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CAMDEN EXECUtm WOULD PROVIDE GOMMUNHY BUILDING AS A WORLD WAR MEMORIAL The Camden Chronicle VOLUMES CAMDEN, SOUTll CA1I0U>ML FWDMY AUGUST 4» 1M4 NUMBER 20 9OT ^uthern Aviation School Qoses; Loss To Be Fdt Newest wJT Poeter t, Fine*t Prii^ 0^ la ^Q^geF BssebaR Natiofi, Hie After This Week. .A, souUiem ATiation school, ons > ihe ranking primaiT arlation units lie Army Air morcos, whkh has In operalisn in CamdMi for the three years and more* ‘vUl be- hlstory Saturday. I last class of cadets gnduated this , week. Torrential rain _ put a damper on the .**open e" program that had be^ arrang- tr Monday afternoon. A sootre or j of planes from Shaw Field came the airport late in the afternoon, were unable to stage any air ma- rers because of the rain squalls, "iandreds of Camden people were at airport to witness tfie propsm had been planned as part of the house.” There was keen dis- itBsent that the weather was to prerent it being carried as Henry Savage, Jr., secretary and irer of the Southern Aviation , hi a statement Taeeday, de- the school officially ceased to on Monday, when the gradua- of the last class tedk place. The hall win be in operation xmtil evening. Savage stated sis yet his com* does not know of any plan •hy the faoQHies at the tSmaii be utilised hy any tmmOk of the lent service or any _ jillon. ' The operaU<m of the Sonfiiem Avia, •obool provided Camden with three years of peak ivosperlty, I a hueinees viewpoint The school and landscaped area rasks the most substantial and attracttve [ or in the nation. It represents sa vestment of weU over a million dol- Only recently aew runways eonstrocted at S cost of some 1,000 extra. liyor F. N. McCorkle^ Senator Bed- r-officers of tb* Hn^taarw k: \ Mkool and others have been mak' tfeiy effort to Intereat the war It in utilising the local plant •oae purpose in the war effort ui| to Washington by Ifesers. Mo* ,lidfeam and R. M. Kennedy, in some contacts being : St yet nothing ctmcrete has School Attracts Scores of Boys EmlMye Baseball Stars Come From Ewery Section of tbo State. . The Brooklyn Dodger baseball school, which started Tuesday at the Camden hall park has attract^ much attention throughout the state and in Camden. The registration of boys was carried out early Tuesday mom. ing and preliminary practice was in order until a downpour of rain stop ped proceedings. W^nesday Wld Matthews, George Slsler and others on the school staff, put the youngsters through their paces and also staged a game between two picked teams. Jiggs Parker and Carol Cox are the only ^onden players who are taking the school program. Boys from practically every seo- tion of the Palmetto State are in aU tendance at the school. The regie, tratkm Tnesday was tf and this was Increased on Wednesday qalte terlally. By Wednesday nlifbt quite a nnmber of thp boys had been weeded out and thoee reaudnlag were really getting a woFkont by the sconta of the BfOcdSyn dub. Hex Bowen, who was the first of file BrooUyii <joiitIiiB8iit ' riach Camden last wedk sni who after com* plettag an arrangements^ for the school polled out Motsday tor Borne, Oa^ where the next school win be held (he coming week. Clyde Soke* fortk, another eoont, left Tueoday for New ToUk after amhig that every* thing was sat and the school in opera* tlon here.' Many Camden baeehall tana gather^ McCorkle Favors Project to .. Be Financed by City and U.S. Gymnasium To Be Opened For Dances For the Young Folks Sugfehta Structure Provide Facilities ‘For All Ac- tivitiea. Recrontion Program Arranged For Boya and Girin .14 to 17. One of the few ansolidted war pfMtrs aver aeecptcd by (he Unttod States Government Is the <me shown above, submitted by Wadey Hay. man, X8-year-old New York City ar^^ More than BXMXIO hava batai prysd and ifiitilhitad by nflrrBisa^ 100,000 Boy Scoots fiiroaghoat tha aisAixy. Bdeetad for military ssrvke, TfunnNp, ArnMaat Art Director of House Beautiful auigastna, felt he oaali eontribute to tbs war •Sort with bU paster Mp. X. Airteen guafks wIB W mnldtaiiibd ; a* airport to protect the property, Ikmid. ;ord Crowd Sees )IamhiaTipCaniden jOne Killed, Five ^ to ^ graadatand at the ban park Hurt hn Highway Wednaaday and Thursday 'mornings 'First Natkmal Bank Pays Hig^ Honor to «ui. th. Ka»lunv To BrNrStannon and aim the Rgaai fbllbwed: Oongraasman J. P. Rldiarda of Lanoaster, wboaa son heads tha Laa. castar dalegation of baseball boys, was an intMwated spectator at tha school Wednesday. Congressman (Please tara ta page tow) Beach Driven To L^ Coupon Books Says U. S. Car and IVadc CoUiakm At Oaak Bridgg. InFaMl otto pitman. If. of dead, Allen B. Wllaoa, residing Shaw oounty a dmrt dlstanoa from tba town of Kershaw, la in the Camdea Aativu Vieg Praaidant —To Ghro Up Cotton Due to the polio scare, the Recrea* tion committee of the Kershaw Coua* ty Civiv council has re.arrsnged the schedule of receration and entertain, ment at tha various centers. It is alto announced that -attendance of children at the recreattonl areas is entirely up to the parents. Tha naw tcbedole in Hampton Park provldaa for suparvised activity A community canter, housed in ^ subatantial and well designed stmo* ture, to, be deecribed as a memorial to the soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice In World Wars No. 1 and S, is the objective of Mayor P. N. Me>- (}orkle. The Camden executive has learned from the experience of the past aev* eral years, or since the war started, that Camden and Kershaw oounty has need of a community building, to which civic and socUi gat-togetbers may be bald, .pith quarters for various civic groups provided for, also offer ing facilitias for tha serving of ban. quota. After the war, such a structure aa between 10 and It a, m. Mrs. Allan envisaged by the Camden mayor, wlU being in charge. Swings have bean coat some $60,000 to $60,000. In many set up and croquet, horte shoee and communiUes, a majority of them tennis eaa be enjoyed. As yet UA.aaMller than Camdea, tb^ commoaS* volley ball games are being played jty buildings have been provided and due to the fact that it has been Im* ,!^^* proven much needed facilltleo poesible to secure the volley balls. In the afternoons the tnpervised per* lod is from S to 4:S0 o’clock. At the grammar echoed grounds baseball la the order of play from t a. m. to It noon. Three baseball teaaie have already been organised. Next Monday the high school gym* naslnm will be open from $ to 4:t0 for the children who wish to jday At Hermitage lake the awlmmliic and bathing faelUtlea will be supers viced from 6 to t p. m. On Memday nest there will be a water melon site* tag for an children who re In ewim* sstog at the ttom. The High adiool gymnaMim Is to be open every Friday evMdng from t until 11 o’clock sad a program of dances and other forms of amusemsat and entartatoment carried out Bays and girls 14 to 17 years of mgs may attend these Frl^ night programs. If this veature proves a suooasa, it is planned to have another night pro. for community growth and batter, oisnt Such a project would be ft* aanced by local funds end govern* mwat oo-opwative poat-war ftauuMliif* What Mayor M^rkle would Um to see would be aa artlstlo atmotare having aa auditorium with a ssuHag capacity of at least 1,000 peopla, n oompletaiy equipped stage of cif5* cicDt slsa to aecoasatodate theatilsal prodaetions, oi Oe fMrt fhrar with a basament seetlom (hat be so arranged aa to otfar a baaquat room, kltchaa faeiUtlaa and anta- rooms wbarain tha Boy Scout dkrae* tors, ths Ameriesn Lsglon, Lsgloa Auxiliary, D. A. B., U. D. Cham, bar of Commerce directors, and gov- sralag units of other elvlo organlsa* tions could havu a place to luM hfil fHeato had buAueas acquaintsnsse is tbs sa* nooneemaat by Balyh N. Shannon that he has closed his oottpn business hospital and four others, J. O. Rob- in order to go with ths First Nstlonal gram for boya and girla of the 11*14 age- Miss Righton Richards, who is rso* rbatlon supervisor, states that it is advisable for all small ohildren to go to Bampten park tor ^iay, as super, 'rislea at tha OMHatodF^ ashsal * varlec with the baseball sdisduls ths three junior teams. of Condb Slants oi Cam den Soathpawg for 15 Safe HitaT I The largest crowd to witness a eball game in Camden' In history, reen 2500 and 3000 people, saw ibla down Camden If to I in a that was replete with every* in the baseball handbook from base knocks through briUisnt flag down to bom uTTvory colored pattern. [Colambla proceeded to pat the game fee In thfl> initial Inning when Ae hits, two walla, two errors, a ice hU and a wild pitch put six the invaders over the oonnttot All nine playurs on the Go- >bla team trotted to. the plato, Lattimore getting two trips. Six the ten efforts scored. [labe Wilson, six foot southpaw cl ' Camden team, on whose portaide ‘F-lhe hopes of the Cuadan toaa banging, lasted only oae taming, (jerked at the start of the aeo- > when he walked the first man up. kids made 14 emwa dortaig the m, which isn’t good baseball maa’a land. The youngsters I keyed up by the big mob of tons the importance ef the ganm' sad o( them were on the edge of Jtttery. LWIiaon led the Gaatosm tbres out of Has srtth two out of i, emo letof a ^ Bulco poi^ a triple to the but bis mates left htaa etnmd* Undrum with two doublee and [■^e and 'WtUluaui with three led the Colambla betting orgy, imm, with the aid of his peppy Ly grandstend maeaged to weather Cunden miUee Leadrwm nnculty in the ftaet tamtog “tors, a walk and two hib tPltose turn to pete eight) ’off Wranaii b foor Star Mother Qieck Ig Made At Cgrolhsa BeecliM To FiiH ChiaolmR Motorista. Motorlata who have baan ualng gaso* lipe for non-essential pnrpoeaa, par* ticalarly those who have been ditr. ing to lake and beach resorts for vacation purposes have reason to feel qualms of worry. The action of the OPA in a drive against the use of gasoline and tirea for tton-eaeential purposes is expseted to prove somewhat of a bombshOU In ^th Carolina resort areas. Accord- or the OPA names and. Uccnae nnmbers of mo* toriaU at beaeh resorts last Sunday asw-to the hands of the beard and will be certified to local boards with a recommendation that aetton be taken to revoke the ration coupons of the offenders. Tile OPA ta u utsteamnt declares that the riiortage of tires and gasoline Makes It vitally tpiptartam to ths war effort, and to the movsotoat to ke^p transport erts, Walter Snipes, Bill Moseley and J. B. Boone, all of Kershaw, were mere or less painfully injured in un accident at the Lynches Creek bridge on Highway 167 two mUee east of KmEiaw T^nreday morning. Pitman was steering a truck that was being towed to this city for re pairs. behind a car that was driven by h Georgs TwUty of Kershaw. At the Lynches creek bridge, Twitty had crossed the bridge and bad swung to ths right to pass a car driven by J. O. Roberta, and traveling in the op posite direetkm. Twitty’s car passed the Robert's car but the truck that was being towed did not and ear and truck met in a collision that pushed the Roberta car through the river ruiltaMf nad sent it plunging to the (Please tom to page eight) essential elviliaa wDMaBEIIIk TaKa WtwUrr essential driving be eOmtaated. Ya- eatlon trlpa or trips to utatage homsa at Inland lakes are essential durtag the war pmlod'hy the government Must Vote .^[fiin In West Wateree At a meeting of the oounty Demo- erutic committee ut the court house Thursday morning to eaavaa the elec tion returns, it was decided to hold another election tal the Upper West of iKta^Witoree toWnshtP for ataglstrate m Taeeday, August St. This ran-ovnr was due to irrego. larttlee at the Logoff box according to flDieriff J. H. McLeod, county Cba^^ Uncle Sam Warns Delinquents lliat r nif WOiM Meettam $or civjc ypomotlanal pur* pee. ^ral rubaw County farm Biruan. political meOtlngu, ta toot. aQ ktoin of prtherinca cooliil be heMt-ln tbe am dtt^nm which would be eonatraetei bank aa active vice preeident Mr. Shannon bus been in the cotton bualnees in Camden and Kershaw tr^”.^‘'U;i':('‘;S^'%‘^eMeans^Bu8ine8s with Springs and Shannon tor soma time and later was ta bnainess for htanself. He has always parehssed a large pentantage of tha cotton mark, eted on tha Cimden market. The fact that he finds it necessary to closo his business will bs a grsat loss to thia market and to hia many customers among the farmert of this and adjoining counties. on the plan of a modara tkeetar wMh ■If^lag floor. In some of the oom* mnnity oenters, file banquet room op the beaement or first floor would hs assd tor dancing parties, sither of p public Of prlvato nature. Mayor MoCorkla stately bsUsvgp that Cataidgta and Kendtaw Cdkiity eat well undertake the oonstruetlon of u building of this character aa a mo- mortal to the war dead. Snltablo tableta eamrlng the names of all who made the supreme aaerifiee would bo placed in the buOdlng. (Pleooe tom to pogo Ivo) nator Redfearn Fwkrij UMd cmt tm MiutlMakes Statement + Mr. Shannon has been aseoeiated the First Nstlonsl bank for years so * director and bis sleetlon as aettvs vice president wtti be ur of marked satisfaction and tion to toe leciem of customers of this Institution, and his many friends. ~ Mr. Shannon win also act in toe capacity as aaslstaot to the president His father, C. J. fflumnon. Jr., who has been president of the Bank for the Jan. 27. 1106. Rolph Shannon io a member ci the Rotary club, the Amertcon Ipglon ond orM Wor ban oerved ta the first W< muMv pr6Mllt (lOOMt COPTHBw Ho WOO born end rsirad ta Comdon, is o groduato at the Camden midi sdiool, Woodbony Foroot aehool In Ytrgtaiia and tbo University of the South at Sewanoe, Tsnn. Paid BWofW Next Monday. This county's primary aleotlon la over, so, I wish to correct some of the unfounded nimors as to my partloipp- Motorttu ot C«>d.p .nd d-kaia mm kwam I ^a®®®*** I wantcd to plscs ths ‘^"^Itru. facta before the people of this For nexl Monday t&e atata PoUoa f will begin to check on the Federally* iiiSS -tar dansdidhli. Unlass ybutJS^’S™!^ pay up BOW there con and wi»l* or^J peMiiy. uncio nam maana ousmeoa attacked by o candldoto ta the too toUtag off of the motor tax payments was to be expected be-l^^**^ caose of the putting up or hreoktaii ^22 down of many ears and their oubse-J 71- M .liaM .M mndAvUd. Who!^^ ^ BCBatOr SS WCU. ways, there are many motoriats .. A check on Broad street betweenl*^ eopfuslon, and frankly, I am o$' u ItaKoIh and RaOodgo ooveral doyoliJliSJftS!! ago ahowod that over half of tba earal tmeaSaKf tot nmeri aa to naiked tkare wera wltboat the However, my record ta'tila SS? to '^llegtatatura aa a mambar of tba Dmy War Complete (Unofficial) Returns of First Primary A I I I 3 iii U. « s e•pe 0| 0 If f jrsseut John RAW® of by Gov. Oita D. Mtaifitt Mra. Jfllai Cspmtop of a four atar amMtas, ta took^iliSa^Sr*^ ^ h BiMr iMt wimr. •»»«>** » ars - * M. P ‘^1a t. tanata M. Daniel Dr. Cart B. Rppo OUn D. Johnatoa Augustus 8. & D. Sssito .... Rupt of Edueatiau Arthur Stokaa ... Katblaaa B. Wkfis Heuaa of Ram L. C. Clybara ... ■mU Ktfhr R. M. 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Upon my urrivsl at thia meeting I was advitsd by mmo of theoa m tha sudtsnda ta tha attaet that tha ebairmau of too maattog had caUad for me mere then auea, ao, after all spaahara hgd ooadndad (hair speaktag, 1 want to tha iriatftom te anawar to tha ehalrman’a eolL F graaf. 04 thoea praaant, and at the. aam time, thtaktof tha oaadidata who made ttae uttack faH and know tka aaau aa 1 did aa to tha pcditica of aouM laglglatoni who apouaorad a bOl ta couuaefion with lagfadaUon aftaet* tag dda projaet, and tartoar, hnowlng (naaaa tara 8a fugf dIgM) >*s««ea«« ffilMttlfi 72( 17t HaillTl 88 Id 84 888 468 f^ 87117187 64 6] $41 M « f8(14i( 48i 411 7f| 14| 481 It Cli 6« H 18( 121 161 871 16 16 18288 |fw8U fit 621/41 4181121022 4 26 28 17 281 in 16 If 2f 12 t 28 If 71 26 n 66 2 8 41 ti 21 88 12 n Still 7118 |8 28 21 44f U 62 22 81 tM 14(1611 27! 4 14 14 16 21 47 11 18148 Upper Wataraa 9aa D. RarflaM .......I | Bsn Hmnitelaa | trstla V I I f I ttlMtffl 4U Sij |m|28^ 6^ 2l|. m il I isi isisi Q. R. 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