The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 07, 1941, Image 1
The Camden Chronicle
VOLUME 52 "7"": ,<r' CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1941 NUMBER 46
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Cup Program to Offer
Imposing List of Horses
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With the twelfth annual running of
he Carolina Cup scheduled for Saturlay,
March 29, at the Sprlndale Course
loro, Indication# are thht this race,
me of the country's outstanding
iit'oplochaso classics over timber, will
featured by hte most Imposing list
jumpers in training at the time.
!Tho cup race, a three mile timber
>st. and the feature event of the
ftemoon program, of six races, will
resent field of top-ranking Jumpers,
he ,flne weather of this mid-south
iuuoetrlan center hfis enabled the
miners at the many stables herebouts
to bring tholr Jumpers to a
itato where they will be In peak form
>11 the day of days In this southland^
port center. ' J
j In addition to the Carolina Cup,
here will be the Springdale Cup lace,
Li 11 a 1 In importance In the last few
ears to the Carolina Oup, but which
L run over a brush course of approximately
two and a half miles The
Ipringd&le Cup always attracts an
n try of horses of Quality and it has
aken the best in training to win it.
Another race on the program is the
laron DeKalb, open to all horses, one
nd a half miles over hurdles, which
i the past several years has attracted
formidable list of competitors, as
as also the Camden Plate, one mile
n the flat. The plate given to the
wner of the "winner is presented byi
he City of Camden.
Other races are the Kershaw
Iteeplochase, two miles over brush
nd The Wateree, one and a hatf
liles over hurdles.
All Indications are that there will be
lore visitors here this year than ever
fore in the history of the races.
Followers of steeplechase racing delare
that the old saying that "far off
IcJds are the greenest" is not always
Jruo. In support of t^helr contention
bey point to the fact that the CaroIna
Cup program bffers as fine a type
f jumpers as those taking part In the
rand National at Aintree, England.
Janiden trained and owned horses,
ntries and winners of the Caroiina
!up, have taken part In the Aintree
vent. Among them were Sea Soldier,
'rouble Maker, and Battleship, the
itter winning the Grand National in
93s, to become the first American
(red and owned horse to win over the
tiff jumps of the English course since
lit- race was inaugurated over J 00
fears ago. - Battleship was originally
Heed on the flat and was converted
hto a jumper by Mrs. Marion Du Pont
<o:t, of Wilmington, Delaware. His
rst start in a race over brukh was
t tho Springdale Course, also his
ccond. and then he went on to fame
i this country and .in England. Bat
ship was schooled In Jumping on
iainden grounds. Sea Soldier won
tic Carolina Cup in 1931 and Trouble
laker In 1932.
Farly in December, of 1940, the
tables in and around Camden began
t> take on scenes of activity as the
ors as started to arrive. On the
cue came 27 horses of the F.
.mbrose Clark stables, of Westbury,
1 V., among them being La Touch?,1
Lancastrian, Galway Blazes, Fay Cottage,
Night Heron, Castletown and
others, all uudgr the skilled training
of H. Granger Galther. Mrs. F.
Ambrose Clark has 13 jumpers, trained
by lAalley Byers. In this lot are
Bachelor Phillip, winner here and
elsewhere; Invader, Belmont Park
winner; and The Beakj a noted winner
on the flat in England. As a lead
horse she uses the famous winner,
Sorley Boy, first in the Welch Grand
National, the Cheltenham Gold Cup
and many other races In England. The
Harrington Stables, of Chicago, havV
20 horses trained by Alec Gordon.
Most of these young stock but in the
older list Is Olympus, a winner abroad.
John Healy, trainer, has 21 of the
Christiana stables, owned by Mr. Hariy
Lunger of Wilmington, Delaware,
while Seibyi Burch has 12 horses from
New York. Mrs. Reginald Slnclaire
has a string of 6 from Colorado
Springs, Colorado, while J. E. Ryan
has a string of 30, representing the
Richard K. Mellon, Paul Mellon, and
Mrs. Lewis A. Park stables, of Pittsburgh,
,Pa., and Mrs. Esther DuPont
WeJr, of Wilmington, Delaware. W.
Burling Cox has 8 horses owned by
Mr. and Mrs. Fay Ingalls, of Hot
Springs, Va. ?All of tbese horses are
quartered at the Scott track.
This list of horses, and many more
which arrived during January, has
brought the toit&l to about 200, Indicating
that there will be a wealth of competition
fn tlie race events on March
20th. .
Several stables of hunters are also
In evidence hi the trailing area. Here
one finds horses of Buckley stables,
of Sharon, Conn.; Mrs. Ward Belcher,
of Lakeville, Conn.; Capt. and Mrs.
Dwlght Partridge, of Great Barrington,
Mass.; T. McKee Graham, of
Sewickley, Pa. and Camden; Mr. Tom
Girdler, of Cleveland, Ohio; Miss
Cryetelle Waggoner, Of Wichita Falls,
Texas; J. North Fletcher, of Warrenton,
Va.; W. B. Ruthrauff , of Red!
Bank, N. J.; Miss Peggy Wing, of
Westbury, Long Island; Mr. and Mrs.
David R. Williams, of Tulsa, Oklahoma,
and Camden; Mr. and Mrs.
Cyril Harrison, or Rumsoii, N. J.; and
D. Walter Mabee, of Saratoga Springs, |
,N. Y,
Also among the hunters are 3 owned
by Miss Wilhemine S. Kirby, of Bedford
Hills; N. Y. and Camden; one of
Major George G McMurtry, of Ear
Harbor, Maine; 6 of Mr. Sydney s.
i Gilbert, of New York State; 2 of Mies
j Jane Blyth, of Cleveland, Ohio; and
j one of Miss Nancy Haas, of Mt. Kisco,
IN. Y.; these hunters being all quarter'
ed at the J. North Fletcher stables.
This list also has been greatly augmented
as the season has progressed
and the hunter population was such on
January 30th as to promise interesting
exhibitions and performance at the
Hunter Trials and Horse Shows.
Polo is one of the perpetual sports
of the season, the program featuring
one or two games weekly on several
fields In the city, and the games this j
year have created more enthusiasm
among the spectators and attracted a
larger attendance than ever before.
iirkwoood Hotel
In Radio Debut
The Kirk wood, one of the moat
imous resort hotels In the mid-south,
as Installed a remote control broadisting
studio and will broadcast dur?
if? the winter'.season. The broadest
8 will emanate oyer the airwaves
f W. I. s. in Oolumbie and W. O. L. S.
t Florence.
The first broadcast was heard SetMay,
February 1, when the Wharton
ord Quartet, a well known band of
usic makers from Stamford, Conn.,
ade their debut in The Klrkwood
rillo. Fifteen minutes of dance
lUsic wdnt over the airwaves from
15 to 5:30 P. M.
Chis Wood, Jr., former N. B. C.
ninmentator, who is wintering in
Rmdon, will direct all of the remote j
oadcasts from this city. Mr. Wood j
ls broadcast the running of the Carina
Cup for the past three years and
rangements are being made now for
to to describe the running of the
?ning race on March 29th over a
id-south not work. ;?
The tea dance, held dally in The
irk wood Grille, will be broadcast trieekly
on Tuesday, Thursday and Sat(Pleaae
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Flood of Silver
Dollars in Camden
C&mden merchants had visiohe of
William Jennings Bryan and his free
silver advocacy Saturday when it lit*
erally rained bright new silver dollars
in Camden stores and shops.
Two uiousai<^ J ^fter dollar coins
cMnked with happy cadence oh the
counters of the mercantile establishments.
Cashiers rubbed their eyes in
amusement and called for'cash boxes
in which to place the ever-increasing
flow of coins. Ordinary cash register
coin receptacles were not large
enough. . *
And it all happened because Dewey
J. Creed had the happy thought of
paying off the workers in the Camden
area of his pulpwood Industry lu silver
dollars. And next week the Camden
banks will make a report to Mr.
Creed as to how manor of these shiny
new dollars were turned In to O^imden
stores and business houses.
Ifr. Creed has about 600 workers in
his Industry and some 800 of them in
the Camden area received their weekly
wages in silver dollars. The other
800 were paid by checks through the
mall.
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World War Veterans
Have Registration
Tim !?roy Itolk Foil, American
Uwion., will observe February 22. and;
as many days thereafter as 1h necesa- |
ary as registration days (or all
legionnaires and other world war vet-1
erans for any emergency that may1
develop In national defense during the
strenuous times ahead,
Governor Burnet It. Maybunk will i
issue a proclmutlon in a few days set-{
ting February 22 apart as registration i
day and calling upon all world war
veterans to rgeister their namee and)
occupations In order that they may be!
properly classified and indexed.
The rge 1st rat ion will take place at
the draft hoard headquarters in the
American legion building and llie
hours vfrlll he from 9 a. m. on all clay
February 22, and again on Monday until
all have registered.
The blanks for registration hove
been Received 'by Adjutant Arthur
Clarke of t he local I region Post.
It is specifically stated that thlB will
include colored world war Veterans as
well as white.
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Ice Company Plant
Building Is Burned
Fire believed to have starred when
a stove pipe came loose from the
chimney destroyed the office building
of the Camden Ice company plant on
Mill street Monday night.
Records and other Important papers
were in the safe and were not damaged.
The blazo was confined to the
office building and the loss is covered
by insurance.
The fire was discovered by Fire
Chief "Buddy" Denton who was on his
way home from the theatre. Mechanics
at the Lea Myers garage said they
amelled smoke fully fifteen (minutes
before the alarm was given, but
thought the smoke came from chimneys.
Two small fires called out the fire
department Saturday afternoon and
evening. The loss was trifling.
McCarley To Attend
Fort Needs Meeting
W. C. McCarley, Kershaw county
fartm agent will attend a meeting to be
held in Columbia soon to plan a survey
of food-crop growing in South Carolina
to supply needs of Fort Jackson.
The study will be made under supervision
of George E. Prince, chief of
the division of marketing of Clemson
college's extension service and WPA
workers will assist.
County agents from within a fifty
mile radius of Fort Jackson will be
called Into consultation, to receive information
about needs and buying procedure
from quartermaster corps officers
at the fort.
It is hoped to have the survey and
coordination work completed In time
for the truck planting season in the
state. This season begins tho latter
part of the month. -
Scout Services At
The Baptist Church
National Scout week, which begins
on Sunday, will be observed in Camden
and the Kershaw district with
scout services at the BaptlBt church
Sunday evening at 7.30 o'clock, with
Rev. J. B. C as ton in charge.
On February 13, -there will be a
court of honor at the Scout Hut with
Soouts of this city as well as Kershaw
taking port. Scout Commissioner!
William F. Nettles, Jr., will be in
charge of the Scouts at both the
church service and the Court of Honor.
The Soouts will assemble at the
Baptist church at 7:15 o'clock to
march into the church auditorium in
a body.
The features of the Court of Honor
will be the presentation afterwards to
advancing Scouts and a candle light
investiture Ceremony fo roll boye entering
scouting for the first time.
The public is invited to attend both
the church service and the services
at the hut
Swedish Masseur
Opens in Camden
Ake H. dePaulis, eminent Swedish
masseur, for ten years employed on
the Motorshlp Kungsholm of (he
Swedish steampship line has located
at the Court, Inn where he will
specialize in experienced work in
massage, weight reducing and oolonk:
irrigation.
Mr. dePautts oomea to Camden with
outstanding recommendations and testimonials,
one in particular being from
Alfred duPont
In addition to treatments at his parlors
in the Court Inn Mr. de Paul la will
also be available for home treatments
by appointment. ' ,
Mr. de Paulis Is a graduate of one
of the leading schools in Sweden and
in addition to his work as a masseur
on the Steamer Kungsholm, he was
too physical director for the steamship
cdtepaay.
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Directory Census To
Show Population
O. O. Orubba of the Baldwin Directory
service of Charleston, who has
boon in charge of the preparation of
tho new Camden city directory has
announced that the compilation of all
data for the now directory will be
completed on February 11.
Mr. Grubbs I1&4 been assisted in the
compilation work by J. B. Lindsay
an enumerator and also Miss Sarah
Marvin and Miss Thelina Trueedule,
u)*o enumerators.
All'of the canvassing activities, with
the exception of the business district,
iiAVe -been completed and when the
work ia fully finished an accurate
figure on the city population will be
announced. Tho canvass has been
very thorough and 110 names have
been missed in the records.
Announcement of the population of
greater Camden, which includes tho
city as well as the Wateree and Hermitage
villages will be mad* in tho
Chroniclo next week, ft is believed
the figure will show a marked difference
from that taken In the recent
federal census.
Police Make Quick
Work in Nabbing Man
Chief of Police Alva Rush did not
waste any time after an attempted
burglary of a Lyttleton street home
several nights ago was reported to
him.
In a short period the chief had William
Brown, a local colored character
in custody and had secured a confession
from him in whiofl he admitted
his guilt. He was placed in Jail and
will be tried at tfie next term of criminal
court on a charge of breaking Into
a house in -the night time, an offense
punlahablo by from three to five years
in prison or on the chalng gang.
Mrs. W. G. __ Wilson, discovered
Brown In the kitchen of her home
after she had investigated- a noise.
Brown had cut a screen in the window.
City Hall Is Being
Given Face Lifting
The painting1 of the trim of the cter
hall is under progress and it is <t|ope%
to have it completed within a few
weeks, according to Commissioner
Clyde V. Massaboau.
The trim on the front of the building
is in white while on the Rutledge
street side, the trim will be in London
gray. It Is proposed to carry the
painting operations to the buildings
housing the rest rooms, fire station
and police court. .
As the renovating progresses all
broken glass panes are being replaced.
The dome of the hall and the tower
were painted several weeks ago, the
former with aluminum.
Mr. Massabeau Is not satisfied with
the present focus of the flood lights
on Chief Haiglar and will have them
corrected so that they will outline the
dome and Indian weather vane more
brillian Lly.
Artillery Team Wins
Over Horse Shoes
The Horse Shoe Club Basket Ball
team ran up against a tartar in the
High School gymnasium Wednesday
night, in the shape of a smart, accurate
shooting and tfeautiful passing aggregation
from the ll&th Field Artillery
at Fort Jackson, the soldiers giving
the local lads their first spanking
of the year by a 49 to 30 score.
To the fans who have been watching
the Home Shoe quint in action
this season, it Is apparent that the
squad had picked this important evening
for a let down. Whether it was
the powerful defense and brilliant
passing of the soldier five that was responsible,
or hot is a question. However,
the soldiers had an edge on the
locals in all departments of the game
and this superiority was augmented by
the. fact; t that the visitors squad was
1 able to alternate with complete teams
in each quarter.
The visiting team chalked up their
25th victory in 29 starts this season.
They boast of wins over the power hi 1
Royal Cord Team of WinnOboro, also
the Parrsi Island Marines, as well as
a majority of the teams in Colombia.
All of the boys hail from Savannah,
Ga. and the starting line up featured
the appearance of the three Palmer
Brothers, Bill, Eld, and Craid. Bill
and Ed ire twins.
For the Horse Shoe Group Moore
[ was outstanding, not only with some
superior floor work but also in scoring,
getting. 14 of the 30 points scored
by his team. Ledwith , was ^second
with 10, while Rfles, Dodd and Shaw
1 each contributed 2 points.
For the invaders, Myers was high
; man with 14 points, C. PalmOr 2nd,
with 10, and 1J. Palmer 3rd with 8
points. ' Other points were scattered.
_ Ntxt week tbe Horse Shoe Club is
| scheduling a game which is to be played'probably
on Wednesday evening.
One of tbe largest crowds to attend
the Horse Shoe cage program was
present Wednesday evening. ,
Dove Season Closed
The public is warned that tho dove
I season dosed February first and anyI
one found shooting them will be fined.
The oeaeou on other game ia still
open.?Sim. Clarosoe Hough.
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Camden Seeks To
Contact Namesake |
Tho Cam don and Kershaw county
chamber of commerce 1h cooperating
with Mrs. Wylle Shoorn, president of
tho American I^oglon Auxiliary. in
plana to organise a namesake towns
oommltteo In Camden.
Upon the requost of Mrs. Shoorn.
the Chamber has written to tho Executive
Secretary of Natneeake Towns
Committee, Inc., In Now York, requesting
Information relative to Camden
Town, London. England. ,v
This, contact la requested In order
that the local committee can communicate
with tho proper parties In Camden
Town in England. The organisation
alma of the Namesako Towns
Oommltteo, Inc., are live fold, namely:
To promote understanding and cooperation
by the Interchange of correspond
nco and by direct contact between
tho two populations and the
civic authorities, churches, business
groups, social clubs, Rotary Clubs,
women's clubs, Roy Scouts, school
children, and the ltko. will be encouraged
to establish closer relations
with the corresponding groups In
America and Great Britain respectively.
To cooperate with the existing relief
organizations in obtaining more
material and financial help for tho
civilians of tho British communities.
Whore there are no existing relief
groups locally, Xo Interest towns In
this project and to help provide plans
to set up their own organizations.
To continue the work of the Com- i
mittee after the end of the war by
helping In the reconstruction and
rehabilitation of the devastated towns.
Towns having no affiliations with
Great Britain will be encouraged to
link up with English cities having no
namesakes in America.
To appreciate the scope of the project
It should be realilzed that there
are over two thousand towns In
America bearing names of towns In
GVeat Britain.
Mayor F. N. McCorkle has given1
his endorsement to the suggested
plan of organizing a namesake towns
committee and making a direct contact
with Camden Town in London.
England,
Radio Listeners Ask
Better Reception
As a result of vigorous complaint
regarding radio interference Mayor F.
N. McCorkle will request the Carolina
BPower and Light company to send a
trouble crew here to make another
check In an effort to elimlnlato disturbances
which have made radio reception
and radio sales a problem
child In Camden. j
It will be recalled that recently,
when radio reception became almost
Impossible because of Interference tho
city called In the power company experts
and an Investigation disclosed
the trouble which was corrected.
In tht interval and particularly In
the past three weeks the Interference
has been sa great as to blot out reception,
much to the chagrin and disgust
of those who wish to listen to
tho news broadcasts.
Wednesday morning an appeal was j
mode to the Chamber of Commerce [
for relief and In company with a re-1
presentatlve or- spokesman of tho
radio listeners group a Chamber
official called upon the mayor and
petitioned ofr some relief. This the
mayor promised would be forthcoming.
Britain Defense
Meeting on Monday
The meeting scheduled to be held
this evening at the Ajherican I>eglon
hall for thp purpose of organizing a
Camden group of the national defense
organization of the American committee
for the defense of British Homes
has been postponed until next Monday
evening.
The meeting which is being sponsored
by John K, deLoach, Br. Maurice
Clarke and Frank H. Heath .will
be attended by officers of the Columbia
organization who will outline the
purpose of the meeting.
Mr. deLoach wishes to emphasize
the fact that this meeting is open to
the public and he urges all interested
parties to attend.
Listed as urgent wants In England
at the present time are binoculars for
spotters who warn civilians .of the
approach of enemy raiders; also stop
watches for the use of these spfltfor*
hi timing the approach and possible,
attack of bombers which have Keen
spotted; firearms for the use of Brit;
ish civilians in defense of their home
in the event of invasion; steel helmets
for ttSS of civilians - as a protection
against bomb splinters, falling shrapnel
and falling masonry during air
raids, and other materials.
Any people possessing any of these
article* can aid in the Battle of
Britain by contributing them to the
local commit dee. Mr. deLoach suggests
that any persons who care to
contribute may bring their contributions
to the meeting "next Monday
night
Bethetda Presbyterian Church
Sunday, February 9, A. Douglas
McArn, pastor. Church school with a
Bible class for every sge at ten a. m.
Morn ing? worship at 11:15. A congregational
meeting has been called J>y
the sesskxf to be held Immediately
after the ztrykt on this day. Hinrfasu;
program at eight p .m. The public Is
cordially invited to attend these services.
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News As.Concerns
Kershaw Delegation
Columbia. Feb.' 1?The Kershaw
county delegation was with a house
minority this week when, by a voto of
06 to 42. tho houao killed a measure
that would have created n Joint subcommittee
from tho house and aonato
to draft the state npproprial Ions . bill.
Hop. P. Clator Arrants and Hop.
Juntos M. Thornton, apparently favoring
tho moaauro. voted against tabling
a concurrent resolution, offered by
Uep. Jamas M. Brallsford of Orangeburg,
to create such a oominltteo of 16
members from the house and a like
number front the senate. Hut tho majority
prevailed and tho measure was
killed.
Proponents of the measure had hailed,
it as one means of reducing the
length of the legislative session by reducing
the number of processes
through which the appropriations bill
had to pass before It llnully becomes
law.
Its opponents woro Quick to admit
that some stops should bo taken to
speed passage of th,(j appropriation
bill, but failed to agree that Hep.
Brallsford's proposal was the right
remedy. They held It would be "Just
another committee.'
The house's section of the sub-committee
would have Included the chair!
man And at least li members of the
' house ways and means committee.
I Tho senate contingent would have included
the chairman and at least 11
members of the senate finance committee.
The Joint sub-committee from both
houses would, according to %be Brailsford
resolution, have dratted an appropriations
bill ogeeable to both the
senate -and house sub-committee
members, after which the bill would
have beeil reported out for throe rend1
lngs in each house.
Either house pould have tacked on
amendments to the appropriations bill,
tho resolution provided, but the bill
I could not have been re-committed to
any committee except the joint sub|
committee, which would also have nclI
ed as the free conference committee
on the appropriations bills to adjust
differences between the two houses.
During the past few years, the
lengthy and tortuous route followed
by the appropriations bill?with "way
stops" for time-conBuming debates,
recommittals to committees, committee
considerations, etc.?has been
as .follows: *
From the house ways and moans
committee (where it is drafted), to
the house floor, to the senate floor, to
the senate finance committee, back to
the senate floor, back to the house for
concurrence with senate amendments
(to which the house generally won't
agree), to the free conference committee
from both houses, then hack to.
tho floors of both houses.
The route provided in the Brailsford
resolution would have shortened
this considerably. Tho Joint suib-committee
would have drafted the bill and
reported it to both houses for debate
and vote. Netiher house could refer
It to any committee except back to the
committee from which it came Shifting
of the hill back and forth between
the two houses would have 'been eliminated,
as would have been separate
consideration of the bill by the house
ways and means committee and the
senate finance committee.
Since the BralLsford resolution was
killed in the house, though, the appropriations
bill will again follow its old
route through t^e assembly unless
some new legislation regarding this
pops up.
But at least one step to shorten the
session has been definitely taken with
the call of Senate Finance Committee
Chairman R. M. Jefferiee of Colleton
for Joint consideration, by the -ways1
and means and the finance oOlfi1'
mittees, ot the state's needs now and
of proposed revenue measures In the
future.
Separate eonaiderwUoo of these
questions by the two committees has
been the custom In the past. Senator
Jefferies said he expected the Joint
hearings on budgets and proposed
revenue measures for the appropriations
bill would lop at least a month
from the length of the current legislative
session. ' ?w
New Members Added
To Chamber Record
Recent acquisitions to the membership
list Of the Camden and KersnaW
county Chamber of Commerce are
DeKalb Food store, Camden Bottling
works, Davidson Insurance Agency,
Royal Crown Bottling Company, NewId
rlc Industries and Mrs. Darid'RWllllama
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