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Camden Battles Mcmroe, N. C., Next Friday fit Final G^e of the Local Football Season The Camden Chronicle .VOLUME 56 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, nUDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1M4 NUMBER 34 Prominent Coun^ Leaders Protest the Flooding of Land Annistice Day i^oiram On Satardi^r Th« Annual Armiatle* Day ExorcliM w(N b« eonductad in Hamp* ton Park, Saturday, Novembar fith, undar tha diraction of tha ^nd Owmeff, Farmers ^and Cattlemen Plan for Extern • sire Caatxdfn. ne first of a series of mast meet' ^ in protest against the Santee luio power and narigation derelop- atst project InTolTing the flooding of arfe areas of land was held at the {4^ school Friday!^ erening and at- asded by eome 7B to 10 farmers, land arncrs and eattlelaoai A committee -^eopaiatlng of L. O. rtaderburk, Lonis I. Onion and John [littys was named to prepare resoln- tioBi to be addressed to Senators lUybank and Smith, Senator-elect lobnfton and Con^essman J. P. Rich- inb. The Camden city oonncil, coon- y delegation and board of directors, nd other local anthorltles urging Isceful objection to the proposed lederal project, which it is claimed, liU do irreparable damage to the [enhaw area. 4 It was significant that the percon- Kl at the Logoff meeting represented mers and tenanta on muy thon- sads of acres of land nsed for tbs irodsction of cattle and hogs, and ■ Thich there are extenaire stands f merchantable timber and pnlfwned, a well as large area* of young grow* n timber. Speakers at the meeting Included , 0. Fnnderbnrk, House Member Mb Rabon, Boliwar Boykin, Tal- itdge Bowen, Sam Kirkland,. Rich . T •- M. Chaidn, Mrs. W. C. McCarley, Mrs. rt Kirk^aniHo^ JlemiMr lM*la.iL-j,ipg,g-,Qlggj^^^ OoddiJe. Srborh. It was brought out at the meeting kat in the erend of these lands being looded that codbiderable of the rich- R land In the connty will be affected, mily eliminating the Income in hber, cattle raising and farming, rU^ are the chief sources of rere- M in the, county. Mr. Funderburk pointed oot that R raising at pattle is an important Ktor in KerthAw county and that it u be expanded into a major industry I the post-war years, especially in R swamp lands where this interest nr centers. Mr. Funderburk said he idclpted that a great deal of food fet(, cattle, hogs and grain wUf come Rof this regicm in the futnre years Itllowed to derelop natarslly. IVr. Rabon spoke of the many per- p who earn their’livelihood in the ■ whi^ the waters win cover, and pointed omt ihat the sohrcs of in- se of these people would be 'lost 1 they would have to seek employ* mt elsewhere. He declared he would all in his power to aid this section opposing the flooding of these Rev. A. D. McAm. Miss Frances Pratt and Mrs. Leon Schlasburg at tended the ' South Carolina Tnbercn- losis association meeting whkh was held recently in Columbia. The negro Cauistinaa seiU sale com mittee is headed by Jennie Lee Car ter as general chairman, P. B. Mod- dana, Jackson school. Rev. J. W. Boykin, churches. James Dibble, connty schools. Susie Boykin, connty clubs. Edith Miller, Christine Gamble, Elisa BrownlsM, mall sales. Susie Paynard and Dr. J. H. Thomas, busl- neM center, and Willie Mnsone, mall salea. Tliis Area Rich In Landing ^ts irnmn tda. k check on the amount of livestock v being raised in the threatened n showed some interesting figures, chard Kirk said the present total 1 pnly a jimall part, of vrhat the ogram for this area calls for. It was also emphasised at the meet- t it was unfair to the natural re- nrces of the state to have some •tro.ved to furnish power for in- ■tries in other states. Its. Louis Guion s Named Head if State Group lonored Byr Qectkxr To tiie Preaidoncy' of Gsurdon Oub. Mrs. Louis Quion of Lugoff, was ^ed president of the Garden club ^ South Carolina at the 15th annual ''Mfng held at the Hotel Columbia > Columbia last Thursday. She sue- ’*<18 Mrs. George Butler of Bdgefl^. Ifrs. W. Bedford Moore, Jr., of Co- ^bia.' wu elected vice president; W. Hoyt Dye OolomMa, seo- •‘"7. and Mrs. R. K. Wise of Co- •hhla, treasurer. ■tt. A. B. Alexandef of Spartan was appointed director of the Wmont Region: Mrs. J. U McNair ' BennettsviUe. tha Band HUln ra- ^snd Mrs. Jamas R. Parker of ^Wown. the Low Gonatry region, ^mmittee chairmen for the new ^ are: Garden pilgrimage, Mrs. J. Il^nnett of (Aarleston; Garden Jwfiuiage projeeta. Mrs. Malcolm of Charleston; Bulletin, Mrs. Lr*' Merlweathef of Columbia; Con- 2»tlon. Mrs. B. Malloy of Cberaw; "wbership, Mrs. H. G. Garrison of Program, Mrs. Bradley Mor. 2* Greenville; Scrap Books. Mrs. , Tiyior of Columbia: Visiting Oar* Mrs. o. H. Wleagea of St ■^^hews. 3® principal address at the meet- ? delivered by Mrs. Domdd of Atlanta, Oa., former vice J®JWent of the National Council of •«r,«for “ Oirioa li <]» I«nur MIm ;^th Guingnard of StlU Hopes^ She received AB and MA James Leroy Btik Pest No. 17 AmfPNan Legion, and the Auxiliary Committees For Christmas Seal Sale Ounpaign tihit. Exariifa^. vifBif e^h proiji|i% gi e^clock, vwlwn the foRoSw- fng program will be carried out: Aimual Tuberculoaia Seal Sale • Project Starts bn No vember 27. AT a meeting of the executive com mittee the Kershaw County Tuber culosis association recently beld at the Commercial Bank of Camden di rectors room, committees fm* this year’s seal sale campaign which starts Monday, Nov. 27, were .an nounced. ' Mrs. Leon Sohlosburg ,is general chairman, Mrs. W. J. Mayfield and Mrs. John Mullen will have charge of the bond sales. Miss Rosa Lee Block is chairman of the organisations pro gram, and Mrs. Leon T. Tobin of the camiwdgn in the city schools. Those who are taking an Interest In the plans for the seal campaign, aa evidenced by their appearance at the tnbercttlosia headquarters are: Mrs. J. H. McLean, Miss Daniel Hinson, Mrs. F. K. BabbitL Mrs. Burton Allen, Katina Beleos, Mary Shebeen, MoUie Smith, Anne McLean, Charlotte Bab bitt, Sandra Heyward, Jean Lee, Mrs. Leon Bchlosborg, Miss CMeste Mom- ford. Miss Phyllto Karesh, Mrs. John A short outstanding will be delivered by an t A minlaltire nametery will be erected with ^ eroee bearing n Nag and wreath for each man who died In the tendoe ef hie country, in both World Ware Number 1 and 2. ef the program a de- 41 wHt fiiw the voL Fort Jaekaon will aound All parents and relattvea of men who have made the tuprerhe eacrifiee'in World Ware Number t and 2 are eepeclally requeeted to be present, the general publlo l4ing Invited alee. All Legionnaires and Auxiliary Members srs urged to attend. Home-Cpiniiig Event Will Attract Thousands of Fans Camden Gridders Face Acid Test [n Tonight’s Game Title Claim Rest On Resillt of Battle With Florence Huskies. County Is Getting Ready For Big War Bond Drive In Nov. Leaders Declare Sixth War Loan .Csmqpaifii Most Important.'' For All Airpbnes Work Qn Airfields At Lancast- and Kershaw Has Started. er Considerable local interest is being manifest in the announcement that _ _ _ ^ Ihfi Booth Carolina Aeronautical Com*^ ^ mission is making preliminary prep arations to double the else of Cool- boum air field at Lancaster. Surveys have already been made and when the work of extending the runways, the Lancaster field will be able to accommodate the largest passenger airliners. It Is stated. Work haa already' begun on The construction of an airfield at Ker shaw. The field ia located four miles south of the village of Kershaw og what Is known as the old Massey road. There will be two mnways of 18M feet each. The land was pur chased frpm R; K Penry ahdUes bn the right of the highway. The con struction work Is being done under the supervision of the state aeronan- tics commission. When the Kershaw field is complet- airports within its borders, the one near Kershaw and the tine Camden airport with its three big hangars and hard surfaced runways. Kershaw county also has a number of other airports in the vicinity of tl^ city, they havlilg been used as auxiliary fields whmi the Southern Aviation school was in operation. There is another fine landliu; field just over the Kershaw-Snmter county line near Rembert which is used by Shaw Field for auxiliary purposes. Cotton Sales On Local Market Is Now Over Million Bales IN^iosed 'of Eiqpoctod To Totol 10,000 This Woek. Cotton Mies on the Camden markeL as reported hy Irby Tumor, official weigher, totaled Il.il6.600, which Mr, Turner states) exceeds the grand total of the four preceding years that he haa been employed as weigher. Up to last Saturday sight hulee sold ou the local market totaled 0 J70 and it wee the opinion of the weigher that the total by flie oemlng Saturday evening will be well ovw 10,000. Tnraer declared that .In li4t ons reoeireo ab anq ma mt. »C^ the CoUiie for Womex there were about 6,100 bales eehLhett, Mr »Coii>n:;r“ '^oUeie for Womexlthere jinnibla and ir aa expert on Hm- bat M the. three y<eere prior, the salee 1st ^ served as pecM' tntuM were low. UU Cuaden Gariea elih. was In the opinhm of W. C. MeOsriV. the Kershaw County Farm Aihnt, the two twd heavy stenH In Oet^sv caused a lees at at ieael- 1,000 bales, this figure tte state. i^*®<Ifatlier8 aad ru5“* *w i. Msyhig ^ As A MMdt of the II cf^ tbM Avia- approachlag Stxtt War Loea eampalgn, bpMilBg~an Ifohday, Nov 20. is called by leaders one of the most importanL” with the biggest and eoetlieet operations yet now going on in the war. RepresentiUlvM of thia nation’s War Finance, oominiitee, heard in a recent eeti statewide mMting in Columbia, file figures in the tremeildoas finaiieing needs of the government and were urged .to emidiaslse to the people how vital it will be to buy bonds during the next drive. 'Dnrlng no previous campaign has the war activity been on such an raormous and costly scale. This county’s representatives were told St the meeting that ”we are fighting for the greatest cause on earth.” and the ooet ia “tremendoos.” In the next fiscal year the govern ment will need 96 billion dollars, of Ulion wni go into the war effort Tlie antlcmal Inenae the year for indhriduala will be 162 billion. Local, state and federal taxM will reduce that to 122 billions, and' since it is estimated buyable War Bonds WUl Be Given For the Filler Campaign D^enae Cmmefl WUl Ghra Two $25 BoaBft.TTo SvecoMful Camden High gridders face an acid test tonight when they invade Flo^ ^ce, an unbeaten aggregation to date. Florence downed Orangeburg Highs last Friday St to 0. using second string talent most of the time. The game will be No. t on the Camden schedule and will mark the final engagement of the Bulldogs with Sooth Carolina teams. If Camden turns the trick it will give them a clear title to the championship of Rhe southern part of the state and a claim on the state title. If Florence wins over the Camden talent, as it will be an 11th hour< upset of stunning surprise, a victory for Camden will be the ISth consecutive Witt of the Bulldogs, their hut defoftt being at the hands of Sumter in IMS, when an underdog Gamecock squad won by the narrow margin of It to 7. Camden had little trouble In defeat ing the Lancaster Highs 88 to 6 using second string players 66 minutes of btrat to th» umnnramnit forth- to Ip acUim_^ibotit mo mbo^ Is "tIZ.jr'Si oemlng fbsii W. R. Bonsai, chairman the seoohd period, daring which time ef the Kershaw County Defense Coun- t^o touchdowns were marked up. A third touchdown, made after aa 80 oU to the effect that the Defense Ommell will give a $15 war bond to Ike child who eollects the moct waete betwemi now snd one week sebmri starts after the Christmas y period. Mir. BoumI explained that the plac ing of the time limit to the week after school sessions starts after the boll- days was done with the idea in mind that children will be able to pick np pmeh waste paper from Christmas wrappings, whlcb should represent an enormous amount. The schools Included in the contest a»a: the Camden Grammar school, Oamden High school and the Pine Tree High oehooL which f0_bllllon will go into the tecludpd in the defense ooun- Tlie national Inenae MMiiir goods will be valued at 96 billions, eluded. f^waste paper collection Is the afferfof of a ftf boad to the colored diOd who collects the most waste paper to the time specified. All schools in District No. 1 are In- cltlsens will have 87 billions in which to invest or save. It is out of this 87 bilHons that the government hopes wUl come war bond buying, At the Columbia meeting it was announced that the South Carolina quota for the Sixth War Loan will Shaw will be $880,000 Marion Heyman Is war bond chair man for Kershaw county. Postmaster In For Early Mail Election Passes DiuetJyJbL' Area On Tuesday Urgee Public To B4nil Their Ckrwtmnt'GifU Before I B/OCVIDOvb Be Postmaster C. P. DuBose, together _____ ■'■’Ith the Columbia District Office of 'ea^^a1r~^«tt3rwttt4utver two fteej Defense -Transportation..Juui..lsnad a. reminder that echoes the .snggestion made in The Chronicle last week that Christmas Shopping should he done early, preferably by December 1st. Mr. DoBoss points, out that ths Christmas ssason is a prsmatmre af fair this year, made necessary by war time conditions. However, the simple facts ars that the transportation fae^ Uties are already so over hardened that the milrrway to insure delivery of gift parcris this year to as, get them to the post offiss ^ Dec. 1. After that the geveraiaeot cannot guarantee delivery in time for Corist gifts as tokens of good UL affoction and esteem, are ^- wUl. ticnlarty Important in a war-tom world.” Mys Mr. DuBoae. 'This Christmas, perhaps, they will mesa aMva than ever before. However, in an tovaaSoh year, the transportation and delivery of Christmas packages creates a nation-wide home fr<mt proUsm. **War essential transportation needs must be met first. Natkm-wide trans portation facilitlss and local delivery senrlcss are slrsady heavily burdened end the problem esn only he sdtved by public recognition of our matniml responslblUtf' la do all in our power to avert peak Bamands on transporta tion and delivery service to the weeks Just prior to tbs holidays.” ^ F. N. McCorkla, railway express agent to Camden, expresses tbs same t as. doM PoatWMtar Do- Ths sxpfsaa gyMsm ia asWag for ths ssiiy' sHpasat of gift pack- Laat week children of the Camden schools made a concerted effort to collect paper, the result iMing the amasaing of over 1660 pounds. This indicates that the paper Is there if the effort is put forth to go after it Boys and girls interested in the yard:run by Cox was called hack Both teams s^ed in the first period, Camden leading at the whistle 7 to 6 by virtue of a successful oon- versloB. The first string put the game on ice in the second period by scoring three touchdowns, the half ending with Camden out In front 26 to 6. Scoring for Camden were Cox I. Jennings 2, McKay Norrla 1. Sistare scored the lone touchdown for the visitors. Althoui^ Camden fans realiisd that the game would be somewhat of a pushover for the- Bulldogs, a big crowd turned out Lancaster sent down a large delegation of rooters. An analysis (X the games played in the hurt four yean hy fito BtflMogs shows 83 wins, 4 defeats and one tie gamA Mayor Asks Citixens To Turn Out En Masse For the Classic. The football season In Camden will' ring down the curtain next Friday night when the Bulldogs battle the Monroe, N. C., Pythons before a home coming crowd of several thousand fans. It will be the tenth game of the season for Camdso and ths Bulldogs ars out to keep their home slate clear of any defeats. Mayor F. N. McCorkle has issued a proclamation in this week’s issue of The Chronicle in which he appeals to all Camden fans to tom out for the game. The mayor cites the ad- miration that the city and community haa for their champion team and urges that everyone show appreciation of the prestige the Bulldogs have brought-to the community by filling grandstand and bleachers next Friday evening. The Monroe team got away to a slow start this ssason but since get ting their steam up, have been rollii^ with power against rival outfita. Last wsek they clashed with a scrappy Spencer, N. C., team. The l^thons outraanned and crushed their oppon ents under a strong power attack. Led by the famons ”Bu]r Durham, who accounted for two touchdowaa, a conversion and a Mfety the Monroe Pruitt, Cobel and Hasty scored the other touchdowns for the winners. Following the Monroe game, tha Bulldogs will swak ths kiekoff of their final game of tha season at Brunswick. Ga., whsn they take on the Glenn Academy team. This gams is scheduled for Thanksgiving day, Nov. 28. False Alarm Is ter Ball Game Aad th* From tho City Faces Bad Situation Should Project Go llirough war bond'coBeefion 'program can se-' cure further details by contacting Supt J. G. Richards, Jr. Buckmfhxm Dxm Program Would Mean Building Din* pdgal Plant Regular Damocrata Roll Up Large Returns In Ballot Battle. Election day passed quietly in Cam den.: From tho hour the polls in the court house opened untU the hour of -closing- a- -st^y' stream of voters paraded to the ballot boxes. Tile 4 o’clock closing caught scores of voters unaware, they oelieving that the voting booths would be open nnlA 6. -As s result many were un- aMa to exercise their rights of fran chise. ' Tho casting of ballots by scores of negroes featured this year's election. J'ho Camden and Kershaw connty voters, scoordlng to reports from the various voting sress, appeared to be confident of the altlmste result of the eleetioA. The voters were in the moin an ardent followers of Presi dent Roosovslt snd the votes cut for other tickets wars few. ^ Flgnrss toleassd Tnssday evening from ten preeteefs, the only areas to aisks- a repeat that ovsnliig. showed that the slats of eleefors pledged to the New Deal totaled 11846, for the Southom Democrats 61, and for Re publican electors only 10. Governor Olln D. Johnston registered 1144 votes to the ten proetocts as against Mo- Kato, hla colored opponent.' Congreas- maa J. P. Richards, unapposed, polled 1806 votes: The Democratic committee did not antlcipato a complete report of the total vote cast - to Kershaw county until somstims Thursday afteitiaML Boxaa would be reported in Wsdnss^ day aad Thursday, it was said. Banks ToGtese NMiM lihspakr «h«| tha CdkxedManIs temed^To DmHi tti Foredt Blaze aged colored on tha highway he. aad Boykia. was foaad huraai to daath la a patch of hsmad hla boaqa Tuaaday 7. B. MaUM. Jlr, A meeting of land owners, lumber dealers, cattle men and others, in protest against the contemplated con struction of a dam at Buckingham was “E« ’Thompson 8cho<d Thursday evening and attended by a large number of interested parties. Speakers who have made a study of the pros ami eons hinged about,.the The fire department staged its usual non-profit jaunt on a false scent early Saturday morning again the phoney alarm was turned In from the box near the former Hobkirk Inn. Some practical joker ia staging a field day at the expense of the fire and police departments, followtag each football game. Members of ths flee department declare that the falsa alarms follow every home game of football. That ths call has come from the same box several times in succession gives rise 'to the belief that whoever ia responsible for calling oot the firs fighters apparently does not fear that the police might have been In conceal- wfllli lldNarP^ som^ length and stressed the argu ment that there was no need of addL tkmal power or navigation, the two principal argumMtta advanced as to the necessity of . ths going ahead of the dam project- __ One of the'speakers dficuMed ths matter of the Fayetteville, N. C„ navigation project of some years ago and stated that the city expended be tween $160,000 and $200,000 In the construction of docks and only a tow years age sold them for a paltry ram of several thousand dollars. A boslnesa man at FayettovlUe, who had bean contacted to the mat ter of water traffic on the Cape Fear river declared that as to rsdaesd freight rates, he did not think they could be asonrsd and if so, not snpngh to .warrant the damages. He states that it has been his experisnee that the railroad always finds ways to heat the competition of wator-hora freight. It was stated that the trouble with water commerce today is that it does not meet with business ap proval for ths rsasoB that’ tnick-car- risd freight is drilvered to a march- ants back door and even carried to* side before a boat or a barge gets srouad the first bend ia a rivsr, aad all this for the same or less mousy. .Tbs matter of how tha dam prpjMt wUl affoet the city of Camdmi'waa brought np and the stataarant was made that the backing up of the waters ia ths .Watorse. rivsr would mean that much of the present sewage system would he put out of commii^ Sion and that a dlspoMl pleat eos^ tog a mtolmum of some $69,609 would be rsqnired to take care pMstat dlspepiL Shoald ths dlty p»^ for oia PROCLAMATION I. Francis N. McCorkle, as Mayor dam ^constractioa project spoke at- ^ the City of Cmndem do request todttitrfeM growth the ooet of a ratt- abld disp disposal plant would total from $266,009 upward. The ad' ColuMbla investigated the esM with Coruuar Lee Purdy, stated that'thers was no evL dsiiM of foul 1^. Hdxav^ ha iiu clsrad ^ ax fis^t mi|ht ha raltod hgya should later dsvalapmauis wmxrahl’lL Ths vtettm is regertad to have haMt partiaUy pxm^iad tad tt is bsUaviif ky 6i(s that the citlsene of our'City make every effort to attend the home-com ing football game, to be played at I 0 clock in the evening of Friday. No vember 17. The people of all of us. Should experience a feeling of great pride in the prowess of our High sdiool loothali team,' so ably coached by that efficient InstrUcfoi^ Mr. Liiul- ■ay Pierce. The team has pliursd a brand of fdotball that haa attraotad the attention of football fans all Over this part of the country. Ite fame extended beyond the confines of our own State of South Carolina. Tha 1944 High school football team i»f v upheld the traditions ot Camden foot ball prestige in a moet fitting man- nef. We are proud of our team, our coach and our sOhool. We shoald vdiow this pride by attending foa bmneomntog game nextvFriday night Every seat In the spacloas field should be filled- and standing room should be at 6 premium. Our home-coming game is an inter state affair. We entertain a fine group of young men foom the Momoe, N. C.t Hii^h ichooL W# bop6 thBir itAy in Camden wfll be fraught with mudk enjoyment—-although we do the reservation that this jojPonsiiMs need not neoetsarily mean victory over our galhmt Bulldog team. As your mayor, may 1 aak aU of you good citixens ^ Camden, to attend the home-coming game next Friday night. Ton owe it to the fine ahd to your own spirit of civic pe- triotlsm. I’ll be seeing 'yah. F. N. MeCorUek Mayor. \ :A / Four F^wii Coante Join the.U, S. Navy _ -furfgF Oct^mr. CiMa <md Alfred their