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VOLUME 53 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1941 NUMBER 26
Roosevelt May Visit
Camden During Fall
It,porta that President D. Roose?
might visit the Carolina* during
lhl, war maneuvers this fall brought
an announcement from the Camden
Bureau of Public Relations Thursday
that a letter has been received from
Edwin M. Watson, secretary to the
president, that an Invitation to the
executive to be guest of the city
0f Camden would be accepted If Mr.
Roosevelt visits the maneuver area.
Frank H. Heath, head, of Camden
public Relations bureau wrote the
White House several weeks ago, extending
the Invitation from the winter
resort city and in reply, Secretary
Watson said the President deeply appreciated
the thoughtfullness in the
extending of the invitation and that
there was every assurance that the invitation
would be accepted if Mr.
Roosevelt finds It possible to visit the
maneuver area.
In the event that the President visits
Camden, he would Undoubtedly be
quartered in one of the select suites
Bt the Kirkwood hotel. It was pointed
out by Mr. Heath that the Seaboard
railway have a spur track directly
opposite the hotel and parallel
to the main line of the railway, where
the private car of the chief executive
could be sidetracked for the duration
of the visit.
Plenty of protection would be offered
the President through the medium
of the strong force of troops quartered
In and around the hotel.
British Flyer,
Leaves Hospital
He's curly-haired, boyish .English
youth whose loohB hetle his 19 yeaTB.
The kind of a kid you see In those
"Christmas in England" pictures, singing
carols In a church choir along
with other black-cassocked British
boys.
It's pretty hard to picture Harry G.
Pattison in the pilot seat of a British
bombing plane, hurling destruction on
enemy military objectives. Btft that's
what Harry is training to do these
days, now that he has been discharged
from the Fort Jackson station hospital
after a period of illness.
Harry resumed his training at the
Southern aviation school in Camden
recently along with other British boys
who ate being groomed ast future
members of the RAF.
The British youth had been In the
Fort Jackson hospital since a.week
after his arrival at Camden. During
his confinement, he became the "prize
patient" of Ward 63. Intrigued by his
shy. boyish * charm, both nurses and
fellow-patients soon came to regard
Harry as the "pet" of the ward.
"Limey", as his fellow-patients nicknamed
him. was the guest of honor at
a bedside birthday party/ August 4, on
the occasion of his 19th birthday. And,
in deference, to his English ancestry,
the theme song of the party was "For
He's A Jolly Good Fellow," with everyone
in the ward Joining in the chorus.
The RAF cadet has been very much
impressed by the reception accorded
the British boys in the United States.
'We have been treated most hospitably
by the people here. Everyone
seems to be doing their utmost to
make our time here as pleasant as
possible. It's really been a great opportunity
for us to come to the United
States Rut, of course, Ve're
anxious to get back to get In action.
A resident of West Hart pool
County Durham, England, Harry
broke his family's seafaring tradition
when ho volunteered for the air corps
In August. 1940. His fathftr is captain
of a British merchant marine vessel
that has beett transporting vital war
supplies from New Zealand to England.
a veteran of 60 years of sea,
he also served In the first World war
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M. and K.Coff eeShop
Installs Conditioner
The M. and K. coffee shop, which
va? opened several weeks ago in its
line n-w stream-lined location, has in tailed
one of the mqst modern and
tn date Carrier alr-condltloning
units in the city.
The new equipment, Installed this
will be in operation by Saturday
or Sunday.
Art and Pete, the managers of the
M and K. establishment are elated
the success which has attended
'heir efforts slniS# th# opening of thi
coffee shop. Business baa far ex
ded their expectations. '
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Engineers Are Ideal
Hosts at Big Dance
Camden; has enjoyed many beautiful
daucing parties in ita history but
none could compare with the size and
color of the military ball given In thA
new armory last Saturday evening by
Company D of the 30th Engineers aa
a farewell event before leaving for
the war front in the fall maneuvers.
The large ball room of the armory
and the stage were beautifully
decorated with thousands o? yards of
cardinal and white crepe paper, the
colors of the military uhlt. The crepe
steamers formed a canopy over the
heads of the dancers while pendants
of hundreds of steamers ringed the
center row of llghtB.
In the corners of the ball room
were booties presided over by members
of the company and where the
guests could obtain cooling punch.
A fourteen piece orchestra from the
Essex Troop unit at Fort Jackson provided
the music for the dancer^ and
also for the grand march in which
some four hundred dancers participated.
Dancing started at 9 o'clock and
continued until midnight. It was a
colorful affair and well conducted by
the Engineers. One of- the outstanding
features was the efficient parking
system for the cars of the guests.
This parking problem had been mapped
out with the skill and ingenuity
of the engineers and offered a pattern
for the city 'of Camden to adopt for
football games and other events
where,parking of cars is required.
There was no haphazard placing of
cars in front apd In the areas at the
side of the Ajrmory Saturday night.
. Gtfests who desired to leave in midevening
found their cars where it waa
possible to drive oyt without danger
of defacing fenders or bodies.
At the conclusion of the dance, the
cars left the area with dispatch and
ease, there being no confusion whatsoever.
Lieutenant Harrison William^ in
command of the Company D, 30th
Engineers addressed the guests during
the evening from the stage of
the armory acd expressed his own individual
appreciation and the appreciation
of all the members of his com*
phnd for the true southern hospitality
that had been extended to them by
the people of Camden.
Important Group Is
Named By de Loach
Upon the request of Robert Coady,
federal coordinator of the maneuver
i recreational program with headquarjters
at Monroe, President John K.
'deLoach on Thursday announced the
i appointment of the following comI
mittee chairmen to work under the
general chairmanship of Colonel John
! Wall.
Church and home hospitality committee:?Dr.
Maurice Clarke, chairman.
Comfort facilities: Joe McKaln,
chairman.
Clubs and centers committee.* Mrs.
James Porter.,.
Extension public service committee:
C. P. DuBose, Sr., chairman.
Commercial interests committee:
Irving Pearce, chairrhan.
Information and publicity committee:
Frank H. Heath, chairman;
Jane Campbell, assistant.
Entertainment committee?Clarkson
Rhame and Catherine Myers, cochairmen.
< All committee chairmen are permitted
to select their committee members,
reporting same to the county defense
council at orice.
President deLoach ha*, called a
meeting of all chairmen above mentioned
fori*?*J<?'Monday, September
22, at 3 p. m., at the-office of the
chamber of commerce. It is hoped to
have Mr. Coady preaent at the meeting.--?
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Garl Ingram Given
Porter Scholarship
- carl A. Ingram who has been active
In the interests of basketball, baseball
i and bowling has been awarded a
- scholarship at Porter Military academy
and left Thursday to reporf at
: the Academy at Charleston. . a I
Carl has taken a deep Interest in
i sporting activities add while attend
tng $ Camden high school acted as
coach of the midget football team and
also as team^ manager in baseball and
I basketball. ,-r^
I Carl has a likable personality and
i his many friends will rejoice in his
. good fortune in securing a scholarship
at Pwjar Academy.
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South Carolina's New Senator i
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BURNET R. MAYBANK
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May bank Wins By
21,000 Majority
Late, scattered returns from Tuesday's
Democratic primary to nominate
a United States senator Called yesterday
to alter the results materially,
and Governor Burnet R. Maybank appeared
to have won the nomination
over former Governor Olin *D. Johnston
by a majority of more than 21,000
votes.
Latest unofficial returns from 1,407
of the state's 1.520 precincts gave
Mavbank 89,967 votes and Johnston
68,837.
Maybank, 42-year old business man
and former mayor of his native city,
Charleston, said he probably would
take office shortly after October 15.
Roger C. Peace, Greenville newspaper
publisher, was appointed by the governor
to serve until that date after
Alva M. Lumpkin of Columbia, appointed
to the vacancy left by James
F. Byrnes' elevation to the supreme
covrt died less than two weeks after
induction, in July.
Lieutenant Governor J. E. Harley,
a lawyer of Barnwell, will succeed,
Majbank as governor.
May bank will serve as senator until j
1943, the expiration date of the
i Byrnes term. . *
Johnston, in conceding Maybank the
'victory, said he still was in politic^!
and would continue to fight for prin-j
ciples in which he believed.
A general election will be held;
September 30, but it will be a mere;
formality in this solidly Democratic
state.?Thursday's State.
Lions Make Merry
In Annual Fiesta
The Camden Lions really roared
Tuesday night. That was the
noise heard in the vicinity of The
Pines when the Lions club staged
their annual ladies' night frolic.
In addition to having a wonderful
evening of fun, mirth and melody the
gathering also feasted upon a delicious
chicken dinner.
Lion Eddie Stalyey, in his toast to
thp ladies, really loosened a mouthful
of smooth chatter, which went across
with a wallop. And Mrs. Bynum
Neese, In resp9nding for the ladles,
won the heart of everyone, with the
nice way she came back In behalf of
the fair sex.
Probably the most outstanding f**ai
ture of the affair was the uncovering
of a real Bob Hope, humorist and
comedian, in J. B. Oaskin, Jr., who
was master of ceremonies and who
really kept the evening in boil of
excitement and Interest. '
Joe had his machine gun of wit and
fun all primed and he kept a steady
hand on the firing mechanism. One
J of tlje interesting stunts was to extract
music and real melody from a
quartet of tuneless addicts, the personnel
of this barber ' shop chord
group being Ed. Stalvey, Dan Davis,
B. M.' Neese and Louis Qulon. In
pleasing contrast to -the sharps and
flats emanating from this group was
the melody dfhd sweetness of the modern
Flora Dora quartet consisting of
' Mrs. John Langford, Mqs. Nell Vendergrift,
Miss Rachel O'Ph'nlels and Mrs.
Daif Davis.
Mrs. Lois Oandy contributed greatly'
to the evening entertainment with
her piano selections.
The program committee consisted of
T. B. Bi-uce, John. Stover and DaCoeta
Brown.
Following the banquet and postprandial
dancing was In order for several
hours.
Formation of most pearls is caused
by a tiny parasite. The irritating
parasite is covered with tarbosate of
lime by the oyster, thus forming the
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Council Approves
Sunday Movies
The Camden city council, at meet.!
ing Friday evening, passed a resolu-j
tion which will permit the opening of
the two Camden theaters on Sundays
from September 28 to November 30,
this period covering the time the army
maneuvers are in progress in the
Carolinas.
The resoltuion stipulates th<^ theaters
may be open from 3 to 7 p.m.
and after 9 p. m. This schedule avoids
any conflict with the hour of
worship in the Camden churches.
The council meeting was attended
by representative clergymen of the
city, representing the Camden ministerial
association, who had been Invited
py Mayor McCorkle to . be
present and offer suggestions.
( The action of the council was In
line with emergency measures arranged
to provide recreation for the
! soldiv* who will be in the city and
I community over the weekends during
October and November.
Maneuver Rules Will
Go Into Effect Soon
In order to put a halt to any threatened
operations of undesirable char-,
acters In and around Camden during
the maneuvers in October a^Novaadber,
the maneuver officials ffe calling
attention of taxi operatoia to sin act
of Congress passed July lly This
act provides that any taxlcab
driver who carries a prostitute or
drives a soldier to'a place of assignation
will be guilty of a violation and
may be punished by a fine up to
$1,00(1a year In prison or both.
Regulations, strictly limiting the
operations of taxicabs, providing soft
drinks and Ice cream can be sold only
In bottles or Individual containers and
requiring a close control of automobile
trailers will go Into effect soon.
Mammoths were not of such enormous
size aa is commonly believed,
but were only slightly larger than
the Indian elephant of today.
State Champs Play
Bulldogs Tonight
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Kingstree Highs, 1941 B class
champions aY?d winner of the Tobacco
Bowl gnme at Florence last year will
be tho opponent of the Camden Bulldogs
in the opening game of tho 1941
football season at Zemp stadium this
Friday lflght, September 19. Game
time will be at at 8 o'clock.
In securing Kingstree for tho 1941
debut event tho Bulldogs are taking
on one of tho bost high school teams
in the Palmetto state. This team
went through an eleven game schedule
in 1940 and did not suffer <ho
ptlng of defeat in any battle. The
remainder of the Bulldog schedule
follows:
September 26?Brookland-Cayce at
Camden.
October 3?Sumter at Sumter.
October 10?Newberry at Camden.
October 17?Harding at Harding.
October 24?Orangeburg at Orangeburg.
October 31?Chester at Camden.
November 7?Hartsville at Camden.
November 14?Charleston at Charleston.
November 21-^-GAffney at Camden.
This ten game schedule gives the
home fans six games to watch in their
own football arena. Home games are
with Kingstree, Brookland-Cayce,
Newberry, Chester, Hartsville and
Gaffney.
Coaches Villepigue and Pierce have
the grid squad out at the ball park
every afternoon and the rallblrds who
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Loans To Be Made
To Farmers
Cooperative associations of low*
income farmers in thb Southeast, as
planned by the Farm Security Administration
are expected to be great
boons for local merchants, it was
pointed out to<|ay by B. P. DeLoache,
FSA farm supervisor for Kershaw
county.
Mr. DeLoache, pointed out that
group/ action by FSA farm families
will increase their purchasing, power, 1
and said that everywhere possible the
purchasing will be done through local
business houses.
"In a few months, "Mr. DeLoache
said, "purchasing and marketing associations
of "FSA borrowers will be
organized in every county of the
Southeastern States?Alabama, Florida,
Georgia and South Carolina?or
sound existing organizations will be
used.
"They will enable the little farmers
to buy together for great savings to
plan production together, tb sell together
and to reach markets more
conveniently and cheaply. They will
enable them to obtain machinery and
breeding stock which the little man
alone could never afford; to get medical,
dental and veterinary services
that he would not have otherwise.
''Yet none of these benefits will in- '
volve competition with existing private
agencies. A cooperative association
does not contemplate setting up a
tore. Oil the other hand, it will
strengthen buying power and provide
more patronage for local businessmen
in every line." t
Mr. DeLoache said the organization
of cooperative groups in this county ;
will be announced as soon hs possible.
"We look here, as elsewhere^ "he
said, "to support for the Farm Secur- ;
ity principle, on which its-new Divis- i
ion of Cooperatives was set up. That
Is, that Cooperation among small farmers
is not only good business hut
also good citizenship.
'Small farmers, working together
in communities for mutual benefit for
the first time, already are finding that
they can do more things for themselves,
win more advantages and
more consideration, than ever before.
"More than l,60(f,000 pounds of
poultry, produced In the 'Food for
Defense' campaign, have been marketed
in the four states through group
action, without great dislocation of
markets. Could the little farmer,
alone, have done this without loss?
* In Ta/land (Saim), debtors who fail
to discharge their obligations after a
given time are forced by law to work
for their creditors until tb# debt Is
settled. - .
Over 300,000 Men Marching
Into the Garolinas War Zone
Camden. 8. ('., Sept, 1." Lieutenant
General Hugh A. Drums First Aney
today began its movement into concentration
areas in North and South
Carolina tor war games designed to
provide Joint training for the separate
components of this fnr-flyng command.
All along the Atlantic bcaboard.
from Mu|u$ to Georgia, advance
detachments of the 300,000 officers
and men of the First Army who
will take part in the maneuvers'have
left their base stations. This mass
movement of men and guns and load
ed trucks will continue for the next
threo weeks, reaching a peak from
September 27 to October 3, when tho
principal units will arrive in the Carolina
maneuver area, where they will
remain until November 30.
"The purpose of the maneuvers Is
training," General Drum said today.
"By this training," he continued, "we
hope to fuse the hitherto separated
units of the First Army Into n eoordlated.
effective combat tear , and all
the problems will be planned with
that end In view. While we strive
for tenm work, wo shnll encourage In
every way possible Individual and
group initiative, and emphasis will be
placed on the development of loadership
In all ranks. After we have completed
our two months of training In
the Carollnas, I hope we all shall
have learned much more about our
Jobs.'*
Major unite of General Drum's command
are three Army Corps* I, II, and
VI. The Army Corps, with headquarters
In Columbia, South Carolina,
includes the 8th and 9th Divisions of
the Regular Army, and the 30th Division
containing National Guard units
from North and South Carolina, Tennessee
and Georgia. The II Corps,
with headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware,
Includes Pennsylvania's 28th
Division, the 29th Division of Maryland,
The District of Columbia, and
Virginia, and the 44th Division, now
stationed at Camp Dix, N. J., made up
of units from the New York and New
Jersey National Guurd. The VI Army
Corps with headquarters In Providence,
R. I., includes the famous First
Division and the 26th (Yankee) Division
of Massachusetts.
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This M. P. Sure
Had Lots Of Speed
Vincent H. Fleming, ago 21, identified
with the 30th Military Police
company at Fort Jackson is facing
trial on a charge of stealing an automobile
and in driving a car while
intoxicated.
The car was stolen from in front
of the William Manning home on Fair
street, where it had been parked by
Mrs. N. R. Goodale shortly before 4
o'clock In the afternoon on Wednesday.
Fleming made the mistake of trying
to pass a state police squad car on
the Wateree river bridge at a reckless
speed. The squad car with Officers
P. T. Arnold and P. F. Thompson took
after Fleming to caution him for
reckless driving. Fleming heard the
siren of the squad car behind him and
the chase was on.
According to the officers Fleming
hit a, high of 87 miles an hour, but
conld not shake the squad car and
officers, Wbp sought several times to
edge by and bring him to a stop.
Into Colombia and through the
streets of that city went the flying
cars. Through two stop light#, car#
and pedestrlaps scattering as they
heard the wall of the police car and
saw the flying machines approaching.
- Finally Fleming ran his car to the
side of a street, leaped out and sought
to escape by dashing into an alley between
some houses. But the officers
were too fast and he was captured
and turned over to the Fort Jackson
officials. ?
In the meantime the theft of the
car was not discovered by Mrs. Goodale
until about an hour had elapsed.
8h#_bad missed the car but concluded
|*er husband must havo come along
nd driven it away. When" the theft
was known, Mr.' Goodale went to
police headquarters to report it. While
t police - headquarters giving a
description of tho stolen ~ oar, * tho
phono rang and the state highway
nconnced the recovery o* tie- -
car In Colombia.
^ Flemtar* "home ie at Waynoovills
North Carolina. *