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The Camden chronicle VOLUME 48 . CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1937 NUMBER 50 S More Frauds In Advertising Exposed (By Frank H. Heath) So Called Hallroad Magazines go-Called ltallroad Magazines, have for years, and probably still are, tn exceedingly fruitful source of highpressure salesmanship for advertising Jnd very little benefit, and generully do not have the backing claimed. Peace Officer's Magazines Peace Officer's Magazines are handled frequently by promoters who assume the business of getting out such inagazineH without any authority. In certain instances they have gone so far hb to organize and conduct a convention at which they will have a few peace officers and for which thousands of dollars in advertising have been secured. The Charity Bandit The Charity Bandit Is a name that may well apply to a great number of people who travel the country securing the sponsorship of local organizations for cook books, programs, year books, menu covers, church song books and the like. The promoter usually makes the money and the local organization gets the experience which Is frequently unhappy. Contracts are entered into without careful consideration of items included or proper investigation made of the promoter. School Publications School Publications are a problem. High schools, colleges, private educational institutions get out annuals and year books. Instead of these being paid for by school funds or by pur- j chases of those Interested, the frequent plan is to pay by advertising. Sometimes this is profitable to promoters; sometimes the young people soliciting the advertising are not properly supervised; the funds carelessly handled and bad selling prac-1 ticcs used. Merchants in trade centers are liable to be called upon for fifty or sixty such annuals. The ad-1 vertising value is limited and doubt-! ful and such advertising is being persistently discouraged. ?.?"> / > Special Newspaper Stunts Special Newspaper Stunts, In which professional promoters purchase at a rerv low rate certain space or pages !rom the newspaper- and sell canned idvertising at a very high rate, on the lupposltion that the newspaper and :ommunity are benefitted, whereas he promoter Is getting all the beneIts. In one instance a few months *? a high-sounding advertisement ras sold to a negro undertaking esiblishment and published without ny indication this Institution was onducted solely for negroes. Employment For Home Work Employment For Home Work gets 'any easy dollars. Warn people seek>8 employment against sending a fee >r information on hoyv to get home rork. Many of these keep within the ostal laws but do not give benefits ? those who send in the fees. Telephone 8elllng Telephone Selling has become an ganized scheme. From local expernce during the past two years, it sems a good rule not to buy tickets, mortising, or other goods oyer the lephone, particularly from strangers 'd promoters. Many worth-while ganizations have listened to propoions of getting large profits with11 effoit simply by letting the proper sell tickets to a charity ball, the ball is given the sponsoring Sanitation is usually ashamed and filiated. Frequently the promoter ccts for the tickets and leaves thout giving the, entertainment or Mng his debts. Time Clock and Bulletin Board riI?e Clock and Bulletin Board lcp la sold on the claim that this Overusing. Sometimes promot*111 call claiming to represent an us try to sell advertising on a bulleo?irds or time clocks at factory, nK s0 ^ar ?ut of the way some<s ?>s saying "either buy this or oj'cotted by the Industry." Comwould seem unnecessary except ads are still being sold. Bethesda Presbyterian hurch J jnday, March 7, with A. Douglas n pastor, services at Bethesda ?p>terian church will be as folV church school for all ages at K Jj M?niing worship with anW and aormen at 11:15: Midweek Hn Wednesday evening at K '? On Sunday," March 14; Ht ml ?l resident and non-ree hv T of th,B church will be I ol Vc, k at morning ser cvmll hls occasion it la hoped Hv. j? Person of the congregation lv 6,th r parson or by wi Jjn *t. the . for the -v s e**" - - r ? rjk+i' ? Inya camps for young WOMENi come to a close this week LaBt wepk unci this week mark the | end of the first camp period for the two NYA Campa for younK women heIiik conducted in South Carolina. Camp Pe-Wll-Hhr-Whit-Cade for negro Kirla cloaed February 27, und Camp Williamsburg for white Kirla lclptfeH March 6. The second term for each camp .begin* Immediately with a new group of cum per a aeleeted from the NYA program of each county. Over a hundred girla will be accommodated at Camp Wllllaineburg for the aecond term, while seventy-five will be quartered at the negro camp which has amaller facilities. For more than three months the campers have enjoyed a camp program planned to make them healthier and better fitted to take their places in the NYA program of their respective counties. Beginning with her selection as a prospective camper and continuing through the final physical examination before departing for home, q careful check is kept on the development of each camper. More specifically, the procedure is as follows: Each county is given a deflinlte quota of campers for each camp. The NYA county supervisor then selects from her program girls between the ages of 18 and 25 years who meet J.he requirements as to character, education, health and prospective leadership. The county supervisor assumes responsibility for securing the health examination, clothing, and the transportation for the campers of her county. Upon arriving at camp, enrollees are carefully checked by the camp nurse and physician before being assigned to one of the dormitories. Having passed the processing procedure, recruitB are now ready to be Initiated Into the rudiments of group living. The camp staff, composed of experienced members spends some time in studying the records accompanying the applications of the campers. These records, suplemented by personal interviews, enable the staff to group the recruits In similar groups for work, study and play. The daily schedule at each camp callB for a division of the day into wqrk, rest, study and play. Each camper devotes her allotted time to each of these activities unless some unexpected happening breaks into the normal schedule. For recreation, tennis, Indoor basketball, handball, soft ball and table games are provided. A modest library and classrooms afford an opportunity to rea& and study. Each camper enrolls for a definite number of courses in social science, English, hygiene and citizenship. As a regular part of the camp program, work projects are maintained at which each camper works a maximum of seventy hours a month. For her work, she receives sufficient funds to care for board, lodging, and In addition. five dollars per month for per* sonal expenses. Realizing that wholesome food is a requisite of a good camp, good food is provided at each meal. In short, nothing is spared to make camp life a safe, a pleasant and a profitable experience for those who attend. Camp Williamsburg is under the Immediate direction of Miss Fay Hudgens, assisted by a staff of twelve. I The negro camp In in charge of Mrs. | Josle Hazel, assisted by a staff of ten. I Miss Rebecca Reld, NYA staff, Is gen! eral supervisor. These staffs are in-1 debted to state and local committees and to WPA and other organizations for making the program possible. Kershaw county's quota of two girls for each camp was filled during the first term by two negro girls from Bethune and two white girls from Camden. These girls have come home enthusiastic over their camp experiences and most grateful for the opportunity of attending the camp. For the second term the county will be represented at Camp Williamsburg by a girl from Bethune and one from Blaney. At the negro camp will be two ^lrls from Camden. Lays Claim To First Theatre A news Item from Charleston, S. C., contains the claim of Harry Hopkins. W. P. A Administrator, that the Dook Street Theatre that he is restoring there, which was built in 1776 has the distinction of being the first theatre to havebeen the United States.?New York Herald Tribune. ^ Hot 8upper,ft Lugoff The Woman's Misnlwnr 8<*^ty Ebenezer and Logoff ?.b" b^" giving a hot aupper at the Logoff & war* f Plans For Dog Show j { Nearly Completed | I'luuu for the first annual I/enten <log show to be given by the members of the senior class of Grace Episcopal church Sunduy school Saturday March 6, In Rectory Square are rapidly neurlng completion and Indicate that the show will 1^ a success. lV>gs from all over Camden us well as from urban sections us well as from adjoining cities and counties will be entered in the uifulr. Some changes have been made in the listing of classes. The puppy division has been eliminated but classes for turkey dogs, terriers, dalmatians and cocker spaniels have been added. It is announced that In the event the day of the show proves to be Inclement, the show will be held in the National Guard Armory on Rutledge street. In addition to the judges already listed, the name W. R. tfonsal has been added. The others are Mrs. Dwlght Partridge, Willis Boykin and Bolivar Boykin. Excellent prizes are to be awarded in the several classes. Mr. and Mrs. Kirby Purchase Residence One of the largest real estate deals consumated here In some time was the sale this week of the Lawrence A. Klrkland residence located In Klrkwood, on Ellis Lane, to Mr. and Mrs. Guatavus T. Klrby, of Bedford Hills, New York. The lot covers about one acre of land and the building contains ten rooms with all modern conveniences. The sale was made through C. P. DuBose, Jr., but the price was not made public. Mr. and Mrs. Klrby and their daughter, Miss Wilhelmine Kirby, have been coming to Camden for several years and have been residing in the MacLeod house on Green street. - The- Kirby'b Intend to make conaid* erable alterations ' and improve the property. This purchase will add another property owner to Camden's popular winter colony and The Chronicle Is glad to know that the Kirby's have decided to make their permanent winter home here. Firebug Attempts to Burn Grace Church Camden police are Investigating the alleged operations of a firebug who sought to destroy Grace Episcopal church early Wednesday morning. Burlap bags filled with torn papers were found wrapped around the pipe leading from the heater to the brick chimney of the church. When the sexton started a flre early this morning the heat of the smoke pipe Ignited the sacks, filling the building with clouds of smoke. Dr.- Maurice Clarke, rector of the church, arrived Just after the sexton had rushed in panic from the building. Hurrying into the smoke-filled structure, the rector made his way to the flre room In the basement and found the burning sacks. He managed to remove them from the pipe and extinguished the blaze which had started. It I? said that had there been delay of another ten minutes in discovery of the flre, the flames would nave gained such headway that serious trouble would have been occasioned. Trap In Wateree Gets Big Wildcat County Game Warden George L. Mabry displayed his newest pet, a [Clawing, spitting wildcat, in Sumter recently. The cat was caught In the Wateree river swamp Saturday and only one foot was slightly injured. - Mr. Mabry distributed ten steel traps to persons living in the swamp this fall to be used for catching the cats which have been taking heavy toll of young wild turkeys, pigs and fawns. So far twenty-nihe wildcats have been caught by the traps. The only other animal caught so far was a tox-?Sumter Herald. Needs Davenport The Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce, with headquarters in the Crocker building, has about completed the equipping of its office quarters but has need of a reed davenport and chair to be placed in the office for the use of tourists or Others who wish to stop there. Any person In Camden who hae such article* of fnrnltnre and would loan them, to the Chamber may call the oHNiU UIUMMU W|U ? ?o * .. < V , '.'MX .\fi. Plan To Establish Farmers Market At a (special meeting of the committee n* presenting the retail merchunte of Camden, held at the Chamber of Commerce offlcea Thuraduy afternoon a program Involving aeveral projects was given a tentative endorsement. it is the object of the business men to establish a farmers exchange or market, to he held at weekly Intervals during the year und to that end Secretary Heath was asked to get data for such u project. In connection with this farmers market where livestock can be disposed of, It is also hoped to establish a semi-weekly produco market whom farmers may display and offer for sale dairy products, eggs, vegetables, fruits, flowers and the like. The committee gave emphatic endorsement to the suggestion of Mr. Heath that a ban be placed on promiscuous soliciting of business houses, in the campaign against rackets of this kind the merchants will organize into a Better Business Bureau, this bureau to embrace retail and wholesale business men as well as professional groups such as doctors, lawyers and the like. This bureau, according to Mr. Heath, will establish a schedule of closing hours, holidays and advertising regulations. Every member of the bureau Will be provided with a printed copy of the schedule of hours, and these will be posted In all stores and shops. In addition all organizations and church societies, will be provided with copies. The reason this is done according to the Becret&ry is to acquaint the people with the ban on unprofitable advertising mediums and donations which embraces the following: programs of all kinds, theater and school curtains, special advertising, national holiday advertising, books, shoppers guldeB and the like, foreign canvassers, suppers and benefits, pleasure clubs, entertainments, chtp ch supper tickets and bazaar tickets. Tickets for education or municipal affairs are not included on the restricted list. Likewise members are not barred from donation to any church or society with which they are affiliated but said members cannot advertise In a program sponsored by such church or society. Newspaper, radio or billboard advertising is not embraced in the restricted list. "I want to call attention to the fact that the bureau protects all members with a regulation that requires that all solicitors selling advertising, tickets and the like, must first present their schemes to the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce who in turn submits it to an endorsement committee, the membership of which is secret," said Mr. Heath. "If the secretary and committee approves of the scheme the solicitor is presented with an endorsement card or letter. He can then proceed to call upon the business men. Bureau members will find that annually they will save many times the amount of their memberships In the Chamber of Commerce by the savings they make in being able to turn out this charity and solicitation racket. "We want to extend this service so as to take in the housewife in the city and rural districts, so that she also has this protection. If every person, business man, professional man, or housewife Insists on a salesman or solicitor showing an endorsement card, we'll soon have Camden and Kershaw county rid of this form of pest and once the reputation of the community in this respect is noised about, this racket gentry will avoid us." In addition to discussing the various phases of the subject of soliciting nuisances the committee also went over tentative plans for a Camden Trade at Homo Day some time this spring. Mrs. Mitchell Dies Here Funeral services for Mrs. Achsah [ E. Mitchell, 60, who died suddenly on Monday night at her home In the Herl mltage mill village, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from the McAfee funeral home In Greenville. Interment was in Grace wood i cemetery. Mrs. Mitchell was the former Miss Eliza 8 tat on and was a native of Greenville. 8he had lived in Camden for the past five years. In the communities In which she had lived she was active in religious work. Besides her husband she is survived by two stepdaughters, Mrs. A. L. Bushes and Mrs. W. U. Genu, both of Or?arm*, and nvta brothers and detail also of Of in Die. ? . ^. V-. f % Charity Polo Came For ("ripple Children (Hy Frank H. Heath) Tito Camden Chamber of Commerce, In cooperation with the Camden Polo club, will ofTer a charity polo guipe at tin* No. 1 Held on Sunday afternoon, March 14, the proceeda to go to the Kershaw County ( rippled Children's society. The^amden Chamber of Commerce represented by Secretary Frank H. Heath. th<&polo team represented by Dick Floyd and the Crippled Children's society repreaented by Attorney Harold Funderburk, will have charge of tlila worthy affair. Mr. Floyd Mates that two outstanding polo teams will stage tho charity game to which ull crippled children of the city and (county will be Invited to attend free of charge. Announcement of the teams will be made later. Mr. Floyd further states that the usual procedure of not charging admission to polo games will be waived for this event and tickets will bo on Bale at all three entrances to the polo field at 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. Mr. Funderburk has a list of some seventeen or eighteen crippled ohil-! dren, and these will be provided with guest tickets to the game. Crippled children not registered with him may obtain the guest tickets by calling at the Chamber of Commerce office after March 7. Arrangements will be made by the Chamber of Commerce and Mr. Funderburk to have cripples unable to get to the game other than by motor, to be called for by volunteer workers with cars. Speaking for the committee In charge of the charity event Mr. Heath stated that in his opinion a venture of this kind should draw a record crowd of people who are anxious to do their bit in helping in the work of rehabilitation among the crippled children. "We intend to give this affair widespread publicity all over the state and Into North Carolina and Georgia" said Mr. Heath, "and I firmly believe that It will carry an appeal that will bring splendid returns. Mr. Floyd is going to provide a game that will thrill the most exacting polo fan and this fact added to the charitable feature of the affair should bring out a crowd." Auto Thief Had a Mighty Busy Night A thirty -year- old white man, giving his name as J. H. McClellan, of Maxton, N. C., was arrested near here early Tuesday morning by state highway patrolman George W. Clarke, after he had stolen a car belonging to N. E. Brown, advertising manager of the Columbia Record*, while the car was parked in front of the Record building In Columbia. The car was wrecked at the Wateree river bridge and a Columbia wrecker service towed It back to Columbia, where it is said the damages would amount to $75 or more. McClellan was placed In the runway of the county jail along with two other prisoners, while his wife, who was with him, Is said to have been carried to a local hotel. The hotel was filled up, so she was carried to a local Inn, where she spent the night. About 4 o'clock Tuesday morning McClellan escaped from the jail, and going to another local Inn stole the nutomobtle which was parked In the backyard,.,with the keys left In it. The Car was traced by Patrolman Cla/k and Rural Officer G. B. DoBrnhl to Cheraw, where, it is said, the car was parked in front of a Cherhw hotel, uninjured, and with the keys still in^he car. McClellan, it is Bald, had a car waiting for him to carry him across the North Carolina line, It Is presumed, to avoid a Federal law, His wife took a bus to Cheraw, so the officers learned, it is said. How he escaped from the runway of the Jail, there is some doubt, but officers are hopeful that they can get him back to South Carolina, so they can get more Information. It is said he has a criminal record. . The Columbia Record of Wednesday said: "It was one of the biggest and most varied night's activity by one man that the patrol had over encountered." Two Gypsy Women Placed in Jail Here Two women, giving their names M Mabel Stanley and Beatrice Gllk, were placed In the county Jail by sheriff's forces here Tuesday, being held, It is said on * charge of trying to Hlm-flam" a blind man." ] Mabel Stanley waa naln* a Booth Carolina drivers lloenee but Md a Texas 19S7 lloenee plate. They wR] be. held until More Information can be tethered about the women, w? v Dr. Colton, Noted Lecturer, to be Here Through the courtesy of Ward C. Belcher, u director of the Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce, the chamber of commerce is able to offer Camden one of the outstanding lecturers In .the United States next Wednesday evening, March 10, at 9 o'clock in the parlors of the Kirk wood Hotel. Dr. Ethan Colton, traveler, author and lecturer Is to give his famous lecture, ' Behind The European Headlines. " Dr. Colton is not a hot beaded partisan of this or that political dogma but his motto has always been Dot a Try to Understand." His oppoi Untitles to study the swift-moving events abroad as well as at homo are unusual to u high degree. He has visited Europe every year for the past sixteen years and knows intimutely the critical areas. He has had access to national leaders In his lecture in Camden he will hiing to his listeners fresh, first-hand reports from central, western and southern Europe?lands gripped by economic, political and military tensions. From the maze of European politics he will sort out issues and set them forth clearly. Hie facilities und gifts for observation in the field or politics and social welfare will be ut the disposal of Camden listeners. Clitics are profuse in their recommendations of Dr. Colton. C W. Judd, executive Secretary of the Chi(ugo Association of Commerce says of his lecture before thut body, "one of the best over given at our Association of Commerce meetings." W. rank McClure, of the Union League club in Chicago says, "I have no boaitancy in recommending bim for the best audiences in America." ' I>r. Colton is to be a guest at the home of Mr. Belcher and It is because of the Intimate friendship be?m Jhftt Cftmden People are going to be given an opportunity such as seldom is offered in any commitn 5)ute,d? ?.f the larger metropolitan areas to hear a man of Dr. ColIn11!8! ?Jand,)?K In the world of art At J? Bft'd secretary Heath of 'b? Chamber Commerce. n?J. 8 Je?ture w111 be free to the thnt Tw? n f1m(len and 1 'eel certain l^rAfl^/i w111 be ^eeted by a Htbflmi representative group of our fn nf.r r .. oertaInly are Indebted to our fellow townsman and Camden booster, Mr. Belcher for this Cure Aged Camden Lady Dies at Her Home Mrs. Catherine Hanna Young West, probably the oldest lady In the county, died at her home on east DeKalb street Thursday afternoon of last week. She had been In declining health for many years, she having reached the advanced age of 93 years. Mrs. West was born in the Cassatt section and came to Camden in 1907, when her husband was elected county supervisor. Her first marriage was to William Young, of this county, and she is survived by one son, J. R. Young, of Cmssatt. by this marriage. Her second marriage was to Matthew C. West fifty-three years ago. Here ~ was otie~ of the widest family connections in Kershaw county. Mrs. West was a member of Bethesda Presbyterian church of this city. Her funeral and burial occurred at the Scotch burying ground near Bethune Friday afternoon, conducted by her pastor, Rev. A~ Douglas Mc-~ Am. The funeral arrangements were In charge of the Komegay Funeral Home. , FUTURE FARMER8 ENTERTAIN 1 THEIR DADDIES AT BANQUET The annual father and son banquet of the Midway Future Farmers of America was held at Midway High school Friday night, February 26. Talks were given by Mrs. Kathleen B. Watts, county superintendent of education; J. B. McCoy, trustee of the school, and J. R. West, of Cassatt. Mr. West made a strong plea to the group for a larger plant and a more active vocational department. Arthur Stokes, principal of the school and superintendent W. B. Stevenson, who Is also teacher of vocational agriculture and class leader, also made short talks. William McCoy was toastmaster and several of the boys of the class gave reports of the various activities of the club members. The teachers and ladles of the community served a fish supper. A CORRECTION In the announcement of a Flower jSbow to be held in Oamden by the Camden Garden Clnb, tm Ust week's ' Chronicle the eutemeet 7-tj! that: "The entries are now limited to members of the Garden Club." Thin should have read'that "the en> m not limited to Yu A I the Garden etnb and anyone Jo invited ? t? ?*ntg." The -date of the < ?i ' * " . .