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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