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i The Camden Chronicle l/OLUME 51 . CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1840 NUMBER 45 E in I ii n n '? ' . hi a rHN K. deLOACfl IS NAMED 1 HEAD CHAMBER COMMERCE i>rnpy John K. doLoack was il president, of the Canvden and ,iW County Chamber of Comtit a meeting of the hoard of or? held Thursday. Henry G, on waa named as vice-president e? Mays ah treasurer. Frank H. continues as secretary. ' (' chamber voted to change the year of the ohamber from the it calendar year arrangement re it extend from May 1, to ApOfficers elected Thursday will ue In office until April 30, 1941. jction for an executive secretary b held the latter part of April, the Thursday mooting, presided ,y the executive seoretary, Jack ,Bi f. N. MoCorkle and R. M. 5dy, 3rd, were named as a nomg committee. "This committee tted the slate of officers elected ? unanimous vote of the board, jldent deLoaoh has called a r Besston of the board for Fri^cbruary 2, at 3:30 o'clock at time he will announce his coms for the year. ildent deLoaCh has requested j llowing members of the cham-' commerce, to represent the option at the hearing to be held a Judiciary committee of the In the matter of the Intangibles d punitive damage law at Coon February 21: Henry Savr.. Henry Q. Carrison, C. J. >n. Jr., C. J. Shannon 4th, John! ler, Jr., W. Robin Zemp, Dewey John T. Nettles, T. Lee Little iver Rice. utive secretary Heath of the er submitted the following ref the 193& activities: reviewing the operations of the er of commerce during the past feel that the most pertinent jh to be answered is whether amber of commerce has grown, ly may I say that numerically about the same as a year ago, e number At members approxlof the UXal jagg w$h the -shjp dues within a few per what was raised In 1938. nlcally speaking however, the of commerce has shown an normal growth. In alludrganic growth I refer particuthe Increased activities andi that have been rendered.' f our directors, grounded In rtical experience of p&rticipachamber activity have often ne real Inconvenience to do k assigned to tbem. I am hapnake public acknowledgment alluethgrou dmore Cenotmb cooperation" they havb given past year has been one In your association has consolilf> gains made In the previous have been in charge as exec'cretary. I feel that we have foundation and organized for service and development. ie man who knows it best, no ever accomplishes Its maxiposstbllitles. No Institution's entirely satisfies its own offi ecdors or the general public, iways has been and always margins of needs which are Always snmp phase of the *eenrs under-nourished, real ways seem to fall short of the gap. These conditions ubtedly more familiar to you y are to me, but frankly In; he small budget provided for| work I feel your chamber of e has done fairly weM. Its of work reaches Into every f the city's life, commercial, 1. educational and civic. the first obligations of ths of commerce is, as I see it, all of the elements of \he enand county together into one bodyv working for the uplift mmunlty. I believe it'must individuals composing these the lesson of achievement cooperation. The chamber use the citizens from a lethi quickened interest and aleverywhere R must preach 1 of^safe. sane and sound det, unselfishness, public spirit pride. And right here, let i all earneatneea that the of>0 chamber of oAttmeece la housq and We are only too receive constructIve aoggeshe helpful In the tmprovehe chamber's work, face of advene world con* * bulwark of tax impoal- , bmIoo hae been unahle to with outside firms Basking to locate I where they may obtain cheap labor I and be free of labor agitators. In nearly every Instance >he tax problem has proven a handicap which we have found It impossible to overcome. In a number of instance* the demand f6r a bonus, a building or some other concession has been the cause of a halt An negotiations. "In the past several weeks this office has made three promising contacts with concerns seeking location for Industry here, These contacts are being closely followed and we hope one or more will come to a successful conclusion. - v "We have been active in building up the good name of Camden throughout the country. The securing of the Florida alrcade on two occasions within a few days' time attracted much attention to Camden and provoked much favorable comment. from! Florida flyers. Air progress Is Just as certain as night follows day. We have made the Woodward airport one of the most talked of in the state. When we brought the South Carolina Flyers Club here we made contacts with every airport manager In the state and secured a full page of pictures in American Aviation, the leading, air magazine of the nation. On Sunday, December 31, Camden was called upon to take care of several hundred flyers fit the airport here. According ' to. Dexter Martin, state aeronautical commissioner, between 240 and 250 planes were servvlced with oil and gas during the - morning and afternoon. Your chamber of commerce was asked to coop-) erate In providing this group of flyers who came from north central states with hot coffee and sandwiches. This part of the program was oared for by. City Commissioner Nettles and that it was successfully carried out was In*dicated by the many compliments acoorded by the visitors. This same group made a stop hero for refueling the following Wednesday and Thursday and again they were provided with refreshments. "We sponsored the cotton festival again and feel It was a much -flnhlr spectacle than our 1938 effort. In this regard may I pay my respects to H. O. Carrison, chairman of the festival committee and his group, of workers for their efforts In making the festival the success it proved to be. "Our Christmas program this" yeai lacked the number of entries that featured the 1938 affair but we had quality rather than quantity and the turnout of spectators quite overshadowed that of 1938. "The chamber cooperated in interesting an alert council to the need of a revision of traffic and parking conditions in Camden and today we have as uptodate a system of parking and traffic control as can be found in any community of the country. "The recent state meeting of the South Carolina Fox Hunters Association in Camden, with the field trials and bench show, was made possible ' by cpntacts made by the chamber with association officials last spring. So successful was the Camden meeting the Association has asked for a rain check for 1940. "May I refer to the baseball league that originated in Camden. It was a somewhat feeble effort even as an amateur circuit, but It paved the way for our rtfal objective, that of a professional baseball league in the state and may I say that such a league Is a possibility next summer. It Is an interesting fact that Sumter realized something over $1,000 profit as a result of the Palmetto State League program. "Our road-signing program of last winter' Was a new venture in advertising, but It was of enough importance to attract more than state-wide attention and'comment. Other resort communities are utilizing this highway signing this season. "Our routing service has been particularly effective. Quite a number of Camden people who made extended motor (rips, several as far as the Paclflc coast, followed routings that our service was able to provide and upon thpir return, made It a point to call and express to us how splendid the service had been. . - . "As our supply (pf Camden booklets was exhausted we recently placed an order for a new and improred design i with the Morrison advertising agency, i of Milwaukee, this firm submitting the lowest bid for the work. Hteee book- i lets are now being printed ead we ex(Contlnaed on Lest Page) ' i '-i" ;V ' J, y / ? ?&"!/& Aircade Officer Praises Camden President John K. l<eI.<oach, of the Chamber of Commerce, has received a letter from Alma Heflin, Chairman of the Executive Committee, of the 1940 Lightplane Cavalcade, extending the thanks of the Committee to Camden for ita wholehearted and unannounced hospitality upon the occasslon of the visit of the Cavalcade here on December 31st and the return stop ori January 10th. In her letter to the Camden Chamb-j er Executive Miss Heflin, who is identified ltV>'an executive capacity) with the Piper Aircraf corporation, of Lock Haven, Pa., expresses regret at the belated thanks of the committee. | She states: "You can be sure that wei appreciate your kindness iu providing us with a warm place to wail while our ships were being re-fuelled and also for the hearty luncheon provided". Continuing, she states: "Everyone was wonderfully kind to our tour all the way but Camden's wholehearted and unannounced hospitality, was a pleasant surprise and all the more welcome because we had not expected it. Surely some one should have our individual thanks for conceiving .the idea and for realising how cold and hungry we would be, but since I do not know his or her name, I must ask that you will pass on our thanks for us. Our very best regards to you and to your efficient airi>ort manager." The placing of Camden on the iti nerary of the lightplane cavalcade from north to south was made possible through the efforts of the cham ber of commerce, in cooperation with Dexter C. Martin, state aeronautical commissioner. The, re-fueling of the planes was taken care of by R. H. DeTreville of the Qulf Refining Company, while refreshments featuring hot coffee, sandwiches and doughnuts were dispensed by a committee headed by Councilman Jack Nettles. The city of Camden cooperated in every way and also provided a fire truck and ambulance which were stationed in the haiigar in case of emergency. Mercury Hits New Low in Community The old saw that reads, "Whether it's cold or whether It's hot. we must have weather, whether or not?" Has been rather forcibly injected into Camden life for several weeks past. For Camden has had wedther that has been reminiscent of Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont, Minnesota, and other States where the mercury lingers around the zero mark during the winter months. And snow, well, it snowed a week ago Tuesday and there is still lots of the white temalnlng on mother earth. As an indication of the temperature menu Camden has experienced within the part several days, It is interesting to note that on Sunday last at 7 a._m., the thermometer at the water plant showed 2 degrees above zero. Last Saturday It was 9 above at 7 a. m., and on Monday of this week it registered 7 above. Over thai week-end scores, yes, hundreds of appeals for plumbing aid went *Gi'iu when water pipes froze up and cracked. This was especially true on Sunday when an upward spurt of the mercury to 40 degrees, caused a mild thaw and bingo?the pipes began to burst. Coal piles took an awful beating, as the constant feeding of stoves fairly melted the black diamond dust. The same was true of wood piles. Some householders report their fuel bills already double what they have been for entire winter seasons in past years. Whether there will be a coal shortage or not still depends on *how long this weather will keep up.. The fact that customers oordering & ton of coal from one dealer Monday morning Wa? sent only half a ton. Whether all of the dealers were on the rationing system we do not know. Bus schedules were practically on time over the week end but the railroad trans were running hours late ?due to snow and cold in the north. Trains from the south were off schedule from ten to twenty minutes while those from the north were running from 2 to 4 hours behind time. Sundfcy and Monday hundreds of people motored to the various lakes and watched youngsters gliding the Icy surface. Several men who crooked holes la the ice on the Boykin pend sad oleo tm the Hermitage Lake and Wateree aelU pond sold Che lee woe about oh fhch ead a half thick. Monetta-Camden ; In Cage Classic The basketball classic of the season in Oauuten as well as of the state, will be played on the n{ght of Friday, February 16, when the Catndeu girls team, with a record of 27 viotories in the 1989-1940 season plays the Monutta high school girls, victors in 216 games1 against South Carolina girls teams and without a defeat. The only time this Monetta team has tasted defeat was when a bunch of skyrocket maidens from Groveland, Florida, ran them dowu last year. MonBtta won the Class C title in the Palmetto state several times and Camden holds the A title. People who have witnessed the Monetta. girls In abtion pronounce them a wonder team. The same has been said of the Camden maidens. What will hbppen when these two teams collide on the maple floor ia something to ponder about. , There is one thing absolutely certain abouV^Jhe Camden-Monotta clash and that 1M that the gymnasium walls will blugeivith the crowd of fans that will want to witness the game. On Saturday of this week, the Camden girls will be motored to Bateaburg-Leesvllle, where In the evening they *W- play the Monetta team. The Camden team will be handicapped in this^game by reason of having had to play Darlington Friday night In Camden. Howeyer, Coach Small of the Camden team declares his first string players has not had to play a half game as yet. For instance, In the game against Kershaw here last Friday the drat team ran the score to 32 to 4 In the first quarter and then turned the execution over to the second string. The final count waB 61 to 17. Members of the Camden club will provide cars to take the girls to Batesburg-Leesville Saturday. _______________________ Attempted Robbery At Giis Ward's t Three- agencies are Investigating an attack made on a watchman who frightened a robber attempting to break in the Gus Ward restaurant, located half way between Lugoff and Blaney In Kershaw county early Tuesday. A white man had rented a tourist cottage near the restaurant and struck the watchman, who was prewar Tnfc to TOTfsrnrtr. tb&- watchman waSf^repprted unconscious and the in"fVuder removed a window glass from the restaurant In an attempt to gain entrance. j By that^'time the watchman recovered consciousness and opened fire on the would-be robber, frightening him from the premises. The watchman required hospital treatment after the Incident. I Sheriff J. H. McLeod Is Investigating the case fof Kerahaw county. L. B. Shealey, of the governor's office and Assistant Investigator J. W. Richardson of the state patrol yester1 day morning visited the Bcene of the attack and gained evidence.?Wednesday's State. ' Seek Warmth in PlrtMflaT A rn Fooled m. < JL M. JL %' JL V/V/l VU The cold wave caused a number of tourist to leave Camden to go farther south and seek warmer temperature in Florida, but as It developed,, they ran Into greater discomfort, for the ordinary accommodations In the Sun shine State are unprepared for low temperatures and the cold was. felt more keenly than In Camden, where hotels are comfortably heated. Trailer camp inhabitants In Florida communities were forced to go to bed In an effort to keep warm. This was also true in many of the cottages and even In the cheaper apartments. Winter sport activities have been at a standstill in Camden for over a week, but the same condition prevails at Southern Pines, PInehurst, Augusta and Aiken, other mid-South resort communities. The snow will have a compensating /effect, howpver. In that it still prove a blessing' to the farmers, increasing the fertility of the ground. - The extreme cold weather will, it la said, kill off much vermin and Insects destructive to crops and vegetable life, Associated Charities Meeting The adjourned annual meeting of the Associated Charities will be held at the Children's Home, lower Fair! treat o* Friday, February 9, at 4 * "* Strange Paradox in . [ The Hotel Camden two groups of tourists met in tho Camden hotel Thursday morning, i One group of six were motor bound for Florida where they hoped to busk m the warmth of the sunshine and the balmy breezes of the seashore of America's playground. The other group, strange at it may seem, was bound from Florida to New York and the man and wife who were in tho north-bound car were going to their home in New York lu order that they might bask in the warmth of a steam-heated flat. And thus, in this winter resort city of the mid-south was this strange paradox written. One group of New Yorkers in a battle with snow drifts and zero weather seoking to reach Florida to attain warmth and another group, who asserted they were fleeing from the sunshine state to reach their heated apartment in the Bronx, New York. Said the north-bound tourist: "We went to Daytona the wook aftor Christmas to spend the remainder of th ewinter. We were in a small apartment that was costing us $10 a day. There was no heat, no provision for heat and when the temperature went down into the sub-iroezing readings, we went to bed to keop warm. We rented a cottage Just a week ago and by keeping a sheet iron stove fleeled witli wood, managed to keep fairly warm. But when wood sky-rocketed from $3.00 to $16.00 a load we decided to go back home. Said the southbound tourist: "We drove all night to get here. We came all the way from Fredericksburg, Virginia and expected we would find the Carollnas warm. But there was no apparent relief. We fought enow drifts! and cold all the way and we certainly were glad when we neared Camden and found only traces of snow. All along highway no. 1 and particularly north of a place called Norlina in North Carolina, the traveling was bad . with narrow one way traffic through the deep snow drifts at frequent intervals. In every city, town and village we found scores of travelers hibernating until the weathe** cleared. Moet of them had had some tough going on their way south. * Chamber Group At Columbia Meeting - President John deLoach of the chamber of commerce headed a delegation of chamber of commerce members to Columbia on Thursday afternoon where they api>eared before the Judiciary committee of the house in the matter of the hearing upon the repeal of the intangibles tax and a change in the punitive damage law. The Camden delegation was one of many from all sections of the state to appear in Columbia to seek relief from present conditions growing out of the above named laws. Those who were in the Camden group besides President delx>ach were Attorney Henry Savage, Henry O. CarriBon, Jack Nettles, Charles Shannon, 4th, Secretary F. H. Heath and others. Garrison Named To Lead Finnish Relief Iffenry G. Carrison has bean named | as Kershaw county chairman of the{ Finnish relief activities by Former I Congressman A. F. ' Ixiver, who is j state chairman, having been named: to that office by Former President Herbert Hoover, who is at the head of the national Finnish relief program. w.. Mrs. James R. Porter is the assistant chairman for Kershaw county. Mtb. Porter has Just completed a most successful effort as chairman of the woman's committee of the President's ball program. Announcement of the plans of the Finnish relief group In Kershaw county will be made later. It is hoped to arrange for a series of entertainments and also a drive to raise funds for the venture. Grace Episcopal Church Services on Sunday at Grace Episcopal church with Dr. Maurice Clarke rector, will be aa follows: Holy "communion at 8:00 a. m., church school at 9:16 a m.; pre-Lehteh Cbrpomte communion at 11:16 ?i; m, * ^ ~ Services durtafc the wtoek: Ash Wednesday, 10:00 * m.; ^children's service at 8:80 p. m.j Litany at 6:8o: Thursday night at 8:00 o'clock, dlsonnalon meeting la pert* bonne; FMday. f:$0, Utany In the church. 12 Below Zero Here Back in Year 1899 t Old residents of Camden assort tho 8 above zero temperature of lust Sunday waa not a circumstance to the conditions that prevailed In February. 1899, for on that dutb the mercury went to 12 below zero. And with the cold wave a snowfall that covered the ground to a depth of 12 inches. Statements in this regard are substantiated by a story appoaring in the issue of the weekly Camden Chronlclo for that week in 1899a*, The Chronicle gives a graphic description of the extreme cold wave and describod how a colored man named Isuac Ix>ve had both feet frozen so badly they had to be amputatod. Ixive was engaged In rolling wood In a wheelbarrow to stoke the boilers at Hermitage Cotton Mills? then known as the Camden Cotton Mills He stuck to his post while others quit and his feet became so numb that he did not know they were frost-bitten. The operation, which was successful, was performed by Dr. John W. Corbett, assisted by Doctors S. C. Zemp and W. J. Dunn. The Factory Pond?now known as Wateree Mill I^ake?waa frozen over to a depth of more than fou^r Inches. I^arge orowds gathered on the pond to see the kids skate. A gentleman by the name of Stein, from New York, who was associated with the firm of Baum Brothers, had a pair of ice skates, and treated the natives to ^ some fancy ioe skating. Bob Kennedy, now of the Santee-Coopqr project, and his brother, Belton, had a pair 0f billy, goats, hitched to carts and they too, did Home fancy skating. Wild tuskeys and deer, quail and other wild life were found frozen to death. birds became almost extinct as a result of that freeze. Another story in The Chronicle of February 17, 1899, relates how a Kershaw resident, exposed to the frlgid air, was s6 badly frozen that'a rescuer, in helping to lift him, tugged at one of his legs, which broke off like a pipe stem. But this story was never vouched for. ?-7-"-? Official Weather Record From November first through January 29, as furnished The Chronicle by H. A. Brown, who is connected with the United States weather bureau is as follows: In November there were fourteen days of freezing or below and on November "22"the' th^rmomefer' rbbbrtrea 22 1-2 degnees. ; In December there were sixteen? days that the freezing point or lower was reached. December 15* the tern- * perature was 21 degrees. From the first of January to January 30 there have been twenty-six ..... days of freezing or below recorded. January 28 the low mark of 8 degrees above zero was reaohed. Three snows all during the month of January is the record so far for 1940. The rain guage for November 1.66 inches; December 3.29 inches, January 3.63 inches. COW HA8 TWIN HEIFERS 8. E. Belvin, who lives near the Pine Tree Farms had the unusual experience on his farm Wednesday when a Jersey cow gave birth to twin heifers. U. D. C. TO MEET MONDAY The John D. Kennedy Chapter U. D. C. will meet on Monday, February 5, with Mrs, E. C. Von Tresckow at her home on Green street at 4:00 o'clock. All members are urged to attend this meeting. Mary Jane Boone Dies In Boonetown Mary Jane Boone, 81, born,. Decern- ~ ber 12, 1868, in Flatrock township, Kershaw county, died after an illness of two years Sunday. She was the widow of the late Alex Boone. Funeral services were held at Bethany Baptist church. Westville, Monday, January 29, at 11 a.m. Interment followed in the churchyard. The Rev. B. A. Davis will be In charge. " ?' Surviving are three sons. Wesley, Frank And Henry Boone, all of pear Boonetown; three daughters, Mrs. ' Nannie Freeman, Camden; Mrs. SalJte Barrett and Mrs. Jim Ray of Boonetown. ifa^Boone resided in Camden for at thaDJartMary m4U,e ber home