The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 08, 1934, Image 1
The Camden Chronicle
VOLUME 46 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1934 NUMBER II '
hmden City Schools
[ad Successful Year
The commencement exercises in
U? city ?'ti?o|s ""WW
,?me.June l!it> wit,h " r?cital and
' ,? put on by the pupils of Mrs.
v Salmond. On the following
ht June 2nd, the school- closing
\'m for the Pine Tree Hill school
held in the auditorium of that
ool This Pr?K**am was featured
th an address by Rev, J. B. Custom
nday evening tho annual corncement
sermon to. the graduates
the Camden high school . was
ached by Dr. C., F. Wimberly.
aday evening, June 4th, was celeited
by the graduating class as
lass Night" with the class play,
esday morning at 11 o'clock the
Jgram was put on by music classes
Miss Oliver of the Laurens street
1001, Miss Zemp of the pine Tree
11 school, Mrs. C. V. Salmond of
?grammar school and the physical
Nation classes of Miss Gertrude
top. The final exercises were held
the auditorium Tuesday evening at
10. Diplomas were delivered to
enty-one boys and twenty-two girls
follows:
Emily Katherine Bell, James Lee
heler, Samuel Boy^in, Thomas Ali
Christmas, Clarence Edward
ristmas, Garden Stuart Clarkspn,
orge Otis Creed, James Elliott Deache,
Ruth Redding DeLoache,
nnie Elizabeth Ford, Joseph Bur11
Gaskin, Nicholas Purdy Gettys,
arles Ralph Goodale, James Lenoir
iile, Nannie Lorene Jackson, Rich1
Furman Jenkins, Earl Alexander
rdan, William Roscoe Johnson,
try Florence Little, Martha Willene
Guirt, Evelyn Oshia McLean",
ances Leslie McLeod, Irene Bruce
ckle. Margaret Zulette Miller, Mary
a Moore, Mattie Malaine Rabon,
>ert Abraham Reed, Francis Joih
Shehoen, Golda Dolores Shirley,
y Sheorn, Dennie McLeod Smith,
,ry Lucia Tobin, Dorothy Lucile
nLandingham, Mary Elizabeth
iters, Florence Eleanor Watts, Otis
rion Watts, Ernest Lee Woolen,
ry McCants Zeigler, Natalene Merits
Zeigler.
n addition to the list of medals
i honors should be added the folrjng:
)ne of the highest honors won for
Camden high school during the
it school- session was the winning
second place in a state-wide cont
in algebra by Miss Eleanor
schner of the ninth grade. This
test was held sometime during
spring at the University of South
olina, the contestants being seed
from the high schools throughthe
state. This is an unusual disition
and to Miss Kirschner should
the heartiest congratulations.
n connection with the awarding of
ors, a plaque was (presented to
erintendent J. G. Richards for the
nden city schools by by Mrs. Kathr
Watts. The plaque, a .beautiful
er on walnut, reads as follows:
esented by the Kershaw County
ird of Education for the highest
d score in school events, presentto
the Camden City Schools?
4." .
Award of Medals
rade 1A?Scholarship won by
rles Zemp?95.
rrado 10?Most improvement, givby
Da\id Wolfe, won by John Atson.
trade 4?.Scholarship, Susie C.
or medal, won by Thomas Tur?94.55
trade 5?'Scholarship, given by
inberg Brothers, won by Frances
'me?96.4
trade r>?-Scholarship won by PhylKaresh?95.7.
rade 7?Scholarship, Haskell mewon
by Aileen Belk?S4.1
trade 7?Composition, given by
' R. doLoach (Edgehill medal)
1 Maggie Trantham?92
trade ??Character, Scholarship,
gTe8s (American Legion medal)
:n by Mrs. A. Karesh, wop. by
v Jackson.
rade 7?Excellency in History,.
R. medal, won by Aileen Beik
6.
\
'J*de 8?Scholarship given by Mrs.
won by Jack Villepigue
O-O.
ade 9?'Scholarship given by
?d ^^* -^net? won by Minnie
Bruce?96.1.
ade 10?English (deLoach med,w?n
h>' Barbara Zemp?93.7.
*p ^?bool Latin Medal given by
H. Harding, won by Minnie
Bruce, 96.1.
' nl English (Annie Johnjtoykin
medal) won 'by Minnie
Bruce?07.6.
JSfbest History Average in 11th
(Cecilia Willingham medal)
H-ontinued on L**t Page)
" ' "tiilWn i
Paul G. McCorkle
Dies In Knoxville
York, June 3.?Paul G. McCorkle,
70, coroner of York county since 11)20,
representative of the Fifth Congressional
district for u brief term in
1017 and' one of York county's most
widely known and most popular citizens,
died late (Saturday afternoon at
the home of his son, the Rev. W. II.
McCorkle in Knoxville, Tenn.
The body will bo brought to York
tomorrow and funeral services will
be conducted from the First Presbyterian
church, according to present
plans, at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
by his "pastor, the Rev. W. W. Harrison,
D. D. Th$ interment will be
in Rose Hill cemetery here.
' Mr. MdCorkle was the son of Col.
William?.w H. McCorkle, prominent
merchant and afterwards judge of
the probate, And Elva Grier McCorkle,
and was born in York, where he
spent most of his life. He had also
lived in Lancaster and Chester counties,
where he worked as an expert
cotton classifier in the employ of
the late Col. Leroy Springs. He was
educated in the public schools and at
the famous Kings Mountain Military
school during the superintendency of
Col. Asbury Coward.
In 1905 he lost his eye sight a6 the
result of a runaway accident, in i
which he held on to the horse to i
protect the lives of his wife and
young son, who were in the buggy i
with him. Ho bore-this misfortune
with characteristic courage..and con-1
tinued an active,- energetic and useful
citizen to the end of his life. For'
a number of years preceding his
death, in addition to discharging his
official duties, he engaged in the
brokerage .business.
Mr. McCorkle was appointed coroner
of York county in 1920 to fill out
an unexpired' term and was elected
later that year and re-elected in 1924,
1928 and 1932. In the election ld&t
summer he defeated both opponents,
in the first primary.
In 19<17, after the death of Congressman
D. E. Finley, of York, Mr.
MdCorkle was elected to fill out the
latter's unexpired term. In this election
he defeated two opponents and I
received more fhan 90 per cent of!
the total vote cast.
Mr. McCorkle, despite the physical
handicap of loss of vision, was known
for his cheerful disposition. He
carried on bravely and with never
a murmur of complaint. He was re-!
cognized as a man of the most unswerving
integrity and was loyal,
sincere and true in all the relations
of life. He was a member of the
First Presbyterian church of York.
He is survived by his son, the Rev^j
W. H. McCorkle, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, Knoxville, Tenn.
His wife, who was Miss Eilleen Lemonds,
died in 1916.
Rev. Caston Talks I
to Hospital Nurses
Twenty-three Baptist hospital nurses
last night received diplomas at
commencement exercises held at Park
Street Baptist ~ church. A large
crowd was present.
The Reverend J. B. Caston, pas-i
tor of the First Baptist church of,
Camden, delivered the address of the |
evening, speaking on "The Life of
Service."
Reverend Caston pointed out the obligations
of the nurse and their obligations
for service.
"If we would serve," he said, "we
must visualize our possibilities for
service. We must have the courage
to follow our visions in the face of obstacle.*;.
- We must know the art of
human contact, be able to take advice,
be able to sympathize and maintain
a cheerful enthusiasm."
The speaker concluded with an illustration
which showed the need of
the forgiving spirit in nursing. He
told of a nurse who had been wronged
by a person, and later that person
became her patient. The nurse,
by expert and tender care, nurud
her enemy back to health.?TMB
day's Columbia State.
He Didn't Forget
Laurinburg, N. C., May 28.?Seven
years ago Mrs. C. I. Clark, Jr., made
a purchase in the jewerly store of
E. T. McCall. In her haste she
failed to pick up fifteen cents change.
She moved away to another city
soon after and forgot her oversight.
But McCall didn't forget.
The other day Mrs. Clark came
back for a visit and again "went to
the jewelry store for a purchase.
1 McCall met her at the door with an
[ envelope?and in it wha the change
| he had been holding for seven years.
George T. Little, Sr. !
Seriously Injured
George T. Little, Sr., well-known
livestock dealer and one of the coun- ]
ty's largest landowners, was seriously
injured early Wednesday morning '
in a peculiar accident. ' Mr. Little
was run over .by his own car. lie and 1
Mr. E. L. Phelps had gone into the 1
country north of Cool Springs for an <
early nvorning fox chase.
[ Ho parked hrs car and trailer" on ,
an incline and walked around in ,
front of the car when it started rolling
and knocked him down, passing
over_him and breaking his right collar
'bone, right hip, two right ribs
and left shoulder.
Mr. Little was left in a serious
plight. Mr. Phelps was unable .to
drive the car and the injured man
had to lay on the ground for-several
hours while Mr. Phelps walked to
Camden for aid.
Mr. Little is one of Camden's best!
beloved citizens. He is a well-known
sportsman, being a lover of the chase,
and is one of the best judges of
horses in this section, serving at
many of the horse shows held in
various states.
Expressions of sincere regret have
been heard on all sides since the ac*-1
cident and all are hoping for his
speedy recovery. Last reports from
the hospital are to the effect that he
is holding out remarkably well despite
his 71 years of age.
Establish Nursery
To Hermitage Lake
Work will be started this week by
the OWIA forces to construct a nur- <
sery ftsh pond to supply the Hermitage
Lake with young fish. It is to}'
be under government supervision according
to John T. Mackey, head of.
the Camden Merchants Association, I
I who has been working on the project
for some time. The land. to form
.the nursery is located on the J. H.
Sinclair place, consisting of four
I acres at the entrance of what is
'known as Thomas Branch, which is
| mitago Lake.' It is fed by several
j sand hill springs and is said to be adI
adjacent to and flows into the Her!
mirably suited for such a project. It'
is proposed to construct a dam in 1
'such a manner that when fish are'
ilarge enough to protect themselves)
against carnivorous fish the gates'
jean be lifted and they can be drained,
into the mother lake. In turn the
nursery can be re-stocked and the
j same procedure gone over at inter-1
ivals. I
I Work on the recopstruction of the;
I Hermitage Lake dam has been pro[grossing
rapidly despite weather con-;
jditions. It has been slowed down on
I account of excessive rains, but at)
I times as many as one hundred or
more laborers have been constructing
the old part of the dam. It is
the object of those in charge to make,
this one of the finest fishing grounds!
and recreational centers in this parti
of the state.
Rotary Club Notes
A debate was held at Thursday's i
Rotary meeting as to the club's atti- [
tude on an amendment to be voted
upon at the Rotary International Convention
in Detroit soon. I>eon Schlosburg,
R. B. Pitts, Bill Nettles and
John Villepigue participated in the
debate. The club finally decided to
leave tho matter to the judgment of i
Hamilton Osborne, who will officially'
represent the club in Detroit. Next j
week's meeting will be reports of the
chairmen of the various club committees
for the fiscal year that ends
this month. The following week's
program will be in charge of Bill
Bates and the last meeting of the
fiscal year will be in charge of Henry'
Savage, Jr., who hopes to have Dr.;
Fred Williams of Columbia as the
guest speaker.
The visiting Rotarians were Boykin
Freeman of Bishopville and John
Wilson of Sumter. The guest visitors
were Dr. Andrew Whitaker, Reuben
Pitts, Jr., and Lew Foster, secretary
of the Bishopville Chamber of
Commerce.
"The Great Pyramid of Gezeh"
Because of the many requests from
friends of other churches that I repeat
my message on the Great Pyra-'
i mid, I shall do this next Sunday night
at the Lyttleton Street Methodist
church, at 8:15. I do not wish to invite
other churches from their own
service, and for this reason I am giving
it at night. We invite all who
may be interested in thia ancient
wonder di wonders to be with us at
the time above mentioned.?C. F.
Wimbarly, Pas to!.
,
Hoy Struck Down; !
Is Seriously Injured
Howard Kay Rhodes, known to his!
little playmates as "Bozie," 4-year- j
old son of John U. Rhodes, was per- J
haps fa,tally injured Wednesday af-l
ternoon when he darted from in be!
tween two oars and ran into the path
of an incoming car. The accident
happened in front of the City laundry
and was witnessed by a number j
of people. The little fellow was
knocked down when his head struck i
a fender ami one wheel passed over,
his body. He was picked up and
rushed to the hospital where it was
said he was suffering from a fractured
skull and body and leg bruises/
T^he car was owned ami driven by!
Henry George Dabney, 24-year-old,
son of Doby Dabney, who resides at
DuBose Park, The car was being'
driven south on Broad street and wns
not moving fast. 'Several witnesses!
state that the driver could not have
avoided striking the child.
The little fellow is a son of John
R. Rhodes, saw mill operative near
Mulberry who is employed by J. O.
Nuckolls, His mother, who was before
marriage Miss Mamie Hinson,
died two years ago. He has a sister,
Dorothy, and two brothers, Frank
Rhodes, in N. C., and G. C.
Rhodes, with the Electrik Maid Bake
Shop here. He is a grandson of Mrs.
Hattie Hinson Wilson.
Farmers' Week Plans
Are Now In Making
Clemson College, Jline 2.?With
prominent visitors, including Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture Rex!
Tugwell, Dr. Frank Bohn, Senator!
James F. Byrnes and perhaps Secre-1
tary of Agriculture Henry A. Wal-1
lace, and with a well-balanced gen,-,
eral program in the making, Clemson
College Farmers' Week will offer
farm people and other citizens an excellent
menu " of good things this
year, says Dr. W. W. Long, director
of the Extension Service, who is
chairman of the Farmers' Week committee.
The big gathering, which
will be held August 14-17, is the first
since 1929, and special effort will be
made by all departments of the college
to make it'a real success.
In general plan, says Dr. Long, this
year's Farmers' Week will be similar
to those held in previous years. Each
day will be a five-sided feast of good
things; General meetings with addresses
and music for inspiration,
classes or instruction on all lines of
farm and home activities, practical
demonstrations, recreation for relaxation
and amusement, evening programs
for entertainment.
''Past Farmers' Weeks were real
boons to farm people, thousands who
came have testified, and the state's
agricultural college is ntffa ready to
repeat this great service to the people.
With new facts and ideas to
stimulate, new visions to inspire, new
friendships to elevate, new scenes to
give pleasure, the occasion should be
a delightful outing and vacation as
well as a profitable course of instruction,"
says Dr. Long, urging everybody
to make plans to come.
Flower Shut-in Day
Observed June 10th
Unfortunate shut-ins of this city?
through illness and accident to spend
their days indoors?will know Sunday,
June 10, that "somebody cares."
June sunshine and fragrance, in
the shape of beautiful spring flowers,
will be delivered to them as a
part of the National Flower Shut-In
Day movement, inaugurated a year
ago by the florists of America, under
the leadership of the Florists'
Telegraph Delivery Association, with
six thousand members, throughout
the world.
In its first observance last year the
National Flower Shut-In movement
took blooms into more than 150,000
sickrooms throughout the United
States and Canada. This year the
goal of the movement is to a quarter
of a million shut-ins.
We want to make it plain that this
is an entirely generous movement on
the part of florists. No florist taking
part'fin the day will accept money
for flowers delivered to bona-fide
shut-ins, those permanently sick or
disabled. We want the cooperation
of the public in obtaining the names
and addresses of local shut-ins. If
you will kindly telephone Miss Mary
Goodale, local chairman, at The Camden
Floral Company, phone 193, she
wijl J>e glad to accept these names
and addresses.
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Columbia Pastor
Scores Gambling
Gambling in all its forms, the
people who practice it, those who
defend it and Iho public officials who
allow it received a scathing denunciation
by the Rev. J. 11. Webb, 1). lb,
pastor of the First baptist church
last night as he asked the question
"What's wrong with gambling?" and
replied, "F very thing."
Doctor Webb, speaking of the numerous
gambling devices such as slotmachines
and tip-boards, which "are
in evidence in every community, Columbia
not excepted," said:
"An institution which will, in the
hope of fenced or gain, take a college
hoy'.^parents' hard earned money and
the uninformed working man's wages
is dominated by the same spirit that
swayed the callous soldiers who throwdice
to win the seamless robe of
Christ as he died on the cross."
I Doctor Webb described gambling as
!"the foe of the home, the factory, the
I legitimate industry of the nation and
the major foe of law and order."
Gambling on athletic contest's, golf,
I bridge and other forms of recreation
came in for their share oi'the critiI
cism.
I 'U4)ur whole social, commercial and
[recreational life is shot through and
1 through with gambling."
Doctor Webb discussed the arguments
used in upholding gambling
and introduced arguments to contradict
them.
"Gambling is an intellectual, economic,
social and moral evil."
"The ganrber surrenders himself to
excitement and chance. It is an abnormal
transaction, just as the transaction
of business under the influenco
of whiskey is abnormal, hence it*??
I an intellectual evil.
"The economic loss by gambling
I every year is greater than that by
ifire and flood. Gambling tends to
[ produce parasites in the social order.
| It kills the spirit of industry. GambI
ling is the foe of tho hpme, the fac'tory,
the legitimate industry of the
nation and the major foe of law and
' order.
"The most that can happen is the
: temporary enrichment of the few and
the impoverishment of the many. The
'spirit of gambling tends to corrupt
all sports.
"If a thing is intellectually, eco1
nomically and socially wrong it is,
' inevitably, morally wrong and some|
thing needs to be done to keep the
stream of gold from flowing into-the
hands of organized gamblers tfnd t^ie
large corporations that supply gambling
devices.
! "What can be done about it? Wage
an unrelenting war. True, the mellenium
is not come but there is a
wide difference between conditions in
I Columbia and as they might be, even
before the arrival of the mellenium.
| "Wage unrelenting war against the
! evils of gambling, set a better example,
let our society women do less
betting at their social functions and
i let the fathers do less of it (or better
: still, none of it) on the golf courses,
at athletic meets and in social gatherings.
"A federal statute should prohibit
I the use of the radio and telegraph
lines and newspapers in giving out
to the public information on races and
such events on *which large sums are
daily gambled.
"Finally, encourage those who try
, to stamp it out and let them know
j that these gambling devices and
tgamblers should be told to move
'rather than turn upon an honest
critic of conditions as they are and
rudely demand that he move on,"
Doctor Webb concluded.? Monday's
Columbia Record.
Lyttleton Street Methodist Church
Sunday school will convene at 10
.o'clock, conducted by Dr. A. W.
j Humphries, superintendent. Devotion
period until 10:20, then the study
period. Preaching at 11:15 by the
pastor, theme not announced. Preaching
at 8:15; theme, "The Great Pyramid
of Gezeh."?C. F. Wimberly,
Pastor.
Reamguard Announces Candidacy
Former Senator J. E. Beamguard,
of York county, was in Camden yesterday
and authorized The Chronicle
to announce his candidacy for con;
gress to represent the Fifth District.
Mr. Beamguard is a resident of Clover
and is at present a member of
the railroad commission of South
Carolina. He has served York county
for twenty-two years?ten years
as a member of the house and twelve
years in the senate. He says he has
canvassed nearly the entire district
and meets with encouragement on all
sides.
Wyndham Manning
Governor Candidate
The resolution of the county Democratic
convention endorsing Col.
Wyndham M, Manning for governor
meets with out hearty approval. The
convention also paid him the handsome
tribute of election us a delegate
to the state convention by acclantat
ion.
Col. Manning's views on public service
measure up to the standard that
this paper has striven for during all
the years of its effort to serve the
people of this section. Nor does ho
give mere lip service to his principles.
His record shows that he lives and
fights for them.
He was educated at West Point.
1
As a lieutenant in the regular army
he had a certain living guaranteed
him. But in the old poaco days before
the World war, this did not
appeal to him. He resigned and entered
the teaching profession. The
moment trouble loomed on the Mexican
border, Manning offered his
trained services to our great president,
Woodrow Wilson, and took a
company of Charleston volunteers to
the ^Mexican border, serving during
all that trouble. No sooner than the
World war started, Manning was
again among the first to volunteer.
Once more he served throughout the
war, and with distinction, reaching
the rank of Lieut. Colonel.
When the "piping days of peace"
brought him home from foreign service,
the farm called him. It was in
his blood. His fathers before him
had been farmers.
This was just about the time the
post-war prosperity began to fade
out and deflation set in for the farmers.
No one is more familiar with
the struggles and hardships that have
confronted our farmers Sor more than
a decade. He has met these problems
face to the front with the
same courage and determination that
he showed on the field of battle.
His two terms in the legislature
have been characterized by diligent
attention to his duties, careful study
of questions presented and clear cut,
manly decTsions on these questions.
His analysis of the tax situation has
been given in addresses before
thoughtful audiefices in various parts
of the state; it shows unusual diligence
in gathering data and ability to
grasp and make clear a complicated
problem.
It will thus be seen that Col. Manning
has touched the life of our people
at many points. lie knows the
problems of the great calling df a
teacher, and as such has dealt with
young people. He has struggled with
the hardships cosfronting the farmer.
He has studied, as few have, the
knotty problems of governmental finance.
And above all, he has played
no petty or mean political game, but
has shown himself a man of simple
sincerity and courageous convictions.
His politics are of the same type as
those of Woodrow Wilson and F. D.
Roosevelt.?Sumter Daily Item.
Baptist Church Services
The following services are announced
for week beginning June 10
at the First Baptist church: Sunday
school at 10 o'clock with C. O. Stogner
in charge. Public Worship conducted
by the pastor, J. B. Caston, at
11:15 a. m.; subject, "The Importance
of the Baby." At the evening hour,
8:.10, Rev. George Bobo, the new paetor
of the Wateree church will preach.
Senior B. Y. P. U. Thursday evening
at 8:30. Junior B. Y. P. U. Sunday
evening at 7:30.
A teacher training school will begin
on Monday evening at 8 o'clock.
Classes every evening throughout the
week. Miss Nuckles from the state
office will have charge. It is hoped
that many of our young people may
attend aa wfll as all officers and
teachers of the iSunday school.
The public is cordially invited to
attend all the services of this church.