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The Camden Chronicle OLUME*S~" ^ "~ Ti ~ CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, APRIL 26. 1940 < NUMBER 5 - .* / ? ---- ~??v I??.s Battle Extra Whukker to Tie Count ft the first time to many years B'amden polo teams battled thru B (-)iukkera to a 5 to 6 deadlock . at the number one field. It the second game of the Sylvan series and when the duet of car hud lifted from the field, the B romalnedias before, with Town K, on Country. E game was about us thrilling a standpoint of hard, fast riding Ky bo en seen this season Ifi4 Be art It may seem, the crowd of generous proportions, TIiIb source of ngtvob delight to tbs (dub group w the final games e season usually produce small tt'next game In the Sylvan series Ke played Sunday at 3 o'ejpek. K to a number of requests from )( city fans whp delight to the the polo gamee may be continLll into May. The original inEn was to olose the season this Kg Sunday, but there Is, some Kllity that at least two more K will be listed. Kj Ughtfoot,. who put up a dashKhlbltion of rkltog Sunday came B forty seconds *of winning the B for it was less than a minute in the slxith chukker that LightBwatted over the goal that put Vo*n laddies to a 6 to 4. lead. B m that forty iecdnds Qf play reBng one of the Yellows, we did Bet hia namd..perpetrated.a foul gave Joe Bates a free shot at By dirt territory. And when Joe good It tied the old game up at I And it was that way that the chukker ended. reat many Of the fans'had left Held area when It sM*. announced the game would be Vecorded as a few minutes later the teams Bed to play a seventh chukker. ultimate result was the same as Ber team scored in the extra Km, wearing the yellow silks, preBd Jack Clyburn as number one, as number two, Llghtfoot aa Ber three and Tupper as defenH&acl comrtfyr In blue silks, preBd Burns at number one, Little Bumber two, DuBose at number B md Bates at number fonr. rh took the lead in the first Bker on goals by Strong and Tup But a goal by DuBose justbewho bell narrowed the gap. In Becond chukker the Blues were Buffed from A scoring point while Bellows widened the gap to 3-1 Llghtfoot scored, he third chukker Joe Bates reed to the clarion call of Senator iates, his brother, who was on dellnes, to "Step on it Joe, my Whereupon Joe did step on It efore the bell rang had chalked 0 pretty goals. That tied the again. In the third chukker el lows were blanked and the icfense also balked their efforts ?re in the fourth. >In "the Blue 1 of the fourth chukker DuBose hts second courtter and for the imp in the game the sky-colored really scintillated in the scoring jy Tupper scored his second of the game for Town In the ihukker and the game was again p. ITie Blues were scoreless. in came the sixth and action er Each foursome was putting dazzling exhibition of riding. ators alo?g_ the rail whooped joy as the ponies pounded up down the field. It really -was lful to watch. The minutes d and it looked like a deadlock. when Llghtfoot of Town sneak? ~ ? a okinwj wuvv r* Hup goal. The ball rolled over, flag waved and it was a point own. , th hut 40 seconds -to go that looked as big 95 & mountain, he 151 uos took the hall at scrinland began a drive toward the * goal. One of the canagy colgfniry was> penalized for foulbout five second* before the excn of playing time. e hall was dropped, Joe rode about fifteen yards and then ma.M swinging, set sail for th* *' He bit the ball squarely ttad e sphere rolled ovqr the turf, the sounded. But the ball was In and through the maze of hooves h-d across the line and the game all tied up.... .. h- was an announcement that a mo was over but later .the play-' eclded to play a iwventh or sudloath chukker. The period went full seven and & half minutes >ut a score and by-that time the rs and ponies decided to call It .... . . . iday these same two teams hflU another brilliant contest on the i turf of the number one field, e promises to be an even greater 1 present Youhgofradto station WIS was uerested speotator at Sunday's 1 and later on bis 6:SS sportca&t poke ft eloquent terms <ot the ant afternoon he enJOfbd In len ? ,nfo ed this department dur>>? game that m h*4 been watch fIng polo at other points In the midSouth but;that for real audacity pf play/ hard-riding and Interest, he liked the Camden brand best, t Harper Gault of the RockiHlll Herald, who is one of the dyed-in-thewool Camden polo fane was also present. Gault always brings a crowd of Rock' Hill sportsmen with him. Publicity director Zuckerman of the University of South Carolina and several other sport fans, with groups of Charlotte and other points wer$ spectators at the game. v % [ One of the interesting episodes of the game was the fine riding exhibited by Charlie DuDose, number three , Country player, who did a spectacular barrel roll when his pony got his front legs twisted and did a brodie in the second chukkOir. PuBose spun over.the surface of -the field like a huge rubber baH and, quickly cleared like flying feet of the prostrate mount. When, the animal regained his feet and had keen magged by a trainer, TJ&fBRr quickly remounted and when play was resumed, wee down the field like a shot, little* the worse for, hie 'fltfO. ' _ i! ? V _ [j v.v- y';1 Legion Poet la Host To State Commander - - ? .-t 1 kit ween sixty-five and seventy Legionnaires and guests gathered around the banquet table at "The Flues" last Friday night, the event being the annual get-together of the James Ler^v Belk Post of the American Legion? honoring the Department Commander W. Archie Bcblffley. Following a splendid dinner served by Mrs. B. It. Truesdale a program was offered with Commander Oscar J. Bmyrl. of the Camden Post, presiding as toastmaster. ?Among the distinguished guests present were Major George G. McMurtry, of Baic Harbor, Maine, and Camden; Department Vice Commander M. J. Shirley, of Honea Path, S. C.j District Commander b. B, Margie; Department Adjutant Robert T. Falrey, of CotumftlA; Department Service I officer Quay D. Hood, of Lancaster; Major E. B. Turner, adjudication offi cer of the Veterans Administration; eadjurfficer Po Y pre-The " sPine daro Harry Spiller, Veterans Ad mints tratlon; J. M. Page, of Hpa$& Path, W. H. Holiingsworth, olf greenwood; J. M. Pope, of Florenco and Crawford Billings, of Lancaster. L&conlo Nance, who represented the Fifth District In the American Legion oratorical contest and won second place in the state finals at Wlnlhrop college, was a guest of the Camden Post amp dellverfed his ora* tion on the '^Constitution of the United States." This wAB the same oration that he gave in thfi district and state contest. The young man demonstrated remarkable ability and technique as an orator and his effort was quite outstanding. -Commander Schiffley gave an interesting talk on "Americanism," and also discussed the program of the American Legion for the current year. The get-to-gether, like all Legion affairs, was one of the most Interesting ANOTHER 8HIPMENT OF HOGS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MONTH The Kershaw County Farmers' Exchange shipped 105 head of hogs with a total ,poupdage of 18,396 which brought to the twelve farmers who participated $1,024.67. Top hogs sold f. o. b. Camden for 6.16 and the Florence Union Stock Yards were the successful bidders. It is very gratifying to see the prioe advancing and we think it unwise for our farmers to go out. of the hog business altogether due to the recent decline In prices. Farmers' who; have hogs to sell should keep them on full feed. The Exchange wjll ship again in May advises W. C. McCarley, county agent. G^ace- Episcopal Church The services for next Sunday will be as follows: -- Holy Communion, 8:00 a. m. - Church School, 9:15 a. m. Morning prayer "and sermon by the Rector, Dr. Clarke, 11:15. The Offertory will be sung by the choir. 8tate Commander Sohiffley 111 11 ' 9 Camden Students In State Contest A group of Camden high school students, winners in the District contest in various subjects of the academic calendar are competing in Columbia this week in the state finals.. This week some 1200 high achool students are In the state cepHal observing South Carolina high school week and also participating in the state conteeu . Prom the English and history departments of the Camden high school are the Misses Prances Khame and Betty Munn; from the Prench department, Prances Khame: from the geometry department. Wallacb Kector and Billy Mullen; from general science, Pranoea West; from Junior algebra, Betty ^ane Sarratt; front Junior Latin, Betty Jane 8arratt, Ethel Ann Mauldin and Caroline Pitts; from typing, Lois Gaekin; from bookkeeping, Howard Hayes; and from general scholarship, Betty Munn and Prances Rhame. The following; students represent Camden high school in the seventh annual industrial educational contest to be held at Clemson College, April 26 and 27: Prom woodwork department, Carol Lee Rabon, Follin Watts. From mechanical drawing department, Ted Dunn, W. Robin Zemp, Jr. Camden Man Loses Brother By Death Harry Baxter Redfearn, 43, Pageland business man, died Monday at the Veterans' hospital In Columbia after a short illness. Mr. Redfearn, an automobile dealer, was a former mayor of Page land, where he was prominent In the civic activities of his community. He was a Shriner. Funeral services were conducted at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Pageland. Survivors include the widow, the former Miss Daisy Anderson, of Albemarle, N. C.; one daughter, Mary Ann Redfearn; - his mother, Mrs. Molly Redfearn, of Pageland; three brothers, W. T. Redfearn, of Camden; J. D. Redfearn, of Bristo, Conn., and Ed. Redfearn, of Chesterfield. ",t Changes Made tn Mail Schedules Postmaster C.' P. DuBose, Sr., has announced the northbound mall schedule which heretofore has provided for mail to be placed in the post office at 7:15 p. m. for transportation on the Seaboard train leaving here at 8:15 p. m., has been changed. Effective Sunday, April 28, the afternoon mall must be placed in the post office not later than 4 p.<m. In order to go out on the train leaving here at 4:43 irr the afternoon: ? ~ For the information of mail patrons, mall for the star route to Charlotte must be placed In the post office by 6:15 a. m. for the 7 a. m. departure; and by 12:45 p. m. for the 1:30 p. m. departure. Air mail sent on the star route to Chdrlotte makes the northbound plane at that point and Is delivered in Washington, New York and other points the following morning. : Southbound mall to be sent out on the 10:45 a. m. Seaboard must be boxed at 10 a. m,_.Southbound mail for the star route to Sumter which leaves here at 1:00 p. m. must be boxed at l^tl6 pym. ' Names Board of Registration Governor May bank Tuesdhy unpointed the board of registration for Kershaw county, as follows: Q. B. Taylor,, chairman; Mrs. W. J. Dunn and Frank L. Munn, all of Camden. Riggins and Cox Lead In Rout Of Invaders By the Skipper Well folks, the boys In the Camden gray uniforms turned the trick this time at the expense of the Blshopvtlle troupe of diamond dusters, the soore beliii 8 to 4. It was sweet roveng? for the locals, who in an early season game lost to the elevated deacons by a 10 to a count. U was also the thlrd consecu; tive victory of one Mister Monkey Hlgglns, the kid Hurler of the Camden forcv*. lUggins really went to town against the erstwhile sluggers front the neighboring bailiwick, *,vlu? but five scattered blows and retiring 15 of the opposition via the strikeout route. Aiding and abetting in the bl tskrleg against the invaders was tho blonde viking. Hugh Cox, who jumped Into the record feet first with fou runs, three hits, two walks and live stolen aacks?sufficient to aious little demons of jealousy in the hearts of Ty Cobb or Honus Wagner in their own heyday. .The sad part of the story w*8 ll*e gate. It was the usual handful of faithful In the grandstand and the most sorry part of the ^ole aUon<b ance record was the fact that there were more Bishopville ardent rooter? than there were Camden. This i our opjhion is a sorry state of a?alrs and must be a pain in the neck for31 grand coach andlifeain. We have for several weeks been, panning the Camden Pnbllc f?r fa^' ore to get out and support the team. WC "a? new that the .ouroe of the evil if it can he so-styled, Is right in the'high school stodpnt body, dream back to the days when this de 1 partment was a student in high school recall with a great deaj of satisSk>n the support the ball club of school was given by the student body. - . ? But to get back to the ball Camden opened up on c much publicised Bishopville .harp shooter With e two run len firm up, drew a walk; Robinson angled and Cox walked. Mullen was out at third on a peg from Bernf to Skinner. Jsc|_Marshail, selected a nice offering and poled it for a tr P ^ scoring Robinson and Cox In th third inning the locals scored another runr%\liU by ^ -bo ?tole j,econd and cat^e home when C. Taylor In the fourth the black and gold did some fancy score l<nlttln*Mims waited for four wide ones^ Rig gins showed he can hit as pitch by poling out i\?ouble* a popped to short. Robinson drove a sharp grounder betweenflrstand second which Watson luggled Mjms and Rlggins coming home. ft*J*or shall popped to short but. . ^^522^^ ?-***out any additional scoring by the locals Li in the eighth Cox drew his third walk of the game, ?^ e ^ond; took third on a passed ball aml ga loped home when Jack Ma^all singled sharply to right. In the sev enth the locals filled the sacks with one down, but all died as Mullen and Robinson went out. in the five times Cox stewed_to the plate, he traveled the path to the init ?al sack. In four times he made the circuit of the diamond and in the other he went as far as third. fl*Jt pearancp of the blonde ad at first was thT signal for Reynolds to take, up lessons in aviation. Bishopville' scored three the third inning on two hits and a is the uiuih on an error and "'mgglnu tanned three hattere In the first inning, one In the second, two In ttfe tfllrd, three in the fourth, two to Sylvan Bowl lit Prize For Winner Town and Country .will play the second game of the Sylvan cup series at the number one polo tleld here on Sunday afternoon, the opening chukker to get under way at 8 o'clock. Two gawoa have already been play? ed In this annual clash for the Columbla donated bowl. The first game went to Town 4 to 8 after a nip tuek six chhkker struggle. The second .game, played before a large crowd last Sunday ended in a 5 to 6 deadlock and thereby hangs a tale behind the regular broadcast of the event. Sport writers from five papers who were at the game, also a newscaster from a radio station, and even the publicity bureau of the polo group all missed a seventh chukker that was dished up. Next Sunday the same teams will again meet on the turf of the number one field. Town will have Jack ClybUr at No. 1; Robertson at No. 2, Light foot at No. 3, and Kirby Tupper at No. 4. Country will hate Burns at No. 1, Charlie little at No. 2. DuBose at No. 3 and Joe Bates at No. 4. In the event Jack Clyburn is not available Ancrum Boykin will work on the Town team. Now that the period of pilgrimage tO the gardens of the low country Is over, it Is believed that hundreds of people will seise the opportunity offered In the few remaining games to b6 played this season to be on hand for a final * session at watching the ponies and riders of the popular Camden polo club. With the closing of the polo club in May, the latest it has extended in the ..history of the club, Camden will officially ring down the final curtain on the 1939-1940 season. New York Paper in Attack On U. S. No. 1 A recent bitter attack upon United States highway No. 1 by a New York paper, which described the New York to PkrrWa highway as "Butctde Route No. 1," prompted an Inquiry of the state highway department as to the accuracy of the statements relative to the number of accidents and deaths on this highway In the Palmetto state In 1939> \ Wilbur 8. Smith, traffic engineer for the highway department furnished the chamber of commerce with figures, as the records show there were 182 accidents on U. S. No. 1 In t^io state during 1939. Of these 17 had fatal results. There were 16 pedestrian accidents in the same period, with six being fatal. The newspaper article has resulted in a general expression of protest from communities along the U. 8. No. 1 highway, who while not disputing the accuracy of the figures given in the-matter of accidents and deaths, point out that other north-bound highways have a greater , casualty and mortality record. The high percentage of accidents, It is claimed, is due to the fact that U. S. No. 1 carries the heaviest traffic load of any north-sfiuth route. It is true that at a nuirfber of points along the route the road 1b but 18 feet wide, but in South Carolina the regular 20 foot highway has been widened by the building of three and four foot hard-surfaced shoulders, which give g total width of from 26 to 28 feet. A __ 1 - . - the fifth, one in the seventh and eighth respectively ocd two iu the ninth. ' The finish of the game was a real epic In pitching. After the visitors had scored their run on an error by 3V. Mima at third and Hudson's single, Watson popped out to B. Mims. Then Riggins retired the next twd* batters, both of the pinch variety on strikes. Camden Is due to play Newberry here ftfilfrnoon. Newberry, baa one of the best teams the Bulldogs have been called upon to battle this geason. The game should be a (honey and deserves a btg turnout of fans. The performance of the Bulldogs Is all that the fans can ask for. Coach Lin Smith started the season with a green .outfit. But as we mentioned In the coverage of the first Sumter game the team looked good and would im" prove with age. The hoys dropped the first three ^ames and then With Riggins getting a toehold oq.Jhe mound and the boys putting up some pretty defensive play, they proceeded to take the next three, all wins being at the expense of the teams they had previously taken a beating from. Riggins has won three out of four games he has pitched. All this is deserving of attention from the fans of Camden and vicinity. And beat of all, It shouldhierit HH support of every sports than. The score: . ? ? ? Camden 8 %% ? Blshopville \-'5L?? Batteries: For Camden, Riggins and Cox. For Blshopville, C. Reynold# and Berry. Guy Gunter Killed In Automobile Crash Greenville, April 28.?C, Guy Gun* lej\ f>8, Greenville business men, whs killed In an automobile collision here yesterday. Mrs. Quitter, riding with her husband, was slightly Injured. The person who was driving the other car was not hurt. The Guntera were traveling south In their car when the second automobile entered the Fork Shoals road from a aide toad, crashing Into the Gunter machine. Doth oars were overturned In tire collision, Deputy Sam 1'ollard said. The Impact of the crash threw Gunter from his machine, a light sedan, his head being smashed against a telephone pole. Witnesses said that glasses worn by Gunter were unbroken. Gunter was a prominent business man of this city and was widely known throughout the state.- /Ho was a star football player at the ITniver- . aity of South Carolina, shortly after the turn of the century and also played professional baseball with Camden in the old state league. He had made his home here for a number of years and also operated fertilizer plants In Walhalla and at Greer lit addition to the local plant. He Is survived by his widow, one son, C. Guy Gunter, Jr., and a daughter, Mrs. James Arneau, Greenville; hla mother, Mrs. F. O. Gunter, of Lexington ; two sletert, Mr?t JV Mellette, of Lexington. and Mrs. Brltt Jenkins, of Blair, and one grandchild. ' Funeral services were to be held this afternoon at St. Andrews Episcopal church conducted by the Rev. A. r; Mitchell. Burial was to be in the Springwood cemetery here. ATTENDED FUNERAL Friends and . relatives of Guy C. Gunter were shocked and grieved .to ! learn of his tragic death at Greenville Sunday. .... - ? - ? Mr,. Gunter will be pleasantly remembered by many of our older citizens. He was popular . In Camden when he was manager of the Camden baseballdub-4a 1804 -when -CJamdeiv won state-wide recognition as a baseball town by winning the state league pennant and there was keen compo-. tition by other cities.4 During his stay here he was married to Miss Jennie Shannon, dadgh-. ter of the last postmaster, C. J. Shannon and Mrs. Shannon. J...? Friends will be glad to know that Mrs .Gunter, although painfully bruised and suffering from shock, was not seriously injured.- P~ Those of the immediate family and-others from this section attending the funeral of Mr. Gunter at 'Greenville Monday were: Kershaw Shannon, Mrs. H.S. Steedman, Mrs. J. S. Blackwell, W. M. Shannon, Mrs. John deLoach, Mrs. A. K.' Blakpney, of Camden; Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Lachlpotte. Charles J. Shannon, of Charlotte; Mr. and Mr#....? R. W. Shannon, of Jefferson; C. E. DeLoache, of Chester; Mr. and Mrs.Serre deLoach, of Columbia. Federal Body Agrees To Investigate Here Radio listeners who have been doing a lot of cussing of late because of having radio reception impaired by string radio telegraph signals in the .standard broadcast band will be ?r interested to know that the vigorous protest filed by the Chamber of Com* merce will result in an investigation by the Atlanta oftioe of the commission. The chamber has received a reply to' the letter of protest against the radio-telegraph signals making it difficult to get good reception on the i The commission reports the matter having been referred to the inspector at Atlanta and that an investigation will be made in the near fnture. The commission would like to have the names of ten or more radio listeners who have experienced trouble of the kind mentioned And. special investigation 'Will "be made of reception of the receivers' of each complainant. | The chamber of commerce would like to Wave radio owner* who have experienced interruption of reception I by the dot and dash saueals of radio | telegraph signals to notify fhe chamber at once. ~ : LOOK AT YOUR LABELI ^ We have mailed out po*t cards ramlnding subscribers o# overdue subscriptions. If you have received one of thede cards please read your labol and mall In your ?heck or money order to pay up back time and to bring your label up to ; date. We de not udatrte any subscriber, but arc forced ****** any names we find overdue. Look j ;_J i CHAMBER SEEKS COMPLETE CENSUS V * ' < li?'-! J. ' . Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Camden, have you and all members of your family been enumerated-ln the 1940 census? .. If you have*not been counted, you are requested by the Chamber of Commerce to telephone the office, 67, and make that / fact known. ~ " ' It is particularly desired that Camden get a full report in the census so that the number of persons in the city's population will be accurately reported. It is possible that the census takers may have missed a number * of Camdenites in their check up. . If you have not been enumerated^. please either telephone the Chamber of Commerce or mail the following coupon so that you will not be missed by the count: * - . ...... v." Chamber of Commerce, y ?L # "* t -j-? Camden, South Carolina. - A census taker has not yet visited my home. Naitip ' * - * . ? i ? ?...... _ v. A* **II1C ? ?W a ? ? ? ? ** m H>f ?i m m mmwmm mmm m a a ' ?"F r~~ ~ - ?-- ... Address ? i . ./ ' . - . , , .ii ^ iL f