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...!. -. -i-"*'1 r . xptj-T' w.i?i.yi?ag'. "T;,._J JJ. "jn SPORTS SENSE i Z I AND NONSENSE 1 MH-HEATH ?"i Hats ft to Bill Chandler's Mar <iuette university basketball team, admittedly national collegiate champions. following a || to 48 victory over the powerful Notre Dame team. 1987 title holders. The game played on a neutral floor In the mammoth municipal auditorium was sensational to a?t estveme. the Irish, with a clear slate of wins, in two years going down only after * most stubborn battle against one of the greatest teams that Qhaadler. admitted to be the greatest basketball opaoh in the conntry. he# ever tutored. e e e e And from alt I read la the press, the Marquette rooters occupying onehalf of the seating capaoity of 80,000 In the - auditorium, literally went; nuts." 9 And so we say "Hats off to Bill Chandler and his collegiate champions." ^ ' * ? ? From basketball to cock fights is a long ways. But we just have to get this out of our system. It concerns a cock fight that never took place but it sure caused a wild scurry on the part of State coppers, who it Is said^ wore sent out by the governor to stop the show. Moral?Don't believe everything you hear in ifish market. * * * * That basketball game last week be tween Camden and Brook laml-Cay cu Was a real thriller. This girl, *Jean Plylcr, and a Miss Hutto, the latter of Brook land-Cay ce stated a aensa t tonal abootiug duel. Aud by no means let us forget petite Peggy McOulrt, for whom I predict big thing* In aport. This girl Is another Mary MoLeod. in the elever way ahe handles herself on the floor- And we all know What Mary 4id last year. a a Jean Plyler gave a nioe exhibition of shooting, She la alert and fast and has power enough to break out of a scrimmage without being floored. t?t? In regent to the boys' team of Camden high. Do not expect many wins this season. The team Is light* far too light to battle against teams with players of a six foot average. Coach Smith is building for 1939 and 1940, and we think his idea is right. ? a * This man Chandler, reference to whom Is made in the opening para* graphs of this column, built his presnt national collegiate champion team -fropi a team that was about as modiocre mi outtlet as I ever watched play. But Chandler built for the future and now he is reaping the reward of his i patience. Marye's Hill Owned By Carolinians (By Frank H. Heath) > Wvery man,, woman and child in Camden has heard of the heroic deed of Sergeant Richard Kirkiand. a soldier of the Confederacy, who faced death from rifle flre when he carried water to wounded Union and Confederate soldiers at the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862. Few are aware that the historic battle field, known for scores of years as Willis Hill, has now become "Kirkland," named in honor of the heroic Richard Kirklund. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Spratt of Fredericksburg, are owners of this property. Both are South Carolinians, Mr. Spratt being from Chester, and his wife from Florence. The Spratt's (are proud of the achievements of the famous Kershaw Brigade, that body of southern soldTers that achieved fame for the part it played in the "Lost Cause." Residents of Camden and Kershaw county who have occasion to pass through Fredericksburg may visit the battlefield and pay Bilent homage to the heroic soul of Ridhard Kirkiand. Richard Kirkiand was the son of John Kirkiand; a farmer, and enlisted as a private in the Second South Carolina Volunteers. In December, 1862, he became a sergeant. The Kershaw Brigade occupied a road at tne foot of Marye's hill. One hundred and fifty yards away, behind a stonewall, were the soldiers of the United States army. All day a murderous skirmish had prevailed, fatal to all who needlessly exposed themselves. The ground between the lines of the Confederate grey and the Northern blue was bridged with the wounded, doad and dying. A big majority were Federal soldiers. All day long and into the night the air was rent with the agonized cries of Wie dying. 'They screamed, theypleaded, they begged for water. The next day dawned and still the air was filled with the cries of the suffering. ' It was afternoon when Sergeant Richard Kirkland, with the consent of General Kershaw, ventured forth with canteens of water. He stepped over the wall on his errand of Christj like mercy. A rain of bullets fell 'about him. He reached unharmed the first sufTerer. Kneeling, he ten, derly raised the drooping head of_a ! Union soldier and resting it upon his own breast, pouring the precious lifegiving water into the parched mouth. His mission was sensed by the Northern soldiers who ceased their Are and added their cheers to those coming from the ranks of the boys in grey. For nearly two hours Richard | Kirkland gave succor to the dying and woijnded. It was bitterly cold with the temperature close to sero, but the herp heeded not the chill. ? Kirkland gave his life to his beloved cause when he was killed at the battle of Chlcamauga. In the hour of victory for the Southern forces In thut great battle he fell mortally wounded. His body was brought home to the family cemetery In Camden and marked by a massive granite stone and Ills name honored by a fountain in Hampton park here. A poem by Walter A. Clark, a Confederate soldier In the Oglethorpe infantry, of the Second South Carolina division which appears In the "Libra-, ry of Southern Literature," la dedicated to the heroism of Richard Kirkland. Clark, so emotionally impressed by Sergeant Kirklahd's heroic act, wrote the poem with tears falling on the paper over >vhich hia pencil glided so falteringly. The poem, with the title "The Angel of Marye's Heights," is a vivid portrayal of Richard Kirkland's mercy action and reads as follows: V "A sunken road and a wall of stono And Cobb's grim line of grey, Lay still at the base of Marye's hill On the morn of a winter's day. And crowning the frowning crest above. Sleep Alexander's guns, While gleaming fair in the sunlit air The Rappahannock runs. On the Plains below, the blue lines glow And the bugle rings out clear, As with bated breath they march to death ""And a soldier's honored bier. For the slumbering guns awake to life And the screaming shell and ball From the front and flanks crashed through the ranks And leave them where they fall. And the grey stone wall Is ringed with fire And the pitiless leaden hail, Drives back the foe to the plains r"""r below, Shattered and crippled and frail. Again and again a new line forms And a gallant charge is made, And again and again they fall like grain In the sweep of the reapers blade. And then from out of the battle smoke There falls on the lead swept air From the whitening lips that are ready to die The piteous moan and the plaintive cry? For "Water" everywhere. And into the presence of Kershaw brave, There comes a fair faced lad, With quivering lips, as his cap he tips, "I can't stand this," he said. "Stand what?" the general sternly said As he looked on the field of slaughter; "To see those poor boys dying out there. With no one to help them, no one to care ? And crying for "water! "water!" "If you'll let me go, I'll give them some." "Why, boy, you're simply mad; They'll kill you as soon as you scale the wall In this terrible storm of shell and ball," The general kindly said. "Please let/me go," the lad replied. i'May the Lord protect you, then," And over the wall in the hissing air He carried comfort to grim despair,' And balm to the stricken men. - <rfk. And ah he straightened the mangled limbs On their earthen b$d of pain, The whitening lips all eagerly quaffed Fg>m the canteen's mouth the cooling draught And blessed him again and again. Like Daniel of old in the lion's den, He walked through the murderous air With never a breath of the leaden - storm To touch or to tear his grey-clad < * form, t?r h*Bd of God was there. And I am sum in the book of Opt* SWbere the Ma?d angel writes, ~ the nhmea that are bleat of God and I. men. He wrote that day with his shining " . See the Difference STARTCNA makes/ BQiSaBa AFTER your Startena-?ed chicks are 5 or 6 A weeks old, compare them with ordinary chicks and see the difference! Bigger frames . . . stronger bones . ... better feathering . . . healthier looking birds?these are the differences you'll see. 1 Stop by and see us^ about Purina C)iick - St3?tena die next time, ron*/* in townf?= IWHITAKER & COMPANY RHONE NO. 4 RUTLEDGE STREET Buses Take Place S Charleston Trolleys j Churloatou, H. C., Fob. 11.-? Forty I years of trolley ear history uudotl yes- ' terday lu Charleston as eleven trolleys lined up on Calhoun street und clattered to their barns. Simultaneously thirteen new gaso- . Hue buses began ringing up fare. The swltch-ovyer was performed dur- ^ ing a program that Included speechmaking and a tour of the city. On the program for speeches were: ( M. Hut ledge Rivers, a director of the South Carolina Power company. Mayor Burnet R. Maybank, of Chap leston. President James B. Mahoney. of the Chamber of Commerce. K. H. Foul not, Jr., and Thomaa P. Leaesne, managing editor of Tlx* News and Courier. 1 One of t^e car* will he retained as ' a memento. The others will be sold. ,1 Representative j. waiter i^ambeth, of the Rlghth North Carolina district, after being in congress for four terms, has announced that he will not be a candidate for re-election in the primaries of the coming ?ummr. THAMES RIVER BEGINS TO FLOW INTO HEART OF LONDON [ London, Feb. IS. ?The Thames Ivor. swollen by an SOmlle an hour | kale driving water up it from the Jorth huh. began to overflow 11u ltukn tu lho heart of lxmdou loduy Score* of families living along lh? vaterfront w?r? warned to bo ready o evacuate. Ah the river mounted, police and hundreds of couatablea remained on Buiergeuoy all-night duty from Donlou to* the river's mouth. The threatened Inundation of LonIon waa only part of a picture of deatruotton at sea and In the Interior j the third storm $n a month lashed he British IsleS. The storm, described as the worst n forty ycfers, disrupted hipping and piled up flood water along the Bngllsh ( channel coast that caused train ser/Ice to be suspended in several ar#ai^ The 1,100 ton British destroyer Walrus, broken adrift while under ow in the North sea, waa blown iground In North Bay. Her four-man keletou crew managed to reach shore u an exhausted condltlou on a rubber aft. Several other vessels were reported 1 in distress. j Dr. Kirven Dies at Darlington Home Darlington, Feb. 12.?Dr K. G. Klr,'en, 011 Darlington dentist, died tolay at his home. He had been in do-lining health for Boveral months. Doctor Kirven was born and reured n Darlington county and had made its home In this section of the state nactically all of his life. He was he son of the late G. Kirven and Mrs. Mary King Kirven. Doctor Ivlrven received his educa .ton in the schools of Darlington county and at the Atlanta Dental college. He had been a dentist hero for the luHt 18 years. He practiced in Kusley for a short time several years ago. He la survived by his widow, who was the former Miss Klise Blrehmore of Camden, and one son and two daughters, John Klrven, of Darling (on; MittH Mary Kirven, of Columbia; and Miss Carolyn Kirven, of Darlington. Brothers and sisters surviving are: Mrs. Paul D. Wilson, of St. Charles; Mrs. Dwlght H. Wilson, of St. Augustine, Fla.; Mrs. L. L. 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