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'*7iB?BBgT?nnn?TnF^wiafPtCT^?rrMT^^ .-?M3-?.. .. HHI H | TOMORROW ETA CD AY FOR THE (AMOEN The Camden chronicle ~" ti-ni mm in '' ' ' saammaxa^Kmaasa i i . ,, i. ,i n t^waawwwwKgg?ajaanMEBM?MrtMam VOLU>?*? . . ^ Z CAMBBN. aOOTH CAROLINA, VlUDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1M> " NUMBER ? 1 * ' ? ?? ?m m n t.,?. ? Wateree Mill Unit Interesting Place " , (By Frank H. Heath) The Wateree Mill, the earliest of the Kendall cotton mill group, has become one of the objectives of^mauy slghtaeelug groups of. the tourist colony Dally, groups of people who are curious to see a southern cotton mill la operation, are shown through this model plant. , The Wateree mill, a sturdy tourstory brick structure Is looated In an attractively landscaped setting. The mill employs 178 people, 188 being men and 0 women. Operation Is on a 40-hour a- week-basis with two shifts, one group working from 6 a. m. to 2 p. m., and the other from % p. m. until 10 p. m. Upon the occasion of the writers visit to Ike mm, d group of school children, some thirty in eU, wjjth principal and teachers were shout to make a pilgrimage or tho plant. Not only did the youngsters receive drat Rand information regarding, tho proiipU *# tfc? ll>l KM* ??? ? Ijyes the transition of cotrom giant hales, into rolls It gause. Courteous and officials accompany the t tho plant. fcteat urea of tho Watered" happy, satisfied attitude >yees. lp the sea1 of whirlr and looms with -jk din of water poUrlng over NIployeee;^ nodded j cheery i the tieitors :Snd were ?monstrate whatever proere in charge of. flcaat of the splendid cold dlscipling that since has not been an accident But accidents or no acmill maintains a complete i In charge of a registered nurse alto visits sick cmtheir homes in the mill m The flrsf aid quarters .of minor cuts as they r keeping down lost time ywiiijga tUMPOMfi of fhnoculaprevention of lllnmur^ village is is happy com ops are 107 mill-owned i are -rented to mill ophe per room basis at a ow charge. The rent inland water. Each home with private bath rooms, occasion, of the visit of auch Interest was being visitors in a display .of he Kendall mills, y featured hospital prdl lb surgical gause, surgind cotton balls, readyal dressings, adhesive lie products and sutures \ goods department one use doth, binding; prorymple 5 cloth, ~ novelty s,' diapers, nursery cotpads, curtain fabric and listing of industrial pro-, i shown linings for gariter-iinings, super cloths id starched fabrics tor industrlml'uses. i department products nes, cushion dots, marie, scrim, organdy and company products fcahs, carded broad cloths, unbleached wide sheetad pillow cases,' and treads. Hack products exhibited tiro tape, adhesive plasto, absorbent cotton, a, gause nods, surgical r foot products, e'dmt-r tton picker, wj^ensermedlcated plasters, dental floss and dental jts, burn-a-lay elastic stio stockings, handlf parte, bandages, suures... the aUsptay alul fmclubricants, germgeidaf b, iodine, robber sheet* yfcfa* ... ..I'... company,, s tyled "an >wth of aubetonthd*to> ingle buitoess genera three Teams To Play In Polo Tournament ? I Philadelphia will be the only outside team to take part In the MidSouth Polo tournament for the Russell Memorial trophy, according to Qoach Dick Floyd, of the Camden polo qigfr, - ?&W -n?& For the opening game, which will be played Sunday afternoon, February 18, the Yellowjaokete and thex Ramblers,. two Camden teams which played a 7 to 8 battle last week, will after | the fana some thrllle op the turf. Doth of these teatas are eleven goal units and are evenly matched. *v,Xh* YollowJackets will take the field with Charles DuBose, Jr., .at the 4o. I position, Watson Pomeroy, No 8, Dick Floyd, No. 8, and Ancrum Boykin, No. 4. The Ramblers will have Kirby Tupper at No. 1, Carl Llghtfoot at No. S, datfF Smith at No, I. and Joe Bates at No, 4. The second ga?e of the tournament will b# played en Tuesday when the winner of the Sunday ghme plays the Philadelphia Uur* [Jake Hempt at No. 1, Pat Delaney. No. I, Jim Menaeck, No 8, and Courtnev Bunton, No* 4. I On Wednesday the loser of the Sunday; gams Will play the loser of the Tuesday gams in n consolation event. The title game will be.playsdon Sunday, February 20, at the No:. 1 field. Following this game, Mrs. Samuel Russell will present the Russell trophy to the winning team. This Is always an Interesting speetacle and offers mueh color to the afternoon's program. The tournamentdhls year Is the f??> ond in the history of the Russell trophy. This trophy is presented in memory of Samuel Russell, of Middleton. Conn., long a winter resident of Camden, who died two years ago. When a'fond was rajgfbln Camden to wwct a ja^ije memorial to Mr. Rnssell, Mrs. Russell suggested a polo trophy be part of It since Mr. Russell was for years an enthusiastic polo player. The balance of the money raised-JhasL.^sen used as anendowment tor thh Carnegie library City Election To Be Held March 8th What gives promise of being one o| the most interesting elections in Camden's history will take place on Tuesday, March 8, with contests in iractlcally every unit of government. A feature of the election is that t rom the niayorality candidates down through the listing of council aspir.nts, the group is generally of excel* ent timber and qualifications. ' ?F. N. MoCWfkle, manager of the Aiwrican Railway Express _ J50 mpa n y agency here and a member of the city oouncU for the past four years will make the race for mayor against John K. deboach, a well known lawyer and chrie leader. Both of these men are outstanding in the community and each has a Wide following of friendi to back them In the race for election. In the first ward, F. If. Mayer, a veteran In city administration affairs la -being- opposed by Clyde Mastebeau, a grocer: In the second ward, George A. Creed, present. Incumbent Will be opposed by Jack Nettles, hotel manager. Creed Is one of th# leading contractors here. A third candidate in this ward Is W. C. Scarborough. In the third ward there are three candidates, they being Alvin R. Moteley, hotel proprietor. Marvin M. Ren* sonover, mill office executive, lad R. U McCaskill, a grocer, ; gj * In the fourth ward C. C. Whltlker; real estate smn- aad-present incumbent is opposed by Charles J. . Shannon, Jr., 4th, a lawyer. In t&ftj|ftb. ward. Joe JC. JdoKain, present fncnmby "Bock" Smith. In the sixth ward, J. E. Ross, Seaboard freight N^ht end present incumbent Is opposed by. Charlie Villiplgue. ptstal employee. Wateree Baptist Church iBerrices jUEgggffCftf: Tot ^lhe next Lord's day are ax follows: Bunds/ school at 10 a. m-, J. C. Ewln|, superintendent. Preaching each Sunday evening with the Pe^r^??v. B^J. d^^entoaM^s^wRl, be a^fsxewell died * Boys Steal Bikes; Now Serving TImm| Valentine Perry, 18, and . Sslnky, 19, who claim to he from New r York City, became tired of walklug the concrete highways IjJ ?n effort to j travel from Georgia to New York j and stole two bicycle; one from Ar? i chle Stein, aud the other from ClaUd? Lamoy, where they were parked near the high school building. But It was the observing, eye of Wiley Hogue, filling atation owner, who had noticed the two New Yotfc.. era go doyo toward the high sghool afoot and then pass by late* riding bicycles. Hogue called the ,poll<o who followed the bike riders tpwaid the city limits and took them iR^- custody. It wasn't until after the bikea bad, been returned that the owners knew of the theft. In court Friday the two New York boys plead guilt*, end In default of MR fine, each were aentjno. j ed to thirty days at the prison camp *y MadatrateC.fr Dawk a Mungo Outfit Outclasses Kendall Van Llngle Mungo and a galaxy of cage artists invaded Camden last Saturday night to play the Kendall team at the high school gymnasium. The game was more or less of a one-aided affftlr with the Mango gang leading the local pack by a wide margin. The score waa something like 64 to go. -rl' . vv | Mungo may he a great baseball pitcher, but " as a basketball star ha Is Just one of the average hoys who plays over the maples. The visitors had a long lean lanky chap with a Florida U emblem on hie Jersey who wak playing center and he was quite the ace of the evening. fU relied upon deception And eluelveneas rather than power to snake in his shots at the cage. The Camden boys put up a game fight but lack of facilities for practice dkt not' permit of any finished! tonm PlaT TH the other hand have been playing frequently! and thus had a big advantage aver over the Mill lads.?? 7 The games so far this season have I demonstrated the need of a 'common-1 Ity building in Camden. If such a building were available, it would p#r-| mit of an extensive program of winter activities. I Camden Boy Scouts Listen At Broadcast The Boy Scouts of Caniden gathered 1 in a Joint meeting with ITOop fiLni dls-1 trlct leaders Monday night in Jbe 1 ScohTHuT for The purpose of listening to the annual broadcast m cofiimem-1 oration Boy Scout Anniversary! Week. On the program were beard: I President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who is also honorary president of the Boy I Scants ; Walter W. Head, president j of the1 Boy Scouts; James E. West, I chief scout executive. Chief Weet led 1 Scouts all over the nation in a reded 1-1 cation to the SOOUt oath. 1 At the. Camden meeting Monday! night , charters were presented to 1 three new troops, 84, 87, and 88, which 1 are sponsored by the. Red Fes club, I Grace Bpiscopal church and the First J Baptist dhurch. William B. Csamlts-J bit scout executive of the Contrail South Carolina council, welcomed the I new troops into' the, council and prp-l seated the charters to the Troop com-I mitteemen 'and Scoutmasters of the! various troops. ... . 1 r I It was also announced at the meet- J ing that the First Presbyterian church I was making formal application to! charter a new troop Which Is to take! the number 80, formerly Used_by_the j troogr^Fponsored by the Rotary club. Henry Savage, Jr., chairman of thej Kershaw District committee, presided | over the meeting and addfessed thel group in appreciation of thetr Interest aud energy in giving the boys of Cam- j den an oplWgnflPggE, scouting. Sf-Retheedq Presbyterian Church j The following serrlcee are announced for Sunday, Febniai^y^t Jb* lug sbi witli^^isrtjkesn^and' edtfiposi TIM OT Jonn JOMiptt 8BS VMO MMMNMN it UilOMvi|rB| I' 'bunt Room" To . ' Open At Kirkwood Cards announcing the formal p?>^# qg Of the "Hunt Room" at tho Kirkwood hotel are In the **"* U 48 axpccted that there will be a big turnout of South Carolina winter resort Boclety Saturday evening when the attractive dine and dance club is op enod. v ' The famous PblUip Ftepne orchestra from New York will play for the affair and will also be on hand for every Wednesday and Saturday night during the. remainder of the tourist eaflou.. This orchestra has }u*t pleted an extended engagement on oph of the Cunard liners, operating between New York and the West Indies , 7 ' The Hunt club la locgted In what ka* been known as the Kirkwood grttl. With scenea of the "hunt" being placed en the walla aa mural dao* oratloaa, it promises to bo one of the moat attractive night clubs In the Qmdjassr Honor Plaque 1* To Local Dealer W. C. BaJmond. Broad Street Texaco dealer, la In receipt of the following letter from ;the Atlanta district of Use aalea department of the Texas company: ? -I ul wish to take this means to congregate you on the splendid results accmnplished at your station. Representative Battle advises me that he has awarded thb HIWO* PUdde to your stattfm aa U* mstt dtilstkndhig In his fOlte from the point of sales, service and general efflctenoy. "Your splendid sales and general performance In January warrant special comment snd t fMt to compliment you on your achievement. You have shbwn real sties ability and your station and station personnel refleet credit upon you snd your management. ' ' :.L':LM "I hope you will display this plaque^ in the moBt conspicuous place fn your shcrW-wludow as it Is un award mtdt entirely on merit and one which you can be Jut&ly proud to exhibit. ? *T hope, also, that this recognition of your ability will: spur you. and your personnel on to still greater achievements." "Please accept oar best wishes for your success, and we hope to again have the pleasure of awarding the Honor Plaque to you In the very near future." , / 1 " -A?m.. - r' - MUCH ACTIVITY NOTED AT -- WOODWARD AIRPORT . -JCrom reports made bjrAyer?? the Woodward airport here hae bqen more acil?e durtn* Two weeks than any in the state. There-has been an average of ieven ships coming into the airport dally and on Wednesday and Thursday evenings the hangar was filled and severel ships had. to be parked outeWe. Dexter Martlp, chief of the state aeronautical bureau flew in Wednesday afternoon and was elated over the activity In evidence at the Camden post. Manager James Wood has arranged to conduct 4 passenger flights In a cabin plane every Sunday?morning and afternoon?for an Indefinite period. A score of people went to the airport last Sunday to take alfihtseeing flights. : number of northern people, who nre .winteehsg in Camden, have mfiAk trips to-Charleston and Charlotte by plane from the local airport. ptlsi~lbjpii? Serviced" ~ jk{ The following services are annonnced for week beginning, Sunday, February It. at the First Baptist church: Sunday schoolwt 1A tfclcehj vkk V. J. Rector, superintendent, lb charge. Public worship conducted by tkt Paetor. J. B. Castou, at litis a. m. [and 7:46 p.S*. Morning subject: "The 1 Sin of indifTerence." Evening subject: "A False Estimate of-ValUee;*? Prayer^Ifteitifig Wednesday evening ;ur 7:10, B. T. U. Sunday evening at (S: 30. |Tbe picture for next Sunday evening wfll be both Interesting and ilifltnistlve. Don't fail to eee R at t;80. The public is cordially invjled to attend all services of this church. !, r"" I tas^DA^ Child Meets Death In Auto-Truck Crash A three year old child was killed, hla mother badly Injured and two other persons lacerated and bruised when an automobile driven by Ray V. Phillips, of Parria Island, crashed Into a Texaco oil truck on the Charlotte road Friday evening. Ray Phillips, Jr., sop of the owner and driver of the car waB almost i?stautiy killed. Mrs.' Sarah Phillips, the hoy's mother, is believed to have Suffered a fractured skull and her condition is regarded aB serious. Mr. Phillips and a daughter, Mary Lou, age 9, escaped serious injury, altho badly out and bruited* According to a report from the office of the sheriff, bated upon an inveattgation made , by Deputy theriff Qrover a Rush, an oil truck operated by the Camden branch of the Texaco company and driven by A. B. White, became stalled when an axle broke, rite driver la alleged to bake left the track 1a m * teleshese asd 0S5Smunlcate with the off toe here in Camden, The ; report charges that no warning Oares had been placed around the truth which abutted on the concrete highway some three feet. Mr. Phillip#, in describing the accident to a praee representative, stated he was driving it about I# or 0 miles an hour and hmd Just pasted n car going in the opposite direction when, ho saw the trucks loom up in the lights of bis car. He swung his Wheel frantically in an effort to escape the crash, but the auto failed to dear. 4 hart of the rack of the oil truck WSs flpped off by the crash while the Phillipe car was completely wreched. The Phllllpa car went on for two hundred feet before it turned'over into n ditch. Mr. Phillips states that he did not see any tail light or flares on the motionless truck. " ' r . j??: v-r The body of the dead boy was removed to the Kornegay Funeral Parlors. Mrs. Phillips, her husband and* daughter were all rushed to the Carnden hospital. Mr. Phillips is a sod pi W. L. Phlillps, of Kershaw, who la a cousin of W. T. Redfearn and Rev. J. 13. Canton, of~thls cttyrMr. Rodfearn and Mr. Caston hurried to the hospital when apprised of the accident. mmmmmmrn Two Brothers Met Death on High way Tragic death came U> Reuben and John Bsskln, eons of Hattto R. Beskin, of this city, when an automobile they were riding in at Stamford Connecticut, skidded ont of-control-and wrapped Itself around a telegraph pole. The Baskin Brothers, sole occupants, were Instantly killed. News of the tragedy was conveyed in a wire received by William Basktn, Janitor of thai Crocker building here. The bodies of the two men were brought here Saturday and, funeral, sitfitofcs" worsheld at Uie Smyrna jhurch near Logoff Sunday afternoon. The two victims leave their mother, wives, one child each, five brothers end four sisters as survivors.' In Intsreet of Potato Growing There will be e sweet potato .meeting at the Court House on Friday, February 11, at 2 p. m. The growing, grading, curing and he marketing of sweet potatoes will >e discussed. With our cotton sitlation as it is wo need to find other sources of income. Some of the other counties are getting mpney out of eweet potatoes and we could also if we would try. Let IBCHrge one who ia interested in growing sweet pbtatoeiRti?~be present at this meeting, is the1 tfedtiest of W. C. MoCerley, county agent. ?*r?ji?\n~ Oraee Church gervioe* : Services at Grace Episcopal church Sunday, February IS, will he: Early communion at S a. m.; church school at 9:45 o'clock. Morning prayer and gftrmftu hr 11 ?m. ?i~he choir will sine "Sweet is JThy Mercy," by Sir Joseph Barnby. Miss Margaret 8almond will sing a aolo. Young People's Service League will meet erith Fred Jones at his home on Mill street at 7 The^ chamber Ijelved a request from tM'statickfl way department for * qwttyte ' * ... ; ' Firemen Hold Their v Annual "Pow-Wow" .. ? i (By Skipper) [ There wan a Houml of revelry by night-rand thank goodrieqa the Are alarm was silent, It wasthe unttua) get-to-gether jji j the ' Fighting Eighteen,' better known hh the Camden Volunteer Fire Dov partment, au organisation described by Chief William Nettles, Sr., us the "best dog-gone Are-fighting unit in South Carolina and the good Old U. a A." The get-to-getber event was bald .r I Thursday , evening at the 8ra station On it u tied go street, and let It be said It was a "wow" of an' affair from tbe blast of the siren on the good old pumper to the last dulcet strains of "Till We Meet , Again," sung by the nozzle quartet oompoeed of Chief NettleerAll-American Beek Rdhsell, Driver "Cooney" Mayer and "Heneet" John Laney. Oeorg# Cooley, eminent chtet of the Ckmaea i*w enforcement unit, and the Skipper, were the honored guests* of the evening and were we made to feel at hemeT I ask you, were tret rtBi , , Have you ever tasted catichstew, ^v brewed and oalgoned by that wisard of epJourtan art, Alderman Frank Mayer? Tie a pity, tor It if a feast that would have delighted the go* 0 ' tromlo appetite of old King Hank, tke r Eighth. It was tbe mystic sour of light bells, that hour that has appeared as the sere period la that dicker drama. "Planer at Eight," when the boys of % tbe nossle and the hose gathered at the old Are station. An let' it be said Jn pasting that the Are headquarters * recently remodelled?are a eredit to Camden or any other place of ten timer Itasue. J... Tbe flood show, if it can he styled as sucb, was an event of fun end / frolic. Chief Cooley offered a mono- 1 logue in hils Inimitable style, throwing the fathering into, uproarious laughter by fiia wit and aatire.W. ^ partment, demou^a^^bls^vemtO^ ity with his rendition of Ike ghost scene from Macbeth: ifge- ; sbal Nettles was At bis best as a raDriver Cooney Mayer grayed for a Are call before he received the call to ktage a tap dance. Yes mates, it was a awelllgant event with everyone taking part and adding to the evening's* enjoyment. . Even James Zemp, first assistant to Mj Chief Hetties, took a hand, and earnestly told the bald-hesds1sTtiie 0f. group that he had a, sure cure tor bald pates," even if"the stuff failed to raise any "down" on his head. Frank Maygr-declto^d-lo. tgclto- "The Fnee"? Upon the Bar Room Floor," stating his share in the floorg|how would bi^.'-j; found in the delicious fragrance and taste m tbe^lled^cmAsh. the aromatic coffee, the loacious pioklee? and?about this time Frank ran out of adjectives. Dick Kirkland,, electrical wisard of the force was on deck to see no fuses blew ont. Ed Williams, Jim Williams, T. D. Massabeau, Beck Russell. John Leney, Alex (Pop-Eys) Alfred, Claude Jackson, * Edward Bheheen, Otis "Buck" Arrants, Brevard Boy kin, C. H. Yates, , Jr., Dewey Creed, Jim Watts?In fact?all oi the voltttt^^ 5 were on the job, to do justice to tbe stew and the ether epicurlan master-1 Pieces, It might be said in conclusion that the event marked tlto thirtieth year of services M a Are Aghter to Wil flwUure^^miMl110 ^cording* ^ lad, William lli!A^ti|daon of the high mogul, who is the official department 1; ?-mascot. ~y ~ 11 .-Vri7i'i?ij i( ?'Ti/? poultrv gmwgfimr. "pBjgg Miss Margaret B. FeWell, Home Ag^ and W. : C. M* I ColOMd h6D8 It CffBtfi Y ^