The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 20, 1944, Image 1
Protest Is Looked For Against Project
The Ca^en
age Dam At Backingham Landing.
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VOLUME M
CAifDEN, dOUTH CAROUNA, FRdkAY, OCTOBER SO, 1944
NUMBER 31
hrangeburg Highs Here,
0 Elattle BuUdogs Tonight
itor* Hoping To Catch Cam*
den Suffarilit Fr<mi
Letdown.
tile the Camden Balhlogs are
icted to find Oranfebnrg an easy
im in the clash tonight at Zemp
d, reports from the opponent city
cate that the rlsltors anticipate
blog the Camden team In a let*
B after the streanoas hattle
ut Charleeien last fViday, and
e BO npset win.
le game ffhQidd-he-a good, one
it is to be hoped that the fans
not regard it as an aiiti«llinax
ucle after the Soniter and
■leiton scraps, and decide to re-
I by the family heirth rather than
ter to the. gridiron fl^.
lit writer urges erer^^ fan to be
ent tonight and let the team hare
mcouragesMBt that is lent by fall
Is. It shoars the boys that the
e gang Is for them one hundred
cent
will be game No. 6 on the Cam-
schedule and so far all tire
M played hare been Tictorles.
»rce plans on starting his regn-
llneup tonight and If the dope
s good, tba swmnd stringers may
t real workoat before the eren*
Is orer.
Local Greeks
Appeal For Aid
For War Victims
Gas Boleos Asks Donations of
Clothing For Destitate
People.
twAGasdine—
ition Books To
ipear On Nov. 9 . ^
Bcatioms Mnst Includo Bia
Badi Pago of Old
0ns Beleos, chairman of the Cam
den and Kershaw oonntT unit of the
Greek War BMlef assoclhtlon, an
nounced this Oeek that the Assccla-
tlon Is making a renewed appeal for
clothing.
A special effort must be made to
collect as much as possible this fall,
said Mr. Etoleos, in view of the situa-
tlon in Greece. If the country Is lib
erated soon, the Greek War Reliefs
entire stockpile of clothing can be
sent without delay. The larger the
stockpile is, the more relief it will
provide for the people of Greece. If,
however, the' Greeks are obliged to
face a fourth winter under Nasi occu
pation. millions of garments mnst be
sent to them before the bitter cold
takes its toll In lives and saflerbtg.
This fall marks the first annirer.
tary of the national drive for 20 mil-,
lipn garments b^g conducted by the
Qiwek Way RsHeP asaociatloB. a m«m.
bar agency or tlw Mattoiaat Whr PvndT
DarOit the past year orer 6 million
articMi have been aent to the New
Toik warMionse where they have been
proosaaed and baled for shipment
Yanks Amused By
applications tor the new A* gaso-
ration book, which becomes valid
bnrsday, Nov. 9, mast be accom-
d by the back cover of the cur-
A book.
e applicant who has lost or
'n away the corer of his A book
lave to prore to the ration board
he has a car which entitles him
iply for an A ration; that the
Ih currently register^ and in
ind that renewal basis A ration
too,
oani
new A book is being Issned
lore tbe differential which now
between tbe Bast Coast and
malnder of the country on valid*
tes for A gas rations. The first
118 in the new book, A-*18. will
lid on Nov. 9.
tiuse of tbe validation of the
stamp on Nov. 9, there will be
rd to Tiee-the last strip eottpdns,
in the present book. This step,
Gomidete clothing outfits and shoes
tor 100,900 children and for 60,000
adults have been forwarded to Greece,
in the coarse of the Greek relief pro*
gra^i. 4nd these gannents have been
dteirfbnted to the inhabitants of the
homed and bombed villages, whose
people were left homeless and utter
ly destitute by Natl reprisals for
guerrilla activities-
To meet the desperate need for
clothing In Greece. Mr.ABeleos asks
that whatever clothing me people of
Camden and Kershaw county can
spare, be sent at once to any of the
following places: Home ^ralture
Store, M ft K Coffee Shop, Seven Seas
Cafe, Roxy Cafe or Kandy Kitchen.
Would Inundate All Lowland
Between Camden and Columbia
Camden-Kershaw
County Lagging In
Conunnnity C^pa’n
Other Counties Have Already
Reported On Their Ad-
wance Gtfts.
SOMEWHERE IN INDIA (Passed b/Army Onsors)-» These
members of the U. 8. Armed Forses sre amusedly looking on as an
Indian dhobie (pnblk laundrmiaB) nuaintly dmba a garment on hto
primitive *Srash boasd." This is a far cry from the hygienic and
scientifle methodi need ky laundriee in the good eld U. S. A. Note ^
serions
wbOe
•UMV aaewwaew eawes Mvaswa vw mi KWtft «tu O.
Bs cxmessioti of the suarthy linen beater’s’* deughter (center)
theY^eknddeL
Camden Cotton Maiicet
Soars To Near A Million
Westville Man
IsKflledWhen
^ck By Train
Cdtumbas Hsnal Horton, Ship
Yard Worker, Meets
Doatih.
lot been iasued for it and no ap- £2. T Iaaxx IEabsaU
too. loE^ xeMwat is peediflr atftIto'Ai JCPCB 0VWw1
Lack of Dandng
Area At the Center
Tiny Quarters Does Not Permit
The light Fantastic.
do we dance 7” was ibe
**Where~ do
frequent Inquiry made by hundreds
iition to bringing the same AI of Q. I. Joes who visited the Service
n into use throughout the coun-'Center in its new quarters on DpKalb
ill have the additional advant- street Saturday and Sunday.
I removing ft-om circulation thej The cigar-box site of the new quart-
number of counterfeit A-12 ers is in startling contrast to tbe large
Q8 which bare been pmited. I airy quarters which have prevailed
orists are advised that applica-jin the Rutledge street armory for the
for the new A book may be made pest year or more. The
lotiir rauon bosra at any time are neat and clean, have shower beth.
(reading, writing and comfortable
pons In the new A gasoline book ‘ lounging facilities, but it is so tiny
•e valued at 4 gallons of gaso-,that there Is no opportunity tor tbe
ach, an Increase one gallon doughboys to danew^nd dancing is
the present A coupon value of
callons,
saihe renewal datee apply to
' type of coupon books which
aued to owners of motorcycles,
< explained.
llcation forms on which mutor-
»d motorcycle owners will app^
>e new ration books are nbw
distribnted to the«vajrlo«w retiea
irice control panels throughout
m North CaroUna.
npt^ action in obtaining the ap*
Ion forms ind filing thsm wRh
Ition boards ^Ul facilitate ban*
of the new registration, and en-
he applicants to get their.new
hooks in time for the beginning
new period, tt VM mM.
new A books contain 27 cou*
and the number It coupon la
ne which becomes valid No*
■r 9 The present tire intpectloa
Is which formerly w#e sub*
I ^ith applijAtiopa for renewal
Boiine ratlom should be disra*
I entirely in the preaant regls-
1- The new abdication has a4{
Continued from first page)^
i>sier Wasp b
led In Crash
Flyer From Muiw FmM
'raskaa N
^ Higkwny.
• _GeannelL NOTbeck. age tl. a
Sr Women's Amiy Senr-
better known es the
killed instantly in the
Plahe near tka Camden*
*0 tollea from
Jjj®^y dorinir a^tam flight
rjwtock, who was stetloMd
was on a regular flight
fronble rtrriWihi •'■■(I
crashed,
her
MW
A Who reeliu In
whet they crave more than anything
dee.
One of-the Intereetlag features of
the Service Center is a largs map
that has been placed on the west wall
This map is stod(M with silver stars,
each star denoting jthe home town of
some soldier who has visited the
Center. While this map has been In
dace on|y -a week, H is covered ^wtth
silver stars. Every section of tbe
country carries a cluster of stars, in
dioatlng how far-reaching the army
personnel Is in territory.
Considerable annoyance was in
evidence over the last week-end be
cause of the absence M a screen door
on the ' DaKalb street entrance.
Thousands of flies were attracted by
the bridtt lights in the Center and
swarmed throughout the place.
A request is to be maae for the
dftcing -of an iron or steel flag pole
a front at thd Oealhr. The*bamboo
pole that was in nse last weak sagged
In s most unbecoming manner.
Coach Williaiiig
Seeks Games With
Good Grid Teams
Q0.
k Ptomnii at
Johnny Williams, coadi of the
Ifsther Academy grid team, wants
games. So far this season the Mather
eleven has played but one game, that
with a Florence team which resulted
in s t to • tla.
Johnny Williams says he cannot
find any teams that will battle his
Tigers. He particularly would Ifte
to schedule s game at Zemp tidd sad
five tbe beam fdks a real football
ppeetacle.
'*Ncim at the teams seem to want
to amet my toam." aaM WUUasM. *1
have ti|sd to auke eoataet wiCh sev
eral of the leeding colored teams ef
the state but without aay renlt I
sgre wonlft-like to get eas tor
And OuadM football frum bege that
daeh WBBW e«a UM ap a
m mL tor te
fa wMeh me 1
An inquest wss ordered in the
dedh of Columbus Hssel Hortoa, tt-
yeais)ld resident' of Westville, who
was instantly killed when struck by s
Southern train at Westville Thursday
afternoon:
Bo tar as eaa be learned Hor
mumnfsr^ ciaptoitfi ai dbs
track and evidently hid dosed off anff
did not know tbe train was dae
It is said that a step of the loco,
motive struck him In the head, fnu>>
taring his skull and killing him in
stantly. The accident occurred about
2 p. m.
Horton was a native of Westville
but for tbe past year has been em
ployed in a shipyard at Tampa, Fla
Jotul ol tjOOO BuIm Reported
Ak Emd ai
The Camden eottau ssarkef will,
within another two weeks, soer past
the millkm dollar mart: la bales s<Hd
here -in ten weeks time
Listen folks, this is Q. L Joe speak
ing:" Not^tor' myself sJone huT for
many thousands of my buddlea I
want to talk to you abont the oom*
munity cheat and national war fund
drive that is now being conducted in
Gamdei/ and Kerehaw county.
Did you know that Kershaw county
lacks quite an amount of going over
the top as many other counties in
South Carolina already have done.
Lee, Charleston, Barnwell, Colleton
and others, to name a few.
Thanks to the many who havs al
ready contributed to the fund. It looks
Lumber InterestiT Expected To
Wage Fight Against
Plsm.
Construction of im 80 foot dam at
Buckingham Landing may be pro
tested on the ground that such a proj
ect, planned by the federal govern
ment. would result in all of the low
land In the Santee watershed and
course from Wilson’s Landing to
Camden being inundated.
Tbe bill providing tor a powor axis
extending from the mountains to tbe
sea is now b^re congress and calls
for an Initial expenditure of 126.000,-
000. •
Lumbermen in the Congaree and
Wateree sectors are expected to make
a vigorous fight against the Bucking
ham dam on the basis that the flood
ing of a vast area by the backing up
of the waters of the Congaree and
Wataree rivers would destroy one of
the finest fotoat growing areas in the
southeast. Tbe lowland forests, they
contend are storm sheltered by the
as If there are a lot of Camden and
K.nl... cou», ..opl. who .r. w.U ? “LIT" J;
aware of the need of attaining the
17,600 guota. They are to be com
mended for t^elr responsibility in
meeting it.
l>o you know there ate quite sTew
people Whn, wtuwi —Sif
claimed that the lumber is now be-
iug cut scieutifically, and with thu
rapid drainage in evidence constantly
is reproducing another growth of
timber in the cutover areas.
Tbe lambermen also clslm, it Is
to the fund declare "Bare, I’ll send
yon my check." Seme of them do “*<k*ate tormt srea would result In
and some of them don’t. I like to of^
thfi>a ffiit do not woodworking, and -tnmbwr-;-
mose-tnatoo-not have jw ^aw material for which. Is
forgotten their promise. If you Mr.
Reader are one of them, mail your
cheek today. Don’t wait because the
supplied from this forest regimt
The Buckingham Landing dam will
time draws short and we cannot
ford to have our dty and our county between Columbia and
fall under the assigned amount. .
Those who support thU drive show I ^
that they realise the neoeeeity of the™tr*1: ‘f ^
affair and their generosity is to be
commended. It Indioatas a measnre
!.», T«w.r, omcul .ftM C.15S:
that the market has progreesed at the
rats of a thousand bales per week. In
ett^ wedES the total had mounted to
1,009 bales, which represents some
$991,000 in cold cash.
"Ourlag the past several weeks,’*
said Mr. Turner, “we have had sumy
loads of eottoB come In from Swansea,
Bt. Charles, Lamar, BiMiopTllle and
Bimtes^"
u|*ntoa_hMM et the reoord market is
market here, also to
the* fact that wa have one of the
finest scales money can bay which
assures the grower perfect weight on
his otSton. Thirdly, the fine pubHclty
given the Camden market has resulted
In many growers who never brought
their cotton here before, coming to
Camden to dispose of it” '
Last week, spectators at the big
cotton platform on Rutledge street.
He came to mstvnib 5® l watching
relatlvee only recently. Hia wife, who ^«lgblng of the cotton wora amaxed
remained in Tampa, was notified of •«« ‘horse standing on the ecalee.
hia death and hurried to Westville reading was 729 ^unds It wm
for tha fnneral. ‘ amall horse, juat five and a halt
Horton la survived by kia widow, I belongs to C. P.
daughtera, Mrs. MUton Catoe, and* "Shucks,** declared Weigher Turner,
Miss Mary Evelyn Horton of Kershaw,
a aistar, Mrs. Eddta R-Pi
‘*that*a nothing. We get cows, mules
and horaea vary fraqi
vllle, andfttwo brothers, WHllsm P-l^ - u wa a
Horton of this city, and Walter R.|V|ahghdhl KllOdha Avkh
Horton, who is with the Beabees In AJUPCO .fRAC
the Admiralty Islands.
Foiids S6ught For ^
Democratic Pai:ty
Sheriff J. H. McLeod, dhalrman of
Kershaw County Denaocratle Party,
states that funds sre being solicited
thll wgar-fisr the DemomsUc Tarty.
If there are those in this county who
wish to oontribute and are not con
tacted, they are mrged to send their
contributions to Mr, McLeod’s office.
The qnota assigned Kershaw County
is $900.00. It is reported that some
ooontiee hsvs already orersnbscrfbed.
COTTON QINNINQ REPORT
Jiist That, Gan’t
Use For Fair 'Trip
T. Hsadquarturs Rufusus
- ^ Pmrit To Tftko Kids
To Fair.
by the bnilding ot six or more huge
water power dams ftom Santee-Coop-
er north of Columbia. So tar tbs
affair is etrlcUy a federal matter and
crwllted.wlth. Camden and Kerehawl^jj]; ^
psosto on the whole are well sways! hs devtloped for navigatiou,
of ths need of ths campaign and^ "hoj powsr..El^
their responsibility in meeting this
need.
The advance gift campaign is still
on and It is hoped that by 4hs sod of
the week a report can be made to
state headquarters as to the amount
collscted. Block leaders and workers
ars aanvaastng tbe reeideatisl sue-
lions of ths city and hope to bs able
to report s go^y sum to bsadquarb
era.
Sam Karesh, one ot the co-chairmen
of the drive, in a statement Monday
said that every housewife should real
ise that she should contribute toward
trlcity sales would be handled by the
secretary of the interior.
R. M. Jeffries, chairman of ths
Santes-Coopsr Public Servies authori
ty, is reported to havs-openiy declared
himself to be in fator of a project
which he states wtU develop the vust
resources of the.jmtkw river.
The plan is said to have been under
coneideratldH for several years and
explains at 'this day the surveying
sctivlllee which have been reported
from time to time along the Wateree
river from this city downstream. *rhe
survey has been completed and tha
this campaign. So many, when
proached by the block workers de- prospecU of the termination
Clare “Oh, my husband .gives at bia'°^ European war unusually briiht.
there haa bees a decided revival of
Interest in this big dam project With
(Please turn to page eight)
office, or hia atore." That- according
to Mr. Karesh is not the proper at
titude.
Camden people should bear in mind
that portions of the fund eolleeted go
toward local agencies, such se the
Boy Scouts and the DSO.
Let us analyse what your dollars do
toward Ch I. Joe’s fsinlly. Ton win
If#—helping hands, kind
words and good advice when she has
a difficult problMn, when she’s learn
ing how to handle a war job along
with her home job. Family service,
hospital and ettnical facllltieef pre
natal aad poet-uatal care.
f -TonTI give Joe an easy chair, music,
companionship in the Smvloe Center.
Mebbe these are little things to you,
but to Joe they are big thinge.
Toull give his dsoghter good whole
some sctivltlee under wise leaderihip
—recreation—a chance to help the
war effort
Bohobl'^busee may imt be used to
trsnsport diildrM to tlto Carolina
State fair, held this weA in Columbia.
Several 8<mth Carolina commnnitlee
sent requests to the regional Offlee of
Deiense Transportation at Atlanta,
asklBE for pension to nee the buses
to transport children to the fair.
The O. D. T, headquarters In reply
stated that while It tally tealised the
edneatlonal value’of state fairs, the
Census report ihows that 7,199 bales' extressely critical shortage of tires,
of oottOB were ginned In Kershaw ’ gsseline and itow equipment makes it
Countj;, from the crop ot 1944 srlor le imperative that school, buses be need
Octobw let. ue compared wltt 5,611 only for the purpose of transporting
bulss tor the crop of 1941. papfls to and from schooL
Woman Is Found
Dead; Skull Was
(^hed By Blow
Gmwrsome Diacomry la Mndn
In Wood Nour Rnml^pri.
Sumter county anthorltlee are in
vestigating the alleged slaying ot Mrs.
Mamie Maria Turner, fifty year old
woman, in a wood near her home near
Rambert Monday. —-
Tbe woman, who lived alono. her
husband having died several years
ago, was found with crashed and
TouTi five l%Jitgft^.sfin^aiMft JUtd4M<^7 liiiA ciiiiftiLkr blows hfillexad
hdppy limy while his mother Is at
work—necessary hospital care—serv
ices to keeip a boy healthy^ brave wd
strong until his daddy comes home.
Winter Arrives
In Camden, Temp.
Hits 40 Rradhif
oid
lp-*ora hava pnt
1
aMghty
aad aB have
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FINAL NOTICE
Under a revlaed' order ef tbe War Freductlen Bwrd, weekly
newspapers have been limited In tbeir nee Of newsprint to tbe
tonnage need bi tbe first tbree qnarlere ef 1944 or tbe first tbree
Uttsrters ef 194$, "wbtehever is tbe greater." In effeel, M the highly
teohnieal order Je eenctrued eerreetly, weekly newspaper lists sre •
"frexen" to the present elM or less, aoeerdlng to whether or not
tbo list is smeller or larger than K was in the three uusrtere eg*
tested. __
tinoe THE CHRONKLrt Met Is larger new than It was In
194A the Uhwo quartors of 1944 have bson solseted. Wnoo th* list
m largor than It was the first at tbo yaar tt OMy have te be
though this Is not elear right new.
This means that ear eaboeriptlen Hot wMI be held as at
eat and no new eabeeriptlene reeehmd astE elherwtee adviesdk
■ These whd dsMrs t» esatinw sbadlng^the paper awet keep
their anbeerlptleaie paM in advafkia. - We asR iw anbeeiWsrs to
Bbsbfc the label .on their pi$wiP‘Ue to iraplrstlen dale and If they
are In arrsankApleaee rensw yvlthia fhe next three weekm After
tills dais lfl^BSMmra*eitll bs msWsd'JlMd ars in arrsawb Owm a
is tahsn fbaoi tha^skfta will be eenaldwadae
K b9 akafca te fSHM. TMf CHVIONICk,* bbdM
«f Mi Me Madhr or - - ^
to IBave been inflicted by a blont in
strument.
The offlee of. the Sumter county
sheriff has uncovered some clues, it
is said, that should lead to the airoet
of the gnllty party.
Fnneral services were held Wednes-
day' aftornoen from the Betheeda
church at Rembert . She laaeee her
mother, Mrs. Mattie C. Ocvbett a
sister, Mrs. Leon Dyson of near itam-
roertoh; two hrothem Fat Bryant of
_ George, and B. T, Bryant of Sum-
Boruns BrauQu An.merton. and a half brother. Mood
Corbett, and an adopted dan^ter.
Mile Ethel Torner, who is a etadent
at the HlUcrest Hifh echooL
There wss no indications that the
woman had been criminally attacked.
ky Brputh Om City.
winter arrived in C!amden Monday
morning when a temperature reading
of 40 degrees sent real shiven to
chattering humanity. Sunday morning
a reading of 4$ was ri^Kirtod sml on
Tuesday SBorntag the mercury was
again at the 49 mark.
The temperature was some six de-
trees below the figure a. year ago
on the same date. The 49 degree reaft-
Ing is not a record however as s low
of $9 was record^ in 1894.
*rhe weather man does not hold out
mneh promise to a return of more
moderate weather. In tact, he fore
casts steadily increasing cold.
Tl^ cold snap sent many people
with hurried caUs for wood aad aooL
Refimml E 'L U.
Meeting At Chester
Tbe Central R^dnal.B. T. D. meet
ing Is to he held St the First Baptist
diurch of Chester on Wednesday, No-
Tombar 1, from t:l9 p. WL to i:lf m.
Tbe theme fm tbo.jregnuu is
“Back Chnrch DevMsHni Ito Mem-
bert."
tbo good- liM 94 Cbeetm fb
trio tMiBi supper ter aS
Hovejr Promoted •
To Bng. General; <
Is Now In France
Ponuor Muiw nnid Commnud*
dr In Charge ai New Air
Command.
Burton M. Hovey, Wbam FloU's fbat
commanding officer, well known
in Camden, where he wae a frequent
visitor, has been promoted to the rank
of Brigadier QeneraL
When the officer cssm to Shew
Field he held the rank of Major. He
has now been in Europe for eeverni
aam servtaif to Friaoe
tojesponslble tsr
2*. we^ dad awoHnmm of Wbnm
Field. R wag bb ittoe 4kwtotM to
the enrty of ««
jiwMle .tbf.'W
Jir