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The Camden Chronicle
VOLUME 50 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, ^RIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16. 1938, - NUMBER 27i
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Many Attend
Dutch Luncheon
C)u Wednesday. September 7tb,
sixly people repreaentating every section
of the county gathered for a
jHtU'h Luucheou at the Camden Hotel
lu response to Invitations extended by
the Kershaw County Tuberculosis
Association. . ? Mrs.
Chauncey B. McDonald, State
Executive Secretary, talked on the
.progress of the Ti^berculosis Movement
in South Carolina since 11117,
when there were only fifty-six beds
nt the State Sanitarium for Tuberculosis
Cases. Today South Carolina
t.rtii take care of five hundred twelve
tuberculosis cases in an Institution
equipped with modern treatment facilities.
|M\ A. W. Humphries, director of
(he Kershaw County Health Department,
spoke on the Tuberculosis problem
in Kershaw County, and congratalated
the people on the steady progress
of response to opportunities for
early diagnosis of tuberculosis.
Kt-v. A. Douglas McArn, president
of the Kershaw County Tubeculosls
Association, told the group briefly
why the Association desires to raise
noi less than sixteen hundred and
two thousand dollars If possible in
the 1938 Christmas Seal Sale to maintain
the continuous program that will
gradually lead toward better care In
the county for tuberculosis cases who
must stay at home either because
they have already spent the allotted
time in the 8outh Carolina Sanatorium
at State Park or because their
application for admission haB not yet
been accepted. For these people, the
county needs to establish a custodial
home, yioreover, Kershaw County citizens
should make concerted effort to
secure for a local physician one of
the scholarships awarded annually by
the National Tuberculosis Association.
Those presenj at the luncheon were
Mrs Chaunoey B. McDonald, of Columbia;
Mrs. J. Gardiner Richards,
Mrs. YV. J. Mayfleld, Mrs. J. Team
Gettys, Mrs. Esther Bruce, Mrs. A. A.
YVest, Mrs. Clifton McKain, Mrs. J.
M. Villepigue, Mrs. Charlie Russell,]
Mrs. Ira Ellis, Mrs. W. J. Dunn, Mrs.
YV. C. Perry, Mrs. T. R. Brown, of
Charleston, Mrs. W. D. Grigsby, Mrs.]
Kate B. Gettys, Mrs. J. K. Wilson,]
Mrs. J. R. Weathers, Mrs. F. A. Atkinson,
Mrs. W. C. Pitts, Mrs. John
Mullen, Mrs. S. W. Eichel, Mrs. B. T.J
Rabon, Mrs. L. J. Jordan, Mrs. J. A.
Rabon, Mrs. C. W. Holley, Mrs. John;
J Ranch, Mrs. E. C. VonTresckow,
Misses Faye Wilkes, of Columbia, j
Faitli delvoach, Sophie Richards, Margaret
B. Fewell, Lai Richards, Margarette
Richards and Miss Marie Thom-I
as. A. D. McArn, Henry G. Carrison, |
J K. Davis, W.' T. Holley, Harvey R~
Davis. W. N. West, S. W, EiChel, R. |
Bryre Herbert, M. H. Heyman, Harold
Funderburk, J. C. Foster, B. T. Rabon,
J. H. McDaniel, J. A. Rabon, Frank
H Heath, W. C. Moore, R. T. Mickle,
YV F Nettles, M. M. Reasonover, H.
S. Porter, J. B. Caston, Maurice Clark,
and Dr. A. W. Humphries.
Mrs. Paul Lewis, of Camden, rendered
several piano selections during
the delicious meal prepared under
the direction of Mrs. J. A. Stern of the
Camden Hotel.
Following the after luncheon talks,
the guests through the courtesy of T.
Lee Little, of the Camden Theatre,
were given the pleasure of seeing the
motion pictures, "Contacts," "Let My
People Live," and "Behind the Shadows.''
Baptist Church Services
The following . services are announced
for the week beginning Sep18,
at the Camden Baptist
church; Sunday School at 10 o'clock
witn V. J. Rector, superintendent, in
charge. Public worship conducted by
he pastor. J. B. Caston, at 11:15 a. m.
and v p. ni. Morning subject: "Living
For Others." Evening subject:
"The Life To Live." B. T. U. with
picture at 7 p. m. Prayer- meeting
Wednesday evening at 8. Dr. W. Skrook
will be with us next week and
*'hl deliver a series of addresses, bofinning
on Monday evening, Septembpr
19, at 8 o'clock and continuing
through Friday, September 23. It is
hoped that every member of the
church may bear his spiritual messes.
You will miss something worthwhile
if you fail to attend. The pubis
cordially invited to attend All
srvices of this church- Presbyteriag
Church Services
Sunday, September 18, A. Douglas
r^cAm, pastor. Church school for all
fes at 10 A. M. Morning worship
*ith anthemat 11:15- The
frttic la cordially Invited to all aerin
thia church.
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Escapes From Farm;'
He Steals Two Cars
W ilfred Jenkins, 18-yuar-olil uegro,
who escaped from the utute prison i
farm at Hoy kin, stole a^yar belonging i
to Bolivar Hoykln anir?Q^ter appropriated
one belonging to the st^tu highway
department, was taken Into cua- ]
tody at West Columbia Friday and
thereby hangs a tale.
lH>cal authorities wore notified of ,
the escape of Jeukius Friday morning.
A search located the Hoykln car
In a Held near the intersection of
Highway No. 1 and Highway No. 2G.
It was then learned that Jenkins after
bogging down In the field wlfh the
Hoykln car, had abandoned It and taken
another car belonging to the state
highway department.
Jenkins proceeded to drive west on
No. ^1 and into Columbia, reachiug
there about 3 a. iu. At that hour two
officers. J. W. Colomau, of the state
highway police, and Carlisle Perry, of
the Columbia city police were ataud|
ing near the corner of Meeting and
State streets when they saw a Ford
car pull up to the Intersection. In
the car was a negro attired In an undershirt,
a pair of shorts and about
six inches of what had bo6n a pair
of pants, caught about his waist. In
his mouth was a large cigar upon
which he was puffing nonehontly
when he drove up to the Intersection
and stopped to sc.au the highway
signs.
The officers strolled out to the tar
and questioned the negro, who was
unable to explain his semi-nude condition.
The car he said belonged to
his brother who lived In Charleston. I
The license number of the car looked j
familiar to Coleman and continued
-questioning finally brought confession .
from the negro that he had stolon the
car from Lugoff. Once the confes-1
slons started, they came in a flood
under further interrogation by the officers.
Jenkins was taken to the Lexington
county jail and on Saturday he
was brought back to the state farm.
Jenkins was sent to the stale farm
from Charleston, after being convicted
of a charge of housebreaking and
larceny.
Postmasters To
Meet In Camden
The January meeting of the South
Carolina Postmaster's association will
be held in Camden, this city being
selected as the 1939 meeting place
at a meeting held at Sumter Thursday
and attended by Postmaster C. P.
DuBose, Sr.
The meeting in January will be a
one-day affair and Postmaster DuBose
will seek-to make It a red-letter event
for the association. Details of the affair
will be worked out and announced
later.
j At the meeting at Sumter J. C. Pate
of that city was selected president of
the state body.
Dixon D. Davis, of Greenville, was
elected first vice president; Mrs.
Amelia B. Blackmon, of Orangeburg,
second vice president; Mrs. Pretto W.
White, of Ehrhardt, third vice president;
and Miss Lucia C. LindBey, of
Piedmont, fourth vice president.
G. C. Cartwright, of York, was
named secretary and treasurer.
The following were named delegates
to the national convention;
Pate, L. C. McFadden, of Rock Hill;
J. E. Wignington, of Anderson; M. G.
Anderson, of Conway; B. R. Fuller,
of Clinton; and Mrs. Helen Van Kuren,
of Cayce.
J. Austin I^atimer, special assistant
ta the postmaster general, spoke.
Counties Gets
Insurance Fees
Sam B. King, insurance comriiissionof
South Carolina, announced Monday
he was mailing out checks to
county treasurers totaling $105,118.75,
this being the amount of the additional
insurance license fees on premiums
collected by insurance companies for
the semiannual period ending June
?4, 4938 - ?
i The largest check will be to Richland
oounty, it being $13,102; next
comes that to Charleston county, $12,987,
with the third, $12,171 to Greenville.
The smallest, $210, will go to
McCormick. r Kershaw county will receive
$1,353.16. .
Lyttleton Street Methodist Church
The following services will be held
a,t the Lyttleton Street Methodist
church: Church, school at 10 a.- m.;
Morning worship, 11:15 o'clock. The
public to cordially Invited.
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Killer Captured 1
Near Cassatt
Sheriff J. H. McLeod and Rural Officer
O. B. DeHruhl went iuto the <
Cassatt section Thursday moruiug i
where they captured Crawford Ferrell, I
wanted at Munteo, N. C., for the kill I
lug of Oua Nelson. I
A reward of fifty dollars had been <
circularised for his arrest. A picture
and description of Ferrell shows that <
he is 26 years of age, weighs 145 <
pounds, 5 feet 9 inches, with light <
and curly hair. ... I]
The killing occurred on September
7, 1938 near Manteo, N. C., and is said
to have been the result of a drunken
brawl. He admits being with tho
slain man, but would not admit the <
killing. Ho is being held for Sheriff
D. V. Meokins, of Dare county, North i
Carolina.
Maybank Carries
Kershaw County,
In the second primary Tuesday,}
Mayor Burnett R. Maybank carriedj
Kershaw county by a vote of 2.837
to 1,999 over Wyndham M. Manning,
of Sumter.
tn the coroner's race J. Ed Lee won
to 1,940.
For Magistrate for DeKalb Town-'
ship C. E. Davis was re-elected over.
Wade L. Stokes by a vote of 1,502 to i
11,043.
For Magistrate in Upper Wateree,
Township Joe D. Bar field won overj
\V. Glenn R&bon by a vote of 225 to
182.
A. B. Nelson was reelected as Mag-|
iHtrate for lower Wateree township
over H. A. Hawkins by a vote of 319!
to 182.
Welsh Withdraws;
Brasington Enters!
Somewhat of a sensation was J
caused here Sunday night when mes-<
sengers were sent out to every execu-j
tire committeeman in Kershaw county
to meet at the courthouse in Camden
Monday, September 12, at 11 a. m. j
The official notification was signed
by J. Team Gettys, chairman, and A..
W. Humphries, secretary, and read as!
follows:
"Due to the withdrawal of G. C.
Welsh from the race for the state sen-i
ate a meeting of the county Democratic
executive committee is called
to meet at the courthouse at the date
above mentioned and plomee be sure
to attend."
In the first primary, Murdoch , M.,
Johnson, of Camden, led the ticket In
a field of three with a vote of 2,859
with G. C. Welsh a vote of 1,756 and
Dr. W. B. Turner a vote of 1,506.
It Is said Mr. Welsh gave his reason
for withdrawel as business.
Withdrawal of G. C. Welsh from the
state senate race in Kershaw county
had scarcely been announced when
Senator S. F. Brasington, state senator
for the past four years, made formal
announcement that he would be a
candidate at a primary election to be
held Tuesday, September 20.
Senator Brasington had announced
his candidacy early In July but withdrew
several weeks later because of
111 health. In the primary held two
weeks ago Welsh ran second to M. M.
Johnson of this city.
The Kershaw county Democratic
committee following a meeting Monday
morning announced that third
primary would be necessary In order (
to make the proceedings legal. Announcement
of the third primary was
followed Immediately by the statement
of Doctor Brasington that he
"would make the run against Mr Johnson.
8hlpment Of Hogs
The Kershaw County Farmers' Exchange
will ship bogs from the loading
pens at the Seaboard freight depot
on Monday, September 19, beginning
at 1 o'clock. The hogs will be
bandied as in previous shipments giving
the farmer the .choice of consigning
-or selling his bogs. Hogs weighing
from 165 to 225 pounds will bring
top prices.
Let me urge you to tell people who
have hogs to sell about this shipment
says W. C. McCarley, county agent.
Fiddler's Convention
Afi old time fiddler's convention % ill
be held at ML Piagah high school oa
Friday night, September 23. The affair
is sponsored by the ML *4*gafc
Home Demonstration club. The price
of admission will he 10 and IS cents.
Some of the best entertainers tn the
state will ho preeeaL Included on tbd
program win be a radio player. The
public is cordially Invited.
Officers Destroy
Large Distillery
Sheriff J H. MeLeod, Kural Officer*
G?._H DuUruhl and J, 1> Walaun. cu
operutiiig with Federul Agent S. S.
Sllgh and h atate constable, went Into
the Smyrna section of West Walecee
Wrdnssdiy where they dostvoyt)d
a large illicit distillery.
It was a steam outfit, ready for
operation and had only recently been
completed. There were thirty barrels
of mash In vats and thirty more on
band.
The officers destroyed the outfit
and seised an automobile and a quantlty
of sugar, meal and other paraphernalia.
Two white men wero
placed under arrest.
Camden To Meet
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imu airy, in. t., today
Tonight at 8 o'clock, at Zeiup Stad
ium the Camden DitUdogs. runners up
for the Class A State Title in 1937,
will usher In the 1938 season agulnst
the powerhouse eleven from Mount
Airy, N. C.
Tho game Is expected to bring out
a crowd of from 2,000 to 2,500 followers
of the Camden team, Last year
Camden and Mount Airy clashed In
yie final game of the season for both
teams, and as each team had lost out
in the title dash of their respective
states, the game was more or less an
affair of ease and fun. Camden romped
to a 26 to 14 victory over the mountain
boys.
This year both squads will he out
for that all-Important victory In the
opener. Mount Airy, with almost the
same big, rangy team that played
here last year, will have an advantage
over the Bulldogs, who have but five
regulars returning for the campaign
this fall.
Last year's starters who will appear
iu the Camden lineup are: West,
Wooten and D. Lynch, all In the backfleld,
with Stein at tackle and
Wllllmps at end. Coach John Vlllepigue
in a ^re-game statement announced
that in addition to these flvo,
he might use four oT the 1937 reserves
and probably two of the fledglings.
Camden fans have been pointing toward
the football season for several
weeks. The return of the football
squad from their North Carolina training
camp was featured by a veritable
conquering hero welcome and dally
drills have been watched by scores
of the faithful.
The Camden stadium has been remodeled
Bince the last appearance of
the high school team In action. A
grandstand with a seating capacity of
well over a thousand extends along
the west line of the gridiron while on
the oast line are bleachers seating
over 1,200. Provisions have been made
for parking of cars at either end of
the grandstand and bleachers,
t Camden High has a fourteen game
schedule and meets some of the forejmost
teams of the state. There are
countless opinions ventured as to the
icomparison of the 1938 edition of the
| BulJdogs with the powerhouse of 1937.
The game with Mount Airy is going
! to clarify the situation greatly.
Football Schedule
Of Camden High
The schedule for the Camden High
school football team offers two garnet
that, will undoubtedly shatter attend
ance records in local football history
The Sumter game on September 3(
should be the peak affair of the sea
son from the standpoint of attendance
rallbirda going so far as to venture ?
8,000 to 4,000 turnout of Camden and
Sumter fans for this classic. Last sea
son when Camden romped over th<
Sumter eleven in their own bailiwick
there were at least 1,200 Camden rooters
In the stands. _ Sumter will un
doubtedly send 1.600 or mora to Cam
den this year.
The Charleston game here on October
7, is another of the star attrac
lions and should be productive of a
bigt turnout of rooters. Camden hae
eleven games of a thirteen game ache
dule already filled. Following the Mt
Airy game here on September 16, the
schedule la as follows:
September 23, Brookland-Cayce;
September 30, Sumter*; October 7,
Charleston*; October 12, Bennetts
Tille*i_October 14, HarUvllle; Octo
bar 21, Florence*; October 26, Orange
burg; October 28, Chester; Norembei
4, Newberry; November 11, Colombia;
November 18, open date; Norembei
26, open date.
* represents home gimee
The horns of the horned owl art
formed of feathers.
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Mrs. deLoach Dies
at Pawley's Island
Uraco Episcopal church couUI not
Jl^ViJllUUodatt: lliu many hundreds who
gathered ut the historic edifice Sunday
afternoon to p&y a last tribute to
Josephine Serre Kershaw deLoach.
whose death Saturday morning at
Pawley's Island occasioned the entire
community such a distinct loss.
Mrs. deLoach had been visiting her
son. J. D. Kershaw deLoach. and family
at the Island resort Tor several
weeks, and while In failing health for
somev time past, It was not thought
that she was that 111. In the morning
| when members of the family went to
I awaken her for breakfast they found
she had passed away in her sleep.
The funeral ritual of the Episcopal
church was read by Dr. Maurice
Clarke, and the Grace church choir
aang several hymns, favorites of the
deceased. The funeral cortege from
the church to Quaker cemetery, where
burial took place la the Kershaw lot.
was ono of the lurgest seen In Camden
for many years.
The pallbearers wore Ralph N.
Shannon, W. M. Shannon, Thomas Ancum,
Jack Whltaker, Jr., all of Camden;
and Dr. L. T. Dakar and Hunter
R. La fig. of Columbia.
The wealth of exquisite floral expressions
of sympathy, and the presence
of such a large number of mourners
bespoke In silent tongue the love
and esteem In which Mrs. delx>aeh
was held.
It has been rare In Camden that
any woman has had more personal
Influence, whose kindly aplHl and
whose Intense devotion to the help
of all people, been so thoroughly felt
by all us did that of Josephine Serre
deLoach* She has had a more profound
influence on the thought, the
charitable impulses, the yearning for
dlvlno guidance and a desire to help
others.
| Mrs. deLoach was a woman of botn
rich and rare qualities of mind and
[heart, a personality which endeared
I her to all who knew her. Her charm
.' attracted all who came into her presence
and her dignity was always
'graceful because it was real.
In' the death of Josephine Serre
deLoach, Camden has lost a loving
and beloved daughter and the cause
of humanity a tireless leader.
Mrs. deLoach was the last surviving
member of the children of General
Joseph Brevard Kershaw and Lucretla
Douglas Kershaw. Her great
grandfather was one of the early settlers
of Camden and the county of
Kershaw was named for him.
Born in Camden, April 8, 1867, Mrs.
LdeLoach had lived here all her life
'except for a few yeftrs spent in York
'and Hampton counties. She was ft
| member of Grace Episcopal church
[and was active In civic affairs.
J Surviving are six children: J. B.
'I Kershaw deLoach, of Columbia,
James E. deLoach, of Wilson, N. C.I
i John Kersha.w deLoach, of Camden;
Serre Dutarque deLoach, of Columbia;
i Louis Douglas deLoach, of Spartan,
burg; and Miss Faith deLoach, of
> Camden. One son, William Bratton
deLoach, died overseas while serving
; In the World War.
Mrs. deLoach was the widow of W.
Bratton deLoach, for many years a
prominent attorney of this city.
i Three Hour Guest
Parking Tags Ready
" Charles Shannon, 4th, police comjinlftsioner,
has arranged a new park(Ing
provision which went Into effect
' last Saturday. Under the new. ar'
rangement, police officers will carry
1 a supply of red tagH. these tags to be
' known as "guest tickets," and may
" be obtained by people who live out1
side of the city from the officers. The
' custom is similar to the one prevall'
lng in Columbia, where yellow guest
tags are issued by police officers to
out of town motorists.
In Columbia the tags permit of an
' indefinite parking period, limited only
' by midnight of the day of issuance.
1 The Camden tag permits of three
1 hours parking in the area where the
one hour limit prevails.
Shoppers and guests from out of the
1 city may obtain the guest tag from
any police officer, who will write
thereon the name of the motorist,
'! place of residence, date and hour of
' issuance. This tag Is then affixed to
' the radiator or door knob of the car
; where U can be noted by traffic officers.
The police commissioner made it
' clear that the tag wiy only be issued
to out of city motorists.
Airmail aarirtca ?M bogun15'
ltll, according to' ?o?tal officials.
Alva Rush Named
As Chief Of Police
Nluvuu years of faithful service In
he Cam dm pttHre department brought
ith reward Tuesday for Alva Rush,
who at the agu of 34 year a becomes
chief of the police ..unit, his election
taking place at a mooting of tho city
council that morning.
Hush, who haa served under throe
police chiefs during tho eleven years
he has been identified with tho department,
whh inado acting chief of
police when tho then chief George F\ Cooloy
was granted a loavo of ubuonce
while he campaigned for the demo*
cratlc nomination for ahoriff.
Chief Rush nerved as patrolman
under l*ollce Chief If D. Hilton who
Is a deputy sheriff In laincaater
county. Later he served as a patrolmail
?nrt?r Ch t??f W 11 Whltaker. It
was about this tlmo thai li?-boeauia
a traffic officer and has served five
years in that capacity, the last several
under U. F. t'ooley, then Chief
I of police.
Chief Rush has handled the affairs
of the police department In an efficient
and ulort manner during tho
several weeks he has boon acting as
titular head. Ho will continue to
work with his motorcycle and will
personally take cure of all traffic
affairs.
With the affairs of the police department
in the hands of Alva Rush
as chief, supported by G. F. Cooley as
sergeant of police and with the excellant
force of patrolmen, the policing
of the city and community Is in
the best of hands.
Ohio Officers
Came For Adams
Harry Hess, deputy sheriff of Champaign
county, Ohio, and Police Officer
Howard Helfrlsh, of Urbana, Ohio, left
this city Friday, September 9, with *
Charles G. Adams, arrested here by
Chief of Police Alva Rush when he
was unable to explain ownership of a
car which he. tried to dispose7 of for ,
$76.00. ? ?-~ rv
According to the Ohio officials,
Adams is wanted at Urbana for tho
theft of the car on August 14, and
also, for the passing of forged checks
In the sum of $200.00.
Adams, according to Deputy Sheriff
Hess, was the member of a gang of
three who operated a car stealing, ring}
William Sexton, a 16-year-old boy and
implicated In the gffair, is in jail at
Urbana. A third member of the gang,
believed to have accompanied Adams >
part of the way to Camden, is being
sought for. '
The operations of tho trio was feat
ured by unusual defiance of t^te law.
After the car was stolen from in front
of the home of Frank Mclntyre at Urbana,
it was driven to a garage in .< r
that city and equipped with a radio,
A "rubber" checks was given in payment
for the radio. When the head
of the motor cracked in a nearby oity,
they had it replaced by a mechanic
and again paid for the job with a
forged check.
Adams was surprised by the prompt
arrival of the Ohio officials, who t
brought with them a request fjronj the
governor of Ohio to Governor Olin D.
Johnston of this state for Adams' extradition
to the northern state. Adams
waived extradition and was taken toOhio
Friday.
Baton DeKalb
Opened Thursday
The Baron DeKalb school opened
its 1938-1939 session Thursday morn- ?
ing, September 8, with an enrollment
of exactly that Of the opening day of
the 1937-1988 session. With v120 registering
in high schodl' aod 206 enrolling
in grammar school, there remained,
according to the school census,
over a hundred pupils yet to enroll,
a condition annually existent beCati$e
of the agricultural nature of the com*?- munity.
The presence at the opening
of a reoord number of parents was *
an encouraging feature of the opening
.. - r o .
day.
The faculty for the current term la 'L:
ra? fetfoWsr Grammar school: Miss
| Minnie* Breedlove, Miss Mildred Jones,
I Miss Ellen Bell, Miss Sue Wayne,
Miss Gertrude Sweat, Miss Melissa
Williams. Miss Ruth llolsonback, Miss
Mildred Ept&* and Harold Littleton. ?
^mgh sphdol: Miss Clara ^ee Mcihat
the wooden wall was Ignited.