The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 14, 1948, Image 10
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Henry Savage, Jr.—
(Continued from puce one)
'’Precident 6f Soatb C!«roUna Jun
ior Cluimber of Commerce (1929).
'‘Precident, twice, of Camden and
Kershaw Ooontjr Chamb«r of Com-
' merce.
"Former president and former
secretary of Camden Rotary .Club.
“Former vestryman and secretary
> of Grace Episcopal church.
“One of the organisers of the
first Forest Protective Units in the
state and chairman of the Kershaw
County Forest Protective Associa
tion for the past 14 years.
"One of the organisers of and
for several years chairman of the
Lynches River Soil Conservation
district
“Former chairman )md for many
years a member of Ke^haw district
Boy Scouts of America.
“County chairman aircraft warn
ing service during the war.
“County chairman Kershaw Coun
ty Veterans Advisory Assistance
program.
“Served two terms as a member
of City Council of Camden during
the years 1930-34.“
'“Ten years of service as one of
the trustees of the Camden hospital
and at present Its vice president;
*iri addition to these services he
Is the person who played the major
part in bringing to Camden most
’ of its new enterprises during the
past two decades; The Southern
Aviation School, the Jaclyn Hosiery
Mills, Whiting Engineering St Manu
facturing Co., and the duPont com
pany.”
Small Spanish Peaants
The Spanish peanut has a small
pod and a kernel covered with
brownish skin. The plant grows
upright, its pods lying underground
close together. Spanish peanuts
are suitable for crushing, salting and
for making peanut butter and candy.
Southern Forest Nurseries
to Set Production Record
Sixty •Two Buried In Same Grave
NEWSPAPER STORY OF THE
FUNERAL OF VICTIMS OF
aEVELAND SCHOOL FIRE
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In connection -with the memorial services, which are to
be held at Beulah Methodist church on Sunday afternoon,
marking the 26th anniversary of the tragic Cleveland
school house fire, the following story of the mass funeral
held for the victims bn May 18, 1923, at the church is re
printed from The State ot May 19, 1923:
BKTHMOA FMMVTtlklAN
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1947-48
209,509.000 SEEDLlLiSS
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Inertarrd. irmmnd by 0¥m»r$ of woodlandt throughout tho South
to rooulting m morooood yroJbteUou by otato foroot nuroortoo,
M this chart chowo. in tho background io a tyjneai umroory,
ProduetloB of forest Bursorias, eraatlng from 16 in 1M7-48 to 19 Ib
oooratod by 12 aoutbani sUtao. will 1948-49. Ib the current eMsom
rmteh a iwrd peak of 209 mlllioa 96,077,000 pine and 2^47,000
■eedlings in 1948-49. according to smod seedlings are being prodneei
a survay Just eompletefl by the Nazt rear, planned produethm ie
Sonthm Pine Aaeoeiatioii. Thie is expected tortach 2083M4)00 pi^
an inereasa of 118 per cent over the and 5,610,000 hardwooda.
1947-48 prodnetkm of more tiiaa 96 State-by-state production of aood-
mfllion sMlinge. linge, in thousands, follows:
**The inereaso In forest nursery 1947-48 1948-49
operstions is sspeclally significant Alabama . ■,■ 6,977
bMause it rafieets ineraasad de- Aikansas . 4,228
manda for planting stock from Florida 10,760
thousands of woomand ovntrs, Qoorgia . . —~ 17,716
farmers as well as the foreM in- Louisiana ■■ 9JS00
dnstries,** tha snrvoy pointsd out MissisaiDpI 14,416
“Only a few yeare ago, many of North (Carolina — 8,000
these nnraeries eoold not dispose of Oklahoms 1,100
the stoelr they prodneed. Today, South Carolina — 11,000
ovtB wiUi greater production, they Tennessee — 200
are not yet able to meet pnaant Xom 16,889
demands. Tres planting b only Virginia lAOO
part of the improving eonditlom in
■outhom foreotry which doaM» Totab : 98,424 209imlA
strati a growing reeognite ec Virtnally tba entire prodoetlon of
the value of treeo as a crop. thase state nnrseries Is provided at
Tba irainbar e# forest nuraaiiee cost for idsuting by pnrsfo bo4-
operated by sonthem states b in- owners.
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10,160
26,000
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Memorial Services—
(Continued from page one)
Mrs. J. R. Phillips and three
children, Ola and Dorine, ninth
grade, and Era, third grade.
Charlie Hendrix and four chil
dren, Alva, 7; Wilbur, 10; Annie
Lee, 13, and Masie, 15.
Manus Baum McLeod.
Mr. and Mrs. Burnell O. McLeod
and Infant son, Bruce.
Mrs. H. Britton Croft and two
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children, Hamilton and Dorothy.
Wesley Hendrik and daughter,
Bertie.
Mrs. Grace Rhoden.
Mrs. Estelle Campbell.
Ek)line Campbell, 14, daughter of
Stoney Campbell.
Jack Rush, 14, son of Manning
Rush.
Mrs. Walter Davis and three
children. Eva May, 6; Fannie Lee,
8. and W. 0., 2 1-4.
Grace Arrants, 7, adopted daugh
ter of Frank Arrants.
Mrs. R. L. McCasklll and son,
Roy, school boy.
Vera Trapp and Emily Trapp,
dafighters of D. S. Trapp.
™ Jesse Smith, third grade.
Grace McCasklll. 6, and Colsey
I McCasklll, 11, daughters of C. K.
McCasklll.
Ima Arrants, 16, daughter of
Henry Arrants.
Mrs. Willie Brown and daughter,
I Lottie, third grade.
* Mr. and Mra. A. R. Davis and
two daughters, Selina and Leila
May.
O. Lucas Dixon, coroner of Ker
shaw county, and daughter, Clara,
14.
Mrs. Lewis T. Dixon and two chil
dren, Sarah, 9, and Lenwood, 11.
Mrs. C. Lem Dixon and three
children, Thelma 10; Theda. 7, and
WlHenc, 2 M.
Mrs. R. Shaiton Dixon and daugh
ter, Margaret, 7.
Lonnie Truesdaie, son of Will
Truesdale.
Mary Lynn Godwin, Infant daugh
ter of Cleveland Godwin, founA
clasped In aims of dead ne^po
nurse, Sadie Wade.
Louise Sowell, 9 and Clara May
Sowell, 13, daughters of D. L.
Sowell.
Frank Hinson, first grade, son of
Huey Hinson.
J. C. Hinson, first grade, and
Orabelle Hinson, fourth grade, chil
dren of James Hinson.
Adeline McCasklll, substitute
teacher In McLeod school nearby.
Elite Barnes, Luclnow.
Fannie Bowers. Kershaw.
“Surrounded by bousands of sor
rowing relatives and friends, many
with tears streaming down their
cheeks, approximately 60 bodies of
the 74 persons who perished in the
flames of the Cleveland school
house last night were laid to rest
in one grave at Beulah church thU
affomoon Just as the sun was set
ting.
"The scene was one of pathos,
touching reverence and worship.
The little church ground was pack
ed with folk from all sections of the
state, from the Governor, to the
humblest of the tillers of the soil
of the community. The crowd was
estimated at between 3,000 and
6,000, the largest ever attending a
funeral in this county.
“No accurate account was avail
able as to the number interred in
the one grave. Ail the unidentified
bodiek were placed in this huge
grave and some of the identified.
The committee in charge of the fu
neral announced that 62 were laid
to rest in the graves, all together,
as they had died, while the under
takers, who had prepared the
charred remains for burial, de-
Glared that it was impossible to
Ura the exi^t number. Everybody
has been upset since the trag^y to
such an extent that it was practical
ly impossible to get coherent
stories. The undertakers said 50
bodies were known to be in the
grave and possibly others were
there.
‘Thirteen identified bodies are to
be interred tomorrow after funeral
services at three places, Camden,
Beulah and Antioch. Bodies of some
were burned to su^h an extent that
foey cannot be cognised as bodies
“In addition to the one big grave,
two separate funeral were held
after the general services.
“Long before the hour for the
funeral, automobiles began arriving
at the little Methodist church
death may at any time call away
those near and dear.
“Three ministers, the Rev. J. L
Bragg of Camden, the Rev. B. L,
Mc(3oy of Sumtw and the Rev. W.
V. Dibble of Sumter read the texts
for the funeral. Following the read
ing the choir sang ‘Abide With
Me,’
“The Rev. W. H. Hodgee, Meth
odist, of Camden, offered a most
touching prayer.
"Governor McLeod was in;e8ent
and spoke of the great brief the
tragedy had caused him and the
people of the state.
“Bishop Kirkman G. Finley of
the Upper South Carolina Di^eae
and Rev, T. W. Law, pastor of
Beulah, made addresses.
“Rev. F. H. Hammond of St.
Charles, pronounced the benedic
tion.
"Just as the sun’s rays were fad
ing away behind the little wooden
church with iU stained glass win
dows, the great throng slowly
walked away from the grave of at
least 50 of the best people in the
The bodies wwe placed In a tre
mendous box, all being wrapped in
sheeting. No caskets were used.”
Impert Baasiaa Para ”
During the first six months of
last year, the United States Im
ported 41 millicm dollars worth of
furs from Russia. Mink Breeders
association of the United States re
ports that importations from Russia
will continue to incresse.
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Cars were parked in fields, woods
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"With bared heads and silent
reverence the thousands stood as a
mixed choir from the churches of
Camden started the services with
‘Some Time We’ll Understand.’
"The grave 40 by 12 was banked
high with cut flowers—wreaths of
all kinds. Fathers, mothM-s, sisters,
brothers and relatives who had lost
loved ones occupied seats around
the grave, while others formed a
great circle around the grave.
"It was a most touching scene—|
women and men^wfre crying and all
hround the crjbwd realized that
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