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?The Camden Chronicle
I - . . , C^MDEW, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1935 ^ NUMBER 2S
Louisiana senator
Victim Of Bullet
[' Uuton Rouge, La., ?&pt. 10.?Senator
Huey P. Long, builder of a poittiLeal
empire In Lduislana, died today
(roiii an assassin's bullet.
The versatile Long, political "dictator''
of lxwlslana and a potential president
nil candidate In 1936, died at
4:06 a. in., Central Standard time,
surrounded by hla family and cloae
political aaaoclatea. Long waa 42
yearn old.
r The senator waa ahot by Dr. C. A.
Weiss, Jr., Baton Rouge eye apeciallBt,
as Long waa walking along a
corridor after leaving the bouse of
representatives Sunday night during
- a special session.
Dr. Weiss, an opponent of Long's
politics, immediately waa killed with
bullets by Long's body guards.
"I want to live," Long waa quoted
_ as saying by Seymour Weiss, a cloae
friend and treasurer of Long's politi.
" cal organization.
Weiss said Long had been unconscious
since near midnight and he could
r not remember the last thing ho said
I while conscious.
"Yes, yes," broke In Governor O. K.
Allen, Long's boyhood friend and political
lieutenant, "the last thing lie
said when lie was still conscious waa,
I wonder what will happen to my
University boys.'"
Long had been proud of Louisiana's
State University and had led the ca'
del hand and cheered the football
team from (be aide lines.
Afterward, with tears in his eyes,
Governor Allen issued the following
statement:
"This marks with the death of Huey
I/ong the passing of the greatest builder
economics in the history of Louisiana
in 225 years.. It also marks
the passing of the greatest hero for
the common rights of all the people
in America. His name will exist and
tie remembered in the annals of the
state of Louisiana and all America."
Karl J. Christenberry, Long's secretary,
said the senator's body would
lie In state In the ornate $5,000,000
skyscraper capitoi building constructt
ed when Long was governor.
t It was announced that a committee
composed of Governor Allen, Christenberry,
Weiss and Earl Long, brother
of the senator, would meet in
the governor's office at 10 a. m. today
to complete funeral arrangements.
When he was struck down, Long
was in the midst of his latest legislative
session to strengthen his dictatorship
and to write laws aimed at
the Roosevelt administration, which
he had opposed in the senate and on
the stump. - ?" <'
Sunday night, as he emerged into a
~ corridor at 9:20 p. m., leaving a sesI
sion of the state house of representatives,
Dr. Weiss walked up to Long
, and fired.
The bullet pierced the colon in two
? places and injured a kidney as it passed
through the senator's body.
Grasping his side, the senator walked
down stairs to the basement of
. the state house where his friends
i: took him in charge and rushed him
Justice John B. Fournet of the state
supreme court probably saved the
senator frem immediate death when
I he struck Dr. Weiss' arm and deflect[
ed his aim.
One of Long's bodyguards struggled
Willi Dr. Weiss, then backed away
1 and together with about a dozen other
Persons sent a fusillade of shots Into
the body of the physician and he
Uropp.-d dead face downward. The
_ body lay their until the coronfer arrived.
The story of Long's career was that
ot th. boy, born in a four-room log
house on a 320 acre farm, who rose
troiu printer's devil and traveling
^altsiiiiin spectacularly to become a
likely presidential candidate.
bong, because of his obsession for
power, was both revered and hated.
He ruled Ixuilsiana with unprecedented
power. He single-handedly defied
'he I nited States senate and openly
challenged the president,
r b's friends called hin^ "genius," the
greatest man of the age," and "friend
0 'he poor man." His hnemies brand*4
him "demagogue," "knad man," and
Political racketeer," }
'n Louisiana, he unsealed elected
1? 'rials, crushed municipal governments
and used many old polflical
Wrareg,.ms and mapjt new ones when
e wanted to beat down opposition.
arl> in his career, his major ob-'
session developed?redistribution of
eaith?an automobile, a radio, a
and $5,000 for everybody,
he senator wrote a book, "Every
a King," exposing the political
he played on. enemies and exOB
|FM? BUkt)
Camp Hilton Mourns
For Dead Buddies
(By Israel Grostein)
Veterans Camp No. 4, Dlanoy, Sept.
11.?There seems to bo no couBolaHon
for the men at this camp in the
Iohh they have suffered in the Florida
keys. Brothers are longing for brothers.
whose fate is still in doubt.
Comrades recall the namos of wartime
buddies and peace-time friends
that have gone to work on the coral
islands in the ill-starred Monroe county,
in Florida. Virtues are reiterated
and all eulogies are in low, monotonous
voices, of men aghast at the Budden
death that has robbed many of
them of bosom friends and some of
them of brothers.
Captain Edward It. Denny, supervisor
of the camp, has ordered the
camp at half mast and has wired to
the Florida Veterans Work Program
urging the VWP leaders in the keys
to call him and his entire command
even if there is a mere suggestion of
need for their assistance.
"This camp has offered ull its facilities,"
says Captain Denny, "and
we have offered our personnel in uiding
our buddies in the Florida keys.
In fact our own Colonel J. H. Palmer,
director of veterans camps in South
Carolina, immediately upon the first
news, acted in our behalf and wired
Captain F. D. Ghent, state director of
the Veterans Work Program in Florida,
t offering the facilities of all the
South Carolina camps."
"It is only natural," Captain Denny
continues, "that we feel this disaster
more keenly than the public, at large.
You must recall that there is a number
of men 'gone west' who, iti the
time of emergency, faced a wall of
steel rather than a wall of water.
Even then Mother Earth offered some
shelter but a wall of water sweeping
all before it is something else. Even
Mothei^Earth forsakes them then. The'
vet hasn't the stamina nor the vitality
Yo stand a shock of this nature. I
fear that the grim reaper will continue,
even after the storm, as a great
many will never be physically able
to make a come-back."
"Our prayers are for the departed
but, more especially, for the Dear
Ones left. We know that these men
will be accorded all military honors
as they, too, died on the field of battle."
Many of the men in this camp have
been on the very ground where disaster
now stalks, working there alongside
of most of the hurricane embattle^
veterans. Recreation Director
William P. Hogan, personal friend of
many of the men in the keys, keeps
the radio attuned to any news report
that might give him and his camp
mates any report on the present findings
of searchers in the camp ruins.
Other former key veteran workers are,
your columnist, who was a member
of Camp 3, while Hogan was there,
and of Camp 5, which was established
on Indian Key Mound last April; Richard
C. Smith and Owen J. Hearn were
former cooks of Camp 5, and Dewey
Caviness and James L. McKenzie
as D. Fagan, subleader of Barracks 2
in this camp, was also a member of
Camp 3, In the keys. Fred McCoy of
the same barracks arrived here loss
than three weeks ago from Camp 1,
where the VWP hospital was carried
away, the camp leveled and tho rescue
train destroyed. There are several
others we cannot recall at this writing.
The flag at this camp will remain
at half-staff until the ceremonies aro
over.
Polo Players Get Ratings
At the summer meeting of the
United States Polo Association held
In New York, the members of tho
Camden polo club were given their
respective handicap ratings based on
personal observation during the play
at Camden for the winter season of
1934-1935:
Bates, Joe 2
Boykln, A 1
Cullum, E. G 2
DuBose, C. P.. Jr 1
Little, Charles 2
Little, Ralph 2
Pomeroy, Watson ........ 3
Robinson, Charles . 0
Savage, Henry. Jr 1
Smith, M. L 1
Tupper, Klrby *
*rrr 1 1
Chicken 8upper At DeKalb
A chicken supper for the bdneflt of
DeKftlb church will he held Friday,
September "18, beginning at
o'clock, at the church. The supper
will consist of chicken stew, sandwiches,
cake. Ice cream and tea. Price,
26c per plate. The public U Invited
to attend.
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I Retiring Agent
Expresses Thanks
1 wish to tuke 11?1 k opportunity to
express to the people of Kershaw
county my sincere appreciation for
tbc splendid cooperation I have re-j
ceived in every community of tho
county for the past nix years 1 have
been County Agent here. 1 shall always
cherish the memory of my association
and my work in Kershaw
county. The people of the county
have my highest esteem and good will
and I only hope that 1 may have the
lasting friendship of most of tho good
people of this great county which
stands out prominently for Its possession
of au unusually high per centage
of excellent people.
It Is with profound regret that 1 am
discontinuing my work us County
Agent here as I have resigned sometime
ago effective October 1, 1935. I
am happy, however, in the anticipation
that the leading people of this
county will keep alive and continue on
an active basis the fundamental features
ot the general farm program
which we have cooperated on for the
past six years. I havo particular reference
here to the building up of . the
productivity and fertility of the soils
of the county by the use of legumes
and to the Live-At-Home program,
both of which I consider fundamental,
basic and necessary for the economic
freedom of our people. It is a longtime
program and will require the bust
effort of the people for years to come,
but in the interest of the children of
today and future generation it must
be continued.
I have one particular final request
to make of? the people of Kershaw
county and that Is that you all give
your best possible cooperation to your
new County Agent and I implore each
and every one of you for the sake of
the county as a whole to lay aside
any personal feelings of .animosity
which you might have and give to
your new County Agent your very
best possible cooperation. In this way
greater good can be accomplished for
the people of this county who need
help so badly. I refer simply to the
hundreds and hundreds of underprivileged
children, care-worn mothers,
and striving fathers and husbands,
all of whom will always have
a warm place in my heart.
Respectfully,
HENRY D. GREEN,
County Agent.
Geo. W. Hinson Dies
After Heart Attack
George W. Hinson, aged 60, died
suddenly at his home at Kershaw
Tuesday night as the result of a
heart attack. He suffered this attack
about 8 p. m., and died within
an hour.
Deceased was engaged in farming
on a large scale and was also engaged
in the livestock business. He ll
survived by three sons Randolph,
Otis and J. B. Hinson of-Kershaw,
and four daughters, Mrs. Ernest Sims,
,Mrs. George Reeves, Mrs. Connie Bowers,
Mrs. Adams and Miss Rosebud
Hinson. He Is also survived by two
brothers, S. E. Hinson of Heath
Springs, Dr. E. J. Hinson of this city,
and two sisters, Mrs. J. J. Blackmon
and Mrs. S. J. Funderburk.
Funeral services were held from
the home at Kershaw Tuesday afternoon
at 2 p. m., with a large number
of people in attendance. Deceased
was widely known and very popular
in the county. His death Is sincerely
mourned by people in many section
of Lancaster county. ? Lancaster
News.
New Seafood Market
George Davis, who operated a seafood
market here for several seasons,
has again opened a market south of
the Haiglar Theatre, where It will be
known as the Sequoia Seafood Market.
Mr. Davis gave good service in
this line and his patrons will be pleased
to learn that he is again Jn business
with his usual courteous attention
to the public.
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Evangelistic Services Continue
The evangelistic services begun
September 8th at the Church of God,
recently known as The Free Wilt Baptist
Holiness Church and conducted
by Rev. John G. Smith, of Great Falls,
will continue through September 15,
On Sunday, September 15, Rev. Earl
Paulp, of Anderson, will preach at
3:30 and 7:46 o'clock. ----Methodist
Minister Dies
Orangeburg, 8ept. 9?Funeral services
were conducted here today for
the Rev. Charles M. Peeler, superannuated
Methodist minister, who died
at hie home here early yesterday.
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Senator Byrnes To
Be Speaker Here
Auothor county wide progress dill*
uer to be hold at the Hotel Camden
Thursday evening, September IS), 7:30
o'clock. The outstanding feature of
(IiIh meeting will he an address by
H. S. Senator James F. Byrnes who
has just advised me he has accepted
our invitation for this occasion.
Much interest is being manifested
and it is expected that a full attend*
ance will be had. In fact, it is very
Improbable thut we will be able to
accommodate all who desire to come
as we can accommodate only 120 poisons
at the Hotel Camden dining hall
which is to be used. Only 120 tickets
will be printed and will be on sale
by the following: NJ. G. King, Bethune;
W. T. Holley, Mt. I'isgah section;
W. R. Ferry, Kershaw; former
Governor J. G. Richards, Liberty Hill;
J. D. Watson, liianey and County
Agent's office, Camden.
It will be impossible to admit any
who do not have tickets. Therefore
those who are anxious to attend this
meeting should secure their tickets
from one of the above immediately.
We are fortunate in having Senator
Hyrnes come here to bring us a message
which we are confident will be
very valuable since he is in such close
touch with National affairs and the
New Deal in which we are all vitally
interested. It is hoped that representative
men from all sections of the
county as well as from Camden will
attend.?Henry D. Green, County
Agent.
George B. McCoy, 77,
Claimed By Death
George B. McCoy, 77 year old citizen
of this counfy, died at his home
three miles sputh of Cassajt, Sunday
morning after an illness extending
over a period of several years. Mr.
McCoy was a large landowner and
farmer and considered one of our
most substantial citizens. He is the
last of the immediate family and is
survived by a large number of nieces
and nephews. He had never married.
The funeral party assembled at the
home at three o'clock Monday afternoon
and from there the body was
carried to Bethlehem Methodist
church cemetery in I>ee county, near
Bishopville, where the funeral and
burial occurred. Rev. J. M. Forbes,
of Great Falls, wsb assisted in con*
ducting the services by Rev. J. T. N.
Keels, of Bethune, and Rev. T. G.
Herbert, of Bishopville.
Serving as active pallbearers were
six nephews of the deceased?R. C.
McCoy and J. B. McCoy, of Camden;
C. R. , McCoy, of Charlotte;. W. J.
Jbsey, C. B. Pate and Laverne Hearon,
of Bishopville.
Among the honorary pallbearers
serving ' were:. J. H. McLeod, J. H.
Clyburn, Ralph N. Shannon, D. A.
Boykin, John T. Nettles, C. H. Yates,
of Camden; Dr. E. Z. Truesdale, John
A. McCasklll, A. K. McLaurin, of Bethune,
and W. B. Stevenson, J. ft.
West and H. E. Gardner, of Cassatt.
Methodist Church Services
Church Bchool will convene at 10
a. m., conducted by our superintendent,
Dr. A. W. Humphries. A twenty
minutes devotional will be conducted
in the main auditorium of the church.
Then will .follow the class period.
Preaching at 11:15. Subject: "The
Lord's Day on Earth." Preaching at
8 p. m. Subject: "When Will It
Come?" Two optimistic messages
much needed in these days. We invite
the public to worship with us.?
C. F. Wimberly, Pastor.
Bethesda Presbyterian Church
Sunday, September 15, A. Douglas
McArn, pastor. Church school for all
ages 10 a. m. Morning worship with
sermon at 11:15. Week day instruction
for children Tuesday from 2 to 5
p. m., at the manse. Church night
Thursday evening at 7:30 at ' the
Church school for all ages. The public
is cordially invited to all services
in this church.
-- Screw Worms
Anyone in Kershaw county having
livestock affected with screw worm
are requested . to report same to the
county agent Immediately upon discovery.
Anyone in the county desiring
information on care of the animals
and treatment of this trouble
may secure detailed Information upon
request of the county agent or by
writing W. Hi Clarke, State Supervisor,
Screw Worm Control, Walterboro,
8. c. '
Thousands of additional jobs will be
created In the postal service when the
40-hour week for the majority of post
office employee becomes effective.
Cotton Loan
Flan Modified
The modification of the new cotton
loan plan baa for its objective to got
an avorugo return of at least 12 cents
P? r pound, basis 7-8 middling, for the
producers of cotton, AAA officials declare.
One change makes it possible for
each producer of cotton to know on
marketing Ids cotton the total amount
he will receive for it. The now plan
proposes a loan of lo cents per pound
on 7-8 Inch low middling or hotter.
Tho total received hy growers of cotton
which doos not command premiums
cannot exceed 12 cents per
pound.
Instead of making tho adjustment
payment on (lie basis of the four
months' average of 10 spot markets,
thiH adjustment payment will now be
based on the dally average of the 10
markets. In other words, tho adjustment
payment will bo made on the
basis of the 10 spot murket average on
tho actual day that the cotton is sold
by the producer. These adjustment1
payments will be made through the
cotton yVur up to August 1, 10315.
As before stated the payments will
he made to those producers who have
cooperated in the adjustment program
and who agree to participate iu the
1936 crop program. Adjustment payments
to cotton farmoi'B will be limited
to" two cents per pound.
If it should develop that prices drop
below 10 cents?a highly improbable
contingency?producers would be expected
to put their cotton in the loan
and wait for prices to recover. Loans
and payments will he restricted to actual
production not in excess of tho
Bankhead allotment.
This program for loans and adjustment
payments on the 1935 crop will
go into effect as soon as it is physically
possible to set up the necessary
machinery. The adjustment payments
will apply to all Bales of 1935
cotton, Including those already made.'
Mt. Pisgah Schools
To Open Sept. 20th
The Mt. Pisgah schools will begin
the 1935-36 session at 9 a. m., Friday,
September 20. All patrons and friends
of the school are Invited to attend the
opening exercises. All patrons who
have children in school are especially
urged to have these children present
for the first day in order that they
may be enrolled and given the proper
list of text books. There are several
changes in the book list this year and
we $re anxious to have every child
secure the correct books the first day
so that no child will be handicapped
in beginning school work immediately.
The following Is the list of teachers
for the coming term: Grammar
school?Miss Mamie Lou Hilton, Bethune;
Miss Ottie Lee Robinson, Kershaw;
Miss Madge Funderburke,
Pageland; Miss Mary Raley, Bethune;
Miss Ellle Holley, Jefferson;^ Miss
Erin Lever, Blythewood, High school
?Miss Jo Graham, Smoaks, Languages;
F. T. Langford, Blythewood,
SU^lancaa'. ?ffV ? XlMt
llams, Heath Springs, principal of
high school, IliBtory and .Business
Sciences; J. K. Lee, Jr., Lugoff, superintendent,
Mathematics.
Miss Goff Won Prize
Leona Goff, Route 2, Box 52, Blaney,
S. C., la the winner of a $2 cash prize
in the nation-wide "Make It Yourself"
contest conducted by Sears, Roebuck
and Co. Miss Goff was awarded ono
of five fourth regional prizes in tho
junior division class for quilts and
bespreads.
More than 47,000 entries from all of
the 48 states were received in the
Sears contest, it was announced. To
provide an opportunity for as many
as possible to participate and share
the $15,000 in prize money. Sears divided
the contest into six classes, $10.500
being offered for 1,080 regional
awards in the senior division, $2,700
being reserved for 480 Junior winners
and $1,800 going to the ten survivors
in the national eliminations.
Antioch School To Open
Antioch school will open for the
1935-36 session on Friday, September
20, 1935, at 9 a. m. Teachers will be:
High school?Misses Margaret Johnson
and Grace Robinson, and E. M.
Shannon, superintendent. Grammar
school?Misses Mary Brown, Annette
Shannon, Beatrice Ross and Emily
Pitts. Busses will follow last years
' route.
Grace Church Services
Services at Grace Episcopal church,
Sunday, September 15th, will be:
Holy communion, 8 a. m.; church
school, 9:45; months prayer and
sermon, J 1:15 o'clock.
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Methodist Observe
Annual Work Day
I*or about thirty years one Saturday
in tho month of Hopteinber hua boou
Kfl apart hh a day on which every
member of the Methodist churches
and Sunday school# of South Caroling
has boon asked to wprk and give tito
proeeeda of the day'a work to Epworiii
Orphanage.'Hie
idea lias always been popular
with the young people and children
of (ha^diurchos, us well as, with many
ndu^Min rural communities the children
have gone In groups to cotton
Holds to work for their less fortunate
friends at Kpworih Orphuuage. Others
have secured odd jobs around
liome or in the community to make
money on this day to send to the
children at the orphanage. The adult
members are asked to give an amount
equal to one day's earnings that the
children at EpworUi Orphanage may
have opportunities to make good in
life.
Work Day is the one big duy of
the year for Hp worth Orphanage ill
that the offering on this occasion
amounts to about bnu-hulf of the total
offering for the year. There are
in the two conferences in South Curollna
809 congregations. Vory few of
these neglect the orphan children of
thejr church on Work Duy. if every
one of tho ldo.ooo members or fho
Met hod 1st church in South Carolina
would, observe Work Day, the income
on tills occasion would be more than
enough to pay all expenses for tho
entire year. Yet, no one would bo
making u very groat sacrifice by giving
Just one day out of all the year
to make life worth while for orphan
children.
Special envelopes have been distributed.
Tho great majority of those
who observe Work Day will bring
their offering in these envelopes to
Sunday school or church on Sunday,
September the 15th, Others who are
prevented from attending services on
that dyy will send In their envelopes.
Still others will make contributions
direct to the orphanage.
Hpworth Orphanage is caring for
323 orphans. "Work Just one day out
of the year for tho orphans of your
church." Saturday, September 14, is
the day set aside for Work Day.
Miss Kimbrell To
Begin Work Here
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During the Christmas Health Seal
sale it was announced that an effort
would be made to sell enough seals
and bonds to warrant a county tuberculosis
program. The people of the
county responded well to that effort
and a beginning is now being made
by the Kershaw County Tuberculosis
Association on such a program,
This week MIsb Mary Kimbrell,
member of the staff of the South Carolina
Tuberculosis Association arrived
in Camden to begin a program
which will continue certainly until
January l. it is hoped that the sale
of seals this December will permit
uo iu V.UUHUUC tua pxugrOm well iniii
next year, and eventually make the
program permanent. Miss Kimbrell
was chosen for this post by the local
association upon the recommendation
of Mrs. Chauncey McDonald, chairman
of tho South Carolina Tuberculosis
Association. She will work under
Mrs. McDonald's supervision and
we feel sure with the cooperation of
all agencies in tho county.?Douglas
McArn, Chairman Kershaw County
Tuberculosis Association.
Baptitt Church 8ervices
Th" following services are announced
at the First Baptist church
for week beginning September 16:
Sunday school at 10 o'clock with C. O.
Stogner, superintendent in charge.
Public worship conducted by the pastor,
J. B. Ckston, at 11:15 a. m. and
8 p. m. Morning subject: "Personal
Conduct." Evening subject: "Making
A Good Beginning." B. Y. P. U.
Tuesday evening at 8. Prayermeeting
at 8 on Wednesday evening. The
public is cordially Invited to attend
all the services of this church.
Man's Bible Class Sunday
"A PhOpheUc Ouflook?Seven World
Movements," will be the subject of
. the message to be delivered before the
Men 8 Biblo Class next Sunday morning.
Men let us be on time. Let us
, bring a friend. The class Is s real
InanfrnHrtn In nil thCSC
great addresses. Our class Is hdw higinning
to build up again, sag wo
want to bring it back to the big high
level which we reached before the hot
, on J* o"ry
i available man.?Jack Moore, 8ecre