The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 27, 1937, Image 1
The Camden Chronicle
^ VOLUM CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1937 "" NUMBER 24
Old Paper Found;
May Mean Fortune
Tho discovery of an old yellowed
jopy of the famous Grant's "Walllipr"
edition of the "Vicksburg CitlJJJT.
published at Vicksburg, MIbs.,
j^^day, July 2, 18(13, the day the
'7'nioJi"ffr,'0eH under Grant occupied
0>ig famous Confederate stronghold,
pyiy mean a fortune to Mr. and Mrs.
H. S Campbell, of this city.
The paper, yellow with age, but
itlll Bhowlng the exquisitely conventional
design wall paper in red, tan,
brown with gold highlights, was found
iinong some old papers belonging to
Mr#. J- Graham, mother of Mrs,
Campbell and widow of the late Rev.
Mr. J. P. Graham, former Baptist inini?ter
of Camden. Mrs. Graham received
the paper from her father who
traa a union officer named Freeman.
Mrs. Graham turned the paper oyef
to her daughter Sunday, an Inquiry
revealed that this particular edition
of the Citizen has a value- ranging
from $10,000 to $25,000. Mr. Campbell
has sought the aid of the Camden
chamber of.commerce In making Inquiry
regarding anyone seeking a relic
as valuable as this document.
The facts In connection with the
printing of this particular edition are
interesting. It appears that the lack
of paper made it necessary to use
wall paper for the printing of the
Vicksburg papers. At the time that
Grants forces came Into the city, the
Citizen was just about to go to press
with the July 2nd Issue. The Union
forces seized the newspaper plant aud
after inserting Beveral items they
themselves had prepared, ran off the
edition. Outside of a column story
on General Grant and a two paragraph
'notice,'' the edition carried the news
items that had been prepared by the
regular stuff of the paper before the
Union forces seized It. J. M. Swordsla
listed ns proprietor of the paper.
In the edition appears an editorial
regarding the lack of discipline among
the Confederate troops in the city, the
editor taking them to task for failure
to atop foraging parties from stealing
chickens, etc. Then another
I column Is devoted to "Yankee News
I From All Points." There is an excelI
lent editorial regarding Robert E. Lee
I and his operations in Virginia. Thin
article concludes as follows: "Today
I Maryland is ours?Pennsylvania?the
I next Ohio?now midway like MohamI
met's coffin?will fall. Success and
I glory to our arms. God and right
I are with us."
' The most interesting item In the
I edition is the "notice" set by soldierI
printers in the Union army and whfch
reads as follows:
I "Two days bring about, gre&t Qhangles.
The banner of the Union floats
lover Vicksburg. Gen. Grhnt has
"caught the rabbit"; he has dined in
Vicksburg, and he did bring his dlnIner
with him. The "Citizen" lives to
I tee it. For the last time it appears on
I "wall-paper." No more will It eulogize
Idle luxury fo the mule-meat and fri|cas8es
kitten, urge Southern warriorB
I to suc h a diet never-more. This Is
die last wall-paper ^Citizen, and is,
excepting this note, from the types
I *1 we found them. Printer-soldiers
I Bet this note and worjf; the form. It
1*111 be valuable hereafter as a curilosity."
I Mt. Pisgah Dedicates Building
I Ike Mt. Pisgah Baptist church, of
die Kershaw association is planning
I* dedicatory service August 29, dedil<*tlng
a new brick building, with seat*
I'Qg capacity of 700 and thirty-five Sunl<toy
school roouaft. In connection with
I this service we are celebratihg our
lone-hundredth anniversary. The ser
vices begin at 10 o'clock a. m. Lunch
l*iU be served at the church. The
Italic i8 cordially Invited to attend
I tola service, and we extend a special
l?vltation to the former pastors and
tofmer members.?Rev. Connie Dablae>\
pastor.
I Farm Tour Planned
I are Planning a farm tour to the
I *bdhin Experiment Station at PonIJtoc
on Monday, August*30, at 3 o'clock
I the purpose of looking over the
rork Giat is being do .'v jhere. Since 1
I to land i? similar to a great deal 1
I 0Ur land this trip should be esI
lnt?r?stlng to you.
|g 0 wiu meet at the Experiment 1
lb U?n at * o'clock, so be on time 1
|>?rder to avoid oonfusion. I am 1
Vr* *nxl?us to have a good attend*?
c<>me and brtttf your neigh- ]
l??y. W. O. MoCar..,, County <
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Chamber Asks
For Rental Lists
Home owners in Camden und vicinity
who will byvo rooms or apart-1
meats to rent during the coinRig tourist
season are urged to iist their
names with the chamber of commerce
at once.
Mr. Jieaih, secretary of the chamber
states that his office will compile a
listing of all homes, apartments,!
rooms, etc., that will be for rent and
whea Inquiry is received at his ofTleo
for accommodations, copies of this
register will be mailed out.
It is the plan to hav^ hundreds of
copies of the rental list printed and
they will be available to all persons,
whether the request is by mail or in
person.
"I cannot urge too strongly upon
the people who will have rooms or
other rental facilities to offer this
coming season to get their names to
me as soon as possible," said Mr.
Heath. "This summer 1 have met j
many people who complained to mo
that they had rooms for rent last
winter but no one ever citine to look
at them. 1 inquired if they had registered
thy rooms at my office and
they .replied in the negative, to which
1 could but say that no one connected
with my office can claim to be a
Houdini and send people to places
not registered with us."
Boys and Girls Clubs!
Enjoys Camp Long
Last week was a red letter week;
for the 4-H club boys and girls from j
Kershaw county who attended Camp J
Long which is the State 4-H Club]
camp and is located in Aiken county, j
88 miles from the stop light in Camden.
Three buseB filled with boys and
girls from all parts of the county left
here Monday afternoon. ThiB was a
real experience for many and the
good times started at once. It was
the first time a number had visited
our capital city. The buses arrived
at the camp on schedule time and
registration* properly dispensed with,
swimming was in order and duely engaged
in at beautiful Camp Long lake.
A staff of ten efficient men and women
remain at the camp for the summer
and everything moves like clock
work.
Recreation was the principal feature
of the program. Swimming and hiking
were participated in and classes
in nature study, folk dancing, pep
singing, health education, courtesy,
harmonica, and soap sculpture were
engaged in. <
Thursday afternoon a ride into Aiken
was enjoyed after which all attended
the matinee.
Night programs consisted of play
parties, stunts, Indian dances, camp
fire programs and the like.
The Bamberg boys and girls were
also at camp and many new friendships
were formed.
Friday afternoon came all too soon
for most and it was with regret that
the good times ended. The return
trip was made by Lake Murray and
Saluda Dam.
The official cbaperones for the encampment
were: Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
McCarley and Miss Margaret Fewell,
who were ably assisted by men and
women from various communities who
are serving as local leaders. t
This encampment was'made possible
by the school trustees who permitted
the use of their buses, by the
Kershaw county delegation who made
an appropriation for 4-H club work
and the following organizations and
firms who expressed, their interest in
young people of the rural section by
generous contributions:
Barring^ Hardware company, First
National Bank, Belk's Department
store, Southern Cotton Oil mill, Kershaw
County Council of Farm Womea,
Carolina Motor company, L. I. Qulon,
City of Camden, Commercial Bank,
H. Q. Carrison, Sr., J. C. Penny, Shrine
club, M. B. Burns, Potter & Wing,
Robert Kennedy.
' Methodist Church Services
The following service will be held
at Lyttleton Street Me^pdist church
on Sunday, August 29: Sunday school,
10 a. m. There will be no other services
on this Sunday due to the absence
of the pastor on vacation. Regular
services will, be held next Sunday,
^eptem^ar 4.' .
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Sales Program To
Begin Here Shortly
One of the neatest 'sales programs
<*ver offered in this part of the state
w?U he inauKuarted by the Merchants
tureau of the Camden Chamber of
| Commerce within the next week or
ten days, the event to extend over a
period ending December 15.
The affair is HO programmed thut
U will not Intrude on the uaual holiay
trade period. In magnitude it is
without any exception, according to
the Chamber of Commerce retail merchant
members, quite the most outstanding
event in Camden history.
Within a week or ten days all Camden
stores and shops, filling stations,
and the like, will ckrry placards grift
ng details of the affair. In addition
the county as well as surrounding
communities will be covered by mo
torcadeB advertising the Camden
event.
Camden and Kershaw county people,
as well as thrifty shoppers in the
Grounding counties are urged to
watch for the details of the affair.
Cooperating merchants, all members
of the Chamber of Commerce, will be
Klad to answer all questions on the
part of customers.
Next week the Camden press will
carry a complete list of the merchants
and other business houses coopers ring
in this gigantic sales affair.
C amden has had sales programs
in the past but after talking with
some of your oldest merchants I am
convinced that this program about to
be launched will be the biggest event
of its kind or any other similar trade
promotion program ever offered ip
Camden or in this part of South Carolina,"
sftld the Chamber of Commerce
secretary.
"We are going to increase Camden
mercantile sales by a healthy margin
I am certain."
G. E. McGrew To
Teach In Camden
o. E. McGrew, son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. Weston McGrew, of this city, has
been elected as teacher of diversified
| Occupations in the Camden high
school. Mr. McGrew is a graduate of
Clemson college and formerly taught
In the Textile Industrial Institute of
Spartanburg and the Ninety Six high
school.
The department of diversified occupations
is a new addition to the
Camden schools this year and the people
of that city are to be congratulated
on obtaining the services of a
man of the ability and experience of
Mr. McGrew.?Sumter Daily Item.
8oftball Season To Close Soon
With but a week remaining of the
last half schedule of the Camden Twilight
softball league two teams, the
Merchants and the Wolves are neck
and neck While the Kershaw Guard
unit is but one game behind. Games
this week will wind up one of the
most successful summer programs
ever undertaken in Camden.
The first half of the league race
was won by the Esso White Sox team.
The Merchants team, hopelessly in
last place after dropping six games
in a row, did a turnabout and did not
drop another game duripg the entire
half and continued their winning
streak into the second period until
they had won ten straight. They have
l>een beaten but twice during the last
half. ~
During the season the eight teams
in the men's division ^nd the teams
in the girl's group have played to approximately
ten thousand or * more
spectators^ .
Camden teams entered in intercity
contests have won a large percentage
of their games. Beginning in December
the bureau of recreation, sponsored
by the chamber of commerce and
the city of Camden will launch a winter
program of basketball, volley hall
an^ amateur boxing,
IN THE FAMILY
Mrs. Bibb Graves may be all that
her husband says she is, and perfectly
capable of representing Alabama
in a most worthy way in the U. 8.
Senate^but tl^e fact remains that Governor
Graves has revealed himself as
of peanut proportions la ever making
uch an appointment A man of real
gubernatorial dimensions woald never
have considered conferring such an
honor opon a m?nbar ot lite own funto
o? to that Bibb
dMat- appoint hlmMU?ChwUr R?
* y y-%:M vv.-&" .*j,
Two Cars ("rash On
Liberty Hill Road
A woman giving hor name us I^oulso
Siuipsoa and residence us Great Fulls,'
may be u song composer, but state po-'
lice declare she isn't ho keen as un
auto driver.
A big sedun, license number E-3,688
and occupied* by three women, all well
under the Influence of liquor according
to the authorities, crashed into
a small coupe driven by Trace^ Hammond,
four miles from the city 'on the
Liberty Hill road late Monduy evening.
Hammond claimed he was turning
into the driveway to his yard
when the sedan crushed into him.
Both curs were badly damaged but
fortunately none of the occupants
were injured. Highway Patrolman W.
T. Bell took charge of the situation
and brought the three women occupants
to this city and placed theiu in
jail. In the buck seut of the car
was found u partly empty liquor bottle,
bouring the label "White Lightning."
The woman who claimed ownership
of the car gave her name us, Mrs.
Louise Simpson. On the back of the
cur in question was a lurid banner,
with the words "Listen To The Song
?Dixie Hose?Composed by Louise
Simpson."
According to the authorities the
wouien sought to make a settlement
and- pay fines for "driving while uud
of- the influence of liquor." It is
said the amount was approximately
$ioa. which covered the dumago to
Hammond's car and the amount of
tin- fine. ^ 4
Henry Savage Buys
Moore Residence
Henry Savage, Jr. haB purchased
-the ten - room residence on north
Broad street forpierly belonging to
Dr. and Mrs. W. Curtis Moore. The
i
residence will be re-roofed repainted
and repaired on the exterior, but the'
interior will remain as It is.
' This house weh built many years
ago by the late Mannes Baum and as
we remember correctly It took some
two or three years In the construction
of same. The interior is of the finest
oak lumber and the original cost must
have been considerable.
"Doc" Frasier, a negro carpenter,
now residlhg in New York City, did
the work on the residence.
The residence adjourns Green Leaf
Villa, Mr. Savage's other property,
which contains a five-room cottage.
This cottage will be rolled to the rear
of the Moore residence and made to
front on Monument Square.
There is also another two-room cottage
fronting on the Square which is
now being remodelled. All three of
these residences have been rented.
ILLITERACY IN 80UTH CAROLINA
The following has been submitted
by J. H. McDaniel, Kershaw county
attendance teacher and the figures
are from the United States census bureau
for 1930:
"The neglect of education does
harm to states"?Educational Nuggets
collected by John R. Howard:
Of the 1,292,939 people ten years
and over in South Carolina, 192,878
are illiterate.
This is 14.9 per cent of our state
population ten years old and above.
How do you think thees figures compare
with thpse of Kershaw county?
Watch your county newspaper for
more educational facts.
More Enlistments For The Navy
During the month of September,
sixty young men from the states of
North and 8outh Carolina are to be
enlisted la the United States Navy as
apprentice seamen. Immediately after
enlistment these young men will
be sent to the United States Naval
Training Station, Norfolk, Va., where
they will receive twelve weeks Instruction
in Naval life and routine,
before being assigned to one of tho
ships of the United States fleet for
duty.
W. A. Shriver, chled electrician's
mate, U. ?. Navy, recruiter in charge
of the U. S. Navy Recruiting Station,
U: S. Court House building, Columbia,
S. C., has announced that applications
for enlistment In the U. S.
Navy ?tf?v being accepted every week
day between the hours of 9:00 a. m.
and 4:$0 p. m., excepting Saturday!
when the hours are from 9:00'a. m.
to 1:0Q p. m.
:\J ?
Congress has completed work on at
appropriation Mil to aet up a fund ot
g|f?.687,466 for inty housing.
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Grid Squad Leaves
Today For Camp
ThLrty-oue members of tbo Caindcu
High liluc k uud Gold avalanche grid
squad will louve Friday for Gump
MonUumln, near llenderuonville/' N.
C., where they will bo hi cump uutil
September 4. Accompanying the teum
will be Couch and Mrs. John M. Vl.llopigue,
Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. Zeuip, lluan
Small, Charles Klrklaud, Mr. and Mre.
Jack Nettles and Clarkson lthame.
The boys who will make the trip
are: JtoWell, Homy Brown, West,
Hendrix, D. Lynch, Italey, Cox, Gettys,
Stein, S. Watts, Outlaw, Wllllums,
Woolen, Hicharda, Maraball, W. lloyklu,
P. Hoy kip, Merrlir, J. Vllleplgue,
Nolan, Wilson, McCaaklll, A. Watts,
Pitts, Mullen, Little, launoy, Jordan,
H. Brown and Y. Villepigue.
Upon the return from camp the
boys will go Into rigorous training for
the hard schedule of games listed for
the Gold and Black avalunche this
fall. Some hard games have been listed
to date and it will bo an acid tost
for the squad that will represent Camden
High this year. Some of the veterans
of the past two years will bo
missed, but thu coaching staff believes
thu't the new material that Is
coming up will more than fill the
slioeB of the departing stars of yesterday.
Bethune School To
Open September 13
The trustees of the Bethune Public
schools has announced that their
schools will begin work Monduy morning,
September 13, ut 8:30 o'clock.
The plans aud objectives for the year
will be discussed with the teachers
Saturday afternoon, September 11, at
4:30 o'clock in the high Bchool building.
The complete corps of teachers for
the sessiod are as follows:
Grammar school, primary department?Miss
Pearl Bryson, Prosperity;
Miss Martha Thompson, Roek Uili;
Miss Ethel Turbevllle, Turbevllle;
Miss Stella Bethune, Bethune.
Intermediate department?Miss Sara
Rector, Inman; Miss Sara Proctor,
Rock Hill; Miss Miriam Smith, Marlon;
Edwin W. Clamp, Salley; T. R.
Campbell, Clio, principal.
High school?John H. Koon, Prosperity;
Dupree Sassard, Pageland;
Miss Louise Ortmann, Anderson; Miss
Pearl Rlckenbacker, Cameron; M. C.
Mason, Lodge; J[ C. Folfcr, Bethune,
superintendent.
A
new building has been ereeted
on the grounds during the summer,
which will house equipment for a
community cannery and . a school
workshop. These new features of the
school will be under the dlredt supervision
of M. C. Mason, teacher of vocational
agriculture, and Miss Louise
Ortmann, teacher of home economics.
The rental book system which was
very popular laBt session will be continued
for the coming session. A
large supply of books are now on hand
which will meet the needs of the pupils
desiring to rent their textbooks.
Pupils that have been promoted and
know definitely the high school courses
they will pursue may rent their
books between the hours of 9 o'clock
in the mornings and 6 o'clock In the
afternoons Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, September 8, 9, and 10.
BARON DeKALB WILL OPEN
FRIDAY MORNING, 8ETEMBER 10
The Baron DeKalb school, as announced
by Superintendent Cyril B.
Busbee, will ^commence Its 1937-1938
session Friday morning, September
10, at 8:30 o'clock. The regular open*
ing hour after that will be 8 o'clock.
The school will attempt to have on
hand at the very beginning of school
a complete list of rental textbooks
and also a supply of the various work
books to be used. Textbooks may
still be purchased at the local book
stores. Prompt enrollment and regular
attendance is urged of all parents
for their children because It will
: protect the child's educational Interest
and it will be In accordance with
the new attendance act.
| While no formal exercises are to be
held on the opening day, parents and
friends are 'welcome.
Flrat Baptist Church 8ervloe '?
Sunday, August 89, Res. M. M.
Benson, a former pastor will preach
at 11:16 a. m. There will be no arealag
service. Sunday school will be
at til* u*o*l horn. "10 a. *lth W.
0. Wilton, Jr, IB charge.
. .. ? - Vc.
Football Season'
Not Far Away
(By Frank il Heath)
Well, folkrt, it.s gelling mighty close
to the football season and it will not
be many weeks now before we'll ull
be till ling (ho trail to the stadium on
the Sumter highway io watch the
t'Uinden Gold and liluik avulancho inact
Ion.
Naturally tho harvest duys and tho
near approach of I.ubur day aroueoa
gridiron thoughts and our thoughts
right at this moment concern the
news that The Citadel football team
is to abandou the double wingbuok
offensive and will use u modified
Minnesota style in tho 1937 conflict**.
Now .what does this mean. It moans
that the double wtngback system,
which is tine for short gains In midfield
but which hogs down when the
going gets tough Ids id e the twenty
yard Hue, is being relegated to the
ash pile for something that la radically
different, but something that
Pernio Merman's three time national
championship teams, have used, a
sort of shoot-the-works brand of foothull.
. Power plays are the thing in thlH
new type. Touchdown plays start
from anywhere on the field Wide op
vn uttack, featuring a Judicious mixjure
of spectacular aerial plays, sweeplng
end runs and crashing ofT tucklo
Jaunts make up this Minnesota offensIve?and
who should know better than
one who has watched this Biormau
brand for years.
One of the features of the Minnesota
brand is tin? comparative simplicity
of Its operation.' You bund the
hall to a buck and be bangs away bedrid
a fistful of interference. The intricate
and highly dangerous hand
"K of tho bul1 behind the lino of
scrimmage, always necessitated by
the double wlngback is done away
with almost completely.
Purely coincidental I am told l? tho
fact that both Citadel aud Charleston
High are abandoning the double winghack.
The Bantams planned the
sszr,ar back us ,ttat "i"1 ? Whether
the new system .is going /
to be effective at Citadel is something
else to talk about, it may be and
it may not be. Minnesota won three
national titles with that type otZ
fenajve?so it must be good. But
Minnesota had Bennle Blerman to put
It over with the squad. And Blerman
may be the answer.
T?nft?H Watchln? football In-jthe Big
Ten, the central group which includes
otre Dame, Marquette, and other
of f8amedlrg 8Ch?018 ,n football'? arena
of fame, I never did hare much love
** t** d?nble wlngback system. _
Bqt as I said before, Blerman may
be the answer.
Mr. 8hannon Dead
This community was shocked to
learn of the death of Joseph Kershaw
?n' ' ttt hl? homo at Greenso,
N. C., Monday morning at 7*80
O clock after a brief illness. "
Mr. Shannon was 46 years of age
and was a so. of Kershaw Shannon
and Marie Kennedy Shannon. Mr. '
shannon had been successfully engaged
In the Insurance business for many
years at Greensboro.
Besides his mother and father he
j leaves his wife, who was formerly
my Tilly, 0f Greensboro, and a son
Joseph Kershaw Shannon. He also *
leaves a sister, Mrs. Frank Babbitt,'
of Asheville; three brothers, D. K
Shannon, of Camden; Charles J. Shannon,
3rd, of Atlanta, Ga.; and Alfred
Shannon, of Camden.
Mr. Shannon's boyhood was spout
In Camden. Hater he went to Chartte,
N. C., to make his home and
eventually toqk up residence at
Greensboro.
Funeral services' were held Truesday
iborning at 10 o'clock from his
ate residence, in charge of Rev. Robert
E Roe, of Holy Trinity Bpiscipal
church of which he was a member,
mterrnent was in the Quaker comeery
here at 6 o'clock the same day,
Pallbearers were members of the
pame insurance firm as Mr. Shannon
worked for. Honorary pallbearers 1
were officers In insurance companies
in North Carolina. ?"
More than 2,000 silk workers were
ordered back to work in 35 silk mills
in New Jersey by the C. 1. O., oh Monday,
after agreements had been signed
With the Textfle Workers' Organise
; tlon committee.
T
' ? Iwematurely born baby of If ra
' SS* SchmoaUer. wife of a.prlcl^
truck driven weighed but 14 oammT
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