The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 02, 1937, Image 1
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I county Ranger
I Makes Report
u, ( Perry Kershaw county rangMaoris
that from July 1, 1936, to
B *' i iy:i7. 111 Area burned over
ffi of woodland In Kershaw
I mty The acreage burned to date
I tu fire season is considerably less
JJ:n ,he average burned during the
Ime months of last lire season. This,
I *7ranger states, is a result of the.
Biidhl cooperation given him and
H If. wardens by the sixty men working
M IB fire suppression and prevention
I rt?w8 of Kershaw county. The men
I ITthese crews, Jthe ranger explains,
Ire local residents living throughout
I the county who agree to prevent and
^nress fires In their respective terriI
torlea during the fire season in return
[or fl small cash bonus and barbecue
?nd Held day sponsored for their bene|
dt Mr. Perry reports that the lire
prevention and suppression crews of
Kershaw county have done outstandI
lug work in bringing about on the!
I part of the people of Kershaw county
I j realization of the disadvantages couI
petted with burning the woods.
I Ranger Perry urges that the people
I of Kershaw county take every precauI
tion necessary to prevent woods' fires
I as it is at litis time of year that their
effects are most damaging.
Only One Game July 5.
The bureau of recreation in an anI
pouncenicni today declared that the
I contemplated July 4 program of
I sports which would have featured sevH
eral soft ball games during the afterI
jppon has been cancelled and the only
H' game to be' played will be the regular
league game at 6:15 o'clock beI
tween the Professionals and the Rex
I Billiard team.
The game that was scheduled for
I last Tuesday evening between the
I Professionals and the Merchants and
which was postponed because the
I captains of the two teams were afraid
I of wet grounds was ordered played
I Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
j Camden Plays Columbia
A team of softball players under
the leadership of Dr. Oscar FunderI
burk played against a Columbia team
at Twin Lakes Thursday flight.
I Stephen Boykin
I Takes Own Life
Stephen Fletcher Boykin, 48, of 1020
V Columbia avenue, died at 7:45.MobI
day morning of a self-inflicted bullet
wound. Mr. Boykin shot himself in
I the head with a .32 caliber high veI
locity rifle.
i Mr. Boykin had been connected
I with the Piggly Wiggly stores in CoI
lumbia for the past three years. He
I was originally of Camden, but had
I made his home in Columbia for the
I past eighteen years. He was a memI
ber of Mizpah Baptist church, near
Camden, and a member of the Junior
I Order.
! He is survived by his widow, the
I former Miss Abbie Alexander of CamI
den; one son, Stephen F. Boykin, Jr.,
I one daughter, Mrs. J. L. Glover; two
I sisters, Mrs. W. A. Joyner, of ColumI
bia. and Mrs. Ted Hedricks of DalI
ton. Ga. and one brother, Leo BoyI
kin, of Panama Canal Zone.
Funeral plans were Incomplete last
night, pending arrival of his daughI
ter. who was en route to Miami The
I body is at McCormicks.
Coroner John A Sargeant said that
no inquest would be held.?Columbia
State.
Was Member of Faculty
Kanugu Lake, Hendersonville, N. C.,
June 2"> ?-Misses Genevieve Champion
ftnd Artie Dixon were members of the
Kroup that won the pennant at the
?oung People's Service League camp
*'hich has just closed at Kanuga I^ake,
conference center of the Episcopal
' hurt.h near Hendersonville.
rhe Rev. Frances Craighill, of New
'ork. formerly of Camden, . was a
member of the faculty at the camp.
Former Superintendent Dies
K H Hawkins, 60, superintendent
"f 'he Southern Cotton Oil company
at Ib'i.ie ttsville, died last Friday. He
Wfls a native of Union county and the
funeral was held at Union Saturday
a|teriioon. Before going to BennettsHlle
Mr Hawkins -was superintendent
ot the mill In Camden from 1908
j? 1911. Mayor J. H. Osborne and
J K. Graham of the Camden Oil Mill
"bended the funeral.
Singing Convention To Meet
the Kershaw County Singing contention
will meet at Mt. Plsgah Baplst
church on Sunday afternoon, July
V at 2.30 o'clock. All singers are
cordially invited and a warm welcome
to all.?L. F. Baker, president.
IN WHO'S WHO
The following appeared In a booklet
otitiod "Who's Who Among Students
American Universities and "Colleges
for 1936-1937:"
Kennedy, Katherine Zemp ? Coni''^e
College; Epsllom Delia; born
January 31, 1916, Camden, S. C. Honid:
'resident of Junior Class; presSenior
Class; secretary of
\v ? r80claUon: vice president Y.
minister of Junior-Freshfftnl
w.?(,^,nK; member of presidents'
tutil 8ecretary Wild Thyme; sta\V
1? odltor school publication; Y.
itm- (W? 8cho?l paper; associate edchtAf
J Concept; basketball team;
COmmencement marshal; viceSeSlo?1
Youn? RoTlewers' Club;
tnnff to Sontbern Intercollegiate
Hohhfence: member of 8enlor Order.
r^dii?8: x8P?rt^ piano, writing,
ion, Vocational plana: RelH.V
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Massabeau Explains
His Position'
Declaring that his trade for the'
moat part was from the rural dis
trlcts and with people who are unable
to get Into Camden until late after1
noon C. V .Mussabeau, Camden grocer,
haw asked the chamber of com* i
merce to explain why he did not cooperate
with the remainder of the
grocers and meat dealers in the 6
o clock closing program.
"1 want to cooperate with the Camden
chamber of commerce In every
way possible/' said Mr. Massabeau. j
I was one of the first in Csinden to
nign up as a member of the chamber
and 1 also took memberships for my
clerks. I think the chamber of commerce
is doing some remarkable worltf
in building a groundwork for Camden'
to grow bigger and better. I want to
be a part of this greut movement now
under way, but it just so happens
that in this 6 o'clock closing plan, it
would be trade suicide for me to close
my doors at that time. People who
have traded with ine for decades and i
who never reach the store until 6 or I
a little later would be offended and1
then what would happen?
I hope that the closing program
can be worked out to the best advantage
of all concerned and that everybody
will be satisfied. 1 repeal.
am for the chamber of commerce
and will do everything I can to help
in its program."
Two Brothers
Buried Monday
Timmonsville, July 28.?A double
military funeral was held today for
Capt. Marion Huggins, 32, U. S. Army
air corps, and his brother, Cadet
'lhaddeus Huggins, 21, enlisted reserve
in the air corps, who were killed
in a plane crash here Saturday, j
The brothers were flying from Max-|
well Field, Ala., where the elder Huggins
was stationed, to Timmonsville,
where their mother lay seriously ill. i
The plane crashed within sight of
their home.
Witnesses to the tragedy said the'
motor of the big military plane apparently
went dead and caused a
steep dive from 1,000 feet up. j
Both men were dead when reached, i
The younger was thrown clear of the]
plane but the body of Capt. Huggins:
was not recovered until a wrecker1
had lifted the remnants of the plane.
An hour after the crash, the wreck-:
flge burst Into flames and was consumed.
.
The victims were sons of M. B.
Huggins, a member of the Florence1
county delegation In the South Caro-i
Una house of representatives.
Capt. Huggins was graduated from
West Point in 1927. At the time of I
the tragedy he was acting officer in I
charge of operation at Maxwell Field.;
Thad had been attending the ROTC ,
camp at Camp McClellan, Annlston,1
Ala.
Besides their parents they are sur-i
vived by Ave brothers and three sisters.
Sumter Attorneys
Victims Of Racket
A number of Sumter lawyers would
like to join with the Charleston Bar'
Association, which has appointed a j
committee to search for one Jack i
White, of Atlanta, Ga., who went
through the state like Sherman
through Georgia two years ago, collecting
tribute from scores of gullible j
attorneys.
White collected from $6.50 to $10.00'
from each lawyer In return for publi-j
cation of sketches and photographs of |
the victims in a volume he said he |
was going to issue entitled "Bench
and Bar in South Carolina, 1935." The 1
book was to appear in January, 1936, J
but so far there has been not the I
slightest sign of it.
Several Sumter lawyers admitted
falling prey to this scheme, while
others fell back on their constitutional
lights and refused to answer the
direct question.
One jocal attorney stated that every
hiwyeV In Sumter who was possessed j
of $6.60 In cash when Mr. White
passed through was taken in. Those
who failed to have the cash at that
particular time escaped.
The Charleston Bar Association
would like very much to contact Mr.
White; but the chances are that his
name at the present time is more
likely to be Black than White.?Tuesday's
Sumter Dally Item.
Mrs. Cunningham Dead
Mrs. Annie Truesdale Cunningham.
60, died Friday morning in the Camden
hospital after a five day illnesb. Mrs.
Cunningham was a resident of DuBose
Park.
Mrs. Cunningham leaves a wide
family connection and a great number
of friends, who are saddened by
her death. She was the daughter of
James and Mary Gay Truesdale, of
this section.
Funeral services were held Saturday^
kt 10:30 a. m.f at the Damascus
Methodist church in Westville. Inter
inent' was In the churchyard. The
Rev. Mr. Home conducted the services.
Surviving are two brothers, Luther
Truesdale, Kershaw; ,JPat Truesdale,
Westville; six sons, John Cunningham,
Bennettsville; Clyde, Edward,
Charles and Otis Cunningham, all of
Camden; 8am Cunningham, U. S. Marines;
two daughters, Mrs. C. H. Horton,
Westville; and Mrs. Ef. F. McCaskill,
Clover; four sisters, Mrs. Ollie
Foster, Philadelphia, Pa-; Mrs. D.
C. McLaurln, Columbia; Mrs. Ettwene
Truesdale, Wsstvllle; and Mrs. W. C.I
Williams, Reedavllle.
Tonsil Clinic
Was Successful
1 he largest ami most successful
I oiibII CUlllc ever to be sponsored by
the Junior Welfare league was held 1
at the Caiuden hospital on June 21,
23, and 25. On these days the experienced
specialist, Dr. Kibler of Columbia,
removed the tonsils of fortyseven
of the most needy cases of
children in Kershaw county.. For sev-'
oral years this project has been of I
infinite value to our community The
league receives into this clinic only!
Children whose families can not af-l
lord to give them this much needed
medical attention. ^s,
The chairman of the Tonsil CUnic
committee for this year was Miss Qern
trude Zernp. She and the entire
league wish to publicly thank the
staff of the Camden hospital and all
those persons whose tireless aud un-1
selfish work did so much towards'
making this year's clinic such an outstanding
success. Although it would!
be impossible to print the names of
all persons who have rendered some'
service to the carrying out of this'
project, the league wishes to particu-!
jlurly thank the following persons for
their help and cooperation:
| '1 he gruduate nurses- Mrs. Mickle
(Misses Amelia McDowell, Ned Inabi-1
I net, Cleo Hasty, Hattie Mae Hiisty1
! and Mrs. Orr. |
Nurses at the hospital?Misses Mat-;
thews Steedman, Hraslngton, Fisher
and Sill.
County health officials?Dr. Humphries,
Miss Hey and Miss Faile.
HILTON BOY'S MOTHER SEEMS J
TO HAVE OUTSMARTED LEES
The whereabouts of young Rich
mond Hilton, long u matter of con- i
tention in the colirts between the'
boy's mother und B. M. Lee, of Fort
Mill township, are just now a mys-1
tery, with the circuit court trying to
discover the boy.
I At the end of the long litigation, '
Judge Dennis gave the custody of the]
hoy to his mother, now the wife of'
an army captian. Soon after, Lee
| went before Judge Dennis and got a1
supplementary order that the boy
should he allowed to spend the month
of July at the Lees. That was last !
spring. I
As July approached aud the Lees!
began to prepare for the visit of the1
Hilton boy to them, they failed to con-!
tact either the boy or his mother. So
(Dee went back to Judge DeuJMR asking
for the enforcement of tW order
giving the L*;es the company df the*
boy for the month of July. Judge
Dennis granted a writ of habeas corpus
commanding the sheriff to bring
the boy into court for proper action of !
the court under the circumstances. I
'1 hat put the sheriff of Darlington
county, where the proceedings in the!
circuit court were held, in search of1
the boy and his mother. He enlisted '
the aid of the Lancaster county sheriff
also, as the Hiltons have kin in i
; that county, and the boy and his
mother have stayed there in the past. I
Hut the court officers could not And
a trace of the Hilton boy, or his moth- ,
er, anywhere in this state. The a.u-<
thority of Judge Dennis stops at the1
state boundaries, and if the mother
keeps herself and the boy outside of
South Carolina, the Lees are power-'
less to compel her to let thein have
the boy for the next month.
A?d that seems to be the tactics
employed by the mother of the boy 1
now nine years o.'d.^-Yorkvllle En-i
qulrer.
Wateree Baptist Church
Services announced for next Lord's1
day are as follows: Sunday school at j
10 a. m., J. E. Robinson, superintend-1
ent. Preaching each Sunday evening 1
at 8 p. m. We would be happy to.
have you come around to "The Friendly
Church," and worship with us.?
B. J. Melver, pastor.
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Death Of Mrs. Burgess
Mrs. Lilile Burgess, 54, died Wednesday.
June 30, at her home in the I
Hermitage Mill village, after an illness
of five months. She was the
wife of A. E. Burgess and is survived
by her husband and one son, Roy
lfurgess, of Washington, D. C\; one I
daughter, Mrs. Helen Snee, of Columbus,
Ohio.
Funeral services will be held today '
at one o'clock from Mt. Airy Baptist!
church, in Anderson county, with the t
Rev. A. S. Locke officiating.
District Forester Makes Report I
R. W. Rieger, District Forester, j
whose headquarters are in Camden,!
reports that during the eleven months
ending June 1, 1937, 399 uncontrolled
woods' fires burned over 8,412.5 acres
of the 1,033,053 acres under organized
forest fire control in the Camden forest
district.
The forester states that the chief
factors which resulted In only .81 per
cent of the wooded area under pro- j
tectlon burning were the outstanding
work done by field forces on the fire
protection units in the Camden dis
trict and the splendid cooperation extended
those working to control fires
by the public.
Wind Plays Prank
A high wind preceding an electrical
and rain storm Monday afternoon
played an amusing prank on one of
Lee Little's picture show signs. It
wag a bill-board effect of small dimensions
with two "lean-to" legs, parked
hear The Fashion Shop, which was
taken from Its moorings and placed
midway between the atop lights and
the DeKalb Pharmacy. Motorists comIHff
from Columbia way could read
"h,t '?? bm ?' '?" ? Vu at
the theatre. The unique feature of
151 was that the billboard
did dot turn over and stood
ract asilllit had ben placed there by
human haa0a.
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Heavy Wind, Rain,
Hail Cause Damage
A heavy rain and windstorm Monday
afternoon broke a bout wave of1
wveral days standing, when the thermometer
registered away above 96.
H. Arthur Brown, who keeps the,
weather statistics for Camden, reports'
up approximate rainfall of 2.70, he- 1
tween 7 30 Monday afternoon and 3;
o'eloek Tuesday afternoon.
The storm seems to have centered
in a territory from Columbia to Camden
and in northern edge of Sumter,
county. Reports state that shingles 1
were blown off the house of Mr. and
!4rs. Bolivar Boykln, about eight
miles south of Camden and consider-:
hble damage was done by rain water
in the house. A portion of the barn
tyi d G. Carrison's place Just south
of tcrwai was blown away. Further
down The Suwjer Daily Item in another
place telle of damuge in Sumter
county.
In Camden cltief damage was done
to telephones by the electrical die
play, which was popping in different
directions intermittently. About 26
telephones were temporarily put out
0f commission and for a time the only
toll line out of Camden was to Charlotte?owing
to trees having fallen
across tile lines near Lugoff on the
Camden-Columbia route. At the new
Camden baseball field the top of the
grandstand was lifted from Its present
location to about fifteen yards into
the football field. It will be rebuilt.
In the Wateree section the damage
seetus to have been heaviest. A tree, j
[or tree top was picked up by the wind
and planted on the Wateree river j
bridge, tearing away about twenty
feet of the guard rail on the western ,
side, besides blowing down numerous '
trees.
Unauthentic reports state that on t
the Team place at Lugoff, a chimney
was blown off the house, one barn
down and tw6 tenant houses blown
awuy.
H. L. Dinkins had the top blown
off lils kitchen.
\ ietor Ward had one tenant house
blown down and two more damaged.
Luther Jones had a barn blown
down on two horses and other livestock.
| _H. A. Rabun had his store removed
j front its foundation and his upstairs
porch torn down.
j C. A. Bell had three mules killed,
two cows killed and two other mules
I badly hurt
1 he wind turned the top around
, oft John Rabon's barn, but did not
kbslfcw it Otf. -* .?-.?**-v-?. f - n.
H Mrs. Lee had portions of her house
i blown away and the other part badly
damaged.
Jim Jones, colored, had his barn
blown down and part of top blown
from his house.
Hail also accompanied the wind and
rain and those who were damaged
the worse were the farms of John
Reynolds, John Rabon, Ben Ray, Jack
Parker and J. A. Roseborough.
Parties arriving h?;re who were at
Chesterfield say they Ssaw nothing of
the storm. Bishopvilie reports no
storms, but a much-needed rain.
Another terrific downpour of rain
was experienced in Camden Wednesday
afternoon when the drains cotild
not carry off the water. Main street
as far as W. Robin Zemp's drug store
had a big flow of water, but it did
not get over the curbing. The rain
was also accompanied by much electricity,
but so fax as we have learned,
there was no damage.
Loan Association
Declares Dividend
A dividend of two per cent, or yearly
dividend of four per cent, on ail
classes of shares for the first six
months of the year was voted by the
board of directors of The First Federal
Savings and Loan Association at
a meeting held in the association's
office at their June monthly meeting.
In addition to the declaration of the
dividend, which will distribute approximately
$1,100.00 to seventy-five members
of the association, a substantial
sum was added to the surplus and reserve
account from the earnings of
^78,x month Period ending June 30.
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"During the last six months the association
made progress in every
phase of Its activity. There -Was a
substantial growth, the financial statement
as of July 1 showing an increase
of approximately $36,000.00 in assets
over a corresponding period a vear
ago or approximately 133 per cent
The new liberalised loan plan adopted
by the association In their June
directors meeting will aid this association
to continue to grow.
Thirst Federal Savings and Loan
Association was organized by a group
of citizens on July 27, 1934, and starting
from scratch they now have sb?ets
of over $60,000.00 in their three
years of existence.
urToe ?ff,cer8 of this association are:
w, R. Zemp, president; R. E Stevenson,
vice president; Henry Savage
Jt., attorney; C. H. Yates, Jr., secre'
tary and treasurer; and Henry Sav8r-?
R- M. Kennedy, Jr, H D
Mies, directors.
Dies At Hospital
Rev. Floyd Jones, 33, native of Tutton,
Arkansas, died at the Camden
hospital Wednesday after a short 111neas.
Rev. Jones was an elder in the
Church of the Latter Day Saints. He
had been residing/ in Camden for seven
months.
Her Father Dead
Mrs. Thomas A. Ancram received
Tuesday that her father.
William Mueseen. gf, had died at the
home of his daughter, lira. Henry O.
Plel, In Woodmers, Long Island. He
[was burled Wednesday in Baltimore
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Three Barns Set On
Fire By Lightning
Lightning struck three hams in
Sumter county late Monday afternoon
during a heavy thunder and rain
storm, killed one negro, two mules,
a horse and destroyed a large quantity
of corn, oats, hay and other farm produce.
Pat Patterson, 30-yearo|d lot man
on the. farm of C\ W. Sunders. Sr..
at llagood, was burned to death when
lightning set fire to the barn in which
he was working. Ten or twelve mules
and horses were in the barn at the
time and all were removed safely except
two which were destroyed by
the flames. Set ween 600 and 600
bushels of corn, about the same quan
tlty of oats und around 30 tons of
hay were also destroyed. Mr. Sanders
had no insurance on the barn,
livestock or contents
Lightning also set fire to the barn
of a negro tenant on the E. E. Item
bert farm near liembert, burning it
to the ground and killing one horse.
A tobacco barn on J. H. Hrltton's
place on the Manning road was hit by
lightning and burned. The burn was
filled with hay. Wind am) rain also
did considerable dainago in that section
of the county.
In Sumter no great damage was
done, although hail tell for a few minutes
during the height of the storm
Eights were out in several sections of
the city for Bhort periods. A deluge
of rain brought welcome relief to
parched shrubbery. There was unother
hard rain shortly before ten o'clock
last night but there was little lightning
and thunder accompanying the
second storm.?Tuesday's Sumter Daily
Item.
Huge Paper Plant
Begins Operations
Georgetown, June 29?The first paper
to be made by the 18,000,000 kraft
mill here was on exhibition today
After a record breaking Job of constructing
the plant, it turned out the
first paper yesterday.
The mill, owned by Southern Kraft
Corporation is the largest of Its kind
in the world.
work was completed
moit than three months ahead of
schodule. Clearing the site was begun
last October.
1 he concern will employ over 1 200
lerlal
tuted.h?Ur dHl,y 8hm<1 W,U be ,n8tl
Camden People
In Motor Wreck
Mrs David Kirschner. wife of David
Kiischner, manager and proprietor of
the Boston store here, had several
lier front teeth broken ofT and was
painfully bruised about the face and
body when her husband waS forced
to take to the side of a highway to
avoid a headon collision with a speed
daysmaakCoh.'nC ne8r Warr*" P* . ? 'ew
Mr. and Mrs. Kirschner were on
their way to Cleveland, Ohio after
tltS their'd?rai days Baltimore
wIS. daughter, and when near
oct?mo"!e' T" "'e aeeldent, whtch
occasioned a heavy loss to the car
Ph-st i\VnJur,nK Mrfi' Kirschner.
w WU8 Klven M Kirschner
at Warren, but later she was ca?eJ
Kii-u 'i a 8l)ec'a"f*t at Cleveland Mr
bru?sidner' W , ba(Uy 8hak?? "I) and
luised, escaped serious Injury
Ihe motorist who forced' Mr
balvkment '??,drlVe '?"> ?<0"e ?
pea red arierTe
t? Series Retired
Aa5?e|?un0herP^fIere?Ulu?ngJuRi;d ft"
rn|bu,edtl0n lhl" amount thoy diamaking
? tota, *fe ,'$d0o" '? ???h
of "summer. P"'d "" ot the beginning
Members* a^^ndT^8 ..
several' ?' "*?
provements will be tflnd ,aDd
the church will h , ^ know that
Vices next Sunday Am 8<'r
Improvements that htfle hei"8 man>
are: Raisimr tho , been made
altar; a new ceiim* il?n?2W8 OVer thc
new windows in sanctuary;
j^an charnZ or
painted: pews nnri !? c^Urch re
and varnished ^rt,n00, ?rk 8ta*ned
In gold- aisli' P pes roflnlBhed
varnished* anVt erlngs stained and
the vestibules "eW Cellln? <?
u ntonamf1 "ejolcin day ?f ?
as follows: H0,'ng.?^?"'?s *"! b<
the "?!orCTTlUna?man A,BeVPnS
-O Savlous of the World/' """"
John Peques Dead
John Peques, an old time coloret
man who was a familiar figure li
Camden for more than half a century
died In New York last week and hli
body was brought here Sunday. HI
funeral services were conducted Mou
day in Camden and Interment was li
the colored cemetery. He left her
w go?? J?.Any Mo to make hi
home In New York with his two aotti
He had reached the advanced age c
around eighty years.
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Camden Juniors Win
Over Columbia Team
i
(By Frauk H. Heath)
Wilbur Williams, an elongated smiling
ehup, did himself proud before a
big crowd of fans at the Camden basei
ball Held last Thursday when he
, pitched and hwatted the local Junior
I American Legion team to a victory
over u plucky and dogged outfit from
I Columbia.
Williams gave up live hits during
the nine frumea thut he heaved them
over the turret top and In no instance
wan there a bunching of blown. Ilia
aupport tairly acintlllated, it waa so
perfect. Only two errors wore marked
up ugainst the locala.
In addition to getting a apray of
orchids for hia beautiful mound work,
Williama waa handed the plush bath
tub for poling the upple bo fur into
right field he wua able to circuit the
aacka and push George West home
ahead of him, the latter having reached
the ft rat atatlon on a walk.
The game aroused the fans to a
point of interest that indicutea a rapIdly
growing atendance at all home
gamea of the Camden gang. If the
management of the team wlahea to
confer a bloaalng upon the fane and
i players they will utilize some means
to eliminate the annoying clouda of
duBt thut pour over the hleuchers
from the diamond. It can be done
and ut a very minimum of expense.
Camden proceeded to break into
the scoring right in the first inning
when Bed" Lynch got u lift on an
j error by the visiting third sucker.
He was sent to second on a sacrifice
land scored on cousin Doug's nice
j single.
Columbia scored the lone run on its
.Lilly sheet in the fourth when W i I i
Mains beeume unsteady und issued two
. walks in succession which mixed with
a single pushed the first runner home.
(Williama then steadied and after fanining
the next batter, caused the following
to tilt Into a double play and
.retire the aide.
, The game waa deadlocked until the
I sixth when Camden again took tlyo
I cad. With two down Horton trlppled
and came home on King'a well placed
I drive over third. In the aeventJi Caniiuon
ran wild and pushod four runners
home and and added two more In the
j eighth for good measure.
Recent Storm
One Of Worst
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JBy J. M. Kleazer, Sumter County
.1 Agent in Sumter Item)
At sundown on Saturday a cloud
waa threatening from the east. Another
came boiling up out of northwest
on the wings of a small tornado.
In an Instant a cloudburst of water
was falling und that, with intermittent
deluges of hailstones continued
for u half hour, some trees were uprooted,
some houses unroofed, some
window glasses broken, and a fertile
i countryside laid waste. This in brief
lis the story of that awful half-hour
i that changed 1937'b fine propects of a
: hundred Sumter county families into
an utter shambles last Saturday at
;(<ark. For utter, total, and consumj
mate destruction, I have never seen
anything excell this. There are all
graduations of It, of course, but at
i Its center this sform left less than
Sherman. The 1924 tornado, that fob
.lowed this same course In places came
about May 1, when It was not too
late to plant cotton, corn and gardens
oyer. This one came in late June
when It is too late to replant major
(crops. Cowpeas and potatoes are
about all that can be safely* planted
now.
Such ure the hazards of farming
I radically a year's expense incurred!
and a year's income cut off.
About the best crop I know of, from
which our hail sufferers might expect
to get a little something from their
empty acres, is Williamson peas.
' 'any sorts of peas do not usually
bear much when planted on good land
with fertilizer such .as the destroyed
cotton acres contain?they all run to
vine. But I huve never seen a Willlamson
pea stalk that did not bear,
; w?ether on highly fertilized land or
on pooc. land without fertilizer. In
short, It seems to be a sure cropper.
It can be planted safely up through
, the first half of JuJy, and to make
anywhere from 8 to 16 bushels of peas
per acre from It planted In rows and
worked a time or two Is not unusual
, at all.
I *
. I Forty-Eight Enlistment*
During the month of July, fortyheight
young men from the states of *
r North and South Carolina are to be
> enlisted In the United 8tates Navy
, as apprentice seamen. Immediately
after enlistment these young men will
,8e.nt to the United States Naval
. 1 raining Station, Norfolk, Va., where
I they will receive twelve weeks . ln1
nirfoCtI?K (ln NftVftl ,lfe and routine,
, before being assigned to one of the
i J *8 ?* the United- States Fleet for
..Sh.rlV?er' chlef electrician's
} mate, United States Navy, recruiter
u, charge of the U. S. Navy Recruiting
r Ration U S Court House Building.
. Columbia, S. C., has announced that
x applications for enlistment in the
i Navy are being accepted every
week day between the hours of 9 a. m.
^aftd 4:30 p. m., excepting Saturday^
.when the hours are from 9 a. m. to !
1 p. m.
w S * 4
1 ,
'> ? B*pti*t Church *ervic*? .
B Service* at the Camden Baptist
church for Sunday, July 4, will be:
h Morning service *t 11:16, conducted
n hy Burrle, president of Wingate
a college, Wingate, N. C.; Sunday
Eh<?' iS }? " m wl0>
W. O. Wilson, Jr.. u, cBnrto. Bronlnx
1 hour of service at 1:80 o'clock, also
conducted by Dr. Ban-fa.
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