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EjME ?2 .. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1940. NUMBER 19
Iature To 104;
ater Pumped
mature record for Oambllahed
Saturday, July
mercury climbed to u
legrees.
, those lu charge of
; statistics here this Is
cord figure in the pent,
readings have been
the opinion of several
iidents It marked a new
al generations,
to the new tempera0
other new high were
ft Friday, July 36, the
[mrtment pumped 625,water
for a new dally
iday, Jqly 29, this high
>ken when * total?. of .
were pumped,
t days from Monday,
iday, July 29, Inclusive,
Ing station recorded a
690,000 "gallons of vmrecord,
as shown by
igs Is as follows. July
Ions; July 23, 445,000
24, 490,000 gallons;
1 gallons; July 26* 625,lly
27, 412,000 gallons;
0 gallons and July 29,
tlsfylng featpre of the
1 required during the
at no time was there
the water supply fall>
where the use of waig
gardens and lawns
Iblted.
years the city of Camblessed
with an adeiclent
water system,
it but one time when
ply fell below normal,
September, 1928, when
i cut off electrical enower
plant for thirty-1
Call Takes
nv.
any r rum \uOumj
age of the Burke-Wadsworth
lsory military law by the conand
the subsequent signing of
leasure by tbe president will
that hundreds of men and boys
nden and Kershaw county will
ject to military call,
exact number that will be subd
the provisions of the act Is
town but in the city and connt
total number affected will
it io several thousand,
nr the first rear.-starting?Oe1.
imn. only the men between
)! 21 and 30 will be called,
fear of what might happen to
nth families has been allayed
e recent declaration that men
amilies and jobs depending on
will Im> exempt from call, at
during the first year,
i also said that mep who have
mfiuus objection to war may
e exempted.
uor Question
i Coming Primary
liquor question will again
before the citizenry of the
7 ted iht State. This lime lbs
i? presented in a referendum in
'rimary,
dw is quoted Section 1 of the
lat provides for the referendum
l?o the wording of the "ballot as
be presented.
ction ]?Be it enacted by tha
*1 Assembly of the State of
Carolina: That there shall be
Itted to the voters In any pollfcirtmary
or. primaries, by the
*nd Count^ Executive Com*
of such party or parties, held
1 the State during 1940, a reffor
the Information of the
*1 Assembly of the State, upon
lueetioii of the continuance of
mie of intoxicating liquora,
. beers or other intoxicating
'fM, and the imposition of new
to replace Lost revenues as a
' ?f repeal of present liquor
! referendum ballot as it will be
n'ed to the voters iii'thls forthPrimary
will be as follows:
5 you favor discontinuing the
8&le of intoxicating liquors,
k b^ers. or other intoxicating
and the Imposition of new
10 replace lost revenues as*V
1 ?f the repeal of the present "
t ltw?"
- ' qjll.?'3 :
doe* not dull the Ustev a?- 1
** ?he u. 8. Bureau o< Plant
!> *>out 10 per cent at the bntin
England la borne
Moore Is Factor
In Legion Win
h HrT Moore. , t?^,r Code*
high school sad Junior Union husotw
I player plugged ? gtt? ?
Th,,r',o !"" ?'"?>'vely lust
ay In the llatnbler-Junlor lilt
?l Pity park, thai the Junior kl,l?
won themselves ? rive Inning baseball
fracas 3 to 0.
For It was Herble's poke In the second
inning that sent Hunter and
Hough scampering across the countng
pan. Moore scored a few minutes
later on Lester Robinson's single.
Leon Johnson, stalwart son of Cheraw,
showed the Camden Ramblers
an aggregation of former high school
and Legion players sprinkled In with
a group of semt proB how not to1 hit J
Only two scratch blows were gathered
by the Ramblers during the five innings
that the game was In action.
Riggins single In the third and
Benny .Robinson's hit in the fifth oon-l
tltuted <he only attack the Ramblers
offered. The Juniors got to Riggins,
Rambler Hurler, for six hits, one being
a double by Johnson.
- Ail of the scoring came in the second
round. Johnson doubled and when
Hunter drove a leaping bounder to
Hicks at third, Johnson was run
down between second and third wlthl
Hunter going to second. Hough was'
safe on a wldfi__throw by Robinson to!
Taylor at first. Hunter going to third. I
Moore stepped into the picture and his
well-placed hit scored Hunter and
Hough, Catoe fanned and Cox wilked.
Robinson singled to score Moore, Cox
going to third where he was picked
off on a snap peg from Reeves to
Hicks to end the Inning.
In the Rambler half of the second
Johnson retired Marshall, IL_Hlckfl
and Bundrick on strikes. Johnson
gathered six strikeouts during the
game^ while Riggins fanned three.
Johnson gave up tbnpe walWs and Riggins
ope. *
The game was played under extreme
difficulties because of the inicuDc
neat. After u few mimites I
tion under the blaring aun the players
were soaked with perspiration.
Even the spectators huddled in upper
tiers of the grandstand) seats and
gasped in the torrid waves of heat
that poured up from the ground.
Shortly after the start of the sixth
Inning, the storm which had been
gathering in the northeast to the
ctrlcal discharges swept into the pieclapB
of thunder following vivid ele-1
cyrical discharges swept Into the pic-!
ture and the players on the field were
emretoped ht-denee-eloude --of dust..
Then came the rain and a scurry of
players and spectators to shelter.
The performance of the Ramblers
was a simple demonstration that softball
and baseball will not mix. All of
the lads on the Rambler lineup have
been playing softball in the city league
all season and the use of the
short light bat and the large soft
ball had made It impossible for them
to function with any degree of efficiency
with the hard ball and heavy
bat. But the Ramblers did better than
the fans expected and but for the
work of "Ringer" Moore,, would have
played the Juniors on even terms.
The Juniors batting order listed
Robinson who played third; Bowers)
al abort, ?5rkcr is left field, John
son as pitcher, Hunter as catch,
Hough at first, Moore at second, Catoe
in center and Cox in right.
The Ramblers had B. Robinson at
short, Reeves gt catch, Baker at second,
Taylor at first, J. Marshall In
center, Hicks at third, Bundrick in
left, Elklns In right and Riggins as
pitcher. *
The score;
Junior 3 ? 2
Ramblers .. 0 .2 2
Batteries, &i^ Hunter;
Riggins and Reevfcs.^ Umpires?MontJoy
and Hayes. "
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Episcopal Family
Vacate In Wisconsin
Dr. Maurice Clarke aqd son, Maurice,
Jr., left Sunday afterboon by motor
for Columbus, Ohio; from where
after a brief stop they drove to Milwaukee
where they met Mrs. Clarke
and Miss Margaret Clarke.
The Clarke's will spend the month
of August at a cottage at . Tlronde
Beach, fifty miles north of Milwaukee
on <tbe .shore of Lake Michigan.
f, H. will be good hews to the many
friends of Miss Margaret Clarke, who
waa taken ill while visiting at the
home of Mrs. W. H. Harris at Saranac
Lake, New York, that her condition
la greatly Improved. It is believed that
the vacation on Lake Michigan will
restore' her to eomplete health.
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Palmetto Now Has
A Perfect Plant
One of the fluent dry-cleaning plants
In the south is now In operation at
the Palmetto Cleaners. l>an Mackey,
proprietor.
The new equipment, installed at
considerable expense by Mr. Mackey,
was built by the Bilter Manufactur*
tng company of Kansas City, Mo., and
was Installed under the direction of
Walter Studell of New York, an ex*
pert engineer of the Bilter company,
j Most important machine In this uljtra-modern
dry cleaning plant Is the
'wheel" a wooden cylinder in which
clothes are washed for half an hour
In cleaning solvent. The "wheel" has
a capacity of 4ft pounds of clothing
and1 60 pounds of solvent. The solvent
is circulated constantly through a filter,
bo that approximately 630 gallons
of clean solvent pass through the
wheel while a batch of clothing is ha
it.
This new system also has a vacuum
still for the periodic removal of
fatty acids and oils not taken from
the solvent by the filter.
' Other new equipment which adds
to the one hundred per cent efficiency
of the Palmetto plant is the extractor
which removes the cleaner from
the clothing by certrifugal force and
a tumbler which blows fresh warm
air.through the clothes.
A Chronicle representative was
given a demonstration of the operation
of the new equipment and was
impressed with the thoroughness of
every feature. In particular the operation
of the still was most Interesting
in that the fluid that was exhibited
was as clear as crystal glass, while
the residue which is taken from the
solvent and which goes to the bottom
of the still was a messy greasy But>stance.
The present installation of the modern
machinery is but one of the steps
that proprietor Mackey contemplates
to make this shop one of the best In
the country. Additional renovating
will be carried out later In the year.
Record Heat Wave
Topic Of Discussion
Old timers called upon their memories
to hark back to o/her hot spells
and recollect when, In the past three
quarters of a century, has there been
such steady _ heat as has prevailed
here for over a ten day period,
when the mercury has been doing
a steady flirtation with the 100
'degree "ma rk"
Some of those talked to said they
had dim recollections of some "mtghity
all-fired hot days" back in the TO's
and one other said he could remember
doing a bit of sweltering around
1900. But all admitted that the present
spell has been "some shake."
The heat apparently did not cause
any, falling ofr or the attendance at
the Softball games as the crowds have
been growing larger game after game.
The weather did however, play havoc
with the attendance at the benefit
ball game last Thursday, but the failure
of the fans to turn out to watch
a ball game under the torrid rays o
Old Sol was entirely excuaable.
There was a respite of a few houra
from the extreme heat Thursday afternoon
when a heavy windstorm and
small amount of rain swept out the
! northeast. The sudden gale caught
many fishing parties in boats on the
Hermitage lake without warning and
fully six of the crafts capsized throwing
their occupants into the water.
Hysterical with fear many clung .to
trees and stumps until rescued y
Luke Newman and his two sons, who
e??e out in a power boat. One woman
fainted when dragged from the
water.
Rumors that several groups were unaccounted
for spread like wildfire in
the community and there was a general
exodus of cars to the lake. However
it was found that the missing
persons had been located at the far
end of the lake.
During the week before a heavy
wind and rain storm ,tbat swept the
community caused much damage at
the fair grounds and ball park. Several
concession, stands were torn
down and scattered about the groun s
while a section of the north fence of
the baseball field was blown down.
The Manor Opens
Of interest to the traveling
in South Carolina, as well as oth
states, is the announcement -Of tbe
opening of The Manor for ovemUb.
guests, which ? located on United
States Route One, three block* from
the Camden poatofflce.
The home I u
spect and Is operated by Mrs. H. H
^Pooser, former hostee* 'dt The Oifcd*
Late Judge Smith
Famous Ball Player!
Forty-seven years ago. July 1. iwo1
college bull teams staged u sensu
tloual baseball battle before a record
crowd Of baseball fans gathered In the
baseball stadium at the Chicago
World'f fair.
The hero of that ball game wus
Captain M. L. Smith of the Upiverslty
of Virginia team, winner over a
team from the University of Illinois.
Captain Smith was a Camden boy and
in the after years he became one of
the souths outstanding lawyers, In
faot, was referred'to aa th^ "Darrow
of the Southland."
Captain Smith is dead, having passed
away sbvera) years ago. Recently
the Old Smith homestead, a showplace
In Camden, was sold. In the
removal of family effects from the
old dwolling, a son, M. U Smith
found ^cardboard box which contained
an old baseball mitt and a towel.
In it with the mitt and towel were
clippings and referenced which Indicated
mitt was the one used
by the late Captain M. L. Smith In
that historical game 41 years ago.
And the towel -was one he used that
same day to remove the perspiration
from 1* ehe&d.
Captain 8mtth came in for a broadside
of- plaudits from the sporting
writers of New York and Chicago
papers for his brilliant performance
at first base for the southern team.'
The New Yorfc world, for instance
said la part "Captain M. L. Smith
comes from Camden, S. C., and has
pu> In all his spare time playing ball.
He plays a faultless first base and
is the safest and heaviest hitter on
the nine. He is now in law kchool.
He stands 6 feet, 2 inches and weighs
195 pounds.,rr
M. L. (Buck) Smith, son of the late
Captain M. U Smith of college baseball
fame plans on presenting the
mitt and the toWel to Dr. -Carl West,
local LfeglOn Post head, whose son,
George, - one of the greatest football
players i ever turned out of Camden
High atfbool, 1b a student at the University
of Virginia. Dr. West, it is
understood will present the 1893 initt
and towel to the university, where
they will be placed In the trophy
room.
Building Activity In
Camden Is Unabated
Construction of pavements, sewers,
stores and dwellings Is much to the
fore la -Camden at the present. time,J
The improvement work extends also
to remodeling of buildings and Interiors.
Work on the building of the stove
building occupied by the Camden
Food Shop and destroyed by fire several
weeks ago has been started by
Contractor George Creed and will be
completed and ready for occupancy
in about four weeks. In the meantime
the Camden Food Shop is operating
from the new store recently constructed
on Broad street south of Rutledge.
The construction of a new canopy
in front of the Camden Furniture
company store has been completed.
A new store has been provided In the
American Legion building on DeKalb
Oiaaol a Im hy "fltftW"
Boykin as a liquor store. The other
half of the building may be rented
within a few weeks..
At the Sheheen grocery on South
Broad street new refrigerating equipment.
said to be the finest made, has
- been Installed.
At the Burns and Barrett hardware
store extensive Improvements have
been made to the interior of the store.
These include the removal of the office
to the rear while new shelving
and changes looking toward better
lighting of the Interior have been
featured.
The Camden laundry is located in
the fine new quarters in the Burns
building on Broad street. At the Palmetto
cleaning establishment the very
latest equipment for dry| cleaning has
Just been installed.
New homes and sewer water connections
are being made In the Sarsfield
area while pavement work is
progressing on Mill street.
RECRUITING OFFICER8 HERE
Private William R. Crandall, with
headquarters in Columbia,, under
Chester R. Vaughan. recruiting service
officer for the United States army
was in Camden Tuesday.
Mr. Crandall was accompanied by
Private Wyatt A. Rutledge of Charlotte.
They were traveling in a re
crultlng station wagon and were trying
to enlist young men in the service.
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Sheriff Seeks Data
Un-American Views
Sheriff J H. McLeod aad chief of
police Alva Hush, attended a conference
of law enforcement officials of
the state at Columbia l??l week to
listen to a federal executive explain
the text of the espionage act.
i That every effort will be directed
by law enforcement officers to curb
any un-American activities was the
! declaration of Sheriff McLeod, who
la making an appeal to the public to
promptly acquaint hts office with
any actions or converaation which
may he noted and which might be
construed as being un-American.
Just what action may be taken
against suspected individuals was not
stated by the Sheriff, but according
to news reports from Washington, all
suspected persons will be listed and
In the event this country becomes Involved
in the war. the suspects will
be promptly arrested and placed in
iternment camps.
Sheriff McLeod stated that he does
not feel that there are any Individuals
or groups in Kershaw county that
would be regarded as boing of the
un-American type. He states that he
has a well deflnod belief In the allAmerlcan
patriotism of Kershaw county
citizens. However, he says. If there
are any of the other type he wants
to know about It.
Local Hopes For Ball
Club In '41 Brighten
A spring training baseball program
and the operation of a Class I) baseball
team here in 1941 are two objectives
of a group of sport-minded Camden
citizens.
Camden, with one of the finest
baseball plants in the state, was the
spring-training quarters of the Syracuse
club of the International league
in 1939 and was sought by several
clubs as training g-rounde in 1940.
However, failure to effect suitable arrangements
for player accommodations
resulted In the city being out in
the cold this year.
Jack Nettles, a city councilman and
one of the leading exponents of baseball
in Camden, following a conference
with Billy Laval of Newberry,
declared that he felt certain Camden
would secure a team for the springtraining
period and would also have
a D league team in 1941.
r? Success Xft summer baseball In a
city the size of Camden Is predicted
upon securing a farm club. This, ac[
cording to Mr. Nettles, ia a atxoug possibility
ftext year.
The Buccess of teams in various
leagues who trained in this state last
spring has focused the attention of
baseball owners upon this area. As
a result of it is believed that South
Carolina may become a favored camp
ground for baseball clubs.
The installation of lighting equipment
at the local ball park would bo
certain should the plan to secure s
farm club be successful.
Monarch Of Forest
Reached Age of 220
A huge pine tree that had died was
removed from. Fair street near the
Camden hospital by a city crew.
The tree was fully four feet in diameter
and according to the rlnga wm
approximately 220 years old. The
rings showed during the first forty
years of the tree's existence its
growth was alow, but that the past
177 years had been featured by a fair
ly rapid growth, indicating that clear
ing operation* about the tree mual
have taken place 177 years ago.
A slab of the tree trunk, some 8
to ten Inches thick has been
will be dressed and varnished and
placed in the high school for study
purposes by members of the agrlcul
tural classes. The slah clearly shovfc
the age rings.
Camden Soldiers To
Leave Next Mondaj
Camden's soldier boys, 88 strong
will board a Seaboard passenger trair
Sunday morning at 10:45 o'clock t<
start on a Jaunt that will take then
to Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas
participating In the maneuvers of th<
third army.
The Camden unit, a heavy weapoi
company will entrain at the Chesnu
street crossing of the Seaboard
which ta at the site of the old passer
ger depot. The unit consists ot 8
men snd three officers.
t arest Britain and the United 8UU
take the cewwd evary tenth yeer.
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Combine Festivals
For Big Event Dec 5
At h meeting of fie committee liuvlag
charge of the preliminary details
jof the cotton festival program for
1940, hehi at the office of the Chamber
of Commerce Tuesday evening, it
was decided not to stage the festival
until later in the year and to combine
it with the formal Mania Claus
lane festival..
, After some discussion the commitI
tee fixed Thursday, December' 5, as
j the official date and declared that by
combining the two festival events into
one, they would be conserving
much labor and expense and yet present
u far more effective apeotacle.
It wus decided to have a mammoth
parade at 4 o'clock in the afternoon
with a Mardi Clras street dance in the
evening. The street dance feature
which prevailed In the festival in
1938 was the high light of the day
and attracted thousands of people to
Laurens street between Lyttleton and
Broad streets where the event was
staged.
The committee also decider! to inaks
the combination festival event something
unique In festival history by
not having a queen, AH efforts will
be concentrated on making the parade
and other features reminiscent of
Christmas tide and of iegeudry wrapped
about (hat period.
The committee called to attend the
meeting Tuesday consisted of Mayor
F. N. MoCorkle, Mrs. Sadie von Tresokow,
Mrs. John Mullen, Mrs. Kathleen
Watts, Miss Margaret Fewell,
Mrs. N. R. Qoodale, Jr., Mrs. Jack
Nettles, W. C. McCarley, M. B. Burns
and John K. doLoach.
As yet no festival chairman has
been named, but this will likely be
done at the next oommlttee meeting.
The first festival chairman was Austin.
8hehe*ji And igst year the affair
was handled by a committee headed
by Henry G! Garrison. In each Instance
the program was a big success.
One of the features of the festival
this fall will he a healthy baby contest.
This will he opeped. to all babies
of the county under a specified agelimit'?to
be annouhced later. All babies
will be examined by competent
physicians from the state board of
health and the county group. Following
the announcement of the winners
all of the little folks will appear in
the parade, where additional honors
will be forthcoming for the most unique
entries.
Wateree Increases
| Lead In Ball Loop
In a Trl-borough softball league .........
game Tuesday the Wateree team defeated
Hermitage 9 to 3.
This game was scheduled to be played
this afternoon but because of the
failure of the Hermitage team to
muster enough players today, It was
played Tuesday.
The game was devoid of any thrills,
but Grady Welch, who is the leader
of the league In the manufacture of
home runs, secured his daily four
base swat.
I Many of the softball players and
sport fans will go to 8umter this
afternoon to witness the opening
t game of the etotA title series between
the Rock Hill and 6umter Junior Legion
teams.
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: County Supt Makes
Annual Report
The annual report from the office
of Mrs. Kathleen B. Watts, Kershaw
county superintendent of education to
the state superintendent has been
I completed and filed In the offl?e\of
I the state department of education.''1'
I Total enrollment of the county was
r 8,261. Of this number, 1,664 were en
rolled In the first grille and 208 were
(enrolled In the eleventtr'grade. Twen~
fy per cent of all children enrolled
were In the first grade; and .02 per
cent found their way through high
school.
T The average cost per pupil for elementary
white school pupils was $52,
, and for high school pupils the average
i cost per year was f77.i;Ttop average
) teaching load In elementary school is
i 29 pupils per teacher, and 21 pupils
i, per teacher In the high school. Total
9 number of teachers employed In the
white schools was 138, and for negro
& schools, 113/ .
t The total number of school trasses
li operated in Kershaw county waa 32.
i- Of this number, 16 are owned by prV
5 vate Individuals and 16 are owned
by the respective school district*.
Zanzibar's market Cor stores feat
I increased enormously staoe lest fall y
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