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THE TOWN CRIER
(BY FRANK H. HEATH)
I (loud morning folks. This week, ltj
is going to be a regular potpurrl?I
1 might say hash?because it will be a
little bit of everything from spelling
bees to sport news.
* * * *
You probably know the British
casting company is sponsoring a series
of 3peliing bees with the idea of
encouraging uniform spelling of English
words. The thing we want to
know if?what chance could an Amerh
an have in these contests if he followed
tht? -American dictionaries.
* *
The spelling of English words in
England Is one thing and in these
Enited States It is another. The English
continue to use vigour, centre,
manoeuvre, programme, cigarette,
barytone, pyjamas and the like. PhoI
iodic spelling has followers in this
country whereby phonetic is fonetic
and dropped is dropt; through is^
thru: thorough is thoro and so on.
Recently in Charleston a contestant
was eliminated for spelling knockkneed
without a hyphen and the correct
spelling must have a dash where
the hyphen belongs.- And the only
difference Is that a dash is just twice
us long as a hyphen, If you notice litI.
lb* tilings like that. >
I In tlie north the school teachers
I declare there alnt no such a word
I as "aint" and In the south it is a
I word that is universally heard. And
I so we ask "Who is right?" I dunno.
I ?
I Donald, the boy friend who always
I has a wealth of funny tales to unfold
I tells tills story, the tale of a cat with
I a wooden leg. "This guy who owns
I the cat," sez Donald, "found him
I cue day last winter caught in a trap
I with his right front paw frozen stiff.,
I He amputated the frozen leg and later
whittled out a pussy peg leg and
hrted it to the cripple meow. One day
when I was calling on this guy a big
rat came into the room. The peg leg
cat went into immediate action. He
made a dive for the rodent and landed
squarely on Its back- Holding the
j rat down with his left shoulder the
cat?believe me folks this is true?
brought up his wooden leg-and actually
pounded the rat to death."
?
Well now for some race hoss dope.
You know, for over a year they tried
to get War Admiral and Seablscult on
the same track at the same time. And
just when they turned the trick there
came a great race In which a nag
named Pompoon turned in a mark
that made Admiral and Seablscult
look rather crestfallen. Pompoon in
winning the Dixie was faster than
cither of the co-champions had ever
oared to be. And on the other hand'
Pompoon was beaten three times by j
the Admiral and once by the Biscuit.
But that was way back when?and
you can't convince the Pompoon boosters
that Pompoon can't beat the select
field today.
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A word about Dizzy Dean's right
i
arm. Whether the futnous old flipper
has lost its cunnitiM is a question. Diz
is a coloi ful figure in baseball and
there Is no question that when ho is
right, he Is the greatest pitcher in!
the game today. The Chicago Cubs I
paid a big price for him and Owner
Wrlgley hopes that his investment
j will bring dividends. Knowing Hill
Wrlgley personally, we do not believe
he paid that fortune for Diz unless
he was ct rtain the hurling ace was
in good condition. Well, this season
will tell the story.
Abe Fennell, sport editor of The
State has a lot to say about the "softball
sport down in Ocala. Fla Whi'h
will be sweet music to Friend Horace
Smith, of the Marion County Chamber
of Commerce, and one of the t!:i- j
est chaps the secretarial world.
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Ocala has a population of about'
7,000. Abe sez they have a recmat j
ional plant with lighted fields for hard .
hall, softball and football. Abe and ;
some of the other North and South j
Carolina sport scribes saw a softball j
game at which 3,000 people turned
cut to watch.
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O. K. Abe. If Camden gets a lighted
softball field you'll see a couple
of thousand fans watching our teams
in action.
Here's an interesting sport item.
The Chicago Bears, one of the best
of the professional football teams,
Owner-Coach George Halas wielding
the pencil, are marking down to bargain
prices the Ail-American tags
which so many ^college grid heroes
carry into the national professional
football league market.
*
For more than a decade the bears
have taken comparatively unknown
college platers and developed them
into stars in the toughest of all grid
circuits, and Halas said today that
owners generally are paying more $nd
more attention to small schools for
new players instead of waiting to sign
up highly-touted collegiate stars.
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"Many players with great reputations
fail to make good because they
can't stand the pressure of playing
with cool veterans in their first year.
Also, many can't stand publicity and
Join the team with the wrong attitude.
But players who were good at
smaller schools but never received
recognition come to the big league
with a 'do or die' spirit which makes
them the kind of men we're always
looking for. They're anxious to earn
the headlines they didn't get in college
and play with that old college
spirit."
Halas thinks George Musso, who
came to the Bears an unheralded
player from Milllken university In Illinois,
now ranks as the greatest guard
In the league. Another "unknown"
starring for Bears Is Ray Nolting, former
Cincinnati university player. Coming
to the Bears next fall will be John
fwu-i? J. -MggjgMW
Softball Games
Drawing Interest
With ttie close of the weekly schedule4'
Friday night (lie Kh?o Oilers uro
leading the Camden Municipal softbull
league with u clean slute of three
victories and no defeats The Hindu!
res are in second place with two
wins and one defeat and promise to
tie up the league ruA? oil Monttuy
when they meet the leaders on the
new baseball Held.
I be Merchant's team, kicked about
') the leaders In the first two games,
i versed their jittery form and spankd
the Kendall Mills 10 to .r> in the
. >,? m upset of the season to date,
he Wolves, a team of bank officials
ml ccttcn brokers, rated as one of
he best in the league, will attempt
10 overtake the leaders this week
.v hen they battle the Kendall Mills
x.ud Esso Oilers on Tuesday and Wednesday.
iiasil Bruce, Wolves, leads the
league In hitting with a percentage
io dale of GG7. W. 1/. Jackson, a recent
addition to the Ksao team is
tied with Bruce, while Stuart Clarkson,
another Wolf is third with GOO.
Lynch, Nettles, C. Hlrchmore. of the
Merchants are all tied with f>?)0 averages.
Interest in the softball game ia j
growing rapidly and the evening
games are attracting many hundreds
of people to tho stadium daily. If rho
city council acts favorably upon the.
request of the Bureau ot Recreation
for installation of lights at the playing
field It Is believed that the games
will attract between l,f?00 and 2,000
people.
Essos Defeat Guards
The Essos defeated the Guards last
Friday by a 8 to 2 score in a game
that saw Screw Ball Hasty add a
three hit game to his already line list
of pitching performances On the
other hand Chuck Russell. of the
Guards, was touched for six Mows,
whhh with mixed with eight oners
gave the Essos one run in the first. I
three in the fourth and four in the
fifth There was only one extra base
knock in the game, that being registered
by West, of the Guards, in the
s< venth inning The Guards scored
the second oil a walk, error and
a single and in the seventh on West's
double ai*l a single by Sanders.
The score: R H El
Esso Oilers N 6 1 I,
Guards 2 2 8 (
Batteries?Hasty and Shirley; C.
Pussell and Stein.
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Lynch Stars For Merchants
Led by Wilber Lynch, star third
sacker of tho Merchant's team in the
City Softball loop, that gang smeared
the Sinclairs 9 to 4 in a Monday evening
frolic and roared up to a tie for t
second place behind the then leading l
Esso Oilers. 1
Lynch gathered a double, triple and
two home runs in four jaunts to the 1
rubber. Beckham Russell's best as- I
sorted slants held no terrors of puz- I
zle to the eminient laddie from Milltown
and the way he landed into the
apple caused the Merchant fans to
crow exultantly.
The entire Merchant gang, smarting
under several early season larroplngs,
went after the Sinclairs with
blood of the reddest brand in their
eyes. Three runs in the first frame,
three more in the third, one in the
fifth and two in the sixth completed
the counters.
Jakie Haynes, the eminent basso
of the Merchant's gang held the slugging
Sinclairs to five singles and not
any of them mixed, Jake carefully
spacing them over as many innings.
The Gas Gang gathered a run in the
first on an error, added another in
the third and two in the fourth.
The game was played under a lowering
sky that threatened to spill wa
ter every minute.
The score: R H E
Merchants 9 14 5
Sinclairs ...... 4 5 5
Batteries?Haynes and Williams;
Russell and Oliver.
Kendall Trampled Wolves
A furious last inning rally netted
the Kendall Mills team four runs and
a 7 to 4 victory over the Wolves
Tuesday evening. Up to that fatal
seventh, Clarkson Rhame of the
Wolves had yielded but three hits and
the game looked safe for the Wall
and Rutledge street plutocrats.
An infield error which gave Twitty,
first up for the Millers, a life at first,
paved the way for the four run rally
that followed. A. Reeves followed
Twitty by hanging out a neat single
Then after Moore had lifted an easy
fly to third and Reeves had gone
down on a roller to Rhame who tossed
to Halle at first, Bo Hicks walked
to fill the sacks. With the count three
ahd two on Taylor, the Kendall third
sacker poled a long double over second
and Twittyv and A. Reeves scampered
home to put the Kendalls to the
front, 5 to 4. Then when Bennle Robinson
dropped a single lrjto right,
Oelerlch, triple ^threat back from 8t.
Ambrose academy of Davenport, la.
w(?nnck'* Apolskis, of DePaul university,
Chicago, an end, and lineman
.? ; . "L.. . ! " 'a. ^ w
- iJl'-li __j. - . Frank
Ramsey, of Oregon State
Tick# and Taylor scored tv i>wike the
count, 7 to 4. Baker retlrou the s.de
by (lying out to Uruce.
The gatiie was one of the heat of
the season to watch Rhame was unuhle
to |dtch Ills usual tine brand of
ball because of an injury to his right
hand It was Ills wildnoa$ In the
third that paved the way for the
Millers' two runs Three walks alter
Twilty had fanned loaded the bases
and an error at short allowed two run
nets to cross the pan
1 he Wolves opened the gume h>
grabbing two runs in the first Inning
Singles b\ Stale), Hilly Nettles aud
Khaine put two counters home. In
the third after '/. Clarkson had singled.
Staley poked a drive to right
which got Uy the outfielder and Staley
circled the sacks lo add two runs to
the total. After that third Inning Ho
Hicks or the Millers tightened up and
the Wolves never threatened.
The score R H E
Kendall Mills 7 '6 2
Wolves 4 S I
Maltcriea Hicks and E. Reeves;
Khame and H. Nettles.
OFFICIAL SOFTBALL K08TER
FOR REMAINDER OF FIRST HALF
The official team roster of the Ceinden
softball league for the remainder
of the tirat half of the race, which
extends tip to and Including July I,
Is as follows
Merchants- -Birch more, J. Hay ties.
W F. Nettles, Jr., T. Hruee, Moseley.
Williams, Sheorn, McDowell, n. l.
Chburu, Bryant, Salniond, W.
I lay ties, I'usbpe, Hammond, H Wilson
and l.ynr!,. (16)
Kersha-. Guards?C. Ruast'.l, F
Sunders, Yates, MoLeod, Row II. L.
Price. W. Sanders. J. Price, Watts.
H. Brown, Stein, Qoodale, A. Sanders,
L. West, Jenkins and John Nettles,!
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Kendall Mill s?Robinson, A. ,
Reeve*. M Threatt. 11 S!)i ley, W.
llecvi s. J I bail tils. U. C. Twitty, Hen-,
i) Threatt. CT>tSe Baker, 1. T. Taylor
I! iieeVes, Jack I .ingley, Bo
Hi k- J SchelTield, W Moore and
W. Rows. ? 1 6 I
Sliaii.r? B. Russell. Rabin. Light-,
to,;, (diver, MeNinch, E. 1.. Plyler, J.j
Sow ell, G Shelieen, Derrick, Hen-j
ill-it ks. Nolan. Bell, E. Shebeen. Greg- j
ary, and Gaston. (!.")
Es.su -Hasty, Liney, Mays, J. JackBo:i.
H. .Jackson, A. Thomas, R. Shirley.
\Y. L. Jackson, B. Shirley, A. T.
Simpson, W. H. Johnson, L. Rose, O.
Cioff, P. Shirley and J. Hough. (15)
Wolves?C. llhame, C. Kirkland,
Haile, Z. Clarkson, B. Bruce, W. Clyburn,
R. Pitts, F. Wooten, J. Nettles,
B. Nettles. T. Hay, Jack Russell, E.
Wooten, L. Staley, and S. Clarkson.
(15) ...
The bracketed numbers after each
Leain roster indicatos the number of
players. Each team Is permitted sixteen
names and under the rules, all
the names appearing in the above
lineups must continue in the respective
rosters during the remainder of
I he half, beginning with the game of
Monday, June 6, is as follows:
June 6?Merchants vs. Wolves
June 7?Kendall vs. Esso
June 9?-Merchants vs. Guards.
June 10?Sinclair vs. Wolves
June 13?Merchants vs. Ebso
June 14?Guards vs. Wolves
June 16?Sinclair vs. Kendall
June 17?Wolves vs. Esso
June 20?Guards vs. Sinclair
June 21?Merchants vs. Kendall
June 23?Esso vs. Guards
June 24?Sinclair vs. Merchants
Juno 27?Kendall vs. Wolves
June 28?Guards vs. Kendall
June 30?Sinclair vs. Esso.
July 1?Wolves vs. Merchants
First-Aid Saves
Young Boy's Life
Greenwood, May 26.?First aid
treatment by Boy Scouts saved the
life of Thomas Hipp, 'Jr., 15, flrBt
class scout of Ninety-Six, from drowning
in Wilson's creek near NinetySix
yesterday afternoon, according to
report today by W. D. Waller, scout
commissioner.
Hipp, with three other Scouts,
Young Collins, 16, David Highsmith,
15, and "Skeeter" Hand, 14, rode their
bicycles to the creek two miles from
town and plunged into a swimming
hole ten feet deep. Hipp failed to
come up. After several minutes divng
in turgid waters the boys located
him on the bottom and succeeded in
bringing him out, apparently deadCollins
put Smith on his bicycle and
sent him scurrying to town for a doctor
while he and Hand put Into practice
all their scout training. After
30 minutes ffley saw signs of life and
when the doctor arrived Hipp was
sitting up blinking his eyes and asking
what it was all about.
The heroic work of the boys has
been reported to Dr. James E, West,
chief executive of the Boy Scouts of
America, for a writeup on his p?g?
in the Magazine Boy's Life and Mr
Waller, itt making his report of the
incident, says he believes the Nation
a! Council will award the scouts lifesaving
medals. 1^'. C. Walts is scoutmaster
of the Ninety-Six troop.
MIKE LARK WILL POSSIBLY BOLT
THE PARTY
hou. phi Hup laffulletlu,
Wisconsin, wis I
deer sir:?
I nods hy the papers that you are |
planning to start a new party I am J
rlttug to tularin you (hat you tnought
put my name down as a follower 1
am reddy for a change from head to
foot the time is ripo to act, so hurry
things up and Keep nie hostel.
I mis pose you will Keep the \v p. a
II Is o. k. If you have the right man
at the head of same In Hat rock 1
rockor-inend my secont son, scudd
Lark, as a district hoss for this territory.
he has hull up his part of overthing,
but thoy let him off as timekeeper
last week without cause.
If > oil will get up a new a. a. a
the undersigned, lion lijiko I/ark, rfd,
would like to get the Job of measuring
land that will be rented to the
gov varment he Is experienced In figgem.
hawing run a saw mill for 5
years near his childhood, ho got n
tough deal from the new ileal not
long ago, and he Is fed up and washed |
out with them, they turned down his,
old ago pension.
as to the soli erosion, naturally you
will want that plank In yore flatform 1
you will need It to hold the farmers j
vote, my third son, husky Lark, an
ex-soldier without a compensation or
gassed lungs, hereby applies for chief
soil oroser in this county, he hope to'
lay on terraces anu ounu wutterways:
with them up to last week when they
turned him off without cause. It was
i!e first time lie ever got drunk on
duty and struck his supervisor.
keep all of the good planks of the
new deal In yore party, allso keep
the best planks, if anny exists, of the
republican party, and you will be fixed
up to a tee ansoforth. promise to reduce
taxes, but don't promise to cut
down spending. nearly everboddy
likes that idea but the income tax |
payers and the big bondholders.
if you need somebody to help > ou
stump the south, rite or foam the
undersigned by return mail and send
a check for 40$ for traveling expenses,
also a nice ford. mr. torn head will
jine us; he lost his f. h. a. Job not
long ago. mr. slim chanco will lose
his as soon as they ketch up with
what he is doing in regards to fixing
workers on a commission basis, so
you can count on him later, we are
willing to be a progressive and the
south will be sollid for you if you
can got our jobs re-Instated,
yore friend,
mike Lark, rfd,
no. 342,543,234
80CIAL NEWS FROM FLAT ROCK
..news In flat rock has been verry
skace enduring the past few days, the
marrldge of the widder llnfords and
square dickerson was not a surprise,
as coartlng has benn going on betwixt
them for 15 yr. after merging their
families, there will be 11 different
mouths to flll( but he Is on the w, p. a.
. .mr. holsum moore was ketched
drivving his ford under the influence
of fruit-jar corn, but he came clear
on a tecker-alliclty. he proved an alibi
because the warrant said It took
place on the highway on frlday when
It should of benn Saturday, he was
sober on friday, as per manny witnesses
who was drunk with him on
satturday ansoforth.
..the wreck betwixt torn head's truck
and dr. hubbert green's tennant's waggin
was not as serious as first reported.
torn got only 1 leg broke and not
2 as stated, only 2 shoulder blades
were cracked instead of 4 as was reported.
only 1 of the mules died, and
not both of same and it was the mule
which got killed and not the driver;
ho only knocked his head sensible
Ion a rock and is still unconscious,
but he Is fairly well insured.
..the cok-bunkie on miss Jennie veeve
smith's na<ke was lanced on thursday
and now she can bow to her friendB
when she meets them on the street. I
she can allso look backwards at whoever
is coming without turning plumb
around as per last week, her appetite
has returned back and she has
gained herself nearly to normal In
weight, she had our hartfelt sympathy
while Inflicted.
..since sen. pepper was eleckted In
floridy on the new deal ticket, some
of our candy-dates and potential
candy-dates have changed a few
planks in their flatforms. bert skinner
is now in faVvor the labor and hourB
bjll, poor chance, the son of slim
chance, is now clamoring for the 7
billion dollars relief bill, which he
fought till pepper took place, and all
of the others are leaning strongly towards
roseyveltlsm.
. a big building boom has started in
flat rock, two new filling stations are
going up on our last 2 street corners,
and 4 other filling Stations are being
repaired and painted, and the 10 othei
filling stations are putting In new
pumps and sweeping out their front
yards and sqraptng off their grees<
Summer Hazards
On The Highways
Carelessness and recklessness have
caused thirty-five per cent of the motor
vehicle accidents occurring In South
Carolina this year, according to the
I records of the Traffic Engineering Division
of the State Highway department.
With the opening of the vacation
season on Juno I, every motorist and
pedestilun should Observe cure to
make his vacation unniarrod by trufflo
mishaps. Traffic volumes on streets
and highways will Increase, and in
addition there are Hpociul summer
hazards which should bo considered.
Summer showers are often of; short
duration, wetting the surface of
Htroots and highways without washing
off foreign substances. In many
cases this forms a til in over the surface
which Is very slick, and can
cause skidding accidents.
Danger from bees, Insects, and birds
suddenly (lying into cars should bo
noted. Serious accidents may result
It the driver does not keep his head
in the emergency. A stlug may bo
less severe than a crash!
Animals in the roadway present another
dangerous possibility for which
the driver should watch.
Proper use of hand signals can minimize
traffic confusion. Now that the
weather does not require closed windows
every driver can more conveniently
signify his Intentions to .others
on lite road.
A large number of deaths and injuries
have already resulted this year
lu the stute to porsons riding on running
boards of cars. This dangerous
practice Is against tho law in some *
states due to the great hazard.
Two other safety rules to keep in
mind are "Never jump or stop off of
a moving vehicle" and "Never open
or close a door of a moving vehicle."
Ninety per cent of the pedestrian
accidents in tho state this year are
attributed to some fault of tho podestrlan
Involved. 1
Every person walking on a highway
where no sidewalks are available
should be thoroughly familiar with,
and observant of, tho South Carolina
law regarding pedestrians, which is
designed to bring the pedestrian greater
safety. This act requires tho pedestrian
to walk on tho left Hide of
the highway, facing approaching traffic.
That all pedestrians are subject to
traffic control signals at highway Intersections
is ulao provided in the
Highway Sufety Act, and when crossing
highways, the person on foot must
yield tho rlglit-of-way to all vehicles
upon the highway, except where traffic
control signals are present.
At night pedestrians are urged to
wear somo light-colored article of
clothing that will reflect light, and
thus make them more visible to the
driver. If this Is not done, use of a
white handkerchief or a newspaper
carried in tho left hand will help the
driver to discern the pedestrian.
Dairy Herd Tests
Show High Honors _5
Clomson, May 30.?Among cows on
test during April H. H. Brown's herd-of
five Guernseys at Strother made
the highest herd average, 70.41 pounds ?
of butterfat per cow, as shown by
records of R. L. Steer, in charge of . pg
Advanced Registry testing for the
South Carolina Experiment station. ;
Glen Echo's Golden Starlight fn this
herd was fourth highest individual
producer with 81.66 pounds of butterfat.
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Second highest herd average, 66.02
pounds per cow, was made by the ten
Jerseys of Wheeler Bros., In Saluda."
Design Lily of this herd was the sixth
highest individual produced with 79.27
pounds of butterfat.
The Pedigreed Seed Company's seventeen
Guernseys at Hartsville won
third place In herd averages with54.48
pounds of butterfat each.
The highest Individual producer in
the state went to Clemson's Forbes
Colantha Hero Emblem, a Holstein, ^
which produced a total of 94.91 pounds
of butterfat.
Other herd placing, ? with owner#
and production averages, were:* >?
Fourth, nine Guernseys,. ,R. B. Caldwell,
Chester, 64.03 pounds; fifth, fourteen'
Guernseys, J. B. Guess, Jr., Denmark,
53.04 pounds;' sixth, sixteen
Holsteins, Clemson College, Clemson,
51.39 pounds; seventh, thirty-five Hoi-- "";*
steins, State Hospital, Columbia, 48.10
pounds; eighth, eight Gnemseys,
E. Peek, Six Mile, 47.85 pounds^ I
ninth, twenty-nine Guernseys, WareJU?|j
Shoals Manufacturing Company, Ware1 ; jg
Shoals, 46.97 pounds; tenth, -eight
Guernseys, R. A. Burch, Florence, , jg|
45.62 pounds. SjJ
Buddy, the first "seeing eye' dofe died
at the feet of his master in Mor-^
ristown, N. J., Monday after s^e had
guided her master for ten' yearm by
| land and sea, train, subway and p'an#
racks, hurrah for prosperity.
r yores trulle,
t mike Lark, rfd, *
eorry spondent.
: |j
\T Be the f
I OU Judge I
What if the right price for a funeral service? You
be the judge.
Complete funeral pricee are marked on each casket
in tihe Kornegay display and patrons are urged to
make there own selection in keeping with what they
can afford to pay*
KORNEGAY FUNERAL HOME
" A COMMUNITY 8ERVICE 8INCE 1MC
Phone 103 Camden, 3. C.
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