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■V SUMTER AND CAMDEN lUNKHtS CLASH AT CITY Chronicle VOLUME S6 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA^iOliDAY, JULY 21, 1944 NUMBER 18 Brooklyn Issues Call To Boys To IwBl Be Held In Camden Ball Park On Aucust 1, 2, 3 and 4. A tryout camp ottering young l^ers an opportunity to determine ^ey iutve the abUity to play base- L|i profeesionally will be conducted tbe Camden baseball park bore by Ilia Brooklyn Dodger, organisation ^ Tuesday, August 1, through Prl- 4iy, August 4. <nte tryouts were announced Wed* jatdsy by Branch Elckey, Jr„, directs [,(minor league clubs for the Dodgers. Boys 16 or older who are not com- in American Legion Junior are InrlUd to report to the Camden baU park for trials, Rickey lald. To receire tryouts boys need Mly present tbemselres st the park Tsesday, August 1, at f s. m., bring ing their shoea. glores and uniform. Ko fee la charged. Howerer, ontof town boys mnst finance their tripe to camp and llrlnf expenses whOe in I attendance. Boys who are'ottered and sign ctm- tncu with dabs in the Brooklyn grgsaisstknl on the strength of their ■howlsgs in camps ara refolded any expenses Incnrred In attending. T PwaimrdMl M HvwPlMl^rW To Impose Ban (hi Children Gatherings Initial St^ To Secure Freezer Plant Are Taken Citj Votea To Real Senrico CiBnter Building Benaon (Company. 4. No Cnsea An Yat Acccrdmg To Bat Httlkk OffiduL 8o far Kershaw county Is free from uy poliomysUUSt according to Dr. A. W. Hamphries, county health physl- ciui. “ ' ~ h the erent'Of the appearance of the dread diseaae fai the county, lUtsient measures wrlU be taken to corh the spread of it, according to Br. Hunphiies. A meeting of South Carolina phy- «irUBi vas held at Columbia SatuT' day vheo plans for full protection amtsr tb#*-<4iseaaa were tskpib. Or. RumphrteSKaiod ttmt in the I amt of the disease showing up hi ta county, all gatherings of ehlldrmi Oder the age of 15 years will be turned. This would apply to theap tan or other places where children light gather. The eontsmee between the farm hnreaa menban and the city council resulted from an enthusiastic meeting held at thn eourt house this week. At this meeting B. B. Behson of the Ben. SOB compamy explained the details of ths frseser phmt. He was Introduced by County Agent W. C. McCarley. As rapidly as the lockers are slgued up tor, the money thus secured win be turned orer to the Camden bamks, to be held in escrow until the plant Is oomi^ted amd In operation. J. B. Onutsy of Boykin, la president of the Kershaw county branch of the State nUb BtonMU drptttoktton. At the meeting at the eourt house, L. O. Funderburk, chairman of the board of direotors of tha Karshaw branch pre sided. Men kLSmice Mrs. B. R. HnntM has reeelred I word from her son,. Prt. Oscar Runtmr, the letter being mailed ten days ago in Bugland. Prt Hunter has been in England for tbe pauit two years, and periouely was wlUi the American troops In Ic^and. , Three sons of C. B. Watts of this city, are in the-serwioe of thalr ooon-lf^^ by. T.-Sgt. Clarence C. Watts has (erred OTensas ainea August, 1141. He was first In Iceland and is now In llngland. Hls wife, the former Miss (.Jthnsle Bethnne, is llTing with her mfents In Charleston. Pte Oeorge Alleii-aa« OUes Oagglns. Camden C. Watts entered bp sarrlce in Sept 1142, and reeelred training. In Tens •ad Winconstn. He was seht orsrseas Ik October 1141. His wife, the former menu in Cassatt First Sgt James A Watts has been orerseas since Sep- Umber 1941, haring been stationed in Inland betorw being lent to ~ Blac ked. Before entering the lerrice he *•• with the Columbia welding lerr ke. Cpl. James M. Thornton. Jr., of the ^8. Marine corps, who recently re lied from the South Pacific war Umter, la rlsltlng hls parents, Mr. Mrs. James Thornton. CpL Thorn- ^ k a reteraa of the Bouganrllle ^P^lgu. At the preeent time he k sutlonsd with the Ind Cannal Ooi, N. at San Diego, Cat Hls •^r, Thomas H. (Billy), Is now the Army Air foroas. He Is at ^ home of hls parents here awaiting for a special training aselgn- oent I M Kally, 14, loi Mr. and Mrs. High Charlea Kelly of I graduate of the Dentsrllle I ky the ^ bighwiy department before «•- in the Mai^ eorpe In Anguat, ime Fighting I^st Marina dlrlslan ^ bare returned, to the United for their fliwt furlonib In M “oaths or mom hi^°lS kas been reoalred by relatirea that Pfc. Qmatgt B. HJasen. son Mrs. H. O. Hfamon of this krounded hi tha Burma Mn. H. O. aiM« k«* n- I IBsnwirlel I MilftiXM SbM * memorial Indent Booaeralt^^^ m n mnric bf £«tad7 fSrSa SJt tha 1153? Jnly n. pJJ^^bnttllns In dm SonthweM 00 m A'freeeer locker plant of 500 units, together with ahsttoir and poultry dressing units Is in prospect for Cam den and Karshaw county as tha re sult of a conference between a group of officers and members of tbe Ker shaw (tounty Branch of the South (hurolina Farm Bureau and members Qt the Camden City council here tW weak. Tbe City council has agreed to rent the Rutledge street armory building, now being used ss a Senrlce Center, to the Benstm Refrigeration company of H<rily Hill, and permits .the latter company to make purchase of the property at any time during the first yeaf. The freeser plant program Is pre dicated upon tbe Benson company se curing the priorities necessary to ac- gaire the equipment As one of the priority requirements Is that 60 par cent or 300 of the lockers must be rented and the money on deposit the Kershaw Firm Burean memben win immedlataly niake a county wide driwe In the locker sales program. Officers of tha farm group are opti mistic OTW the prospects and bellewa tbe too algnaturea wUl be aeeured within the aui inn Executiye CoininitteelSiiinter Juniors Meets On July 27th CouDd^ Executiwe Cammitten J?>giocr>tk war Super Grocery St^ OpoH In Stevenson Block J. Manky Smith Chain Ealab- lidkea Baiinam In Camden. The J-_ Mjmley Smith super store, located In the Stevenson bnUding on Brood etiwet formerly occupied by the Camden Bowling Center, opened for, basinets last weak nnder the man agement of Brace Smith. The Smith chain operatea stores In Hsrtsvllle, Blahopvllle and (hunden. The Camden store is one of the largest grocery and meat establish ments in the city. The company car ries s eomjdete line of staple and I lupply of meats, fowls, fteh. etc. Ihe resident manager of the new store U Mrs. Dottle WIHiams, e native of Camdmi and a niece of Dr.' T. B. Bmce, well known veterinarian. young men, are employed at clwlm, while Mr. Jackson, formerly of the Central FiUtig Station, la in the meat deparknaat. Mks Sadto TldwiB; residqi wittt haf - The.it<8w toatnres self servlca aad Is equipped with the wlMalaA.hiikeli ^*1 for the ooavenlenoe of customers. iknr Bruce Sn)lth, whq resides at Btahop' WBIe^ was tor five ireaiw affiliated wlttr -No. -ij- liSldi-fliejBeid tbe Safeway chain system of grocery stores, whkh operate ttOO stores on ths west coait Re has had experience In every deportment In evidence In a modem grocery atore. Seaboard N^es Changes In linie TaUe Schedule The Seaboerd Air Ltae railway has annottimed several changes In Us train schedule. No. iS2 which has bsen leavhig Camden fm* the north at 3:11 ». ■ will not leave until 3:45 p. m. In tte future. The aonthhonnd train dne here at 10:38 in tha past iriB irrlvs at 10:31 undar the new idiedalev While changiB have been made in the achedale of aouthbound SOvar Meteon, thsaa (ralni do not stop in Camden, hence the changes are not ) Impbrtant to Camden trav^m. It ie pointed oat that while Train 102 now leaves Camden at 8:46 pi m. tnitead ol 3:36. ttiere ta no change In the arrival at althar Washlagtoa or New York. Credit Assodatiai hvest k Bondi Oreiit toveited HtOt M The daeodatlon has Ikited Btataa oaanfctien wtA the aTmm Mt cAilt for IMOO ef ikla amount has hsoi glvsn to 8m ■Min In Karshaw Oswty, said Jahn meet on Thurwiny, July 27, at 11 o'clock, for tfie pur pose of dochuriaf the ^ee- tioa in the first Primary, and to transact any other husineai tikat might come to their attention. J. H. McLeod, Chaarman Co. Democratic Com. Attests —f A. W. Hun^shrieo, Sac. Co. Democratic Conk Run Storm Makes Change Necessary County Candidatee Fiailh Cam paign Talks la tha Court House. Approximately one hundred fifty people gathered In Hampton Park Wednesday afternoon at four o'clock to listen to the campaign talks by tbs various county candh dates. The session had progressed than 45 minutea when a heavy rate atonu made It nsceasary for a trans fer of the meettog to the court hoasa where snout <ma hundrad people gath erad to listen to the remeislng speelp era. Ths speeklng campaign has been going on for the past wok, the can didates appealing in various key points of the county. The democratte primary will be held next Tuesday. Water In Pond Is Found To Be Pure In view of the proposed recreetkmal program that has been mapped out by tbe recreation committee of the Ker shaw County Civic council l(f Is of interest to the general public to know that a recent teat of the water at the public bathing beach at the Hermitage pond indicated that- It was free of colon bacteria. . Misa Rl^too Biehaids, in riiscge of the swimming and life saving pre- gram, declared that the water wlU be tested at tbe state laboratory in Ck)Iambla every two weeks. Every precautiim will be taken to aafeguard the Intereets o6 the young people. Miss Richards announced Wednes day that Mrs. Rhetta McDowell will bo at Hsrapton Park dally from Mon day through Friday at 11 a. m. to anpervise recreation, games and also conduct a story hour period for the little tots. A spunky Sumter Junior Legion baU team invades the Camden base- ba& lot this afternoon to give battle tp MM local kids In what should be s 1^ exhlbltloB of play. Sumter Is out to avenge an 8 to 7 victory Chat UxaMtosAen lads scored In an invasion of^the Qsmecedc city several weka Is hoped that (Camden fans wUl tun out for this baseball classic. S umter end Casnlen competition is Iwsys festnred by real action wheth er it be football, baseball or any other it>ort John Riley, tbe Sumter coach and MDort leader, la one of the outstend- ^ athletic leeders la tbe Palmetto State. RUey Is a man who can be depended upon to otltr only tbe <deaneet aad most sportsmanlike kind of oompetltiOB. There are occasions when Camden gnd Sumtar fans get together and do a little cooperative roodJMi, aa tot In* ftanca last Friday nli^t Is Oelmubta. The entire Sumter team, coaches sad -a following of fans, in (tolsmbla for a game with Br6DkIand.Cayce la the afternoon waited over for the even ing game between Ojunden and C» himbia and aU marched tntb Uie Tkm- den rooting seetkm and Joined with tbe Cmden fans la rooting for the Bulldog players. Thu gsme this afternoon starts at 4:80 o’dodk There remains but one saore hosM pune for tha Cbunden team, that with Columbia next Fri day. That CasulM-Oolumbla tUt should be tha ovtataading diamond eerap of the year on the local lot The game acheduled fw last Wed- gesday with Wait Columbia (Brook- iMd-Cayee) did not take place aa tha west Columbia team disbanded last weak. Over 6,000 Names Appear On Record Of Demo. Groups No. 1 Unds With Total ci 1,243 Rofiatomd Votara. There are a total of 6,667 voters whose names appear on the club records of ths various nnits In Ke^ Shaw county, according to a record compUed at the office of the secre- Ut the conntr DesworaUe nom. mittee. with a registration of 1448 ^'Cam den unit No. 3 it a'closa se^d wRh 76d voters registered. The other riabe of the county and the mirollment figures in each in stance are aa fmiows: Abney 67. An tioch 118. Bethnne 810, Blasey 878/ Buffalo 231, Cassatt 134, Charlotte Thompson 77, DeKslb 106, Doig's Mfll 81, Galas Ford 74, HsmoBy 48, HanuRsge 478. Kershaw 373, Liberty Rfll 78. Lockhart 84, Logoff 187, Mt Zkm 88, Nad’S Creek 68. Oakland 61 Pine Trae 111. Rsbon’s Ooss Roads 148, RMey's Mfll 188. Roland 88. SaU Pond 187, Sandy Oiwva 48, Shaotfock 61, Shaylor's HIB 44, Swift Creek 68. Three tTs 878, Twmty Okeek 88. Weteree 882 and Wettvme 183. Here For Battle C^den Team Is Noxt To tiio Last Home Gnme ol Sonaoti For Local Tonn. “SpIiT Season 'tBeins manned For Dove Hunters Oliver Rice Is Elected Leader Of library Unit iTJKesrs Am Nansad At Aimaal tlas dove huntlag wonid be legal at r.*5f**“*T’ * certain periods while In the county ? s Am MaetiBR of Attorney Oliver Rico was slscted president of the Csmden Library as sociation at ita annual meeting held recently. Mrs. W. R. Bonsai waa elected vice president, Mrs. Reuben Pitts, second vice presid«it. Rev. A. Douglsa Mc- Am secretary and Mrs. Dongas A. Boykin, trassurer. Tha asaocimhm Is seeking addi tional members. ESsewhere In this Issue of The Chrouklb Is sn sppesl to the public to Join the assoeistion. Camden has a library that the com munity can well be proud of. The purchasing of books Is carried out In an Intelligent manner and many peo- Xdwhare commented on AM fad that the library offers sU of tha latset and itoat popular fiction aa well as sdan- tlflo nnmbars. * Mrs. Mary Morrison has active hilo anb House oMce tory manner. Dnglas Barfield Bins F.FJL Cutest Dnglas Barfisld won ths third dis trict Futnre Fsrmsrs speaking con test, held In the Columbia hlgh/school library Friday, July 14, at 8 o*cloo He used for hls uubject Tood Is a Wed>oa of War.** The third district is comprised of ARcen, RdgeCldd, Saluda, Lodagtoh, Richland. Kershaw aad (Thastarfleld oouatlea. Duglas is a senior st Baron DaKalb school, a member of the Beta clnb and chapter fanner la the local F. F. A. diapt'er at which he Is reporter. The State ooateet wfll be hdi la the Dente BlMi etmool audltorlam fe^y, July 11, at 8 o’clock. Thera wfll be oiM eonteetaut from aach of the five dletriets in the State. Join Your Public Ubruy For the ffret time in eeveral yesfp the Camden Public Llhraiy AeeeMntlen Ie mnkinf « drive fef' memhere. Renwoers. hath ehildren and eduMa have inemneed ee rapidly that additlonsi fande •re nsedsd te supply the demands NeeMenta u»ey alwaye borrow beeka free ef charpe and inaiwberek» Is entirely voluntary; Iww- ever. eneVlppreoietlen may he oheum by the memberehlp f4 ef to one dollar, vddeh entMeeAhe Si •e far eolidtoMme have been made only at the library dsak. with s hearty reepaneo from ths foHewIngt Mrs. D. A. tayfcin, Mrs. M. % Marvin. Mta Derethy Mnrvin Smith. Mrs. Lets Coko, Mrs. Lnmhirt PsPastf ^r. and Mtob W. L. flssdsls, Mrs. Chnrtle Mayfield, Mrs. Tern tonanl. Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. PMta Mrs. MfriKhd Mrs. iulisn Jr^ Mim Hubert br. 4m4 Mfu. T. W. tiUtoih On. and- Mrs. A. H. Lm, Miss Mha WRiiagi Mr. ONvsr Rise. X ■1 4 ' Nearly One Hundred Camden Trained Flyers Listed As Dead Or Among the Missing County Tops Quota By A Record 125pc In War Bond Drive *Hofwr Roll Ctfru. Num. of 442 Cadets ol Southern Indhridiinl Saloe Figure Is Also Topped^ lit For Cent Under the direettos of Marlon H. Hsyman, chairman of the Kershaw County War .Finance committee, the fifth war loan drive west over the top by 186 per cent. The indlvldna] bond sales also topped the quota by 115 per cent, the amount aggregating 1186,000. The fifth war bond quota for the county waa 8418,000 and sale# as of July 15 aggregated 3518,100.50. Christie Benet, state chairman of the War Finance committee. In a let ter to Chairman Heyman, stated that the record made was s splendid one and that he wanted to congratulate Mr. Heyiaaa end his co-workers tor such an outstanding occompUahment. State Ganw Warden, Long An Advocate ol Plan, In Avi School. Dove huntars of Camden wfll be tau tereeted la the ”18111” season arraafu- ment which. In all probabflUy, will be In effect to South Geroltoa this year, according to A. A. Richardson, chief gsme warden. Mr. Rlchardaon has long been an advocate of the "split” season in which dove hunting would be allowed In one half of the state daring eertala montha aad then, latar In tha yaar, in the other half. Bist such an arrangement, he admiu, would lead . eounty adjoining It would at tbe same time be Ulegal. For this year, ha says, dovs hunting will be allovtod over the entire state in September, during datee yat to be announced. Then the seaaon Is to be clpo^ over the eathe state. Than in December, tbe ban would bo lifted aad again dove hunting would be allowed anywhere In the atate. In other woids, the season Is ’’spilt” on a time basis but not on a "up country” “low oountry” arrangemsnt After the first state-wids open sea son, there will be sn intervsl when hunting doves will not be legal; then there wfll be another state-wide huntr tog season. The dove hunting season is cen- tioUed by the federal government as ths dovs is a migratory bird. Vandals Break At the BaU Park Bascbnlls Arc Stolen. FootitoU Blccchcri Must Be Tbe honor roll of tbe Southern Aviation school here. compUed by the Southernslre, official publication for Southern Ai^ays, Ine., eoatalna the names of 443 graduates of tha schooL Of this numbm 37 are reported aa either being killed In action or miss ing, whUa 40 mors were killed In accidents In this country. Practically all of ths thousands of cadets who received their training here were well-known to Csmden peo ple, who have entertained them In their homes during their training period. Practically all of the 443 flyers had the box|or of haring been awarded tbe Air Medal and Oak Leaf (Clusters. Masy of them won tbe Purple Heart. Oak Leaf (Husteri ranging from <»e to eight were awarded to many of them. Others secured the DFC while others rscslvsd the Preeldentlel cita tion. In many lastaacea, to fact. In a big majority of caaes.N Ctoraden friends of the young men who timlned at tha Southam. Aviation school heca. Jounc nothing of Uielr wheieaboats after they left this 'oountry for overs WM duty. In .a few tnstanoee the eadets had dajM here with whom they cor- responded. The names appearing on the honor roll as being those killed In action or raportad mliatog arei A. U Hdan, Allan Baard, Stuart Bennett, Howard Block, F. B. Boattok, A. K. HwfrttQw, W. L. Bruce, John J. Bool. T. B.^%aiM beip, C. M. (Jralg, Henry D. Crow, Wallace 0. nils, K a FslrchUd, J. W. ntmlng. M. D. fiames, George W. Fdrd, Oharlea J. Garvey. Walter & Gerry, R. H. Grtfton. D. A. Gray, Ed Randorf, H. S. Haycock. Flrod D. Hodges. W. C. Hucklns, J. T. Ingles, Thomas R. Ktog, J. Lantanschlager. Jonathan Laata, George H. Lymbnm, C. W. Mars, J. F. McIntyre. C. O. Nasbold, Z. A. Racbaman, Joe a Perkins, John K. Phelps. Irving Pir- Albert T. Brnsst Skilton, Frank M. Slada DT m. Smith. Whiter B. Stone. Neel T. TakaU. ChiM Tedaschl, a a 'Turrontlna, O. a Wuanchel, Krtth M. Wythla. Wm. M. Yocum, W. H. Young. Ray Zlclkowski. A. 8. Guidema and Clif ford Brock. Those meeting deiSI~ by' abcident while on training flights or othoirise to this oountry wore: J. F. Reynolds, Curtis a Rlsley, F. A. Sanford, W. *'• 8^*8". R- ®. Thomss, ^H. Thompson, Dl, R. Vsrdsry, J. F. Watson, a J. Zoyssenskl, J. W. Bruce. P. R. Brown. W. J. Burk, 8. 8. Bur- rMl, a a Bub, Vf. W. Campbell, W. a Charles, R, B. Droguls. T. H. Dan. burry, Sldusy Edwards, Donald Bka- ^m, N. A. Fanguy, 8. B. Fsnnegan. G. W, Ferguson. 8. W. Fish, A. 8. a a ronka, J. F. Hooker, D. W. Hurlburt, W. H. Keeling, W. Kendrick. Robot 8. Marion, M. Mtte, R. J. Massey, Harry a Maflon.. D. t, MoCormtok, G. A. Nofai. P. a Patello and a D. Poedy. Most of tbe above w«e ffrst or second Ilenteiiants. although there were some with the rank of captain and othsrs ss aviation cadets. (hundsn followers of the Junior XMglon ball team and deeply inter- ected te all affairs of the Legion organisation are keenly resentful sgnlast the ncUon of vandals te breaking into tha club house st the ban park recently, tosking away with .a quantity of baseballs and some other things. The looal Legion Post has for years corriad on the Jnnlor Legion program to the face of aa apathetic group of tons, axid this year la the first ttana that there has baen aa nwakentog of real attactloa for the national game to gencraL fhowda have been better than ever before aad the Legion has been making ovary effort to eee that the pnWie wae given faU meesure ef the support thus ecooeded. The expsnse of operating a team It heevy. Unlfomio, bate, balls, chest pnotoctors. masks, shoes, etc., aU coet money. Balls are a big item ef ex- pense and fane will peihaps hava xto- tiead how cloaeljr Conch Pleroe keepe tra(^ of the hnUe teat are bnttod tool over the grand Mand. Boyn dart on a hunt for them at aeon es they are hit out toe park aad they are tmasedl- atrty returned to the field. Vhndallem hae beat rampant at tow buB park aad fOoltall fiaM tor oome ttom. Tbe bail pmk now, with the eaeeptlon of a tome, Ie fa good shape. Qrandstsad aad bisashers bsve bomi repaired ead hmt week the path to brent of the bisaehers aad etaad wae wMsaed aad leveled. Addldonal atepi to get fate the etaad wort pot M IhMA Onsr la the Sea« stsMam the Election "Returns - WillDe Aiihonn^ At (bounty BaildiitK ft Election returns next Tneeday will be snnounoed from the atepe of the court bouse building, aceordtog -to aa- ttottneemeat made by Cbahmnn J. H. McLeod of tbe Ot^ty Demoeratio committee. Whereat te prevloos years ths re- tnms have been received aad tabu lated at the Chronicle office and latar flashed on a screen in frpnt of the newspapor buildtof, this yaar, dua to the war, there will be no screen uaed end the returns will be verbeUy sa- nounoed. All preetnet boxes sre to bs tamed la at the court houqe. Private Mwj^n Of Blaney, Aes Inline df Duty Mr. and Mrs. A- L. Mtwgaa ef Blaaey, received a telegnun from the war departmoit toformtog them that their een. Pvt Pervla Morgan, was killed te action te Italr May IM. Private Morgan reoeivod tralatag at Camp Wottecs, Tesas, aad Oremi- vtUa, Pa., btfors gofag mrerseae. He to Africa aad was to tom in- vasloa of SfcOy. He fon^t at Aaato besshheed^ to the Kattls of Rosan, Bo'ra^ years old and was a JMsaey sehoel. ^ iisWes ^,:far8»tor»e Is wrtied If ». Mm. him* '■LT dVIRNMM^ I -air- ^ .’H ■ , M ■