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| Unique Celebration Of Anniversary | ? On Suuduy. June 28. Urn comkilotion o( Gruco church celebrated the one hundred and t??nth anniversary Of the ttmt service In the church fornierly located on I'.road alivct. and th? seventieth anniversary or the hr*i service In the present church. q?|lH ivt-lui. 1U^ ? *' .'Tnkc. ]). I.)., us?Tl I he. 01 it to p? ;u It f an historical sermon and at tie* ie(lUOSt of many of his p.tn?hloiicis, ih?* publisher of The /1 'hronh b< taken pleasure In print inn 11 in lull hd-ov . "I was Kind when they said ut:l<> Ilie we will go Into 'he house of lb" ] 4ord. 1 'sal in 12" 1 , lu our parish register foi the >?ai J.832. apeakMlg ol ih.UI. i h concerning the > ear lH.il. there is this eiify: "Owing to fhe extreme difficulty of procuring m m-rlals in proper o.der lor us.' ami oiler causes, the church could noi he occupied until the ? uHulng year. The Hi si sermon was prea. h<-d In It. although not cm-1 pleltly lillisllfll. oil Jul> 1, lkJ-'i by tho rector fioin the text . "I ssas glad, when they said unto me we will I go Into the house ol the l.ord." Ex-, tern..Ily the ihurch presents ic very humlsonie appear uu e. Its Inside arrangements and Iuruiiuro are hecom-, lug and appropriate. My the Indefatigable el fort s of the ladles of the congregation who had formed themselves | Into a sewing society, a very brillianttoned organ was purchased at the cost Of $700 A splendid lllhle and other gifts were presented by friends In Charleston. Several ladles contributed to the purchase of a silver cominuuion service*. Drapery of crimson damask to the value of for the pulpit was given. Later on, on November 14. 1832. the church was consecrated by the Mlshop of the Diocese, the Might Reverend N\ Bowen. D. I)., assisted hy the rector of Ht. Phillips church. Charleston, and the Reverend rector of (Jruce church." Thut was the story of the opening and consecration of the church located on Broad street, sixty feet south of BoKult) street. Although the land, the buildings and the furnishings had cost about Ifi.oou and all or It hail been raised within the space of a lit tit* more than V a year. But that was not the llrst episcopal church in Camden. In the parish register again there Is that note wiltten about IS 12. "About the year 1 f?U Colonel Joseph Kershaw opened a store contiguous to the settlement, and being prosperous he laid out tho place In lots. On the North West side of the Scut hern public square a lot of ground was reserved as a i burial place by ( olonel Kershaw for J tho use or the Protestant Episcopal w church of which lie was a member. ( This fact Is stated on tho authority of his daughter, Miss Mary Kershaw, who Is still alive ( 1842 1 that a place of worship, oil or near the spot was exclusively occupied by Episcopalians." Then there Is this quo', {ton from the conversation held with Miss Kershaw by her neice. "The Episcopal church, built before the Revolutionary war. was situated on the corner lot since used as a Presbyterian meeting house and where Mr. Nixon s grts" now I-.. Colonel Kershaw* s family. Mr i h.impiou s. Mr Carey's and .-eve-.t! Englishmen were nn-mlers. lie- Rev. I lien phi his I Huge was the in in i? ?* lie I t"' for England when ( barb*-'en w is t ikeii After lie i< C, Mr | . n ; i > . i I 'resbx i er iaii used the i hur ): tin'il l.ord Coruwallis and I.!-, i. ni\ I Camden. The of:...r. .i.i.! ?. hurch pull- d dow n to tin.id t-.i'i e k- tor the soldiers. My iin*.i .-i>s -he di-'iintiy remembers :h- d-*si mi< 11eti >! tli ehui'vh and the t w of is of huts occupied IV th- SoM.els From Mi.it Tine until 1 hOS 'lie ( tiuri h leaders in ;h. community had their hinds full ??vei coming the prejudice agaitis' i h e English character of the i bur* h and ptoxing their cwu loyalty. Bu' in lvx tin > made a determined effort to h u lid another church. A subscript ion i.n- w (s i irculated from thirty two people, money and material, amounting ?o $2.J6."> was pledged For reasons which are obscure none was t v< r coll'ei t> d and no progress was made towards the building of n new church. "The removal perhaps from the town of some warm advocates threw odd water upon the enterprise and ? iused its etitire abandonment " From then until it <s a story of faithful service hy vi-:ting clergy and bishops, and devoted loyalty by the steady growing number of church members of tho community. In that year under the leadership of a Hev r Mr. Phillips the congregation was granted an act of incorporation hy d; the state legislature and plans were made for the building of the church W which wns completed and opened on K July 1. 1832. When he resigned on ? February 1, 1842, the congregation I consisted of forty communicants. 78 ^1 attending non-communicants, 62 ch 11I dren under 14, and 30 families. J _ The year 1847 was an important year in the history of the parish as Ih J (hat was tho year when the Kev. ' Thomas Frederick Davis became the I iTcinr or tin- parish In 1*53 he was ', lid hlshlp of the diocese and while !,... .. nniut'd to make his homo in ( miioI* ii hi* son hi i .tiuu assistant in :U(M\f . Ii III.''- (,r tin- parish. Con' gregat ions I In* parish inf, Mil,,- rh.~ ' Stinday school \ mi ri .i.M'il Do' number of confirinaii--n iii'ii-a-id 'I'lo' prospects of the j,,,i:h \\ * i' * brighter than ever bejj,,;,. Both tlo* Bishop and his son f,. j j th uo.nl hand of thai to ho resiling upon lin m in blessing and power, j iLMmu Divb must have been a vriv i? iiiarkahh* man. During tile l?tyears ol tits episcopal t* lie inn l<*.Hue totally blind. Mut ho continued 'his visitations over the Diocese noli ompaiiii'd hy liis dovolod daughter, Miss Leila Davis. Ho conducted or' d in a i Ions, confirmations, consocrat ions I ui church buildings entirely from ' memory and niadt; very fow mistaken, one of tlu> most Interesting ndvonniros of tiiis period was lite opening of a theological seminary in Cumdfii. witli four professors and an unknown number of students. II is inII res 1111 g to notice the scale of salaries that was adopted. Tim professor of Systematic Divinity and Pulpit ! Klnquonce $1,200. Tbo professor of ; Lccleslastlcal History and Christian Kvidem e $120. ' rhe professor of llo| brew and Greek and Mlblcal Learning $100. Its first session begun In 1 isf)S. but It seems to have been brought to an untimely end by tho catastrophic experiences of the War j Hct wtvn the States. Those sad and terrible days brought j large numbers of refugee church peotple to Canulen from Charleston. Congregations taxed the capacity of tho jciiurch on week days as well as on j Sundays. Offerings on special occasions. as on one Sunday for thu suffering poor in Charleston, amounted to as much as $ 1.21 r?,r>3. Let me road to you a few entries in our register lot these difficult days. "On February 21, 1S6S. a part of .Sherman's army entered Camden. They hurtled the old Cornwnllls house. | the railroad depots, the block of buildings opposite the church. The citizens' ! houses and merchants' stores were severely pillaged. Cod's mercy, In an. . swer to our earnest prayers prevent' fii many worse evils. Dally evening services were kept up in the church. "On tiie night of March 31, the Seminary buildings on the lot purchased for a now church were totally consumed hy fire. On the 17 of April, Oeneral Potter's forces took possession of the town but departed the next morning, having done very little ! damage, Cod. our Heavenly Father, j watching over lis again." "The failure of tho Confederate j cause Induced still further evil and anxiety throughout the Southern I States and In none moro severely than in the state of South Carolina. The losses of church property were i estimated at over a million dollars; j while those of Individuals were ruinous to themselves and disastrous to I the Diocese " And now notice this most beautiful touch. "Hut most of all this parish was called upon to i mourn the loss hy death of lis valued and beloved minister, tho Rev. . T. F Davis, Jr." Most of them had lo*r their money; the church throughout the state had lost millions of dolIns worth of property, hut the loss wlili h hurt them most of all was Die lose or a faithful friend and pas or. To climax this story of losses there is thi* further entry. "On the evening i of May 2!?. 1S?17. the parish was again visited by the providence of Cod with i hast Dement and affliction. Tho Church edifice was burned to tin* ground having caught tire from a , small house adjacent to the premises jon the north. The organ and hell w ere consumed w ith the church, hut the records and plate being kept elsewhere were saved from the general destruction. The service books. v? st'menis. communion table, chairs, < arpe's and many other movables were 'rescued from the flames hy the ( j 'promptness and kindness of the citiz-j c us. For a time services were held in the Baptist church and later in a budding called the Pine Crove Academy Iti I M>9 the present site of the church w is bought. In ISTc plans for tie (liir.h were prepared and i onJ HKis le*. Building began late in the ! ve.ii ha' unexpected delays prevented] .it- cen.piction. However, the first service w.i? held in it on Sunday. November 2??. 1 s .* 1 a date which was only discovered l-e*t Tuesday. Bishop Davis pr> uliecl : the sermon and his son. Brum Darts, j conducted the service. The following Saturday. December 2. Bishop Davis. ' i resident of the pari-h fee twentyfour years, first as rector and then , as bishop, died suddenly of a heart attack. The church was consecrated by Bishop Howe at tho time of the Diocesan cqjiventlon. May 7. 1S73 It was a beautful and Imposing service. It began with a procession of the Bishop .(ml all the cltTRy from (lie house immediately south of tho church. The\ were met at the south door of the i hun h by the wardens and vos11 > of the parish. First they had the s"! \ h e of Consecration of a church. Then Morning Prayer; then the Litany; tjieti tho Holy communion serine the sermon was preached by the Hishop from these words: 1 King, i hapter VIII-lO-ll, "And It came to pass when the priests were come out of the Holy Place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord so that the priests could not stand to minister he, au-e of the cloud, for the glory of the Lo:d filled the house of the Lord." P h ?d < ost well on towards seven 'lionsaml dollars for the lot. and the] t:11r, h. arid its fnrni?Mnfa end ell J "f !: id been raised and paid for before its consecration. It Is all the more remarkable when wo remember that it was done during some of the rr.n<j' terrible years In tho history of he south. 1 xfiT-ljtT.T What capncUy for sacrifice they must have had! ' Thov sacrificed to poverty for a lauso they believed to bo legal and j.;-t And then out of their poverty they sacrificed for the church through uhiih the strengthening and sustaining grace of God had come Into their lives. The forthcoming apple crop of Nova Scotia will total about two million barrels, or double last year's. Money Demand? Made On Red Cross (Continued rrom rirst page) 1 signed with regret that his business would not allow him to devote so much time to the work, and Mrs. Margaret Mayfleld was appointed chairman In his stead. A rising vote of thanks was given Mr. Kloe for his faithful service. The chapter Is most fortunate to have him accept the chairmanship of the finance committee. The budget for the enlarged program Is moet important. Miss Darcas Owens was engaged as the full time secretary, and the rooms will continue to be opened from 9 a. m. until 5 p. in. daily, except Sunday. The Jewish Sisterhood is the latest organization to collect gifts of games and the like for the Southern Aviation school to be donated through the Camp and Hospital Service council. The executive bonrd meeting of the Central, S. C., Red Cross camp and hospital service council met in Sumter. Thursday. June 25, and was attended by Colonel von Tresckow, chairman of the Kershaw county branch, Major Brailsford and Mrs. Warren Harris. Miss Olive Whlttredge was appointed by Colonel von Tresckow as chairman of the committee of the Camden chapter to examine and pass upon condition of furniture and similar gifts for camps and air fields, and also to arrange for transportation of same. FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, mi July l?7,' 19 twe will make to the l'robate Court of Kershaw County our final; return as Administrators of the estate of \V. T. Pitts, deceased, and on the same date we will apply to thej said Court for a final discharge as: s.iid Administrators. J. D. PITTS. J. K PITTS. Administrators. C.iiuden. S C. June 26, 1942. Colonel Waite To Leave Fort Jackson A .poldler with one of the most colored careers of any at Fort Jackson has been transferred to another station. it was announced yesterday. He is Colonel Sumner Walte and his transfer from Fort Jackson will necesslate naming a new commander of the famous Thirteenth Infantry regiment ot the Highth division here . Colonel Waito, who served on the Mexican border, in France, where ho received five decorations; and in Germany with the Army of Occupation, was In I'Uris as assistant military attache Franco station in 1940 when the city was taken by the Nazi ' army. It was July 8, 1940, that he was assigned to command the Thirteenth. I A native of Maine and graduate of the LDiversity of Maine, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1911. performed usual duties of a line officer for two years and in 1913, was made an inspector-general of the Massachusetts, Georgia and Pennsylvania National Guard units. For six months in 1914 he was assistant to the quartermaster of the Fifth infantry. Late in that year he became battalion quartermaster and commissary of the Second battalion, F.fth infantry, and in May of 1915 was attached to the Aviation Signal corps at San Diego, Calif. The following year he was made assistant to the quartermaster of U. S. troops in the Panama Canal Zone and several months later was assigned to Company H, Fifth Infantry with additional duty as post exchange officer. The distinguished soldier became aide de camp to Maj. Gen. Charles G. Morton on the Mexican border and then to France. For his services there he received the Distinguished Service Medal, French Legion of Honor (officer). French Croix de Guerre with I aim, Belgian Croix de Guerre and the Belgian military Cross (rirst class). During 1918 and 1919 Colonel Waite was graduated from the second course of the General Staff College at Langres. France; then became brigade adjutant of the Fifth brigade, Third division. Later he was advanced to assistant to the AC of S.. G-2, Thirtyseventh division. He then ' became ACofS., G-3 in the Thirty-seventh and Anally ACofS to the G-3 of the Third division. Colonel Waite was a delegate of the Haskell Mission to Armenia in 1919 and 1920; was in the office of the chief of infantry. Washington, the following two years, then took a graduate course In the Infantry school at r ui i, ucuiiiu^. "rOui 1023 to 10or w was an instructor there and in the succeeding three years he tnQk graduate work at the General Staff school, Fort Leavenworth and at the Ecole Superieure de Guerre. Paris. From 1929 to 1931 he commanded the First battalion, Second infantry, at Fort Sheridan, was graduated from the Army War College. Washington, in 1932. and was ACofS, G-4, of the Second division, at Fort Sam Houston from 1932 to 1936. In 1936 he was assistant military attache for the Belgian station, Paris, France, and for two years later he took a similar post with the France station and was in that capacity when the Lowlands were invaded in 1940. Colonel Waite was selected to command the Thirteenth infantry regiment when it was reactivated at Old Camp Jackson in the summer of 1940 and has directed the training of the regiment since that time. A dinner party was given Saturday evening at Hotel Columbia for Col. and Mrs. Waite by officers of the Thirteenth infantry and their wives. Colonel Waite has been in command the famous "First at Vicksburg" regiment for two years. He has given numerous talks and radio addresses on the fall of France, having been a military attache in Paris before coming here. Mrs. Waite has been especially interested in Red Cross work. Her home is in Camden. Dancing followed the dinner party and a clever program was staged by the Thirteenth infantry orchestra and some of the soldiers who have won national fame.?Columbia State. Two Are Burned To Death In Cab (Continued from first page) camp on the Wateree river, attracted to the scene of the accident, put the two soldiers into a car and took them to the hospital at Fort Jackson. They gave their names as Robert Sheppard and Newell C. Cantrell, both of Patterson, New Jersey. They were members of Co. A. A., Battery 67, Regimental Headquarters, Patterson, New Jersey. ] The soldiers told the authorities ; that they picked up a ride on tho truck at Columbia and both were ; asleep when the right wheels of the truck got on tho soft shoulder of the highway. It is believed that the driver of the truck momentarily dozed off and it was because of this the truck got out of control. An appeal was made to the Camden fire department for help in ex-1 tinguishing the fire and the big' pumper was dispatched to the scene. Using a line from the booster tank, i the firemen soon had the fire extinguished. The bodies of the two drivers, burned to a crisp, were rej moved and brought to this city by ;a funeral director, j The big truck was loaded with baskets of peaches being taken from ! Macon, Georgia to Washington. The truck is said to have been under lease to a man named Hecht, a fruit grower at Macon. Sheriff J. H. McLeod wired the Kaler Produce Company at Miami and also the authorities at Trenton, New Jersey, in an effort to secure positive identification of the fire victims. The Sheriff has the opinion that the driver, at the time of the ? although Trenton authorities doclare they were unable to contact any of his family in that city. Coroner Purdy Lee impaneled a Jury consisting of M. L. Smith, C. C. Padgett, W. F. Russell, Wylie Sheorn, Austin Smith. C. B. Rogers, and J. E. Dabbs. After viewing the remains of the two victims, they adjourned, subject to call when the inquest Is held. Contact with the two soldiers who were in the cab of the truck was made by the state policp at the army hospital at Fort Jackson. Sheppard had severe lacerations of the right thigh and Cantrell had an Injured arm. Both men were modest in their story of the' attempted rescue of the two men from the burning cab, and declared had it not been that both were trapped by the crushing of the cab. they might hare dragged them out to safety. They stated that the agonised screams ot the dying ?es would be quite a nightmare to fh?B for many years. ' . 4- jUg v . * _ fjl Camden Boasted S Noted Silversmiths I "South Carolina Silversmiths" 4 preheuslve history of sliversmitj^a the Palmetto state by Jfl. Mllby I ton, director of the Charleston seuui, Is Just off the proas. Local interest in the hook u ? M traded to the chapter devoted ?* Ctiunlpu all vera mittia. I11 u)ilnh ^ slderablo text Is given over to B, Alexander, William Appl?*^ J Charles Hofenschen, N. A. F. Hreii?J S. K. Gifford, William H. Parker tad j Alexander Young. The book also carries u p|C(-T^^H or Alexander Young who w?8 bera j in 1781 and died in 1858 and a nu. J turo of the trowel that Mr. Yonwg 'J made for Lafayette and which wu\j used In the laying of tho coruorstom J of the liar on DeKglb monument, ' 1 Speaking of I. B. Aloxauder, tfo j' volume refers to him as having Uea J a most versatile person In that *i? I addition to being a Jeweler and ailver* l smith, he was also a paiuter of minis. j tares. Ho was a son by a second mar. J riage of Dr. Isaac Alexander, a learn. ed physician of Camden. He wu married to Miss Oilman, also a reel* I dent of Camden. William Applewhite made his home in Camden from 1828 to 1837, where a he operated a silversmith shop. Char. 1 les Bofenschen opened an establish. ' ineut as a clock and watch maker ' in tho James Wilson house, while N. 11. F. Brewer was engaged in the -fl jeyelry business In Camden prior to 1848. S. K. Gifford advertised as a watch maker and jeweler In 1836, while William B. Parker advertised as a gold and silversmith In 1821 , 9 Much'space is given to Alexander Young who came from Scotland to 9 America as a young man. Young was in Camden not later than 1807, for records show that In the fall of that year he executed a mortgage for 3200 011 a lot In the original plat of Cam. den. As a silversmith, Young was an expert. He later operated his business so that it included watches, jewelry, and cutlery as well as military and 1 1 fancy goods. He even sold patent medicines. Later Young became a j bibliophile and operated a book store as well as a jewelry business. At one ^ time Young was very wealthy. His oldest son, James A.N Young, .] became a doctor and graduated from the South Carolina College and the Medical College of Philadelphia, and went to Paris to complete his study. Young continued as a jeweler and book seller until his death in 1836, and afterwards his business was car- j ried on by his two sons, James A 1 and George G. Young, in accordance with the provisions of their father's will of which they were the execu- ] tors. The volume "South Carolina Silver- . Bmiths" carries 311 pages of which j 8 are given over to an index. The J book is well written and la most com- ?4 prehensive in its treatment of the A subject matter. It was issued from the Dietz press of Richmond, Virginia, and is copywrlghted by the Charleston Museum. ADVISES NOT TO CUT KUDZU TOO EARLY { With an increased demand for milk and livestock products as a result of the Food-for Freedom program, farmers may be tempted to graze or cut kudzu for hay before it has become well established. In this connection V. T. Mullen, Work Unit Conservationist of the Lynches River Soil Conservation district, points out that kudzu is easily destroyed if utilized before the third or fourth year. "It usually requires at least three , years for it to reach the required, growth. Even after It is well established, It must be handled as a crop. Good stands can and have been seriously injured by over-grazing or cutting too often for hay," he said. Mr. Mullen goes on to Recommend that kudzu planted this past spring be cultivated all during the summer to keep down weeds and grass. Kudzu that is cultivated the first year is much more likely to become successfully established. Besides controlling weeds and grass, cultivation will keep the soil In "good shape for the vines to take root at the Joints. Many farmers grow such crops as corn, cowpeas, watermelons, and any other cultivated crop between the rows of kudzu the first year. This insures adequate cultivation the first growing season and also utilizes the bare space between the rows for the production of a crop while the stan'_-_ is becoming established. UJ1..JJ . J Jill i ll ,_u U.J.I . OFFICIAL U. S. TREASURY WAR BOND QUOTAS fOR JULY ? i I SOUTH CAROLINA I J f rtrtA\ ' i\Af* rtflft V V ^4y Quota for South Carolina Wat J2.453 000 y/^Zoii ) tuoftrt t ! 332,000 *7\. ^ ^ Th? May Salat for South Carolina W?<a JJ,097,000 / >65,200 ) ^ yUva^J I I j \ / | ^ I foitua A tHiiit?/UiO ****"^TT.ITTT^.^ (^600 V ? , '"<500 jMthO?0> ?34>900 > \ VZ.(260,700 \-r ,9J400 >^|r-~ kr.W.. ^ . { ?v ' /\ /. \ J3'J0? "7*39.000 }|08,00o\/?yj,700 \ < \ X \ \ / $74,700 V _ / \ X jl vT^iaa ,X^jr?? ~X ^14,9007 <K^L 'HiYcoV " \ Y30,300/$|||#IOO)^N_/' O/ \ <1 ^ / \ V-U, /"""" \'58<I90(I ^30,000 ( / $47,300 \ \t?300/iSi?.\^ f $54,500 L *. 471.000 \ \ \ { X. ) $13.900 7^ 7\J^ ^ .TSr-a- A \ ! j \i / S ^Ttttuoiw \ IV ^ X 5 \\ / *v^ ^ \ $9n 9nn .^*iv*??ooa / . / S a / $67,000 //^ " *13,500/ $23,600 iy/ | ^ 8*'600 ^ ^ |l V^OO Traasury Officidl War Bond WHlflHHHMHI V^5,806^> tJuly Quota for State, $4,320,000 The above map of South Carolina shows the War Bond quotas, by counties, for the month of July, 1942. Total War Bond quota for the .state is $4,320,000. With the National quota total placed at a billion dollars, the nation goes into high gear in its support of the War financing and to give our fighting forces adequate implements of war which will bring ultimate Victory, f American Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen are on every front. They are giving 100 percent for their country. What are we doing here on the home front? Are we lending at least ten percent of income to help them? It's very little. But to fight this war successfully our country needs a billion dollars In War Bonds every month from us?the People. Let's Go, America. L . 1 r.Mjtiry Uepartmtnt