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VOLUME 52 . v CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1941 NUMBER 45
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mjioit Acres Needed
| In Kershaw County
thousand acres of land In
Krshaw oounty, comprising a moveKnt
on the part of the United tHate#
Kjtary authorities to take over 265.K
aores of landv adjacent Fort
K Kaon, will be asked for trespass
Kits, according to information reKmmJ
at Fort Jackson this week.
K urgent heed of cooperation by
K?? jj.000 land owners involved, in
K interests of national defense, has
K given much emphasis, as the ad*
Koiiul area Is needed for mammoth j
Kliary maneuvers.
opilsltkm of the rights will glvei
Kanny about 317,000 ayres in aj
connected area for the necess-j
K training.of troops when wholo
H,ions?two or more of them?move1
K the field for special exorcises and!
K?i? battleB."
nirth Job is needed on the acQUiaiM
army authorities said, so that the
Kl may bo put In use by May 1. It j
K hoped the necessary signatures
Kn property owners could be obtainlin
a month, perhaps in two weeks.,
K\cys of the land by tho army must'
How'.
H|?. areas on which trespass rights
H being sought includes 150,000'
Ks in Riohland county, 80,000 in
K^hhw county and 35,000 in Fair-|
K county. Thirteen hundred of the
K? property owners involved are in
Hiiam! county.
^Ku> ,u>w boundaries of the 317,000K
training area will be:
Ku the south: A line extending
Ki the southern tip of the reserva*J
K soutlipast to the I^eesburg road,,
Krsectlng it at a point a mile and,
if from the Gyosburg's road inter-,
Kioti with Garner's Ferry road; then '
ontli, along aroad that Intersects
Garner's Ferry road at the Burn-!
| K farm; then approximately 20,
| K, eastward on the Garner's Ferry,
I K to a point about twy miles west
j K Wateree river.
j K ihe ?ast: A line> be?innin8: at
Garner's Ferry road two miies.
I of tho Watoree river, extending:
l Buivvard 25 xnlles to the Camden;
at the proximate location of j
off. The boundary. at right j
j Kes, crosses the Kershaw oounty
^B at Iiaglin creek and runs o:i a;
^Kh-south linp about midway be- |
! Hhi Spear's creek and Geesburg. It
Kcides with tho old McOortfs Ferry!
H (State Route No. 26) just inside j
^ Korshaw county line, and follows'
I road to the Cannden road.
|K 'he north: From this lntersec-|
1 K": thd Camden road and Route 26,.
^K'-oindary proceeds eastward along j
i It'amden road about a mile and a
| K. i- to State Route No. 34. Thenj
iK:>mg in a 23-mile arc moving intoj
i Kfa id county, the' boundary fol-1
K to 34 through Gongtown to!
'-v.
I V;,. Weal: From Ridgeway, thej
^^Bda;y follows Route 21 south'
K 1- miles Into Richland county,
j I illythewood, to tlfo Asylum road's
jK^tioa with Route 21 about a
j K a Quarter above Sharp It
f.'llows the Asylum road southi
K : h: ough Kllllan to State Park,
i I f dlowe tho road to Dentsvllle
^Hfrom Dentsvllle, the road to Boy
Arbor, where the boundary hits
j Kvesiern edge of the main reeervaK(>
orginal Port Jackson reserva
unHiBted of 21,000 acres until the
purchased approximately 32,000
! Hional acres bordering the fort
year, raising the acreage of the
iH reservation to 53,000.
this new instance, however, the
^B is not interested in outright purK
of the property.
Kw111 ask permlseion of the 2,000
^Hwners for troops to pass over
' Hamp on the land during large
field exercises involving thou
of soldiers, and to use water on
jH remises for drinking, cleaning
Hooking purposes.
setup would provid,e for*the fil*
-W claims against the army for any
Hgo done by the troops while
Hissing on the land. Such claims,.
Bing a statement of specific damI
done by the troops while
Bnsing on the land. Such claims,
.^Bing a statement of specific dara^
Bmd the estimated loss, would be
B'V the landowner with Major)
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Bims will be immediately taken
Bf " Major Well wood said. ? "I
I it can be arranged so that the
B can carry bags of money with
' Bto pay off immediately in cash
Hue of the damages claimed."
^Bould like to emphasise," be
^^B "that the army will afford the
Hum protection of private prop.
Bnd that the damages will be at
taom. High arm, MtkorttiM
m
will iRsue -explicit orders that the
troops treat private property aa carefully
as though it were their own.
"Mainly the troops will stick to
pine groves and, vacant fields for
camping purposes. Areas under extensive
cultivation will no't be molested."
General Russell, Fort Jackson post
commander and commander of the
Thirtieth division, told the school district
trusteee that the maneuvers
would include actual "sham battles"
with blank ammunition for all weapons.
"However," he said, "the socatled
battles will be actually held only on
the main reservation?on and owned
by the government.
''The new area- on which we are
asking trespass rights is that over
which the troops wifl move in approaching
the actual 'battle area.' For
Instance, one force of troops will be
sent north of Fort Jackson, and another
to the south. . #
" "In our strategical problems will be
Involved the question of approach on
hostile forces, involving the movement
of troops up to the 'front line^j
which will be on the main reservation, 1
where the 'battle' will be fought when
ftio forces meet.
"Ninety per cent of the use of the
land (for which trespass rights will
be aBked) will be confined to the
main highways and cross roads. Hut
in the movements of the troops over
these roads, the troops will occasionally
have to take to the side of the road,
"Bomber aitaoha on the moving
troops will be elmulated, and they will
have to dock for cover. At night the
at times. It is for purposes like these
that the trey ess rights are being asked."
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County Cooperating
In Securing Land
Plans leading toward obtaining the
co-operation of owners of approximate*!
ly 80,000 acres of Kershaw county
land, on which trespass rights for
large-scale army maneuvers next
spring are being sought, got under
way here Monday.
MaJ. A. R. Wollwood, Fort Jackson
rents and claims officer, conferred
with Mayor F. N. McCorkle, President
John K dels>ach and Secretary Frank
Heath of the chamber of commerce,
and Mrs. Kathleen Watts, county
superintendent of education,
Mrs. Watts announced afterwards
she would write the trustees of the
school districts in which the land is
located, inviting them and other interested
citizens to a meeting to be held
at 3:30 Friday afternoon at the Blaney
high school.
President de Loach announced the
appointment of J. Team Gettys, Camden
attorney, as chairman of a central
oommittee from Korshaw county
thkt will servo in a co-operative
capacity between the army authorities
and the landowners.
Mr. Gettys said he would announce
the full membership of his committee,
to be composed of six or seven persons,
tomorrow.
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Friends of Children
Doing Splendid Work
That splendid organization "Friends
of Children", founded and sponsored
by Mrs. Clark Williams, Camden and
Greenwich, Conn., resident, continues
with its fine humanitarian efforts.
T^he Camden group, comprising over
one hundred enthusiastic workers, has
Just shipped another box of clothmg
to the New York headquarters. In i
this box were 45 sweaters and twenty ,
caps.
This brings the total of wearables
sent out so far to 212 sweaters, 30
caps, 8 drosses, 30 skirts and 36 paja-'
mas. This listing does not include
the many articles of worn and used
clothing collected and given to needy
children.
The Camden group Is planning on a
benefit bridge party for the near
future and in view of the public sympathy
that is everywhere expressed
for the fine work being done in connection
with the aid for children, especially
those in England, the card |
.party should establish a new record!
in interest and attendance.
The local group has Just receivad a
shipment of new yarn for sweaters,
flailnels for pajamas and serge and
tweed for dresses and skirts.
The Camden group wishes to announce
that anyone who desires to
affiliate with the group and knit on
the sweaters aro to get in touch with
Mrs. George W. Brupson and those:
who are willing to sew will contact
Mrs. Mortimer Mufler or Mrs. Alice
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War'd C.Belcher Is
Claimed By Death
1 liy The Skipper)
In the passing of Ward" C. Belcher*
Camden loses a great friend and a
splendid neighbor.
Ward C. lielcher, eporUnnan and
philanthropist, dlod at the Columbia*
I'rosbyterian Medical Center in New
York Friday night after a brief illness
from, pneumonia. His death eame
with unexpected and shocking suddenness
to this community and a pall
of sorrow covered the city.
For twenty-ftvo years or more Mr.
Belcher has boon a winter resident
of Camden. His homo, historic Horse
Branch Hall, has during that time
been the center of many pleasant
gatherings. Mr. Belcher will be missed
greatly, not only by the communi-.
ty in general, but by mqny unfoi tuna
tes who have in the years since lie
came hero been the b?noflciario3 of
his acts of benevolence and philanthropy.
For Mr. Belcher abhorred
suffering.
From a civic standpoint Mr. Bleoner
will be missed, as he was activo in
all things pertaining to the wolfaro
of the entire community. He was
one of the heaviest supporters of the
chamber of commerce and each (year
that organization received an inspiring
letter in which the efforts of tho
group received the unstinted plaudits
of Mr. Belcher.
This writer would, if he had been
a resident of Camden during the inanity
years Ward C. Bolcher made his
homo here, probably be able to cite
stores of instances where the goodhoartedness
and generosity of that inindividual
was exemplified in the
making of happier people and happier
homes.
Mr. Belcher was a native of New
York eity and graduated from New
York University in 1904. He was active
'in athletics and was a member
of the varsity baseball team and
ranked as one of the outstanding
gymnasts of the institution. He was
a member of Zeta Psi fraternity and
later became its international president.
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He* was a son of the late Rev. Prank
J. Belcher and Mrs. Sarah Davis
Belcher? He maintained hoanes at
Lakeville, Conn and in- Camden.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Ella Moore; a son Benjamin
Moore Belcher of Greenwich,
Conn.; a daughter, Mrs, Virginia B.
Wack, of Burlingamo, Cal; fohr brothers,
Frank J. Belcher, of San Francisco;
Sheldon C. Belcher of San Diego,
George Belcher of Sacramento, and
Dr. B. H. Belcher, of Yonkere, N. Y.;.
and two sisters, Mrs. J. B.'Hunter, of
I-akeville, Conn; and Mrs. Raymond
Ricketts of Now City, N. J.
' Funeral services were held at I>akevillo
Monday afternoon at o'clock uud
simultaneously a memorial serv;co
was conducted at the \Presbyterian
church bore, with Rev. A. 'Douglas McArn
officiating.
Mr. Belcher was formerly the vice
president and general manager of the
Benjamin Moore and Company, paint
manufacturers of 611 Canal street,
New York.
Camden High Cagers
Win Over Orangeburg
Camden Hi basket cagers scored a
double win over the Orangeburg Highs
at Orangeburg last Wednesday night.
The girls team won by a score of
29 to 25. The Camden maidens tcok
the lead early in the game but the
Orangeburg cagers were right at their
heels and It was only toy a (our point
margin that Coach Small's girls nosed
out.
The Camden boys won by a 19 to
16 score after a fast and furious tilt.
Ben Heath To Enter
Air Corp Service
Bon ' W. Heath, former assistant
secretary and publicity writer for the
Caiqden and Kershaw Oounty Chamber
of Commerce and for thp past two
^ears affiliated with the C Morrison
.Advertising agency in New. York, will
enter the aeronautical engineering division
of the U. S. Army air corps on
April 6.
Mr. Heath will be assigned to either
New York University or Purdae University.
Prior to reporting he-plans
on coming to Camden in March and
spending several weeks With his per*
cuts, Mr. end Mrs. P. H. Heath.
Mr. Heath, s^ith -fire years of engineering
at Marquette university
where he attained key honors win en
Town Polohts In
Win Over Country
Several hundred spectators braved
u cold wind and overcast sky Sunday
afternoon to watch the Town foursome
thko an 8 to 3 verdict over
Country in the first game of the
DevliVe Cup series.
The action of the gumo for flvo
chukkera was featured bty soiho effective
team play by Town with Burns
and Harrison sharing scoring honors
with three goals each.
The thrills of the afternoon were
packed in the sixth and last chukker
and the throng had a chance to get rid
of their pent-up enthusiasm by oheoring
some senationul riding by Lightfool
and Tupper. With the score 8
to 1 against the blue clads of Couutry,
Tupper and Lightfoot staged two.soorlng
forays which in each instance carried
the ball by individual mallet
work the length of tho hold and into
pay dlft.
The blue clad riders after a sensational
9 to 8 victory over the Yellows
In an eottra period fracas the week beforo
failed to show any form either
on the offensive or defensive In tho
first periods but they flashed a brilliant
return to form in the final period,
presaging a close and hard fought
battle when these two teams meet
next Sunday. Game time will be moved!
back to 3;3Q in all future engage-!
ments pn the local field, |
Burns scored In the Initial chukker |
to give the Town foursome a 1 to 0,
lead at the bell. In tho second, Coun-.j
try tied tho score on Tupper's shot I
but Town came right back in tho
same period and at the bell had a 3 to
1 lead by virtue of goals by Harrison
and Burns. The next three chukkers,
the third, fourth and fifth, found goose
eggs In the Country score basket,
while goals by Harrison, in the third
and fifth, Burns and Robertsou in tho
fourth and Bates in the fifth added up
a total of eight markers as against
one for Town as the sixth period
dawned.
In the sixth, Tupper and Lightfoot
ignited tho fireworks and while the
margin of seven points was too great i
to be overcome, tho hard riding and!
beautiful mallet work featuring thei
scoring of the two counters gave the j
crowd something ' to enthuse over, j
Town was held scoreless in this per- j
lod.
Dewey J. Creed Named j
on Board of Directors
Columbia, Jan. 23?South Carolina'
Association of Fairs elected J. Cliff
Brown of Sumter its new president at:
the 12th annual meeting yesterday at:
the Jefferson hotel. He succeeds J. P.!
Moon of Newberry.
IS. B. Henderson of Greenville was
elected vice president and J. A. Mitch-!
oil of Anderson was reelected secre-!
tary and trasurer, a position he has
held since organization of the association
in 1929, 0
Paul Y> Moore of Columbia was reelected
chairman of the board of dl?j
rectors. New directors afO J. A.
Reaves of Bishopville, W. B. Douglas
of Florence, J. P. Moon of Newberry,
J. H. Hughes of Orangeburg and D. J.
Creed of Camden.
Attendance was over 100 at the
meeting, which included morning and
afternoon sessions and a banquet. Mr.
Moon presided and the meeting was
opened with a welcome talk by W. P.
Hamrick", president of the Columbia
chamber of commerce. The response
was by Mr. Moore.
Bellinger Named
By Acclamation
Columbia, Jan. 17.?The election by
aoclamation in the house of representatives
this week of G. Duncan Bellinger
of Columbia, as judge of the
"Fifth Judicial circuit, was on motion
of Representative Boyd Brown of Fairfield
county, -o
Judge Bellinger had been nominated.
in a Joint session of both houses
of the general assembly, by Senator
Heyward Brockington of Richland.
When the nomination was seconded,
and no other nominations were heard,
Representative Brown's motion followed
and was carried.
FOUR MILES OF 8TATE
HIGHWAY PA88 THRU CITY
Special to The Chronicle.
Columbia, Jan. 29?The annual report
of the state highway department
to the current session of the general
assembly shoved this week that the
department has taken over, for maintenance,
4.02 miles of state highways,
or sections thereof, pdssing throagh
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Kiddies: See Alice
In Wonderland
Hy Tlui Skipper
Hey kids! Today'? the day.
Yea. siro-e-e-o AI loo ia here. Net
Alice of Ohancotleid but Alice in
Wonderland. And the big stage show
is; to graco the stage of the grammar
school auditorimuin this, afternoon at
2:30 o'clock.
Willi the flu situation well, in hand
there should l>o a capacity gathering
of youngsters anil yes- -some -oldsters
this afternoon when the curtain goes
up on the first act.
We can just imagine the thrill the
hid* are going to get. us the diameters
paraffo tho stage and unfold the
story of Alice in her pilgrimage
through the land of wonders.
The Camden Junior Welfare league
deserves much credit for bringing tho
Clare Tree Major players to Camden
for this event. All the children who
saw the play "Seven Wishes" will recull
the excellent performance given
by an efficient an<J capable cast. The
same will be true of the show today, i
The Chronicle in the past four
weeks has printed a series of news
items relating to the stage event of
tonight. Those items hav.e given in
detail the story of Alice in Wonderlaud
and also facts regarding I ho
characters of the story as well as the
artists who will assume these characters
in the play. The Chronicle
would like to see every child in Camden
and Keashaw county witness thsl
offering. It is a worth while event
and so finely prosentod thtyt It not
only carries the appeal that Is associated
with fairy tales, but also that
which comes from fino Interpretation
and technique.
And In conclusion tho Chronicle
suggests to mothers and fathers that
they see that their kiddles aro given
the opportunity of living In the giam:
our of fairyland this afternoon at the
high school auditorium.
SEVENTEEN PRISONERS FROM
THIS COUNTY IN 8TATE "PEN"
Special to The Chronicle.
. Columbia, .Jan. 29?Seventeen prisoners
from Kershaw county were
among the 1,338 convicts "doing time"
in the state penitentiary at tho close
of the fiscal year ending last June 30,
according to the annual report of
Supt. John M. Glenn to the general assembly.
--The number Included nine white
men, five Negro men and three Negro
women. _......
Burglars Nabbed
By Sheriff's Forces
The sheriff's office cleaned up a
series of -burglaries at Bethuno this
week by the arrest of George Keily,
Bethune, and Ralph Galloway, who resides
near Lydla. Tho two men are
now in Jail here and practically all of
the lot, ranging from baby nipples to
electric appliances, taken from the
Truesdale drug store at Dethune, has
been recovered.
The Truesdale store was broken into
three separate times, according to
Sheriff J. H. McLood. The flrBt robbery
occurred on December 1, the
second on December 26 and tho third
on January 23. The last time Kelly
alone was implicated, according to the
sheriff.
Kelly was arrested at his home, in
Bethune and Galloway at Lydla by
deputies from the sheriff's office.
Car Thieves Aro Arrootod
Another exoellent -bit of work was
the arrest of Lowell Oraft and Luther
Berry charged with the theft of an
automobile, belonging; to Henry Gibson
of McColl. The two boys were
turned over to the authorities of Marlborough
county.
Petty Offenders Are Taken
James (Brother) Williams and
Cornelia Johnson, colored, charged by
the sheriff with disorderly conduct,
paid fines of $25 each in magistrate'*
was meted out to Hamp Boyd, charged
driving a car while Intoxicated was
fined $52 and the same punishment
was meted out o Hamp Boyd, charged
with a similar offense. D. T. Kelly,
charged with assault and battery posted
a bond while Gude Johnson, charged
with being drunk and disorderly
paid a fine Cf $12. All of these offenders
were gathered in by deputies from
Sheriff McLeod's office.
Bethesda Presbyterian Church
Sunday February 2. A. Dou
Mo Am, pastor. Church school
a. ha. Morning worship *t_
Missions progmm at 8:00 p. r . * :
troop Monday at seven p. m.
lie is cordially invited to ;
services of this church. *****
Camden Sports
Attracts Radio
Captain Kirb.v Tuppor of tho oountry
foursome has unuouiuod that tho
second game of tho Bovine Cup polo
series. to bo play?m] Sunday, February
2, at tho No. 1 field will llnd country
representing a greatly changed lineup.
L. Tuppor statoa that ho will play tho
No. 1 position, PuBoso will work at
No. 2, Light foot at No. 2. and Doykin
will take car? of the No. 4 on back
position.
Tuppor believes that this line up
places tho riders In positions with
which they are more fajnlllar and
that as a result there will bo a big
improvement In team play.
"We wore a bit overconfident last
Sunday" said Captain Tupper. "Our
victory over tho Yellows a week before
was tho cause and when Town
got the Jump on us in the yearly part
of tho game, we Just fell 'flpnYt until
tho final chukker when the boys really
got hot and wo scored our two last
goals while holdnlg town scoreless.
The fans will see a groutly Improved
tqnm J.n tho socond gam? and you can
take It from me when tho ilnal bell
sounds tho series will be all tied up."
Town will use the same lineup as
last. Sunday which finds Burns in tho
No. 1 spot, Robertson at No. 2, Harrison
at No. 3, and Bates at No. 4.
The Camden Polo Club is planning
a luncheon for all sport writers and
radio sportcasters to be held after a
gr.mo sometime during February. This
will bring to Camden an array of
sporting experts nover before equalled
in Camden history. From Columbia
will come Abo Fennel and Banjo Smith
of The State; Tommy Martin of W. I.
S.; Tho Sportcaster from W. C. O. S.;
from Charlotte will coino duke Wade,
Jake Houston, Haytl Thompson of The
Observer; Burke Davis of The News;
ltuss Hodges and Charlie Crutohfleld
of Radio Station W. B. T.; a sportcaster
from the other Charlotte station;
from Charleston will come H. D.
Hitt of The News and Courior; from
Charlotte, Reld Montford of Tho
Associated Press; from Sumter,
Osteen of Tho Item; from Greenville,
Scoop Latimer of Tho News; from
Spartanburg, tho sport editor of The
Herald; while from Columbia will
com? the United Press representative.
Others who will bo Invited will bo
Richard Shafto and Dudley Saumenis,
of W. I. S.; Henry Nlles of Tho Camden
Chronicle; P. H. Houtl^ of tho
Camden News Service; Georgf* Buchanan
of the Columbia Record; Sam
Latimer of Tho State; und Leo Mays
of Western Union.
The Camden Chamber of Commerce
received a telephone call Tuesday
from the Columbia Broadcasting system
to tho effect that representatives
of this major broadcasting organization
would bo present at next Sun
day's game hero. The call,.from New
York, was to the effect that the New
York officials would stop over in
Charlotte and be Joined there by the
program manager of the Charlotte
station of tho Columbia system. i
It is believed by. the Chamber of
Commerce ti^t the Columbia representatives
are coming here to check 4
on the game to see if It would be
worth white to broadcast one later in
the season, or during the Russell memorial
trophy tournament play.
County Delegation
Gets Assignment
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Special to The Chronic
i,, Columbia, Jan. 29- -Kershaw eoht* "
[ ty's three-man delet ^ticm to tlie general
assembly rec a total of 17
committee asslgr ^enU when the assembly
opened 4 ^ 84th annual session
in Columbia V ^ month.
Senator M. ^ ^ johnfwm of Kershaw 1
was named ehalrman of the senate
committee Qn penai an(j charitable institutions
^ and wafl aligned to membership
^ 8even other committees:
Prlntlr privileges and elections,
Ju<I1C iary, public buildings, federal relal,f
jus, engrossed bills and enrolled
ac'
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I Rep. J. C. Arrants was appointed to
the house committees on accounts,
aviation, education and banking and
Insurance. - '
To Rep. James M. Thornton went
as assignments to the house committees
.* on agriculture, lofcal legislation, mer- ^
K- chants And mercantile affaiUs, and
State Honse and grounds.
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