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r v V--; • IINIHD WAR FUND AND CHEST IS NOW ON. M ' . 0 yOlAJME 55 CAMDEn; SOUTH CAROUNA STAGE IS ALL SET FOR AY, OCTOBER ±2, 1943 NUMBER 31 5^an Defense to Be Kept Intact H, Meet Emergencies FLIGHT FOR FRFEDO BOOK 4 ISSUANCE j^fgae Director* of South- aMtem State* Continue ' Proteetkm. 1,1 result of a meeting of the DI- " of the Civilian Defense Coun- ^the seven Southeastern states. include South Carolina, at At- Sr G»n a policy for the keeping S of protective forces for the boarding of the communities in J^pective states in the event of SLpread sabotage, fire, or other Vanity catastrophles, was mapped u , Jitter to Chairman W, R Bon- Mthii Kershaw County at Defense. Mahon director for the ^ Carolina Council declaretr the i Important functions of Civilian legge are. still needed7U> be kept an and active^ as otant as they have been, repre- (t jBst a small part of the aetiyltles (^ian Defense. He staies that ak has Iteen accompUshed and ak more remains to I>e‘'SfciScdmp- ktd. In view of this fact he urge* It the county organisation be, con- mi and that-the entl^nsiasm for I fine work that is being done be drained. (Hease tnm to p*ge *1») City Is Divided Into Zones To Expedite The Program Battle Line^ Form For Fight Against The Black Market Mrs. Cato Glover Marshall* , I ^ Her Block Worken For Bif Job. The city of Camdeq and school dis- trict No. 1 wi)! be divided into three sones for the issuance of the No. 4 ration books nexV Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,-October 25,„?6 apd 27. Supt. of Schools i. G. Richards, has announced that white people residing in No. 1 area will come to the High school on Monday, Oct. 25, to receive their No, 4 books. The No. 1 area in cludes all that part of the city lying mbrth of Hampton street, including the north side of Hampton street and ex tending to the city ilmits. On Tuesday, Oct. 26, white people residing in arM No. 2, will visit the .The battle on the home, front against black markets is sway to a flying start in Camden on No-__ u v.. i i ■ _ T,mb.r *, .ccorain, to onnouncomont 1". ”"1".i?.”!..": ,Fleeiiic >lsst bsriHurisiii' these Ti T* Sid irshifMs is sue of the oh, I ITS hesd'fo^tte ves of the Nstiottsi War Htcognition Is Extended To Beloved Daughter of Pioneer Wientstion of Plaque Will Be Made At Nov. Meetinf of Post l Proper recognition of many yean of irerring devotion to matters re- Og to the forward progress, cnl>j OUr, spiritually and otherwise of E n and community l^as been ac4 Mrs. Margaret Mayfield, ani iding resident of this city. 1k« LeRoy Belk American Legion, has bestowed upon her the hon* being the outstanding ctUseh. A emblematic of this honor will resented to Mrs. Mayfield at a ^g of the Legion in November, inibers of the committee making Ben P. DeLoach Summoned After Three Day Illness C^cMumunity Mourns Passing a Splendid Character and Friend. Ben Pattenon DeLoacbe, gge 61, a native of ibis city, died at the Cam den hoapital Thursday night, Oct 14, after an illness of three days. Jhraor League To Sponsor Bam And Halloween BaU Saturday, ‘Oct 80, wtU be a magic day for fnn-loveri of Camden and vicinity. On the evMiliig of that day tiis Junior League will sponsor a Hallo ween Bam Dance in the new armory. Not only will the auditorium bs decorated In a manner appropriate to the occasion, but all of the dancers will come in costume. . Cynthia, Polly, Susie. Mandy, Pearl and all the rest of the nutic (7) maidens will be on hand to trip the light fantastic with boys from nearby farms (?) asd to the Southern Aviation Post Of coarse it is not obligatory fbr guests He was the son of the late W. E.|to come In costume—^but frankly—to Home Guard Is Seddngll^enTo Make Up Roster Cialling all men and boys of Cam den and Kershaw county. " This includes those having ibini; brothers or friends in the armed serv ices and who are 'interested in doing mors in fighting on the home front than what they have been doing. Co, B, First Reg. S. C. D. F. needs more men to bring it to full strength. All that the men and boys of Cam- An and Kershaw county are asked to m> in this great home causd' s to ntribnUli one evdhing each week to is wmr effort. .'reose who kier affiliated with the i*y conversation with (hexadets from Kbishaw Douirty Itome Guards are doing a big share towird this war effort that is enabling the War Department to keep hundreds of sol- and Rebecca Workman DeLoache, andjijo go >yiii contribute greatly to the dlers on the fighting front. The home by Mrs. Cato" Glover, chief block lead er of the Camden Defense group. dn Nov. 9, 10 and 11, Mrs. Glover will marshal her forces of block work ers and invade every home in Camden in.the move to secure the pledge, of every housewife to cooperate in the battle against the bTack msfket. . ThMS three days will be known as “Home Pledge Days'* and IndioationB sre that every housewife in the arA will Join in the fight against the most obnoxious of all rackets. It will be the opening gun in the super .thriller of action, “Holding the Home Front" The operations of the block leaders wttl feature a house to house tonj during which ple4ges win be tendered to hottsewtves with the requeit that' they sign them. Not only win this battle against the black market serve to aid in stamping out this evU. but as the program will also embrace ad- bennee to the nwulations of price control. All this will tmid toward keeping down tnflsUon. . Tile six senior block leaders In Camden, by wards, are as follows: Mrs. Frank Mayer. Mrs. ^aek Nettles, Mrs. Sam Karesh, Mrs. John YiUe- pigue, Mrs. Williford, Mrs. John Mul len. Marlon Heyman, chairman of the re cent war fund campaign in Kershaw county, paid'a splendid tribute to Mrs. Glover and her block leaderk wlien he stated that their work in connection with the fund drive was most oub standing. The block workers also came in for special praise for work done in eon- ndetion with the WAG reemlting drive. —. " books. Area No. 2 Inclades-'that of the city lying south of Hamp ton St. and Including the south .side of Hampton and extending south to DeKalb, bpt not including either side of DeKalb street. On Wednesday, Oct. 27, white resi dents of area No. 3, which includes thst part of the city from DeKalb street south of Pine Tree Creek and including both sides of DeKalb St., will call for their books. The eastern boundary of the three areas is the city limits and the wes tern bopndsry ,is the- Wsteree river. White people living In the Malvern Hlir section and outlying country peo- .i pie may come in at convenient times during the three days the ration book program is oh.- White people living in the DuBose Park, Wstfree Village and Hermitage Mill Vilhige will register at the Pihf Tree school. Th<M residing between the two villages, including Lewisville and Maroney Hill will register at toe school building on Monday; toose llv-. ing in Wateree Village will register' on Tuesday and those in the Hermit age Village on Wednesday. In the rural areas County Superin tendent of Education Kathleen Watts, has arranged to have the ration book registration take place at the sanM hours and same location as when the No. 2 book was issued. Supt Richards and Mrs. Watts call attention to toe fact that all persons making application /or the No. 4 book must have their No. 8 book with them. U wttl be impossible to secure % No. 4 book otoo^ise. It is also stited^ (Please turn to page two) V.. CO ^ Mason and member of Wood 11 man of the World, steward in the Umetoa StreM MMhodWt church uL'J Rnrtin ’ and (or Iho pact Bereral roar, had chsaiftoe-wtriKir •' ^ 'S He 1. br hhi wide, the *5 former Miss Annie De Lay, and the De- k fore of all activities which, tended ifBlronce the welfare of the corn- following children: Benjamin Le me weiiare oi mo com- qj New York; Mrs. Mal- S-KtlT^ ’Bryant of Camden, Mrs. Esther W'tciiYe in the ChildrenB Home r«om/iAn r*ni-TVkrai JumAfi Ww over » WAII ™ a MaHaffey of Camden. Corporal James ■yet over a period well over a ^ rL»T.rvo/.»,o tt s. Army, South Da- J u., u 1 I E. DeLoache, U. S. Army, South Da- kota; Mrp. Marvin Sims of Charles- * of the most active of workers ‘ ndhT.,«/.hA Gam- ,1,. D . „ ' mv ton. Miss Marjorie DeLoache of Cam- itt™ .T' fl den: two brother., R. B. DcLOMhc of 111., ot the mauT .cUTltl_^»._irhlc« w jj. joLoacho o( Colunhla. h .esamden. W. B.JBgLosche,oi tour sisters. Mrs. A. H. De Lay of 4.* # Birmingham, Mrs. W. Sheorn of ■hi. M? .o2 Caiddoi-Mra Bobiu Zemp o( Camdeu, H*^Jsat^7“^twhwrat 4 o'clock from ^usand charming manners have'l.'^^^^w^,.!-- * 3 ^ V . “^Ttbe Lyttleton street methodlst church ® following of largely attended and^as featur- and acquaintances. p - Wifi ttcuss Problems and retail merchants of will have aA opportuni- jo d^bcuss their distribution jirob- •wth War ProducUon Board and 7. Administration o£- 2“ from Washington in a serlss Of P^oces scheduled this nmnth for Miss,; Memphis, Tenn., 'jAtkata, Oa. % tterchant actively engaged in or retail bnainaasr or • *^ntlve representlnjr hki store, a 15-minnt« Individual by writing the War Prodne- . B^d office V in toe conference fe5*t**t him. _nw8 in Vlckstarg, Miss, through toe Jackson, Miss., , omce) will be held October II, i|]|J ^ ^ UVAU WVVUUVT those In Memphis,-Oct II. liSLil %• . [ k ta,; to AGanta, Oct 27, 3 ,ad by-one of the largest displays of flowers seen in Camden in a long time. Mourners came from all parts of the city, county'and state to pay homage to, the deceased. Pallbearers were Elliott Sheom, De- ney Zemp, Jack NetUes And Corporal Loach Shtom, Robin Zebp, Jr., Sld- W.P. Nettles. ^ ^ Burial took place to Quakw ceme tery. Offlctatlng clergyman ^ the church and at the grave Henry Collins, pastor of the Metootot church, and Dr. Maurice Clat^s, rector at Grace Episcopal church. Ker^w Fanners Continue To Boy U. S-War-Bfflids, tfth Promised •‘Farmers of Kershaw CJonntf^sre proud of the part they took^ to.®®*- Third War Loan CampaJpC Marlon Heyman, County Cbateinan of toe War Finance comitottee, said tnia week. “They arr'anxlous, bowser, to conUnue tbefr purchases of War Bonds because this costliest of ^1 financed and fought to wars a 00 mu8 be —CJongressman ti 1^7^, conferred with tl all ■^^“tolatration con< y^ shoruge. of coal in ^ « the fifth ^th Carolina dls- ^ > raed pfl’ ^^®tolstration' has to- 11 to diversion 'of ■to Plants and to consign- Sf. _ Advantage .of Great _ere are two strong reasons for purchase -of War Bonds by in dividuals.’' Mr. Heyman contlnu^ “First, we should supply our flghtmg men with whatever Is needed to p^ tect themselves and end the W« on the earliest poeslble Male. S^nd, we should be wise enough to advant age of higher incomes te build up •flrrfts’for the day whwi prices and ws ihin.r ,01 ureat .f®®niUe8 to advan<» toormi*""?' luuK cansed a but thlt rene?j fifth district as serves* for the day Incomes go down. ' “Our enemies'are weU trained and •quipped, and our flghling men do St a chance *b^d ance.,of the weapons of Their fortitude ahme k sufftoi^L grow along to* their products —. , . (please turn to page lovj fun. And besides the League maidens are going to give prises to those hav ing the most unique costumes. Prises guards protects the home front and if it was not for this military unit soldiers who are now on the battle will also be given to winners of Itoe would have to be retained on the novelty dancers. bom© fomt for proteetlve purpoaeSi As for the dancing end, the-Con- Tbe attention of high schwl boys garee Playboys from Colnmbta, a six r.boare 17 years old Is called to the piece jive orchestra, will fnmLib the ihat they are needed in the home music for the evening. The enjoy ment so characteristic of Junior League hops will be embraced in the period between 9 p. m.,and 1 a. m. Miss Rbetta (Tweedie) Blakeney, who is president of the Junior League, has announced her committees for the dknee. They being qs tollows: Flo^ltotke membeiwbip of-Juntorf^ baaie^raintngTi^Y Inducttbn Into the armed forces. The services that the. members' of the Itol league. Decorating—Edith McKain, Saluda Kornegay, Mary Stewart and Maiy Tables—Ine* Ward, Mary Chapin, Betty Stevenson, Jane Russell and Betty Wheeler. - ' Admission to the bam dance will be $1 a person. Table reservations may be made by calling Mrs. Korne gay. 193, and the fee is |1 per table. en- der to_toe---eeBtongolty can not be tmeasured in anything except patrio tism. The Kq^shaw County Home Guard Dnlt meets every Tuesday evening St 8 o’clock in the new armory. All pisn and boys who Sre Interested in enlisting may cp^me to the armory and an enliatmeht officer wttl accept their application. Bulldols Inyade Orangeburg Tonite; Chester Here Oct W The Camden Bnlldogs .left Gamden gs^^ this afternoon for Oranj^urg, where they battle a scrappy Orangeburg -"laigh team tonight The Bbildogs^ looking much Un proved following toeir recent debacle «t Sumter new boast a rdrard of four wins as against, one defeat that com ing at the hangs of Sumter and das oittjr to a terrific let down of toe BtOldof players. Camden has downed Dsiilngton, Brooklsnd-Csyoe, Winnsboro, Harding High ef Charlotte. They are being (Please tarn to page elx) Rickenbacker Urges Metal Drive (Taptaln Eddie Rickenbacker, air ace of World War 1, .urges redoubled ef forts in the scrap metal drive. He says: “Having visited aU the battlefronts throughout, the world. Including Rtte- sia, it is evident to me that the ever- incruastog demand for mnnitioas ‘and war weapons wUl brink about a de mand for smap iron and steel daring the balance of 1943 and 1944 unparal leled 4a the hlstiHT of any natioa We in -America on the-topme -front,have millions of tons of scrap iron and steel lytog ,around idle and being dis sipated by' the elements. If every man, woman and bhilg over tan years of age gave -enly one hoar of their "Prlcee now received by farmers tof time to this salvage drive there woaM Air nroduets viU- not last foreeer! be m iUione of tepravaflaUe tor the protection of, onr fighting mm." guard unit. The state of South Caro lina furnishes, each home guard sol dier a neat uniform and offers him the elements and principles of mili tary regulations and drill under com petent instructors. It equips poten tial soldiers with a training and knowledge which is 'the backbone, of Camden Man C^ven Important Job tn Salvage Project Hernum Bamn Siqierrises Elac- IricGl Installation On - •i • Lafajatto., . Herman BauDi, son of ^Mr. and Mrs. B., H. Baiun, Highland avenue, who has been affiliated with toe Gibbc and Co« Electrical ShlpbuBding com- pany' of Neyr York, has been pUeed in charge of the etectrlcal on the Steamship Normandie, .now called toe Lafayette, which has been raised from the mack of the Hudson rivwr. This appointment of Mr. BSum Is one of toe highest honor and is a recognition ’ of this skill and ability. All officers of the Mg shipbuilding concern sought to get the coveted berth. * Camden and Kershaw County Prepared To Raise War Fund WAC Corporal In Talk To Rotary - Corporsd Grace JohnatMi^eUs What Ghrl* Can Do In Anaji Below Freezing Is _ Recorded In Camden Old Man Winter really breathed on Camden Sunday and Monday accord ing to temperature' reports from the city water storks plant On Sunday morning a low of 84 de grees vfas registered, but during the day'the mercury climbed to 18 de grees. Monday mortoiut a low ot 10 iegreee was registered. At 10:10 a m., when this Hem was writtea, the mercury, was at 48 degrees. “What you’re 'most anxious to hear is that American girls are really able to do an important, necessary type of work In the Women’s Army Corps," Corporal Grace Johnston told the Camden Rotary club at the weeklr luncheon meet^ last Tuesday. “Now, I can tell yon ^toat there are 165 dif ferent types of jobs that need girls, jobs they can do and so release a man for the fightings fronts.’ CpL Johnson ran through a partial list: “Radio, medicine^ photography, aircraft mechanlqK- textiles, office work, motor vehicle drivers and me chanics, meteorologists and weather observers, draftsmen, switchboard op erators, teletypewriter operators. In structors. If yon already know oAe of these fields, the WAC can pat your skill to use. If yoa don’t have prevl- oas kihining l^nt would like to learn, toe WAC will teach yon at a WAC schooL" “WACs are now working as in- stractors at Army air fields, teachjhg aviation cadets radio code," Cprporal Johnson said, polnttag out that this was only one of many valuable tasks they perform. •The WACs Who teach sTlBtloir wdete to be good, for some day to* iite ot toe cadet may depend upon that hh> ■tmctlon. The WAC!s are estieelany trained for assignments sndi as these St WAC or Army schoMs^ and they have done their work so well that thonsands of requests for more WACs are coming (n from^o Air corps and other -braifchee of the Axiny. “The jobs are there, jobs that wo men have proved they can do ss well aa men, and sometimes better. The Women’s Army Carp* npeda women to fill those jobs, and they ire needed now," Cpl. Johnson said. .‘Cpl. Johnson’s office is at toe post office building. Women who want to find out more about their opportunity to join the, WAC are Invited to vilt there. 1 Co-Chairmen McCoricle and Kaures|i Find Public In- . . terested. Seventeen drgihixations will bene fit through the United War and Com munity Chest fund campaign, which began last Monday lend which ngg a local g<Mil of 18,500, a State goal oC minions and a national goal of one hundred and twenty-rive million. ' -As one looks at the list of organisa tions which are associated in the drive he notes toe great field whlMi it covers; from our own United Serv ice Organixatiens, toe United Sea men’s ‘Service, qnd the War Prison ers AM, to OTgaUisationi which give relief to thoee in Belgium. Britain, France, Luxemburg, Greece. Norway, Poland. Holland. Rossis, (Thins, Czechoslovakia, Tugoalavia and to refugees here and in other countries. Camden and Kershaw County has a generous heart. .This has been prov en time after Gme, not only daring toe Btreee war bat at other times when oar commonity hat been asked to give to variooe good caoeee. There can be no bettor call upon our gen erosity than that which has just etart- ed. By giving we ehidl contrfbnte to our own men aiM women, to niemitere M onr own fi^lea, to toe boy next door, to the-.boy and girl from a to^ of which we never have heard. Onr gifts will cover the military front, toe United Natlens front, toe honse front, and to quote toe pnWclty ©f^toe organisstloas, “A ' thoisand ■srvlcee, a million kindneasee, are COTTON GINNING REPORT ’^he blood of birds la ot all animals. ' Census report shows that 65S1 bales of eottmi were, finned fa Kershaw (Tounty from toe crop of ita prior to October 1, 1148 as oeotpared with 11660 bales for toe cncqi of'YNt. , Q «• *> POOL (N«jW Alt wrapped in yonr single gift to the United War Fond. It wUl oovdr'a federation of agencies stretching sronnd toe world, and will reach into toe olives of our fighting forces, onr Attlee and their fdmttiee. A speedimr victory, a friendlier understanding will come because the American peb- (Pleaee turn to page three) P.' B. M dodana Is Chairman Negro S. S7 Professor P. B. Mdodana has ao> eepted the chairmanship of tbe Christ mas Seal Sale for the negro residents of Kershaw county,. Mrs. Catoe Glover, general chairman, announced. This is the fourth year that Professor Mdo dana has served in this capacity, lead ing his people in the drive against a disease that takes a heavy .,tolt, of deaths among hi* people. Prof. Mdodana has chosen a group of eo-workers 'to attend to* Pee De* Seal Sal* Rally for Negro workers at Hartsvitte cm Saturday. ■A: •ff ' 1* 'i -X. / \ Is v 4J