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The < Camdemj chronicle r,, u- . w'im* , J. f ,i ?; ?? .? ni,'? . > ^ VOLUI^PWw^ "v.. * ,ig|r. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUlNA, Wg^PAY, APR^gl, 1939 NUMBER S ietltiif) Called Of 1 " Soft Ball Group "i | , A meeting of Camden soft ball -vera and fans will be bold In the uierlean l^glou 'Hall, at 8 o'clock, onday eveuiug. April 24. to dlBctfos allJt fur the aottball program In Undon thla coding summer. Tbe meeting 'will be for men and ?men aa UlU ;a??*red to orgauize r0 left?uep~T?he for the men and the her of HhPtt T. iKwWWVjftUf r?re?, miri HUpervHor, la plertWflg to be etent at the, meeting and will bring ith him oiehtt Treece, who in a leclallat lu the matter of aoftball oragues organized. In the abaence of a lighted field, linden aoftball will be played in the te afternoon on the grammar scb^dl hiutic field- T? Avoid with iy hard ball ptogi^Jtlttit may preill, it l? planned to. Have the softill league games on Mondays, Wed ssdays and Fridays. The leagues will operate under the mtrol of a board of managers which ill be composed, of the managers of ,e teams and a ^hairman elected by ie board to vote lu cabe of a tie. The regulations of the leagues are rescrlbed In the setup of the natlon[ organization under which softbau ill be operated here. These regulaens limit the number of players on leain to 16. x In the event of a player desiring > change from one team to another i the league, the manager's release ad a one game period must elapse ?fore any transfer can be made. Under the set up this year, the Winers In the Camden leagues will play inners in other leagues in the disict. There are four districts se^ up , the state and the winner of the strict tournament will go to the naonal tournament in Chicago as the outh Carolina champion team. Municipal league play will continue trough to the latter part of August hen the district tournament will be iiri in September the district winThe Camden Bureau of Recreation sponsoring the meeting to be held i the evenining of April 24, but it is finitely understood that softball in mden tho coming season will be unr national regulations with set rules iioh will eliminate some of the obit ionable features that have been evidence during the two seasons i sport has been promoted here. V 'onroe Suffers Heavy Fire Loss The most destructive fire in more an a decade struck Monroe early in day morning, reducing to ashes <1 stable, two negro residences, tne 1 Methodist church building, a ned restaurant and completely wreck5 the State Theatre and badly darning the Monroe Wholesale Grocery mpany stock of goods and building, addition to minor damage to other Dpprty. Total damage was estima1 at $100,000 to $150,000. Fifty head of fine mules, which had PMitly been imported from Tennesh and four or five horses died in e fury Of the flaines without a iiiup of escape, as did about 20 nd of beef cattle and 16 goats. Pegr Stewart, who lives near the barn, ported that the screams of the dyi animals could be heard above the a of the flames. Also destroyed tiie huge barn, which extended tho ug:h of the block, were 20 new tgun.s. two trucks, many sets of harf-s, about one hundred tons of tlm3y hay and roughage, valuable rent of the firm, 75 cords of stove)' d. and many farm implements, anroe Enquirer. GHS OPEN HOME 8EA80N WITH DARLINGTON TODAY Tho Camden high school baseball tin will make their initial home apa: ance of 1938 at the new baseball rk this afternoon at 3:45 o'clock tit the Darlington highs as oppomta. According to Coach Linwood Smith, tmden will have Wallace (Red) mch on the firing line with Hugh ? doing the catching. Rembert Circuit Against Merger Columbia, April 18.?O. Q. Pike, tretary of the state division of the ti-nnincaildD organisation, reported day the Rembert circuit, made up the churches at Bethesda, Bculah, lzeii, McLeodf and Providence?had ted unanimously against Methodist Ifieatlon. t Polo Club Announces Final Mallet Series Camden polo fans are elated to learn that polo will continue as a Sunday afternou attraction during the remainder of the mouth. While Dick Floyd, the ace rider of the polo group will not be on deck ' for further gamea here, the club has secured Mlnnlck and Wagner, two Augusta, Oft., players, who will dan the Camden colora next Suuday when the Ramblers in blue and Jacket# in-yelTow meet in the first of the post-Beaeon series. Mlnnick, who la a No. 3 player, will be in that poaition for the Ramb| lera, while Wagner w^l play the No.j l l position for the X?llewjh?keta, W< [ .'Chailey PuBofet who will be major Edomo of the poto group thlg month, has announced the Ramblers wlU use T&^atNo." 1, Tupper at No. 2, Mlnnlck at No. 3, and Joe Bates at No. 4. The. Jackets will We ^fagnjsrat n<*. 1^ DuBose at No. 2, ijttle at No. 3, and Lightfoot at No. 4. I Dick Floyd will be back in Decem! ber and predlots an even greater interest and enthusiasm in the sport. "That public Interest is growing by leaps and bounds in the sport of polq, Is clearly indicated by the sensational increase in attendance at Camden games this season," said Floyd. I "It has been a source of pleasure and satisfaction to the polo club to 1 see the public appreciation of our efforts to provide wholesome and entertaining sport for the people of i I South Carolina. Not only do we plan on carrying on the same fine program in evidence this recent season, but we will enlarge upon it to a great extent. As to whether wev will be playing at tho new field west of the city next season is a question to be determined by the progress of the turf during the summer and fall." Lee Mays Transferred To Sumter Quarters I^ee Mays, manager of the Western j TTriirm Offonny bCTC SlHCC DCCCmbCr, "jwffiyWIE*1 iflggr agement of the Sumter office of the Western Union. This announcement will be received with a great deal of regret on the part of every Camden resident and all connected with the winter colony. Mr. Mays has won the admiration and respect of everyone who has come in contact with him and his leaving 1b a deep loss to the entire Community. However, his promotion is deserving, and the congratulations and best wishes of all of Camden go with him to his new field. Mr. Mays has been treasurer of the Camden and KerBhaw county chamber of commerce since the first of the year and has taken an active interest in all affairs of a forward nature. He has also been a' g^t^+otee of sports and was keenly interested in all forms of outdoor activity. - "Camden suffers a genuine loss in the transfer of Mr. Mays to Sumter, said secretary Heath of the chamber "of commerce. "Since Mr. Mays election to my board and his taking over the duties of treasurer I have had the privilege of getting to know him intimately and I have found him to be the finest of friends and a real first citizen." While we all regret the loss to Camden, we sincerely congratulate Mr. Mays upon his promotion, a fitting recognition of his loyalty and ability. CLEM80N MAN TO ASSIST NATIONAL POULTRY PLAN Clemson, April 10.?Following a rapid increase in the number of states doing advanced feeding work under the National Poultry Improvement Plan, Including. South Carolina, the U. S. Department of Agriculture has appointed Albert B. Godfrey, Clemson college alumnus, to the staff which is administering the plan in cooperation with an official state agency in each of forty-four states, eays P. H. Gooding, Clemson extension poultryman. Godfrey will assist the official state agencies and poultry breeders with the highly specialized breeding work under the national plan. He will also help to improve the standards for selecting poultry breeding stock, and will aid In setting up an official system for the registration of superior breeding birds. Godfrey entered the Bureau of Animal Industry in 1928, following his graduation from Clemson Agricultural college. He has been engaged in research in poultry genetics at .the National Agricultural Research Center, Beltaville, Md., during the last eight years. ? j? * J. .. Camden Horses Win v\ i Middleburg Honors Camden-tralned steeplechasers coutinned their sweep of the *1039 hunt race meetings ks they carried off top honors in four events at the Middle burg Cup races at Middleburg, Va., Saturday. The triumph of these timber toppers, all of which- spent the winter mouths schooling over the big Springdale course here, gives them a grand | total of- eighteen firsts in the five meetings run this year, having taken ' three events at Southern Piues, two at Aiken, four at Camden, live In the Deep Valley meeting at Richmond and ??H? (Tamoeh Winners In the Middleburg races were: Alviu Untermeyer's Warnbaw; Mrs. J. C. Clark's Little Cottage; Music Mountain, from the stables of Mrs. Eva dpllman; and Old Don, owned by Mr. and MrCReginald Slnclalre. Little Cottage, out for the first time this season, ran a splendid race to set a new track record in the feature bruSh event. In addition to these wins, the Camden steppers also crossed the finish tape for second honors In two events and third In two others. Mayor McCorkle On Florida Visit A sinus infection which has kept him from his duties for several wooka , has made It necessary for Mayor F. N. McCorkle to leave at once for Sarasota, Florida, In the hopes that the continuous hot weather there would prove beneficial. Mayor and Mrs. McCorkle will be absent from Camden for ton days to t wo#weeks. Because of the illness of.ihe mayor he was abliged to forego attendance at the banquet given for Governor Maybank during the cup race program and also was prevented from presenting the Camden plate to the winning horse-owner in that event. During the absence of Mayor McCorkle, councilman Charles Shannon, 1111, win De acting mayor. ^ ^ ^ ^ t g* 4 i i ?i rfci **M WuiTe HeWdi8h% ^ Heavyweight Winner Willie Reddish, Camden heavy;weight, won a ten-round decision over big Jim Howell, former International Golden Gloves champion, in a corking battle for big fellows at the arena in Philadelphia Thursday night. The biggest crowd to witness a fight, in Philadelphia this year saw the Cdmden boxer weather a'vicious offensive by Howell in the egjly rounds and then battle the giant to a standstill the remainder of the fight. Reddish is in a most unfortunate position right now because none of the top-flight boxers will run the chance of taking a beating from him. Howell, who tips the scales at 220 pounds, moves art^^j^^^^grace and ease of a lightweight iAp'w frfias this fact that gave Reddish plenty of trouble at the starts But Reddish, who is a great body slasher, kept digging away at the midHfT df Howell until he had the New Yorker hanging on. There were no knockdowns in the the eighth with a left hook to the Jaw. It was a thundering punch and Howell wavered for a moment. Reddish won seven of the ten rounds according to the score pads of the sport writers and three were given to Howell. Howell took the first three and at the time it looked as if Willie might blow the works and lose the battle. But the big South Carolina scrapper finally got the range on Howell's body and he won going away. The decision of the judges and referee was unanimous. Grace Cnurcn services The services on Sunday at Grace Episcopal church will be as follows: Holy communion at 8 a. m.; church school at 9:15 a. m.; morning prayer and sermon by the rector at 11:16. The offertory will be a duet by Miss Avis Wallace and Mrs. Edith Carter, "In The Cross of Christ I Glory." Bethesda Presbyterian Church Sunday, April 23, A. Douglas McArn, pastor. Church school with a Bible class for every age at 10 a. m. Morning worship with sermon at 11:16, An hour with the Bible at 7:30 p. m. The public is cordially invited to attend these services. Dorothy Athalee Robinson, aged 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. Frank Robinson of Easley, fatally shot her; self in the chest with a .32 calibre pistol oh the evening of April 13th. No caose for the deed could be learned. - - ---- ------ t-- - TeAhis Tournament I On ( ouris at Kershaw Th# third annual Kershaw?Lam caste# county tennis tournament wl!' ' bo staged on the cotirts in Konhuvv, i May l."> to 19. This tournament will i bo opt.n for moii in th*? two counties, i Tijt ttm t year ttaiartournament waall run tbkro were about 15 entrants. Last year there .were a lurgot number. yrhi* year the sponsors uro expecting the largest number of en- < trante yet. Several men havo already Indicated their Intention of entering. It'tyihe intention of, the sponsors to nm the matches off in the afternoons except for the final match which will be played on the hardwood floor^Friday night, May 19. fee of $1.50 per entrant will go ft defray the expenses of the tourna l meat and toward the cost of the trophies. This fee permits each entrant to ejfcter the singles and also the doubles competition. Rt. E. Edwards, local tennis coach, who has the tournament in charge is ashing all entrants to send the $1.50 entrance fee along with their names before May 9, so that he may have ample time to bracket the matches and furnish Information to the press. Gtts Michiotis Drops l,j?ard From Greece ^2^4 chamber of commerce lifts re* cetre^'a postcard from Qua Michiotis, who? with his wife is on a visit to relives and friends in Greece. writes that he and Mrs. Michiotis are taking in the sights of Athens^ and on the particular day of writjhg they had Just visited the Acropolis., They had a fine trip from Now York and "enjoyed every minute." Gus, who is Qwner of the New York cafe on DeKalb street, closes with the expressed wish to be remembered to all his Camden friends. Tornado Toll Takes | tifjives and Property I Jit tie Rook Ark Anvil 1H Putnl. ! itlew in the tornado-marked south.! toward thq half hundred tig-, riShtnV "WWi1^ ling a^ne^ threat to life and property. Reljfef vrta rkers moved to clear away J debris-and give succor to the homeless lit eight states where 49 perished and 351, were injured. Property damage approached the mill ion dollar mark. In Arkansas, hardest lilt by the! twister^ 11 highways were closed byj high wftter after the rainfall of near! cloudburst proportions at^d six major! streams were rising rapidly. Damage to roads was estimated at $250,000. j ... One hundred WPA workers were] dispatched to Newport on White ri-i ver and Morrillton on Arkansas river | to bolster levees. J .- Arkansas counted 26 dead and 222 injured-, 6f which at least nine were not expected td survive; Oklahoma had seven dead and 36 injured; Louisiana, eight dead and 21 hurt; Texas, seveu dead and 36 injured; Alabama, one dead and 25 Injured. Five were hurt in Missouri; four in Mississippi and Tennessee had tornado damage in one community but no casualties. Recovery was doubtful for eight persona injured in the .little Center Point, Ark., community where seventeen were killed and more than 60 injured. An aged woman, hurt in a twister at Bradley, Ark., was not expected to survive. Commercial Contest Winners Announced Winners In the South Carolina high school league commercial contest program were announced Tuesday by the personnel bureau of the University of South Carolina. These winners in the four commercial contest, bookkeeping, shorthand,, arithmetic and typewriting?will represent their respective districts and schools in -the final contests on thai University campus during high school week, April 26 and 28. The number of winning contestants in bookkeeping is 68, in shorthand 47, In arithmetic 21, in typewriting 47. Winners from the Camden school were: Graham T. Marshall, Retta McWillie McDowell, bookkeeping; Beatrice Klrkland, Joseph Herbert Moore, shorthand; Herbert Moore, Anne Whitaker, typewriting. Camden Baptist Church 8ervices The following services are announced for week beginning April 23, at the Camden Baptist church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock with V. J. Rec-J tor, superintendent In charge. Public worship at 11:15 a. m. and 8:30 p. m. Morning subject, "How To Succeed in the Christian Life." Evening subject, "Vision and Action. B. T. U. with picture st 7:30 with Christopher C. Vaughan, director, in charge. Prayer meeting Wednesday evefng at 8; 30. The public is cordially invited to attend all services of this church. Fyes of Fans Will He On Syracuse Team Tho 1 u tenia tiouu 1 league opened I'hursduy and because Camden was the training ground for the Syracuse Chiefs, with the prospect of having two or three additional International loop teams in the state next spring, the attention of the fans will be directed toward the career of the Chiefs. Jack Corbett, president of the Syracuse team, declared his team was in better shape than when it completed training In previous years In Florida camps. Other teams in tho International league havo been truiuing in Florida. If the Chiefs open with a winning streak, it will be a big victory for South Carolina. It will be tho fifty-sixth season for the International and tho opening day's schedule called for tho champion Newark Bears to pluy host to the Rochester Red Wings. Syracuse takes on the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Buftulo Bisons Invade Jersey City, while Baltimore Is host to' the Montreal Royals. Last year Newark won the league pennant in a runaway race but when the Bears ran up against Kansas City of the American association it was a horse of a different color, the Kansas City Blues winning in a gallop. Newark has been stripped of moat of Its 1938 stars which gives hope to the other clubs in the league. But Johuny Neun, manager of the Bears, has gathered another group of stalwarts under the Bear flag and expoets to finish at or near tho top again. There aro fojrf\ new managers in the league this year. Bert Niehoff succeeds Hank DeBerry, and in turn, had replaqed Travis Jackson at the Jersey City camp. Southworth has moved into the position formerly held by Ray Blades, now the pilot of the St. Ixmis Cards. Roger Hornsby, the old National 'leaguer, has taken over the task of managing the Orioles of Baltimore, while Burleigh Crimes, the Wisconsin veteran, late of St. Louis and the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1b now at the helm in Montreal. Returning pilots are Neun. Steve O'Neil, of BuffaDick Porter; of SyfiacuVb.' County Farmers Will Hold Barbecue Event A barbecue event, with all whit? farmers and their wives of Kershaw county invited, will bo given at the county fair grounds here on Monday, May 8. Civic leaders of the cities and towns of the county will also be asked to attend. Tho affair is being given in celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary 6f the University Extension service by the farmers of the county with the cooperation of the Camden and Kershaw county chamber of commerce, the county agent unit and civic organizations. Senator M. M. Johnson is to be chairman of the meeting that will be held at 1^. o'clock in the morning, and will bo introduced by Austin Sheheen, president of the" chamber" of~com; merce; president John deLoach, of the Rotary club; president Charles J. Shannon, 4th, of the Kiwanis Club, and other prominent individuals, who will give short welcoming addresses. L. V. Starkey, head of the animal husbandry department of Clemson college, will give a talk on live-stock breeding; L. I. Guion, of Lugoff, will spoak on the progress of the Extent ston activities during the past twentyfive years, and the J. L. Coker 8eed company will submit a speaker who will discuss seed conditions. It Is hoped to have the speeches made in front of the grandstand of the football field and all will be given over a public address system. The barbecue dinner will be held at 1 o'clock and the preparation of the menu will be in charge of an expert. Following the dinner it is planned to have a baseball game at the new baseball park for the men, while the women will proceed to the court house where Miss Margaret Fewell, home demonstration agent, will have a splendid program to offer. W. C. McCarley, county agent, is! handling the arrangements for the barbecue event and every phase of the affair is meeting with enthusiastic approval throughout the county. It is believed there will be over one thousand guests to attend the gathering. ; The chambpr of commerce has made & suggestion, which has met with the hearty approval of the county agent, that the barbecue get-together be made an annual event in the county. New tta&eball Club To Organize Here .With tt uph'iwlul ii>pi?'A?>Mtatlou of Cumdon baseball funs on hand at tho t'amdt'ii !?<>tt* 1 Tuesday evening, plana for tho organization of tho Camden Indiana, a team to represent Camden In u proposed baseball league to ho set up at u mooting horo on April 27, wore discussed. - A committor named by Frank 11. Heath. chalnqan of tho moot lug, discussed tho organization, of a leaguo, glying consideration to the transportation problem and to the interest exhibited. Ah a result, invitationa have been sent to Choraw, UartavlUe, Sumtor and Newberry to have representation at tho meeting on April 27. Senator M. M. Johnson offered the keynote uddreas of tho meeting and stressed the necessity of a strict adhoruncc of the amateur code this season. It was pointed out if a program can be carried through this season successfully, there is no question, with the installation of lights at tho ball purks, the league can enter the ranks of organized baseball in 1940. The Camden team will be known aa the "Indian"?a name selected as offering recognition to tho Syracuse Chiefs, the International league team that trains in Camden in the spring. The team uniform will have an Indian head in colorB on tho Hhirt. Jack Nettles was named president of the Camden club, and the executive committee consist* - of ArlfcMK ,<5j$rk, . president; Linwood Smith,"'secretary, and Joo McKain, treasurer. Other members of the committee are Dr.' Carl West, Dr. K. K. Stevenson, Wylio Sheorn und John Villeplgue. It was pointed out at the meeting that tho formation of this league is u step toward securing minor league . clubs to train in South Carolina in March and April. Camden has tho Syracuse Chiefs, and It Is understood that Sumter will have the Rochester team of the International league next season. The league project, a dream of tho Camden chamber of commerce for tho past two years, will pave the way for securing live or more minor leaguo ciu'us for next spring. Tills in turn insures many exhibition games for each community. Camden had olevon ism-r from tho American and 'National leagues. The training camp period with tho Syracuse Chiefs came to a close last Saturday when the Charlotte teum played the Chiefs here. Dick Porter and Ills squad left Monday for Syracuse. Camden people are delighted with the success that featured tho training period. The executive committee will campaign at once to raise* $200 to purchase uniforms and equipment for the 1 Indians. No purchase however, will bo made until the league has been organized and it is definitely certain all-summer baseball is assured. The tentative plan calls for two games each week?one at home and the other away. If the program for the league Is, carried through it Is believed there will be an east coast organization launched soon, as some of the cities along the coast and In the eastern section of the state have become imbued with the league idea. Library Bridge ? Tournament May 3 Tho Camden public library will hold its annual bridge tournament at St. Mary's Hall, Wednesday, May 3, at 4 p. m. This is the only event of the year sponsored by the library and the support of the public Is earnestly requested. Proceeds this year will go to tho library for purchasing children's books. Tho present budget makes It almost impossible to All the needs of the 687 boys and girls who borrow books, and with their interests in view officials of the library ask your cooperation in making the bridge event tr success. On the committee in charge of the tournament are Mrs. Samuel Russell, general chairman; Mrs. Jack Nettles and Mrs. Clifton MoKain, publicity; Mrs. Jack Whltaker and Mrs. Henry Savage, refreshments; Mrs. John Mullen, prizes; Mrs. Reuben- Pitts, decorations and Mrs. W. D. Trantham and Mrs. J. H. Outhrle, rules and posters. In addition to the regular bridge awards, there will bo a door prize. Admission will be fifty and twenty' five cents. Prizes are now on display at The Fashion Shop. REFU8E8 TO SPEND $60 HE ''FOUND 8EVEN YEAR8 AGO Englewood, Tenn., April 13.?Seven years ago James "Uncle Jim" Reynolds found a wallet containing $60 in currency. * Every day since, he has carried the wallet, hoping to find the owner. Yesterday, with the wallet "plumb wore out," Reynolds, now 70, bought a new one. Into It he put the"*$60, of which he has spent not one penny.