The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 19, 1935, Image 1
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.
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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#.
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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