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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
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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." |
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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,
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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