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VOLUME 4# CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1838 NUMBER 45
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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.
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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. ^ ,
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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.
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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
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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.
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. 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.
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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
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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 '
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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,
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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
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