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7 BooIb Are Now (^n For tiie Comine Ejection —Enroll The Camden Chronicle OLUME 86 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1944 NUMBER 11 . E Praised By Inspecting cer At Annual Inspection I ^ Julia Arrants and Joyce Smith To Address Graduates Court Not to Convene Jurors drawn for the Sum- nr term of C^ourt of Common Guard Unit Makes Im< live Showmg*—Carried New Rifles. Inel John C. Hill ot the United Army, was the Inspecting offi- the annual inspection of Com- 3. let Reg. South Carolina De- Quards, at the Camden armory lay evening of last week, llling temperature early in the made it possible to hare the Hon on the spacious drill floor [armory. were 44 enlisted men and ■officers in the Com^y E Nearly an hoUr and a half wi in the inspection routine |e unit passed the exacting re- rats in a splendid manner. I members of the unit were at- their summer uniforms and ried the recently a^ulred tfles. The conunand made an live appearanoe during the Jn- iUid Transactioil One of the Largest Here In Some Years 'I niz» lill expressed himself as being atisfied with the showing of lard unit, as did Lieut jf the state military organizi no was present. ^rs of the Camden company [ipt. S. C. Clybum, Lieut. J. F. ad Lieut. Kirby Tuppw, Clybum declared that be was Ittisfied with the inspection. He that the unit could use many |en and hoped that there would recruits added to tMe roster limmediate future. Is interesting to note that in Iks of the eompany were men served in the first World war were eager to do their bit [home-front while the present raflict Is raging. les Destroy }|]ing On Farm K of the City Pluladelphia Man Secuf«v3,- 600 Acras From tho Guiom. Salutatory and Validictory Pr»- smitatiotu To Bo Made Tues. Night. Pleste, achoduled hex June 12, MTo notified not to report as court has been postponed. A real estate deal involving the pur chase of S600 acres of land in Ker shaw county was completed last week. R. W. Lloyd of PhUadelphla, being the purchaser. The property was purch ased from Louis I. Onion, Jr., and Mrs. L. I. Oulon, Sr. The propMty hi known as the Betty Neck swamp and extends for some distance each side ot Highway 2g. It is understood that Mr. Lloyd has a ipartner in the land pnrcliasa The .pnrpose ot the purchase was to acquire the jproperty for growing tim her. This deal was one of the largest to be recorded In Kershaw county in some time. Hospital To Have “Open House” For The Public &itiir«lay Pdblic InwHud To Call mid Nolo Improvoments In huBtuGon. The Camden hospital announces that a&'^'^pen house” will prevail at the hospital Saturday, June 3, from 4 to 6 o’clock. The announcement states that the hospital hopes that all interested persons visit the institution and note Julia B. Arrants will be the validic- torlan and Joyce Smith the saluta- torian of the 1944 graduating class of Camden High school. The salutatory and valedictory ad dresses will be made on Tuesday evening when the graduation exer cises are held in the grammar school auditorium at 8:80 o’clock The exerejaes will be opened with the processkmal “War March of the Wests,” as played by Edward Thompson. Rev. J. B. Caston will pronounce the benediction, after which Joyce Smith will give the salutatory address. The awarding of the. High school medals will be made by Rev. J, B Caston of the First Baptist church. The girls chorus will sing “My Native Land,” after which Supt J. O. Rich ards will make annonnemnent of hon ors, class leaders «nd seconds, Diplomas will then be awarded the graduates by C. H. Yates and C. T. Baldwin. The girls chorus will sing ‘HJod of Our Fathers,” after which Rev. Henry' Collins of the Lyttleton Street Meth odist charch, will pay a tribute to thoee who have made the supreme sacrifice. Then will come the validic tory by JuHa B. Arranta, followed in tom by the benediction by Rev. J. T. Dabney and the pla]ring of the re cessional, the Grand March from Aida. The commencement program will be held Sunday evMilng in the audi torium at 8:80 o’clock. Opening with the procesribnal “Qrand Mardi Fttim Alda,” the Invocation will be offered by Dr. Maurice Clarke of Grace Epis copal church. In tain will eome ths singing of the hymn “Eternal Father. Strong to Save,” a scripture resdlng by Dr. Clarke, a prayer for peace by the High school chorus and the com mencement sermon by Rev. A. Doug- Senator Maybank Raps Negro Move To Seat Delegates Ftfe DepartnMiit jtches Puoip«r To Save Oatboildiiics. [believed to have started from I morning. The farm is located the Seaboard polo field. [ery of the fire^ was nude In jt time for the family of |e8, occupants of the farm remove most of the furnish- leld hands nearby aided in furniture, etc., from the itldiBfr Ity fire department seat a to the scene, the firemen re- 1 at the blaze to see that it [apread to nearby bams and %rtunately the wind was [he fire away from the other H« Has Atsuranc* That ' Protast WUl Not Be Hooded* the many new lmfrnvotTion»« tn M«.ari> .if llm PimahyVftrtan Senator Burnet R. Maybank. speak ing aa Democratic national commlttee- ■aa from South Carolina on Friday, loaned a statement to the effect that the protests of the Progressive Negro Democrats against seating the regu lar Democratic party delegates at the national convention in Chicago, will be unheeded by the credent!^ conimittee pf the Dmnocratic national ctengutten. The national spotlight hat hem •euned on South Carolina since the ^gressive Negro party held Its con- TSQtion in Columbia and demanded thlst its delegates to the national con- vnntlon be seated in place of the d^egates elected by the regular dwibcratic convention. Sentor Maybank Issued bis state- Itet as the result of countless In- qpRtos from bis oyn state for infur- loa on the issues facing the na- tloMl comi^ttee. The senator dts- the problems with party lead ers from all sections of tbe nation and wits given every asturance that the protests would not get far with the members of ths nstlonsl eonunittes. In his official statement on the negro convention and its demands Senator Maybank said: have seen the acoonats in ths South Carolina papers of the Pro gressive Negro Demoeratki emren- tioh in Columbia. The statemente are sQ-tentaatiiv-lUogkteLand-rldicalotis ence In the hospital and the nurses' f. Meipbers of the Hospital auxi- on hand to act as guides and point out ths part they have un dertaken in the program of “Improv Ing appearances.” The Auxiliary wishes to extend thanks to all members and others w^o have worked so wholeheartedly and fm money to- ward the program, which was under taken in February of this year. It is also announced Uiat there will be no meetings of tbe auxiliary in June, July and August. 'The financial statement of the auxiliary shows that on Feb. 1, there was a bank balance of 1721.77 and Following the singing of the hymn “Day Is Dying In the- West,” Dr. Clarke will pronounce the benedic tion. John Thompson Is presiednt of the 1944 senior class. Joyce Smith Is Tice president, Clyde Clark is secre tary and Betty West Is treasnrer. was a Dana oauuice oi anu ir..t.. - US * oItia*. than ths following r -MHW [edKifler ight In the in SectifflL- Wanted At Rnl^k Onca Residaat of This County. on pd County snthoritles ly searched the Boykin ares |fort to locate and arrest lylor, 47-yesr-old mnlatto, |id to be wanted at Raleigh, murder. pg to a wire received -by rules here, the killing took Isday night Ils described as being 4T jsge, 5 feet 10 inches In weighing 190 pounds. Bcaped followtag the sUeg- of a county official at p armed with a .88 pith and Wesson rsvolrer. [urther described as being have been added: tag day, Feb. 4, 1217.35; hospital ball, March 3, $598.25; garden party. May 12, $192.25; donations, $17.50, and mem bership dues, $190, making the total receipts $1,937.12. Total collections to May 29, amounted to $1216.36. Expenditures during the same per iod amounted to $1186.11 and included among tbe outstanding items, living room and hall of the nurses’ home $847.38, the hall, office and sun room of the hospital $203.14, nurses’ dining room $88.20, and many other lesser The financial report of the private rooms committee showed receipts to have been $335 and dlshursements $9.38, leavlnr a balance on hand of $242.84. that in my opinion they need mo comment except to say that the re sponsible nsgros In Sontb Csrolins, n my Judgment, win not follow the lesdershlp of a^tators and tronble- makers, but will continue to Itve in peace under the laws and customs of kmtk Carolina, in which state, (Plesss turn to isgli^gighty Sociologist On Visit Here Talks ^ “War Nerves” Grammar School Graduation To Be Held Tuesday A. M, Be Handled WiBi Patience. Otttstand&g Honor Goes To Pena Cadet At Flying Schod Pigeon b ter; likes Farm Feed WiBi Ckkfcs— To Rmudn Awiatkm Cadet Budd Andrews It Presented With Covet ed ModaL lost hsvs bSSB SOBMChlng |mo.ijka sppssl at ths Dsvla farm at Galloway Bt so far as an array ttcemed. *0, releassd from Fort ]^7 25, stopped fa ths rd at^ ths Galloway tarra afternoon, rsmatesd ts with the Dsvls eklekens decided to tsks up his ^ Several times ths ni^t. but after a tea lots tutsonrsl, ^^fttwtei tef ilckaa yard. , Hr. ftavis _ tlte pones, statute. , ^ tee Bouthsir A' | «Bd ths bird vu tmid ^tvprsisuttetvs teste lint thscui I Aviation Cadet Bndd Andrews of 418 Park street, York, Pa., has been awarded the medal for being the out- steading cadet of Class 44-G at ths Army Air Forces Pilot school for primary training hers. Ths sward, presented by Lt Eu gene Mlnietts, acting commanding of ficer, during ths grsdnsfton cere mony, represents the highest record obtained by a cadet in flying, acA damlos, military aptitnde and ath letics of the toasting class. A graduate of the WUlIam Penn Senior High schofH, class ot 1988, where he had been setive on the swimming team, and of the Jonior Prep Leaders corps, where he speeisl- Ised for three years In gymnastics sad two years in swhumtng, A.-C. An drews Joined the C. P. T. In July of 1942 his C. P. T. primary trainteg trii "accomplished at York, Pa., his secondary training tn Lan caster, Pa., and his Cross Country trateiag la Rocksstor, N. T. A.-C. Andrews now has 211 flying bears io his credit and has bean trsnsferred to ths Busk Flying school “When the war is over and your men and boys come home, don’t worry If they act a bit strange. Dr. Henry H. Gregg, prominent sociologist, who has been spending the past several days in Camden de clared that the war in Europe waa assuming such a tempo that It Is bound to result in tens of thonaands Buldiws comlhg~'home witii what is generally termed “war nerves. "War nervee," said Dr. Gregg, “is nothing more or less than a arantal iltnesa and there is nothing about it for relatives and friends ot a vletim to feel any shame over. We aiu prone to do strange things oorsrtves, for instance. If we break a kg, we are taken -to a hospital where we remain until the break Is hesled. But we talk about H for weeks and for months after. But if soma member of the family Is mentally fll, we smite of it only in whispers and frequently seek to shnn flie subject “Meutal inness fa nothing more than accentuation of certain normal traits and reactions. Some peoide fail to become adequate to circum- stances and war Is a circnmstaaoe that can drive a person beyond hk capacity to take It. That does not make me pessimistk at an. Mfut of our fighters and I have been with them for some 16 months are jiroT- Ing themselves tough-minded and those who have been aftected have re sponded to adjustment te the form of patience, treatment and good conn- s^lng servlee. Dr. Gregg went'on to state that in the Iasi war he went throuih soma harrowing sapsrienosa. “When 1 came home t Shan never forget my firs: meal at home with my mdlhsr. It was so qulat and peaeefol that seemed I must aereara. I found tha same unrsst when I tried to get a Job. I had seven of them in less than two wetes. Certainly X was acting qnser. But I had a mother who was Jus about the last word in patienca and understanding. Shu also bslievsd In casting her hardens upon the Lord and kt me say right hare that a rs- llglouB point of view is a good stabt- Iker. Patkacu, kindneas, more pa- tiuneu and moru kindneas is what wlU help. “And by BO means egg your rw tnmlag msa and hoya io talk about at flhgw Field, where ho k to com- plets the bask stag# of hk traiainF sheir skPurtsnesa. Talk to him abon m hate Frldar. Hay 2t, fUtett .tralnteg. fiahtoA or R ho llkea htsuhsB-se tant to him abate tbeao **8oau uuldleni who a vgrttablo bun sad whose ssdir ute hukaeod win get tbu idea they ara gslag ianaas. It k a atraago fast thuc piupk wbs tsD ydu tbsy are asTsr do ft.” City and County Send Many Into Armed Forces Announcement Is made that In the event of rain, the graduating exerciaea of tha Red Croee, sche duled aa an outdoor affair on Fri day, Junt 2, at 8 p. m., at tha Rad Croaa headquarters, will be trans ferred to the grammar eohool audi torium. A more detailed account of the exerciaee esn be found on page 7 of thia laaua of The Ghronicia Month ol April Find Buinf Inducted Into Army end Navy. Service Center To Become History After July 31st To Be DisoonGnued After the Aviation School Cloeea. The Camden Service Center, estab lished in the Kershaw Guards armory on Rutledge street and which has been one of the outstanding oenteri in the state, will be terminated at the end of July. The only posilbUlty for the con tinuance Of thk worthwhile project would be for the war department to continue to use the Camden airport. The Southern Aviation school will close in August and so far, there k no indkatkm of eonUnued use of the premises for any defense activity. The Center has been operated for the past year on a fund provided by tbe federal government and the city. The government has indicated that when tha air school ekiaea agd ihara is no announcement of any farther activity at the airport, there will be IK> farther federal aid ooming. Con- siderable money was expended la making the Center one of the most at tractive places In Camden. Splendid furniture, kitchen ecfuinmenL ete White men of Camden Inducted Into jthe United States army during April were: Eklwln Haffleld Moseley, Louis Singleton Clybum, Joe David Smith, Joseph Thomas Watkins, Hartsell Eklward Emiott, Clarence Edward Christmas, Japhet Middleton Atkin son. Homer Moore Shirley. John Henry McDowell, John Broadua <3y- burn, Sidley William Robinson, Clar- ence Opland Sharp, Joseph Arthur Davis, Pierce Wstson Cantey, ’Thom- well Lee Traesdale, Wlllk Manning Cameron, Julius Arthur Hough. Jr.. Johnnie Jones and Stephen Eugene Sheom. White men inducted into the navy from Camden are: Herbert Dewey Mahaffey, Colin Charley Crolley, Otto Jacob Hall, William Amoa Anderson. Nathan Thomas Dabbs. Leonard Strait Meyer, Jr.. Wllburt Roy Wil liams, Carl Blease Mahaffey. Hunter Doble Gordon, Thomas Nichols, Rob ert Bowman and James Richard Frya These men and also the list of thoee afore mentioned as going into tha army, wera sent by Local Board No. 41. (Please torn to page elj^t) -ik School Auditorium. The graduation exercises of the likmden grammar acbotH will be held Tuesday, June 8 at 11 a. m. in tbe auditorium of the Grammar school building on Lyttleton street The program will begin with the singing of a hymn devoted to the men of all branChea of the service. Then will' follow a devotional period after which the Grammar acbool choraa will aing “BeHs,” prelode 'hr Rueh- was purdiaaad and tha interior ot the building waa made attractive by reno vating walls, eellinga, etc., and In stallation of floureacent lighting. It has been the scene of much social activity on the part ot vkitlng senrioe men and their wtvea, who have found it a boon to those compelled to live la single rooms in private h Hsa- MM8 iJki to a few months ago and atnee her departure the Center has been super- vised by Mrs. John Lindsay. It takes rank with tbs very best In tbs coun try. Mayor Mc(^rkle states that no plans have been made for the future of the center. He states that funds on hapd will carry thA prnjArt thiai e end of July WAC Officer TeUs Why Camden Girls Should Join Up Will Muau That tha Bgf* WOl — Rataru Jutt That Much~ Lieut. Wilma Key, Women's Army (krps Lklaon QfflcerJot-Booth Caro lina, wants Oamdsn and Ksrshaw county woman betwesn 20 and 49 years of sgs and who can fulfill ths sliglbility qaitilfIcatioDS to Join ths WACa “Ths sholes Is yours, Woman oi Camden.” said Lt Key. “You can rsmaln at home and kngthen tbe war, or you can take one of the 229 Jobs vri /VH 1M8II idktev VUV Vt EUO MH JUVm lAr Si to WAG sod shoitsa the war.. -And better yet yon hsvs your choice of tbe station to which you wish to be assigned. “You do not have to have any previous training or experience to en list in ths Corps,” she continued. “Our Army schools will train you and if you meet qualifications and have A-WilHng heart and hand, youTt yet tc\the end of July. After that any program will have to be carried out locally. East Is East and West Is West But The Twain Meets Mks Nancy DePass win then read AUce Duer MUler’s The White Cliffs.’’ and thk will be followed by two numbers: “Coast Artillery Song, and “Marine Hymn,” by the Rhythte Band from Mrs. Team’s second grade. Supt J. O. Richards will announce tne honor roll awards, after which there will be the recessional and Home Sweet Home,’’ by the chorus. A reading; “A Woman To Warm Your Heart By,” will be given by John Zemp and will be followed by a roeal solo, “I Love Life,” by Beterly Joys. Farther honor roll annonneements win be made by Mr. Richards after which medals will be awarded- by Mrs. Kathken Watts, county super intendent of education. The exercises win close with ths singing of snthmns of allisd nations, United States, Great Britain, Ruask and China. ChenaulGa Fljtof Tig are Sliaka ""Tfttadli Ai Sovl&te^A. ^ Post Hara. along jnst fins. “A question that Is frequently asked of me by soldiers.” said Lt Key, “k: After the war will my girl ba Just as feminine as before she Joined ths WAC? Whan peace is won, will your losband, son or sweetheart prefer you to understand ths stare on hk faosi, the emptiness which will steal over his heart at times, the sad smile with which he considers tbe huge Import- (Plasss turn to page tow) Oncers In Riud On Still Located h'City limits Two Man Found Near Moon- ' aUma Plant Ara Taken Into Cnatody. Officiak of the city, state and coun ty* laldod a liquor still on ths west side ot ths Hsrmltago lake last Friday attsmoon, destroyed some 120 gallons of Bush, oontlseated tha stDl equlp- mgat and arrested Charles Cain and Kanaifth Blk, who were alkfedly opsratlBc the still when the oftkars mads the raid. Acting OB a tip, Undershsiiff J. H. MeLaed. Jr., J. H. McKinnon of ths state eoastatolary, Sid Watidns of the eotetty oonstabalary and Chief Alva Rush of the Camden police, made tire raid ag a time they asserted the stlU was la operation. Cain HUk wen praaaat end foQowlBg their ar- wan t^ih la tha naanty JalL TmSm wen released on bafl. Hk leeallea of the still was wttlUa thw si^ .ftnfta, aoebrdkg to the an- tbnrMn. YAo .Mosrt it has bssn East may be East, and West may be ^est, wlthoot the twain meeting, but Kipling made no predktion about the Far East and ths Deep South, getthig together. Lt. Leo A. Beaupre mid Master Sgt Edward Lee StUes, former nrambers of Ckneral Chanault’s Flying Tigers in China, daring ths period when Slnim' pore and Rangoon were falUag to the Japanese invader, tramped Into each other thk week on tho athletic field of the Southern Avktton school here, where they- found thematives playing on opposite teams. Lt Beaupre, who arrived recently as Intellsgencs—Pnblk Relstkns off! car of the Flying detachment served with the IntMUgence department ot Omieral Chaaanlt’s American Volun teef group in the Orient for one ysai- and comes from Ponghkespsk, N. T. M.-Sgt. Stllss, former crew chlot with the Tigera, comas from Stmth- era, Ohio, and k now toklBg fUght training, with Soothsm Avktioa school as aa avktion cadet As members of Qensral C3iaBaalt*8 A. V. G. the two men have bean around the world in such placss to Hawaii, the Philippines, Javn. Bor neo, Singapore, Ran^n, (Jhtaa, Indk, Africa and now meet again for tho first time since A. Y. G. days, in Osm- den. Ths two former Tlgsrs had livsd in ths ssma abandoned Chinese Ualvsrsl- (Fkaas torn to page few) Dr. Wimberly Gets Place In Encyclo’dia Nina Young Is On (^ker Amor Roll HartsvlUs.—Nina Yonng oi Wsat- vUls, senhra. k one of ths 82 stnfteta on the 1942-44 dean’s honor roll jU Coker colkte. Included ate 29 sen iors, thrso-fourtha of tho gi^nating 20 joBldrs, 25 sophomores, aw nine frsshinsn. Iks honor roE k ■uaBy-to tho oCftea of 4ho-4sM of tastruetien at tho doso of tho ranhur It tota aU fkdwto vtA «h avsrago sit at kaat B (It fW owl or ahsfva) On thair aeadsmie- wortt tar tha Dr. (Jhariss Franklin 'Wemberly of 1108 Taylor street Columbia, has >een incloded In ths 1944 edition of tha Biofrsphical Encyclopedia ot tho World, pubUshed by the Jnstitnte te tesearch in Biography In New York City.’ Tbe Mographlcal sketch of Ooetor Imberly tnehides highlights of hto career. Bom In Illlnok In 1888, Dr. Kimberly was educated at Kanaao Normal college and Vanderbilt Uni versity. An honorary D. D. was oon- fsrred on him by Kratncky Weskysa college. On Angust 28, 1896, ho wao married to (Eara Maade Knqtt and hey have three chEdren: Mrs. H. T. Saxton, Fred Newell Wimberly and Paul Franklin Wimberly. Doctor Wimberly entered tbe min- ktry in 1896 and has preached in 41 of tha 48 states and fa Canada. Ho oonred 10 yoars in tho lOoooari confsronco of tho Mothodkt Bploeo- pal Chnieh, sooth, and li yoart in Kontneky. SinM 1981 ho has boon n member ot the South CkroUna C(m- terence, and tor the past I years boo been postor of Oliver Gospel Tobw- naele in Colombia. He k ^a member of the Columbia Lions club, Chaplain of the S. C. Senate, and has baen In- elttded in “Who’O Wbo,” “Who’s Who Among North Ameriesn Aathors,” and “Who’s Who in tho Wsstsm Hom- kHisra.”-’Tho Stotn Escaping Convict Nabl^ Hi County Lonnis CHbsoa, ookrsd prisoner at State Farm No. 1 at B^ln, who sseaped i^veral days ago after serr- iag ona moath and a day of a 40 year sentencs foEowing eonvktton on a charge^ wns captnrad by Rural Officer J. 'L^on^ two mHea sonth WsdaoM of Ksnduiw o’cloek. rsdaoMay morning at 10 Ha ths ofBesr. Ha Xsrsbaw IMI and to tbo state tana north akng tim ■son by Offiesr M rstistnnes to retnmsd to ths I -.Wff. .Txjt ^ kiAuiiildtkiakidai