The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-07-06
Many Diversions for
Scout Camp Party

| Men may come and men may co.
but the memory of the boy scout
camp near White Hall will remain
long with the boys and men who
took the eventful trip. The going
and coming are the most vivid parts
of the outing. Scoutmaster Whita-
ker secured the big Packard truck
from the county as means Of trans
| portation, and the peerless Dock"
Priester was persuaded to pilot the
expedition. The party left Bamberg
at seven o'clock on the morning of
June 26th and proceeded toward
Branchtille. Progress was halted
| nine miles out of town when the
truck magnetic burned out. This was
replaced after considerable delay and
once more a start was made. The
sandbeds of Bamberg and Colleton
counties and the awful bridges of
the latter county made progress nec-
essarily slow. A few miles out Of
Walterboro the gas gave out and
another delay was experienced. This
occurred a second time before the
camp site was finally reached at nine
o'clock. The whoop that went up
from the scouts testified their hap
piness at finally reaching Combahee.
The return trip was worse than
the outgoing trip. A flood "some-
where in Colleton. county had wash
ed out a causeway through a little
swamp and the heavy army truck
promptly went down to the axle. 1t
was priced out of this bog only to
break through the improvised bridge
few moments later. Mr.. Utsey is
the man who is responsible for fin
ally extricating the truck from this
predicament. And then when Bam-
berg county had almost been reach
ed a sandhill stopped permanently
all further progress. The scouts set
tied down here to await the trucks
and cars from town to take them
home. The last of them reached
town at 2 o'clock a. m.-eighteen
| hours after leaving camp.
Awful" you will say. Not at all,
for bow scouts don't mind such hard
ships that's why they are boy
scouts. When the time comes to
take another trip every scout will be
ready and rearing" to go.
The original plan was to have the
camp at Pom Pom, but it was decided
at the last moment to go to Comba-
hee and Mr.. Utsey and Mr.. Watson
were sent ahead to make the neees-
sary arrangements. Combahee is a
ten thousand acre plantation owned
by Du Pont, the powder king. 1t is
located on the Combahee river five
| miles below White Hall, S. c., where
'sthe tide ebbs and flows twice in
twenty-four hours" A cottage was
secured for the boys to sleep in. This
was at the plantation settlement
beautiful oak grove on high bluff
overlooking the river and the old
abandoned rice fields. The cottage
| was screened, and therefore, the
campers worried little about the
most blood-thirsty mosquitoes on
the face of the globe. The settle
ment is supplied with artesian water,
50 this solved another problem. The
old rice fields and the beautiful river
furnished wonderful fishing grounds.
The only thing lacking to make the
camp site complete for a bunch OF
boys is place to swim. The mud
flats and bars, the swift river, and
the marsh hogs" as the negroes
call the aligators, make Combahee
unsafe for bathing. Mr.. Rhoad and
Col. Duncan were the star fishermen.
The former used his rod and reel TO
good advantage while the perch and
Dream were in constant danger OF
being jerked a mile high by the COL
lonel's long pole and short line- The
boats of the Combahee company were
turned over to the scouts and these
gave the boys a chance to enjoy the
boating and fishing. Mr.. Brabham'
Mr.. Whitaker, Mr.. Utsey, Mr.. Rhoad,
and Maj. Watson did the cooking
with the assistance of patrol OF
scouts each day and these can testify
to the fact that outdoor life makes it
practically impossible to fill up
bunch of healthy boys-and men.