Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Instructors Trim Merchants 5 to 2 Coldeu Gloves Taylor of the Instructors, pitched four hit ball to down a scrappy Merchants team Mon> (lay evening on the softball arena, the score being 5 to 2. A six hit splurge In the sixth Inning netted the Instructors four runs und a margin the fighting Nolan crew were unable to overcome. lioyklu of the Merchants pitched a superb game or five innings. In the first two Innings the instructors went hit leas and In tho third and fourth! they could annex but a lone blnglo. Two hits were registered in the fifth hut they failed to produce any runs. The Instructors scored a run In tho third on a walk to Wester, Pollard's single and McLood's out at first. The Merchants ro^od back in the fourth when HancoCk raced In from third on Taylor's wild pitch and Bruce scored on Cooper's out at first after getting a lift on Taylor's error. After the fourth inning not. a Merchant reached second base und only one saw first. In tho futal sixth Stowo opened for tho Instructors with u single and was followed by Taylor who singled and Reynolds who doubled, Stowo and Taylor scoring. Boebo singled after which Hpeth flew to short conter. Chichester scored Reynolds and Waster singled to scoro Boebo. Pollard wulked and Chtchestor took.; third. McLeod drove a hot liner at Parker who doublod Chlchoster off third to end the round. The score R. H. HI Instructors 5 10 '2 Merchants -...2 .4 3 Batteries: Tuylor and Chichester; Hoyklti and Hancock. Kershaw Co. Sends Two To Officers' Candidate School Kershaw County men who * have boon sent to. the officers' candidate school at Fort Banning, Oa., as reported by the local draft boards lists William Raleigh Marsh, senior graduate, R. O. T. C., CleniHOn, and Herbert I.ynn Rlcliry, senior graduato, R. O. T. C.. North Carolina State. Marsh Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Marsh, roUto two, Camden, and Herbert Is the son of Mrs. MarCe B. Rlchey, DeKalh street, of this city. War Hoard No. 46, Korshaw County, lists the following men who reported for service this month: Frank Rivera . Cureton, Frank Hawley Sowell, Murdlc Lenoir Outlaw, Cleatus Threatt, James Matthew Boyce and William Pad Catoe to the U. S. Army; John Lloyd Thompson to the Navy, nnd James Delbort McDowell (o the U. S. Maries. Local Hoard No. 47 lists the following: Jason Monroe Ray, Clyde William Bradley, Joe Ray, and Mark Alexander King to the Navy; George Sanders, Shelt Kelley Whltakor, Konlieth Roland McLeod, Jainos Nell Johnson, and James Lawrence Brown, Jr., to the Army. Buy War Bonds and Stamps I 90M9S OVW* AM&9ICA * * * I I . **"'"tis^EgjmggsiiSissssiissL? "Eternal vigilance la the price ofLiberty.* Thomas J person, author of these words, left a monument to freedom, the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, . 'w' University of Virgihia ..l . - \ ' . - - ,. 4 . ! In Knropn on? of the (oldest iMts of Warning is the University of Prague in Bohemia founded in 1348. It waa seized by the Nazis and now only Nasi theories Of a euper-rsce are taught. Be Vigilant Buy War Bonds jDr. 0. M. Gay, 57, Dies Suddenly * * ^ Dr. O. M. Gay, 57, prominent veterinarian and farmer of Lancaster and Kershaw counties, died suddenly Wednesday morning of a heart attack. He had been in declining health for several months. Surviving aro his widow, Mrs. Willie Mae -Crawford Oay; two children, M. P. Oay of Laucastor, and Miss Blaine Oay of Kershaw; four brothers, George, )V14ke and Carl Gay of Rock 11111, and John H. Gay of Houth Springs; three sisters, Mrs. Roy Parks of I>ancastor; Mrs. Ervin Owens and Mrs. Jack Gay of Kershaw. Funeral services were held at his home in Korshaw at 5 o'clock Thursday afterntion, by the Rev. D. M. Rivers of Lancaster, assisted by the Rev. J. M. Neal of Kershaw. Interment was In the Kershaw cemetery. ARM Y-IN8TRUCTOR8 RUNNING NECK AND NECK (Continued from first page) the scrap. Benny Robinson, pilot of the Kendalls, who lost all but six of the players he started the second half with, but who refused to withdraw from the league, had a well-balanced team on hand and with Schnell, Army ace hurlor away on vacation, the Kendalls might have upset their rivals. Next Monday there should be plenty of thrills-dished up, when the rejuve?uted Kendalls meet the Instructors. It will be Artie Robinson against Taylor, a natural for a pitching duel. Another real scrap is promised for Wednesday when Benny Robinson's upsetters crash with the Merchants. On Friday Alvin Kelly's up and coming Maintalnance crew tangle with the 64th Army outfit. Every game a prospect for thrills. McCorkle Wins Bout With Giant Fishie " N'. Add another strike to the score of Francis N. MoCorkle, Camden mayor. This time it was a seven and a half pound black bafts wbioh the little mayor dragged from the waters of , Hermit ago lake Wednesday evening. In as much as the mayor is classified in the ranks of bantam weights and with Mr. Bass Having the advantage of fighting in his own element, the struggle between man and fish is reported to have been a thriller. And so, in addition to being quite some pumpkin as a mayor, also a speaker of state-wide renown, a preacher of marked persuasion and eloquence, the mayor now lists ameng his achievements, the rank of an expert nimrod. MRS. FANNIE PLAYER CHRISTMAS, 48, DIED WED. Mrs. Fannie Player Christmas, age 48, died at the Camden hospital Wednesday morning after an illness of three ^ears. She was the wire of Henry Christmas, well-known resident of the Hermitage Mill. Mrs. Christmas was the daughter of the late william T. Player and J3ally Goff Player. Surviving are her husband and nine children. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock from the Hermitage Mill Baptist church, conducted by the Rev. B. S. Broom. Interment followed in the Antioch Baptist church cemetery} LENHREW LOVETTE TRANSFERED TO TEXAS Norman, Okla.?Navul Aviation . Cadet Lenhrew Lovette,_ age 19. son of Mrs. H. T. Lovette of Camden, has been transferred to the Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas, after successful completion of the primary flight training course at the Naval Air Station here. f^" Lights of NewYork by L. t. STEVENSON BaBSBsasBSS5SBssaBasas5 Rambling* and rumination*: The lookout stationed In that mlnia*" destroyer In Time* square watching not passing ships, but passing shapes ... A serious-looking miss making knitting needles fly as she waits to a trolley car at Seventh avenue and 43rd street . . . Evidently even minutes count with her . . . Param???i stage hands dashing across ^rd street with coffee pails, their destination a near-by restaurant ... wonder what will happen when coffee rationing goes into effect? . long, lean tomcat, with Well-ghewed ears, casting an evil eye oivtfigeons feeding on the sidewalk . . .ana being hustled into the gutter by the foot of a passerby before it can spring. # Soldiers, sailors and marines, each in separate huddles at 48th 8tr?** . The soldiers and sailors discussing dates . But the.ma^?* talk so low their voices are inaudible . "Available" the only word on a big advertising space high above the street ... A bootblack br?aki"g a cigarette in two and sharing it with a buddy who complains that he hasn't "made a shine" all day . . . A flashing brunette, diamonds glittering in her ears, slipping a bill into the tin cup of a hlmd accordien player ... No thanks because there is no jingle, the man beintf really sightless . ; . That big steak house i which, instead of serving meatless menus on Tuesdays, merely closes its doors ... At 42nd street, the shining pieces of a shattered hand mirror . . . Seven - years bad luck ... A badly-crippled old mapjleading a young blind man across^^adway. A truckload of live chickens cross-, ing Broadway on 49th street . . . and a rooster sticking its head out of the topmost crate and crowing defiance to all the world . . . While soldiers, being taken spmewhere in an army truck, voice loud cheers . A whole flock of pretty girls attracting stares as they ankle up Broadway?models on their way to an assignment . . . Their faces are classics in haughty indifference^ to the eyes of males . . . Chorines, their rehearsal clothes in handbags, turning, into Shubert Alley ... A tottering, sunken-cheeked, stooped chewing gum peddler who used to manage a large restaurant not far from where he now offers his wares . . . Now, however, they do not see him . . Which, of course, is typical of Broadway ... A birdlike little woman offering Carrots to a delivery wagon horse. * * Overheard In Times Square: "The car was crowded like sardines, you know how the subway is now. This old woman was hangin' onto a strap and bein* pushed arouhd plenty. Made me feel so bad I could hardly sit there and look at her" . . . A pretty war bond seller in a miniature tank at 48th street, catching up on the news of the day as she awaits buyers ... A zoot suit wearer being put into his place by a miss whose attention he attracted by "Here I am, Toots" ... and while she's still telling him, he beats a red-faced retreat . . . An ambulance, with the gong clanging wUdly, hurrying up Broadway as traffic cops give it the right-of-way . . . an? not far behind, two more, which means more than likely that tfygre has been a serious accident of some kind. * Four chorus boys on 44th street, discussing their draft status . . . three agreeing that they wouldn't mind getting into uniform right away . . . and the fourth wondering how his mother will live on the allotment he will be able to make . . Old actors, scrapbooks under | their arms, making the rounds of casting agencies where they are informed there is nothing for them today. Something which they have been hearing for a long time . . . Broadway pathos ... A song sheet peddler who rhymes the various titles but doesn't seem to be doing much business . . . Wonder what's become of all those razor blade peddlers who used to congregate in the garment district. Down on the lower ISast Side, Isabel Manning Hewson deep In an argument with a fruit vender . . . and she's telling him . . . William A. Brady shouting his familiar "Sweetheart" at Duffy's Tavern Just acros* the Atiset,frc.ixiJiia-Plaj?hopse ?... J.1 He's "up andarouncl^ again 'after ' a long illness . . . Ole Olsen of Olsen and Johnson, nibbling cookies with Mary Margaret McBride as they watch the skaters flow by on the Rockefeller ice rink . . . Madeleine Carroll and Paulette Goddard, the prettiest duo of the week, at the Casino Russe, their escort, a 17year-old lad?Charles Chaplin Jr. Bell Syndicate?WNU Features. ' Sophia Mrs. Kimball and Mrs. Worthing ton, dressed soberly and wearing their best black gloves, walked along the stony country road back toward Sophia Hardy's farm, to pay their visit of condolence. "How do you reckon she'll be bearing up?" Mrs. Kimball asked Mrs. Worthing ton, Both ladies wore their <jmost solemn, funereal expressions. "A mighty severe blow," Mrs. Worthington said. "Mighty severe. To lose your only son, the mainstay . of your declining years. And such a dreadful death, too?to go down . with a ship, Mercy!" I "The first of our boys from Hand I County to go, too," Mrs. Kimball I ' said, mournfully. I wouldn't Diame Sophia Hardy for feeling right bit* ter." They stood on the simple stone doorstep, with downcast eyes, getting themselves into the proper commiserative muuu, "Come in I" The voice was brisk and cordial. They looked up in surprise. Sophia herself had. come to the door. As they followed her into the parlor they exchanged glances, with eyebrows lifted. Sophia was not even in mourning. The parlor shades were not even Brawn. "It's nice of you to come," Sophia said. "Do sit down." "We came," Mrs. Kimball said almost reprovingly, "to tell you that our hearts are Dleeding for yOu in your great loss." "We know how lonely you must be out here," Mrs. Worthington said. "With nothing to take your mind off . . . off . . ." She sniffed and reached in her purse for a handkcrchicf "* "Oh, I keep busy," Sophia said. "I've just finished applying for the Government insurance on Tom's life." The visiting ladies could not resist a shocked glance at one another. "I want to get it right away," Sophia said. "So I can put jt into War Bonds. My boy hasn't finished fighting yet, not by a long shot." The ladies were so occupied with feeling horrified, so titillated by this callous behaviour in a bereaved mother?that neither of them noticed Sophia's hands. Under the folds of her clean print dress, against the seat of her chair, they were tightly clenched. (Story from an actual report in the files of the Treasury Department.) Carry on for mothers like Sophia. Buy* War Bonds till it hurts. U. S. Trttuury Utpartmmt BUDDY OF HERO \ LAUDS DEAD BOY (Continued from first page) he neVer heard him complain once, that he has never been In any kind of trouble,. not even so much as being "gigged" for unshined shoes. ''He was so much 'on the ball' that we used to tease him about It purely because of envy." Pfc. Cureton was the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Cureton^ of Liberty Hill. He graduated from the Keesler Field in March of this year as an expert airplane mechanic, and was assigned to service B-24 Liberator bombers, the largest combat bombers in the use of the Army Air Forces today. At the funeral which was held at Liberty Hill, an immense wreath, a testimonial from hi? squadron buddies was in evidence. The parents of the young man have received hundreds of messages of sympathy and condolence * ' from leading Army officials Mr. and Mrs. Cureton havet*#^B er sons, both of whom are itt tklIS ice. Lt. A. C. Cureton, Jr., is InCiW fornia, and. Pfc. John B. Curdtoa If Atlantic City/ *' Red Cross # 41# IC. vonTreec^oir The monthly exe<iutlve I lag ?u hold at headqui^i^B morning, August 9. Art *?^| members are away on tiona the attendance *M all reports were handed Mn. Reubeu Pitts, chati Canteen corps, Winh* J"?*? that the oannlug project wo,*111* through the month ot ij!?*? Tuesday and Thursday morlS* "M domestic science kitchen of *?ho?i ru" ??; pressure cookers, and ir , Kr"*1 9 on<M,o |t win b? plea for volunteers. There" . I1# demand for more surKicni a,~. , |r<H Mr.. B. C. Von town On vacation. Mrs sm, ?*iB i? substituting as pubiicUy^SjlB There will be now nutrition starting some time in s.,,,. c|?? Bvft O. lrby is cWman ber7? Anticipating further food and rationing, the lo^Z^NB terested in securing JflLhAtn. women tffco want to^ialn id?ft?SB w tb ReS Cross work after theJ^B trition course in completed The Red Cross home service t. J of thd most important backlog. X* entire service. m coating'? ence for . more than a score of 31 it is now expanding to unpreced2B proportions. to Present circus 9 Six public spirited young CM of Camden are presenting ? 29 .Saturday. August 21, at 4 o'cffiB fhe afternoon on the Lewis u J burn lot next to the McCarlcrkSH on Chesnut street. The proceed. M be donated to tho Hed Cross '^1 The boys who are getting' Ud9 circus and taking part are: John lj* say, Ddnald Morrison, Jr., _ *wifl Bonsai, Mortimer Mailer,' jr v?!^l Whltaker and Joe McCaiiey The entertainment will coasht'l fortune telling, pony rides, bingo afl a magician. There will aUoIm^H freshments. M08E MURPHY HA~S f^l F1R8T BALE GINNED H , The first bale of cotton to be tfaS ned In this area this year wis of Mose Murphy on the farm of JM Richards, Jr., located in the LoA^l section on the Winnsboro xoai V .The cotton was grown from Coker 100 seed and was an Inch one-sixteenth staple. The bale w&lihJ 525 pounds. It was ginned att^l Swift and Company ginnery. Owing to the unattractive priei ? fered for the cotton, Mr. Richards 2H clined totseH it at this time. MRS. MARY ANN SMYRL ' B DIES AT AGE OF 92 HERE 9 Mrs. Mary Ann Smyrl, age 91, dkfl at the Camden hospital Wednes^H morning after an illness of two we^H She was the widow of the late M. Smyrl, and was one of. KerfcB county's oldest residents. She w?fl native of Sumter county hot had beffl making her homo here moat ot h^H life. Surviving are Mrs. Margaret. Haisall, Camden. 1 Funeral services wero held ThurvB day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock from tb9 Kornegay Funeral Home, conducts? by the Rev. J. B. Caston, tnteniii^H followed In the Quaker cemetery. | BLANEY MAN KILLED" -:9 AT PEARL HARBOR r Pearl Harbor, T. H? Aug: death list In the crash of ft navyJH trol bomber reached olght today, the names of five civilian navyj^H workers , added to those of three^H men killed in the still uneinH accident- ' , . The big plane fell yesterday.^] maneuvering over Pearl Harbor ll^H struck a workshed, starting a flrtj Civilian deeta, as announced by IB navy, Included < Irby Nettl* ? Blaney, S. C. . ?' p Blankets Galore! ! We have just received a ship! ment of new, fall Blankets? | Good Quality?And Reasonably I Priced ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | ALL COLORS AND DESIGNS j SOME OF OUR VALUES: | CANNON?50 per cent wool (72x84) . each $6.95 I CHATHAM?5 per cent wool (70x80) each $1.69 | CHATHAM?5 per cent wool (72x84) each $1.98 OAKWOOD?25 per cent wool (72x84) each $3.95 BEACON INDIAN BLANKETS (70x80) ea. $2.95 | Use Belk's Convenient Lay-Away Plan! j THIS IS THE BEST SEASON OF THE YEAR TO BUY BLANKETS. j 2kU& DEPARTMENT STORE Swarms of Bees Are Put in U. S. Service RAYMONDVILLE, TEXAS. ? The busy little bee won't rest this winter?the government is putting the bfee on him. Because beeswax is needed for explosives and honey is needed as a sugar substitute, Northern bees are being wintered here so they can work the year around. R. D. Jenkins of Mayville, N. D., has brought 1,500 swarms. THRILLS AND FUN GAIXXB IN 2 BRIGHT SECTIONS J All thOx famous funny folk*. W favorites of the adventure world^m be found regularly in two cotnic supplements, printed In Look for these entertalstaf Ml tures regularly In the The American Weekly J The Big Mageslne.dletrlbuted wltMlH DAI TIMARS *11 SUNDAY AMERICAN I Ask Your Dealer T* Y^l YOU OWE A DUTY TO YOUR EYES Don't defy your eyes if they are beginning ty show signs of strain due to these hard-working times. Cure for them well . . . protect them by having them checked. We will examine, and if necessary prescribe for and accurately fit your eyes with glasses. Come in today. The goffer Company JEWELERS and OPTOMETRIST Camden, South Carolina ' ration-stretching service for all i footwear -r--- I Make the-most of youfWjM tion Stamp by having out shoes expertly repsjjJW by us. Our prices are thnfl? lomawsky shoe sho9 BromdSir?