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-I* N .*’• » ASpi-X- - .'9.*^ John M. yyiepfae T» Coach Sooth Cirolina Team In Annual Shrine Game Dec. 2 The Camden /OLUME 56 CAMDEN, SOUTH CANOUNA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1944 NUMBER 32 erriffic Gale and Dovmpour f Rain Causes Much Damage Disposal Roster includes Camden Ayiadon School of CoaamunicatMMa Line* Hit. Cotton Crop la Damafod. e of tba wildest nlahts Camd«i experienced in many years was of Tburaday, Oct. 19, and tne ing of Oct. JO, when the city community was side^ewlped by hurricane that roared up from la. ilgh gale of wind punctuated with" ^ The horror of war has reached Into that shook hes froffl trees. dwellings, ripped tore power was accompanied by a heary pour of rain that penetrated un- <Mfs and conTortad many homes Tcritable shower baths, wme sections of the city electric r was reduced to a minimum 9:30 Thursday night until late 7 morning. EJectrie. stOTes could « used while electric ice boxes ^ functioning. ■ougbout the city the streets littered with broken branches twigs while in sofne instancM bad beMi blown down, breaking k and telephone lines, lome of the stores in the down- district, water that came threngh oof or backini op from storm drains caused much damage to landlse. m from the water afid Uxht de- enr w^ on doty all night in : to repair serrlce lines and re light and power to homes, storm raged all orer this part i country. At Charleston, power were broken and the city was rkneas until rspira were made iday. the Camden hocpital aereral in the roof were r(H>orted when (Pieaao turn to page ten) nden Observes mksgivingOn ’ r,Nov;23 irsday, So W« Can AU GWo linnlca That Poxxle Is Sohred. fen will oba^a iniankaglTlag 'Hknraday.^WT. tl. that ia the turkey day data sa been definitely aet through 'tarnation from the office of or Olin D. Johnattm. e baa been more or less con- in recent years over the ^giving day date because of ng with the old -origdnal idea provided that it be on the 4th lay of the month. Under the [“t turkey day was to be the lursday of November. The au- )f the act figured that the last lay would be the fourth Thurs- Hermitage Family Loses Three Sons On Battle Lines Two Death NoCicea Reach Family In Leas Than Week's Tnne. the home of Mr. and Mm, W T RoK^ erts. Hermitage village, this city, and three of five sons barve already paid the sunreme sacrifice of giving up their Inres to their country. The arrival of a telegram last Saturday announced the death of Pfc. Oilbert E. Roberts of the United States Marines, #hile in actimis in the southwest Pscific on September 29. The t^egram was addressed to the wife of the soldier. Less than a week before a wire to the Roberts home conveyed the sad tidings of the death of Pvt. Wilbert Roberts, who was in the Italian thea- ter of war and who was kflled Oct 1. Sivwal weeks befors the family hai heeii notlflsd of the death of an other son. Pvt Bdmnnd Roberts, a paratrooper, who died while in the performance of hit. duty in Steily. (TIsaae tan |» page foar) Awarded Kmnze Star For Bravery Cnptain Julian H. Burns Wins Honors In Eurcqpoan Arua Captain Jolian H. Burns, 31. of 1413 Fair street, Camden, liaison officer with a combat command of the Fourth Anaored division, has been cited for meritmioas service in action and awarded the Bronze Star medal by order of the commander of the tank division. . The citation reads in part: **Since this combat command first went into action and up until the present time, Captain Julian H. Bums has'served as UaisoB officer for this baadtuarters. During this parted Captain Bnms haa b^n called upon to go on many trips threngh territory not entirely tree of the enemy,^ often at nigbt and in in clement weather. Many times he was required to keep going for long peri ods without rest. All these duties have been carried out in a capable, efficient manner without regard to personal safety and comfort.*’ Captain Bnms* wife, now residing in this city, was the former Helen Wan, daughter of Col. and Mrs Wall, Broad street. investigation Is Asked of Cornish i C^urleaton Sueka To H»^ Listed For Sale With Orwigo- buTf and Bemiettswille Poets. The Southern Aviation school of this city, comprising 1,106.99 acres, with three hangars, five barracks, mess hall, kitchen, recreation room, hospital and other structurea, with the Hawthorne School of Aeronautics at Orangeburg are included in the list of industrial plants and sites to be disposed of by the Defense Plant Oo^ poration, according to a Washington dispatch. Also included ip the list of Palmetto State plants affected by the-annonnce- ment is the Southeastern Air Service, Inc., formerly the Georgia Air Service, Inc., of Benettsville* whidh covers 1,- 139.68 acrea and haa 89 buildings. Tbe Reconstruction Finance cor poration haa announced that it would negotiate at this tlase for tbe sale or lease of these plants. Probe laduatrinl Body. The Camden and Kershaw County Cftamher of Commerce has been asked to join with other Chambers of Com- UMTce in South Carolina, together With organised Business, in asking lor an investigation dt the practices and procedures of the South Carolina iMustrial commission, according to iMormation received from the Charles ton Chamber of Commerce. The demand for an investigation at ttw atate body waa matte -fay-tfw Camddn Football Wizard Selected As Mentor For S. C. Expiration, Oct 31 Motor vohiolo owners will do wall to rsmembor that the time for purchasing now lioonso plates will expire next Tuesday, Oct. 31, after which there will be a pen alty fee of 50 oents. > Mreeton of the Charleston Chamber •M it waa also decided to ask Org- imized Business and tbe Chambers of Commerce ot the state to back the psqueat by asking their respective delegations to act in the matter. The Charleston report does not in- t ste any details as to the reason the recommendation for the in- j^StlgSitlOB. Criminid Court Session Is Short llrwnd ^ Rab^ ^Sbowa' TonTUgh TchooT-nssnr. tofether wtth iaTUbd jury Keport anowa coaches Increase In the ExecutioBa. Tax Land Ovrn^ li| Area Involved In Im^jidation ^reject i^ie In Arms R. E. Sinkh, Native Of Bethune, Meets Death of a Hero Cauebt Un^Ur Fidbbf PlaMe Wbfle fai Peiferxnance of His DMy. John ‘r ordinary circumstances the Thursday would be the last lay but It so happens that Nov., ifr different than previous No^ ra in that it boasts of five Kershaw County Finds Itself In A l^nbarrasing F^tr lays, so the last Thursday would fifth Thursday. 3 of the calendars and almanacs e fifth Thursday marked as a r. Others had the fourth. AS II everybody was up In the air dly turkey raisera, feothall s and merchants, it has been d^initeiy decided remor Johnston'that the fourth lay shall be turkey day. Thanks lor. ' rce LaidiUp; line Tq Guide Idogs Tonight b Litidsay Pierce of the Cam- Igh school football tefm, whose a grid mentor ia legion all be mid-aonth, may not be able ompany his squad to Chester t, nor to the game next week. :e, who has been indlspOeed for > wf-eks. underwent a chertcip aek and has been ordered to I in bed for two weOks 1^ hli Ians. 8^t the squad will be in charge CTarkson Rhame, when it In- ^aster. Rhame la a former n High school player and has an active Intereet in the for- tod actlTltiea of the football fOT many years. He Mder- ihe system that J<dm ^Ile- •Bd later Lindsay Pierce utl- i the conduct of the R. L. Smith, 4A s native of Be- thune, was instantly killed In an ac cident at the Florenoe Air Base at 9 o’clock last Thursday night, whau as a member of the air base fire defart. ment, be was crushed under a plMSS that crashed at the ftise. Two ether members of the same unit were sert- oualy injured. Smith, a veteran <k the first world war as a member t!k0 118 fafiantry of the SOth Dirts told Hickory) was woundsd in ths battle of the Argonne. He haa mads hia home in Florence for the past SO years and haa been employed at the air base for sevMwl years. Prior to that he was employed by the Atlantic Coast Line railway. He leaves his wife, who wss Miss Marie Crolley of Florence, three sons, James 13, Robert 9. and Ray 6, four brothers, L. E. Smith and J. W. Smith of this city, W. H. Smith of Bethune and J. L. Smith of Florence, and a sister, Mrs. B. K. Tidwell of Bethune. The funeral was held from a Florence undertaking parlor Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock with burial in the Good Hope cemetery at Florence. Tbe air base officinla—hpva—not Meutmf At Sumter PreliniMury To Oryeuixation To Fij^t tbo Plan. Opposition to ths proposed huge water power dam oa the Santee River iai'Buckingham Landing continues to grow In the raaks of farmers. Umber operators, lumbermsn and wood work ing plant owners in the erea that ex- tsads fr<Hn Camden and Columbia down as tar sooth as Orangeburg. A preliminary meeting of a group that is calculated to embrace some ona thousand peoide within Its roll before many mont^ waa hrtd at Sum tar-last week, with some SO promiamt 4*8 fine. The fine -was paid leaders in the area Involved being present. This meeting is preliminary to many to- be hM over the area within the Tbe sessioQ of criminal court, with Judge C. C. Featberatone presiding, held at the court bouse thia week, was of abort duraUon, all businees before the court being transacted in one day, Monday. Charley Deas, arrested for burglary at the Court Inn. entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to 18 months on the road gang. Rooeerelt Qualls, charged with tbe violation of the liquor law wes fined $100 with an alternative of 80 days on the road gang. Sentence waa^sus- peoded-apoo^paymeat of a fine of |50; Barney Branham, charged with H. B. and L received a 9 months prison Cleveland Belton, charged with as sault and battery on two serrate oounta waa lentenoed for two years ea each eounC Jack Murphy, charged with assault Rocky Mount Joe Caruso To Handle the Tarheel All-Stars. John M. Vlllepigue of thlz city, and Joe Caruso, a New Jersey athlete and coach of the Rocky Mount, N. C.. high school football team, have been named as the coaches of the South and North Carolina All-Star’ teams to play tn the annual Shrine Bowl game at Char lotte, Dec. 2. Coach James Welch of the Darling- DOt yet announced, will be assistants to Coach Vlllepigue in tbe handling of tbe Sandlapper eleven. Henry Madden of Charlotte Tech, Wallle Shelton of Mt. Airy, will ba aides to Coach Caruso on the Tar heel team. The coaches will meet at Charlotte on Saturday, Nov. 11, to select the reepectlve squads. It has been the wish of the pro moters of tbe Shrine game, which is now in its eighth year of competition, to secure John Vlllepigue as tbe South Carolina team mentor. The fine teams turned out In Camden over a long period of years attracted eonaiderable attention to the city and to Coach Vlllepigue. _ -L In the seven years that the All- Star event has been played, the North Carolina tew has won foor^ 8<mth Carolina but one and two have been ties. Jake Wade, sporting editor of the Charlotte Observer, in his signatured story of the naming of tbe Shrine and battery, waa given a nine monthe,**®® *^® 'oHowIng to smitence, which waa suspended opon y***®P*j[®®' payment of a |60 fine. j . chairman 'Of the Shrine, expressed himself as- being highly pleased with the ooaeh- John Smith, Chester Parker and Solomon Brisbane, three colored youths, charged with the theft and use of a car without the owner’s con sent, were senfrtieed to four months on the road gang. Jacob Clyburn, who was a fourth member of tbe quar. tat, stealing a truck from the Red- fearn garage, was given a two months sentence with the alternative of a QrilM48®"r eaontha and waa In enM^tic Mf njRjwlfieii to the plans ef the fideral Camden and Kershaw county are apparently ainong the most nnpatrio- tlc towns and counties in the state, at least from a.paper nlvage 'point to For Drive of view. We stand almost at the bot tom of the ladder as tar as paper and tin can salvage is concerned. We have a much better football -team tliau Sumter,'however, the cRF sens of Sumter county are ooUectiag 4.1 pounds of paper per person, against Kershaw's .445 pounds of paper per person. It would seem from ibis that we tn Kerslmw are more interested in football games than in properly supporting the war effort. Mr. and Mrs. Camden and Kershaw County don’t you think its time that we sat up and took notice and In- dlrtdually made a vow that we will try and support the efforts of the Home Front campaigns? BeHeve me, the officials who are trying to put these various campaigns across are not doing it for the fun of the thing, but are trying to cooperate to the fullest extent poeelble wi^ the urgent request from our gorennent It is most dis-faeartenlnx irtied the cltlsen on th4 street choopee to completely ignore these efforts. RMnember the little white honse.in Hampton Park and lets see if we can not keep it crammed-full of paper anl tin cans sU the Gme. Can openers are now available on the market. For those who cannot bring their tin cans and paper to the little white house, leave your paper In bimdlea and your tin cans on tiie corner of the street every Wednesday morning and the city will collect them.—W. R. Bensal, chairman Kershaw County Council of Defenae. given out much of the details of the accident which took the life of Mr. Smith. He has been one of the most rriiable workers at the base and his devotion to his Job earned him the respect and admiration of all officers and men. ■ As much as can be learned, tbe fire department crash car with Smith and several others raced to where a plane ix trouble-waa cemlng ha,-Tlie plane crashed and in eraahing came down on the crash car. It was a source of much satisfactiOB to all concAmed that Mr. Smith did not luwe to suffer any agonies of fire or wounds, for his death is said to have beoi instantane ous His death was Just as mueh In line with a patriotic duty as had he been back la France aa a doughboy or offi cer ia the ectael oombet area. gorenuaeat tavolving the Wateree and Congaree riveri. Tbe proposed Buckingham Landing dam would be 80 feet or more in height and would provide a water- head of 56 feet and Innndate some 186,000 acrea of land with the waters of the Wateree rteer- taipoandad -aa far north as thia city. The protest is general and a steM*- Ing committee has be«i appointed to name a central committee which will include all groups and an areas in volved and to see that the people in these areas are informed what the im mediate result of the flooding will, be. Many hundreds of fine farms will be injindated it .was pointed out and the CuugaiVB XS8 wateree swamp ^unty $380,000 Kershaw County quota fof the wan campaign to b« con- mouth is 1380,000, aceord- tnnoaacement laada at axMsi- “V in Columbia Wadnasday. HeTTOan* who so saeeassfally previous war loan drivaa, ^ be chalnhaa of this diiva. ‘ we War • every sitaatlox as R is. 8or Oaanlall xad ww viUHWW sihu -77“ ^ armad foi^ ■nbacriksd,. war loaa v|i McCorUe Proclainu Todi^, Navy Day Mayor P. N. McCortde Thursday oftleially proclalarad today as Navr Bay. In a praparad proclamation, the mayor called upon “tha clUsens of CaxMea to taka part in obaarratioB ot -OUa fitthig trflmta throagh tk» many MuuhmIs opax to you aad to Jpia lx OK salato to tht . UB«ad lliitea Nayy. pad its ^"SSSii Sx .Qiard and Navxl AvtalOoa. • . *. '' Mrs. ScMosburg Is Named Chfurman For the Seal Drive Saal Program Goto Undxrwair Om NovamlMr tlM 25rd. Tho grand Jury In its presentment to the coart declared It had' passed on all bills of Indictment prasentad by the aolicitor. The grand Jury com mended the aharlff for the efficient handling st the affaire ot kJa oftlca and commented on the extremely small amount of bnslneas at this term ot qourt We have reviewed Nima Bona tax executions returned to the county treasurer by the sheriff and find that these executions are against automo biles that cannot be located, small rtBinu on personal property, road and poll taxes where parties have left the county and double entries on prop erty. These Nulla Bona tax execu tions are for the years 1934, $92.67; 1939, 1889.39; 1940, $1436.89; 1941, $1,851.18, and for' the yeas 1942, $10,- 426.94. General Dozier Ing staffs selected. 'We have asked John Vlllepigue of Camden, over here several time# in the past, but this is the first yepr he was able to ac cept the invitation.’ he sald- ’’VillepHnie has been connected with Camden High school since 1916 and bead coach and director of athletica since 1929. He never played coOege football, but was a star at Castle Heights Military school. He has been unusually successful aa a coach. Some of the outstanding players he has de veloped are Sam McCasklll of Ekike. Gaorge West of Virginia, Tyxnk^Sow- ell and A1 Sanders of Clemson, Dickoy Cox of Georgia and the Marines, and his younger brother, , Hugh (Shot) Cox of North Carc^lna. This year the third Cox brother, Carol, is m star on Vlllepigue's Camden team and Is sure to be an outstanding candidate for tbe Shrine game. “Caruso, the North -GaroMna coach, * haa been coaching at Rocky Mount or the past Six years, each year turn- ng out strong teams. His 1944 team s bidding for tbe state championship. Caruso played high school football at Riverside, N. J., and prep school foot- )all at Augusta Military Academy in Virginia. Later he played four years at Eton cohege and waa captain ot Aha—1827-38-. Elon -tsamr ^hea fion- areas which feed many thousands of head of cattle and hoga throngbout the winter season without the neces sity of additional or barnyard feeding will be under water. Dairy and cat tle ranches aa well aa Hag twisinf areas would be wiped out by the high waters. Many valuable and historic plantations would be covered many feet de<9- Ole of the most drastic of the damage coxtedtiona involves the de- strnetlon of an irea which to regardei today as embracing the flaect hard wood forest la tbe eonth. It. was pointed ogt at -Gie Snmter meeting that in Sumter county alone tksXi are 28 wood working plants em ploying 3.900 people. They are the sole source of livelihood for at least 10,089 pweons tn the county, basing the farnOy aise at three persons, al though it to admitted that the figure wouM run larger in this respect In addition to Sumter County there are nine other conntlee directly in volved, there being some tea lumber and wood working plante in Colnmhla (Flexes tsm to page ton) Visits Guard Unit defeated V. M. I., 1^9.' Aooompxmxd By OtlMHr Stxtx OMd Otfidnb oto Tfj|9 H«rx. Citizens Object ToR^movid of Railroad line of 92 enlisted men and four officers were honored by a visit from Adjutant General James Dosler at ths drlU period last Tuesday night With OMeral. Dosler were Uent Col. Marshall and Major Wade H. Cobb of Columbia. Following the (hrHl, the visiting officers and officers of Co. E. with Mayor F. If. McCorkle, aa special guest, 'enjoyed a dinner at the armory. General Dosler was loud in his praise, as were the other officers pres ent of the fine appearance and the well executed drilling of the Kershaw county unit of the ^tate guard. Rev. H. F. Collins At C!onlerence At SlUrrOe Beach Mrs. Leon H. Sehlosbnrg has been named aa genera) Chairman of dm 1944 Christmas Segl campaign for the Kershaw County Tuberculocla saeocte- tioo. The campaipi gets nndenray^ on Nov. 22. aad continnes to Christ- auto. Last year the campaign wxe lad by Mrs. A. C. MeKaia, who was assisted by Mrs. JCha Mnllen. Mrs. Scbloe- bnrg, Mrs. Deas Goodale, Mrs. Lee Little, Mrs. Joe Brunson, Mrs. Katb- lean Watts and Oliver Riee ns beads cl various units. Mrs. Sebloaburg will mokt aa- nonacem«Bt later of the committee assignments and also ontltne her plans for the campaign. Public Intsreat bas always been to the fora hi the Cbrtstms Seal drives and Kershaw county has never failed to record suoeeos in the »dertaklBg. Mn. SdUMbxii bslisv mst tbs vRl fssto* JttoC hi PM It regntree abext tve Uihlld 4Mr tx to No Sxrvieo SdMtMxd At tho Mothodut CSrardr For Sunday. Must Get Permit Before Starting Fire Rev. Hemy F. Oolltns, pastor of the Lyttlaton Street Methodist ^nreh left Tneoday afternoon to attfnd the 169th Aanxal eession ot the Smth Carolina Annual oanllrence ot the Mefbodtot choreh at Myrtla Beach. A. A. Raasonover was electsd lay delegate aad J. H. McLeod, Sr., altsr^ nate ddegatx from this chnrcb. One or both oi^theee will probably be In attexdanoe. Bishop Cnare Purcell will preskle. TheVxsioit opens officially Wedaaaday eveatug aad will close Sunday afternoex, October 29, follow- lag toie raading of the i^pototaMits of tim paatent fOr dm ixmlng ymjr. Due to tbe abfsncs of tha pxstor there wA be ao repdar mornlac wor ship service at tha above chmrdi Son- day, Get 99. Tbe ngaltar terrteee Did you know that it to unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to start or cause to be started any fire or Ignite any material In any ot the areas in Kmahaw county which are under the fire protection ot the coxm- ty without first obtaining a perndt? Persons violating the terms of Aet No. 199, section I, shall be deemed guilty ot a misdemeanor and upon conviction sball be flndd not tees than $10 or more tlma $100 or im prisonment of not lees than 10 days or more than tO days. Dental Society Meets h Florence f The Pee Dee Dental society* wU hold its fall meeting to Florence at 10:$0 oa Nov«nber I. at the Ameri can Legion Hut An nansnal program has been arranged And at time will eelebrata the tOth birthday and hto lMi year praedetoM (Matistry, Dr. George DkiMi Sumter. He to now actively 0nm0a in his profsnslon sa4 to the olilApricUclng dentist tai the Asmbiiu are wied to be inf Is Held At BiaiiopviUe The plan Of tha Atlantic Une rall-miy to abandon Che tricks serving the territory lying between Jumter and Darlington and between Elliott and Bishopville is to be bIttMly opposed by interests ot this area. A meeting was held last week at BishopvtUe which waa attended by prominent bnslnees and professional men ot Darilngton, Snmter, Bishop ville and other points Jn the territory through which the branch line of tbe -A C. L. operates. -Arrangements were made tx ecdlect propw information relative to* the use of the railroad line throughout thx area, and ascertain what results would be" la evidence ahonld tbe line be abandoned. . It wna pointed out at the meeting that the lesaexing of traasportatioa facilities in this area at a time when gasoline and rubber reetrictkms, high prices and general businees expaxsion prevaOed would be unjuatifled aad would occasion much loss. It was argued that Gix proposal to abandon tbe Uae waa shortxii^ted frtnx Ax atandpolnt of long range ecoaomtoa Camden Sei^eant Wins Brmize Sto* Sgt Charlee M. Shaylor, son ef ^ Mary J. fbaylor of Ouaden. has bxeft awarded the Bronze 8ter for o^ptenoua bravery te action wttb the 4lBt Infantry dhrisfon in Ae Pacific. He ideked JUf way throxidk Jap mortar bairages during a recent engagement of the 41at to carry x to beleagnred ontpoula. On bto retnrn be reeeued a wmmMi ®?toto4e, tarrying him to aaMf wlA dtoragmrd isr hto own anfutp. •enrloe In ttepteuihxr. mi, Sgt f^lor has heax oranexi ti months.