The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 08, 1944, Image 1
packers Needed To Save Odtm Cn^ From Disaster.
The Camden
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.Father Burke Appeals To AH To Attend V-Day Service.
VOLUME 86
CAMDEN, SOUTH CAiK>UMAei^|IDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1644
> NUMBER 25
Inclement Weather Would
Cause Damage of $100,000
Public Appealed To In EKort WOfiams
To Find Cotton Pickers
For ’44 Crop.
Badly Injured
In Auto Accident
Three Injured
As Cars Meet At
Street Comer Tues.
UtUe Giri Badly Cut In Dire
Thronfk Windahield;
labor shorUg® promises to accomp-.
Itah what the boU weevil failed to do
hte season—destroy at least 1100,000 Uwner of Mulberry PlantatMB
Under Oxygen Tenin^or
10 Days.
this season—destroy
worth of cotton.
Inquiry at the oHIce of the county
uent, of cotton brokers, and pf many
tf the growers ladlcate' that the lack
of labor to pick the c^ton has cr^t^ ^ Williams, na«onaUy known
» most «*»Sinoer and owner of famousME
tbto J ManUtlon. stately manorial
belt All <»ks, areaoea and
Chronicle newt wn^ declared that miles south of Camden,
'*’*■ •«rtously injured In an automobUe
rtin that accident August 17 In Panama,
alone would aggregate at least flOO,-. information as to the details of the
**?: . . w n ®®®*dent are not known but it is
County Agent W C. McCarley WlllUuna was on a
i tound^ project location when it occnrred. It
ers this Hb appeal to being jg some time after the
supplemented full page call s^- gccldent, which reaulted In Mr. WU*
f■“«®rtng a badly «nwked cheat,
den and appearing la this issue of The jjg ^gg im^er an piygen tank
I Chronicle. I Mrs, Vnillams has been with him, it
A confere^ WM calj^ the middle
of the week at the office of Mayor
Camden Youth
bi Exodus For
CoUege Season
Wimtlirop Draws Largest Total
Of Students From This
p. N. McCorkle, at which President A.
[C. McKaln of the Chenotber of Com*
rce, H. H. Maddox of the Mcrch-
lasts association and County Agent
I McCarley were present Plana for
e drastic actloa to take care of
I the serkMU labor ahortage problem
ere dtocnaaed.
A trip throtti^ the eontryside abont
lOsmdea by a Okronicle writer
showed tttat plckerr are
I bet they are few la number.
One prominent cowon grower in die-
•Ming the sitnatkm said that the
Ijlsld thto yeer to abundant but that
la heavy loss may be sustained unless
rMtficient pickers are secured to get
lit harvested before serious damage to
Inffned by wind or rain. Stormy
I weather, he declared, would ruin the
iUat or damage it lo badly that it will
I be graded lower.
AH people wl|9 hare any spare time
Ian urged to cooperate in the picking
|ot the cotton crop.
County Agent W. C. McCarley
letated that all partlM interested In
liaTing the cotton crop by volunteering
|u pickers msy report to Arnold E.
Workman, labw ssstotant, in the sgri-
hnral building.
t Mercury Soars To
^iHi^ of 102 Over
Last Week-end
TeofMgmtnxu Rims To 6l^lliim|
Dagragg of
rembert Fife
Controlled By
lying Field (kew
>parhtus From An Auxiliary
Hyrii^ FMd Neuxtry Roiii-
e4 To Soeno.
Inquiry at Mulberry plantation,
whwe a daughter, Mrs. John DanMa,
was located, wfui to the effect that
Mr. Williams was improvlag. The
summer residence of the WlUtoms
family to at Tntoa, Oklahoma
Three people, two of them children,
were. Injured in an automobile crash
at the comer of Laurens and Fair
streets here Tuesday aftdmoon.
The injured are: Mary Pranceo
Barnet, age 10, injury to back
cuts and brnisea; ClaHne Barnes. agO'
11, badly cut aboiU the face and hen|.
and EdwlUa Hougn, age 24, cut, brul%
ed and snffmdng from shock.
The three mentioned were In
car owned by Coley M. Hongb and
driven by hto dau^ter, Edwilla. Tho
two little Bamea girls are grand*
daughters of Mr. Hoo^.
The other car figuring in the col*
Itoion^oms driven by Paul McOowall.
also of thto city.
Police Officer Joe McManus In*
vestigsted the accident and hto rM
port shows that the Hough car wan
going east on Laurens street whfla
the car driven by ths McDowell boy
was going south on Fair atreot. Tbo
McDowell car crashed Inta the loft
side of tho Hough car. causing It tt
awing completely aronnd and np on
the porkway at the aoutheast comoir
of the intersection. The sido of tMO
Hough oar was badly driven in.
Some fifty Camden boys and girls,
gradustoa of Qhmden High school in
tbo pnot. one or two and three years
ytn leave thto week to take op college
’9r uhlveraity careers.
Winthrop college at Rock HUl wUl
havo 14 Camden belles on its rooter
11 thto year. They are Molly RuUi. Red,*
-’^feara, daughter of Senator W. T." Red'
foam, Betty Wwt, Carolyn Pitts.
Betty Muller. Sybil Drakeford, Marg
aret Salmoad, Hallie Clarkson, Betty
Blakeney, SyMI Joye, Lucy Smyrl,
Emily T'eam, Botty Jane Barnett, Vir
ginia McCrea sad Marlow Burcb. Tbe
last two mentioned are from Liberty
Hill and DeKalb reepectlvely.
To Converse go Mtos FYancea West
sad Mickey Langston; to Holton
.Anas, WashiagtcHi, D. C., Barbara and
^ly Olovor; to St.. Mary’s at Ral-
qigh, N. C., Sidney Jones; to Citadel,
Ttippett Boineau; Rivenfde Military
Academy, Mickey Joaoa; University
!of Sooth CoroHaa, Cary Guthrie sad
Vtoy Lomaaaky; Stratford Collego.
DaavU^ Va.; Joan SchlMburg; New
beny. hankie Rush, Rhonda Brown.
Catholic Priest Outlines
Program For Hampton Park
Three Camden Men
Are kijured In An
Auto Collision Friday
Machines
GreaY
Crash On Ckester-
Falis Highway
At Night. ,
Three Camden men were injured la
an automobile wrefk oa tbe Chester.^
Great Falls highway two mllea east
of Chestw Friday evening.
Sheriff William H. Peden of Chao-
ter identified the men as being George
Wilson, Paul Brannon and Mendel
Ray, all residents of thto city, Wilson
to married and resides on South Lyt*
tleton street. Brannon to married and
reaidea on Market street and Ray,
tingle, makes hta home on LytUeton
street.
According to the Cheater report
Wilson was drivntg ths car In which
be bad Ray and Brannon aa oom-
All Clergy City
In Thanksgnring
onatration.
To Unite
Dem-
Camden's observance of V-Day will
bo devoid of any oratory. Quito the
contrary, as tho program that has
mapped out by Rev. Edmund
Burke, priest of the Catholic church
of Our Cady of Perpetual^ Help, who
to chairman mf the V-Day'observance
hero, will bo a service of Thanksgiving
to God.
In an appeal to the cItUena of
Camden Father Burke requests that
when V-day comes, that all the peo
ple, young and old, gather at Hamp
ton Park at 8 o’clock in the evening.
Here a program of prayer and com
munity singing of well-known hymns
and national airs will be coddacted.
It will be a simple program, accord
ing to Father Burke. All of the min-
totsra of the city's churches will be
present, each accompanied by his own
jehnrch choir. Etoch minister will be
sllqwed seven minutes for a short ad-
jdreas and prayer and tbe respeetl^
paaions, when it crashed with a car choirs will be granted an eight minute
Clarlne Bamea was in the frex| Rube vniaon. Jack Boykin and AUea
t with her aunt and when the evaMl Hmius; Clemaon, William Reason*
came she was hurled thitwth ther.over, T. O. Boykin and Joe Tobin:
windsbleld and into the atrhet Mary.IiMMry Uhiveralty, Charlie Semp;
Frances Barnes was alone In
rear seat and was badly eat by
I glass from the ear windows.
■^AIL-lhrae ooenpants -of-the
tear were taken to tbe hoepHsL
|X«ray was taken of the back ef
yaar-old Mary Frances Barnes to
termlne M any bones had been brokeukReie. Va., Betty Blanchard.
ghd^yierican Art and Dramatic achool.
Ixftnfew York, Jane Thomas; fYienda
>1, L. I., Louise Ancmm; Stone
Woodberry Forest, Va., Mert
taker; Garrison Forest sebo<d,
d^K^ Williams and Bennington col-
. September came into existence with
a buming: fever, for official weather
recordings Saturday and Sunday show
ed the maximum on both days to have
beevlOl Thto to within two degrees
of the aeaaon’a high of 104 which was
reached on June IS.
A week ago last Sunday the weeth*
er was in reverse, tbe mercury never
liqing above <S degrees all day. while
the minimum was 58. That was the
Bulldogs Prepwring For
OpoiBig of jthftiGrid Season
with aweaters and ooata while the
daily greeting on the street was
‘TIosh. but it's cold!'*
Last Sunday the mercury topped
the figure of the week before by 44
degrees.
Weather Observer H. A. Brown, no
tified the Chronicle- Tuesday that
Sirms Wail imd
Gty Gets Set For
Victory Celebratkm
TW onlr *•
r soB Op—■ With Bftooklaiid-
Cay— J—t Two W<
driven by W. D. Black, a farmer who
reaidea near the scene of tbe acci
dent.
Wilton was the more aerioualy In
jured of the group, receiving knee
and cheat Injuries. Ray was badly
cut about tbe face and bend and Bran-
nbn was also lacerated shout hto bead
ud face. All three were taken to
the Pryor boeBitj|I .At OMXtar.^ The
T^amden police were notified of the
accident and Chief Alva Rush con
tacted the retativea of the vietlms.
Black, the driver of,tbe other oar,
received an arm injuty while bis
small son and daughter, who were In
the car with him. were slightly cut uaj
period for the singing of hymns.
Mayor P. N. McCorkle who hat fre-
queatly occupied the pulpits of church
es In the community, will be another
to be heard In a coBcIudlag prayer.
“I am asking the good a<ml8 of
Ckmden to meet with ns In Hampton
Park at 8 o’clock oa the evening of
the day that Germany capttulntea,’*
sai<i FaBter Burke. ’*WS«1S that day
will come none of ua know, but when
It does come, I hope that every man,
woman and child In Camden and com-
mnnlty make It a point to gather nn-
dar God's heavenly sky and give
thanks to God for our wonderful vio-
•nd bruiaed.
sottnatig ef fh#' fire siren aboui cayce gmne comes a aeries of other
maximum reading. Thto was the third
day in a row that the mercury cllipbed
to tbe 102 mark
Th^ prompt arrival of fire fighting
Iquipment from the auxiliary Dying
field nearby prevented a costly fire
the cotton gin of Annie Keels at
tembert Friday morning.
When the fire was discovered an
fppeal was made to Uie auxiliary fly-
Bg field, where fire equipment usM
case of a crash landing or a plane
Bking fire to maintained. A call for
lelp was also sent to the Camden
nre department but the appeal was
onntermanded When it was dlscover-
that the Shaw Field equipment, to
gether with a backet brigade, had
bed tha blase.
The call to the Camden department
■ulted In tbe sounding of the Are
ens here and aa tbe party pushing
contact button did so in a man-
to make the siren offer a fluctnat-
: sound, Camden people were stirred
Bto a high pitch of excltment in the
»llef that it was the* "anrrender of
srmany" signal announced aa forth
oming by Maymr McCorkle.
The loss at Rembert was confined
' s small area of tbe gin and damage
« few cotton bales. * \
ilumbia Sport
Wer Veiy Dl
tiing Booth* Woil - Known
Here, Is Giw—
Japanese Carbine
On Exhilntion Here
Ton* Joow Hu War Ralic
^ From Brothor-In-Law.
[^mden friends of Deling BooUl
lumbfa sport writer frar yean
Btly made night editor for the
ctotsd Preaa in Columbte, will re-
to hear of his serioni IQnesa In
Columbia hospitaL
Booth was taken ill last Snadej
1,*^^ internal bleedtag ind waa
?*hed to the hospital, where several
transfusions were given. While
^ndltlon waa repmied Wednesday
«»d Bis Can-
fsotlna fens
ell set to waadir eat te Zsmp
^ ^ ss^ uid watch thslr ftvorsd Bnlldogs
dtoe Calwng for mo r—bis over ths tir< In the
fi'Ml battle of ths ssasoau
The Brookland-Cayos team, reported
- ' - to be one of ths boat outflts the West
Camden came does to staging a Colombia school has put out in many
[real V-Day cetehratlon Friday morn- yean, will be tbs opponents of the
Ing. And it all cams about through Bulldogs. .Fdlowing- the Brookland-
Ration Values
Of Meats Same
F«r Sqitodber
Am R—lsad Bjr O. P. A.
wwnwa
t:80 a. m. Tha siren sounded twice, interesting cootssta. featuring the
each time with a fluctuating tone. Charlaaton and Somter High teams.
People in the downtown area cams reportedly to be outatandfaig in state
to a sudden spop. Clerks and custom- hi^ school football ranks,
en erupted from stores and rushed The tip over of the dope bucket just
to tbe street curb. a year ago at Sumter to a catastropba
’’Was it the signal for V-Day.” Po- that Camden football tana will never
lice Sergeant Dallas Mahoney, on get over and aa a rdhnlt the game be-
duty at the police booth at Broad and tween the Bulldogs and Qamecocka on
DeKalb streets, was the target for a September 29, looms up as one of tbe
barrage of Inquiries. Sergeant Ms- moat outstanding contests in South
honey just shook hto head. Oarollna football htotory. Camden will
An excited woman dashed across he oot to wipe out the tragedy of a
, ,, . .the street shouting “Hitler has san yaar ago and send tbe Gamecocks
meat cutter and ^ newspaper reporter te>mu~irtth GreHr^bSfOe feathers in
made a hurried dash to the city fire disarray. On the other hand ths Sum
station on Rutledge street ' ter lads, under a new coach, will be
The siren signal had been sounded out to demonstrate that beating Cam
in an effort lo contact Fire Chief Bud- den to just a Gamecock habit Thme
dy Denton, for headquarters had just will be the added incentive to make
received an appeal for help from Rem- a good tohowtaiif for the new coach. w • * u
belt, where a cottg^x^-IM ftlaiMt,-—-No dope baa beea fortbeowlng troni g^TgrAlt
The auggeatioh baa been made that the Bulldog camp as to the team pros- -Aaek AsIDI^Cu
in the future the siren be sounded p<^. ,Coach Pierce lost some excri
with a steady note. It seemi the lent giaterial when some of hto out-
mayor had announced that announce- standing INS start went out of the
Tony Jones,
ager of the market in the Atlantic and
PaclDc tea company store here had
something besides ^ops, steaks, fri
ers, etc., to show customers at his
counter last Friday.
For Toney had a Japanese Carbine,
which had been taken by hto wife’s
irother, Moirto McMackm of
branch, sxmI sent tq hto sister here.
Morris McMackln Is a Marine and the
Carbine, which to a 25 caliber, affair,
was taken from a dead Jap in a South
Pacific battle.aran.
The Carbine is ^evidently of Ger
man manutadture. judging by the
markings on it Tony Jemss win be
glad to show the Jap weapon to any
interested parties. He resides at 728
Walnut sti—t.
Point valnaa of ratloaed
main unchangod forv the tour
period beginning last Sunday and
ending Sept 80, bnt aome varletlea of
cheese and canned mUk will coat
more pofaits.
The 1)101 values of gronp 8
sudll ak Swiss, Italian, Mlatoter,
rargsr, Camembert, Liederkrans,
grated-debydrated. Brick," Gouda, Ed
am. Bleu and Brla to increased from
to 10 points.
Canned milk, botk condensed and
evaporated, costa one point per pound
instead of two-thirds of a point Here
tofore a fingle can of milk has taken
one point but three cans have taken
only two points.
In aimounclng September red point
values the OPA said that eonaumera
had been buying gronp 8 cbeeae In
exeess of. allocation for civilian use
and that sales of canned milk were
running abend war Todd admlnlstra.
tlOQ allocations.
Creamery butter continues to cost
f points a pound although Ssptem-
>er charta show a value of 20 points.
“If” must be .pasted over the ’’20-'*
Among Wounded
ment of the anrrender of Germany
would be made known by the aoubdlng
|of the siren with a fluctuating
sound.
Temperature Up
To 103 Degrees
Tues. Afternoon
Weather Ohservsr H. A. Brown,
Broad street, notified the Cluronlele
Taeaday night that a maximum read-
tag of 103 had bami recorded Tnesday
afternoon.
Thto has made tbe present heat
wave the longest, moat anatained and
bilbest in temperatnre reading of
any this year. Saturday a reading of
101 waa recorded. Sinkb^ tbe reading
was the same and Monday it was
ag*la repeated at 1P2 d^re^
A Imguff temisr deelarad that ox
Monday afternoon be carried a flier-
Apathetic People
iFaUToBackUp :
Waste Collection
l^air. Frank Sh^a—n Makes
Appe^
Waste Pi4>er.
Far
picture through graduation. Hs how
ever baa asveral of the 1041 stellar
lights back and hopes to be able to
bnild a good team abont them.
I To hops for a continuance tho
marked success that has featured the
football rseord of the Bnlldoga over a
series of years to a Camden habit
(Plsnse turn to pegs six)
Kersliaw Youth
is Rnnner-Up
|n State Con^t
Negtk CaroHpa Eairjr b Wfas-
Ip 4-H Cenpetition.
Water— VBIaf^ Blanep and
Kerskaw Soldiers Named.
FFank Bbeheen, chainnnn of the
laalvage committee of the County De-
Ifenae oouncil to again appealing to!
the dtlasBs of Oamden twcooperate ini
ths coUccUon of all waste paper. ^Bil n
cans and other salvage so necssssry ^
for the defmse effort. 1
Alruady the Wodnesday salvage omtmica! contest for the ae^d ^
ooUsotkm by city trucks has been the
biggwt kind of a fallulw-not because SSiJSi
ths trucks did not make tbe rounds f®—®* » KersMw county, repreaeiu-
, jj'^’^Jtaj^ved, Jt to still^s^o— poi|e^ to kto cotton fMd ud placed y,, dty but because oaly a log Booth CyollnA w«s
wsa a fraxnsat vtoMor b| II fllMist a uotton plant. In a short
l^en during the polo, borae ahoir,
•tc.. aesLaon. At that time lu
■poria editor for tho qolnmMX
m * ..5“^ cooperated with the Osan-
[^nbiicity unit in giving newspaper
to Camdmi sport events.
kney School To
-n Mm^
Biusy puhtte mSbatAm wfll-
V, BepsesOMr 11, at • o'(
jtopua are urged to be p—w
^ to reglstar and got
ttose it waa ragtotering 122 degrees.
■arly Wednesday morning tha tem-
paratnre atartsd to drop aa4 at
s’d^ iwr *8 Tt
Store •
few reaM^ pisced their wsale paper i » oox of Mr. W
and tlna for pick np. 'S2 S!
In other cities thto form of salvage tgle A Prominent F»nre^
eoUeetkm to proving a big sncceaa ^
many tmckloeda of waste pap^,
are gathered every week to be tum^
over to the war dapggtn—t Bntls ®> oontsst, pcobebiy
hmi assse or Mss next smntin
SSmV m^Zterud ksa than at Btrfleld’a Subject was “Food As ths
tee tassn rmlfsil eedi of TToiiqii of War,” and Oarsth Miller of
iPTr--yrrtrrq!roono<^■ Br^lpswatsr. Va. tte otherd^timt.
oe .. ^ sn /*yitnre FarSMim, Why Are
1H4 crxdexts of Rich
was qslodlalorjax ul bis etsas,
of |te ITA elMptsr there
if tte North
flfFFA.
moats rs-
“It will be a simple service of
thanksgiving and prayer. I am asking
all ths ministers. Dr. Manrlcs Olaihs
of tbs Episcopal ehnreh. Rev. A. D.
McArn of the Presbyterian chnroh.
Rev. Henry Collins of the LytUeton
Street Methodist chnrch, and Roe. J.
B. Caaton of the Baptist chnrch, to-
fether with Rev. Boykin of the colored
churches, to gather on tbe platform in
Hampton Park at 8 o’clock, tech
chateh will be repieeented by Ua te-
speetlve obolr, the members to gather
(Plsnse tarn to page atx)
New Gasoline
Ceiling To Be
Effective Sunday
HCnroi^ie . juid Dutillatn Fiinl
Oil IncIiMlnd lo Pri—
Cot
New price cetHags on gasollno,
kerosene and dtotlllata fuel oils wbl^
effect aubatantial reductions becomes
•ffeettvt next Sunday, Sept. 10, ao-
oording to an OPA announcement
The gasoline ceiling in South Ctoro-
lina waa ordered reduced four tenths
of a cent on the gallon while kerosene
and distillate fuel oil ceUinga were
reduced three-tenths of a cent
These redncttpns wOT'be reflectsd
in the price of' gas and oil paid by
consumers since most ot the products
Involved have been sold at the ceilings
by most dealers. '
The 'reductioas resulted from re
duced costs for war time methods of
delivery for the petrolenm products
■ffbcted, Vt war cxNUBed: "
■'■T
Register For
November Election"^
Several soldiers reported wounded
n action in the Enropean aree are
from this community according to an
official bulletin just tosned by the
war department.
Pvt Basel R. Myers, whose wife,
Mrs. Mary Myers, resides in the
Wateree vRlage, was arntmt those
wounded in the foqtheast Pacific nraa.
Tecdi. 8ft Baadln, non of
Mru. Beatrice Hamlin, who reaidea in
Blaaey, waa injured in the French in
vasion fighting, as was Pfo. Carl Gan
dy, whose mothen Mrs. Minnie Gsndy,
resides near Kershaw.
AD Banks To
Redeem E Bonds
Bl R. Alexander, execntlve secretary
of the South Carolina Bnnkera* asso
ciation, paid last Satnrday that effec
tive October 2, owners of sMrlas E war
bonds could cash them at any quali
fied oommeroial bank in the state.
Alexander said the treasury dopnrt-
meat had advised the association
banks would be uthortoed.to redeem
the seriea B war bonds as wall a«
berlaa A. B and C and D savings bonds
tn order to simplify redemption pro
cedure.
Heretofore. Alexander sdld, it has
been necessary to have mgaaau
ledampflona certified before aa
tharfsad oCtieer and after osrttfleatten
forward them tp •
oMteht aig
■nic
it.if'MiF
Sheriff McLeod calls attention to
tha fact that not In many years has
it been so vitally important that all'
clttoena regtoter for and vota in tbe
General Election as It la this year,
and he earnestly urges all votsn of
the necessity of registering In order
to be able to oast balldta in tbe No
vember election.' He tniita ttiat the
matter jpay have the thooghtfol con.
aideratlon of our entire white ciUsen-
ahipk i
Regtotration of voters who are eli
gible are Obtained from the Board of
Regtotration at the County Court
House. •
Sheriff McLeod, while chairman oi
the Kershaw County Democratic Bxe*
entlve committee, is not connected
with the general eleotion, navartha-
leas he fe^ that this matter cannot
ba too strongly emphaatoed.
Antioch School
Oj^ns Mon., ^pt 11
The board of timateea and Sapt B.-
E. Livingston annonnoe the opening of
Antioch High school, Monday, Sept. -
It, at f o'clock.
The fa^y to as foOosrt: First
grade andllbararian, Mrs. J. L. WflU-
ford; second and third grades, Mrs.
Lonlas P. Mclnod; fourth and fifth
gradss, Mrs. Vashfl J. Smlfli; sixth
M ssventh grages, Mrs. Vasco Mllkr.
Ridh school: Bn^sh and social aai-
sa. Mrs. Georg* fUAinaeu: homa Mb.
* itw- Joe BtaiMk:
in dMuite of flia hsash raoas. XMlsIad
kf Mra, Basala Coak and Ahm Rag-
arc Tte ftene Is dsHBang IvrRsd.
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