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t VOLUME 54 CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1942 NUMBER 37
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I SaK'ampaign _
Progressing Well |
ft Tho I'hiraiiufts Soul campaign I
K-hUh koi underway Iuhi week la
r%k,.m a successful start with ln<??-|
|"tlonH that the quota for Camden
I 0d Kt-rshaw county will be exceedI
ed with a record amount,
t The proceeds of the sale go toward
I combating the ravages of the great
I vhite plague and it 1* one of the.outI
(tandi?g charitable campaigns offered
I during the year The success o the
I drive to *??? out tub0rculO8t8 lB
I predicated upon the success attendEt
upon the drive. The greater the
I gale of Christmas Seal stamps the
I greater will ?>e the progress In the
I battle against the great white plague.
I Among the first contributors to the
I seal sale this year were Mrs. W. D.
I rnrrett Mr. and Mrs. Corthel Fonts. |
I. Mr and Mrs. C. C. Whltaker. Sr..,
I Miss Klla Halle, the Misses Gelsen-1
I helmer. Miss Myrle Hast. J. p. Pee- j
I pies, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Bradham,
I Mr and Mrs. Henry Beard, Sr., Miss
I Mary Richey, Mr. and Mrs. George
I MicKle Miss Sarah Mlckle, Miss RoI
aalle Block. Mrs. Sallle Boykln. Miss
I Minnett Boykln. Miss Maggie Brown
I Mrs C. T. Baldwin, Miss Margaret
I Burnet. Mrs. Joe Brunson. Mrs. R.
I b Clarkson, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. DeI
Treville, Mr. and Mrs. John K. deI
Loach. Mrs. E. R. Dixon, E. C. Elliott.
I Miss Elizabeth Gaakln, Mrs. H. GI
Marvin, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Marshall.
I Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McLeod. Floyd
I Rush, J. W. Roland, Mrs. H. S. SteadI
man Miss Sarah Steadman, the
I Misses Leila and Charlotte Shannon,
I Mrs. B. G. Sanders and C. O. Stogner.,
Early purchasers in Bethune were: ,
I Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Brannon, J. D.
I Crawford and Mr. and Mrs. A. K.
I McLaurin,
I In Lugoff early purchasers were
I Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Kirk, Mr. and
I Mrs L I. Gulon, Jr., and Mr. and
I Mrs. W. M. Klrkland. In Boykln the
I first contributors were Mr. and Mrs.
I Lynch I). Boykln and James L. Ste-1
I wart, while at Kershaw the first conI
tributor was F. C. Severs.
lUnionSeryicTWas
I Event of Interest
I a congregation that filled every.
seat in historic Bethesda PresbyteI
rian church, participated in the union
I Thanksgiving service held Thursday
I morning at 8 o'clock.
The Thanksgiving sermon was
I given by Rev. Wallace Edwards, who
I has rcc.1111 v become assistant pastor
I <>f th<- First Baptist church of this
I citv. Mr. Edwards is an able speakei
I ami ( harmed his listeners with his
I present.!1:ion of the sermon.
I All of the Protestant1 clergy of the
I < ity tonk part in the service. ReVi
I A IMcArn, pastor of the
I Preshv, church presided. Dr. |
I Maurii Clarke, rector of Grace EpisI
copal .hutch read the scripture lesI
"on while prayers were offered by
I Rev IF nry Collins of the Lyttleton
I Street Methodist church. Rev. J. B.
I Castn,. ,.f the Baptist church, was
I also present and received the con/
I gratula'ions of many who had not
I seen him since his recent severe
I A large choir made up of choristers
I from the various churches offered
I the musical setting for the inspiring
I service Hymns that were given
I were "America, The Beautiful.
I "Faith of Our Fathers," and "Oh
I God. Beneath Thy Guiding Light."
The offering was presented to the
I orphange funds of the several
I churches. '
j Bee-orations In the church for the
I special service were most effective
I and beautiful.
I A Thanksgiving service was held at
Grace Episcopal church at 10:80
I o'clock and was largely attended.
I Special prayers and appropriate muI
sic were given by Dr. Maurice Clarke,
l.the rector.
iBlaney Man Is
I Killed in Action
I Private Norman L. Hlnson, 26, was
I klllo(^in action In defense of his
leountry in the Western European
I area on November 9, according to
I * telegram received from the adjuI
tant general, hla parents, Mr. and
I Mrs w J. Hlnson, of 1608 Enoree
I avenue, reported yesterday.
Details of Private Hlnson's death
I *?renot included in. the message but,
I according to the telegram, & letter
I Will follow.
I Private llinson vat inducted into
P8 army through hia local selective
|**rvice board here in February. He
I born In ^anbsw county and atleaded
Blaney high school.
City Proud Of
Kendall Mill |
There are several reasons why,
Camden has a feeling of reul pride!
us being (he location of one of thf
mills of the Kendall Company. One!
of these reasons Is that the Kendall j
Company has won the nation's trt-'
bute for Its outstanding spirit of pa-1
trlotlsm and production efTort. An-j
other reason is that the Kendall '
Company has contributed many bun-'
dreds of men to the military services!
of the United States. The third reason
and one that Is applicable to the!
Watereo Mill, local branch of the
Kendall mills has made a generous;
contribution, not only In production'
efTort but also In the contribution of
manpower to the nation's forces.
The Kendall Company has Issued'
an Interesting pamphlet which carries!
on the cover the sentence "You Have!
a Right to be Proud." This booklet!
constitutes a message to the men1
and women of the Kendall Company i
and was prepared to show- them what'
the Kendall men and women are do-!
ing as their share of an immense'
task. It also gives a complete list |
of all Kendall inen and women who!
have left their machines and their
desks to enlist in war services for
duration.
The Kendall Company played a
significant part In the first world
war. The Lewis Manufacturing Company,
Bauer and Black, and Griswoldville
Manufacturing Company, all associated
together In the Kendall
Company, were all large producers
of surgical supplies In those years
1914 to 1918. That experience
brought growth and prestige to the
business and -was invaluable in help-i
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Boy Dies From
Mad Fox Bite
The altruism of 16-year-old Frank
Brazell In attempting to end the
suffering of a mad fox cost him his
life yesterday.
Physicians fought desperately but
hopeless for the youth's life after intense
Pasteur treatment began two
weeks ago and subsequent daily Injections
failed to react satisfactorily.
i
The few rational moments of his
last day of life the boy realized ho
was suffering from rabies and promts- j
ed hospital attendants that he would
not bite them, physicians said.
Brazell was bitten on the nose
when he stopped to put out of its
misery a fox he found lying on the
roadsid^ ditch, suffering from convulsions.
Not until a passing mo-1
torist helped kill the animal could
Brazell disengage its hold.
He was immediately given double
doses of serum for two days, but
yesterday throat constrictions and
convulsions developed.
"The boy was from a rural area
,near Blaney, where the people know !
that no one ever recovers from such j
bites," an attending physician said, j
"He realized he wouldn't live, and,
knew during his few rational mo- j
ments at the last that he had gone,
mad. He knew he would go mad."
In his final moments of sanity, the
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H. C. Tiller Dies
At Home Here
Haskell Cauthen Tiller, 39, died at
his home Saturday morning here after
an illness of two years. He was
born at Bethune but had spent the
greater part of his life at Mayesvllle.
Mr. Tiller was the son of the late
Edmon' E. Tiller and Sara Cauthen
Tiller of Bethune. He was connected
with Tiller Brothers Motor Company
of Mayesvllle before his health
failed. He was a member of the
PTesbyterlan church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Willie
Porter Tiller; two sons, Dick and
William Tllle#r; five brothers, M. C.
Tiller, of Denver, Colorado; P. M.
Tiller, of Mayesvllle; R. Tiller,- of
Marlon, m.; L. R. TITIer, of Durham,
N. C.; three /listers, Mrs. Henry King,
of Bethune; Mrs. R. E. McLeod, of
Durham, S.- C., and Mrs. Frank Lee,
of Hettjune. ' > - < *Funeral
services were held Sunday
afternoon aJt .8 o'clock from the Kornegay
Funeral Home by the Rev.
Wallace Edwards, associate pastor of
the First Baptist church, assisted by
Rev. A. D. McArn, paster of the Be
MOKE SCRAP NEEDED!
Chronicle
Camden, S. C.
The government is asking
the American farmer to dedicate
the remaining weeks
of 1942 to an intensified
Scrap Hunt. Steel mills
need more heavy scrap and,
the farms are one of the
bes{ sources of this type of
metal. We need your further
help in this farm drive '
and in aiding our salvage
committees to continue this
effort throughout the next
few weeks. All salvage
committees are . being instructed
to continue to make
available to the farmer all
their transportation facilities
and manpower and to
cooperate with you in every
possible way. The nation is
looking to the American farmer.
I am sure, with your
help, he will come through.
Donald M. Nelson
Chairman
War Production Board
Typewriter Donated
Red Cross Chapter
(By Sadie VonTresckowj
Ever ou the alert the Red Cross
headquarters, manned by a few "old
faithfuls," kept open house Thanksgiving
Day and were rewarded by
the gift of a valuable?if 1935 vintage?typewriter,
by Mrs. N. R. Goodale,
whose unfailing interest in the
Red Cross dates back to the days of
1917-1919 when, as president of the
Civic League, she assisted the writer
in establishing a chapter here,
and she took the full course as instructor
in surgicals and conducted a
class of colored workers. The typewriter
when put in order will be a
boon to the publicity department.
The following report for a month J
was sent in by Mrs. Johu, deLoach, I
chairman of knitting:
Mailed to the armed forces re-j
cently: Ten navy helmets; nine (
| army mufflers; twenty-nine wrist-j
lets; six ai*my rifle mitts; nine cap:
mufflers; fifteen army helmets; three;
pairs army socks; seven navy sleeve-;
less sweaters; five navy sea boots; j
four pair navy socks; nine pair navy
! rifle mitts; seventy-four army sleeve-J
less sweaters. Sent to Brooklyn
Navy Yard and Army Air Bases in
different parts of the country and the
American Red Cross depot in Sea
| Girt. New Jersey. Packed by Mrs.
McKee Graham.
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Barn Dance At
Armory a Success
| Over one hundred couples and at
least one hundred spectators filled
the Rutledge Street armory Thanks- j
'giving night to attend the old fashion
barn dance that was given under the
sponsorship of Mrs. Walter S. Gaskin j
and Mrs. Maude Bell. The afTair,
was distinctly a square dance event
and in the big crowd, a record for the
season, were many cadeta from the
Southern Aviation School and also
Shaw Field. A seven-piece string
orchestra provided the music for the j
evening and an expert caller took
charge of that part of the program.|
All forms of the old-fashion Bquare1
dance were featured and to the majority
of the dancers proved to be
their introduction to this old fashion
type of entertainment, which Las
swept the country like wild fire.
On Saturday evening another danc-,
ing party was held in this USO center
with the program being given
over entirely to round dancing. The
music was provied by "Sentimental
Southerners" and a large crowd was
present.
Christmas Window
Work of 3 "Joes"
Much admiration has been expressed
by those who have seen the attractive
window display in the Fashion
Shop),! '.This display depicts a
winter scene with a church nestled
on a snow-clad hilltop, while in the
foreground Is a ileigh drawn by a
prancing horse.
>. The window is the work of lfrs.'
Joe Branson. Mrs. Joe Jenkins and
Mrs. Joe Blckweil. T!h? artistic abBthe
Interesting and beautiful Window
display.
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Tin Collection Set
For Wednesday
Camden house wives are urged to
remember that the tin collection will
ske pine*- on Wednesday, December
9. Onvjjmt, day city trucks will start
out early to cover every street In the
cUy and pick up all tin which may
have been placed on the curbing in
front of homes.
Mrs. John Pevlne, chairman of tho
till salvage committee of the county
council for national defense, announced
that the committee is placing
barrels in all of tho grocery
stores of the city and that housewives
with scrap tin, who may not
have their supply available for tho
trucks Wednesday, may leave their
contribution to the drive In thoso barrels.
For the past weok, tho Camden
theater has cooperated with Mtb. Device
in presenting an interesting film
which shows the process of tin collections
and then how it is prepared
to bo used in vital war efforts.
One Killed; Others
Hurt in Heavy Gale
Striking with relentless fury, a
storm of tornadlc proportions swept
South Carolina between 7 and 8
o'clock Tuesday evening leaving in
its path a wake of death and destruction.
While this city was blanketed with
a high gale of wind which littered
tho streets with broken branches and
torrential rain converted the streets
into rivers, the real fury of the blow
was delivered twelve mileB north of
Camden, where a two year old child
was killed and several other persons
Injured.
The storm swept down upon the
area midway between DeKalb and
Westvllle section and leveled a
home and belonging to a negro farmer
named Ernest Collins. Collin s
jwife and three children were in the
(dwelling which collapsed, burying
them under the debris. The mother
and one of the children were rushed
to the hospital in an* ambulance and
two other children were cared for at
the homes of neighbors.
The tornado missed the home of L.
| C. Clyburn, Sr., but demolished the
[Southern railroad station nearby.
When news of the disaster reached
Camden, doctors hurried to the scene.
! Ambulances and Red Cross motor
corps members und nurses also went
to the scene.
In the Lugoff section a heavy hail
[storm accompanied the gale? hall
stones as large as bird eggs falling
for several minutes. There was also
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Hornet Survivor
Here on Furlough
Walter V. Watkins, of the Cassatt
section, who Joined the navy several
years ago, and who has been aboard
the aircraft carrier Hornet, since the
outbreak of the war, arrived In Camden
last Saturday on a thirty days
furlough.
The young man says he saw plenty
of action in the Pacific, but la not alowed
to tell much about the fate of
the boat or the losses, which he j
thinks will be made public from
Washington in a short while. Young
Watkins is a son of J. H. Watkins
and the late Mrs. Watkins, and it was
a happy Dad who received a telegram
to meet his son at a bus terminal
in Camden. The young man
landed recently at San Diego, California,
and made the trip by train to
Camden.
Spike False Rumors
About Killing Hogs
The following telegram was received
today from R. W. Hamilton, state
Admlnstratlve Officer of AAA:
Office of War Information reports
that rumors are prevalent throughout
this state that farmers must
slaughter hogs or have hogs confiscated
by the government. There are
many variations of this rumor. Office
of war informatmn speaking for
OPA, U8DA, and other federal war
agencies denies that there is any
ba^is for such rumors. There are no
government restrictions or penalties
on the killing of hogs for home consumptton.
Office of War Information
further states that such rumors are
apparently Inspired hy German proIHiais
and thai- sars0^meana" Of
publicity vast be /ft kflltog
Camden Prepares
For The "Season"
Oldest wfnter resort In the Carolinas,
established In 1882 when Captain
F, W. Kldredge of Blngh&wtOU,
N. Y., converted the historic Shannon
mansion into the liobkirk Inn,
Cnnulon today faces what promises
to be one of the best seasons In a
decade.
For three generations Camden has
been the mecca of outstanding people
of the east and midwest.
Camden was founded over two hundred
years ago by order of King
George and was first known as "Pine
Tree Hill." In 1733 the name was
changed in honor of Lord Camden, a
British peer.
The Kirkwood, Camden's largest
resort hotel, now owned and operated
by the Ocean Hotel Corporation,
anticipates the best season in many
years. Already early reservations
exceed by a wide margin the total
reservations listed lust season.
Much work has been done at the
Kirkwood grounds and also to the
mammoth hotel. Early arrivals in
the winter colony who trudge the
fairways of the Kirkwood course
dally declare that at no time in the
past 50 years have such superb golfing
opportunities been offered as are
in evidence on the fine links now
under the supervision of the Camden
Country Club.
With the arrival of so many of the
winter residents and guests the
equestrian program is getting under
way. Drag hunts will be in vogue
within a short time while the polo
program will be greatly curtailed this
season there is promise of some interesting
matches to be played during
the holiday season.
One of the questions that is being
asked by the returning winter colonist
is whether the famous Carolina
Cup race will be held the latter part
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Farmers Having
SoilTmproved
L. I. Guion recently completed
terracing a 75-acre field and strips
of grain, one terrace interval in width
have been seeded. Remaining strips
will be planted in corn interplanted
with velvet beans. * Small grain will
be followed by a suitable summer legume
for early fall grazing. Terrace
outlets will bo vegetated to Kudzu
next spring.
Terrace lines were run on the following
farms during November: S.
L. Crolley, M. B. Burns, T. E. Stokes,
R. C. Stokes. C. 13. Mitchell, L. H.
.Catoe, Nick Watts, J. B. McCoy, II.
E. Beard, L. I. Guion and Johnnie
Harris (colored).
j Most of these farmers have completed
construction and have already i
seeded their small grain strips. Rotations
have been worked out for
each field according to soil types,
crop adaptation and the like.
K. S. Tupper, manager of Mulberry
Plantation, states that he baled approximately
160 tons of Kudzu hay
cut from an 80 acre field on the Black
River road. He is using his Kudzu
for general feeding purposes and says
that it solves the roughage problem
at ^Mulberry. This Kudzu was planted*
in 1931 and was first cut in 1934.
Records were kept in 1937 and showed
an average of 2 3-4 tons per acre
of hay. The land was of low fertility
growing in broomsedge and frequented
by shallow gnllies before
Kudzu was planted, according to Mr.
Tupper. This field is vyell protected
from erosion and is prbducing quality
roughage at minimum cost. '
For additional information regarding
Kudzu please contact V. T. Mullen,
Soil Conservation Technician or
W. C. McCarley, County Farm Agent.
Church Deacons
Are Ideal Hosts
A war dinner featuring barbecued
pig, was the unique feature of the
annual appreciation get-together given
by the deacons of the Presbyterian
church to their wives and to the
church elders and their wives Monday
evening in the Sunday school
rooms of Bethesda Presbyterian
church. The porker was given by
Usher Myers and the barbecue feature
was taken care of by. T. Lee
Little who, jddging from the excellence
of the finished product, had an
expert as the chef.
Some forty people gathered around
the tables and the menu, described
En r* - -
Bonsai Warns of
Nazi Air Attack
"It is of Interest to note the spirit
of optimism which prevails, not only
iu Camden, but ulao over thia southeast
area relative to a possible air attuek
by Nazi bombers," said W. K.
Bonsai. Civilian Defense Corps Conimador.
Continuing. Mr. Bonsai stated that
the general opinion seems to be "It
Can't Happen Here."
"Can't it"?
Commander lionsul is of the sau\p
opinion as high military authorities
in Washington who are convinced r
that Nazi bombers will attack the
Atlantic Seaboard. Large Heotlons of
tho public will not believe It will
happen but important air authorities
declare "they'll come over. Any time.
Make no mistake about that."
"Specialists In air defense agree
that there is no way to stop a scattered
raid," said Commander Bonsai.
"It Is impossible to have enough autl-air
craft batteries and Interceptor
planes to keep off every Nazi attacker."
j "It Is anyone's guess why the Nazis
j would come. They cannot attack In
force and they cannot maintain bus-'v
tained ruids. But they could try. to
set up a hue and cry among us with
| their bombs, to pin down more of
| our fighting materlas than are really
| needed. That would be the chief military
Importance of Buch a mission,
j providing they could get our public
excited. Their idea would be to keep
jus overburdened with air defense?
j at far more cost to us than to them|
selves.
j "Further .they could please the
jJaps in retaliation for our raids on
I Tokyo. And as far as the German
people are concerned Herr Joseph
iGoebbels could not have a better dish
to serve than headlines?'Washington
Burning, White. House on Fire, New
York In Flames." This would be his
description of the first wisp of smoke,
no matter how small. As the bornb(Please
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Dates Set For
Sixth Registration
The proclamation of the President
establishes the dates for the sixth
registration as follows r
"The registration of male citizens
of the United States and other male
persons, who shall have attained the
eighteenth anniversary of tho day of
their birth during the periods indicated
below, shall take place In the
United States and the Territories of
Alaska and Hawaii, and in Puerto
Rico, between the hours of 9:00 a.
m and 5:00 p. m. on the days hereinafter
designated for their registration
as follows:'
Those who were born on or after
July 1, 1924, but not after August 31,
1924, shall be registered on any day
enuring the week commencing Friday,
December 11, 1942, and ending Thursday,
December' 17, 1942.
Those who were born on or after
September 1, 1924, but not after October
31, 1924, shall be registered on
any day during the week commencing
Friday, December 18, 1942, and
ending Thursday, December 24, 1942.
During the continuance of the present
war, those who were born on
or after January 1, 1925, shall be
registered on the day they attain
the eighteenth anniversary of their
birth; provided, that if such anniversary
falls on a Sunday or a legal
holiday, their registration shall take
place on the day following that la
not a Sunday or a legal holiday..
All . registrations to be held for
Kershaw county will be at the American
Legion Building, DeK^lb street,
Camden, South Carolina, Selective
8ervice Headquarters, announces J.
Whitaker, Jr., chairman Local Board
No. 46, and M. G. King, chairman
Local Board No. 47.
Mayor McCorkle III;
Trip Is Cancelled'
j Illness struck at the home~of ~
1 Mayor F. N. McCorkle with double 2
force when the Mayor was compelled
to remain indoors the past week because
of a severs cold. His son,
Francis. Jr., who has been seriously
m at the hospital was brought home
last week and Is slowU\4*mvaUecing.
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