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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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*
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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
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Farmers Will Get
Commissioner Loans
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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
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Camden Getting Ready To
Entertain (I. S. Soldier Boys
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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.
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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
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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.