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f "" < ~ " Vf ;"... x , The Camden Chronici.f jj - CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 27. 1936 .. 1 ' - * ??????? '? ?? NUMBER 36 ? .4* Women's Council Met in Legion Hall One hundred and thirty-one farm women, representing fifteen communities of Kershaw county, attended tliu meeting of the Farm Women's Council at the American Legion Hall in Camden on Saturday, November j4. The meeting was called to order at 2 o'clock by the president, Mrs. J. A. Bell, after which "Come Ye Thankrut People Come" was sung by the assembly. Kev. A. 1). McAm, pastor of liethosda Presbyteriun church, conducted a vary timely devotional'. Three minute talks were given by the eleven couuty department chairmen at which time"each outlined the work of tfbr department for the coming year. ^ Koll was called and minutes read by the secretary, Mrs. Shelby Truesdale, followed by a brief report of the Piedmont District Council Meeting by Mrs. Alex West. D, W. Itieger, district forester, in a brief address spoke on "Conservation" and stressed the importance of conserving the national resources. l>r. A. W. Humphries of the county health department, introduced Mrs. Alma Schellenberg, the tuberculosis nurse for Kershaw county. Mrs. Schellenberg told of her work in the county and asked the cooperation of the council members in the approaching seal sale. Carrie Baker, winner in the county and state health contest, told the council of her work as a Four-H club member in the Charlotte Thompson club. She alBo told of the state health contest at which she was selected as the healthiest club girl in the state, and will represent South Carolina at Chicago in the National health contest. A gavel offered by Miss Fewell to the club -having the best publicity awarded to the DeKalb Home Demonstration Club. Mrs. Curtis Ogburn, publicity chairman for the club, received the award for the very flne publicity she has been responsible for during the year. It is of interest to note that the DeKalb club, through the efforts of. Mrs. Ogburn, had 164 inches of publicity during the year. The Midway home demonstration club received honorable mention for the line publicity they had had during the year. The gavel W,hich was the publicity award, was presented by Mrs. Sam Huggins, county publicity chairman. Miss Fewell, county home demonstration agent, next presented club diplomas to Midway, Gates Hill and Timrod home demonstration cfubs. These clubs had completed four years of project work. She also presented Mrs. Allie West and Mrs. Henry Arrants with individual diplomas for four years of project work and records. One hundred and fifty-five individual club members received cerr tificates for satisfactorily completing the pasty years work and carrying out and reporting home practices. Following a short business session -the council adjoffrned. Welcome Service For New Pastor On Sunday evening, November 29, at 7:30 o'clock the ministers and congregations of the churches of Camden will meet In a service of welcome to the Incoming pastor of Lyttleton Street Methodist church. The service will be held in Lyttleton Street Methodist church and Rev. Bryce Herbert, the pastor recently assigned to this church will preach the sermon. The public is cordially invited to attend. First Baptist Church 8ervices The following services are announct ft! for week begining Sunday, November 29, at the First Baptist Church: Sunday School at 10 o'clock with W. Wilson, superintendent in charge, l'ublic worship, 6onducted by the paslVr> J- B. Caston, at 11:16 a. m. Morning subject: "Our World Task." 1J T. U. Sunday evening at 6 30. Prayer meeting Wednesday _ owning at 7; 20. -The public 4e oor<1 iaily invited to attend all the services of this church. / Bethesda Presbyterian Church - K * 0 ^ Sunday, November 29,- A. Douglas McArn," pastor. Church school for 1 every W at 10 a. m. Morning wor- i with sermon at 11;15. Midweek ] study group on Wednesday evening 1 ** 7:80. Service children and *?ung people Sunday evening at 7 1 o'clock. The pnbtlo la cordially In- 1 {Kendall Company I Buys Another Mill! Pelzer Manufacturing Company, of Pelzer, South Carolina, this week will change ownership when the Interests I of the company were purchased by the Kendall Company of Boston. The purchasing company has for some time been operating two mills at Newberry, one each at Camden and Edgefield, 8. C., and one near Chur"totte, n: c.? According to the officlul announcement all of the capital stock of Pelzer Mills, a South Carolina corporation, was acquired by Kendall. The iirst named corporation was receutly organized for the purpose of carrying on the busiuess of the textile firm known as '-^he Pelzer Manufacturing Company. It was generally known thut the Pelzer properties were on the market for some months and various rumors had them practically sold to several -prominent interests. However, the! reul purchaser was not named until this week. There is to be no material change in' the operation of the 'mills in Pelzer. J. F. Blackmon, who has efficiently managed the plants, will remain us general manager. The Pelzer plant is one of the largest textile manufacturing firms In Soutli Carolina: There are three mill units in orfe building and a fourth unit in another building. About 136,000 spindles and 2,500 looms employ the services of approximately 1,300 persons. H. P. Kendall heads the firm which Is to operate Pelzer. The Kendall Company also lias large textile Interests in the North.?Greenville Observer. New President for Coker College Hartsville, S. C., Nov. 23.?Dr. Charles Sylvestor Green will be in- j stalled as the sixth president of Coker j College, Hartsville, on Tuesday, De-1 cember 1. Dr. Samuel Chiles Mitchell ! of the University of Richmond, will! make the principal address on the subject, "The College and the Community." J. J. Lawton, the president of the board of trustees, will preside and Install the new president. Dr. Green succeeds Dr. Carlyle Campbell, whose resignation last spring terminated a service of thirteen years to the college. The new president of Coker has been prominent as a leader in the affairs of the Baptist denomination, with which Coker College is affiliated. He Is a graduate of Wake Forest College and Duke University, has bad pastorates in Durham, N. C., and in Richmond, Va., from which last he came to his present position. Dr. Green has been a frequent contributor to magazines and newspapers, is the author of a book recently from the press, and is thirty-six years of age. He has the .distinction of being one of the youngest college presidents in the country. MR8. GARVIN DIE8 Was Mother of Mrs. R. A. Bruce of Charlotte Thompson Community. Mrs. Clara Gantt Garvin, 74, died suddenly at 1:30 Sunday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. A. Bruce, near Camden. Mrs. Garvin was a native of Steadman and had made her home with her daughter for the past six years. She was well known both in Camden and in her old home community and leaves many friends who will be saddened t6 learn of her passing. Funeral services were conducted at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon from Tabernacle Baptist church, near Salley, by the Rev. J. C. Hester. The funeral party left the Korpegay Funeral home In Camden at ,< 12 o'clock Monday for the church. I Mrs. Garvin is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Bruce and Mrs. E. C. Clamp of Salley; one ion, Hollis Garvin of Kitchlngs Mill; a sister, Mrs. Delaner Gunter of Lexington and one Mrs. Lenoir o(es in Columbia Mrs. Elise Senders Lenoir, 51, of , Hagood, died a> a local hospital yes-' terday afternoon after a long Illness. . She la survived by \three sisters, , Mrs. Furmar/Jackson of Miami, Fla., , Mrs. T. H. Spann of Columbia, and Mrs. R. RJRembert of Rembert; one brother, Benjamin H. Sanders of New Fork; hoi* stepmother, Mrs. Thomae ?, Sand/rs trt, Columbia, and several j ialf-bro^hers.?Wednesday's Columbia 1 State. 1 i t"" - I _ -L? | Camden Wths Lower State Championship Camden won tho Ix>wer' Slate Championship here at Zump field Thursday by score of 7 to 0. The score earn? in the middle of the third quurtor when West passed from tho 12 yard line and Hates caught the pass, and stepped across for a touchdown. A pass Wost to Khame was good for extra point. In a thrilling and exciting game plhyed before 2,000 spectators Camden managed to cross Boaufort's goal line for the first time tlilts year and for tho second touchdown in two yeajfs, Great Falls having, scored a touchdown In 1935. It was a brilliant game from start to finish, with .jCollier, captain of Beaufort team, a diminutive flash, returning punts and making nice gains to keep Camden's team from scoring several times. Hazemore, quarterback for Beaufort, called a brilliant game. He made several nice runs, and was a stonewall on defense. | Bishop and Fell well wore towers in the* line, and they were continually stopping Camden's offense. Hinely and Danna were down on punts and played a Jam-up game. Until Nolan, quuterback for Camden, was tuken out on account of an Injury he called Camden's offensive plays brilliantly. He also made nietr gains on end runs, llowell, star center for this section of state, continued his stellar performance by continually plugging the holes in Camden's forward wall. He has starred in most all of the gatneB. Brown and Connell were outstanding on defense in the line. They were breaking up plays or making tackles in almost every play. George West, Camden's triple threat back,, passed, punted and made several nice guins through Beaufort's line. A pass, West to Moore, v.as the longest gain of the game. It netted 27 yards, llhame and Branhazn made nice gains also. In this game there were star .performers from last years all-state team ?Bazemore and Nolan were on last year's first all-state team^ Ellis Rowell, center; Willie Bishop, tackle; and Norman Connell, guard, were on the second all-state team last year. Feltwell and Collier, also had honorable mention last year. First downB, Camden 9; Beaufort 5. Camden will play the winner of the Wlnthrop Traing School-Honoa Path game on December 5. Lineup: Pos. Camden Beaufort LE?Rhame Hinely LT?Oliver Bishop LG^?Brown Wallace C?Rowell Feltwell RG?Connell ..... Levin RT Carrison Koth RE?Bates Danna QB?Nolan .. .. .. Brazemore LH?Holland Fripp RH?Branham Collier FB?West Darby Officials: Farr, referee; Craig, umpire; Woodward, head linesman. Little Jacqueline 8mith Funeral services for little Colzie Jacqueline Smith, age three years, who died Wednesday evening at 9 o'clock in the Camden hospital, after only a few days illness were held at Beulah Methodist church Thursday, November 19, at 1 o'clock. Rites were in charge of the Rev. Player of Camden. Little Jacqueline was born November 27, 1933, the youngest daughter of Mr. and , Mrs. Clyburn Smith of near Camden. Besides her parents she is survived by one sister and three brothers. Also her paternal grandfather and maternal grand parents. The little girl was a pretty child with a sweet and loving disposition. She leaves many friends and relatives to mourn her-passing. Mrs. Carrie Heims Died . Thursday Mrs. Carrie Helms, 86, a native of Germany, died at the residence of her cottsin, David Wolfe here Thursday. ~ Until a few years ago, she had mnde her home in New York. She left but few relatives in this country. Funeral services were held from the Koruegay Funeral Home on Friday* November 27, at 11 a. m. Interment* Was in the Hebrew cemetery at Camden. Hospital Auxiliary To Moot Members of the Camden Hospital Auxiliary are requested to attend the monthly meeting of the Auxiliary to be bald Monday, November 10, at 4 tfce ho?ptt?l. ? li 1-.v'u * - Fire Damages Orphanage Cottage The (Jeorglu home, ouo of the tottagcs for Hinal) boys on the orphanage campus, wan badly damaged by ftre yesterday at noon. The children of the home with their matron, Miss Janio Stewart, had gone to the dining hall for dinner and no one was In the building at the time. They had been gene about twenty minutes when ,the fire was discovered by a colored woman opposite the campus, who sounded the alarm, Tho flames, had rapidly spread through all throe stories when the firo department arrived and soon extinguished the flames. The fire apparently started on tho second floor at the head of the stairway landing, Its origin, however, bolng unknown. Only one firo was In tho cottugo ut tho tiou* and that in u room on tho opposite side from where the fire originated. The building was insured nnd repairs are expected to got started immediately following an adjustment of the Iobs. 1 he twenty-live small boys occupying tlie cottage were moved yesterday to the upstairs of the Augustine home and l^esh*infirmary where they are temporarily being housed. Cots and beds were brought in during tho afternoon from Riverside cottage near here, to accommodate the children since all bedding and furnishings in tho building were badly damaged both by. fire and water.?Clinton Chronicle. W. M. Stevens Dies in Lancaster Home I Lancaster, Nov. 19.?Walter Miller Stevens, l^ancaster merchant, died of heart trouble In the Lancaster hospital at noon today. He was the son of late J. H. W. and Anna Curoton Stevens of Lancaster, a graduate of Porter Military academy, at Charleston, and Eastman Business school, at Poughkeepsle, New York. Mr. Stevens was president of the W. M. Stevens company here and vke president of the Merchants and Farmers bank of Bethune, where he lived many ye&rs. In 1908 Mr. Stevens married Miss Hannah Malloy of Cheraw, who survives him with the. following children: Mrs. R. A. Beckham and Miss Harriett Stevens, Lancaster; James Stevens, student at North Carolina State college and Walter Stevens, Jr., student at Furman university. Also surviving are two brothers, John T. Stevens, of Kershaw, highway commissioner, and Dr. W. O. Stevens of Rock Hill; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Davidson, of Camden, and Mrs. H. 8. McKay, of Cherayv. Funeral of Walter 8tevens Funeml services for Walter M. Stevens who died suddenly last Thursday were held at the home here on Friday afternoon wfth a large number In attendance and a very large floral offering In evidence. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. R. W. Jopling, assisted by Rev." W. Si Patterson. Pallbearers were John Davidson, H. R. Rice, A. C. Carnes, Joseph Mcllwain, Dr. R. C. Brown, B. D. McDonald and H. K. Ellis. Honorary pallbearers were John D. Wylie, R. 8. Stewart, Walter Taylor, Middleton Jones of Lancaster; Dr. E. Z. Truegdale, of Bethune; Fred Culvern, J. Frank Clyburn, of Kershaw and T. L. Johnston, J. L. Phelps and Harry Reuf, of Rock Hill. Deceased was one of Lancaster's most widely known business men and was possessed of a most genial and kindly disposition. He will be greatly missed In Lancaster and his death brought great sorrow to hundreds of friends In the city and county.?Lancaster News. Mrg. Minnie King Dead Hartsvllle, Nov. 24.?Mrs. Minnie Sowell King, 67, died Tuesday afternoon at tho homo of her daughter, Mrs. Camilla pftts. in McBee. She Is survived by one son, O. I. Sowell, McBee; ono daughter, Mrs. Camilla Pitts; two grandchildren, Miss Sarah Pitts and Frances Sowell; two brothers, J. Hudson Watklns, McBee, and 8. P. Watkins, Bethune; leur sisters, Mrs. J. M. Sowell. McBee; Mrs. L. C. West, Kershaw, and Mrs. Amos West and Mrs. S. J. West, Camden. The wild foxes in Marlon county have rabies, and often go up to homes snd attack the dogrf, and they have also bitten cattle. The county game warden Is warning everybody to carefully protect themselves, their dogs and animals from the foxes. V l, . * - i ?. , ^ - - -- - ^ ^ . ?-L _ T.. ^ ".ii 1 - i - . . Georgetown Forfeits Game to Camden Georgetown, Nov. 20.?Camden was declared winner of the seuii-tinula In ! the lower duss Class 1) football mot) by a score of 1 to 0 hero today, when the Georgetown team forfeited the gume ufter disputing a decision of the officials. With only nine minutes loft to play and .Camden leading, 111 to 1, ManesB, 'Gator qunrterbnck, In torcepted u Camden pass on his goal line and raced the length of the field obly to have the play culled off because of offensive bidding and clipping on the part of Georgetown, according to the ruling of the officials. When the referee called the play back about one-half of the 2,000 spec- J inters swarmed on the Held protesting the decision. Georgetown will pro-1 lest the game on several grounds, it | Is understood, Both teams presented! smart, fast and well coached squads,! alert to take advantage of the breaks ! In the lirst part of the game, Camden fooled the loculs with their ruz-! zlc-dazzle double and triple reverses,' but the 'Gators soon ferreted them j out and smeared the plays. l?&y)y in I the first quarter Camden marched to the 'Gators' one-yard Hue, where they were held for downs and Georgetown took the bull, after a poor punt, Nolan, brilliant Camden quarterback, took the ball on a triple revorso and raced IS yards for a touchdown. A puss from West to Nolan, was good for the extra point. Joseph, powerful 'Gator tackle, blocked a Camden punt and recovered on their 30-yard line. MnncBs then passed to Broughton for the 'Gutors llrst score. Maness also passed to Broughton for the extra point. Camden scored a second touchdown on a beautiful pass from West to Nolan, which was good for 30 yards. Tho try for the extra point was no good. IMa'y then see-sawed back and forth J with Maness for Georgetown and j West for Camden punting for long distances until Camden took tho ball to Georgetown's goal lino when Maness Intercepted a fourth-down pass on the last play of the game. Turkey Day Comes To Rehabilitators National turkey day again comes to Rural Rehabilitation farmers. Farm families who have been forced to forget about this royal bird for the last few years now look forward to a real Thanksgiving, with all that goes with it, according to B. P. DeLoache, Rural Rehabilitation Supervisor in Kershaw county. ' y One hundred and thirty-two families will have much to he thankful for and are proud of their achievements in home and farm improvement, and of the fine record they have made. Many of these families will substitute other delicious meats for the thanksgiving bird but all of the 132 farm families in this county will have a real Thanksgiving dinner. "I am very grateful for the fine cooperation given me and to my stair," said Mr. DeLoache," and more than pleased with the success of our farm plans in this district. Of the $46,000 advanced to farmers in Kershaw county a great per cent already has been repaid as late crops go to market." "Files in this office," continued Mr. DeLoache, "contain many letters from farmers who have been aided by this program and all letters indicate such improved conditions that all of us have much to bo thankful for." General Election Cost State $27,500 Columbia, Nov. 21.?Comptroller General A. J. Beattie announced today that it cost approximately $27,500 to cast tho record South Carolina's 115,000 or so votes In the general election. Beattio announced that 5,600 persons, Including poll managers and election commissioners, received payments from tho special legislative appropriation. He said the bulk of the gum* however, went to eighty. newspapers in the state for legal advertising of the election and for printing election return blanks and ballots on constitutional amendments. Each party printed Its own ticket. Beattie said he believed the $27,500 appropriation would be sufficient, although election costs had run as high as $30,000. He said all claims ware paid within three days. Fire aboard the tug Chief at Port Arthur, Texas, caused the loss of tour v - i * . nI ? ".> ? / y * - Funds For Santa J To Be Distributed ?-J Now Vork, Nov. 16.?Yule-tide spending money to the tune of upi proximately 1366,000,000 will bo Mb* t rihoted In the next two woekw to about 7,600,000 persons, Christmas Club, Inc., reported today. TIiIh la In addition to approximately $4 1,000,000 in Christ inuH club j funds already reported by mutual suviiiKS banks In the eighteen stutoa , lu \s hich they operute, bringing tko round total to almost $400,000,000. Christinas Club, inc., through its president. Herbert F. Kuwll, estimated the average year's accumulation for ouch club member would bo $40.60. ! A total of about 6,600 bnnks through' out the country acted as custodians j for the funds. The total to be distributed repreI sents an increase of about 14 per cent I over the 1936 figures, but Its only I slightly more than half the amount saved in the peak year of 1030 when $032,000,000 was poured Into tho hands of 1.000,000 members. Only about 42 per cent of the niouI oy will go for Christmas purchases. RawII estimated on the basis of previous experience. I'oruument savings will acount for fully 26 per cent, bo said, while taxes, mortgage interest, Insurance premiums and education, travel and charity will take the baluncu. New Yorkers will have the lion's share of this year's distribution, Ruwll said, with a total In tho neighborhood of $96,600,000. Pennsylvania n runs second, with $36,200,000 and New Jorsoy third, with $31,600,000 ,saved. Here is tho distribution by sections: New England, $40,000,000; Middle Altantic states, $164,200,000; East North central, $66,600,000; WeBt C> North central, $18,660,000; South Atlantic, $32,140,000; East South central, $7,190,000; West South central, $4,830,000; Mountain, $6,230,000; Pacific, $14,660,000. Last year, Ituwl said, showed the o smallest accumulation of all tho postdepression years, with $312,000,000 paid out to 7,000.000 depositors. He explained the poor showing by a decrease in the number of participating banks and the fact that formerly most of the banks paid interest on the accounts while in the last year or so the majority have cancelled the interest feature. Mutual banks, through the National ' Association of Mutual Savings Banks, reported 1936 their best year. Their $43,800,000 will go to 1,063,000 members. Legal Executions - .''it Reach New Mark < ,i 'sv-hJ Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 20.?North Carolina set a new record for legal exe- % .4.^ cutions In one year today by execut- t; ing Willie Tate of Pitt -county and Evans Macklln of Halifax for murder. # The deaths brought to 22 the number of men executed this year, compared with a previous high mark of 20 In 1934. Tate, 28, and Wftcklin, 20, both negroes, died by gas, the 11th and 12th victims of that method since it was first used in January, and 10 men were electrocuted this year. Two others are under sentence to die next month. , . A. P. Moore, Jr., of Scotland Neck, 19-year-old son of the chief of police of that place for whose murder Macklin was convicted, and R. W. Moore, of Foutaln, a brother of the dCad boy, witnessed the execution and said tbeyv believed Justice had been done. Tate died without making a last statement but Macklln said "I'm dying this morning but I'm not guilty. I'm dying because of somebody else's ' fjj lies." Tate was convicted In Pitt county of the murder of Alexander Warren, a white man, and was charged with criminal assault on Warren's young woman companion. , . ' - v . - All Requested To Be Present All members of the Lyttleton Street . M. E. church and Sunday school are i earnestly requested to be present ' ^ next Sunday morning at 10 o'clock." The new pastor will bo present. Let's welcome him with a record attendance.?L. H. Jones,, Superintendent I Sunday School. ; Springs Mills To Boost Wages Lancaster, Nov. 12.?The Springs cotton mills win adjust wages upward effective Monday, November 23. The Springs cotton mills opsrate two plants in Fort Mill, three In Chester, one in Lancaster,nnd one in Ker> ?h?w. they .mploy about t.OOO.