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7*' ■ . , V* , , ' --V - - vt VOLUME 56 CAMDEN. SOUTH HUDAY. AUGUST IS, 1944 NUMBER 22 lifayiH* WiU Name Group To Plan For Victory-Day Chronkle Sucfestion For Obterranea ol G«r- niany*s Ci^iitalation. A Bnggestlon mad* to Mayor F. N. KeCorkle by Th* Chronicle to the iffect that Camden abonld be pre- pgfed to celebrate the capittilation ot Q^nnany, which may come at aay liBie sowrwai met with enthoalaatk i^ral by the ci^ exeeaUre. The mayor has declared he will a committee, conslstina of thr of all the churches, ctrie olahs, ivrlce clubs, as well as other leading’ (fixations to meet and fominlate a C l (or a cl^ wide obserruo* of tory Day. The maymr stated that he would Mkc immediate steps to arrange for I proper notification to the public of the apitnlation of the 'Hitler nation, (hh ootltloetlbn will take the form o( the blowing of the fire and airraid ilreiu. The sirens Will blow In a ■aBoer reminiscent of the manner in whkh they were sounded during prac tice black-outs. That la. the sound vfl] be of the oeciliUlng type, rising Chances Air Field May Be Used Are Still Far Remote SottUhem AiHntkm School SelHnf Funiiture and Equipment. Wbst (slnt hope Camden people had that a miracle might be in the offing and that the fine aTlatkm plant at the northeast city Itmlta, 'vacatsd ▲ug. 4, by the United Stetec army aa a primary training sdiool for pUoCs would immediately be usml for aome other purpose by the gOTemment haa been shocked by the diacoTery that during the past week many of the fumlshinga, etc., hare been dlspoied of at a public aale. The items sold include blankets, chairs, beds, bunks, lamps, kitchen ware, dishes, etc. The army purchased quite a large T What will Utes? In nomo cHimpf ticnlar, prepamtiQM ft of Gonnan’s ciqiitiilaH ness in tliobif and oweryopo will Some atorea in front of Suggests >\rhen Gafmanjr capiCu- ktiHi, itansas Gty in pmr- Itltbration ol tho newt I b«^ made. All bui^ itropoiia will be sum>ended in tbe merrymaking, barricadee to be placed big Victory day. Hotels record ~ m [in that D*Day obeenraHon part in tbe oMebratioo ol Germany. A 9art ol Id be giwen ower to a ^ number of the blankcta It la said. u4 falling tast^ of be^ steady. ^ IteM soU bekmged to jua will STold sny confusion ss to 1 It^^Southem Arlstlon s^OoL I fln alarm I army is maintaining fifteen or *1 hope to my committee husky guards to watch orer the Vitkin the week,” said Mayor Mo- Oorkle. “If the Qermana oapitulste keiore we get into action, that will n jmt finer ~ The eeeaes the better, let if not, we hope to hare a program sapped out ao that wham the Hitler nation la knocked out we can ode- trate.” The mayor agreed with Ilie Chroni- da tbat aay celehraflon ahonld be infiioed by the rlaglng ot church kalla, calling the people together to ghe tfumkii for Yictary and to rededi- ctu tbemselyea to Qod and their eoentiy. Mayor McCorUi’s oommittee wiU bn announced in The Chronicle nazt enak. Lamb of Utility I Grade Is listed IkRatimi Free Amwamced By GoYaTn- ment Agency. Utility grade lamb became ration- free last Sunday along with beef iteaks and roasts of tbe same grade while point Tslues were restored not property, which has aome of the fin est STiation training acbool bnildinga to be found in the nation. There are many barracki, canteens, mesa balla. iadmmlltiwtkm bnuoifipr three mammoth hangers and maay other Btmcturcs. It is reported thst sereral million dollars sre wrapped up In this.awls- thm layout Only recently neeily $400,000 eras expended in putting in new hard surfaced runways while the entire airfield had drain tile installed. Camden haa made efforts to inter>> est the gowemment. in putting the property into serriee as a rMmhlUta* tlon hospital, hot so far ewery more has beea (utile. Contacts hare been asade srlth rarlons military eduMds aeeking expansion in the south, but to BO ewall. Wife At Mere $2i0 Is Value Fixed By So. Cardiua Jtid^e Unkfue Caaa. la Public Wallara Ckad By MMnbers county welfare staffs are experlenoed in estiihating tbe value of articles regarded aa neces* *aly to pork loins and bams but to giti*. of life, but recently they were canned fish. The office of price administrstion, ta announcing these chehges also hooeted tbe ration valuea^n all cheese two to four points a pound and in creased point values on farm and iroceas batter in line with the hike to 16 points a pound for creamery hitter effective last July SS. * The new point charts will bO tu effect from last Sunday through Sspt. f To compensate for more rM point Isod being instoied -to the ration than la taken off a new red stamp— IH in book 4, became vaBd Sunday •sd la good indeflnltety. somewhat surprised to find thst in Sgt. Hugh Godwih., Of Camden Killed 20 The^ famuy of Staff Sgt. Hugh, Pc Ccdwiu of Camden, was notified by war depertmept thst • he was vhd In action in France July SO. Sergeant Qodwtn was in ths Thir* fhth dlTielon and had beea over- •ee* since February. A member of the NatkMkal Guard, wgeant Godwin was esUed into iWeral serviee Yith Company M, ilith Infantry, la September, 1S40. Mtsr considerable training in the ofsntry, he was transferred to Head* S^ers Oompaay Special troops and ^ to Compaay B. 106th Combat Queers. With tho engteeers he ®es trained at Fort Jackson, Camp ending, Fla., and Camp Atterbory, Sergeant Godwin was IS years ^ hey 29 and was ths spa of J. B. God- ^ and the late Carrie Beckham ^»ln of Suffolk, Va. IHar the'past ^ yesrs he had made his home with kls ennt. Mrs. Leu B. Russ^ o( Cam- and he was attending Csssden school when he wes called Into ■STTlce Sn^iving also are hh brother. First j. B. Godwin, who Is on New ■^in Island with the Amy Gnartsr- corps, and sevaral nnelse and a court action in one South Carolina coun^ the value of a wife was placed at $2.60. The story was told by the Kershaw County directm'. Mrs. Alms B. Sslmond. A proceeding wes instituted by John Doe in the msglstrste’s court for claim and delivery of personal prop erty. aad the summons warned the defendant that if he did not return the propwty he was bolding, judgment against -him the valna thereof, to-wlt for the sum of $2.50, together with ooets.” Ths affi davit to recover poesession referred to the property in dispute ss *‘the following described property, to-wlt, one ghi, Lucy Doe, wife of John Doe A lAnsman joined with the plaintiff in s bond for $6 gusraatealng “the retuyn to the defendant of the said proptr^y, or so much thersof ss shall be taken by virtue of said affidavit, if the''pn^lff ihoold "lean the eaar. Tbe bond also eevered any ‘^damages suffered on ecconnt of depreciation in the value of tbe property pending the detemiaation at the acUsn.” The defendant allowed judgment to be taken against him, paid the SS.6< aad costs, and retained the “personal pnperty, to-wit, ons gSrl, Lucy Dos, wife of John Doa," ths nnsnceassfnr claimant Bhaw Field Fligl# (Vticer Gave Ta& Cnptnin C. G Trion TnUt Lifg la f^omdkai, Ayr. Langfmrd Sabmi Killed h France Mw. uann ^Te raeelved TV 6epartmaia flmt •■Srssiv Captain C. C. Trice. Shaw Thfi ^FIMht Surgeon, who has just corn- ploted IS immths servlco with tho Sth Air Forco In ftigland, was tha speaker at a meetiag foUowiag short seoskm of tho Nuroo’a Aidos Forcos St ths Amnriesn Rod Crooo boadqnarters Jloaday ovwiing. He smusiaiiyr end pmAologtoally coatrsstsd tho two Sbpgliih spoakiBg BStlMis with nnsttntod prslae tor tha stability, grit aad anteaaee of onr any, ospeoiaUy ao shown'Sa thslr ro- actloB to tho SearM homMng raids sutbnod. Capt Tries omphaslasd tbat la tho naion wf^ onr amos there is streagtt aad sdeurtty for tho futaro. fUs war has ahowa than is no aadi jdync as iselatiaa pmsMo la ths world of today. Major Bmasftnd as ihabmin, tstra- daesd tha sgsrtrT, Mm. John Laar twdr’ebslrw of omdikel . and nifkt cltdba am fawilBPt for tkoir bar rooim. S Camden will miiiagihcr D-Day. Tkak was dm day tke Allies inraded^rance acroaa tbe Enfliab channel. At hourly iai|nrala diarinf tbe day tbe fim and air-raid Mfnu a&nded and Rt 5 o’dodg^tbat nifbt a senrice ol iatfrufesmn arnd prayer waa held in tbo graasmar lebool G^ bad a 1 and God aboobi tbat follewa tba< tbo oelibgmiiom FI _ Ckywwido boor of prayer ol It will bo just fino ho bare miabo dances down tbo stroots. It will be all right for atprei^ oHioea and diope to clem in honor tl wktory ovpr ovr atroomat enemy, on enemy that for a tune ■■amid deatmed to mla world. Tbe Chronicle aaggeata diat Mayor F. N. Mc- Corklo nama a Victory Day committee, cegmiiting el tbe beada ol ell ohic and aarrioe groiqka, patriotic aodotim end church loadcra to arrange foe a pro gram. Tbo Chronicle ia nleaaed to amsounce tbat Mayor McCorble ia agme»blo-~yea, antbumaatic to tho idea. fai fact, tbo Mayor wfll call a meeting within a weokoraoi. In tho meanihne tbo Mayor baa arranged ol Tbo iirans will not blilfte they did on D-Dnw. in- atead th^ will blow aa t&F'*''**'* blown on amnraid llMabTm Move For Barge Line On Wateree River Is Started be a rim and fall ol tefno pitch, a aort ol be no cnwluaien witfi a Tbe Chronicle day for dm rmginL initial apneumemnent ^ be a daF ol to their oooatry < Pkab-Letit the merrymaldag begfei tbe day. Bnt Keep it within Chriafimitty. •ound, ae tbat tbare will mga ikat Victory Day be a dburdt InMa, fouowing dm meana ol abena. Itabeuld peepla el boundaol decency end Tom Ancrum Gives Fine Review of National Meet Hearing On Application Cooper Motor Luma la ' Announced^ Pvt Eld Roberts Killed In Sic^ War Wire States Harmitage Youth Waa Idanti- Had With a Unit. Word Pkilture of Domocradc Ckmeentioo la GrapbicaUy . Preaented.. A strong plea tor the rebuilding of democracy, starting from tbe wards of s»e» towns and villages and up tbrough the dties, eounties and sto^ was tbs keynote of an Intermting ad dress deUvered at tbe Camden Rotary club last weak by Thomas Ancrum wbo was a msphir of the fieutb Caro* Una delegatktn at tbe reoent demo- cratlc convention at Cbicago. prebenelve review of tbe oonvwitloui bla word picture befaig moct grephlc hi detail. In bit closing remarks hs stressed tiie fact tbat too many of sbiUty and intsUigenee are on the sidelines and not active in politics and governmental eoatrol. He decribed tbe tact that ring leaders and pditioal dictators have men now In offle* of a eubordlnale Mtare-who ara of the soft soap tjpo not men of intaUigence wbo take a stand agl^t unfavorable laws, or tbe tendency of soelaUem and radidUism that is creating unrest in ov nation. He appealed to the Urinklng men of tbe dvUlan ranks to lend a kelping ytmnA ia brlnglag badk democracy to a basis sstabliMied by our forefathers, thus beading off a trend tbat is In- RltraUng ov government and tbrest- enlng tbe very life of tbe demoeratie party of tbe South, which has been jOie comer stone of tbe democrstle party of ov nation. Mr. Anemm's addrsee teemed with interesting facts and be was accorded a bM bknd at ito oemduskm. He said Citizens Flock To Council Meet; Protest FVzer Plant Mr. and Mrs. William T. Roberts. Qermltggo WUage, bags reeeival word thst thslr B<m. Private IdaMmd Rob erts. irilo was reported missing in action tai Sidly In July, is daad. No inkling is gtvea In the wire from tbe wv depertment as to how the feet that the Caiaden boy was repart. ed aa having bemi killed, ovv a ymr after k* was reported mlestag in a^ tkm. The family reealved notice of ble being Usied aa missing in a me*- sag* last Octobv. Last wsak tho second notice, telltog ot hie death, v- rfved. Private Roberts waa a membv of Company M. South Carolina NaUoaal Guards, and when wv br<au out. went with tbe eompany to Fort Jack- son, where be received bis tminlng. Later be became a pvatroopv aad be was attached to one of the parm troop units Vhen he amt his dsatb. BssMes bis parsats hs leavM toad brothers, Wilbert U, LeRoy, B. A., and Cpl. Lester Roberts, all in tlM service; fbv sisters. 'Mrs. Ruby Rob-' inson of San Bernardino, Cal.; Miss Bertie Lee Roberts ot Chvlotte, N. C. and the Misses Viola and ihielma Roberts of this city. The Interstate Commerce commis sion has announced tbat a public bsv- lug will be held by tbe commission at tbe Jefferson hotel in Columbia Sept. 18, in the matter of tbe application of tbe Cooper Motor Lines for s ear- tlficate of public convenience and ne- cessity sutborising tbe operation of ' a barge line between Cfaarleaton and Camden, Charleston and Columbia and between Georgetown and Cberaw. This is tbe first application ew fU^ tor a regularly authorised inland waterway service in Sontb CsroUna. Approval of the application will as sure tbe ineugeretlon ot a regular, dependable Inland watef way service, according to tbe South Cerollna State Porta sutborlty. The Porta sutborlty declares thst it will be s much needed addition to the already overcrowded transporta tion (acllitisB. Too, approval of tbe applleatiOD, will, it is said, lend oon- siderable impetus to Industrisllsstlon of the state, partlculvly in the sec- tloas distant from tbe coast. CoBsldersble interest has already, been manifested in this 'procesdiags,' pvticulsrly by indutries located in tbe middle and,uppv sectiOM of the state end in tbe‘Pee Dee eeotlon. The granting ot the petition and Inaugum- 4lon4>f-a hasgn 11ns service will shippers throughout tbe state a low eoet transportation facility wbleb win do much toward lowsrlng bigb treiabt rates and wOl provide savtias of many thouaands of dollars In trans portation oosts annually. The applioation of the Cooper Mo- tv Llnea, according to tbe Ports au thority, ladtcatM tbat tbs hompany has ample funds on band to purebiM equipmsat and rendv tbe ssrviee.lt propesv. The Cooper Motor Lines Is owned end operated by C. G. FuUv of BarnwelL The Porte authority is asking tbe Chambers of Oommeree at Columbia, Cbaraw, Goorgstown, ChvlMton and Camden to send roprMsntatlvM to the bearing in Columbia. Was Huge Rattler Not Ga^r Snake Mapor Diractad To Coatact Banaoa Company With Now PUlB. Kershaw Youth Hides Out Many Mmths To Flscape l^liam A. Byrd Uaoa Map Ghran By Italian Child. At a meeting of tbe City Council _ Thursday evening of last week, a An^m g*T» a vivid and com-lgrdup of between fifteen and twenty William A. Byrd, son ot Mrs. Svis w<^en and also some bualnees men appeared to make protest against the plan to convert the service center on Rutledge street into s fireesv lockv Piiat, ^ Tbe womea, who have tsksn muoi tnUawst in tbe Center program, de clared that tbs old armory bad been onifitted for a service nmn’s center at considerable expense, that it was idaslly located tor the. use to wbkb jh ii being pur aad~that with tbe VMr sini going on, Camden has need at tbe building as a place the servlte men can go to when tai Osmden. It was pointed out tbat .tbo Center Is patroniasd by hundreds of servieo men every woek-mid. Tbe use of tbe Cadet *elub for servioe vntor pvpoeea was not looked npou with much «a* thMiasm fv the reesou tbat H Is too Isr out of tiM way. The crux of the argument appeared to he that the old armory bufldiag was remodeled, into the Center at some expense aud .thst the arraage- t is ideal, that to disturb tt now, would be a calamity. After hearing fi^ many of the visitors tbe council named Mayv Me- Oofkle as a committee of qne to oon- Bttt Corpcral Fnmi Port Jack- SOB Did Not Know His Snakoa. The army corporal had never seen a rattlesnake befve and when be made a rush to kill a five-footer that had jvt slitbved across tbe highway and down into a ditch, Ernie Hinson, oah drlvv, Baade a headlong dash after tbo corporal. Tbe InoMent took place Sunday af ternoon shortly before 6 o’clock <m tho road leading from the Ibuitow highway to Fort Jackson. Hinson, with bis taxi loaded with servioe men was on bis way to Fort Jackson when Ul. tulUii, Dmntwr J», IMt. ^ linma aaviv Wdufnaail.* * toUg rSttlV. la part: “To tall you about ths democratic eonventloa, 1 must touch on too bii^- - . is rSs? hSrs you with details. “Mvt ot you toUowed the proceed ings ew too radio and you no doubt were better tutvmed of os things as ws ware, although we sat not a grsat distance ftom toe ree- Prum. “The saermeus eonventloa ball was fmad with castera mua, newspapv (Pleasa tun to page three) Private Rif^ins Prismiw of Japs toe Benson eempamr, the Arm eon- teaipiatlag toe operation of toe troea- er plant and aMatotre aad aeoertnln tt that ftrm wonld eonsidv using toe lolldiDg aeroos toe street sad vaoate toe sgresment aaade wNh ths City tor TUs strno- ss an altvnste site fv plaai .is owned by John Jr., aad is ths ssam sise ss with toe high islar'wlih too mss Mr. and Mm. J. J. RhMlas, of tha Watarso Vlllag% have reestved a sard Pie. OwuMi who M a priMMT dl too Jdis M who lo won known boms svly Wednssdsy morning on o visit to his mother, in tbe Mount Piscab sectloa of Kershaw eoanty. After tbe fall of Italy be was re- teased, but fv several months he was fveed to bide out during toe day in an sffvt to vads rsoapturs by tbs German soldiers. He spent mvt of this time in a cow barn, sleeping on wheat straw and going for wools without removing kls Nothing. An Italian woman, in whose barn he lodced. kept him posted as to too mvements of too Germane and rled him food. A small ItaUan child gave him a map, apparently taken from a book, with which ho was aMo to find hie way out of Italy, and ftnah ly ho eueceeded in making hie way back to Nvtb Africa. He baa bean granted n fnrlongh until Sdptembv L Citadel Ofticers Virit (iuiidai Hinson stopped the taxi and backed np quickly in an effort to run over and cruih tbo reptile. Tbe enake managed to elude the wheMa andl slithered from under tbe car and down tbo bank. A kbekl clad corporal in a rear seat leap^ out and started after tbe reptile. When Hinson’s sbonts fsUsd to bait to* soldter, Hinson looped out and ran after him. Be had trihbod n^gtto Xralh toof ear imi as be saw toe snake near tbe fenv he fired. The bullet Struck tbo snako but soemed to inturlato him and coO- ing ho began to strike at a sUck that was buried at him. With 4he aid of a large chib top reptile was dlspatcbed. He bad ntoe tottles aad a buttoe. Wboa the eor- porai was told about tot deadUneas ot too enaka, ha was aetonlshod. OoL Ia a. Erouty aad Majv Lewie Simons wore^ia Cnmdon last week oonferring with Majv MooRrte BraHs- ford, who is toe representative of TIm Citadel fv Kershaw county, relatlvo to too aocnrlng high stoool graduates as eadets. All of too •nduates hod already beea contacted by Majv Brsilsford with this end in view, and bad aa maay of them as possible pres ent during toe visit of too above offi cers. Both Col. Prooty sad Majv Simons were i^oased at the result of their visit, which means that Gsmdea aad Karabaw ewnatr wfR ho WeU romro- s^ted at niaUltaiil tola year. fhe heyo wlm- heto anpraoMd a dssiri to bnamao eadate ware tnviiad to spend too wuMHM. mmmMndag Aagnst 84, ao gamte of The OtadeL where they will he aastgaed to rooms In barratos wkh aS toa prirflegee of aadute. bariadiag toa aadot ball M- tar iviag. teams, yachtom; «whm ^aay af too Wiiys whom toa omeara Ration Board Lists CeOings On Foods In An Restaurants Boglnnlnf last Wednesday. Augntt IS, all rsstanrants and other eating ptecee are required to display a poster showing toe ceiling prleee of 40 com monly sold meals and smmrate food itms. The ratieming boards sU over too country havo baen bombarded with questions relating to these pricec. Fv toe heneCti of uioso wbo have the same querlee aad are too ttMtl to ask fv fbtormatlon, toe most e<mtmon qnirles aad the answers are publish- wd hetow. vUlag prioes in affect la •6 tfattog and grtekhig plaeea? A. CeOtmt prleea aro in effbot in an reetanrante. caAs. hotels. enfW terias, deUcateaseas, soda fouatntaa. boarding houses, ban, catering bato «Bd any publle aattog nai 'W&aatnbUshments knv« tha tog tie No, prleea Sv eadi establish- 4^ eat on-too baale of what ItoM Sbelpnrto^iSI^ ^ ''I 'J Tr '• J- .1. kf . ijt