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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA* FRipAY, JULY 7, .liM4
NUMBER 16
eorge Sisler,, Famous Scout
And Folder Major League
Star, KegbHates Froject Here
=s^
ATTENTION! Itev. J. R Caston Is
StateGuardMembers Honored by Members
Of Baptist Cborch
lefi With
Writer and Mayor F. N.
McCorUa.
*nch Elckey, owner of tto Br^k-
dob of the Nattonnl basebaU
ne on Monday announced throuf b
Brooklyn headQuartera th^ a
ball school for boys of South
dioa would be held in Camden on
1 3 j and 4.'
wibers'of the Brooklyn ncoutlnc
I tegether with proM repreaentn-
I will arrlre In Camden a week
ir« the opening of the school and
acts to publicise the project wiU
by means of the press, radio
personal oontacU in aU South
mna baseball centers.
Mjrce Slsler, former manager of
St. Louis Browns and for seyen-
I Tears an outstanding player in<
■alor leagues, wKo came to Cam-
test Friday to contact Frank H.
dj former Camden Chamber of
m’erce secretary and now a news
snorts writer, negotlatod for the
of the Camdpn baU park for the
IB above mentioned with Mayor
1 lloCorkle.
Uor, who spent seyeral days in
Idea with Mr. Heath, ateted that
Brooklyn club would send four or
rs maater-mlada la basekall to
Bden where a four day school of
Bball t*x^hniqde would he (^d«^
The experts wfll pats Judgment
n the playing ahlll^ of the boya
the first two daya and will then
them Into actual compeUUye play
the foUowlng two days, Thw
BIS should produea eotee of the
Mt Juvenile basebaU ever offered
the Palmetto State.
[be school is open to ersry boy la
KkjCaroihm wha JKlahaa Jfi neatif
Mollns under the Dodger experts.
Berth Carolina echool will be eea*
cted the preceding week at High
Mt.N. CL
Capt Matt Ferguson
Commands B-% In
Battle With Nazi
Captain 8. OrClybum, of Co. E,
First Regiment, BouttA Cerollaa
State Quarda, urgee all members''
who anticipate attending the an>
nual encampment at Myrtle Beaeh
July It, to be preeent on next
Tueeday night, July IJth, at regu
lar drill for the Company. At title
time equipment far the encamp
ment will be leaned to the men
that plan to attend.
Camden OfVicar Heafla 'Crew
That Beat Off 20 Jerrjr
Planet.
t
Official Program
Of Junior Legion
Games Is Announced
Bblowed Pastor Staita Hit Siz-
teenth Year, k Gken ^
_ War Bond.
Captain Matthew Ferguson, scion Final Eliminatkm Ewenta Are
a wealthy Connecticut family.
of
ownera of Chancefleld plantation
here, was In Charge of “Beachhead
Exp^s,” a B-28 Marauder attached
to tile Ninth Air Force in Fusland,
that beat oft twenty Naxl lighters
on a mission oyer the Normandy bat
tle Bone.
Carded for Wednesday,
July 28.
Blilsr declared that oomplaU de
ls s( the school peojoet wOtdd "
Captain Ferguson, 27 years old, oc
cupied a high niche in the Camden
winter colony social strata lor many
years. One of the outstanding In
cidents in his Camden career involT-
ed the purchase of “Alice” a S.OOO
pound elephant which he housed at
Chancefleld. Ferguson purchased
Alice from Clyde Beatty etarens
tame, while In Florida aad trans
ported the huge beast to Camdea ia
a trucl^. Right now AHee la ia tha
«t Atlanta, bat according to Cap
tain Ferguson, she will return to
Chancefield aftmr tbe war. For you
eeet te-uery loud of hie
pet and declared **8be w<m’t forget
me beeanae tiephanta never favget'~
Captain ~ Fergnaon’s battle against
tile Qermaa planes over Normgndy
was an epic affair. Dae to poor-vial-
btlttjHtiii* B-M had got aeparatei from
the regnUr formatioa, aad after drop
ping its bomb load, was atmggllBg
baek .from the battle sone to its haae.
^tat _
— SJI^IICVfo O CfUCK* r IHUi”
ers at two o’clock.” Fightars at nine
Tbe following is the'tofflclal sched
ule for the Junior Legion games In
the lower South Carolina dlstrtct:
Fifth Bond Drive Comes
To A Close Tomonrow Night
June 27—Cheraw at Camden.
W. Colombia at Florence.
Sumter at Columbia.
June 40—Cheraw at W. Columbia.
Camden at Florence.
Lancaster at Sumter.
July S—Cheraw at Florence.
Camden at W. Colombia.
. Colombia at Lancaster, b *
July i—Lancaster at Florence.
W. Columbia at Columbia.
Camden at Sumter.
July 7—^Lancaater at Camden.
Sumter at Cheraw.
Florence at Columbia
- July IB- Camden at Cheraw.
Floreace at "W. Columbia.
Columbia at Sumter.
July 14—Sumter, at 'W. Columbia.
fkonden at Columbia.
July 17—W. Columbia at Cheraw.
Florence at Camden.
Sumter at Lancaster..
July IS—Florence at Cheraw.
Weat Oehimbla at Camden.
Rev. Joeeph BamVrel! Caaton, pas
tor of the First Baptist church. Broad
street, started his 14th year as dmr^
leader Sunday and the oocasion 'waa
observed in the nature of a aurprise
party for the minister, with H. H.
ikddox, chairman of the Board of
ons, preaiding.
utatandlng In the program waa
report made by Charles O. Stogner
_ to tixe achleTementa that hare been
rsfeorded during the fifteen years that
Mr. Caaton has been pastor ot^ the
espgregation.
pir. Stogner stated that in 1121
S Indebtedness of the church
ounted te approximately |12,000.
the interval this hat been entirely
Idated and in addition tbe church
bought and* paid for the paraon-
improved all of the church prop-
ffty and has approximately $8,000 In
a t building fund to erect a Sunday
oehool plant
It was also pointed ont by Mr.
Slognef that in 1121 the oCteringa tor
aO eaoses totaled $2,000, whereas, in
912 the offering waa $16,000. In Itll
tfo, chnreh had a membership of 4$1
aid today the memberthip la 741.
iHfr. Stogner"declared that today
chnrch has approximately 100
era. He stated that it M not this
gumher that counts to much aa what
Eating Places
Most Post Price
Of Their Meals
Draatac RegulatioBa to Govern
All Raataoranta and Eat-
' inf Placoa.
Goal la Far- Away Aa Reptarta
Esurly In the Week Would
Indicate. “
tkmi
(Aui
o’clock.’' “Fighters at seven o’clock.”
hell wttk it, start shooting.” As
ba
rtkcoalng from tho publicity ea-
■ti oC the Dodger‘Club within a
m dtyi. Laat year Brooklyn spo^
grad ilalhr clnbe in all states north
' tkt Muon-Dlzon line extending;
la tirufott
MRBfrfttl.
frTor F. N. McCorkle has l«it his
ongest endorsement to the program
I has assured Staler that' the ball
t would be iu perfect conditiou for
school. The school program fol-
'8 after the Junior Legion state
ninatlon program is oonclnded,
Ich will be on July 28. In the evgnt
park la—needed—for
“The
his crew taemhers called out the
above enemy tighter attacks Cbptata
Fargaaon ^realised that tiie Laftwaffa
had llaally coma ap.
“They seemed to come out of no
where.” said Ferguson. “In groups of
fan and five they began tiietr swoop-
attacks. fSvecy man oa the
July 11—Cheraw at Laaeaater.
Goluatigia at Wsat Ortalifria.
Sumter at Camden.
July 14—Camden at Lancaster.
Sumter at Cheraw.
Columbia at Florence.
July M—Florence at Snmter.
Went Colombia at Lancaster.
Cheraw at tktinmbla.
July n—Cciambla at Camden.
the effect has been on the contrilra'
effect 1
is, tnat
has made It poMible for
he aecompilMied;—He
ted that if iffl members of the
arch would tithe,' enough money
A new cellinc price regulation cov'
wing all pnblio eating and drhiking
establishments will go into effect on
July 81. according to the Office of
Price Administration in Columbia.
The new regulation will eontlnoe
the freese of prices at their April
4-10, 1942, levels and will put into
effect the following main changes:
1. All public eating and drinking
establishments muat post
nently their April 4-10, 1842, celling
prices for a list of 40 basic menu
itema served.
2. No, eating or drinking eatabllsh-
ment can charge more than five cents
for a cup or pot of hot ot^ee, in^
eluding cream and sugar, unless it
charged a higher price than five cents
during the seven-day October 4-10,
1142, and has filed a aUtenent to
that effect wrtth the ioeal War Price
and Rationing board. Iced eoffew re
mains under the April 4-10, 104$,
freese.
8. An establishment may not, be
cause of an increase in quantity or
toproveinent 4n guaUty, charge
be iccumnlated in one year to
hglld an edneatlonal plant and do
every thing elee the church might
w^h to do.
. C. Swing, another eharch member
algo spoke and paid a tlae/tribute to
the character of Pastor Casloa. At
...3 remaiks -Mii
Swing presented Mr. Oaston with a
$ii w
wrar bond as a testlmoalal of
eelsom and ^proeiatkm from the
ohOrch family.
Following theee exereisss Rev.
MattlMW M. Rabon, associate pastor
e( ^ diur^, broaght the
far the morning worship.
Camiden Defeats
the co-pilot started their 40 caliber
machine gnns, and as the Nasi in
truders peeled ott, they were greeted ^
Amidst the fury of red and orange SllHltftr J 1111101*8
tracer beUets from .the fighters and Zl _ . ^ ^
the thunderous roar of their own KY K TA 7 NP01*P
guns, the men on tho B-24 knew they I O W • kyvVAAe;
•llerslnw N^re
en Gun
Slain When Gnn
Is IMscharged
hl^er price than it oharged In the
base pertod. ’The snbetitnUon of in
gredients in any food item or berer-
age doec not make it a new Hem nor
permit a h^her price.
The list of the 40 basic mean
items served will be determined by
the OPA district director after con-
anltatlon with* a district restaurant
Compilation of reports as of Mon
day^ July _S,._ahQXfid thuL tha Fifth
War Loan bond sale in Kershaw
county totaied $244,443.60, which is
distressingly below the $412,000 as
signed u a quota for the county.
County Chairman Marlon Heyman
declared Monday >hat he was hopeful
that much of the slack apparent at
the time might be taken up before
the end of the war loan drive, which
will be tomorrow—Saturday, July 8.
“From remarks made I know that
many people are waking to purchase
their bonds,” ssJd Mr. Heyman. ‘‘All
I can say la, don’t wait, buy now!
We have only until midnight tomor
row to pqt ouf county in the honor
rank by fulfilling oar quota.”
Those Interested in the fifth war
loan drive In Camden and Kershaw
county declare it to be unthinkable
that the community might fall down
on this losm campaign. ’They point
out that never before has the situa
tion been aa acute as it ia right now.
Our armsd forces are wtaming, but in
order to maintain this winning gait,
there moat be alhont cooperation on
the home front and the home front
ia higb-Ughted by the war loaa eaas-
pslgn.
Aa one true psUriot sspreseed tt
aa he gated upon a picture of aa
American doaifhboy lying cold la
imth AIL A toreiga battle OtUL “AM
an they ask of ua at home is to buy
a bond.” ■* '
eon^Q, composed of outstaadlag -
reetanrimf opeiUtors; ARur the
list has been determined, eating and
drinking estabUehments will be
qutred to poet their cefllng prices of
as many of the 40 items as they serve.
Additional items must be added to
make ap\the total of 40, when other
ttesu s^ servid;: Where lees than
40 Hems lore served by an eetahliah-
SMnt, itsi complete mens must be
poaied. iCooiss of ths posted Hat
'mnsC be UM Wflh rthe 1o^ Wn
Price and Rationing board.
Jack Broome Is
Newetuner To Oty
Basiness" Field .
Pofrajar Young Wan Purdiaiod
TIm Dunlap Storo and
Station.
Jack Broome, who for some time
peat has bsen In t^s employ of the
Claaaeen Bakery and whe prior to his
affUlstion with that baking oomputj
was ths Nstlesid-HNseMr'USUs
pany and American Baksriee and cov
ered this territory tor some three
years, bas purchased the J. M. Dun-
,1
In the Service
were in a life aad death straggle.
, Btaff- Sergeant <Jeorge- Oochran^ a
Des Sisler states tut the from Indiana^ who IncldOTt-
tine would be lo arranged aa uetii^jlj waan’t scheduled to fly and JiAt
conflict with the Legion program.) along “for the ride,” to aee the
leorge Sisler can be described as invasion, got his sights on a Jerry
e grand old man of baseball,” for
saw service in the major leagues
17 years. He started as pHeher
the Browns in 1916 bat In the
and sent him crashing in flames. The
co-pilot, Llent. Henry Hammett of
Oretnrille, Miss., remarked, “Tbe
Tu]i» MuRguru
Gumecoefcu Under LaghU
Ott Alien Lot.
Coroner ConducU Inquest and; William O! Major, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mra. William Q. Major, 1611 High
Jury Finds KHlinf Was
Camden aocompllshed the
Coroner Lee Purdy of Kershaw
county summoned a Jury Wednesday
afternoon to inquire into the death
oi LeRoy Witherspoon, 38 year old
IXUDUv* MAflraaA Ai^A AKa
Kcrshaw oegTo. Who died from the
nibble W^ne^ay e^unint. effecta of a bullet wound suaUlned
Idle of the 1914 season he was
itched to first base and the re-
inder of his career was given over
holding dbwn the first sack. Sisler
I been describ^ by Connie Mack,
dean of baaebaU men la America,
being one of tbe truly great baae-
i players of all tlme.,^^
lialer was with tbe EMwns through
7, being manager of tbe tesun in
4-25 and ’24. He then sent te the
(ton Bravee where he played first
le through 1928 ’29 and ’80. He was
h Rochester on 1911 and In 191$
k charge of the Shreveport club in
I Texas league. That year the
raveport haB park OU destroyed
fire and the club suspended play
plane caught on fire, blow up and only the Sumter Junior Legion paatimers . nixht on tha Ed Carson farm
SlMM leu to th. poond." Th. tmU « to 7 brto..,. targe crowd ot tao,
ground
four miles from Kershaw on the Be-
Sisler retired frsna lhe hambsOL . TCLXLCAN OFF .CEMETERY
>tUght until 1948, at which time
(nch Rickey, former St lAnls biuw-
1 magnet, who had taken over the
mklyn Club of. the ^atioaal league,
>t for him and put him oa tiie pay*
I M a scout
liBler retains the same vlgmr today
^ made him each an outstandiag
yer for over a period of 17 years.
D fanning bee at the Court laa
evening wjU in the nature of
kome-comlng” as the group, aag-
nted by the arrival of Donald Mor-
>>0, one of Camden’s No. 1 fans,
(tted over evsats ia baseball his-
y.
t might be of interest to Camden
« who recaU 192$ aad. the spring
period whMi the Syracuse
lef and Jade Corbett ware in Cam-
L Harold Roetger was business
for Corbett aad Is now la a
(Oar capacity with the Brooklyn
DKers. Roetger la a mssssge to
• Heath wants to be zememhsred
Ws many friends here and will
^bly come down whea the base-
II school is In
gunner Staff Sergeant Frank Bothel in the Sumter home lot. It marked
2 ta «h. kltat o» tt. th. ttW wta lU^^dM 8,„<„,'*coofc‘ mother nwro. wbo
batU., fired 80 round, and then dl. kid. in w. .Umlitatlon prognm ot tb. ii.ndliii, tbe nn .t tha tint, of
cove^ that hla guna'had Jammed, aoutbem district Camden haa lori ^ ”
He struggled franticaUy to get them one game, that to .Florence last wsdt JoJid that the Ih^t^ wS
back In shape but to no avalL The game at Sumter was one of the wm
** After evSry Jerry In a 20 plane at- best of the season In the Gamecock
^ack had made the wm
v**®!*^ ^ ^ ^ showing Witherspoon how the St-tO
hMd Express had t ^ th* operated. During
ed of the Lsftwaffe. Despite the i The Camden team plays the Lan- ^ .ite
10 to 1 adnmtage of the NmU not alcMtar team In Camden this afternoon, imiiet penetrated
MU oh th^presa wm tojure^d ^den^ thoold tom out »»«»«, withlrapoon’s akulL He dM instant-
damage to the ship WM minor. While.for the event.
the toMle only iMted five mtonteA) l^e Camden wm dovraiim Sumter | j McLeod, made
land avenue, this city, wm among
tbe future- «<Muba4^ltiM« from 44
states, the District of Columbia and
Ferguson aaid “It seemed like hours.” ht Sumter, Columl^ Just to tnvesUgation of Ihe shooting.
out tbe West Columbia Juniors i
All persons' interested in the up
keep of Antioch Baptist chnrch eeme-^to 1 score,
tery, will please meet at 9 a. m. Wed-
BMday, July 19. sk the chnreh to
noee
by a t to 2 score. Camden defeated
West Columbia last Mra^ay by a 14
(Long lUness is
‘Doc’* Hunter Is
Called By Dratii
clean off tiie cemetery.
Arm (Muuc. pta.M .eeu-iFatal to JA BuTgess M "g;;’’. 'lJ?'
nt. fltat tb., oMi taf wtaiWT rtrtta' e k,„i,»w FHdMr .ftaruoou.
on a bedaeet at 1,900 yards.
A deadly poison extracted from a
microbe in tiie soil hM been discov
ered ag a Mdssit extermiaator.
1 Evenuig M
automobile heloagtag to C O.
Jner and parked la a drive at tiie
• of the Stogner tamae oa Haimp-
^ damsged by tire
I0:i6^o’cloek Wedaeefrqr
™® ^ dspsriaw
* booster taM
ANIlQUIietllSifT
^ and . Mra. B. U
gee gt g
■^th. U ths
20. BiA ^
Friday
He is survlvsd by his widow, Mrs.
James R Burgees, 77, dW at his'oia McDonald Hunter; six chlldrea,
boms Sstnrdsy aftomooa after aa ill- coH,, James, Clarice, Dorothy, oU of
ness of several moaths. Ito was a BBOShaw; Mrs. Jessie Bowers, Kev
aativs of Sumter Muaty bat^ xasde ^^aw. and Alvla W. Hunter, U. B.
his hom4 la Ksr^sw oMuty for the Army, overseas; ftmr' bMitiiera John
Csi^da who ware sent on their way
to the war in the air Monday, July
2, at Selman Field, Monroa La.
Mr. Major gradnated from the larg
est navi^tion school in the AAF
Training command with tha rank of
second lieutenant He wm presented
bis wings and oommlMion M-an aerial
navigator. Lt Major, with most of
tbe naen in his cIsm were released
to combat dir forces and will soon be
pylng against the Axis.
operate It in person in the (uturb.
Jack Broome hM a lot of friends
In Camden and hip gnt^ into the
bnaineM life of tbe community ahonld
■be featured-by anccesa. He ia-u- moet
likeable individual and la moat con
siderate in hla dealings with the
Pvt. Marion Gregory, son of Mrs
Lula Gregory, Camden, is. now a
member of the Signal Depot Communi
cations school and hsadquartors In the
Mediterranean thestier of war, accord
ing to a proM relsMe from AFHQ.
This is one of the largest supply
headqnsrters In that war theater and
the signal corps soldiers srs peilorm-
Ins oim of th*- entstaadiac tasks ef
ths
past 40 years, living la Camden since
,lt$9.
j Snrviviag are his widow, Mrs. Clara
Catoe BargsM; one alstor, Mrs. DsF-
ton McLeod of Camdea, and one
dan^tsq Miss Clara Mae Burvees of
Oassdea.
Funml servlese were keld at
6:10 Baaday afternoon from the First
Bs^tlst riturdt, eonductsd by the Rev.
J. & CMton. Interment feriilowed ia
FMgak Baptist diunfr cemetery near
Caa^ea.
and Tom Hunter, Bethune; Sam Hnn-
ter of Kershaw and Spofford-Hnnter
eC ’Beath Spriage; tonr sisters, Mrs.
Also McDonald, Snmter; Mrs. Amos
Hortoa, Kershaw; Mrs. Lawrraos
Richardson. Kershaw, aad Mrs. Jim
Hnater, Lsacastsr.
Fonstal services were coadacted
trem the Provldeiioe Baptist church at
4 o’clock Sunday afternoon.
Seaman First CUM Jack S.'13uTla
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Davis, Is
now at Yellow River, FIsl, wh«re he
is receiving tbe finsl stjigeq ot his
technical training In radio code gun
nery. Seaman Davis entered the
naval unit at the University of Sooth
Carolina, Jo^y 1. 1948, aad after ten
weeks Bert wm seat to Bilabildge,
Md., where he itudled radio aviation.
He completed his code work and wm
rated Qsm A after which he wm
lent to the Technical Tracing Ocatur
at JacksoavHlCb fla.
public,
Mr. Broome plans on featuring high
clMs groceries and meats and will
also give personal aupenr|slon to the
filling station. —
Mr. Broome haa rented a hooM on
Mill street and with his wife and
three children hare already become
rMldsnts ot Camden.
^perty Changes
lis^ Hi Records
At the Court House
Property tranafera recorded la the
conveyance records at the office of
Auditor Fred Oghnm at the county
court
house In the pMt several days
list the follow
Iggi
Csmden Housibg oOmpany, be.,- to
Maggie
Caleb R. StokM and C. L. Stokes,
•4600. .
' “MW. ^ V, Massebeau' to
McDonald, $600.
W. R. Bonsai to Agnes Coleman
Bonsai, $2000.
Lydls V. Elliott to T. L. Mysrs. $$00.
P. B. Hammond to O. C. TmoadalA
$1200.
Emma C. yilUpigne and Margarst
C. ymipigus, $1100. .
N. C. Arnett, probate Judge to Jet-
•ie C. Vincent, $160.
BlauY Pioneer
Dies m Columbia
Showers Heb To
Save Many Gardens
♦ •
^Taamul eervlesf for Beary Cole
man. 86. d BMaey. whe Aed aft the
Columbia Imptfrl iaturiMy mwakiff'
were held aft Spear's .Crw elmrmi
Saudsr utlsraooa at 4:$0. Tbe iBev.
Carl^Bsaftoa effbikiled BUsneeat fol
lowed iu the Ouicicrev#.-
Be WM u UCsIOBS yuOWMft «< Wh
luai eeuuty uaAa nuimbar iC BfOUiW
CbMk Bsptitt church.
Mr. Ailimsn Is sgrvtvud by two
stotars. Mm. Sullftu Dcaais. CdumMu.
Miu. Aaaiu OMmMaof
A heavy shower desccadcd oa Caas-
dea iMt Friday alght, bring
paaled by a vlvil ttisriay af Hgbtnlag
ri the roll aad crarii of thunder.
Ths rataiUtt Md aat last long aad
was not geasral la eharaeteg. LsaC
Wsdaasday, a heavy rain
hi nwthvT* pswt of
tha ritTk which lariuded the ba&v
but hi tiipt Bcrthttni sm^ tihii
tow aMed
iriigft hi tmimm ihrito
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Mrs. Beahrs Leaves
Camden For West
Mrs. Alice Beahrs. who haa basa
sxecutlTe aecretary aad nnrag for
the Kershaw County TuborculOris aiK
soclatkm for tiis pMt three years.
Istt Wednesday for Los Angeles, tML*
where* she wiU be located la the tn-
tnre.
During her reeldence in Camdea
Mrs. Beahrs won a wide followlug of-
frieads who win regret to kcM of her
departure. She wm one of the most
sfficlent wofksrs hi hM field of ao-
tlvlty M eould he foand aaywiMre hi
the state or elsewhere.
RECEIVES WINQS
A.-C. Wesley M. Pitts received Ua
ato eommiasioa aa flight oOL
^ U. 8.
la ^ U. 8. Air
July at IBHagttm
is now home on fWlMgh before rn>
hertti^to Tumpu, 1^ aa a aavhia-
W. C. Fttth, 9ot Sbead St
A toft of
la Oatarlo eaa ascii
_ . . ^ ttclEWhci. Wa bavn
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