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VOLUME 53 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1941 NUMBER 30
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r Yankee Troops
[ Like The South
Southern hospitality" is no longer
just a phrffse to thousands of Yankee
troops participating In the First
Army maneuvers who are to the
Southland for the first time in their
lives according to officers at Public
Relations headquarters here. These
pen from the Northeastern states had
read and heard about the famed southern
hospitality?but now they are getting
a real taste of it. And they like
It. .
Marching, riding, maneuvering over
; the 6.000,000 acre "battlefield" In the
Carolinas. the men of Lieutenant General
IIugh A. Drum's army aro dally
coming Into close contact with the
natives of these parts?establishing
friendly relations and' building up a
basis of mutual understanding, the
value of which is incalculable.
All out?that's the attitude the people
of the Carolinas have taken with
regard to entertaining the soldiers.
They have opened up thbjr hearts and
their homes to these visitors?men
who are far from their families, from
the familiar bluff hills of New England.
These soldiers could be mighty
lonesome lads were it not for the
warmth of the southern hospitality.
One man last weekend had a typical
experience while sauntering down the
shady streets of the town near his
camp. He had nothing to do and but
little money in his pocket. A friendly
voice from a nearby porch called
to him: "Come on up here, soldier,
~ and talk a while."
Naturally, the man accepted and
was virtually adopted. He was taken
to a football game Saturday gfter>
noon, a movie that night, church Sunday
morning. He wanted to return
> to camp after Sunday dinner but hie
kindly hosts insisted he stay for supper.
Southerners are constantly offering
automobile rideB to First ^ Army soldiers.
Even grandmother'and mother
are in the spirit of the thing. On
their way to town for shopping, they
often stop and pick up a couple of
service men trudging a hot and dusty
to&&. Simply because a car is filled
nearly to capacity makes little diference.
Everyone squeezes together to
make room for soldiers. The sight
of mother and father with two llctle
children, plus junior and his girl
friend out in the family car stopping
to take some soldiers along with them
has been witnessed many times.
To keep the men entertained, country
club members are, turning QVgr
to them their clubs, balls and links
wholesale during weekends. Hotel
rates are cut, homes are opened up,
dances staged and movies, bowling,
roller skating and football games
financed. In ' fact, anything wjthln
reason, and some things that aren't,
are made available, somehow or other.
The churches, of course, always welcome
those whp need companionship.
Invitations to attend any of the week
day or Sunday services are given out
almost every time there is a gathering
of soldiers.
Here's a welcoming speech by the
spokesman for a county club In which
a U. S. O. dance was in progress:
"You all are welcome here and we
want you to go ahead and have a fine
time. Pretty soon we'll arrange another
affair like this one and you can
come hack again, but meantime we'd
like to get to know you boys better.
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New Features
To State Fair
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Columbia, S. C., Oct. 17?The South
Carolina State Fair, which Is to be
held in Columbia October 20-25, has
fitepped-up its program in many ways
for the 1941 show. Worthwhile features
have been retained and improved.
and new ones added to make the
fair the best yet? according to Paul V.
Moore, secretary.
Mr. Moore is especially proud of the
*how he has booked for appearance
each night before the grandstand. It
'a a George Hamid, Inc., production.
Harr.id operates the famous steel plei
Atlantic City. His "Roxotte
Revue" is, in Moore"* opinion, the fin
e?t grandstand show the fair ha* evei
?ffered. and that, he said, ''is saying
a whole lot because it is generally
thought that the grandstand shows
have been exceptionally good In ths
!ast two years". Mr. Moore alao has
hooked fireworks, the' bill to change
every night, aa an extra"feature.
The revue win be seen afternoon
*nd night throughout the week, with
tfcree show*, no doubt* o? Thartdaj
"> ttt. ew of th. rr?t crowd,.
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Camden Station Is <
On The Air Daily
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Camden radio fana who have Uatened
to the radio programs coming from *
the studio at the Klrkwood are extend- j
Iuk many remarks of a complimentary ;
nature to the radio auctlou of the i
Public Relations headquarters.
" Sunday evening the writer was an j
Invited guest at the broadcast from
the KlVkwood lobby through the med- ,
in in of Station WPTF at Raleigh and <
the half hour of entertainment offered ]
was about the most interesting we J
have heard In years. ,
The broadcast opened with the an- i
nouncement "The First Army la
On the Air" and was followed by martial
music by the 109th Artillery
band. ] Then came a vocal selection ,
by a young man with a voice as sweet
and clear as that of Lapny Ross. Next
came a piano selection, followed, in
turn by another band number, a vocal
number and then a ten minute quit
period.
In addition to the officers of the
headquarters there were a numbor of
invited guests present to witness the
broadcast.
For the benefit of those who might
like to tune in on the Camden broadcasts
the station Is on the air at 1:30
to 1:45 and 5:65 to 6 p. m. daily on
Station WSOC at Charlotte and on
Monday, Wednesday and Fridays from
6:15 to 6:30 on Station WPTF, Raleigh.
From 6 tb 6:30 on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays the broadcast
is heard from WPTF.
Sunday evening there 1b a half hour
program from 8:30 until 9 p. m. over
Station WPTF. Dial 680 on your
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1941 County Fair
Is Fine Exposition
The 1941 exposition-of the Kershaw
County Fair association, in progress
this week at the fair grounds here,
has proven to be one of quality. -?,
On Monday and Tuesday the fair
grounds were in the hands of exhibitors
who rushed their displays into
shape so that on Wednesday the fair
became a public affair.
The various buildings are brimming
with pleasing and instructive displays
and in the cattle exhibit the entries
exceed in number and quality the
showings in previous years.
The mirth and fun features are offered
by the Greater Lawrence shows
and are comparable with the offerings
usually seen at fairs of this character.
On Wednesday night the Zemp football
stadium, adjoining the fair
, grounds, was filled by an interested
crowd of fans whO came to watch the
, gridiron struggle between the Camden
reserves and the Chester High reserves.
Thursday afternoon featured a dog
show which attracted a large entry
list and was one of the most outstanding
ever offered at the annual fair.
The free acts and the midway attractions
draw a heavy patronage
from the fair visitors. Nightly the
fireworks display adds color to the
affair.
Friday Is children's day at the exposition
and thousands of children
from all over the county are guests
of the management. Saturday is the
day given over to the colored children
of the city and county. >
Chairman Dewey Creed and his
committees are elated over the success
which has attended the fair this
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Fire Damages The
Trotter Greenhouse
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i Fire of an unknown origin caused
. considerable' damage to the Trotter
. greenhouse on South Broad street
, Monday afternon.
The fire was discovered by some
colored men who were passing and
they reported it to the Are headquarters.
Because the nearest water
hydrant was several blocks away a
'stream from the booster tank of the
| pumper was used.
The east end of, the greenhouse was
destroyed.
: Nurses To Go On
Eight Hour, Duty
1 This private duty nurses of the
Fourth District of South Carolina recently
voted to go on 8-hour duty, bet
ginning Saturday, November first.
i is in this district and this
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Camden Bullpups ]
Slaughter Chester
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A fine little football machine. travjling
under the title of "Camden Reserves",
strutted a lot of good foot- j
mil before several hundred fans at
f.dhtp stadium Wednesday uight to 1
?allop over the Cheater Reserves by i
% 32 to 0 score. And take, It from <
48, the score could easily have been j
loublod. .. r
The game was scarcely a minute
jld before the Bullpups, coming stars *
4f the Camden Bulldog roster, had r
rung the bell for the first touchdown, i
It was Jennings who put up a beautl- .
ful run to flash Into pay dirt. Cox
took the ball, tucked It into his turn
my, and whammed Into the line to go i
over for the extra point. i
Ernest ' Parker added the next i
touchdown canter a few minutes later j
and Jennings plunged through the line
to add the extra point.
Before the half expired Rush bad
taken the ball over for a third marker ;
for the Bullpups and it was Carol Co*
who battered his way through the ,
Chester line to make the count 21 to, l
All this happened in the first quarter.
In the second and thrld quarters
the boys fussed around and got a lot
of good exercise. In the fourth period
the Pups got mad again and sailed
Into pay dirt for his second and the
Camden fourth touchdown. The effort
for the extra point failed. Later
In the period Ernest Parker scored his
second touchdown of the evening and
again the extra point try failed.
The game served to Indicate to the
fans that the Bulldogs have some
good material in the reserve ranks for
future football promise.
The Chester lads were willing, but
they Were completely outclassed by
the local yearlings.
The starting lineups were as follows:
Camden:? E. Parker and Hugglns.
ends; 8. Cohnell and Brown, tackles;
Sheheen and Shirley, guards; W. Connell,
c; Jennings, C. Cox, Waters and
Thornton, backs. Hugglns was cap- ;
tain for tne evening.
Chester?Robinson and Lewis, ends;
Roof and Roach, tackles; Dawklns
and Heart guards; Cameron, c.; Wall,
Lee, Robinson and J. Robinson, backs.
Asks Girls To Aid
* With Dance Progam
Mrs. Leon Schlosburg, president of
the Legion Auxiliary and working
with Mrs. John Mullen In a program of
Saturday night dances at the old
armory, the affairs to be given for the
soldiers, .in a statement this week,
makes an appeal to the young ladies
of the community to cooperate with
the dance committee.
"These dances will be featured by
a fine dance orchestra from the pubTic
'relations headquarters and will be
properly chaperone," said Mrs.
Schlosburg.
"I feel that it Is the duty 6f the
young women to cooperate with us In
this part of the defense recreatoJnal
program. The dances will be carefully
supervised and we are certain there
will be nothing objectionable to occur.
"There will be no excuse on the
plea that any young lady Is without
means of transportation to and from
the dance, for we are prepared to send
cars for all ^who so desire. Alll they
have to do is to call me by telephone
and I will see that a conveyance is
provided.
"I hope all of the young ladles of
Camden and community will show
their patriotism by cooperating with
ys in making these dances a success."
High School Bands
Compete at Fair
Columbia, fe." C., Oct. 14?High
school bands with their charming
majorettes are coming to the State
Fair, Columbia, In full fofce Friday,
October 24 to compete In the second
annual state-wide contest.
The first band will do its stuff
promptly at 1:80 p. m. on Friday,
which Is school day, at the fair and If
advance Interest Is any indication of
the entries, the competing bands will
be many mpre than those who took
part in the first successful state-wide
contest at the State Fair last year.
E. T. Gavin, director of music of the
Columbia public schools, is to be the
chairman of the committee in charge.
Ten points will go for the playing of
the march Selection and 90 points for
marching technique.
"The scoring has been arranged
this way," said Paul V. Moore, secretary
ototbe^fair, "so thgt any band,
large wimall, hew or old, may have
equal opportunity to win any. of the
prise*."
First place prise is 975; second, 990#
third, 990; fourth, 996. .and fifth, 999.
Bands should not wait on an invitation
to compete. It la not an invitation
affair. Every school band In the
state is eligible. . ^
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Bulldogs Triumph (
Over Lancaster
(By the Skipper)
A Bulldog team, whoso chief assets ii
ucluded some hard-running backs. C
>rllllant passing, some deceptions and 11
i plethora of gameness, helped Cam- v
len to trounce a heavy Lancaster high t
earn before a capacity crowd at t
Kemp stadium Friday night, by a
icore Of 20 to 0, 1
It" marked the fourth straight win (
'or the Bulldogs and kept their 1941 *
gonfalon whipping In a victory breeze, j
It was a perfect autumnal night
and the sellout crowd Jammed grand- (
stand and bleachers and overflowed In (
Lhe northern end zone and along the i
sidelines adjacent to the stand and (
bleachers. Lancaster fans, 1,500 or
more, headed by a snappy band, Jammed
the enemy side of the field.
The Invading hordes descended up- 1
on this bailiwick early In the evening J
and sallied forth to lay their wagers
Dn the game. They were a cocky
bunch of good people and they "knew"
their warriors were going to bring
home the baccn. The overwhelming
scores piled up against opposing
teams, two of them Class A squads,
had raised the hope of the Lancaster
crowd to a high pitch. >
Camden fans wore doubtful. The
scoring power of the Invaders in other
games having Impressed them to the
extent of fear that this dark horse
gailg from the neighboring county
were going to dish up gloom in double
doses. This fear In the Camden ranks
was intensified when the visitors took
the field to warm up. They looked
like college players; bis- rangy and
with lots of spark and dash.
- But after five* minutes of play in
the opening quarter the Camden fans
eat back with real relief. For the
lighter but cannier Bulldogs were holding
like a stone wall and they were
also ripping through the allegedly
stonewall of the visitors.
The greater part of the period was
actually a sparring match with both
teams playing cautiously. But in the
.dyeing minutes the Bulldogs came to
life. They started to march. Two
successive downs featured by a beauIPlease
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Harvest BallTonight
To Be Colorful Event
The first of the outstanding social
events of a distinctive Camden nature
will take place this evening at the
new armory when the harvest dance,
sponsored by the Camden Junior Welfare
League will attract a large number
of dancers from this city #s well
as neighboring communities.
The dance, to-be presented in an
attractively decorated hall and with
the nationally famous Westbrook orchestra
offering the musical inspiration.
for the dancers, will be the first
affair of the kind to be given in th<T
handsome new armory. While the
farewell ball of the 30th Engineers
was the first time that tripping feet
tripped the light fantastic over the
polished maple of the new home of
the Camden unit of the South Carolina
National guard, that affair was
conducted by an outside group.
The officers and members of the,
Junior League have spared ho time or
effort in making this event attractive
to the most exacting socialite. Tables
are to be reserved for guests upon request
and these tables will be placed
along the hides of th6 dance area.
TJle dance Is to be formal and will
undoubtedly present a picture of Animation
and color.
Black River Road
Will Be Paved Soon
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Construction of 9.49 miles of new
highway on what is known as the
Black River road will start this fall.
This road is known as Highway
526 and extends from 521 south of
the city to the Junction of Highway
44 at the Plsgah churchy
The road will be of earth type base
course and will have a number of relocations
where : sharp, curves pre-'
vailed. . *.
The surveying on this road has besn
completed and the contract will probably
be awarded in a few weeks.
Bids .were called for last week by the
highway commission.
The Black River road paving project
has been a pet affair of the Camden
and Kesphaw county chamber of
ceaohfcree for several years, as the
highway tape one of the moat proline
agricultural areas tat the community.
The success of having the road listed
tor haprevement is due to R M. Ken- !
ne^ftyof this city.
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ianoe Series To |l
Start On Sunday
The first K??uvJ of the Oanoe series.
n honor of Colonel and Mrs. William
lunoe of the Public Helatlons head- V
uArters Of the First Army. U. a. A.. >
vlll be played at Seaboard Field on
he U. S. Highway No. ?1 Sunday af-1
ernoon at 3 o'clock.
Colonel Oanoe 1b to toss in the wil l
ow for the start of the game. Mri.j
Janoe and members of his official I
itaff will occupy seats of vantage dur*l
n the game. j
The full military band of the 109th
?oast Artillery will be present and
jffor a half hour concert program be'ore
the game and will also play bo-1
ween chukkera. ' t I
Manager Cyril Harrison of the I
Camden polo club has announced the
<ame ly1 bolng Played between the
Ramblers and the PalmettOB. In the
lineup of the Ramblers will be Moultrie
llurnB at No. 1. Charles DuBose,
Jr. at No. 2, Cyril Harrison at No. 3
and lucrum Boykin at No. 4. The
Palmettos will lineup with Kirby Tupper
at No. 1. Charley Robertson at I
No. 2, Carl Lightfoot at No. 3, and I
Joe Bates at No. 4.
The games will be in charge of the
American Region and the admission
fee will be but 25 cents. Charley Little
will be seen in the role of referee.
As previously announced, the Seaboard
Field, Or better known as the
No. 3 field of the polo club is located
opposite the passenger station of the
Seaboard railway. Entrance for motor
cars is on a roadv^y leading from
tf." 8. Highway No. 1, Just a few yards
west of the railroad overhead bridge.
Yellow SilksTrounce
Blues in Polo Opener 1
After six chukkers of rapid action
on the turf of the No. 2 polo field
Sunday afternoon, the yellow silks of
Town grabbed a 5 to 3 verdict over
the blue of country.
It was a game featured by one of
the largest opening game turnouts In
many years and while an extremely
dry field produced dense clouds of
dust and obscured the players and
mounts, the crowd got a big kick out
of the sport.
The tardy arrival of Kirby Tupper
made it necessary to start the game
with three players to a side and with
Joe Bates being accommodated by
Burns, Robertson and Harrison of
town, la the fourth chukker Tupper
made his debut and the last half of
the game found both teams at full
strength.
The game was played on the flat, as
the teams were quite evenly matched
in goal strength. Burns opened the
scoring for the 1941-42 season with a
neat shot after Harrison had poled a
long 'assist, the ball rolling directly
in front of the uprights from which
point Burns took it over.
Harrison quickly followed with a
goal and when the chukker ended the
yellows were ahead 2 to 0. Town
widened the gap to 3?0 with another
goal by Harrison in the second.
Country went scoreless In all but
one chukker, that being the fourth
when C. P. DuBose, Jr. poked the ball
home for the lone count of the game
for the Rluee up to that time. Bates
scored f6r the town team In the same
chukker making the count 4?1 when
the period ended. Town added a fifth
counter In the fifth frame while country
went scoreless. t
In the sixth the Country foursome
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"Buddy" Denton
In Cleaning Business
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When W. R. (Buddy) Denton Isn't
working as chief of the Camden fire
department, he Is busily engaged In
operating one of Camden's most up to
date dry cleaning establishments.
And when Buddy embarked upon this
business program he located his dry
cleaning business in a building directly
across the street from the fire
headquarters.
"All I have to do when we get a fire
call is to hop out the front door, take
a hop, skip and Jump across the street
and leap on to the rear of the big
pumper as it rollf out of the Are house
and starts on its errand of rescue."
Dsnton has equipped his establishment
with the very. latest In 4^
cleaning machinery and all of k lg
pic and span new. Within a few
weeks time he has built np a splendid
business and is prepared to uke care
of any kind of dry -cleaning and In
any degree of volume.
Messy Coordination;
Soldiers Missing
After elaborate preparations had
been made to care for 600 or more soltilers
over the week end, Camden,
swamped with unheralded troopers
the week-end previous found but a half
hundred arriving to avail themselves
of the round of fun planned for.
As a result of the second fiasco
growing out of the program of allot*
Ing soldiers to Carolina communities,
Camden citizens and especially the special
committee having in charge
the entertainment program are beginning
to have doubts as to the efficiency
of cortain agencies.
On October 1 Camden was Informed
that no (troops would be assigned horo
for Saturday and Sunday, October 4
and 6. J,ute Saturday afternoon on
October 4 over a thousand soldiers
arrived and tho city was hard put to
see that they were cared for in a fitting
manner.
The matter occasioned much Indignation
and the Camden committee
took extra pains last week to see that
all agencies were contacted and a definite
number of soldiers assigned to
Camden. Tho USO promised not
more than 500 but later an official of
this organization phoned thafc the city
beat be prepared to handle double
that number.
As a* result eating houses, drug
stores and other places where the soldiers
gather added to their stocks.
The Crimdon committee arranged for
band concerts, entertainment of various
kinds, swimming parties, information
booths were set up.* Service
centers In all parts of the city were
established, nearly a hundred citizens
motored to the Hampton Square to
pick up BOldlers to care for in their
homes.
And but 57 arrived. Camden is
not angry, not amused, but disgusted.
"Prom 4 o'clock In the afternoon
when the 67 soldiers and officers arrived,
the Camden committee was
busy. The chairman, Major J. W.
Cantey, with Mrs. Cantey, Colonel
Wall, Mrs. John Mqllen, Frank Heath,
Marvin Heasonover, H. A. Small,
Father Ed. Burke, Mrs. James Porter,
with Privates Harold Mates and
Peter Drast at the armory were waiting
for the arrivals.
The small group arriving at four
o'clock were taken to the Hermitage
Lake where they enjoyed a swim.
Later they were taken in charge by
citizens who opened their homes for
them.
The band concert took- place but
there were no soldiers present. In
fact, but a small number of citizens
heard' the music. Hundreds who
would have liked to hear the band
had to work. Others had shopping
to attend to.
C^piden was all dressed up in flags
and bunting. Big signs at Broad and
DeKalb streets pointed out the direction
to historic points.
No, Camden, was not angry. Camden
was not even amused. But Camden
was disgusted.
Conscience Makes
For Cash Return.
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Thirty six years ago a colored woman
Journeyed from Camden to New
York. She was accompanied by a
child whom she said was under 12
years of age.
Saturday the Seaboard agent here,
Councilman J. E. Ross received a letter
with a money order for $12.06
The letter was from the colored woman
who journeyed north 86 years ago
and it waa the difference between frl!
fare and haft fare of the child.
The writer of the letter signed herself
as Patience Faith and gave her
address at 217 W 128 street, New
York city. r
The letter to the Seaboard agent
follows:
"Dear Sir: Thclosed you will find
money order for $12.06 covering fare
of a child brought from Camden in
1905. I passed1 her on half fare and
she was of the age to pay full fare. So
I am sending you the difference.
Through the teachings of Father
Divine we are paying all past debts
and endeavoring to live righteously.
Only hla Mind and Spirit can renovate
these minds of the people. I tm
sending yon a "New Day". Kindly
write Father Divine on receipt of this. "
Sincerely,
' PATIENCE FAITH,
"i am sending youthe monyjqc
the teaching of Father Divine. 1 don't
exactly know what the fare waa at
that time. And the "New Days" I
am sending y^u yon will get them
once a week for three months. Sown
there wed to be my old home."