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Friday, March 2, 1945
Capt John Chapin
Is Now A Major
IT IS STILL WITH US
Samuel Grafton, famous news commentator and writer,
asserts that there is an obvious kind of isolationism which
performs by saying nasty things about our Allies.
Thanks be, this kind of isolationism is no longer very
important. It is definitely corny, and old fashioned and soon
it will be put away for good among our national souvenirs
and in turn, packed with moth balls.
But as Mr. Grafton points .out in no uncertain words, we
have a high isolationism manifest today and that is probably
manifest in Congress more than in any other group. Congress
manifests it by showing a hungry, yearning, burning desire
to throw off all price controls ,ajid other "war time restrictions
the moment the war ends. This would mean an uncontrolled
price boom and inflation just at a time when we will be
trying to sell our goods in world markets.
This higher brand of un-Americanism, that we go off
on a wild private gyration of our own. It seeks a planless
America in a planned world. It wants America to go its own
way regardless. ^
You can always recognize this brand of isolationism be
cause “the subject matter Is economics—rather than war. •
A strange new candor is found in the current outgiving.^
of Berlin. That pounding sound from the Goebbels ministry
would be Honest Joe, blunting the truth.
THANKS TO STANDARD
The action of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
in donating a valuable piece of property in Columbia to the
Univeraity of South Carolina in order that the state education
al institution may embark upon a program of expansion and'
development, was a gracious unsolicited gesture that is sym
bolic of the interest the Standard Oil Company has in our owm
$tate of South Carolina.
The gift was truly a surprise party to the University of
ficials and their appreciation of the generosity reflects the
appreciation of all citizens of South Carolina. The Chronicle
takes this .occasion to publicly express its own appreciation
and thanks to this organization for such a stimulating expres
sion of cooperation and goodwill. —
The land in question was property that was vital in the
program of expansion—when it comes. There were no strings
attached to the gift. It was spontaneous and from the heart
of this Company. It proved to the people of the Palmetto
commonwealth that the Standard Company feels kindly to- *
ward the State, that it seeks to aid in its development.
Thanks are in order to A. M. Graves, division manager
of the Standard Oil Company, for this very outstanding and
cooperative gesture. It was fine.
Husband of the Formw Mary
Zemp Given Promotion.
John M. Chapin. PorUand. Maino.
husband of the former Mary Zemp.
Fair street, member of Lt. Col. James
M. Smelley's 363rd Tactical Recpn-
naissance group, has been promt^d
to the rank of major.
Although primarily a pilot already-
holding the Distinguished Flying
Cross
leaf clusters In recognition
“valor and skill in aerial combat,”
Major Chapin is now acting in the
capacity of liaison officer. His pant
experience gathering pictorial and
Colonel Bateman’s
Command Is Given
Praise of Spaatz
visual information of German strong
points for U. S. fighter bombers and
th# ground forces provided the back
ground for his present Job.
. Formerly a student at Bowdoin col
lege, Bmnswlck. Me., Major Chapin
is the son of Brig. Gen. W. M. Chapin,
now believed to be serving ip Italy.'
Trucks and Buses
Need Tire Inspection
Failure of commercial motor ve
hicle operators to comply with regu
lations requiring periodic tire inspec
tions will adversely affect the claims
of these operators for new tires, the
District Office of Defense Transpor
tation at Columbia, S. C., announced.
The ODT warned truck, bus and
taxicab operators that General Order
ODT 21A requires all commercial mo
tor vehicle operators to have their
tires checked after each 5,000 miles of
operation, or after every six months
of operation j,f., operat^ less than
5,000 miles.
Office of Price Administration ac
tion lifting this reQulrement for pgg-
aenger car tires in no way affects
compliance of commercial motor ve
hicle operators with ODT tire inspec
tion requirements, it was pointed out.
Inspections may be madq by
agency designated by OPA.
control corralled extra Jeeps and put
George F. Watts, 69,
Dies at Lugoff Home
With farmhands off to the great wars, and herds being
sold, there may be nothing to put in bams but summer actors.
AS WAS TO BE EXPECTED
At Sumter recently Judge G. Duncan Bellinger directed
a verdict of acquittal in the case of a young Negro charged
with the slaying of a white woman, whose body was found
in the woods near her home last October. There was not
sufficient evidence, he declared, to connect the 17-year-old
boy with the crime.
Funeral services for George Frank
lin Watts, 69, who died at his home
in Logoff Tuesday^iDornlng after an
extended illness, were held from Kor-
negay’s Funeral home at 11 o’clock
Thursday morning with the Rev. A. L.
Willis of Columbia, and the Rev. J.
B. Caston In charge. Interment was
in St. John’s cemetery at Lugoff.
Mr Watts had been a Manon for
a number of years and the. Masons
had charge of the funeral service.
Mr. Watts Is survived by his .widow,
Mrs. Annie Rabon Watts of Lugoff;
one son. Timmerman Watts of Great
Falls: two daughters, Mrs. Alvin
Creed 'of Florida, and Miss Anna
Kate Watts of Lugoff; one brother,
E. H. Walts. Sr., of Lugoff; three
sifters. Mrs. J. M. McCab of Colum
bia. Mrs. Janie Dinkins of Lugoff.
and Mrs. Herbert Castles of Wlnns-
boro.
Many Names Are
Added To list
We know nothing of the details.
We do know, however, that Judge Bellinger is a just
man who would act as he felt fair and right.
The point is that when the jurist became convinced there
was no proof of the charges he proceeded promptly to give
the defendant his freedom. And we believe every other judge
on the South Carolina bench would have done likewise. No
particular credit is elaiin^d <»r due. since the Negro is just
as much entitled to justice as the white man, but many, critics
of the South seem to look only for injustices, some of which
are actual, some of which are manufactured; hence this com
ment.
During 1914 the county department
of public welfare added 102 names to
the list of persons receiving old age
^aistance in Kershaw county, it Is
reported by the chairman of the coun
ty board. Norman S. Richards.
Assistance was discontinued to 74
persons, 61 of whom died during the
year. The other 13 cases were clos
ed be<-aHse income from employment
or other resources became available
to the recipients, making them inelig
ible for public assistance.
In the state at large 3,269 cases
were closed during the year, 2.169 be
ing discontinued because of death of
the recipient. New cases in the slate
totaled 3.524.
Goodale-Tailer
Win Golf Event
If those who would make mountains out, of every real
or imagined injustice, where the Negro is involved, would
take equal cognizance of attitudes such as evidenced by
Judge Bellinger, and do less agitating, relations between the
two races, as a whole, would be improved.
Of course, there are prejudices which bum every right
thinking person, but these prejudices are not limited to any
one side. All Ls not gold that glitters, so all is not injustice
that Is made to appear that way. There' is too much of an
inclination among the Self-appointed regulators of the South
to feel that in every case in which the Negroes and the whites
are both concerned, the Negro is being punished solely be
cause he is a Negro. iWhen the Negro fails to get justice be
cause he is a Negro, then something should be done about it,
but each case must rest on its own bottom. When allegations
of injustice are made that'cannot be substantiated, the cause
of good feeling between the races is damagedv
The State is proud of how well the Negroes and the
whites get along together in South Carolina. A very neces
sary ingredient is fair treatment, especially in the courts.
Judge Bellinger did no more than we would expect him to
do, but nevertheless his directed verdict in the case of this
young Negro, after ^he was convinced that there was no case
agaitjiat him, is worth citing as the kind of treatment that
makes for the understanding that is so desired between the
races.—Columbia State.
Wanted at Once
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. . CAMDEN, S. C
WRITE P. O. BOX 412
The 302nd Tranxport wing, com
manded by Col. Martin A. Bateman
of thia city has been commended by
Lt. Gen. Carl Spaata of the U. S.
Strkteglc Air Forcea In . Europe for
emergency operatlona during- the
German counter offensive.
The commendation diacloted that
the Air Se^lce Command’^ 302nd
* A 1ft ^iayin* highly-trained ground
and the Air Medal troops to advance poaUions in record
luatera in recognition of his *.
time
The story begins at 1630 hours on
the afternoon of Dec. 24, when the
TransporT Wing “waa alerteffr ’ Stjuad-
ron raldek crackled with inatmetiona.
military cargoes were recalled to their
Planes already In the air with various
home bases and told to unload and
stand by.
An hour later word waa flashed that
100 planes were to proceed from bases
la England and France to a continent
al airfield that must remain unnamed
for the time being! There they were
to pick up hundreds of tank mechanics
and technicians and fly them to ad
vance airfields in the battle area
where General Patton’s Third army
was fighting.
Freight men tugged and sweated to
unload the big Douglas transports of
their cargoes. Airplane engine special
ists, radio mechanics and other ground
crewmen swarmed over the^ C-47s,
giving them a last-minute cb'eck be
fore take-off. It was a race against
time and the weather, for fog was fast
threatening to close at least one base.
The first of the transports took off
at 2030 hours on Christmas eve. By
2200 hours the whole aerial armada
was on its way. And several hundred
air corps men spent their Christmas
eve in the air. Meanwhile at the
destination airfield, where the highly-
trained troops were to be unloaded,
a ^whole squadron sprang into action.
Forty thousand gallons of gasoline
had to be trucked from nearby supply
dumps, and clerks, cooks and carpent
ers all pitched in to do the Job. Flying
thenv^on tap to direct aircraft to dts-
persar areas.
The moon was riding high in the
aky that night when the airliners be
gan to arrive. Smoothly and precise
ly they landed and pulled into parking
areas to which they were directed by
radio, signal lights and Jeepa.
Ground crews went to work on the
planes almost as soon as the props
stopped spinning. Gas trucks drew
alongside and fuel
supplies.
By 0800—that was C^hristmas morn
ing—the servicing was completed. Just
as the tank men began to arrive.
Twenty minutes later the first plane,
with its cargo of men, raced down the
runway, nosed into the air and headed
for the battlefront. From then until
143(1 hours Douglas transports took
off in a steady stream on the troop
carrying assignment. Some of the
planes even managed to get in a
second trip to the front that day.
Before noon the vitally needed tank
mechanics and specialists were ponr-
ing out of the C-478 onto an airfield
within earshot of an airtlllery duel
The whole troop transport operation
along the western front,
was completed in less than 24 hours.
Not a man or a plane was lost.
General Spaatz* commendation
reads;
"With great’ satisfaction I desire to
commend the Air Service command
and the 302nd Transport Wing in par
ticular for the effective manner in
which they met an emergency on
Dec. 24 in transporting troops from
to
‘‘The late hour when this project
was received, 'the collection and dis
patching of the aircraft and the ac
complishment of the mission in mini
mum time reveal a high degree of
organization and management. The
ipanner In which this mission was
performed reflect^ credit not only on
the Air Service command but the Air
forces in Europe at large.”
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Whitaker Company
To Relocate On
E. Rutledge Street
PromiiMDt Cmfccftt To Motre
Into Ronovatod-EnUrged
Qoartera
The Whitaker ft Co. property on
Rutledge street. Juat east of the qfflce
of the City Recorder’s court and the
City Fire sUtion la being renovated
and enlarged to be occupied within
seireral weeks by Whitaker ft Co.,
now located in the Shannon building
on West Rutledge street.
Whitaker ft Co., one ^f the leading
hay, grain, seed^ and ~lniplemehl con
cerns in this area, has been located
In the Shannon building for some
time.
The new quarters are directly op
posite the Freeier-Locker plant and
will have ample parking area in the
vicinity.
The John Whitaker building being
erected on Rutledge street east of the
Freezer-liocker plaqt, le well under
construction, and Is to be used as a
Pontiac sales quarters and service
garage, when completed.
More News From
Our Boys In Service
Corporal Ben T. Truesdale, resident
of Westvillos- is attached to the Field
Artillery headquarters of the 6th
Army Group in France. This group
is plying an important role in de
stroying enemy installations, disrupt
ing communications and generally
making life miserable for the Krauts.
Mrs. Edith H. Coats, of Kershaw,
has been notified by ‘the war depart
ment that her husband, T-5 Clyde
Coats, has been missing in action
since January 20 in Prance.
Corporal Coats entered service Oc
tober 22, 1942, and received training
at Fort Jackson and Camp Barkley,
Texas, before going overseas in July,
1W4. He was formerly employed by
the Kershaw cotton mUl.
With the Fifth Army, Italy—Private
George Hale, son of Mr. Mose Hale,
who lives in Camden. South Carolina,
has been promoted to private first
class. He Is a laborer with a ({uarter.
master unit of the Fifth Army in
Italy.
Pfc. BiU Clyburn
Given Commendation
Roland ffoodsle and .Mrs Robert
Taller w'ere the winners of the
“tombstone tournament” held at the
Camdtn Country club Sunday.
Mr. Goodale won the men’s prize
and .Mrs. Taller was winner in the
women’s 'section. The award in each
instance was a $5 war stamp.
One of the largest crowds of play
ers to play on the course in years
was on hand to enjoy the fine weather
and excellent playing facilities.
Bulldog Cagers In
Win; Girls G)p Too
CARD OF THANKS
The members of the family of Mrs.
Margaret Anderson wish to thank
their many friends for the kindness
and flowers shown during the illness
and death of their mother.
*L. P. Anderson and family. 50p
The Camden Bulldog <'agers trium
phed over the Darlington Highs in a
close and exciting game played last
Tuesday evening In the high school
gymnasium, the score being 26 to 20.
The Camden girls also triumphed
in the clash with the Darlington
maidens.
Mrs. McDowell Has
A Fractured Hip
Pfc. William H. Clyburn, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis L. Clyburn. of
this city, who entered the service
June 15. 1943, is a member of the 8th
Corps, APO 308. United States Army,
whlcTT was commended by General
George S. Patton for the fine tactical
skill and hardihood which the com-,
mand showed in slowing up the Ger
man offensive.
General Patton pays a fine tribute
to the entire command for a “super
lor performance.'" Pfc. Clyburn at
tended Georgia Tech before entering
the service. He went overseas in
January, 1944.
Ueut C Af King
Awarded Medd
First LL Charles A. King, pilot m
1910 Lrttleton street, Camden, w
been awarded the Air Medal, it ^
announced by Brig. Gen. Wlinan, «
Tunner. commanding general of tu
India-Chlna division. Air Trangn^
command.
The award was made upon comols.
tlon of 150* hours of operational
in transport aircraft over the danger .
ous and difficult Intjla-Chlna
routes, where enemy interception
attach-was probable and-expected^
Lieut. King la the husband of tl»
former Sara Sheom of thlsi city
C. £. Johnson, 63,
Dies At Cassatt
Charley Elisha Johnson died at kta
home at Cassatt Tuesday at the
of 68.
Ho is survived by his widow, Mrt.
Irene P. Johnson; two sons, H l
Johnson of Biahopvllle ^and’ W y
Johnson of the United States Marin*
Corps; two daughters, Miss Margaret
Johnson of Ckssatt, Mrs. R. C. Mur
phy of Portsmouth, Va.; three brotk*
ers, W. A.. J. A., and D. L. Johnson
of Cassatt; two grandchildren, Harry
Lee. Jr., and Gale Johnson, and a
number of nelces and nephews.
Private Freitag
Reported Missing
The death toll of Camden and Ker.
Shaw county youths who are missing,
perhaps killed, in actioi^ continuee to
grow at a rapid rate. As will b»
noted by the columns of The Chroni
cle this week, many names have been
added to the fatality record during
the past week.
The roll on Wednesday waa aug
mented by three, one being Private
Robert L. FYeltag, son of Mrs. Alma
M. Freitag, 209 York street, who bu
been missing in action since Feb. 11.
He was with General Patton’s Army!
Private Freitag had Just returned
to duty after being wounded in ac
tion on Dec. 24.
Meeting For the
Colored Teachers
B. W,- Rushton and A. A. Schlffley;
members of the State Department o(
Education, will hold a conference at
Jackson school Wednesday, March 7,
at 5 o’clock. All the teachers of the
county and persons interested In the
school program are asked to attend.
STOLEN
One fox hound, matron, white and
tan, 4 years old, tattooed V. S. in
ona ear. anewere tn “gun
Rise,” has brood (d puppiee two
weeks old. Disappeared from our
.'ft*hemi«t Sonddy, Feb. 11, 1946. 960
reward for her return. 9100 reward
for her return and evidence of con
viction.
C. M. SHIVER ft SON,
Rambert, 8. R.F.O. 1
Mrs. E. N. McDowell, the former
Mary Villepigue, 1813 Mill st/eet, suf
fered a fractured hip as the result of
a fall from a bicycle. Mrs. McDowell
ifaa taken to a hospital In Charleston
Tuesday. She will be laid op for
some time.
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