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~1 PAGE FOUR THE CAMDEN CHROWICLt, CAMPER, tOUTH CAROHRA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMEER 24, 1f4S (Eatndrn (Sip'dntrir 110? North Broad Street Camden, S/C.’. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY JNO. M. CANNON, Editor ‘SUBSCRIPTION^ TERMS: - ^ All Subscription& Payable In Advance One Year .......$2.00 Six Months. 1 1.00 Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Camden, S. C. . All arUcles submitted for publication must be signed by th® author. Friday, September 24, 1943. . ^ I ' ■ WHAT OF THE HOME GUARDS? How many of the good people of Camden have visited the quarte^rs of the Kershaw County nnit of the South Caro lina Detfense Forces? The answer is, “very few." We believe the citizens of Camden and Kershaw County should make it a point to visit the Armory some Tuesday evening when the Kershaw Guard unit has a drill program. . The “Home Guards” grew out of a situation created by the present global war. When the Natipnal Guardsmen were absorbed into the national service, South Carolina, as well as all other states, was left with no military'prot^tion whatso ever. The problem that confronted the Governor of South Carolina and the governors of other states was of great im portance; in other words, to whom would the executives turn for assistance in the event of disorders'or riots? It Avas apparent that something had to be done and* in due process of time the South Carolina Defense Forces came into existence. • The writer remembers when the organization took place there was a rush of patriotic men and boys to join up and become a part of the defense company. Enthusi asm was rampant,'but after the first flush of patriotic ardor some of the home-front guardsmen began to suffer a loss of enthusiasm. They Ifailed to attend drills regular and finally quit altogether. Consequently the roll of the company began to decrease. This was not only in Kershaw County but also in other parts‘of the state—and we dare to say—of the nation. - Have you ever stopped to think what would happen should we-be subjected to a riot? Have you ever stopped to think what would happen should the area be swept by a tornado , or_perhaps a flood? If you have given any thought at all to thesfe possibilities you must have realized that Company E, First Regiment of the South Carolina Forces, would be your '^protection op the home-front. . The writer ,has^ been at the Armory several times when the local company met for drills. We found men from all walks of life,’men from the city, men from the villages f wd. - men from the 'rural areas. Office workers, farm laborers, merchants, clerks, in fact, all trades are represented on the roster of Company E. These men for many, many months .have been giving upya night a week to perfect the organiza tion of an intelligent home guard unit ' Company E must have more members and this writer is appealing to ajl able-bodied men in Camden and Kershaw ‘ County who can shoulder a gun, to join up. This wTiter is not going to attempt a parade Of adjec tives in the elffort to impress upon the public the absolute necessity of having a military commafid in Kershaw County. Every intelligent individual should realize that never beforb in history has the future offered such and unknown perspec tive. No one can say what lies ahead. France, Belgium, •Poland, Norway and many other nations know full well w.hat unpreparedness means. No one knows when storms of cy clonic fury might hit the community and no one hnows when torrential rains might start the Wkteree RiVer/^rging b'ver its banks, flooding jpiany miles of country side. Please God,: let none ofNthis eve^ happen to us, but we should all regret" that i)f trouble st should st^:ike, it found us unprepared. We nejid Company E as a unit to look to for prc^tection. We hope this plea will not fall on deaf ears. We do Hot think it will. Com pany E is a splendid unit. It is well-drilled and is prepared for any expediency. It Has quality—but what we want is quantity. Surely there are one hundred men in Kershaw County who can give one night a week to Company E, First Regiment of South Carolina Defense Forces. FREE SPEECH Free speech is the dife blood of the Republic of the United States. From the Bill of Rights to the Four Freedoms, it has been a symbol of democracy, so completely accepted as a right, that we came to take it for granted. We could not fully realize the existence of the totali tarian regimes because we could not sense a nation without the right to “speak out.” Dictators always gag the people and stifle the opposition just as quickly as j)ossible. Without free speech no man knows the ambitions or ideals motivating his neighbor and fear keeps him quiescent under the tyrant’s sway. The abolition of free speech pjiecedes by just a moment the enslavement of man. . But how' may we preserve tfree speech? , ^ If speech is free, 4f free speech is to, be desired enough to fight for it,' if its toas is one of the greatest a nation'eani suffer, we should chenNi^t and use it wisely—for free speech, is a responsibility as w^ as a right. Free speech must be true speech.^ Free speech means the right to disagree and to statq the reason for dissent, without recourse to slanderous abuse. All fair-minded men must frown upon demagogic shrieks of hatred. / ' ’ While we fight to protect freedom of speech, we should not employ that freedom in the tactics olf the enemy, destroy ing unity by sniping at each other. No one group, whether it be of class, employment, state or section, of race,’national' origin or of religion, siiould carry free speech to extremes. If one side does it, the other side is not justified in following suit. Free speecK^should not mean mud-slinging. Free speech can only be exercised by a free people—free to study the facts, weigh the source and state their own posi- Hon dearly and calmly. They must be rea^ to listen as well as to speak, open minded to arguments, out not willing to compromise \yith intolerance. ' NOTHING . TO BOAST OF Thirty-one per inau ceht of all whites in South Carolina examined for inlluction. into.the armed forces have been re jected, according to a report from Washington. Forty-one per cent of all Negroes in South Carolina examined tfoV induc tion into the armed have Jt)een rejected. Both figures Are the Elghitet percentage of rejections in. the United States. * Two factors cause the rejections^lack of health and lack of education. The South Carolina record does not speak well for "either our ed(National or oiir health program..—-The Columbia Record. Penney Stores Betd Bond Quota By 400 Per Cent /Report July Sale* of $42,3%,- ftl6.85 Campaifn.As A “Magnificent Job” Secretary of the Treasury Henry J. Morgenthaa has just telegraphed the J. C. 'Penn^ Company congratulations on the magnificent job of Bond sell ing which, the Company’s 1810 stores turned in during-the. montlTof July. Last July th^^enney Company sold 8 1-2 millUm dollars In War Stamps and Boo.ds toi set a high record for the chain and department store busl: ness. This year, in an attempt to sur pass the 1942 figures, a quota of text million dollars was set." The com plete report for July, which was for warded to the Secretary ot the Treas ury last week, announced the amazing total of 142,335,816.85, or four times the.quota set for the campaign, and very nearly hve times the figure of the preceding year. Iq this one month, Penney stores sold 25 per cent more in Bonds .and Stamps than in merch andise. In terms of war equipment, this means 500 fighter planes, 200 light tanks, 6 destroyers and 5 sub marines. Camden Invades Already Beaten Sumter Gridders codes At Sumter Next Friday* One week from tonight the football classic of Uie teascin wUl be played and.while it Is regretted that the big doings will. be offered the public on thsuturf of an enemy stronghold, there is‘every reaeon to beljeve that there wiU be at leeat .a thousand fans and fanetteg from this baliwick present when the Camden Bulldogs battle the Sumter Gamecocks. Yes sir-e-e folks, Camden' tackles the Gamecocks'Vigh.t. In their own back yard and while we are still groping about in a-maze of “nothing- to-say” Information from Coach Lind say Pierce and one of tbdse quMr inimical smUee from John Ylllipigue, we" are going out on a stout limb to predict a Camden win. ' Sumter started the season by taking a" beating from the Lake View High school team, the score being 14 to 6. Lake View' uncovered a powerful ground offensive and sent the Game- co'bks reeling back under their smash ing drives. Sumter showed a flash The Camdeii store also sold over -6-{t)t"'bMlliance once or twice, aerial times its last year’s total and turned in 86,723.45 in Bond and Stamp sales aa_it;'8^ contribution to the above fig ures. News of this July achievement, to gether with the Secretary’s telegram of congratulations, were released at 3 time whea.the Penney Company was engaged In an all-out endeavor to go over the top again this September in the Third 'War Loan drive. In connection with' the* September campaign Manager McKaln oh Thurs day handed Bond Chairman M. H. Hfeyman the Penney Co.’s check fog $2,000 toward Kershaw County’s quota for the Third War Loan. The Penney contribution was part of a nationwide blan inaugurated by -tim • the Company in connection with the Third War Loan drive. There are 1610 Penney stores in as many cities and towns throughout the United States.. In each one of these cities and towns ^the Penney Company has made a local contribution, the sum total fdr the country as a whole reach ing close to t'en“ million dollars. Clyde I. Williams Is Believed Dead Mr. Charles E. Williams is in re ceipt of the following' letter frt>m the Secretary of the Navy: 4 Sept., 1943 “My Dear Mr. Williams: , “After a full review of all available Information, I am reluctantly forced to the conclusion that your ion, Clyde l^aac WUliamSi.: Seaman first class, is deceasedT^viag been officially reported ‘missing' on 22 August. 19.42.' He was a member of the crew and serving aboard the U. S. S. Ingraham when that vessel col lided with another vessel and sank In the North Atlantic as a result of poor visibility -due to weather conditions. .“Sincerely yours, ’ . “Frank- Knnx.’- plays being the basis for each. Boykin Boy Is Wounded In N. A. Washington, Sept. 20.—(AP)—The war department made public toduy the names of 430 United States sol- dfers wounded in .action in. the Asiatic, Eq.ropean, .North African, North American, Pacific and Southwest Pacific areas. The list include^: South Carolinians is North Africa: Boykin, Pvt.- Lynch D., Jr., Mrs. Caro lina L. Boykin, mother, Boykin.' Brown, Cpl. Joe D., Mrs. Emma W. Brown, mother^ 7 Stratham street, Greenville. Duffle, Cpl. Irvin GT'Mrs. Mary Myers, sist^, Vaucluser Lunsford, Sgt, Dollmau, R^lph C. Lunsford, father, Buffalo. Norris, Pvt; Robert Offlj D. Nor. ris, brother. Box 196, Greenwood. ” In PaciUc area: Keisler, Sgt. Vaug han C., Ira B. Keisler, father, Gilbert. Hinnant, Second Lieut. Francis K., Mrs. Harry H. Smoak, Jr., sister, 2921 Clark street, Columbia.* Woodward, Pvt. Clarence A., Mrs. (^leo C. Woodward, wife, Warrenville. Prepare To Write Final Chapter To The^ftball Seasmi Ganie Between Raiders' suid All-Stars. T^e final game of tbe softball pro gram of 1943 will be played Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock on the^clty league diamond between the Skipper’s Raiders and a team up of all-star talent from the Southern Aviation school. , The feature’of this game will be the appearance on the base lines of gill umpires. The recreation bureau has announced that Lois ^ Blackwiell, Anna May^ Godwin and a Mrs. Bur rows will handle the game as um pires. ~ The Raiders will have Art Robinsbn and Beck Russell as pitchers while Harrison will catch. The Southecp All-StaM will have Schnell and Tay lor as pitchers with Johnny Adamski as catcher. Robinson pitched for the Kendalls team over a period of years, while Russell was formerly a pitcher on the Slnclaides and the'’Rex Billiard teams. He stepped into the hall of fame wh.en he pitched the Merchants to the city championship over a fav ored Instructor team. • SchneR .was the mainstay of - the Army pitching staff while Taylor rated as the ace plicher of the league and kept the Instructors in the top line .during the second half of the city league race. Bob Abeles Sent To Randolpb; Is To Return Here WilHapis graduated from the Ker shaw High school in 1927i entering MAYOR McCORKLE TO PREACH Mayor F. N. McCorkle will preach the regular Sunday afternoon sermon at the DeKhlb Baptist church next Sunday., Mayor McCorkle is an Elder In the^ First Presbyterian church of Camden and is an outstanding public speakerk* * RICHARD E. SMITH ' Promoted to captain Atlanta, Ga., Sept.—Richard E. Smith, assistant chief of the War La bor branch here, has been promoted to the rank of captain. It was an nounced by Headquarters, Fourth Service Command. *Mr. Smith is *a former Camden school teacher. vlved by his father, C. E. Williams, who has resided, in Camden the past 15 years; three sisters and three the Navy, shortly'afterwards and had j brothers, two of whom are in foreign served there for 16 years. He is sur*^ service. ANNOUNCING NEW CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT OF A ELLIOTT’S ICE CREAM PARLOR We will endeavor In the futurs to give the people of Camden the same courteous service as they have received in the past and ex- *’pect to carry a full line of Cand'et, Ice Cream and many otifer items ♦ that are carried by an up-to-date Soda and Ice Cream Shoppe. Will appreciate your patronage. Come here to meet your frierde. Officers, Instructors and Cadets are especially Invited-to make this their ■ReadquaiTeri; ~ Remember the location, next door to the Camden Theatre. E L L I O T . T 'S- —. Now Under Manafement of M. E. Moody Th^tre Buildinf PhoM 341 Robert Abeles, Jr., an Instructor at the Southern Aviation school here, will be sent to Randolph Field, Texas, tomporiarily as a student to take ad ditional work In Navigation. After it he will reteum to the 64th AAFPTD. Abeles Is a gfa<jUiate of Soldan High school of-St. Louis, Rfo., and his rec ords^ shows that he taught at this same high school for one year. Prior to^ this however, he had worked for Douglas Aircraft, Santa Monica, Call., and North American Aviation" at Bl Segundo, Call. Following Abeles graduation at the St. Louis High school he attended the Santa Monica Jr. college. He is a graduate of Airport Ground' school at rtollywood, Calif., and studied Me teorology under Prof. Paul Kuch, head of Meteorology -Dept, at California School o.f Technology. At the Southern Aviation school he served as Instructor and also teaches Meterology, Navigation. Theory of Flight and Aircraft Identification. Each branch above, required the teacY- er to hold a Civil Aeronautics certi ficate. He has tkught at the Cainden post for one year.' Abeles is a scored golfer and in 1936 he was the City Champion of Santa Monica, Calif. In 1938 he be-- CHAMBER OF 19 SEEKING FOR INDUstav (Continued from fl^t paid for long staple cotton to .1, cpiilmunttlea adjacent - to • report showed that at Bulldoft To Take On Game- Xaiff Umpire* Wtll -Work the^ ^trice range* from sk tha itrice range* from 25 to Ji J MnU..at Soniter from 28 to io Springs from 28 to 82 and at’j^ son from 26 to 83 cents TheUl tor* referred the report to the n? Merchant* Bureau. **** A letter from the Southern ArCi school In which General vIt Thomas. Mott. Jr., expressed^ predation of the school offidak the fine Job that was done by th the softbaU program during the n summer, was received and fitos " the letter' Mr. Mott states the gram did much to aid the morel* the employees of the school and k brought about a better understasdi between the school personnel end'/ citizens of Camden. Mr. Mott fnrti stated that the beautiful trophy ( nated by the school to the winner the title seriee Is to be the pereoi property of the Merchant's team. « ner of the, championship. He ej stated the school would be glad toi nate a trophy for the 1944 league season. joftk \ The secretary announced that | Kirkwood hotel will'open for thev ter season on January 15, and tl Mir. L. R. Hawkins will be back hotel manager. board gave unanimous apprj of the activities of-the secretat/ aiding the Camden Chronicle and t the handling publicity for the So» ern Aviation school. ^The board adjourned to meet tg on Thursday, October .7, at 8 p. FINAL DISCHARGE"^ Notice la hereby given that t month from this date, on October 1943, Gertrude Cullen will make toi Probate Court of Kershaw Ckmntyl final return as Administratrix of t estate of Bessie Carpenter, deceia and on the same date she will m to the- said Court for a final i charge as said Administratrix. N. C. Arnett, Judge of Probata Camden, S. C., August 31, 1948, Ji WantsH-For Sale Received too lato for regular tela FOR RENT—Two furnished lyi ments, up stairs, one 2 and om rooms, 1000 West DeKalb m across from Armory. Phone IM Mrs.. J. T. Rowell. ^ LOST—-Sugar Ration Book, itsnii Rosa Ballard; also one 1mm4 Alice Ballard, Chesnut st, Gamd came the Bay District champion that argn.’ in WANTED TO Bin Bicycle Frame* and Um Bicycle* In Any Omditkl Bring Them In Today! WOTERN AUTO ASSOCIATE STORE 1049 1-2 Broad Strtat AXIS PAY DAY WE’VE got plenty to pay back! In only one ol coi^AMMUNITION that will ahoot the right into a atate of inxmwdSqiw 1 aurreii Each one of up ha* to waake up that paychei ® War Bond*. $100 extra ia aakd^ of "you. month, and well worthwhile, if we can iho the war by a* little a* an hour! BACK THE ATTAOr WITH WAR BONDS Dekalb Phone 95 • 1’ f . •-'T.k