The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 22, 1936, Image 1
The Camden Chronicle
VOLUME 48 C&.MDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1936 NUMBER 9
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Camden High Finals
To Begin May 31st
Tin' Anal exercises of the school
ve^t hi the city system will begin ou
aun,lay evening, May 31, at 8:30, In
' the IhKh school auditorium. This program
will he In the nature of a union
service conducted by the ministers of
lUe town. The music for the occasion
villi bo furnished by a choir of townspeople.
and the high school glee club.
Tlie sermon to the graduates will be
preached by the Rev. J. B. Caston,
paBtoi of the First Baptist Church of
Camden.
Monday evening in the school auditorium
at 8:30 the elementary grades
will present the cantata, "Romance of
Cinderella," followed by songs and
folk dances by the pupils of the
fourth, fifth and sixth grades. This
program is given it*, honor of the students
of the seventh grade who will
enter the high school in September.
, The seventh grade will be represented
on the program by the two class
leaders, each of whom will deliver
short addresses as valedictorian and
salutatorian of the class.
The senior class day exercises are
sei for Tuesday evening, June 2, at
This year the program will
vary from the usual form of prophecies.
wills and the like. The senior '
class, assisted by some of the student
s of the lower grades in the high
school, will present the play, "The
Graduates Seven Guides."
The graduation exercises are set
101 Wednesday evening, June 3, at
S:30 in the high school auditorium.
The program will take its usual form
except that there will be more pupil
participation. There will be no address
to the graduates delivered by
an out-of-town speaker. The roll of
the graduating class Is:
Delia Marguerite Boheler, Mary
Louise Branham, Minnie Sue Bruce,
Carolyn Spann Cantey, Mary Virginia
Davis. Harriet Lucile Dees, Effie Zelma
Goodman, Meta Regina Goodman,
Dernice Marguerite Hendrix, Alice
11. (label Horton, Gladys Marguerite
limram, Sarah Jones Ingram, Dorothy
Ks.-lyn Jackson, Eleanor Kirschner,
Klleu Hamilton Little, Mary Ellen McDowell,
Emily Louise McLeod, Caroline
Morrow Nelson, Mary Elizabeth
Pitts, Mary Fortune Purser, Boydie
Juanita Rabon, Nellie Ruth Rabon,
Alice Itebecca Rush, Florence Alexan- 1
der Savage, Sudie Pauline Shirley, i
Jean VanLandingham, Helen Alma
Ward, Jamell Eva "Watts, Nancy
Thompson Watts. 1
Thomas Frank Clyburn, James Davis
Elkins, Jerry Cornelius Ford,
Ralph Everett Goodale, John Smyrl i
Halsall, Robert Marye, Leonard Strait 1
Mayer, William Edwin Miller, Charles <
William Moseley, Hazel Clark Munn, <
Henry Basil Munn, Harold McCallum,
William DeLoache Nettles, Robert I
McKain Richards, Lee Matthew West,
Shr-lton James West. i
This year an unusual occurrence 1
took place in that Elizabeth Pitts and 1
Minnie Sue Bruoe tied for first honorB 1
to the tenth of a point for the four
years work of the high school. It
was rather unusual that these two !
young ladies should have the same l
average for four years after having 1
taken exactly the same subjects. To ,
b-t'-rmine who should be valedictof:un,
the two girls were asked to draw
St,a\vs. The selection for valedicto- \
t' in fell to Elizabeth Pitts and Minaic
Sue Bruce automatically became
>alutatorian of the class.
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Death of Purdy Ray
Purdy Ray died Friday evening at '
*> 30 at the Camden hospital. Hlg
death was the result of an accident '
at the planing niill In Blaney.
Mr. Ray, a resident of Lugoff, was *
married to Miss Bessie Branham in 1
1518. He is survived by his widow, 1
Mrs. Bessie Ray, and the following
children: Edna Ray 16, Tennie Ray 1
U. Nick Ray 12, Ruth Ray 11, Mittie
5, Margaret Lucy Ray 7, Daufus
'lay 4, also the following brothers
and sisters: Mrs. Wade Reynolds,
Mrs. J. T. Ray, R. R. Ray, Mrs. Mlt- J
He Poison, all of Camden, and John
'la>', Nlck_Ray, Mrs. Ida Branham, f
Mary Ray and Margaret Ray, all of 4
1-ugoff. 1
Funeral services were held Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock at the Pine
(?rove Baptist church, conducted by
Rev. B. 8. Broome, of Camden. 1
Pallbearers were Lem Baker, CorHayes,
T. R. Rabon and L. Jackson.
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Notice of Union Mooting t
The union meeting of Kershaw As- 1
s?ciation will convene at Beaver Dam t
Raptist church. May SO. Let all paa- <
tors and delegates take notice and i
for program next week. a
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Poultry Story By
Peggy Holland
I h<> rural mull carrier delivered my
one hundred Rhode Island red baby
chicks to me ono euowy January day.
Miss Powell, our county home demonstration
agent, had arranged with
the Camden Shrlno Club to loan me
tl?e money to pay for these and I had
been notified the date of delivery,
therefore 1 wuh ready to receive them.
My brooder house, which was 6x10
feet, was ono I had used two years
before and the brick furnuce was in
good condition s6 all that it was necessary
for me to do wus to put in a
new clay floor and thoroughly clean
the building. I flred the furnace the
day before the chickens were expected,
using a good thermometer to test
and regulate the heat.
1 fed my chicks a well balanced'
home-mixed feed with plenty of milk.
In spite of the exceedingly cold weather
experienced in January and February
my chicks did well and I succeeded
in raising ninety-eight out of
the hundred.
I had planned to keep all pullets
and cull along as 1 saw best but milk
fed broilers were Belling at a premium
at this season so i sold all except
twenty-four pullets and two cock*
'orels. For my dressed broilers and
fryers 1 received 35 cents per pound,
and for those on foot 30 cents. I
realized $46.80 from the sale of these.
My home-grown feed figured at market
price amounted to $7.70.
The pullets and cockerels that I
have are doing well and weigh more
than four pounds at this time. 1 will
use these to continue my major FourH
poultry work next year.
Lady Dies Suddenly
While Visiting Here
While on a visit to her daughter,
Mrs. J. I). Byrd, Mrs. Mary Pickell
Davis, 54, suffered a heart attack iu
it Main street business establishment
here about "noonday Friday and died
enroute to the Camden hospital.
Mrs. Davis was from Greenwood,
where she was born. She- is survived
by one daughter, Mrs. Byrd and ,a
grandson, Elbert Ifyrd of Camden.
Three sisters and one brother survive
as follows: Mrs. K. Penn, of
Greenwood; Mrs. J. L. Paul, of Ninety-Six;
Mrs. J. P. .Timmerman, of
Edgefield; W. R. Pickell, of Kirksey.
Mrs. Davis had often visited her
daughter here and had made many
friends, who regret her passing.
Funeral services were held Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock at Mountain
Creek Baptist church in Greenwood
county, with the Rev. W. C. Coker in
charge.
Nine Million Dollars of Bonus Money
Columbia, May 19.?S. C. Groeschel,
manager of the Veterans' administration
here, said today South Carolina
veterans had applied for more than
^9,000,000 in "bonus" payments.
Groeschel said 19,923 former service
men had asked approximately
f9,386,721 and that many others had
not yet applied. No time limit has
neen set yet.
Baron DeKalb Holds
Graduation Exercises
The graduation exercises of the
Baron DeKalb school were held in the
ichool auditorium last Friday evening,
May 15, at eight o'clock. The
itAte high school supervisor, John G.
Kelly, was the guest speaker of the
pccasion, while Mrs. Kathleen B.
Watts, Kershaw county superintendent
of education, made appropriate remarks
and awarded the annual scholirship
medals.
State high school diplomas were
iwarded by Superintendent Cyril B.
Busbee to a class of twenty-eight.
Bther eleventh grade awards were
nade also. In addition to the reguar
graduation, the following pupils
ecelved honored recognition: Fred
Fletcher, orator; Willie Mae Peach,
lalutatorian; Willie Mae Horton, valellctorlan;
Johnny Sowell, grammar
ichool scholarship; Ruth McDonald,
Ugh school scholarship; Margaret
''aulkenberry, athletics; Vivian Trueslale
activities; Victor Truesdale, improvement.
Letter Carrier's To Meet
The annnal meeting of the Lancaser
and Kershaw County Rural Later
Carrier's Association will be held
it Elgin, May 29, at 6:80 p. m. for
>usiness and election of officers for
his year, Afish supper will be serr>d.
All carriers end substitutes are
urged to be preeent?J. W. Thompson,
Secretary.
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Judging Team Made
[ Excellent Showing
The Camden high school agriculture
cluss judging team that won out In
the District Judging content In Columbia,
journeyed to Clemson and made
un excellent allowing in the atate
judging contest.
Clement Shiver won un 118 life
time Shaeffer fountain pen donated
by the DcLaval Separutor Company.
He received thia for having the higheat
individual acore in judging Guernsey
and Jersey dairy cows. He won
second highest in Guernsey cows and
was awarded an all metal milking
bucket presented by Creamery l'ackago
Manufacturing company of Atlanta,
Ga.
Elilee Pate won first place in sweet
potato judging and was presented
with a garden plow by S. L?? Allen &.
Company, of Philadelphia. He won
first place in judging of supervised
practice program. Pate was also
high score of the Camden team with
Shiver winning second highest on the
team.
The Camden team won first place
in the judging of Rhode Island reds
and white Leghorn poultry. The team
was presented an electric brooder by
the Buckeye Incubator Company of
Springfield, Ohio. The Camden team
also won first in the supervised practice
program. The supervised program
Judged was four student farm
programs placed before the various i
teams to he judged. When Judging
these programs the student was to
take into Njonsiderntion the financial
value, the soft building, the planting
of legumes, the home garden home
flock of poultry, shop work, house
beautiflcatlon, sanitation, and the like
that is taught in connection with each
student farm pRferam.
The team also yanked high in livestock
judging and made a strong bid
for a free trip to Kansas City to the j
National livestock judging contest. !
The team was composed of Elilee
t Pate. Clement Shiver and James Gra- !
j ham, along with John Hammond and
Robert Smith. Jr., as alternates. They ,
made an educational tour extra, visiting
Presbyterian College and other
points of interest.?Billy Moseley, Reporter.
CHARLOTTE THOMPSON
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
The thirteenth annual commencement
exercises of the Charlotte
Thompson high school will begin on
Sunday afternoon, May 24, when the
baccalaureate sermon will be preached
in the new auditorium by the Rev.
Dr. Maurice Clark, of^race Episcopal
Church of Camden. The hour is 4
o'clock.
On Thursday afternoon, May 28, at
6 o'clock, the Grammar School will
present an operetta, "The Indian
Princess," with a cast of sixty children.
And on Friday afternoon at 6,
the final graduation exercises will be
h61d. The address will be delivered
by Dr. S. M. Derrick of the faculty of
the University of South Carolina.
The following are candidates for
diplomas: Iva Ix>u Arrants, Clifford
McLeod, Naoni Walker, Doris Workman.
It is gratifying to the community
that all the exercises this year
can be held in the new auditorium
which will have a seating capacity of
over six hundred.
The public is invited to attend the
execiseB.
Death of Lee W. Vaughan
Cassatt, May 19.?The many*frlends
of Lee W. Vaughan were shocked aud
saddened to hear of his death, which |
occurred Saturday night, May 15, at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. T. H.
McLauchlin, in the Sandy Grove community.
He was the victim of a
heart attack and was ill only a few
minutes, although he had been in declining
health for several years. Mr. j
Vaughan was 75 years of age and
was a member of the Bethune Metho-1
dist church.
He was born and reared in Darlingtot^
county, but had been a resident
of Kershaw county for the past 25
years. He was twice married, his
first wife was Miss Julia Roddick of
Lydia, who preceded him to the
grave 32 years ago. ?His second wife
being Miss Florence Fields, who survives
with four children, C. R.
Vaughan, Columbia; R. W. Vaughan,
Cassatt; Mrs. O. W. Jeffords, Lamar;
Mrsjj T. H. McLauchlin, Cassatt, and
five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at Sandy
Grove church Saturday afternoon
at 5 o'clock by Rev. W. V. Jerman,
assisted by A. C. Corbett and Rev.
Thompson of Cayce, and interment
followed In the church yard afterwards.
Highway Bill Is *. |
Passed Over Veto
1!??' long bitter controversy over!
tiio reorganisation of Mouth Carolina I
highway department came apparently
to an end laat Thursday when thej
house of representatives, by a margin
of three votes, and the senate overwhelmingly
passed over the veto of!
Governor Johnston the combination'
highway act--the act which the governor
had termed a "legislative ome-1
let," a "three-headed monster."
The house vote was 82 to 39; the
senate vote 32 to 5.
Wednesday, the house had sustained
the veto by a narrow margin, then
It moved to reconsider its action, and
Thursday^ ?*Hid scenes tense with interest,
It gave the measure the necessary^*
wo-t birds majority.
There was gpplause and cheering
when speaker Claude A. Taylor announced
that the bill had been passed.
Out in the lobby vthero was further
demonstration, us supporters of !
the bill cheered and sang and congratulated
one another.
The veto message was read in the
senate after it convened at 8 p. m.
I here was no debute. Several sen-'
aiorg, wearied by the session-long issue,
cried: "Put (he question. Let's!
vote." And they did, muking law of
the highway act.
Hn M. Sawyer, chief highway commissioner,
object of the governor's at-!
tack on a hundred slumps, made no,
statement. j
Governor Johnston, who ut first did (
not comment, snfd last night that "It
seems that the wishes of the people!
will have to be again spoken at the'
polls this summer."
In a brief statement he expressed
bis "sincere thanks to those mem-!
hers of the house and senate who
have worked so earnestly and honorably
to help me carry out my pledges
to the people of South Carolina.
I commend each of them to the
People of our great state." lie said,
"and know that their efforts will not
he ^rnappreciated."
The passage of the bill over the
veto was the major defeat the governor
had suffered sinco lie was inaugurated
January 15, 1935, when,
from the 8tate House steps, before a |
cheering throng, he delivered his Inaugural
address, calling on members
of the highway commission to hand
in their resignations. Since that day,
much water has gone over the dam;
the governor has met with passive
reverses and with passive triumphs.
But interest, in the last few days
at any rate, had been centered In
the combination highway bill, and
its passage yesterday was naturally,
a blow to the chief executive und his J
supporters.
The contesting sides, so evenly bali
anced that a shift of one or two with
nerves taut and Interest at highest!
pitch, followed the reading clerk as
the roll was called and the result was !
known even before the speaker had !
announced It.
Not in years had a light In the legislative
halls been so Intense and |
bitter. The fight for tho passage of!
the liquor law, in comparison, was as !
a game of duckpins.
Governor Johnston was not in the |
hall when the final vote was taken, i
nor was his secretary, Roy Powell,;
who left soon after F. M. Roddey of'
1* airfield called for the enforcement
of a house rule relative to persons!
who may be In the hall while the;
house Is in session. Women, Awho |
would have been excluded under the
rule, were allowed to remain by unanimous
consent.
On Wednesday, when the first vote
on the veto message was being taken, i
C. E. Saint-Amand, Cherokee, arose'
and commented on the governor's J
presence. He was quoted In The i
State as having said, "The governor
has no right In this hall." Yesterday
he requested that It be noted that
he had said the "governor has no
right In this hall influencing votes."
Prior to the taking of the final and
decisive roll call, there was hut little
debate of the veto message or the
bill. Lines had previously been sharply
drawn; the bill, as a whole, was
new but its components parts had
previously been discussed and there
was not much new to say.
Marshal Bridges, Florence, urging
the house to override the veto, made
a plea for "elimination of discord In
JJouth Carolina and restoration of
-harmony."
Saying he would not ask his people
to return him to the house, he declared
he believed himself free of
'*renom, spleen and hatred."
"South Carolina is in a turbulent
tate," he declared. "It la full of discord
and strife. The governor, In re
luing ims oiii, says it waa born of
dissension and discord.'"
"No man has contributed to the
lack of harmony and discord in our
state as has his excellency. He is
the creator of discord and dissension.
He would make his political progress
in his hatred for an individual."
He made reference to the book
"Magnificent Obsession" and said no
man could become great unless tied
to something greater than himself.
And to base a political life on the hatred
of an Individual "thwarts the]
progress of that life." He said he
I was interested in Governor Johnston
and hoped the time would come when
he would get out of his heart the
hatred of one Individual "and be occupied
with something bigger than
poor old Ben 8awyer."
I T. B. Nalley, Pickens, declaring
that he was not Interested in Mr.
Sawyer nor Governor Johnston, urged
house members to vote their convictions.
"I have had friends to tell me
there is no need for me ever to offer
for office in Pickens county if I vote
against this bill," he continued. "But
they can't keep me from plowing my
own mnle."
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Oilers Scholarships
To (. M. T. Trainees'
A Stanley Llewellyn, of Camden,!
S. chuirman of the Military Training
Cam pa Association for Kershaw
County, announced yesterday thut the
commanding general, Fourth Corps
Area has allotted two scholarships to
the C. M. T. Camp to ho hold at Fort
Bragg, N, C., August 5 to September
3. These scholarships have been given
through tho efforts of the Military
Training Camp Association by lnstl
tij.tl.ons of learning for award to this
summer's trainees. These scholarships
are as follows:^
Fur man University, Greenville, S.
C. One scholarship, value $76,00. Period
one year or through college
if merited. Additional expenses, $360
per year exclusive of books, laboratory
fees and laundry.
Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C.
One scholarship, value $65.00. Period
two years. Estimated udditlosal expenses
$300.00.
In addition- to these, the following
described scholarship has been Riven
by the Castle {{eights Military Academy,
Lebanon, Tenn., and is open to
competition at each of the seven C.
M. T. Camps to be held in this corps
area during the coming summer:
One scholarship, value $260.00. 1'e-1
riod two years, provided recipient1
maintaining satisfactory academic uverage
and g^/od behavior. Estimated '
uddtional oxpenses approximately'
$650.00 for the tirst year. This may
he pnld for at tho rate of $66.00 per
month. Approximately $500 for the
second your. The student must be a
graduate of an accredited high school [
within the Fourth Corps Area and
present proper admission certificate
and certificate of good character and '
health.
These scholarships will bo awarded '
in each instance to outstanding train-!
ecs who expect to matriculate nt the'
institutions noted. In all eases, tho I
award of scholarships will he depen-'
dmit upon the trainee's ability to meet
entrance requirements. Application*1
<>t all trainees of the camp will bo
given care/ul consideration iti making
the final selections for the award of!
scholarships. i
In previous years, competition for
the scholarships awarded has been
keen, and trainees selected have made
creditable records In the institutions
in which they have matriculated.
Camden Hospital
To Be Enlarged
It was announced here today that
Bernard M. Baruch, financier of New
York City, has made another donation
to the Camden hospital for Its
enlargement. Mr. Baruch gave the
grounds and building several years
ago to the city of Camden as a memorial
to his father, the late Dr. Simon
Baruch, noted surgeon In the Confederate
army and later In New York.
No announcement has been made
as to the number of rooms to be added,
but the plans are under way. The
hospital serves charity as well as pay
patients and is generally crowded to
capacity.
Bcthesda Presbyterian Church
Sunday, May 24, A. -Douglas McArn,
pastor. Church school at 10 a. m.
Morning worship with sermon on
"Passing Through Samaria" at 11:15.1
Service for children and young people
at 8 p. in. The public is cordially Invited
to all these services.
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Mrs. L W. Nettles
Claimed By Death
Mrs l<cc Win borne Nettles, 74, died
at 11)i> rcHidcuco of her mm, W, F.
Nettles, 416 I .aureus street, Tuesday
ittoriiiuK at it o'eloek. after an illuesH
extending over a period of a little
more than a month,
Mrs. Neltloa wuh a native of Texas,
horn in Young county, October 29.
1N61. She was married to I)'r. Lau
rence VVhlteford Nettles, May 4, ISHO,
and moved to South Carolina in 1SS3.
For u long time Dr. Nettles was a
practicing physician in Clarendon
county. loiter the elderly couple
moved to Camden to make their home
with their only son, W. F. Nettles.
l)r. Nettles died in, 1922. Her elder
sot) died In 1913 and her youngest
son, Cuptain O. \V. Nettles, died in
1925.
She was a member of the Methodist
church, u woman of quiet Christian
faith and as long as her health
permitted took part in social and
church activities.
Only one son survives, W. F. Net
ties,'of this city, but she litis a large
family connection-?one brother, John
Winbourno, of New Mexico; four sisters,
Mrs. Robert Sporty, of California;
Mrs. Dan Watson, Mrs. Frank
Thurston, of Oklahoma; Mrs. Florence
Kuhoa, of Oregon.
Grand children are W. F. Nettles,
Jr., Miss Olivo Nettles, of (Jamden;
Mrs. C. M. lirabhum, of Hamburg; O.
Windham Nettles, Fort Knox, Ky.;
Mrs. William Mikkelsen, Fort Henjamin
Harrison, Ind.; Miss Margaret
Nettles, Fort Knox, Ky.; one great
grand child, Virginia Nettles llrabham,
of Hamburg.
Funeral services were conducted
from the residence at 9 o'clock Wednesday
morning, with Rev. J. T. Peeler,
of Klngstree, in charge. Interment
followed in the cemetery in
Manning.
Active pallbearers were Dr. George
Rhatue, Hoy kin Rhaine, J. 11. Osborne,
T. V, Walsh, Jr., A. 10. Miller,
Miles Montgomery and John K. de1
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Man Dies From
Blow From Belt _
Purdy Hay, 40 year old white man,
died In the Camden hospital Friday
from injuries received Thursday afternoon
while working at the plant of
the Blaney Planing Mill, Inc., at Rlaney.
He was standing near a pulley
when a belt broke, slapping him on
the right side of the face. It was
not thought his injuries were serious
ajt first, as he had regained consciousness
and was able to talk. Ray is
survived by his widow ahd six children.
His funeral occurred from Pine
Grove llaptist church Sunday morning.
Funds Raised for Memorial
The committee in charge of the
raising of funds for the erection of a
suitable memorial to the late Samuel
Russell reports that It has received
a splendid response. Hundreds of do?
nations, large and small, have been
received and almost enough money
is now in hand to erect the proposed
granite semi-circular bench ot the
street, in front of the Library.
Inasmuch as personal acknowledgernents
of the gifts have not been
made the committee wishes to take
this opportunity to express to the
contributors to this fund their sincere
appreciation for their generous
response.
THEY READ IT IF THEY
HAVE TO BORROW IT
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i Joe
Castello, publisher of the Cynthlana
Progress, of Kentucky, sends
this unusual communication to the
Publishers Auxiliary, a newspaper
published in the Interest of newspaper
men which makes Interesting
reading, especially to the small town
publisher:
"We have seen many kinds of records
In The Auxiliary, and as nearly
everything has .been covered, It
seems, we thought to tart
some new sort, so we advertised for
the subscriber whose paper was read
by the largest number of people, offering
a $R prise to the one turning
in the largest list of bona fide readers,
together with addresses.
"The winner turned In R3 names
and said the paper was almost worn
out when returned to her each week.
Another prise winner came through
with 38 readers, the next with 19 and
another skh|trr-w :?
I "We will new watt patiently until
I some one tops that."
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