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Camden Chronicle
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NUMBER 36
1; It Out With
wo Stick-Up Men
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]). Osteon in Monday's Sum<?
officer W, C. Kirven shot
with two stick-up men in the
f the Claremont hotel early
morning, mortally wounded
the thugs and wounded the
The socond man escaped in
which had been parked near
tlette street entrance to the
aving a trail of blood behind
the lobby.
tody of the dead robber lay
,cal undertaking parlor this
t unclaimed and unidentified,
jtory of Kirven's exploit- is
courage and coolness under
st dangerous conditions. A
nineteen shots were tired by
:er and the two bandits, one
bullets ripping through Kirither
coat but failing to in-!
ound. Only one bullet struck,
lit who died, a slug from Kir-j
g .45 caliber automatic Iritis
in the stomach. The other
s not believed to have been
r wounded.
i acted on what ho described
lunch" to foil the stick-up.
before four o'clock he was
n the B & H Service Station
the hotel having the water
s radiator of his car drained,
eed a JFord V-8 coupe con;wo
men cruising by the stai
low rate of speed and saw
pants peering into the station
hotel. Kirven's suspicions
mediately aroused and he
)ver to the hotel and seated
behind a potted fern to await
lents.
rishing to alarm Coleman
, night clerk at the hotel,
;old him that he was going
the radiator and warm himrven's
German police dog was
i and lay quietly at his feet,
hunch was so strong he drew
)1 from the holster, cocked
on and placed it in his lap.
ifieer was not kept waiting
few minuted'2?fe?^"Trt?'"!THd
> place in the hotel, the coupe
to the Bartlette street entd
stopped. Kirven called to
and informed him that he
omers. Crabtree told the
lames Little, to go out and
>aggage, but as Little reach30r
the car drove off.
ee then sat down in a chair
)bby and the bell boy on a
immanding a view of the
street door. A few minutes
- two holdup men marched
the Bartlette street door and
heir pistols on the bell boy.
the men had their faces
with blue bordered white
hiefs. One carried his piss
right hand and the other
ft. Both were wearing new
over their suits.
(11 boy was asked where the
s. Crabtree, hearing the
and not yet cognizant of
s transpiring, got up from
and walked towards the men.
immediately covered by the
pistols.
"This is a stickup," one of the men
informed him. Crabtree and the bell
toy were herded into the office and
*fter the cash register had been rifled
Crabtree was ordered to open the
**fe. The negro was compelled to
be flat on his stomach on the floor
*nile Crabtfee went to work on the
"e- One of the men stood over
i? while the other stood at the entfwce
^ the office and watched the
???y. Kirven meanwhile was biding
time in the corner, unseen by the
tondits.
Tto-ee times Crabtree worked at the
combination on the safe unsuccessfully.
*
L!! 3 man ^ 'sialling for time,"
f?6 of the robbers remarked. "If
< doesn't get it open this time I'm
[g to blow his brains out."
: The safe came open on the fourth
tapt and Crabtree waa ordered io
out on the floor beside the
jg" boy. Crabtree-did net have *
i*]/ to the compartment containing
? money, so one of the men broke
%1, 0clc a piece of iron and
cut the entire box.
s.!. an<* bell bojr were then
led to got in the elevator and
** the top floor. ? '
the elevator door was closed on
^tree and the bell boyT Kirven
jPt from his hiding place. As the
made their break for the
ghetto street door, Kirven stepped
- path andJds gun biased. One
^ by*ul WA* k^k"t.flrom hta
^ ?*J"**** A?oth?r ?hot
r ffltw torn ta
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Write Santa
A Letter
Boys and girls, it is just a littleover
three weeks before that annual
visit from Santa Claus. In his winter
home, he is already making ready
for that annual visit that you look
forward to with so much anticipation
and pleasure. What Santa desires to
know most, right now, is just what
each and every little boy and girl
would like .to have him bring them
Christmas morning. And right here
is where your local newspaper comes
in handy again. The Chroniclers cooperating
with Santa, by publishing
your Santa Claus letters in time for
him to read and make out his list of
gifts, toys, fruit and candy. So here's
what you do?just sit down and write
Santa a letter telling him ,what you
would like to have, address the letter
to Santa .Claus, in care of The
Chronicle, Camden, S. C., and we will
do the rest. Don't wait too late,j
write yqur letter at once. Thefed let-j
ters will Jbe -published in the issues
of December 14th and 21st, in plenty
of time for Santa's well planned annual
visit.
Christmas Seal
Sale Begins Soon
The National Tuberculosis Association
begins its sale of Christmas
seals immediately after Thanksgiving,
the proceeds, as everyone knows, being
used in its war on Tuberculosis.
Reverend A. Douglas McArn, who is
Chairman of the Christmas seal campaign
in this county, is getting his
forces lined up for a thorough canj
vass, and he is hoping for the cooperation
of all public minded citizens.
Last week the Chronicle had something
to say about the fine work done
and the great good accomplished with
the money derived from the sale of
these seals. While the National Tuberculosis
Association and its associated
agencies have by their efforts
been able to reduce the death rate
from Tuberculosis by more than half,
j withinpast twenty years, -the
great wtyte plague still leads by far
all other maladies, in bringing the
[Grim Reaper to the homes of American
people.
j We know that Tuberculosis is both
preventable and curable and we don't
know what time this dread disease
may make its appearance among
those near and dear to us. It costs I
thousands of lives and the loss of millions
of dollars in 'South Carolina
alone every year.
Nobody can be hurt by the purI
chase of Christmas seals to be placed
cn every letter he writes and every
package he mails from now until
Christmas, and if everybody will do
this it will aid tremendously in the
(work of combatting this terrible disease.
The National Tuberculosis Association,
by means of- its research
laboratories, its publicity facilities,
and its state and local agencies, is
doing a tremendous work in prevent-'
ing a spread of the disease and in
helping those afflicted to check its
ravages before it has gone too far.
We have heard those who seek
some excuse for not cooperating in
this worthy cause make the viciously
untrue statement that the money or
a part of it is wasted. Not a penny
of it is wasted. The fund is handled
with the very minimum of expense
and practically all of it goes direct
to the work.
Tuberculosis must be combatted, if
at all, by means of such an organization
as the National Tuberculosis Association,
and naturally there is some
expense in handling, transmitting and
keeping records of these funds, but
that expense is infintesimal when we
take into consideration the vast organisation
and the work done in manufacturing
and selling these seals and
getting the money in to the Association.
No one in<>charge of the campaign
and no canvasser receives a
penny for his or her services. There
is certainly nothing better that we
can do with the money we expect to
spend around Christmas time.
Those connected with the work in
this county would not be in it if the
cauhe were not worthy. Let's do our
part by gladly purchasing these seals.
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Grace Church Services
Services at Grace Episcopal church
for Sunday, December 2 as announced
H. GraighiUj Jr.r wUl ^ei
Church school, 9:46 a. m.; men's class,
10:20 a. m.; Holy Communion and
sermon, 11:16 a. m.; Sunday school in
ok! Court House at 8 ? aft.
p., . 1. M .. a. *?
"The Life Of Faith"
Is Sermon Subject
Kev. J. B. Caston, pastor of the
Camden Baptist church, had the signal
honor of being selected to deliver
the convention sermon, at the South
Carolina Baptist Convention held in
Columbia, and The Chronicle is pleased
to reproduced this excellent sermon
as carried in The Baptist Courier,
the official organ of the South Carolina
Baptists, in its issue of November
22.
I't.J-1-.
Rev. J. B. Canton
My subject is "The Life of Faith."
In Mark, the eleventh chapter, the
twenty-second verse, we find this
short text, "Have faith in God."
In his book "Can a Man be a Christian
Today," Dr. W. L. Poteat gives
this definition of faith: "Faith is
the deep line capacity to apprehend
the eternal world and respond to its!
appeals," which is in general agreement
with Matthew Arnold's defini- i
tion: "The power to hold fast to an
unseen power of goodness" There is
an illustration which may bring before
us what my conception of faith
in God in its practical application
really is.
Many of you have made a visit to
Niagara Falls. Let us imagine that
we are standing by there at this midday
hour. We see two men in a
small boat a little distance above the
Falls. By some means they have
lost control of their boat and the
current is drifting them rapidly toward
the Falls which will mean instant
death. There is a man on the
bank with a rope in his hand. He
throws one end of the rope to the
boat and just as the rope reaches the
boat a log comes floating by. One
of the men seizes the rope. The other,
overcome by excitement, lays hold
upon the log. The one who takes the
rope is drawn safely to the shore,
while the other who seizes the log
drifts on down the current to the
Falls and is not heard of any more.
Faith is the rope that connects us
with Heaven, while all of our good
[ works, our coming together in great
Conventions^-our singing these songs
and praying these prayers, and
preaching this" gospel, in a word, all
that we may be able to do which
would seem to have the touch of
Christianity about ft, without this
personal faith in God, through Christ,
will drift on down the current of
time with us to an everlasting ruin.
With the illustration we are now
ready for this statement: Faith in
God produces life. According to the
will of God, it must be so. There
can be no escape and it will show
itself in our lives under the following
circumstances: _
1. First, in the hour of trial. He
who is living the life of faith under
circumstances "of trial is possessed
of calm patience, while the person
who is lacking in such faith is not
so, but is storm-tossed as the waves
of the sea. In these recent years we
have been passing throaght great difficulties.
We have been wading, as
it" were, through the fire and the
flames are still burning.
As Tittle reminds us in a* recent
book, it has fallen to our lot to live
in a period of terrific uitheaval. _ A
World War, the most destructive that
humanity has ever known, followed
by eight or ten years of reckless getting
and spending and wild living,
followed by a business depression
which more than once threatened to
crush civilization. It has fallen to
our lot to live in a period of mental
Uncertainty and moral Confusion. Man
and women are asking today, as never
before, what is right. We are
tdld to experiment in trial marriage
Great Falls Won
State Championship
The eleven from Great Falls came
off victorious in u hard fought eon-,
tost Thanksgiving afternoon by u
score of 21 to 0 in tte state B finals, i
The teams were more closely match-1
ed than the score indicates, but the
visitors showed a wonderful passing
and kicking attack against which the
local team had no defense,
The playing started with Flowers
kicking to McFadden. Two plays'
were tried and held for no gain. Then
the ball was punted to Camden's 40yard
line. As no yardage could be
made through the line FIowopb kicked.
It was then that Great Fallal
tried -its first pass from McFadden
to Turner which gained about 36
yards. Another first down and the
backs broke through for its first
touchdown. The point was also made.
TheJ>all was then received by Camden
h^h. Halsell gained nine yards
and ttten Branham got away for another
40, and its lone touchdown was
made. The try for extra point failed,
and the score was 7 to 6. A few
minutes later the quarter en<le<\.
During the second period it looked
a8 if the visitors were going to be
outplayed. Flowers and Dicky firanham
made excellent runs. The half
ended with the locals going strong.
In the third quarter Great Falls
canje back by making long runs, opening
up with a devastating passing
attack at opportune moments. The
result was another seven points. Continuing
this method of aerial play,
thb third touchdown was made, swelling
the score to 21 to 6. The fourth
period was played on even terms with
Camden making good runs and the
j upstate team completing several nico
passes.
[ The punting and passing of the tall
McFadden was excellent and an outstanding
feature of the game. , He
I was ably supported by Turner and
Isenburg, end and quarterback, re.
spectiijely. 7 he first downs were sevjen
for'Camden and 14 for Great Falls.
Lineups:
I Gn&iJI'alls (21) ; Camden (6)
jliE Tuner ,.... Flowers
I L/T? Kirkpatrick Wooten
j 1^* Bent Myers
C Isenberg Jackson
RG Minors Rhame
RT?Jackson Goodale
RE?Locklair Nolan
; HB?McFadden Halsell
:HB?Byrum W. H. Branham
QB?Isenberg D. Branham
FB?Upton Shirley
Yellows Victorious
Over Whites In Polo
The Yellow team of the Camden
1 olo Club again came off victxxrdous
in Sunday's game, the first to be
played on the Number 2 field thi?
season. Taking an early lead over
the "Whites and maintaining it
throughout hy virtue of better team
play the Yellows got the long end of
a 5 to 2 score.
Playing for the Yellows wene Henry
Savage, Jr., Ralph Little, and Ancrum
Boy kin, Jr., 'with Maj, Grove
Outturn cutting in. The White team
was comfposed otfv Cbatrles Robertson,
C. P. DuBowe, Jr and M L Smith.
The largest gallery of the season
was on hand for the gome.
Hereafter, games will' be played
regularly upon the Number 2 field on
Sundays at 3 o'clock, and in the neaF
future week-day practice games will
be played on the Number 3 field.
Methodist Church Services
Services at the Lyttleton Street
Methodist church on next Sunday, December
2nd will be, as announced by
the pastor Dr. C. F. Wimberly: Sunday
school, 10 a, m. Morning service,
11:16, sermon subject: "A Friend of
God." . Evening hour of worship, 7:46,
the subject will be: "Thanksgiving,
what It means and why arp we thankful."
Df. Wimberly is trying especially
to build up the night attendance
and invites all to be present.
"El Shaddai" ^
This will be the subject 'of the address
by Dr. *C. F. Wimberly before
the Men's Bible class next Sunday
morning. We had a fine class last
Sunday, and we want to push up our
attendance to the peak and hear this
thema discussed by one who oan do
and nR--will- be edified. Remember!
next Sunday Morning at the Lyttle-1
ton Street Ifethodist church, at 10:00
* ^leck Moore, Secretary. ^
Aged Citizen
Claimed By Death
lit tho potting of William E,
Johnaon?^Br. ut Una ltome on North
Fair ^early lust Friday morning
Camden yjei jono uf iUs oldwt tutd
mostly highly batoomed citizuns, who
had beta cKpidy associated with tho
social and lAhdiH'^s life of Camden
since soon uf tor oho Wan; Between tho
Shut OS.
Mc^doluuwn was born at Berkshire,
in Lancaster county, March 7, 1862, a
son of William E. and Ann Cunningham
Johnson. Ho came to Camden in
the hectic <lays ut tho clo?s>o of tho
Civil War and made Ibis homo at his
grandfothorr'e Ktrkwood house, now
known as "Holly Hedge". On Decern*
Lor 24, 1878, Mr. Johnson was (married
to Kate Mc Willie Shannon,
daughter of (the late Colonel William
M. Shannon, who resided a/t "Pine
Flat," now Hobkirk Inn, and she with
two sons and one daughter auirvive:
Robert Cunningham Johnson, of
Charlotte, N. C.\ William E. Johnson
and Miss Henrietta Johnston, of
i Camden; throe nieces, Mrs C. 1\ DuBose,
Mrs. A. G. Clarkson and Mrs.
Dan M. Jones of Camden also survive.
Mr. Johnson entered the mercantile
business in early Mfe, conducting a dry
goods and notions store on South
Main street, lie later was connected
with the Enterprise Building and Loah
Association, whore ho served for
twenty years us Ita Secretary and
Treasurer.
Ho led a vory active life, was fond
of the outdoors, and up to a short
while before his death could take gun
and doge and out-tramp many who
were his juniors. Despit hiB 82
years Ms eyesight was keen and he
was a crack shot, witlfrout the use of
eyeglasses.
Tho deceased possessed a storehouse
of information as to Camden
and the old days, was an interesting
conversationalist and leaves a host of
staunch friends who lament his passing.
Funeral services were held from
Grace Episcopal church Friday afternoon
with Rev. Francis H. Craaghill,!
Jin. officiating. Serving as pallbearers
were: Charles P. DuBase, James
B Cureton, Alex Clarkson, Willis!
Canrtey, Lawrence J. Wliitaker, William
H. Haile, William L. DePass and
Itobert M. Kennedy, Jr, all close
friends and admirers.
"Making Good"
On next Sunday evening at the
First Baptist church the pastor will
deliver the second series of sermons
to young people on the subject: "Making
Good," or "Making Life Count."
Morning subject: "The Elder Brother,"
or "The Spirit of Criticism."
Prayermeeting Wednesday evening at
7:30. iB. Y. P. U. Tuesday evening
at 7:30. Teacher's meeting Thursday
evening at 7:30. Sunday school at
10 o'clock with C. O, Stogner, superintendent
in chaTge.
. The public. is..cordially, invited to
attend all the services of this church.
Steele To Speak At Trinity Church
Prof. Algernon Steele, head of the
department of iReligion at Johnson
C. Smith University, Charlotte, N. C.,
is Scheduled to address the colored
youth of Camden on December 2, at
3:80 o'clock at Trinity M, E. Church.
The program is being sponsored
by the Progressive club of Trinity
M. E. church. A special musical program
undeT the direction of Robert*
Ross has been arranged.
| Prof. Steele* & young man, comes
to os well prepared, having been educated
at the Northwestern University,
and at the University of .Chicago.
His subject is, "The Issues of (Life."
All of our friends are cordially in
vited to come and hear this timely
address says C#-C. Reynolds, pastor.
Cotton Ginnet}* In This County
. O. R. S. Pool, special agent Bends
us the following census report showing
that there were 10,260 bales of
cotton ginned in (Kershaw county
from the crop of 1984, prior to November
14th *9 compared with 12,041
bales ginned to November 14, 1938.
"The Inside of the C#p"
_ Winston Churchill's story based up-l
on a command o? Christ will be told;
at thb Sunday evening vesper at the
Presbyterian chordt.at mm SBM
The public Is cordially invited.
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[Kendall Named On
| Advisory Council
, I Boston Transcript 0/ ""recent
(lute carried the following editorial
mention of Henry P. Kendall, of Boaton,
Mass., and Camden, S. C. Mr.
Kendall ia owner of the Wateree Mills
of Camden, with other mills in South
und North Carolina and his Boston
interests. Ho ia considered a leader
in his line which,on several occasions
has given him Presidential recognition:
.
Appointment of Henry P. Kendall
of Boston to be chairman of the Business
Advisory and Planning Council
of the Department of Commerce
comes ut u time whon there is every
prospect that the council's usefulness
will bo greatly extended. The President
himself has expressed a real desire
to learn "what business thinks
and what business wants," and in
pursuit of this knowledge will naturally
lean heavily on Mr. Kendall
and distinguished industrial leaders
associated with -him.
Considering the? representative
character of the council's membership
?it includes bankers, merchants and
manufacturers?it may be taken for
granted there will be no hesitation
in letting Mr. Roosevelt know "what
business thinks and wants." Already,
indeed, he has told that the
Government should make some move
to provide easier credit for the smaller
units of industry which, because??
of several years of reduced sales and
depleted working capital, face peculiarly
difficult problems.
The President has stated that he
plans to consult early and often with
the council. It will be to his advantage
to do so. From any group for
which Mr. Kendall is spokesman, he
is sure to receive a realistic picture
of the nation's business situation.
John S. Brasington
Lived To Great Age
John S. Brasington, Kfl year old
citizen of the county, died at his
homein the Beaver Dam section of
the county"" ort' TtfeMSy;6"-November
27th, his death being due to the infirmatives
of old age. Mr.
Brasington was a son of the
late Rev. William Brasington. " He ~
served in the War between the States.
Surviving are six sons and six
daughters. Dr. S. F. Brasington, of
Camden is a nephew of the deceased.
Funeral services were held November
2{Rh, at 11 a. m. at Bethel Presbyterian
church, with interment in the
church yard. . ..
Fish And Game . 7.
Meeting Tuesday
Game and flush affairs were discussed
when a group of leading
sportsmen of the state gathered in
Columbia for tho joint meeting of
the executive and legislative committees
of the South Carolina Game
and Fish Association.
President Zap HeywaaxJ hod a large
attendance at the dinner there and
the representative from Camden was ?
Mrs. T. K. Trotter. The main objective
of tha association for the past
j three years has been the cieaUon of
; a game and fish commission and the-.4 fmain
effort has been to draft a bill,
favorable to the (present game and '
fish department, the association and
the sportsmen at large. It t? honed
that tho bill will bo adopted by the
legislature in the coming aessLon. It
^rfroped that the ,__
their support to.tha association which
wa? organized for tjiefr benefit and
to Increase and protect the game of
the state, j
Presbyterian. Church Services
v Sunday, (December 0. A. Douglas
MeArn, pastor, announces service to
be: Church school for all age* at
JO a. m. Morning worship with anthem
and sermon at 11:15. Vesper
service Sunday evening at seven
o'clock. "The Inside of the Cup,"
Winston Churchill's famous story based^
upon a command of Christ will be' vtold
with beautiful, slides. Junior
club weiner roast hike Saturday