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VOLUME 53 - ^ CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1941 NUMBER 19
Camden Calmly Goes
On Daylight Saving
Hello folks: Did you get mixed up
on the fast time stuff last'Monday f
For a fact we know of several instances
where friends of ours on Sunday
evening became confused as to
whether they were to move up. the
clock one hour?or^ was it turn it
back.
They found out their error in movie
back, when they strAggled out two
hours late Monday morning.
For the most part Camden stepped
into day light saving time without
any commotion, In fact, very few
people noticed the difference Monday
morning ?but?they did take note of
the change in the late afternoon, for
the new order at the present time
makes a long, long evening.
Some of the boys took advantage
of the extra evening hour by trundling
the lawn mower out of the shed and
into action. Others fussed around in
the garden. If they keep this program
in operation the public will see
some nicely tanned complexions and
perhaps?we hope so?a reduction in
the waist line.
The members of the Wateree Mill
softball team are glad of the extra
hour for it means greater success In
booking out-of-town teams for games.
Hundreds of devotees.of swimming
and bathing are gleeful of the extra
bour because it permits of longer
hours in the cooling waters of their
I&Yored swimming hole.
Just how long the daylight plan will
prevail has not been announced.
There Is a general belief that it will
continue through September At JeftpL
New Firm Locates .
On Rutledge Street
r. K. Haskew and Company, with
J. J. Harrison, formerly of Chattanooga,
Tenn; in charge as manager,
have established quarters in a new
building on Rutledge street and will
deal In new and used Woodworking >
machhiery.
Mr. Harbison, his wife and child,
are in Camden and have been looking
for a house for some time* They
hope to be able to secure a dwelling
and then have their furniture brought
here from Chattanooga.
The new warehouse has been constructed
on the large cotton platform
and, the walls and roof are of sheet
metal. Considerable merchandise in
the form of used woodworknig machinery
is on the s&lee floor and more <
is arriving dally.
The company does not expect to i
do any local business in the retail i
, line, but established the sales warehouse
in Camden by reason 'of Its i
being so centrally located to large
communities in the two, Carolines and !
Georgia.
Maybank to Offer J
For U. S. Senate j
Burnet R. Maybank, South Caro- (
Una's able governor, formerly an- 1
nounced Thursday his candidacy for '
the United States Benate to fill the 1
post left vacant by the elevation of 1
James F. Byrnes to the position of ]
associate justice of the supreme court
of the United States. Gov. Maybank {
submits himself as a candidate subject
to the Democratic primary scheduled
for September 2.
In his formal announcement, the
lovernor said he had decided to ask
the people of South CarAUnd to fond
him to the Senate because he feels J
he can be of greater service to them ^
and the State in Washington. .
"Beacuge of my cloeo association
and friendship with President Roose- t
sit and the1 members of his admin- j
istration, I will have a wider oppor- j
tunity to serve the State as senator (
than I would by continuing as governor
during the remain lag months of ^
tty term." j
Governor Maybank is the fourth to i
announce his candidacy for the senate
vacancy. Congressman Joseph
BryRon of Salads, and former Gover- *
Dor (Win D. Johnston of Spartanburg
already have announced.
BRITON KILLED * .
Albany, Ga., July 25?A British jj
?adet training to fly wirpUnw for 'j
the raf was killed today when his y
founded training plane was smash* >j
p<3 by another trainer attempting to ,
take-off. , r : t
B'Archy H. Wilson of Barkbooth,
Windermere, Westmoreland, Bag- I
was sitting in his glens en the 1
light line when the eeooni plane i
?*foed into him, tS^eg hie hSeSs&ttr.ii
Army Chaplains To
FiH Church Pulpit
Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Clarke, Miss
Margaret Clarke and Maurice Clarke,
Jr.; left Wednesday morning for Wisconsin
where they will spend the
next several weeks at TeRonde
Beach, some forty miles north of
Milwaukee on the west shore of l?ake
Michigan.
During the absence of Dr. Clarke,
the pulpit of Orace church will be
occupied by supply rectors from the
r*uk* of the Episcopal chaplains at
Fort Jackson. '
Next Sunday the Rett* Homer D.
Hoover, rector of St. Bartholomew's
Church at Hartsville, and chaplain of
the 80th Division at Fort Jackson, will
conduct the 11:15 o'clock service,
which will be holy communion and
sermon.
On Sunday, August 10, the morning
prayer and sermon will be conducted
by Chaplain William H. R.
Jackson, chaplain of the 120th Infantry;
on Sunday, August 17th, the
morning prayer and sermon service
will be in charge of Chaplain Robert
H. Grlbbln of the 106th Medical regiment,
who outside of his army afflllatlon,
Is the Bishop of Western North
Carolina. On August 24th the morning
prayer and sermon will be conducted
by Chaplain Eugene L. Nixon
of the 20th Field Artillery Battalion.
Dr. Clark will return during the
week prior to August 81st and will
have charge of the services at Grace
church on that date.
Patrolmen Will
^ Watch Vehicles
A. W. Bohlen, director of the Motor
Vehicle Division. sun highway department,
announced today that while
approximately 50,000 motor vehicles,
or 95 percent of all those Inspected,
had been given approval stickers
throughout the state during the
month of June and that for the first
two months of the present Inspection
period. May and June, over 11,-1
000 had been approved, the rate of I
approvals was not commensurate
with the large Increase in registrations
of motor vehicles.
The Inspection Division Is concerned
particularly with those vehicles
which have not come into the inspection
station at all and for this reason
an enforcement will be started
throughout the state. All motor
vehicle operators who do not display
on their vehicle either the first per- lod
1941 or the second period 1941 "
sticker will be prosecuted and instructions
have been issued, Mr. Bohlen
said, to the patrol throughout the
state to enforce the law against delinquent
motor vehicle owners who
have not obtained proper stickers.
Lieutenant Hutto of The State
Highway Patrol District Two Including
five counties reports that beginning
on the morning of August 7 the
partolmen in his district have been
instructed to start an enforcement
campaign. There will not be any so- (
called "drive" by the patrolmen but 1
all patrolmen will be continuously on '
the alert while on duty for delin
auent operators and Cases will be '
made where ever they are found.
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Camden Contributes!
To Aluminum Drive;
Camden contributed some 610 1
pound* of aluminum to the national <
lefense program, according to figure*
made public by Mr*. Wylie Skeorn, |
chairman of the woman'* division of
the Kershaw County Council of DeMr*.
Sheorn expressed her gratitude
to thp ctiy of Camden, the Boy <
Scouts ana all other* who were active i
In the furtherance of the aluminum ^
collection. ' ]
It waa pointed out that the Camton
collection waa in the main con- t
Ined to pot*, pans and other can*, i
U1 being of the small utensil type. ^
John Mullen Gets j
Appointment t
>S *
John Mullen, Jr., one of the most
wpular boys In Camden, I* receiving c
he congratulations of his Jegion of c
fiends over his appointment to the r
United States naval academy at j
thnapolis. The appointment was t
nade possible through the cooper*- t
ion of CongTeeeman J. P. Richards, f
John Mullen attended Virginia Miliary
Academy last year and but for
lie entrance Into the naval sradsmj c
von Id have started hie second year J
Ninety-Nine Percent
Land Owners Signed
Ernest C. Kemp, county maneuver
director and Lieutenant J, P. Dial,
army representative, announce the
successful completion ot the campaign
to secure the landowners' consent
for the coming army maneuvers.
A total of 99 2-10 per cent of all tlie
land In Kershaw county has now|
been slgued for. Thqre are several
land owners impossible to locate, but
the officials declare that this was a
condition that was expected.
Rather than do these citizens not
contacted the injustice of marking
their land in red on the maneuver
maps and placing signs on the lands
which would announce to the public
that use of it has been refuted to.the
United States army the more Juit
course appeared to be to asshme that
In the light of the wide publicity given
maneuvers, all are now acquainted
with the program, hence silence will
henceforth give consent as far as the
use of the land is concerned.
If any land owner wishes to refuse
the use of his land, he has only to
call at the officce of the county maneuvers
director on DeKalb street and
his wishes will be respected.
Camden Has Plenty
Of Fine Cafes Now
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Camden's array of restaurants and
cafes will offer a spic and span greeting
to soldiers and tourists when the
fall season Is ushered in.
The M mud K coffee shop, always a
favorite eating place for visitors, Is
rspldly preparing to open up in a new
and modern building at double the
size the restaurant was formerly. A
handsome new front of modernistic
design, new interior and fixtures and
with a complete airconditionlng feature,
this popular eating place will
reopen within a short time.
The Roxy cafe on DeKalb street,
operated by Louis Scouphas has boon
completely renovated and the interior
finished in subdued paste?-shades on
masonite. New flourescent lighting
fixtures and a temporary ventilation
system installed. Scouphas has announced
that next spring a modern
air-conditioning system will be installed
in the cafe.
The Camden coffee shop, managed
by Nick Michiotls and located on
DeKalb street near postoffice has
been opened for business and the
management reports an auspicious i
opening week. It is the intention of'
Mr. Michiotls to make some changes
next spring which will result In the
establishment being remodeled to
conform to the plan of several outstanding
Athens eating houses.
The Wooten tea room, another favored
stop for tourists as well as many
local people has been renovated and
presents an attractive appearance in
a color motif which features the national
colors.
The Sevqn Seas, Camden's latest
cafe, and located on DeKalb street, has
attracted a big patronage^ The management
states that the Venture has
proven a success far beyond the fondest
expectations of all concerned.
The Kandy Kitchen on Broad
street, under the management of Ted
Beleos has been renovated and made
attractive to customers. New paneled
walls, enlarging of the serving
room aad a general renovation has
served to enhance the appearance of
he place greatly.
Car Recovered;
Thieves Arrested
An automobile, stolen from the
leputy sheriff at Rockingham, N. C.
iras recovered here a few hours later
rhen police arrested three >oung
nen riding in the car.
The report of the theft of the car
cached police headquarters here at
11:20. The description of the car
ras broadcast to all police officers
tnd at 1:30, Officer Dallas Mahoney,
vho was on duty at Broad and Details
streets, aawnaiaar answering to
he description go west toward*,Coumbia.
Hastily commandeering a car the
iff leer followed the stolen car and
aught up with it Juirt weet of the 1
iier bridge. The three youths were <
ilaced under arrest and broaght back J
o this city where later in the day
hey were turned over to authorities
rom Rockingham
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Well! Anyway It Was
Retil Hot In Camden
With Old Sol beaming down tor
the fourth successive day with a torrid
amile, seemingly seeking to make
amends for the three weeks ot rain,
this department decided to wander a*
long the main drag and do a little
heat investigating.
The question to the man on the
street and the chap who owns the
thermometer has been "How hot Is
it?". We didn't ask the question, we
just looked at the thermometer.
^nd let me say that the question
will never be answered if one is to
depend on the thermometers, for the
heat mark depended entirely upon
where the thermometer was suspended.
f According to the official government
reading it was 94 on Monday.
There are scores of thermometers located
on ^tore fronts up and down
both sides of DeKalb and Broad
streets and according to the chaps
who own them, each and every one J
is accurate. The funniest part of
this is that each and every one had
a, different story to tell.
One ambitious thermomter registered
110 degrees while another one,
evidently In a state of depression was
, record!if 88. ?AH of my readings
were taken within a period of one
bourse time.
We ventured into one store and
chaneed to find a thermometer hanging
on the wall and recording 115 degrees.
Which sent us out in a hurry.
Over In the Seven Seas cafe we relaxH
In a neat with a happy "Ah-h-h-V
for H was Just 74 In there.
In another place the boss had a
cake of Ice back of an electric fan
and believe it or not, the air from that
i fan was nice and cool.
We heard one fellow remark that
he was going to get a bottle of quinine
water and when we inquired as
to what quigine water is, were informed
that it was a liquid to mix
with gin as a cooling drink in hot
weather. We have not sampled any
;^%alt pills were in demand, they being
valuable to replace valuable salts
lost to the body through perspiration.
Ice cream parlors and soda stands
reported a Pushing business Monday
and on every day when Old Sol smiled
broadly.
Grey Nun, Camden
Polo Pony in life
In a recent Issue of Life magazine,
Camden polo breaks into the public
gaze through the medium of a wellknown
oil company.
A page advertisement is given over
to a picture of a polo pony rider. The
pony is Grey Nun, owned Jointly by
Charles P. DuBose, Jr., and Charles
Robertson of the Camden polo club.
The rider, who is about to mount the
pony, is Cyril Harrison, manager and
coach of the polo club and an outstanding
player of national reputation.
This picture which appears in color
was taken by Bert Clark Thayer one
afternoon last season. The advertisement
of the oil company is well
arranged and exemplifies the speed
of the polo pony in the promotion of
the appeal for the use of the particular
gas sold by the advertising company.
The advertisement reads in
part "You've seen movies of polo
games, how fast those poines turn,
getaway fast. That's ths quick actio?
you want whan you drivs. And
youH gst It with ????? gas".. ,
I? the picture the grey , mare has ,
uplifted head* half turned as if j
watching bar rider prepare to mount i
Coach Harrison is wearing ths ysl- ,
low silks of the Camden Yellow- \
Jackets. 1
REDFEARN COW COMPLETES
NEW OFFICIAL RECORD ^
Peterborough, N. H.?A new record, I
exceeding the average of The Quern- 1
sep breed for her age and class has 1
just been completed by a five year *
old cow, Lassie's BHUtan-Beauty 424,- <
781 Of bamden. S. c., tested and own- j
ed by W. T. Bedfearn. Her official ^
record supervised by the Clemeon
Agricultural College and announced
by The American Guernsey Cattle 1
Club fts 11848.5 pounds of milk and 1
59L8, pounds of butter fat, class A. 1
T* '
Patrolman L. H. Henderson, station- 1
ed at Chsraw, states that hs will b# l
in Camden at the Laagston Motor
Company svsry Thursday from 9 a.
mI tO. J p. m. for ths purpose of Issw ,
lag auto drtvsrs liosnsss. *\i
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Missing Bus Found
In Swamp Near Here
While Charleston city and county
authorities and state police combed
the highways and the byways <!fa
their search for a $4,000 bus belonging
to the Gray Line Tours, Inc., the
vehicle, stolen from the Gray Line
company parkiug lot In Charleston
late Wednesday night w&h resting
comfortably on a desolate side road)
bIx miles from Camden. I
A lumberjack, cruising through the
swampy section on a road which wasj
little more than a trail, came upon
the bus Thursday afternoon. It was I
about a hundred yards off the Camden-Sumter
highway but because of
the dense foliage and a turn In the
trail, was most effectively screened
from cars on the arterial.
The lumberjack notified a state
patrolman of his find and in a short
time the bus had been backed out of
the swampy trail and to the main
road whence it waB driven to this
city. Later, when the Charleston authorities
were notified of the recovery
of the stolen vehicle, a driver
came here to take the bus back.
When the discovery of the missing
bus was made, bus company officials
were puzzled. They could not understand
how any one would want to
steal such a conspicuous vehicle and
they felt certain that the driver had
not absent-mindedly left it some place
and forgotten where that place might
he.
Charleston police did discover a
party who reported baring seen Che
bus Thursday morning at 7 o'clock,
traveling at high speed toward Columbia.
The police admitted they
were stumped and that It was the first
time they had ever had to search for
a stolen bus.
The driver, who had parked the
bus when he went to a night lunch
stand to get a "bite" said he left the
Ignition keys In place as he never
dreamed that anyone would "swipe
a bus".
Two Injured When
Greyhound Hits CajMr.
and Mrs. William Hinson, residents
of Mill street, were taken to
the Camden hospital Sunday afternoon,
following a collision between
a car they were in and a Greyhound
bus near Wayside park west of the
c^y
The accident occurred when Hinson,
said to be the driver of the car
swung in front of the approaching
bus, apparently to make a turn. The
bus driver was unable to bring the
big machine to a stop and the resultant
crash caused the small car to be
dragged several yards.
In the Hinson car were four or five
other persons, all said to be children.
How they escaped death under the
big bus is regarded as a miracle as
the auto was reduced to Junk.
Another accident which resulted in
considerable damage to autos but
none to the occupants occured at the
corner 6t Lafayette and Broad streets
Saturday afternoon. A car driven by
Horace Hudson collided with a taxi
owned and driven by Leslie McGuirt.
Emergency Job Time
Is Nearing An End
The end of a period in which aome
citizens have been able to accomplish
savings owing to thd1 emergency
worka program of the federal government
may be in sight, It is Indicated
by a decreased federal appropriation
for WPA projects and an uncertainty
aa to whether such a program will
t>e continued by the foVe^hment
while it is arming for
Under the emergency program
many citizens were enabled to save
In the coeta of pavements, curb# and
rotters, sewers snd the like assessed
i gainst their property. Under the
provision of the WPA act property
>wners were assessed only the coet i
)f material while the libor costs were
>afd for by the federal government as
hey afforded projects to keep men
vorking.
Even though some federal aid may
n the future be available for such
vork, H is possible that - sufficient >
abor may not be available on w. Jpv i
k. rolls to do it. It the projnets cantot
be undertaken with WPA* labor,
property owners would be rognirtd to
my their fhir share of such projects,
ncludlng the eoet of labor.
la mors than 9H
* than Los Angeles,
Stars of Yesterday
To Don Moleskins
When the "all-slnr" foot ball
teama take the field here Friday,
AuKUHt 16 Ht 8 p. m. the several
thousand spectators expected to
view the game, will see the moat
varied conglomeration of business
trado representatives ever assembled
under a night sky.
Acting Mayor Joe McKaln is to be
reforeo of this all-Important event,
lleck Russell, traffic cop will be umpire
and Boykln Rhame former Citadel
star, will be head linesman.
Among some of the "greats" of
past years who will be seen In action
will be Blrney Dunlap. former P. 0.
ace, now engaged In the trucking and
dray business In Camdeu. Dunlap
has been playing softball all summer
and la in tine shape for the grueling
fracas In August. Othors who will
strut their prowess will be Bobby
Bell, Jack Marshall. Wilson. Steve
Bundrick, Buddy Zemp, Kirby Tupper,
Hendricks, Jake Hayne, Howell,
Merrill, Boineau, Billy Mullen, Johnny
Mullen, Williams, Archie Stein, Irby,
"Watts, 3. Stein, Lynch, Robinson, McCasklll,
Wooten, Oliver, Halsall,
Elmer Nolan, C. Nolan and Redfearn.
In this category of football brilliance
Jake Haynes will be outstanding.
Jake has taken part in all of
the altatar events in the past, despite
the fact that age has robbed him of
his hirsute adornment. Elmer Nolan
is a speed cop and while not expected
to show the same degree of Alacrity
on the gridiron as on the motor bike,
he usually does his share of playing.
Practically all of the talent above
mentioned learned their football under
John Villeplgue, Camden coach.
It will be two teams using the Villeplgue
system clashing when the
whistle starts the fray. Coaching one
team will be E. Clarkson Rhame while
the other will be under the tutelage >
of Lindsay Pierce.
Camden is on edge for this big battle
and the training camp fund, recipient
of all receipts, should be
plentifully enriched by the sheckles
expected to pour over the counters at
the entry gates.
gealth Officer Gives
ot Weather Advice
Precautions to be taken by citlsens
to safeguard their health during the
heat wave were outlined this week
by Dr. A. W. Humphries, county
health officer. s."
The health officer said that people
should avoid strenuous exercise and
that they should not eat too much,
particularly refraining from too
much meat. He recommended that
they take a pinch of salt In a glass
of water three or four time a day.
Dr. Humphries also warned against
staying in the sun too long.
1 Persons seeking relief from the
heat at the lake or beaches were
warned to avoid swimming when
overheated. He also cautioned against
going into the 'water too soon
after eating.
The practice of taking salt- In hot
weather Is one which has been followed
by employees on federal projects.
On hot days salt tablets are
distributed to WPA workers in many
localities.
Camden People Give
Orders For Coal Now
Summer orders tor coal have -been
much greater this year In the
poet, according to the John M. Vllleplguq
Coal Company. .This; it Is said,
indicates that the public Is responding
to the appeal to lay In a stodjt of coal
to relieve an expected shortAge in railroad
cars and lake and ocean vessels.
The opinion of Mir. Villeplgue !e
reflected In statements from other
fuel dealers In Camden and Indicates
that from the transportation view
point, summer stocking of coal la a
matter of using oars now and thus
saving them later on at the traffic
peak. This effects not only car supply
but also the demand ott motive
power, terminals, yards in general
the whole transportation system
Including waterways and trucks.
"The transportation department ot
the United States chamber of commerce
states that Afce-beat estimates
Indicate an - increase of at leant ten
percent In jooal requirements for the
year, necessitating production of mora
than 11^00,000 tons of
coal weekly for the remainder of the
year. ^
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