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I The Camden Chronicle j . .1... i j . mi u i \ m'iu 1111 n aaacgawBT , n gggsagggawtawahaBg^ wimuimm?> . ? ..n.. _ ?u?41. * IVOLUME 82' CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1941 NUMBER 41 ' ' " i i. Kir Louie Beale Speaks in Camden I One of the most distinguished roups of people ever brought toB?ther in Camden assembled in the Erge dining room of the Court Inn E'hureday afternoon to hear an adEress by Sir Louie Bedle, member of Bhe British purchasing commission in he United States. The affair was Biveu under the auspices of the CamBen Rotary club. ^ The meeting was presided over by Blenry Savage, JrM Rotary club preslBent, who called dpon Colonel Clark Evil llama to introduce the speaker. I Sir Louie, in beginning hia speech Expressed the pleasure it gave him End Lady Beale to. be the guests of H'olonel and Mrs. Clark Williams at Bhls season of the year. . I Their thoughts, however, he sdkj Brere in England where their fellow Bountrymen were fighting the great o?t Battle of the ages for the preeervaBion of liberty in the world. I The speaker road excerpts from let era written by women workera in Inunition factorlea to illustrate the Bourage of non-military member? of Bhe population. He expressed the Hratitude of the British government Hnd people for the enormous help AmErica la giving in furnishing military End other supplies. He spoke particuEarly of England's need of steel. | Wtyon the war pegan, he pointed But, the steel production of both warBlng elements was about equal?23 Bnilllon tons annually. With the deBeat of France the balance bad tlppBd dangerously In .favor of Germany End the only hope of England was to Bestore this balance by imports of ore ^Bnd steel products from the United Ktabes and other- parts of the world. Brhls was being done in ever growing Euan titles. I Another of England's greatest danBers was the destruction of her shipBing and cargoes by the submarine End long dltance bombers. In spite Hf the fact t?at Immense numbers of hips had been taken over by England Brom such conquered countries as Boland, Norway, Holland, Belgium End France, the problem was compllEated by two Important facts. First, ^England was having to defend the fleas alone and second, cargoes, had to Be hauled from longer distances. The Breat Immediate needs of Britain, the Bpeaker pointed~ouT Were fpr planes End bombers as well as destroyers to clp the great convoys to reach British ports fn safety. I The speaker closed his eloquent and Enter eating talk with an appeal for flmerican help in meeting these ict'ds. I Guests of honor at the meeting In Edditlon to Sir Louis and Lady Beale Ef-re Colonel and. Mrs. Clark Wil^Biams, of Greenwich, Conn.;1 Dr. end Ers. James P. Baxter, of Williams Eollege, Willlamstown, Mass,; Miss flllve T. Rand, of Novia Scoti^; Ar hur Baxter, of Williams College, SteEen Baxter, ^of Fassenden School, of Boston; Mrs. Dorothy Heath; Colonel Hurl Mrs. John F. Wall. Mr. and Mrs. Eeorge Brttnson, Peter M. Dwlght, and Bvilllam W. Bates, Jr.;.Dr. A. H. Eh(Please turn to page eight) Truck Kills Boy I At Newton Hlds I Eugene DeLoache, Jr., 2 1-2 years Eld, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene DeEoache of 1623 Centre street, Newton Highlands, was 'killed opposite bis Borne on Tuesday afternoon about B'lS o'clock when he ran under a asfling track which was driven by Bvilliam Murray of South avenue, E a tick. Mrs; DeLoache bad returned Brom a shopptog,, tour With Mr. and Era.- E. H. Ttowdridge of Dean road, EeHtosley, fa* the latter'# car, and' as fley alighted, the child ran around the flront of and tinder the side of Bhe passtag truck. Mrs. Del?ache ran ftcr the child in a vain effort to catch Elm before the truck hit him. She flicked her boy op and Mr. Trowbridge Harried the little boy and his mother Bo the office of Dr. R. E. Johnson at BOSS street, but the child had ecu shpOet instantly killed. The Brack driver said-he did **>* 016 Bhlld, and stopped the track when he Holt the bump. It was the atxth antoflobilo fatality in Newton this year. I Besides his parents, the child tssurHived by a sister. 4 years old. His Eneral Service was held at Sadred Eeart Church today and burial was to H^xlngton.?The Newton (Mass.) Gra hlc. TT~T"- ~ T I If#, DeLoache, the .father is the eldEt son of Mrs. W. R. DsLocahs cf this Polo Teams Plan Action Next Sunday The Yellowjacketa and Mulberry fodraomda will go into action at the No. 1 Polo Field Sunday afternoon- at 3 o'clock, providing the Mulberry team disposes of the Camden team In the Sylvan bowl series oft Wednesday of this week. ? If the game on. Wednesday has turned out a Camden win, it meana that the final game of the Sylvan bowl event will be played Sunday afternoon. with the meeting between the Jackets and Mulberry postponed a I \y Old Malt Jup Pluv played tmvoo with the plane of the polo club over the holidays. The Ohrlstmae Day program was rained out and several heavy -showers on Saturday soaked the playing areas so heatlly Manager Harrison refused to permit the players to go into action on Sunday. Not only was there danger of spills but to use either field in the condition they were Jn would have occasioned untold damage to the surface; The Yellow Jacket-Mulberry game ! will mark the opening of a round robin series between these two teams and the Ramblers for the Robinson bowl. This is a recent acquisition to the bowls donated for poio oorapetl, tion. - 7"- , Columbia Motorist In Narrow Escape J. T. Elliott, Columbia resident, is thanking his stars that he did not spend Christinas under the murky ' surface of the Weteree Biw. Elliott, driving from Columbia early Christmas morning lost oontrol of his car on the slippery wooden surface of the river bridge and after the machine had skidded from side to side for some distance it crashed through the steel rail and when a terrified oOcupant crawled out the nose of the car was ' headed toward the river below. With the help of some motorists who had arrived on the bridge and witnessed the accident, the car was dragged back and to one side. Elliott placed a lighted lantern at the eide of the car and then came to Camden in a passing car and notified the Myers Garage. A wrecker was sent to remove the car from the bridge. Both sides of the Car were badly battered by the collision with the steel Sides of the bridge. Greek Fund Goes Over Thousand The friends of Greece in Camden have succeeded in going over the one thousand dollar mark. The Camden City Council generously donated a check of $100. The drive for funds will continue. Those reporting since our last publication are as. follows: Previously reported $945.75 J. C. Cox ... ' ? - ? 5.00 City of Camden 100.00 McLeod and McLauchlin. .. ..6.00 J. J. Cain ^ -70 ' W. R. Denton ??" J. H. Bramlett 6.00 Albert Htnson 1-00 C. R. Villepiguo .100 W. B. Forte 2.00 Cooney Mayer .. .. .v 100 Ed. Workman 2.00 Friends of Greece " /.. 10.00 - Total .. - .. ~ $1,078.96 Driver is Held; Woman May Die _ t \ .* . O. W- B?dn, Winston-Salem, N, XJ. driver for theiAOdway Motor Machine company, of Salisbury, N. C., is being hold at the county Jail awaiting the result of tajurlfcs sustained by Mrs. Derates Owens, W, wife of James Owens, Route 4, Camden, who Is at the point of death at the hospital here as a result of a collision between an auto and truck late last night near DeKalb. According to the sheriff's office, Mrs.; Owens was seated m the front seat of her husband's car when it ran Mprfhe pack ofj&e >8w^o^hlch Said there was no warning light or tall light on the truck. A long pipe extending over the rear of the truck went through the windshield of the Owens car* almost decapitating Mrs. Owens. Her skull was fractured and surgeons bold out little hope for brtA recovery. Sean will be held pending the result of the-Injury. Seen was on his way $o Sumter with a load of pipe. ' " - . -.r . > -- Richmond Firm To Dig Airport Well The Virginia' Pump and Well Company, of Richmond. Va.. has been awarded the contract for the drilling of an eight Inch w*U at the Woodward airport, same to supply water for the Army Pilot Training School which will be in readlueaa for the training of flyera. on March 22. The Richmond Arm expeotB to find water between 100 and 800 feet and will provide a flow of at leant 100 gallons a minute. The water will be pumped into & 2,600 gallon pressure tank and will he sufficient to take Care of the 400 people. The Reid Abbe Company, of Asheville, has already started work on the foundation for the new hangar and a? soon as this concern has completed the cement work and the putting up of the hangar, which is to be of steel construction will be started. The contract for the mees hall, barracks, administration building and other structures required for the training school will be awarded Saturday, according to the Southern Aviation school officials. Frank W. Hulse, president of the school, has leased the lodge building jnear the Court Inn. A lease also has; been taken on Deare Place property which 4b located on Mill street. Both of these large buildings will be utilized as quarters for officers. | H. D. Cornell, professor of aeronau-; tics at Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn, and who will t*e one of the executives in charge of the training work at -the flying school, arrived in Camden Saturday to arrange for1 leasing of a home. He will return here next month. The flying scnool will get under way on March 22. Kiddies Await Coming of Play Camden kiddies are wailing with j keen anticipation the presentation o( "Alice In Wonderland" to be ^offered by real live fairies and characters bn the stage of the grammar echool auditorium on Friday, January 31. The real life offering of this favorite fairy story is being made possible for Camden and Kershaw county children by the Camden Junior Welfare League and it will havo the same excellence and finish as featured the play "Seven Wishes" offered early in December, j The Clare Tree Major players will present the fairy story with a capacle and efficient cast of characters. There is a possibility that some of the executives of the producing company may come to Camden to witness the pi esentatlon. The Junior League is to be commended for its public-epiritednesB in bringing such a _major offering^.to Camden, Ben Heath Injured L In Auto Collision Friends of Benjamin W1 Heath, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Heath, Hampton Avenue, will regret to hear of hte injury in an auto accident in Milwaukee on Christmas (morning. In compnay with his seven year old niece, Barbara Ann Boldt, was on his way home from St. James Episcopal church when a speeding motorist, disregarding traffic regulations, crashed into the car at West Roosevelt Drive and 22nd street It was the presence of mind of Mr. Heath in grasping the IRtle girl end preventing her being burled from the car as it. crashed into a tree sad water hydfant that probably averted a tragedy. As it was the child escaped unhurt but Mr. Heath received painful and serious Injury to his right leg. The oar was completely wrecked. Ben Heath spent two whiter seasons in Camden and handled the equestrian sport publicity for his father, who Is Camden publicist. He also took part in several radio broadcasts in behalf of the sport program. . WATREE MILL PRE-6CHOOL MAD CMHMTMAft TREE 4 . . The Christmas free and program for the pre echool children of the Wateree Mill took place December 23 at 10:00 o'clock at the community house. Each child received a toy and fruit Mrs. Waller Oaskin and StMe Petit has charge of the preeohool. ft Of eU the stnra, exclusive 6f oar son, Alpha Oricnto sends the most kwt to th? MTtfc. 8 w 1 1??? , _?.?? Mulberry Team Is Sylvan Bowl Victor i *"**"' * 1 ? The silver Sylvan Bowl, emblematic of viotory in this uunuul polo classic of the Camden polo season went to the Mulberry foursome Wednesday afternoon by virtue of an 8 to 7 victory over a hard-lighting Camden team. Four beautiful goals by Oyrll Harrison, coach of the Camden Polo Club, In the last three chukkers of the game rang the victory bell for thq Mulberry Quartet. Coincidental^ It was Bill Flint, whose shoes Harrison filled today who won*the first game for Mulberry by his sudden death shot In aq extra chukker. The game, played under a sunny sky and before an enthusiastic crowd offered some splendid riding and well executed plays. Camden, by virtue of a handicap allowance and a goal by Joe Bates led early In the game and when Burns got hot and began shootinggoals. it looked like a Camden widf But: Mulberry trailing at the end Of the third period, or half way point by a 7 to 3 score, came back in the last three chukkers to score five goals while Camden went scoreless.* , In addition to the scoring feat of Harrison, . the game was featured by some fine offensive play by DuBose, who frequently took the willow for long forays only' to miss pay dirt by lnchbsL The Sylvan Bowl was presented to David Williams, Jr., asm ember of the Mulberry foursome, who as a guest player, distinguished himself by his fine play during the series. ~~ Next Sunday Mulberry will play the Camden Yellowjackets in the first game of the Robinson bowl series. This series will probably find three teams in competition. Delegation Seeks Views of Public Senator M. M. Johnson and AssemblyArrants and Jamas M. Thornton, constituting the Kershaw county delegation, have arranged for a county wide get-together meeting at the Kershaw county court house Friday, January 6, at 10:30 o'clock In the morning for.the purpose of getting acquainted and learning from the people their desires in the matters of state legislation. The meeting is to be entirely informal and the delegation is anxious that every person in the county attend and express his or her views regarding matters of local and state interst. The meeting is the first of its kind ever held ih the county and marks a new and fine departure on thevpart of the delegation to contact the public and learn from their desires and wishes in regard to legislative matters. Bingo Parties Will - Start At Kirkwood " "* ^ v 'By the Skipper To bingo'or not to bingo. [ If you like that interesting sport, you will have an opportunity to enjoy it to the fullest in the Kirkwood grill every Wednesday evening beginning Wednesday, January 8. The bingo parties will continue weekly through the season. The play starts at 9 p. m. and tot one dollar - you will secure enough cards to carry you through the evening play.' Bingo has grown in popularity at all winter and sdnxmer reeorts the past several years until it has become a sort of major event . In the program activities. Lest season the Kirkwood conducted such a program and it proved t* fee very popular. The management of the Kirkwood wishes to emphasize the fact that the bingo parties are for townspeople aa well as hotel guests and winter iwlonliit, - ' * ~ dOIMHTHING TO ftffMEMBER A gentleman, who knows the wain of. the army was discussing the proposal to collect sales taxes on certain Iteme sold 'in exchangee on military reservations in 6oath a-^ < he: "People who deal with the army should ram ember thai, in common with the imaginary elephant, the never forge*."?Columbia State. " " ? The hanging fold of ekfa along the under side of the neck of <>Uker u Arrange Game With Pinehurst Two evenly balanced polo foursomes, tho YeUowJuckels and the Ramblers, will offer au interesting exhibition of jk>1o at the Number 1 field, Sunday afternon. with game time at '3 o'clock. The Yellow jackets, 9 goal combination, will have Burns at Number 1 position, Charles Robertson at No. 2. Cyril Harrison at No. 3, and Carl Llghtfoot at No. 4. The Ramblers, an 8 goal set up, will have Kirby Tuppet at No. 1, Charles DuBose at No. 2, Ancrum Boykln at No. 3, and Joe Bates at No. 4. This will not be a bowl or cup evont but more of a match affair and beeuase of the even power balance, the play should be full of exciting features. On Sunday, January 12, the Pinehurst, N. C, foursome will Invade tho No. 1 field to play one of the Camden teams. The Pinehurst team will featuro the appearance of several outstanding Long Island polo aces and there should be plenty of action even though the Camden group is purely amateur, and of a lower goal rating than the invaders. On this same day another Camden team will go to Pinehurst to engage a second Pinehurst foursome. The Number 1 field is in bettef shape this season than In many years past. The field has been carefully nursed through the fall and early winter and was not used for any play until Sunday, December 22, 1940. All games up to that time were played on the new field near the western city IjrnUj. .7 ... ... . 1 The Polo Club announces that all arrangements have been made for the play by play broadcast of local games which will add greatly to the interest of the polo fans. Former Citizen Buried Here Funeral services for Madison Bernard f 8 Sj years-an employe of the- South Carolina State hospital, who died at the hospital's infirmary early Sunday after a two weeks' illness, were to be conducted this afternoop at the residence at the hospital. The Rev. J. O. Kempson, chaplain of the institution, was to have charge of the services, and interment was to follow in Quaker cemetery, Camden. Mr. Bo8well, son of the late James Philip and Jesse Robertson Boswell of Camden, came to Columbia when a young man and had made bis heme here for many years. , " Surviving are six sisters, Mrs. C. F. Keeter of Rutherfordton, N. C.; Mrs. W. B. Houston of St. Petersburg, Fla.; Mrs. C. J. Steinmetz, Miss Belle Boswell, Miss Sallie Boswell and Miss Mary Boswell, all of Columbia, and a number of nieces and nephews. Active pallbearers were to be Jeff Bolton, Buck Dickert, John McLtod, Robert Young, Thomas Bradham and J. C. Youngblood. Honorary pallbearers were to be J. S. Rawls, E. M. Dickert, W. G. Guy, Dr. C. *F. Williams, Hey ward fimith, W. M. Ballentine, J. EL Kelley, -Dr. W. S. Hall, W. N. Blanks, W. B. Woods, C. Li. Price, N. H. Haithcock and A. J. Jordan.?Monday's Columbia Record. Softball Games Will Be Flayed Tuesday Ttfe Camden and Lancaster soft'ball talent will offer a twin bill of action on the athletic field diamond on the Afternoon of Tuesday, January 7. The Camden Starlets, that 'fc&erlsss aggregation of diamond lassies under the. capable management of Jake Haynes, will open the midwinter softball program against the Lancaster maidens. Following the glrle game jto Wateree Mill team, captained by Arthur Robinson will play the crack Lancaster aggregation. The first game will be called at 3 o'clock. . - ii. n 8oft Ball Boft ball fans are looking forward to a double header game Tuesday, January 7 agttfMtthe Lancaster girls and boys. J. T? Haynes has chisge df the girls team and Arthur Robinson the boy?. T% IZ&S*" 1 11 1*'' I up f^s. W. F. A. Recreation News MM at the Children's Home Christmas gre trim 8:88 to 4:88. Mrs. Walter Gasktn had charge of the pro Christmas Seal Sale Growing The enthusiasm of the Soul 8nlo committee, of which Mrs. F. I). Goodulo Ih Chairman, reached a new peak Tuesday, when It was announced by Oliver A, Rice, treasurer, that it will take only three hundred eleven dollars to reach the goal of sixteen hundred and fifty dollars. The deposit shows on hand a total of) thirteen hundred thirty-nine dollars and six cents, which Is throe hundred and twenty dollars more than was In hand on the same dato last year. "The prospect of raising the additional throe hundred and eleven dollars," said Mrs. Goodale, ''appears to bo excellent, as there are still four hundred seventy letters, a number of schools and several community chairmen to be heard from.' It Is believed that the county delegation will appropriate for tubercullosls work a larger amount than has b^on set aside for its purpose the lost two years. This provision, together with sixteen hundred ami fifty dollars from Christinas Seal sale funds, will make It possible to keep the nurse on tho Job the entire year, thus preventing loss of service as well as money to the people of Kershaw county. Heretofore, because of shortage of funds, the nurse has worked elsewhere from two to eight weeks each year since 1937. During her absence, many things needing attention were left undone and on her rettrn, time was lost In catching up loose ends before the program could go forward at a normal rate. The Buocess of the Christmas Seal sale committee Is due In part to the organization last August by the Tuberculosis Association of a "Home Defense Committer" This group; composed of representative citizens from the four corners of the county, studied the tuberculosis situation from every angle; thon, realizing the gravity of the situation, set for themselves the taBk of lending a helping hand in a big way to the workers assisting Mrs. Goodale with the annual fund raising campaign. Dr. Sam Lindsay Dies at Winnsboro Dr. Samuel Lindsay of Winnsboro, S. C., brother of Dr. W. B. IdndHay and uncle of Mrs. H, K. Hallett of Charlotte, died suddenly last night at 6:45 o'clock In Winnsboro. The 67-year-old physician had been In falling health for the last few months, although his death came as a shock. Funeral services will be heltT' In Winnsboro at 3 p. m. Tuesday, with Dr. Oliver Johnsob, pastor of the A. R, P. church, In ciiarge.1 Further plans had not been completed last-night, but burial had been set in Winnsboro. . A native of Chester, S. C., Dr. Lind- r say had practiced for the last 45 ' years in Winnsboro, where he was a prominent citizen. He received his medical degree from Bellevlew hospital college of medicine In New York. In addition to his Charlotte relatives, Dr. Lindsay Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eliza .Wylie Lindsay;, two daughters, Mrs. WaddeH Ash ford of Hamlet and Mrs. William Wells of Hogansvllle, Ga.; and the following brothers and sisters: Joseph and R. J. Lindsay of Cheater, Mrs. J. R. (Miller of Rock Hill, 8. C., and Mrs. J. H. Beal of Lenoir.?Monday's Charlotte Observer. | Dr. Lindsay was a brother of the lato John 8. Lindsay, of Camden, and his death was the second of the family group. y~\ CAMDEN WORKER ? KILLED IN Wtii&K r - " , ' Andrew Robinson of Camden, a laborer at Fort Jackson, died late last night in Camden following an automo* bile eolHskm on the Wildcat road near Lakeriew about 6:80 yesterday afternoon. Robinson,;*** a passenger in a car returning fee Camden afl the day's work at the forLHWgblTof the other ooctfpanta was eerlenely injured. * Pierce Baldwin Of Bdgewold, driver of the other car, was taken to the Providence hospital suffering from cuts and bruises. - Corotfer John A. Sargeaht invest!- v' gated the accident and said that an inWMmU held MW nKht *t u^sr.?.uo? s.n the moon begin on the eaet eldetrfthe moon* ^ -