The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 24, 1940, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
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"Skipper"
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Th? Thf?? PUhcrmon
Charlie. l*e and gopd old Buster
\ fishing went one day
Armed with reel and book and line?
?he> were ready for the fray.
a nasty breete swept over the pond.
The wave* rose up In wrath.
Alas and alaok. we must admit,
Our heroes took a hath.
Have you pals," the fire chief cried,
\s he plunged Into the water,
While Lee a neailby atump embraced
In a way he hadn't aught'er.
The rolks along the distant shore
Were in a franco dither.
They looked for hoat, a craft or skiff
Ail L.ce could do was shlvver.
The future of our town Is safe,
Mav their prowess never dim,
And Charlie Bald he will admit.
They all were lu the swim.
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Yes friends and fellow countryhien.
here were several nerve-packed
thrills out at the old Hermitage pond
that Thursday afternoon when the
representatives of the city government.
pos toff Ice department, and theatrical
enterprises staged the one act
drama. "Stumped at Last." With T.
Leo Little In the starring role, a mean
eale of wind In tbe^character of the
vtllian. hungry white-capped waves
doing their stuff and Charlie (Fire
Commissioner) ViUeplgue In the role
of the hero, the premier was so realist
u- that the cast has definitely decided
not to repeat It?at least not
until the lake has dried up.
There are some things In life that
one least expeoted. For Instance, T.
Lee Little never likes to be stumped,
but this time he was stomped proper.
Hut as Buster Sheorn, the other member
of the cast remarks, '"At least, we
were in the swim.'
After the ball game In Columbia the
other night we stopped in at a downtown
restaurant of the capital city to
snag a sandwich and a cup of Java.
Just after we seated ourselves a couple
came in and sat down at an adjoining
table. Listen?
'This Is a good restaurant, isn't
it?" Inquired the man at the adjoining
table.- ?
Yes sir, best in Columbia," said
the waiter. "If you order a fresh egg
you get the freshest egg In town. If
you order hot soup you get the hottest
soup 1m the city, sir. If "
"I believe you're right" Interrupted
the man at. the adjoining table. "I
was in here yesterday and ordered a
small steak."
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[ A New York World's fair attraction
advertises "300 beautiful girls and 40
lorses." Buck wants to know if it
would be worth while going that far
to see that many horses. \
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The new college definition for
"parents" is "the kin you love to
touch."
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A newspaper from a western city
carries an advertisement of a restaurant
that boasts that it serves only
1" cent meals. Shucks, I've been in
places where they do the same thing
?only they charge 75 cents.
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1 Kingston Hughes, well known purveyor
of poetry says his best poems
ar - written when he was "feeling very
bad." Ain't it a fact that such Is true
of most poetry.
First it's too cold, then it's too hot;
tlK-n It's too wet and then it's too
dry. What a world, what a world.
But then, it keeps us from getting
bored.
The Camden TJ1 band journeyed
forth last Saturday afternoon and
from a place on the Boul. DeKalb entertained
with a program of sftiTing
music.
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Hundreds of people jammed the
street to listen to the youthful musiclane,
who under the baton of Director
Wlmberly burned out some nifty
tunes. Everyone of us, fathers, mothers,
sisters and 'brothers and a lot of
non-relatiVes of the band lads and
lasses chortled with glee and happiI
ness over the fact that Camden has a
real honest-to-goodness band.
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That beautiful blue granite coping
; around the memorial lot in Quaker
cemetery was the gift of the American
Legion post. D Is made of Winnsboro
granite and represents a cost of
$375. Within the boundery defined by
the coping lies two war heroes. Richard
Klrkland, outstanding hero of the
civil war and Hobson Hilton, a world
war hero.
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We've witnessed a lot of polo since
last December but for real thrills the
game Sunday between the foursome
led by Joe Bates and that captained
by Oharle DuBose packed a thrill a
minute.
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Kirby Tupper proceeded to shatter
a field mark when he scored three
goals In the first chukker, all In the
period of three minutes. In the third
chukker Moultrie Burns stepped up
with the same kind of scoring bee.
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It looked like a walkaway for the
Bates gang early in the game When
they led 4 to 0 and appeared to be
bitting on all four. But the yellow
clad imallet lads refused to be beaten
and by ever-lastingly keeping at It,
pulled up to within a point of their
opponents and then in the final chukked,
trailing by two goals, tied It up
again and that is' tlhe way the game
ended.
Yon have to band it to all the gang
for doing some really sensational riding.
Judging from the applause from
the side lines, all of Wateree and a [
part of Columbia, must have been on
hand to root for Joe Bates and company.
i Even the sport scribes from Spartanburg,
Greenville, Rock Hill, Charlotte
and Columbia came over to
watch the game.
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Getting Into hoss racing for a
change. We note Faction Fighter,
with Sidney Watters i uo , won the
Gloucester Fox Hunters Plate at Media,
Penn., last Saturday. Faction
Fighter Is a seven year old gelding
from the Paul Mellon stables here In
Camden.
As the week end rolls by and we
get the reports of the winning performance
of Camden trained horses,
we know the Why of Harry D. Kirkover's
pleasant grin.
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' Getting into a serious trend of thot
?in times like this, with the world
tumbling - down, most people are
plagued by a feeling of helplessness.
There is little enough they can do,
it is true, but there is brie very valuable
thing?support the American Red
Cross. This organization of mercy is
going to be faced with terrible problems
of helping the refugees, the
starving and distressed victims of
Europe's horror. It is going to try
to do all It can to relieve suffering.
For the means to do this it is calling
upon the American people. We have
been unable to stop the holldcaust
but in humility and thankfulness, for
our own perhaps all undeserved good
fortune, we can do something to bind
pp the wounds, feed the starving and
rescue the children. What we can do,
should do, we should do gladly?
^thankful to help, even tho It be a
L small amount.
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have nearly 30 uses as compared to
the 14 uses 10 year's ago. t; .
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says Verna S.: '*Since UBing Adlerika
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relieves temporary constipation that
often aggravates bad complexion.
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MATHER ACADEMY ENTERS
FOURTH E98AY CONTEST
During the last four years, the high
school students of Mather Academy
have participated In the state tuberculosa
essay contest: This has been
conducted by the cooperative efforts
of the science and English departments.
Each year at least one student
has been a winner m the state
coutest. Helen MoLute won first
place and Eleanor Helton second in
11*37; Maggie Carlos, second, and Imcia
James a fourth prize lu 1938; Patricia
Collins, second, and Vordell
Williams, a fourth prize lu 1939.
Awards for this year will not be
announced until June, but Mather
hopes to keep up hor record. The
students whoso essays wore entered
In the state contest which closed recently
were as follows; Ellen Moirester,
Verdelle Williams and Geneva
Bolton. 0
Besides material from the state and
county associations, students have Interviewed
Miss Marie Thomas, executive
secretary of the Kershaw county
tuberculosis association, and have
made a special study of the situation
In tbe county,
Wateree Battles
Camden in Finale
The blue of Wateree and the yellow
of Cauideu will resume Jlhelr polo
quarrel on the nuiuber one field here
next Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock,
the rival team* to pick up where they
left off laet Sunday when t^ey battled
six torrid chukkera to a 6 to t> tie.
Captain Joe Hates of the Wateree
blues will use the same liueup thai
was in evidence last Suuday with Kliby
Tuppor, high scoring ace in the
No. 1 position; Stnoiner at No. 2, Ancruiu
lloyklu at No. 3, while the old
reliable Sir Knight himself will handle
the defensive back assignment.
Captain Charlie DuBose' of the
Camden outfit will have M. Burns, another
high scorer at the No. 1 position;
Charlie ltobertson at No. 2; DuBose
at No. 3, and Carl l.lghtfoot at
No. 4.
The game Sunday will mark the
end of the 1939-1940 polo season In
Camden and the fans will have to
wait until the third Sunday in November
to see the sflk clads in action
again. The present season has ostabI
listied a record, not only in Camden,
but in the entire South. Heretofore,
the polo programs have closed shortly
after the running of the Carolina cup,
which takes place on the last Saturday
In March. This year the polo seasou
has extended through April and
May and the attendance at the "summer
sessions" of the sport has exceeded
the most sanguine expectations of
the polo club members.
[. The game last Sunday is described
by the critics and railblrds as beiug
the best of the entire season, in that
ponies and players were "hot." Not
only lj) the sense of playing under a
broiling sun, but in playing prowess
and skill in riding and shooting. The
game packed a thrill a minute and the
resumption of hostilities next Sunday
should witness a record turnout of
fans.
The game last Sunday started out
to be a regular Wateree txlltzkrelg, as
the blues certainly put on the pressure
In the initial chukker when they
shot away to a 3 to 0 lead at the bell,
and it *Was Kinby Tuppet, gentleman
rider and pololst who)e star shone
brightest. Tupper, through some magniflclent
fencing by Bates and Boykln,
shot three goals in less than three
minutes. The first came within ten
seconds after the start of the game.
The second thirty seconds later and j
the third two mlnutea later.--Topper
added a fourth goal in the second and
a fifth In the third." After that he was
a marked man and the yellow defense
blocked every effort be made to shoot.
Burns scored his three goals In the
third on some beautiful assist shots
by DuBose, Robertson and Ldghtfoo^
County Woman Is
Named on Board
Mrs. J. T. Gettys, long an Interested
member of the executive committee of
the Kershaw county tuberculosis association,
was recently elected to the
board of directors of the South Carolina
tuberculosis association to serve
for a period at four years. Mrs. Gettys
was also chosen as recording seoretary
of the gouth Carolina tuberculosis
association, thus giving the Kershay
county tuberculosis association
representation on f the state association's
executive committee.
JSnthused by this Recognition of the
ability of one of its members, the executive
committee of the Kershaw
county tuberculosis association," has
taken steps to further increase Interest
in the tuberculosis program In every
section of the county by Appointing
several committees to study the
needs and promote progress. Mrs.
John Mullen, has been named chairman
of the Christmas S^al Sale committee;
Mrs. Margaret C. Mayfteld,
chairman of rehabilitation and relief,
t>r. A. W. Humphries, chairman of
publicity; Mrs. A. C. McKaln, chairman
of public relations, and Mrs. J. T.
Gettys, Chairman of the legislative
committee.
Supported by these loyal workers
and members of their committees, the
president of the Kershaw county tuberculosis
association, J, T. Qettys, is
pressing forward toward the time
when the county's tuberculosis problem
will be welt under control.
A Gentle Laxative Good
For Children
Host any child who takes this
tarty laxative once will welcome it
the next time he's constipated and
It has him headachy, cross, listless,
with bad breath, coated tongu* or
little appetite.
Syrup of Black-Draught is a tasty
liquid companion to the famous
BLACK-DRAUGHT. The principal
ingredient is* the same in both
products; helps impart tone to lazy
bowel muscles.
The Syrup's flavor appeals to
most children, and, given by the
^airnplo directions, its action is
usually gentle, but thorough. libmember
Syrup of Black-Draught
next time. Two sizes: 50c and 2oc.
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Merit a Of Varsity Are
Explained At Meeting
A large number of hlgli school senior
class members from Kershaw
county hlgfh schools gathered at the
Episcopal guild hall here Friday evening
to listen to a talk by Dean John
A. Chase of the school of administration
of the state university and to
witness motion pictures of the South
Carolina-Miami university football
game of last season. Dean
Chase gave an interesting
talk regarding the history of the
state university, tracing Its origin
from 1801 -to the present time. He
detailed the splendid advantages the
university offers to the youth of the
state for the achieving of education
and cited the various departments of
work and study offered.
The motion pictures of the footlball
game were offered by Ted Toomey,
assistant footlball coach, who also
spoke briefly Of the fine faoilftlea offered
by the university for physical
I fitness of the students.
11. A quartet from the varsity glee
dob gave several numbers wtrile refreshments
were served by the local
alumnae and alumni with Mrs. Dan
Mackey and Miss Faith deLoach presiding
at t?e punch bowls. The meeting
was arranged by Attorney John
K. d?Loach. Attorney L. A. Wittkowsky
presided as chairman.
To Meet In Bishopvllle Theatre
Luther A. Moore, president of the
Lee County Singing Convention, announces
its 177th session on Sunday,
May 26, at 2:30 p. m., at the Lyric
theatre in the Town of Bishopvllle.
The theatre will seat with comfort
four hundred people and a loud-speak"
er wIlT1>e used to enable those on the
outside to hear. A very special Invitation
Is extended to all singers and
a warm welcome will be accorded all.
Handkerchiefs, wrought and edged
with gold, used to be worn by English
gentlemen i In their hats as favors
. from young ladies.
KIWANI8 N0TE8
The weekly luncheon of the Klwanis
club was held at the Camden .
hotel Tuesday. Don Morrison had
charge of the program and Introduced
as his speaker, Bob Nutt. Mr,
Nutt used aB his subject* "How To
Remember," and gave the elub a very
Interesting demonstration. The attendance
this weok was thirty members
and one visitor.
The United States Navy now has .
eight blimps on hand or on order.
Who Got the Pants? ?
James MoCIenton, colored, wu
rested upon the complaint of Fred
Cantey, also colored, the latter charging
James with having taken a pair of
pants from the Cantey shack near
Cassatt on Tuesday. MoCIenton,
admitting to a constable, It is alleg- ;;;
ed, that he has served time f6r rot>bery
on several occasions,* denies ha^
took Fred's .britches. And he has several
witnesses to prove that he was <
not near the shack when the alleged *
theft took place. Anyhow, the pants
are still missing. ?r
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THE FORD WAT
OF DOING BUSINESS
The Ford Motor Company was founded
by a working-man for working-men. Iu
present officers began as employees of the
Company. It was the first company to pay
a minimum wage, beginning in 1914, at
the then astounding figure of ^5 a day.
That was double the prevailing wage of
, the time. The Ford minimum is now ?6
a day for all employees engaged ii| production
work. And from that, the wages
rise to ^10.80 a day, with the average wage
$7*23, exclusive of salaried employees.
The Ford Motor Company
was the first large
company to establish the
8-hour day?also in 1914.
And the 40-hour week
was inaugurated by the
Ford Motor Company in
1926, years before any
such laws existed.
The Ford Motor Company
employs men without
regard to race, creed
or color. It is common
knowledge that working conditions in
the Ford shops are the best that science
and constant care can make them. A
square deal, a just wage and stabilized
employment for a large proportion of
our employees ? and as fully stabilized
for all as conditions will permit ?
enable our men to retain their personal
independence.
Mn consequence of these policies the Ford
Motor Company has one of the finest
bodies of employees in the world. The
larger proportion are mature men of long
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service with the Company?sober, decent
family men. Hundreds of them have
been with the Company for more than
25 years ? thousands for more than 15
years. Their health record? home ownership
and citixenship records are good.
Jill this is reflected in Ford products,
whether cars, trucks or tractors: The
work is honestly done. Materials are the
best that can be made or procured. Less
profit to the Company and more value
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CO I lie vusiuiucr is ikiiuwn
throughout the motoring
world at "Ford's way ofl
doing business."
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Cord Motor Company
was the first to make a
motor car within the
means of the average
family?quitting the
manufacture of what was
then the largest selling '
model in the world to
do so. Its chosen field in
all the 30 years since that
time ha* been the average American
family ? for which it hat consistently
provided car facilities which formerly
only the wealthy could buy.
It is the policy of the Ford Motor Company
to share the benefits of advanced
methods and management with workers
and public alike. Increased wafees and
employment over a period of many yeara I
have resulted in
A 300 per cent increase
in the built-in value of the Ford car and 01
75 per cent reduction in its price ,
Henry Ford and Edsel
Ford keep daily personal
touch with all
phases of Ford manufacture.
In a conference
with his staff, Henry
Ford often says: "Go
ahead?/'// sit here and
represent the public
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