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. ^ ' IHS^ ' ;.■. V -> - ^ - ^ ^ J ■'■ ■ Vf-.-. ’ : ■■ ■ ,-• 'W-^l.'S- '- 1, 7 , >■ C.-t^i^ .■■■■>• :■*' ,'■ \ ■ ■ ■ --.v- ’ ^ “ r ’■'"''' . .-a—Tv ' V; ■' - ^’i ■' I ow f '* y' -r' . ■ ■ t J^- ^ A ' ^ * CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUMA, JANUARY S, lt48 NUMBER 42 ^AceSays^ eticans Spend Like Lunatics t YiwIh Deacribea B«y- OriT In New York City. [at Bmctt C. Welmark Is in th« terrice and has been on a Kf ^miulons from an EIngllsh tow he is home on leaye. Lake county, Florida, his port of landing jpped over to chat Bonsai Rddy To Can Defeie Umt bito QaiclAction Only Awnitaj Stale tequeat fkct. As yet Chaii the Kershaw fense has not tiona from preparatory threat of long Germans. W. R. Bonsai of ty Council of De- »ived any Instrnc- te office regarding res relatlre to the te bombing by the nown in norida, fn North CarRa. eapeeiaQy la tha Sdlng in Camden, tndnstrlal )pa thh long, long ^lag n bedalg w to be [ad been In New fore starting on jnd he makes no lat Yuletide sentl. he has seen it, IS of dollar signs. touch seexns to the most average he said. “It’s from what Is hap- Here in America, York, few gifts the purse of him lo warns K was m lihlast M saw a ghrl worker, head bei ap a pile# tet, and wanting ^Miak coal shop girls, worUag I horde prl( adver <aw vere wl^ who tm foi for a those w Jew York department j (Dec. 18) and actu- tater found was a de- i98 for a pnrsa. A salesman foond when a customer ilzed orlential rug, thousand dollar ced ‘Just the thing the bath room.’ fCnnerly dreamed of {olng to the affltiaiBt I was told in many handkerchiefs in store at )100 each. They 1th Imported lace and as ‘heirlooms.’ , who the sales gfrls of defense plant oper- id >32.50 for a real ellk foontain pen set and pin. Of course th«re ctild pay IMO tor a IS for a hoi told, $10'mark of t pair of book ends|tlrst w for a bottle of per* in ISth of l.U. these Items because I at the easy flow of may I say It was In add, acnte contrast ttw Just before I left have arranged ceive suggest! defense autho: combat the many make bomb A The first re| received with on the part ol try, as the rected acroei regarded as This belief decided cba tary engine such bomb! view of the the bombln Mr. Bons he is asked defense wo: so at once, never dlsb msnt for ever to n defense The sslv cll have In the col and tin. also a d died war fut mannei In the waste pa; ing to no in e defense groups tings and will re* from the national as best how to bombs should Ger- on her threat to of such threats was dderable amusemMit public in this coun- of bombs being di- Atlantic ocean was extremely fantastic. !ver has undergone a Camden’s Future As Resort Offers A Roseate Picture Pompadour Hair Cut Leads This Negro In Jail Corbett-Yates Are Honored By The Masonic Lodge Many Families Have Four Sons In the Service Prospects For Retom of Com munity To Spodickt Are Brifkt Alonzo Could Not Resist Steel- inf From His Latest Em ployer. Presented With Fifty Year Continuous Serrice Pins. Braaiafton, Houfh and ShirWy Groups Ghren Much To Country. Kershaw county has many fami In which three and many tbeps SODS are serving their nation ta ing the enemy on many fronts. Mrs. W. J. Brasington, who resldtp on route 2 out of Camden has fottr sons who are wearing the unifortt of their country in the greatest sf word wars. They are St. Sgt WDlte T, Brasington, 118th Infantry. U. ^ Amy, now stationed in North Ire* land; Pvt. Homer E. Brasington, 91st General hospital, somewhere in Ehif> ... ... .land; J. B. Brasington, in the Merds^ since American mill- Marine, and S. 2-c James HowasI have declared that Brasington, U. S. Naval Training 8%, tk>n, Newport, R. I. Mrs. C. M. Hough, who is Kersbstk county game warden, has four S(m in unifom, they being Pvt. O. if. Hough, with the air corps in IndMu Pvt. Ogbum M. Hough, signal coriljh Fort Monmoutb. N. j., Pvt L. v was a possibility in ess that has attended the British Isles, ates that in the event the state to call his -s together, he will do ) local defense unit has d, but has been dor- time. Prepared faow- mble and re.«ngage in ties. units of the local ooon- doing an excellent job ng of waste paper, uUs block leaders group, council unit, has ban- sales, etc., In a master- Editor’a note: The following article was prepared for national magaslne release by the Camden News Bureau. The Kirkwood hotel, famed for many decades as dominant among the bostleries of the mld-eouth and the mecca of many distingnlahed guests during its career, is in the hands of wreckers. ' Today—passengers on the Seaboard Air Line stream liners, whissing past the historic structure, gase in amaxe- ment and sorrow at the gaunt skeleton of the once famous hotel. Tomorrow—What a change! A graceful colonial structure of red brick with massive white pilasters, set in an attractive area atop Kirkwood Heights, greets the eyes of passengers on the Seaboard New York to Florida trains. The purchasers of the old Kirkwood, realizing the ancient and outmoded building had served its day, and an ticipating the return of gayety and sports events to this historic com munity, have already made their plans for the erection of a New Kirkwood. A Kirkwood that will feature all the innovations i^d conveniences to be tb« hotels of this age of fire proof air-conditioned IJzfter recreation and sport, an ideal I hoi here in the States do re it a wsr g< 1 ksvp heiftf because of gas, butter ing. When I return Troup and relate e boys over there look at me In amaze- I’ll admit it is hard to be- ve, but I sar it all and if you aA , I sure aai di.ogusted." er of the state report on collections It is interest- hat Sumter county is now secoD#;>lace with a per capita S. Greenville county is .89. Kershaw county is with a per capita mark Mr. now in for Cl al states that Camden is [midst of the harvest time wsste paper. Hough, Evacuation hospital corpi, toun4 in tb European war theater, and Pvt Si^tMradtoa. A ^ by Hough. Marine corps, San DWiq {structure that will offer the se^M- Cal., who Is awaiting reassignnAiil after IS months of active duty In Pacific as a gunner on an a carrier. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Shirley who ru^ side at 907 Fair street, this city; hare four sons in the service. loliis nle (Blease) Shirley was for ten yeeto before enterln# the service, with tito Camden post office department ^ attended the Camden schools and married to the former Mabel BSenaMf of Columbia. She Is now maldnf Mk home in Camden with her two little The Kirkwood polo field, with Ita sons, Jackie and Johnnie, 2nd. 81^ fine peensward is still there. So are Shirley is now stationed at Cecil Fleld« the many miles of exquisite bridle Jacksonville, Fla. - This is the story of Alonzo, the colored youth with the pompadout haircut. In fact, it was duo to Alonzo’s wearing his hair with the pompadour cut that landed him back in the cus tody of state farm officials following his escape from the Boykin institu tion last Wednesday. And it was the kedb memory of a Richland county sheriff that halted the freedom episode of Alonzo. Now for the story of Alonso, the negro with the pompadour haircut Alonzo is about 20 years of age and hu been confined at the stale farm at Boykin since September 28, 1943, after being sentenced for four years and one month following his conviction in a Charleston court of house brecJcing and larceny. It now appears that after escaping from the state farm last Wednesday week. Alonso walked the railroad tracks to Columbia and last Saturday be went to work at the Lane Drug store in that city. He worked that ^ay and Sunday, but Sunday after noon be left the store, carrying a parcel, under his arm. A store em ploye noted the package and directed another young negro employee to fol low Alonzo. Alonso walk^ down a side street and then passed the court bouse. Here' a deputy. Informed-.of the suspected laroeny from the Lane oi'. hoST'4a;s*~a.. ‘S.”* JiS** mid-south tourist season Camden’s fine Kirkwood golf course is still in existence and under the ma^ of skilled landscape artists and golf course speclallata, has taken rank as one of the ootatandlng In the mid south. Owned by a group of Camden residents as well ss winter, residents, the course bq^ts of perfect greens and fairways that are a delight to the moat exacting golfer. paths through - the undulating conn- Gilbert Lee Shirley was a gradnatii try-side. The fine tennis courts are of the Camden High school and still available. Ml '.re Tives os ave i Camden Child 4wr.to Jeseph of Bfonz, Doea His Daily Good Deed. . Stoi 19451s Widi Weather emidoyed at the Railway Frjriid War caused a cessation of sport agency here before entering the glHi^actlvltles in Camden. But there still loe August IL 1941. He flalshei Ifhjremains golf and shooting. And dtooU fore Sheriff T. Alex Heiee. Sheriff Heiee noted the pompedour style of Alonso’s hair and onto his mind’s eye came a viskm. Where has he seen such a pompadonr betom? The sheriff started to pore over rec ords on his desk and low and behold— up popped a picture of Alonso. It was on a bnlletln Issued by the peni tentiary officials at the time Alonso departed from the state farm. Well, anyhow to make this story brief, state farm guards went to Go* lumbla, took Alqnso in charge and started beok to B^kin. But they left behind the package that Alonso was carrying whmt he was nabbed on a petty/ larceny cherife. ~ And In the package were five boxes of face pow der, a fountain pen and a key chain. Dr. J. W Corbett and C H. Yates, who became members of the Masonic order in 1894, were presented with 60 year continuous service pins at a regular meeting of Kershaw Lodge No. 29. held Tueaday evening at the Masonic Temple. Presentation of the pins was made by the Grand Master of South Caro- lina Masons, Rev. Henry I... Collins, pastor of the Lyttleton Street Metho dist church. Both recipients respond ed to the remarks of Mr. Collins in an appropriate manner. Regular business of Lodge 29 was suspended in order that the program of presentation might be carried out.. L. H. Jones, recently elected Lodge Master, presided at me affair. A number of distinguished visitors were present at the meeting. One was Amlle E. Eurvard, an outstanding Mason from Sharon, Conn. Also pres ent was William N. Northrop, father of Mrs. John Wall of this city, who has been a Mason for 66 years and is one of the 26 S3rd degree Masons now In the United states. Mr. Northrop is from Boise, Idaho. Grand Matter Henry L. Collins ex- hibitsd a distinguished servlc.e medal which bad been awarded to him by a Boston Masonic lodge, one of the old est if not the oldest In the nation. The medal waa presented to Mr. Ool- lins when he waa present at a meet ing of the Boston lodgn. FoRewrlng flta presentation of the contlnnona eerviee fins to Dr. Ooititt and Mr. Tntsa, refreahiMnts served members and viaitors. haste training at JncknozTiUa irss^nersy beltsv thaz now In ' /wm s hi'the I llanl^.^hRN||ius.tBted area of fhs sdathland. | F wlr wT NVArRlI t rUsM Alfotr^ aiilr.1 Mn.- r>aMllna AAW* VV • Aw* XvACaa Okl Dies of Wounds Gnlna,] and Fof Udter In iNew Year Monday In Camden. Mast hist elemi fog ai gales Moni drivini day tl of start< H. states Tueedi above wais When Ptivald J, Joseph of the tnmx New York, and attached to the hadruartew company of the 113th'n^AaJoo“'5nr ■» MiJTr at Ion Jackson, heard Police icer Dtias Mahoney mention that »1ood donor with A-type blood was ng sought to aid in the recovery of e >.y€\ar-old Kay Powell, daughter of 41 . a.Jd Mrs. Earl C. Powell of this 1 y, the-doughboy spoke, to the offl-' and iald he would be glad to T e bis hlood. Private Joseph was n a onvoy that had stopped in Cam- ien eit route to Fort Jackson. Upon arrival at the Fort,' Private Jmeph requested permission of his sommondtag officer, Col. Dawlne. to x>|de to Camden and give his hood Tb' commanding officer checked on his story and finding It to be okeh Best the soldier here last Saturday Th tranifuslon took place that after.! nocn. On Christmas day the dough boy rkarned to Camden and had llmier at the Powell home A few lays Uter he was on hU way to the elsewhere. III??” n f ^ transfusion, the gM succumbed to the raaUdy w •nffering with, death claim- tag Sunday morning. The body ^ takm to Atlanta for Interment 1945 made his debut into t the midst of a flury of disturbances ranging from rain' to sunshine and high vind. morning dawned with a ain falling, but later in the un came out but a high gale set in and the temperature Uling. Irown. local weather recorder, at the temperature reading morning was 19 degrees ifo. The forecast at that time 3Xff«mely coW weather Wed- Boatsm&n First Clam Albert'Shir ley, a Camden High graduate in 1940 and who wm connected with the Star Taxi line here, is home on a furlough after being stationed for some time in the South Pacific theater of war. Bobby Shirley, now a SeaMan First clam, attended the Camden High school and is now taking bis bmic tralni^ at Camp Perry, Va. The Chrontcle wriH be happy to ceive information from all families having four or more sons or daughters in the uniformed service of the, na tion. Address letter wHh full par ticulars to the News Editor. Blaney Soldier Killed In Action Mrs. Louise Timms Simpson of Winnsboro, has received a mesrags' trom.ihe war department announcing Watts Dies ?rff • Wat»v, gr., 6#, the form- - >'^ ‘6, daughter of Mr. .‘I'-"??™ »' aftmiRn after a period of decllntag Shs^^sui^lved by her husband, E. *« foUowln* chlldi^: K» ¥ . «o*borough and otia i ***** Wads i»**»*» » a and £1^ ing to records of the police iff, the New Year celebration mpllshed without any traffic being reported. There were minor auto accidents, hut no injured so far as could be led. ie The tragedy of w.orld war, unting toll of deaths, there ty of celebrating of the Yule a Camden. Cocktail parties, , suppers and similar social were a nightly occurence, old year of 1944 pmsed out that her husband, Gaptr -Aftbur T.a_ .v v m Simpson, wM killed In action Novem-^*'hliitiw, Whethm theas horam will with [Wn and wind. New Tears day openejp dreary and cloudy but later tbs v^ther cleared and bright sun- v^1 shineLrevailed. Later in the after- noonAhe temperature began to drop and Iv evening ths cold wave had enve|)^ the city, with the mercury slldlQs down below the freezing mark. her 38. She ha-j prevliwaly bcvn noti fied that he was mlsfclng. Captain Simpson was the son of Mrs. Mary Morrison Slr.pson and the late Arthur T. Simpson of Blaney. He was educated in Blaney schools and was graduated frem Clemson col- lege In T94^. Prior to filtering the service in February, 1942, he tamght agriculture in the Lydia High schohl. Going into the army m a secoad lieutenant he served with the 86th division, training at Fcnrt Banning, Ga., Camp Pickett, Va., Camp Blandlng, Fla., Camp Howze. Texas and Camp Livingston, La. Ha received two pro motions, and served m company com mander during two yeara in the States. Captain Simpson went overseas fa July, 1944, as a replacement and was Aiaual Meeting Of Delegation sutioned in England and fhnimoe until .**2 **?°* The County LegUUtlve DslegatioB jrill laid Its usnsl annual meeting at ths County Court House In court room at Csaden on Monday, Jan, 8, at 10:80 a. m., and will continue until sUch hour and flme aa all business before it Is flsposed of. Tho hopes of the delegation hre that all citizens, county <^cmw and employees, representatives of puhllo InztitQtlons and departments or organ- isatlona and others who may with to bring matters of pnhHc or private In- terset to theta* attention will 00ms before them on above mentloaed date. assignment to the 26th division No- vsmber 10. Besides his mothsr sad wid<nr, he is survived by two itttls sons. Tommy and BlUy. Kershaw P.CA. Will Hold Annual Meeting Receives Medal The Kershaw Production Credit As sociation. which makes agrtcnltaral loans to farmers in Kershaw* sad Laa- caster counties, will hold tts 11th sn- nual meeting in Kershaw la the High school andkorltm on Friday, January 12, at 19 o'clock, John C. (Mover, 8ec,- Treas., announcM this week. ‘At this meeting,’’ Mr. Stover said, *^0 dhrsetort will bs elected by the stockholders. -We era easMttes .a larst .attead- ii^. 'Utere ii atways a gr ^ McCalllitS of Columbia, three Cecil and low of Coluaihia, and 11 the war departmeat Dec. 24, the I(eart, awarded to her C. Sayder, who wea kflled la France. great dial of iatereet In oar ananal partiralarly ta the reporta oa the atlene and aoeowpllahmeata of aeeoelatkm dnriiig wrvloas ware Jkeld at I'le •ftoinooa at thel^ Jah^ ^ Lageft illy--8svd m Ufg. NOTICE . Amerteaa Legtea Anxttlary will Mrs. W. U Qoodale at her _ 11 Ihir elreet. Drlday^ Jan. at 4 a’RiMk- 41 rnmhrn are 49 be Mr. Stover ateo poMpAoiMJbat ibe BandMw Prodaettea Crete Aitoeia- ttea li a eeoperaitlre crate ttea whteh taraL teane pa aS typM' ' “ * Igr 9t The intmmatkmally famous Carolina Cup Race, the Virginians Horse Show, the Camden. Horse Show, Hunter TilMs, the Camden Hunts, etc., are all ia abeyance during the war. But Camden is propping for a resumption pf these activities when the war is over. The bracing and invigorating South Carpliaa climate, the pinVsceqt- ed forests, the ever-present hospitality of the southland, are still here. ~CamdeTrs wtar^ colony Ja still ex- istant. Barring a number of changes in tbf ownership of some of the estates, the care-free life of the colony finds practically all of the familiar faces here this year. Famous old southern homes, modernized and with beautifully landscaped grounds, areas hallowed by the spirit of American valor and heroism during the Revolu tionary days, still lift their aristocratic gables and facades to the blue of the southern sky. Horses, some of the finest Jumpers in ths nation, are here for winter see action over the circuit next spring Is a mooted question among owners and trainers. Recent announcement from Washington Indicates that trans portation of horses will not be,jper- mitted except to take them home. If the order Isn’t softened between now and next spring, there will not he any racing anywhere near larger cities until after the war. MlssiDg in Camden, after three years of feverish wsr activities, are the many hundreds ^f khaki-clsd fly ing. cadets, who learned their art at the big primary f1y[ng base at the Woodward airport This base with scores of others, was closed last Au- gost. But the tine sir field Is still there and offara air travelere and oonsBiatcra aa opportunity to use their after the war [n eomaHittac Its wide, well- Mved streets, fine churches, shaded avenues, modern stores and vanues, modern stores and shops, easy of access by train, bus or pisne, was nsver more attractive than at present. And Camden is already pre- pared to retura to its rUhtful iriaoe aa the leading resort and sport center of ^e mM-south. Stream-lined trains between New York and Florida pass through tha outsktata of the city to discharge and taka cm passengers at the Colonial station, attractively located In Sea board Park. PUet-war plans of this resort cltv Indnde construction of additional aimltary and storm water sewage dto- jpoaal units, construction of a fine opmmsmtty building, improvement of aauty additional streets and provision tor additional recreational facilities. Balk Stiwe Has teie Neon ; Mt tetetial towe kas just a laatooaii amr Nepa alga 9f Ita bestto tert ou Broad sf Sm aprliht type feet Ugh aad One Jaa4 li te efaia aBi''iaa be SiSU the latMt Meoa type Moseley To Attend Meeting of Highwuy Feb. 20th tkmUk CaroBMi Aiasriatitei d Cosmtp Road Officials To Mote - Received In Action Warn Son of Mr. and Edgar Marah. Mrs. The community was greatly sad dened last week _wben the news waa E. L. Moaeley, Kerahaw county road superinteadent, will attssid the aanaal ■istleg et the Soetfi CaroHna Asso' elation of County Road officials, to be held St the Jefferson hotel In Co lumbia . Thursdby, Feb. 16. At this meeting members of tha general assembly will he guests of the road officials group. A floor show of 17 performers with their own orchestra has been engaged for the evening. S. B. Sapp of Lancaster county, is president of the South Carolina Association of County Road officials. D. D. MacKenzle of Williamsburg received here of the desHTou Dec. Ur vice president, E. L. in Holland, of Second Lt. William R Marsh, 21, the son of Mr. and Mrs.^ Edgar Marsh, routs I. Camden. He bad previously been reported wounded in action in Germany on Dec. 3. Lt Marsh received hla edu cation at the Antioch school, Kershaw county, and was graduated with hon ors from Clemson college in the clsaa of 1948. He was a young man at <mU standing ability and many tine trilts of character which endeared him to all who knew him. He wag a member of Jdanhalls_Methodist church. Lt Marsh compifted offieers^traln- tug course at Fort Benning, Ga.. in April, 1944. He received further train ing at Camp Claiborne, La., and Fewt Sam Houston, Texas. He had,been overseas since October. Besides his parents be is survived, by three brothers. Edgar M. Marsh, Jr. Sl-c USNR, and Robert and Sam my Marsh of Camden, and one sister, Ektoer Blarah -of XIamdqn, Sixth War Loaii Bond Drive Is Well Over Quota Top# tea Atewgiifjil Figm Bj Owar liO Fur Cant. Camden and Kershaw county really rang the bell oa the sixth war loan drive, the total bonds sold up to last Monday aggrogatlng ever $660,009 which In aay man’# language is a bit over half a mfllkm. This repreaents an over the top percentage of some 160 per cent as the qnota assigned to the county was $880,000. Chairman Hejrman and his co-work- srs in this bond drive are receiving the plaudits of the public for a Job well done. Cut Rate Drug Store Is Mov^ The Cut Bgta Drug store, wbidi tor the post tew nunSu baa beta located la the Clarksoa bullttaig jatt eoatk of Tba Cbnateto grtatlas tCftee. bat mortd ta tef But Tartemt oa Bstt DtKalbjtrttt As ttta 609 lot awvlai ttmpteMI tad tet ffartarsi tastaOed ths drug ttert wil Ibt prtptrtd to stnrt tba fsMte with a eomjBtte ntw llM of dnw gad drug ttort sappUts. Moseley of Kershaw county is second vice president, and F. H. Wilson of York county, is third vice president Price Baby Is Hrst Entry In The 1945 Derby Little Mitfy Jiarrfaliwt Price Bowt Into World At ’The first 1946 white baby reported to The Chronlrie was Mary Jacqueline Price, who was born at the Camden hospital at 18:17 o’clock on the afte^ noon of New Tears day. Ths little miss is the daughter of Private and Mrs. H. J. Price of Du- Bose Park. Mrs. Price was the former Miss~ Etta Blackwell;- Private. Prtee has been In training In Georgia jtot la' now overseas. The baby weighed 7 pounds and" 6 oimoea at bfrtk. The Prtos tiahy te tbAfIrut aatry-to be registerad in Tha Chrcatele’i Oni luia Baby Derby. CateriRu itoroa in cooperatten with The Cbrootele have promieed gifts for the first White baby born in (ha pmatr in 1941. v: Sumter Merdumts Lose Out In Move To Qose IShNTes War Lalor Boarl Owtii St. qiwa For Mid-Wadi Cladag. Sumter merchants proposed a plan whereby the midweek closing (Wed nesday aftemooif) would beeome effactive tha first week In Januaqr and oonttaina for tbrea moatks. them lapse until May 1, and reauaM tor tha summer months. Whllo the Irian reeeived aliMat unanimous endorsmaaat of die Bub- ter merchaats. it dM aot meet with the approval of the War labor beard, whteh p^pCly frowind It down. The Board’s aettea waa amde kaowm la a letter le 4|m Sateter Merehaata aasociatlQa.bp Utelart T. 8agruit» regteaal dtesater of Wage StebOlaa tlaa, who said dealal to baaed ua the toot that iito prdetiee te sag typteal in the industry aad > ■ ' "■! “{J I- \