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THE ^CAMDEN chronicic iT"" ? __?AMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, MA* ,4, 1937 Engineers Building Another Race Track Ope of tin* finest combination race track layouts in the Untied States in #earlnK completion in this city and HI [>,. ready for America's finest horece to train on by October or NoTeoibef The track, ii one mile dirt affair, wlih the inner enclosure to be devolved to a Bteeple-chaae schooling course, Is being constructed by Frank M. Kelly for Mis. Randolph G. Scott, formerly Miss Marion DuPout and will cost, when completed with stables, quarters, a palatial home tor jlra Scott and another for William DuPont well over a half million dollars. The most elaborate system of drainage that engineers could devise has been installed under the entire Infield, which has been planted with Bermuda grasB. Already over 3,000 ahrubs and trees have been put in place by landscape engineers. In the fall the shrubbery program will be returned and will require several years to complete. Mr. Kelly was responsible for the racing plants at the Arlington Park track in Chicago and the DuPont track at Wilmington, Delaware. Mrs. Scott will retain Mr. Kelly to supervise the operation of the track for a year Or to after it is completed. The track will be railed inside and out and in t^e? enclosure will be erected complete- equipment for the training of steeple chase horses. Stables sufficient to take care of a big number of horses that will be brought here for training purposes are to be erected this fall. The beautiful home that Mrs. Scott will erect will be located on what is known as the old Cherokee: club grounds. It is located near the gate of the No. 2 polo field of the Camden Polo club. Already a lodge keeper's home flanks one side of the entrance to the property. Mr. UiPon't home will be erected closer The new track will be a substantial, addition to the Camden horse world. Already Camden has the Springdale course, rated as one of the finest steeple-chase layouts in America. It Is expected that when the new Scott track is ready for the horses there will be an initial arrival of from 75 to 100 animals, most of them being of the Scott and DuPont stables. Horse owners win be given access to the track b>' invitation only. is a significant fact that Camden is coming to the fore as one of the greatest horse centers, of the south. Just north of Camden and adjoining be city limits are over 7,000 acres of and which has hundreds of miles of bridle paths, roads and the like, exclusively for horse followers and lov?r8 Ihese grounds are open to horsemen and horse women and to guests 0 the city and community. There ire eiKtlt d,*ag lines through the woods and this a favored sport at easl three times weekly during the season. With the completion of the Scott Camden will have the finest m in.ition of flat and steeple-chase urei's in America, according to au, "'s it will become the horse ucation center of the country. Ala > this year Camden trained r?es are winning laurels all over tne country. Torf* *^'-1938 season will be ushHor? here wlth the Virginians' . r e ' ow about the middle of Febman*' accordlnK . to announcement by ?h "day' Thl8 wlU be followed < " ( amden Hunter Trials a week race? a?U the Washington Birthday . the ninth annual afTair, will be. , acos?" ?bruary 22 Following these* i come the two-day show of- , *ke ta,mden Horse Kroup, this is to ' -aroiir ab?Ut a week before the rhich a UP cla88,c' the dates of , ia\o not been set as yet. Th field feting today wine Wl11 be a fle,d raeeting at the . he far sankatlon demonstration on , Hlav ni ?' ^ Boyktn 10 o'clock, T, nu,rnln?. May 14. We will die- J lent , 'lfe ?rops and swine manage- , riem"at ,hi9 ?? ???. vou1 fnd th 1 l? your advantage to atey * meet,ng says W .C. McCarVcstociTln H*?nt A' U DuRant' ' l^rKer apeclal,?t, and Dr. RafTen- 1 worw ?? are lD chap*? of sanlUr i at Count thl' 8Uae wi" be Pre?- 1 foiirt / a8:enU mnd farmers from i Urfleid WiDg COttnt'e? wtil be here: 1 Lrg i' i ii II lisi, i - immmm Beauty Contest Will Be Held Next Friday 1 lie All-Htuto beauty and amateur contest that wtlj be held in (Camden Friday, May 21, will be sponsored by the local post of the American legion afid will no doubt uttract a great throng of people who wish to guze upon the most attractive girls In the State of South Carolina. There will be approximately sixtyseven girls who will take part in this final contest for the honor of being declared ' Miss South Carolina." In addition there will be a like uufhber of amateurs who will participate in the a la Major Howes program that is to be given. ' MIhh Hazel Shirley Is the Camden girl who will take part in the AllState event. Miss Shirley was named "Miss Camden," at a local contest held last January. She Is an unusually attractive girl and will be a fine contribution from Camden to the pulchritude of the state. Dignity is added to the state final event by the sponsorship of the Camden Legionnaires and there is no question but that Camden people will in general turn out and show their appreciation of the bringing of this big event here by the boys of the World war. Thd program contemplates an allday elimination event for the amateur acts, with the finals to be held in the evening promises to be one of the most outstanding events of the kind ever held in the southeast. Every district has selected its most charming girl to appear in Camden. The girls will appear several times duping the evening affair in the high school auditorium and will be Judged by appearance In evening gowns and in bathing suits. The winner of the affair will take part in the national contest to be held either at Biloxi or Galveston, Texas. Library On Wheels Doing Great Work Kershaw county has a circulation library that 1h second to none in its class in South Carolina. From a modest beginning with a circulation total of approximate 400 books the first month a year ago, the circulation now exceeds over 33,000 books a month. This is a remarkable record and is made possible only through the efficiency of the staff in charge. Mrs. Jessie Johnson Baker has charge of this work and in her office we find a capable assistant in Mrs. Daisy Carroll. In the binding department there are four efficient helpers and there are eleven Junior librarians who have contributed their share to the general success of the venture. The library maintains librarians in the Camden City School and also one at the Wateree school. In 1936 the county delegation appropriated $660 to supplement federal funds in order to provide Kershaw county with this library. With this appropriation 1,600 new books were purchased, also $25 worth of mending and binding material with which cover 600 books donated by the citizens of the county, were repaired and put in shape for general circulation. Approximately $150 was utilized in equipping the efficient new library truck that was recently purchased and placed in service. The 1937 county delegation was so pleased with work being done by Mrs. Baker and her efficient staff that they made another appropriation of $800. This was a fitting recognition of the interest manifested by the people throughout the county in the work the library has been doing. , The book truck covers the enhirp, county, making nine routes with 62 stops. At every stop children run to and surround the truck, eager to scan the load of literature carried. ,|? The mending library at the county unit has a real need in that books that are used in the schools are brought in and carried repaired and rebound. This department has reconditioned over 2,000 books and has made hundreds of splendid scrap Baptist Church 8ervlces In the absence of Rev. J. B. Caston whJ> is attending the Southern Baptist Convention in New Cleans, the service* for Sunday, llkf "Iff; in the first Baptist church will be? 11:15 i. m., services conducted by Dr. C. B. Draff In and tVfiO > m. by Gay White. Both ara lyymen fan Colombia and ha ooblfc to cordially Invited to these *rrtoM. 7 * ' "* * }"' * > * * * Miss Truesdale Gets Coveted Honor . To Miss Cornelia Truosdule,' a tall ( stately brunette from Kershaw, went the honor of being mimed Miss Kershaw County at the Spring festival coronation in Monument Turk Saturday ufternoou. It waa a difficult tank thut the judges found theiuaelvea confronted with aa each high aehool dlatrict in the county whh represented by a charming young lady. After luncheon at the Camden Hotel, at which greetings from the Chamber of Commerce were extended by vice president Moultrie U, Hums and from the city by Mayor J. 11. Osborne, the young ladies went to Ivy Lodge Inn where they donned their gowna for the platform appearance. The coronation waa brief and sliu| pie. The young ladies were introduced us they stepped on the platform and after all had assembled Miss Hazel Shirley, who waa Miss Chamber of Commerce, welcomed them to Camden. Response was made by Susan Team who made a charming Misa Camden. The announcement was made of the finding of the Judges and Mayor Osborne formally placed a beautiful jeweled crown upon the heud of Miss Cornelia Truesdale. The queen and her ladies-in-waiting then posed for photographs. This was followed by a (visit to the Town Tavern where vice! (president Burns was host to the group of young ladies, their friends and relatives. The young ladies assembled at the . Chamber of Commerce office at 1J [o'clock and were then placed in (charge of a group of chaperones consisting of Mrs. F. H. Heath, Miss Gerj trude Zemp, 'Miss Virginia Halle and! (Miss Mary H. Flowers. Some of them : visited the stores but the majority1 j went to the Lodge where they could (relax for the afternoon event. At the luncheon in the Camden Hotel, Mr. Heath, secretary of the Cham| ber of Commerce, acted as toastmasjter and introduced the guests, each responding briefly. It was announced that Miss Corne-! lia Truesdale has been extended an invitation to appear in the All-State Beauty Contest here on May 21st. She was unable to state Saturday whether she would be able to attend. She will also preside at the queen's court to be held in connection with the Kershaw County Fair in the fall.. The other young ladles in the Saturday contest will act as her laides-in-w&ting at the couyt. HARRY KIRKOVER SPEAK8 TO HART8VILLE ROTARY CLUB Hartsville, May 12.?Harry D. Kirkover, of Camden, was the speaker before the HartSville Rotary Club Tuesday. Using for his subject "History of Horse Racing in South Carolina and Its Economic Value." Mr. Kirkover traced racing back to 1734 in this state stating this race was near Charleston. The first record of a race at Camden was in 1802. Camden, according to Mr. Kirkover, was the first town to organize a jockey club as well as being the first town J to establish a steeple-chase training school. Captured Large Fiah Ray Severance, of Burlington, Vermont, stopped in Camden a while last week, and was exhibiting the head of a black sea bass, commonly known as the Jew fish. When captured the fish weighed 250 pounds. He had been fishing in the waters around Quartez, Floritja, and exhibited scars on his fingers which were injured during his tussle trying to haul in the big fellow. ? Detailed As Instructor Major Claude G. Hammond, Infantry, who resided at Camden prior to entering the service, is relieved from further assignment and duty as student, Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Texas, effective upon completion of his course of Instructions, on or about July 15, 1937, is then detailed as Instructor, Infantry, Oklahoma National Guards, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Bethesda Presbyterian Church Sunday, May 16, A. Douglas McArn, services at Bethesda Presbyterian church will be as follow: The church school at 10 a. m., with classes for all ages. Morning worship with sermon at 11:16. Young People of tha church at 6:10 p. m. The public ia-oordlaUy Invited Ui all a^ewfo^ fa thto church. C'iv *? * 9 V *> .'JL'ti V v"?- -V i Allen J. Boykin Died Tuesdav * Fun?rul services for Alien Jones Boykin, who died at Ills home "Woodstock.' Tuesday night, were held from Orac.e Episcopal church Wednesday, afternoon with Dr. Maurice Clarke officiating. Serving as pullbrurcrs were Newton </. Boykiu, Ij. I) Boykin, M< Willie Boy kin, B D. Boykin. Miller Boykin, Edward Cantey. H. H Porter and William c Balmoud. Mr Boykin was a native ?of this county, being the son of Alexander Hamilton Boykin,, of this county, und Sarah Jones doSaussure Boykin, formerly of Columbia. He is survived by his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Edmund K. Heyward, of Columbiu, and Mrs. E. Devunt Bostlck, of Jacksonville, Flu.; and the following grandchildren of Columbia: Mrs. E. Hj Salmon, Devunt Bostlck, Mrs Archie Hardy, Albert Hqyward, Jr.. Miss Bessie Heyward, Mrs. t\ S. Monteltb, Jr., and Mrs Dwight Cathcart. He was the lust surviving member of a family long prominent in tills county, all being reared at "The Terraces." now Charlotte Thompson school. The other members of the family were Mrs. Edward 11. Cantey, Mrs Brown Manning, Alexander Hamilton Boykin, Burwell H. Boykin, E Miller Boykin, William deSaussure Boykin, L. Whitaker Boykin. Mr. Boykin operated a farm und also tlie "Woodstock Hunting Club." .He was widely known as a sportman anA many notublea have visited his home in years gone by. He was a most affable gentleman and had a host of friends. He had reached the advanced age of 82 years and had been in failing heaith for about two years. Program Approved By Local Chamber Enthusiastic approval of the work that Secretary P. H. Heath of the Chamber of Commerce has been doing 'in getting a recreational program started in Camden, was expressed by the directors of the Camden and Ker-j show County Chamber of Commerce |at a regular monthly meeting Wednesday evening. I TThe directors authorized the ap-! . polntment of a recreational committee to assist Secretary Heath in car'rying on the work of the bureau, vice |president-M. B. Burns naming Dewey 'Creed, William! Nettles, Jr., Joe E. McKain, Clarkson Rhame and Jack Moore as members of this committee. In addition the vice president also appointed a committee consisting of William Nettles, Jr., John deLoach, Rev. A. D. AlcArn, Dr. Maurice Clarke, Rev. J. B. Caston and RevBryce Herbert as a committee on Boy Scouts. This committee will work with the regular Boy Scout officials in promoting Scout work In Camden. The Chamber has voted the sum of $160 for Scout work. Joseph McKain was appointed as a member of the committee on membership of the Chamber. Douglas M. Mays, who recently closed out hlB business here to continue his Bethune interests on a greater scale, will continue as a member of the board of directors. Death of Mrs. J. C. Twitty Mrs. J_C. Twitty died Friday, April 30, in (he Three C's section of this county, after a short Illness. She was 55 years of age. Surviving are four children, one boy and throe girls. Also she leaves five brothers: Joe Faulkenberry, of Winston-Salem, N. C.; W. W. Faulkenberry, R. a. Faulkenberry, R. B Faulkenberry. H. C. Faulkenberry, all of this county. Funeral services were conducted on Sunday, May 2, by Rev. J. B. Mclver and Rev. J. M. Neal at Bethany Baptist church, Westville. Mrs. Tindal Hostess Members of the Neighborhood bridge club were guests of Mrs. Hughey Tindal Wednesday afternoon at her home. Additional guests were Mrs. Hubert Wilson, who won the prize for the guests, and Mrs. M M Heasonover. The club prize went to Mrs. Brevard Boykin and Mrs. F. D Goodale was awarded a pHze for low score. Entertains at Bridge Miss Margaret Blandlng was hostess at bridge Monday evening. The party was held at the home of Mrs. J 8. Lindsay and was given In honor or the members of the Blaze-U-Pleze clnb. Included among Miss Blandlngs guests were: Mrs. J. L. Williford and Miss Sara Wolfe. Mrs. William Moore was awarded the high a!Ld Ml88 Ix),? Latham won the low prize. Had Lovely Tea Mr. and Mrs. John D. Miller, who are occupying the Blakeney cottage on Cfceanut street for the month of warm'y welcomed In SiSiy thelr friends. Entertaining informally on Saturday afterjag win. Quota Unfilled ... '] In Training Camps With l ho enrollment cum pa inn of! the 1937 Citizen's Military Training I Camp now entering It's third weok.h the Kershaw county 'quota to attend t the camp remains unfilled according t to Information received yesterday i from Fort liiugg. i Vming men of this community who are interested in attending the camp i must muko application as early aa i possible in order to receive consider < at ion, It was stated, as vacancies re- i muining in the local quotas, will be I tilled by alternates from other eoun- i ties. ^ i The camp is to be held at Fort Brugg, iV from August 3 to Sep | tember I. All nocessury expenses ure I borne by the government, und no future obligations of uny kind are imposed. i I ho purpose of this camp is to promote good citizenship umong young men between 17 and 29 years of age;.' hy thirty days military training com-! bined with a generous amount of re- i creation und sport. A. Stanley Llewellyn, Camden, is! county chairman of the committee which is assisting young men to qualify for camp and Doctor George Rhame, Camden, has volunteered to give the required physical examination and typhoid inoculations free of | charge. Young men interested should communicate with the above named county representative or write to the' C.M.T.C. Officer, Fort Bragg, N. C.,! at once. j Ladies Invited To j Attend Meeting A meeting of young ladles of Cuijv! den who are interested in the organ!-' zation of a soft bull baseball league for girls will be held in the rear room of the 1 own luvern, Monday evening at 8 o'clock. Announcement of this meeting was issued by the Recreational Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, and Is in line with the plans of the Bureau to make Camden a real summer playground and lay the groundwork for an all-year recreational program. I All of the young women of the city' are Invited to attend this meeting.' If there is a sufficient turnout and' the right interest is manifested the! Bureau will proceed with the organi-' zation of a league. This league will function in a similar manner as the present Twilight League for men. It will have the di-1 rect supervision of Miss Mary Helen' Flowers, assistant secretary of the' Chamber of Commerce. Antioch 8chool Closing The Antioch grammar school will present a pageant, 'The Sleeping I Beauty,'' on Friday, May 14, at 8:30 p. m. There will be no admission' charge. On Sunday, May 23, at 4 p. m. the Baccalaureate sermon before the graduating class of Antioch school will be delivered by the Rev. H. D. Shuler of the Spring Hill Methodist charge! The final exercises of the Antioch high school will be held on Tuesday, May 25, at 8:30 p. m. Candidates for graduation are: John Zinnamon King, Ila Mae Boykin, Etta Mae I*>e, Margaret Louise Barns, Nannie Dorothy Brannon, Alice Aquilla Peebles and Llla Colvin. Lyttleton Street Methodist Church The following services will be held in Lyttleton Street Methodist church on Sunday: Sunday school at 10 a. m.;, morning worship at 11:16 a. m., Epworth League meeting of young people's department 7:16 p. m.t evening Worship at 8 o'clock. The pastor, R Bryce Herbert, will preach at the morning and evening services. The public is cordially Invited to attend. Grace Church 8ervlces The services in Grace church on Sunday, May 16, will be as follows: Holy Communion at 8:00 a. m., the church school at 9:45. Morning prayer end sermon by the rector at , 11:15. The choir will sing the an-i them, "Send Out Thy Light," by Charles Quonard. ,,,3^6 rector will preach World TodaJX ^ ^ ?" . ^ v 7'\ X 1 Merchants Pleased With Two Days Sales ('umden uien'|mnt? report that the wo day trade exposition held Just Friday and Saturday whh a success in very souse of (lie word, considering tie fact that it was the IIret effort of ihe kind to be undertaken |?y iht, new nerchanta bureau. '1 ruffle ?offlcern report a greater iiumber of autoinobileH and visitors In l ainden for (tie two days especially, in Saturday when the coronation program in connection with the crowning of Miss Kershaw County, attracted quite a bit of a crowd from the various purta of the county. Ihe Merchant's liureau is- already planning on another sales event to be lield the latter purl of June. This will be a dollar duy affair and will be but for one day only. In the fall there will be a throe or four day fall festival, which will be held in connection with the County Fair. Camden merchants offered some unusually splendid bargains in the two day Hules event Just concluded. Many visitors took advantage of the sale to stock up with merchandise declared that prices were particularly appeal lug. Chamber of Commerce officials were satisfied with Hie result of the sale. 1 he Chfflfflber secretary In commenting upon " the affair stated that the initial event was largely an educational affair and was for the purpose of attracting people to Camden to acquaint them with the merchants und with Camden in general. Quite a number came out of curiosity and not for the purpose of buying heavily, but did byiy when they found that the bargains were really worth while. ' am certain that the people of Kershaw County know now that when the newly organized Camden Merchants Bureau announces n sales event In the future there will be a generous response on the part of the shopping public," said the Chamber of Coinnierce secretary. "We have convinced them that we reully hud something out of the ordinary In bargains. Now when we toll them the next time that we are going to have a Bale, mark my words, you will ?nd them very receptive to the bargains offered. All in all, I feel that we have broken the barrier that seems to have prevailed between ' Camden and the rest of the county and I know from remarks made to me by many of the visitors who dropped In to get acquainted that a new deal " has been promulgated, that a new undestanding exists between city and county. And that is Just as it shou\d "I am sure that every merchant and business man in Camden echoes my message of thanks to the people of the county for helping us to hiake our trade festival a success. And I know they will come again when we have another event of a similar nature." Will Have Charge of League Miss Beth McDowell, W. P. a. recreational supervisor, will have charge of the proposed girl's soft ball league, to be organized at a meeting to be held at the Town Tavern Monday evening at 8 o'clock. Miss McDowell will prove a big help to the bureau of recreation of the Chamber of Commerce in this work Her familiarity with the game and qualifications in' leadership will Insure an early start In the league program. Miss McDowell already has two teams assured for the league and prospects are strong that there will be four to six teams in the circuit. If the girl's league Is organized and the recreation bureau is able to got ft lighted field, the schedules will call for a girl's league game at 7 o'clock on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, with a regular Twilight league same starting at 8 o'clock. Mifts McDowell is a Camdeh girl, ft graduate of the local high school and has been in v recreational work for a year and a half. 8ee Yourself in Movies movbJ?" i7,0h 1? 800 y?ur8elf In the Haijzlar Th???' ? *"1? and Ko to the (Haigiar Theatre Monday and Tuesday wilf h?OI5e dl8!,nctly Camden movies regular .how" <Tn8c,,on *?? the ?l Camden will be offerci'roiml6 r Kt?n Blrthday races, Camden k"P r8Ce8' a dra* hun*, the ^or8e, #how *nd also the Presbyterian circus will be shown on Th*reeei ,n v,vid thrilling sequence. ilS' AT8 be,ng Bhown in conSBi 1 regular theater bill With no extra charge. The affalr it the netase beaaflt far um in? .'.^SvS >'