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Company E, First Regiment South Carolina Defense Forces to Have Enlistment Meet Wednesday
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VOLUME 53 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA* FRlpAY, APRIL 18. 1941 NUMBER 4
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JOHN K. deLOACH NAMED
CAPTAIN NEW COMMAND
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Attorney John K. delx>aeh, descendant
of a long line .of distinguished
soldiers and officers in American military
history is the captain of Company
K, 1st Regiment, South Carolina
l>cfenBe Forces.
Mr. <iclx>aeh wub named at a meetiiig
of a committee of nine appointed
by authority of Governor Bhmett R.
May bank following a mass meeting
bald here last week.
Lieutenants of the new company
are S. C. Clyburn and C. P. DuBose,
Jr. The military unit to be organised
In Kershaw county will have a roster
of 92 men.
A meeting has been called for a
rminty wide?enlistment raliy to bo
held at the Kershaw county court
house Wednesday, April 23rd at 8
o'clock. The gathering will be held
JOHN K. deLOACH
n the court room. The purpose or
he meeting is to acquaint the men of
nlistment age with the purpose of
he organization and to secure volunary
enlistments. All white men over
1 years of age are eligible.
The new company will be quartered
n the new national guard armory on
S. Highway No. 1. Uniforms and
u rns will be supplied by the state.
Prior to the patriotic meeting to bb
)~!<1 at the court house next Wednesiay,
enlistments will be aocepted by
Marvin Reasonover at the.Wateree
Mill. Charles DeLoach _at_lhe Red'carn
Motor company; C.,P. DuBose
it the office of C. P. DuBose and Son;
lohn K. deLoach at the Kirkland and
leLoach law office; by Perry R.
Langstan at Uangston Motor Company
Garage and 'by C. H. Zemp at the HerQiitage
Cotton Mill.
| Doctors F. Grayson Shaw, Andrew
B Whitaker and A. W. Humphries
ia\o consented to examine all
ii?l<iir*ants for enlistment.
According to Historic Camden,
Gaptain delx>ach comes from a family
)f soldiers for his great great'grandather,
Colonel Joseph Kershaw servfl
as the head of a regiment of Conincntals
during the revolutionary war
in (i was instrumental in equipping
i hat lie cruiser of the U. S. navy durncr
the war or 1812. A grandfather,
St ncral Joseph B. Kershaw, first serv*1
as a lieutenant in the Mexican war
uul later was a major general in the
Confederate army.
Captain John deUoach served for
t short time in the world war being
trie of the three brothers in the serdee
One of them died in France
ihoruy after the signing of the
irmistice. Captain deDoach served
n the Sk A. 1.. C.
Engineering Corps
To Camp Here
r?no hundred and fifty men, repreKnting
a United States Engineering
nrps, will arrive in the city Tuesday
ind win pitch camp at the fair
pounds.
The camp will be struck i the area
HCwnon the ball park and Broad
itrpft and the command will be here
or from three to four months.
Pho engineers are on war prepared'
Jess work and- will make a war surrf
y of 14,000 acres in this area. What
ho purpose of the survey in this area
P for was not definitely elated by
fficers who were In-Camden Wedneato
arrange for the camp ait*. It
* said however that It inrotvee war
Maneuvers which will come In <be
Ml and not winter and WMfc will
frtog thousands of troops to locations
h an arotad Oaadan.
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Camden Executive
Is Chamber Guest
P. N. McCorkle, Camden major,
waa the an eat of honor at meeting of
the Junior Chamber of Commerce at
Bennettaviile Tuesday evening.
The Camden executive' waa also
guest spoakdr and addressed a gathering
of some one hundred Jaycees
and members of the Scranton baseball
club of the Eastern league, in
spring training at Bennetts vile.
The Camden mayor spoke on avia<tion
in connection with national defense.
He said that for. .the past acufe
eral years ail primary training given
by the navy and army was given at
Randolph Field, Tex., and when this
primary training was completed, students
were sent to Kelly Field for
advanced training.
"At the outbreak of the European
war" said the mayor, "It became evl-1
dent that expansion of . the air corps
training facilities would be necessary.
So the army selected nine civilian
shoocls throughout the country to
conduct this primary training. After
this program of primary, training the
students were sent to Kelly Field for
their advanced work. i
With the war In Europe becoming
ihore serious and threatening the
nine primary schools were increased
to 16 civilian training schools and
the army and navy opened new basic
and advanced schools at Montgomery,
Ala.; and Jfoflett Field, California*1
leaving the 16 civilian schools doing
only primary training.
As the tempo of the war picked
up eleven additional civilian primary
training schools were added to the
existing sixteen, making a total of
27 civilian primary training schools
in aviation. The school at Camden
is one of these twenty-seven.
"On October 1st the number of civilian
primary training schools will
be increased to 48 which will mean
an addition of 21 to the present
number. At the same time the number
of basic and advanced training
schools will be Increased to 19. Sumter
very probably will get one of these
advanced training bases.
"The "question often arises as to
the reason the army contracts with
civilian schools to train pilots. Why
not use thier own schools for that
purpose? The answer is a matter of
speed and economy. Civilian training
schools complete the training of
a cadet in 30 weeks. Formerly It
took the army 52. weeks to do what
the civilian training schools now do
in 30 weeks, and at much less ex-1
pense to the government. }
' The students are young men
selected because of physical as well
as mental qualifications. Another j
thing, they must have two years in
college and pass a very strict and
exacting mental examination. They
are under full military supervision at
all times. If for any reason they are
eliminated from military training In
the school they are placed in some
other branch of military activity.
"All discipline, technical and administrative
supervision 1b directly
under the control of the United
States army. We have six United
States army officials at our Camden
school. The medical care of the students
is also under the eye of army
medical officers.
The feeding, housing and actual flying
instruction is under the direction
of the school and the instructors are
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Schools Band Offers
Concert Program
The grammar school auditorium
was well filled last Friday when the
Camden schools band gavo the annual
Spring cop cert.
The program was varied enough to
salt, the most exacting lover of band
music and?the youthful musicians
acquitted themselves splendidly.
Director Newell WImberly was In
charge and his magic Baton had the
musicians under control at all times.
It was a source of . much satisfaction
among the members of the band
as well as cftlsens of Camden in general
to know that the direction of the
band win continue to be andsr
Captain WImberly, even though he
has reported for dsty at ItortTJackson.
He has arranged to cottte to Camden
several ffwi? weekly to supervise the
nana renes reels. ?? ?
A. C. McKain Named
Chairman of Croup
One of th? largest attended merchants
meetings held in Camden in
years featured the get-to-gether at
the American Legion Hall sponsored
by the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday
evening.
As a result of the meeting the organization
of the Camden Merchants
[association was accomplished, with
A. C. McKain, manager of the J. C.
Penney company store as chairmnn;
Jack iMoore of the Barringer Hardware
company store as vice chairman
and Dallas Lee of the Rogers store
was secretary-treasurer*
Simon Eichel was appointed as
chairman of the membership committee,
the other members named
being Jack More?, George Sheheen,
H. H. Maddox, P. H. Wilson, W. IT.
Nettles, Sam Karesh, M B. Burns, 8
C. Clyburn and E. L. Stalvey.
The membership drive has already
started, the membership fee having
been established at 50 cents a month.
In the matter of holiday closing
the merchants group approved closing
all day on July 4th, Thanksgiving
day and Christmas. The matter of
Thursday closing will probably be as
it was last year when the grocery
stores, barber shops and a few other
establishments started the midweek
half holiday program in May. The |
larger stores. Including Department |
stores, the dime stores and others
will not start the midweek closing
until June.
In the matter of daily hours all department
stores, dry goods stores,
clothing stores, shoe stores, ladies
shops, Jewelry stores and variety
stores will operate on a daily schedule
which calls for the opening of
stores at 8 a. m., and closing at 5:30
p. m. with the exception of Saturday
evennig when the closing hour will
be 9 p. m. Grocery stores definitely
agreed . to adopt a schedule which
calls for opening at 7 a. m. The matter
of the closing hour daily will be
announoed later, as there was a divergence
of opinion as to 6 p. in. and J
6:30 p. m. < ]
Much emphasis was placed upon
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Pioneer Citizen
I Passes Suddenly
A Dalton Kennedy, age 65, pioneer
resident of Camden died suddenly yesterday.
He was on his way home in
a car with h.is wife when he was taken
violently ill. He was hurried to
the hospital -but was dead when admitted.
Born in Camden, January 4, 1876, he
was educated in public schools here
and attended Virginia Polytechnic
Institute. He was married to Lucy
Chandler Bush, of Staten, Island, N.
Y., and three children blessed the
union. Alexander Dalton, the first
child, is deceased. The children, who
with the widow, survive are Mrs.
Susan Chandler Fulweiler, of Philadelphia,
and Douglas MacMillan Kennedy,
of Fort Jackson.
Besides his widow and children Mr.
i Kennedy is survived by two sisters?
Mrs. Marie Kennedy Shannon, Mrs.
Sadie Kennedy Von Tresckow, of
Camden; two ^brothers," Henry B.
Kennedy and Alfred D. Kennedy, of
Atlanta.
Mr. Kennedy's parents were Alexander
Dalton Kennedy and (Martha
Eunice Bissell, of Alabama.
In early life he was a salesman in
his father's etore, and more recently
had been engaged in farming. ?H
Dalton Kennedy possessed a genial
personality and had scores of friends
in this city and elsewhere. He was
always interested In sports and was
a member of Camden's first polo
team.
Votes For Increase
In Old Age Help
. According to the record of the proceedings
of the House, Representative
Arrants and Thornton, the Kershaw
county representatives voted in favor
of increasing old age assistance in the
state and county by a half million
dollars.
MI88 MARY EVA HITE
WILL 8PEAK TO TEACHERS
Kershaw County Education Association
will hold the final meeting of the
year In Camden high school suditorlam,
Thursday afternoon, April 24th. .
Miss Mary Era Hlte, elementary
supervisor from Columbia, wilt lead a
group discuss km on teacher welfare.
A Mail meeting wffl be 149 at
this time aad officers for the ensuing
JRffgill be elected. ? r?
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Rotary Trophy Is
Cause of Battle
8ome seven Xo eight hundred
Kotaiiuna and Rotary Anna will form
part of the thousands expected to
witneaa the clash between the Yellowjacket
s and the Ramblers on the
Kirfcwood polo field Sunday afternoon.
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It will be tba opening day of tt?o
190 district convention of Rotary and j
the winner of the polo match, arranged
especially for the Rotary visitors.
will receive an award in the
form of four exquisite silver cups,
donated for the occasion by the Camden
Rotary club. ^
Cyril Harrison, Camden polo coaoh
has selected two well-balanced foursomes
to meet In this struggle. The
Yellowjaoketa will have Moultrie B.
Burns at No. 1 position, Charles
itobiima--*rwor*r-xjynrHwnioirar
No. 3, and C. P. DuBose at No. 4. On
th? Rambler foursome will be Klrby
Tupper at No. 1, Ancrum lioykln at
No. 2. Carl LJghtfoot at No. 3, and
Joe Bates at No. 4.
Rallblrds will be interested In seeing
how Bubber DuBose will perform
at tho Important No. 4, or bach
position. Usually Bubber works t at
No. 2, but Harrison has a hunch the
lad will show a lot of resourcefulness
in the basking spot.
The game is to start at 3:30 o'clock
with Charley Utile as the ninth man
in tte arena. Captain f J.T Bowden,
who did such a splendid Job at
broadcasting the action of the play
will again be at the mike. General
Ancrum Boykin will be timer.
On the Monday afternoon following
this game, the Rotary visitors will be
mated to a eDectacle of-fun and
mirth when a gymkhana will be staged
at the No. 1 field. This is part of
the convention entertainment program
but a general invitation has
been extended to the public to be present
and witness the antics of riders
and steeds.
There will be eight mirth-provoking
and side-splitting exhibitions durthe
afternoon. A mule steeplechase,
egg and spoon race, balloon and pin
race, mule polo game, costume race,
mule race and a greased pole classic.
WimberlyBecomes
Soldier of Uncle Sam
Capt. F. N. Wimberly of_ Camden
reports today for duty at Fort Jackson.
He was first ordered to Camp
Claiborne, La., but was transferred
here.
Captain Wimborly was camp officer
In CCC duty for five years, but a little
over a year ago, took a position
with the Camden high school facu.ty
with major duties of organizing and
training the high school band.
The captain is a graduate of the
University of South Carolina, the organizer
of the Gamecock orchestra,
and the last two years?drum major
of the university band, under Dr.
George Olsen. He is a graduate of
the Infantry school at Fort Benning,
Ga., and for over a year, has had hie
certificate of qualification for the commission
of major.
He is a eon of Dr. and Mrs. C. F.
Wimberly of Columbia.?Columbia
State. ;
It will be good news in Camden to
hear that Captain Wimberly has arranged
to come to Camden twice
weekly to continue his direction of
the Camdpn schools band.
Popular Announcer
To Reside in Camden
Jim Young, ace announcer of Radio
Station WIS, with Mrs. Young and j
child, will make their home in Camden
after May 15th.
Mr. Young came to Camden Wednesday
and after calling at the
Chamber of Commerce was taken JO
the "various listings within the scope
of accommodations desired. Be re
leaving Camden Mr. Young arranged
to occupy Miss Sarah Wolfe's apartment
on Lyttleton street.
City Wood Yard Is
In A New Location
The new city wood yard located at
the northeast corner of Broad and
Bull straits has been painted and present*
a greatly improved
The new wood yard waa built by
WPA labor. The yard Is enclosed
with a high wirs fsnca and ha# an
office and wood shelter.
glue* October the wood yard has
supplied the poor of the city with
ovsr two thoaaaad cord# of wood.
ROTARY CONVENTION TO
OPEN IN CAMDEN SUNDAY
Ramblers To Play
Jackets Sunday
Two polo team# made up of tho
cream of Camden polo talents and
wearing the yellow silke of tho Yel-lowjackets
and tho blue of the Ramblers
will battlq at tho No. 1 fleld
Sunday afternoou for the Rotary
trophies, an awurd in the form of
four attractive silver goblets donated
by the Camden Rotary club.
Hundreds of visiting llotarlans with
their Rotary Anns will be on tho side
lines watching the action on the fleld.
For the Rotarlans and their ladles
will be In Camden In attendance at
the 190 district convention which will
be In session Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday with headquarters at the
Kirkwood hotel, adjacent to the polo
I arena.
I The Jackets will have Burns at No.
Ll, Robertson at No. 2, Harrison at No.
I 3 and Boy kin at No. 4." The wearers
of the Rambler blue will be Tupper,
DuBoae, LlghtfOOt and Bates, Charley
I Little will bo tho hlnth man in the
I game. Llttlo is a player of note
himself and played polo with the
Camden group for years. Of late he
I has been coaching polo teams at
I Harrieburg and Lancaster, Penn.
The polo players werh praying for
I rain Thursday and Friday In order
I that the polo fleld would bo softened
I up. During the past two Sundays
I the surface has been so dry that the
J horses were frequently obscured by
rising dust clouds. In the evont the
rain does not fall Thursday and
Friday the club may call upon the
Are department to sprinkle the lawn
I Saturday afternoon and evening.
The No. 1 fleld will be the scene
I of much (mirth and merriment on
I Monday afternoon when E. Clarkson
I Rhame, master of ceremonies, pre
I sents his latest edition of "gymk
I hana" Mr. Rhame has been working
I hard for the past several weeks In
I preparation for this event which is
I a part of the Rotary convention enI
tertainment program. There will be
plenty of fun of a riotous nature as
J the mule race, i^iuld polo game,
I climbing the greased polo, egg and
I spoon race and many other comical
I events will keep the spectators In
la gale of laughter all afternoon.
The game on Sunday will broadcast
with a play by play description
I with Captain Bowden of Fort Jackson
at tho microphone. " .
Chamber Commerce
Appeal For Listings
Tho Chamber of Commerce is
again calling for listing of apartmenu
and houses.
While the tourist season is over, the
usual number of vacant homes and
I apartments in evidence during past
I years at this tlmo, Is not noted this
year.
During the past week the Chamber
has received seven requests for homes
I or apartments for family occupancy.
If there are any cottages, houses
I or apartments, furnished or unfurnishI
ed in Camden or vicinity, the owners
are requested to get In touch with the
J Chamber office at once.
j The possible expansion of the army
I base here this sumnter will mean that
I many more accomodations must be
I provided for the families of officers
I and instructors.
Burns Is Elected ,
As Rotary Leader
At a recent meeting of the Camden
Rotary club Moultrie B. Burns was
elected as president. He takes ofTlce
at the first meeting of the club In
July. Henry Savage, Jr. now preeldent,
will automatically become vice
president when Mr. - Burns takes
i charge.
! Lee Mayq was re-elected as socreI
tary while the directors elected are
j President Burns, Vice President Savage,
Ralph Shannon, Lee Little,
Douglas (McArn, and Sam Kareeh.
j Mr. Burns has been a member of
the Camden Rotary clnb for a long
period of time. He ranks as one of
the most eligible of Camden's
bachelor' colony and Is a ardent
eporteumn. Being to tar?tad particularly
to polo, being a member of
bachelor colony and . la an ardent
participant to polo gamaa.
Hundred* of Roatrians and Rotary
Anna of the 19.0th district will gather
in this city Sunday to participate in'
the conference which will bt\ in bcbHion
Sunday. Monday and Tuesday,
April 20, 21, 22.
Prepsrat ions have boon made by
the local conference committee to
take care of some seven hundred
visitors. The program which has
been prepared for the three day session
is inspirational and entertaining.
Among some the outstanding
speakers to -be heard during the convention
will be Dr. Jamos Kinard, .
president of Nowborry College, who
. will speak on the subject "Qommunity
Service"; Frank Hamblen, president
of the Greenville Rotary club,
who will discuss "Fellowship in
Rotary", Jeff H. Williams, Chickashu.
Oklahoma, director of Rotary International;
Edmund H. Harding, former
district governor, Washington. N.
C.; Pete Hollis, Greenville, on the
' subject "Youth Service", K. S. Covington,
Spartanbung club, on "Vocational
Service"; Rev. Lewis N. Tay'
lor of Columbia on the Rotarlan Mag'
azine;, Dr. C. Sylvester Greene, presl1
dent of Coker college and member of
? the Hartavllle club on "Rotary in a
- changing world."
The official conference program
just announced Is as follows:
8unday, April 20
[ 1 p. m.?Registration at Kirkwood
i hotel, convention headquarters.
2:30 p. m.-?Golf tournament, Klrkr
wood course. No fee.
i 3:30 p. m.?Polo game, Camden
Yellowjackets vs. Ramblers.
> 6:00 p. m.?House of Friendship,
i (Official Opening).
7:00 p. m.?Buffet supper. (No
, cover charge).
l 8:30 p. m.?Community singings.
l 9:00 p. m.?Concert?Quintet from
. Southern Symphony Orchestra.
10:16 p ,m.?Prize drawing (music
; room Kirkwood hotel)
11:46 p. m.?Prize drawing (House
i of Friendship).
12:01 a. m.?'Midnight dance, Jerry
, Gilbert's orchestra.
Monday, April 21
8:30 a. m.?Registration. Lobby
Kirkwood hotel.
9:45 a. m.?Group singing, conference
hall.
10:00 Ax..in,?^Conferonce called to
order by Conference Chairman Sam
Karesh, Camden; Invocation by the
Rev. A. D. McArn, Camden; welcome
by Henry Savage, Jr., president Camdon
club; welcome by Mayor F. N.
McCorkle of Camden.
10:25 a. in.?Communications and
announcements. John K. do Loach,
Conference chairman.
10:50 a. m.?Presentation of past
district governors and honor guests.
10:65 a. m.?Community singing.
11:00 a. m.?Address by the Rev.
Dr. Jam'es C. Kinard, president Newberry
College. Subject, "Community
Service".
11:20 a. m.?Drawing *for prizes.
Announcements by conference secretary.
11:30 a. m.?Address by Frank
Hamblen, president of Greenville, S.
C. club. Title "Fellowship in
Rotary".
11:50 a. m.?Drawing for prizes.
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Laurens St. Home
Destroyed by Flames
Fire believed to have been started
by electric wiring caused heavy damage
to the dwelling at 314 Xaurens '
street, occupied by Mrs. Glen G.
Mitchell , Tuesday afternoon at 3
o'clock.
The blaze was quite spectacular as
U?e Haines were roaring up twenty
feet or more when the department
arrived. Considerable water had to
be used to control the flames.
Damage by Are, smoke and water
to the building and contents will he
heavy. About half of the household
belongings were removed before the
flames reached the front part of the
dwelling.
(Mrs. Mitchell was alone in the
home at the time with her little child.
Mr. Mitchell, who was formerly manager
of a Broad street store. Is now
wt Portsmouth, Va.{ engaged in gov- ?
ernment work. Mrs. Mitchell and
child were to Join him as soon as he
conM obtain a home.
Tho Lenrena otraet property *H
own.4 by John Nettle, and W. Robin
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