The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 10, 1941, Image 1

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WW*--- - . >. . ., r - . - - -,-. >*;. - ... ^r?-y ''^*n ' *"**' ^ ?"**"* ' % ? . *' , . . * *V. Don't Forget Football Game Tonight and County Fair To Be Held Here All Next Week ? October 13 To 18. The Camden Chronicle VOLUME 53 . CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1941 NUMBER 29 Thousand Soldiers In Camden for Weekend . .??? -??? v Camden got its first flood of soldiers frnni i lie maneuver urea Saturday afternoon and by nightfall over 1.000 had arrived In the city for a \veek-end of fun and entertftlumout. I ntt>r reports Indicated that all found places to sleep, although hundreds were obliged to sleep on the 1 floor of the armory and the court house. The Chamber of Commerce notified last week that there would bt. no soldiers sent to Camden until later in the month wade every effort to find sleeping accommodations for the visitors. One group of soldiers came from the oanip near Kershaw while another group came from Wadesboro. The truck convoys were directed to the r area near the new armory and from this point the hundreds of soldiers } made a bee line for the downward area of the city. , Much complaint was heard from the i visitors over the lack of shower facill 0it's and unless more showers are available in the future the army may cut down greatly on the number of men to be sent here fOf the week end. The only battery of showers available for the soldiers was that at the arinorv and these showers were In use from late afternoon until the early hours of the following morning. Rands of soldiers wont from one end of the streets to the other end In the downtown area seeking "tap beer". One group invaded the Chamber of Commerce to Inquire the location of the draught beer establishments. It was apparent that the soldiers came from the north where taverns prevail in unlimited numbers and where the lager beverage Is available. Camden restaurants were Jammed all evening while the picture shows played to capacity audiences. MAny of the soldiers visited the service dubs and on Sunday a number took occasion to attend church service#. Sunday the restaurants again catered to immense crowds of uniformed men. The recently installed benches along the walks on DeKalb street came In for manv congratulatory remarks from the visitors. Sunday morning papers carrying football game reports were quickly snapped up. The Sunday shows at the movies, particularly the matinee shows were very heavily patronized. Police problems brought on by the maneuver visitors were at a minimum. Military police assigned to the area kept the soldiers orderly. There was some complaint registered over what the soldiers declared , a rise in the price of bottled ( beet. The soldiers here over .the weekend are only a taste of what Camden is to get later on, provided more adequate shower facilities are provided. I Otherwise the number will be greatly reduced. The stores and shops" took car? of the invasion in a splendid manne** as did the eating establishments. The money order window of the postoffice i was open Stmday -and--the- lobby of < the federal building was Jamfned at t times with soldiers seeking to send < money to their families. 1 t Camden Bulldogs Upset Gamecocks j < Front Saturday's Sumter Item) Camden High's football team took to the air in the second half of last night's annual battle with Sumter High and ran the Gamecocks ragged with aerials to come out in front by a 13 to 0 score. The Sumter team, playing for the last time under the guiding hands of Coach Bill Clark, who will, enter active army duty, started out In line form and made gain after gain thru the Bulldog line. They even threatened to score several times in the first half and racked up eight first downs to Camden's 2, but the capacity crowd of 5,000 saw a complete re. versal in the last half as a result of Camden's crack passing attack. The Bulldogs gained 153 yards thru the air while Sumter's passes netted ?nl> eight yards. The Gamecocks attempted 16 but nearly all were either *ide of their mark or batted down. Sumter was never able to set up a pass defens^. JThere was no qne man to watch as the entire backfleld alternated in firing the aerials. Sumter had three good chances to core. One bogged down In the first quarter, the second was muffed when _ Copeland caught a pass for what looked to be a touchdown, but he was out ?f bounds when he snagged the ball. The other came In the final half j *hen Dew intercepted a Camden ae1 tial on his own 10 and raced 70 yards before he fateralled ,tCopeland In front of the goal. Copeland was tacked immediately and he fumbled but < filter recovered. The Gamecocks *er* then halted by a stout-hearted f'amden defense. However^ the' lODg run was by far the most thrilling-play [ of the game. - * A sustained Camden drife finally ^'d off in the last quarter. A series p Passes carried to the Sumter eight *here the Bulldogs took to line plays r (Please turn to page two) [ : ':r r Polo Game Listed For Number 2 Field Hnther than disappoint the many polo fans who have been awaiting the opening game of the 1941-1942 polo season. Coach Cyril Harrison of the Camden polo club, who arrived here Monday morning has announced that the Yellows and Blues will stage an exhibition game at the No. 2 polo] Held, Sunday, Qctpber 2. at 3:30 p. m. The lack of rain the past several! weeks has served to dry up the turf at the regular No.-1 field and Coach Harrison is fearful that if there was any play action on the field, it would cause much damage to the surface. Coach Harrison states that the field near the Kirkwood hotel is in excellent \?hape and he will have the Yellows and Blues out on a real show for game patrons. The Yellows will line up with Moultrie Burns at No.l; C. P. DuBose, Jr., at No. 2; Cyril Harrison at No. 8 and Kobertson at No. 4. The Blues will have Klrby Tupper at No. 1; Ancrum Boykin^t No. 2; Carl Llghtfoot at No. 3, and Joe Bates at No. 4. Charlie Little will be referee. \. As explained recently by Secretary C. P. DuBose, Jr., of the polQ club, considerable expense has been entailed In the care of the field the past summer and to use it now when the surface is hard as granite, would do a lot of damage. "We will hope for rain before October 19, when we hope to have the formal opening of the polo season with Town and Country meeting In the first game of a best two out of three game series at the No. 1 field," Mid - Mr. Harrison. "We expect to have the 109th field artillery band from the Public Relations Headquarters to play before the game and between chukkers and the play by play account of the action on the field will be broadcast over a public address system by a competent annouftper." Mr. Harrison went on to state that the game next Sunday would be free to the public. When the action transfers to the No. 1 field, the same arrangements prevailing In past years will obtain at the gate. This Involves a small admission fee. All returns at the gate are used for charitable purposes. Camden Police Bear Down On Offenders Camden police really went into action over the week-end In bearing Sown on?drunken drivers, reckless Irivers and drivers witnout any license. The police court Monday protilted to the extent of several hundred Jollars as a result of the bond monoy appropriated from traffic violators. As is generally the case, very few af the offenders appeared in court Monday and as a result the bond3 of ihese respective offenders was declared forfeited by the court. ATTENTION I Football Fans! (By The Skipper) , Hello, Football Fanal Thla la the night when you all. will have the opportunity of turning out enmaaae to Zemp stadium to voice a nolay welcome* to our fighting Bulldogs. I For the Bulldogs make tfcelr home appearance following that smashing 13 to 0 victory over a iavored 8umter team at 8umter last Friday. It will also mark ths last appearance of the Bulldogs on the home lot for a two weeks period. On October 17. the team Invades Charlotte to tackle a strong Harding high tsam, victors over ths Columbia Caps a weak ago. On October 24, the Bulldogs go to Orangeburg. 8o you see, It will be October 31 before the action again transfers to the Camden arena, with the Chester team as the , oppoelng force. Regarding tonight'# game. The i Lancaster hlghe are the sensation j of the Palmetto state high school grid circles this yeer, will battle the Bulldogs. In ail frankness, we ( have to-admit that If the cockiness j of the Lenoeeter fane oen be token seriously, Camden Is In for a tough assignment. For Lancaster hat a clean elete of wins and In all games they have lambasted the , dickens out of their opponents. Chester and Hartsvllls, both Class A teams, went down under scores ^ of 47 to 0 and 47 to 6. 1 The Lancaster boys are repoHed ( to have everything that goes to make up a tOO per oent team- ( power, shiftiness and what not. Camden will be hard pressed to t *Ast0?nflhaddad ^.ctlon to to- ] night's game, the re will be aeo* car game between hahres b?tw?in | two teams of English flying i If you want to ee# sport tonight, be sure and be at 4 Zemp eftadtufn. ? r . ????????J i 1 "XL V. , --- ~r7 Armies Face to Face In Battles Lieut. Gen. Hutch A. Drum's First Army, 369,000 officers and xuou swung Into Hct.lon Monday In the opening phases of a two months' training maneuver over a 10.000-square mile uvea of the Carolina's which will culminate the last two weeks In November with intensive battle practice in which all components of a modern lighting force will be employed. Concentration of the various units from their bases all the way from Maine to Georgia was complete Sunday. Soldiers, enjoying their last week-end leave before the start of their eight weeks of battle exercises, were under orders to report back to camp at night in order to be in readiness for the beginning of the maneuvers. This week the three corps making up the First Army were engaged in separate field exercises, each within its own area. % The First corps, composed of the Eighth and Ninth Regular army divisions and the Thirtieth National Guard division, under the command of Major General Charles F. Thompson, with headquarters at Fort Jackson, started a five-day maneuver, divided into two| parts, in the area near Chester. The principal action took place in the vicinity of Blackstock, a few miles south of Chester. This corps was the first to be Fettled in the maneuver area, and it has already engaged in the working out of one field problem. Tl\e Second corps, composed of the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth and Forty-fourth divisions, all National Guard units, was assigned the task of covering the hypothetical concentration of the remainder of the First Army. This, problem required two and, a half days. The corps advanced from Its bases in. the neighborhood of WadesborO. N. C.. toward Chesterfield county in South Carolina with the Twenty-eighth division, made up of Pennsylvania Guardsmen, and the Forty-fourth, including Guardsmen from New York and New Jersey, moving abreast. The Twenty-ninth, Including Guard units from Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia, will be held in" reserve near Wadesboro. MaJ. Gen Lloyd R. Fredenhall Is commander of the corps. The Sixth corps, commanded - by MaJ. Gen Karl Truesdell, will stage a delayed action in defensive tactics In the area near Mt. Gilead, N. C. This corps is at present represented by the Twenty-sixth division, composed of National Guardsmen* frpm Massachusetts and supporting troops. The First Regular army division, based at Camp Devens. Mass., Is a part of the corps, but it will not ar(Please turn to page three) Bulldogs To Face ! Tough Job Tonight The Catnden Bulldogs, with three straight wins to their credit will meet a tough assignment when they battle tho> Lancaster Highs here Friday night. The Bulldogs upset the dope bucket at Sumter last Friday by spanking the Sumter Gamecocks 13 to 0 in a game that saw Camden fill the air with passes and score two touchdowns. All j of the Camden scores came in the' second half after Sumter had pushed the Bulldogs about the field to register 9 first downs as against two for Cam- ' den. I In the second half Camden took to the air and ran the Gamecocks ragged. Freddie ^fullen, Camden back, suffered a broken leg in the Sumter game. The Lancaster Cyclones will match a razzle-dazzle style of play against 1 the dlpfey doodle brand of the Camden 1 team. Camden has always been able ' to use preoisjon plays with a nicety that could do credit to a college team. ' In all of the games played by 1 Lancaster this season the boys from ' the home town of Congressman J. P. 1 Richards have run up big scores against the opposition. Camden in ' games with Kingstree, Brookland- ' Cayce and Sumter has been content 1 with narrow margin wins due to the 1 fact that Coaches Viilepigue and 1 Landsay have used many reserves in the final quarters of each game. ( Between halves of the Friday game 1 the fans will be treated to an exhfbl- < tlon of soccer as it Is played In Eng- ( land. Two soccer teams, made up of 1 players now training for the royal air force at Camden flying base will put 11 on a game. It will be the Brat soccer f game to be played In Camden and c should attract a great deal of atten- f tlon. I J Sarsfield To. Open * For 1941-42 Season The 8arsfield Club has announced b that beginning tonight-,.the popular t "nlghtery" will be open every night r with the famous Charles Fulcher or- r chestra from the Battle House at Mo- t bile, Alabama, to proTide. music for the diners and dancers. ?- a With the Fulcher orchestra Is pe- i Lite Ellen Ball, whose charming bines v roice won her the plaudits of thous- t inds of listeners on KDKA radio s broadcasts. * She will sing nightly with the orchestra. ?- rr".-* c The Sarsfield club, famous for Its v steaks, will be open every evening p luring the fall, winter and spring. The "nlghtery" became - known all ?ver the southeast as one of the iholce night clubs of the area and 1 patronage hah grown steadily. d Red Cross Prepares For Annual Drive | ' r The annual roll call of the local chapter of the American lied Cross will begin on Tuesday. November 11. and continue for one month. At a recent meeting of the chapter Mrs. Marie Tlnda\ whb named aB roll call chairman. Mrs. W. J. Maytleld la the first vice-chairman and Mrs. Ijeon Schloeburg Is the second vice chairman. Mrs. T. Lee Little is chairman of the publicity committee and she will be assisted by Frank H. Heath of the Bamden Public Relations Bureau. ? The other committees and respec-' ftvo chairmen are as follows: ltesldentiuls. Mrs, A. C. McKain; industries. Mrs. J. K. McKain; business, Mrs. F. D. Ooodale; supply chairman. Mrs. Henry Beard; women's organiza-j tions, Mrs. Gay Baum; men's organisations. . W. O. ? McCarley; county schools, Mrs. C, E. Watts; city schools! J. G. Richards. Jr.; Hermitage Mill. C. H. Zemp; Wateree Mill, Mrs. D. C. McCasklll; rural chairman, Mrs. Leon Schlosburg; hospital, Mrs. Frank Zemp; entertainment. Mrs. John Mullen; and colored, city, Dr. J. H. Thomas; city schools, P. B. Mdodana; county schools, J. L. Dibble; Kirkwood school, T. A. Hammond, and Browning Home, Dr. Thomas. Soldiers Face Death FromSpeedingAutos Chief of roilce Alva Rush urges all automobile driver* to exercise more than usual care when driving at night and directs special caution to those who motor on Broad street, i The caution by the Police Chief is due to the fact that reports have reached police headquarters of several narrow escapes by soldiers walking along the side of the street to ond from the public relations headquarters. . , The chief took occasion to sharply criticize the flagrant violation of the regulation prohibiting motorists following the fire trucks. Last Friday evening when the department responded to an alarm from a box near the site of the old Seaboard passenger depot, scores of cars raced madly after the apparatus. From DeKalb street north some of the- cars raced three abreast. At the boulevard lane area, one hustling motorist with three girls in the car with him decided to out fox cars ahead of him and turned , Into the south traffic lane. Fortunately there were no cars coming from the north at the time. It's got to stop if we have to stage a drive and make' arrests by the wholesale" said the shief. The arrest and conviction and subsequent punishment of Are department chasers would be an easy matter If the plan used by several other communities Is utilized. Police officers take the license numbers of the offending cars, check them with the state highway department records and then issue warrants for the arrest of the car owners. Members of the fire department are exempt from arrest. Stogner Plant One Of Finest In State The formal opening of the handBome new home of the Stogner Motor Company on Blast DeKalb street is to Lake place today. The garage and service station or the Stogner company is one of the most modern and finest appointed In the city If not In this part of the state. It is of brick and steel construction ind the front expanse offers a broad ^ista of crystal plate glass, back of which Is a large display room In which late models of the Chrysler , tad Plymouth cars are on exhibition. Back of the display room is a ?n!t* >n office rooms and also the stock oom.- Opening on the display room, ashlers office end with a narrow winlow opening Into the service depart- ( nent is the office of the manager. The service quarters are large tnd veil equipped with the latest In mod)rn machinery for anto servicing. One >f the features is the opening of some our work or operations lanes Into a i arge parking area on the east side of i he garage. Cars for servicing are \ un Into lanes directly from the park- < ng area and when the Job is com- 5 leted can be run out again without i laving to pass through any other t art of the service station. The Interior .of the establishment, \ oth In the repair and service quw- I ers and in the display -rooms, Is farilsbed in pure white. In the display j oom the rear wall is paneled with ft 1 latural wood effect as a walnscoatlng. 1 In front of the garage and in a i mall narrow strip between the baud- j ng and walk Is a plat of green graas { rhfle between the walk and curbby 1 he area la to be grassed and land- i <Th? ' stogner company presents a ordia) invitation to the public to iait Camden's finest garage and re- < air shop#' .. 1 Camden People In New York l Nsi^Torlt, Oct. 7.?Mr. nnd Mrs- R- j i. Pitta, ?t Camden, are at the VanflgUhotcl in New tork. Mrs. Mullen Makes An Earnest Appeal Five hundred Yanks will invade Camden Saturday afternoon, arriving here at 5 o'clock, and will he here until late Sunday afternoon. These soldiers will ho here to spend some 24 hours in relaxation after a week of hard lubor in the mimic warfare now ruglng In the Carolinas area. The obligation of the city toward t these soldiers is three-fold. First, they must have shelter, second, food nnd third, entertainment. Mrs. John Mullen, chairman of the entertainment group of the Camden Defense Recreation committee, in aj statement Wednesday, said in part: "The couch In the living room of the most humble home is better than a park bench or the hard ground where some of the soldiers had to sleep last Saturday night. A hot bath, clean towels and soap constitute the height of luxury for these soldiers. A crust of broad In good companionship is better than a banquet partaken of in solitude. - "Our best resource in caring for these boys is our generosity and hospitality. "Citisens of Camden are invited to be present at the armory when the convoy arrives. They will frave the opportunity of. taking one or more of the boys to their homes for the week end. \ "For N entertainment Saturday evening it is suggested that the movies, bowling alleyB, Service Club, St. Mary's Hall where ping pong, pool, writing facilities, and the like, are available. -?"On 8undays church services will bo held in all churches?tho Catholic church at 10 o'clock and the protestant churches at 11 and 11:15. The motion picture theatres will open at 1 o'clock. t "It is suggested that the boys who attend the various churches be taken home to dinner by members of the congregations. ' Soldiers who are not taken to the homes of Camden people for the week end will be bedded down in the Dew armory." Five Races Listed On General's Card There will be five races on the Generals' Race program, to be given Saturday afternoon, November 8th, at Millway track. The feature event of the afternoon will be the second race, three furlongs on the flat for two-year olds. For this race there will be the following purse?$100 added of which $25 to second, $10 to third and $25 to the winning two year old sired by horse standing in South Carolina. The following is the complete list of events: Race. No. 1. Two furlongs on the flat. For horses not better than half-breds. Weights: 145 lbs. Threej year-olds allowed 6 lbs.; two-year-olds allowed 5 lbs. additional. Purse: $50 added of which $10 to second, and $5 to third. Entry fee: $2. * Race No. 2. Three furlongs on the flat. For two-year-olds. Weights: 13(T ljt)s; half-breds allowed 5 lbs. j Purse: $100 added of which $25 to second; $10 to third. Entry fee: $3. Race No. 3. One-half mile on the flat. Open. Weights: 146 lbs; threeyear-olds allowed 5 lbs; half-breds allowed 5 lbs. additional. Purse: $76 added of which $15 to second and $10 to third. Entry fee: $3. Race No. 4. Six furlongs on the flat. Open. Weights 140 lbs. three-years-olds allowed 5 lbs.; halfbred allowed 6 lbs. additional. Purse: $100.00 added of which $25.00 to second and $15.00 to third. Entry fee: $5.00. Race No. 6. Three furlongs on the flat. Open. Weight: two-year-olds, 130 lbs.; three-year-olds, 135 lbs.; fouryear-olds and upward, 140 lbs. Halfbreds allowed 5 lbs. Purse: $40.00 added of which $10.00 to second and $4.00 to third. Entry fee: $2.00. Lunch and refreshments will be available at the track. Entries for the race will close November 1st. Entry blanks were mailed out Monday, October 6. The cotnmittee in charge of this, the second running of the Generals' races, (Flea** torn to page four > Sheriff Offers Reward of $100 Sheriff J. H. McLeod on Thursday announced that he had posted an offer of a reward of $100 for information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of the party or parties ineolvbd in the robbery of the Rabon and Campbell stores In Logoff Monlay morning. The sheriff withheld information of i the robberies pending investigation of lever&l ctace. At the J. W. Rabon store which is J located Just opposite the 8eaboard railway station in Logoff a heavy safe i iras takqn. Later the safe was found < a mile and a half away on the old i River Road. It had been broken open and $350 in cash taken. Checks and J private papers had not been approprl- J ited. Sixteen cartons of cigarettes i rare also missing from the store. At the Edward Campbell store on LJ. 8. No. 1 highway cigarettes, sugar, shewing gum and other merchandise 1 tad been taken. j According to the sheriff the tech- , ilque used fa breaking n hole in the plaoee Involved boring a hole In the 1 loor or window and then removing < he bar on the inside. , "* : . - r-Vs>S / ? 1~-<. . 5 ui n m< -iin i,'..in &W?? Former Govn'r Dies Suddenly Former Governor John G. Richards died suddenly iit his rosldenco at | Liberty Hill about U o'clock Thursday morning' The former governor had been In 111 health for the punt year, but had sufficiently recovered to take occasional rides and only d day before had Joined a party In a fox chase. He had been prominent In politics since curly life and wielded a powerful Influence. He was 77 years of age and had only recently celebrated his birthday. He was married to Miss Betty Workman In 1888 and to them were born nine daughters and one son?all of whom survive except the son?who died during the world war while in service. He also had a wide family connection. This Information came to The Chronicle Just at closing time, and no funeral arrangements had been made. Kershaw Fair Is ! Listed Next Week Kershaw county's show of shows, | the annual county fair, will bo UBhered in next week at the fair grounds on south BrOad street and all indications point to a record event. Monday and Tuesday, October 13 and 14 will be given over to the placing of exhibits, although the midway will be in operation and there will be free acts in front of the grandstand every afternoon and evening. Chairman _Dewey Creed and his corps of willing workers and committee members have been laboring long hours for many days to make the 1941 exposition outstanding in every department. All exhibits will feature ' a generous display of produce, handicraft and the like. The midway features will be presented by the LawrenCfe Shows, and according to the fair management the , shows will be the best eveT presented at a Kershaw county fair. The Kershaw fair is one of the outstanding exhibitions Of educational, agricultural, sporting and entertainment features. The fireworks displays will be of fered In front of the grandstands on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday . while on Wednesday night at eight o'clock a football game will be offered In the adjacent grid stadium. On Thursday there will be a dog show with E. Clarkson Rhame In charge. The Kershaw county fair is a disi tinct county presentation and Is sponsponsored yearly by the local American Legion Post and the Camden Red Fez club. Matrons Mutt Pay Tax Under the law regulating the tax on admissions, It will be necessary for all adults to pay the three-cent tax, even though they have complimentary tickets. Under the law the only exceptions to the payment of the tax are bona-flde employees, municipal officers on official business, members of the military or naval forces when In uniform and members of the civilian conservation corps wheh in uniform, providing all are admitted free. If admitted at a reduced price they are all liable to the tax. The new law has removed all exemptions granted on prior law on certain admissions, all of the proceeds of which Inured to the benefit of religious, educational or charitable Institutions, fairs and concerts conducted by civic or community groups. In the matter of the admissions at the local fair, adults will pay a three cent tax and children a one cent tax. Citadel and PC Clash Today At Sumter Special to The Chronicle Sumter, Oct. 9.?The annual clash during fair week In Sumter of The Citadel and Presbyterian College Is getting to be to the followers of those colleges what Thursday of fair week Is to Clemson and Carolina cohorts. The committee on arrangements In Sumter, ably seconded by the alnmnl of The Citadel and Presbyterian College, is building the day so it will do not only of great interest to the followers of the two colleges, but also all comers to Sumter will find It a day of entartalnment. Second to the game Itself the great feature of the day will be the street parade. Starting on lower Mala at soon, la It win be official, educational and military cftgnlttrles, college and school athletic buses, and the P. (Please turn to page six) "t !ijT