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I Akron's Disaster
Worst In History
I Now York, April 4.-TO. Mvy gjMj
W leiblo Akron, mlgtoloot of tlie world.
iLhter-than-air croft, l?y obottored
li torn somowhero In ?.? oeo off
the New Jersey cone* tonight with
73 tff 'her officers'ami men dead: or
three who boarded the ship
i vestwday for a niffht training cruise
from the Lakehurat? N- J., baae, were
alive to tell the story of the Akron s
futile struggle to ride out a thunder
anil lightning atorm.
Two more victims were added to the
disaster's toll?heaviest of any since
man started to fly ? when a small
non-rigid dirigible from Lakehurst,
the J-?, foil inio the <**Rn while
' searching for bodies of the Akron's
Crew. " "
Three survivors of the dirigible s
erash were brought ashore at Brooklyn
navy yard l?to today. -The body
-of a fourth who 'had di.ed after they
were rescued from a floating air mattress
near the scene of the Akron's
plunge. 20 miles of Barnegut on the
'New Jersey coast, also was brought
in.
The survivors were:
Lieutenant-Commander Herbert V.
[ Wiley, of New London, .Conn., second.
I in command of the Akron.
I Rjchard E. Deal, boatswain mate.
I Moody Erwin, of Memphis, Tfcnn,,
metalsmith, second class.
Chief Radioman Richard W. ?opeI
land died aboard -the destroyer Tucker
* after he had been r^ecued. AR four
r ' were injured in the grinding crash of
girders as the Akron fell precipitately
from about 1,600 feet altitude and
struck the water in flames some 15
miles off Barnegat Light, N. J.
From the haze of radio messages
sent out by rescue vessels and airplanes
off Barnegui^ tonight it appeared
that one more body had been
found, that of Lieutenant-Commander
Harold EL . MacClellan of Westerley,
R. I . M ^
The rest including Bear Admiral
William A. Moffett, chief of the navy's
Bureau of Aeronautics and one
of the staunchest advocates of lighter-than-air
ships, and Commander F. t
C. McCord, apparently mere carried
below the gale-whipped ocean m the
twisting, flaming magef of steelwork
and envelope into which the Akron
was transformed. ^
How suddenly disaster overtook
the great silver-sided airship was emphasized
by the fact that the crew
apparently did not even have time
between the realisation' that the Akron
was doomed and dtp grinding contact
with the waves to scamper up,
fhe catwalk to the top of the envelope.
'
This afternoon the J-3'ff crash
brought new tragedy to the group of
women and children who huddled at
Lakehurst near the great empty hangar
from which their husbands, fathers
and sweethearts had taken the
Akron on .its last flight.
Lieutenant-Commander D. F. Cumin
ings and Antonio Bettia, chief ma1
chinists mate were reported to have
been the victims when a gust of wind
flipped the J-3 into the sea near the
shore at Beach Haven, N. J. Five
others were rescued.
It was hours after the Akron's fall
?timed by Lieu tenant-Commander
Wiley at 12:30 a. m.?'before the extent
of the disaster became known
ashore. And eve?, tonight the cause
was still an object of mystery and
speculation on the part of naval officials.
First reports said the Akron had
been struck by lightning. Wiley, how- ever,
Raid he had no reason to believe
this was true, ile said the dirigible
seemed at times to have been surrounded
by lightning aa it plungedthrough
the storm.
Other Air Disasters
A list of the world's outstanding ^
dirigible disasters follows: ,
Sept.v 9, 1913?Zeppelin L-l, Heli- ,
go.und, 15 killed. (
Oct. 17. 1013?Zeppelin L-2, ex- ^
ploded, Johannisthal aerodrome, Germany,
28 killed. ,
July 15, 1919?British NS-11, hit ]
hy lightning, North sea, 12 killed. f
July 21, J919?Dirigible burns at
Chicago, 10 killed.
Aug. 24, 1921?ZR-2, buckle* over
Humber river, England, 42 killed. i
Feb. 21, 1922U?Roma, bought from ,
Italy by United States, crashes, and (
hums, Hampton Roads, 84 killed. \
^ec. 21, 1923?French Dixmude is i
apparently struck by lightning,' over J
Mediterranean, 62 killed.
Sept. 4, 1926?Shenandoah, atorm, ]
?k?o, 14 killed. ^ ^ V "f?~
iune 1928?ItaMa 1-~ oo North i
* * ?3*-. -'"'S.vSwi
*>U flight, rail ?<
"Oct. 4, 1930?BritlA R-101, **-li
fiodm, Pimm > 49 [
City Council Monday 1
Made Drastic Cuts
Camden City Council at its last
regular monthly meeting made some
'dxasllc cuts in salaries of city employes
and also made several consolidations
which is expected to save the
city around $4,500 in revenue during
the year.
Chief of Police H. D. Hilton waff
transferred from his position as chi?f
and made city tax collector of taxes J
and licenses on a commission basis.
The duties of the Chief of Police
were devolved upon W? D. Whltaker.
He is also to continue with his present
duties as street commissioner.
A substantial cut was made in all
salaries of city police patrolmen, aiao
in the fire department substantial
cuts were made with all employees*
The Water and Light office and
City Clerk's offices were combined,
with the same number of employes,
obviating the necessity of Messrs.
TiifbiEh and Rhame being in the office,
giving them more time for outside
work. Substantial cuts were made in
this department also. w
This and previous cuts in salaries
will save the ?ity between 40 and 45
per cent, of thef previous expenditures.
Camden Folks at Horse Show
Under perfect weather conditions
the two-day horse show of theJPinehurst
Jockey Club got under way on
Thursday with women equestrians
taking off a majority of the prizes.
Miss Aldeen Hall of Camden, S. C.,
and Miss Patricia Hyde of Southern
Pines, were among the victors. Miss
Hall node Roy Donovan, a seven year
old brown gelding of sixteen hands,
to victory in the open Jumping class,
beating Lieutenant Charles Cavelli,
of Fort Bragg, wlho was astride Nigger,
an aged black gelding.
Mrs. Lucy Pomeroy Deans of Camden,
B. C? Warner Baltazzi of Aiken,
S. C., and William Baiter of Providence,
R. I., were the judges. Aberdeen
Pflsft. ' '' ' "" '
First Baptist Church Seryices
"Why the Brook Ceased to Flow"
will be the subject used next Sunday
morning at 11 >16 by the pastor. Rev.
J. B. Castbon, at which time Newell
Wimberly will play a violin solo. At
8 p. m. the Senior B. Y. P. U. Will
have charge of the service and will
render a pageant. Sunday achool qit
K0 o'clock w,i?h C. O. Stogner superintendent
in charge. Weekly teacher's
meeting Monday evening at 8
o'clock. Prayer and praise service on
Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. W
public is cordially invited -to attend
all the services of this church. .
Attended Races From Try on
Attending the races in Camden on.
March 26th were: Mr and Mrs. Carter
brown, Tryon; Mr. Stanley Dwmnell,
Minneapolis, Minn.; Miss Canstance
Burtenshaw, Detroit; Mrs.
Charles B! Ducharme, -- Mrs. Isahe1
Bradbeer, Mies Isabel Ductfarme, Detroit;
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hill, Capt.
and Mrs. W. B. Mershon, Bagmaw,
Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. M. R.
Grand Rapids, Hidh.; Mr. and Mra,
Samuel Bingham, Chicago, HI.; and
thirty others.
Meeting in Savannah
Henry Savage, Jr., representing
the city of Camden and John K. deLoach
representing the Camden and
Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce
leave today for Savannah, Ga.,
where a meeting of representatives
from North Carolina, South Carolina, ;
Georgia and Florida will bo^held.
This meeting of the Coastal Sta^9 ,
Coordinated Association is catted to ,
make .plftns to secure the
proportionate rihare of Rehef Work (
along reforestation lines. # ]
The governors of these states to- j
gether with W. E. Gonzales, editor of
the Columbia State and Clarke How- ^
all, editor of the Atlanta ConJtittt- ,
tion, and Senator William G. McAdoo (
of California, will probably bo pre- ^
sent. , , ,. . ? i
Also invited to meet with the MbIlociation
are the mayors of all tne 4
larger cities of the above mentioned
jtates. ,!
To Serve Chicken Supper (
A chicken supper, price 35 cents,
will be served at Masonic Hall, to- 1
norrow, Saturday, April g^from 6:W
o 8:30 o'clock. Proceed# will go for
;he benefit of repair work that ha* i
>een done on the Lyttleton Str^e* '
Methodist Sunday school room. ^
A
Pre-Revolutionary
Racing In Carolina
(Mary H. Greene in Greenville N[ews)
Abbeville, Apr. 1.?The Buxton
Stable* at Columbia asking to pot on
a series of races and petitioning the
city fathers to set the date on a "Sunday,
with great talk of "iodinq horses"
for South Carolina, with Camden and
Aiken having a week of racing and
polo and an American horse carrying
ofj the honors at /w\tree, in England,
has given racing a place in the news
recently. It brings to mind the great
races and great horses .which,were
South Carolina's pride in the long
ago. /, cc
;?'.\"A History of the Turf in 'South
Carolina," issued by the South Carolina
Jockey club, published in Charleston
in 1857, bearing the imprint of
Walker, Evans and. Company, is a
most interesting book and gives the
history of racing from the time men
in Charleston attended in "fashionably
made London clothes, buckskin
breeches 'and top boots" and when
King street and Meeting street were
called the "big path and the little
path."
Charleston was the center of culture'
in the state and racing hold high
place in the pleasures of the people.
There was a course at Pond's old field
in Dorchester and races were held
there for the first time on the second
Thursday in March, 1745. In 1768
there were races at Jack son borough
and in 1760 there were graces at Fer*
guson's Ferry and at Beaufort. Later
there were courses at St. Matthews,
Pendleton, Greenville, Barnwell, Newberry,
Deadfall, Camden, Columbia,
Cherokee' Pond, Limestone Sp^ngs
and Yorkville.
Race week in Charleston was a
great week and quoting from the
History of the Turf, we find! "The
best idea we can give of the moral
influence of race week is that the
courts of justice used daily *9 adjourn,
and all schools were regularly
let out, as the hour for starting the
horses drew near, the stores in Broau
street and King street were closed,
all business being suspended on the
joyous occasion; in fact it was no uncommon
sight to see the most venerable
nnd distinguished dignitaries of
the land, clergymen and judges, side
by side, on the course, taking a deep
interest in the animated and animating
scene. The" race was for all
sorts and conditions of men^ x x ho
ing a universal interest from aidge
upon the bench to the little school
boy with his satchel on Ws backunpopular
if not impossible to be out
of spirits, and not mingle with the
gay throng." ,
In the racing day crowd could tie
seen "daughters exceeding beautiful
like their mothers," the accomplished
belle knowing how to secure the devotion
of some handsome vbeau and
betting with him upon some pending
event. The ever-present farmer was
on hand then as now for large premiums
were given annually which in
the end "went for the promotion of
agriculture and the enrichment of the
farmer."
Gleaning further from the book
we find that the first account of a
race near Charleston appeared in the
South Carolina Gazette, February 1,
1734, with a saddle and a bridle, va ued
at twenty pounds as the
The horses were to be ridden by wfclta
jockeys and the race took pl?<* *n
front of a public house known as the
Bowling Green house. In the following
year the owners of horses werci
invited to enter them for a purse of
one hundred pounds.
The courses at Charleston were
called the "York Course" and^ the
"New Market Course" south of y?rRPbe
New Market course was- built by
subscription and was used for the
first time February 19, 1760; it was
known as Stricklands after 1770.
The first race which seemed to
create any excitement in the state
was a match January 31, 1769, between
Mi^ William Henry Drayton' ?
roan horse, Adolphus, bred m^South.
Carolina, and Mr. ThomaS Nightingale's
imported bay horse, Shadow,
'carrying nine stones each, four miles
leats, over the New Market course.
Shadow won both heats easily in 8
nhrutes and 30 seconds." After thin
Shadow challenged any horse in the
province. Q.
In 1769 a lively raee between t>ir
lohn Nisbat, of Dean Hall, Scotland,
hen living in South Carolina, and
fohn Randolph, of Roanoke, in Virrinla,
a match race, each man riding
Vis own horaa." Mr. Randolph won
ha race after a close and aarRjng
itruggle." '' . ,
Joeiah <Juiuej telle in hi* journal
v--- Vv-T ,, . - t-' 5
of a visit to Charleston, March 3,
1773, that he was going to the "famous
races." Flimnap beat Little David,
"who has won the last 16 races,
out and out. Flimnap later sold at
public auction for three hundred
pounds sterling.*
After the Revolutionary war racing
was resumed in the state in 1786
and distinguished names hold high
place in the affaire of the club. On
Thursday, March 3, 1791, General
Sumter's "Ugly" beat Mr. William
Moultrie, Jr.'s "Pantaloon." Two
queer names; the idea of uttering the
wor(k"pantalo^n" out loud, in dignified
CH&vljeatOn.
A ' joc key ufc~<linner on Wednesday
and a jockey club ball on Friday
were the social features of race weok
in Charleston. At the dinner "after
the. cloth, is removed" the president
takes the lead and keeps it with "The
High Mettled Racer" and when the
last note died away there is a unanimous
hammering of the table and
much rattling of the glasses.
Names familiar in the history jof
the state and those of great horses
run through the pages of the book.
Daniel Ravenel bred at his plantation,
Wantoot, many fine horses.
Frank Huger, at Midway plantation;
Nicholas Harleston, of Bos-is; William
Henry Drayton, Peter Sinkler, Daniel
Huger, John Lrard, Thomas 'Boone,
at Pon Pon; Isaac Childs Harleston,
at Irishtown, all had a place in the
picture. Old Starling was the
property of William Moultrie, Esq.,
and was esteemed the handsomest
horse in America. Marplot, owned
by Mr. Laurens, of St. John's Pafish;
Colonel Preston's horse; Mr, William
[Sinkler's horse, Santa Anna; Pierce
M. Butler's importedfiHy, Billy
Gay; W. H. Sinkler's che*t*fut horse,
Jeff Davis, all had their day on the
Charleston course and were distill
> guishod horses of distinguished men.
In 1818 notice was given that
Thursday was a day of fasting and
prayer and there would be no race
on that day. In 1834 Colonel Mcpherson,
on account of ill health, gave
up the presidency of the club and in
a resolution was thanked for his "urban
and impartial manner" while in
office. Col. Thomas Pinckney was
elected president.
The race course on the plantation
of Col. William DuBose also had on it
a bail alley and "players used to come
periodically from great distances.
Colonel Sumter frequently participated
in the amusement of a game of
ball."
Disraeli styled reCcfng as the noble
pastime of the aristocracy sad so it
was id South Carolina and will be
Mtaiau s /
Colored Citizens
' ? Return Thanks
To The Camden Chronicle: In behalf
of the committee and colored
citizens of Camden we herewith express
our thank* and appreciation for
the very loyal support in the celebration
of the Bi-Ceptenn^sl on Thursday,
23rd, the day given us. We regard
this as a signal honor given ua
to join in with our white citizens in
this great historic event. Our entire
committee worked heroically to make
the day's celebration a success and
this we believe was accomplished.
Beginning Thursday morning 10:30
with the joint program at Browning
Home chapel with Browning Homo
school and Jackson high school? a very
intorosting program began this Bicentennial
celebration and throughout
th? day each event was carried
out in the spirit that this great occasion
doserved.
| In the parade we tried to show the
I past, present and future and this
committee with Ammon Collins, chairman,
and I. B. English, assistant, desires
to thank our mayor, Mr. W. D.
Whitaker, the police force and the
other white friends for their special
j interest irt giving trucks, etc., for our
! use in the parade and in looking after
the oarfc of the children marching.
! Then, too, wo must congratulate our
j colored friends for the interest taken
in the decoration of floats and th?
exhibition of antiquated farm implements
and work stock, such as oxen,
mules, etc., without jg/hich the celebration
would not have been complete.
The speaking, the tree planting, the
carnival, the ball at night, all added
to a successful termination of the
colored people's day in the Bi-Centen*
nial Celebration of the City of Camden.
J. W. Boykin, Chairman
J. H. Thdirias, M. D., Sec.
Schools May Have To
Close, Says Governor
, -v y .
Co1pl&i#K AjktU 4,?OutUnin* proposals
for k sweeping revision of
state government, Gov. I. C. Blackwood
today suggested to the Legislature
it enact a general sales tax or
close schools and colleges from May 1
to January, 1934.
Among the drastic changes suggested
by the governor waa merging
of institutions of higher learning into
a "greater state university- and reduction
of the number of counties
from 40 to "about'16." " ?
Upon completion of the jaddress of
the governor, who had been invited
in a House resolution to speak, the
legislators voted him a "rising vote
of thanks." The address was ordered
published in the House journal.
| Governor (Blackwood addresses the
General Assembly shortly after sending
to the House an emphatic veto
of a one-fourth reduction in automobile
licenses. Ho said the reduction
measure was "discriminary and unfair"
and a further decrease in motor
vehicle revenues might necessitate
county property levies to meet county
reimbursement road obligations.
Indication that the tight of a -tag
cut would be continued was given by
Evans, of Marlboro, who in moving
that debate on the veto be adjourned
until tomorrow, said ho understood a
"bob-tailed" license cut bill was being
prepared in the Senate.
Evans' motion was adopted. He
said, "We are determined to give the
people some relief, but we don't want
to act too hastily."
A two-thirds vote would be necessary
to over-ride the governor's vetc
of the measure.
The old question of beer, tempormrily
shoved aside by the governor's tag
Veto and his address, was ready U
pop back into the spotlight this after'
noon.
Beer and anti-beer spokesmen wen
ready to appear before the -Senate fi
nance committee at 3 p. m., at it4
hearing on three beer measures it hai
in its possession.
A prompt report on the legislatioT
was scheduled to follow, throwing th?
question before the Senate for p Vote
The House 10 days ago vot/Sdi 63 U
39, to legalize 3.2 per cent/beveragee
Unless a sales tax is /dopted, th<
governor suggested soly6ols and colleges
close about Maf 1 this yeai
and remain closed until "the fir si
Monday in January, 1934."
"The General Assembly is confront
ed with the necessity of presenting e
balanced budget," the governor said
reading from the prepared text of hif
message, "and, under the present circumstances,
it cannot 'be reasonablj
hoped that there will be sufficient
revenue .to support the schools an<3
institutions of higher learning for the
usual term.
"In that event it will be a matter
of good prudence and good business
judgment to recognize at this time
what is inevitable and, as greatly a?
I deplore the necessity of so doing,
I would suggest that the schools and
institutions of higher learning adopt
a vacation period beginning on or
about the first daiy of May, 1933, and
continuing until the first Monday in
January, 1934."
Later he said "unless an adequate
'sales tax or some similar revenue
provision is adopted at this term of
the General Assembly and the proceeds
thereof definitely applied to education
purposes there can be no alternative
against the necessity oi
adopting this (school holiday) or
gome similar plan or procedure in
reference to public instruction."
Asserting that "the governor is
the head of the executive government
in name and he should be made
the head in fact, Governor Blackwood
I urged wider powers be given the chief
j executive, including the appointment
of certain constitutional officers now
elected by the people.
He was careful to point out that
such constitutional changes could not
; bo effected during the remainder of
[ his term and said ho asked it "for
future governors."
In addition to reduction of counties
! and consolidation of colleges into "a
greater state university," his suggestions
included:
Creation of a banking and insurance
department, abolishing present
( insurance commissioner's and bank
examiner's office.
Grouping of penal institutions under
control of penitentiary board and
charitable institutions under regents
of state^ hospital.
Devolving of chemical laboratory
work tfpon department of agriculture.
CoaaoHdaiHon off game depsurt.
x, ;
' s ?. :IL . .?*>.
I meat and hoard of fisheries into da*
I partment of rams and fish, and trtuuKiU
fer of duties of water analysis, laboratory
testing of hijEkwy-dgpsrii
*. meat and fertiliser analjfia npon ac- .
J ricalturs dsyailMMB L
Former Camden Girl
Tells Of Earthquake
! "Editor Camden Chronicle; Through
your columns I "want to thank
pennon that sent me the lovely Bicentennial
'Program. It in beautiful
?indicative of the lovely little town
| of Camden. j
' I am a bit late id writing, but at
the-time <the invitation was sent to
"come home" I was in the throes of
the most terrifying experience of my
life?the earthquake. We were just
ready to have dinner, when thie awful
rumble?then rocking East and West.
I v?s knocked down, and falling a*?N
round me were pictures, china, glass,
largo pieces of plaster and a huge
clock. I managed to pick myself up
and to the door?the tremor still go- t
ing on. ?
' Getting to the front door, I managed
finally to open it, it being slightly
jammed. We dodged falling
bricks and tile,' and got into
street. - u ^
"I am located on the Main Boulevard
and of course hundreds of people
flocked up and down, and cars with
shrieking sirens, children crying, fir?
wagons and police sirens. It was
^ simply horrible. And then the sec1
ond quake, finishing the damage.
"As soon as I could get into the
J stream of people, I went to do Red
j Cross relief, and then we saw the
1 horrors. Loud speakers were all over
town, calling for doctors, nurses and ?
[supplies and in an amazing few hours
i' we had emergency tents up, and all
, worked like Trojans. "The
hospitals were filled with the
' most serious cases, and the tents car>
ing for the minor injuries. The city
was put under marshal law (a bless"
ing because it kept out the thousands
? of morbidly curious. By this time
> tents were put up, each accommodat- <
" ing 60 to 60 people. Beds, cote and
blanket? literally poured in. '
J " "The blessed Saltation ,Army as
* usual, was right there. Before we
* realized' we were cold those good
s people were handing out good, hot
coffee. Everybody worked; every1
body Wanted to help.
' " 'God was in His Heavens,' in hav
ing the fleet here. Navy men and
) marines and army men, all were
there.
5 "For nine days we continued working?working?working?then
the ememgency
was over. Today the beautiful
little city of Long Beach iscleaning
up, repainting, building and
going on to a brighter and better
L future. i )
' "I tell you I was pround of be- v
' ing from Dixie. I met so many others,
several from Columbia and all
' over the state. .
[ "I aim just now connecting once
more with my mall and I see the. .
1 'Chronicle' and now I will read every
word about the happy times you dear
people have been having while "two
daughters of Oamdsn" have been
through horrors upon horrors.
1 "Thanks for the lovely Program?
! good luck to the city?health and
prosperity for its delightful people.
"Three cheers for our Democratic
I President, Mr. Roosevelt?and happy ,
days.
"Thanjc you
"Elizabeth Raile.
| "Long Beach, Cel., March 29, 1988"
Methodist Church Next Sunday
The "Willing Workers Class" wiR
meet in their new auditorium room
? under the parsonage. Our friends
! who have chairs they have not yet
sent in may do so, as we need at least
a dozen more than we have.
Preaching at 11:16 /by Rev. G. P.
Kirby, Presiding Elder* Preaching at
, 8:00 p. m., by Rev. P. H. Oraighill,
| rector of the Episcopal church.
pastor will be at Girard, Ga., for the
! time until April 14th.?C. P. Wim.
berly, pastor.
Ministers Petition Business Men
The ministers of Camden have this
' week presented a petition to the bus
inoss men of the city requesting that
jon Saturday evenings, beginning Sati!
urday, April 15, they close their doors
, j to business by ten o'clock and that all
I lights bo out by eleven o'clock. Tha
petition has received a most favora.
ble response. A copy of the petition . ;
with the signatures of those signing
; it will be printed in The Chronicle of
| next weeik.