The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 22, 1938, Image 1
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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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