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Grand Opening of New Fair Grounds Baseball Park This Afternoon?Camden High School against Newbu ry High School The Camden Chronicle VOLUME 50 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1938 NUMBER 6 I Democratic Clubs I To Meet April 23 I The following notification regardIn* ihe coming primaries has been re; w|Ved from I^ue L. Bonner, secretary of the state democratic executive I committee. The Information given to members of the party will be of iuI terest especially the plan to have an I enrollment every two years instead of tbe present ptethod of every fourth I1' J "All primary JHpetiugs of DeuioI era tic Clubs should be held on the topi th Saturday in April or, if the county committee so desires, anytime during the week beginning April 18, and ending April 23, (see rule B.) County conventions shall be held the first Monday in May, at eleven o'clock a. m., and shall be composed I of delegates elected from the clubs in the county, one delegate for every ! 25 members and one delegate for a I majority fraction thereof, based upon the number of voteH nailed In the first j primary of 1936. The state convention will be held ! jn Columbia on the third Wednesday in May (May 18) at 10 o'clock a. m., with representation for your county double the number of Its members In the General Assembly. A sub-committee of the state democratic executive committee, which has met at Intervals during the past two years, has recommended to the state I committee, and, In all probability, the state committee will recommend to the convention, that a new enrollment be had every two years Instead of I every four years as at present. You I can readily Bee the reason for this recommendation. With a 'new enrollment every two years, there would be no duplication of names, the rolls could be much more easily purged, I and there would be considerable savI intis in the printing of ballots in your county, which expense is borne by your county committee for all except state officers. It is hoped that this matter will be hrmight attention Of the dele* [ gates to the couny convention, and I have a resolution introduced, discuss ed and adopted, asking the state ccn vention to provide for two year enI rollment instead of the present new I enrollment every four years. I Man Badly Hurt In Truck Wreck Raymond Clayton, of Dorchester, suffered a crushed right foot and leg and Willie Halman, a helper, had his I right thumb broken, when a heavy I nailer truck they were riding in, came to grief on the Sumter road I near the city limits early Sunday morning. A front tire, blowing out jijst as th-- truck approached the concrete I bridge, caused the cab section to I crash Into the concrete. The trailer Beet ion, loaded with ten tons of fertlI lizer. crushed the cab like an egg* I rh. 11. Both truck and trailer were alI most completely demolished. I'assing motorists state that they I cannot understand how Clayton and . his helper escaped from being crushI < <1 to death as the weight of the trailI : was like a giant vise in crushing I to- cab?.af . the truck. Both men were taken to the Cam's (! :. hospital but Halman was released z:--r having his'broken thumb placed I h. -plints. Clayton will be laid up I ' ' -niTio time. Form Partnership wc\ J. Creed and George A. have formed a partnership unI ' the name of Creed Brothers to I ' - in a general contracting and ... ..:ig business "hi-os of the new firm are located I i:. Little office building on DeKalb 1 ' and liave been arrahged in a pleasant manner to attract the *; ; r-1 iation of customers. There is '? -oporal office where the stenograph 'r an make contact for the two firm I i:.' r3 each of whom has a prioffice. At v Creed will continue his afI o.iaijon in the pulp wood business, I h hag shown a splendid increase I d'" past year. I-atat week he shipped I ()Vcr a hundred cars of pulp wood I -rem the Seaboard tracks here. L J. Creed will also continue his B 0w"'-rshtp and personal direction of I 'be Creed filling station on DeKalb street. / To Present Plfty n Friday evening, April 29, the I senior class of Midway high schooL I present a play, entitled "Don'tf I Darken My Door/ Tabzerculotfs U not inherited. It ?wnes from conUot with ft person who ^ the disease. Beautiful Weather For Banter Sunday (By Skipper) ^ Waaler, 1938, wan u day long to be remembered, not only for the generous uctlou of the weather man In provldluK a perfect type of weather, but for the many beautiful services, inspiring music and long to be remembered sermons in the several Camden churches. It was a day to bring out a veritable Easter parade and my lady had a splendid opportunity to display her Easter finery in the shape of dress, suits, hats and shoes. But 1 think the 1938 Easter observance that 1 witnessed Monday afternoon was the outstanding event of this glorious resurrection period. When you see twenty-five little tots, ranging in age from one to four years ?awaken from nodland to see what the Easter bunny had left them, you will not be made fun of if few stealthy tears wander down your cheeks. Many of the little tots hud never known what Easter stood for. Many of them had never learned of that dear sweet myth about the Easter bunny or the tiny chicks. And it was those dear little eyes, the dimpled cheeks and the rosebud mouths rippling into happiness as shown by the sparkle of the eye, the flushed cheeks and the smiling lips that made me see Easter aB 1 had not seen it before. Twenty-five little tots?boys and girls?all sound asleep on little cots in the Nursery Home on Lafayette avenue. That is what caught my eye when I arrived there at 1:30 o'clock On the back porch on a big table stood twenty-five Easter baskets, all beautifully decorated and carrying therein eggs and chicks. These baskets and contents came from the Junior Red Cross as represented by the students of the grammar grades in the public schools. Mrs. Annie Miller and Laura Moseley, in charge of the school, started the process of awakening the tiny tots when I arrived and it was interesting those of less than two years were able to dress themselves, put on their stockings and shoes and then wash hands and faces, brush their hair, and the like, before coming out on the porch to receive what the Easter bunny had left for them. I think that this Easter observance meant more to those little folks than Easter meant to anyone else in Camden. I. i" Tombstone Raised By Growing Tree Away back in the early days of the last century a little girl five years of age, who went by the name of Jane J.-Tucker died. The little iniss was bom in 1818 and was claimed by death Just five years later, or to be exact on November 4, 1823. When placed at rest in the Quaker cemetery here the white tombstone inscribed with her name and other particulars was placed at the head of the grave. Years passed and finally a tiny green shoot appeared near the tombstone. This shoot grew larger and larger and became a small tree. As years passed the tree grow in size and finally began to grow about the tombstone. Today the tombstone has been raised by the growing tree and is resting some inches above the earth. A third of it is imbedded in the tree. To read what is discernable on the tombstone one must lie prone and look upward, for the face of the stone Inclines downward. Baptist Church Services The following services are announced for the week beginning April 24: Sunday school at 10 o'clock, with V. J. Rector, superintendent in charge. Public worship at 11:15 a. m. and 8 p. m. At the morning hour Dr. J. Rion McKisaick, president pf-the Uni-; verslty of South Carolina, will deliver an address. We feel fortunate in securing the services of Dr. McKissick, who is one of the outstanding speakers of the state. The pastor will speak at the evening hour on "The Danger of Neglect." B. T. U. Sunday evening at 6:45. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. The public is cordially Invited to attend all services of this church. To 8tand Examination John M. Villeplgue, Jr., of Camden, is among twenty three cadeta standing a civil service examination for entrance to the Naval academy. He is a student at the Marion Institute Army and Navy college, at Marion, Boy kin Funeral Sunday Afternoon Ffunl rlteB for Newtou C. Boykin, who died early Friday morning, were held at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon at "Beechwood," hta suburban eatate here. Interment followed In the Quaker cemetery, services being conducted by Dr. Maurice Clarke, of Grace Episcopal church. Mr. Boykin was born November 10, 1879, of one of the oldest and best known families of this section. He was the son of the lato Ellas Miller Boykin and Luck Cooke Boykin. of this county, lie attended Bethel Military academy and on his return to Camden hold a prominent place In the business and sporting activities of the community. He was engaged In I the real estate and Insurance busl-j ness until about six months ago, and had always been an ardent lover of sports. He was a member of the first Surviving are his widow, the foimer Margaret Scott Graham of Se wlckley, Pa., and two sons, Newton C. Boykin, Jr., and McKee Graham Boykin. Active pallbearers were Deas Boykin Willis Boykin, Mac Boykin, Miller' Boykin, Delley Boykin, Robert Kennedy, Jr., Whit Boykin and Buck Boykin. Honorary pallbearers were W. U DePass, Sr., Dr. John W. Corbett. F. M. Rhodes, William Salmond, Dan Crawford, ' Will NelBon, Ward C. Belcher, Willis Cantey, Burwell Boykin, Albert Heyward, Edmund Heyward. Bollver Boykin, Robert Kennedy Jr., Frank Coursen, David Williams. Caleb Whitaker. Sr., Gaylord Tucker, Charles Shannon, Douglas Boykin, William Capehart, Lawrence Manning, Edward Cantey, A. Dalton Kennedy. Incindiarism Is Believed Cause Inv^stigat ionls being made by the sheriff's office of two fires which have occurred on the Wateree river bridge within the past several days. Shortly after midnight Friday a re was discovered on the bridge but was extinguished before any damage was occasioned. Early Monday morning a motorist found a part of the wood guard rail and floor on fire. Officials discount the theory tha the fires might have been caused by matches or cigaretteB tossed from passing cars. r* Legend of The Dogwood Tree As we ride through this and other counties and note the beautiful dogwood now in full bloom we are reminded of the legend of the dog wood, "At the time of the crucifixion the dogwood attained the size of the oak and other forest trees. So strong and firm was the wood of It that It was chosen for the timber for the cross. To be used for such a cruel purpose jgreatly distressed the tree, and Jesus [smiled upon it, sensed this, and in s gentle pity for sorrow, said to it: "Because of your regret and pity for my suffering 1 make yoti this promise: , , "Never again shall the dogwood tree grow large enough to be used for a cross. Henceforth it shall be slender and bent and twisted, and its blossoms shall be in the form of a cro88?two long petals and two short petals, and In the ceutor of the outer edge of each petal there will bo small nail prints, brown with rust and stained with blood. And In the center o the flower there will be an Image a crown and thorns and all who see it will remmember that It was upon a dogwood tree I was crucified, and this tree shall not be mutilated or destroyed, but cherished as a reminder of my death upon the cros?."_ Club Market To | Meet Saturday A very Important meeting of the Home Demonstration Club Market will be held on Saturday morning Immediately following the market. Miss Jane Ketchen, State Marketing Agent, | will speak to the club at that time. J This market fa under the supervision of the home demonstration agent and s supported by the rural women who offer flresh produce, poultry products, etc., for sale each Saturday morning. The public U urged to cooperate with this market says Miss Margaret rewUU, County Home Demonstration |Center Parking Has Gone Forever Camdtm ban taken another atop toward becoming a community with metropolitan regulation# by putting a ban on the parking of vehicle# in center of the streets in the downtown district. At a mooting Of the city council on Tuesday evening action waa taken whereby the police department haB boon givon orders to eliminate completely the practice of trucks stopping in the center of the street for unloading purposes. Under the new regulations trucks that are under eighteen feot in length will bo permitted to angle park for the time necessary to unload, but the trucks eighteen feet or over must unoad back of the business houses. The new regulation is effective at once and will bo welcome news to the motorist* of Camden who have wondered how long the primitive custom of center parking would be tolerated. Many months ago councilman F. N. MoCorkle, who was at the head of the police commission, banned the parking of trucks on DeKalb streot when the Chamber of Commerce declared that the city was getting a bad name among motorists who used the No. 1 highway because of the congestion occasioned here by the antiquated center parking system. At that time the commissioner made the statement that if he was elected mayor, he would see that the center parking j program was eliminated on alii streets. Corn Dodger Wins Middleburg Race Mlddleburg, Va? April 16.?Corn Dodger, sporting the gray and yellow silks of Paul Mellon's Rokeby stables, wpn the $1,000 Middleburg Cup steeplechase before a crowd of 8,000 persons here today. ? Corn Dodger set the pace from the -start?and?was serluusly threatened only once by the highly regarded Ostend, owned by Mrs. Frank M. Gould, winner of the Carolina Cup race, at Camden. The Dodger was first over the initial jump but yielded the lead to Ostend for a moment before forging ahead by five lengths for the remainder of the race. Ostend, ridden by J. S. Harrison, placed second with Capt. Ew&rt Johnson's Seafarln Dan taking third place. Pamphlets For Scouts Are Here v Henry Savage, Jr., chairman of the Kershaw district committee of the Boy Scouts of America, announced today that the Kershaw district has secured a complete set of merit badge pamphlets for use by the Scouts of his .district. These merit badges cover a range of one hundred and one specialized subjects which are optional to a Scout but from which he can easily choose a field of endeavor which is suitable to his particular needs and desires. This set of merit badge pamphlets has been placed in the city library and Mrs. Donald Morrison, the librarian, announces the following regulations in regard to their use: A Seoul or Seouter presents his registration card. Only two pamphlets may be withdrawn by a Scout at a time. PamphMt* lost or damaged must be replaced. The length of time that a pamphlet may be kept out Is in accordance with the already existing library regulations. Scouts are urged to take advantage of this new opportunity for advancement. A complete list of examiners and counsellors for the various badges will be placed In the hands of scoutmasters within the near future. County Council To Meet Saturday The spring meeting of the Kershaw County Council of Farm Women will tbe held on Saturday afternoon, April 23, at 2:t0 o'clock in the Sunday school building of the Presbyterian church. Thia is a very important meeting and every member belonging , to a home demonstration'club is urged t<rmtt*nd. Music will be the main feature on the program and county reports will be given. Miss Jane Ketches, State Marketing Agent will be present and a display of handicraft of the county will be on exhibit says Miss Margaret FtWWll, County Reduction In Fees Inviting To Golfers Action of the governing group of the Camden Oolf club, operating the Kirk wood course. In providing for ( reasonable season dues, will it is believed, result in a big iucreaso inj playing interest among Camden golfers. The club governing board haH established a $10 membership for boys and girls who are under 21 years of age; also a $2(> membership for adults with payments permissable on a Quarterly or semi-annual basis. Already the action of the board has resulted in several now members being added to the roster and it Is believed when the action taken becomes more generally known, there will be more players avail themselves of the opportunity to enjoy the sport. Frank Wooten is secretary of the club s"'1 payment of dues may be made to him. or to M. 0. Mtiller, treasurer. It is hoped to have sufficient members this summer to arrange for a number of interesting tournaments, in which playing handicaps will enable the most inexperienced novice to compete on even terms with the more proficient wlelders of brassie and mashis. The six holes of the municipal ' course, formerly the Sarsfleld course, j are betug kept in shape, and daily a dozen or more club wlelders saunter over the fairways and greens. The j idea of building thiB area into a nine jhole municipal course has not been abandoned, although the program is temporarily at a standstill, so far as the seventh, eighth and ninth holes are concerned. New City Council Takes Up Duties It is now Mayor Frances N. Mo Corkle. At a meeting of the city I council Friday evening, Mayor MeCorkle was sworn in with the six members of council- who will havfl(the administration of alTairs in their hands for the next two years. The new council has five new faces, only one of the old regime being returned to office. The new members are C. J. Shannon, 4th, R. L. McCas! kill, C. V. Massebeau, C. R. Villepigue and Jack Nettles. The only member of the old council to be returned was Joe E. McKain. Mayor McCorkle has announced the personnel of the committees as follows: Finance: J. E. McKain, C. J. Shannon, 4th, and, R. L. McCaskill. Police: C. J. Shannon, 4th, J. E. McKain and R. L. McCaskill. Water and Ldght: R. L. McCaskill, C, J. Sannon, 4th, and- J. E. McKain. City Property and Health: C. V. Massebeau, C. It. Villepigue and Jack Nettles. Streets and Parks: Jack Nettles, C. It. Villepigue and C. V. Massebeau. Fire Department: C. R. Villepigue, Jack Nettles and C. V. Massebeau. The first regular meeting of the new council will bo held early in May. To Build New Office "The March of Progress" continues to manifest itself in Camden. Announcement was made this week !by Fred M. Bryant of the Bryant Fuel 1 company, of the immediate construction of a new office and sales room ion DeKalb street, Just west of the city gates. The present office building is being moved bacn and will be converted in| to a garage. The new office building and sales room will be thirty by twenty feet in size. It will be a one stor> structure and will be finished on the (exterior in gleaming white stucco. The interior will be panelled in wall !board. There will be two rooms in the building. One, which will be ?f small I dimensions, for office purposetrr'and I the other a large room for the display of refrigerators And heating and air cuudltion oquipmont in which the firm is now specializing. The present scales will be enclosed. The fence around the premises will be repaired and painted white. In front of the building will be a brilliant neon sign, while the interior lighting of the display room will bo so arranged as to make the merchandise stand out in a distinctive and effective manner. Bethesda Presbyterian Church Sunday, April 24, with A. Douglas McArn as pastor, the services will be as follows: Church school at 10 a. m., morning worship with anthem and sermon at 11:15. The public < la Cordially Invited to these services. Camden To Meet Newberry Today The Camden Highs, looking like u real bull club after a rather sloppy atari against Hethune and HlBhopvillc, will return to the 'homo lot today (Friday) to buttle the Newborry Highs In a return scrap. The highs played at Newberry last Tuesday. Next week will see plenty of basehall around the local pasture at the Fair Grounds. Columbia High, victor over the locals recently by a 3 to 0 score are coming back for a return game and the loculs arc bound they are going to give tho Capljals a nice massaging. On Thursday, April 28, Orangeburg comes here for a game. I>ast Friday Camden played Orangeburg at Orangeburg and won. At tho present time of writing this (Tuesday) Columbia leads in the Class A Irtvu With foui >Liuiloo miu no defealH. The Capitals huvo dofeat- / ed Charleston, Sumter, Camden and Newberry. Camden and Orangeburg are tied for second place with one win and one lost game. The Camden schedule calls for two games with Columbia, two with Brookland-Cayce, two with Orangeburg and two with Newberry. It is possible that tho schedule will be added to by providing for two games with Charleston and two with Florence, first game with Brookland-Cayce will be played here on May 6. "Red" Lynch will probably draw the pitching assignment against Newberry today and will also start against Columbia next Tuesday. In looking over the records of the games played In the "A" division so far thla season It Is interesting to observe that the Camden team has been playing a brand of ball that is super- j lor to that offered by a majority of the other teams, Indicating that the panning that some of tho fans have beon giving the lads is hardly doserved. For Instance, in the game between Columbia and Charleston, the Capitals made ten errors and Char*? leston made six. We can imagine the caustic remarks that might have been directed at our locals had they staged such a comedy of errors on the local lot. Weather permitting all future games of the Camden team will be ?played on the Fair Grounds diamond. Through the efforts of Alderman Jack ;f. Nettles and John Villepigue the work of putting the ball field In Bhape has progressed rapidly and there Is every indication that by another year Cam- , den will have a fine baseball plant. The start-that has been made iiidlcates that the promoters are off to a - : fine start. Thrilling Ball Game " Goes To Camden ^ (By Town Crier) Camden baseball fans are assured of A real basoball battle today when the Newberry team battles the local team at the Fair Grounds diamond. In a game at Newberry Tuesday, Camden won 2 to 1, but It was one of the best gameH ever played in that neck of the woods. There were but five hits made during the entire fracas, the pitching of Lynch and the Newberry slabbist being on the sen national order. These same hurlers will meet again Friday and there Is every reason to look for another hurling duel. In tho ., . game at Newberry, Lynch was nicked for three blows, but they were well f scattered. Camden secured but two hits, but they came at opportune times and resulted In runs. Lynch fanned thirteen Newberry batters, while tho Newberry hurler ausod eleven Qf the Camden swat- - ters to whiff. i Columbia Capitals won again Tues- ....... day and that gives them a record of five victories against no defeats. Which nfrf>ans that the game here next ? Tuesday between Camden and Colum- - - -r-i bia will be well worth going miles to see, as Camden may be the team to' check the winning gallop of the Up at Bethune the High pastlmers. V who shellacked the ?efftlden High team In two preliminary season bat- .. ;* ties are going strong. They applied v , the skids to the Blshopville laddies ? Tuesday, 8 to 4, and It was the fifth straight for the Kershaw county laddies. Richard Horton gave up but four hits and fanned eleven batters. Ray Horton, the tennle weenie second baseman of the Bethxme^-team plajrfnflg^^H an errorless game Jtt the hot sack and got throe hits la three trips to the """u ore ' '