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I it is strongly urged that all group I gatherings, especially among persons I from other communities be disoojjflnI uod This particularly refers to basI Ket ball gaanes at this season for the I following reasons: Those who are I hpectators may be exposed to infecI 1 ion; violent exercise would he harmI nil to 4iuy player who is susceptible I to the disease, Let everyone continue I to guard against unnecessary exposI ure and try to keep physically fit in I order to ward off Influenza. ! Reports on the situation from vaI rious schools dre as follows: C. B. I Busboe, Baron Dekalb school puperln teiident: "I would not as yet ' de scribe the flu situation in our school ns having reached epidemic proi?orI tions. While we have a large nura| ber of absences, actual numbers of 111 nesses does not exceed the number I normally had during the month of JanI uary. No public gatherings have beon I held since the P. T. A. meeting last I Thursday evening, nor is. anything I bc eh duled until Tuesday, January 28." I w R. Watson, superintendent ol I the Bethune schools makes a stateI niont as follows: "There have been I very few pupils out of' school because I of influenza. For the past week or I ten days we have averaged approxiI tnately thirty to forty absentees per I day. These have been practically all I in the first three grades. This is I about normal for bad, cold weather I we have had. A check with the teachI ers today shows that there about ten or fifteen known cases of bad colds I or IIu. Other absences are due to I work and othqr causes. TWO teachers I have missed one day each because of colds." G. M. Fa4$, superintendent of Mt. I Pisgah school, says: "We do have I several cases of flu, but there is no I decided change in attendance. Should I other cases develop we will advise I you further." ! Mr. Richards of the Camden city I scitools reports; his situation improved I over last week. There are about flfI teen per cent of absences reported as I of Wednesday. Not all of these were I <!tt<> to flu or illness. I Seventy-Five Years | For Mount Moriah I Kev.SJ. W. Boykin, his officers and I congregation have isssued invitations I to the seventy-fifth anniversary of the I founding of Mt. Moriah Baptist I church. I These people are proud of the his tory of their church having for seven ty-five years helped in every moral, I civic and religious movements for the betterment of the community. I At 3:45 p. m. the main anniversary I service will consist of a seventy-five I years pew rally in which fifteen clubs I will divide themselves Into periods of I five years each and the leader will reI hearse the history of that period and I close with a Spiritual song appropriI ate to the occasion. The entie afterI noon service will embrace short talks I and songs showing the progress of the I church for seventy-five years. At 7:30 p. m. the Rev. O. B. Tillman, I f \-district superintendent of the BeauI fori District will preach the closing I sermon. Jubilee and Spiritual songs I by two choirs and the announcement I of the rally will be the main featuro I of the night service, j The officers of this church are: J. I W.. Boykin, pastor; Ben Jenkins, I treasurer; T. M. McLeeter, olerk; I deacons are: Ben Jenkins, Isaac Doby, I -lames Certain, Damon Dawson, WllI ham Boykin, T. M. McLeeter. I Sizzling Steaks Cafe I Has Night Fire Scare i The Roxy Restaurant has had quite I a reputation for Its sizzling hot I ?teaks. But no one had any idea that the I ft'eaka were so sizzling that they I would set fire to the restaurant. And I while that may he a hit far-fetched it I is & fact that the cafe dW take flnqoae evening last week, necessitating the I summoning of the Are department. I The damare g Rambler Team Won In Polo Thriller A scene reminiscent Of a nose and j none finish In a horse race featured the playing of an extra-period polo contest last Sunday, 8overal thousand enthusiastic spectators stood up ami wildly cheered the flashing action on the No. 1 field as two peerless polo foursomes battled desperately for club honors. The wearers of the,blue silks of the Ramblers team, with a^ sensational comeback in the sixth chukker after trailing. 5 to 8, went on to win in the l extra period over the Yellow Jacket group, 9 to 8. ' It was another capacity crowd t.hut watched the two Camden teams, victors in the Pinehurst double classic a week ago, offer one of the most thrilling polo exhibitions evdr witnessed in the mkl-South. The Ramblers, with Eddie O'Brien filling the shoes of Kirby Tupper and playing the No. 2 position, were the underdogs. The Yellow Jackets had Coach Cyril Harrison, a six-goal star, in the No. 3 position. But the blue clad lads proceeded to demonstrate they were in the running when in the first chukker they took a 2 -to 0 lead and In the Becond added a goal to lead, 3 to 1. It was Eddie O'Bridn who, a wepk ago, wearing the yellow of the Jackets team poked over the winning goal to defeat Pinehurst here, 7 to 6, sent the willow between the uprights to decide this afternoon's fraefs. The most sensational play of the game - came almost simultaneously ( with the final bell in the sixth chukker. In fact, the ball was at least 40 feet In the air soaring over the west goal posts as the bell rang. It was C. jp. DuBose, Jr., playing a* sensational 'game for the Yellows, who drove that ball from 60 yards out In the field over for the counter that tied up the game. The crowd gave the chunky lad a big hand. (Please turn to page five) Kershaw PC A Annual Meet Plans Complete _______ / Arrangements are complete for the annual stockholders meeting of the Kershaw Production Credit Association, which will be In Kershaw at the High School Auditorium on Tuesday morning, January 28, at 10:00 o'clock, according to W. T. Redfearn, president of the association, who said yesterday that a record-breaking attendance of members is expected. This will be the sixth annual meeting of this farmers' cooperative shortterm credit organization, which mages, short-term loans for agricultural and livestock purposes to farmers of Kershaw and Lancaster counties. The association now has five hundred and Mr. Redfearn said it was hoped that every member would attend the annual meeting. Complete and detailed reports on. the operations of the association will be made to the stockholders, Mr. Redfearn said. "This being a cooperative organization, we feel that the members are entitled to know everything about its operations and we hope that every member will feel It a duty to be present at this meeting. "A representative of the Production Credit Corporation of Columbia will make a short talk at the close of the business session. A number of new featuee will be introduced into the program this year." Officers of the association are: W. T. Redfearn, president; W. H. Draffin, vice-president, and John C. Stover, secretary-treasurer. Directors In addition to the president and vice-president are Loring Davis, L. O. Punderburk and O. C. Ceueh. Friend of Hitler Lands in Hoosegow A white-haired, Pealm-ehouting Bible tract distributor, who was wandering the downtown streets here Thursday morning landed in the city lockup when he spoke too openly In behalf of Adolph Hitler. The stranger, who did not give his name, was selling religious pamphlets and when he chanced upon a group of business men, who happened to be members of the American I^egioit, he was asking for a ticket for the police station. q .. " Declaring that Hitler was the agent of peace, that he was ordained by God to bring peace on earth, the stranger was immediately the target for a volley of questions ,/ which brought answers that in torn brought a police officer. And In torn the tfnrgtr went to the guard bosse. ) r, j.'~$ 'rirJ.v. z, .... . - President's Ball To Be Brilliant Event The President's Birthday Ball, scheduled to bo held on the even?ng of Thursday. Jauuary 30, at 'the Court Inn will undoubtedly be tho peak social event of the 1940-41 social season In Camden. ?. Announcement has been made that Jerry Gilbert's orchestra, currently playing on Wednesday and Saturday evenings at tho Sara field club, will offer the musical Inspiration for the evening. The Gilbert players hall from New York but they gained their reputation as masters of dance rhythm at the Emerson hotel ball room In Baltimore, the Kdgewuter Gulf hotel at Biloxl, the Cavythorn at Mobile and tho Thomas Jefferson at Birmingham In 1937 th(Porch eptra wus picked to play at the luncheon tendered President Roosevelt In Biloxl. Tho lnfaptiffle paralysis campaign In Kershaw county, headed by Attorney Lambert DePass is well under way. The March of Dimes has started and the peak even of the drive for funds to aid in the fight against the terrible scourge will be the ball on the evening of January 30. Mrs. A. C. MoKain has been named as chairman of the street booths for the March of Dimes. Mrs. Dess Goodale Is chairman of the Donations committee. Mrs. Warren H. Harris Is treasilrer of the campaign while. the ticket committee for the ball is headed by Mrs. Leon Sehlosburg with tho following workers: Mrs. Andrew Whitaker, Mrs. Caleb Whitaker, Mrs. H. G. Marvin, Mrs. Kennedy Blakeney, Mrs. Catoe Glover, Mrs. Dorothy Heath, Mrs. Harrington Yates, Mrs. A. C. MoKain, Mrs. Nettles Lindsay, Mrs. Marie H. Freeman, Robert Kennedy, Jr., Mrs. John Mullen, Mrs. William Goodale, Mrs. Roland Goodale,- Jr., Mrs. Harvey Clarke, Miss Dolly Singleton, Mrs. Hughey Tindal, Mrs, j Byers, Charlie Goiger, Mrs. Jack Nettles and MIsb Faith deLoach. (Please turn bo page eight) Kiddies Pray That Alice Will Get Here Camden kiddles and yes?many adults too, are keeping their fingers crossed in the hope that the present flu epidemic is not going to cause r.ny changes in the plans for the appearance here on January 31st of the stage presentation of "Alice in Wonderland." If there Is a ban on school or other gatherings, it will mean that the presentation will have to be postponed and if possible, offered at a later date. 1 However there is some time yet before the date of the offering and it is hoped that by the time of the arrival of the "big day" the flu situation will have been cleared up. I The Improvement of the flu situation j in Camden, as noted Monday with fewer absentees from the schools gives rise to a hope that this improvoment will continue and it will not be necessary to -fear a ban on gatherings of children.* The youngsters of Camden and Ker-, shaw county have been awaiting the appearance of the "Alice In WonderLand" production tor many weeks with the keenest anticipation and there is every indication -that the auditorium at the grammar school, wherein the offering will be shown, will witness a capacity crowd. D'. A. R. To Sponsor An Artistic Reader The Camden Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution will sponsor tho appearance of Nancy Byrd Turner, Virginia poetess and raconteur in the music room of the Klrkwood Hotel, on Saturday, January 25, at 3:30 o'clock. Miss Turner, who will be the guest of Mrs. Edward DuBose, will give a lecture on "Adventures of a Verse Writer" at the Klrkwood meeting. The affair Is being arranged by the D. A. R. to start a fund to purchase a suitable marker to be placed on the Hobklrk Hill battlefield. On this ridge where today is located the swank Klrkwood Hotel, the polo field, ant^ibe homes of wealthy northerners, British and American soldiers met in deadly conflict during the Revolutionary War. The . D. A. NHC believes that. the Sosnsof this historic battle should he suitably marked and hi planning a series of events that will produce the fund necessary to have a marker -v ? - 1 j - y? -v " .* .jt ^ ..jL * .... J . Horsemen Club Formed in Camden On ChjiatiuftH evening, in Si. Mhiv'b Hall, uu Pine Rtroet there was enthusiastically organized a club for the horsemen of the city to he Known as the Horseshoe Club. The hall was Hu nod over to the club and the following officers were elected: President, Albert H. Br u ford; vice-president, Francis llellhouso; treasurer. James MeGovern; secretary, Dexter Finney. A board of directors was also elected consisting of Arthur Diamond, W. H&yhurst, Dick Shaw and Duke Williams.' The club immediately sprang Into vigorous life under the energetic leadership of President Bruford. Bingo games and other activities to raise money were gotten under way at once with the result that in a few days the hall was transformed by the addition of furniture and other club accessories Into a well appointed meeting place. At the present time the club Is functioning as Its organizers hoped that it would. The club is open every afternoon and evening for members and their friends and once a week an "open house" Is held for the members, thelf wives, and other guests. Also once a week, an evening Is set aside for "Bingo" In order to defray tho ex- i penses of the club. The need of such a club has long been felt In Camden, as there Is no place here where the horsemen can get together for a social evening under pleasant surroundings. Not only have the horsemen given their enthusiastic support to this venture, but owners, trainers and horse enthusiasts from the winter colony have en-1 couraged the club by their financial support and personal Interest. Among those who have "backed" the club are F. Ambrose Clark, Grainger Gaither, McKee Graham, James E. Ryan. This list Is being augmented dally. Among the chief activities of the club has been the formation of an excellent basket-ball team. This team (Please turn to page four) Help For British Meeting Here Feb. 7 Announcement has been made that a meeting will be held here at the Legion Hall 011 the evening of Friday, February 7, to complete organization of a committee to collect arms, steel helmets and binoculars for the American Committee for the defense of British homes. W. M. Perry, Chairman of the district organization, with R. B. Herbert, will attend this meeting to assist in the organization. It ig hoped to have representatives of all service clubs, as well as oilier organizations In Camden, attend this meeting. The Camden organization will be patterned after those formed at Sumter, Aiken and other points. In speaking of the plans for the organization In Camden Chairman Perry said that the district committee is anxious to get guns and binoculars lor shipment to England. The guns and other equipment are sent to England in British bottoms and are then distributed to families all over England for defense against parachutes and Invaders. John K. deLoaoh and Rerv. Maurice Clarke are chairmen of the tentative organization in Camden. It is hoped that all Camden people interested in this movement will arrange to attend the meeting on February 7. Small Amount Needed To Reach Seal Goal Ninety-five dollars will put s the Christmas Seal Sale "Over the Top," according to an announcement made by Oliver A. Rice, Treasurer, Tuesday afternoon. The Christmas Seal Sale Committee is especially pleased with the part schools "have played In bringing about this unparalleled success. Teachers and schools In the Camden DIstlct raised one hundred one dollars and seventy-eight cents. Rural schools and teachers have reported two hundred forty-two dollars, which speaks well for tho effort of Mrs. Kathleen Watts, who served as chairman tor County Schools. The response of the schools to the call for funds to carry on the program makes the Tuberculosis Association feel that school people value highly what Is done for the protection of Kershaw County girls and boys, and so they urge Mrs. F., D. Goodale's committee to forge ahead in their enthusiasm to flfet the additional ninety-five dollars, Which will bring the seal sale return^ to sixteen hundred and fifty 4ol]?M, ff?a amount sat for the goal Thrilling (lame At Number One Field With u sunny sky ami a spring ilk*' temperature promised for Sunday, several thousand ih)U> fans of the Carolines will make this city their meecft to gather around the No. 1 polo held to witness the opening game of the Dovino Cup series between Town and Couutry foursome*!. In response to scores hi requests that the team power l>e balanced to permit of a game as thrilling as those offered the past two Sundays, Manager Oyril Harrison of the polo oluh, has listed the Ihip-ups as follows: Town: Burns at No. 1, Robertson at No. 2, Harrison at No. 8 and Bates at No. 4. Country: Tupper at No. 1, DuBose at No. 2, Boykln at No. 3, and Lightfoot at No. 4. A The significance of the above line* ups lies In the fact that thoy are the Mime its during the extra chukker game of last Sunday and thus insures another afternoon of thrills for the funs. Tho Devine Cup, always one of the peak events of the polo season, annually, calls for tho best two out of three games. No matter who wins Bunday afternoon, tho game noxt Sunday may offer an upset as the loser will bo out with a grim determination j to even the count next week. That the Camden polo program is attacting more than ordinary attention is evidenced by tho many states represented in the car license check. Inst Sunday there were cars from 20 states in the area. Fans who have followed the fortunes of the Camden polo club tor rev- ( eral seasons past have remarked upon the improvement in the playing ability of the local talent. Coach Harrison has built up a splendid system of team play and no matter what combinations of players are put Into the competition, the players know tho playing technique and as a result the sport has taken on an increased tempo of interest. Friends of Children Window Attraction There should be more than passing interest in the display in the north window of Tho Fashion Shop. The window, decorated by- ''Friends of Clrildren'" shown garments for children of every age, some of these garments having been made by the members of the Camden Branch of the Friends of Children; others being made by the work room in Now York and sent here for display. Mrs. John M. Villeplgue is president of the Camden group. The founder of this fine effort is Mrs. Clark Willliams, who with her husband Colonel Clark Williams are winter residents of Camden, their home being at the Cedars and The Pines. The window in the Fashion Shop offers a background of United States and British flags, while smaller standards in the window area carry the same international grouping. While-the program of the Friends of Children is primarily for all children of the world who require clpthing, at | this particular time the garments are being sent only to England. The garments are made by volunteer workers and it is an interesting fact that the Camden group of workers totals over one hundred. Many dresses, sweaters ,pajamas and the like have been made and sent \fi the children of English families who are in dire need of warm clothing. "Flu Situation Is Better** Says Richards J. G. Richards, Jr., superintendent of the Camden Schools, has submitted some Interesting Information relative to the attendance records during the influenza epidemic. A survey made by Mr. Richards shows that on Friday, January 17, there were 28 per cent of the pupils of the grammar schools absent; on Wednesday, January 22, the percentage of absentees had dropped 9 per cent or to 19 per cent. In the High School on Friday, January 17, there were 31 per cent decreased to 15 per cent, making a drop of 16 per cent. In the Pine Tree rfill School on Friday, January 17, there were 22 absent, while on January 22, the percentage of absentees was 20 per ccrrft, a decrease of 2 per cent, Mr. Richards is of the opinion that the situation Is very much improved and he looks for the number of >h<ipfeel to lesson steadily. J "7 County-Wide Survey Called For Defense At a mooting of the member* of tho Camden and Kershaw (bounty Council For DofonsoyCommtUes, Uj^ld last Pr! dtty It was decided Jo Issue an appeal to all Interested parties in Kershaw County to cooperate with tho coininitios In the preparation of a eounty wide survey. Tho commit too requests that all individuals or groups in the county who are interested in mukliig tho industrial survey a success to submit to the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce a statement showing the resources of which they arc cognizant In order that the same may bo incorporated In a general report to bo used In tho industrial development of the community. Such statements should Include mineral, kaolin ami other deposits. Tho location of an Industry, which does not depend upon a local market for Its produce, Is contingent upon several elements, chief of them being power, labor, natural resources and transportation facilities. Camden has all of those to offer, but the details incident Jo them need to be clarified and projmrod In a survey form. These surveys will bo used by the community in seeking to Interest out-side industries to locuto here. The personnel of the Camden and Kershaw County Council of Defense Committee Includes John K. <io Loach, Mayor P. N. AloCorklo, W. R. Bonsai,. John M. Villepigue, AJ, U. King, A. Stanley LlleweHyn, Reuben Pitts, W. T. Redfearn and Prank H. Heath. Tho plans for a community meeting In tho grill of The Kirk wood on January 31 are -being hold in abeyance until a survey of the ,city and county is under way or completed. The Chamber of Commerce has requested the Stuto Planning Board and The National Resources Planning Board to assist In tho compiling of the survey data and a promise has been forthcoming that the two boards would bo glad to work in an advisory capacity with the Chambe of Commerce. President John K doLooch, of the call the attention of all Interested parties In the county to tho need of immediate action in submitting tho necseary data to th6 Chamber at once. This data will be checked by the engineers of the state and National Planning Boards and In a majority of instances, a personal visit by the engineers to the various localities will be arranged. Former Citizen Dies in Florida Word has been received In Camden of the death during tiho Christmas holidays of Thomas Simmons Trantham, 52, at his homo In Lakeland, Florida. His death came suddenly following a heart attacK. Mr. Trantham was a eon of the late William D. Trantham and Nannie E}. Trantham, and was bon in Camden. He graduated from the Camden high school, attended Wake Forest college and In 1906 went to Florida as a bookkeeper for a large lumber concern. Leaving It he secured a posi- r. tk>n with the Florida railroad commission at Tail ah ass eee where he served for a number of years. From there he entered the University of Florida and graduated from the law school. He settled in I^akeland, where he became a most prominent attorney. He Is survived by his widow, Mrs. Josephine Bullock Trantham; four children, Josephine; Frances, Mildred and Tommie, Junior. Other relatives surviving are two I sisters, Mrs. O. L. Brlggs, of Washington, D. C.i Mrs. B. D. Poe, of Roanoke, Va.; four brothers, W. D. Trantham, of Camden; Dr. O. C. Trantham, of Monck's Corner; Frank Trantham, of Birmingham, Ala.; and Prof. Harry Trantham, of Baylor University, Waco, Texas. Jinx Corner Scene of Another Wreck The jinx corner, Lyttleton and Chbanut afreets, claimed another accident last Friday when a car driven by Colonel John Wall was badly damaged when struck by a North Carolina motorist at this latersectiomr Several weeks ago two other cars crashed at this corner and in the 'mixup an eleotrie-light pole was broken off. These are but recent collisions at this corner and in every instaaoe the occupants at cars hare escaped as*