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^ ! . . ...... m - ^v . M'E EXPOSITION-MAY 7 AND 8 volumEy, Chronicle "" ' NUMBER 4 iVill Be Queen ade Exposition be Miss Kershaw County, the Trade Exposition in May 7 and 8. 0 will be Mies Camden? lotte Thompson, Miss Mt. 88 Midway, Miss Antioch. jy, Mies Baron DeKalb, me and MIbb Kershaw? ire questions that every an and child in Kerehaw 1 be asking tor the next oeks. The first question be Miss Kershaw County?" swered on Saturday,, May ond day of the big trade in Camden, when nine ?s, representing, the cream hitrude of Kershaw county ore. a committee of Judges, action of Miss Camden is ed at once by the managehe Camden and Halglar i this city. The selection r poular vote and every y in the city is eligible to in the primary election I prevail from April 12 to Bive. After that week the t in the voting will be delo nominees and for two litre-goers will ballot to seCamden. jction of the queens of the d of Charlotte Thompson, gah, Midway, Antioch, Blai DeKalb, Bethune and Ker be arranged through the 3ls of these districts, afternoon of Saturday, May nine Kershaw county beauappear in the final contest >f this contest will emerge haw Gounty. Lie, manager of the Camden ar theatres here, is arrangetails of the local beauty ind next week theatre-par [ have the opportunity to r favorites in nomination, end of the week Mr. Little the six receiving the greater of votes in the primary nd these names will be postlulletln board in front of the The next two weeks will he voting on these six conlamber of Commerce, origithis part of the trade exporent on May 7 and 8, anthat only unmarried girls pete in the contest. j Examinations untywide Clinic of sixty-one fluoroscopic and aminations were made durounty wide chest cllplc held an . Monday and Tuesday at ty health department by Dr. Preston, state tuberculosis in cooperation with the lore and sponsored by the local sis association. ..." ? March 1 a concerted effort made to locate the early unl case. A tuberculin testing 8 held In the high school and tors located. So far as pos-. the contacts of known active ere tested and advised to to the clinic for further exa. qulpment consisting of an iroscope and developing room d in a two-wheel trailer. A clinic is held in each county this service in the hopes of ; more cases of tuberculosis ore advanced stages, hut the t for the early case is much Besides the benefit to the there is less danger of g the Infection to all the as/ value in the local fight tuberculosis will undoubtedly om the early dla^nosip work, i the plan at present4 to hold nice twice a year, or oftenefc* tie. The local health departs the county tuberculosis nurse glad to assiBt in securing ex>n for any one who has been ct with an open case, or who Bona to suspect a beginning I. - 111 1 : ' terse Baptist Church 08 for next Lord's day V the 1 Baptist church are as folSunday school at 10 a. IQ., with Robinson, superintendent in Our slogan is: "Wstch the School Ohnt." sad Go." at p. m.. The Rev. lennett, pastor of the Second church of Lancaster, will deft message of the hour. Gome r?Wp with us at The fWendly ?B. J. Melver, Pastor. Dewey Creed Named Chairman Of Fair Tlie Kershaw County Fair to be held at the Couuty Fair grounds in Camden during the latter part of October will be a bigger, better and more representative affair of the kind ever attempted in Kershaw county. At a recent meeting of those interested in making the 1937 fair a signal success, Dewey Creed, who has keen active In county fair circles, was numo^as chairman of the 1937 fair. Mr. Creed's first announcement, that the p^smlums to be paid winners in the variovla exhibits will be increased fifty per cent, will be splendid news to those who desire to seek the | blue and red ribbons this year. "The 1937 Fair will be a Kershaw county event in every sense of the i word," said Mr. Creed. "It will foe a Fair for the farmers of Kershaw county by the farmers of the county and city of Camden is going to cooperate with our urban neighbors in making it tjjie most colorful and interesting exposition1 of the kind in the Btate. "We intend to have exhibits of KerBhaw county's finest products, both from the soil and also from the livestock ranks. _ "We will have entertainment of a high class caliber, but it will be of enough interest to keep the crowds in a Jovial frame of mind. We hope to be able to secure a carnival troupe that will give us, a diversified form of amusement and not Just a lot of games , of chance. "This is going to be a fair for our farmers and I feel that with these fine people taking active charge in all features, that it is bound to be a big success." The selection of Mr. Creed. to lead the fair organisation this year was made at a meeting of the Legion and Shrine clubs held at the Holland Grill Friday evenihg. The meeting was presided over by J. H. McLeod, president of the Shrine club. After naming Mr. Creed as chairman, the meeting elected Hughey Tindal as treasurer and M. M. John* son as secretary. It was also voted to increase the premium awards fifty per cent. The county fair committee named to work with Mr. Creed is made up qf the following: M. B. Williams, Hughey Tindal, J. H. McLeod and L. L. Wallnau. Railway To Improve Depot Next Fall ^ R. W. Rogers of Hamlet, N. C., superintendent of the North Carolina division of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, was in Camden Monday to confer with Frank H. Heath, secretary of the Camden Chamber of Commerce, relative to improvements Mr. Heath has suggested be made to the station and station grounds of the SeaboaJrA railway in Camden. As a result of the conference, Mr. Rogers has. promised Mr, Heath that next fall the railway company would not only repaint the passenger station inside as well as out, but would renovate the wash rooms ?nd install new fixtures. He also agreed to replace-the present antiquated electric fixtures with new and modern installation. It is further proposed to lnstall brighter illumination on the station platform and to gteaily improve the. grounds and drive at the station. "I can assure yon that this work will be taken up and completed before the 1?S7 season , opens in your city." is the etaumept of Mr. Rogers to the Chamber executive. "The Seaboard is much interested in* seeing Camden progress and we went to cooperate in every way possible to do our portion of the build-up of the city Into -a lending sport center." Fiftieth Birthday For Oil Company The Southern Cotton Oil Company celebrated its fiftieth birthday March 5, 1987. In 1920 the company wan rechristened the "Wesson Oil and Bnowdrlft Co., Inc.," and Is the parent company of tho Southern Cotton Oil Company. Today It leads the American market In salad-oil production and is a primary factor In shortening and other products. It operates 126 gins. 82 oil mills, and seven refineries, and the headquarters is In New Orleans. The refineries are located in New Orleans, Memphis, Savannah, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Houston. The Cainden Oil Mill of the Southern Cotton Oil Company group was erected In 1900, and is now thirtyseven years old. This plant has always employed local labor and its payroll has been an asset to the town and county. The local plant is under the direction of Thomas Antrum, manager, J. H. Osborne, superintendent; L. E. Graham, cashier; Kimbell Wilson, assistant cashier; W. J. Ilailey, assistant superintendent, and R. W. Huggins, ginner. > ' Program of Meeting The Kershaw 'Baptist Association will meet with Bethany Baptist church at Westville, Wednesday, April 14, Beginning at 10 a. m.' Following is the program: The theme will be "Extending the Kingdom." Song and Praise Service by Rev. J. B. Caston; "Extending the Kingdom Through Christian Education,"by Dr. R. C. Granberry, president of Limestone College;" "Extending the Kingdom Through the Educational Program of the Church," by Dr. Jerome Williams; "Extending the Kingdom Through Evangelism," by Dr. W. S. Brooke. Dinner hour. Song and praise service by Rev. A. S. Lockee; "Extending the Kingdom Through Missions," by Dr. William H. Williams, pastor Pritchard Memorial Baptist church, Charlotte; "Extending the Kingdom Through a Distlno* tlve New Testament Message," by Dr. Luther Little, pastor First Baptist ohurch, Charlotte. Misecellaneous1 and adjournment. j <- ! Dr. T. S. Leitner Dies At Chester Chester, April 3.?Dr. Thomas Salmond Leitner, 68, who founded Leitner's Drug Store about forty years ago, one of Chester's most prominent citizens, died at 7 o'clock this morning at his home on College street following several weeks illness of heart trouble. Prior to establishing his business in Chester, as a young man he started his drug store career at Camden, where he was born, being a son of the late/ Maj. W. Z. Leitner and tbe late Mrs. Ann Dunlap Leitner, , j # After attending the private schools of Camden he attended the University of 8outh Carolina, where he achieved a high record in schdlarship and was a charter member of the.'Sigma Nu fraternity at the university. After completing . the academic course ohe pursued a course iu pharmacy at the university. Doctor Leitner purchased the drug business of the late Dr. A. J. McCoy some years after moving to Chester from Camden. He wfu first employed as pharmacist by Doctor McCoy, coming to Chester in 1894, and later purchased the business, operating It until his death. Doctor Leitner married Miss Janie Wheal ton, formerly - of ..Chlnootegue Island, Va.,; who survives him, along with two sons and two daughters, John W. Leitner, for many years associated with his father in the operation ^ of Leltner's Drug Store; James punlap Leitner of New York; Miss Jean Leitner in the graduate school of the University of North Carolina; Miss Anne Leitner, Junior at Cgker college of Hartsville; and by two sisters, Mrs. George Mather of Olar and Mrs. M. B. Rast of Holly Hill. - ~ " Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the homd, with the Rev. M. T. Wharton, pastor of Bethel Methodist Episcopal church, officiating, after which the urlal was in Evergreen' cemetery. -I : ? . Grace Church Sarvloee Services at Grace Episcopal church Sunday, April. 11, will be: Holy Communion at 8 a. m.; Church school at 8:48; Holy Communion and sermon hy the rector at 11:15. The choir Win ela* the anthem, "Kta* of Kin*. *ndr|x>rd of Lords." A. Q. McKaJn Will sing the hast solo. Young Pen* pie's Service League la tha Parish Hoase at ItM p. a. fe? ' 1 1 - -U--U4-U?BW Camden Merchants \Plan Sales Days Camden and Kershaw county's greut^t sales exposition will bo staged by Camden merchants on May 7 and 8, according; to announcement from the officials of the retail merchant* bureau. The sales or trade affair will cover two complete d^ys, Friday und Saturday and already the tentative plans indicate thut it will eclipse anything of the kind ever before attempted lu Kershaw county or in this part of the state. The merchants committee for organization consisting of Messrs. Moxley. McKaln and Sheorn met with the retail merchants committee of the Chamber of Commerce director group, consisting of Messrs. Kirschner J D Zen. p. W, F. Nettles, Jr., and Gus i Del* o? Monday afternoon to discuss plai.s for the two duy trade project. I The trude exposition will be advertised all over this part of South Carolina, the Chamber of Commerce turning its publicity bureau into action In bringing details of the affair before tho public. , Every store and shop in Camden will take part in tho program. Windows will be dressed with bargains 'and according to the committee the affair will feature bargains in up to tho mipute merchandise. Camden will take on a gala appearance for the two day program with merchants displaying flags iu the curb sets along the main streets. The two Cemdan theatres will be asked to cooperate by putting on shows .beginning at noon each day at a reduction of admission prices. Because of the big crowd expected to come to the city for the trade festival, restaurants and cafes will make extra preparations to take care of the anticipated demand for meals. , The Chamber of Commerce plans' on sending out hundreds of letters to I residents In the rural'dlstrlcts, inviting them to come to Camden for the two days that the trade program will Lbe on. The aid of the State Highway Patrol agencies will be asked to cooperate with the efficient city traffic force In taking care of the anticipated traffic rush into the city. Large Family Beared At Rembert What is believed to be the largest family jn the south is that of Bllgha and Ldbbie Burnett, age 60 and 60 fh?,lL?re8iI>ect,vel? Marri?d in 1004, this couple are the proud parents of tweritytone children, twenty of them who are now living and making their home with the father and mother on -a -farm near Rembert. The Burnetts are colored and have the' respect and admiration of all the colored residents of the neighborhood. - -?:?*?-- - ? ,tork be*an his pilgrimage to the Burnett home about two years after the marriage when Carrie, now 81 years of age was ushered into the world. A year later Mary made her appearance. Then the bird with the long legs and neck took a vacation and It was not until five years later that Hester arrived. Then the stork came annually for thirteen' years, bringing Peter, Donnett, Ensey, Ghetmar, Ollle May, Mattie, Ned, Alice, Arinch, Drother, Hannies, James and Hober. after th,B bur8t of thirteen years without hilsslng the bird took a -three years vacation and then brought Corrle Belle, now 8 years of age.i Then there was another quiet period of four years but back he came and left Elizabeth, now 4. The next year Aufri arrived and then after a wait of nearly three years again, the Burnett family were gladdened by another blessed event Just three months ago when little Robert came. Eligha and Libby have brought up their big family in a Christian manner and all of. the children are helping the parents work the farm. ' Baptist Church 8ervlces The following sei^lces are announced for the week beginning April 11 at-^he First Baptist church: Sunday' school at.10 o'clock with W. Q. Wllson, Jr., superintendent, in~' charge. Public worship conducted by the pas-1 tor, J, a Caston at 11:16 a. m. and 8 p. m. Morning subject, "Winning The Lost" Evening subject, "Life Best." The ordinance baptism will be administered at the evB* T. TJ. Sunday evenPfkysr meeting Wednesday fUSISf 11 \ *b,ic oordtallX - ****** tfl wvlcee of than church. Month of April Is Named as Diagnosis DT, Kendall Emerson, managing director of the National Tuberculosis association has proclaimed the month of April aa the month of the Early Diagnosis campaign for the tuberculosis aaaociatlona throughout the nation. "'Uncover Tuberculosis by Modern Methods' is u fitting ulogan for this campaign," Dr. Emerson said, "Too many people either do not know or full to use the great discoveries that science bus given us in recent years to aid us in our fight against this disease. The tuberculin test and the magic eye of the X ray should bo widely used to detect tuberculosis in its beginning stuges when the dlseuso is curable. If these modern methods were employed," he continued," " wo certainly would not be finding nearly 70,000 Individuals dying' of tuberculosis each year in the United States." This year's early diagnosis campaign will have throe objectives: the first, to acquaint everyone with the four danger signs of tuberculosis?the persistent cough, Indigestion, continued loss of weight and unexplainable fatigue; the second to advise them to discover hidden tuberculosis by means of the tuberculin test, fluorscope and X-ray; and the third, to stress. the dangers of contact with an open case. The tuberculosis rate is disportionately high three groups of the population, yoti&g women, men in industry, and the negro race. Sumter Officer Shot By Negro Sumter, April 6? Rural Policeman Muldrow Strange was shot and fatally wounded shortly after 9 o'clock Tuesday night at the home of Mack Durant, negro, near Paxville, ten miles south of Sumter.' Leroy Durant, brother of Mack Durant, is believed by police to have fired the fatal shot. This morning Strange and O. M. Emanuel, also a Sumter rural officer,1 went with Federal Officer L. E. Eastman and State Constable Dave Wilson to raid a still near P&xvllle. One of the negroes was believed to be Leroy Durant. - Tonight Strange, Eastman and Wilson went to the home of Mack Durant seeking Leroy. Eastman and Wilson were talking te Mack at the rear of the house and Strange walked around to the front. The two officers in the' back heard a shot apd ran around to the front to find Strange stretched on the ground. He had been shot In the chest with blrdshot from a shotgun, m^tnun saw a man. running across the Held and fired one shot in Ids direction. They brought Strange to the Tourney hospital, but he was dead before he reached Sumter., The officers put in a call to Columbia for hloodhounde-tonight* and expected to leave here with them for the scene of the shooting as soon as the dogs arrived. Strange had begn on the rural police force less than a year. He Is survived by his widow, two sons and a daughter. Mrs. Claud Sapp Dies Of Injuries Columbia, April 3.?Mrs. Claud N. Sapp, wife of the federal district attorney for Eastern South Carolina, died at.4:80 a. m. today as the result of injuries In an automobile accident Sapp said his wife's car went out of control and crashed into a bank on a street here yesterday afternoon. He said the brakes apparently failed to hold as Mrs. Sapp was going down a steeji hill. Funeral services for Mrs. Sapp were held at 3 p. m. Sunday evening. Mrs, Sapp was the former Miss Mary Davis, of Lancaster. She is survived by her husband and two sons; also two sisters, Miss Bernice Davis and Mrs. George C. Heath; two brothers, L. C. Davis and Claud N. Davis, all of Charlotte, N.'C. v Baron DsKalb Presents Comedy The Baron DeK&lb junior and senior classes will present "When Plays Maiden," at the school auditoi^ ium on Friday night, April 9, at 8 o'clock. The admission will be ten and twenty cent*. Don't miss seeing the mm who at tempts to be th* maiden. You would n't have thought th4t he could have done it. Let Baron DeKalb junior* and seniors ahow you how he did. t|Q.-i?yioh? J. P?rahlng cUbnU* araSS -- _... ' : -. - J. I .1 II I Beloved Matron .. Dies Here Monday The Ueuth of Mrs. William McWillle Shannon early Monday morning brought to u clone the life of one of Camden's most beloved and honored chitons. Coming to Camden an a young girl from S.tatoburg, 8. C., where she wan born February 20, 1869, the daughter of Patrick 11. Nelson und Km m a Sarah Cuntey Nelson, *. Mm. Shannon'h long life was devoted lo the cultural, social and civic life of the community, Ah the wife of the late William McWillle Shannon, flret president of the Camden hospital, Mrs. Shannon devoted her life to the Interests of this institution. Until a few years prior to her death she was vice president of tho Camden public library, and until her death was ono of "its most loyal patrons. She was first president of the Camden Chap| ter of United Daughters of tho Confederacy. She wan a charter member of the Civic League and was actlvo in developing the public parks of the city. She leaven surviving three daughters?Mrs. Arthur MoT. Griffin, of Columbia; Mrs. George Ilrunson, of Boykin; Mrs. NettleB Lindsay,, of Camden. Three grandsons uIbo survive? George W. Brunson, of Boykln; William Shannon Lindsay, John Nettles Lindsay, of Camden. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Grace church conducted by tho rector, Dr. Maurice ClarKffT With interment in the family burying plot at the Quaker cemetery. Serving as active pallbearers were K, S. Tupper, W. A. Boykin, Jr., C. C. Whitaker, Jr., J. L. Whitaker, Jr., K. N. Shannon, J. K. deLoach, C. P. DuBose, Jr, John K DuBoso. Honorary pallbearers were C. H. Yates, J. S. Und Hay, W. H. Haile, W. L. DePass, David Wolfe, C. C. Whita-* |ker? Major A. M. Brallsford, D. A. Boykln, Mannes Baruch, J. Team Gettys, T. K. Trotter, Henry Savage, W. A. Boykjn, A. K. Blakeney, Thomas Ancrum, N. C. Boykln, B. D. Boykin. Fifteen Projects Completed in County _ * . The Works Progress Administration, in cooperation with the sponsors^ has .completed a total of fifteen projects of various types in Kershaw county while at present twenty additional ones' are under way or have been authorised, according to Information released by State Adminlstrator I#wrened If. Pinckney. ' The completed projects fojlov: The oonstructlo^ of an 'auditorium for the Blgoty high school; the construction of a frame school for necrose at Blaney; the construction of an eight-room frame school at Ml JPCwS aaliraged material at Stoneboro; the construction of a tworoom school la school district No. St; the construction of a dormitory for teachers,-work shop a*6~ eMail torn* " at DeKalb; the construction of % teachers' dormitory at the A?Goch school; the construction of a combined auditorium and gymnaalum at the Charlotte Thompson high school; repairs to Antloch high school; and also to the Midway high school at Cassatt; construction of a community * house at Camden; curb and sidewalk' improvements to the Quaker cemetery at Camden; enlarging the school building at Camden; the draining of ' a section of Twenty-Five Mile Creek; and the countywide program of supplementary housekeepers. Works Progress Administration projects now under way or which : ' (1^1 have been approved in Kershaw county are: . s CetMtywlde programs of community sanitation, sewing room projects, serving of hot lnnches to school chil- W!* dren, drainage , and landscaping of public highways,, repairs to rural schools, recreational supervision work, personal care and hygiene of school children, providing .of twelve library centers, tha promotion of general health work, handicraft projects, home demonstration extension senvice, and library extension work and ' book repairing; also, the erection of av oommunity house and construction - J of a swimming pool and park at Kershaw; regrading, topsofllng and drain- v . Ing and paving of sidewalks in Cam. den; construction of a negro school , at Liberty Hill; tho construction of a " ? , three-room' school for negroes at Camden; the construction of a two-room "