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Camden and Kershaw AH Stars To Battle on Gridiron Here Tuesday, August 20 I Tm Camden Chronicee fllUM^52 CAMDEN, SOUTH'CAROUNA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1840 NUMBER 21 I I - I I II I 'I I I 1 1 " I ifflrfen and Kershaw All-Stars pid Battle Tuesday, Aug. 20 I he greatest galaxy of foot.he "0" of Camden tU0 alHiar Kershaw team ?? stadium here Tuesday l8l 20 In what promises to grid event. ne ha a attracted national Jllowlng the announcement > which was printed In all jr8 Of the nation receiving ?ted press aervice, The Ittedly la the flrat of the the Unc)?, Dow^l). end ricks, Jr., who.' is cap, Camden All-Staffs ha? a % formidable array of former }reata" for the intercity ! the,boys from Kerehaw. )hn Flowers, Jack Marshall, ndrlck, "Tubby'* Wooten, illen, W. U Jackson, Norall. Kills. IWweft Henry Illy Nettles, Jack Halsall, llliams, Billy Wilson, BusElmer Nolan, Herbert ;ius Ogburn Hugh Cox and ynch are a few who wllj Julldog uniform In this prethe boys above mentioned action on oollqge and ttnildirons eince leaving CamschooT. Herbert Moore of 1, Ellis Rowell of Newberry others will receive their grid experience' on their lng ground of Zemp Stadittles, who is looking after , lerlal detalla of this annual eves the game will he the ?d in the three years of the Imp-fund presentation. The ?ara is made up of players ed their football technique h John Villepigue, rated by ers aB the outstanding high, atball mentor of the south. iBion play made famous by , will be much in evidence tesday game. In the two pre1-star" games of 1938 and 39, e been astounded at the manInch the former Bulldog footpriors swung into the Villermation and action, iw is sending down a team s. the majority of whom are ing on college teams. ?nnell will he the referee of e and he will undoubtedly tk Mont-joy working with him* eld. liowing will be the players wear the Kershaw uniforms game. Roger Gregory, Paul J, "Footsie" Hilton, Nub etcher. Bill Truesdale, Ellert Ted Newton, Richard New:i? 'I'aylor, Peachie Faulkencse Truesdale, Shorty Clynoeker Truesdale," Stumpy Elmer Mackey, Ernest West Hilton. st L. Woodward idential Elector illowlng Is taken from the izette-News, of August 8. The lews is Mr.' Woodward's n newspaper: i ' conference of tho Republican t the 39th Congressional Dlti in Rochester on Friday, ~ j. Woodward of LeRoy was is the presidential elector ( district. Mr. Woodward h*? , and the selection will be t at the meett&g Ol_. the Btift 1~ &n Committee in TJtica to- , The 39th district Im oempoe- t i counties of Geneaee* Ldvlnfr ^ eans. Wyoming and a part of ^ Woodward has served his party i capacity of elector three or es prior to the present deslg- j Perhaps his most interesting < ce in this connection w*s in ^ en Hughes and Wilson were ^ >sing candidates, and the re- { of Wilson was not fully de- . hoed for a week after election } h*e result was so close. His in11 in the Republican party baa be?-n manifest in an advisory kily and as a contributor to the i*itn funds He has never, sought { and repeatedly refused to, j '^sdlda c when urged to fceoo^io ^ ' * raising taxes, North; Caro- 1 Ute government spent .J*?** *J**t fiscal year than in any I 2*r in its history and emerged t S.M9; 1940 Bulldogs To Have Sharp Teeth Next Friday morning Tommy Merrill, the husky captain of the 1940 edition of the Camden Bulldog foot* ballteam will lead a squad of over thirty grid warriors into the fatnesses of the -North Carolina mountains for several weeks of conditioning and trailing. -' Captain Tommy -Is not superstitious and for that reason the fact that there will be thirteen letter men in the squad Is not causing him any uneasiness. Neither Is it going to be any occasion for Coach John Villepigue and Business Manager Jack Nettles to lose any sleep. L For whisper it?the 1940 Bulldog squad looks better than the 1939 outfit and as a result the fans are taxing enthusiastic and counting the days until September 20th when the first kickoff takes place. Captain Merrill who does duty at center position on the team is a lad who scales close to 200 pounds and last year distinguished himself as an outstanding football warrior. Other letter men and their weights are: Klrby Tupper, blocking back, 132; Sonny So well, end, 137; Billy Mullen, tailback, 112; Claude Lemoy, tackle, 212; Dick McNeeley, guard, 167; Benny Marshall," end, 144; C. McCaskill, blocking back, 170; Charles Nolan, end, 13*; Cfilvln Sheorn, * spinner back, 136; Hughey Tindal, tail back, 136; Charley Boineau, wing back, 137; nnd 222- .tackle, ^56. Membqfg of the .1089 squad who will be seen in action this eeaeon are LaVerne Price, guard, 140; John Perry, center, 130; Caleb Wbitaker, Dixie Cox, Sanferd, Jlpamie Sheorn and David Partin. New faces on the 1940 squad will be Jack Boykln, Billy Thornton, Freddie Mullen, J. W. Parker, Lester Robinson, Monkey Rigglns, Carl Bruce, Allen Higglns, Joe Jackson and Dixon. The* 1&39 Bulldog machine won 7 and lost 4 games during the season, ^victories being gained over Kingstree, Darlington, Newberry, Brookland-Cayce, Chester, Orangeburg, Hartsville. The Bulldogs dropped a 6 to 0 game to Sumter, lost 14 to .12 to Rock Hill, 6 to 0 ta Gaffney and 25 to 0 to Charleston. The Bulldog seconds lost a 13^to 12 decision to Mt. Holly.. Fifty Bushel Corn Yield Predicted o One of the interesting sights in this vicinity during the past several weeks Is the 200 acre com field at the Mulberry Plantation. Here spectators from many parts of the state and from points outside of the state have exclaimed at the healthy growth of yellow com, which when harvested will have a yield of about 60 bushels to the acre. In view : of the -fact that the average yield < per acre in Kershaw county is 16 bushels to the acre with 25 bsuhels rated' as a good crop, the estimated 50 bushel return at Mulberry is ex- 1 ceptlottal. . 1 Another spectacle to arouse interest at Mulberry is the cotton crop, | which is also rated as being of a enparlor order. The splendid corn crop at Mulberry waa made possible it Is clalnfed, by [he taet thatfwh#4'Hfob restof the corn ? fields of the <5fey and state were i belpg blighted by the drought there i wa? an average of two rainfalls a week < it the Mulberry area. Leading agriculturist who have vis- l Itetl Mulberry to see the corn and i lot ton growth hav& taken time to In- 1 ipect the livestock, which Includes i 150 ewes, 400 hoga and 250 Hereford t jattle. , * * Wateree Defeats ; Columbia All-Stars; The Wateree Softball team under 1 jio leadership of Arthur Robersoo i nvaried Abe Twin Lakes arena last < Saturday night and played a team i nade up Of the glare of the" Columbia independent league. < At the end'of the prescribed seven t things of play the Camden team wal i 5? to 4. Robinson pitched a < leady game while hla * it J .i V ~ Blackwell Hurls Two Hit Ball ~ a\* J Ix>ls Blackwell, curly-haired brunette miss who does the hurling duty for the Camden Starlet* came within striking distance of a one hit performance last Thursday afternoon, when she hold the Jay eve girls of Hock Hill to two scratch hits. Camden winning an intensely Interesting fracas by a 4 to 0 score. ' - ; t Blackwell was opposed by a southpaw inlss by the name of Oettys and the Hock Hill hurlar was by no means an easy mark. She had a splendid delivery, fast and Controlled and fielded her position effectively, But support was wobbly and It was this fact that cost her the game, j The Camden Infield and outfield worked like a well-oiled machine and gave Blackwell beautiful support. Player for player tbe teams resembled a Goliath and David combination. The visitors werfc tall husky maidens while the Camden line was more reminiscent of a grade school size. But what the Starlets lacked In size they made up in playing ability. Camden put the game on ice in the first inning when three runs clattered over the pan. Another run was added later In the game and this constituted the scoring limit of the game. While Blackwell who struck out 18 Rock Hillers at? Rock Hill last Tuesday did no^, hang up any startling whiff record in this second game, she did force the visitors to hit to the defense which wa? really brilliant. 'A large crowd of fans gathered for tbe game and enthusiasm ran high throughout. In the game at Rock Hill the preceding Tuesday the- teams tied and because of the field being required for a city league game, the game was called before any decision was reached. "Home Defense" Committee Formed Aroused by the fact that Ihere has been sixteen deaths in the county from tuberchlosls during the past ten months and by the fact that there are mor^ than sixty known cases of tuberculosis, whose families and neighbors need the service of the Kershaw County Tuberculosis Association, a group of people with a county-wide viewpoint met Tuesday^ morning at the request of Mrs. John Mullen, chairman of the tuberculosis association's Christmas Seal Sale Committee, to suggest Ideas to be used by Mrs. Dess Goodale, who is to act as general chairman in the fund raising drive this fall. Those present were Mrs. John Mullen, Mrs. DesB Goodale, Mrs. A. C. McKafta, Mrs. Kathleen Waits, Mrs. Mattle R. West, Misses May Boykin, Margaret Fewell, Marie Thpnias; Messrs. J. T. Gettys, W. T. Holley, Maxie King and Doctor A. W. Humphries. This group, together with several others who could not be present for the first meeting, will constitute the association's "Home Defense" committee and from now until the 1940 Christmas Seal Sale, which Is to begin November 25,' is ended, will volunteer time and effort in order to make sure that the fund raising campaign meets with record breaking success. ' Christmas Seal Sale funds are used In a year round program to build up a' defense that hae tendency to protect every home in the county agatoBt the ravages of tuberculosis. Corn Contest Finds Fifty Competing There are approximately fifty farmer p in Kershaw county who are par ticipatlng in the corn contest sponsored by the county and the Chamber >f Commerce. Despite unfavorable weather conditions, all of the two acre contest plot* ire doing nicely, although it is believed the yield will fall short of tbe nark anticipated. All of the contestints will have exhibits of their corn it the county fair. The making of mattresses under th? 1 lupervlsion of the Extension service s getting underway. To date some 100 mattresses have been turned out. < 3ns of the centers where the work < is being - carried on turned out 55 nattresses last week. There are four centers in operation now and others rill be added later, - ?. * The soil conservation district, indpding the counties of Kershaw, Burner and Lee, Is assured, following a eferendum taken in each county sev* miH weeks ago. Work upot^, the 4 is Mayor Will Invade The Sunshine State Camden, the midsouth's outstanding Winter resort and sport center, will say hello to the leading Florida tour 1st and resort communities iu the next two weeks when Mayor F. N. McCorkle of this city makes ^a' factfinding survey of the sunshine state motor. %-Already Jacksonville, St. Augus| tine, Paytona Beach, Miami, Tampkj i and Tavares have been contacted and i notified of the proposed junket of the C&mdHi official and have expressed a desire to extend him n generous welcome. Mr. McCorkle will bo accompanied by his wife and son and also Mr. and Mrs. Dess Qoodale and son, Mr. Goodale is chairman of the board of health. According to the Camden Mayor the trip will be one of business and pleasure. "I want to get a first-hand picture of Just what these Florida resort communities are doing; to attract such swarms of tourist" said the mayor. "1 want to see what they offer their guests In the form of. recreational features and alse ascertain what methods they employ in advertising these Attractions. Svjjgfeve South Carolina has much to offer tourist, but we do not picture our recreational and resort as-1 seta in a spanner to attract the mass public. North Carolina and Virginia as well aa other states have a national advertising campaign that is handled through a state-wide organisation and through * state appropriation. Such a program, was. advocated by the Camden publicity department for-several years. 'H hope to be able to secure some interesting and educational data on my, trip through Florida." Camden Sprucing Up * For Winter Season t'% ' Considerable renovating and remodeling Is being done to homes and business houses in Camden this summer. At the DeKalb Pharmacy a new Masonlte ceiling and freshly painted walls and ceiling, with the exterior trim also freshened up have added greatly to the appearance of this wellknown drug store. At the Camden Furniture company store a new floor and an entire renovating of the store is in progress of consIrucIIon. A new sidewalk canopy, a new tile floor in the store and the remodeling of the former secondhand shop adjoining, in a small store are part of the improvements. The work of rebuilding the Camden Food shop Is progressing rapid-i ly and when completed will give Cam-) den an even finer store than ' the modern affair recently destroyed by fire. The Western Auto company store and the Central barber .shop have been renovated and repainted and offer a much improved appearance. Several big real estate deals and proposed building operations have taken place in the past several days and details will be announced later. - --sir - ? The Marion Frances Inn, for several years a tourist home, has been built into an apartment house and offers five fine apartments all with modern equipment and heated: Dentist Suffers 1 Injury To Hand Dr. Tyler B. Dunlap, well known Sumter dentist and owner o| the Little Mary peach orchard, twelve miles west of 8umter in the Stateburg section, suffered a bad injury to his right hand on last Friday, while directing the grading of peache^a at hia orchard in the western part of the county. The thumb and fingers werej caught in the machine and,, badly mangled, according to information received. Dr. Dunlap went to a bone specialist for treatment and it could not be determined at once as to the perm,ancy of the Injury. However, he was to have hia hand examined again the latter part of this week, when the doctor could determine Whether the fingers conld be saved, or would be permanently injured, It was learned. The fcapd baa been given treatment and Dr. Dunlap waa able to be up and about during thla week. Permanent injury to his right hand would bo a severe handicap to htm in hia profession .-?Sumter Herald. , r^c? i ' . World War Veterans Demand Draft Law The J am oh LeRoy Hoik Po^i, Amor-1 lean Legion, not only requests, but demauds that every effort be put forth by Senator Junto* p. Byrnes and Congressman James P Richards to Insure the passage of the compulsory draft act. | The Post alao gave strong endorsejineut to the recommendation of Qeneral Pershing that the United States send destroyers to England with all help possible. The August meeting of the legion j Post here thus becomes 'historic In that there were no half-way utterances |or measures expressed in regard to the national defense program and In sym* [pathy toward Great Britain. The resolution bearing on the draft law and the enforcement of the General Pershing recommendation jvere passed with unamimous approval. The text of the resolution follows: "Unamlmously this Post demands that you make every effort tt> pass without delay the compulsory draft get and also endorses General Pershing's recommendation that we send destroyers to England with all other help possible." As an added gesture of allied sympathy and aid Camden is also taking an active part In the futherance of the cause of the British war relief society. This society was formed early In the war and is registered with the state department at Washington* Contributions to this unit may be sent direct to the war relief society at 687 Fifth avenue, New York City or to the Camden Chamber of Commerce from where It will be forwarded to' New York. Everything contributed will be used to alleviate the suffering of those bearing the brunt of the struggle, the "BUUU8 iWwo, iiio war-uisireeseu civilians and the many foreign refugees now In England. The Camden Chamber suggests that contribution! of used clothing, wool, woolen garments surgical bandages, dressings and the like be sent 'direct to the New York headquarters. The Camden Chamber calls attention to- the fact the British appeal extends to everyone whp believes that England Is giving her life-blood to defend all that there Is left in Europe of those vital principles whfeb the United States has held precious throughout Its history. Bill Pitts Takes Junior Tennis Title Bill Pitts of Camden, won the South Carolina Junior tennis championship from Boots Shivar of St. Stephens, 6-2, 6-4, at Darlington yesterday. The match had twice been postponed owing to Shivar's illness and to Pitt's spoftlngly refusing a defaults Pitts played brilliantly In the final |match, perhaps the best In his career. | Seeded No. 2, he became a fovorlte when top-seeded Jervey was forced to withdraw, and he unquestionably became the ranking junior of the year when he and Wilbur Qreyard won | the doubles.?Thursday's State. Baron DeKalb To l| Open September 9 I . Westville, Aug. 13.?The Baron DeKalb School will begin the 1940-1941 session on Monday morning, September 9, at eight-thirty o'clock. "While no special opening program is planhad, parents are cordially invited to be present at the assembly period which will precede registration of pupils. Textbooks and work books will not be Issued until Tuesday. The faculty for the term, fc^prdete except for the high school pqp'tpn made vacant by the recent resignation of B. E. Livingston to go to*, the prlnclpalship of the Ridge Spring high school, Is as follows: Minnie Breed love and Eltas MoGraw, first grade; Myrtle Johnson, second grade; Gertrude Sweat, third grade; Martha Hawthorne, fourth grade; Jenny Lyle and Benle Evans, fifth grade; Beatrice Lockerman, P. S. music 'and, sixth grade; Dumas Christie, manual training and sixth grade; Mrs. C. B. Busbee, piano; Irville Jones, commerce; Ruth Tomlinson, science; Jenny Key, home economics; Lucille Hewlett, English and library; P. N. Culler; agriculture; and Cyril B. Busbee, euperlntendent. Of the governors of 18 sUtes who have thus far responded to a poll being conducted by the national emergency* committee of the Military Training Camps association, only one, Gov. C. A. Bottolfaen of Idaho, la oppoeed to- compulsory military train. # St'* * 'v K gSUgfc ?**>' " ' t-.'' " V/ V " . - - r I?, /, City Is Swept By Torrential Downpour i ..p. The long, hot drought has been broken by rains of torrential proportions dp ring the past several days. Wednesday the downpour was the heaviest witnessed In Camden lu years. Advices from the western and uorthI ern parts of the state Indicate many highways are under water as a r?- ~ suit of the rivers overflowing their banks while on the coast some of the trunk highways are still Impassable as a result of the hurricane of last Sunday. A rain of cloudburst ferocity and amount of precipitation converted Camden streets Into rushing torrents of water Wednesday* afternoon. On I^aurens street water more than two feet In depth covered the pavement while at Lyttleton and DeKalb streets the area was a lake. Cutters ran full to overflowing while at the post office corner the cross walks were ten to twelve Inches deep' with water. -;~ - A Camden party, seeking to leave here Thursday morning to drive to Chioago was Informed by the Charlotte Motor club that the route through AsheviUe, Knoxvllle and the like was closed because of rivers overflowing the highways while the same was true of route 21 via Charlotte, Wytheville and Bluefleld. The motorist was advised to go via Athens, Gainesville and Dalton, Ga.; and pick up U. . 41 at Chattanooga, or else tahe U. 8. No. 1 to Washington and than go watt on the Lincoln highway. Blither route would add a full day extra of motorlog. Wednesday night the motor club ad vised that roads In the western part of the state were blocked by rising rivers. A watch wis being kept on tfce Wgtarce river- Wednesday night ftpd reports Indicated it was rising rapidly. ' The heavy and continued rains have played havoc with Bport schedules. All of the games in the softball league thle week were called oft because of the rain, Thedfe games will be played next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday after which there will be a three oflft of five game playoff between the Wateree team, dinner /of the first and and second half race of the city league and a team made up, of the star players of the town and . Hermitage teams. ^ < Camden Trembles In Blastg Of Hurricane Camden was caught In the "fringe" of the hurricane of Sunday, August 11, but there was sufficient wind hereabouts to break huge branches from trees, blow over sheds and tear away roofs. The low-scudding clouds, the heavy gusts of wind and the occasional fplrrles of rain were clear Indications of hurricane weather for those who have experienced this form of disturbance before. Camden people who were listening to radio programs during the afternoon were the first to hear tidings of the disaster at Charleston and along the 100 mile coastline between Savannah and Charleston. These announcements in the form of bulletins were sent out during program Intervals while more details were given at ? regular news periods. A number of people who reached Camden Monday afternoon from the storm area declared that the radio and newspaper accounts of the affair were greatly exaggerated, but admitted they had only witnessed conditions In the outlying area of Charleston and knew nothing of the proper-, }y damft*e- . . fr - Baptist Church Barvless | rr f Rev. C. H> Homsby, of Timmonsville will supply for- the Rev. J, B. Caston, at eervicee Sunday, August 18, 11:16 o'clock while' Rev. Caston Is on vacation. ^ \ * Sunday School at 10 o'clock. The public is Invited to all services. f i QET8 HIGH RECOGNITION ??. : Cecil Morris, department commander of tkt South- Caroline department American Legion an. nouncet the selection of Dr. Carl iA. West, of this city at state ath' letic officer of the South Carolina department American Legion. Thle le one of the highest honors bestowed by the department, and hie Camden frlertds and friends thru- < out. th# state are proud of tfilf. honor coming to e <^mden man. * . / " iT'h.ihi .I - iSSiki. .' S?3