Get juniper
oil, buchu leaves, etc., in little green
tablets called Bukets, the bladder lax- H
ative. In four days if not pleased
your druggist will return your 25c. I
DeKALB PHARMACY
I PENNEY'S WEEKEND HOT SHOT f|
'Tempting New Colors in II
SILK CREPE W
tf-in. width! Bargain priced! (1
47c yd. 1
It's a perfect weight, too, for so many II
purpose#. JL/uatroua and rich looking!' Kfl
And you will HW* the n<sw ... II
there are so many to choose froral II
You can't afford to miss this. |^B
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WE INVITE YOU TO SEE THE KITCHEN OF YOUR DREAMS 11
s? In this Kitchen-Coach, General Electric has installed a complete General Electric nil
S Kitchen . . . everything electric. I j
This Kitchen will be parked in front of our store all day UlS
SATURDAY, JANUARY 19 II
SSee G. E. Washing Machine Demonstration at J. C. If
Penney's Company's Store. Ill I
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Mackey Hardware Company |
G. E. DEALERS f -' |l
Telephone 21 C. . |j| I
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