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^ VOLUME 53 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIHAY," DECEMBCK 5, 1941 ' NUMBEK 37
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USO Supervisor In
Tribute To Camden
Mrs. Freeda O. Hartzfeld, National
l'S(> represent alive in Uio Carolina
maneuvers area, who won a wide follow
inn of friends during the many
days she was In Camden engaged in
aiding the local defenao committee in
handling the problems engendered by
tho week-end invasion of thousands
0f soldiers, has been named as director
of the U80-YWCA center in Los
Angeles, Cal.; a promotion which her
many friends in Camden will admit
was due her.
Mrs. Hartsfeld, prior to departing]
for Los Angeles, made a radio address
over Station WF1G at Sumter in
which she paid a glowing tribute to
the Camden workers for the splendid
job that was done here.
She expressed grateful appreciation
for the many acts of kindness nud
friendliness, the fine spirit of cooperation
and the wonderful hospitality accorded
her.
"It has been very good to work
among you", said Mrs. Hartsfeld in
her radio address. "It has been an
experience I shall never forget. As
I have said to some of you before, this
has been my first experience of life
in the southland and truly It has boen
good. However I do not speak to you
as a northerner to a southerner but
as one American to another American,
as friend to friend.
"I should not be content to express
my appreciation to you as a qroup,
but rather I wish to mention you all
specifically. Before I do that, however,
there are threq groups of you
that I should like to mention now.
-I?The defense recreation com-]
mittee whose members helped me to
And my place In the communities at
once.
"2?The churches whose services
have given me refreshment of spirit
again and again.
"3?The entire community which
has welcomed and entertained the
men in uniform during the maneuvers.
"And now as I mention some of the
voups and persons to whom I feel
m&tly indebted, please understand
that 1 cannot possibly include all.
"To Mayor F. N. McCorkle, new
chairman of the Camden Defense
Recreational committee for his hearty
cooperation with the U. S. O. He has
clone a great deal to make my work in
Camden pleasant, and I hope, effective.
The courtesies which he and
Mrs. McCorkle have shown me in
their home are very much appreciated.
"To Lieutenant Colonel John Wall
and Frank Heath, Co-chairman of the j
Camden Defense recreation com(Please
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The Skipper Muses
On 1942 Grid Chances
What of the Bulldogs of 1942?
The 1942 grid season is many moons
in the future, but a lot of the fans are
asking the above question.
The 1941 season Just closed was a
big success and In keeping with the
traditions of the Camden high school
in always having a fighting team in
the field.
But what of 1942 is the always recurrent
inquiry. We asked one of the
members of the coaching staff the other
day how many of the 1941 warriors
would be out of the picture next fall,
due to graduation or some other
reason.
And all that we learned of a definite
nature was that Price, Sowell, B.
Marshall, C. Sheorn and Bruce #rould
certainly be listed among the missing,
Bruce because of his family moving to
another community to reside and the
others due to graduation.
And we learned that there might be
others, all depending upon whfcther
Borne of the lads would continue
school.
Anyhow, we regard the reserves of
the present season as being outstanding
and under the careful coaching of
John Vllleplgue and Lindsay Pierce,
these reserves, with tfce 1941 regular
nucleus, should put out a fighting aggregation.
And of course there will be a new.
crop of yearlings next fall. All in all, J
the future of football in Camden is J
rather promising. Don't you think?
important property
exchange 18 made
A real estate deal of more than ordinary
interest, consummated during
the past week, Involves the exchange
?f the Dr. Andrew Ik. Whitaker residence
at 1904 LytUeton street for the
nome and property of Mrs. T. J. Kirkland
at LytUeton and Cheenut streets.
It is understood that shortly after
January Mrs. KIrkland will take sp
residence In the present Whitaker home
while Dr. Whitaker and faatUy
*ni locate fes the Ktfkla&d dwell!?*.
Blackout Over;
Abandon Festival
For the time being and possibly
from now on, the blackout which eliminated
all window and outside sign
ighting?is a thing of the past. Camden
merchants and the shopping public
welcomed the return of the bright
lights in no uncertain manner.
Camden's business district, even to
the flood lights on King Haiglar atop
the city hall, never looked finer and
better than when the switches wore
thrown last Thursday night to end the
blackout period. Quite a few people
came down into the business area to
Just look at the "white way".
Barring a major calamity there
should be no need for the return of the
blackout. Nine additional power
plants are being constructed in the
southeast and many of them are Hearing
completion. When all are ready
for operation they will furnish all of
the power that can be consumed rnd
then some.
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Now it is up to the merchants of
Camden to turn out the best windows
in history. It is a known fact that
the shopping public are more window
conscious nowadays than ever before.
It is up to the merchants to see that
their windows do their share in getting
the business of the shoppers.
The Chamber of Commerce announces
that arrangements have been
/or the decorating of the downtown
streets by having pine trees loaded
with electric lights banked around the
light standards. Because of the
blackout which prevailed for so long,
the city was unable to make i.ny
plans for the usual overhead light
decorations. However with more
lights permissable for the trees and
wtth the big tree In the, library yard
illuminated Camden will have . a
Christmas atmosphere.
The officers of the Camden Merchants
association have decided not to
plan for a Christmas festival. Merchant
members have been so busy
during the maneuver period of shopping
that it was impossible to take
time to raise a festival fund or to
make any plans. The merchants association
officials regret the disappointment
due the children because
of the abandonment of the festival
plans but intimate that there may be
a surprise event staged in the spring
which will be colorful to an extreme.
J. North Fletcher
Heads Hunt Club
J. North Fletcher, of Camden and
Warrenton, Va., has been elected M.
F. H. of the Camden Hunt.
Members of the Hunt committee are
Harry D. Kirkover, of Buffalo, N. Y.;
H. Granger Gaither, of Westbury, L.
I.; Mrs. Dwlght Partridge of Great
Barrington, Mebs.; Mrs. David R. Williams,
of Tulsa, Okla.; Mrs. Granger
Gaither of Westbury, L. I.; Miss Peggy
Wing, of Westbury, L. I.; Benjamin
W. Belcher, of Lakeville, Conn;
(Miss Wilhelmina Kirby of Bedford
Hills, N. Y. and Charles P. DuBose,
Jr., of this city, is secretary and treasurer.
The Hunt committee announces
three hunts over the holiday period,
one on December 26, a second pn
December 30 and a third on January
2.
Camden Man Rates
High As Recruit
Dane C. Shaw, of Camden and Cheraw,
was accepted for enlistment as
chief metalsmlth, United States naval
reserve, at the navy recruiting substation,
Florence, S. C., on November
29, 1941. C. M. Hughes, reortlitlntf"officer
In charge writes The CBWmicle
that Mr. Shaw enlisted with the highest
rating of any recruit In either
North or South Carolina. He reported
tor duty at Norfolk yesterday.
Mr. Shaw lg a son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Shaw, of Camden, and for the
past five years has been operating an
Iron foundry at Cheraw, but recently
sold out his interests there and decided
to join Unole Sam's forces.
The station from which Mr. Shaw
enlisted comprises the counties of
Chesterfield, Marlboro, Darlington,
Lee, Sumter, Clarendon, Horry, Marion,
Dillon and Florence counties In
South Carolina, and Robeson and
Scotland Counties in North Carolina.
lfr. Shaw is forty years of age and
untH his removal to Cheraw was connected
with his father's foundry In
Camden. This rating Is one to be
justly proud of.
1 Less than three per east of the area
of Alaaka- is always under snow and
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Half Million To
Be Spent Here
Road construction projects aggro*
gating $570,000 will be carried out in
Camden and Kertdiaw county in 1042
under the WPA according to announcement
made here today.
In the city of Camden five miles of
streets will be surfaced with asphalt
macadam. Some of the streets to be
thus paved will be Hampton avenue
from Broad street west; Highland
avenue, Lyttleton street from the end
pf the present pavement to Dusty
Bend, Fair street from DeKalb street
south; Mill street from DeKalb south,
Halle street and Campbell street from
York street to the Kirkwood hotel.
There are several others also on the
,11st.
In Kershaw county over one hundred
and fifty miles of highways will
be graded and surfaced with sand
clay.
River Bridge Is
Damaged In Crash
Announcement was made Wednesday
night by the South Carolina state
highway department that, because of
damage to the bridge over the Wi-*
teree river, near Camden, on United
States Route No. 1, traffic was being
limited to loads of five tons, gross.
This, it was announced, would In- j
elude passenger cars and light trucks,
i but would prohibit heavier trucks1
from crossing over the bridge for lh?|
time being.
A log truck and an army truck sideswiped
while passing over the bridge
Tuesday and damaged the steel superstructure
of the span, though the two
vehicles themselves were damaged
only slightly, it was announced.
Repairs on the bridge will be made
at once, and Thursday morning a force
will be at work on the structure, It
was said. The work should be completed
In about ten days. In the
meanwhile the load limit will be Ave
tons gross.
Red Cross Member
Drive Makes Record
Three cheers and a tiger for the
Kershaw County Tuberculosis Association
a*id a record roll call.
Reports from Mrs. Hughey Tlndal,
Red Cross roll call chairman Thursday
noon showed that the total memberships
so far reported In the 1941 roll
call to be 1,181, which is the highest
registration of members since the first
world war.
The total mentioned will be increased
materially when all returns from
county areas are In and Mrs. Tindal
believes that the fund will approximate
$1,500. At this time the amount
received is $1,410.18.
It is interesting to note the steady
growth of the local chapter since
1936. /In that year the membership
was 2t7. In 1937 it went to 554; in
1938 to 871; in 1939 to 988; in 1940
to 1,052 and this year already has
reached 1,181, with more to come.
In 1939 the amount of caBh raised
was $1,175; in 1940 it totaled $1,327.17
and this year, as stated before, will
exceed $1,500.
The roll call got away to a slow
start this fall, but the workers proved
to be a fine second half team, for
they really proceeded to march down
the field and score touchdown after
touchdown during the past week.
Camden Urged
To Read This Book1
Camden people should make it a
point to read a booklet Issued by
Moral Re-armament, copies of which
can be found In the Camden Library,
Kershaw County Library, and In the
Schools.
The text of the booklet was inspired
by those who desire to see visualized .
the vision of the Generals of the
Armies.
Its purpose Is to enlist every reader 1
as partner In national service, to bring
this spirit to every home, every work- '
shop, every farm, every industry. lj '
General John J. Pershing, In refer
ring to this little book says, "This lit- 1
tie book Is aptly titled "You Can De- '
/end America." No patriotic citizen '
can read it without feeling its Insplra- '
tlon. None can fall fully to Indorse <
Its nltlmate objective?the preserve- I
tlon of our precious heritage. It in- j
vokes the principles of good citizen- I
ship and the spirit of '76 and of '17 In I
this new emergency confronting our (
great democracy. How each of us can i
do his part In the home, la Industry, j
la every walk of life, la Indicated i
dearly and forcefully. I commend Us <
message to every American." 4
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DeLoach In Appeal <
To Save All Paper
Ik view of the threatened shortage
fori defense shipments, Captain John
K. deLoach of the Kershaw County i
Defense Council, Is making an appeal
to the citizens of the county to save
all waste paper, such as newspapers,
magazines, cardboard and wastebasket
paper. .
So vital is the shortago in the paper
line that the office of price administration
at Washington has issued a
call to all the people of the country
to atop burning paper and to take
steps to save it for authorized collectors.
Captain deLoach in a statement
Thursday made his appeal for the
saving of all paper and announced
thai next week he would have completed
all arrangements for the collection
of this paper and its storage
prior ,to being turned over to the organization
collecting It for shipment.
Pending such arrangements any
person who has any waste paper can
have same collected by calling the
fiber of Commerce. The Chamber
irh will notify the city and a
will call for the paper.
pper John Glenn
Long In Service
In "Columbia Close-Ups", Henry
damphen, has the following to say
of Colonel John M. Gleen, in Sunday's;
Charlotte Observer:
"Dapper John M. Glenn, superintendent
of South Carolina's penal institutions,
has -completed 19 years in
the state's service, and this week he
was made an aide-de-camp on the
honorary military staff of the governor,
with the rank of lieutenant<
colonel. I
"For Glenn is was his second honorary
commission of the month. Just
^before he resigned, November 4, as
governor to go to the United States
senate , Burnet R. Maybank made
Glenn a lieutenant colonel.
"Glenn is perhaps the only man who
has risen to an important place in the
state government because of a capacity
for good farming. Nineteen years
ago he was made superintendent of
the state prison farm in Sumter county.
Glenn made the farm do things
no other man had. Ten years later
he was given supervision of the state's
farm in Kershaw county as well, and
went to live there.
"Early In 1939, just after Maybank
had become governor, the new state
penal board promoted Glenn to the
post of superintendent of the penitentiary.
He retained supervision of
the farms, where splendid crops are
produced year after year. Later In
1939, the penal board decided to have
one supervising head for all penal institutions,
and Glenn got the assignment.
The other Institutions are the
various reformatories.
"It all happened because John
Glenn did a good job with those farms.
But it also happens he is a man of
considerable personality.
"And Colonel Gleen has another distinction:
he is one of the best dressed
men in the state government, rivaling
such men as Major Mahon and'Dr.
Walter G. Query, the chairman of the
state tax commission.
"When they made Glhnn superintendent
of the penitentiary, he sald:l
"This Is one way to ruin a good farmer."
"Glenn still Ives on the state's Kershaw
county farm, known as the Reid
farm, and comes to Columbia each
morning by automobile."
Maneuvers Were
Boon To Carolinas
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Prior to the period In which the j
Carolina war maneuvers got under j
way considerable fear was expressed |
through the area and particularly in ^
the resort communities, that there (
would be an almost complete loss of |
highway business.
This belief has in the face of a re- t
rent survey been proven incorrect. ^
Eleven places, (Richmond, Raleigh, j
Southern Pines, Sanford, Cheraw, t
Camden, Aiken, Augusta, Louisville, j
Lyons, Alma) reported that despite ,
the maneuevers their business has (
been a# good or better than usual for (
October.and November. This is partly
due io the . maneuvers themselves, i
squalling or more than replacing any |
loss in ordinary transient travel. ]
Eight places reported business having l
fatten off, but It Is Interesting to note <
-hat two of these places lie north of i
the maneuver area and three lie t
louth. It Is obvious that they have 1
Experienced a loes in transient business
without the roniiHMissllug factor
of additional business from eoMlers or j
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Carolinas Sorry
To Lose Soldiers
(Hy Tho Skipper)
The countryside of the Carolinu.H Is I
relaxing back to normal alnee the '
cease-tiring command has ended the <
maneuvers of the First Army and the <
Fourth Army Cor pa.
For two months the armies signed
and zagged In a 10,000-squure-mile
tract. Infantry chased enemy foot
soldiers acroas cotton patches. Antiaircraft
spat at planes from cornfields.
Tanks churned dirt rouds' Into dust
storms.
Night blackout troop movements
turned the highways Into eerie lanes
punctuated by bluo flashlights.
Yankee soldlera and boya from Dixie,
both again In khaki, bedded down
together In the woods.
It was entertainment for the Carolinas
until the last shot. The 400,000
population of the area was nearly
doubled by the ipflux of the troops
and It Is going to be a lonesome country
as they depart.
The Carolinians and "tho Invaders"
apparently got 011 well together.
Lieutenant John Dial of Columbia, S.
C., one of sixteen officers, each representing
a county in ^ the maneuver
1 area, to whom claims for lost cows
[and broken fences are made, said that
'so far claims were very few.
Before the troops began arriving in
{September, Army representatives
went about getting trespass permission
from landowners. Where troops
were quartered and major action took
place, the Army rented the land at a
dollar an acre a month.
"But many landowners refused to1
take any rental", said Lieutenant Dial J
"The people were wholly cooperative.
Many said: 'Let the boys come on In
for training. We don't want the
rental.' " .
At first some of the Inhabitants
wondered if live ammunition would be
used. One Negro mammy was hard to
convince that none would be. She
tacked up a white flag on a stick beiside
her cabin door. Also she stayed
within.
"Ah don't aim to go outside and get
Bhot," she explained.
Beloved Doctor
Accorded Honor
f Dr.
John W. Corbett, beloved by all
Camden, has been signally honored
by thffe South Carolina Tuberculosis
association, by being named the first
honorary member of the state body.
Announcement of this honor was
made by Mrs. D. McDonald executive
secretary, following a meeting of the
nominating committee headed by Robert
Black of Bamberg and the subsequent
annual gathering of the directors.
In a letter to Dr. Corbett Mrs. McDonald
says:
"You have always been such a faithful
member of the association and the
board of directors and I cannot tell
you how much It has meant to me to
feel your friendly support behind me.
I enjoyed making a little speech about
you at the director's meeting. I think
that you would have been pleased with
the enthusiasm of the group and their
sincere desire to let you know bow
much we appreciate your long-time
faithful service."
Makes Bid For
Kershaw Trade
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The Chronicle is this week carrying
1 full page advertisement for the
3tevens-Springs company store at
fCershaw^,7bU is one of the largest
general stores in this section of the
Carolina's?dealing in everything for
he home and farm. Their buyers go
lorth every few months and purchase \
n large quantities. They carry high- <
:lass dry goods, groceries,- clothing <
ind farm implements. In fact there (
s nothing that can be mentioned for (
he home and farm that cannot be
ound in this big store. It is wisely 1
nanaged and aside from his varied 1
>ther business Interests Mr. Stevens, <
akes personal pride In Its success. 1
Christmas shoppers as well as those 1
vho need everyday things would pro'lt
to study this big advertisement. 1
tfr. Stevens tells us that he Is carry- I
ng a page advertisement in The Lan~ <
aster News and also sending thous- 1
inds of copies of this advertisement 1
o rural sections of both Kershaw and j
Lancaster counties. - - j
The island of New Caledonia boasts
?f a peculiar large bird which bar**
Iks a dog. The apasiss Is found
nowhere else in the world.
Fast Play Will
Feature Big Game
Noise covHB from tlu> vicinity of
Hu* SvaboarupHsaviiKW station hero
next Sunday afternoon will not ho
a dud bomb from the recent bombing
of the Watereo by planes of the Blue
army, but it will bo the clash that
will come when Town and Country
polo foursomes battle in the final
game of the Drum series.
Town won the first game f> to 3 and
the second game, played last Sunday
went to Country 6 to 5 in an extra
chukker quarrel.
In addition to a sensational polo
scrap, spectators will also witness a
scoring race between Cyril Harrison,
Klrby Tupper and- Charley DuBose.
Right now Harrison has scored 19
goals in 9 games this season, but
Tuppor is light on bis tall with 1&
and Dullose a close third with 16.
Harrison, a high goal player, has
all the advantages In experience and
skill, but thoso Camden lads, DuBose
and Tupper also boast of marked
ability and former Pegasus club star,
lS^gtMng to find himsolf in a hot race
for individual scoring honors.
Scoring however, Is not the big essential
In a polo game. Equally as
important Is the defensive work that
is put up to keep scoring down. And
in that particular the fans recognise M
Joo Bates as being in a class by himself.
In discussing the various ran^eations
of polo, the Camden publicity
bureau gives out some pertinent facts
thereof. Few spectators realize Just
how Important and how varied strokes
may be during a game.
Strokes, the bureau points out/may
be played on either side of the pony,
both forward and backward or at an
angle under the neck or acrosH the tail
from either side. The most valuable
stroke and th eone most 'often used,
Is the offside forward shot. This
stroke starts from a vertical position.
The right hand is brought straight
back In a horizontal plane to the full
extent of the arm. The mallet is
then swung downward gradually increasing
the speed until the ball Is
struck. The player usually stands In
his stirrups with the left hand low on
the pony's neck. Like in golf, care
is given to keep the eye on the ball.
Precision and timing are vitally necessary
in this shot.
The next Btroke In Importance is
the offside back shot. For this
stroke the players like to change the
position of the mallet, turning the
handle to the right and steadying it
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Former Chronicle
Employee Dies
On Saturday, October 4, at his home
on West Jefferson street, Madison, after
a long and painful illness, Wilson
Rice breathed his last.
Mr. Rice was born December 19,
1881, being 60 years of age at the time
of his death. In 1929 he married Miss
Vera Huff, of Woodville, who survives
him. The deceased leaves one sister,
Mrs. H. C. Thlchener, of St. Augustine,
Fla.; one brother, Edward Rice,
of Indinapolls, Ind.
Funeral services were held at Hemperley's
Chapel Monday at 10:30, Rev.
John C. Patty officiating. The interment
was in the city cemetery.
Mr. Rice was a member of the Madison
Methodist church.
The pallbearers were Sherman Bryant,
Rob Mobley, Arnold Huff, William
Huff, W. T. Bacon and T. F.
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Kiwanis In Call
For Goodfellows
Members of the Kiwanis club at
heir Tuesday luncheon went on record
for an all-out call for the annual
Joodfellows Club, ?which has been
iponsored for many years by The
Chronicle.
While various government agencies
lelping with necessities of life?the
innaul Goodfellow baskets delivered
>n Christmas eve make most apprecliteA
Christmas gifts and are received
>y a large number of worthy people.
Cost of membership In the Goodfollows
club is only one dollar. Carl *
Schlosburg was the first to join this
rear and we hope he will be followed by
many more. The Chronicle will
receive and acknowledge through the
press each week from sow until
December 21 every contribution. After
that funds will be turned over to kta
Margaret C. Mayfleld who gets pleasure
each year Is preparing and datfvtag
these baskets.
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