Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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M I The Camden Chronicle fanuleii Chronicle Enlists M*11 L (J.S. Pulpwood Campaign ? r. nwitm chronicle today has It* ^ weekly and dally uewsK ? the nation In a campaign to &0l^ternmSlt to help solve ..ulpwood ^foruge .???K lh(1 second Um? lu0? lg?* " ?*, fhe ualion'a newapapen. BJJtfJn called upon W ovaro??>? ? El.ih war material r^ i fall it was the Nawspapera feffj Scrap Metal campaign. At fscoreB Of Steel mills faced E?? for lack of vital raaR. What the newspapers acooropWt in that drive is history. The ft L saved with more than pjooo tons of precious metals colP .( lB the pulpwood campaign E?; ' . equally serious because EL of thousands' of cords of KjUe pulpwood are required fc*'Victory*0bpulpwood CajtP^jK11 P! tH?tod by the War production fed" with the cooperation ^ge^les I&jsrTffhA** E, l^easlngly eerloue E mil u wood, the raw material which smokeless powder, rayon for KSutea, plastics for airplane]parts, BfTnd b?rab casings and shipping E^tners for ammunition, foods, supK plasma and other necesKl for our armed forces and our ffln the weekly and dally PJe??? lading to the call .of Donald M. te cb,lrman of U War ProducfUT organised and conducted W memorable Newspaper Sew Ell Drive. Mr. NelSOh described Bl effort as one "without P*?ce<?*n country" ^ declared that L results surpassed my fondest M Efthe current pulpwood campaign, t Nelson said, "Once again In an Lereency situation involving pfoduCCTfor the war effort, American Cvipspers have offered their asnistEL to the War Production Board. Eg voluntary and unsolicited action [resents the hlgheet expression of Inctlcal patrlotiem?the kind of pa* fiotism which, if emulated by farmIt and woodsmen !? pulpwood proI (Please turn to MffW) Le Dealers To Ket To macm . pvt Rationing I it 11:01 a. m. Tuesday stove ration g becme effective all over the naJon. Rationing order 9-A froze all atik itoves and coal and wood heatn it that time. "" Cimden merchants .dealing ' In lores are requested ' to attend a meting to he held Monday, August I, it 3 p. m. in the dining room of s Camden hotel. This meeting will 1 held under the direction of the til OPA group and will be addressIby an official from the.Distrlpt Of In Columbia, who will explain ' provisions of rationing order 9-A. Under the stove rationing plan only ? stoves are rationed. For ad* Atratlve purposes they are classlI Into seven types:* (1) Coal and g heating stoves and laundry pi, (2) Coal and wood ranges and 'ting stoves, "Gas heating Ws and heaters, (4) Gas ranges, l cooking stoves, (6) Oil and kero heating stoves and heaters, (6) ilerosene and gasoline ranges and ting stoves, (7) Conversion range turners. v hi following types are rationed: *Wc heating and cooking equlpM. water heaters, cooking equipJt which win burn only charcoal or ml, sheet-metal, air-tight woodPynt not equipped with grates, glty stoves without built-in water ta or colls, cast iron bases or fh' K&soiine hot plates or lannILltoves, central heat equipment ^ is furnaces, g&solind camp p w water heaters. |(*IE SAYS? M&?AnjiritKB\mJE i ; On CHEESE-IT POUT, IMPROVE WiTH AftSf ^ i US HAVE . rpm-?Aut>Bmxe : h iTHAPPBJStE fCM ^ INSTEAD OP ATWt J IS I \SOtUl PAPS* _ IWP up? \r Faith Bulwark Of Strength In The Battle Line Just before'James RHUou Cureton of Liberty Hill took off on what \y?b to be his fatal flight from the A.A. V. Combat Crew school at Smyrna, Tenh j he ' and his buddy, Hugh Simrlll of York, wore chatting In their barrack*.. ^coordlng to Simrill the discussion oonoerned a tragic accident of the preceding morning in which several | * ? JA^ES ELLISON CURKrON lives were lost. "Says Simrill in a letter to the mother of the Liberty Hill boy: "Since the mishap of the morning before with the loss of five of our comrades, we were discussing the subject of being prepared to give Our lives without a moment's notice. One statement wllson made will always stand out in jny mind among the '1 have always bgfldMtf tttat^wnenGod sees fit for you to gcf, you go, no matter when or how- Having that faith in God, I am not afraid.' < * I "I think," continued Simrill, "That all of us who have Jobs involving, danger, live down fear ' with this faith*; : "Agaih I want to say to you that I have yet to meet a boy who had higher morals, a love of living and accomplishing things and as freehearted as Ellison was. The incident of his death Is definite proof that the good die young and you may rest assured that youf boy has been accepted in the Kingdom of God." Fairfax Doctor To Locate Here After His Wedding Dr. Wilbur Raymond Tuten Will Open Office In ' Camden. Following his wedding next* October to Annie Lura "Ludie" Willis of Holly Hill and Columbia, Dr. Wilbur Raymond "Buck" Tuten, Jr., of Fairfax, will open an office for the practice of medicine and surgery in Cam- , den. . . . ! Announcement of the engagement ] of Miss Willis and Dr. Tuten was an- 1 nounced Sunday by the parents of ] the bride-elect, Mr. and Mrs. Henry , T jflgrftnce Willis of HoUyHULj "Ludie" is a graduate of Holly Hill . High schobl and ai tended Brenau col- 4 lege at Gainesville, Oa. She wca < graduated from Dickinson secretarial school in Columbia and for the past \ Several months has held a position in | the admitting Office^ the, Columbia i hospital. Her mother was formerly t Ocie Catherine Bunch of Holly HIIL < "Buck" lathe son, of Dr. and Mrs. a W. R. Tuten, Sr. (Lula Elisabeth | Focal) of Fairfax. He is a graduate 3 of The Cltadei and j leae of South Carolina at Charleston. \ He Interned In the Columbia hospital 1 and was resident phyilclan there for 1 mopt^' M. N. Billings - ' \ Dies Here Tuesday .. * Marshall Ney Billings, 78, died at ' tils home here Tuesday morning after _ of three and a half,jjars. LTj| was the sop of the late William r If? and Martha Prescott Billings of g ^HeCwas in the mercantile bustneiS d ?I of his life being employed by Htursh brothers for 87 yearn. ^ n Hp wau awiember oftha ? MT'church and has been an active b ieaoon for many year^ _ fi Surviving are his widow, Miw. M?t a Je Hay Billing*; one son, Francis Marlon Bllings, Camdem three broth- a ?rs. Melicue, Robert P. and Leanease, B UI of this cfe, ^ . J* from . he First Baptist ch"c^b^^e Jjjj p Wallace Edwards, and toe Rev. Nnsl rraUdell, in torment followed in the U Quaker ceraeteryr ~ ^ ^ - J * ,1 M -r '-r * < . ; -.-J Blood Plasma to ^&?iebPu^QO<i) THESE BLOOD PLASMA CAgftS of *eather-nroof V*P*r board tank from pulpwood, shown Mil delivered by Rod Cross workers to'* U. S. Navy medical officer, are volar to war aboard a battleship. The large cases contain blood donations from twelve Amer-, leans; each bottle of blood plwpn I* in attMlrate carton, also made from pmlpwood, and with it a mat of distilled water. The plasma and water are mixed to nditJuid which is saving the Uvea of our wounded soldiers. Because of the rrowlnr shortage, the Government urges farmers sn? woodsmen to sat gsoro pulpwood, for Camden City Schools ., 4. . -r - ?r f ?71 . Announces'Teaching Staff >. Open House At Woodward Field Wed. Big Success : J ??????? Thousands of interested spectators of Camden and adjacent countryside witnessed one of the most successful aviation* programs offered t? Aloutb Carolina as a feature of the "open house** of Southern Aviation school at the Woodward Air Field Wednesday afternoon. The affair, which wad In the nature of a graduating exercise for the members of Class SB-44-A, provided oh afternoon of rare * enjoyment for participants as well as spectators. The program got under way at J: 30 .o'clock with a demonstration of calisthenics, obstacle course running and Intermural sports in which hundreds of cadets participated.. This was followed by & Maintenance 'demonstration in one of the huge hangers in which wing changes, engine changes, and pre-fllght - inspection of planes were featured. The flying demonstrations that were given during the afternoon and which were heard by tens of thousands of people within 'reach of radios carrying r the network broadcast offered plenty of thrills. Captain Dean Davenport in his B-2S "Moby Dick," provided the acme of entertainment with his sensational flying of the ship that mobe.d Tokyo. Captain Davenport came in4 for plenty <of cheers when ho took his big ship oft the ground after a run of 960 feet. This Is the approximate distance (hat he I *d to negotiate in leaving the aircraft carrier when the Tokyo raid was staged. Another rine feature which furnished the crowd plenty of thrills was the formaLion, and precision flying of six P-P9s. Another Interesting feature witnessed luring the afternoon program was the close order drill by a picked squadron. The "open .house" went on the air it 4:16 o'clock over a network pf South Carolina stations, with station WIS as the key. During the 46 mlnites broadcast many outstanding officers, and others la the Aviation Field, tmong em Brig. Gen. Frederick Omble, commanding officer of the 17th training whi*, Major Leonard laaprlch, commanding officer of the ocal, airpoet. Chief Flight Instructor lowey W.. Watt, Dawson J. Brown, tead of tb# maintenance department. Taptaln Dean Davenport, hero of the rokyo raid, and LL Harry Booth, a. (Please tarn to page eight) _ the Star Taxi Changes Hands in?^ .n .i ? 'X, mm - H. E. Beard and A f. Laney .have eoently 'sold their holdings in the tar Taxi company to Charles B. tlyther, who Is well-known In Camin. , Mr. Byther cornea originally from ear BishopvIUe. For several years a has operated a store on the Wlnnsoro highway Just across the river i rom Camden. His father aleo opefw i ted a basthetfs tn this same vicinity. The Star Line was sold a few weeks' go to Mr. Beard and Mr. Laney by ernle Hinson and was operated then i r "Pat" Orr, who was formerly a =r a oiice tarea. v.? fj The company operates/five cars and i i the largest taxi Hqe operating in x Simultaneously with the announcement that schools of school district No. 1, comprising the Camden High school, Grammar school, Pine Tree Hfll school, Jackson High school and Jackson Grammar school, and Kifkwood school, will open for the school year on Tuesday, September 7, comes tM list of the teachers and also die admonition that patrons of all these . a^ol* JMM reminded that the law reqmos^UjCeessful vaccination for the prevention of smallpox. There If also an announcemeot thatl nrrangement for the rental of text-1 books and the purchase of work-books l will be made by students on thei'edjihM ing day. Teachers conferences wiH] bq hold on .Monday, September 6, preparatory to the opening of die I schools on the following day. Following Is a list of the faculty ofl the . white schools according to an-J nouncement made today by J. G. Richards, Jr., superintendent .ofl schools: | 'ttynden High school: C. T. Bald-! r win,- principal; Lindsay B. Piercd, j I athletic director and physical educa- ] I tlon; O. W. Bund rick, diversified oc-1 i cupatlons, and woodshop; ? Jataes L. j Ahderson, metal shop; M. I. Cline, j agriculture;' Rachel McGrew, home] economics; Marema Fundorburk, j math; Irma Beagle, English; Alberta] Team, ?latin end English; Henrietta] Zerap, English; Gertrude Strptftef,] science;''Odette West, French and] history; Nancy Watts, commercial de-j partment; Ethel Mnrchlson, commer-1 clal department; Wallace Edwards, | science aiid history, and Mary B. Mor-j rison, librarian and library fclence. ] ' Camden Grammar school: Cornelia] Oliver, 7th grade; Christine Williams,I 7th* grade; Esther G. Bruce, 7thI grade; Anna Montgomery, 6tb grade; | Annie Boy kin. 6th grade^_Loulse W.| Boykin, 5th grade; Cleon Pitts, 6th | grade; Susie C. Taylor, 4th "grade; | Lilly Dempster, 4th grade; Leslie Mc-] Leodr tfrd grade; Harriet B. Cantey,| (Pltease turn to page eight) I1 Merchants Asso. New Is Bureau Of Camden C. of C. I Ai l meeting of * the Retail March-1 ants association at the Cdtirt- Inn 1( Monday evening, the group voted to L dissolve the organisation and become | , a bureau of the Chamber of Com*], Bach unit of merchandising in'Cam-[j den and the county Will be represent-1 ed on the Buriau committee and the ]. chairman. Jack Mpore, manager of the ] Barringer Hardware" store, will ipeet|? With_Ae- Chamber directors as aL board 'member ex-offlclo. The city-wide midweek closing baa], simmered down to the closing each | wM|i at six of thw grocery stores and ] threw hardware stores. * [ The itoiW continuing the midweek]' half holiday each Wednesday after- ' boob arer Camden Food Shop, At4 antic end" Pacific Tea company, Rog-I en store, Sheheen grocery, Heme] store and Christmas and Christmas, ] < all grbcery stores, and the hardware |< stores of Barringer company, Bpraeji and Earrett and Camden Hardware ]i company. \ 11 it There still remains one dty-wideL midweek 'closing, according to an-]1 stone'and offices will observe the!( Wsdndkfdy half holiday on Sept em-j 1 Jfrr - *r.v 42. Camden Chamber Appeals [ For 25 cent Cotton Figure Defense Workers To Hold Important MeetingMonday A meeting of all Alvilian defense workers has boon called for Monday evening, August 3Q, at 8:30 o'clock In the auditorium ^of the Grammar school. In view of the recent unsatisfactory blackout., officials of the Civil Defense corps urge all members of the Defense program to make every effort to be present at this meeting. It la pointed tout that fallure^of a blackout not only reflects upon tlie officials and workers of the defense corps, but Is also a black mark against the city and couuty. The recent blackout fiasco pot_oply Incurred the wrath of city and county officials, but also the officials of the state council. In a majority of the communities of the state the blackout records had been outstanding. This Is particularly true of Kershaw, where strict adherence to blackout regulations has beep most outstanding. When the recent blackout was called hera a newspaper reporter hoard many statements - from grumbling slackers to the effect that "those fellows here have gone wacky -on these blackouts. It's just a lot of damned nonsense." As a matter of fact* local civilian defects* officials have Absolutely nothing Co do with the catling of a practice blackout. This Is all done by the Army, with orders coming from Washington. The first report or cell for a blackout comeB to. the Camden police department ana from Charlotte headquarters. In the recent blackout, chairman W. R. Bonsai of the County Council for National Defense, received his notification from the polioe. The police also notified the chief sir raid warden, A. C. McKaln, and also other leaders of the defense corm. Hence, It cam readily be seen that a blackout is not just a plaything for the local defense officials. It Is the mandatory order from the United States War Department and It ^behooves every cltlsen to heed all regulations incident to the occasion. The local defense area officials together with the Chamber of Commerce has received a copy of Memoraptfum No. 49 fnfor IB* Offte* of O. Heyward Mahon, director of the South Carolina Council of National Defeat# (Please turn to page three) First Steps To Form V.F.W. Post Takep At Meeting A meeting to plan organisation of a Veterans of Foreign Wars post for Kershaw County was held last Friday night in the Kershaw County Court House with J.. A. Bagnal, department commander, from Columbia, presiding. Guests of honor who were introduced at the meeting included Pfo. J. W. Catney, veteran of five major engagements at Guadalcanal, and Seamhn Y. ,C. Hooker, recently returned from Casablanca. Mrs. W. H. Ballentine of Columpia, addressed the gathering on the. subject of a ladies' auxiliary and the -National Home for Widows and Orphans, which is mainmined by the Veterans of Foreign wars Auxiliary. < ; A number of local people interested in the organisation of -a Kershaw Connty post were introduced, among them being Donald Morrison who is making a survey of the Foreign War veterans of the county for the purposed Post organisation.^ Any veterans Who wish* to secure Information on the proposed local pqst may do so by contacting Mr. Morrison. Commander Bagnal ' stated 'lib would like to see at least, 100 men on 'the charter roll. Department quartermaster H. D. Hawkins, former Camden resident and now living 14 Columbia, expressed the hope that the Kershaw Post would doable the Columbia Post to membership* Included among the qualifications for membership in th? Veterans of Foreign Wars is the requirement that tbd'iApplicant. must hare/served in a foreign country or hostOs vwaters* during the war, rebellion or insurrootion rocqgnlsod; by^corigrsss an have servmust also have an honorable diesharge from the armed forces of be in ictlre service now. f?? MembershId in the auxiliary is limited to those women who have a ion, grinded*, husband er brothsr rho has been or is, in foreign service, rhey must ho 16 years of aire or oyer. Little Gus Leases Fhe Roxy Restaurant .One Michiotis (Little Gut> who iperated the New Ydrk cafe in Camleu for k period of 20 yeaifc, has lessid, the Rexy cafe on DeKalb, street ind. Urflt/open it for business as'a ilgh glass restaurant peat week. Mr. Michiotis has started to renorate the establishment which has been dosed for several months. Gus plans m featuring his usual elssltng steaks, 'ried .-chicken aM other Substantial lishes OH- bis dalljf mens, S. ; V v is r5 % * If t k X * V' j 1 ^ j r i THEl3*? v. s&?* i A a jy i ^ / tCLl * - f<rj . it . ^ * 1 J ^ Cotton Resolution U Sent To All Chambers In Cotton Area. a t The Camden and Kerehaw County Chamber of Commerce has addressed b resolution to Senators Smith and Maybank and CgnKressman J. P. Richards requesting that they use their best efforts to have the loan price of cotton raised from the present price to at least 25 cents per pound. The Camden organisation has sent copies of the resolution to Chambers of Commerce throughout the cotton belt, suggesting that they take similar action. The directors of the'Camden. Chamber believe that this request should be of paramount Interest. The Chamber further states that the resolution should have the support of every state,' oity and county official In the eotton area. The resolution as adopted by thd. Camden directors reads as follows: "We, the Board of Directors of the Camden and Kershaw County Chumber of Commerce, earnestly request, that the loan price of qotton be raised' from the present price to at least 25 cents per pound. We respectfully ask your support for the Itounedlate action on the above matter. The farmers In Kershaw county and In the State of South Carolina* due to the rising price* of labor, cost of fertiliser, farm equipment, feed crops, etc.; cannot exist on present prices. "Due. to the inability of farmers to compete with the prevailing price# being paid similar labor,; farmers are losing their labor. If the price is _ raised," ^rmors wlH able to pay , them-^fabor more. Otherwise there will not be any farm labor In 1944." * * ? '* C. of C. Secretary ( Lists Rights of CoyiSimter Group Details of Price Control Act, Are Outlined By Heath. Rights of consumers .under price eeatrol act were: outlined this week hf Frank H. Heath, executive secretary of the Camden and Kershaw (County Chamber of Commerce, In connection with an appeal to consumers * * for support of the price control program. v t * >' Mr. Heath poniteh to the statement of OPA Administrator Prentiss Brown that "OPA needs the support of'consumers , . . We need a wholehearted and aggressive effort to comply with Our regulations and to see that others cbmply. OPA is not a 'noble experiment';, it is a dire necessity. No enterprise like ours can hope to achieve any measure of succosgj^and succeed .. we must?unless the people as a whole undSmtand what we are trying to do ano^glve us real assistance in ]r our efforts to do the Jop."' Mr. Heath stated that if a consumer has been overcharged for an item pur- , chased at a retail " store, he has the right to bring suit tor three times the amount of the overcharge of $50, which ever is higher, plus court costs and attorney's fees. Tpls right ex- ^ (Please turn to page six) Officer Pat Orr Is Back In Harness It's again "Officer Patrick Orr." The popular police officer of many years standing in jQamden; who left . the force several months ago to en- 4 gage In the taxi business, ie back In the blue again. *-5 &. Beard and L&ney, Is pounding his beat as a ' "copper"- again; which means added efflciency^oljnmden** .. police department. / ' - \ ' 1 1 N OTICE TO PARENTS OF BOYS AND CfRLS IN SERVICE* Many of tha subscriptions of bays and girls In tha armad servleaa have expired. Under postal regulations we wfll baforoed to discontinue their papers unless Military; regulations prevent ua aanding paople In tha aarvtaaa bills, Statements or notloaa of expiration. , Sinoa moat of tha subscriptions coma from parpits, wa ask that tha tifrvlaa man and we* man look Into tha matter of their subscription* to The Chronlola and renew them |f thay havo expired. Don't let your hoy'or girl mlaa a single Issue of tha homo town W"' THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE DCDICATBD TO TRUTH? 3$ j ? PLIOQID TO TMR PROPLK : :""r .ri-l > \ r