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| "BUNNY" AUSTIN, ENGLISH TENNIS ACE, TO GIVE EXHIBITION HERE AT KIRKWOOD COURT I The Camden Chronicle frOLUME 52 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1940. NUMBER 2 lotion Fighter Repeats; Wins I Carolina Cup a Second Time of the leading steeplechase ntuof the country staged a toot duel Hj],,. spriugdale course hint Satur aftornoon when . Paul Mellon's Htlon Fighter won the Carolina Cup' the second successive year and F. I rose Clark's Bachelor Philip gal-: d to an easy trlumpto In the match i' that was the cause of so much' Hrest here and Ih other winter Hniiiy, oenters for the junipers, Galover the long three-mile timcourse of the hlstorio Sprlngdale Hk Faction Fighter conquered -Mrs. | B S. SpiUman's Postman Home In a] run. and Bachelor Philip led from t to'finish In winning the match! nst Mrs. Ksther duPont Weir's j part from the victories of George H(i'rtc) Host wick's Masked Knight J John Hay Whitney's Massa, the! ^ k and Paul Mellon stables doml-l ^ d the flue program, the former' B three triumphs and the latter two. It was Mellon's third vic in the Carolina Cup, his Drln e l^ad having taken the race In before being shipped to Englahd the Grand National. It was the1) day the Chirk stable has had In ^ g. because In addition to winning , match, this stable also took the ^Bngdalo Steeplechase for good ^Kh horses with La Touche, an im- < atlon from England last autumn. Bachelor Philip Easy Wlnnar . nee Bachelor Philip -was so great- ( mproved as a result of his race ; week In the Imperial Cup at AI he was too strong a contender ^B Golden Oak and the raco lacked ' ^Bothlng as a stirring contest. The ^Bhelor led from start to finish un- 1 ^Ba particularly well judged ride by * ^Bncis Bellhouse, and won by fifteen 1 the. It was a little different in cup race, because the competition e was red hot up to the last fence, 1 n Faction Fighter asserted his su- J orltjr under hard urging by Sid Waders, Jr., an amateur rider. * ^Bain la the morning kept the at-,1 ^B/anro down but except for a stiff ^Beze the weather In the afternoon 1 ; bad and the sport was keen, ^ (ever the conditions, Faction ^Bter favored them and he ran an j1 better race -than last year In de-| < Bug Postman Home by f o u ru lis in 5:51 1-8. The big Irish 11 Be shouldered top weight of 162 i ds and stamped himself as the f limber horse in training now.?|l Mansfield Park Refuses I ^B-y made Faction Fighter a 3-to- '< ^Banre with Richard K. Mellon's' p<' III, the favorite at 3 to 2 and; t (J. Daly's Mansfield Park the 1 Bud choice at 2 to 1. Escape III 1 led at the fourth fence, sending > noml Woolfe to the hospital for I i:s. and Mansfield Park refused '< ^Bi>- M'venth jump while holding a i lead. F. H. Powers, Jr., who ' Mansfield Park, sent, the horse I back into the fight and he of- 1 ^Bl contention to Faction Fighter 1 Postman Home as far as he could e effort to get back in the run- ] was too much for the horse, - however, and the boy eased him up coming into the sixteenth Jump. There are eighteen fences on the course. Six went off in the cup race and with Escape III down and Manstlold Park eased up, Carleton Palmer's Oil Bias finished third and W. B. Streett'e Catraz a well defeated fourth. Louis Murdock, who rode Oil Bias, thought that Paction Fighter and Postman Home took the wrong course coming up to one of the fences but after listening to the claim the stewards turned him down and ordered the official red board up. Faction Fighter 8tands Drive A good Jumper most of the time, Faction Fighter was always a threat, even while the speedy Mansfield Park was cutting out the pace. When the latter refused after making a turn of the Field Faction Fighter *went to the front and stood a long drive from Postman Home and even Mansfield Park when he caught up again. The last half mile brought a Btiff run with Johnny Harrison giving Postman Home all he had, hut Faction Fighter had too much left for him and held the lead safely over the last fence and in the drive to the finish. Woolfe was picked up in the ambulance and sent to the hospital, where it was said that he might have a fracture of the collar hone and a concussion. He remained there for observation and X-rays. La Touche, with Jack MoGovern up, gave a really impressive performance in winning the Springdale at two miles and a quarter. He cut out all [>f the pace and always had something in reserve when Mrs. Lewis A. Park's Crooked Wood moved up Tor a challenge. The Clark Jumper wan much the heat and drew away at the jnd to defeat Crooked Wood by six lengths. Horner Wood, running mate >f I>a Touche, was third after making i remarkable recovery at one of his Fences. 'LaTouche shouldered 165 pounds and ran the distance in 4:11. Frozen North at 1-2 The Paul Mellon double was started >y Frozen North in the maiden hurlle8 and completed by Faction Fight>r. Frozen North was considered to >e the best bet of the day and came lome in front at 1 to 2. Steve Brody, rom the Clark stable, made a strong talsti "to pi&ce second, but Frozen I ^orth probably was eased a trifle} :oming up to the finish. John Hay Whitney evidently has! he makings of a good steeplechaser n Massa, a son of Black Toney that Barney Balding is schooling for brush! acing. This brown gelding won the; flat race at Aiken last week and was; in easy winner again today at one! mile on the flat. Massa was one of i field of ten and he had the speed to ?o to the front and sufficient staying powers to win easily. You will see film over brush at one of the New Ifork tracks later in the season. The crowd wasn't quite up to expectations due to the threatening weather. ?e Laddies Are Kept on The Jump Ikmden fire laddies had a busy i Monday. In the morning they 1 k)nd<-d to a call from north Camp- < t street and extinguished a fire ^ I destroyed a part of the roof of a 1 lllnp I^ater a call came from p Market street where a roof fire < [ired the attention of the firemen. ' plrd alarm called the apparatus * on Itroad street where a grass 'threatened to spread to some aa- < Ing buildings. __ i be sounding of the precinct alarm 1 he fire tower of the city hall pn J B<iay morning kept spectators rding the curb in the business | tlct In the expectation of seeing ] re run. However, It developed ; electricians were checking over j Gamowell fire alarm system. i ayer Home On York Street Burns fi e which started from a defecfine of a chimney of the Frank i t home, on Yortc street, Moinday ' ning, of last week destroyed the < room dwelling and a greater part ' be furnishings, occasioning a loss < nated at $2,000. It is reported loss is covered toy insurance. be fire had gained considerable ' 'way on thOrytobT oi the dwelling re Mrs. Mayer was Informed by hbors that her home was on Are. delay in the discovery of the I e h*Qdtcapped the fire department 1 ?bting the flames. 1 r *111 r$*mlld this spring, i : 7' $?$}' * r77?i Famous Driver Is Guest in Camden Wilbur Shaw, famous Indianapolis 3peedway king, and ranked aa the outstanding auto racing driver In the world, was a guest at the Camden Motel over the week end. Mr. Shaw, who halls fropi Indianapolis, came iown to Oamden last Sunday with Thomas Qirdler, head of the Republic ?teel Corporation. Wilbur Shaw was winner of the Inllanapolls classic In 1937 and^ln 1989, and in a statement today said he would be in the field again, on May 10, of this year. N In addition to winning the world's greatest motor race event twice, Shaw has taken part In the same race on a number of other occasions and has also won fame by bis driving exploits on other tracks of the world. : Mayor Presented Plate To Winner Mayor F. N. McCorkle presented rtio Camden Plate to the winner of the Camden Plate race at the Carolina cup program at Springdale Saturday. The'presentation took place In front of the judge's stand with John Hay Whitney, owner of the horse, Massa, winner of the race, receiving the exquisite plate. 0 Entertained After Rmm Mrs. B. J. McLeod end her daughter, Miss Frances IfoLeod, Were hostesses at a drop-fn party after the races Saturday. Out-of-town guests uad Camden friends were present wT'ii IWI t'niL-'j. r r-rrtt Rambler Foursomes Wins Russell Cup A reserve angle shot, beautifully executed by Ktrby Tupper on a pass from David Williams was the margin of victory in Sunday's polo gamo on the number one field which gave the coveted Samuel Russell Memorial cup to the Rambler team of ytho Camden polo club. It was the Camden Yellow jackets that went down before a haixlflghting team of blueclads who refused to give up even tho trailing with but a lew minutes to go in the final chukker. The gamo, played under perfect] weather conditions aaul viewed by a large and enthusiastic crowd was the | least scoring event of the season. ! This was due to tho well-balanced teams, each offering a superb defense, i The Yellows took tho lead In the first chukker on DuBose's goal. David Williams tied irp the score early in the second but the Jackets fQrjJOd ahead in the same period when Joe Bates negotiated a free shot. The third chukker was scoreless for both sides but in the fourth the Blues tied up the county on Tupper's nice goal. The Yellows went ahead In the fifth on DuBose's second goal. The Blues were held scoreless but In the sixth the Ramblers with but a minute to go shot two counters, one by Lighffoot 40 tie the count and the other by Tupper to score the winning point. Next Sunday the final game in the Devine cup Beries between Town and Country will be played. Scoring?iTuppor 2, DuBose 2, Lightfoot and Bates. Broad Street Road Not Broad Enough " Although Broad street is all that its name implies, being ninety feet from curb to curb, one of the widest ness thoroughfaeB in the state. But it wasn't wide enough for a butler in a swank winter colony home. For when said butler sought to ac out from the curb near the M and K coffee shop a few evenings ago he backed all the way across the street and into the window of ^Babin store. And almost succeeded in shoving another car through the front of the Kennedy Insurance Company ofThe crash of the breaking glass in the Outlook shop window resulted in a veritable deluge of bluecoats on the scene. First caine Dallas Mahoney, then officer Dunlap, followed in turn by Elmer Nolan and Beckham Rus86The bluecoats escorted the butler and his companion to the city guar house and were for placing sa d butler in a state of Incarceration therein when the woman companion declare* such procedure would mean his death that the bullet; was a sufferer from heart trouble. Whereupon the police summoned a physician who after ex-. amining the heart of the man, declared that he had looked too ofter upon the cup that cheers. The next morning he was released when friends deposited $114?representlng *51 bond. *60 for the wrecked window and *3 tor a pbysWan fee. Monday morning in recorder s court he paid a fine of $26 .for driving a car while intoxicated. Arrangements were made to Day for the broken windown and also the physician s fee Officers Mahoney and Russell grabbed another intoxicated dHver Friday night who deposited a bond of $/t>. Solons Object To Removal of Tax Local chamber of commerce officials as well as business and professional men who have been working to have the intangibles tax repealed are taking much Interest in the fate of the tax repeal measure^ in the legislatThe senate passed the bill for repeal but now that the measure is before the house, considerable opposition has developed, the neater part of it being of a somewhat childish and unsound nature. ; Representative Hughes of Oconee, charges the repeal of the Mj* lete the state treasury and he further declares "before we put this tax our books, those people d^.not here to die and leave their for inheritance taxes. We can t wait for them to die. We have to have the money now." ' . ., , Representative Crews of Richland county declared the reasons given for the repeal of the tax are the most absurd he ever heard of. ^ don t think we ought to trample down South Carolina to hold out snare# or bait to wealthy people," he said. The intangible# tax ranges from * to S per cent In Interest and dividends and ham'lmm rated by experts as being a great deterrent to atate progress. . ! . Citadel Cadets Hear War Story A dialinguished and heroic figure of the World War of 1914 guve a graphlc description of the horrors of war to members of the Rotary Club uml a group of Citadel Cadets who were guests at the Thursday, March 25, meeting of the club. The speaker was Major George 0. MuMurtry, of Bar Harbor, Maine, and a winter resident of Camden, who was second in command of the famous "I^ost Batalliou" in the Argonno Forest. Major McMurtry's stirring account of the trying experience of the "Lost Battalion" was in Bubatance the same us offered at a recent meeting Of the Amerhan Legion Post. Major McMurtry hus the distinction of having been awarded the highest military decoration which can bo bestowed by the United States, the Congressional medal of honor, and he was ulso honored with medals for valor by all of the Allied powers. During hie residence in Camden the past winter season Major McMurtry has been In demand as a speaker. Member* of the Citadel group of cadets were Bill Bates, Jr., Robert Marye, of Camden; Guy Banhev, Frank Freeman, Clarence Owens, Don McLellon, Stanley Zenda, Jake Burrows and John Ferris. Also present was George West, former Camden high school football star, now a freshman at the University of Virginia. Other guests at the luncheon were Dr. J. J. Godwin, of Boston and Mt. Dora, Fla., who is visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Stanley Llewellyn; W. F .Buckley, of Sharon, Conn., and Major McMurtry, the latter being guests of C. C. Whitaker, Sr.; and Col. John F. Wall, who was the guest of Moultrie B. Burns. Visiting Rotarians were T. A. Ganung, of Bridgeport, Conn.; John Horner, of Philadelphia, and Dr. Huth, of Sumter. ? City Acts Role of Host To Governor Governor and Mrs. Burnet R. Maybank* were guests of honor at a dinner given at the Klrkwood at noon on Carolina cup day, with the City of Camden acting as host for the occasion. n The city administration was represented by Mayor and Mrs. F. N. McCorkle, Commissioner and Mrs. Joe McKain and Commissioner and Mrs. CharleB Shannon, 4th. There were twenty guests at the table of honor in the hotel grill. As tho entire group had to bo at the Springdale course at 2 o'clock there was no post-prandial for the dinner event. Mrs. Pinckney, wife of the secretary to tho goyemor and James Y. Perry, chairman of the Southern Symphony orchestra .committee wero among the guests present. Little In Theater Business 25 Years T. Lee Little will observe the twenty-fifth anniversary of his affiliation with the theater business in Camden on Thursday, April 11th. It was on April 11th, 1915, that the Majestic theater, now tho-Camden, offered the cinema public "Wild Flower," featuring dainty Marguerite Clark of the famous musical comedy "wizard or uz." Back a .quarter of a century Camden movie fans were receiving one and two reel pictures at 5 and 10 cents. Such stars as John Bunny, Laura Finch, Theda Bara and many other old time stars entertained the public from the silver ^heet. Six years ago the Majestic theater was visited by a fire which practically gutted the building. Today the Camden theater, a small but modern movie theater, offers the very latest and finest in motion pictures. The management has the very finest and most up to date equipment for the presentation of the screen stories. The theater is air-conditioned so that on the hottest summer evening, it is cool and refreshing. Camden Certain To Have Team In 1941 With a number of professional ball clubs training In South Carolina this spring, the Camden Chamber of Commerce has communicated with several., team managers and invited them to come to Camden and look over the local base ball plant. ' In two' Instances the Invitation has been accepted and through the two club managers who were here contacts will be made with teams that will be Interested In coming to Camden next spring. One of the managers who wis hare this week declared the Camden plant was one of the best he has seen In the south and his team has been playing In a number of towns In the state this spring.. _ " r * ' 7T? , "" 'j irV" ^??55. ... . ? ^ W MBmrr-liiri T ' Camden Drops Battle' To Sumter Hi Team j (By The Skipper) j They'kicked the basebull lid off Tuesday at city park while Coach Linwood Smith's boys,took a 13 to tf boating at the hands of the Sumter High team, the Camden pastlmers eh owed up well and offered "fine potentialities for a winning combination In 1341 and 1942. It was a gang of fledglings Smith trotted out on the pasture to battle a veteran team from tho adjoining bailiwick. The local boys, many of them In the grammar grades, suffered mild attacks of buck fever and as a result the game was rugged. The high school band, which Judg lng by the preponderance of girls, might ? be styled a comparison group of the Phil Spltalny "All Girl Orchestra" was on hand to add inspiration to the afternoon program. Considering tho short time in which the band has been in training, the youthful musicians did a smart job. We cannot say as much for the handful of inspired musicians, who remained for the entire game, Indulging In a practice session that caused baseball fans to grate their molars and consign the purveyors of discordant sound to the nethermost regions. We hope in future games these aspiring tooterB of brass and reed instruments will refrain from the practice session during the progress of the game. The baseball park was In good shape for the game. The bulkhead along the bleacher row bad been rebuilt, the diamond and outfield were In fine condition and With a warm sun beaming down, It was an Ideal setting for the greatest of all sport events? a ball game. The Sumter team came over with their 1939 edition of talent practically Intact and as was expected, Camden did not have much of a chance. However the locals never let down and kept plugging along to win the admiration of the handful of fans that came out to watch the pastime. In the bleachers we noted such good old standbys like Dr. Carl West, Dr. T. B. Bruce, Clarkeson Rhame, Nealy Yates, John M. Villipiguo and others. The Camden lineup Vvas weakened by, the absence of Jack Marshall center fielder and Jimmy Baker, second baseman, who were unable to get Into action. Coach Smith is hopeful the two veterans will be In uniform for next week's Invasion of Sumter and Darlington. One game, and that an opening affair does not permit of any criticism of play. For example, remember the opening game of the Syracuse train-' ing season a year ago when a South | Carolina varsity team made the ,Syn| ruse pros look like a gang from Po-' dunk Corners. Later in a return game j the Chiefs turned the tables and? how?. Hie Camden team has good defense in two of the outfield positions while the Infield Is spotty. With Baker at second the infield defense will bo tighter. Cox who is doing the catching will have to shake the lead out of his heels and back up third base on some of those throwins. Riggins failure to do this very thing Tuesday was excusable as the kid is just getting his baptism of competitive play, whereas Cox has been playing high school, Legion baseball and also In the Palmetto league and should understand the art of "how to be a good Cdluiier." The next home game of the Camden team will be on Tuesday, April 17th, when * Orangeburg Highs are here. On Friday the 19th, Darlington plays here. What we would like to see Is a turnout of several hundred fans for all home games. Personally we feel Lin Smith deserves cooperation for the fine effort he Is making to keep Camden on the baseball map. It certainly would be poor publicity for Camden If this city should stumble out of high school baseball? and that can happen if the fans, by their absence, show they are not Interested. The highest type of sportsman In my opinion Is the chap who shows up at the games, even If his team 1* on the losing end , It is easy to motor out to the ball park and root for a winning team, but It takes a real honest-to-goodness fan to make his reguj lap pilgrimage to the ball park when] he knows his team is the underdog, i Ahd that my friends is the kind of fan you and I should be. Those lads out there on the diamond are "our kids" and for the love of Mike, let's show them we are with them, win or lose. To Meet With Mt. PIsQah v * 0 The quarterly meeting of the "W. M. U. of the Kershaw Association will meet with Mt. Plsgah church Saturday, April 6, at 10:30 o'clock. The program subjeot will be: "Another Year is Duwntng." All members era requested to he present, Dinner will be served to ulL Accidents in the home clelmed 82,000 lives In the United States h IMS. Davis Cup Star Plays Sunday "Uuuny" Austin, England's greatest tenuis aco and un Important factor In a English prowess on tho tennis court for many years will appear In a series of match events on tho courts of the Klrkwood hotel Sunduy, beginning at 12 noon. The Camden publicity bureau was negotiating Thursday with the South ( arollna university tennis' unit to ' have four star players come to Camden Sunday to take part In a tournament which Is being planned around the appearance here of the famous English star. "Dutch" Wagner, South Carolina tennis director has been asked to send over his two best men players and also two of tho outstanding lady stars from the varsity tennis ranks. Profossor Wagner has announced that he will mako his selection of players from tho ranks of tho state leaders, other than confining it to the university tennis club. Sam Daniels of Columbia, state singles champion will meet Austin in the singles match and will be paired with MIsb Sarah Rushton, state womans slnglo champion in a match against Austin and some tennis player from the Camden ranks. Miss Rushton and Mr. Daniels hold the state doubles title. Austin will have Miss folly Hamby of Columbia as partner In the mixed event. Rudolph Horner, tennis instructor and secretary of the Klrkwood golf and tennis club, who is finishing his first season here, will have charge of the program, which he states will begin at 12 noon sharp with Austin and tome .selected competitor appearing in a singles match. Following luncheon, two double matches, one a mixed affair, will be played. Austin will always rank among the top-seeded players of the world. He is said to be the most agile man on the courL today. Although 33 years of age, the English ace Is still as wiry as In his prime. Coach Rex Enrlght, athletic director of the state university, when approached In the matter of having university talent take part in the tournament was enthusiastic over the Idea and declared that he was sure that many tennis followers would bo glad of the opportunity of seeing the famous English aco In action. It will be good now8 to the tennis enthusiasts to hear that Rudolph Horner will return to the Klrkwood In tho fall to again carry on as tennis coach and Instructor. Exceptionally bad weather conditions during January, February and March throughout the south Inter/erred with the tennis activities. Ivocai tennis players are enthusiastic over the way in Which Mr, Horner has Imparted his expert knowledge to them. All have found their play materially Improved. Beginning Saturday Mr. Horner will devote all of his time to giving tennis instruction to residents of Camden. Ho will be hero for another week. Camden Hosts To Soions on Junket What with three mammoth greyhound buses, six state police cars, as many more private cars and a score or more of United States army trucks and other mobilized equipment, DeKalb street in Camden was about the busiest thoroughfare from a traffic standpoint as " could be found anywhere in the country Wednesday morning. The three greyhound buses, state police cars and many private automobiles carried state officials and legislators who were on their way from 'Columbia to Psgeland, where they were guests at a giant barbecue as part of the celebration Incident to the energizing of 276 miles of power lines serving rural homes In Lancaster, .Chesterfield and Kershaw counties. Oovernor Maybank and Speaker Sol. Blott of the assembly were riding in a private car while other officials and soions rode In the buses and state police cars. Some of the soions had their wives and families with them. Arrangements had been made by Mayor F. N. McCorkle and the city council to provide the group with soft drinks during the twenty minute stop " at the Camden hotel. Large tubs containing Ice were packed with soft '* > drink bottles and the visitors did fall jus (ice to Camden hospitality. , The visitors wsre welcomed to Camden by. Mayor F. N. McCorkle, " who spoke from an elevation provided I in front of the hotel. response was made by James B. Leppard, of Chesterfield, attonmy for the Lynohee River Cooperative, Ino, who wae in charge of the Jonket trip. y . ^