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VOLUME 83 ' -^??:?; ', CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1941 NUMBER 34
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Camden To Be
Seen in Magazine
Taking the Iniatlve
In a drive
inaugu rat ed to
create a closer
cooperative spirit
among all the
municipalities of
the state. Mayor
F. N. McCorkle
and the city council
of Camden re
cently made substantial appropriation
toward the civic work being done by
the South Carolina Magazine. >
Recognising the value to the entire
state of this publication's constant
featuring of different sections, together
with its dlreot publicity of individual
localities, Camden's Interest was
particularly aroused by a feature article
to be published in the next Issue
of the South Carolina Magaslne.
This article has every prospect of
being the outstanding military aeronautical
story of the nation. Cities
in South Carolina that will be featured
are Camden, Orangeburg, Bennettsville
and Sumter; all of which will
soon be actively engaged In the training
of pilots under the defense progroam.
More than fifty Illustrations will be|
used In the story, Including aerial |
photographs of the four cities, construction
activities on their air fields,
and local committees Instrumental in
obtaining the projects.
Realizing that South Carolina will
be one of the largest training areas
in the United States this Fall and
conscious of Camden's responsibilities
as its public relations center. Mayor
MeCorkle has been actively cooperating
with Governor Burnet R. May bank,
working on the problems of providing
facilities for the hundreds of
thousands of visitors and personnel
expected in the maneuver area.
McCarley In Call
For Crop Meeting
Because of the shortage In the cotton
crop this year, and the rapid rise
In the price of food stuffs, community
rommltteemen at a meeting to be held
next Tuesday moaning at the courthouse
here, will be urged to cooperate
in a fall campaign to promote the increase
in the production of food and
feed crops for better-farar living find
national defense.. .
County Agent, W. C. McCarley, who
is active in the plans for the Tuesday
meeting, states that the shortage in
the cotton crop.and the increase in
the price of food stuffs makes the
present time most important for the
growing of food and feed crops for
home consumption. Mr. McCarley has
arranged to have Miss Juanita Neeley
and L. B. Massey, district agent* at
this meeting.
At the meeting pledge cards will be
presented to the committeemen with
the request that they make a canvas
of the people in their community and
ask them to agree to all or a part of
the things suggested on the pledge
card.
The pledge card contains certain
listed acreages In food and feed crops
this coming fall.
As an example of. the pledge stipulations
the signers are asked to designate
the acreage of wheat for home
use, fall vegetables and winder grazing
crops planted In the fall of 1M0 and
the intended acreage in the same
Hems to he planted this coming fall.
The pledge also provides that the
signer destroy all cotton stalks On his
farm as soon at possible' after the
cotton is harvested, obtain all lime or
Phosphate bjg farm is entitled to under
the AAA program, plant a certain
number of acres of winter cover crops
for soil conservation and plant * cert
fain number of small grain, legumes
or mixtures of these for hay.
The Tuesday meeting will be held
at io:oo o'clock in the morning and
county agent McCarley Is .making a
apecial plea that all community committeemen
be present.
Additional Teacher
List for Schools
Through an unintentional oversight
toa names of the following teachers
ore omitted from the ISstJUB publfih*
in the CVonJcle last week:
H'aa Alberta Team. Latin and *n#t
H'fc; Mrs. Harold Funderburk, math<fc*Uca
and English; Miss Irma
JjjjgjB, English; Mrs. C. B. Balmond,
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Merchants Approve
Movies On Sunday
By a unanimous rote, members of
the Camden Merchants association at
a regular meeting Monday evening in
the dining room of the Hotel Camden,
adopted a resolution urging the city
administration to permit the opening
of the theaters and the playing of
baseball and other wholesome sports
during the months of October and
November during the fall maneuvers
of the First Army.
A number of the merchants spoke
upon the matter at the meeting and
it.was the general opinion of all that
such a move was for the best Interests
of the community and the visiting
soldiers of which there will be many
on Saturdays and Sundays during the
period of the maneuvers.
It was with the expressed understanding
that the theaters would not
operate during the hours when church
services are on. This will mean that
there will be afternoon shows and an
evening ghow .beginning at 9 p. m. or
after the hours of worship.
The merchants association, after a
thorough discussion of the cotton feetlcal
plans, decided that in view of
the highway congestion expected during
the war maneuvers that it was
advisable to postpone the cotton festival,
usually given the first week in
| October, to a time when the maneuvers
are completed, and combine the
affair with the Christmas festival, to i
be presented probably the first week-.j
in December.
The matter of Btore hours during
the maneuver months was also discussed
and it was decided to have the ^
various groupings, submit suggestions
for their own working hours. A suggestion
that stores remain open Saturday
nights until 10:30 was promptly,
vetoed when it wes explained that the
state law does not permit the working
of female help after 10 o'clock at
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Dispensary Unit
. Opens Hospital
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j Unit Dispensary No. 7 of the First
Army Public Relations headqaurtera,
in charge of Captain Maurice Kane,
will open for emergency service in
the Clyburn#residence on Broad street
Thursday afterndon.
According to Captain Kane, the dispensary
will be available for all officers
and enlisted men of the Public
Relations headquarters group, all
guests at the Kirkwood hotel, Public
Relations headquarters, also officers
and enlisted men of the 30th engineers
in camp here and the detachment
at Kershaw. The
dispensary will have all modern
hospital equipment and with ambulance
service. Captain Kane will
have on his staff: Staff Sergeopt Harvey
A. Payne, Corporal Ercole J. Gioseffi
and Privates-first class Demrey
D. Colley and Oliver R. Welsdorffer
and Privates John B. Bamberger, John
D. Bulsiewics, Richard B. Coleman,
Chester D. Ouidry and William J. Hyland.
Two women nurses will be
added to the dispensary staff next
weekThe
Kirkwood hotel, headquarters
for the Public Relations group is a
scene of great activity at this time
as officers and enlisted men are placing
equipment and furniture, switch
boards and instrument panels In place
for operations during the war maneuvers
in October and November.
By October 1, there will be aome
sixty officers and several hundred en(Pleaee
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Police Organize
, Several Clubs
The police threat of a law enforcement
campaign has come home to
quite i number of Camden motrlsU
within the past several days, the
"blotter" at police headquarters showing
many to have taken membership
in the 91, the 9? and $11 clnbs which
Chief of Police Atfa Hush is sponsor,
ing.
The heavy hand of the traffic enforcement
officers fell upon all classes .
of motorists, rich and poor alike. A
harvest of red light skips was made
at the Lyttleton and DeKalb street intersection
with Officer Beckham Rutsell
in the role of the villlan that is
?from the BtttdHlti' viewpoint. ... .
Hark was njrktng them off with
marks, all ooetrlbuted a dollar for hav- .
Ing experienced temporary blindness
Grade A Milk Only I
After October 24
Because of the repeated mention of
government requirements for foodstuffs
milk a:jd the iike sold In the
maneuvers area in October and November,
much curiosity has been
evoked as to Just what the requirements
of Grade A milk are.
Added, interest is occasioned by the
fact that on October 24 the new milk
ordinance adopted a year ago and
made effective this year, becomes
operative and according to Mayor P.
N. McCorkle and the health officials
will be enforced to the letter.
State milk inspectors have been at
work In the county for the past several
days and they report that there
are very few dairies that can muster!
qualifications for Grade A milk.
The city has gone on record as saying
that only Grade A milk can be
sold after October 24. State inspectors
have declared that only a few
dairies will be able to comply with
the provisions of the ordinance.
? Weeks before the city ordinance
takes effect, the regulations of the
army will have gone into force. Which
means that milk sold at fountains, in
restaurants and the like to soldiers
must be Grade A, pasteurised.
There is a natural desire to kqow^
the requirements for Grade A milk.
In the first place cows must have had
a tuberculosis test and other tests
required by the federal dairy regular
Hons, Then the barn in which the
cattle are - kept must have adequate
light openings floors and gutters of,
concrete/ walls and ceilngs painted,
manure disposal while the milk house
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Guest Benches Are
Placed on Walks
Camden, the .leading winter resort
community of the mid-south, has
gone ala St. Petersburg, Florida by installing
benches along the sidewalks
in the downtown area for the comfort
and convenience of tourists and visitors.
Acting up oh the orders of Mayor
McCorkle, twenty four benches have
been built and placed along the Sidewalk
on DeKalb street east of Broad
and in an area where the post office,
theater, service club, restaurants and
soft drink establishments are located.
A number have also been placed
in the parks where they will be resting
zones for many people who desire
to stop when out walking.
The benches in the down town area
have been a great boon to the soldiers
and cadets, who nightly visit the
downtown area. They will meet with
greal favor for the winter residents
and tourists.
"So many soldiers and visitors are
in Camden at this time and all seem
to make DeKalb street between Broad
and Market_streets a rendevous in the
evening that I felt the city should provide
these benches for them to use"
said the mayor."
The mayor went on to state that he
believes the 1941-1942 tourist season
will be the most outstanding in Camden
history. He called attention to
the early start of the polo program
to provide entertainment for the many
soldiers and gueets who will be here
during October and November in connection
with the army maneuvert. At
the Kirkwood hotel alone, there will
be some 400 to 709.
Lions dub Will '
Stage Talent Show
The Dixie Ponies, an honest-to-goodness
home talent minstrel show will
be offered the- public of Camden in
the high school auditorium on Tuesday,
October 7, under the auspices of
the Camden Lions club.
The affair win be under the personal
direction of Miss Kathleen Strtck- 1
land of Jackson, Ga.; who ts the "
reeentatlve of the Strickland Praf 1
duclng company. 1 T
There will be three stage changes |
for the show. The first will bo a
minstrel layout with 4 golden-voiced 1
interlocutor. A kiddie revival, ballad
singers, Messrs Useless and Hopeless
and the end men, Nip, Tuck, Slim And
Fatso.
There will be n senior chorus of 1
boys and girls, a lot of specialties, 1
such as tap dancing, adagio numbers,
and, what not, in the entertainment <
lino. ' - . lU > " |
; Scene S will offer a drama "Black
Clouds" featuring the appearance <* 1
Tacoam WashfsfftOn Washboard man- <
1 puis tor. and Cuticle HI a faloottng
ieaderodjgjiggjMgr^j^l be a
The Instructor's task iu training
filers for the ftlr corps and It. A. F. Is
an Important one and the big responsibility
of seeing that their work
Is carried on effeclently fallB to the
Chief pilot, A. R. Hunter who recently
took over theee duties from Fred M.
Leslie who Is being transferred to
Decatur, Ala.
Mr. Hunter's home is Augusta, Ga.
He has been flying for some time and
before coming to Camden was with
i$he Southern Airways, Inc. Id
Greenville, 8.1; C. Mr. Hunter has
many friends In the flying fraternity
both in South Carolina and adjoining
atgtes. He is well liked all the
In&tiractors and the entire personell
of the school so there is little doubt
that success awaits him on his new
Job. ' re.
Instructors Are
Carefully Selected
r The thirty-three Instructors have
been carefully selected by Southern
Aviation School and given a flight
training themselves, In the methods
and various maneuvers required by
the air corp. When they are assigned
their respective students, which never
nsmiber more than five, they know
what they are doing, and how to Impart
this knowlelge to the student.
JThe duties of a flying Instructor arfi
such that not only must he possess a
theoretical knowledge of the art of
flying, but he must be able to give a
practical demonstration of this knowledge.
Not only must his personal
flying technique be flawlees but he
must know the why and wherefore of
the things that he does. In this respect
It requires qualities of analysis,
1. e., the ability to divide the whole
Into Its parts and then rebuild the
whole from its parts.
, There is no question but that a tour
lot duty as a flying instructor is well
worth while and of great benefit to
I the Individual. He not only Improves
his personal flying but obtains a
knowledge of human nature which
would be difficult to acquire otherwise.
In addition It has a sobering
effect; compels Introspective think- \
ing; develops the ability to determine '
character; develops patience, tact and
consideration of future consequence
in the light of present realitlee. The
experience gained may not be apparent
at the time-but later will be In- J
valuable as It helps to acquire the ]
ability to command by virtue of him- t
self rather than by virtue of his j
office:
Schools To Open
Tuesday Morning i
Tim city achoofc -t| Camden win j
open for the 1941-1942 session TOO*
day morning. September t. The high
school win begin work at t:SO BST,
and the. Other schools at 8:40 DAT.
The schedule for at least two weeks j
will be run without a noon period. '
The parents of children who are to (
enter the first grade of the graded
school on Lyttleton street are asked (
to mail, phone, or brine the names of
such pupils to the superintendent by (
Saturday night, September I. The
school number is 828 and the home ^
phone number of the superintendent ^
Is 460. ~. - riff
Students who had work to make *P i
during the summer are to report onj!
Tuesday to the room In which they
Were enrolled last year so that It may
be determined if qualified to enter J
the next grade.
A aeeent ieeue of the llst bC fashere
employed tar the SChoOi Called to
Include the following; Mlee Alberta
Team, high school English and Latin;
Mien Irma Beigle, high school English
snd Latin; Mrs. Harold Fendsrbugr, <
nmlhsmatlas and Msgllsli; Mrs. <p. B.
Balm end, innate; Mrs. O. T. Little, <
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i A. R. HUNTER
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Harrison To Start
v Season In October
The fame of Camden polo has extended
Into the Kocky mountain area
where laet Saturday a Camden team
led by Cyril R. JHarrlson, Camden
manager and coach led the South Carolina
foursome to an 8 to 4 victory
over a Dallas, Texas foursome.
The game was played at the Cheyenne
Mountain Country club lleld and
was the final aud deciding game In the
low-goal tournament.
Cyril Harrison scored four tlmea
from the No. 3 position while Reginald
Slnclalre, playing back scored once In
the first chukker. Jack Puffer playing
his first tournament game with
Camden did not score but playing
from the No. 2 position fitted nicely
Into the taam play. L. L. Hartman,
playing No. 1 position scored three
goals.
L. C. Phlpps, playing No. 1 for Dallas
scored twice for the Texans with
Dr. Rayworth Williams at No. 2 and
Harold Barry at No. 3 each scored
once. Major W. Plong at hack failed
to break into the scoring record.
The coming fweek Camden takes on
another Texas team and with Harrison
at No. 2, Hartman at No. 1, Slnclalre
at 4 and Tom Guy at No. 3 In the lineup.
This team rates 16 goals while
the Texas team will rate IS. Thegames
are to be played on the flat.
In the Camden-Texas game, both
teams rated 10 goals. Camdsn
Polo Starts In October
The Camden publicity bureau Is In
receipt of a letter from Manager Harrison
of the Camden polo club to the
effect that he Js leaving Colorado
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Postal Receipts
Show Big Gain
While news of a rapidly growing
Camden has become a dally acceptance
In the minds of Camden residents,
an announcement of more than
ordinary Interest was issued from the
office of Postmaster C. P. DuBose, Sr.
this wedk and Is to the effect that
postal receipts for August this year
showed the astounding Increase of
88 percent over August a year ago. j
And a year ago the August receipts
showed a splendid gain over a similar
period in 1989.
Postmaster DuBose states that the
big Increase for August this year Is a
reflection of the rapid growth of Camden.
August he states is usually the
lowest month of the year as so many
of the people living here are away at
the mountains or seashore on vacations.
The actual cash figures for August,
1941 are $2,181.72 while In 1940 the
receipts amounted to $1,657.88.
The records at the postofflce show
further that July of this year showed
a twelve pey cent Increase over July
in 1940.
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Scout Leader Is
Now In U. S. Army
William E. Czarnitzkl, for about 12
years executive of the Central South
Carolina council, B. S.. A., has reported
to Fort Jackson for dnty as an
officer. He holds the rank of second
lieutenant.
Mr. CxarniUkl was granted a leave
of absence this week at a meeting of !
the executive board of the council.
The leave will be for the duration of !
tils military service. Mr. Csamitsld
The former executive reported to 1
he Fort Wedneeday, and has been
isslgnod to the station complement j
le has been assigned as A post
norale officer, and will peftfiin work 4
ilmflar to that bo was engaged In la J
dvllian life. 1
A successor to nontenant Csarnlt- iki'e
position bee not been named, but 1
he Boy Scoot headquarters office In '
Columbia reported that a man would
>robably be transferred to Colombia
rom some ether council In the'fcext 4
nonth to fill the vacant post ? '
The area over which Mr. Csar- 4
iltskl had supervision as scoot ex- j
xmtlve includes Richland. Orange>urg,
Saluda, Kershaw, Calhoun. Bamwrg.
Fairfield, and TsilagKn conn- |
Jen.
l^e^aetton of Mr. Csarnltski, follow 4
ng soon after the departure of Bon 1
Team, local leader will belt severe '
low to local Boost circles.
There are 1,906,100 Presbyterian <
shurch members in the United States* <
8ilT?r I. on? of tb. bMt .a??ut>w. 1
>Mhwst and electricity known to J
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Record Crowd Hears
Of Army Regulations
A crowd that overflowed from tho
regular Beating section of tho court
room of tho Kershaw couuty court
house, into tho Jurors Beats, attorneys
chairs and into the balcony, tho largest
attendance by far of . Any mooting
held in tho community in years, was
presented Wednesday morning when
stuto officials, army officers and others
affiliated with the army maneuver
program discussed various regulatory
measures to be enforced in the maneuver
area In October and November.
Thomas Anderson, state sanitary
engineer and Captain M. M. Kane of
the medical unit of the First Army
bluntly informed operators of restaurants,
cafes, lunch stands, road
houses and the like that unless army
rules and regulations were complied
with the offending places would be
.''off limits" which would mean that
no soldiers would be permitted to
enter them. A military police officer
would be stationed in front of the
place or places "off limit".
Close attention was paid to all
speakers at the court house meeting
and all phases of maneuver requirements
so far as the community is
concerned were outlined and discussed.
Mrs. Eunice Leonard of the state
board of health; Thomas Anderson,
sanitary engineer: William Weston,
state milk Inspector, 5. 8. T. Peoples,
assistant director of rural sanitation,
Major A. M. Brailsford, Red Cfroas
Chairman, Captam Mason of the state
police and Captain Kane of the medical
detachment, U. 8. Army were all
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Left Turn Hazard
Is Cause of Accident
A. C. Everson, 809 Pine street, Wilmington,
Delaware; suffered a fractured
left wrist and bad bruises and
lacerations when thrown from his
motorcycle following a collision with
an automobile at the corner of Broad
and DefSnlb streets In downtown Camden
Monday morning,
Kershaw Perkins,'colored, driver of
the automobile was placed under arrest
by Patrolman Dallas Mahoney
and locked up on a charge of reckless
driving. Everson was taken to the
hospital where an X-ray-ahowed that
a bone in his wrist had been broken.
Everson was traveling east on DeKalb
street on his motorcycle and was
past the middle of the intersection of
Broad street when Perkins swung to
the left abruptly and- without regard
to the traffic lines and hit the motorcycle
squarely.
Everson found that his motorcycle
was badly "wrecked and the police said
that Perkins would be obliged to pay
for the repairs and also a stiff fine for
reckless driving.
Congestion at the Broad and DeK&lb
streets intersections has reached such
an acute stage that the police have
suggested that left turns be banne<L
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Wateree Soft Bailers
Have Fine Record
With the season for softball teams
drawing to an end within a few
weeks, the Wateree team of this city,
sponsored by the Kendall Mill here,
has hang up a record of performance
that should mean a record of some
kind in games won.
Up to September 1st, the Wateree
clubbers hens scored ?2 wins in f7
Itara.
The l?t?t tana to M rlctta, to
he Camden talent was the Manning
asm with a record of 88wine u some
18 starts. Prior to succumbih* to the
(lugging attack of the Wateree ,
Kenning had Ibet only to teams from
Columbia, Augusts ./ and Charleston
md none of them had administered
inch a spanking as given by
he count being U to.l.
Arthur Robinson, the one-arm hnrlw
of the Wateree outfit carried ?
he burden of pitching in all of the ;
17 games the locals have played this
lesson. Robinson allowed nwuiy
rot three hits. . ^ 11?
In the gate# ft ManUng last Wedjenter
Said barriers, which is a real
natter of clouting when a softball is
he mfsele being need.
FHof id the: Mining game that M
week Waieree had defeated the Lanroster
Red Rons f to 8 end Hartsvllle
I to 1. A second gam# will be niaveg
Monday night at Maiming, wlS ???
hto OT?T hU
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