The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 26, 1940, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
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with
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Register l>?U>ache Sherou among
,he big bt the Isaac Wah
n ranks. Deloach? Invaded the Her.
Milage lake domain last Thursday
afternoon and On Friday was exhlblta
six pound four ounce big mouth
ilack bass as a demonstration of bis
fishing powess. x
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Our sincere sympathy goes out tov
h h. Maddox, Johnny Hugglus and
h l. McCasklU for the tough luck
tefalllng them last Saturday mornlug
when the fir* fiend Invaded their
natty food shop.
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And we also feel., lota of sorrow
0ver the damage caused at the Western
Auto shop, genial Niin Zeinp's
drug store and the tonsorlal experts
in tbo Central barber shop.
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And a word of Commendation to
an alert and clever fire department
for preventing the spread of the
flanios.
Getting Into sports?have you ever
watched Elton Reeves run? I'd like
to clock that lad over a 100 yard
course some day. Ix>oks like a second
paddock to me.
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If there is a sudden terminatlQU
of softball activities around these dtgglns
you may understand It is due
to the fact that this department wants
the sport conducted on a sportsman.
like plane?and when this fails, we're
through.
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- Camden people interested In avi-atlon
will remember Jim and Jessie
Woods, who were at the Camden airport
all season about two years ago.
Jim and Jessie were interested In the
building up of the local flying field,
but they failed to get any cooper^;
tion. In dlsguest they left Camden
and located at Charlotte where today
they are right smack in the spotlight
of flying progress and fame.
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Jessie, a real fellow If we may so
style her.Js rated as the nation's leading
lady flyer. We want to quote
from a letter from Clayton, Patterson
aviation expert, who says of
jJessie: - .. ? ?
"Jessie Woods flew here (Denver)
in an Acronca, a long hard flight
with few check marks?the country
. covered after leaving the Smokies
consist of wide open spaces, believe
I me, with less than nothing to check
by. Jessie is a wonderful girl, a flyer
par excellent and a staunch supporter
of the Nlnety-Nlners,. sincere in her
desire to carry back to her fellow
99'rs her convlctious as to bow our
national organization of women pilots
can carry on the best way to be
> prepared - to serve our-country when
it needs us.
If Camden and Kershaw county had
bi'??n a bit more cooperative when
Jim and Jessie were at our home airport,
Camden would have been gettin^
all the glory growing out Of Jessie's
air exploits.
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speaking of baseball. Camden fans,
a; h ast a tew of thenj, will be watching
the inter-district playoffs between
Ho. k Hill and Pelzer for the upper
sta'^ championship. Pelzer earned
the: right to represent the third and
four:)) districts when Spartanburg
was found to have ineligible players
"ti the team rooster. The first game
hi the upper-state title series was
played Wednesday at Rock Hill, the
lloPAnH at . Da It o? rPKu voJaw o (1 tilA
third game is being' played at Rock
.Hill today. The series calls for next
three out of five.
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Sumter, winner of the district title
in which Sumter, Manning and Coi
lumbia battled it out. meets the Darlington
team, district winner in a three
; out of five game aeries for the lower
state title, this week.
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Anyhow, the state title rests between
Sumter, Darlington, Pelzer and
Rock Hill. And Camden trimmed
Sumter twice. Is my face red?
"Monk" Montjoy who worked in the
Camden-Rock Hill district title games
8ays Camden certainly was Jlnxed.
We sort of envy those baseball fans
up iiv'Beniyittsvllle. A dozen of them
will go to Scranton, Pa., on August
15, to be guests of the Scranton club
at Bennettsville day game. The
Scranton team trains at Bennettsville
in the spring.
* * ?We
would sort of like to get a ball
team to train in Camden next March
and April, but to do so, we are going
to have to have a lot more cooperation
than was forthcoming last spring
when Frank Lane and a few other
baseball notables wanted to place a
team here.
I Camden, Kershaw county and the
state pf South Carolina suffered a
genuine loss in the passing of Nicholas
P. Gettys, outstanding dairyman
and citizen. "Nick", as he was affectionately
known to thousands of admiring
friends was a true exemplification
of a southern gentleman. Always
courteous and kindly, his passing will
cause deep sorrow among a wide following.
His progressive ideas and fine
cooperation In all matter* of a forward
nature will make for a real loss
to the community and to the south.
The grim reaper has taken two of
the county's outstanding citizens
within a short space of time. Louis i
I. Guion had scarcely been laid to
rest when Mr. Gettys received the
final summons. It is fortunate that
in both cases, there has been a son
and sons to carry on with the splendid
business acumen of the lamented
fathers.
SJnce Inditing the above paAgraph
we learn of the death of Mrs. Sarah
Babin, mother of our good friend
Stanley. Mrs. McArn, mother of Rev.
A. Douglas McArn, the beloved pastor
of the local Presbyterian church
has passed. Our deepeat sympathy
goes out to those left to mourn the
j passing of their loved ones.
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A shakeup that resulted iu a complate
reorganisation of the city softball
league ocoured after the Thursday
evening game between Kendall
and the Wolves and begtnnlug last
Friday with the Kendall-Hermitage
game, the league began a ti l borough
affair, with teams qf Camden, Watered
and Hermitage taking part.
The shakeup resulted In the eclipse
of the Wolves team from the league
ranks with Messrs. Carl Lightfoot,
Jack Halsall, Billy Nettles, llllly Pitts
and Tommy Bruce going Into the uniforms
of the team known as the Haynes
squad -and which In the future
will be listed as the "Camden" team.
The new organisation plan provides
at two games a week for each club
and It is believed there will be better
balance In the teams. The elimination
of the Wolves resulted from the
continued failure of that team to have
sufficient players on 'hand when their
games were listed. Messrs. Lightfoot
and Halsall, co-managers of the Wolves
had been assured by all of their
regulars they would be present for
thq first game of the second half
schedule Thursday afternoon and but
seven were on hand at game time.
This has occured so frequqmte, resulting
in much confuslotb and the
resulant forfeiting of games that it
was decided that for the best Interests
of the sport, It would be advls&ble to
organise a trl-borough group with the
Wateree and Hermitage villages and
the city of Camden represented In the
circuit.
The Kendall team will In the future
be listed aa the Wateree team. Thia
team has announced the addition of
Lester Robinson to the lineup, thus
putting the three Robinson baseball
aces, Benny, Arthur and Lester Into
the spotlight.
The Kendall team played a combination
Wolves-HayneB team Thursday
evenmg, winning by a'7 to 1 decision.
The game was an air tight
affair for five Innings with honors
even, but In the sixth the Kendalls
pushed four runs over to cinch the
contest. The game was not a recorded
affair. But provided plenty of
thrills for a large crowd pf fans.
Hicks and L. T. Taylor hit two for
three while Baker, with a hbme run
clout scored two runs ahead of him
In the sixth.
The schedule of the trl-borough league
for the second half of the season
is as follows:
Friday, July 26?Wateree vs Hermitage;
Monday, July 29?Wateree vs
Camden; Wednesday, July 31?Camden
vs Hermitage; Friday, Aug. 2
Wateree vs Hermitage; Monday, Aug.
5?Wateree vs Camden; Wednesday,
August 7?Camden vs Hermitage;
Friday, Aug. 9?Wateree vs Hermitage;
Monday, Aug. 12?Wateree vs
Camden; Wednesday, Aug. 14?Camden
*vs Hermitage.
Pots and . pans of English housewives
may be turned Into - -deadly
weapons against Germany. Lord'Beaverbrook.
minister of airplane production.
. a&ed..British. . liouse Ydves,.. J-9.
"give us your aluminum for airplanes.
We'll turn your pots and pans into
Spitfires. Hurricanes, Blenheims and
Wellingtons," ho said,
Weekly. News Letter r
firom liberty Hill
Liberty Hill, July 23.? Rev. Mr.
drove* of Oraasgrow, Ky.. preached
hi tbe Presbyterian church ou Sunday i
morning. A large congregation was
out to hear him and seemed to enJoy
his sermon very much. He was
accompanied by his wife and a young '
grand sot*
Miss Aunle Hlghton McCasktll, and <
Misses Adella, Mary, and Sara Cunningham
were Wlnusboro visitors ou
Tuesday of last week. '
Miss Annie K. Thompson has re- <
turned from a pleasant visit witb I
relatives In Atlanta. Charleston and <
Columbia. 1
The small children enjoyed a story 1
hour at Liberty Hill library Friday 1
afternoon. The followlug stories were '
told: "Angus and the Dflcks", "How
Mr. Blue Peacock Won the Prise", J
"Dick Wittlugton and His Cat", 1
"Mother Qoose Rhymes". Games '
Were played.
Mrs. J. W, Portrum, Jack Portrum,
Jr.. from Columbia and Mr. and Mrs. 1
Rollins from Tenn., were Sunday '
visitors at Idberty Hill in the home '
of Misses Clara and Ixmise Johnston.
John Henry Clements spent several
days last week In Itock Hill as guest
of his aunt, Mrs. O. W. Deatou. He 1
also visited other relatives while in 1
the good town. J
Mrs. C. D. Cunningham, accompanied
by Misses Mary, Sarah and Adella
Cunningham, and Miss Annie
Righton McCasklll were in Sumter
on Friday of last week where they '
visited friends. ?
... Mrs. I*. P- Thompson and sons,
Pat, Jr., and John, spent Sunday at
Santee-Cooper project, with Mr.
Thompson, who holds a position
there. j
"A. L. McCasklll and Miss Annie
Righton McCasklll were business vis- 1
itors In Wlnnsboro on Thursday, last.
They were accompanied on the trip
by Mrs. C. D. Cunningham and Mlsku
Clara Johnston.
Mrs. A. C. Cureton' who recently
returned from a pleasant visit of ten
days with her sou, A. C. Cureton,
Jr., and family, of Dillon, and alBO
Including a visit to the beach, was
confined to her home several days
last week by Illness, but medical attention
was secured and she Is now
improving. '
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Hertot of Blahopvllle
were visiting relatives here
ou Sunday.
Congressman J. P. Richards took
advantage of the adjournment of
I congress, for the Democratic Convett*,
tion, and came home to see his parents.
On account pf the long session
of congress and his membership in
committees, he will not be able to
take a very active part in the campaign.
Mrs. Marlon R. Hodges left on Sat'
urday for Montreat where she will
chaperon a house party for ten days.
Her nieces, Misses Carolyn and Sus-ann
Herlot, and Miss Virginia McCrae,
will be members of her crowd
of girls. ?
Misses Mary and Sarah Cunningham
and their uncle, E. J. Cunningham.
visited Winthrop College Tuesday.
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We learn that Miss Callle .Tones of
our village, who is a popular member
of the Columbia city school facultj,
has purchased some desirable residential
property in Camden.
Yes, it's hot up here?U?0 today
(Tuesday).
MrsTSkipper Of
Lee County Dies
Hartsville, July 23.?Mrs. Victoria
Skipper, 68, resident of the Stokes
Bridge section, Lee county, died yesterday
at her home after an illness
e\t. ijiraa wftAlta. .
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. J. I. Gainey, Hartsville, and Mrs.
J. K. I>ayton, Oswego; three sons,
H. E. Skipper and Newton Skipper,
Stokes Bridge and Jferome Skipper,
Hartsville. 1
Funeral services were held today
at 4 p. m. at the Gum Branch Baptist
church. Interment was In the
church cemetery.
The British navy Is maintaining a
patrol about 14 miles off Martinique.
The French are said to be determined
to react energetically against any
British aggression against the West
Indian island but are also desirous
of respecting the neutrality sone as
laid down by the 21 American republics
at Panama last October. Martinique
is in that rone. *
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Uncle Swrj To Have
Most Powerfuf Fleet
Washington. July 20. ? President
Roosevelt has signed into law a bill
authorising a $4,610,000,000 expansion
of the navy designed to give the
Pnlted States a "two-ocean" fleet capable
of meeting any possible combination.
The White House annouuced the
iinguing today, while Mr. Roosevelt
was cruising on the Potomac river.
The chief oxecutlve already had
asked congress to provide $83,000.D00
to start work ou the new program
which, when completed in 1946
jv 1947, would give the nation a total
of 701 fighting craft built around
l h e world's most powerful single
aggregation of capital fhips?35
lreadnaughtS,
In addition to about 200 new surface
ships and submarines to cost
H.010,000,000 with the additional facilities
they will require, the new law
authorised the navy to acquire for
1600.000,000 a total of 15,000 airplanes,
fifty per cent more than the previously
authorised maximum. If the president
deems them necessary even
more may be ordered.
To expedite the construction of the
mammoth fleet; the new act authorizes
an appropriation of $150,000.000
for essential equipment and facilities
and either private or naval
shipyards, an additional $65,000,000
for expansion of facilities fofr the
production of ordnances and munitions
at either government or private
factories and $35,000,000 to expand
the nation's limited armor-making
plants. *
Besides the 200 combat shtps the
law also authorizes construction or
conversion of 100,000 tons of auxiliary
vessels such as tankers, seaplane
tenders and repair ships, and
a $50,000,000 rieet of small paTrbT
and escort vessels and motor torpedo
boats.
The huge armada, with greater
range and striking power than any,
other In the world's history, was de-|
signed to enable the navy to meet
attacks In the Atlantic and Pgciflc
at the same time, If necessary, and
to meet the enemy 1,000 miles or
more from this country's shores.
In reoommending the unprecedented
Increase, which the house and(
senate approved with less than three:
hours' debate, the senate naval com-j
mittoo declared It was necessary because
"the possibilities confronting ,
the nations of the world today, Including
those of the western hemisphere.
are of a most serious uature."
It added that "our present navy, Including
the vessels and planes now
authorized, may tie Inadequate to <'
meet successfully possible or even
probable international situations ?
which may occur In the near future." I
The new law authorizes a 70 per >
cent expansiou of the fleet which '
would add 1,33b.ooo tons of combat- I
ant ships to the navy. For reasons 1
of military secrecy, the exact num- i
ber of each type of ship In the new I
program was not disclosed. Hy ton- 1
uages, however, the Increase In each 1
major category would be as follows
Battleships, 300,000 tons; aircraft
carriers, 800,000 tons; cruisers, 480,- <
000 tons; destroyers. 250,000 tons and '
submarines 70.000 tons. I
The oompleted navy of 701 fight- '
lug ships would lnolude 35 battle- 1
ships, 20 aircraft carriers, 88 oruls- i
era, 378 destroyers and 180 submarines.
Congressional sources estimated it i
would post about $2,000,000,000 a year !
for the next seven years to construct 1
this gigantic fleet and maintain--the
ships and facilities already In exis-'
teuce, and about $1,800,000,000 anuaully
thereafter to support it. ,
All Attempts Against
Isles Were Defeated
Although there has been no successful
invasion of England since
1066, numerous expeditions have
since been launched against the Islands.
All of these have turned out
to "be round trips for the survivors
according to the bulletin from the
National Geographic society. John 1
Paul Jones, the naval hero of the
American Revolution, and a French 1
prince who actually ruled England
for a year are among the attackers
whom tho society's bulletin lists as
rushing against England and then j
backing away.
"On a brief one-boat foray, John
Paul Jones sailed Into the Irish sea
In 1778 and raided the port of White- j
haven on the northwest coast of England,
then withdrew to a base" In ,
friendly France," says the bulletin. |
"Napoleon didn't get even that far. <
He drew his army up along the ;
French side of the English channel (
then marched In the opposite dlrec-|]
tlon to Invade Egypt.
"Small-scale attack* ovv England
were ao numerous in the reign of
Henry IV that Shakespeare assigned
to him the famous lament 'Uueaay
lies the head that wears a crown'.
Within ton years, 1400-1410, England
was attacked from every direction.
The French brother-in-law of Henry's
leposed predecessor led a French
fleet swarming around the eastern
fhores, making raids here and there
along the coast. Scottish clansmen
trooped in from the north. The
French repeatedly pillaged southern
mrts along the English Channel?'
Plymouth, Portland, Dartmouth, Hastings.
Then with a Trojan Horse'
Welsh attacked from the west hut
were driven off.
"Sailing frdtu France at the head
)f forces raised there In 1557 young
Thomas Stafford led au expedition
Into Yorkshire against Queen Mary,
who shortly had him beheaded In
London. The uext time invasion
threatened, 20,000 home-guarding Britons
stood watch along all coasts
against the Spanish Armada, but the
Spanish attack was called off on aooount
of bad weather.
"Bonnie Prince Charlie, Scottish
pretender to the throne on England
with French backing, led his army
of Highlanders from Scotlaud In 1745,
to l>orby, 110 miles from .London,
before being turned back.
"The only halfway successful invasion
was launched by invitation.
Furious at King John's evasion of
their brand-new Magna Charta, the
British lords invited Prince Louis ol|
Frauce to sail ovor and become their
king. His fleet and army were welcomed
Into London In 1216. When
fugitive king John died of indigestion
four months later and his 10-year
old son offered no opposition to Magna
Charta. the pro-French lords became
pro-British again and drove out
French' Louis In 1217.
The first women conductors to replace
men In London busses serring
country routes have already begun
their Jobs.
A giant new air transport called a
stratolluer, roared Into LaGuardia
field at New York Tuesday morning
to set a new west-east continental
record for commercial planes. The
four-motored Boeing, a 23-ton $450,000
craft, spanned the continent from LoS
Angeles to New York In the elapsed
time of 12 hours and 14 minutes. The .....
former east bound record was 15
lours, 42 minutes.
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