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The Camden Chronicle ?*- - ? J-JU ULI '"C.w . \ / t^volUME 51 CAMDEN, SOUTH CARQLINA, 'FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1939 NUMBER 21 SXAR PITCHERS WILL SEE * I ACTION HERE ON SATURDAY i i (By Skipper) Canuleu and Kershaw county basen fan8 will be given the opportunity [ seeing ??me hl*b cla88 ba*ebaU Sajt. Vjay al the Camden ball park when Hu#11 small's rejuvenated Chieftains meet the fast stepping Sumter Qametocka In a double-header, the games lo mark the finis pt tjwa regular Palmetto league schedule for 1939. * It will also mark the final chapter t0 baseball In Camden unless the Chiefs happened to finish In fourth place above the Lancaster Red Roses, which would put them into the playoff series and insure one or more local ippea ranees. The Chiefs figured Jn one of the boldest stickups of the season last Saturday at Lancaster, when a home umpire Joined forces with the home team to score a marginal victory over a j^rd fighting Camden outfit. . The decisions of this official were so palp,bly wrong that even the Lancaster fins guffawed. .. | This writer has always made it a practice to refrain from stepping off the neutral territory when recounting a baseball or any other sporting event and we have leaned backward in cur. efforts to keep silent on some of the umpiring witnessed in the Palmetto circuit this season. But there comes a time when patience lacks many yards of coming under the wire as a virtue and the home stuff that was in evidence at Lancaster last Saturday was really pitiful. Such brazen defiance of the laws of sportsmanship Is bound to wreck any baseball league. In the double bill to be offered here Saturday the fans will see four splendid pitchers in action. Bubber Moore, j "who was asked to sign a Sally league contract a few days ago will work the: I first game for Camden and Dick DuI Bose, Presbyterian college ace,_ will] voir them in for the Chieftains In the I wend game. /or Sumter, Manager Burns will fiend Stoddard, his no-run, no-hlt star [on the hM in the first game wlthj ' Coker, Clemson ace, doing his stuff in the second. It is hoped that every baseball fan in Camden and Kershaw county willI make an effort to get out for this game. The Camden team has struggled against poor attendance, rain and financial difficulties all season, but the team was determined to finish the seaeon in the league and they have done so, a most commendable effort. The team deserves the support of the fans and if the attendance this afternoon Is sufficient, the deficit In the treasury can be cut down materially. Coach Small and members of the team are pleading with the fans to| support thein by turning out en masse Saturday. The Citadel Opens On September 4 Charleston, Aug. 16.?More than ninety-six years after the first' adet entered The Citadel the 1939-1940 session commences with the arrival of ' hp freshman class September 4. Upperelassmon return September 9, and regular classroom Instruction begins two days later. A training cadre composed of selected cadet officers and non-commislioned officers will report at the miliary college on September 3, to prepare for the arrival of the new cadets oo the following day. Thb cadre will ?fient the new cadets in their surrounding s and teach them the fundamentals <.f infantry drill. ~ Freshman Week includes an academic testing program designed to define the degree of preparation for college of each new cadet. The re,Qli8 of this program are used by the faculty in placing new cadets in Beckons in such a way that weaknesses * prtp-iralion may be overcome. The faculty 'and administrative staff ?f The Citadel were re-elected with ivo exceptions. Several additions made, Including IWo "hew Militant commandants and a nnmbsr 131 academic departments. I i' - - - -.? ) ; Favorites Omaha, Neb.?Arrested for panhandCharles p. Case, 45-year-old transtold municipal Judge Dennis F. ^Brien, "i wasn't mooching from Jfjrtr,?ne. judge. Just those I knew." . Replied the Judge: "H you'd Just Crowed from anyone it vfould be thirty days but a man who hits Mends deserves sixty iff*." emphasised the point with a vagrancy sentence. I Plans Shaping Up For Hunt Classic L / (By The Skipper) Plans for the South Carolina Fox Hunter's association hunt here October 24-26, are well under way and the hunt bids fair to being the biggest and. best trials the association has put on since it was organised twenty years ago. Camden la regarded as the ideal place for the event, aa there is lots of game and the area where the trials will be held is devoid of wire fences and main highways. Plenty of aide roads will enable the gallery to follow the chase. Judges and other horseback riders will find the hunting grounds the best kind of country for riding. It is slightly rolling, just enough for natural drainage which eliminates ditches and low boggy places. | The Camden committee, headed by C. P. DuBose, Jr., la doing everything , to put the hunt over in a big way. They have arranged to use the large polo stables so that hound owners I will have the use of individual stalls and the hounds will not have to be j tied. . The armory building, equipped I with cots, will be free to those wl\p care to bring their bedrolls. The C^amden hotel will be official headquarters ^nd special concessions will be given ,by the management to hunters attending the .trials. The association is fortunate in securing the services of John H. Allen, of Iuka, Miss.; who wfll serve as Master of Hounds and Bench Show judge. His staff of judges will be: J, Weaver Meggs, Marshville, N. C.; Rev. E. B. Highsmith, Claremont, Ga.; Robert C. Collins, Ashevllle, N. C.; Kirby Tupper, Camden; Roy J. Davis,^AshevtlleT and Paul E. Barron, St. Matthews. All of these judges will ride. In former years there has been a scarcity of the fair sex on the hunt. This year the association is anxious -to have many ladles present. The record of the association at the National meet is one the officials point to with a great deal of pride. This year four of the national winners were hounds run at the South Carolina trials. The 1938 champion, White Rose Sir Galahad was one of them. Jack Trouble, Futurity Winner and Sport Trouble, who won third place, j were both scored high in the state event. One of Nellie Wing's best wins as best derby bitch and best of opposite sex was won there. She then went | on to the national and won her class. While the list of trophies is not complete, there are already four large challenge cups and twenty silver goblets to be awarded to field and bench winners. Find Skeleton Of Missing Man Nichols, Aug. 15.?A skeleton found burled in a wood near here was identified today as that of Bruce Goodyear, Lake View farmer, who disappeared about three years ago. W. N. Goodyear, father of the missing man, made the identification by a broken leg bone. Examination of X-ray pictures on file in a Mulllns hospital verified the identification. Shortly after the farmer dropped from sight his automobile was found abandoned near the Pee Dee river. Officers were uncertain of the cause of death. : Goodyear was survived by his widow and two children. To Meet With Wateree Church The Central Sectional B. T. U. convention will meet with the Watereo Baptist church in Camden, Saturday, Aug. 26. "The program will begin at 10 o'clock with a morning, afternoon and evening session. All churches in the Kershaw association are to help thq hostess church entertain the other flU Associations.?Mrs! W. F. Byrd, director 8chool? Open 8eptember 12 Superintendent J. G. Richards, Jr, announces the opening of the Camden city schools is set definitely for Tuesday, September 12, which will be one week jlater than the usqal date of Taesdtjr after Labor Day. ^ "What were you drinking?" the court asked a mtn arrested for drunkenneaa, at York, Pa. Beef.- -Cove, come you couldn't get that way on bear.** "Twohre quarts of It, your honor, ? jfifV,.' ": "~-"~V" I New Department Is Fine Forward Step Another forward step in modernity o;' administration of city affaire, proposed by Maypr F. N. MeCorkle. and which calls for the creation of the office of city purchasing agent, has been approved by the city couucil. The idea was outlined by the tuavor at a recent meeting and met with the enthusiastic endorsement of the city councilmeu who stipulated that the ofTice would become operative SepI tember first. Donald Morrison was j named as purchasing agent and will handle the duties of the office in conI nection with his work as city health officer. The ofTice in the city hall J unit, located between the city clerk and the water and light department I units will be occupied by Mr. Morrison. [ Every city purchase will have to go through the hands of the new purchasing agent. Department heads will make requisition of the agent for necessary supplies. The agent then) secures the approval of the alderman j In charge of the particular department and the mayor before he can issue i order. Copies of all requisitions and purchases will remain on file in the office of the purchasing agent, enabling the mayor and other officials to have accurate information at all times as to purchases for the various city departments. The system Is similar to the one that Is utilized by all big corporations. This move on the part of the city has received much favorable comment from business men. Sea Scout Patrol Is Organized Here The Camden Sea Scout patrol, made up of members of Troop 30. Camden Boy Scouts, was organized at a meeting held last week. Billy Clarkson was named as coxswain and Joe Nelson as Yeoman. Ben Team, troop leader, is Skipper of the patrol. The next meeting of the patroKwlll bq held Thursday at 5:30 o'clock at the scout headquarters, from whence the patrol will go to Hermitage lake where life buoy practice and life belt demonstrations will be the order of routine. These are part of the apprentice sea scout requirements. Uniforms for the patrol members have been ordered and consist of white hats, bell bottom trousers and jumpers, the latter In navy blue. Bridge At Cheraw To Be Torn Down Cheraw, Aug. 12.?The old bridge across the Pee Dee river here is to be torn down. The bridge carried the traffic of highways No. 1 and No. 9 mrttt tbenew bridge/ half a mile upstream was opened for traffic last fall. I The highway department advertised for bids on the steel part of the old structure?the covered wooden'portion was not included. The wooden part, which is one of the few covered bridges in the country still standing was built In 1866, to replace one burned by the Confederates to delay Sherman's army. Part of It was carried away by a flood in 1908, and replaced by a steel structure costing $25,000. j It is understood that a wrecking; concern last week bought It for about| $800, and the two hundred tons of steel will be shipped to Wilmington and Charleston for export. - - j When the bridge was built the material was brought there by steam-! boats, but will 'be shipped away by rail. To salvage the material will cost several times as much as the price paid the highway department for the bridge. It is hoped that the wooden section wlir not be torn down, but Will remain as a memento of horse end buggy j days.- J Bear Eats Cookies But Loses Pelt j Sonora, Calif., Aug. 9.?Hungry woodsmen of the Lueberke 'Dumber! company camp lost their cookies, but! the bear that ate them lost his pelt. J The cook had baked fifteen pounds cookies. The bear a to eleven before the cook chased him away. The animal wkfc back In a few minute*. One look convinced the cook it was hia turn to leave. j Bruin at^ the rest of the oooklaa and was wrecking the cookhouse when a bullet from * forest ranger's rifle Mjfd the bear's fan. James Raley Named j Street Commissioner Amtuuiu'ement has been made by Mayor F. N. McCorkle und the city commissioners of the appointment of James R. Haley to the office of street commissioner. Mr. Haley sucfceeds the late William D. Whitaker, who had held the office for nearly two score of year8. Mr. Raley, 36 years of age. is a native of Kershaw county, having been bom at Bethune. He is married and has three children, two daughters and a sop* He, has been a resident of Canuf/Sn for many years and has-been in the employ of the city for the past nine years. He was a police officer for a short period and then became assistant to Mr. Whitaker. During the past several months, or during the period of Mr. Whltaker's long illness, Mr. Raley has attended to the duties Qf the street commissioner's department in a capable, efficient and courteous manner. His selection by the city council was made at a meeting Monday. That it will meet with the general approval of the citizens Is unquestioned. O Concrete Area For Roller Skaters Only Upon the request of the bureau of recreation the city has removed the posts and wiring from around the skating rink at Laurens and Broad street and the area will be given over entirely to skating activities in the future. A year ago tennlB enthusiasts asked fbr the building of a backstop at this area, holding that the cement surface court would be Ideal for tennis purposes. The city responded by enclosing the area with a wire fence some twelve feet high. The place was used by tennis pTay^ ers a few weeks and then abandoned for that sport as it was found that the ooncrete surface played havoc with muscles of the leg and thigh. \ area was then seized upon by . skating enthusiasts and some exciting hockey games were played there. The wire netting was torn down by the players and a number of skaters were hurt when they crashed into the posts. In view of the wooden supports being hazardous to the skaters, the bureau asked they be removed. With the season of skating and hockey on the near horizon the police department has issued a warning that boys who strip the trees in the area to secure hockey clubs will be prosecuted. Spends $100,000 To Salvage $7.20 Norfolk, Va., Aug 9.?An Italian expedition that has spent more than $100,000 in an effort to retrieve tho ~treffgufeT' of" the sunken steamer Merlda, came to port today with a silver bar worth $7.20. It was found in the baggage room of the Merida, at the bottom of the Atlantic, 65 miles off the Virginia Capes, where it went down May 12, 1911, after a collision with the ,U. 8. Fruit steamer Admiral Farragut. Members of the party said the search showed nothing else of value but they hadn't given up hope. Reports that the vessel carried seventeen tons of silver, valued at $250,000 have brought repeated efforts to find the lost cargo, and the Italian expedition, headed by Dr. Mario Sylverti aboard the salvage ship Falco, has been at work two years. Charles Little Lancaster Coach Charles Little, well known Camden polo player, who was coach of the polo team at Harrlaburg, Penna., last season, has been named coach of the famous Lancaster, Penna., polo club for the 1939-1940 polo season. Little played polo in Camden for many years and was member of the Town team during the past several geasoftf. He Is a clever-seasoned rider and knows the game. Little will probably bring his Overlook team to Camden next winter and play the Camden All-Stars a series of games. It la generally Understood that Dick Floyd, coach of the Camden polo club, I will return to Camden. In November and get his player# and ponies in conditio* fbr the opening of the season early tn December. . - - > * r r* . . ? Because of the heavy transpiration that takes place in treee, an acre of forest releases into the atmosphere more moisture than an acre of lake or river. - , -V ' J,. ? -? Camden Face Lifting Proceeding Rapidly It is "face lifting" time in this quaint midsouth sport center. Iu the downtown area the old stylo traffic signal* are being removed and tho latest four corner standard traffic control Is being installed. Camden will be the first city in South Carolina to haVe this latest Installation? a design that Is given Drat rating by the national safety group. It Is similar to the control that prevails in Bvanston, 111.; Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Rochester, New York?prlaewinning cities in traffic and safety measures. Within a few weeks double yellow lines and circles will be in evidence on the streets In the business district and woe betide the motorist who careens across the double line when making a reckless dash to pass the car ahead. U turns will also be banned in the area. The "face lifting" extends to the business houses. The Fashion Shop has Just been completely renovated? both inqide and out?and is one of the most attractive ladles ready-towear establishments to be found any where. The Dess Goodulo Jewelry store Is In the hands of decorators and painters. A new restaurant has been erected on DeKalb street adjacent to the Camden Hotel. The Cut Rate Drug store, formerly located on DeKalb street, will open up soon in a fine new store on Broad street. A complete fountain service will feature the new location. L Much building of new homes is In evidence throughout the city. In the northern colony some beautiful dwellings are In course of construction? while In other sections more moderate priced homes are going up. The football stadium Is having a new fence built entirely about the area. The fame of Camden as a progressive frienflly city has become legion and real estate dealers assert that If there were a dozen shops of the smaller type available, all would be rented within a few days. One dealer j stated that he had personally received (five requests for small shop quarters. There is but one vacant store in Camden at this time, that being the double store on DeKalb street near the Camden theatre. Several Inquiries from New York firms regarding this location have been received by the chamber of commerce. Tennis Tournament For Kirkwood Club A tennis tournament has been arranged for members of the Kirkwood golf club, the matches to be held on the club courts. The tournament will be run off on the three following week ends?August 19 and 20, August 26 and 27 and September 2 and 3?the finals being 'held on the latter date. On Saturday's play will begin at 3:00 p. m. and on Sunday's at 2:30 p. m. Club championships will be decided in ladies singles and doubles, and in men's singles and doubles. The two principal trophies, two handsome sterling silver trays, for the ladies singles and men's doubles, have been donated by Harry D. Kirkover. It was as a result of his offering these trophies that the tournament was arranged. The trophies for the doubles will be donated by the club. The entries for the matches closed on August 15 and are as follows: Ladies' singles, eight entries; ladies' doubles, four pair; mens singles, thirteen entries; mens doubles, six pairs. It is hoped to make this tournament an annual affair. Several of the high school players have Joined the club this summer and It is hoped that with more young players coming fclbftg, the caliber of tennis In Camden will be Improved. < Nothing more could have been asked for this summer though In the matter of 'enthusiasm and the number of players using the courts. In fact the need of another court has been badly felt. It is hoped that by next summer this court will be added. Estimates are now being made on the cost of a third court to be Installed Just .to the eastward of the present number one court?this court would probably be In the old number one I fairway of the golf course. Announces Musio Teacher . Baron DeKalb school announces, through Superintendent Cyril B. Busbee, that Mrs. Cornelia D. Truesdale, of Kershaw, has been selected to in* struct in piano during the 1939-1940 session. Plsno instruction will be offered on the same basis as was offered Wfyw. All-Star Grid Game On Program Tonight Tonight la liio night when all football tana of Camden, Kershaw county and surrounding territory crank up the motor car and head for Zemp football stadium. Tonight two all-star football teams, the personnel of each having won tkoir spurs in the gridiron world through the medium of footbull skill and ability as taught by John Villaplgue. Camden high school football coach. For years VUlepigue-coached teams have brought football fame to Camden. They were either right at the top In the state or close enough to be knocking on the championship door. Tonight the spectators in- grandstand and bleachers will see twentytwo football-garbed boys offer a demonstration of what a Vlllepigue offense can do against a Vlllepigue defense. Some of the lads who will strut their stuff on the turf of the Zemp arena are members of college grid squads in and around the Carollnas. The methods of the coaches of these colleges may vary to a marked extent to the system that John Vlllepigue presents but the years of training under the pint-sized Camdon coach will be certain to take precedence when signals are called tonight. George West, that passing wizard of the past two seasons, and whoso injuries laBt year was the handicap that prevented Camden from winning the Class A title, will be seen In action. In addition such clever grldders as Doug Lynch, Wooten, Williams and others of recent fame, together with stars of several years back will gambol on the greensward. Prior to the big game Colonel and Mrs. Jack Nettles will entertain the sport writers from nearby papers at a dinner at the Camden hotels The proceeds of the all-star game will go into the fund to defray the expenses of sending the football squad to the North Carolina mountain camp for a ten-day training period. This Is an annual affair with the Bulldog grid squad and In the cool restful ' mountain air the boys are given their first training work. Coach Vlllepigue makes the pilgrimage to the mountains and this year the "brain trust" that will be in evi dence will consist of: Colonel Jack Nettles, Joe McKaln and Charles DeLoach. Mosdames Nettles, McKain and DeLoach will accompany their husbands to the mountain retreat. The texture of the Bulldog squad of 1939 Is known only to the coaching ? stafl# this time. It is said, however, that the team will be heavier than the 1938 edition. If this year's team has the speed that featured the 1938 group, this fact, with the added weight, will make the Bulldogs dangerous contenders for state honors. Football Bridge Was A Marked Success The benefit bridge party given at the Court Inn Friday, August 11, realized $30.50 toward the football camp of the Camden high school grid team. Eight tables of bridge were In evidence and many guests came later for the Jea at 6:30 o'clock. All of the refreshments and flowers for the afTair were donated by members of the Friday afternoon bridgo club and Interested football fans. Prizes ^for the affair were donated by several local merchants. Honors at bridge went to Mrs. E. Clarkson Rhame with high score; Mrs. Lee Mays with second high; and Miss Tweedle Blakeney with low. MUo Phyllis Karesh won the door prize.Mrs. C. H. Zemp and Mrs. James Dandy the bingo awards. ' Sandwiches, cookies, Iced tea and mints were served from a beautifully appointed table. A lace cloth, crystal candle sticks, white tapers, white and yellow asters and chrysanthemums, crystal compotes with white Taints featured the appointments. Assisting at the table In serving were: Mrs. John T. Nettles end Mrs. W. Robln^ Zemp. o _ The committee in charge of the benefit affair consisted oft Mrs. Jack Nettles, Mrs. Lee Mays, Mrs. Charles . DeLoach, Mrs. Clarkson Rhame and Mrs. Boy kin Bhame. --rrfV-. -~p ? -. 8trsamllnsd Mrs. Brown (reading): "It sayafctra in the paper they have found a sheep !x in the Himalaya Mountains that ? * ; ran forty miles an hoar.** Mr. Brown: "Well, It would take a lamb like that to follow Mary around nowadays."