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7'V?V:^i^ " - -:- - - ' . . .. f ' 9 Army Maneuvers Will Get Under Way In This Area Middle Of July The Camden Chronicle VOLUME 54 ? > " CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1942 NUMBER 14 ' 0 L :? _ , Camden Blackout Test Satisfactory, Declares C. 0. "Kiniiiontly satisfactory", was the l comment of Commander llalph N. J Shannon of the Kershaw Council for i National Defonae. following the test ' blackout Friday nlgh^. Operation of the local defense group numbering over 300 operators, was 1 featured by alertness, precision, and * Ideal cooperative efforts. The coopera- 1 tlon on the part of the civilian popu- ' lation, which Included people in the 1 homes as well as those In automobiles, ' was particularly interesting, as It 1 exemplified a sincere desire to give 1 all-out support to the preparedness program which Mr. Shannon and his ' able workers hare perpetuated. ^ So far as a roving reporter was able ' to ascertain, the blackout was practically one hundred per cent effecI only reported errors were so to speak, In city and lldlngs. An electric light room used by a federal unit 1 ricultural building lnadvertbeen left turned on, and ' me ten minutes before the warden operators were able cess to the building and exhe light. Another light was nlng in a unit of the city water department, fulations which prohibited rom being on the streets | effectively enforced. The in roving about to gather tive on the blackout, was se times within fifteen minby guardsmen of the home rce. It was not until the re- , >wed his credentials as a f the staff of Commander was he permitted to conIs assignment. ?kout was thrust upon the o'clock and it was lnterestsrve the rapidity with which throughout the city were 3d. Observation from the corner showed the entire ea was in a complete black* one minute's time after the of the sirens were heard, idential area, the blackout t instaneous. In the down, hundreds of automobiles ong the streets remained throughout the half hour ackout prevailed, ny weeks and months in preparedness program has way the personal supervisnmander Shannon and his a splendid dividend FriThe program was unschedthe exactness of time, was ost intelligently. All traffic been turned o^f, and the darkness was complete, immed lights of the motor and patrols were to be ese cars moved with ghost>s through silent streets, her of motorists to be stoppered to the side of the -as small from the writer's . and there was only one the downtown area where fluards had to enforce the gulatlbns. In each instance atuionery measures were ?e turn to page two) tyouBu+Witu B BOHDSj iy spells and pronounces not "pontoon", as you do. idces cost all tha way X) to $700,000. The smaller g individual metal pontons here. The largest ponton ,080 feet long and is mada nstead of aluminum. i small bridge has a weight | Brjjcity of 25 tons, using about 2,000 BZ: i dual metal pontons. The smallPJ* used only to t&lce troops over P*11" streams. But whether our tisea the smaller or largest E*on, our engineers need plenty of JJJv U you and every American Kf ** Icaat 10 per im Sflhn still r*jr Bonds every BtipBHT we can gft our flghtina forces with these * rtctorioun war. Fair Officials Will Call Off 1942 Show 1 i \ Joseph B. Eastman, Defense Transportation director, has screwed down :he lid on state and county fairs, iccording to a Washington dispatch. Not only will state and other fairs t>e missing next fall, but other nonessential gatherings such as conventions and meetings will be out of the picture for the duration of the war. Mr. Eastman states that crowded ind scarcity accommodations are inevitable because of the increasing burden of transportation facilities. For this reason he has asked that civilians defer any mass movements that are closely connected with the war effort and that, in the case of meetings relative to the war program, attendants should be skeletonized along the lines of the example set by the American Legion in its forthcoming national convention. "Postpone all state and county fairs," said the transportation director. "Farmers must not be encouraged to use, for such non-essential purposes as these the tires which are bo necessary to our livelihood and so necessary to provide a continuing food supply, nor should they transfer the burden of such public carriers." W. T. Redfearn, president of the Kershaw County Board of directors and identified with the groups sponsoring the Kershaw fair annually Btated that the fair group had virtually decided not to attempt a fair this year. "In view of the pronouncement of Mr. Eastman, the decision has been made for us, as we wish to cooperate fully in all matters of a defense nature," he said. Mr. Redfearn stated that a meeting of the fair group would be held shortly and at this meeting he expected that there would be a formal cancellation of all fair plans for next fall. Gas Coupons Will Be Issued Early In July Camden's war agencies have put a big red ring around the first week in July, for that week marks the beginning of a fresh wave of activity to help put the skids under Hitler, Mussolini, Hlrohito and gang. A summary of events now timetabled for the week, shows that beginning July 1, Camden motorists will have to register with the OPA for their year's supply of gasoline coupons as the so-called permanent rationing plan is launched. By July 1 also, motorists must have provided themselves with a $5 windshield sticker. The rationing group is going to be kept on the jump, for addition to the regular duties of rationing tires, re- j treads, they are also handling sugar for canning purposes and requests for supplementary gasoline coupons. Rationing of bikes will start in a few weeks. Early In the month the rationing of seats on buses and on trains is expected to become effective. Also on July 1?merchants must have filed their statements of ceiling prices of cost-of-living items with the local war and rationing board? All in all, it looks like a busy time ahead for the rationing officials. Highway officials have called attention to the fact that the semi-annual Inspection of automobiles will start j? o oioAk. nr. in Camden. Many motorists haclWistakenly gathered the idea that inspection of cars had gone out last winter. However, the highway police declare cars most be inspected and those not having the Inspection tickets will be stopped and the drivers placed under arrest. J. E. Ross Honored By Eastern Star At a state meeting of the Order of Eastern Star held at the Wade Hampton hotel, Columbia, June 1618, J. E. Ross, of Camden, was elected -Worthy Grand Patron of South Carolina. Mrs. Vivian Turnage, of Hartsville, is Worthy Grand Matron of this organisation. The Leslie Zesap Chapter of Order of Beatern Star at their meeting June If, honored him by firing him a life membership. si Kiwanis HearsCommanding Officer Kiwanis club hold their regular meet lug Tuesday at 1 o'clock at Hotel Caiuden with president Oliver Kice officiating. All regular members were in attendance except oue. The program was in charge of the Public Relations committee. Charles iStogner chairman. The club had the pleasure of hearing the commanding officer of Southern Aviation school, Lieutenant Leonard M. Hauprlch. His talk was very interesting as he compared pre-war training schedules for pilots with the speeded-up program of the present day, and with the prospect in the near future of a still further step-up in their curriculum. He said they expected to begin soon instructing irt night flying, flying by instruments, and loose formation flying. This, of course, was unheard 6fj in the earlier primary training Bchool. j But he said even with this more comprehensive program, as much is expected of the primary trainers at the end of 40 hours flying now, as was before after 60 hours had been com-1 pleted. That, he said, seemed amax,ing even to himself, but he held no doubt that they would do the job as Uncle Sam wants it done. The commanding officer had high praise for what he referred to as their unexcelled maintenance and training personnell. He pointed out that the! school here has one of the most, if not the most, outstanding record of any of Its kind in the country. To; support that statement he told us| how authentic records show that a larger percentage of pilots who have been graduated from Southern Aviation school become officers than from any other school. (Please turn to page five) Karesh Named as Price Administrator A. Sam Karesh, merchant and Rotarian, has been appointed chairman of the Kershaw County Office of Price Administration. Appointment was announced by John M. Vlllepigue, head of the Kershaw County Rationing Administration, and was made upon the request of James C. Derieux, state chairman of OPA. . Mr. Karesh will have his OPA headquarters on the second floor of the American Legion building and the daily schedule will find the offlGq open from 9 to and 1 to 6, and on Saturdays from 9 to 1. A clerk will be at the office during these hours. Chairman Karesh has called attention of every retailer to --the regulation of the office qf Pricq Administration that a statement of ceiling prices which all costs-of-llvlng carried by him must be filed at his office by July 1. It Is also necessary that a copy of this statement de displayed In every retail establishment. The record keeping provision of the regulations provide that your retailer must, previous of issuing records of March, 1942, keep the same kind of records relating to price charging after May 18, 1942,'prepare a statement of highest prices charged in the past period, keep records showing the bases for determining the maximum price of any item sold after May 18, continue to provide customary sales slips and give receipts, and prepare Items of merchandise In displaying prices or preparing statements of maximum prices. The Office of Price Administration will issue shortly a complete new price celling regulation, effective July 1, for "retail services," including dry cleaning, shoe repairs, laundry, tailoring, auto repair aqd garage service. The universal price order, originally announced in April, covered both (Please turn to page eight) Revised Schedule Is Issued By Chamber The abrupt changes In the schedule of Greyhound bases, effective June 15, has made It necessary for the Chamber of Commerce to Issue a revised transportation schedule which Is now available at the Cham' ber headquarters in the Savage building. _ - - - --The boa schedule changes were mosi sweeping and found every departure hour changed. All these changes, togather with the hwi of departun of the Seaboard trains, Delta and American air Unas and the last mi* ute for out-going mail at the poet ot flee are all given in the bulletin Juai j ' ? wr Plan Progresses For July 6 Celebration Plans for the Independence Day obaurvaiice day in Camden on Monday. |July 6, are progressing satisfactorily according to Commander Ralph N. Shannon of the Kershaw County Council for National defenae. The program ia to bo under the direction of the defenae council and the Red Croaa, and will feature an oldtime fourth of July parade with a patriotic addreaa by Dr. W. P. Jacoba. Tho parade will feature the appearance of tho famoua Kaaex Troop band, the band to lead the parade and alao give a concert in the park following the exerciae8. In the parade will be a detachment of motorized war equipment from Fort Jackaon. The Camden Home Guard unit and defense workers and the American Legion with its color guard will also be in evidence. Dr. Jacobs, who Is at the head of the South Carolina defense program and also president of Presbyterian Cojllege, Is one of thp foremost speakers In the south. The Kershaw County Defense Council feels particularly proud In being able to secure such an outstanding speaker for this celebration. Commander Shannon announced Wednesday that full details regarding the fourth of July observance would be announced next week. This information will embrace the line of march of patriotic units and other details Incident to the event. The new classes in gas and incendiary bombs, held Monday and Tuesday evenings of each week at the high school library, are attracting large groups of defense workers .and others Interested in getting accurate (Please turn to page seven) Mostly Guilty Pleas at Last Court Term The June court of general sessions convened Monday morning with Judge G. Duncan Bellinger presiding and Solicitor Fletcher Spigner looking af.ter the state's Interests. The court only lasted two days as most of the defendants desired to enter pleas of guilty. The cases before the qourt at this session were as follows: Clifford Woods, who was Indicted for burglary, plead guilty and received a sentence of eight years. Woods burglarized the home of R. M. Kennedy, 3rd, near Shamokln and escaped and went north. He was picked up by officers upon his return. The burglary occurred in the night time? hence the stiff sentence. Samuel Hunter, fourteen-year-old negro youth, plead guilty to stealing an automobile Ure and was sentenced to the John G. Richards Industrial School for colored youth until he becomes 21 years of age. Charlie Joe plead guilty to housebreaking and larceny in two cases. Two years in first case and 13 months in the second case, both sentences to run concurrently. Richard Holmes stole an auto tire and was sentenced to serve two years. After serving eight months he would then be on probation for three years. Arthur Henry plead guilty to aggravated assault and battery and was sentenced to serve one year. After serving three months balance suspended. James Thomas was tried and found (Please turn to page four) County Health HeadAdvises Precaution A warning against using the publlo beach at Hermitage Lake until further tests show the water to be free of streptococus bacteria was made by Dr. A. W. Humphries, county physician and health officer. Dr. Humphries stated that a sample of water taken from the lake at the public bathing beach area, when submitted to a laboratory test at Col lumbla produced evidence of the presc; ence of alrept bactssis. "... . Dr. Humphries declared that sam, pies of water were taken Tuesday i from various spots in the lake and that a report from the state labors. tory on these samples was .expected the latter part of the week. When . (his report is received a bulletin gtri ing the fndtngs will be placed on the Chamber of Commerce bulletin board ? in front of the poet office, j Pending the report from the state r public beach for bathing or swim* "" m 1 ? Many Attehd Red Cross Meet > ..k. . (I)y Sadie K. vou Tresckow) The Red Cross participation in the war effort was stressed at the Institute for the State of South Carolina held in Columbia at the Columbia Bible college June 16 to 18, and plans for the combined Roll Call and War Drive were fully discussed and tho Chapters Were thoroughly instructed as to time and methodB. The meeting was presided over by W. W. Jefferson, assistant manager of the Eastern Area and Albert W. Chamberlain explained most interestingly the scope of the Roll Call and War Drive and the financing thereof. Other speakers on program of Disaster Control, Civilian Defense, Service to the Armed Forces, Home Service, First Aid, Nutrition, Nursing Service, Junior Red Cross, Volunteer J Special Services and Publicity were Miss Allle McNeill, Edwin Powers, | Roy Horsey, Miss Elma Ashton, A. i B. Murphy, Miss Leany, Miss Kathleen Muse, Howard M. Bell, and Mrs. Cordelia Wolfe from headquarters In Washington Field representatives. Miss Phyllis Pedigo and R. D. Hix were also present to welcome the delegates, ably assisted by the Fort Jackson unit and the Columbia chapter i A. R. C. The Motor Corps did yeoman service and looked very official In their natty uniforms. The round table talks on each phase of Red Cross work were most enlightening and helpful. "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," so the recreation feature was not lacking from the meetings. Columbia Mobile Canteen workers showed their skill In serving nutritious meals at twenty-flv^ cents per person. A tour to inspect Red Cross activities at Fort Jackson (transpor(Please turn to page two) # i Farmers Will Get Commissioner Loans t Land Bank Commissioner loans will continue to. be available to farmers of Kershaw county under terms of legislation signed by President Roosevelt, A. C. Bradham, secretary-treasurer of the Kershaw National Farm Loan association, announced this week. "Originally authorized In 1D33 as an emergency measure," Mr. Bradham said, "Commissioner loans have filled a real need in farm financing. They have enabled thousands of farmers to consolidate indebtedness at lower rates of Interest and bogln to make progress in getting out of debt. They have helped many tenants become farm owners. And of course, during the depression, they made it possible for thousands of farmers to keep farms they otherwise would have lost if such loans had not been available. "Commissioner loans are made by the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation through Federal land banks and are serviced by local national farm loan associations exactly as Federal land bank loans are serviced. In Kershaw county there are approximately 200 Commissioner loans outstandihg for a total face amount of $176,000.00. Twenty-Three Tons Collected In County Despite the fact that Secretary Ickes expressed disappointment over the results of the rubber salvaging activities in the south east, Kershaw county believes that the collection within its borders during the first six days was something to shout about. ^ w According to a report covering this first six-day period twenty-three tons and 700 pounds of old rubber were collected in the county. The collection period expiree on Saturday night and the salvage committee is making an urgent appeal to the civilians of the oounty-lo males a continued search for old rn t>ber of any kind with the idea of doubling the present county total. There remains but a short tins to put this project over in the manner requeeted by the committee, , but committee members believe ft can he doae. : -.r'.'-v ? Camden Getting Ready To Entertain (I. S. Soldier Boys - - t J Jji. Six Army Corps, each of two or more divisions, will undorKo training in the South beginning July 18. | lleginulng on that date, the Second Army Corps will be in this ureu for army maneuvers, these to continue through September 6. From August 17 to October 11, the First Army Corps will be ly the Carolina area* while the Eighth Army Corps will maneuver in the Louisiana area from August 3 to September 20. The Seventh Army Corps will have desert training from August 24 to October 18* and the Third Army Corps will be at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, from Sep* tember 14 to November 8. It will provide a most thorough training for American troops and. will help them both mentally and physically for the job tbat lies ahead, it was announced. It was also announced that new tasks will be outlined for the home guard unltB, which will' be expected to deal with disasters, to assist military police, and to cope with enemy advances and parachute troops. The schedule for the maneuvers In this area has been arranged so that use of air and armored forces will not conflict. The maneuvers in the parollna area will result In the Influx to Camden, on week ends, of many soldiers and it is expected that many scenes featuring the maneuvers last fall will be repeated. This means the renewal of the U. S. O. group In Camden which is under the personal supervision of Mayor F. N. McCorkle. Camdon is better equipped at this time to take care of week end soldier lnvasioys. There are plenty of showers available, and the Camden res* turanta are prepared to give full service to the hoys in khaki. There will he the usual recreftlfotfftf'dfiftsr and the aid of citizens desiring to take soldiers In their homes will bo enlisted. I * The U. S. O. group In Camden are awaiting details of the maneuver program in order that they may make preparations to do their share In fhe entertainment of visiting soldiers and officers. , It is a source of great satisfaction here in Kershaw county that the appeal to the property owners for use of their property for maneuver pur* poses met with such fine response. Kershaw county ranked first among the counties in South\ Carolina in the number of acree reported available to the army. Much credit for this is due to Ernest C. Zemp, who was in charge of the trespass rights program. Lads To Register Eighteen To Twenty For convenience of registrants the Selective Service Board office, De- , Kalb street, Camden, will be open for registering June 28 to June 80. Office hours 9 a. m. to 5 p. dl every day except Saturday from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. All men born on or after January 1, 1922 and on or before June 80, 1924, will be registered on June 80, 1942, between the hours of 7 a. m. and 9 p. m. at the following' school houses In Kershaw county: Camden High School", Kirk wood school, Jackson school, Charlotte Thompson school, Antloch school, Midway school, Bethune school, Mt, Plsgah school, Kerihaw school, Bar*: on DeXaib school, Liberty Hill school, Logoff school, i Blaney schbol, Pine .Grove school, Mickle school. Chest Clinic Held Monday _ i Keep in mind that on Monday,, jfjuUF 29, from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., the chest x-ray clinic Is in Camden, South Carolina. It is open tf^sjhe public tor those desiring x-ray^to determine the presence or absence of tuberculosis. If you do not wsat an x-ray heme to visit and see how and where your Seal dollar* are spent to And an, enemy that still kills more persons than are killed in war. The clinic will be held at the County Health Department la the agricultural on DeKalb street, on highway He. 1? No appointment is necessary for the clinic, and UA price Is 81.00. ft Is patriotic to keep wstt at this Unas.