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I The Camden Chronicle VOL^mES2 * CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1940 NUMBER 33 ?- ' - ?^ > "?. -j i . m A J . j in .... .. ... 1 ? ? -', ------ ?-ii - s=a Ips Eagerly lit Santa Claus lilldreu of Cam-ten ami Ker? are ?W?f "v?r vl?" . UH to Camden on the atter'ovenilior 2#. The whool. l(t 4?arly In the afternoon to children from all over fee navo ample time to reach lUI(, w'Hneea the gorgeous iat la 'being planned as ? ,he Chvjfetmes festival and f ,he colorful Santa Claus ieess and professional men have given splendid cooperl0 raising of the fund note* lg0 the Christmas event rnd u that the program as tentanouuoedT "recently trill bo t in detail. officials believe tbey will ! secure three bands for the 'ho colorful Camden schools University band and the school band are elected to e musical inspiration for the ering committee of the festiappropriated $100 to Mrs. Watts, Superintendent of , who is to apportion it to the Igh schools of the county as hers Interested. In providing the school section of The phis action followed a conetween the committee and a educators. nmittee has decided to give a cash awards to the first, id third Place winners of the ion and civic float section, prizes to the winners in the given over to individual lx cash prizes for winners in ip division and ten cash or the winners In the baby mmlttee has issued a request hers who wish to enter their i the baby parade are to tele write to Mrs. Joe McKain. chairman of the baby parade Mrs. McKain wishes it K,d that all babies from u, first grade attendance, gttrte to this section of the >avade. I ' Organizations and civic groups tanning on entering floats in that eciion of the parade are requested > communicate with Mrs. A- C. Mc a in or Mrs. John Mullen. A Hoy Scout drum and bugle corps ith a group of marching Scouts will ? another feature of the parade. The parade is to start from Laurens in! Hroad street at 3:30 o clock In te afternoon and will move sojith long Broad Street to King Street here it will (lis band, arrangements avo been made to have the high thool gymnasium available to chilren who wislt to don costumes. ?n who wish to don costumes. The festival committee has already tceived entries from Columbia and is believed there will he many from ther points outside of the city and Duiuv with scores from within the )unty area. lade Good Will Tour of County During the two weeks Just passed, ha Marie ThomaB, tuberculosis nurse id executive secretary of the Keruw County Tuberculosis Association; w been making a sort of good-will flr of the county on & miselon for it Christmas Seal Sale Committee, :cordlng to Mrs. F. D. Goodale, genii chairman. The purpose of the tour was to find tonteera to act as local chairmen in ie several sections of %the county, for Is being planed to give every man, oman and child in the oounty a Mce to buy Christmas Seals bereen November 25th and December Mi. Here, there and yonder in every *t of the county," said Mrs. Goodale fi?3 Thomas explained bow the 1939 bfstmas Seal Sale money has been ami why the 1940 goal has been * at $1,600.00." So good was the Pon#.. to this personal appeal for ^unuy.r., ?hat the committee'is aft" ff8ii there will bo more than one hunrei workers on the Job in jural terrlw:i the time comes to sell bri?tmas Seals. Already several ^"runitics have named their goal * mailed in ordere for Christmas *la. Home Demonstration Club members * among those co-operating with the *^bnas seal Sale Oommlttee In the to make the 1940 Christmas 8eal ^ the best in the history of the tatulosls association. British Official To Speak Here Henry Savage, .It., president of the Camden Rotary Club has announced Chat Sir I-ouis Bealo, purchasing commissioner for the British government, lias accepted an .Invitation to address the Camden Rotary club on December 26. At that time Sir Ix>uIh will be in Camden with Dr. James 1*. Baxter, president of Williams College. Williamaton, Mass; as a guest of Colonel Clarke Williams at his beautiful estate "Cedars and Pines" near this city. The Camden Rotary club Is making extensive plans for "laidios Night" on the evening of November 14, tho affair to be held at The Court Inn. The committee in charge consists of Jack Mullen, Henry G. Carrlson and Grainger Kornegay. The district conference of Rotary will hold its annual meeting in this city next spring and will bo attended by some six hundred Rotarlans and Rotary-Anns. Tho district covers all of South Carolina and the western part of North Carolina. Camden tourist hotels will remain open over tho period, of the convention it is stated. County Teachers At Columbia Meet Three teachers of Kershaw county represented their county education association at a called meeting of classroom-teacher members of the South Carolina Education association in Columbia Saturday, November 2. The meeting drew an attendance of 120 teachers out of a possible representation of 138 teachers, three delegates having been named from each of the county associations in the state. The group decided to seek organization of a department of classroom I teachers within the state association; i to seek classroom teacher represnetajtion on the state association's executive committee; and Instructed S. C. E. A. headquarters to keep teachers in each county Informed on the voting of legislators from the respective counties of matters of school interest in the coming legislative session. E. R. Crow of Columbia, state president, presided, assisted by J. E. Coates, secretary. Representing the Kershaw county Education association were the following teachers: Miss Irene Mangum of Dugoff, Mrs. Bessie I*e McCaskill of Camden and Miss Eltas McGraw of Westville. Police Grist Finds Several Paying Fines Isaac Fowler and Isaac Dease, charged with driving a car without having a license and also with reckless driving were taken into custody by the police and fined. Gertie Groom tossed a glass bottle into the street and paid for the prank in Recorder's Court, A large number of motorists who had disregarded tho order of the police on the one hour parking regulation were fined $1 each. Smith Stays Home From The Polls Lynchburg, Nov. 5?U. S. Senator Ellison D. "Cotton Ed" Smith stayed home from the polls today rather than cast a vote for President Roosevelt, who failed in his 1938 effort to purge him from the Senate. "I don't approve of him and I_ couldn't vote for him," Smith said at his ancestral plantation home where he spent the day quietly. It was impossible for him , to consider voting anything but Lbe Democratic ticket, the senate dean said. "I would have voted Democratic if I had had a Democrat to vote for," Smith said. He had no plans, he Bald, except to "go back to Washington when this election dies down. Asked' if he would predict the outcome of the presidential election, Smith shouted: "No, no, no." Sinciaires ToReturn Here For The Winter Word has been received here that Reginald Slnclaire is planning to arrive in Camden from Colorado Springs shortly after Christmas amd will spend the winter season here. He will be accompanied by his family. Mr Slnclaire will bring his stable of hunters and race horse, and also a group of polo ponies with him. S A DAY TO STOP and THINK*"] * 6 I ^ClicOtARMIS^ J 1BE GLAD You're An... 1 AMERICAN | In the past few years Atmistice Day has i taken on a new meaning ... it is now a day on which you not only pay respects to those who gave their lives in the last war, but a day on which you also reverently pray that America can remain a land of peace and freedom. This Armistice Day, when you face the East, I give a short prayer that peace shall reign on earth very soon . . . and resolve that you will do everything in your power to preserve the peace that Americe enjoys. Pledge yourself to be a good American . . . vow that you will protect the American way of living and thinking. BE A GOOD AMERICAN . . PROTECT AMERICA 1940 County Fair Is Huge Success With all items of expense taken care of and the 1940 records closed, the Kershaw County Fair, held "during i the middle week of October goes down in county fair history as being the most successful ever staged. It was the fourth time In succession that the county exposition was under; the personal management of Dewey Creed, representing the Red Fez club' and the local post of the American Legion, dual sjK>nsors of the event. ' The fair attracted the largest attendance of any simlllar event ever offered in Kershaw county and the exhibits were greater and finer. Especially was this true in the cattle and swine exhibits. The midway program, offered by the Greater Lawrence Shows was one of; the best to be seen at a Kershaw Fair in years. According to Chairman Creed, the: books of the association show a neat balance after all expenses of the exposition have been taken care of Regarding plane for the 1941 exposition the success which has crowned Mr. Creed's efTorts in putting over the fair program this year will mean his being drafted for service next fall, according to several Interested and influential groups. Postal Receipts Show Camden on March Camden continues on the march of progress and growth. The comparative postal receipts for the first months of the calendar year of 1940 show an Increase of 11 per cent over the 1939 figures. The receipts for this year total $22,076.23 and for 1939 $20,002.21, the gain this year being $2,068.02. Second Primary Set For November 19 In the balloting for- aldermen in Ward Four held Tuesday, the result showed that Dewey J. Creed and T. Lee Little will have to make a second race on Tuesday, November 19. The figures were D .J. Creed 99, T. Lee Little 85, *tj. N. Myers 36, Leon Bohlosburg 58, E. C. Zemp 68. There being no opposition in Ward Six, J. E. Ross, a former alderman, was elected. Local Florists Exhibit at Asheville The Camden Floral Company, one of the largest wholesale growers of Easter lilies and shippers of potted and cut flowers, have on exhibition at Asheville, N. C., one of the most elaborate exhibits of any like concern in tho southeast. The exhibit Is In connection with the Southeastern florist convention being held there. The Camden exhibit wiff be viewed by more than one thousand florists from the southeast as well as many thousands of visitors to this nationally famous mountain resort Representing the Camden Flora Company In Asheville this week are: Mrs. Clarkson Rliame, Mr. and Mrs N. It. Coodale, Jr. and Guy Mayer They left Sunday and returned tc Camden Thursday. Traffic Officer Injured In Crash Beckham Russell, a member of the Camden City Police traffic squad, i* at the Camden Hospital recovering from Injuries received when his motor bicycle crashed headon with a cai driven by Johnny Boyd, colored, In front of the Langston Motor Company garage. It was feared that Russel! had sustained a fractured leg and arm but X-rays taken at the hospital show ed no bones had been broken. He waj badly qpt and bruised and will be laid up for some time. The motorcycle was demolished. PUBLIC 18 URGED TO ATTEND ARMI8TICE DAY PROGRAMS On Monday November 11 at the chapel hour 8:45 Dr. Maurice Clarke will speak to the grammar school children. At 10 o'clock Past Department Com mAiider Earl Bethea, of Dillon wil make an address on Armistice Day tc the high sehool children of Camden. At 11 o'clock the^. annual progranr will be on Hampton Park, corner o Dyttleton and DeKalb streets Father Burke will make a short tall and the. memorial services fo r tin World War dead will be held. Thh service will only last fifteen minute: and the public is urged to attend. The Camden schools band will tak< parts In this service. ! Camden (Jridders Invade Hartsville | Tho Camden Bulldogs with h record J rof 5 wins, one defeat and one tlo j ; gjuno to their credit Journey to Hurts-) ; vlllo Friday night. November S, where they play the Hartsville Highs. The HulNog* are the favor its in tho Friday night game and will be then in j line for the invasion of Goo eg la on the j following Friday. The team plays the Richmond Academy team at Augusta. To date tho Bulldogs have amassed a total of 99 points as against 32 scored by opponents. The usual delegation of fans will Journey to Hartsville to root for tho Onmden squad. After the llartsvlllh game thuro remains but four more games on the 1940 schedule, the one next week at Augusta and then the Thanksgiving Day game at Gaffney, with tho season's closing engagement slated for festival night, November 29, at the Zomp stadium here with Charleston as tho opposing squad. The Charleston game will ho tho climax of tho Christmas festival and Santa Claus lane program that will bo I offorod under the sponsorship of the j Camden Merchants Bureau. I National Champion i To Chop Here| | Peter Mcl^aren, wfio claims the j woodchopplng champkmehip of AtnerI lea, will stage a log cutting contest j and demonstration here on Wednes| day, November 20, at noon, j This contest has boon arranged, by ; Camden Haaxlware. and Supply Co. i who Is to be congratulated on arrang! ing for the visit of this colorful ! champion MoLsfren, whose wfizardy I with an axe has carriod him from a j poor farm lad In Australia to the ; peak of his profession, j In chopping tours covering a score i of years he has chopped before hundreds of thousands, both here and ; abroad. McLaren, who Is nearly 50 j years old, claims that outdoor chopI ping is a great physical developer. His own condition heara out this claim. The contest Is open to any local man who has not previously competed against McLaren. A prize of fifty dol1 lars will be paid to any contestant if Mol^aren fails to chop through a log ,'In two-thirds of the timo tho contestant ' takes. [ The handicap gives all good choppers a sporting chance to win the I prize money, as it is Just like giving ,}33 yards in a hundred yard dash. ) The only restriction made is that (no contestant bo permitted to use a ( Plumb Axe. This is the only axe whinh McLaren himself ever uses, and ' he refuses to chop against a Plumb Axe and also allow the handicap. ' > Everyone Is cordially invited to atj tend the demonstration. Choppers j wishing to compote should bring their : axes with them. It costs nothing to .! enter tho contest. i 'i ? Advisory Board For ; Registrants Named All registrants for selective service whq desire aid in completing their questionnaires are requested to call at the Court House, as the following | persons have been requested to act on the Advisory Board for registrants, , and a committee will be on hand at ( the Court House to render such r assistance as is necessary says J. | Team Gettys, Chairman Kershaw . County Advisory Committee: t O. A .Rice, Henry Savage, John r deLoach, C. J. Shannon, 4th, Allen B. I Murebison, Harold W. Fundorburk, I. { C. Hough, A. K. Blakeney, Frank . Heath, Miss Faith deLoach, Mrs. Mar, garet T. Langford, Father Edmund I Burke, M. H. Heyman, A. S. Karesh, , Rev. A. D. McArn, W. C. Moore, W. F. Nettles, Boyd Workman, Mrs. C. H. Barrett, Miss Sarah Campbell, Howard F. Speaks, J. E. McKain, Rev, Bryce Herbert, E. B. Sohlosburg, Leon Sohloeburg, John Nettles, C. P. ^ DuBose, Jr.,, N. C. Arnett, H. 8. Porter, Rev. B. F. Freeman (Pastor Trinity M. E. Church). Rev. J. W. Boykin (Pastor First Baptist Church). A. I). Marshall. 1 Election Figures for Kershaw County In the general election held Tueai day Kershaw county cast a total ol f 1,194 votes; Those voting the straight Democratic ticket numbered i 1,174, and those voting for'Wlllkie a electors numbered only 20. b In the matter of the state balloting, b there were 377 votes cast In favor ol biennial sessions of genera! b assembly, while 129 voted against tb< amendment ? - - - -?? . - ^ i 'Nation Re-Elects President Roosevelt l*roKirie|it Roosevelt and Wendell I.. Will kin exchanged personal good wishes today as tho election swoop by whlob the president smashed the third conn tradition extended Into all except nine of the 4S states. From New York at 10:SO a. m., EST, the defeated Republican candidate telegraphed Mr. Roosevelt: "CougiMitulutimts oy your rmdeotlon hs president of the United States 1 know that we are both gratified that so many American citizens participated In tlie election. 1 wish yon all personal health ami happiness. Cordially, Wendell L. WiUkle." Hack from the president's home at Hyde Park. N. Y., went this message: Please accept my sincere thanks for your message of congratulations. I greatly appreciate the assurance of your good wishes for my .health and happiness which I heartily rod proonto." Mr. Roosevelt ami his vice, presidential running mate, Henry A. Wallace, also exchanged cordial- telegrams with Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon, Wlllklo's running mate. On the basis of still incomplete returns It appoured that Mr. Roosevelt had carried 39 states with 468 of the country's 531 oloctoral votes In the triumph by which he became the first man ever elected to the presidency of the United States for a third term. Among the states In his columu were his native New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri. Minnesota, New Jersey, California and Illinois. The nine states In which Wlllkle led were Colorado, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Vermont. They havs a total of 63 electoral votes. Helped along by the president's sweep, Democrats retained their control of both houses of congress. At 2 p. m., EST, the returns allowed 20 Democrats and nine Republicans i * . had been elected to the senate, with seven senate contests still hi doubt. | At that hour the Republicans had made a net gal A of two seats in the senate, however, were assured of having as many senate places as at present?24?and had a chance to hold their gain of two. j Senator I>aPolletito (Prog-Wis) was [leading in his reelection contest. Sen- ?." jator M In ton (D-Ind), the Democratic J whip, was trailing, and Senator Vand en berg (R-Mlch) held a lead. In the house, Democrats had plied up a not gain of 12. Among the Republican house ; mrmbors who won reelection was Rep. [Joseph W. Martin, Jr., of Massachusetts, the party's national oliairniau. On the face of incomplete returns, 20 Democrats and nine Republicans wore sure of election to senate seats. In four of these races the outcome rep- ' resented a shift from one party to tho other. Combined, these shifts gave the Republicans a net gain of two. Camden Bulldogs Trounce Chester Chester, 8. C.?Camden Bulldogs defeated Chester Red Cyclone at the Chester County fair grounds last Friday nght 15 to 0. The game was played in a heavy downpour of rain tor more than half of tho game, ' making the gridiron muddy and slippery. The Bulldogs scored midway of the first quarter following a 57-yard drive. C. Sheorn raced 28 yards to score. The try for point was fumbled. Camden scored Its second and last touchdown Just a few minutes after ths second quarter opened following another concerted drive. B. Mullen ?J|pped around end for 16 yards over the goal. C. Sheorn bucked the extra point. Both teams slipped and fought until just before the game ended.- The Cyclone fought off the Bulldogs on their one-yard line getting the ball on downs and punting out. Camden came back with another drive but Robinson fumbled several yards from Chester's goal, the Cyclones recovering. Knox attempted to punt from the Chester end zone, but was tackled behind the goal for a safety and two points for Camden. Two plays later tho game was over. 1 Those who stood out for Camden were B. Mullen, MoCaaklll, C. Sheorn,~ 1 P. Mullen, Cox and So well. Starring for Chester were Beckham, Babe Weir, ; McDlll, Robinson, Coleman, Knox and W. Orr. Oamden 7777. 76 7 0 2?16 Chester 0 o 0 0? 0 First downs: Camden H; Chdeter j.