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The Camden chronicle
VOLUME 49 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1937 NUMBER 35
I Hotel Men Enjoy
I Outing At Court Inn
cinent 1" hotel business with
meet of the Carollnus enjoy
(til* l" * 1
I luc ? record-breaking tourist business
I duri?k' l,u' approaching winter season
I jus indicated at the meeting of the
I goUt|, Carolina division of the SouthI
#ro Hotel association at the Court Inn
I |ere Saturday and Sunday. (
Hotel men from all over the state
many from North Carolina were
I here pi attend the convention. The
I jeneral opinion expressed by speakI
was to the effect that there had
I been a pronounced uptrend In the
I tourist end of the hotel business with
|(jv|t-es from northern resort bureaus
I indicating this trend would steadily
improve.
A heavy increase in travelers using
B the highways was indicated, with a
I rapidly improving buslneBB promised
B for all resort communities ufter the
B holidays.
A business meeting In the afternoon
I was followed by a dinner dance In
I the ball room of the Inn. John CaI
tor. proprietor of the Fort Sumter Ho|
tel at Charleston, was toastmaster at
I the pest prandial session. Mr. CaI
tor. was introduced by Harry ThomasI
son. of Greensboro, secretary of the
I Southern hotel association, and In
I turn Mr Cat or called on Jack Canter
B ami I W. Coyle> new managers of the
B Court inn and Moultrie Burns, presiB
dent of the Camden Chamber of Com|
mercc for short talks.
A floor show featuring some splenI
did tap dancing by Jimmy Fowler, of
I Rock Hill, and ball room dancing
specialties by Miss Charlotte DuBose
I ami Bixie Boykin, of this city, was of
feted before the dancing program was
I taken up.
I Sunday the visiting hotel men and
their wives were taken for drives to i
Bpoints of interest In and around CamH
den bv representatives of the Cam-]
den Chamber of Commerce.
B Among the visitors attending the j
convention were Mr. and Mrs. Vernon j
Allen, of the Colonial hotel at Flor-1
race; Mr. and Mrs. Alton Bland, of
[the Charlotte hotel at Charlotte; Mr.
Bind Mrs. John Cator, of the Fort Sum ter
hotel at Charleston; Mr. and Mrs.
Hi. W Coyle, of the Andrew Jackson I
Ihot'l at Rock Hill; Mr. and Mrs. H.I
Bb Ct>\. of the Imperial hotel at Sum-:
Btrr; Mr and Mrs. Dorsett, of Char-1
tone; Mr. and Mrs. W. G Gresham, j
of tin- Monroe hotel at Monroe; Mr.
Bind Mrs. William G. Hodges, of the i
IFranklin hotel at Spartanburg; Mr. j
I ind Mrs. L. R. Holley, of the Com-j
Bmercial hotel at Aiken; George How- j
Bell, of the Rock Hill publishing comBpany;
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. McNulty, j
I of Columbia; Mr. and Mrs. Santo Sot-!
tile, of the Charleston hotel at Charleston,
Mr and Mrs. Teague, of Rock
B Hill; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thomasson,
Bcf Gre.msboro, N. C.; Mrs. Cannon, of
B Bishopv llle; Mr. and Mrs. Smith, of
I Columbia; Mr. and Mrs. R. Young, of
BHigh Point; Mr. and Mrs. Horn, of
Charlotte: Mr. and Mrs. Lambright,
I of Roi k Hill; Mr. and Mrs. Sanders,
I of Charlotte; Mr. Duke, of the King
Cotton hotel, of Greensbord; Mr. Lee,
Bof Ral. igh; Mr. Myers, of Concord;
B^aniei- Fowler, of Rock Hill, and Mr.
<ennii._<. of Georgetown.
BNOVEMBER 14th WILL BE
I "CLEAN UP AND FIX UP" WEEK
B Thi M*ek of November 14th will
^ "Ci-un Cp and Fix Up" week at
the Qi;kcemetery. Every lot ownHtr
is ? Aj.-oied to see that his property
Hi* ma;, neat and attractive to the
B ne.
I Grar.cj- Kornegay, who has taken
B'nart;.. interest in the Improvement
B" the "< motery, urgeB all lot owners,
toeith'-r personally see that the prop-j
H^ty i> f loaned, or arrange with the j
exton have the work done.
I Mr Kornegay has Just completed j
piat 'ing of thirty live oak trees
tiong . roads entering the ceme-!
*"7 '-sf trees were purchased a ,
>*r iu, and planted In a swampland
ntii .-ral weeks ago when they .
H*Wh transplanted to the roadside'
B ^ : .i-l leading from the main
Ut-Aa. improved a-,year ago, has.
r beautified by having the;
covered with pine Btraw,
W4tnsr L-r.-atly to the beauty of the1
I 1
I R-ding Academy Open*
Bib!'* ,irownt Instructor at (
B**J bratrg, N. C., the past summer
j*^*lso a rider In several western
J**0* the past fall, ha* taken charge
Court inn riding academy and
B fine riding horse* available
ac^0** desiring to enjoy the many
I?t bridle paths here.
Polo Season Begins
Within Few Weeks
The polo .season in Camden \s!H ho
ushered In within a few weeks, and
indications are strong for the most
successful season In the history of
the sport here.
In addition to the Town and Country
teams, two rival groups of riders
who have provided plenty of thrills
for spectators in past seasons, another
group of players will be In the
spotlight on the local polo fields this
year
A team of hard-riding and skilled
players which has won much praise i
from sport writers at Philadelphia.will
come to Camden from Hryn Mawr,|
Pennsylvania, the latter part of December,
and will play Camden teams
! as well as teams from about the
southland. j
The Bryn Mawr team Is made up
of l'arkley Scull and William C. El-j
Hott. of Bryn Mawr; John Shelldrake,,
of Drexel Hill ; Hardy C. Wlngell and (
Richard Evans, of Amber, Pennsylvania
Pat Delaney, also identified
with this group, was in Camden with
Dick Floyd, Camden's polo ace, this
past week, and is elated with the
polo fields and equipment here. The
Pennsylvania group will bring fifteen
polo ponies to Camden with them.
The Devine cup play will he staged
during the Christinas holidays with
Camden's Town and Country teams i
competing. Past season the playoff
of this cup event was carried into ^
the spring because of postponements.}
The cup play calls for the best two ^
out of three games.
Planning Map Of
Kershaw County
Draftsmen in the Highway Planning
Survey office are at work on the most
complete map ever made of Kershaw
county. Information for these maps
was gathered in an extensive road inventory
of Kershaw county last
spring, and aerial photographs are he-1
jng i(l) insure thoir a"*lirapvOne
complete base map Is to be
made first, Including all natural feat-,
ures such as lakes, rivers, all state,
county and other boundaries, railroads,
bridges, overpasses, reservations,
parks, and other physical characteristics.
On this map will be placed all cultural
features of Kershaw county
such as private dwellings, farm units,
schools, churches, hospitals, factories,
stores, hotels, airports, cemeteries,
or other features which would
have any relation to the traffic on
the roads near which they are local-,
ed. '
From this base map, a general highway
and transportation map will be ^
made showing the types of roads, the,
navigable rivers, commercial air lines,
and distances between towns and,
roads. Another map will show the
routes used by bus and truck lines,
another will outline school bus routes, |
and another will trace out mail
routes. .
Similar maps will be drawn up
the other counties in South Carolina
and all of them will be combined Into
a large map' of the state, showing
most of the same features as areshown
on the county maps.
As soon as all of these maps have
been completed and checked, they w 1 1
be tied in with other phases of the
survey which proposes to use its information
as the baBis for future ^
highway planning. Prints of these
maps will he sent to the proper of-,
flcials of Kershaw county for local.
use.
K i wan is Helping Future Farmers
Tuesday, November 9. at the Jefferson
Hotel, in Columbia, the K wants
held Future Farmers d y.,
Those serving on the program were
Venl Peterson, state supervisor of (
vocational agriculture in Soul (
olina. and Robert Smith of Camden
state executive committee member
for the Future Farmers of South Car
G1'mr Smith pav* his program of ;
work in vocational agriculture in the
Camden High School. The Future,
Farmers activities in his cha*>^' Jd
a record of the State Convention held (
at Clemson June 2 through . fi
xtr Pe'ersoo gave an account j
the wo* of the 6.000 m.mber, of
the Future Farmers for the past fe
years?the alma and objects for years
t0HCT sm.U. of Camden; J. O. Watson,
of Blythewood. and P. B.
of Columbia, were agriculture teAch- (
er4 present,?P*ul Jordan, reporter.
To Take Census |
Of Unemployed!
At the direction of congress, the
pi ehidciii bus approved u plan for a1
census of all iiueiuployed and partly'
unemployed workers. All persons at'
| work on emergency work projects of '
I the govonuont are also Included In'
' 1111 h census.
j I'he number of the unemployed will
be determined from Information 1
cured by a voluntary individual reg-'
(stratum A curd to be filled in and I
I returned to the poutofflce will be de-,}
llvered to every dwelling on November
16, 1937. These cards will then
be forwarded by the postofflce to the
National Unemployment consus.
Completed cards must be mailed be '
fore inldutght, November 20, 1937. No'
postage stamps are needed. If you
cannot reud or write get some one to
1111 out your card for you.
There are fourteen main Questions
to be answered and In order for yon
to familiarize yourself with them and
help you to form your answers The
Chronicle Is reproducing them below:
Name, address and farm residence.
Do you live on u farm?
Are you totally unemployed und '
want work? Partly employed and)
want more work? Working at WPA, '
NY A, CCC, or other emergency work?
j Are you able to work?
Age at last birthday.
Color or race
How many hours did you work last
week ?
How many weeks did you work In
the last 12 months?
What Is your occupation or kind of
work ?
Kind of business or industry in
which you did, or are doing, this kind
of work?
How many other workers are there
in your family living In the same!
household with you?
How many of these workers are:
Totally unemployed and want work?
Partly employed and want more
work? Working at WPA, NYA, CCC,
or other emergency work?
How many persons are mainly dependent
on you for supportT
What was your individual total in-'
come, cash and other last week?
This Information is vital to you and \
as it costs nothing the unemployed \
should render every assistance In fill-'
ing out these cards. The time will be;
short but the government wants this ,
information just as early as possible. !
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RECORDS |
FOR KERSHAW COUNTY 8CHOOL8
The following per cents of attend-i
ance in the white schools of Kershaw '
county have been derived from the
county superintendent's report by J.
H. McDaniel, county attendance
teacher. Most schools have made a
good showing for the first month.
Now that the crops are gathered we
are expecting a large Increase In the
attendance of rural schools says Mr.
McDaniel. It Is hoped that several
schools will even be rivals for Liberty
Hill's place.
Per cent of attendance by schools
for first month for 1937-1938 Is as follows:
Liberty Hill 100, Camden 98,
Oak Ridge 97, Midway 96.fi, Baron DeKalb
95.3. Thorn Hill 95.2, Stoneboro
92.8, Blaney 92.2, Ml. Pisgah 92, Charlotte
Thompson 91.1, Providence 90.9,
Antloch 90.7, Crescent 90. Three C's
90, Wateree 90, Ned's Creek 89.4. Bethune
87.5, Oakland 86.8, LugofT 86.6,
dates Ford 83.7, Pine Grove 83.2, Central
80, Pleasant Grove 75. The above
per cents are based on the enrollment
and average attendance.
First Baptist Church 8ervlces
The following services are announced
for the week beginning November'
14, at the First Baptist church; Sun-1
day school at 10 o'clock. Public wor-1
ship conducted by the pastor, J. B. (
Gaston, at 11:15 a m , and 7:30 p. m. j
Morning subject, "The Vocation of
the Educated." Evening subject, !
"The Tragedy of Neglect." B. T. U.
Sunday evening at 6:30. Prayer '
meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30 '
The public is cordially invited to at- 1
tend all services of this church.
Forest Fire* Kept Down
The Rtate Forestry Commission reports
that for the week ending November
4, there was only one forest
fire in Kershaw countgr, and that burned
only two-tenths of an acre of woodland.
Bishop Thomas At 8tateburg 8unday
The Rt. Rey. A. 8. Thomas will administer
confirmation and preach at
the Church of the Holy Cross, Rtateburg,
Sunday morning, November 14,
at 11:30 o'clock.
-L. 1 i.
Camden Decisively
Defeats Newberry j
" H> Frank II Heath)
t uiiitlcii h fit.sl Bulldogs unienniined
uuleascd ami unbroken at Zemp Fit-Id
last Friday. romping rough shod over
Newberry la to it
A surprise aerial attack that found
Nowbt t ry unprepared and badly flus '
toiod lot! to two touchdowns in (ho
first quarter, throo in the third and
twt) in t he fourth Tho Bulldogs
maintained a scoring temp in all i
quarters with tho exception of tho|
soooud
Overmatched and outclassed Nowerry
did not have a single brief moment
during the game. Fearful of
the effects of u devastating pile-driving
offensive that the Bulldogs have i
gulued fame for, the visitors put eight
men on the line In the hopes of throttling
It
Keen wits switched the Camden attack
to the air and found the lanes
wide open for a bombardment that
developed Into a pigskin parade.
1 nhurrled passes from unhurried
pitchers to sticky-fingered catchers
told the story and the crowd of loyal
rooters who had braved the rain to
watch the Bulldogs in what might bo
tlie last home game of the Season,
were thrilled by the aerial ntzzle-duzzle
uncorked.
Camden plays at Florence today
and with fair weather prevailing a I
goodly crowd of fans will accompany '
the Bulldogs to tho enen5~sTTCntlgh^ld. !
In the Newberry game tho six",
touchdowns were scored by West and J
"Red" Lynch scoring twice and Cox,'
Richards and Wooten one each. I
Camden has now rolled up 206
points as against S scored by oppos-1
ing teams. This is a record that few i
high schools in the entire country can
boast of. I
THEY STUDY AS WELL AS PLAY '
I
Complimentary Letter From Prof. J.'
G. Richards About Football Boys
Coach John M. Villepigue of the'
Camden high school football squad, j
has Few|veil The""following "highly'
complimentary letter from Prof. J. (}.1
Richards, superintendent of the1
schools. This letter shows that the!
boys study as well as play, and the |
letter is published without the know-!
ledge of Mr. Richards, and The Chron-'
icle Is glad that he has seen fit to
compliment. these boys In this man-'
ner. The letter follows:
"Dear John: I wish to congratu-l
late you and the boys on the wonder-!
ful work you have done on the loot- j
ball field this year. Your squad Is a
fine, gentlemanly and cooperative
group?better perhaps than any that
we have had previously?certainly
Just as good In every respect.
"Here are some facts that you may
wish to know about these boys. The
following members of your squad did j
not fall on anything the first six
woeks: Rowell, Oettys, Brown Hendrix,
West, Richards. Villepigue, I). !
Lynch, Watts, Marshall, Hough, Og-'
burn, McRae, Watts, i^amoy, Boykln I
P. and Boykln W. |
"The average of the squad is C. j
plus, which I am sure must be bet-1
ter than the school average.
"I am sure you will Join with me
in the hopes that these fine boys will
continue to do well both in their
sports and in their studies.
"With best wishes for continued
success." I
TRIPLE CELEBRATION '
Grandfather, Granddaughter and
Grandson Celebrate Birthday?
A triple family celebration in which
the eldest of the trio was 80 years of
age and the youngest 17, took place
at Hendersonville, North Carolina, on
Sunday.
I wo of the Individuals figuring In
the triple celebration were from Camden,
and the real guest of honor was
the father of Mayor J. H. Osborne of
bis city, a resident of Hendersonville,
who was eighty years of age last Friday.
'he youngest was Miss Margaret
Osborne, daughter of Mayor and Mrs.
J H. Osborne, and a student at Converse
college, Spartanburg, who was
17 years of ago on Friday. The third
party In the triple celebration was
Hamilton Ofiborne, son of Mayor and
Mrs. Osborne, who was 21 years of
age on Saturday.
The celebration at Hendersonville
might have Included the silver wedding
anniversary of Mayor and Mrs
Osbprne, as they observed this nuptial
Jepoch last week.
( The eighty year old father of Mayor
I Osborne is bale and hearty and con
jtinueg to be active in the operation
of his farm. Less than two years ago
i he was awarded a gold medal for be
I ing thp master farmer of the county
I In which he resides At that time a
celebration was held and was attend
ed by prominent men In the agrleul
tura] world, and of the citizenry ol
the community.
Five young persons were kllle<
when their car was hit by a Quincey
Omaha and Kansas City train at i
grade crossing at Knox City, Mc
Three of the victims belonged to on<
family.
New Station To He
Open November 19
When i nun \u I I i i ,n k Sc.iliu.inl
An I.mi' 11 >? i pulls .mi til (In Sea
board station on Cliesnut at root born
lliuisdav at I d.s p in, none other
than his honor. Mayor .) H Osborne,
will bo at tho throttle.
K M Kennedy. Jr. ihalrinan of (ho
commit too in oh a rue of tho program
attendant upon tho opening of the
new Seaboard station here announced
today that arrangements have peon
made whereby tho Camden executive |
will don engineers togs and climb!
Into the cab of tho big locomotive and
his hand will open tho throttle that!
will pull the Camden Special Into the j
new station.
The opening of the new depot, orlg- (
Inally planned for Friday, November
19. was changed to Thursday, Novem-1
ber IS, in order that officials of the!
Seaboard could be present for the;
occasion.
The Rotary Club, in session Thurs- '
day, will adjourn to board the truln
and make the trip of one mile from
the old to the new station. Members?
of the Kxchange Club will also be on
hand as will city officials, county of ,
ticials, members of the CJarden Club
and all citl/ens Interested In the pro !
gram.
The Seaboard will have photograh-1
ers tit the new station and "shots",
will be taken of tho train pulling In,
the crowd pouring from the Pullmans.'
the sale of the first ticket and also
of the mayor in tho garb of a Sea-1
board engineer
Christmas Seal Sale 1
Big Help in Control
I
The service sponsored by the Kershaw
County Tuberculosis Association
protects every home in the community
The idea of the Christmas
Seal ns a means of raising funds to
care for children 111 with tuberculosis
was first thought of by Finer Hoi
boll, a postal clerk in Copenhagen,
Denmark. When the first sale of the
Christmas Seals was attempted In
the Cnited States thirty years ago7~
It was to keep a modest little shack '
on the Rr&ndywine River, In Wilmington.
Delaware, from having to close.
The amount needed to keep open this
tiny hospital where poor victims were
brought back to health was $300. The
success of Miss Emily P. Plssell's efforts
to raise this sum was in a large;
measure due to the purchase of one
Beal by a ragged newsboy. This little
fellow reached up to a marble
counter where Christmas Seals were;
being sold, pushed a penny across it;
with a grimy hand, saying, "Olmme
one, me sister got It." The news of
a child who needed every penny for
bare necessities buying a Christmas
Seal was so impressive and inspiring
that returns were much larger than
it had ever been dreamed they would.
I be. Three thousand dollars, Instead
of the $300 asked for. were raised. 1
Today, the Christmas Seal Is still
an emblem for protection to children, I
as well as young people from tubercu-,
losls?the protection of children that;
they may not contract tuberculosis
from careless aduls?the protection
of young people because tuberculosis
causes more deaths among them than
any other disease.
Of the twelve persons who died of
1 tuberculosis In Kershaw county from
January first to November first, seven1
were under twenty-five years of age.'
Among the thirty-four cases known
to the county health department,
thirteen are children who have chlldi
hood tuberculosis and eight otherB
! are cases of the pulmonary type among
young persons between the
ages of sixteen and thirty. Will you
j protect the youth of this community
by buying Christmas Seals? Tuberculosis
is a communicable disease?
It Is passed from one person to an|
other by active cases who have not
! been found and Instructed or by
'cases who. even though they have
, been Instructed, continue to be care'less.
8ervice Manager At Court Inn
Perry Alexander, formerly manager
I of the Pine Forest Inn at Summer
(ville, S. C., has taken over the offict
of service manager of the Court Inr
' here. The executive management re
. mains vested in Jack Canter
L| Mr. Alexander was also manager o
the Roycroft Inn at East Aurora, Nev
iYork.
Arrangements have been made b
install electrically illuminated sign
In front of the Inn and at the corne
' of Mill street and the United State
1 highway.
I.
a Soviet Russia celebrated its 20t
anniversary on Sunday.
Veneer Company
Begins Operations
Billowing i rolitis ol Ma< k smoke
and jets of \vhlt? steam from sl;u ks
id tlo |io?i'i plant ol tin' I'ntti1 ami
Mi I.rod Velio r ioiii puu> plant litis
ivci'k marked the beginning of operations
at Ctitudi'u'it now Industry and
marked another forward step In com
inanity pi tigress.
In the large building where the
main operations of the plant are be
lug carried on are scenes of activity.
Laborers with cant hooks roll glunt
logs to the monster lathe after the
hark has been removed. I'lacod in
the lathe, this completely motorized
unit sheers off an exquisite tllm of
veneer of a thickness of an eighth of
an Inch. Adjustments make it possible
to sheer a film ol wood one twoaty
eighth of an Inch to a quarter of
an Inch thick.
The long thin ribbons of wood roll
along an Incline similar to an auto
assembly gear to an automatic clip
ping device where the ribbon of wood
ts cut Into dimensions called for
These are then stacked and placed
in a dryer after which they are grad
ed.and crated to be shipped to furniture
manufacturing plants all over
the south and east
The veneer now being inunufactur
ed Is shaved from logs of poplar and
gum wood but It 1s proposed to add
maple and native oak to the list within
a few weeks
The company will within a month
enlarge the plant to add equipment
for the making of plywood panels.
These panels will be shipped to furniture
plants.
The capacity of the plant at this
time is two carlouds of veneer per
week and when the plywood tnanu
fucturing Is started, it will have a
similar output. With the advent of
the plywood operations the shipping
of plain veneer will be abandoned
and the activity of the plant directed
to plywood manufacture
The plant 1h under the direction
of .John H. Green, a native of Norwood.
N. and an expert In the
manufacture of veneer and plywood.
W. C. Nornient will be In charge
of the saleH department and already
has a splendid market for the Camden
plant productions.
The plant Is now employing about
twenty-five men but later will double
the size of the working force.
Blanks Ready For
Accident Reports
Blank forms for the making out of
compulsory highway accident reports
by those Involved were being distributed
to all sections of the state by
the state highway patrol, It was announced
by Wilbur S. Smith, traffic
engineer for the state highway department.
Every lieutenant of the highway
patrol was summoned to Columbia,
given a big batch of the new forms,
and sent back to his district where
other patrolmen helped distribute
them among law enforcement officers
in every city, town and county of the
alafe.
Thus have the forms been made
available everywhere land the new
state law put Into effect. This act
requires that those involved in highway
accidents make a report of. it
' within 24 hours and either mall It to
1 the state highway department at Columbia
or hand it to a patrolman or
any other law enforcement officer in
the community for forwarding to Columbia.
Those who may be involved la aa
accident should immediately obtain
a form from some enforcement officer
I and make out the report. It will be
1 retained as confidential information
for the safety bureau of the highway
! department, and that they cannot be
; used in the trial in court of a highway
accident. The information is
I sought only to aid the highway dolp,;-tment
in its fight for more safety
'on the highways.
ANOTHER HOG SHIPMENT
The Kershaw County Farmers' Exchange
will ship hoga Twer.'.uy, November
16. at the loading pens at the
Seaboard freight station from 1 to 6
in the afternoon.
j We will pay one cent under the
" . Richmond market, f o b. Camden,, or
1 you can consign your hogR and get
0 your money later In the week.
8 Please help us advertise this shipr
ment because the more hogs we get
8 the c.heaper the freight will be and
each farmer will net more for their
h hogs says W. C. McCarley, the connty
agent. - : . jy.'yafetti;