Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Cruising v-V , 1 I Around with i "Skipper" ^ * * ' 1 ? n r l^ar Alderman Nettles: I note ttie signs you have placed around which ask motorists to give Vvery consideration to horsemen. That's a swell Idea, Jack, but I think you might suggest to the horsemeu that they give consideration to pedestrians. So many of the riders have taken to usiug the sidewalks for bridle paths they have become very rough and not at all nice to walk on. - f * The police department Is to be commended for the drive thaA lias been made on the drunken drivers. The man behind the wheel whose brain is befuddled by hootch is the greatest menace on the highway today. Nice work Commissioner Charley and Chief Alva. ^ ? * Speaking of nice chaps, we enjoyed a chat with Bunny Austin last week. Bunny, as you know, i^ one of the greatest tennis stars England has ever presented to the world. Bunny la 33 years old and therefore not eligible to call <for military duty. tHe is la America taking: an active part in the moral rearmament program. Bunny is a modest unassuming chap and very very obliging. When this department suggested hn exhibltI Jon event, he readily consented and the flue tennis tournament of last Sunday developed. * ? | This department being a fulLfledf god Johnny Bull had a lot of things to talk over with Bunny. Yes, we are both satisfied that England and France will win the war. * * Following the merchants meeting at the Legion hall last Friday evening, we sat down at the piano, struck a few chords and then swung Into Sweet Adeline. As a result, we discovered a real quartet?a male affair with genial Bill Nettles, Sr., as the baeeo, Bill, Junior, as second base. Moultrie Burns as tenor and A. C. Mc.Kaln as baritone. George Wilson sure sings a nifty note, but said he would like to play the outfield as long as Bill Nettles, Jr., Is second base.. * Speaking of that merchants meeting?we witnessed the strange paradox of a group of ahop keepers wanting to^ve up Ave Thursdays in May us half holidays and another group of j store operators seeking to persuade them not to waste the Ave half days. * As the situation looms up at this writing, we believe the half holiday period will take In June,- July and August. However that is not authentic?just our guess. * * By the way, speaking of half holidays, summer and the like, where are those softball teams that have been hollering for a league organization? Now is the time to get busy on the program. Send in your entries now. - - , Camden Horses In Fine Showing Camden horses made a clean sweep of all the events of the l>eep Hun VlrKtuta race classic lust Saturday and In one race took first and second honors. Escape 3rd. belongtug to the Richard K. Mellon stables here. *** Escape 3rd. won the fouture race of the card with a brilliant sprint at the half way mark. Frozen North, owned by Raul MelloiC uud trained hero, won as he pleased In the opeulng hurdle race. Hop, owned by Mrs. Mttrlon ilnl'out Scott, was llrst In the two-mile brush race while Enterprise, a Richard K. Mellon entry, was another winner for Camden entries. In the 11,000 Richmond plate, the No. 2 attraction of the afternoon, Matey, owued by Mrs. Marlon duRont Scott, was first with Richard K. MelIon's Different 2nd, coming in secoud. Matey, a son of Man O'War, got off to ^ slow start and trailed in a field of four until he settled down Into stride mid-way of the two-mile brush course and streamed to victory by a close margin. The victory of Escape 3rd was the first in this three mile poBt and rail classic for the Richard K. Mellon stables but Raul Mellon has furnished four previous winners. Sydney Walters, Jr., was the rider on Escape 3rd and did a masterful job of timing and maneuvering to ward off a spirited challenge of Black Sweep, entry of Mrs. Frank M. Gould, of Oyster Bay, L. I. The Camden horses will take part in the Middleburg, Virginia, races on next Saturday. James H. R. Cromwell, United States minister to Canada, states In an interview In Toronto that he thought "it would be possible" for him to run for the United States senate and retain his present post. He seeks the Democratic senatorial nomination In New Jersey. The British discovery that Germany has been buying diamonds for industrial purposes in Belgium and The Netherlands, has led Britain to cut ofT the sale of rough diamonds to Antwerp and Amsterdam, chiefly from South Africa. Camden Team In j Win Over Sumter (By the Skipper A tfljkart defensive team wearing the colors of the Camden high achool smeared the content? of the dope ! bucket all over the greensward at Sumter Tuesday by defeating a veteran Sumter high team 4 to 2. And Incldentlally the result was a one hundred per cent endorsement of what thl? department had to say last week when we mentioned that the 13 I to 6 defeat of Camden by Sumter on the local pastime lot did not mean a thing?that we could see a potentially good team wearing the Camden uniforms. Higgles, the seventh grade kid went I up against the Gamecocks again and this time, through some really brilliant defensive play on his own part and his mates, the youngster put It over. Iu the seventh inning ltlgglns was on the spot right when the-first Gamecock to face him poled out a triple. Higgles was as cool as the proverbial cucumber and proceeded to strike out the next batter and thou forced the third to hit into a fast double play that killed a runner at the plate and the other at the first sack. Sumter scored only in the second Inning when the two runs clattered over the plate. Canulen scored In the first, added two In the second and a fourth In the fourth. Hlggins should be a pitching find for the gold and black. While the boy may not set the world afire this year ,he is going to be a sensation in high school ranks for several years. Just mark this down in your memory pad. The only extra base knocked by Camden was a sweet double by smll- j lug Wallie Mims. Now for the serious part of this story. Camden plays four games on the home iflt in two weeks starting on Tuesday. April 16, when Orangeburg comes here. On the Friday following the team takeB on Darlington here. On Tuesday, April 23, Bishopville will be here and on Friday, April 26, Newberry comes here. We are going to ask the baseball fans of Camden and Kershaw county to mark the dates on their engagement calendar and plan to have a date each of these days at the ball park. If there was ever a time when Camden loyalty to good, clean sport | should stop to bat it is right now. As we said In a previous wrlteup on high school baseball, these kids who go out to dally practice and play in games against teams from other communities are our own boys and it ' Is our ^arnest conviction that we shpuld^Vs^pporC' them by turning out and rooting1 at every gam^% So let's all make our plafis so tl*ere will* be no conflicting engagements for April 16, 19, 23 and 26. Those are Camden high school home game dates. See you out there. X-RAY CL1NIC8 HELD That It is worth while to hold X-ray. clinica for achool children havr. ing a positive tuberculin test, and especially for those of high school age, was shown in the results of the clinic held in Camden on March 27, 28 and 129. Seventy students who had been | found to have a positive tuberculin I test, were examined. No cases of | pulmonary tuberculosis were found, | however, three were classified as havj Ing a condition suspicious of pulmonary tuberculosis; twelve had first lnlfeotlon tuberculosis and In the cases | of seven, whose condition needs furI ther study, no definite diagnosis was made. The examining physician, Doctor John M. Preston, considers it safe for these studentB to remain in school. Their parents will be given Instructions as to care of each Individual case by the (family physician. The tuberculosis uurse wllj also .sudor service In t*e homes q* the students. In addition, tp the owes mentioned above, n.. #uu?er ot children and instructions given several months ago wait Utott that with, continued food care, these young people will make a complete recovery. I According to Rev. A. Douglas *oArn, Chairman of the Early DiagnosisCampaign, tuberculin testing in schools will go on during the rest of April, and X-ray clinics for those having a positive tuberculin test will be, arranged for at" State Park. Christmas Seal Sale funds on hand make it possible to carry on X-ray ollrtlcs, home care of known cases, individual and group, education. China now feels thai the Japanese invaders will be repelled, Dr T. Z. Koo, secretary of the World Student Christian Federation, told an audience at North Carolina State co lege in Raleigh, N. C. C^ese military leaders told him last October, tpat the central Chinese givernmeut would be Installed again In Nanking within a year and a half, and civil leaders predicted the capital would be reoccupted by the "Chinese in a year. . s ' ^ ' 4 . JOSEPH WATSON DEAD The Cedar Creek community whh saddened by the death of Joseph Solomon (Joe) Watson, on Monday, March 25, at 10:00 a m. Mr. Wataon Buffered a stroke two weeks ago from which he never recovered. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning at 11:00 o'clock at Cedar Creek Baptist church by the Itev. P, Jfi. Hlackiinon. Interment followed in the adjoining cemetery. Ho is Hurvived by one brother, W. A. Wataon, with whom he made IiIh home.) Four Bisters. Mrs. Callle Tidwell, Mr?. Willie W. Stokes, Miss Hallie Watson and Miss Tance Watson, all of the Cedar Creek community, also survive.?Bishopville Messenger, Allusions of love theft are made In a $70,000 l false imprisonment suit brought by l>anlel W. Hogue, civil engineer, against Hob Hums, tilm comedian. Hogue claims ho was abducted in 1938 aud forced to sign a denial that Burns had stolen the affections of his wife, Millie Hogue. Governor Clydo R. Hoey of North Carolina says he will not Intervene In the case of Zob Page, 29-year-old negro sentenced in Johnston couuty, N. C.t to be executed for raping a , white woman. Scientists say that the planet Saturn quite likely has 1Q moons?nine have been discovered so far. 8HORT TERM OF COURT The Spring Term of the l>ee Comity Court of Common Clean convened Monday morning at 10:00 o'clock and Just one hour and 40 minutes later the court was adjourned. That might he u record for rapid Justice. A number of oases wore tried while several were settled out of court and a few were continued for various reasons.? Hishopvllle Messenger. A lone whue oandtt robbed D. C. Davis, bookkeeper for the Rock City Construction company in Nashville. Venn., of $2,300 recently. The bandit waited near the construction company's ofrices until Davis returned from a down-town bank with tho company's weekly payroll. 8H00T8 8NAKE WITH MATCH Francis MeCutchen, young eon of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. McCutcheu, of Biahopvtlle, must have an Inventive mind, because when he saw n snake la his mother's Illy pool, and being out of air rifle shot at the time, he proceeded to shoot the snake anyway. What he used for a bullet was ft .. mutch which he stuck Into hla air rifle barrel and after cooking the guu he tired away, shooting the anake through tho head. Needless to say the snake was killed and Frauds la now very proudly showing the result of his unerring aim with u match.? ltishopvllle Messenger. REPORT OF CONDITION OF MERCHANTS AND,FARMERS BANK OF BETHUNE IN THE 8TAT^,OF 80UTH CAROLINA AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON MARCH 26, 1940. A88ETS Loans and . discounts (including $12.135.00 guaranteed by Jno. T, Stevens and deposit made) .. .. . $31,665.68 United States Government obligations, direct and guaranteed, ... 4,950.00 Corporate stocks 1,275.00 Cash, balances with other hanks, including reserve balances, and cash items in process of collection, 65,493 77 Hank premises owned $1,068.75, furniture and fixtures $2,069.47, .. 3,138.22 Heal estate owned other than bank premises, 11,403.54 Other assets 2,701.36 -TOTAL ASSETS, v $120,527.57 Zi' LIABILITIES Demand deposits of individuals, partnership, and corporations,...$79,294.77 Time deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations 7,111.32 Deposits of States and political subdivisions 5,126.77 Other deposits (certified and officers' checks, etc-.) 481.64 TOTAiL DEPOSITS $92,014.50 Other liabilities, "... 230.18 TOTAL LIABILITIES (not including subordinated Obligations shown below), $92,244.68 \ ~ CAPITAL ACCOUNT8 Capital $20,000.00., Surplus 4,000.00 Undivided profits, * *,2S?.oS . >: v.. i' .i'I'i#""/ TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS, ._v_.. $$1^8 TOTAL UAB0UTCT AND CAPITAL ACMX3MNTS, ........$120,627.67 This bank's capital consists of common stock with total par value of $10,000.00. _ _ Jj'*!, I!l u __*? Pledged assets (and securities loaned) (hagk value): U. S. Government obligations, direct and guaranteed, pledged, to secure deposit? and other liabilities, ,..l_4,960.00 TOTAL, '. v $ 4,960.00 Secured and preferred liabilities: Deposits secured by pledged assets pursuant to requirements of law < 4,069.86 TOTAL $ 4,069.86 On dale of i*eport the* required legal reserve against deposits of this bank was, i*. $ 6,121.75 Assets reported above which were eligible as legal reserve amounted to, $65,493.77 I, F. E. Kerr, Cashier, of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, and that It fully and correctly represents the true state of the several matters herein contained and set forth, to the best of my knowledge and belief. Correct?Attest: P. E. KBJRR Jno. T. Stevens ) C. C. Gardner . J Directors. * v Loring Davis ) - ' O. W. Knight State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, ss: Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of April, 1910, and * hereby certify that 1 am not an officer or director of this bank. J. L. KINO, Jr., Notary Public. My Commission expires at Will of Oovernor. I PHONE 26 I I JOE MACHADO I I Electric Service Co.I I DOMESTIC, COMMERCIAL, REFRIGERATION I I SERVICE ON SEALED UNITS I H car . ' tapp's . .,./___31 .- -. & M ,'^m Arisen on the sky line of a greater Columbia is this I ' ? -r^r-l :'V "> Greater Tapp's, a monument to our thirty-seven years of successful merchandising service to the people of 1| this section. Home owned and operated, it is an institution dedicated to the greater comfort, convenience and pleasure of Columbia and South Carolina shop' pers. * > - ...... ? (Nationally Famous Experts have created for us the most perfect merchandising: unit in the United i . States, embodying the last word in beauty of appear- ance, comfort and shopping convenience. ----= = ! . . ^ Most cordially we extend to you and your friends .,? this invitation to be present at the opening of this Greater Store. :^mA CJW- - ?