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jyOLOME 49 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1937 NUMBER 42
Kirkwood Hotel
Opens January 10
j-jje Kirkwood hotel, Camdeu's
urgc8t hostelry, will open Jauuary
10 *nd according to announcement
J,lved from Milton C. Smith, manamt
definite bookings give every in*
Ration that 1838 will be a surprisMly
Hucceasful season.. The personal
of the hotel operating group will
announced later.
ft The hotel and grounds are now in
the hands of renovators and the handle
building, representative of the
tma Southern.-colonial etyle, will be
iplc and span on Monday, January 10.
The Kirkwood golf course, styled
a "Walter Travis layout/7 will again
be in charge of Joe. Patelll, and is in
finer condition than 'it has been in
years. The course has been open for
pjay now for several weeks, ill .addition
to the fine golfing opportunities,
the Kirkwood is offeHng polo,.horse
-racing, hunt olub activities, tennis,
bunting for quail, wild turkey and
joves, with guides and dogs available,
and also aorseback riding over
the many m'les/of flanked bridle
paths.
The Ki' , "nod is sponsoring dance
Instruction With an expert from the
Cowles Woodward studio in New
York present to assist pupils. Dancjhg
will be in order in the hotel grill ivery
evening.
The manager of the hotel, Milton <
C. Smith Is In charge of the Hotel i
Westbury during the summer season,
bad those who have come in contact
with him believe that the Kirkwood t
will prove Interesting and attractive t
inder his direction. '
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Rambler's Again ;
Winners At Polo >
f Some brilliant shooting and mallet
rork by Dick Floyd, who registered e
[vo goals, wag not sufficient to close t
i gap igade by a furious charging t
tarn bier four and the Yellow Jack- <
to wont down in defeat 7 to 6 in the't
go'B&ffiopftag Qt he
two ace polo teams on field num- <
er one last Sunday before an enthuiastic
Christmas crowd of fans.
The Ramblers were defeated the
(receding week by the same score.: j
Led by Ancrum Boykin, with three *
(eautiful shots and sonte fine deffcn- '
live work by Joe Bates, the RamblerB f
took a two score lead in the first <
thukker when goals were scored by <
KIrby Tupper and A. Boykim^V^ 1
In the second chukker, Jtfe YelltSwjJ
fackots tiOd it up when WfUiams and! 1
Toyd scored pretty- shots. jBoyxin, 2
br Ramblers and Floyd for YelfoWs, i
ich scored in the third. The Jackets' ^
ook the lead in the fourth on Floyd's 1
third goal. The Ramblers went to 1
town in the fifth when Tupper and
iates each scored. In the early part 1
g the sixth, goals by Robinson and '
Boykin put the Ramblers in front 7 1
0 6 Floyd took advantage of two 1
penalty shots and made good on both i
to pull up to within a goal of the
Ramblers. o.
The game was featured by several '
kills. Charles Little, of the Yellows, 3
Pa dazed when he hit the ground 1
bring a furious exchange. Later 1
obinson and his mount went sprawl 1
Bk near the curb but neither man or
Borse was injured. ' 1
flywood Unit For,
1 New Industry
The Powe and McLeod Veneer ^
Bbnt in this ctty has just completed
P* construction of a plywood anit 1
4 expects operation In this depart- 1
*nt of the new industry to be taken '
Bp within & week or ten days, i tirr
l^epur traek-Is- being constructed I
fcu the present termintis of the J
Ptl across the number one highway (
P * point between the veneer plant
^<1 the plywood unit. I
plant is putting in an enormous J
B*onnt of logs and the making of the 1
toeer is beffit "CWTted on dafly. 1
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I Methodist Church Services
?The following services will be held
[toe I.yttleton Street Methodist j
on Sunday, January 2: Sunday {
at 10 a. m.; morning worship
Hf11:16; evening worship at 7:30. (
P* public is cordially invited to at *
*" Of these services.
K^feart The New Year Right ? 1
not start the Nsw Yeur t
rt? Ycm are invited to attend the 1
Bible Class of the First Bap- i
P Sunday morning, January I
Recovers Bicycle
After Long lime
Archie Stein, the Camden high
school football star who was glvun
wide publicity recently because of his
versatility as a wage- earner, student
and athlete, may prove to be a Sherlock
HolmeB. r?
Stein has anVuncauuy memory and
bis eyeBight is^omething to talk
about. Over a year ago, fourteen
months to be exact, J Stein had a new
delivery bicycle stolen from the front
of his home. Last Sunday when visiting
at the home of his grandmother,
Mrs. Francis Sinclair, oh George
ftreet, Stein observed a negro man
walking past pushing a bicycle.
Even from a distance of several
hundred feet, Stein knew his old bike.
He ran out of the yard and toward
the negro mant who, seeing him coming,
started away on the bike at top
speed. Football spectators have witnessed
Stein do hie leg stuff on the
gridiron but they "hadn't seen nothin'
" to the speed this high school lad
exhibited as he pursued the man on
the bike.
Stein chased his quarry for three
blocks and then, getting close enough,
launched a flying tackle'and in a second
Stein, the negro and the bike
were a rolling mass on the road.
When the dust cleared, Stein had a
hammer lock on his arm, and a roundBy
ed negro lad of ten years was logging
it for a police officer..
Leonard (Lemon) Oliver, age 27,
was the name of the n%gro person
taken in charge for the theft of the
Stein bike 'that occurred fourteen
nonths ago. And when officers went
:o Oliver's cabin, things began to happen,
for the place was filled with stoen
merchandise, enough being 'on
land to start a small hardware and
lotion store.
Oliver's home is in. the (Antloch
motion of the community. He will be
irralgned in court on several charges,
he authorities claim?one being that
vt burglary and the other Involving
he theft Of the Stein bike:
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3AMDEN LADY LOSE8 MOTHER
BY DEATH AT MARION, S. C.
...
Marion, Dec. 26.?Funeral services,
for Mrs. Sarah Ellerbe Miles, wife of
3tephen G. Miles, were held at the
lome Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
Commitment was made in the Shiloh
jhurch cemetery. The Rev. Dr. Emerson
Ford, presiding elder of the Ma-j
ion district, assisted by tile Rev. Mr.
garter, pastor of the church, of wl^ph
Mrs. Miles was a member for many
fears, and the Rev. M. Jones, a former
7 pastor, officiated. Grandsons
vere pallbearers, and granddaughters
iad charge of the nowers, oT which
here were many beautiful designs.
Mrs. Miles died December 24 after
leveral weeks' illness, which followed
i stroke of paralysis, surrounded" by
ler family, who had ministered to her
ovingly and devotedly during her ill1688.
A daughter of the late Caj?t. Wiliam
8: Ellerbe, whose home was near
Sellers, she was born September 11,
1866. When quite young phe became
he wife of Stephen G. Miles, with
vhom she had spent nearly 60 years
lefore death.
She was a woman of the highest
standards. She lived up to them in
ber relationship of daughter, sister,
wife, mother, friend an<^ church mcmShe
is survived by the following
hildren: - Miss NiU Miles, Marion;
Mrs. J. R. Montgomery, Camden; Mrs.
Richard E. Smith, Marion; Will F.
Miles' Marion; Mrs. J. W. Howard,
Florence; Sam E. Miles, Marlon; Mrs.
rheo Miles Friar, Florence She is
also survived by two sisters, M*s.
E. -Miles, Little- River,
Eve Ellerbe. Columbia; 14 grafatifchlife-en
and four great-gradchildren.
She was a sister of tW late OoverbOTTgrmtem
H. Bltorbe and-Congressman
James E. Ellerbe. BeWdes her
immediate family, she is survived by
a very large family connection.
A Christmas Party
Wednesday, December 22, a Chriptata
party was given'at the Wateree
Club Hcuse under the supervision of
Mrs W. S. Oaakln, recreation director
of this center. Recitation, and a
urogram of Christmas carols were
EL tot candy. Fruit and candy was
mtv^ throtvhout the morning. Onj
leaving they ell expressed a lovely!
time and hoped to UToeMt^y^tyj
Air Show Again Set
For January Ninth
Camden la going^ to hit the air
lanes agulu with one of those thrill*
a-mluuto shows that Jimmy Wood#
and Capers Zemp, Woodward airport
lads, have in atore at regular lutervals
~
This show ou Sunday, January 9,
la going to be even finer and offer
more thrills than the one held thla
fall. It will feature the appearance
here of Johnny Crowell, the greatest
stunt pilot in the world, and the only
one who has been able to do an outside
loop In a cabin plane.
Jack Huber, the chap who soared
aloft some five miles and then Jumped
out and plumetted down to within
several hundred feet of pnother earth
before he yanked the rip cord to open
his chute, will repeat his delayed opening
stunt. Huber's flight from a
point where he could not be seen to
the minute he opened his chute was
marked by a thin white streak, as a
bag of flour on his pack poured out'
a tracer line.
In addition to some spectacular
work by these two lads, thet-e will be
many novel events on the show. A
loud speaker system will be In charge
of "Flash" Woods, who will decribe
the various feats of air prowess as
they are unfolded by the skilled
pilotB.
Deleter Martin, head of the aeronautical
commission of the state, will
be In Camden for the show and arrangements
are, being made to have
him take up several administrative
groups of the city and county.
Great Group Racing
Steeds Are Expected
The most outstanding group of
racing steeds ever gathered together
in a southern community will bo in
evidence in Camden stables within
the next two weeks. Fully two hundred
head of the finest racing talent
will be here to begin training for the
133S?aeaSQIl.?which openn here nn .
February 22 with the nationally famous
Washington Birthday race program
and followed on ttre last Saturday
in March by the Carolina Cup
event.
Some of the stables now occupied
here are rtiose of Ambrose Clark, of
Westbury, Long Island, who has
twenty head of horses now in training.
Ray Wolfe, another well kpown
devotee of the horse game will have
his horses here within a short time.
"W. B. Street, of Warren ton; J. E.
Ryan, of Unionvllle, Pa.; Mrs. Randolph
Scott and Randolph Duffy, are
others who will occupy their Camden
stables- within a week or so.
Escape, Fugitive, Ostend, Indigo
and Cadeau II are among some of
the nationally famous horses that
will be here. In the last' running of
the Carolina Cup race Fugitive upset
the dope sheet and took the cup.
The* Carolina Cup event, the outstanding
steeplechase race of the season
kt the United "States and second
in point of attendance only to the
Grand National In England^ will have
the finest field of jumpers ever assembled
In the history, of the Springdale
course.
"BANG BANG" CLUB STAGES
- M08T INTERESTING EVENT
Christmas night at the "Bang
Bang" club was one of. the most
pleasant events of the kind ever held
In Camden and attracted a crowd of
one ^hundred and fifty dancers and
diners. ... . . __
From nine o'clock dinner service
was In order and the chef in charge
had prepared delicious steaks and the*
necessary trimmings to make It an
oplcnrian delight. Diners took occasion
to compliment the management
upon-the perfect cuisine prevailing.
The merrymaking continued until
the ttidnight hour and dancing featured
the evening?music being provided
>y the Palmetto Swingsters.
- The "Bang Bang" club has stepped
Into the spotlight of popular favor
and with the splendid cuisine and service
that has featured the routine to
date, the season Is certain to be a
big success.
? The next event on the club calendar
will be the New Tear's eve party,
which is bound to be a success and
largely attended. Already -the dancing
set Is ypai^to gjve the New
Tb* cost to the taxpayers of the
>7."M ??tra ssss|pa of congress Is
IriliyffiT WI ss biffifr
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Sarsfield Course
Being Put In Shape
Tile work of clearing the tall grass
from the Camden municipal golf
couree, formerly tiio Sarallold course,
la well under way.
After the 'course ha* be?u mowed
It Is plauned to roll the falrwaya.
Moat of the playing area Is In excellent
shape but there are two holes
that will have to be rolled several
timea as they were badly cut when
the area was used by polo players as
a practice Held.
Donald Morrison, who is supervising
the work of getting the course In
shape for play this season, believes
that he. will have the greens under
work within (he next toeek. At the
same time the conditioning of the
tees trill be tAken care of;
Much Interest has been occasioned
by the movement to provide Camden
gold enthusiasts with a course where
play may be Indulged In at a minimum
of expense. The idea of a local
golf club with . ..regularly scheduled
tournaments throughout the year has
also struck with a popular chord.
Cup Play Starts
January Ninth
t>
The outstanding early season polo
event of the southeast will get under
way Sunday, January' 9, when, tho
Town and Country teams of the Camden
polo club clash in the first of u
series of games to determine tho 193&
ownership of the Devlno cup. ThiH
handsome silver tropty Is offered
each year and the names of tho winning
teanl's players and scores of
the matches engraved thereon.
Tho ciip is presented by Mrs. John
Device in memory of her husband,
who was an ardent follower of polo
and all other sports connected with
horses. Last year the series was not
concluded until .Spring and. offered
some-stellar polo.
There is a lot of speculation as to
the probable outcomo of the series
this vyr. Cantaln Dick Flnvd. of the
Catftden polo club, has a lot of fine
players under his charge this season
and with the conditioning period of
several weeks under their belts the
riders are all hardened tot the most
grueling kind of a fracas. Ponies too
have rounded into midseason form
and the first game is bound to produce
gome thrills.
With the score standing at deuce,
with each team stowing away a game
in the series so far played, the Ramblers
and Yellow Jackets will stage
the ffaal and deciding tilt Sunday at
the number one field. *
This*game should bring out some
dazzling-polo, ah the Issue will decide"
the pre-season honors between these
two line teams. In the first game of
the series the Yellow Jackets copped
7 to 6, but the Ramblers came back
last Sunday to win by the same score.
The field has been Ironed out after
the game of last Sunday and with the
warm weather of the past few days
It Swill be in shape for some fast action
on the palrt of the players.
LATEST RECEIPT8 8HOW THAT
SEAL 8ALE IN COUNTY GROV?8
Wednesday's receipts increased the
amount the Kershaw County Tuberculosis
Association has on hand from
the 1937 sale of Tuberculosis Christmas
Seals, Bonds and Bangles to ap-l
proximately one thousand and fifty
dollars. This figure Is about one hundred
and fifty dollars less than the
total returns for 1986.
There are several schools and community
chairmen not yet heard from
so It is apparent that when all reports
are in there will be available for the
tuberculosis control program an
amount that la. at least eftual to'the
fund raised last year. In view of
crop and business conditions, this is
11 bowing and evidence of generosity
that Is gradually.?becoming
county-wide. The splendid response
also Indicates an increasing Interest
in protecting the homes in the county
from preventable disease.
The Tuberculosis Association extends
thanks to every member of the
committee who assisted with the Heal
Sale and to every citizen who contributed
to the success of the Seal Sale
by purchasing seals* bonds or bangles.
PCSObytcrtan Church Services
Bertrleee at the Bethesda Preshyte
riaa church Sunday, January 1, wfl]
be *48 follows: announces Rev. A.
Etongfce McArn, pastor: Chord
an ngee at If a. ?. Morn
lng worship with sermon at 11; 15
Tbcjp^^cordlally Invited to <kl
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Celebrate Christmas
At Nursery School
(By thj) Skipper)
Hello folks! This is tho Skipper
speaking. Just have to tell you today
about the Christmuu 1 witnessed at
I the Cumdeu nursery school oyer
there on Lafayette street.
If you have never visited this worth
while s^hoool, 1 would suggest you
make it a point to drop in some day
about 12 uoon and see these little
tots at dinner or luncheon as it Is
termed there.
| * Two big tables and a score of tiny
tots, ranging In age from a few years
Up to four or five, and believe It or
not, folks, they even had tiny tots
serving as waitresses. And when a
tiny voice Invoked the Divlno bless
tag, well It was just a little bit too
much and darned If 1 didn't get a
lump around my Adam's apple.
I But on this day I am speaking
about, the little tots all hung up their
tiny stockings. I guess they must
have all brought an extra one because
when they left for home they
seemed to be well stockinged.
But the next day, well folks, It was
a picture ono never would forgot.
Santa Claus had been to the school
during the night and every stocking
was filled. Gracious, such a lot of apples,
orangos, tangerines, candy and
toys. I'll never forgot the gurgles of
delight, tho happy cries, the hugging
of dollies, eager grasping of toys.
The only sad feature of the whole
prograan was that quite a number of
the little folks who would have been
there, were absent because of the
measles. One little boy, seriously ill
at the hospital with pneumonia was
remembered by Santa Claus who saw
to It that his stocking was carried
to him at the hospital. And the little
folkB who were at home with measles
all received their stockings as well.
There may be Christmas celebrations,
some in big auditoriums, some
n halls, some In schools, and community
celebrations In city parks, but to
me that Christmas at this nursery
-sehoek was something never to bo forgotten.
The light of Jay ami happiness
on little faces will remain with
me as long as I live.
And I echo the thanks of the school
staff, to the merchants and friends
who contributed the gifts so that overy
one of the poor littlo tykes would
know that "honestly and truly mother
?there is a Santa-Claus.''
8EVEN HURT WHEN CAR8
CRA8H AT ROAD INTERSECTION
Seven persons, three of them children,
were In the Camden hospital
Sunday as tho result of an.auto crash
tour miles _north of the city during
the heavy fog Saturday night.
Those In the hospital were Mr. and
Mrs.'Jacob Johnson and three children.
Shorley, age 1; Eugenia,4, and
Mary 3, all of Cassatt; and Mrs. C.
W. McDonald, of Camden. Two othI
em, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Gardner, of
Columbia, were bardly cut and lacerated
but were released from the
hospital after their Injuries had been
cared for. All were badly cut and
bruised.
The two cars, one driven by Gardner
and the other by Johnson crashed
at the Intersection of the old
Hartsville road and highway number
one. when a blanket of heftvy fog reduced
visibility to a minimum. With
Gardner was Mrs. Gardner and Mrs.
McDonald, while the six members of
the Johnson family were in the other
machine. ;
Authorities state record of accidents
reduced by reason of henry fog
preventing Christmas eve celebrators
from venturing out on the highways
and causing those obliged to drive to
proceed cautiously.
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Bandits rfyob 8anta Claus
New York, 24.?Guntasn won't
prevent the political club of Paul E.
Santangelo from plying Santa Clans
to 1,500 families today.
Fire gum en robbed-dab headquar
ters of $2,700 raised to pay for Christ
mas baskets, but the club announced
the distribution would be carried out
on schedule. The spokesman did nol
disclose the source of the money t<
replace the stolen fund.
; - The gunmen jrftered the dub roomi
of Bantangelo, Tammany leader, las
night.
"Thjs money Is for charity," Morrl
Solomon, club secretary protested
I "It is for Christmas baskets for th
poor widows and chfldroa. You shout
i be ashamed."
"Won, w. bare to ban a UUI
. Christ ma, raaa.,. too," tho robbor
1 rotortod, at tho, ocoopod op tho m.
no, is4 fed.
ts^^asaessBsssssecBsmk
Christmas Observed
at Children's Home
Chrivtuias, 1M7, was observed lu *
flttliik manner by nil of Cam don. But
(he outstanding features were (he variouH
events in which (hp poor and
the needy were involved.
Al the Children's Home, eighteen
little folks observed the Yuletide Friday
with appropriate exercises in
which Christinas oarolu, recitations,
aud the like played an important part.
Hev. Douglas MoAru of the Presbyterlan
church gave the Christmas
message a/id also lod In the prayers.
A gayly deeqrated Christmas tree
graced one side of tho room and th|
little folks all aat In rowa on the
other side of the fireplace. The splendid
choral numbers certainly reflect-*
ed the attention and Interest taken
by those in charge of the Home.
On Christmas morning the little
folks gathered around the tree to receive
the gifts that Santa Claus had
left for them. It was a happy and
joyous group that oponed the parcels
and exclaimed In delight over the
gifts received. A sumptuous dinner
was served at noon and the little
folks did ample Justice to a most interesting
and appetising menu.
Christmas Is indeed a children's
day for that is the infinite significance
of that Divine event in Bethlehem
nineteen centuiieH ago, a significance
which cannot?must not be
overlooked in the hurry and bustle
of workaday events?in the rush and
flurry of holiday observance?not for
nothing are wo reminded that of Him,
whoso birth wo celobated it was said
"And a Little Child Shall Load
Them."
Eight Negroes
Die In Wreck
Wallace. N. C\. Dee. 27? Coroner
Carl Smith,said today ho would hold
an inquest tomorrow Into tho drowning
last night of eight negroes near
Chinquapin, fourteen miles south of
here.
-Smith said the nesnws were riding ?
with Alonzo Whitehead, a- relative,
when he became blinded by the light#
of an approaching automobile. The oft*
swerved sharply, pluuged.through a
heavy bridge guard,-fell thirty feet
onto a shoal, and overturned in the
Northeast river.
Whitehead was helped to shore by
J. B. Wiggins, who arrived at the
scene soon after tho tragedy.
Another white m&nr Lfco Ilrpwn,
soon brought his &w hoe* to the spot and
six bodies wero recovered. The
remaining two had not bang found
early today. " ~
Thtr dead, 'air related, Wefei?ttu- ~
bert Bharpless, 18; Alberta Pickett, ~
and Onetls Pickett, 9; and Alberta's
sister, 28, and her children, Mamie,
111, Ruby, 8, Lonnie, Jr., 6, Claude,"
13, Mary Lilly Brown. All the bodies
were recovered except those of Claude
and Onetls,
The dead were, tenants on a farm
near Clnquapln.
Cards Mailed to Depositors
D. A. Boykln, conservator of The
Bank of Camden, this week mailed
out several thousand reply post cards
to the many depositors of the old
bank requesting their slgnatu/h and
address. It Is the request that these
cards be returned promptly, because ~
failure to return them may bar the *?!
depositors from participation In ?mP1
pay-off. ' ' This
Is the final dividend of the old
Bank of Camden and is made possible
by the action of the CurrMon Wntsin|
Company, composed of the children
of the late H. O. Garrison, wjio jus
taking, over the entire rwirta of the )
old bank and with the cooperation ojr
certain larger ^depositors are settling T
In toll the bank's deposit liability.
The present intention is to make
| these payments on January
- It Is hoped that all ui the many details
will be fully completed by that
I Grace Church Service# ?
I The services in Grace Episcopal
t church on Sunday, January 2, will be
> as follows: The church school^^P
9:45 o'clock. Holy communion end
i sermon by the Rector, Dr. Mauricet
Clarke, at 11:15. The early service
- will be omitted. The choir wtil sing
8 great anthem, "Arise, Shine
L for Thy Light la Come," at the 11.1S
4 t ??=?z?
Am'bi ^ey ' m4UMfact^r?r of