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Chiefs In Win
Over Lancaster
The Camden Chiefs snapped out of
the doldrums at the home pasture last
Thursday and tumbled tho Red Hoses
from up Lancaster way, 9 to 5, In a
same that was alternately brilliant
und drab but which featured some
baseball plays that for sheer beauty
could not be duplicated In the ranks
of the "big time."
In particular, we refer to a ninth
Inning play which not ouly prevented
a 1 Lancaster score but which brought
a two hour and twenty minute battle
to a close at Just twenty minutes to
7 p. m.
With a runner on second and two
down Thomas, the Red Rose second
sacker. spanked a screeching single
over second. II. Moore who rambles
uround the outfield when not pitching,
fielded the long drive on the first bop
and then with Hyrd of the visitors
legging it for home, shot the ball on
a low arc to Russel at the plate who
tagged Hyrd as he came in. It was a
beautiful throw and accurate to the
fraction of a foot.
Hugh Cox, who did some nice work
in the left garden, was a streak of
lightning on the sacks all afternoon.
Cox personally rung the bell for runs
ut the plate four times during the fracas
and he did so because he went
wild on the sacks. He stole bases
with reckless ubandon and in one inning
came home from third on a pitch
und when the visitors blew up under
the tension as a bunt was put down
us Cox raced In, another run scored,
i Robinson at short was the sticking
demon of the afternoon with three
for four. B. Moore got two for four
and one went for two bases.
Taylor startqd 011 the hill for the
Chiefs and for four rounds he did not
yield but two stint singles to the opposing
batsmen. But In the fifth thw
visitors really found the answer to a
baiter's prayer in this same Brothor
Taylor.
Avant, first up. singled, Plylcr doubled
and Caskey poled the apple to
deep center for a triple. That should
have been the time for Mr. Taylor to
wander off the hill, but he was permitted
to toss them to four more batters
und three of these gents slammed
the beano for nico singles, which,
when the smoke hail cleared had posted
five scores, or just two more than
the Chiefs had compiled in four
rounds.
Dicky DuBose was finally sent out
to cheek the tii.nl rush of the visitors
and Richard did a neat jot), fanning
Callahan and causing Reeves to force
Thomas tit second.
Camden scored a run in the first
inning on hits by Cox and B. Moore.
In the third with two down. Cox was
safe on an error by Callahan. Cox
going to second on the bad peg to
first. The blonde Viking then stole
third and when Avant wound up to
pitch to Robinson. Cox legged it for
the plate. Robinson bunted beautifully
and was safe when the visitors
staged a jitterbug contest. Bennie
worked around to third and scored
on a passed ball.
In the sixth Camden tied up the
game. Cox walked Robinson singled.
C.>x going to second. B. Moore
singled to load the sacks. Herb Monro
fanned, being called out oil some dubious
sight-seeing by Umpire Robinson
TruesdaJe was out at first on an
in field play but Cox and Robinson
both scored.
In ih> ,-e veilt h tlie Chiefs put oil
;heir swat p.mis and went to town.
Ctiewning lifted a laz> j-ingle over
i.;si DuBosi put down a beautiful
sat iithe Mabry >ing 1 >'d Cox walk,
- h R bin so n go: his third hit ot the
a:; rriiooii scoring Chew tiuig and Mal>:
v Cox and Robin-on staged a nice
double .-teal ii Moore lifted to left,
hill H Moore singled to score box
and Robinson
Taylor was knlcked for eight hits
in four and a third innings while DuBose
gave up three In the remainder
of the game. Taylor had one strikeout
and DuBose four
McElhaney started on tho hill for
Lancaster, but lasted only three innings.
He gave up three hits and
three runs while Avant, who took
over the blrden in the fourth gave up
Blx runs and six hits.
The score:
Lancaster 000 005 000?5 11 4
Camden 102 00? 40*-9 9 4
McElhaney, Avant and Byrd; Taylor,
DuBose and Russell.
Hurl* No-Hit Gams
Sumter, Aug. 10.?Hugh Stoddard,
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act* lefthander and manager of the
Sumter team in the Palmetto State
league, pitched a no hit, no run game
against Chester's Cardinals here last
Thursday afternoon in a thrilling loop
contest The Gamecocks won by 2 to
0.
' Daly four Chester men reached first
base Throe got on by errors and the
other on a fieldea s choice. First was
as far as any of the four went, one
being forced at second.
In hanging up his feat Stoddard
struck out eight and issued no bases
on halls.
The final inning was played in a
steady rain Maridox, first up. filed
out to center Robinson attempted to
lay down a bunt and batted the ball
into Stoddard's hands for an easy out.
Grant then sent a high bouncing ball
back of the pitcher's box but Stoddard
raced for the ball, picked it out of
the air on a bounce and threw out the
runner to end the game.
Major Thompson pitched superb ball
for Chester, allowing only five hits.
He struck out six. Evans and Harrison
got doubles for Sumter. James
got two Blngles and Wilder connected
for the other safety.
Chester 0 0 0
Sumter 2 5 4
Thompson and Eetridge; Stoddard
and Wilder.
ROUGH GINNED COTTON
LO8E8 FARMER'S MONEY
Cotton buyers and mills penalize
lint cotton that is rough-ginned, nay a
County Agent W. C. McCarley, calling
attention to a poster prepared by the
Extension Service picturing Hut samples
of smooth preparation as com^
pared with samples of rough preparation.
The tlrst cause of smooth preparation.
he explains, Is that cottou
be ginned in dry. good condition rather
than in green, damp condition.
In dollars and cents, the penalty for
rough preparation varies from $1.50 to
$10.00 per bale, according to the degree
of rough preparation, the county
agent states.
The solution of the problem calls
for the cooperation of tho grower, the
glnner, and the cotton buyer, Mr. McCarley
explains.
First, the farmer's responsibility is
to take the cotton to the gin in good
condition?clean and dry.
Second, the ginneFs responsibility
is to keep gin machinery in good repair
and operate with loose seed roll
in order to preserve the quality of
the lint.
Third, tho cotton buyer's responsibility
is to buy cotton on a strictly
quullty basis.
FARMERS' WOODLANDS HELPED
BY COUNTY FORESTRY 8ERVICE
Most of our farmers do not realize
the value that they receive day after
day, week after week after week and
month after month from their woodlands.
Woodlands Is a large asset to
any farm?a farm is Incomplete unless
it has some woodland on it.
Trees do not require the great
amount of work our field crops do but
nevertheless, the wood crop Is like a
savings bank in which he can gradI
ually accumulate a surplus to draw
upon when a special need arises.
Good farm forestry at the present
is to thin timber for pulpwood, but
grow poles, piling or saw logs. We
have industries now that can take
care or use our timber that has been
cut down but the farmer should, so
far as possible, cut or harvest his own
timber crops. Thus along with his
timber he will be selling his labor and
that of his own team and truck.
It is, however, both to the Interest
of tho individual owner and to the
public that forest management plans
provide for lumber requirements and
saw timber is the only source of lumber.
When timber is cut by sawmills
the tops should be used for firewood
in order to keep down tho
woods fires which is tho greatest enemy
of trees, says our county ranger,
W. C. Perry.
Poland's preparedness for a possible
"new period of crisis" in Kurope late
this month was indicated by new reports
that no leaves of absence would
be granted in the Polish army after
August l.V The orders were said to
forbid even short leaves of a maximum
of two weeks, which had been
granted to non-commissioned and career
officers earlier this summer. The
reported precautionary action was in
line with the developing feeling that
events were building toward a showdown
over Danzig or in southeast Kurope.
Urges Action To
Counteract Scare
"Whereas the ocean beaches and
other 'summer resort areas in South
Carolina have taken It on the chin
during the past summer because of
the polio epidemic, the winter resorts
such as Camden, Aiken. Plnehurst,
Southern Pines and other places In
the Carolines are going to feel the
pinch this coming winter season unless
steps are taken to publicise the
fact the situation is under control and
will have been abated completely by
early fall."
This was the statement made by
Frank H. Heath, secretary of the Camden
chamber of commerce and publicist
for the city of Camden.
Continuing, Mr. Heath said: "Touring
bureaus in Florida have been quite
| active in routing north bound motort
lsts away from South Carolina evei
since the epidemic made first page
headlines. Now, that the polio is
breaking out in North Carolina com*!
munitles, I presume that state will be
listed in the forbidden zone.
| "I have no doubt the Florida touring
agents have been perfectly sincere
and prompted by a desire to save people
from possible danger through contact
with the polio germ. I presume
we would have done the same. But,
I do believe that in view of the fact
that the polio situation was only ser-j
lous in the Charleston area, it wasj
quite unnecessary to send motorists
several hundred miles out of their
way.
"It seems to me that every chamber
of commerce in the Carolinas should
sense the need of Some concerted and
cooperative action to convince the
tourists who will be coming south in
the fall that the situation has cleared
up. 1. also, feel that the state board
of health of each commonwealth
should buy space in the metropolitan
papers to advertise the facts. From i
all I can learn the epidemic was featured
only by very mild cases and
the death list was negligible.
"I cannot urge too strongly the need
of some action right now. Families
who motor south in the fall and winter
are not going to bring their children
into a territory wherein they suspect
danger to health and life may
be lurking. It's our job to explain to
these groups that this peril is not in
evidence now. And. when I say now,
I mean the fall of the year when 1 am
convinced every case of polio will
have been erased from the records.
"Just to give otie an idea of how
seriously the Florida touring agencies
regard the situation. Several days
ago. late in the afternoon, a car drove
up to the Sheheen filling station on
r S. No. 1 here. Austin Sheheen,
who is president of the chamber or
commerce here and operates the station
was talking to the driver of the
car. who inquired as to the polio epidemic
here. Mr. Sheheen informed
him that there had not been a case
in Camden or Kershaw county. The
Florida motorist exhibited a map and
routing given him by the West Palm
Beach chamber of commerce. T he
motorist had been routed north via
Atlanta, Athens, Charlotte and thence
to Richmond. The South Carolina
area was encircled by a heavy penciled
line and the motorist was warned
to keep out of thai area.
"The driver <*? the Florida car admitted
that the added hundreds of
miles did not appeal to him and he
had decided to run the chance of go-1
Uxk north on V. S. No. 1- His trip
had been without mishap or inconvenience.
There are hundreds of motorists
who in a spirit of caution, would
heed the advice of tho touring agen< >
and go north via the Atlanta routing.
"I think you can readily understand
why 1 urge early action in putting at
rest the false ideas of the extent of
the so-called polio epidemic."
anglers to have try at
fly and bait-casting contest
The South Carolina State Commission
of Forestry will stage a fly and
hail-casting contest for men and women
at Paris Mountain State Park.
Greenville. S. C . Saturday. August 26.
beginning at 2.30 in the afternoon.
An entry fee of 25 cents for each
event will be charged, tfnd the official
plugs will be furnished at the bathhouse.
The Greenville Dally News Is offering
a cup to the angler having the
greatest total score For information
and entry blanks address Park Director.
Paris Mountain State Park. Greenville,
S. C.
transportation shows
week end wreck8 and dead
Keno, rfev., Aug. 14.?Nineteen peri
boim were killed and nearly sixty in|
Jured in the wreck of a speeding
| Southern Pacific streamliner, derailed
' Saturday night as it sped over a small
I brtdga twenty miles west of Carlin,
Nev.
, A coroner's Jury and railroad officials,
said the tragedy had been caused
deliberately.
While rescue crews dug into wreckage
of the luxurious "City of San
Francisco," seeking more dead or injured,
railway investigators said they
found definite evidenc the tracks had
been tampered with, derailing the
train.
An inquest, conducted by Coroner
Hoy S. Harris, of Eureka county, returned
a verdict that the victims
"came to their deaths by train aceiI
dent and to the best of our belief andi
i judgment the wreck was caused by a
'misplaced rail, misplaced by a person!
or persons unknown." i
I The derailment spread death, terror (
and Ihjury throughout the sleek, $1,000,000
train, aboard which many passengers
were asleep and others were
enjoying themselves at the various di1
versions available on the smart flyer.
T. J. Foley, assistant superintendent
of the Southern Pacific's Salt Lake
division, apd J. H. Mahan, traffic
agent, reported from the scene, twen*l
ty miles west of Carlin, that the wreck
was "clearly a case of sabotage with
murderous intent."
They told newsmen that one entire j
thirty-foot length of rail had been
moved four inches inward, and that
the rail tie plates had again been
spiked to the ties in the new position.'
The power cars of the seventeen-J
car train, speeding fifty or sixty miles
an hour across the Nevada desert, had|
-sufficient momentum ?to be carried
across the broken track and a small
bridge Just ahead. |
The baggage car was derailed when
it Struck the same spot, lurched wild-|
ly, and pulled succeeding cars with
it in a mad plunge from the track.
Some of the cars ploughed ii^o the
steel framework of the bridge, demolishing
and toppling twenty or twenty-five
feet down to the Humboldt river,
which the structure crossed. The
bridge was about sixty feet long.
Railway authorities said track electric
contacts operating block signals
had not been broken,-leaving no warning
there was anything the matter
with the rails.
The last previous train had passed
four hours before the wreck, which
occurred about 10:33 p. m. (1.33 a. m.,
Surftlay, Eastern Standard time)
Engineer K. F. Hecox said green
tumbleweed covered the spot where
the rail had been moved and that he
felt the track give way as his power
car passed over.
South Carolinian Loses Life
Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 13. James
Harvey Rogers, a native of Society
Hill, S. C., eminent Yale economist
and five other Americans were among
fourteen persons killed Sunday when
a Pan American plane on an east
coast trip which began at Miami, Fla.,
struck a dock crane in Rio de Janeiro
harbor.
Two passengers were rescued from
the baby clipper .as it buried its nose
on the shore while the other half of
the broken plane splashed into the
water. t
Gasoline burst from the plane s
tanks and was sprayed on the water
where it caught fire. The ship itself,
however, did not burn.
Explosion Kills Soldiers
Fort Knox, Ky., Aug. 13. Six Indiana
National Guardsmen, all non-commissioned
officers and enlisted men.
were killed late Sunday by the explosion
of a shell they brought in from
the artillery range of the army post
here, believing it a "dud."
Three others suffered injuries, but
Major General Robert H. Tyndall, commanding
the Thirty-eighth division
139th artillery, to which they were
attached, expressed belief they would
"get well."
A short circuit in a sludge grinding
machine at the Atlanta^ Ga.? sewage
plant caused the death of two men
and serious injuries for two other
workers. F. K. Ferrell. a city landscape
gardener, and Sammy Daniels,
negro Janitor, were killed by a short
circuited bolt of electricity that surged
through a piece of machinery they
were moving. Jeas Holllns and Richard
Brown, both negroes, were seriously
injured by the shock.
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Takes To Flying
At Age Of Eighty
At the age of eighty and four
months, T. H. Owens, of this city, affectionately
known as "t^hele Tommy,"
has turned his attention to 4 flying"
flktd says that his first trip In
the skies gave him a thrill ho will
never fprget. *
It all unexpectedly happened this
way. Last week Mr. and Mrs. T. P.
Owens and family, accompanied by
their father, went over to Spartanburg
on a little holiday outing. In looking
over the city they made their way to
the municipal airport where T. P.
Owens and his children decided they
would take a flight. "Uncle Tommy"
was invited to go but declined, as did
Mrs. Owens. f
While the young Owenses were up
in the air a gentleman owning a private
plane in that city saw "Uncle
Tommy" standing near the landing
spot. ' Walking up, he introduced him-i
self and asked the Clintonian if he
had ever been up for a ride. No, sir!
replied "Uncle Tommy." Where are
you from? he inquired. Clinton,
proudly came back the answer. How
ojd are you, Mr. Owens? Eighty years
and four months. Whtit is the condition
of the heart? What is the condition
of the heart? the pilot asked.
It's been all right for eighty years,
was the reply, and I guess it's still
all right. Well, come and go with me
for a ride, said the interested gentleman?it
won't cost you a cent.
The invitation was accepted without
hesitation, and soon the two were
soaring the heights like Lindbergh.
The trip covered forty minutes and
came down as far as Laurens and then
back up above Spartanburg in the Inman
section. When they landed" Uncle
Tommy" had been so^ thrilled he
didn't want to climb out 'of- the cabin.
While the aged gentleman was "up,"
the son came back from his flight.
"Where is Pa?" he asked his wife.
"Yonder he is." she replied, "soaring
through the air in that big airplane.
"My goodnesB," said Tommy, "how
did the man get him to go?" "That
was no hard job," replied Mrs. Owens,
"he jumped at the chance after bet
met and talked with the gentleman j
who invited him to go." i
Later "Uncle Tommy" landed, his
face all beaming like a child. "How
did you like it?" he was asked. "It
was simply marvelous," came back
the quick answer. "Uncle Tommy"
says it was the smoothest riding he
ever did, that it didn't excite or
frighten him in any way, and that he
calls flying great - stuff." "I wouldn t
mind going up every day," he says.
When the new aviator got home and
told his wife what had happened she
was dumbfounded. "Well, Tom," she (
said, "I never thought you would have
done anything like that."
Incidentally, when the Owens family
"went up," three generations rode
in an airplane for the first time.
Clinton Chronicle.
Vacancies In Marine Corps
Fifty vacancies in the Lnited States
Marine Corps will be filled at the
Marine Corps Recruiting station, Post
Office Building, Savannah, Ga., during
August and September, Captain A. C.
Small, Officer in Charge, announced
today.
Young men in excellent physical
condition, of good character and education,
between 18 and 25 years of
age and 54 to 74 inches tall, will be
selected to fill the vacancies.
After enlistment the new Marines,
will be sent to Pnrris island, for ten
weeks training, preparatory for duty)
at home and foreign stations and j
aboard large ships.
For full Information and applica-J
tion forms interested persons should
communicate with the Savannah Recruiting
Office, headquarters for this
area. ^
The names of ten firms which under i
Italy's anti-Jewish laws must pass out j
of Jewish hands were published In <
Rome, this week in the official Gazette.
This was the first step in put- I
ting into effect laws forbidding Jews i
to own enterprises connected with n&* i
tional defense or employing more than I
one hundred persons.
1
White House police gave official rec- I
ognition to Washington's hot summer 1
weather this week by doffing coats i
in favor of a new warm climate uni-n
form. They were dressed in white' <
shirts, white Sam Browne belts with i
straps over the shoulder and white i
pistol holsters and cartridge carriers, i
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News Of Interest In
And Near Bethune
Bethuue, Aug. 16.?Misses Lillian
a^d Mildred Mays, of Florence, aud
Louise Belch, of Cayee, are visiting
Misses Mary and Jean Bethune.
M. N. Harmon; agriculture teacher,
spent the week end at his home In
Lexington.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Howie, of Hartsville,
were week end guests In the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Outlaw.
Mrs. M. G. King has returned after
a two week's stay with her Isster,
Mrs. John G. Richards, in Montreat. >
Mrs. E. B. King left Wednesday for
Washington, where she was met by
her daughter. Miss Mary King, who
has been in Maine for the past sev~ ;
oral weeks. They returned to their
home here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Stevens have
returned to their home in High Point, .
N. C. While here Mr. Stevems suffered
an auto accident and was a pa- ~
tient in the Camden hospital several
days.
John Dan McLaurin and little Sara J
Isabell Truesdale were admitted to
the Columbia hospital Monday, where
they underwent tonsil operations.
They were accompanied by their parents,
Mrs. A. JB. McLaurin and Mr.
and Mrs. N. B. Truesdale.
Bethune McLaurin is visiting friends
In Chlcage. _ J
L. A. McDowell, of Tampa. Fla.,
has been a recent guest in the home
of the W. A. McDowell's.
Mrs. John Clyburn has returned
from a two week's visit to her daughter,
Mrs. H. H. McCullough, of Baltimore.
Mrs. Hattie Heustess is visiting her
son. Clarence, in Hartsvllle.
Miss Luree King, of Durham, N. C.
spent the week end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry King.
Miss Gerry Davis has as her guest
this week, Miss Gloria Brogdon, of
Sumter.
Mrs. A. K. McLaurin left Tuesday ?
evening for a visit to New York and I
the World's Fair. fl
Mrs. Noel Johnson of Florence and
Miss Margaret Smith, of Anderson,
were guests last week, of- Lha W. X?-fl
McDowells.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Hammer, of
Sandford, N. C., were week end guests iM
of Superintendent and Mrs. Watson. .^fl
C. B. Mitchell, of Chicago, 111., 1* >fl
visiting his wife and little daughter, "fl
Martha Jane, In the home of Mrs.
Mitchell's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. K.
McLaurin. ^ ^ ... fl
Mr. and'Mrs. Alvin Clyburn, of Al- fl
colu, visited the J. M. Clyburns Sunkittle
Gilbert Waters, son of Mr. fl
and Mrs. Robert Waters, was bitten
on the ear by a black widow spider
Monday night while lying on the floor m
He was taken to the Camden hospital
where he is convalescing nicely.
General News Notes I
Gen. Henri Valdant, 78, known as 9
"the defender of the Vanquois forts, fl
where some of the heaviest fighting of
the World war occurred, died Wed-.
nesday in Metz, France.
President Roosevelt signed this , fl
week In Washington, a bill aimed at S
violators of the marihuana tax act
and the customs laws. It permits gov- fl
ernment agents to purchase, with fed- fl
eral funds, information about violations.
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A baby girl, with the heart outside fl
the body, resting on the chest, sM
bom Monday to a 24 year old njo- fl
pino mother, Esperanza Rafael, th M?" fl
nila. The infant was alive twelve-, *
hours after birth and doctors said the
heart was beating normally. A gttH ^fl
bowl was placed over it. fl
A corporation court grand Jury ? Jfl
Norfolk, Va., Monday, indicted Wil- "fl
lace E. Miller, 18. and Lawrence M. *
King, 19, United States Marines, sts- fl
tioned aboard the aircraft carrier, fl
Ranger, in the hotel-room bludgeon fl
murder of F. T. Jennings, 49 year oHfl
salesman of Augusta, Ga., August -_|
was fixed as the trial date. - '-fl
The Navy department this we~-l
called to active duty Rear Admif?* Jfl
Richard B. Byrd, who will bead a go'- -fl
ernment expedition to the Antarc fl
leaving this fall. He will be on acti'?
d\?ty throughout the duration of
expedition. He is now receiving^*? fl
retirement pay of a rear admiral an
will serve on active duty without a
ditional pay. nT
The Louisiana State TJn!verB"J
board of supervisors this week
the name of all living persons fl
ed from school buildings..- Tfre.
of former Governor Richard W.
who resigned six Mf??
Is under indictmeht on an o 1
spiracy charge, appears on tho fl
us buildings molhT
that of any other person. .ttav fl,
A squadron of powerful
bombing airplanes, the 'T*n&u&r , fl
thirty-six bombers, eight tran fl
bombers and four flying boats, ar fl(
it the naval baae In SlngaP0'? fl.
week from India. The arrlvsi? _ fl,
louble the strength of the fl.
Mr base. The &eaes hev? X
Sclent to carry them ***** **"^fl
tea, as flar ae Hong Kong. -.^fl