The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 03, 1941, Image 1
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* ^ -