The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 15, 1938, Image 1
The Camden chronicle
VOLUME 50 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL IS, *938 NUMBER 5
Building Program 3
Reaches New High
One of the moat extensive build-'
lng programs in Camden history la
getting under way and coptitactors
und builders believe that 1938 will establish
a new high In the matter of
building construction In Camden.
The moat pretentious structure called
for is that of the Kornegay Funeral
Home, a handsome typ^stpry
brick structure which is being erected
on Fair street opposite Hampton
Park. This structure will cost approximately
$10,000 and will be one
of the finest funeral homes In South
Carolina.
A modern four apartment building
of brick construction Is to be built by
H W. Chewnlng and son on Lyttleton
, street on the site of the recently
burned Chewnlng dwelling. This
new apartment building will coat approximately
$10,000 and will be entirely
modern with a central hot air
beating and air condition equipment.
The apartments will be five room affairs
and will be entirely modern with
installation of electrical cooking and
refrigerating equipment.
The new Kershaw County Agricultural
llullding which will cost between
$26,000 and $30,000 Is rapidly
Hearing completion on DeKalb street,
it will have quarters for thirty-two
separate office units of the county agricultural
group. It is of brick and
stone construction and will be ready
for occupancy In two months.
Some twelve to fifteen homes are
to be built In the new development
between Broad and Jordan streets
und between Chesnut and Hampton
streets. These dwellings will aggregate
between $35,000 and $50,000.
The new home of Gustavus Klrby,
wealthy Bedford Hills, New York resident,
is completed and Is one of the
fine show places of Camden. The
grounds are to be beautifully landscaped.
In addition to the above mentioned
bui^lng projects there are others in
progress and still others under contemplation.
The total cost of construction
In Camden for 1938 will exceed
by a comfortable margin over
$100,0007" rTJever ~before IrT the history
of the city has there been such a pronounced
revival of building activity.
The Kornegay funeral home will be
64 by 44 feet ground dimensions and
will be two stories In height, of face
I brick and hollow tile construction.
At the rear of the main building will
I be another brick and tile structure
146 by 22 feet six Inches, which will
house a four-car garage, a receiving
vault and office on the first and
a live-room apartment on the second.
I The Fair street side of the funeral
home will feature a chapel 24 feet
long and* 18 feet wide and opening
Boff the rear of this chapel will be a
show room 33 by 19 feet In size. To
the south of the chapel will be a llvling
room 18 by 16 feet, which will
have a wide opening into the chapel.
Back of this living room will be a
dining room, kitchen, lavatory, while,
above this suite ox rooms, on the secBond
floor, will be two large bedBrooms,
a bath and closet room and
office. The second floor will have
wo additional bedrooms, these to be
Bart of the funeral home arrangeBm-nt.
The building will be completeBy
air-conditioned.
"n the first floor, opening off the
Bhapol on the north side, will be a
B- .nda and hack of this a family
Booth with a private entrance. Back
Bf family room will be a lavatory
I1''I utility room, while at the exBi'"im
roar, on this side, will be one
B*f tiie finest operating rooms In the
I "no of the features of the new fuBoo.ii
home will be the moisture, verB1
u and fire-proof vault, permitting
B" bos to be kept for an indefinite
Burled of time while waiting for inB'omont
in some other part of the
I f'10 present quarters of the KorB1'
-ay funeral establishment, owned
B> l Cooley Glllis, wilt be renovated
B11'! some remodeling done and will
Bh'-n be rented for home purposes.
B 1 lie Camden Chamber of Commerce
Ba.-> received quite a number of re^ 'icsts
regarding modern homes from
B^denta Columbia, who would
Buk?. Camden their home. Camden's
Bi(l?* paved streets and fine resldenB'''
section has a distinct' Appeal for
Bhy dwellers. The fact that Camden
B^ within easy commuting distance
Bom Columbia, has resulted in the
^ ?'iui st from Columbia people for
on.r accommodations here. With the
B'lilding program now under way the
Bhamber of Commerce Is able to gl*e
^B'isfying information to these homeBakers.
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Country Defeats
Town For Title
0?
'i/Tho Camden polo suuson of 1937-38
cunio to u close Sunday afternoon
with Country defeating Town, 10 to
6, lu one of the most spootuculur
games of the year.
The seasou wltueesed the shattering
of several records, notably that of
attendance figures. Fully fifty per
cent more people witnessed nearly six
m.onths of superb polo and not one of
the twenty-eight games scheduled
were postponed because of rain or
for any other reason.
Country was an unbeatable combination
today. Bates aud Tupper ran
wild in scoring, the former checking
in with four sensational goals and
Tupper ringing the bell three times.
Boykin and Lightfoot played a sensational
blocking game, breaking up the
offensive of Town on every chukker.
Both riders each checked In with a
counter. j
For Town DuBose was the scoring
ace, getting three fine goals. This
Camden player who has been playing
a blocking game nearly all season,
put on his scoring glasses Sunday
and his shooting was beautiful to
watch.
Floyd and Ruthrauff contributed a
goal each to bring the team total to 6.
Country, with a one-goal allowance,
quickly put the count to two in the
first chukker on Bates's well placed
shot. DuBose scored his first counter
for Town in the second but Tupper
and Llgtfoot gave country a commanding
lead by droppiug markers
from long range.
In the third, Floyd scored and the
count narrowed wheu DuBose shot
his second goal. Bates scored at the
bell. In the fourth Tupper Btaged a
two-goal demonstration that put his
team to a 7 to 3 lead. DuBoso scored
and the chukker ended 7 to 4.
In the fifth, Jerry Smith went in at
No. 1 for Town and while he did not
score, his riding and blocking was
beautiful. Bates scored the lone counter
in this chukker. In the sixth,
BateB and Boykin scored to make the
count 10 to 4, but Ruthrauff raised
the Town total to five Just before the
game ended.
The 1 fheups and scoring:
Town, No. 1, Burns 0; No. 1, Smith,
0; No. 2, DuBose, 3; No. 3, Floyd, l;
No. 4, Ruthrauff, 1.
Country, No. 1, Tupper, 3; No. 2,
Boykin, 1; No. 3, Lightfoot, 1, and No.
4, Bates, 4.
Urges Cats Be Belled
To Save Bird Life I
(By The Skipper)
I wish some of my friends would
start a campaign to liquidate stray
cats and "bell" all others.
Dally the prowlthg cat menace Is
growing worse and unless these prowling
kitties are "belled," Camden's bird
life is going to suffer greatly. This
is a condition that lovers of birds do
not like to contemplate for it has been
the proud boast of Camden folks that
the community has been a veritable
bird Banctuary.
But the prowling cats have caused
havoc In the ranks of the song birds.
I saw a beautiful bird killed on a lawn
on Broad street a few days ago by a
big gray cat. It is a known fact that
cats cause the death of thousands up-j
on thousands of song birds, young
quail and other members of the feathered
tribe. And when they scramble
up Into a nest within which nestle
several baby birds, it is the end of
that bird family.
LIMESTONE COLLEGE CHOIR TO
APPEAR AT SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
The Limestone College Choir will
visit this community on April 25, and j
will present a program at the School)
auditorium. The hour of the program)
will be 9:30 a. m.
The Limestone College Qhoir, under'
the direction of Katherine Pfohl, has
seventeen engagements on the present
tour. The choir has built an enviable
reputation for Itself, and Is
held in high regard by those who are
well versed In choral singing. There
are twenty young women In the organization
and the director and accompanist.
The^nembers of the choir
have secured a place on the group <
by competition.
The present tour begjps In North
Carolina, and will be concluded In)
8avannah, Georgia, with a number of
engagements in South. Carolina. The
coring of the "Limestone College
Choir to this community is awaited
with genuine interest on the part of
music fevers and young people, a*
well as by all the friends of Lime tone
College. -
Stainer's Crucifixion
To Be Given Tonight
The mimical event of the year will
he given iu Grace Episcopal church
Friday night, April 15.
Members of the chorus have beeu
recruited from the choirs of Grace
Episcopal church, Betheada Presbyterian
church. Lyttleton Street Methodist
church, First Baptist church and
from the teaching staff of the Browning
Home. The Hev. Louis O'V.
Thomas is rector of the Episcopal
church in Winnsboro and was the
soloist at the Columbia Music Festival
in December, when the great Bach
Nativity Cantata was sung. Mr. Kenneth
Baldwin is organist and choirmaster
of Trinity church in Columbia,
and a well known music teacher of
that city. Miss Avis Wallace and
Miss W. Wlggam are members of the
teaching Btuff of the Browning Home.
Soloists?Bass: Hev. Ixmla O'V
Thomas, of Winnsboro: L>r. A. W.
Humphries, A$c. MoKain, Charles
Salmond; Tenor: Eldon Jones; Soprano:
Mrs. Joseph Brunson.
Chorus?Sopranos: Misses Avis
Wallace, Ethel Yates, Margaret Salmond,
Artie Dixon, Azulee Dixon, Betty
Whitaker, Betty Campbell, Jane
Campbell, Carey Guthrie, Jane Tram
tham, Mrs. Charlotte Brunson, Mrs.
Blakeney Zemp, Mrs. A. C. McKain,
Mrs. W. C. Perry, Mrs. J. G. Richards,
Miss Ellen Knapp, Miss Ann Whitaker;
Altos: Mrs. Charles Salmond,
Mrs. John M. Vtllepigue; Mrs.
A. D. McArn, Mrs. Julia Knapp, Mrs.
J. J. Ranch, Mrs. S. C. Zemp, Mrs. E.
Zemp, Miss W. Wiggam, Miss W. Sill;
Tenors: -Eldon Jones, K. G. Baldwin,
Frank /Riggans, W. Moore, J. E. Ewing,
Jzrnest Zemp; Bass Rev. Louis
O'V Thomas, Charles Salmond, Maurice
H. Clarke, C. H. Yates, Dr. A. W.
Humphries, Oswald Campbell, Donald
Clyburn, A. C. McKain.
Organists: Miss Sarah Campbell,
Miss Elizabeth Clarke.
Director: Rev. Maurice Clark, D D.
The service will begin promptly at
8 p. m.
There will be a short service of
about ten minutes preceding the cantata
after which no one will be ad-1
mitted.
Noted Lecturer
Is Coming Here
Sydney Greenbie, world traveler
author, lecturer, educator and radio
commentator, who comes from Pregon,
Wisconsin, is to be the first
speaker heard on a five-county forum
?one lecture to be given in Camden
on Friday, April 22, at 10 o'clock in
the morning at the high school auditorium.
Mr. Greenbie will also speak at Blaney
high school next Monday at 8 p.
m. His subject there will be "World
Democracy." On Tuesday at 2 p. m.
he will speak at Bethune on "Foreign
Affairs," and give the same lecture at
the Midway school on Wednesday at
3 p. m. Thursday evening at eight,
he will speak at the Baron DeKalb
school on "Swedish Democracy," and
when he speaks at Camden he will
take the same subject.
The address on world democracy
describes the three contemporary
trends iu political development?fascist,
nazi, communist and constitutional
democracy and compares all
these four forms of government, discussing
the cause and effect of each.
The subject of "Swedish Democracy"
covers modern Swedish conditions in
social and economic fields. The lecture
on "Foreign Affairs" takes up
the angles of neutrality and peace.
To Meet in Columbia
The Ridge District Conference U.
D. C., will meet in the Sunday school
building nudltorlum of the First Baptist
church in Columbia, April 30, at
10:30 a. m. Delegates are asked to |
bring sandwiches. Columbia chapters
will furnish drinks and salads. A
prize is being offered to the chapter
having the largest number of delegates
present, the Columbia chapters
not included. The John D. Ken-|
nedy chapter would appreciate it if
as many of its members as could, i
would be present, says Mrs. R. El
Chewnlng, president. I
Grace Church 8ervices
Services for Easter will bo as follow
at Grace Episcopal church: Holy
cbmmunlon 8 a. m.; morning prayer.
Holy Communion and sermon by the
rector at 11 a. m. Please note the
chang^ in time of this service. "Christ
Our Passover/' by Schilling: "Te
Deum," by Woodward; "Ayrake Thou,
That Sleepesi." by F. C. Maker. The
Children's Festival and presentation
of Lea ten offering, 4 p. m. There wm
be no church school ta the morning.
District Meeting
of Boy Scouts Here
On Tuesday night, April ?>, at eight
o'clock, lu the high achool building
the Kerehaw District of the Hoy
Scouts of America, held a one-night
training conference and rouudtable
discussion period for the adult Scout
leaders in the Kershaw District. Dls
trlct committeemen, troop committeemen,
Scoutmasters and assistants
were present.
The discussions were lead by the
following experienced Scouters from
the Hichland District. Lawrence 1'.
Russell, skipper of the Sea Scout Ship
Rainbow, who lead the discussion for
Scoutmasters; George 8aussy, member
of the Troop committee of Troop
14( who lead the discussion for Troop
committeemen; Bruce Walker Raveuel,
member of the Troop 14 committee
and former chairman of the organisation
and extension committee
for the Central South Carolina Coun:
ell, who lead the discussion for district
committeemen. The Scout executive,
William E. Czarnitskl, and
the Field Scout executive, James R.
Gibson, werp on hand to act as advisers
during the discussions.
There was a very good atteudauco
at the meeting and many good pointB
were brought out which will be a
help to the Kershaw Scout leaders in
carrying forward a bigger and better
program of Scouting. It was also decided
at this meeting that Scouts of
the Kershaw district will engage In
a rally day sometime during the early
part of May. This will be a public
event and more Information concerning
it will be forthcoming in the near
future. Plans were also made for
the organization of an adequate board
of review and court of honor to take
care of the advancement of Scouts.
The following men were present at
the meeting: Harold Funderburk,
Bryce Herbert, Moultrie Burns, W. F.
Nettles, Jr., Pierce Cantey, Nettles
Lindsay, Henry Savage, Jr.f H. A.
small, Stewart Clarkson, C. T. Baldwin,
Ben L. Team, Oliver Rice, A. S.
Karesh, Lewis Lee Clyburn, Dewey
J. Creed, A. W. Humphries, J. K. deLoach,
of Camden; M. G. King, of
Saussy, L. P. Russell, William E.
Czarnltzkl and James R. Gibson, of i
Columbia.
Kershaw Man Dies
; Suddenly Thursday
R. S. Long, deputy magistrate of
Kershaw, dropped dead in the I. B.
English barber shop at 1:30 Thursday
afternoon, Just as he stepped from the
chair after having a shave, j
Long, accompanied by Miss Famie
Bowers, of Kershaw, to whom he was
to be married next Sunday, came to
this city Thursday morning to consult
a doctor. Long has been complaining
of severe headaches for some time
and it was found he was suffering
from high blood pressure.
Long was a widower and has ten
children living at Kershaw.
Woodward Airport
Is Scene of Thrift
A Beechcraft plane, valued at $12,000,
and with retractable landing
gear, flew into the Woodward airport
Monday from San Antonio, Texas,
and will he here for a week or ten
days while being checked over by the
airport mechanical unit. The plane
belongs to J. B\ Burke and Is used
for high altitude photography operations,
A Stinson plane piloted by Phil Gibbons
of the Eastern Air School, at
Atlanta, Oa., arrived at the airport on
Tuesday and will be here for a week
while being checked and tuned.
The repair department of the airport
has Just completed the building
and installation of two wings for a
plane sent down from Wings, Inc., at
Charlotte, N. C.
The arrival of several additional
planes for service work has made it
necessary to remove both of the Ford
tri-motored planes from the hangar.
Manager Jim Wood of the airfield,
states that the rapidly Increasing business
at the airport has kept his entire
crew .working overtime tn order
to get out the Jobs that are coming
In.
* To Hava Minstrel 8how
The Antloch high school will present
a negro minstrel show on Friday,
April 16, at 8 p. to., at the school
house. Admission will be 10 20
cents. The public 1$ Invited.
Softball Program
Being Held Up
Unless some locution can l>e found
for softball games, It begins to look
as If the sport, so populur lust summer,
will be lute In getting under wuy
in Homo locution in easy access to the
general public.
Tardiness in getting the baseball
Held ?ut the fair grounds in shape for
the hard ball games, has made it nee-1
cHsury for the basebullerH to use thO|
high school field whore the Softball
games were played last year. As a
hard ball diamond 1h of a different
size than oue used for the softball it
is Impossible for the softball league
to play on the high school field.
A meeting of the softball committee
was hold at the Recreation bureau
Monday and an offer was received
from the Kendall mill athletic
department to play the games on the
mill diamond.
At the present time there are six
men's teams of sixteen players each
and four girl's teams of a like roster
awaiting the opportunity to start playing
a regular league schedule. In
other words approximately two hundred
pluyors and three times that
number of softball fans are awaiting
the call of "play ball" in the two softball
leagues.
The bureau of recreation is called
daily by fans who are anxious to see
the softball games get under way.
Without exception all are urging tho
juse of the high school field, declaring
it to be easy for fans to reach. Last
year the season opened In the early
part of May and the bureau of recreation
is hopeful that the 1938 season
can be started about tho same time
this year. The members of the various
teams are all set and ready to
I play.
Appeal For Rally to
Aid The Cripples
Have you mailed your contribution
to the committee In charge of the
Crippled Children's society campaign?
If not, the committee desires to remind
all who received the contrlbutlon
cards that the mall request period
expires on Easter Sunday and It
is hoped that all cards will have been
reported In by that time.
The amount asked of each contributor
is small but In the aggregate it
means so much to the little crippled
folks of the state. Last year Keiv
shaw county contributed $300 to the
state fund. Up to Wednesday noon
the total subscribed this year is but
$105.
Kershaw county will not fall this
year, of that the committee Is certain.
Members feel that subscribers
will, be sending in their mall contributions
within the next few days.
The house to house canvas is scheduled
to start next week.
The^ have been some nine hundred
request letters sent out this year and
if every letter draWs a response, the
drive will be more successful than In
years past.
Even tho school children of the
county, who are mindful of the needs
of their unfortunate friends who are
handicapped by being crippled, are
aiding in the work by buying stamps.
Another Shipment of Hogs
The Kershaw County Farmers' Ex:
change will ship hogs from the loading
pens at the Seaboard freight depot
|on Monday, April 18, beginning at 1
'o'clock. The hogs will bo handled
'as In previous shipments giving the
farmer the choice of consigning or
selling his hogs. Where hogs are
bought by the Exchange the price
paid will bo one cent under the Richmond
Market says W. C. McCarley,
County Agent.
Noted Editor Visits Camden
W. F. Bigelow, . editor of Good
Housekeeping, is in Columbia as the
guest of James C. Derieux, associate
editor of The State, at his home 1130
Maple street. He will leavo this afternoon
for Chapel Hill. Yesterday,
with Mr. Derieux, he visited Camden.
Mr. Bigelow is a frequent visitor to
South Carolina, almost annually meeting
with a group of writers from this
state for a congenial party. This
year, however, the visit is a purely
personal one to Mr. Derieux, a friend
of many years' standing.?Monday's
Columbia State. - - - ?
Friday Afternoon 8ervkes
A brief devotional service 'will be
held In Bethesdfi Presbyterian church
on Friday afternoon 'at 8:80. Everyone
is cordially Invited.
Rest is the best cure for tuberculosis.
Chest surgery often helps to
ea$e desperate cases.
Seeks Early Action
To Build New Bridge
At a special meeting of the board
of directors of the Cainden and Kerthaw
County Chamber of Commerce
Monday evening, plans were formulated
looking toward a campaign to
provide for the early construction of
a new concrete and s^eel to'Mgt ovaf t
the Wateree river.
It was pointed out that the recent
bridge Arc proved that were the
bridge to he closed for any lengthy
period, that business in Camden
would be paralysed The few days
that it was closed to traffic last week
was sufficient to awaken the community
to the need of immediate action
i looking toward the building of a
I bridge that would withstand lire or
flood water.
The meeting Monday was attended
by eleven of the twelve directors who ^
discussed the problem from every
angle. Senator S. P. Braslngton was
'an Invited guest at the meeting and
gave the directors soine excellent suggestions
as to the procedure that
should bo carried out.
It Is planned to arrange an appointment
with the state highway commission
and have a delegation of thirty
to forty or more Camden and Kershaw
county business men dfecuss
the bridge matter at a Columbia meeting.
The present bridge will require considerable
repairing, not only the portion
figuring in the recent fire, but
practically the entire wooden soction,
as many of the wooden guard
rails have decayed and would offer
little protection against a repetition
of the accldont laBt week when the
big truck got out of control and dived
from the brldgo Into the swam^.
Tho Chamber of Commerce will bo
glad to give Individuals who are Interested
In tho bridge situation and
desire to attend the Columbia meeting
list their names with the secretary,
who will notify them of the
date flxod for the conference.
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TUBERCULIN TE8T8 GIVEN AT
COURT HOUSE EACH WEEK
ger of tuberculosis throughout the
year If we are to guide the health of
the family. An early diagnosis campaign
Is now being carried on by the
county health department for the Kershaw
County Tuberculosis Association.
Ab part of thlB program opportunity
Is being offered for the tuberculin
testing of all domestic servants.
These tuberculin^ tests are being
given at the office of the County
Health Department in the court houBe
each Wednesday during April from
3:00 to 4:30 p. m. '
Just a few months ago, a nurse
working in the home of Camden citi- . ?_
zens, was taken ill. The doctor diagnosed
the illness as being caused by
tuberculosis. The patient was sent
(back to her home In the country
where she died within about eight
weeks. This nurse had been living
in the home where Bhe waB working,
caring for a small child and almost
every day went to one of the parks
where other small children were playing.
This happening makes very real
the Importance of making sure that
every member of the household is
free from tuberculosis?a communicable
disease.
Good health, free from tuberculosis,
Is a matter that concerns the welfare
'of every Camden and Kershaw county
family.
"WE DRIVER8" WILL BE SUBJECT
OF PICTURE AT BAPTI8T CHURCH .
The following service* are announced
for the week beginning April 17,
at the First Baptist church: Sunday
school at 10 o'clock with V. J. Rector,
superintendent in charge. Public
worship conducted by. tho pastor, J.
B. Caston, at 11:16 a. m. and 8 p> m.
Morning subject, "The Resurrection
of Christ." Evening subject, "Don't
Neglect." Prayer meeting Wednesday
evening at 8 o'clock. B. T. U.
Sunday evening at 7. The title of
the picture for next Sunday evening
is, "We Drivers." It fs a reproduction
of the paper which was awarded
first illace In a national contest for
making tjie largest contribution to -.rfi
safety in 1686. Surely, in view of the
many accidents on our highways, one
should see this picture. The talking
feature, is adding increased interest
to this part pf the evening program. v
the public to moat cordially invited
to attend ail these servicee.
President Koosevelt is said to
considering ttfa Idea of taking a summer
vacation by going far to sea for