The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 18, 1944, Image 1
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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^ ^
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