The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 02, 1944, Image 1
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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.
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