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VOLUME 66
CAliOEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, mDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1644
NUMBER 26
Julian C. Evring Is Named
Chamber of G>mmerce Head
RiMifned.
In Readiness To
OI»awV=Di^
Julian C. Ewtnt. aunacer of the
Wateroe Branch of the Kon«laU oont p. .|^ . t f* Pwt-- mw%A
ptay, l»aa beon elocted president of ouriM, J. U. bwiag and
^ Camden > and Kerahaw County
Chamber of C<Mnmerce, anooeedinf A.
C, McKaln. reel«ned.
Mr. Bwlng was named as successor
to Mr. McKaln at a meetlnc of the
directors held last Thursday and will
continue to head the organisation the
balance of the fiscai year, or until
May t 1945, when the annual meeting
ii held.
Mr. McKaln tendered his resigna
tion to the boerd becanee of bnslneea
requirements Ct th¥ J. C. Penney com
pany store, of which he is manater.
He has senred as president of the
Chamber for the past ysar and a half
and prior to that tine was a member
of the board of directors.
Mr. Bwlng, In a statement following
hia election, declared that he hoped
OdMMs Urge Temparatm
Calafaratkm.
Father Edmund Burke of the Catho
lic Chorch of Our Lady of Perpetual
H^p, who la chairman of the Y-Day
program that will be offered in Hamp
ton Park on the erening of the day
that Qermany surrenders, has his org
anisation perfected and ererythlng ar
ranged eo there will be no hltoh when
the CTentful day antree.
Father Burke has contacted the
ministers of the Tsrlous chorchee of
the city and all understand Just what
their respecthre contributions to ths
program will oonslat of.
The main obJectlTc, . according to
Father ^rke, is to kMp the pn^
Heaify Loss Is
^us^ In Cotton
'Cr<^ By Downpour
Appwnl For Hoip F^ 1^
Prodoce A Siaglo Voltm- ^
Important DatM*.
On Old Age Aid
liven To Die Press
Gridders
Mrs. Afana Sahnond Chau I«»-^ a m
T.iwui-tii. Out-of-state
sui^ ITeam Secured
or Home-Coming
An appeal for help In harvesting
the unusually large cotton crop In
Kershaw county, isaned through the
medium of a full page udvertieenma
In the Camden Chronicle last Jfklday
got exactly nowhere.
Not a single votunteer called at ^
office of Arnold B. Workman,
farm labor assistant, In the agrieil
torsi building on DeKalb etreet
As a result of this apetbetls
tude on the pert of the general
the heavy rain that fell ell
nii^t and on Wednesday has oeuM^
loned a loss of the cotton herveet or
between 16 and SO per cent,
to Mr. Workman. The rain last
During the Oseal year ended June
10 old age aselstance to 1.414 persons
in South Carolina was dlsoouttnued, | Mottfuyg.
while 1,598 were added to the rolls,'
a net increase of 174, according to In'-
foimallon obtained from the county
director-of public welfare, Mra. Alma
B. Salmond.
The fact that the number of new
istegral force In the life of the com
munity.
Usher Myers Is vice preeldeot of the
Chamber, Sam Van Laadlngtem is
treasurer and Miss Loulle l^ltaker
is acting seeretary.
Mr. Bwlng has the honor of being
preeident of the Camden Rotary club.
the Wateruu brands mlD he was Iden-
Ufled with the mill for several years.
Upon the departure of A. Stanley
Llewelyn, who was in dtaige of the
mill for 17 yeare, Mr. Bwlng was the
Immediate choice of the Kendall com
pany officials as manager.
During his stewardship as manager
st the mill, he has faced the Intensity
of effort canned by the war, as the
phut is tinihw out defense work en-
tliely. Thgt w effort has met with
ssccess is indfeated by the fine rec
ord the local plant haa made.
War Wwkers SontJit
For Hawaii Deppt
gram to within an hoar’s tims. To
that end each clergyman will have
seven minutes in which he may give
a short address and prayer. There
win be eight hymns on the progn^
they being edected by A C. McKaln
and Mrs. F. N. McCorkle. Mr. McKaln
will act as song loader.
LJq provide war>w«rksrs for the
ntaiUn Air Depot, Hldcham field,
BtwsUr the Warner BeWns Air Serv-
N oommand has been dtreeted to re
nit trainees and expsrlmiced person
al and arrange transfers for the re-
Hired workers In speclflud catngortes.
Experienced aircraft, e^lae, instru-
lent, propellor, radio, armament, au-
omobile and general mechanics are
eing sought, as well as sheet metal,
Mther and canvas workers, electri
ians. carpenters, madilntthl. pelht-
rs. property supjDly clerks, stock
ncers, storekeepers, - watdtunakers
nd welders.
Trainee oategoiies include machine
ool operators, sheet metal workers,
ircraft mechanics, electricians and
ngine mechanics, carpenters, Instm-
lent mechanics and supply clerks.
Personnel accepted for . training
irior to tramMer.will be classified as
eneral mechanics helpers at |1600
•r annum. Supply personnel will be
ierks. CAF-JL 11440 per annum.
Tirough Mitire tnUnlng period of 90
D 120 days, trainees will receive |2-
•r diem, in addition to their regulte
ay. On the baala of 4S.hottr week,
ad a 30 day montii, this amounts to
a approzixuts monthly Income of
912 for general mechanics helpers
nd tm-for* Clerks, CAF-1 Upon
raduatlon from training, this person
al will be reclasclfled to Junior me-
ittnics end clerks, CAF-t.-^
Upon emhinrkatlon from the cos-
taental' limits of the United StaUie,
no yearly aalaiiea for theoe classes
dll be tncreaoed to $8338 and 18.453,
nnpectlvely, which includee ovmtbne
od oTorieus pay differential, the lat-
w amounting to 35 per cent «t
ay.
Applicant! ezperlenoed fax any eC
u needed eategerios will bo paid
Vher setarlee OHMlbtoat with ttxeir
^ot MIL iSSSoncod worker
dll leave under oturly monthly ship-
naats, the first group kavtatf hy fko
ad of this month wtth other tmno-
■fa to be completed tax ondx month
long ao the need eixlsts.
^Ue en route to Hawaii, trana-
*rred workers will receive either $5
» per day.
Adequate and Inexpensive houslag
I available at the Hawaiian Air Bo
at, with xxnits for single workers and
varied conplos. Both hasbaad and
ive must woi^ at the depot, bow-
vsr, and no praPhrion to made for
■udren. .
^eryone Interested to urged to
application through the U. S.
ft^oyment service nt Camden, Sept.
L from » to 6. Workers snipkfyed In
"•atial industry need not sm^-
^bs Enjoy Roast,
h Growing
No. 1, %ewat Cube, enjoyed n
^bmallow roost last Friday
Mahoney was t
ffttber sdmittsd to tio ‘ Dd*. Jde
^ named as Cub master
^11 •» eWef.
»•
la beoMslnc Cub scenta
to attend the weekly
ha held ai tha Fpeshyturton
Twd; hedk od tike tentai
w nfll be held at the Betel
preeMent of the Chamber of Com
merce, manager of the Wateree branch
of the Kendnll company and prsel-
dent of the Rotary dub, hae pledged
his cooperation with Father B^e fax
the carrying out of the Y-Day pro
gram.
Mr. Swing has a well defined Idea
as to how Y-Day ahoald he obesrved.
Ho believM that the program of eloe-
Ing achooto, ctorea, 8hopa,*etc,. Is an
excellent one and should be carried
out, but to the many workers who are
employed tax industries engaged In war
work or work Important to the de
fense program, the day should bs one
of redoubled effort He stated, as an
Instance, that If the Wateree mill
were to cloee for a day, 5,400 man
hours would be Host, The mill to en
gaged in a war effort and to lose that
number of nun boure would be Jaet
the oppoelte to oontributlng to victory.
Mr. Ewlixg agrees with Fether
Burke sad the other mfaxtoters of the
efty that Y-Day should be a day of
thanksgiving and prayer, rather thas
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help from the schools. . - jaeede were met from other sources—
The loss by the ralas will he SMHm an asMumt auffieient to cover the, ,
ous from the standpoint of deBnif awards to 1176 of the 3538 edded dur-|o/^v^
and cento, according to Mr. WoAtma£ Igg the ymr.
Histf^ Boykiil Pond
Is Drained of All Water
Cadet Nurses
Leave Canids
For New Orleans
.docal Hoepitsxl N<m Has
In Charity HoH>ital
SchooL
Only Few To
Released After
Defeat of Jerries
Army Does Not Flan To Send
Many Smnricemoo Back
Home.
20
Five attractive girls, ixattUy garbed
In their cadet nurses garb, left Cam
den Sunday morning to go to New
Orleans, where tixey wilt Join fifteen
otixer girls from the Ctomden hospital
cadet norses unit, in Charity hoapitaL
to take the nine months nursing
course prescribed for the cadet aufuea
The five leaving Sunday were the
Misses Qoft, Harelsoix. Rli^en. Klrk-
anii sad iSjng. All have completed
he two years training at the local
xoepltol school of nnrslng and follow-
ag the nine months at the fatoons
New Orleans hospital, will rstnm to
complete their tratntaxg - 'uducetkm
here. This last period to for three
months.
After completing the three months
period here the girls win be
graduated, after which they are at
liberty to go into army, elvlllaa. gen
eral or private nurslug.
Nimitz Commends
HnsWid of Camden
Girl For Hermmn
Lt
CoL Rocby T.
Dtofa—s Giamt Daptk
Marine Lt CoL Roger T. Cartooa,
who was married to Miss Margare
AncruBx, daughter of Gaptafax am
Mrs. wnUam Anemm, haa been oom-
psended by Admtoml Cbeeter W. Ntm-
Ito, commander tax ehlet of th^ Paeifle
floet for de-fustaxg a depth Charge
from a crashed subaMrine dive bomb
er, des^ the danger to himself.
Lt CoL Carlmon was serving at an
advaneed naval base tax the Booth
Pacific area on May 3. this year, when
Marine dtare bostber.
N. C, Waj PUy
Bttikloft Now. Lan*
canlor Signad.
^ , Camden’s “home-coming** game for
eases was almost enUrely offset by ^944 5^ pUyed on the night of
tte number cloced indicates that the y^day, Nov. 17. with the Monroe. N.
old age esstotance program to becom- U ,chooL
taig sUbiltoed, the county director ( Monroe-team to the second to
..V- V . ... ... ...A ibe edded to the scbodule of the Om-
Of the 1,414 casea closed 3355, or <|en Bulldogs this week. Lancuster
tt pw <^t wwe becauM ef Highs are to be gueeto of the loeals
the death of the reclptonto; 418 be- qq Friday Nov 3
cause cC receipt of allotments of ab Buildogs’ now have 11 games
towyeee ftom men In the armed Ln the lUA schedule, which to two
damsged the crop to the ssRegg 373 beceuM of employment I jjnm what was played In 1948.
about $5 per bale but greeter demugp obtained by the recipient or a mem-lifjif open date on the schedule
- "her of his household, meeting the re-kow Is Nov. 33, turkey day. and Coach
dptent’e M4 Lindsay Pierce to not parUcular whe-
xcewotber *
was caused by the drenching dowto;
pour of this week.
In other locelltlee In the state
response to an appeal for help Ii
the harvest fields was inspiring, nmiy
hnndreds of volunteers turning mto to
aid the fanonrs in getting thetr cottsil
^cked and etf the fields before tl|l
ratau came.
An effort was made by
and others to
-of this -fo
y and sendtaxg thdr
the fields to aid tax harvestbig
ths torgeet crops in several
'This effort osm to nangbt
as to known, no retnsst
ikdouicee^other than eanxinga becameUior he has a same on that date, as
feels that hto^edule of 11 games
to suffictoat for his sqasd.
The oompleto schedule to date to
the reclplento were admitted to la
stHutions: and 53 for nxlscellaneoos
reasons.
Except where death of the recipient
Wm the reason for closure, dtocon-
*^1 8.Pt ». »iin»r. ma.
S Oct 5, HartovlIIe, therm
S workers to deteTOliqLWlXHlMri is 1—
y?: orlhot reclplento weia still tax need.
Averaging over the year the 1154
L.” caniM dosed after review of need re-
ruts that 936,005 was made available
te tha needy aged as a result of
mSMstinuiaf aid to persons
IS, Open date.
^*">«»|heia.
Nov
as follows
Sept 15, Brooklsnd-Oayce. hers.
Sept. *38, Harding (Charlotto), here.
Sept 83, Sumter, hers.
Oct. 13, qxarleuton. 1iwrir~
Oct. 30, Orangshurg, here.
Oct 87, Cheater, there.
Nov. 3, Lancaster, here.
Nov. 10. Florenoe. there.
Nov. 17, Home-Oomtog,
Mmiroe,
Dec. 1. Glenn Jlcsdemy, Brunswick,
This sdisdule gives ths Bulldogs
seven home games. All games will bs
played at night, gams time bMng t
o’clock.
Coach Lindsay Pieros to not in aiv
optimistic trams of sdnd rsgardlixg
his Bulldogs. Ths grid msator was
close to tears Wednesday night fol
lowing an extended workout of hto
charges at ths football field. And the
. . A pv ivsason—^ths ball carriers appeared to
if Imfirnwsimsmfi Arm ToJamilhevs their mlUs amsarsd with _
■M - m r fbe fumbling, tax ths words of the
rincm BOBtg For n«w leosch, wee “terrific.
Whether It to the sudden change tax
the weather—there definitely to' some
thing wrong with the squad, tax that
The Boykin pond, a body of watsrjths timing of action to not working
one half mile long and a qimrter of a] smoothly, which probably accounts
nxile wide, scene of valiant flghtlngifor the frequent fwbltaxg.
between tbe Blue end the Grey during Pierce to not looking et tonight’s
the Civil war and also the locality of game with any degree of confidence,
a tragedy that cost 34 Uvea when a “We’re going VP ♦***"
Higkway Otttlaitl.
Bafie Toad^ plcnlclxera. founder, ioixe the beat Brookland-Cayce baa
ed sn May 6. 1850. is today as dry ssihad In years and anything to liable to
the proverbial bone. | happen,” he said. “Just becanae we
The Boykin pond to linked with thsjhave defeated this team In past years
Camden parents of boys who are in
the service oversees and who have
been interested in learning how long
the boys will be kept over in Europe Boykin family for well over a century [does not mean that wa oan continue to
once Germany capitulates will be dis-jand the draining of this sheet of water Ido so.”
appointed to know that the number several weeks ago was the first timsi Asked who be would start in to
ol men in the service to be released each a thing has happened since 1775,{ulght’B game. Plercq, declared that he
will be very small in total. when the area was cleared of water tnlwoukl not know who will be fax the
The army announced last week that order that rice might be planted I starting linsup until just before the
part of Ito streXxgth will be demobil- thereon. |game.
ised after the defeat of Qerasany, but . The removal of the water at this
the npmber will be extremely small time was aeeessltoted by tbe re-er-
in. cotnparison with tbe number to be rangement of several canato for power
need 4a pMhtng the offeautoe sgsiMt pasfoeoe.—The eonverslon t^-a lurgu
the Japs. >gln mill at Boykin into a grtot mill
The boys in the Ns'vy are not to be for grinding meel a new feeder canal,
demobilised until after Japan to beat- a tail race and a flood control cvbAI,
«n, says a report from that himneh of were required. These ere now nndevjJp^fOf^
the service. I construction. Ths old milL a land-
Demobllisation of troopa will be on mark for over a century, has been torn
an IndtvlduaL rather than a unit, dowix.
basis. I Another Important factor In Uxe
To determine priorities for Individ-' ehaagee taking ptooe tax this historic
nal dtocharges, a point system has area to the plan of the state highway
been set up giving credits for total department to reloeate U. 0. Hld^way
Must
Gifte
BeMaUed
October 15
Record Oponinf Gome Crowd
Expected To Jem the
- -Garendh Stendi —
Tonight’s Uxe night. ’The Camden
Bulldogs, one of the most consistently
good grid teams In state hlgta school
ranks, or in any high school ranks,
meet tbe Brookland-Csyoe lads at
Zemp field in what West (Columbia
football sxperto assert will be an up- ,
■et event.
In other words the B.-C. faixs are
all bet up over Uxe prowess of their
moleskin laddtos and believe Chat for
the first time in the years ths two
teams have bden batUlng on ths grid
iron, tbe Bulldogs are going to take
a licking.
Tbe Camden fans who have been
watching tbe Bulldogs in practice be
lieve Coech Pierce has a better team
than the fine 1348 machine which
went through Uxe season with but one
defeat, that an upset at Sumter, when
some careleesnees in the Bulldog
strategy gave the Gamecocks a touch
down.
Pierce will have eeven of hto 1348
regulars around which to build hto
assault and defense forces. Hancock
will be back at center. Jiggs Parker at
end. Ted Marshall and Wilbur Oenixell
at tackle positions, Huggins, guard;
Norris, spin back, and Carol Cox tai
Ihn talL Jxaek-apoir—H-to-safe 40
auhxe these seven veto will see plenUr
of action tonight. Just who will fill
In the vacaut epota la not known.
Plaroe to tarrlfically noa-commlttal ■■
to Ua ^olce In thto particular and
from past experience with the popular
athletic director, when he to mum, ha
to mnm.
Pierce has been really giving the
boys the'works at tke aftonxooa pne-
ttce sessions and despite the 100 phw
temperaturq prevalUng all last week,
the boys Iwver let ip. *rh«y are fast
rouadlng Into shape tor Uxe ten weeks
of action abead of them.
A week from tonight Harding Hfadt
of CAxarlotte, reportedly honvy and
fast, will Invade the Camden field to
clash with the Bulldc^.
The game the fane and players are
all pointing tor to the battle with
>{the Sumter Gameooeke ofT Bept. 13,
tax the Zemp arena. Camden has never
rsoovered from the rude upset scored
by Sumter a year ago when a hl^
flavored Camden team took a licking
by a one touchdown margin at Sum
ter.
Camden to out to redeem themselves
from the stigma of that one defeat for
it was ths only trimming the Bulldogs
took all season. The coach and play-
eie of the Camden tdsm iniow they
have a big task cut out tor them If
they are to defeat Sumter. Tbe Oame-
oocks have some nine or ten of the
1348 regulars back and that, my
friends, to almost a full team.
The Sumter team, acompanied by
a big group of Sumter fans will be in
Camden tonight to watch the Bulldogs
tax their battle wlUi the B.-C. teUm.
When the Gamecocks tnvsde Um local
park on Sept. 33, they will be ac
companied by at least 1800 wUd-eyed
Samter fans snd fanettos. Some even
estimate Uxe invasion forces will total
2,000. Ctonxden will have at least 8500
to 1000 on hand to root for the Bull
dogs. The game Miould be the clasgie
of the seasoa
Poetnutobrnr DeBoIb ExpUino
Ma^ Rmmni for Now
Onkr.
Auto lire Dealers
Get 0. P. A. Order'
(FIMM t«m to pufu Boot)
K. C Etters Made
Director ¥am Group
531 from the Red Bank plantatkm
road whkh to about half a.,Jnllo west
Connof Rolqio To Soli « Tftw
Postmaster C. P. DuBoee, Sr., to| If CortifkaU b OffoTod.
(Flooou taim to
Gunden H^ Is
Of Fine Iteward
Staff Sortaant Umo Prioal
b Awardod Broaxa Star.
devtii ctoargo. made sT crash
Ihe laadfltor ftoO’ eoUapsed and Oo
aircraft eprasaod aloac the m ‘
oa the depth Oharge, eoualBf to
with Um depth charge ton loooe
wodgod iorttoljy ualtor the aeoe
wftsg of tha phOMk
Upmx otrivtaig at the oeoaOi LA Ool
Cariomm. nme^ tho
h^h eijiaifo^Thsi^ srthgn all
uMTha Muood
Lt Osl. iMmm jf
f Chortoa J. wSpirji
. L. t Hri. OuBlioa fiitiw olTli
Governev OUn IX Johnston has ap
pointed K. C. Utters, of Kershaw, 8,
C., route 1, as PubBc Dtaector of ths
Farmers Co-tveratlvs Exchange, to
represent the State of Souta Oarallna
tai Raleigh. N. C. Mr. Ittera to ^JM
In Teffing
Uvo Exchange of RlcUind County; — ^
James Earl Deatam
Receives Craimisrion
James Earl Deatoo, son of Mr. sad
Mrs. J. 1. Deaton, of Kerriw w
jmtosionad a lieot at OtSoer’s
Caadldale School at Fort Benaini.
Ga., tax August Lt Deaton, was a
rising s«Blor at Ctomnso CoUege whsn
hs enterad the uerrtoo la Jnne^ 1348.
Hto wlfeito the foramr Mtos Doris
Fletoher. 'daaghtur of Mr. and Un.
Thomas C. Fleidter. of Ksntew.
Mrs. Dsoton to a gradmrte of Yfln-
throp College, and was a mefmher of
tito hlim school faenlty of •Eatoshotg-
LeoovOle school boiore soololnc to
be wA her bnsbond at Cmmp Shalby,
of Boykin and connect with the newj*5Ato calllv mtanUon ^ ^ gantry
pavtof project which will exto^ Tneoday anaonnoed
2S****J^;»k remUatloBS by which tiro
mSsnSSe«BlBr« •• W- IA «• Toqulrod
location wfll eliminate Um present between Mopt 15 L bow Ureo to any ear-
**ifc?** *^T***I The postmaster states that there!'*®**** nnW*** praeentlng purchase
opproach to Boykin. Three ttSg^ *rtos of the Ure.*^
ih& MOT#fUMAt MtlBi tO kMT# #VTy i ^^ P9P0T.6BI MMrttlBS Of OVUU
man^ vromon at the front rmxet^ ^ ^
hto or ker'Chrtotmno lx ttaBol^ simply msoas that If a dea^
for Chrstmaa. ^caagw ggg rcbrialn atoe tire en hand and
In paot years paeksgos that weral* ***•< ^
mallod late did not raoOh their doati- » *5* ^
nation natll after Chrtotmon whkhl^ ^ dealer to
mraltod tax many overseas sorrioo msn|*“n™J* n'®* wn*™5 to sell tho buyer
and woasen spMdtog a drab durtot-l*^ “f** ^ ^ .
MAA I Doalors aro also ordbrod to post a
Many atoros ara solliag ooitablo t«t|^ J*™**^****^^, »•»
boxso tor overosao dostlnatioas. Theool**'* »wr tlrea p^ed ^ aro
boxeo carry date ao to tho amovnt|now. The list mast be posted tax platax
Un. G. K. Price. 1833 Haile street.|<key may to keep within ^ ostaWtohment of the tire
j?iI?^li^ISii?dr?eDelTed tolm 4 jfaflure to eoU ttroe a doalor wflU bo
Gunt Stills S: SSSSST* ^
In Raid Sat
thi
to
customers.
Mcmmaal Setyice
A MsawTlil oofrioo wfll bo hali in
too Uttlstpn Slredt IModtot stow*
Sunday ononlog. Soft 17. to 5:i3
o*<Blosk far 8,4tot Htogh P.
•nho «04o hto Ufa in dofen
owmiry Jtor S. k Nrat^li. -
Cnrion and Un. A. D.
vwa. H..tefc|Two From Ja^lffloii
Makiiw owtM* T« a* ISerioushr Hfvt
In Je^^tick
star for heroic aotfan ta batUe
on Voy 17, also ths Purple Heart forj
sands rscolved tax action,
ierpsuttt Price left Camden as n|
ef Coaxpaaqr M of ^ South]
Mittonnl Onard. Ho haa '
nsuMsnu twlee, the
to^Soptootoor, IML
'6b a letter to hto isother regardingl
hinbelng awardod too brans# star hot State ofOcera report a raid oa twol 8«ooiid Lt F 1a Padaa 20 of too
writes: ”I did not know U natU I gtofmammoth stills in tho Spring Hill soo-lgm^ Eailnoccn-ot IfavtJaek^ and
to my eempav Into rT^Sbot. », efSeTsiSo
frond to raoohre tho modal al-I Tho ofOesrs setood and oonftoeatedjuBit branxht to too him-
_h I don’t oomridsc mysoH a htonjMIO iuB^ of mtoh. Ro^ total Sgfgrday ewMIng faflourtoig too
'^‘^TgSd type and ha • f^tomovor of a Jfto tax^Sto'H
PrieohMS
T. Frtou. who to
to to
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