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jngton Plays Here Tonight ? Kershaw.County Fair All Next Week ? Sumter Here Next Friday at Zemp Stadium The Camden Chronicle yOLUME 82 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1940 NUMBER 28 jotton Weigher Ruling (lay Affect Many Offices . . _ the provisions of a ruling by * H. Her.der.Ai. under t unpteiubor 28, and flled In the '?Jo?rt ofCourt J. H. Clyburn ^ Kershaw County court (house, IK36 ami 1938 acta of the South olina legislature providing for the <h>n of a cotton weigher for Ker, county In Camden pre declared poatltutlonal. -ciflcally. the court oMsr holds acta, in question are In viow of Articles 1, 8ection 10 and l^e 2 of Sections 3 and 4 of the H constitution for the reason that persons permitted "to offer for Hon as cotton weigher were con4'to members of one particular tyand the persons entitled to vote ^ limited in the same manner. I that wherefcs both plaintiff and nd&nt were attempting to take ofi under tihe statute in question, tor party to the action was en* ti to the office by virtue of the t that no coiMrtltutlonal election toon held. t ?>urt order vacates an order of t*nber 21 Which restrained and fcsd Irby Turner from assuming C*ce of cotton weigher. Regardi o( existing circumstances cotton ibecjt and is now being weighed In local markets. ii action to try title to the office i commenced when A. L. McLeod, 0 led In tihe first primary, but was ated In the second by Irby Turntiscovered the law provided for candidate receiving a plurality of tM to be commissioned as weigher the governor. During the camfcn and election everyone was unr the Impression that no one could ielected by a majority vote, he order of Judge Henderson is of ifr-wide Interest In that a great my acta of the general assembly oviding tor the election of game aniens and school trustees In some tho counties, twenty-three to be act according to Unconfirmed rert. are subject to the same object1 as outlined in the cotton weigher pute. (Please turn to page six) etired Army Man Dies in Far West he sudden death on September 25, 0. of l?t. Col. Bel ton O'Neill Kenl>", retired army officer, at the Letman Military Hospital, at San Franco. California, came as a great ck to his relatives and friends. Alugh the deceased had been in poor Ith for gom?> years the seriousness his condition was not realized by m. klton Kennedy was born at Cami June 3u. 1885, the son of Belton ieill and Kllen Bissell Kennedy, early education was received at public schools of Atlanta, Georgia, ere his father held the responsible ition of cashier of the First NationJank. After the death of both pars he and his two younger brothers * up in the home of their uncle, b. Kennedy, and attended the ools at Camden. Tie deceased graduated from Clem1905, as mechanical and eleotrlcal toeer and as ranking cadet officer, ability in military matters was so rked that the Clemson army inictor advised him to enter the [l ?t that time. While at Clemson also a member of tihe Kershaw 'ds of Camden. < her his graduation he was for srr1 years in the engineering .depart? of Westtnghouse at Pittsburgh, "o there he successfully stood a ipotltivf- examination for a iieut8t<7 In the Coast Artillery Corps, (Please turn to page 2)' oop 30 Boasts andsome New Flag Scout Troop No. 30, Ben Team, faster and Joe Kline and WI11 wanham, assistant ecoutmaater, 4 8Pic and span new American Wcchasod by the troop and to be ^for ail purposes Including parade. e Troop has arranged to have a 81 the Kershaw county fair ^demonstrations In Scout work * offered. The booth will also information bureau for data OB In connection the Troop wilb sponsor a first aid station. being made by the Troop ^ the Scout Circuit AiS. r^obia the latter psrt of Nov**'hlc* be attended by i Scouts from all over the * SL " ' r State Fair Week Of October 21-26 Columbia, 8. C., Sept. 27?Tl^ ! South Carolina State Pair has puBsod the alloted three soore and ten, having become 70 years ol<) with last year's fair. This year a new decade is started with the seventy-first fair, which la to be given In Columbia October. 21-26, day and night. "The fair may be old in years", Paul rtf. Moore, secretary, said "but It. is I young in idoas and the 1940 show is a I streamlined edition of the best in state fairs. We havo been working since the cloae of last year's fair to make the coming one the best In our history and we are confident that when the public seess the 1940 edition it will acclaim it as a new high mark, not only for this but for state fairs in this section of the oountry." Officers of the fair this year are: D. D. Witcover, Darlington, president; Paul V. Moore, Spartanburg county, secretary: W. A. Seegars, Columbia, treasurer; and the following executive committeemen: R. B. Cunningham, Allendale; D. W. Watkins, Clemson College; C. O. Hearon, Spartanburg; J. < L. Mcintosh, Florence; D. O. Ellison, Columbia. The ex-officio members are President Witcover, J. N. Kirven of Darlington and R. M. Cooper of Charleston. Bulldogs Upset Dope at Rock Hill The Bulldogs hung crepe a mile wide and a couple of miles long all over Rock Hill last Friday afternoon, outplaying a heavy and confident j Bearcat aggregation and ringing the curtain down on a Scoreless pastime, 1 a complete upset of the dope pail. It was a wild and wooly engagement before a large crowd of Rock Hill and Camden fane. From start to finish it was a ball game. The Bulldogs, looking like midgets beside an aggregation of lumberjacks. outplayed .the home team practically every minute and had it not been for some bad breaks at critical periods would have scored a win. Rock Hill was fortunate in haying the ' whitewash smear on both sides of the score board when the final gun sound' ed. Camden ^Scored 17 first downs to 4 registered by the Bearcats. The nearest the Rock Hill warriors came to the Camden goal was -the 16 | yard line, while Camden went as far as the Rock Hill 4 yard marker. Here It was that the breaks went against the Bulldog crew. Actually the Bulldogs did enough as the statistics show to win a couple of ball games. Any number of little vital things went against them so that 1 the tremendous yardage they gained was more or less wasted. The first quarter was scoreless and was mainly a battle between Mullen of Camden and Hoffman of Rock Hill, who exchanged some nice punts. Camden kicked off with a brisk wind (Please turn to page six) Myers Adds Further New Equipment Les Myers, of the Myers super-service garage on east . DeKalb street, has installed additional Bee-Line equipment and noiR>lj*? the most complete line of-toUj^ftmous make to be found anywhere In the South. Several months ago Mr. Myers installed the equipment necessary to secure perfect aligning of wheels, frame and axles and this week has added apparatus which enables his service crew to straighten bent wheels and make them as true and accurate as ?wk <vr\ VI AW In addition a late model of the wheel balancing unit has replaced one installed a year ago. This change was made because of the added effectiveness and accuracy of the new model. - ? Mr. Myers has become affiliated with the Amerioan Automobile club organization and is recommended by SE^nation-wide organization as an outstanding garage and service quarters. Wreck*?* oara_oariT the emblem of the AAA while the organization is planning qn installing signs on the roads leading into Camdan. Darlington Gridders Are Here Tonight Camden football enthusiasts will have an opportunity to hIkuv their appreciation of the fine little teuin that Coach Vllleplgue has whipped together for the 1940 season when the Bulldogs battle Darlington High at Zemp stadium tonight?game time being 8 o'clock. Ooacih Villepigue will undoubtedly start the same lineup as featured the initial kickoff in the recent Monroe game here. However, it la certain that during the evening all of the squad members will got an opportunity to strut their stuff before the home crowd. The hand will be out In their black and gold uniforms and somo new musl< cal numbers as well as marching routines will be exploited during the evening. The knot hole lads who usually have an excellent Idea of the probabl) ity of .the game result are inclined tc regard the Darlington bout as In the bag, but the Camden team, reallz lug what overconfidence can do. wil not let down even tho the going be easy. The gang wants' to stow at many games on the won side of the ledger as possible as some tough eea counters face them along the pathwaj the remainder of the season. Sumter, Orangeburg and Cheatei scouts will be on the job to watch the Bulldogs in aotlon, as these teams wil be met during the next several weeks The Sumter game a week from to night Is the peak game of the seasor so far as Camden fans are concern?* and there Is much liklihood that th< Camden team will u/ncover no tricl plays which may have to be utilize* when the Gamecocks come. "Americanism" Will Feature Fail i . Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 2?American ism will be the theme of the SouEheri States Fair here October 15 to 19 according to Dr. J. S. Dorton, genera manager. Patriotic speeches, salute to the flag, guard mounts and a spec ial program on Americanism Day October 18. will be In keeping wit] the new patriotic sentiment that i sweeping the country. There will be special displays o flags on the grounds and the grand stand. Before each evening progran a well-known speaker will make i one-minute address on Americanism On Americanism Day, which is alsi city school day, a special program wil be given on the big stage in front o the grandstand. On that day also, al soldiers, sailors and marines in un: form will be admitted free. With only two weeks to go befur the fair's opening, activities at th 100-acre fairgrounds just north o Charlotte's city limits are in big] gear. Work has been completed o the enormous new swine pavilion an remodeling the main entrance. Th main exhibit hall is ready to receiv displays and exhibits from farm home and factory. (Please turn, to page' 2) Draft Board Called To Meet Monday Clerk of Court James H. Clybur received a telegram from Governo Maybank calling a meeting of th? Kei shaw county selective draft board fc Monday evening at the court house a 7:30 o'clock. The Kershaw count hoard consists of James H. Clyburr Mrs. Kathleen B. Watts, John Whi aker, Jr., Deas Boykln, Marvin M Reasonover, M. G. King, Gordon F Bel! and Oscar J. Smyrl. After this meeting all of the d.'pJ hoards in South Carolina are called to meet in Columbia Wednesday, Octc ber 9. Governor Maybank's message to Mr, Clyburn la as follow*: "As Governor of South Carolina j am wiring the Superintend ants of Ed ucation to communicate with you tc [ day to arrange for a meeting In th coprt house on Monday evening. Un der the selective-service law you ar< held responsible and directed to at tend and I ask that you notify al draft board members at an hour con venient Monday evening. The pur pose of this meeting Is to determine the whereabouts of registering in you county and you will distribute all o the information that will be sent u (Please turn to page Ave) New Grocery1 Store On DeKalb Street C. O. Bald, for seven years manage: of the company store at Bishopvllli and also manager of a Columbia stor< of the same chain store System ha leased the quarters in the Camdei hotel building formerly occupied b; the Potter liquor store and will opei a modern grocery store on October U Mr. Bald states that his store wil he equipped with the latest fixture and will feature a meat market offei ing the Unset in refrigerating and dh play systems. : ~ . . _ - . * \J) Lions International Organize Here ] Several* business and professional men met Tuesday night at. the Hotel Camden and organized a unit of the Mono International. It will be idenlfled with sixty other Lions clubs located in the State, and over 4000 clubs throughout the nation. Plans were Bet to hold the charter night celebra tlou T uesday, October 29, at which time dignitaries, State leaders, numbers from other clubs within the district. with their ladles will attend. The club members approved to have not more than 25 to 30 active members on their roll. The purpose of the club will be to foster and sponsor i such work as, boys and girls, citizenship and patriotism, civic improvements, community ? betterments, education. health and welfare, and sight coinerration and blind work. These, it was pointed out were the major-sotlvlt ies of Mons International, and | , were suitably applied to any immunity It was stated. Elected as the first president was. Paul A. Duffer, other officers Include fliet vice \fVesldent, B. M. Neese; second vice president. L. I. > Gulon. Jr.; third vice president, Alj bert L, Goodale; seoreta-ry-treasurer, Charlie Delxiache; lion tamer, G. E. McGrew; tail twister. Alva Rush; DiI rectors, w. B. Campboll and P. Gray) son Shaw, two years; Maylan L?. Du ! Val, W. H. James, one year. In addition to the above officers, included as charter members, are James M. Ward, * J. B. Gastrin, Jr., J. C. Stover, and W. f A. Moore. The club plans to meet every Tuesday evening, 8 p. m. Apr pointed as charter night chairman was IxhjIs Gulon, Jr.; membership chair5 man, W. H. James; finance chairman, H Albert L?. Goodale; constitution by. law* chairman W. B. Campbell. Spon. soring the Club was the Dione Club of Columbia. J. M. Blalock, district governor, of Columbia, will be the I principal speaker at the charter affair j and will represent Lions International [ In presenting the charter to the club, j Charles J. Keil, of Columbia, helped In organizing the club here Tuesday evennlg. Farmers Look To Farm Security Now is the time of year for landi lords to be thinking about who will farm their land during 1941, accord1 lng to B. P. DeLoache. Supervisor for s tha .Farm Security Administration In * Kefsiuto county.' \ "There are a number of reasons why & a tenant, if he has been satisfactory, s should be told at this time he may oon-tinue on the farm another year or f even longer", Mr. Delx>ache said. "Not the least reason is that if the tenant a knows he will farm the same place a next year it is likely that he will plan i. for cover crops, or make other con t> structive plans for next year, in time 1 for them to be effective." f Because of the excessive cost of anil nual moving to both tenants and landI lords, Supervisor. DeLoache said, many landowners in Kershaw county e are giving borrowers of the Farm e Security Administration leases of f from three to five years, a A check of the 183 families ip the n county on the PSA program reveals d that 30 per cent of them have leases o of from three to five years or written e leases with renewal clauses. These i. leases are helping the tenants save as much as $50 a year each In moving (Please turn to page 2) Little Girl Saves f 6,720 New Nickels n When seven year old Vera Grace >r McCasklll, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. rr Boykin McCaskill asked her daddy for X a bright new Buffalo head nickel on y September 27, 1939, she started a new nickel saving program that resulted rL* In 6,220 nickels, with a value of $312 >' being turned In at the First National Bank here Tuesday morning. . _ t For when Mr. McCasklll gave the o shiny nickel to little Vera, the child f suggested that he save all new 0 nick tea that came over the' counter j of his grocery store on Rutledge street |. and give them to her to save, h And each day brought its supply of 8 new nickels to the little girl. Weeks, '* months passed. The plan was to P bank the nickels at the end of the \ year. i- But when school sees ions started little Vera invaded her nickel storage 0 and took out sufficient to purchase f clothes and books for the school year. 3 That took $25 out of the amount, so (Please turn to page five) DOG 8HOW IN CHARQt-OJv DIXIE BOYKIN'THI8 YEAR ^ The management of the Kershaw County fair, In a last minute announcement, states that the dog show r to be held Thursday October 10 at 3:30 0 p. m. at the fair grounds will have 0 Dixie Boykin as chairman. 8 Dixie Boykin takes the place of 1 J. W. G. Boykin wh< ha? beet chaii P man of this unit of the fair program I1 for several years in succession but who because of business will not be 1 in the city for the show this year, s The dog show has 19 classes and ' features pointers, setters, hounds, terb rlers, spaniels, German police dogs, Cockers, miscellaneous said muts. XSSjk ^ " y $ *. ' "" ' * aria --in--'. - L, * - _ Annual Fair Opens Here j Monday, October Seven Reckless Colored Driver Causes Wreck * ________ ii Mrs. Art is] la Wluetanley, of Phlla- * ilelphia and St. Petersburg, Fla., was * painfully injured when her car was * forced off the road /and turned over in a ditch near llothuno, on U. S No. 1 1 late Sunday. A woman companion 1 escaped injury. ' - ( Mrs. Winatanloy and tier companion 1 wdYe an their way from a two months trip through tihe northeastern and central states onrouto to their homes in St. Petersburg. 1 A tew miles south of Bethune a car < with a group'of five colored men cut J across in front of the Winatanloy car. Mrs. Wirtetanley tried4 to avoid a col- , lision but the abruptness of the turn made by the driver in the other car ] was so sudden the machines hit and the car with the two women wont in- ( to the ditch. Mm. Winstamley and her companion were brought to the hospital here where examination disclosed Mrs. Winstanley had received a painful1 head wound and aleo painful brulsos.1 Tiho car was badly damaged. The driver of the other car was taken into custody and confined In the guardhouse at Bethune where ho a-' waits arraignment on a charge of reckless driving. Five Motor Vehicles In Bridge Collision An army truck, commercial truck and three passenger automobiles figured in a general collision on the overhead Nt>ridge of the Seaboard tracks on C. S. No. 1 at the west limits of this city Saturday night, the result being that nine persons were injured and three automobiles were badly damaged. Willie Workman, colored and driver of a commercial truck who It Is alleged crashed into an auto and a U. S. army truck is locked up In the Kershaw county Jail, after being taken into custody by army men and turned over to the Camden police. Workman was held in the police guardhouse last nigiht and taken to the county jail Sunday morning. The more seriously Injured of the automobile occupants was David Driggers of Camden, who suffered a bruised leg and other Injuries. That no one was killed Is regarded by the authorities as a miracler^Oidiers injured to the extent of sustaining bruises and lacerations were Robert H. Funderburke, of the headquarters company 118th Infantry, who was driving to his home at Pageland; Clyde Boykin, Dlllard Elliott, James Boykin nad Gilbert Shirley, all of Camden, and Mrs. R. D. Munn, wife j and 13 months old baby, of Columbia. | Driggers, Mrs. Munn and baby and I Funderburke were given attention at i the Camden hospital. According to the statement of Driggers, who was in a car with Elliott, Shirley, Jas. Boykin and Clyde Boykin, they were oil their way home from Fort Jackson, where they are (Please turn to page two) Grace Church In Fellowship Program Members of Grace Episcopal' church parish are planning on makltigDMkh fellowship service and corporate communion next Sunday at 11:16 o'clock one of the most outstanding services held in the church during the period j Dr. Maurice Clarke has been rector. An expressed determination to make the affair so successful that it1 will be a most pleasing memory to Dr. Clarke to oarry with him on his long trip to Kansas City where he will attend the general convention of the Episcopal church during the enI suing two weeks. A pleasing musical program will be: offered by the Grace ohurch choir and Dr. Clarke will ofTer one of-his always interesting sermons, notice of which will be found elsewhere In this issue of the paper. Last Sunday there was a large turnout, of church members who were anxious to take part in the "prayers lor Br It lan" service that was conducted. > jf x v ... ..... Kershaw county's peak event of tho 'car?the county fair?opon# Its tatoa to tho public Monday morn'ug knd for ouo week tho grounds will bo he meeca of thousands of visitors 'rom all over tho county as woll as 'rom adjoining counties. The Kershaw fair this year Is aupeior to anything of tho kind ever be'oro offered to the public and It will compare with any county lair In tho r-"? ountry. according to Manager Dewey Creed and his corp of workers who have been laboring for weeks In getting everything In readiness for tho exposition. --?-4. The exhibits in the home economics department, the stock pavilions, tho manufacturers buildings and In farm produce departments are bigger and more attractive than ever while the fun features which are headlined by the Greater Ijawronco Shows, with a galaxy of thrills, shows, rides and oddities will eclipse anything theretofore submitted to a critical public. Sport features are much Jn evidence this season with two football games scheduled for evening attractions during the week. On Friday evening the peak grid classic of the year will take place, featuring the annual clash between the Camden and Sumter high schools. This gumo Is expected attract fully 3000 to 3600 people^and with the gayly uniformed bands of the two schools performing before the game and betweon halves, the evening promises "to be ofte never to be forgotten In Camden football history. On Wednesday evening the grid event will feature a clash between a smart team from the Mather academy in Camden, and the Sims high school of Union. Both football games will start at 8 o'clock. The fire works displays, finer nad more pretentious than anything ever offered In Kerahaw county, will be offered on but two evenings, Wednesday and Thursday. The fair management arranged with the World Fire works display company in Danville, 111.; to present a $1,000 lire works spectacle each of these nights, thus (Please turn to page seven) Police Wage War On Stray Dogs - -:~i Mr. Dogowner, If you happen to miss your pet pooch one of these days, better take a look at the city pound, located at the city yard on Market street. For ten to one, If your favored wuff has been strolling the highways and byways of this beautiful little city, without a tag showing he has been inoculated, he has been picked up by a dog catcher. According to the mayor and the chief of police all dogs running at large must carry a tag showing they have received the necessary shot for rabies. If not, the police will pick up Fldo or Bessie and take him or her to the pound. If said Fldo and Bessie are not claimed within a week, the unfortunate canines will be put out of the way. ...~ _ - ?/And another thing?It will cost you exactly one dollar plus room and board to get your pet pootch out of the clutches of John Law. -> _ The city authorities have made U quite plain, throiigh the medium of three weeks of display advertising In (Please turn to page aeven^'"^*'*' . no/ or!; _ Camden Theater Closed For Week The Camden theater, Broad street, closed its doors Saturday September ? 21, following the last show, and will remain closed for one week, while extenslvo remodeling and renovating work is being carried out. - ; In addition to a complete decorating of the interior of Qie attractive cinema house. Manager 1\ Lee Little is also installing some modern accoustlc devices which wStt-add greatly Improved clarity to the sound effects-and 1 voices, although this feature of the Camden playhouse has received many ( | remarks of a complimentary nature, j The theater will reopen on Monday October - 7th when the latest- Mickey j.y* ! Roonoy-.Tudy Oar land picture /'Strike Up the Band" will be the offering for ja two day engagement.