The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 13, 1942, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
M. O. NIL-E8, Editor ?nd ProprUtor
published ovory Friday at
110* North lirottil 8tr??l, and
tho Camden. 8uuth Carolina
a? oocond claaa mall matter. Kf.?
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lean than 81* Mentha. In all
th? ftubucrlution prlco Ih du# and payabj*
frxssrw uWtptton. .r. c.ncalled
when aubacrlber falls
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can Preaa Aaaoclatlon and elsewhere y
all reliable Advertising A**nc[""#
aeoept no advert lain* of a doubtful nature
unil try to protect our patrona frorn
S&"rlwnl.\Yon b, A.lv.rtl..r._ No
l.lquor Advert loomonto *uo*fi^!.n ...?
price. Church notices WJtrtished no*
Tarda of thanka and notice* of *ot#h
talnmanta where an 0f
charged will be charged for Tribute*> or
rcaoect and obltuarlea will be charged
for All ccnintunloatlona muat ho algned.
otherwtae they wll) be deatroyed.
Friday, March 13, 1942
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tad CM^> I ' A*?'**.
HE 18 NOT AN ALARMI8T
A very earnest and thoughtful cltl*
ton of Marlon, on Tuesday morning,
endeavored to porsuudo aomu friends
to take a more serious vlow of the
war situation. Ho urged them to cohho
regarding tho war of minor Importance
and as the which wo will quickly
and decisively win. He cautioned
thorn that It would be well If all cltltaw
realized that a long. deadly and
costly war Is on our hands, and plead
with thorn to arouse themselves out
of their lethargy. They laughed at
him; called him an "alarmist" and refused
to lake him seriously. Wednesday
morning came the sad news from
the Philippines -- "Raymond Sloan,
Marion lud. lost In action." Thus tho
war roully comes homo to us; thus |
our earnest friend proves that he is
no mere alarmist, hut, on the other
hand. Is a wise man, who full well
realizes that all of us must light
at home and on tho Held of battle. ^
Let those scoff who wilt; but tho day ^
la coming, and coming soon, when ^
every dollar in Marlon, will ho thrown!
into the gigantic effort of winning
Victory and preserve Freedom. Laugh ^
today; woep tomorrow.? Marion Star.
noTollypops for junior (
Many a father will call his ].ttl?i(
clan together in the next week or
two to announce the sad results of 1
Ills analysis of his Income tax blank. | 1
With his forehead furrowed, he will J
' point out that the tax is the biggest
in history and that to pay It each 11
member of the family will have to t
routine his purchase to bare neces- <
V allies. Mother will have to postpone i
her shopping trip, daughter will have ?
to stay home from the movies and i
Junior ;nust stop asking for lollypops.
It's too bad that we didn't all start I
saving Income fax payments
last September. We all meant to. but
It seemed a long way off then. Now ,
we are faced with the tragic reality ,
of having to put the money on the
lino by March 15.
It's a lucky thing we can pay tho
tax in Installments, or somo of us i
would have to do all kinds of financial
acrobatics to lay our hands on <
enough cash.
This first tax on the payment will (
probublv bo the hardest -but not t
necessarily the biggest. It will be j s
the hardest because many of us have-| >
n t planned for it. After making that . (
first payment we may really do some-j ;i
thing about saving to make it easier j
next time. '
Income tax may not get any big- ^ f
ger this year. Next year It Is apt to i <
increase and H is still possible that
Congress will put through a new tax
on wages which will be deductablo , ^
at source - tills year. !?.
We might as well look at a big tax j t.
as something permanent. At least It ; il
will go on until sometime after the _
war is over?atul when that will be |
is nobody's guees. j
Rut, since, as far as we can see, t
ahead now. a big tax is coming up,b
every vear. or every three months, j f<
let's all make up our minds to save ,11
i>r it regularly. It will help keep peace
a the family and it will make It casr?r
for our local storekeeper who will
eel tho brunt of father's "stop huy:ig"
order.?Chesterfield Advertiser.
THE POCKETBOOK
of KNOWLEDGE
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Record of Accidents
For Keshaw County
Motor vehicle drivers who operated
on (lie wrong side of the road caused
the greatest number of Kershaw
ounty accidents in 1940, the latest
rear for which figures are available,
according to state highway department
statistics.
These drivers were blamed for six
)f the 32 accidents reported in the
munty.
Another type of careless driver, one
who failed to signal or gave the Improper.
signal, was second with four
iccldents blamed upon him.
Kershaw county was fortunate in
hat only one accident was attributed
:o a puncture or blowout but the
. buncos are agninst a repetition of
uich good fortune this year because
of the rubber shortage. No Kershaw
accidents were blamed on smooth or
worn tires and this classification, too,
Is expected to show an Increase in
1942.
Kershaw county reported one of
the lowest number of accidents of nny
county, its record being bettered by
McCormick, I^ancaster, Allendale,
Hamberg, neaufort. Cherokee, Dillon,
Kdgefleld,- Fairfield, Hampton, Lee
and Saluda.
Other causes of accidents in Kerihaw
county wore: reckless driving,
1; driving too fast for conditions, 3;
iriver had been drinking, 3; pedesrian,
3; inattention, 2; disregarded
lignal. 2; mechanical defect, 2; drlrer
asleep or incapacitated, 1; right>f
way violation, 1; and Improper
ution of bicyclist. 1.
Richland county had the greatest
lumber of accidents. 459, and it was
ollowcd by Charleston. Greenville,
tpartanburg and Florence.
IN APPRECIATION
We wish to thank the many frlonds
or the beautiful tlowers and the kind
xpressions of sympathy in our reent
bereavement.?The Frasier Famly.
: I
'Antioch Pioneer
Called ByJ)eath
Mrs. I-aura Cannlngton Campbell,
age 75. died at her home !n the Antioch
community at 1 o'clock Monday
morning, following an Illness of
four months duration. The deceased
was born at Pageland, January 18,
1867. She was married to John J.
Campbell and has been a resident of
the Antioch community for flfty flve
years.
Besides her husband. John J. Campbell
of Antioch, she leaves"'one son,
George Campbell, of Camden; a
daughter, Mrs. Bell Shoautt, of Washington,
D. C.; and a brother, Elmo
Cannlngton, of Monroe, North Carolina.
The funeral was held Monday
afternoon at 4:30 from the Antioch
Baptist church, with interment in the
adjoining church yard.
March Winds To
Change to Zephyrs
Gale-like vTlnds which prevailed in
Camden over the week-end slowed
down to mere zephyrs by the middle
of the week, and according to the
weather bureau spring-like weather
is Just around the corner.
The weather forecasters declared
that there will be several days of
continued cold, but that the quieting
down or the wind will take much
of the bite out and make the temperature
seem mild in comparison
to what it was earlier in the week.
The wind velocity in Camden on Sunday
night reared an intensity of
about twenty-five miles per hour, t?ut
Monday if was blowing at a thirtyfive-in
ile-per hour degree. The rainfall
Sunday afternoon and night aggregated
1.82 inches. Rainfall so far
this month is approximately 1.75
inches above normal, whilo the total
for the year is .70 of an inch above
normal.
STATE THEATRE
KERSHAW, S. C.
FRIDAY, MARCH 13
"H. M. PULHAM, Esq.
Hedy bamarr
Robert Young
SATORDAY, MARCH 14
"STAGE COACH
EXPRESS"
Don "Red" Berry
SATURDAY, MARCH 14
10:30 P. M.
I "TUXEDO JUNCTION"
Weaver Brothers and Elviry
MONDAY and TUESDAY
MARCH 16?17
"YOU BELONG TO ME"
Barbara Stanwyck
Henry Forrda
WEDNESDAY, MAR. 18
"SMALL TOWN DEB"
Jane Withers
THURSDAY, MARCH 19
"BLUES IN THE NIGHT'
Priscilla I^nne
Betty Field
Richard Whorf
ADMISSION:
Matinee, 20c; Nlqht, 28o h
Children 20o any Urn*
REPAIRS
We carry a large stock of REPAIRS
for FARMALL TRACTORS,
and all other FARM IMPLEMENTS
that we sell in this territory.
BUT, we urge FARMERS to place
orders with us AT ONCE for REPAIRS
that will _ be needed_ this
SPRING
Whitaker & Co.
Telephone Four Rutledge Street
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Shaw Field Staff .
Visitors in Camden
Lieutenant Colonel B. M. Hovey
commanding officer at Shaw Meld,
with his command, visited the Air
Corps Training Detachment of the
Southern Aviation School hero last
week.
The v tailing officers were taken
on a tour of the school and Its facllties
by Captain Henry C. Huglin. commanding
officer of the local school. I
together with Captain. Brown and ,
Lts. Fahs and Hauprlch.
The Shaw Field officers motored to
Camden In time to have dinner at
the school mess, after which an inspections
of the various buildings and
the flying line was in order. Trey
then were driven to Bateman Field,
and then to the Aviation Club recently
opened in the city by the school.
The officers accompanying Colouel
B. M. Hovey were Lt. Col. D. A. Cooper,
executive officer; Lt. Col. Clurr,
director of flying; and First Lt. Roller,
commandant of aviation cadets.
These officers though from a large
new Basic school found much of interest
In the Camden institution.
HOME-COMING DAY OBSERVED
AT CASSATT BAPTIST CHURCH
There will be a home-coming day
observed at Cassatt Baptist church
on March 29, 1942, being the fifth
Sunday with the program commencing
at 10 o'clock, with a song and
praise "service. Rev. J. T. Outen is
the pastor and he cordially invites
the public. The program is as follows
:
10:30 a. m. will be an lnspiratloual
address by Rev. J. A. Falle, followed
by a sermon by H. J. Wood; lunch at
12:15; duet; enrollment; address by
Rev. B. S. Broome; sermon by Rev.
T, P. Christmas. Adjournment.
Publisher Extols
Literary Life
And Traditions
r I have George Palmer Putnam
1 tell it, publishing is a romantic
business. Writing, exploring, politics
are all part of the game as this
notable publisher has played it.
But he came by it naturally. Not
only his father, but his grandfather
as well, Putnam reveals in the January
Cosmopolitan magazine, were
publishers, and he was not one to
discontinue the tradition. In fact,
he carried it on in the grand literary
fashion, and his Cosmopolitan autobiography
is replete with anecdotes
of celebrities he has encountered and
of the feats he has accomplished.
Putnam talks glibly of his experi- 1
ences with such varied personalities 1
as Ethel Barrymore, President Coolidge,
Leopold Stokowski, Douglas <
Fairbanks, Sr., Professor Auguste
Piccard, and Dr. William Beebe. But
of his late wife, the renowned avia- (
trix Amelia Earhart, he speaks with
reverence. She possessed the qualities
of which hero-stuff is made, he
says. Chief of these besides courage
xre modesty and reasonableness. She
furthermore had cool wisdom and a
rare power of appraisal.
In 1928, Putnam relates, Miss
Earhart became the first woman to
fly the Atlantic, but she gave credit
where it belonged?to the pilot. But
being, as she herself expressed it,
merely excess baggage, she determined
to make it alone, and four
years later she did. But Miss Earhart's
best known flight was her
most tragic.
After months of preparation she
was ready, on June 1, 1937, to start
a round-the-world hop. Her plane,
the Electra, was already warming
up when Putnam and his wife arrived
at the airport. They retired
into the hangar and on the chill concrete
stepB held hands. "There la
very little one says at such times,"
writes Putnam. "As she walked out
he seemed very small and feminine
?a little girl seeking to do with a
rery large world what had not been
done before. A month later, Amelia
Earhart and her plane disappeared
somewhere near Rowland Island in
the Pacific."
For the superstitious: There will
e' three "Fridays the thirteenth"
lis year?In February. March and
fovember.
Police And Firemen
Take Precautions
An oil truflt, loaded with 4,000
gallon*) of gasoline partially overturned
when being backed out of tho
Langston Service Station hurt) Thursday
morning.
With gasoline gushing from the
tap on tho top of tho big tanker, police
and firemen formed a cordon
about tho area and ordered spectators
with lighted 'cigarettes and cigars to
leave.
Fire Chief Buddy Denton sent a
company of firemen to the scene as u
precautionary measure. The Langston
Service Station is located in the
business area of the city and several
rods front the post office.
"Bill" Bates Now ~
First Lieutenant
That Colonel Clark Williams' investment
in American character has
been productive of splendid results
Us evidenced in the splendid rocord
made by William W. Bates, Jr., the
first holder of the Camden scholarship
provided by Colonel Williams.
Word has been received In Camden
of tho promotion of William
Bates to First Lieutenant In the
United States army. Lieutenant Bates
is located at Edgewood Arsenal, in
Maryland. *
lie graduated from tho Citadel last
June and enlisted in the service of
his country July 1, with the office
of Second Lieutenant. He has been
with a training battalion in a fourweeks
course of ''unit gas" aviation,
and spent three months at Fort Benning,
(ia. "Bill" Bates, as he is known:
to all of his friends and acquaintances
in Camden, is the son of Mr. qnd
Mrs. W. W. Bates, Sr., of this city.
High Wind Causes
Death On Highway
Hartsville, March 9.?Exceedingly
high winds were blamed tonight for
the death of John Hoy Jenkins, 25, of
Kershaw, who was killed today when
his. automobile went out of control
and crashed seven miles north of
Hartsville on the road to McBee.
Deputy Sheriff M. H. Williams, of
Hartsville. one of the investigating
officers, said indications were that qxtremely
heavy gusts of wind had battered
the Jenkins car, causing it to
swerve and sway "four or five times."
"It looked as though the wind just
hit his car and knocked it out of the
driver's control," the deputy said,
"and he failed to regain control of the
car before It crashed. The wreck
tossed the driver 40 yards away from
his car."
"It was blowing hard while I myself
was on the way out there. The
wind threatened to blow my car off
the roud several times. It hit my
car especially strong whenever we
emerged in the clear from areas of
the road bound by trees."
Scarce
Girl Angler: "I want your best silk
line for catching a big fish."
Floorwalker: "Stockings on the
third floor, miss."
Control Post Now
In Post Office
(Continued from first page)
quested permission of the war department
to stage one in tho near
future. Announcement of the date!
and time will be made next week.
Regarding the new sirens, ordered
Tuesday, and to be installed In two
weeks, Mr. Shannon stated that 1
whereas, the present fire sirens are 1
half horse-power affairs the Pew
ones will have eight times the power 1
and volume. The sirens will be so 1
placed as to provide warning to every
section of the city.
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Buy yowslcfcroom supplies
have your prescriptions micd 3
carry a complete stock of qu|S
merchandise at reasonable price?^S|
order will receive the prompt ser3
that a prescription receives. TyJj
when you need sickroom sumfcM
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Dr. Matthews Dead h
Funeral services for Dr. Herlfl
Jerome Matthews, prominent and J
loved physician of Elliott, were k?
at the Elliott Baptist church T)3
I day afternoon, February 19, condS
i ed by his pastor, Rev. j. t. LI J
Dr. Matthews died at Tourney bJ
pital, Sumter, Tuesday ovenlng ojfl
heart attack after undergoing a m?
ioys operation. He was a deity?
member of the Baptist church 3
many years, acting as treasurer foil
number of years. He will be gretti?
missed In the 'town, county and ifl
rounding community. j
He leaves his widow, who was MM
Mary Fogle, of Orangeburg, behfl
marriage; one daughter, Mrs. J.fl
Bridger of Bladenboro, N. C.; onettfl
H. J. Matthews, Jr., of Greenville;^!
grandchildren, three brothers andifl
sister.?Bishopville Messenger. ]!
Soldier, Hunted By]
Police, Found Dead]
Columbia, March 3.?Sgt. Thorn?
A. Bucknave of Fort Jackson, soa(jl
by police In connection with the short?
ing yesterday of Mrs. Margaret LouM
Bowers, 20, of near Chester, nfl
found dead this afternoon, a pM?
wound through his head and a ptstfl
on the ground beside him. !
Deputy sheriff Tom Scott deecriH
ed the soldier as a disgruntled nil
of Mrs. Bowers. j
Coroner John A. Sergeant sail tkfl
Buck'navage shot himself. The MM
was turned over to Fort Jackson I?
thorities.
The soldier was from Philadelphi?
MAYOR McCORKLE "J
Camden's appreciation of its t*M
term mayor, Fg N. McCorkle, was a?
pressed emphatically Tuesday vlM
the citizens of the progressive IS
shaw county seat broke a 209-ye*H
old precedent to name hbn for ?
third consecutive time.
That Camden has advanced durh?
Mayor McCorkle's regime is best?
tested by the growth of the cityiM
the lino forward looking spirit tf?
deuced in so many ways.
Confidence such as his constitueM?
have shown him put added respoiM
bill ties on Mayor McCorkle's shod?
ders but we predict that he will W?
them well and that his comin*
years will be not Just a continuu?
of, but an Improvement over, his ft?
four."?Columbia State.
It takes 700 gallons of water?
quench one ton of red hot coke.
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