The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 13, 1942, Image 1
The Camden Chronicle
"vOLUME 83~ ~^~ " CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1942 ' > ?- NUMBER 46
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'almetto Riders To Play
Essex Cavalry On Sunday
Poll) enthusiasts are looking forRrt|
to next Sunday's match classic
, Field No. 1 betwepn the Palmetriders
of the Camden Polo Club and
e one hundred-aecond Cavalry fourme
from the Essex Troop at Fort
jckson with the keenest of antlclpa311.
This match is the second in the
mual competition for the Devine
ip. The Palmettos earned the right
meet the Essex Troop foursome
r defeating the Camden Ramblers
st Sunday in a free-scoring fray by
ten to six score. In addition to a
ell defined ambition to continue in
ie cup competition, the Palmettos
ixt Sunday will be out to avenge
seven to five trimming handed them
i Sunday, February 1 by the riders
om Fort Jackson.
For the game next Sunday, Coach
y-ril Harrison of the Camden Polo
ub has announced that the Palmeti8
will take the field with Kirby
upper at the No. 1 position, C. P.
uBose at No. 2, Carl (Chief) Liigit^ot
at No. 3, and Charles Robertson,
ie sage of Eutawvllle, at No. 4 posl3D.
From the camp of the One-hundredcond
cavalry comes word that the
oopers will line up with Major Mcrath
at No. 1, Lieutenant Edgerton
No. 2, Lieutenant Brown at No. 3,
id Lieutenant Berry at No. 4.
Cyril Harrison will officiate as refee.
and Jim Clyburn will be on the
ild as umpire.
Coach Harrison has announced that
ith the arrival of "War Time" the
ilo gameB will start at 3:30 o'clock
stead of 3:00 o'clock as has been
e case in all games so far this sean.
Coach Harrison believes that
en with the starting time fixed
e-half hour later the playing peid
will be featured by bright skies
d sunshine.
Mo. 1 playing field wab never In
tter condition for playing than at
e present time. The rains which
vo been In evidence at Intervals
V6 served to provide a sturdy J
althy turf, which with frequent
lling is as smooth and level as the
p of a billiard table. The springy
mdition of the field 'surface has
ade it possible for the ponies to
?gotiate, hair-pin turns and other
aneuvers without danger of slipping.
There have been eighteen games
ayod so far this season by the Cam?n
Polo Club teams. A compilation
the scoring shows that Coach
yril Harrison leads with a total of
! goals. C. P. DuBose, Jr., Is second
ith 36, Joe Bates has 31, Carl LigHt>ot
and Kirby Tupper have scort
> goals each, M. ?B. Burns has 26,
ha l ies Robertson 13, Whit Boykin
and Ancrum Boykin 16.
legislation Day Set
"or February 16th.
John Whitaker, Jr., chairman of loftl
hoard No. 46, and M. O. King,
halrman of local board No. 47 are
otifving all males through the colmns
of The Chronicle who reached
Mr twentieth birthday on or before
December 31, 1941, and those who
rlll not have reached their fortyfth
birthday on February 16, be*een
7 a. m. and 9 p. m. under the
'elective Service System for possible
raining and service 111 the third regRrat
ion. This applies to all males
'ho have not registered* in drat Mid
eeond registration. The registration
laces throughout the county, are llsb
d below: *
Camden high school; Jackson school,
Urkwood ?rix?i. Was Tree school,
mtioch school, Charlotte Thompson
chool, Beth una school, Midway
fhool, Mt. Pisgah ,school, Kershap
chool, Baron DeKalb school, Liberty
till school, Red Hill school, Lugoff
chool, Blaney. school, Pino Grove
chool. , r ?
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bating Rink is
Seing Supervised
~,y, ,r rtr: ~
The skating rink on the comer of
Toad and Laurens streets is now
ping supervised by the W. P. A.
T"bla supervision extends from 2 00
BUI 6t20 o'clock every afternoon,
epresentatlvee Of the W. P, JL wre at
ring during these hours and promoting
older boys and girls Ma J?rfertng
With the skatli* acttvttlee of
Police Take After
The Speed Fiends
The Camden police department Is
bearing down hard ' upon the violators
of traffic laws.
This is Indicated by the many arrests
which were made last week
and the payments of heavy fines by
many of the speeders and reckless
drivers.
In particular, the traffic officers
have concentrated on the Barney Cldfields,
who have been burning up the]
pavement on Broad street.
In addition to the campaign'
against the speeders and "reckless
drivers, police officers on their beats'
have been picking off motorists who
have been skipping the stop lights,
both electric as well as silent.
Complaints still Continue to come
in regarding the habit of some careless
drivers of double parking on DeKalb
street, near the Camden theatre.
DeKalb street being a federal
highway carries more traffic than anyj
other street in the city. The practice
of double parking as reported
are motorists who stop to pick up
people from the theatre and other
places of business occasioning much
congestion.
Another source of much complaint
is the speed at which buses and
trucks operated on Broad street between
the Seaboard tracks and
Hampton streets.
j Already letters complaining of the
fifty and sixty mile speed at which
the Greyhound buses operate on this
street have been sent to the WinstonSalem
headquarters of the Atlantic
Greyhound line and if headquarters
works with its. usual speed and efficiency
there will be immediate relief
given.
The matter of oil trucks, brick
trucks and moving vans speeding on
the streets has been complained of
to Police Commissioner J. E. Ross
land it is certain that he will take
! steps to have the police go into action
to correct this evil.
Scout Executive
Speaker at Rotary
President Moultrie Burns presided
at last Thursday's meeting of the
Rotary club and A. Douglas McArn
had the program in charge. He had
as his guest speaker Roscoe E. Stevens,
Scout executive and assistant
Scout executive, Sewell C. Hawkins,
both of Columbia and they represent
j the Central South Carolina Boy
Scouts of America. Mr. Stevens told
the club that the sixth day of February
is the birthday which has not
been generally observed by us. The
birthday of Boy Scouts of America
and unlike all others, this birthday
is observed not for a slhgle day, but
for the entire week. This being its
thirty-second year, with a membership
of a million and a half with
forty Scout units and a most appropriate
slogan "Be Prepared.'- Scouting
has two aims?a three letter
word?Fun, character and leadership
through a code of ethics given the
Scout from the time he goes in until
he goes out. The oath is given on
three fingers and this oath is learned
by every Scout when a tenderfoot.
He is taught to respect himself and
to reapect others, Scouting is for all
boys regardless of race, creed or
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Camden High Helps
Civilian Defense
The Machine Shop, Home Econo
mics, and the Woodwork classes arc
cooperating with ther Civilian Defense
Administration of Kershaw count]
making stretchers for emergency use
The Max&TnsrTJhop Is miking meta
braces ao that It, will be possible t<
fold them. -They are also makini
the metal legs.
The Home Economic girli will cu
out and sew the canvas covering U
the stretfeher poles. Six standan
When these ere completed, 18 add!
las removable will shorten the lengtl
New River Bridge
, Completed April 15
r
The new steel and concrete bridge
spanning the Wateree lUvur on U. S.
Highway No. 1, will be completed
and open for traffic on or about April
16. according to J. S. Williamson,
chief highway commissioner of the
state.
Commissioner Williamson announced
that bids for the construction of
the concrete approaches were advertised
for on Sunday, February 8, and
the planB of the engineering department
of the commission call for the
completion of the approach late in
March. After two weeks time during
which the concrete would cure,
the highway and bridge will be
thrown open to traffic.
Mr. Williamson stated that this
would probably be April 16, depending
entirely upon weather conditions
during the construction period.
Mayor F. N. McCorkle, who over
a year ago announced that the completion
of the new bridge would be
made the occasion for a suitable observance,
expressed satisfaction when
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informed of the statement of Commissioner
Williamson as to the completion
date. The mayor declared
that he planned to arrange a conference
of state highway, city, and,
chamber of commerce officials to dis[cuss
the matter of a proper program
I to celebrate the opening of this tine
new construction. Inasmuch as Mr.
Williamson has suggested having
such an affair about May 1, It is probable
that this date may be set as
tentative. The opening of the flue
new bridge will eliminate one of the
handicaps for U. S. Highway No. 1
traffic between the north and south.
The destruction of seven sections of
the old wooden bridge a few years
ago practically isolated Camden so
far as tourist traffic on U. S. No. 1
was concerned. This traffic had to
be routed over U. S. Highway No. 16.
The opening of the new bridge will
be made the occasion for some extensive
publicity, . in which literature
and news stories will be sent to all
motor clubs, tourist routing bureaus
and resort bureaus.
War Defense
IL '
Owing to the lack of space and the
shortness of time, some facts in conneotion
with the meeting of Kershaw
County Council, for National Defensp
held last week had to be held over
until this week's issue of The Chronicle.
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Charles Shannon, 4th, former City
Councilman and at present city attorney,
has been appointed chief air raid
| warden for the city of Camden. The
; appointment was made by W. R. Bon!
sal, chairman of the protection unit
| of the Kershaw County Council for
National Defense.
The report of John M. Villepigue,
chairman of the Kershaw County
tire-rationing board, was of much interest.
The report covered the activities
of the board for the month of
January, and stated that 63, applications
had been received, 62 had been
issued certificates; and 11 had been
refused. The board had issued in
! all 95 tires and 78 tubes. The truck
| and bus quota consisted of 61 tires
(and 52 tubes and certificates were
I issued for 36 tires and 31 tubes.
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The report of W. L. Goodale, treasurer
of the defense council, showed
the expenditure for the month
amounting to $101.34. The treasurer
of the defense council received from
Kershaw county $500, and from the
city of Camden $260.
?
Ralph Chase, co-ordln&tor of the
council in his report to the council
listed 1,362 as the total of volunteers
.enrolled. There were at the time 48
air raid wardens assigned to duty,
all of these having: had two hours'
of police training. The report also
indicated that 8 doctoVs and 88 nurses
had been assigned to defense dutyt
The 'Red Cross Motor Corps has a
membership of 36, and the canteen
corps was In the progress of organi*
' sation.
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i it was Interesting to note that la
; case of an flert, the telephone ays>
tem will be utilised in giving Information.
Where a phone Is not available,
arrangements have been mads
to have the electric lights utilised
through a-system of blinking.
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The basement of the Camden posi
office will be headquarters of the CI
' vlllan Defense Council in case of as
5 air raid or -alert. It Is proposed tc
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; Rotary Chib First
' To Hit Bulls Eye
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m. fc. Burns, president of the Cam
I den Rotary club. Is wearing a broai
l# smile these days.
I- Jhe 'reason?the Camden Rotar;
ft club is the first organisation or grow
* in the eity and cooaty to report i
i 100 par cant etvfUeh dlfsnsi rs?
t lstratkm with the Kershaw Count
a -Civilian Defease c<pmcfl for Nations
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Important Meeting
of Farmers Called
County agent, W. C. McCarley, has
issued a call for an Important meeting
of Kershaw county farmers in
the grammar school auditorium Tuesday,
February 17, at 10 a, m. <war
time).
Agricultural specialists from the
Clemson college Extension service
will be present to discuss the following
subjects: "Agricultural Outlook",
"Fertilizer Problems" and "Farm Machinery
Repair Rsogram". ,?
Bays Mr. McCarley in regard to the
meeting: "We are all in the army
now and each farmer has a definite
part to contribute to the war effort.
We have much to do and only a short
time to do it in. ,
"What is expected of the farmer?
What crop and livestock production
should be Increased? Will sufficient
fertilizer be available and will there
be sufficient farm machinery to do
the Job? are some of the questions
to be answered at this meeting."
Mr. McCarley states that the m6etj
ing will be, open to the general pubi
lie and he hopes for a big turnout
of farmers and friends.
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Husband is Held
Slaying of Wife
Mrs. Bessie Mackey, 47, of the De>
Kalb community, whose battered and
bleeding body was found Wednesday
night on a neighbor's porch, accused
her husband with her dying breath
of beating and stamping her to death
an Inquest witness testified last
Thursday night.
The coroner's Jury, after hearing
the testimony of Mrs. Agatha Jones
a neighbor of* the Mackey family, tc
whose porch Mrs. Mackdy- crawled
before she died, ordered the husband
Chris M*ckey. 47-year-old sawmill
- -operator, held for trial.
Court officials said Mackey, whe
has been lodged in the Kershau
' county Jail, Is to be arraigned on c
charge of murder February 16 Iz
Kershaw general sessions court ii
Camden. L - **
) According to testimony given a
5 the inquest, Mrs. Mackey died Wed
neaday morning abont 8:10 o'clock
It was testified further that when i
I funeral: director came to the hom<
and saw tha lacerations, discolors
tions and ipif evidences at- aa ai
(Flaaas corn to yags tosr) '
i Black River Road
Completed May 1
i
pany has completed the grading c
the Black River Road and. hext wee!
will 'begin the putting on the to
dressing.
? Four pits with a type of clay suit
I able for the dreaming have been 1<
cated along the twelve-mile 'stretc
f of the new highway.
f sra^^M that he plans to*hav
4 th. hKhw.r hkM ulWll
liTrsuw^ t.
Kirkover Expresses Spirit of
Optimism Over Race Program
Jim Clyburn Comes
Back to Old Haunts ,
Canulen polo fans who were present
at No. N1 field last Sunday for
the I'almetto-Ramblor match were
Interested in the presence of a ninth
man In the arena, for tho referee of
the afternoon game was J. H. Clyburn,
2nd, former Caind.gn polo player
and late of Lexington. Kentucky,
where he has been tn charge of horses
on the J. E. Madden 2,300 acre farm
near the turf center of the nation, and
with Jim in the polo arena was Ebe:
neesar.
Jim Clyburn, whose last appearance
on a polo pony in Camden was back
some three or four years ago when
Dick Ployd was coach of the1 local
polo club, has been a polo player
since he. was a small kid in knee
pants. Hack in 1930 and 1031 when
Coach Allison was in charge of the
local club Clyburn played regularly.
In 1038 he was in Camden for several
weeks during the polo season and
took part in several games.
Jim comes of a family of horse devotees.
His father, W. C. Clyburn,
resides at Hartsvllle and is still
training horses. A brother, Jack Clyburn,
is in Camden, and is trainer
for the Belcher string of jumpers.
.Another brother, Bill, is trainer at
the Munson stables in Connecticut.
Thomas, another brother, is employed
at the air post of the Southern Aviation
company. LouIb, still another
brother, is with a credit company,
while two other brothers, Frank and
S. C. Clyburn are operating the Carolina
Motor Company service station
on Broad street in this city.
Jim Clyburn likee Kentucky and
hopes to return to the blue grass
country in the near future. At the
Madden farm there are three polo
fields and some 56 polo ponleB. When
Jim came to Camden this winter he
brought with him four horses from
the Kentucky farm, three being jump
' ers and the fourth a flat race horse.
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Astoria Scores
In School Show
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Astoria, a chestnut filly owned by
Mrs. R. W. Daniels, of Brandon, Va?
and schooled at the J. North Fletcher
stables here, won two blues and two
reds last Saturday at the J. North
Fletcher stables schooling show.
Astoria took first in the class for
three-year-olds under saddle and lr
the hunter hack class; and second
I honors in the hunters under saddle
class and in the qualified hunter class
The schooling show attracted ar
i enty list of 84 horses. The Judglnf
? was done by Henry V. Colt, of Gene
? seo, N. Y. Twelve horses from the
Essex troop at Fort Jackson particl
pated in the six-event program.
> The summary:
? Hunters under saddle class?Woi
I by Brltanicus, from Montpelier, Va.
* stables of Mrs. Marlon DuPont Scott;
f second, Astoria; third, Esther Morn
ing, Miss Willie) ml no Kirby, Bedfort
Hills, NrYr
r' . Open to all class?Won by Hotten
1 tot of the Essex Troop team; second
t Snow Plow, Mrs. W. C. Belcher, Lake
i vllle, <?onn:; third. Pickles, Mrs. W. F
Buckley, Sharon Conn.
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; Bridge Worker
! Falls To Death
- ? Coroner Pnrdy Lee announced Sai
nrday afternoon following an inrestl
gallon of the death of John Henr
James, age 21, employed on the cor
etruction of the new Wateree rlvc
bridge, he would not cgll an inques
James, according to the corone
f slipped on the surface of the brldg
>f pavement, dropped through an opei
k ing and plunged 40 feet into the lc
p waters of the river late Friday gfte
noon. Bftdge workers and offlcei
tr from the sheriffs office dragged ~tt
y river and recovered the body a fe
h hours later. The coroner declkr?
that- in his opinion. James etth
n drowned or died from-a heart atta<
t uu> ^nc*?tato*
l*? *n"1 ruiii
ItecHUHo the United States government
believes that the morale of the
people of the nation can best be
maintained at a high level through
recreation^ and sport programs, the
steeplechase program which will be
Inaugurated at Southern Pines on *
March 14 will be of added significance
thla year. Three events will
be offered iQ the Carolines, the Sandhills
at Southern Pines, the races at
Aiken on March 21 and the Carolina
cup classic here on Manoh 28.
Harry D. Kirkover, of this city, one
of the foremost proponents of equestrian
sports in the east and southeast*,
views the coming schedule of steeple
(events with a goon sense of optimism.
According to Mr. Kirkover, this spirit
Is manifested ull up the line, including
Aiken, Virginia, Maryland, and
Pennsylvania, centers of steeplechase
racing. There Is a general feeling
that barring the unexpected in the
form of a larger catastrophe in the
war, . the steeplechase program this
season should be featured by quantity
and quality in entries and increased
enthusiasm oh the part of
the publlo. "
The Virginians' horse show, scheduled
to be held at North Fletcher's
stables on Saturday, March 21, will
i feature a large field of entries from
outstanding stables in and about Camden,
as well as entries from Aiken,
Southern Pines and other points in
in the southeast. There being no
conflict in dates of the horse show
events in this area, the Virginians'
classic should be outstanding In point
of the number of entries and public
interest. This should be true of the
entire schedule of spring and early
summer events.
Speaking of the Springdale course,
? Mr. Kirkover declared that physical
i ly ,it was in the best condition It ever
i has been. The jumps have all been
' revamped and everything in the big ?
racing plant freshened up for the
i race classic of the south in the Caroi
Una cup on Saturday, March 28.
At the stables^of Mrs. Marlon duPont
Scott, William "Billy" Jones,
i who hag charge of Mtb. Scott's string,
! has fourteen horses and. expects at
least eight more to arrive shortly.
This will give Mrs., Scott at least
twenty-two, which is the largest number
she has had in Camden in recent
,' years. Mr. Jones and family have
rented the Brunson home on Mill
, street for the remainder of the seai
Bon* . *
I Mrs. Fay Ingalls, of Hot Springs,
Virginia, has five horses at the Scott
. stables and expects four more to ar{
rive in a few days. W. Burling Cocks
I is trainer for Mrs. Ingalls. The Cocks
j are making their residence iif the
Olover home on north Broad street.
l At the Kirkover stables at Springf
dale, Jim Ryan bag twenty-nine
. horses at present and expects n&e
j additional, which will bring his string
. to the largest he has had - in some
time. Included In the Ryan list are ~
horses of Paul Mellon, of Upperrille,
l Virginia; Richard K. Mellon, of Pittsburgh,
and Mrs. Esther duPont Weir,
. of Wilmington, Delaware, and others.
. t The Barrington stables of Chicago,
I have' twenty-flve horses listed and the
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: NaziTorpedoes Can't
Sink1 Camden Youth
Nagi submarines which have simk
many vessels off the AtlantkUeoMt of
this country Just can't seam to flak
William C. Bradford, Camden bora
youth, Who had two ships shot from
under hhn.
E Tb? tot occasion wai when
I- 6,685 ton tanker Allen Jackson was
y torpedoed off the North Carolinat
the middle of January. ' Young Bradr
ford survived to join the prow of the j
t. 8,408 ton tanker, China Arrow, whieh^
r, went down, last Thursday morning
;e He and the reat of the China Arrow's
a- crew of 87 were landed~mt* at aDsly
aware Port.
r- ?Bradford la a grandson of Mr. and
rs Mrs. W. U Md&owsli, Hampton Arete
nue,: this city. He was born in Ciunw
den on October 11, 1920, his
>d having been Miss Mary McDowell
sr who is the wife of Harry L. Bradford.
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