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1 "SPOUTS SENSK , 7 AND NONSENSE I frank H. HEATH 1 ! .? i. S(1tt a roll III' along. Total points i iiii Opponents 8. I ? * On th?* fare of all returns now in, (h,. Camden HulldogB have prurikulty Oinlml the right to claim the state kiuh hool championship. nif. # * . The regular sphfdule, so fur hh 1 juiuilnled gamA^jare concerned. 1 winih up "I Florence today. Upsets ' all. ci tnmolt occurences in Karnes of ' (,ll suits and particularly in football ,l,jS \ear of 1937 and it may be that 1 fieri in e will spill the apples over the ;itf\client it 1h possible but n6t pro- ' bable. * Knowing how John VillopiKuo dis-! i lie limelight of publicity, we i lujve refrained from usitiK the Hull- I dog reach's name in our propaganda, t liui we're going to bust right now In i ni.-li tills time and yelp to the world ( alien: the prowess of this gridiron I tiieiiler I | ? * Without Hash or the blare of trum|M*t> John calfnly and unostentatiously i rariies on. He Is u "natural" as a < (O.eli and I agree with Tom, Dick ? and liarry that lie is without a peer s in high school couching ranks ?not < onl> in South Carolina hut any darn place?the whole country if I may take ii: extended territory. i # * * * ( Sorry John, wo just had to bust out. \ I have always fell that the tiute to 1 eulogize an individual is when ho is * ?J. ...wi r?r?f umH I tt ff * r ?T ***? ???S* ???<?? C ? ? CTJ- ?/ fT (!//<*/ ' jug soft music around him. And we're hoping you're going to continue to coach Camden High for many, many ' wars f * i Now a word about this all-star 1 tain, between teams of North and ' South Carolina high schools. * * * 1 t I am agin it. and I'll tell you why. 1 II S all right to schedule these .Col- ( lege all-star professional champs ' games and it is admitted that there ' is an appeal to an attraction that ' brin-s out the best grid talent in the' 1'nited States. Hut I nf-ver saw one yet where the playing itself was so 1 her. And if these all-Ainericaiis can 1 not round into shape in two weeks? ?' hew in Sam Hill can you expect high > m!o?o| talent to do it? ' \o sir-e-e-e-e! such a game as planned would not be as interesting ' to watch as a game between Camden 1 high representing South Carolina and 1 Charlotte high representing North * Carolina. Such a game would pre- s s?rve the individualism of each team ,in I Lke .players. , . ; * * i An all-star program would take 1 boys from their studies for ten days 1 to two weeks while training for such P i game. 1J . t And last, but not least, who will v coach the all-star outfit. Again we v "'iyrrtTPro Is only one roach In South Carolina that could be given consideration?he stands alone In his field, t No names, because we have explained ^ about this modest fellow. ! n * 1 c And If he did not coach tjie South ; Carolina all-star outfit, we would be j reluctant to have any of our Bulldogs n working under some other coach. I n * * I v Well folks, we've spilled a lot about i c this all-star program. Mebbe we are ; r j It* wot on t!i!s matter as wo have boon in doping ont winnors this soa ! *on Hut thai is Just how wo tool .unit wo a'tnt taking it haok It soouis to tno that the radio not works, or tho stations in this part oil the country would exorcise some judg ] went in arranging football hroud .asts Take last Sa.turday for in 1 ilance we had to listen to that l>uke ! Wuke Forest affair, which was about ! as interesting as all Irish wake And! the only other station an ordinary ra 1 to eould grasp earrled a telegraphic dory of a game. With the networks ear ry inn I'itt tnd Notre Dame, I'nlane and Ala minu, Georgia Tech and Clemson, and Jtlier interesting gatires of national j inport, it's too had thai at least one if the two stations we can hear plain ! v did not carry anything with a kick J In it. ' ! * * Much favorable comment was heard i elalive to tile Court Inn and we pre I Hot that the hotel bosses in the other ities and towns will not hesitate to 1 send the knights of the grip to the) L'ourt Inn. Arthur Slade, the gonial host at the iohkirk is preparing for the opening >f this well known hotel on Nuxem)er 20. Arthur has been with us he-; ore hut this is his lirst term as man-' iger and we predict good things for ! tL?i H?>I>f< >rU ' * Well folks, it now appears that the j leld goal that Alabama kicked to de- , eat Tulane was illegal?on the state-' nent of none others than the scouts | rotn Vaiulerbilt. Georgia Tech, and : Hiuisianu State, plus the eye of u novie camera. Rule 7, section 2 says hat the team in possession of the I mil must have seven or more players j >n the line of scrimmage when the mil is snapped and the motion pic- | ure shows that the Crimson Tide i lad but six. * The I'itt Panthers now rank as llte| lalion's outstanding college teaiu. I 'nlif'ornia is second, Alabama third >mi l-'ordliaui fourth, with Dartmouth. i ale. Santa Clara. Duke. Villa Nova lmi Minnesota in the order named. * * * * I The Marcpiette varsity team. Rose fowl timber for the past two years, J nit with a green team on the turf' his season was the lirst team to' ross Villa Nova's goal line this sea-' on. ? ? i ' Ham'' Osborne, our genial mayor, I s going to turn engineer when he ! akes the throttle of the giant loeomu-j ive of the New York to Florida ex- j ress on the Seaboard when the train ulls out from the old passenger stamp next Thursday. And yours truly vill be cast in the role of fireman rilli pob Kennedy as conductor. k * X * Can you imagine "Ham" and yours ruly in railroad dungarees and cap. j tnd take a slant at Rob Kennedy j vith the gold-embelished conductor ap. * We're goin' to have golf next sumner. Camden golf club with tournaaents every week end and a fee that vill be a wee bit more than the cost if a dope. Watch our column for tews of this golf program. Timber Cutting at Mulberry Plantation The South Carolina Forest Service represented by District Forester R. W. Reiser of Camden and County i Al'.hi W. C. McCarley, representing 'h?- State Extension Service, conducted to very informative timber cutting detin nstration on November 3 on the Mulberry Plantation, three miles south of Camden on the west side of tin Sumter highway. Assistant state Forester N. D. Canterbury, directed th. demonstration. ; Tl?e Mulberry Plantation is owned b> 11 R. Williams, of Camden; whose pip' line contracting business operates Horn Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Mulbetiy Plantation was orniginally own?d by General Chesnut, who was prominent in the early affairs of the state. Mr. Williams is a direct descendant of the General and makes his home in the plantation house which was built 116 years ago. The plantation manager, Kirby Tupper Rleger and McCarley, in company with I) R Williams, selected a representative portion of the 2,600 acres _?? ? i ????l of woodland on the 5,^00 acre plantation for the demonstration. An acre plot with 219 trees on it was laid out and 132 of those which were crooked, crowding more desirable trees, or which had been hopelessly outdistanced in the struggle for crown room were cut out. The trees were marked and measured prior io cutting and were converted into products to which they were best suited. A total of 1.600 board feet of saw j logs, I i cords of pulpwood and 1 1-4 ! cords of fuelwood were secured, baring a total value of $52.65, which left ! a balance of $34.35, after deducting i the labor lor the cutting. The cut. material was neatly stacked or piled so that the visitors could readily view ' it. Left standing was 6,100 board feet j of th'e straightest, cleanest timber which will accelerate its rate of growth after having been released from the root and crown competition of the cut trees In terms of pulpwood the uncut stand would amount to 24 1-4 cords. All measurements were in terms of the standard 128 cubic foot cord. The cutting of timber in this manner assures that the owner secures an Income frofti the thinnings, much of whfCh would be lost in the natural development of the stand. It also enables the sunlight to get to the forest floor thereby allowing the forest to reseed naturally. The cutting also demonstrated that lands protected from fires are capa-/ ble of growing better quality of tun- i! ber at a much faster rate than lands which are burned over. The Williams' lands reflect the foresight of their owner as he has protected them from fire for a number of years and was one of the first members of the Kershaw County Protection Association which was a fore-runner of the present KArshaw-County-wide protection activities. The cotton rows are plainly visible In this old field timber and George, an old negro living on the place, re- ( members well the last crop made on this land?thirty-six years ago. ( County Agent W. J. i iller, of Chesterfield. gave a very interesting and informative talk to those assembled. ( lie recounted Lhe forest history of the county and brought out the economic values of forest protection to both Kershaw^ and Chesterfield counties j State Forester 8mlth gave a very ; forceful talk on the need for fire pro-; tectlon and proper cutting practices to assure maximum timber growth with continuous and largest returns! to the landowners and avoidance of forest depletion for individual owner.! the county or the state. He went on j to bring home the point that proper ; cutting of pulpwood was the three-: way responsibility of, first, the state J T- J ?- . _ - ''i" whose function is to Inform and as- j sist landowners in regard to what, j where and how much timber to cut. j This information and assistance being j furnished by the District Foresters, j Secondly, the landowner is responsl- | ble for the application of proper cut- I ting and marketing practices to as-' sure him the highest returns from ; his woo/Hands as well as improving , them by Judicious thinnings and improvement cuttings. The third responsibility rests with the paper mills and their contractors to secure their supplies from lands out over on a conservative basis. Mr. Smith brought , out the fact that the pulpwood de- j mands provldeu a market for much j material secured when thinning timber. Heretofore, in many cases, the ' small materia, such as this bad no sale va.ue, uca - ...any landowners did no, l. >t. crowded timber on ac- | count of the expense Involved and lack of income. Among tne interested visitors present were Mr. Doveridge and Mr. j Fit/water, assistant chief foresters ] .rem the Wasniugton office of the U. S. i-ore.3t service, who spoke highly! of tli. Actn o. l..e State Forest Ser-; vice ??.. t tthi.>ei ^rowing possiollItles of South Carolina. At noon, in truni of the nearby log | lod e, in 11.e iinds, of the woods, a delicious barbecue dinner was served: wiUi p.autaUon manager Tuppcr and! County Hanger l'erry as hosts, as- j sisted by toe plantation negroes. '1 lie ii.an> persons who attended displa>e<i Keen lniereBt in the demonstration b> examining the cutting in detail and asking numerous questios. Mr. Tupper stated that Mr. Williams had signified his intention of giving one hundred acres of his timbe r land similar treatment in the near future following the suggestions of District Forester R. W. Rleger of the State Forest Service. . "it *hseYiflir~Tiflr it ?A' 1 Schools Urged To Observe Week Slu It* superintendent of education J H. Hope in a message to both educators and pupils in the stale nines' tItem to observe Couservation Week, November 14 to 20, with particular emphasis on Arbor Day, which takes place November 10 The full text of Mr. Hope's message follows. May t add a word to eIt'orts to pro I mote an interest in l 'onsen at ion I \\ eek which will be observed the I third week in November? Although conservation of all the natural resources of our slate should be a matter ot constant concern on the part of all of us as educators and clt i/.ens, 1 heartily approve a time set aside for concentrated study and though' of w av s and means to protect ' and preserve our beautiful trees and ! commercially valuable forests Nature has been very kind to us in. this state but the time has come when! it Is necessary to guard zealously ! against man s carelessness, which of-I ten results in forest fires, and his1 needless extravagance in laying waste | great areas with the axe and saw. ' Na,lure cannot continue to give to man in the future unless man today replaces what he takes from her. l.Vcl'v school child should have the' opportunity to visit at least one of' the many beautiful State Parks "which i .. . . .i <M r miexcftrr rrtrnt crrcr crrtfcftrcafctcf tcrthe coast. 1'hey are not only places ol great beauty hut line examples of vvliat must be done in order to preserve our forests. Our young people must see that whatever goes on now in the way of destruction is robbery of their own generation and others to come. This is a challenge to the teachers They have a responsibility which I feel sure they will meet in their teaching.} hvery available source of help should he called upon in this program, and particularly helpful will be any bulletins or suggestions from the office ot the State Forestry Commission ' Lee County Physician Dead i Bishopville, Nov s. I>r. \. y Altord. 77. veteran physician and far- j titer ef Wisacky. died Friday afternoon after a lingering illness. lie, i nines. Lrotn a family prominent in this section and widely connected ovi r the state, where news of his i death will be received with sorrow j Doctor Alford was the son of the late \\ McD Alford and Lli/abe.m McLean Alford, and was born in Ma-' t4ote-county?tie uhh gr-mlumcd from the Medical College of South Carolina and located in this section in 1887. Surviving him are his widow, the former Miss Mary Sue Crane; one brother. R. L. Alford, and five sis-; ters, Miss Mary Grace Alford, Missj Annie Alford. Miss Douschia Alford and Miss Julia Alford and Mrs. T. G.! McLeod, widow of the former gover- j nor McLeod. He is also survived by j the following nieces and nephews: Mrs. A. C. Mclntyre, Toronto, Canada; Mrs. S. B. McMaster, Yancey McLeod, and T. G. McLeod, of Columbia, i In a nation-wide broadcast from ! Boston Tuesday night, former Presi-! dent Hoover declared that he "devoutly wished for" a coalition of AntiNew Dealers, and called on the Republican party first to draft a new declaration of principles that would fuse the foes of the Roosevelt admin- > istration. He declared flatly that he' himself did not "want any public office." 1 Parents Day At The Citadel <M in.tjut Important r (it tin1, mom b?M > HI i it.- i i>i 11Hi ('iiiit-iM <ii riu' Ctlnibl I In- M lilt ill > < 'el lege South CUioillkd W?-ll .if lo lllt-ll' i I. I 11 v t* > and tl tends is tli# annual I'uienta I hty there Willi all i'lit.i?fB suspended fin thf occasion, and all uctlvitiutf and all d?-|>a11lueuta opon to inspuo tlon it makes an interesting ocean ion lor all who attend I Ills year. It will be held on Saturday , Noveiu ber 20. Prominent in tlie eadet corps a rial I members of the Camden delegu tion at I he Citadel Anions the prominent Camden outlets at the state military college arts: Seniors (leorge Otis Creed, son of Mr and Mrs. George A. ('reed, of 211 HeKalb street; member of coast artillery unit of reserve officers train ing corps; hist llouUmunt in Com pan\ "II majoring in civil engineering Junior-- Kohert Cowry Hliaine, son of Mrs 11 W lihame. of lis Cuurelis street, member of coast artillery K t) T C unit and of Company "F"; majoring in physics. Sophomores Kohert Marye, son of Mis Alice ('. Miiiye, of C?17 Cyltloion si reel; memtier of coast artillery unit of K O T. assigned to Com pan\ "15 " snorrou Jtimes West, son of .Sirs. Mattie K West, of Ueno Farm; member of coast artillery unit of K O T. C ; assigned to Company 1 F ." Freshmen-?William \V. Hates, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hates; member of the eoast artillery It. () T ('. unit and assigned to Company "H." H<- is the holder of the Camden schola rsbip. Henry (1 Carrison. Jrd, son of Mr. and Mrs Henry (I Carrison, Jr ; member of eoast artillery unit of the It t> T. (' and assigned t<? Company John M ii it ii It Ii.i no-. >oii of Mr-- Joe Hi-en Kliaine. of Fair street; num 1 > : ,i; , , ; a ri ilit r> K < > 'I' C unit and assigned to Company ' K " Car Badly Damaged When It Hits Deer State Highway Patrolman Hoy kin. while returning to Sumter from Columbia Wednesday night, badly damaged the front of his ear when he crashed into a big buck deer in the TCTTTFree rTVer swamp The officer was driving around 50 J miles an hour when the deer sprang out of the swamp directly in front , of the car. The car hit the deer a j glancing blow and the badly wounded animal staggered back into the swamp Boykin turned his car around and returned to the spot where the crash occurred, but was unable to follow the deer's trail into ' the dark swamp. The left fender of the car was bent back against the tire and broken in | one place. The left headlight was smashed and the horn on the left side | was broken loose and crushed by the . force of the impact with the deer, i Tufts of the deer's hair were left wedged in the smashed horn and the; 1 bumper was spattered with blood.? j Friday's Sumter Item. Dangerous Days "Girls were harder to kiss in your lay, weren't they, grandpa?" "Mebbe, mebbe," ventured the old man, "but it wasn't so blame dangerous. ^ ^never heard of a parlor sofa running off the road and smashing into a light pole." I Safety Conference Set for Columbia Columbia. No\ 9 Although gni rial mhItl) will be ilif subject <>t m'V rial add) i'hm's, st ii'ss will be laid oil s pcc I tic nii'iisui t's lor satety at the in si annual Smiih Carolina Safety Conference to lio hold in Coluinlda No\n in tin II' and 2d, it was pointed out by John II I MiIm'S, (haiiinan of i lie stall tndustiial commission and ffiifial <-ha i I'm a n of I lir colli e rr nee on i n i ill fi-f Experts schooled In the various phases of salety. whether al woik, ill the homes, on highways or elsewhere, will lead the group discussioiis of the two day conference They are being, in eight In from various parts of tho' country to assist in carrying the message of safety to every South] ('arolltiian. Heading tho list of speakers will: he \V H Cameron, of Chicago, lnnti ' aging director of the National Safety j Council, other speakers will include: | (icorge Opp. safety director of the Hetroit Edison nunpauy, Detroit; S E. Whiting, chief engineer of the Lib-| erty Mutual Insurance company, of Boston: Crank I'lthcrn, safety direc ! tor oj tliiv Southern Midi Telephone and Telegraph company for the t'arolinas; E t!, Hastings, safety engineer for the South Carolina I'ower company, oT Charleston, T S Shinn, safety ? ngitieer for the Carolina Cower and Light company. Raleigh; Dr C M, lloldridue. -atety eugin>>i lor the Duke I 'i we]- ei >111 pa ny , Charlotte. A Stanley Llewellyn, manager of Hi>* W ater, e Division of the Kendall eemiiany. o| Camden, will he among tin speakers. i Club Held Monthly Meeting Tile Charlotte Thompson Homo l,)pinoiistrat ion Club held their November meeting at the home of Mrs Lindsay Ives, Thursday. November 4. at 3 p m The meeting was opened with i devotional service by Mrs M M. IVarce. The project song. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," was sung. After?wllixdl-much .member answered to her name with a Christinas gift suggestion. Miss Thomas, our county; tuberculosis nurse, gave a very inter- ! esting talk, stressing the importance j of tiie Christmas Seal sales to help ! audi u worthy cause. The meeting was then turned over to our efficient home demonstration agent. Miss Mar- I garet Fewell, who gave us a wonder- | ful demonstration on attractive , Christmas gifts W'e got many good Ideas and hints by a display of tho attractive work done by club girls. Much pleasure was derived from this. The most interesting point she gave us was "The gifts that are made by 1 our Lands are always appreciated I and appropriate." After tliu business j session, a social half hour was enjoyed by all, and our hostess served ' delicious refreshments. The next J meeting will be a Christmas social at tin* home of Misses Kuth and Bertha > M oscley. FINAL DISCHARGE ___ Notice is hereby given that ono | month from tills date, on December I 12, 1937, I will make to the Probate "rurt of K.-rshaw county my final return as Administratrix of the estate ] I of H (J Marvin, deceased, and on the i same date I will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said | Administratrix. ELEANOR B MARVIN Administratrix Camden, S. C., Nov. 12, 1937 Raft Roes To Had; Truck (iocs in Lake A inw 1 i7 Pord pit Kiip truck and a trailer. belonging to Oliver M. Poilb w bo lives about half way boI ween I exington ami l.eesville en I aUe Murray. Is at tin bettein of the laKi iieai l lie heme of Mi Perth, lllalt l sixteen leet ol w liter Tile trnek was purchased in Lexington only a few weeks ago ami was used lor hauling truek te market, It was s.l III Saturday morning Mr Perth, his two son- and a mum man went te a nitivalid Held s i | n.11 ed ell a neek i hat is almost surrounded by the back water of the lake. To keep from / having te tlrlve unite a distance to reach the Held within a short distance ,, I, lo 1, I... i ..IV <> ??.. I" farm by water seme 2<>0 yards wide, Mr Perth constructed a ruft to carry the truek ami traihi cress the Inlet The party had iro- .-d the water, leaded the trailer with cabbage, turnips. etc. for market and werP nearly hack to mainland when Mr I'erlh diseovi red that the raft was sinking .Inst why the craft refused te held the weight reining hack, no one knows, hut it is presumed that the lead was net properly placed on the raft. or that the truek shifted its position during the crossing Minn ii was seen that the raft was going to sink, Mr Perth. Ins two suns iml ?h>- m-eio jnmp.-d into the icv ua'i r ami in le .ivy whiter clothing and all had a -tiMg"!.- to reach land atolv \\ Inn the n< ".'l'n man was told that the rait was going down, lie exi lalmed. it i- said ' My (Jawd, boss, what is I to do? I can't swim a lick'" JJuL Liic net;ni \MLi ilie lirst Lu hit the water and it is said that ho boat the whit, men to land, whether lie could swim or not. Monday Mr Perth came to Lexington ami secured paraphernalia with which he hoped to raise the raft and Ttrr~truck. hm~nr last-repoTtB~t1nrT>tTt lit was still submerged on the bottom of the lake. The men had a rather harrowing experience, as tiie lake water was very cold, and all are fortunate that they escaped any serious after effects of their plunge into and swim In the cold water. ({OUA* i. ! :V, |ii : McLKOI) & McLAUCHLIN 1 j COAL ? WOOD j ~ | FEED ? FERTILIZERS j S \ " - ^ ^ - j BARGAINS Used Radios ? Thoroughly' Reconditioned BRUNSWICK ?- PHILCO R. c. A.? ETC. $10.00 to $25.00 A BEN TEAM Eart Rutledgc 8t. 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