Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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News of Interest In And Near Bethune ? Bethune, Dec. 6.?The family of Mr. and Mrs. C. I* Maya gathered at tin* Klng-Duvls hotel Thursday of last week for a reunion. Thirty iiiemberti of the family and four generations were represented. A real Thanksgiving feast was served the guests by Mrs. J. I*. Bethune, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mays. Outoftown gnosis were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Davis and daughter, Miss Myrtle Davis, of Birmingham, Ala.; Mrs. Neal Johnson, of Whltevllle, N. C\; Mr. and Mrs. A. 14. Mays and family, M>f Florence; Mrs. A K. Belch and Mrs. Henry Bass and son of Cayce. Mr. and Mrs. Davis and Miss Ihivls returned to their home in Birmingham Sunday. Miss Frances Bethune left Sunday for Camden where she has a position. Mr. und Mrs. itpger Howe are receiving congratulations upon the arrival of a daughter, Dana Ism, at the Columbia hospital recently. Mrs. Howe was before marriage, Miss Willie Kate Clyburn, of Bethune. Of Interest to their many friends here was the announcement Saturday of the engagement of Miss Martha Thompson and Fail Cannon. The marriage to take place on December 27 In the A It 1'. church of Kock Hill Miss Thompson taught hero for two years, and by her vivacious charm of manner and sweet uuselllsliness, ondeared herself to all with whom she came In contact. Mr. Can11 pn was also located here for some time engaged In business with the state highway depart menl I Mrs. Clara Davis and Miss Mary Arthur attended a district meeting of the M'-t lo'disi church 111 Florence recen 11 y. The teachers of the grammar grades, accom pan ied by Superintendent W. M. Watson, spent Thursday and Friday observing the work of the Colleton county schools. Seniors from Coker College substituted for them in their absence. Mi and Mrs. K K Sims of Kock Mill Hele diesis It) the ho||\e of the Krnest TruoadellH Monday. Kev <1 ml Mrs F K. Morse were the recipients of a generous pounding by the members of their congregation Wednesday evening Mrs. 0 li. Mi Kinnon and childrtn, Boyd and I'eggv Anne, who have been with Mr MeKinitoti in Wallace, N. C., re 1 ttrtieil to then- home here Monday. Mr and Mrs M K Barker* and fiitnily spent Sunday in Lynchburg with relatives. John Dan McLaurin of the Citadel spent several days with his mother, Mrs Daisy M< Lauriti, last week Mrs F. It Morse and little dang hi ter, Margaret Noel, and Mrs. N. K. 'I 1 uesdell were visitors in Florence Red Cross Roll Call A Success Great satisfaction Is expressed over the result of the 1939 Rod Cross roll call, completed on November 30 To date Home 903 litem Pern have been enrolled with fifteen workers still unreported. The quota assigned Kershaw county was l.loo While the membership goal has not been attained as yet, the cash return Ih gratifying to the roll call workers Mrs W. 11 Harris states she is deeply gratified at the response of i the people and the keen Interest that Is being evidenced In the Ked Cross activities. Some two hundred workers have given their time voluntarily during the roll call period. Wednesday. J. N Mcl/uurln left Sunday to take up his duties with the San tee-Cooper project at Holly Hill. A Joint meeting of the board of Christian education and Worker's Council was held In the home of Miss Mary Arthur Tuesday evening. During the social hour chicken salad and coffee were served by the hostess A groqp of Masons from Lynch wood Lodge attended a Regional Masonic meeting at Croat Falls Friday night. Mr and Mrs. It. W Rest entertained the visiting exchange teachers of Winthrop College Thursday evening, November 3<> After singing popular songs together, the group enjoyed playing Chinese checkers. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess. Those present were: Misses Mary Fogle. Virginia Holloway. Carolyn Severance, Ruth Dixon .Mildred ( Lawrence, Mildred McKelthan, Alva McClellan and ls>uise Ortman. M. LI. King attended a district meeting of the Methodist church in Sumtie Tuesday. Circles one and three of the Woman's Auxiliary of the I'rhsbyterian church met at the home of Miss Stella Hethune Tuesday afternoon. I Circle number two met at the [King Davis hotel with Miss Louise Ortman hostess. ? | "Christmas programs were given and 'special offerings wore made for ministerial relief. ' Miss Viola Haxlev, high school student. won tin1 Kershaw county Red' Cross prize in recognition of a paper' written on the work. | The Hoard of Stewards of the He-1 thune Methodist church met Wednes-j day niglu to make plans for the en-j suing year. | The Kershaw county circulating li-j brary visits the community library every two weeks on Thursday morning. 9:30. Ancient Battlefield Scene of Drills Shade of Baron DeKulb, heroic llgurt. of the Battle of Ctundeu, fought ' In a11 m ou seven miles north of CainLfen in 1780. r in that area, where today stands a I granite monument In commemoration of tlu? brave Germau who fell inortally wounded while leading American forces in their struggle ugaluai I |)>t. jjrii IhIi Rqdcoats, stalwart lads lu i the khaki of the South Carolina National Guard, fought out problems of I present day ground warfare. Beneath the surface of tV?is hallowed ground where, 160 years ago, patriots and enemy fell In the great | struggle that developed Into a British j victory, are the bones of the war dead, burled there by their companions. Shades of these warrior dead stirred uneasily as they listened?if they can?to the din of machine gun and musket lire overhead. Not since the stirring days of the War Between the States when boys in blue exchanged messages and shot and shell with boys In gray, has the sound of guns been heard?with the possible exception or a ritlu or shotgun In the hands of hunters. Sunday the Americans fought off and heat back an attack or the rods who were edging their way down the Liberty Hill road from Chester. When discovered, the reds were within four miles of the American line, where a week ago the \ anks had dug In. All this was part of the war game j problems which the National Guard is working out with week-end manuevers on and near the site of the Battle of Camden Strong troop concentration In Camden with the red forces at Chester requires the working out of a defensive problem on December 4tl. whereby the Yanks can Intercept this red force and protect the troops hyre in Camden. On Sunday, December 3. the Ameilcan's switched from a defensive game to the offensive and worked their way through the thick woods, their path I being cleared through the medium of ; machine guns. Near the Liberty Hill road the attacking Yanks encountered the advance guard of the reds but after a spirited battle, caused them to beat a hasty retreat toward the main forces ut Chester. And thus for a time an attack ou Camden was averted. Next Sunday the boys in khaki will tackle another problem. It interesting to observe that the American troops were aided in their offensive against the reds last Sunday by information provided by the observation planes, which spotted the advancing red army and quickly I communicated with the Americans Country Swamps j Town Team 11-3 A superb offensive in which Cha.lev Hubert son. playing the number po-ntU# gathered live counters, paved the way for a 11 to :? victory for Country over Town in the opening game of the llbi'.'-imo polo season last Sunday afternoon on the Kirkwood field Some GOo fans, including spectators from about the state and North Caroline. shivered in the icy blasts that swept out of the northwest shortly after the start of the game. It was an auspicious opening for the polo program and in the crowd were many officers from Camp Jackson near Columbia Several in the group of army oiiicei-f are polo players and will prce bably be seen in ac tion on the Camip-n ti'-ld t h Is season. Town opened -the game with a ru.-h, 1 hi Hose. No -. and Light foot. No. J. ,-miii: to put them in the lead. 2 to l tin- ciui ot the tirst chukker af ., 1 {,1111c\ had scored lor C ouu,, s Hai r:-com s goal for I own alid . , m,,r, for Kuberison of Country ill,- routes: *i"d ?' ;h" end of th" ,iii'! Irani" From that time on it was all Com. goals counted in the third r -wo by Jimmy Minnick. Jr.. .111,1 oil.- ea< h by Robertson and Bates To a n w a> >' oreless. I he fourth found Kirlty t apper staging a scor :i,^ mis!) to add two for Country with 1 ,.u n again helpless under the tight q. f.-nse ot their rivals. The fifth loimd both te.uns scoreless but Rob ,-rtson made his tlfth goal of the g?im< ,nij the only one of the chukker U bring the Country total to 11 Tow: was helpless from a scoring stand a in! in the last four frames Coach Cyril Harrison will jugch the lineup of this team to give balam before the game next Sunday Guest Speaker At Coker Harts vilie. S C. Dec 5 ?The Rev it Rryre Herbert, pastor of the Lyi tleton Street Methodist church i; Camden, will be a Coker college gues speaker December 11. The Rev. Hei berf. who will speak at the chapr hour. 10 15 a m. comes to the co lege at the Invitation of the Coke Christian association. Mather Falls Before Voorhees Grid Team ? I Tho Mather Academy Blue Eagles hit the dual or rather the wet turf at Zemp stadium after a sizzling sixtyminute give and take quarrel with a hard-charging team from the Voorhees institute of Denmark. . When the two teams lined up for the kickoff the grandstand was Jammed with spectators whilo the bleachers across tho field, huddled several hundred more spectators. A light drizzle of rain fell all during the game failed to dampen the enthusiasm of the Mather and Vorliees fol-' lowers. At the starnof the game it looked as if Mather was going to win in a walk. The Eagles drew first blood when McGirt, a real powerhouse, skirted tho left end for a fifteen yard gallop and a touchdown. The triple threat of the Eagles shook oft four ( tacklers and he was still on his feet when he hit the pay dirt. The point for conversion was no good. i i The Eagles again scored in the second quarter following a sensational 35 yard pass from McGirt to Jenkins. , Jenkins plucked the ball out of the air while traveling at top speed. Again the effort to add the extra point fail-' ed. Voorhees began to perk up about this time and after taking the next kickoff they began to pour passes? two of which were completed for big gains and carried them well into the , Mather territory. Mixing up the passing attack with some slam bang running plays, the visitors climaxed tho touchdown drive with a heave that caught the Eagles off balance. The try for the extra point failed, j j In the kickoff at the start of the' second half McGirt took the ball on j his own ten yard line and spurted to the 45 before he was downed. Voorhees held and lock the ball on downs. Voorhees with a wealth of reserves on call started moving at this time, using power drives and pretty running plays. They hit into pay dirt and converted to take the lead 13 to 12. Again the visitors started to hammer the lighter -Mather line in the fourth quarter and added a third touchdown. The try for the conversion failed. 'l heie was some real hlpper-dipper. razzle-dazzle play offered by both teams in the last quarter. Hill Baynard. T Whitaker and J. Whitakeri of the Mather team took up residence i in th - Voorhees territory practically all during the game. They gave some nice demonstrations of line play? charging in and smearing up the Voorhees play before it could get started. E. McCollum. If MeCollum. Hare and Martin were outstanding for Voorhees. Latest Equipment | For Camden Hospital Announcement is made that Ber. nard M. Baruoh has offered the Cam, I den hospital sufficient funds to pur, I chase the very latest X-ray equipment j ? an electically controlled infant ln. c'ubator with oxygen and heat control, a suction and pressure pump for creating negative and positive pressure .land additional surgical Instruments. A committee from the hospital hoard has a tentative purchase program which will total about $7,500. The X-ray equipment that will be secured will have a refrigerator or developing tank and motor driven ta11 bio and a dynomax tube rotating ac1 code. 1 Italy, altho she granted winter 1- leave to 300,000 men last week, is re r ported today to still have 868,000 men under arms. \ ? ?Beautiful Design Is Work of Local Girl V f , Every one who likes beautiful things should stop and take a look at the Christmas Seal Sale decoration In the corner window ut The Fashion Shop. The artistic work is that of our own Miss Maggie Trantham. This is the Second consecutive year that Miss Trantham has helped the Association with window displays. Keally she should design something to be submitted to the National Tuberculosis Association to be used on Christmas Seals. The life-sized angel in the display is copied from the -1939 Christinas Seal. Suspended at the right of a dark blue screen with gold stars showering like blessings from the arms of the double-barred cross, the figure seems to bring attention to the fine work the cross is an emblem of. The set was used in screen fashion at the Tuberculosis Association's Dutch luncheon held at the Camden Hotel on December 1. The two-fold message from the 1939 Christmas Seal is "No home is safe from tuberculosis until all homes are safe" and "Tuberculosis discovered early is comparatively easy to cure." So far there has been a good response to the mail sale of Christmas Seals. About $150.00 is in hand and ' every mail brings additional returns. " The letters containing money that come in among the first'give inspiration to the committee that is sponsoring the sale. I^et every one who is able to give something to the promotion of this cause be prompt, if pos- ] sible. Kershaw county likes to be < included among the counties included ] in the State Tuberculosis Associa- < tion's News Letter. 1 Christmas Bazaar Thursday , Bethesda Presbyterian church an- < nounees a Christmas bazaar, at the church school building, Thursday, December 14, for the benefit of the church school renovation. i On sale will be wreaths, laurel rop- ; ing, baskets, plum pudding, candy, cookies, aprons, Christmas cards, and other gifts. During the evening a chorus of young people will sing Christmas carols. Tea will be served from 3 to 5 o'-j clock, dinner from 6 to 8. I Tickets for the dinner are available at DoPass' Drug Store and at the res-' 1 idence of Mrs. Edmund C. Stout,' North Broad street. j The Nobel prize committee, meeti ing in Oslo, Norway, has decided not ' to award a peace prize for 1939. j The Ivonisiana state supreme court ; has ruled that parking meters are il legal in that state. Governor A. Harry Moore of New Jersey's t vlho was suggested as a "dark horse" for the Democratic vice-presidency, says he will not run. Bulldogs Beaten By Bantams 25-0 Charleston. S. C., Dec. 2.?The Chareston high school football team closed its 1939 campaign here Friday aight by beating Camden at the Bulllogs own game of razzle-dazzle?the final score being 25 'fo 0. Five seconds before game ended, Charleston held a safe 19-0 lean but on the last play Eddie Condon, subCharleston halfback, heaved a long pass straight to little R. B. Halsall. Halsall caught it in the clear and scampered over to add insult to inJury. The Bulldogs loosed a fancy bag of trickery early in the game and for almost a quarter the Camden hipper dipper had the Bantams tearing their hair. 1 On two occasions, Camden got down to the shadow of Charleston's goal, but lacked the power to drive over for short gains and the Bantams crowded the razzle-dazzle successfully deep in scoring territory. Late in the game Thomas Merrill, able Camden center, was badly injured and carried ofT the field. The reyef center made two bad passes and both wore costly, causing fumhle9The second fumble was recovered by Charleston and the last touchdown was set up. An anthracite mine at Summit Hill, Pa., has been burning continuously since 1860. ? -cq WANTED: New i\lembers For Our ' 1940 CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB You're eligible. If it's only 25 cents you can spare for the initial deposit, it'll be the best quarter you ever saved. It'll be the start toward a tidv ; spending sum for next Christmas! That in itself is a happy goal to aim for. Hundreds have found it the best wav to SAVE. So will you. Come in and let us give you the details ... and SIGN UP NOW! The Commercial Bank of Camden MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION $5,000.00 MAXIMUM IN8URANCE FOR EACH DEPOSITOR [ CHRISTMAS GIFTS... Of Distinction, Value and Beauty.... A visit to either of our stores will convince you. Displays now complete and we know that we have just Uhe right merchandise because our sales are way ahead of former years. Make your selections now so that we may properly wrap or pack for you. , The YARDLEY line of Perfume Set. and the WHITMAN line of BOXED CANDIES surpass all former creations. ' FIREWORKS?LIVE SPRUCE TREES?GREETING CARDS. I Zemp's Drug Store City Drug Company PHONE 30 > PHONE 130 Camden Theatre FRIDAY, DEC. 8. Deauna Durbin?Low in Howard "FIRST* LOVE" : SATURDAY, DEC. 9. Jane Withers with The Kiu Brothers in "PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES" Added: Oregon Trail and Comedies SATURDAY, DEC. 9 10*30 Show Franc-hot Tone?Ann Sothern "FAST AND FURIOUS" MONDAY and TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11?12 Greta Garbo?Melvyn Douglas and Ina Claire in "NINOTCHKA" (Don't Pronounce It?See 111? WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13 Pat O'Brien?Roland Young "NIGHT OF NIGHTS" THURSDAY, DEC. 14 Ginger Rogers?Tim Holt "FIFTH AVENUE GIRL" k ^ (9rffot yon* 1 CHRISTMAS TURKEY _ Kl i Tender young birds?the finest raised. Ranging I in size from (8 to 20 pounds.) Dress and lay one aside for you ? ?" SHEHEEN'S MARKET . TELEPHONE 323 v. , ?