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THt CAMOKM CMitOWICH, CAMDlti, tOUTM CAHOUWA, PWIPAY, MARCH 10. 1t^
Mrs. J. M. Heath
IMes Suddenly
At Camden Home
Beloved Character Succumba
At the Age of Seventy-
Eight Yeara.
Mr*. James M. Heath, ase 78, a
descendant of Col. William Shannon
and HenrletU lie Willie Shannon,
lllastroos residenta during the early
period of Camden history, died at her
home at 1707 LytUeton street Mon
day morning at 7:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Ida Shannon Heath belonged
to the nobility, a nobility of the great
who are great because of their good
ness. All her life she has lived In
this community with majestic dignity
and personality. Her legion of friends
and acquaintances more than merely
^mlred be.r They respected and
loved her to a point of veneration.
Her goodness, the soft refinements of
her nature and the high range of her
Ideals Inspired them.
^ In character, Mrs. Heath was of the
rptlcent, humble and retiring type.
Her soul was one of tranquility and
serenity- of spirit In her long resi
dence in Camden she made a vivid
and Indelible imprint upon the corn*
munlty, one long io be remembered
and honored.
For all that she has meant and so
steadfastly stod for in the name of
Christian living, both by precept and
eismple, she will be honored and ex
tolled in the hour of her passing as
she was honored throughout a long,
useful and beautiful life. She was
truly one of God's noblewomen.
Mrs. Heath was the widow of James
M. Heath and was bom in Camden
April 10, 1868. Her fafher and moth
er, as were their forebearers. were
outstanding-In the pages of Camden
history.. She was the youngest m*m
ber of the family of Col. William M.
Shannon, whos hospitable home. “Pine
Flat,” was the center of Camden in
terest in ber childhood.
Funeral services were held for Mrs
Heath Tuesday afternoon at 5:80
o’clock at Grace Episcopal church,
with Dr. Maurice Clarke reading
the impressive Episcopal ritual. The
church was filled with mourners and
^the floral tributes were many and
beautiful. Burial took place in the
family plot at Quaker cemetery.
Mrs. Heath leaves three sons and
a daughter to moom ber passing. The
Mns are Lt Commander vhlliam
Shannon Heath. Navy, retired, of this
city; Andrew Burnet Heath of New
York, and Capt John P. Heath, Navy.
The daughter is Mrs. Henrietta Heath
McDowell of this city. There are also
six grandchildren and one great
grandchildren. An elder son, James
M. Heath. Jr., predecesed her.
WEWSof
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TROOP SO TO MEET
Troop SO will have its regular meet
ing at 7:80 Monday night. All mem
bers please come.
CITATION
Stats of South Carolina.
County of Kershaw.'
By N. C. Arnett, Probate Judge:
Whereas, G. R. Crow made suit to
me to grant him I^etters of Adminis
tration of the Elstate and effects of
John H. Crow.
These are, therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the Kindred
and Creditors of the said John H.
Crow, deceased, that they be and ap
pear before me. In the Court of Pro
bate, to be held at Camden, 8. C., on
April 9, next, after publication hereof,
at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, to show
cause, if any they have, why the said
Admlnietration shoul4 not be granted.
Given under my hand this 24th day
of March, Anno Domini, 1945. 2-8c
N. c. ARinrrp.
Judge of Probate for Kershaw County
T
Do
Lf^ng Ceilings
Ruin Your Day?
IF SO, an expect re-ehinf •
liaf or re-roof inf job in what
yoa wanL Don’t put up with
mined c^infs any lonferl
cheaper in the lonf run
to have the^ roof redone. A
repreaeptative will cAll at
yooF hoina and five a free
palunate'. No oblifation.
JOHNS-MANVILLE AP-
PROVED ROOFER.
NO DOWN PAYMENT
NECESSARY.
MsEe^PORTE
Phom 8S2J
Mrs. Dalton Kennedy has rsoslved
word that her son. Second Lt. Douglas
M. Kennedy, of Oo. L, 18th Infantry,
in action on the western front, has
been wounded and is now in a hos
pital in France. Lt. Kennedy was
awarded the Purple Heart.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McMahus have
been notified that their son,' Pvt. Bllie
McManus, who was wounded In Bel-
glum. Is now back In the States. He
is now St .the General hospital In
Augusta, Oa., and will be home ou
furlough soon.
Pvt Jack C. Evans of the Air corps,
stationed at Buckingham Field, Fort
Myers, Fla., has rated Pfc. He Is the
son of Mrs. Bessie Ehrans of Camden.
Andrew Isreal Trapp, motor machln-
ett mate, flrat class, U8NR, who prior
to entering the servke was employed
as a senior mechanic In the Ordinance
Dept at Fort Jackson, Is now affili
ated with the Navy’s ship repair unit
at the Philadelphia Navy yard.
A soldier from Camden, Pfc.' Jack
L. Lyles, Hermitage Mill, is a member
|bf the Mars Task force fighting the
Japs in Burma, who hate .made a
record for foot alogglng OI's in the
other theaters of war to shoot st.
As a member of the S92nd Port
Battalion Pfc. Dan Banka of route 3.
box 8, Camden, has been overseas 8
1-2 years. His unit arrived In Iceland
In August, 1941, and it hfs since serv
ed In Scotland, southern Ehigland and
France.
Kathleen P. Jenkins, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. * Joe B. Payne, route 2,
Kershaw, has recently been promoted
to technician fifth grade. Tec. 5 Jen
kins ii now assigned to 110th WAC
detachment. Camp Stoneman, 'tSalif.,
where she la servnlg as clerk In the
message center. Before entering the
Army she was employed by Springs
Textile plant of Kers^w.
Sgt. John R. Teal, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Teal, Cassatt, was one
of a group of combat cagpaltiea to
arrive at the General and Convales
cent boepiUtl at Camp Butner, N. C.,
for further treatment and convales
cence. Sgt. Teal has a brother serv
ing in the Pacific. S. Sgt William R.
Teal.
CpL Harold Ray Boykin of the U.
S. Marines, was killed in action on
Iwo Jlma, according to word received
by bis parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
Boykin, route 1, this city. Corporal
Boykin, who bad five months training
at Parr la Island, has been overseas for
26 month!. BMldes his parents he
leaves a brother, Marion, who la in
the service In Europe, another broth
er, Billy, at.^home, two sister, Mrs.
Virginia Ives and Sara Dell Boykin,
at home. CpL Boykin attended school
at Hillcreat. He was a young man of
excellent traits and character.
CpL Glover Lee, son of Charles Lee,
route 2. Bethune, is a member of the
887th Engineer battalion, which ra-
cently has been operating a aawnaiU
and a rock quarry in the Serdiio
Valley near the Po plains of Italy.
’The outfit has also been repairing
military highways feeding the Fifth
'Army front.
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie B. Elliott has
CAMDEN AWAITS ENQ OF
CONFLICT; GERMANY TOTTERS
(Contlnned from Irat page)
churches will be open for services
and *a program planned with the hope
of 'controlling celebrations.
Immediately after the news la re
ceived here, the fire and alr-rald al-
rstts will sound and whlstlea will
blow. At the same tlmfe the beHs
in the Baptist. MeUiodist and Preaby-
tsiian churches will ring out the glad
tidings. One hour after the first tiding
aervlcea of prayer will be held in all
the Protestant churches, according to
announcement by the members of the
Camden ministerial group, of which
Dr. Maurice Clarke of Grace Episcopal
church Is leader. At 8 o’clock In the
evening all of the people, of the city
and community will gather at Hamp
ton Park where a service of praise
and thanksgiving will ]he conducted
under the leadership of nev. Edmond
Burke, pastor of the Catholic church
of Our Lady of Perpetual HHp. A
number of patriotic aongs and aereral
familiar hymns will be sung -during
this service, the singing being c in-
dneted by A. C. McKaln.
Mayor F. N. McCorkle, in a mes
sage io the public, says: “Let us re
member that we do not wish to eele-
brate while the rest of our forces in
the Pacific theater of war, are still
fighting and dying. Let ns make V-
DajHii day of thankagltlng and prayer
rather than uncontrolled Jubflatlon.
Cbni'ches will be open for prayer
throdghoat the day.”
Governor Ransome Williams has in
formed the Chronicle that he will
issue an order that all liquor stores
are to remain closed all day following
the announcement. of the European
victory.
Dillard ElllotL has been wounded on
Iwo Jims, February it2. Sgt. EUloU
has been serving In the Pacific 27
months. Hit wife, the former Miaa
Sarah Monahan, makes hsr home
with her parents at Lakehorat, N. J.
James H. Bruce, 24, husband of
Mary E. Bruce, box 49, Camden, was
graduateia recently from the Naval
Training school (rtectiie) at the St.
Louis, MlssourL Naval Amory. He is
now awaiting farther doty orders to
■ea or to some shore station where
his training will help him earn the
petty officer rate of electrician’s mate,
third class.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wessmann of
Port Washington, N. Y., have been
notified that their son. Bobby, who
was serionsly wounded during ma
neuvers in ^uth Carolina and wss
hospitalised at Fort Jackson for
months, was killed In action In Ger
many March 2. When the young sol
dier* was injured during the manuev-
ers here in 1941, he had to be sent
to the Star General hospital at
Charleston for a skin grafting opera
tion. He was the grandson of Mrs.
SaJlle Kennedy Winkler, formerly of
Camden, and great grandson of Gen.
John Doby Kennedy of Civil Wlar
fama
I CONVEYANCES
Conveyance records filed in the of
fice of the register of deeds of late
include the following: W. H. H. ’Thom
as to Chrla V. Beleoa gnd J. T. Hasty,.
97 acres of land; Wateree Building
and Loan Association to H. D. Norris,
a lot, and Harold W. Funderburk to
L. B. Belton, a lot
■nir War BM^g
Belief At Last
For Yew Coash
CraooMilsIoo reUevw promptly be
cause It roes rlfbt to the seat of the
trouble to he4> looesa and expel germ
laden phlegm, and akl nature to soothe
and heal raw, tender Inflamed brondilal
mucous membranes. Tell your druggist
to sell you a bottle of Creomulslon with
the understanding you must like the
way It tpflckly allays ths oouidi or you
are to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
For Coughs, Chest Colds. Irouchttis
COTTON GINNING REPORT
Census report shows that 14,614
bales of cotton were ginned In Ker
shaw county from the crop of 1944,
aa compmred with 9,705 bidea for .the
crop of 1948.
Kidneys Must
Work Weii*
Far Tea To Feel WsO
S4 Wen •vary day. 7 4aya aaary
waak. aaaaf Oaypiea tM Maiva Utar
«aa*a wattw l(aM& liaod.
If mmf yaapla wwa awara af haw tha
Uda
Maaya a
■altar aaaaat
wkkaat iajory la
ba kaMar
WBQW VMB W WpOTi
to taaeooa praaairty.
Bnralaa, Moaly or I
ttoB ooMlhaeB wmrm
la wroag. Too way aigor
fai tka Uaa4
tkapo waaM
o4 aky tko
kMaayobS
back-
Why aat
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aat try Daaa’i
tka
eouatry oror. baaa’r itiwalaU tka
tiaa u tka kMaaya aad haiy tka* to
ftuak aot aaiaoooaa waata fraa tiM
b4oo4. Tkay eoataia aatkiag karaeoL
Gat baaa'r today. Um altk <
AtaSdnuci
Doan SPILLS
SERVE YOUR COUNTRY
■ ■■■
Through the Camden Hospital
^Opening Class of Cadet Nurse Corps of Camden
Hospital on April 2,1945,
%Gouernment approved liberal stipend. Books and
uniforms furnished. Full maintenance,
<em
% Graduates fully Qualified to immediately entS^
a
a
Army, Navy, Public Health Service and Civil
Service, as well as eligible to the Red Cross,
m Requirements: High School Diploma with sixteen
credits. Minimum age seventeen,
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Do Not Let High Temporary Salaries
Distract You From A Life .Time
Profession and Security.
For further information eommunieate with Mre. Eliz
abeth M. Mauldin, R. Director of Nuroee,
Camden Hoepital, Camden, 8. C.
notice OF SALE
Notice M hereby given that tax me-
cordence with the terms end provM'
Ions of the Decree of the Oofut of
Common Pleas for Kershaw County,
dated Maroh 10, 1945, In the case of
Commercial Bai^ of Camden, Flaln-
tlff, VB. Tnuiam Copeland and IHoIk
O. Copeland, Defendants, I wjU sell
to thw hipest bidder, for cash, beftfe
the Court House door at Camden, 8.
CL, dnrtng the legal hoars of sale on
the first Monday In April next, being
the second day thereof, the f(81owlng
deecribed property:
All that ceilain , piece, iJarcel or
tract of land aitnated. lying and being
In BiabopvUls Township,' State of
South Carolina, County of Lee, coo-
tidnlng one hundred fifty-one (151)
acree, more or less, and being bounded
now or formerly as follows: North by
lands of W. L. Ontlaw; on the East
by lands of W. O. and K W. ’Tisdale;
on the South by lands of Davis and
Lee, and on the West by lands of
Ontlaw. The said tract of land being
that tract conveyed originally to T.
O. McLeod and R. E. Dennis by W.
L. Outlaw by deed dated December
4, 1918, and conveyed to W. S. Man
ning by the Sheriff of Lee Cioanty by
deed recorded in the office of the
(3erk of Court for said County and
State in Deed Book W at page 899,
and being more particularly repre
sented and delineated upon a plat
made by T, C. Perrin, Surveyor, re
corded in Plat Book *‘F’ at page SO.
aa tracts Noe. 5 and I.
All that piece, parcel or tract of
land situated In Kershaw Omnty,
State of South Carolina, known aa
part of the estate lands of John
Smith, containing one hundred (100)
acres, more or less, bounded oa the
North by landa of W. H. Ratcliff,
mm
■nat by laafla of H. a RateUft ^
J. P. Ratcliff, South by landstf
Ratcliff aad Joseph BalLufi’'
by lands of the said Jesse D iwf
and Is more fully deaerlbed'
agreed line ou W. a RatchffrJS
runs n certain ditch a atraiahi?
to a lord on branch dlvldiBg^5*
tract of Ibb4 from W. a
line to eoraer, the old road tST^
nyt to house to be the dhiSJ
*rhe said pareeh to be k^.
separataly and together, the mS
aggregate bid to be accepted
Terms of sale: Fbr Cash.
Master to require of the
bidder, other Chan tha plSindNk!?
to. a depMlt of five (6) per
his bid. same to be forfeited la^
of* non-compMance; no personal .
deficiency Judgment la demand*?
the bidding will not remain open
the sale, but compliance with th*^
may be immediately. *
N. C. ARNETT.
Probate Judge—Ex-Offlclo
For Kershaw
Henry Savag^ Jr., ^eire
U?
Attorney ^for Plaintiff.
Pot Bolden
Round pot holdera can easily k>
cut by uaiiig n Muccr for a patten
They are especially handy whm
tnktof pies or puddings from ^
oven, na there are no corneri k
drop into the food end get itkty
KIRMAW LODGE NO. 89. A.
Regular Ctuamunicatha
First Tnesday of ^
Month. At I P. M. YMtwi
WelcouM,
L. a JOIWE, w. E
C. J. OUTLAW, Seeretnry
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KATE SMITH asked
to write dus message
on Saving Used Fab!
“The hajp of ereiy wooian is rreecM in mring
oaed /afs /or hundroda of bmtthfMd mnd homo-
front oaaentiala. But some of ua don’t know mU
the wayt wo can do it. Horo oro m fow pointo Foot
found holpful."—Kate Smith
MANY WOMEN SAYt *'But I nerer have fmto toft over.”
Certainly it’s good economy to re-use your fats... but tbereV always
some left over even after that...and that little is more important
than you can imagine. Only one tablespoooful of used fat will hdp
make 5 machine-gun bullets. So there juit can’t ever be too Httle
to save! Come on, ovorybody, scrape your broiling pan, your
roaster, skillet. Save meat trimminp and scraps of fat left on plates.
in. It doesn’t make smite of difference how dark or blachwtod
...or what smdly things like ookm or fiah yovFfo hi yuur
fat. drop of it will hdp make porachatei, irnriirtlr ruMirr.
^pa for the ^ting and war firoota. Don’t fed ashamed tolMd
It m to your butcher. If you save every hit of fot you Dd^Mv cm
you’re doing a job to be proud ofl
^1^ of tin can wm do. The next time you opM a CM «l
it Bat plMue dent UM
you’ll let 2*^ TV* butcher. Far momy
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