The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 13, 1944, Image 1
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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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