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The Camden Chronicle
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j VOLUME 84 , CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARYS, 1943 NUMBER 46
Farmers Gather In
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Camden On Wednesday
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An "occupational" meeting of county-wide
scope will be held in the
Kershaw county court house Wednesday,
February 10, at 10:30 o'clock in
the morning.
W. C. McCarley, Kershaw county
Farwn Agent, has called this meeting
and states that it being an occupational
affair, driving to it Is not
considered in the category of pleasure
driving. For that reason ho urges
every farmer of the county to bo present.
Discussing his plans for U\ia meeting
Mr. MoCarley stated "evtry Kershaw
county farmer Is willing and
eager to do his part toward winning
the war, hdwever there are some
questions that may be Intelligently
answered.
"The farmers would like to .know
just what they are expected to do,
just what they can da. they want to
know abont labor, machinery and
fertiliser, of the fertilisers they will
be able to buy nd whether they' are
supposed to grow peanuts or soybeans.
To answer these questions
Mr. McCarley, Messrs. Clarke, Woodle
and Rawl, Clems on college specialists,
will be present to 'take care of
all inquiries.
Camden Mayor
Addresses Legislature
Dapper Francis N. McOorkle^ mayor
I of Camden, addressed the South CarI
oiina legislature Tuesday in the inI
tercet of a larger portion of the alcoB
hoi revenue being allotted to the clB
tics and towns in the state.
j Mr. McCorkle was selected by the
I Municipal Association of South Caro
Una to represent all of the municiI
pallties of the state at this Joint ses
sion.
I The purpo/e of this movement, acB
cording to the mayor, is to lower
I local taxes, by getting a greater part
I of the whiskey revenue for the towns
I and thereby making it possible for
the citizens to meet the ever-increasI
ing Federal taxes. ^
| The Ways and Means Committee
I of the senate met in a Joint session
I with the house of representatives.
I The chamber was full.
I Under the present system there is
I a total of $1.92 tax per gallon on
I whiskey. Of this amount the state
I receives $1.64^ the counties sixteen
I cents and the towns and cities twelve
I cents. The municipalities are asking
I for forty per cent of the total amount
I using as a basis for this claim the
I fact that the burden of the policeing
I and law enforcement falls on them.
I The liquor situation also presents a
I traffic problem that the towns have
I to cope with, the.mayor pointed out.
The Municipal Association is also
I asking for a portion of the revenue
I from trucks and busses on the ground
I that these vehicles also create a trafI
he problem and the maintenance of
I streets for this travel is a municipal
I expense.
I Under the request these revenues
I will, if approved, go to all incorporated
towns in the state. .
I Welfare Office
I Doing Fine Job
The recent, move to effect control
I df juvenile delinquency through tlie
I medium of a community welfare orI
ganiz^iion brings the Spotlight upon
I the Kershaw County Department of
I Public Welfare, sponsors of this
I worth-while project,' and heretofore |
I little publicised organisation. \ like >
I Kershaw County Board of Public )
I Welfare isheaded by N, 8. Richards, 1
I of Liberty Hill, air chairman; Mrs. <
I Margaret Maylield and W. L. McI
Lowell, of Camden, aa the other two
executives. The department is staffled
by Mrs, K. B. Salmon as dlireetor;
Miss Mary M. Hayes, Mrs. Musidora
|L. James and Mrs. X* C. Goodale, as
I "viaitora; Mft. Inez G. Ofbom
Hams as junior elerk. * (
I The County Department of Public '
I Welfare was created by an act of 1
Ith? general ag^embly approved by, (
the government May 13, 1937. The 1
county department is coordinated ?
fwtth the county, state ~and federal ^
Isovetameitts, waa created for tfie ">
Purpose of rendering MTtMffJBOK!
p-te persons in need in order 1
f*' Wa* ?f 1Mb.
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Hospital Ball To
Be Colorful Event
Possibly the outstandings social
event of the Camden winter season
I will be the annual Camden Hospital
Auxiliary Ball to be held in the ball
| room of the Kirkwood hotel on Saturday
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\ A group of committees under the
direction of Mrs. Thomas Ancrura,
president of the hospital auxiliary,
are hard at work 'completing all arrangements
tending towards the success
of this fashionable event. The
general arrangements committee is
In charge of Mrs. Lois Coxe who is
being assisted by Mrs. Alioe Marye,
Mrs. Catoe Glover and Mrs. Miriam
Mullen.
The musical inspiration for the evening
is to be provided by the Fieete
Green orchestra of Charlotte*, rated
as one of the outstanding dance ensembles
of the Carolines.
The ball promises to be one of the
most colorful events of the season as
the guests will embrace officers and
their wives and dates from the Southern
Aviation School as well as Southern
gallants with their wives and
sweethearts from Camden.
As was the custom when the very
colorful Midwinter Ball of the Junior
League was held recently, the hospital
auxiliary event will be a "walkup"
alfalT. Inasmuch as the use of
private cars is prohibited by the federal
government guests will be compelled
to walk to the Kirkwood. Taxi
service will be available If tbe government
does not Impose restrictions
on taxis carrying fares to pleasure
events.
However, gas and rubber restric- >
tions and the resultant regulations
concerning pleasure driving will not
have any .effect upon the success of
the hospital ball. This was true at
the Junior League event which attracted
one of the largest crowds in
the history of that organisation.
With Camden hotels reporting an
amazing number of guests considering
the war, with practically all of
the winter homes occupied the auxiliary
event gives promise of being
one Of the most successful charitable
social functions In years.
New Air-Raid
Regulations Made
Effective Wednesday, February 17,
a new air raid warning notification
will become effective in all parts of
the Fourth Service Command of the
eastern military area. Under orders
of Major General William Bryden. ,
Local civilian defense authorities
have been given all data covering the
new regulations. Under these regulations
the yellow or preliminary
flash will be sent out from the district
headquarters to chief of police
Alva Rush, chief notiflcatoin officer
in Camden. In turn, Chief Rush will
give notification to all defense industries,
heads of all services of civilian
defense, the Southern Aviation school .
air port and all others on the notification
list. This flash will be a warnlng
that enemy planes are in the general
vicinity of South Carolina and
constitutes a "standby signal."
When the notification officers receive
the blue flash the air raid sirens
will immediately start sounding
and will sound with a continuous t
blast for a two-minute period. Upon
thia signal all lights will be extingulshsd
with the exception of those
on automobiles and these lights must
be on low beam. The sounding of
the siren will send all members of
the civilian defense corps to their
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Religious Census \
To Be Made Here^
It has been announced that Sijnday i
afternoon, February 14, h.jeliglggs.J
census~of Camdeln -wltt 'be taken to i
determine pie church affiliations of <
the new families-of this community
and the number of residents who 1
have no church affiliation. Census i
cards with oompleU information will i
FltoT. J. B. Gaston, paster at the i
Baptist cM*,~ ? chairman of the 1
IrlT, and Bar. Herbert j
member of the committee.
Baptist Hour Speaker
Dr. J. Clyde Turner, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, Greensboro, N.
C., who will speak the first three Sunday
mornings In February, 1943, on
The Baptist Hour program.
Cites Need of More
In Nursing Class
Mrs. E. C. VonTresckow, the efficient
publicist of the Kershaw county
R^d Cross chapter, has made a powerful
appeal for more girls to take
the nursing course that the Red Cross
is providing.
"Our call is a vital cry for help,"
said Mrs. VonTresckow.
An attempt is being made by the
Red Cross to answer all these cries
first, by providing the Army and Navy
with nurses through Its War Reserve;
secondly by supplementing the depleted
nursing personnel In civilian
hospitals with Red Cross Nurse's
aides and thirdly by teaching civilians
to care for themselves In Red
Cross Home nursing classes.
During the next three months the
National Broadcasting Company la
cooperating vwith the Red Cross in
this vital campaign. Several tlmeB
weekly over station WIS every one
will be able to hear about the excellent
work being done by these
Red Cross Services.
While the thousands of nurses answer
the call of the armed forces,
nurses remaining behind must help
if they are to give adequate care to
civilians. To fill this need the Red
Cross and National Broadcasting
Company are appealing for 25,000
healthy women between the ages of
eighteen and fifty with a high school
education to take the training for
Red Cross Volunteer Nurse's Aides
in the next three months.
But even with nurse's aides, the
hospital stafTs are overworked. There
are not enough doctors to car6 for
the civilian population. It is up to
Americans to keep healthy and to
know how to care for illness in their
own homes. Americans can get this
knowledge, can do much to ease the
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Patriots Respond
To Call To Arms
The reason Captain S. C. Clyburn
of the Camden and Kershaw County
Home Guard Company is wearing a
broad smile these days Is because
there has been a most interesting
response to the patriotic call for
members of the guard unit. I
Since an appeal was made through
the medium of The Chronicle two
weeks ago, there have been some
twenty new members added to the >
roster which brings the total now to I
iearly 70 and only twenty more to go
to establish a perfect quota.
The home guard is not a fad?but i
it is an honest-to-goodness effort on <
the part of "patriotic citizens to serve
their nation on the home front. The i
iome guard was planned to be a bulwark
for a community against some
inforeseen eventuality or emergency i
that might arise through flood, toriado,
invasion or some other reign
>f terror.
The drilling, held every Tuesday i
ilght at -the, new armory, affords the i
members an opportunity to become
(killed in army technique and Jo Improve
" their health through the melium
of exercises and drills.
The feature which impresses all i
visitors who attend the drills of'the
military unit is the companionship
ind friendliness Ot all concerned Captained,
bjr Stephen C. Clyburn and
i corpw egicers, the man
trw stm the very ts*?t ih *rtH ?TOlutions.
They mpst a great many i
men with the same patriotic tster- :
1st they have and every mlnnte of
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War Relief Drive
Starts on Monday
The war relief drive will get under
way Monday, February 8, with a
eaovea of the business section of
the city for special gifts.
The committee is headed by Mrs.
John Mullen and Mrs. W. J. Maytlold,
who are to be assisted by Mrs. Ed.
Drakeford, iu charge of West 'DeKalb
street; Mrs. NettleB Lindsdy in charge
of the Crocker building; Howard
tipeuks in charge of all filling stations;
Mrs. Perry Langston, in chargo
of Broad street, north of DeKalb;
John Mullen in charge of the police
department, city council and tire department.
The businoss section between.
DeKalb and llutledge streets
will bo canvassed by Mrs. Mullen
and Mrs. Mayfleld.
Legion to Name
Outstanding Citizen
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citation for outstanding community
service is to be awarded to a
ciitizon of Kershaw, county by the
Leroy Belk Post of the American Legion
within a short time, or Just as
soon as the committee named to designate
ttm person to draw the honor
has agreed upon an individual.
The citation commltte consists of
M. M. Jteasonover as chairman; John
Whlinked, Jr., A. Sam Kareah, John
Mutyen and Marion Williams. This
committee may arrive at a decision
as to the winner of the citation in
time to have made announcement at
a. banquet given Thursday evening
at the Sarsfleld club.
At this banquet, given by the local
Legion Poet, guests of honor were
officers of the Camden Home Guard
company and the members of Draft
Boards 46 and 47. The company officers
are Captain S. C. Clyburn,
Captain George B. Rhame, Captain
and Chaplain J. B. CaBton; Lieutenants
J. J. Burns, W. A. Boykin, Jr.,
Kirby Tupper and Frst Sergeant M.
L. Duval. Also invited to the banquet
were examining physicians of
the draft boards, Dr. Carl A. West,
Drytftorge B. Rhame and Dr. A. W.Humphries.
The members of the draft boards
are; Board 46, John ^Vhitaker, Jr.,
chairman, L. D. Boykin and M. M.
Reasonover. Board 47, M. G. King,
chairman, G. P. Bell and Oscar J.
Smyrl.
The local Legion Post will make
the community service citation an
annual event. The person to whom
the honor is awarded will receive a
certificate which after the wdr will
be replaced with a suitable plaque.
The citation this year is based upon
accomplishment of 1942 and preceding
years, but in 1944, the pward will
be based primarily upon the outstanding
services in 1943.
Farm Women
Held Meeting
The Executive Board of the County
Council of Farm Women met on January
29 aW 11 o'clock ait the court
house!
The meeting was presided over by
the president, Mrs. O. J. Smyrl, who
outlined the purpose of the meeting.
She pointed out that the major objective
was to discuss production and
conservation and the Farm Women s
part in the Better Farm Living program.
The Farm War Goals for
Kershaw county were outlined by
Miss Fewell, the Home Demonstration
agent. County-wide Council
goals were adopted and the means
for executing theee were discussed.
The work of the Various county chairmen
in regard to these goals was
outlined and each county chairman
was urged to provide information for
the local chairmen in each Home
Demonstration club.
The treasurer, Mrs. Wade Holley,
submitted her report including the
report on scholarship, which shows
that the Council has one girl on
scholarship at Winthrop now. Two
scholarship girls completed their
course last year and will soon be in
position to pay back their loans.
The splewHd worlL. belo* done by
the colored Home and Farm agents
was brought .to the attention of the
group And full cooperation for the
continuance of this work was pledged
by the Board. The Council snpplemenis
the salary of the colored Home
Agent and feels that this is money
r Tb^m^Ptor additional funds for
stenographic help in the Home agents
offfeo was brought to the attention
of this
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Organize To Promote
Welfare Of Juveniles
One of tho most Comprehensive
projects undertaken in Camden and
vicinity in uoino time and ono destined
to effect the future of the growing
youth of tho community, received
marked impetus at a mass mooting
of representatives of practically
overy organization in Camdon ahd
Kershaw county at the high school
auditorium Thursday afternoon.
Represented at tho mooting wore
tho following organizations: C4ty of
Camden, Chamber of Commerce, Rotary
and Kiwanis clubs, Jewish "Sisterhood,
City Cour^ll, Korshaw County
Educational Association, Sheriff's
office, Qraco Episcopal church. Amorican
Legion Auxiliary, Probate
Judge, United Daughters of the Confederacy,
Red Cross, Community Service
Corps, Hermitage Cotton Mill,
Kirst Baptist church, County schools,
lðodist church, Council of Farm
Women, Legion Auxiliary, Wateree
Mill, U. S. C? School Attendance
office, police department, Olty and
County Health Department, Women's
Missionary Society of the B&ptl?t
'church, Town of Bethune, Prebyterian
Auxiliary, Civilian Defense oouncil,
Daughters of the American Revolution,
City Schools, and Department
of Public Welfare.
Mrs. Clyde Helms of Columbia,
head of the Child Welfare division
of the state department of Public
Welfare, was the main speaker of
tha afternoon and was Introduced by
^Irs. Kathleen Watts, Cdunly' Superintendent
of Education. Supt. J7 G.
Richards of the Camden public
schools presided at the meeting.
Mrs. Helms presented a plan of
organization, which with two others,
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Rotarians Give Up
Ladies Night
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The Camden Rotary Club has an- "
nounced that the annual ladies' night
will be dispensed with this year, the
money usually expended for this big
get-together to be used for some essential
war effort.
The meeting of tho local Rotes last
Thursday (was most interesting and
featured a talk by Henry West of
Charlotte, who is president of the
Charlotte Motor clujj and affiliated
with the Chevrolet Motor company.
Mr. West spoke on the topic "The
Victory Driver Campaign," and then
submitted a film entitled "Americans*
Can Give It." This film showing the
production of war materials.
Carrying out the program of hav?
ing two high school students And two
farmers present at alternate meetings,
two of the outstanding farmers
of Kershaw county, Joseph Pafe and i
Paulp>|)rown were guests at the
Thursday meetings - / .
Mention was made at-the meeting
of the contemplated visit of Sr. Fernando
Carbajal of LAma, Psru; - president
of Rotary International, who
will be the speaker at a meeting of
t?e' Columbia Rotary club on February
19. It is expected that manyRotarians
will attend this meeting.
Rotarian Jack Mullen, - who has
been on leave of absence from the
club because of defense duties, was
welcomed back. J. . .
Guests at the meeting were Rev. B.
Wallace Edwards, guest of J. C. Swing;
Lather Osterhoudt of New York,
guest of William Bates and Dr. Lyons
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Total Purchase War
Bonds $265J041M
A report on the purchase of war"
bonds by the citizens of this county
has been made by the CknmtjK W**
Saving Committee, shewing the
month-by-nxrath buying during the
last eight months of the year 1942.
The report covers those eight
months since it was daring those
mnnlhslthst the- system ef assigning ?
each county a specific monthly Quota
was in effect. T^e auota system .WML-'.
eSTa bits bed last May, and was in sf- *
foot from May on.
Total purchase In the county during
the. eight-month period amounted to
$265, 041.45, and this amount was *
subsmffig^awtribntton to thUTWlos
pf mors than $60,000,000 in bonds ha
South Caroling last ysur.._ii^
^JhO-teporfcmade hers ts bated oh
figures sent ftom W. P. Bowses, state
bond adainstretbr, at Columbia. .
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Point Rationing
Will Be Topic
Camden merchants unci ?U others
Interested In the Point Rationing
System which is to become effoetlvo
within a few weeks are Invited to attend
a mass meeting to be held in the
auditorium of the grammar school on
Friday evening, February 12, at eight
o'clock.
This mooting arranged through the
cooperation of the Chamber of Cam
merce and Merchant's Association
with the State Office of Price A(!
ministration will be addressed by
Martin F. Gaudian of the State OPA
staff.
The Chamber of Commerce and the
Merchant's Association extend an in
vitation to all interested parties t(^
attend this meeting. The ramifications
of the point rationing
ramifications of the point rationing
system will be gone into with much
detail by Mr. Gaudln. The State O.
P. A. office advises the Chamber of
Commerce that this meeting, which
will be educational in nature, is of
vital importance to all concerned. All
questions offered from the floor will
receive the cheerful consideration of
the speaker.
The Chamber of Commerce and the
I Merchant's Association earnestly urge
all business men and citizens to be
present at this meeting. It will be
of special value to the shopping public
as the Point System is to be carefully
and clearly explained.
Speaking Campaign
For The Red Cross
An extensive speaking campaign
to arouse interest and cooperation in
the annual Red Cross Roll Call has
been arranged by the Kershaw county
chapter.
| Under the program planned Red
Cross speakers will attend every
meeting that is held in the county
during February. On Tuesday at a
general meeting of the chapter at .
Grace Episcopal church guild hall,
Rev. Henry Collins of the Lyttleton
Street Methodist church was the
speaker.
Mrs. Samuel Russell will speak at
the Baptist circle meetnig to be held
at the home of Mrs. J. L. Gillis; Mrs.
E. C. VonTresckow will Bpoak at the
Baptist circle meeting at the home
of Mrs. J. E. Ross and Mrs. Margaret
Mayfleld will be the speaker at another
Baptist circle meeting at the
home of Mrs. C. O. Stogner.
At a Mothodist circle meeting at
the home of Mrs. Robin Zemp, Mrs.
John Wall will be the speaker; Major
Moultrie Brailsford, county Red Cross
chairman, will speak at the Methodist
circle meeting at the home of Mrs.
Henry F. Collins, while Mrs. Leon
Schlosburg is to speak at the home
of Mrs. Watson Baddy.
Attorney Oliver Rice will be the
speaker at a meeting of the Business
Women's Service League at the home
of Mrs. Wilson Bebe; Miss Helen
Harman will be the speaker at the
American Legion banquet held at the
Barsfield club Thursday night
Speakers who have already been
heard were Marlon Hyman, who addressed
the Junior League meeting
at the home of MrA. J. E. McKain;
Colonel E. C. VonTresckow who addressed
the D. A. R.; Father Edward
Burke, the Garden club;' and Rer. A.
Douglas McArn who spoke at the
Farm Women's Council. /
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