The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 11, 1939, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
Cruising ij
.. Around :;
with
The Skipper !1
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Out tilde of listening to basebball
games via radio while on a motor
Jaunt, one of the moat interesting
things one can do to pass the time
Is to scan the roadside for odd-reading
signs.
Ou my recent Jaunt up to Wisconsin
I traveled some 2,100 miles up
and back and had a chance to see
many thousands of roadside bill boards
and the like.
The comedy relief which every good
Republican has been seeking assiduously
for the last seven years is
available In one of tho Illinois counties
through which we drove.
It takes a strictly Republican sense
of humor to appreciate the subtle implications
of a couple of road signs
which appeared side by side along the
road.
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One sign read, ''Roosevelt Road.
And the other, Just below and a little
to one side warns, "Danger?Travel
At Own Risk." j
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And that isn't all. The road is a
new one and is mighty rough and
rocky. It Is sharply downhill from
the position of the signs. And within
a few yards whatever lies ahead Is
obscured by a sharp left turn and a
big bluff.
I guess I mentioned last week that
I saw a double-header between the
Yanks and White Sox and I am still |
in a daze as to why and wherefore
the Yanks lead the American league^
Jimmy Dykes, the little baldheaded
guy with the stubby cigar, has beeu
haunting pawnshops, rummage sales
and sheriff s auctions for the last Ave
years picking up manager's discards
of broken down baseball talent. Out
of this worn and broken down-galaxy
of pickups he has put together a machine
with baling wire and grocers
string which performed the amazing
feat that week of defeating the Boston
Red Sox and * New York Yankees'in
five consecutive games.
Dykes seems headed for fame as
the greatest trader baseball has ever
known. Joliu McGraw was a shrewd
operator; Clarke Griffith was called
the "old fox" for good reason; Roger
Hornsby, by trading sows' ears Into
silk purses for the ^St. Louis Browns
earned the name of "Trader Hornsby,"
but the market maneuvers of
Dykes has eclipsed them all. With
practically the equiHvont of used tires,
broken furniture, cracked spark plugs
and chipped Chinaw&re, he has built
the Comlskey family a ball club which
is making a belligerent effort to oust
the Red Sox from second place.
All the big shot sport writers admit
that if Mouty Stratton, the White Sox
pitching ace of last year, hadn't got
careless with a shooting iron last fall,
the league might present the startling
spectacle of Dyke's patchwork outfit
arguing with the Yankees (or first
place The rest of the league had
better keep Jimmy from laying hands
on any Grade A baseballers, Judging
b> the tricks he does with salvaged
relics.
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Stepping off the sport griddle for
a minute or so, wonder If some of you
Camden folks, who knew Polly Warren
Palmer, blonde socialite who was
d 'w:i in our midst with her first hubby
Potter D'Orsay Palmer, season
before last. Is planning a Florida divorce
from her second hubby, William
Watts Rose.
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Polly was divorced from Potter Palmer
December 1, 1938, and a few days
later Palmer married a girl who was
a waitress In a Sarasota, Florida roadside
stand. Later Palmer died after
a brawl following a drinking bout. His
papa and mama did not like the little
waitress widow and in order to
a widow's share of the estate of
the former playboy, the little gal has
had to start legal action.
Polly Warren surprised her parents
and friends by marrying Willie Rose
last March, the wedding taking place
at Iy^Hsburg, Kentucky. They settled
down to live happily ever after, but
it lasted only a few weeks. Then
Polly went -home to mother. Then
th?j couple tried it again in a hotel
suite but that didn't last either.
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Polly gar* up a ftSO a week lifesettlement
frog) Palmer when she married
Rose. V
Our tbfhkagraa for this week Is
"Women may hays the lsst word, but
It's fortunate their cannot hear what
*. i -gab*
the husband says to himself."
When I wandered into the office after
my return from the north I enI
countered good old pinch-hitting Donald,
who was very busily and slowly
writing a letter. "Sah," sez Don,
"D9n't bother nie Skipper, I'm busy
writing a letter." "But," sez I, "Why
are you writing so slowly?" "Well,"
quoth Donald, "This guy I am writing
to can't read very fast."
The baseball boys tell me that Jup
Pluv has been most unkind to the
state league games, some three being
rained out here while I was away.
Tough luck, I'll say.
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Oh yes, lest we forget?that all-star
game is listed for Friday, August 18.
Wotta game boys, wotta a game that
wifl be. All the old stars back in
harness, and gamboling on the turf
And the drug store owners smiling
happily and congratulating themselves
that they will be wise enough to stock
up with liniment.
We-dislike to voice criticism, but
It Just has to be done. Better regulations,
more business-like conduct of
affairs is a crying necessity at the
Camden ball park. The practice of
small boys climbing all over the top
.of the home-team dugout, racing about
In the area between the base lines
and bulkhead, playing tag in the
grandstands, and the like, is just a
few reasons why some fans stay away
from ball games.
We suggest to the baseball club
management that arrangements be
made to hare a police officer be on
hand to personally- eliminate the
above mentioned nuisances.
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We believe Camden is entitled to
have regulation at athletic events
| What happened last Thursday is jost
j plain tank town stuff. And yon and
I and the rest of the gang w!H slap
anyone down who pats Camden in
(that kind of a classification.
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Camden Secures
Improved Service
Minorca uu tho pu?i of tho local
chamber of commerce to secure better
mall service bet weeu Camden and
Columbia and also an Increase In service
frequency between Sumter and
Camden have come to a dead-end, according
to advices received from the
post office authorities at, Washington.
The request of' the 'Camden chamber
was made the subject of an Investigation
by a field official, the report
discloses: it appears from this
report that the advisability of establishing
a star route service between
Camden, and Columbia, leaving Columbia
at 10 a. m. and arriving in
Camden at 11:30 and leaving Camden
at 4 p. m. and arriving in Columbia
at 5:30 p. m., was carefully considered
but the quantity of mail that
would be handled would not justify J
tlje cost. Au actual couut tor any
day disclosed that ouly 164 pieces of
all classes were available for Camden
and Columbia over the proposed route.
The report further states that tho
postmaster at Columbia states that
mall received at bis office after 1 p. m.
Is not delivered that day by the city
carriers, so mail arriving after 5
o'clock would be of little value so far
as delivery is concerned.
The question of Increasing the
frequency of service on the star route
between Camden and Sumter was also
considered, says the report, but
the postmaster at Sumter advised
there would be only a small amount
of letter mail available for dispatch
at 2 p. m. for Camden, Columbia and
connections.
While Camden failed to secure au
Improvement in the service Involving
Columbia and Sumter, it gained a big
victory when the government announced
the putting into service of a
star route between Rock mil and
Camden, which will result lu a fifty
per cent improvement in the matter
of mail service from northern and
midwest points. Mail that now arrives
after 1:30 p. m. will be here at
10 a. m. and there will be a mail truck
out of Camden with mall for the north
at 1 o'clock dally.
Georgia "Victim"
Of Lynching Found
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 4.?Listed as
Georgia's sole victim of a lynching
thiB year, Charlie Williams, 33-yearold
negro, was found at work at a
Savannah fertilizer plant.
"I heard I was lynohed but didn't,
pay any attention to ft' 'cause I knew I
I was living," Williams told Detective
Sergeant E. A. Fitzgerald yesterday.
In it's semi-annaul report made July
I, the Tuskegee Institute reported
Williams was lynched by a group of
white men at Coolcliffe, Ga., March
II. A negro newspaper first carried
a report of the purported lynching.
Fitzgerald found' Williams after a
diligent search, made at the request
of the Southern Women for the Prevention
of Lynching.
J. Herbert Moore Is
Scholarship Winner
Hiwcial lo The Chronicle
Charleston, S. C., Aug 10.?Colonel
Clark Williams, of "The Collars ami
The Piues," Is making a last lug contribution
to the future of Camden, b>
making possible college educations
for three Camden youths.
Cadets William Wannamaker ltates,
Jr., and John Carl West, members of
the rising junior and Sophomore
classes, respectively, at The Citadel,
hold the first two of the coveted
"Camden Scholarships" at South Carolina's
military college, and Joseph
Herbert Moore will enter the college
as a freshman September 4 as the
beneficiary of the third of these scholarships
provided by Colonel Williams.
Holders of these scholarships are limited
to graduates of the Camden
high school.
Selections of beneficiaries of Colonel
Williams' scholarships are made
upon the basis of general worth and
personality, force of character and
leadership, physical vigor and scholastic
excellence. The maintenance of
a high stand at The Citadel may be
expected of young men so chosen.
Colonel Williams' keen Interest lu
young men Is an outstanding characteristic.
A graduate Qf Williams College,
Massachusetts, he has done
much for that Institution, but through
his association with General Charles
P. Summerall during and since the
World War, he has been drawn closely
to The Citadel, to which he has
sent his several beneficiaries. Colonel
Williams' admiration for South Carolina
and Its Institutions, especially Its
military college, Is marked by enthusiasm
which he freely expresses.
Joseph Herbert Moore, a graduate
of Camden high school with the class
of 1939, and a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Stoney Moore, of this city, has been
awarded the four-year Colonel Clark
Williams scholarship at The Citadel,
the military college of South Carolina.!
Moore is the third Camden high
school honor graduate to receive the
Williams scholarship?the others being
William Wannamaker Bates, Jr.,
and John Carl West.
Moore will enter The Citadel as a
freshman this fall and there Is every
reason to believe the academic and
athletic prowess that featured bis
Camden school affiliation will be continued
at Charleston.
Herbert Moore has the enviable
mark of 95.6 for the eleven years he
attended the Camden schools. In the
first grade his average for the yean
was 96.5, second year 95, third year
95.5, fourth year 95, fifth year 95.9,
sixth, year 94.2, seventh year 94,
eighth year 97.2. ninth year 94.4,
.tenth year 96.1 and eleventh year 94.8.
Moore tried nine district contests
and won eight of them. In 1937 he
won honors in the algebra contest. In
1938 he took first in geometry and In
1939 he was first In history, English,
typing, shorthand, senior algebra and
general scholarship. He entered eight
state contests and won flvtf-^-they being:
geometry In 1938, history,'^typ*
ing, shorthand and senior algebra in
1939.
Moore was not only an exceptional
student from the academic standpoint.
He also excelled In athletics. He played
football in 1939, basketball in 1938
and 1939, being team captain in 1939?
played high school baseball In 1938
and 1939 and Junior Legion baseball
in 1938 and 1939.
Popular among his school associates
?he was vice president of the junior
class, home room president in 1937;
president of future teachers club In
1938 and 1939; president of the Beta
club in 1939; was typist of school paper
in 1938; member of the French
club In 1939; president of the commercial
club In 1939 and home room editor
of the Gold and Black.
Moore never missed the honor roll
during his eleven years of school and
was never more than third from the
top of his class every year.
Selections of beneficiaries of - Colonel
Williams' scholarships are made
upon the basis of general worth and
personality, force of character and
leadership, physical vigor and scholastic
excellence. ^
Orangeburg's Fli?e*-Bale Brings 22.5
Orangeburg, August 2.?Auctioned
off on public square here this morning,
the first sale of Orangeburg county
cotton of the 1939 crop was bought
by M. K. Jeffords, Jr., local cotton buyer,
for twenty-two and a half cents a
pound. It graded middling, weighed
about four hundred pounds, had an
Inch staple and was wrapped In cotton
bagging. The auctioneer was M.
K. Jeffords, manager of the Orangeburg
Cotton Marketing aeeociatlon.
The bale was-from the farm of Wesley
Berry, negro; near Bowman, U
was ginned early Tuesday at the
Wilkes ginnery here and put on the
cotton platform before 6:30 o'clock
that morning. This Is thought to be
the first bale ginned In South Carolina.
Times Square In New - York City
has buildings whose electric sign
space earns a larger fsntal than all
[the interior space combined.
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Old Land Marks
"The Blue House"
(By Sadie Kennedy, von Tresckow)
So hidden In the mists ot the year*
U the history of "The Blue House."
that It is almost a tradition today.
( Vet. uo house In Cuindon has more
right to be remembered, and tho spot
upon which it stood should surely bo
marked.
For It was here that the brave Baron
DeKalb, after tho liuttlo of Fainden,
August 16, 1780, "mortally pierced
with eight wounds of bayouets and
three musket balls after his horse had
been shot from under him," according
to his aide-de-camp, the Chevalier Uu-'
Huysson, and taken prisoner by the|
British, lingered two days, attended
by l)r, Isaac Alexander, and closed his
eyes in death, *
As further proof of the above, "The
Camden Journal" of July, 1830, stated!
that "DeKalb died In what was called
ihe 'Blue House' in the town, a day
or two after tho Battle of Camden""
or tQum Swamp), and at that date
many who had taken part in the bat*
| tie were still alive. From its portals
he was borne to his ilrst resting place'
midway in the held behind the old
Presbyterian church, which stood at
the Junction of Church and Meeting
streets, near the Ancrutn and Nixon
enclosures, not far from the grave of
Agnes of Glasgow.
Joseph Kersnaw In his will (1788)
gave these two lota to tho Presbyterian
congregation and near them was
the site of the Quaker Meeting House,
now enclosed in the Camden cemetery.
The site of DoKalb's first Interment'
is now Included in the Evergreen'
Nurseries, owned by Withers Trotter.
The lot on which the "Blue House"]
stood was originally owned by William
Ancrum, of Charleston. In 1798,
he deeded it for three hundred pounds]
to Gayetan Alguier, of Charleston, who
must have moved to Camden. It then'
became the property of Mrs. Margaret
Adamson Alexander, wife of the famous
Dr. Isaac Alexander. 1802, Mrs.
Alexander willed It to her son-in-law,
Henry Dana Ward, in trust for her
grandson, Henry Dana Artemaa Ward.
In 1807, Zebulon Dudolph, the grand
uncle of Mrs. Lucretia Garfield, the
widow of President Garfield, was the
owner of the property "situated on
lot No. 65 near the corner of Broad
and Meeting streets." In 1816, he
still resided In the "Blue House" and
the home of Robert Mickle was on
the opposite side, east. They then
being the most Southern residents of
Camden. In 1818, Royal Bullard, who
was Intendant of Camden in 1820, became
the purchaser. Then, all trace
of ownership or destiny of this historic
house is lost in oblivion.
An Interesting print of the "Blue
House" was presented to the Hobklrk
Hill Chapter D. A. R., and was framed
and hung on the walls of the old court
house, which the Hobklrk Hill chap|
ter purchased from the county rather}
than see it sold as old brick and de-J
mollshed. Tt was used as a chapter
house and relic museum, and this
print was hung there by the then
regent, Mrs. K. C. von Tresckow. In
February, 1933, when the D. A. 11. felt
they could no longer afford to keep
up the old building it was turned over
to the city to be kept as a musoiiflh.
Unfortunately, it was used for a mattress
and coffin factory to employ relief
workers. Tho relics were not removed
and have dlsappoured. Most
of them like the print of the "Blue
House," were valuable, irreplacable,
and any trace of their whereabouts
will be appreciated by the Hobkirk
Hill chapter.
The small brass cannon that marked
j the intersection of Broad and Bull
streets (where the four public squares
were), also disappeared and someone
must know its fate. It had been dug
up when the streets were graded.
Finally the city with the consent
of the D. A. R. agreed to lease the
building to the Masons for ninety-nine
years.
Irately with the consent of the committee
In charge of the old court
house building, the D. A. R. (Hobkirk
Hill chapter) have placed a marble
marker above the original monument
erected to Baron DeKalb by the
citizens of the town. This original
monument was found by Messers.
Kirkland and Kennedy in the basement
of the Presbyterian church and
was donated to the D. A. R. and placed
by them in the wall under the
stone stairs leading into the court
house.
Much confusion in the minds of
visitors to Camden arose from the
fact that the remains of DeKalb were
said to rest under the monument In
front of the Presbyterian church and
yet picture postcards also allowed his
monument under the old court house
steps.
Therefore, the Daughters of Hobkirk
Hill chapter stopped the sale of
the false postcards and have now
placed a marker to show the true history
of the slab.
MYRTLE BEACH SWIMMER
NABS FISH WITH HAND
Myrtle Reach, Aug. 5.?C. H. Goldsmith.
of Greenville, while swimming
In the surf, caught a two-pound flounder
with his hand. The tlsh slapped
him on his legs with lightning like
rapidity and Goldsmith reached out
and grabbed It. Several women near
by witnessed the piscatorial capture.
One of the "mermaids" said another
flounder hud brushed her.
A young boy also caught a threeI
pounder with his hand south of Ocean
| Plaza pier.
A mother and son caught ninety
fish within four hours time.
A party of three or four guests of
Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Moore captured
two hundred fish within several hours
off the Second Avenue pier.
Old fishermen report the heaviest
run of fish for many years.
Unlike large American cities, London
disguises many of its police cars
?particularly those operating at night
?so that they appear to be milk wagons,
newspaper delivery trucks and
similar "night" vehicles. The officers
in them wear plain clothes and reI
celve their Instructions In code.
I Thursday, Friday and Saturday I
m 9x12 Grass Hugs A $3.25 H
I 6x9 Grass Hugs 1.69 I
I Heavy Bed Ticking, 10 yards 95 I
Cup 'and Saucer, complete 05
Desert Saucers, 2 for 05 I
\ Brooms, each 19 I
1 9x12 Felt Base Rugs 4.35 I
I Saucers, 2 for 05
! i Ladies' Blouses 25
See our POTTERY ?See our BOW1JS and POTS !
Fancy Gingham Checks, yard 10 Hj
Toilet Paper, 3 rolls for .10 I.
Salt, 2 packages for 05 I;
i | Regular 10c Matches, package 05 Hi
| | Suit Cases 98 H1
j 6x9 Felt Base Rugs 2.49 ' i
I See our CHEAP PRINTS ? See our TRUNKS j
i Gulf Spray, gallon 1.15
! | Also ENAMEL WARE?cheap prices j ,
j j 3x6 Grass Rugs 60
| | Fancy Color Dinner Plates, each a 10 j
Fancy Drapery Material, per pound 40 j
H Large Vegetable Dishes, each 15
j Large Platters, each 05 j j
j I High Quality Rayon Spreads, each 1.49 1
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