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The Camden chronicle VOLUME 48 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1936 NUMBER 11 /"\ A /X * I- -- - ------- - ^ Firemen Ul State Meet At Camden The Thirty-First Annual Fireman's Convention will be held in Camden on June 10 and 11. \V. F. Nettles, Si is general chairman and has been busy the past few weeks perfecting plans. Several dinners were given? one dinner, out of town officials of the convention attended, and another, members of the City Council and representatives of various civic clubs at tended, and plans were mapped for ih,. two days festivities. The officials of the Association it re: A M<C. Marsh, president, Columbia; U. 1,eland Law, 1st vice president, Hartsville; F. E. Donald, 2nd vice president, Greenville; K. C. Hillings, :;rd vice president, Lancaster; J. H. Wohlers, secretary and treasurer, Charleston; G. H. Fischer, statistician, Orangeburg; J. B. Murphy, attorney, Columbia; Rev. W. P. Peyton, chaplain, Rock Hill. The convention opens Wednesday morning, June 10th, with registration of members and guests at City Court Koom. Rutledge street. At 10 a. m. the convention will be railed to order by President A. McC. Marsh at the Halglar Theatre. Invocation will be by Rev. J B. Castcn. America" will be sung by the Columbia Fire Department quartette. .1. II Osborne, mayor of Camden" will then welcome the visitors. H. Lelaml l.aw. of Hartsville, will next speak Tin. visitors will then be welcomed in the behalf of the Camden Fire Department by Frank Mayer. This will In- followed by an address In behalf ?>i the South Carolina Fireman's AsMK'iation by K. C. Hillings, of Lancaster. Or S. F. Hrasington, senator from Kershaw county, will then Introduce the principal speaker, Hon. Burnet R. Mayhank, of Charleston. Hollowing this address, there will be an address by Hon. Sam B. King, insurance Commissioner of South Carolina, and another address by R. M Kennedy, Jr.. former president of South Carolina Insurance Agents asxuiat ion. I H. Murphy, attorney for South 'Carolina State Fireman's Association, will respond to Mr. Kennedy's address. This will be one of the features of the convention, for the repartee between these two men will have plenty of Irish wit and snappy remarks will fill the atmosphere. This battle of wits will be followed by an address on "First Aid." by W. R. McCallum of South Carolina Industrial Commission. Memorial services will be held for the following deceased members durum the convention: John W. Burton, St. Phillips and St Micheal's Parish, January 15, 1935; Arthur H. DeLoache, Sumter, who died July 24, 1935; T. O. S: Dibble, Orangeburg, who died November |. i. 1935. between 2 p. m. and 5 p. in. the hand reel races will be run on Mill -troet, just beyond the Court Inn. The first prize will be $50.00 for the Lug run and $25.00 for the short ' mi The queen of the convention will he selected at 0 p. in., by the following committee; Mrs. Jack Net 5 s. Tlugliey Tindal and Fllhu Schlosi-nm At 0 p. ?f. that night the corona*i'?n of the queen will take place. Part "f the crowd will attend a special pio"ne show at King Haiglar Theatre at 15 p. m., and the balance of the . crowd will attend a dance at the Armory nearby. A buffet luncheon will be held between 7 p. in. and 8:30 p. m. On Thursday, June 11th, the first event of the day will be the hose wagon races, at 9 a. m. At 2:30 there will be a business session at the Masonic Temple, and an address by p. Alfred Fleming. At 2:30 p. m. there will be a ladies entertainment, with Dr. A. W. Humphries, president of the Exchange Club, is chairman. The city forces are now getting the impaved part of Mill street In shape for the hand reel races and the hose wagon races. Camden will be. decorated along the business streets for the convention and all of the business men are going to give a helping hand to make the convention a success In every way. The following committees will assist with arrangements: Starting Judges?C. H. Yates, Jr., Hoykin Rhame, Claud Jackson. Time Keepers?Clarkson Rhame, F. N. McCorkle, Dens Goodale. Rules Committee?C h I e f G. H. Fischer, Chlsf F. W. brake, Chief W. F Nettles, John Lanay, C. C. Whit * * * w rs aker. Sr., M. L. Smith. Housing Committee?Thomas Anmini, Brevard Boykin, Otia Arrants. Decoration Committee?J. H. McI>eod, A. S. Karesh. Brevard Boykin. Refreshment Committee?G. A. Creed. J. W. Wilson, J. C. Hoffman. Inspectors?James t). Zenrp; Alexander Alfred, Edward Sheheen. Hydrant Judges?L. P. Tobin, D. J. Creed. Ed Williams. Indies Entertainment Committee? Dr. A. W. Humphries. Donald Morrison, L. L. Wallnau, Arthur Clark, Harry Porter, Dewey Creed. Dance Committee?Joe McKain, W. R. Denton, T. D. Massebeau. Show Committee?T. Ivee Little, J. E. Ross, Miles Montgomery. Boy Scout Committee?W. F. Nettles, Jr., W. A. Rhame, Jack Vlllepigue. - , . ( bolters Using Kirkwood Links I ho loenl golfers are using the famous eighteen hole golf (purse behind the Kirk wood Hotel this summer 1 hat is a very old golf course and a number of yearn ago It was entirely rebuilt at considerable expense under the direction ?f Walter Travis, the first American to win the British Open ( hainpionship lie was assisted in this work by "Jock" Melville, who had Just arrived in America from Scotland to practise his profession of a golf architect. I nder tin- present arrangements with Karl Abbott, the owner of the Kirk wood Hotel, local golfers and members of the cottage colony are able to join the golf club at special rates. The club will be kept open all the year, instead of just during the winter monthB. The first tournament was held recently and Ralph N. Shannon won llrst prize. Some of the local golfers who are playing often are: Mortimer Muller, Will Gooduie, John VUlepigue, It. U., Pitts, N. ('. Boykin, Frank Wooten. Jr., Ralph N. Shannon and Rev. Maurice Clarke. Coca Cola Company To Improve Property 1 he Carolina Coca Cola Bottling company,which operates a warehouse here, announces plans for an attractive new warehouse building. The new building will bo located on the present site, where the company has purchased all the adjoining buildings In order to tear them down and beautify the premises. Planning to erect the new structure considerably back from the street, the architects have outlined a design of landscaping and other attractive features destined to improve the appearance of a considerable portion of lower Broad street. Ancrum^ill Study j At Heidleberg Calhoun Ant rum, Jr., son of Colonel Calhoun Ancrum of the Fnited States Marine Corps, and an old Camden citizen, will graduate at Duke University in June. He was awarded a fellowship at Heidleburg University, Germany, and will leave after his graduation to travel in England and France and will later attend the Olympic events at Berlin. After that he will visit Vienna and then go to Munich University on an exchange fellowship. -In the fall he will enter Heidleburg for two years work. He won a fellowship at Heidleburg last summer and studied there for three months. He is specializing in languages. Due to the fact that his father is in the Marine service he has traveled extensively since an infant, having lived in the Philippines, China, Hawaia, Hayti, San Domingo, Panama and other countries, and for that reason specialized in languages at Duke University. Miss Savage Will Go To Europe Friends of Miss Adelo Savage, who I lias been a student of art at the Boston Museum of Art. at Boston, for the past several years, are delighted to know of the success she has met with, there. She will graduate in June land was recently awarded a scholarship to one of the leading art schools of Europe over the other students of the college. . She will leave later on in the summer for abroad to continue her art studies. While a student there several years ago she made the sketches for the book "Dark Surrender," and received favorable comment on her work. Confirmation Day At Temple Beth El In exercises held at Temple Beth KU un Sunday, May 24. live yon UK people were confirmed by Rabbi Samuel It. i Shillmun us the concluding feature of their Sunday school work, the eonfirumnts being Frances Deborah Ha ruch, Phyllis Kareah, Rose Louise Rich, David Wolfe and Norman Everett Maum. Assisting in i he exercises were: Mrs F. N MeCorkle, Mis. Samuel Wittenberg. Clifton MeKuin and F. N. MeCorkle, rendering vocal or instrumental solos. Following the processional, David W olfe \\ allnuu, one of the confirmants, offered the invocation following which Norman Everett Haum led the class in the fioru! offering. The slgniflcance of the day was very clearly defined by Rose Ixmiso Rich, aTter which Phyllis Karesh led the class In the .confirmation vow, following .a recitation of the Ton Commandments by the class and an address to the parents by Frances Deborah Barueh. Certificates of Confirmation were presented tin- five continuants by 1_. A. Wittkowsky, president of Congregation Beth El. The Temple was vei y prettily decorated for the occasion with flowers, ferns and candles. After the exercises at the temple the Confirmation class and their parents extended an open house rendition to their friends at tlw home of Mr. and .Mrs. David Kirschner, a great number of out of town visitors being present as well as many friends from Camden. Rev. Caston Spoke at Walterboro Rev. .1. B. Caston, pastor of the First Baptist church of Camden, delivered an address at the county-wide seventh grade commencement at Walterboro. There were about two thousand people out to hear this address. '1 he Rev. Caston spoke in the place of | W. A Sutton, superintendent of the ! schools of Atlanta. Da. Two Ships Set Harbor Records Charleston, May 29. ? The biggest ship and the largest private yacht ever to enter Charleston harbor were both in port this morning. The Hamburg-American liner Reliance arrived at 7:30 a. m. to take on 166 passengers for a West Indian cruise. The yacht Sea Cloud, four masted bark owned by Mrs. Marjorie Post Hutton Da vies, returned after a 12-day West Indian cruise, to leave a party of guestB here. Despite the great length of the linjer, she was docket! at Union piers 1 and 2 with ease by two tugs, dwarfing the Bull liner Frances, which was loading potatoes at the same dock. Since the ship is 622 feet long, the bow and stern projected beyond both ends of the 417-foot clock. Her tonnage is 20,000 gross and her draft 26 feet 7 inches. The ">6 passengers who came from New York were not permitted to la id because custom regulation forbid intracoastal business by foreign lines Charleston harbor presented the busiest scene in many months, in honor, it would appear of the arrival Of the biggest vessel ever to visit a South Carolina port. Six other ships arrived during the hour in whieh_the Reliance arrived, and five vessels besides her sailed during the day. The Camden party aboard the Reliance, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Alexander, Mrs. D. F. Mcl^auchlin, H. D. Niles and H. D. Niles, Junior, of Camden, and Miss Cecelia King, of Bethune, returned Thursday afternoon after a delightful trip to Havana and Nassau. The boat docked at early dawn but the passengers were held up for several hours by custom inspectors. Oliver C Met With A Mishap Word has Just reached us that Oliver C, one of. the best steeple chasers in this country met with "a mishap schooling at Belmont Park. Ixmg Island, last Thursday. It was found necessary to destroy him. This was a big loss for his owner, Mrs. Marion duPont Somerville and his ' trainer, Mr. Noel Haing. He was second to Indigo this year in the Carolina Cup races and won the Virginia National for the second time. May Take Two Days For Racas ? Unleaa all signs fall It will require two days racing to take care of the horses here next llarch. Sv j Senate In Resolution Thanks Mr. Kirkover A resolution by Senators Hughs.! JoftVrles and Scarson, (hanking Mr | Kirkover, owner and manager of thej t'limden Knee Course, for courtesies extended, was adopted by the Senate last week Senator Drasiugtoii. on behalf of Mr Kirkover and the people of Camden, thanked the Senate for their expression of appreciation Following is the resolution. ''Whereas, The members of the Senate have been privileged through the courtesy of owner and manager Kirkover of the Camden Itace Course to witness the annual horse show lit Camden and to participate in its attendant gaieties; and "Whereas, the delightful hours of our visit spent in an atmosphere of inherent charm and ideal sportsmanship will he cherished hy us always among the fragrant souvenirs of memory ; "Now, Therefore, be it resolved hy the Senate that the members of this body do hereby extend to Mr. Kirkover, and the City of Camden, her pat riot le civic organizations and her courteous people, this expression of our sincere appreciation of the invitation that lias added so much to our *njo\ ment, with the assurance that wlnre'er we rove whatever realms to see" our hearts will often fondly , turn to Camden, picturesijue and his- ' toric, with its culture unsurpassed its hospitality unlimited, its splendid " present and ..its glamorous past nil-* blemished, and its future unafraid. "Resolved, further. That this Keso- ! lution be printed in the Journal and copies thereof forwarded to Mr Kirk-! over at Camden, s. C." Senator Llghtsey Dies in Columbia I" unorul services were held at Brim- j son Tuesday for state senator William 1 Henry Llghtsey of Hampton county,' who died Monday in a Columbia litis-1 pita I after an illness of several weeks The Hamilton senator, 21 man of piiet manner, was popular with mom-; hers of both branches of the general assembly, and was generally regarded as a man of convictions and excellent judgment He w;is generous <tnd kind-1 !y and was held in high esteem hy his acquaintances. New Oil Comphny ! Enters Local Field A wholesale and retail station for handling American Oil Company products has been erected on DeKalb street, near the Southern Railway. This company features Amoco gasoline. Two storage tanks have been erected next to the tracks In the rear of the new warehouse and filling station. This Is the first time that the products of tliiH concern have been | offered 011 the Camden market. Mr. lT. N. Myers has completed 21' very attractive station on the corner j of DeKalb and Fair streets, which ; handles Gulf Refining Company pro-1 ducts. John T. Nettles is erecting two sta-1 tions, one on DeKalb street, next to the residence of Mrs. W. .1. Dunn and j another on the corner of Rutledge I and Market streets. Mr. Nettles says I that the DeKalb street station will ' be vdry handsome. Both stations will handle Texaco products. Another station is being erected on the old Wittkowskv lot on Broad strict, opposite the Baptist church, which will handle Gulf products. Henry Beard recently completed a' station on lower Broad street that is liandlinu Standard Oil Company product*. Erecting Cabin At Hermitage Lake; Henry Heard la erecting a very! nice two story log cabin on one of the most attractive points of the large' Hermitage I^ake. The house will have: about nix rooms and a view of the I lake can be had from any part of the I houne. His family will occupy this ' house during the summer months. Others are going to erect summer j shacks on the shore of this lake, which is quite an asset to the community. The fishing has been very good there and later on the lake will have plenty of boats and other pleasnre craft for those who like water sports. Building in DuBos* Park Considerable building is taking' place In the DuBose Park section and the settlement Just beyond there. A nice house, built of rock, has-been completed In DuBose Park by H. O. Burns, and garages and other buildings facing Highway No. 1 are being constructed. The M&ssebeau store at "Dusty Bend" is being rebuilt of stone and rock. It was destroyed by fire sometime ago. Camden Man Dies At Conwayj Tin* people <?r <'amdep wore *ud ! deped (o |,.aru of the death of J |i Arch Sterne in Conway. Ilia health hat) beeii hud the la.st tew weeks and Me took a cottuge at Myrtle Beach I toj* a vacation. He became very ill i ami was being rushed |? ?? ainbu lance to a Columbia hospital when it was decided to stop at a Conway hospital for treatment. Mr Sterne Mad been proprietor of the Hotel Cam den for the last six years, coming Mere from West Virginia, and was very popular with the traveling pub He and citizens of Camden He was a member of the Methodist church and also the Shrine dub. Ho was born at Petersburg, Vu., December 20, lssi ami spent most of |?ts life fu Virginia and West Virginia. He is survived by bis widow, who was Hassle Witten of West Virginia, ami by two daughters, Mrs. H. F. Kvans of Camden, and Mrs. .lack Nettles, Jr., of Hock Hill, and one grandhoii. William Sterne' Kvans and his lather. M w. Sterne (,r Greensboro, ( A brother. George Sterne of Havannah. Vu., three sisters. Mrs .1 Henry Itoyles of Greensboro, N < * I Mrs Herbert Hates. Klkton, M?l . and Mis Wallace Coleinan, Crewe, Va I be funeral service was held at 1 ' C;h> Sunday morning at (lie Korne ' nay funeral home on DeKalb str.i-l ' conducted by K, v J Hani w ell < ??!! < ?' the Haptist church, It, v. A Douglas McArn of the Presbyterian , 1 hurch. and Rev. Inuhiuct of the J.yt tlclon Street Methodist church. J lie Milliliters of the Rotary dub and the exchange club were honorary pa I lltea I'ers. I he body was taken to Hluefiehl. ! West Virginia for burial I I Injuries Fatal j To Little Girl! Klizabeth Truesdale, ten-year-old i daughter or Mr and Mrs. Klmorlruesdale and pupil of the Antiech school, near Camden, died Friday at the ( amden hospital from the results j of a bad injury sustained by being I struck by an automobile Wednesday j afternoon, the car being driven by Klisha Hall of the Lucknow section She suffered a fracture of the skull and two ribs. The uccident occurred Wednesday afternoon when the child Is said to have stepped from behind an oil truck Into the path of the Hull automobile. , Mr. Hall picked the child up and 1 brought her to the Camden hospital. ! After the arrival of her parents he reported the accident to SherlfT J. H. f McLeod. i Funeral services for the little girl were held at the Antloch Haptist church Saturday at 11 a. m? conduct- I ed by the Rev. H. S. Hroom. The In- < torment was in the churchyard. An inquest was held by Coroner J. ' D. Rush Monday evening with Olyn Waters uh foreman, G. C. Rush. R. B. Hrannon, T. K. Corbett. V. H. Sinclair and G. R. Rogers serving. The verdict was that Klizabeth Truesdale came to her death from reckless drlv-j Ing of Klisha Hall, of the Lucknow', section Hall was released on $1,000 bond Tuesday. Farm Women Go To Washington! A group of 140 farm women from twenty counties of the state left Columbia at 8 o'clock Monday morning for Washington, D. C.p where they will attend the J rlennlal Conference of Country Women of the World. The conference Is being held In Washington May 31 through June G. The caraven will leave from the Hotel Columbia. Creenwood county, with a delegation of 26, has the largest representation from this district. Richland county is sending ten representatives. Miss Bessie Harper Is in charge of the group, which will travel by chartered buses. Six buses will be required to accommodate the party. 6,500 delegates are expected at the Washington meeting. South Carolina will be represented by 300. Kershaw county will be well represented. ' P'?y To Be Given At Baron DeKalb A play composed of eleven attrac[ tlve characters will be given at Bar| on DeKalb school house, Friday night, June 5th, at 8 o'clock. The play is being sponsored by Hanging Rock and Damascus Methodist churches for miscellaneous expenses. ? Everybody is invited. Historic Fires Of Camden 1 !ir South Carolina Stnfc Fireman's i (invention will hold Its annual meeting In Caiiidon on Juno jo and 11 Since the early days of Camden there have Iteen many disastrous fires, the most pathetic hehiK near Camden when the Cleveland school burned in 1923 and eighty-two persons lost their lives It was the last time the school was to be used and the auditorium was crowded to witness the com menceiuent play, when a lamp tall and there was a stampede. Fifty four persons were burled the next day In one grave at Delilah churchyard imarby, and many families were almost wiped out In that fine * community Many editions of pupers all over the country were delayed to Ret a full account of one of the worst school tires to visit any school in America Besides the Cleveland school lire. Camden suffered from the torch of itawdon J11 the Revolution and again hy Potter or Sherman's army in the Civil War. when the handsome "Corn wallls Mouse" went up in smoke. This l ouse was owned by the Kershaw family and was occupied hy lord < o rn wall is when lie commanded the British troops in Camden during the Revolution Other tires occurred dur ing the early history of the town al most wiping out many blocks of houses or business buildings. lodtiv the Camden Fire ihpitrlm'iil has a very high rafitiK and for quite a number of years there has been no serious fire. There Is a modern equipped fire department with well trained men to handle same. Camden has a volunteer lire department unih-r the leadership of W F Nettles. Sr lite lollowing artleles about tires lliat have visited Camden wetv taken I rout "Historic Camden" "Flies have been a potent factor in causing the steady progress of ('a m<| e n northwards from its originul Imatjou. Often and sorely it has been scathed. beginning with the torch applied hy a certain renegade West berry to the Court Mouse and thiol in 17751. soon followed by Raw don's more thorough work on May 9, 17K1. A local hard thus sang of that event, in Camden Journal of November 7, 1829: 'Grim War from Camden moved today, Long felt was there his Iron sway, The town was fired when Rawdon fled, !,o, on its site the embers red." Then came the Are of 1812, that destroyed the two principal squares t>f the town, that opposite the courthouse and the one south of It. The Market and Gaol were consumed, and an appropriation was made by legislature for relief of sufferers. The conflagration of the night of November 23, 1829, was probably the greatest In our annuls, and had been described for us by the gruphlc C. F. Daniels, then editor of the Camden Journal. The heart of the town, the two squares north of the Court Mouse, between York und King, both sides of Broad, were luid to ushes. The lire started near the southwest corner or York and Broad, then occupied by Dr. William Blanding's Drug Store. A strong northwest breeze swept down to the Court House and Market. which were several times on fire. Klghty-flve considerable buildings, some handsome, were lost, Including Goodman's Motel and Jackson's Hob'l I he latter was a four story brick building the property of Col. William Nixon, costing $20,000.00. It stood on the corner of King and Broad streets. The paper tells: "An Incident con nected with the burning of the Jack son Hotel was universally noted and talked about. The hotel sign was what purports to be a likeness of the General. It hung within a few feet of the walls of the house. While both buildings were one sheet of flame, 'Old Hickory' stood his ground unscathed, as he has always done amid the fiery bolts of his foes." An eyewitness of that fire, an old citizen, said that so embittered wan Col. Nixon against some citizens for taking sides against his Bon, Henry G. Nixon, who had recently falleu In a duel with Hopkins, that he declined their services in saving his house and cursed them off. The work of the flames in 1866 was very severe including the Cornwallia house already mentioned. In 1874 the northern half of the west side of Broad street, between HeKalb and Rutledge streets, was burned, including the mansion, or Kershaw house, on the corner. The lower half of the same square was destroyed in 1892 and again in 1902. In 1876 the "Meroney Block" on Rot(Continued cm page eight)