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r \ The Camden VOLUME 56 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUIIA» qUDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1M4 NUMBER 29 Virginia loured the Large Plant Planned For Camden ftfco* Dropped Project Be cause ot Texes end High Freight Retes. Tke statement can be made now ^ Camden loat out In aecnrins a lIJSO.OOO Viacoa plant, now under •itruction In Vlrfloi* became ot ate tai laws and traigbt charges, nb pent would bare employed ap- «xiBateIy l,00S hands and would ire been built near the Waters* and in close proximity to this ^t steps in contacting the Vlscm apany, an English owned rayon itfit and reported to be the largest Ue world, w,aa made some four •rt ago when John K. deLoaeh was •sMent ot the Camden and Kershaw KBty Chamber of Commeroe. Ne gations with representatires of the ■paay progressed well until the ir broke out and farther plans were Ited. Ltat winter experts of the company aia came to Camden and 'spent sst- il days in checking over the local nation. An intermediary then oon- rt»i the Chamber of Commerce, ac> listing only the president and aeo- ary with the matter and asking kt they exercise utmost secrecy, lest kcr commuutpBX'Isam of thw^lan i seek to negotiste with the com- 17. This pledge of silence' was g, but now that the scramble is on North Oarethis and also by one itb Carolina city, the story can be adcaat torth Carolina is 'already planning revise its present tax laws so sa eiiminate the objectionable features It wOl keep the Viscos people out the state. The building project I now attained the sum of 120,000,. I, which North Carolina is making try effort to obtain, as It will mean ployment to orer tsa thousand pso* tnd a'lprge tax rersnub to the te. (Please tarn to pegs sight) ttge Barbecue ollows Wedding t House Member C. Clybiini and Mrs. Daisy C. Owams bidtod In Wedlock. m Lewis C. Clybum, senior mem- tf the House delegation from Ker.' r county, and Mrs. Daisy C. Owens lolumbtr^ and Antioch, were mai^ the Baptist parsonage by^ l. Caston Wednesday nigbt ck. I^esent in the bridal group ) children of both contracting par. i Mrs. SmyrI Leads Farm Women In Piedmont Mee^g Important Seaaion of Organisa tion la Held At Laurent Saturday. The South Carolina Council of Farm Women of the Piedmont District met Saturday in the agricultural building at Laurens. S. C., with a represents- S ve group in attendance. Mrs. Oscar . Smyrl of this city, and Mrs. John Oettys of this city, are director and secretary respectively. The morning session, starting at 10 o’clock, was opened with registration of members, followed by the singing of the National anthem. In tom came the flag salute led by Mrs. Oray Har ris and in tarn by the Invocation led by Rev. John J. Hayes. C. B. Can non, Laurens county farm agent, ex tended s welcome to the visitors after which committees were announced. The Introduction of the guests and recognition of the South Carolina State moflier was given by Miss Juanita Meely after which Mias lA>nny I. Landrum discussed the “Rnrsl Youth’s Challenge to the Council.” The Core Cox Luces music club xesg-XATb k special musical number and was followed by the Introduction of the speaker of the program. Direc tor D. W. Waging of the South Caro lina Bxtessloa sendee by Mrs. H. L. Williamson, / The state president's message was giveiV by Mrs. C. D. Sowell and the county oooneil president’s message was red by Miss saisabeth Monroe. Then esme 4 business session, follow ed by the reports of committees. Awarding of tbs attendance vase and announcements. Following luncheon at 1:15, the meeting reconvened at 2:15 when training lessons were held under the direction of council chairmen. Mrs. Howard Jordan, chairman of the 4-H committee, was assisted by Mrs. Har riet Johnson, the county president and legislative council meeting was con- ductea by Mrs. J. L. Williams, assbtsd by Mrs. N. Gist Gee, the publicity coiumittee by Mrs. -W. M. Ssiia, as sisted by A, B.’Bryan and tbs mem- bersh^ eomuMttes by Mrs. J. Wbtt- umn Smith, assisted by Miss Juanita Nbely. Mrs. J. Team Gettys is president of the Kershaw County Council of Farm Women. • Blitter Ra^tion Leiqis 4 Points; Gas Stin Same Scarcity of Butter Ghren Au Reason for Point Jump. Sbe Worked On "Bhe Streak” Record Bomber llrt. Jonaphiaa Hanlon Proud Of Plana’n Ackiewo- Creamery butter went to a new high in ration points, beginning last Sunday, when 20 points were requestr' ed for a pound. This is an increase of four points over the previous list ing. The OPA asserts that tbs ppaduc- tioa ot creamery butter declined 12 per cent last year and that this is ths reason for the raise in points. In many looalltlea groceries are restrict ing Individual customers to one quart er or one half pound. Motorlste who were hopeful that their gaa<Hine allowance would be in creased have had their hopes dashed by a statement from Petroleum Ad- mlnlatrator Harold lekea that the sug gestion of an Increase in gas ration ing made by a Kansas oongressman waa premature and mischlevoas. lokes stated that there will be no chance in the preeent rationing for some time, not at least until after the European comfUct has ended and the situation over there is under con trol OPA announced that a new shoe stamp would be valid November 1. * tr, the ecnciai FlelA Ogdea I epMsyed as a ^ wh6h shewB a Mrs. Josephine Hasten, who resides eh V. 8. Highway 521, nine miles north of Camden, waa keenly Interest ed In a recent iaeue of the ”Hlllfi*ld- the etfldal publication of Hill Ogdea. Utah, where she was weldsr and mechanic, pletare of the “Blue Stnpfe,'* h mammoth bomber which cotSpletei lid mlaaloaa and destroyed >1 enemy planes. Mr*. Hastonl interest is oceaslonsd by the fact that Mm worked on the Btne Streak last March at HUl Field, flhe took a course fax sheet metal me- ehanics at the Anderson organixatton at NaabTiUs and was sent to the Utah base on Feb. 18, this year. Mrs. Has ted is at the home of her uncle, W. A. Edwards, who is ill. She states that she hopes to return to the work she wag dofaig at Hill Field. * The Bine Streak is • B-S4 Liberator heavy bomber. She baa the record for the meet bombing mlasions of any Uaitsd Sthtes bomber. Camden F<dkt Urg^ To Send T<^ In die Gift Box Rabon Family Get Gtation On Sor’s Death Would Aid Im MoktPc Chrigt- a Joy To Littlo Tote. •Ikiwing the ceremony, the group rued to the Clyburn home at tville where children of the bride xroom, by previous marriages, prepared a barbecue dinner, which r many friends from all over the it.v. It was one of the largest Its of the kind held In Kershaw j^'pEarlyiMonriiig Exdtmnent Grips This Neighborh hbors and friends in the com ity the guests included leading ly officials while the state was represented in the guest list de in the evening Mr. and Mrs. urn managed to make their get- f and started for Florida, where will spend two weeks in honsy- tlng. Upon, their jmtnm they , will ®Thelr home at the Clybum reai- * in WestvUle. te bride has besn IIIII Wailing sirens and feminine shrieks provided a backgronnd for a bit of excitement in the vicinity of Broad and Hampton streets st an early hour Saturday morning. The .fire department responded to <y in many years. In addition to' ah alarm from'ffie^bx In of the Hobkirk property. Suspecting it was a “celebration prank” following the Camden victory over Sumter, the fire equipment took two routes to the tire, hoping to box the guilty party or parties. One ot the tire trucks returning on Broad street came upon a crowd gath ered lu tionf of"i'finaence hearTSe Hampton street comer. Inquiry Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. Rabon ot this city, have received a citation in memory ot their son, Sgt. Henry Claremont, who died In the service of his country in the Southwest Pa cific, July 1, 1243. Claremont Rabon attended the Cam den schools apd Is one of the boys to whom the 1244 school annual has been dedicated. He volunteered for service In January, 1241, and rsceivad hk training at the Savannah Air bate and Fort Banning, Ga. He aailed for ovasveas Nov. ^1, lf41, and landed the Philippines around Nov. M, a few days before Pearl Harbor. He was first reported missing May 22, 1242, then as a prisoner in March, 1242. Notics of his death came July 1. 1248. The citation just received and sign- ed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt reads ar follows: ' " 'In grateful memory of Sgt. Henry Claremont Rabon, A. S. Na 14020288, who died in the service of his counti^y n the southwest Pacific arM July 1, 1243. Hs stands in the unbroken line of patriots who hare dared to die that freedom might live, and grow, and In crease it’s blessings. Freedom lives, and through it, he Uvea in a way that humbles the understandings of most men.” jFataOy Bulifed As He Steps From , Ti^uck On EQghway f vith a daughter in Antioch for » time past but previoasly abe N in Columbia. * The groom has prominently identified with Ker- ' county affairs for some tims and has served as a Houss men- *ith credit and distinction on a her of occasions. |U Meeting Farm Womoi hednled Oct 12 GathiriBt Wm Big ^•ccea* Safa M**. O. J* SniFfL « Kershaw “County, Council of » W^en wiu hold iU laU meet- « the Presbyterian ehnrefa hsrs afternoon. Got 12, at 2 a^th Mr*. Team Gettys," pro- presiding. MBterMtlng pmgram tMturing Miss Loony 1 demoBStratlon J- wm discuss "Rorsl Tooths’ Mrs. wmiarn Fuller, lo- tell of hor work ss a •7; *ad Miss Mary Lou rilu*^** «i«h gfri will ti^ on ^tests sad Miss Faith Hol- *0 repreasBtod Korshow eoaaty' te ’rffl hta Mao BUlott ®®*****fi»f rocord »embor, .1^ ten of . brou^t the information that, tho lady making hor of ths house, awakened by the sound of ths firs sirens had turned on a Ught with the intention of going to the outer door to see where the fire was, only to discover- a negro was in her home. Tbs dlstnrbance awakened the neighborhood and resulted in a truck driver bringing bis truck to a abrupt stop fai front of ths bouse. PoUce and firemen were unable to find the intrude who had evidently fled In the confusion following his discovsry. James 0. I^iirley Will Si^i^ze In Maritime Unit James O. Shirley, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Shlrlsy. Sr., of this dty, is now enrolled fax the U. S. Marltfane senrlee training station' at St Peters burg, n*. A graduate of Oanxdsn High school he later was amteeysd at the Southern Avtitlon school as a insehanle*s helF« >. He is now in his prsMnrfnary period of training and expseta to eater ths DMk department for specialised trufaring. WATCRBK N. D. CLUB MEETS The Wateree home demonstration elah met last May with Mre. Oettys Nell. Mre. Warrea AmdA dab Pres., prselded. Mrs. Doc.' OeAra road tea devotional wixleh wm fuUowad by yraysr and sons- aa fattaresUng talk ea tee foaia. Mrs. Nell Tann Woaaa whowuite Mra. Doc Get^ AB the J3J ^ara arged to attead tele ^ The soggesUom has beea mad* that every Cbristmas box that Is packed to be tent te some Camden aoldler over seas carry a small toy that the sol dier can past- on to some chUd victim of the preeent world tragedy. This is a hsart-warmlng suggestion and should rsceivs a ready response from every individual planning to send a Christmas gift to some loved one in the service overseas. It is in keeping with the principles of Christ- lea humanity upon which this great neMoa was founded. jay that such a gift would to some poor tittle child would only be equated by the Chrktmas spirtt that it. would ^ve to the soldier who presented the gift. So,'when yon pack your Christmas box (and It must be shipped before Oct. 15) tuck in one comer a small toy for some child in a foreign and de- xnatated-laad. It doee-not aecd to be an expensive toy, the children in those war stricken Areas would be just gs happy perhaps with a second hand toy. But give your fighting ton the pleasure of playing Santa Claus to the children they will be close to at Christmas. Prom letters received from the men at the front, ragged, undernourished European children follow trustfully in g (Please tom to page eight) Drive Gets Steuled In Kershaw County drive is Bulldogs In 25 to 14 Win Over Sumter Powerhouse Bulldogs Ready For Invasion • By Charleston Bantams Sendinf Heavy, Fast T Those chesty Bulldogs play away fiom the home arena toaliteL having a date with the Hartavllle Red Foxes up St ths ballwick mads famous by the Sonoco products sad Coker c<rt. lege. flartsvllte started slow, defeating Blahopville by a lone touchdown end only being saved from a tie score or defeat by tbs timer’s whistle In the final quarter. BishOFVille waa right on ths Hartsvllte goal line and would have gone over on another play to tie the score and if the conversion was saccsssful, win the game. But HartsTllie won and the weak nesses that were brought to light in that opening game, have been correct ed, so they can be depended upon to give Camden a good argument. Not but wbat every Camden fAn looks for victory—but one can never tell We have seen lowly dbspieed oatflta rise up and beat the daylights out of the top notch teams ti^e sad again. Several score BaBteg toDowers are expected to trail tea team to Karts-^ vlll* to do a little rooting on the side lines in tonight’s fracas. Next week, ws have another big league attraction on the tnrf of the city football field when a powerhouse Charleston Bantam squad will be tbw. Carol Cox Leads Offensive With A Brilliant Per formance. opponents of the BuUdogt. This Charleston team la reported tb be heavy, fast and tricky so another one of those whirlwind battles, similar to tbs Snmter clasht may be offered the tans next Friday nigbt. Again, another big crowd la looked for at the Bulldog-Bantam clash, and the athletic association will have all arrangements mads te handle ths crowd with speed and dispatch. The west gate, opening from the Snmter highway wOl be open and tickets will be on sate there, as -well as at the main gate. . third quarter to carry the ball to tbs Public Welfare Awards Increase In Ttiis County Avsraye Amount for Public Aasiatance Amounts To $15.24. Joh|L-.M8d - Dies Hoqiital From Injuries. At John Mack, colored, residing on tee Liberty Hill road, received fatal In juries when he stepped from a mov ing truck last Friday evening near his home. Mack was with a crew of woodmen who were returning from a forest where they hsd been catting pulp wood. Approaching hk home.^Mack jumped from ths truck aad fell strik ing hk head on the pavement and frmctarlng hk skull Hs died shortly after at the Camden hocpital Sheriff J. H. MOMod declared the. affair was clearly sa aocidSBt aad ao inquest would be hold. Tti* National War Fund on_jm^ thk iCsrshaw the securing of ths advanced gifts Ths fund not only includss a wide range of yeltef agencies but ako Ikts two worthy unite in Camden, thsy^ belag tbs USO and ths Boy Scouts, $200 to be raked for tee fonaar aad $200 tor the latter. Word was received here tUiiaday that Lee ooaaty baa already sabscrib- ed'tts quota of the national fund. In dications are teat (kmden aad Kei^ Shaw county will roll over the tef la dne aeaaoa. A comprehensive review of the work.ef the various agencies embrac ed. fax tee fund prograat will be given in tek paper next week. ^ Drive tealnnen are Mayor .F. N. Mo(krk)e and A. Sam Kareak. The.running witardry and allaroond brillknce of Carol Cox, one of the best running backs Zemp field has ever seen in action, brought about the downfall of a Sumter powerhouse fax the annual Camden-Sumter tilt last Friday night by a score of 25 to 14. A greatly outweighed Camden tanm rose to supreme heights to check the ponderous assaults of the invading hoata and by din* of some startUag offensive iMwer at eritical psridds eked out a two touchdown mnrffax and were beaded for another score when the whktle ended the festivi ties. It was a ding-dong contest, sxtrsme- ty bad for spectators with high blood pressure, for the lead changed bands thres times during tbs evening. It wss s clean game in the face of the hard, fierce oombativeness of the op- posi^ players. Tackling and block ing wars viciouB in teeir intensity, but there was a rsmarkable exhibition of sportsmanship on the part ot ths highly tensed boys. Offldak in charge of ths game com mented on tee fact teat thay never had handled a game where there was such determlnailoa. sudx hard tackl ing and blocking, but that featared such •sportsmanship aa exemplified by the clean tactiqs of the oppoalag players. Although holding a. 12 to 7 lead at the half tray mark, the ganM was not Usd up in a sack by any means, tor |h« Gamecocks came back in the Average amounts awarded for pub lic assktance by tee K^ershaw County Board of Public Welfare in i August, 1244, were $16.24 compared with aver ages ot tbs monte of August, 1248, of $12.76. ’The awards went to 541 cases, for the benefit of 260 persons. Applications pending in the county at the end of August totaled 30, with a number expected to be filed during September for iiHFestigstiott and later acUon by tee board. Mrs. Alma B. Salmond k ths county director of public welfare, and the board k composed of Norman 8. Rick ards of Liberty Hill, ebahrman; L. J. Baker ot Bethune, and Mrs. Margarst Mayfi^d ot Camdsn. thk week.-in , —•— — WHHs Gregory Buys Farm Land Near Kershaw Win UtUixa Aroa To Maka Two Fine Farma la tfio Near Fntatra. coe^dss club adjourned te Dti** Qrfd&Hy Sw> 1110-1- SUBSCRnnON ust frozen Under a revised order eff the Wir BVedaetlon Beard, vreekly neerapepefs have been limited In their me of newsprint to the tonnage wed in the first thr^ quarters of 1244 or ths fitwt thrsa qmrtors «f 124S, *S«hleHsvsr k ths grsadsr.'* Tn effeet. If the highly technical order k eenetruod eerreeCly, weekly newspaper Ikto are *Ttoaa«r to the preeent six* or less, aoeerding to whether er net the list k smaller or larger than It was In the thro* quarterr sa- lesled. > tine* THE CHP[0NKLE*B list k krgsr new then It waa In ItdE thedhm* qwitova sf 1244 have heea eeleetod. Bines the llse is larger than R waa the fIret of the ywr tt may have to be rodueed, though thk k aet clear right new. This mieane that eur eubeerlptiea Met will he held as at proo- ent and aa new eukesriptlonq reeelmd oatil sthorwioe advked. Theae wha daeirs ^ eenUnm readlag thf paper must kkep tiMir eulweHftlim paK.ln atemi^^ Wa ask aur suhasrEisrs to MNMk ths iBitol en thqlr papsr as* to' egepfrsMan date aad If thsy Ja arrsori taolMWO rtasw wMiia IBs aaxt thrsa wasks. After thta 'dils aa papwa-wW hs aiailad EMM are la iriaarm Bt subasHlMi^ aaaw k takoR frass tha fkbt be -sHM he eai a new iohserlker If he spiha to rsaom THE CHRONICLE thit raling Iq^Hlw to Up lart* fdaiEy ef Willk R. Gregory has purchasad 205 meres of excellent land near Ker shaw from ths Estate of Mrs. B. F. Grsgory, Mrs. Alma Motherbead and Mrs. Jtrome Asklns. Mr. Gregory ^sm te arset tWo farm bomea on the property as soon as building saatorial k available. Next year he will plant about 15 acres of ths tsnn land la long sta^ oottoa. It k kk taiteatlon to make the area into two of tea moat ootetanding tarms fax the community. Rev. R. E. Howard Is New Pastw Here Thaa Camdea Peateeeatal Holfaesae church on fair 8L, aanosaoisa the arrival of Its asw pastor, B. Howard. Rsv. Howard eomsa to Caax- Florsttcs, coming to tes Ime ths stats of Ohio, XcT. Hosutfd Is a graduate ot jaanaAl eoUags, Franklin Bprlaga. Rav. Howard annonnoas ^ new rssidsaee to be 114 Fair BL, aad be reached by eamag 157-J. Bat win he held at the lollowlnt Bears: atUa.aL.A.M.RH.T.S. at7p. evaagaUstle at f p. m.. prayer iMetlnc at I f. A, A facial wel- afl, if asHIly m 2 yard line and teeu op the first play in tee fUaal quarter, wush It over te take s 14 te 12 14ad. Almost before tbs chssring of tbs thossand or more Sumter fans had ceased Camden bad taken off Its drape and wss on tke way to vietory. Dovm tes fkkl went tee (kmdan ma chine, terodibg wrenches, .bolts end what-ihve^yoa into ths power house line of tee Invsdeis until the Black and Gold reached the 4 yard str^. Her* McKay Norrk, a swell little bsckflsld artist, tucked the legteer under Jxk chin and roared over to put kk gang out in front 18 to, 14. ’The aeore went to 12-14 wbea tee extra point was added. Te put the classic on ice Cox put on bk third touchdown spring of the evening, weaving and dodging through tee opposition forty yards to jxsy dirt Ck)x, the third member of the Mill street Cox family to demonstrate .football ability of heavy callhar. mnt th« Tset gatbeHng of Camden follow ers Into a frenzy of joy when after eleven mlantes of sklrmkhlng after the'inltkl kickoff, be got away for a 25 yard cqnter Into pay dirt and put the Bulldogs out In fronrt to 2. That was ths way it waa when play waa resumed as ths effort at conversion, a pass to Parker, wss a few inches to far away for ths Bulldog captain to ■ttutw it in'the and tone. Jiggs made a beauflful try but the slippery baU ust edged off ths end of his fingers. -Nettled by the fact that the Ught Camden team had scored first blood and impelled by the appeals from lumter rooters, tea Gamecocks un- eashed a power drive that carried them to the Camden two yard lino. * And right at thk Juncture the Bull- dogs dempqstrated teeir gameneas and courage. The heavy “Bear” like fate had to Bake four Irys tefore Uiugart finally got near enough to the sat line to fall and touch mother earte jnst a cat’s whisker from ths white chalk mark. The element cd nek was paramount In thk offsnsfvs, or had Shugart fallen the other way. tad there been some Camden players there to give him a gentle tap, he would have fallen inside the' playing leld and Camden would have had the leather. Conxmlns place kicked the extra Mint and the vkiiors weto In the lead “ to I. But the joy of the Sumter rooters was of short duration, for H was just a fsw mlDutes later that Oox (Plsase tun to fag* tour) A imvfaml 'Wfll begfai Buaday, OeL t. at 11 A A Mm. h. 3. Frrnd Oerry. FUttu wft Bo the faupl Cotton Pickers Urged To llnie Their Ability Natiotuxl Champ Pickail FosbmU Ib Hour aad Half. 108 How do tbs eottOB plcksrs of Ker shaw county stack up agalstst tea National ohamploaT VlrgU Mote, 44 year-old Easters ArksnsUi tormer, father of 2 chUdrea, k the Natloaal ekmoplOB. Ha wou the title lu a cottoa ptcklng oooteat at BlytheviUe. AriL, last waek bf Ftokiiif 122 aad f-12 pounds of Olsaa cottoa to one bov aad a half. Ha witk 127 satrlsa from 14 statea aad woa a prise of $1,202. It aay of tko Ksrskaw pldkesu bavo «v« thaad too—ahraa, tbe ChroalOo would Itoi to hoar of It Aad U tboro are aay that waat to aaa how maar tkqy aaa plfk to aa boor aad a ba^-do ao aad tbaa can tbe CkrakL elA Wo’d Ito* to aee bow elaae a FaL . teofialtorto*