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IThe Camden chronicle I VOLUME 49 riu?\pM """ 111 lll? mi ??? I p- I . in ?nil?biiii CAMPEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, F^JDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1937 . ' 1 " ' ^?iw?number 41 Clyde Cunningham Dies In Gun Battle (By Frank II. . Heath) Tlmt crime does not pay wag druantic-ally demjjifsTfpted Friday when i tcu year period of prison and chain jaUK affiliation occasioned by a ao-j ,|c ^ of burglary and thoft episodes J cipin tu an end when police bullots muffed out the life of Clyde Cunning-1 ham, Kershaw county man. Stark drama was poured luto (lie crucible of publicity when Cuunlng-1 ham, fleeing from South Carollua au-1 tborltlee, after he had held up and sto-1 leu a car from the chief of police at I Cayce, was trapped by North Caro-| Una police on the highway near Bel-| moot. Cunningham, whom local police assert was never suspected of] being of the killing type, fired wheii I told to surrender, and the next minute from the guns of the police. - North Carolina authorities in squad I cars had stalled after Cunningham I because he resembled Bill Payne, fa-1 mous desperado. Knowing he was I wanted by Columbia police for the theft of the car he was driving, Qannigham put on all speed in an effort to escape. But the police cars were faster and 'he was Anally forced to I the side of the road, where the shoot- j jug occurred. I It was at flrst bellf ,ed that the famous Bill Payne had been killed but I papers on Cunningham's body ldenti-1 fled him and his place of residence. J 8heriff J. H. McLeod, of Kershaw I county, notifled by telephone of the tilling of Cunningham,. summoned I Chief of Police George Co6ley< G. B. I DeBruhl of the sheriff's traffic squad I and Oeorge Clark of the state high-1, way police, and drove to Belmont, L where positive Identification of the , body as that of Cunnlpgham was ^ade. I j: Cunningham was wearing one of I toe suits stolen from the City Laun-lj dry here a few nights ago. "The pis- L jpl in bis possession was identified as icing the property of H. 8. Moore, of j ?Wa clty_ .A second gun found on th? L i?dy was that taken, from the police |j :hk-f at Cayce, __ |< Following information of the hold- ( ip of. the chief of police at Cayce, the , luthorities of cities in all directions Irom Columbia were notifled to be onL the lookout for an armed man driving , ? Plymouth car. Officers from the L city police department and sheriff's^ office heref hastened to the Wateree ( river bridge and ser up a "guard toL nab the auto' bandit when he appear. , ?d. It had been reported that he was , headed toward Camden. I Cunningham however, went out of < Columbia on what is known as the ( old Camden road and following this j to about eight miles out of Columbia where he stopped and held up the operator at the Swing Inn tavern. He then drove to within twelve miles of i this city and was seen to turn left 1 toward Blaney and thence toward i Wlnnsboro and Chester.. ] Cunningham was about 34 years of ] Me. His parents are both dead but i several brothers, all highly < Jd, living In Kershaw county. < 1926 Cunlnngham has figured ] ie records.- His flrst appear- 1 court came in July 1927 on a of housebreaking and larceny, i v a year In prison for this off- ] On July 1, 1929, file was again 1 t a slmiliar charge and this ew a flvb year penalty. After < this term he was not at lib- ] a short time when he essay- 1 her robbery and .when arrestee tober, 1984, was given three prison. In July, 1989, when a the county jail, he Is alleged 1 virtually wrecked the interior 1 Place In an effort to escape 1 ' *n additional yeiar in 1 * pen for this. 1 cent crime parade began this < N of ember29, when a party I lrlg and two boys were drivg The road near Hermitage 1 y were halted by a tall slen- 1 . armed with a revolver. He 1 *11 of the occupants from the 4 the exception of a seventeen 1 girl. He drove away with * kept her captive for over a, twice attcpnptlng to Crimea alt her. vember 80, Cunningham held obbed the operator of a Ml>u ^ * few miles treat , *ty. The paet week he ro> Camden and after robbing Laundry of coats, suits, , *** *** like appropriated a t ^ Chevrolet garage of the f Young Player To Be On Team When the Kumblors and the Yellow-j JackotH, ace polo squads of the Camden group, take tho Held Sunday In their second tilt of the holiday Benson, all eyes will be upon u tlftoenyear-old member of the Yellowjackut four, who wm be making hia debut before what 1b believed will be u record-breaking crowd of polo enthuBlasts. This lad, Dave Williams, Jr., son of Dave Williams, Sr., of Mulberry plantation, is the youngster who will be in the public eye. Dave weighs but 105 poundB, according to Captain Dick Floyd of the Camden polo club, who Is enthusiastic over the boy's playing pblllty. Floyd ranks him as a two-goal player even now, and de Clares that he is a conservative flg*---n-" I Williams has been playing polo with the Culver Military school team. He has been riding horses, ever since he was four years of age, and has been playing polo for the past three years. Dave will probably carry on from Culver to Stanford in California, which Is recognized as the leading institution of that kind 'with a polo consciousness. The appearance of this youngster In the Yellowjacket lineup will no doubt attract a big gallory Of fans/ not only from Camden but from all over this part of the state. It may be that Flint, a schoolmate of Williams, who hails from Charleston, will also be In uniform for this game. The big turnout of fans last Sunday to watch a thrilling game has aroused Camden to an almost midseason enthusiasm in the turf and mallet sport, and plans are be<ng made to take care of another large 3rowd this week end. * All of the old favorites with Camion fans will be on the held Sunday. Toe Bates, whose penalty shot could 5e heard around the polo world last Sunday, will again demonstrate his 'Sllngin' Sam" stunt. Ancrum Boycln, Carl Llghtfoot, Charley DuBose, Klrby Tupper, Major?Royce,? Dick j Floyd will be riding the ponies. It s possible that Watson Pomeroy, an-f 3ther favorite, will be on hand for :his game. x _ Stile Tuttle, Baltimore ace whose . ;oal in the last minutes of the game von for the Yellowjacket's last Sunlay, was obliged to return home Sunlay evening, Jaut will be back In" Camion within a week or ten days. Tut:le plans to bring two Baltimore team nates back with him. Carl Jacksbn, ton of Mayor Jackson, of Baltimore, is one of the men coming. They plan >n flying between Baltimore and Damden upon the occasions when polo s being played. ' V- . Death of Mr. Hayea The many friend^ throughout this lection were saddened Tuesday to lear of the death of Daniel Hayes, etlred farmer of West Waterce. Death occurred at the Camden hospital after an. Illness of only ten days. Mr. Hayes was In his 89th year, me of the oldest residents of the xmnty. He was the son of the late Vfr. and Mrs. Aline Hayes, of Falrleld county. t Services were held Wednesday morning, 11 a. m., at the Smyrna Vfethodist church, with interment in :he church cemetery. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Harms Hayea, and three sons, M. C. Hayea, H. H. Hayea, of Florence; and 3. H. Hayes, of Lugoff. Cold For Christmas 'Old Man Winter stole Into Camden . SVednesday morning, the first day of vinter, with a stiff north wind herilding hia arrival. Mercury in, Liiernometera did a nose dive after. the iklm? weather of the past several lays and recordings of twenty . de i trees were reported. _ Though weather officials would not predict the vagaries of the weather ie far ahead as Saturday, It Was reported that Indications for nice weathir were disheartening?in fact?the : government dopsters gloomily men* ioned rains and cold weather. Died In Philadelphia Albert Wilson Mosler filed at Philadelphia. Pn.? Saturday. The body irrived in Camden Sunday morning tnd remained at Kornegay Funer^ lome until last Monday afternoon. K. = Funeral services were held et Union TRAINING COMMITTEE OF BOY 8COUT8 HELD FOURTH MEET The Leadership and Training committee of the Kershaw County District of the Boy Scouts of America held its fourtn and last meeting at the Scout cabin on Lyttleton street Wednesday duelling at 7:30 o'clock. William E. Czarnitskl, Scout Executive of the Central South Carolina Council, was on hand, and led the discussion for the evening. Other out of town people in attendance were James R. Gibson, Field Scout> Executive, and Bennie Turner and Bob Schorb of the Troop .6 of Columbia, who led the signaling instructions. W. F. Nettles, Jr., chairman of the leadership training committee for the Kershaw District, announced that the attendence throughout the four meetings of the course had been exceptionally good. Twenty-four men attended the course, the average attendance at each meeting being sixteen. The following men are those who have taken the course: Bill Nettles, Jr., Joriti "dsLoaeh; L. L... WalUiau, Reuben Pitts, Buddie Beard, Moultrie Burns, Harold Funderburk, "Henry Savage, Jr., H. A. Small, Hamilton Osborne, P. W. Cantey, G. F. Cooley, R. W. Reiger, B. L. Team, Claude "S^ckson, O. R. Funderburk, C. T. Baldwin, Jack Haile, Marion Williams, B. W. Rhame, T. B. Bruce, Jr., Bryce Herbert, Douglas McArn. I The outgrowth of the work in Scouting which has been done in Camden since the early part of November is that there are Ave new troops in the process of organization. They will be sponsored by the following institutions: The Red Fez Club, Presbyterian Church, Baptist Church, Methodist Church, Episcopal Church, with the following men as their scoutmasters: Pierce (Cantey, R. W. Reiger, Dr. O. R. Funderburk, Hamilton Osborne and Buddie Beard. 4ohn McCrae Sings Here 8unday Sunday morning, December 26, at 11:16 John Richards McCrae will sing at the morning worship service in' Bethesda Presbyterian church. Mr. McCrae Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. McCrae and a grandson of former Governor and Mrs. John G. Richards, of Liberty Hill. For several years he was a member of the Shandon Choral Society, filling the role of bass soloist in their presentation of the Messiah year before last. This spring he was soloist In the annual Music Festival held In Township auditorium In Columbia. He is at present studying at the Juillard School of Music in New York city. It is hoped all his friends will hear him. \ Soil Building Payment Alt people Who signed work sheets under the Soil Conservation Program fpr 1837 who expect to receive a Soil Building Payment .will have to turn under that pert that they expect to get a soil building'-payment on by January 1, 193S. The Soil-Conserving payment will be paid regardless of whether or Hot they turn' any legumes under.:-* If there is any question get in touch with your local committeeman adVlse* W. C. McCartgK^eountjr agent. Buys; purebred Guernsey's Peterborough, N- H.?Two purebred Guernsey cows, Taylor Cavalier's Flora 6614*6 and / Taylor Cavalier's Tulip MW6S, - wwHf addrecently^y H. *. Taylor. of Kershaw Booth CarottnlL to H. 8. Porter, of Camden. 8. C., According to the American Ouernsey < Cattle Club, Peterborough-New ?. . ... . ~ '-fiif* PROFESSIONAL AT KIRKWOOD MAKING PLANS FOR GOOD GOLF Joseph Patellt, professional at the Kirkvtood golf club, is making plans which, if they are carried out, will insure a Beason of activity at the faj mouB golf course. This cou^e, which in past years has heen the scene of many majoi golf event*, gives promise of attracting riigny exacting golfers from the I north "during the season now under | way. The course was never in more i attractive condition. Scenically, It i? an artist's delight, and sportingly it 1b | the realization of the most enthusiastic golfer. The greens have been groomed until they offer accuracy and thrills sufficient to the particular putter. Patelli is anixious to card some kind of a competitive evont every Saturday during the season, these to feature in part, mixed foursomes, metal play tournaments, match play events arid kickerB handicap tourneys. Located at the Montclair golf club during,, the summer months. Patelli TTaa a ' foliowlrig"of friends amongst the club membership who will play over the Kirkwood course this winter. He is a Wisconsin lad, and, like Johnny Revolta and many other Badger state stars, knows his golf. This is his eleventh season as pro at the Kirkwood. CAMDEN BOYS ENLIST IN UNITED 8TATE8 ARMY Columbia,/" pe?~ 20.?Twenty-t^p young South Carolinian's have beph enlisted in the United States army at , the Columbia recruiting station since the flrot of December. It la announced by Sergeant Clifford C. Floyd, the recruiting ofTicer, the young men will be sent to Hawaii, Panama and to posts in the United States. Following are th& names of those who enlisted from this county: Amos Gregory and Eldridge Robinson, of CamdOri. Those wishing to enter the service, should take advantage of the fact that an army transport ship carrying men to foreign posts will leave Charleston on January 6, 1938, grid enlist before that time. Baptist Church 8ervlcea The following servjlces are announced for week beginning December 36 at the First Baptist church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock with V. J. Rector, superintendent in charge. Public worship conducted by the pastor, J. B. Caston, at 11:15 a. m. and 7: 30 p, m. Morning subject, "The Bong of the Angels." Evening subject, "Why Men Reject Christ." Prayermeeting Wednesday evening at 7:30. B. T. U. Sunday evening at 6:80. The picture feature added to the evening service ls provlng both attractive and helpful. The ordinance of Baptism will be administered at the close of the evening service. The public is cordially Invited to attend all services of this chdrch. ____ ? Tobacco Specialist To Be Here . H. A. McGee, tobacco specialist, will hold a meeting on the farm of George W. BrUnaon on Tuesday, January 4, on tobacco production. All persons interested in the growing of tobacco are requested to be at this meeting to be held at' JO o'clock in the moro-< tag. says W. C. McCattay, the county Annual Misting ~~~~~~~ The annual meeting ot the Associated Charities wilt be held the first Monday in January, lfttt, at 4:?6 ?. m. at the Children's Vtomm en Fair street.?T. B. Ooodale, Secretary, j Yellow jackets Nose Out Pink-Clad Foes (By Frank H. lltmtli) I What a Kaine, folkB, what a name! The Ihbuo in doubt until the tinal whistle?and the Jackets nosing out 7 to 6 through a magnificent carry and shot by stllo Tuttle, formor Yulo polo ace, If Old Ell breeds players like Tuttle, they can all come down to Cainden and play In our back yard?for this lad is not only a swell mun on a pony, but he is a flue addition to the ranks of Camden gentlemen. Au Ideal day, Warm and with the sunshine flirting from behind fleecy clouds, a big crowd of rail birds and many hundreds of fans in shiny black limousines provided an Interesting background. The turf of the number one field was in perfect condition and permitted of some really thrilling riding on the part of the players. In the big [crowd, a record by the way, for an opening game of the season, were many people from out of the city. Seen in the spectators row were polo enthuBlusts from Columbia, Charlotte, Sumter, Hartsville, Rock HID and Savannah. The JacketH drew first blood after two minutes of play when Klrby Tupper took a carry from Captain Floyd and shot the ball through the goal posts. The Ramblers had a chance to even the count a minute later when a foul was called on a Yellowjaeket but the shot was missed. In the second chukker the YoIIowb were given a penalty shot but missed. However, Captain Floyd carried the ball through the Rambler defense to score goal number two for his team. In the third period Tupper boosted the Yellows score to three with a neat poke through the posts after DuBose had carried the ball to bim. With the score 3 to 0, the Ramblers finally hit a stride that enabled Mujor Boyce, playing number three, to ride the length of the field and push a counter between the uprights. In the fourth Ancrum Boykin, playing a beautiful game for the Ramblers snaked the ball home to post the second Rambler score. The atitd horns began a deafening tooting when Joe Bates, taking a penalty shot from 40 yards out, made a thrilling shot, that soared high and directly midway between the uprights. It was as nice a placed shot as has ever been seen on the field in the thirty-five years i poio has been played here. With, the score tied QuBose, who had been doing some real riding all < Afternoon, sneaked /a counter home to put the Jackets to the front agalu. The fifth found Floyd posting a quick shot to put the Yellows two points to the front. Joe Bates was offered another penalty shot but '"missed but within a few minutes had scored two beautiful goals to again tie the score. This boy Bates was playing a hot game and drew a big hand from the fans. The Jackets jumped to the fore again In the early part of the final chukker when Tupper pushed his third goal over. Captain Royce caused the Rambler fans to go wild when he shot his second goal to again tie up the count. - With the score tied and but a short time left In the regular playing time both teams went at the game hammer and tongs. It was a thrilling surge of horses up and down the field, the riders using all the skill to work the little white ball between the'counting posts. It devolved upon Stile Tnttle to uphold the glory of dear old Yale, and the Yellowjaeket teem to score < the goal that decided the issne. These same two teams will clash again the comttig Sunday. If present plans carry, tlierd wfll be additional players from Philadelphia and other points who may take part in the fray during the afternoon. ? The game Sunday was In charge oT Charles Little as referee and Charles Robinson and Moultrie Burns as his aides. Annual Stockholders Meeting Notice la hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of /The Commercial Bank of Camden will be held in the banking rooms of that Institution on Tuesday morning, Jannary 4, at 11 o'clock.?H. O. Carrlson. ~3t^w(hiiN|Na ; Chief ot Fights Return To County Chain Gang The following wuh sent out frois Pa torso n. Now Jersey, umlor a Incumber 14 date lino: "Fightiug rcaurn to a wouth CareUna chain gang from which he escaped four years uko, a lU y?ar-oHl negio was aided toddy by uuw-iound friends who will u?k Governor Harold G. Hofman j^o refuse to extradite him. "Dou't send me back?put a bullet through my head flrBt," sobbed Pleuh lug Mix to Sheriff John A. Gavin. "Send me back dead, If you have to aond me back, but don't send me back alive." The negro's boss hired lawyers, including Oacar R. Wlleasky, Republican majority leader of next year's r general assembly, to fight any moVS for extradition, Reportedly handed up to South Carolina authorities by a" negro who recently returned there aftor working here for a time, Mix was arreated on a warrant from Oamden, S. C., his homo town. His arrest caused surprise here where he had made good on a trucking compuny Job guarding allk shipments worth up to 1100,000. HIh attorneys said they would ask Magistrate Vincent Duffy today to release the youth in ball pending an expected hearing before Governor Hoffman. No request for extradition has yet been received, the governor's office stated. v Claiming ho wub sentenced at the age of 15 without formal trial to a chain gang for ten years 'for a crime he did not commit, an attack on a Hmnll negro girl, Mix said he escaped after seven months. "I was beaten?terribly beaten? twice and sometimes three times a woek until I couldn't stand," ho said. "After sevon months of thoso boatings and that hell on earth 1 decided that death would not bo as bad an ten years of such torture. 1 knew if I tried to escape I would be shot. Ilut I decided it wrb worth it. 1 made the break* for freedom. The guards shot at me and missed." Herbert Koesaier, Mix's employer; said "he haB been a faithful employe; ~ I'm going to fight to the limit for him ... He is honest. Ho has guarded silk worth up to $100,000. He has had access to our payroll money. South Carolina will never get him back on that chain gang without a court fight to the finish in New Jersey." For most of the time since his escape. Mix has lived bere with his parents, two brothers and three sisters, Hln brother Fddie Is an amateur boxer and has participated in Golden .. Gloves boding tournaments. Paterson, N. J., De?? 15.?Free today on $5,000 ball following his arrest as a fugitive from a South Carolina chain gang, Fleming Mix, 19-yearold negro, had a promise from his?, boss that "we'll fight this case to the supreme court if necessary/* Camden, S. G., officers were expected here today with papers seeking Mix' extradition to complete a tenyear term of which he served only seven months. Herbert Roessler, Clifton Trucking Company owner who employed Mix, posted the ball set by Recorder Vln-_ _ cent V. Duffy and the negro was released last night from the Paseaio county Jail. Oscar R. Wilensky, lawyer and Re- ^ publican Majority leader of New Jersey's general assembly whom Roessler retained to defend the youth, prepared to fight extradition et a bearing before Governor Harold G. Hoff. mon. Mix charges that at the age of. 15 he was sent&pgd without formal < trial to ten yedrf in a gang for a crime of which'be-wae fcweeent?an attack on a small negro gfrL Governor Olin Johnston, of South Carolina, said lnljColumbla. yesterday that Mix' charge of heatings on chaingang were "ridiculous." The gover- " nor sard he signed extradition papers ~ Monday. ' k tiZig > (By rifeupt H. Heath) I spent a dAy in the Sonth Carolina prison camp that for several months wag the enforced residence of Ham- % ing iflx, whose report to Paterson, N. J., featured details that Indicated i the camp to he a veritable hell on 3^" * "me, oH negro who will .pert the remote. , der of hi. We amidst the tell pteee jjjjf the'Kershaw eonfjr samp bwMt