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IC PARADE, CORONATION BALL, SOAP BOX DERBY TO FEATURE COTTON FESTIVAL The Camden; Chronicle "volume 51 . _ CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRiDAY, AUGUST (25, 1939 ,-j NUMBER 22 , M . -! II' ' II I ?? rn < ?mm ... . . -U-UU'. . L. - - J - ' . . L . ,'.1U '1 IHKSKY g. garrison heads 1939 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Weeks of intensive preparation will I to cllniuxt'4 on Thursday, October 12, I vh<ffl 1,10 business and professional I Beu of Camdeu, in cooperatiou with I tbe chamber of commerce, the city liutl county ottii'lals and civic organllotions present the second annual cot ton festival. This is a distinct city tod county contribution to the pro gress of the commonwealth of South Carolina. The festival committee this year la beaded by Henry G. Garrison, , banker I ami agriculturalist, who will have as bis lieutenant chairmen, Mrs. John I Mullen. Moultrie 3. Burns, Senator | Murdoch M. Johnson and Simon EiRebel. These lieutenant chairmen will tu turn name other committee units to handle various details of the big I celebration. Tentative plans for the I festival Indicate it will make October 112 a red letter day in the history of the community. Much of the detail that contributed I to the spleudld success of the 1938 I festival, supervised by W. F. Nettles I and Austin Shebeen, will again be In I evidence in the 1939 event. I There will be a farmer-mayor . and I six faimtM-couucUmen, a farmer-chief I of police, all to be named by the regI ular administration officials and all' I to handle the affairs of the city govI eminent from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. on I festival day. v I The opening ceremony of the festlI val will be the turning over of the I keys of the city by Mayor McCorkle I to the farmer-mayor. The regular adI ministration officials, together with I the farmer-administration group will participate in this colorful ceremony in front of the city hall. Following the opening ceremony the I day will be given over to a round of fun and entertainment and to be cli in the evening by a coronation Mi!, which bids fair to being one of I tip most colorful events of the kind merer held in the community. At this ball, to be given in the gymnasium of the Camden high I p i' 1: ii i> i. a dance orchestra will I provide music for the dances, and for I tin* ceremony of the coronation. The I hall Is to b.- appropriately decorated I with cotton while the ladies who atI tend will be requested to wear cotton I gowns. It is proposed to have a proI gram of old southern dances includI lne the Virginia reel, minuets and the I lik". together with the more modern I dances. The coronation ceremony I am! ilie plans for the ball are to be I bandied by the Junior Welfare I League of Camden, which in itself is la guarantee of its being colorful and I precis*- in detail. Tii.' tentative program of the enI tertainmcnt provides for a mammoth parade in the afternoon?the parade to feature marching units?the queen land her court on a beautiful float, I civic, industrial and agricultural I floats and ante-bellum units. Plans I are being made to have two bands present at the festival and both will I take part in the parade. Thepo win be a soap box- derby, oprji ! -. every boy in Kershaw county. More (i-tails of this event, together with location of race will be announc|ed later in addition the program I win ais,, provide a hog-calling event, hubby-calling contest,' races and the like. Invitations have been extended to Govern ir Maybank, Senators Smith and Byrnes, Congressman Richards, ar.d to several national department beads?state officials and others to bp present a8 guests of honor at the Governor's dinner at noon. Already kt;er.\ of acceptance have been-reS^lved from several. Thirty Years Service Wednesday afternoon Miss Lou Young, of the Southern Bell Tele Pbon. Company, was honored with a hrty in the reception rooms of the Wephone company. J. K. Gray, divis n traffic supervisor, was present and Present* d Miss Young with a pin sig Nfying her thirty years- of faithful lev*,. .n tjjg company.~ Ice cream *?d cakes were served. T I Negro Barber Dies I. Johnnie Qeines, 39-year-old negro died last Saturday. He waa ^1 only a few days. Games had been *?Ployed at the Palace Barber Shop ?? DeKattr street for a number of *ears where by his politeness and efrc1epcy bis work, had wea a wide ^"cle of friends. He is survived'by i* 'iter and several brothers. The occurred' from his ists reslf??n I *? l M-fr. Reekie 588 Drivers Are Given Warning The police department this week is leaning a warning to a group of Juvenile motorists that unless they curb their reckless driving some action will have to be taken through legal means to keep them from the streets. I The warning of the department is I aimed directly at a group of youths | who sit behind the wheel of stripped autos?load the platform with friends and whiz away. Several days ago one | of these contraptions navigated a street corner at such a high speed ! that one of the boys was thrown off I with such force that he was painfully I injured. The police state that there have been- quite a number of complaints over the reckless driving of this group and they do not desire to have to appear in the role of "I told you sp," ' after a serious accident has occurred. ' "We do not want to take any of these boys into custody and havo them get a police record which will stand against them if they live to be a hundred years old," said one of the policegheads. "Wo want to ask the parents of these boys to cooperate with us and if their sons cannot drive a car without endangering the lives of others, then we will havo to take a hand." ' The determination, of the police to curb reckless driving on the part of boys is due largely to the fact that Junior Rush, 15-year-old son of Chief of Police Alva Rush was a recent victim. ' The Rush boy, hiding on one of the so-called stripped cars was thrown off, Injuring himself so that he had to be taken to the hospital where juij)peja-_ tion was required. Another practice that the pdlice intend to put a stop to is the riding on running boards. Safety records show that a great percentage of accidents with fatal results have occurred through the habit of people riding on the running board of an automobile, according to the police. Ye Ho! Sea Scouts Brave Perils of Deep The Sea Scouts went on a voyage over the limpid waters of the Hermitage Hake last Thursday evening aboard the motor craft Tar Heel. With BUI Major, Bill VanLandingham, BUI Clarkson, Oscar Wooten and Joe Nelson In the party of Scouts the good ship Tar Heel journeyed into .harbors _and bays of the lake for over an hour?giving the boys a real taste of sea air (?). Following the sea voyage the boys went to J. D. Watson's pond where they enjoyed a repast of chicken bog ?this being given through the courtesy of Mr. Watson and the City Laundry. -And the sturdy craft Tar^Heel belongs to the Gadfdy group who were only too pleased to take the coming sea masters on the Jaunt over the bounding main. Half Holiday Drawing To End Thursday, August 31, will mark the close of the Thursday afternoon holiday period which has extended from May. Beginning Thursday, September 7, all stores and offices will return to the open schedule. The next closing period will bo on Thanksgiving day, when all stores and offices will be closed- all day. ANNUAL HOME-COMING DAY TO BE HELD AT BETHANY _ The pastor and congregation of Bethany Baptist church, at WesriUe, have issued invitations to attend their annual h6Wcomlng day to be held at that church on 8unday, August 27. Hon. Cr Ciyhnro win act as master of ceremonies an<L has outlined the following program: The Services will begin at 10:80 In the morning with a song and prayer; welcome address tiy H. B. Gaskin and Thomas Fletcher; response by Hon. W. y.'Fftridge: recognition of former pftstbrf;! recognition of oldest members; address toy Hon. Thomas Pope, of Newberry and Congressman J. P. Richards, of Lancaster'. At noon the meeting adjourns for dinner. Reconvene at 1:00 in the afternoon with song and prayer,'followed by *n address by Hon. Murdoch M. Johnson. 1 L 1 'Tx,! vr JkJB War Clouds Grow Darker (By the Associated Press) A Europe mobilized on a virtual war-time basis with 10,000,000 men under . arms looked once more last night (Wednesday) to one man? Adolf Hitler?for the answer to the fateful Question: Will there be war? The outlook was none too reassuring, for Germany and Russia today signed $ non-aggression treaty in Moscow which removed any danger of "German armies encountering Soviet troops should an invasion of Poland be attempted, and the Fuehrer > held firmly to his demands In Poland. Bucharest, Aug. 23.?Rumania, with 850,000 men under arms, declared tonight she was determined to remain neutral if war came to Europe and would fight only if attacked. King Carol and his miuisters apparently had defined the policy of neutrality some weeks ago. S London, Aug. 24.? (Thursday)?Already moving to place herself on a wartime footing, Great Britain viewed gloomily but grimly the German-Soviet Russian non-aggression pact signed early today in Moscow. Diplomatic quarters said the pact was a bldw to remaining British hopes that the crisis precipitated by Germany's demands on Poland might be solved peacefully by a firm BritishFrench stand. Washington, Aug. 23.?President F. D. Roosevelt hurried home from a suddenly-curtailed vacation cruise today while Washington wondered if It was his Intention?using his?own phrase for It?to "fire another shot for peace" in Europe. Paris, Aug. 23.?Americans caught in Europe's crisis began to leave France today for safety In the United States. United States consular authorities at Nice told those asking advice to consider seriously leaving resort towns "near the Italian frontier." MoBt of the American tourists congregate along the French Riviera. The I authorities emphasized that their "advice" should not be interpreted as an evacuation order. Paris, Aug. 24.? (Thursday)?Posters calling two French classes to arms were plaster^ on government buiUL ings early today as France increased^ her empire forces to almost 2,000,000 men in a partial mobilization against a feared clash with Germany. Berlin, Aug. 23.-r-Adolf Hitler, appeared tonight once again to hold Europe's fate in his hands, adhering firmly to his demands upon Poland, which a reliable informant said now included acceptance by the Poles of a protectorate government. New York, Aug. 23.?War risk insurance rhtes on shipments of goods to Germany and Italy from the United States were increased 20-fold today by Marine insurance underwriters. The new rates, applying to all transAtlantic surface shipping, will go into effect at 9 a. m. tomorrow. The war risk rates from the United States to the British Isles remain unchanged. Underwriters saying they believed the British navy would be able to control the northern shipping routes in event of hostilities. $20,000 Damage In Myrtle Beach Fire Myrtle Beach, Aug. 23.?Fire broke out here tonight, destroyed five cottages and caused damages estimated unofficially at $20,000 before it finally was brought under control. Fire departments were summoned here from Conway and Wilmington, N. C. V First rehbria said' that no one was injured. ? "" The fire started in Mimosa cottage, spread quickly to Breeie Inn, to.KooI Inn and to Toddling Inn. It was working ita way northward, away from the pavilion. / Parnell's cottage was the next to go. When American women began traveling alone on railroad trains in the 1870's, many carried a closely bundled large crying doll, so they would appear to be mothers and have no trouble In securing seats and discouraging the attentions of lonely gentlemen. , ay- ? =? Race Card Here Looms As Success With twenty entries already on file and the deadline still a week ahead, u lilting of fully thirty to forty horses is 1 (joked for In the first annual "Generals' Races," to bo held on the Cherokee half-mile track here on Monday, September 4. The entries already on tile features horses from Columbia, Kutawville and other points. Columbia entries are from the Frank Hampton and John Ogden Manning stables. W. B. Stromojfrajs a Kutawville sportsman who wilijliave entries in the six race prograufc It will be a great day for South Carolina horses and. Pixie Boy kin, chairman of the race committee, believes that when the entry list is closed there will bo horses from every section of the state on hand. Already the socialites are making plans for luncheon parties at the track. In the evening the race ball will be given at the Court Irin ball room. Camden horses to be seen in the races will be entered by Martha Singleton, the Boykin stables, John Nettles, Kirby Tupper, Jake Sowell and K. S. Smith. The program features five races on the flat and a mule race. Mrs. Freeman Heads Legion Auxiliary The South Carolina department of the American Legion Auxiliary, held its nineteenth annual convention in the Jefferson hotel, Columbia, Tues-j day, August 22, with Mrs. W. W. Hoi-1 land, department president, presiding.! Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: Mrs. W. T.' Freeman, Great Falls, president; Mrs. Ceeil-MorrtB, Greenville, first vice-president; Mrs. L. L. Bizzell, Charleston, second vice-president; Mrs. C. B. Sea"born, Conway, secretary; Mrs. L. D. JennJ^gs, Sumter, historian; Mrs. A. S. Blanchard, Bishopville, chaplain; Mrs. Leon Harris, Anderson, auditor; Mrs. J. W. Wessinger, West Columbia. sergeant-at-arms; Mrs. W. W. Holland, national executive committeewoman; Mrs. Marie Tindal, Camden, al?fernate national executive commiteewoman., Mrs. L. S.'Trotti served as chairman of the nominating committee. District commltteewomen were as follows: First district, Mrs. Pearl T. Myers. Monck's Corner; Second district, Mrs. Sam Swint, Granite-j ville; Third district, Mrs. Robert Bur-j j^s, Anderson; Fourth district, Mrs. J.j j C. Perrin, Greenville; Fifth district, Mrs. R.-L. Johnsey, York; Sixth district, Mrs% J. D. Askins, Hartsville; Seventh district, Mrs. N. M. Bull, Orangeburg.?Wednesday's State. TUBERCULOSIS WORKERS WILL GATHER ?N CHARLESTON Tuberculosis workers from thirteen states and the District of Columbia attracted by the promise of speakers internationally known in their respective professional fields, will gather in Charleston, October 4, 5 and 6, to attend tho twenty-sixth annual session of the Southern Tuberculosis conference. Dr. Kendall Emerson, managing director of the National Tuberculosis association, and Dr. J. Burns Amberson, of New York, are scheduled to deliver addresses and lead discussions on problems in tuberculosis control. Setting aside an all time custom, the annual meeting of the South Carolina Tuberculosis association will be held in Charleston this year instead} of Columbia eo that it's forces mayl be combined with the Southern Con-| ference meeting, which comes thisi year to South Carolina for the first time since its second annual session in 1915. The governor of South Carolina, the Honorable Burnet R. Maybank, will welcome the tuberculosis workers at tho conference banquet on October 4, which will be the occasion of the official opening of the three-day meetlhg. Dr. W. Atmar Smith and Dr. H. S. Mustard, both well known in South Carolina, will 'speak at the opening session. - Kershaw county's tuberculosis nurse, Miss Marie Thomas, will attend; the Southern Tuberculosis conference and hopes to have several members of the Tuberculosis association In attendance also. When Stalin, dictator of Russia, makaa a railroad journey, the engine driver of his special train is a woman, 8inalda Troizkala, whom he trusts more than any man. ar -.rx---- , ? t ' Camden Bulldogs To Have Turkey Game Camden will have an at homo Turkey Day gaiuo. According to a change announced thla week in the Bulldog schedule, the game that i? to be played against the powerful GafTney highs this season will be staged on the afternoon of Thursday, November 23, which according to edict of the president of the United States and Governor Burnett R. Maybank, of South Carolina, will bo Thanksgiving day. The game scheduled for Thursday, November 30, had originally been, listed as the Turkey Day event and was to have been Btaged at Charleston against the Bantams of that city. Now it will be Just a game. The Camden high school grid squad left this week for the North Carolina mountain camp where they will remain until about September 8. The boys will get some brisk workouts up where the air is brisk and cool and should be In fine shape for the polishing off process at the local stadium before the opening game with Florence on September 22. According to reports from Florence, the huskies of that city are predicting an upset result in their invasion of the Bulldog lair here September 22. The Florence team Is reported to be. fast and boasts of a lot of brawn. And from ull that Is reported they are brimmlug with confidence. The game with GafTney here on Turkey Day, November 23, should be the peak event of the season in Camden. GafTney has always turned out some high class football teams and there has always been a question for argument between the followers of the Bulldogs and the Gaffney fans as to the respective merits of the two teams. Hunting Accident j Fatal To Man ( Newberry, Aug. 19.?Harold Haw* kins, 20, a young farmer of the St. J Luke's section of Newberry county was killed instantly Friday night in a hunting accident while on a 'possum ,hunt with a number of his friends j near his home. Deputy Sheriff Hub Quattlebaum Qf the sheriff's force who investigated the affair stated that Lindsay Beden' buugh, a member of the party, is said i to have had in his possession a revolver which he fired into the air three times when the young men imagined they heard something, whereupon as the last shot was fired It is^said Hawkins fell mortally wounded. Bedanbaugh was placed under a $1,000 bond for his appearance at an Inquest to be held at 11 o'clock Monday morning at Prosperity. The other members of the party were: Woodrow Bedenbaugh, W. P. Bedeqbaugh, J. R. Bedenbaugh, Jr., McFall Bedenbaugh, Everette Kibler and Carol Harmon. New Highway Officer Takes This Territory -State Highway Patrol Officer F. G. Arnold is now in charge of the Camden territory, succeeding Officer Boatwright, who has been assigned to another territory. Officer Arnold comes from Spartanburg. DIVERSIFIED FARMING ON TWO CARRI80N FARM8 A largo bunch of peanuts was being exhibited Tuesday which came from the Pine Farm of the Carrlson Holding Company. Something like one hundred well matured peanuts were counted from the single bunch. They are of the Virginia bunch variety and the management has seventyfive acres planted which is estimated to yield a ton to the acre. These peanuts are gathered by machinery and when dried out are shipped to points in Virginia where there is a ready sale. Besides the peanut and cotton crop these farms also produce large quantities of corn, sweet potatoes and hogs. Quite a large crop of potatoes and peanuts brought & good yield last year. The federal crop reporting board has estimated that this year's peach yield would total 61,164,000 bushels Although slightly below the estimate made July 1, the forecast was nearly 18 per cent larger than last year's crop of 61,945,000 bushels and 13 per cent larger than the ten-year (19281937) average production of 54,151, 000 bushels. ./ ' _ Public Schools Open September 12 Superintendent J. G Richards, Jr., of tho Calmlon public schools has annow need the opening of tho schools for tho 1939-1940 session as Tuesday, September 12. Tho following is a list of the touchera: Grammar school: Mlas Margaret Buruot, Miss Cornelia Oliver, Mrs. J. L. Uuy, seventh grade; Mrs. Annie H. Hoy kin, Mrs. Anna Montgomery, sixth grade; Mrs. lxntlso Boykin, Miss Marie Davis, fifth grade; Mrs. Susie O. Taylor, Mrs. John M. Dempster, fourth grade; Mrs. l^oslio McLood, Miss Lola Latham, third grade; Miss Ada Phelps, Mrs. James Zemp, second grade; Miss Elite Zemp, Mrs. Margaret J. Millar first grade; Misa Cleon Pitts, ungraded teacher; Mrs. O. T. Little, art; Mrs. C. B. Salmond, public school music. Miss Margaret Burnet, of Camden, Is principal of tho grammar school. Pine Tree school: Lynwood Smith, principal; Mrs. John Davidson, Miss Gertrude Zemp, Miss Helen Phelps, fifth and sixth grades; Mrs. Nan H. Richards, fourth grade; Mrs. Bessie L. McCasklll, second grade; Mrs. Lula G. Hlnson, third grade; and Mrs. l>ou Pearce, first garde. High school: 1>. W. McFadden, principal; C. T. Baldwin, social sciences; G. E. McGrew, diversified occupations; H. A. Small, agriculture; Miss Henrietta Zemp, English; Misa Agnes Corbett, library science; Misa Alberta Team, Latin and English;, Miss Ada Montgomery, science and mathematics; Mrs. Phebe Shenk, commercial department; Miss Gertrude Strother, history and science; Misa Mary E. Hough, mathematics; Misa Irrna Soaglo, English; Mrs. Carl West, French; Miss Rachel O'Daniel, domeetic arts and science. Miss Margaret Wright, of Anderson, Iras-been ^lectetntcrtake the place Tn the commercial department mude vacant by the resignation of MIbs Miriam Candy. Miss G&ndy will Join the commercial department in the Georgetown publliT EfClk>ola. Baron DeKalb School Announces Opening The Bnron DeKalb school will begin Its 1939-194Q session Thursday morning, September 14, at 8:30 o'clock. An auditorium program featuring visiting speakers will precede registration of both grammar and high school pupils. Individual book lists will be Issued as registration is completed. Te.xtbWks wRl be rented as usual on Friday when the rental lists have been signed by parents. Parents are urged to exert every effort to give their children tho benefit of n prompt enrollment, and to as- , . slst with their own presence In the dedication of the building addition which will be put in order for the first time on the opening date. CAMDEN CADET8 TO REPORT FOR DUTY ON 8EPTEMBER 3. Special to The Chronicle Charleston, Aug. 23.?The professor of military science and tactics at The Citadel, the Miliiary College of South Carolina, has ordered Cadets John M. Rhame and William W. Bates, Jr., of Camden, to report by 10 a. m., September 3, for duty with tho training cadre for freshmen. Cadet Rhame Is assigned for duty with the fourth recruit company as platoon sergeant and Cadet Bates with the sixth company as sergeant. They are members of the Junior class. lucluded in their duties as members of the cadre Is the orientation of freshmen In the military routine of the college. They will also be called upon to assist in facilitating the-movement of groups of new cadets about the campus. Incident to the recently revised army regulations, which become effective the first of next month, members of the cadre will assume the. dual role of teacher and student. While they are teaching recruits the basic elements of Infantry drill, they themselves will be receiving instruction- In the more advanced elements from regular army officers stationed at The Citadel with the R. O* T. O. ' Freshmen have been notified to report to the college by 10 g. m., September 4, and upperclassmen not ae- T i signed to the training cadre will retarn by 10 a. m., September t. Betheada Presbyterian Chureh There will be no preaching services In'this church until the first Sunday In September. Snnday school srsry Sunday morning at 10 a. tn. under tho direction of F. N. McCorfcle. ??