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-'"S'mJS'-. ; '■ -.'i VOLUME 66 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FApAY, APRIL 14, 1944 NUMBER 4 tmden Center One Of Best, But Girls Lack Patriotism pair Sea Fail To Cooperata la Soldier Profram. The Senrlce CJenter^ under the cxq' hie guperrlslon of Mm. John Und- "v was the mecca of many hundreds g wldlers and cadets orer Easter. 'The Center was attractlwely decor- [ed with Easter flowem and carried home-Uke air, a fact that elic’lfed ch comment from the men In uni- Easter Sunday Is Featured By Warm Sunny Temperature The Camden Center is declared to the most homa-Uke of any In the }uth, but it has its'drawbacks ao- iing to the men in uniform who negate there erery Saturday niii^t OB Sunday. There are few Cam- girls to be seen in the Center at time and this fact has resulted in Jttlng the Camden siris on the spot, (hen s comparison is dmwn with the jiotic young women of other cities here Centers are maintained, [whether the restrictions which pre- st the Center hare anything to with the failure of Camden girls iho^ up for the dances is a ques- « that can only be answered by [iMe concerned. No matter what the „tons are, they reflect upon the itriotism of the community. Other about the state openly boast the cooperation the young women ITS shown toward aiding In the re sent aetlTltles at the serrlce Churches Filled To Capocity With Crowds of Wor shippers. to the Camden Center Is Inctire of an interestlag i>>y> wapetlmea of a humorous ttSr tn^wUmes with a little bit of Jerking pathos. For instance last a nlce.iOQklpg soldier from ^sckson, who for idany months been spending his wesk-ends in aden, approached Mm. Llndaay and Ddered her a package with a request „ she arrange for Its mailing Mon. j. He asked that if be sent by reg- tered ">*11 and that a value of |S00 placed on It He told Mrs. Lindsay iat it contained his watch, an expen- re one, and other trinkets of raloe h»A jiMit hewn gtwan. Uife lerf* and would be leaving this ek for ovemsss duty, he wanted personal effects to be sent to his jther. Mrs. Lindsay accepted the set and Jokingly iMulred of the buth if he was sure she could be ipended upon to see that the valu- bles were sent to their destination, liorespon the la^ with team In his said: “I don’t kaow one any- liere that I oonld trust as' I trust DO." I And that is but ons instance of the It and affection the boys la unl- ^nn have for Mrs. Lindsay. She la mothw away from home to many Doiands of young men who have Id occasion to meet and visit with br at the Camden Center. I Some of the citizens of Camden lio have taken much intereat in the (Please turn to p4ge eight) A kind.hearted weathwman, who thrust upon this community a cloudy and raln-tlueatentog Eaater morning, relented and gave Camden a Warm, snnny Easter, enabling one of the most picturesque Easter Pamdes in yearn to be in evidence. All of the Camden churches report ed capacity throngs of worshippm who took part in the specially ar- mnged Easter services. The Catholic Cihurch of Our Lady of Ferpetual Help, was filled to capacity for the late morning service while all avaii- ahle seats In Grace Episcopal church were occnpled. The same was true at the Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist churches ip the city. In .the country districts all churches were crowd^ with the Esster wonhippers. Milady had her day, and It is seldom that a more beantltnl army of Easter finery has been in evidence in Caas- den. There were many family gaOw ertugs fUUowing the church ^ptain Bernens Assigned Here Southern €. 0. THEY NEED OUR HELP V • -v ' ''i Burglar Nabbed While Engaged In Robbing Store Famll Gawford b Held At ‘Jail On Larcenj Cliarfe. Farrell Oawford, who givea his rssl- denos as ‘!neur-Casaatt”-and-Mw age 29, is in custody- at the county Jail after au aUsged attempted burg lary at the J. C. Penny company store here late Saturday night Oawford was apprehends^ by Pa- trolman Smith as he had gaUud entry into the store by breaking a glass panel In the front door. Ssreral sol- diem from Fort Jackson, who were In the vicinity at ths lims m4 heard the crash of breaking glass, summoned Patrolman Smith, who upon his ar- rival at the ssensk through the beam of his flashlight into the store, saw Oawford standing near a counter. Smith, it Is said, ordered him to come out “the same way you went !n.“ Oawford crawled through the smashed glass panel and was immediately taken to police headqnartem and later transf^ed to the county Jail where he is being held on a larceny charge. Chief of Police, Alva Rush, said that Oawford admitted to him that he had served ten months in Rich- land county following his conviction on a charge of breaking into a Colum bia dry cleaning plant last year. Baby Parade Saturday Eye. At The Cadet Club Parkway Mrs. Scblosburg and Workers Are Lauded Foi* Fine Effort Final Figures On War Fund Fund Driwe - Are An* Bounced. Tiny Tots To Parade In the Episcopal Guild Show. A Russian e<riIsctlTu fink Red Army soldlem kow the Nasis them of food, ihsss peofda art la the Kharkov region tolls < their homes and stripped dirk assd of dothiag. Wateree Plant Of Kendall The final figures on the Red Cross War Fund drive, ae announced by Mm. Leon Schlosburg, drive chairman, aggregated 114,600. This puts Ker shaw county comfortably over the top so far aa ^s quota assigned to this area is concern^. 'The drive. Just concluded, was one of the moat successful of its kind ever lo be undertaken in Kershaw county. While all credit is due to the army of workem who cooperated so splendidly in putting the project over, the real dynamic force back of the drive was the untiring and peme^ve^ ance of the chairman. Mm. Leon Schlosburg. The success of the drive was made possible by the continued alertness and perfect coopemtion that was given Mm. Schlosburg by all membem of her committee and the many un tiring workem throughout tbs county. When It became known a few days before the end of the drive peri^ that the county was lagging by some $6,000, there waa a galvanic response to the appeal of the chairman that Kemhaw county could not tiul down on the Job. The 11th hour effort re sulted in the quota being-attained and carried the figuree well above the assigned amoont Extra Gas Rations »«.» 1 ^ Refused Mills Gives GEnerously To lyktory^Gardcners Red Cross Wtur Fund 4Effort Eceeds Major Haiqirich At TIm Awiatkm Post. I Captain Leonard A. Bemens. a luate of Maxwell Field in March, Ml, has been named as commanding Jicer of the Southern Aviation thool here. He succeeds Major 9nard Hauprich who recently trans- Mred to Moody Field, Valdosta, Ga. ^Ptain Bernens is expected to arrive the Southern Aviation post this ek. [Captaia Dwmma ksma ms kaslc structor at Ountor Field, Montgom- was commanding officer of a glid- school In Mlnussota and served as assistant supervisor at a prinuury toing school at. Lakeland, Florida, is single and Will be in charge of ^mden school nnH until It Is cuated early next Angust mickie says— UA>JE you GOT effS lu youa ATnef WEu^wt/cA/Jrseu, in£M. eursom of TUAT STUFF UPV0Fe WakSEnwriHAiiii <SlASSIFeOAD» MWY wroiSHTnuf e stone Dwelling Is ^Id To Mrs. Scott Lyttleton Street Property Purchgaod by Matron of Childron*s Home. IjoIb M. Scott has purchased the Robert B. Stone property on Lyttle ton street, according to the -records In the office of the county auditor and register ot deeds. The Stone home, prior to the illness and knbseqoent death of Mrs. Stone at her home in Boston, was always the scene of Interesting and happy gath •rings in Camden. FV>r some Ume the dwelling has been occupied by As sistant Postmaster and Mm. Benton Sheom. Mr. Stone has spent cdnsldemble ot the present winter season in Cam den. being quartered at the Court Inn. An interesting personality, Mr. Stone enjoys the esteem and affectien of a wide ftdlowlnc ot admiring friends and aeqnaintaness who are happy that he haa bsMi able to be a winter visitor this season. Another real estate deal on record at the county office Invtdves the pur chase of some It acres of land by the Gtty of Camden and Kemhaw county from Julian H. Buns. This land is reported to havo been required for tho extension of the runways at the sir- fort MaBM« J. c Ewing Hunk* Riwimis Club Hcars Eii4>loy«0t for Their Pa triotic l^irit. -I- About Sweet Spuds m Talk By Mdler Julian C. Ewing, manager of the Wateree plant of the Kendall MUia, rightfully beileves that the employees of his plant are tops in patriotism. For didn’t they stage an all-out demonstration of Amsrlcanlam daring the recOTt Red Cross war fund drive? The expression ot sympathy and co operation was evidenced in the turn ing over to the county Red Cross chap ter the magnifloent total of $353.49 of which amount the third shift in the spinning department gave $108.79. A bulletined expression of appreciation from Manager Ewing to Percy Boan and his workers was affixed to the mill bulletin board following the drive. Mr. Ewing in his bulletin announce ment stated that It was not necessary to try and sell the employees of the mill on the worthiness et the Red Cross fund drive. He knew they were in sympathy with the program. War had been taught home to thi* little mill village area through the many young men and boys who had gone Into'ths service. Some ot them have already made the supreme sacrifice and othem are priaonem of the Jape. It waa stated that many of the mill workem gave the equivalent of one day’s pay toward the Red Cross fond “Ws think this is a noble deed on roq?_j!ert*’’^ iMdd JWng-in. -Wi, bullethi. ‘’But our appreciation la as a grain of sand on the beach compared to that of the boys who will receive the benefit of your donations.’’ The drive total established a high for tho Wateree MUL "Tbc Yam Haa Been To Col lege** Subject of Intoreat- mg -Addreaa. Camden’s Easter parade Is over, but an even more Interesting spectacle will be offered Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock in the parkway hack of the Cadet club on Mill street when the Episcopal B^ice Guild, an oixanlsa-_. lion of young ladies will present the first annual baby parade. Little tots ranging in age from mere infants of less than a year, to attrac tive little tots of four years of age will parade on the outdoor dance floor of the Cadet club before the following Judges: Mrs. John M. VUleplgue, Mrs. C. M. Hunter and Mrs. William L. Ooodale. Tickets for the affair may be ob tained at the gate and eutries in ths various parade units may also he made at that time. ’There will be a class for little tots less than one year of age, another for kiddles one to two years, still another for thoee two to three, and a fourth, for thoee three to four yeara of age. During the afternoon the children attending the show may be able to ob tain pony rides for a small fee. Re freshments will be sold at the canteen by the members of the Service Qulld. Want Confederate Monument Left Where It Is Now Object To Suggeation That Be Removed. It If Area Jt Uaed in the Culti vating of Flowera. Regulations concerning the issuance ot extra gaaoline rations for persons who cultlvats victory gardens have been Isaaed by the Office ot Price Adasiaistratloa. Under the special regulations a pe^ son to be entitled to extra ration! must devote an area ot at laaat L500 square feet to the coHlvation of vege tables- If any part of ths area is de voted to flowers, the ration applica tion will be denied. The application must show ths lo- Vasco Miller of the local agency ot ca^n of the garden and the dlsUnce new Dewey Creed Wins Straw Hat Honors no wia- “LaiOiss and fsctlsi Dswsy Ctwed.” Tia tolks, Mr. Dswsy Creed, pulp woda expert. Is the winner. He wins ^ hoaor oC being Oamden’s No. 1 straw hat aad white Mioe male de- haatana-^ there can be each. For oa Easter day Dewey aaUisd Ivtg ha the warm sfriag saaeblae jHtk a brand aanr straw ksBy on bis bend aad spte aad 4na “A* 5 Miniliy. rstksesd wftb tbs Sotba IsDe^y Craed. Johnny Hench Is Reported Missing In the South PaciHe Fenunr Soothnni laatroetcr la Lost Af tar Actiou. the Standard Oil company, was ths speaker at the weekly meeting of the Klwanis club last Tuesday. The program chairman was J. D. Cantey, who arranged to havg Mr. Miller, who is a brother of Dr. Julian C. Miller, head of the Horticultural Research of Louisiana State UulTersi- ty, give a talk on the possibilities of the sweet potato in future farming In Kershaw county. Mr. Miller took for .the aubject of his address: “The Tam Has Been to CoUegs.” He displayed samples of ▼nrioas varieties Of sweet potatoes, each of which had been developed by Dn Miller for a specific use. -W. €. McCarley, county agent, told of what is being done in Kershaw county in ths growing of swset po- tstoss and said he and Mr. Cantey were going to use the new Tgriety samples for seedlings and put Ksr- shaw county in front for any benefit to be derived from them. Included In the needling exhibit oitma Mtv MWsr wmw <b» w^j potato, known aa the L 4-6 now being used for industrial purposes for mak ing starch, feed and alcohol. This seedling runs about 10 per cent* less water and 10 per cent more starch than the stan^d Porto Rloo type. Also exhlbifed was ths new table stock ssedlkig known as ths L-IM which is high In carotene or pro vitamin A and Is a cross between a Nancy Hall and Unit 1 Porto Rloo. This haa a high food value and Is the bast variety for canning and dehy dration. It was stated that Fresh Dry Fodds, Inc., dehydration plant here would like to get a start on these potetose. bslwMD the garden and the appli cant’s home. No ration wlll .be issued unless the mileage provided by ths special ration plus the mileage available in the basic If the wiahes of the United Daugh- tors of the Oonfedersiey are given con sideration the Confederate monuniMit at. the interseellon of Broad and Lau rens streets will remain la tta prsf- ent k)catlon and not removed, to a pdliria one oTlhe nemrby parks. Several accidents at this intersso- tion, one of them with fatal results, prompted the suggestion that the monument was a menace to safety and should be removed. Mayor MoCorkle and uMmbars of the city council asked tor aa expres- 8k>n from ths members of the John D. Kennedy chapter of the United Daughters of the Couledsracy, the custodians of thf monument Every one of the it members of tho chsptsr with ths exception of ons from Call- fomia, who haa net yet replied waa contacted and pnly three were agree able to the transfer of the granite pillar to a new location.. The remain ing 45 of them objected to any sug gestion of its transfer. The John D. Kennedy chapter ef the UttHed Daugh tars of^ tho Confed eracy have countered the objection of the present location with a aoggestlon that the shrubbery now at the base of the monument be removed and re placed with low.growing ahrubbery ration permits the garden to be visited ^ irage of twice per week for the^ ?1**^^**^ vlslbUHy an average period durlnk which the garden will be planted, cultivated and harvested. Computations show that gsueraHy the use of the 300-mile special ration plus the entire mileage available In the basip A book for the six-month l#o for auto or truck drivers. The suggestion is alto made that the city install traffic lights at the Intersectloa utilising them at the' hours when traffic is heaviest Broad street Is part of U. S. High way 621 and is part of the Great Friends of '’Johni^ Hench, who was a flying lastmetor at the South- era Aviation echool from November 1941 to January 1941, will be shocked to learn that his wife has been noti fied that he is miastug in action. Mr. aad Mrs. Hsi^ made their htmie in Camden and had the respect and friandship of a wide following of friends. Mr. Hen^ was active in athletics unE was iMttdisr on ths In structors* softball toam two seasons ago. Bfjls raported to have saan action in/'Qw Soath Pacific tor toms time bofmw ha tsfled to raturn from aa importaat lasien. “Johnny” Hondi was hera ta OKkaga, hat ha roeslved his hi^ school sdacatiea at Hii^ls, HU BBgh ■*** s?SLt a: Avlathm adM In Novea»> aiA Mt in Jaamary, 190. 1941, two Datarmlnatii a Is aB iMkt If Foi*ra net tko vMHl af It Six Markets Share b Defj^nse Honors An Raw Fata Thaj Hatra To Rad Crooa. The Camden Food Shop, the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea company atom, ths Rogers stars, Shshsen groc ery, Msrsi ball’s store aad the Wateree groeery hive been doing a fine aahr- aga program In tha fat coilaetlon ac tivity. Thsae aix niarfceta and ahaps have tarnMg over all the raw fats thW'have to the rantaep corps of ths Rp# Cross sad this group has bssn rsielaiing tho taw fata and then tarh- fag tt ever to Um goveramsnt of MrpooBda a sent to OetamMa. Brngamin rSiiHm period ^ould not permit the reqnlred ^ twice weekly trips to any garden more orte*^***-. When toa^ than nine or 10 miles from the ap plicant's htHue. Peach Crop Is Ruined By Frost Growors Dnclnro Loan la Prnct>> liOQ PggL .Cnnt*- Ths killing frosts that wara in svi- denee throughout this area during the early part of last weak^have ruined the peach crops for 1944, according to the statement of aevsrai of the lead ing orchard owners. At the L. I, Oulon office in Logoff, it was stated that the early crop waa completely killed by the heavy frost 1st traffic can be resumed, which will be when the gas restrictions are nfiad. there will be many cars using this important arterial highway. Obviously thars will be some kind of traffic con trol necessary at the monument in tersection when this time arrives. Chamber Members Balloting On Fonr New Board Group Lul ci Eifflit Nsuhbm Fraf aUd Bjr Nomhuttiaf Cooi- Biittoa. Ballots tor ths annual alsctioa of dlrectori of ths Csmdssi nnd Kershaw and that there would be a very small county Chamber of T’lrgimiTrr have percentage of the late crop salvaged.' been mailed to all members and mast W. T. Redfearn, whose orchards ara be marked and returned to the Cham- located near Kershaw, stated the* the ber office on or before May 1. psaCh crop Plata loas. was practically a MAJ. CLARKSON ATTENDINO ANTIAIRCRAFT SCHOOL Tta members have thalr diolea In the naming of four new dlractcNRS from a Hot of sight nominees presentaA by a nominating committee consisting of J. 0. Richards, Jr., 8. C. Clybum and Jack Moore. The eight names, from which tour must be elected are, N. R. . Major Alexander O. Clatkson, real- t- -i ’ « dentArf Camden. Is attsndlag the •ntl-igSj!?’ 5*' ? aircraft artillery school, OsAp Davis, Hsd^x, ^Costa N. C. His local addreaa is 1615 MIR atraet net to be toe mnch iufhianoed bgrj tarn in pNSiig a wlto «r i^l The Columbia District Office ef Price Adminictratien hat reports from local War Price and Ration ing Boerde over the itete that a gPiet many eppiloenle tor engur nrs prcccnting{9(igar'Etamp No. W tn~ War Ration* EeigA Pour. OPA said iimre Stamp 57 In Seek Pear le toe valid eoupen at thwpreesnt Mme. The regirtar eugar etemp wtti be vatidatsd at eome future tlnie. epplioante arc urged to uea'the eerreet stamp new. Proper mittdiiSjt datee 'are rsguiariy fljlif#^n newspapars and ba'fsMdwed efeealy in a wnste ef tbaif wm Jr., and Arthur.Slade. Mr. Ooodale Is a member of the Chmdea Ftoral company, Mr. la manager of tho local Belk dsgart- ment stora. Dr. Hinson is a demist, Mr. Maddox is owner of the Food Shop, Mr Brown ie publisher of the Camden Cloronicle, Mr. Pearee In manager of the local branen of the Tbemae send Bewant company,'•Mr. Savage ia a practicing attorney and in also an official of the Sonthmn Avia tion eempany, and Mr. Vade le man ager aad laaaae of tha Oonrt Inn. STCVI E. BROAOAWAV NM StCN BRADUATIO "hriue Fitr^ Skmrp B. Brsadaway, mm of Mr. and Ifra. WaMar B. Broada- Bathunck has baan Jmduatod from tho Tiralnlag Osnter Aatl-Tsak ' at Qnap BBott San Diego, V 1 ....J