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YOUR ROY NBSa)S THE RED CROSS—THE RED CROSS NEEDS YOUR MONEY! - - GIVE GENEROUSLY! Gamden Chronicle OLUME U ajor Leonard Hauprich To Speak To Boy Eagles-Parents CAMDEN, SOUTH CAR0UNA, FRIDAY. MARCH 17, 1»44 NUMBER S2 r 40 Boy Eaf let To Receive Advancenmet Card» At Ceremony. » ld»y night, during Impressive Donies, which will begin at 8^ p. t the Qrammar school auditorium, (cess of 80 Boy Eagles, spic and in their new uniforms, 40 of n will receive advancement car^ to ad- Much Business Is Transacted At C. of C. Meeting President Tells of Many dnstrisd Contacts. In- jcognition of their ability e to the next highest phases of Eagledom. ijor Leonard M. Hauprich, com- iing officer of the 44th Army Air es Flying Training detachment, be the principle speaker of the fhg. Joining with him to pay ite to the accomplishments of the igsters will be the Hon. Francis dcCorkle, mayor of the City of den, and the Rev. Henry Collins, jr of the Lyttleton Street Metho- church, both of whom will, to- er with Major Hauprich, address assemblage of Boy Eagles, their nts, sponsors and guests. Mayor orkle will also present the awards :he winners of the Boy Elagle el Airplane contest', which has been concluded. an interview of the Messrs, dy. Stafford and Etelest, squad- commanders of the lOlit, 102nd 203rd squadrons# respectively, it learned that the program tonight act as a climax to the three tbs period Just passed. Puring period the boys have worked 1 memorising their Boy Eagle r Sudyihg ahpcfat sUSbuettesri^?^^ lumbers ling models, drilling, readying Qselves for periodic personal In^. tioD, listening to lectures on per il hygiene and first aid, keeping r health charts up to date, which nt a generous application of soap water to those parts of the anato- least iike'd by growiitf boys—the t and ears. ’Hien there were the (Please tom to pege eight) A regular meeting of the board of directors of the Camden and Kershaw county Chamber of Commerce .was held at the Chamber office Thursday, March 8, at 4 p. m. A letter was received from W. B. Marshall, tendering his resignation from the board because of his depar ture from the city. The secretary was directed to write to Mr. Marshall and extend congratulations upon his pro motion but express regrets at bis departure from Camden. President McKaln reported on a number of industrial projects which the Chamber has been working on for some time. Mr. McKain stated the lack of suitable buildings and man power in Camden has been great han dicaps in bringing industrial concerns here. He mentioned a number of con tacts which the Chamber office has made and which may pay off after the war. One in particular is outstanding but because of a request from parties involved, Mr. McKain stated he was unable to give the name of the con cern or the business engaged in. The matter of the Kirkwood was discussed by the It was revealed that n_r RED CROSS WAR FUND ix-Event Horse Race Program At Scott Race Track March 25 Farmers Guests of Rotes-Kiwanians At Get-to-Gether Nationally Known Trainers Co< Operate In Fine Rec| Cross ^ Gesture. A. H. Ward Gives Interesting and Inspiring Talk at Meeting. i)ung Women Are rged To Enlist olumhia.—By official proclamation Governor Olln D. Johnston and the fors of every South Carolina city, I entire week is designated sa [>men in Servioe Wesk." sponsored the American Legion Anxflisry of tb Carolina. Mrs. James F. Gray of Summerton, acting as State irman. The purpose of the week 0 enlist aa many young women as^ lible for immediate duty in either WAVES, SPARS, MARINES or Cs, in order to replace men on ^Zi'‘^utt(nt’AA^dre8S Doara memoers. it was revealed thst'g^ j w * Major Charles T Smith. Jr., of €^,1^1181*1116(1 LETgO lumbia, had .sought to locate a mill- . w as wv tary prep school in the hUtoric hotel flrnWlI Til ITrII IT|hr|h buUdlng. The Major informed the special committee ^m the Chamber of Commerce with which he conferred, that Mr. Faust had offered him the property for $60,000. The committee, it wai stated, informed Major Smith \hat Mr. Faust had purchased the| W, MdeoL^mosaiid One of Finest Heard In Cam den la Many Yaars. . Willie A. Sutton; well-known property lot approximately $80,000 educator and former tread of A. H. Ward of Aiken, District agent of the South Carolina Extension ser vice and of the Clemson Extension Service, was the speaker at a success ful get-to-gether at the new armory Wednesday evening, which was at tended by members of the Rotary and KIwanis clubs, sponsors of the affair am) several score of farmers pom the county. { The affair waa in the nature of a barbecue and was carried through in a most efficient manner. Alert young ladies stationed back of tables in the armory lolmy saw to the Issuance of the food, with dispatch and courtesy. The barbecue feature was in charge of Rotarian Lee Little and the art of roasting the meat was handled by **Doc" Drakeford, old time barbecue expert, and as usual, the meat was delicious. Rotarian Ralph Shannon of the Ro- I tary club presided at the session fol- I lowing the “eats” and his first speak er was Rev. Henry Collins, who offer- (Pleas# turn to pags tour) Inthe War Effort t il th Masons Elect Henry CoUuis Grand Master than 16,(M)0 volunteer workers Carolina are contributing their tlsM and their work to the na- Uouk war effort through the varied program of the American Red Cross, scoring to Major At^ MooUrte Brans- Much Interest Is , Being Shown In Ciuttmg Dog Show Entry List Protnisos To Bo Largest In Show History. The Lenten dog show, sponsored by the young people of Grace Episcopal rcombat duty to 4UBsure more -r on The amed fighting fronts, afternoon, ^arc^ 80. should recruiting heads have united for'l^*® interesUng than concerted drive, and all women, * year. now engaged in wartime work,' young people have been maklM being urged to join up in either.® to house fiL™ in lie branches of Horrico the effort to interest them in rty-one planes from the CAP will «*l»ibltlng their ^s at tj* ^port all girls free to Columbia on exiwsltlon. Indications *re thM there ly to be sworn Into service at the *’® ® heavy entry list Capitol by Gov. Johnston and I P® Le“ten show U srrang^ an official State ClUtlon which!for nates them as •‘Patriots In thejth* • of the Governor's Maids Mlll-!P«opl/ of the church. The venture to of South Carolina.” All g!rls|P“‘ y**” plan to enlist during this "Wo-I®®** J* “ nrfn?.!?? in Service Week” should be at ®’'®“‘® Camden spring actl- Irport in one of the below named. ... on grid,, nn l.t..r .fan 1 p m , the National Eldncattonal Ast^iationi urge crowd of Interested listeners at 4he Grammar school au ditorium last Tuesday night His talk was one of the most interesting and best presented here in Camden la some time. This address was one a( three which Dr. Sutton made In Can- den that day. He spoke to Caradeg High school group and also to a grou^ at the colored school. Platform guests were: W. T. Redfeam. L. C. Clyhuru and John BL Rabon, members of the county delegation; Mayor F. N. Mo- Corkle, C. E. Watts, J. B. Caston and J. E. Roes, county 4>oard of * educa tion; C. H. Tates, W. R. Zemp, J. J. Sanders and S. C. Clybum of the city schools board of trustees; Skipper of thwCsindeu Chamher of C^mmoicer Dr. Maurice Clarke and Mrs. W. C. Salmond of the Kershaw C!ounl|r Civic Council; W. R. Bonsai, Kershaw Ckmn- ty Defense Council; Mrs. Kathleen Watts of Kershaw County Educational Association, and others. The program was in charge of Supt. J. G. Richards, Jr., and was opened by prayer offered by Dr. Maurice Clarke. Mrs. Wiftts introduced A. C. Flora, superintendent of Columbia public schools, who in turn intro duced Dr. Sutton. The closing prayer was offered by Rev. J. B. Caston of the First Baptist church. chairmen th* Kiwhew fViMniy ipter of the Red Cross. The Rev. Henry F. Collins of this city was elected grand master of Ma sons in South Carolina at the 107th annual communication held at the Hotel Columbia Thureday ol last week. The onxlay xneetlag wav wett wtr tended, thona halnf memhara present ^Thsse workers gave 576,671 hours of seriiee in the many activities of the from all parts of the state Other oCfioers named were: A. J. Wannaroaker, Orangeburg, deputy A six-event program of flat races will usher iu the return of Camden to the world of similar activities, the races to be run on the fine Marion DuPont Scott track here in Camden on Saturday, March 25, the first race to get under way at 2; 30 o'clock. The race program Is made possible by the cooperation of a group of na tionally known horsit trainers who have stables in Camden at this time, they being Edward Heyward. Charles W. Shaw, James E. Ryan, Tom Waller and Burling Cocks. 'The afternoon of thrills for the race enthuaiaats will be a Red Cross benefit affair entirely, the entire proceeds of the gate to be given to the Red Cross to be applied to the Kershaw county chapter quota. There will be no admission charge, but members of the Kershaw chapter will he present at the track tQ[ receive donations. This race program will bo the ftrst to be offered In the home of the fam ed Carolina Cup classic since tbs Uirited States entered the war. The events, names of horses and trainers follow: First Race (One-fourth mile on flat for colts and gelding, 1 yearsold.) Jim Splvens, 'Trainer Ed Heyward; Hungry John, Trainer C. W. Shaw;^ Cockpit; 'Trstirer Jim Ryin; Toe Blow, Trainer Tom Waller. Second Race (One-Courih-mile-on flat for filUes, 1 years old). * Miss Jim, Heyward; Red Light, Shaw; Patsy Durkin. Ryan; Waster Bonnett, Wsdler. Third Race (One-half mile on flat for colts azid gelding 1 years old). Eddie H.. Heyward; Charles W.. ShawL JER, i^anf Thomas M., WsK- ler. Fourth Race (Onvfourth mile on flat. Open 1 Vol«U.r gpMtal protnm ol tk. Americu Red Croo, durlix tbo l£!lbL. toalw jU poriod. J«I, 1 to thM* for tko IW m( of 1148 meaa anything, it Is m ^ ^ Csrtsr, AndeflKuv n)mplsl&. In trmly other state can be depended! ***• Coleman of the Grand lodge upon to work—and work hard—in the interest of victory,” Nat C. Wilson, manager of the Southeastern Area with headquarters In Atlanta, Oa., said recently. ‘‘This new year,” he continued, there must be no decline in enthue iasra-of the effort by "WinsK cmilan^ cereiBoniee,--bo«w wteretf roem and presented the colors. ' were C^pt. John L. Clark. Marine re. rec transportation to Columbia: dale, Anderson, Bennettsville, eston, C!heraw. Chester, Darllng- Oeorgetown, Greenville, Green- . Hartsvflle. Lancaster, Laurens, t Augusta, Orangeburg, Rock Spartanburg and TimmonsTillA the follow!]^ Army Fields: Aik- aufort, Barnwell, North, Sumtar amden, 1 at Chronicle 'office fox. appli- blanks. :ord Crowd Jams IMa^g Hall For Iholic Fun Feat first night of the CathoUc Ba- iprogram, staged in 8L Mary's Wednesday was attended by a crowd, composed mainly of the vlsory capacity for the presentation of the show. Mr. Cliase is acquainted with all of the-details necesSaiy to make a snceess of such a ventmm and under his direction ths^ affair is an assured success. Next week a list of flie judges, etc., will be announced in the Chronicle. There will he quite a listing of events for tka show and thesb listings will include classes for pointers, set ters, hounds, beagles, springer span iels. cocker spaniels, bbykin spaniels, teniers, and miscellaneous. \ —r— — Mayor Plans To Attend the Safety Meeting, March ^ Mayor F. N. McCerUe is _ on attending the seventh annual South and student officer personiml | ^ Aviation gchool. ^ ^er Edmond Burke, pastor of the gave the eveniag atteodanco • A sapper which wm served basaar committee occupied the Pon of 4he gneeti early in the |6- 8o great wm the crowd»'lt ceseary to handle It with a toll serving. ISO group‘'«f entertainers were t<>.P*%Tlde a show featuring The sosybf has received an tnvlta- Uon from Mayor Frod D. Marshall of Colun^ia, to be present si the SMet- Ing, who urges the Camden executive to bo present beesnse of the vital Im portance of the subjects to be dis cussed. An important event on the program Is the South Carolina traffic courts conference, a full day session on Wed- m«n and women, through the Ameri can Red Cross, are responding to the needs of a nation at war.” South Carolina Red Cross produc tion, during the six months’ period, maintained the level attained in the preceding fiscal year, chairman Braile ford pointed out. During the halt year the state’s 58 chapters made 28,- 408 garments and 86,811 miscellaneous of Virginia, and Harry L. Robinson of the grand lodge of Maryland, were years old). Jack Knife, Heyward; Fast Woman, Shaw; Snowbound, Ryan; Richard, Waller. Fifth Race (One-half mile on flat. Open 8 year olds). Slim Jim, Cocks; Csmdem Bhaw; ForshaUee, Ryan; Pelrrot Rdyward. Sixth Race (One-half mile on flat for four among the distinguished guests. Both ^Tses that l«ve started In a ste^HPl** Mr. Coleman and Mr. Robinson ad- ®““* ®r dressed the Masons dtfrlng the meet-* _ C^ks; Wild GoosS, ing I Ryan; B-86. Cocka; Hell Cat, Ryan. Immediately upon the opening of* articlea.' Much of thla production haa of Columbia. crulting officer in Columbia, Jamea C. Doxler, state adjutant and inspector general. Religious services at the opening were conducted by the chaplain, the Rev. Joseph H. Carter of Anderson, assisted by the Rev. Mr. .Kincaid of Pickens snd the Rev. Lewis N. Taylor '-r^BiHCOe Johnson Withdraws From Race; Mathis Wins gone to aid men In the armed forces and into the Red Cross program of civilian war relief abroad. South Carolina chapters made 4,- (Plesse tom to page eight) Negro Woman Raised In Slavery/Dies At Age Of 125 Jane Anderson, Bom In 1819, Succumbs At Homo In LufoH. ting VsudoSle 1« MBMcied with the aaloreemeat of [oats insisted 6a dancing whidi |e order of the evening. An or- from Shaw Field was cm hand ^e the mnslcsl inimirstkm. jBasssr will be rnnkted again fening. It will ^ clvUlaa night *«r record crowd fii ei^ected. Mating At Is connected -with the saloreement traffic Uws snd the trial of traffle law eases to urged to be preeenL T^ courts eonterenec aesskm to primarily intended for tosyora, bity recewders, msgtotrates, ektofs of police and other law 4mfareemeBft offlcials. Today, more thaa ever before, acci dent preventlM and traffic coatsol to an extrmuely inmnrtant factor ih. ear The terrifie waste Jane Anderson, aged negroes, whose death occurred ^tnrday at the home of her daughter, Mamie Jackson, in the town c»f Logoff, was 185 ysais of age. A nephew, Robert, who to well along in years, says his aunt was bom in 1818, a few years after the war of 1818. A daughter, Mamie, 80 years of age, eubstantiatea the age flgwu. According to the nephew daughter, 'their mother, as s -young girl snd after aa a grown woatan, worked as s slave. Jane’s mother, as best as can be remembered, was named Molly, and was brought from what the son describes as the''"west^ em country." Her father was known as *'Si” Anderson, silo a slave. Jane Andersem was given to the Lang (a early pioneer family) by the McRae family, also cme of the oldest families in the county history. She assrried Harry Anderson after the Civil War. Andqmon 7^ n slave owned by ^ Lang family. After the marrUge Jans au| her hosbend llvsd and tamed by themselves on the (Please turn to page four) mic Lodge pre^table nedlenu one of our state’s number cme • lemr and esrtsinly dementi the at- tsettop eC etary pubHe offletoL LiooriM Shaw Fleld^Band Will Offer Music For Police fioKc Pine# Orehestm Is El for Dnacers Axmunl BalL. At Reegsaut Marino and his swing orehestm of eleven pl|M:ei,cfram Shaw the music for the Transport Ratiibns To Be Issued for Second Quarter 411 opamtors are notified that they must for tbefar eensnt sRuarter transport rmiswiils hi psruop. For spyUesats apphing after April Kih, traastoit rstlsus sre to bo ro- duoi4 on A pro rdtn bsdB te the elap sed Hplai. .'V- ' ' Music was furnishsd by D. A. Press- ley of Columbia. A resolution was adopted ordering the investment of all surplus grand lodge funds in war bonds. Several thousand dollars will be available for thte purpose, it was said. The communication closed late in Action Halts Contast In the Seocmd Ward. the day after giving the afternoon to routine nyttters. Haigler Manager Beautifies House In Effective Way Broad Streat Cinema Is Bcight With New Paint Job. Field will provide dancers at the snnnal ball of the Camden police department on Thurs day, March 80, at the High school gym. Donald Morrison of the general ar rangements committee snnonneed this week that the favorite Shaw Field musicians have arranged to open the danoe progmm at $!S0 p. m The big dance ball of tbe Hlgb gym will be converted Into a bower of beauty for the ball. Indications sre that ths attendance will be grdhter than a year ago when a new record waa established. Hie police dance bas become tbe nuMt popular social tunodim oS> the winter osVspdsr In Camden and all of the younger set as well as the mature groups will be on hand to enjoy the ftm. ’There wlU be the nsnal prise events on the-floor during the evening. Er&ry member of the p<diee depsrt- OMnl-to working hsjrt on the progmm for the evratng snd tickets went on sale Wfttnosday of this week. Tbe eerly'wito has been hSA^tor than in pest yearn, fivery blneooat has a sup- iiy of tlelMts to sriL PoMm Commlesioaer Clyde ▼. 'Meseehaan to dance chelrtnsn wbfle fhe fMMral chairmen to Ghtof of Po- lioe ihmi, ’The gseiml artangmaents of DeaaM Morrl- Oeorge Little, manager of the Haig ler theatre, to right proud of bis Broad street playhouse or cinema, as cor English friends describe a fliekSr palace. The theater has been redeemated snd presents an sttmetivs appear ance. 'The outer lobby #has been reno vated and painted while the foyer Is most sttrsetlve In a dark bine paint and Chinese red trim. In the sndltorium of the theatre, a wainsqpatlng of Chinese red to trim med with a light blue margin and adds much to the sppeamnee ct the place. Manager Little has been offering hto patrons a fine line of repent film re- Shaw Field Band Will Be Present At Center Dance. Roscoe Johnson, who was to have been in a run-off for election as coun- eilmsn from the second ward on March 21, with Roy Mathis, has an nounced his withdrawal from the mce. Tbe reason—Mr. Johnson. Is going into fhe armed service. He was one of seveml hundred Camden and Ker shaw county prs-tnductses who went . to Fort Jackson early in the week for examination. He passed, and as he will be in training within seveml weeks, has iofosmed the election board that he is withdrawing from the mce. ' Mr. Johnson, in a statement, ex pressed hto thanks to hi# wide circle of friends who had given him so^ splendid sapiwrt in hto campaign for election. The wlthdmwsl from the race smto- matlcslly sleets Roy Mathl^ former pollcs officer and of late a driver for the Sonthem Aviation company bus servloe. Mr. Mathis resides on Maricet street and has a wide followlag of friends as attested by tbe splendid mn he nude In the primary on Msr^ 7. He led the fleld of fonr candMates and' lacked .hot one vote of having a plumllty which would have eliminstsd the neeeesity of a run-off with Mr. Johnson, who placed second In the mev mth the decision . having. been reached In the second ward, the new council, which will meet for the first time next month has tslun on a defl- nite eomplexlon. Mayor McCorkle us as hto oonncllmen, Clyde T. Itese- uau in the first vwrd, Roy Mathis In the second, Leslie Myem in the third, Joe McKsln in the fifth, Lee Little in the fourth, snd J. E. Rose in tbe sixth. The next nutter oi interest will be the nsmlxig of the vsiipos committee beads. ’This will be done by tliqrob McCorkle at the April mecti^ Tbe Service Men’s Center will spon sor enother fine dancing party Satur day night at the Center on Ratledge street, with the Shaw Field orchestra undsr Sergeant Marino, to Xumtoh ths mnsto. Mra firank Bean, director cf the Center;^urjis all of the ySung lad1< of (tomdsB and vicinity, wko era _ totsred on^ hostess Urt. to tsra out fm* this svst Mrs. Bssto riadss tM the gtoto IMF ^ mal or jail ^ wear for the Company Heads In Praise of McCorUe L. O. Beed of New Terk City, prsal- dsat of the Rsllwsy Express, sad T. W, Shtyes of Norfplkt:7n., anpmrintsm of thto jfssT to the same omn- havsHMftl totters oC a oongiatn- J^'Bamre to Dorlde^ ever hto fi flCftce Thsr F. N. , ever hto fourth etoetlea to of Mayor oC/Carndw, oMrials hare reqnested I AMto of tte OteMa State,, tofetoh owM a abea* Mr. ha tent 8a them. . -i-'i. ■■■ • . . T Vv>'.V , Mo th# that /