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Two Hundred Athletes Invade Camden For Basketball Tournament
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Volume as camden. south carouna, friday, January 2s, imi number 44
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British Vicur To
Tell of Bombings
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"Faith Under *W will be the
theme of the address to be given at
Grace Episcopal church next Sunday
morning at the 1*7*8 o'clock service
by the Reverend Michael Coleman,
vicar of All Hallows by the Tower,
one of the oldeet churchee In Lpudon.
The Reverend Mr, Coleman had
many unusual experiences during the
war in I^ondon and ha? a deep realisation
of the reactions, spiritual as* well
as physical, of the British people under
the bliU.
IIo witnessed the destruction by
bombs of his home, his church, and
many other London landmarks; he
stood by, powerless to aid, while some
of his dearest friends perished In the
flames; JaJutHL J*
ruins the bodies of scOreB of wgr's
innocent victims?men, women and
children.
Born in the midlands, son of a well,
known physfOlan, the Rev. Coleman
was educated at Bradfleld College,
Berkshire, and In addition to playing
cricket for his home county, Derbyshire,
was a member of the English
public school soccer team in the International
matches. On leaving college
he worked for four fears on the English
railways, expecting to make rail-1
roading his profession, but at the end,
of that time entered Lincoln Theolog-1
ical Seminary, from which he holds |
the Ordination Degree.
Now 39, Mr. Coleman has been a
clergyman fourteen years. After serving
as curate in a number of English
parishes, he was sent to Western Canlada
in 1936, as administrator for the
organization known as Toe H. Returning
to England in 1988, he was
Knade acting vicar of All Hallows, the
Build Church of Toe H.
I Mrs. Coleman and the baby, RoseBiary,
now two years old, left London
Bust a few days before their home was
Bestroyed by a bomb In December
939, and are now staying with Mr*,
ftoleman's family In Vancouver, B. C.
Kir. Coleman left England early tn
941 and was fifteen days at sea In a j
Konvoy during which time Several of
Bie ships were sunk by German raid
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lire Thieves Are
working at Speed
I As predicted several weeks ago, the
Bre-rationing plan of the government
as resulted in a veritable epidemic
Kf tire thefts?not only in Camden,
Kut all over the nation. The matter
Ka" reached a proportion where It Is
Bivlng grave concern to law enforcement
officials.
Several tire thefts which have been
Bported in Camden the past week
ere climaxed Wednesday mprnihg
K^en a car belonging to Mrs. J. B.
emp was found near the Springdale
met- track, stripped of tires and rims,
ven the spare tire and rim had been
Bolen. .m?I
Another car theft was reported from
B front of the Ivy Lodge and so far
B trace of the car has beep found.
Bh- car belonged to Stanley Miller,
B instructor at the Southern Aviation
Bhoo] and It disappeared last SaturB>'
night between 10:80. and 11:30
Bclock. _ -Iv.j. i
Bseveral other reports V>f spare tires
BfTig^ TtTfimied-drom tire racks have
Ben received. -1 ?
As stated In this paper two weelu
K the tire stealing racket will asBme
big proportions in the next sav- <
Hal months and it behooves the mo-,
But to take' every precaution 'to
Bard against the operations of this
Bw menace.
Hrhp Chamber of Commerce suggestI
two weeks ago ttiat motorists take
B Reriaf numbers of the tires r on
!r cars, also tho iaahe of the tire
Bd keep i record of itny' lfi mddlBn
the Chamber has advised that
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n<4fe^ Dept.
Bust what has been expected fbr
K"> months, has hApfcfeted.
Bhe war department on Saturday |
out an order to all forts, camps
B other concentration points where
Biers are gathered that solicitation
Brohlbited in^^ ftfture^
| Is strictly a case of "thxmW |
B" on dunOhflbg .tides for soldier*
Carolina*. Tba war department
Bare? this thumltos bneinass le i
mury and a d?**edlt to the ?n
Civil Air Patrol Now
[Being Organised
j: Kershaw county pilots, doctolb,
nurses, mechanics and others Interested
in seeing action In the nation's
civilian defense program are expected
to take a prominent part in the Sonth
Carolina Civil Air Patrol which ^ Is
now being organised, Ike Jones, of
Camden, recruiting officer fotav the
patrol, said today.
"The patrol will be the most active
of all branches of the civilian
[defense set-up," Jones said, "and
will be more closely allied with the
[armed forces than any other group."
Jones, along with 20 other recruiting
officers In the state named by
Wing Commander, Dexter C. Martin
of Columbia, is receiving applications
frorp persons anxious to jpin
the patrol and serve their nation.
The state air patrol will he organized
as Boon as sufficient applications
have been approved by the National
Command, under direction of
Major-General John P. Curry,, S.
Air Corps.. The patrol will be organized
into three groups, each with at
least three squadrons.
The patrol will do liaison work for
both the armed and civil defense
forces, and take a major part in any
war or other emergency involving
the civilian population, Martin said.
ColnddenJtally with enlistment of
personnel, the 'patrol will plan for
an extensive training program for
ithose enlisted In the organisation.
The training program will include
basic and specialized courses, to put
a maximum value on the services of
the patrol.
Persons interested In offering their
services to this InvAta&ble branch of
.our national war effort should contact
Recruiting Officer Jones immediately.
Chamber Secretary
Cites War Rackets
"Do not be a sucker for racket
scheme which are making their appearance
hidden under the thin covering
of war-time patriotism."
This was the warning issued by the
Camden Chamber' of Commerce thru
its executive secretary, Frank Heath,
to the people of Camden and Kershaw
county this week.
"Racketeers who make their living
by fraud are a smart type of people,"
accord bog to the Camden secretary.
"This Is apparent by the fact that
they evade the law for a long time.
The person, who seeks to profit thru
patriotic appeal is a. low individual
Is to a class with the draft dodger,
the slacker and the deserter.
Mr. Heath pointed out that shortly
after the Pearl Harbor disaster there
appeared the appeal to "Mothers and
fathers, Is your boy In campy We
have Interesting news. Write, don't
delay." Investigation showed that the
author of'the advertisement was offering
a special envelope at an.excessive
price which had a slogan across the
back. The representation was that
the envelope would receive special
consideration at military camps and
headquarters. Postal authorities soon
spiked this claim as being far from
the trnth.
Some minor gambling In which defense
bonds and stamps are given as
awards are reported. The stamps and
bonds-are' given because eash or merchandlse
are banned. Many of these
schemes *' originate In the minds of
good-lntentlOned people, but in so
many Instances wind up wlththe control
in tha hands of some veteran
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AJI Nation on Fast
Time F^piary 9
Get ready folks to set your clocks
ahead one hour when you go to bed on
the night of February 8th.
For the daylight earing measure,
passed by congress, and now signed
by President Roosevelt goes into affect
it ! ?. m. February 9th.
State, counties and cities, as well
as the agraihn popuace all over the
United States will move into the fast
time life on that <Wts. It wlU for a
time mean that people will be getting
up in the hours of darkness to eat
breakfast and hurry away to work.
But it will mean thay will leave their
placed* of wdrk one hoar earlier and In
the case of blackouts being required
tor defense purposes will be in their
ibmss Wore darhm^TfaDs. \
Later on when summer arrives the
tmn yrlll be shining at the hour of rising
and the evenings wfB be much
Hra
Eight High Schools Of
Trade Area Will Compete
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Camden trade district basketball
tournament which gets underway
In the gymnasium of the Camden High
School Wednesday. January 28 and
continues through January. SI. will
feature the appearance In Camden of
over 200 athletes from eight high
schools In the Camden trade area.
The tournament Is being sponsored
and . supervised by the Camden
Klwanls Club and already the sale of
tickets Indicates the seating capacity
of the gymnasium will be taxed at
.every game. It was announced today
by Joe McKaln, chairman of the
Klwanls basketball committee that
Arthur Robinson will be the referee'
in all of the game?. The sale of tickets
Is being conducted' under the direction
of John Gettys and Marlon Wllliams.
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The tournament opens at 4 p. in. In
the afternoon pn Wednesday. January
^8 with Mt. Pisgah battling Central
JHlgh School, this game will be _between
the girls teams of the
schools. Atv5 p. m. the same after
noon the boys teams from Midway and
Central will play. Wednesday evening
at 7 vp .m. Central and Blaney High
School* girls will have the floor and
at 8:80 p. m. the boys teams from
Baron DeKalb and Antloch play. The
Thursday prog rata calls for the girls
teams of Bethune and Midway to play
at 7:80 p.m., the boys teams of Blaney
and Mt. Pifegah at 6 p. m.the girls teams
of Antloch and Baron DeKalb meeting
at 7^80 and the girls teams from Cam*
den Ind Bethune at 8:80. The second
round Of play starts Friday afternoon
at 4 p .m. and the llnals will be played
Saturday night, the girls championship
even$ starting at 7:80 and to be followed
by the finalist in the boys competition.
KiWanis sponsors for the various
teams are as followil: C. yH. Schlosburg
for Mt. Plsgah, li. T|f. Myers for
CenU-al, J. H. McLeod for Midway,
Cyril Busbee for Camden, Howard
Bpqafcs for Blaney, Gene Pearce for
BarOh DeKalb, J. D. Zemps for
Antlbeh, C. J. Shannon, 4th for Befhaip,
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Army Makes Plea
For Lost Material
United States army officers have
been assigned to this district where
the maneuvers were recently held to
reclaim and recover lost articles of
the army durlngcthe war games here.
Their headquarters will be In the
town of Kershaw at the town hall.
They have requested the newspapers
in each county to make a request to
farm owners and others who may have
found articles?anything from an ideatiflcatlon
tag to a machine gun to
please turn said article - In to your
nearest town hall?be Jt Camden. Bethune,
Blaney or Kershaw.
An army captain was in the county
over the week end?contacting all
school superintendents, teachers, police
officers and the like to spread the
request among both white and color,
ed. There will be no prosecutions
when these articles are recovered?
the army needs them. This request Is
made in a patriotic spirit and the officers
said that"articles found must be
turned in in the shortest possible time.!
The need for lost paraphernalia is
urgent.
For instance. this officer located
three army blankets that been
left in haste when Uncle Sam's boys
had to move, maybe in the dead of
night, or at a moment's notice. They
were found at the home of a colored
family. When called for they were
readily given up and are now on their
way to Fort Jackson to help keep
some soldier warm, who may soon be
on the fighting line. Thei;e will be
no prosecutions?Jtlst an appeal to
your loyalty to your government. I
Lions Club Makes
Offer To Cooperate!
The Camden Lions Club Tigs made
formal offer of full cooperation In I
civilian defense work in this area, the I
pledge of aid betpg made In-a'letter!
recefved Friday bv Mayor F. N. Mc-|
Corkle from J. B. Cfaskin, secretary
of the clnb. ' I
The resolution adopted at a (recent J
meeting of the Lions club, was as follows:
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"Whereas we are engaged 'in a war
and Sre determined to make every ef-j
fort to insure complete victory, and
MWheraas, the Lions ClaB. under its
slogan, 'Liberty, Intelligence, Our Nation's
Safety*, has always striven to|
jggSBfife Jtttrtotism and the!
spirit and Effective cooperation In our ]
communtly, and !
^Whereas, this war emergency has}
brought greater rewHisibUitles, and
burdens to our MeydF ifchead vof our I
local defense group, and /
"Whereas it Is the desire of |hs|
Lions club of Camden. to expend Us I
full energies to Insure f|nsl victory
and the security of our community,!
our state^and our nation
"Therefore be Xresolredr-that #*|
hereby commend Mayor McCorkle for
the actio* he hag already taksn in rat
gerd to civilian defense and hereby
offer to him and kit aides oar fan cooperation
in his efforts to organise
<*r community to fts peak of affect,
ivensss for victory.
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iTtElect Director
For Association
The annual meeting of the Kershaw
National Farm Loan Association will
be hold on Wednesday, January 28,
>1942, at 2:80 p. m., In the court house
In Gamden, South Carolina, according
to announcement made by A. C .Bradham,
secretary-treasurer. Reports on
the past year's operations will be
made to members of the association
and one director elected by them for
a period of three years.
Long-term farm mortgage loans
mate the Federal Land Bank of
66Mmbi4^in Fairfield, Lancaster and
Kershaw counties are serviced
through the facilities of the Kershaw
National Farm Loan Association. At
the #?esent time the association has
forty-four loanq outstanding amounting
to 9164,000. The Columbia Bank
lhas ample funds at this time for lending
to qualified farmers and the
{present contract rate of interest is
I four percent. All ea> any part of the
loan may be repaid at shy time and
future payments are accepted by the
bank on which Interest Is allowed the
borrower at the same rate charged on
his mortgage.
Present directors ' of the Lanshaw
Association are: J. Ray Cunningham,
president, U. N. Myers, rice president,
L. O. Funderburk, C. P. DuBose, Jr.,
J. H. Mobley. The. Kershaw Association
maintains a joint office In Lancaster
and Winnsboro with other Associations
serving Kershaw, Lancaster
and Fairfield counties. A C. Bradham
is secrqtary-tfeasurer of all Ihe
I associations In this group.
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Novel Idea For
Defense Stamps Sale
Between 9160 and 9200 in defense
savings stamps are listed to the credit
of some jBfty pulp wood producers supplying
the Dewey J. Creed pulpwood
industry here every Week,
r Tire pin ;was worked out" by Mr.
Creed with the approval of the pulpwood
producers .and involves the investing
of two perv cent of the gross
returns for wood sold to Mr. Creed
In the purchase of the stamps. '
Each producer has a book registered
in his name at the Creed office
and as the stamps are purchased, they
are affixed in the books. As the books
are filled, it is proposed to exchange
them for defense bonds.
^ It Is an interesting fact thai baaed '
upon a Ilatlng of 8200 each week for
defense sayings stamps, the total tBr
the year will approximate 910.400*
Ministers Get By Tire
Rationing Rales
< The office of price administration
OPA to you, has cheered the hearts
of tht ministers of tho gospel.
Clergymen will be permitted to buy
rnew tiros and tubes for their own
ears, but no tfor cars used by other
Jimple Ip the family.
I -The three may be parch seed for ears
"that are tsed for pastoral calls?such
;ae visiting the sick and dying or to
conduct services that are essential to
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Polo Game For
Red Cross Benefit *
The final game In the mldseaeon
club title series will bo played between
the Ramblers j and Palmetto
toursomee of the Camden polo group'
next Sunday afternoon, beginning at
3 o'clock.
The American Legion poBt, ct^spo.nsors
of the polo program haa announce
ed that the' Post's share of the receipts
for this game will be turned
over to tfte Kershaw County Chapter
American tyed Cross.
. F<pr several, years the Legion post
has shared with the polo club in the
gate receipts, using every cent to further
the charitable activities of the
POsh The share of the polo club is
used tw field maintenance. As the
two-bit fee charged is so small, being
the lowest charged for polo events in
this country, the gate is never very
big.The
Legion members believe that
with the Red Cross getting the Legion
percentage next Sunday that there
will be a big outturn of fans, who not
only will enjoy an Interesting polo
spectacle, but will be aiding In a great
cause.
Manager Cyril Harrison of the polo
club announced Tuesday that the
Ramblers and Palmettos would use
the same lineups as figured in the two
previous games in the-series. In the'
first game the Palmettos won in "Asensational
eleventh hour finish by a
6 to 5 score. Last Sunday the Ram- j
biers in a power drive upset the warriors
5 to 2.
Next Sunday when the teams tuke
the field the Rambler riders, attired
in the Bide and Gold outfits will have
Burns at No. 1, Whit Boykin at No. 2,
Cyril Harrison at No. 8 and Joe Bates
^ No. 4. ^,
The Red And Gray ClaA Palmettos
will present' Charlie Roberts cm at No.
1, Charles 'DuBose at No, 2, Klrby
Tupper at No. 8 and Carl Llghtfoot
at No. 4.
Charlie Little will be JLhe referee.
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Massebeau Declares
War on Rodents
Coucllman C. V. Massebeau has announced
that the annuAl rat extermination
campaign will be started on
Monday, February 27.
In previous years the War against
the rodents has started in April and
extended through , May and June.
Since the health officials have ascertained
that With the arrival of the
warm weather months the rats usually
leave buildings for the open spaces.
Therefore a campaign through the
months when the rats are in buildings
is productive of more successful
results.
Mr. Massebeau announces that'any
Inspector Donald Morrison is ordering
an ample supply of a most potent
'rat poison and the supply tMlTbe
ample to cover - the- most drastic and
extensive campaign..
Mr. Massabeau announces that any
Individuals wishing assistance In the
extermination of ' rats on premises
will call Mr. Morrison at telephone
122 and give their name and location
of premised where polgon is to be utilised.
Mr. Morrison is to have personal
charge of the campaign against
the rats and arrangements are being
made to provldehim with one or two
helpers.
Plane Hits'TOre
Injures Two Flyers
CT. F. Boat, Instructor at the Southern
Aviation school here, and'L. M.
Brock, a student, were injusei|ittlgn
their plane crashed after hlUlngi^
telephone . line five miles Wast of the
flying field at 4:46 Monday afternoon.
Boat resides with bis family on
Chesnut street, fat Camden, bat i?
originally from Charlotte, N. C^Brock
is from Brighton, Mass.
t, Boat was badly cut about the face
and is suffering from shock. Brock
f&twas badly cut about the face but
was able to bo taken back to the aviation
school in an auto.
pitaL His injuries are not regarded
as serious while Brock resumed training
Tuesday. '
According to Ifiitnictor Bost, who
was at the controls of the plane, he
was making a simulated forced landBlinded
by the glare of the late af
Steeplechase Meets
Assured This Year
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Followers of steeplechase raotag
and particularly thoau In the mid?
south will accord an enthusiastic welcome
to the announcement of the National
Steeplechase and Hunt Association
that the race meets, featuring
the Carolina Cup classic will be carried
on this year In spite of conditions
that may prove difficult at
times. ' J'r'jjl
Representatives of amateur rgoe
meets that play an Important part-in
the development of young riders and
the continuance of steeplechaslng on
the principal courses spent several
days last week discussing the situation
with representatives of the various
race meets, and reached the
conclusion that it wonld be well to
carry on. and. when ever possible to
turn any profits from the meets to the
American Red Cross.
Since the tmnations of any money
to the Red Cross must necessarily
rest with the Individual association- |
holding a meet. It cannot be definitely
stated what meets would be run tor
the benefit of charity. It Is quite
likely, however, that all the associations
would be happy to help.
The season again will be opened at
Southern Pines op March 14. then
swinging to Aiken for the races on ,
March 21. and will reach a high peak
of class and interest Ja the running
of the Carolina cup> In Camden OP
March 28. The hersee will then proceed
to Virginia, Maryland and Into
Pennsylvania as per schedule announced
this week.
As In the first world war steeplechasing
people have been among the
first to answer the call to arms so
that S shortage of riders and boys to
work and care for horses Is anticipated.
Younger tmen who are still outside
the military age will be urged to
get into.amateur race riding end will
be encouraged to take care of their
own horses as far as possible.
Where, the general Impression
seems to be that the restricted nse
of automobiles, due to. the ft seeing of tire
sales whl greatly affect the conntry
meets as time goes on it fi nofhSlleved
that'the Carolina Cup will fesl
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Waste Paper Depot
I At Bowling Alleys |
The depot for the depositing of
waste paper, being collected for National
Defense, Which was located In
the building Just south of Ths Ohronlcle
office Is now located at the "bowling
center" on Broad streaty fip
Karesh, chairman of the salvage committee
for the County Council for National
Defense, urges all cltlssns who *
have any waste paper to take saihe to
the bowling alley where it fs to be
sorted and bundled preparatory to being
disposed of to?the government.,
It is Interesting to note Just/what
can be accomplished, through the salvaging
of paper. Take for Instance,
one copy of a typld&l metropolitan
newspaper provides material sufficient
to .make eight cardboard boxes for
shipment of 80 caliber ammunition, or
fifteen dust, covers for airplane engines,
or seven pracUSe targets^ Three
such newspfpcro .^flna be tamed fat.
to a strong cardboard box container
fog one shell large enough to knock .
the roof off a substantial Tokyo military
objective. Waste paper has become
a weapon of war : and every
American can-help la the fight against
the Axle by turning every pcrap of
paper Into the paper'depogrr?;/ , t ^
, the Kershaw County Council of Ne- \
Monal Defense,, of which JohAIL deLoach
!e chairman. Is divided into
eight units Of operation. The planning
division of which R. & JMU* is
chairman, has five divisions/ se foLtows:
Finance and supply section,
W. L. Good ale, chairman; statistics
section, R .M. Kennedy ?rd, chairman;
pereotmef section, wmiafii W. Bates,
chairman; intelligence section, Henry
Savage, Jr.; and publicity section,
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People Indignant
Over Vandalism
Plangpnd shrubbery lovers who relYt
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