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t^volUME 51 CAMDEN, SOUTH CARQLINA, 'FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1939 NUMBER 21
SXAR PITCHERS WILL SEE *
I ACTION HERE ON SATURDAY
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(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
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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.
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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, ?
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."