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The Camden chronicle j " I-'?-j . mmmmmmmmmmmmmmrnmmmm??? L?LJJP. I. l,WWIfggg?B? VOLUME 80 . CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY. MAY 13, 1938 NUMBER 9 -*~r| "Little Girl in Grey" Stopped In Camden That Patricia Walker, twenty-two, d imlf Indian, aud known a* "the little girl tfrey," stopped in Camden lH?t week, while traveling by bus from Columbia to New York, where killed herself by swallowing poison. i? definitely established. The gh'l l* reported to have boardyd u bus at Columbia, coming an far this city last Thursday morning. The description of the girl, described as being a little over five feet in height, weighing about 90 pounds and with brown eyes and hair, fits the Kiii who left the morning bus from Columbia reaching here at 9:36, remained in Camden until the New York bus pulled out shortly after 4 o'clock. During that time she went to the Chamber of Commerce and Inquired about room accommodations and later was Been in a local ice cream parlor. That she did not contdfct, any of the txraca'tag mmaca was iaier ascertained. Fingerprints of the girl who took her ufe |n the bus terminal in New York I correspond to those of Patricia WalkI er, who recently served twenty days I in a Columbia penal institution after I alio had been taken into custody on a I charge of carrying concealed wea pons. Finger prints were taken from an I eight page suicide note in which the I girls told af her downfall after rum, I ning away from her home in OkmulI gee, Oklahoma, with a mail when she B was but fourteen years of age. The I 'little girl in grey," as she signed her letter "to whom it may concern," B and warned other girls to avoid the I pitfalls into which she had fallen. She I concluded the note with the words "I am broke, hungry and?no?pinee to W The girl was carrying a small tat[ tert'd traveling bag when she was I seen in Camden. A Mrs. Veronica I Keen, of Brooklyn, a fellow pasBenfl ger on the bus who talked with the I girl after the bus left Camden, told I the New York police that the girl seemed depressed. She said she told B her that she was a trained nurse and jBhad "been- working in an Oklahmoa hospital. I Theo Beleos Buys I Business Structure The building on Broad street Just B north of the W. Robin Zemp drug store was sold at public auction on I Monday to Theodore Beleos, proprieI tor of the Camden Kandy Kitchen. Mr. Beleos Is planning on installing a modern front to the buildltig and making It one of the most attrac^fl live buildings in Camden. It Is bis intention to lease the building and I already negotiations have been started that may result in a new business I coining to Camden to take over the I entire structure. Otherwise Mr. BeI 1 cos will convert the place into two IB single stores?each with a modern up-S to-date front. Mr Beleos at one time occupied I this building as a candy and soft 'fl drink place but some five yeafs.ago I m ved his Kajidy Kitchen to its pr"eseiit location. 1 Mayor Speeds Up 1 Many Improvements Watch Camden spruce up and beI Pin to look up to date and snappy. . . Acting under instructions of Mayor I F N. MeCorkle, the water and light 'fl department has started to paint all I light posts and poles with aluminum. I 'he unsightly switch box which has I prevailed for some time 9n a frMe in I 'rent of the postofficp has been orderI ('d removed by the mayor.<y- sAnother forward step is the elim itta ion of the open drain from RutI b-dae street north toward Deltalb? ^9 sonn- three hundred feet of ditch?to I replaced with a thirty inch tile M which will then be cowered. Mayor -B ' believes Vhal much-of the ,B malaria In Camden is due to these I open ditches and plans on having all -*B drainage under ground as rapidly as B Possible. t "IT - - ? Mctvar To Broadcast B. J, Mclrer, former pastor of I Wateree Baptist ehurofa of.Camfl d"n- will broadcast over radio station I Wfbc, Greenville, fl. C., beginning B Ma> 16, and speaking at 6:45 sanfe I morning, through Friday, May *0. I Tba Rer. Mclva* la BOW pastor 'of the Potnsoft Baptist church in QreonTurn radio dial to 1300 kllooy Given Up For Dead; Man Returns flume - i 'Given up for dear! over a quarter of a century ago, Laban Stokes created no end of aouaatlon when he appeared at the home of his brother, former magistrate Wade L. Stokes, several days ago. Laban Stokes left Camden in May, 1908. When he failed to show up after several days absence, the family became worried and a search was instituted but to no avail. Stokes had given no intimation us to any determination to leave for parts unknown and it was at first thought he might have met death by drowning or some other means. Five years later his mother received a letter. This letter was more or less vague and did not indicate where the young man was or what he was doing. That was the last heard of him until twenty-five years later when he roturned to visit his brother in the Cassatt section. Stokes arrived hers 'Thursday morning at 2:30 o'clock and registered at the Camden Hotel. That Barae day he surprised the members of the Stokes family here by walking in on them. Stokes informed his relatives that he has been in forty-six of the fortyeight states of the union and also In Mexico and Canada. Fifteen years ago he was married and two children were born of the union. Both of the children died in infancy and his wife died two years ago. Upon the plea of his brother, Wade Stokes, Laban will make his home with his brother In the future. Tragedy has struck twice in the Stokes home within the past several months. On March 21 of this year Mrs. Wade Stokes died, and on April 21, a brother, E. Or Stokes, died. Softball Schedule Began Yesterday The Camden Municipal Softball league began an all-summer schedule Thursday with the Esso Oilers meeting the Kendall Mills team. 4JatU-4ho Installation of lights on the softball field Is made, all games will be played in the late afternoon hourB, game time being 6:15 o'clock. The league has named E. W. Sapp, Dr. T. B. Bruce, Clyde Baker and Mendal Smith as official umpires. There are six teams in the league, namely the Wolves, Esso Oilers, Sinclair Gas, Merchants, Kershaw Guards and Kendall Mills. All teams will be garbed in duo tone uniforms. The Esso Oilers will have red Jerseys with white sleeves and wear blue caps. The Guards are to have blue jerseys with white sleeves and caps. Colors of the other teams have not been announced as yet. The Camden Girl's league gets under way on May 16, with four teams listed. The captains are: Virginia Gaskln, Virginia Davis, Mary Ellen McDowell and Laura Irene Moseley. Swan Lake Gardens Now In Full Bloom The Swan Lake Gardens are now In full bloom and dally many hundreds of people motor to the gardens to revel In the beautiful picture. Announcement was made this week by H. C. Bland, owner of the property, that the coming Sunday would find the gardens at the peak of bloom and beauty. The suggestion Is made that Camden people come early in the morning In order that they may see the water lilies in bloom. TheBe lilies close their petals after the sun gets high In the sky. Miss West Plays Leading Role 8partanburg, Sv C., May 4/ Miss Paulette West, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. A. West, of Chesnut street, Camden, was pne of the leading characters in a French play presented at Converse college where she is a freshman. ' t. Due to ber French antecedents, Miss West has proven to have an excellent French pronunciation, and kfgdemoiaelle Marie in "Ces Dames Aux Chapeaux Verts" was portrayed with life and Interest.- L'Alliance Francaise at Converse selects its members on the basis of their scholarship is Fiench, and Is pne of the most popular clubs of the college.' Hkcb ' TO*r 'they exchange visits with L? Cercle Frahcats of Senator Brasington Seeks Re-Election The announcement of Senator S. F. lirasington for re-election froin Kerahaw county tuul, the announcement of Chief of Police Q. F. Cooley. us u candidute for the office of Sheriff of Kerahaw county, adda continued intereat to Kerahaw couuty politica. This being a year for the election of a United States senator, a governor, and congressman, the llata will All up and it promises to be not a dull year in politics, I)r. Uraaingtou, who was elected In 1934, along with Neill E. Truesdell and the late James R. Uelkt is seeking his second term. He was born in Lancaster county, October 7, 1873, the son of Rev. J. T. and Elisa Neal Rrasington. He received hla early ed ucation in the schools of North and South Carolina. At the age of 22 he entered the Kentucky School of Medicine and graduated from that institution in the class of 1897. His first practice of medicine was in this county at Lucknow, in 1900. He moved to Camden thirty-five years afterwards w^here he has practiced* medicine and surgery and was also en< gaged in farming. Dr. Braaington served three terms as mayor of Camden, has been active in church work, was at one time moderator of the Kershaw Baptist Association. Was a member of the board of trustees of Cpker College. George F. Cooley, announcing for sheriff, was 'born in the Piedmont section, and came to Camden around thirty years ago as an overseer on the Guignard plantation, no\y owned by Dr. Ehrenclou. After leaving the Guignard plantation he was elected as a patrolman on the Camden police force. Later after Sheriff McLeod's election he was named as deputy sheriff, where he served Aintil a few years ago when he was elected chief of police of Camden, which position he now holds. Another candidate announced this week is Arthur W. West, of the Hermitage village, for Magistrate for DeKalb township. It is stated that vthere will be dthers offering for this magisterial position, now held by Clennie Davis, who is seeking his second term. Wade L. Stokes, a former rural police ofTicer and former magistrate, has already announced in opposition to Mr. Davis. r . I First Baptist Church 8erv(ces ? The following services are announced for week beginning May 15 at the First Baptist church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock with V. J. Rector, superintendent in charge. Public worship at 11:15 a. m.f with message by Senator R. D. Epps, of Sumter. B. T. U. Sunday evening at 7:3o. As the pa? tor is in attendance upon the Southern Baptist Convention there will be no evening services. The Baptist congregation is urged to attend the union service at Lyttleton Street Methodist church. deLoach Heads Rotary John K. deLoach will be tfye Camden Rotary CIub'a n>xt piyiidsafc At the annual election held last west Mr. deLoach was elected to head Camden nnit. Tin nil prprci elected as secretary and Sara Karesh retiring president, became vice president -1*?: ?r The directors named by the club are John deLoach, Douglas McArn, John M. Villepigue, Sam Karesh, Moultrie B. Burns, Basil Bruce anil Dr. John Corbett. The new officers take charge on July 1. WIlHam B. Rum,r. ? O-min, ? dead at Danville, 111., the rssult of a gun battle with a formqj convict. Senator 8. F. Braaington Camden Horses In Major Honors Camden owned and Camden trained horses have carried off major honors in tho racing world so far thin season and critics declare that tho end is not yet In sight. Battleship, owned by lfclrs. Marlon duPont Scott, won the Grand National In Alntree, Knglad, In March, and last Saturday, Difubor, the chosuul colt owned by William C. duPont, Jr., a brother of Mrs. Scott's and who with her built tho famous track hero in Camden, was second In the Kentucky derby. Dauber Is picked to win the Prcakness.'' Dauber will race powerful contention throughout the mile and threeslxteenthB grind, ono sixteenth shorter than the derby distance. Followers of the race game bellevo that now the Scott track hore, said to be the finest mile track in the United St?' teriV ci/ai[?oic?, that Dauber will train here next fall and winter. In fact, the Scott track will probably be the mecca of many of the leading race horses of the nation. Air-Conditioning In Camden Theatre Camden theatre patron^ will be pleased |q hear that Manager Leo Little Is having a modern air-condltlonlng plant Installed In the theatre, j which when completed,-will make theplayhouse as comfortable as those iu( the largo cities. It was necessary to add an addition j at the rear of the theatre to install the equipment for providing waterwashed air through large vents into the theatre. Big electrical fans, absolutely nolselesB and located at the | extreme end of the tunnels will pour| a flood of cool air Into the theatre when the shows are in progress. In the winter time the same vents will keep the theatre filled with fresh air but warmed to a comfortable de-j gree,< In Vthe .Installation of the new air-. I cooling and conditioning equipment | the theatre, management will confer a boon up^n the theatre-going public. Good Will Courier Car Visits Camden Camden on Wednesday became one of approximately one thousand com-| munities In the United States to take a share in the Preview of tho New York World's Fair 1939 when George, E. Mosdale, Good-Will Courier, arriv-i ed in an official Worjd's Fair automobile decorated with a model 'of the] Trylon and Perisphcre, the Theme! Building of the Fair, Which Includes! a 700-foot triangular spire and a 22story structure built in the ahape of IP Wa globe. * j The Good-Will Courier wafr^niot by Frank Heath, actinig for Mayor F. N.j McCorkle, chairman of the reception committee, while the city council was represented by Aldermen Jack Nettles, Charles Villopigue and Charles Shannon 4th, Chief of Police George Cooley, Traffic Officer Alva Rush. Bill Owens, John Davidson and others were in the welcoming group which proceeded Ih autos on a route through the city, ending up at thb Sinclair station on DeKalb street, where Manager Owens became the . host. A stop was made at the-office of Mayor McCorkle who placed his i signature on a parchment #crdll thatwill be presentfltt/Ho Governor Johnston of this state. The good will ambassador was driving a 1938 model Chevrolet car. - The local "miniature World's Fair Preview" was being duplicated with variations at the same time In fortyseven other cities with participation by American automobile! club officials, local Fair advisory coriftnlttee members,-. representatives of General Motors Corporation, United States Steel Corporation, U. 8. Rubber Co., The Texas Co., and tjhe Yale and Towne ' nrTjifl tngnthor with logical officials *and members of civic orp ganlsationa. _ At Methodist Church * The following services will be held la_.tlM?--:_LjrttloUm Btreet Methodist Church on Sunday: Church school at 10 a. morning worship 11:16, ' with sermon by the' pastor, R. Bryce Herbert; Evening worship 8 o'clock, with sermon by Rev. A. Douglas Mo Arn. Hie Rev. Mr. McArn's address will be the. second |n a series of three designed to promote a stalrlt of fel* i lows hip and ondentaadlngUmoag the , churches of the city. Th^pnhllc is cord t Ally invited. ,T Buy A Poppy On Poppy Day More than 37,000 new names will bo on the roll of America's dead defend em on Memorial Day this year, according to Mrs Marvin Keasonover. rehabilitation chairman of James Leroy llolk Post unit of the American legion Auxiliary. During the past year, World War veteraus have been dying [ at the rate of 103 per day, meaning | that 37,596 have passed on since last Memorial Day. "This heavy death rate among men who served In the World War has placed an Increased burden upon The American Legion and Auxiliary, and hus enlarged the need for Poppy Day contributions. money received for memorial popples on Poppy Day, Saturday, May 28, will form the principal sourco of support for the Legion and Auxiliary welfare activities during the year. &r?rjr mffrwa- nwr dying leaves a widow and children. Unless legal proof of a disability received m the service amounting to twenty percent or more had been established by the veteran, no government ai.l is available for the widow and children The Legion and Auxiliary must step In with emergency aid, If the family Is without means, and strive to keep the home together. "For every veteran who dlos, several are stricken down with disabilities. The government provides hospital care for all, when hospital beds are available, but other forms of aid are restricted and again the Legion and Auxiliary must meot the needs. Poppy making provides employment for many disabled men without compensation. The Poppy Day funds make it possible for the Legion and Auxiliary to bring relief to thousands of .disabled veterans and their families every year. "Right here In Camden, and Kershaw county, we havo many men, women and children who are still paying the price of the World War ^ in suffering and hardship. The money contributed for popples will be fori them. If everyone understands the need there will be no one without a poppy on Poppy Day." Filling Station Is Destroyed By Fire Fire said to have started from electric wiring near an electric freezing machine totally destroyed the Bernle Hinson filling station and beer parlor just east of the Sohthe^n railroad tracks on DeKalb street at an early hour Monday morning. Bernle Hinson, proprietor, who was as)eep la. a bedroom adjoining the beer stand,- was awakened by the chattering of a pet monkey that was I in a cage In eT living room between the bedroom and the public room. Hinspit found the filling station and 'drink section a mass of flames and had to hurry to escape with his monkey and dog. * The entire building was a mass of, flames when the fire department responding to a 3 o'clock alarm, arrlv-' ed. The building and contents were reported as a total loss/ The building is owned by Moultrie B. Burns. Air Mail Plane Here Next Thursday Camden citizens who wish to have the distinction of having mailed a letter during the national air mall week will do well to bear in mind that the mall plane will leave Camden airport at 7:50 o'clock on the morn)ng of May !19. -- T;~t ' ' ' ? I Postmaster C. P. DuBose, 8r., Is 'anxious that Camden "register a good record in the national we^ toll and is appealing to all citizens to aid him In making this possible. Letters may be mailed on the tfft'ernoon or evening of Wednesday, May 18, and with* an j airmail stamp, will go pn the mall ' plane. In as: much as the post office department granted Camden a cachet when the Woodward airport was opened and the first air mail service out of Camden was Inaugurated, there Will be no special cachet attached to Camden malt on the National Air Mall week program. But a record will be kept of all air mat! sent on this air mail program and Camden should be ajnong the let* tars. ?Chairman Frank * H. Heath of the Camden committee of National Air Mail week urges "Send your mall by air on the afternoon and evening of New Parking Rules Soon Go Into Effect r| Canulou citizens road with much in- * teroHt tho publication of tho city ordinance relating to the regulations uguinut tho practice of converting sidewalks and curbing* into outdoor ? ?r1 service stations and there is a general feeling of approbation evidenced for the campaign that will remove unsightly wrecks and car* of ancient vintage from the streets. The ordinance in question covers u * ' lot 'of territory in traffic regulations, in the Hrat place it provides for tho complete elimination of center parking 011 the streets. Trucks that are I) l not more than eighteen feet long may park at an angle, but those over eight" . ..? ' 'y con feet must not park on the streets at all, but are required to park on back lots or In areas back of stores. The big step taken by the city to make the Camden thoroughfares attractive Is provided In that part of tho ordinance which specifies that no vehicles of any kind may be left on the streets or sidewalks, in front of ?c? garages or elsewhere, for tho purpose of making repairs on such vehicles. Vehicles awaiting repairs cannot bo left parkod on stdowalks or on curbs between Btreet and sidewalks. There are a number of Instances where the presence of old wrecked cars and trucks, ancient autos and tv cars awaiting repair Jobs have cluttered up the street, curb ahd side- ? walks, making the place an eye sore to the public In general. It will be nece88ury for these places to do their repair work, storage, and the like, in the areas back of the garages in the future, as the law requires the street, curb and walks be kept clear. Another excellent regulation provided by the new administration is that which makes it unlawful to park ? cars or trucks on the following zones: v On DeKalb street directly in front of the post office building any longer than five minutes from 8 a. m. , to 7 p. m.; on Rutledge street, from * _ 1 Broad street to Market street from 8 a. to. to 6 p. m.t from August IB to December IB; on DeKalb street in _^ front" of the Camden Theatre on any day except Sunday, between the houra of S p. m. and 11 p. m.; within twenty feet of any corner or Entrance to any church grounds; DeKalb street from Hotel Camden to the intersection of DeKalb and Broad streets; Broad street from the post office to Arthur street, more than one hour from 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. Where parking spaces are marked off on street or "No > Parking" signs are displayed, all vehicles shall conform thereto. .... >%? Ostend Wins The Virginia Gold Cup?-~i| i Ostend, owned ?by Mrs. Frank Gould, of New York, and winner of I the Carolina Cup race here on April 2, breezed home a winner in the 1938 Virginia Gold cup race at Warren ton, Virginia, Saturday afternoon before a crowd of 10,000. Ostend had but one horse to beat in ^the race, tbat being Seafarin Dan. Ostend took the lead at the start and whllo given a good race by Seafarih , . >"--,3 Dan in the first two miles, began to pull away rapidly in the third mile . ?, and crossed the finish line at the end of the four-mile timber test by fifty, lengths.. Four other entries In the race were scratched ? before post time . . . Ostend last year won for his owner the first leg on the $1,000 gpld cup ' trophy and was the favorite this year W because of impressive showings at Camden, Middleburg and in the Maryland Cup races. City Cleanup Week Begins Next Monday - gj Camden's cleanup week starts .next tv Monday. * \ *4' / Property owners^ shop keepers, citizens-In general are urged by ifayor F. N. MCCorkle to get bp ay and make this cleanup, paintap and ffi-up pr5 gram a red-letter affair in the history The city is going to do its share of the -#ork.. Already the program contemplates the painting ofnttHght standards, removal of ait unsightly switch box from In front of the poptofflce, filling in of several open drains and other cleanup and flxup items haul rubbish Away from homes and quests Is that the rubbish be placed taj^oeptnetas and In front of the pre