The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 17, 1939, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
Bishopville Chief
Acquitted By Jury
Bishopville, Fob. y.?A I/ee county
Jury, after about an hour's deliberation.
brought in u verdict at 4 o'clock
this afternoon that Blshopvlllo's chief
of police, P. B. Smith, was not guilty
of murder of Harold Drlggers, young
white man. of Bishopville. Drlggers
was fatally shot by Chief Smith Saturday
afternoon, October 1, as ho
was standing on the front porch of
Ills brother's horno in Bishopville.
According to testimony given at the
trial which started Wednesday morning,
Ben Drlggers, brother of the dead
man. had requested that Chief Smith
arrest his brother because he was
causing a disturbance in his home.
Chief Smith, with officer Junius SegarH,
went to Drlgger's home, where
they were met by Harold Drlggers,
who had a shotgun In his hands. Officer
C. V. Smith later Joined the
other officers and all three remonstrated
with young Drlggers. Meanwhile,
a large crowd of spectators had
gathered since they had heard that
there was trouble at the Drlgger's
home. Drlggers is reported to have
refused to be nrrested and is said toj
have raised his gnu to shoot ohlef
Smith, who ducked. Officer C. V.
Smith fired, as did Chief Smith, who
emptied his gun at Drlggers.
The state tried to show that Drlggers
did not fire a shot and that chief
Smith was in the wrong by going to
arrest Drlggers without a warrant. A
number (>f witnesses were heard pro
and con. The defense lawyers pleaded j
self defense and that defense wast
supported by the verdict that the jury
brought in
officer C V Smith and Junius Secars
had been held for trial by the;
roron.-r's jury, but the grand jury
ruled against this and Chief Smith'
was tie- only officer to bo tried.
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F.tigla ml s; on sweets
very w? k
j Convicted Slayer
| Is Put To Death
| IuJil> vUle. Ky. Kol> 10 -Calmly
and m f?nl 11 y. Sylvester Warner, 29
i year-old cull vie led rubbery slater,
walked early today to a death be e\
j pec fed mure than fuwr years ago.
Two charges of electricity ended
I Warner's life in the electric chair at
j Western Kentucky penitentiary Just
las lie finished reciting (lie Lord's
j prayer.
| Warner, termed the "forgotten
man" because of tits lung confinement
in the prison death house, was convicted
with two others of robbing
and beating to death John White, 82,
and his ex soldier son, ("lay White,
f>4, on the night of Poceinber 3, 1033
The robbery netted 111.00 in cash.
Poultry Producers
Adopt New Emblem
The South Carolina Poultry Improvement
HrtHocliuion which la coop
crating with the United StatoM Department
of Agriculture In nuporvlsing the
National Poultry Improvement Plan
In the stato has developed the emblem
shown above which 1b to be used on
labels to Identify hatching eggs, baby
chlckti and breeding stock produced
under the National Plan, Bays County
Agent W. C. McCarley.
The National Poultry Improvement
Plan was developed by poultrymen In
the United States, Mr. McCarley ex- '
plains, to establish the poultry busl- '
ness on a sound busls by Identifying
hatching eggs, baby chicks, and breeding
stock with respect to quality by
distributing them in terms uniformly
accepted In all parts of the country.
Protection Is therebly afforded to producers
from unscrupulous competition,
and purchasers are able to buy with
confidence.
The plan Is entirely voluntary. At
present South Carolina has progressed
to the United States Approved pullorJ
um-tested stages of the program. In
| order for a hatchery to comply with
these stages, It Is necessary to have
every supply flock rigidly culled, selected
for vigor, standard qualities,
and egg production by a licensed flockselecting
agent, and pulloruin-tested
by the Clemson College Livestock Sanitary
Department.
Sixteen hatcheries and about 300
supply flocks plan to participate in
the plan this season These hatcher-j
ies will have a combined hatching capaeitv
of nearly ihlo.OOo eggs and will;
produce over l.Ouo.Ooo baby chicks unil?
]- the imj !'?iv?*tn nt program
IN BROODING CHICKS
TEMPERATURE IMPORTANT
Kershaw county farmers who are
turning to poultry as one source of'
both family food supply and supple- *1
mental y cash are advised by County <
Auent \V. C. McCain-;. : li.it the right
kind of brooder kept at the right
temperature i> impel taut for success.:
"Since the 11 tn pe t ;i: u- in till Incubator
is about !"1 ib-gi > es I-'., if is
to .->.!! > thai tie r. only a .-light
i ::.i!iiie i:i ftii- : :n;..e at pre when th>
?!ii. k- ,ip put ;:i tl.e btooilei' house. '
alt' tit s.i> -> " 1 fe hrou'l'-r hollSe
-h. !" ? *. a:. I a: el made !'e;ul) for
th ' llll'h- r e \ Ill advance
lid t ,-.to\e > p, ;a; ei J ; or two or
di>- iiefo;.- the i hicks arri\ ? '
t: ak* -tire tiiaf if will pro\ ide stif|.
at hi a! a lid fo m-f it properb
\ ' i : th. fir-* few d a > S tile ehick
wii! !. i.tr-i enough to move aiound
and adjust themselves to the right,
heat and also can stand unite Severe _
( hatiges without had effects. He cat e-j
fnl. however, during the first two
[weeks not to overheat or chiil thoj
(ihi'k-, as :!.1- :na> cause digestive
' dUtui bances, diarrhea and heav> nun -J
t a I i t y ,
'The teinpeiaturo of the hover j
; brooder is approximately (j.'. degrees I
| at the outer rim of the hover about
[two iiu ties from the floor. The desired
I [ temperature for a brick brooder Is
I! about degrees two feet away from]
: the furnace and two inches above the!
J floor
; In order to 'rain the chicks in th|
i iihh of the brooder, Mr McCarley Suggests
a frame of fino-meah poultry
wire about ten Inches high, or a 10inch
board, around the brooder for
the first few days, so placed as to
prevent the young chicks from stray
lng away front the brooder and becoming
chilled If a brick brooder Is
used, a wire may be placed about four
feet from the sides and In front of
the furnace.
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SENATOR SMITH EXPRESSES
CONCERN FOR DRIFT OF US
1'lttaburg, Feb 11.?Addressing
Pennsylvania's unique "Amen Corner"
club. Senator Mlllson I>. Hunlth of :
South Carolina. expressed "profound")
concern tonight "at the steady drift
f I (tin the principles of American gov-,
urnincnt into dangerous waters of
ismh and experimentation."
Smith a I.ho told the annual dinner j
of the club, which for yearn ban
nerved an a forum for leaders in national
affairs, that "the tendency In
the exorcise of executive power seems
to ino to have drifted too far aside in
some instances from its normal functlons."
The South Carolina senator, who
resisted an administration "purge"
attempt lust summer, referred to
President Roosevelt by name only
when ho quoted from an address on
states' rights the president made in
11)30 while governor of New York.
"It Is a good states' rights document,"
he said after reading liberal
quotations.
"Individual liberty, local self-government,
the right of the governed
to determine the laws by which they
shall be controlled are embodied In
our dual systom of government.
"Our dual form or government was
not born of theory, but was born
of bitter experience under conditions
never paralleled lu all the history of
human experience."
Ho reviewed at length the founding
of the country, declaring the constitution
was written "not to exert
sovereignty over the states, but It is
an Instrument for the preservation
inviolate of the sovereignty of each
state."
"The history Qf our country from
the establishment of the first colony
up to the present time has been the
preservation of the sovereign rights
of the states and the preservation of
local self-government home rule,"
Smith declared.
From time to time, he added, the
nation had "lost sight" of these principles
and had "now come dangerously
near to the verge of centralization,
to the extension of federal powers
to the destruction of these principles.
. for which our soil has been
watered by the blood of devoted patriots."
Smith then launched into a definition
of the federal government set-|
up of three branches?-legislative, Ju-,
dloial and executive.
T maintain that the legislative'
body, the congress of the United
States, each and every member,
should be rooted and grounded In the
knowledge x)f these delegated powers,"
ho said.
"Of course, In the twilight zono that
must occur In some Instances there
may be differences of opinion. But in
the main, a thorough knowledge
would save us from some serious blunders
which from time to time we
fall Into.
"In this triumvirate, to me, none
of them has been more gloriously and
splendidly exercised as a whole, up
to the present time, than the manner
In which the supreme court has conducted
itself and rendered its decisions.
The tendency in the exercise of
the executive power seems to me to
have drifted too far aside In some
instances from its normal functions,"
Smith declared there were ' dangers
inherent" In such a tendency,
ipiotinc (Jeorge Washington as saying
those entrusted with the administration
of tile government should "cori-j
line themselves within their respec-j
tive constitutional spheres," as encroachment
ended to create despot-1
i-in
The South Carolina senator, jn-t
beginning his sixth consecutive term
in : h senate, used "States Rights
and Individualism" as his theme.
After thirty long years experience
in tile I lilted States senate. 1 nin|
pi .iioandh concerned at the steady j
drift from the principles of American;
rninent into the dangerous waters
of airauao iitus and experimentation,
with those things which are obnoxious ^
u> boor of the eternal, ever-,
lasting, fundamental principles uponwhi<h
i tir government, is founded, i
Smith began. ;
'The principles which it, states
rights embrace, have through all the.,
ages and under all forms of govern-j
ment. been the ultimate hope and de-j
Biro of civilized and enlightened man-j
kind. i
"1 realize that when through some I
combination of circumstances a dis-j
astrous depression may bring poverty j
and TlPm-H** to American citizens,"!
Smith continued, "that they are likely
to turn to any source which may]
promise relief from their immediate;
suffering and endanger the precious
principle of local self-government and
Individual rights
"In other words, they might be
tempted to sell their birthright for a
mesa of pottage, to sell for dollars
and cents, those principles that their
fore-bears deemed more precious than
life itself"
Smith declared he was "delighted
beyond expression" over what he described
as "Indignant and determined
_ I
apposition" against a proposed con-|
atitutional amendment to regulate social
and economic affairs of the
states.
Such a proposal, he said, struck at (
"the very heart of states rights."
did tea Ford Club Meeting
The Uutea-Ford Hume Demonstration
club held lie regular monthly
meeting at the flub house Thursday
night, February y. 'I'ho vice-president
presided The meeting wan opened by
all Hinging "America." The bible rending
was by Misft Kate West and tho
Lord's prayer was repeated by all.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read aijtl Lllti roll called by the Secretary,
Miss Dorothy I lor ton. The visitors
were welcomed by the vice-president
and the meeting was turned over
to Miss Fewell.
She began by making a friendly
talk and then introduced the speaker
uf lite evening, Mr. McCarley. He
made a talk on "Farm Outlook."
'First," ho said, "we are growing too
much cotton and not enough of other '
crops. Tobacco would be a good substitute
for cotton because it is cheaper
to grow and more Is consumed
titan cotton, both by men and women.
Next, inure sweet potatoes should be
grown because they are a good paying
proposition and too would servo
us food for livestock. Tho best variety
to plant is the Louislanna Porto
Itico. Peanuts 1h another good crop
to increase and also wo should produce
more syrup for ourselvos." His
talk was ended by saying, "Our country
needs more poultry and livestock."
Miss FeweH gave an interesting
talk bused upon "Saving" by growing
more food stuff at home. Tho south
is said to be the A problem of the
world. Tho children of the south
should be more healthy than other
children of the world, because they
have a better chance to get the propsr
food, by the south being more favorable
to grow food products than othBr
regions. But to investigate, we find
they are not the healthiest. The
people of the south should have an
all year round garden. Too, every
family should have a cow, especially
In the winter, because every child
needs plenty of milk." At the end of
aer talk a monthly picture was given
out named, "Battersea Bridge." The
artist was James McNeal Whistler,
an American.
The meeting was turned over to the
vice-president. Valentines were given
out and Miss Fewell, receiving nine,
won the prize. *
Delicious refreshments were served
and enjoyed by all.
Mis. A. D. West will servo as hostess
at the March meeting.
The United States super bomber,
which left Langley Field, Va., on Saturday,
with medical supplies for the
earthquake victims of the recent
earthquake In southern Chile, arrived
at Santiago, Chile, on Monday, making
stops at Panama and at Lima,
Peru. The medical supplies were sent
by the American Red Cross and
weighed 3,300 pounds. More than 20,000
persons were killed by the earthquake.
85 Buy Stock In Coon Hound
Windsor, Conn.?When 85 persons
buy shares in a coon hound to the
tune of $425 that's news. That's what
happened to "Chick," originally the
property of Arthur and Ben Clark,
tobacco farmers, until they organized
the Wonder Dog Coon Club. The dog
was a Southerner by birth and when
he first came north refused to associate
with anyone?eyen coons. Then,
suddenly one day he brightened up
and treed his quarry with the great- 1
eBt of ease. "Chick" cost the brothers 1
Clark $60 but they had insufficient fl
funds and ofTered friends and neigh- 1
bors a chance to buy in. The rush 1
carries around his neck a collar bear- I
nearly overwhelmed them. So "Chick" I I
ing three plates inscribed with the I
names of the eighty-five owners.
The area of Maine is nearly as big
as the combined area of the other flye I
New England states.
411 Elm Trees Doomed 1
In United States Unless I
Disease Is Conquered j
Depart ment of Agriculture Leads Determined
Fight to Save America's Most Popular I
Tree From Imported Plague I
If the United States had a national
Iree It would he the American Kim,
i?nd unlets* persistent, scientific warfare
uguinst an Imported disease
succeeds, within a few years there
will ho no elms in this country. The
elm heads off the list of ten trees
selected by the National Wildlife
Federation for Inclusion In the 80
Wildlife Week poster stamp subjects.
"Dutch elm disease" was first recorded
In tlojland, In 1919. It Is believed
to have come from Asia. It
t wept over the continent and Into
Kngland where, after 18 years of
struggle, science has abandoned all
elm trees to their doom, In a few
more years, the magnificent rowc of
elms lining many a highway, Include
ing the approach to Windsor castle,
and making beautiful for centuries
the grounds of great estates and public
parks will be no more.
Imported Veneer Blamed
The elm disease entered this country
In logs from burled elm treos,
used In making veneer. It Is a
fungous, carried by bark-boring
beetles. Once a tree Is Infected, there
is no cure. The beetle chiefly responsible
for spreading the disease
also came from overseas.
In 1933 the fight againBt the elm
disease was begun In the United
States.
The elm disease Is thus far very
largely concentrated in the neighborhood
of New York City, with heavy
losses in New Jersey and Connecticut.
It has also hit trees in Cleveland,
Cincinnati, and Athens, Ohio;
Baltimore, Cumberland and Brunswick,
Maryland; Portsmouth and
Norfolk, Virginia; Wileys Ford,
West Virginia and in Indianapolis.
The visible effects of the disease
in a growing tree are described by
the American Forestry Association:
"Wilting leaves on one or more
elm branches, followed by discoloration,
shriveling and general falling
of all but a few of the end leaves fs
usually good evidence of the Dutch
elm disease. The ends of the infected
twigs may also curl In a characteristic
manner, like a shepherd's
crook. During the fall and winter,
after the leaves have dropped, the
curled twig-ends and numerous
trunk-suckers at the base of the
larger limbo iirv the chief means of
identifying the presencb of the
disease."
Prompt Action Needed
When the dlsoase Is suspected, a
packet of twigs no larger than lead
pencils, from the wilting branches
should be sent to the Dutch Elm
Disease Laboratory at Morriatown,
New Jersey.
This laboratory is the headquarters
from which the Uuited States
Department of Agriculture la car- H
rylng on, with the states, the determined
campaign to save the American
elm:
Complete eradication of Infected
trees Is carried on by poisoning of
the diseased trees. An Infected elm
is girdled and the peeled trunk encircled
with a pack containing
copper sulphate, which kills the tree
and the fungous, prevents sprouting
from the stump, repels the diseasecarrying
beetles and makes it possible
to save the wood for fuel. Before
this method was developed
each tree had to be cu^ down and
promptly burned, the stump being
treated with chemicals to stop reproduction
from the roots. The copper
sulphate process is one-tenth as
costly.
All Elms Menaced
The American elm Is one of six
species of elmH native to the United
States east of the Qreat Plains. All
will be wiped out unless the disease
Is conquered.
[ The American elm won the love
of the early colonists, who built
their homes in its shade and brought
young trees from the forestB to line
the streets of t their towns. In New
England are miles of elms In rows ;
that were planted in the early days
of the Republic.
The popularity of the American
elm was carried westward by settlement.
It is the chief shade tree of
this country, and is now common in
all the states, from the southernmost !
tip of Texas to the shores of the
Lake Superior. |
The elm census in a few inland
cities shows 600,000 of the trees in
Minneapolis; 400,000 in Detroit;
400,000 in Cincinnati; 300,000 in
Dallas; 200,000 In Chicago; 160,000
in Oklahoma City; 105,000 in Denver.
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STATE THEATRE
KERSHAW, S. C.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17
"THE SISTERS"
Willi Kno) Klymi and iw-ilo Davis
SATURDAY, FEB. 18
"HEROES OF THE HILLS"
Willi Throe Mt!.1'|u 11t'tTB
LATE SHOW, 10:30 P. M.
"NANCY DREW
DETECTIVE"
Willi lUnilta (Iranvillo John I,ltd
MONDAY and TUESDAY, |
FEBRUARY 20 and 21 j
"ANGELS WITH
DIRTY FACES"
With JaniuH Carney Pat O'Hrlen
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22
"I'LL TAKE ROMANCE"
with Orium Moore Melvyn Douglas
THURSDAY and FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY 23 and 24
"SUEZ"
With Lorctta Yountf-Tyrone Power
ADM I88I0N:
Matinee, 20c; Night, 25o.
Children 10c any time.
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New
LOW COACH
FARES
Elective January 1 th
Example fares from Camden, S. C.
New York $12.02
Philadelphia 10.37
Baltimore .... 8.00
Washington 7.05
Portsmouth 5.20
Richmond 4.95
Jacksonville 5.25
Tampa 8.45
St. Petersburg 9.00
West Palm Beach .... 9.75
Miami 10.80
Watch for the announcement of
the "Silver Motoor" Streamlined
Stainless Steel Coach Train.
. J. L. CARTER, D. P. A.
Arcade Building, Columbia, S. C.
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I NU TV S DC LUXI MODUS Of THE "OTHER THRU"
1 BBBBB JBB flHBi "nd in
. ^^B^^B equipped to
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eral taxes, includV"
^^B ^B^^ In* Mate
1 ?\ taxes. any.
U ^B^B| time
1 T hb with new HudsonI
CJ.T.PUn. Prices sub?
ject to chance without
notice.
AUTO-POISE |
CONTROL 1
Helps keep wheels straight, even when
a tire blows. A built-in feature, standard
on all 1939 passenger models, available '
on all 1936, 1937 and 1938 models
and patented
DOUBLE-SAFE
BRAKES
Hydraulic and Mechanical from same
foot pedai! Easiest acting hand brake,
too, for parking. Standard on all 1936,
1937,1938 and 1939cars built by Hudson.
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