The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 30, 1945, Image 1

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Drive To Cloth Suffering Humanity In War*Torn Nations (^ts Underway Next Week. The Camden Qjronicle VOLUME S7 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1945 NUMBER 2 Roaring Flames Destroy Guy Lumber Company Mill Board of Review, Court of Honor For Boy Scouts !%ealy Home Is Badly Damaged In Afternoon Blaze Two Bo« Cars Also Go Up In Fire That Causes Dam age of $15,000 . Delegation Splits In Recommending Sheriff Canddate Will Be Held At the Episcopal ' Pariah House On April . the 13th ' • believed to have tUrted from s«imut olalnlns mUl of tie Guy Lumber com- shorUy after 6 o’clock Thureday ^nlng of last week, cauetag a lota to mill and contents of ovei* | IS,90S. I In addition two box car* on a aide] Name Of Gene Moseley To Gowemor. waa The second County-wide Board of Review gnd Court of Honor, for the Boy Scouts of Kerahaw county are to be held on Friday, April 18, at the Episcopal church parish house, The first event of this kind waa moat'eucceasful from the boys’ point |of view, also the parents and friends. It la expected to make this one even more Interesting and inspiring imd earnestly urge utmost cooperaHos m making this a reality. A splendid program is being planned which^dl will enjoy, as well as the fact fKat you will see the boys awarded the Scout Badges that they have worked so hard to get. The Board of Review will be held at 6 p. m. and only the Scouts takiflU part and interested Scouters are tg he present The Court of Honor ia to he at 8 p. m. and all Scouts. Scoufars and the public are invited and urdU to attend. The attendance award which awarded to 'nxmp 14. of Camden, at ^ ... t The name of Gene Moseley w.. track were alm«t completely Governor Ransonae Wil ed. One of ^em llama for appointment as sheriff of lumber, there being 20,000 few m theji^^ygiy^^ County by Senator W. T. car. This lumber was valued at Redfeam and Representative Lewis 21.000. 1 V ' j jIC. Clybum, according to an announce- The loss to ^e. mmber yard ^d i ment coming from Columbia Wednes- equipment together *’l?loay afternoon. cars, will aggregate $28,000 It la s^d. jijg same time Rep. R. M. Ken- According to lumber TOmpany offl- nedy recommended that George F. dais, there WM delay In I Cooley, former chief of the Capiden ting water on the flames and the mlU department be appointed, end box cars wwe blazing furiously | Eugene L. Moseley is a native of before the fire department could Rctlguoiter county, having been bom in Into action. 'The fire pumper ^e*|wedgfleld 67 years ago. He has been stationed at ^Kalb street, tvw city ^ resident of Camden and Kershaw blocks from the blase and It is wd I county since 1919. He |s a deacon that tis presanre in the long atretcnjiu t^e local Presbyterian church, a of hose required caused it to burstlgi^j.lQer and a member of the Ameri-,, . _ ^ several tlmes._ ^ ^ _,lcaa Legiom having fOughl fri the“llj»t^ troop at thla ofte. nre Chief B»d^4Jento^itecIa^C^ He H 57 years of age, is that the mill was * o' I married and realdea at 1908 Broad St. the department airlved. that there jHo has been connty road superlnten- vas no chance of saving it or the IxnMojR since 1988, holding the office the cars which were on the side track ad- U years. Joining. The department had to Q^ge f. Co<riey, a native of Green- hose lines from DeKalb street, a dtoLlygi^ county, is U years of age and iBce qf at leaat 1500 fMt and ^^Ihas been a resident of Camden and was done quickly and efficently. TwolR^f,^^ connty since 1908. He has •ther Streams were run from u.e g soccessfni career aa a law en- hjrdrant on York street. According |fo(^e•lQ«Q( officer, ten years as a <e the Chief, three lengths of hossM^DQ^ sheriff under the late J, H. were lost when they burst. {McLeod and the balance of the time, The fire waa Just across the high-1 since 1982, as a Inember of the way from the dwelling that burned Oamden police department He waa eral weeks ago and in whteh Henry {chief of the itoiioe department for a kdley, a carpenter, ww burned fDtnamber of years, death. I Mr. Cooley Is a member of the Lyt- The dense qlouds of smoke ponring{tieton street Methodist church and' from the burning mill and box carsjijas the honor of being on the board formed a thick pall over the scene, {of stewards. Motoristr Jammed every highway! From Governor Ransome Williams ilesdlng to the scene and on York]office Wedneaday afternoon came the reet the traffic was so snarled that{gtatement that the appointment would e work of the fire department io{not be foithooming nntU next week, ylng hose lines was greatly ham Excess Clothing Campaign Will Start Monday, April 2 Fire Pouring From the Roof When Firemen Arrhre At Scene. Twenty-four hours ^ almost to the minute after the Thursday evening alarm of fire from the Guy Lumber compeny mill, the fire department reeponded to a call from the C. O. Shealy honte at 211 DeKalb street, where fire b^ieved to have started from a chimney was blazing through the roof. The fire had gained much headway before being discovered and the entire roof and second story of the frame dwelling was In flames when the fire department arrived. - Thf upper part of the building waa destroyed by fire while the deluge oi' water poured on the flames by the several lines of hose directed by fire men caused additional damage throughout the building. Considerable fumitnre and furnishings were re moved by volunteers in the large crowd that collected. \ The lees from fire and water will be Proclamation The United National | Clothing Col lection, a nation wide drive to se cure excess clothing for the suffering population of liberated countries in the theaters*of war, starts next Mon day. The campaign in Camden and Ker shaw county is being sponsored by the Camden Rotary club, with General G. H. Franke as drive chairman. This worthy effort will undoubtedly receive the support of the good people of Camden and Kershaw county. It Is the desire of the Rotary club to complete the city and county col lection by the middle of April. May I urge the citizens of Camden to respond full-heartedly in this hu mane program. F. N. McCorklfl, Mayor of Camden City and Connty United In Cooperatinf In Great Hu mane Effort Jim Ryan’s Hyda Wins Top Honors At Dog Showing ^Jut Court will be awarded ta the heavy. No statoment aa to the In surance coverage waa fortbeoming. Annual Lepton Police Clear Records of Unsolved Grilles By Arrest deered the production of their looms Big Hurong Gathers To Wit-land textile mills. la the five harsh, horror-filled years which have passed since then the garments of the oppreMed millioiis wore thinner and thinner. They were patched and re-patched, turned and “Hyda,” a pointer owned by Jameej <“****•<• again, and often reinforced Camden Awmts ^d of Con^'ct; Germany Totta^ tiefd-up Ohi Campbell Street Results In Offender Captured. Mary Htts and The greateat loss to the Guy com- jy WM the equipment In the mill, i w aL tccordlng to J. L. Guy. mUl Jail6 Iraittliaill DDly partial Insurance w§a carried. { . _ _ 5.,. News Editws Protestant Churches Hour of ty Service at 8 p. m> over the Nasi forces is only a^smtl subeeqnenUy ter of a short time and that It is The Chronicle does not wish ko pear over optlmiatic, but ths thrusts by the Allied Armies la QM^ many, leads to a belief that vlctott of Mra. Phoebe Schenk on Broad 8t Prompt action on the part of the police la the capture of Joaeph Rey nolds, 17-year^>ld negro, toUowlng a stick-up on Campbell street Sunday morning at 1 o’elieek, cleared np sev eral crimes which have been on the unsolved police record sinoe last faB. Reynolds, wbea quisxed by Chief of Poltee Alva Rash, confessed tbst last August be had entered the home the vizg of some of the lumber stored issr the scene of the fire by csrrylng ^ bers to less exposed locsUoM.{Qkarmmf Younp l.adiag Take e wind that was in evidence at the piffle fanned the flames to roaring | iry. Firemen kept watch of surrounding Inmber piles and to the lumber in the] lilier company yard at the south. Over April ImuA of T|m Newk. i-Year-OW Tom ^ilson Is Real -Man Saw MiU fo Aida HSa ~te~~Riicing StAck Old BoHer of FUnt The April issue of The Camden News will find two charming Camden socialites aa editors—they being Mary Pitts and Jane Trantham. Thomas Ancrum is still the bnsi- ness manager and the genial nmnager of the Southern Cotton Oil company will also contribute bis usual and in teresting line of patter to the columns .aMa— ^ ttc Says Mary Pitta, co-editor: “Any person In the city or county in con tact with service men or women is asked to contribute any interesting {items of news by calling me at 800. One frequently hears of one-min We cannot suc^ in thfr ,mds. but a one-man sawmill is w Tenture [nique that rarely, if at all, does one This ear of one. wives, brothers, sisters, swesthearts But such a saw mill does exist end I yd Mends of ott yys ^djffrta over is about 12 mlleg Camdeo on{th*^ is road fO'^lshopvUIa and la o^ed "We want onr paper to be a N operatqil. by Thomas W.’ Wilson, I t® Fho at 66 veara of aaa seta a blgl^® b**rlh in this country. We Uck out of operating hia saw mill and wyf “ Arming his land tlstlcs, births, deaths and lurriaps. When Mr. WUaon decided to em- birthdays, G. »rk in the saw mill industry he was der. P«>J«d ot dismayed by the acute i»bor lyd s^c^. K 3^ ^Jib^k^n^ Ijoruge. He had completed the re- with at wval of en old steam bofler from his f®U i“to a fox htde wlMm W^ or Id home in the West Wateree area Gene Tiernei^ If ^ ^ r*"iSm»«ii Rnbons Crossroads. When H m®Mi®A « ^ ^me to putting a stack on thU boiler |«y»®. yJJ® had to call upon belp—smd he call-lwlll not be ^ on none othwthan wTwlfe. Mra. these personal Incidents, rilson took charifs of a mule which j (PUaso tnrn is wee tvs) attached to a drag line to rklse fe stack into the air. Then by sklll- nent that Camden people home of H Hancock on HlAbland avenue and of Baall Anderson on Lanrsns plans made to Insare a safe and Mg* nifled observance of the day when victory comes. Here are the plans: 1. If the announcement is made during business day before 6 o’clock, the ftoree will close immediately, and open the next day aa usual. 2. If the announcement comes after 6 o’clock of a regular business day, the storeq will not open the following day. 8. If the news breaks before 9 o’clock on Sunday or a holiday the stores will open the following dsy unlees that day happen* to be regu larly scheduled holiday, such as Labor Day, etc. 4, If the announcement comes after o’clock tm SiindAy or a nouoay, the ,Ji.'?:«Sf*jrslRhame Manner remained Of Flying School luired point to make a fib the boHmr. All that ramained to keep the mule at a standatttl the guy wires were put in idace. I e. C. Rhame, one of the ploneen 19 the mule, in common with thatlia flying in Camden and employe of beasts, did not more an inchleqr two years si an InstrueUNr at tte the Job of Installing the stack fsoulhem Aviation school, has tyen successful. [over the management of the flying |Nr. Wilson Is a one-man Industrial I school conducted ^ t^ Woodward It. In addition to the operation ofiairport by Southern Airways. saw mUl, he also does logglng.l Mr. Rhame is an experiew^ flyer Mmg the logs to a point where theyland instructor snd under his direction be loaded to a track and hauled the mill Many logs are brought the mill by nel^hore, who have ™ sawed up on a toll baaia or ^ight charge. Mr. Vfllson has aaw- M much as 1500 board feet by Bif In one day. tot bad for a young man of 96 «h whatT 1,1”* OF THI * Lt® WOMEN** AUXILIARY vo^teer workers are urgently In the hoopftaL WIU all anxl- r memben who are intereeted In J'l^with this work, plsese contact Boykin, f>teM I884L Four OMe tb this woA you are dednltsly help- effort 6t our eom- *?[,• 5®®*^ ielay. Do It new. Join Yohmteer eerpu. You •*Y®®fly needed. it is believed that there will be a marked impetus in the desire to lesm the art of flying on the part of cIvL liana in this oommuntty. Mr. Rhame waa the owner of One of the flret planes to be seen In the sky over Camden, that being in 1981. Magistrate’s OfHce Now Located In Court House The annoencement to made by Ckerlee B. Blyther, who to magtofreto fbr DeKalb Township, that hto oCOoe to now leeated In the CourthoeM to the effleee formerly oocnpled by the Oonnty Heelth Department Hto of- flee hour* are from • a m. to 1 p. m. stores will not open the following dsy. Let’s remember that we do not wish to celebrate while the rest of out' forces in the Pacific theater of war are stUl fighting and dying. These plans are made in hope# that we can Influence people toward a day for tbanksgiving and prayer rather than for uncontrolled Jnbllation. The (Please tnrn to pugo two) Tradition 0. K. But Gats Needed To Win This War Camdop Yooftky A WritM Pmtiiioatly From stroot He wno frightened away from the Schenk home, admitted he stole foodstuff from the Hancock home and made several visits to the Anderson residcttce, securing all told about $60 in cash. Reynolds held np James Alexander, proprietor of a colored cafe on South Broad atreet. aa Alexander waa about to enter bis borne on Campbell street St 1 o’clock Sunday morning Rey nolds, according to Alexander, shove< a gun into his stomach with his left hand and reaching inside of Alexand er’s coat, took a bulky wallet, and then warning hto victim not to mOve or cry out, dtoappei^ed In the dark neif, . By the Skipper Beginning next Monday Camden and Kershaw county will Join in a nation wide movement to supply clothing to the unfortunates who are living in the battle-devastated areas in Ettroi>e. ’There are countless grim and poignant stories coming out of the war-tom countries, stories that tell, of how millions of unfortunates were robbed of everything except the clothes they happened to be wearing —some even were stripped of such apparel if it was In go^ condition— by Nazis and Japs. Anything that could serve the in vaders for their own comfort or In the manufacture of materials or mu- nittona through which they might ex tend their cruel ways were taken. Uny chance of obtaining new supplies was cut off when the invaders comman- Ryan, famona horse trainer, was^“>> oW •tniw or other waste adjudged champion of the Lenten dogj^®** *nnt of other material. And so show, held In Rectory Square here on •kJ*'*®® ‘nd scanty did these garments Thur^ay afternoon of last week un-j®®®®***®. during the winter der the sponsorabip of the Young deaths from exposure equsll- People of Grace Episcopal church ®d and in some sectors surpassed Sunday school. The show netted U®®*® due to sUrvstlon and nmlnutri- close to $100 for the Lenten offering p'®®- From reports now assembled of the young people. it to revealed that In the liberated Hrda” was first in the pointer l®®®®U’i®® ®<f Europe alone, more than .... 90.000.000 SM **ststl«tlc.allv amkitd” Alexander thought be recognized the hold-up artist and hurried to po lice headquarters and told his story. Officers Dallas Mahoney and Clint Maosabeao harried to Leo avenue where Reynolds was supposed to re side. After taking Reynolds into custody the police made a search of the premises and found several ar- class. -wtaning over Martha Kirk’s *0.090.000 are “sUttotlcally naked' Jingle” and Charley Garnett’s ‘'Drop. r®*>fl® nwre than four times that num- py” in this groop, these dogs scoring I h®**. 126,000,0000 in sll, are in dee- second snd third places. perste need of clothing, shoee snd The K. M. Henderson entry, “Bud”, h®0dlng. The case of the victims of was second in the championship J»P»n®«® aggression is no better Judging. Mrs. James Sweet’s "Mack”, In Belgium, Holland. France, Greece, was first in the bounds and beagles Italy, Bulgaria. Hungary. Ruaala, group with Mias Charlotte Sweet’s China and elsewhere among the vlc- “PoUyanna” second and Jamea tims of the Axis aggressors thousands Sweet’s “Pokey.” third. The reealts are dying dally from exposure. In this class proved a sweepatakes for The very Uvee of thcM rnnHltudes the Sweet family. depend‘’on the prompt filling of their Mra. Tom Waller’s “Dixie,” wssjctotblng needs. The health ot many first in the Springer Spaniel cIsm. nillllons of them already has been with Henry Savage’s ‘‘Chloe.’* second, ••Hously affeetod by the lack of and Mrs. LaRoche’s ‘‘Chip,” third, {adequate clothing. Tnbcrculosls, ty In the Cocker Spaniel class “Major P®us and other diseases sre mnning Busybody,” entered by Mrs. Mcl..ean,j rampant was first; “Knkie.” owned by Betty But life snd health are not all tlist <nark. waa second, snd ’’Waffles," to involved. They need clothing to Mary Whitaker, third. r®galn their self respect. 'They need In the terrier awards, top boners it to go about the urgent taaks of rc- went to Charley Gamett’e “Sammy,” hnJMlng their broken homee and re- and second plaoe to John Lindsay’s demolished towns and "Jeep.” “Mickey,” belonging to Joe Williams, took first In the Boykin Spaniel class, with Mrs. Tom Waller’s "Smudge,” second, and Mary DuVaTs “Nobby," third. “Susy,” entered by Mrs. W. V. Hawley, was llrst in the thoroughbred class, with “Oratchen,” Mrs. Burling Cocks, second, and "PeR- fy ” Irene Goodale. third. John Undsay’s “Jimmie,” was first (Please tom to page seven) Horse Show Is * Attended By Many ®®® ®^ *^® torgest attended horse was~firat tnj®**®®^® given In Ctomdeo in a decade the llidm^on setter claas, with "Hap-1^ ^ered at the py,” entered by Mias Kate Williams, duPont Scott show ground was second. Satnrdsy. It was one of the most — , — Ijj ^0 pnppy class, Mrs- Warren I from every angle that equee- ticles Including an old foot pedal “Redilea” was flret, Mrs, ^rtan. followers have wUneseed In n Maurice CUrke’a “Mickey,’’ second. I°““F F«aw. “Traditkm to a fine thing but R taksa gate to win a battle and work to earn a living.” Thoaa are the words of a CSaadee soldier who to doing a bog Job in this preaent war end who to stationed in the Western Caroline®. In a letter to D. J. Creed. Leonard J. Hasty, a Seabee, offara a nnmbar of parthient suggastions to Camden peo ple for postwar actlvitlea. Hasty is not kidding himself he says into be- lievtag the war to nearly over. Says he In this regard: “The war situation ont this way to going along well with ua, but there are only a few here who kid themaetvea into believing that the war to about over. Moat of na know that there to atill a long, hard road ahead In the Pacific evMi thoagh we do think the war In Bnrope will end some tiOM within the next six months. Moat of the fallows are of the opinion It will taka around 18 months to lick hell out at Japan after Germany folds np. Hasty’s letter to iF real epto and should be .read by every Chronicle reader. Hare it to In fall: 'Wastam CaroUaea, fbbraary 24, 1941. “Hello D. J. ’‘Don’t tatntt Hasty to aetaally gat- ting aroand to wiitiag yoa a lettsr. “Aa yoa knew I am irl^ the Baa- baas and at praaaat we am located ia tbe Westera Carolina tolaada, iMA I’d any oCf-taaad are abont 9 or M thaumid adlaa from Camden--e long iri^r from hemn. Tbe ptaoe to made - orgaar "Which ReynoldB had atolep. At headquarters Reynolds readily admitted he had held up Alexander and then told of the other places he had entered and burglarised. He said he had retnmed to Camdeu laat August after spending three years st Great Barrington, Mass., where he worked as a laborer. Police revealed that the revolver Reynolds used in the Alexander hold up waa a nickle-plated cap pistol. Reynolds Intimated that he had car ried this harmless weapon with him in previous burglary eacapadea. It was also revealed that the wallet that waa taken from Alexander contained some peraonal papers eoly but that in a back trouser packet Alexander carried a big roll of bills repreaenring the day’s receipts at his csfe. The arrest of Rtynoids wipes the police blotter of any unsolved erlmas in Camden. Recently the department cleared np a series of attampted and aooompltohed robberies In the down town area. Officer Shebeen grabbing a negro who had broken into the Byrd Barber shop. ’This captive con fessed to breaking into tbe Redfeam Tilling station and garage, the Austin Bheheen filling station, the Watts sta tion at DeKalb and Fair streets, the Belk Storov etc« Remolds is to be held for trial at the next term of criminal opart on dtargas of burglary and higfanroj rob in the matt class, with Billy Savage’s “Scrap,” second, and Tootsy Woolfe’s! “Ike,” third. Henderson’s “Bud,” was winner in the setter class, while Mrs, John Daniel’s Equegtrim Evnnt Attr»cU thv Larfnet Crowd ci Senaon. and Henry Beard’s “P. W," third. Rat-PfooHng Is Nearin g An End. In Business Area The results in the various events, with Mrs. Thome Smith of MUIbrook. New York aa Judge, and Granger Giither assisting in Claaaes 1 and 2, were as followa: Steeplechase ’Typ®'- Gallatic, Mrs. duPont Weir, let; Tourist List, Mr. Lowrle Watkins, 2nd; Fatal Inter view, W. Burling O>oka, Srd. Flat Type: Toton, Mrs. dnPont County library News Notes Mrs. Baker, llhrartoa, has been very fortunate in securing for the Library the loan of the set of Interaatiooal HIM Alcove books wbi^ are given to Bautk Ctorollna by the Carnegie Ai Sarnnmt for Intemattoual Peace to anaourate a wider kaowladga of la- twariimal Talattoua. Thasa bo®ka wBI be efreulatad through the library fbr the next three months. Kerahaw . ta the aaeeod county in the 9a oMfla tkam aptaodid hooka. IV A W HumnhriAa CuulSoaiaP^®^'''' Captahi America, Thomas ur. A. w. tfumpiinea tn«t*oaa{^^jj^ ^ ^ Dardeen, Srd. Propiwrty Ownara Ragnrd- mg Rodanta. Driving (Tlaas: The General, Mr. and {Mra. Thomas Waller, Ist; Lillie Beu, Mr. Tbomee Jordan, 2nd; Red Magic, Dr. A._W. Humphrlm. county Itofloee, officer, hep addressed a letter to ®U busineea eetabltoh meats in the down Shooting Ponlec: Chlpe, Mrs. Dwight Partridge, 1st; Shorty, Mrs. duPoUt town ersa and which have been mt-j^®^*“^*' pr(K>red, tn which he calls attention to the fact that now that the rat- Worktag Hunters: Right I^. Mm. proofing program to dmwlng to » gonae Kem. Irt; Olangary, Mm. John cloae, it to np to every busineea man|"“*®j®* hnd property owner to keep -theirI**™- premtoec in a vat-proof and rat-free I *^®®^ ^In CHeee: CMdrvn, Ruthle oondltlon. Woolfe, Ist; Susan Cocks. 2nd; Patty Any holes or placee which may be|®’^*» created In the future allowing mta|_*I“ater Hacta: Right Dress, Mrs. to enter your premises must be rat-jl^ane Kls^ 1st; Scamper Joe, Mr. stopped at your expense In accord-1*®® P®??®®* ***** Magic, aace wHh the city ordinance,” seysj*^- ®ad Mrs. C. P. DuBosu Srd. Dr. Humphries in hto letter. **®** ®®*®®' *»**• “You are cantloned to keep *■••*■{ Billy McMurry, 2nd; Ida McDowell, and side doors ckteed during day and)*^ nights as the meet common way thati Hacks: Right Dress, Mrs. Dionne rats enter bandings to through opea|*^m, Ist; Scamper Joe, 2nd; Chlp- doM®. All unscreened windows, a©-|0‘Wood, Master Neil Bates, 2rd, cesslble to rats, should be closed atl Pair (naas: Irish Piper, Nancy night iTnckat, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Waller, "If you obaarva any evMance'of rata|I®^J Lucifer, Mra. Raymond Woolfe, tn yonr eetabltoh meat at any time,{Blght Dress, Mrs. Dkmne Kerr. End; call the county health departmeat** To Present Play “Good Grachras, Grandma!” Tha three act uomedy, will be presented at Central High school, Friday. Mar. 19. at 9:29 p. m. Come and enjoy a tun evening of fun nod langbs. •o' n WAC MedlinI Teekiilolnn aW Mw Destiny Bay, Mra. David R. WUltosM. Jr.. Aleda. Mtos Kate wniiame, trd. Sunrise Services-- At Blaney Bqitist There wU be aa BMter auartoe aq^vloe at the Blanw Baptist <A«ch Sunday moratng, Ai^l 1. at S a. m. The public to cordially Invited.—M. M. Saboa, Foetor.