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VOLUME 48 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1937 NUMBER 29
Camden Man
> Heads Association
J. i *
At seventh annual meetiiiK ol
^ gouth Carolina Game and KIhIi
-lociatloti at Clinton, T. Klrkland
,fn>tter wum elected president of th?
^latlon for the coming year.
-Kirk" Trotter, as he |s known to
Ha members of the Game and Flub
nictation throughout the state, has
Imu an urdent lover of hunting and
fching, starting to shoot a twelveKgiign
gun at thf*age of six years,
Lfbas enjoyed the sports of hunt1^1
and Ashing, boy. and man as the
EgUth would say, ever slnee.
fTJ)ur years ago, under his leader
Up, the Camden chapter wag resurLcted
and among the worth-while obLciive'H
iircomplished were the putSg
on of field trials for shooting
Lft which were a notable success;
[ga activities to stop the shooting of
goe birds for market, which was
Bfffl an abuse In the touriBt comhgnlty
of Camden; the rebuilding of
ge famous Hermitage Mill pond by
;ge relief labor and a general upbuild !?
of a better spirit for game law
iggervatlon and enforcement in Kerliaw
county. Hp inaugurated the
of the secret committee for
ortsmen to report only to the presl<ent
of the local association, who In
Jim reported law violations to the
pme warden. This has been one of
lit pet ideas as the best way to obaln
better cooperation and enforce?nt
and is one of the things he Intends
to urge in each chapter throughlit
the state during his administration.
; For the past four years active part
lu been taken In the State Conventions
and on the' executive committee
l< die association by the newly electid
president and he has served for
ftfee years gs rice president of the
ttoofation fdr the fifth Congressional
Met. During most Cf ( that time
fifth district has been credited
Hthr haying,..more chapter organization!
than any other district In the
itKe.' / \ A. s .
'feufftlg'The ^ililfliryeat-;-1n assumig
office he announces "lhat he is
pfng to seek particularly as his ob(ectlves
ihe formation of active organiatious
in every community of the
itate. urging sportsmen to Remember
1st thu game bird and flsh cannot
tote and that sportsmen must have
Utrong organization in order to obllo
proper laws and proper enforcement,
and that he intends to^dedlcate
fte association anew to the enforcement
of game laws and to coopera*
Hon with the chief game warden In
Sch enforcement.
Also, iho new president calls attention
to the wonderful opportunities
tot should be available now, particularly
in view of. the fine parks and
tone refuges established by the fed-j
* 1 government, and the new Con-i
trtt8ional act which provides that!
excise tax on ammunition shall
b turned over to the state for re-_.
^king the depleted areas of our
Pte- It is estimated that when the
te passes the necessary cooperalegislation,
there will be over $40,to.W
a year available from this exftotax
for this specific purpose, thus,
to the first time establishing leadertop
direct from Washington, and reptolng
similar legislation in each
Ne. embodying the vprinciple that
F*Portsman's dollar shall be apPto
solely for the propogation and
weast- of the supply of game.
Among the new ideas recently ad\>y
the incoming presides,
tolcularly for the community sur*MIng
Camden, is hir plan of ask^Ithat
those holding themselves out
^oides for the purpose of taking
?ut. to register with * eomJ*1?
fo be appointed, by. the (Chamof
commerce and the South-Caro 0am(.
and Fish association, which
ptittee shall require, before ap[j|ng
8Uch Kuides, that':they show
of having under lease \>r con^territory
suitable for hunting, and
i ey ftle their schedule of cbarg,lh
Ruch oommittee. The reason
. "sch proposal being the abuses
L avp rf>suited in the pas? and at
Winter visitors |b our state
. ?COmo seriously embarrassed
L*na,n these guides taking
on ponied territoiT-OVer Which
^ ?d no control. and also by the
at prominent winter visitors
* ??ate have at times left much
?JQtted at not finding any good
to When those wbo knew where
*ere enjoying the hfiif ofspOrt
of the heel climates of the
IS* PUn ralI? for the cooperating j
LT* *ho come to this state for
using stock accredited
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APPEAL FOR COOPERATION
FOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
i Since the beginning of the year
^ 1937 those men who were drafted
I as director? of the Chamber of
( Commerce have worked diligently i
for the betterment of Camden and I
( Kershaw county, soliciting one
hundred per cent cooperation from
( the community for the promotion
, of a program In which *l| would i
have a part.
This cannot be done with adverse
criticism on the aide. However,
with constructive suggestions,
even though It be in the
form of criticism, a balanced benefiolal
program can be had?FORWARD
OR BACKWARD CAMDEN
?WHAT DO YOU BAY?
Charleston Defeated
By Camden Team
(By Russell Rogers in Sunday's Charleston
News and Courier)
Camden "high school Bulldogs came
to town last night and justified all
that had been said about it, romping
to three touchdowns and a 19-6 victory
over the Bantams in Johnson Hagood
stadium.
The victory was an overwhelming
triumph for the golden-shirted warriors
from upstate. They out-charged,
out-pasBed and completely outplayed
the Bantams at every stage of the
game, exhibiting a well rounded and
versatile offense and a stone wall defense
that had the Bantams blocked
and baffled at every turn.
The major star of the whole show
was George West, brilliant Camden
quarterback, who ran the team, did
over half its ball carrying and all its
passing. He also shone throughout
on defense and, if there was anything
eiseTeft fqir him to do, he did It well.
? Charleston scorpd within five minutes
Vt the opening of the ball game.
After laklng the kick-off, the Bantams
fnilort^r.jftn jbjhI punted, Camden
fumbling on its own-84-yard line and
Charleston recovering.
From there Georgb Cogswell got
five yards and Carter four on the first
three downs. Then, on fourth down,
with the Camden secondary sucked well
in Cogwell faded back and threw
a long pass to Joe Blalock, who stepped
over the goal line with the score.
Jack Mlnott's try for point was low
ahd Charleston led, 6-0.
Camden took the ball after Cogswell
had quick kicked at the opening
of the second quarter and promptly
drove 86 yards for the score, West,
l&b Wooten and G. T. Hendrix alternating
at carrying the ball and West
flinging passes to Wooten^for aerial
gains.
The drive went to the Bantam tea'
i'yard stripe, where West passed to
Wooten for eight yards and then
drovex over left end after taking a
lateral' from Hendrix to score untouched.
His pass to Cox for the
point was knocked down by Louis
Goldberg and the score was tied.
The Bulldogs lived to its name in
the third quarter, scoring its second !
and final touchdown in that period. ^
Taking the ball on their own 48,
the invaders drove and slashed at the
Bantam defense with West, Lynch
and Cox doing the carrying. A first
down on the four-yard line put them ;
In position and Hendrix and Lynch 1
made the remaining distance, the lat- ;
ter carrying it over. West again tried
to pass for extra point, but the heave
was wild and Camden led at 12-6. {
The third touchdown came suort'*
afterward. Camden worked the ball
to the thirty-yard line and West faded
back for two passes, the first missing
but the second connecting with Woo- ^
ten's waiting hands on the ffY^yard ^
line and the receiver stepping over ^
untouched. Richards hit center this ^
time foT point and made It, Camden ,
winding- up Its scoring aO that point
with the tally, 18-6. > I
West was practically the _flrhole show
throughout the ball game. Hfo
work was near perfect in every do- ^
tail and It was his constant harrying ^
of the Bantams that wore them down
and Anally beat them. - ' j
'"'Lynch^ Cox, Hendrix and Wooten,
West's backfleWwiates, gave valuable ^
aid at all times and played their parts ^
in the-triumphs. ~ Camden displayed
tewm in perfect ctwJWoo and ono
which was Well ahd tartly coached,;
?Charleston on the other hand, never M
could lot cotnt dkrkm?lj mi ?
ont-condftio4ed and out-daaeed last I
nlrtt. Jack Minott played good ball -
CamdeiTlo Observe
Constitution Day
Gmuden will observe the one hundred
ami fiftieth anniversary of the
signing of the constitution of the
United States on Friday, October 15,
in a manner befitting the occasion.
Tentative plans for a community
wide observance were launched ut a
meet lug held at the Hotel Camden
Friday evening, called for the purpose
by Mayor J. H. Osborne. Civic and
educational leaders were present at
the invitation of the mayor. After a
thorough discussion of the suggestions
offered by Mrs. Kathleen Watts,
county superintendent of schools, the
following committees were appointed
by Mayor J. H. Osborne.
Floats?Mrs. Donald Morrison, 8am
Karesh, C. B. Busbee, Mrs. J. L. Willi"
ford, Mrs. Hughey Tindal.
Parade?Charles DuBose, Jr., W. F.
Nettles, Jr., Marlon Williams.
I Finance?Mayor J. H. Osborne,
Dewey Creed, president of the fair
association, Hughey Tindal, secretary
of the fair association.
Publicity?Thomas Ancrum, Frank
H. Heath.
Program?John dolxmch, Robin
Zernp, J. G. Richards. Mrs. Uathleen
Watts.
The affair is to be carried out in
connection with children's day at the
county fair. Tentative plans call for
a parade of ail of the school children
pf the city and county In the morning,
the number of children totaling
3,000. In the parade will be floats,
mt^le up by the various schoolB of
tfte county, depicting the history of
the country from the arrival of the
first settlers to the signing of the
constitution. These floats are under
the direction of the group named
above and Mrs. Kathleen Watts.
Also in the parade will be a group
of mounted horsemen, this group being
under the direction of Charles
DuBose, Jr. Mrs. Hughey Tindal and
Mrs. J. L. Williford are working out
plans for the honorary group which
will also march TIiIb
group will consist of city officials.
The parade will move from some
point in the heart of the city to the
fair grounds.
While plans are still in an embryo
stage, it is hoped to have the band
with the carnival at the county fair,
load the parade through the streets,
of the city. Another feature that Ikj
being considered is to have a program
for adults in the down town section,
with some good speaker to discuss
the constitution.
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Names Omitted
From Fair Book
In the Kenshaw county'fair books
the superintendents of the various departments
were left out. The fair
association regrets this error very
much and we are taking this method
of correcting It.
H. A. Small, agricultural teacher of
the Camden high school and P. Q.
Chastain, agriculture teacher of the
Blaney high school, will have charge
of the general agricultural departW.
H. Carter, agricultural teacher oh
the Baron DeKalb school will be in
charge of the cattle. W. B. Steven- Bon,
superintendent and agricultural
teacher of the Midway school will
have charge of the hogs, and M. C.
Mason, agricultural teacher of the
Bethune school will have charge of
the poultry.
The fair association is mindful of
the important part the agricultural
teachers of the county have played
In the past fairs and they hope to
continue to get the cooperation of all
he agricultural teachers in the coun:y
together with all other teachers.
Many exhibits at the past fairs can
>e attributed to the work of the F.
F. A. hoys and the agriculture teachers.,
of the county. One of the best
inhibits st the fair last year was the
iog exhibit, with the F*. F. A* boys
>Hngtng all the hogs, ' The people 1
>ver the county have expressed to
be management of the fair the good
vork that Is being don^-hy the agri:ultural
teachers.. / [T
The F. F. A. boys of the Camden
itgh school are doing some carpener
work at the fair grounds now, for
statch the fair association Is truly
hAnkfuf.,
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Charleston footballers found ont
?ut ot the ordinary In a high school
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Veneer Plant Will
Start Operation Soon
Camden s new $60,o00 vcnoer plant, '
bollix built by Messrs. Pott and Mo- I
Leod la rapidly neariug completion at J
tho western city limits aitar the Seaboard
Air Line freight station, and
will be In operation In about six
weeks, according to J. It. Greene, in
charge of construction and machinery
Installation.
The present bulldlngH consist of a
main structure 160 by 40 feet and a
wing 40 by 20 feet. The boiler will
be housed In a third building.
A steam engine will supply the power
for the "peeler" and the exhaust
steam from the power plant will be
tiled in._ heating the steamers in
which the wood will be softened before
peeling.
At the start the plant will manufacture
only single ply veneer, but
later a glueing unit will be added.
This will double the output of tho
plant.
The Immediate capacity of the
plant will be n carload of wood a day. |
The wood used will be poplar und
gum. *
Hartsville Tonight;
First Home Game:
The Cftutden Bulldogs will appear^
In their tirst home game of the season
this Friday, opening under the1'
lights of Zemp Field at 8- o'clock
against the Hartsville high school
Foxes. The boys were a little battered
from their recent contest with
Charleston, but will be In fine shape i
by this week end to give the fans a I
real exhibition of football. A record-!
breaking turnout -may be expected. I
T la the Hartsville lied Fk&es the I
Xhilldogs meet a relatively untried!
team, but one which showed consld-!
erable power in Its opening contest,'
downing Mulllns by 26 to 0 last Friday:
They sport a powerful line-!
plunger, Spires, who made a seive of j
the Millllna line, and-a fancy bioken-|
flel#jrui>ner in Parker, who scoredjo?n
a 79 yard punt return. Spires and
Parker both pass. The defensive line !
consisting of Asklns, Segars, Barbie, J
Miller, Ingram and Blizzard was able
to prevent Mulllns from even,.threat-1
ening. Twitty, who alternated with
Parker as safety, man, did some excellent
punt returning to help nullify
the efforts of Mulllns' long-distance
punter, Martin. *,;
The Foxes are obviously improved
over last year, when Camden^ swamped
them under a 33 to 6 score, damden's
second team played all but one
quarter of that game, scoring twelve
and being scored on once. The* first
team took the field in the third Quarter
and Bcored three times. . ...
To 8hlp Hogs Wednesday .
The Kershaw County Farmers' Exchange
will make another shipment
of hogs Wednesday, October 6. Loading
will start at 1 o'clock. This will
be the first Shipment from our new
loading pen that the Seaboard Railway
has just built for us. This loading
pen is located Just across the
railroad from the Wateree Lumber
Company,
Thomas W. Morgan, assistant to
Director Watkins, will be here to
finish making a farm picture, which
will show the proper treatment of
hogs from birth until they.are loaded
on the car for the market. He will
be here in the morning taking pictures
of hogs grazing on corn fields
and in the afternoon he will take pictures
of the hogs being unloaded In
the up-to-date loading pen that Camden
tags. This is a farm picture that
will be used all over the state for
educational purposes, says W. C. lt?
Carley, the county agent.
Baptist Church 8ervlces
The following services are announced
for week beginning October 3, at
the First Baptist church: Sunday
school at 1Q o'clock, with O, S. King,
superintendent, in charge. Public worship
conducted by the pastor, J. B.
Caston, at 11:15 a. m. and 8 p. m.
Morning subject: "Supporting The
Budget." Evening subject: "Doing
Our Best." ^ U. 'Sunday evening
at 1, Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 8. The public is Invited to
attend all these services.
Bishop Thomas At Ha good Sunday
A- 8. Thomas, bishop
of the Diocese of Booth Carolina, will
preach at the Church of the Ascension,
Hagood, this Sunday, October 3,
U:l# a. The congregation <tf
Hofcr Cr6*v. 8iaUfca*gf wfll worship
jointly wkh tho Hagood coapfre ration.
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SPENp A SUMMER IN I
^OAMDEN THIS WINTER J
Tho following art* rxcerpts from
a lot tor rocolvotl by tlio local
Chamber of Commerce from a
young boy residing In ilu> Piedmont
section . . where the towns
are all summer reaOrta . . . Hooking
data to be uaed In tho claHarootn:
"Our cIuhm ^oom 1h studying
about South Carolina . . . Teacher
aBk us to wrlght to some city httvIng
a chamber of commerce to ask
thom If they have samples or advertisement
of the city. I have
chooaen you We have leuru
that your city and Aiken are summer
resorts for the Northern people
In the winter time."
"With love,
A... tt
Chamber Held
Important Meeting
Several suggestions of u progressive
nature wore submitted to tho directors
of tho Chamber of Commerce at
the regular monthly meeting hold last
Friday
The matter of a now booklet for
Camden, together With an advertising
program to include display advertising
In New York. Boston and Philadelphia
were discussed and the matter
left to a special committee consisting
of: Joe McKaln, Pavld Kirschner(
Uruin&er Kornogay and Moultrie
Burns.
The chamber secretary prepared
the text for the"1 new booklet, secured
a number of interesting new pictures
and asked for proposals from several
printing groups at Charlotte, 8t. 4ugustine,
Florida, Columbia, Savannah
und Marquette, Mich. The Charlotte
and iVlarquette firms submitted tho
lowest figures and when the committee
receives a more .definite proposal
from them, It will be in a position to
nward the contract.
The advertising program, the first
organized type over arranged?fer^ Camden,
will be handled by tho W. H.
H, Hull Company, Inc., of New York,
one of the largest advertising agencies
In the country. Thb program
was arranged by experts-of this firm
after they had made a survey through
the chamber secrbtary of the Camden
situation.
I
Upon the suggestion of the chamber
office the board dflftcted that a. per- i
Soqal letter be sent to every winter
resident, said letter to be accompan- i
led by one of the new folders. This .
letter will ask the winter tourists for j
suggestions how best the chamber can j
serve them. _ ' -~-l- - f' |
The board extended a resolution of
thanks to Den Heath, son of Secretary*,
Heath for his cooperation in looking
after the softball program during ?
July and August and In also assisting
in the office of the chamber. Thanks >
were also extended to Messrs. Klrsch 1
ner and Eddlns for the excellent sales "
program arranged for the fall months.
The secretary was also extended a
vote of endorsement for the summer
program and other activities under
his guidance. ' ,;
The secaetary urged Immediate action
in the matter of the new booklets
and the advertising. He stated
that there have been many requests
for booklets from tourist routing bureaus,
the American Automobile association
bureaus, railroads, etc., and
he could place fully 5,000 of them
within a week. The advertising, he
said, should be started in November.
Repaying to outside criticism relative
to the emphasis and time placed
on the recreational program, the past
summer the secretary stated that the
time required did not infringe on the
office routine of the chamber, In that
all of thev bulletins, writings, etc., was
done after the,games jn the ?vening
and that after July 1, the entire program
had beep conducted. by his sou,
at no expense to the chamber oj the
bureau.- The entirp program was operated
without any expense to^ the
chamber of commerce or city. The
summer program built up a spirit of
cooperation and harmony that previously
had not prevailed In Camden.
The healthful outdoor exercise was
a boon to the men, boys and girls,
who participated in the'games. * Mr.
Heath stated that he was gratified to
hear Commissioner McCorkle declare
thAt the entire program was conducted
in a manner free ffOm criticism.
And It. was a noticeable fact that the
police department w
early Avery game -played.
The opening <* the Court Inn,
secretary pointed out. -would take
care of many people who am what
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[County Fair About
Ten Day a Aw?y
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<Hy Frank It Mouth)
It won't ho long now bo fore Kershaw
county's great fair will ho In
full awing at the fair grounds in thin
city, From all Imilcatlona the fair
thin year Is going to bo well worth
igoing to aoo. Increased premium*
have served to attract double the number
of exhibitors that have heretofore
brought their prise cattle, farm produce,
Jama, etc., together with sewing,
quilting and other domeatlo art
efforts to the fair.
The fair officially opens ou Monday,
October 11th, but it is not expected
that the first Osy vl tba week's
program will attract many people as
this la a day that Is more or less
given to polishing up the exliibitu and
getting everything shipshape for tho
week of fun and entertainment.
The gates will opeto at 9 o'clock,
but It will be solely for the purpose
of permitting exhibitors to get into
the fair grounds ami complete their
exhibits. Tho public will bo permitted
to enter the grounds ut 0 p. m. Tho
exhibits will be availuble to the visitors,
and at 9 o'clock there will bo
a program of free attractions.
Tuesday afternoon the gates will
open at 4 o'clock when the free program
will bo offered. The same program
goes on again at 9 o'clock in
the evening.
Wednesday, which will be agriculture
day, will find the gates open at
9 a. m. The judging of the exhibits
begins ut 10 o'clock, and tbiH is always
more or less of an Interesting
event, for those who are uninitiated
in the art of Judging the various Items
submitted for consideration/ In this
connection it is timely to note that
there is bound to be some healthy ....
competition in all lines. Particular
mention must be accorded the promised
hog exhibit. Quite a number of
Kershaw -county farmers have gone
Into tho hog raising business am!
ihere~will be a lot of interest attached
to the improved braml of anlmaler
submitted at thin. fair. 11' o'&lock?
there is to be an address to the farmers
by a well-known agriculturist.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon'there
will, bo a lot of fun and entertainment ~
Offered in a program to feature various
contests and stunts by farmers
and farm women. The dog show is
scheduled for 3* g'clock on this afternoon
and prqm!ses to sot a new standard
of excellence for the. dog fanciers
of this city and county. The after
noon closes with free attractions at .
( o'clock, tn the. evening tho free
show will again he "offered and is to
be followed by a fireworks display.
-Thursday is to be merchants and
manufacturers day, t&nd it Is very
Certain that it-will be a half holiday
In Camden. The fair gatqs will open
at 9 o'clock and at 11 o'clock there
Will be rfome interesting events scheduled
In the exhibition building where
the merchants ^nd manufacturers
have their exhibits, la the afternoon
at 8 o'clock there will be a football
game With the Camden Bulldogs
raeetfng the team from Barnwell.
The remainder of the afternoon and
evening will be giro* over to sight
seeing along exhibit lanes, and in the
free attractions and fireworks.
Friday wtll he a double event, as
It will be school day a;ad >lso con"
stltutlon day. Several*--'' thousand .
school children from all over the
county will be guests of the fair association
on this day, and the pro- _
gram arranged is destined to be attractive
for this group of future citizens,
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The constitution day feature is being
worked out and will include a parade
of floats, depicting events of importance
in-the drawing up and signing
of the constitution.
An address by a well-known educational
leader of the state, mass singing
by the school children, grandstand
attraction*, another football game,
crowning the fair queen and fireworks
will complete a big day. V -xOn
Saturday the colored children
will have an inning with a parade 1n
the morning, football game In the afternoon,
and free attractions after the
gams.
The jcarnlval and free show features
are |o: be offered by a carnival group
that upon investigation where it Jbas
shown ham been spoken of highly.
Good, dean shows, no">yp or gambling-games
are features of the show,
according to reports received,
ipj^ewey Creed and his grou$/of committee
members have worked untir- %
ingly to give Camden and Kershaw
ffrefff, reason, to believe that thielt ef-^
forts are going t? be rewarded and
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