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The Camden Chronicle T ' f-i' *if* *s * .'* ' *" ' >:?.> '* v %N ; -. ? - -- ? ' '' * H * * e ' I II a?B=-I 1... -3-gat?Nwiwt?g I ? ? <- : -m- : ' VOLUME 53 - CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, ^RIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1941 NUMBER 22 ????-??mimm ? ? I B ?H BH 1 ? a i i United States Army Occupies Kirkwood A group Of five officers and twenty enlisted men have arrived In Camden end are quartered at the Kirkwood botel where they are preparing for the opening of the headquarters for the Public Relatione unit of the First arniy. to be housed there during the maneuvers period the coming fall. The city cooperating with the army K'?up hy paving Green street from Broad to the golf entrance of the Kirkwood grounds. In addition (he road leading from the hotel to the polo field is to be graded and given * coat of asphaitum. All this Is done to ellminiate dust. * It ia proposed to use the polo field tor army ceremonials and it may be the center of band concert activity. By the middle of. September it is said that the hotel personnel will include some 42 officers and about 200 enlisted men. The army has leased the hotel for th?p duration of the war maneuvers and It will be operated by the army. During the maneuvers it will have as guests the foremost writers, both newspaper, news service and magazine, In the nation. In addition there will be observers from the war and navy grounds, from foreign nations, as well as congressmen, senators and public officials from Washington present. The commanding officer of the Public Relations bureau has extended an Invitation to the Camden News Service representative to attend the daily press conferences during the war games. Because of the narrowness of Broad street and the high hanks ht the intersection of Green street, signs with button reflectors will be placed on Broad street north and south of the intersection, ,*warning motrists to glow up. Milton C. Smith, president of the Kirkwood Hotel, iu a letter to the Chamber of Commerce announces the completion of negotiations to lease the first army the resort hotel for use as a public relations headquarters during the tall maneuvers. - The hotel is normaWy not open during this period and will be open for its regular season from January 16, 19^2 to mid April. The Army lease starts September 16 and expires December first. (Please turn to page eight) Kershaw Gridders Trample Bulldogs Kershaw served notice ppon the football world that the county line city will be in there throwing punches during the coming football season when a team of Kershaw grid talent, comprising a backfteld which will wear the colors of the high school this season handed a team of Camden talent a 7 to 0 shellacking at Zemp stadium Friday night before some 700 fans. Sparked by two mail carriers named M. Newton and Jim Small, the Kershaw all-star aggregation rolled merrily over an under-manned Camden outft, posting ten first downs as against four registered by the locals. With hundreds of football enthusiasts from Chester augmenting a fairsized Camden turnout, the gate went sbove that of a year ago and the camp fund will realise a neat sum toward providing a vacation and training trip to boys who otherwise *ould not be able to go. To the chagrin of the local football colony, but fifteen players turned out to don the gold and black of the Bulldog group. And not a blocking back or a wingback in the lot. As any foot toll fan hereabouts knows, the suec?? of the Villepigue system of offensive and defensive play depends upon having blocking backs and wing* tocks. And so it was that Captain Kiliy Mullen found himself with a todly balanced team to battle an *lert and pugnacious gang from the county line. In one department did Camden have ,n edge and that was' fn the kicking, f?r this lad Mullen did a splendld%job ,n that part of the maneuvers. His kicks were gotten off well and traveled far, wide and handsome. Had it not bfen for this midget of the BnD^?g squad the margin of defeat would "ndoubtedly have been greater. lone score of the game cajpe 1,1 the closing' minutes of the first toif. The action had been see?iHtey to and down the field with the visit* showing far better coordination lQ<1 8Inoothne? la their offensive anjj *topletely throttling the Camden of nse. Three downs in succession put toll on the Camddn SO yard line. (Flea? turn to page six) Camden Adds To Eating Facilities The Camden Kandy Kitchen, owned and managed by Theo Beleoe has been completely renovated aud modernised and today presents an attractive appearance to its many customers. The interior of the popular soft drink parlor has been completely renovated with panel installation on the walls and the enlarging of the service area. Modern booths have been Installed while a new front has been put in place, adding greatly to the appearance of the place. . i. A. and P. To Have New Store The Atlantic and Paciflc Tea company will start work within a few weeks at the enlarging and modernising of the Broad street Btore. The present store will be utilised In the expansion program with the retail department extending back the complete length of the present store. A new addition is to be built back of th'e present store for stock room purposed. May ^odornixe Tea Room The Wooten Tea Room, a popular eating place for many tourists as well as townspeople, will probably receive the attention of renovators early in the fall; Mrs. Carrie Wooten, the gracious tea room hostess, has several* plans in view regarding the tea room and will await drawings now being prepared before announcing finfther details. ^ M. and K. Has Opening ' Everything that baa been advertised regarding tbe fine new M. and K. coffee show was approved by a critical public following the informal opening of the popular place this week, tbe same splendid service and choice viands ('frith the modern -well-lighted stnv roundings made an instant hit with the patrons. Other Places Are Fixed Up The Boxy restaurant, the Camden coffee ahop and the Camden cafe have all been in the handa of decorators and renovators the past week and have emerged with spic and span atmosphere. Registration Hours For High School High school pupils who come by bus should register at school office on the ..day listed below to avoid waiting or crowding: Liberty Hill, Tuesday, September 2, 8:00 to 10:00 a. m.. Charlotte Thompson, Tuesday, September 2, 10:00 tO 12:00. Malvern Hill, Wednesday, September 3, 8:00 to 12:00. Truesd&le, Thursday, September 4, 8:00 to 12:00. Lugoff, . Thursday, September 4, 8:00 to 12:00.. Wateree, Thursday, September 4, 8:00 to 12:00. This year the single session day will be tried, omitting the lunch hour and closing at 2:30. Bus pupils may be kept in until 8:00, town pupils later if necessary. Teachers and school workers will look upon 2:30 as the beginning of a time when conferences with parents or remedial work with children may be done until later in the afternoon. A 15 minute recess will be held each day at 12:00. Bob Kennedy Guest. Speaker At Rotary ?.i i i $ m Visiting Rotarfans at the meeting last week were; Ralph White, of Troy, N. C.; Dr. George Dick and son, of Sumter; Ve|d Peterson and Carroll Jozies, of Columbia. Guests were: R. M. Kennedy, Jjf., Bolivar D. Boykln, Charlie Shiver, Bert Moore, Ike Jones, Elton Taylor and Harry Hawton. The program last week was in charge of S. C. Clyburn. The program yesterday was in charge of Henry d. Carrlson, who had as guest speaker. Bob Kennedy, Jr., a popular Camden citisen, now of Santee-Cooper with offices In Charleston. At the outset ho was greeted with an ovation, the clkb members always knowing when he talks it will he inr teresting. He told of the constructive phase of the Santee-Cooper project which ft near completion and the benefits to accrue to the people of Sohth Carolina.. He said that while all the power tu be generated and much mojre could be sold at once elsewhere It was not thsir desire to 40 so but to keep and make it of uoe to the people of Bouth Carolb^and for the- tertsent Police Prepare For Big Traffic Problem In Fall Slmultaneosly with the addition of two p&rtolmen to the police force, ! Chief of Polled Rush has issued a notice to motorists to the.jeffect that beginning September 1, all traffic regulations will be enforced to the letter. The chief pointed out that during the war maneuvers in this area during the fall months the strictest of traffic regulations will prevailc and the sooner the motoring public realised this fact the better off all would be. "Beginning September 1, the one hour parking regulation as well as all other traffic regulations are going to be enforced," said the chief. "That means disregard of stop signs, doubleparking,, unnecessary blowing of horns, speeding, opening of cutouts, parking in prohibited ,areas?in fact these and other regulations on the books. "We shall also stop the issuing of guest cards to motorists during the war game period. There is going to be a big Increase in vehicles using the Btreets and highways during the maneuver period, so big in fact, that the public cannot comprehend the i? ' extent of it. In order to avoid accidents. all traffic regulations will have to be UvQd up to and if the motorists are not''able to do it on their own initiative, then they are going to get a lot of help from the police and that assistance is going to cost them something in the form of fines." As the result of many complaints regarding the unnecessary blowing of motor horns, operation of autos with [cutouts open the police have received instructions ,to Include these pests in the scope of the traffic regulation drive. Columbia, Charlotte and many other pities and towns are fed up with the horn-blowing nuisance and are bearing down on the offenders. It is gratifying to know that Camden has joined the list. Some of the large oil and cotton trucks operating through this area are responsible for most of the cutopt racket. Residents on Broad street in particular are ' subject to all night disturbance by the big trucks roaring up the grade with cut outs wide open. New faces on the police department roster are Joe McManus and Orr. British Fledglings Move On To Macon Macon, Oa.f An*. 16?Their "kindergarten" work behind them, 140 jaunty British cadets will arrive here Sunday mad Monday tor the second term of their training to become fullfledged fighters In the Royal Air force. They finish the ten weeks of primary training today and tomorrow at Albany and Americus, Ga., Arcadia, Fla., and Camden, xS. C. One tragedy has marred the training of these youngsters. D'Arcy Wilson, 19, was killed at Albany when an airplane piloted by a fellow student crashed into his ship while attempting a takeoff. The cadets yrlll probably be " in the air" above Cochran field here by Tuesday, taking up pome what heavier | ship# than they first learned to fly j at the primary schools. All are being trained under a United StatesBritish agreement in a 30-week course, divided Into three * ten-week periods of intensive instruction. After Cochran field, the " British fliers will move on to advanced schools where they will study and practice formation flying, aerial acrobatics and otheir tricks necessary for a successful war pilot. The school here will receive the British cadets in stride. The system I Is arranged so-that a new class can I be received every five weeks. Just I ahead of the Britishers are about 100 young American fliers, ta'king the same course. j The British cadets represent all sections of the British Isles. Those who failed to qualify as pilots were I sent to other schools to study naviI gatlon, bomb&rdiering, observation land air-gunnery to equip them to fly I with their friends who did succeed in I becoming pilots. Local Group At jManeuvers Meeting I Mayor F. N. McCorkle, County I Maneuver Director Ernest Zemp, Mrs. Wylie Sheorn and Mrs. John Mullen, I representing the women's unit of the County Council of Defense, and Secretary Frank Heath of the Chamber of I Commerce, attended the meeting held I in the crystal room of the Hotel (Columbia at Columbia last Friday, the meeting having been called by Gover1 nor Maybank in connection with the program of putting civilian machinery in operation looking, for the provision of recreation for soldiers during the I fall maneuvers. I This machinery wiil be set up under I the guidance of federal agencies in the tight bounties of the state, wherelln the maneuvers will be held. I The Federal Security agency will I begin immediately the organising of I communities ih the inaneuver area to carry out the large tasks of providing I tor recreation. Sherwood gates, regional recrektkm coordinator for the socnrity agency, told today's meetings of the ageocy's 9lmam, of <n~. to. * ' _ City Keeps Pace With Progress A sewage disposal project Involving the construction of a filtering plant to take care of sewage from that area of the city lying east of Mill street and embracing a rapidly expanding industrial section, was ordered by the oft/ council at a meeting Tuesday might. The plant Will be built as a WPA project, the sky's share "Of the cost to be about $8,000. When the late Louis I. Oulon Instated the sewage system in Camden in 1907, the area embraced in the new disposal plan, was not included in the program. Since that time there have been repented appeals from business Arms and individuals in the area for sewage disposal, but no action resulted. After thirty-five years the tax: payers of the area are about to have their dream realised. In the area to be served by the disposal plant are some outstanding business firms, some of them being the Southern Cotton Oil company plant and other buildings, the freight and passenger depots of the Southern railway, the Newkirk Industries plant, the Thomas and Howard wholesale grocery plant, McLeod Snd McLaughlin, Myers garage? Chrysler garage and sale? rooms, _ Rush filling station, ' Myers filling station, Stein paint shop, King furniture plant, Opod&le floral plant, Atlantic Oil company, American Oil company, Camden Lumber company, Ouy Lumber company and others. The disposal plant will be fbcated on the stream that flows along the eastern city limits. Refuse will be chemically treated before being emptied into the stream. The building of the new sewage system win eliminate the use of ^under ground cess pools and outdoor toilets, * < y . " County Coroner Dies at Hospital James Edward Lee, 67, coroner of Kershaw county, died at the Camden hospital Sunday morning at 1 o'clock after an illness of three days. He was a. son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James W. Lee, of the Spring Hill section of Lee county. He had made his home in Camden for the past twelve years where he conducted a barber shop up to about four yean, ago when he suffered the loss of a leg caused by infection. Three years ago he entered the race for.eoroner and In a run-off primary won over thirteen contestants. Before earning to Camden he was for sixteen years magistrate of Spring Hill township to Lee county. He waa popular with folks in all walks of life." Fuheral service# were held from the graveside at Red HOI church taadajr morning at 11 o'clock with Res. C. T. Shuler officiating. T (ta. tan to iwi ?MM) - --*4^ More Britishers Arrive In Camden Seventy-six British arrived at the Southern Aviation school here Thursday night. Thia augmented the 66 students who arrived here Ave weeks ago. Some thirty students completed their ten weeks primary training at the local base this week and have received their certificates and departed (or the second ten weeks before reaching the final ten weeks period at a Texas base. Following the arrival of the 76 students yesterday /lye weeks later another group of 80 will report at' the local base. Beginning in January the five weeks arrivals will total 108. This figure is expected to Increase later. 4 In order to take care of the rapid expansion of the cadet list, the school has arranged for the immediate construction of a new hangar 100 feet by 164 feet, of steel construction, just west of the present brick hangar. This will give the field three large hangars. At the present time there are 44 training ships In action but in January this number will be greatly increased. The present barracks will take care of 160 cadets) which will not be sufficient to take care of the expansion. For that reason a new barracks with a capacity for 80 will be erected. This j Is to be located back of the present barracks and will be one story in height. Arrangements for the construction of a third auxiliary flying field are now in progress. The school already has two auxiliary fields but the expansion program requires a third. A six Inch water main is being extended from the Camden pumping station a distance of th1*ee miles to the flying school area and will be utilized to provide water for the swimming pool and also for fire protection. Deserved Honors To N. Roland Goodale Signal and 'deserved honors wer? accorded N. Roland Qoodale, Jr., oi this city by the South Carolina Florists association, at the tenth annual convention held at the Wade Hampton hotel in Columbia. Mr. Ooodale was named as presideD,* of the state group while Shirley Parler, of Columbia and B. M. Edmondson, of Charleston were named as vice Presidents and Hal Kohn, of Newberry as secretary-treasurer* The naming of Mr. Ooodale to the presidential office is a fitting recognition of his qualifications. An officer of the Camden Floral company of this city he is an authority on horticulture. The state meeting was one of the most successful held in the history of the organization. At the annual banquet Tuesday night Mr. Ooodale was formally Installed as president. A sound motion picture on correct fertilization was shown at the convention and a motion picture on flower arrangements was shown by a representative of the Coca-Cola bottling company. The convention opened with registration and Informal get-togethers Sunduy. Schools of instruction were held Monday morning and afternoon and the qupper was held, smorgasbord style, Monday. There was a continuation of schools of Instruction Tuesday, an afternoon tour of Fort Jackson and the annual banquet Tuesday. Attendance at the convention reachedISO,; with delegates representative of all sections of the state required. Coffee Shop Given Approval By Public The new M snd K coffee shop was formally opened Thursday morning and throughout the day there was s steady flow of customers at the popular eating house. Huge baskets of flowers, the gifts of admiring friends were everywhere in evidence. The handsome new Neon sign advertising the western steak and good food features of the coffee shop was put In ?lace Wednesday and attracted much attention, as1 It is one of the largest Neon signs on the main avenue.*' The alr-condltloning equipment did not arrive dn time /or the opening, hot Is expected in a few days, as ft is In transit at the present time. In the Interval the management has utilized large electric fans. y - J George Raasbaeh of Freldburfc, Geraanr, has been a blood donor 990 times, donating a total of US quarts of biood. ?? ^ Trrr :: rr ~ : . < Secretary Appeals To Citizens For Help Wanted at once- a complete register of all rooms. apartments and houses in Camden ? meaning of course, those now vacant and uvullable for rental purposes. The Chamber of Commerce, represented at all of the conferences called by Governor Maybank- at Columbia and relating to the army maneuvers during October and November, is making appeal for the registering of all vacant rooms, apartments and houses. Said secretary F. H. Heath, in speaking of the demands which will come when the first army stages the war games in this area, "I agree with Governor Maybank, with Major Mahon and others who havo repeatedly stated that the people in the maneuver area have failed to comprehend what the maneuvers mean?what a gigantic task lies ahead of the South Carolina communities in which the troops will gather. "The Kirkwood has been taken over by the army as a public relations headquarters and will be filled to capacity from September 15 to December 1. There will bo an overflow to the Court Inn and I look for a sellout of accommodations at that hotel throughout the maneuver period. The same is true of the Camden hotel, the tourist homes and what else we may have to offer. The reason for my statement is based entirely upon what the governor and the army officials have told me?that It is not the soldiers we have to worry about, i but Its the mothers, the fathers, the sweethearts and the other relatives of the soldier boys who will come down to watch their lads In action. Then too there will he the nsmU thousands of curious people who will be here from all parts of the country to get a first-hand glimpse of American soldiers in action. . "The army and state officials have dinned the fact Into us many times of late that we must make the people understand Just bow tremendous this program is. And that is one reason ' why I am taking this opportunity to > ask the residents of Camden to register any rooms, apartments or houses, the latter of course, furnished, with me for the accommodation of visitors during October and November. "We are working out a card Index system for the listing and wo hope. _ every person in Camden will cooperate with us In this program. We will begin to take listings next Monday and we earnestly hope they will come in thiclc and fast. There is Just one nequest we wish to make of those who register accommodations and that is that they will promptly notify us if th^ir listing has been taken, so we may remove that card from the file and thereby avoid confusion. "Call Monday and list your room, or whatever other accommodation you may have. If I am not In the office, my assistant Miss Jane Campbell, will gladly take your listing. But be sure and list that room. We are going to need all available facilities In Camden in a short time now." New Chrysler Garage To Be Fine Structure One of the most pretentious building projects within the city of Camden* in years is that of the new garage and sales quarters of Stogner Motor company, agents for Chrysler and Plymouth cars In this viclplty. The new garage, a brick and steel affair, is being constructed/ on DeKalb street just east of Lea Myer's garage. The new > structure, built after plans arranged by the Chrysler corporation will have a frontage of 46 feet and a depth of lOt-.feet, The front will be of plate glass while the glass windows will extend twenty feet back on the east side. The entire front will be given over to a display room while back of that will he the' offices and stock quarters with a large airy service quarters at the rear. A unique feature of this r new'" garage will be the separate service lane doors opening into the garage from a drive on the, east side/ There will be five of these service lanes and a car owner is put to no trouble or inconvenience when delivering hie car for service and reclaiming It later.