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Camden Chronicle
VOLUftlE 56
CAMDEN, 90UTH tANOUNA, I^DAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1945
NUMBER 49
Kennedy Wants Santee
Rided By die Legislature
Kershaw Solon Will Submit
Amendment To His Prev
ious Bill.
“The sUteowned but relatirely in-
depeadeat $57,000,000 Santee<}ooper
hydroelectric project would be
brought directly under lesdslatiTe
control by an amendm^t that Rep-
resentatlre R. M. Kennedy of Ker
shaw, said yesterday he would offer
to hla glU, to reduce management saU
ariee ofthe power authority and pro
hibit legls^tdrs from being asthorlty
employes. \ ►
“Kennedy's Si^ildment also would
put the authority: under the regu
latory proTlslons oP'ihe state public
Berries authority 'as arV^her electric
utilities.’ \
"The Santee-Cooper annutil budget
would hare bo be submitted tOk the
state budget commission and
Itemised appropriation would hare t^
be made by the legislators for ad
ministration of the power project.
“This would subject all Santee-
Cooper salaries to annual leglslatire
rerlew. At present, the. salaries are
set by the authority board of dlrec
tors.
"The Kennetly bill aa now on the
house calendar with a majority un-
farorable house judiciary committee
report would set a $(,000 ceiling on
Santee<k>oper salaries. Two engi
neers get $7,200 each, and General
Manager R. M. Jefferies receiree $10,-
OOO at present
"The hfll also makes legislators
ineligible for employment by the
Santee-Cooper. This would make
Jefferies In^igible for employment as
be is now state senator from Colleton
county, or it would prevent him from
continuing as state senator.
."The original bill aa it is now in
the house was discussed for almost
two hours in an szecutive session of
the house judiciary committee several
days ago, with Kennedy insisting the
bill was offered 'for the good of
Santee-Cooper, which is dear to my
heart* and with Chairman James H.
Hammond of the authority asserting
that Kennedy was a ‘disgruntled’
former employe.
"Kennedy was assistant to the gen
eral manager, at a salary of $6,000 a
year, until a year and a half ago.”—
Columbia State.
City Purchases
Street Sweeper;
To Arrive Swn
Commissioner James Raley Ez-
plains Handicap Dept.
Has Suffered.
With the arrival here within the
next week or ten days of a modern
street sweeper, recently purchased by
the city, Street Commissioner Jamos
Raley will be prepared to' put Cam
den paved atre^ into a spic and
span condition.
For several months the street de--
partment has been obliged to rely
upon a broom brigade to sweep tbe
streets and according to Commissioner
Raley, this was tar from satisfactory.
The new sweepef is of the latest
type and the refuse and dirt that M
swept up is deposited In a large cylin
der receptacle attached to the sweep
er.
Regarding the presence ot broken
glass on tbe pavements, Mr. Raley
sUted that anyone seeing fragments
ofl broken glass upon the streets will
cohfer a favor upon the public works
deurtment by reporting same to the
office,. Phone €4, and a truck with
Workers will be dispatched to the
scene to sweep up the glass.
Kershaw County
Not In List To
Be Given Shock
Eleven Areas Where Malaria
la Prevalent To Be
Attacked.
All Lights 0u|
Order To'Result
From New Curfew
Night Cluha, Dancing Partiea,
Etc7, Must Shutdovm At
Midniyht.
Added to the brownout restrictions
Young People
Mourn Passing
Of Chris Vaughan
Memorial la Held At the
Baptist Church of Cam
den Sunday.
Ehcquistle floral expressions of love
already in effect in Camden and all affection, symbolic of the feeling
the office of War Mobilization Direc
tor James F. Byrnes proclaiming a
midnight curfew on night clubs W)d
other places of entertainment rach''a8
I dance halls, etc.
EHeven counties in South Carolina,! ,7^® “®^ ** to
where the highest incidence of ma- ®®““®"®“t centers and down^n
larla has been found will be given
the faui shock of their lives April 1, J graveyard, after
over the nation comes an order from evidenced toward the late Lieut. Chris
Vaughan, who death in a plane
crash January 27, 1944, were in evl-
when the state board of health and
the United States public health serv
ice launch their carefully planned
spray blitz.
The eleven counties where malaria
has been found to be particularly pro.
lific are Calbourn, Orangeburg, Berke
ley, Williamsburg, Georgetown, Char-
le^n, Sumter, Colleton, Hampton,
Beufprt and Clarendon.
TheNweapon which will be em
ployed a^atost the little but highly
dangerous is the relatively new
and much publk^sed DDT, a chemical
compound whickX^tually shocks a
moaqoito to death. xDDT la a con
venient nickname for Uw^wbreaking
chemical term, dloblof^Upbenyl-trl-
chloroethane. In every langtiage it
is a stable, almost colorless an<
tically odorless crystalline solid.
Pli^ disclosed last week by
Gk BL McDaniel, director of the state
board of health’s division of prevent
able diseases, and in charge of all
malaria control work in the state,
show the attack will begin during Uie
first week in April when well trained
two-man crews armed with modern,
high-powered spray guns and riding
(Plaaaa turn as pags algMt)
the midnight hour
Through the efforts of Leon Tobtaa
superintendent of the Municipal,.utUJ
ties here in Camden, the bfownout re
strictions are already being enforced
here. Downtown Camden him become
sombre to an extreme after dark.
The signs in front of restaurants have
all been turned off. while at the two
theaters, marquees and outside illumi
nation has been curtailed to a sstail
mum.
Under tbe new order of the Wkr
Mobilization director the midnight
closing order means that patrons ot
night clubs and dancing events mist
leave the premisss In time to WiWt
full closing at the midnight hohr.
Gov. Ransome Williams has suggMt-
ed that South Carolin give imasadMa
acceptance to the 9yraes edect ifk
Columbia State on Wednesday says:
"How fine a thing H ‘would ba |br
General Eisenhower Asks Boy
Scouts To Collect All Paper
Convicted of
*
Statutory Crime;
Gets 25 Years
mmm
Sohtji Carolina voluntarily to put iMo
dance in the First Baptist church
Sunday, Jan. 28, piacSd there by the
members of, the Baptist 'Training
Mayor Will Cut
Light and Water
From Offenders
Midnight Cufew Rifulatioiia
Will Be Enforced To The
Letter Here.
eftect>immediataly a mid night enrllw
on nlgbtN^ba. road houses, thae^N
and other ph^es of entertainment, and
not wait UBtu'^^b. 26, Goremor Ban-
some J. WilllamlKMid yesterday.
"He had reference, to the action it
War Mobilization Jamas T.
Byrnes in requesting nlkkt placaa af
entertainment to shut dovniT at odd-
night, beginning Feb. 26, in orto to
save coal consumed in beating a^ in
providing electricity. 'X
" 'Our own Jimmy Byrnes has aakad
for a midnight curfew ty^ginning
26.’ Gov. Willlamq continued.
"'He ia of our own state, and a
big man in national affairs too. Hsnr
.it would hearten him to have hia own
state go right ahead. Immediately, ami
» behind htt
up the #9
voluntarily put on the curfew. Ha'
know then wa really were behind
and his moves to spaed
effort
" 'He may not need any heartening,
bqt it certainly would gratify him to
have South Carolina 'jump the gun’ in
a way, and go on a midnight shut
down of entertainment placee right
away,' tbe governor said.”
Special Rations
May Be Secured
By Job Seekers
The ration board will issue special
wsolhie rations to returning war vet
erans and displaced civilian workon
seeking re-employment, according to
Bunooncement made by the OPA -in
Washington.
The agency states that effective
Feb. 17 these rations will be authoriz-
*<1 In cases where it ia necessary to
use aa antomobUe to travel to a Job
interview.
'Thiz interview however must be
•JTanged by the United States em
ployment senica, the railroad retlra-
®®nt board employment service, a
county agricultural agent, an agrieul-
extension labor office or a union
nuthorlxed by the war man power
commission to raeniU labor.
Qualified applteente wljl be allowed
a^Itne for » maximum of 400 milaa
Of driving in any S44ay period.
Gaither Named
To Ration Unit
Ofiltfcnr baa been appointed
loeal Mtitn bood. aueoeedlng
J! <4—Hfcd MIA tbe
Mayor McCorkle Is appealing to all
Camden people to comply with the
recent order of Jam4a Bynies regard
ing midnight curfew regulations,
which become officially effective on
February 26.
In a statement issued to the preee
Wednesday the mayor stated he would
like to have Immediate compliance on r?l •.ffV
the part of tbe public to the orders of S vflllCc
Mr. Byrnee, but that he would notli- J J T A 1
exact any penalty for violations until LiRllUBO ill AllllllSIl
February 26.
"The regulation of midnight closing
as applied to night clubs, honky tonks,
dances, etc., will be rigidly enforced
In Camden on and after February
26," said the mayor.
~ ''Violators will not have a second
chance,” he continued. "My ordm
will be to have their light and water
service shutoff. This is a war effort
and 1 hope that the regulations will
be lived up to.”
of silent prayer. Thanks were ottered
for the .fine inspiration that Mr.
Vaughan had been to the Union. Trib
ute was also paid to his mother.
Charles Stoker, chorister, led the
Union group in singing sevei^ of the
favorite hymns of Mr. Vaughan. 'Then
Mr. and Mrs. Stogner sang a duet
Aj^her, a hjrmn beloved 6y the late
awtor. Mr. StoAibr then spoke brief
ly about Mr. Vaughan, extolling his
fine character and personality, bit
Christian spirit and the outstanding
example he had been to young people.
In connection with tbe unfortunate
tragedy that robbed Camden of such
a sterling character, Mrs. C. C.
Vaughan, his mother, received a presi
dential citation from Franklin Delano
Roosevelt whldi reads:
"In grateful memory of Christopher
Vaughan, who died in tbe service of
(Fleaae turn to pace alAht)
Grand Jury Report
Junior League
Begs For Excess
Fnmture, Etc.
PUiu To Equip Recroutioiud
Cmter Aa Soon. As
Possiblo
*1116 Junior League is about to com
plete negotiations for the rent of a
building suitable for recreational por-
poaca, according to Mrs. J. R. Mont
gomery, prealdeot of that organlsS'
tion.
Mrs. Montgomery is making an ap
peal for old discarded faraitnr*, cur
tains, etc., with which to equip the
recreation^ oentar. Already the
Lestgoe has received an offer of a
stove and ping pong set, as well as
books, play ground equipment, etc.
Mrs. Montgomsry states that broken
chairs, etc., will be accepted as It is
plann^ to have the children repair
these items themselves. They will
also paint them.
People having an excess or dam
aged piece of furniture are asked to
call Mrs. Ann Clarkson Bates at
Phona Na 122.
Red Cross War Fund
Drive Begins Mar. 1
This year tke quota for the Red
Cross War Fnnd Drive is niurii larger
than ever before aa the need to help
oar soldiers at the battlefront Is
greater.
*111# Bed Cross War Fund Drive
wfll begin March 1. with tha followtag
worksrs:
Mrs. Leon Sehloeburg, general
chairman; Mrs. Lee Little, publicity:
Mrs. Hughey Tlndal, eoesty chairman;
Miss Bcsalie Block. orgaalMttioiis;
Ctvfliaa D^sneexWurkoa. hinac eye-
Tbs Kershaw County Grand Jury
offered the following presentment to
Hon. T. S. Setae, presiding judge of
the Fifth Judicial district at the sea-
slon of court Monday.
"We have passed on all bills of in
dictments presented to us by Ae
Solicitor.
"We are submitting herewith copy
of the annual report by the Sheriff,
J. H. McLeod, of his ao^Uea for the
year 1944:
"22 liycit liquor atllla were seSed
and destroyed, together with 75 gal
lons of white liqumr and 5,600 gallons
of mash.
"17 persons were arrested, charged
with violation of the liquor law, while
4S8 were arrested upon other charges.
"During tbe year the Sheriff and
the officers under him, collected tbe
sum of Six Thousand, Five Handled
and Fifty Nine ($6,559.00) Dollars In
fines.
"All sections of the county have
been regularty patrolled, especially at
night, and one or more officers have
been in attendance upon all public
gatherings to preserve order and In
sure the observanoe of the law.
"We commend the Sheriff and tbe
officers supervised by him for their
excellent work in maintaining order
and preserving a healthy respect for
law obeervance throughout the coun
ty. ahd we especially commend them
for their even handeid enforcement of
the law add their efforts for equal
justice among all the people.
"Committees have been appointed
and assigned to inquire into the vari
ous branches of county government
and their findings will be reported to
the next zeaalon of the Court.
"Respectfully submitted,
"Geo. A. Creed,
"Forman of Grand Jury.”
Union, of which the late flyer was a
member and director.
A silent tribute s(aa paid to Mr.
Vaughan by the Union In General
Former Paratrooper Is Found
Guilty of Criminal Attack
On Camden Girl.
Winning Scouts and Troops To
R^eive Hands<»ne Awards
For Efforts.
Willard Campbell, 27-year-old Min
nesota man, former paratrooper and
garage mechanic, was found guilty of
a statutory offense against a 22-year-
old Camden girl by a Jury in criminal
court here this week. The Jury, in
fetumtng the verdict, found the de
fendant guilty of rape but recom
mended mercy. Judge T. S. Sense of
Spartanburg, who presided at tbe
February court term, sentenced Camp
bell to 25 years in prison.
The trial attracted a capacity crowd
of spectators, white and colored. So
licitor J. D. Griffith of Saluda, prose
cuted tbe case, being assisted by At
torney M. M. Johnson of this city,
who was appointed bis assistant. At
torney M. M. Levy of Bisbopvjlle, ap
peared for the defense.
The offense charged agaidst Camp
bell occured Jan. 29. Tb« complaint
charging that he made a criminal at
tack upon tke young woman who bad
attend^ a picture show with him.
Campbell’s wife, who joined him in
Camden shortly after his arrest sat
close to him throughout the trial
The.state called as witnesses during
the trial, the plaintiff, her sister,
Deputy Sheriff J. H; McLeod, Chief of
Assembly when all stood for SMUnutu Police Alva Rush. Rural Officer Henry
Many Kershaw
Youths Are Sent
Out For Training
Local Draft Boards Have Sent
Heavy Quota to Trainiaf
Camps.
Sixty-eight Camden and Kershaw
youths. 56 being white and 12 colored,
were Inducted into hte service durng
December. January and up to the mid
dle of February.
Local board No. 46. Inducted the
following Into the'army: Willie Clyde
Catoe, Jack Ssger, Tbomaa Malcolm
Corbett, Jr., James Woodrow Dixon,
Thomas CHyde Massabeau, Master
Willard Rodgers, John Ransom Al-
redge, Elmer James Nolan, and Into
the navy: Morris Louis Bradley, Ed
ward Burn Cunningham, John Corbett
Boykin, Jr., 'Tbomaa Osborne Boykin.
Jr., Allan Gliston Huggins, U, Wil
liam Bryan Jennings and Ernest West
To the Marine corps went Douglas
Clarence Lynch.
(Colored men sent Into the army by
Boiu^ 46 were Abraham Fletcher,
Henry Wilson, Howard Lee, Aaron
Whitaker, Jr., George Boyd a^ Jesse
Carlos.
Local board 47 sent the following to
tke army: Frank Gregory, W^e
Burrell Oatoe, Clyde Mendtf Catoe,
Slmtm Weaver Humphrey, Wallacs
Mendell Stokes, Paul Howard Wast
Ralph Tally MeCaaklll. Frank Taylor,
(Please taro to pagu sight)
Hears Jap Radio
Ten of Snikiitf
Of^ Own Miip
How wopld you like to bo aboard
a transport ship and haar a Jap radio
that TM7 ship?
That la Just what hmtpened to 8gt
Harold E. Brisbaaa of Fargo, N. D..
who was Is OUBdas Sanday on Uberty
Itwnaamt
fhaitng lor tha aoldlsrs an tba'trasa-
to ksir Aa.fUAo hroadenat from
Aa staking «<
mm os inaw
shMt Aa ttna ha snML Aag hnd
hmn at na lat flf»
Lee Mays WiO
Join the Staff of
Commercial Bank
Horton and a taxi driver named Pop,
The defense put the defendant on the
stand and also called the defendant's
wifa for a brief interrogation
Attorney Levy put up a strong tight
to save hia client from the chair and
hta appeal to the jury was one of the
longest and moat impassioned heard
la the local court room in years.
^Itcltor Griffith’s presentation of
the state’s case was strong and much
in detail.
Boy Scouts in America have receiv
ed an assignment that ia going to tax
their ability. They have the mission
of collecting three million pounds of
waste paper in a March-April drive
that. has been endorsed by General
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
General Elsenhower has notified the
Scouts that waste paper is needed
now more than ever before, to be
converted into containers to carry
munitions, food and military soppliee.
Bach Scout or Cub who collects
1,000 pounds of paper will be awarded
medal bearing Eiaenbower'a like
ness and each troop or Cub pack aver
aging 1,000 pounds a member, will
receive a shell case, a paper container
returned from the European battle
front, carrying a citation signed by
the Allied commander. ,
'The drive, originally named the
General Eliaenhower-Boy Sebut waste
paper program, was arranged by the
American Newspaper Publishers asso
ciation and it is tbe only civilian pro
gram sponsored personally by General
EJlsenbower. _ -
The school children’s salvagu cam
paign, which was announced In last
week’s Chronicle, will take a raeess
for the month of March in order that
will not. conflict with tbe Boy
Scout's Salvage campaign sponsored
by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Paper collected so far in the cam
paign and up to the first of March
will be received and weighed at the
school, and as soon as the Boy Scouts
campaign la over, the school children
will immediately start again, under
the superviaion of Professor Richards.
All paper collected will be counted,
and all war bonda will be awarded, as
previously announced.
McArn Named Local
Representative To
Anti'Pagan Unit
Excess Clothing
Program In Charge
Of ^n. G- H. Franke
Bneomna Part of Mobilisation
For Spiritual IdoaU
Group.
The Rev. A. D. McArn, pastor ot
Bethesda Presbyterian church, baa
been newly appointed to serve aa a
representative in Camden for the
Mobilization for Spiritual Ideals, it
was announced last week by Dr.
James W. Fifleld, Jr., national dlrec
tor of the moTensent.
With headquarters in Los Angeles,
Calif., upd with mpre than 1000 repre-
sentativez throughout the United
States, the movement Is one through
which clergymen of all denominations
have organized to oppose the statelzm
trend which is considered to be pagan
and anti-Christian.
A governing board oonalating oi
such men aa Will Durant, (Thannlng
Pollock, Alfred Noyes, Upton Close
Ely Culberteon, Senator Albert W.
Hawkec, Roger Babeon and other lead
ing figures serve in an advisor way.
It ie reportad that more than two
million American cltlsena have eub-
scribed to Che Ideals of the Mobilizar
tion alnce Its inception in 1914.
Wood Is Charged
mth Receiving
Stolen Proper^
Wm B* TrM In F«d«r«l
Court In Columbia In
March.
Rotiraa From Wmtom Unkm
After 18 Yean of Senrice
M. Lee Mays, tor Ae past fifteen
yean local manager for Western
Union, and affiliated with that eom-
mnnlcatlona syetem for 18 yean, has
reeigned and wm become aftOlatetf
wlA Ae Commercial Bank of Camden
la an exeentive capacity.
Mr. Maya came to Camden A 1928
atfl daring that Interval has won Ae
aanonneer tallhig ef Aa afaddag of Wspeot and aateam ot a wide foUow-
lag 'x)! frieade and acqualntaacea as
{MM as Ae geaaral pohlle.
b Ae past 15 yean Mr. Msy* has
bAp offered laerative traaefOn to
Imger and more paying poeitlons wfA
Ae Western Uatoa.,hDt his stfeettoa
for CsaUiea kept kim ss s locsl
rssMeat, eoaMthlng all of Csmdea eaa
feqt grstsfai for.
Sr. Mays takas ovar hia aav work
ak Aa OMuasmlAl Baak oa April L
Walter Wood, colored, of Aia city
was arraigned before United States
Commizsioner ArAur Wilder at Sum-
ter last week on chargee of receiving
stdan government property. Bom
was set at |600 and tbe case la ex
pected to go on trial during Ae March
term of federal court in Columbia.
Wood’s arrest followed closely that
ot Charles K. Dudley, Sumter reel
dent, apprehended In connection wRh
alleged llle'gal transferring of tires
wlA certificate.. I2gdley had hit bon<
of $1,500 on one count and $18,600 on
a second one, reduced to $5,000 on
recommendation of Assistant District
Attorney Henry Edens of Colvmbla.
Navy Bans The
New Postal Note
Rotary latamational To Spoc^
aor Effort Horn amd All .
Ow«r Nation.
Rotary International will sponsor
Ae campaign to t«cnre all azeeos .
cloAing to • be sent to the suffering
people of the liberated countries over
seas, to be held April 1 to 29, inclu
sive.
Tbe Camden Rotary club will take
an active part In Ae campaign. Ae
special committee appointed by Ae
local organization being headlined by
General G. H. Franke. The American
Legion, Kiwanls club and Ae churdi-
ea of the city, togeAer wlA all oAer
organlzationa and groups will be In
vited to participate in this worAy
affair.
Tbe plan of GenMwl Franke oontam-
platea Ae completion of all details
for Ae Kershaw country driva beftwe
April i: It is pertinent at this time..,
to request Ae general public to go
through Aeif doAing and lay aside
anyexces s that may beo u hand. This
should be carefully gone over, cleaned,
mended and property packaged eo Aat
when Ae campaign gets underway.
Ae collection will be quick and enre.
General Franke will in later nawa
releases outline just what his pro
gram of collection will cover. The
excess dothlng program quota for Ae
nation la 150,(KK),000 pounds.
General Franke beUevea Aat Cam
den and Kershaw county will do Ks
Aare in this praise-worAy effort
Taylor Named
Solicitor By Gov.
Ransome J. Williams
Got. Ransome J. Williams Monday
appotntsd T. Pou Taylor, (kdumbla
city recorder ' and former Richland
county legislator, aoUcltor for Ae 5A
Judicial circuit
Taylor will fill Ae nnezpfred term
of Ae late A. Fletcher Splgner, who
died a week ago aa reeult of Injuriee
received In aa automobile accldant
The governor will send Ae Taylor
appointment to Ae Senate tomorrow
for action.
'WllUama also commisaloned two
special judges to bold oourt to the
absence of circuit judges who are UI.
J. Arthur Knight of Chesterfield,
was named to replace Judge C. C.
Featheratone of Ae BaghA ctfeutt
at Ae next seeslon of Ae Lancaster
county court, and T. B. Grenekar of
Edgefield, was commissioned to» pre-
side over Ae Saluda county court to
the abaenea of Judge J. Robert Mar
lon, Jr.,, of tbe Itth drei^
Persons writing to service men and
women oversaas are bring nrged to
tend poatal aotaa, simplified money
order f(wms, to Aeir hnsbeadt, sons
and swestbearts in Aa smilca over-
AlAoogh Aa poatal notes weat on
sale Feb. 1, navy poet offioee afloat
and at overaeae baaas are not anAor-
Mad to eaali Ae aoCea. They may
oaly be eaebed to Ae Ualtei Stalaa
aad are good far enijr .tvo
moktbs from Ae dite eC
Stan Llewellyn
Is The. Speaker
Stanley Llewellyn, textile mill exe*
cutive, of Inman. Spartanburg couaty,
will address Ae Psclnc MiUe
men’s club at 7:20 Thursday night at
Aa Jefferson hotel. This wil! be
"Guest Night,” eaA member brtagtag
_one gueat Mr. Llewrilya, formerity of
tCamdea, will talk <m "Teaterday, TM-
day aad Toi
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