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Camden and Pinehurst Polo Foursomes Will Play at Nuitiber One Field Sunday Afternoon at Usual Hour
The Camden Chronicle
VOLUME 52 ,s 1 _ 7..'. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1941 NUMBER 42
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Two Ten Goal Teams Will
Offer Thrills In Plenty
By the Skipper
Weather permitting the Camden
polo club will offer po-lo fans of North
and South Carolina a rare sporting
spectacle Sunday afternoon when a
UMi goal Camden toam, with Hums,
PuBose, Harrison and Bates in the
lineup, will play a ton goal team from
jMnehurst. The invaders will bOast of
such well known stars as Morrill
Fink, Stanley Taylor, Captain Raiph
Cooper and R. B. Brown.
When theSe two teams are struggling
over the beautiful moss liko surface
of the Kirkwood field, another
n am wearing tho colors of the Camilon
club will be playing a soiond
group of Pinehurst players at Pinehurst.
This Camden team will hivo
Charley Robertson- at No. 1 position,
Topper at No. 2, Boykin at No. 3 and
Lightfoot at No. 4.^
Henry Savage. Jr., a member of the
Camden polo club official board and
a former player of note will be the
referee in the game here*- f
Cyril Harrison, Camden polo club
manager and coach will be hlgli goal
man of the afternoon, his present
rating being 6. "Merrill Fink of the
Pinehurst team is a 5 goal player r.nd
Stanley Taylor boasts of a four goal '
rating. . Captain Cooper lists one goal
while R. B. Brown still has to get a
mark of recognition from the U. S.
polo group. DuBose and Bates of the
Camden team each have a two goal J
rating. Burns is still unlisted but bis
playing has been of such a caliber last
season and so far this year that he
well deserves a two goal listing.
The game Sunday has been publiciz- '
< (1 throughout tho Carolinas by press
and radio and arrangements have |
been made to take care of a record
crowd. The parking area will be In 1
charge of the American legion members.
This is the first big game of the
inter club program arranged by Coach c
Harrison for the 1941 season. If the
interest in polo is as pronounced 'his
year as during 1940 plans will be
made to have Atlanta, Augusta and
oilier, polo club centers send teams to
Camden.
Adults Also Like
Fairy Tale Plays
Queer experiences are plentiful in
the world of the theatre. There is, I,
however, a recurring problem which
< on fronts Clare Tree Major, founderdirector
of the-famous Children's
Theatre of New York, each time she
presents a new stage version of Lewis
Carroll's classic, "Alice in Wonderland".
I'nill yesterday, the Junior League,
which is sponsoring Mrs. Major's latest
dramatization of the celebrated
fantasy, here at the grammar school
auditorium, on Friday, January 31, 1
were greatly concerned over the ,
possible .hitch in the proceedings, until
they found the answer to their
dilemma.
It seems that Alice's whimsical j
adventures have no less appeal for
adults than for youngsters, and that's
tho rub?because the Clare Tree 1
Major company will perform the play
at the auditorium but once, and it will <
accommodate an audience of only COO, 1
while the sponsors feel confident that
twice that number of boys and girls
will want to attend. 1
According to Mrs. Major, there are
usually as many grownups as child;en i
in the average "Alice In Wonderland" <
audience. This, despite the fact that
her Theatre functions primarily for i
the youngsters. However, Mrs. Major i
has a logical explanation of this phen- i
omenon.
"Thousands of scholars and lovers
of literature consider Carroll's 'Alice'
a profoundly subtle and clever satire,
in the guise of nonsense" says Mrs.
Major. "And, of course, they are perfectly
correct in this belief. It Ib not
surprising therefore that these Alice '
enthusiasts rush to see each new '
version we present. However, like <
Swift in his "Gulliver's Travels', 1
Carroll skillfully wove his fantasy to
appeal to the most sophisticated and '1
to the most naive. Children have 1
been and always will be enthralled by 1
every minute of it Adults are equally
fascinated but they are amused by
entirely different aspects of the play 1
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Ramblers Capture
Polo Game
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In a thrill-packed game Sunday the
Camden Ramblers, captained by C. P.
DuBose defeated the Yellow JuckoU
4 to 3. It was PuBose's beautiful
long shot in the closing seconds of the
final period that gave the game to the
Ramblers. He had previously scored
the initial goal of the afternoon in the
opening chukker.
Cyril Harrison, of the Yellow Jackets,
who is polo manager and coach,
stole the scoring honors of the game
with single counters in the third,
fourth and fifth periods.
The game was defonslvely tho most
exciting offered so far this season. Tho
playing area was in perfect condition,
a 60 dogroe temperature was Just keen
enough to make sport coats comfortable
while a bright sunshine brought
out playing action clearly.
DuBose opened the scoring for the
Blue of tho Ramblers with a neat
angle shot in the ( first chukker. Both
foursomes were in fine form and riding
was perfect. The second chukker
went scoreless for both teams but in
the third Harrison tied up the count
with a goal for the Yellows. But Tui3-(
per, playing No. 1 for tho Ramblers
got hot and streaked through the Yellow
defense for two successive shots
which put Jhe Blues to the front 3 to
1.
In the fourth period Harrison counted
for the Yellows again and in the
fifth this third goal evened the count
at 3 all, the Blues failing to register
In the fourth tfcnd fifth. It looked like
a tie game with the sixth chukker
almost over but DuBose raced tho willow
down the field and then uncorked
a baseball like Texas leaguer that
soared to within fifteen feet of the
goal posts and then skittered over for
the winning tally. I
Next Snuday the Ramblers take on!
the No. 1 team of the Pinehurst Polo,
club while the Jackets journey to
Pinehurst to battle the No. 2 team at
that resort.
Scoring today:
Yellows, Harrison 3.
Blues, Tupper 2, DuBose 2.
Referee, JetlOTi.
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Inquest Called
In Woman's Death
Bernice Sowell Owens, fatally in-j
jured in an accident when a car driven
by her husband crashed into the rear
of a truck loaded with pipe on Highway
521 on January 1, died at the hospital
Monday^ When the Owens car
crashed into the truck, a pipe protruding
beyond the rear end of the truck
went through the windshield and almost
tore the scalp from Mrs. Owen's
head. Her skull was fractured. She
has been unconscious up to her death.
G. 'W. Saen, Winston-Salem, the
driver of the truck, who has been in
Jail since the accident appeared before
a coroner's jury Wednesday.
Mrs. Owens was the wife of J. C.
Owens proprietor of a filling station
on the Sumter highway near this city.
She was born at Kershaw, September
10, 1904, daughter of R. L. Sowell and
Camilla Gardner Sowell. She attended
Kershaw high school and was
affiliated with the Bethany Baptist
church. The funeral was held from
the residence of her sister. Mrs. E. C.
Plyler on Fair street in this city Tuesday
at 3:30 p. m. with burial in the
Bethany cemeteyfy at Westville. Besides
her husband she leaves three
daughters, Nancy Dee, Camilla and
Peggy, all of this city, a brother H. C.
Sowell of Kershaw and two sisters,
Mrs. E. K. Plyler of this city and Mrs.
Madeline Whitaker of Baltimore, Md.
Legion To Meet
Monday Night
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The Leroy Belk Post No. 17, American
Legion, will meet at the Legion
ball Monday night, January l3, at 8
o'clock. Guests for the occasion will
be the draftees of Kershaw county
irho will soon be inducted into the
United States army. A. S. Llewellyn,
oast State Commander, will be the
speaker for the occasion.
People who complsia^that the boots
town paper doesn't print all the news
iboald be glad that it doesn't,
High Cagers In
Action Next Week
The first big game on Mm Camden
basketball schedule'will take place 011
Tuesday, January 14, when Cheater
High a come hero for a double hoader.
The Camden girls team ha a yet to
taste defeat this season and Judging
by tho brand of ball so far displayed
the team will be hard to boat for tl}0
State A title. Tho boys toam has
been showing marked improvement
this year and should be able to make!
a better ehowng than in some years
past.
The schedule for the teams for the
season follows:
] January 14, Chester horo; January
15, Baron DeKalb here; - January 17,
[Nowborry here; January '21, Unlversl-l
ty High at Columbia; January 24,
Orangeburg here; January 28th, I
Brooklaud-Cayce here; January 31,
Darlington thoro; February 4. Bishopvino
here; February 7, Orangeburg
there; February 11, Bock Hill there, j
February 14, Darlington hero; Febru-J
ury 18, Bishopvllle there; February
19, University High here; February
21, Rock Hill here; February 25,
Brookland-Cayco there; February 28,
Newberry there; March 4, Chester
there; and March 7, Kershaw hero.
jEichel's To Have
Modern Dept. Store
One of the iargest and finest J
department stores In the city will bej
opened by Henry Eichel and his sons, I
Simon W. Eichel and Julian H. Eichel
about April 1, in the present location
of the New Boston Store and the store
building adjoining on the north. j
The new store, which will adjoin
tho present Eichel store on the south,
will have a frontage of 60 feet with a
depth of 85 feet 'and will embrace
what is now two 30 foot front stores. I
The present Eichel store will bel
vacated, but in view of the demand
for stores in this block, It is not be-|
lleved It will be vacant very long. |
The new Eichel department store
will mark the fortieth anniversary of
Henry Eich'el's business career In
Camden. The new store will be a fitting
example of the progress of this j
pioneer firm. 1
The store is to have a modern heating
plant which will eliminate the use
of stoves and the resultant soot and
smoke. The store will have new
fixtures and will be lighted by the!
new daylight fluorescent type of flx-j
t ures.
A balcony or mezzanine floor 30 feet
wide and 60 feet long will te provid-l
ed at the rear of the Main store.
The present Eichel store has been
operated for the past several years by
Henry Eichel and his son Simon.
Julian Eichel has been managing the
New Boston store since it was taken
over from David Kirschner several
years ago.
The leasing of the former Belk
store and the remodeling of this and
the Boston Store Into a modern department
store will bring Hepgy
Eichel and his two sons together in
the administration of the business of
the new Eichel department store. |
The enlarging and modernization of
the Eichel business will be received
with much satisfaction by all of Camden.
The Chronicle Joins with the
business interests and citizens in extending
coi^rratulatlons and well
wishes to the Eichel store.
Chamber Expresses
Views On Defence
The views of the Camden and Kershaw
County Chamber of Commerce
on important national questions as
propounded by the State Office of I
Government Reports at Columbia Is
one hundred per cent for defense
needs and for the punishment of strikers
In the aircraft, aluminum and lumber
Industries. , .
The expression of the Camden group
Is embraced in a brochure sent to the
state office and is a plain-spoken
patriotic assembly of answers to dues-1
Hons submitted by Lawrence M.
Pinckney, State Director.
Supporting the views of the Cham-1
ber is Mayor F. N\ McCorkTe who has
wired Prestflfot F. D. Roosevelt that
Camden approves fully his program
of national defense and aid to the
democratic natjsg* who are seeking
to keep cIvillzBflon Intact.
A surrey of the attitude of the
Chamber and the city executive shows
the folio wing:
More hid to England; selling more
planes to England; selling freighters.
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Steals..A Purse;
F. B. E On Trail
A man giving tho name of Clia.'los
K. Hull and ago aa 28, arrested several
days ago for tho theft of a pocketbook
from tho Camden Flro Headquarters
on Rut lodge street is being
investigated by tho Federal Bureau of
Investigation, according to Sheriff J.
H.McDood.
Hall, given a 30 day jail sentence,
was wearing a sailor's uniform when
arrested and when questioned,, admit
tin] that the uniform was 0110 ho
had purchased and that an identification
card ho was carrying belonged
to another party.
Hall claims he is a native of Croonsboro,
N. C. but has been living In
Durham for some years. He admitted
to ap F. B. I. officer that ho had served
time for a violation involving a
postal regulation in Ohio.
He was finger printed by the F. B.
I official and the prints sent to Washington
for investigation and report.
The purse and $12 out of $14 which it
originally held, wore recoverd by the
police.
Good Old Days Were
Far Below '40 Record
Distance lends enchantment and old
timers who speak of the good old
days of a decade or so ago are confounded
with progressive feature- of
Oamden progress of the past four
years.
Based on the annual report of Postmaster
C P. DuBose^ 1940 rounded
out four years of progress unoqualed
in Camden history, far out-distancing
the period of 1928 when what wo believed
a record of long-standing was
established in postal revenue, the
clearest and most accurate gauge of
the stability and progress of a community.
In1 1928, a banner year in Camden
history when hotels were filled with
guests during tho winter season, a
total of $23,595 in receipts was reported
by the post office. In 1940 tho
receipts totaled $28,356.13. These receipts
were from more general
sources than those of the boom year
of 1928 and were not predicated upon
the winter influx of tourists and
guests.
According to Postmaster DuBoso it
is an interesting fact that Camden
began a consistent steady increase in
postal receipts in 1927. In 1932 the
receipts had fallen to the low flgure of
$19,538. The 1928 figure of $23 595
remained as a record until 1937 when
the records showed a total of $26,629.75.
In 1938 a gradual Increase was
In evidence when the total listed was
$26,632,837 The total for 1939 was
about the same but last year Camden
began to forge ahead at a more rapid
pace and the total reported for the
year was $28,356.13.
During the last qliarter of 1940,
known as the December quarter "the
total postal revenue was $8,651.10 as
against $8,084.81 for 1939.
"Since 1937 there has been a gradual
healthy growth In Camden as
evidenced by the postal revenue," said
Postmaster DuBose. ''This movement
has never let up and I look for it to
show an even greater impetus in
1941."
Bennie Marshall
Cage Captain
With the election of Bennie Marshall
as captain for the 1941 season
the Camden* High basketball squad
resumed its rigorous schedule of
practice for the coming campaign on,
the hardwood court. An aggressive,
fast-passing quintet is rapidly developing
under the watchful eye of coach
Dedwlth and basket ball fans in "his
section are due for a real treat when
the boys break into mid-season form
with a nucleus of veterans such as
Captain Marshall, lanky pivot, man;
Blllle Mullen, speedy forward; Hughle
TindaJ, alert defensive man, "Deadeye"
Sheheon, who is dropping the
balj from all angles; and Joe Chi 1st
mas, who Is definitely the most promising
of the green men; a smart,
hoads-up first Ave Is assured. Such
capable reserves as Freddie Mullen,
diminutive forward; Dave Parttn, qoid
floor-man and "Phantom" Nileu ahlfty
front ooortsman round out . the A
quad. Jack Boykin, Dick Cox,
Marion Schlosburg and Price all bid
fshr to break into the lineup before
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Attorney DePass
Named Chairman
i Tho appointment of \\ U l)e Pass.
.It. of this oily as chairman of I tit*
committee for tho celebrutlon of tho
President's lllrthday la South Carolina
has boon announced by Keith
Morgan. national chairman of tho
Birthday Committee ami l>outor Frank
C. Oweua of Colombia, statu chairtitan,
Mr. DoPass was graduated from the
University Hbuth Carolina I^yfl
School in 11124 ami has boon pracilcfjH
law In Camtltm for tho last fifteen
years, during whloh time he has aorv*
ed as Magistrate for the City of Camden,
represented Kershaw county in
the House of Representatives and now
holds the office of Master for Kershaw
County.
Plans are rapidly being completed
j for the Celebration of the President's
Birthday during January and funds
raised through the Celebration will bo
used to Fight Infantile Paralysis. The
infantile paralysis campaign has been
endorsed by many prominent citizens
in the state, including Governor
Burnet It. Maybank, state health offi(Please
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Parish Meeting
Is Record Affair
Some one hundred members of
I Grace Episcopal church parish gathered
at the parish house Tuesday
evening to enjoy a turkey dinner served
by the members of the Women's
Auxiliary as a feature of the-annual
church meeting.
In addition to an address by Dr.
Maurice Clarke, rector of the church,
announcement was made of the election
of wardens and vestry members,
hold following the church service last
Sunday.
John K. deLoach was reelected senior
warden and R. B. Clarkson junior
warden._. A. C, McKain was named
secretary and C. H. Zemp treasurer.
Other members of the parish vestry
are Douglas A. Boykin, Dr. Joseph
Brunson, Frank H. Heath, Henry C.
Carriaon, Charles J. Shannon 4 th,
Bolivar Boykin, Oswald Campbell,
Moultrie Burns.
The election of officers of the women's
auxiliary was announced as follows.
Miss Lillian Yates, president;
Mrs. E. C. Von Tresckow, vice president;
Mrs. Kennedy Blakeney, secretary
and Mrs. E. N. McDowell, treasurer.
Circle leaders for 1940 are No.
1, Mrs. John Vllleplgue; No. 2, Mrs.
D. A. Boykin, No. 3, Mrs. N. R. Goodale,
Jr.,. and No. 4, Miss Faith
deLoach.
Department chairmen are: Christian
education, Mrs. E. L. Guy; Missions
and church extension, Mrs. Nettles
Lindsay; Christian Social Relations,
Mrs. W. J. Mayfleld; Supply,
Mrs. J. W. Cantey; Church Periodical
club, Mrs. Henry Beard; United
Thank Offering Custodian, Mrs. Donald
Campbell; Chairman Altar Guild,
Mrs. H. G. Marvin; Choir Mother,
Mrs. R. B. Clarkson; Children Home
grounds, Mrs. W. H. Harris; Church
Interior and Grounds, Mrs. John
Whltaker; Parish House and Kitchen,
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Dr. E. W. Sikes
Dies Suddenly
Clemson, Jan. 8?Dr. Enoch Walter
Sikes, 72, president of Clemson College
from 1925 until last July 1, died
unexpectedly today at his home here.
Dr. Lee W. Mil ford, Clemson College
physician, said death resulted from a
heart attack. -Dr.
SHtee was at luncheon" when
stricken. Up to ghat time he aeemed
W. Lr. DePASS. JR.
Kirkwood Hotel
Heady For Season
Camden's swanky Kirkwood Hotel,
ono of iho largest and finest winter
resort Imstlerloa in the mid-south is
prepared for a record season.
From the mammoth dining hall
down through beauty shop, Swedish
massage parlors, to the am active
Kazook stylo shop the big winter
Jioiuo of many hundreds of exacting
quests Is iu roadluess to provide super
HfU'vleo until the echoes of cheering
^tousands at tho Carolina Cup races
on March 2l?(M mark the final wooks
of the mid-south season. Manager
Milton C. Smith has secured
the services of Anthony Ihucelo as
head chef for the season, llarcolo
comes from the Sheraton in Huston,
but was with Mr. Smith at l'aul
Smith's in New York last summer.
The Swedish massage parlors are in
charge of Captain Lindner while the
hotel barber shop this year Is being
managed by lionjamin Do Rosa.
The hotel also announces that Miss
Florence Keono, assistant housekeeper
nt the Waldorf Towers In New
York, has been secured to take charge
iu a similar capacity at the Kirkwood
this season.
'The hotel has boon entirely renovated
and Is attractive iu new paint
and decorations. The shops, especially
tho Kazook shop on the basement
floor, present an Interesting appearance
since the decorators completed
their work.
Tho activities of tho Kirkwood are
closely linked with tho equestrian
program offered in Camden and already
the prospects for the hunter
trials, schooling show. Virginians'
show, Camden Show and races are
topics of conversation. The Virginians'
Horse Show, under the personal
direction of J. North Fletcher, has definitely
been announced for Saturday,
March 1st. The school show, which
proved such a success last season will
be repeated this year with February
15 as a tentative date.
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Annual Meeting
Of Scout Council
The City of Camden and the Kershaw
District Committee of the Hoy
Scouts of America Will -be host for the
Annual Council Meeting of the Central
South Carolina Council, when It
holds this gathering next Sunday January
12th at 3:30 P. M.' Tho meeting
is to he hold in tho parish house of
Grace Episcopal Church and a largo
crowd la being anticipated by tho local
committee in charge. This committee
appointed from tho membership of
tho Kershaw District is composed of
A. Sam Karosh, chairmam. Thomas
Ancrum and John K. deLoach, Scout
Executive Wm. E. Czarnlteki and Field
Scout Executive Don Cochran, Jr.,
will also assist with the details of this
mooting.
The program as outlined will consist
of the following: 3:00 to 3:30 p.
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Community Agog
Over Wild Stories
Kershaw county law enforcement
officials are at a stalemate as to
further investigation of an alleged
cutting affray which occurred a week
ago last Sunday near the home of a
wealthy northern home owner on the
road to the S'pringd&lo course.
Alleged specimens of portions of a
human anatomy found in the driveway
of the winter resident on the
morning of Sunday, December 29, sent
to the State Laboratory at Columbia
and later to the F. B. I. laboratory at
Washington, were returned to Sheriff
[ J. H. McLeod today with the statement
that, because the specimens bad
been placed in a solution of formaldehyde
it was found impossible to
determine whether they were from a
human being or animal. The laboratory
requested specimens of the blood
found in the driveway.
McLeod believes he will be able to
send bltod specimens to Washington
for examination.
No criticism attaches to the local
authorities over the manner in which
the specimens were shipped for laboratory
examination as there was no
other way to send them other than in
Ufa bottled solution.
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The finding of the alleged specimens
in the driveway of the winter
resident's estate has resulted in many
wild stories being circulated. So far
as the authorities have been able to
ascertain, none of these reports have