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The Camden Chronicle rOLUME 81 f ' CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1939 NUMBER 6 i _t. m, a b gaa? view of Work For uarter of Century , May 8, a?*we commemorate the uKu of the Smith-Lever bill, we aiao give recognition to the thlr r8t aunivereary of farm demolition work iu Kershaw county and twenty-seventh year of home demration work. ao farmers and farm women of county have every reason to feel 8ed with the fine achievements hk these periods of time, Plans accomplishments have shown the leaders have had courage vision. Any kind of being 'can t for a thing?can desire' it^but strong, vigorous minds with ,t purpose can do things. Let us remember that in order to visualgreat achievements, ono must tin. The dreamers are the ears of the world. He who chers a beautiful vision, a lofty'Ideal tie heart, Will one- dajt realize 4L greatest achievement was at first a time a dream. no of our greatest dreamers who tally brought about the greatest ties for the rural people of the Id was Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, the ider of farm and home dempnstrawork. In 1902 while an official :he plant Industry of the dephrt,t of agriculture In Washington, vas sent to Texas to study the boll vil ravages. Prom the splendid lonstnitions started there, the k spread to other states as the weevil made Invasions. Boya' i work was developed along with demonstrations for men. i 1907 the wyk started In South olina and In live years all counhad farm agents. In these early rs the principal source of funds 1 in supporting this work was the eral education board. - i 1910, Miss Marie Cromer, a ^eachsaid, "Wo must do something for girls" She organized the first Iato club In the world In Aiken sty. From this one club has grown present day 4-H club work for i and home demonstration clubs romen . In 1911, another teacher, iun"it iuvtlioi V, niKoi, ui saui.ou B.to' club In Barnwell county. In I she was appointed the first home onstration agent by Washington, iother Walker has a period lof nuous service of more than ty-flve years. 1901, we find in Washington a ? enthusiastic congressman from i Carolina who was a believer ill developed rural, life. This was rank Lever who served in coneighteen years. During this he was a devoted disciple of [napp and championed his teachafter Dr. Knapp's death in 1911. as the author of the Smith-Lever May 8, 191*, the Smith-Lever vas signed by President Wilson, making demonstration work posin all the states in the Union, his May 8, 1939, we commemorLhls great step taken to make widespread this newer type of ition which Walter Page describi The greatest slngla ..piece ..OX ructive educational work in this y age." w what has taken plt^ce in Kercounty during the past thlrty" ars ? ring any period of time many 5rs take place. Have we used ir own advantages those oppores that have been offered dur those thirty-one yeart\ of rural volution? During this period we seen the following changes and others: treat change has taken place in sducational system?one teacher Is have changed to consolidated ds; marvelous improvement in system; oil lamps being replaced leciricity; fly brushes replaced :rt-ened doors and windows; old k" cars replaced by self sta^t outdoor canners replaced by i pressure canners; spring water c?d by pumps .and running water; Dphones replaced by radios; Jig operations are changed; ? of livestock and poultry lmd, camps for 4-H clubs and worninnged; all phases of extension have r.hnTigAii VNQthlng fa bp ?nt as change." ~.?.' ? m the beginning of farm and demonstration work in Kercounty the following have served cuts: ?. 1 " m agents?1908.1909. T. W. I 1908, D. L. DeSauasure; 1810F. A. Brown; 1913-1914, F. its; I9lfi-i9it, Walter Sorrell; 929. J. W. Sanders; 1930-1934, : D. Green ; 1936-1939, W. C. Mcr. All datef inclusive. No agents in years not shown. n Homo agents?1912.'. K a t h e r i n e Chappell; February, 1913, Kate Simpson; August. 1917-1918, Selma Parrish, emergency home demonstration agentSeptember, 1919, Mrs. Selma Parrish McCain, county home demonstration agent; February, 1920-1921, Blanche Tarrant; 1922, Blanche Tarrant; May, 1922, Jennie Boyd; 1923, Jennie Boyd;' 1924, Jennie Boyd; June, 1924, Madelyn Thompson; January, 1925,* Mrs Elizabeth Boykin; 1926, Mrs. Elizabeth Boykln; June, 1926,-Alma Burgess; 1927-1930, Alma Burgess, 1931, Alma Burgess; June, 1931, Sadie Craig, 1932-1933* Sadie Craig; 1934, Sarita Nnvnmhon 1QSS Vfarcrar. et- Fewell; 1935-1939, Margaret Fewell. With all the changes that have taken place we still have problems. Every year there are problems to be considered and effort made to solve them. We all know that the south) is considered the Nation's Economic Problem No. 1. No matter what we think about this accusation, we know that we do have many pertinent problems. It is up to us to face the facts and do something about them. Wo, Southern people, must solve our own .pfhblems. What are some of our most pertinent problems? Following are a few of them: _ Inadequate food and feed supply and lack of livestock; . poor health; low farm Income and lack of sources of Income; dense rural population; ininadequate educational advantages; lack of farm organisation and leadership; poor houses; boII erosion and need for more diversified farming; price differentials;"poor' ""system*" of land tenure,.. This challenging thought confronts us. We farm people of the south must solve our own problems. It has been pointed out that ohr problems are many. It is obvious that farm Income, already far too low, must not be allowed to decline further, it is evident also that we need to in tenslfy our efforts In production of food products for home consumption. The south needs to feed its people adequately with products raised at home. U is also evident that Intensified efforts to conserve the soil to prevent further inroada iuto this basic natural resource are necessary. Continue to emphasize education, sanitation, better health, more wholesome recreation and more comfortable homes. These are the contributing factors which make for more satisfying farm life. ? This year-as- we" celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the passage of the 8isitl)-LsT^r hill which was responsible for placing farm and home demonstration work in *all states of the Union, let us all pledge ourselves to renewed energy in curry*ing out the high ideals of Ur .Seaman A. Knapp, founder of demonstration who said, "No nation can be freiat without thirfL" His challenge pt 1910 was: '"To develop the reIth* - improve the landscape; brighten the homes; readjust agriculture; reconstruct the country home; and put rura! fife upon a higher plane.'*' . "?. d?D??e of more then twenty. j**1* ^ 0nrl **"*** Chinese Girl Flier Crashes In Alabama * Montgomery, Ala., Mgy 1.?Severely Injured as her plane, "Spirit of New China," crashed, Hilda Ten, pretty Chinese girl flier, regained consciousness tonight, turned In her hospital bed and said, "I would gladly die for the cause." Her monoplane fell near Montgomery In an attempted take off from a field where she"1 tanked to sBk directions. Miss Yen, 25-year-old niece of Dr. W. W. Yen, former Chinese ambassador tq the United States, was en route from Mobile to Birmingham, Ala., on a tour of America lh behalf of Chinese war refugeqjp. [ Her face was badly out, requiring numerous stitches. An x-ray examination twill be neoessary to determine whether she suffered more serious Injuries. "f While newspaper men assembled about her bed at the nearby Prpttvllle hospital, she uttered two sentences: "If the Japs hadn't invaded China this wouldn't have happened," and "I would gladly dio for the cause." Known as China's Amelia Earhart, the girl had flown for Madame Chiang Kai-shek and had traveled extensively In her small red ship. . She landed here at Woodward airport April 21 and went to Lancaster where she made a talk on China. L ' Six Club Baseball League In Making ( Plum* (or the organization of a state semi-pro baseball league were approved at an enthusiastic meeting held here last Thursday evening and attended by delegations froiu Sumter, Cheraw, Newberry, I-ancaster and Camden. I A suggested form of organisation was discussed and a tentative proI gram of regulations outlined to reI celve final approval at a meeting of j I the board of managers here next week. The meeting, called by the Camden chamber of commerce, was attended by the following; George W. Poe, C. M. Jordan, W* C. Coward and W. J. Baker, all of Cheraw; A. B. Tenhant, M. I. Griffith, j. D. Warren and W. H. Howard, all of Lancaster; Roy Blanding, B. James, White Shaw, A, C. Burns, E. B. Mather, Jr., B. Jeesey and 1. W. Richardson, all of Sumter; Billy Laval, of Newberry; and Jack Nettles, Joe McKaln. Linwood Smith, Arthur Clark, Wylle Sheom and Frank Heath, of Camden. Lancaster delegates also appeared for the Chester entry. Frank Heath, Camden publicity director, outlined the purpose of the meeting and warned against being too ambitious at the start. He suggested an amateur program this season and, if successful, goirig Into organized ball In the following, season. He also stressed the fact that he bellO^ed the success of organized ball In cities the size of those represented at the meeting was predicated upon "the playing of night baseball. Several hours of discussion and suggestions resulted in the drawing up of a tentative program which calls for a strictly amateur arrangement for the 1939 season,_Two games will be played each week, one at home ahd the other away. There will be a governing body -of team managers who will cooperate with the president of the league, to be elected by the board of managers Pl'&yers will be drawn from a thirty mile radius of each, city and must -elided In thaf pnrtinnfer for at least one year . .Where the thirty mile radius is contingent to two cities?a county line will constitute the division. Stage Set For Barbecue Event The gigantic barbecue celebration to be held here on Monday, May 8, attendant upon the tv^jnty-flfth anniversary of the Farmer's Extension service, promises to be the outstanding event of the summer season in Kerjshaw county. Ifwas stated this week that the barbecue is distinctly for white farmers and their wives and does not include children. If entire families were listed in. the Invitation, the committee in charge declared that it would be necessary to prepare food for 6,000 to 6,000 people. It is impossible to take care of thatt^umber at this time. The barbecue-will be-handled by E. P. Lever, of Columbia, who is a specialist in that line. He expects to use some 1,200 pounds of pork and 400 pounds of beef in preparing the dinner for the Kershaw county far*j mers. The menu as announced by Chief I^yer will feature barbecued hash, sliced barbecue, boiled potatoes with sauce, cold slaw and bread and? lemonade. The speaking program will get under way at 11 o'clock at the football stadium and all speeches will bo heard over a public- address system. Following the speaking program, the dinner will be served to the farmers arid their wives. The barbecue is made possible through the cooperation and generousity of the Camden and Kershaw county ohamber of commerce, the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs and the Kershaw county farmer's exchange. Short addresses will be made by County Agenf McCarley; John K. deLoach, president of the Rotary club; Charles Shannon, - 4tb, president of the Kiwanis club; and Austin Sheheen, president of the chamber of commerce. .V. . . TfiflTDri*r*m will be Jn chajrge of Senator M. M. Johnson and talks will be made by R. R. Coker and R, 8. Entzminger, of Hartaville; L. fctarkey, of the department of -animal husbandry at Clemson;.L. 1. Guion, of Logoff; and Un> Paul Brown, and Mrs. Kate Gettys, of this eity. Mayor .Ben E. Douglas ha* been renominated for the mayoralty, of CharBgpN. C , by ? i to 1 TOte ow hl? Boys and Girls To Go To Washington Thirty hoy# and girls. members of the school patrols and safety^, councils Of the Camden, Huron DoKttlb < and Pino Tree schools will leave Caiu* dyu next Thursday, May 11, In a motorcade to uttond the National Safety Convention to be held at Washington Friday and Saturday, May 12 and IS. The trip home will be made starting Sunday from Washington. Arrangements for the trip are being made here by Patrolman Boatwrlght, of the State Highway patrol. The expense of the trip amounts to 116.25, this to provide for the transportation, hotel accommodations, tueals and sight-seeing expense In Washington. A majority of the group members who will make the trip will have their expenses taken care of by their respective families or friends, while those unable to afford it, will bft pare<i for through ft fund being railed by Patrolman Boatwrlght and whloh is being liberally contributed to by Civic clubs and private citlsens as well as business firms. There will be a stop and a sightseeing trip at Mount Vernon on the way to Washington. Friday aftefiioon in Washington there will be sightseeing, and Saturday morning the feature of the convention, a parade down Constitution avenue In which from 15,000 to 20,000 boys and girls are expected to participate, will be staged. The 'South Carolina group will assume its parade position at Fourth street, and Constitution avenue. The J Camden group will stay at the Burlington hotel while in Washington. The North Carolina state highway patrol and the Virginia state police have offered to co-opferate In every possible way to make the trip pleasant. . _ The date of applications has closed since reservations In Washington have already been made. Reservations are quite difficult because of the large representations from various other states. There are 800 attending the convention from this state alone. ' Drivers with previous traffic violation records will not be accepted for n ,.i.. ?__ <>. ?? ?mi cuv b# i|/? v/vji taut opv/viuv i Ui^o tY lit be followed by the drivers: Speed limited to tltfy miles an hour In this state; to forty-five In North Carolina and Virginia; driver to stop for several minutes once every two- hours, at which time the boys and girls will be given each a bottle of milk as^ the driver may rest himself. Each driver will receive a set of rules and will bo In charge of tho group in his) car, seeing to It that they get to the proper hotel, cafes, parade, etc. The best drivers and the best equipment has been secured for the trip. 8inging Convention To Meet The Kershaw county singing convention will meet with the Free Will Baptist church, situated one mile east of Camden on Number One highway, Sunday, May 7, at 2 o'clock. All choirs and quartets are Invited to attend. We are expecting one of the best singing conventions that we have ever had. We are expecting to have The RSfKgSraF from CharTdtT6 ahdalflo the Aristocratic Pigs from Columbia. We have also arranged to have loud speakers on that day, and If you like good singing, come and be with us.?E. R. Hunter, secretary. Grace Church Services The services at Grace Episcopal "church Sunday will be as follows: Holy communion at 8:00 a. m.; the church school at 9:45 holy communion and sermon by the rectcrr Dr. Maurice Clarke at 11:16. The choir will sing the anthem, "Christ We Do All Adore Thee," from Dubois' "Seven Last Words." Library Attraction Library officials announced today that the traveling library on Genealogy, belonging to the D. A. R? will be at the Camden public library from May 3-12, Inclusive. - The public is cordially invited to come in and inspect this valued collection. Of particular Interest Is the series covering the history of the Presbyterian church in South Carolina. Xfc Observe Memorial Day Tha banks of the city, the First National Bank and the Commercial) Bank 'of Camden, will be closed on Wednesday, Xay 10, in observance of Confederate Memorial Day. All patrons are requested to remember this data and to transact business on Tuesday so no one will /be inconvenienced by the holiday, ? The Kaletem falls of 8outh America were discovered In 1870, hot have been seen by few. 1 ~ * - - 4 /* - Softball Regulations 1 Outlined By League Tho future of softball In Camden will be decided next Monduy evening, i Che deadline date for the registering i of leu m 8 with the bureau of roc re* ' at Ion. At a meeting held this week the bureau outlined tho rules and rogulations which will govern playing activities in tho softball group this season. Tho most radical departure from the 1937 and 1938 seasons will be the cutting down of the schedule from five games a week to three. The 1939 schedule calls fo^ games on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The bureau is carefully refraining from scheduling softball for Tuesdays aud Thursdays, reserving these days for the hardball program. Each team Is allowed to sign eighteen players and duo consideration has* been urged on all managers to sign players whom they can depend upon to remain with the team throughout the season. The eighteen player limit was agreed upon In order that there will be plenty of reserve strength dur| lng the months of July and August when vacations are in order. The transfering of players from one team to another, which was responsible for a lot of caustic complaint last year, 1ms been made almost impossible this season, as It will require tho unanimous consent of the managers of all teams and the director of recreation to sanction a transfer and then only with a player going to a team lower in standing than the one transferred from. ? The bureau has been advised that the Wolves will be represented by a strong team this season and the same is true of the Kedfearn motors. John Laney is considering entering an Esso team, while Jack Moore will probj ably manage a Merchant's group with Hubert Wilson. The Kershaw Guards may have a team in the field. The Kendall Mill team, rated as the best In the league lust season, has not decided whether It will play In the league this year. One or two moro rv n rt n 4 r? 14 1 ? J *** *** 1^* VOJj'OC AV AO OMAVA. DOGS MU8T BE VACCINATED OR WILL BE DI8FJ08ED OF The canine population of Camden .faces a decided decimation if dogowners fall to comply with an order of the city health department and have their dogs vaccinated against rabies. The health department has fixed Friday, May 12, as the deadline for compliance with the order. After that date all stray dogB not carrying the proper tag certifying to the vaccination process will be dis I posed of according to the edict. On Monday and Tuesday the board of health handled the vaccinating o 294 dogs. Dog owners who have not attended to the vaccinating of their dogs can have the matter attended to by taking them to Dr. T. B. Bruce, Jr., Lyttleton street, the official vet erinarian. The board of health has indicated It means business in providing for the vaeaiaatloBi-of-every dog in - the city. Each dog will have a tag provided after receiving the serum shot As stated, dogs not having the tags will be dispojgtd of by the police. To Meet at Wlmberty Hall The Epworth League of the young people's division of the Lyttleton Street Methodist church will meet at Wimberly Hall Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. All young people In the church are urged to be present and all visitors are Invited and cordially welcomed. Fiah 8upper Mr. and Mrs. W. H. James entertained with a flsh supper at Hermit age lake Wednesday night for Mrs Stephen Wilder, of Chllicotbe, Ohio and Washington, D. C. While In' &outh Carolina, Mrs. Wilder Is a guest o Mrs. JamCs' aunt, Miss Eliza M. Dick, Sumter. Clean Cemetery Plote All those having plots at the cem etery are requested to have them cleaned so that the cemetery will be especially pretty for Memorial Day, May 10. Please attend to this at once mo that the keeper of the cemetery will have time'to move all rubi blsh. Betheada Presbyterian Church Sunday, May 7, A. Douglas McArn pastor. Church school ^rith a Blbl class for every age at 10 a. m^Mornsermon at 11:15. Junior chdfr at $ p. m. An hour with the Bible at 8 p. m. The public Is cordially invited to the services of this church. . ;'V'- \ Camden Students On Honor Lists The dlHtiict winners Infsubject matter contests from the entire mate assembled in Columbia Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of last week where they were given the Una 1 testa under the direction of the stuto high school league with the cooperation of the University of South Carolina. The atute high school league, discontinued, several years ago, the method of selecting tlrst,* second and third places and now uses the method of selecting an honor group consisting of those students making the highest grades on each subject. 'I he Camden high school was represented In Columbia by Phyllis Karesh, Herbert Moore, Wallace Rector, William Mullen, Martha Oottys, William Drown, Patsy Trantham, Billy Clurkson, Mary Cunningham, Cary Guthrie, Ann Whltaker, Beatrice Kirkland, Rhetta McDowell and Graham Marshall. This group having won twenty-five places In the district contest, wero entered in twenty-five subjects in the finals. The following Is tho Camden honor list, consisting of those wljo were winners In the finals and the subjects in which they were successful: Herbert Moore: History, senior algebra, typing and short hand. Wallace Rector: Junior algebra, junior Latin and biology. William Mullen: Junior algebra. Billy Clarkson: Geometry. Patsy Trantham: Biology. Ann Whltaker: Typing. ' Beatrice Kirkland: Short hand. Tho above represents twelve State Honor WinnerB out of nr possible twenty-five. In addition to the subject matter contests, the local high school entered a tennis team consisting of William Pitts, Joe Rhaine, Doris McLood and Lois Rhame. The girls' team played through the quarter finals and lost In the semi-finals to Ross and Moran of Greenville. They also did well in tho singles matches. Rhame for the boys showed up well as a first year number of the team. William Pitts proved to be the star of the Camden outfit, j winning lime after time aganisi seened players. He was finally eliminated by DuPre of Spartanburg and won the place as Second ranking high school tennis player of the State. At the same time that contests were toeing held in Columbia, two other important contests were being held at Wlnthrop- college in Rock " Hill. The home economics groups from the high schools over the State were given a dress contest and a bedroom arrangement contest. In the second contest, the local high school was successful in winning second place. In this contest Rock Hill won first place, .Camden, represented toy Marjorie Creed, second place, and Memminger High School of Charleston, third place. Dr. Wimberly Goes With Tabernacle Allendale, April 29.?Dr. C. F. Wimberly, pastor of the Allendale Math- _ odist church for the last three and a half years will leave his pastorate here June 1 to take charge of the Oliver Gospel tabernacle In Columbia. The tabernacle is an Interdenominational gospel mission founded by the Rev. W. A. Oliver, a Methodist minister, who died several years ago. / Doctor Wimfoerly will succeed the Rev. C. M. Dunaway, well known evangelist who has resigned to go back Into the work of evangelism. Doctor Wimberly came to Allendale In the fall of 193B from Camden where he served three years. He entered the South Carolina conference in 1920 and was paster of the bethel church, Charleston for four years, at Lake City two years and St,* George four years, before going to Camden. He entered the ministry in 1896 in the Missouri conference serving various charges for ten years. Then he went to Kentucky and was a member of the Louisville conference for flf? teen years. Baptist Church 8erv!ces The1 follownlg services are announced for the week beginning May 7, at the Camden Baptist church: 0 Sunday school at 10 o'clock with V. J. ' Rector, superintendent, in charge* Public worship conducted by the pas8:30 i. m. Morning subject: "Tho Blacker." Evening subject: "A Cry For Peace." B. T. U. with picture at' / ?:?. ChrUtopher V???fc?n, director, in charge. Prayer meeting Wedneeday evening at 8 o'clock. The public It cordially invited to attend all ter< vices Qf this church. 9