The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 26, 1940, Image 1
Rotary Selects. Camden. Far 1141 District Convention.
The Camden Chronicle
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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