The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 13, 1943, Image 1
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v CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, IMS NUMBER 21 ^ -V S
!ber Directors
Business Meet;
littees Naifted
t McKain Announces
nnel; Time Change
Investigate*}.
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i A. C. McKain of the CamLhaw
County Chamber of
announced the appointment
nding committees tor the
meeting of the Board of
leld Tuesday afternoon. '
mittees and personnel are
Mayor P. N. McCorkls,
Senator W. T. Redfearn,
[.and Ingham, A. C. McKain
H. Heath. v
l: Usher lj. Mysrs and
Harrison, co-chairmen; Jack
j. C. Ewing, Reuben Pitts,
ain, C. P. DuBoae, Jr., F.
tie. W. T. Redfearn and,
illlplgne.
J. E. McKain, chairman;
Henry Savage, Jr., and
orkie, _ ^
Whitaker, C. P. DuBose,
re: W. C. McCarley, chair.
Carrison, L. I., Ouion and
ilth. t
ug: Harry D. Kirkover,
P. H. Heath and Tom Mott.
Father Edward Burke, P.
le, W. R. Boneal,. J. O.
nd Sam Karesh.
8 Bureau: Jack Moore,
W. % Marshall, J. A. HaMaddox,
Sam Karesh, Vic.
, J. H. Huff or, Simon
Will Major.
stors received a communii
tlie Jacksonville, Florida,
of 'Commerce requesting
idorse the removal of the
r-time^ now prevailing, tQ
me from November vl to
'he Jacksonville Chamber
there Is no reason for the
regulation during the winPresident
McKain referred
to a special committee,
>f W. B. Marshall, A. Sam
H. H. M add ox.
ctors voted to withdraw
plan of asking that' a
p bq located in Kershaw
the purpose of providing
th war prisoner help In
Lions. The directors were
securing what aid the war
.might offer through the
troops. *
ecided to Investigate the
ton prices and if possible
?teps that, might result- in
rice being made, possible
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ins of Foreign
ro Organize
ti Camden
g Will Be Held At
thouse August 20
g will be held in the Court
lie Kershaw County Court
Friday, August 20, for the
organising a local unit of
ns of Foreign Wars. Deommander
J. A. Ungual of
ogether with other departals,
will be present to orCamden
Post.1
rvice men who have been
service during war, camirrectlons,
and have a ser.
for same, are qualified to
nember of the Veterans of
'ars Organisation,
and mothers having . sons
ent war are invited to be
the meeting. Mothqrs of
reign service are eligible
-ship in the Women's Auxh
will be organised later,
tatives of the Spate Departhave
been in Camden pro.
organisation of the local
the opinion that there are
mber of ex-service men In
d Kershaw County who are
become members of this
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READY FOR THE HOP TO? BRITAIN
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npHJC Canadian-built and Canadian-guarded outpost at Goose Bay, Labrador, 'Ja on* of th* world'* largest
* and moat Important air bases. From this vital field, the Royal Canadian Air Force, with the cooperation
of the United Nations Air Forced, deliver the necessary ships to embattled ^ptftain. While these "Flying
Forts" ore being serviced, as shown above, previous to their take-off, Canadian, soldiers carefully stand guard
bv them. Before leaving, inset, pilots get their last-minute instructions from- Contain Cardiff of Los Angeles,
California, who has wen over 10,000 flying hours and.several trips Across the Atlantic to hie credit.
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Hershey Declares
Pulpwood Essential
To the War Ef tart
:
TJnder date of July4'#!, 1943, General
Lewis B. Hershey, Director of the National
Selective/'Senrlcq System, Issued
an amendment to Activity and
Occupation Bulletin No. 7 adding the
cutting of Pulpwood to the list of essential
activities. Pessons engaged in
these edaeplli activities are granted
special consideration in requests for
deferment.
This actiqn on the part of General
Hershey has been brought about by
an acute shortage of necessary paper
and paper products. There can no
longer be any doubt that pulpwood
has actually gone to war, or that the
Army actually fights with pap#. In
order to get food and ipamunltlon
overseas, thousands of tons of paper
are being used this yearln the manufacture
of V-boxes. Evdry shell fired
is wrapped in an Individual paper, container.
Thousands of tons dt pulp
are used in the manufacture of smoke- "
less powder-eo jjecessary for our big !
shells and'1 bombs. Paper is being
sised In the production of clothing for !
Arjny fliers. The troops In North "
Africa gained relief from the Intense
heat of the Sahara sua by the use of
paper .helmets. The Army actually 1
uses thousands of tons of paper In the 1
production of maps. Practically every ,
Army cantonment has used paper In
the roofing and insulation of buildings.
Waten mains at army bases are
paper pipes-?good for tO years. Waterproof
paper containers protect the
rifles of troops landing In surf and ,
fording streams. ?1
. This Is a few of the manyultlmate J
uses to which the pulpwood produced .
in this area Is finally being put. We ]
cannot urge too strongly that every {
farmer utilise his spare time in 'the ,
production of pulpwood and that every 1
individual not otherwise profitably en- ,
gaged now,,inquires as U? the' possibility
of employment In this industry. ,
Buddy of Hero
Lauds Dead Boy j
For Fine^uurpcter j
The grlef-strlcken parents of Pfc. 4
James Bllson Cure ton, who was killed
in a plana crash near Omyina, Tana., '
have had their burden of sorrow tan- \
pered by, the word* of a' buddy of
their son.
This buddy Is Hugh Simrlll, of
York, S. O., who had been with him j
continuously since the two left fat
Jackson laqt September. The Cureton 1
boy and Sirnrttk bad always been hi I
the same squadron at Shaw, Keeeler, .
and the A.A.F. combat crew school at !
Smyrna. They had always managed 1
to get In the skme barracks end their j
bunks always adjoined. < j .
7 Simrlll, in a letter to his mother at
YoTk, pays the following tribute to j
Jimmy Cureton: ^ ?t. xj..
*;"He's about the swelleet kid I've )
met since being in the Army. He was j
thO kind of boy who couldn't bo temp- <
ted to do wrong things and was of the 1
independent type that seemed to get |
more pleasure out of working and j
learning and doing things On time. He \
never got into any type of trouble ?
just seemed Co enjoy being right to j
par all the time. His crew chief said 1
he wae the beet man he'd ever had on I
hie cerwr Re waa the fourth buddy of ;
mine to be killed up here, but none
iof them meant to me what Cureton I
did." ' *
Simrlll gone on to U&hU mother
that he was Flth Curqtbn practically I
a)l the time during tie ten I
b?-has been in the Army, and he said
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Hungry Flames
Level Buildings1
In Rembert Monday
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Camden and Sumter Fire De
oaVtmenta Reanond To
Helo Anneal.
Damage aggregating $10,000. wai
caused by an early morning fire wh)rf
leveled one blook of buildings In th<
village of Rembert on U. S. highway
621, 12 miles from Camden earl]
Monday morning.
Occupants of a passing truck dis
covered the fire in a barn near th<
highway at 4:30 o'clock. They stop
ped and gave the alarm which broughi
out practically every able-bodied mai
In the-village, all aiding Jn fightinc
the blase.
Because of the limited fire flghtint
apparatus In the village, an appeal
for help was sent to the Camden and
Sumter fire departments. The loca
fire department responded by sending
out the big pumper, and the Camder
firemen were in action when the fire
apparatus from Sumter arrived. The
firemen from Camden and Sumtei
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Stan Llewellyn Is Given
High Honor
By Inman Mills
A. Stanley Llewellyn, who was man.
ager of the Kendall<rMUlB in Waters*
village here Jor almost a.quarter oi
a century, and who<Xer tbe past few
years has .been general manager ol
the Inman' mills at Inman, South Car
Dllna, waa elected vice-president at a
meeting of the Board of Directors al
the Inman and Riverdale mills lasl
seek. i
This announcement will be received
with a great deal of satisfaction by
the many friends and admirers of Mr
Llewellyn in Camden.
During the residency of the Llewellyns
jn Camden they were keystone*
In all community activities. They gave
liberally of their time to all cofcttaunIty
efforts. Mr. Llewellyn was a Memt>er
of the Rotgry Club, the Chambsv
?f Commerce, and the American Leg
ion. The family were also active fa
the affairs off the Episcopalian church.
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Committee Amazed
State Farm
Rush Brothers Show Efficiency
. i >i In Superintendency.
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* lrtmbera of the penitentiary committed
of the State farm, visiting the
State farm near Boykln, were amazed
St the enormous crop production
1 which is ,lh evidence there this year.
1 Credit fdr this outstanding situation
J is given to Capt. W. A. (Billy) Hush,
r anA Capt. Oroyer Hush, the. resident
r Bggriq - ?Bt* ?f the ,nBt^u*'
< Another feature which impressed
9 the members of the Stste legislative
* committee was the Tact that the bum1
per cft>pN on the State farm was proJ
duced on-the old-fashioned man-and*
mule basis, with an almost complete
absence of machinery. Members of
[ the committee declared that the prof
duction this year is of such a degree 1
as has not prevailed on the Stale's 1
' plantation in- many years,
j Cotton, standing fifteen feet and
i'over height, cotton calculated to prot
duce more than .4^ bale to the acre,
. 1,600 hogs, large herds of beef and
milk cattle, far-reaching fields of
sweet'potatoes, tomatoes, okra, peas,
peanuts and beans ate- in evidence.
it is "claimed that were this State
fafjn a private Sffair, ,and were all t>f the.
corn, cotton, and oats put on the
:< market at prevailing prices, the 1943
production in corn, coKpe^-AILd, oats
would gross approximately one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars. There
. are 1,200' acres of corn, over 400 acres
> Of. cotton, and 27*000 bushels of oats
^ figuring in tne production eple.
I It is farming on a scale impossible
f these days by private operators since
> the .labor for such an entetprise is 1
ir net to be had. Slightly more than
t 200 laborers work the 8,000 acres unr
dftr cultivation on the State farm and ;
others are available If needed. They
I are convicts.
- ' plot only Is there sufficient labor,
, bat you may be sure this Isn't poor
, land! Much of It is extremely rich
: bottom kid abutting the Wateree rivr
e/. Actually, one newly-taken-ln piece }
1 of tkls bottom land, a segment of 14
. acres, produced last jeer corn that
. yielded tS bushels to the acre-end <
* net A pound of fertiliser bed been ap.
plied. It wasn't needed. 1
i upland also IS rich, as great
*// tPlease tum to psgs \
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Notlc* to the public of Kershaw County.
? This notice, issued from the, off It* of Mayor F. N. MoCorkle
of the City of Camden, and Sheriff ^ If. McLeod of " Kershaw
County, la In effect, a warning, mjUk puMte that honoeforth all.
regulation# governing the oonduot Of Individuals or group organization
? during a blackout will be etrletty enforced.
^ Reports of many flagrant vlolattongjef the blackout regulations ^
during the blackout Tuesday night have augmented a long list, .
of violations. In previous blackouts, revealing a serious leek of
" cooperation In a War tlmd measure. ^ ; ' ? * >>*
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In the pas^ effenders have bgeti warned. In the future, their
names wTTT betoken and aummohe^eeuad against them for appoaronoe
In eeurC .
It la hoped that Camden and Kerahaw County ottlapne will
demonstrate their potrlotle coopertitlon In the future by observing ,H
the blackout regulations. ' * . y
^Signed, { * /
F. N. MeOORKLC, Mayor of. Camden.
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' J. H. McLEOD, Sheriff of Kerahaw Coanty.
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Dimout Regulations
Effective Sept. 15
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Camden Sts. Will Be Gloomy
Under tli* New War
Measure.
Cnnulenites will be asked to observe
a detailed dim-out of lights beginning
the middle of September, In a nationwide
drive to conserve not only electrical
materials such as- copper, steql?
and tungsten as well, it was announced
here by the electrical utilities division
^ of the South Carolina Public
Service Commission, complying with
a mandatory request from the War
Production board.
The program calls for co-operation
pn the part of each cltlsen In curtailing
the use of electrical appliances
within the home, and stresses particularly
the need for conservation on
the part of those persons and corporations
operating lights for street
signs, store windows, and other commercial
uses.
In explaining the reason for what
the WLB termed a "voluntary request",
an official statement said curtailment
of electricity would mean a
lessened demand toe ?* !, **<r thos a
decrease on the strained transportation
problem. The uae of coal, and
therefore Its transportation is a necessity
for many war plants, and
therefore the civilian jmpulation la
being requested to ease thefr requirements.
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An official spokesman of the South
Carolina service commission declared
that although the statement of the
WLB was termed as a request. It was
Inferred as mandatory by the commission,
and that It was the opinion
of members of the commission that if
the voluntary request failed to bring
an appreciative decrease, a mandatory
provision would be issued to the public.
The WLB memorandum to publlo
utilities and their custodier get forth *
the following suggestions as to keening
. the "brownout" as the dimout Is
termed:
(1) Eliminate daytime electrical
signs; (2) Reduce night uib of electrical
signs; (3) Turn out all'night
signs at 10 p. m.; (4) Reduce thq wattage
used In Clectrlo signs; (5) Eliminate
completely decoraltve and ornamental
lighting; (6) Reduce^non-essential
Interior lighting; (7) Reduce
Bhow window' lighting so that it does
not extend beyond two hours night.
It was stated at the office, of the
Camden Public 'Utilities that no orders
relative to the above had been
received here as yet.
Army-Instructors
Running Neck and,
Neck In Rail Race
Weather Man Gives Army, * Lucky
Token With
- Downpour.
TEAM BTANDINQ8
Team * Won Lost Pet.
Army ...... ;.... 8 1 " .888 3
Instructors 5 N 1 .888
Mstatalnanco . ....... 3 4 .*5? ~
Kendalls 2 4 .888
Merchants .... 1 1 . 6 .148 1
Games Scheduled
Tonight: Merchaata.vs Maintenance.
Monday: Kendalls Vs Instructors.
Wednesday: Merchants vs Kendalls.
Friday: Army vs Malntalnance. 'r
3>Two weeks from tonight there will
be plenty of action on - the kattha
front of the softball league., hg a*
that <sts the Ag^hsiiiim
leadership* In the^oftbalMeagaa raoa
should bo a deciding factor In the i
second half championship.
In this intervals the Army haa to
battle the'Kendall# In a game ached- j
Mad for hat Wednesday, 'tot poet- ;
poned by rain, also the Mliths&ita
and teams. The Instructors
must meet and -defeat th* |
Kendalls and MotjfaSsbMt In' th# j
same Interval. > -. ..jt>
The Army got a kind nod from the
weather man last Wednesday when
with th# game between the 64th and
Kendalls About tp get under way, Jfcp
PTuvfus ret busy and poured several
million gallon* of taara over the ball ;
field, causing the postponement of
(Pleaae turn topage four)
Renovations Maoi
At the Food Shop
Bxtenslve alterations and repairs
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of the display wtadow and the froseh
food in the refrigerating unit haa been
moved forward on the north side ef
been provided at the rear of the shop.
Officials Are Angry Over
Blackout Fiasco; Promise
Wholesale Arrests Pending
Mayor and Sheriff Iaaue Warning
Against Future
Violations.
Slacker citizens ot Camden who
have failed dlamallty In cooperating
In the army-ordered 'blaokoutB by falling.
either deliberately or unintentionally,
to obBervo blackouU regulations,
have had their day In Camden.
In the/ future the Iron hand of the
law will clamp down on all offenders
whose names are turned In to the
control center. The blackout that
came unexpectedly Tuesday night at
10 o'clock was the worst burlesque
that has, been offered so far during
Siren signals wer'e mixed, motorists
operated their cars with bright headlights.
even whOn the red signal was
on. Podestrlans strolled about the
streets smoking' ctgarets, while the
game condition prevailed In groups
gathered In front of the Camden hotel
and other points. v.
For the third time the local signal
source was unable to reach t^?e
Southern Aviation company offices at
the airfield and the same condition
prevailed when the police tried to
contact various air raid warden*.
Neither of the cotton mills blackfd
This ?ur were, alow In being
turned off. The Civilian xxx*n??
head was out of the city and no^ope
was in authority In his place. These
are but a few of the headaches ytgt
the Cdtmcll of Defense had to contend
with. .
The failure was so pronounced that
a council of war was held at the office
of the mayor Wednesday morning,
wfih the result that a notice was Issued
from that office and also from
the office of the-sheriff that "It will
be a case qf rigid enforcement of
blackout conditions next time, with
ail offenders being hailed into court
and fined." Defense Council and
Civilian Defense officers will swear
to all complaints, it la stated. The
blackouts are not sudden 'creations.
In the brains of thS leaders of
the Defense Council or Civilian Defense
corps, but they come on orders
of the United States Army. .v
For that reason the attitude ot an
army officer who was traveling down
DeKalb street during the feed signal
Tuesday night and who became
thy when told by an air-raid warden
to pull over to the curb and stop is a
striking example of non-cooperation.
When the warden calmly Inquired if
the officer wished to be reported to
his commanding officer, there was an
Immediate change of attitude and ?
quick pull over to the curb.
. Mayor McCorkle has promised Coun- ,
ty Chairman R, Bonsai full cooperation
in seeing that regulations
are enforced and promises that of?
fenders will be punished. - Lieut
Bill Bethea
Forces Focke-Wulf
Plane Into Sea
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Lieut. William Evans Bathea, who
was employed at the Powe Veneer
plant In this city in 1941 and '4?, and'
Lieut. Richard M. Holly of Qlendals,
Arizona, shot a big Focke-Wulf In|js!j -yJi
the sea near Northerq Iceland aevtnu
days ago, according to d. newe die- ,
patch from that area^
The seven crew members of the big
German plane wsre rescued from the
sea by"i a British naval craft. They
had, climbed Into a rubber raft when
their plane landed In the water. , .
Lieut Bethea la a nephew of J. EL
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TO PARENT^ .OF HiOYS
AND GIRLS IMT SERVICE. I
regulations we will be forced So
discontinue their papers artiste i
they are rsnswsd. ^ _
Military' regulations prevent ua
sending people In the eervtoSe bills*
state menu or notices of expiration.
Inoe most of the subeorlptlone
come front parents, w# ask that the t - ~ ^
families of eervlOo men end we wi
lee* tot* the matter of their
subscriptions to The Chronicle and
renew them If they have axplredl j THE
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