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' -> ' > ' i SEE CAMDEN AND BROOK LAND - CAYCE FOOTBALL CAME AT ZEMP FIELD TONIGT?8 O'CLOCK The Camden chronicle VOLUME SO CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1938 NUMBER 28 Cotton Festival Will Be Great Event Houili Carolina/a greatest futw, the jritl annual celebration In honor of KluK Cotton to bo hold In Camden on ^Thursday, October 6, will bo a day of widely diversified entertainment with many attractions to appeal to the youuK H,?d fr011* the sorloa of exhibits of merchandise In shop windows to the sheer frivolity of the i Pavement dance and mardl sras In the evening, the day will be replete with events to satisfy every taste. Elaborate In detail and Inspiring in icope tt,id the activities are especially planned to interest and amuse the thousand? who are expected to rntikt' Camden their mecca 011 that day. ' , A special tribute will bo paid to Old King Cotton In the form of decora: ions and the prosence of Queen Cotton and her court In the brilliant parade that is to be held in tho afternoon at 3 o'clock. Parade formations will begin at 2:30 o'clock. Seine additional details have crept !ho picture since tho previous rast of program events. Chief ; them Is the naming of liobert t-nnedy, Jr., as official greeter it- day. Mr. Kennedy will offer . home and hospitality of Caui. the farmer mayor and councllv ho will rule the city for the ilso extend the hand of friend- , and welcome to many dlstln d visitors who are expected to Invitations have been accepted snator Ellison Smith, Governor ton. Congressman Richards, Owens of Columbia, Mayor 1 of Sumter, while acceptances .peeled this week from Senator s. Governor-elect Maybank, DaCoker of Hartsvllle, Senator r George, of Georgia, and many tets tor the banquet to be e?I the guests of honor at the Camden at 4 o'clock Thursday oon are going fast. A big delewill be present from the Rotary Iwanis clubs, while many other , s have gone to citizens of Camid Kershaw county. Those who not secured any may do so at tiamber of Commerce. The suplimited and It Is a case of first ( first served. half-hour broadcast over Sta'IS. Columbia, will be by remote 1 from DeKalb street near the ?n theater. This broadcast at 11:30 o'clock in the morning le "man on the street" will ask ins of distinguished visitors wns people. ' thr-r added feature to the prowill be the appearance of Mr. Irs Quiz, who will conduct a 511 and answer period of half an Five men and five women will nsnn from the crowd and pro- ' fmI a volley of questions. A handcash award goes to the person ling in the contest after the have been retired. This feature attract a big crowd and it will ge<l at 12:30 in the afternoon, day's program opens at 9 o'wheii the Charleston police will offer a concert program at b and Broad streets. At 10:15 : th?' hog calling contest will be it the same corner. Winner of on:, st will draw a tat cash Following the hog callntest. the band will resume Its t program at Rutledge and 1 a ni the'crowd will turn to go street between Broad and t where two teams of five men 'ill stage a thrilling water fight, of hose from the city fire hy wi;i I.,, used as weapons, and th" battle promises to be a wet enthusiasm should not he in hit damp, husband calling contest, which "s to have a lot of entries, will it 2 30 at the corner of DeKalb irea-l streets. Here again are ' Zl s for the winners of first and 1 place parade begins at 3 o'clock and tart from Chesnut and Broad ?Vf* south on Broad street to tho )l]rt house, now the Masonic e Broad street will be clearcars the entire length of the pa- 1 Parade will be led by a platoon unted state policy followed by A'va Rush and Captain Brevard 1 Then will come the Charles- 1 "ce band followed by decorated carrying the distinguished The cars occupied by sens- J nfl governors will be unde^esf a guard of honor from the Leto Poet of the American Legion 1 1 color guard preceding the car. 1 W,H follow cars carrying other ? --''A. _ * * notables. Company M, Kershaw. Guards, will lead the next section which will include the Hoy Scouts, civic societies, and the like. Next will come the auto and organization floats followed by the floats from the farm districts. Prizes will be awarded in the farm float parade and also the decorated auto and organization float section. Queen Cotton, her royal majesty of the carnival, and her court will ride in a beautifully decorated car. Following the parade, Donald Morrison and his committee will again take over the program and offer a series of contests on Rutledge street between Broad and Church streets. There will be a potato race for women over 25 years of age, a fat man's race, a running backward race for women under 26 years of age and a three-legged race for men Fine cash awards will be made for the first and second place winners In these events. Cash awards will also go to the fattest woman, the largest family present and the family coming from the greatest distance. These prizes may be claimed at the Chamber of Commerce, where entries may be listed during the morning and early afternoon. Cotton growers win be Interested in knowing that cash awards will be made to the farmers showing the best samples of long staple cotton, the best grade cotton and for the cotton coming from the longest distance from Camden. Camden merchants will vie for honors of having the most attractive decorated windows, as cash awards are to be made for the first and second place winners in the window trimming contest. The climax to tne day's festivities comes in the evening when a pavement dance will be held on Laurens street Just east of Broad. The street will be roped off and covered with corn meal. Lights will be strung about the area to add brilliancy to the affair. The committee in charge has arranged for a supply of snow balls and thousands of serpentine spools, wjiich will be tossed into the area during (he evening There will be two orchestras for the affair, one for the round dancing and another for the square dances. There will be two contests, one for waltzers and the other for little apple steppers. Honest John Laney and Clyde Massebeau will do the calling for the aquar? dances. In conjunction with the program of sports and other entertainment plan ned for the day. Camden merchants have arranged to conduct a one-day sale that will prove a money-saver for all the shoppers of the city and the county. The affair will be a fall sales event, a dollar day and a save-youmoney program In every sense of the word. Every sore In Camden will be teeming with unusually attractive bargains In every department. The program of concerts and other events has been so arranged that there will be plenty of time in tho intervals between offerings for shoppers to visit the stores and taJse advantage of the thousands of bargains offered. Camden merchants have always been noted for their updo-date merchandise and for the unusually low prices that prevail. Cotton Carnival day will provide even lower prices and there is not a Copper in , (his psrt ot th. (??> ?ho to pass up this great money-saving event and carnival of fun. I Mobile Picture Unit To Be in The County On September 28 unit 29, the mobile picture unit of Clemson College will be In Kershaw county to show pie. lures on hog production and tuberculosis at 'the request of W. C. McCav* ley. county farm agent. The schedule to be followed la: September 28, 11: SO a. in., Jackson school. September 28, 3:00 p. m.. Mt. I'isguh White school. September 28. 7:30 p. m , Hethuno Negro school. September 20, 0:00 a. in., St. Nlatthews school. September 29, 11:00 a. m., lloyktu School. September 29, 2:00 p. m., . Lugoft Negro school. September 29, 4:00 p. m., Woods School. The Kershaw County Tuberculosis Association and the County Health Department are cooperating with Mr. McCarley in bringing these pictures to the county and if !s expected that large numbers of* people from each community will bo present for the program. Johnson Elected | By Large Majority In Tuesdu.v's special primary held In this county for the nomination of a State Senator, Murdoch M. Johnson defeated Senator S. F. Brasington by an overwhelming majority, the vote being Brasington 455, Johnson 2,727. Senator Brasington announced for reelection early in the summer, but withdrew. Former Senator Grover C. Welsh then entered the field against Mr. Johnson, as did Dr. W. B. Turner, of Kershaw. In the f^rst primary Johnson led the field with 2,859 votes to 1,756 for Welsh and 1,505 for Turner, throwing Johnson and Welsh Into a second primary. On Sunday before the second primary, Welsh made a formal announcement of his withdrawal from the race, whereupon, the County Democratic Executive committee was hastily summoned, and ordered the lists re-opened, and a special primary to be held Tuesday of this | week, as required by the rules. Dr. Brasington then re-entered the contest with the results as above noted. The withdrawal of Mr. Welsh and the re-entry of Senator Brasingon created lot of excitement thruout the county, and considerable interest wasmanifested in the race. The vote was! the largest ever recorded in a special election in this county. Johnson received a majority of the votes in thirty-two of the thirty-four boxes. In one box there was a tie, while Urasington carried one box. In the precincts In Buffalo Township, Johnson received 794 to Brnslngton's 47. Senator-elect JohnBon represented Kershaw county in the State Legislature from 1918 to 1922. Moving to, North Carolina in 1925, he was electedl and served a term in the state senate' I of that State. He returned to Southi | Carolina in 1932, and upon the death I of Representative J. R. Belk at the beginning of the 1936 session, he was elected to succeed him in a special election, receiving a vote of nearly two to one over three opponents. In Tuesday's primary, he received probably the largest percentage of votes ever given a candidate with opposition in Kershaw county. He is believed to be the only man in South Carolina or Ntfrth Carolina, who has the distinction of being elected to the State Senate in both states. The onicfaT\abulation for the second and third primaries will bo found in another place in today's Chronicle. Jessie Woods Is I Given Pilot License After several months of intensive study and flying training. Mrs. Jessie Woods, wife of Jimmie Woods, niana-j ger of the Woodward airport, and! also flight instructor at the Cannon Aircraft corporation at Charlotte, passed her flying tests and also written tests on the new air rules and has been awarded her private pilot certificate by the Civil Air Authority. Jessie Martin, as she was known when flying on the wing in her famous "death ride" stunt, has grown up with aviation. She first walked on the wing of an airplane when she was eighteen years of age but at that time] was securely safeguarded with ropes. I^ater she performed with a rope ladder suspended from a plane, climbing up ami down the ropes "and hanging by her feet from the bottom rung of the ladder. In the famous "death ride" she placed herself on top of the plane while her husband, who piloted it, performed a series of loops and rolls. Her first solo was made In 1928 but she did not solo again until several j years ago and most of her flying titttej has been logged in cross countryl flights while traveling with the "Fly-! ing Aces." She has traveled over Iowa, Texas, Pennsylvania, Loulsianna, Virginia, Wisconsin and many other states. Not only is she an excellent pilot but she can also service motors, dope wings and bas assisted in all types of work in the Camden hangar. Mrs. Woods has been a junior member In tbe Ninety-Nine club of licensed women pilots for more thap a year. With her private certificate she becomes a full-fledged Ninety^Nlner and had enough hoars logged to sewlll try for very soon. ?? Mrs., Woods has taken part In sevcure a higher type license which she ...... x~r: ertU air shows here and her skill in handling the' plane h*s evoked frea^ bursts of applause from Immense thrones of spectators. AGED CONFEDERATE VETERAN DIES IN THE BUFFALO SECTION Kershaw. Sep. 18.?Isaac Gardner, one of the few remaining Confederate veterans of Kershaw county, died at the home of his son, John S. Gardner, in the Buffalo section of the county about 4:30 this afternoon. Mr. Gardner was 82 years old, having been born September 4, 1846. Surviving are the following children: John S. Gardner, Tom Gardner, Amzie Gardner and Fred Gardner, all of Kershaw; Mrs. Levy Robertson, Mrs. Abble Williams, of Lancaster; Mrs. R. N. Roberts, all of Kershaw; sixty-six grandchildren, seventy-six i great-grandchildren and one great' great-grandchild. Funeral services were to occur on Monday afternoon at the Buffalo Bap' 11st church. Wood For the Needy Lancaster, Sept. 19.?Congressman J. P. Richards has announced the approval of W. P. A. project No. 30290, in the amount of |9,768, to cut donated wood for distribution as fuel free of charge to the needy, and perform incidental and appurtenant work. Privately owned property. This' project is now eligible for operation at thej discretion of the State WPA Administrator, Schools Will Give Hatf'Holiday Kershaw county schools will close at noon on Thursday, October 6, in order that pupils and teachers may come to Camden to witness the afternoon events?particularly the parade, of the cotton carnival. | Mrs. Kathleen Watts, county superintendent of schools, who Is taking an active lntereet in the cotton event, is seeking to have some of the schools represented tn the parade by floats. Columbia Dancing School To Open Here The Foster School of Dunce. South Carolina's largest dancing school, la uppntng u branch studio hero. This Institution began five years ago In Columbia, where It rapidly became recognised as the loading school of its kind In the slate. Margaret and Laoneau Foster* directors, began tholr dance careers as children with exhibitions of varied dance character which carried them to many places In South Carolina and recently to Chicago, New York and Hollywood. They have studied dancing and the teaching of dancing under the leading masters In America?Jack Manning, Willie Kuskln, Jack Stone, Karsovlna, Angel Canslno In Now York City; Ernest Belcher and Arthur Prince (present teachers of Shirley Temple), Mary Grace Mohn (teaching Jane Withers) of Hollylte>od, California; Estqllo Flanders Greene in Chicago and Frank Strasaer In Rlchmoiut, Va. During last summer and this summer the Fosters taught dancing In Jack Stone's Broadway studios In New York City. Tholr original dances are used In many lending dancing schools in the Cnited Stales and ( anuria. Their dance interests are along cultural as well as popular lines as Mr. and Mrs. Foster are college graduates and both have Master's degrees Their classes will afford all forms of (lancing, Including tap. ucrobatlc, Spanish, bullet, ballroom, etc. Registrations will be held Saturday j morning from ton o'clock until eleven o'clock at the Armory Hall which they' will use as a studio Mrs. Donald Morrison will be glad to furnish Information to nil who are Interested and unable to attend registration. Mrs. Morrison may be reached at phone 517 or at the public library. Armistice Day Added Holiday For the first time since the world war the Camden postofflce and all others in the country will be closed Armistice day. November 11, Postmaster C. P. DuBose announced this week;' While the American Legion and other patriotic societies, the schools and other civic groups have held Armistice day programs in previous years and the public generally has paused for a moment of prayer at 11 a. m. In accordance with the Legion program, the Federal government has not previously officially recognized the day by closing Its ofTlces. In orders recently received by Postmaster DuBose, Armistice day is one; of the holidays when the postofflco will be required to close for the day. Holiday hours will be observed with no mall deliveries by carriers but with the lobby open to give access to lock boxes and to drop mall In the office. The postal windows will be closed. Special delivery matter and perishable goods will be delivered the same as on Sundays. Inclusion of Armistice day in the closing days for the postofflce brings the holidays observed by the postofflce department annually to eight. The holidays are New Years, Washington's Birthday, Memorial day, Independence day. Labor day. Armistice day and Christmas day. Bethesda Presbyterian Church Sunday, September 25, A. Douglas McArn, pastor, the services will be: -Church- school with- classes +or ages at 10 a m. Morning worship at 11:15. The public Is cordially Invited to these services. Grace Episcopal Church Services for Sunday will be Holy communion 8:00 a. m ; first session of the Church school at 9:45. Ail members urged to ho present for registration assignment to classes. Morning prayer and sermon by the rector at 11:16 a. m. The choir will sing Stalner's anthem, "I am Alpha and Omega." Solo by A. C. McCKain. Baptist Church Services The following services are announced for week beginning September 26 at the Camden Baptist church: Bunday school at 10 o'clock with V. J. Rector, superintendent in charge. Tubllc worship conducted by the pastor, J. B. Caston, at 11:16 a. m. and 8 p. m. Morning subject: "Working for the Lord." Evening ... subject: "Paying Our Debts." B. T. U. with picture Sunday evening at 7. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at eight. The public la cordially invited.to attend all services of this church.^ Convention to Meet Here; Name Bishop A special mooting of tho Diocesan convention of tho Dioceao of upper Mouth Unrolina has boon caltod by tho standing commit too which Is now tho ecclesiastical authority of tho dioceao, to moot in Grace Church, Ctundou, at , 10 o'clock Thursday morning, November 8, for tho purpose of electing a successor to tho late lit. Rev. Kirkman,. G. Flnlay, D. I). The convention was called at an adjourned mooting of the standing committee of tho diocese hold in Trinity Parish house beginning at 11 o'clock yesterday morning and lasting through tho day. All members of tho committee wore present except one. Tho convention was called upon a motion made by tho ltev. A. Kufus Morgan of Columbia, which was duly seconded and pus sod. It was carried unanimously. The committee Is composed of five clergymen and f i v * - laymen, who were elected at the last diocesan convention In Itock Hill, mm follows: Clergy: the ltev. Lewis N. Taylor, rector of the Church of the Good | Shepherd, Columbia, chairman; tho ltev. Maurice Clark*. D. D.. rector of Grace Church. Camden; the Kev. 'A. R Mitchell, rector of St. .lames and St Andrew's churches in Greenville; the Rev A Unfits Morgan, rector of St. Johns, Columbia; the Rev. Robert X. Phillips, rector of Christ Church, Greenville. ( ?,. Laymen: Dr. J Nelson Frlcrson, . dean of the University of South Cariolina law school, secretary; Crank 1'. Henderson of Aiken, Weston Patterson of Columbia, Maj. W. H. Moore of York and W. S. Rice of Spartanburg. Delegates to tho convention will Include the clergy of the diocese and four laynien from every parish and two from every organized mission.? Wednesday's State. City Schools Show Attendance Increase The new school year is now in full swing. Thd annual teachers conference was held on Monday afternoon, September 16, in the school auditorium with Superintendent J. G. Richards, Jr., presiding. After a talk by the superintendent, the faculty was divided into groups which met with the principals of the several schools as leaders. All teachers Were present for this first meeting of the year ^ , except Miss Henrietta Zemp, who was absent on account of illness. The enrollment of the first week in the schools showed an increase over that of the corresponding week of 1937 which gave evidence of a larger enrollment for 1938. At tlie end of the second week the enrollment was as follows: Camden grammar school, 681; last year same date, 561; or an increase of 30. Pine Tree Hill School:, 266; last year same date, 248; or an Increase of 18. Camden High School, 389; last year same date 351; or an Increase 38. Total increase in enrollment to date 86. Tho faculties of the several schools are listed below. To the faculty of the high school comes Mrs. Carl West as part-time teacher: She will have charge of the French instruction. Thef school authorities feel that they are fortunate In being able to secure a local lady?a native of France? for this important position. High 8chool Teachers L W.~ Mc Fad den, principal; C. T. Baldwin, H. A. Small, G. E. McGrew, Miss Alberta Team, Miss Ada Montgomery, Miss Miriam Gandy, Mrs. Phebe Schenk, Miss Mary Emma Hough, Miss Henrietta Zemp, Miss Rachel O'Danlel, Miss Agnes Corbett. Miss Gertrude Strother, Miss Irma Seagle, Mrs. Carl West. Grammar School Teachera Miss Margaret Burnet, ,7-A, principal; Mrs. Emily L. Guy, 7-B1; Miss Cornelia Oliver, 7-B2; Mrs. Anna Montgomery, 6-A; Mrs. Annie Boykln, 6-B;-Mrs. Louise Cantey, 5-A; Miss Marie Davis, 6-B; Mrs. Susie Taylor, 14-A; Mr*. Lilly Dempster, 4-B; Mrs. Leslie- McLeod, 3-A; Miss Lois Latham, 3*-B; Miss MargaretB. Zemp, 2-B; Miss Ad{t Phelps, 2^4; Mrs. L. T. Mills, 1-A; Mlas Emily U Zemp, 1-B; Mrs. Jo LIUle, art teacher; Mrs. C. B. Salmond, music teacher. Pine Tree Hill Teachers * Lynwood Smith, principal; Mrs. John Davidson, Mrs. flan Richards, * Mrs. Lota G. Hlnson, Miss Helen Phelps, Mrs. Bessie McCasklll, Mrs. ; Olive Mackey/^Mtoe Gertrude Zemp* Mrs. Lon Pearce.