The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 01, 1939, Page PAGE EIGHT, Image 8
ATTRACTIVE GIFTS for CHRISTMAS ~l I
' BEST SELECTED AND MOST COMPLETE LINES WE HAVE EVER SHOWN. YARDLEY OF LONDON?MAX FACTO# of HOLLYWOOD \ I
?Gibson's Christmas and occasional, cards, we want you to see our displays of holiday merchandise and invite
and urge you to do so. ' | ' ' - \ i
Zemp's Drug Store both prescription stores City Drug Company I
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packed, at no extra cost,
in the new Interwoven
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Mrs. Daisy Twitty j
Buried at Kershaw
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Timmonsville. Nov. 2f?. ? Funeral
services for Mrs. Daisy Owens Twitty.
forthy-three. wife of Archie Twit- 1
ly. were held today from the Baptist
church at Westville near Kershaw, <
of which she was a member. Mrs.':
Twitty died at her home hero yester-j
day. ; |
She had been an invalid for many i
y?-ar> Besides her parents. .Mr. and
.Mrs Jesse <)\Vens of Westville, she Is
survived by her husband and eight
children, two of whom Mrs. I. T |
Dorrlty and Mrs. Cecil Freeman, live
in Troy. N. C.
Farm Program
To Be Explained
There will b? educational meetings
at the places Hated below* to explain
the 1D40 farm program and the oottpn
referendum which will be held
on December 9. It is ve'ry important
that yon attend one of these meetings
In order thut you may understand
the farm program for next year
says VV. C. McCarley, county agent.
Blaney, at 9:00 a. m., Monduy Decomber
4.
Pino Drove, at 11:00 a. iu? Monday.
December 4.
LugofT, at 2:00 p. m., Monday, De
cember 4.
Midway, at 4:00 p. m.( Monday, December
4.
Charlotte Thompson on Tuesday,
December 5, at 9:00 a. m.
Antioch. at 11:00 a. m., on Tuesday,
December 5.
Bethunc, at 2:00 p. m? on Tuesday,
December 5.
Mt. Plsgah, at 4:00 p. mon Tuesday,
December 5.
Red Hill, at 9:00 a. m.. on Wednesday,
December 6.
Liberty Hill, at 11:00 a. in. on Wednesday,
December 0
Kershaw, at 2:00 p. m.. on Wednesday,
December 6.
Baron DeKalb, at 4:00 p. in., Wed- i
nesday, December <>.
Colorful Posters
Feature Seal Sale
Colorful posters, featuring the 1939 l
Christmas Seal In different sizes, are
being placed In every show window In
the down-town section by Mrs. C. G.
Kornegay and her committee.
"Protect your home from tuberculosis"
is the reminder on each poster,'
calling attention of Kershaw county
citizens the presence of far too much
tuberculosis In our midst. This disease
has taken the lives of at least
nine persons here since the first of
January and all were under forty-five
years of age. ,
"There are in the Chirstmas Seal i
Sale office enough posters for every t
teacher in the county to have one for (
her class room to stimulate Interest
in the sale of double-barred cross
bangle pins in the schools These ate i
being distributed by workers with
other supplies from the Seal Sale
headquarters.
A liberal investment in Christmas j i
Seals will represent our share in the,
effort to bring about the time when)
there will gradually be less and lessj
first infection tuberculosis among the
school children.
Natives of Bermuda use shark oil
in a bottle as a barometer.
Chief of Police
Warns Citizens
Chief of Police, Alva Rush, calls attention
to the citizens of Camden that
this Is the season when a number of
petty thefts occur, especially during
the time between pow and Christmas.
The time when packages are taken
from parked automobiles, when shop
lifters are busy lu the stores, when I
strangers appear at the homes posingI
as telephone, gas, or electric malnteml
ance men. In view of this Chief Rush!
urges the people to lock their c^ra
when they are left parked on tbhj
street and to be sure that the maln-|j
tenanoe men are from the Arms they I
claim to represent. L
Merchants and business mon areI
also warned about cashing checks for .
strungers. "Recently, we have had
complaints along this line and we I
would appreciate It very much If y?ur
would call us about suspicious char-1 j
acters and we will gladly Investigate I
promptly", says Chief Rush.
Chief Rush also calls attention to I
the "FUm-Flammers" which have I
been making the rounds for years. I
Yet, they have been successful sev'L
eral times among the colored folks of I
Camden Just recently. The Flim-I
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Flammers are very shrewd. They
report to their victims that they have!
found a pocketbook containing a
large sum of money and if they wish I
to share any of It all they have to do I
Is to put up a small amount In good
faith and share In the reward. Sometimes
they pull their victims for as
much as hundreds of dollars.
Young Child Dies
From Burns
Ray Britton ~ Blytber, 13-year-old '
daughter and only child of Mr. and
Mrs. R. B. Blyther, was buried at Aptioch
Baptist church on the CamdenBishopvllle
highway at 11 o'clock Sun?
day morning. ?. j
The little girl was standing In front I
of an open fireplace when her outing!
gown caught fire. The child ran and!'
before aid could reach her the flames!
had enveloped her entire body. Shej
was rushed to the Tourney hispital in I1
Sumter where she died Friday after!
suffering great agony.
The parents of the young girl re-11
sided In Camden for a number of 1
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years where Mr Blyther was con- '
nected with the old Southeastern express
company.
It has been proved by experiments
that maximum airplane power is produced
when the fuel is injected directly
into the cylinders.
The shell of a Gallapagos tortoise
serves as a coaster sled for little Patrick
Henry of Coucil Bluffs. Iowa.
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Babies Wanted For
Santa Claus Parade
Babies big and babies small, babies
that laugb and babies that squall.
Yes, siree. Babies galore are wanted
for the baby division of the Santa
Claus Lane parade to be held Friday,
December 8, in connection with the
welcome ceremonies growing out of
the visit of Jolly Santa Claus,
Several Camden mothers have called
the committe In charge of the parade
and were Indignant that their
babies had not been Invited to taltd
part In the parade. The committee
bas carefully explained that no invitations
of an individual character
bave been issued, that the parade is
upen for all babies of Camden and
Kershaw county.
So, If you have a little fairy In
your home, whether it be a little boy
ar a little girl and you want him or
Her to appear In the baby parade, all
that Is required Is that you notify the
Chamber of Commerce office and also
arrange to have your baby at the
High school building on Laurens
street on the afternoon of December
i, at 3:4?r> o'clock. The parade will
start at 4:30 put the judging will be
lone before the parade.
The committee has also received
inquiries from the schools in the rural
districts asking for Information as
to the several divisions of the parade
In which entries may strive for the
prize awards.
The committee, after careful consideration.
has revised the schedule of
awards and announces that the following
division will be provided: No.
1. Baby parade division. Babies entered
in this division may be carried
In arms, go carts, perambulators or
any other kind of vehicle. There will
be a prize for the richest aud most
elaborate entry, and one for the most
unique entry.
In the other groupings there will be
a first and second prize for the most
unique and novel individual or group
entry from the school districts outside
of Camden.
There will be a first and second
prize for the richest costume, a first
and second for the most unique costume;
a first and second for the most
interesting group from the standpoint
of richness; and a first and second
for the most novel and unique grouping.
Mayor Wants City
To Be Beautiful
Work on the decorating of the
streets for the holiday period is beihg
carried on rapidly by the water
and light department under the direction
of Superintendent Leon Tobin.
The overhead lights, thousands of
them, featuring the towering pillar of
colored lights cascading from the top
of the city hall building, have been
completed over the entire downtown
area.
The placing of the pine trees about
the city light standards will be start-]
ed next Monday. At the same time a
crew of men will trim the community
tree in the library yard. Five hundred
lights will be used on the tree
decorations.
According to Mayor McCorkle. tbe
program of holiday decorations in
Camden will be equal, if not superior
to any in the state. The mayor regards
the holiday program as being
a community affair and especially interesting
to the younger generation
who still delight in the mystery and
afTectlon of believing in Santa Claus.
"We want our kiddles to get as
much Joy and happiness out of the
Christmas period as possible, said
the mayor. "And If we can give them
that happiness that comes with the
period of the great Nativity, the Joy
of seeing Santa Claus, of hearing the
singing of carols, of seeing a fairyland
of colored lights, I say, let us
.jsmkx. leave anything undone that will
insure childhood memories of a Camden
Christmas to b? lasting and beautiful.
The council of our city really
believes in Santa ClauB.
For the first six months of 1939,
passenger miles flown are up appro*
imately 34 per cent oyer the same period
in 1938.
Tin is giving Bolivia a war boom.
Two men out of 'each million llvt
to a ripe old age of 106. <AAAA ,
Great Britain has nearly 10.000 lo
cal government councils, ranglnf
from sixty-two county councils t<
even thousand parish councils.
The parks of Canada are the horn*
of the world's largest herds of buffa
lo.
Seduction To Race
Silver Dollar Again
Sliver Dollar iuay have wou from
Seduction here laet Saturday but the
Dixie JJoykln brown horse refuses to
concede the blaok gee gee anything.
And for that reason Seduction will
again pit his speed against the Dob
lar, this time at the Belvldere track
at Kutawvllle Saturday afternoon In
the meet being sponsored by the St.
John's Jockey club.
Seduction and the Dollar will settle
their own little private ?ru(^p
while racing Fin Dace, a Bob H&rar
entry and the rallbirds assert Fin
Lace will be the favorite In the strut.
Those who saw the Seduotion-Dollar
dash last Saturday will recall the
way the little brown horse's effort in
the stretch when he came from somo
four lengths In the ruck to a beautiful
nose and nose finish.
Dixie Boykin stated after the race
that he fully believed Seduction
would win a longer race and It looks
now as If the hope of Seduction's
owder may have a fulfillment, as the
Berkeley, the event in which Seduction,
Silver Dollar and Fin l^ace will
take part tomorrow at Kutawvllle,
will be over a longer distance.
Quite a number of Camden sport
lovers are Jaunting to the Kutawvllle
races tomorrow. And speaking of the
race program, over forty entries have
been made and post positions drawn
for the St. John's club classic.
The largest field of horses in any
event has been made in the Santee,
a race for half-breed. In this there
will be such favorites as Bo Peep,
Tru Blu, and Will Rogers. In addition
there will be several horses that
have been run on this course before.
The mule race, always a popular
one, has proved even more so this
fall and it Is possible that this will
have to be run in two divisions.
Keen Interest Is being displayed by
the Negro riders, since the purse is
being divided among them.
The Berkeley, the longest race of
the day has the rivals, Frank Hampton's
Silver Dollar and Bogan Stables'
Seduction, which had a match
race in Camden last Saturday. The
owners, not being satisfied, are trying
for a longer distance and against
the old favorite. Fin Lace, owned
by Bob Hamer. In addition to these
there are others that have never entered
here before.
The Belvldere, a race only for locally
owned horses, will be a hotly
contested event between plantation
owners In this community. Last
year's winner, Chariie, owned by
Wain pee Plantation is also running
the beautiful two-year-old filly Dipsy
Doodle.
Another event which will prove exciting
to the spectators, will be the
I Cheeka, for two-year-olds sired by a
stallion standing in Berkeley or adjoining
counties. This has the small1
est field of any event, only four be!
ing entered at the present time.
I The St. John's, the half-mile race,
has eight excellent entries. Some of
the new horses in this event include
Col. Bob Brooks' Symbolic by Sir
Gallahad. third. Blackout owned by
Alonzo B. Segbrook of North Charleston.
and Will Walker's Anne Doone
by Muldoone.
The race track has been the scene
of Lively activity for the past several
weeks. Kvery day horses are brought
there for training and breezing out.
Services Today For
C. Rollie Davis
C. Rollie Davis. 60-year-old farmer
of the Antloch section, died at the
Camden hospital Wednesday night afj
ter a few days illness.
Mr Davis ?had never married and
made his home with his sister, Mrs.
Klzzle Davis near Antloch. He was
an affable gentleman and made
friends with all classes and was held
In high esteem
Surviving is one sister, Mrs. Kizzle
Davis; a nephew, Tally J. Davis, of
Augusta, Ga., five nieces, Mrs. Alron
Jones, of Ft. I^auderdale, Fla.; Mrs.
Wilma Klontz, Mrs. B. Brafford, of
! Charlotte, N C.; Mrs. Homer Brook
shire, of Troutmgp, N. C.; Mre<Arthur
Howard, pfc .Un^onvll^f, -Mich.
Mr. Davis was a member of the
' Marshall Methodist church, but the
. funeral will be held from JLntloch
; Baptist church, at "11:8? tbday, con>
ducted by Rev. J. B. Caston and Ret.
Collier. The funeral party will leave
\ from the Kontngay Funeral Home ai
10:30 this morning.
Annual Christmas
Seal Sale Opens
'Formal opening of the .thirty-third
annual Christmas Heal campaign
takes place today in Camden, when
a large' yompany of wideawake citizens
rfroin every section of the county
gathers for lunch and Inspiring talks
in the dining .^oom of the Camden Ho
tel, with Mrs. Thomas Aucrum as
hostess," said Hey. A. Douglas McAru,
chairman of the local speakers bureau.
"Trying to calculate hi advance how
many seals various homes and individuals
wish to buy Is one of the chief
tasks of the ChrlBtmas Seal committee.
"Some persons may want more than
the number we send out to them, said
Mr. MeArn. "Others may want less,
and In that case they are requested
to return the unwanted number in
the envelope addressed to Harold W.
Funderburk, who is actiug as treasurer
of the Christmas Seal Sale
drive." For those who desire to have
more than we mail out, I can say the
committee cheerfully will send additional
sheets of seals on notification.
"Datributlon and purchase are made
easy by the method of mailing out the
seals. The addressed return envelope
is a convenience to the purchaser.
The public has never failed
to cooperate in this annual campaign
agplnst tuberculosis and the committee
is confident that there will be no
let-down this year.
"Buy your seals now and use them
early. Be among the first to put
these decorative stamps on your regular
mail, thus expressing a desire
to help make every home and school
in the county safe for children and
the youth of the community."
Belgian air defenses are firing at
all planes crossing the Belgian border.
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Mexico's pint-sized navy?conslit-.
ing of gunboats and escort vesselsare
reliably reported to be lacking
Sufficient fuel to carry on patrol du- J
ties.
Three persons, convicted by court
martial, on charges of selling inilltary
secrets to a foreign power, were beheaded
at Berlin on Friday.
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Camden Theatre
FRIDAY, DEC. 1
Fred MaqMurray
Madeline Carroll
and Allan Jones in
"HONEYMOON IN BALI"
EOOOOOOOOOPOOOOO^OOOeoeet
SATURDAY, DEC. 2.
Donald Woods
Evelyn Venable
in Zane Grey's
"HERITAGE OF
THE DESERT"
Added:
| Oregon Trail and Comedies
Second Show-?10:30
June Land?Robert Kent
"FOR LOVE OF MONEY"
MONDAY and TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 4?5
Alice Faye?Don Ameche
Stuart Erwin?Buster Keaton
"HOLLYWOOD
CAVALCADE"
Photographed in Technicolor
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 6.
John Garfield?Priscllla Lane
"DUST BE MY DESTINY"
THURSDAY and FRIDAY
"'DECEMBER 7?8
Deanna Durbin in
"FIRST LOVE" J
Wood for Sale
We have a large quantity
of oak wood for tale. Also
'Llat lightwood. We cut any
length you may desire. D?*
livery mad# promptly in
any quantity.
reasonable. ; Please Telephone
number 9163.
David Murray
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Ju^t a friendly invitation to become a mem- I
ber of our 1940 CHRISTMAS SAVINGS I
CLUB. You'll find it an ideal method of I
setting aside funds for next year's holiday I
expenses or other needs in the interim---such I
as taxes, insurance and so on. I
BOOKS NOW OPEN. ENROLL TODAY! f
The Commercial Bank of Camden I
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MEMBER FEDERAL RE9ERVE 8Y8TEM
MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION * I
W $6,000.00 MAXIMUM IN8URANCE FOR EACH DEPOSITOR