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Rotary Selects. Camden. Far 1141 District Convention. The Camden Chronicle __ , \ 0LUME 82 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1940. NUMBER 18 C^Hundred Will I I Entertained Here L District Conference of the 190th if. ol notary ^International will I in April. 1941. In Camden ac to a decision Reached at the K assembly which was held 'at K'# Head. South Carolina, laat KrtOth District of Rotary InterwL\ comprises Western* Nbrth EL and a11 of 8outh ^arollTlftU, ar0a there are forty-nine Koleiubs having an aggregate mem1, of approximately two thous UBually about five hundred HoI f an(i wives of Rotarjgns atE(ije district conference' wthlch I three days. Camden is the Lit town and the Camden Rotary |u ,he smallest Rotary Club |h has at least in recent years taken to act as host to a dis(conference. In view of this se n of Camden Is considered a compliment both to the Camden y Club and to the city. The tog will be held when the win otels are still open so that am hotel accommodations will be able. Falling in April the eonfer wiil find Camden at the peak g attractiveness. It is felt that landing of this convention in Ken is ft long step , forward toff, getting conv^klons here in fftf the fact that Rotary clubs built UP Of one man from each ailon of trade. Therefore Camas a convention host will be lniced to almost all of the various leases and professions and If this entlon is a success there is evreason to believe that other conons will be forthcoming in en; years during the months of I when Camden can accommothem. i conference with Frank Heath, stary of the Chamber of Come, Henry Savage, Jr., presiof the Camden Rotary Club, told that to properly live up to the irds set by other communities l have entertained the" Ro tarfa the past it will take the en1c co-operation of the entire lunlty. Mr. Savage expressed his iciatlon for numerous telegrams Ito Joe E. Tlmberlake,* District nor of Rotary international, in[ the conference to meet in en and expressed the hope that these organizations will follow gh with a full measure of coop>n with the Camden Rotary in the task ahead of it. tish Embassy Is ateful To Camden R. Hoyer, secretary of the Brit; tmbassador at Washington, has en to the Camden Chamber of nerce expressing his- gratitude le staunch and generous attitude mulen people for the British naln the present war. . Millar was particularly appree of the offer made by; the len Chamber to provide homes frltish children. The proposed to send the children to this try has been abandoned owing to iced of all ships of war for the ling of the Nazi thrust. ;tball Captains lit Sans For Schedule meeting of the captains of tri-borough softball league was at the office of tbe bureau of atlon Monday and plana for the half of the league program dihtd and adopted. e of the most drastic hctlohs w meeting was the endorsement uggestiod that only team *c*pmay argue with an umpire, that in who break Into an argument be expelled from the game. ? team captains decided to con1 the schedule as prepared by the ?n and including the August 16 ! and the winner of the second schedule will then play the win?f the first half which happens 6 thn Wateree mill team. This 8 will be four out of seven gamn the event the Wateree team M first in the second half, the reason series would be between Wateree team and the second > winner of the second half lule. ? captains agreed to allow hut hues on a hit that strikes th,e vhlch la located In fir ^ett field. * also decided that on an over1 of a batted ball over first, or home bases the runner shall Costly Flames Visit Down Town Stores Fire hhid to have started from a hot motor of the refrigerating plant In the, market section, gutted the Camden Food Shop and badly damaged the store occupied by the Western Auto company. In addition the Central barber shop and the DeKalb pharmacy as well as offices over the pharmacy were smoke damaged. The fire started between 12:30 and 1 o'clock Saturday morning- and when the fire department reached the scene, the interior of the food shop was a furnace of fire. The fire wall between the food shop and the DeKalb pharmacy prevented the flames from penetrating, into that store and the offices Oh Hie socond floor and the same situation prevailed on the south where a fire wall saved the Sheorn and Son Clothing Store. The food shop, Western Auto Company store and the barber shop were separated only by walls extending to the ceiling in each instance, the loft overhead extending over all three places. It was Into this wall that the flames surged causing heavy damage to the two stores at the south. The fire department turned three streams of water into the flames, fighting the fire a greater part of the time from the rear and overhead. As a precaution against a possible spread of the flames to adjacent buildings, Chief Fire Marshall Brevard Boykin had both pumpers of the department on thq scene. The new pumper was U8ed In the attack on the fire with the Seagrave held nearby In reserve. There was one casualty reported, that being a bad cut on the ankle received by the fire ohief when he sought to get through an area where part of a tin roof had fallen. Another fireman was cut on the arm but not seriously. Dense clouds of smoke poured from the doors and windows of the food shop, auto store and barber Bhop while in the drug store the Bmoke penetrated sufficient to discolor the walls and ceilings. The same was true In the second floor offices of the drug store building. The heavy smoke made It difficult for the firemen to get the streams of water into the burning building, but this handicap was overcome and once the volunteers went Into action, it required less than two hours for the fire, to be extinguished. A Chronicle reporter was Informed by H. H. Maddox of the food shop that his loss-of stock and contents would aggerate at least |5,o00, while L. L. McCa8klll, owner of the food shop market estimated his loss at 12,000. At the Western Auto Store the loss was placed at $2,600. The Central barber' shop listed a loss of several hundred dollars as did the DeKalb Pharmacy. The loss to the buildings it was said would aggregate several thousand dollars. Tfi evCry Ihstance Insurance coverage was hut partial. Associated with Mr. Maddox In the food shop was John Hugglns. Mr. Maddox issued a statement after the fire that he was arranging to open temporary quarters at once in the store formerly occupied by the Belk department store and that as soon as the food shop had been rebuilt, he would return to that location. Old Sol Pours Seat Rays Upon Nation The long spring and early summer of below normal temperature which has prevailed thia year to a marked extent has been broken during the past several days by a heat warn which tied the record of ( standing. -h How ' Unofficial weather readings indicated a temperature of W on 8undajfaand ,1 102 on Monday. This was a degree or or so lower than the maxjroum re- I ported in Columtoias Florence and < Newberry. The weather man held out hopes ] for a break shortly after the middle \ of the week and while promising low- ] er temperature indicated that the < weather would still remain uncom- ^ fortably warm. From the midwest and eastern states comes reports of unusually hot weather with many dead from heat and drowning. _ A tORRectlO1!: I In our Mat lasue wo carrlod ?n an- ' pouncement oard for D. D- Vincent as a candidate for magistrate for De- i K?1b TolSS.lP Th",.*!*", ,*!? , read "candidate for Magistrate cor for Flat Rock Townahip". We regret the error. *\rdftk- a*- v.u > Police Ball Promoter Had Police Record (ttimlnn may bo a small continualty and Its police force may be ina^ie UP of genial smiling men who were born and raised In the city or neara bouts. Hut the Camden police are not the Kind to be taken in by sharysters. This fact is attested by the develop* mentB growing out of a police ball that was scheduled for July 26 In Charlotte. Said ball was being promoted by ono Thomas M Hill, who looked after the Bale of tickets In Charlotte and neighboring cities. For it was this same Thomas Hill who In company with another police ball promoter came to Camden and Interested Chief of Police Rush and Health Inspector Don Morrison in the benefit ball program. A few friends suggested that Instead of the police permitting Hill and his friend to pocket a goodly percentage of the monies received from the ticket sales, why not handle the affair themselves and make a real return possible. So It was that when Hill's companion and a Camden maiden he had married while here suddenly disappeared, the police gave Hill the highball sign and took over. These police balls have been given over the state and in North Carolina for months past and It was n6t until the Charlotte police discovered that Hill was an ex-convict th&t the situation was given an airing. Fine Game Promised For Softball Fans Jake Hayne8' Camden starlets, a smooth performing feminine softball team will clash with the Darlington team at the Laurens Btreet Boftball arena this afternoon at 5 o'clock. The Hartsvllle team has been a Jinx to the Camden gals all season but Jake claims to have his squad working in fine form now and promises victory this afternoon. The game Is to be called at 5 o'clock and will find petite Lois Blackwell staging one of 3*er worth whilepitching performance^. Lois 1b one of the most versatile girl atthlete In the state. In softball she is an expert In any position on the team, bus specializes in pitching. The tri-borough league game scheduled between Wateree and Hermitage for this afternoon was played Tuesday so there will be no Interruption to the girl's game program this afternoon. Tuesday afternoon the starlets played the Great Falls girls and won with ease, 13 to 3. McCorkle Is Speaker j At Agency Meeting! The annual meeting of railway transportation officials, agents and employees of the Columbia, S. C., I District of the Railway Express com-j pany was held in the ball room of the Columbia Hotel last Friday. At this meeting, in addition to other problems, the matter of securing homes in this state for British, Welsh and Scottish children was taken up. Mayor F. N. McCorkle of this city was one of the principal speakers at both-cihe morning and evening meetInri ftf tho arrAiin Postal Company Will Remove Old Cable Word has been received by Mayor F. N. McCorkle from J. A. Head, division plant superintendent of the Postal Telegraph company, that executive approval has been received for the removal of the line of the Telegram that the city has been carrying In the pole and line removal progra mthat the city has been carrying mt, the heavy cable of the Postal company, with the thick supporting poles constituted an eye-sore. It is understood that the Postal Company plans to reroute the cable conduit through the south limits. Moldenhauer Sells Hobkirk Property A deed filed at the court house this week, conveys the Hobkirk Hotel property from Paul' Moldenhauer to kfrs. Ernest L. WoodVard. Consideration is not disclosed in the document, ks yet there has been no announceil en t of the new owner aa to what lis position will be made of the hotel property* -. rr . > *_ *. ^ ** Metropolitan Scribe Praises Camden "The neatest and most wide-awake appearing town between New York and Miami" was the statement of Allison Stephens, New York newspaper writer, who stopi>ed in the Camden and Kershaw county Chamber of Commerce early In the week, enroute from Miami to New York. Mr. Stephen# declared he had pass* ed through Camden two weeks ago on hla Way to Florida and was so Impressed with the cleantness of the streets that he decided to retui#|||j)d0 way on his way north. "I made up my mind that It was up to me to tell someone lu authority here that the spirit of cleaniness, especially the spic and span appearance of your wide avenues that outsiders appreciate it." (f Mayor McCorkle was greatly pleased over the favorable Impression mad# upon the New York writer and gave credit to the department of public works, operations of which are carried out by James Haley under ! the direction of Commissioner Jack I Netties. "It Isn't the first time Cami deft has been praised for the neat and 'attractive appearance of its streets", said the mayor. "Everyone 1 who visits the city comments upon this fact." Hermitage Errors -Fatal To Team The Wateree warriors sank the Hermitage barque Tuesday evening under a 7 to 0 score. I Another big crowd of fans watted the engagement between the teams from the rival mill vllages and for four rounds It was a real fight. But ( the zip ozzed out of the Welchmen i In the fifth and between some miser- , able defense work and a don't give , a whoop attitude of some of the play- , ers. the Wateree gang staged a four , run attack that gave them a commanding lead. HoCister Lynch opposed Art Robinson In the shooting department and had he been given the same brilliant , support the one-armed pitcher won- , der received, the result would have been close. Robinson was nicked for ] five blows, one a double by Allen ] Caulder while Lynch yielded seven hits, one by a two base knock by El- , kins. Lynch did not yield a walk ] while Robinson sent three men down < via the gift route. There was but one , strikeout in the., game,' that .. being, Hicks who took a called third. I The Hermitage gang threatened re- , reatedly during the fracas and sent men around to third in three frames , but failed to pack the punch that .would send a counter up on the score sheet. Wateree scored In the first Inning after two were down. Baker was safe on an outfield error and scored on C.Taylor's single. In the third the Kendalls added two more, a walk to Riggins with an error by Mims on Reeves hot grounder and a single by L. Baker. In the fifth the Kendalls went places. L. T. Taylor singled out but was forced at second by Rlgglns. Art Robinson singled and again Reeves wag safe on a second mlsplay by Mlms.-Elkins doubled and went to third when the ball got away from the left fielder. Baker scored Elkins with a single. C. Taylor hit Into a double play to retire the side. The acore:Wateree 7 T 1 Hermitage ? . 0_ 6 8 Batteries: Robinson, Reeves and C. |Taylor; Lyach and Harrison. Bridge Traffic Jam Ties Up Many Autos A traffic Jam involving scores of trucks and passenger autos occurred on the river bridge west of Camden Monday afternoon when a truck loaded with melons broke down when on the bridge. Several cars coming from the N. P. Getty# funeral at Lugoff managed to get by the crippled truck, but traffic was at a standstill and tied up for some time when a truck loaded with autos came from the east. Because of location of the melon truck the auto-laden truck could not pass and as a result traffic from each direction was hopelessly deadlocked. It required some time before state police and others managed to clear a traffic lane. The average adult, generally speaking, is able to read only about as fa ft as he could in ths eighth grade of grammar school?300 words a mlnw e. Florida Visitor Is Camden Enthusiast "Camden does not exploit Hn Motoric features sufficiently", sutd Clifford C. Dooley, Florida postmaster, who with Mrs. Dooley, were guests of friends In this city for several days last week. "1 have been through Camden a number of times but to myself and others In my party it was Just another community to pass through on a trip. This time 1 had the pleasure of seeing your famous Sprlngdale race course, the training stables, your fine school buildings and parks, the wide well paved streets and the points of historic Interest. "It seems to me that a little of the system in use In Virginia and other states where historic point# are marked with suitable tablets would result in big dividends to Camden. I also believe that It would be money well spent to install large signs at your city limits on all of the through highways, these signs to point out your sport activities, particularly the Carolina Cup race, also the flue requisites offered by Qaniden for home seekers. "Just passing through does not give a tourist even the faintest idea of the beauty, historic romance and the home seekers appeal that your community possesses in abundance. "Camden has Improved greatly in the past few years and today the appearance of your city to the casual visitor is one of Bmartness and modernity. Your traffic control is splendid and quite .comparable with the best In the country. I like your fine wide streets. It is well worth a stop of several hours to visit your quaint attractive churches. i ."I had the good fortune to meet quite a number of Camden business and professional men, Including your mayor, president of your Camden Chamber of Commerce and others, and my impression of a well balanced community were complete." Mr. Dooley went on to explain his remarks relative to exploitation of historic places by stating that he believed the most Inexpensive and yet most erfdctlve means of" advertising the city can obtain would be through the many tourists that would stop here if they knew what Interesting places there are to see. He elted the historic Presbyterian church and Its quaint arohiteeture as being an example and said that seeing this historic building was worth the entire trip from Florida. He spoke of the site -of the battle of HObktrk Hill, Cornwallls' house the Quaker cemetery which he said wns well worth hours of Just wandering about find studying the inscriptions on the ancient stones. "You have a splendid balanced community", concluded the Florida vlsi-{ tor. "Active churches, good schools, I library, splendid fire protection and other municipal services, well pave<T streets, attractive homes, good shops and stores and a very nice theater-?* well, one can scarcely ask for more." Dental Clinic Is Worthy Of Praise The Kershaw county dental clinic, sponsored by the Junior Welfare League of this city and the directors of Kershaw county, has during the clinic cnndimt^a e?r!y is th; summer, gives dental* assistance to 696 patients. The report of the clinic program, announced by Mrs. A. Lee Mays, retiring president, shows there were a total of 1,496 operations of which 912 were extractions, 293 fillings and 291 cleanings. Dentist's who cooperated with the Junior League and the county in the clinic p^ogftfo were Doctors Hlnson, Clyburn, Sowell snd Wllllford. Mrs. Minnie J. Ingram' of the county health department assisted In all casee. In the conduct of the clinic the expenses were met through 'Is $200 appropriation from the Junior League and a simillar amount from the county. Dental attention waa accorded to the underprlviledged children In the county from the first to fourth grades, Inclusive. Next year It was hoped to repeat the program and include fifth grade pupils. The annual dental clinic has proven of great benefit to the children of the county who have been eligible to receive the dental attention. Much credit for the plan goes fO.Mlsgi Sara Bteadman, an enthusiastic member of the Junior League and who cd&lftved the clinic Idea. \ In the latitude of the northern United States, the crescent moon? is on its back in winter end more erect in summer. _ ? a JL ?V- * :< w- /.. - ?' * 4 ^ ^ ; * *>rp ;y - f ' / , J- \ County Loses An Outstanding Citizen Nicholas * Purdy Gettys. M>. outstanding citizen and agriculturist died at seven o'clock Saturday evening at the Johns Hopkins hospital In Baltimore following an operation. Mr. Gettys wa? taken sick some three weeks ago, but his condition did not become alarming until Tuesday before his death. A native of Luguff, Mr. Gettys has been engaged In the dairy business for many years and has had the t>iatlnction of having oue of the largest Guernsey1 herds in the state. Many of his herd have been shipped to points in the United State* and aI?o to the West Indies. His Hock Spring Dairy is oue of tho show places of this section. His dairy is one of the finest, spotlessly clean, and the Gettye' home was always noted for its hospitality. Mr. Gettys took a delight in showing visitors his fine dairy herd, and aside from keeping a daily record of his several hundred milk cows in a record hook, he had a remarkable faculty of being able to walk among the gentle herd and patting each on tho back tell you from mem ory, not only the cow's .' name, but could tell you when each was born and its ability for milk production. jt son of the late J. L, Gettye and Martha Team Getty*, both South Carolina pioneers, he was educated In the schools or the county and later attended The Citadel where he graduated with the class of 1904. He leaves besides his widow, three sons, John T. Gettys, N. P. Purdy, Jr., and J. R. Gettys, all of Lugoff; one daughter, Mrs. Herbert Orton, of Lewis, Delaware; one brother, attorney J. Team Gettys, of Camden, and LugofT; and one grand daughter, Louise Gettys of Lugoff. Mr. Gettys was a member of tho Camdon Rotary Club and was also affiliated with the American Guernsey Cattle Club in an executive capacity. Upon the occasion of the 1939 Kershaw County Cotton festival, Mr. Gettys was nkmed as .acting mayor of Camden for the occasion. The funeral was held at g: 30 o'clock Monday from the residence Lugoff with burial on the Gettys plantation. The Rev. A. Dougias MoArn of the Presbyterian church of Camden officiated. Mr. Gettys was affiliated with the Rowan chapel, a Presbyterian church organized by hlB mother in Lugoff. The funeral. party. arrived at LlM? Monday morning. Mrs. Sarah Babin Dies At^Hospital . The sudden passing of Mrs. Sarah Karesh Babln, 60, long identified with Camden's business Interests as proprietor of the OUlIObkV one of Camdon's dress shops, brought sorrow to many. " Her death occured at the Camden hospital Saturday morning after an illness of several days. She had undergone an operation. Mrs. --Babin was born In BIshopvllle, 8. C.? and came to Camden when quite young, being a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Karesh. Funeral services were held at 2:80 Saturday afternoon from Temple Beth SI aad the burial was in the Hebrew cemetery in Camden. Surviving are her hueband, Robert Babin; one son, Stanley A. Babln; one daughter, Doris Marie Babin; one brother, A 8am Karesl, all of Camden; four alsters, Mrs. H. L. Schols burg, Camden; "Mrs. Alex Hlrsch, Charleston; Mrs- A. Levy, Gelveaton. Texas, and J Mfllman, Cheater. . .ismssiof* Camden Minister Loses Mother Mrs. Daniel Hunter McArn, 72, former school teacher and member of a prominent North Carolina family, died suddenly of a heart attack near midnight Saturday at her home In Laurlnburg, N. C. She Is survived by her husband; three sbtis, H. M. McArn. Lalrlnburg postmaster, and D. G. McArn of Pittsburg, Pa., and the Rev. A. Douglas ^ McArn, pastor of the Camden Presbyterian church; two daughters, Mrs. 'H. W. Malloy of Laurlnburg and Mrs. John A. Ashby of Mount Airy. N. O. New York city boast* mora horses than any other city in the world. Ineluding every kind, trttfn crack xaea horses to aged drawers of peddlers oarta, there are lb,800 ef these an*in the ally. 'f, 't"-."- ' ' -Z-ctt\*; &wffb