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b ~ Join The Fans at Zemp Stadium, at 8 O'CIock Tonight To See First Football Came of The Season The Camden Chronicle 62 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FHIO^V SEPTEMBER 20, 1940 NUMBER 26 ~ .... vv.v*,*... 1^' t.-a TV . ? MWMII i j i k^lServices L Veteran Lawyer JlL, *?rvico. for Ugrlel A. F kv "" w^?ated 8u<Wenly ftt F* on" Ni?rtli Broad street LTT afternoon, were conducted Ft ft(l,,,HK?.1 at 3 o'clock from Kldence by Rabbi Samuel R. I n of Sumter, and the interW,n]\" , the Hebrew cemetery. 1 Rahbt Schillman were Rev. Kmion and Rev. A. D. M^Arn. 1 wlttkowsky had'been 111 for the F eral days but brfd sufflcently E?nd to, resume work at his E However, his health had been W (or (he past few yeavs. M a leading citizen of this Evand widely known throughout Ete ;,n attorney of excepttonElllty 1118 i***1? of trU8t Wer? Erous and covered pqflods of E He Korved as master lp equity Earshnw county for more than 20 Land as attorney for the city of Een for more than 30 years, the E position being held at the Col his death. He was also atEy for the First National bank Ethe Wateree Building and U>an Elation and the Camden Loan and ET company. He was vitally inWL ln ail civic enterprises and Echarter member of the board of Ees of the Camden hospital and Emden Library. WL interest In all work pertaining Eliding and loan matters was exEmal and followed that of his E the late Samuel Wlttkowsky of Eotte. N. C., a pioneer organizer Eliding and Loan associations of |Carolinas. Mr. Wlttkowsky was I o( the organizers of the State Ling and U?an league and served l president. He was also a momlof the state board of bank con|l having been appointed by the I Governor Ibra C. Blackwood, r Wlttkowsky'? Interest in philippic and religious,activities was tiling. -He was member of Temple Lei an(1 pi'oaident of the Qamden Lew and llenevolent association SJ5 years. Lb a boy he attended the old Mc[ndless school ot this place, the city tools here and was graduated |m the South Carolina college, now \ University of South Carolina, end tired his law degree from the same tftutlon. ie is survived by his widow, the liner Pauline Heyman, of Chester, 1 two, sons, George H. Wlttkowsky Lew York City and Dr. Cecil WJttI of Central I slip, Ixmg Island, irving as active pallbearers were, ftn J. It* nibort, hJarl Sloan, of CoIbia; I a-wis Leo Clyburn, Boyd Irk man. Julian Eichel, Melton A. Idstein. Carl Schlosburg, Charles fchannon. 4th. lervinp as honorary pallbearers fte: Members of the Camden bar lactation the mayor and city coun1 board of direotors and staff of the ftidf-n hospital, Mannes Baruch, C. Shannon. Jr.. S. W. VanLandingm, C. H Yates, D. A. Boyktn, J. S. Ira. Henry G. Garrison, James H. burn, Judge G. Duncan Bellinger, Bf. Kennedy, N. C. Arnett, John T. Bens. of Kershaw; Joseph L. Net1. president South Carolina bar asLtion; I). W. Robinson, Columbia; p. Mcleod, A. Fletcher Spignef, 1 Straus. Dr. F. G. Shaw, Dr. JosI Brunson. Dr. P. E. Hugh, Dr. M. Parrisb. M. M. Johnson, John K. l<*ch, Henry Savage, Jr., Allen Lhlaon. W. L. DePass, Jr., J. Team P7?, Harold Funderburk, Oliver P. P. N McCorkle. J. E. MoKain, ISheorn, Jack Nettles, Clyde Maa|au. Dr. John W. Corbett, W. RPP. Jack WhRaker, Dr. A. B. WhltP. Dr. Carl A., West,, Dr. George pM, Dr. John Brewer. lershaw Jury I Holds Shirley lershaw Sept. 16.?An Inquest inPe death of J. Matthew West, whp ft ahot to death In the Qatee Pord ftmunity of Kershaw county Srftur[night. hv Albert ShlHey, was held ft* tonight by Coroner J. Ed I^ee of ftnden, in ihe presence of approxlft*ly 250 persons. Seven witnesses pding one Negro, testified and fte examined by Solicitor A. Fletohi?Pigener fnfr the state. P* verdict was that Matthew West * to hi? death by gunshot wounds lands of Albert Shirley^ Pj moat profitable branch of to the dairyman is the sale for drinking purposes. ^ Football Tonight At Zemp Field A crowd of fully 2,000 wild-eyed football enthusiasts will Jain grandptuud and bleacUois of Zomp stadium hero tonight when the opening g.imo of the grid season in staged with the Camden Bulldogs battling a powerful eleven from Monroe, North Carolina. Fot football to Camden fans Is what pork chops la to Uncle Remus and Aunt Sophlrlnla. When the curtain went down on the 1939 season last November 30, the folks hero Just began to mark timo for the debut of September 20. when the pigskin would again be In evidence In the fine stadium here. When Camden meets Monroe tonight it will be a clash between two well-balanced teams, balanced on the records made by each III previous years, but the first ttnio the Bulldogs have taken on this particular Tarheel group. Last season Caniden scored 165 points as against 71 scored by opposing teams. Monroe ran up a score of 121 poljkts to 82 scored by opponents. The Tarheel outfit won from China Grove 49 to 0, from MoOrosville 26 to 6. They lost out In the South Piedmont conference to Albermarle by a narrow margin, This year the Monroe team takes on such high scoring teams as Concord, Statesvllle, Haitsville. Charlotte and Spencer as well as other speedy,outfits. The Camden team, rated as one of the lightest In several years will make up in speed and alertness what it lacks in beef and some good football Is looked for in every game in which the Bulldogs participate. Following the game tonight with Monroe the team will coast until October 4th when It plays the Darlington team here. On October 11th the game of 4he year with the Sumter Gamecocks as the Invaders will brlnp out the season's record crowd. The entire schedule as announced will be as follows: September 20, Monroe at Camden; October 4, Darlington at Camden; Oc-j tober 11, Sumter at Camden; October 18, Brookland-Cayce at Camden; November 29, Charleston at Camden;] September 27, Camden at Rock Hill; October 25, Camden at Orangeburg; November 1, Camden at Chester; November 8, Camden at Hartsville; November 15, Camden at Augusta; November 21, Camden at Gaffney. Sheriff Told To Collect Taxes | Comptroller General A. J. Beattie 1 has "addressed the following letter to Sheriff J. H. McLeod, which is selfI explanatory: "I -wish to call your attentloh at this time again to the importance of collecting delinquent property taxes. ! "As you of course know, this is the season of the year when tax payers are best equipped to meet these obligations. i "I wish, also,-to call to the attention of any Sheriff or Tax Collector having unpaid taxes In hand for the year 1930. that the time will soon expire for enforcing theae executions and the bond of the Sheriff or Tax Collector will become liable for any loss suaI tained as a result of failure to discharge his duties. There should of course be no executions of such long standing, but it has been called to my attention that there are In ?om* counties executions for 1930 taxes. In other counties the delinquent tax accouht appears to be Increasing rather than decreasing. This at course if. continued, will lead t county and your office Into an emharassing situation and one which, oannot well be You are neq^psted. therefore, proceed vigorously with the conoctlon of all executions In your hands. ElectritotioiTFor Three Counties Winston Congressman J. P- I,B . 1 District of South Carolina^,ha- to advised by Mr. Harry ' Ad.; mlnlstrator. Rural Electrification Ad ministration. O. , S, Department ^ Agriculture. h? been I an allotment of I Mectr!" Lade to build 2? "?><*> ?' J clL o- o in serve 923 members In Chea | ISiies to serve Kershaw I terfleld, I-ancaster and Kerehaw Counties. River Elec-TMaf for 1" a Walter is the Project Superintendent. | ' '*%?. "" " | COIX>NEL. W. H. MONCRIEF Colonel Moncrief To Be Speaker Here Responding to the invitation of J. T. Gettys, president of the Kershaw County Tuberculosis Association, on Wednesday, September 25th, one o'clock, at the Camden Hotel, a hundred mertibers of the Kershaw County Home Defense Committee will gather to hear Colonel W. H. Moncrief, superintendent of the South Carolina Sanatorium talk on "Tuberculosis Control and Participation In the Christmas Seal Sale Everybody's Responsibility." Colonel Moncrief, international authority on hospital administration and well known retired army officer, has been connected with the South Carolina Sanatorium since May 1. 1939. Marked with the distinction of having commanded and directed more hospitals than any other man associated with the United States Army Colonel Moncrief is a person possessing unusually rich experience. In the summer of 1917, at the Rockefeller Institute, with Doctor Alexis Carrel he worked out the United States specifications for equipment and formulated the rules for our army's use of the Carrel-Dakin method of treating war wounds. Ordered to France in 1918, after surveying various hospital centers and feritlsh rest camps, he was placed In command of the "Mesves Hospital Center which rapidly grew to a bed capacity of twenty-five thousand. For service hore, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. For a period of three years In the nineteen-twenties Colonel Moncriefi was in command of the Fitzsimmons General Hospital, Denver, Colorado, at t^at time the largest of our army hospitals and caring for tuberculosis cafes only. These and many other remarkablo experiences at home and abroad have contHbuted toward the development o? a personality that impresses those who hear Colonel Moncrief speak with the presence of unusual capacity . for rendering service to suffering humanity, especially to that group stricken rlth tuberculosis. Since his coming to the South Carolina Sanatorium at State Park, Kershaw County has felt the influence of his efficiency in providing needed additional hospital and X.ray facilities. So it is expected, according to J. T.I Getty's, president* of the local tuberculosis assoclatoln that the Colonel's j luncheon talk on September 25, will j Inspire the association's one hundred) volunteer workers to lay the founda-J tion for the most whole-hearted co-1 operation ever given here in a campaign organized to raise Christmas Seal Sale funds. ' ! ggggf f Shannon Elected / As City Attorney Charles J. Shannon, 4th, for the past two and a half years a member of the city council, has been elected city attorney to succeed the late L. A. Wittkowsky? who died after a brief illness last Thursday,. Mr. Shannon was also elected as general counsel for the Wateree nd Loan Association, a place also held by Mr. Wittkowsky. The election of Mr. Shannon as city attorney leaves a vacancy In the fourth ward commissioner office and will be filled when a special election Is held. The date to be fixed by city council. At the same time the vacancy In the sixth ward, caused by the resignation of Charles R. Villeplgue, who has I become affiliated with the United] States government as a postal tm-, ployee, will be filled. So far the only candidate to file his notice to seek the office of alderman of the fourth ward Is T. Lee Little, manager of the Camden Theater. and one of the leading business men of the community. No public announcement has been made by any other candidates In this ward or the sixth. FOR ALDERMAN WARD FOUR As there. Is an election to be held soon in order to nominate an Alderman from Ward Four for the City of Camden. I am announcing myself as a candidate for this office for the sole purpose of being of some service to the City. Very respectfully. T. LBE LITTLK. W " t Funeral Services For Mr. Mahaffey Kingstree, Sept. 17.?Uoralne Wingo Mahaffey, 36, died suddenly Tuesday at St. Stephens. He was an engineer for the Harba Construction company working on the Santee-Cooper project. He is survived by hie widow, Mrs. Esther DeLoache Mahaffey, formerly of Camden; one daughter, Esther Loraine Mahaffey; three brothers, J. B. Mahaffey, of Hendersoville, N. C.; J. G. Mahaffey, of Washington; L. E. Mahaffey, of Spartanburg; three ais: ters; Mm Marvin M. Mann, 8t. Matthews; Mrs. 8. A. Trlplett, of Chester; Miss Rosa Mahaffey, of Clinton. Funeral services were conducted at Grace Episcopal church, Camden, at 11 o'clock Thursday morning by Dr. Maurice Clarke, assisted by the Rev. Bryce Herbert. Interment was in the Quaker cemetery. Mr. Mahaffey was a graduate of the engineering department of the University of South Carolina, class of 1927. Serving as active pallbearers were Henry T. Chance, of .Augusta, Ga.; Bob Sessions, Jr.. of Allendale; Wfclton Hudson, M. C. O'Caln, of Columbia; J. J. Maokay, Jr., of Orangeburg; W. F. Nettles, Sr., of Camden. Fire Does Damage The fire department was called to a point near the Hermitage Mill village on Federal route one Monday afternoon to extinguish a blaze that had started in the garage and pump house *of Mike Tanner. Both wert partially destroyed and the work of the firemen kept the flames from reaching the two-story dwelling. % <"? V' Cotton Weigher May Be Question Humors are going t,ho round that there will probably bo an upset in the election tur the office of cottonl weigher In Camden to servo lh>Kalbi and Watereo Townships. According to Information that we. can gather, there was a special act of' the general assembly In 1V3K relating' to the office of cotton weigher where-1 by the nominee had to have only a' plurality and not a majority. The official figures In the first primary show that A. L. McLeod received 938 votes, R. A. BruCe V06, Me* Uulrt 554 and Irby Turner 800?necesluting a runtoff between McLeod and Turner, which resulted In Turner defeating McLeod. Tho executive committee declared the result and uamod Turner as the winner. We understand that Mr. Turner has his commission from tho governor, hus secured his bond, and has an advertisement in this week's Chronicle to the effect thai he will begin weighing cotton ch Monday.' September 23, on the old platform, back of the former Barueh-Nettles store. . We have not learned what steps, if any, Mr. Mcleod will take In the matter. The act reads as follows ;v "Act 722?Entitled: - An *ftUt'?ttT' amend "an act to provide for an election of cotton weigher in DeKalb Township, in Kershaw County, prescribe his duties, compensation and term of office, and tho like. "Section 1.?Cotton weigher, term, election, vacancy. Bo It enacted by the general assembly of tho State of | South Carolina: "There shall be only one cottonweigher In Kershaw county, located at Cainden. who shall hold office for the t<erni of two years or until his successor shall have betfh elected and qualified. Said cotton weigher shall be elected by the voters residing ih DeKalb Township. Said weigher shall be nominated in the primary election held every two years In the county. The rules of the Democratic primary shall apply except that the candidate receiving a plurality of tho vote shall be declared to be the nominee and shall be commissioned by the governor for the term next ensuing. In case of any vacancy, the unexpired term shall be filled by appointment by tho governor upon the recommendation of a majority of the legislative delegation from the county, including tho senator." Enlistments Made For Naval Recruits The U. S. Navy recruiting Station, City Hall Building, Columbia, Is accepting first enlistments for the U. 8. Navy from -young men between the ages of 18 to ?'M> who have completed tho seventh grade or above, and who are mentally and physically qualified. All men accepted for first enlistment at the Columbia station are transferred to the U. S. Naval Training Stat-J ion, Norfolk, ' Va., for preliminary training before being assigned to ships of the L\ S. Fleet. During the eight to twelve weeks training period recruits are given the opportunity of! applying for one of eight service) schools maintained at the training station. These schools offer service training in mechanics, wood and metal working, (tommunlcations and clerical work pertklning to the navy. First enlistments in the U. S. Navy are made In thej*atlng of apprentice seaman, with pay at the rate of |21.00 per month. At the end of four months of service recruits are advanced to seaman, second class, with pay at the rate of $36.00 per month. Men who have had previous military service are advanced to $36.00 per month at the end of one month's service. Full information concerning opporj tunitics, and retirement benefits, may be obtained at the U. S. Navy Rear tilting Station, City Hall BulldtOgp' Columbia. Fire Damages Mall While enroute to Camden last Friday, the thirteenth, the mall sacks in the star route truck of Hoyt J. Hinson. caught fire at a point near I>anca*ter. Luckily for Mr. Hlnson he was nearlng Lancaster when he discovered the fire and drove under a filling station. A chemical fire extinguisher was used, but about thirteen sacks of mail was considerably damaged. A greater portion of the mail was consigned to Sumter, but many Camden patrons received scorched letters " and packages. Mr. Hlnsor says Friday, the thirteenth, alwayi has been his unlucky day. An individual is not Intoxicated b] alcohol untH it courses through hli alcohol until is courses through hli blood stream and reaches the brain. * " f " ' ' <r Use School Houses For Enrolment Day Registration of no estimated L'50,oOO South Carolinians, coming within the ago limits of tjie draft bill signed yesterday by President Roosevelt, will take place October 16. Tho day will bo declared a holiday In South Carolina, Coventor Rurnet R. Maybank said yesterday as ho returned to the executive/ mansion after u weekend spent at\ Flat Rock, North Carolina. "It will bo a tremendous Job." tho governor declared. "I want It done 1 right, without any polltl.es and without any nousense. and to the beat interests of tho two million pooplo of South Carolina. The governor stressed the fact that this registration wrb not near so simple as enrolling for an election; that the questionnaires were lengthy and somewhat complicated and that to finish up the entire Job in one day was a real undertaking. "Registration will be In the schodl houses In SotfTtr-Oarqllna and 1 am calling on South Carolina's 15,000 school teachers to give fthl In filling out the blanks. "This is a national emergency; tho teachers are patriotic and they have the ability to aid in filling out the blanks. We want to avoid having the blanks come back to bo amended or altered; wo want them filled properly in the first Instance," he said. There will be 83 three-member registration boards In South Carolina; many will have'more than one, population being the ruling factor. For instance. In Aiken county there will be two registration districts; In Anderson, three; In Charleston, five; In Cherokee, two; in Richland county, there will be three, two of them in tho city of Columbia and ono In the country; in Oreenvllle county there will be four registration districts and In Spartanburg, five. Orangeburg will have three; Florence likewise; ___ Darlington two and Lexington, two. Other counties will be divided Into districts according to population. "Of those who are called upon to register, it is estimated that 140,000 . will be white men and 110,000 negroes'* the governor said. "I will appoint one modlcnl examiner for each of the 83 boards. "It is my plan now to announce the names of members of registration boards Thursday and of members of other boards Monday following," the governor said. "1 practically have all board members appointed now." "1 will appoint honorable gentlemen and they will ho authorized to employ suclr-derlcal help as may be needed." Contracts for tho printing of the registration cards and the questionnaires have already been awarded, it was said, and by tho arrival of registration day all will be In readiness. He said that today he would ask tho state board of education to pass a resolution calling for a holiday in all j the schools "registration" day. | Preparation for this unprecedented peace time move has been under way for days, the governor said, as he spoke the various details which had been attended to even before congress had decided on the exact' type. . of bill It desired. ' ?The governor had a small suit caae apparently filled with draft paraphernalia. blanks, cards and so forth, and spoke rapidly of his plan for the registration in South Carolina.?Columbia State. Camden Band Will Furnish Music 7(By The Skipper) ~ Those who attend the football'tfArhe tonight at the Zemp stadium are ?ofag to get two big shows in one. Yes Slr-e-e-e-. A swell football fame between the Camden Bulldogs and the ; Monroe Highs. And the second?the Initial appearance of the Camden schools band In their natty gold and black uniforms. The first time the lads- and lassies, your kids, folks, will stmt tlfeir stuff We have watched the remarkable progress that Newell Wlmberly has . made with his band proup and believe you me, you folks ar&^oing to get the \ thrill of your rtre when ">ou_eee this r <fh*e appearing musical group parade I over the velvety green of the Bulldog 1 football arena. 1 * Think of it folks?two big events , for the price of one admission. A real treat. One that not a single red-;.. 7 blooded Camden football fan or muste 8 ian can afford to miss. See you out there. ^ Urn : " " < ' < Hrr: VWjjM