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The Camden Chronici ,e ' i VOLUME 54 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1943 NUMBER 48 Record Crowd Hears Rationing Technique Duo of the dourest and moat contjHt. verbal expositions of the new point-rationing program, which Is expected to go into effect on or about March 1, wus offered to a large gath1 ering of business men and citizens at i he grammar school auditorium last Friday evening by Martin F. Gaudian of the state office of the Office of 1'rico Administration. Mr. Gaudian appeared before the j Camden group through the sponsor| ?hip of the Camden Merchant# association of which Simon Kichol was president. Mr. Fichei presided at the meeting, introducing Mr. Gaudian. Mr. Gaudian prefaced his discussion of the point-rationing system by referring to the part the general public can take in the war program, stating that cooperation in aiding the merchants to cut down on deliveries, approvals the saving of labor, material and goods, while not mandatory, is pcrmissable and patriotic. In going into the problems of the point-rationing program, which under the lucid explanation by the speaker, appeared to lose its puzzling dimensions. Mr. Gaudian stated that the public must perforce change its taste by necessities imposed by the present war situation He declared that the American people must turn to the things that are most plentiful and go lightly on the things that are not plentiful. This he said was 'the basic thought in the promulgation of the point-rationing program, in that the most points are required to secure the commodities that are less plentiful while fewer points are exacted from the rationing book for the'things that are In more or less abundance. The speaker then went on to explain a case proposition, taking an average family and tracing the steps necessary to acquire a rationing book and then how the point-rationing program operates in the retail store. The speaker declared that the pointrationing system is going to teach the American housewife to* not budget, not Cnl^^er finances,- boa also what she buys. After speaking to the meeting alondf ! the general lines of the point- ratiivli lug program, the speaker then 34m ( used those who desired to leave irtF order that they might return to thelflp radios to listen to the address of the!, president of the United States. He j then continued his address to the! grocers and other interested merch-i ants, going into the technical detail j o( ttie operation of the rationing program as it pertained to the retailer. Mr. Gaudian is a fluent speaker, knows his subject and has a most, pleasant and interesting manner of ( addressing his listeners. The crowd that gathered to hear him was the; largest to attend any defense gather-[ Ing held in the auditorium this year, j Unnecessary Driving Data Is Announced The Washington headquarters of tho OPA have issued a list of car uses held non-essential and has asked the authorities to take the license numbers of cars used for any of the purposes enumerated. The list of non-essential purposes follows: 1. Purely social calls and functions. 2. Athletic or sporting' events, Including golf, tennis, basketball, etc. 3 Taking music lessons or attending dancing school. 4 Going to a public library. 6- Attending club meetings. t>. Attending clric meetings, fraternal meetings, including civic clubs, Masonic or other organisation meetings, book clubs, sewing circles, bridge clubs, etc. " Going home to lunch unless necessary for reason Of health, such diet or prescribed rest period after eating. 8. Honeymoon jaunts. Sixteen Pages This Week 'r had not been the intention of The Chronicle to exceed twelve pages. Rnt due to the increased amount of important Information on point-rationIng and the necessity of getting this information to the public it was nocaa Rary 10 n? sixteen pages this week. For your convenience has been arranged in the second see* \ tion, the pap? being produced in two one of eight peg? each. BULLETIN Margie Martin, six-year-old Columbia girl, who was among the four victims of the Greyhound-New South freight truck crash Tuesday morning, Is In a critical condition at the Camden hospital. The attending physician states she has a fractured skull. Four Injured In * Bus-Truck Crash Four persons were Injured and eight others badly shaken up when a Greyhound bus, bound from Charlotte to this city crashed into a freight truck four miles north of this city at 3:45 o'clock Tuesday morning. Tho injured were: Mrs. Rebecca Key, age 60, 617 East 51st street, Savannah, Ga., head badly cut and suffering from shock; Melvin R. Tarlton, age 26, Rat. F, 166 FA 73 Brigade, Camp Blanding, Fla., leg believed broken, badly cut and bruised, shock; Miss Betty Hicks, age 26, Moore St.. Columbia, S. C., bruised, cut a!nd suffering from shock; Miss Margie Martin, age 6, 26 Moore street, Columbia, fractured skull, cut and bruised.'Eight other passengers on the bus escaped Injury but suffered from shock. The driver of the Greyhound, George Sanford Davis, of Charlotte, N. C? told the highway police he was driving at usual speed south to Camden when the heavily laden freight van loomed up ahead of him. He had no chance to stop and ploughed into the big trailer. Joseph S. Brogden, Manning, S. C., driver of the freight van, said his lights went out and before he could place his flares around his vehicle, the Greyhound came around a curve and crashed into him. The Greyhound was badly damaged while the trailer was telescoped with the top resting atop the Greyhound. Further information at the scene of the crash brought to light the fact that the accident might have been caused'by-^ihtt,driver of the s"uth| uWRTWKV) iliij IftjOTfrlf m deadlights a north bound *lreybound whicK had slopped on the east Side of the toad opposite the freight j truck. The driver of the south bound | (Jj-eyhound is r said to have declared ^hat the light* of the other Grey* bound blinded him and he could not Bee the stalled van. f1 ' - " Lend-Lease Act Is Favored Washington, Feb. 16.?Congressman J. P. Richards, of South Carolina, expressed the belief today that there was "no doubt" that extension of the Lend-Lease Act would be favored by an overwhelming majority of the House Foreign Affairs committee and the House itself. Mr. Richards, who represents the Fifth South Carolina District, Is a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee which now is conducting hearings on Lend-Lease extension. "I voted for the original act before we became involved in the war, and it is obvious that the need is greater and our interest more direct now since we are in it," the Congressman said. "I think, however, that the United States should insist that the policy of Lend-Lease bring full reciprocal benefits from our allies, and I am pot convinced that this is the case at present. "It has been definitely proven that by choice or otherwise the United States will never again be neutral in a world conflict such as the present one. That being the case, thinking people realise that to insure the peace we must help police the world after this war; and to do that effectively, we must have adequate police stations. Our allies should now cede to us permanently for that purpose needed naval bases and air stations in both the Atlantic and Pacific in exchange for the billions we are freely letting them have through Lend-Lease. Our harassed tax payers would then more cheerfully shoulder the burden of preserving the peace after the war is won." POST OFFICE TO BE CL.08ED MQNDAY, FEBRUARY 22 ip 7 postmaster advised The Chronicle the poetoffice would be llr.ry ' iMm wU b? ov*n turn atf|C?A Bio* a. a- kowanr. o* Kiwanis Clubsjake Up Food Problems The Kiwunls (Mubs of the I wo Carolina# were called on today by District Governor Charles C. terwln, of Forest City, N. C., to take hold of the problems of food p/oduction In the various communities. In a letter to the presidents of the clubs of the Carolines District Mr. Frwin pointed out the serious dangers of tho future months in connection with food shortages. A full page letter from W. J. Stricklin of Florence, S. C., chairman of the Agriculture committee, has been mailed out to all club chairmen of Agriculture committees, with suggestions as to projects to be undertaken by tho clubs. .Many of the clubs have already started very constructive and aggressive program^ to moot the situation but they are now requested to put on a more Intensive effort. Among the suggestions that have been sent to clubs are the sponsorship of (1) Victory Gardens (a) Backyard type for city and village people for their own consumption (b) Large gardens for farmers for commercial purposes. (c) Cortfcxunlty gardens for small groups. (2) Poultry production projects to aid the meat situation. (3) Projects in schools to educate the boys and girls to the immediate emergency for food production and to enlist students for slimmer work on farms. Other projects that will develop out of the suggestions will include the subsidizing of mules or horses and plowmen to cultivate the small gardens; school programs to assist the 4-H Club groups to enlist studen^ labor, and provision for seed and fertilizer to be made available to garden projects. A full hour of discussion of farm problems and the inauguration of the club activities will be held by all clubs in the district during the week of March l-16th. Thousands of Kiwanians will gather with farmers and farm women to inaugurate the program at these meetings. Dog Ordinance To / Become Law Feb. 27 Camden's^drastlc dog ordinance becomes effective on. Saturday, February 27, having already been ratified by the city council., The ordinance is one of the most drastic that has even-been enacted in Camden or fctsowh^re in the effort to eliminate dogs ranging at large in a community. The ordinance specifically provides that all dogs must bo kept upon the premises of the owner except when exercised on a leash. The ordinance provides that dogs found running at large shall .he empounded and the owners shall pay for the keep of the dog in the city pound at tho rate of 25c per day and also pay a fine for having permitted said ^ntrnai {/> yun at large. I>Qg3_Whlghare impounded will be kept for ten days and if not claimed within that time will either be sold or destroyed. The ordinance is expected to remedy a nuisance which had gained marked proportions within the past year. Mercury Slumps To 10 Above Zero The coldest weather of the winter season descended on Camden Sunday night when the mercury slumped down to an uncomfortable 10 degrees above sero. This is said to have hit a new low for a considerable number of years. Patrolmen on duty in the downtown area report that thermometers varied from 9 above to 13 above, while in the residential district the reports were the same. The official reading however was 10 degrees above. The cold wave was accompanied by a high gale, which came out of the west Sunday but switched direct from the north pole direction during the night BANKS TO BE CL08ED MONDAY Both the Commercial Bank and the Firpt National Bank of Camden will i be closed Monday, February 22, in observance of George Washington's birthday. MATHER TO PLAY BOOKER TONIOHT AT 8 The Mather Academy Eagles will play the Booker Washington Tornadoes k?M tonight at 8 'oclock. i la a eloee gam* played la Colombia, February f, the Eaglea whipped .the TWliiusp, 17-14. I'T v - 1943 Carolina ('up Rare Is Called Off Announcement was made to ilu1 world Thursday by Harry IV Klrkovor. chairman of the Carolina Cup committee, through the medium of the farflung coverage of the Camden News Service that the 1943 running of the I internationally famous Carolina Cup race, scheduled for Saturday. March 27. has been called off. Mr. Kirkover states that this famous race, together with the Springdale 'steeplechase event, and the other rages in evidence on the card feutur-1 ing the cup classic, will not be run again until after the war is over. Had the race been run this year it would have marked the 13th running of the famous event. New Homes Now Ready In Sarsfield I Camden's new residential section, the Sarsfield Area. Is rapidly taking on the appearance of a small city. Au army of carpenters, bricklayers, plumbers, electricians and others Is taking advantage of the fine weather to push the construction of the housing program at a rapid pace. In just one week, ten of the thirty homes under construction will be completed and ready/for occupancy while j In three weeks, Another five will have been made ready for tenants. Thlaj will complete the first fifteen. The entire thirty homes are expected to be finished and considerable of the landscaping completed by April 1G, according to the promoters. L Four of the first fifteen homes are six room structures and eleven having five rooms. Of the second fifteen, eight have six rooms and seven have five. All of the homes have electric refrigeration, ranges, heaters of a new design, which insure warmth day and night, hot and cold water, and with ^ Interiors decorated. The landscaping will greatly enhance the appearance of the area which covers some twelve acres. Each loF^lll have at least fifty pieces of shrubbery and trees planted on it. Wh&n the landscaping is completed, the city will proceed to grade and shaply.hp the streets leading through thQjifff The entire development haB fnil-'service with water and light$RPwell as sewage connections. The construction of the two development? 1? being supervised by the Traxler Real Estate Company of Greenville', affiliates of this unit are David Byrd Trexler and David Gatling 1 rexler. Prospective home owners as well as families desiring to rent homes, have made inquiry of the Trexler company regarding the new homes and the list of possible applicants now exceeds the number of homes built. All applications have to be carefully checked. Farmers RallyTo ?; Aid New Plant Since announcement was made several days ago of the proposed installation of a dehydration plant In Camden there has been much activity of a cooperative nature evidenced by the farmers of Kershaw county. - According to W. C. McCarley, County Agent, in the few days that have elapsed since announcement was made of the dehydration plant project, over 100,000 potatoe plants and 150,000 cabbage plants have been booked and will be planted to furnish potatoes and cabbage for the plant. Mr. McCarley also announced that farmers In Kershaw county are to receive 104,000 pine tree seedlings on Friday, February 19. The seedlings are presented by the Southern Kraft Pulpwood company of Georgetown. This pulpwood company has given an excess of one million seedlings to South Carolina farmers. Block Leaders To Meet This Af ternoon Mrs. A. C. McKain, leader in the civilian defense program in Camden, has called an Important meeting of all senior and Junior block leaders to be held at the Episcopal guild hall Friday afternoon at 4 o clock. Several matters of utmost importance will be discussed at this meeting, among them being the point-rationing program. It Is proposed to enlist the aid of the block leaders and Junior group in acquainting the housewives of Camden with the intricacies of the potnt rationing system. I Chief Warns of ! Allowance Checks Chief of Police Alva Hush. has i ! boon requested by the secret service j 'division of the United States Treasury. to Issue a warning relative to I the army and navy allotment and al- j lowanee checks which are bring is- , .sued In Increasing numbers to do pen ; [dents of men In the armed forces. I The Chief states that the mailing ; [of hundreds of thousands of these checks monthly offers many opportunities to check thieves and forgers.. [ He says that it is the patriotic duty, of every American to do everything possible to see that theso chocks are received and negotiated by those for, whom they are Intended. The thief or forgery of allowance or allotment! I checks may mean that the mothers, j wives of families, of men on the fight-: ing fronts will go cold or hungry for want of money. The Chief further j stated that the prevention of such! misfortune may be eliminated to a great extent if the payees of army I and navy allowance and allotment checks will promptly report any change of address to tholr post office, | have tholr names placed on their mail J boxes, try to work out a Bystem j whereby their mall carriers will notify them when checks are delivered, Indorse their checks only at the time they are cashed and try to cash them always In the same place. Legion Auxiliary Contributes $25 Honors for being the first Camden I organization to contribute to the "war | fund drive" goes to the American Legion Auxiliary. At a recent meet-j ing tho Auxiliary voted a contribution | of $25 to this all-Important drive. The Legion Auxiliary has been fore- j most In sponsoring movements which have as an objective the needs of, men of the fighting forces. They j sponsored the collectoin of old roc-1 ords, the book and magazine drive, | the scrap Iron drive, housewives drive for "fats" saving, housewives drive for "old hose" saving, assisted In the Navy recruiting program and have [ taken an Interest in all matters of civic Improvement. In addition to the above, as well as the regular duties of the Auxiliary in caring for veterans of tho two world wars, the group has been foremost in the hospitalization project, education of underprivileged children, spreading of joy among under-privileged children and helping them psysically, mentally, socially and spiritually. Camden Club Will Select Markers Tho February meeting of the Camden Garden Club was held Monday at the home of Mrs. John Whilaker, Jr., on Laurens Court. club, announced that the Rotary club was making request of the Garden club for assistance in selecting the markers of the memorial trees to be placed In the new Seaboard park as memorials to the deceased members of the Rotary club. Following a discussion of annuals, lead by Mrs. J. B. Zemp, a paper supplementing the discussion was read by Mrs. R. B. Pitts. Mrs. Gukm stressed the Importance of planting Victory gardens. Hostesses of the meetnig were Miss Alberta Team and Miss Lillian Yates. Bicycle Rationing Somewhat Relaxed Eligibility rules for purchase of bicycles will be relaxed In eastern areas of the United States where reduced gasoline rations have curtailed the use of motor cars, the Office of Price Administration announced today. In those areas the strict limitation of eligibility t6 persons In selected job classifications has been abandoned. Instead, anyone gainfully employed or doing volunteer work essential to the war program or public welfare will be able to qualify for a certificate to buy a bicycle by showing need for one in his work or in going to or from his work. A further liberalization, which applies tho country over, makes bicycles available to pupils who need them to get to and from school. Moreover, a former provision Vnder which bicycles were denied to motor vehicle owners who conld Use their cars in 2leu of a bicycle has boom revoked. (Ploooo torn to page eight) f- > [). A. R. Aids With Blood Bank lly Sad to K. VonTrosckow "They blow up Hugh Sheridan's ship. Ho was badly soared l>y flesh burns. 1 couldn't aco.' ho aaid lator. "1 didn't have tho norvo to look at my lace. Lator In tho hospital. 1 wouldn't lot Hu m bring a mirror near inc. 1 Just lay thoro thinking about tho soars . . Tho doctor fixed tho actus after first pulling Hugh Sheridan through tho shock that loft him while, weak and perspiring. They pulled him through w it it emergency transfusions, using Rod Cross plasma ?plasma fropi unknown donors back in the states?plasm the Red Cross had gone to tho people to get in time?and had received on time." One of the major projects of the National Society D. A. It. for 1943 is the raising of a blood plasma fuud to which each of the 160,000 members of the D. A. R. are askod to contribute at least ono dollar. One third of tho blood plasma fund, |62,000, has been collected. The money is UBed to purchase mobile units and to equip fixed centers for the collection of blood. Dried plasma goes to the battle fronts and to military hospitals. This work is in cooperation with the Rod Cross which is now calling for 6,300,000 pints of blood for the army and navy. There are 31 donor centers with 39 mobile unitB at work. Iflach center is a miniature hospital, staffed with doctors and nurses, aided by 17,000 Red Cross workers. This service was inaugurated February, '941, at the request of the Surgeons General of the army and navy. The Red Cross won the coveted Army-Navy "B" for high achievement in the vital necessity for the armed forces' blood. From Pearl Harbor, Bataan and Corregidor, from the Solomon Islands, Australia and North Africa come factual stories of how blood plasma helped Bave the lives of thousands of wounded American soldiers and sailors. ! Rotary Leader To Visit Local Rotes Saturday, February 20, will be a red letter day in the history of the Camden Rotary club. " Hon. Fernando Carbajal of Lima, Peru, president of Rotary International, will be the guest j of the Camden Rotes for 16 minutes In tho morning. President Carbajal is to address a meeting of the Columbia Rotary club and invited guests in the main dining salon of the Jefferson hotbl Friday evening, February 19. Saturday morning he will leave Columbia by motor under escort of Hon. Sylvester Green, district governor 190th district and president of Coker college, arriving in Camden between 10:15 and 10:30. An escort of mounted police and state patrolmen will meet the TtlBTlhgUlsheci visitonTat the Wateree river bridge and escort them to the Camden Hotel where Camden Rotarians will be there to greet them. Stork Makes Stop At Kirkwood Hotel There was a spirit of jubilation in evidence in the Kirkwood hotel Sunday. The occasion was the first visit . of the blessed erente*, Mister Stork, in many, many years. When the winged messenger swept into this area Saturday night, there was a hurry call for an ambulance which carried the expectant mother to the Camden hospital. The bundle of bleasedness arrived at 8 p. m. Saturday. It was a boy. The happy and proud parents are Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Hawkins. Mr. Hawkins Is the resident manager of the Kirkwood hotel. The new Master , Hawkins is a proud son of the Hawkins line, which hails from Cnlpepper, Virginia, I DR. JNO. W. CORBETT Camden, 8. C. Editor of The Chronicle, Honor should be given where due. James H. Clyburn, at the \ J time, as now Clerk of Court, was the Chairman of the First War ! Draft Board, and to him more than - ! any other, should be given the 1 credit of managing the Board without any politics or partiality. This Is called forth by an error hi , today's paper, Johh W. Cortett, If. D. ^ . February 12, 184a.