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I CAMDEN HORSE SHOW COMES MARCH 19 AND 20-NEXT BIG EVENT CAROLINA CUP RACES, MARCH 28.
The Camden Chronicle
VOI.UME 47 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1936 NUMBER 51
Many To Watch
Sandhill Races
, r y
(By .John W. Lyman)
Pun-hurst, N. C., Mate)) 6. ?Fully
i;.,h(io horse lovers will assemble at
till- Sandhill Steeplechase race course
in'\t Saturday afternoon to witness
the'first steeplechase races of the
season, under the auspices of the
Sandhill Steeplechase and Racing Assoriation.
This meet, the first of the
season, should bring visitors from
New York, Boston, New Jersey, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington, Virginia
and from all parts of the Carolinas.
Within a few years North Carolina
should also be a great racing
and hunting center, equal to that of
Virginia.
The Sandhill Steeplechase course,
Built by Noel l-aing, trainer and rider
of the famous timber-topper, Trouble
Maker, will no doubt prove one of
the finest courses in America.- Such
meets should also attract the best
known owners and horses, and now it
is hoped by Mr. Laing that he will
again bring forth a hunter equal?if
not greater than Trouble Maker; one
that will win the Grand National,
which, by the way, is to be run at
A in tree, near Liverpool, on March 27.
Trouble Maker, after winning the
Carolina Cup, made a bid for Grand
National honors, and did exceedingly
well, coming in about fifth.
Naturally North Carolinians from
all parts of tha state will gather at
Pinehurst next Saturday to witness
i these spring races. They will have
plenty of company from South Carolina.
where Harry Kirkover, of Camden,
and Skiddy van Stade, of Aiken,
have much to say regarding steeplechase
matters. The ladies and gentlemen
from "up North" will begin
to arrive about Wednesday, and stay
over the week. All the hotels and
cottages will be filled during the latter
part of steeplechase week. Special
trains will be run on "race day," and
dining the morning the hilnter trials
will keep the visitors busy watching
the- hunters perform.
Two new races have been added to
tic list this spring, making five in
ali. The outstanding feature of the
ni.?t will naturally be the Sandhills
Cup. presented by that fine sportswoman,
Mrs. Jackson Boyd. There
is also a purse of $450. This race
is over a timber course of three miles.
Mrs. Boyd had the pleasure of watching
her entry, Messenger In The Sun,
lake both plate and purse last season.
The other races are; The Croatan,
a private sweepstake, two miles over
brush for maidens and winners of one
race; The Yadkin, two miles over
brush for four-year-old and upward.
Purse $300; The Catawba, one and
one half miles over hurdle. Purse
$-00. and The Midland, seven furlongs
on the flat. Purse $150.
The officers of the Sandhill Race
meet are: Verner Z. Reed, president;
Nelson C. Hyde, vice president; Noel
J.aing, secretary; and Livingston L.
Middle, 2nd, treasurer.
Many Fine Horses
Winter in Carolinas
The Carolinas have become to hunt
r. me what Kentucky is to the big
'nicks. During the season of 1935,
: winners out of the 260 hunt races
w"rr wintered and trained in Camit.
Aiken and Southern Pines.
Winner of such important races as
?i'- Maryland Hunt Cup. the Billy
1 iiMon. the Mount Alto and the Mas'"i
Fox Hounds were trained in CamOf
the three fashionable horse
' enters Camden led with 78 winners.
rs Marion duPont Somerville's
*.'Tde Muff, tjie lending horse of the
>ear -winning 10 out of 12 starts, win'
Tt d with the rest of Mrs. Somer'
tile's successful string in Camden.
Mining these was Wild Son. the best
* ' r brush during the season holding
' hunter's certificate.
I be Carolina Cup meeting of 1936
) ' see better racing than ever be:"rc.
Many promising prospects will
m.ik, their debuts and many of the
"tninent horses of the past season.?
better thatf ever with their experience
'*>11 also be entered. Mrs. Verner
Uee?l. .ir's Our Friend and Poplar
farm's Rocky Shore will assure
't 'ompetition in the brush races.
' * i' i\ # ;ind Indigo will make the
('up one of the most inter-'.ni;
y.'t run. Sable Muff, Sea Chief,
Trb(i Yell and many others will prov,dc
excellent flat races. The fact that
'be leading owner, Mrs. Marlon du1'ont
Somerville, the leading rider,
( arroll K. Bassett, and the leading
calner, Noel Laing, with better
borses than ever before in their
charge are present during the current
R*aaon should make it one never predicated.?Wednesday's
State.
Golf Association
Formed Monday
< By Robert Kmtnerson)
Although Cauiden bus been one of:
the winter golf capitals of America'
for more thun thirty years, it bus |
never had a golf association until now.
'1 He now organization, was formed 1
ut a dinner meeting of this winter
resort's leading sportsmen Monday
night ut the Kirkwood Hotel. Ward 1
C, Belcher, of Lukeviilc, Conn., was I
elected president.
Other officers are: J. M. VillepigutM
vice president; R. B. Pitts, secretary;
Karl P. Abbott, of New York and
Camden, treasurer; and M. (j. Muller,
assistant treasurer.
An organization and membership '
committee was appointed as follows I
F. M. Rhodes, Vineyard Haven, Mass.,!
r. H. Somerville, Montpelier Station, I
Va., N. C. Boykin and K. M. Kennedy,!
Jr.
Charter members of the association, I
all of whom attended the meeting!
are: Dr. John W. Corbett, Charles!
Stout, J. K. McKain, Dwlght Pail-'
ridge, \\ iiliam Goodale, 10. C. Baker,!
Ned Gregory, K. Shannon, F. M. Woot
en, 11. M. Kennedy, 3rd, M. B. Burns,1
R. B. Pitts and Harry D. Kirkover. I
In his address to the members Pres-1
ident Belcher paid a high tribute tot
Mr. Kirkover. whom, he said, had
worked tirelessly from year to year j
to maintain Camden's sporting actlvi-j
ties upon the present high standard. !
1 he first activity of the organize-'
tion will be to secure additional suh-j
scribers from both the members of i
the permanent winter colony and the I
year- round residents of Camden.
The first meeting of the committee
wus held Wednesday night.
Azalea Festival
Date Is Set Back!
I
Charleston, March 5.-?The Azalea
festival steering committee met this I
morning and decided to change the
opening date or the festival from j
March 14 to. April 15.
Reasons For the postponement, induced
by the second coldest winter in
Charleston's history, were recent outbreaks
of meningitis $nd influenza,
and the retarding of the Azalea
blooms by the cold weather.
While the Influenza situation appears
to have cleared up entirely, and
the meningitis outbreak is said by
health authorities to be far from
alarming, fear has been Instilled in
the public mind to an extent that it
became advisable to postpone the festival
events.
One suggestion was made to break
up the events on the festival so as
to spread the large gatherings of the
people over a longer period of time.
Rather than destroy the gala effect
of the concentrated entertainment,
however, the committee decided to
put off the opening date until all fear
by contagion was eliminated.
The Charleston open golf tournament
will be held according to schedule,
March 18-21. Since it will be
held in the open air, there was little
danger that people would be afraid
to attend this event.
The new dates of the Azalea festival
are April 1 T.-22. The previous
dates were March 15-21.
Baptist Church Services
The following services are announo
ed for week beginning March 15 at
the First Baptist Church: Sunday;
school at 10 o'clock with C. T. Bald-:
win, superintendent. Public worship I
conducted by the pastor, J. B. Caston j
at 11:15 a. m. Subject: "The First'
Soul Winner." Evening service at 8 '
o'clock with an address by Dr. Bar-j
ron, of Columbia. Dr. Barron is a
physician and christian layman. He
will speak on an evangelistic theme.
B. T. U. Sunday evening at 7. Prayer!
meeting Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock.
The revival meeting will begin next
Sunday and will continue through
Friday. March 27. Dr. M D. Mott.
of Spartanburg, will join us on next'
Monday evening and will have full
charge of the services. Preaching
each evening at S o'clock. ReY. George,
B. Hobo will direct the music. If j
there are day services the hour will j
bo announced later. It is hoped that !
there may he large attendance at the;
first service. The public is cordially 1
invited to attend all the services of'
this church.
Horse Show Dance
A Horse Show Dance for the benefit
of the Camden hospital will be given
at Hobkirk Inn Friday, March 20.
There will be tables for cards. The
dancing will begin at 10 p. m. Tickets
will be $2.20, including tax and,
refreshments.
Crack Race Horses
For Carolina Cup
(By Robert Emmerson)
Seventy of America'* crack racehorse*
tiave arrived |n Camden to
compete 011 March 28 for the Carolina
Cup, one of tiie South'* moat coveted
trophic*.
The race \ci 11 take place on the
Springd&le courae, conceded by expert*
to be one of the world'* "big
three" for Hteeplechaaer*. The other
tvwo are at Aintree, Englund, and
Bombay, India.
While new horse* are arriving daily
lruiner* are working at top speed- to
prepare their mount* for the gruelling
hazard* of the Springdale.
F. Aniborse Clark, international
sportsman, of Westbury, Long Island,
top* the list of owner* with twentyfour
horBo*. Mr. Clark'* was the
leading stable on the iiig tra<-kH during
the past year, capturing twentytwo
tir*t*, nineteen seconds and
twelve third*. Hi* best known racer*
arc Irish Bullet, Rod Flash, Birmingham.
Louis d'Or, Hurry Harry and
I plifter. Eighteen others also arc in
training.
.Mrs. Marion duPont Somerville, of
Montpelier Station, Va., has brought
fifteen horses. Among them is Sable_
Muff, national leader on the hunt
meet circuit; Wild Son. a Pimlieo
victor, and Projectile and Hustle are
also here.
James Ryan, amateur rider and
trainer, is preparing the horses owned
by Richard K. Mellon, Paul Mellon
and Mrs. Louis A. Parke, of Pittsburgh,
Pa.; Campbell Weir of Wilmington,
Del.; James C. Brady, Jr.,
of Far Hills, N. J. Among their entries
are The Stag, Sea Chief, Escape
Jrd., Royal Thomas, Crooning Water
and A ugh rim lioy.
John M. Schiff of North wood Stables.
owns Indigo a steady winner,
and Pinoccio. C. B. Hicks is in
charge.
Henry Frost. Jr., of Middleburg,
Va.. is training the horses owned by
Charles E. Perkins, of Santa Barbara,
California, and Mrs. Simon T. Patterson
of Pittsburgh. They include Laguna
Seca and Hal Dale.
Mrs. Francis P. Garvin of Roslyii,
Long Island. has placed Sporting
Print, Axonby and Legender in the
care of Victor P. Noyes of Gittings,
Maryland.
Alvin T. Cntermeyer has brought
Drapeau, a consistent winner.
Mrs. G. H. Bostwick of Westbury,
Long Island, has entered Fugitive,
winner of Washington's birthday
plate last month, now In charge of
Randolph DufTey, amateur racer.
At Harry D. Kirkover's stables are
Poplar Lane Farm's Rock Shore, Golightly,
Merry June; Ward Wickwire's
Lucier; Lucius W. Robinson's Our
Manager, Hotspur, 2nd., last Spring's
winner of the Maryland Cup, and
Lady Zelda.
Horse Show Comes
Thursday and Friday
Keen interest will be manifested in
the annual horse show held hero on
Thursday and Friday of next week.
There will be a large number of entries
of the finest horseflesh to he
found in the east and south and the
competition will be keen.
The management would welcome
any local entries and would appreciate
tiie local people turning out with
a full attendance. The flvc-gaited entries
will be an especial attraction.
There will be many other interesting
teatures. I he show will he held on
the old Cherokee Club race course,
near polo field number two. Take
the road leading to over-head bridge.
Supreme Court Rules
In Local Bank Case
T he South Carolina supreme court
reversed a circuit court judgment in
a Kershaw county case yesterday and
took under advisement appeals in
cases from Marion, Newberry and
Beaufort counties.
The court, iji a per curiam order,
reversed a decision of Judge G. Dun
can Bellinger, of Columbia, affirming
the right of D. A. Boykin as conserva
tor of the Bank of Camden, to levy a j
100 per cent assessment as stockhold I
ers' liability against W. Robin Zenip
as to stockholders in the bank.
The justices held that "it was the
intention of the legislature that the
conservator should follow the procedure
prescribed for a receiver; that
is to say, the first apply to the court
for a determination of the necessity
for such assessment."
The order set forth Zemp had refused
to pay the assessment when levled
by Boykin under the supervision
of the state board of bank control.?
Wednesday's State.
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Men From Virginia
Here Tomorrow
A delegation of burtiii(-*h men ir*>111
various Iowiih of i lit* Shattcndoah Valley
of Virginia will bo In Camden at
three fifteen Saturday afternoon ami
will spend forty-five minutes here
sight seeing, leaving for Charlotte at
four o'clock The tow^is of the Valley
of Virginia have organized and are
known us Shanendoali, Inc. The
boost i t s of that section have been on
a two weeks tour of Southern States
are enroute home. They will base
lunch in Columbia and then will come
to Camden.
t onsiderahle travel is now routed
Utrough th - pit t ures<(ue ami Histoid
<ml Valley of Virginia and Camden
bus a fine chance to share in this
travel of tourist going and coming
from Florida and other Southern
points to the Valley Hue to toll
bridges and other causes considerable
traffic left Highway No. I. and now
passes through Sumter enroute South,
and it is going to take a lot of hard
work to regain this large volume of
tout ist travel passing through other
parts of South Carolina.
l etters have been written by the
Chamber of Commerce to the Mayor,
president of the Exchange Club, president
of Red Fez Club and other organizations
asking them to appoint committees
front their organizations to
greet the visitors on Saturday after"TiOOn.
^ All citizens of Camden arc
asked to join in giving them a glud
hand and showing them the city. The
Kotarv Club agreed at its Thursday's
meeting to have quite a number on
hand. All persons are Asked to meet
<it the Camden side of the river bridge
at three o'clock.
Verdict in Favor
of Rail Victims
The spring term of tJie Court of
Common I'leas for Kershaw county
convened Monday morning with Judge
S. W. (I. Shipp, of Florence, presiding.
The first three and only days of
court were taken up largely in the
trial of the cases of Arthur S. dordan.
Administrator of the Estate of
Claylord .Jordan against the Receivers
of the Seaboard Air Line Railway
Company, and Arthur S. Jordan. Ad
ministrator of the Estate of Herbert
Jordan against the Receivers of the
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company.
These.two cases grew out of the terrible
tragedy at the Dusty Bend crossing
of the Seaboard last August J,
when nine persons met their deaths.
The cnseB resulted In a verdict in
favor of the plaintiff in each case
In the sum of fifteen hundred dollars.
The plaintiff was represented by
Murdoch M. Johnson and S. M. Montgomery
of the local bar and A. F.
Spigner, of Colum'bla, while the Railroad
was represented by John K. deLoach
of the local bar and John D.
Nock, of Cheraw.
The defense announced that there
would be an appeal to the Supreme
j Court, and Judge Shlpp thereupon
continued the remaining seven cases.
The acts of negligence charged
were the failure to have a flagman or
electric signals at the crossing, the
speed of the train and the failure to
blow the whistle and ring the hell,
as required by statute. At the time
of the tragedy there was no electric
signal nor flagman there.
The cases were watched with a
great deal of Interest; large crowds
congregated in the court room
throughout the trial
Only a few other minor cases and
some equity matters were disposed
of, and court adjourned late Wednesday
afternoon and Judge Shipp returned
to his home in Florence.
There will be no second week of
court and jurors have been notified
by Sheriff McLeod not to appear fot
duty.
Grady L. Parsons
To Winston-Salem
Crady L. Parsons, who has been a
furniture salesman in Camden for the
past eight years, a greater portion of
which has been with the Home Furnishing
Company, of this city, will
leave on March 15 to make his home
at Winston-Salem. N. C., where he
will go with the Morris-Early Furniture
Company in that city. He will
have charge of the floor covering department
of this firm?said to he one
of the largest independent furniture
stores in the Carolinas and the new j
position comes as a distinct promotion
to this young man.
Mr. Parsons came to Camden from
Rockingham. N. ('.. and while his
friends here are glad of his promotion.
yet they greatly regret It is removal
from Camden, where he is not
only popular \sith his business associates
but with the townspeople as
a whole.
Albert Herman Hawraney, who
i came to the United States 30 years
ago from Syria with $1.15 In his pockets,
has offered to loan the city of
Columbus, Ohio, financially emhar-1
rasaed 150,000 for two years without j
Interest. He operates a restaurant |
In Columbus and 28 groceries in Detroit,
Mich.
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Winner
In Miami Race
( a i roll K Russet t, lending amateur
rider. left Camden Tuesday tor Charleston.
where ho caught,a plane and
| tteiompunled hy Anderson Fowler,
flow to Miami, Florida. whore he partteipnted
in (lie races at Tropical
Dark. eoiifending tor tlu? Flamingo
I'olo Club purse. Roth llassett and
Fowler, allowed up well in the race.
| They left iinmodiatoly by plane for
Camden where they will rldo in the
races at Southern Pines Saturday
The assoeiated press of Thursday
carried the following relative to the
Miami races:
Miami, Fla., March 11.?Carroll K
Haaaett, of Camden, one of America's
leading amateur rlderB, displaced his
ability in (lat Ruing instead of over
the Jumps today when he brought
home the favorite, W. N. Adrians' Wg
Red, in the Flamingo Polo Club purse
j at Tropical Park.
| The event, u one mile claiming
| event for fonr-ycar-oIdH and up, ridden
bv amateur riders, saw a number ot
lending amateur relnamen in action.
Itig Red. trained bjV Hlrseh Jaeoba,
who saddled three winners yesterday,
was an overwhelming favorite at 1
to in the field of six platers. The
six year-obi gelding received excellent
handling from Hasaett and carried 1 Mi
pounds over the utile in 1 12 2-5. iiig
Red was six lengths at the linlah.
11 tad. racing for 11. Flaceus and rid
l den by Anderson Fowler, came from
last place to take second by a length
and a halt over A. U. Tarn's Wizard,
with lias lor O Hickman in the sad
die.
Fire-Fighters Will
Meet Here in June
The Stute Fireman's Convention
will be held in Camden in Juno and
from 500 to 700 visitors are expected
to be on hand for the two days meeting.
On Wednesday, Chief Marsh, of the
Columbia Fire Department. State
President of the convention, and
Chief Fisher, of Orangeburg, vice president,
met with a group of men in
Camden to perfect the plans of the
coming convention, and later they
were entertained at tlie Pines with
Mayor J. H. Osborrie presiding at the
dinner. The following men were called
upon, and each told the firemen
officials that one hundred per cent
cooperation would be given in every
way: W. F. Nettles, Sr., Chief of
Camden Fire Department; Brevard
Boy kin Captain of local militia company;
L. P.-Tobin, Superintendent of
Water and Light Department; Frank
Mayer, member of city council; John
Villepigue, President of Rotary Club;
Dr. A. W. Humphries, President of
Exchange Club; Thomas Ancrum,
President of Chamber of Commerce;
A. M. McLood, Commander of American
Legion; J. H. McLeod, President
of Red Fez Club; W. R. Denton. Foreman
of local Fire Department; and
Coonie Mayer, foreman of Fire Department
equipment.
The Chamber of Commerce will later
list hotels, boarding houses, and
private homes for entertainment of
the visitors. Mayor OBborne and the
city council will do everything possible
to make the convention a success
iin every way.
W, F. Nettles, Chief of the Camden
Fire Department, will be general
chairman of all activities during the
convention.
Thief Steals Auto
Wrecks After Ride
Sheriff J. H. McLeod, accompanied
by City Officer Jim Raley and North
Fletcher, made a trip to Lyons, in
Toombs county, Georgia, Sunday in
an effort to bring back the perpetrator
of a car and Jewel theft from one
of tin- Hohkirk Inn cottages late Friday
night.
The thief stole a 1 V-S troni Ran
dolph Duffey, noted steeplechase ri1
dev. now wintering here, while his car
was parked In front of the cottage.
He also entered the cottage and stole
$40 in cash, stick pins, jewelry and
wearing apparel.
The theft occurred somewhere near
midnight on Friday and Saturday.
Mr. Duffey was notified that his car
had been wrecked at four o'clock Saturday
morning In that short time
the thief had put 225 miles behind
him and was running at the rate of
75 miles per hour when the car left
the highway and jumped a wire pasture
fence without touching It.
Sheriff Culpepper of Lyons, arrested
N ' H Neilson. of Dayton, Ohio,
holding him for the theft, but upon
bringing Neilson back to Camden, he
told such a straight story about being
picked np by a man giving his name
as Dave Williams. Sheriff McLeod
and the others of the party were convinced
that ho was innocent of the
heft Neilson being a World War
j veteran and suffering from shock
I from tip' wreck, the sheriff sent him
to the Veterans Hospital in Columbia.
He stated that it was truly a wild
ride he took with Williams.
WMUiams escaped after the wreck,
but an effort Is- being made to capture
him. Mr. Duffey's ear was almost a
total wreck.
J. F. Owens, farmer of Greene county,
N. C., has been sentenced to prison
for seven to nine years, following his
conviction at Snow Hill, on a charge
of killing one of his tenants over a
crop settlement dispute.
Kershaw County Has
j No Bonded Debt
J Charleston 1h one of the three South
Carolina counties with no bonded in
doblodnesB.
Figures compiled by W W. Pale,
statisticiuit, of Greenville and Charleston,
show thut Charleston, Bamberg
and Kershuw are distinguished
anions the 4?; counties or the state in
that the) ha\e no bonded indebted
liess
Bumbcrg has no bond issues outstanding.
and citizens ure now paying
j taxes on the operating expenses of
the county.
t harleston and Kershaw mm, in
reality, in slightly different situations,
l>ut the net result is the same.
Charleston has a bonded indebted
! noss of $1,392,000 and a floating debt
of $l)t>,(?oo in notes, totaling $l,4ah.i'00.
Against this, however, the county is
, duo. $ 1,4r?K,f,27 from the stale highway
j reimbursement program; lias a sinkilng
fund of $110,702 cash and $0:>i.othj
in sinking fund investments, making
j a grand total of $2,220.2k!i in uhhcIm or
ja surplus ot $7t57,78!l over its indeht
I ednoBH.
j "No other county in the state ran
j compare with thut record and tew
jilt the Southeast can equal it," Mr.
I 'ate declared,
j Kershaw county, of which Camden
is the county seat, has a bonded indebtedness
of $1,081,227. but against
(thin is a sinking fund of $110,000 and
a highway reimbursement program of
j $1,020,227, leaving a net surplus of
$57,000.
j The three counties mentioned are
I the only ones In the state owing no
money, as a single political unit.
Mrs. I^ast Dies After
A Long Illness
Mrs. Augustus Molntan Hast, a na
live of l he Limestone section of
Orangeburg county, died at her home
on Highland Avenue in thiH city Fri day
morning at nine o'clock. Mrs.
Kast's dentil followed a long period
of ill health, part of which time was
spent in a camp at Columbia.
She had been a resident of Camden
'for the past sixteen years and had
j endeared herself to many of our peo[
pie by her good Christian life. Surviving
are her husband, W. H. Hast,
and the following sons and daughters:
Mrs. H. B. Tate, of Charleston; W. H.
Itast, Jr., of Rock Hill; Misses Annis
Hast, Margaret Rnst, Myrl Hast and
J. A. Hast, of Camden. One sister,
Mrs. J. R. O'Cain, of Orangeburg, and
two grand childreft, H. B. Tate, Jr.,
and Myrle Tate, also survive.
Funeral services were held from the
graveside at Cameron in Calhoun
county Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
services being conducted by Rev. J. P.
Inabinet, of Camden, and Rev. C. F.
Wlmberly, of Allendale.
Quite a number of Camden friends
i of the deceased accompanied the funeral
cortage to Cameron.
Bethune Faculty
j To Present Play
Better Than Gold," a mountain
j tolk play will be presented by the
' faculty at the Bethune high school
j on Friday, Murch 20, at 8:15. This
| play, filled with many humorous and
unexpected situations, wHI givo every
; one an opportunity to enjoy an evening
?>f laughter. Don't miss the fun.
1 '1 he admission is twenty-five cents
:and ten cents.
To Meet at MoBee
j Special to The Chronicle
| Me Bee, S. C.. March 12.?The South
Carolina Congress of Parents and
Teachers will hold the meeting of the
tenth district in the McBee high
! sc hool auditorium on Thursday, Mar.
19, at 2 p. m. Representatives of all
schools, with or without PTA chapters
jn Kershaw, Chesterfield, Darlington
and Marlboro counties, are
urged to attend this meeting. Mrs.
C. C. Curtis, president of the McBee
chapter, will preside. Mrs. Curtis has
announced the following speakers for
the afternoon; Mrs. Blackmon Smith,
state president: Mrs. C. W. Schroedet\
state membership chairman; Mrs.
S. Rollins, third vice president; Mrs.
A. C. Graham, state treasurer.
Have Vour Seed Tested
j A small per cent of our farmers
j have brought cotton seed Into our
(office t? have germination test made.
Some have found that It would not
| pay to plant their seed due to poor
germination. Many people fail to get
good stands of cotton every year due
to their planting seed.
You can have your seed tested for
germination free of charge by bringing
them to my office and we will
mall them to J. Roy Jones In Cotaa*
bla to have the test made ?W. C.
McCarley, County Agent.
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