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VOLUME .56 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA^J^DMT, OCTOBER 1644 NUMBER 30 lourt Inn Burglarized, oot Approximates $1,000 Slada Returns Find Eridenee of lllefal Occupancy. To ome llm® during the Interval be en August 17 end October 4, burg- broke into the Court Inn and e t coin collection valued at |600 Bore, a radio and other fumishingB aiw did damage amounting to iral hundred dollars. The total I ig given as |1,000 by Manager hnr Slade. be Court Inn was closed August when A. C. Slade, Sr., father of manager, who “bad operated sines son left June 17 to go to Lake «pee, New Hampshire, to handle irge-.resort hotel for the summer, led the doors for the balance of mmmer months. nien Manager . Slade retnmed Inesday from the north, he dis- ered that the Court Inn building been literally rahskcked. In fact, re was evidence to indicate that iBtruders had taken np i'esidence re for several days If not longer. I trays on a radio table in the ;e living rdom of the Jnn were fill- with cigarette butta and ashes and Its were drawn up indicating that IS one had taken'solid comfort for IS time. htnnce to the building was made ngb a window of the ^basement fronting Mill street, a w«n elsd thtmnighfare. The window I also a short distance from the lUn resideuM. ft was however iMSi from street view by heavr Mery. A bolted door leading I the room with the window of f hsd been battered down. kMBlnation of the premises: show- list the intruders ^ad broken into feerters occupied by the Slades hg the winter eeaaop.^ Three big lb containing much winter cloth- lad many snlteasee, alee filled, been forced open. Drawers in 'frobes and dresser* were broken a L trank b^onglng to Mr. Slsde, Br. I which contained a fine coin ool- lion end smne jewelry, had been sed. All of tM coins were at- bed to cards oarrylng data on each % The coins had beea tern from P csrde or papers and Uie papers Pscattsred ower the floor. (Please ten to page twa) Just One Day Left Can you Imagine tt? Juet one more ehopping day before ChHetmae. * For a fact, there is Juet one more ehopping day in which to purchase that gift for the boy overaeae and get It into-the mail. The time limit for the nialling of overaeae gifts to eoldiere expiree at midnight Sunday, Oct. IS. At Sunday le a holiday and the poet- effice If closed, it is neceeeary that ovsrseas packages be mailed Saturday. WMehrTh'Tiny man's language, means Just one mors ehopping , day before Christmas. : th Killed ck, Companion Badly Injured lard Branham of Centtf* iUe Community, Cmiteikl Under Vohiclo. Truck Office And Dept. Store Are Burglarized Orr Truck Line Office and Belk Departnaent Store Charleston Gridders Will Play Camden Bulldogs Tonight BELIEVE IT OR NOT- Is a hospital built into caves Chinese mountainside. Pa tients are eared for where thekKflb* can do little damage. 'Sup^rt b given these strange wards wascrcy by United Cniaa Relief, member agency the National |rar Fund The National Sxinress Line offices on Rutledge street and the B^k de partment store were broken into some- ttee Sunday night ant ooaslderabki money waa taken, particularly at the tmek line office where between fSSO and $800 vras luipropriated. The a- monnt stolen from the Belk store is estimated at between |60 and |70. A box of loose shoe, coupons was also taken at the Belk store. DiscovM7 of the burglary at the Truck line office was made; Monday morning by H. H. Orr, father of J. E. Orr, owner and manager. Entrance to the office had been gained through a rear door which had been forced open. The burglars made a thorough job of ransacking the office, removing all drawers in desks and taMee and forcing open a drawer in a safe in which the week-end receipts of the truck line were kept. Manager Pat Orr of the National Express Line stated that he could not estimate the amonnt of caah taken but that it would aggregate betwben fSOO and 1600. Many checks, placed in the same receptacle as the caah, ware etrewn about the floor of the office. LoesI police notified the FBI office of the burglary early Monday and finger print experts of that organisa tion were soon on the scene, taking imprints that were everywhere in evidence in the office. On the edge of the safe door and also on a padlock were tiny threads which had evidently National War Community Fund Ca^a%a Gomg^On Tonight’s Battle Line CAMDEN McDowell t-T Huggins I-Q Connell C B. Norris I'® Marshall FT Hancock RE Gandy QB Cox RH Ts?m t-H V.. Norris FB CHARLESTON Van Benchoten LR JBIM* ^T Magoulas LG Young, A. ,J ~ C Baggott RQ Johnson RT Young, R. RE Rigge QB Wannamaker RH Tlllmen ........................ LH Levin V. FB WEIGHTS Team average: Camden 168, Charl eston 166; Camden line 164, Charles ton 169; Camden backfleld 146, Charleston 166. Mafl Checks Now Individuals who have pledged a trtbuUOhs to the Natiousl War aad CoBunimity chest drive and who have not sent their dkeeks to the drive comndttee am regseeted to matt or bring their cheeks to the oftioe If A. Sam Karceh, co-chairman. The local committee eanaot auka a report on the "advance gift” drive until the money is actually ou band. Practically all of the communities of the state have already reported their advenes gift quotas. * Maybank Wants To See Camden Have Tourists Again Saoator Uffea Concantratad PobKdty and AdwarfasiBf ^ Program. Raporta Indkala Gifu Wara Plandful. Ad. Coast City Elawan Raportad To Hava Weight and Power. thy people will be attracted to the come from a sweater wnm hy one^ of I ooiithlainl rlurlng-Tinr Immeaist-ft'pnwf. rhard Branham, 16-year-old Ridge- youth, son of Mr, and Mrs. Her- Branham of the Centerville com ity. was killed Saturday mornihg a truck he and three companions riding on, turned over on the irttRidgeway highway. »wart Branham, a cousin, and son and Mrs.' Frank Branham, was usly injured and was rushed to ^lallRt In Columbia, who found he had sustained a fyactnred e truck got out of control and turned on the highway, crashing Branham haa. Richard was the oftlTO~or a RSGgewar ir and 'later to a hospital at xboro, but was dead upon arrival rvices for the dead youth, who * ta the Ridgeway high Dl. were held Sunday afternoon o’clock at the Church of the T Day Sainte at Centerville. il wag (n the Smyrna cemetery. - the burglars. At the Belk store the money taken .came from the cash drawer in the ' cashier’s desk* and from excise tax money in a receptacle in the office. Also missing were $16 in war bonds. Monday •morning there was no in dication as to. how entrance to the store was obtained. An open door showed where the burglars had made their exit Chief of Police Alva Rash believes that 4he finger prints may provide a clue upon which progress toward ap- prehengi^ the crimlyala can be made. In regard to the Court Inn burglary the Chief intimated that he was in possession of a clue which may r»: suit in an arreat Senator Burnett R. Maybank be lieves that Camden will become Uie winter resort center of the mfdsouth after the war, for the reasons that many thousands of moderately weel- ly returna from the members of ' ^Advance 4Mfta” committee in tbe itiesml and OomsMBBky War Fund e iuAioate that CamdsB, and Ker- coonty will raise the required fl^fOO quota before the expiration of drive period on November 9th Sam Kareeh, one of the co-chalr- the drive, etated this week Advance Gifts committee was ufL its aetivltiea and that the had been eminently successful, members of the Advance Gift ttee are: Henry G. Garrison, Savage, Jr., Sidney Zemp, Lee Joe McKain, C. P. DuBoee, Jr.. Whitaker, Sr., Gus Beleos, Joe r and Howard Speaks. Rowing in the wake of the Ad- Glfts committee activities the leadere will swing Into action, covering the residential area of the city. Simnltaneoasly tbe sollcitatioa will begin in'the schools of the rural area and in the city. Mrs. Cato Glov- 61* la chief of Block leaders. Senior leaders are: Miss Loralne. Strak, Mrs. Jack Nettles, Mrs. ■ John Ville- pegae,-Mrs. Sam Karesh, Mrs. li. J. Williford and Mrs. F. K. Babbett The comiulllue working ltnSe~^i5r Camden BnlldogB Miriitiest Team Di Piedmetto State ~ Al LMMt, Thai b Whal Wall Kiiowm Sports Writora Sag. bhouse At otbaU Field hoken Into club house at the football field woken into some time between ’ QlKht and Sunday, and two >>8 belonging to the Camden school football tMm stolen, of the balle was later recovered white one is still mlsshif, H is ** l8 about the teirth time that Club bouse has been teoksn into * years that it has been in Postal Receipts Show Big Increase For Last-Quarter CniiMiasa Growth Cootmuoa De spite Cloainf ol Afar Post. > war years. At ISMt, that is the way the Sena tor expressed himself at a conference last week with Mayor P. N. McCorkle, held at the J^ferson hotel in Co lumbia. Mayor McCorkle had gone to Colum bia to meet the Senator and dtecuse with him varions phases of poet-war planning for this commonity. Senator Maybank told the Camden executive that he was confident that after the war there will be many thonsands of people of moderate wealth who will want to come south, eepedally for the (Please tnm to page ten) Injured When He onel Boykin’s r Stolen lliiirs. Boykin, wife of Col. “^^ykln of the Army, and now lost her automobile. rj^Jklevee niAde away with It at the BoyUa rwl- y^^Cirrleoii street last Thmrs ®'“ked from the drive- Ju .1.1 and then the mo- iSf ^ It sped ,nvaF. A •Srs? “v ihs men in H aUinii^ Be Although the Southern Aviation school closed early last August and left many (Camden residents In a most pessimistic frame of mind as to Gm future of the community, Post master C. P. DuBoee, Jr., has Just announced that the postal receipts for the quarter ending Sept 30, 1944, khowed approximately a 20 per cent inersase over the receipts for the same period in 1943. In 1944 tbe September quarter showed total receipts to be $11,409.98 with tbe month of September register ing a. total of $4,118.46, August $3,- 463.72-and. July |S,838.67. In 1943 tbe total was $9,476.81 divided as fol lows: September $8,609.71; August 18,869.40. and July I8.86A16. The September ^1944, report Is the highest in the history of the Camdsn post office. City Offices Are Ghren Face-lifting Store Elevator ' Robert L. GShton, Hlgbladd avehne, haa been returned to his home froin the C!amden hospital where he eras taken last week after be was Injured whei^canght under an elevator at the (JamAn Furniture store. Gaston was engaged In putting rat poison in base of tbe«elevator shaft ness area of Camden consists of Perry LAngstoo, George T. Little, Howard Speaks. Miss Harriet Nelson. Dr, A. (Please turn to pagu ten) License Renewal For Kershaw County A representative of the State High way department will be at the fob lowing ptacee for the purpose of a»> sisting In the renewal of motor vehlclo license: Camden, Langston Motor company, Monday. Oct. If, 23, 30 and Nov. 6. Hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. Friday, Oct. II, 20, 27 and Nov. 3 and 10. Hours 9 arm. To-1» noon. Kershaw, Police headquartere, on 'Thureday, Oct. 12,. 19, 26 and Nov. 2 and 9^ Honrr 9 a. m. to 12 noon. Jake Wade, eporta iARor of the (Charlotte Observer, ilMB She Oamden high school football team a fins trib ute when he says that "tt seems to be head and ehoulders above anything ia the state.’* , , In the ’Tuesday issue of the Obeerr- er Wade has a lot to say about the varions teams of the Carollnas aad his comment on the Palmetto teams reads as follows: "Down in the Sandlapper state, tiie spotlight is qn one team, a mighty Camden eleven that seems to be bead and ahoulders above anything else in the state, with poseibly a challenge from City ecbo<ds of Columbia. Cam- deaVi nnbeatea dub Is UR by Carol C3ox, chunky brother of "Shot’* of Carolina fame. Paaoo Oettle, whose (Charlotte) Harding team lost to Cam den, 82-18, calls Cox ’’the greatest high school back,rvs ever eeen.’’ So far as the Columbia City school teams Is concerned, the Chronicle sports editor does not believe Bee Rhsme’s outfit conld be persuaded to play Camden this year. Aml-thr rea eon of course Is obvious. By the Skipper The Charleston Bantams have the reputation of being a superlative foot ball team and capable of making the best outfit In the country travel at top speed to down them. » For that reason, Camden Is facing a real task in getting by the coast city eleven in the clash at Zemp field tonight. ’The Bantams were late In getting started but nccording to the sport scribes of the several Charles ton papers they have picked up speed and skill rapidly and should be in the pink of ’condition when they race out on tbe field tonight. Camden hopes to make it five in a row at the expense of the Bantams tonight. Next week Orangeburg is here and as the boys from south of Columbia have not startled the world this season, even against mediocre teams, the Bulldogs should get by with a win. Then comee Chester there and Lancaster here. Camden should have no difficulty with either. Florence should (Aer real.eompe- Gtisn. This game will be played in Florence, girteg the home bo^ the advantage that ueoally comes from playing before a. home town crowd. Friday, Nov. 17. will be homecoming hwe in Cemden and (he Monroe, N. C, Higha will be the opponents of the Bulldogs. *1110 1944 Camdsn foot- bell season will come to e close Nov. SI at Brunswick, Ga. with the Glenn Aeedemy temn ae opponents. In as much as an average Savannah High team gave Glenn Academy a bad beat ing last week, this should mean a win for Camden. Outside of tbe Charleston battle to night, the remaining home gamec are to be sort ot anticlimex affelre. We hope that beoauee of the anticipated ease with which Cemden is expected to polish off Orangeburg and Lancas ter that the fane will not let down In their enthoslasm by tailing to tgm oot for the two games in question. A delegation oi Camden fans plan on going to Sumter on the evening of the; 2040 to see the Sumter-Columbla. game. Tbere Is naturally much in terest In the result ot this game as Cesidea BAhmA Sumter aoB If Ike Oemecooks trim the Caps, the latter will have no opportunity to question the reepeetlve merits of die Cape Shi tbe Bulldogs. * The Bulldogs ere in fine shape for tbe Charleston game tonlghL ter bet ter. as a matter of fact than Wkeu they battled Sumter. It can be saM (Please tun to page four) Formal Opening Df Court Inn Is On November 17th Tourist HosUory Now Open On The Europoan PUn. Ben DeLoach To Sing Offertory At Grace Church Gaftod Vocalist WiU Offer Melotte’s ^HThe Lord’s Prayer” Sunday. as 'part of the campaign now on to st 16 o’clock. Surgical Dressing Rooms To Re-open Mrs. Creed wishes to announce that the Snrglcal dreasing rooms will be opened on Tuesday morning, Oct 17, rid the communl^adf rats, when the descending elevator trapped him. It is said ha sustained several broken ribs and waa otherwiee in jured. At first It was thought that hie back was hrokaa. Materials have come and work will be carried on each Tuesday, Wednea- day, ’Thureday and Friday, and ’Tues day and ’Thursday nights at 8 o’clock. Surgical dressings not to be taken out of any audtorlxed work room. The Court Inn. which has closed Since August 17. during th* absence of the management in the north, opened Monday, Oct. 9, on tlm European plan. Manager Arthor Slade, who,w§s,ip. charge'uf i leading summer liotel at Sunapee, New Hampshire, the paq^ summer, stated that the formal open ing OT the hotel for the seeaou oq the American plan will take place Nov. 17. JMr. Blade states that conelderahls renovating will be done to the front of the building, especially the big porch and entranco stairs on the south Bide. The grounds, which are one of the big attractions for the many gnasta because of the fine land scaping and profusion of shrubbery and trees; have been maintained in good condition all summer and pre sent a most attractive appearance. Last fall two thirds of the gnest Pahilers have just oempleted the rHMvatttg of dty oftlees aad also ^ repainting of tks trim about tka doors and windows of aame. tko eRy clerk’s eCtlso akd polisi .slidten ware foeently rspsteki.l if Otflosr Bnfkrd ISanaoak. SR iotfiinjfa tko paMMai Uno. Tke ofllas of ltd _ _ purchasing agent sad Ike water and ao ^ .. wwww In nnl-|Hgkt deparf snta were painted by the Cm* 9oilkm hAve assaaed Parker PatatMt aad Deoorattng * •»-U MMIm. jpany. SUBSCRffTION LIST FROZEN Under a revised order of the War Production Board, weekly nowtpaporo have boon IlmHod in thoir ikao of nowoprint to the tonnage uood in the first thro* quartom of 1944 sr the first throe quartorn of 19«lh 'Svhiehovor it the grosAor.'* In ofToet. If the highly toehnieai order lo oonstruod eorrootly, weekly nowepspor Uote are 'Yreaen'* teethe pioeent else or looe, aeoordlng to whether or net the Hot io omallor or larger than it was In the throe gusrtsrs ss- Isotsd. tinos THE CHRONKLE’t list Is larger now than It was in 1941; tho Enreo quarlore of 1944 have been soloetsd. tine* the iMt ia larger than K waa the flret sf the year It may have te be redueed, though thie lo net elear right new. Thie meaiia that our suboeription Hat will be held ae‘ at prea- ant and na naw eiikaeriptiewa reoahud uatH atharwtaa advlaad." Thaaa who dsahy to aontinuo vending the paper muM keep jheir ■nkstr1|i1tEne doM In advanoe. We aak our eybeerfkere te eheek the Inbei an tksir' paper as ts esMlmtlnn dnis and if they are In aria are ga piune renew within Wo next MHe dfit na f^are AMR ka nmlied tkW ara in akbaarlbev^ nanm la taimn frwp tha IIM ka will ka 4 aew Bukseribsr n be eeeka te renaw. THR eHMCjlitfeliP hopea thia rvtkig ia ttmtl ta Ita Inrga fatn% g^ French Flyer Lands In Pasture On Kilgore Farm TulU Fnrmar HdLoat HU Wj^y aad Deciddd To (ksDao Down. People residing near kurant'a open ing on tho Caaoden-Blshopvlllo road were amased to see a BT^ll* plane soar out of the dky and aettleigraeo- fnlly In a field of the Carey Kilgore farm last ’Thursday eveuiag. The pilot, George Oeron, who comes from Montpelllar, Prsnee, and ia one of the group of FVench fljring students at Shaw Ifield. told the crowd that quieltly/<gathered around hla plane that be had loot his way and rather *1100 fly blindly aad perhaps get far. ther trm hie bsaa, deelded to Mad. Later a trade from Shaw field reached the somie aad plane sad pilot were taken back to tka nlr goat Thte pilot ats^ad ko ksd been ta tho Statas far snly fiva nMatha. He aaM he was 21 years ot a iflis €■• bskr livtac hi Ben DeLoach, famous singer, who has been In "the Southwest Pacific, staging to the'G.- I. JoM at nearly every base in that great area for ovm* a year, retnmed to Camden Wednes day, where he will rest up after his arduous duties in bringing cheer end comfort to many Thonsands'of ioldfers' and marines. Mr. DeLoach wUf make his first vocal appearance since his return from the war^ fronts at Grace Episco pal church next Sunday morning when he will sing the offertory number at tbe 11:16 service. Mr. DeLoach has selected for Me offering "Tho Lord’s Prayer" by Mel- lotte. This number was a great fav orite with tbe service men all over the Pacific area and Mr. DeLoach aang it repeatedly in response to the many requests. Tbe appearance this gifted vocal ist, whose tame is vTorid-iride, at the Episcopal church, will no doubt, at- rooms of the hotol mmrm ntVMmvopmi cnarcu, WIU no aOUDC, St and work at finishing the remainder ^ Is to be started At onee seating capacity of the edlfloe, - 18 to be started at once. Campbell, churdk onaa- IsL wHI aoeompany Mr. DeLoach In his offertory numbM*. Criminal Court Convenes Oct 23rd Grumd Jnrom Arm To On Momday. The Coart of General Sesskms for Kershaw County will c<mvane at Cam den Court House oa Monday, October 22, 1944, with Hla Honor, Judga C O. Featheretoae, prealdtag. The foUow- ttg petit Jurors are to report oa open- tag day, Oct. 28: B. B. Qndlegr, Talmadgq Joyirar, J. R Watson, D. O. McLeod. M. O. Fletcher. T. H. Young, Jr., D. A. Hta- son, George Gardner, W. M. Gerdaer. C. 8. Small, Ira iowsta Mstrldgis. B. F. Baker. Frank Snipes, A. T- Gard- urn/ Mdward Maylor. R P. Betvta. M Itaboa L. T. Trgdedale. Bsmry Pitta. J. W. Smith, D. Bubaaka, L, a Paschal, T. K. Hearou. Paul Oragmy, C. H. RarratL J. D. SfSSl ** MeOaaWU. Oyim Bakcn, W. C. Jonea \aad H«i^ ORver. .“n