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Camden and Kershaw AH Stars To Battle on Gridiron Here Tuesday, August 20
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fllUM^52 CAMDEN, SOUTH'CAROUNA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1840 NUMBER 21
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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 ^
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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 *
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Blackwell Hurls
Two Hit Ball
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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
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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.
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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. ,
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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.
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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. ^
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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
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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.
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QET8 HIGH RECOGNITION
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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.
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