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IHE3LP FIGHT THE WHITE PLAGUE BY BUYING CHRISTMAS SEALS ANI) BONDS. SALE IS NOW ON! | The Camden ? Chronicle 1 VOLUME 4? ^ Ml I III CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1937 ^ NUMBER 37 ^ ~gj|j II Opens New, Station [ With Ceremonies I With KreU Ogburn, American Le. n post bead, banging on' the [-bUtie '0P?' Mayor J. H. Osborne. ,?tmg hb engineer, and Frank Heatb Ejfli'emau, old 191, crack Seaboard [Jr flyer from New York to florida, roared Into the handsome w 0tatlon 'of the Seaboard Thurs afternoon, to be greet**} with doers from a big crowd of ^JIMjttden dtUens who had gathered to participate in the ceremonies " incident' to the formal opening of the, structure. The train In eharge of Conductor Robert Kennedy, Jr., stopped at the old Chesnut street station just long enough for the honorary train crew to take their positions and a group of state, city, county and railway company officials to climb aboard, Yhea it resumed the run to the new station. 'rVglillw CguUt c gnuaacrg tiro smbition of a life time when he took It strangle hold on the whistle cord | and the manner ^in which he made I tl?s air ring with theL Strains of "CamHden, Here We Come" would have pade any caltope artist blush for I ibanie. And let it be said that Mayor ^| Osborne demonstrated his technique | Itt how to run a giant mogul well?af ter a glance at the roaring furnace as revealed when the automatic doors of Hthe firebox clanged open?he retreatled hastily to a point where the air gas less heated. I Dewey Creed, who was to have as tamed the character of train "butch er," forgot his papers, bananas and apples, but he did exhibit some souveH'tdrs resulting from a skilled placing of pennies on the rail as the train rolled into the old station. I Bob Kennedy as master of ceremoHnles was everything at once and his friends gaye him a real salute when donned the cap of conductor. Represented in the group was the Cam^Ben Garden Club, Exchange Club, Ro dry club, Kershaw Guards, fire de grtment, city administration, county Bkard, county delegation. Boy Scouts, Seaboard Air Line Railway, State Railroad Commission, Camdetf MerBhants Association, Chamber of Com- ; neree, state and local press, Masonic , Bodies and American Legion. . , I Ernest L. Woodward, who was un- ( Bible to be present was represented , ^ by Harry D. Kirkover and the Board of Education by J. G. Richards, Jr. B Senator S. F. Brasingfo.n apd Rep resentative L. C. Clyburn pf the coun ty delegatioh, J. L. Carter, R. W. Ro- , ^ prs. C. A. Donney, Walter Darden, ] p. Sykes, and J. W. Smith of the Sea-1, IBboard, J. B. MoMillan, Jr-C, Darby, (1 Ib H. Barr and L. R. Miller, of the| I Public Servlcd commission, were In , the official party as was Chairman , w T. Redfearn of the county board. ] I After the train pulled Into the new ? Bitatlon, photographers were busy tak- j tag group picture* of the "official croup" amivof.tbo and snr- \ foundings. ( I Then followed a short program unHler the direction of Chairman Kenne- I By. Short talks* were given by Mayor i Oiborne, Senator Braslngton, Miss { kila Shannon, superintendent Rogers 1 of the Seaboard, Mr, Kirkover. J- C. 1 Hlbarby of the publjc service commla- 1 don and Henry Savage, Jr. i I The county court house was reprb- i anted by Sheriff J. H. McLeod, Judge t B- C. Arenttt and others. ] I The celebration of the opening of 1 the new Seaboard station brings to 1 minds of many the celebration Bjaturing the arrival of the first train i ^ ^sr . that road some thirty-seven l l*rs ago. ' ~ I This first "official" train came to ? B^mden on a northbound trip reach- 1 Pt k?re just after dusk. Practically ] ^ fee entire population of the otttJ was I B^t to greet the fine train. All Other t "luids in Camden were made up of e coaches only ?n<i powered by t locomotives. Thja new train ^ ^ih its oiegarit"cars t * large engftae-ptefvokad much in- i The Soaboard band left the train 1 B*6 and grouped near the present i Wu*r t?nk where a number of mual* t N numbers were given. ? jJB^Toliowing the band concert and a i ceremony the train pulled' out % Cheraw. t Camden was Justly proud/Of that h B* train on the Seaboard, It proved, b L*y <ra in the growth of the coi^-] % pnflty. Within a yper or two the a pt their lines Into th* olty, the wa* c " J* light company gave the city H rj^rtts and wat^^Ttem * of^fc?*Co?rt ton. t P* ? ? Umm wm* bttftt ?? ? B " 1 1 I I M 1 he business district new stores made t :heir appearance. Brick fronts* with { plate glass windows replaced old 'rame fronts. The present Fashion c 3hop building replaced an hid wooden , juilding. Next to the DeKalb Phar- j nacy was a vacant lot On DeKalb ( itreet bill boards were In evidence 4 shere the present bakery and other j places are located. 'Across the street j torn the Camden Theatre was an old t ivery stable.. ? c Glancing along the faces of bosh a less men now oil Broad street we > fnd Some of the men who wsre^ln j >usiness then listed among the pro- < rressive group of the present day. 8 Lmong them are W. Robin Zemp,''~fr. c x. DePass. L. L. Block and _ the t, ilrsch Brothers erected the bnlldlng p iow occupied by a five and tea,cent a tore shortly after the Seaboard en- j, ered Camden. . 7 ' ??; c In addition to the names of busi- t less men who were actively engaged a then the Seaboard came Into Cam- j ten, the name of W. G. Wilson should j, lave been included. And Harry L. , fohlosburg came to Camden at about ^ hat time also, as did Moscow Johnton. John Whitaker, Sr., of'theWhitiker - Seed -Company, had a store rfcere a chain grocery is now opera- c ing on Broad street. Abraham She- p teen came to Camden and etarted' a g uslnespywHh his brother, Joseph. C. b . Shannon was president of- Spring* c SfShannoV* lergn mercantile conern. Seaboard \ ame, W. D. Barrett moved here from tl lumter and worked with the late J. f I- Bene. Henry Savage. Sr., earn* l o Camden ad a tourist and T?ltiil o make one of Camden's natetanl h ag citixens. g ^Presents Exhibit To Harvard School Boston, Must)., Nov.. 24.?An eighteen oot exhibit of "An Integrated CottonTextile Enterprise" was presented to the Harvard Business Schbol laHt night by Henry P. Kendall, president (and treasurer of the Kendall Company of Walpole, Mass. The exhibit will be on permanent display in Baker Library and Will he used to supplement class work in the courses in Industrial Management and as a reference for anyone interested in the cottQn-textlle industry The whole story of cotton and ootton textiles is told- In the exhibit, -which Illustrates the basic steps and the operations [performed from the cotton field to the ultimate consumer. Exhibits describing the processes of production and the articles produced In t^e shoe, aluminum, chemical and automobile industries have been presented to the ewieysel a%ee , | Mr. Kendal is also head of the Watered Cotton Mill at Camden, S. C., where he maintains a winter home. Fifth District Doctors Met Here The Fifth District Medical society' convention held at the Court Inn last Thursday was well attended by physicians and surgeons of the territory. Session were held in the afternoon and evening and featured a banquet! at 8:30 p. m. Dr. Robert Wilson, o^ Charleston, addressed the meeting on the subject, "Some Factors Concerned in Heart Failure In Middle Life." Dr. Hugh Wyman, of Columbia, spoke on "Sulfanilamide, Its use and abuse aa a.urinary antiseptic." Dr. W. A. Hart, of Columbia, spoke on "Antepartum Hemorrhage." Dr. L. E. Madden, of Columbia, on "The Electrocardiogram as an aid in the Diagnosis and Prog-! nosisv of Dlsjaases of' the Heart," and Dr. Deryl Hart, of Duke university,1 on "Some Interesting Surgical Condi-.' tioni." r. j< ARTI8T VI6IT8 CAMDEW Miss Frances Johnston of fhe National Art Institute at Washington, ] D. G., while in Camden this week j took pictures of the. old court house , and the Presbyterian church for re- " cording in the Congressional Library t at Washington. While here she was ( the guest of Major Moultrie Brails- ] ford. I Miss Johnston found many other f interesting picture prospects while j making a trip about Camden and she < plans on returning here in the spring, when she will add a number of addi- j tional records to the Camdett iixt. 1 Miss Johnston has just, completed j 1 stay of several weeks at Charleston ] where she made some three hundred picture studies of historic buildings. 1 rhese pictures are now being exhlb- t Ited fit the GIbbes Art Gallery. - 1 Miss Johnston's visit to Camden in \ the spring is prompted by a request 1 >f Henry P. Kendall of this city. t W. R. Zemp Heads Commercial Bank At h special meeting of tho Hoard of Directors of tho Commercial Bank ' of Camden, held Wednesday, W. Jlobln Zemp, well known business [man, was elected president of the bank. He succeeds the late H. G.1 Carrison, Sr. Other officers elected were H. O. Carrison, Jr., vice president and cashier; Henry Savage, Jr., vice pres-1 ldent and attorney The new president of this young and growing bank stands high in Masonic circles, both state and locaL He Is also a member of the board of truateea for school dlstriot one, president of the First Federal Building and Loan Association, president of the Enterprise Building and Loan Association, besides being a prominent druggist of Camden for many years, i The Commercial Bank has had a1 Votjt jroir, ua riag pwra era r all its capital debentures and passed a substantial amount to Its surplusaccount. It Is a growing institution, a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and serves a large clientele In both town and county. Miss Ham Student in Anesthesiology It is of interest to know that Miss June Ham, who recently went to New York to specialize Jn anesthesiology, has the distinction of being the first student to take that course at Cornell Medical center, New York City. This is a distinction, not only from a historical standpont, but only doctors and nurses are qualified for this type work, and only those nurses who have a very high rating. " Miss Ham is the daughter of, Mr. apd Mrs. J. H. Ham, of Olanta, this itate, and the sister of Dr. Coyt Ham Of Columbia and Dr. Clem Ham of Greensboro, N. C. She received her 1 aducation at -Qlanta high school and . Coker college." She was graduated with first honors In the class of 1933, Eloper and Stato hospitals. On com- | pletion of training Bhe took post-gradaate work at Bellevue hospital, New 1 fork City, after which she held a portion at Roper hospital as supervisor )f one of the medical teaching wards. J Por the past two years she has been In Camden, where she acted as asjistant superintendent of the Camden lospital and also assorted in teaching ' >f the nurses. . 1 Miss Ham has not only made good 1 n the field of hospital work, but she 1 8 a talented muBlclan, having Btndled )iano under Prof. George Reicks and ' E'rof. F. H. Dinkoi at toaer Coiiege. Every effort has been made by the ' National Association of Nurses Aues- * hetists to raiBe their standards and 1 n order to do this only a limited num)er of sudents are accepted each year 1 or training. MIsb Ham will be the 1 mly student for the entire year and vill be under the dlfect tutelage of 1 he director of the school of anesthe- ' ilology. The New York hospital, the second 1 >ldest hospital in-America, maintain- 1 jd by private endowment, received ts charter of incoporatlon under i( leorge^III of England, June 13, 1771, J1 inder the title of the Society of the , lospital in the city of New York In 4 America. Subsequently by an act of 1 he legislature In 1810 the title was t hanged to the Society of the New J fork Hospital. i In June, 1927, thftj^ew York hospl- ( ai formed ail association with the ^ Cornell Medical college. . The reources of each institution were In- * reased and an extensive program of ' uilding was begun. In 1935 the hoa- r iltal won first prize for architecture 1 nd design In America. The hospital * b approved by the American College c >f surgeons, approved tfor intenreshlp y the American Medical association nd is a member ' of the American Joapibal association.?Tuesday's Co- j ambia State. . . O ATTEND OPENING OF . 1 ] ' * rHlSTORIC OLD THEATRE * - * ?r -?? Major Moultrie Brailaford leaves for 1 Charleston today where he will be : resent at the opening of the Dock ( Hreet thpatre. The attendance Is by| nvltatlon only from the mayor apd 1 lty council of Charleston. Thiaritheatre recently -renovated by ( ?PA ft bowing to1' be United SUflMrbe erected solely 1 ar use as a theatre. It was built in j U the aaitia nlav will U free. " . 111 1 1 Santa Claus To Be Here Next Friday Saatu Claus is coming to Camden on the afternoon of Friday, December 8. Not with the lilting atralns of 'Jingle Bells, Jingle Dells, Jingle All the Wuy," but with the Gang Buster wail of police and lire sirens. At a meeting of a committee of buatr.uHH men at the Chamber of Copftaeroe Tuesday evening plans for the welcoming of the jolly old elf were outlined. ? Santa is coming from the north. pol? via airplane and will be over the el^ttbetweeu 2: SO and 3 p. m. The committee will request him to drop some gayly painted balloons from his plane as he flies to the Camden airport. From the airport he will be escorted to the city limits when Fire Chief William Nettles will meet him with the'flre truck; Under escort of some BOOTH of OUCOS (he julij uiii Sniut nick will be taken to the corner of Rut-1 ledge and Broad streets where he will > be greeted by Mayor Osborne. I Then Santa will saunter down the streets looking at the holiday displays ' in the store windows and listening to < the Christmas pleas of little folks. The Chamber of Commerce has Just ' received, tlie^followlng wire from the north pole: "Please have Camden children' write^ me care of the Chamber of' Commerce aihl state their wishes for Christmas. Tell them to be sure and place their name and address on the j outside of the envelope In which they ' mail their letter. ThieV Is so their Daddy and Mother may secure the letter from your office. Yours with merry holiday and Christmas wishes. ?Santa Claus." | Jewish Festival To I Begin Next Sunday Chunukkoh, the Jewish winter fes tlval which combines Joyous celebra- , tlOn With religious devotion, falls earjjipr the secular calendar this year. The holiday begins next Sunday evening, November 28, and will . be celebrated In home and in synagogue for eight days. '. Known in English as "The Feast of , Lights," or "The Feast of Dedlca^ , tlon," the holiday commemorates the ( two thousand year old story of the1, deliverance of the Jewish people'] from the oppression of the Syrian- j Greeks. In the synagogue services ( luring this season, the Ideals of re-;. iglous liberty and human brotherhood are stressed. j Central In the home celebration of , Chanukkoh 1b the lighting of a ntne-l{ ?r?nched Menorah,, or candelabrum.', 3ne light is kindled the first night, i. :wo the second ?and so on until on ; j the eighth night, counting the addi-', ional light which is used to kindle :he rest, the entire candelabrum is1 iblazo. I Gifts and goodies make Chanukkoh ] in Important holiday for the children.'( Parties and games, and the remem- j Bering of less fortunate members of .he community, are the order of the veek. Chanukkoh literally means "De<& j :atlon" and takes Its name from the 'act that, the ancient Temple in Jeru- ', lalem was purified and rededlcated1, o the service of God. The historicar ( personality most intimately aasocla-j] ed with the festival 1b the figure of fudah Maccabeus who led the strng-|4 tie to resist the Greeks and their ( command that the Jews should aban- ( Ion .their God and wprshlp Zeus. i Timely in the light of present-day 1 vorld conditions is the Biblical verse !rom the prophet Zecharlah. which isL, ead In the synagogue during Caquk- j toh: "Not by might and not by pow-' >r, but by My spirit, salth the Lord ! >f Hosts." First Baptist Church Bsrvicss The following services are anlounced for week beginning November 28, at the First Baptist church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock. Public vorshlp conducted by the pastor, J. 3. Caston at 11:15 a. m. Subject: The Sunday School As A' Soul Savng Agency.*' At 7:80 p. m.: Footsail .Higbt ~wOY be observed at this :hurch. , Reserved seats will be provided for all - the members of the :eam? It will be a union service and 3r. Clark of the Episcopal church will leltlrer the message. B. T. U. Sunday rrenteg at 8:80, Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30. The public Es cordially invited to attend alj these I. William a. Hart. Auboos Warn norta actor, to wrlouoly 111 at hi. lomo tn Hollywood, Cal. Fans See Good Shows in llain it in a pity that last Friday was uoh a cold, dreary aud rainy day? for the inclement weather kept many spectators away from Melton field and in other ways placed a damper upon the two high school football classics that were staged there. Columbia and Charleston mot in the afternoon. JofilH Roof kicked from placement for the point that heat the Bantams, 7 to 6. lOasley and Camden met that night. Here were two schools, each having a student body of fewer than 400 students, yet they were playing for the state title in a division for schools of 401 or more students. Both teams were expertly coached; Kasley by Jim Br ice, Camden by John Villeplgue. Easley had the better eleveu. It won, 13 to 6. But the Camden youngsters put up a gallant tight against tremendous weight ouus. The Kasley eleven would probably outweigh many teams of the smaller colleges. An Easley press box spotter informed us that the line averaged 186 pounds to the man. Backs were of proportionate size. All during the season this department had been receiving reports of a great Camden eleven. We received letters, telephone calls and personal tips on the brand of football these boys were playing. We' expected great things from the Bulldogs. We were not disappointed. John Villepigue was a pioneer in' the use of the metronome for timing of plays. We understand that he haSj discarded the musical timing device, now that his players have inherited from their predecessors the principle j and value of making their plays like clockwork. Coaches of some of tho arger universities use the metronome' to standardize the cadence of their movements. j As we go to the college football fields on weekends throughout the1 fall, we see only slight variations in' the type of play. With occasional minor innovations, the assignments are the same. We have looked for-j ward to seeing some drastic change in offense that would upset the pre-J sent methods of defense. Perhaps some day some coach will plot a way to beat the game, but when that day j domes the inventor of the new departure will probably pome either from) high school or professional ranks. College coaches, occupying the pre-( carious positions that they do, dare not wander far from accepted standards and from types of attack that] have- beeil developed and proved by sareful, slow and gradual experimentation. We have heard that one of strongest offensive weapons in uso In' professional circles is the flanker.' Perhaps some of the colleges are us-j Ing this type of man In motion In their attacks, but we have yet to see| nne In an Intercollegiate game. Many nf the colleges use the man in motion, | but his sprints are made away from j close formation Camden uses a flanker who starts far out on a wing and charges at full speed toward the play.1 He has several alternatives. At he moment of the snap he can charge Into the. defending tackle jor end, 9weeping him out of the play. He can cut back to lead interference through the center or weak side of the line. He can spearhead an echelon of interference around the opposite terminal. He can take the ball >n a lightning-like reverse or quick?penlng play. He can take a lateral or a forward pass. He can take an Indirect pass from center and throw a forward-'pass. He can fake on a spinner or reverse. The possibilities of using the flanker are unlimited. Camden's- regular flanker Is Elsie It a ley. His runs against Easley were not only in perfect co-ordination with the plays, but were always in proper Btrlde. His performance was not only disconcerting to the opposition, but also provided a new spark of spectator Interest. John Villepigue is this season giving Camden high school spectators a preview of a style of attack that will likely be adopted by many colleges In this section within the next few years.?John* A*, Montgomery in Colombia State. \ ^YOUNQ MAN HURT J. W. Fait, aged ?4 years, residing at Hamlet," N. C., and employed as a laborer by #JWrd Air Un railway, was injured Internally -%fepa a heavy beam slipped from a support doling the work of dismantling "tin old station and struck mad htm to the platform Tuesday morning. H< Is a patient in the Camden hospital. Christmas Seals Around The World ? Is it news to you that each year the sale of Ghrltamaa Seals encircle? the globe? Did you know that fortylive countries now have or have had tuberculosis Seals and that In 1936 as well us 1986, twenty-four countries besides the United States conducted Christmas Seal Sales? Prom Denmark, the hone of Blnar Holboell, who first conoeived the Idea as a means of raising funds for poor tuIberculosis children to South Africa, . 'eastward to Korea, Japan, Hawaii. South America, Alaska and the Unl'ted States there are organisations co1 operating with this world-wide move'ment? | In some of the countries the seals are Issued by the government as postage stamps with a surcharge which is set aside for tuberculosis | work. In these lauds, while the seal nnio in BU1115 on, persons uot interested can buy stamps without the surJ charge while public > splrltod citizens purchase stamps for their Christmas mailing with the surcharge, thus taking part in one of the greatest enterprises In all history. Doesn't it seem queer that Japan, a country that has no Christmas, 'strictly speaking, should have Chrlst| mas Seul sales? The White Cross Society of Japan conducts the sales in these fur uway Islands. Does ft seem' possible that an undertaking in the United States started 'on credit with two women promising to pay $40 charged for printing the .holly-bordered stamps used by Miss Emily Eissell in the first Christmas Seal Sale In America, If tho venture failed, could have succeeded so well that at the close of thirty years $88,000,000 had been realized as a result of the annual sales of Christmas Seals In the United States? The Christmas Seal haB been the means of accomplishing many marvellous things. Once the death rate from tuberculosis In this country was ahnnfr 200 fnr ov^ry 100,000 population ?the last report showed tbe nations] death rate from this cause to be 54 per 100,000 population. It has done a great deal toward stimulating group effort. The number of tuberculosis Associations has grown from twenty-four, to two thousand. Ten \ * thousand public 1 health nurses give full or part time service to the patients having this disease. Nearly one thousand tuberculosis clinics have been established. The National Association helps proirtde funds that are used studying ways to prevent the spread of tuberculosis; methods - - A*-yM:l of making diagnosis sufficiently early to avoid a physical breakdown and means of more effective treatment. All these and many other worthwhile things have come about because some one thought of attempting the sale of ChHstmas Seals to raise money to~ be used for prevening the spread of a communicable disease. _ . So is It any w,onder that when ? Elnar Holboell, who conceived the idea tliat later was used In the United States, was a guest at the annual conventlon of the National Tuberculoid! Association in Atlanta in 1924,, he was given such an ovation by the assembly that he termed it tbe "great- - - esa triumph of his life." And will it not be almost thrilling, to realize as you give an order for your bond or Christmas Seals thie year that you are one of many mil-- VHons throughout the world who is ^ making it possible to carry on an enterprise that accomplishes to much! Ballots Mailed Out Ballots with notices of election have been mailed Jta all sustaining members of the MQemden and Kershaw county chamber of commerce. ' The ballot slips carry the name of eight nominees, chosen by en official" nominating committee appointed by the president of the chamber. Members are to emit their ballot for four of the eight n&med on the ballot sheet' and the fonr receiving the highest ' I ' number of votes will be declared {elected.. . ^ Ballots must be ifethrned . to the ^chamber of. eoj^tnerce on or before midnight November 30. Envelopes bearing the postal stamp of that date will be accepted. Each ballot slip Is accompanied by a return stamped envelope and the. | chamber of commerce