The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 30, 1939, Image 1
The Camden chronicle
VOLUME 51 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1939 NUMBER 14
Florida Flyers Like
Camden Welcome
The return visit of the Florida goodill
air tour to Camden on Tuesday
was marred by the crack-up of a
Miami plane near the northwest bonedry
of the air field.
Gungio Marunyama. a Japanese flyer
who gives his residence as 272
West Flagler street, Miami, pilot of
the Cessna monoplane which crashed,
was the more seriously hurt of the
three occupants of the ship. When
the craft burled its nose Into the earth
Marunyama was hurled forward with
auch force that his safety belt snap-|
ped and he struck against the compass
on the oowl of the ship. The instrument
was forced through the
heavy glass of the windshield. Maruuyama'B
head and face were badly
lacerated.
Frank Delk, a youth from New York,
and a nephew of Dr. J. U. Belk, of
Kershaw, who came south In the plane
aiui Raymond Insko, of 263 West]
Miami avenue, Miami, who were lu|
the plane were badly cut and bruised, j
The Marunyama plane was among!
tho first to appear at the airport. Several
flyers who were in front of the
haugar watched the Japanese pilot
bring his ship in and were amazed
that he was attempting to land down
wind. The plane disappeared over
the ridge in the western end of the
air field, only the tops of the wings
showing to the spectators in the hangar.
When one of the wings rose In
the air, the spectators realized there
had been a crack-up and there was a
rush of cars to the scene.
A former air pilot was among the
first to reach the scene and with several
other rescuers, aided in extricating
the three men from the plane,
which had pancaked Into the earth,
the landing gear being sheared off
completely while the propeller was
bent and twisted and the shaft was
bent at a thirty degree angle, attesting
to the force of the collision.
I The three occupants of the plane
were bleeding profusely when taken
out. They were placed In a car and
rushed to the Camden hospital where
they were given surgical attention.
The arrival of Dexter Martin, state
aeronautical inspector was followed
closely by James G. Hall, a federal
Inspector. The Drakeford garage
wrecking equipment was summoned
to drag the wrecked plane to the hangar
where it was viewed by many hundreds
of curious people.
In the Interval between the crash
and the posting of a guard about the
plane, a period of not more than ten
minutes, some vandal or vandals had
unscrewed the valuable flying compass
from the wreck and made away
with it. The state aeronautical commission
has asked for the immediate
arrest of the party or parties responsible.
The return visit of the Florida flyers
was a more successful event than
the initial stop here last Wednesday.
While it did not have the color of a
band, badges and the like, it offered
a genulness and cordiality of greetings
that occasioned much favorable comment
from the visitors.
Mayor McCorkle declared that he
never felt so proud of Camden as he
did when he listened to the expressions
of pleasure and satisfaction from
the visitors.
"They could not say enough In
praise of the Camden type of welcome,"
said the mayor. "They told
mo that after their stop here last
Wednesday, that Camden was the sole
topic of conversation at Raleigh and
New York. When they received an
invitation to stop here on their return
trip, they had also to consider an Invitation
from Charlotte and when the
matter was submitted to the flyers,
the unanimous selection was Camden.
"Personally I believe that the entertainment
of these Florida flyers on
their way to New York and again on
their return was the greatest advertising
feat ever pulled off by our alert
chamber of commerce. We received
more favorable advertising and publicity
in this program than we would
have if we spent thousands of dollars
in newspaper Bpace."
Jack and Maxlne Nettles and their
eorp of workers deserve all commendation
for the fine manner in which
the visitors were fed. Some one hundred
and fifty took advantage of the
fried chicken, potato Balad, chips and
iced tea that was given to them gratis.
Aa was the case with the visit here
the preceding Wednesday every precaution
against mishap was taken.
The Are department had a fire truck
present while Grainger Kornegay had
his ambulance on hand. Telephone
service was possible and waa freely
f . i i"
j patronized.
Frank Winchell, generalllsmo of the
tour and one of the executives of the
Florida Hotel Ownor's association
stated that every story of the air tour
had given full credit to Camden as
being the place that stole the show.
"Camden wljl receive benefits a
thousand fold fts a result of the fine
treatment an^' welcome extended our
Florida group here," said Mr. Winchell
to Mayor McCorkle. "You may rest
assured that each and every one of
ua will reciprocate this courtesy to
the tjest of our ability and your city
and community will reap many bene*
fits from what has happened here Ihst
Wednesday and this Tuesday/' he continued.
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Miss Sease Injured
In Bad Auto Wreck
Miss Mildred Sease. of l.<oxliiglon, h
nurse at the Camden hospital, suffered
a fractured skull and other Injuries
and Kdward 8heheeu. of this city, was
badly cut about the head when his car
turned over on U. 8. highway No. 1,
Just west of the Seaboard overhead
bridge.
Wye-witnesses of the accident declared
the car appeared to leap Into
the air where It turned over, crashed
to the highway and then rolled upright
Into the ditch. Miss Sease fell
out of the car aB It was In the air and
the machine fell on her.
The accident took place at a time
when there was considerable traffic
on the highway and horrified motorists
stopped their machines and hurried
to the aid of the two In the
wrecked car. It was necessary for a
number of men to ralBe the machine
before Miss Sease could bo dragged
from beneath It.
Bho Trad fl'dirrwd CO the hOSptUll. lU
an ambulance while Mr. Sheheen was
taken there In an auto. It la said
that the brake on one of the front
wheels locked causing the car to leap
Into the air.
$50,000Stock Of
Fireworks Explodes
Chicago, June 23.?Residents of
western suburbs were awakened early
today by an unwelcomed premature
fourth of July bombardment, when an
estimated $50,000 stock of flrewarke
blew up In a retail sales deport 1e
Leyden township.
Frank Follsl, 34, a night watchman
told police three men approached him
with the warning, "be quiet or well
burn you and the firecrackers.". He
said he was placed In a parked car
and bound with rope.
A few minutes later, he said the
depot exploded. The depot was occu
pied by the Acme Fireworks company.
Harry Cohen, head of the firm, estl
mated the loss at $5?,0fi0.
Thousands of residents, awakened
by - the blasts, drove to the scene
causing traffic oongestlon thai
brought calls for extra highway police.
CAMDEN RESIDENTS VI8IT
FAMOUS ART EXHIBITION
Old Lyme, Conn.?First to register
from South Carolina In the Lyme Art
gallery's famous guest book this season
was Mrs. C. B. Salmond, of Camj
den. The Lyme art group holds laree
exhibitions each year with the season
always opening in June and ending
the latter part of Spetember. Last
summer visitors registered from every
state and from thirty-Beven foreign
countries. The painters, sculptors and
print makers who make this picturesque
village of 1,300 inhabitants their
summer home gave a first show in
1902. Since that time there have been
uninterrupted annual exhibitions tha,
have now become world famous. The
group numbers nineteen members of
the National academy and works by
them are found In the permanent collections
of almost one hundred American
and foreign galleries.
Death of Mrs. Ballard
Kershaw, June 24.?ThomaB P. Ballard,
80, died at the home of his
I daughter. Mrs. D. C. Outen, Saturday
i morning after an Illness of about two
I weeks.
| Mr. Ballard Is survived by two
I daughters, Mrs. D. C. Outen, of KerIshaw;
and Mrs. H. O. Barrentlne, of
' Rock Hill.
Funeral services will be conducted
at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon from
Hanging Rock Methodist church by
the Rev. L>. A. Phillips, pastor of Kershaw
Methodist church, assisted by
the Rev. B. G. Murphy, pastor of the
Heath Springs and Hanging Rock
Methodist churches, with Interment In
the churchyard.
Post Office Area
| Will Be Landscaped
I The Camden chamber to commerce
has received word that the work ofj
seeding and plaining the grounds of
tl?e United States poet office building
hero will be started next fall.
Drawings and specifications for
landscaping this site are now being
prepured at Washington and will
shortly be roleased for competitive
bids with a view of placing the work
under contract for fall planting.
Lust March the Capulen Garden
club, which has been vitally interested
for several years in a project that
would beautify the post office grounds,
communicated with Congressman J. G.
Richards, requesting his cooperation
in the project. Two weeks ago the
chamber of commerce wrote Congressman
Richards reuestlng him to follow
up the matter in order that the
project could be carried out in time
to have the post office ground made
attractive before the winter season
sets iqn.
Mr. Richards made immediate compliance
with the request.
Stolen Car Is
Found In Lake
A 1938 Standard Chevrolet Coach,
1 formerly the property of Hallie De,
Witt and reported stolen from him
last December, was located in the bottom
of the run of Black Creek in
i
Prestwood Lake Thursday afternoon.
| Harold Boone and Alexander Funderburke,
two young boys of Hartsville,
while cooling themselves off in
the waters of the lake around the
noon hour, swimming and diving,
I struck something that felt funny to
( their feet. Investigating further they
found that they could stand on it,
and the feel indicated that itmight
be a car. They reported their find
' to Chief of Police V. C. Elmore, who
with the big wrecker of Segars Motor
company, hauled the would-be submarine
to the surface, down the highway
^ and to the used car lot of the company
on College avenue.
' Strange as it may seem, the car
was occupied, but of the finny family,
a catfish sufficiently large to insure
supper for one of the boys that evening.
v
I The car carrying license number
RC-664, 1938 plate, was easily traced
' as a car stolen from Hallie DeWitt,
of the Lydia section, last December.
According to officers, the party or
parties who stole the car, evidently
run the car off the embankment of
the Prestwood driveway, with sufficient
speed and near enough to the
bridge, to cause it to drop down in
the run of the creek, which is located
at that point In the lake, and also
with sufficient skill to leave no trace
of their doings.
The Insurance company, settling for
> the stolen car, has been notified of
1 the location of the car, but what dis
position they will make of it has not
1 been learned.
The seaweed-laden, submarine
"Chevy" can be seen, now reposing
1n the open sunshine in the back lot
of Segars Motor company, one tire
still airworthy.?Hartsville Messenger.
MAN FATALLY WOUNDED AT
ROADHOUSE NEAR LANCASTER
Lancaster, June 27?A. B. Leagon,
27-year-old trucking company employee,
was shot to death early today
at a roadhouse (Sunset Inn) four
miles east of I>ancaster on the Camp
Creek road. A man booked as B. I.
Dennis, proprietor of the resort, was
arrested in connection with the slaying.
Sheriff R, R. Blackmon said Dennis
gave himself up after the shooting,
which took place about 1 a. m.
The officer quoted witnesses as saying
Leagon Intervened in a dispute between
Dennis and another man, and
that he was shot a short time later.
The dead man is survived by his
widow and two small children.
Warning To Public
The chamber of commerce has been
notified by G. Vincent Butler, publisher
of "U. S. One Highway Association
of Tourist Homes-Eating Places" that
a man named Thomas W. Bingham,
representing himself as secretary of
this association has been soliciting
paid-in-advance advertising in a guide
along the U. S. No. 1 highway. He
' has been exhibiting a copy of the Flori
Ida Bound Guide as a part of his sales
talk. Bingham has no connection with
the Florida Bound Guide or Discovers
in Dining. Any one approached by
this man is requested to notify the
chamber of commerce at once.
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Clerk Clyburn First
To Make Report
J II. Clyburn. Camden, clerk of
court of Kershaw county, wins the
ribbon this year tor being the first
clerk in South Carolina to send in to
-John M. Daniel, attorney general, his
yearly report. Clerks of court are required
to send in their reports by July
30, so Clerk Clyburn is far ahead of
the deadline. *
Second on the list Is Thomas T.
Cushman, clerk of court in Aiken and
third, J. L. Perrin, clerk at' Abbeville.
Mr. Clyburn reported that 56 cases
had been tried during the llscal year
in Camden, with 56 convictions; Mr.
Cushman, that 149 cases had been
tried in Aiken with 105 convictions;
five found not guilty and 39 "no bills"
or continuations or dismissals by the
I
solicitor; Mr. Perrin, that 12 cases
had been tried; 11 convictions and one
acquittal had resulted.
Air Show Planned; .
Indefinitely Delayed
Freddie Workman, advance man
for the Sandy Strachan and his "Hell
Divers" air show, was loft out on a
limb when the Stato Aeronautical
Commission Informed him that there
would be no show without a federal
permit being secured.
Workman, who has been in Camden
for nearly a week, making preparations
for the show believed that Strachan,
a Savannah stunt flyer and promoter
of the Hell Diver show had the
necessary permit and wired him tc
send same to Dexter Martin, State
Aeronautical Commissioner.
When Workman did not receive
any reply to his wire ,he packed up
and quit in disgust. So the air show
scheduled for Saturday, Sunday and
July 4 Is definitely off.
,FAKE MANAGER E8CAPE8
WITH 8TORE RECEIPTS
Forest City, N. C., June 22.?An un
usual story was released by the police
department here yesterday revealinj
a new and novel idea for perpetratlni
a robbery. A man posing as relle
manager for a five and ton cent stor<
entered the local establishment sever
al days ago, assumed authority follow
Ing a fake telegram, and Is charged
with absconding during the nighl
with the store's receipts amounting tc
several hundred dollars.
J. T. Kennedy, manager of the store
here, received a telegram from Asbe
ville ordering him to report Immediately
to Canton. Later In the afternoon,
a man, giving an assumed name,
It Is said, entered the store posing as
a relief manager for Mr. Kennedy, relieving
him for the fake Canton position.
After closing the store that night,
the new man Is alleged to have collected
the day's receipts and left Forest
City. His absence was discovered the
next morning when the clerks opened
the store and the supposedly new manager
failed to show up.
Chief of Police Melvin Harris Is
working on the case and expects to
make an arrest soon. Mr. Kennedy
returned to Forest City as soon as he
discovered that the new Rose's store
in Canton of which he was to take
charge, was a fake.
Passes State Board
William Richard Clyburn, son of
Mrs. W. R. Clyburn and the late Dr.
W. R. Clyburn, was on a list of dental
graduates who passed the state board
of dental examiners in Columbia. He
will practice dentistry in Camden and
his office will be In the Medical building
on DeKalb street.
Garage Owner Is Injured
E. D. Drakeford, well known garage
owner and a member of the local Klwanls
club, Is confined to the Camden
hospital as a result of injuries
received when a car under which he
I was working slipped from a Jack and
' fell on him. His back was badly injured.
Edward Collins, 28, a "crime doet
not pay" lecturer, found that out wher
he was sentenced to 60 days in Jai
on a charge of obtaining money undei
false pretenses. Police arrested Col
lins after he had collected $9.25 frotr
Clinton, Iowa, merchants and ther
failed to give his anti-crime lecture.
Spectacular Blaze At'
Laundry Short-Lived
Kirn which started from sponta!
tieotts combustion in a pile > f shavj
inga used lor fuel at the power plant
j of the Camden Laundry and Dry
Cleaning company caused a lot ot
smoke, interrupted power and caused
a wave of excitement In the down'uv
ii dlatrf Monday afteriu.ou
Flames ?r.??t Into the air ami landed
telephone and power lino poles adjacent
to the power plant. Dense clouds
Of smoke, red with the glare of the
flumes shot skyward und attracted a
big crowd of pjop'e to the seme.
The Camden (Ire department was
quick in responding to the alarm and
within tlfteen minutes had the fire
under control. Tho flames did not
penetrate to the laundry building and
very little of the smoke came thru
tho rear doors and windows. As a
result there was no damage whatsoever
to tho contents.
The fire will not occasion any delay
In tho operation of the laundry as
the power plant can be operated while
repulrH aro being made to the shelter.
Stevens Elected
Highway Chairman
Columbia, June 22.?John T. Stovens,
Kershaw business man, was toi
day elected chairman of the state
highway commission to succeed Geo
Bell Timmerman of Batesburg, whose
term expired In April.
i Stevens moved up from the vice
i chairmanship and W. P. Hamrlck, Co
lumbia cotton mill executive, became
vice chairman,
i After its short meeting tho commlS'
> sion announced that the election*
' were unanimous.
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POTATOES AND TOMATOE8
GROWING QN 8AME VINE
j I^enese Billings, Lyttleton street
this city, was digging potatoes in th<
- garden at the rear of his home.
) In one section of the potato patel
5 Billings pulled up one of the plant*
5 and then rubbed his eyes in amaze
f ment. He took another look and thei
) pinched himself to see If he wai
- dreaming.
On the plant, growing with the pota
1 toes, were small tomatoes. Blllingf
L looked around and pulled up some
> other plants, about a dozen in all and
each plant carried potatoes and toma
i toes.
Just what happened to occasion thie
freak growth Mr. Billings can't say,
He is pondering on what name to give
ito the plants. Someone suggested
"Pomatoes," which is all right with
I Mr. Billings.
AGED FARMER WHO KILLED
CHRI8TMA8 TREE HUNTER DEAD
Elyria, Ohio., June 22.?A? will on
file today disclosed the death Sunday
of William Case, 82-yoar-old farmer,
who killed William Rousseau. 37, for
stealing a Christmas tree.
Relatives said announcement of
Case's death was withheld to avoid
publicity.
Case fatally shot Rousseau last December
when the unemployed man
cut down an evergreen tree on the
Case farm. Rousseau's wife, Mae, 29,
was wounded. At the request of Mrs.
Rousseau a grand Jury refused to Indict
the aged man for manslaughter.
Lou Gehrig Has Paralysis
New York.?Ed Barrow, president oi
1 the New York Yankees, announced
I Wednesday that Lou Gehrig is suffer
ing from chronic infantile paralysit
and will never play baseball *again
Barrow's statement came after Gehrtf
had turned over to him the forma!
report made by Mayo Clinic experts
Gehrig -had spent several days in the
clinic In order to have a thorough ex
\ aminatlon. The one-time great flrsi
i baseman had been worried about hif
condition all year after making a bad
showing in the field and at bat dur
ing the early part of the season. Geh
rig voluntarily benched himself Ma}
1 2, thus ending his consecutive gam<
1 streak at 2,130 games.
I
Banks To Observe Fourth
The two banks of Camden will b<
j closed Tuesday, in observance of Jul;
1 Fourth. All patrons are requested b
I attend to their banking business Moc
. day, so no one will be inconvenienced
Grace Episcopal Church
The services at Grace Episcops
church for Sunday, July 2 will be a
follows: Holy communion at 8 a. m.
Holy communion and address by th
rector, Dr. Maurice Clarke, at 11:15.
The United States has 495,000,00
? acres of forest land.
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All-Star Softball
Team Is Powerful
Thursday, June 22, was a bin day
for baseball In Canulen Four games
were played with Camden teams winning
three of the encounters.
The Camden Chiefs took the inoasure
of the Kershaw Rebels In a Palmetto
State league game by a 11 to 1
score while the Camden Junior Legion
team played before the largest crowd
| of the season to defeat (treat Kails,
15 to 8,
I Hobby Hell's Camden All-Star softball
team played tho Kershaw town
team at Softball, winning by a 7 to 3
score, while the only defeat of the
day was meted out to the Camden
Dames by I^ancaster's feminine squad
by a 10 to 9 score. The Camden
Dames played at Chesterfield last
Wednesday, winning a nine inning
game, 15 to 14. The score was tied
13 to 13 at the end of the regular
seven innings and again at 14 ail at
the end of the eighth. Camden scored
In the ninth to win by a one run margin.
Next Thursday the Hartsvllle
girl's team plays the Dames on tho
l>aurens street diamond hero.
Bell has a team that will go a long
way in competition with softball
groups in tho state. Arthur Robinson,
a one-armed hurler has been
pitching two and throo-hit ball all season.
Derrick is another good pitcher
i while Kltou Reeves Is a Bwoet working
catcher. Stanley Habln covers the
i first sack while Joo Moseloy is at the
keystone station. Ixie West la at
i short and Billy Nettles at third. Reg.
ulars in the outfield are Bell, Threat!,
i Taylor and Hendricks. As rosorve,
Bell has Gregory, OUvor, Davis, OaB.
kin and Plyler, all as good as any of
i tho regulars.
The All-Stars played the Kershaw
town toam at Kershaw Monday; the
Halle Gold Mino team here on Tuesi
day and the Lancaster All-Stars here
on Wednesday. All gamos were played
on the Laurens street ball field.
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KER8HAW COUNTY LIBRARY
l PROJECT DOING GOOD WORK
3
h The Kershaw county WPA library
^ project which la located In Camden,
} serves the entire white population of
Kershaw county. The book truck
. with a panel body which will carry
, 500 books on its shelves with space
j for several deposit cases insido, visits
I every community In the county every
. two weeks making 86 stops. The
truck also leaves deposits at eight
, schools and gives direct service to 11
schools. The truck is in charge of
, two young married women who givo
splendid service and who are liked
very much by tho county people.
The county WPA library has three
branch libraries?Liberty Hill, Kershaw
and Bethune. There are 125
i books owned by the oonnty and WPA
in each of these libraries all tho time,
subject to change at the will of the
aide in charge. Since opening these
branch libraries organizations in their
respective communities have donated
many books and the people hope to
make these libraries permanent.
The home demonstration clubs have
shown a great deal of interest in the
library and have as a body voted the
Kershaw county WPA library the
' most worthwhile and helpful Institution
in the county. It is often heard
said by all classes, "the library Is the
best thing tho WPA has ever organized."
The library has made great pro>
gross in the past year. One thousand
I eight hundred and twenty-four borrowers
have been added making a to,
tal of 5,134. Tho circulation of books
being 149,702.
^ The monding and binding unit with
I two Workers In charge have reconditioned
1,652 books, tbeBe wore both
5 school and library books.
This project consists of the followt
lng personnel: One supervisor, three
, aides in branch libraries, six aides in
I school libraries, two menders, one office
girl, two truck librarians and one
. assistant district supervisor.
' Mrs. Thome Dlea Here
} Mrs. Dovle Thorne, 29, died at the
Camden hospital Sunday morning after
an Illness of several weeks. She
e was a member of the Bethany Baptist
y church, Westville.
0 Funeral services were held at 5 p.
L. m. Tuesday at Thorn Hill Baptist
1 church, near Kershaw, the Rev. J. M.
Neal officiating.
Surviving are her husband, Willie
d C. Thorne, of Camden; one daughter,
s Betty Thome, of Camden; one broth;
qr, S. G. Newman, of Brooklyn, N. Y.;
e one sister, Mrs. W. H. Outlaw, of
Camden.
'0 Five babies are born every minute
In the United States.
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HOLIDAY CLOSING PROGRAM
Camden stores and offices will
be closed all day on Tuesday, July
4, and will also be closed for the
usual Thursday afternoon on July
6. , Patrons of these places are
requested to transact business according
to this schedule.