The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 10, 1944, Image 1
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.
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Four F^wii Coante
Join the.U, S. Navy
_ -furfgF Oct^mr.
CiMa <md Alfred
their