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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.. _
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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
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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.
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