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I do this because I ear that some citizens not fully ac ualnted with the true situation night be misled by the statement of fcproHuutatlve J, Olator Arrants aprTfthat this correspondence will: eceive the same publicity as the irticlo respecting the new supply bill iut In by Messrs. Arrants and Thornon. I It appears oertaln that the members of the honse of representatives rom Kershaw county are and have teen doing their utmost to force the lenator to do their bidding. Senator fohnson has not attempted to pubIclse his stand; but In view of the ight his letter to me throws on the Ituation, I am taking the liberty of [tying the patriotic citizens of Kerhaw county benefit of the informston therein contained. It la quite lear to any thinking person ac[uainted with the circumstances that he House members are the ones who iave been trying to fool the people, inless, Indeed, they have been badly nlsled themselves. I would not for: m Instant attempt to say to the Senitor what he should do with respect 0 this new Mil, but since It appeals rom the approp iations carried theren that the housp members still have he free text-book fund proposition n their minds, as well as taking the eea given-to the different cbnnty fllcers from them, so that they night not be able to give the needy oor of the county the benefit theref, and in view of the Senator's belief hat the legislative branch of the over ii merit should not dictate to he administrative branch, I do not Believe that he will look kindly on Be bill. I am sure that he' Witt not /n in dictating to the county board In<3 the county superintendent, of mads what the guards on the public works of the county shall be paid per month.. Too, I believe ~H~ "is cublomary for the Delegation to fix- the Ippropriatlons and the county auditor lo fix the levy. I During the past several years, with Be county board of directors, the Bounty delegation, and the county Inking fund commission cooperating logether, the county has been able' lo pay off a number o(| bond issues, Ionic of which ware old and- had ausod the county officials a great leul of concern, and Kershaw county as been brought to an enviable nancial position and now boasts the est or next-best credit rating of any Bounty in the, state. I trust very Buich that this fine position may be Maintained. It would be a great pity B thoso who have no pride In what Bas been accomplished, and who,have radically -no knowledge of cbunty Bovern ment. should be able to tear Bown that which has been so laborBush built up. ----- ? ? Respectfully submitted, W. T. REDPEARN, Chairman, bounty Board of Directors fori Kershaw County. ' Letter From Mr,.Redfdarn 1 W. T. Redfearn, chairman of the Bounty Hoard of Directors, bas ad ressed the following 'letter to the Bersh<iw county legislative delegation : - ? "As chairman of the board of Bounty Directors for Kershaw cpunty have, on several occasions, advised Bat unless early arrangements could B6 mado to supply funds for the conBnuation of W. P. A. PTOjS&a Ponsored by this county that all of Beae projects would be ensp?nded.K I am writing no# to say thiT since Be funds provided, these W. P. A. Bojf. is will be exhausted on or Bout April 28, next, unless funds can B? supplied, all W. P. A. projects Ponsored by the County Board of .'rectors f?r Kershaw county will be uspended on that date, and.that as BJ?n8Pquence considerable material B material money which wo have B our credit prill be lost 1 als0 call your attention, to the Bnl at county officers and emK?Iee.'Lhave not received any salary unf m?uth of January, 1941, and Br. fop necessary county sup jj for the past two mohths are unvatd. This situation is a serious one, and Eentlon wU1 have your immediate B for your information I am attach 5, ;op,y, of letter received today B eh llhiRtrates the sflfuaTfon in-reI ?u ? one of th? projects sponsored 'n's county." I v Leti?r From Engineer vaneatou Price, W. P. A. Engineer Bttwir!" a,rport **as addressed the folEh letter \be city of Camden B ?a countJr board of directors: fcVc l^Jro??^,"o?tA?rU $?lSiFn irws.r/Ar r B Fight Weevils Iri Efrrly Stages The m&nager of the Sputhero Cotton OU Company of this place has sqnt out the following; ^ "The attached letter Bhows that we, might harp serious weevil infestation this year and if you can ip some t^ay encourage the farmers to fight the weevil, I think you will be doing the County a lot of good. "Our County, as, well as the state of;~3ouftr Carolina has been malting big ; improvements en the yields of cotton since 1935, when the State as a whole averaged .only 262 pounds of lint per acre, yhereas, the average last year was 376 pounds per acre. "The government has restricted the acreage*to be planted in cotton and some farms have suSh a small acreage that the only way they can break even or make any money at all is to increase the yield per acre. Many farmers in our couhty are now raising a bale to the acre, whereas a few years ago they were raising from one-half to three-quarters of a bale to the acre. --"During bad years of weevil Infestation the farmers have gathered a half crop, which has cost the County large sums of money. ... "The weevil can be whipped in the eaVly, stages of making the crop by the use of sweet poison, called t l-W mixture, which'is one gallon of blackstrap molasses, one pound of calcium of arsenate and one gallon of Water. The small cotton Is mopped and the first migration of weevils eat this sweet application and most of them are killed. A few survive and the second migration takes place the first week In August Just as the top crop Is being made. In the past the farmers resorted tO( dusting the cotton to get the second migration, but the 9Tpftr<wlftnfAi stations have found the dusting expensive, and it does not always get results, and on {top of It, the heavy use of arsenate ; hurts the land. L "However, It Is found that' by getting the first migration and-saving ' the' bottom crop, that the farmers I still gather a fine yield. 'r "While"we sell " arsenate end molasBes, this is not a selfish request, for we will be glad to turn this iness over to the county agricultural agent, for after all, what we are interested In la the production of a big cotton crop, in our county. Not - (Please turn to page two) Camden Bows In Final Battle of Year Sans a scoreboard, sans an evenly rolled . Infield and sans about everything else one likes v in a baseball game, the Camden Highs closed their season by taking a 11 to 7 spanking from the Columbia Highs Friday, a team they had previously defeated 6 to 6 in what was really a baseball gams. . _ , * The Friday, game was a nightmare. There were no figures posted on the scoreboard, leaving the small but loyal coterie of fans Xiulte In the dark as to the inning being played and the score. ~ "* The infield, especially the bfese paths were .as rough as the Hermitage pond during a 40 mife gkle?so rough In fact, the batted balls bounded and leaped in a manner to baffle the efforts of the infleldere to field them properly. Upon several occasions the balls bounded over the heads of the players. Z-' * , In the outfield clamps of weeds grew in wfld^lnPfuston. The -ball park in fact was a far different picture than what it presented -during the stay of the Harrlsbnrg Senators. With the Legion baseball program coming up.i there will have to be a different letup ?t the pcrk tt tha sport Is to be made attractive to the fans. A little elbow grease on the diamond on the morning of a game day, removal of clumps of weeds from the outfield, raking up debris such as waste paper, broken glass and ^tha litre from in front of the bleachers and grandstand?these are a few of the requirements If the legion program is to be made a success. ? the game Friday Bowel! did tho pitching for Camden, ^nd While touched for eleven hits, it wtt wobbly support which accounted for a majority of the Columbia scores. One drive Into wentsr by Byrd of the visitors went for s home run. This wme Byrd registered five hits out of five ; limes at bat. Camden made five hits off Lefty Broom Jibe game was NP. Id on the Camden schedile-emd gave them * record * 10 wins M Against defeats. J :.'J. : j ' r;~ ^ ' Mayor in Warning To Camp Followers With, the plana for the First Army maneuvers to be held iu this area In the fall rapidly taking shape and the estimated pumber of troop* to participate now reaching a total of 560,000, F. N. McGorkle, mayor of t Camden, i* not wasting any time fx- . pressing a determination to keep Camden free of undesirable camp followers "at any cost". The mayor, In dlsoussing the expected Influx of hundreds of thousands of soldiers In Oofcober and jWnmber. stated that Camden would be prepared to cope with any situation which might arise through the camp followers situation. "We Are not going to wait until fall to make our plans" said the mayor. "We will be all set and prepared for any situation -oreventuality manjrweeke^before the maneuvers start. "The police department in cooperation with the office of the sheriff And state officers will b* ready and undesirable women and others who prey upon our soldiers will not find Camden a' pleasant place to stop In. J. can state at this time that any Influx of undesirables, trailers used for "Joint" purposes, opening up of honky tonka and the like will be checkedv without delay and all parties qjopcerned given short shift out of the confmunity. /* "It Is my Intention to Call a conference of the authorities in a short time and discuss this problem and at the same time make plans W combat the expected. I will call upon the sheriff, the chief of poljoe, officers of the flying school, tho engineers detachment and others interested to meet with me. I intend . to keep Camden free of contaminating . " < Handsome Alleys Open May 21 Three events of interest and Importance *re to feature the formal opening of the new Camden bowling center, located In the building on Broad street formerly occupied by the laundryrwednesday evening, May 21 at 8 o'clock. The first event will be a match between a team from the engineering detachment camped at 7'jthe fair grounds and a team from .the executive branch of the flying school. The winner of this match will pit their skill against a team of city officials led by Jack Kettles. The city hall team will probably include Nettles, Mckain, Morrison and Rush. The new bowling alleys, admittedly as fine as Any. in the stxte are operated by three Camden young men, H. E. "Buddy" Beard, Ernest L. WootSn and Thomas D. Wooten. There are four alleys ahd the establishment will be open dally. A "canteen" where soft drinks, sandwiches, cigarettes and the like may be purchased will be located In the new recreational unit. v The building has been renovated both Inside and out and will have all modern conveniences for the comfort o? patrons. Street Paving Will Be Started this Week . . G Work on the surfacing with macs* dam of Mill street, Jordan street, Union street and Carrlson avenue will be started this week, according to city officials. These streets have been under course of construction for surfacing for some time past and during the past several weeks "of dry weather, residents along the highways have been embarrassed by the clouds of dust which have been in evidenee. The city has completed the purchase of a new motor patrol and grader and also two new dump truck*. This equipment is of the very latest type and gives the city a great advantage for carrying' on work In which equipment of this type is used** Legion Members Hear Morris Tonight Cecil Morris, of Greenville, department commander of the American Legiont Is to be guest-e^the Camden Legion post tonight at- a dinner at the Pines. ' i The dinner, which >*111 be followed by an address by Commander Morris will start at 8 o'clock and officials 6t the Leroy Belk Post wish to remind all legionnaires that the dinner Is free to all who have their 1241 membership dues paid. : -* ...-x Cards announcing the dinner and address by Commander Morris were sept to all members et the local poet by Arthur Clark muriate lirmnttallw laffV^. . t ?, 4 A uuusiMut/ ami go, frmiywr*- y i ' :x* ' > r V m Augusta-Tfoop To Battle Camden . . 1wtim One of hte closest fought polo games of the aeaaon la anticipated next Sunday at the No. 1 field here when an all-Oamden fouraome will offer battle to a team selected from the rauka of the Eaaex Troop and the Auvueta polo olub. Advance Information 'iudlcatea that the invaders will offer a powerful and fast aggregation with Major Don McOrath at No. 1, Harry Waggoner, of Augusta at No. 2, Lieutenant E. Edgertou ot the Troop at No. 3 and Jim Mlpniek. of Augusta at No. 4. just what players will make up the Cathden team has not been announced by Secretary and Manager C. P. Dulfese. Jr. of the Camden club. DuBoue has pleuty of talent to choose from, .as such stars as Klrby Tuppov, M. B. Burns, Charley Robertson, Joe Bates, Carl Lightfoot and DtjBose htmselfraro H,l available. In caaer of! a pinch Ancrum Boykln. another skUleid rider can be secured. Polo specialists around here believe that the starting lineup of the Camden team will feature Klrby Tupper at No. 1, DuBose at No. 2, Lightloot at No. 3 and Bates at No. 4. However the fine ball Burns and Robertson have been offering during the past season may result in one or both getting the nod for Sunday's fracsa. The fervent hope of all polo players and fhns la J!or a good rain before next Sunday. The . polo field ia so dry that at timeB last Sunday the playeks were completely obscured by of heavy dust. ' It was officially announced this week that the polo season win come to a close on 8unday, May 25th with Sr return game between the teams > listed for the clash this week-end. Camden polo teams and management given the polo fans atx months ot fine sport, the program starting in December of 1940. During this time such outstanding teams as the Essex Troop. Princeton Reserve officers, Plnehurst, Augusta, Mulberry and Camden have given plenty of riding to thousands of spectators. Committees Named By C. P. DuBose President C. P. DuBose of the Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce has announced the following committees tot the flBcal year, beginning May 1st. *_wft Executive? DuBose, Villeplgue, Mays. McCorkle, and Heath. * Finance' and budget?McCorkle, deLoaoh, DuBose, Niles. Legislation?Carrison, Whitaker, McCorkle. _ | Industrial?Speaks, Carrison, yillepigue, Vncrum, Guy. 1 Aviation?Nettles, Whitaker, Carrison, Hulse, Huglin, McKftin. - Civic?deLoach, Van Landingham, Speaks, McCorkle. Merchants?McKain. Mays,. Burns. Van Ita&dhyflMNftj Membership?Villeplgue, Van Landingham, Burns, Carrison, SpeakB, McKain, DuBose, Neese, Eichel, Mad* dox, L. Myers. ... Fram - Activities?Carrison, Whitaker,. deLoach- ? Publicity and advertising?Niles, McCorkle; DuBose, Heath. Army Aetivltlee--H. G- Carrison. Whitaker, McCorkle? Nettles, Burns, Villeplgue, Lieutenant Huglin, Joe McKain, Villeplgue. Recreational ? Villeplgue, Hulse, Huglin,' Nettles, A. Robinson, H. A. Small.T.B. Bruce, Heath. Merchants Meeting Scheduled Monday ujkn important meeting of the Camden Retail Merchants association will be held at the American Legion hall next-Monday evening at 8 o'clock. President A. C. McKain wishes to call the attention of all merchants to the fa$t that at this meeting directors will be elected, a constitutlob and bylaSrs adopted and committees will be i named. ' It la hoped to have a large turnout of merchants and business men in | attendance. All meetings of the merchants association begin promptly at 8 o'clock: and continue for Just one hour. 1 rjt Smith Manages Ausable Chasm i, " The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Milton'C. Smith and family wUl.be pleased *to learn that they are to be lorntrtd at the Ausable Chasm hotel, at Ausable Chiljjj^y^ Tork, during the coming season. . ; [. Mr. 'Bmith Is to. manage the hotel at this famous place, returning to Camden In the fall to arrange for the opening of the Kbkwood hotel for the llMldMI'VMtr deaeon. j[pi Viwipswiiiii ' Postal Ret&pts Show ^rRM*rowth Added evident of the InleroattnK growth of Camden is noted In the report of Postmaster O. P. DuUOse, Sr., which show a a sain of postal receipts for April, 1941, over April, 1910, of 18 per cent. , This gain In postal receipt# la commensurate with the gain in population for the past year, the figure being 22 per cent, which Is outstanding among cities of less than IB,000 population. In April 1940, tho total receipts of the pos toff ice was $2,610,08 and this year the total came to $3,001.32. Iho amazing feature of this gain is that April this year exceeds February and March by a neat margin and these months are supposedly the banner months of the year because the winter program with hotels In | full operation prevails during ,the [period. ... The pooreBt month thsi year was January when a decrease of approximately $154.00 over January, 1940, was noted. This wag "due; aeeording~to Postmaster C. P. DuBose, Sr., to the slow start of the winter season, particularly in tho late arrival of the winter residents and visitors. It is Interesting to note In ?* other resort communities that tnere was a decrease of postal receipts amounting to between 18 and 29 per cent. The Camden decrease amounted to kbout 10 per cent. February, 1941, showed a good gain over February a year ago, while March also showed a substantial inI crease for this year. April then came I into the picture with an increase of | just $461.49 or 18 per c^ent over April I of a year ago. , * Discuss Plans . For Soldiers Canteen A community meeting, held at the Legion hall Tuesday evening for the purpose of discussing the establishing of a soldiers canteen in Camden was attended by a crowd of iome sixty men and women. The matter discussed at length, some advocating the renting of a dwelling where a form of soldiers club could be established while others favored .using the Legion hall and Installing recreational equipment therein. A final decision provides for equipping the Legion hall and making a trial venture of a month. If the affair proves a success consideration of a change to a dwelling will be In order. , Defense Forces Hold First Drive .. Seventy members of Company B? First Regiment, South ^Molina Defense Forces, held their first military drill In the gymnasium of the Camden high school Wednesday o^??lng before galleries crowded witr. proud relatives. ~ ' The company, ~ commanded ny Captain John K deLoach and Lieutenant S. C. Clyburn will taoM weekly drills and uhttl the new armory is ready for occupancy will drill In the old armory on Rutledge n | p 0 O f - f Members of the company were measured for uniforms and caps following the drill Wednesday evening.' ' ? Camden Prices Are Above State Average * - V The first survey of retail food prices covering thirty-six Items has Just been completed by the*Division of Consumer Protection In Foods ol the South Carolina Council for National Defense. \ > The report, compiled from studies made by the women's division of th? County Councils for National defense shows that tho price trend in Camden Is sllgbtf above'the state average, For instance flour is higher here than what the state average shows. White bread however is lojrer in price but whole wheat shows'gn^iglM er price. ? In western beef Camden is quite -a bit higher and this applies to round steak and rib roast. Chuck roast is average. Bacon Is higher here than elsewhere and/ the same is .true of center cuts of ham. Salt pork shows a slight Increase while poultry Is quite a bit above the average. Particularly is this true of fryers. in the fish registration croakers are lower but salt mackerel is higher. Butter is more and the sapm la true about milk. { Coffee id paper sacks is lower bnt that In cans is higher and the same is true of tea, The local survey is taken ojObe 16th day Of every month; Forward or Backward B. BL Lee, of tyute 2 Camden,-netted at The Chronicle office this week ssstta rsr* a,h* r Army Officer Explains the Plan Lieutenant John Dial of the United States army, who with Ernest C. Zomp, nre engaged in securing trespass rights on land in Kershaw county for use in army maneuvers in the fall, are making excellent progress. Permits, In petition form, are In the hands of Lieutenant Dial and Mr. Zomp and are to he signed by all * owners, tenants and share croppers in tho county. The permit reads as follows: "We, the undersigned, Invito the United States Army to maneuver and bivouac (camp temporarily) upon our lands during October and November* 1941, with the understanding that we will bo compensated by tho United States government for any damage which may accrue as the result of such use." The obtaining of the signatures must bo completed by Juno 16 In order that the army officials may bo notified whother or not to proceed with the contemplated exercises. Governor Maybank . has told tho officials that he had. on behalf of the people of tho state, promised the army tho full and wholehearted support and assistance^ the "patriotic people of South Carolina." The governor states that while a great majority of the staple foods such as flour and other items would be shipped Into South Carolina in carload lots under regular government contracts, vast quantities of fresh vegetables, eggs, butter, milk knd other perishables would be purchased locally. He pointed out that in addition to that money being spent in the maneuver area, there would be an Influx of thousands of tourists, members of the families of the men engaged in themaneuvers, and others who would visit the state. In addition to that form of advertising, Governor Maybank predicted that feature writers for the largest newspapers and magasines and photographers for the newsreels and press associations would ffood the country with news of the state and its advantages. He has called on the people to give every bit, of assistance to those engaged in securing the trespass rights on the vast acreages of land and to cooperate in every way with the army officials in maiklng the maneuvers a success. Lieutenant Dial described the pur, pose of the maneuvers as being of the utmost importance in the "training, , handling and supply of troops concentrated In the field under battle conditions. The commanders must learn how to handle troops and the soldiers must learn how to handle themselves. They must develop teamwork. - "If this is not done In practice, we must eventually have to do so on the battlefield at the useless cost of the lives of many of our youths." He explained that the maneuvers - planned were to be "free' maneuvers wherein the actual reality of tho batlefleld is being simulated. For that reason, a large area of; land is * required for tire use of the ttoops In ~ order that there might be room for mobility. In planned maneuvers, he explained, It w^s possible for the army authorities to arrange ahead of < tpiM Jar Ike use at ?oc& tend us 1b necessary since it is pre-detefmlned as to where the troop units would be at & given, time. Many of the Areas where trespass rights will .be, secured will not be used by the troops, he said, since under the "free" maneuver plan it is not possible to pre determine the dls- position of the military units at any given time. October and November were chosen for the maneuver time in order to complete the preliminary training of the troops and because of the fact that the harvesting of the crops would i be virtually completed by that time and that there would be less possibility of crop damage. Lieutenant Dial minimised the , possibility of crop damage to a great ! extent because, he said, the troop , movements would be made largely by truck on, the roads and highways and ' because the troops would be trained to keep under cover of woods and . sheltered places in order to hide them from enemy observation.' (Pleaee turn to page three) Camden-Augusta Team Victors A combination Augusta-Osasden team effectively bottled up thS'llulberry foursome Sunday afternoon. , winning an exciting match, 4 to 2. While the yellow silks of Augusta and Camden were effective lu defense against Robertson, Tapper and DuBose they Cbuld notsldpLIghtfoot, who rang the bell for the two goals scored by the plantation team. Bates was the tower of defense for the Augusta team, the guest star from Wateree breaking up a Mulberry offensive again and again, plucking the ball froth a sizzling flight toward hie goal to drive in beyond the danger *one. , * i [ > EVery member of the C-A combination scored doting the afternoon. Bums and Waggoner posted counters ter- the first round while Mulberry , . went scoreless, la the second Lightfoot's goal was the only one scored. r Wr team scored o* ~ ~ ~ Jim Minnie** jnlce shot wfaOe Mai- ~ berry was soofelsgs. In tho fourth Bates shot the final r goal for thp C-A team while Light* ' foot's, shot fa the fifth marked the *ni ot ** Mulberry. Next Sunday a Camden teem. pV?kp ed from the talent of the load polo dab will rmr the Essex troop. % ~_?. t .^T?:?f?-?r?7?t?7'?x'?