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VOLUME 87 'omA^lw; Camden And Augusta In Polo Oash On Sunday At Kirkwood Held. Chronicle CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1946 NUMBER 48 mm 'housands Ex(>ected To Jam irkwood Area *For Big Game lot Bates Will Be Seen In Action With The Inwad- inf Quartet City county knd state traffic po- ice will be on tihe Jo> Sunday after- iooa when hundreds of motor cars nrryln* p<rfo fans into the Kirk- rood field enclosure on Brood street. crowd of two thousand or more 9lo enthusiasts, famished tor s re- of their fSTorite equestraln .. is expected at the game. Camden polo club has an- ounced the followinf Itasups for ie xamfl. ’^^*®** * o’clock rompt. The No. 1 position for Cam- en will be played by Mahlon Mac- ermon. the No. 2 by J<An H.'Don. j8 the No. 3 by Carl Lightfoot and He No. 4 by Darld R. Williams, Jr. yril R. Harrison will be alternate. For Augusta Clifford HoAiiman will at the No. 1 spot. Major W. Carll, No. 2. Joe Bates (Mayor ai Watr ree) at No. 3 and Jim Mlnnlck at 4. Alternates are W. E. Robin- on and Joe Cummings. The AuguaU team will ship 12 oniee for the game and will arrlre Camden at noon Sunday. The jct that Joe Bates of Wateree, a famden star for many years, will be It the No. 8 spot for Augusta should id much interest to Uie gams. Joe id Jim Mlnnlck are the two men tho will bear watching on the Geor- jia quartet. Both are splendid play- rs. I- On the Camden team a promising combination Is that of Darld Williams at back and Carl Lightfoot No. 3. Both of thsee msai hit a loag „ and will be splsaiktty mountsd. Becanss tbs Igsl pAs hstttllig lere mads after 6^ it liilMrtllt to tijmm m B Hi* flayltt IB- lere practically the cbaafse of each pUr«< 9hr Als game SrnidtT l^jRM ijjarM bsadleaps: . ‘ I Kirkwood flsM . lUon for tbs grsM The ral that Is blch will be iiimlpit this _ _ thst spectators mm alt ufsu It || ^ishloned 1m of a hjphM [^dss.A red ho| pels eagerly awaiting ^ the season and done by the games Is of cars .to Caaidefa, That out of town faoil will be present is lies ted by tbs resenratlons that ire been made at Wards and the irsfleld for steak and chicken din ers the aftwnoon erent. 'Hie appearance of a display ad- ertisement In the Camden Chronicle inouncing that the former site of le Kirkwood hotel, with what re gains at that once blatorlc hotel, is Ifered for sale, baa aroused much ral speculation. The Kirkwood over- Dks the polo field land also the fine Dlf course of the Camden Country |ub. The Kirkwood areas corers six cres and the central part of the brmer hotel is still in existence. I Camden’s future In the winter ort program in the south Is con- Qgent upon the construction of |odeni fireproof hotel and Camden ople would like to see such a jcture built on the site of the old rkwood. Seek To Revive Steeplechasing To Be iWely Amateur Ravm And upfuid Bedrock Of IHxirt Along Linea Of Old Hunt Meeta With the Carolina Cnp race pro- gram set for April C at the famous and historic Springdale course here, much interest attaches to an an nouncement from the National Steeplechase and Hnnt association. New York, regarding a rerival of the sport on the major tracks, as made through Harry D. Kirkorer, dean of the steeplechasing sport in the sooth and who was one of the .foremost pro moters of the Camden race program. The Association places emphasis on the fact that the sport as a whole will benefit in lasting fashion only if its bedrock, the hunt and amateur meetings, are successfully revlTsd and expanded. And that expansion must be along the lines of the sport for itself, looking forward to a return to the feel and fun of the old Hunt, meetings. In general the^ National association is interested In seeing hunt facing resumed on the basis pattern that this racing is sporting rather than professional and that every effort should be made to encourage the one and two horse owners to participate in timber and brush racing for cups and small purses, competinf against horses uni rMeit of rslutlfu exfsit lence na4 Mus. Wlstw 4m Binit the utepplac stoau to Mg m thw fMt daring iht nm Singer Will Be Heard In (^den Feb. 18 •ad denla da Mt), pstUlM |a|i^ SMm popoior nt Dm UtM heal^grlrilwpee u it Members of Hospital Unit Seek To Raise Sum of $600 Dr. Caston For Adequate Means To Help The Old Beloved PmIot Of Bsipkisb Church Approves Chronicle Suggestion Annual Ball On March 5 Will Be In The Nature Of A Mardi-igras Event John Richard McCrae, well known vocalist, a native of Liberty Hill, this county, will appear in a recital at the grammar school auditorium on the evening of Monday, Pelwuary 18 at 8: IS o’clock. The appearance of this well known artist is being sponsored by ! the Ladlec Bible Claes of the LyttleUm street Methodist church. The revenue from the affair will gq into the fund beiiig raised tor renovations to be madB to the religions sdifise. Ifr. McCrme is one of the beet known singers before the Aaoerican. pubBc today. His appearance la Cam-' deni will no dooht attract a big turn out Tof music lovers. [ammoth Stitt Captured In Officers [aid By cKimion And Horton Lose I Operator In Chase Through Swamp Che rscnm of timber rssiBg kt fM \ Hunt meetings, encoursde n4w own- irs, particularly the small owners by meens of races that will permit him to race against horses of a similar class, also encourage new riders and to work with race committees to help produce programs sultad to local con ditions, ranging from cup races for the better Jumpers to races restricted to amateur owners, novice riders and untried horses. . . The tun and qt^lor of hunt racing ia a far cry from tils professional meet ings and the bigness of racing at the major tracks, but these meetings have been and should oontinne to be the cradle of racing, producing tomor row’s owners, trainers and Jockeys. t Red Cross Designates March For Biggest Peac^tupe Drive ajmjooo John K. deLoach Named Head Of The Polo Club Office And Fms Fixed At Orgaazialkm Meeting , Held Last Week [A thousand gallon still. 800 gmlloas maRh. a 60 gallon cooling barrM, 0 dozen half galkm Jars and othsr ilpment for ono of the largest snshine outfits located In Kershaw i>ty in years, wsre dssKdlshed ky ite Consuble C. L. McKinaon and Bnty Constable H. T. Horton In a d in the swamp near the aorlft district Monday, I The officers entered the swamp and iproached the giant etlB with tha of capturing Its opasators. How- the negro was working ths still OTered the approach of the oCfle- md made his eeci^M, aMhoagh the pursued him for half a mfle ba ke had loet them In the swamp. [ershaw County kn Enlist In Army *even young men from Camden vicinity applied for enlistment tTnited. States Army through Columbia Recmttlng Station this Ik, according to an annonnoemeat tf Ooi. William 8. Bradford, inding officer of the Columbia filing etatkm. ^Me applying for enHstmsat were E- Davis, Edward W. Hudson, * K Bass, Archie Moeeley, Robinson, Matthew flasrael, Benjamte. ^ Bradford urged ill imer. mm to cootaet Bit Rkh- « Mootfays or Wad- Bom l:td to 4:114 P. M; la *““Tieat of tha PMt OCOea, r Attorney John K. deLoach was elected president of the newly orfsn- txed Camden Polo clnb at a meeting held here Friday afternoon. Mra Samuel Russell and Mra John Devins and Charles P. (Bobber) Da- Bose were- named as vice-presidents, Samuel Boykin, executive secretary of the Camden and Kershaw county Chamber ot Commerce was named secretary apd Moidtrie B. Bums was sleeted treasurer. An advisory committee conslstfaig of David R. WUlfains. Sr.. Henry Savage, Jr., Cyril Haitison, David R. WiUlams. Jr. Jack Daaletds and John Hin wss alao asmed whfle David R. wniiams, jTn was named as chairman of ths managers committee. A membership fee of |18 fw Ae balance of the present season with a parking space foe ef |16 were gsi^ lUied. • • „ c The polo club will sponsor Its first game of the season on Sunday. Fsh- ruary 17, when the creek Auga^ four comas here for a game mtth the local talent * Sarsfield Concerts Will Be Discontinued Hm Sunday afternoon organ w- certa at ths Sarsfield clnb, which have attracted much attention and^ entiraslaBiB -an the part ot Camden music lovarA will he discontinued ^ cam of the opening of the polo 19 Families 111 County Sent 101 Off^)ring To War Mr. Aad Mra. W« L. Stokea LmuI Urt With Smn In Nineteen families in Kershaw coun ty had 101 sons and daughters who served in the last world war. Topping the list is Mr. and Mrs. W. L, Stokes of this city with six sons and a daughter. Close seconds are Mr. and Mra. Smiley Johqson of Kendiaw wkh six sons, Boykin and Charity Belton (colored) of Blaney, six sons, Lemeufd and Fannie Belton (colored) of Camden with nix sons, Mr. and Mra. K. C. Bttsrs of Camden with six sons and Mr. and Mrs. I. O. MacKenxie of Camden with six. *rhose having five sons and daugh ters in the serrice wern Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Connell, Camden; Mra. Flor ence Gregory, Camden; Mr. and Mra. T. K. Goodale, <3amden; Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Catoe, Kershaw; Mr. and Mrs. John Rabon, Lugoff; Mr. and Mra. Bertas Rabon, Logoff; Mr. and Mrs. Gemye D. Elkins, Watwree Mill; Mr. and Mra. W. T. Roberts, Hermitags MiU; Mr. and Mrs. Craig Clybom. CamdMi; and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Crotley, Gamdsn. ThoM having four sons In ths ser- vioo wsro: Mr. and Mrs. Imthsr T. Ikqrlor, Camden; Mr. and Mrs. J. J. ittgftws, Camden; Mtts Bsssle Ttd- wMl of Csmdeu with four brothers in the service. . The followinc is a list of thw par ents with the names ot the sons and dsnghters In the servloe. Vbltnitouni n«ii Nation March 1 heralds the opening of the, , , first postwar fund campaign of ths ffiis county Editor Chronicle; I have read with kera interest and deep concern the discussion through the Chronic^ relative to making pro vision for Propercare of elderly people of the^^Sewst^wbo’lfos^tithQot adequate support and, attentl^ Many of them have been honest fihrd working cltlsens but by reason adverse circumstances have co: down to old age in poverty and want In addition to the ravages of old age Duway of them have afflictions which further contribute to their discomfort and distresa. Some have no children or other relatives to provide for them and as a result they suffer for the need of the necessities of life. For lack of nourishment and a comfort able place to live they become vic tims of disease and incur great suf fering, which would be avoided if they were provided with ample food, shel ter and clothes. The vast fnajority of them are re ligious and in the years of their strength they attend^ ehnrch and thus made a worthy contribution to the upbuilding ot the moral and spirit ual life of tbo county. They am now deprived of the privflege of ebnreh attendance. Some of them live two miles or perhaps tour or five miles from church. They are not physically able to walk that distance and they have no conveyance to ride in: there fore they are suffering tor spirltnal nourishment which they so much need in their declining yeara. The coltnre the soul Is as necessary tor their highest well-being and happiness as the care of the body. All this suffMlng can be relieved only as those of as who sre yet in the prime of life, do our duty toward our aged and unfortunate neighbors. A home properly equipped not only with rooming aad dining accomoda tions, but also with adequate chapel for entertainment and religloas wor ship should be provided. Three or four er perhaps five oowattss shonl4 nnit^ ft 4hie worthy progrem and proeide a home with the right kind of supervision. 'Riea unfortunate people should have the very best that modem science can supply. I have known many of the cltlsens all my life and can The annual tag d&y of the Camden Hospital auxiliary will be held Sat urday, Feb. 16. rain or shine, accord ing to announcement of Mra. W. L. G<^ale, presldeut of the auxiliary. Last year the sum of 1400 was raised through the receipts of tag day. ’This year a goal of $600 has been established. Mra. Granger Gaith er it chairman of the tag day effort and has announced that there will be a tag collection among the colored residents, this part of the program being in charge of Janie Lee Carter. Mardi-Oras Ball The annual auxilhiry ball, to be held on March 6 at the Court Ixm, will be the natnre of the mardl-gras event. Mrs. Goodale will be the gen eral chairman and will announce her committees next week. Tbla ball should be the peak event of the season in Canulen and there has been a general request that all who attend come In fancy dress. A good orchestra has been contracted for. Membership Drive Is On The annual auxiliary membership drive is now in progress and accord- Ttig to reports, excellent resnlta are being entertained. The tag day, ball and membership drive are all coordi nated in a worthwhile objective, that of adding ImpTevements to the Cam den hospital. The .work of the auxil iary la past yean has been most out standing along these lines. Potent Liquor Proves Fatal To 10 Year Old SmowI Youth CrUiMUy III— Found Juf In Field management of the Sarsfield, tofsther i6th Organist Don Roberts nai Yecallst Kay Edwards. .*» fipstsa thslr thanks aad approdotion foChe pebMf for the Istmest shown te Ss PNErams. Bvory concert draw n large crowd of ssnsle sethnslasts. American Red Croes. Upwsrds of 3,000,060 volunteer soltcitora will be gin their canvass of every home and office in communities from ooast to coast for 1100,000,000, the largest peacetime fund ever raised by the organixation. The month of March has been des ignated Red Cross Month by Presi dent Truman, who, in bis proclama tion, called for the fullest support of the organlxatioa’s campaign. Simul taneously Red Cross Chairman Basil O’Oonnor and civic leaders every, where pointed to the need for con- tinuig Red Cross services to able- bodied troops abroad and in this coun try, to those in hospitals.’ and to veterams, as well as to the tamiliss and dependents of all who have worn ttie uniform. Thrts Battle Fronts ’The men in active service, ttie hospitalised, and the veterans form three major Red Cross battle fronts which victory in the fMd merely so’ved to Intwislfy,” Mr. O’Connor said In announcing opening of the campaign. ’’Since VB and VJ Days Red Cross senrloes to these men and their dependents have increased msr terUny. Added to this are rapidly growtag responsibilttiee to civilians. Every Amerkaa most snppml his Red Cross to the utmost so that it may contbine to serve our men In un- iform, whether ahl^bodled or hospltaL Ised, our veterans, and people, ade quately. Red Crass hfodgei ssUmotea are pared to a minimum consistent with adequate servlee, Mr. OK>onnor point ed ont. Bxpsoditoraa tor 1846 octnal- ly will exceed ttie campaign goal, the difteranoe being made np from fonis prevlonoly eolleeted In the belief war would eontinue Into 1844. ”ttt ko^^faig with Its budget the Red-Crocs faces Its biggest ptooe- tims fob,** the Chairman said. "A weil-iraeloped Red CroM recraatkm and welfora program for our occupa tion tnwes nrast be maintained at an all-time peak In efficiency and In- divldnal atteatkm. The wounded and hospitalised must continue to receive Red Cross aid In the form of con- Btructlva reeraation|ti astlvity, help In ptanaing the tUturA and assls- tenoe In solvhuc many a knotty, per sonal problem which may retard re covery aad deprass ths spirit The vet eran. returning to civilian life, maot reeeiva gnidsaoe and advice when needed. Red Creoa Expands ’’Bwt men in uniform and thshr de- pendsitts era not the only Red Cross responsIhlUty. The organisation tooes an «pandlng paaestima mwgram mora wtdneproad In scope raaa In M fc-w « f••*»' irtPr to World War n. Bavlag toafo Mrthr lha CmuMroial national truthfully say there no finer or more generous people <m earth. It Is evident therefore,.that the vast maj ority of the voters of Kershaw ^unty will gladly approve and snppoir i a movement. Rev. J. R CAston. sijch JoeMcKain^I^ j^ckcr Tommey A handicap allowanee ot U strokes gave J. 1. McKala a net 71 to per mit htm to finish la the No. 1 spot of the Khdeors Handicap touraament at the Camden Country club,Sunday afternoB. McKatn and MOM Karr pnt on a fine racA McKaln getting a gross 83 to Karr’s 34. On the het MCKatn was 71 and Kerr, with a .4 handicap allowance was 80. Tying with Kerr on the met was Boy Shaora, a broth er of ’’Hola-In-One^ .DeLoadi ahoorn. who Chet a gross 100. Wm handicap was 18. Banks KTtt€kMe IFriday, Feb. 22 J* Bank and The First National Bnik of Chmdsa wfll bs dosod. Blaney Officer JJ). Watson Believes Has Racket Stopped Armsta Man On Cknrfe Of Rneehriaf Stoinn Go^a In Rnrnl Arena Rural Police Officer‘J. D. Wats<m of Blaney believes he broke np a swindle game that has gyped hun dreds of farmers ont of amounts ranging from $10 to $30 each, throngh his arrest In Camden Tuesday qt one Frank Green, 6S, reported to be a resident of this city. Watson placed Green nnder arrest on a street in the hnslness district after he had traced him from a con tact in Blaney area. Green was book ed on a charge of receiving money under false pretenses. According to Watson, Graen used a number of aliases, but only so far as his first name is concerned. Among some of them were: Dennis, Deaton, Bsnnle, WOlie, etA The rural offleer states that since darty last fall there have been repeated complaints of a mlddlo-age man calling on fOrmsm abo^ the county and Inquiring about leasing a form or a bnOding on a form, making-^an agraemsnt and ao- serting be would move In the day following. He always ended np by oskteg a small loan to help him In his moving program. ’That was the last ths farmer saw of him, acoordfog to ths constable’s statMfent Officer Watson ban asked that all at the formers who have been victlan foed^ please call at the Kershaw county jail and see if they can Ident ity Oraen as the man who gyped them. ^Watson believes OrsM was alone In the racket, bnt wants to make sure of It by having os ssany as possible givs positive Mentiflca- tkm. of Msad dUrfog ths war. foe Rod Crcmrlp ifotfog its aapnrtsnoa to to Offers Apology Because of the hoavy rash of ad vertising matter and "on nnnsnAUy hoavy flow of nswa matter, aeverol cohMBns of the latter had to be left ont of thfe week'a Istna of the Chrmi. IclA AH. bowever. wfll appeor fo the ieonp of February it. ARbongb this Issno o(-toa Otomilrti Is » 14pago nflhir, wa did 4H bbra the space to take com «t ika dehtos. We offer ome opologlen. Owen Peake^ 10, of Rente 2, Blaney, died early Sunday as the reenlt of heavy draughts of liquor which Owen and his brother, Bobby Jean. 7, had fountr^ a field in a half-gallon fruit Jar Saturday afternoon. The small boss hod left ths boms of their parentA Mr. and Mrs. Lse Peake, raidsfterneon Botarday, arm ed wWi sHngahots to kill birds. They failed to retorn late in the day and a search immediately was begun. They were found about 3 o’clock Sat urday night by their sttter, Dorothy, eeveral hundred yards from their home. The youngsters had discovered the fruit Jar of whisky and consumed large quantities of it, investigating officers said. The boys, in helpless condition, were taken to their home and efforts made to relieve their condition Sat urday night. Early yesterday when the oldest boy apparently was not ipaking any progress toward recovery. It was decided to rush him to a hos pital in Columbia. He was pronounced dead when he arrived at ths Baptist hospital. Bobby Jean Sunday night vraa reported to be recovering. CX>roner William A. Plott, who was called to investigate the case, pro nounced the death os due to acute alcoholism. Most of the liquor In the fruit Jar had disappeared, the officers said. Besides his parents, the sister, Miss Dorothy Peake, and the brother. Bob- by Jeon, he Is survived by four other brothers. Walter. Loa Jr.. LeRoy and Colie, all of Blaney. and another als- ter. Mrs. LUlie Mae Davis of Colum bia; his grandmother. Mra. Mattie' Peake. ColnmblA James Q. Godwin Dies At Home Here Jqmea Q. Godwin, age U, died at his home on route 2, Camden, Wed- Msday morning, Fabrnary 13, at 10 o’clock. He had resided here for about $0 yearA and was emiMOysd by the So. CottoB 04 Oo. Mr. Oodsrin is sarvived by his wttA Emmie mott Godwin; <me son James Q„ Jr.; thrae danghtera, Jean, WlUsne and DeLoris; also one broth er. H. C. Oodwia. of Oamd^ and one sister. Mra. T. R. Leiigler» of Athens. AisbamA '* Funeral servlees wm be held in the CamdsOi First Baptist choreh Friday morning at 11 o’eoek, interment to follow In the Malvern HIH Baptist chnrdi osmetery. Rev. Matthew M. Rabon. Rev. J, R Caston aad Rev. Hmory K. Anderson will be In charge of -the servlioes. 'I'JBflww'i, SerrieesAt Pentecostal HoBness The Pentecostal EtoMness churob on Phlr Street oimonnces that beglni^ Wednesday, Feb. 18 and oontinafog through Sunday, February 17. Rev. B. M Hownid, father of the pastor of the loeal dinreh ahd pastor ot the Ptotocostol Hsltaess .lAaroh, Skanm, ^•••52 ^ be.praaAIng each night at 7:Ml Rov. Henaid is an SKcellsnt speafesr and is noted for his svangls- Uatie epsalring. HaH be prsa^ing Sunday morntag at U:88 and Sanday wvMiag a f:M, Ihs pnhttc fo eordlal- If Invltoi to atomi an these asrvtasA