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The Camden Chronicle
VOLUME 53 -CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1941 NUMBER 36,
Coach Harrison Optimistic
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Over Prospects for Season
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The Town and Country foursomes
0( the Camden polo cltrb will renew
Drum aeries next Sunday and If
there is a heavy rain In the Interval
the game may be played on No. 1
. field back of the Klrkwood Hotel.
Without yaJn, the Seaboard field will
be the scene of action.
Manager Cyril Harrison of the polo
club has announced the tattle fronts
for tho Sunday fracas as follows;
Country: Charles Robertson at No.
1; Kirby Tupper at No. 2; Carl Llght
foot at No. 3 and Joe Bates at No.
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Town: M. B. Burns at No. 1; C.
p. DuBose. Jr.. at No. 2; Cyril Harrison
at No. 3; and Ancrum Boykln
Hi No. 4.
The first game In this series was
played on Sunday, November 16, and
found the Country riders hot enough
to smash out a 9 to 4 win over town.
U was decidedly an off-afternoon for
the grey and red-clad riders and In
next Sunday's game they will be out
to even the series.
In the Interval between the first
game and the game scheduled for
next Sunday, the Camden and Mulberry
polo teams staged a two game
series which wound up at the starting
point, each team taking a game.
The Mulberry group staged a score
first in the game played on Thanksgiving
day and won 9 to 5. But Camden
came back last Sunday ahd took
the second game 6 to 3 after onei
of the most brilliant and thrilling
polo exhibitions seen on the local field
jn some time.
Manager Cyril Harrison Is keenly1
optimistic over the prospects for an
unusually successful season this year
and into the winter and spring of
1942.
As soon as the maneuvers are completed
plans are being made to have
a. ftfetles of games with the crack Essex
Vtoop riders from the United
States army. This will be possible If
the troop remains at Fort Jackson
this winter.
In January a series will be played
with the Plnehurst riders. Camden
will send the Town team to Pinehurst
to play while the Couhtry team
will remain here for a series with a
second Plnehurst team. Fort Bragg
will appear on the local field for
one or more games while an effort I
will also be made to arrange a series
with Aiken.
The growing popularity of polo
in Camden, with the record crowds of
thousands of fans watching the sport
all last season, has attracted more
than ordinary attention. This Is evidenced
by tho fact that polo riders
from various parts of the country
have made inquiry of the local club
management as to the ppsslblllty of
playing here.
Coach Harrison believes Camden
will have three teams In the field
this season. Town, Country and Mulberry.
This will be true especially
during the holiday season.
Harrison Leads In
Scoring Of Goals
Coach Cyril Harrison of the Camden
polo club and No. 3 on the Town
leads the riders of the polo personnel
of the Camden ranks with ft total of 18
goals in the eight games so far played
this season.
But Klrby Tupper, the No. 1 man
on the Country team Is giving Harison
a hard fight for top honors with
16 goals to his credit. Carl Lightfoot
No 3 on Country, Joe Bates, No. 4 on
Country and Charlee DuBose, Jr. No.
2 on Town have posted ten goals each
while Boykln, who has been doing a
floe Job at the No. 4 backing Job for
Town has sneaked down tho field to
register a total of 7. Robertson has
listed 6. Guest players with the teams
80 far this season and the scores made
by each are: Whit Boykln, I, Robert
Strawbridge 1. Grlssom 2, Williams
2 and Daniels 3.
With the opening of the Camden
Winter season of activities drawing
fiear polo promises to be one of the
outstanding attractions for the winter
guests and will also draw heavily from
the army and aviation groups in this
P*rt of the state.
Frank Heath, Camden Public Relations
director and who has "covered"
P?lo games In Camden for the past six
7?*rs declares that knowledge of the
tune and players Is essential to a real
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Red Cross Drive
Needs Public Help
(By The Skipper)
This is an appeal to the patriotic
citizens of Camden to rally to the support
of the Kershaw County Bed Cross
chapter and in a spirited rally, travel
the remaining distance to the goal line
and ring up a victory for this community.
The drive closes next Sunday,
which leaves but today and Saturday
for the last line plunge to attain the
desired goal.
On Tuesday morning this writer
checked with the drive committee and
we were astonished to find that the
total membership to that time was
376 and total cash collection was
$452.05. this amount $204 came
from the Southern aviation school and
included the British and American
school rang the bell at- 100 per cent.
Wake up Camden and help put this
great humanitarian effort across. Let's
make the "greatest mother in the
world" happy, make her eyes glisten
with tears of Joy, over the results attained
in this drive to get funds to
help the injured and the dying, the
victims of war, hurricane and floods.
Just picture to yourself how welcome
the sign of the RedeCross would
be to you if Camden was leveled by
wind, or was torn by shot and shell.
Let's make it a defense project of
worth, of sacrifice in the greatest
human offering we can give to man*kind
at this time.
Engineers May
Not Return Here
Mayor F. N. McCorkle is in receipt
| of a letter from E. Harrison Williams
captain of the 30th Engineers who
states that he regrets that Company
D having completed its present assignment
in South Carolina will move
to the vicinity of Washington, North
Carolina, December 15, to start a new
mapping project.
"Our association with the officials
and citizens of Camden has been a
source of continuous pleasure for my
men and myself". "Their interest in
our return to Camden is most gratifying.
In four years of travel about this
great land I have yet to visit a community
that has as whole heartedly
welcomed and cared for my command
as has Camden, South Carolina. The
many requests I receive from my men
for permission to visit Camden is a
manifestation of our appreciation of
your hospitality," writes Captain Williams.
"Should our plans for move to
Washington, North Carolina, be
changed oud our permanent station
remain at Camden, I shall inform you
immediately and take advantage of
your generous offer to further assistance
and cooperation."
Thousands Jam
City Week-End
Thousands upon thousands of Red
army soldiers took over Camden Saturday
afternoon and despite a drizzling
rain which halted a band concert
in Hampton square, the soldiers Jammed
stores and shops, restaurants and
centers and so filled the armory where
a dancing party was given that the
dance area was of the the size of a
big New York night club. 4 /ill*
In the WPA center at the old
armory on Rutledge street the total
number of showers given was over
3,000 up to noon Sunday while at other
centers where showers were available
the total was about the same.
The downtown district of Camden
was Jammed with soldiers until a late
hour Saturday and the Sunday rush
began early when trucks loaded with
the fighters started to rumble into the
city in the morning hours.
Traffic in the down town area moved
with snail-like speed with police
officers and military police seeking
to keep it moving at all.
The Camden chamber of commerce
information headquarters received
countless Inquiries from wives and
families of Fourth corps officers for
apartments and rooms for all of the
ensuing week. Many citizens, appealed
to in the matter, asked that some
of the applicants be sent to Uieir
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Mayor To Speak
From Washington
Mayor F. N. McCorkle is leaving
Cumdeu Saturday afternoon for Washington,
where on Sunday morning he
will appear on a Columbia network!
program with Senator Jumea Hymen
of South Carolina, Governor Itroughton
of North Carolina and Mayor
Fiorello LaGuardla of New York.
The Camden mayor will speak for
five minutes nnd tho nearest outlet
for Columbia which can be heard hore
is WBT at Charlotte. The time of the
broadcast will be announced in the
Charlotte papers Saturday and Sunday.
The mayor of Camden is to represent
South Carolina at this "The Carollnas"
broadcast and will express his
views as to what the southern people
think of the northern boys who have
been in the Carolines with the army
during the jnaneuvers.
Much has been said over the air
of the reaction of the northern boyB
to the south and it appears that the
boys from above the Mason-Dixon lino
entered the southern states with the
idea that they were personna non
grata and would be given a cool reception.
What actually happened wftis
the reverse of that idea. The towns
in the south welcomed the northern
boys with open arms. They were taken
into homes, treated as if they were
home-town boys and made to feel the
affection of the southern group in no
unmistakable manner. The northern,
boys were amazed and they wrote
long letters to their home folks extrolling
the hospitality of the southern
people. And northern mothers
wrote to southern mothers and expressed
their appreciation of this i
kindness.
That Americans, whether of the
north or of the south are all brothers!
under the skin, and that northern
mothers are grateful indeed for the
acts of kindness offered by southern
homes was exemplified by the many
messages that came from the homes
of the soldiers. Vv
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Highway Advice
During Maneuvers
The Chamber of Commerce basj
been beseiged with telephone calls
from motorists who wish to make
trips but who were fearful of encountering
delays or stoppage because
of the maneuvers.
Chamber headquarters, being in
touch with the army and also the
highway department has been able to
give valuable advice on the transportation
matters.
During the past four or five days
motorists going to New York or northern
points and who usually went out
of Camden on U. S. No. 1 were routed
to Bishopville,'thence to Raleigh via
Highway 15 and from Raleigh north
on U. S. No. 1.
Inquiry was also made as to the
transportation problems occasioned
between here and Columbia on Saturday
when many loca^ football fans
plan on attending the South Carolina?Penn
State game at Columbia.
The Chamber is advised that movement
of troops out this area would be
by less-traveled highways than trunk
routes and convoys having to use
trunk routes would be moved under
the direction of state police in order
that there would be little delay for
civilian traffic.
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Cars of Many States
Jam Parking Area
They have been parking cars at
the Carolina Motor Company parking
area on Broad Street for a great
many years.
On Wednesday "of this week by a
strange coincidence, there were nine
cars parked In the former salesroom
of the Stogner Motor Company which
now Is being used by the Carolina
Motor Company. The odd feature of
the nine cars is that each was from
a separate state, all of these cars belong
to officers who are now quartered
in Camden In conectlon with
the war maneuvers.
The states reported were Georgia,
Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Florida,
Oklahoma, Maryland, New York,
Connecticut and South Carolina.
In the area of the open parking
I lot in the rear of the company filling
stallor. atfd Office were found cars
bearing the license plates of Illinois,
Wisconsin, Michigan, Maine,
New York, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, West Virginia and
Ohio.
Christ mas Seal
Sale Starts Monday
The Kershaw County Christmas
seal sale will gut under way next Monday
with appropriate exercises at the
Fashion Shop corner, DoKalb and
Broad at 5.30 o'clock.
Mrs. Leon Schlosburg Is chairman
of the county T. 11. association and has
her forces all marshalled for this important
drive for funds to carry on
the work of the society in the county
during the ensuing year.
In an interview this week Mrs.
Schlosburg declared that the sale of
the tiny seals is the sole support of
tho society In the fight against tuberculosis.
"Let us make tho fight against
tuberculosis more deadly than war"
said Mrs. Schlosburg. "Let us bring
It close to home as a vilnl part of defense
for our homes."
"Our state quota this year," is the
largest In history?$98,000. But we
can raise it."
/'The success of the 1940 campaign,
when Judge E. L. Fisburne, associate
justice of the state supreme court was
state chairman, won national recognition
for the South Carolina Tuberculosis
association. The cash result was
$90,581.44. This year, with the realization
that tuberculosis always increases
in war i times and that in
South Carolina, the death rate from
the disease rose from 44.8 per 100,000
population in 1939 to 47.7 per
100,4)00 population in 1940, the neces!
sity for tbe higher quota is obvious.
"The design of the 1941 seal, with
its symbolic lighthouse, its wintry
scene, and its doubledbarred cross in
| red, is the work of Steven Dohanos, a
native ot Lorain, Ohio, and a well.
| known muralist and illustrator. Mr.
[ Dohanos was chosen by the Treasury
Art project in "Washington, D. C., to
make paintings for federal buildings
In tho Virgin Islands. He has also
completed mural designs for public
buildings in this country and is working
on another for a postoffice at St.
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Closed Season
For 14 Counties
Closed seasons are now in effect in
14 counties on atcount of Army maneuvers
and the number of immature
quail reported, it was announced today
by Chief Game Warden A. A.
Richardson.
The game department announced at
the same time that an open season
would go into effect on ducks and
geese in Lexington county at the request
of the county delegation.
Closed seasons now in force include
the following:
Closed season on quail until December
1 in Bamberg, Chesterfield, Marlboro,
Calhoun and Greenwood counties.
Closed season on quail until December
2 In Richland county.
Closed season on quail in Lee county
until December 15.
Closed season on all hunting In
Lexington county (except ducks and
geese) until December 1.
Closed season on all hunting in Lancaster,
York. Kershaw, Falrfleld,
Newberry and Chester counties until
midnight November 30.
Further information may be obtained
from the chief game warden's office.
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Camden Foursome
Defeats Mulberry)
While soldiers of the Red army lined
the field and cheered the riders the
Camden Polo club foursome, defeated
last Thursday by Mulberry riders, 8
to 5, turned the tables on their rivals
and won a brilliantly played game
Sunday afternoon, 5 to 3.
Some masterful riding and shooting
by Cyril Harrison for Camden coupled
with some excellent co-ordination on
the part of DuBose, Burns and Boykln
provided some Interesting scoring setups
with Harrison working the trigger.
The teams got off to an even start
with each scoring In the Initial chukker.
Bates for Mulberry and DuBose
for Camden. The second was a duplicate
of the first period, Harrison
scoring for Camden and Tupper for
Mulberry.- In Yhe third Mulberry took
pie lead wheh Bates scored his second
goal and Camden went scoreless.
The second half of the game found
the Mulberry riders finable to penetrate
the defense of the Camden quartet,
for not a goal was scored in the
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Final Ceremony [
Planned Saturday
The final review and retreat core-!
mony at the Public Relations headquarters
here will be held Saturday \
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock In front of j
the Kirkwood hotel with the members
of Battery K, the band of the 109th |
Field Artillery, and officers of the post
participating. The battery will be reviewed
by Colonol William Guneo.
When the boom of the cannon resounds
during the retreat ceremony
it will mark the end of the maneuver
activity in this area.
Following the review the members
of the Battery will bo entertained at
a dinner in the main dining room of
the hotel. The battery group is deserving
of much praise and commendation
for the fine cooperation
that has been shown toward the city
and citizens as well as visiting boIdiers
in playing at band concerts and
s for the dances at the old armory.
The battery also has boen gener|ous
in staging parades and drills at
the high school football games and
also added an impressive and colorful
note to the funeral rites for the
British cadet who died following a
plane crash.
Camdep people have found the "battery
boys" and their officers outstanding
in their deportment and demeanor
during their stay here. Their departure
wll^ be keenly felt. .
Kiwanis Club To
Plan Cage Tourney
Cyril B. Busbee, superintendent]
of the Baron DeKalb school has been
elected president of the Camden
Kiwanis club, Uie election taking
place at the cflib meeting Tuesday.
Oliver Rice, local attorney, Is the
vice president, Marion Williams,
treasurer and Joe McKain is secretary.
Elected to serve as members
of the board of directors are Team
Gettys, Joe McKain, Usher Myers,
Henry Porter. Dr. George Rhame and
J. H. McLeod.
Outgoing officers of the Kiwanis
club are: Gene Pierce, president;
Howard Speaks, vlco president;
Ames Cooper, treasurer and Charles
Sowell, secretary.
The Camden club will sponsor a
: Camden Trade District basketball
tournament this year. The event will
take place on January 28, 29, 30 and
31 in the high school gymnasium and
an Invitation will be extended to all
of the high schools of the county
and In the Camden trade area to enter
teams In this classic.
The club in sponsoring this tournament
has a two-fold purpose in
mind. First, to foster relations between
Camden and the trade area;
and second, to raise funds to aid
under-privileged children within the
area.
Suitable awards will be given to
the winning boys' team and also the
winning girls' team In the tournament
classic. Inasmuch as the proceeds of
the tournament will be used for charitable
purposes each team will be asked
to bear Its own expenses.
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'Class B Title
\
Game Here Today
A record crowd of football enthusiasts
will jam the grand stand of
Zemp stadium, Friday afternoon, when
the Marion and Saluda high school
teams battle for the Class B state high
school crown.
Camden fans, in particular, accustomed
to the fine brand of football
played by the Vllleplgue-coached
Camden high school teams will turn
out en masse to watch the highly
touted Saluda team In action. In particular
the fans are keen to watch the
' performance of Bettls Herlong, the
sensational triple threat of the Saluda
! eleven.
While the general opinion here
seems to be that ths gams will be a
nip and tuck affair, Saluda is given
the nod as possible winner. I
In view of the fact that both of'
these teams are reported to possess a
powerful offensive, the fans look for
a scoring fast.
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Thousands Witness Daring
Parachutists Drop From Sky
Camden Uhh experienced a series of
war time thrills during tho past several
days, during which thousands of
oilIzcus gazed skyward to waleh hundreds
of purchuto troops leave soaring
transport planes and plummet down
to earth.
And later thousands of eyes gazed
skyward in amazement as scores of
fighter planes of the Red and nine
forces mixed in ding-dong dog-fights
overhead. The skill and ingenuity
with which the pilots handled these
swift buttle birds was a source of
much wonderment.
All day Tuesday hundreds of bombing
planeB roarod over tho city as efforts
wero made to destroy the pontoon
bridges placed across the Wateree
by the Reds.
It was late in the afternoon when
swarms of huge transport planes went
over the city and when a littft westerly
the figures of the parachutists
began to dot tho sky. The planes discharged
the armed troopers In tiers
and hundreds were seen In the air at
one time.
jSomo _pf tho parachutists dropped
this side of the Wateree and wero
quickly taken prisoners by the Red
I army troops. Hut some one hundred
! and fifty landed on the west side of
the rlvor and all day Wednesday Rod
scouting parties combed the area in
the effort to take them prisoners.
Throughout Wednesday hundreds of
trucks, guns and the like rumbled
through the streets of the city. Ambulances
hurried through carrying
wounded soldiers?
Nightly Camden residents have had
the opportunity of witnessing brillInfTt
electrical displays as the powerful
search-lights of the urmed forces
swept the skies from tho south, southeast
and west. At times as many as
six or more shafts of fire, reaching
far into the zenith darted about the
heavens, blinding stars and the moon
into oblivion by thoir brilliance.
The week has been one that will
never'bo forgotten in Camden history.
As to whether there would be any
groat number of troops in Camden tonight
and Saturday it was impossible
to ascertain. Some of the soldiers
were expecting to spepd tho week-end
here, but others declared that they
would probably be on their way to a
base from whence they would be sent
to their regular locations from whence
they came to take part in the maneuvers.
There has been considerable speculation
in the city as to the number
of soldiers in Camden last Saturday
and Sunday. Fourth Corps officials
are authority for the statement that
on Saturday there were some 8,000
brought into the city by truck or came
from adjoining bases afoot. On Sunday
the astounding total of 17.000 was
reported.
Beauty Contest
Is Great Success
On Tuesday evening the Junior class
of Camden high school sponsored a
beauty contest and kiddie parade staged
in the grammar school auditorium,
proceeds to go into the class funds.
In the kiddle parade first place went
to Billy Pitts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Pitts; second, Marietta Williams,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marlon Williams;
third to Leila Grace Roseborough,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Karl
Roseborough.
First place In the junior beauty contest
was Won by Jean Mayer, sponsored
by Mrs. Frank Mayer; second, by
Sidney Jones, sponsored by DePass
Drug Store r and third, by Carolyn
Llndler, sponsored by Hoffer Jewelry
Company.
Next on the program came the Impersonations,
"Sonny" Sowell as "Dorothy
Lamour", won first prize; "Shirley
Temple" as portrayed by "Buddy"
8heorn was second; third place went
to the "Andrews Sisters" as played by
Jack Boykln, K. T. Price and Dargan
Jennings.
In the amateur contest first place
was won by the "Harlem Jive Band,"
composed of the following high school
students: Francis (Mac) McCorkle. .
conductor; Jack Smyrl, Bill Burns,
Joe Tobin, David Melton, Bill Clyburn,
James Creed, Robert Thompson, and
Mickey Langs ton. Second place, Earl
Taylor, guitarist and third to "Two
Jitterbugs", Recta Haleall and Harry
Hyman.
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