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WE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. D. Nil ES, Editor and Proprietor Published every Friday at Number llUti Nurlh lJrowd Street, and entered at he Ctfiiden, South Carolina I'oilofflM ?* ?r' ?ii<l class niaii matter . Price per year 12,00 No subset Iptlon* taken for ! -*? titan Mix Month* In all Instance* tlie subscription price is due and payable in advance. All subsetiptlona are can< ?lp-d when subscriber fall* to renew. Represented In New Vork by the Anierl> ,in Press Association and elsewhere by all reliable Ad vert hong Agencies We accept ho advertising of a doubtful nature and try to protect our pat rone from mlatcprcatniatjori by Advertiaera No Liquor Advertisements accepted at any price. f'hurch notices published free. Card* of thank* and notice* of entertainments where an admleeion fee la > hailed will be charged for Tributes of respect and obituaries will be charged for A I communication* must be signed, o'iierwlse they will be destroyed. t Friday, February 28, 1941 LET U8 WAKE UP . " j "While the Carolina* have the flnoat scenery, fine climate and fine people, the tourist areas of the two statea mum realize that they must offer vis Itor* and tourists more different forms P of recreation if wo are to keep them in the state* for any length of time during the season*, summer for North ('arn)tfia and wln'er for South Carolina. " This wa* the statement <?f a prominent North Carolina Commercial Organization executive following his ,'eturn from a tour of Florida with a group of North Carolina mayors ami Chamber of Commerce lead*-!'-* It b'-ars out the oft-repeated contention of the Camden and Kershaw county secretary, who four years ago offered the same statement. The North Carolina Chamber executive. continuing said: "We must follow the example set by Florida cities and provide shuffle board court*, mere tennis courts, community centers and club houses whore people may gather for afternoon jjainos or just sit around ' and get acquainted v,ith one another.' For people who travel like to meet other people and make hew friends. 1 "We were greatly4 Impressed with the great amount of attention and money spent on beautIfW-ation of streets, yards, buildings, ] Kirks aiul homes everywhere in Florida and tho spi* and span appearance of all tho resort cities and towns. ! "The people of Florida have certainl> learned that fresh paint, green grass, beautiful flowers and comfort-1 able home-like places have a powerful! ippe.il to visitors and vacationists and make ihvm wuui lo stay longer." South Carolina resort communities might well follow the'example of tho North Carolina group and arrange for a motorcade or bus party to make a Florida tour. Literature of the Palmetto state winter resorts, summer beaches and the like could l?e distributed In Florida communities. It would permit the South Carolina group to study the methods used by Florida cities to attract and hold tourists, and also observe tho many different types of entertainment provided. Free lectures ami musical programs, bowling on the green, shuffle board games, community forums are but a few of tho features which go to make the Florida program effective RED CROSS NOTE8 Sadie Kennedy von Tresckow T!i?> Atucrk-ay Red Cross has provided Great Britain with thrbe hundred and nineteen mobile air raid relief tinitn which arc being usod in bombed areas and one hundred and fifty-three ambulance*. a consignment of which wore the first outside help Coventry had after its total bombardment. Seventy-nine mobile canteen units have. been turned over to the Women's V?dutrt'-er Services for feeding civilime* following bombing raids, including thirty *na< k bar trailers, sixteen large trailers, alx tea vans aud thirteen large vans Twenty-five station wagons and fifteen trucks (A 11 C.I aYV- being u*e<J for Transpotlng relief supplhyt. The tf Suited Cross Overstes Staff now numbers thirty-three -seventyfive additional workers will sail next month as the staff of the American Red Cross Harvard University Hospital The hospital af* pre-fabrlruted twenty-two building unit being made in this country will be shipped placemeal Kb hard F. Allen, who saw service in Roland In the last war, heads the l>t^opean delegation and is now in Frame. Others are in Croat Britain, France. Spain. Creece. Finland and China where Dr John K. Baker, for twenty-five yvars a resident of China, has charge of war relief. Kleven of the thirty throo workers are in Great Britain with-headquarters In Ijondon atid the assistance of a Red Cross Committee made up of Americans livitig in Ixmdon The American Red Cross is ready to rush hlood plasma by plane to treat disaster victims from the central 'dejHit at Philadelphia. January mark?-d the busiest month of Hi?l Cross xy.-nr zones operations and the amount expended nears tiie total of twenty million dollars The latest development of the American Red Cross work consists of linking army recruits with their lamhies As one young draftee put It: "It is like a bridge, a sort of fast connection between camp life and the old life back home." and it is what two can depend tij>on should an'emergency arise when' they need me" The Red frets director wires directly to the Rod Cross chapter In the soldier's home. Facts are verified and wired back to ramp Morale is sustained through assuaging anxiety, worry and t?vir Welfare and business prebltms ar?* discussed, reports sent in from the homes, tiie sick are aided and rela* iv?-s called to government hospitals are c ared for t >ur own production Room Is busy as usual. Mrs H (I. Marvin, chairman is ready i" ship our last quota and the auxiliaries of the different churches have taken all graments of the new quota and knitters are still calling for wool All are awake to the noce<\sit If-s of the 11nicH. The motor corps wilJ have an Inter-, eiting report next weodc Juniors To Give Play TI.e Junior Class of the Baron DeKalb Sch<x)l will present. "Fool's Holiday", a comedy in three acts, 'Friday evening. March 7. at 8:00 i o'clock. The Brad leys are a family that will perhaps remind you of your own. I Their "tips and downs" will hold you spell bound And?you'll never forget Tony, tiie hired hand, who gripes, "Well, what in the tangled horse-tall are you doin' with so much water? A body'd think the house was on fire the way that water bucket emples. This | nin't hath day." The public is cordially Invited to attend Admission prices will bo 10c I for children and 20c for adults. Former Camdenite Dies In Florence % Florence, Feb. 24?Mrs. Mary Out?i Ml?L McCurry, 71, one of the oldest and best known cillsens of Florence, died here Sunday night In McIx-ods Infirmary after a brief Illness. Mrs M(-Curry, who had been active in local church and civic work for 46 yeaix, was the last Gold Btar mother in the city Who was born in Camuen in 1*70, the daughter of the late James Kdward MclXiwell and Fiances Young McDowell. Funeral services wore held 'I'ucsday morning at 11 o'clock at the First lt&ptUt church horei with Dr. Walter it Alexander. offlciatltHt. Interment whs at Mount Hope cemetery hero. Mrs. McCurry had been a member of the First Haptlat church since she tame to Florence, and was very active in women's activities within the church. She was also active in the V. F W. Women's auxiliary. Her husband. Charles M. Mc-Curry; three daughters. Mrs. Bdna M. Coates" and Mrs. Frances Mc Adams, both of Florence, and Mrs Jennie Mae Ervln of Washington, and three sons. C, Myton Mc-Curry. Franklin, Ind ; 1 H McCurry. Isiko City. and J O. McCurry. Columbia, are survivors. Thomas W. Watson Dies^at Blaney Thomas W Watson. 72-year-old merchant and farmer, died suddenly Wednesday morning at his home in Blaney. lb- married Miss Mattie Bran ham. who together with the following children survive: J Danny Watson, of J-M Thornton., of Cam den: "and Mrs. J F' Thornton, of Winnsboro Funeral services were held Thursday from Smyrna Methodist church at 2 20 In the afternoon and the burial was in the family plot. Serving as active pallbearer* were L 1' Hose. K T. Bowpn, J. Paul Ross, B K Rose. A D. Goff and J. D. Bail* e y Honorary j>a)lbearers were Dr. W. D Grigsfov. S 11 Rose. Jessie T. Ross, I. W Rose. N C. Arnett, A. K. Rose, A H Nelson. Dr. T W. Knight. J. H. M< !>-<>d. J I. Rose. John Abbott and W D Sanders Mather Winner In Essay Contest That Mather Academy Is almost constantly in tho fore-front with winI lu-rs is shown by an announcement made public by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Thursday of last week. In the Christmas Seal contest for school newspapers In South Carolina. s|H>nsored by the National Tuberculosis Association and the Columbta Scholastic Press Association, Gladys K irk land of Mather Academy, won first place for her feature story, entitled. "The Christmas Seal at Work." Miss Frances Peacock, instructor of the ( lass in Journalism coached Gladys and other students, who submitted articles through their school, paper, "The Flashlight". Bill Ibacket. writing for the Florence Yellow Jacket, was winner of the prize for the best news story. The editorial, "Won't You Buy a Christmas Seal"? written by Mildred Miller for the Avery Tiger. Charleston was awarded first place among editorials entered in the contest. The Mather Academy raised twentyfive dollars of the two hundred fifty dollars and nineteen cents contributed by Kershaw negroes during the 1940 Christmas Seal Sale. many children treated at junior dental clinic A recent editorial In a daily newspaper of this atate declared that one of the moat aerlo^iU defects found in the medical inspection of drafteee for selective service has been dofoctivo teeth and that dental clinics were one of the moat important necessities for public welfare. The school children of Kershaw county are receiving dental services through the cooperation Junior Welfare league. Ooun y Health Department and the County Board of Education For the past three years the Junior Welfare league has made this clinic one of the major achievements and this year umlcr the chairmanship of Mrs. w. r Nettles. Jr. the clinics have ta^?n care of all the children through the fifth grade that were certified by the inspection under Dr A. W. Humphries and MVh Minnie Ingram, assisting "U;C or Camden. Dr. Illnaon. l>r Wllliford, L>r. Sowell and l>r. Guitter of Kershaw have all worked In thee clinic, and up l? tbe pr??ent time they have treated children, and will soon complete the service In every school of the county ?n<? cliy. cadet west named as editor of citadel \bull dog" Charleston. S. C.. Feb. 27?Cadet John C. West, of Camden, has been appointed general editor of 1 he Hull Dog weekly newspaper at The Citadel, as the senior staff turns over the management to members of the Junlot CUp?omlnent in literary activities at The Citadel. Cadet West is seeretai of the CaHiopean Literary Society and or the International Relations He is a -member of the college ting team and vice president of The Citadel chapter of Pi Kappa De ta. national honorary debating fraternity. Cadet West has served as assistant spurts editor of The Hull I>og under the senior staff. , Majoring In sclencn, *> wear* Bold stars, which al\, . , [ live of academic excellence. He holds I lie rank of cadet technical serBCant and is assigned to the rcglmcnla "'"ho la a graduate of the Camden high school. ^ MATH^7clgg?E8m CONTESTS The high school students of Mather A< adamy are atarlinB on thr^ con. touniam<raTrTuberculoal^ABSoe,all0n. I?d the National Negro Insurance ^TheC-hTrn'i^nt will be held J at^ttate c<>Uege. Much ^Although | ,m'"y wmTry towin in Z praUmTar? con' only one ?'>' *o from ^^priTTl. .he closW clarafor tlgj Sh^? Jree be* reseat ,o.ho State con.e9|n The will receive a U00 scholarship to any college he wmnes unl088 the advisory bojrt dnds^U necessary to mane The National negro tnsurance con. .J closes March 31 (taah prizes ab, so are offered in this contest, hrst award. $100; necqlld. ?a0; and third. $25. ' Street Improvement For Kershaw Washington, Fob. 25?Congressman J.P. Richards. Fifth District of South Carolina, has been notified by Frank A March, director. Project Control Ihvision. W P A.. Washington, D, C. that W P. A. project No. In the amount of $20,070. has been approved for the Counties of Kershaw and Taancaster. This is a town-wide project, sponsored by the town of Kershaw, and is to improve streets, including exca\aj ting;, constructing road base, sidewalks. curbs and gutters; installing pipe; scarifying: surfacing, yeconstrue: ing manholes; and pei forming inchb'tital ami appurtenant work. This project is to operate on publicly-ownrd property and is eligible for opera'ion at the discretion of the State Work Projects Administrator, Honor,?!)]?> Lawrence M Pincknev, Columbia. South Carolina. AY! WAN'T TO BAT AT BROWN DERBYT 'The Camden chamber of commence Is In receipt of a number of courtesy ! Introduction cards for the famous Itrown lkuby Kestaurant, Hollywood, California. * These cards entitle the bearer to special courtesies at the Brown I*erby, including introduction to <Um <$! ebrities. Any <^aimien or KershtfW county residoula who are contemplating a California Jaunt may obtain these courtesy cards by calling at t?e chamber of commerce. Accompanying tho cards to the chamber **office was a menu of the luncheon served at this famous restaurant, also a menu of the Wiltshire Brown Derby grille. - The Brown Derby restaurants and grille in Hollywood is the favorite gathering place of all film celebrities. Kershaw Coses To Rock Hill Kershaw, Feb. 19?In two hard fought games Tuesday night the Kershaw Kagles lost both by close scores to the Hock Hill team. The purple clad sextet dropped a heartbreaker to the Rock.Hill girls 11 to 12. Trailing by live points they fought their way within only two points of winning only to have the whistle end their comeback. The Kershaw boys did not fare so well however. Although leading up to the half, In the last two (juarters when the lack of substitutes -is most felt, the tired Kagles auccumbed 22 to 13. J. A. Bowers Dies Near Kershaw Kershaw, Feb. 21.?J. A. Bowers, 73. beloved citizen of the Gates Ford section near Kershaw, died Friday morning after an illness of several years. Mr. Bowers was a man loved and respected and will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Funeral services were conducted at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Providence Baptist church, with the Rev J. A. Faile officiating, assisted by the Rev. James Outen and the Rev. D. M. Sanders. Mr. Bowers is survived by his widow. Mrs. Minnie West Bowers; one son, John Bowers, of Kershaw, and two daughters. Mrs. Furman R. Andecon and Mrs. Albert D. Anderson both of Columbia; two grandchildren, Furman Andeson, Jr., and Patricia Ellen Bowers, also Mr. Bowers leaves three brothers and three sisters, W. B. Bowers, of Kershaw; Heny Bowers. of Heath Springs, and George Bowers of Camden, and three sisters, Mrs. Arthur Bowers, Mrs. J. B. Mcseley, both of Kershaw and Mrs. Milli^ Godwin, of Linden. Revival at Holiness Church There will be a series of protracted meetings conducted at the Pentecostal Holiness ohurch on Fair street in Camden, beginning Sunday, March 2. and continuing through March 16. The meeting will be in charge of the Frailer evangelistic party, of Greensboro, North Carolina. The theme of the entire meetingJsyill be "Youth on the March," andyoHe of the outstanding features wiU.Jak?Sacred Songs of Distinction' rendered each evening by the Frazier brothers. Evangelist, Taylor H. Frazier; oholrlster, Roy Frazier. The public is invited to attend these services. Mather Bows to Stephens Lee The Maroon and Grey Trojans of Stephens I^ee in Asheville, N. (?. rolled over Mather's Blue Devils Saturday night in Mather's Gymriasium, 32-13, to hand Mather its first defeat of the current season. Jenkins was high scorer for Math7' er, while No. 8 was high soorer for the opposing team. During the last three -minutes of play the Trojans put on an exhibition of fancy ball-handling. The Eagles will play a return game | with I^aurenburg, N. C. team next, Monday night, and will meet high, of Sunimerville tonight. Both games will be played in Mather's gym. Spiritual Sunday to Be Observed Mather Acadmey will observe spiritual Sunday. March 2. at 4 o'clock. Songs will be rendered by tho Glee Club, boy's chorus, and sextette. Sev- | oral solos will be sung by students. A J silver offering will bo taken. j CHICKS FOR SAUS??7.60 p*l dro<l. See "Rod" Hammond at 9 doa Hardware * Supply K<*<t Camden, s C ?on? ...... y 1 1 ""*? I T'rWVm1 WM lm Recently, io a survey to di* J what housewives think of WtxS Twin Pack Bread,jggg following occurred: 1 2. 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