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The Camden chronicle VOLUME 47 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1935 NUMBER 17 Veterans Reunion Lfcte This Month ^u(Jse Isaac F. Holland, one of the jevv confederate Veterans from this county, requests UH to publish the Information found below relative to the reunion to be held In Columbia on July 30, 31, and August 1. Judge Holland i? the oldest living Confederate veteran in this county and also t thought to be the oldest resident of jj the county. He will be 96 years of jtge on the third day of December. He is still able to get around town ? and expects to attend the Columbia reunion: ' -Arangements are practically complete for what promises to be the greatest reunion held by the Confederate Veterans of South Carolina In many years, according to announcements by Enoch Smith, General chairman. "Chairman Smith has secured the magnificent buildings of the University of South Carolina for the occasion. As at the last reunion which was held In Columbia, the veterans and their attendants will be quartered in the buildings on the University r <Cami>us and the ladies In the Woman's building on Pickens street. The meals will be served at Steward's Hall and the meetings will be held In the gorgeous Drayton Hall. "Special Invitations have been extended to the presidents of all U. D. C. Chapters in the state to attend the reunion as guests, according to gen' eral chairman Smith. They are also asked to assist Pulmetto Camp, host of the reunion, in notifying veterans, sisters and widows of veterans, of tin- date and place of the reunion, said Mr. Smith. All of these, with necessary attendants, will be entertained as guests. "Columbia, your Capital City, joins Palmetto Camp in inviting you to the forty-fourth Annual Reunion. ^Altogether this will be a most delightful experience. Comfortable quarters, elegant meals, band concerts, songs you like, Informal receptions, short snappy speeches. "In addition to the many pleasing events planned for your entertainl TQent you may enjoy special events: I "Recreation?In the beautiful Uni[ wslty campus?visiting the many historical buildings,?the University library, oldest University library in America, the World War Memorial Building. Sightseeing?A scenic motor ride over Columbia and environs?calling at Lake Murray Dam, the Confederate Home, Veterans Hospital, and other places." Camden Man Is Member Of Project A. Stanley Llewellyn has been notified by Mayor Burnet R. Maybank, of Charleston, to attend a meeting of the state Santee-Cooper authority of which he Is a member. The project was approved by President Roosevelt Monday on condition that the Public Works Administration is furnished satisfactory evidence of the constitutionality of the act "Creating the authority. U* power to Issue bonds and Its right to construct and operate the project. Mayor Maybank said that the stipulation that labor used for the construction of the dam come from the counties in the state in proportion to the number of persons on relief rolls would bo adhered to strictly. -It is expected that work will comroence on the project within sixty days. Baptist Church Services The following services are announced for week begining July 21st at the First Baptist church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock with C. O. Stogner, superintendent in charge. Public worship conducted by pastor, J. B. Caston at 11:16 a. m. and X;30 p. m. Morning subject: "The pandering Boy." Evening subject: "Gods' call To The Lost." B. Y. P. U. Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Prayerjnceting Wednesday evening at 8:30. he public is cordially Invited to atlend all the services of this church. Grave Markers For Veterans Free The American Legion Post of CamJ"14 is endeavoring to have the grave every Veteran, White or Colored, nried jn Kershaw county marked VW ^ hoa(,8t?ne. This applies to *"rans of the World War, SpanishAmerican and Civil War. If there 6 u "marked graves and some infested person or member of the ?lly win apply to the Service Ofr? M. m. Reasonover, he will asin securing the headstone for the ***** Veteran. ? *- -r H. Kemper Cooke Dies In Conway Conway. July K.-Daath lo.lay had ended the tempestuous career of Htate Senator H. Kemper Cooke, self styled Backwoods Statesman" and a former candidate for governor, wj,0 for five years was a stormy figure In state politics. Cooke died late lust night In a hospital here of Injuries suffered In a highway accident last Sunday. The 69-year-old Horry county legislator was helping a fellow motorist to push his car along the highway when another car struck him. In 1933 Cooke waged an all-night fllbuster In the senate against the election of two circuit judges before their salaries were fixed. Later In the session he charged that "ring rule" dominated state politics and the senate gave him 20 days to prove his charges. He claimed he was ready when the time came but was never called upon. In 1934 he made the assertion on the floor that some legislators made "as high as $1,000 in hotels." He faced expulsion for his utterances at a formal trial before the senate, but the chamber declined to go to the extreme of expelling him as some members advocated. The stocky, militant farmer-legislator fought throughout his terms in the legislature against what he viewed as extravagances in state government, with a richness, of vocabulary and a wealth of scriptural and rustic illustrations that alternately stirred some of his colleagues to laughter or anger. In 1934 he ended up fifth In a field of eight running for the governorship. Wallace Floyd, young Fairmont, N. C., automobile salesman whose c^r hit the legislator, was held In the county Jail here pending a complete investigation. Death Of Mr. Oliver ^ Tyre Wade Oliver, 51, died at the Camden hospital at an( early hour Thursday morning after a two weeks illness. Mr. Oliver was a native of Robeson county, North Carolina, and had made his home for the past eight years in Camden where he followed the trade of a contractor and carpenter. He and his family made their home at 613 Lafayette avenue, and the funeral party will leave ffom his late residence today at 12:30, when his body will be carried by potor hearse for burial, with funeral services at Ashepole Presbyterian church in Robeson county, Rev. A. Douglas McArn, officiating. Mr. Oliver was a member of the Bethesda Presbyterian church of this city. He is survived by his widow, who before marriage, was Miss Hazel Bracey, of North* Carolina, and one son, Frank Oliver, and two daughters, Misses Ruby Oliver and Beatrice Oliver, all of Camden. Vacation Bible School We are planning to put on a Vacation Bible School at the Lyttleton Street Methodist church beginning July 22, at 9:30 a. m. A fine faculty has been secured to help in this work. It has been sanctioned by the Board of cnrisuan Education, and they ail promise to cooperate. This school will not be limited to the children and young people of our own congregation, but will be open to any of the other churches who may wish to avail themselves of the privileges. The following faculty have been selected: Mr. and Mrs. H. Granade, Miss Olive Nettles, Miss Gertrude Zemp, Miss Ellie Zemp, Mrs. H. E. Graham, Mrs. E. C. Zemp. They will be assisted by Dr. A. W. Humphries, Mrs. A. A. Reasonover, Mrs. Ethel Mdrritt and Mrs. Wimbexly. This school will last just one week, and we wish to make it go over in fine shape.?C. F. Wimberly, Pastor. Weather Affects Cotton Tuesday of this week a cotton stalk taken from the fields of Broadus 1 hompson in the Bculah section was exhibited here and showed that the extremely dry weather had caused it to prematurely develop. The stalk had sixteen fully developed bolls on It as well as a dozen blooms and forms. Jt was only eighteen inches in height, and came from a field of eight acres PiantetL by Arthur Pickett under the Rural Rehabilitation Administration of this county. To Meet With Cassatt The W. M. U. of the Kershaw association will hold their young people's rally at the Caasatt Baptist church Friday, July 26. All W. M. S. members are requested to oome and brine the young people. Please bring lunch." National Celebration Will Be Held July 20 Ch'niBon, July 15.?A national celebration of the 67th year of Cooperative Livestock Marketing will be held July 20 at Goodlettsvllle, Tennessee, the birthplace in 1878 of the Cooperative Marketing movement in America, states 1). W. Watkins, Director South Carolina Agricultural Extension Service. Speakers of national prominence including Claude R. Wickard, Chief, corn-hog section of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration; Governor Hill McAlister, of Tennessee; Edward O'Neal, President, National Farm Hureau Federation; Lloyd Nickels, President, Livestock Producers Cooperative Commission Association, Cincinnati; Sam Guard, Editor of the Breed* ers Gazette, Chicago, who suggested the celebration, and many others will appeur on the program. Governors, Extension Directors, state commissioners of agriculture and farm organization leaders of the Southeast and Middle West have been I invited. Over 100 lambs will be barbecued to feed an oxpectod attendance of 5,000 people. A feature of the celebration will be an educational meeting and rally on the AAA cornhog program which will be addressed by Mr. Wickard during the afternoon. The first Goodlettsville wool and lamb club in 1878, and the beginning | of cooperative livestock marketing in t the I'nited States, has proven the bulwark of a vast new marketing move| ment that, has spread to every other | phase of the farming industry, saving [American farmers millions of dollars annually. Reverses Ruling In Kershaw Case The state supreme court yesterday* reversed a Kershaw circuit court order dismissing an action for damages brought by Sallie Belle Cornelius against the Atlantic Greyhound lines. A per curiam opinion by the court set forth that Circuit Judge M. M. I Mann had dismissed the suit on grounds that the cause of action did not arise in South Carolina since a round trip ticket was purchased at Morri8ville, Pa., to Camden, S. C., although transportation was denied the plaintlfT at Camden. "The cause of action alleged," the court held In ordering the case back to the circuit court for trial, "Is not a breach of contract hut Is one in tort for the wrongful ejectment of plaintiff from the defendant's passenger bus."?Wednesday's State. W. L. DePass, Jr., of this city was attorney for the appellant. Prisoner Returned From Florida Sheriff J. H. McLeod returned Saturday from Barstow, Fla., where he went to bring Joe S. Wilson, white man, who was held In that town on a charge of bigamy. Wilson had been residing In Kershaw cduiity in the vicinity of Kershaw for some time as a preacher and salesman for religious literature. He was married to a 21-year-old lady of a respectable family of near Kershaw, In November, 1934, and It was learned afterward that he had a wife and child residing in Lakeland, Fla. He was married there In April, 1926. Wilson Is said to have followed the printing trade for a number of years, working in Florida towns. Later he turned to preaching and .is said at one time to have been the pastor of a church In Tampa, Fla., with, a membership of some Ave hundred. He waived extradition papers and readily agreed to return to this state. Replacing Pipe Lines Superintendent L. P. Tobin, of the Camden Water and Light Department, has a force of laborers at work replacing a water pipe line from the corner of Chesnut to Laurens on North Mill street. The former fourinch iron pipe line which had been in use for nearly forty years had become partially stopped. This pipe wilt be cleaned and nsed In other parts of the city In an extension program of the system In outlying districts. Meeting Begins At Refuge A series of revival meetings will be held at Refuge Baptist church beginning on Sunday night, July 21, at eight o'clock. The meeting will be conducted by Rev. Marehall, of Camden, assisted by Rev. J. T. Outen. The public Is cordially Invited to th?M service#. ~ : 1 Party On Tour To Visit Jails Two cur lottdu of county officials and business men went to York yesterday ufternoon to visit and inspect York county's new jail which was only recently put into use. This Juil is suit! to be about the finest and most up-to-date in construction in this state. In the party were: Senator S. F. Brasington; Representatives M. M. Johnson and Nell Truesdule; Sheriff J. H. McLeod, W. F. Nettles, who is general chuirmun of proposed projects under the 1'WA; Mayor J. H. Osborne; Chief of Police W. I). Whitaker; K. L. Moseley, superintendent of the chain gang; S. L. Crolley, foreman of the grand jury and J. M. Smith. W. T. ltedfeurn, chairman of the county hoard of directors was unable to attend. It is expected at an early date this county will have a much needed new Jail to supplant the antiquated structure now being used on a lot situated midway between Lafayette avenue and West DeKalb street. The former Dixon lot Just west of the court house on Lafayette avenue, adjoining the court, house lot, has been acquired by the county and will be used. Tentative plans call for an up-to-date structure, to be a two-story affair?built along lines of modern prisons?containing sheriff's offices, sheriff's residential quarters and the like. The prison quarters to be cut off from the view of passersby by the sheriff's residential quarters. The party expects York to be the first stop in a tour of inspection?and will very probably visit other jails at a later date. Mr, Smyrl Hurt In Auto Wreck Oscar J'. Smyrl, head of the government relief administration in this county, was painfully hurt Wednesday evening while returning to his home on the Camden-Liberty Hill highway at a point about four miles from Camden. Mr. Smyrl was attempting to turn to the left to enter the road to his home, when a car said to have been driven by A. J. Boheler, of the Wateree Power Dam, crashed into the rear of his car, overturning the Smyrl car. Mr. Smyrl was riding alone and suffered a broken nose and other bruises. His new Plymouth car was badly wrecked. None of the occupants of the Boheler car were hurt. Mr. Smyrl received surgical atttentlon at the Camden hospital and was able to return to his home Thursday morning. Escaped Convict Captured Granville Nesbit, 30-year-old negro, was arrested In West Wateree last week on suspicion and was held until his finger prints could be sent from Washington, The report showed that he was an escaped convict from the Ware county chain gang at Waycross, Ga. He had served six months of a twelve months sentence for larceny and was used as a trusty on the gang. He was sent on an errand in the warden's car and did not return. Rural officer H. A. Rabon became suspicious when the negro offered the car for sale at a small price and his arrest followed. The warden of the chain gang and the police chief of Waycross came here and returned with their prisoner. Good Colored Citizen Dead Jimmie Brooks, aged about 68, well known colored citizen of Camden died about midday Monday from the effects of double pneumonia. Brooks had for a number of years been the efficient drayman for Rhame Brothers, but for the past ten years has been serving as orderly and Janitor at the Canulen hospital. Possessed of a marked degree of politeness and a happy disposition he made friends of both races who regret his passing. He owned a home near the power plant and was twice married?being survived by his second wife and several children. Bethesda Presbyterian Church Sunday, July 21, A. Douglas McArn, pastor. Church school 10 a. m.; Morning worship with sermon at 11:15; Vesper service on Sunday school lawn at 8 p. m. The public Is cordially Invited to these services. Death Of Colored Woman Lian&h Washington, aged about 75, one of the old time and respected colored women died at her home on North Campbell street near the Kirkwood golf links on Monday of this week. Purvis (Jives Up "G" Man Position Chicago, 111., July 14.?Almost a year after he laid John Hllllnger low, Melvln H. 1'urvls, one of live nation's best known "G" nun. resigned Friday. The thirty-two year old soft-spoken South Carolinian, whone main converaatlona with gangland were punctuated with splattering bulleta, said lie quit for "purely personal reasons." A lawyer, it wan assumed lie aoon would enter private practice, although a political position was not regarded us unlikely. Shortly after J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the department of Justice, in Washington, said ho accepted Purvis's resignation, announcement was made that 1). M. Ludd, of the St. Paul office, had been appointed head of the Chicago bureau of Investigation to succeed him. Purvis had charge of the bureau Hince November, 11)32. "Mickey" Ladd will not be unfamiliar to ills now duties?ho "sat in" for Purvis when the lutter was engaged in tracking down "Pretty Boy" 1* loyd aiding in the Stoll and Bremer kidnap cases and hunting remuants of the Dillinger mob. Eradication of gangdom was a personal matter with Purvis. The Dillitlgers "got" three of his beat friends and aides?W. Carter Ilaiiin who was slain in the Little Bohemian battle with Dillinger " gangsters; Inspector Samuel P. Cowley and Herman E. Mollis, killed by "ilaby Face" Nelson, himself fatally wounded by the agents as their guns spat near suburban Harrington. And us Purvis walked'out of headquarters tonight the slate was practically Wiped clean. Not a Dillinger mobsman, with the possible exception of John Hamilton, variously reported dead and secretly buried or hiding, was free. The rest once the most blood-thirsty of roVing man ran tiers,1 either were dead or behind the bars. Their doctors, nurses, consorts, andi even a lawyer have been convicted. Purvis's rise in the department was i meteoric. To the underworld he wasj not "Just a 'G' man"?he was "the G' man." Always close-mouthed, he had no criticisms, no comments as he packed his belongings. But his intimate friends recalled that soon after Purvis personally gave out the story of the killing of Dillinger by himself, other agents and Indiana police In front of a theater here last July 22, all further news of department activities locally was given out in Washington. Also it was understood from a friend that Purvis was withdrawn from one kidnaping case because of the publicity, and federal agents dared not hit the headlines because their value might be impaired. Time Extended For Making Application The time for making application for rural electrification surveys has been extended for a few days, and It Is urgent that those who are Interested In having such a survey made get lu lOCicn wlui County Engineer, S. G. Harris, at the Court House in tamden, without dela^. I feel that rural electrification offers a wonderful opportunity to our rural people, and I urge that the people of Kershaw county give their full cooperation and support to this program. A number of surveys have been made and completed in the county, but there are still sections of the county which have not requested surveys. Under the law it is not possible for the Engineer to make these surveys until local people In the community involved have made request for such survey says Henry D. Green, County Agent. Injured By Horse J. B. Cantey, well known young Camden man, who is employed on the B. D. Boy kin plantation near Boykin, was painfully hurt Thursday when he was kicked in the face by a horse. Fortunately for tho young man it was a glancing blow and he is not seriously hurt. After surgical attention at the hospital ho returned to his accustomed duties. Outdoor 8unday Vespers Each Sundav. evening at 8 p. m.) on the PresbJ/terlan Sunday school lawn. You fcte^cprdlally Invited to this service. In the event of rain this service is not held. Grace Church Service# Services at Grace church Sunday, July 21st, will be: Holy Communion at 8 a. m.; morning prayer and | sermon at 11:15 o'clock. Camden Boys Win Pennants At Kanuga Kanuga Lake, July i2._-l>ori? Osteudorf, Charleston, 8. and Browning Goldsmith, Greenville, 8. c\, received the cups for the best all round girl und boy campers at the elose of the Junior conference for boys and glrla hi Kanuga l*ke, conference center or the Episcopal church, near lienderuonvllle, N. C. The awards were made by the m, Hov K Q F|u, Columbia, Bishop of Upper South Carolina and director of Kanuga conferences, at the Impressive cum., lire service following the banquet on Thursday evening. After the camp nre, a lighted cross was seen burning on the opposite side of the lakes reflecting its lights in the surface of the wuter. The young campers sang "Follow the Gleam," the Bishop prouounced the benediction and the camp wus ended. 1 hose receiving emblems for outstanding spirit In camp actlvltlos were Jack Loos, former cup winner, Crafton, Pa.; Jack Faulk, Columbia; Irene La Horde, Columbia, 8. C., und Doris Ostcndorf, Charleston, all of whom received stars, as they had received emblems in the past; Bill Rogers Beasloy, Memphis, Tenn.; Boston Lackey, Lenoir, N. C.; Browning Goldsmith, Greenville; Frances Allison, Shirley Brown, Columbia, S. C.; Suruli Justice, Cheraw, 8. C.; Virginla Harden, Wilmington, N. C.; Kanella Hazel, Bntesburg, 8. and Ellen Hell, Hock Hill, s. c. 1 he pennants for the winning groups were won by group 2, boys with Robert Miscally, Charlotte,' counselor. Those composing tho group were: Thomas Dickson and Frank Green, Hock Hill; Pat Gillan Orenncastle, Pa.; Boyce Tulbert, Hock Hill, 8. C.; Jun.cs Richardson, .Lake City, 8. C.; Edwin Sterrett, Jr., Tom Turner, Billy Clarkson, Jim Clarkson, Camden, S. C.; Allen Keel. Mulberryf~ Flu.; Edward Barnwell, Abbeville, S. C., and John .London, Hock Hill, 8; C. Officers Destroy Large Liquor Still Sheriff R. a. Blackmon and his? deputies made a raid In the Hanging Rock section of the county on Tuesday evening and captured another still. This is the sixth still to. be de- ~ etroyed In aa many months In the Hanging Rock vicinity. It is located about five miles south of Heath Springs. When officers arrived at 11 p. m. they found nobody on duty at the still, but one hundred and fifty gallons of mash and a smouldering fire Indicated that the moonshiners had everything in readiness to make a run. The still, which had a capacity of fifty gallons, wa? operated by unknown parties. Before leaving the spot, Sheriff Blackmon saw to It that all the equipment was smashed up.? Lancaster News. Names Williamson 1 As Highway Head Columbia, July 10.?The state highway commission today stated J 8 Williamson of Greenville, westeni division engineer, as state highway engineer to succeed Charles M. Moorefield and authorized the highway department to proceed with the $2,700,000 construction program. Moorefleld becomes federal district engineer for the Carolinas and Virginia after 16 years as state highway engineer. - : Ministers To Anderson Rev. J. b. Caston, Rev. B. 8. Broom Rev. George B. Bobo, of Camden, and Hev. W. J. Bradley, of Kershaw, went to Anderson last Thursday night to hear the closing sermon of Dr. George W. Truitt, of Dallas, Texas, who had ' been conducting a ten-da*: community-wide revival. Dr. Truett was former president of the Southern Baptist convention and the outstanding Baptist leader In the South, it was estimated that he preached to an audience of about nine thousand people on the closing night at Andorson. Methodist Church Next 8und?y Tho pastor will meet all of big appointments next Sunday, beginning with the Men's Bible class at 10 ft. m Preaching at 11:16, and at 8:16 p, m. Prayermoeting at Wimberly Hall, each Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Wg hope to keep our congregations going during the heated season, and especially Sunday night services. Many of onr people can attend at night who can not he there at the morning J service.?Q. F. WMHft|, Faetery