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K Attend Red Cross Roll Call Rally Meeting Monday Night, November 6, at American Legion Hall I The Camden Chronicle (""volume 51 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1939 NUMBER 32 Red Cross Workers I Eager For Action I All Ked Cross" workers In Kershaw fouuty. over two hundred of them' KL with the enthusiasm of the roll progr?m to start on Armistice ?!. wiil stage an inspiring aud inBrt?llng rally in the American LeEon Hall here on Monday, NovemWLy 6th at 8 o'clock. Mrs. J. H. Fry, utloual roll call representative from Kmhlagton wiU be. the key speaker. I The Kershaw Ked Cross organiza tlon. under the personal supervision l0( Mrs W. H. Harris is allying at ov the 1100 membership quota assignEd to Kershaw County by the nationEil headquarters/ in fact, the slogan K "Every Adult lu Kershaw County is a Member" will be foremost In ev (ry move of the county unlL The organisation of the colored people of the county is bqtter this year than In the past. Dr. J. H. Thomas Is heading the drive in the <lty of Camden with Susan Biven in thorge of the county population. J. H Dibble will have charge of the drive In the colored schools of the county while in the city, Professor P. B Mdodana will be in charge of the tlty colored schools. i I c. H. Yates, Broad street, ffkd the honor of buying the first Red Cross emblem this year. Others have stop ped at the Red Cross headquarters In the Knoud Tack Shop on Broad street to take out memberships. A year ago the first community report with a complete enrollment came from Blan ty, where Mrs. W. D. Orlgsby was in charge and who also heads that com inunity unit this year. I Since the announcement of commlt tees appearing in the last news story, yrs. Harris hus named Mrs. Edmund c. Stout as chairman of the supplies committee. Plans are being made for a lunchIran to be held November 10, In the dining hall of the Court Inn for all workers and others interested In the (access of the Red Cross Roll Call. a prominent speaker will be secured to address the meeting following the luncheon. Mrs Harris is keenly interested iit having Kershaw Oomrty respond whole-heartedly in the roll call drive this year. She realizes that with conditions of war prevailing in Elu rope and a tense situation developing I in regard to our'own nation, that the] I Red Cross may be called upon to shoulder a responsibility never before dreamed of. For that reason she I hopes every adult in Kershaw county I will heed the slogan "Keep Your Red Cross Ready". Lancaster Woman I Tpkes Own Life Lancaster, Oct. 30.?Mrs. Lauter Beckham, wife of R. S. Beckham, prominent merchant of Lancaster, died in a Rock Hill hospital at 3:30 I this afternoon as the result of a self inflicted pistol wound. Mrs. Beckham, whose home is on Arch street, was visiting her mother, Mrs Lucy Perry, on West Feeting I street at noon today. Mr. Beckham I drove by the Perry home and asked I his wif?> if she was ready to go home. I She said she would have to go back I Into the house. Mrs. Perry and Mr. Beckham were in front of the house I *hen 'he shot was heard. They | found Mrs. Beckham on the bed in a I hack room. The shot from a pistol fnter-d her head just behind the ear. I No cause was known. Coroner Black man investigated and said no ln Quest would be necessary. | Surviving are her husband; one daughter, Mrs. Willie Price, ColumI hia; h^r mother, Mrs. Lucy Perry, I and the following brothers and slsI ters: George Perry, Misses Ruth and I Christine Perry of Lancaster; Mrs. Olif. Beaton, Rock Hill; Mrs. Will Johnson. Heath Springs, and Mrs. I John C>ment, Liberty Hill. I Bethune To Have Gymnasium Washington, Oct. 30.?Congressman I J 1' Richards, fifth district of South I Carolina, has been adviaed by Frank A. March, director, project control diI Ti?ion of the Works Projects Adminia 'ration. Washington, D. C., that WPA I Projec t No. 40147, In the amount of I 12,K2. has been approved to construct I 4 school gymnasium in the Town of I h^thune, and perform incidental and I *PPurtenant work, including landscape I grounds. This is county-owned I Property and is sponsored by tbe I county board of education. I Thu and simllsr projects are left I h the hands of Lawrence M. Pinck n?y. state administrator, WPA,. Co ln*bla, for final appTSYM. j Bulldogs To Meet Orangeburg Tonight The Camden Bulldogs, with a record of five wins aguiust one defeat, buttle the heavy Orangeburg high Hchdul team ut the Zeinp a indium Friday night. Auother record turnout of the faith'ful is anticipated when the two teams face each other uuder the lights bore. While Cauiden actually played straight football to defeat Chester last Friday J9 t,o 0, the power of /the Orangeburg defense la eipocted to produce some of the famous razzledazzle atpff for which Camden teams are famous. * , To date Camden bus had two touchdowns scored by opposing teams, Sumter scoring one that represented the ingvgain of defeat for the Bull-, dogs. It was the first time in several years that the Camden team has pocketed a whitewash application. Chester scored the other touchdown against the bulldogs. Camden defeated an alert Klngstree team 13 to 0 in the opening game of the season when a scheduled game with FlOfence was called off. It was the second time in two successive Beasons that Florence has cancelled games with the Bulldogs. A Darlington team went down before the Bulldogs at Darlington, 20 to 0; Sumter then upset the apple cart with a 6 to 0 victory over the Bulldog squad. Camden defeated Newberry 19 to 0, followed by a 21 to 0 win over Brookland-Cayce, the "B" team taking over to turn this trick. The last game was with Chester which Camden won 19 to 6. Camden takes on Hartsville here next week and then prepares for the Thanksgiving game with Gaffney off November 23. The final game of the season will find Camden playing at Charleston on the evening of December 1st. Spoke to Graded School Classes Miss Lydia Herrick Brown, of Columbia chairman of the Junior CltiI zenship Clubs Committee of the Daugtera of the American Revolution of ,&outh Carolina, spoke to the aasembled classes of the graded school In the audltoriurit on Wednesday morning at 10:15 o'clock, on the subject of the formation and value of such clubs and what it means to be a member of the club. The Bpeaker was welcomed by Mrs. Hughey Tindal, the regent of Hobkirk Hill D. A. R. chapter, and Mrs. VonTresckow, third vice regent South Carolina D. A. R. and was introducted by the latter. Mrs. J. L. Guy Is the chapter chairman of the committee and is heartily assisted by Supt. Richards and the teachers. The pupils .conduct their own meetings and form their programs with the aid of the teachers, and aire thus learning leadership, patriotism and what Americanism stands for Mrs. J. P. Lewis Died Thursday Morning . Funeral - services for Mrs. Alice Smith Lewis, 58, will be held today at Cedar Creek Baptist church on the Camden-Bishopville highway at 3:30 o'clock. Mrs. Lewis, the wife of Joseph P. Lewis, died Thursday morning at 6 o'clock at her home on Haile street after an illness of several months. . Besides her husband, she is survived by an adopted daughter, Bettie E. Lewis. Also surviving are a large number of relatives both in Kershaw and Lee counties. Arthur Smith, Walter Smith, of Camden; Lee Smith, of Concord, N. C.; Henry Smith and Charlie Smith, of Bishopville, are surviving brothers, and three sisters, Mrs. Leila Outlaw, Mrs. Dessie English, of Camden; Mrs. Mary Atkinson, of Bishopville, survive. Mrs. Lewis had a wide circle of friends to whom the announcement of her death will bring sorrow. She wall a member of the Camden Baptist church. Kiwanis Club Meeting The Camden Kiwanis club held its weekly meeting Tuesday at the Hotel Camden. The program was in charge of Dr. J. W. Branson, chairman of the underpfiviledged committee. The guest speaker was Lieutenant Commander Shannon Heath on sitlfcs subject of "Theodore ftoosevelt and Our Navy". He told about Navy Day, October 27, as a memory to Theodore Roosevelt and that due to his efforts the navy in 1898 was in top condition and .ranked second place In world powers and that he is known as the father of the nary; r* \ ~ ^ ' / 3 * ' ' H ' ~ z s -y. z V YEAH I MAN! - 1 ' * 1 ?J v w v r?Ev/1 ' -pOT Th/s i ^uv /AI/^ Child Met Death Under Father's Car Friends and relatives of Mr. and. Mrs. R. A. Bruce sympahlze with them in the tragic death of their son, Phillip Howeir Bruce, which occurred Saturday afternoon. The four-year-old lad was fatally injured when he fell from his father's car and the wheels of the machine passed over his body before the car( could be brought to a stop. He was, brought to the Camden hospital but! died soon after reaching there. The, accident occurred at the home of his^ parents in the Beulah section of the ^ county, on the Black River road. He is survived by his parents, one brother,'R; A. Bruce, Jr., and one sister, Mary Bva Bruce. Mrs. Bruce was beforo?her marriage,? Miss?Esther Garvin, of the Kitching's Mill community of Aiken county. Mr. Bruce for-many years was cbtton weigher here in Camden. Funeral services for the lad were held from the residence at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. John T. Littlejohn, of Bishopville, and the Interment was in Mt. Olivet churchyard cemetery. Peanuts Industry j Shows Strong Gains From an area of less than one hundred acres in 1938 to over six hundred acres in 1939, the peanut growing industry in Kershaw county glveB promise of affording farmers an excellent opportunity for farm production, along with that of cotton, corn, hogs, and the like. The industry, by reason of the remarkable expansion In a year's time, shows indications of being a growing factor in the income of the agriculturists. The average yield this season has been approximately three-quarters of a ton to the acre, with tho peanuts having a ready market at aroundsixty-five dollars a ton on the farm. Buyers have come to the production areas in the county from the peanut centers of southern Virginia. The approximate value of the crop, without taking into consideration the peanut hay will total close to $30,000. The principal planters in the county are B. D. Boykin, W. A. Boykin, W. R- Capehart, L. O. Funderburk, Henry G. Carrison, C. J. Shannon, M. B. Burns, and others. Baptist Church Services The following services a;e announced for week begirniug November 5, at Camden Baptist church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock with C. O. Stogner, superintendent, in charge. Public worship conducted by the pastor, J. B. Caston, at 11:16 a. m., and 7:30 p. m. Morning subject: "Tho J Christian's Attitude Toward War." Evening subject: "How To Live Successfully". B. T\ U. with picture at 6:80* directed by Christopher Vaughan. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30, The public is cordially invited to attend all services of this .church. A hundred and fifty dollars* worth of food easily can he produced by half an acre of garden. ) - New Hose Truck jBoosts Fire Dept. The purchase of a new chassis and cab upon which a hose cart body has been placed, has added materially to the efficiency of the Camden Are department. At the present time this little reBort city of 6,000 population has two 750 gallon pumpers and a hose cart, making It one of the outstanding communities In the country for efficient fire protection facilities. The Camden flre department numbers twenty-one men, with . Commissioner Charles Villepigue in * charge, and With Captain Brevard Boykln as fire chief, Beckham RysBell as assist-' acft 'chttff, ' and Buck Leney and Cooney Mayers as drivers. ?The new American Lagrange pumper, with a capacity of 750 gallons a minute and with facilities to provide' four powerful streams of water is augmented by the Seagrave pumper which also has a 750 gallon capacity of operation. The new hose cart orj truck will permit of an increased hose] load of approximately twenty-five percent. DISTRICT MEETING TO BE HELD WINTHROP COLLEGE TUE8DAY j The fifth district teacher's meeting! will be held at Winthrop College,! Rock Hill, in the new auditorium on' Tuesday, November 7, beginning at 3:30 In the afternoon. Dr. Laura Zlrbes, professor of education at Ohio State University will be the principal speaker. Dr. Zlrbes^ is an outstanding authority in the elemetary field and has been doing a fine piece of work with the curriculum committee of South Carolina. Dr. Shelton Phelps, president of Winthrop college will introduce Dr. Zlrbes. Other speakers for the afternoon will be J. P. Coates, secretary of the] 6outh Carolina Education Associa-] tlon; president W. F. Loggins, Greenville, S. C., and A. C. Flora, state director of the national education association. HAND-PICKED GROUP MET WITH NUTRITION 8PECIALI8T Thirty-three local leaders representing seventeen > home demonstration clubs of Kershaw county, met on Monday afternoon, Octaber 30, for special instruction with Miss Myra Reagan, the State Nutrition Specialist, and Miss Fewell, the home agent. This handplcked group of women possess leadership qualities and the ability to assist the home agent in putting across a more effective program in their respective communities. Miss Reagan talked on "Milk in the Diet". She especially stressed the care of zniik and displayed a milk cooling box that is both practical and economical^ Razook'i Gown 8hop Opens Razook's shop has been opened for the season at their residence, 1936 North Broad street. Individuality is the keynote of Razook'i collection ol gowns, sportswear and millinery. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Razook have been spending the past eight wintori here and they again cordially invite the townspeople to -visit their shop. Camden is fortunate in having thil shop In thst they can bay the nation altjr Advertised clothes for sportswear Two Homicides Over < Week-End In County A several yearH freedom from homicidal cases was broken tu Camden ( and Kershaw county Saturday night < when two killings occhrlVd within aj< period of several hours. i Moses Benjamin, negro farmer, was i fatally stabbed by Abe Hilton, well < known white farmer, following an attack by the negro upon Hilton In tho < N. S. Richards store at Liberty Hill, i Sheriff J, 11 McLeod, following an Investigation of tho case, declared that all evidence tendered to support a plea, of self defense registered by Hilton. Hilton Is a son of \V. Z. Hilton. one of the leading farmers of that part of the county. Hilton Is said to have stepped up to tho negro in the store and Inquired about a loan that was duo. It Is said tho negro became angry and made an unexpected assault upon Hilton. The ether killing occurred In a cell of the city police station when Loo Matton, negro, reduced tho head of Jim Thompson, another negro prisoner to a pulp by stamping on him. Thompson died In tho hospital a few hours later. Matton Is said to have literally stamped Thompson's brains out. The news of the bloody battle In the city Jail spread like wildfire through the downtown area and hundreds of excited people massed around the city building on Rutlodgo street. When the police entered tho cell Thompson was unconscious and his head a ghastly sight. Blood was spattered over the floor of the cell and against the waIIs. An ambulance was hurriedly summoned and Thompson rushed to tho hospital where ho died at 4:30 o'clock Sunday morning. Matton has been formally charged with murder. | The battle at Liberty Hill In which Benjamin was fatally stabbed by Abe Hilton caused no end of excitejment in tho community. Hilton Is regarded as an upright and outstanding cltlfcen of the community and the entitledgjjgf^unity Is united la the [conviction that nls act was purely one of self defense. ' Hilton was placed under arrest following the death of Benjamin, but was later released on ball. It is*said that this ie the first homicide to occur In Liberty Hill within more than fifty years, which of course the peaceful little community extremely regrets. Police In Warning To Law Violators The Chronicle has been requested by the Camden police department to announce that beginning this week, offenders against traffic regulations will be served with a summons and complaint which will require their appearance in recorder's court. Despite warnings given by police officers to motorists who park their cars In no-parking and taxi zones, many of them, it is tfaid by the police, deliberately Ignore the regulations. It J Is these car owners and drivers who will feel the effects of the new order given the pojlce. The police call attention to the nof parking zones at the Intersection of UeKalb and Broad and Hutledge and Broad streets, also to the no-parklng ban for cars in the taxi area on Broad street adjacent to the poBt office, as well as in fire hydrant and other designated yellow line areas. Another practice the police intend to put a stop to Is the stopping of cars in the lane of traffic back of i parked cars on Broad and DeKalb streets. The violations of the doubleparking regulation are more common on DeKalb Btreet in the block between Broad and Market streets. Woodward Aviation Club The Woodward Aviation club held its regular meeting Monday night, October 30, at the Woodward airport. The meeting was called to order by Earl J. Freidell. After the business session had ended the club had their regular one hour study period on air traffic rules and the "theory of flight". The meeting was then adjourned. Anyone, male or female, who wants to Join may do so by be'lng at the next meeting on Novera|! ber 6. Cotton Ginning Report > Census report - shows that 14,382 i bales of cotton were ginned In Ker > sbsw 'County from the crop of 1938, prior to October 18, as compared wltt i 8,840 bales for the crop of 1988, so cording to O. R. 9. Pool, Specie . Agent. ? * * - > -s v - - Quota Set For Seal Campaign The president of the Kershaw ?ounty Tuberculosis Association. Har>UI Funderburk. announces that the chairman of committees, who will assist Mrs. John Mullen with the Christinas Seal Sale within the Camden t-ity limits, have been appointed. Mrs. Charles H. Kemp has been rendering valuable service as chairman of revising the mailing list. Mrs. Henry Carrisou is to have charge of early orders for Christmas Seals. Mrs. Alice May re 1? chairman for clubs and organizations; Mrs. John Ranch for churches and church auxiliaries. Mrs. l>ess Goodalo and members of the American Legion Auxiliary will usslst with the city mall sale. Miss Emily Zoinp and Mrs. C. G. Kornogay will be responsible for window decoration and placing posters. Mrs. Muxlno Nottlos Is chairman for booth and bangle sales. Mrs. Samuol Russell will serve as chairman in the Winter Colony. Rev. A. Douglas McArn and I>octor A. W. Humphries are to arrange for a speaker's bureau. Harold \V. Funderhurk will be treasurer of returns from the Christmas Seal Sale and Mrs. John Mullen will sell bonds In the business district. The slogan selected is "From December first till Christmas. one Christmas Seal on Every Letter." The goal $1,600.00. Professor P. D. Mdodana has volunteered to serve as chairman of the 1939 Christmas Seal Sale among the negro citizens of Camden and Kershaw County. The group of people who represented Kershaw County's negro citizens and the Southern tuberculosis Conference met with Professor Mdodana on Tuesday, October 24th, to make plans for the Christmas Seal Sale. It is the Idea of the committee to give every negro citizen in the -county a chance to do his part in the Christmas Seal Sale. The quota has been set at $200-00. Plans are.being made tor interesting program* to the ohurchea and schools throughWand Honored By Garden Club At the 10th annual meeting of the South Carolina Garden club in Spartanburg on Thursday, H. C. Bland of Sumter received the award of merit for outstanding work at Swan Lake Gardens. This is tho highest honor that can be bestowed on a member by the state club. Following are the _ words of Mrs. L. J. Blake, chairman of the horticultural committee, in making the presentation: "The award of merit for outstanding work that contains a definite contribution to garden club work is won by Mr. H. C. Bland of Sumter, S. C. Swan Lake Gardens is a haven of lovUness in our state, where no plants are sold and where all may enter free of charge. There are hundreds of thousands of Japanose Iris gathered. from all over the .world showing myriads of bloom around the margin o,f tho lake, which has the glamour of rare water lure. This garden of enchantment has taught a lesson of beauty to our garden clubs, that Japanese iris flourish no better in Japan than In South Carolina. We are happy to show Mr. Bland our deep appreciation. This application comes from the Sumter Garden club."?Sumter Item. DISTRICT MEET OF AUXILIARY BE HELD IN CHE8TER CHURCH The fifth district or tno American Legion Auxiliary will be held in Chester, on Thursday, November 9, v at 11 a. m., In the A. R. P. church, corner Main and Wylle streets. This will be a district meeting and the following are expected to attend from Camden: Mrs. John Mullen, Mrs. R. E. Chewning, Mrs. Dess Goodale, Mrs. Hughey Tlndal and any other Auxiliary members who would care to go are asked to phone Mrs. John Muljlen, president. TOURI8T8 ATTENTION Tourists and winter guests in Camden are requested to register their names with the tourist bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. I By having a record of winter visitors the Chamber can advise all inquirers as to their addross. Also advise where'telegrams sad i other messages may be delivered. This is a Chamber servloe that Is of great value to winter guests. -< Plesse register now. ' ? l * ' ~ ""