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The Chronicle Wishes All Of Its Readers a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
The Camden Chronicle
VOLUME #1 _ CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1939 ' NUMBER 40
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CAMDEN IN HIGH CARNIVAL
OVER CHRISTMAS WEEK-END
I hath and violence stalked the byways
and highways of Kershaw county
ovor the week-end while In the olty
turglars reaped a harvest at the home
of John Nettles at Laurens and Lyttieton
streets, In the heart pf the res*
Idential dlstrlot of the city. The samd
Invaders of the Nettles home are believed
by the police to have taken radios
from four automobiles In garages
nearby.
Henry Heath, who resides near
Blaney, was hit by a Columbia owned
car on gJnlted States highway near
Blaney early Sunday morning and
died at the hospital hero Christmas
plght at 1,0:45 o'clock.. The driver of
the car stopped and gave his name to
a constble, who brought Heath to the
hospital. i
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' Cecil HalV age 18, > a resident of
Blshopvllle, died in the Camden hospital
following gn auto crash o^ state
highway 34 a few miles from this city
Saturday. Lamar Galloway, age 36,
of Ashevllle, N. C.t was badly injured
when his car collided with that of
Hall. The cars got out of control on
the wet pavement and skidded lntc
each other. Two others, who were
in the Hall car were Injured but not
seriously.
Allen Williams, colored, is in jail
after shooting of Jeff Thomson, another
negro, .following a quarrel in
front of the Bates cafe on South
Broad street early Christmas morning
Williams Is from West Wateree
and., works at the veneor plant, while
Thompson Is employed at the Carolina
Motor Company Ailing station
here. The bullet creased the front
of Thornpson'STBuir and doctors state
it will be several days before the full
extent of his injury can be ascertained.
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Daniel Jackson, of Rldgeway, colored,
was locked up on a charge of
reckless driving after he turned over
at Fair and DeKalb street Monday af;
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Discovery Of'the burglarizing ol
Many Planes Will
Make Weekend Stop
Dexter Martin of the South Carolina
Aeronautical commission was In conference
with Chamber of Commerce
officials Tuesday relative to the serving
of coffee and sandwiches to visiting
flyers on Saturday and Sunday
-when the eastern wing of the Winter
| in Summer Land air cavalcade
I swoops out of the -sky to make a stop
I at the Woodward airport. ??
The Chamber of Commerce, followling
a conference with Mayor F. N.
McCorkle and Commissioner Jack
Nettles, announced that Mr. Nettles
would take charge of the refreshment
service at the hangar on the two afIternoons
the flyers would be here.
I Mr. Martin has arranged with tl\e
flight commander to wire the ChamIber
of Commerce Friday night from
Raleigh where the alrcade .would
Imakc a night control, Just how many
I bird men were In the group in prder
that Mr. Nettles woulds^Jtnow how
many to prepare for. The same pro
cratn win prevail In regard to Sunday
afternoon.
Mr Martin stated while here that
from advices received from Roosevelt
I field in New York whence the caval
'a,ie would start, there would be
about three hundred planfls In each
I fllftht. making a total of six hundred
1 lor the two days.
Tin- Chamber of Commerce believes
that in view of the inclement weather
Prevailing In the north and the added
'act that the planes are in the main
of the small unheated type, many of
the prospective flyers would be missI
'ng w h> n the st$K Is made and there
'?re the number to stop over here
^Puhl bo materially reduced. Howev
er- It is pointed out that should the
total cut forty to fifty per cent
'he number of planes to stop here
*oul(p establish a record.
Manager Karl Frledell of the Wood **rd
airport will have a corp of me
th&nirs and hose attendants on duty
to refuel the planes when they land.
[ -Bankp To Close
I The two lawiff of Camden will be
Boosed Monday, January 1, in ordpr
J*1 'heir forces can observe the hot
on New Tear's Day.
I
Conference at Ant loch
be a conference' held at
Attloch Baptist church Sunday, Deo m.
31- kt 11 O'clock. All members
requested to be present
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the Nettles home was discovered at
7:80 o'clock Tuesday morning when
Mrs. Nettles, coming downstairs to let
her maid in, found that a table of
Chlrstmas, gifts, including shirts, ties,
a hat and other things was bata. She
called to her husband and Investigation
disclosed that aft^er going over
the ground floor of the home, the
burglar or burglars had gone upstairs
and stoleu a mew wrist watch,
a gift to William Nettles, a son, from
a dresser within a few feet of where
Mr. Nettles was sleeping and then]
gone into the room of Mr. and Mrs.
John Nettles and taken a wallet from
a pair of trousers hanging on a chair
near the bed. This wallet contained
over one hundred dollars In money
and ohecks. A shot nun belonging
to Will Nettles was found lying on a
couch in the living room. Entrance
to the home was through a window
' in the kitchen. The missing Bhotgun
was valued at $126.
J. W. Richardson, finger print expert
of the state highway patrol, arrived
in Camden shortly after the local
authorities had reported the burglary.
The police and sheriff's office
1 report getting results In the search
1 for prints.
Sunday night radios were taken
fro mcars 1t)elonging to John Whitaker,
Jr., William Lindsay, Leon
Schlosburg, all of Camden, and Dr.
t S. B. Kaplan, of Newark, N. J. Richi
ard Jenkins, found a radio in his car
almost detached from its fastenings,
' the robbers evidently being frighten
ed away before they could finish the
Job. All of the car o\|ners live withi
in less that the radius of one block
:* from the Nettles home.
1 All of the Camden police officers
are exhibiting handsome new pockdt
knives as a result of a gift from the
Barns & Barrett hardware company,
' as an appreciation for the fine protection
and service offered the people
of Camden by the police department.
' The gift of the. kniy^s was accompaSnied
by a letter of appreciation from
1W. D. Barnett. /
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Charles 6, Knight Is
Back from War Zone
Charles G. Knight, of Cool Springs i
Plantation, who has been in war-torn
Europe smfce early last spring, arriv-|
ed in New York on board the Italian!
liner Cont D1 Davla last Saturday,!
and immediately took train for this|
Mr. Knigfct, who has been a winter
resident of Camden for many years,
and who Is one of the leading sport
, followers here, was present' at the
polo field Monday afternoon and was!
given a generous welcome by a widei
; following of^friends.
While In Europe Mr. Knight spent j
a greater part of his time in France j
and was an eye witness to the moblll-i
zation. He expressed the belief thatj
the French people sincerely believe
in ultimate victory for the Allies.
Mr. Knight expressed pleasure at
getting back to the States, where people
are free of the terror of war?
1 have freedom of speech and can enjoy
1 life to the fullest.
I Mullen Has Plan
To Revive Sport
Through the efforts of John Mullen,
j Camden sport followers are going to
give the boys and girls basketball
| teams of the high school some genuine
support this season.
| Jack has arranged to have several
hundred season tickets for the basketball
program printed and sold to the
[townspeople and students. The tickets
will be good for ten double-header
".games during the season and the fee
for adults will be $1.50 and for studnets
50 cents a ticket.
Football has always been the out-j
standing sport in Camden and it was
' to king football the fans paid alleI
glance. But with the girls team winning
the state A title last season and
regarded as a likely repeat this year,
interest is beginning to grow.
Coach Linwood Smith of the boys
team has a good snuad to select a
team from and there Is every indlca>
tion that the boys will ipake a good
showing in their schedule thisubeason.
Coach Small of the girls team, has
I power house to fsll back on this
year and with Peggy McOulrt, Doris
McLeod and several other stellar
light# of the 1988-1989 team in uniI
form, the 1989-1940 se|Mon has a
.world of ptTHnise.
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Radio Broadcast
Relates to Camden
Through the courtesy of R. M. Hanna,
Cheraw attorney, with the South
Carolina Economic Association, time
was allowed oyer station WBT, Charlotte,
last week, and Manager Milton
Smith of The Kirkwood Hotel, was on
the air and gave the following of Interest
to Cahiden people and other
Carolinians:
Camden, center of horsemanship
since the days when the Indians raced
their tough little ponies over the
trails In this pine hill section, Is again
embarking upon a season of steeple|
chase, hunt meets, polo, skOet, golf
and many other forms of outdoor
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Highlighting the race program for
the season will be the Washington's
Birthday race with six events on February
82, and the Carolina Cup classic
with seven events on Saturday, Maroh
80. Both ef these races will take
place on the nationally famous SpringI
dale race track. The Carolina Cup
will have its eleventh annual running
over three miles of timber and it is
believed in view of the closing of European
lanes for tourist traffic,' that
the Carolina classic will attract the
greatest crowd In its history.
Horse shows, the Virginian's and
the Camden, the latter a two-day af,
fair, will be held, in , February and
March.
For the golfer, Camden offers exceptional
opportunity. The new
Kirkwood eighteen hole course, designed
and constructed by Donald
Ross, nationally famous golf architect,
wsa formally opened under most auspicious
circumstances last week-end,
with such stellar golfers as Charley
Yates, Katherine Hemphill, Roy Bron|
son, Joe Patelli and others taking
| part in th6 match events,
i To reveal a bit of history?The
Kirkwood coilrse was designed and
built by Walter Travis ln^ 1919 and
like all other mldsouth and southern
courses the standard equipment was
sand-greens. At Its inception it was
known as one^of the best golf courses
In the south and particularly Was this
j true of t^e sand greens which were
(over four*feet of peet-moss, thus al:
lowing for a true pitch to hold. .
Ten years latbr.Band greens became
more or less ignored by golfers and a
j few years after that the death knell
I of that kind of surface had been
I sounded. Old Sol had stepped in and
taking aim, had scored direct hits at
the resiliency of the sand green and
added to the discomfort of the players.
As a result golf sank to a low
ebb in Camden. In 1938, Milton C.
"Smith liecame o^ne'r of the golf
course and his first step toward attracting
golfers Was to^ engage Donald
Ross to revamp the golf course
and build sand greens.
The result of his efforts is now history
and to auote Charley Yates, "the
course at present is equal in conditions
to that of my home course at
East Lake in Atlanta."
From reports at hand the premier
last Saturday and Sunday was but
the start of an Influx of big-name golfers
testing the Kirkwood links. Gene
Sarazen, Vic Ghezzi, Charley Yates,
Katherine Hemphill, Morgan and
Frank McNeel and others will play in
match events the latter part of tha
month. In January an invitation tournament
will take place.
Polo is another sport that is making
history in Camden. Every Sunday
afternoon the Camden Polo club
stages a match event at the No. ill
field which attracts polo fans from
North and South Carolina to the beautiful
field. These Sunday afternoon
events ai;e presented on a charitable
basic and the small 26c fee required
for admission goes into a charity
fund administered by the local Legion
post. 1
Now a word about Camden. A simple
quotation pictures this quaint and
beautiful colonial community. It reads
as follows:
"The hand of hospitality is ever
extended to the stranger, who will
never leave this town dissatisfied,
if he is fashioned so as to enjoy
wooing breezes,'historical associations,
and a free and hearty welcome
of a noble people."
Camden, the oldest inland city In
South Carolina, is unquestionably one
of the most historic. The Camden of
today does not live entirely in the
-past, for beneath a charm of antiquity
there flourishes a modern city with a
ra"#4 cdmbinatieft, of ^residential and
resort advantages ? climate, quaintness
and beauty, and winter sports
amid a colonial atmosphere.
ftom the early days Camden was
noted for lta healthy climate, free
gifM- -iV
Tennis Instructor
Now At Kirkwoodj
Rudolph Horner, maker of tennis
stars, haH taken charge of the tenuis
courts at the Klrkwood and In addltlon
to offering Instruction to local
and visiting tennis players, will also
supervise a number of tennis activities
during the winter season.
Horner, under whose tutelage such.
Austria*), Qreek and Qerman court
aees as Hans Red), Count Bawarowsky
and Oeorge Meataxa mounted Into Davis
cup competition,^ has-been in
America Just three months, coming
here dif^ct from Vienna, Austria, now
a part .of the Qerman Nasi territory.
Redl, according to Horner, is an
Austrian; Barowsky, a Pole; and
Meataxar a Qreek;" but all played under
the (German colors when In the
Davis Cpp competition.
Hornef was a tennis Instructor in
Italy before coming tQ. America. He
peaks (English quite fluently and
rates as! one of the best of the European
tehnls masters. He has taught
the art of championship tennis for
twelve years and has himself played
since he was a small boy,.
It la planned to bring some of the
tennis stars of the midsouth to Camden
during January and February and
stage some match events In which
the clever Austrian will be seen at
his best.
v Joe Patelli, the New Jersey golf pro,
who has charge of the new golf course
here, has arranged for blind bogey
and sweepstake events on the links
every week-end.
Exchange 8hlps Hogs
The Kershaw County Farmers' Exchange
shipped one car of hogs on
Monday, December 18th. There were
eighty-nine head with a total poundage
of 16,855. These hogs were sold
, to The Union Stock Yards in Florence.,
hogs weighing between 160 and
250 pounds brought top price of 5.40.
The total returns to the eleven farm11
ers who participated in this shipment
, was 1865.40, says W. C. McCarley,
, oounty agent.
'from heat extremes In the summer
and mild and invigorating In the winTtetC-All
of the residential streets of
the city are beautifully shaded by
stately oak trees and long leaf pines.
The business district is modern and
i at night the generous display of elec-j
tricity makes the area a veritable
white way. Two theatres, one of the1
finest hospitals in the mid-south, at-i
tractive living costs, splendid schools]
; and modern, civic improvements make1
i Camden a desirable place to spend a!
1 month a"Hfeiiaae. ?
j The historic associations, mingled
, with the exquisite architecture of
homes and public buildings, enhance i
the city's appeal as a resort and vacation
community.
Camden'fl four hotels, The Kirk-,
wood, Hobkirk Inn, Court Inn, and1
Camden hotel, provide accommodations
to tit every taste and purse.
Tourists homes, cottages, apartments
and accommodations in private homes
are available at reasonable rates.
In Camden one will find in ex-;
change for the cold, the rush and the'
crowds of large cities of the north,
the balmy, invigorating -pine-scented
air and the Joyous, out-of-doors,
i health-building life of the Southland.
( Camden offers you beauty, culture,
relaxation, health, entertainment and
1 rest. Here you will find an abundant
life. For the sportsman there is hunt-j
j ing, shooting, fishing, horseback rid-,
ling along Interesting and beautiful J
I trails, steeplechase and fiat racing,
j tennis, golf and polo.
I Enchanting fine highways lead to
I all corners of the mid-south, through
j a countryside where Americans and
Britians battled during the Revolutionary
days and where the boys in
grey and the boys in blue fought during
the War Between the States.
Cam^n has pure, palatable, odorless,
soft water for drinking. Freedom
of the city from contagious and
Infectious disease speaks well for
health regulations.
Camden has entertained many bistrifle
personages. Washington, LaFayette,
BarcfTt DeKalb, Carn"wallls,
Sherman and many others whose
names are engraved in the records of
American history were Camden vislI
tors, whether for war or peace. Six
generals of the Lost Cause were born
and raised in Camden. Here history
is treasured?not exploited.
Camden offers a deeply religious atr
mosphere with a group of splendid
churches, some of them hallowed by
the romance of history. Denominations
having temples of worship are:
Episcopal Methodist, Presbyterian,
Baptist, Catholic and Hebrew.
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Camden Foursome
Defeats Mulberry
Clover mallet work accounting for
six of the eight goals made by Camden
featured the play of Cyril Harrison.
Camden co&ch and captain In
the second game of the Camden Mul-|
berry series, Camden winning 8 to 7
Monday to even count after Mulberry
oame from behind to take the Sunday
afternoon game, 7 to 6.
Harrison scored twice In the Initial
chukker Monday and with a nice goal
by DuBose and a fourth contributed
by Bates of the Mulberry team when
he Inadvertently pushed the willow
across his own goal line as he was
seeking to make a block, gave Camden
four points as against a lone goal
scored by Williams of Mulberry.
The power defense of Mulberry
functioned nicely In the second twice
In the second und one In tho third to
tie up the game. Camden reversed
the tables In the fourth and fifth when
Harrison scored slnglos in each while
Mulberry went scoreless.
Both teams opened up on a strong
offense In. the sixth and final chukker.
Two goals by Topper and one
by Llghtfoot gave tho Mulborry team
three points but Camdon kept tho lead
with Harrison counting twice. For
Mulberry, Williams and Llghtfoot
were outstanding.
The Sunday game, playetj on tlw
No. 2 field, Camden had the'game iu
the bag and led at the end of the
fourth chukker, 4 to 1, but when the
boys in yellow lightened up the Blue
of Mulberry startod to close the gap
and in the hectlc-sixth chukker finish
managed to nose out by a lone goal
With a lone point deciding the winner
in each of the games played the
I final game of the series next Sunday
J should provide plenty of action.
Scoring: Camden, Harrison 6, DuBose
1, by Bates of opposing team 1,
Mulborry, Williams 3, Tupper 2,
Llghtfoot 2.
Mulberry To Play
Camden In Final
With an ever-Increasing number of
winter visitors and residents arriving
| here dally, a new high In attendance
! Is looked for Sunday afternoon when
I the Camden and Mulberry polo fourI
somes battle on the No. 1 field In the
! final and deciding game of the annual
series.
Mulberry won tho first game 7 to 0
when It caught the Camden players
napping after piling up what they
felt was a safe 4 to 1 lead after four
chukkers of play. Camden won the
second game on Christmas afternoon
8 to 7. So with the score one all the
play-off should offer plenty of excitement
for the fans. I
Captain Cyril Harrison of the Cam-'
denltes will have Moultrie B. Burns
playing the No. 1 position; Charles P.!
DuBose, Jr., at No. 2; Harrison will
take care of the No. 3 position, while
Charlie Little will play the No. 4 or
back position. For Mulberry Captain
Bates wll lhave Klrby Tupper at No.
1. David Williams, Jr., at No. 2; Joe
Bates at No. 3, and Llghtfoot as back.
The games so far ofTered the polo
fans who come from points In the
Palmetto state as well as from North
Carolina, have been featured by a better
brandL-of polo than has been in
evidence on a Camden field In some
time. After thev first game which was
a walkaway for Country over Town,
the teams were balanced and since
that time the players have really put
their all Into the action on tho turf,
with the result that games have been
In doubt up until the very last minute
of play.
A new score board with larger team
names and score numerals has been
Installed at the east end of the No.
1 flejd and can be read with ease
from all parts of the area. A late
model public address system has been
Installed and barring an over-emphasis
on the commercials, the game description
has added greatly to the Interest
of the game.
Additional Goodfellowa
The following list of names of
those who Joined the Goodfellows
came In too late for us to acknowledge
them last week:
Previously reported $142.80
Mrs. L. 8. Proctor 1.00
H. 8. Porter Ft m l.OO
John Porter 1.0i
Mr*. Katherine McDonald ... l.OO
Mrs, Ous Hirsch l.OO
J. O. Richards, Jr ' l.0<
Mias May Hershman, Pittsburg l.OO
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Total $149.8<
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Report on Sales
of Christmas Seals
When iho (Christmas Seal Salo of.
tlee closed for tho holidays, (hero
wdre $S?07.72 la tho treasury. This
[ amount Is approximately $2i?0 ?es?
than what was on hand the same dute
last year, And yet tho Christmas
Seal Halo committee has hopes of
reaching the goal of $1,500 because
thero aro still several hundred letters
unheard from.
Many individuals and groups have,
helped to put over tho Christmas
Seal Sale campaign. Among tho groups
that have assisted in a big way are
tho NYA girls and boys. On several
occasions, when help was short and
something must be flnishod by a certain
tlmo Mr. Hast and his boys came .
to the rescue. They played an Important
part In window decoration.
The young women working with
Mrs. Hugh McCallunt. NYA supervisor,
stamped all tho letters for the
mall shIob and all the follow-up cards.
When It comes to knowing how to
make use of everything available,
Mrs. McCaflum can't bo equalled.
' Some time ago, tho Tuberculosis Association
had enough double-barred
1 cross banners made to place one In
every school. Of course there were
; a number of scraps loft, red and
white. Mrs. McCallum suggested muk?
lug a quilt. With painstaking care
i sho directed tho girls In piecing
i squares enough to make a quilt of
i unusual attractiveness. And then
i came Mrs. John Mullen, Seul Salo
t chairman into tho picture. She whs
i so pleasod with the girls offort that
It web arranged for the quilt to be \
raffled at the Junior League Ball, net- \
i ting a neat sum to be added to Christmas
Seul Sale returns.
The Tuberculosis Association wishes
a happy and prosperous New Year
to every one who helped make Phe .
past year's work a success.
Mrs. Boineau Dies <
After Long Illness
Funeral services were held Monday
at the residence at Boykin for Mrs.
Charles E. Boineau, who died Just beI
for midnight Saturday. She was laid
I to rest In the family burying ground
| on the plantation. _ -
Mrs. Boineau had been in 111 health'
for some time. Saturday night she
took a turn for the worse and?was
removed to the Camden hospital,
where she died a few hours later.
In addition to her husband, Major
Charles E. Boineau of Boykin, and
Columbia, Mrs. Boineau is survived
by & daughter,- Miss Betty JSoiae&u. .a
student at Stephens college, now at
borne for the Christmas holidays, and
two sons, Charles, Jr., and Trippett
Boineau; also by her mother, Mrs.
Bessie Irby, who makes her home
with the Boineaus.
Mrs. Boineau, who was before marriage,
Miss Bessie Cash Trippett, was
educated at the old, Collego for Women,
Columbia. While sho and Major
Boineau have been living for. some
'years at Boykin, Columbia elaimed
them, since he is in.? business there
and they have taken such an activo
part In Columbia life. A charming
and gracious gentlewoman, Mrs. Boineau
was a lovely hostess, and a person
of many friends. Her death is
greatly regretted.
The attendance at the funeral was
large and the flowers very lovely and
nu merous.
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Many Witness Opera
At Baron DeKalb
Approximately four hundred fifty
people attended the operetta, "The
Magic Christmas Bell", presented at
Baron DeKalb school adultorium last
Wednesday evening, December 20.
The operetta featured the singing and
dancing of a total of seventy grammar
school children who were most attractively
costumed. There was the '
dependable Santa Claus; there was
his helpers, Wimble and Nimble; and
there were groups of Swedish Lassies,
Scotch Lassies, Dixie DoHs, Christmas
Trees, Spanish Dancers, Balloons, Indian
Maids, Cowboys, and Puddings.
Thp costuming of all groups was
praised highly by the entire attendance.
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. The grammar school faculty served
^ as committees^on direction, proper|
ties, etc., with Miss Gertrude Sweatt
as chairman of the group.- 0
? The Allied Supreme War council is
I reported to have decided to give to
1 Finland, ail the moral and material
) aid possible without weakening the
western front, tn their own war
I against N**i Germany. 5
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