The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 16, 1945, Image 2
funi OAllOUilA, FIMPAV, FEBRUARY 11^ 1t4i
Bethetda Pr«»byt#rl«n Church
A. Douglas McArn, Pastor
Cburch school at 10 a. with a
Bible class for erery age.
Morning worship at 11:15.
Bible Study group at 8 p. m.
Breryone is cordially inrlted.
Grace Episcopal Church
Maurice Clarke. D.D.. Rector
Holy Communion at 8 a. m.
Church school at 10 a. m.
- Morning prayer and sermon hy-
rector at 11:15.
Young People at 7 p. m.
Tuesday: Discussion meeting on
the Six Pillars of Peace, led by Judge
Oliver Rice at 8 p. m. in the Parish
House. Public cordially invited.
Wednesday: Holy Communion at
10:30 a. m. Children’s service, 3 p. m.
Friday: Service of Intercession for
Victory and Peace in church at 6 p m.
Weekly News Letter
j^m Liberty Hin
Lyttleton Street Methodist
Henry F. Collins. Pastor
Church school at 10 a. m.
Morning worship at 11:15 a. m.
McLeod’s Chapel, Rembert
Henry F. Collins, Pastor
Preaching: 1st and 3rd Sundays at
5 p. B.
Beulah Methodist Church
Henry F. Collins. Pastor
Preaching; 2nd and 4th Sundays at
4 p. m.
First Baptist Church
J. B. Caston, Pastor.
M. M. Rabon, Associate Pastor
Church school at 10 a. m.
Morning worship at 11:16 a. m.
B. T. U. at .6:45 p.,m.
Bvealag worship at 8 p. m.
Prayer service Wednesdays, 8 p. m
The public la extended a cordial in*
▼itatlon to attend each of the services.
World Day of Prayer
Bethesda Presbyterian church will
observe the "World Day of Prayer” on
Friday, Feb. 16. The church will be
open all day for anyone desiring to
enter it for prayer. At eight o'clock
that evening there will be a prayer
BurTlce to whichr ereryone is cordially
invited.
E. McK. Yarborough
Dies Near Midway
i.
Funeral services for Edwin McKin
non Yarborough, 16'ifear.oM son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Yarborough, Mid
way station, Kershaw county, who
died Tuesday morning at the Camden
hospital after an illness of two weeks
were held from the Bethune Presby
tertan church at 4 p. m. Wednesday,
conducted by the Rev. A. D. McArn of
Camden, assisted by the Rev. T. B
Altman of Bethune and the Rev. J, V.
Murray of Bethune. Interment was
in the Scotch cemetery of Bethune.
He Is survived by his mother and
father. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Yar*
borongh, onc~slster, Mary Francea
Yarborough, of Cassatt.
Mrs. Anderson
Died Wed., Feb. 7
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret
1.. Anderson, 86, who died Wednesday
night of last week at the Camden hos
pital. were held from the Wateree
Baptist Church at 3 o'clock Thursday
afternoon
Mrs. Anderson Is survived by four
eons, John, Lewis and, Oscar of Cam
den and Henry of Chester; three
daughters, .Mrs. Nelson Iximinac, Mrs.
Irving Hunter of Camden and Mrs
Ct. W. Arnold of Petersburg, Va., and
47 grandchildren.*
Mr. Dabney, pastor of the Wateree
_^ptlst chuiTh,_ _preach.ed the funeral
•od was assisted by the pastor of the
Hermitage church.
James StreeL Robert 8t. John. Mac-
Klnlay Kantor. Colonel Robert L.
Scott and Howard Fast, prominent au
thors, were Boy Scouts.
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Chapter 7
“Black Arrow**
Also Ntwa
Miss Mary E. Cunningham. Mrs.
Frank Eskridge and sons. Bob and
Charles C.. spent Friday in Rock Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. L. P. lliompeon visit
ed Mrs. A. M. MacLauchlin of Chester,
W^nesday.
Charles Cunningham Eskridge, in
fant son of Lt and Mra. R. Frank
Elskrldge of Cheraw, waa l^ptized at
the Presbyterian cburch here Sunday.
LL Eskxidge Is overseas.
Mrs. W. Z. Hilton Is convalescing
at hei^bpme after treatment In York
County hospital
Mrs. R. ^ank Eskridge and sons,
returned—to—their—hom»-in Cheraw
after two months spent with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Cunningham.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cureton and
Miss Drue Baxley of Camden, attended
church here Sunday.
Miss Mary E. Cunningham Is visit
ing relativea in Cheraw.
Miss Christine Thompson of Gleen
Springs, visited her uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Thompson, recent
ly. She was accompanied by her
friend. Miss Margaret Williams.
Miss Phoebe Richards of Greens
boro, spent Sunday in the home of
her flther,.:'Capt. N. S. Richards. She
had as her guest Hiss Frances Hol
man, of .Greensboro.
Congreasman J. P. Richards spent
Sunday with Capt. N. S. Richards.
Columbia State
Takes Over Record
Announcement has been made by
the State company, owner of the Co
lumbia State newspaper, of the pur
chase by that company of the Co
lumbia Record, afternoon newspaper
The purchase was made from the
International Paper company, owner
of the Record. The Record was pub
lished under the new ownership for
the first time last Wednesday. The
two newspapers in Columbia will con
tinue to operate as separate corpora
tions. They will maintain their Men-
tities and will remain competitive.
Weather Man Turns
On Wanner Weather
The weather man has been kind to
Camden the past week. After below
normal temperatures of last week
when the mercury dropped to 14 shove
zero, the week-end found Old Sol
beaming out of a. bright sky and
skyrocketing the temperature to al
most summer-like recording.
Sunday found a high of 72 listed,
'which is above normal for Febmary.
Monday and Tuesday were Ideal days,
with just a spring-like rain taking
over Monday night
OFFICER SHOWS
WHERE HE BURIED
HIS YOUNG BRIDE
The finding of the body of Mary
I>ee Epes. wife of Lt. S. C. Epes of
Fort Jackson, In a sballow grave on
the Fort Jackson reservation where
it bad been admittedly buried by the
husband qualifies the recent assertion
of Sheriff J. H. McLeod of this couqty
that he believed that the soldier bus-
band should be Investigated.
Sheriff McLeod made this state
ment last week and after countless
reports of the missing woman bad
been found to be mere rumors. The
sheriff, who had followed the case
through the press and by contact with
Richland county officials was suspi
cious of the husband of the woman
from the start.
Lt. Epes broke down 'Wednesday
after he had failed in an attempt to
take his own life 1q_ a Fort Jackson
hospital by slashing his wrists and
throat with a razor. Thb hospital
doctors worked desperately to save
his life and later the officer mads bis
confession and then, lying in an am
bulance, accompanied a group of of
ficers to the scene of hia wife’s
burial.
According to a Columbia story, Epes
is alleged to have kill^ his wife in
their apartment on Sims avenue. He
then said he placed her pody in the
trunk of his car and drove out to the
Fort reservation and buried It about
400 feet from the highway.
Saluda Solicitor
To Handle Cases
Hem. J. D. Griffiths of Elewonth
District Assifnod Here^
Sheriff J, H. McLeod has been in
formed that Solicitor J. D. Griffiths
of Saluda, which is in the 11th DIs-
tricL will be the prosecutor at the
February term of criminal court which
opens at the Kershaw county court
house next Monday.
Solicitor Griffiths takes the place
of the late A. Fletcher Spigner,
whose death occurred in a Columbia
hospital this week, following injuries
received in an automobile collision.
Sheriff McLeod states that there
are 20 cases slated for trial at the
criminal court sessloa next week.
PVT. WILLIAM PAUL CATOE
18 SERIOUSLY WOUNDED
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Catoe of Cam
den, have been notified by‘the War
department that their son. Pvt Wil
liam Paul Catoe, has been ssrioasly
wounded in Beli^um on Jan. 13. -He
is with the 502nd Parachute Inf. Pvt.
Catoe has been overseas since June,
1944. He is recuperating at a hos
pital in England.
Major Paul A. Siple, a former Boy
Scout, made three trips to the Ant
arctic with Rear Admiral Richard E.
Byrd.
Cassatt News Letter
Chief Petty Officer Carl Catoe is
visiting his parents, Mr, and Mrs. L.
H. Catoe. He"wfll report back to his
base in the Canibesn area soon.
Pvt. Roy West of the U. 8. Army,
visited hU mother, Mrs. Fleto West,
IjibI w0^1i
Ml*, and Mrs. A. L. Young and fami
ly spent Sunday with relatives in
Hartsville.
Miss Frances Steifel spent Sunday
with her sister, .Mra'>J. R. West, Jr.
Mrs. Fred Floyd of Liberty Hill, has
been visiting her iMter, Mrs. J. B.
McCoy
Mrs. W. L. Young and son. Everette,
apent the week-end In KerahaW wltlL
relatives.
Mrs. G. A. West and children. Mrs.
Hurbert Horton and son, all of Great
Falls, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. West.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McCoy received
another letter from their son. Pvt.
John McCoy, whorls a Gerqjan pris
oner, Monday. The*'letter was written
Dec. 3.
Mr. and Mra. Harris Oliver and
daughter, Phoebe, and Mrs. Hoyt Wil
son. of "Virginia, have recently visited
their mother, Mrs. Fleto West
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Spears spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jake Wat
kins.
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. McNeely received
a message froip the war department
Tuesday that their son, Lee MpNeely,
had been wounded on Luzon. ^
Mrs. M. C. West is a patient in the
Camden bospital.
Miss Charlotte Perry of Miami, Fla.,
spent a week with her annt Mrs. B.
McCoy.
Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Robinson were
notified by the War department last
week that their son. Pvt. James Rob
inson, was wounded in action.
Pvt. Steve William Bowers, who has
been overseas several months, has
been sent home for .treatment ^ Pvt.
Bowers is at home from a hospital
in White Sulphur Springs, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. John Watts received
a message last week from the War de
partment telling them their son. Pvt.
Grover Watts, bad been killed in' ac
tion.
DaCosta Brown of Camden, accom
panied by bis uncle, Roscoe Price, of
Vldalia, Ga., visited friends here Fri
day.
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. West and son.
Steve, Jr., of Florence, spent the week
end with r^atives here.
EMwin Yarborough, only son of Mr.
and Mrs. EM Yarborough, died in the
Camden hospital Tuesday.
L. L..McLaughlin was given a sur
prise birthday dinner last Sunday by
his children.
Banks To Be Closed
Announcement is made that The
Commercial Bank of Camden and The
First National Bank of Camdra will
be closed next Thursday, February
22. in observance of Washington’s
birthday.
Wants—For Sale
FOR SALE—21 acres of good land
with two hduses on the land. Lixsio
Boone, route 6, Kershaw, 8. C. 48p
FOR SALE—Fuel oil heater. Large
size and heats several rooms. Been
used about 9 weeks. Phone 2211. 48c
WANTED—4 or 6 room bouse or
apartment in good location. No
children or pets. The best of ref
erences can be furnished. Phone
266-J or 350. 48p
NOTICE,’ DOG LOST, REWARD—
Irish ’Terrier dog with Connectlcnt
tags. Color brown, Named Ribbons.
Liberal reward for' any information.
Russell Elngs, 1720 Lyttleton street.
Phone 460. ... 48p
FOUND on highway No. 1, male Cock
erel Spaniel puppy. Owner may get
suns by paytng for thh ,
keep. Call at Davis 8er^
East Camden
FOR RENT—One two-roou
apartment. 1804 Broad
217. ^
Buy War Bonds and
STRAYED
One Red, Butt-headed,
eyed Cow.
Liberal inward...
Notify—
Shealey’s Market
Can^en, S. C.
ATTENTION: Mr. Farmer-^
We reco^ize thje importance of plant-
%
ing good seed; therefore, we especially
endorse Point No. 2 in the 10-Point Food
and Feed Program for 1945 by Clemson
College Extension Service, Arrange Now
For Quality Planting Seed.** We, there
fore, have on hand the
• STEGALL-NORTH CAROLINA COT
TON PLANTING SEED.
Wilds No. 15 and Coker 100 Wilt Resist
ant one year from Coker.
J.T.HAYC0n0NC0.
And
B. E. SPARROW
West Rutledfo Street — — — Cnmdwi, S. C
WOMEN OF CAMDEN
WOUNDED MEN RETURNING TO OUR SHORES NEED YOU MOST NOW!
Wounded men are returning from the battle fronts each day, ships full
of them. Thousands of these boys are sons of Sopth Carolina, racked
with pain of our foe’s gun fire. They need you most now. Surely you
don’t have to be told of the need of your help Join today, help the
men who have fought gallantly to preserve our ways of peace and hap
piness. Have the deep inner satisfaction that you helped return some
soldier to his loved ones in a state of normalcy.
WE MUST HAVE
Thousands of Women
to be trained
as
MEDICAL
TECHNICIANS
to care for our
ever-growing number
of battle casualties
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SOUTH CAROLINA
The four pJUttobiis of ii niiw who wfll
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