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4 ; i .;./ r-': s ' ' ...;?f 1 i S : CAMDEN AND MONETTA MEET IN HIGH SCHOOL GYM TONIGHT [Hi CamdeN Chronicle 3' .?? : , .- i:., ^^Bmammmaeaaass^sasBss^xsssa^gssmisssmmsa^ss in, i in I inn in hmui~ 1 1111 , m 1,1 1 ??1?m .1 wm u .1 mm ' ' W 1 1 tJW r CAMDEN SOUTH CAROLINA* FRIDAY. MARCH 22, t?40 NUMBER 52 ' ' ii i Iy Field In rolina Cup Race ie eleventh annual panning rpllna Cup sceduled for next March 80, entries fur the vent have been pouring Into of the raoe opmmtttee dur^ week. There to awry intliat the Carolina cnp probe featured by more and lee than at any time before ory- .. Carolina pup * i ?.. rolina cup, a 8 mile timber the feature event of the afviii present a Held of aome itlon'a top-ranking jumper*, ready In training here for ice Include BScspe III, owachard K. Mellon, of Pitt* d trained "by J. HI. Ryan. > has won many of the prln \ of the country, foetgdteff wbrook cup at Weetbary, JU reported to be In fine shape inning of the Carolina cup. I will rule ae one ef the m the day of the race, orees on the around Include Home, winner of the Sandaat Saturday, and owned by S. Spillman, of "^arrenton, \z, owned by W. B. Street, non; Faction Fighter, last mer of the cap, and owned el Ion, of Pittsburgh: Home ne, owned by Mrs. James C. Mt. Klsoo, N. Y.; Oil Bias, Carlton H. Palmer, of New y Play, Miss Rosalind PalYork; MansAeld Park, ownnil O. Daly, of Fairfield, il Rustic Romance, Paul ttsburgh; and 4 or 6 others omlse to be . contenders, Park Is the horse .that ran onally 'it Southern Pines day and was leading the 00 yards when he lost his he Sprtnytfaie cup*'""'"'"" ingdale Cup race, equal in 3 in the Ink few years to na Cup, but which is run ush course of approximatelies, promises to have the Id in Its history. It is interlot? tS?t It~E STs al WS9 s Take horse to win this event, ter keen contest is antlclthe 1940 running, This race prevfctas^r ' won by such Rocky Shore, Birmingham, and Ohr Manager... vUom to the Program rns this year are the Cama Platte - and the Wateree -die. These are for horses never won over brush or i lorses for these races are ; sohoordption only and are . until the Sunday preceding ' Indications - are that there 1 ht starters in the Camden te and six in the WatereC < die. i he Baron DeKalb >n DeKalb, opijo_ . .to ..All 1 2 miles "over hurdles, has 1 formidable list bf competii also the Camden Plate, < n the Flat. In this eVent i Camdep donates the plate ; be presented by Mayor F. ( e, to the owner of the winBurnet R. Maybank has tie invitation of the com resent the Carolina Cup to , of that event, and the . cup to Its winner, tors From Afar Expeoted 1 ulone are that there will ! sitora here this year from ] iian ever before In the his- < cup race prdgram. In- ( e been received for accomfor horses and people at < and in the city from Mlnconsin, Illinois, Michigan, < i io, New York, Pennsylf the New Ehigl&nd states, Virginia, , New Jersey, 1 South Carolina, Qeorgia, < uisiana, Alabama, Tennes- i ickv. Colorado, Jrlioijuuii, ipct of Columbia, and Dominion of da. | !Jr Fieid8 Not Always Greenest ['lowers of steeplechase, racing re that the old saying that "Far gelds aro the greenest"id not alI tru.- in support of their conr? they point to the fact that the , Wina f'up program offers as tine ' of jumpers as those taking ! I'n th Grand National afAJntree, i knd it ia pointed out that Cam- j trained steeplechasers who have ] t^ted on the turf at Sprittgdale, "tries and winners- of .the CaroCup. have taken part in the famAintrfe classic. Among them \ Soldier, Trouble Maker and "Rhip Battleship, owned by Mrs. duPont Scott, of Camden and tpeiier. va., woh the Grand Na- J [ 1338,- to become the first 7 an owned and American train- ; ?r?o t? ^ over the stiff jumps., e i^giiah classic. Battleship was'' J'ed in jumping on Camden : Sea Soldier won the Caro- ' Cup in 1931, and Trouble Maker { Tbi? year, The Upflifter, \ " by f. Ambrose Clark, of WestL I., a Camden trained horse, w^ender ,n National j r>iday. ' . > << J?r horses that have been train- \ "d raced m Camden have won Ts! tw??ty4ve races iaBngthe past two years. J*tor Harry p. Byrd (D-Va ). has tobaooo seeds of llVe , ^J^ts except for experiment- ] ? Union of South Africa to clean- ( tauona>r<^Ntt*B ai>loy#d hJ 1 Crack Cage Teams Offer Fast Playing The outstanding baseketbali game jQt the season, from a point of statewide Interest Is that which brings the Camden and Monetta high" school girls teams Into action on the wood at the Camden high school gymnasium Friday night at 7j3$ o'clock. In a previous game between thesu' two outstanding teams, Camden defeated Monetta at Bate?burg-L*ee villa by a narrow matgtn of points. Camden, Class A champions In 1939, has lost only two games this season, those being to Anderson and Hock Hill by narrow margins and still rates as one of the outstanding girls teams In the south. * game here will undoubtedly' bring'Out the largest attendance of the season, as It will be the last appearance of a number of the 1939-40 players in action in high school competition. t Local Players on All 8tate Team Captain Peggy McGuirt and Doris MoLeod, with Dot Sowell and Francee Hammond, all members of the 1940 j Camden team named on the Class A| all-state team. McGuirt and MoLeod were given forward positions and Sowell and Hammond guard positions on the all-state team. Result of Final Games Anderson defeated Camden 30 to 21 In the final of the Class A championship round, while Lorls romped over Ashwood for thp Class B title, the score being 59 to 13. The Monetta Hannah game was the thriller of the evening, Monetta squeezing out a victory 20 to 19. Trophies and gold basketballs were awarded members of the participating teams and each member of the allstate teams received a gold medal. Twelve members of the Camden team received gold basketballs as runnersup in the jt&te championship. Camden Office Leads in District Camden progress and growth la strongly evidenced In the announce-1 ment of the competitive standing of Railway Express agencies in the Columbia district % The standing Is based on the percentage of increase or decrease in the number of shipments handled during February, 1940, as compared with the same month in 1939. There are sixteen agencies In the district and Camden takes top posh tlon with an increase of 33.1 per cent. Denmark Is second with an Increase af 29.6, and Orangeburg is third with an increase of 23.3. The other cities in the competition with .the percentage, of Increase, are as follows: Yemassee, 19.2; Sumter, 18.3; Charleston, 17.6; Hartsvllle, 17; Cheraw, 14.7; Bonne tteeville, 13.5; Darlington, 13.2; Aiken, 12.6; Columbia, 12.4; Florence, 11.1; Walterboro, 10.7; and Newt/ferry, 6. Georgetown, the other agency in the district, showed no increase or decrease. Ip a .bulletin from the office of G. C. Bell, district chalrmap, Mr. Bell sxprehses gratification at the increase in practically all agencies and extends congratulations to F. N. McCorkle, Camden agent. % Governor Will Be An Honored Guest liSyor F. N. McCorkle and the members of the Camden city council will be hosts at a dinner party at < the Klrkwood hotel on Saturday, March 30, honoring Governor and Mrs. Burnet R. Maybank, who will 9e in Camden to attend the Carolina Cup race. Governor Maybank will present the < exquisite Carolina Cup to the winner , }f the cup event, the presentation to take place in front of the judge's Hand. ' The dinner which will start < promptly at 12:30 and conclude at h 80 will be attended by the mayor, " members of the city council and their . wives, Governor and Mrs. Maybank. the secretary of the governor, and >ther state officials. Also Invited will be Senators Smith and Byrnes, Congressman Richard8, state Senator 14. ] Vf. Johnson and representatives L. C. j Clyburn and W. F. Etetridge. Mayor F. N. McCorkle will preside 1 ?t a presentation ceremony during i Carolina Cup day, this being the Cam- < len Plate, which goes to the winner ] >f the Camden Plate race, a mile On j he flat This plate of sterling silver ] glven^aBmually by the City to the < ' A total of 1,754,771 hales of Amerl- ,j lan cotton moved Into export chan- . lels during the month of January, the argest amount In the past several ? ream. December sales totaled 887,- ; 146 bales. Exports for six months, as dTlJl 043 heUeu^0* bVrMQ' total" Beautiful Cantata At Grace Church Music lovers who contemplate attend lag the singing of Stelner's beautiful cantata "The Crucifixion," at Grace church this evening are requeatedito be in their seats at eight o'clock when the first number of the composition will be eung. There are nineteen numbers in the cantata, as follows: Recitative, tenor; The Agony, baes solo and chorus; Processional to Oalyary and chorus; recitative, bass; the mystery of Divine humiliation and chorus; recitative, base; the majesty of the Divine humiliation, tenor 'solo; recitative, base; chorus; Litany of the Passion, chorus; recitative, tenof and chorus; duet, tenor and bass; the mystery of the Intercession, chorus; recitative, tenor, bass and men's chorus; recitative, tenor, bass and chorus; recitative, bass; the appeal of the crucified, chorus; recitative, tenor and chorus; for the love of Jesus, chorus. f The cantata will be under the direction of Maurice Clarke, D. D., rector of Grace church, with Miss Sarah Campbell as organist; Mrs. Lois Gandy as pianist, and Newell Wlmberly, violinist. The following is a revised list of the Bingers, representing the choirs of several Camden churches;. Basses, Dick Neidhardt, A. C. McKain, and Dr. A. W. Humphries; soloists, H.. H. Hardy, Donald Clyburn, Maurice H. Clarke and J. W. Portrum. Tenors, Leonard C. Molts, E. M. Craig;soloists, Frank Rlgglns, George Rhame, Joe Rhame, Leon Tobln, C. RaWeur and W. C. Moore, j Altos, Mrs.^C. V, Salmpnd, Mra. J. M. Villepigue, Mrs. A. D. McArn, Miss Bdith Carter, Miss Celeste Mumford and Miss Wilma- Wigham. "Sopranos, Miss Avis "Wallaoe, Mrs. A. C. MoKain, Miss .Ethel Yates, Mrs. P. H. Wilson, Mrs. M. C. Smith, Mrs. W. C. Perry, Mrs. H. Weyman* Miss Jane Campbell, Mrs. T. J. Burleigh, Mrs. Leon Tobin, Mrs. M. M. Reasonover, Mrs. J. G. Richards, JV., Miss Bllen Saluiond, Miss Faith deLoaoh, Miss Margaret Salmond, Miss Beardsley and Miss Marguerite Schoontnaker. T .T ^ v -? During the evening an offering for the purpose of defraying the expense of the choir and music will be taken up. Crowds Jam Street _ " For Premiere Show _ "Gone With the Wind" made its Camden premiere Monday evening at the Camden theatre with all the frills of a metropolitan "first showing." A public address syBtem with a "mike" located In the theatre lobby wsb a means whereby various individuals of community prominence were permitted to express their views on Margaret Mitchell's novel and also on their anticipations relative to the film interpretation. Among those who were heard over the air were former governor Rlchaards of Liberty Hill, Thomas Ancrum, Charles G. Knight, Mrs. Andrew Whitaker, Mrs. Kathleen Watts and others. The announced broadcast from the theater lobby resulted In an outpouring of the curibus from all over the city until the eidewhlhs on both aides of historic DeKalb street near the theatre were Jammed with hundreds of people. ,* Whereas" In other localities where the first showing of "Gone With the Wind" has been featured by the playing pf "Marching Through Georgia" over the public address system, it is stated that the recording inquestion was merely a "broken record" in Camden. The "first nlgbter" event in Camden was a cosmopolitan affair. Men and women in formal evening attire j rubber-elbows with men in sweaters ( and sport coats and women in sport ] ensembles or- street wear. Mrs. S. J. Tidwell Dies Suddenlyj Mrs. Mary Alice Tidwell, 58, of 1 Lewlsvllle, near Camden, died at 6 p. m. Monday after a few hours Illness. 1 Born in Lee county, she had made 1 tier home here for 18 years. She -wax i i member of Hermitage Baptist j church where funeral services were 1 held Tuesday at 4 p. m. with inter- ? nent in the churoh cemetery. Dr. A. 9. Lockee and the Rev. J. M. Bruce < were In charge. J - Surviving ard^her ^fiushiuuf, ST J. I ndwell; five sons, Julius, Carson, Pester and Otis of Camden and Bit- 1 int of- pharleston; two daughters, ; Miss Bessie Tidwell and Mrs. Bertie Moore of Camden, and. one brother, Ukua Tklireii of Andoch. All oC the weather on otuT"aarth In -J produced by the Take First Steps !. To Secure Armory J Initial steps toward securing a $50,000.00 armory building for Camden were taken at a joint conference between members of the Camden city council and the Kershaw county delegation at the city hall here Thursday afternoon. , Fearful that the present small and inadequate quarters of the Camden military unit would be made the basis for action similar to that taken at Charleston when there waa a threat of taking the unit from the city, .prompted the conference today. In order to take advantage of federal fid In the securing of a large new armory building, the city and county will have to provide a site 300 by 800 feet in else and contribute approximately $11,000.00 In cash. The I oity already has a splendid-site whlehit proposed to donate and will also I agree to assume a proper percentage of the financial obligation. The counfty delegation representation at the | meeting wae in favor of the project and stated that the matter would be discussed by all of the members of the delegation at an early date. Until such time as the necessary steps toward financing the project and providing the site can be taken, the location suggested af Thursday's meeting will not be made public. It is stated that the location Is jsuob-that aTlne new building will be exposod to the gate of the motoring public and be'a big advertising asset to Camden progress* It would alsol permit of a large parade ground being I I arranged nearby. The whole project1 would be landscaped and present an I attractive appearance. I It was pointed out that The drill auditorium of the building would be' 100 feet long and 77 feet In width and would be so arranged as to permit of concerts, conventions and other rorms of public gathering being held therein it was said that not only would the proposed new building take care of the needs of the military unit for a quarter of a century or longer, but itr would also supply a long-needed-want as a community canter for Camdon and Kershaw county. Caretaker's Life Is Saved by Pet Tabby Fred^Pratt, caretaker at the Quaker cemetery here, owes his life to a pet cat, whose frantic efforts to claw her' way through a window of the caretaker's cottage awakened Pratt, who had only time to leap through the Window when flames engulfed the bedroom of the dwelling early this mofining. . -PraL suffered laceration* on his feet when he kicked the glass from the window- before leaping through. He then hurried to a nearby phone and gave the alarm. As the cemetery Is located' too far from a city hydrant to provide water for the Are department, It was Impossible to control the Are, the entire building and contents being consumed. Pratt's wife and children were spending the .night with relatives in the city, else there might have been a tragic ending to the fire. Many chickens In a nearby poultry house were destroyed. The city announced that the caretaker's cottage would be rebuilt at once. While the cottage was operated for the Quaker cemetery association, It was on an extension of Campbell street and for that reason it will be possible to build the new structure as a WPA project. Another Blaze Put Out The fire department was called to the rear of the Baruch home on Lyttleton street Monday morning at 11 o'clock to extinguish a grass Are that had started in the vicinity of some frame buildings. Lady Helps Capture Machine Looters Mrs I?ls Monarch, attractive young wife of Herman Monarch, a cameraman, proved herself an excellent detective Thursday night when she discovered a man -and a woman engaged In rifling a penny scale machine In front of the Arthur Department '.store on Broad street. When she called her husbafld and urged him to eumittan the police, friend hubby had visions of gunfire If he ventured out, so be awaited the i departure of the couple In a car and then hurried out to locate a bluecoat. But net friend wife, Mrs. Monarch scribbled down the license number on the car and then jratched It as it moved down the street, turned about and came back to the middle of the block to park in front of W. Sheorn'i store boastlnn^ of another scale. About this time the police arrived and It was Mrs. Monarch who came < ?P *? the^ officers approached the panted car and said "There they are." Police arrested the couple and they are being held at the city guardhouse until report hat been received from Washington where Bertilllon measurements and flnger-prinrt* bars been sent. Vui.'Jjt _ *... " The automobile they were driving S3? i they are t Camden Horses Win Many Honors The excellence of Camden trained horse* was demonstrated at Southern Piues Saturday when eleven eutrlee from local stables finished first, second and third, in the five-event race program that took place at the Barber estate course before a crowd of 6,000 spectators. The Sandhills Challenge Cup, outstanding event of the day, was won by Postmau Home. Faction Fighter, a Camden horse, owned by Paul Mellon, with S. Watters up, avae regarded as a certain winner until he fell at the 2 1-2. mile jump, Oil Bias, another Camden horse. owned by Carlton S. Palmer, of New York, was the* tftiTy^ttther horse to finish In this feature race. Home Sweet Home, a Camden horse, an entry of Mrs. James C. Clark, of Mt. Kiaco, N. Y., with P* Byrne up, was in second place in this race until the last jump when he fell. In the Catawba, one and a half miles over hurdlee, Frozen North, from Camden Btables, owned by Paul Mellon, with J. Magee up, finished first, and Any Play, entered from Camden, and owned by Miss Rosalind Palmer, of New York, with E. Mitchell up, was third. In the Croatan steeplechase, 2 miles over brush, Fay Cottage, owned by F. Ambrose Clark, with J. Rich up, was first; and Enterprise, owned by Paul Mellon, with J. Magee up, was third.' Both of theso were Camden horses. ?The Yadkin steeplechase, two miles over brush, went to Little Hurd, owned by Samuel Wolf, of Aiken. It is an Interesting fact that Wolf acquired Little Hurd from Ray Woolfe, as an outright gift when another promt* nent horseman refused acquisition of the horse at a low price figure. Crooked Wood, Camden horse owned by Mrs. Lewis A. Park, of Sewlckley, Pa., with J. Magee up, was second in this race; while the Dook, another Camden horse, owned 'by Mrs. Esther duPoot Weir, UnlonVille, Pa., with P. Byrne up, wss third. In the Randolph Memorial -Cup, one mile on the flat for three year olds and up, two Camden hQrses came through with a second and third place. Escape III, owned by Richard K. Mellon, of Pittsburgh wae second, with R. Woolfe up; while Stampede. owu?d"byJamesKjnah, dfHtfnion-" ville. Pa., with J. Magee up, was third. Hero Enshrined With His General A photograph of Lieutenant Richard Rowland Kirkland, heroic figure of the Civil Way period, and one of the Confederacy's most gallant soldiers, has been placed on the wall of the American Legion Hall. This heroic lad, whose brave deed at Fredericksburg when he went forth from the lines of the gray to bring succor to the dying on the battle field, enshrined him for eternity, greets one now from this life-size bust picture which has been placed next to that of General Joseph Brevard Kershaw, who was his commander on that memorable day in 1862, while neartjy are picturos of other Illustrious soldiers from Camden, namely, Generals .Tnhn T>ohy Knnnndv .Tnhn PnrdAhAVo Vlllepigue, James Chesnut, Zach Cantey Deas and James Cantey. The deed which has made the name of Richard Rowland Kirkland immor- " tal In the history of the lost cause is written In an outstanding manner ih American history. It was the twentyyear-old lad In the gray of the Southland who, unable to stand the cries of phtn coming from the dying and the wounded, begged of his general, Joseph Brevard Kershaw, for permission to go and carry water to the unfortunates out in the "no man's land." General Kershaw was reluctant to accede to the request, but finally unable to stand the pleas of the young soldier, said "all right, Kirkland, but don't you know you will get a bullet through your head the moment you Btep over that wall?" Without even showing a wihtd handkerchief, Lieutenant Kirkland, then Sergeant Kirkland, secured a supply of water and then boldly ventured Into the line of fire between the battling armies. And when the Union soldiers saw this slender youth in Confederate gray start on/his missien of Christltke mercy, all-firing ceased and chetoqi rose from the j ranks of the blue ahd the gray alike ?Americans all. v The American Legion Post has had copies made of the picture of Lieutenant Kirkland and one baa been preQOTVinA iK IKa A An e ob w .1J vdniiuCTi nTgn vcnooi Mffl another to the grammar school. _ To Meet With ML Plegfth The quarterly meeting of the Women's Mhwionar*iiUnk>n of theKa* tMV will -WAbl smU1| ?1> 1/7 m T . ^ w?i noei witn tne Mt Ptsgah church Saturday, April t, beginning at 10:10 o'clock. All of the I churches are requested to send large Garden Club Show To Be Held March 26 The annual flower show of the Camden Garden Club will be held at the Grace Bpiscopal church pariah house, on Tuesday, March 26, from 1:00 to 6:80 p. m. Exhibitors for thla affair will be received at the hall from 0;00 to 11:00 a. n?. From 11:80 to 1:00 p. , m. the hall will be closed to the public while the Judging of exhibits taHing place. The committee In charge states that professional exhibits will be welcome but may not coin pete with am* ateur displays. All classes are open to amateurs living in or near Camden and it is pointed out that membership v in the Garden Club is not essential for exhibitors. In defining the amateur claaslflO* tlon, the committee states that If the expense of keeping the- garden is greater than the proceeds of tne sales tho exhibitor is Oftiseed as an amateur. All entries in tne horticulture classes only must be grown by the exhibitor. In defining "collection", the committee states that it embraces three or more varieties shown together and oes not mean Boveral specimens of the same va* riety. . , . In the bulb exhibit under class A registration, there will be two specimens each of yellow daffodils. Thoso specimens will be judged for perfection of bloom only, while in the "collection" entries with one specimen only of each variety, the Judging will be based on 50 per cent quality and 50 por cent quantity. In the miscellaneous bulb clasa which will be in pbarge of Miss Jex> nie WhttAker; there will ue ttirwe specimens of one color hyacinths, collection of hyacinths, three specimens, of tulips, and collection of tulips. " Classes will be made for such other typeB of tulips as may be offered. . j In the class B exhibit, artistic arrangement, there will be Judging of flower arrangehents in low containers suitable for a dinner table, flower arrangements In high containers suitable for?Uvlng room table, mtntanir? arrangements three to six inches high and miniature arrangements up to three inches. v In class C, still life, there will bo exhibits of pictures whose effect depends on the use of flower* and fftl*. lage, and also pictures whose effect depends upon arrangement of bibelots and the like. ,.... ' There Is also a class D which shows bed tray and arrangement: class E, trays or chopping bowls; class ?, Ms11- "T lection of flowers from one garden; class O, which has two divisions? pansles which are to be shown with vi their own foliage and California popples. v Class H will feature an exhibit or verbenas?one color in each entry? ?. and violets?r-**- *" Class J will be camellias in single specimens and collections. In class K there . Will be; single sprays and collections of azaleas. Class M will feature children's miniature gardens, . there being . two ? groups, one for children up to 8 years of age, and one for children from ? to 12 years of age., Class N will be flowering shrubs offered in exhibits of single sprays and collections, to be judged for hor- ^ ticultural perfection. , .j , It is stipulated that exhibitors must signify whether they wish their W s tries listed under horticultural class or artistic arrangement _ . Gulf Distributors Meet Here Today R. H. DeTrevllle, local Gulf rtistri- ..'J butor, will be host to the Orange Disc / club of lower South Carolina at a t chicken dinner at the Pines on Friday, March 22nd. 'lho orange Disc club is made up of distributors of .Gulf gasolene and the lower . state district embraces of% the territory lying south 'Hi Co- ~ lumbia. There will be some forty distributors at the meeting here. In connection with the chicken dinner there will be a meeting at which ? ~ addresses will be made by District Manager W. B. Roberts and Assistant District Manager S. J. Usher, both of Columbia. Prize Fish 8tory Abner Roe, a prominent Izaac Waltonian of Washington, D. C.t has verification for tho prize flsh story of the year . . . bass casting on the Potomao River, Roe was frequently annoyed because his line was snubbing on sub-surface root* and ftUwi-flgtruc lions "T . one especially vigorous cast placed the plug close to shore , . . as Roe attempted to reel in, thir line grew taut , . . he had hooked a rodhead duck through the fleshy part of the wing . . . the bird had heen crippled and was unable to fly , . . next > -season, Hoe says he's going to take his rod and reel with him when he ~ goes duck hunting . . . "If I cant shoot 'em, I can hook 'em," he be"or** On Dean's List st Furman One young man from Camden was among the 111 students at Furman. University In Greenville, 8. C., Who made an average of "B" or better on aft classes during the flret semester, according to the Hat released VfDean JU N. Daniel of Furman. The dean's Hilt included 88 seniors, PS Juniors. IS sophomoree end H freshmen. The list Included freshman B?1 Pitts, from Camden.