The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 06, 1942, Image 1
The Camden Chronicle
| VOLUME 5J k CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA. FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1942 NUMBER 50
Eimden Election ]
lakes History J
lutory wmh made in Camden last
eeday when Francis N. McCorkle f
K named as iMayor of the city for 8
thjra successive time. Never be- g
imB the same man been honored ?
[ h third successive term aw ad niHtratlve
leader and the period of i
| i. municipal administration ,
tcH from back around 1W>. 4
Mayor McCorklo was unopposed at (
E oiHi tion lastsweek?a flU-tag recog- ,
ion on the part of the icltlsenry
I (lie excellent manner In which (
E .affairs of the community have t
En looked after during the past (
Er years. Prior to being elected ,
Eyor of Camden, Mr. MCCorkle held (
office of councilman for two ]
inn, or four years. (
hiring the coming two-year term
E McCorklQ will have four of the ,
Encilmen who have been with him .
past four years back in harness, j
Eey are Joe McKaln, who has been j
Eyor pro-tem and vttoo has given
Bendld service towards his home }
Bnmunlty; Wylle Sheorn, whose ex- ,
lent service was rewarded by his |
Eelection Tuesday; Clyde Masse- ,
an, who has don* ?.major Job with (
E committee of health assignment; ]
Ed Cee Little, whoVhas been a big ,
Etor in civic progress during his
Elod of incumbency. In addition to ,
four named,, the-mayor will have,
I a new member, John ,( Jaqlp Mul*|,
i, prominent cltlsen knfl one of |
E outstanding civic-minded men of ,
> community. Mr. Mullen is a ,
Ember of the Rotary club, command
of the Legion Post, and in addl- (
Ei to his civic interests, Is an ar- ,
Bat sportsman. Hils greatest hobby L
ffootball and the Mullen family;,
H\e made generous contributions to (
Hmden high school footbiUl, three |
Es being outstanding in the sport t
Eing their high school careers. In f
Hditlon they were all splendid baskEall
players. The sixty member of ,
B council, and a new face, Is Cly- (
En Smith, a young man who is en- ,
Blng into community activity as a
mcilman for the first time. (
H"he germ of the city of Camden ,
Hb In a resolution of the Royal EngHi
Council on December 6, 1733, (
Here in the employment of a survey- ,
I named James -St. Julian was au- j
H>I'lzed to survey, a township on the
^fcteree river at a point he Judged (
Hh( convenient for settlement. This ,
H ?' ihe council was In pursuance ,
the instructions from King George ,
I issued in 1730, to Governor Rob- ,
Johnson on his departure for the
Bvinces. t
Hn 1750, a colony of Irish Quakers }
lie to Fredericksburg which was <
m initial name for what is now CamHl
There was no town then, only {
Bttered plantations and Indian ,
HnPs- The Quakers formed no town (
B spread out along both sides of ,
B VVateree river above what is now ^
Bnden.
t was reserved for Joseph Kershaw ^
William Ancrum to plant the ?
Bt rudiment of Camden in June 1
B. It was In that year that Ker- J
Bw came from Charleston and on
Bract of 150 acres .which was surBed
from William Ancrum on June
I 1758, established a store, and *
led the spot "Pine'Tree Hill",
t was not until ApnU 11, 1768 that (
B mention of.Camden is foupd, and t
B was in,an act of .the assembly
that date, In Which a circuit court
established in Camden. The nam
Is attrlbuMf^ to Joseph Kershaw ^
> was In honor of Likd Camden, (
Barles Pratt), then ao cordially
Blred by the colonists for his pleas
I Patf/lamenl in their behalf.
tPUaee tfnts jip iW) t
lenerals' Races I
lest Attraction ?
1 -1 *i. 'r .?
edging from the demand for park- ?
apace at Millway track for flatBay,
March 14, the third running of ?
Generals' races, scheduled for the *
Bmoon of that date, will attract a ?
Be crowd of spectators. h
he requests are coming from all f
r the atate, but particularly from _
I ll?rne centers rath as Aiken,
lterboro, Eutawvllle, St. Matthews
B others. It la expected there will n
Quite a number of race enthusiasts I
B down from Southern Pines and J
ehurnt. j
Btrtee for the race evratp eloea fl
^orrow, March ?, and the otmmttr s
Red Cross Active
In This Section
(By Sadlo von TresclDw)
- Allhound n hundred per cent in rcase
In blood donations Hvere made
iftor Pearl Harbor, huge kuppiies are i
tt111 needed for the military, naval
iml civilian ttoreee.
The 1942 national convention of the
Vmertc&n Hod Cross to be held to
Philadelphia in April hue been oaXl>d
off on account of the exigences
>f the war. Volunteers are too busy in
rital work at home.
First aid is taking the country by
storm, 40,000 enroll daily and '.first
lid text books threaten the record
)f the beat sellers, so far ,?85,000
jooka have been distributed and the
ieinand is so enormous that flte millot!
more have been ordered printed.
The American Red Cross Je providing
one food package a week to the
100 men interned in France by the
Nazis, and prisoners in Japan are being
contacted as soon as possible.
Camdea JJuniors are <lolng their
part bravely in making stretchers und
splints *and the younger ones are
building bird houses and ^selling them
and will .give the monoy to the Red,
Crosa. -Mr. Guy has materials and
Mrs. Guy helps place orders from
:hose interested.
In echool manual training shops
throughout the country, American
Junior iRed Cross members, 13,000,000
strong, are preparing to make traction
splints and stretchers to meet
the demands of wartime first aid
: raining.
Already established > on the Pacific
:oaat, where threats of enemy attacks
appear more immediate, the
program will call for production of
he Red Cross Emergency Btretcher
ind .the Red Cross traction splint
is designed by Dr. D. M. Thompson,
uiaislant director of first aid, water
safety and accident .prevention.
In ; addition, such first aid articles
us may be requested by the local
chiefs of the Emergency Medical
3ervlce may be made by the Juniors,
lames T. Nicholson, vice chairman in
iharge of the American Junior Red
Dross, announced.
Many chapters have already conlucted
surveys to compile the needs
tor first aid equipment in their cimnunities.
Materials necessary for the proiuction
program will be purchased
3y the local Red Cross chapter. This
will he financed by-the Red Cross war
und now being raised or the Junior
lied Cross service fund.
Both splints and stretchers are conitruoted
of wood in-order to conserve
necessary war materials. The stretcher
is six feet long and 24 Inches wide.
Additional first aid equipment, such
18 wooden boxes for the standard
led Cross first aid kit,, no*, made
)f metal, may possibly be produced
)y the Junior Red (Cross in the fuure.
.
N. Y. A. Has Need of
More Boys and Girls
The National Youth Administration
>fflce In Camden Is located on the
,econd tor .of the court houBe and
vill he open five days .a week Monlay
thrcmtfi Friday, te receive applications
by youths interested in atending
tHe full-time ddfettse centers
MA in em^rytot to Ae local reguar
props?- . 4 v j
There are veeaaolM em the bo?plel
proerem. * whieh south.- .re
reined for MMT ?*.
mhllc eerrfce ?roJ?<* In which they
.re trained tor silte woito
The Florence defense tratotof cenM
Id. mad is one !
T the I 1,1 W " 1B the state to '
rain boys In shlp-dtttegs, J
Ad machine Shop work, weed *
hop, electric welding end quickly
(Uce them to Jobe of defense induery
and
The afea representative wl* he in
he NYA office from ? to 6 dally on
fonday. Wednerfay. Thumday and
laturday. However application can .
e made any day?? -~ -r - ^
dR8. DRAKE TO SPEAK
AT JOWT MEETING TODAY .
Hobkirk Chapter And D. A. R. will
aeet wtth Mrs. Wall on Oreene street, i
Vlday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Mr*. <
ohn Drake iff BanneUe^ |
Air Raid Workers
Performed Well
"Vory Htit isfylng, una 1 want to extend
my appreciation to the more
than throe hundred volunteer defense
workers who made our first air raid
alarm progrum so successful."
This statement came from Commander
Ralph N. Shannon, head of
the Kershaw County Council for National
Defense, who personally dir
rected Camden's first air-raid alarm
program Wednesday evening.
There was no blackout following
the shrieking of sirens and whistles,
as the alarm-teBt was one arranged
solely for the purpose ot bringing Into
action the hundreds of civilian volunteers
who have been under instruction
for emergency action'for the
past several weeks.
The test, from the standpoint of
volunteer response, was most satisfactory
but It greatly demonstrated
according to the officials of the defense
council, that several more sirens
will have to toe provided if the
entire municipal area Is to be reached.
The steam whistles of several
industrial plants, together with that
of a locomotive on the SeaboSrd, contributed
a greater volume of noise
than did the -fire sirens, three of
which are located In the city.
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Story of Honest
Boy And a Man
- /
This Is a story about an honest
lad and as appreciative man.
On the night of the big snow storm
last week, John W. Ferguson of 1411
Home Avenue, Hartsville, waa In
Camden. In .the evening and when
the snow had reached blissard proportions,
he started home. Upon arrival
in Hartsville he discovered that
his billfold containing quite a sum
of money amfl his army reglaration
card was missing. Mr. Ferguson
wrote immediately to the editor of
The Chronicle and asked that an advertisement
be placed in the paper
regarding the loss of the billfold, as
he figured that he had lost It In
Camden.
On the morning following the snow
Dantye WJHlford, son of Dr. and Mrs.
J. L?. WUIlfosd, Chesnut street, Camden,
was walking along the road and
noticed the leather billfold lying on
the street- He picked it up and later
reported at the newspaper office regarding
his .find. The editor of the
paper notiAad Mr. Ferguson at Hartsville
and im reply received a letter
directing Mr. Nllos to give the Wllliford
lad five dollars from the sum in
the pocketbook?this as an appreciation
of finding his billfold and contents.
Early this week Lantye Williford
received a letter from Mr. Ferguson
expressing his appreciation for the
finding of the billfold and of Its being
turned over to the newspaper.
J. C. Bennett To
Belome Resident
J. C. Bennett, of Hazelhurst, Ga.,
has taken over the position as cashier
of the The Southern Cotton Oil Company
here; succeeding Edward M.
Craig, who enlisted in the nary sometime
ago.
Mr. Bennett served with the merchant
marine after leaving college,
and made several trips to Europe.
He then returned to bis home town
of Haselhurst, where he served on
the city council and later ag mayor
of the town. Following this, he was
elected to the Georgia legislature and
Is still a member. He will resign
soon, as he will move his family to
Camden.
Farm Bulletins Available
wMzrch * "/*'? the
approach of spring thousands of families
ip. both city and country will
he planning "Victory Gardens". The
Department of Agriculture has prepared
special Farm Bulletins to aid
those people who wish information
about gardening. Including such titles
as "The Farm Garden", "Hotbeds and
t" "ii *
^Vegetable Beed Trmu-j
stables," "Community Food Preservation
Centers," "Victory Gardens."
These bulletins are available upon
u^P^^ees^ettvp J p Richards, Bouse
.
Dime Bazaar
Offers Excitement
\ '
(By The Skipper)
When uuu seeks for the unuauul in
civic eveata Camdon's most prolific
originator can be found on Lyttleton
street near Pine. And ho 1h none other
than Father Ed Burke, rector of the
Catholic church of Our Lady of Perpetual
Help.
When wo were informed that the
annual Basilar, to be offered at St.
Mary's Hall on March ID had been
changed to road "Dime Basaar", we
knew there was a Btory behind the
news. j
So we hied down to call on the
Reverend Father Burke and what ho
had to tell us about tho "Dime Bazaar"
has just whetted our appetite
to a degree that brooks no delay In
hurrying to the hall on the 19th,
For a fact, the Bazaar thlB year
wlH be the most unique and interesting
of any event of its kind In the
six years this writer has resided in
this .charming community. Jn faot,
it ip different from anything we have
seen in many years and we kuow the
habile is going to get a big kick out
Because of so-called lottery laws,
which prohibit*, papers carrying stories
of lotteries to go through the mail,
we are unable to describe Just what
the extent of the plan Father Burke
has worked out, is, but we can as;
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First Ball Game
Scheduled March 26
The Toronto Maple Leafs of the
International Baseball League is the
only team of that loop that has a
spring training camp outside of Florida.
Baltimore is training at Hollywood,
Fla.; Buffalo at Fort Pierce; Jersey
City at Jacksonville; Montreal at
Daytona Beach; Newark at Sebring;
Rochester at Wast Palm Beach; and
Syrgfcase fd Fort Lauderdale.
The Maple Leafs open their exhibl-j
tlon game program against the University
of South Carolina here on1
Thursday, March 26. On Friday, the'
Leafs journey to Columbia for a return
game with the Palmetto varsity
past timers. On Monday, March 20,
the Clemson College team comes to
Camden for a game with the Leafs.
The next game will be at Rock Hill;
on Saturday, April 4, when the Leafs j
play the Wilmington Delaware club1
in Training at Rock Hill. A return1
game with Wilmington will be played i
in Camden on Sunday, ApHLfi/ The
Leafs then Journey to Barnwell to1
play Albany on Monday, April 6, and
a return game is to be played in this
city on Tuesday, April 7. On Wednes-1
day, April 8, the Leafs take on the
Columbia Reds In Columbia, and on
April 9, a return game with the Reds
will be played here.
So far as the schedule has boen
announced, the last game in Camden
will be against Scranton, Friday,
April 10.
Red Cross Nutrition
Classes To Begin
Anyone wishing to take these classes
please come to the Court Inn,
Wednesday, March 11, at 3 p. m. or
Thursday,. March 12, at 7 p. m., to
enroll and attend the first lesson.
Mrs. Clinton Baldwin Is the authorised
teacher for the American Red
Cross. V
o This course inoludes ten lessons of
two hours each, and mu^. be taken
as a preliminary to the fced Cross
Canteen coarse. It is hoped to hold
the afternoon classes on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday from & to 6
p. m. The night classes on Tuesday
and Thursday from 7 4o 9 p. m.?
Selma P. McKain, Chairman Red
Cross Canteen.
Twenty CarsAllowed
For Kershaw County
The quota or allotment of automobiles
permitted to be sold in Kershaw
county In March, April and May
?a three- month period la twenty,
according to word received by John
M. Vllleplgue, chairman of the county
auto and tire rationing board.
Tbt awnrral of rgtfgg|ng.bosr?
for the purchase of a car la predicated
upon the essential necessity of
the party making the application
needing a vehicle. The casentlal requirement*
are a* rigid sad exacting
as those governing the lesnanee ad
Establish Defense !
Rental Area Here (
The city of Camdon will be named
its a defense rental area, according; j
to information given out In Waah- ?
ingtou and coming from Leon lion- <
itcrson, price udminiutrator. (
Already twpnty communities in t
thlrteon states have been designated c
by Henderson as defense rental areas t
in which routs must be lowered to t
"proper levels withlu sixty days or j
the government will move in to do i
the Job." The listed ureas take in j
8,000,000 persons and Include Detroit ij
and Cleveland, wher^, much defense ,
work and activities are in evidence, j
The most of tho listed areas rents [i
will have to be cut back to'the April i
1, 1941 level.
Camden is included lu more thun i
one hundred areas that are to be des- <
lgnated in addition to those already
named. In a statement condemning 1
"rent gouging" and "profiteering" i
Henderson said he would "strike hard i
and rapidly to correct tho rent felt-1
uatlou in all of the additional areas."
Under the price control act, tho
administrator is required to give the
state and local authorities sixty days
to bring rents into Una. If they fall,
he is empowered to Impose fed oral
regulations which provide fines and
prison penalties for rent ceiling violators.
Here in Camden the authorities of
the Southern Aviation school, operating
the flying post at Woodward field,
have anticipated action of the price
administrator and have even gone
beyond the price regulation program
by requiring that all places listed for'
the accommodation of officers. Instructors
and others employed at theJ
school, must .conform to stipulated
physical requirements such aB. ode-'
quate heat, together with adequate'
plumbing and sanitary equipment.
The plan of the Southern Avjqtlon'
school officials is to have an investigating'
committee make a personal
check of all houses, apartments end
rooms listed with the Chamber of'
Commerce rental accommodation bureau
and with the school. Accom
modatlons that do not meet with the
physical requirements Of the school
or have too high a rent listing will
be designated as "off limits."
The Chamber of Commerce reports 1
the receipt of several letters froih j
West Point cadets who are to graduate
lp May, and who are to take I
the air corps training course at the!
Southern Aviation school. These let-|
ters recite that In a majority of
cases the cadets coming to Camden'
are to be tnarried Immediately after]
their graduation and all of the In-'
qulries are for furnished apartments
or houses. This Indicates, according
to the Chamber, that June is going
to bring an Increased dbmand for'
apartments and houses.
State Editor In
Praise Of Camden
The population of-Lower California
?especially in the chambers of- commerce?turn
purple with rage every
time rain is mentioned, and Florida
promoters moan at the mention of
hurricanes.
But far be it from the chamber
of commerce of Camden, one of the
most prominent Mid-South winter resorts
("golf, riding, tennis and swimming
the year round") to do other
than face the facts when a snowstorm
hits it
When last week's storm struck 1
South Carolina, Frank JL Heath, The
ptate'e Camden correspondent ? and
secretary of the Camden chamber
of commerce?bulletined lately
that a "blinding snowstorm' np*i>?skshrouding
Camden."? ?
(He did, however, point out that 1
it was the first in two yean), j
And today he reported that a prominent
resident .of the winter resort
is suffering from a serious arm fracture
as the result of a fall Wednes-,
day morninir?whon aho aUnnaA aw a#i
Ice-coated pavement section.
Injured was Mrs. Phoebe Shank, ]
a member of the Camden high school !
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FORMER MISSIONARY TO CHINA
TO SPEAK AT SETHESDA
The Bar. Lewis H. Lancaster, mty
slonary to China, will speak at Bemormln*,PU^rig"
iMratu
worship oorrtco. Mr. Loncwtor hu
Junt reoentlpSroturned from ChlBand
tho Noor But *b4 (Uporaoao InterIto
?
"Shannon Likes
Cooperation Shown
Intoruht and onthuHiuHtn wu para-^*"*
nount at a meeting of unit chairmen
tiul loaders of (ho defense emergency
>rgunUation of the Kershaw County
ouncll for National Defense held at
ho main control poet in the recorder's
>fflee Ifridny evening. It waa by far
he moat cooperative and enthusiastic ,
epresentatlon to attend any similar
withering held since the emergency
program waa inaugurated in this aica.
deads of the air warden group, auxllary
police, auxillury firemen, rescue <
(quads, rod cross, first aid, ambulance,*
medical service, sanitation, public
works, utilities, transport, telephone
*nd telegraph, water, light and power,
?in fact every department calculated
to have a protective element In case
3f war emergency was represented.
Ralph N. Shannon, who is at the
head of the county council for national
defense, presided at the meeting and
stressed the necessity of every worker
in the program being prepared for any
eventuality such nB an air raid or some
other catastrophe growing out of the
present war period.
"I hope that the time will never
come when we shall be called upon
to cope with any tragic emergency",
said Mr. Shannon, "but we must be
prepared." The chairman went on to
state that it was his belief that eventually
the civilian defense' program
will come under the supervision and
direction of the war department, but
he added that untjl that time arrives
the civilian defense program as now
Bet up must be prepared to do all lhat
it can.
The speaker went on to state that
since he took charge of the county
council a number of changes have been
made, but none-wlll. in any way affeot
the general plan. Under the new national
sot-up, Mr. Shannon's office or
position will be known as Commander.
W. R. Bonsai 1b Assistant Commander
and the members of the Commander's
staff consist of W. L, Goodale as head
of the finance department, Prank H..
Heath as director of publicity, Henry ;
Savage, Jr., aB legal advisor, W. W.
Bates In charge of the volunteer office,
James Raley In charge of supplies and
equipment, and R. B. Pitts, whose specific
group will be designated by the
Commander. ^
Commander Shannon stated that the
purpose of the meeting Friday night
was to. make plans for the air raid
'arm scheduled for Wednesday, March
4, at 9:00 p. m. He called attention
to jhe fact that the present emergency
organization is purely one on paper
and as yet has not functioned. He
spoke of the necessity of the air raid
alarm program for the following Wednesday
as being necessary to enable
the emergency set-up to got first-hand
acquanltance with the duties to be exercised.
He intimated that the pext
air raid alarm would be featured by
a blackout and stressed the fact that
it is very necessary for all ojf the air
wardens, auxiliary firemen, . auxiliary
police, in fact everyone connected with
the emergency program to be prepared
to function Wednesday night in order
that they would know just what to
do in the event of a blackout either
of a practice nature or becohse
of an actual raid.
Commander Shannon went over the
emergency set-up group by group and
section by section, and when he had
concluded there-was no reason for any
of those present to have a lack of understanding
as to jnst what their respective
duties would bp.
It was pointed out thatbe^pf'the
fire sirens have been re-located In
the city with the Idea of having the
warning signals reach every section. *
It was very apparent that additional
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. . ' ' 'I q * * ~ March
Roars Into
Calendar Like a lion
- Mirth came In like a lion?roaring
and stirring in a mad fary gnd blasting
signs, branches, and other objects
from their hangings. If the old saw
of "In like a lion and out likeklamb"
holds good, the equestrian colony
will be happy for ft will mean a perfect
brand of weather ?e^ tfc* Carolina
cup running on Saturday, March
On Sunday, there wae belief that
March wonkU Jhow In humbly and
wtth smiles. But Oh "Hobday the
Htroh Hon really got ntS-xwl-pnf:?
ed down torrents of tears teU Wore
lashed'bp htth wtnd.
Tuesday the rein bed ceased to* '
hlch geles prevailed end stink ??
billboards, tide brettm