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GIANT AIR ARMADA INVADES CAMDEN NEXT WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, AT WOODWARD AIRPORT The Camden chronicle VOLUME 61 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, ^JUNE 16, 1939 NUMBER 12 Florida Air cade To Be Greeted By Band Music Ope hundred air birds, representing the Florida Aviation Club will descend upon the Woodward airfield here next Wednesday morning between 10 and 11 o'clock . Dexter Martin, chief of the South Carolina state aeronautical commission In a statement yesterday declared that there would be between sevty-flve and one hundred planes in the aircade, a big majority being from Florida points while the remainder will be from the air fields of South Carolina. Mr. Martin stated that an invitation bad been extended to all the flyers of South Carolina to meet the Florida army of the air at Orangeburg early' on the morning of Wednesday, June 21, and Join with the group in flying to Camden. He has already received many acceptances to the invitation. Mr. Martin was in Camden Monday | and inspected the work done on the: Woodward field here. He expressed himself as being well pleased with the manner In wihich the hangar had been renovated. The oast annex rooms have all been repainted?bro-j ken windows and doors replaced and the plumbing and electric equipment checked over and repaired. There still remains a small amount of landscaping work to be done and this will be attended to this week according to Councilman Jack Nettles, who has been acting In an advisory, capacity In the renovating and repair operations. The apron In front of the hangar is to be leveled and raked over so the planes may take off on a Bmooth surface. The entire field will be gone over by mowers early next week. I The old airplane parts that had n left In the hangar have been re\ moved by some Columbia people to shorn they hid been sold by Jimmy Wood. The hangar is now to be swept and scrubbed so It will be in fine condition for the visitors. The arrival of the air armada over ! Camden will bo heralded by the blowing of the fire siren and whistles and the ringing of bells. As the big fleet, of planes come to a landing at the Woodward field the officials of the; [ aircado will bo welcomed by Mayor F. N. McCorkle on behalf of the city' of Camden and Austin Sheheen on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce. The Junior league, under the personal supervision of Mrs. John Mui-l len will have charge of the luncheon! to bo given the visitors. All fliers and guests on tho tour will be marked: with ribbon badges and will be pro-j vided with sandwiches, coffee and icei cream by the members of the Junior) Welfare league. Service will be from a table in tho hangar. Arrangements have also been made to have soft drinks on sale at a booth in the hangar. The air armada will be in Camden for an hour or more and will then tske off for Raleigh, N. C., where a night control will be established. Oni the return trip from New York, whence the armada is headed, another stop will be made at Capnden, according to Mr. Martin. This second stop will be a non-ceremonial afTair, altho it is believed when the hour Is known, many hundreds of people will be at the airport for the affair. As part of the days program on Juno 21, the chamber of commerce has arranged for the l>ancaster high school band to come to Camden and play at the airport during the time the aircade is here. The Lancaster band is one of the finest in the state and in the recent national tournament at Charlotte won high honors. The band under the direction of J. Will Proctor will arrive In Camden by bus In the morning at 10 o'clock and will stop at the post office corner to play a selection, then proceedingto the airport whef? music will be offered prior to and during the visit of thf Florida flyers. Above 8usplcion Florence.?'Police Chief McLaurln Buroh is searching for the man who stole a wheelbarrow from a PWA street paving project Saturday. The wheelbarrow was found but the suspected thief who had rolled It to the opposite side of town, had left for parts unknown. "Who stole it?" Burch was asked. "One of the worker*?" 1"Not a chance," the chief replied. "That wheelbarrow wai too heavy for a WPA worker to roll that far." Man And Wife Badly Hurt In Auto Crash Mr. and Mrs. llenuett Mathews, of Laurens, are in the Camden hospital, suffering from serious injuries and shock as u result of a collision between two automobiles on the Camden-VVlnnsboro highway, twelve miles from Camden Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Mathews, both fifty years of age, were driving from Greensboro, N. C., where they had been visiting a son, to their home at Laurens. Accordiug to state police their car, a new sedan, crashed almost head-on into another car that drove abruptly from a side road at the left on to the main highway. Both cars were badly wrecked, the Mathews car having the front demolished. The driver of the other car, a colored man, evidently escaped inJury, for he fled from the scene immediately after the crash. State police believe he will be apprehended, as his identity is known. Mr. and Mrs. Mathews were unconscious when taken from the wrecked car. An ambulance and surgeon were summoned from this city and the two vicitims were brought to the Camden hospital. The attending surgeon stated their condition was serious. Both are suffering from extreme shock. Mr. Mathews also has a crushed right knee cap, internal Injuries to his chest and severe cuts and bruises while his wife is also suffering from shock, a crushed knee cap and severe lacerations about the head and face. Mr. and Mrs. Mathews had only recently moved to Laurens from Virginia. Their car carried a Virginia li-j cense. Traffic Lights At Ly ttleton-DeKalb j A wider scope in traffic control at dangerous corners Camden is assured as a result of an amended contractt made this week for the installation! of modern traffic lights at two of the! downtown corners and the corner of' DeKalb and Lyttleton streets, in the: residential section. The city will be the first to install, the most modern and up to date traflic standards in the state. Instead of the overhead suspended signal the Camden control of traffic will feature four standards at each corner, those lights being placed 011 vertical standards of a type approved by the national safety council and in use in all of the progressive cities of the north The old pedestal standards at Broad and DeKalb and Broad and Rutledge streets will be removed to give place to the new system. The control lights at DeKalb and Lyttleton are an added control for a corner that is regarded more or less as being dangerous. It Is believed that later, lights will be placed at Lyttleton and Laurens streets where hundreds of school children cross the corners going to and from the schools, all listed In that district. These lights would be arranged to operate only during the school season. FIRST WEEK JURORS TO SERVE COURT OF GENERAL 8ESSI0NS The summer term of criminal court will convene on the first Monday In July,.being the third day, with Judge G. Duncan Bellinger presiding. The following Is a list of Jurors drawn on Tuesday to serve for the first week: W. C. Kirkland, R. N. Shannon, A. L. Pearce, Otis Eubanks, A. A. Holland, J. M. Smith, Hazel Blake Eddings, Clinton N. Kelly, B. R. Connell, J. J. McDowell, W. L. Sanders, Clarence Hornsby, of Camden; Biddle B. Bradley, Hazel E. Kstridge, J. 0. Neal, Joseph Williams, L.- B. Baker, A, IL Catoe, T. W. Bowers, W. B. Faulkenberry, Henry Stroud, D. F. Faulkenberry, H. B. Gaskin, L. K. McCasklll, H. Z. Broughton, K. C. Etters, D. A. Baker, of Kershaw; Ira B. Horton, J. E. Mangum, T. E. Hearon, L. A. Munn of Bethune; Willie T. Roberts, of Westvllle; L H. Catoe, of Caasatt; B. K. Rose, of Blaney; W. C Barrett, C. W. Holley, of Jefferson. Grace Episcopal Church Services for Sunday will be: Holy communion at 8:00 a. m.; morning prayer and sermon by the rector, Dr. Maurice Clarke, at 11:15 o'clock. - - ? - # > -? - 7 f** S - . W. ?? *" Softball Players Have Lost Interest Efforts to resume softball games on a league basis appear to be meeting with little success. The interest that attached to the sport In 1037 1038, appears to have died out, aecordlug to the bureau of recreation. The game scheduled between the Klwanis and City teams Monday was called off when only a few of the players of the two teams showed up. The opening up of an intensive hardball program including the Junior L/eglon and Palmetto State league games has seized upon public fancy. This situation* together with the bAd taste that wt^ lt,ft fr<nu the clty title series last September accouuts for the failure to arouse interest in softball this year. l>ack of a lighted field Is another factor that figured in the failure of the sport. From reports received from other communities a similar situation has| arisen. Over in Columbia there is but a small industrial league of six teams] functioning. This league was made] possible by having a lighted field to play on. The bureau of recreation is prepared at any time to take over and supervise a softball program, as the bureau believes the exercise is beneficial to all of the players. Asks That Hearing j Be Moved Ahead The South Carolina Public Service j commission has issued notice that a I public hearing in the matter of the I application of the Southern Railroad l company to cancel Passenger trains I No. 117 and No. 118 between Rock Hill and Camden will be held at the commission headquarters on Tuesday, June 27. The Camdeu chamber of commerce has requested that the date be set back ten days to two weeks in order that Senator M. M. Johnson, who will represent Camden interests at the hearing, may be present. The June 27 date comes at a time when I the Camden lawyer will be busy la ! court here. Storm Of Tornadic Fury Sweeps City A storm of tornadic proportions, featuring a veritable cloudburst of rain, hail and cyclonic gusts of wind, swept Camden with double proportions Saturday afternoon. The first storm came shortly after 1:30 o'clock and the second later in the afternoon. The wind appeared to come from the south but veered to! the southwest as it swept the city. Giant trees were uprooted in many instances. Big branches were ripped off and fell on power lines, crippling the light service. Some thirty telephones were out of commission as the result of falling limbs breaking phone wires. After the storm the streets of the city were littered with branches and debris. The rain fell so hard that areas that had not suffered any erosive effects in previous downpours were rutted by the torrents of water. A truck and an automobile came in contact with charged wires which had fallen to the street during the gale. The display of electricity that fea tured the contact with the vehicles was spectacular. Fortunately the driver in each instance did not attempt to leave his seat, but backed out from the wires. Radio reception in the city was n following the storm as so many broken wires and shortened circuits in trees caused a curtain of static, which was not cleared up until lato Sundaj afternoon. Crews of trouble men from the light department and from the telephone company worked all Saturday night and Sunday in making repairs to the service lines. j Camden Baptist Church j The following services are announc-j ed for the week beginning June 18, at the Camden Baptist church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock with V. J. Rector, superintendent, in charge. Public worship conducted by the pastor, J. B. Caston, at 11:15 a. m. and 8:30 p. m. Morning subject, "Father and Son/ Evening subject, "Why Evangelize? B. T. U. with picture at 7:30, w,~\ Christopher Vaughan, director In charge. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8:30. The jlblle to cordially invited to attend all services of this church. Half a teaspoonful of baking soda added to boiling frosting will keep it from running. L ? f " * , ,,/ ' -| - ?* j'/Vj J \ - 'if ' I Southern Ordered To Restore Two Trains _ 1 Ah a result of the vigorous protest, made by the Camden chamber of com-j merco and other agencies aRainst the removal of paasenRer trains Noh. 117 and 11S from service oo the Southern railway between Hock Hill and Ringvllle, the Public Service commission has set July 11 as a date for a hearing ui>on the matter. 1 ii addition, the action of the railway company in summarily and without authority of the public service commission removing these two trains from service on Monday, June 18, the commission has issued a peremtory order to the railway to resume service by these trains?the railway complying Thursday. The removal of the train service on Monday disrupted mall service to a marked extent here?mall from the north usually received at 8 o'clock. In fhe morning reaching here late In the afternoon. Express service was also Itffeeted. The action of the Camden chamber of commerce, supported by similar action on the part of the city council, was taken up by administration groups at Kershaw and 1-ancaster, while the Rock Hill chamber of commerce notified the Camden chamber of its willingness to cooperate in the program to maintain the passenger trains slated for removal. Police Office Given Real Renovating The renovating oT the city police headquarters and the change of location of the Walgreen System Drug Store from Us present quarters on DeKalb street to the store formerly occupied by the Wa^lnau store on Broad street were subjects of conversation this week. The police station office has be'n entirely renovated, with the walls finished in a periwinkle shade of blue, ihe ceiling white and a new floor surface of a striking pattern in heavy linoleum. The desks and counters, also lockers have all been varnished and the interior of the office presents a spic and span appearance. When a newspaper reporter called Thursday at headquarters, he found Chief Alva Rush polishing the police inslgnas for uniform and cap. "Might as we.l make a good Job of it," said the chief. Tho exact date for the transfer of the Walgreen System drug store, under the management of Doctor L. A. Sowell, has not been announced. However, it will take place during the summer. No announcement as to who will occupy the present drug store has been made. The work of installing equipment and merchandise in the new Goodrich store on Broad street, south of Rutledge was started this week. OBSERVER SPORTS WRITER TELLS OF CAMDEN COURSE Donald Rose has been in Camden for the past several weeks making plans for rebuilding tho Klrkwood golf course, which was originally designed by Walter Travis and was the scene of many tournaments until the new grass greens at Plnehurst, Augusta and other points lured the players away from the sand greens of Camden. The course also lost a lot of Its sportiness whem the management, to curry favor with dub players, removed a lot of the hunkers and traps. But, under the plans of Ross, tho course will be one of the finest in the mld-Bouth Practically every hole Is to be changed and new grass greens of large size and sporty contour installed. Work has already been started and plans are to have the course ready for play by November.?Wilton Garrison in Charlotte Observer. Bethesda Presbyterian Church Sunday, June 18, the services at Bethesda Presbyterian church, with A. Douglas McArn, as pastor, will be: Church school for all persons over thirteen years of age at 10 a. m.; morning worship with anthem and sermon at 11:15; an hour with the Bible at 8 p. m. The public is cordially invited to all services in this church. Mule* Dying Of Heat Dublin, Ga., June 9.?Despite traditional toughness, nearly forty Georgia mules have been killed by beat In Laurens county in the past few days. Veterinarian J. L. Smalley said tem peratures steadily in the 90's plus ef forts to make up work delayed by weeks of rain caused the unusually high mortality. Good worlf mules an worth about $125 each. Junior Legion To Open Tuesday Tuesday, June 20 will l>c a red letter day for Camden baseball fans, for 11 will mark the opening of the elimination events In the Junior l.eglon baseball program. Hock Hill, boasting one of the beat Junior Legion teams In ills history will invade the state ltMiguu park to give battle to the Camden J unlora. Camden fans have been greatly heartened by the showing of the locals in the exhibition games so far played. The 7 to ,1 victory over Sumter and the subsequent defeut by Sumter of the Hock llill Juniors by a 12 to 2 score has aroused greul hopes that Camden will be able to go far in the district elimination events. Camden has three more practice or exhibition games scheduled, two with Florence and a return game with Sumter. Camden plays at Florence Wednesday and then comes home for a game with Florence here on Thursday. On Friday they will play at Sumter. Coach Linwood Smith plans on using Johnson on the mound at Florence and when the two teams stack up here on Thursday, Kelly, the sensational Bethune boy, who bafTled the Sumter team and gave up but one hit will take the firing post. The Camden schedule calls for a game with Great FallB ut Great Falls on June 22; at Rock Hill on Juuo 27; a return game here with Great Fulls on June 28; Hock Hill here on July 4; and Great Falls at Great Falls on July 6. Seeks Faster Mail Service Improved mull service between Camden and Columbia Is assured for the near future, according to the Camden chamber of commerce. ? j The chamber has been working on a project which calls for the providing of a Star route between the state cipii tal and this winter resort city and has received the strong support and co-operation of Congressman Richards I and Senator Byrnes. I The chamber of commerce has asked for a mail route that will enable I mail to bo sent out of Columbia at .10 a. m., reaching Camden at 10:40. I In the afternoon the same mall bus would take Camden mail to Columbia, leaving hero between 3:20 and 4 o'clock and reaching Columbia forty ! minutes later. Postal officials believe that If the chamber Is successful in securing this Star route, mall service will bo greatj ly improved over the present schedule. Mail for Columbia placed In tho post office here after mid morning cannot he delivered in Columbia until the next morning. _________________ I Moon-Nite Winner Of Half-Mile Race / The revival of the old and ancient sport of flat racing over the half-mile track near the No. 2 polo field, was Inaugurated here this afternoon when Moon Nile, a bay gelding by Last Nite out of Everydanlte, owned by Billy Nettles, defeated Essoboy, a black gelding by Carbonlte out of Exhaustls by several lengths. Essoboy is owned by "Buddy" Beard. Moon Nite. not only hung up a reported record for the half mile dash but the bay refused to stop and made the circuit of the track three times before the Jockey could control him. I His owner Is now going to match him I against a fast horse belonging to j Matt Ferguson, the race to be next I week. A big crowd of spectators gathered at the old Camden track to witness this afternoon's classic. The race grew out of a verbal contest between the owners of the two horses, each boasting of the ability of his "plug" i to take the measure of the other fellow's prospective glue factory candidate. Anyhow the race brought out such an enthusiastic crowd that the Camden bureau of publicity la now bent for 'lection on making It a weekly affair and Inviting horses from about the state to come In and take part In ) the program. To Use Old Trowel ' Charleston, June 14.?A trowel salt! to have been used In laying the mon ument to Baron DeKalb at Camdei by the Marquis deLafayette In 1825 f will be used In the M&sonio ceremon] ' ot the laying of the cornerstone of tht i Sunday school building of SL John'i Episcopal church Friday Term Expires For Llewellyn The term of another member of (ho boartl of dlroi'lors of the South Carolina Public Service authority, the Mate's Santeo-Cooyer power project agency, has expired, It was revealed today. It la that of A. Stanley Llewellyn, cotton mill executive, of Camden, and one of the original members of tho authority's board. Pending bis reappointment, or the appointment of someone else, Llewellyn continues as a member of the board. Tho expiration of Mr. Llewellyn's term will give Governor Burnet K. Maybunk his third opportunity, since his Inauguration last January, to select a man for this board, lie has made two appointments since taking office. First he named W. C. Jackson, of Spartanburg, to fill the vacancy in that congressional district caused by the resignation of T. W. Woodworth, of Spartanburg. Later, he appointed Tom B. Pearce, of Columbia, as member-at-large and chairman. In selecting Mr. Pearce, the governor was choosing a successor to himself. Mr. Maybank was chairman of the board prior to ^becoming governor. As governor, he is chairman of the authority's advisory council, made up of tho state's so-called constitutional officers. Besides Mr. Pearce, Mr. Jackson and Mr. Llewellyn, other members of the authority's board are: D. D. Witcover, of Darlington, first vice chairman; W. L. Daniel, of Greenwood, second vlco chairman; W. L. Rhodes, of Estill; and Edwin 13. Boyle, of Sumter. The authority Is charged with constructing and operating tho huge $40,000.000 PWA hydro-electric and navigation project In the lower section of the state. Construction has already boen started on the lower dam In Berkeley county, four miles from Moncks Corner.?Saturday Columbia Record. First Cotton Bloom Nine Days Earlier W. P. McGuirt, who farms land adjoins tho municipal baso ball park, brought to Tho Chronicle ofTleo tho first cotton bloom of tho season which he had plucked on June 12. It was of tho Cleve-Wilt No. 5 variety was planted on April 5. The first bloom reported last year was ou June 20, mnklng this year's crop nine days earlier. Later, Cleve Godwin, tVho is overseer on the Burns farm, sent this office a bloom which was picked on June 10, which is two days earlier . than that of Mr. McGuirt. First Ice Car Man Dies In The North South Kingstown, R. I., June 9.? Fred E. Whipple, 7k, one of the "four "Whipples," prominent at the turn of the century as pioneers in tho use of refrigerator cars to ship fruit and produce, and developers of the Matunuck a Point summer colony here, died at his home here today after a long Illness. A native of Ledyard, Conn., Mr. Whipple, with a brother, Harry W. Whipple and two sisters, Clara H. and Rose E. Whipple, never married, lived together and conducted all their business affairs Jointly. In 1900, they opened one of the flrBt washing machine plants In the country at Westerly, R. I., and were the first to send out on trial washing machines for the American home. After a severe frost destroyed their 14-acre fruit farm at. Westerly, the ^ "four Whipples" went south to Beaufort and Port Royal, 8. C., where they bought plantations from $10 to $25 an acre.. It was from here that they shipped their produce North by means of iced freight cars. When they returned to Rhode Island, they sold their land for $1,800 an acre. They began the development of Matunuck Point here in 1925 when they built a large summer home. Winters were usually spent in Florida. Mr. Whipple was secretary of the annual peace meeting which was held at Mystic, Conn., each year before , 1900. Seen passing through Camden yesterday, car with these "words printed in small type on rear, "Rely on your brakes, instead of your horn." Not a bad slogan at that. i , Although no wolves are to be found r in national parks of continetal United s States, Uncle Sam can boast of ? 1 goodly and increasing number in Mfc. McKinley National Park, In Alaska, * f . r .. ? - vjr - - - ? L