The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 16, 1945, Image 1
The Camden
VOLUME 66
CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA^ F^AY, FEBRUARY 16, 1945
NUMBER 48
Bonsai Excoriates Those
Who Belittle War Effort
Head of Cmlian Defense Takes
A Shot At the War
“Grh^ers”
The Camden Rotary and Klwania
clube and Frank Shebeen^.chairman
of the Salrace committee of the local
defense council have donated $25 war
bonds to the aalTage prorram, these
bonds to be presMited to the school
children collectlns the most waste
paper in the drlTS to be conducted in
the near futpre.
Last fall the OlTlUan Defense organ
ization offered a war bond which waa
won by Billy Salmond. In the comlnc
drire there will be three such awards
made. In the. drlre last fall the col
lection of waste paper more than trip-
pled.
W. R. Bonsai, chairman of the coun-
ty council of defense excoriated a
group which he describes as "gripers’*
in a statement Isaued to the press this
wbbIl
”It Is to be regretted,” said Mr.
Bonsai, "that there ^ la a bunch of
gripers in our oominnnity Who do
everything in their power to belittle
our efforts, and contribute nothing In
the way of suggestions or actions to
this very worthwhile War effort. In
fact, we wonder if they are making
any contribution to the war effort.
“There hare been persistent rumors
spread that the goTemment does not
need Ae paper and tin cans. How
ever, this claim is entirely unsupport
ed by the facts. It is perfectly true
that a lot of waste paper Is being
burned in Camden because this Tital
war material prores to be a fire
Camden News
War “Newspaper”
Enters the neld
Will Be Mailed To All The
Local Serrice Men and
Women.
willing to make the necessary sacri
fice in effort and Ingenuity to see
that the material reaches Its proper
channels. ,
"The city anthoiitiea nare rery
generously donated the use of the city
trucks on mdays to collect waste
paper and tin cans. It is very plain
that they cannot do this every day to
every store in Ute business district. I
would suggest that anyone who ia
overlooked in thid Friday collection
let the ClTilian Defense office know
by calling CIS.”
Railroad Tracks
Bounce Truck and
.Soldiers Soar Up
And Then Down Aa They
Make Contact With Hard
Pawement.
Camden is to have a new news
paper. It is to be known as “The
Camden News,” and it will go to all
parts of the world—to the men ud
women of Kershaw County In nnif(^
who are hungry for all news and gos
sip of their old home town and
county.
A meeting waa held at the Red
Croes headquarters Monday afternoon,
called by Col. John Wall, and plana
for the "service paper” were formu
lated. Among those attending the
meeting were Col. J<din Wall, CoL E.
C. Ton Tresckow, Marvin Reascrnover,
Leslie Myers, Major Moultrie Brails-
ford, Mrs. Margaret Mayfield, Mrs. R.
E. Montgomery. Mrs. Dlone Kerr. Miss
Jane Trantham, Mrs. J. H. McLean,
Rev. Douglas McAm, Wm. F. Buckley
and Thomas Ancmm.
Thomas Ancmm was made business
manager of the new publication, and
the editors will be Mrs. Kerr. Miss
Jane Trantham and Mrs. Montgomery,
and they will add to their staff Miss
Margaret Fewell, Mrs. Whit Boykin,
Mrs. George Stuart, Jr.,* Mra. John
Mullen, Frank H. Heath and others.
Similar publications are being sent
from other towns to men in uniform
hazard and property, ownera are ^ rewctioo has been meet favor-
Scout Court of Honor
Attracts Record Crowd
6-^
Iobin Answers
Questions As To
Brownout Rules
Suffeatkina To Guide Uaera
Of All the Duplay
Lifhtinf
Guild Hall Filled With Inter-
eated Peraona for Impree-
aiwe Ceremony
able. There will be no advertisements
or soilcitatkma for subacrlptions.
Public spirited citismu will defray the
costa and volunteer workers will do
the editing, typing, mimeographing
and mailing.
The ministera of all churches in
Kershaw County -are requested to I
maO to The Camden News at an early
date Ibe addreasos of ait aorvlco men
and women* of tbelr congregation. The
American Legion will do likewise.
Service dobs will be asked to aid In
the work as a complete mailing list is
necessary. The papers will
to them gratis. Parents, frie
Tbreofti the Red Crsw the Amerlaiiii peeple
Ifevy, Marine Cerpa and Ceaat Oeaed.
the men ef their Army,
Since the announcement by the
Municipal Utilities In last week's
Chronicle relative to the brownout
mles, countless questions have been
propounded relative to the restrictions
on lighting.
With a view of securing more de.
tailed information, a Chronicle repre
sentative contacted Leon Tobin, sup
erlntendent of the water and light de
partment of the City of Camden and
aAed him a number of questions.
These questions - with Mr. Tobin’s
reply In each instance, were aa fol
lows;
Q. Is financial hardship to the
oonanmer that might result from dis
continuing the ose of prohibited light
ing ^sufficient basis for granting an
appeal?
A. No.
Q. What should a consumer do
who feels that to discontinue use of
prohibited lighting would endanger
public health or safety?
A. He should abtain a certificate
to that effect from the appropriate
local public authority, such as the
fire, police or heelth department, and
IMweent it with a written appeal for
reUet to iht neareat field efftee of the
Nine BnUdogs Strut Their
Ability At y._S. Naval Bmc
Judiciary Group
Kennedy
in Committee
n
Don the Navy Blue In Place
br the Gold and Black of
Camden.
One of the most ludicrous spec
tacles ever seen on a Camden thor
oughfare occured on East DeKalb
street near the Southern Cotton Oil
company plant several days ago.
Two United States Infantrymen are
declaring with much emphasis spark
ed with cuss words that Camden pave
ments are hard and that railroad
crossings in this fair resort city aro
far from barving the smoothness of
silk.
An army truck, east bound and mov
ing at approziinately S5 miles per
hour, struck the Southern Railroad
tracks, and in as moch aa the occu
pants did not know .that this par
ticular crossing was a tricky affair
and carried a sort of a whiplash ef
fect, all of them were shot .into the
air with suddenness and speed.
The two soldiers who were in the
end seats went np—and came down—
hot not in the truck. They went all
the way to tha pavement and aat
down so abruptly ^at they felt hurt.
The flow of adjectives deecriptive of
a community that would tolerate such
n miserable crossing was unchecked.
This la not th».>only time that tba
Southern Rallrond oroeaing has bean
^e target for soma rongb ensting.
^eaa the ditrar of a car or truck
knows the oroaaiag and slows doira to
a crawl in negotiating it, ka Is bound
to hire grief.
For years complaints have been
made regarding the rough and dang-
oi’.ous aitnatloa prevailing—but tfia
>*ine old rongk voyage equipment stUl
Prevaila
Lt Helen Yereen
With Famous Unit
On French Front
Girl AttRclied
Narsilif Outfit of'Army
HooptteL
form, for it ii this cooperation that
will insure a complete mailing list
They, are also admd to contribute
news items of Interest for the publi
cation.
A complete list of the boys In serv
ice will be j>ubliBhed in the various
monthly Issoes, and this will enable
our boys'in all parts the world to
keep in touch with each other. Many
of the boys have been on islands
thousands of miles away from home
wondering where tbelr pals are locat
ed. This list will enable them to
write to each other.
News of our boys on fighting fronts
will appear in the publication while
interesting events taking place in
Camden and Kershaw County ake eag
erly awaited by our boys, not only in
(Please tnm to peg* three)
Puff! GaOons of
Gas Bums At the
Woodward Airport
But It Wm Army Men Demon-
atmtinf Art of Fightfng
Firea.
Dense clonds of bla^ smoke at the
Woodward airport aeveral times re
cently censed much diatnrbaiice
among many patriotic citisens who
had learned that the smcAe was caus
ed by bnming gaaoUne which bad been
poured from huge drums on to the
athletic fMd at tha fonaer avlatioa
poet
Several citlsena, who through ex
perience, had learned how diftlealt it
wee to aecnre gas for their cars, were
indignant over the manner in which
the fluid was being burned. One de
clared that he stopped to watch the
blase and that he was told that ten
barrels of gas had been emptied on
the athletic field and ignited.
Inquiry brought the information that
the blase waa dne to army men who
were giving Inatmctlon to employees
at the airport la the art of fighting
gasoline Area
Majority Unfavorable Report
U Recorded By Judiciary
Body.
Ta
^nd U. Helen L. Verwu, 14tl
H»Ue street, this city, fT'on the staff
the list (Seneral Hospital of the
^ Army group jn Prance, eeoordlng
J® • beOetln ji^ iesned by the fleW
censor. ^
1 The hospital ia caring for Mddlers cf
U. 8. Seveath and French Flrat
~®1m ta the 8Hxth Army Group seo-
I hoepitai is a direct deseea-
m ^ *kit bees boepital <rf World
No. 1. which eared for 18,000
**^*®** *a MranOe in 18 monthi.
ibe koepitnl arrived ta
Septamber. it had already
^ eavlabto reputattaa tn
worttiAIHca aa^ Italy. It admitted
.T** ••rteato la rtaaoe oa Oct
1^*^ aad a day staee H kadi
|MCt tke IhdUi StatesL '
The bill by Representative R. M.
Kennedy, Jr., former Santee Cooper
executive officer, that would prevent
legislators from being employed by
the state-owned hydroelectric authori
ty and limit salaries to fS.OOO; was
given a majority unfavorable report
by the house judiciary committee
Tuesday, according to a dispatch
from dolumbla.
The Columbia story states aa fol
lows:
"The committee beard (Tbairman
James Hammond of the authority,
object to the bill because it would
reconstitute the board, would reduce
the present $10,0(K) a year salary of
General Manager R. M. Jefferies, who
also la state senator from Colleton
county, and would require, the sale
of power to rural electric oo-operat-
Ives at coat
"Hammond said the board accepted
Kminedy’s atatement that the bill wee
‘not personal,’ yet it is hard for ns
to see how a former employe in a
reeponslblt capacity (Kennedy was
uaelatant to the general manager on
the general managership of R. M.
Cooper, whom Jefferies succeeded)
conM wish to reorganise the antborlty
*anleu he has some complaint*
"He said the 880,000,000 project paid
its general manager a aaliury proper-
tionately ranch lowsr Ijiaa aatartee
(PleeM tun tu
Son Flies Over
First World War
BatHe FlOlds
Allison DoBose
Is Rotary Speaker
Attonny Tulla of
Is PkB^bpItas IsIrsBs.
war prod notion board.
Q. May lights, tha oae of which
are the subject of an appeal, be used
pending outcome of the appeal?
A. No. All lighting, the use of
which la prohibited by the order,
must be turned oft at the cloae of the
day January SI, 1945, and not used
again unless, and until, relief is grant
ed by the war production board.
Q. What is show window lighting?
A. Any lighting of or in a show
window.
Q. Many cities and towns have one
One of. the largest gatherinriT^o
take place in the Episcopal guild hall
was ln''evld€nce las^ Friday night
when the Kershaw District committee.-
Boy Scouts of America, held a county
wide Board of Review and Court of
Honor. A. C. McKain, chairman of
tba advancement committee of the
district group presided at the (3ourt
of Honor.
Those who served on the Board of
Review were C. R. Blakeney, Ker
shaw; James Shealy, Camden; Rev.
John Murray, Bethune, and Field
Scout Executive W. B. CJhandler, Jr.,
of the Central South Carolina Council
of Boy Scouts.
The Court of Honor opened with the
flag ceremony presented by Troop 54
of Camden. Scoutmaster C. L. Shealy
led the group in the pledge of allegi
ance to the flag. The invocation waa
given by Rev. Henry L. Collins,
chairman of the district committee.
There were 19 second class badges
and one-first class badge presented at
the Court of Honor. John Green,
neighborhood scout commissioner for
the town of Kdiwhaw presented second
class badges‘to the following:
Jimmy Braswell, Donald McLanrin,
J. D. Broadway, J. L. Mc<3ee, Corkey
Pate and Maxle Talbert, all of lYoop
68 in Bethune. Roddey Mackey,
Hampton Johnson, Norman N. Adams,
Walter Knight. Johnny Davidson, all
of Troop 60 la Kershaw. Frank Ba^
bott, Charlea Bruce, Harason Collinr,
Tommy Goodale, WUIlam Savage. San
dy .Savage and Clyde N. Shealy ot
Troop 54 In Camden. Also B^by
Jack Moody of Troop 88 in Camden.
Tbomaa Ancmm, district committee
man, presanted the First Class award
to Scout Johnny Wall of Troop 8A
Camden, after which Jack McLean,
organization and extension chairman
on the committee, presented merit
badges to the following
Friendahip to Scout Frank Babbitt.
(Please tarn to page two)
McCorkle To Offer
When lYed M. Ogbnm. Jr., radio
operator On a B-17 fUea over eertain
sections of Pkance, he can look down
and eee where lUs father. County Au
ditor Fred M. Ofbam. fought with the
118th Infantry, 89th division, daring
the first World war.
Ha can scan tke area wherein bte
father waa aroonded when atrnck by
German ahitataol daring that war. And
oaly a abort diatane* away, be can
look down on the hoepitnl ta wbtah
bla datUf wna confined ter Qve waefea.
aSnm Ogbam kna test reoetaed
tae parpie keart from the war depart-
iU Jtai eltattod betag gtaan hha br
Ue woanda
|a qaartar of a oentaiy age.
Attorney Allison P. HaBoae wna one
of the speakers at the Rotary club
meeting last week. .Thursday.
Mr. DoBose, a Oamden High school
gradoate, a stadent at Qemson eol
lege and a graduate of the law collece
of tho state aniversity, later taking
np the prmetloe of law at Greenville,
told of his observations daring his
resldsnee on the Island ot Mtndaio.
one ot the Phillpplae group, where he
engaged in edneational work.
Mr. DoBose Is a son of Mrs. Lou
DuBose^ Fslr street, end a cousin of‘
Postnaaster C. P. DaBosew Sr. Tha
present DnBose park was tke looattan
of Attorney DnBooe*e father's i^an-
tadoB. t
Anothsr qmaker at Rotary waa a
Mr. Shannon of Oslifomia, a winter
reeMent ta Oansdan and who also Igw
spent oonsldsrabljr thns tn ths Phil-
lildnss. Hs spsnt~ modi thns in
Manila where hnoaM ta contact with
General Doaglss MaeArthar.' Ha pnM
a fine trltatte ta tlw
end eagieseed sntisdeoCiM that
MaeArthar had made good on his
prsmtas te
If you should happen to visit the
U. 8. Naval base at Balnbridge. Md.,
and Dote*the biuetackats in evUenoo
there, dont get the Idea that yon per-
laps are having hallucinationa and
imagining you’re back in Zemp sta
dium watching the Camden Bulldogs
in action.
For you’ll be seeing the Bulldogs
all right, nine of them, but not In the
gold and black of their football re
galia. The ranks of the Bulldogs in
the Balnbridge bluejacket camp have
been swelled reoeoUy by the arrival
there of Jack Boykin, T. O. Boykin,
Allan Huggins and Bill Jennings. Jade
Boykin and T. O. Boykin were mem
bers of the 1948 Bulldog team while
Huggins waa outstanding with the '48
team. Jennings played with the *44
team. Jack Boykin waa at Newberry
college, as waa Hoggins while T. O.
Boykin was at (Hemaon this year.
Jennings waa a senior in the local
high adiool this year.
At the base the above quartette
found David Partin, star of ths 1848
BuBdof team and a member ot the
South CJaroIina squad in the Shrine
game that year. Also present were
Rhonda Brown, 1948, and Wilbur Con
nell, captain of the 1948 team and
ranked as the ontstandlng high school
center in the state in 1944.
Ben Team, a 1944 Bulldog, with
^bur McCoy left for Baintnidce
Monday, raising the total to 9. Several
others who seek to get into the navy
will go later and if all make the grades
the Bulldog total wHI he well over a
doeeo—"more than enoogh to put a
good team in the field.** as one ot the
boys stated. McCoy whs team man
ager last year
JIggs Parker, captain of the 1944
team, and who had eyes mi tha Navy
may have to go into the Army, it te
reported. JIggs is now at the Navy
Yard In Charleston doing his bit
OsrroU Cox and Ted Marshall,
Shrine game stars last ysar, wsnt to
Athens. Ga., recently and did q sight
seeing tour of the .University of
Georgia. However, so tar qs Is known
now. the two high stars have not eom-
mitted themselves as to where they
will enroll next fall
Kershaw County
Did A Fine Job
Hi IHmes Parade
Kerahaw county did itself proad in
the March of Dimes campaign. Up to
date the amoont tarnad in axeeads
8790 and there are still some money
to be reported. It is believed tha
the gross of the campaign will exceed
8999 when all returns are in.
laaamadb as the campaign has been
extended to FSb. 18, it is certain that
a total of over 81909 may be listed.
The amount so fir reported is tar
above the aasount raised for a stmOar
period a ysar
night daring the week In which the
stores ere open for evening shoppers.i-^ w‘«*mji mt a".
Will me merchants be allowed show M f||* Muffji I pmi| A4
window lighting and sign lighting on ^ -TUMI imil Al
those evenings?
A. No.
Q, -Can an appeal be justified if it
is based upon the claim that show
window lighting is necessary to sup
plement street lighting In the interest
of public safety?
A. No, except that the field office
may grant an appeal under paragraph
e) of the order in unnsnal cases of
< eeply recessed entrances or vestl-
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Spigner Succumbs
To Hurts Received
In Auto Collision
'iftli Diatrict Solicitor^ Wwll
Kaofwn Hacw» Diaa In
Cohnnbuu
•e a WAC I8s4lsal
Hection In
Mayor Says Popular Danamd
la For Him To Soak Ro-
Eloctkm.
A. netdier Spigner, for die past S5
years fifth district solicitor, died
Monday after a week’s illness result
ng from Injuries sustained in an
automobile aoddent in Columbia. He
waa 89 years of age. ,
Spigner, who has a host of friends
n Camden and Kershaw county, has
>een unconsekms since the accident
Ihree days ego pnenmonia developed
Mr. Spigner^ was a native of lUcb'
land county and recetved his ednea-
tion in the oonnty schools and at the
University ot Sooth Carolina. Ha en-
gaged in the practice of law for sev
eral years and was also a state sensr
tor.
Sheriff J. H. McLeod stated Thnre-
day that it will be aeeesaary for the
attorney general’s <rfllce to name a
eoUcHor to handle the criminal cates
in the February term oonrt, to be
held here next week.
Two Men Killed
In Auto Crasb
Late At Nigbt
Cara GollidalUa4oa At Faimf
Statkm On BislM>pwilla
Road* —
Two men were killed as the result
of a headon ocMlislon between two an
tomobiles on tha Bishopvnie road last
wesk, Wednesday, at a late hour ta
the evening.
Howland Taylor, 80, of - Sumter
county, aad T.-8gt Fred Alien Fair,
Jr., of Elloree, were the vletlms o'
the crash.
Highway police. Investigating the
aoddent, stated Uiat Taylm' had
driven up to a filling statkm. bat
tag it closed, etarted ahaad and was
paUlng out into tha road whan tha
ear driven by Ihir came along and
neouT aiRmNa creshed into him. Fair waa on his
way to Fort Bragg after spending a
Ihere wfB be cnMettag of Troop dSlfsrlough at his hema tn nsvaa. Tay-
on Tasaday, Fab. 19, with new ofttesraltar has been eavtayed ta Jersey Clty»
aa« leaders. AR mambsrs plssM eocaelN. J.. tar the pest taro years aad was
as It wfl ba vary impertaat latao
"I am more interested In helping to
get this war over and haaten the day
when our eons and daughters return
to the Rtates-'and complete thetr edu
cation or resume tbelr place in our
ndnstiial setup, than in politics, but
definitely 1 will offer for the (rffiee
of mayor ia the municipal election in
1948.”
This was the statement made this
week by Mayor F. N. McCorkle. It
was in reply to an inquiry as to
whether the mayor planned to retire
from the political horiion at the com
pletion of bis term ta April,' 1849.
"It's so far abeiul that it is vsry
difficult to be positive about any
thing,” oontinaed the mayor. "How-
ever, in response to a demand from
inndreds of snbstantlal citisens, who
lave asked me to offer myself for a
fifth term, I cam say that 1 will ba a
caadidatw for re-election.
'However, let’s let polities rest fqr
awhile while we devote onr time to
defense work, to Red CVoss work, to
.the war fond, bond sales and to raak-
ng the ssrrice men who come to
”amden on their wertt-end liberty
happy aad contented.”
Draft Diquiries
Sends Convict
Back To Prison
H«vr FMd*, Who FM Ouf-
kite Farm Lag! Sapt.*
U
Henry Field. 88 year old negro, sen-
tenced to life in the state penitsotlsyy
January A 1884 and who eacaped tioin
the prlsA farm at Boykin Sept I,
1844, is'back in the enstody of John
Law and bis retorn was dne entirely
to the draft law.
Fields, who at the aga of 18 years,
was convicted and aenteneeq for the
murder of T. Fred Rast, a fanner In
the Swansea area of Lexington oosm-
ty, escaped being eent to the chair
baemnse of bis yonth.
Fields was a good prisoner and
ftnally waa sani to the state farm
where he becanw a trusty. Last Sept
8, he walked off aad It was net natll
last Monday njght when he walked
into the offioe at the state pen In
Columbia and gave himself up, was
he seen again.
He said that he had waaderad
aronnd for five months tn the lowsr
part of the slate and lately wherever
he was, aosse one stopped htas aad
askad htas a lot of thliw about the
wherefores aad whereaboots of his
draft card. Fields said he was ctn-
vtaesd that hs could not gut suy
or uvun. live, uulsus tas had a
,cari. ao I|a dccMad It was
htas to rsfara to tha '%lc 1