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. f "" f • N - / . • 4 Backingbam Dam Construction Projwt Termed pDestructive To Business and Tarm Interests. The Camden Chronicle VOLUME 56 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, nU^DAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1M4 NUMBER 33 5*5 Bulldogs and l^caster iBattle In “Rubber" Game 3{gfi -Eypectnrf .^r:i:Offar Stiff Reautaiice In To-* night’s Fray. Qualifredi^^^ The “rubber game" in s series of entanglements between Cam Iffidiron * and Lancaster High school foot- ffklle teams will be staged at the city itball field here Friday night, Ind Camden is picked as a probable If^er, the fans are not discounting ,1 ability of the Red Roses ontfR , rise to supreme heights when they Bulldogs. i»42 Since 1941 Camden -and Lancarter- ife met twice. In 1941 a game play- t here attiifctAd a crowd of over fans, full!^ a third coming down Lancaster buoyed by the belief it the Red Roses bad wbat it takes down a fine Camden squad.- But den proved to be the better team that occasion and won 20 to 0. In (2 Lancaster entertained Camden on home field and turned the tables the Bulldogs by winning by exactly IS same score that the Bulldogs had up the preceding year, 20 to 0. There was no meeting^,between tha last yecur, but on Friday nigbt rival elevens will fneet In the ihber" contest. While Lancaster been buffeted around by opposing i8 this season, the Lancaster fans strong in their b^ief that their Roses can really bloom when they the Camden Bulldogs, h will be -game No. 8 on the Cam- schedule.—The BttUdogi wW -be t after their eighth win. Next week, diy. Camden gets an acid test in Di gridiron. The Florence game wind up the state competition lule of the Bulldog squad as their ling” event here with Monroe, N. on Nov. 17, and a Thanksgiving with Olena Military Academy at swick, Qa., being with out-of- teams. tester Falls efore Attack the Bulldogs Are Urged To Vote Next Tuesday, Now. 7th, is General ElecUon day, all who are qualified w^ers should feel that it is their duty and priwilefe to fo to the polls and wote on that day. Elsewhere in this paper ymi will find notices ~tir~yotln|t places and~ time. New Automobile Agency For Camden Is Now In Operation C. O. Stogner and Son Repf^ sent Hampton Motors Here. Announcement has been made of the organization of the Service-Motor company of this city and its affiiia tion with, the Hampton Motors, Inc., of Columbia, as i Kershaw county agents for Dodge\ motor cars snd trucks and Plymouth cars. ' The Service Motor compsav per sonnel ls~made np ^~Chaf1es 6. Stog ner and Charles O. Stogner, Jr. The latter is now in service but as soon as Sixth War Loan Gets Under Way Monday, Nov. 20 Send Christmas Gifts Before Dec. 1 Is the U. S. Appeal Gamden To Aid" :Sis^ To A New Record. We were especially proud to read in the paper the other day that South Carolina led the United States by be ing the Sta^ who- had the most per centage of t^ds sold pver their quota for the Fifth War Loan Drive, This is certainly an accomplishment to be proud of and we feel that the retail ers In Camden were responsible in large part for this fine record. We have a reputation to live up ‘to now, nation in the Sixth War Loan,, it is not too eafly to start our plank m the 8th War Loan will begin Novem ber 20 and will go tbrougb Dec. 1. No definite plans have been made for participation as a whole in the drive. However, the following is a list of what Individual merchants can begin thinking about to be ready to start work on the opening day. Every retail store in Camden, large or small, is urged to enroll its em ployees in the Third Army—America’s retail employees on the bond sales front. Their quota is again to be 8300 in War Bonds sold by each employer. Every retailer is asked to use 10 per cent of his publicity during the drive for war bonds. Lock For Big Rush. Postal and railway express oWicials anticipate 1944 Christmas sending to top 1943 by 26 per cent. Furthermore, they believe that not only will more gifts be akht but tbat they will travel greater distances owing to wartime p<^ulatioB dislocation. Transportation and delivery of Christmas packages at a time wheis so we want tn he »u>i> anJ ws^^lroads. postal and oxproaa faeilitlee aA already burdened by wartime de- rngfods, present a ma)or war problem. However difficult the itoetal and M^way express Jobs may be, the detest burden la bound to fall on mo railroad which .must transport me staggering load of packages dur- mg an invasion year when every rail- rb^ is already running at capacity tg^eet war needs. ^ the interest of the Transporta- tiofi industry and the public, the U. 8. Office of Defense TransporUtion la cooperating with the tJ. 8. Post Office department, the Railway Express A^ncy and the Aseocia41e»;cf Amer- ioun Railroads in a naUdn-xlde ‘^Send Christmas Gifts Before December 1 Businessmen and Farmers Prepare To Fight the Project PROTEST MEETING The first public meeting to pro test the building of the Bucking, ham Dam will be held at the Lu- goff School, at 8 P. Friday, November S. A full attendance it urged aa this matter vitally tf- facta the aptire community. Oth er meetings will be announced later. Analysis Indicates Project Will Cause Great Industrial Loss. Wiley Shebm, ^ Worthy Citizen, Summoned Oct. 28 InvMton of ^ Bor«ice-ia^he will reWtb^CsnT den snd take over with his father. IRsewhere in this issue of The announcement by the remaining games, tne nomo-i„„,„ .. ... u. t.. ei—. Bden Gridders Hang Up ^)Kn No. 7 for the Season’s - T • ,^1. ■ f Record. By Arthur Robinson The Bulldogs ran up the cash regist- (or win No. 7 last Friday night n they defeated the Chester Cy- 32 to 6 in a breeze. " — The Camden team struck quickly Id before the first period bad ended re to the front 19 to 0. Cox, Parker Id Jennings contributed to the touch- n march in this period. Cox raised his touchdown total to (or the 7 games played, giving him points on the record: His first iflchdown in the Chester game came I the first running play of the game den he raced 82 yards to score. Camden’s secobd score came when 'arker raced into the end zone on le kickoff by Camden and recovered ball for a touchdown. The effwt B the extra pdlnt was successful on new company as to its policy. Its fir^ and foremost^duty as pointed out in the advertisement is to help all Dodge and Plymouth owners in maintaining their equipment trouble free for oper ation purposes. The name of Stogner has figured in the local automobile world for some years. Mr. Stogner, Sr., has had many years experience in the sale and han dling of automobiles and also in the servicing of same. His son, Charles O. Stogner, Jr, who will be affiliated with him is experienced in accounting and is also familiar with salesmanship and mechanics. , C. O. Stogner, Sr., is a native of LaifMktef bounty but bas' m'add his residence in Camdqn since 1929.^ In that year he came to Camden *and became an auto salesman for Senator Welch, who was then engaged in the Chevrolet sales-service here. Later he and bis son, Charles H Stogner, mouth agency in Camden and operat ed that until early in the present year. Since the dissolving of that partnership Mr. Stogner has opened up an automobile service and sales agency on Broad street, the location of the present new company. Charles O. Stogner, Jr., is a gradu ate of the Camden High school and also of the Draughan's Business col lege. where he specialized in an ac counting course. He enlisted (n the Navy In Sept., 1942, and serv^ for IS months In the Aleutian Islands He Is now back In the Statan and .-to. Prtifessional Man Issuek Warning ' Agam8t^“Woir Cry lueaied in catlfbrnia where he has the rating of a First Class Petty Officer, in the Supply department. Before en tering the service Mr. Stogner was stock room manager Tor The Columbia Supply company, dealers in hardware and machinery. Miner's kick with Cox bolding. Before the b^rlod ended Camden iu-ched the ball down field to the hwter 4 yayff TThe where l^dTrla wenl '’w on a spinner. 'The try for the point failed. In the second quarter Jennings went •yards Into pay dirt and Bartaer Mwl the extrajpolnt wjA a nice.kifiki. ^ w hhir ended with the Biulldoga on WyAQwitiflr iJFiaSk* ^top of a 26 to 0 score. Ivvdlalll^ V^lUSvy la the second half Acting Coach ^?^--i!ArtM_io-jnAlw JiML.flf -hla wnil stringers. Cox, still on duty. ^ his ^second touchdown of the on a 49 yard' gallop. This came third period. 3* Chester score came In the last hates of the final^ period when the Wanes, playing against,the Camden worked the ball to the 6 yard ^ and then tossed a pass. Blskely *^0 to score. The effort to add ' hatra point failed. Tindalls hr Prisoner has been received that Sgt. Tindal, Jr., 19, only son of Marie M. Tindal of Camden, 2 Wgineer and gunner on a B-26 bomber, who was . reported ^ on Sept. '18 over liaiy, if a of war by the German gov- ’The telegram from the War stated that he had been ^ through International Red I o- 3^<tal was inducted into serv- e 1343. at Fort Jackson. his training at Miami • Texas, where l^avii « diploma from the * f^orcfes Technical school ss mechanic, igid Lm Vegas, “ore he received his gunner's Bif overseas, he fln- 'hy X tf»tn*Dg at the Greenville M Coralca CasB^ aelnala aad **‘htsd a-!.**® where he was is the Hk wKe Is ■wr H«]eQ Burns of Monroe High Pjl|kOns Boast A l^ar lldlbai^ FvMriaftM RniMA WKol*®*®' scheduled for the evening of tjcconatea LAme muiaa ^emp Field, is still two Turn In False Fke Alarms. A prominent professional man who is interested In community protectloa did not pull any punches in his ez- coriatioh of lame brains who call out the fire department on false alarms. For years the practice of sendAua a false alarm from some call box on Halloween has bad fire fighters snd apparatus hurrying forth} In a num ber of instances the practice baa pre vailed after football games. Shortly after midnight Wednesday the fire department received a box took .«ver tho Chrysler-Ply-|«larm and respoadedir As wae sus- Darhsm, 200 Pound, Six Footer Sparka tke Tarheels. Although Camden’s home-coming Prominent Legionnaire, Skriner And Farmer City Official Succumbs. Wiley Sbeorn. 68. world war vet eran. Shriner, Legionnaire and former city councilman, died at the Veterans hospiUl in Columbia Saturday even ing at 6:30 o’clock following a linger, ing illness that caused him to enter the hospital early in the fall. Bom May 21. a son of Wiley and By Frank H. Heath The abandonment of the' Bucking ham Landing project wlH be demand ed by citizenB of Camden and Ker shaw county for a, number of reasons, chief among them being that the project will operate at an annual loss as a producer of power, the main ob jective, of tlioae Intcreated In carrying out the plan. An analysis of the Government re port as made by the United States Army engineers conclusively proves that utter worthlessness of the project It is said and points out the severe harm it would caus<^. There are several phases of the analysis that should be given the deepest consideration on the part of the people. Upon studying the power features of the project. It Is clearly proven tbat Buckingham I,rfindtDg Is unsuited for power development and would operate coiitlnually at a loss. Another angle to this power idea is that such power ss the project might' produce is not needed, due to a seri ous over supply. In touching upon the navigation fe»- tures of the project, ^he engineers' report points out that rfsvigatlon from Charleston.to and CMmAAtL his life. He leaves besides hla wife. Deuiah Twyluf Bhwrn, tt lOD, Wiley insignificant. pected, there was no fire. '”i;hoBe Idiots who persist in calling out the department on fake alarms apparently do not take Into considera tion that the Camden fire department is a volunteer organization and the members, who volunteer of their time and effort to maintain It do not re ceive any salary for responding te a false alarm,” said' the professional man. ' " “It has happened year after year and I for one am getting fed up on it. It is the old _stot7_oLci2iniLJS^^ ieo often: The volunteer members of the fire department could not be War Fund Drive blamed If, on some Halloween night, they hear the fire siren, roll over and go back to sleep with a ihnttered. *Oh WelTT Just a false alarm,' some kid prank.’ And you cannot blame him.” HaHowqen ^ 1944 passed without much excitement outside of the mid night fire alarm. Little -tots visited WMks in the offing, followers of the Boidog squad are wondering just how th^ gang of welterweights will stack og'against the Monroe, N. C., Highs Pythons. the Monroe Invasion brings to iMlRp Field one of the heaviest teams Camden gridders have faced this n. While Camden will pin its falBLpn Carol Cox, Ita galloping ghost, n other stout-hearted players who have cooperated in putting one of the greatest teams in Camden his tory on the Palmetto football map. Monroe has “Bull” Durham, a 290 pound tailback, who Is admittedly one of tlye outstanding players in Tarheel football ranks. Hump Snyder, erstwhile University of North Carolina'grid immortal, who- is coach of the Monroe Highs, says that Durham is the best college pros pect he’s ever laid eyes on. Durham is six-three in' height, scales 200 and last year was outstanding as a tackle. This year Snyder has shifted him to tailback because of his terrific speed. Durham so far this season has put on touchdown sprints of 80 to 86 yards several times. He Is the backbone of a big rugged Python crew. Thg? game should be * hattip myai Sara Love Sbeorn, Wiley Sheom has ^ nuulfl hla home Jn Kewkew county all ^ not need^ and that any navigation benefit from the— project would be Sbeorn, Jr., who la in the service, three brothert^ WllliiL Benton, Md James, all of thie city, and a sister, Mrs. W. P. Weeks of Kansas City, Mo No one in Camden or Kershaw coun ty has been ouCstanding in the pro motion of American Legion activities as the deceased. As athletic officer of the American Legion Post, he was in charge of Junior Legion baseball here. It was through the painstaking et- fort^ of the deceased that the prac tice on the part of many team leaders in South Carolina Legion baseball ranks of playing boys that were not el.iglble, was exposed, resulting in the complete collapse of the 1944 program and the taking of steps tbat will ellm inate further illegalities in future years. But baseball waa not the only aport that Wiley Sheorn followed. He was au ardent aupporter of the Camden High achool sport program, parOcnlar- ly football. His snrvivlng son was an outstanding player on the Bulldog team before he graduated. During his period of office as a councilman, he gave splendid public service. As a churchman he was a strong supporter in the Baptist faith, Wiley Sheom numbered his friends legion. He waa steadfast in his friendships and no labor was too great if he could aid a friend. It was this admirable trait that won for him so many friends. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist church Monday after noon at 3:30 o’clock. Rev. J. B. Cas- ton, pastor, being assisted in the rites by Rev. Henry Collins of the Lyttle- ton Street Methodist church. Burial was in Quaker cemetery. Active bear- era were AFthnr Claik, Sam L. VklT Landingbam, A. C. Brabham, M. M. Reasonover, J. H. McLeod, Sr. and The damage that the conatrnction of e- dam et Buckingham Landing would cause cannot be estimated. It would mean the destruction of prac tically all the hardwood timber re serves of the Santee River basin, also the destruction of the lumbering, wood working and plywood Industries which arl of great importance in the economy of this region. It is planned to conduct meetings in each of the school districts of Ker shaw County to be followed by a gen eral mats meeting in the court house or grammar fchool auditorium In the near future. At each of the school district meetings, committees will be named and these committees will func tion as a general committee tor the mass meeting here. Speakers conversant with the situa tion involving the Buckingham I-and- ing dam project viH be heard at the mass meeting, afte%which resolutions addressed to representatives In Wash ington will be drafted. This writer has investigated the Buckingham dam project to the extent of making contact with many citizens and inquiring of them as to their re action to The federal plra. It can be Staled that the universal expression is negative to the project. There seems to be a general opinion on thefpart of those who are familiar with the Congaree and Wateree r’vers (Please tn^h to page nine) rilllant tailbacks, Dur ham .of MonrcMB, and Cox of Camden. Cox to date has a record of 16 •touch-jJ- C. Ewing. Honorary ^srers in downs for 96 points in 7 games, a eluded members of the American — ^ , Is Rdow Quota The, National War fund gnd com munity chest campaign will come to a close next Monday. * There is some apprehension felt that Kershaw county is going to fail to attain the $7,600 qoota asaigned by the state headquarters. Up to Isst Monday' evening a total of $6,000 had been gathered, which represents the amount at the 194$ quota. There still remains a number of areas in the city to' be covered ac cording to committee heads and it is the hope that when these sections have been gone over and report# come in from the mral areaa' that the full amount of the quota will* have been attained. In the few'days remaining of the campaign *all workers are earnestly urged to strive to bring their collec tions op to a 100 per cent snrv^. Kiwanis GiA Seeks Record Attendance The Kiwanis Clnb, meeting on last Tuesday, went on record as tovoring s drive to have ev^ member present St each meeting during November and December. Alter the regular meeting the new ly elected officers were asked to meet and elect a secretary for the coming year, and Amee Go^er was nnanl monaly rejected. Tke foUwlHng are the new officers who take otttoe in January: Hoary F. CoUtee,* preeUent; W- C. McCartey, vice-preoldiat: Mar ie* WHliaaM, treasurer; Dewef Oeed. W.-E. Deaiea, Ualksr Myers. J. H. Mc Lean. Oecer ffapyrl and D^OmU Brown, ^ toe bmSiydlreeNrs aleo. h^ triF mark that standk alone in South (WoBha football^ TBCordB. Cdmden’s job on Nov. 17 will be to stop Durham and still be able to shake Cox loose on some of his grid iron parades. The probable lineups for the home nltimatus of "treat or tricks." Later in tire evening the bo<^lum element sallied forth, and as usual left a wave of destruction behind. Benchm, jetMf etc., were’brokeri. CJSairs taken from front porchec were destroyed and wreckage atrewn along the route of the rbnghneck platoon. Wast^ Paper WOl Be CoUected A city truck has been assigned by Mayor McCorkle to collect waste paper from the husineet district Pri- diy mornings. Ehrery Friday morning after 9 o’clock the truck will call on every merchant and business house in Camden including the Post Office, the Rationing Board, tod Court House and the Agricaltural building. The Salvage Bnrsan earnestly re quests that every merchant and every, one In the bushiMa ^district save every scrap of paper th^ can get their bands on for this campaign. No piece of pkper, Is too small or too large. Anything' made of paper is urgently needed. Mr. Merchant, can we count on you to coopeiwte with ns in this worthy war effort? We think we can. If yon need n paper oollectlon be- foA FHday's regular collection, please jdxone Frank Shebeen, at phone No. 24, and he will see that a truck ealls upon you. Please do not call for a truck mkless ‘you k«ve a substautial amount of paper. Camden Parker McDowell Connell B. Norris Marshall Hancock Gandy Cox Team Norris Poe. LE LT - -bO - C RG RT RE QB RH LH FB Monroe S. Trull Wolfe “ Hadley Bancom ‘ Powell Young Coble Plemmons Dnrham Pruitt M. Trull Purple Heart Is Awarded To Arthur Gark SORRY! Owing to tMg reetsleffens on that It eauee ef laek jatam te e«$ 12 Inelmo ef advevffelng mat ter and aide news stertee In ttile Arthur Clark, stamp clerk at the Camden post office, hss received a Purple Heart from the war depait- ment The Purple Heart was awarded to Mr. (Tark for 4njuriea adhtalned Oct 9. 1918, just 26 years ago, while fight ing in France in the first World war. Mr. Clark was wounded in one of hla 1^. The injury was such that he aaver folly recovered toe use' toe momber, having to walk with decided limp today. Legion andjhe Masonic bodim. ■'The TuneraT services were largely attended and the floral testimonials of sympathy and affection were profuse and exqaisite. As .the funeral cortage passed - down Broad street from the church to Quak^ cemetery, the bell D toe city hall was tolled. 'All city offices were closed for the funeral service and burial rites. Teacher^ Urge Affirmative Vote The education committee of the Kershaw County Teachers’ assoclatton requests that all voters for the sev eral state-wide constltntlona] amend ments as provided on toe ballots this year. In particnlar they request that an affirmative vote be cast for the No. 1 amendment which reads as follows: .“Do yon favor an amendment to Article III of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1896, by striking out all of Section 82 of said Article ad as to eliminate from said Constitution pro visions regarding pensions aad con taining limitations on the granting of financial assistance to needy persons, ss proposed by a Joint Resolution, adopted by the General AMembly of [South Carolina, lt44.’* Police Giief In « Warning Against Night Prowlers - Siigffgsts Deiue Shrubbery and Weeds Be Removed From Lots. * Chief of Police Alva Ruab has Is sued s warning to all motorists and householders o( the city tb take extra PFecautione to guard againsT pets of thievery. * Several car thefts and other report ed attempts at stealing of cars, to gether wlto nrowloni felng hear kdmes haa serv^/to cause the police bead to issue the wsmiog. During the week that the Leon Tobin car was taken, an 'attempt to steal a car belonging to Lawrence Whitaker, also a Hampton street resi dent, was thwarted,when a,member of the 'Whitaker household heard the prowler and gave the alarm. In many localities and around many homes in Camden are clnsters of dense shrubbery or tall weeds, offer ing. a hiding pbice to anyone prowling about the premises. The chief has suggested to a number of people that they clear away much of the shmb- bery and cut the weeds and, by so doing ottet better visibility. ’ 'The chief snggests that motorists use extra precaution against Isaving their ears with ignition keys in the locks. Cars tbat are not placed tn locked garages at night should have ignitions locked an<l also all doors made fast ^ Rev. Henry Colfins * Retimied To Gunden Corner-Stone Laying at HarnuSky Is to be a eomer-etone laying at ^nrmopy Baptist Chnrch, near Blamp, on Sunday, Nov. S. Services wia biffin at 10:86 a. m. Dlnasr will be.served on toe grounde. Afternoon siAlme begin Bt F‘g. John P. Isenhower will be the cbhff.ageeker for the mwrniiv with toe lev. Jamm Jenntags Mrlngtaur the aftarigon meeeage. BvetyoM Is cor diettfbivitod. ’The Rev, Henry F. Collins, for tbs past three ydars pastor of Lyttleton Street Methodist church, was on Sun day reappointed to the locdl chnrch for toe new ehnreh year, his appoint ment having been announced at the South (Carolina conference at Myrtle Beach. The Rembert charge was left to be supped for toe jpressnt, as last year. *111# luv. Kr. OoUhM will anp^y Beu lah and McLeod'e Chanel; toe Rev R. Bryoe Herbert of Sumter, will sup ply Betoesda tonrdi. and the lev. Welbeme Sunmere of Sumter, Deltell Mrs. Althea S. Sanders Passes Mra. Althea dplvery Sanders, MC died at her home Sunday afternoon after an iUnesa of several montha. She Is surrlved by her husband. "SFf.jLi. • Sanders, and tha following children: P. L. Sanders of Clharlestoa, Mrs. B. T. Barnes «f Lancaster, and Mrs. Jack Clybum of Camdan, two sisters, Mrs. 1. P. t)ocier of Roek Hill, Mrs. R. R. Ricks of Greenville; two broth ers, Roseo end WaBe Sptvery of Greedville. and six grandchfidren. Fsneral services were held at S o’elodi Monday aftamoon from tha Watarea Bitotist chardi, coaductad hy tha Rev. John Oehney. laterment fol lowed in the Quaker cemetery.