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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.
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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
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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;
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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
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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
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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.
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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,
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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.
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