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,, y The Camden Chronicle VOLUME B3 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1941 NUMBER 35 IRithards Fights Step Toward 'All-Out War* Washington. Nov. 12?Declaring his opposition to the neutrality repeal as amended by Senate because as it now stands means, "all-out war?total war f; ^-wlth all Its implications and all Its consequences," Congressman J. P. Richards of Lancaster, S. C., said today that ho had studied every phase of the measure. Mr. Richards is a member of the House committee on foreign affairs, aud an overseas veteran of the World war, and his speech' today was given rapt attention. 'Ah 1 listened to Senater Tydlngs In his opposition to the Senate amendment to permit armed vessels to enter belligerent war zones, my mind went back to my old division, the 30th, and thf man who shouldered the rifle and fought and died under Its banner. We had a pretty good division we thought ?some said the best," declared Richards. "My regiment, the old 118th Infantry, was made up of men who believed in the Justice of our cause. They must have belivoed In our cause, for that regiment received more congressional medals for individual valor and heroism beyond the call of duty than any other regiment in the armed forces of the United States. "I am proud that I served with the 30th throughout the conflict as a private and a sergeant for $33.00 and $44.00 per month. I did not feel then, and I do not feel now, that I was underpaid for what little I could do. Our division, after training In this country for one year, saw foreign service under the British alpng with the 27th division of New York at Ypres, on the Somme river, at St. Quentin, Cambreil, and Beiiicourt. The 27th and 30th first broke the Hindenberg line. "Many of our men, hundreds and i hundreds of them, paid the supreme sacrifice. They fought with British artillery, British and French machine guns, with British planes overhead. They were under the command of a British general and had It not been (or Blackjack Pershing, the men of wt organization Would have beenotorn from American command and fed Into British units to be used as cannon fodder under the British flag. They felt about it all just as Senator Tydlngs' men felt. (Please turn to page seven) Episcopal Canvass Starts Nov. 23 Sunday, November 23, has been designated as the opening day for the every-member canvass of the parish of Grace Episcopal church. The canvass will be In charge of Henry G. Garrison of the Commercial Bank of Camden, with Mrs. John M. VillePigue as co-chairman. The budget objective is $6,100. I'lans are being made for the annual parish supper to be held during the second week in December in the Grace church parish house. It is hoped to make this affair one of the most successful and largest attended In Grace church history. In addition to being the annual get-together of Parishioners, the supper will also constitute a welcoming affair for the new families to affiliate with the church duriug the past year. Members of the Grace church veBtry, together with Dr. Maurice Clarke, rector, take pardonable pride in the work that has been done In all units of the church during the past year. The Sunday school has shown a marked growth and a decided Increase In Interest on the part of the young people. The church school boasts of a splendid teaching staff, and this in a measure accounts for the highly successful program now under way. ' In connection with the activities of the young people of the parish, outstanding success has featured the work of the two counsellors, Mrs. Gertrude Harris and Miss Margaret Clarke. There has during the past year been n marked Increase in church attendance at all services. During the year, splendid results have featured the Program of entertainment and church interest extended to the students of 'he air school, both American and British. Many parties have been given in the parish house and It is proposed to continue this program during the ensuing year. The church building la in fine condition due to the fine program of Maintenance as observed by the Property committee of the vestry. During the past slimmer the Grace church rectory was painted and other improvement* made. - ' Mulberry Foursome Will Play Sunday Polo fans of the Palmetto atato us well us from the Charlotte area of the Tarheel commonwealth, whp delight in the line play offered on Cainden polo tlelda will enthuse oyer the sport menu that ta to be diahod up Sunday afternoon at Seaboard field. The Mulberry foursome, featuring riders from this historic plantation, will take' the field for the first time this season In a battlo with the Camden mallet experts. The plantation foursome will offer practically the same lineup in evidence in the fa-1 mous HusBell tournament last spring and which narrowed down to a thrilling final event between Mulberry and the Essex Troop riders. Playing the No. 1 position will be Jim Daniels, while at No. 2 will be David Williams, Jr. Daniels and Williams are Yale students and play Oft the Ell polo team. At the No. 3 position will bo Kirby Tupper and at No. 4, Carl Light foot. Camden will be represented by M. Burns at No. 1; Charlie Robertson, ut No. 2; Cyril Harrison, at No. 3, and Joe Bates at No. 4. The "old-timers club," made up of polo fans who have watched polo in Camden for two-score years and more, and who profess to know all about the players are predicting a win for Mulberry on Sunday. The game will start at 3 o'clock with C. P. DuBo8e, Jr., aa referee and Ancrum Boykin, the sage of Boykin, as timer. ' Soldiers To Eat Turkey Sunday First Army Public Relations Division Headquarters, Camden, S. C., Nov. 18?Thanksgiving dinner in the field for hundreds of thousands of men of the First Army on maneuvers in the Carolines will be celebrated with full gusto and flavor on Sunday, Nov. 23, right in the middle of the final and most intensive stage of the entire maneuver period. ? "Nice young fat hen turkeys weighing from ten to twelve pounds that can easily be roasted in the ovens of the field ranges", is the way the First Army Quartermaster, Col. John S. Chambers, describes the main course to be had by the troops. ' Celebration of the occasion on Sunday instead of Thursday is due to the fact that the week-end November 22-23 affords the only free time for the men during the all-important General Headquarters phase of the maneuvers, scheduled to run from November 16 to November 30. Each man will have one full pound of turkey, with lettuce and tomato salad, fresh celery hearts and sliced pickles. Celery dressing goes with the turkey, along with mashed potatoes and string beans. Giblet gravy is for those who desire it. Bread and butter will be had in plentiful quantities, and the beverage will be lemonade. During last year's maneuvers, according to the First Army Quartermaster, troops in the field did not have turkeys because the only birds then available were large ones, weighing around eighteen pounds, which were too large for the field ovens. This year's crop, besides being more suitable for roasting in the field, are younger, tenderer and more flavorful. Railroad Crossings Cause Many Antics (By The Skipper) Upon the suggestion and invitation of an East DeKalb street business man, we attended a bump-the-fchmp party on that highway several days ago and came away imbued with the idea that one of the best things the city dads of this bailiwick can do is to ask the Southern Railway to smooth up the three railroad track crossings which adorn U. S. Highway No. 1. We might mention the fate of the truck load of canteloupes which br;ke down, careened into the curb and spilled melons down the street for a block. Or the trfick loaded with apples which separated from the power unit and spilled apples over the landscape. Not to mention the lady who lost control of her car on the far east crossing (main line) and climbed the curbing and stopped in the yard of the Southern Cotton Oil company plant. And then aak some of the soldier (FtMM torn to pat* olghx) < -l* i .i ljj. u..,.1 ..rr Former Camden Man Killed On Deer Hunt | William DeSausaure (Dollle) Boykin. well known and popular Sumter^ business man, wan fatally ahot Thursday afternoon while on a deer hunt in Clarendon county. Mr. Doykin, "Dellie" to a boat of friends throughout the atate, was ono of the most active citizens of Sumter i in all community uffalra. He was a I World war veteran, haviug served in France as a first lieutenant in a ma chine gun battalion. He was a past president of the Rotary club, of the Sumter Game and Fish Association and at the Retail Merchants' Association. At the time of his death he was vice president and a director of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of the Sumter post of the American Legion, of the "Woodmen of the World and was a Mason. For the last 10 years he had been general, manager and was a part owner of the B. & H. Service Stations. Mr. Boykin was born In Camden on April 27, 1896, and was therefore, 45 years old. His parents were William DeSaussure Boykin and Lucy Shannon Boykin. He is survived by his widow, who before marriage was Miss Bessie Hood of Sumter; one brother, MacWillie S. Boykin of Sumter; three sistefs, Mrs. Lula B. Exum of Sumter; (Please turn to page two) Corn Banquet At Court Dec. 11 The annual "corn growing" ban^m^ ?a joint affair with members of the Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Chamber of Commerce and county Fair association organizations taking part will bo held in the dining room of the Court Inn on Thursday, December 11. At this meeting the awards of the prizes for the corn-growing contest which this year had some flfty or more participants, will be made by county agent W. C. McCarley, under whose able and efficient direction and supervision, the contst was arranged and conducted. The speaker of the evening will be A. H. Ward, of Aiken, a member of the Clemson College extension service. W. D. BOYKIN ? (Cut by courtesy Sumter Item) ? 1 LJ- - -O-J? _-^l? k . - x ?? - ? War Guns Disturb Slumber on Sunday Camdeu's usual quiet of a Sabbath morn was rudely Jolted last Sunday, when before dawn, the lteds and Blues of the United States army opened hostilities right In our own front yard?so to speak. The rumble of tanks, trucks and other equipment, the roar of motors ou low-flying bombing planes, the crackle of fire arms and the boom of cannon, all provided a morning medley that caused Camden people, that is, most of them, to give up any ideas of extended Sunday morning snoozing. And the most astoundtng part of it all is that we have met scores of people who slept undisturbed throughout the racket. A good IS' part of the racket was not due to fire arms but to the skilled ability of truck and tank drivers _?o make their motors backfire with ibo gusto of a Pronely 75. And it was theso healthy .concussions which caused some nervous folks to leap from their beds in dismay. Motorized equipmrtit was rushing hither and thither abou( the streets, making a deafening din. As a result for the first time in years early breakfasts were in order in many homes. Bombing planes zoomed over tho city to make an attack on the Wateree river bridge and in this the planes were eminently successful. The bridge as one khaki clad trooper exclaimed was " blown to hell", which brought a retort from a Camden police officer "too bad it didn't happen ten years ago." All day Camden folks watched lormations of bombing and fighting planes fly overhead. And from an early hour in the morning No. 1 and No. 521 highways became lanes of moving war equipment. The police were kept on the alert In traffic regulations all day. Scores of Camden motorists, although asked to keep off the highways in the maneuver zones, persisted in driving into the fighting area, presenting problems of traffic regulations which in actual war time might have put them in a concentration camp. Several motorists who ventured far into the dangerous area had to come back after dark, to experience, as one (Please turn to page eight) Seal Campaign Will Open On December 1 The Christmas seal campaign, scheduled to begin on Monday, November 24, has been postponed until Monday, December 1. On this latter date the sale of Christmas seals will be inaugurated with proper ceremonies at tho corner of Broad and DeKalb streets. Mrs. Leon Schlosburg, chairman of the Kershaw County Tuberculosis Association seal campaign, delayed the start of the program until December 1 in order to permit of the Red Cross campaign being carried on for the extra week without offering any conflict. THE RED CROSS APPEAL On the night of October 16, the U. S. destroyer Kearney, proceeding in the North Atlantic off Iceland, was struck by a torpedo. Among the injured was Chief Boatswain's Mate Leonard Frontakowski. His life depended on the immediate arrival of blood plasma for an emergency transfusion. While another destroyer steamed to the side of the stricken Kearney; carrying a naval surgeon, a plane loaded with blood plasma donated by Red Cross volunteers took off from an undesignated Iceland air base: The dramatic story of how the plane dropped the precious plasma to the Kearney and how it saved the life of Leonard Frontakowski has been told "in the news columns of the nation's press. It is well, however, to stress that the Red Cross was on the job with traditional promptness. The needs Of our sailors in their dangerous North Atlantic assignment were anticipated. The Red Cross is appealing to the nation for membership support. This support is needed so vitally that Red Cross leaders are asking for a membership comparable to that of the first World War when more than 18,000,000 adult Americans expressed their belief in the Red Cross by becoming members. The Kearney catastrophe illustrated but one of the dramatic ways in which the Red Cross is organizing its forces for the defense of our country. Quietly and with liitle fanfare, the Red Cross is at work on the Ihome front as well as the military Iflront. Volunteers have undertaken scores of important responsibilities, of which the blood plasma program is but a single phase. The Red Cross has started the job of helping the Army and Navy strengthen our defense. Today your support is asked. So vital is this dhallenge, we cannot afford to neglect it.?Mrs. von Tresckow, Publicity Chairman, American Red Croes. Appeal Is Made For Aid To Red Cross If there ever was a time In Camden history when success should crown the efforts of the workers in the annual Red Cross roll call program It Is right now. With the war clouds gathering rapidly and this nation preparing to leap Into the world strife, big-hearted Americans are going to be called upon to make every kind of sacrifice. The Red Ciosh, the greatest humanity organization in the world, will have to bear the burden of most of the load In the caring for of suffering peoples. To do this will require countless (jLt^Uurs. Every dollar invested in the Red Cross Is going to pay groat dividends iu the caring for of unfortunates, whether It be In flood, hurricane or .WAT torp areas. The Kershaw county Red Cross roll call Is on. The red light in tho thermometer of progress has mado slow progress during tho past week. The workers are striving to give it Impetus?they are all working hard. Are you Mr. and Mrs. Camden and Mr. and Mrs. Kershaw county doing your share? I know a chap, know him well, who has always been a sup porter of the Red Cross. This year , he has given five times his original contribution. "The Red Cross needs it", was his comment. Tupper Is Star Of Polo Classic The Navy Blue and Gold of the Country foursome went to the masthead Sunday afternoon as the Country Riders swept to a 9 to 4 victory over Town Ju the opening game ot the General "Drum polo series at Seaboard field before a large crowd.. It was the magic mallet of Kirby Tupper, who crashed the score sheet four times during the fracas to register nearly half of the points made by | his team, which turned the trick. Carl ! Lightfoot and Charley Robertson each J registered two goals each while Joe Bates, in addition to playing a beautiful game at back took part in the scoring with a well-placed shot in the final chukker. Harrison and Ancrum Boykin did the counting for tho Town team each scoring two goals. Town opened with a dash that indicated they were out to win and Harrison's score gave them the lone tally of the openeing period. Tupper evened the score In the second while Country went scoreless. Country opened up with a brisk offensive In tho third with Tupper, Robertson and Lightfoot all scoring as again Town checked up a goose egg. Town mada .partial amends in the fourth to add two markers, these by Harrison and Boykin as Country went scoreless. Two goals by Tupper and one by Robertson gave a trio of counters to Country in the fifth as Town was blanked. Country continued on tho scoring rampage by adding two more in the sixth. Lightfoot and Bates listing goals. A. Boykin scored his second goal of the game for Town In the final period. The game was played before a distinguished gathering of army officers from Turkey, China, Canada and Great Britain. Major Wesley Yale was referee. Welcome Service For New Minister A Thanksgiving union service was conducted by the protestant churches of the fclty at the First Baptist church, Thursday morning at 7:30 o'clock. Rev. H. F. Collins, the recently assigned pastor of the Lyttlelon Street Methodist church giving the sermon. Music was offered by the Baptist church choir, augmented by singers from other churches. The protestant clergy of Camden have arranged a service of welcome for Rev. H. F. Collins, recently assigned fo the local Methodist church. This service is to he held at the Lyttleton Street Methodist Church and will be In charge of Dr. Maurice ( larke, rector of Grace Episcopal Church. Dr. Clarke will make the address of welcome to the new minister. The service of welcome will be held at 7:80 o'clock and the musical part of the affair will be under the direction of Mrs. James dandy, organist of the church. Thursday morning at 10:30 o'clock the Thanksgiving services will be MM at Grace Episcopal Church. zrir v. Officers of Other Nations See Games First Army Public Illations Division IIcndquurters. Ciumlcii Nov. li> Twenty three high tanking officers of ton foreign countries together with nine American officers with tho rank of general and f>6 others ranking from captain to colonel, arrived today tit the headquarters of the First army public relations division in Camden to observe American troops on. the move in the final (JHQ directed phase of the year's maneuvers. With them litis come the distinguished columnist, Walter Ltppmann. While most of the American officers are members of the army, several are from the Marine corps and the navy. Together with foreign officers, they will have the rights of neutral observers; and thus, not subject to capture. They may visit wherever they wish traveling from the Blues forces of the First army, under Lieutenant General Hugh A. Drum, to the Kcd forces of the augmented Fourth army corps, under Major General Oscar W. Oris wold. Most of the observers will be here for the duration of the final phase, whicl\ lias officially started today. The foreign officers Rre as follows: Lieut. Gen. H. C. B. Wernyss, Great Britain; MaJ. Gen. Shihming Chu, military attache of the Chlnose embassy, graduate of the command and stufT school, Fort Leavenworth; Brig. H. F.\.- G. Letson, military attache, Canada; Brig. John Molthouse, military attache, Union of South Africa; Brig. T. N. F. Wilson, Great Britain; Col. Oscar Kllngenberg, military attache, Norway; Col. F. G. L. WelJerman, military attache, Netherlands; Col. WoOdximJerx Ouucewlcz, military attache, Poland. Also, OoV TfBrVo Burya, Yugoslavia; Col. L. K. Lockhart, Great Britain; Col. F. I. De La P. Garforth, Great Britain; Lieut. Com. Mon Luang Kharb Kunjara, military attache, Thailand; Lieut. Col. Zlvejin Rndoyich, military atacho, Yougoslavia; MaJ. Cemal Aydlnalp military attache, " - Turkey; Mnj.?Tekin Arlburn, air attocho, Turkey; Wing Commander J. . G. Bryans, assistant air attache, Poland; MaJ. J. D. De V. Radcmun, asssltant military attache, Union of South Africa; MaJ. R. A. F. Williams, (Please turn to page two) Congressmen Observe Maneuvers First Army Public Relations Division Headquarters, Camden, Nov. 17? Twenty-two congressmen, members of the military affairs and appropriations committee of the house of representatives, arrived at the headquarters of the public relations division of the First Army in Camden today, to observe the movements of troops of the final, General Headquarters, directed phase of the maneuvers between the First Army, under the command of Lieut. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, and the Fourth Army corps, under MaJ. Gen. Oscar W. Griswold. Eleven high-ranking army officers, five with the rank of general, arrived at approximately the same time as the congressional party. Also, are here for purpose of observation, as are eight women newspaper correspondents from various press services and newspapers, who arrived this afternoon. The congressmen, who proceeded shortly after their arrival in Camden to the general headquarter director's headquarters, at Monroe, N. C? are: Malcolm C. Tarver, Georgia; Joe Starnes, Alabama; John H. Kerr, North Carolina; Robert F. Rich, Pennsylvania; Karl Stefan, Nebraska; Robert F. Jonee, Ohio; R. Ewing Thomason, Texas; Paul J. Kllday, Texas; Carl T. Durham, North Carolina; E. C. Gatherings, Arkansas; Leslie C. Arends, Illinois; Charles R. Clason. Massachusetts; Paul W. Shafer, Michigan; Thomas E. Martin, Iowa; Charles H. Elston, Ohio; Graham A. Harden, North Carolina; James P. Richards, South Carolina; John L. McMillan, South Carolina; Dow W. Harter, Ohio; Overton Brooks, Louisiana; John J. Sparkman, Ala. Officers with the rank of general: Lieut. Gen. Walter Krueger, commanding general Third Army; MaJ. Gen. R. M. Danford, chief, field artillery; Maj. Gen. J. E. Edmonds, commanding general Camp Lee, Va.; Brig, Gen* Olin H. Longlne, commanding general, Thlrty-alxth Coast Artillery brigade <AA); Brig. Gen. H. H> Fuller,' commander and staff school, Ft. Leavenworth. 32 M frMririii? Vt ?' ? .. i... . s