The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 24, 1937, Image 1
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.
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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