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The Camden Chronicle
62 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FHIO^V SEPTEMBER 20, 1940 NUMBER 26
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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. |
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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. '
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. ^
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