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^VOLUME 54 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, JfcRiDAY, APRIL 17, 1942 / NUMBER 4
tdBlackout To . i
tnie Unheralded
oinmamlw Unlph N. Shannon of
B county council for otv- i
B ,|, I. nsf has been floodod with <
By coiiipllment^ over the success i
K featured the initial air raid blnA- i
which was Btaged on the evening <
Bruesday. April 7.
B? U| iiicHo messages of oongratulam
aiv 1line with the universal'
B?, ()1 tho entire city as to the sucB
(,f the blackout program. This
K.^g was not only in evidence In
BmU n but was also exemplified one 1
Bdred Per cent in effectiveness and
Bpcration in Blaney, Dethune, and 1
H-shaw. all units that are under the
B? control of Mr. Shannon.
B\'hen inquiries wertrtnade or CowBider
Shannon as to what plans
B defense council had made for a
Bond practice blackout, he stated
Bt none was contemplated for tho
Hnediate future but the second one
Buld come without any preliminary
flrning. In other words, as explained
Mr. Shannon, a genuine air raid
H enemy planes would come unanBiuced
and the civilian population
Buld be prepared for the real thing
Bough education in the simulated
Brother interesting fact mentioned
I Mr. Shannon was that he hopes
Hdouble the present number of deBse
operatives. This in effect will
Ban that there will be twice as many
B ra'(l wardens, also a doubling up
I a number of auxiliary firemen,
Biliary police, rescue squads, and
I other units. Announcement as to
^ s procedure will be made in the
Htr future.
Brhe return of "Chap" Barrett npxt
Bek from Texas A. and M. college
Here he has been taking a course
I air raid defense will mean tho
^Ktnnlrrg of classes for local civilian
Henso workers. Mr. Barrett will
He his personal attention to these
Bases conveying to all operatives
H information that he has gathered
the schooling at the defense inHommander
Shannon advises that
citizens who desire to_cooperate
defense program may secure
^nignnient if lie will report to him
B t() the control post In the basement
I the post office building.
ohnson May Seek
enate Toga Again
an announcement in the form
a reply of requests from many
Heml- and admirers through the
limy that lie announce for re-elecBn
l" !,lf' state senate, Senator M.
H .hihn.-ou Thursday stated that he
H<! not a yet made up his mind
Hfimt' !y regarding his candidacy.
"Foik.s all over the county have
Heu importuning me to announce
Br re-election to the State Senate
Bd I have had numerous pledges
H support" said Senator Johnsou.
"I don't like to put the people off
H lmiv but I have not yet definitely
Hade 11P my mind what I will do,"
Hid the Senator. "There are many
Butters t0 b0 considered before I
Bnounce my decision. I am giving
Be ,natter my earnest consideration
Bd W"1 make a definite announcement
within the next two weeks.
f&nnyUJise ,
m sags...
"Buckle down?to tvork
for Uncle Sam"
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BEFORE washing * garment,
remove breakable buttons and
buckles. Pearl buttons or jewcled
buckles haven't the stamina
to face washing machines or hard
scrubbing. Broken or missing
buttons can ruin * costume, or,
if unmatchable, necessitate the
purdhas^ of "k new set.
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Then pot the rooaqr seved Into
u. *. SAVINGS STANFS?tO help
^tton op Hitler I Every J*T
ehedc should be budgeted to fo*
/ elude 0NMOW help for Uocte
Palmettos In Power 1
For Sunday Game 1
lu an effort to briny victory to thu
PMlYU'tTo riders in next Sunday's t
totyaytMn* nt with iIhh Essex Troop v
foursome in tho dash for the silver c
trophies oir,.red by tho SarslUld club. /
Poach Harrison of tho Camden club !
will make two changes in the local 1
lineup for the April 10th battle. >
Hums is to go in on the No. 1 I
position with Dullose at No. 2. Har- t
rison wilt play No. 3 post and Curl ti
Light foot will go into action as back f
or No. 4. ,
The Essex riders will present the I
same powerhouse lineup as featured t
last Sunday's fracas, which turned 1
hack the Palmettos 8 to 4 in a game $
which saw the cavalry outplay tho
local talent by a wide margin. Lieu- c
tenant Harry will work at No. 1, I.iou- i
tenant Brown at No. 2, Major Donald I
McGrath at No. 3, and Joe Hates, <
guest player, at No. 4. Charley Little t
will officiate us referee while H. WaL I
do Chase will be at the mike to gjvo
the play by play account of the ac- j
tion. - l
Lt. Barry's work ,in last Sunday's 1
battle was outstanding. He played a '
brilliant offensive game and led tho '
two teams in scoring, getting three '
finely placed gouls during tho after- '
noon. i
The fans are still talking about 1
tho feature shots of the Sunday en
gagement, performed by Topper and 1
Llghtfoot. In the case of the former,
the goal was made possible by some '
beautiful riding by DuHose who car- '
ried the willow the length of the
field and then passed to Tupper In
front of the goal, who relayed the 1
shot between the uprights. Lightfoot's
shot was equally as sensational. He '
took the ball out of the scrimmage 1
near the north sideboards and at 1
least 120 yards from tho east or goal
end. There was a crack like a Dlstol
shot as Lightfoot's mallet colfnected
with the sphere, which sailed in a
long arch toward the goal posts. The
willow hit the turf about 15 yards
out from the goal and trickled through
a maze of pony feet and over for a
score.
The fans journeying to Camden for
the polo games are finding that Camden's
supper club, the Sarsfleld, is
outstanding. A feature of the club
is what is known as the Essex room,
this room being carried out in a polo
decorative motif. It is a favorite haunt
of the Sunday afternoon polo followers.
Tuberculosis, Not
Inherited Disease
"Tuberculosis is not an inherited
disease", says Doctor P. P. McCain,
former president of the National Tuberculosis
Association, "but is caused
by a germ, the tubercle bacillus.
Children born of tuberculosis mothers
do not develop tuberculoses if they
are removed from contact with tneir
mothers immediately after birth and
raised in homes free of tuberculosis.
Every child who develops tuberculosis
gets it from some other perscm
who has the disease ... a relative
or friend, a nurse maid, a cook or
possibly a teacher or school mate.
Tuberculosis so often goes through
a whole family because the members
of the family live in close contact
with each other, and, if one has tuberculosis,
others become heavily infected
with the germs.
Often persons with a chronic cough
have tuberculosis without knowing it.
They may think it is due to bronchitis
or a cold until some child in
the household dies with tuberculosis
and an examination Q the members
of the household shows that the child
was infected' With tubercle bacilli
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V , _ -Thursday
Holidays
May Start Soon
Many Camden business estabishments
Incudlng grocery stores and
professional offices and the barber
shops are expected to inaugurate the
Ibid-week half holiday closing program~T>egTrinIng
on Thursday. May
7 and continue through the months
of May, June, July, and August.
It is understood that the dry good
stores and women's shops and thu
dime stores will not start their Thursday
closing program until June.
Petitions are now in circulation in
the business area for the signature of
the proprietors of grocery stores and
barber shope and professions! offices
providing for the starting of the
Thursday closing program on May V
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Worst Forest Fire <
Week in Many Years 1
Tito Kershaw County Forest protec*
ivc association has experienced its j
rorst week of forest tires since Its tl
nganUatlon. During the week of <1
Vprll 2 to i>. u total of 40 tires, burn- ft
uk approximately 4,200 acres of wood- b
amis, were reported. County ranger o
(V. C. Ferry stutos that due to the
>igh wind velocity and dryness of q
ho forest floor considerable acre- p
igo per lire was burned. The largest o
Iro reported burned a total of 9tt4 n
teres. There were six fires which ^
>urnod over 200 acres each. It Is es- e
lmateds that tlio damage by these j
Ires was In the neighborhood of (|
>15,000. 1 f
The large majority of tiros wore f
aused by the carelessness of-some -g
persons. Several tires were started
>y persons burning off small patches (
if land. These persons did not take
he proper precautions before burn- ^
ng. 8
Especially in the time of emergency e
is experienced by fhe Kershaw c.oun- *
:y organization during this critical ^
week It is necessary that landowners ^
ind their tenants cooperate in the j
rudest In assisting the Fire Protectve
Organization in auppressing flwgr j
js well as being sure that no fires (
escape from them. Since the Kershaw f
county organization Is a cooperative
organization the assistance of all persons
is necessary.
Normally Kershaw county does not
have over 4,000 acres of burned woodlands
In an entire year. Just In one '
week the total area lost exceeds what
is normally burned In one year. In 1
such critical tire weather as Just experienced
the Kershaw County Pro- {
teotive association urges that all per- J
sons do their best to prevent tires
and If any occur be willing to assist
in the suppression work.
Oliver Rice Is . ;
New Police Judge
The Departmental commlttees~for the 1
year 1942-1943 were named at the
annual meeting of the new city coun* 1
ell held Wednesday evening at the '
city hall. There Is but one change !
in the official lists of officers out- J
side of the eouncilmen ranks, that
being the office of recorder.
Attorney Oliver Rice was elected to
that office to succeed I. C. Hough.
Alva Rush was re-elected as chief of .
police; James Raley as street commissioner;
Donald Morrison as health
officer, and purchasing agent; Mrs.
Louise Boykin as city clerk; and
Charles J. Shannon, IV. us city attorney.
Announcement was made that the
police department would go on an
eight-hour shift schedule on May 1.
It was also announced that the office
of sergeant recently given to officer
Dallas Mahouey by the fire commissioner,
J. E. Ross, will be abandoned,
effective May 1.
The election of the chief of the
fire department for the ensuing year
will take place July 1. The fire chief
is elected by the members of the fire
department.
Mayor F. N. McCorkle, who now begins
his third successive term as
mayor, announced that he had appointed
council J. E. McKain as mayor
pro-tem. He also announced the
appointment of the following committees:
Finance: J. E. McKain, chairman;
T. L. Little and C. V. Massebcau.
Police: C. V. Massebeau, chairman,
T. L. Little and J. B. McKain. Streets
and Parks: Wiley Sheorn, chairman,
John Mullen and C. V. Massebeau.
Fire department: John Mullen, chairman,
Clyburn Smith, and Wilfy Sheorn.
City property and health: Clyburn
Smith, chairman. Wiley Sheorn
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Ralph N. Shannon
New Rotary Head
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The annual election of officers and
directors of the RotAry -club held recently
resulted In Ralph N. Shannon
being named as president, Moultrie j
R. Burns as vice president, and Lee!
Mays as secretary-treasurer.
Members of the board of directors
| are Ralph Shannon. Leo Maya, William
Bates, Julian Ewlng, Dr. D. C.
Hinson, -W, TV Redfearn. aild JI^ B.
Burns. ,
president for tifrfnstrtng year.
Secretary Lee Mays was elected as
thd official delegate to attend the
Toronto International Convention at
Toronto, Canada, Jane 21 to SI.
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gulden Regrets | (
Departure of Leafs j
. L (Hy The Skipper)
T^ic Toronto Mnplo*Le?fs completed!
hofr spring training period In Cam.
en Friday afternoon when they dt>- j
rated tho Seranton Minora in thei?
ist exhibition game here l>v a score 1
t p to 1.
This writer does not believe any i
'umdeu baseball fan or citizen who
lad' occasion to moot the. personnel j*'1
1 tho Toronto squad will dispute our-v
Bsertion that they were the finest j1
rotjp of players the community has'r
>ver entertained. From Managers ^
4ee MacPhail and Burleigh 0rimes
lOWir to the rookie talent, Camden '
ound them one and all a most obllg- 1
ng; courteous and gentlemanly uggre- 1
ration of nvon. - t
This appreciation was reciprocated'"
oward the community by tlie man- ^
Lgtyncnt and squad personnel. All of *
ho members of tho squad expressed '
lutisfuction over the many courtesies ~
>Xtende<l to them, to tho fine base- *
?all plant, and to the cooperation '
fiven by the*city and the Chnmbqr of 1
^ommer^e. in particular, Messrs. '
dacj'hnll and Grimos stressed tho
iooporation and interest shown by *
Donald Morrison, in his careful at- '
ention to all details that tended to 1
nako tho trafnlng period a succgbb. i1
As to whether Camden may expect
;heL Maple Leafs here in March 1943, '
he management was non-committal
?not because there wus any lack of
cooperation, any complaint on cllma:ic
conditions, or fan Interest. The
management was eminently pleased
with tho Camden weather and pointed
aut that they were able to complete
their home schedule without the callIng-off
of a single game because of
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Fourth Registration
Dhy Announced
^All men ' must rogister who on
remVary'**T?, 1042. hrfVfe ftttamenj
the forty-fifth anniversary of the day
of their birth and on April 27, 1942, j
have not attained the sixty-fifth anni- j
versary of the day of their birth, end
have not heretofore been registered, j
The fourth registration will commence
at each local board headquart- |
ers on Monday, April 20 1942, and will
continue during regular office hours
through Saturday, April 25, 1942. Of-'
floe hours are from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.,
On April 27, 1942, all registration j
througboutthe local board area will
he open from 7 a. m. to 9 p. in. Following
is a list of schools where reg- :
1st rat Ion will be held on this day:
Camden high school, Jackson school,
Kirkwood school Pine Tree school,
Antioch school, Midway school, Charlotte
Thompson school, Bethune
school Mt. Plsgah school, Kershaw
school, Baron DeKalh school, Liberty
Hill school, Rod Hill school, Lugoff
school, Blaney school, Pine Grove
school, Mickle school, Hopewill!
school. . )
Medical Meeting At
Sarsfield April 23
The annual meeting of the fifth
district medical society is announced
for Thursday, April 23, at the SarBfleld
club In this city.
The meeting will begin with the
registration of the medical men of
the fifth district at 3:30. The address
of welcome will be offered at 3:45 by
Xh\ A. Moultrie Brailsford, president
pf the Kershaw county medical association.
I The Kershaw county medical soiClety
is desirous that all of the medical
men of the district plan to attend
the meeting here and tassures them
that the program will offer an Instructive
and interesting afternoon.
The following is the prograih to
be given: 4:00 p. m.?"Visable Signs
! of Vitamin Deficiencies" (Illustrated
with lantern slides)?Dr. R. E. Butler,
Department of Medicine, University
of Georgia. School of Medicine, Augusta,
Oa. 5:00 p. m.?"Varicosities
I of Lower Extremities",?Dr. A. F.
Burnside, Columbia, 8. C, 6:30 p. m.?
"Epidemiology of Typhus Fever"?
Dr. A. W. Humphries, Camden, S. C.
0:00 p. m.?Refreshment period. Old
fashioned cocktails and tidbits served
in aviation room of Kershaw county
medical association aa hosts. 7:00
p. m.? Dinner. 8:00p. m.?"The Value
of X-Ray in Obstretrics'', Dr. Orea
Moore, Charlotte, ff. C. Discussion:
Opened by Dr. Thomas A. Pitts,
South Carolina Baptist hospital, Columbta,
S. C.
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Camden Hospita
Nurses7 Hoi
ill Asked To Help ,
n Red Cross Work ;;;
(By Hujllo vonTresokow)
If Clara Barton, the founder of the!'
itncricau Rial Cross whose birthday!**
i ^ |
ras celebrated April 12, could rourn
ayd ?w the inarvtdouH develop hl
nont of hor work today wo fool sure
ter spirit would rejoice.
The Red Cross never differentiates ,n
mm ween friends and enemies" and Vl
iuoccupied, Krauce lias been the rich* m
ir l?y 120 tons of relief supidius induding
inllk. vitamin tablets, flour l''
ind babies' layettes; more than 65,- 8'
>00 children under fourteen years and 81
15,000 expectant or nursing mothers
tave been cared for. 01
-More than 318,000 members of Am-1 ^
erica's armed forces asked assistance
u family and personal problems dur- c<
ng tho past seven months. Today 11
his is our organization's flrst duty.
Women who crochet aro being k
called to the colors of the American "
lied Cross now to make mittens for
"aid demolition squads. England 1b ?
*skfng for 40,000 pairs and these are 8
used by air raid wardens. The Amsricun
women will bo asked tp holp c
fill this order. r
More than 16,000 Nurses' Aides aro 8
releivlng tho nursing shortages, but $
100,000 are needed and the Intensive ^
80-hour training course has been uu- 1
dertaken by ipany more women be- c
tween 18 and 50 yoarB since the Pearl
Harbor outrage. ?
From American Red Ctobs head- '
quarters on Broad street comes tho ^
following announcement on "War
Pantry for Emergency Use" for ben- 1
eflt of all Interested In city and 1
county: c
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Mayor Requests ;
Minute Of Prayer
Upon the request of Mayor F. N. ^
McCorkle, Camden will for the time ?
being, have a prnyer period at 6 p. m. ,
daily for the exception of Sunday. '
At 6 o'clock the fire sirens will
sound for a few seconds, Just as a
reminder to the public that It is tho , t
moment of prayer for tho men of tho <
armed forces of the nation. t
The request of the Mayor Is in i
line with one Issued by Governor t
It. M. Jefferies Wednesday, address- J <
ed to the people of the state to "en- p
gage In at least one minute of silent i
prayer each day at 6 p. iu. ]
"I call upon the people of this state ]
to dedicate this minute of silent pray-! 1
er to Almighty God in order that ]
fervent appeal may go forth each ]
day for right to prevail and for the '
American arms to be speedily sue* ;
.cessful", tho Governor said. <
j "It Is my understanding that the'I
(plan of remembering the men fln tho i
armed forces of the natlomby silent I
prayer" at least once dally, 'has been
endorsed by people of all faiths and *
creeds", he concluded.
McCorkle USO
Head In County
Governor R. M. Jefferies has announced
the appointment of Mayor F.
N. McCorkle of Camden as chairman
of the United States Service Organization
for national defense, incorporated,
for Kershaw county. Dr. Carl A.
West has likewise been named as
county director and John T. Stevens
of Kershaw as honorary chairmanMayor
McCorkle, Dr. West,/and Mr.
Stevens attended the state-wide meeting
of the USO In Columbia on April
7 and following the meeting were
the luncheon guests of Governor And
Mrs. Jefferies.
Chairman F. N. McCorkle has Announced
the appointment of A. Sam
Karesh as campaign chairman for the
USO drive which will be started on
May 11. Chairman Karesh in turn has
announced Mrs. John Mullen as his
co-chairman. Later announcement as
to a secretary and treasurer of the
drive committee will be made next
week. Chairman Karesh and co-chairman
Mullen are engaged In mapping
out the campaign which will feature
unit organisations in all of the wards
of >the ofty-'-" ~ t
The objective of the UBO drive so
far ah Camden Is oonoerned is to raise
,h0
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UiS.1.!', Ai1': '
il And
me Expanding
Through tho geuorosily of Bernard
lluruch, a native of Cujndon and +. /; .
i outstanding citison of the nation,
o Camden Hospital ami tlto Nuraea
Dine nro undergoing "a expanaion
ok ram Which when completed will
vo this city ono of tho most outand'lug
hospitalization units lji -tho
ate.
Tho contract for additions to tho
tspiial and iiuihob' homo has boon
vaided to Goorgo A. Creed and indvos
tho sum of $70,0U0, which with
lulpmcnt 1*) ho instttllod, will uggroito
over $85,000. Tho expansion .of
te units is made possible through u f.
ift of $62,000 from Mr. Baruch IhmI
unmet*.
The recent gift is but one of sevral
which have been given to tho
ailditiK up of the Camden hospital
y Mr. Baruch. The oriKinul and first
Diitribution was for $10,000 and was
tade in 1918. That hospital burned
x 1921 and Mr. Baruch presented tho
overning board with another gift
Us time for $45,000, which with tho
isurance received from the burning
f the original hospital made It posiblo
to construct the present unit,
n 1938 a gift of $12,500 towards the
onstruction of a nurses' home was .
ecelved. In 1940 Mr. Baruch preented
the hospital with a chock for
7.600 with which to purchase modern
L-Ray equipment. Last year camo
ho gift of $02,000, making a total reolved
frotn Mr. Baruch of $107,000.
The nurses' homo wus a gift from
1r. Baruch In memory of his mother,
or whom it was named the "Belle
Volfe Baruch Nurses' Home."
Ono of the twutures ombraced la
ho hospital program is the installaion
of an additional olevator. The
onstruction program embraces the
'.diverting of the present one-story
lections of tho hospital to two-story
itructufes. On the Becond^oor to bo
novided there will be a. modern gen-* >, ..*
>ral operating room equipped with
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Second Class Red
Cross Course .
The following ladles have passed
,ho standurd nutrition course offered
in Tuesday and Thursday nights for
he lied Cross certificates. Tho class
was taught by Mrs. C. T. Baldwin
md is the second class to finish unler
the able teaching of Mrs. Baldwin.
Those completing the course
ire: Miss CJortrmlo Strother, Mrs.
Leonard H. Oraham, Miss Faith doLoach,
Mrs. John K. deLoach, MrH.
Loon H.. Schloeburg, Mrs. B. A. Mo
Lauchlln. Mrs. J. H. Iieeso, Mrs. Susie
Uyrd, Miss Maggie Trantham, Mrs.- .William
D. Trantham, Miss Sara
Stoedman. Miss Sara Wolfe, Mis
Cornelia Oliver, Mrs. Harold Funderburk,
Mrs. B. W. Marshall, Mrs. Dontild
Morrison, Miss Rachael O Daniel,
Mlsf^ Ada Montgomery, Mrs. Alva
Rush, Mrs. D. M. Davis, Miss Helen
Whitaker, Mrs. Dora H. Barnett,
Miss M. B. Brown, Mrs. Arnette
Player and Mrs. Nellie Holland.
The name of Mrs. W. T. McGraw
was unintentionally left off the list
of- tttbs^first class- completing the
course.
Memorial Day
Soon To Be Here
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May 10 will soon here and as
was done last year the United Daughters
of the Confederacy asks the
American Legion, the -Auxiliary and <?
the Home Guards to join with them in
a short ceremony at the Quaker
cemetery at 5:30 p. m. In honOr of
those who wore the Grey . and the .
Blue and the Khaki.
The'committees who,? take charge
each year of the Hftge. wreSOBF khd
arrangements are asked to do so again ^
this year. \
Each family 1 Is asked t^ make
wreaths for the graves in their enclosures
and each Daughter is expected
to make, four wreaths, for
unknown gravaa otao!-1?
diers whose families are no longer
m ember 10th'' ^tada^ 8.
ul all DaaaMer,