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I The Camdfn C^Iheonicle g X M*A 4 v^uLlTj| JLr JmI ; j B j : iLJ5--? ,B ^1 '1 _j i in ' 1 ??? ... . A * . CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA* FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1941 NUMBER 30 BwidenUSO dub olnpares With Best hospitality tow.rd Ma n? gSwSWBKMS! W&srsg ass: ' l V i-h.il located an DeK&lh street. WW* heart of downtown Camden. K^ervtee Club, operated by the Kden ""It of the 5fiO. Is located E*?he Ktore building Just east of the JoWce. and acroee the street from K<?nid?n theatre and American Le, !n building. The club la open all E v ami from ? o'clock in the aUer 5Luntil 9 o'clock In the evening, K charge of courteous hostesses. Lrn II O'clock on. th6 American Le ton takes over wtth one or more Lellonnalres in charge. The vso Service Club quarters has JJ made possible through th* co Oration of Mrs. B. G. Banders, WnH/of the building, who has given the L o the building to the Camden K"o group without compensation. The furnishing* have all been con1,15M by???D?o,w aaFL2s ^Interior color schetue, the official Ipso combination, has been effective y carried out by the painting of El of the furniture Including chairs. Kker setees and tha like In addlEon to the furnishings as described, he nubllchas also- contributed many hundreds of magazines, newspapers, Kardn and other accessories. The lnEftllation of a high powered fan keeps Eh* temperature at a comfortable de .ree There la plenty of ice water in E huge barrel equipped with a spigot. This barrel is painted in the color Kheme of the Interior. The quarters K. wash room and toilet facilities, and there Is plenty of writing equip ment for the visitors who wish to nend an hour or so in writing to relatives and friends. All credit for the establishing of this USO Service dub which has been characterized as being outstanding in the state, goes to the local committee and co-workers. "The chairman of the city USO group, i. Sam Karesh, has as his co-chair men Mrs. John Mullen,' Mrs. P. D. ooodale. and Mrs. Leon Schloshurg. jhe co-workers, a valuable feature ot the operating program, are from the auxiliary groups of all the churchBet of the city, the Legion Auxiliary, the USO. and the DAR. I This writer visited the Service Club several afternoons ago and found quite |a number of soldiers enjoying its hospitality. One visitor was blissfully sleeping on a devenport, others were seated around a card table, and still ^ othern were reclining In easy chairs reading magazines. Two were busily engaged in writing letters. Inquiry of several of the/ soldiers as to the im presslon of the local service club brought emphatic replies of compli mentary nature. They stated that the club was one of the most attractive ^ they had been in. ? Livestock Guide * For August Proper attention to their* livestock enterprises in the late summer will I pay fanners well, says county agent w..C MoCarley, who gives these im portant reminders: Animal Husbandry -* Full-feed all Jhogs iniended for' September market Turn hogB on corn when 1 tls in the glazed stage. Remove the bull.from I the cow pasture. Give sheep a fresh pasture to control parasites and en courage early breeders. See that all I classes of livestock have shade and fresh water. Reserve enough perman ent pasture to carry the beef cattle I until November or December. Observe the herds for screwwortn infestation and give treatment if necessary. Dairying ? August is hay-making I month. Be very careful to cut .at propI d stage and cure so that the greatest mount of leaven and green color can be preserved. Mow pastures tc keep pastures tender and v t? ***' *eeds. Maintain milk flow by tem Porary grazing Of Sudan grass <n pearl millet or by cutting green feed. Keep milk product* clean and cool t&d deliver promptly. Flan f6r trench ?lk> construction. Watch corn for. *fl ?ge and cut at proper state. Watch I for announcement and attend Forage 8chooi scheduled nearest you. Poultry?Do"^ not force the pallets I putting the new pullets in them. Free | Pulletn (ram internal and external I Welded* I I Flowers Sent From I I Far-Away belaud *Mr8' J?k? M Chispht, who i* a] jje home of her parents. Mr. and I Ijysr^ I J ??^erg from far away Ireland ear V^e^no f m her hh? "]* j* with tha TJHad Statee Par-1 5S Squadron, somewhere in Great ' *Hsifl. I floweTa were from tha gree?. 52?? ?f Camden Floral Companj | of * cablegron^ ' Tire Thieves Active; Police In Warning Motorists who park their cars on the street and leave them there all night are courting a visit with a gang of tire thieves, according to the police. v " Mr a. Margaret Langford Is the second motorist tp Camden to suffer the loss of the tires from her car, after the machine had been taken from a parking place near her home at Chesnut and Broad streets sometime Sunday night. The machine was found later in a field beyond the Kirk wood hotel area with all wheels and a battery missing. With the wheels went the 1 tires. . , This Is the second time this method of stealing tires from cars has come to light in Camden. Several months ago' an auto belonging to Mrs. J. B. Kemp was made aWay with, and when found, was minus all tires. With the tire situation becoming more serious every day, ~ and with many cars being forced from the highways because of not having available rubber, the authorities look for an Increased tempo In car tire thefts. Cars left parked on the streets- sw easy prey to the thieves and the usual procedure is to push the car from the vicinity by manpower, Indicating that the marauders are working as sang. . . . If the depredations continue, which the police say is inevitable, more boldness of operation Is predicted. The safest way to balk the tire thieves Is to have a car In a garage with padlocked doors. Soldiers Span River In Fast Time Proving that their reputation for speed and versatility is founded on something more substantial than mere claim, members of the Three Hundred Second Engineer battalion of the 8eventy-seventh division at Fort Jackson flung a pontoon bridge across the broad waters of the Wateree river recently in two hours and fifteen minutes?179 days, 21 and three-quartet hours less time than that required by civilian builders to erect a steel span at the same site. And the soldier-constructed bridge, 452 feet in' length, was capable of supporting a light tank, the probable maximum load permitted the steel trestle. . Insects, snakes -and chlggers teamed. with the swift current to make 1 the engineers' task more difficult, but the triumvirate failed to nonplus the soldiers. While a considerable number of the South Carolina rural , populace looked on in amusement, 135 members of the battalion Prepared the sills upon which to lay the balk of stringers and the flooring from the near shore to the first adl Justable trestle, completed the placement of three trestles and finally the laying of balk and flooring from one pontoon to the next until the stream was spanned. ----It had taken civilian-crews with much previous experience, far 111 elaborate equipment, and C0 |J?rabJ0 initial preparation b!x months - to ^LLwng 9 tte "groundwork for their ; missions on future battleflelda where they must facilitate the movement of friendly ftr???= van?*? tard the movement of enemy f?rc? in pursuit even while engaged!" 1 ^9ey8at?MdTdnrab?er9floatlng path' way across the river In exactly 12 minutes, laying JWO feet whole an floats appending the wnoie ! ?? J float wbleto prevent curvature Sr^'V^Te 'structure : ;Ber^,p^-= ' believing, -didn't believe it could be v done. ' ! Count* Far Above j Quota In Drive v****** of the K*"hew eountydefenj^nejjj totorwd'oi" the^onaty exceeded 5S"SS ?%* l?.W? W *<? forUble^margln- repori received f SI?ihS^U* *0i exceed br a con* siderablf amount v tArthur. HplgU'CAii drovrn Red Cross Vessel To Sail For Japari (By 8adle VonTreeckow) A Red Cross vessel scheduled to leave SanFrancisoo about August -14. tor Japan and Japanese occupied territory will, according to instructions ghretr the postal service to govern pnr* eels addressed to officially identified prlsonera ot war and civilian internes, take such parcels. Postmasters ? will accept jpsrcels only wheu accompanied by a letter dated July 30, from the Provost Marshal General's office in Washington, signed by Lt.*Co. R. P. Breaee, ku~ thoratzlng the holder to dispatch a parcel. Packages will be limited to one prisoner or Internee and should not exceed eleven pounds gross weight or dimensions of 18 inchcf lit length ahd 48 inches In length and girth combined. Every effort should be made to have the parcels reach SanFranclsco by August 18 on this particular Red Cross vessel. The general license designation "G-PW-1" shofcld be plaoed on the outside ot the parcel by the sender. Correspondence for prisoners dt war and internees will continue to be rooted via censorship station of Chicago but in this instance will be forwarded by the Red Cross vessel from Ban Francisco. United States citizens and nationals of Central South American countries Interned In France and Belgium are now receiving American Red Cross food packages, chairman Norman H. Davis has been informed by the International Red Cross at Geneva. Further information to the above can bel gotten at the post office. Miss Phyllis Pedigo visited Red J Cross headquarters August 3, and met to discuss'the different phases of the work with the officers and chairman. .. Great enthusiasm was shown concerning the Red Cross rally held at Fort Jackson for the Inspection of the Day Room, August 6, and many representative citizens of Camden and Kershaw county attended. Mrs. John K. deLoach will be In charge of the knitting for the present. All-Star Football Classic Cancelled That the annual all-star football fracas, a fixture in Camden gridiron routine for several years past, will not be played this year. There are several reasons for the ^calling off of the game, chief* among them being the difficulty in securing an opponent team and also in securing sufficient players to provide against the burlesque of a year ago, when but thirteen boys were available. There are other factors which were taken Into consideration by the interested parties, among them being tKe gasoline and rubber restrictions which would undoubtedly clut down greatly on the attendance. ' The Interested parties were reluctant to give up in the efforts to present the game, which by reason of it being the first game of the season in the nation, has attracted more than state-wide attention, However, alV facts and circumstances being considered it was felt that the step taken was the most logical and sensible. Plans are now being . discussed . whereby the football program can be aided through the sale' of season booster tickets. Details of this program will be announced later. Wild Fowl Dying ? From Oily Waters One of the tragedies inflicted upon wildlife by this war is the dying off of water fowl as a result of oil that pollutes the water along the coasts, according to-an item In this month's Issue of the Stamford Museum News. The article reads in part: "The discharge of oil from torpdd oed ships has been so great that 1 the dead and dying birds are piled In large windrows along the shore. "The question of Just why ducks ? and fulls died after they come" In contact with fuel oil or sludge thrown 1 out from' a boat has provoked a good deal of discussion. Generally It haw been taken lor granted that the birds were poisoned by thb ofL "Recently, however; sOme observations attd experiments have revealed that the oil on feathers spoils the natural waterproofing of a bird and > baa' the effect of critically reducing U*"As a VesuU**of'^he oil, mnaiii [ birds teftd to go into the waffiff I Navy Recruiting Here Each Friday * Effective Friday, August 7, the $Uln Navy Recruiting Headquarters i fill establish a temporary Navy He- j oruiUng station in the Peat Qfrice ( building here (Camden), with Chief , -Mr* Oentrolmaa Bdward T. GOley, ; u. 8. Navy, and Yeoman Burglu Ber, \ ty, U. 8. Naval Reserve, In charge of 1 the local office. ? ' In aunouuolng the opening of this Ipcal office, Lt. Commander Dan Henry, Navy Recruiting Officer for the state, Intimated that there are a lgrge number of young men In this "vicinity who are unable to get to Columbia or other cities where regular recruiting offices are located, and therefore are not able to take, advantage of the excellent ratings which now prevail In the Naval Service. With tills thought In mind, the Navy will come closer home and be able to present the true facts on the opportunities of the U. S. Navy. Many local men have applied for Naval enlistment in past months and fere turned down due to certalu physical defects~-now, the Navy has recently modified physical requirements, and these men who were rejected be(ore, are urged to see Chief Ooley and Yeoman Berry on Fridays at the navy office here In the post office building. In addition, tho Navy now prices married men or men who have dependents. Previously, a married man could not onllst unless a apodal affidavit was signed to waive dopendency. This Is ho longer necessary. Under the recent pay Increase law, men enlisted third class petty officer or below, may contribute for their dependents $22 a month from their pay, with the government adding $28 a month for the wife, and so much allowed for children or other dependents. With seoond class petty of flcer or above, quarters allowances are Included along with the pay of the navy man. k All men In this vicinity 17 to 80 are urged to be at th6 local post office Friday, August 7, and each Friday mherentter, to see Chief Ooley and Yeoman Berry of the Columbia Navy Recruiting Main office. They will be dad to talk with you concerning your uture, without obligation. Share Yjour Car" Benches In Place H _ I Camden residents and visitors are orchids to Alderman Vile wfiefcrn for the letter's clever lea of Installing ""Share Your Car" enches throughout the residential ectlons of the city. I The idea was original with the ald rman of the third ward and through is committee affiliation he was able have some dozen of the bright reen benches provided for his "Share our car" plan. v~. I The benches are placed beneath ade trees near Important street in rsections. In large white letters on ach one appears the words "Shafe our Car." Bach bench will accommodate four or five people.' The idea, according to Mr. Sheorn/ I for a person who is planning On a lp down town, either for shopping, perhaps to a movie, to seat him if or herself on the "Share Your ar" bench and await the passing otorist?who In nine out of ten-jn^ ances-rwill stop and invite the< "slt r". to climb aboard and rattle down wn. Mr. Sheorn says the plan is work k out one hundred per cent success l. as evidenced by the manner In rich the motorists have cooperated. Tseverkl skeptical Individuals who doubted the efficacy of the idea, were convinced, Vhen after being Invited to sit on one of the benches, had been there but a few minutes - when a passing car came to an abrupt stop and a cheery ' voice' shouted,, "All aboard folks, this car goes all the way into -the loop,** Thieves Aye Caught By Watchful Clerk A suspicious clsrk in the Balk department store, on Broad street, was responsible for the apprehension of four women, colored, who were sen'PSl W1?7 <**7* to Jail on charges of alleged shop lifting activt % _ ' Merchandise from the Balk and Penney stores were found fift the poethe women when their efi ore.searched at the police stah<mr en Famed Ala. Grid |< Star Located Here Camden sport fans who know some-1 thin* aboyt football have been crowd-|i Ing the bleacher lines at the Camden |< s<?ftbull field thin summer. And the], reason Is that two former grldtronj greats" of Alabama wre playing wRh] the Instructors 'team of the city soft-1 ag-w- . ..| Football fans all oyer the country | will remember Joe Riley, the 1(01 pound flash who sparked the Crlm-I Bon Tide to a >0 to It win over Stan-1 ford on January 1, 1935. Well, Riley I is out there in short center Held for the Instructors team of the South-1 em 'Aviation School. And just behind Riley and playing the deep center | position, is drover Harklns, who play-1 ed guard on the 1989-1987 and 1888] Crimson Tide aggregation. Now for something about these lads. I Riley is a native of Dethan, Alabama, I and was an outstanding left halt back on the Crimson Tide on the 1984-86 and '86 teams. He saw action as a I sophmore In that 89 to 19 win over] Stanford, throwing , one touchdown | pass and playing good ball as an alternate for Dixie Howell, one of Ala-1 bama's all-time greats. Riley was a| regular the next two seasons, hand-1 ling all of the passing and punting I while In the game. Although weigh-1 ing only about 160 pounds, he was ai consistent and rugged performer And ] Coach- Frank Thomas declares he was | the fastest player In getting up to| the line of scrimmage find in picking his holee, that he has ever Coached. I The 1984 and 1986 Alabama teams I fwere undefeated. During his senior [ |ear In 1036, Riley was a unanimous I all.Southeastern conference selection | and was named on many all-Amerl-l can teams; following his graduation] In 1937, he went to Bldaey-Lanler high school in Montgomery, Alabama, as assistant coach and became head | coach and athletic director the fol-J lowing year. Serving there until he | took up physical training work wlthl the air corps. drover Hark Ins is a native of dads- I den, Alabama. In addition to playing] guard In the 1086-87 . and '88 Crimson Tide team, he 41so took part In one I of the Tide's five Rose Bowl games, playing against California In the 19881 game, Which Alabama lost, 18 to 0.] Harkina was a varsity performer In 1937 and '38 and received prominent I mention on various all-conference I teams in 1988. Following his gradual tion he was a salesman for two" years ; before entering the coaoh|ng field as Riley's assistant at Laniefr He resigned at I/enler soon after and entered the air corps physical training work. Riley was, in addition to a football star, outstanding as a track Athlete. He specialised In the 100 and 220 yard dashes , and today he flashes uncanny speed in navigating the sacks in the softball program. Riley and Harklns are great favorites with the softball Tans and how that their story has been told in detail, it Is believed that many new faces will be* Been along the bleacher lines when the Instructors are in actlori. ' v ^oe Riley is now Lieutenant Riley and is assistant Commandant of cadets at the Southern Aviation Schftol, and also holds the office of Athletic Recreation and Morale Director. Work In August For Fall Victory Garden j Plant the fall Victory Garden- In time, says County Agent McCarlefeevery day counts, as one'day's delay is one link nearer "Jack Frost." Summer gardens continue' bearing for a while longer If vegetables, fruits and flowers are gathered as soon as they are ready. Remember that sWeOt corh loses some of its sugar If allowed to stand long enough to wilt before, cooking. ' Cultivate and' clean up the ground where vegetables have metured. To control disease end. insect damage next season, destroy weeds and cgop remnants such as decaying vegetables and vegetable plants. .For red spider, dust with superfine sulphur, or spray with one pound of white soap flakes in six gallons of kfeter. e" Hand, pick and destroy adult harlequin cabbage bote and? neflfc wasp* spraying with the same solution used for red spidere~ Blossom-end jrot of tomatoes Is as. ually caused.by insufficient moisture. 2?ieS pr,lc.tlcfi- *8* * *ood mulch of leaf mold or straw around the plants. r*"J7 Make pen tings now of turnips/,csrrota, beans, beets, com end Irish potatoes. Be&ns may be pladied up to September 1, and turnips up to Sep^ t6WD6r 15, j ance, l&st Sftturdfty Old 80] 1 j. | _ ' ' *'1 tqhi 1 iuriaaj mOw Mllnn I - . V Cooley Wants Name Put On Ticket The chairman ana secretary of the Kershaw county Democratic executive committee have been ordered by Glrcult Judge K. C. Dennis to showcause before J9Jm In Darlington. August 8. why they should net berequfred to ??place the name of O. F. Cooley on the official ballot as a candidate for sheriff of Kershaw county, according to papers filed yesterday with JSJUea K. Hunter, Jr., secretary of the state Democratic executive committee*. J. Toam Gettys, Kershaw county chairman, and A. W. Humphries, secretary of the county committee Were at the office of Clerk Hunter yesterday with the papers Issued by the Judge, Winchester Smith, chairman of the state committee, and Secretary Hun* ter are also ordered to appear at DerUngton for the hegrlng. The petitioner tor the mandamus* to compel the Kershaw party offtclala to put his name on the ballot, is G, F. Cooley, who avers that on June 27* deadline for. entering the sheriff's rate In his county, be paid the entrance fee and also filed the pledge to abide the results of the primary. This. Wae dpne, he claims, before noon, which was the deadline, Thou oii' the sumo day ut 2:15 p. m., he avers he filed in the office of thf clerk of court the pledge to refrain from spending money or using intoxicating liquors to Influence voters. This second pledge, Is to he hied under party rules bpfpre the candidate enters on his campaign. The Issue hare seems to he at what hour a candidate enters on his campaign. "Mr. Cooley0 further claims that his entrance fee was returned to hint and he was idvised that his name would not be placed on the official ballot. He also sets forth that he appealed to the state Democratic executive committee from the ruling of the Ker- Bhaw committee, but that the state committee,'could not meet as It bad no money to defray the expense* _ His., petition Is that the Kershaw county party officials be compelled to place his name on the ballot tot ? sheriff.?Tuesday's Columbia State. To Recruit Women For Naval Service Columbia, Aug. 6.?Lieutenant-Commander Dan Henry, at State Navy Jtaoruitlng -Headquarters here, today , ? announced' that recruiting stations throughout the state were being bis* sieged these days by young women who are eager to make application for V-the "WAVES," the organisation of the Women's 'Naval Auxiliary Corps* -/ which will replace thousands OS seagbltfgmen whoare now per- 4 forming duty at shord stations throughout the nation, -'"v' Commander Henry pointed Out that \be definite procedure on handling these applications Would be announced In the very h6ar future.' In the meantime, young women With sufficient college education, who meet all other necessary requirements and who desire fo make application for) commission In the Naval Reserved should contact thti office of NaVaT Officer Procurement, The Center*' Charleston, S: C. Those who are not' familiar with all requirements for Officer's Training, should contact? Lieutenant f(Jg) E. H DaVis, at the ; Office of Naval Officer Procprmnent, University of Soiith Carolina >ln Columbia. * y' While full particulars are pending* Oommande* Henry urges HU1 younjjT~*""~ women to talk nfcl&fe Navy among men of their acquaintance between 17 and 60 years of age, who might qualIfy for naval enlistment themselves. His guessed the great Importance o&-~~ the "WAVES" doing all they can to aid in Nalry Recruiting so that this nation may be assured^of having suflocally by calling on A. Sam Karesb, who is an authorised Naval recruiter in Camden.