University of South Carolina Libraries
PAGE POUE THE Qltfr (flamitrn (dtirottuU 'T 1109 North Broad Street Camden; S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY DaCOSTA BROWN Publisher SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: All Subscriptions Payable In Advance One Year $2.00 Six Months 1.00 Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Camden, S. C. All articles submitted for publication must be signed by the author. Friday, March 17, 1944 FOR A FOURTH TIME When Mayor F, N. McCorkle was chosen for a third time by the citizens of Camden, he made history by shattering a precedent of 209 years. Now he has smashed his own proud record by being named, unapposed, for a fourth consecutive term as head of that lovely and progressive city's municipal government. As a~matter of fact, the best testimony to Mayor Mc- Corkle's record is the vote of confidence just given him by the people who know him best. But just the same, The State would like to put in type a few words, congratulating both his honor and those whom he h^s served so well. Camden is known far and wide as a center to which are attracted discriminating visitors, many of whom own their beautiful homes. But Camden is not just a winter resort. Far from it. It is the seat of solid, forward-looking business, and has developed, if anything, more along that line in the last few years than it has as a recreation spot. Both sides are desired, and when the war is over and some of the season’s features, now suspended, are resumed, we expect to see the seat of Old Kershaw grow along both lines. The loss of the Kirkwood, which at first‘seemed tragic, may prove to be a blessing in disguise, if a really modern hotel, suited to present day ideas, rises from its wreckage. Camden is one of the oldest communities of the state, dating from 1733, during which year the royal council of King George II had a surveyor lay out the town. It was in corporated in 1783 and was governed by an intendant until 1890. Doctor Corbett was the last intendant. During his administration the legislature changed the charter from a town to a city governed'by a mayor and six atdermen. The late Henry G. Garrison. Sr., was the first mayor to he elftctpd under this-new form of government. There is X bit of yesteryear in Camden. It is like‘a garden of fragrant flowers and boxwood and charming peo ple. It breathes the Old South. It has a delicious atmosphere which >ve hope it never loses. Yet it is as modern as a stream- line'r both in its outlook and its customs. / It is a great honor, Mr. Mayor, that is yours, and we are ^(ire that under your wise guidance Camden is safe in its tra- dition for at least another two years.—Sam lAtimpr, in»The Columbia State. CAMOEN-CHARLESTON TRIP ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO (Continoed from pace two) itorea, howerer, the ibelves were fill- wlth the pr(^u€tji of the looms of in. Prance ah<f Germany. The merchants” were crowd, sulMtantial businew s^D, whose credit in the Northern markets was second to none. The citizens were well-to^o and look ed it, enjoying tUp ifr a rational way. “The principal merchants at, that time were C. Fatheeon, James Dunlap, McDowall and Shannon, Hayman Dery, Paul P. Villepigue, K. W. Bon- ney, and William Anderson, with Alex. Young, Jeweler, James McKain and F. L. Zemp druggists, and George Al- den, dealer in shoes. “The professions were represented by such men as Drs. Reynolds,* McCae Deas, DeLoach and Boykin, in medi cine. In law, by T. J. 'Others, James Chesnut, Jr., J. B. Kershaw; Wm. M. Shannon, and MaJ. John Smart, than whom a more generous hearted human being never lived. As an instance, he was passing down the street one day when he was accosted by a pogr' wo man with several children who were on their way out West She asked him for a little money to help i>ay her way. “He went into a store and changed a twenty dollar bill into four flves-,- handed ber*one of-them, walked off a few steps, oame back and handed her another, repeating this until he had given her the whole amount. “A little Instance In his practice at the Bar is also worth relating. He was defending a young man in a mur der-ease.- The Jury had retired, and in a short time fUed back Into the court, handing the result to their de liberations to the Clerk, who at once read out a verdict of justifiable homi cide. In an instant the Maj. Jumped to his feet, and, in a ringing voice, called out to the prisoner; ‘Clear out, sir, clear out!* and he did. “The clergymeiu were the Rev. Frank Lee, Rectj|<r of the Episcopal •church: Rev. Dr/Sam’l Davis, pastor of the Methodist.. If my memory serves me right, the Baptist pulpit was va cant at that time. "There were two well established banking institutions, officered as fol lows: The Caoiden Bank, Col. Wm. McWillie, president: W. J. Grant and John C. West, bookkeeper and cashier, respectively. The. Branch Bank, had as president, Mr. Thoihas Salmond, with D. L. DeSaussure, Jessie S. Net tles and Burwell Salmond-as subordi nate officers. “From DeKalb street down to the Air Force Captain Forfeits Bond Aftoi* Mn Street Crash Officer With Two WACa In C«r Collide With Hud- son TazL AINT IT THE TRUTH—BEGORRAH! One should not take issue with the lat6 Mrs. George Ber nard Shaw on the matter of Irish character. After all, Mrs. Shaw was Irish herself, and if she,chose to leave four hun dred thousand dollars in iher will “to teach the Irish self- control, deportment, elocution and the art of personal be havior and .social' intercourse” she must have though the Irish need the instruction. Alter all, nobody is facetimis to the tune of four hundred thousand dollars. The only point is that the Irish character must under^ a tremendous change when it is transplanted to foreign soil, and the manifestations of Irish culture that reach the outside world must be deceiving. Take the matter of self-control. It is true that the in- 'dividual Irishman has been known to indulge in an occasional battle in this land of his adoption. It is also true that a son of Eire, one Mickey Finn, lent hLs name to a potent sedative calculated to curb violence by more violent means. On the other hand it muk be admitted that the Irish, as a govern ment, have exercised too much self-control in keeping out of history’s bigge.st fight, now in progress. As for elocutionary deficiencies, observation is again limited, but it happens that, though there may be illiterate Irishmen, there are few inarticulate. In fact, one is frequently impressed by the richness of expression and poetic f^ncy that flows without effort from the most unlearned Irish lips. Mrs. Shaw stipulated that some of the income from her bequest might be used to bring masterpieces of fine art within the range of the Irish people. If one does not limit fine art to the panted va.riety, a good bit of jt has been produced by Ireland’s own men "and women. Ireland gave the w'orld one of its best contemporary play- wTights in Mrs. Shaw’s husband, and other distinguished dramatists, like O’Casey and Synge and Lady Gregory and Paul Vincent Carroll. Their plays were, in a happier time, acted by a matchless Dublin troupe called the Abbey Players. In addition, there is the poetry of such men as Yeats and Russell, and a heritage of native folk music second to none. Mr. Shaw’s acquaintances have said that he was painfully shy and practically tongue-tied when Mrs. Shaw first met him. Perhaps ahe regarded this as a prevalent national affliction and, seeing how culture produced the voluble, volatile G.B,S. of later years, hoped that her bequest might work the same miracle on the whole: country. One hopes that is not the case. Brilliant as the aged play-wright is, he is also inclined to be a little exhausting. And an exhausted postwar world could hardly cope with an Ireland full of G. B. Shaws. FRAUDS AND CRIMES A few firms that have had war contracts are being put on the carpet in Washington while other concerns and indi viduals are being prosecuted. The number of robberies, mur ders and crimes have increased alarmingly. It is all too bad. But it ia history repeating itself. We had the same condi tions in the first World war, and there is no reason to believe that frauds and crimes will be less than last year. It’s just too bad—<0 be careful and “watch your step.” Listen to the commercials to get in on the real hardships of war—as where the hero learns that the oversew canteen is out of his kind of cola. In the latest prison break, convicts used a ladder they (had built inside the walls. A guard who can’t see through a ladder is something new, we think. Any connection between the return of the bootlegger and the WPB's authorization of 60,000 new bathtubs would only occur to a low mind. Captaia Louis Vernon Danl^ of the Columbia Air Base, forfeited a bond of $52 in recorder’s court MondAT. He had been booked late Saturday night for driving a car while intoxicated, following a collision between his jsar and s taxi calj driven by Marion Hud son, in front of the Cadet club on Mill street. According to the story told by the principals an'd witnesses Daniels, with two girls wearing WAC nniforma was going south on MiH atreet and collided with the taxi which waa going north. No one was injured seriously in the crash, although both cars were badly damaged. Police investigating the .affair plac ed Daniels under arrest and took him to police headquarters where he re mained until the $52 bond was posted. The two WACs were taken to the air "base at Columbia by an officer who came for them after the accident waa reported to the base. The driver of the taxi claimed that Daniels was driving on the left side of the street and that he crowded bia car against the curb to avoid the collision. Daniels, it is said, asserts he was in the middle. of the street and was blinded by the bright lights of cars parked In front of the Cadet club. FARMERS GUESTS OF ROTAIRANS AND KiWANIANS (Continued from first page) far end of Broad street, but few bdlld- Ings now remain that were in exist ance. Some were demolished, but most have fallen victims to the flames. That part of the town was subject to fevers and congestive chills until the big ditch was constructed. A num ber of families moved to Kirkwood during the sickly season. “in the upper and eastern part of the, town, however, many handsome residences i^maln as mementoes of the past, and of the wealth of the citizens, but with few exceptions, they have changed hands. A number bf wealthy planters lived in the town and vicinity. The style of living In those halcyon days was that of the nobility and gentry of Europe, a style quite incomprehensible to the youth of 1844. Alas, they have all crossed over the dark river, and ‘the places that knew them then will know th^ no more forever,' while many of stately mansions are either In rliins or fast going to decay. "It may be of Interest to mention some of the changes which have taken place on Broad street. On the north east corner of DeKalb and Broad was Wm. Anderson's store, a frame build ing, on its site now stands the Work man hoteL On the sdnthwest corner was the well known Hotel kept by Mr. William McKain. Adjoining It soulh, was the Episcopal church, set knck from the street; on the same block further down was a large wooden structure, built by Dixon & Mills of Charleston, and used by them as a branch grocery store. It subsequently became town property, head quarters for Council and Police, and, with the town steeple, clock and Indian added, it was long known as the Town Hall. On its site now stands the fine store The Dank 'Df Camden still stands next south of it "On the north east corner of Broad and York was th« Camden hotel, kept Charles Davis. On the lower cor- ner, the very dilapidated building still standing, wsfs then n hoteJ_ kept by TIpyd'Bfbsl' Tinmedfately south of the Court House was an Imposing brick building, the'winter residence of Col. McWillie. At the far end of the street, on the east side, was the win ter residence of Mr. Thomas Salmond. adjoining that of Mr. Jessie Netties and the Branch Bank. On the south east corner, opposite the court house, was the old Town Hall (of its previ ous history I have* no record) with steeple, clock and Indian, not a ves tige now remains on that side of the block. The old Indian, so dear to the hearts of the people, was never known to turn his back to the storm; yet I ed an Interesting comjnentary in his welcome to the visiting farmers. His talk featured several, interesting anec dotes of an amusing nature. Following Mr. Collins. County Agent W, C. MoCarley was introduced. Thd County Agent spoke briefly on mat ters pertaining to agriculture and stat ed that the annual corn contest would be held again this year and urged more farmers to participate In it.. Mr. McCarley introduced Mr. Ward, who he said was chosen as speaker because of the excellent impression and talk that he gave at a meeting here three years ago. Mr. Ward, in prefacing the serious vein of his talk, had his listeners roll Ing in their Chairs wlth_hl8_ wit and satire. His stories were new and side splitting. Swinging into a serious vein of thought, he pictured the progress that has taken place in South Caro lina farms in the past ten years. He cited fire projection, electrification Increase In use of tractors and other farm equipment, harvesting cdlmbineSi the Improvement In pasture land, the increase and" quality In sweet pota- Are You A ^leeder? Be Careful As It May Cost You Plenty Police Extract $12 Finea From ThoM Who Hit-It-Up. Motorists who have been making a speedway of Camden streets the past several months are finding that the "cops’’ can be mighty tough. Ordered to halt the reckleas driving of the speed demons the police hare been really reaping a harvest in the past week. Officers In the police car have demonstrated to the high speed drivers that the police buggy can wheel when given the gas—even tho a tpeeder hits an 80 mile per hour gait. Complaints have been made to city officials regarding the speeding of cars on Mill and Broad streets and al- ready the officers who are on the speed detail have arrested a half dozen or more motorists who were in a hurry. Fines extracted from offend ers average $12 per. AT.U. Conference J. C. Faulkenberry Dies At Age of 73 James C. Faulkenberry, 73, of the Cantey Hill section of Kershaw coun ty. died at his home today following an illness of about six months. He was the founder and one of the first deac ons of Thonl Hill Baptist chnrch. He had also been a member of. tbs Ker shaw board of commissioners from Flat Rock township for the past ten years. He Is survived by his widow, Mrs. Rosa Whlttey Faulkenberry, and the folI<^wing children, Ferris Faulken berry of Kershaw, Ekimest Faulken-, berry of Columbia, James Faulken berry of Winns boro; Finley Faulken berry of Westvllle, Bertha and Curtis Faulkenberry of the home, Mrs. J. W. Hornsby of Camden RFD and Pfc. Tillman Faulkenberry, U. S. army In England, Mrs. Wilson Vincent of the Thorn Hill community; also 35 grand children and three great grandchil dren; two brothers, A. J. Faulkenberry of WInnsboro and Wiley Faulken berry of-Kershaw. Funeral services were conducted from Thorn Hill Baptist church at 4 o’clock Thursday, March 16. by the Rev. J. B, Gardner and the Rev. J. M. •Neal. Interment followed ~in—the- church yard. NO'nCE TO VOTERS OF WARD TWO toes, and also referred to the rapid strides made in visual institutions. He expressed the belief that there is more hope for improvement In the future, despite the fact that much had been ( gained in the past decade. In speaking of the future of- agri culture in the slate the speaker told of the vast improvements that may be looked for in farm machinery and equipment and how the drudgery of farm life will be lifted. He spoke of electrified farms, better bousing facil ities and other improvements beyond the dreams of anyone. He also spoke of the labor situation after the war and declared- that with the necessity of this . gnvernment maintaining a ftandtng army of mtntooa, the fact that many soldihrs will not return and others will return to other localities, that there -is bound to be a scalcity of labor, which be described as being a good thing. He declared that the over-abundance in the labor supply in the south iiTthe past had been virtual ly a curse, in that the agriculturist had not been forced to utilize other than cheap and primitive labor. Due to withdrawal of one of twn candidates the run-off primary sched uled fbr Tuesday, March 21, will not be heldr aignpii, Evemtlve Committee:— Municipal Democratic Executive Committee, M. H. Heyman, chairman, L. H. Jones, secretary. NOTICE Notice is hereby given, that the Book of Registration for the qualified electors of the City of Camden, will be open’ in the office of the City Clerk, Camden, South Carolina, on the 25th day of March, 1944, and will remain open each day for a period of ten (10) days. Louise W. Boykin,, 62-1 Supervisor of Registration. The “M" Day Aasodatlonal Tnk ing Union conference for Keq^ Association to be held March Antioch BAptist church, beglnnb; ? 7:30 p. m., will be aa follows: " Theme, “Thy wm Be Done." 7-1 song service; 7;40 devotional; 7^2 The Four Year program. Rev. c i Griffin; 8:05 onr aaaociatioaal w gram of work; 8:15 preaentiof ^ Baptist TYalning Union; 8:30 T nouncements; 8:35 special 8:40 To the Uttermost, Rev™^ Rawlinson, Chester; S;00 adjour^ J. i All choTcbes are urged *to ie« large delegations. The goal for ^ Association is 150 to be present, go over the goaL ^ Negro Woman, Raised In Slavery, Dies Af Age of 128 ((Continued from first page) McRae place for several years u later on the Stockton plantation, i was then that Harry died. After the death of her hmb»u Jane came to Camden to live witb i son who has since died. Then th went to the home of her daughtu Mamie, in Lugoff. Mamie has.^tlir« children. " Of the children born to Jane au Harry three are still living. They an Mamie of Lugoff. Mose, who lives b file north, and Amid Xi^,~~whWeaboq|| not given. Robert Anderson, | nephew, taught in the colored school of the county for over 40 years. Thou who know Robert ,are Inclined to gh| full credit to his statement as to th age of his ‘aunt A notice recently posted in a Bdt ish ministry of aircraft production 4i partment read: “The Impossible Wi Do At Once. Miracles Take a Utth Longer.” AGsZwxn fORiummsiiiiisoF onsrcoios Now get grand relief from ooliM symptoms this home^proved SeeSto setfeu way that SCtuiUy— — .«aTsaro«ct to iqTper bronchial tubes with soothing medicinal vapors. \ chest and back sur- —faces Hhea warm- ——ing pOhitleeT To get an the benefits of this combined POKTlSTiiia-IT—limss action. Just rub throat, cheR; ami hmtk with Vicks VapoRub st bedtime, tastaatty VapoRub goes to work—3 ways at once as shosn above—to relieve coughUur lar sorcM spasms, ease muscular or tightness, and invite restM, comfixrting sleep. Often hr man* ing most of the misery Is gooB. Get relief from chi^ ooid dwresi tauluM with double-action, time* tested Vicks VapoRub. MISS ANDERSON PROMOTED Second Lieut., Miss Willie C. An- derson, of Fort Jackson, has been pro moted to first lieutenant. She baa three brolluMB in the Na<jf, iwu myi- seas and one in San Diego, Calif. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mra. L, T. Anderson of, CassaltT^ F^tonki waa a Russian province for more thr.n two centuries before it was glvon-its indepeAdenqfi^ after World Wiit 1. Plastic coated rayon and cotton yarns make a window screen resemb ling wire screens hut free from cor rosion. have seen him bend before the blast and quiver like an aspen leaf, while spectators with bated breath expected to see him hurled from his airy perch. But no, he would suddenly recover his equilibrium, boldly face the warring elements, and with pointed arrow bid d^fance to the horrlcane." YOUR COUNTRY GIVES YOU A PRESCRIPTION •Your Country means it, too, when it says that sound health has become a patriotic duty— the first contribution of a citizen who seeks to funher the pro gram of oationaj preparedness. That’s logicel, isn’t it? No— ncu’oo, aili'*'* snH i-— .4 ^ ever put up an effective 4«fcnse. What we need now is energy nd optimism resultini^fcom soundheakh and physical fitness Soi, may we suggest that yoa go and see your Ot^or without further delay. Aod, of coarse, we are well prepared to emertly comWor.»4 K.’, prescriptions. DeKalb Fharmacy HfilTH IS 4 N4II0N41 OUIY • V