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5-" ' 7^ 7^'^ ■ P': : ■ •-. f -.i ^ 9* VtHiUME W A. IVo Opportunities ft To Voters Jo Renter Names loard of RogiotntioB To Moot Septembar «ttd Octobar. In Cltixens of KerslUiW county will •r« but two morw opportunities to ^ter for the feneral election in torember^ The board of regUtmtion ^lombcr and October and those wbe ^ to qualify to TOte in the general register on one laetlon will hare to these two Sates, ill who registered in 1988 or since at year and who still hare their tlktratlon certificates will be eli- Ible to vote provided they have not oaged their home town. SsTeral hundred copies of a new Dd untested state law providing elec- OQ ballot distrlbntion to absentee ridiers have been printed by Oover- or OUn D. Johnston fmr distrlbntion t the state’s general election com- ladoners “and other Interested per< )ns,’’ the governor has announced. Oovemor Johnston said thd law tkes county and locsd electioh offi> ill responsible for receiving soldiers iliots applications and for handling sen tee soldier voting when soldiers to hny state official or agency. The law was passed at the regular ^Istlve session and was revised a later special leglalative meetiiig eliminate refereaeee to ballot fnm* ed by political partied and to re- ire responsiWltty from, tlio seefstair state for regls^tkm and abeentee CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROUNil^ FWAX. SEPTEMBER 1. ISM NUMBER 24 City 'Signs Contract To Rent Building To Benson Knkwood Owners Start Work Razing the Old Hotel Freezer-Locker Plant To Take Place oi Serrice Men's ^ Center. The Service Center on Rutledge street will go out of ezisteuce on Sept 30, when the old armory which has US'S'oriSe fW W ^ _ mnn Whrb will dVinwArf fhat atrarHnrA Ma^strate Trials Without Docketed Warrants Dlegal lid Glory Flies her the City Hall ton., who wUi convert the structure into a freeser>k>cker plant and abba- tolre. Mayor F. M. MoCorkle affixed his signature on behalf of the city to a contract with Mr. Benaon for a ten year lease on the old armory gt a yearly rental of 1840. The contract also dirries the stipulatloa that Mr. Benton hat the option to buy the building at any time during the first year at a price of $7,800. If such a purchase is made the amount of rental already psdd will be deducted from the $7,800. The council, at a meeting Friday evening authorised MayOr MeCorkle to look around for another location for the service center, which will be maintained during the balance of the year, if required tiiat long. The mayor stated later that he hbd several loca tions in view, and that one of them, sltnated In the downtown area la U|^y regarded. Such a location lowever the guyor admitted weald not «ffer the 'shower, kitcben or dancing faciUtiat that the Itatlidge strest Center new offers Work upon the freeser-h>cker plant will be started October lot, the mayor ^s $00 llfBdis Tbf locRer nse irill have been secured within a week or so. Isfpole Bars for Quarter of Century. Now Boasts Major Mon^omery Is Promoted At India Air Base for nore than a qnarter of b cen- , Us flag pole Ob' the Camden Hall haa been juat a thin wooden yaintlng akyward. Saturday pedeatiiana in ^e diatrlct rubbed their eyea isiisnsat—for the pole was bend ed swaying aa the late Angnat tbai^sd_ white-1^ ttfo a rainbow of iLet be of lited rge F. Cooley porcbaaed tbg States flag upon the order of r F. N. McCorkle. From now on Glory will be seen flying over city hall. . one seema to Rnow iuat exactly f ago it was that the national ler whipped in the breete over city ball. A majority declared it fully a quarter centnry while n placed the time as being longer I 25 years. lidweek Closing lines To An Find unless other plans are made, the |veek lor Camden Morm businets eatablishmenta cams to Re this'week, Wiedneaday. a nurnW of eopimunitiw Whwe midweek ckioing program has [led, arimngementa have k le to continae same until the boll- shopping season opens the sectmd in December. So far ss could lascertained, no such plan Is being wemplated her^ wt Office wm Cloaed Mandag be Camden post office on Labor • next Monday, will obsarve boU- hours,, with all departmsnts be- jdoeed except fo|p spedflsd psrioda. ■^eral delivery window win be 8 to 9 a. m. 171000 will be no or rural mail dellTsries dtMng day.' ^BhcoD Orator ^esento the State Qslas Barfield. Kershaw, oonnty represented Sentb Caroliaa la ctlonal Ftffnre Fsrmers el Ameri- itorlcal contest at Columbia iay- He spoke on “Food As A f^n of War.” contestants in tbs affair were Miller of Bridgewater, Ta., •poke on the subjeot •Tuture lers, Why Are We Heret*’ and ‘ Brown of Rkb dqoare, N. C, as his subject, “A Promi- figure On the Home lYont—tbe Jonal Agrlcultore Taacber.“ of the contest w«w W. H. ^ the University of both Caro- Krtenslon division, B. R. Alex* ^ecutive seentary of the Carolina Bankers aaafidntloB. 0®*>b, • lUchland County iftendent of ^ther Friday •mT.-'us: mtUeru.^^ ir of Im- portaut Uuit Im the JFvr East Supreme Court Deciaion la; CHed To AU MafistralMi. City Prepares To Wage Campaign To Exterminate Rats Kershaw County n^rat mrat I itrates, yera and law enforcement officers mw much interested la. the recent action by the Sumter Comity Board of Com*' miasloners in citing a supreme oeurt decision to the effect that magistrate trials without docketed warrasta are' lllegaL The Sbmter commiaslonera in their communication to -the magistratea of the county calla attention to the 8u preme Court decision which liolds that every person arrested “most be informed of the chargee made against him and in the form of an syresl Warrant Misdemeanors, where committed In Schloeburg Brothers Plan Mod* em Fireproctf Building On Site. Pfc. Whiter J. West Kershaw, route - ...... 1. *0“ ot Mr. and Mrs. Dan West, haa the presence of the offl^ m^lngt^ sncenUy been awarded the aUvef star arrest may be arrested without was- Af.- »aiiantrv &ctiAn nn the fourth James Douglas Montgomery, sen of Mr. nnd Mrs. J. R. Montgomery of tklp ettir* VM lesiBoted .4a 41m «nk of Mejer August A and is sow tbs commanding offloer of the Bg4tb Ma terial Squadssn of the 8(tb Service Group of the United States Air forcea. Major Montgomery is a graduate of the University of Florida in 1983. After gradnation be went to Wash- ngton and jm A^titork in the Con gressional Library for eight years. For a year before entering the service he was with the Commercial Bank of Camden. Be entered the service In June, 194$, as a second lienteoant and received his preliminary training at Goldsboro, N. C., later gotn^ to l^Mn- ver, Colo., and Oklahoma. En route to bis overaeaa assignment he was aboard a vessel for three months. Hia base in India is report ed to be a concentration point for the new B-t9’a, the giant battle wagons of the air. Major Montgomery was married to MM Nchva Shannon of Blackstock, who was girls athletic coach and a teaoher 4n 4b» Camdon High wehort rant but the officer must must then aa soon aa possible procure a warrant. Arrests for felonies commttteed wa$ be made without warrant and on la formation given the officer, but .k^ must then mpmiw a warrant. Onoe warrants are Issued arreets made, there must be a entry of the case made <m the trate’s docket book, and no enrbe^Iegally tried without first having been Issoed and docketed. The dMendant cannot even wiUve the issnance of a warrant. Magistrates and- arresting offlesrt attention is also called to the new lew which now requires that bonds. sn4 complete records and Information «n all esaes for upper court, after being docketed by the magistrate but then be turned in by him to the Clerk of Court The clerk of court will then enter the case on his docket, showinc tka magistrate’s nauM and docket number and the clerk will then lend the rant and other papers and inf< tion to the Solicitor for his use preparathm of the ease, but all cases moat be cleared and finally dls* posed of through the docket of oleric of eouTt*'' tor gallantry is action on the fourth ef July, Pfc. West was in the _Firtt dlvlaion that invaded North r sa, Nov. 8. 1942. He entered the y Jan. 18, 1942, receiving hia Ining at Camp Wheeler, Oa. Wal la expected home on furlough P^^iaregTo bserre Collapm Gemuui Nation Pka ct ClMiii* AU Dennis Farm Has Marked Increase In Cotton Yield ^South Cartdina oommunltles are Ulrlng plana for a proper and fitting okservanee of Y-Day, when that all- tgpf date arrive#. I request of Governor OUn D. niton, in which the chief ezeeuUvs ee specific reqneets for,the eloo- of lUl plaeee of hnsineie for at hA'Mun after reeulstr tribe Betas fiiat Germaay has. surresdered, is meeting with the approval of offi- ciatl m aU Soqth* Carolina commonl- tiea. The Merchants association Ih Co lumbia haa outllaed a plan which ap pears to be meeting with unlversel approval and. adoi^pn JnjdLficoai&snk ties. ’This plan id brief calls for the New Record of Neer 90'Bales For 25 acres is Now EsUJblbbed. This xnar the win he on the faculty of the Bateabnrg schools. , Good Ship Kershaw Rofbns^Oc^ns Name of the Coarntj Says lUcliards. Today and yesterday in cotton pro duction might aptly describe the marked Increase and early maturity of cotton of the J. T. Dennis farm near the Plagah Cross roads. A number of yean ago Mr. Dennis ginned 28 hales of cotton from 26 acre field by September 7. That in Itaelf was a record for thgt section publicity that went out to the preaa about the exploit resulted in Mr. Dennis receiving many letters from aU parts .of North and South Carolina The writers Inquired pbout the seed closing of all stores immediately upon the announcement of the end of the war if the news comeo during a busi- ness day. If the newp comes after • p. m. or in the case in Camden, after 8:20 p. m. aUvea are to close the Work at rasing the Kirkwood hotel was started tlM week by. a wrecking nrew employee the new owners, Leon, Carl and Ellhu Schloaburg. Sale of the historic hotel to this local group by Simon Faust of Columbia was announced by Leon Schlosburg last week. In his announcement to the preaa Mr. Schloaburg stated that it was the plan of himself and associatea to tear down the present Kirkwood bnlldlnga and replace it with a modern fire proof hotel, work upon which wIU be started as soon aa the presMit build ings have been diaaembled. Mr. Schloaburg went on to state that the new hotel which will be of concrete,' brick and steel construction, will be designed by one of the fore moat hotel archttecta and will embody all of the latest innovations to be procnrable in modern hotel constmc' tion and design. When asked how large a bfttel would be erected Mr. Schlosburg de clared that the tentative decision was io make it a M room affair, but M was possible that this would be in creased to either 80 or 100 rooms Blevator- tervlee, air eonditioning. the iatact In heating equipment will all be specified In the dealgnlBg of the hotel, aoordlng to Mr. Schloebirg. . Sp^tal attantiOB he stated wo«ld he given to landacaplng thAarea about the hotel and provialoa will be made for various recreational teatoree. The main dining room of the hotM Is to be ao arranged as to be adaptible for formal functions. The historic name of “Kirkwood Hotel" will be retained for the new hoetlery. The Schloehurg brothers sre respon sible for the Sarsfield club which Is one of Che ontstandlnc “Bl|2iterlee“ In the state, niroagh the iudlekma pnrehaae of ontataadlng moats and other eatables, the Sarsfield has be- oone famous throughont the area. It’s famous Aviation room. Bmaz Troop room, which.haa aooree of fine ple- tnree adoraiag Us walls are known throngkont the nation, for thonsands of army, aviation -and. nary otfloera have peotalren of lie "Vbapltaltty Ui the-poet several years and ssany of them write letters ef appreciation to the management While the hotel business is on a different pattern than that of the Sarsfield club, If the same degree of service is provided at the cemtem- jiialsd hostliwy aa -has featured 4ha Sarsfield. friends of the Schlosburg Grawe Concarn Is Ewidemcad Ovar Spread of Endemic Typhus. An o/dlnance to protect the publiq health and control the spread of en demic typhus fever and other rst- borne diseases and infections wss passed by the city council at a special meeting held Tuesday evening. The ordinance requires that certain structures shall be maintained in a rat-proof and rat-free condition, by providing for the storage of food and feed and the handling pf garbage, hgr eliminating certain conditions favor ing the harborage of rats. Under the provisions of the ordi* nance structures that will con»e un der its provisions iare. hotels, office buildings, public buildings, stores, theaters, markets, restaurants, abaU tolrs, warehouses, factories, outhouses, sheds, barns, feed stores and other structures on premises used for busi ness purposes. "The ordinance also prdvldes that after a building has been rat-proofed the owner thereof, any public utility company, plumber or other person cannot remove the rat-proofing, fall to restore same or make any new openings that are not'cloeed or sealed against the entrance of rats. It also provides that all food and feed tor feeding chickens, cows, pigs, horses and other animals shall be kept and stored in rat-free and rat-proof con tainers. brolhers are predicting suoeees in this venture. With the sale of the Kirkwood to Simon Faust over a year ago and the resultant closing of the place for Irotel purposes, Camden was left with following day. If the announcement but one tourist hotel, the Court Inn. comes after 8 p. m. on Saturday and before 8 p. m. on Sunday or n- holi day, the stores will open as usual the following day nnleaa that day is a holiday. However if the news comes after 8 p. m. on Sunday or a holiday the stores will not open the foUowmA dajK If the announcement cobms be fore the hour of opening the stores fnr aariy matwriry nf <v>ttnn-aaA-M tiM fnfflrallM tht atorsa Zfltt ttOt he plMted and also asked for Informa- rei tion regarding hia method of fertllls- lag and cnltlvatlbii,— ^ - Contreat that record with the 1944 achievement This year, by August Hr and on the aaaM H acre fietdr Mr. Dennis haa 28 balsa matured hat haa not been able to find labor tnfficient to get It out Re bellevea bla final yield win be 80 boles. Five scree cC the cotton Is idanted with Coker 100, Strain f and the hal- How many Kershaw county peopla know that t^ United States Navy hasjaaee of AM field with Strain 2. In operation now an auxniary trans-j Never In the hlstnry of eotton plant- port named ‘*Kemhaw,“ aftv KMuhaw ing haa so mach cotton matured ao county? Recently The Chronicle had oc casion to Inquire of Congreaiaan J. P. Bldurda Kfcethef Kershaw cou^.ii ^ad boMi honored by named after It Congressman Richards rolled In the affirmative and stated that the Navy had listed all the counties in the United States and bad namad cargo or auxiliary boats of a partkn- lar claaa after many of them. So eomowhere on the seven seas the good ship Kershaw la carrying bn In the defSAM of the nation. Preview of Wiiter Is Given Camden Imagltte'' using light -ovMrooata in la Angnat But that la what iMlUinsi over the moent weekend. With the teWMratwe dipping down Into Ae id's after ibosting near fiM early. With the Igbor sltaatioB as it is. It Is gtdng to be a real task for the tanners to get the ootton gathered aAd.ginned. JMuiy at ihn fields look like October inateed of Angnat. Th4 Plagah Crooa Roads section la Bsar the tnterseethm of Kershaw. Lee and Snmter oountiee and the farmers in that area are having the heist crops stnee 1040. The Shiver sren of that neiidiborhood have about 800 acres of ootton that is nutartng rapidly and they will get a fine yield from their many fields. open that day. 'Tbe Columbia msrehants have also pnOined suggestions for in-thOHitore m'oaedure. nrst, perfect a system of notifying your entire force, Immedl- ately close all afore doors ahd pro vide for exits only, formnlate plans lor-taking care of cash- aad- dUe at onre, for clearing the store of customers. The suggestions are for the protection of jour business and persmul property and for the pro tection of your personnel. _ -> While the Columbia sunaa^ns are designed to cov«r the large stores in that city, there are some suggestions whioh can be carried out here. In Columbia the merchants ara 'removing naludble merchandise from display Wlndewa and drawing the shades or In some way barricading the windows. Tkia would not he nebeeaary In Caas- dsk Mkyor MoCoriSe haa hta ^ana for foe KMHIcatlen cl tike pti^ all he atitea. The afreni will sedM In n Logoff Cotton GoraOnlBi^y In Meti^m people bavtag retatlves or Mends in Nbw Tork.Ctty «re nrgnd to writs them and anggaetjMy go to tho Hotel Astor naact Best fu aad sao tho ilaplay 188 hoBs no tomf foot. For they wIBL he m UMi of tho Ua tka gbowod that tka thare aatw M na plants wm of a partMniaiW growth end the holla ifar MS am fliifi|iiing manner io that they win aoiaa coi Sportsmen who are acquainted with the vagaries of the sporting world looked for the demise of Camden as an equestrian center, unless more hotel facilities were provided. Wheth er foe building of an 80 to 100 room structure will pavo the war for foe return of foe community to the old- time ranking as an outatanding win- far nnd aptat Any refuse or waste matter moat be stored In covered containers of a typie plwscribed by foe health offi cer. ’The ordinance also provides that It Is unlawful for anyone to pMce, leave or dump or permit to accumulate, any garbage, rubbish or I rash in any buUdinga or premiaan hat may afford-food or harborafa for rets. Lumber, bones, barrala, brides,. stones or other materials must. be placed tai open racks at Isaat 18 aches abovs foe groond. Under the public health protocUon program embodied in the new ordi nance, all premises os described above will be Inspected and If there la avi- deace of rat laieotaUoo, will r—atve tH attention of experts who wlS.om city loathe purpoM <n tAifm In the rat elimination oalnpalga. After foe premhwe are elearad of rata, they will be rat-proofed. The expense of each • operation will be met by the city bat foe amount will be charged back against foe property by the city. It appears foot tha haaifo antharl* ties throughout the state and also ha states along fos cMstal area are gravely concerned about foe outbreak of tyi^us that has taketi piece, due It la claimed, to Infection broudit by retnrninc aoldiera. It is said that la Blshopvine there are five cases re ported. So far, no cases are reported in Camden. •••A > The new owners of the property have indicated that construction of the new Kirkwood la to start as soon as the old buildings havs been re moved frmn the site. They contend that war restrictions will not oocaalon In addition to foe operation of the Sarsfield, foe Schloeburga ore also aagaged la foe epeimtkm of several liquor stores and also a salvage bual ness of metaL Fljiiig Oossis Avrarded To Poole High H F 1* AocorfUd T* liglil DopurtniBt Enplaydo. coafnaed with a fire alarm. Until such time at foe Y-Day com- mlttae haa UMt and arranged a pro- grasA tha mayor haa arranged for foe puMie to gather la Hampton Pnik at 8 p. m. <m the Mg day. Here a pro- graai of prayer aM thaaksglvlaf will be Md. In aeetdanoe with aa order from foe eCfioe of the goyernor, all liquor stores are to be closed all day. Qty Schools Wi OUenNext ThAChmdan tiohUe In tha story of Staff Sergeant Ar< thnr J. Poole, pubUihed la The Chrolncle last we^ foe fact thht this Canfoea hero bad' been awarded foe DIattngnIshed Flying Cross was on iateatkmally omitted from foe list of honors ho fecrived. Sorgeant Poole, with foe 884th bombardment aquadnm of foe SOSfo bombardment group of tho Army Air Fereee was cited for wtraordlnary adrievnment while eerviag as a waM gunner of a B-17 on a number o bmnbardmest mlasloBs over enemy ocenpled Oontinentlal BaitqM. The citation otatee foM he dis played great courage and skill la flfhtiac from his gun position and warded oft many enemy attacks aua- torially aiding in tha ouecoM of each of Mb mlosloaa. >- af aU Itotod for of tho IiTfod Mat of taafomrs itlniwitar this year, And in IfM^Rflak'* CkrenlaK th> of “ wm be kbUshed Mm nnia- Inst of titotnl-hfolnf for and kydraMk syMnataNk, City Loans Geo. F. CooIot To Run Cotton Warehouse -Is Shnimon Bnildmf Hat Cnpifoity Of Tlirnn Tbouaniid Balm In order fo keep cotton In Camden and Kerahaw_coun4y,_foLO.!^J2f-CMxk; den has gTven George F. Gooley, city purchasing qgent and former pollco chief, a temporary laava of absenoa item hia .mnnlci^ dntlea In order that he may take charge of a cotton,^ warehouse which la being opened in the Shanhon building on Fast DeKalb street, according to information given out by Mayor F. N. McCoikle. This warehonsa la being rented from Ralph N. Sbnnnon, vloe presi dent of foe First National bei^ and haa a capacity of 8,800 balat. Mr. Cooioy will be at tha warfoonM dally to look after the storage cotton. This coopemtive gestivo on the put of the city, togofoer w^ tile ns* of foe warehouse by Mr. Shannen will enable foe farmers to bring thslr cotton to Camden and obtain waro- hoose receipts upon which they can obtain tha fo)l amount ef the fovarn- ment loan. Not Nec Return German Prismm Writes Wife Here Mre. Yktor Marturang haa reeelved a Isttar from bar hshimi who lain srlaimer In a German nTtoon nma am wsi^ma rnMnsMa mps anrergn Tho letter wes ttriUm ifH t. The fSiMsal johe of foe lettsr tndl- dUee fosi the Tank sakpar is ' fsl font foa way wOlASsn Motorists of Cimden and Karikaw county will be Interested tcblearn that It will not be neoeesary to turn In old license platea in order to obfoin now ones in October. Beafo Oiu^lBn ears will have brand new regnlnr else platea tMa year. Bat, there wm be hat oae plate to a ev. Duriag the poet two yean, duo to the wvtlme steM shortage, Palmetto State ear* owners have not had now lioenae platea tor their vehlelea. In 1841 ahd 1848 fog old idates were ra- and BOW letUra and nnm* on them. In lMt-44 - s Issued to TiUto n# 184448 plates wtt he hrlfht green with pruge . la last he i to Ms wife In peeks e( i foe nshf fh-li flOTlCI first Nathittal Bank and The of oemdsn waits