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JUME 56
CAMDEN, SOUm CAROUNA, FRipAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1944
NUMBER 36
rbal Grenades Tossed
t). Lee
Speaker Cmstigatea the
ject To Duild Dam
In S. C*
>r barrage in the' fight against
[Ingham Landing dam project
deral government was launch-
e Camden Rotary club meet-
Thursday when Attorney
Lee of Sumter, gueSt speaker,
that thd project is entirely
»|, the topography is totally
le because the river swamps
wide and too-that the
of navigation or power dams
esult In enormous flowage
that so much area would be
and so much damage occas-
tt hundreds of miles of dikes
ire to be built. These dikes
)t only be expensive to build
emely expensive to maintain
of flood waters,
ey Lee stated that the power
ould be generated at the six
ibraced in the project is not
particularly the power from
ed Buckingham Landing dam.
>g that the engineers’ esti-
that the Buckingham Landing
lid generate 500,000,000 K. W.
;d that neither the Santee
)r the Saluda dams are gen-
heir Ml power capacity. _Thfl
looper be said provided for
J turbines of 40,000 horse
id in the Saluda project, pro.
IS made for 85,000 additional
iwer. These two items, he
out, would generate exactly
int of power that it is hoped
ite at the Buckinghaib Land-
To make these additional
DOS at the Santee Cooper and
ams would cost about three
ollars, or about one-twentieth
he Buckingham Landing dam
«t.
leaker declared that progress
> be of two kinds, that which
id substantial, and that which
fanciful ai#a visionary. The
lam Landing project he de-
as nothing but a dream and
. something that ^ould do
1 no good.
Led that govempent competl-
a tax-free basis, should be
'ather than extended. Oovem-
said cannot carry on business
ite industry can, and he cited
ample, the railrods.
e always been prottd to jne-
' native state as one of U^e
the union,” he said. “While
ot have the largest per capita
lor the greatest landed area,
do have assets which make
ter and happier life. Among
»; first, our people who are
^ per cent ' miaiTe born
1 citizens, next, our delight-
lalubrlous climate, and lastly,
ral resources. Predominantly
ullural slate, our soils with
growing seasons easily make
ideal section for diversified
of all kinds. Great progress
I made in this direction dur
mast decade. But what I wish
3n particularly are our forest
■er resources. The forests of
comprise more than 66 per
the iand area;—One-third Of
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tv. A. Marshall
ly To Receive
^opy of Paper
lie
Is WelcooM
iveen Fifhtiax Lt>M
And Horn*.
hronicle is in receipt of an
>8 V-mail letter from Pfc.
Marshall, a Camden youth
1 service in the Netherlands
ies.
' Marshall asks that he *be
fed to all hie good friends
*0' He expresses his thanks
tTlvai of the Chronicle which
thers in his command read—
le advertisements. He states
has moved around to much
harvels that the paper man.
eep up with him. News from
'• states, means so much
to
Mrs.
idho
Marshall mentions
Mayfield in bis letter
^ was always outstandingly
hPd for whom he ^
affection-and eateem.
“as of some Japanese souve-
he sent to his mother here
that all who are inter-
®them, call at her home
he glad to show them.
t ciosee his letter
I that he had some ice cream
before the letter waa writ*
the first time in
many
Weather Is
hg A I^but
J^greeable weather with
j^show descended upctt Cam-
•!k Ml tkiwtgloiit
until Monday mom-
•MOt t« 40 4e-
t • hHlng wind, auMie
« doors most ttaooaMhrt-
Fanners To Meet
Monday Evening
Pfeaident of Farm Buronu
Stresses Importance Of
Affair.
An Important meeting of the Ker
shaw County Farm Bureau will be
held at the Agi^cultural building Mon
day night at 8 o’clock.
. Oantey, president oTthe county
bureau, states that it is important
that all farmers attend the meeting.
It is pointed out that now more than
ever it is important that the farmers
organize. Kershaw has a well func
tioning farm bureau in operation and
every farmer in the county should be
affiliated with it.
Lieut Freitag
In Preachment
To All America
Camden Youth On Battle line
Telia of Mud and Blood.
One of the most interMting letters
to come--to the Chronicle-derirfronr
the fighting line in ^ance is that
sent by Lieut. Ernest R. Freitag to
his mother, Mrs. Alma M. Frietag, 209
York street
Prom the muddy, bloody line in
Chainnan Heyman Points
V •
ut Puipose of Campidgn
Christmas Seal
Sale Campaign
Starts On Monday
The County Quota For This
Year Will Amount To
$2,500.
The 38th annual Christmas Seal
Ssie in fCenthaw oounty^ “opemr on
Monday. Nov. 27, with the quota ob
jective 12,500. '
’The-Seal Sale committee is beaded
by Mrs. Schlosburg, who is as-,
sisted by Mrs. F. D. Qoodaie, chair
man of the mailing list: Mrs, Leon
Tobin, school chairman; Miss Rosalie
Block, organization chairman; Mrs.
W. J. Mayfield, bond 'sale chairman,
Mrs. John Mullen, co-chairman, and
Oliver Rice, treasurer.
Members of the Qlrl Scout troops
under the leadership of Mrs. J. H.
McLain, Miss Daniel Hinson, Mrs. F.
R. Babbitt and Mrs. Burton Allen,
together with high school students,
taking a great Interaat. in the
Sale campaign and have been
folding seals and letters and stamp-
tag eeveiopea
France Lieut. Freitag suggests some
home front* action, which carries a
real punch.
For instance he says, “Every Ameri-
can ought to do at least one hour of
combat duty—infantry style. He ad
mits that it ia not a practical idda,
he simply does not know the score,
‘‘He does not know,” says Lieut.
Freitag, “how danger punishes the
human nervous system. He can’t
imagine what it’s like to creep down
a street of %mpty houses wondwing
if they’re really as empty as they
look. Hearing window shades flap
and doors creak and expecting the
crack of a Karbiner or the burp of a
Jerry MG-^the laqt aound on earth.
“He doesn’t know how much guts
it takes to move forward g yard, a
foot oT'An tech. How a second can
seem a year and a minute an eter
nity.
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Hunt Squirrels
But Find A Jeep
Camden Trio Come Across
Stolen MUitluY Vehicle.
went
bon
How would you feel if you
squirrel hunting and landed a
est-to-goodness army Jeep?
Believe it or not—that is Just what
happened to a hunting party consist
ing of John Blakeney, Chronicle lino-
type operator; Sammy Nicholson, stu
dent and printer-helper, and Jimmie
Clyburn, student.
The three hunters, eager to pop off
a few squirrels, not so much for their
fur value but because of the food
qualiflcattons, for squirrel meat is «
succulent dish, were in the woods
near Twenty-Mile creek when Blake
ney discovered the jMp.
in th«
It was hidden in the brush Just off
the old road near the bridge and the
hunters were almost upon it before
they knew it. Bagging a real Jeep
was of so much greatef Importance
than popping at tiny squirrels that the
hunt for the latter waa abandoned and
the tiio hastened to acquaint the au
thorities with their treasure hunt re
sult
State police notified the military au
thorities at Fort Jackson. It is be
lieved the Jeep was taken by hscaping
prisoners from the Port stockade. It
was taken Monday of last week.
Sgt Artis Welch
b Air Squadron
Crushing ’Drome
Fortx-TlifM Aircraft Destroyed
aad 23 Are DeBaaged.
Sgt. Artis B. Welch, whose wife,
Mrs. Louise S. Welch, lives on route
i; Camden, Is an aircraft mechanic In
a fighter squadron at the Eighth Air
Porce fighter station In England,
which was commanded by Brigadier
General Jesse Anton, Wing Command
er, for the part played In the destruo
tlon of 43 enemy aircraft and me
damaging of 38 others on a German,
held airdrome recently.
(Jeneral Anton pointed out that It
required the cooperation ^ of •▼••T
memter of every oxganisartlon on thle
field to mwpnre the way for and to
cifipport Its commanding officer,
ITnhirt and bin flghtar pfteu
on thalr strafing ran over the enemy
■lidiaiiiii
Tte mission began ta a bomber
eeeort aselgnment, hnt after the bomb
ers had dropped their
enemy field, Orf. Zemke apd hie fight-
7*!oote^ed the nreir again and
agnb nntll atmoet every plane In vlevr
either deetrojed or ■ ‘
Camden Football Teams Have
Always Been Family Affairs
will be ready for mailing to the
citizens of (Camden and Kershaw
county on Monday.
The salee committee requesta per-
sons falling to receive a letter or who
Important Meeting
To Be Held Tuesday
A meeting of much im*
portnnce will be held in
the court room of Kershaw
County Courthouse, Cam*
den, on Tuesday after
noon, Not. 26th, at 5
dng is heh
This meeting is being held
in the interest of returning
Service Men. Judge Reed,
of the Federal La^ Bank
smd other prominent
speakers will be present.
The public is urged to at
tend.
High Gridders
Score 10th Victory
Of the ’44 Season
Monroe Bows Befmre Bulldog
Might. Final Score
47 to 21.
Scoring touchdowns in most ways
known to football strategiats, the ex
plosive Camden Bulldogs beat the
Monroe. N. C., Pythons 47 to 21 fn
Zemp stadium last Friday night.
Before a solid and cheering bdme-
comlng crowd of 2,600, the Camden
ensemble raced up amf down the field,
grinding out points at a rate that %as
not ailTclpated by ttt molt ardent
friends. Had not that great samafltan
(and Bulldog coach) Lindsay Pierce,
hobbled hit forces, the margin might
have been close to several score
points.
Pierce used his first string In the
first period and part of the second
and almost completely In the early
part of the third, but in the other
phases. Intrusted the Bulldog fortunes
to a peppery gang of seoond stringers.
In the ten game season so far stag-
Tli* Skipper Finds Tbat Some
Groiq>g Have Given Eight
Players.
With the eyes of South (Tarollns’s
(ooiball world centered on the sensa-
ttadll performance of Camden’s Carol
the. Red
Orange (Galloping
] of sonthsm high school grid
it is IntsrMtlng to note that
Cox la the third of three brothers
who have constituted outstanding con
tributions to Csmden’s football pres
tige—and that ia not the end—for a
fourth C!ox is coming up over the
horizon and will be seen- flashing over
the turf of Zemp stadium in about
two more years.
’This unique family contributioD to
Camden football serves to bring into
the spotlight the fact teat ever since
football debuted in the historic com
munity, family contributions to team
personnel have been commonplace
rather than out of the ordinary.
For instance—-take the name of
Wooten. In the past decade the name
Wooten has appeared on Camden line
ups repeatedly—and the reason, there
have been eight gridders bearing that
name, wiring the black and gold of
the Bulldog tMui.
may through an error ill the mailing
list, receive more than one, report
same to the campaign officers at
once.
It ia pointed out that the program
this coming year is one of the most
essential of all time, when It Is im
perative that an expanded and far-
reaching tuberculosis program must
be carried through to snccess in every
county.
Changes Made In
Fiscal Period
Of Hospital Unit
Cites Washington News Story
Showing Need of More
Arms.
The Sixth War Loan drive which
Kot underway on Monday, Nov. 20, Is
by far one of the. most important of
all the efforts so far put forth by
patriotic American citizens.accordlng
to Marlon Heyman, chairman of the
campaign committee for Kershaw
county.
’The county quota is $380,000 and
Mr. Heyman believes that tbis figure
will be met in the same successful
manner aa all previous drives have
been. ,
-^f-yott telnk^he war is nearly over.
I'd like you to read an article that
appeared in a Washington paper a
few days ago and which points out
that overall production schedules of
ammunition and equipment must be
upped from 17 to 40 pel cent,” said
Mr. Heyman. The Washington story
is as follows:
“With the startling revelation that
there is no reserve supply of heavy
artillery ammunition at present in the
IT. fih. Undersecretary of War Patter
son y^erday admitted that the needs
of our forces in France had been un
dercstimated.
“General Eisenhower’s armies are
hurling. 35 -ointiw.
lfiEfi8ted_pa(tleer~4ke—eeftl~~aahr~lvttsnr nitinn tain the Relrh everv 1ft dava. he
nitlon into the Reich every 10 days, he
explained.
“Emphasising that no one has 'fal
len down on the Job,' but that the
ammunition shortage aroae through
needs, Patterson -told
a preaa conference 4hat 875,000 tons of
III
Auxiliary AUo Dacide*
Nama Officart f«r Two-
Year Tenure.
To
Then there are the Marshalla, three
of them already in the-Camden hall
of fame and one more coming up. Not
to mention the Hayqas, four of them.
Also four Jacksona.
Hugh Cox started the Cox family
contribution to Camden football pres
tige and “Shot,” aa be was known
among his intimates, went on to glory
with North Carolina university. "Shot'
At a recent meeting of the Woman’s
Auxiliary of the Camden hospital, with
11 members In attendance, it was
voted to change the fiscal year from
the last day of August to the first
day of September of the following
year.
The present officers of the auxiliary
who are: Mrs. William Goodale, presi
dent; Mrs. Gay Baum, secretary, and
Mrs. Franke treasurer,
will continue in office until the first
of September. 1946. .
The auxiliary also decided that be
ginning with the 1946 election of offi
cers, the tenure of office will be two
years. Tbis step was taken in order
that projects started during an ad
ed nothing approaching the propor-noar 13. will be on the Bulldog squad
tlons of this holecauat has been
wrought What fear that waa en
gendered by the Aze of the Invading
Tarheels, was quickly debunked aa
the Bulldogs scorM the flrdt time
they got possession of the ball Not
until the closing minutes of the sec
ond period when a complete second
string team was on the field did the
vtsltory r<^d«ter "w first down.
Carol Cox, rapid Bulldog back, scor
ed fire touchdowns during the even
ing and at that his playing time waa
limited to a'little over three qnartMu.
Harry Gandy and Jennlniv each scor
ed a touchdown. Conversions were
made-on five of the pay-dirt ramblea.
Camden’s offense sparkled while the
defense waa rugged and impeneteahtor
The only blue mark on the evening’s
performance was the injury to Ted
Marshall. The big husky'-linesman
suffered a sprained ankle te the final
period and had to be carried from the
field. It wss s tough brsak for this
stellsr player, for it kept him from
th«( Bmanwlek game el ^Thuruday nartf.
may m^ant him playlag In the Shrine
game, ro H ia geneimlly understood
that Cox and Marshall would be nam
ed to the Sandlapper All-Star team.
Tht game can not by any atretph
of the imaghiation be recorded as
of ths key Ibothall ntmgglee of the
It wnn too nmch one-nlded,
(neaae turn to io«p ImO
rines.* Then-xmme Dickie, who starred
with the Bulldogs and later went to
Gwrgia university where he was out
standing. Now Carol, rated as one of
ministration, could not bs interrupted
by a possible change of officers In a
year’s time.
Upon the request of the president a
nominating committee Is to he named
to nominate a viee prenldwt mid cor^
responding secretary.
The Improving Appearance program
which baa been uppermost as an ob
jective of the auxiliary the past year
hL noW-A- lieutenant ln the U. the pi^fint
It waa the hope of those prdaent
at the recent meeting tha* more of the
7S members of the auxiliary will seek
the greatest If not the greatest of*^..*^**^ n^pntely gatherings
Camdsn greats Is In the spotlight
Where Carol will go for his college
education ia not known. He is In de
mand by many colleges. Clemson
would like him—so would South Caro-
lina. North ^aroIiniL Duke, Georgia
Tech—just to mention a few.
When Carol graduates next June,
the CuBden Bulldogs will be without
a Cox in 1946. But in 1948 Jimmie,
which are held at 4 p. m. on the last
Monday of each month..
The program of the auxiliary Is so
arranged that the members have com
mittee assignments, such as sewing,
private rooms, diet kitchen, member
ship and obstetrical wing. Members
not on any of these committees are
what is described as the house
committee.
Police Round Up
Group ed To Be
Guilty of Alarms
and the family claims Jimmy .will be
Juat aa good as either “Shot,” Dickie
or Carol. Wall see.
There have been three Cionnell boys
listed In CTamden football. This year
Wllbtir Connell has been outstanding
as a center for the team. He la a
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Luther
Cmmell. Two ^ther Connells who
saw serirke were Xlaptain Norinan
(^nnell and Corporal Stephen Con-
ness, sons of Jdr. and Mra. Broadus R.
Connell, now In service.
On the 1944 Bulldog team Is another
player who comes of a family of
‘Tbntribntors.’’ Ha Is Ted Marshall,
giant tackle, another third brother to
be on the Bulldog squad. Jack Mar-
siian, iK>w*a Hentenant in the
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Child Dies After
An. Auto Accident
David Brown, five year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. David Brown of the
Rembsrt section, died In a Sumter
boapiUd last Saturdsy night following
swocte
an
t near the Hllkrsst
Thq child is said te havs bean
atnoll by a car driven by a Mrs. (k
C. i^Mu ot Snsstsr.
License Drive
Opens On Dec. 1st
Campaign To Enforce 1944-45
Motor Vehicle Regin-
tratkm.
The drive on enforcement of 1944-46
motor vehkle license registration will
begin Dec. 1, according to J. S. Wll-
llnmson, chief highway commlMloner.
Approximately 260,000 Hcenaes have
been issued to date through the hlgh-
ay department The motor vehicle
vlaloa has Juat about (xmaploted the
work of getting out the new Ikensos.
Although there was no last minute
rush, a considerable amount of work
was eatailod by the many transfers
revested.
'nie plate Issued this year la the
Sugar AlFter Not. 30
first original plate used in three years,
in lfn-4r two pIntos were requhreff, YffA 1|fA|»A Pfififlinir
one for tee front and a second for the fNU ValUUII|^
roar. In 1942-43 a roprooesaed plate
waa Issued to motorists, with only one
required. In 1942-44 n strip revenll-
datiag the license Issoed the year
helPre wae psuvlded.
Beglatebig Dee.^1. any motorist driv
ing a vehicle carrying an expired
t Vui
license tag will be subject to nrrest
ammunition have slugged the Nazis
sines D-Day.
“Patterson also pointed out that we^
are losing 600 tanks and 900 trucks a
month In the European theater, and
said overall productloiv schedules must
J)e upped 17 to 40 per cent In ammu
nition. tanks, trucks and cotton duck.
“General Elsenhower has an imper
ative need for much more artillery
ammunition than we'are now produc
ing, Patton said. ‘Although our pro
duction of artillery ammunition has
tripled since the beginning of this
year, the needs of our armed forces
have gone up even faster.’
“The Undersecretary said If Elsen
hower’s operations sre to receive ade
quate support, it is necessary to fire
four to five thousand pounda of am
munition every minute, 24 hours a
day, or 8.800 tons per day.
“Meanwhile, be said, the neceaaity
of supplying (General MacArthur’a
Philippine drive and General Clark’s
Fifth Army drive toward the Brenner
Pass Into Germany, increases (be out
put lag in heavy ammunition.
Patterson revealed that General
Eisenhower had cabled teim that 8.-
000,000 rounds of artillery and 2,000,-
000 rounds of mortar ammunition are
needed every month. The siege of
Aachen alone consnmed more than
300,000 rounds of 105-mm. Howltaer
ammunition by the U. 8. First Army
in only two weeks, he said.”
Chief Declares Example Will
Be Made of All the
Offenders.
Ksrahaw County War Price agS
Ratlefitnf Boare Number 484^-1,
locstee at Camden, anneunees
that effestive Deecmbtr 1st no
mere caiMilng aufar will bs Issued.
-A group of youths, several said tO'
be high school students, who allegedly
have iMen sending in false fire 1alsnns_
troni cair boxes abbm the city, has
been rounded up by the police and
are to appear In recorder's court next
Monday morning to sund trial for
violation of a city ordinance.
The police have been' working to
ascertain tee identity of the false
alarm pranksters for some time and
last week, acting upon a tip, they
rounded up the'alleged offenders. On
Tuesday formal summons to appirar
in’ court next Monday was served on
all of them.
Chief of Police Alva Rnsh. stated
yesterday that the police department
Intends to see that the offenders are
punished. The police point out that
the sending in of a false alann ot
fire Is not a practical Joke, but a
serloiM Infraction ot a city ordinance.
For some time past, the repeated
false alarms resulted In a wave of
indignation sweejdBg the city. It was
realized that the Camden fire depart
ment la made up of volunteer fire
fighters. All of these men are either
business men or laborers who put in
many hours ot work during the day
and entitled to a nlght’a rest. When
the fire siren sounds, they respond,
leaving their homes and hurrying to
the point from ii;henee tee call came.
Repeatedly they have reached their
destination to find that some cme had
turned In a false alarm.
As tee offenses continued, many of
the volunteer fire fhteters waxed
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