The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 27, 1938, Image 1
The Camden Chronicle
VOLUME 50 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1938 NUMBER 11
Kennedy Speaker
Before Commission
While the state highwuy- commisl0U
offered "? committment as to
what action might be taken following
the pie* ot 11 Camden delegation made
last Thursday morning at a board
meeting at Columbia for early action
0ji a new bridge over tho Watereo
river
K m. Kennedy, Jr., who acted aa
spokesman for the Chamber of Commerce
group to appear at the commission
session, made a strong ploa and
pointed out the fact that tho present
wooden bridge was a menace to traveler8
He cited the fact thut accidents
were frequent and that already
five lives had been claimed as a result.
M, Kennedy pointed out that the
Ion# and wide trucks and trailers now
operating over the highways could not
pass each other on the bridge, which
v..? ..^omtlnnn font aW inohoa wiHo
|3 PUv ?, c . ? j,;von
the ordinary passenger auto has
difficulty in getting by the big trucks.
In many instances It la impossible
to pass if the meeting is on tHe curve j
of the bridge.
The speaker stressed the importance
of the No. 1 highway for north
and south traffic and called attention j
to the embarrassment that resulted
to communities along the route when
soin.- seven spans of the structure
were burned out following an accident
in which a heavy truck crashed
through the guard rails and fell thirty
feet to the marsh below and burst
into flames.
A representative of the chamber of
commerce board of directors spoke
briefly and recited the damage occasioned
to Camden business by the
three day closing of the bridge following
the recent fire. He called attention
to the speed with which the news
was broadcast throughout Florida and
the resultant loss in travel.
Ralph N. Shannon spoke briefly and
recited the need of a new bridge. All j
speakers praised the highway department
toi- the efficient manner in
which the bridge had been repaired
following the recent Are.
Those in the Camden delegation to
appear at the Coiumota hearing were:
R M Kennedy, Jr., Henry Carriscn,
M. B Burns, president of the chamber
of commerce, Ralph N. Shannon, Sam
Karesh. William Goodale, Cooley Gillis,
K. Miller and Sheriff J. H. Mcleod.
While returning from Columbia after
the hearing, the Camden group
were held up for considerable time
at tho Wateree bridge as a result of
a h.-adon, " collision between two
trucks. There \Vere.,, over forty cars
in the long lines extending on each
side of the wreck.
Peter Does a Real
Circus Diving Act
Wkt n a dog bites a man, that Isn't
r.twa but when a man bites a dog?
well -that's different. And so when
a motorist dives through the windshield
of his car from the inside out,
thatjust a line or two in the news
ual-.-s he is killed, but when a inot^t':-"
goes through the windshield
fre t: the outside in. Well, that s
so:::-:king else again.
!'< . r Haskett, who claims to live
ia Charlotte got out of his car when
the motor died just at the outskirts
of Cu:ndt-n Saturday afternoon. As
hf* 1 LMn to crank the motor, his battery
was down. Another car, name
of dri\or not given, came around &
ourv.- and while the driver of -the
s,-cu:.d ear almost brought his mathit,-*
to ti stop before he hit Peter,
ho did smack him hard enough to
oata; i.it him over the hood and thru
the wmdshield Into the c&r.
Am! believe it or not, Peter received
but two slight cuts on his shoulders.
The damage to the cars was
light
sermon for graduate nurses
AT THE first bapt18t church
The following services are announced
fur the week beginning May 29,
at the First Baptist church: Sunday;
school at 10 o'clock, with V. J- Rec-j
for. superintendent In charge. Public
*or?!np conducted by the pastor, J.
B Caston, at 11:16 a.-'; m., subject j
Tho Healing Ministry of Jesus." This
ls a commencement message to the >
Graduate nurses of the Camden, hosDhal.
There will be no Sunday evenine
preaching service on account of
commencement sermon at the high
school b. t. u Sunday evening at
' Prayer meeting Wednesday evealn*
at 8 The public la cordially In>lu-d
to attend all aerricea of thla
church v
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Richards Makes Bid
For Re-Election
Though having spent but live years
in Congress, Jumna P. Hichurda, of
Iatncastur, S. C., has taken an active
part in its .deliberations and has been
a successful champion of hlB district's
interests. Heaults speak for themselves.
Congressman Hlchards is uow ninth
ranking member of the Foreign Affairs
committee, composed of twqnty-flve
members. This committee is one of
the most important committees of the
House of Representatives, especially
at this time on account of the complicated
foreign situation and the danger
of our becoming involved in foreign
wars. Mr. Richards has taken
special Interest in neutrality legislation,
and secured adoption of his
Amendment to the Administration's
Neutrality Bill, which amendment
placed processed clothing materials
on the same basis with food, as a
peace time necessity. He was a soldier,
himself, and knows something of
the horrors of war, having served in
France with the Famous Thirtieth Division,
as a member of the 118th Infantry.
He introduced and secured passage
of a bill to amend the Farm Credit
Act, authorizing loans by the Federal
Lank Banks to farmers who had 4ost
their farms by foreclosure, prior to
1931.
Bills to erect post office buildings
at WlnnBboro and Chesterfield were
introduced by Congressman Richards,
and he secured appropriations to cover.
Already these two handsome
buildings are in use. The Chesterfield
post office is the only post office
building in the state of South Carolina.
and probably the whole south,
in a town having the same annual receipts
as the Chesterfield office. Several
years ago Mr. Richards secured
from Secretary IcheB, of the Department
of the Interior, and allocation
of PWA funds for a post office building
at York, which has been completed
and in use for some time. This
is the only post office building in the
state of South Carolina constructed
by PWA funds. There are only seven
counties in this Congressional District,
and now every county has a new
up-to-date post office building. When
he came to Congreas only four county
seats in the Fifth Congressional
District had a post office building.
Congressman Richards was mainly
instrumental In securing approval of
the King's Mountain National Military
Park project, the only such project
in the state of South Carolina. Grants
for these projects wore directly and
outright from Washington, and do not
Include the various PWA and W
projects in the Fifth Congressiona
District, many of which were secured
with his aid.
When Richards went to Coiigrese
he found no government owned land
areas were located in the Fifth Congressional
District?all such areas
either being on the coast or in the
extreme Piedmont section. He went
to work for his district and the result
was he secured approval of the
first two government owned Resettlement
projects in South Carolina.
Congressman Richards prides himself
on giving prompt and ?<<rupu_oua
attention to the details of ^ office
and answers every letter from his
constituents the same day receivedr at
his office. He is quoted as saying.
"I believe in telling my constituents
the truth; I believe they want their
representative to be "ralshUorward
with them, and they have the right
to expect it."
Rapids make the Congo
for acme 260 miles above the Port of
Matadi. '
Statistics of~the North Carolina
board of health show that a baby fc
born in that state mry M minute..
Camden Loses
Good Citizens
Former Mayor and Mrs. J. II. Obborne
loft Camden thia week to make
their home In Columbia, South Carolina,
where Mr. Oaborue 1h general
engineer (or the atute of South Carolina
and for that portion of the utato
of North Carolina, west of l*aurinbnrg
where the Southern Cotton Oil Mills
have plunta.
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne are natives
of Mills River, near Hondersonvllle,
N. C. They llrst resided in Columbia
for a few years where Mr. Osboruo
was with the cotton oil company?
later going to Charleston, where they
resided a while. On May 17, twentyseven
years ago, they came to Camden
where they have since resided
and made many warm friends who
regret exceedingly to see them move
away.
The family consists of J. Hamilton
Osuurne, Jr., a recent graduate ot the
Citadel, now tuklng a special course
at the University of South Carolina;
and Miss Margaret Osborne, a (list
year student at Converse College,
Spartanburg.
The Osborne's own a two-story residence
on north Lyttleton street, and
they have leased the same to Mr. and
Mrs. William Coxe. They also have
other real estate holdings In the county,
and' Camden people will be pleased
to learn that they will not relinquish
their interests in Camden?
either personally, socially or for business
reasons and they will always
receive a warm welcome back to
Camden.
A. Fletcher Splgner. of Columbia,
has announced his can.didacy for reelection
to the post of solicitor of the
Fifth Judicial Circuit.
"I stand on my record,'" was his
only statement.
Mr. Splgner. who prior to his election
to the sollcltorshlp a number of.
years ago( served a term In the state
! senate, has rung up a high percentage
of convictions In his prosecutions. In
the exceedingly heavy Fifth circuit,
his percentage of convictions as
shown in reports of the attorney general,
compares favorably with that of
any other prosecuting attorney not
only In South Carolina but over the
nation.
Mr. Splgner '..as prosecuted a number
of ?prominent oasee, latest of
which has been that Involving the prt
son riot slaying of Capt. J Olin Sanders
of the state penitentiary guard,
which incidentally, the solicitor said,
"will be pushed to as speedy a conclusion
as the statutes apd rules of
court will permit."
During the absence or illness ofi
resident solicitors In other circuits,
Mr. Splgner frequently has been assllmed
by the attorney general to dur
ty in the other circuits to All in the
" temporary vacancies.
He is a native of the lower part of
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Sneak Thief Enters
Horton Residence
Police ure Investigating the reported
looting of the home of Henry Horton,
Dusty lleml, a suburb of this city,
between midnight Wednesday and t>
o'clock Thursday morning.
The Horton family, consisting of
Mr. and Mrs. Horton, Miss Dorothy
Creed, Frank Horton, Jr., and Mrs
[ llessie Watts awakened in the morning
to find that their home had been
ransacked while they slept. From the
pocket of Mr. Horton's trousers, lying
on a chair at the side of like bed, u
wallet containing over $16.00 had been
deftly removed. Articles of clothing
and nicknacks had been taken from
other rooms in the home There \?us
evidence that the marauders had been
in every room in the dwelling.
I "I'm usually a light sleeper, as are
j the other members of the family,"
said Horton. "and how anyone could
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such a thorough job without any of
1 us awakening is beyond my comprehension.
I'm inclined to think somelone
must huve sprayed us with chlorj
ofortn or something like it."
i Police believe the robbery was the
work of a sneak thief Finger print
records have been taken of several
clearly defined imprints near a window.
Postofflce Closes Monday
I
; Monday, May 30. being observed J
as National Memorial Day. and Is a
legal holiday, the Camden postofflce
will be closed that day. The general
delivery window will be open from
8 to 9. There will be no mail rieI
livery.
Richland eounty and was educated at
the University of South Carolina. His
wife was the former Miss Elise Tiller,
a daughter of the late Rev. Dove
Tiller of the South Carolina Methodist
conference.
They have three sons, A. F'etchor
-Spigner, Jr., Junior law student aud
captain of the 1038 track team at the
University of South Carolina; John
Prescott Splgner, also a member of
the University track team, and Lawrence
McNairy Spigner> a student at
Columbia high school.
Active in fraternal circles, Mr.
Spigner is a member of the Odd Fellows
and the Woodmen of the World.
The above announcement is from
the Columbia State of Monday and
will be read with interest by the
friends of Mr. 8pigner., throughout
Kershaw county. The Solicitor has
been coining to Camden for many
years- where he has beer^ a familiar
figure at the court house.
His Popularity even extends to
those whom he has prosecuted, because
he has never been known to
prosecute where he thought there was
a doubt of gotlt. ' In this manner he
has expedited many cases thereby
saving the county many thousands of
dollars through long drawn out trials.
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Solicitor Spigner Offers For Re-Election
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Tomorrow Will Be
"Poppy-Day" Here
Cuiudon will pay honor to the.
World War dead tomorrow by wearing
the little red poppy of Flanders j
Fields. The day will bo Poppy Day!
here and throughout the United
Status. Poppies will bo distributed,
on the streets by members of thoj
American Legion Auxiliary, assisted(
by other volunteers.
The day is the approximate twentieth
anniversary of the beginning of
large scale participation of American (
troops in the World War. From May,
until November, 1918, constantly Increasing
American forces wore In uc-i
tlon and more thaii 60,000 young Am-i
erica ns were killed on the poppy-:
studded fields of Franco and Helglnin j
Early tomorrow morning, the Poppy
Day forces of the American Legion ^
Auxiliary will go Into tictlou, oiler-,
Ing paper replicas of the wild pop-j
pies of Frunce ami Hulgulni to bo
worn In tribute to the war dead. No,
price will be asked for the flowers, j
but contributions will be received to,
help support the Legion and Auxiliary
work for the disabled veterans,
their families and the families of the
dead.
The popples liavo boon made by
disabled veterans at the Veterans
Hospital, In Columbia, S. C., who have
been given much needed employment
| during the winter and spring months.
! Each flower has been shaped by hand
by the disabled workers.
I The Auxiliary la expecting the most
general observance of Poppy Duy
since the custom of wearing popples
In remembrance of the dead was
started at the closo of the war. More
than 10.000,000 of the little rod flowers
will be worn and approximately
$1,000,000 raised to aid the disabled
veterans and dependent families.
Curb Market To
Open Here Saturday
An objoctlve the Camden and Kershaw
County Chamber of Commerce
has been striving after, for over _a
year, will be realized Saturday when
a municipal curb market, under the
direction of the city administration,
will be established on Church street,
between DeKalb and Rutledge.
It Is proposed to rope off the west
half of Church street In the block
mentioned, and to invite all growers
of farm produce and those engaged
In the poultry business to tako advantage
of this market and sell both
wholesale and retail. Officer James
Italey> of the Camden police department
will be cusodi&n and supervisor
of the market. He will be glad to see
that all trucks aro properly curbed,
and give information to the shopping
public.
For the present the market will be
a weekly afFair, 'but if sufficient co
operation is offered by the farmers,
poultry breeders and the shopping
public, it will be made a bi-weekly
event, later becoming a dally market
The inarkot will be open, for the present,
every Saturday from 6 to 6.
Tho Chamber of Commerce lias
called the attention of farmers thai
no license Is required for them to of
fer products raised in the state for
sale on the market.
The market project. It Is pointed
out, Is In an experimental stage at
this time. The Chamber states that
any individuals desiring to ofTer sug
gestlons calculated to prove the mar
ket service, may do so by putting
them In writing and mailing them to
tho secretary of the Chamber of Commerce.
All communications of this
character will be cordially received
and given careful consideration.
Assurance has been given to the
Chamber that if the market proves to
be a success, another year will And
an arrangement of booths and a market
area similar to those prevailing
In other communities.
Swallow Route All Paved
Attention of Camden motorists who
are planning on driving to Florida is
called to the fact that the Swallow
route Is now completely pared and
open to traffic.
This route Is the shortest route between
Camden and Jacksonville, Fla.
The route follows the No. 1 highway
as far as Columbia and then swings
directly south and follows the Seaboard
Air Line railway route through
Denmark to Savannah, Oa. From that
point the route is to Jacksonville
along the coastal highway.
The Swallow route is Just 341 miles
between Camden and Jacksonville,
whereas the No. 1 highway covers
370 nilles. ~- ' ~ ' ^
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Outlook is Bright
For Legion Baseball
Junior American Legion baseball
proa poet a for the future wore given a
most rosy perspective uh a result of
u meeting of Legion committee mera- . i
bors with a group of boys of Camden
and other points In Kershaw County,
hold at the Legion hall Monday evening.
A veritable cloudburst that swept
the city during the afternoon and continued
through the evening did not
act as a deterrent to the success of
the meeting. Camden was represented
by a wealth of talent from the high
school ranks while Kershaw sent
down a fine group of boys who will
try for the team. Bethune. while not
represented at the meeting, sent word
that they would have boys who would
try for berths on the legion Junior
team.
Stanley Llewellyn called the gathering
to order and was in ensiigo until
the arrival of Dr. Carl West, chairman
of the 1 region Post basoball committee.
Mr. Llewellyn was at hla beat
and held the attention or the group
| with his description of the start of
the Legion baseball program. Dr. T.
B Bruce, J. G. Richards, Jr., Huan
Small, Frank Heath and the coach of
Itho Kershaw high school team were
called upon for pep talks. Later Liuwood
Smith, the new team coach was
hoard and IiIh talk was listened to
' with much Interest in that it dealt
with the program of building the local
team.
Dr. Wost went over the rules and
regulations governing the Legion
'baseball program and expressed his
! belief that the 1938 Camden team
! would bo a winner in every sense of
ithe word.
j All or the speakers extolled tho fine
work that Huan Small, Camden high
coach and who Is relinquishing tho
reins as coach of the Legion team,
base done for baseball In Camden.
Boys who aro seeking berths on tho
local team will be notified to report
for practice at once. Letters are being
sent to tho principals of* the vaj
rious high schools in tho covinty ask'
lng for cooperation in reporting any
baseball talent they may have Tn their
school ranks.
With the new baseball plant now
under construction here and the Legion
getting the team program started
right, prospects for putting Camden
squarely In the middle of tho
baseball map were never brighter.
With the new coach rarln' to go,
' with all tho talent showing a brand
of pep and Interest that is refreshing
?It begins to look as selling Camden
and Kershaw county fans a new perspective
on baseball, is an assured
success.
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John D. McCaskill
Dies Near Bethune
John D. McCaskill, age 72, brother
; of Councilman Robert L. MCCaskill,
' of this city, was found dead in a field
. near his home In Chesterfield county,
near the town of Bethune, at ten
o'clock Tuesday morning. It Is beijlieved
that McCaskill dropped dead
I when hurrying to his dwelling during
jthe storm Monday night, tho condi Ition
of the body Indicating he had
been dead for ton or twelve hours
I when found.
He leaves two sons, A. P. McCas:
kill, of Bethune, and C. F. McCaskill,
of Philadelphia; four daughters, Miss
| Mary Belle McCaskill, of Columbia;
; Mrs. Mattio Maynard, of Norristown,
> Penn.; Mrs. W. C. Newman, of Bethune;
and Miss Irene McCaskill, of
i Philadelphia; seven brothers, J. A.
McCaskill, of Bethune; R. L. McCaskill,
of Camden; T. M. McCaskll!, of
Lucknow; Marlon McCaskill and Leslie
McCaskill, of York; Calvin McCaskill,
of Cassatt; C. B. McCaskill, at
Litchfield, Conn.; a sister, Mrs. C. W.
McCreary, of Columbia.
The body was brought to the Kornegay
Funeral Home here and the funeral
was held Thursday morning at
11 o'clock from the Mount Olivet Bap,
list church. Rev. J. B. Caston, of the Camden
Baptist church officiating
with the-burini in the adjoining cemetery.
Walking Bank
Oakland, Calif., May 19.?Nurses
putting Mrs. Grace McKeever to .bed
after she was Injured In an automobile
accident found In. her clothing
$100 m currency, $20 in gold, seven
' diamonds and various cameos, unset
pearls, gold rings and broches. Mrs. .
1 McKeever said that since the , 1900 Jig
> earthquake when she 'lost every- ;
' thing" she had carried nil her valu- . ~
ables on her pep$|