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L'*v ? * v. { 1 . v* * * ' ?-?/* . ' . ' '-? -** ... .? ? - ? {z ? 0 ' V7?i-;v' *T^'V*>Ak ' - * / ..... . .. j. - . The Camden chronicle tenMi??B*?8 11 ill mi ml inn in l.i , n III, .mi i u . iiuuuuwmwmi, <i tt ? - - - < ' ' --- '?-' ' '- - VOLUME 4# CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1838 NUMBER 45 gieiw*i*iyjJ^pyp^^555X5Z5EE9S6flflBlR55S5255S5S955539E5H Fugitive Convict Returned To State Fleming Mix, 22.year old negro. re fugeti from a selff-styled 8outh Carolina chain gang, was returned from Patterson, New Jersey, Wednesday noon, and less than an hour after steppin* from the train here, was In cunvict garb at the Kershaw county prison camp. And thus ended a three-year period of freedom fof the oonvict who In 1934 was sentenced to ten years in the prison camp for a brutal criminal assault upon a five-year-old girl. The surly attitude evidenced by the prisoner In the offloe of Governor Hoffman, of NeW Jersey. Monday gave way to a typical southern negro affability when on the train from Paterson to Camden. Not once did he mention bis arrest by the Peterson police nor the battle waged to prevent his extradition to 3outh Carolina. The Kershaw county group with Mix, arrived on the Seaboard train from the north shortly after 10 o'clock this morning. .Mix was wearing handcuffs as he stepped from the coach and into a waiting automobile that promptly whisked him to the prison camp, six miles north of - the city, where he will probably remain for the next nine years. In the group returning from New Jersey were Sheriff J. H. McLeod; Attorney M. M. Johnson; Camp Superintendent Eugepe Moseley and Rural Officer S. P. Watkina. Roy Powell, secretary to Governor Johnston, who had gone to Trenton in the case, returned on the same train. The Kershaw county group. had only words of praise and. appreciation for the splendid cooperation and aid accorded by Mr. Powell at the hearing upon the extraidition plea. The hearing was held Monday morning at Trenton before Attorney General Backes. Mix was representI ed by three lawyers who were bitter in their attack upoiv the prison sysI tt-ni of South Carolina and in particI ular upon the Kershaw county camp. I The KerBhaw delegation termed their I a t i i t yde aa being "bitter and nimty " I An effort to have the papers in the extradition plea declared illegal was not upheld by the attorney general. Affidavits were filed by Mix attorI neys to the effect that Mix had never I been arraigned and tried in a proper I manner of the crime charged against^ I him; that' the Charge itsefP'was a I trumped up affair; that he had been I given no chance to plead .and had been railroaded to a chain, gang. OthI er affidavits went on to state! that at I the camp he was subjected to brutal beatings several times a week, a .wide strap with holes in and another j I with prongs was used by Superintend-.J ent Moseley to beat him. He also I charged that the food was unfit to I eat( that the convicts were required to wear clothing for weeks at a time I without a change, that the chain gang was worked all day in the hot sum mer sun and then allowed to freeze I when the night brought a big drop in I temperature. He stated that the con victs were housed in steel cages? I each cage having double the number I it could accommodate and that there was no protection against the cold. One of the absurd features of the I hearing was the calling to the stand I of a colored man who claimed to I have served nine days on the KerI shaw road crew and at the camp who substantiated whaX Mix had stated. it developed that this witness had never been Arrested and confined in I the camp. I Superintendent Moaeley denied, ev* I firy statement made by Mix and subI mitted many affidavits from Oamden I an(] Kershaw county people; "ifafeWhg I them being one from a newStffcber I writer who had inveetigatod the camp shortly after Mix' arreat and bis dra matte statements at the time. "The defense painted a dark pio ture of prison camp conditions In the South and the Kerahaw camp In par ticular," said Attorney Johnson. "They told the attorney general. I 'hat if Mix was returned to the South ( arolina officials, h$ woulh never live 'o reach the prison camp, that he I would be killed." It appears that Roy Powell, secre ' ? ry to Governor Olln D. Johnston Is president of the Nation*} Association of Secretaries to Governors and the secretary of Governor Hoffman chine ed to be vice ureal dent This fid. I ?",?r <*cm x> ?k. Sooth Carolina group, aidod gnat. Help The Cagers ! In Their Program (By Skipper) What's happened to the Camden high school rooting section?also the i group that we labeled "loyal grads?" Back a few weeks when the Camden Bulldogs cavorted on the greensward at Zemp stadium, you used to , turn out In great masses to cheer the home town gang in their gridiron struggles. But what a change a few weeks have made. The same Camden high school and some of the same faces that were seen on the gridiron field, now are appearing on the maple at the high school gymnasium. I'll admit that press of work ground the office kept me from some of the cage games but unless I have a*- directors conclave or some other important meeting, you'll And me in the Camden rooting sectiqp for every game. - - And take it from me?Camden has wo high school teams to be proud of. The boy's team is rated about the beat I to wear the Camden colors in years. And the girl's, well let me assure you that It has been many years since they had a team as good as the 1938 model. Up to the time of this writing the boys and girls have won three out of four games, which If I may so state rates a percentage of .760, which is a worthwhile figure. And when high school teams can put up that kind of a game, Its up to the fans to give them loyal support. Next week, Tuesday the teams play University High and that In any man's language, means some scrappy sport. The girls defeated Lydia, 30 to 18; Bishopville, 30 to 20; and Winnsboro, 16 to 10; lost to Orangeburg, 16 to 31. The boys have defeated Lydla, 30 to 21; Bishopville,, 32 to 18; and Winnsboro, 23 to 21; lost to Orangeburg, 37 to 17. The girl's team is made up of Rhetta McLeod ?and Gene Plyler as forwards, Doris McLeod and Louise Hendricks as centers, and LoIb Blackwell and Virginia Gaskin as guards. Substituto'forwards are:?Theresa Reed and Peggy McLeod, substitute centers Beverly Hendricks and Grace Rhoden, and substitute guards Francis Hammond and Nell Corbett. Lois Blackwell is team captain. The boy's team is made up as follows: Sellars and Bell, forwards; Wilbert Williams, captain and center; Jack Richards and Wallace Lynch, guards; with Tommy Merrill, Bobby Outlaw, John and William Mullen as substitutes. 1 Sellars did not get into regular playing until recently when with West retiring from basketball and Marshall and Cox'Out with Illness, thlB boy Was given 0 chance to show his ability and has more than made good. The boy's team has shown a fine brend of ball so far this season and Williams and Richards have been outstanding. Steals Automobile; Car Is Then Burned An auto, the property of Ben Davis, of Walnut street, this city, and stolen from the parking area near the post office Friday night, was found on a side road near the outskirts of the city Sunday morning, almost completely destroyed by fire. A motorist found the burned car. No trace of the car thief or thieves has been found by the authorities. After the car had caught Are, it was stripped of generator, horn, headlamps and other equipment On the Friday night that It was stolen Davis had left it for hlg^lri&"to drive home. He had placed tbgr'j^qys in the pocket of A front door. The thief founiT the keys there and made away with It Grace Episcopal Church The services for Sunday will be as follows: The church school will be held at 9:45 a. m. Morning prayar and address at 11:16. This service will be conducted by Mr. Patton, superintendent ef education of Wlnnshbro, Y. P. s. L. at 7:00 p. m. aa usual. The early morning service will be omitted. \y_j* Baptist Union Meeting The 'Union meeting of Kershaw AaAoctation will meet with Abney Baptist chareh: January at 19 o'clock. mUeeoet ^ from Kershaw. All to this meeting, la the rsgusst of O* Second Game Sunday For Sylvan Polo Cup An injury to Captain pick Floyd, of Town, will keep the polo ace out j of the Une-up when Town facea Coun- j try In the second game of the Sylvan cup series Sunday afternoon. j Clyde llrumble, of Texas and Vlr- i glnla, la to play the No. 4 position on Town In the second game of the trophy event. Watson Pomeroy will he i shifted from back to the No. 8 posl- < tlon that Floyd plays. Rallblrds believe that with Pomeroy playing No. i 8 that he will prove a factor In the Town scorli|f. In the game last Sunday* It was. Floyd's four goals that Town won from Country to take a game edge In the series for the trophy. Country, rated as one of the best sight goal teams In the country, will have Klrby Tupper, Ancrum Boykin, Carl Llghtfoot and Joe Bates In the line Sunday afternoon^ while Town Will line up with Burns at No, 1, L>uBose at No. 2, Pomeroy at No. 3, and Brumble at back. Lester Karow will be referee. If Town wins again Sunday afternoon It means the finish of the Sylvan cup series. Those who know their polo however, believe Country will capitalize on Floyd's absence from the Town lineup and take the game Sunday. They base their contention on the fact that Pomeroy will go from back to No. 3, while No. 4 will be filled by a player new to the field. Just bow much of a handicap these conditions will offer is hard to say. With the promise of warmer weather, the Camden polo club anticipates a record crowd at today's game. Interest in the sport is stronger this year than in many years?this fact being indicated by the almost complete Bellout of the auto parking spaces around the field. Captain Floyd's injury consists of a badly strained ligament and his leg has been placed in a cast. The physicians who are looking after the in[Jury believe Floyd will be able to get back into action within ten days. Must Park Between Lines or Receive Tag Hew to the line. Let the chips fall where they may. An old saw but it might have a modern meaning if Camden police lag your car because you did not see that it was parked between the white lines. For several weeks the parking of cars on DeKalb and Broad streets in the business district has been more or less of a gesture so far as ''hewing" to the lines, for the lines were In the main almost obliterated^and in several Instances old lines were more prominent than the new ones. Wfth several days of dry weather the pavements became sufficiently dry to permit of the city marking out new lines. The police declare that motorists who do not park between the lines are going to draw a forget-menot tag. So motorists, beware of the white line. See that you park between them. It may save you a few chips. Wateree Baptist Church Services announced for the next Lord's day at the Wateree Baptist church will be as follows: Sunday school at 10 a. m., J. C. Swing, superintendent in charge. The regular preaohing service la at 7:00 each Sunday evening. The subject for next Lord's day is as follows: "Bringing Others To Christ." A special service will be conducted at 6:80 for the purpose of ordaining some deacons, in which the pastor will b? assisted by Rev. J. B. Caston, pastor of the First Baptist church of Camden, and Rev. R. L. Smith, of Old Fort, N. jC. ^ , 1 i k Lyttleton Street Methodist Church The following services will be held in Lyttleton Street^fethodlst church on Sunday: Church school at 10 r m.; morning worship at llilb; eve< ning worship at 7:80. The public Is cordially invited to all of these services. i J Two Eaoape Injury Mr. and Mrs* W. R. Denton, of Fair street, were cot and Hbrulsed when their car turned over on- Broa<V> street just north Aof the- Confederate monument here Sunday night at ? O'clock. dcuJosi was driving south and had swung around * parked car to enter J* * e " *' * ' .. . r. *.v. * Nursery Home May Meet With Disaster ^)|*estei' appears to be Impending at the Camden Nursery home on l.aFayette street. For three years this wonderful Institution has been operating is a inauuer to merit the praise bf every individual in Camden. Thirty-two children, ranging in age from 2 to 4 years aud rated in the under-privileged class, have been receiving edupatlon and proper food hygiene ' at this school. Without this school, they would be underfed and receive little if any education. The. routine at the school provides that these Uttle tots, all from families on relief end unable to provide the proper care end food have a morning of education and also Instruction in how fO play. At noon they sit down to d balanced meal. This consists of fruty Juice, milk, bread, potatoes, vegetables and meat; with also a dote of ood liver oil. The little folks are tgught table manners end reverance In that one of the little family asks the divine blessing at each meal. They also serve the dinner, a different group being assigned each day- After dinnar each day, they tafce a nap before being removed to their homes. At a meeting of the advisory board last week, it was announced that the federal aid was to be taken away so far as the food supply Is concerned. Which means that the balanced meals given these Uttle folks Ave days a week, will be missing from the routine. This balanced meal has been a big factor in keeping the children healthy and giving them the resistance necessary to combat disease. The cost of feed ng these little folks amounts to approximately $8.95 a week. Imagine feeding between twen. ty-flve: and thirty tots for $1.61 per day. And what a big help the expenditure of $1.61 n day Is to these little folks- \ Camden people are urged to watch developments at this nursery school. If the federal aid Is cut down some form of help should be forthcoming from the good people of Camden. DIRECTORS OF COMMERCE BODY SEND 8YMPATHY TO MR. BARUCH The directors of the Camden and Kershaw^^ounty Chamber of Commerce have conveyed to Bernard M. Baruch, financier, an expression of ympathy over the death of Mrs. Baruch, who succumb^fjto pneumonia at her New York home Sunday. A retiring, motherly woman, Mrs. Baruch seldom shared the spotlight with her husband, who was a banker, former chairman of the industries board and advisor of several presidents of the TJnlted States. | She was active In private charities and gave a wing to the local hospital In honor of Mr. Baruch's mother, Mrs. Belle Wolfe Baruch. Mr. Baruch had given the hospital and grounds to ; Camden. Mrs. Baruch was the former Annie Griffen, daughter of Benjamin Griffen, a New York manufacturer. She was married to Mr. Baruch In 1898. She leaves, besides her husband, a son and two daughters, all of New York. Pastor Goes To Greenvllln Rev. B. J. Mclver, pastor of the Wateree Baptist church, of Camden, has been tendered a call to Poinsett Baptist church in Greenville. He will close his pastorate In Camden the second Sunday in February and will begin hi* work in Greenville the following ; Sunday. Mr. Mclvier has been pastor of the Wateree Baptist church for nearly three years. Before coming to Camden he did pastoral work in other parts of South Carolina and Georgia. He was engaged In evangelistic work fOT~a number of years before entering the pastorate ^n South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina and Maryland. ~ . Pay-Off Postponed By reference to an advertisement signed by>JD. A. Boy kin, Conservator of the Bank of Camden, it will be noted that Instead of the bank paying off on January 27, it has been delayed anil) the first of February. There-Is such 'a^iarge number 6f accounts to close up. and so much work sttaohedthat It can not be completed In the allotted time. _ \ / Columbia, Jan. IS.?South HiU toeorporated, of Chnnden, a real aetata firm eapltaltoed at W.atfi, with John H, Todd, president-treasurer, and WUBam Jr Wallta, secretary. ' _ , ./..v Oldest Citizen Of ' County Died Monday Death claimed KerHhaw county'# 1 oldest citizen at noon Monday, when ] Isaac F. Holland, 97, auccumbod to i an Illness of several months'.dtiration. i He passed away at the home of bis daughter, Mrs. Mattle K. Fate, of this city. J Born In Kershaw county December 8, 1840, he was a resident continuous up to his death. He was among the first to enlist In the Southern cause when the Confederate war broke out, ! serving with dlstlnetlon throughout i the years of strife. After the war he resumed his business career In Camden, both as a farmer and merchant. He was also active In political affairs of the community. He was a son of Isaac Holland and Margaret Turner Holland. His wife died many years ago. He leaves three daughters, Miss Anna Holland and Mrs. Mattle K. Pate, of Camden; Mrs. Howard 8. Davis, of Orlando, Fia.; three sons, Isaac J. Holland, Sunburst, Mont.; H. H. Holland, AberJeen, N. C.; and Alonzo Holland, Camden. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the Kornegay Funeral home here, with burial In the Holland burial plot. The Kev. J. B. Caston, of the First Baptist church officiated. Active pallbearers were W. F. Nettles, J. K. deLoach, J. C. Gillis, A. M. McLeod, Q. F. Cooley, B. P. DeLoache. The death of Judge Holland leaveB only two Confederates veteranB In Kershaw county. - They are G. B. King, of Bethune, and Isaac Gardner, rfd Kershaw, S. C. Mrs. Baruch Dead in New York City o New York, Jan. 16.?Mrs. Bernard M. Baruch, 65, wife of the financier, lied at her home here today of pneu-J inonia. She was stricken last Tuesday. . s\ { Baruch, their two married daughters and son and Mrs. Baruch's brother were at the bedside. The former Annie Grlffen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Grlffen, of New York, she married Mr. Baruch In 1898. The wife of the banker and former chairman of the war industries board was active In charity work among organizations of both the North and the South. She donated a wing to a hospital at Camden, S. C., her husband's birthplace, In honor of his mother, MrB. Belle Wolfe Baruch. Mrs. Baruch _was educated in private schools of New York, her native city. Surviving besides Mr. Baruch are Bernard M. Baruch, Jr.,i and her daughters, all of New York. Baptist Church 8ervlcee The following services are announced for the week beglnlng January 23 At the First Daptlst church: Sunday , school at 10 b'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 Father's Love For His Children." Evening subject: "Importance of What We Believe." B. T. U. Sunday evening at 6:80. We have a 'most interesting picture Jfor lext Sunday evening, entitled: "Froniers of the North." It Is an expedllon to Baffin Land. Prayermeeting Wednesday evening at 7:80. Tba pub* lie la cordially invited to attend all these services.-- ? ?~ ANNIVER8ARY SERVICES AGAIN ATJUhJtfORIAM CHURCH Rev. J. W. Boy kin and hie congregation of Mt. Morlaii Baptist church, jomer of Broad and York street*i. frill > :elebrate the seventy-second anniversary of the founding of their church, on Sunday, January 30. Their usual songs and spirituals of the plantation days will be sung. At 3:30 in the afternoon the main anniversary will be in the nature of a fellowship and complementary service conducted by the First* Baptist church of Camden, when the Kev^Jr, B. Caston will preach the anniversary sermon and the white choir will ting. A cordial Invitation ia extended the white friend# to attend (hi* service in the afternoon,' r ' ^?? _ - Condensed Report of Camden Hospital Dr. John W. Corbett, President, Members of the Hoard, Camden Hospital. Gentlemen: 1 herewith present a condensed report ot the Camden hospital for the year ending December 31, 118? 1 The days of care were 13,066; number of patlentgMjrekted, 1,587, at a total cost of |87,?47.97?cost Per patient per day, $8.88. The days of care tor 198$ were 12,081; number of patlente treated, 1,539, at a total coat of $33,704.78?cost P?r patient per day, $8.95. There was an Increase of total coat of operation for 1937, oyer total coet of 1938, of $3,743.18. Thla increase is accounted for by absorbing two bills which should have been paid in 1936, amounting to $1,281.89, bringing the total Increase of cost for 1987 to $8,461.30. This Is accounted for by the increased number of days' treatment of 985 days of care over 1936, the total coBt of operation for 1937, being $36,166.08. Cash balance In bank, $741.88, with all accounts paid except current? monthly bills, and all salaries paid to January, 1938. No loans were made during 1937, for operating purposes. The days of care for 1937, were divided as follows: White patients: 3,367, full pay; 1,501, part pay; 3,412, free. Colored patients: 207, full pay; 862, part pay; 3,717, free. Total: 3,674, full pay; 2,863,. part pay; 7,129, free. The difference in part pay patients and actual cost Is 1,490 free days added to the actual free days' amounts rin...A,619 free days for 1987. 1 would like to call attention to the decrease In free days. First six ? months were 4,799; last six months, 3,821. Receipts: Full pay patients, $13,643.01; part pay patients, $2,611.87; Duke Endowment, $8,689.00r county, $6,343.14; Burdell Fund, $2,600.00; municipal, - $460.00; Junior Welfare league, $362.00; horse show*. $100.00 ? Generous donations were made by . .. i. two friends of the hospital, one of $1,500.00, and one of $760.00, to furn- ? Ish the Burdell wing and to buy new equipment. These donations were spent as follows: First Friend's Account: Installing signal system, Burdell wing, $286.34; sixteen chairs, $2f.00; nine beds, $249.17; six inner spring mattresses and one set saftey sides, $9^.26; nine bed side tables, $99.23. Total, $750.00. Second Friend's Account: Seven awnings, $20.06; one Royal typewriter, $93.66; one large fan for kitchen, r $16 00; ten small fans for bed rooms, $38.50; one rug and furniture, superintendent's room, ' $138.00; porch chairs, $66.86; Hospital Equipment corporation, $244.75; certain material, $63.70; one wheel stretcher,. $72.00; obstretrlcal bed, tray leartV rests, $426.79; freight at^^drayage, $18.60; signs, $20.00. To^Sl, $1,807.72. The balance of this account, including $1.00 refund Is $293.28. Insurance: Main building, insured for a total of $60,000.00; furniture and equipment $20,000.00; nurses home, building, $10,000.00; nurses home, furniture, $1,000.00. I would like to recommend that ad- * ditlonal Insurance be carried on the nurses home to the amount of $2,500. v During the year there was a great deal of work done On the main build- ;; 'T lng of the hospital, repairing and painting. At thS present time the interior of the main building Is in fair -f condition,. I. would like to recommend kV:?4: that some work could ho done In tin basement, which is badly in need of repairs. The hM#** Plant Is In good condition and should go through the season without any further trouble. % I wish to express my appreciation ot tho-support of the board^ortrii^7 tees, the services ?Bd cooperation rendered by the heads of all departments, 1^3 Respectfully submitted, M. Baruch, Treasurer and Manager Betheada Presbyterian Chureh The following services are announced for Sunday, January 23 at Betheada Presbyterian church with A, Douglas McArn, as pastor: Church school ^ for all ages at Id a. m. "Morning worship with anthem and sermon at 11:16. The public le cordially Invited Three Germaad^v^^^rtoSed' of i r m