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SPORTS SENSE I AND nonsense - 1 f By ' FRANK H. HEATH 1ng kldH from (Columbia i,Bt South Carolina softon to bo able to claim .togoodoesa state title, the McMtMftera team at afore a bowling, yelling fans Sunday night by a 2 The Mills gang will item tourney at Miami he month. liHtrict tournamonts will number of cities in the , to be one of the key of the district events Columbia or some other for the final games. * is that if Camden, which Df the foremost communate in the advancement to have a several days t will be necessary to d playing area. b who bought the Court duly far from being of B type. There wore thlr-1 group, they closed tie y, the 13th and from all ,, it was the 13th hour Hoy howdyt would I rap salt over my left shouldie a rabbit's foot. * * like is Elibu, our own o. His Palmetto Tune ngster^ are really makir themselves as dispensuusical brand that puts lie toes and makes the Keep it up Elihu. ? * m't be long now before the side linos watching nd Gold Avalanche of put the Bklds under the ; utioii8 of a feW high ;angs of South Carolina, i Avalanche. * * * best we have heard In Two maiden ladies up ishlre, just finishing read'lth the Wind," ^exclaimthose Yankees."** * * * * ~ lon stepped in to tell us taph that he read on the . the grave of an infant! demise had been caused ; attack of colic. The epi-1 3tie With the Wind." ? * iftball. The scene, high ic field. Time, Monday j ust 16, 6:45 p. m. Wow, ' folks, what a game. j ing marines under the Sergeant Purvis Sanders , ieneral Russell took the to 0.' *ay for me," sayeth Jpke at those boys in Khaki' iwell game and deserved' ieked the game into the eu I bobbled those two believe mug, I Can take * * nes, eminent slabbist for, its Twilight league team used for the bobble he at roller that he heaved Jake is wearing the lithis left hand In a splint rp driven ball hitting him and tearing the ligaments. Je of good stuff and ,alswollen finger caused him when fielding a ball, he entire route for his team, in Man. i that Rowell made out in out as sensational, a bit of fielding we have witnessed in many moons. The laddie ran way into ceilter and when tie saw the hall souring over head he made a frantle leap and speared it with his ungloved hand. And lie held on. It killed u sure 'nuff rally by the Merchants. ? * "When a team has players who put up that kind of haHebali It deserves to win," Huid Manager Hubert Wilaon of the Merchants. ? * In the l?Ht five games the Kershaw Guards have played in they have run I run up a total of 48 poiutB as against . 9 scored by the five opposing teams. I I This is some ball playing in any man's { league. And Charley IluBsell is showing some pitching stuff that is high j class. Whitewash coating have been applied to the Motors, 6 to 0, and the I Merchants, 2 to 0, while long range | scores were hung up ugalnst the Wolves, 14 to 1; the Sox, 9 to 5; and the Motors, 18 to 1. Orchids to "Slick" Zemp and the missus. They blessed evented a few days back and drew a double portion, j Yep, boys, two of 'em. Hearty con! grata. i ? Just a word of greeting to Ina DeLoache who is ill at the Camden hospital. Iua is captain of the Esso Dames of the girl's division of the Twilight Softball" league and is one of the live wires of the recreatiopal division. We're all pullin' for you to get well soon. In the meuntime, your Dailies will be in there fighting for the second half honors.. \ Camden Hi's back field stars took advantage of Monday's cool snap to get in a little pre-season punting practice. Headed by husky fullback West and under the excellent tutelage of Clemson's star, "Dutch" Sanders, the boys sent some mighty nice boots skimming through the ether. If the afternoon's workout was any indication, that department of the game is in good hands for the coming seasou. * It has only been during the past two years that the punt has regained prominence as the game's leading ground gainer. Notre Dame features the punt and a strong fresh line to put them in scoring position, for unless the boys get down under the ball | a bit of fancy broken field running is liable to make the old punt back-fire. * One of the fanciest steppers in that department of the game last year was the scrappy little Art Guepe, All American quarter from Marquette University. Art had a style all of his own that featured running into the punt full speed?he fumbled only one punt in eight games?them putting on a cfassy exhibition of tight rope walking along the side lines. And, man, how that little fellow hit them. * Dave Smuckler, the 235 pound AllAmerican from Temple university, now playing with Boston's professional eleven, said Guepe was the toughest quarter he'd ever run up against. Dave should know, for it was the fiery Art who put him out of the running for a year or so with a skull fracture. ' > * * Tipping the scales at a scant 168 pounds and standing only five feet, eight inches, he was one of the greatest triple threat men in the Middle West, averaging 58 minutes per game for his three years of play. Art and twin brother, Al, will see action with the Chicago Cardinal's professional club this fall. Injuries Fatal to Columbia Man Charleston, Aug. 7.?Injuries he received In an automobile accident neat* Midland l'urk Monday proved fatal last night to Harvey Hight Starling, 44, ben lor advertising balebiuun for i the Columbia State. F. M. I tush ami Misses Kmmle Faust and Lucille Howell, all of Colunibia, were in tlio ear when it plunged into a tree. Hush's condition was described as fair, Miss Faust's improved. Miss Howell was unhurt |)ftball Games (Ry The Skipper) erchants Back ort Top i Wilson's counter jumpers lisputed lead In the Twilight cnnant chase by spanking the tiite Sox, 8 to 2, in a Thursm imon encounter. Two big the first and second when swats including a homer by loseley and Sir Galahad Grog[>1?' gave the Wilsonites seven riled defeat for Percy Mays pany. tlie screw-ball turret top art* he White Sox, who has been ; from an injured hand, es* ir task of taming the fastMerchants but they fell on s fur enough runs in the afore ?d rounds to insure victory 'torn the start. ' le slammed a low inside ball fe hit to right. Moseley sefast straight ball and swatted i tall timbers in far center ande circuit standing up. Gregory i with a triple and scored la-1 3erkman's single. p second inning Birchmore,! ve, Moseley, Gregory and placed their hits with fin etri Mays and four runs came in.) oarth Gregory soaked the apthe dim distance in left and ' around the sacks to score th run. -/ 'ox scored In the second on a y lackson, Golf's out at first 'e'8 double. In the sixth they 1 second run on R. Shirley's nd error by Hardgrove. rofeB8ional8' Upset Dope p'KiinK sixth inning rally In be Professionals took advanth galaxy or mtsplhys by the s?x infield and mixed them Ur hits enabled the FunderinK to upset the dope bucket *? the Mays tribe, 6 to 4a ?: like a certain Sox win up fR,al sixth as the Esso boys 1 lead. Two runs in the rPe bits and two more In rJh on a triple by Jenkins and by R. Shirley and Jackson e Sox a 4 to l*lead. The . Pushed one run home in the .'boing when Fnnderburk hit came In on Smith's blow, oaiioon went up in the *** on fin error by Bimpu Cvburn got a ltfe when J?n d kins mussed up a throw at first. Salmond popped to Simpson. Funderburk singled, Villipigue hit safe and Smith registered his second hit of the game with a screeching double. Williford stepped in with a one base smash. Dr. Bruce hit to Mays who juggled the ball. Bruce, however, was caught at second when Brown hit to Mays who tossed the ball to Shirley. Giilis Wins Again The Qillis girls celebrated the wedding of their captain by trimming the Bruce team, 13 to 5, in a Thursday game. In the other game scheduled, DeLoache won by forfeit from Little. Wolves Are Slaughtered Those rampaging Kershaw Guards pulled their percentage to the .500 mark last Friday when they ran rough-shed over the Wolves and posted a 14 to 1 victory. Clarkson Rhame started out on the mound for the Wolves and when he retired the first four men to face hipr by the strikeout route, it looked though the game would be a parade for the Wolves. But in the second inning Rhame loBt control, his defense l^?w wide open and when the inning ended the Guards had gathered seven runs,. Three more were added in the third, one in the /Ifth and three in the sixth. Wooten succeeded Rhame in the third Inning, but the Guards had their batting eyes focused and the big handsome blonde proved just as easy as Rhame had been.^' Russell for the Guards gave up six hits, but kept them well scattered. It was Robinson's error in the fifth that gave the Wolves their lone tally of the evening. At the close of the week's schedule, the Merchants were leading the Wolves by a full game, while the marching Guardsmen were just two games back of the leaders. Giilis Wins On Forfait The Zemp team of the girl's league failed to- show up for play against the Giilis- team Friday evening, the team captain holding that the threat Off-rain was / sufficient to have the game called off. /The Giilis team was on hsnd to play and the game was declared forfeited to them by the pern alty score of t to 0. Guards Defeat Merchants In a game replete with sensational plays end a powerful defense on the part of both teams, the Guards, one of tl>c come-back out*!*.'of?|he TwU <> ' JL > At* - >B5l j JIkIk leugue applied the whitewash jru?h to Hubert Wilson's Merchants Alonday evenluK before oiva of the urgest erowds of the dfcason the score being 2 to 0. I It was an error in the fifth frame that paved the way for the Guardsmen s win. W. Sander's double base knock sent Oliver over the counting block and when Hayues mussed up u? 2 r<i er unU threw wtl<Ily to first W. Sanders raced home. That was the end of the scoring, /uo.. fumoua Merchants' defense tightened up and Reeves flew to Gregory, Robinson rolled an easy one to Goodale and was out at first, and Rowell soared to Hardgrove in right to retire the side. th!iiLf?Un Innings the game was a thriller. Up to that fatal fifth the Guards had pushed only one runner as far as first that being P. Sanders the second Inning. On the other hand the Merchants threatened In the second and third and In the sevcnth. In the first they pushed Williams around to third but he died a r/3v'i in.the second Beckman reached third but expired. In the third. Russell gave his only walk of the Tm11.?' ^ Williams, who went to third on Gregory's double. He died center110 Haynes 1Ift(id out to short Russell gave up six hits but in Vj? i?ne lnninK, the second, did th< Merchants bunch two. Haynes yielded six blows, but his own errors paved the way for his defeat. The Guards hit but once In the scoring inning that being W. Sanders' double. DeLoache Defeats Gfllls Ina Delxjache's girls toam defeated the Gillis team 9 to 3 and crawled up to within a half game of the leaders Monday afternoon, Lois Blackwell, pitcher for the Gillis team essayed the hurling task with one of I the fingers of her pitching hand in bandages. The DeLoache batters hit i freely. Mamie Deal, pitching for the DeLoache team was effective in ninth es. I hese two teams are playing again Thursday afternoon and the score may mean the leadership in the race for I the second half honors. The defeat Monday was the first the Gillis team lias sustained during the second half Guards Shutout Motors Purvis Sanders' Kershaw Guards made it five jn a row when they routed the Redfearn Motors, 5 to 0, In a game that featured a pitcher's battle between the Russell brothers. Beck and Charley. When Reeves hit the first ball pitched for a nice single Into center field, It looked like the Guards had received advance marching orders, but Beck called a "halt" and made the next three batters easy outs The Motors nicked Charley Russell for two hits in their .half of the first, but failed to come through with a tally. The Guards went to work in the second, and with two men down and a man on first, Oliver sent a sizzler into short center for a single, pushing Sanders to third. An overthrow to second scored "Butch" and advanced Oliver to third. Oliver scored on' an error by Parker to end the scoring for the Guards in that inning. It was a pitchers duel for the next two innings with both Russells giving up only one hit, bttt the Guards received their marching orders again in the fifth, when an error by Williams put them In scoring position.* A walk and two hits were enough to give the Army lads two more runs. A 4 to^O margin looked pretty good In the last of the fifth, but the Sailers' boys collaborated again In the sixth and a single by Purvis and u double by "Butch" sent another man across the plate to end the scoring for the game. Final result, Guards G, Motors 0. Wolves Slaughter Professionals The Wall Street Wolves came back Wednesday afternoon and drubbed the Professionals to the tune of 15 to 6. It was a rejuvenated pack of Wolves that came out. for the first Inning and spanked Chprley Villeplgue for seven hits that put seven runnepkjjafely across the rubber. Prok -came out in their half of the first, expecting to find Rhaine the soft touch he was against the ^Guards last Friday, but Rhame pitched stellar ball, puttirrg them down one, for the first four innings. In the meantime his mates gathered in four more runs, two in the sfecdnd and two In the third " An error and two hits put the Professionals Into the scoring column In their half of the fifth, bringing in two runs before Bfranham lined out to third base, retiring the side. But the lads from Wall Street once again adJusted the old batting eye, and before the smoke had cleared away three more men had crossed the home plate by uay.. ot mak,?K things interesting, the "men of letters" cracked down for five hits in the first of the seventh, netting them four runs and ending the scoring for the game. Final score, Wolves 15, Pros 6. . .? GJm* Takes Lead Hinson,a lady dent lata took the lead In the girl's division of the Twjllght league by defeating the lng"P *eam' Wednesday evenThe Hinsonltes are ^now Just half f of the Ina DeLoache team hut aa the latter team plays aevthe day8, may ???JSS'ZJST0' b"or* h.ir team w?n the first half and did not sustain a elngle de-, feat. Now the team is running a neck 22? " ? w2S,\E2 nmii nonoi*. % , ^ ' "W"':, X - - - - > ' Herbert W. Bennett Dies Rembert, Aug. 11.?Herbert W. Bennett died yesterday morning at his home near here after a few days' Illness. The funeral services will be held at 10 a. m? Thursday at New Hope Baptist church, Interment In church cemetery. Mr. Bennett, who .was about 72 years old, had lived on a farm near here for several years. He Is survived by a son and a daughter, both living In Chicago, where Mr. Benndtt resided for a number of years, before locating here*, Mr. Bennett, who was a native of New York state came to I Bumter In 1891 and was employed In the general offices of the Charleston. Sumter and Northern Railroad until that railroad was absorbed by the Atlantic Coast Line, subsequently engaging in business in Sumter and In the county. He removed to Chicago about twenty years ago. His wife, who was Miss Clementina China, a daughter of the late Dr. A. J. China, died In Chicago several years ago. ' The Greensboro Manufacturing company, Greensboro, N. O., has decided to close Its plant until all difference! With Its striking employee are adjust ed. ' ' o- - . j- '' AL . - . ' Prison Farm Work Applauded (,<y J^ r'r,II!71 Ust ThurJ Oa> h ( oIuiiiOIh Kttrurdi Waving of iu-,o f,o bushel corn "mi buie and u half tui?ou, herd* tJ fat cows ami hugs. acre upon aero ul thick furcsis, ? spot lea* cannery a humming saw nun . . . ThehtJ a||d more farm achievements were spread before the eye* of South Carolina's governor, nontenant governor, memhers of the legislature and penal authorities during an all day inspection I 1 bureday at the State prison farm in Kershaw and Sumter counties. .JCothuslusUc exclamations cauie I from the various authorities, who were the guests of Captain John , n, manager of the farm, and Colone James S. Wilson, superintendent of the State prison system, on the rour of inspection ,of the 4,600-uere tract. Bald, Governor Olin D. Johnston:' 1 8 uu "Krlcultural paradise ... 1 wish every South Carolina citizen, espoclally the members of the legislature, could see this farm . . . Such corn and cotton . . . 1 know that there are many big shots in our state gov ernment who do good work, hut 1 think that most of them could he rePlaced more easily than John Glenn Ive been out here about three times every year since i ve been governor and it looks prettier to me every , e ' ' A,ld the prisoners, they are seem , 8"m7hlnK worthwhile, and ;011 to he happy Jn their work It s a greut achievement." Said Lieutenant Governor J. Cmile Hurley: "Down in Barnwell we pride ourselves on our crops, hut I've never |?cen any like this . . . The governor | said something when he *>iid lhat | South Carolina ought to know what! 118 *",ng ?n uut here It's a great work, something everybody would' nave to see to appreciate." iastic' the ?thei8 Wer? JU8t "8 enthus" The visit started in the morning and carried until late afternoon At 1 o clock the visitors sat under huge shade oaks in front of Captain Glenn's residence and ate a meal made up argely of products from the farm?I [barbecued pork, roast b*ef, butter cans, cabbage, tomatoes, prison-baked bread, potatoes. ! After dinner they sat around in a| c rele under the oaks and heard brief talks by the governor, lieutenant governor Penitentiary Board Chairman G. Uestbrook, of Edgemor, Colonel Wilson and Captain Glenn. Then a [quintet of prisoners sang spirituals, i They grinned coyly when someone r . e,, <jrovV(^ asked for "Lonesome tfkh ?'h 8ang Ub0Ut 11 an*,low thn 1 Vei'8e8 ?n "gumbllnK down at road . . . whiskey down that road ... trouble down that road." Captain Glenn directed the drive the w,de "fetches of land, dlkl thT 18Urrounded a 20-mile dike that keeps the Wateree from overflowing the fertile fields. The dike was started with slave labor before the War Between the States when the land was owned by the Debaussures and the Helds, and comHa t?me year8 ago with conviyf or. The dike is fifteen feet higlf'in ! some places. ' J/ j Altogether there are 4,600 acres of and. 2.000 of which, not Including f. Pastures, are under cultivation acres, there TSo a"0" ^ acrea (jf variety vegeuyeTand fifty acres of sugar cane. **" I here are 400 hogs, 200 cows and miles. Two tractors are used along with the mules. The saw mill uTan7'T ?f the al emn? " farm bU,ld,"g mater' lah employs about twenty of the 250 The "cannery ?il ^honi aro ne?ro men. . cannery i8 home-made with a huge boiler that was used as a liquor Btill 111 tho prohibition days. It wuh turned over to the farm by tho con stabulary. The actual cost. of the i cannery wan $12. Captain Olonn explained* except for an annual rental of $12.60 for a capping machine. This summer 6,000 gullons of okra and tomatoes were canned in addition to thousands of gallons .of other vegetables and a,000 gallons of syrup. These products are used at the penitentiary and farm. Colonel Wilson predicts that within a few years the farm will sustain all of the state s prisoners as more and more land is being put into cultivation, and the cows aiul hogs are being increased. Motor trucks make dully trips between the farm and tho penitentiary here carrying the food supplies. The farm has its own ice plunt with a capacity of 600 pounds a day. Tho ' plant was established at a cost of $800 and is electrically operated. Mile after mile of well kept dirt roads wind through th? farm fields. I There are two barracks each with about 125 prisoners. Captain Glenn and nineteen guards take care of the piisouers. U prisings and breaks have beetl*few. Several months ugo three men sawed their way out of one of the burracks Until then it had been several years shuce there wus any i trouble. The last fatality from viol-' ence on (he farm was twenty years' ago when a guard, who had been' drinking the night before, * went to sleep and was beaten to death by several prisoners who escaped. "The temptation to escape," Captain Glenn said, "must bo pretty strong some time when the men are working out in tall corn fields and in the woods, but we have been very successful." . i "The men like the way Captain Glenn handles them," Colonel Wilson explained. ' , Captain Glenn has -been head of the farm for the last fifteen years. Hefore that he was a farmer In Anderson county. He has gone through the administration of several governors and there never has been any thought of displacing him. Penitentiary superintendents have come and gone, but Captain Glenn has remained. "This farming," Colonel Wilson said, "Is Captain Glenn's life work. He loves it. When that com rises up Cuptain Glenn Bpirits rise with it." The barracks of the t prisoners are a revelation. They are as spotless as an expertly kept home. Whitewashed walls are always very white. Prisoners sleep In .cots in large wards. The bed linen is white and fresh, tfhring the summer all of tho men are required to take shower baths every night. They' have their own doctor and the penitentiary dentist makes regular trips to the farm. Religious services are held every other Sunday with an imported minister of their own race. - - ' The huge barns and barnyards are as clean as anybody's backyard. Weeds are nowhere in sight on any of the prison farm except in the forests. There are no special requirements as to prisoners who are sent there except that they be healthy negro men. The prisoners prefer the farm to the penitentiary life. They have to get up at 5 a. m. and get tp bed early at night but they have regular work shifts. Fifty of them are trusties; the rest are under the constant watch of the guards. They wear regular prison stripes. * The only men shackled at work are two who escaped during a break about three years ago when a guafd was wounded. These two also are dis tlngulshed for their misconduct^ by having to wear red and white stripei Instead .of black and vhite ?trtpes. "We delhrer the prisoners to Cap tain Glenn," Colonel Wilson said. \ does-the rest."* I'hfl visitors made the trtp aroun< - i- - - * * - * . >.; <> tho farm In automobiles. At the end of tho afternoon tour they cume back to the oaks In Captain Glenn's yurd. A barrel of lemonade wuh waiting. Three trusties, all life termers, served the lemonade. They were dressed in white overalls. Each one was quosttoned closely by Governor Johnston. "They all want pardons," the governor said. "1 believe that a good Investigation would show that at leaHt 10 per cent of these men out hero should be set free. They havo been put away and forgotten. 1 am going to check over their records If 1 gel a chance. White persons havo more Influence?they are better ablo to havo their cases presented." Wulklng to his cur at tho end of the inspection, the governor was met j by a 69-year-old trusty, who had served nine years of a life term. "1 killed a white man," the negro told the governor. "He was stealing my whiskey, und I put stryclinino in It to And out who was doing tho stealing. Ho died right away. The governor listened iutontly to the story. f L "We will see about you, too?' ho said. I ' '' Besides the governor and lieutenant *> governor, others present Included: Senator L. L>. Lide, of Marion; Sena| tor Henry E. linger, of Saluda; Representative S. R. Odom, of Darlington; Representative H. JK. Osborne, of Spartanburg; Penitentiary Board Members Westbrook, J. J. Gayden, of Columbia, and H. C. Carrigan, of Summerton, and the Rev. E. W. Cantwell, of Kingstreo, chairman of the Btate ' |pardons board. TThie Experiences.f/IW n week for them I ItuH v???k lo Aug. 21, w* gl?? \S b*il fr?? tftfxnoncmwllh fclutli Mug. m Hm? It on iiom Mil W M. Fvdfl, 1723 P?u<Mr?? 2^1 S( , AMonlo, Go. (Uad I H, ?*y Hu<k Flog, th?n t | nd yo??? wlln yovi I own und dioUr'i \ noma, addrtn. Hoik FlogCo, lutt.Md. ''MotauHooi tormontod wt oil nloM. I (bought wo'd go croiy. Wo wofo almott wiihlng for win tor ogoln. Knotty I tproyud with Mack Hog and nothing (hot Vv# ovor triad oquolt it in kMng motqultooi. I don't worry about thorn any mora." ON DOOS OR CATS ? UU MACK KAO MIA fOWOtR KHIS QUICKER.SURER Thrso laboratory test* provs it kills all household Insfcts. Yot It Is lalsj hat plsaiant odor. I r -% Camden Theatre I FRIDAY, AUGUST 20 I FINAL SHOWING 1 "Knight Without Armor" I with Marlene__Bl?tilch?and-Robert-!---.? I)onat J SATURDAY, AUGUST 21 I Tex Rltter in i 'HEADIN' FOR I THE RIO GRANDE" 1 Also Comedies and "Jungle Jim" 1 LATE 10:30 SHOW I Kenny Raker in "MR. DODDS TAKES THE AIR" I MONDAY and TUESDAY, I / AUGUST 23 and 24 jj Eleanor Powell and Robert Taylor I "BROADWAY MELODY 1 OF 1938"! MGM New Season Sensation I l?WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 I II Demand Request Return' Showing | II "NAUGHTY MARIETTA" I 11 Jeanette MaoDonald and Nelson I > I Eddy | II I II THURSDAY and FRIDAY,! i| AUGUST 26 and 27 I | (ylaudette Colbert and Melvln I I \ Douglas in i I "I MET HIM IN PARIS" I | Haiglar Theatre I j FRIDAY, AUGUST 20 I | "NIGHT OF MYSTERY" 1 1 with Rosco Karnes, Grant Richards 1 II and Ruth Coleman I SATURDAY, AUGUST 21 I r 11 Fighting Thrills with the Three I i-il Mesquiteers, Bob Ltylngston, Ray I 1 Corrlgan and Max Terhune la 1 AY "HIT THE SADDLE" I |'| Also -Wild Wert D?yer and Come-1 l| v d,~ M\ " 1 .1 ?" ,' skMlh^^SSBI