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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. O. NIL-K9, editor and Proprlotor Published ?vo?y Friday *t 1101 North llroad Htraat, and entered ?? th? Umdon. Houlh Carolina ?? aecond claaa mall matter I rU I year 12.00 No aubaerlptlona taken for fe?? than Hi* Month# In all lnatanoo# (be BUbacrtptlon price la doe *,,a V*y* In advance. All ybacrll'tlona ale celled when aub.erlber tall, to rene*'. Represented In New York by the -\' can I'leMM Aaaoclatlon and elaewhere by all reliable Advert lain* A**nc,[?,V1. JA* accept no ud Vert In I UK of a doubtfulna tore und try to protect our fr misrepresentation by Advertise Liquor Ad v art I aei lien t a accepel at ay price Church notic e published fi eeCards of thank* and notice* of talnineiitH w here an admieHton fee I* iliaraed will be charged for Irlbute* of reaped and obituaries will be "'' [ J1 fop All ocrninunlcarlona innet tie sljfne Otherwlae tbey will bo deatroyed. Friday, January 1, 1943 IMaagf AiaeM* Hmr r?A CMmm * ? > * > ?**? s. P. WEST RECEIVES LETTER FROM COMMANDING OFFICER J ' Sidney 1' WVhI. of t ?>?w city ha* received l he following b iter <>t sy in pat liv i t orn r.iptnln Joseph \" I MitTTeT VS lip ttiis In f > III 111 It II (I <>r 'he ('onipitiiy when Thomas West his brother. met death in Kngland My Dent Ml Weal It Is ^ If^ | deep regret thai I w t ID' ><'tt < oiicern mg the ileal It 1)1' Thomas West. AI- j though I have just assumed command, of Headquarters Company. I had pre-, Mously been 111 the company for about six nifuitlis My cotilacls with him wore always of the most pleaslint nature. \t no time while I was oflicially .i->Mxta I ed with Thomas, have I heard aliv of the officers <>r men say any thing to his discredit In uiv es11maI ion tins can he said only lot a mail who Is an excellent soldier. "Thomas was laid in his linal lest ing plai e a I Hiookw ood Anient an Cemelei v. in Surray. England It ijiuv console you to know that ihis cemelery is known over here as "Little America Many < >! Ins 11 tends were at the funeral set v ice. I express lo you in m> hehall and on hehall of Thomas' niaiiv uimids. our most sincere sympathy on your herea vellien t We shall all he heller soldiers and men for having know.n and worked with him Canned Foods On Ration List (Continued Trorn first nage) Canned fruits and vegetables and dried fruits are among the foods most needed by on!' lighting men and our Allies. N'ext year half our proiluct ion of dried I ruit w ill go abroad to save shipping space. "Nearly half our production of canned fruit and vegetables will go to our hoys In service, mainly in this country. Now our production of processed Duns and vegetables is larger than it ever has been Kven so, alter taking out large quantities for our armed forces, we have available lot civilians just a little more than halt the a mount they have been using in recent years ..." How much of the rationed foods each consumer will gei remains to he determined The new ration hook will give every member of I lie civilian population, young or old. a ceii a in number ni ration 'points which he can spend during each ration period These periods will he announced in advance. The total number of points 'hat will he allotted to each ? ivillaii has not yet been determined Leon Henderson said "nor has the spe? itic point value of an v of the foods to he rationed I'oinls will he vet for each commodity according to its supply ,| | ' he time ! lie fa' MU p." led IS announced. "The hiiu-evvile v.til spend hel points' anv way she w isItes aliheitgh of course, tin- items that ate sarce will have a higher point v due. and heme will us,- up her poin's faster Wickard said fhat "the way we manage our lood supply will have !t lot to do with how mimm w>- w ;n the war. ' Tile feed we eOllSUllK hel"e a' home IS just a- nun h a material ef war as the le<?| we send th'oad for soldiers ami lighting allies. he <on 11ii!i>'il "It' we inanite our supply well if c\ i'i\ our of us cooperates Iu!l\ we will not only have enoiiRh 11?id to win the war, we will liavu i ni'iith ti nive I'U'nnnc of us horn at hnnm a hoaltliful ami w ell balanced dn t W . cannot afford to waste fooil or mve sotno people tnoro than ho.r t ii: share. Kven though 'he total supply of too.| i> . month to m> around, pooplo in -nine rominunit ins today are tina Mo to ite- then fair share of certain k ml- of foods That is why canned trn::- am! vemtaides will he rationed and 'hat t- why meat is eoinj: to !?e .1 loned Touhy Gang ("aught In FBI Chicago Trap Chicago. IH'C. A n Ingenious trap, devised after week* of careful , planning and operated by the nation h top ranking federal agents, snapped 'shut today on lloger Touhy and HaslI *1 he (>w I llanghart The coup and a similar snare sprung six hours earlier resulted ill' Ho- capture of Touhy, Hanghart, and Kdward Darlak. brought death via gun battle to James O'Connor and St Clair Mi Inerny, and completed tin- round up of the seven long-term convicts who shot and slugged their way out of the Stateville, III peiil- | tetitlary Mi days ago. Thus, In two swift, melodrainat tc maneuvers. the law smashed the revised '"Terrlhle Touhy" gang listed by CHI Chief ,1 Ktlgur Hoover as "the most villous and most dangerous the country has ever had 11(>ov?M*. w ho directed the "pick of his Oman corps in the operations, reported the trap set for Touhy.and his two confederates probably was the most elaborate ever arranged The time was a a in. I he scene was a six llal building al 5116 kei>tnorc Avenue in a North Side resi' < 1 < nI io 1 neighborhood. Touhy. Mag-i I hail and Darlak slept in one of the, ,tpart ments on the lirst floor. kederal agents walled In a suite across tbe hall Others, carrying nun hineI ^uns ami hlgh-jsiw ereil rilles. we re 'stationed on the roof and across the i s l reel. Flood lights were set hi place A loud-speaker system was installed^ Families were moved to the third | Moor si. they could be evacuated through a skylight if the structure was tilled with tear gas. The street was cleared. \, I),,, zero hour the spotlights illuminated the hit ililing A voice boomed through the amplifier in the si illness of the night j '"Come out through the trout door Clinic inn backwards, and with your | hands up Hanghart. you come out lit si ! The sound echoed eerily. It roused residents of a square' block. For ten minutes the agents fingered the niggers ot their weapons. I ill,, door of the Touhy .apartment 5 opened Hanghart. hands overhead, .hacked out cautiously. Strong hands collared him. hauling him into the ! agents' apartment, clapped manacles j < 111 his wrists. Then came Touhy, the leader. He was i lad in brilliant red pajamas. II s dark, i urly hair had been turned blonde by peroxide. Darlak emerged meekly. I All surrendered without a struggle. All seemed relieved that they were caught unscathed The trio did not know of the fate that befell two of their fellow fugitives The reason was the utter secrecy with which the government concealed their movements. Into a similar trap at 11 15 o'clock last night walked Fugene Lanthorn, better known by the alias. James Oj Connor. and St. Clair Mclnerney. They entered the Norwood Apartments at 1256 Lelatld Avenue, a few blocks from the Touhy hideout. The federal men ordered them to surrender. Thev responded with gunfire. They were killed. Hoover disclosed later that the two raids ended a nationwide search for the seven felons who fled from ihe S'ateville prison October !?. He j reported that Matthew Nelson, cori . ? t natife Mart iln k Nelson, alias Harold Seezec had been taken into custody Doc. 16 In Mlnnoapolht. Hfj added thai William Stewart had boon appreheiided In t IiIchko, Ret 19 Hoover revealed that tho gang i? hideouts yielded live revolvers, two Hit wed.off allot K u tin and one 3-30 little and thai 113.528 had been recovered j ('aplaln Daniel Gilbert of the police attorney* announced later that the ti it in he ra on $1" hills found In I ouh > a |)(>hh^hh1dilh bori? ill** hhiuh rtftju* u< 1 as those snatched in the spectacular I $ ju.noo holdup ot au armored truck I ?,.( |s at the gates of a w ar plant in the west suburban area. The rohhery had all the sinus ot , la Touliy joh." (illhert said "1 was! .quite cell a t ti all along that the Ton i hv inoh catue out of hiding to net a ; "... 1 stake. ' | Tile first steps in disposition of the) nattnslers were left to I' S. Atlobyey J Albert Woll The federal men seized the funuttves Hoover pointed out with a stnili', on a charne of fail-i ure to notify their draft hoards of aj change of address when they went j over the walls of the prison. All of course, can he returned to] I the Stateville penitentiary where they t I were Servian hum terms Touhy ami j | liaunhat l were setileiieeil to hit years i each for the I5tjf3 kidnaping <> John Jake the Mather" Factor. The others. with one exception, were imprisoned for rohhery or as hahitual criminals. The exception! i is Darlak who was sent up for 15'!' years tor murderiun a Chicago police man. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that In nccnidati e with the te-ms and provisions of the Decree of the Court Ol Common l'leas for Kershaw ( ouuly ni the case of Wiliiatn Kirk land. I 'la in I iff', is Ruth Cante.v Kirkland. Defendant. 1 will sell to linj hinhest bidder before the Court House Door at Camden. S. C. duritm the lenal liours ot sale on the first Monday in January 15113, being the 4th day therein!'. the following described property i ' All that piece, parcel or lot of land > with the residence thereon. in the Stale ol South Carolina. County of Kershaw, located just adjoining the Town of Camden at the Northern boundary of said town, having a frontage Smith on Roadway separating from property of Mass.ill. formerly ol Kldridge. of one hundred eleven ( 11 1 > feet, and extending hack Northward of a uniform width at an angle as of I date of plat by W. It Ptnekney. Surveyor. Sept. 1, 1 DOG. North 29 degrees ' West on the Fast and West lines, to la uniform depth of one hundred nine, i ty (1510) feet. "The property here described consists of lot No. live (f>) and eastern portion lot No. four (-I? as shown by plat of record in the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County in | Dint Monk 1. page 34 and is hounded North by property now or formerly , of James Milliard; South by Roadway and West by remaining portion of lot No. four, property of Mamie Shields Kirkland and was acquired by Mamie Shields Kirkland by deeds of record in the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County In Mook UHK, page I ('.OS and Hook YYY. page 167." 1 Terms of Sale: For cash, the Masiter to require of the successful bidder. other than the plaintiff herein, a deposit of live < f>r, ) per cent of his bid, s a me to be forfeited in case of non-compliance. No personal or deficiency Judgment is demanded and the bidding will not remain open after the sale, but compliance with the bid mav be made immediately. W. I,. DeDASS. JR.. Master for Kershaw- County. OLIVKit A RICK. Plaintiffs Attorney. NOTICE OF MEETING The annual meeting of the shareholders of The Commercial Rank of Camden. S ('.. will be held at 10 o'clock. Tuesday, January 5. 15)43. in the office of the bank M M. WILLIAMS. Cashier Wants?For Sale Advert isetnents under tnis heading will be charged for at the rate of 1 cent oer word Minimum charge 26 cent*. Ads set in 10 poiivt type double ciiatge. Cash must accompany order except where customer has I.edsrer A'-counL j FOR RENT?Three room completely furnished apartment Address 1 *>n3 Highland Avenue. Camden. S. C 4 1 pd FOR RENT ? Four room furnished apartment Private hath Private] fiitr.itK c Apply to Mrs. Kddie Nolan. Canteen. Southern Aviation | School. Camden S C. llsh FOR RENT?The Mohley Place, as a wh'dr or i! or 3 horse farms. Six j MitU*> fr??m Camden on Highway N D Apply Miss Annie Mohley, (it mgfhiirtr S C 414 4 pH | WANTED?Medium or small sized fin-proof safe Call telephone 570, Camden s C 38tf LOST?<>n Monday December 28. sotnewh.-re ni city. one blacksm;'h - am . 1 Reward if returned to S W I 531 Ar'htir Street,] ('a tin! n S <' 41 pd ! LOST?l' \. Mtear rat toning books. , I > *- a I >o:. oi< 111 The! Camden 1 <> >?! Shop rSch tx?ok j bad name <:' W R. If Roone on! same Fl: f - pb-ase return to the j f.amden !" ,! Simp and deliver to; Mr Mull, i \ 4 1 pd j SHOES?For shoe rebuilding and repairing rail at the Red Root Shop,' nexr door Fxpress Office. 619 Rutledge sfreef, ASram M. Jones. Proprietor. Camder. S. P. 9trb. 2 H IC K FEE D?Get ft hag of that good I Spartan All-Mash Startor for your | chirks and give them tho right gUrt. j Only tiie one feed is all you need to 1 carry them through the first ten, weeks Duy Spartan today and chase your chick worries away ? Whltaker & Company, Camden. S. C. 44sbtf SOCIETY NEWS Telephone 29 u. D. C. To Meet Hi,. John l> Kennedy Chapter I I, , will meet at the parish house Monday, .laiinary ? at ? o'clock All tut-inIm'Iis urged In attend Tr. Gamma Club Had Dance I he ClilrMinus dance of the i;,i in hi.i (lull, always an annual altaii j of ;hi* younger ??'? l(H)k Phicu iu ,,lt, I Ka luudsnii Hall of tho parish house Tn,.sda> evening The Senimu.nial Southerners furnished the music tor the occasion. Celebrated Anniversary I it \ ie Hoy kin delightfully entertained With a cocktail party Sunday afternoon in honor of Mr. and Mis. I; ii Hoy kin's thirty-second wedding anniversary Misses Meta Alexandei and Mela Hoyktit served punch. Miss, May Hoykin assisted the host iu serving About two hundred guests (.'ailed during the afternoon. Hosts at Eqg-Nog Party The egg-nog party given by Mr. and Mrs. John Weeks at their home, |!looin>liur>." on Christ mas day is always an interesting social event of the holidays. Assisting in entertain-] tug the guests were the members of J the family and their, house guests. Lieutenant and Mrs. Hruce Ryan and , Mr and Mrs John L. Weeks. Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Boykin Hosts .Mr. and Mrs. H l> Hoykin. of Hoy-i kin, entertained with an egg-nog party Christmas night in honor ot Colonel and Mrs. Thomas L. Alexander. Assisting in entertaining the guests were Mr. and Mrs. L. W hoy kin II Miss May Hoykin. Misses Meta Hoykin and Meta Aelxander. About tifty relatives and friends called during the evening. I _ Had Birthday Party Mrs. R. S Kirk gave a pretty children's parly last Tuesday afternoon in honor of her daughter. Martha Kirk, who celebrated her fourth birthday. The party was given at the j Kirk home. Ingleside Plantation, near Lugoff. After playing the usual | parly games the children were in] vited into the dining room where the j hostess, assisted by Mrs. John Wall and Mrs. J. H Hums. served ice cream and cake. Mr. and Mrs. Darby Hos^s One of the prettiest parties of the Christmas season was given by Mr. and Mrs. James Darby last Tuesday evening at their home on Sarsfleld avenue. The rooms were attractively decorated for the Yuletide season where eight tables were arrange! for bridge. High score prize for the ladies was won by Mrs. N. R. Goodale. Jr.; high score prize for the men was won by Paul Nabors. Floating prize by L. F. Fishburne. Bingo prizes were won by Mrs. Watson Faddy. Mrs. L. F. Fishburne. Mrs. H. A. Moorer, Jr.. Mrs. George Stuart, Jr., Mrs. Robert Ward and H. A. Moorer, Jr. After cards delicious refreshments were served buffet style, consisting of mixed sandwiches, potato chips, mixed cookies, nuts and punch. f COMING ATTRACTIONS ?AT? Camden Theatre FRIDAY, JANUARY 1 | The merriest mystery in years! A NIGHT TO REMEMBER' With Loretta Young ? Brian Aherne SATURDAY, JANUARY 2 A whirlwind of action! Topping all Western Out-I)oor AcI tion Pictures by a wide margin "AMERICAN EMPIRE" Richard Ihx ? Preston Foster Leo Carrilln ? Cliff Kdwards Added "Overland Mail" and Co medies. SATURDAY, JANUARY 2 10:30 Show James Dunn ? Joan Woodbury "THE LIVING GHOST" SUNDAY, JANUARY 3 James Fllison ? Jane WyaXt Kent Taylor in "ARMY SURGEON" Added Travelogue- ?Cartoon and Pete Smith MONDAY and TUESDAY JANUARY 4 and 5 Hedy Lamarr -- Walter Pidgeon "WHITE CARGO" Frank Morgan ? Richard Carlson WEDNESDAY, JAN. 6 Ann Sheridan ? Ronald Regan "JUKE GIRL" ? ?? Lovely Tea Mr. uml Mrs. Kd win 1'. Guy entertained with a lovely tea Wednesday afternoon at their home on Lyttleton street in honor of their house kuosI, Miss Kat her I ne Lays, of Hryn Mawr. Mr and Mrs. Guy received their guests In the living room whloh waa decorated for the Yulotide season.* From a heautifully decorated table. Mrs. K C. VonTreackow poured cotTee and Mrs. Samuel Hussell poured tea. Delicious sandwiches and cake were served. About one hundred friends called during the hours of the tea?1 to G o'clock. HAYNE8WORTH- CARRISON Dr. Marion Singleton Kirk, of Magnolia Hull. Hagood, announces the engagement of his granddaughter, Mary Alden Hllerbe Hayuesworth, to Henry (!. Garrison. Jr., Lieutenant. United States Naval Reserve. Miss Haynesworth is the daughter of Mrs. Kirk Hayuesworth, of Hagood. and James Arthur llaynesworth, of Augusta, Georgia. She attends Coker College in Hart.sville. Lieutenant Garrison is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Garrison, of Cherokee Hill, Camden, and has seen active service in the Navy the last two years. BULM AN ?M ATT HEWS ()t interest to friends in Camden will he the following announcement i taken troin Saturday's Columbia Re'cord: "Mrs. Dun R. Matthews, who before her marriage to Private Matthews of Columbia and Shaw Field, the evening of December 1G, in the Washington .Methodist church chapel, was .Miss Ardetia Klizabeth Hulman. She is tin* daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Boyoe P. Hulman. of Greenville."" Mrs. Matthews will he remembered as Miss Delia Hulman. having workid several years in Camden with the j Western Union Office. i CREDIT A88OCIATION TO^HoTn I MEETING IN KERSHAW JAN. The aunual meeting or the Ker shuw Production Credit Association H which extends a short-term credh service to Kershaw and UnC4>t? county farmers, will he held on fl uary-15. 1943 at Kershaw. m thw high school auditorium, beginning at 10 a. m., according to an announcement by W. T. Redfearn, president or the association. This will bo the ninth annual nieeu ing and* Mr. ltedfoam said thal (l was lu&e^ to make It tin* heat tttul largest Vneejlug in the history of the association. * A veryNljI^eiMBstlng and instructive program huHlvb&m arranged and much interest is hotiiK manifested by the members. Complete and detailed reports on .the operations of the or. ganlzatlon for the past year will be submitted by the officers and plans for further developing the service which this farmers' cooperative has to offer will bo discussod. Two di. rectors will be elected besides the other business transacted; therefore, Mr. Redfearn said that it is hoped that every member will make a special effort to be present tills year. The association made loans in 1912 totaling $256,000 to its members for 9 production and general agricultural purposes. Officers of the association are: W. T. Redfearn. president; W. , s 11. Draffln. vice president; and John C. Stover, secretary-treasurer. Dlrec- ; tors in addition to i,he president aud vice president are: L. O. Funderburk, (1. C. Couch and Loring Davis. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION Notice to stockholders of R. K. Haskew and Company of South Carolina. Camden S. C.: A meeting will he held thirty days from date of notice to vote on submitting to Secretary of State application for dissolution of corporate charter. Camden. S. C., Dec. 10, 1942 38-4lpd li At the threshold of the New Y?*ar. we desire to express to you our sincere appreciation, of our pleasant relations | and to extend to vou and yours best wishes for the year [( .... 1943. ' ; j 1 I BARRINGER HARDWARE CO. THIS IS THE MOMENT! 1943 IS HERE . . . Now is the time ... THIS IS THE MOMENT......... to moke a solema pledge that nothing shall be left undone to win the war?and to win it qnickty. The Penney Company regards its more than 1600 stores, its moro than 40,000 men and women associates, as a group of tremendous vitality and force in the war effort. In addition, helping shoulder to shoulder, we include the thousands of people who supply us with what we sell; who in mills and factories all over the land produce with only one thought in mind: the speeding up of the war effort. But most important of all, are the millions who are our customers. They know that no sacrifice is too great for our common cause?and they make it?willingly and gladly. The Penney Company's job has always been to supply typical American families (people who live simply but well) with clothing and home furnishings at substantial savings. Those American Families are now the Home Frontl It is their job to send an ever-increasing avalanche of suppfies to those who are fighting our battles on the far-flung war fronts of the world. Those American families, that Home Front, can count on us to continue our efforts to supply the good American merchandise i they must have to keep fit for their great task. We will continue, unremittingfy, our efforts to secure their needs at savingst Today it is more than good sense and good management to save?Thrift and Savings are now an imperative duty. YES?We Do Have Some SHEETS ' For over forty years a Penney January White Event haa ' meant "time to stock up on sheets" to million# of thrifty j Americans. Today, due to war needs, our stocks of famous Penney quality sheets are limited?we do have some, but not enough to permit all our customers to stock up. 8o? ! I we urge you?please ask for only as many as you actually need; we'll try to make what we have go as far as possible TU? b S? buy tmmjmmft MSisnl mt MS, St Pmiy , j Pr?tm < C..??. ?? Ur mm T?r 1943. ?4 SwySWr?wTlmiSif.>