The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 11, 1938, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
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MANY JAM DEPOT
"TO GREET FINE TRAIN
the cooperation that had ever been
In evidence between Camden and The
Seaboard, stating that the growth of
the city and the railroad had been
synonymous. The mayor declared that
there was every reason to believe that
the present winter season will find
Camden on the road back as one of
the foremost winter resorts of the
southeast.
"We are here today to once more
pay tribute to Seaboard progress, the
arrival of thi% great train," said the
mayor. "Time marches on and the
placing in service of this new equipment
presages the demise of the oldi
type stea mlocomotive with its belching
smoke stacks and rain of cinders.1
"It is with Just pride that Camden
keep astride with the Seaboard sys-j
tem and we pride ourselves on being
an IntergTal part of the Seaboard routine.
"Likewise Seaboard officials have a
just pride in Camden. They have reason
to be, for Camden, like the Seaboard,
is today facing a return of the
days when this city was one of the
leading resort comumnities of the
southeast. Today Camden is feelingj
the effects of the fine program of publicity
that has been broadcast the past
eighteen months. The change is apparent
on every hand./Building oper |
atlons have opened up, there being1
flome twelve homes under construe-!
tlon, several business establishments
and other forms of construction. The
"Three big hotels have changed hands1
and aro now under the management!
of men who are qualified to operate
..them in a manner to win the plaudits
and approval of the public.
"Only a week ago the New York
Times carried a Camden picture that'
covered the entire width, of the first1
page of the resort section. . Camden
is one of the most publicized communities
in the south.
"So. I say with a deep sense of
appreciation and gratitude to the Seaboard
officials here. We salute you."
R. M. Kennedy, Jr., was called upon '
by Mayor McCorkle, and spoke briefly:
but in his usual Jocular vein in which
be pai.l tribute to the Seaboard rail-j
road and stressed what a power it.
^had been in the building up of the
territory that it traverses. Stanley,
Llewellyn was also called upon and^
Paid a fine tribute to the railroad. j
Then the Seaboard group of officials
"""as Introduced and several called up-'
for remarks. W. I* Stanley, chief j
Public relations officials spoke in be-(
balf of the company and in his talk
I outlined some of the progress that
bad been made by the Seaboard. He!
gaid In part:
"We, of the Seaboard, are grateful j
Indeed for your kind commendations (
and congratulations upon the purchase
of the mightiest Diesel-electric
locomotives in the world. I beg to assure
you that what you have said Is
appreciated by every member of the
Seaboard family, from its receivers
down through the ranks to the humblest
laborer. This is an epoch-making
date in the history of transportation
In the south.
"Having been connected with this
railroad for 37 years, I know something
of its history and Its progress.
We have been pioneers in practically
every advancement in the art of transportation
in the south, and in aiding
In the development of the natural resources
of the territory which we
serve.
"To here enumerate some of the
achievements of this railroad, both in
the south and in thld great Common-!
wealth, may be interesting. j
"We operated the first all-steel, elec-1
trie-lighted passenger train in the
south. I
"We were the pioneers In the air-!
conditioning of Pullman cars.
"We were the pioneers in the airconditioning
of day coaches.
"The Seaboard, beginning with the
year 1924, has constructed more new
mileage In the six states through
which it operates than all of the other
railroads combined operating in
these states.
"For years, the sand-hill section of
the Carollnas was thought to be of
no service except to hold the world
together. Through the pioneering spirit
of the Seaboard, this territory has
been dotted with peach orchards,
berry farms, and vineyards, which
are equal and in many Instances superior
to those of any other section.
"It is our constant effort to be good
and co-operative ciizens of every state
and community which we serve. In
South Carolina on our track and roadbed,
which we have built and maintained
without subsidy, either direct
or indirect, we pay In taxes approximately
$331,000 a year?more than
$100,000 of which goes to the education
of the youth of this state.
"Today we dedicate to that sextet
of Southern states, "The Heart of thej
South," the home of the Seaboard,
these Diesel-electric locomotives the
first of their type to be operated east
of the Mississippi river as the crowning
achievement to date of the Seaboard
In its history of progress and
in its effort to give to the people in
the territory which it serves the very j
latest and best of equipment and service."
The writer, in company with a big
delegation of Camden people boarded
the train at McBee and rode back to
Camden. The train left McBee at
10:35 and rolled into the station here
at 11:03, or Just 28 minutes later.
The trip was made without the slightest
evidence of strain or hurried op
eratlon. The big engine moved the
train out of the MoBee station with
the ease of a mother pulling her baby
in a perambulator and before the station
was out of sight of those in the
lounge car, the big train was hurtling
along the track at a mile a minute.
There was no cessation of speed, the
electrics taking the heavy train without
any jerking or slowing down on
curve or grade. The Jerking sensation
associated with steam power locomotives
waa absent.
The" new engines will go into service
December 16, on the East Coast
Orange Blossom Special, putting Columbia
on the fastest passenger schedule
in the southeast and on the#only
all-electric. Schedules of the Orange
Blossom have not been announced but
expectations are that the train will
make the 1,400 mile run from New
York to Miami in possibly as low as
24 hours or perhaps 26. Last year's
schedule of the Orange Blossom called
for 29 hours, and possibly as mnch as
Are hours may be choppsd off of the
lftM-1939 schedule. (
Camden Bulldogs
Swamp Newbery
The Camden Bulldogs wound up
their final preliminary scrap and earned
themselves a state title bout with
Columbia's Caps as they swamped
Newberry, 44 to 14, under the lights
of Zemp field last Friday night. The
Camden eleven scored at will and
Coach Villepigue gave his regulars a
well deserved rest as he called on tho
second stringers to carry the attack.
, The opening kickoff smacked of an
Army-Navy movie thriller as West's
long boot went into the endtzone and
was downed by Lynch for a score. A
J pass. West to Lynch, was good for'
! the extra point.
| Camden scored again a few minutesl
later when Lynch galloped forty yards '
to the Newberry five yard stripe. Bell
swung wide around right end behind
splendid blocking for a touchdown. A
smash at the center of the line for
the extra point was stopped at the
line of scrimmage.
The Bulldogs growled again late in
the first quarter when Wilson went
through a big hole on the weak side
of the Newberry forward wall and
raced thirty-five yards to the visitor's
thirteen. Lynch scored on a reverse
play that carried him over left guard.
Newberry's stubborn line broke
through again and broke up the try
for the extra point.
The Newberry offense began to
click against Camden reserves in the
second quarter, and Clark and Beck1iam
carried the ball to the Camden
ten yard stripe. On the next play
Clark slammed through center foj;
Newberry's first score. Huffman's
kick for the extra poirft was good.
The visitors countered again late
in the second period as Clark made
it a first and ten on the Camden fortysix.
A penalty on the next play put
the ball back on the mid-field stripe,
but Wiggins broke into the clear and
went to Camden's thirty before Bell
pulled him down. Newberry's heavy
backfleld was too much for the Bulldog
reserves, and Clark went over for
a touchdown a few plays later. Huffman
again kicked the extra point.
Score at the half, Camden 19, Newberry
14.
It was an angry Bulldog that came
on to the field In the beginning of the
third period. Bell whipped a long
pass to Cox, who caught the ball on
the thirty and went to the nine yard
stripe before he was forced out of
bounds. Bell went wide around" right
end for a touchdown. Wooten scored
the extra point.
With several of the first stringers
In the lineup, the Camden machine
was touchdown bound again after
Bell had kicked out or^ thn Newberry
one foot line. Clark went back
to kick out of danger, but MoCasklll
was In fast to block the kick and
carry it over for a score. -Bell's kick
for the extra point was no good.
Camden's sixth score came a few
minutes after the beginning of the
final period when Lyn^h Intercepted
Clark's pass and twisted apd turned
through the entire Newberr^ eleven
on a thirty-five yard touchdown gallop.
Mullens' pass for the extra point
was wide. *
, "The final Bulldog touchdown came
on a paaa from little Billy Mullen to
Doug Lynch, who outr&ced a weary
I Newberry team to cross the goal line
(Standing up. Final score, Camden 44,
I Newberry 14.
PUERTO RICO I
Spanish Island Now Under American*
Flag.
Another "Columbus Park" joined
the lon^ list of similar place names j
in the Western world when Puerto j
Rico recently opened Ub Parque Colon,
near Aguadillo on tho northwest ,
coast of the Island.
I
Marking the site where Columbus
himself is believed to have stopped in
1493, to replenish his failing water ,
supply, a simple cross (to be replaced
later by a more imposing monument)
calls attention to the fact that Puerto ,
Rico is the only United Sates territory
which can lay claim to having
sheltered the great explorer.
"From the standpoint of historic association
and scenic beauty," points j
out a bulletin from the Washington,',
D. C. headquarters of the National J
Geographic Society, "Puerto Rico hasj,
charm as well as many more tangible l(
attractions for the visitor."
A fragment of a drowned mountain
chain, that may once have been part ,
of the South American mainland, the |
island has been called the Switzer- ]
land of the West Indies. Nearly 4,000 ,
feet up, at the summit of its highest ]
peakB one may see both the Atlantic j
ocean and the Caribbean sea, with a ]
hint of the Virgin islands to the east.
Good motor roads wind easily over ,
the hills, along which travelors look j
down on a semi-Jungle panorama of .
wild breadfruit and mango trees, of ]
palms and West Indian cottonwoods, (
of thatched huts in little clearings, ,
pineapple plantations, fields Pi grazing
herds, and smoking sugar mills
that stretch brick fingers to the sky.
In Puerto Rico nature splashes color
with a lavish hand. Rows of flamboyant
trees make a scarlet archway
of certain roads, white blossoms of
coffee plantations send faint perfume
on the tropic breeze, and everywhere
there is the lush green of rain drenched
forests.
Delicate orchids found in Puerto
Rlcan mountains delight the botanist.
For tho adventurous there is a challenge
In the mountains' unexplored
caves, almost concealed by overhanging
Jungle growth. Sun-worshippers
(lnd Puerto Rico another winter playground.
Medicinal springs at Coamo
are praised by health seekors as a
'Fountain of Youth," missed by Ponce
Be Leon. _
Rather ironically, it was Pone de
Leon who, in 1508, following the discovery
of the island by Columbus
more than a decade before, founded
Its first settlement near San Juan.
From there he later sailed on a heartbreaking
search for his squandered
youth.
Today, under the Stars And Stripes,
Puerto Rico's capital at San Juan is
tn odd mixture of early-Spanish and
late American life.
A walled city of the Conquistadores,
she still preserves many of the old
,'ortiflcations. There is San Cristobal
Port, with Its ghost stories, and Morro
castle, that resisted attack from
English, Dutch, French and American
Beets, as well as from piratos and
buccaneers.
Under Fortaleza, built In 1639 and
used as the ruling governor's mansion,
3panish doubloonB and other plunder
wero once stored. Ancient churches,
before whose altars mailed soldiers of
the Spanish king once knelt, yet hear
the prayers of the faithful. Grilled
windows, open plasas, and stiff Spanish
conventions and Spanish amusements
(including the cockfight) remind
the visitor that It was only forty
years ago, at the close of the SpanishAmerican
war, that Puerto Rico was
ceded to the United States.
Yet Yankeo influence steadily gains
ground. American Jazz fills the air,
and American automobiles, trucks and
busses ride the streets. Airplanes,
flve-and-dlme stores, one-piece bathing
suits, honking taxis, tho movies
and modern schools spread an Increasing
layer of Yankee noise, spirit,
and technical training over the old
tropica l-?pan is h languor.
Girl Killed When
Auto Leaves Road
Johnny Dan Wllllams.'a colored man
residing In the Cartersvlllo district, is
being hold In the Chester jail, following
an auto accident In which Rachel
Rainey, a colored girl, of Chesor, was
killed.
Williams Is alleged to have been
driving a car In which the Ralney girl
and several companions wore riding. ,
Williams claimed that the blinding
headlights of an approaching car prevented
him seeing the road ahead and
his car plunged down an eight foot
bank.
Williams will be given a hearing
Saturday morning at Chester. It is
believed that he will bo exonerated
of any blame for the accident.
J Handling Firearms In The Field a Grave Responsibility for Hunter 4
I
These tips on how to live to a ripe old age around firearms are
j Issued by the American Wildlife Institute Graphically illustrated
I are several example of what not to do if you expect to continue to i
?
enjoy your happy hunting grounds on this earth. Right, top to hot;
torn, we have perfect examples of how not to collect your old ago [
pension. When taking arms through a fence or from a ear, guns i
should never be pulled towards you by the muzzle. At the top eon- !
ter. the dumb hell has his hand over the business end of his fire- !
arm, which Is very rough on hands Left, at the top, we have a i
| closeup of a shooting piece from which the owner has neglected to j
I remove an oiling rag If the owner tires it in this condition, anyj
thing is liable to happen?and probably will. Left, at the bottom, ^
we have another foolhardy action, the dumb bell on the nut is (
I pointing his gun directly at his companion, and said companion j
1 must be a dope or he would be running like everything to get out of i
i
.. range. From the American Wildlife Institute.
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