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VOLUME 54 / \ CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1942 NUMBER IB
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(ershaw Tops Nation
In Drive For Rubber
(Hy Frank H. Heath)
The city of Kerehaw, population
than 2,000, probably takes top
,nk in the United StateB for the
er capita returns In the rubber sallge
campaign. The average for the
pipmunity, including the city and
uvlruna. will aggregate over forty
ouuda to each inhabitant. This is
sieved to be a national record and
Qe hard to excel.
According to returns up to last
Wednesday evening, June 24, a total
I 38,000 pounds of rubber had been
jllected by the Kershaw collectors,
it this amount, 24,000 pounds of old
res had been donated, 4,000 pounds
f scrup rubber donated, and 10,000
ounda of old tireB bought.
The Kershaw campaign has proven
model of effectiveness and all credit
oea to Colonel John T. Stevens,
bairman, who received able and efBCtive
assistance from James R.
turns, Jack Bell and some twentyIght
Kershaw businessmen, who don d
overalls and personally went out
i trucks to collect the old rubber.
Mr. Stevens furnished the trucks
nd drivers and the business men
ode these trucks into every corner
1 Kershaw area to gather an amazig
amount of old rubber and put
le community right Into the national
potlight.
Roads that were barely discernible
alls leading to dead ends were foliwed
by the tireless collectors. At
ie end of one road a cabin in which
colored family resided,, resulted In
[ght old tires being secured.
The crew of collectors evidently
new the ways of human beings for
taintless tires were recovered from
reeks and swamp areas where they
ad been thrown after removal from
ITS. At each bridge the trucks halted
bile the collectors with rakes dragBd
the creek bed to locate old tires,
i every instance their effort was
warded.
In obscure farmyards, sections of
res used for chicken troughs, tires
Bed for flower beds, old rubber heels,
l fact, every conceivable rubber
ems. were discovered and placed on
ie trucks. A little colored miss, smilig
happily, tendered her little rubber
Dll to a collector. Suffice to say the
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Vay Being Cleared
''or Home Building
Governmental red tape, of which
tere is a plentitude in the housing
dministration, has served to slow
own the starting of construction of
ilrty or more homes In Camden for
efen8e workers, according to the
cal housing authority.
The Traxler Company, of GreenHie.
has succeeded In securing tne
reen light on the construction proram
and expects to begin the haul's
of materials to the development
ithin a week or two, it Is said.
The location of the housing pro>ct
has not been made public as yet
f the housing administration here.
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.WAR BONDS.
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The giant four-motored Navy Pah>l
Bombers are the world'* most
owerful planes. They cost approximately
$700,000 each. The Navy also
M * Hghtet- Bomber called the
F?ut Bomber which coats about
I*t3(000 apiece. ?
The battle for BritalfrSBas almost
because England HSa none of
**se giant four-motored planes with
fcfch to fight back. Weneed thou&nds
of them and they are cpming
J the assembly lines In oar proton
plants at a high rate of
today. You can help buy.
*** for your Navy hy purchasing
J Bonds and Stamps every pay
2" Put at least ten percent Into
^ or Stamp# end help your
go over iu Quote. ~
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County Thanked
For War Bonds
This and the other forty-five South
Carolina counties were thanked this
week for their purchase of war bonds
during the months of May and June
by W. P. Bowers, state bond administrator,
who Issued his statement in
Columbia.
But Mr, Bowers pointed out that
these were only the first two mouths
since the system of quotas was In
force and advised there will be speclfio
quotas for each month. In this con*
nectlon he called upon the counties to
continue the purchase of bonds.
Mr. Bowers further stated that the
records of his office show total snles
reported for the month of May for
Kershaw county to be $35,555 and that
sales reported to date for the month
of June for thlB county are $15,675.
"Every county In South Carolina
has demonstrated its patriotism by
their purchase of bonds in May and
June, and I commend every one of
them for this part they are doing
In our war effort," Mr. Bowers said.
Mr. Bowers emphasized that it is
a matter of state pride as well as
patriotism for South Carolina to fully
meet its quota each month, and expressed
confidence that this would be
done.
"The war news of June had its
dark side, and there was a re-emphasis
of the necessity for all of us
to give everything we can to all
phases of the war effort. The financing
of the war is one of the %vltal
phases of our effort, and here is where
bond buying can help," the administrator
said.
Two Are Burned
To Death In Cab
Two men, employed as truck drivers
for the Kaler Produce Company,
of Miami, Florida, were burned to
^ath when their heavily loaded trailer
truck overturned and burst into
flames on No. 1 highway, four mi'.es
west of Camden early Wednesday
morning.
Two soldiers, from an anti-aircraft
unit o^ the United States army with
headquarters at Patterson, New Jersey,
were riding in the cab of the
truck with the driver,' believed to
be a man named Abe Savotsky of
Trenton, New Jersey, while a fourth
man, a helpqr-driver, was asleep in
the bunk back of the cab seat.
When the truck, got on the shoulder
on the right side of the highway,
the driver made desperate efforts to
bring it back on to the hard surface.
The two soldiers, who had fallen
asleep, were awakened by the bouncing
of the cab as the driver vainly
sought to swing it back onto the hard
surface of the road. When the truck
rammed into a road side embankment
and overturned, both of the
soldiers plunged out of the open window
of the door on the left side of
the cab. The heavy trailer section
of the truck crushed the cab in such
a manner as to pen the man in the
bunk and also trap the driver when
his foot became fastened he was unable
to extricate, it.
Fire enveloped the cab almost instantly
after the crash. TtaeJtwo men
trapped in the blallng cab, soreamed
for help and the two soldiers did
everything possible* to rescue them.
The occupant of the bunk, finding
that he was hopelessly trapped, called
to one df the7'soldiers, "I'm gone,
I'm gone!" The rescuers, braving the
fire which was spreading with great
rapidity, reached in the door window
and grasped the clothing of the trapped
driver and attempted to pull him
through the window. It was a futile
effort, and the heat of the flame
finally forced the rqscpera away. TbO.
scream* of the trapped men died
away a few minutes later as the fire
claimed them.
Soldiers from a nearby military
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Court House To
Close Monday
Clerk of Court, James H. Clyburn,
who is custodian of the court house,
announces that all ' offlcsa will be
eioMd on Monday, July ?, in cslebratitff
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County Has Long
List Of Candidates
From the office of congressman to
that of ooroner, the political lineup
in Kershaw county haa taken on an
interesting complexion, with a spirited
battle looming on every branch
of the fall primary tree.
There are four offerings for the
office of 8heriff. George F. Cooley,
former chief of police in Camden and
engaged In law enforcement for over
twenty years, filed his announcement
just before the deadline Saturday.
In this race will be J. H. McLeod,
, present Incumbent, C. C. Pate, Grover
C. Rush, and G. F. Cooley.
>, Congressman J. P. Richards is to
be opposed by Grover F. Patton, of
Wlnnsboro, for the Democratic nomination
for congress. With Senator
M. M. Johnson definitely deciding not
to seek re-election, the race for state
senator will be between W. T. Redfearn,
who haa served as chairman
of the county board of directors over
a long period of years, and J. Clator
Arrants, just completing a term as
representative.
There is a wealth of* candidates
seeking the two house seats. James
M. Thornton, present incumbent,
has tossed his hat in the ring, while
the others who have announced are:
L. C. Clyburn, Sr., Allen B. Murchison,
E. C. Pearce, Jr., John Rabon and
Julian B. Rush.
C. J. Outlaw, seeking re-election
as county treasurer, will be opposed
by John Willie Sill, while Fred M.
Ogburn, present county auditor, will
have opposition for re-election from
B. E. Sparrow, who was auditor prior
to the election of Ogburn.
N. C. Arnett is unopposed for the
office of probate judge, but there are
two candidates for the office of game
warden, they being Mrs. Clarence
M. Houth, present Incumbent, and
Luther A. Sowell.
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Stores To Close
All Day July 6
Camden stores will observe the 4th
of July on Monday, July 6, instead
of the calendar date which would be
tomorrow.
All stores, offices, as well as city
and county buildings are to be closed
all day Monday. President Simon
Eichel of the Merchants' Association
makes the request that all businessmen
and their families arrange to
attend the exercises to be held at
Hampton Square at 5:30 o'clock in
the afternoon. The exercises are to be
preceded by a parade which will start
at the corner of Broad, and Lafayette
streets at 5:30 o'clock.
Mr. Eichel also called attention to
the fact that with all the stores and
business houses closing all day Monday
there will be no observance of
the Thursday afternoon closing next
week. This statement applies only
to the retail stores as all professional
offices, as well as the city and county
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Mays Tells Story
Of Toronto Visit
Lee Mays, who was delegate from
the Camden Rotary club at the thirtythird
Rotary Intentional convention
at Toronto Canada, June 21 to 25, returned
8unday and reported that the
Toronto, event was an outstanding
success.
Mr. Mays stated that the convention
was attended by 8,000 Rotarlans
from thirty-five countries, Including
France, Hungary, China, India, Hawaii
and others.
The theme of the convention was
"Learning How To Live Together,"
and all talks that were given centered
around this theme and 'was oi
(he work of Rotary in the war effort
The opening address of the convention
was made on Sunday, June 21,
iik the Maple Leaf Gardens, convention
headquarters* by a slim, graying
Englishman named Thomas A. Warren,
"vice president of Rotary International
and who comes from Wolver
hsmpton, England. He told an audience
of more Chan 10,000 persons thai
defeat comes to the side of the poor
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Banks Cloee Monday
The two banks of Camden, tb<
Commercial Bank -and the .First Na
tfonal Bank will be closed Monday
July 6, in observance of July 4. AI
fiStgMLbre requested to keep thl
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Richards Appeals For
Aid In Gas Rationing
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Superintendent J. 0. Hiehardu of
the Camden public schools has issued
an appeal to all white teachers In and
around Camden, in addition to thouo
of District No. 1, to volunteer for
service for the gasoline rationing registration
that will take place July
9, 10 and 11. Hours will be 9 a. m.
to 8 p. in. dally.
His appeal for volunteers also reaches
out to women of the town who
so ably cooperatively assisted in the
initial gasoline registration.
Mr. Richards has called a meeting
of all volunteers to be held in the
library of the Camden high school
Wednesday, July 8, at 6 o'clock in
the afternoon when the regulations
for the registration will be discussed.
At this time an arrangement for the
workers to operate in shifts during
the period of the registration will be
made. All adults who will Volunteer
for service, are asked to be present
at this meeting.
Registration of applicants for gas
rationing certificates will be held at
the Camden high school on July 9, 10
and 11, as a result of the orders
from the federal and state headquarters
of the rationing board.
In Camden, colored people will register
at the Jackson high school and
the Kirk wood school. At Kershaw,
registration is at the colored school
there. In the rural areas the white
and colored registration will be at
the same schools. The schools are:
Blaney, Midway, Mt. Pisgah, Baron
DeKalb, Bethune, and Antioch.
vMr. Richards states that the meeting
next Wednesday at the high
school is open to all the volunteers
from the rural areas.
All teachers who teach in the
schools of District No. 1 are asked to
notify J. O. Richards, Jr., if their
services will be available on the registration
days.
Red Cross Scrap
Campaign Planned
The Camden Red Gross Motor
Corps has announced a scrap campaign
the week of July 13.
The corps is asking the public to
sfKe all the scrap paper, rubber and
metal available ana if the Red Cross
motor corps is notified, members of
the corps will call for the salvage.
The corps will deeply appreciate the
cooperation of the public in this project.
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The Red Cross motor corps is composed
of some thirty young women
of Camden who have formed a volunteer
groups beloning to the Red
Cross. They are known as the American
Red Cross Kershaw County
Motor Corps.
The Motor Corps go through
the county on assignments for home
service, the hospital and cllnlcB, operating
entirely at their own expense.
Since organising last December
each member of the Corps has had 80
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Richards Stirs With
Patriotic Address
High-lighting the program of the
opening day of the thirty-ninth state
convention of the South Carolina
Rural Letter Carriers' association and
affiliated groups was an address "Carry
The Message to Oarcla", by Hon.
John P. Richards.
Congressman Richards in a dramatic
picture of the present war eit.
nation, gave his listeners a new and
broader perception of the crisis that
is facing the democracies of the world
and his eloquent appeal for continued
cooperation on the part of the vast
civilian army in support of the ef,
fcrta being put forth by the armed
forces was most stirring.
Following the address Congressman
' Richards was accorded' a veritable
ovation by those present and when
, the session concluded was virtually
| mobbed by the many who wished to
extend personal felicitations.
During his address, the Congressman
took occasion to refer to his
^ love for Camden and he paid a fine
tribute to Mayor McCorkle and the
Camden Chamber of Commerce for efforts
to build the community.
Despite a heavy downpour of rain
> which persisted throughout Wednet
dajr and was coming down in torren,
tial proportions during the late afI
ternoost and evening hours, there was
a fine attendance at the opening set(Please
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All-Out Defense Display
For Independence Program
Money Demands
Made On Red Cross
(By Sadie K. von Tresekow)
On account of the rapidly expauding
and intensive program of the
Red Cross made ueceeaary by the enlarged
war effort, a called meeting
of the Executive Board of Kershaw
County chapter A. R. C. was called
by the chairman, Major Moultrie
Brallsford, June 27 at 11 o'clock at
the chapter house. Eight members
were present. Miss Petigo, South
Carolina field representative, brought
the news from Washington that not
only would the chapter have a large
production order, but 36,000 surgical
dressings had been allotted to the
Kershaw coufity chapter to be completed
from August through Decern- }
ber. An instructor who will attend
an Institute on the making of surgical
dressings in Sumter in July
will be necessary and upon hef return
her assistants must be trained
before the new surgical dressings
rooms are opened. The rooms to be
ready and well equipped by August.
The knitting under Mrs. Nettles Lindsay
will also be continued and must
be completed. Major Brallsford appointed
Mrs. John Wall and Mrs. von
Tresckow as a committee to assist
In finding suitable rooms for the
making of ' surgical dressings.
The 1943 Red Cross. Fund and Roll
Call also must be arranged for Mrs.
Leon Schftsburg, chairman, will lay
the foundation for that work.
A financial committee was deemed
necessary. Mr. Oliver Rice was appointed
chairman and the members
consist of Mrs. J. R. Belk, Treasurer;
Mr Nettles Lindsay, Mrs. Henry Carrison
and Major Brallsford ex officio.
Home service work, the liaison
service between the soldier and his
home, most Important In war times,
now ranks as the major effort of the
Red Cross. Since it is a full time Job,
and a special room at the chapter
house must be delegated for this
service, the chairman, Mr. Rice re(Please
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County Library
Lists New Books
Have you visited your County Library
on Lafayette Avenue lately?
It is a busy place these days for in
addition to daily routine and the packing
and sending forth of that Pogasus
on Wheels," the book mobile, with
its capable driver and dispenser of
books. New books have arrived for
old and young and cataloging, arranging
and reviewing is the order of the
day.
Sixty of the latest books in fiction,
travel and serious reading have been
bought and such fascinating and Instructive
books for the children that
a special article must be dedicated to
them. Selections of all books are
carefully made from lists sent out by
the A. L. A. after due study of reviews
and excerpts and articles from
such sources as the New York Times
and the like. For Juveniles the choice
Is made from the children's catalog
put out by H. W. Wilson and Company,
all standard books, and this
year most appropriately stressing
'stories of foreign countries In-many
of which our doughboys will be stationed
daring the war In Iceland, Central
and South America and Mexico.
Just to mention a few new booksfriends
you can make tkpangh. your
County Library, there are ^General
Douglas Mac Arthur," by Francis Trevelyan
Muller; "King's Row," by Eellaman;
"Dragon Seed," by Pearl
Buck; "Saratoga Truck," by Edna
Ferber; "Two Feet From Heaven,"
by Perclval Christopher; "The Mayoe
by Adolpb Regli"; "The Doctors
Mayo," by H. B. Clapesattle; "Cross
Creek," by Marjprie K. Rawlings, author
of "The Yearling"; "L Too, Have
Lived in Arcadia," by Mrs. Belloc
Lowndes; "Georgia, Unflntehed State"
by Hal Steel; "What a dtisen Should
Know About Civilian Bftoime," _ h?
Walter D. Blnger and Hilton A.. Railey;
and last, but not least. In these
almost sugarless days, "Sweets Witfc
out Sugar," by Marlon White. A mosl
helpful book to tho busy Housewife.
~ Jrfst * taste of thbsd Woki maket
I your mouth water for more. Ask to1
I them at the County library. "Bead
|Hf maketh the futt ma*."
Monday, July 6. will be u red letter
day in Camden history as It will mark
the flrat Independence Day celebration
of any pretentious proportion* to
be programed in many years. Ordln-(
arlly, Camden observes Independence
Day by the closing of shops and offices
and Htaglng an all-out exodus
toward woodland dells and beaches.
Due to the war and its embracing
restrictions on motor transportation*
the 4th of July celebration in Camden,
highlighted by a mammoth parade
late in the afternoon, is expected
to attract thousands of spectators.
Military band music, waving flags,
soldiers, civilian defense workers,
motorized war equipment, Red Cross
units and many other marching features
will be evidenced when the parade
moves from the corner of Broad
street and Lafayette avenue to Hampton
Square at 6:30 o'clock in the
afternoon.
At the square there will be a program
highlighted by a patriotic address
by Dr. W. P. Jacobs, head of
the state council for national defense.
Dr. Jacobs is to be Introduced by Mayor
F. N. McCorkle of this city.
The program will be opened with
the singing of "America", with Mrs.
Charlotte Brunson and A. Clifton McKaln
as leaders, and with the 102nd
Cavalry band playing the accompaniment.
The invocation will be given
by Rev. Henry Collins of the Lyttleton
Street Methodist church, who if.
chaplain for the Kershaw county
council for national defense.
Following Dr. Jacob's address, the
national anthem will be sung and the
program will close with the benediction
given by Dr. Maurice Clarke
of Grace Episcopal church.
The parade formation will take
place on Broad street, north of Lafayette
avenue. All units are to form In
the order assigned them on the right
or west side of Broad street.
The parade will move in the following
order: motorcycle escort,
American Legion color guard; the
102nd Cavalry band and scout cars.
Camden's Home Guard unit will
be next in line followed by a group
consisting of Mayor F. N.McCorkle,
Defense Council commander R. N.
Shannon, assistant commander W. R.
Bonsall and members of the commanders
staff. Next in line will be the air
raid wardens marching in 7 units
under the leadership of chief air raid
warden, C. J. Shannon, 4th.
The city fire department with all
apparatus consisting of two pumpers
and hose truck will lead the next
unit which will embrace all of the
auxiliary firemen marching in ufilis.
In turn will come the regular police
force followed by the auxiliary police . .
under the leadership of Captain R.
E. McCarthy, also marching in unite.
Then will come the rescue squad on
a large truck equipped with all rescue
equipment. This in turn will be
followed by the medical units, dobtors
and nurses in cars; the ambulance
corps of 16 vehicles and the
civilian defense units of the Wateree
and Hermitage mills.
The decontamination squad, messengers,
and boy scouts and the city ,
municipal group under the leadership
of Leon Tobln. Major Moultrie BraUs(Please
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Red Cross Chairman
Explains Delay
Mrs. Leon Schlosburg, chairman of
the Red Cross War Fund gndHeil
Call campaign, declared that the ribcent
decision to combine the ^ P *;
roll call with the next war fund campaign
early in 1043, was made in Order
not to impose too strong a financial
burden upon the civilian population.
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Mrs. Schlosburg states that the Red .
Cross is fully aware of the many calls,
particularly in the present war crisis,
upon the time and man power of the,*
i communities and barring a major dls'
aster there will be no campaign until
I 1948, at which time, as prevkHtgly
stated, it will be combined with the
> "It must be recognised," stated Mrs.
> Schlosburg, "that a major disaster
t or other emergency may make it n*ccannot
be made until the emergency