The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 29, 1943, Image 1
The Camden Chronicle
/ . VOLUME 54 . . ' _ ... ., CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, RRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1943 NUMBER 45
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Beans May Mean
Kiches For Farmers
Camden and Kershaw county agriculturists
who have a deep interest
in the future of soil production have
been doing some deep thinking since
reading an article in a nat^lojml mag'
azine which deals with the future of
the ''miracle bean." ,
This article tells about the lowly
BO)bean and the writer, Phil Perdue,
who has made an exhaustive study
of the future of this lowly beau, dedares
that eventually people are going
to walk on it, sit on it, ride on it
and wear it. And above all, the nation
will eat it for It is full of vitamines
and good for man and beast.
Members of the board of directors
of the Camden and Kershaw county
Chamber of Commerce were much
interested in the story of the miracle
bean and believe that the farmers of
Kershaw county can look for marked
euccess in the growing of the soybean
if they are so disposed.
l^hil Perdue In his article calls attention
to the fact that when Hitler,
years ago, started to stock his war
pantry he put down planes, tanks,
submarines, guns and soybeans. In
this insignificant little bean Hitler
found lubricants for his war ma*
chines, nltro-glycerlne for his bombs,'
W paint for his war ships, proteins for
plastics and most Important of all a
perfect food for his Nasi troops and
var workers.
American scientists have found
that soybean flour has about three
times the protein content of meat,
produces energy with a minimum of
fatigue, is alkaline In reaction, promotes
a gram in positive Intestinal
flora that helps prevent what radio
announcers alude to as "irregularlty,",
is an excellent source of vlta(Please
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Meet Usher Myers;
New Couny Director
Editors Note:
Who are the Kershaw county delegation
members and who are the
men who constitute the county board
of directors? With the idea in view
of permitting the citizens of the
county to become better acquainted
with their representatives on the
county board and thp county delogation.
The Chronicle has asked all
members to submit to the Camden
News Service a 500-word biographical
outline of their respective personalities.
The News Service managed to button-hole
Usher N. Myers, a member
of the county board a few days ago
and in a fifteen-minute chat, secured
a splendid perspective upon which to
base a sketch upon "who is Usher
Myers?"
In the first place, Usher Myers
is an outstanding citizen and one of
the nicest chaps the writer has met
in many years. Born on a farm in
.the Ml. Zion section, Usher Myers secured
his education in the^pkblic
schools of Kershaw county. In 1916
be was married to Miss Sallie Nettles.
The happiness of securing such
a charming bride did much to offset
the chagrin that resulted from his
being turned down when he tried to
enlist in the armed forces to go to
the Mexican border.
Of this cmarriage three children
were born. Nettles Myers, an oldest
son is a member of the state
highway patrol and is stationed . in
the Mulllns area. Miss Catherine
Myers, the bride of Lieutenant James
A. Michener, of the United States
Marines, is making her home in San
Diego, Calf. Usher N. Jr., is living
at home and attending the Camden
public schools.
Mr. M^era' business career has
been rather varied. He worked In
Nateman furniture store for some
years, was also In the bottling business
when Cheri-Oola was one of the
popular beverages. He dLd a spell
an a police offlcer> and was a good
one. Later he went Into the gas and
oil business and was with the Quit
company fol* ten years. Later he became
an independent jobber and that
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Pupils Vs. Teachers
In Stamp Purchase
Westville, Jan. 26?It Is . an odd
schoqi situation which finds the
teachers having to make excuses to
the pupils. Such has developed' at
the Baron DeKalb school, however, as
? result of a contest between pupils
and teachers to see which group can
first purchase stamps and lK>nds In
an amount sufficient to buy a Jeep?
Dated in the dttalbfc at <600.00.
' boTigh stamps had been on. sale^ar
the school for over a year, this cottent
was not begun until Jan. K IMS.
i upii purchases quite frequently exceed
$35 per day,and, all told, they
J^ade the teachers l6ok llkh slackers.
Teachers come back with the ptateroenta
that they will not receWs a
pay-check .until February and that
uhey must glen p nips is fni the fcapao*
< ??. ,^e 3SS5l incomer tax. Pupils,
2JIng note from their teachers, reto
consider excuses. All of which
Home Guard Needs
Help of Patriots
(By The Skipper)
Recently The Chronicle carried a
story to the effect that the officers
| of the Camden unit of the Stato
Guqrd desires that the company be
brought to full strength of ninety
it ia leas than sixty.
The general public of the city and
county should realise that the "home
Guard" takes the place of the pattonal
guard unit now in service on
the war front. The home guard is on
the Job to protect Kershaw county
lives and property in case of an emergency.
No one can tell when this
emergency might arise.
So many of the members of the
home guard unit have been drafted
or volunteered for the national armed
forces that the ranks, Nonce well filled,
have been badly depleted.
The Kershaw county home guard
unit needs the moral and active support
of the community. It needs the
appreciation and the cooperation of
all leaders of civic as well as official
groups.
Kershaw county cannot afford not
to have a well equipped home guard
unit, a unit with its ranks well filled.
We take off our hat to the men who
are In this unit. They get no compensation
except . a small amount
when they are called on duty. They
giv? hours each week to training and
drill. They are doing this as patriots,
anxious to protect the lives, property
and welfare of the people of the community.
Certainly there are enough men of
the proper age to bring the home
guard unit to the required quota of
ninety meq. We suggest to many
who may be eligible to consider Joining
the home guard as a patriotic
duty. The guard unit drills every
Tuesday night at the new armory.
Captain Stephen Clyburn will be
glad to meet with any men wno
might be interested in joining this
fine body of men. They can see him
either at the armory at drill night or
at his place of busin?B.?t th? Carolina
Motor company, on Broad street.
Plant Exchange
Proves Big Hit
Ever been to a plant exchange?
They had one at the last meeting of
the Camden Garden Club this month
at the Presbyterian Sunday school
rooms. . ..
Members of the Garden Club gathered
together and proceeded to
'swap" plants and shrubbery. Celestial
figs, altheae,- lilacs and oydonia
japonicas were distributed Several
hundred plants and bulbs will be
given club members during the year.
! The list will include Hardy . asters,
Harrington's pink and lilac thyme. Altheas.
rudbeckias, cherry laurels,
gaillardias, buddleias, ' double lark|
spur, periwinkles, primroses, syrineas
ornamental oranges, chrysanthemums,
zinnias, splrea, thunbergi, marigolds,
nandinas, verbenas, dahlias,
oxalis and many other choice bulbs
and plants.
If some member of the club deelreB
any special. plant not llstBd,
they are to get .in touch with Mrs.
jsj c Arnett, who is pl&ht exchange
chairman. Requests will be filled in
the order received.
Owing to transportation and labor
problems practically all of the plants
-will be handled at the monthly meeting
of the Garden club. Every member
is urged to be present and secure
plants that will add beauty and
interest to their respective ^dens.
Both annual and perennial plants
will be scheduled fordh'^lb^?n;/7.
All plants handled through this
methpd of distribution wjll be given
by the members. All who desire to
add plants to the,above liat are requested
to call Mrs. John Mullen at
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At the January meeting Mrs. I*. I.
Guion, the club president, fished
the plants which were grown in the
attractive Gulon gardens at Green i
Hill plantatlpp Jp,f,Lugoff.
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Much Interest Shown
In Clews For N
Seventeen women attended thp ,
faceting for nursing training, held at
the Court Inn Monday evening. The
class was Instructed by Mrs.
Grace Donald and the special objective
of the evening concerned the
proper making of a good hospital bod. -j
Blocks to raise the bed I
by the boys of the Manual Training (
class of the public school*. . ^^
nKs attendance and interest was a .
source of much gratification on the
part of the parties responsible for the
e<lTiB proposed to start a day class
next week and more classes will be ,
added ? tHe demand requires.
The knitting frame need In the
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languages sad dialects. -
War Savings
Stamps and Bonds
Kershaw county diil well the first
week of the year In he* purchase of
bonds juid stamps, but slumped the
second week. ..The Junior Welfare assisted
Mrs. T. L. Little at Postofflce
booth last Saturday and the ladles
of the County Council of "Farm Women
will assist next Saturday. The
booth is open from 9 a. m, to 6. p. m.,
The booth on South Broad^ street, in
charge of Susie Boykln and James
Dibble has made an excellent record
of some $700 worth of tkles.
Reports from committee members
throughout the county Bhow that posters
have been widely distributed to
schools, stores and filling stations.
Members of the committee have talked
to school groups, P. T. A. associations.
Garden Clubs. Home Demonstration
meets, Civilian Corps and
bridge clubs. It is now stylish for
bridge clubs to give war saving
stamps for prizes. Mrs. C. B, Busbee
reports that at DeKalb school
sales ?ave been greatly speeded up by
a buying contest between teachers
and pupils?an idea which could be
happily copied by other groups.
Remember the need of the Government
for money from bonds mad
Kershaw county et yssatiupsdhrdlub
stamps is growing greater and that
Kershaw county has $29,bOO JM
January quota to make up ha the ue*M
two weeks.
Farm Machinery
Repair School
A farm machinery repair school
will be conducted at the Whltafcer
Seed and Feed store on Rntledge
street Friday, February 5, the school
program to start at a. to. and
continue until 4:30 or 5 p. m.
According to County Agent W. C.
McCarley, the purpose of conducting
this school Is to acquaint the farmers
with the methods and processes of
repairing machinery. M*- McCarley
declares that because of the scarcity
of new farm machinery it is vitally
important that farmers keep their
present equipment in good condition
and to do that, -they must see that
it is in a good state of repair at all
times.
"Every machine that is repaired
and kept working means more material
and power fibr the making of
guns, tanks and other munitions of
war" said Mr. McCarley.
The school will feature illustrated)
talks and demonstrations of methods |
of checking, repairing, operating and
adjusting of farm machinery, including
plows, harrows, drills, tractors
and the like.
Agricultural engineers from Ciemson
college will be In charge of the
school of instruction and they *111
be assisted by' local farm machinery
dealers and branch hoqse representatives.
City Will Order
Dogs Confined
Drastic control of the dog problem
in Camden will be d?rt,*e? **
authorities within a short
Just as soon as a new ordlaanc?
dered by the City Council has been
drafted and adopted. MrCorAccordlng
to Mayor F. N. McCor
kle, the council at a meeting Monday
evening, directed the drawing upi of
an ordinance that will require dog
owners to keep their canine get. oO
the public highways. According to
the Mayor, .'the ordinancemeaxm that
dogs must be kept ofl the P "1'*?8
of their owners sitherby ^eio* confined
or chained up. The Mayor fu ther
stated that the new ordinance
will provide for the construction of
a city pound wherein all dogs found
roaming the streets will be
It is proposed to charge k fee of^ one
dollar to owners who retrievetheir
dogs from the city pound. They will
also be assessed the expense incurred
by the city in feeding the dog
during the time the animal is confined
in the pound. - ? ,
All dogs picked, up and confined
fn the pound will be J?1*
weeks, if not claimed by that time
they will be disposed of.
This drastic dog control program
Is said to hate Suited from? demand
by the board of health, this
organization having received many
pomplalnte regarding the promlnoloue
running at large of the animals.
Dixie Pool Hall ?
Entered at Night
the Dixie Pool Hall, operated by
Marcus Managault, colored, located
si the southerni and of^the
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Kershaw Quota
Hits New Record
Announcement wa? made this week
by Mrs. A. 0. McKain, general chair- j
man of the 1942 Christmas Seal cam- ,
pulgn, that Judge Oliver A. Hlce, Seal
Sale treaaurer, hau announced that '
the quota of $2,000 has been attained.
This 1b the largest amount ever rals- 1
ed In Kershaw county to carry on the
fight against tuberculosis. Mra. Marie
Ttndal, president of the Kershaw
county association, has extended
thauks to all Kershaw county cltlsens
who cooperated In making the ,
drive such, an outstanding success.
"Probably every committee found
greater demands m^de upon time and
energy, than ever before, yet no one
failed to do his or her part in supporting
the drive," said Mrs. Tindal.
Mrs. Kathleen Watts, county superintendent
of education and chairman
of the school seal program, reported
keen interest and a generous response
on the part of the school
tethers .< and pupils. The Camden
grammar school reported In with
$81.47; Blaney $26.75; Mt. Ptsgah
$17.60; Bethune $17.10; and Antioch
$10.47; The colored school group was
lead by Jackson school of Camden
with the purchase of a $150 health
bond; Browning Home $35; Kershaw
colored school $22; Liberty Hill $15;
B)kney and Bethune $6 each and
Mfckle and Lugoff with $5 each.
plrs. McKain, general chairman,
states that the extra gains in the
drive were made through the activity
of the schools, the health bond sales
and also through the medium of larger*
contributions that came through
the mail. Many of the letters enclosed
the I* seal fee and others en-}
dosed $5 with the request that the
djkaor be placed on the health bond
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War Fund Group
For Roll Call
At a meeting of parties interested
In the Red Cross program In Camden
and particularly the coming Roll Call
campaign, held Wednesday evening
at- the Red Cross headquarters on
Bread street the following war fund
drive advisor committee was appoint,
ed: Mayor F. N. McCorkle, chairman;
Thomas Watt, Jr., Clyde Massebeau,
J. C. Ewing, Reuben Pitts,
8am Karesh, A. C. McKain, Simon
id&hel. Major Moultrie Brailsford,
Frank H. Heath, Mrs. Margaret Mayfield,
Mrs. F. D. Goodale, Mrs. John.
Mullen and Mrs. E. C. VonTresckow.
Mrs. W. R. Pahs was appointed a
corresponding secretary and Mrs.
Warren Pollard, recording secretary.
The war fund drive advisor committee
was formulated to act as a
guide for the war fund drive. Mrs.
Leon Schlosburg, chairman of the
Red Cross Roll committee, stated that
the war fund drive has been provided
for because the Red Cross needs
more than the one dollar memberships
to meet the quota. Memberships.
are determined on the basrs of
one dollar or more. The quota to be
raised in Kershaw county this year is
for $11,600. In the first world war
the Kershaw county quotrf was $6,000
and In two weeks the sum of $16,000
was raised.
The war fund drive is to start February
26, and the opening day will
be featured by a big parade and
other exercises.
All Five Youthful
Marauders Locked Up
Chief of Police Alva Rush took
Esell Spradley and Burdell Spradley,
two of the five boys recently taken
in the cleanup of a gang that has
been guilty of petty robberies about
the city tor the past month or so, to
Clinton Tuesday where they have
been placed In the State Training
School for mentally deficient boys.
jUessle Banks, Junior Simmons and
David Roberts, the other jthree members
of the quintet were taken to
Florence and placed In the state reformatory.
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Sarsfield Announces
High Clews Vocalis
Patrons of the Sarsfield Club will
be pleased to hear that the management
has arranged to present Miss
Muriel Byrd, blues singer, pianist and
boIovox artist as an entertainment
feature. Miss Bjnrd was scheduled to
make her debut this week.
Miss Byrd has had a long and successful
career as an entertainer and
has been headed in such outstanding
places as the Club .16 In New York,
the Royal Palm hotel at Palm Beach
and the Tampa Terrace hotel at TamMayor
Will Address
anoint Session :
? Mayor F. N. McCorkle will go to
Colombia next Tuesday to appear
IfefOfis.a Joint meeting of the assem- .
biy and senate la the assembly cham*
Thf fTamden executive will speak
for the members of the State Aaeoc
tat ion of Municipalities upon tax*
tlqn matters pertinent to the varkms '
cities of the state.
Brailsford Re-Named
Red Cross Head
Major A. Moultrie Brailsford was
ro-olectod chairman of the Kershaw
County American Ked Croes Chapter
at the annual meeting held in the
Presbyterian Sunday tHj^iool rooms on
Tuosday, January 19. Mrs. K. C. Von
Treeckow was re-elected vice chairman;
Mrs. J. K. Belk, treasurer and
M." M. Muller, Bocretury. The annual
meeting which was attended by one
of the largest representations of interested
people in the history of the
organisation, was featured by some
interesting reports. The meeting opened
with the singing of America by
the audlenoe with Mr. and Mrs. A.
Clifton McKain as leaders and Mrs.
Charles Salmond at the piano. This
was followed by a pledge to the flag
by the group with Rev. Edward Burke
as leader. The invocation was offered
by Rev. A. Douglas McArn.
Following the brief words of welcome
and a splendid tribute to the
work done by the local chapter members,
Chairman Brailsford introduced
the speaker of the evening, Mayor F.
N. McOorkle, of Camden.
The mayor stressed the direct benefits
of the Red Cross chapter activities
as evidenced in the city and
called attention to the vastness of the
Red Cross activities throughout the
world.
Reports of the past year's activity
were submitted by Chairman Brailsford,
vice chairman, Mrs. E. C. Von
Tresckow; Mrs. J. R. Belk and Judge
Oliver Rice, chairman of the finance
committee. The Judge made an eloquent
plea for liberal giving in the
war fund drive.
Following a vocal solo by Mrs. J.
W. Brunson, "Angels of Mercy," who
was accompanied on the piano by
her mother, Mrs. Charles Salmond;
Miss Virginia Greene submitted the
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A? Maddox
is No Sole
Owner of Food Shop
Johnny Hugglns, grocer and meat
specialist, who has been identified
with the Camden Food Shop for some
time past, has disposed of hts Interests
to H. H. Maddox, Camden Food
Shop proprietor, and has taken over
the grocery market at 602 National
highway, formerly operated by Harold
Mims.
Mr. Huggins is familiar to the
shopping trade because of his contacts
in the Atlantic and Pacific Tea
company store and later with the
Camden Food Shop.
Mr. Maddox, who is now the sole
owner and proprietor of the Camden
Food Shop, has been a familiar figure
in Camden business circles for some
time. Mr. Maddox Is a native of
Kershaw county, being born at Blaney.
He was for some time manager
of the Broad street store of the Atlantic
and Pacific Tea company, and
because of his fine managerial ability,
was transferred to Columbia b^
the chain organization to become
manager of one of the super stores
there.
But Mr. Maddox missed his Camden
friends and acquaintances and It
was not long before he was back In
Camden, had purchased the Gladden
grocery business and had opened a
modern food shop. This shop Is one
of the outstanding food and meat establishments
in this section.
Forest Fighters
Seeking Members
The local coordinators of the Forest
Fire Fighters Service for the
counties of Kershaw, Chester, Fairfield,
Lancaster, L?ee, Richland, and
Sumter met In the Agricultural building
in Camden last wedk 'to -make
plans for the organlzatkm dT'the Important
wartime service.
The Forest. Fire Fighters Service
(FFFS) is one of the five basic defense
groups that heflre been organized
under the office-of Civilian Defense.
The ptfrpose of the FFFS is
to provide trained and equipped fire
fighters to augment the established
protection agendes in suppressing
fires, to acquaint people with their
responsibility In fire prevention and
suppression, and to. provide an opportunity
for people in the near foreffort.
ber of the FFFS may apply for member
of the FFS may apply for membership
with the County Forest
Ranger or with the office of Civilian?
Defense. After the application r has
been received and some - training
given In fire suppression, the volunteer
will be issued a registration
card^uttd^^yrt^ca^^o^m-SB^^Miip
those 'who* lA^ln^rur^'lSiMp^Ueii
to acttveQr participate te our war effort.
Help us stamp put woods fftedf
Remember;. ^Drtr^tfT' IjliMrrrn
me Axle."
Home Nursing
Classes To Be Held
(By Sadie VonTreackow)
The afternoon elass of Home Nursing
will bo held at the Court lnu
on Wednesday and Friday from 2 to
4 p. in., beginning Wednesday, February
8. Kindly telephone Mrs. David
K. Williams, 522 J, right away
if you wish to Join.
All classes are limited to seventeen
students. Candidates will be
admitted to this class in the order in
which their npplictlons are received.
There are very few vacancies left.
If by the time you telephone Mrs.
Williams, this afternoon class is Ailed,
please leave your name and address,
as another day class will start
as soon as sufficient names have been
received.
' The night class which began Monday,
January 25, was not able to take
care of all those who applied. An- '
other night class will be started, first
taking care of those we could not accommodate.
8o far five have registered.
If you are interested in the next
night Class, please telephone Mrs.
Thomas Ancrum, 313, as soon as possible.
Dates and time of these
classes will be announced later.
Textbooks cost 60 Cents - and are
sold in class. Kindly bring this
amount with you. "V" -y?
Mrs. Grainger Galther hopes you
understand that registering for day
classes is to be done through Mrs.
Williams and the next night class
through Mrs. Ancrum. It is permissable
to drive to class in your car.
Hats off to the Red Cross! Only
through that organisation has it been
possible to gef the following, information:
The war department has been informed
through the International Red
Cross that Lieut. Gen. Jonathan M.
Walnwright and twelve other general
officers are prisoners of war of
the Japanese government in Taiwan
Camp, Island of Formosa. The other
officers are MaJ. Gens. Edward P.
King, Jr., George F. Moore and Geo.
M. Parker, Jr.; Brig. Gens. Lewis C.
Beebe, Clifford Bluemol, William B.
Brougher, Charles C. Drake, Arnold
J. Funk, Maxoir S. Lough, Allen C,
McBride, Clinton A. Pierce and James
R. N. Weavdiv ?
Many of these reported are the
class-mates and friends of Col. J. F.
Wall, of Camden.
Novel Tells of
Battle of Camden
The Battle of Camden, fought during
the Revolutionary war at a point
seven miles north of the city, and
the death of Baron DeKalb, famous
German soldier, was never more dramatically
narrated than in the .stlrring
novel "Dawn's Early Light" from
the pen of Elswyth Thane and which
has been appearing in serial form "in
Liberty Magazine.
The events leading nip to this battle
In which the British scored an im- ~
pressive victory over the Americans
under Gates, is told with interesting ?
details and accuracy by the writer
of "Dawn's Early Light." The fact'
that a touching love'story la woven J
into the picture of that stirring pe->
riod of American history adds keen
and sustaining Interest to the reader.
The death of Baron DeKalb is told
in a manner to evoke impressions of
the. patriotic and soldiery Qualities
of this German officer, who sacrificed
his life in the fight for American independence.
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Baron DeKalb's mortal remains lie
under a mammoth granite monument
In front of the historic Bethesda
Presbyterian church In this Olty. After
reading of his gallant effort to
halt the retreat of the.. American
troops and how even though'mortally
wounded he sought to stem the rout,
Camden people have a new feeling of
reverence and respect as they pass
the historic shrine on DeKalb street.
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Merchants Consider
SheOre-Your-Car Plan .
k Much Interest and enthusiasm was
manifest In the proposed plan to work
out a share your oar program in Gam- '
dea^at^a^ m^tingjaf the^Terchairts
Court Inn Monday evening.
Commander W. R, BOnsal qf the
Civilian Defense corps addressed the _
meeting and outlined the plan that
had been submitted to him by the
8^^^6ln i e?U'the placing of
a bulletin board at defense headquarters
*nrt upoi) this board would be
space for cards of those seeking
fansportarffoni ' "
lack Moore of the- Barringer Hardware
Company was named the chair*
manf'oi the share-yogg*|fr plan
Mr. Moore is to nam# several workers
who will Interview the merchants
,who ware not present at the meat leg. .
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