Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE M. O. NILES, Editor und Proprietor Published every Krld?y at Number ilOS North liroaa Strvet, end onter#4 at the Cimden, South Caroline Poetofflce ae second claee mall matter. Price per year ft.00. No aubsortptlone taken for less than Six Months. In all Instances the subscription price Is due and payable In advance. All subscriptions are cancelled when subscriber falls to renew. Represented In New York by the American I'ress Association ami slsewhere by all reliable Advertising Agencies W# accept no advertising of a doubtful t?atore and try to protect our patrons from, mlsrepraacntutlon by Advertisers. No U<juor Advertisements accepted at any price. Church notices published' free. Cards of thanks and notices of entertainments where an admission fee le -harged w ill be charged for. Tributes of mspect and obituaries will be charged for All communications must be signed, otherwise they will be destroyed. Friday* January 2, 1^42 ESS?a^O ^ N??M CUaa tanS MmS i h|g Here's to Nineteen Forty-Two. There's much work to do. Here's wishing the beet of luck to you! Peanut Shelters Untidy If peanut munchors would only he tidier In disposing of the shells, city fathers and park managers might he more liberal In permitting sule of hot roasted peanuts. People like to sniff the aroma of the peanut vender's cart, but many cities and amusement places have prohibited selling peanuts In this way because of the litter. The P. S. Department of Agriculture gives this as one causo of tho sharp decline In suIch of unshelfed peanuts?less than 10 percent of tho crop. Another reason is a shift In public taste to salted peanuts and other salted nuts?partly, no doubt, because they do not involve the Job of removing the shells. Tho Department rocomraonds household use of unshellod peanuts and also of raw, unroastod shelled peanuts because of their high food value and low cost. Housewives can buy un-~ shelled peanuts In many retail stores, either In paper sackB, or In larger cotton mesh bags. Peanuts and peanut products contain a large proportion of both fat and protein of good quality, and they also supply vitamin B-l and Rovoral Important minerals. Peanut butter sandwiches combine tho protein of wheat with that of peanuts to make a "complete" protein of high food value. Housewives can use wholo and chopped peanuts In most recipes calling for other nuts, and they can replace part of the fat In other recipes by peanut butter. Crop reports indicate that supplies are ample for a shift back to more unshelled peanuts for homes use. Grace Episcopal Church The services for Sunday, January 4, will be as follows: Holy communion at 8 00 a. m.; church school at 9:45 a. m.; holy communion with New Year Meditation at 11:15 a. m.; Young People's meeting 7:00 p. m. In Parish House. J Curls Once Saved Life of Governor Look golden curls once saved the life of South Carolina's new governor, J. E. Harley. Oil another occasion u couipanlou rushed to youug Hurley's home town of WUllston and reported him drowned after seeing Harley'tt still body drawn from a nearby pond. Harley. who w?a elevated from lieutenant governor November 4 wheu Ihirnet 11. Maybank resigned to become a United States senator, was three years old at the time of the golden curls Incident. A 12-year-old girl who saw him go under In Charleston's Colonial lake grabbed him by his hair and brought him to safety. Several years later, after the family wuh living at WUllston, Harley's companions dragged his limp body from a pond after he hftd gone down for the third time. While somel,Dbys pumped water from his lungs, another youth Jumped on a horse and' spread the word In Wllllstou that Harley was drowned. The 61-yeur-old governor was born lit WUllston, Barnwell county, September, 1880, the son of Lunsford O. and Kllzubeth Hummell Harley. He wuh educated at tho South Carolina Coeducational institute at Edgefield and received his LL.b. degree at the University of South Carolina In 1902. The young lawyer moved to Barnwell a year later and on November 12, 1907, married Miss Sarah Agnes Itlchardson of Barnwell. Three children were born to them, J. K. Harley, Jr., W. Hummel Harley and Miss Jaudon Harley. Harley served In the nouso from 1905 through 1908 and In 1910 was elected mayor of Barnwell, an office he held for the next ten years. He served again in the house, from 1927 through 1930. He won a statewide ofTice for the first time In 1934 when -he was elected lieutenant governor over three opponents, and was reelected four years later. \ Mrs. Harley said that her husbands taste for food was old-fashioned In at least one respect. His favorlto dessert Is home-made pound cake. Tho governor's choice meat Is roast beef, while his wife prefers chicken. Harley. who has suffered poor health for several years, used to spend his spare hours hunting and fishing. While at the university he was on the football team and later played baseI ball at Barnwell.'?The State. To Meet With Abney , The Kershaw County Singing Con-1 . vuntion will meet with Abney Baptist church on Sunday. January 4. This church is located on highway 341, five miles east of Kershaw. All singers are urged to attend.?George Otis Broom, president. There Is not, a slnglo curve In the stretch of railroad track between j Wilmington and Hamlet, N. C., a dls[tance of 78.86 miles. .... . . wn i ,i , f Singapore Is World's Biggest The British stronghold of Singapore, at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, often is called the world's largest naval base, says a bulletin from the National Geographic society. It controls the northernmost gateway between the Iudlan and Pacific oceans. "The Hlmcapore base is capable of receiving the entire British fleet. It required 15 years to build and cost about 180,000.000. Its drydQuk, can service the largest British battleship. Its 18-luch coastal guns have a 26-inUo ' , Fighting planes which flew over this island city of some 060,000 residents, In recent practice blackouts, may havo Included America-made bombers. Great Britain early this year reported the sending of 200 such American plunes to Singapore. "In Muy, 1941, regular commercial air service was established between Sail Francisco and Singapore. Plaues made the 9,473-iulle flight In six duys. Singapore normally maintained air service to Ia>ndon and to Australia. Founded In 1819, Singapore experienced rapid growth after the opening of- the Sues canal, which put the port on the British trade routes in the Far Fast. The city soon became the great distributing center for England's eastern commerce. The port normally is . served by 80 steamship lines, and the) number of ships entering the hurbor leaches an annual totul of 30,000. * "The enormous trade of Singapore resulted in the erection of magnlfll-j cent banks and modern office build rl lags, as well as stately government buildings along the water front. "Prominent among the exports are j vast quantities of rubber and tin. The British Straits settlements, which in-; eludes Singapore, normally shipped to Great Britain and the United States, more than $260,000,000 worth of rubber J In a year, and more than $1,000,000,000 worth of tin. Aged Kershaw Lady j Claimed By Death Hock Hill, Dec. 29. ? Mrs. Anna [ Jones Draffln, 71, died at the home of. hor daughter, Mrs. W. C. Twltty, late this afternoon. Mrs. Draffln was born and reared' In Kershaw and was the widow of R, W. Draffln. She was the daughter! of the late William Jaster and Mrs. j Ivena Bell Jones of Kershaw county.' Mrs. Draffln is survived by one' daughter, Mrs. W. C. Twltty of Rqpk. Hill; three grandchildren. Mrs. PT?<8. Dlllars of Charlotte, N. C., Mrs. Wayne Whitton of Rock Hill, and Conway, Twltty of Winston-Salem, N. C., and 1 two great-grandchildren. Kershaw. Dec. 29.?Mrs. Anna Jones | Draffln, 71, who died this afternoon In Rock Hill, was one of the pioneer j citizens of Kershaw. She had lived in Kershaw nearly all her life_except for a few yeacaj that she "held a responsible posltlqp j at Coker college in Hartsvllle. She wns a member of the Presbyterian church and extremely active in church and community affairs. NOTICE Annual Meeting of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association; of Camden. The annual meeting of the share-1 holders of this Association will be he held in its office on Rutledge street, in Camden. S. C.. January 21,! 1942. at 10 o'clock in the morning. D. A. BOYKIN, Secretary-Treasurer , ? "i 1 COMING ATTRACTIONS At The Camden Theatre THURSDAY | FRIDAY ?and? . SATURDAY JANUARY 1?2?3 Gary Cooper as? "SERGEANT YORK" "One of the Greatest Entertainments of all Time" says Walter I Wim-hcll. Prices: Matinee, 4<V, Children 15c. Night 55c. Children 15c These prices include Defense Tix MONDAY and TUESDAY JANUARY 5?6 Alice Pave -John Payne Carmen Miranda Caesar Romero Chrispln-Martin "WEEK END IN HAVANA" Filmed in Technicolor WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7. | Lloyd Nolan?Alexis Smith ; Craig Stevens?Gene Ix>ckhart j "STEEL AGAINST THE SKY" THURSDAY and FRIDAY JANUARY 8?9 Bob Hope?Vora Zorina Victor Moore?Irene Bordini "LOUISIANA PURCHASE" Comedy Music Beautiful Girls mmmmm Weekly News Letter From liberty Hill Liberty Hill. Dec. 30 At the Presbyteriau church Sunday Elder L. P. Thompson conducted the morning service. He read an impressive sermon by Dr. Vance. He also read a letter from the Kev. F. A. Drennan, retired pastor, and Mrs. Drennan thanking the church members and friends for a very much appreciated "pouudIng" given them one day last week. We are In receipt of the following announcement: Mrs. John G. Richards, announces the marriage of her daughter, Johngy. to JgORKi Hoyce Bankhead, on Thursday, December 25, Liberty Hill, South Carolina. The marriage was of very general interest, but owing to the recent death of the bride's father, It was very quiet. No invitations were Issued and only members of the Immediate family wore present. Dr. C. M.1 IlichardH, of North Carolina, uncle of the bride, and Dr. John McSeveen, of Chester, were the officiating ministers. The bride Is the youngest daughter of the lute Governor John G. Richards, and Mrs. Jtlchards, and since her graduation from Winthrop college, has taught in the schools of the state and served as home demonstration agent for Chester county. Mr. Rankhead is a prominent business man of the city of Chester. Misses Eva, Alma and Mary VanLandlngham, W. C. Ellis, H. H. Halle, and little duughter of Heath Springs, wore visitors Sunday evening of Miss Lucy Clements. Mr. and N. S. Richards had as guests several of their children during the holidays. Those present were: Congressman J. P. Richards and son; Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Widson and children, of Darlington; MIbs Phoebe Richards, of Greensboro; Miss RigMon Richards, of Fort Mill. Mr. aud Mrs. A. C. Cureton, Jr., of Dillon, were holiday visitors of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Cureton. Professor A. J. Richards and family. of Denmark; Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Richards, 3rd, and family, of Florence, and Miss Marlon Richards, of Sumter, spent part of the holidays with their sisters at the old family home i here. | Dr. and Mrs. T. G. Hall and daughter, Miss Louise, and son Robert, of Westminster, have returned1 home after spending several days with Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Jones, parents of Mrs. Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hamilton and daughter, of Chester, were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Cunningham at their beautiful new home on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Jones, of Jefferson, were visitors last week of Mrs. Jones. Lindsay Brooks, of Easley, was a1 visitor here on Tuesday. J M18868 FkUth Richards and Mary Cunningham are visiting Miss Phoebe Richards In Greensboro. J. Abe Hilton and family were dinner guests of Mrs. W. T. HUllards at a family reunion on Christmas day. Mrs. G. W. Porry and daughters, Misses Ruth and Christine Perry, who teach and are home for the holidays, and son. G. W. Perry, all of Lancaster, were visiting here one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Boyd, Rock Hill, and Miss Margaret Adams, of Washington, D. C*. were here for a short visit last Friday. Miss Lucy Clements left on Tuesday for Williamson, where she will I visit a former college mate before returning to her school at Easley. Mrs. F. B. Floyd was a holiday guest of her sister, Mrs. J. B. McCoy, of Cassatt. Miss Callle Jones of the Columbia school has been sick at the home of her parents during the holidays, but Is expecting to return to her school duties next week. Miss C. Ann Thompson will return to her music classes at the We?t Columbia school next week. This writer has spent a very pleasant holiday season. He has received a number of cards and presents from children, grandchildren and friends, and one good lady friend was kind and thoughtful enough to send us a very liberal portion of delclous home-baked fruit cake. We thank each one who remembered us. Thomas A. Graham 1 Thomas A. Graham, 76, died at his home December 22, in the Marshall church community. Funeral services were held December 23 at 3:00 p. m. in the Marshall church with the Reverend Broom officiating. Mr. Graham, a retired farmer, had been a native of Kershaw county for the past 56 years. He was born December 15, 1865 at Lancaster. In 1885 he married Martha Connell who died in 1922. He was well loved by all who knew him. Surviving are his widow Mrs. Bessie Ray Graham, eight children: Lewis Graham of Fort Mill; Otis Graham of Camden: Laurence Graham of Spencer; Arthur Graham of Charleston: Mrs. Charlie Jordan, Camden; Mrs. C. *B. Johnson, Camden; Mrs. M. H. Johnson, Camden: and Mtb. H. D. Arrants of Spencer. There are also two brothers, Alexander Graham and Pickett Graham of Lancaster, twenty-seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Bethesda Presbyterian Church Sunday, January 4?A. Douglas McArn, pastor. Church school with a Bible class for every age at ten o'clock, Morning worship at 11:15. At this service the Lord's supper will be observed. The public is cordially invited to attend these services. i 1 New Year's Greetings j I ^ | | i That Peace and Happiness may ; I come to all of you in 1942 is the | I sincere wish of the Officers and | I Directors of The First National | Bank. | | * * With a very strong- cash position, and ^ 9 *' i assets of over One Million, One Hundred ? $ Eightv Thousand Dollars, we feel confiI * dent that we can he of material assistance ^ ^ 1 / to our friends in troubled days through * ? which we must pass, and our desire is to $ * $ serve. * | $ y $ . J First National Bank | CAMDEN, S. C. | C. J. SHANNON. JR. W. A. BOYKIN ? C. J. SHANNON, 4th S. W. Van L AN DI NG H A M ? M. H. HEYMAN R. N. SHANNON j? ^ LEWIS L. CLYBURN. Director? ? g MEMBER OF FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION ^ *4,000 MAXIMUM INSURANCE FOR EACH DEPOSITOR I ^ HEADACHE I I I IS USUALLY A WARNING I I 1 There are many different kind# of headache or causes for headache end taking pain-killing medicines only temporarily stills na- J ture's warning to ' you. I The. habits of different kinds of headache tell your doctor great deal about the cause, and _ . only a trainee! physician can distinguish be tween the serious headache and the one resulting from some transient condition. There are the varibus kinds of headaches I caused from kidney trouble, high blood pressure, eye strain, syphilis, toxic conditions. There is the migraine or "sick beadeohe," which in itself I can be caused by any one of a number of things. ! and assumes many different forms. "Toxlcr j headache can result from infections in the teeth, tonsils, appendix, gall bladder, prostate glands or anywhere else in the body. Have your Physician search for the cause of 1 persistent headache* * . ? ( DeKalb Pharmacy Phone 95 SB B s B P B a = 8 1 I New Year's Greetings " The officers and directors of this Bank extend to our many friends and customers all good wishes for the coming- year and at the same time our sincere thanks for the patronage given us over the year 3 which has passed. We offer SAFE, SOUND, CONSTRUCTIVE BANKING SERVICE and we feel V 11. 1 that relations once established will become permanentlv agreeable. ] ! * The Commercial Bank of Camden $ MEMBER OF FEDERAL RESERVE 8Y8TEM MEMBER OF FEDERAL DEPOSIT IN8URANCE CORPORATION - ? | $5,000.00 MAXIMUM INSURANCE FOR EACH DEPOSITOR i Directors d W. ROBIN ZEMP JOHN WHITAKER, JR. HENRY SAVAGE. JR. , | y* K. C. ETTER3 M H. G,-CARRI80N /. COOLEY GILllS < F. M. WOOTEN <f ~ ~ V:.r?:: ~j Resources December 31st, 1940 $ 935,237.90 Resources December 31st91941 - - $1 >168,70836 ^ o b i a B a H i assasasaasaaS ?i'r v. *