The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 06, 1944, Image 1
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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*