Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE TOWN CRIER I ^ FRANK H. HEATH) ?-? ,, To <Mndd?U0htor, With Lov? So you're goluK to be eight years old my dearJf ' i And your shlulng eyee betray your cheer How proudly you stand for the occasion dressed 1 u white, like an angel the Lord has ' blessed; Blue ribbon euhancing your lustrous curls You're the queen of the Kingdom of eight year old girls. as* ou Donald, the towu philosopher vvun-j dors In to explain that u philosopher Is a man who uever gets excited, no1 matter what happens to yum. e Hats off to Dexter Martin, director' of aeronautics in South Carolina. The' reason?South Carolina with twenty-1 nine airports and landing fields la keoplug pace with air commerce development In the United States. South Carolina has eleven municipal air-' ports, three commercial, four inter-! mediate, seven auxiliary and two navy* llelds. Of the twenty-nine, seven are1 purtially or full lighted. While the Sklppor la distinctly "out" of politics and cannot vote, we regard the story that came out of Columbia to the effect that B. R. Maybank borrowed $9,000 from the city of Charleston for campaign expenses as about the silliest thing we have heard In years. Mr. Maybank, as we know him by hearsay, is not one who would be regarded as a rich man, but if he wanted to borrow money for campaign expenses or any other purpuses there are plenty of Institutions or people who would lend it to him on his open note. The Camden American Legion Junior baseball committee Is being accorded generous commendation for their sportsmanship in withdrawing; the Camden Junior team from com-! petition in the face of a possibility ( that a member of the team was be-, yotid the eligible age. i We desire to again declare that we| are dead certain that the Camden sbhool authorities and the Legion committee are entirely without blame in the matter. Knowing the educa-J tional and Legion group as we do,! we say with all emphasis that their j ideals of sportsmanship are so high and fine that not a single individual would countenance any deviation from the rules. My frans?there will be another game between those sterling groups? the Kiwanians and the Rotarlans. A protest made by the Kiwanis group has been given official recognition by Judge Lafldis, and while the game last Friday stands as a Rotary victory, the high commissioner has ruled that the Rotarlans took unfair advantage of their brother service club palsy \val8les by playing an octogenarihn and several other oldsters on their team. * ? It is the contention of the Kiwanis i ' m r laddiea that there were so many gouts of generous maturity on the Rotary ! t-lut) that that Klwaula players nat| urally lot down in order not to cause any of their adversaries to drop dead of heart failure or break a leg tu running bases The Hotarians took advantage of this ktnd-hearteu action and run bases like greyhounds, hit like a gang of DlMaggtos and fielded like un a'1 star National league. j j "Before we realised that our human-' Italian efforts were being sneezed at and made to look ridiculous wo were lost In the depths of a maze of home tuna, triples and doubles," said Hon. Dewey Creed, the Gomez of the Ktwanis out tit. "And too, we never expected to see any one show up with such uwol) looking legs as Lee Little has aiid that unite upset my hoys. If wo play again Leo will have to coyer those lily-white spavined limbs of his," said Creed. "Nature.ly I as president of Rotary, am very proud of ray baseball warriors," quote President deLoaeh, of the Rotary club. "Wo shall he glad to play the Kiwanis kids again but we iiiBist on .using the same group of ancients that we had on he field In the first game," said deL?oach. * Well friends, it was a much onesided contest, but we feel sure that several fire side talks by Monsieur Carlos Schlosburg and a prisoif threat by Sheriff McLeod will snap the Kiwanis warriors into playing a far different brand of ball in tho next encounter. That softball game between the Sinclairs and Merchants last Friday was about as interesting as any seen this season. Both teams ware out for blood and the game period featured some fast alert battling and also a lot rag-chewing, which later seemed to 'give the fans a big laugh. * * The Merchants outhit the Oilers but they experienced their usual bad inning and the Oilers were quick to seize the breaks. * Right now we pass the orchids to the Sinclairs for having a fast alert and heady gang. We understand the Oilers are so proud of that check that Harry Sinclair sent them that it will be framed and placed in the window of Herr William Owen's filling station. Eddie Breitz, well known sport writer or New York, tells of a pitching sensation down here in South Carolina. In case any of you fans missed the item from Eddie's "ouch" j department, we print it complete as ^ follows: "Billy Laval, scout for the Boston Red Sox, has the blues . . . Best pitching prospect in Dixie -is William urn |H mjip >1 Broome, 1#, of Lockhart, SC... HU fa?t ball breaku twice and hi? etrlkeout record U amusing . . . He n been signed to a Ked Sox contract for a year but wou't budge although they've offered him about everything except Tom Yawkey'* yacht . . . The Kid would raher stay at home, play aeiutpro ball and make twelve bhcktt a week . . . When not pitching, he lllle In at third base and leads the league In hitting . . . What are you going to do with a guy like that? . . . l*uvul has been hanging around Lockhart so long they're about to make him pay taxes." Over in Columbia, the guy who manages the Hampton Motors Softball team is baliyhoolug the fact bis teum holds the national record for playing the fastest gamd recorded, a mat tor. If wg are Informed right of some IS minutes. Not so fast brother. East season, the E^pos and Hex Billiards played a full seVen Inning game here. In Just 38 minutes. * Somo of ouy baseball laddlfcs will be out of the game with a seven or ten day suspension on their heads if they continue their football tactics. We're playing poftbull gents, not football. Ami remember the old saying that a slffc.'h In time saves nine. The fans like good natured action * but when It becomes vicious its time to call a halt. * * That game between the Merchant and Mill testis Monday evening had all the thrills of an old ten, twenty and thirty "mellar-dratna." Both teams played superb, bang-up baseball. * ? # ? * The Bleacher Orator has rankod the Sinclair and Kendall teams as being the hot shot teams of the loop. The Merchant's he rated as a third best, the Wolves draw fourth place and the once proud Ebsos are relegated to fifth. We'll see how long these relative ratings continue. Hanging Breaks Michigan's Record Milan, Mich., July 8.-Anthony Chebatoris was hanged by the federal government at 5:08 ES T. today and became the first victim of capital punishment to die i In Michigan in 108 years. Governor Frank Murphy, who had appealed to President Roosevelt to stop he federal government from breaking a century-old Mlchljgan tradition, said the excution | was a "blot" on the state's civilised record. The hanging took place at the federal detention farm here at sunrise. Chebatoris, a Detroit gangster, was sentenced under the national bank robbery act for an abortive holdup last September 29 in Midland, Mich., in which Henrp S. Porter, an Innocent bystander, was slain. Michigan laws do not permit capital punishment except for high treason. The Antarctic region is about 30 degrees . colder than the Arctic region. Sinclair Show* Class In Victory ,f With the eagle eye of Manager Hill Owena fastened upon thorn, the crack Sludair aggregation of softball paatlinor* romped to an easy D to 1 vietoi) ove^' the No-Knock Esso crew Tuesday evening. So pleased w?a the chunky little leader of the Sinclair* with the lusty j clouting and the superb defensive) play of his boya that he treated them to a veritable feast of watery elegance after the game. Your Skipper was Invited to partake of the liquid refreshments and cast the unanimous vote of the entire assemblage for Mrs Will Owens, lemonade export ox truer- | Uinary. Hurkhum ltussell, the classic browed Dixsy Dean of the Sinclair team was in rare form and held the sluggers of Jackson-Maya et-ni to five well scattered bingles. On the other hand, Hasty of the tillers was nicked for ten blows. The big lulling for the winners came In the fourth when four runs resulted from four hits and an infield error. Sinclair scored in each of the first four inuingH but Hasty got a second wind after that and hold, the Owens gang helpless, not a hit being scored in the three frahies. The lone run of the Esso team came In the first inning when Salmond playing In an Ksso uniform for the first time connected for u trlplo that but for the Interruption of the coaching stnff, might have boon a homer Rut. the lanky lad raced home a minute later on an Infield error. The score: R H E Slnclalrs ...... 9 10 1 Esso Oilers 1 5 4 Ratterhs: Russell and Plyler; Haaty and Salmond. Kendall Defeats Merchant* It was the oft-repeated story when the Merchant's met the Kendall Hornets In a city league game Monday evening, the Wilson clan going sour In one inning when the opposition pushed four counters home, the retailers dropping an extra inning fracas, 6 to 5. ' , In all of the games played this season the Merchants have played nice hall in all hut one Inning ?per game and that inning was so putrid that the former "greats" have been foreed to takp it on the chin more often than they have landed a "kayo." In the Monday game the battle was one of the best of the season by a wide margin, both teams playing bril-.l llantly. The Merchant's through the medium of singles by Moseley and Gnodale coupled with an error on the part of M. Threatt, scored two runs fn the second round and it looked like a sure victory for them as the Innings went by with the Kendall's chalking up a row of goose eggs. In the fifth Jakie Haynes fluttered a bit in his control and gave Twltty a free ticket to fijnst. Moore connected for a double and Twltty raced home. The sixth found the Hornets nibbling again and this time ah error by Lynch gave E, Reeves a life. With two down and Reeves on second Taylor singled and the tlelng run crashed through. The seventh passed with the Meiv chant's going down In one, two, three order. In the la?t of the sevuiith four . Mill boys faced Haynes but W. Reeves who had singled was forced at second by H. Throatt to retire the side. In the eighth the Hornets proceeded to go to town. K. Reeves was safe on Lynch's second boot of ,the game. R Robinson, A.. Reeves singled and Taylor cleared the saoks and put tour markers on the score sheet before M. Threatt, Bafe on an error was forced at Becond for the first out. N. IleoveH was forced at second for the second out but Moore singled to send Twttty to JJilrd. Reeves Blngled to short center and by a brilliant peg Howell nailed Twitty at the plate as he cought to score. The Merchant's came back in their half of the extra round with a three run blast, but fell shy of tying up the count by a lone tally. Tommy Bruce singled, Clyburn popped to left. Lynch singled but was forced at second by Nettles, T. Bruce scoring. Haynes then drove the ball into the far center of right field for a home run, sending Nettles in ahead of him. Moseley tried to poke a long drive into the far outer garden but rolled weakly to Taylor at third and was out at first to end the ball game. The score: R H E Kendall Mills .. .. 6 10 2 Merchants 5 11 4 Batteries: Reeves and Reeves;* Haynes and Williams.. __J Our earth is not a sphere. Be-! cause of the slightly flattened condition at the noles, the technical term for it's shape is (oblate spherlod.) More than 9,600 cords of fuel wood are used annually by Oregon growers for he drying of hops. '" 1 ? First Lynching r In Year Reported Tho first six months of 1938 pass* od without a single lynching In the United States, according to F. D. Patterson. President of the Tuskegee Institute In Alabama, and the death by lynching of Tom Qreen, 48-yeari old blacksmith, at the hand of a Rolling Rock, Miss., mob yesterday was the first to occur In 18$8.,?v* The Patterson report stated. 'I 1 find that thqre were no lynchlngs In tho first six months of 1938. This Is the first time since a record of lynchlngs has been kept that the first six months of the year went by without a lynching. There were four lynchlngs each In the first six months. V Oreen's death was the first to mar 1938's record. The Negro- was* "idiot ' in a small cabin after a 16-mlnute gun battle with the mob. The body was dragged several miles and burned, on the Bpot where earlier in the day the Negro had killed R. Purdy Flanagan, prominent white planter. Four Killed By Lightning Klnston. N. C., July 1Q,?Four persons were killed and at least ten others were Injured today when lightning struck in the midst of a crowded Duplin county church gathering about twenty miles from here. Three of those killed were menfc bers of one family. They were': Asa 11. Harper, 40, his broher, Wdodrow 'Harper, 24, and a slater, Ada Harper, 27. The other victim wae J. D. Southerland, about 13. Another member of the Harper family, Roger, was reported critically ,shocked. ' - - - -?? ' ) row youR ! PROTIC TION Are You a Saver with Us? 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