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The Camden Chronicle y . :( VOLUME 64 " ' v CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA,1 FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1943 ~ NUMBER 4^" ' ' f i i II 1 II I. I IK L.11 1._ .11. I?I III mmmmmmmf I. ' ' ' " D. I Don't Write Soldiers I you Don't Know (Hy Sadie VonTresckow) The secretary of war states (hat I .spies have hoe" known to use letter I writing to soldiers they did not know I t0 obtain military information. Therefore the war department haB I notified all American Ked Gross Home I service Departments that there must I |u. no more writings to unknown I lonely" soldiers, done heretofore in I good faith, and urges civilians to I write only to soldiers to whom they I are known. I The Kershaw County Chapter of I ihe Red Cross wishes through the I columns of The Chronicle to thank I the twelve employees of" the Duke I power Company at Wateree for their I unusual generosity In pooling their I individual Christmas gifts to each other and presenting the sum of $22 I to the local Red Cross. Frank Heath of the Chamber of Commerce, was I the intermediary and presented the gift to the chairman. Major Moultrie IprailBford. for Die Chapter. The month of January ushers in the intensive campaign, ending on March 31. for the War Fund of 1943, for the American Red Cross. As dai ly reports over radio and press dls1 patches come from officers, soldiers, inhabitants of all the strange places involved in this global war, of the wonderful and varied work and serIvices ef the Red Cross and its representatives in foreign fields, we know the campaign will go "over the I A speaker's bureau will be set up at once, the following having offered their services for one or more short talks on the Red Cross, its work and j needs: Major A. Moultrie Brailsford.j Oliver Rice; Mrs. VonTresckow; Mrs. Kathleen Watts, Mrs. Marie Tlndal; Father Burke; M. H. Heyman; Mayor McCorkle; Dr. , A. W. Humphries; Mrs. D. M. Mayes; Rev. Douglas Mc Arn. Dr. Maurice Clarke; Mrs. W. In Griesby; Mrs. J. C. Ewing; Rev. Ifi. W Edwards; Miss Helen Phelps. I County chairmen: Douglass Mayes: Mrs. W. D. Grigsby; Miss May Boykin; Mrs. Claude West; Miss Ul Richards; Mrs. J. Team Gettys; Sirs. A. E. Miller; Mrs. W. H. Stokes: Shelby Truesdale; Mrs. Paul Birown; Mrs Ira Ellle; Mrs. John Ktevens; Mrs. Vernon Hammond. Mrs. Ralph Chase, chairman of the | ^production Corps, asks that mufflers,] ^helmets and wristlets be knitted as j ?W*>on as possible and returned to the ^ led Cross headquarters, as new ; lUota is expected dally and old quoas must be packed and shipped. Volunteer workers In all the series are urged to come and help, so^ hat 1943 will be a banner year for Ie Kershaw county chapter. rayer program postponed| At a meeting of the ministerial oup Thursday morning, the proam for the week of prayer, scheded to be held next week, was dissRf(} and in view of the fact that formation essential to the program Hs his not arrived, It was decidpostpone the week of prayer CI later. Announcement of the w time will be made in the press. Accidental deaths in agriculture erage about 4.200 a year. k * you. Buf Wdk .U lli BOAIDSJ The tradition of Amerieaa wvilry breads back to Indian warfare daya ind although modern armiea are ?fgely motorized today, the cavalry 'tul plays an important rola. Sturdy, trained horses and excellent ^uipment and trappings are necesiStry. w-e Bs t When men ane in the saddle for j > ours, their saddles, saddle rolls and < ?0" equipment must be made Jfr 1 m*** the *?crrnOo^HK>?$*aw? ] and helmets, the equipment < mT ^ cavalryman runft into ban- i Ff^ af Mm. 'IHJMJRip pro- t de this ^jrith your W^Bond pur- a James E. Vaughan Called By Death Camden friends and acquaintances of Jamou English Vaughan, Jr. of West Palm Beach will regret to luurn of his death which occurred Monday, December 21, at West Palm Beach. Mr. Vaughan died Monday at 1 p. in., of a heart attack. The funorul was held Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock and Interment took place at Woodlawn cemetery at West Palm Beach. Mr.? Vaughan leaves his wife, Mrs; Mary D. Vaughan; three daughters, Mrs. E. "Burke, Jr., of Fort Lauderdale, Florida; and the Misses Phyllis and Betty, of WeBt Palm Beach; three brothers, Frank, Lewis and Belton, of Atlanta; a brother, Malcolm, of New \oi;k City; a sister, Mrs. J. Itoss Cheshire, of Atlanta and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Vaughan, Sr., of Atlanta. Mr. Vaughan's death came Just three weeks after he had written a letter of appreciation to Mr. Heath, of the Camden News 8ervlce relative to the story of the first football team In Camden. In his letter to Mr. Heath, Mr. Vaughan expressed his desire to come to Camden in the hear future at which time he said to have the pleasure of meeting you and swapping stories with you about Milwaukee and Camden. In the same letter Mr. Vaughan Bpoke of his father and mother, the former 92 years of age and the latter 87, and also of the fact that they had been married for 68 years. Mr. Vaughan's Interest in the story written by Mr. Heath concerning Camden's first football team was due to the fact that he was a member of that team and appeared in the picture that was taken a half century ago and which was used in the story that was released from the news service of Mr. Heath. Grocery Store Managers lYartted % There is a need in the Naval Service for several men who have had experience as a manager of a retail grocery store, it was announced today by the Columbia Office of Naval Officer Procurement. Lieuteant E. H. Davis, officer In charge stated, "There is an urgent need for several men to be assigned to duty as Commissary Store Officers at various Naval establishments. These men may be stationed either within or beyond the continental limits of the United j States. In order to qualify for this billet, a candidate must have outstanding personal characteristics, including good personality, good appearanee and bearing. He must have definite officer-like qualities, and, of course, must be physically qualified in accordance with Naval standards. The professional record of the candidate must unqualifiedly show that he has ability and that he has in the past served well in a managerial and supervisory capacity. A candidate must have had at least five yearB substantial, practical experience as manager of a retail grocery store which has an annual sales volume of not less than $260,000." It was further declared by Lieut. Davis that, in order to qualify, a candidate should be between the ages of 32 and 60 and should have successfully completed at least two years at an accedited collage. Qualified men who are Interested in this classification should immediately contact the Office of Naval Procurement, which is located In the new Library Building of the University of South Carolina. Square Dance At Armory a Success The Rutledge street armory was the" acene of a pleasant old-time square dance -Jamboree Wednesday night from 9 until 1 a. m. Thursday morning. Music was provided by a string band from Columbia. . Cadets, soldiers and sailors, home for the holidays and many civilians, numbering several hundred, enjoyed the hours of M* provided by the oldtime dance numbers. The square dance craxe has gripped 3amdJ* dancers strongly and artrrahgbmenta are being made to hare hemVfrW?* intrral. during the The dance wee sponsored by the ft. P. A. with Mr.. May O. Oaskin *d Mra. Jeaenette Bell In elien* Home Completely j Destroyed By Fire . - . Fire, following an explosion, destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hlackmon on U. S. Highway No. 1, midway between city limits and the Southern Aviation Flying school ut 2:30 o'clock Thursday morning of last week. The Bluckmon family had left" the house Wednesday afternoon to drive to Darlington to spend Chrlstmus with relatives. The dwelling, owned by Mrs. I^ou Ua Moyer, who resides Just south of the destroyed property, stated she was awakened by a noise which sounded like an explosion. Upon looking out the window she Saw that the rear of the building Just east was in flames. She telephoned an appeal for help to the Camden flr/a department and apparatus was quickly on the scene, permission to leave the city being granted by Mayor McCorkle. Because of a lack of water, the firemen were uuable to save any part of the building, which with its contents, was completely destroyed. Mrs. Moyer carried a small amount of insurance on the dwelling. Most of the household furnishings belonged to the Blackmon family, who moved into the place about two months ago. It is not known whether there was any Insurance coyerage, on' this. ' Mrs. Blackmon is a nurse in the employ of the county health department. Hundreds of Tots Are Made Happy The Christmas program, given in the Rutledge street armory last Wednesday under the auspices of Mrs. Mary Ella Gaskin and Mrs. Jeannette Bell of the WPA proved to be interesting and provided much happiness to the more than one hundred little children who were guests of the occasion. -Mrs. Gaskin wap narrafc<Mu*ot<*, beautiful Christmas story and her word picture caused the little folks to sit in deep interest througout the J recital. Then came the singing of Christmas carols with Mrs. A. C. MpKain and Mrs. M. G. Huckabee as pianists. A large cedar Christmas tree, liberally sprinkled with electric lights and trimmed In blue and silver and carrying gifts of fruit, nuts and candy for the little folks drew many exclamations of Joy from the guests.. The fine program prepared by Mrs. Gaskin and Mrs. Bell made Christmas a real joy to scores of little folks who otherwise would not have enjoyed the delights of a Christmas tree and in many cases would not have received any gifts. Canned Foods On Ration List I More than 200 kinds of foods, ranging from applesauce to soup, will be strictly rationed under plans the government announced recently. With a few exceptions, all canned frozen and wiried fruits and vegetables and soups will require ration coupon "points" for civilian purchase starting in February. Civilians will have available only a little more than half of the amount of these foods that they have consumed in recent years. Food Administrator Wickard said. A point system of rationing, similar to England's, will be used by means of the new war ration book No. 2. Each individual will have a certain number of points to spend every month. In buying a can of corn, for example, the purchaser will give the grocer a coupon carrying the "point value" fixed for corn at the time of the purchase. The long list of processed fruits and vegetables thus will Join sugar and coffee among foodstuffs and under rationing. Meat and certain of the food fats products, such as butter and shortening are generally expected to be added to the list later. "Next year our armed forces and our fighting Allies will need about A., quarter of all the food that wt produce," Secretary Wickard explained in rnflffryedit ?a to the nation. \ carried on all networks. "Everyone will not get as much ot every kind of food as be or she , wants, \yfcere may not be aa much pleasure In eating hut there will be enough for aa tltmii aa* healthy i diet (Please turn to page tear) Kirkwood Receiving Reservations Daily Prospective guests who have made deflnlte reservations at the Kirkwood Hotel, which opens January 15. for the season Include: Dr. and Mrs. J. Hodge Peters, of New York City; Mrs. Wallace 1. Ke$>, of Ixjckport, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrf, Rodney S. Jarvls. of Great Barrlngton, Mass.; Mrs. W. R. Craig and family, of Mocksvllle, N. C.; Miss E. Caven Hensel. of Ardroore, Penn. Also Mrs. C. G. MeminUiger, with Mgdarae Dugas, of Asheville, N. C.; Mr. a*d Samuel 6. Campbell. Mra t>a?l#on Dana and Mrs. Orlando Dana, of Knglewood, N. J.; Bartlette F. Kenney, of Newtonvllle, Mass.; Mf, and Mrs. Arthur Whitney, of Doug Island and Henry Duck, of New York. The Kirkwood. In the hands of renovators for the past month, never presented a more attractive appearance than It does right now. The mew management has given a careful scrutiny to the entire structure and premises and guests of past years, who have made reservations for the 1943 winter season, will be gratified at' the splendid appearance of the popular hostelry. i ^tn attractive booklet, entitled | "Vacation Notes", has Just been lssh4d by the hotel and gives a com.jfrahensive review of the location, weather, special atmosphere, general Information, sports, entertainment with a listing of rates. Under the head of entertainment the hotel Is scheduling teas, dancing in the grill,, weekly dancing and other varieties of parties. Baruch Gave Million To Relief Agencies Now York, Dec. 23?Bernard M. Baruch, philanthropist and adviser on UiiitOd States economic matters, today gave away one million dollars to ;15 relief societies. l^aruch would not allow himself to| W?uoted but It was understood thatj he was making a larger annual re- ( lief contribution this year than atj any other time. Baruch came to New York City as a boy, worked In an obscure position in Wall Street and finally rose to one of the greatest names in the financial world thru his own'efforts. He was once quoted as saying 'Itj has always been easy for me to make ( money, why shouldn't I give it. away 7" The contributions today were as j follows: I Army relief, $200,000; Navy relief. $200,000; Merchant's Seamen s re-1 Liief, Red Cross, Russian Relief, and British War Relief society, each, $100,000; American Friends Service committee (Philadelphia - Quaker) $20,000; Joint Distribution committee (Jewish) $20,000; Greek War relief, $10,000; Norwegian Relief, $10,000, American Friends of Czechoslovaks, $10,000; American Committee for Christian Refugees, $10,000; Catholic Committee for Refugees from Germany $5,000; Unitarian Service committee of Boston, $5,000. Balance of $10,000 was earmarked for later. The money was available in the Central Hanover Bank and Tru#t company at New York City for immediate delivery. Letters were mailed toy Baruch to the various recipient# yesterday. <*> Baruch stipulated that the army and navy relief societies should each give $26,000 of their allotments to the United 8ervice organizations. In his letter to the Russian Relief society. Baruch said: "I am not a supporter of the Moscow system of government but I am a great admirer of the bravery of the Russian people and I am deeply grateful for what their efforts mean to me." Power Co. Workers Give To Red Cross The coffers of the Kershaw county chapter of the American Red Cross were enriched Monday by $22.00 which was turned over to Chairman Moultrie Brallsford by the Chamber of Commerce, that organization acting for the twelve eployees at the big plant on the Wateree, instead of exchanging gifts at Christmas this year, pooled the gift money and turned it over to dim JDperator J. G. Hoffxdlfr who brought^ >t t? ^theJ?Mob.r ,of Crow| QhOcUf- * Fire Damage Less in County This year One of iho worst full tiro seasons since the beginning of the Kershaw County Forest Protective Association has been weathered by the organisation, with less tires occurring and fewer acres burned than in any similar, period in Its history. Only 20 woo<js tires have occurred iu Kershaw county since July 1. 15)42, and these fires have burned a total of only 91.8 acres. Listed below are the comparative records for the same period for the last tlve years: j July through December 1942, 20 Ares, acres burned 91.8. July through December 1941, 72 tires, 362.4 acres burned. July through December 1940, t)4 tires, acres burned 276.0. July through December 1939, 126 fires, acres burned 689.2. July through December 1938, 66 tires, 716.4 acres burned. t July through December 1937, 36 fires, with 326.1 acres burned. The good record made this year can be attributed to the cooperative spirit of the people of Kershaw coun-1 | ty. If everyone In the county will | continue to give his whole-hearted cooperation In preventing woods fires from starting and stopping those that I do start, we can keep down woods J fires regardless of the weather. j | It is our patriotic duty to stamp j out woods fires this year. These j fires hinder our war effort in many j ways. Our government needs^every I bit of timber that we can produce, and we will need It after the war, to build back the destroyed cities of Europe and for new buildings and re- J pairs In our own country; j Let's keep the Kershaw county I woodlands growln. Remember, Careless Matches Aid the Axis, says L. E. J Smith, County Ranger. j Farming Hints For January - For greater sueeess- in -farming in I 1943 County Farm Agent W. C. Mc-1 Carley makes these important sugges-J tions for January: Agronomy?Be sure your cotton planting seed for 1943 was bred to produce staple at least one inch in I length or longer. Test seed for germination and plant only seed that test at least 80 per cent. If sufficient oats was not planted during fall to meet farm needs, plant this month, weather permitting. Clean up hedge rows and wood patches between the I fields. Spread limestone if not already done. Plan for more food crops, not only for farm needs, but for a surplus to sell. Horticulture?Prepare hotbeds and ooldframes to be able to have abundance of sweet potato, cabbage, tomato, pepper and other plants for your victory garden. Plant English peas (in lower part of state) if soil Is in condition. Prepare 'land for Irish potatoes and other certified seed. Prune fruit trees and vines preparatory to spraying with oil emulsion-Bordeaux or lime-sulfur. Plant fruit trees at once. If soil is in condition. Terrace all new orchard land before planting. Agricultural Engineering ? Check oVer farm machinery for needed repairs and order repair parts now. Arrange sheds and farm shop for better care of machinery and equipment. To insure efficient operation of farm machinery, follow Instruction manual recommendation methods of lubrication, adjustment and the like. Make (Please torn to page eight) More Money For Greek Relief 1 4 The Camden Greek colony is still carrying on in the interest of raising money for Greek relief In buying foodstuff for that luckless country so ruthlessly overrun by the German and Italian hordes. They have suffered more hardships than any other nation in Europe. The Greek Society in America have full assurance from the International Rod Cross that the food will reach Greece aboard neutral ships.** Anyone desiring to contribute can leave your name money with any of the Greek eatablishments or the two banks of Cantden. Those who have recently contributed are; ?- - - - Airihur V. Smith $5.00 J. K. Shannon 1.00 Oo? J. Beloo* 25.00 WniUm c. Moor* 6.00 Mw. W. a. Hoodrlx 1.0O Mr*. El Uoboth WU?* 1.00' ' Christmas Week End Cloudy and Rainy j Drizzling rain, wat sidewalks, milling throngs of shoppers, 90 per cent colored. marked the last-minute Christmas rush last Thursday. All business houses in Cainden report a banner holiday shopping period. declaring that in the last sexera 1 days of tile shopping" rush, the volume of business topped any previous holiday shopping totals. 4 Every merchant", regardless of the . type of merchandise he was handling, was pleased with the 1942 Christmas business. A groat volume of merchandise was sold for cash?charge accounts being reported lower than usual. i Cainden merchants were rushed all through the holliday season, despite the nn* y days of rain and the cloudy weather. Shoppers were in all through the holiday season, de~ here to make their Christmas purchases. Nearly every store or shop in the city had to employ Additional help to take care of the trade rush. Of course there were some typea of merchandise which the stores oould not obtain because'of the war, but of thosev which the war had not effected, there was no lack of supply to take oare of the needB of the people of this area. _ ? J?~ Christmas eve was rainy and cold, and Christmas day, outside of a few, hours in the afternoon, when the sun broke through the clouds, was a die-? mal outdoor spectacle. Social events both on Christmas eve and Christmas night suffered from the bad weather and gas restrictions, the crowds in all places being greatly" decreased over attendance In previous years. Christmas Services in the churches were ail well attended while the mid* night carol service at Grace Bplscipal church was featured by the largest crowd of worshippers In the parish history. The 'Catholic church midnight mass was afso well attended?outstanding musical settings were offered. t i i ? The ban on the fireworks provided . tJamden with a, Christmas free from disturbing noises. There, were several instances of unpatriotic action on the part of boys shooting fire crack* , ers. _-rM*rl On Saturday, all stores, With one exception, remained closed. Two of the barber shops were open during the day, but the remainder closed. Sunday hours were obeerved ? by the drug stores. , A survey of the shopping area Saturday morning found the downtown district with a Sunday atmosphere, 7 but in the afternoon several score colored people -who did not know of the all-day closing appeared in the city and wandered aimlessly about the streets. Livestock Guide For January To a tart the iiew year right wfth livestock, County Farm, Agent W. C. McCarley suggests these ideas for January: ' Animal Husbandry ? Balance cbrn for hogs with fish meal, skimmilk, or .tankage. Allow beef cattle ample cheap roughage. For fall calves turn bull with cows about January 16. Give idle mules free access to roughage, but cut the grain to a tlon. See that all classes of livestock have , shelter, wfth extra bedding for cold nights. Ma*e use of barley, rye and oats for b^piad cattle grazing. Repair the pasture ? T * X VSJHSa fences. Dairying ?Make Inventory Of livestock, feed and equipment. Decide now whether you will make silage next fall and plan for Its production. Analyse herd reoords and decide where you can Improve in manage, ment and feeding. Repair pasture fences, clean, out Undergrowth and Stop washes in pastures. -Plan now for summer crops to Supplement permanent pastures. Start the ttSW year right by keeping daOy milk and feed reoords on each com. Make January a planning month for the coming ^Poultry?Mate br?krs for hatchpens Of best bens and Ptdigreed male to produce cockerels for next year's mating*. Provide hrefd"* with a chicks. Move brooder houajs ground ottore iiaruoi TrnnrrrT