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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
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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
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'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
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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.
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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
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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