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VOLUME 50 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1939 NUMBER 43
I Birthday Ball To Be
I Held at Gymnasium
President Roosevelt's birthday will
I be observed in Camden with a ball
I (hut gives promise of being on? of the
I most outstanding dance events in
Camden history.
The affair will .be given in the gymI
nusiuin of the Camden high school on
I Thursday, January 26, with the fam
ui,ri Hobkirk Inn orchestra under the
direction of Ted Weigand. The fjrmnasluni
has the largest floor area of
any hall in Camden and It wil^ be the
first time that it has been used for a
dance event.
John Porter ia the county chairman
I for the Roosevelt birthday hall, while
Jack Whitaker has charge of all arI
rangementa In Caradeh. ' The ball la
I to be a county-wide affair and not a
I detail will be ommltted by the com
mlttee In charge to make It one of
I the most outstanding of any affairs
ever held In the community.
This year the great drive against
infantile paralysis will ts epeasd on!
January 16 by the March of Dimes
campaign. This campaign means asking
every man. woman and child in
the county to "Olve a dime and wear
a button."
It also means distributing throughIfl
out the county the March of Dime
I Birthday Cards, to be filled with dimes
I and mailed to President Roosevelt at
the White House.
I The funds collected in this year**
"Fight Infantile Paralysis" campaign
will be used by permanent local and
national organization to conduct a
continuous battle against this "malm<
H ing death."
Half of all money collected will be
retained in this county to be administered
through a local chapter of the
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
The other half will go to the
National Foundation to be used for
research work for the prevention of
the disease, epidemic first aid, public
education and development of better
methods for after-treatment.
H The permanent organization will be
H formed in this county after the com
pletlon of the drive, which starts Jan*
nary 1 and concludes January 30, with
the celebration of the birthday of
I President Roosevelt.
This year's campaign will be nationwide
under the direction of a chairman
in each of the 3,071 counties of
the United States who will be assisted
by community chairmen in each city,
town and hamlet. The drive will take
H many forms, the purpose being to pro
vide an opportunity for all to contribThe
preoeiit organisation, to be exH
panded after January 30, is the outgrowth
of celebrations held since 1934,
when the first series of President's
Birthday Balls were held throughout
V the nation on the birthday of PreslH
dent Roosevelt, January 30.
As every person in the United
States knows, President Roosevelt
H was stricken In manhood with this
diseafie which is usually associated
with childhood. His splendid flght
against the.malady and his rise since
H then to the highest position in the
H gift of the American people has been
H an inspiration for thousands who have
been similarly afflicted.
H Since he has been President, Mr.
I Roosevelt has dedicated his birthday
to the battle against infantile paralysis,
although he is pot connected In
any way with the organization admlnH
istering funds.
A year ago, the organization of the
National Foundation Tor Infantile
Paralysis was effected. It was Incorporated,
with a board of trustees composed
of prominent men throughout
the country. Prominent physicians
have accepted positions on an advis
?ry board. The national organiza
tion's research department faces a tre
mendous task, since the exact nature
?f 'Infantile Paralysis is not yet
known.
The greater the success of the com
'nK campaign, the more effective will
be the future work of the national
I foundation, the county chairman polnt
ed out
I Visitor Compliments City
Hugh R. Brown, traveling commer
- agent for the Railway Express;
H as*ncy, with headquarters at Spartanburg,
was a caller at the office of
I Mayor P. N. McCorkle Tuesday mornBrown,
who makes frequent
visits to Camden, Informed the mayor
that he read more news Items about
Camden in the prese of Charlotte and
I other of the larger cities than of any
other community. He also declared
that he noticed an Immeasurable imI
Our "Jim" Pilots
Plane to Victory
J. H. Woods, bolter kuown In Camdon
tix "Jim," supervisor of the Woodward
airport, stepped Into the hull of
flying fame at Miami Sunday when
he piloted his tiny red Aeronca plane
to victory In the Firestone trophy
race In the all-American air maneuvers.
Woods not only won the rgce
against .some of the best pilots In that
class but he also set a new record for
the event, averaging 96.334 miles per
hour. Ed Gorski. of llasbrouck
Heights. N. J., was second in. the race
and the duel between him and Woods
was thrilling from start to flnah. In
the last stretch Gorskl shot his plane
high In the air as he turned the final
pylon and made a power dive over
the finish line, but he was a plane
lehgth back of the Camden pilot.
With Jim at the Miami races is his
wife. Jessie, herself a flyer of ability
and fame. This slender young wotrow
?uou she ieu several
hundred flivver planes into the Miami
airport, amazing the big crowd of flyers
and spectators by her skillful maI
nipulatlon of her plane.
| Jfta and his wife came to Camden
two years ago and have made their
headquh?jLsrs at the Woodward airport.
Fon; the past several months
Woods has commuted between Cami
den and Charlotte, where at the latter
(place he hae been in charge of the|
| servicing of planes at the Charlotte,
I port. His wife has remained at the
Woodward airport to handle what
planes require servicing here.
"Corral" Entertains
Saturday Dancers
Merrymakers will gather for the
first time since the holiday season
j at the Court Inn "Corral" Saturday
night, January 14, for dancing and
1 all-around good fun. According to the
management, a special door prize will
be given, the lucky couple receiving
! a quart of champagne. Announcement
j of the prise winner' will take place at
11 o'clock.
That popular dance band, the
Dlxielanders, will furnish music for
dancing from 9 'til 1. Several dance
contests have been arranged to round
out the evening's entertainment.
Reservations may be made by phoning
378.
Kershaw Association
To Meet In Kershaw
The fifth annual meeting of the Kershaw
Production Credit association
will be held in Kershaw at the high
school auditorium on Saturday, January
21, at 10 a. m., according to an
announcement by W. T. Redfearn,
president of the association.
Complete and detailed reports will
be made by the officers of the association
on its operations for the past
year at this meeting, directors will be
elected, and other highly Important
business will be attended to, according
to Mr. Redfearn, who says it is
desired that every member shall be
present.
The Kershaw Production Credit association
serves Lancaster and Kershaw
counties and In 1938 made 609
loans totaling $195,000. Offices serving
the association are: W. T. Redfearn,
president; E. J. Bailey, vice
president; A. C. Bradham, secretarytreasurer;
L. O. Funderburk, W. H.
Draftin', Loring Davis, directors.
Mr Redfearn said it was hoped that
the attendance at this meeting would
be the largest In the history of the
association.
To Meet Next Thursday
The Baron DeKalb Parent-Tehcher's
association will hold Its regular
monthly meeting Thursday evening,
January 19, at t30 o'clock. The program
will feature & battle of the sexes
which will be of the questionnaire
type of program made so popular by
radio. Visitors as well as patrons of
the school are invited to attend.
At Pin# Grove School.
Ballentine's Aristocratic Pigs will
3f5ve a performance at Pine Grove
school, Lugoff, Monday, January 16,
at 7:30 p. m. Admission charge of 20
cents to everybody will be made. The
public is Invited.
8enator Byrd To 8peak
The Farmers and Taxpayers League
will hold its annual convention Wednesday.
January 18, Hotel C6lumbla,
Columbia, 8. C., at 10:30 o'clock. Senator
Byrd, of Virginia, has been Invited
to speak on the "Re-organization of
Hi Government of Virginia." ??
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Postmasters Meet
Here January 18
Ah uii added attraction for the annual
convention of 8outli Carolina
post musters In session hero ou Wednesday,
January 18, the Chamber ot
Commerce haa announced that the
Camden polo club will offer a high
dttas polo game at the number one
field at 8 o'clock In the afternoon.
The teama from the Mulberry and
Cool Springs plantations will clash In
this, game. These teams boast of the
cream of polo talent In the Camden
club and- the battle should be close
and exciting.
Postmaster's J. C. Pate, of Sumter;
, L. C. McFudden. ot Rock Hill, apt) Q,
j C. Cartwright of York, were In Camden
Tuesday to check over convention
plans with Postmaster C. P. DuBose,
Sr., of this city.
The convention is to convene In the
morning In the Hunt room of The
Kirkwood Hotel and the morning seesion
will be followed by dinner in the
main (lining nan oi The Kirkwood. In
the afternoon there will be a short
business session after which the
group will go to the number one polo
field, which adjoins the hotel, and
there witness the game between the
plantation foursomes.
The historic features that are everymore
in evidence in Camden, the
splendid facilities of the mammoth
Kirkwood Hotel and the excellent
program arranged will serve as a
stimulus to make the 1939 meeting of
postmasters one of the largest attended
in the history of the organization.
It is believed that W. W. Howe,
flfst assistant postmaster general,
will arrive from Washington the day
before the convention and be present
to address the South Carolina group
at the morning session on January 18.
Congressman J. P. Richards is to be
here for the meeting and is scheduled
for an address.
Fire Destroys
Sunset Club
Fire, believed to have started from
sparks on the roof, completely destroyed
the building known as the
Sunset Club, and located on the
Bishopville road several miles east
of the city, early Monday morning.
The manager of the club, R. H.
Pace of New York, who with his
brother had sleeping quarters in the
building, were awakened by the crackling
of flames made their escape
through a window, after hastily grabbing
up some clothing that had been
r-plaocd on a chair,
| The building, built on the bungalow
plan but covering considerable ground
was a sea of flames when the two I
men leaped out of the window. The
flames attracted the attention of nearby
plantation owners who went to
the scene in the hope of giving aid.
A dru mof gas, used for cooking
purposes, exploded during the fire and
the concussion was felt for some distance
from the scene of the fire.
Another explosion came when a water
tank let go.
The Sunset Club was purchased
from Henry Beard some six months
ago by Pace, who has expended considerable
money in fixing it up as a
night club. The building was built
some years ago by Major K. Q. Whistler,
who ranked as a prominent polo
player here. He (Joeded it to Miss
Charlotte Brown, who later became
the Wife of H. "Stoney" Moore. Mrs.
Moore disposed of the property to Mr.
Beard who eventually sold it to Mr.
Pace. ?
The building was valued at between
$4,500 and $5,000, and, with the contents
was only partially covered by
insurance.
Baptist Church Services
The following services are announced
for week beginning January 15, at
the Camden Baptist church: Sunday
School at 10 o'clock with V. J. Rector,
superintendent in charge. Public worship,
directed by the pastor, J. B. Caaton,
at 11:15 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Morning subject," "Move On." Evening
subject: "How to Use Time." B.
T. U. with picture "The Young Man
of Nazareth," at 6:30, with Christopher
Vaughan, director in charge.
Prayermeeting Wednesday evening at
7:30. The public is cordially Invited
to attend all services of this church. I
Grace Church 8ervicea
Services at Grace Episcopal church
on Sunday, January 15, as announced
by Dr. Maurlc? Clarke, rector: Holy
communion at 8 a, m.; church school
at 9:46 o'clock; morning prayer and
sermon by Dr. Clarke at 11:15; the
Young People'* Service league to
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Council Approves '
Work of Chamber!
At a rogular meottng of the Camdeu
city council on January 4, the following
resolution was adopted:
"Resolved, that the city couucll
commend thi$ Chamber of Commerce
for their splendid showing the past
year, especially the success of the
cotton festival, the 8anta Claus Lane
program; their building up of the recreational
program, their splendid
publicity which has made Camden the
beat known community in this section
and their splendid cooperation with
the city administration."
"The action by the city council is
of course vary gratifying to the board
of directors and the members of the
Chamber," said President Austin Shebeen.
"We are hopeful that the present
year will be featured by even
greater results. We know that the
people of Camden now recognise the
Chamber to be an integral part of the
city and there Is a very apparent Increase
in cooperation being evidenced
on all sides. We will have our membership
drive later this month and
truet that we will be able to go ovsr
i the top by a comfortable margin."
' "I think that I bespeak the^opinlon
| of every member of the city administration
when I say that the resolution
of the city council was in truth
an appVeciation of the very constructive
program the Chamber of Commerce
has carried out," said Mayor
F\ N. McCorkle. "I am personally
very much pleased that the board of
directors by a unanimous vote continued
Mr. Heath as executive secj
retary.
Sheheen Names
Two Committees
President Austin Sheheen of the
j Camden and Kershaw County Chamber
of Commerce has announced the
appointment of the following committees,
said appointments being effective
at once:
I Finance?Lee Mays, chairman; Ba<
siI Bruce, Clifton McKain and F. N,
McCorkle.
J Membership?William Coxe, chairman;
Milton C. Smith, Sam Karesh,
Dan Mackey, Henry O. Carrison, John
M. Villepigue, M. B. Burns and W. F.
Nettles, Sr.
The membership committee will
meet on Thursday, January -49, "for
the purpose of planning the annual
membership drive.
Norris Building
Fine New Garage
Another new garage is under construction
in Camden. This time on
DeKalb street between Market and
Lyttleton streetB, where a handsome
ned brick structure is being built by
H. D. Norris.
The new structure will take the
place of a garage that has been occupied
by Mr. Norris for general repair
work for several years and which
was inddetjuale to take care of a rapidly
expanding business.
The new structure will be quite a
bit larger than the old garage and
will be entirely modern with a front
that will add greatly to the appearance
of the street.
Additional -space has been secured
by building a new addition at the
west of the garage structure to house
a lunch room which was formerly located
on the east side.
POULTRY 8HIPMENT.
There will be a poultry truck at the
following places on Monday, JanurfVy
IS: -Belhune, S:30 to 11 .'30,r Camden,
12:00 to 1:00; Kershaw, 2:00 to 3.30.
The prices will be paid is as follows:
Fat colored hens, 16c pound; fat
Leghorn hens, 11c pound; roosters, 8c
pound; ducks and geese, 12c pound;'
Guineas, 30c each; young turkey hens
10 pounds up, 25c pound; young tur-|
key toms 15 pounds up, 21c pound;
old turkey hens, 21c pound; old turkey
toms, 18c, pound; fat capons, 7
pounds up 22c pound; fat slips 16c
pound.
Please tell yotir neighbors about
this shipment requests W. C. McCarley,
county agent, and Margaret B.
Fewell, homo demonstration agent.
Bsthesda Presbyterian Church
Sunday, January, 15, A. Douglas
McArn, pastor, announces services at
Bethesda Presbyterian church as follows:
Church school with a Bible
class for every age at 10 a. m. Morning
worship with anthem and sermon
at 11:15 o'clock. The public is cor-,
dlally invited to these services.
Average valuw of a Nobel prlxe la
$35,000.
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Sheheen Heads
Commerce Body
The Cumiloa and Kershaw County
Chamber of Commorco, In its annual
meeting Friday nlKht, electod Austin
Sheheen, prominent Kroner as its 1939
loader. William Nettles, Junior member
, of the W. F. Nettles Furniture
company, was named vice president.
Lee Mays, manager of the Western
Union office 1h treasurer and Frank
11. Heath was reelected executive secretary.
Mr. Hcutlv. la starting his
third year with the Camden organization.
.
The board of directors, which will
guide the program of the Camden
chamber this year, In addition to the
above officers, has on Its personnel
Mayor F. N. McCorkle, W. T. Redfearn,
chairman of the county board
of directors; William. Coxe, Charles
Shannon, 4 th, Sam Karesh, Clifton
McKain, llasil Bruce, Dan Mackey,
William Goodale, W. C. McCarley and
Dewey Creed.
Xhe chamber oi commerce has ambitious
plans for 1939 and among the
headline events scheduled are the cotton
festival In the fall, the Christmas
fete In December. The cotton festival
this year will feature a home-coming
day, a sales day and a mardi gras
day.
Secretary Heath will continue as
director of the Camden News Service,
and Ben W. Heath is assistant director.
T. W. Pritchard is handling the
cottage colony social events for the
News Service.
New Fire Engine
Comes in February
Police Commissioner CharleB Vllloplgue
has received word from the
Amerlcan-LaFrance company at Elmyra,
New York, that the new Camden
fire pumper will be completed and
ready for delivery about January 26.
The pumper will be shipped on that
date and should be unloaded In Camden
by February 1, at the latest. Com'
mlssloner Villepigue states that the
pumper will be given a three hour
test, the test to be made near the
Wateree Mill.
The public will be permitted to attend
the test, according to the commissioner.
Hospital Names
Officers For Year
At a meeting of the board of directors
of the Camden hospital held Monday
night Dr. John W. Corbett, was
re-elected president; Henry G. Carrison,
was named vice president; L. A.
Wittkowsky, secretary; and Mannes
Baruch, treasurer and manager.
The board of directors are: Dr. John
W. Corbett, L. A. Wittkowsky, M. Baruch,
W. R. Hough, R. M. Kennedy,
Jr., W. R. Zemp, H. G. Carrlson, Jr.,
John Whitaker, Jr., and Henry Savage,
Jr. The latter two were selectted
to serve In the place of the late
H....GL Carrlson. Sr., and Dr. S. C.
Zemp.
At this meeting Mr. Baruch read
his annual report, showing the condition
of the hospital. During the year
it was shown that the hospital has
served 1,729 patients, classified as 696
full pay patients, 204 part pay patients
and 787 free patients. This represents
14,399 hospitillzation days.
A full report of the hospital Is
shown in another place In this paper.
URGES RETAILER8 TO U8E
N EW8PAPER ADVERTISING
Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 11?William
1). Nugent, vice president of Media
Records, Tnc., urged retailers today
to "use newspapers freely as an advertising
medium.
Nugent was the speaker at a meeting
of the Charlotte Advertising
club, attended by a number of Carolina
publishers and advertising executives.
"Retail business must develop
hand-in-hand with the newspaper," he
said.
Visitors Included C. E. Godfrey, of
Spartanburg, and N. E. Brown, of olumbia.
Wiggins To Speak Over W18
A. L. M. Wiggins, of Hartsvllle,
president of the South Carolina Federation
of Commerce, Agriculture and
Industry, will speak over WIS, Columbia,
at 2 p. m., Monday, January 16.
Mr. Wiggins is an outstanding business
man and student of public affairs.
Ninety-flve per cent of the world's
nickel Is mined in the province of
Ontario, Canada
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Highway Signing
Now Under Way
One of tho uiohI prelum ious hlghway
winning program* to bo offered
In the state and mlil-Hputh is that
sponsored by the chamber of commerce,
and the Ktrkwood, Hobklrk,
Court ltiu and Camden Hotels.
Already signs on U. 8. No. 1 north
of tho city and beyond Raleigh, N. C.,
and on Highway 521 ub far as Charlotte,
have been put in pluce.
Klght of twenty-four sheet poster
Higna wore placed at several points
north and south of Cheraw, and Bouth
of Charlotte, while at the four entrances
to the city there are signs
calling attention to Camden's attractions.
The program further contemplates
the placing of signs on U. 8. No. 1,
south of Camden and on Highway 0,
south of Columblu. In addition there
will be signs placed on Highway 15
between Sumter and Wulterboro.
The slogan approved by tho group
designates Camden us "a Colonial
Community of Charm."
Agents of the leading oil companies
have evidenced keen interest in
the signing program and will Join in
the movement with a substantial contribution
to the fund which now la ill
excoss of $660.
The chamber of commerce has
argued for a highway signing program
for nearly two years, pointing out
that there is little to Indicate when
a motorist is passing through the city
und absolutely nothing to Indicate the
Importance of Camden as a historical
community and sporting center. With
the three tourist hotels making changes
in ownership and management, the
Idea advocated by the chamber found
Immediate favor, and through the aggressiveness
of Milton C. Smith, new
owner and manager of the Klrkwood,
locations were spotted and steps taken
to get Immediate action In the
placing of the signs.
It Is the belief of all concerned that
the signs will result in a pronounced
Increase In the number of people stopi
plng in Camden over-night or for sev'
eral days.
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Seaboard Agent s
Speaks in Camden
A concerted move toward bringing
new industries to Camden, was
launched hete Thursday morning when
some thirty of the foremost business
and professional men of tho city met
with D. T. Daily, Industrial Agent of
the Seaboard Airline Railway, "at the
I^egion Hall, to discuss plans for locating
a hosiery mill here.
The meeting, sponsored by the
chamber of commerce was presided
over by President Austin Sheheen of
that organization, who in his opening
remarks cited the efforts the chamber
of commerce has been making for the
past two years to attract new industries
to the locality. He referred to .
the contact made with Mr. Daily and
how the program had developed tg
an extent that Mr, Dally accompanied by
R. L. Mansflold, associate agent,
arranged to be in Camden and talk
to the business group. ,
Mr. Daily, Quiet spoken, but having
an Intimate knowledge of the ramifications
governing the approach on In- . ^
dustriaf location talked to the bust- '. >
ness group at considerable length, ex- r
plaining in detail Just what steps
would have to be taken toward securing
a mill for Camden. Such a mill
would, he stated, have a payroll aggregating
over $60,000 yearly to start.
President Sheheen appointed a committee
consisting of .Robert id-Kenne-.
dy, Jr., as chairman, William Coxe,
Moultrie B. Burns and .Henry O. Carri- jrson
to keep In touch with Mr. Daily
and the chamber on whatever develop^
mentB may occnr. Mr. Daily later Jh- *
formed a newspaper representative
that it might be several months be- T4~
for a suitable contact would b^'made, H
but that when it did develop/ Camden
would have to act qulckly^^nd decis
lvely. J jhr
Mr. Daily expressed himself as be-/ing
surprised and delighted at thd
big turnout that greeted him in Cairn -i~L
den.
SCRiae,* WHO TOLD COOLfDOEr"
HE WAS PRE8IDENT, 18 DEAD |
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Boston.?Roy Atkinson, 56 years
old, the reporter who informed Calvin
Coolidge In the little farmhouse
Plymouth, Vt, that he >had become
President of &e United States on the
death of Warren G. Harding, died
here December Si after^alejlir Illness.
He had been a member of the staff ~
of the Bostop Post for nearly thirty
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