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.. . / a-' ' . ' \ ? ...... ' -? ?'T-^9 , ? ri' <*? The Camden Chronicle - 1 1 : -'-V ' 1? ? ?* i' i 111 --u- ?- ? ' ' " VOLUME 50 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1938 NUMBER 4 I Fire Destroys Spans I of Wateree Bridge Seven spans of the antiquated WaI tereo river bridge were destroyed by I tire Monday morning and traffic over I the Federal highway number one had I to ho routed north and south by way 10f Hoiubert, and the Sumter- ColumIbiu road, I The lire atarted when a heavy twoI ton Yates-Mack truck skidded Ott the I frost covered surface of the bridge I several hundred feet from the west loud, crashed Into the guard rail and I catapulted headllng to the swamp, thirty to forty feet below. Following the crush the truck burst Into flumes, which fed by the gasolene from the fuel tanks, made a roaring furnace I that ignited the bridge. ! The alarm was carried to this city by motorists and a fire truck and scores of helpers hurried to the scone. Help was forthcoming from the west ern side and for several hours the battle with the flames raged. It was 111 o'clock before the Are was under State highway officials immediately started a crew of men at work clearling away the debris and getting roal(l\ to begin the work of rebuilding the burned spans. Routing signs for deItours were haBtily prepared and set in place. In this city Mayor McCorIkle. acting upon a suggestion from the Chamber of Commerce, placed a uniformed police officer at the interIseetion of DeKalb and Broad streets Ito halt curs going west and notify Hht-m of the destruction of the bridge. M E. Bailey, of Faison, North CarloliiKi. was in charge of the big truck that occasioned the fire. Bailey stalled that he was on his way from Bciuittunooga, Tenn., to Faison. He Heft Augusta at 1 o'clock Monday Hnorning. A colored helper named H'awson was driving when the truck Beached the Wateree river bridge. Hcveral hundred feet from the west Bud the roadway is somewhat rough H)e< rr.me of the irregular patching that lhad been done, and with the asphalt Hurface very slippery because Of the Hrost, it was treacherous driving. The Hip tnicft Bnddcntjr skidded and with H crashing and rending pf timbers Hose-dived over the side. Bailey staHed that both he and his helper had Ho time to leap out before the truck Heft the roadway which at this point Hs fully thirty feet or more over the Hwamp, and supported on timber trosHle beams. H "The cab in which we were riding Bent headfirst and the truck, which Hoitunately was empty, crashed after Hnd by good luck cleared the cab else Hie would have been crushed to a Hulp," said Bailey. "We managed to Hry open a door on the upper side as he cab lay on Its side and we both Hrawjed out. It seemed that we had Hcarcely dragged ourselves Out than Hhc truck burst Into flames which Beared a hundred ,/eet Into the air H'h'-n the gas Ignited. The bridge HduR fire at once." H Bailey stated that while he was cut Hnd bruised, neither he or hlB helper Had suffered any broken bones or seHoii injuries. W hen the fire was extinguished the Ban.den Chamber of Commerce immeHiae!v sought to find out how long the ^ <>i i\ of repairing the burned area ^VmRd require and being informed ^ la? it would take about 48 hours, Bm? wires to the press of the cities Ho::h and south asking them to make of the fact that travel over U. H- number one would be resumed in H day or so. Requests were also Had'- to have this fact announced H'" the radio at Charlotte and Co^ mhia, as well as at Jacksonville and Ha.h.-^ville, Florida. "That no one was killed and burnSi up in this accident Is a miracle," B-- mayor-elect McCorkle, "and Is another reason why there should a new concrete and steel bridge H1*-; to replace thfr present antlquaBd md dangerous structure. I beB - that now Is the time to concenHr" on demanding a new bridge and Hlnr.v up the movement so ably startB by the Chamber of Commerce last I' The Chamber of Commerce has (>ver mindful of the need of a Bw bridge and we succeeded In perBading the highway department to Bt hporea on the probable expense of Bt:!r?K in a new one within a yfear," > ! executive secretary-Heatk of the Hm ruber of Commerce. **You can H*' assured that the directors will go H r, r?rd at once In requesting egrly Best ruction of a- new bridge." The 'd"tit Monday morning was a affair. We hare reports of mis' " idents almost daily. Some day win be a wery, serious one and I v Masons of State To Gather in Camden Camden will bo host to over onehundred of the moat prominent Ma* bona of South Carolina on April 18 to 14 inclusive. The opening meeting will begin at 3 p. in. Tuesday. Wodneaday'a meeting opena at 9 a. m. The occasion will he the annual meeting of the Grand lloyal Arch Chapter, the Grand Council of Royal and Select Musters and the Grand Commandery of Knight Templars of South Carolina. All sessions of the meetings will he held in the Masonic Temple and headquarters will he established at the Court Inn. One of the features of the convention will be the Knight Templars service which will be held Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock at the Baptist church and which the public is invited to attend. Rev. W. G. B. Bennett, Episcopal rector of Columbia, who is the Grand Prelate, will have charge of this and all other services held in connection with the Camden meetings. The sermon at the Knight Templars service will be preached by Rev. R. Bryce Herbert, pastor of the Lyttleton Street Methodist church of Camden. Following the Knights Templar service, a banquet will be held at .the Court Inn dining room. Dr W Robin Zemp. of Camden, has the honor of being the Grand Master of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters and Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of South Carolina. Dr. U D. Simpson, of Kershaw Is the Grand High 1 Heat of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter. These offclals will be attended by all of their Hue officers. r T. Goodale, of this city, is gen eral chairman of the committee in charge of all arrangements for the Camden convention. Among some of the prominent Masons of the stn e who will be present are Samuel Lanham of Spartanburg; K?nn?th Bft" ker, of Greenwood; Paul T. McN?1' of Union, and O. Frank Hart, o lumbia, and others. Spelling Contest For The County A spelling contest for Kershaw county will he held on Thursday at ternoon, April 21. at 3 o clock at the Camden city school building. ! contest alms to serve the school" n I their efforts to train evory Puh" 1 spell correctly the words nioded In ! life. Each school In the county may enter one contestant for high "hocl and one for the grammar school contest. The winners in these contests wi 1 go to WInthrop college on June 16, to participate In the state contest. Miss Cornelia Oliver will be asked to serve as pronouncer for the grainI mar school contest.. Miss Ruth McLeod, Mrs. Frank Lee, Mla? Alice McCarter, Mrs. W. F. Byrd and Mrs. J L Guy will serve as tabulators. H. Lyttleton will be the time-keeper. C. T Baldwin will be asked to serve as pronouncer for the high school contest, and Miss Katherine Holley, M.ss Ellen Alexander, "Miss Virginia ctor, Miss Ada Montgomery and J. H. Koon will serve as tabulators. J. McLeod will be the time keeper. Grace Church Services The services for Palm Sunday at Grace Episcopal church will be Holy communion at 8 a. m.l church school at 9 45 a. m.l morning prayer and sermon by the rector at 11:15 The, choir will sing the anthem Rejolce Greatly," by Caleb Simper. Full rehearsnl of Crucifixion In church al 4:00 p. m. . congareFTresvter|M- in SESSION HERE FOR TWO DAYS The annual meeting of the Wo man's Auxiliary In Congaree Presbytery is being held in Bethesda Presbyterian church. Friday's session will begin at nine-thirty and recess for lunch at one o'clock. e noon session will commence at tflO o'clock. All who are Interested are invited to attend. we will read of someone being killed. Not only Is this present bridge unsafe, but an accWant-41ke the one o Monday plays havoc jvith the hotel business, the shop, and * general, for it means an almost total stoppage of traffic over number one highway during the period the bridge is closed. We cannot afford to neglect our dnty in insisting on the immediate construction of a modern bridge over the Wateree." | mmmmmmmmmrnmrnmrnm n ???w?fi ! I .. Wade C. Seagle Dies At Hospital Here Wade C. Seattle, til, prominent far: iner of the Stockton auction of thla county, tiled at the Camden hospital Tuesday afternoon after a heart attack he suffered ?ome time ago. llorn In York county November 14, 1876, he moved to Camden thirty years ago where he had made the county a valued citizen. Ho was a son of James M Seagle and the late Mary Jane Carothers Seagle. He attended Catawba College. Mr. Seagle was married to Miss Anne Workman of York county, who with two daughters survive- -Miss irina Seagle, of Camden, and Mrs. M. C. O'Caln, of Columbia. He Is also survived by his aged father, James M. Seagle, of Hock Hill; a brother, S. P. Seagle; two sisters, Mrs. S. S. Brandon, Mrs. J. E. Byers, of Rock Hill. Funeral services were held from the Lytlleton Street Methodist church Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, with the Rev. R. Bryce Herbert, officiating, and the burial was In the Quaker cemetery here. Serving as active pallbearers were J. C. Gillts, Eugene Pearce, Sidney Zemp, Joe E. McKaln, of Camden; D. W. Boggs, of Cheraw; Ladd Barnes, of Rock Hill. Honorary pullhearare- -wore H. Q. Carrlson, Jr., W. J. Mayfleld, R. M. -Kennedy Jr., J. Team Gettys and the stewards of the Methodist church, fe* "BATTLESHIP" NOT TO RACE AGAIN; BE RETIRED TO STUD "Battleship." winner of the Grand National In England on March 25, has been retired to stud and will never race again, according to his owner, Mrs. Marion duPont Scott. Mrs. Scott returned from England on the Queen Mary this week and issued the statement that the famous Grand National winner would be retired to stud at her Montpelier, Virginia, stables. Mrs. Scott also informed ship reporters that she was the most astonished woman In England when her "horse came in first. Wlnthrop Daughters To Meet The Wlnthrop Daughters will hold I a meeting Thursday night, April 14, at the Wooten Tea Room at 7 o'clock. Supper will be served at 36 cents a plate. All Wlnthrop girls are urged to attend.. An Interesting program has been arranged. ,tv Bethesda Presbyterian Church Sunday, April 10, A. Douglas McArn, pastor, the services at Bethesda Presyterian church will be: Church school at 10 a. m.; morning worship at 11:15 with anthem and sermon. The public Is cordially Invited to attend these services. Orange Dlac Club Met Here About thirty members of the Orange Disc club, an organization of Gulf representatives attended the Carolina Cup meet on last Saturday and Immediately afterwards they were guests at a dinner at the Kirkwood Hotel. Among those present were: District Manager W. B. Roberts; Assistant Manager, S. J. Usher; Sales Representatives J. W. White, of Florence; W. T. Hanna, of Columbia. R. H. de Trevllle, local distributor, made arrangements for the entertainment. ?-? CAMDEN BATTLES COLUMBIA HIOH8 HERE NEXT WEEK Baseball fans are eagerly awaiting the game to be played next Tuesday at the high school grounds between the Camden and Columbia high school teams. Camden Invades Orangeburg this afternoon to open the regular school league season against the Orangeburg highs. Then will follow the home gamo against Cdlumbia and Indications are that there will be a record turnout of the fans to see what Coach Small's team can do against the state capital boys. Camden has played three, practice games this season and haa- yet to score a win. They bowed to a scrappy Bethune team in two games and were lucky to get a tie score against Blshopville here Tuesday. But practice games do not count In the league records and we are of the firm belief that when the Camden gang goes into action against the bigger fry of the leagqe the players will have shed their jitter suits and will put up a right smart baggrup brand of pestiming. Red Lynch, the old red-headed fireball hurler is to take the hill against Colombia in the home opener, . Work at Airport Will Start Soon Dexter Martin, state aeronautical commissioner, has made pluns for three landing runways for the Woodward air field and as loun as contours and the like have been established by WPA engineers, the work of putting In these runways and otherwise rehabilitating the airport will be started. Mr. Martin's plans, prepared froui photographs taken of the held from u height of 12,000 teet calls for three runways, one being 3,000 feet long and two of 2,500 feet each. These runways will be 200 feet In width but with fan-like extremities of 400 to 500 foot widths. The actual work of building the runways will Involve the removal of about six Inches of the present flold surfacing within the runway lanes and filling therein with cluy. The only expense involved will be the trucks and clay, all of the other work to be done by WPA labor. It Is proposed to restoro the present gates of the field which are falling to pieces because of dry rot. The fence and gates will be painted a gloss white and the hangar will ulso be renovated. Mr. Martin, following a conference with Councilman Charles Shannon, Mayor McCorkle and Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce Heath, turned the photograph plans over to Tucker Boykln of the WPA. % Postal Receipts Show Increase Another record was hung up by Camden this year?that of the postal receipts for the first quarter. The receipts for January, February and March totaled $7,732.92 as against! the previous high mark of $7,617.03 made a year 'ago. The January 1938 receipts showed a slight falling off from 1936 when figures of $2,499 and $2,569.78 were registered. In February 1938 there was .quite a gain for 1938?the figures; being *2.598.44 and- 12,443.37.?-laMarch the figures were 1938, $2,635.48 and 1937, $2,608.68, Postpone Operetta "The Sun-Bonnett Girl," a two-act operetta scheduled to be at Browning Home, Friday, April 8( has been postponed until a later date, states Mrs. Alice M. Taylor, musical director of voice and piano at the school. The date will be announced In the columns of this paper. k Visit The Market Come early to the Club Market Sab urday morning, April 9, in order to secure milk-fed broilers and fryers, Also flowers and fresh garden produce, says Miss Margaret B. Fewell, County Home Demonstration Agent. DR. McKI88ICK TO 8PEAK AT FIRST BAPTI8T CHURCH SUNDAY The following services are announced for the week beginning April 10: Sunday school at 10 o'clock, with V. J. Hector, superintendent in charge. Publio worship at 11:lb a. m. and 8 p m. At the morning hour Dr. Rlon, McKissick, president of the University of South Caroling, will deliver an address. This Is Layman's Day thruout the Southern Baptist Convention. All churches are urged to have a layman speak, at least, at one service. The First Baptist church feels fortunate in securing the services of Dr. McKissick.The pastor will speak at the evening hour on "The Danger of Neglect." B. T. U. Sunday evening at 6:4o. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend all services of this church. SHANNON NAMED AS DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE GROUP Directors of the Camden and Kershaw county chamber of commerce have elected Charles Shannon, 4th, to membership on the board, this action taking place at the regular monthly meeting of the board pn March 31. I Mr. Shannon Is one of the younger barristers of the community and has taken a marked interest In the program the chamber of commerce has mapped out for the year. He comes from one of the first families of the community and enjoys the friendship and respect of. a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. .Mr. Shannon is greatly Interested in the reorganization program of the chamber as it applies to the Woodward air field, behaving that the chamber has a real objective in making this airport available for the most exacting pilots. ; r i ... -3? *? r ? , Many New Homes in Building Program A building program greater In scope than anything ever before attempted In Camden and one that will occasion much satisfaction to Chamber of Commerce directors la under way on Broad street. Some fifteen or more attractive homes will be under roof before the winter season arrives, la the opinion of Dr. H. K. Stevenson, who hus started the development program by arranging for the immediate construction of four homes. For several months many Camden people have pondered as to the activities in evidence In grading, street building, and the like, under way In that block lying between Broad ami Dyttleton streets and between Chesnut and Hampton streets. A thirty inch sanitary and storm sewer system has been Installed and the work of putting in the main for the water supply system is now under way Jordan street from connects Chesnut and Hampton streets has been graded and completed and now work la under way on building an east and west street that will connect Jordan and Broad streets and which will be known as Carrlson avenue. l)r Stevenson has tho plans and ' specifications for four attractive homes to be erected on the new de! velopment. These homes range in value from $3,500 to $5,000 Some dozen more of the same figuroB will be built during the summer und fall. \V. T. Kedfearn, who owns several lots in the development Is also reported to be planning construction of at least three homes. The Chamber of Commerce has for over a year been pleading for the construction of new homes In Camden. Under tho new plan of tho Federal government the wish of the Chamber officials appears to be certain of fulfillment. It Is pointed out that an Individual with $400 In cash as a down payment can enjoy the comforts of a new home on a monthly payment basis of about <24^ which It Tg ^hU^d out. " Is "far cheaper than paying rent. Final Polo Game To Be Played Sunday Polo enthusiasts will have their last glimpse of polo for the 1937-1938 season Sunday afternoon when Town and Country stage their final and deciding tilt In the club title series. The game score Is knotted at oneall right now so the result of the Sunday fracas will decide Just what team can claim honors for the mythical championship of 37-38. L Coach Dick Floyd will probably use the same line-ups as he did last Sunday which puts Country on the score pad with Tupper at No. 1, Ancrum Boykin at No. 2, Pomeroy No. 3 and Joe Bates at the No. 4 post. For Town, DuBose is slated for No. 1, Lightfoot No. 2, Floyd for No. 3 and Ruthrauff for No. 4. Heath Given Wood From Old Ironsides Robert Stone, Boston, who has a winter home In Camden, has presented Secretary Heath, of the chamber of commerce, with a section of wood that was a part of the deck planking of the famous, frigate Constitution, or better knowii fcs Old Ironsides. The wood in .ijuestlon was taken from a part of the deck beneath one of the gun carriages and the indent-j atlon made by marlln spikes In mak-j lng fast tho gun after recoiling from firing, can be seen in the wood. THIS OTD BULL DOG WAS SURE TOUGH TO KILL, A white bull dog, which went mad, and resulted in a call to the police, i was shot near the Browning Home Tuesday afternoon by Patrolman L. K. Barnes. I Barnes emptied a shotgun shell ln-j to the animal and was startled whenj the canine darted'away toward the county Jail. Barnes went Into high gear and trailed after the dog, shoot-j lng him again near the hoosegow. The dog continued to ramble along and /Officer Barnes was considering! sending posthaste for an "army tank, two bombing planes and a big Bertha. The dog took another charge of shot but stfll kept perlrtng. By time the animal had reached the hlRh school ground# where a big crowd was gathering for the game. It waa_ here that Officer Barnes ended the sufferings of the mad animal. " r-'+ur** ** / \ Ostend Winner Of Carolina Cup Sustaining the opinion of admirer* who rule him the country's greatest timber horse, Ostend, agod son of Sandmole, on Saturday captured the ninth running for the Carolina Cup by three lengths over the stiff threoinllo course. With Henry W. Frost saving his mount until the last Quarter of u difficult ride, there was a one, two finish for Trainer W. B. (Bill) Streett as Independence I3oy^ ran second. Street saddled Ostend for Mrs. Frank M. Gould and independence Boy for W. B. RuthraufT. As is customary at hunt club meets, they were not coupled in the betting. Driving bard, but well beaten after ho hud lost perhaps an eighth of a mile by bad actions at his fences, was the Rokeby Stable's Corn Dodger, trained and ridden by J. T. (Jack) Skinner. Corn Dodger ilnishod third. A society crowd of about several thousand watched the chase, which was third on a six-race program. Six faced the starter in the main event. A cold rain that fell during the morning hours caused dozens of withdrawI als, but the cup race suffered not at all in competition value. It was the first time the race meeting was run without Harry Kirkover, leading spirit in the colony. Mr. Kirkover was confined to his home by illness, but hoard the running over the radio with his colleague, Ernest Woodward, who much as he desired to see the races, preferred to remain with his friend. WeW known persons present, however, included Governor Olin Johnston of South Carolina and Attorney Genorul and Mrs. Homer Cummings. Making his first start of the year, Ostend was held at an unusually good price in the ring. The first post was at 2 p. m. and the bookmakers permitted betting on the Carolina Cup even at that time. The opening prlco was 3 to 2, when most supposed that Ostend should be an odds-on favorite. As the wagering progressed, Ostend wp a Mr Ivan rtnwn until ho was shorter than even money. ? _ Ostend had won six races last year* including two of the biggest timber raceB, so the only question was wheth-1 er or not he was his old self. Since his recent schooling over the course had been an indifferent one, there was some expectation that he would be defeated. This was not borne out, despite the top weight of 160, which was carried by MrB. Gould's racer. The course was slow" from the rain* a mile on the flat being run as Indifferently as 1:45 in the race for the Camden Plate. The rain had practically cleared by post time, but the _ course still was off. While riders were unseated, two of them In the main event, there were no serious Injuries. For much of the way in the Carolina Cup it appeared that both Ostend and Corn Dodger would be defeated. Mr. Streett had leased his Independence Boy to Mr. Ruthr&uff and it was this Jumper that set the pace. At tho first fence Sun Faun, challenging for the lead, unseated his rider. At the second fence Dorette, ridden by the youthful owner, Thomas Mott, Jr., also came a cropper. This loft Independence Boy to go on alone. He opened a big lead, with Mr. Frost rating Ostend behind the pace. Mr. Skinner tried to make tho best of Corn Dodger's speed bn the flat, but soon found a big problem on ; his hands. Corn Dodger went Into his Jumps at an angle and jumped so sharply to the right that he lost several lengths at each fence. When the fences were at a corner, with a sort of dog leg to the left, Corn Dodg- ^ er lost more than ever, because he * was dashing to the side away from the course. ' Ostend was easier to handle for the first round of the field. After that he began to do tricks. He went at one fence at as sharp an angle as Corn Dodger at- any of his and on three other occasions he went to fences so slowly that It almost seemed as if he were going to refuse. Meanwhile Independence Boy was going about his business of trying- to win. He turned into the stretch still on top, bnt Mr. Frost had done a fine Job. He never got excited when his ipount was behaving badly and he did not hurty Ostend. The result was that he had something to call upon for the final ran. 1 Yet It was a whipping drive down the stretch, with Ostend's ability prormargln was decisive, with Corn Dodger a distant third. Cora Dodger's rid