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' The Camden Chronicle M , ? , i i VOLUME 64 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER ?7, 1942 \ NUMBER 36 i ? n ii W.i?iiii , i. m i mrnmmm ?y? ? ??" ?? ' Khiu'ii of County ho Sell War Bonds 1V women of Kershaw county and Bu other counties In South Carolina, K preparing to conduct what may Kont. of the biggest, war bond cam. K|Us held in $outh Carolina. ^T^'otnen at War" will be the theiue Hfthe drive, and it will begin in the Kgnty immediately. It will be a peit is aunounced, hot only to enK| the energies of the women of K county in the selling of war Kds, but for emphasizing the vital Kjt women are playing in this counEj'g tremendous war effort. Actually, members of the county tr savings committee point out, K|llioua of women are contributing B this nation's war effort. Obvious Bre the facts that three and a half Billon women are working in indusBr and that thousands are enlisted B the WAACS and WAVES, or workK with the Red Cross. But. as W. P. Bowers, state war ond administrator, said in Columbia Bu week, millions of Housewives are Barticipating in our war effort. He Boted that many of them are expert. B handling the fami}y budget so that B>me of the income can go Into war Bonds regularly under the payroll Bvln^ plan, and he also mentioned Ke great part women have played In Helping collect scrap. "Thousands of them are working Bod sacrificing," he said, "and I know Kit South Carolina, In observing this B*rlod entitled, 'Women at War,' Bill approximately pay honor to them Bod will cooperate with the women Bn all the communities who are goKg to work in this campaign to in* re&se the purchase of bonds." Programs for the drives will vary in He counties, but ih all of them there Bill be special events designed to Bncrense the buying of bonds." Many Selectees Leave For Jackson I White selectees sent to Fort JackBon Induction Station this week from Bamden and Kershaw county Included among many others Joseph W. Benkins, Carl Hymn Schlosburg, WllBiam Mlckle, J. T. Hay, Pierce W. Bantey. all of this city. I The complete list of white selecBees to leave last week were: I Joseph Wilson Jenkins, William Blvo Stokes* Pierce Watson Cantey. Barl Hymn Schloburg, Johnnie Albert Bhompson, Cole Blease Ray, Paul Bt'estlpy Branham, Curtis Walter OuBen, Frank Purvis Stevens,. Carson war Elliott. Fleetwood Klzer MoseBey. Alton Lloyd Moseley and WilBiam Whitaker Mlckle. I James Thornwell Hay, Jessie Bamcs Boykin, Earl Norman Dabney, Blugenp Samuel Pate, Quentian SwyBatt I.owman, Conroy Bullock. WllBiam Douglas Scott. Frank Samuel Blkins Wylie Jackson Mclnvllle and Bovd Eugene Parker. Also Henry BkxHiulria Dowoy, Lewis Childers. Bwliis Willie Grigsby, Yance Hilton. Bohn Franklin Truesdale. Woodford B)avj< Cleveland Lewis Holley, JoBeph c.-irl Faulkenberry. Walter WilBam Morton, Jo^n Lucius Ford, Jr.. Kydp William Cobb, Thomas CauBhen Fb-tcher, Jr., Wallace Brown BHuimpson and Ancle Columbus mall I" Colonel Pickens Cooper, Burnett rchi. McGougan, Burl JefTerson rup^dale, James Henry Jackson, Broads Ghent, Stephen Richards fcCrao and Charlie Lee Frost Wal'pr Sahders, James William Bordati Arthur Leo Craig, Cleaver off John Boykin, Curtis William Bineent. Steve Westley West, Andrew Jackson Jones, Robert Evans iurmo Charles Crawford Mosier, Bohn Lee Roberts. B It was stated Thursday that Carl ymn Schlosburg had been rejected n account of being overweight. It as said he was 125 pounds over the Maximum weight acceptable by the army. Camden Air Drill Pleases Official John B. R^oMillati, formerly.of the south Carolina Public Service Commission and now lliason officer of 'he State Council for National Defense, saw Camden's daylight air-drill Thursday and had only words j* praise for the efficiency displayed by the civilian defense workers and 'he amazing spirit of cooperation extended by the public. 1 ?pent the entire period of the 'est drill In walking over the downI 11 area." he said, "and the speed in which the streets were evacuated by civilians was outstanding. There *as no confusion or hesitation on 'he part of civilians in seeking shelters The speed with which the alrid wardens, ""auxiliary poltfce and Bremen and the home guard took over was surprising. 1 have, during the time I have acting in my capacity as lliason otTicpj- witnessed many air-raid drills, I want to say that none were so ell carried out as the Camden drill or last Thursday.** ' , _ McGrew Geta Promotion New Cumberland, Pa? Nov. 21? ?econd Lieutenant O. E. McOrew, 42 ***' Calhoun street, Bumter, 8. 0? onnel offlfcer, New Cumberland viiartermaster Depot, waa "promoted gently to First Lieutenant. Prior H.Ueut MoOrew ,betas ordered to J?'ive duty March IS, IMS, he was Business Men Angry Over Parking Laxity Business and professional men. with offices and stores on DeKalb street are up in arms over the practice of Fort Jackson employees leaving their cars parked throughout the day along the DeKalh street curb. A check of the cars parked along JDel?alb street near the Savage building several days ago showed that four cars were parked in that limit area from an early hour in the morning until after 6:30 at night. This was not a one-day episode but occurs daily. The owners of these cars drive from their homes, park their cars and then get into one car and make the trip to Fort Jackson. It is a Bhare-your-ear idea, but because of the parking of cars for the day in such a prominent place in the downtown area, it is not greeted with much enthusiasm on the part of professional and business men who have places of business in the Savage building or in othef places nearby. The owners of the objectionable cars not only take up the parking space required for persons engaged, in a legitimate business, but in nearly every case, the cars are parked at such an angle that they take up nearly double the amount of parking space as would be required if they parked doubly. Councilman Clyde Massebeau, who holds the ofTice of police commissioner, has come to the rescue of the business men and has listed the at*ea around the Savage building a three-hour parking limit on all week days with the exception of Saturday when the parking limit is one hour. A sign designating the three- hour limit has been installed in the area. Mr. Massebeau states that not only will the parking limit be enforced, but cars not parking properly within the angle lines will be tagged by the police. This same regulation of angle parking also applies to the poM office area, where such carelessness has been in evidence in the past several months. The extraction of a one dollar fine from motorists who park illegally is expected to have a salutatory effect. Commissioner Massebau has also taken steps to put a stop to the practice on the part of taxi drivers of congregating at the corner of Broad and DeKalb streets.. There have been ntftny complaints of loafers on this corner. The commissioner calls attention to the fact that the building used as a taxi line headquarters on DeKalb street has been removed and will be stored at the city lot and used only when needed for defense or other municipal affairs. The building was originally ? built and placed in front of the postoffice and was used for 'defense activities. Flying Cadets To Have Turkey Feed While Thanksgiving day will he "just another day" in the lives of the cadets at the Southern Aviation flying plwt\ here, it will, however, be highlighted by a genuine simon-pure turkey day dinner. Sumptions portions of gobbler, with both white and dark meat, dressing and giblet gravy, together with all the other trimmings that go with a real Thanksgiving dinner, will be the order of the day at the post mess halls. r' , Even the most carefully arranged Thanksgiving dinner would be'a flop with one item being omitted?that is pumpkin pie and the cadets of the Camden flying school are going to get real old-fashion pumpkin pie and plum pudding for dessert on Thursday. Let us peep Into the kitchen of aviation post early Thursday morning and see what Mrs. Gertrude Zemp, post dietician, is giving the boys for that day. For breakfast we see that the menu provides oranges, fruit juice. O boy! Hot cakes and honey, Yum! Yum! The breakfast menu is topped off with coffee and milk. Now for the big event of the day ?the Thanksgiving dinner. The menu teads something like this: celery, olives, pickles, oyster cocktail, crackers. Roast turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce, rice, giblet gravy, creamed cauliflower, garden peas, hot rolls, butter. Pumpkin pie, plum pudding fruit punch, milk, assorted candies, nut*. As if this would not All the tummies for at least the balance of the day Mrs. Zemp has prepared a lunch menu that is a honey. The menu reads: tomato and lettuce salad, grilled pork chops, baked potatoes, pickled beets, hot muffins and butter, raisin pie and tea. We venture to say the cadets at the Southern Aviation post will fare better from a gastronomic standpoint than a great majority of the civilian population. Union Thanksgiving Services The regular Annual Union Thanksgiving services will be held this year in the Bethesda Presbyterian church, Thursday morning, November 26, at 8 o'clock. -The sermon will be delivered by Rev. Wallace Edwards, associate pastor of the Camden Baptist chprcb. The ministers and congregations of all other churches are cooperating. 8peclal music will be provided by the choir of the Presbyterian church. The jrabllc la Invited to] worship at this service. The Amuon river la 4,000 miles la T ~ m i*i ^ ~ _ ~ ' ' 1 * *" " i --Lv Coffee, Sugar and 1 Ration Books On November 29. stamp number 27 In your ration t>ook will be good for ' the purchase of one pound of coffee. 1 This pound of coffee must last you i for ttve weeks. Parents are advised < not to try to secure coffee on the ra- i tion books of any members of the I family not actually fifteen years old on May 4. as they are Ineligible to ? receive coffee. There ure two matters not gener- 1 ally understood in connection with the rationing of sugar and coffee, i First, the ration books of any members of a family who have entered the armed services or who have died i must be returned at once to.the local ration bQard. If your husband, or son has joined the army you have no right to keep his ration book In your possession and use it to secure sugar or coffee. The same Is true of a woman who has Joined the \V. A. A. C. Second, persons who take as many as twelve meals a week regularly at a boarding house, cafe or hotel, ar^ not supposed to use their ration books for securing sugar or coffee so long as this arrangement for receiving meals exists. A person who receives as many as 12 meals a week from a boarding house, cafe or restaurant is directed to place his or her ration book in the hands of the manager of the boarding house or cafe, and allow it to remain there so long as he receives his or her meals there. While the ration book Is in the hands of the boarding house keeper or the owner of the cafe It is not to be used by that person to receive either sugar or coffee, as both of these are allowed for institutional use. When a person ceases to get his meals at the boarding house in question his book la returned to him with the proper number of sugar and coffee stamps removed therefrom by the manager of the institution.?A. Douglas McArn, for the .Ration Board. Smith Urges All To Report Fires (By Li. IS. SmHk, Covmty Ranger) There are five forest lookout towers in Kershaw county and the purpose of these towers Is that they provide a place for a watchman to constantly scan the areas of forest land for any signs of smoke that may appear. These towers are connected by forest service telephones to the forest Warden's homes, to the county Ranger's residence and office and to the local telephone office, the call numbers of the Kershaw county forest protective association are listed in your local telephone directory. Therefore, any telephone in Kershaw county can be used to report any forest fire in the county. The Kershaw county forest protective association respectfully requests all citizens who observe a fire to noYifv us immediately in order that the fire can be brought under control as quickly as possible. We appreciate all calls concerning any fire,' this together with our tower men will give us a better check as to the location and what type of woodlands that are burning. I want to urge the citizens of Kershaw county to cooperate with their 1 county fire control organization. I feel that this will be of great help in reducing the acreage lost in forest fires. We wish to assure everyone that your report calls will be very cordially received and that your Ranger and Wardens will respond to your fire call at the earliest possible moment. Remember "Careless Matches Aid the Axis." Dempsey Stogner Aviation Cadet Maxwell Field, Ala.. Nov. 19 Dempsey Stogner. son of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Stogner, Sr., of 1215 Broad street, Camden, South Carolina, is now enrolled an aviation cadet in the huge Army Air Force Pre-Flight for Pilots at Maxwell Field, located on the outskirts of Montgomery, Alabam a. Here cadets will receive nine weeks of intensive military, physical and academic training preparatory to beginning their actual flight instruction at one of the many primary flying schools in -the Southeast Army Air Forces Training Center. Cadet Stogner is a graduate of the Camden high school and attended Draughon's Business College, Columbia, South Carolina. He had been in the Army for 14 months when he was appointed an aviation cadet in the Army Air Forces. He has a brother in the United States Nary. Many-Housewives Caught Napping Camden housewives who were remiss In keeping up their supply of coffee found that they were powerless to stock up this week. The nation-wide edict in the freezing of all coffee sales for one week Went into effect ?<ast Saturday night. When coffee Is obtainable next week It will be only through the medium of a ration coupon. Housewives also found that' butted had become very scarce following the freezing of 60 per cent of the commodity in storage last week. Advices from Washington indicate that the rationing of meat would begin in January and that the weekly amount would be two pounds. j : l f %. 1 ! " . 'T" * ***> ? * Gaffney Team Is Routed By Bulldogs - * , They all had a chance to slrut their stuff up at Gaffney last Friday afternoon. Coach I.ituisay lMerce of i the Camden liulldoK talent uaed ev- i ery member of hie aquad and nar- ' rowly missed sending the water boy i Into the fracas. t The game was a romp for thevRull- I doge?Gaffney offering a team thai was just a fraction over a degree of being a powder puff. The final count i was 38 to 0 but that does not represent by any means the comparative i rating of the two teams. Gaffney has had a most disastrous i !>n and being a mill town has a f football fans who will go high and handaome for a winning , but will not move from the y fireside or the afternoon with frown Sisters via radio to watch Ing outfit stumble over the turf, so for that reason, the Gaffney es had only a handful of rooters e stands to watch the debacle, d the fans any Idea of the brlli>lay to be dished up by the Cam. ea, .undoubtedly quite a fewwould have turned out to spend ifternoon In a nice football stakie Cox was the shining light le Camden attack and scored jf the Bulldog touchdowns with limed air shots. He also added nt with a neat place kick. <8 Parker, Jack Boykin and Waalso contributed to the Camden thfoist with pay dirt gallops. Boykin rung up the longest Jaunt of the afternoon?a 37-yard ramble on a triply reverse play which sent him skit-1 tering around left end over the last chalk line. , Gaffney never threatened and when the Camden co^ch found that there wasn't any sense in worrying over the result of the party he began to shoot his reserves into the battle line. Every laddie on! the Camden squad saw action, some of them for the first time this season. And every one demonstrated that Camden will have a fine team in 1943. Gaffney has played nine games this season. Six defeats, two wins and a tie represent the result for 1943. On the other hand Camden has played ten games, winning seVen, losing two and tying one. The Bulldogs, after taking opening games from Darlington and BrooklandCayce, ran into trouble with Sumter and later succumbed to Lancaster. Then came an unbroken string ofi win$ with Harding high of Charlotte, Ore^aeburg?a tie with Chester and vftftones again with Hartsvme, Carlisle and GafTney bowing before the improved Camden eleven. The Camden team that mowed down the Hartsville, Carlisle and GafTney teams was a far different aggregation than bowed to Sumter and Lancaster earlier in the season. | A second meeting with these two teams would mean some real thrills and possible Camden wins. Mills and Schools Helping Red Cross (By Sadie K. VonTresckow) > Hill Crest school observed Armistice Day with a program featuring exercises by the Junior Red Cross members of the institution and an address by Major Moultrie Brailsford. chairman of the Kershaw County Chapter. A class of Civilian Defense personnel has been organized for First Aid Instruction which will be given at once in cooperation with the O. C. D. First aid stations have been established at both the Wateree and Hermitage Mills. These stations arq well equipped and are provided with cots, chairs, tables, lavatory and heat. Mrs. S. M. McCaskill, a trained nurse. Is In charge at the Wateree Mill and Mrs. Abbott Goodale. at the Hermitage Mill. Other stations In Camden are the Base Auxiliary Hospital at the former Hobkirk Inn; one at the old Kennedy Home on Fair street, under Mrs. Thelma Moody; and one at the Armory on Rutledge street, under Dr. J. P. Pickett. The Red Cross Chapter works in clbse coopertlon with the O. C. D. Fifty-eight classes In first aid have recently been completed In the city and county and four are now being conducted. Three classes In first aid have peen graduated at Wateree and one class at the Hermitage Mill. Police Judge Orders Not Guilty Verdict A directed verdict of not guilty was returned by a Jury in police court last Monday in the case of J.Ernest Roberts, a taxi driver who had been charged with a violation of the city ordinance governing the operation of taxi cabs. ( The case was tried before Judge j Oliver Rice. Complaint against Roberts had been made by Birnie Hlnson, owner of the Mercury Taxi line, who claimed .that a group of musicians had been driven from a local dance spot to the Seaboard passenger depot and there transferred to a ?ar driven by Ttobertrnid taken to Columbia. Jndge Rice, after hearing the testimony of the plaintiffs witnesses, directed Che not guilty verdict, hold' lug there had been no violation of a city ordinance. His contention waa baaed upon the fact that the aUeged violation occurred outside of the city Army Seeking 1 Trespass Rights 1 Army officers of the Fourth 8ur rice Command aud Claim* Hoard i from Fort Jackson wore in confer- i auce at the Chamber of Commerce I Tuesday on matters pertaining to the I dual drive being made this week to i secure the signatures of the remain- < lug land owners in Kershaw county who have not signed the maneuver i rights permission form. This form " grants the United States Army the privilege to maneuver on 'this laud until July 1, 1947. < Major Foster W. Hells, president of the Claims Hoard declared that a majority of the land owners In Kershaw county had responded to the army's request for maneuver rights but urges that the remaining non-signers cooperate by mailing in the permission cards which have been sent them. That portion of Kershaw county east of routes 97 and 621 and west of route 341 is the area in which the army is securing the maneuver rights. Trespass rights for the remaining part of the county have already been secured. Lieutenant David D. Page is the army representative who is conducting the final drive to obtain the signatures of land owners who have not signed. The Chamber of Commerce hopes that property owners will respond to the government's request by signing and mailing in the cards, thereby eliminating the necessity of personal contact with land owners. By signing and mailing in the cards the land owners will he performing a patriotic duty and at the same time would be secqre In their knowledge that they would be recompensed for any damage which would result from the use of the land, according to the Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber advises that Governor R. M. Jefferles, Adjutant General James C. Dozier and Major G. Heyward Mahon, chairman of the South Carolina Council for National Defense, are cooperating for the acquisition of land for the maneuver area. Charge Negro With* Rape of Infant Kershaw county authorities are looking for Jimmy Williams, colored, who is wanted on a charge of raping a four year Qld negro girl Inst week. Williams is said to navd enticed the infant into going with him on a promise of buying her an 1ce cream cone. Complaint was made by the mother of the child and following an examination by a physician, a formal complaint was made to Magistrate Clint Davis who issued a warrant for the arrest of Williams. According to the authorities, it is believed that7 Williams has fled, as no trace of him has been found up to date. Williams has boen arraigned in court on a number of occasions and In two other appearances the chnrge has involved sex crimes. The first time he was arrested he was charged with the rape of a 12 year old girl, who it is said, was a mental case. This occurred over the fiver near Lugoff. When Williams was brought before Magistrate Davis five witnesses took the stand to give testimony against him. He was tried at the following term of court and was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary. Williams served but two years of the sentence according to the record, being released on parole by Burnett R. Maybank, then governor, who It is said acted upon the recommendation of John M. Glenn, "who was In charge of the .state penitentiary at the time. The paroling of Williams excited much unfavorable public comment. On January 21, Williams again was arrested on a charge involving a sex offense. He was charged with disorderly conduct and paid a line of $26. A colored girl, arrested at the same time, spent six days in Jail and was then released upon payment of^ a $6 fine. Heat Wave Broken On Sunday Evening Temperatures which have prevailed jln the midsummer brackets for the ^past week or more became more seasonable when the mercury began downward trend Sunday night Temperatures ranging up to 94 degrees broke all former records for November, so far as the government readings are concerned. The heat wave was not confined to the south as reports from the midwest and east central areas showed unprecedented readings of 69 to 70 degrees? over 21 degrees above normal. Sunday night the downward trend of the mercury produced a drizzle of rain which continued throughout the night and all day Monday. At times the drizzle turned Into a rainfall. Farmers greeted the rain with much satisfaction. Captain Yates New Texas ?_ Camp Howse, Texas, Nov. 20?Captain Cornelius H. Tates, Jr., from Camden, S."C.; has reported for duty at this camp and has been' assigned to the Mth Infantry Division to be activated here In December. BrisK dier General Alexander B. Anderson City To Collect Tin v Cans December 9 Mm. John Devlne, one of the outstanding winter residents of Camden tuul who has taken part In all leadIiik civic activities for jmany years, Itaa been designated as chairman of the tin can collection division of tho civilian council for defense. Mrs. Deylne this week announced that a city wide collection of tin cana . would take place- on --Wodnttilfifi? l>ecembor 9, when trucks of the city public works department will travel over every street of the city. , Mrs. Devlne requests that all tin cans he properly prepared for collection and placed in suituble reoeptacles on the curb In front of the respective homes. In explaining the proper preparation of tin cans, M'?Devlne pointed out that the paper covering or label may ho removed by dipping the can Into warm water, then with the use of a can opener cut off the lower end, the top end having already been removed, The* place on the door and step on It to make It Hat. The government urges that hammers not be used It Is also pointed out that cans used Tor varnish, oil or grease are not to he placed with those prepared for col?The city trucks will start with the collection of the cans early on ma morning of December 9, and for that reason. Mrs. Devlne urges all'housewives to place the cans on the euro in time to be picked up. Holiday Jam Likely For Christmas Mail The bulk of Christmas mail roust be in the post offices by December X this year if deliveries on time be assured, according to Smith W. Purdum, second assistant Postmaster General. Mr. Perdum Is responsible to Postmaster General Frank C. Walker for smooth and efficient air and railway mail service. Unprecedented wartime demands on the postal and transportation systems, plus a prospective record volume of Christmas mailings, were cited by Mr. Purdum am naeeesitattag " earlier mailings than ever before. "It is physically impossible for the railroads and air lines, burdened with vitally important war materials, to handle Christmas mailings as rapidly as in normal times," Mr. Purdum said. "If the bulk of parcels and greeting cards are held back until the usual' time?the period of about December 15 to 23?they simply cannot bo distributed In time, and thousands of gifts will reach their destinations after Christmas." In 1941, about 21,950 mall cars were required between December 12 and 24 to deliver Christmas malls? enough cars to make a train 270 miles long. This year, the extra cars needed to move holiday malls are largely being used by the armed services. and a Revere shortage Is in prospect. The postal service usually borrows alKxit 2,500 trucks from the Army and other Government agencies, and rents about 10.000 from private owners, to handle the Christmas maila. This year. It will be extremely difficult to obtain enough of these vehicles to meet even a substantial part of the need. The Army needs its own trucks and private owners are reluctant to let someone else use their tires. Railroads are cooperating by converting some hundreds of steel box cars and similar equipment for mail transportation, and Joseph B. Bastman, Director" 6f Defense Transportation, has ordered that uneccessary travel be curtailed to the limit during the holiday season. But these measures cannot assure deliveries of gifts on time unless the public cooperates by mailing early and thus spreading the transportation load over a longer period than usual. Mr. Purdum called attention to the task of the post office department in moving millions of piecbs of mail every day to and from soldiers, sailors and marines throughout the world, i This extraordinary Job must be kept . r current, even while the holiday rush of mailings Is handled. Also, he pointed out, the postal establishment is operating with many thousand* of Inexperienced personnel, employed to take the place of men called to the i armed services. The new employees naturally cairaOFTiandle the ly>ltday mall Jam with the smoothness aid speed of the postal veterahs whom they replace. In view of all these handicaps to the service, Mr. Purdum added, postal patrons should mall 'their gifts by December L if they wisb to insure that their frienda will not be disappointed at Christmas. FRED IJ08EPH SHEHEEN NOW 1 A 8ECOND LIEUTENANT Fort Benning, Ga., Nov. 17?Fred Joseph Sheheen, of Camdep, South Carolina, Jnas commissioned a second lieutenant i% the army of the United 8tates today* upon completion of the Officer Candidate Course at the Infantry School at Fort Benning. Lientenant Sheheen is the son of Mr. snd Mrs. A. Sheheen" of 408 Rutledge street, Camden* 8. O; The new Ueu tenant enlisted into the army on October 18, 1940, and served with the Company "M" 118th Infantry Division before goihg to of- ? Scan Candid Ate School three months Xt^Mb^rsUL.8^s#r; ri ,TV .V..X '.Ij ilS'-o"-? ' y-i.. a