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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*
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