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The Camden Chronicle IVOLUME 84 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, IH2 NUMBER 35 * 1 l5g?gB<,g5gSg!!t >!^ggagBgg=iBg^!?g5ggg!^3gg,B^gB|!ta^^>^ Mil, im iwww??ll i i..n ' . ll'l'IM . g_L_ J-.'J II1 [" 1 ' , '! -11U..JUL J! 1 L-iBHggSgg^gggggg ' '1111 .WWWHWgWWWiWi nrfve To Collect Fats Is Planned Accprdi'i to a- report from the -te headquarters, Camden. Ker* county, and the state of South SolInA are falling dawn In the coj. JJL, of fats. In view of the dire waste fats an extra efTort Is E? mude to bring the results In Carolina to a figure compara^ with the results being obtained l other states. Here In Camden the salvage cora-j yttee has called upon Mrs. John hllen to organize the program of collection so that results may be ithcomiug. One of the first stepB taken by hg Mullen was to secure a list of r organizations which Include flsowlves In the . personnel. " She ill urge each group to concentrate I the saving of all waste fat. Mrs. C. P. DuBose, Jr., chairman I the Salvage Committee of the Milan Defense Corps, is anxious at the fat collection program be fpmizeth tm --* productive hwsls. Thp tap metal drive and the collection ( rubber were outstanding In their iccess and In the opinion of 'Mrs. loBose the same stellar achleveient is possible In the waste fat rogram. fribute is Paid fo Jack Villepigue Sorrowing relatives and friends of kslgn Jack Villepigue who is believj to have met death when the aincy. the war vessel he was abo&rd u sunk by the Japs In a Solomon tUnds attack, gathered at Qrace tplicopal church Sunday morning to (tend a requiem service. Jack Villepigue, graduate of the Inlted States Naval Acadamy at Anapoll8, was the son of John Villelgne, famous for his contribution to lamden football prowess, for VilleIgue-coached teams have given luch prestige to the sport in Camen. Jack Villepigue was an outtanding member of the Camden team nrlng ihs high school career. Mrs. Illeplgue before marriage was Miss ucia Yates of this city. The service Sunday was conducted y Dr. Maurice Clarke, rector of race church. The altar of the hurch was a mass of exquisite flowrs, remembrances from many lends of Jack Villepigue. The vested choir of the church ofifred the musical setting for the ser^ i which included special prayers the reading of the lesson which led with "Let Not Your Heart Be ubled." i addition to the members of the lediate family and relatives, many nspeople were present?practlcalivery church denomination in iden being represented. Members :he Camden high school football id. with Coach Unsay Pierce and erintendent and Mrs. J. G. Richoccupied pews in the middle of church. ck Villepigue was one of the for>ur members of Grace church pato join ijwthe fight to save Christy and Democracy and Is the onue to date to make the supreme fice. ornwell Looks For ; Thanksgiving e fall season at Thornwell Orin full swing. At this ?f year thoughts of the local hes of the Presbyterian Church s T nited States are directed to rphanages under the Jurisdiction i several Synods in the General ably Thornwell looks to the [a of South Carolina, Georgia lorida for its support; but this 'tlon has hundreds of friends In Parts of the country and outthe Southern Presbyterian b. for in sixty-seven years sinco '"ding on October 1, 1875, it has , V widened Its horizons. 1 f?H the total number of chtlt Thornwell Is something under >'8 and girls, which Is the avernmher enrolled here. The age continues from Infancy to colbys and girls. Boys are regismr the draft;-some have gone 0 enlist in the navy, the army lpr service rather than await '*" Thornwell this fall, as presents a community sltuaSchool has opened and work en nflslRned; vacation is over. ?upporting;Synods have placed J11 on thehr, budgets and it is !(1 oach Synod at their forthaosslons in the next few W'H repeat this action. This r. never equals the amount of ' for maintenance of the orwhlch difference la dealreH In *rtuniHAf ind,v,duals may find opi tv. ,for generous contributions *kan, 0rl< The maintenance of the i to if''" if bas been found, depends i nf n."Don the Interest and pray* Church as the financial trt, ' for wRh the former greater r np joade possible and the Tatprox-ide,, to p4y M!1b [ .J8 said, at the orphanage *rt*ge. the gift without the f^are, is proven to be fact, time nears for the cotnpila"nual reports Indications 'are fcrm. ftSy and poe)try de8 win show no loss. At pre* * a^u Ct,?^ November 28 is Deadline for Coffee Beginning at midnight, November 28 individual* will be entitled to a ration of one pound of coffee each live week*. However, only Lhuau. who were fifteen yeara of ago and above on the date of original registration will be allowed to receive coffee. For families to attempt to secure coffee for those, who definitely wert) not 16 years old qn the first registration date, will be in violation of the regulation. Consumers will get their first pound of coffee by surrendering the last stamp in their War Ration Rook One, the book now used for sugar. Subsequent rations of coffee will be on stamps taken in sequence to the center of the book. In other words coffee will be received by surrendering stamps 28 to 19 in your sugar ration book. It is obvious from the above that only those will be eligible to receive coffee, who now are in possession of War WfiHon Rook One If yon have never received War Ration Book One, which is the sugar ration book, you should do so at once. Without it you will not only be unable to secure coffee, but you will also be unable to receive War Ration Book Two which will be issued in the future for other commodities. If you do not now have War Ration Book One you must come to the Ration Board and secure one before December 16. This is the deadline for securing these books by persons who have ?ever received them, either because they did not register j or because they had an excess of Bugar. All retail sale of coffee will be fro-| zen at midnight November 21 for a week until rationing starts on midnight of November 28. I Institutional Users of Coffee?All boarding houses, restaurants and the like, which serve coffee in connection with meals must register at the local board on November 23, 24 or 26, before they can secure certificates with which to secure coffee. At the time they register such persons must state the amount of cofTee they used in their boarding house, restaurant or cafe during the months of September and October 1942; the amount of coffee they had on hand at midnight November 21, 1942; the names and addresses of persons from whom they purchased roasted coffee from September 1 through October 31, 1942. In all these respects exact information must be supplied.?A. Douglas McArn, for the Ration Board. Ministers Plead For Quiet Christmas If the Camden ministerial group has anything to say about it, the pagan practice of celebrating Christmas with fireworks and firecrackers, is distinctly a thing of the Past. The ministers group of which Dr. Maurice Clrke rector of Grace Episcopal church is president, and which includes Rev. Henry Collins, of the Lyttleton Street Methodist church, Rev. A. Douglas McArn, pastor of the Bethesda Presbyterian church imd the Rev. J. B. Caston, pastor of the First Baptist church, mado their position known in a communication to the editor of The Camden Chronicle last week A copy of the editorial was Resented to Mayor F N. McCorWe. For several years there has been a growing resentment on the part of the public against the desecration of the sacredness of the Yule season by misplaced Fourth of July celebration. Already quite a number ^ communities in the south have prohibited the use of firecrackers and fireworks and Governor Jeffries has expressed his objection to the practice. Washlngton authorities have frankly branded celebrations in which exposlves aro ??fer?eC;. declared that their petition to the city author ities prohibiting the sale and use^of fireworks at Christmas is based upon the^grounds that: First?the hazards In\\tl andlimb and property involved and second, the practice is tlble with thc ren.ioua cr.ncepuon^of ^eT*no^ ..n^ ?l?rV ??* fnT;Tme^rra""tm?a'?p'r|tn They declare that church ?ervlce? eud^ fa? lly gatherings ha? bee flrocrackcr? *?d re^.wSrt*s? *e (Please turn to pace two; Truck Hits Pole; Homes in Darkness the Yates i-ealilcnco ^""'^"^ht pole., and alde-awi^d an el??trlo ?w_ breaking ?. "fht circuitjan ing mttCo(dderable damage w.a done Tthe cofduHs and meter, on the -,^",d^gbtLT^S^..-w?? me retmlra and re.torlng current to th^d.ardkrlT? truck did not The dm damage, but con.ttnued mr mSfcaMC FIFTEEN DWELLINGS TO BE AVA^BLE IN NINETY DAYS' Work upon the $HH?,tHw tl\irty-roow building project in the Sarkfield area In thin city la well under way and the Traxler Real Estate company of (ireenvllle, sponsors of' the project, assert that fifteen of the dwellings will be completed and ready for occupancy by the end of January. l'lans for the, Sarsfield area call for eight homes to be built on East Hampton street, the main highway between the city and Wateree Mill village- twelve homea on DeSaussure street, seven on Lakeview avenue and three on Sarsfield Avenue. East Hampton and DeSaussure streets run east and west while I^akeview and Sarsfield are north and south In direction. The building program further provides for five and six room dwellings, the only difference in them being the additional bedroom In the larger structure. Each home will have & large living room with fire-place, a dining room, kitchen and bath and a central hall wherein one of the latest model central heaters will be installed. The kitchen of the homes to be rented will have electric ranges and electric refrigeration, as well as wall cabinets and sinks also a water heater. According to the scale of rentals, the five room homes are to rent for $35.60 per month and the 6-room dwellings for $41 per month. All have concrete and brick foundations with termite guards and all must be the required distance above the ground, this being one of the stipulations among others of FHA. The interiors will all be of plaster walls, all to be finished in color. Each lot will have fifty plants and pieces of shrubbery planted theron, and all homes will be connected to the sidewalk line with cement ap-" proaches. The plans and specifications of the building were prepared byv J. C. Freeman, Greenville architect and the work is being done under the direct supervision of the FHA office in Columbla. Mannie Fort, Camden contractor, is general superintendent of construe tion; the Bradley. Electric company hiiH (he contract for the sewer and" . fljectrlc installations. All of the material UBed In the construction program Is being purchased In Camden w If possible, while local labor Is being ( used exclusively In all operations. J The Guy Lumber company has the 1 contract for the supplying of the lumber for the construction program, t The city of Camden cooperated in the e housing program by putting In all ( electric and sewer Installations?the 1 latter being under the supervision of ? K. S. Brown. Work is to be started c on a storm sewer project within a t week or so and this will be done un- > der the direction of Superintendent < James Haley of the city public improvement office. The sewer lnstal- ( latlons already in, extend a distance t of nearly two miles and are of 6 and i 8 Inch pipe. The water mains are of j 6 Inch pipe. i David D. Traxler and David G. I Traxler of Greenville are the promoters of the housing program. David , G. Traxler, senior member of the | Traxler Arm, in a statement declared , that all credit for the program goes _ to the Camden Chamber of Com- ( merce. "The Chamber of Commerce , persuaded us of the need of a build- , In* program in Camden and our sub- , sequent investigation was upon the invitation of the Chamber secretary. We have had splendid cooperation ' in our work from the Chamber | office, from C. C. Whitaker, who handled the real estate acquirements; 1 t from Henry Savage, Jr., who 1s our ' legal counsel; from Mayor McCorkle ( and the members of the city council and from Leon Tobin, water and light department head." Mr. Traxler further stated that the twenty houses which will be for rent will be first made available to defense workers. After sixty days, if ; they have not seized the opportunity to rent a home the rental will be of- . fered to the public. According to a press dispatch last week, the Camden housing project i was the last to be approved by the i government until after the war. < $200,000 Damages Asked in Britt Case Complaints in an action asking $200,000 damages have been filed In Richland county court against C. L. Britt, Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc., and the Seagram Distillers' Corporation by J. S. Tldwell, administrator of the estate of James Eward Moore, late Camden resident, and J. T. Dane, administrator of the estate of Evelyn Lane, 17 year old girl victim of an auto crash on the CamdenBishopville road several miles from this city on June 16, this year. According to the complaint the Lane girl, who had been employed as a substitute telephone operator at the Jefferson Hotel, in Columbia, was with Britt and another man in Britt's car when he crashed into the car driven by James Edward Moore. Britt was badly injured in the wreck and it was some time before he could appear before a coroner's jury. The Inquest resulted in a finding that Moore and the Lane girl, had just left Caniden, where Britt had made several calls as an agent for the Seagram company. Moore and his wife were making a turn to drive into the yard of a friend near the turpentine plant on the .Bishopville road when the Britt car roared over a hill and before Britt could control it, crashed into the Moore car. Moore was instantly killed and the Lane girl died a few days later in the Camden hospital. State highway police who investigated the accident reported that Britt must have been traveling at a speed of from 70 to 80 miles an hour when he came over the hill Just before hitting the Moore car. Sheriff McLeod Hurt in Wreck Sheriff J. H. McLeod was injured in an auto accident on the No. 1 highway when he was returning from a funeral Wednesday afternoon. Details of the accident were not available Thursday but it was reported the McLeod car left the highway and turned over. The sheriff is Reported to have received many lacerations and bruises but suffered no broken bones. 8tationed In Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Okla., Nov. 14? Private Carson Tldwell, formerly of Camden, 8. C., is now stationed at the Oklahoma City Air Depot. He is a member of a headquarters squad' ron at this depot, newest establishment of the Air Service Command for the maintenance and repair of aircraft and the training of air depot groups. * ???????? Paper To Be Prtntad Earlier On account of Thanksgiving day falling oh Thursday The Chronicle wM be puWJabed^ oj^ Wednesday eoraaapondenta ars^reqqestpd^to^turn1 Heavy Cadet Line Ripped by Bulldogs An alert, precision-built Bulldog j team made a scrap-collection prize of the proverbial dope bucket by smear- j ing a heretofore unbeaten Carlisle , military Academy team 19 to 0 before a wildly cheering home - cdming throng at Zemp stadium Friday night. ( Carlisle, with an unbroken victory string, was a heavy favorite to topple the lightweight Camden machine. , The visitors resembled a college aggregation so far as beef and brawn were concerned. At no time this Season had the Camden talent faced such a' heavy crew. After a few minutes of play following the kicK-off by Carlisle, the Bulldogs had turned into veritable hornets and their sharp thrusts carried such a sting that in six plays they had taken the ball from their' own 25 yard line in a steady march into , pay dirt. The confidence of the^ Carlisle squad went glimmering as they sought vainly to stem the Camden offensive. With the Bulldogs opening big holes in the heavy forward wall of the Carlisle line the razzle-dazzle of the Camden attack completely demoralized the opposition. A march to the 35 yard line opened the way for a scoring set-up. Freddie Mullen raced 15 yards to carry the leather to the 20 yard line. Two more ground attacks put the pigskin on the Camden 12 and from this point Jack Boykin took the ball on a brilliant triple reverse and roared over for a touchdown. Freddie Mullen was equal to the occasion and added the extra point on a plunge through the line. The second quarter was somewha^ of a repetition of the first wkh Camden again putting oa several parades which were olimaxed by an eightyard advance by Dicky Cox on a spinner play. The heavy-weight champion of the Bulldogs placing the ball on the 3 yard line. On the next (Please turn to page two) Camden Sends Men To Naval Base Camdep can always be expected to break into the newspaper headlines with things of an unpredictable nature. For instance: an octette of Camden gentry pulled out of the community Wednesday, bound for Williamsburg, Virginia, wnere with the exception of one, all will enter the employ of the government on a naval base project In the making at that place. The unpredictable angle to the affair involves the personnel of the group. For instance-i-Clyburn Smith, is city alderman . from. Ward Two: Mendel L. - Smith Is a magistrate? or will be after January 1; John Byrd 1? ? barber: W. P. Thomas is from California, but late of Cafftdcn; while other members of the octette are James Sheorn, substitute rural mail carrier; Miller , Little, Alton Hasty and Lambert DePass, attorney and Master for Kershaw county. The ?i. : .... Air-Raid Drill Was ] Success Says Bonsai ] The ghost towns of the western rontler had nothing on Caimlen for lfteen minutes Thursday morning. ( Y>r a full quartor hour, following the | iCioau)h>K of air-raid sirens the city t Iters I ly folded up. ^ Sixty seconds after the alert had t lounded, the only persons to be seen r >n the streets were men and women a vith the Insignia of the civilian deenfee corps. e These men and women, Including ( ho air-raid wardens, auxiliary police, \ luxillary firemen, nurses, motor corp j Irivera, in fact, all units of the clvilan defense corps appeared as if by e naglc to tako over their respective ? lutles. Pedostrlans scurried for shel- ( er as the sirens began to wall. Auto- ( nobiles pulled to the curb and their B >ccupants hastily rushed to shelters. e Members of the Camden Home e luard took over all street corners in j he down town area and also at the ( ivenues of entry Into the city, stop- ( ;>ing all traffic for the duration. < Squads of guards patrolled through { he business area. Commander W. P. Bonsai, of the j jivilian defense corps, declared that I ] the success of the air-raid drill wasl, outstanding. He stated that from re-1 ] ports received from all control cen-1, Lers and from his own personal ob- L nervation that the affair was the most 11 successful that has been held in Cam-1, ien. . .... L "Camden might have been a grave-11 yard so far as there being any evi-11 deuces of activity on the atreetB out- < side of the defense operatives," stat- ] ed Mr. Bonsai. "Figuratively speak- 1 tng, one could have heard a pin drop i anywhere In post office square, so deep was the silence." ' l( Police on duty at Broad and Do* j < Kalb streets got a big kick out of (' (Please turn to page three) |i Farm Labor Survey I Begins Immediately , The United States Employment ] i Service announced today that county agents .throughout the state would JI distribute questionnaires to farmers I < to be used in connection with a farm i labor Burvey, and that data accumu-C lated would be used as a basis for 11 formulating plans to assist farmers i In meeting their war needs for labor. I < The county agents will mail a i form with an explanatory letter to farmers with a request that the form I, be filled out and returned promptly. I No postage will be needed by the r farmer for returning the form. Thel] survey sheets will be summarized in I the county agents' offices. |j The Employment Service will as^li sist the agents in making the tabula- < tlons, especially In those counties I, where It operates a full-time local j < office and in others where assistance I Is most needed. j The county agents will work under j' the direction of D. W. Watklns, dJ-|! rector of farm extension in South J Carolina, in making the survey. I Practically all the supplies for use in making the study will be furnish-1 ed by the United StateB Employment I Service. The survey Is Intended to show whether there is a farm labor short-1 age in South Carolina, and at the same time determine the farmers'! needs for labor during the remainder of this year and during the next year. Eleven questions are to be answered and there is a space on the form where farmers can make com-1 ments they desire. j Conley B. Kendrick, farm place-1 ment supervisor , for the United States Employment Service in South Carolina, said it was to the direct interest of every farmer to fill out the questionnaire accurately and to | return it promptly. J Women's Old Hose Headed For Scraps I I The collection of women's worn I and discarded silk and nylon hosiery J began In South Carolina Monday, 1 November 18, it was announced by I Mrst C. P. DuBose, chairman of the I Kershaw County Defense Council | Salvage Committee. 1 In a letter to all county salvage I chairmen, Tonquln E. LaGrone, exec- I utive secretary of the state salvage! committee, said that stockings would I be divided Into seven classifications? all silk, all nylon, mixture of silk I and nylon; mixture of silk and ray-? on; mixture of nylon and rayon; j mixture of silk and cotton and mixture of nylon and cotton. I Under the hosiery collection plan announced by the general salvage section'of the WPB, collection centers! will be set up In all retail stores hav- | log women's and misses' stockings ( for sale. j These collection depots will be so designated and will be of a perma* nent nature, according to Mr. LaGrone, The stores will not pay fprj the worn .out hose but women are | asked to bring them In as a dona-! "on-* .... Because of the extremely light] weight of hosiery and the relatively | small value of even a dozen pairs , of salvaged hose, Mr. LaGrone stated it would be unreasonable to expect All stockings turned in ntnst be hosiery libra*, New toST^ ** 1 . . - J " ' . ' ; Much Activity At Red Cross Rooms (By Sadie VonTresqkow) The busiest place in Camden is ho Red Cross headquarters on north Iroad atreet, where daily the pariot ic volunteers in tho splendid york of tho organisation gather to do ? heir share toward promoting the nany effective phases of Red Cross " activities. At the recent meeting of the ex icutlve board of the Kershaw County Chapter, some interesting reports vere submitted by tho respective demrtment heads. Mrs. J. R. Relk, treasurer, reportid the financial situation satisfactory it this time. The report of Mrs, leorge Creed, in charge of the surgical dressing unit showed an intenilflcation of activity with the resultint necessity for additional space md tables for workers, There is a lorslstent cry for "more workers laily" as the local quota is for 77,600 lurgical dressings for September, October and November and to date he total made Is 3,800. A disaster, preparedness and relief nstitute, under the guidance of Miss Helen Wilber Walmsley, field reprejentatlve from Washington, was held November 12. C. Q. Whltaker, Sr., chairman of this committee was congratulated for |he full attendance of lis committee at this meeting. The llsaster, preparedness and relief committee would have charge of all Red Cross work in the event of a Hood, fire, tornado, and in case of a war dls&ster would cooperate directly with the civilian defense corps under the direction of Miss Margaret Fewell. , The report of Mrs. W. H. Harris, chairman of the volunteer Special Services <production, canteen, motor corps, nurses aid and home service corps) indicated splendTd results being obtained. The report showed that 278 volunteer worke.rs served 2,095 hours during the month, Colonel E. C. VonTresckow, chairman of the Camp and Hospital Council, reported that the Camden Day room at Fort Jackson for the 8ervice Unit of the 306 Infantry, 77th division, had been completed and "ik equipped with Camden-made wovehshuck and poplar . furniture. The project was carried out under the direction of Miss Olive Whlttridge and committee, who express appreciation to friends, merchants and societies for the cooperation given. The Junior Red Cross, under tho chairmanship of MIbb Ada Phelps, with the able assistance .of Mrs. Kathleen Watts, reported upon the keen .interest on the part of the young people during the roll call month. It 1b proposed to Install a window display which will depict the work of the Junior Red Cross, this display to be In the window of the Corner Book Store, beginning Friday. w A new course of study is being offered by Miss Virginia Green, the chairman of staff assistance. The house committee, under Mrs. John Wall, is on duty daily to see that all workers are extended every comfort. The making and filling of fifty "kit bags" for service men is to be undertaken by the Chapter. Material for these bags will be furnished by the national headquarters y and they will be made in the production room by volunteer workers under the supervision of Mrs. Sam Russell. When the bags are finished they 'Will be stocked by church auxiliary, club members and individuals who desire to extend happiness to service men as they embark for overseas duty. One dollar will buy Items such as soap, pencils, tooth paste, clgaretts, cards, postcards', sewing kit, needles, buttons and the like. The Junior Red Cross Has taken ten bags and many Individuals are sending In dollars to purchase the filling. Persons desiring to purchase the bags may ' call 96 and leave their names. Mrs. John Wall of the house committee, reports that the parking area In the rear of the headquarters building has been so arranged that there will be no further confusion or. congestion of dars belonging to the Red Cross workers. Mrs. Campbell Stewart will have charge of the knitting room *at headquarters three mornings each week, It Is anaounoed. Visitors at Red Crpss headquarters daring the past month. Include Mr. ' Hicks, field director of finance; Mies Helen Walmsley, disaster relief field director from Washington; Mist Katherlne VanHorn executive secretary of Richland County Chapter; Mrs. Julian Hennlg, coordinator of the- Richland County Chapter; Mrs. Beverly Sloan, home service chair- " < man of the Richland county chapter, and Mrs. Gedrge Cunningham, chairman of the volunteer special service unit of the Richland county chapter.1 rTire Explodes; Fire Follows A big tire on truck belonging ? to a Wadesbord, N. C., firm exploded and hurst into in a nn-Ung lot back of the postoffice Wednesday^ morning. | - The flames threatened' a big Uric at the side of the truck and spectators kept a safe distance while tt-^nre department extinguished the Chiet Buddy Denton, of the Are dethe a too* hi u* p^ktar\ji5^ |j