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Between You and Me liy (The Skipper) r ' After chatting with several ltows paper writers who wore at the "Little World Series" in Spartanburg, we again remark the system of play Is u. all "wet." ? ? ? p V' We mean the final series should bo played iu a community neutral to the fluaiiata. It was manifestly a pronounced advantage that Spartanburg ?. held over the California kids by having the battle in their own backyard. " The California pluyers are more kids, moat of theiu Hfteen years of age. When you have 13,000 aliun voices yelling like Comanche Indians on the war path, thousands of pop bottles and feet beating frantically on bleacher seats, the din is enough to give the Jitters to a team of semi-pro leaguers ?so Imagine the effect It must have hud on those kids. war Talk to any big league ball player and he'll tell you that 1 am right. True, there are players who seemingly have no nerves, but there are many on the big time, who, with 40,000 hysterical funs howling und yelling, beating on wood like thunderous Indian torn tome lose their nerve. I've Been It happen again und again. Of course we all wanted Spartanburg to win. Spartanburg represented South Carolina and South Carolina represents us, ltut in a gjdrlt of real sportsmanship, we think It would have been a fairer proposition had the game been played?well, say In Kansas City, sort of half way between Spartanburg and San Diego. And would Kansas City have turned out stroug?well, we know Kansas City for a real ball town. So long Jimmy Williams. It has been a pleasure to have knowji you for the fine chajj> you are anil for the demonstration of sportsmanship exhibited In Softball, tennis and all other lines of sport. Our sincere wish for success in your new location. Drop us a llne^once In awhile. The departure of Jimmy Williams from Camden will bo keenly regretted by~~hls many friends and acquaintances. For Williams has been pre eminent In the sports program of the community. He returns to Hickory. North Carolina, his native heath, after two years In Camden. They don't m&ko them any finer than Jimmy. I Things I do not understand?why so many motorists, mostly kids, regard Fair street as u speedway. With, a school and a playground on the] street, the speed habit of some of the j youthful demons around this town Is, going to produce a major tragedy on<* of these days. A few arrests would help a lot. Why so many people will] persist in throwing banana skins on the sidewalks Another source of many sit-down affairs. ? i KENDALL8 NOSE OUT ALL 8TAK8 TO WIN GAME) By Skipper The fInIm the Unit week's play In the "lUtle world series" het w en the Kendalls and All Stars of the Camden municipal league found the Oilers out In front with two Kumea won and one lost The fourth game of the week scheduled for Friday evening came loi an end In the third inning when a deluxe of rain sent the throng of fans scurrying for shelter. The downpour continued with Increasing intensity so that Ctnplre Jimmy Williams flually declared the Hffalr "called". The Stars were leading by a 4 to 0 score The Stars tipped over the dope bucket completely by taking the first two games. A majority of the fans had looked for the finely working Mill team to uiuke short work of the series but ttio Stars really had a fine team on the Job and In the first game they took honors by a 3 to 1 count. Kussel held the slugging Hornets to four hits and to the amazement of the fans came back on Wednesday to hurl three hit ball and lead his team to a 3 to 0 win. The Thursday game was a different story. Perhaps the Stare were somewhat too cocky and over confident. A sudden first Inning attack by the Hor-J nets upset the Stars and a combina-l tion of thri^ hits and an error gave the Mill village gang two markers. Hicks was going great guns on the hill for the Hornets and in four innings gave up but one stingy hit. Russell tightened up and for two Innings he had tho Hornets butting weakly to waiting hands. In the fifth the Stars proceeded to tie up the bull game when two hits and an error put Over two runs. B. Russell singled and was followed by Gaskin who connected safely. Derrick popped out to Taylor at third but Bell was safe and two runs scored when Taylor messed up Bell's grounder. The Hornets took the lead in the fifth when Reeves, who had walked, stole second, came home on Threatt's blow through the box. In the seventh the Hornets put over another two run score fest when the Stars blew up. Three errors and a lone single accounted for the runs. Training by a 2 to 5 count the Stars caine to bat In the last inning. Russell led off with a hit and was sacrificed to second by Gaskin Derrick tripled to far center, scoring Russell. Derrick scored when Robinson messed up Bell's roller Bell was forced at second by Halsall to retire the side and end the ball game. The score: R H E Kendal's - .. 5 6 2 All Stars 4 5 4 Batteries. .Hicks and Reeves; Rus-I sell and Plyler. South Africa is warring on railway rats to stop smallpox outbreaks. It is estimated that plantation forests of 300,000.000 rubber trees would be needed to keep every automobile In the 1'nited States shod with five tires. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By Spectator 0Who killed cock robiu? Any one who can answer that will be al?lo to explain what happened In our first primary Many of u? expected th? Maybauk, Maiming. Bleaae, Bennett one, two three four- but what hup pelted to John Hughe* Cooper? 1 ask that dertously No other ntaii In the race made better speeches; yen. no other man In the race wan ?o agreeable, winning and appealing, pe' aonally. 1 think the times were not propitious for Mr. Cooper, lhla wic u campaign of issues and groups. Mi Cooper didn't ?t anywhere. It is ? pity that so attractive a man and bo capable a speaker should come upon the scene when all the omens were unfavorable. Look It over. Mr. Muybank Is not only an attractive man, but he comes with the glamor of a hue record as Mayor of Charleston; ho adds to that his friendship with Mr. Roosevelt and his refusal to leave this state for a big Federal Job. Then add to that the Santee-Cooper project, which tills our minds at the moment. Take Mr. Manning. Ho was a runner-up four yeurs ago; ho has been an avowed candidate during all these intervening four years, he has had the governorship almost in his grasp, by common consent, even before the campaign opened; ho has thousands of the best men in the state who have committed themselves to his Candida cy since the election four years ago. Then add to that the splendid Impres ! slon Mr. Manning has made as a gallant soldier who modestly retires from the glare of publicity except so far las public service brings htm before ; the public; a man who can All high t places, yet accepts a call to a humble I service as a member of the Farm Council of the state, representing his county. Now. there is Mr. Blease, a man honored by the voters of Newberry. City and County, and by our state j with more elective positions of high responsibility than any other citizen pf the state. Such a man Is to be reckoned with, for his honors are a badge of distinction. Comes Neville Bennett next. We have not produced many men of his type. No mLxer. no Joker, but a serious man. a young man of brilliant mind, a man whose exceptional ser vice in the legislature won for him the general opinion of being the best informed man in state matters on the floor of each houseshrdbreshrdlumw floor of either house. Neville Bennett threw himself Into the campaign as a crusader against vice and gambling. He used all his ability as a speaker to denounce the city administrations. Now consider Ben Adams. He held his flagellating switch and smote the enemy hip and thigh from Dan to Beersheba Mr. Adams is attractive, as attractive as Mr. Cooper, oratorically and behind this campaign wenfour years of Mr Adams crusading against certain E. R. A. and W. P. A methods. From Charleston to Pickens Mr. Adams was hailed as tinchampion of a great element of our people. In his legislative races in Richland county Mr. Adams was conspicuously successful and was endors-, ed by farmers as well as by organized labor. Mr. Easterlin was a crusader In the name of prohibit ion. Strange about that. Messrs. Bennett and Adams are prohibitionists too, as 1 recall. But i in this campaign Mr. Easterlin carried | he torch tor prohibition, though tli-i drys don't seem to have supported | him in proportion to their known^ st rength Mr R!a? ktnon became known tor; his attacks on some of the other can-| delates He was vigorous and out'. I spok' n Our friend Cooper was a . Su-eet spirit in a roaring maelstrom I TJ.nv do ; < il \p i *. 4 <-.r.:r.:y. home of A.lams. B'.ackm-m. I R1-.I-- and Cooper. gives Burnett , Mayl.ank ...TP', votes, whil - all '! * others received a total of C.M-V' M*"^ thinks I do smell a mouse. ii interesting to i-ad ami r-H*" on the votes received by the candi dates Di.t 'he C I ?> tight P-m . AdaniP This was predicted We',;, jn C.reenvil'.e ?ount\ Mr Adam* p ., ed fewer than a thousand votes, while. Maybank had about Pnnn anJ Man-, nJng more than 6.0?'0. Neville Ben-, nett received more than 2.200 and Blease had nearly That doesn't, show any C I () concentration It; was remarkably well distributed But; let's see about the senatorial rare: I .Jonhston had about *>,500 and Smith, about 10.000. That, again, proves that the effort to corral! the votes of textile workers didn't pan out In spite; of President Roosevelt and all other special claims. Cotton Ed polled a majority in Greenville county. Well. I think we must admit that Neville Bennett upset some apple, carts. We admit that the veteran( Cole Blease retains a stronghold on, the state. He made quite a campaign. ( but he was third Suppose he had; spent $25,000 on his campaign, with^ MANNING I FOR GOVERNOR I Farmer's Candidate ? I dirt farmer himself. Labor's Candidate ? guarantees protection of their rights. Forgotten Man's Candidate? I, interested in their needs and welfare. |! (Contributed by Friends of Wyndham Manning in Karahaw County) I News Of Interest In And Near Hethune 1 . Uc^Uune. Sept. 7.? Mr?. F. K. Morse has'as her guest Miss Mildred lluuill-1 ton, of Atluaia. Mm C. K. Braswell'B mother. Mrs; KatclifT, of Wudesboro, N. C., Is visiti 11K her this week. Mrs M F Helms and daughters attended the wedding of Mrs. Helm'jr niece, Miss Catherine Rollins, lu Jonesboro. N, C., on last Saturday. 1 The Pioneers. Presbyterian Young ( People's organization, enjoyed a pic-; aie at Sugar Loaf mountain ou Monday. They were accompanied by their I leader, Mrs. Morse. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Belch, of Cayce, spent last week end with the I). M. ' Mays family. ^ Mr. and Mrs. John Neal McLaurln, of Columbia, were the week end guests ! of Mr. and Mrs. Jack McLaurln. Mrs. Mci/aurin and son, Donald, returned to Columbia with her sou and daughter. - - - Friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Heard are glad to have them back in town. Miss Mary Ellen McLaurln has gone | to Koper. N. C., to take up her duties as teacher in the schools there, .Mrs Bora^t C fttn.^ are visiting relatives in Tampa. Fla. Mr*. Rebecca West, of Camden, is visiting Mrs l>. M Mays. The Manning Parkers have returned from Detroit where they have been visiting Mr. Parker's brother. Miss Ethyl Turbeville spent Saturday In town visiting friends. Mrs. H. L. Helms and sons have returned to Lincolnton. N. C.. after a visit to her mother here, Mrs. Ed Gardner. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Crawford have moved into an apartment at Mrs. Sallie Robinson's. Mr. Crawford is on the high school faculty. Gene Bethune visited friends in Bishopvllle last week. Miss Ann Belle Mungo, of Charleston spent the past week end with her sister and brother-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Padgett, Jr. The Presbyterian church entertained with a lawn party at the home of Mrs. M. G. King, honoring the college set and the teachers who will be soon leaving to take up their studies and duties. Delightful sandwiches and 1 punch were served at the occasion. Senator Smith Expended $18,727 Washington, Sept. 7.?Senator Smith ^Democrat, South Carolina) who won reuomlnation in the recent South Carolina primary, reported to the senate campaign expenditures committee today his campaign had cost approximately $18,727. Of this amount, he said, $3,500 came from South Carolina friends. Jail the present-day methods of extracting votes. Well, Coley received the biggest vote for the least effort. To the grizzled old war-horse of Democracy, Cotton Ed Smith: We lift our hat. May you always have the strength to fight for representative government. From that very attractive photograph 1 saw recently, it is evident that the senator is not only robust and handsome, but, sartorial! y, stream-lined on occasion. But we are proud that the crowd up there couldn't chisel off your rugged qualities and make you a stream-lined Yes-man. Edear A. Brown threw two spanners into the machinery of South Carolina I during the last several days of the' campaign. Mr. Brown withdrew from) the race, saying that he recognized defeat as it approached and wished to prevent a useless second primary. Considering the vigor of Mr. Brown's campaign, litis withdrawal exploded like a can of T N T over a submarine. Following Mr Brown's withdrawal came the second heavy charge from the Barnwell Senator. Either Gover-| nor Johifston is the victim of a lot of poor advice, or, while tired and sleepy, he takes action that is not cautious. Now Senator Brown is as quiet and likeable a man as you'll find in a day's journey: but to send him such a telepram as the Governor sent him is i jus: as unwise as poking a lion with a stick Senator Brown replied to thc^ Governor and the loud blast from Bainw.-ll still echoes from the tumultuous billows of Charleston to the! crags and peaks of Pickens. I have read in some of the papers! that South Carolina is as enthusiastic' over Mr. Roosevelt as in 1936. I hat jsn't my impression. The State lVmo-1 crath Convention was an indication, Of til. outgoing tide. Cotton Ed's re-: election another. Georgia. Do Your Duty! We Have Blazed The Way. . I don't like buncombe. When Mr . Roosevelt stabbed Senator George in. the back he held out his hand to Mr. 1 George and said "God bless you. Wal- j ter, let us always be friends". All! right, but what sort of thing is that sort of friendship? Now let Senator J George retaliate on all occasions and lay "God bless you, Mr. President; let us always be friends". Even so. Mr Roosevelt expected Cotton Ed to , win by 40.000. he says. Then the Administration lay down on Olin, eh? At any rate, after taking a nasty and j unfair thrust at Senator Smith at Greenville let us hope that Mr. Roose- j| Velt will not say "Ood bless you, Ed,; let us always be friends". I would) appreciate a more frank remark Bke this: "Well, Senator, I did my utmost to beat you and I'm sorry I failed; let's do the best we can?until next time". Sinclair All-Stars Win Title Series . Hilly Owen# All-Star softball aggregatiou. wearing the color# of the Sinclair oil eompauy won the softball chainplouship of Caiuden by defeating the Kendall Mill# Tuesday evening an 8 to 3 score, that being the count when umpire George Jenkins called (he game at the end of the fifth tuning when rain and darkness provided an unplayable situation. qy Heck Russell went (he route for the winning team, giving up but Ave hits while llaynes. former Merchant hurler, on the mound for the Millers, was touched for 13 blows, six of them com-' lng in the fifth Inning when the All-. Stars scored four runs. Despite the official calling of the game afteV five Innings the two teams agreed to continue the full seven frames with the result that the A11StaiM added another counter while the Millers raised their total to six. . ... .TJk*. uhsuupiouahlp.- weail....lathe All-Stars by a 4 to 1 margin. One ! game was called In the third Inning | with the All-Stars leading 3 to 0. The All-Stars took the first game 3 to 1;, the second 3 to 0; dropped the third 6 to 4; won the fourth 8 to 3 and the final 8 to 3. The result of the series did not de-, | tract in any way from the excellent ball played by the Kendalls. The loss of their star hurler. Hilly Reeves, was costly to their chances. On the other, ; hand the Sinclair aggregation, I | strengthened by the addition of Nettles, Rhame, Staley, Halsall?all for-; iner Wolves, and Moseley, who wore, a Merchant uniform during the season, offered a powerhouse on the offense and an airtight defense. Rub- 1 sell, Babin, Derrick, Nolan, Gaskin, j I'lyler, Llghtfoot, Hell and Hendricks I ?all Sinclair aces?proved a nucleus ] around which a machine-like outfit was built.- The Kendalls added A.1 Caulder in the third game and Haynesl in the final?these being the only additions to the regular lineup used dur-! lng the season. The Softball league started out with' six teams but in the second half the) Guards withdrew?five teams remain-j lng to complete the schedule. The games were all largely attended, there being a marked increase in the num-i her and enthusiasm of the fans. The Kendall supporters were out in force] every time their favorites played and, they were well proud of the fine re-j cord made by their boys in the second half, when but one game went on the' defeat side of their record. While the 1939 season is in the far future, it is certain that a A. A. loop] with four well balanced teams Is In j prospect. The Kendalls will be back with their fine machine and it is believed that the Sinclairs will respond to the "play ball" shout of the umpire next May with the same powerhouse that played in the city series. The E8sos are planning on a strong outfit for 1939 and the Wolves will be on deck with a good squad. Whether the] M erchanLs .will muster a squad is not; certain. ' Tiff'departure of Jimmy Wil-j Hams-will make a big dent in the Merchant ffont. However with some good players being available from high school ranks through graduation next June, it is believed that four and possibly five teams of equal power can be out In the field. The Bureau of Recreation has aug. gesied that two leagues be started nw\t spring ?ono to bo known as the A A and the other as the A loop. The second league would bo made up 0f players of mature years, in this particular there Is enough material to build a well balanced four team group Jack Mullin, Basil Bruce, Tom Ancrum, Hubert Wilson, Bryce Herbert. Thco Hayes, Dewey Creed, Uralugor Kornegay, Moultrie Hurus, lam Mays, Joe McKaiu, Cliff McKain, Bill Cox, Arthur Clark, W. C. McCarley, Marion Wllll^i^aJtd many others offer a tine nucleus to build a league with. The question of a lighted field Is important for whatever softball program is adopted. During May, June and July there is uo difficulty lu planning for seven iuuiug games before darkness, even tho the games are started at 6:30, but when the days shorten in August, it is difficult to gel soveu iuuiugs In before darkness prevents clear visibility. With a lighted field the sport would be given marked impetus, as thV X'league game's could be played at 8 o'clock and the A A < league games at 9 p. m. A lighted field is a posslblity if a suitable location is available. The Bureau of Recreation believes such a field could be established In the new park near the Seaboard passenger station. A majority of the fans come to the games In cars so the distance of the field from the heart of the city is not a handicap. The softball program was accomplished without any expense to the taxpayers. The teams operated on a player fee of 50 cents. One collection was taken for league 'expense, that being last Monday, when $5 was raised to defray the expense of buying balls for the playoff. The Bureau of Recreation and the players In the league are grateful to the city for the aid given in keeping the diamond and outfield in shape and to the police department for the fine service given in having officers on hand to keep the spectators from crowding into the playing area. Klwanis Notes The regular meeting of the Kiwanis club was held at the Hotel Camden last Tuesday. An Invitation from Darlington, S. C., to all the members was read inviting them to attend a divisional meeting on the night of September 23. There is also a district convention that will be held in Spartanburg, on October 23, 24 and 25. The board of directors will meet on Monday night, September 12, at the Hotel Camden at 8 o'clock. Visitors from Columbia were: H. T. Baylis, M. L. Farrell, Jr., and W. P. Bowers. The club welcomed Rev. J. B. 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