The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 21, 1939, Image 1
The Camden chronicle
VOLUME 61 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1939 NUMBER 17
pays Tribute To
Late Mr. Rieger
To the Editor of The State:
The cause of forest protection In
Charleston county and the state as
- whole lost a real champion in the
tragic death of H... W. Rieger, who
waa i? charge of the etate forest service
for the Walterboro district of
which Charleston county is a part.
Mr Rieger never missed an opportunity
to co-operate with local officials
for the common good.
Mr. Rieger was serving at the time,
when the Charleston county forest ser-|
vice was organised, and no one knows (
better than we of the service how
much he did for this section.
Mr. Rieger was known by all of the
hteh school students In Charleston
county, having organized, with Martin
P. Bookman, Charleston .county ranger
two forest clubs, one at North
Charleston high school, known as the
Rangers' club, and one at St. Paul
high school, known as the Forestry
club.
Mr Rieger was formerly district forester
for the Camden district and
since coming to Walterboro about a
year ago, he had acquired many
friends throughout coastal Carolina.
This tribute comes from the employes
and members of the Charleston'
county forest commission.
MARTIN P. BBCKMAN,
Charleston County Forest Ranger.
Charleston.
Naval Stores Plant
Destroyed By Blaze
The Yemassee naval stores plant,
operated by Gardner brothers, about
seven miles from Camden on the Camden-Blshopvllle
highway, was destroyed
by fire Friday afternoon. A quantity
of turpentine and rosin also was
destroyed along with the equipment.
The fire occurred when operators ha
just completed a run and had taken
the cap off. The Camden Fire DeI.artment
wa. called and prevented
the blaze trom Igniting other build
lngs This company operates branch
plants In Patrick and Cheraw. There
was no Insurance on the property.
Seaboard To Operate
Sunday Excursion
The second of the season's popular
Seaboard excursions to Savannah and
Jacksonville Is to be operated over
Sunday, August 6th. From Camden
the round trip to Savannah Is only
$2.00; to Jacksonville one dollar higher.
Although the popular broad ocean
beaches of Savannah and Jacksonville
offer the most fascinating and strong-J
est appeal to Seaboard excursionists, ^
constantly increasing numbers arOj
finding unending pleasure in the manyi
livic and historic points of interest.
The trains for which the Seaboard
excursion tickets are sold allow a full
dav in either Savannah or Jacksonville.
From Camden, departure is
made at 9:40 p. m., Saturday, August
5th. **
Promises of a hotly contested Sally
league baseball game are In store for
fans on Sunday, the 6th, when the
first division teams of Savannah and
Jacksonville come together in Savannah.
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Columbia Youth Arrested Here
Clinton Rivers, 19, was fined $51 in
recorder's court, according to police,
for alleged firing of a gun at three
houses in Wheeler's Hill neighborhood.
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The youth was arrested In Camden)
by Sheriff J. H. McLeod, and brought j
i,^re by police who had been search-'
ing for him.
Officers on the case Included Lieut. |
L. J. Campbell, H. W. Harris, J. D.
Par ton and T. S. Sharpe.
To Attend World Alliance
Rev. J. B. Caston will be absent
from his pupit on Sunday, July 30, as
he and Mrs. Caston and daughter,
Miss Jane Caston, will leave Monday
for Atlanta where Mr. Caston will attend
the Baptist World Alliance.
There will be delegates from all parts
of the world with an expected attendance
of HO,000 people. This alliance
meet* only every five years ^nd the
last meeting was held in Stockholm,
Sweden. \
To Meet At Old Parsonage I
The Fldells class of tli? Camden
Baptist church will meet at the old
parsonage Monday evening, July 24, at
8.30 o'clock with Mrs. T. W. Knight
aa hostess. All members are urged
to attend. ?
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Heat Records Broken1
Here For July 19th.
According to ii. A. Iirowu. who
keeps tlie government records for this
vicinity, the temperature for Camden
and vicinity was 102 on Wednesday.
Showers during Wednesday night
broke ttie heat wave quite a bit. The
Columbia State of Thursday morning
gave the following readings for Columbia
and vicinity:
"A heat record of twenty-six years'
standing was shattered when the mercury
rose to 102.1 degrees at 3:15
yesterday afternoon making it the hottest
July 10 in the history of the
weather bureau and bettering the
mark set in 1913.
The following readings were record^ed
during the day:
10 a. m., 91 degrees.
12 noon, 95 degrees.
2 p. m., 100 degrees.
3:15 p. m., 102.1 degrees.
4 p. m., 98 degrees.
, 6 p. ni., 86 degrees.
lxiw temperature for the day was
67 degrees for an average of 89, or
eight degrees above normal. It was
the hottest day of the summer."
Boys Injured By
Lightning Bolt
Elloree, July 18.?George Felkel,
son of Harvey Felkel, and Westley
Felkel, son of Clarence Felkel, narrowly
and miracuously escaped death
Monday afternoon when they were
struck down by a stray bolt of lightning
while standing under a tree in
the yard of the Felkel home, about
four miles from Elloree.
George's clothes were almost totally
ripped from one side of his body,
the bolt striking flnst dlreotly over his
heart and leaving him by way of the
left foot. A package of cigarettes In
his shirt pocket was torn to pieces
as well as the pocket. His left shoe,
which was rubber soled, was ripped
and torn. His body was numb practically
all over and was bruised at
the ankle. Both boys were knocked
to the ground and unable to move.
George's father, who was ten feet
away, said that his feet were knocked
from the ground by the shock. He
thought both of the boys were dead
at first, until he reached them. Two
of George's brothers, Bowman and
Roy, were also under the tree and
had their feet knocked from under
them.
Bailey Felkel, a third brother of
George, who was about thirty feet
away said that he felt the shock also.
The tree bore evidence of being struck
twice.
The boys are recovering from the
shock as well as could be expected.
Torrents of rain fell at Elloree, overrunning
the Btreet curbing and
flooding the stores at some places on
main street.
To Meet at Antioch
The Lee County Singing convention
will meet in its 170th session on
Sunday, July 23, at 2:15 p. m., with
Antioch Baptist church, situated eight
miles east of Camden, just off highway
No. 34. We extend a special invitation
to all singers and a warm
welcome to all.?'Luther A. Moorc^
president.
Homecoming At Hanging Rock
All former pastors, members and
friends of Hanging Rock Methodist
church on the Heath Springs charge
are cordially Invited to attend the
first homecoming day there on Sunday,
July 30. Services begin at 10:30
a. m. Dr. Jt. S. Truesdale will preach
at 11 a. m.; Rev. W. D. Gleaton at
3 p. m. The church was organized
in 1794. The first preacher was Rev.
William Fullwood in 1795, Catawba ct.
This Is an all-day celebration with
dinner served on the grounds. Everybody
is expected to bring well-filled
baskets.?Miss Viola Barfield, Chairman
of the Committee.
Vacancy at The Citadel
The scholarship founded by the late
William States Lee, of the Class of
1894, has become vacant through its
recent holder having been appoointed
to the United States Naval Academy.
This scholarship Is awarded on a four
year basis and yields to the holder
about $160 per year, half payable in
the fall and half in the spring.
It is open to applicants from South
Carolina between the ages of sixteen
and twenty-one, not less than fire
feet in height, of sound physique and
of superior character. Emphasis will
be placed upon scholarship. Applications
will have be filed on or before
July 25, and application blank* can
be secured from J. Willis Cantey, at
Camden, 8. C. ?
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Negro Killed
By Falling Tree
Isaac i'earson, 30-y ear-old negro
w^s killed Monday while cutting timber
in the Trestle Creek swamp near
the old Southern Hallway depot.
He whs in the employ of Glenn
Dowey, lumberman, and was with
Colic Hay when the accident occurred.
The two had felled a tree which lodged,
and in attempting to dislodge the
tree, the butt kicked back and struck
Pearson in the forehead, crushing his
skull.
Hay came to town aud notified Deputy
Sheriff Grover Hush, and he with
Coroner l-.ee went to the scene and
decided thu>t an inquest was not necessary.
How Farm Woodland
Can Be Profitable
Kershaw county farm woodland
owners are losing thousands of dollars
annually through burning, slashing
and over-cutting their woodlands
and failure to follow good woodland
management practices, according to
W. C. McCarley, county farm agent.
These woodland owners, in many
instances, can earn $2.00 or more an
acre each year from their timberlands
which mean that the 188,000 acres of
farm woodlands in the county would
add approximately $376,000 to the
farm income.
"This result can be accomplished
through Judicious woodland management
including protection from fire,
thinning for fuelwood and pulpwood,
and cutting mature stands by individual
tree selection for poles, piling and
sawtimber," says the agent.
"Landowners will find It profitable,
therefore, to look upon their farm
forest acres as another source of cash
income , such as cotton, tobacco, livestock,
and other farm enterprises.
"Well managed farm forests are of
distinct value to the general farm
economy through bringing all the land
into profitable use and diversifying
agricultural practices."
MULE "8HOW8" FARMER
HOW TO MAKE COTTON
T. J. Hiott, Colleton county farmer,
is getting an increased yield from his
cotton land thts year because he
learned a lesson in farming from his
mule.
Hlott noticed that the cotton stalks
at the end of the rows grew more
bolls than those in the middle after
the mule, in pulling the plow through
the field, nipped off buds on top as
the animal turned around at the end
of each row. This caused the lowest
buds to be more plentiful,
j Hlott snipped off the top buds all
along the rows and more fruitful production
was the result. Many of his
neighbors are following his example.
Awarded Cup As Camper
Kanuga Lake, July 14. ? Betty
Blakeney, Camden, was awarded the
cup as the best all-round camper at
the closing camp fire of the Junior
Conference for boys and girls at Kanuga
lake, conference center of the
Episcopal church near Hendersonville.
She was also a member of group of
girls that was awarded the camp pennant
for 1939.
Ethel Ann Mauldin and Virginia
Cary Guthrie, both of Camden, were
also at camp.
The Uymen's conference opened
Friday, followed by the opening of
the adult and college conference on
Saturday, July lo.
Lee Heads Ehrhardt Schools
Ehrhardt, July 13.?After a meeting
of the board of trustees held in Ehrhardt
Saturday, Dr. M. S. Fender,
chairman of the board, made the following
announcements: John K. Lee,
of Camden, was elected superintendent
of the Ehrhardt schools; Miss
Adelaide Taylor, of Columbia, who finished
the University of South Carolina
this year, was made teacher of
high school English. C. M. Bowen, of
Easley was re-elected to do high
school work; Miss Margaret Shirley,
of Westminister, was again elected to
have charge of the library and to
teach science. Mies Margaret Nelson,
of Orangeburg, who is a graduate of
Columbia college in the 1939 class,
has been elected to teach the seventh
grade.
?'?Pound Dead Tn Bed
Will Boler, a 68-year-old negro tenant
on the farm of 8oulee Cook, near
Kershaw, was found dead in bed 'Tuesday.
The negro had apparently died
in his sleep. Deputy Sheriff Grover
Rush investigated and thought an inquest
was not necessary.
Baptists To Hold
World-Wide Meet
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Atlanta, July IS.?"A world-wide
convention without delegates"?that
was the term Dr. J H. Rnshbrooke,
of London, general secretary of the
Baptist World Alliance, used today to
describe the sixth congress of the Alliance
opening Saturday.
Baptists wili come from sixty nutIons?50,000
are expected?but none
of them will be "delegates." That
name would imply the delegation of
authority to represent others in spiritual
matters?a transgression of Baptist
doctrine.
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Tuberculosis Spread
Working to Prevent
The other day, a mother of thiee
children sat in the yard of a rural
home with the children nearby eating
fruit and playing on the ground. There
were also baby chicks scratching
here and there. This mother has been
suffering with a cough, hoarseness, expectoration,
weakness and night
Bweats since mid-winter. While the
children played on the ground, the
mother coughed and expectorated repeatedly
on the ground, endangering
the well-being of the children, who
were unaware of the fact that the
symptoms of the mother's illness
mean pulmonary tuberculosis.
The work of the Kershaw County
Tuberculosis Association and the tuberculosis
nurse Includes discovering
situations like the one described and
doing everything possible in the interest
of preventing further spread of
tuberculosis.
It Is no wonder that in the early
diagnosis campaign, there were discovered
six cases of pulmonary tuberculosis
and forty-four cases of first infection
tuberculosis.
Carelessly expectorating on the
ground, on the sidewalk or in public
buildings spreads tuberculosis and
other respiratory diseases.
NATIONAL GUARD UNIT8
DRILL AT CAMP JACK80N
Columbia, S. C., July 16.?Approximately
1,200 officers and enlisted men
of the 118th Infantry, South Carolina
National Guard, began a two-weeks
training period at Camp Jackson today.
The 17th field artillery regiment
completed training yesterday and va-!
| cated the camp shortly after noon.
Units of the 118th are from Colum-j
bia, Union, Timmonsville, Charleston,'
Walterboro, Orangeburg, Easley, |
Spartanburg, Greenville, Chester, i
Rock Hill, Port Mill, Hartsville andj
Camden.
Quartermaster units which also began
training today are the Headquar-j
ters, Second Batallion of Columbia. |
Company C or Lockhart, and Company
L) of Columbia.
Designated To Attend Funeral
Washington, July 12.?Congressman
James P. Richards, Fifth district of
South Carolina, was today designated
by Speaker Bankhead as one of a committee
to represent the House of Representatives
at the funeral tomorrow
in Chattanooga, Tennessee, of the
Honorable Sam L). McReynolds, chalr-i
man of the powerful Foreign Affairs'
committee of the House, who died
Tuesday.
Richards is now fourth ranking
member in this committee, which is
composed of twenty-five members of
the House of Representatives.
Caught Large Bass
On June 28, C. T. Baldwin, professor
in the Camden high school, caught an
eight-pound bass In the Hermitage
pond spillway. Mr. Baldwin was casting
using a top-water plug, when the
large mputh bass struck and those
present stated it was quite a thrilling
spectacle seeing the fight the big fish
put up before being landed.
Mr. Baldwin entered his big fish in
the Charlotte Observer contest and [
took a prize for the week for the
largest fish in that class caught. A
picture of Mr. Baldwin and his big
catch appeared in Monday's Charlotte
Observer.
* Many others have caught large fish
this, season In the Hermitage I^ake,
hut this Is the first reported caught
in the spillway.
Bethesda Pr?bytsrlan Church
Sunday, July 23, A. Douglas Mo
Am, pastor. Sunday school at 10 a.
m. for all persons over thirteen years
of age. Morning worship with sermon
at 11:15. Congregational meeting
after the morning service. The
public Is cordially Invited to this service.
Man Held In Killing
Of Sheriff's Kinsman
Florence. July IS.--An inquest wan
held here tonight by Coroner Tom
Wallace to hear the facta of evidence
In the death of A E. Elliott, merchant
of Florence, found dead on the night
of November 1, 1038. The Jury held
that Elliott came to hla death by
wounds Inflicted by John V. llarnette
and parties unknown to the Jury.
A. E. Elliott was found by his cook
on the morning of November 2, 11)38,
dead with his f^ce taped. Dr. J. D.
Faddy, county health physician, testified
that Elliott had come to his death
by suffocation caused by this adhesive
tape across his nose. Robbery
was brought out as the motjve us the
elderly store keeper was supposed to
have kept a largo sunt of money on
his person.
Barnette was returned to Florence
July f>, after being apprehended in
Georgia May 2. Barnette was represented
here tonight by Senator P. H.
McEachln, of this city. Sheriff J. H.
McLeod, of Camden, attended the
hearing as a near relative of tho doi
ceased and also as u witness. Much
I Interest and controversy has grown up
around this case.
Against Third Term
For Roosevelt
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Washington, July 13.?Senator Ellison
D. ("Cotton Ed") Smith, of South
Carolina, Democratic dean of the Benate,
Bald today he was "unalterably"
opposed to a third-term nomination for
President Roosevelt.
Smith said In a statement his decision
was not predicated upon administration
attempts to purge him
from the senate last year, but upon
his belief a third term for any president
"would be the beginning of dic'
tatorshlp." I
| Serving his 31st year In the senate,
the South Carolinian said the ofTlce
of president was "In a category to
Itself."
"In spite of the constitutional provision
of three co-ordinate branches
J of the government," his statement
said, "human nature Is such that peo|
pie are going to Invest In their minds |
I the president with extraordinary powers.
"And the longer a president serves
the greater the tendency will be for
people to look to him rather than to
the legislative or Judicial branches for
the formulation of their opinion as to
public affairs. This of itself would
be the beginning of dictatorship."
Smith said he was "more concerned
now about the possible danger of a
third term than I otherwise would
be" because of "present conditions."
"I think the Inevitable result of a
third term, that is, the nomination of
the present incumbent of, the White
House, would split the Democratic
party more completely and Irrevocably
than the Bull Moose movement
did the Republican party."
Smith said outside the South Democrats
probably would vote for any
nominee they thought "feasible."
"But In the South It's hard to tell
what would happen."
"My own Judgment Is that it might
be possible or perhaps probable that
a great part of the people would vote
another ticket, but the old regulars
like myself would refrain from voting."
Smith expressed hope next year's
Democratic convention would "take
stock of this situation and select a
standard bearer who can heal the already
existing breach and begin unification
of the party again."
Baptist Church Services
The following services are announced
for week beginning July 23, 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 11:16 a. m. and 8:30 p.
m. Morning subject, "Possessing the
Spirit of Christ." Evening subject,
"A World or a Life." B. T. U. with
picture at 7:30 p. m., with Christopher
,Vaughan director In charge. The
public Is cordially invited to attend
all services of this church.
Boy Soouts On Outing
On Tuesday afternoon Troop 30 of
the Boy Scouts with their leader, Ben
L. Team went to Hammond Park, near
Columbia^ on an. outing. After swimming
and diving contests, they
cooked their own supper and enjoyed
a watermelon slicing. This was the
second meeting since the health officer
of the county gave his O, K. for
them to meet Julian Culvera assisted
the leader in making the trip an
enjoyable one.
City Council Sells
$01,000 Light Bonds
Tuesday night Camden city council
sold to t?. 11 Crawford Company Inc.,
tho successful bidder. $01,000 electric
light revenue bonds.
There wore four bond coin pan tea bidding
on Jlieso bonds. All the bids
were at a lower rate of Interest, but
G. 11. Crawford company subinltted
the lowest bid -their bid being two
and three-quarter per cent interest,
with a premium to be paid to tho city
of $67.50. These bonds are to bo refunded
over a period of years --$5,000.'
a year from 1940 to 1950 inclusive, and
$6,000 in 1961. The low rale of interest
on those bonds is vety complimentary
to tho city.
This issue is not for tho purpose of
any expenditures of money at this
time, but solely for tho purpose of refinancing
temporary floating loans, resulting
from the cost of rural electrification?the
city having over a period
of soveral yoars erected a number
of rural electric lines leading out
of Camden, all of which was dono before
the present city council was
elected. The temporary loans bear a
considerably higher rato of interest
than these bonds will bear. Tho city
will, therefore, save a considerable
amount by the issuance of those revenue
bonds and will not have to be
borrowing money from time to time
to reflnnnce the floating loans, but
same will now be retired in an orderly
manner each year for eleven years.
Those bonds are payuble solely
from the revenue of the electric lighting
system and do not In any sense
constitute a general obligation of the
city. Under the terms of the ordinance
authorizing the sale of the
bonds, there Is to be taken from the
revenues of the electric light system
each month a certain amount, to be
placed In a local bank, and held by
said bank as truatge^ln take care of
the annual retirement ofc- these bunds.
Ship Peaches To
Northern Markets
Columbia, July 17?-Light shipments
of South Carolina peaches to north[
ern markets are being made, but shipments
are expected to top 160 car
loads dally by the end of next week,
George E. Prince chief of the Clemson
College marketing division, said
today.
Prince quoted prices today at $1.75
to $2.00 a bushel f. o. b. South Carolina
shipping points. Early shipments
are being made from Chesterfield,
Laurens, York and Spartanburg counties.
He predicted a 2,000 carload crop
for tho state and said the peaches this
year were of a "highly satisfactory"
quality.
Spartanburg county, with 15,000
acres In peach orchards, leads tho
state In production, Prince said.
Bishopville Plant
Destroyed By Fire
Bishopville, July 13.?A disastrous
$15,000 fire raged through the planing
mill, dry kiln and lumber yard of the
W. T. Royer Lumber company here
early Thursday morning before It was
finally brought under control by tho
Bishopville Volunteer fire department.
The alarm was turned In at about
12:30 a. m., but due to the fact that
the nearest hydrant was over two
blocks away and the fact that several
trips had to be made for more hose,
it was some time before the water
was first thrown on the fire which
started In the shaving house connected
with the dry kiln and planer boiler.
In addition to the planing mill, tho
dry kiln and the lumber destroyed In
the yard, several buildings filled with
building suppllo8 and the office and
workshop were entirely destroyed. The
saw mill and part of the lumber were
saved.
According to W. T. Royer, veteran
lumberman and owner of the plant,
the damage will amount to approximately
$15,000. Up until the present
time he has made no decision as to
whether he will rebuild tlft plant or
not. He estimated that about 400,000
feet of lumber went tip In smoke. Of
this amount 200,000 feet was cured
and dressed, the remaining amount
being rough lumber. Part of the stock
of paint, hardware, brushes, and the
like, was removed before the Are forced
the workers to stop salvage operations.
At a late hour today the fire
was still smoldering with the fire department
keeping a close lookout.
Great Britain has" more than 150
houses said to be haunted.
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