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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, Y, NOVEMBER 19, 1943 NUMBER 35 and Deception Aids yidog Juggernaut To Win ki-Touchddwn Victory, 33-7 . Off, and Boykin Score Hard-Fifhtinf Team. /Aidbst grf‘at football team grab- fjTtwo QHick toucbdbwiis In the scored two more In the, one of the most homerio bat-, j tbe season until sheer speM [iirftior power wore the Tisitors of several hwadtpedirWhidi^ _ » been quadrupled had the j’beea played on Armistice after- a great Camden team j sBt Its rictorj. At no time did ffbitors indicate that they coaid , iff destiny. They foujdit game- In the second foarter flashed I attack that paid oft in heavy WACs Have Five Training Centers The swiftly growing Women’s Army Corps was hailed last week as Arnmcan womers answer to the -^Is by Cpl. Grace Johnson, Colum. bla recruiting atation. American women are beginning to *’**“*® that total war means total effort and that only total war' will wln,^' she aafd. -And hecanw tS S added a fifth In the fourth I rugged Florence High team in Zemp stadium Friday night, vas the largest margin by Ihe Florence 'team- haa^ -bew^ _ mo (bis season, yet pWidOXicany/ WACi offers ah opportiihTty Tor wd- .. ... devote all of their time and all of their efforts for victory, It is attracting more and more of them every day.” She pointed ont'thHtthe re^ioasi to the idea of the WAC has been so great on the part of American women that the Corps now has five large training centers throughout the coun try. It started with only one. In addition, she said, large num bers of WACs are now being sent to , advanced schools, already established lit which was throttled by an' by the Army for Itself, for specialised Caadeo defense when danger I training, and to selected colleges and ltd. They sncoorabed to Um civilian technical schools as well, high school team in the “Just as the facllitlee for training I WACs to take their positions In non- tbs whistle blew to start the combatant duty with the Army have Proclamation By Mayor WHEREAS, tuberculosis has increased durintf all past ' wars WHEREAS, the Kershaw County Tuberculosis Asso% ciation, an integral part of the nation wide antirtuberculoals organization of the United States, is facing, as in the entire organization, a crucial year in its so-far victorious campaign against tuberculosis, due to wartime conditions, WHEREAS, tuberculosia js the first cause of death* among persons between 15 and 45 years WHEREAS, the^hristinas Se4t Sale is the sole sup port of the Kersh^ County Tuberculosis Association, one i^our most worthy com munity institution THEREFORE, X the HaytMtjof. Cajnden, ilo Jieisliy _ call upon-our people to contidbute^ the anti-tubercuIosis carmpaign through the generous' purchase of Christmas Seals during the annual sale, which opens on Monday, NovT-22r to the end t^t e war time rise in tuberculosis can be prevented / in this community, as well as in the coun try as a whole. F. N. MoCORKLE, Mayor. Angry Flames Threaten To •Lay Waste The Court Inn; * 0 Firemen Battle Brilliantly Canden went to work. FoCr I Uter and after ilx plays Jlgga j bnAe looBO on tha Floroneo M tad around and galldpefl into Indian Cox passed to Parker axtin point J I Tlaitora were daeed at the end- of the Camden attack bat gamely to get somawhere a itone wall defense the 1 offwed. Bight minntea later iBiUdogf sprkig Boykin loose and 11 beaatifal exhibition o^ broken- lnumli#Jacko, taking the ball <m winged his wsy 1 laft mt for a forty yard jaunt ay dirt An attempted don- via the pass route ended. I aecond period Camden scored t Ptfker took a 45 yard pass from the Florence 20 and raced 1 the west sideline into the end The referee however ruled that was guHty of eUsgiing and e play 'back, much to the dls. of the spectators. Florence op a savage, offensive , at this od traveled to the Camden SO Cox intercepted a pass and ht the ball back to the 46. Boy. off 25 yards, then 15 and JhlldogB were on the march again the period closed, this second quarter Florence some splendid aerial work. *r. one of the backs, was one of Bt^layers sesH OT^ths tnrf " • thb season. The lad could .kick I the best of them and his passes > on the whole, excellently pitched [fUced. ' the third period the Bulldog roller again went Into action, ^ith a brilliant exhibition of B-fleld running, carried the ball , tb the one yard line where he was tackled whlnd by Gardner. Florence first line plunge of Cox, I ®6lr Itn^ broke on the second Cox was over. The conversion been increased, so has the draiand Toy the services of trained WACs been Increased by Army commanders.'’ Cpl. Johnson added. "The WAC actually is finding It difficult to fill all of the requests to take over technical and si>eciallxed duties .so that Army commanders may be able to cqiint upon more men for coc^t duty. ‘‘Besides, many commanders hava found that tome of the tasks which have to be done, can actually be per formed better by women of the WAC than by the soldiers under their com mand.” Cpl. Johnson said that this demand for WACs to work with the Army, now that the WAC has become firmly established, Is the reason why she Is urging the women of Oamden to In vestigate the opportunities offered them by the Corps. “There are many women in Camden who will want to enroll In the WAC when they learn what they can do, and what opportunities are offered to them,” she said. “Write me at the above address.” Stores \ltin Open Evenings Starting Monday, Dec. 20th Retail EntabliahmenU Will (Mb- annrn Holiday Hojcaii For .. _ Six Days. The Merchants Bureau of the Cham, her of Commerce has announced that holiday shopping hours will be ex tended to evenings beginning Monday, Dec. 20. Stores will be opened until 9 p. m. every evening of ^rlstmas weelL ac cording to the announcement. The Newbeuy and Rose dime stores have announced that effecUve at once the two stores will open at 9 a. m. and close at 5:80, the same hours as prevail at other stores in the buslnetp district. Beginning Dec. 16, the .dime stores will not close-until 8 p. m. After Christmas the dklly hours will be from 9 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. Christinas Seal Sale Opeps Monday, 22nd The ITth annual nationwide Chriat- mas .Seal Sale, in which the Kershaw CRinty Tuberenloala Aaaoelatkm taktn; part, opena Monday, Nov. 22, and will continue until ChristnMM Tlip flknk.Siala is flie note support Capt Chas. Leighton Speaker At Camden High Armistice Day Captain Charles Leighton, who guided a flying fortress through 26 missions over Germany and Franoe, and twice across the Atlantic Ocean, 9B navigator of the famed “Memidils ^eUe,^' told-ef aomo of hts experlencea before a large audience at Camden High school auditorium as one of the highlights of the Armistice Cay celebration here recently. Captain Leighton Is now stationed at -the 64th.. AAFFTD at . Southern Aviation school here, where he Is re ceiving his primary flight training to become a pilot In the U. S. Army Air Forces. He told how he was “pretty acared” as the ^'Memphis Belle” made its first Owners of Prt^ierty Will Rusk - Work_^ Restoration nt Once. Camden's aristocratic century old Court Inn waa damaged to the extent of many thousand! of dollars in a costly fire which started shortly be fore 11 o’ckwk Tuesday morning end raged for aeveral hours before being brought under control. .That the bfg rambling hosU^y was saved fiom complete destmction waa due to valiant and elective fire fight. Ing on the part of the members of the volunteer fire department under the direction of Chief “Buddy” Denton, who were assists by many civHlane. The hotel and contenta, valu^ at $100,000, according to C. C, Whitakar. Sr., prominent realtor and one of the owners of the property, carried ta- Burance approximating |18A00. The loss as estimated by Manager Arthur •a raid on Breet, but after finding the oi . — raid an eaay one without much oppo- ^*1* aggregate $16,- sition, he and hla whole crew thought of tii^ent. Camden Bulldogs To Pack Away Suits; Cannot Get Games 100,000 Bushels of Soybeans To Camden Senator Mnjrbnnk la Bearer of the Welcome. News -HeCfi. tly ^after Cox got away for a Wd canter which carried him ^rWtors’ 13 yard ttH». tjamdeirr ^Jtb-tha_BnlldQga_witb tb®_entlre *tto jjoliim.bla,. Is to x®t_160,000 bushelsj i ^ ^ Tim (Parker> broke loose again *>« »•« Camden, Spartanburg' ancTTaarens -that- good »a an end-around wnort ovS. with,silence on the part of the each are to receive 100,000 bushels.fSiS?* of pulmenary tuber, might be spread to less fortuns up. Cox added the extra M an off-tackle smash, me final period Cox again step- imI? .. ®l>olll8ht with a beautiful kallop which put the pigskin Oneh Rorence 6 yard stripe.' Parker Into Gie line to -pick up three •od then Cox crashed through 1 ao off-tackle play, Jen- added the extra point on a play. M.4 juncture began In his second string talent that Florenee aenred laUy of the game. The Cam- ^ however, when wanned np, heavy Florence team and PMsession of tha ball started Iput them on the Flor- yard line when the game ended, eighth win of the aest- w the Bulldogs. Their only de- IPlaaae turn to page alght) iMrch Week At County Library JSth^annlveraary of Book Weak ««]el»-ated from Nov. 14 to L n o aa over tha ^ 8 A “Forward With Books” ♦V Ibe Library on ; ®«Bookmoblle, of the County roll more merrily to |J®^ledge and relaxation to the « Kershaw County, to Miss Marie Sparrow, the u ^3*® ^®«hty BookmobllA jjjanih the cold of winter or heat ***** bad roads, tire heavy Usk of loadiBg ^■^tdlng the truck, now seven •«*, to carry pleaaore and to book lovera far from ttie crowd. - fijj^y friends of Mrs. Baker, ifa, v*b* Camden hes^tnl,’ ao^ ^a speedy recovery. Mrs. la assisting at tha IV tka ct Mix Surntdr Ignorea Challenge For Poet-Seaaon War Relief Game. tubarculoals oontrol work of tha National Tuharculosla Associa tion and Ita 1,700 at- filiated associations in tha 48 states, the Dis trict of Colombia, Alaska, Puerto Rico and Hawaii. Ninety- •ve per cent of income from the sale remains in the atata or the territory where it Is raised and five per cent goes to tha MttionsL, Association. ^Thls year, for the first time, the Beal of the American tuberculosis as- mmil^ns la being used by the nsr ISfln tubereulbsis organisation^ of BnSlUia-.-Cgnada, Mexico and Brasil to raise funds for their respective campaigns against the disease. The Seat Sale goal for Kershaw County is $26,000, according to Mrs. Marie Tlndal, president of the Ker. Shaw County Tuberculosis Aasocla. tion. “This amount is needed if we succe^ in carrying out our expanded wartime program?’ she said. “Bvefy Efforts on the part of Coach Lind say Pierce ot the Camden High school football team to schedule gamesT for bis Bulldogs on November 19 and 25 have come to naught and it looks as If the players donned their grig out fits for the last time last Friday when they walloped Florence 33 to 7. A Camden suggestion that the Sum ter Highs play a post-season game • I r*s»sw*asw vaav ogfisu. AMVCt/ VK.. /Ml uni 1» l>®l“« n»»de In Kershaw County, aa well as throughout the na- --- - ^ prevent any increase In the disease during and after the war. We well know the task facing us, for tubenculosis has always Increased dur ing past wars. But we still have con- Camden Is to receive 100,000 bushels of soy beans for crushing according to Sen. Burnet R. Maybank. Sen. Maybank waa In Columbia last week exhibiting a letter* from J. B. the dl/eue cen be prevebted tble to bring some relief • in the seriops time.” Among the wartime projects of the -•S iassodatlons. which will be wried on and supported by the the corpomtl^ had Mde MntractjBwney raised between now and ^Th« I X-raylng of positive I’e^ctlon to the tuberculin tests In food the hosplUllxatlon of Gamecock group. Such a game played either at Sumter or Cam<jen would have turned out a 5,000 crowd it is believed. Hundreds of Camden fans will journey to Sumter on Thanksgiving evev Wednesday, Nov. 24, when the Sumter team plains Florence In a homecoming classic. The Camden team played nine games during the season and won eight ot them, all by wide scores. The soy bean is highly esteemed ss a protein feed for livestock and poul try. culosls. An JLllUliiao Ajxtuvaw l£ainly in the West But this year, the West Itself has provided fscill- ties for the oruchlng, and it was thought that South Carolina mills would be left out In the cold and not be able to get beans. But Senator Maybank has been active, and told yesterday of receipt of the letter flrom President Hutson. IMes At Cassatt Thomas Henry EUlott of Cassatt, route 1. died at his home Tuesday night after an Illness of several years. He was a farmer and a son of Hie lata R. B. and Mary Thome Elliott, Ker shaw county. Surviving are kip wldow^ Mrs. Betty Horton BHlot^U eon, Ralph Elliott, TTnltef StstwPhavy; two daugSI^ Mrs. Frank Workman and Mrs. Roo- srt F. Fletcher, Camden. ' ^ Funeral services were held Thurs day afternoon at 8 o’clock at the er Dam Baptist church. Interment fol lowed In the church cemetery. T Miss Margaret Bowwrs who was severely burned when her clothlpg csaght tire whUe rte wns buUdlng a fire In • **0^^ I* • -P*" tlent at the Camden hospItaL . Mrs H L. SchloBburg continues her oonvsieacence nt «ke Gnmden hon- *’*Mathew C. West is confined at the sJSlSI^of Rembert. continues ill at the Cwnden **®*P**^*v , 4. W.'C. Pettus. who was ^ automobile wreck two weeks-W still a patient at the Camden ^fUnt Hi* h*nd JU#d wXlRt WBJT® Mrs. J. C. Baker Is a patient nt the Cwndk bosiMtat Mrs. Cato Glover, county dhalrman of the Seal Sale, paid high tribute to vA.r tha mr m./ta /./b«H../a. Volunteer workers through- ®!Ut the country who “have made pos- wltli niillB in tuls stAto to crusb Iatso Mihi* thifl vmt'm flAai aaIji quanUUes of tha soy beans, produced this yeaPs Seal Sale. Don’t Make Greeting CaUs Again this year during Thiaakaglv- ing and its holiday week-end, the I pubUe is requested not to use thn long The senator expressed the ^ops distance telephone to exchange gmet- of senators logs. This request Is mads in order to that the Southern bloc fighting ths bill which would outlaw ***nre war ciUla the faatast posalMe the poll , tax would be sncossafM. «lt accorllng to a statement Is unwise, unjust and. unfair to bring mods today by Thomas Crouch, dla> up such legl^tlon when millions of manager of tha Southam Bell men are away from homa,” tha sana-1 Talaphona and Taiagraph company, tor said. In speaking of tha MIL I* ®v wish to deprive tha He expressed the belief that the' PnbUe ot such holiday greeting calls,” tax bill, aa passed by tha house of l^r. Cronch said, “but telephone tacl- representativeo, would not be greatly era already over crowded and changM and i “ ‘ X^ristinasl He ment to the house revenue bfU where- mrvlee mkn end women at the by the federal tax on oleomargarine Sonthem Aviation ackoel and In other would be removed for the dnintion of ciunps and baaee over the country J I m Fanners Aiding M. wouia not oe greatly uiwiy over crowaea ana g% va • ww predicted paasege before addltkmal load might seriously KV Kl1Y]]|CF KaIIIwI.-• s plans Wedff ah amend. •tTWlThcimtion’s war bnelnoks. And APVIlUO’- the war. WAVE Recruiter Girls Here . MarMret BowwTs of Kershaw, o A Navy recralter wtli be In Camden every Saturday for an Indefinite period to confer with girls who wish to enter the WAVES. Mrs. Cato Glover Is chairman of Ihe will want to call home and everyone will want them to get the beet service poeeible.' WUd Life Exhibit Extends Tinie Here The Wild Life Exhibit being held In the building next to the Poet Office , . baa been so well received and at- civilian committee In charge of WAYM tended by anch large crowds that the recruiting. At intervals an offlcM*. original three day engagement has hi the WAVES will be hi Camdefi tb~been extended^to another three. Rex counsel wjth Mrs. Olorer and com- M. Ingram, in charge of the exhibit, Mlttee mensbers reiativw-to tiie drtm. waa no wefl pleased with the response MZAle CemdenMd Knrshnw here tiint he wired to Washington. ^Mroni Ja6n- n:c.. loae U. 8. Society of Zoology, lag ths WAVES may secure detidled under whose sponsorship the exhibit InformntiMi >y cnUtag Mrs. Oldbeg, Is being staged, and received their Ae^dvlMnn Detsnee heedqnmters orjperEdsslon to extend. <iihw~ni[|mgenient at dm Qeoier Book store. it was pretty soft. On the second raid, however, he found it a different story when his ship raided another Oennan sub base in Franoe. Flying In at low altltuda, they met with stiff opposition and the ship ”was shot np pretty badly with antiotreraft fire.” They knew thmi It wasn't going to be Ihey completed their U mt— however, and the original crew of 10 men came back to the states witit the “Memphis Belle” whan they were sent back here for a tour of the United States. “Only one man was Injorsd on our ship during all the time we were over there,” CapUin Leighton said, “our tall gunner, who got only a scratch on one of our missions aa an enemy shell hit the tail guns and exploded ammunition on onr plane.” He said they met leoe eneiny„^iip» slUon over Fnmoe, with the Germus concentrating their defease on iKWi* tiona in Germany. ”We usually met with stiff opposition when we raided the heart of Germany, from German fighter planes. They ■weiw really tough, too," he stated. ^ •It wasn't so Tong ago that Captain Leighton, hlmsrif, sat in a high school auditorium as a student and heaid Armistice Day programs. “It dldht mean so much to me, than.” he said, “but sow It means a great deal.” Thg fire fighters kept the blase in the old or original section of the hotel. ThU was the historlo DeSaua- seur mansion, bnllt in 1820 mad haL lowed by romance and the tradition of the South In ant^bellnm days. The east wing of the Inn honeee the dlnlag room and guest rooms while the north wing'’houses yuset rooms, single and eneaUsv BqU of the wings were saveA escaping daii^ agx and were fn ose Tneeday night. Mr. Whitaker, speeklng for the owners of the jwoparty, stated that steps wonld be taken Immediately to rebnlld aad restore the damaged eee- Uon. It Is expeeted that this will re- qnlM five to six weeks. Manager Slade anaonneed that the opening of the hotel on the American plan tor ^ winter season, schednled for Nov. 20, wonld be poistponed until Christ mas. —1- by Mr, and Mrs. SlMS. They had smelled smoke In the lobby and office, but were aa- *ble to locate from where It eeme. Walking around tb« building on the outside Mr. Slade saw wlspp of smoke coming from undw the edge of the rTOf on the West end. He Immedi ately telephoned to the fire depart, nmnt When the department respond ed to the alarm, .Chief Denton sensed (Please turn to pegs seven) Traffic Crash Was Fatal To Mechanic From Flying Post Kiwanis Sponsors Goodfellows Club It was decided by the Kiwahls Club last Tuesday at their regular meeting, to sponsor the Goodfellows Club Christmas Fund this year and the fol lowing committee was appointed: J. H. McLeod, chairman; O. J, SmyrL secretory and treasuretr J. Team Gettys and M. B. Wllllama. As Is generally known, this Club seeks oontributiona each year at WI fortunate fam- llles of this town aad comnxinity. In |he form of baskets of food and other provisions, and the Klwanls asks all other civic organizations and Individ, uals ot Camden to oontribute liberally to this worthy cause. In distributing these baskets, the assistance of people who have aided in previous years will be asked. The following places have been designated where contribntions may be made: to Sheriff McLe^ at his office In the courthouse; to M. B. Wil- UamS at the Commercial Bank and The Camden Chronicle offloe. To date the following donations hkve been received: Ameq Cooper |Lob Mr. and Mrs. J. Team G^s 1(N) Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McLeod .. 2.00 M. K WilUams I.OO O. J. Bmyrl 1,00 Hufli PitU, 22, Succumbs To Injuring At the Camden . Ho^rital. joir “Kershaw County farmers are aid ing In the control of inflation by nsing their Increased incomes to reduce debts and buy War Bonds,”' Marion Heyman, County War Finance com- mittee chairman, reported (his week. ‘‘They are not buying generally those things which they can do wlthont.” be stated further. . “With the ihoney In ' circulation amounting to about twice the value of goods avaUable for civilians there Is strong competition among doUara. The ^ice Is. therefore, between V>*Qdlng two dollars for goods valued •t one dollar and saving one dollar and ntin getting the go^ with the “Many fariners are perforinlng _ threefold duty. In addition to help- ing finance the war gad providing ter their ramiiio-i ^ l ap to and incladtaur Bntnrdmy, Nov. Ifliitiss.” families' security through the purchase of War Bonds, they are help. Ing to control Inflntlqn by Inveetlmnn bopda and buying only the Camden’s first traffic fatality In many months occurred Sunday when Hugh Pitta, 22 year old Seneca, 8. C., youth, employed as a mechanic at the Southern Aviation school, died at the hospital Sunday night at 6:80 o'clock. Injnries sustained when a motor cycle Pitts was riding crashed into the side of an goto driven by J. E. Ross^ Seahnnrd RaUwMr_^lfht ag^L at the comer of Laurens and Bro^ streets shortly after 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon. puts, traveling south on Broad street, turned left at the Confederate monument, but according to state and city police, Investigating tho accident, cut, "across on the left -ilde of the monument and Into the side of tha Roes car, which was going north on Braad street S^irabbery about the ^ae of the monument prevented Mtts from seeing the north hound car. Had he tamed east on the south side of the monument he would have had a clear view of the east traffic lane. ..P**^* ^aa badly crushed by the impact whgn he craahed Into the car. Police said that Imprints of his upper teeth were dlscemable In the metal side of tha nntomoblle door. He was unconscious when placed In M ambulance and taken to the hoe- pitaL Pitts has been employed at the Sonthem Aviation School when he was a valued member of tbdfolpee. tlon Oram. Mariy in hla youth Pitts displayed (Please tarn to page four) Unirai 'nianksgiving Service Wth Me’dist The annaal Union 'ThanksMvlng service will be held Thanksgiving Day, November 25, in the Lyttleton Street Methodist ehnrch, at 8 o'clock In the morning. Dr. Maurice Clarke, pastor of the Episcopal qhnrc^ win deliver the Thaaksgtriag sermon. Other local mlnhiters will partlcl|)ato In the. variona parCs of the service. The music will be In charge ^ the choir, of Lyttleton Street Methodist church, assisted by rn^bers of aU church choirs of the city, under the direction, of Mrs. J. M. Gandy. A cordial Invitation is extended- to'-evnry- body Iff join in this service of ThaiAs- glvlng. The offering reoetrcd win he contributed to the Chlldrea^ H Camden.