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AS JURORS IN QUILD PLAY
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Something new In theatricals will
be the feature whou tho l'layinukora'
Guild present their third and last product
Ion of the season, "Night of January
10," In the Court House. There
huve been plays before with vague
endings, but this Is the tlrst one in
which the audience takes an integral
part in Its development and conclusion.
With an attractive and talented
young actress. Mrs. Stanley Habiu,
who portrays tho leading part, on
trial, the Jury selected from the and-,
ionce is given tho problem of deciding
her guilt or Innocence.
As they g?*t their seuts at the lux
office patrons may leave their names
as candidates for Jury duty. On the
evening of the performance these
names are given to tho clerk of court,
and the twelve that are drawn by lot
are selected to serve. The clerk addresses
the audience and explains
that twelve of them will be called
upon to come up on the stage and
decide upon the verdict. One by one
they step up on the platform and
take their places In the regular Jury
box just as they would In a legitimate
court trial, and are sworn in, and listen
to the testimony Kach Juror will
be refunded the amount of his admission
Between acts the Jurors are led ofT
I he stage to a small deliberation
room. Kach act represents one day
of the trial. Just before the ending
of the third act, the Jury retires for
the last time to render a verdict.
They vote after a short discussion,
and for the sake of the dramatic
brevity, a majority vote will be taken
as decisive for this trial
In this final production of the season,
the Haymakers' Guild will present
many new as well as familiar
faces to the Camden stage. As the
bailiff. Sheriff J. H. McLeod. will bo
Introduced as an actor to his innumerable
friends, and L>r. A W. Humphries.
will play the part of tho sympathetic
but firm Judge. Harold Funderburk
Is the shrewd district attorney
Flint, and Miss LoulJe Whitaker
his secretary. As the quiet but courageous
defense attorney Stevens, Fred
Bryant has for his secretary. Miss
Faith deLoach. The clerk of court
is A C. McKain and the medical examiner.
Dr. Kirkland, is Kldon Jones.
The quiet, cold and appareritly indifferent
Karen Andre, the leading feminine
role, Is portrayed by Miss Stan-.
ley Habin, who was such a success in
"The Tavern." Mrs. A C. McKain I
plays the part of Anna Belle Hutchins,
a negro witness, hoti"st and goodnatured
As Hunter Van Fleet. i'.r- j
nest Shebeen is a practical private
detective, and Gay Baum as John (Ira-1
ham Whit field, is an executive of a|
strong but pleasant personality. Mrs.
Harrington Yates its Nancy Leoi
Faulkner, is the refined, cultured widow
of BJortt Faulkner. Magda Svenson
Is a strong, vital character, portrayed
by talented Miss Celeste Mumford.
and Jane Chandler, the efficient ,
l) pew riling expert is Mrs. Beulah j
Hicks. Stgnard Jungguist. an nn-j
ediicat'-d but intelligent Swede, Is j
George Hhame, and :!)> cold, sullen. I
handsome g.mgst.r. is John K d?-- j
Loa? h The ,-nthusia.-H.- poll- niam |
Klmer Svo-n-y. is ployed by p.db-man
Alva Hush, while tin- tvpe.il
night club . n!. r,nin<"\ H"b. r'.i \ an .
K.-ns. la- r Mrs t'hai b-s Yiih-pUue :
INSECT DAMAGE SEVERE
ON LATE PLANTED CORN
S. v .r>- insect dan.at" uent.> oc- ,
< urs on late planted v.>rn. pa11 icuia11 j . ,
in te-id.-? fi v>u. vvhlil. uu is have been I,
harv'.-si.'d >a>- 1 o'.uitv Ag'tit M.tar j,
b v. e \ ; .a i M n a that ' !i : t. ? t c a . s .
ing tins dan.a. - ;> th- e..Mi . ..r woinC,
or shadow w m in
Farni' : > planting tioir n.a.n . : op,
of corn - it i .> bav. ,.ii gi 1 > a\ ,
this t>pe <<f dainag. I no v. r> fav- ^
orabb- ccnditious \i-r during hithummer,
when th:.- !:)>< < t is aoui.d ^
ant, late planted corn is a fai. ,
lire
For small late roast ing . ai' paU h< ^
Mr Mc Car ley advis.-s a qunk-inatur
ing variety on a produ-tsve sml * .th ,
adequate fertilizer to in.-uro v:g..rous.
and rapid growth An ars. neal p..'.- (
on. similar to that for !*.o ^
bud worm, has giv.-n prom.-u.g r? ^
hulls in South Carolina ?m sma.l ^
roasting-ear patches, bat it ,s not
be considered for large acreages
Five men lost their lives Monday j
at Midland. Mich., as the result of be- <
Ing showered with molten lead while,
conducting testa In an experimental
laboratory there. A retort burst.
ANOTHER OLD PLANTATION
TALE.
(By Coble Fundorburk)
I wuh reared near a colored church
and once when a revival meeting was
going on 1 heard an old negro woman
any, who had fallen out with the
church officials, over something,
"Shucks, that there meeting ain't doing
them negroes no good. 1 could
take u stick and boat more hell out of
those negroes In six minutes than the
preacher could preach out in six
weeks."
I laughed when 1 heard the old
negro say thlB, for 1 thought she was
Just talking to hear herself talk because
slip was mad with some of the
church leaders. But later on when
I was In college I saw something happen
that made me conclude that the
old negro was telling the gospel truth.
It happened like this:
There was a boy la Furman, where
1 went to school, from the eastern
part of North Carolina. We will call
hiH name Brown, though of course,
that was not his real name. He was
the strangest boy I have ever seen.
He was mentally defective In ways
and In another way he was superior
to any man that I have ever seen. He
had 11he beHt memory of any human
thut It had ever been my good fortune
to meet; he could read a book and
then when asked a question about It
cuuld almost quote anything In the
book by heart. When on examinations
the professors gave a question of
which the answer was in the text
book, Brown would make a hundred,
but If he was asked a thought question
he would make zero.
His mental deficiency seemed to be
mostly that he was very self-conscious,
Ho would walk along smiling
in a self-mocking smile to himself
and then look around as if he felt the
whole school were watching him,
which embarrassed him very much.
Well, the Furman boys, as all collego
boys are, were very heurtless in
their teasing the poor boy. College
boys are the most heartless group of
Individuals I have ever seen when it
comes to picking out some fault or
handicap of another person and kidding
him about It. or nicknaming
him for such defect For Instance we
had two bald-headed professors at
Furman and the boys called one
"Cuebnll" and the other they called
"Marble Top", and another they called
"Bean Head" because his head
was shaped long and flat like a lima
bean And this poor boy Brown regardless
of liis pitiful condition was
kidded unmercifully and more especially
by one of the football players.
a big Irishman who weighed 200 j
pounds, and who we called "Mike."
The other boys Boon got sorry for
Brown and lightened up on their
teasing hut "Mike" never did, In fact
he got worse, and since he roomed
close to Brown he was continually
going in Brown's room and sometimes
running up and down the hall
calling Brown names He kid<Ud tho
poor boy almost beyond endurance
Now, Brown was a very strange fellow
and because of his sail hamlieap, j
I have understood, his family who
was a vry influential family in their |
section of the country. were very/
mm h * tnhartas-ied to have a mental
defei ' i\ in their familv. and when'i
i
!,. hoe.it:. of age they almost disin-,
to j :od htm. by 1 - * 11 n ig him got out'
and shift f?>r himself So when ho,
i.tin- to Kurtuan In- w a -j so s'rangi in
hi-> w.iy> until none of tho boys would/
r "'in wrli htm And ! ? pay Iim way/
! li! mig !, -' !i. < >1 In i iggod up an old j
ha: 1 . : chair title! 1 In- -< led lot him j ;
' avo ,i iff. -::rgh ro -rv. tr. nr.e of/
1 ho !< it in.' > ;. ? A g">' d t t u ' of th" J ]
:>oys foit so; : f< r It: o w n ; a t; is in oil- j I
: ai handle.t ; w . aid g up and let/
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film < ut ; i. i r :.,.r '' ugh he r
cv as in'' a- g- : a t-arh.r as they
o.ild h.i > gr * ' r. ?tio work j i
ihtit t ho Furman b?os 1.1 tn to- j
n 1 h'-r with, tho little s' ro work that )
tie go! up tow:: he was able to pay j
lis way In school
But V -liirv ilorti- w il it a lit'i Mill i
fitting a part of his mean ways'
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<? a red nit of h.m and I'll g--t straight
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"li'- d.t> attor 1 had finished j]
ating dinner I started to my room. 1/
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roomed on tho same floor that Brown!]
mil .Mike" did. and as I was coming ,
up the stairs I heard someone yelling,
help, help, for Clod's sake, somebody <
help me" At first I thought that itj
was some of the boys kidding each,]
other but stopped and listened and
I could tell that whoever was doing
the yelling was in doep trouble or at j
least thought he was I went on to the
1
top of the steps ami then stopped and
Batoned uguln to see what direction
the noise .wait coming from. And then
1 recognised the voice us being that
of "Mike" and it wus coming from
Brown's room. 1 stopped and listened
for a minute and this is what I heard,
"Now Brown, be yourself and cut out
that foolishness." Now this was said
In a very pleading voice. Then in a
loud voice, "help, help, for Clod's sake
somebody come here.' Then I heard (
Brown's voice in a very quiet tone
say. "No, Mike, nobody will help
you, now. Everyone is at dinner and'
they can't hear you yell."
I tiptoed to Brown's room and look
ed in and there stood Brown about
the middle of the flfoor with his back
to the door and there stood "Mike 'j
with his back to the window, which
was three stories from the ground
and holding a small table between
bint and Brown, who was slowly go-j
lag toward bint with a razor opened
and drawn in IiIb right hand. And this
Is what he was saying, "Mike", you
have been very unkind to me, you
have teased mo unmercifully, you
have embarrassed me and made life
very hard for nte. 1 warned you but
you didn't believe me. Now Mike I ant
going to cut your throat. There Is no
use in yelling because no one can get
here in time to help you. 1 have prayed
over the matter and I think Its the
thing to do and I am going to cut
your throat!"
Then he gradually started forward
at a very slow pace barely moving
one foot In front of the other as Mike
continued his pleading and yelling for
help. At about that time Mike looked
up over Brown's shoulder and saw mo
standing there In the door. Well sir,
I have never seen such a scared look
in anybody's eyes in my life as there
was in Mike's when he first looked up
and there wero'beads of sweat on his
face , which had already turned white
as cotton, as large as crowder peas.
Then Mike started begging me to
stop Brown. But I was so tickled at
seeing the look in Mike s face until I
could hardly do anything to prevent
Brown from cutting his throat which
1 am fully convinced he intended to
do.
I stood thre for a few moments
while Brown eased closer and closer
to Mike, before 1 went In and caught
Brown by the right arm and persuaded
him to give me the razor and give
Mike one more chance, which he finally
agreed to do. Well sir, as soon
as 1 had that razor in my hand Mikewent
out of there and he dldn t waste
any time doing it. and when he vsas
out In the hall lie turned around and
caught his throat with his hand as
it he were examining it to he sure
that Brown had not sliced a piece out
of It.
After that 1 fully understood what
the old negro meant when she said.
"1 can beat more hell out of sinners
in six minutes than a preacher can
preach out in six weeks." for 1 never
heard Mike kid Brown again or anyone
else \ery much, for that matter.
NOTED IMPERSONATOR
OF CHRIST IS DEAD 1
Oberammergau. Germany, May 19 ?
This little Alpine village, known tieworld
over for its passion plays. to-|,
ilay mourned the loss ot Its most (
mous character, till-year-old Anton ,
Umg. impersonator of Christ from
l'juo to 1930
l.ang died in a Munich hospital last
night following an operation for n
uomadi ailment ji
The village will give its great son ,
itul first burgher." as the burgo j
master's office put it. "a solemn -j
none coming" The village cou.tr i! j
net today to dismiss funeral c-n- ,
nonies The date for the funeral has-,
lot been set '
Lang g- nerally was considered to ]
.(.present the traditional German:- ,
deal of the Savior His express:v- (
lead with its long blonde curls mad-; |
i Strong appeal as a veritable "getrh-^
lesus, :ne? k and mild. |1
Man Drowns In Lake jl
Redman Shirley, who made his i
lome with relatives on the VdamSTjl
Mill road fell from a boat while fl?h- (
Ing In the headwaters of Hermitage
Lake last Thursday night and wa?-<
jrowned
Occupants of the boat state t a j
3hlrleyvdid not come up after falling.
Into the water. His body was later
recovered through grappling efforts 1
The Investigation Into the death by
the late Coroner Robert Ooodale resulted
In a finding that the drowning
was accidental.
('ash Returns From
Poultry And Hogs
Spring sales of poultry and hogs
have brought much welcome cash to
farms In various parts of the state,
as may bo seen In brief statements
by severul county farm agents typical
of the entire state.
Should the Interest In poultry grow
for several years as It has grown this
year Aiken county will soon bo producing
a surplus of poultry products.
?Aiken. I). Austin Shelley.
Poultry movement by cooperative
truck sales In April, which consisted
mainly of fryers, totaled $4,649.19.?
Saluda, Claude Kothell.
Sixty thousand pounds of live poultry
have been shipped from this county
since January 1.?Newberry, P. 13.
Ezell.
We shipped during April 1,122 hogs
weighing 201,875 pounds that brought
$14,725.80. Our farmers really value
the help they received from hogs at
this time of the year.?Marion, W. R.
Wells, Jr.
The Lee County Livestock Producers
association has made, September
1. 1937 to April 30, 1938, hog shipments
for 465 farmers netting $22,082.64.?Lee,
T. M. Cathcart.
We shipped this month two cars of
hogs with about twelve farmers cooperating
in the shipment, which
brought about $1,300 into the county.
? Kershaw, W. C. McCarley.
The hog shipments have held up
much better than was expected. The
Livestock association has shipped
1,747 hogs weighing 299,019 pounds
which netted 427 growers $24,050.66.?
Horry, J. M. I>ewi8.
During April five cars of hogs were
shipped through the Dorchester Cooperative
Marketing association,
which has been able to show farmers
its real worth.?IXjrchester, G. C.Meares.
Four cars of hogs shipped by the
Pee Dee Livestock association on
April 18 brought the twenty-one farmers
$3,SS4.10.?Chesterfield, J. C.
Willis.
Four cars, containing 297 hogs,
were shipped in April bringing a net
return of $3,599.95.?Berkeley, J. H.
Harvey.
MAKE PAVING PASTURE
FROM SURPLUS AREAS
Columbia, May 14.?Many farmers
are now considering the problem of
getting an income from land which
for one reason or another cannot be
planted to cash crops and which is
not now producing a ^^nber crop.
Many such areas properly prepared
and seeded to pasture grasses and
legumes would yield an income in,
terms of feed for work stock, dairy j
or beef cattle which would compare
favorably with the returns from the1
best crop landi says J R. Hawkins, j
animal husbandman of the Clemsonj
College Extension Service. j
The type of land best suited to pas-j
ture are the bottoms along streams;
and moderate slopes of the Piedmont |
of a soil type which is not extremely j
acid and has a fairly high water-hold-(
ing capacity, Mr. Hawkins explains
Extreme slopes, badly eroded lands,;
and deep sand are rarely if ever sufficiently
productive to wtirrant tin-;
expenditure necessary to establish a
productive pasture and had best be
retired to trees On the upper and
middle Coastal Plains pastures can
frequently be made on bottom land
and those types which contain some
clay.
Wherever a pasture Is economically
possible, much can be done by ( leaning
the land of brush, terracing if
necessary, treating with lime ami
phosphate or basic slag, and seeding
to adapted grasses and legumes
Much of this work can be done at
minimum cost when labor Is not otherwise
employed Once a pasture has
been established the grazing of animals
goes a long way toward main
ainlng It.
The cost of establishing a good pas-;
ure should be looked upon as a permanent
Investment which while yielding
a profitable annual return incr. as-:
cs the value of the land by preventing
erosion and improving the soil
hom year to year.
Grace Church Servtces
Services at Grace Episcopal churc h
Sunday. June 5, will he as follows
No early service'at 8 a. m. Church
school at 9:45 o'clock Holy Commu
nion and sermon at 11:15 at which
time the choir will sing Guonod s an
them, "8end Out Thy Light."
GOVERNOR JOHNSTON
GET8 PRESIDENT'S BLE8SING
The following excerpts are taken
from a Washington news dispatch by
Jesse C. Cottroll to the Charlotte, N.
C., Observer: .
Washington, May 16.?Governor
Olln D. Johnson of South Carolina,
announced here today that he will be
a candidate for U. S. Senate against
the veteran Ellison D. Smith.
This statement by the chief executive
of the Palmetto State was made
after he had come to Washington upon
invitation of the President, and
had received the President's blessings
as a candidate.
Governor Johnston was with the
President for some time, and at the
White House handed out a statement,
declaring as he has many times in the
past, his allegiance to the New Deal,
and the President's program and his
announcement is as follows:
"I have JuBt had a very pleasant
conference with President Roosevelt,
at the White House, on whose invitation
1 came to Washington, during
which we discussed the political situaion
in South Carolina.
"My campaign for the Senate will
be based on a record of constant unshakable
loyalty to the Democratic
platform and the head of our party,
President Roosevelt. I believe in the
principles and ideals in government
as laid down by the President. 1 have
supported them in the past and will
continue my support of them in the
future. 1 will, issue a more . detailed
statement on my return to Columbia."
The announpement of Governor
Johnston, means a bitter Internecine
fight in the Palmetto State. Already
Edgar A. Brown of Barnwell, Ashton
Williams of Florence and Theodore
Vaughn, of Clemson, havq announced
for the senate, and the announcement
of Governor Johnston today
puts five in the contest.
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