The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 31, 1939, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
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The Midway high school 4-H club
met Wednesday, March 8, In the Midway
auditorium with twenty-six members
presbnt. The president being ab.
sent, our vice president, Market
Yarbrough presided. The devotional
exercise was conducted by the vice
president, followed by the'' Lord's
prayer. The minutes and roll were
read by the secretary.
Miss Fewell took charge and tajked
on the correct procedure in making
beds. She discussed bed In general
and stressed the importance of a
good mattress and sheets sufficiently
long to allow for tucking In well. Miss
Fewell demonstrated the correct way
to make a bed using a miniature bed
with boxed mattress and pillows,
sheets and quilts to match. We learned
that beds need frequent airing and
sunning, that mltered corners keep
sheets smooth and do not allow them
to pull out.
Miss Fewell gave us a very interesting
bulletin entitled "When You Are
in Your Teens," stressing the fact that
good health requires the right food.
There being no business, after the
assigning of home practices the club
adjourned to meet the second Wednesday
of April.
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Ponies and Mallets
(By The Skipper)
They are going to make polo history
in Camden next Sunday.
The fans/jrho gather for the Ruaeell
Memoiial bowl tilt are going to
aeo two games in one. For a fact.
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tains of the Ramblers and the YellowJackets,
the teaiu scoring the first
gdal on Sunday will be declared the
wtnuer of last Sunday's tie battle.
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And what a game that was to watch
last Sunday. Seusatlonal, brilliant
riding, beautiful checking aud blocking
and some hair-raising oaves and
the crowd almost ouckOQ.
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The only casualty of .the aftarnoou
came during the third chukker and
strangely enough, It w^s not on the
polo field. It was a grandstand affair
with Dixie Boykin the vtctlm.
Mr. Boykin was coming down the
steps when one of the platforms collapsed.
Fortunately Mr. Boykin escaped
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I Quite a number.,of out-of-towners
were along the rati to witness their
first game and alj were thrilled by
the skilled riding of the Camden poloiBts.
| Most of the spectators left the field
i under the impression that the Yellowjackets
had won the game, as a shot
by Boykin appeared to have spilt the
uprights. But the refer.ee ruled otherwise
and the game was declared a tie.
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Many remarks of a complimentary
nature were heard relative to the
public address system and the roundby-round
description of the battle as
offered by Henry Savage, Jr. ?
"Why didn't you polo experts over
here think of that earlier in the season?"
remarked a Charlotte business
man who has not missed a Camden
game this season. "It certainly helps
a stranger to get to know the technique
of the game and to familiarize
one with the players."
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' All to which we heartily subscribe.
Sons of Legion Meet
The regular bi-monthly meeting of
the Sons of the American Legion,
squadron attached to the James Leroy
Belk Post No. 17 was held last Thursday
night, March 16, at the American
Legion hall, with Jlmmie Little, captain,
presiding.
After the chaplain/ Eugene Campbell,
vuereu the prayer of tne Sons
of the Legion, thirty seconds of silence
was observed in memory of the
departed comrades of the Legionnaires.
W. S. Heath then installed
the following officers: Leonard
Schenk, first lieutenant; Fred Mullen,
historian; Eugene Campbell, chaplain.
On March 30, it was announced by
Mr. Heath, the squadron will be the
guests of Augustavus T. Kirby at his
home, where he will show motion pictures
of-the last Olympic games.
The * membership cards were given to
the-members whose dues have already
been paid for the current year, and
several others paid their due? at the
meeting.
M. M. Reasonover announced that
free passes would be given to all
members (those who have paid their
dues for 1939) of the Sons of the Legion
for the baseball games played
by the Syracuse Chiefs and the Jocal
Junior Legion baseball team. He algo
announced that Melvin Purvis would
address the legionnaires and the sons
of the legionnaires at a Joint meeting
on the second Monday night in April,
and that Rev. A. S. Lockee, a fullblooded
Indian would be on the program
for the second meeting of the
squadron in April.
The Syracuse Baseball club represented
by Jack Corbett, Dick Porter,
John Gee and William Howe, held the
spotlight for the remainder of the evening.
Each member made a snort
speech, all of them stressing the fact
that advice should be freely taken
! into consideration by all boys. They
answered many questions of the varj^buar~member8
of the squadron and
invited the entire squadron to come
down any time and watch them practice
and play.
\- During the megtlng, Captain Jimmle
Little appointed Leonard Schenk and
Jimmie Gandy to serve as a committee
to collect the dues for 1939 from
the unpaid members.
CHILD HIT TN EYE WITH ARROW ;<
" LOSES SIQHT OF HI8 RIGHT EYE
Darllngto\i, March 28?Sonny 8mlth, a
four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W<
Smith, of Darlington, ioet the eight of
this right eye laat week while playing
i with a companion near the home on west
Broad street. ------ ? ... - . .j
The child waa struck in the eye with
an arrow while he and his companion
ware playing a game 6f "bow And arrows."
He was rushed to the McLeod
Infirmary In Florence where hla'eye was
removed late Thursday.
rum Ills as ftteted that his condition
wan serious but that he waa expected to
Six Men Die For
Killing of Sanders
Columbia, March 24.? 81* white men
who killed a prison guard In an attempt
to escupe from the elate penitentiary
fifteen months ago, died for the crllne
today shortly after dawn
The prlaonera were unemotional aa
| they wallavd to the chair to pay for the
slaying of Captain Olin Handera, December
18, 1937.
George Wingard, Jl?, youngest of the
aextet, waa the first to die. lie eat In
the chair at 6:88 a. m. and waa pronounced
dead three mlnutea and 28 aec.onda
after the awltoh waa thrown at
6:31 a. in.
All made brief atatementa, all except
Wingard aaying that Handera waa uot
harmed until tear and nausea gas shells
were hurled Into the captain's oflfloe^
where the prlaonera held him a hostage
in hopes of gaining their freedom.
William 1). Woods, alias Gentry, 86.
of lilloxl, M|aa., who teAtlAed at the trial
that he was the one who atabbed the
veteran penitentiary guurd, auld:
"I can only aay that five men In this
case have received an Injustice at the
hands of the state of South Carolina."
?Looking Btraigm-gtreactr-mt captain- r
A. Sullivan, who succeeded Sandors,
Woods said calmly:
'"You should know ?bt?ut the prison-1
Sis' testimony. You participated In It!
yourself."
The other four mon, Hoy Buttles, 559,
of Slmpsonville; Herbert Moorman, 43,
of Hetrolt, Muh.; Clayton Crans, 39, of
Rochestsr, N. Y , and J. V. Hair, 28, of
i Sumter, 8iwl itt that order In the largest
mass electrocution for one crime In the
penal history of South Carolina.
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Approximately thirty spectators, luI
eluding about ton newspapermen, physicians,
officers and other officials, witnessed
the electrocutions, which required
only fifty minutes. Kueh convict
walked Into the death Yihamber with virtually
little support from accompanying
officers.
Sullivan atked each for any statement
: he cared to make.
"1 made peace with Hod," Wlnguid
said. "I am ready to go. As far as the
casts Is concerned, I havo no statements
to make, for the last statement I put
I out (that Woods alone was the stabbor)
Is true, x x x I have asked Hod to forgive
me for all my sins."
State electrician Sam Cannon throw
the switch at 6:31 a. m, and physlciuna
pronounced Wlngard dead three minutes
ami..22 -seconds la tor. The olectroonlJ^U
wus^the 181st since thy chair was Installed
in 1912.
Buttle* could be heard singing "God
Ho With You 'Till We Meet Again," it)
the adjacent cells.
Woods was brought In at 6:37 a. ni.
"So long, Corporal Goodman," he culled
to Corporal R. F. Goodman.
lie sought to exonerate the other Ave
prisoners of any blame. He was declared
dead at 6:42 a. m.
Buttles sat down In the chair at 6 45
a. m. after entering the room smiling
broadly. He nodded to sevi/ial of those
present.
"First, 1 want the people to know that
1 have accepted Jesus as my personal
Saviour x x x," he said.
"Second, 1 want the people of Greenville,
South Carolina, to Know that I did
not shoot Sherman C. Kelly," a Greenville
city policeman, he was convlctod of
shooting several years ago."
"I want the people to know that I did
not hurt Captain Sanders. He was not
stubbed until the gas came Into the
room."
Suttles asked forgiveness by Sanders'
: "loved ones."
"I am ready to go now," he sakl. "May
God bless you all."
The switch was turned on at 6:45 a. m.
He was dead three minutes and 39 seconds
later.
Moorman took his seat at 6:45 a. in.
Asked by Sullivan for any statement, he
replied . "In regards to the case, you
He then said he had "no hatred In my
heart for anyone."
The state, he said, "Is fortunate In
having a man like Corporal Horten" of
the prison staff. Horten, Moorman said,
J "treats the men very nice."
"Captain Sanders was not Ti armed un~
til toar gas was shot In," ho said.
The current wuh applied at 6:50 a. in.
and he was dead In two nilnutOH and 31
seconds.
Crans entered the room at 7:01 u. in.
"I have a request to make. I would
like to shake the hand of Corporal Horten."
Ho shook hands with the officer.
Crans 8ays "Crime Doesn't Pay" ,
"Captain Sanders was not harmed un-1
til the tear khh was shot Into the office," i
Crans said. "I would like to let the
whole world know that crime doesn't
pay. x x x I hope they will learn from my
example, x x x x 1 can say truthfully,
from the bottom of my heart, that I am
sorry for tho stabbing."
He asked forgiveness and said he had
"acoepted Jesus Christ us my Saviour."
Ho told Horten "It was nice knowing
you."
"May God forgive everyone of you.
May success anjl happiness be with every
one of you," ho concluded. 4
He was singing a hymn, "Is>rd, I'm
Coming Home," when tho switch was
turned on at 7:04 a. m. Ho was dead
flvo minutes and six seconds later.
Balr sat down at 7:13 a. m. He continued
to smile until he started talking.
"I have a statement I surely would
like to make," he said. "No one hurt
Captain Sanders until the tear gas camo
In. I am sorry, terribly sorry for Captain's
two boys over there." He referred
to Dr. Lee Sanders find Joe Sanders,
soils of the slain guard, who were
witnesses. . .
He asserted that he did not harm Sanders.
He asked vforglveness, saying he
was "going- home Heaven."
"Pray for me please, all of you. Tell
all of my loved ones hello. Do that, will
The current wan turned on at 7:IB ant!
he wuh dead three inlnutea and 34 secondn
later. ? He died singing an lndlstlnRuinhable
hymn.
Prison superintendent James 8. Wilson
said the men died in "almost" the
s&me order as they entered Sanders' office
to arise him as a hostage in their
desperate attempt to escape.
Woods entered the chamber chewing
gum and Hrnoklng a cigarette.
Sanders' limp body was found on his
office floor after tear gas was used to
I dislodge the sextet from their Improvised
stronghold. Long efforts by courtappointed
attorneys in their behalf were
climaxed late yesterday whon the United
States supreme court refusod to stop tho
executions. The state supreme court and
Governor Maybank had previously rejected
pleus for now trials and clemency.
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Fixing Up Homes
For Better Living
Clemson, March 4.?'In connection
with a state-wide program, "Better
Living for the Farm Family," county
and home agents in cooperation with
other County organizations will lay
particular stress during March and
April on fixing up the farm home for
better living, Director D. W. Watkins
of the Extension Service announces.
."The main objective in this program,"
says Director Watkins, "is to
encourage farm familKes to make
needed repairs and improvements, especially
those that will improve sanitary
conditions and add to the health
and convenience of farm homes."
The "fix up" program is being outlined
by the extension agricultural
engineering and home management
specialists. Among the suggested repairs
and Improvements are: Screening,"repairing
porches and doorsteps,
repairing gates and fences, cleaning
up around yards, lots and fence-rows,
painting farm buildings, providing
adequate storage in homes, stopping
leaks on roofB, and protecting farm
water supplies from possible contamination.
Farm women's clubs, 4-H clubs, civic
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to cooperate in fixing up the
farm home for better living. Gountywide
or community meetings are expected
to be held as a means of getting
the program under way.
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