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The Camden Chronicle . / ': ', ? ' ' . ' ' - :v-:. ? v- . CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1940 NUMBER 41 ?? -? .- in ' iMM*iiiij'ii?nii n . 11 ? ICORD AIR ARMAtIA I LIKES CAMDtN HOSPITALITY " V . . <"ovk already 16 F \?d ^?uth Carolina JU'T b*e?Kfaat her? last, fall td? *nd br?* evettu,i but tbe oo?tvol hXor n? ,ey cam? ^y^^Cottticuu, In ^ rTiu".?< >4?'th c'?I"om artft the ??and fkOTtbeaBtero tj-pom the i? they ?wept- f T^pj 4l_ h end northeeet. thejm* of "r, we. ltk. the ???#' ? *'*an a*?ro of *>??" I amMed ^^"tmtedlhe -flne.t yo'J dellgh;ed LrU&*t "ho '"""I C0#,!e rasu ?arxau?e ,lg handled 4a pari of t *1* Net* cn?nii??*?ner and I -A ? .a ftVer I manner to 'lumuch favaraWeJment from ^fthern flyers^ l f, ^ fenJ-'7 veral day. ?"> lh? fr fnd andlngs were immft in neiitBg and cleanliness.! apron In rmt of tbe hangar |>een raited jf.hotbed and [hing Was 'nyXmtn!" s?W ?|b?ry, ConiCtlcttt, dyer as he ltheaS*i"'a" g coffee end ete fandwlohee ndedhlm. "Hy daf. Ueomeing to* talk about. |a look felws. galloha of iavals of sandlobe* a big time aloe and do w eyek tell me sby of a Are pumfy damm! lege folks'down he|iAly know [?.meaning of dBtj. 00|ra, , p'H stof#.v _ 'J* And that was JustHjsalon of > ke man. but echoedHlreda who < Wesaed admlratioB Jrt and facilities, Bltality of Camden people B State of ] fcuth Carolina. To "Doxter. jdartlnBeronauti- -i m commissioner. tAmt;er of 4 immerce, to Co**. Jack i fj ttles and his chaH^fs, Max* i > all power for piBtbe big- I St thing in elvlcWy thla > -.mmotrttr has crer-^Mfifid to i (> Gulf Oil companjBedlt i$ I ,e for the manner Bb-- the snes were fueled. Brl Frie- 1 jail, airport manageBise for l ?e able' manner in B looked- { ;ter affairs. ,, 'Br * Camden never did Han air 1 iow and it will proB some i me before 250 planeBjnt on t ie local airport In Bfliffht < gain. But the sameB 8ald i dien the Florida to iBgronp 1 topped In. That saiB came ] foreign "Is? 3 . Scored byBffyForeign 'Isms* suol^Balsm ^ nd Fascism are mis^Hpe?If of the world*', dBt lL . el.oacb, Camdea attflB ad- ^ rfsa before Acacia olumbla last week. ^B . He pointed out th^Btgs'' ^ aimed to be 'helpin^Bands^ e laboring man, bu^^Ber^ r eposing hardships ,ig select political g^^Hne* t . Citing the large mo^^B?*^ ? )nry throughout the^^Hk^ ' "at the organi/.atloi^^Rf^ tembers, could havo^^^Pu' j{ too in combating ' ono'mtc*' doctrines n >r the preservation o^^B'6' o kion and the rights le individual. ^^B^r Mr. deLoach's romf^^Bd? a an address on 8' St. John, t he gi red talk of the lod^^Bn ^ the Festival of St. ^^Bj p Mr. deLoach was g; Jarles F. Mercer of^^H>' tl | South Carolina facufl poyd W.Newman B B> former member of AH is outatandldc In 11 'is section, attended t| 9^e briefly. ^ S ^au' Hampton Trn^l mrsday in ? Charlot^^Hn where he wu belnB '^?&Sr3 in ii bat k ft few daj'K luter because they liked the fried chicken, potato salad, coffee, etc., that was offered them by j Camden people. And again when over sixty planea of the 8outh Caroline flying club came In for breakfast and swamped the hotel dining room facilities?everybody thought It was a peak affair. All of tljese events have advertised Camden more effectively than thousande of dollars spent in newspaper advertising. Woodward airport Is the best and most favorably known In the state. It Is one of the largest If not I the largest In the state. The smoothness of the landing field, the 'fine 'steel and brick hangar, . auxiliary rooms, etb? drew *- much favorable comment from^ the flyers here on 1 Sunday. Over one thousand sandwiches, forty gallons of coffee, scores of dozen of cookies, etc were disposed of to (thej visiting blrdmen and women. The hangar was the scene of much gale-1 ty all day, as the visitors gathered around to chat, eat and drink. "The program has beflh a great success" said State Aeronautical commissioner Dexter Martin. "The fog and storms of Saturday disrupted the fly-, ing program for that day, only a few flyers getting through and those so late in the afternoon 4hey had to remain in Camden Saturday night. But Sunday everything went off fine. I want to take this occasion to express to the people of Camden and particu-. larly to the Chamber of Commerce, the city and the airport management, my appreciation of the thorough manner in which every detail was taken j care of. Camden is getting some1 fine advertising ffe a result and this fine hospitality exhibited here reflects favorably-tipon our state. It has been a pleasure to work with the various agencies here. All I have to do is to !iraurArtw vent finds everything in readiness here. Such cooperation is very much appreciated." A*?-~ Z Many motorists drove to the airport to witness the arrival of the big fleet of planes. In the afternoon those who came after 2:30 found that tfc*..majority of planes had 'left and were winging southward The greatest mass gathering was between li;4M) ind 1:80- ojclock (when the shlpp were lined up in two. and threaJines iTong the northeastern sideof the Ji xrea. _. * j; Stcores of the ships-stopping here Sunday will make a stop next week when they begin the homeward tfek ifter the races at Miami. Jim Wood ind his wife, Jessie, who managed Woodward airport for two years and who are now at Charlotte, were ux^ong those who stopped here Sunlay. Doth Jim and Jessie will, take >art in the race program at Miami. l?ast year Jim won the race he took >art in: 7. ' King Winter Sends City Light Snowfall The year 1940 entered Camden on he ot a real snowstorm that 1 :overed mother earth and the houseops with over an inch of ..the "beantiul". Shortly after midnight snow began o fall and when Camden awakened it daybreak the magic coat of white overed all out Qf doors, making many lorthern visitors wintering here rub heir eyes and then pinch themselves o ascertain If they were really .wake. ^ The last time that Camden had any now to make a showing was in 1986 nd that winter there was plenty'' of t. Since that ^season The winters are been marked by slight flurries, iOt enough <to even register on the round. ; <tt ? i Some five planea, arriving late Sunay afternoon at the Camden airport, nd unable to continue to the next i top because of darkness, could not ?t away until late In the morning, Fhen the celling rose sufficient^ to ermit of safe navigation.- The pilots Ud gassengei^ were accommodated at xe Camden hotel. To Meet Withers. Cook The Camden Garden Club will bold s first meeting of 19?0.,gt the home I MTU. George R, Cpok on Orfha . treet Monday,afternoon, January ?, , t 4 o'clock. A blue ribbon wJii be Iren fOir the beet artistic arrange- j lent of winter everfcreens. , Mayor Predicts 1940 Will Be Big Success ? Bright pros pec tH for 1940 are seen by Mayor P. N. McCorkle, aa a result of one of the moat profitable holiday trade periods the city has experienced In a decade or longer. Although 1939 with its fine cotton crop, Increased trading and a marked iucrease in building operations, was on? of the most successful years In the city's history, the chief executive lobks for even bettor things In the year Just starting.""" " The Increase in building activities and >the air of optimism that is every* where in evidence, has served to awaken a new confidence on the part of the public. 9 v|: The mayor frdely expressed himself as feeling 1940 may find the efforts of. the Chamber of Commerce to bring industry here bear fruit. The mayor, who is a member of the board of directors, knows of some of the contacts the Chamber is working on, and believes that success will reward these efforts. The railway express, of which the mayor Is local agent and manager,, has increased returns fully 20 per cent in 1939. According to Postmaster C. P. DuBose there has been a marked Increase in postal receipts. Inquiry of some dozen merchants indicates a gain of at least fifteen per cent in retail sales for the past year. Activity in the . various - markets,. audh as hogs, corn, cotton, peanuts and sugar yams indicates a healthy movement of progress, says the mayor. Probably the moBt outstanding events of the past year involved the new purchasing agent plan adopted by the city, the buildup of< the Wpod- i ward airport, the new tralfclc control and lights In the city and the cotton festival. The building, of new homes, new stores, the paving of additional streets, putting in of sidewalks and other kems of public improvement^1 are but a few of the signs of progress noted.'? Camden Team Is Winner In Series The Camden All-Stars took the final and deciding game from the Mulberry Plantation foursome in an interesting polo contest Sunday afternoon, 6 to Mulberry opened with a sharp offensive and spectators looked for a Plantation win when the flrat chukaer ended with the Mulberry team on the top of a 2 to 0~Bcore. ^pper^and Llghtfoot had rung the bell for the goals. Little of Camden missed a chance for a sure goal in this chukker while a Shot by Ferguson of Camy den missed by a small margin. Ferguson. gathered the first counter for Camden in the second chukker, it being a long aerial drive. In the third chukker Ancrum Boykin replaced Ferguson for Camden. Tupper scored his second goal of the game in this period, putting Mulberry in front, 3 to 1. JHafrison of Camden went into action at this Juncture and taking the hall out of a sharp scrimmage, raced up the field, putting the "Call in position with a well-timed forehand shot and tucking it into pay "dirt with a beautiful backhand drive. Burns of Camden followed with a shot that tied up the game. In the fourth Ferguson replaced Boykln-for Camden. Burns electrified the crowd by taking the ball near the side board and working it down field to scoring position and then turning it In for a counter. In this chukker Llghtfoot missed what looked like a sue goal. The fifth chukker was devoid* of scoring but in the sixth Harrison scored on a beautiful shot from a side angle. Brims got the ball in the next drive to Boykin, who had replaced Ferguson. Boykln - let loose with a neat backhand shot to giro Camden a sixth score. Scoring: Camden, Burns (2), Harrison (2y; Ferguson, Boykln; Mulberry, Tapper (2), Llghtfoot. * . ,? _ ??? LADIE8 NIGHT FOR KIWANIS , TO BE HELD AT "THE FINES' " Wednesday night at 7:80, January 10, at "The Pines" (he Klwanle club will hold Its annual Ladles Night. At t?at time the new president of the blobr Bryce Herbert ,will be Inducted governor, and Charles Shapnoa 4th, will be Immediate past president. Pierce Cantey U chairman the Ladies Night -committee along with peeled to he prsssnt * , Sbfc?! i .T"^ . w"* iS. Camden Bakery Is Gutted By Flames Faulty wiring la believed to. have been responsible for the origin of a Are that gutted the main plant of the Camden bakery shortly before midnight, Saturday, causing a loss, reported by the management, to approximate |20,000. Firemen waa handicapped in fighting the flames by 'reason of the presence of several high tension power lines lh au alley adjacent to the baking plant. After several firemen had been hurled prostrate when thfc current from the power lines reached them through the streams of water from the hose nocsles, electricians froth the power department succeeded In cutting the lines. The Are was confined to the baking department housed in a modern brick building at tho rear of the retail store. Y - The blase had gained much headway In the building before being discovered as the fire was roaring through the roof when the firemen reached tho scene. The greatest loss will be to the building and valuable equipment. This Is partially covere<jtJ>y insurance. Over 200 barrels of flour, extracts and fruit were ruined in the flames. Work a| clearing the debris started Monday morning and the rebuilding of the jplant will be started next week. Soldier Gives Blood To Camden Girl % " 1 John Brooks, 26, of the Twentieth Infantry, Sixth division, stationed at Camp Jackson, donated his blood .yesterday afternoon to a 17-year-old Camden girl suffering from Staphlococclc blood poisoning. Physicians had employed all modern meaps In . an effort to save the girl's life. She had previously been given eighteen transfusions. fne^raasluslon required blood from a person who had previously had the same infection. ?~ Mr. , Brooks, a former ^ Antloch (Ohio) college student, suffered from a rare case of blood poisoning eight years ago and was given a serum then which rendered him Immune to the particular tjrjpe of poisoning suffered by the Camden girl. He gave 460 cubic centimeters, almost half a pint. The young girl remained Jrtja. wealoened -condttWlS'lasl' iflght at the Camden hospital. The d6nor, from Wooster, Ohio, Joined the Sixth diylslon seven months ago In Denver Colo.? Sunday's State. . MR. AND MR8 JAKE 80WELL LOSE THEIR YOUNG DAUGHTER Connie Sowell, 12-year-old twin daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. (Jake) Sowell, <Jl?d at the home of her parents at Sunny Hill Plantation In the Cantey Hill community Tuesday night at ID 80 o'clock, following an illness of long duration. The funeral services were held at the Hanging Rock Methodist church Thursday morning at 11 o'clock with interment in the adjoining graveyard, with Rev. M. Murphyroofflctxtlng. The deceased is survived by her mother and father, a brother, J/ W. Sowell.'Jr., a twin- slater, Johnnie Sowell, all of Sunny Hill plantation; aiso the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sowell, of Kershaw; and the maternal grandmother, Mrs. W...P. John-son, of Greenwood, g. C. Singing Convention To Meet Tho Kershaw County Singing Convention meets with the 8an$ Hill Baptist church the first Sunday in January, being the 7th day at 2- o'clock In the afternoon. Everybody invited, especially singers, quartets and choirs -^ not only of Kerahaw county, but Lee and Lancaster and all others that care to come. The church Is located two miles east of Kershaw on route 241.?W. T. Holier. President Syria has banned the sale of fireworks. , i -t ' ~ ' I. C. Hough Buys Pine Tree Farm One of the largest real estate transactions on record In this community in some time was consummated .Wedneaday when Pine Tree. Farm, three miles east of this city, and owned by the estate of the late H. Q. Carrison, was sold to I. C. Hough and his son, H. W. Hough. . ... _ .? ? There were 868 acres of land involved Is, the sale and it !e understood the price paid was approximately $80 per acre. . t o ? Teu days ago the pine timber off of this place, consisting of some 460 acres, was sold to the Creech Lumtei Company, of 8un)ter. The sale of the plantation Wednesday, was subject to the timber deed. The Garrison holding company will continue farming operations on the plantation for the remainder of this year. The sale of the timber to the Creech Lumber Company and of the plantation to Messrs. I. C. and H. W. Hough was made by C. C. Whitaker, Sr. . Postal Receipts Are Steady for Year 1939 Postal Receipts at the Camden post ofTice for the year 1989 totaled $86', 020.53, approximately the same as in 1938 ? " The receipts for the December quarter amounted to $8,084.81. This also is comparable with the same period the preceding year. During the past year extensive Improvements have been made to the postofTice and grounds. The building was entirely renovated both inside as well as on the exterior while ilew lighting fixtures have been installed throughout. The grounds about the postoffice building have been landscaped and trees and shrubbery add greatly to the appearance of the premises. Wallnau Will Take County Census ' *-t "**"T ' The South Carolina census survey was begun this week, by enumerators -^-co-incident with a similar movement throughout the nation. The census takers will, for the first three Hrjonth?j1_?CQncjOra?Umaieeliep"" wltli'a survey of business and manufacturing. In Kershaw county . the industrial and manufacturing census record will be taken by L. L. Wallnau of this city. Mr* Wallnau expresses the hope that he will be given every cooperation in his work of gathering the data required by the government Census department. The Red Cross Needs Workers Can you knit? Can you sew? Can you cut? Come to the Red Cross work-rodm in the Old Hughes hous^ at corner of Broad street and LaipKms Court on Tuesdays, from 9:30 to 12:30 and help Camden fill her quota of garments for the relief work in Poland, Finland, Czchoslovakla and Turkey. " Wherever there Is 'need the Red Cross sends help. Join the band, of women all over the United States who are trying to help the unfortunates of Europe and lessen the suffering caused*by war, quakes and winter. The Red Cross needs workers! TALLY WATTS DIES AT HOME IN WE8T WATEREE ^SECTION Tally Watts, aged 67, died at his residence in the Smyrna section of West Wateree on Friday, December 29, at 10 p.!- m., after all illness of two years. He was a farmer and was a member of Sprlngvale Baptist church. 7: Surviving Mr. WatU, is his wife Mrs. Sallie Dowey .Wat^s, Tour sons? Nick Watts and Robert Watte, of Logoff; Alex Watts, of Los Angeles. California; Frank Wfttta, of Cough, 8. C.; five daughters, Mrs. Leila Hood,_ of Blanoy; Mrs. Z. Y. HolliS, oMBlythewood. S. C.; Mrs. Ed. Branham, Mrs. Nick Rabon, of Logoff; Mrs. Thllte Hagood pf WBinsboro, a number of . grand childrentand great great grandchildren. V Funeral services ware 'held from Pine Grove Baptist church on Satnrday. December80," Rev. Mr. Brace offlclAUBg. Interment was in the churchyard, cemetery: Serving at active pallbearers ware Gary Branhtm, Leslie Moore, George Reynolds, Walter Branham, Witt Rabon *?d B?o BruAMi. ( 1 . Yellow Jackets To Battle Ramblers Now that the,, holidays are over and the round of dances and other parties haa become history, the attention of this sport-conscious community la t, . again turned toward 'an Interesting series of polo matches, the first of which will be held Sunday afternoon on the number one field, when the Yellow Jackets atyjt the Ramblers will * play off the tie game of several weeks ago and at the saipe time Inaugurate tho annual* Yellow Jacket-Rambler series. Spectators who witnessed the clash which resulted In a tie, will recall the brilliant play that featured every chukker and especially tho lightning thrust of Klrhy Tupper In 77,~-/l'*. the closing seconds of the game which put his team on a 4 to 4 footing with the rival Yellow Jackets.. Coach Cyril Harrison is authority for the statement that the rain and snow of the past week has served to make the turf of the polo area perfect for fast play. Coach Harrison has announced that the Yellow Jackets Will line up with Moultrie burns at No. 1; faatt Forguson at No. 2; Harrison at No. 3 aud _C. P. DuBose, Jr., at No. 4. This wlfli be the first time that DuBose has played the No. 4 position. He Is a hard, clever rider and Rarrison believes that he will be a tower , of strength for the Yellows in this , w spot. The Ramblers will he in charge of Captain Joe Bates, of Wateree, who will play the No. 4 position. .. This is Bates' favorite spot. Klrby Tupper will work at the No. 1 position; Charlie Little at No. 2, and Carl Llghtfoot . at No. 3. . " V" The Camden coach states "that at the conclusion of the Yellow JacketRambler Berles the Town and Coun-. try will meet In the annual Devlne c'up serieti. This Is one of the outstanding series of games ot llw sitlp season, and always produce* the finest brand of polo. The players of ' both teams appear to he alert io^TKl^^^ir prestige that goes witir tbe winning of this handsome silver trophy bowl. The Devine series will be followed * by the Sylvan cup events between the Jackets and the Ramblers, it is believed that the mid-South tournament for the Russell memorial trophy will be played the latter partof February or early In March. This Is the outstanding nolo event of- the South.??? iiupwnnat there wUl be a number of outside teams' engaged In the; tournament. ..... ~ " Qpntgct has been made with the Pinehurst polo group and there Is every Indication that a number of games between the Camden and Pinehprst foursome will be played during the season?both In Camden as well as In Pinehurst. j Miss Lillien Gay Dies At Kershaw * -. c Kershaw, Dec. 30.?Miss - Lllllen Qay. thirty-one, died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gay, near here this evening, following a brief illness of pneumonia. Miss Oay attended Winthrop College iind for the past four years had been teaching Ip the Antloch school near Camden. Besides her parents, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Clyde Cauthen of Kershaw, Mrs. Thomas Hunted of * Heath Springs and one brother, Mendel Gay of Kershaw. Funeral services were conducted at 3 p. m. Sunday from the Hanging ' Rock Methodist church by her pastor, the Rev. B, G. Murphy, assisted by the Rev. \y. Q- OleAton of Sumter and v. the Rev. Bryce Herbert of Camden. Interment followed In the church cemetery. r? 5. H. Kirkland Dies ? Near Westville Sidney Hapood Kirkland, sixty- .. v. ~ eight, died at his residence. Flat Rock, near Westville, Thursday, after an illness of several months. A member of Bethany Baptist church, Mr. Kirkland farmed In the Flat Rock community., Funeral services were conducted at Z p. m. Friday at Bethany Baptist church, Westville, by tb^iUv. B. A Davis and J. B. Caston. ' interment ~ was In the churchyard. , Survlvtngite his widow, Bessie Mc0111 Kirkland; one son, Sidney; four J sisters. Miss Ida, Miss Luis Kirkland, 'JiCtp^ifaiy H. Clybirn,. lin# & Mosier, all of IggjgigfiAwy,broth- , era, W. U Kirkland, Kershaw; O. R. $gg and j. <3. Kirkland, Westvma. DELEGATION CALL.8 MEETING FOR' MONDAY, JANUARY 8 The Kershaw County delegation 1n the general assembly havt oallsd a meeting of Interested citizens to ' bo with them at the oourt house on Monday, January 8, at 10 o'etoek in the morning, This purpose of this mooting la to have the citizens ooafer and dIsji, snafte^A >^14^a t_ A ? _^A ?. vUH nlimrv wf Villi Iniff 111 10