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% ^ LABOR DAY RACE. PROGRAM HAS LARGE ENTRY LIST The Camden Chronicle l VOLUME si *: v CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER I, 1939 NUMBER 23 i i ' m. ??? ... e i i ? a? ?j. Sassic may inaugurate [ new race circuit in state ! .1 * Wltb a promise of fair weather for ubor U?y lhe ftr8t ruunlu* of the ?!ueral?' race event at the Cherokee rtck here Monday afternoon, beginat 2:30 o'clock, looms up as another Camden racing triumph. Kor several ^eeks the Cherokee track has been Ut the hands of worken who have put it In flue condition * lhe Labor Day classic. The parkin* area spectators row and all* other features that go to m^ke up an event of this character have been taken -are of und all the committee is begting for uow Is fair weather. probably the outstanding race on the six event card is the third race? one-half mile on the flat for thoroughbreds At this time there are four entries for the race, they being Silver Dollar, owned by Frank Hampton, of Columbia; Brown Betty, owned by William Peterkin, of Fort Motte; War| Gill, owned by S. K. Smith, of Cam-^ den! and Reduction, owned by Dixie Boykin, of Boykln. 1 Th,ere are twenty-six horses entered! for the afternoon card and this total overshadows the entry total of the Eutawvllle races, held every spring at the Belvedere plantation. The live races In which South Carolina horses will participate should offer some real thrills for the spectators. The sixth event of the afternoon?a mule race, ?as drawn many entries and some of the best "longeared" running of the year Is promised. _ , , The inauguration of the Generals races in Camden Is the forerunner of a racing circuit which thOBe in the know declare wiU provide action In the spring and fall of each year at Camden. Summerville, Eutawvllle, CoIlambia and Greenville. It 1b proposed to get the circuit organised this (all and races will be run at all of ike above named locations In the lipring and fall of each year. go far as Camden Is concerned the Vpring and fall race programs will fit in well with the sport program. The fall event would take place In September while the spring event would be so arranged as to follow by two or three weeks the running of the famous Carolina Cup classic al-^ ways held on the first Saturday in April. For the races here on Labor Day, Lester Karow, of Charleston, will he the starter, with Richard Kirk, of Eutawvllle, as assistant. The judges will be J. W. Carney of the Springdale race course here and Dr. T. B. Bruce, well known veterinarian. At 1 o'clock In the afternoon the race committee will entertain at a box luncheon at the race course for the visiting officials and press, representatives as well as distinguished horsemen. The Junior Welfare League of Camden will have several concession s in operation at the race course and in the evening the race commit^ tee will sponsor a race ball at the Court inn ball r00ffiT~ County Ranger Gives Telephone Numbers Kershaw county has approximately one hundred miles of telephone line belonging to the Kershaw County ^or* est Protective association which was liven by the government and butlt by the f\ C. C. boys with no expense to the county, whatsoever. For :io Jast month the ranger, wardens and towermen have been rebuilding the telephone line from Camden, Liberty Hill, Blaney, Westville, Caswtt and Bethuner -outtlng the underTtiwih. replacing poles, brackets, initiators, tightening wires and fixing *11 broken places. As this work has almost been completed we expect to repair all towsr louse- and towers and repaint the oes where needed. All this work, too, is to be done by the county ran-, I" and his organisation without any *tra expense to the county. Anyone seeing a forest we *?uld appreciate your calling the foltowing places; County- janger office RM; residence 512; Cgjpden fire tow" 2004, Liberty Hill tower 2005; Cas- , **U tower 2003; Blaney tower 2002; , ^wtviiie tower 2012; Warden McKln2013; Warden McLeod 2014; War- " Cunningham 2000.?W. C. Perrv, f t?unty ranger. it Housing projects coating $1,500,000 1 #re being considered In linden t ^ | ? ] Germany is trying to etaodardlae i ntomotive parte and acceetoriee. 1 - ' ' i Title Game May Be Played In Camden Camden will be In a state league in 1940? providing. Aud this proviso embodies a complete re-arrangement of the present baseball park, or installation of lights for bight baseball. Sumter, aocordlng to officials of the Sumter hall club ip attendance at the Palmetto league meeting "here Monday night, is definitely certain to have night baseball. Hartsville is also contemplating a lighted field. The state league meeting Monday night was <?ne o? the largest apd most enthusiastic of the season. Probably the outstanding transaction was the formal award of the 1939 pennant to the Hartsville club which finished first with a two and a half game margin | over th^ Sumter team, with Chester I trailing in third by a half game behind the Gamqoocks. 1 AU members of the league person' nel gave unanimous approval to a (resolution introduced by the 8umter group expressing appreciation to Camden for having promoted th? I league and for the successful carrying through of the season's program. A resolution was alSo?Adopted expressing the admiration of the club managers for the gameness of the Keri (haw club which finished the season i intact although winning but one game. | The club leaders discussed the j playoff series which found the Hartsi ville club meeting Chester in one j semi-event and Sumter battling Lancaster in the other. By stipulation the semi-events were based on best two out of three with the final series, scheduled" to start next Monday being best three out of five. In the event that Hartsville and Chester tie up in the series this week, a third game will be played at the local ball park tomorrow (Saturday). The chamber of commerce has arranged to bulletin this game if the series goes the limit. The first two games of the Hartsville-Chester series were played Tuesday and Thursday at Hartsville. The Sumter-Lancaster [ series started Wednesday at Lancaster, went to Sumter Thursday and if a third game is required it will be played at Sumter on Saturday. The league magnates assigned George and Buford Mawbry, of Sumter as umpires for the Hartsville| Chester series while Harris and Ballard, 'of Hartsville, will handle the ' Sumter-Lancaster series. Representatives of the Chester and Lancaster clubs at the meeting expressed doubt as to: whether these teams would play league ball another season. The attendance has not been sufficient to meet expenses and little hope is entertained that the city officials of the respective communities would install lights. Dr. T, B. Bruce, representing the Camden club at the meeting declared he felt certain that Camden would support a good ball club, one that was managed in an intelligent and business-like manner. He Stressed the fact that the present ball park would be all right for night baseball, but it was geographically wrong for afternoon ball games. Florence and Darlington with or building new baseball plants are desirous of getting into the Palmetto league and it is certain they will be considered when the formal withdrawal of the Chester and Lancaster teams is made. Another team will take the place of the Kershaw group. Newberry Is being prominently mentioned as the sixth team in the wheel. The official standing of the team at the close of tfrb league race found Hartsville the top with eighteen wins and five defeats. Sumter was second with fourteen wins and six defeats. Chester third with thirteen wins and six defeats. Lancaster was fourth with twelve wins and twelve defeats. Camden won seven and lost 1 fourteen, and Kershaw won one and lost nineteen. Mr*. Garrison Die* At Cassatf - ] CaBaatf, Aug. 26,-Mr., LlMle Garrt- ' son, 61, died at her residence Saturday after an illness of several months. ? Funeral services were held Sunday at 4 m., the Rev. MtK Lindler, of BethunS, officiating. ! She Is survived by four sons, Roy GhifTleon* Washington, D. C.; Paul < I ring1-" Washington, D: C.; "Stive i LAngley, Camden; and Jamea Oarrt < ion, Caasatt; and one daughter, Mrs. i Rosa Laagley. < Hog Shipping Shows Big Gain Since 1937 Prom h near aero mark in 1936. to over 1,800 head iq 1939, to date, is the splendid record that has been registered by the hog breeder's of Kershaw county. The figure of 1,800 represents the number of hogs already shipped from the hog loading platform here in Camden sincd the first of the year. The growth of the iudustry has been amazing. In 1937, when the hog shipping program was started, 639 head were shipped. In 1938, this had increased to 940 and this year so far the figure is over the 1,800 mark. It Is a known fact that one prominent farmer of the couuty has 450 hogs weighing from 165 Nto 220 pounds og hand and all of these will be Bhipped to the hog market in September and October. It Is the intention of County Agent | McCarley to make shipments twice weekly all during the winter months, i Another interesting crop increase in Kershaw county this year is that of tobacco. Where some one hundred acres were planted a year ago, the acreage this year is double that. The raising of peanuts is another rapidly expanding industry. Last year there were approximately sixty acres of peanuts planted, with the results so satisfying that fully 1,000 acres were planted this year. One of the Tarmers Interested in the growing of peanuts has purchased a peanut picker of the latest design. In the matter of sugar yams, shipments to date total some 1,009 bushels and there is equally as many awaiting shipment in the next several days. And there remains some sixty acres ready to dig the latter part of September. Negro Woman Kills Rival Bertha Clyburn, said to the common-law wife of Alex Clyburn, is beI lng held in the county Jail charged with the killing of Maggie^Rembert, which occurred at an early hour Sunday morning in the Marshall section of the county about eight miles east of Camden. According to reports from the sheriff's office the Clyburn woman had been given a severe beating by her husband-Saturday afternoon and was ordered to leave home. She went to the home of a neighbor, a few miles distant where she spent the night. It is said she awoke early Sunday morning and went to her former place of abode and entering by a window? found her supposed husband with the Rembert woman. She had a shotgun in her possession and when asked what itvwas all about the husband replied, "It's none of your business." When the shotgun came into the scene friend husband Jumped from the sleeping couch and made his get-away. The Rembert woman was not so fortunate ahd the enraged Clyburn woman fired on her at close range? killing her instantly. ? ?The Clyburn woman made no effort to get away, but was near the scene when the sheriff arrived. Both the Clyburn's are said to have come to this county from Chesterfield and had been sharecroppers on a farm in the Marshall section. Camden Baptist Church Tho following services ? are announced for week beginning September 3, at the Camden Baptist church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock with V. J. Rector, superintendent, In charge. Public worship conducted by the pastor, J. B. Caston, at ITT 13 a. m. and 8 p. m. Morning subject: "How To Live In a Time Like This." Evening subject: "The World Is Changing, What Shall We Do About It?" B. T. U. with Christopher Vaughan, director, in charge at 7 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. The public is cordially Invited to attend all services of this churchy Grace Episcopal Church ? The services for-Sunday at Grace Episcopal church will be as follows: Holy communion at 8 a. m.i holy com- . nunion and address by the rector, Dr. Maurice Clarke* at 11:15 a. m. Mem3?r? and friends are urged to be prelent at one of these services on Sunlay. _ ...1 ~~ Banks To Close Monday The First National Bank and the Commercial Bank of Camden give no ice that their banking houses will be closed on Monday, September 4, the tame being observed as Labor Day, me of the legal* holidays. b V V ?*4 ^ _ ^** _ t - *.,* ^ ^ L T ^ ' tsk' *r?* ' " Student Flyer In First Solo Flight Tex C. Wallace, who has been a Hying student at the Karl Frledell Flying school at the Woodward airport since August 8, made his first solo flight Tuesday morning, pllotiug his plane over the city for some fifteen minutes. . Wallace secured his eight hours of flying instruction since August 8, and this ornlng his solo effort'attracted quite a number of students and interested spectators to the air field. Wallace made a good take off and handled his plane well during the period in tho air. Coming down his landing was perfect and he received the commendation of Instructor Frledell. All details to the installation of a gasoline tank with pump for fueling planes were disposed of this morniug with the signing of a contract with a local gas agency. The installation of the pump places the Woodward airport on a 100 per cent basis for servicing of planes. Several additional planes will be added to the airport ship personnel within the next several weeks. The Frledell air service Is adding a larger plane for passenger and sight-seeing service while a flyer living nearby is arranging for the purchase of a new plane, A There are some ten to twelve students taking flying Instructions from Frledell at this time. The demand for air Tides over the city continues with unabated interest. Arrangements are being made to entertain the South Carolina Flyer's cluh, at a Sunday breakfast in September. A. N. Brunson Dies At Waynesville Lake Junaiussa, in. U., Aug. 25.? The Rev. A. N. Brunson, 71, for fortyeight years a minister of the Upper South Carolina Methodist conference, died/at Waynesville hospital today. Afiv Brunson, a native of Greenville, had filled pastorates in Columbia,! Greenville, Spartanburg and other South Carolina cities. He was taken ill at Lake Junaluska a week ago and removed to the hospital. ? Survivors Include his widow, a son, George W. Brunson, of Birmingham, Ala., with whom he had made his home since superannuation a year ago, and two brothers, G. W. Brunson, of Camden; and J. W. Brunson, of Orangeburg. ? Cobh Sets New World Speed Record Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, Aug. 23.?A new world land speed record of 368.85 miles per hour?better than six miles a minute?was set today by John R. Cobb, London fur broker, in his 24-cylinder "Railton Red Lion." Cobb, who shot his turtle-shaped car over the first lap at the phenomenal speed of 370.75 miles per hour, struck an average on two runs over the previous mark of 357.5 miles per hour held by another Englishman, Capt. George E. T. Eyston. Cobb also smashed Eyeston's kilometer record with a speed of 369.74. BARON DeKALB SCHOOLS PURCHA8E NEW EQUIPMENT Through the cooperation of the Baron DeKalb Parent-Teacher association , and other auxiliary agencies of the school, the Baron DeKalb school now has. for instructional and entertainment use, a complete sound projector outfit consisting of special auditorium Model 26AC Victor Animatophonn with extra speaker, microphone, preamplifying unit and miscellaneous attachments and extras. This equipment was purchased for cash and without the aid of either district or county funds. However, the various auxiliary agencies have been at work on the purchase for two years. Having experimented considerably with sound projectors, the personnel of the board of trustees and faculty feel that the purchase of this equipment will prove a valuable addition to the collection of visual edu-j cation materials already in use. Presbyterian Church Services The regular Sunday morning worship service will be resumed st Betheeda Preshytertan church on Sunday, " September 3, st 11:15. 8onday school class** for all aces st 10 s .m. The public is cordially Invited to these services. # t' - y ** Camden High School Registration Days The students of the Camden high school will register early this year as has been the mist out In the oust. Among the advantages of early registration the following ones are emphasised: Each student has a better chance of getting in the tvlasses he or she desires; the student ban more time to confer with the principal about the selection of courses than would be possible after classes begin; and finally early registration eliminates the tiresome waltlug by the rest of the school while registration is taking place. Parents are urged to study the courses of the school and co-operulo with the principal lu guiding their children In the selection of courses that will prove the most beneficial. It Is emphasised that not all the courses in high school will be accepted by all colleges as admittance credits. Especially Is this true of colleges outside South Carolina. If a student has a possible chance of attending college after graduation from high school, he should by all means take the college preparatory curriculum. The best plan to follow Is to find out the entrance requirements of the college the student plans to attend and to see that tjiese credits are made In high school. The schedule for registration by classes follows: Tuesday, September 5, 9 to 12:30, eighth grade students. Wednesday, September 6, 9 to 12:30, ninth grade students. Thursday, September 7, 9 to 12:30, tenth grade students. Friday, September 8, 9 to 12:30, eleventh grade students. Students from the country may register for any class the day the bus runs. Books will be rented during the days of registration and students should bring money * for this purpose. | The high school office will be open for registration Saturday and Monday mornings from 9 to 12:30. Commercial Bank To Increase Capital At a special meeting held on Tuesday of this week the stockholders of The Commercial Bank voted to increase the capital of that institution from .$30,000.00 (Its present capital) to $50,000.00, and In so doing pay a stock dividend of 66 2-3 per cent to stockholders of record September *1, 1939. The bank has been recently notified by the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System that Its application for membership had been favorably acted upon pending the completion of certain routine requirements within the next few days. The directors of the hank feel that a membership In the Federal Reserve System Is a long step forward In the right direction tending towards the growth and safety of the institution in the years to come. Blaney School Open September 7 The Blaney high school has been reorganized and plane for contlnuod growth In service are rapidly maturing. Pupils will be registered Thursday, September 7. Those who wish to rent books will get them Friday, September 8, upon presentation of signed cards and rental fees. Parents and guardians are requested to have pupils .under their care successfully vaccinated for smallpox. Members of the faculty are: Miss Belva* Funderburk, Pageland; Miss Cathryn Livingston, Prosperity; Mrs. A. T. Simpson, Blaney; MiSs Beatrice Ross, Blaney; Miss Cornelia Gardner. Kershaw; Miss Sidelle Ellis, Saluda; Miss Alberta Hoffman, Ridgeway; Miss Madge Funderburk, Pageland; Otho Williams, Newberry; Miss Holena Willis, Ridgeway; Miss Gladys McNalr, Patrick; P. Q. Chastaln, Blaney; Harold Funderburk, Pageland, X: C. Btckley, superintendent, Blaney. Members of the board of trustees are: S. W. Rose, chairman; Dr. W. D. Grlgsby, secretary; and D. G. McLeod. Poatofflce Closes Monday Postmaster C. P. DuBoae advises that the Camden poatofflce will be closed on Monday, September 4, for Labor Day observance. The general delivery, window will be opened for one hour in the morning?from eight to nine o'clock. Of 306 non-airline accidents reported upon by the Air Safety Board, 64 Involved engine failures. . .. ir-*.i >u-- V" . __ Sheriff Required To Collect Delinquents The comptroller tumoral of South Carolina haa sent out to all the sheriffs and tax collectors of the state the following letter: Section 95 of the Appropriation Act passed by the General Assembly and approved on July 1, l?39, provides us follows: "All taxoa, assosaipouts and peuaiilea legally aaaoased shall bo consldered and held aa a debt payable to the state by the party against whom the same shall be charged; and such taxoa, assessments and penalties shall bo a first lien In all cases whatsoever upon the property taxes; the lien to attach at the beginning of the calendar year during which the tax Is levied; and such taxes shall bo first paid out of the assets of any estate of deceased porsons, or held In trust as assignee or trustee, as aforesaid, or proceeds of any property held on execution or attachment; and the county treasurer may enforce the said lien by execution against the aald property; or, If It cannot be levied on, ho may proceed by action at law agalust the person holding said property. "Provided further, that In making levies and sale of property of any taxpayer for the collection of any tax due the state and county, the sheriff or tax collector Is hereby authorized and directed to levy upon and sell any property of the defaulting taxpayer, real, personal, mixed, either oi; both, to satisfy any tax lien as evidenced by a tax execution Issued by th& county treasurer against such defaulting taxpayer, and the sheriff or tax collector shall not be required to Identify any property of the defaulting taxpayer as having been Included In his return or assessed against him for the purpose of taxation." Comptroller General Beattie, who addressed the State Sheriff's association at the recent county officers' meeting at Myrtle Beach, brought strongly to the attention of the sheriffs and delinquent tax collectors the urgent necessity under the law to make collection this fall of all delinquent taxes, and It appears that the sheriffs and delinquent tax collectors over the state are going to be forced to collect all delinquent taxes during this fall and winter. Attention has also been called to the large number of automobiles that have been escaping taxation, and the sheriffs and delinquent tax collectors are Instructed to levy upon and sell these cars if the taxes are not paid promptly. Sheriff McLeod has Inserted an advertisement in another section of this week's issue of The Chronicle, which It will be well for all those owing delinquent taxes and those owning automobiles not listed for taxation to..-' read. Six Year Old Girl Is A Water Nymph Barbara Ann Boldt, 6-year-old grand daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Heath and who was a Camden visitor for a month during the winter of 1937 'and 1938, recently set the swimming specialists at one of the Wisconsin lake resorts agog with her performance in the, fcrater. The little miss in company with-several adult swimmers swfim from the diving platform in front of the Boldt cottage across the two-mile lake to the Boy Scout camp on the west shore. Although Just turned six years of age, she rates as one of the best of the Juvenile aquatic stars of the lake region. Not only has she learned the various swimming strokes but she Is also an adept at diving. Approves Playground Project \ Lancaster, Aug. 28.?Congressman James P. Richards, fifth district of South Carolina, has received notice from Frank A. March, director of project control division, Washington, that project No; 40,084, In the amount of $3,288, has been approved. This Is a non-federal project to Improve county-owned-' school playgrounds throughout Kershaw county, Including constructing, basketball courts, constructing and erecting playground equipment, and performing Incidental and appurtenant work. In addition to projects specifically approved. It la sponsored by the county board of education. . Ttala project if now ready for operation at the discretion of tha South Carolina Worka Project Administrator, Lawrence M. Pinckney, Columbia. 1 " *?