The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 01, 1944, Image 1
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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