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'lAsr, vj; •* I ’ ■ * ' i ' p * . . • . ^ ^ . TheyVe Under Fire ... You^CMnot Fail Them ... Buy Bonds VOLUME S5 CAMDEff, SOUTH CAROUNi^ SRIdAY/ SEPTEMBER }7. 1943 NUMBER 26 jjjipper’s Raiders Will Meet Southern Aviatibn :^-Star8, Whisper! Girls Will Umpire ^ pair Sex Will Work On gase Line# In All-^tar Ball Game. tie City Softball league of 10 has become hlatory—sn4, J|w«ij?t ^ for Manager Elmer Nolan and flock of talent—the softball aea- ig hy no means over. As the re lit U scores of requests for more of On© sporting entertaining, the 0 of Recreation announce an ^tar battle Sunday af*omoon at idsck wlth the Skipper’s “ Raiders.” ni* corner has selected what It to be a veil balanced team, ft hsTS kept our hands off the talent ths Army and InstmctCH- squads 11 confined our selection to Camden nth*. •• la tie pitching department we will Arthur Robinson, the one-armed, ^iteree Tillage ace^ who "can hold his I with the best of the softbidl (ere. At the backstop position we e named Eddie Harrison. Robin- and Harrison were Keirdall play* before the war robbed that team lufflclent players to keep a ten S( ^Cfregation in.-action. It first base we have named Alvin tllj, manager, and abort stop of the lintenance team during the season closed. At second base, we list Parker of the Merchant team; third we have Mims, formerly of I Kendalls; at short we will have httmparable Benny Robinson, form- f ladall star; in short field the ntty moving Tommy (Buddy) (Please turn to page three) I^berculosis delation Meets Annoimce Oifficials For Sunday Classic girls will umpire ■fhe Bureau of Recreation has uinounced that two young ladies, ygll versed in the softball rules, will umpire on the base lines in—. ^day’s game between the gliders of Skipper Heath and Southern--^vlatlon All-Star Sun- , Frank H. Heath, recreational direc tor, announced Wednesday that Lois Blackwell and Anna May Godwin will officiate as umplreF In the Raiders- All-Star. game of softball to be played Sunday afternoon on the softball diamond at Laurens and Fair streets. Miss Blackwell has Just ^ returned from a long term of service, in the WACS. She has been outstanding In athletics and for several years was In the mainstay of the Camden Dam sels, a clSksy girl team promoted by Colonel Jacob Haynes. She rated as one of the best girl pitchers In the mld-eouth. • Miss Godwin was alsb a member of the Haynee girl team and under stands the game thor-oughly. Miss Blackwell will work at first base and Miss Godwin at thlrd.> Jack Nettles will be back of the bat as chief um pire. % w Camden Father Receives Leaf That Scared Xaiis On Tuesday, September Tv the exe- itl»« committee of - the Kershaw ^ly Tuherculosis Association met tie Commercial Bank for the first 1 nession. ’ Mrs. Marie Tindal, president, had e of the meeting. After the business was disjposed of the problems and preparations were 't«n up,, chief of - which was the Rpwatlon.s for thq coming Christ-' Seal Saler * •Iri. Tindal appointed the commit- to secure the general chairman ■4 the treasurer for the Seal Sale, L«der tliat • they may form their itoittees for the work ahead. While Christmas Seal Sale does not be- imtll Thanksgiving, Mrs. Tindal onneed that the seals could be '<d for the Christmas packages 4*1 overseas, by. contacting the qs^befcBloeis Aseo- ^ office. The Seals are very l^tlve this year, Mrs. Tindal said, Ivill lend color and cheer as well our men that w« are helping • the home> front healthy. J. W. Vaughn of 908 Fair street, is In receipt of a letter from his son. Technical Sgt. Jdssie B. Vaughn, who is with the Amerlchn forces fighting the Japanese in the Pacific. In the letter to Mr. Vaughn,^ Sgt. Vaughn incloses one of the printed Klrfl leaves, which were showered by the millions oveV the Japanese held lot!htions, by American fliers. Printed -In Japanese on the leaf is the inscription “The Klrfl Leaves Fan.” Sgt. Vaughn goes on to state that the fall of the Kirfi leaves is one of the moat poten omens of dis aster. In the .minds of the Japanese people, it is an omen of Inevitable down-fall of -militarism and means sadnras and bad luck. 'I’he inscrip tion on the printed leaf speaks of this evil portent and mentions “Before Kershaw County Rallies To . Back Up the Fighting Men With An Over-th^-Top Drive Bulldog Gridders InvSde Darlington. Illpi. Arena Tonight Coach Lindsay Pierce-Draws Into Shell and Refuses “■ ' To Fwrecast. Grim Determination Evidenced By All War Bond paign Workers. I Merchants Are City Champs; Trounce Rivals Two In Row Nolan Talenj|<^ Outclasses the xFliers and Win Title V Easily. The M^'Chants did it—took two' i a row from ^e favored Instructo and are now w^ing the' crown of be Bethune Mourns Death of Popular Reese Baker Hall The Bethune community was plung ed in grief last week when news of champion. pg..the City Sottball Baker tt*ll, popu- league. Before one of the 1^ witness a softball ' lar-19 year old Bethune young man, :eet crowds to killed as a result of a mld- o 1 « ♦*, Kra»aKm thtB-STOstni, p'jane crash near the Naval Air Spring comes asahi the ral^g ^bs the Merchants rang down ^e curtain Beach, Fla., September of America, ust }lke Klrf l^yes on the league season Sunday after- fluttering to the sroMnd.^ will bring noon by spanking Wilson Beebe’s ag- ^^e family had received word sad fate and mistortnn^ fgregatlon of Fliers 7 to 3. They^ad Sgt-. Vaughn requested his father to ■ previously put the hooks Into the h Coach Lindsay Pierce of the Cam den Bulldogs went into a shell when asked for a statement relative to the-prospects of a Camden victory when the Bulldogs quarrel with) Darlington Highs tonight at Darling ton. The Camden grid mentor even de clined to. give any inkling as to what his starting lineup would be. How- eveir this writer has'a hunch that all of the letter-men who were on the active list last year will take the ■field when the whistle blows to in augurate Ihe 194S football season te» night There have been a "lot of bear stories coming out fVom Darlington relative to the troubles and vlcissl- tudeS that have beset the football squad of that bsillwick. While the biggest yelp concerned' the lack of a coach, the grapevine tells us that the .Darlington squad has bedn doing some tall training with some good grid brains doing the supervising. If the Darlington boys can down • , the Camden invaders, tonight the mayor of the town will declare Satur day a holiday, have the fire sirens sounded; order all flags out and In general * turn the town»rover .to. the local hopefuls. A victory over the golden clad laddies from the south's foremost resort and sport center will be sweet potatoes to the'Darlington talent ' — Quite a few Caimden rooters .will accompany the Bulldogs oh their in vasion of the land of big yarns apd fairy tales and it is quite in order to say that_thjey believe the Bulldogs will give thelf"Opponents a nifty' les son in how .to play scientific football fur- from him that he a. , . a .u oi i-K 1 \ October 1 6ir-ar TieVeral weeks turn the) Klrfl leaf over to the Skip- gjjuctors 8 to 3 in the first game or - per in erder that he might get out the series Friday. ' , a news Item about it. He states that The Mercbanta opened th#Ir big m Bethune and was the son of H. the Japanese appear to be very strong- guns in one inning Sunday, following j^eese Hall and the -late Mrs. Edna ly affected when these leaves came out of the blue sky. “^nCKIE SAYS— ^"yOU UkElO-REAP ^^SQirr oru^jup/ WULO LIKE Tt> READ - out ^nysOMEKJB!^ the routine staged Friday when-they paker^all. He was a graduate of counted four times In the-ftrsV frame. Bethune High school and during On Sunday they waited untU the thlrdv^^^ .g^^ool years he was prominent in inning when they registered five coun- activities. He leaves be- ters,. not a single one being earned. .,^^8 his father*and ^jtep-mother, thl-ee It was the speed and alertness of the brothers, Harold^^Frank and Raymond Merchants talent that caused the In- Bethune, and .one sister. Mrs. J. Emergency crop loans and emerg-|Btructor8 to stage a.beautiful dive In 8kyg^L*the latter of Jacksonville, ency feed loans for 1944 are now'avail- defense. _ - Crop Loans Are Now Available Police and Guests Make Merry At Hermitage Cottage able to farmers in Kershaw County,| The *tory of t^e game is told in funeral was hrtd Wednesday and applications for these- loans are that tBffd Inhlng. And It all hap- afternoon, September 16 at S o’clock, now being received at Camden by L. pened after one man had been retired, g Carmichael, pastot of th^ J. Hook, field supervisor, of the Nolan rolling weakly to Itoynolds. ^hurrh w. Ray Parker of Emergency Crop sad- JCeed- Loa* DL-Bowefr 'wasted for four wTSe^ ones vision of the Farm Credit Administra tion. This early opening of the loan (Please turn to page sight) program In Kershsw County Is to ^ .GrRCB ChllTCh sist farmM-s to comply with the plan the Ruby Methodist church officiated. The funeral was largely attended and the .Doral onerlngs were many and beantifnL advocated by agricultural leaders urg^ School Opens Sunday Camiipn g^y Ing fanners to plant fall food crops i because of the grwt need for Ihcreas-j Sunday, September 19, at 9:46 a. Ing food prodnctlon and to plant win ter cover crops to improve soU fer tnity. These loans will be made to farm- Is the l4oar for the registra-. tlon of the boys and girls of Grace i MrsH..WlUlaln T. RoberU re- Parlsh tor the 1941-44 session of the foUowteg telegram from Church Sunday school. Parents ©« the War Department? tn whose cash requirements are rela-1wndergarten ohUdren are asked, if: „j ^o infortn you that the tively smWl and who are unable to possible, to come with their iRUe ones commanding General, North African obUin from other sources. Including to this first seasloiL There will be n reports your son, PvL Edward produCUOT credit associations, loans ,hort worship serv^ for all grades Roberts, misting In action since July In amounU sufficient to meet their the church conducted by^ rector.farther details or oUier informa- needs; . | Then ^*11 will adjourn to the ^Ish ^ ^1* status are yeoelTed you Fanners who obtoln loans for 'the house for reglstraUon and Mslfument promptly notified.^ production of cash crops are requlre4^ to Classes. ^ .«xjilo, ti^ Adjutant General.” to give as security a first .Hen on the fine program of religious educa- ^ Edward Roberts whs formerly crops financed, and the security re- ^ uon has been planned, all nades usl^i^b thwNaUonal Ouards^X^o. M, lltth quh-ed for loons for the purchase or cloister Series Worses- of-which the Camden, serving in the regular producUon’of feed for livestock Is a rector of Grace (Jhurch is editor Port. Jackson. Later he volun- chief and author of the course for i^^^^ Paratroops, with which sixth grade. enUUed, "Worship and j^^ attached when reported mis- prUUUVWUlX. va first mortgage on the stock to be fed. Fire Visits Cofton Platform At Night A night blase which started from an unknown cause In the cotton platform on RuUedgS 8L one night last week, caused some damage to the cotton. • sUte that the pUtform escaped dirngge. Worshippers In the Church.” A fine’ sing. It 'Is bellfved he was in the staff of teachers has been Invasion of Siclily July 9 isculding Mrs. F. Babbit. Miss Marg-j ||j.^ M#s.* Roberts have three aret Rockafeller, Miss Hallie C^^k- j rther sous In the service of their son. Mrs. Donald Campbell, Mrs. Alice Beahers, Mr, B. Netting, Mr. J. Craig, Mrs, E. N. McDowMl and the rector. ^th the oooperatWn of alLthe par- ants concerned a good-year of liappy and snecesafnl work is confidently as-; Tha__ Camden police department staged one Of the best paAles of the year at the Cotton Clark cottage on Hermitage Lake Thursday evening. Fish, stewed and fried, formed the main course of thcrbanquet that was served to the members of the force plus representatives from the sheriffs office, state police and county con stabulary as well as the entire city administration from Mayor.F. N. Mc- Corkle down through the aldermanlc ranks, the superintendent -of public works, sewer Inspector and health In- spejjtor. Much credit for the luctous feast which embraced the^jdoresald fish, boL rolls, pickles, .salad; coffee and desseit, goes to Officer Dallas Ma honey and. Beufort Hancock, who dem onstrated their culinary art with great succesa, ^ There were no after-dinner apeech- By Frank H. Heath Preliminary reports from the Third W’ar Loan campaign now in progress * in Kershaw county Indicate that In- div4duals are purchasing more securi ties (hau they did in a similar cam paign last April. Although the -first week’s report In the current.campaign will not be available before next week, it Is said that several large sales have already been made and' there is expressed hope that Kershaw county would ex ceed its quota of $880,400 by as much as it- exceeded a smaller quota last April. Several large purchases made in the April drive will not be avail able in the present campaign, f “It Is up to the individuals to put “fttla.^.d.rlTS - across," Marion Heymgn.v chairman of the War Finance com mittee, said today.. "War bonds won’t bring back (be Kershaw county men who have died in~act,lon, but each bond purchased now will help bring the war to a quicker and coi^etely victorious end and thus save Ameri can lives. "The fall of Italy was glorious news indeed, if we take it as the end of round one instead ef the finish of the fight. 4 could mean a homefront defeat if we in Kershaw county start ed pulling our punches now. As a 'matter of fact, the long hard march to Berlin and Tokio has only begun. If you think It will be easy, if you think we can win this fight with qne band-'—then- you are wrong, danger ously wrong. ’’Before the .last shot is fired a lot of lives are going to be lost and many billions of dollars ace going to be 8pe.nt. The more American dollars that go into superior eqtiipment the less American bjood is Koing to be splashed across foreign soil. It cost $46,000,000 to knock out Ilaiuhurg. It cost another $3(H).000.0(h) to recruit, train and prepare the cruws. And remember, Hamburg is only one of scores of enemy cities. "War bonds must provide much of the money for the bitter struggle that la still ahead. You, not the fellow next door, have it personal r.eaponsl- bility' to dig deeper than is pleasant and convenient to make the Third war loan a success. "It will be a success only lf_ every American opens bis heart and hts pocketbook and decides to back the attack." Mr. Heyman said that hundreds toM and women volunteers have be gun a house^o-house canvass of the city under the direction of Mra .Catoe Glover. Every individual will be con- * tacted and an effort will be' made to they (Please turn to page seven) Special Service At Camden B’st Church On next Sunday evening at. 8:80 o’clock, a special service will be held at the Baptist chnrchx honoring the es. evenMayor McCorkle wee adamant Jnien in the armed forces from U|at- to plead that he 'Mther speak, sing or i church. .At that time a service flag pUy a fiddle. Don Morrison said he service board win* be dedicated, might teU a fish#story bat for the The roU of men to servlee wUl be tact he was fajl of fish and talUag was dlfflcolL -Efforts to have Chief Alva Rush and Sheriff J. *H. McLeod sing a duet also failed.' .. . Ed Moody Takes Oyer Soda Stand M; E. Moody, an Instructor at the Southern Aviation., school and who called and families of those men will respond hy standing whm each name Is called. The members of local Home De fense guards are invited to attend to a company, dreaaed to nnifom. Also, the LeRoy Belk Poet of Amm-ioan Legion ere invited. The principal eddrees wUl be deliv ered by Major Wiley Roy Deal, Post balls from Heflin, Alabama, has taken country. ^L "^^bert L. Roberts, FL, Jackson, Pvt Leroy/ Roberts, Fort Bemtog, J^, and dpi. Lester P. Rob erto with the UnltedOStates Mariq^ at.Fearl Harbor; BlawaU. War Botodt md Stuaps over the Bllioit Soft drink shoppe on DeKalb street and Is making a big success of his business venture. Announcement of the transfer of the bosineas from EUloti Shemm to Mr. Moody was made only recently. Mr. Moody announces his towratlug staff as listing Miss Mary Ellen Jor dan and Miss Louise Hammond. Almost simultaneously with the ah- nouncemeut of Mr. Moody’s emtorka' tlon Into the buatoesa . field, ‘ came word that the Army haa placed El- . liqCts, the M. and -K. Coffee sdlop and Bbaa Chaplain, Fort Jackson. There are 67 names on the Honor Roll Service Board at the present time. ' . WAC Seeks Gif Is Here For U. S. Army the Seven cafe hack f 'on Umito** Sergeant Frances Robertson, WAO recruiting officer from the United States Army recruiting office to. Co lumbia, will be at; toe poet office to Camden this afternoon to interview grlls who are Imtorpeted to enlUittog to toe WAC organisation.