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F'' Membecs of County. Democratic Committee Are CaUed Into Session To Pass On Election Appeal GAMDEN ^ilRONICLE VOLUME 87 CAMDEN. SOUTH CAR0UKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 13» 1945 NUMBER 4 Chronicle Indorses Plan Advocated By Camden Mayor Pootwtf Bunding Would SoIto problem of Juvenile Delinquency. The Chronicle deelres to glre «m ohiiHc endorsement to the moTement ruSerted by Mayor P. N. McCorkle iThls address to the members of tte Hnnicipal Association at Columbia lecently for a postwar building that ^ be utilised among other things, IS a youth center. The Chronicle belieres that a youth »nter' is primarily a movement for :he training of the young people of Ihe community from a wholsesome, rscreational moral and hpyslcal itand point. Camden Town authorities will do veil to recognise the importance of he training of our youth aa a part of he postwar program of this com- Dunity. and to make plans accord- hglT- Over in Darlington a aimllar move- sent haa been atarted. The Darling- ion News and Press refers to the sovement as one destined to prevent Svenile delinquency and unhesltat- Sgly expresses the opinion that |gTfnn« delinquency is. aecoDd. only a importance to the winning of the irsf . and the. establishment of a per- htnent peace. In Darlington the movement la be- ig sponsored by the Town aothori- let and it ia proposed to establish a BsU tax levy not to exceed one mill 0 provide for the maintenace of the ester once It is established, gays the News and Press of Darl- igton oommentlng on the project: “The News and Press commands ts sponsors of this timely movement od unqaallfl<ny endorses the cam* ilgn! The question of Jnvenilo de- nquency to not pqijr important, but in have a far reaching effect on fn- re generatlona. Let it be remem- sred that the perenta of ■ ou/ boya Ad girto- have end must assume the restest responsibility in this im- ntant matter. Juvenile delinquency ill not be improved unless and until Inlt delinquency to likewise im- oved and aa we view this ln»V>rt- it matter, the first and primary re- lonsiblllty ioats upon the adultn to 1 the proper example and lead their lOdren in the right directloo. “The future of the world depends »n the proper training of our boys id girls and unless we recognize is responsibility the sacrifice that being made by our young men and omen in the serrico of our country, 111 be in vain!” Mayor MoCorkla mnat be commend- for his good Judgment in anggest- g such a fine postwar project for imden and Kershaw county. The ayor was first with the idea of a immunity building and hto auggea- )n has been given a strong endoree- ent by Senator W. T. Redfeam. Yank Relates Story of ffis Stay In Mson Capm Staff Sergeant Joleph Merts, whose plunge into enemy territory from a P*17 while dangling by one foot from an opened parachute after* he bad forgotten to fasten the body straps, forms one of the most thrilling epi- sodes in the chronicle of United States air corps exploits over Europe. Merts, a paratrooper, now on leave after 24 months service overseas Is a native of Marquette, Michigan. In Camden for a Sunday leave from a nearby post he regaled thU writer with some intm^tlng anetdotes re lating to hto experiences while a prisoner of war in Germany. Merts to a facetioui type of youth and when asked how it felt and what he thou^t about while on the pre- cariona plunge from bis disabled plane ho replied: “Well, I knew damned well I wouldn’t bo getting back to England in time for anpper.” Merts snstalned a broksa- ihouMer and some severe bruises which result- ed in the first portion of hto sojourn among the Naxla being spent in a prisoner <it war hoapital. Ho there joined up with some several other members of hla own crew who had Bucceeded in making more orthodox deecents. Marts said that Germany fall/ mto- orably to abide by the terms of the Geneva convention In treatment of prlsonera of war. There to real bru tallty and the care and feeding of the prisoners to bad, a sharp cun trast to the manner in which German prisoners are treated in this coun try. Although German poldiers have or ders to take all airmen jslive if they parachute down, but moot of the Nazi (Please tarn to page three) lyery Effort Hrected Toward Raising Our Quota td Cross War Fund Drivo la Eztendod To April file Hit. The amount collected in Kershaw inty in the Red Cross war loan ve during March amounted to |11,> ' 83. according to figures made pnb- M of April 9. The chairman of the drive has d from all excepting four eonroea. e original quota of the county was ’,900 but tbla was aubaeqnently re- D«d to |14,K00. Gf this amount 64.2 r cent goes' to the national head- utere and SS.I^Iwr cent to retained ' vork and expenaes of the Kershaw nty chapter. he time period for the war loan •action In the county haa bean ex- lad to April 21 and every effort be made to raise the drive total the 114,500 figure. %apter officials urge that all per is in the county who have not yet da a donation to this worthy canse, nrged to place their oiHitribuUon 1 worker! in the booths On Broad ^t or send It to Rad Cross hoed Irtefs at 1711 Broad street Kershaw ceunty must fail In qito great undertakinf. Uing Station Iwded ^ wee Ofticers Qntoits ci liquor k OWMT PkoMi Utt- 5«r Arrait. ^ citable McKinnon. High- Officer W. J. Oeabera and ot Police Alva Ri^ raided the filling stetkm on DeKalb - i??* o* tfct »»«tbcm ^tarday eraalac abd arrestad ™k>tt OWMT lusd nuMgsr. for 1 miclt Utaor SbtoT^* to the atatsMeot of Mtboritlse. sotosd several Declares AmericsA Prisonera Are Badly Treated By Redfearn-Clybum . -•) Ask For Referendum Camden-Bom Baruch Gives Winnie the Brushoff 53 Forest Fires Listed In March Caused Fire Loss Totalinif $3,769 in Thu County ^ Gemuin Prisoners Are Located In Camp At Airport Stockade Surrounded By ^iarb- ed Wire Fence Haa Been Provided. During the month of March theiV were 62 forest fires in Kershaw eoua- ty, occasioning a total loss of $2,769 ever an area of 1746.4 acres. These fires originated from various sources. Two started from rallread locomotive sparks and caused damage aggregating $176. Four atarted from camp fires and caused damage a» mounting to $764. Thirty flrea were started by careless smokera and caused damage aggregating $872.96. while 10 started from D. burnl^ and caused damage totaling $1,484, whSb 6 were of incendiary origin and caused damage aggregating $474. Two were fires of unknown origin with damage of but $19. In the March fire record there were four acres of merchantable ttaSbsr burned and 1671.1* acres* of ye«S7 growth. Open acreage totaled 171' acres. timber amounted to $8, whfte young growth was damaged to extent of 12,198 and site damsfe trll placed at $162. The dally fire' occureuije reeori for the month shows that Milrch 19 Itodai six flree, March 22 had 5, and 11 had 4. There were but seven dspi during the month that were tree fire cells, they being March 1, I, 4 12, 14, 15 and 27. Governor Would Nwm Person Pollinf Highest Vote To Office. By the time this issue of The Chronicle reaches its readers some final disposition will have been reached regarding a solution to the problem of who to to succeed the late J. H. McLeod M sheriff of Kershaw county. ' Aa the paper goee to press n meet ing of the Kershaw County Dfmocra- tic Elxecntlve committee Is in aev Sion at the court house, called into EXTRA Mrs. J. H. McLeod Is Recommmided For Sheriff Job Three More Days To Contribute Used Clothing Cunpaign In Camden and Ker shaw County WUl Close On Sunday. So He Could Chat With Amer ican Soldiers On a Park Bench. Tbs Kershaw County Executive Democratic committee, following a meeting that lasted one hour and _ thirty minutes Thursday disposed of Damage to the merebanta^the aberlff problem by adopting a resolution addressed to Governor Ran- 4||BAe Williams recommending that he slipoiot Mrs. J. H. McLeod, widow of tbe late Sheriff. J. H. McLeod to the otflce of sheriff for tbe unexpired term of office, which will be in the fall of 1846. • The governor was contacted by tele- phoM by Mrs. Kathless B. Watts, rice .cbatrman of the committee be fore tbe meeting adjourned, and be assured her that .the above recom- mendatlori would be approved by him. Defense Offlee - Now Located At The Store Citizen Service Unit To Funn> tion From New Hend- ed. The area has been converteef into a stockade with a high barbed wire fence built about It Thp^first oontlhigBiit of- priaaneiw total^ about 66 and they arrived last week under escort of a score of guards. Admlntotrstlve headquarters are in the former hoapital building. It to said that when the full com plement of prisoners have been brought here that the total will ag gregate itoont 950 to *800; There wtIT- be some 60 guards, the latter to be housed In the No. 2 barrack. The prisoners, it to said, are Ger mans. A prisoner of war camp has been ectabllshed at the sits of the former Southern Aviation school, two bar racks and the mess halls being utttlx-|but tbe contact point for ti^e cHisens The civilian Service unit of the Kershaw County Connell of Defense, haa been tran^erred from the post office building to the Corner Book store, according to announcement of W. rL Bonaal, chairman of the county defense group. Mrs. Joe S. Thomas, who haa been in charge of the defense headquarters In the post office buildlog. Is now on full-time duty with the local ration board. Chairman Bonsai statea that the control headquarters of the defense council together with the files of the unit will continue at tbe post office service group will Store. be at the Book Clamden Girl Was Adept In Cashing Worthless Paper So Soya Polko Chief Alva Rnah After Getting the Facta In Mary Agnes Hayea, *l^yaar.old dani^ter of C. H. Hayes, Hermitage mill workers, was taken into enstody at Horance last wesk, according to information reported by Chief of Po lice Alva Rush, the charge against tbs girl being the ntterlng of frsnde- lant checks. Chief Rnsb states that the Florence polios reported she bad eaahed three chedcs tbera one being for |106, a second for $75 and a third for $54 Following close upon tbs report to the local polios it waa r^rted from Ck>lambla that a girl named Sandra Hi^es had cashed worthless chseks to the- amount of $150 In that city last week. Only two blanks from Camden banks were used, both being from the Flist National here, one for UO being cashed at the Tapp store afis another fhr $2.50 at the Modam Beauty shop. Some of the checks easbed in ^lumbia carrisd. the sig- uaturs **»*^i* Haysa. According to CbM of Ftdico Alva Rnsb, tbs Hayes girl has bssu arrest ed a unmber of times bef<m tor cash- lag worthless diecka and in all In stances her father bad mada good tba amount of the checks. <*I eontadod the girl’s tatbor after tMaring from noroneOk” anM the **nd bo aays bo to tbrengk ainndtit any more money to get tbe ^1 Mt of troabl4 that she wffl bava m take the conaeiuenfos this timo.” Irate Owner Promises Shot Gun Medicine Dog-Th^ SUmk Siz Frott K. S. Smith. A load of buckshot to promised the culprit who to detected atpaling 4pg* from K. S. Smith of Bnunblewood plantation. And Mr. Smith will give $50 to any person who will give him information .that will lead to the arreet and conviction of the p«rson o." persons who in the past year have stolen six dogs from hto (aruL Last week a blade and white fe male setter, with brosm spots on tbe front legs and answering to the name of Peggy, and a black female hound with yellow face and neck, anaweriog to the name of Fannie, were stolen from Mr. Smith. Anyone seeing or finding these dogs are requeeted to call the owner at Bnunblewood plantation. 276-J. Ion by Vlqe Chairman Kathleen Watts and Secretary A. W. Ham- phrlea upon the reqneet of Senator W. T. Redfeam and Rep. L. C. Cly- burn. In a letter to Mrs. Watts On Tnss- day Meaars. R^feam and Clybum recited In part:| ”UjQ& the death of Sheriff J. H. MoL^, the Governor requested tho IMcshaw Oounty delegation to recom mend some one for a'>pointincDt to the office of sheriff. A majority and minority recommendation were made to the Governor by the delegation but after inveetlgatkm he declined to fol low this recommendation and the of fice haa not yet been filled.' The Governor haa stated that he will appoint anyone who if recom mended to him by a-apeeial primary election, and the undersigned mem bers of the Kershaw Coun^ Legtola- tlve delegation are srriting to ask that you call a meeting of the Conuty Democratic Executive committee that the committee may consider tbe ad visability of calling a apeclal election thAL the people may litf e. an. pppor- tunlty to make a recommendation to the Governor." Following receipt of this lette**, Mrs. Watts and Dr. Humphries Isaned a mill for the county executive com- tInUee to meet Thnraday, April 12, at 11 o’clock. The call states: ”We do not find that the rules provide com pensation for your travel or per diem, but hope you will attend aa this ia a matter of serious Importance to tbe coanty.-” If an election to held, the expense of same would amount to approxi mately $700, according to Dr. Hum phries. This expense. It was itated, would have to be taken care of by the several candidates who sesk the of fice of sheriff. The county would not, under law, have the right to spend the tax payers money for an election that woold be purely a di rective, rather than u concluaive af fair. Friday, Saturday an(i Sunday re main for Camden and Kershaw coun ty cltiaens to cooperate in the cam paign for the collection of clothing to be sent to the people of thd liberated countries of Blurope. ’These people have been called the “unlisted casual ties” of the war, because they have lost their all and today are depend ent on the people of America for clothing to put on their back. Tbe people of Camden are asked to send their bundles of old but usable clothing to the grocery stores, the churches or to turn them over to the Girl .Scouts when the little maidens make their bouse to house’ canvaaa this week-end. -All types of wearlag apparel for men and boya. women and girls, are needed and for infanta thMre is urgent need for all kind of knitted clothes Blankets, sheets or quilts are also badly ne^ed. All types of shoes ex cept open toe and high beela are needed. Shoes must be paired and otgether. The United National Clothing col lection to for 150.000,000 pounds of used serviceable clothing, shoes and bedding. This clothing la to be dto tributed to 185,000,000 war vkt'ms who are in dire need. A large part of the clothing will be distributed through the United Na tions Relief and Rehabilitation Ad ministration which will make allocs tlona to war-devastated countries wben requested by their govemmenta. Another part of the total supply will be apportioned tu appropriate volun tary relief agencies registered with the Preeldeot’s War Relief Control (Please turn to page four) Fires Rekmdled; - Coats Reappear As Mercury Sinks Fnmaee flree 'were stoked again and topcoats came out of hiding aa the temperature did a nose dl /e of 85 degress la 18 hours last Friday morn ing. A minimum of 44 degrees was re ported by Weather Observer R. A. Brown while the maximum during tho preceding 24 hours as If. March was one of the wsrmost spring months In htetorv, so far as (tomdstt and South (Ttroltox are ees- eeme4 It was also an nnnsna&y dry month. Junior Class Play ’ Twiijjit, Aprillifli . The PuMSe Hysahtnt Ctoaa, of tho Canidsn High Sohool wIB i play, -The AdrszUfSs of ■V. wiT t:lt o' by tho Junior o^aaa. Typists, Stenogs Are In Demand CM Ifwto Ob April IS. Mrs. Helen Btheredge Chlerl, Clvfl Bervide repreeeutatlve. to recruiting tor etenogrsphers and typists tor work In the social apcurity board in Washington. D. C. She will bs at the USES office, Rutledge street. In Cam dsu on April 18, from 2:80 to 5:20 P- Bi. The Jobs for which Mrs. Chlerl to recruiting appUcante pay $140 per month, ahe aays and $157JO to stonog- raphers who have had a year's ex perience or mor$, fSxpmeooed typ- tots who do not take sborthand begin at $14Q per month but can he pro moted after entering the agency^wlth- ont laaming shorthand. Mrs. Chlerl can give the exaiiinatlona for -these pooitkma and will/ be In the United office, in the city afternoon of next Statea Bmrioym* court room Fri we^. Mrs. Chlerl said the work of the Social Security hoard will d>e familiar to thoec who have a -social neeurlty nnaber” or who have visited the old- aig and survlvora tMuranee offlee The Beari. whkB waa eatah- hi 1981 has continniag pro- H oftora ood promotlodal op Mrs. Itotort says, becauac jcMey 9t prumtottoto from srtthia, and higher SMc ^ beard la Flames Fanned By Gale Destroys Attractive Home Coatly Ifiru ViaiU Um DoBoau Park SactioB Laka In Um Mominf. “Hello Winston, this is Bernie. Look Winston, I'm busy this after noon. I'll drop over later.” These were the words addressed by Camden’s own Bernard M. Baruch to hrlme Minister Winston Churchill over a London telephone several da/s ago, when the Prime Minister put in call to the Clarldge Hotel, where Baruch was staying. And thus it was that a native South Carolinian brushed off the British leader to give an interview to a re porter from the Stars and Stripes and also chat with a bunch of American soldiers gathered around a park bench in Hyde Park, London. Baruch had spent the morning Just “chewing the fat” with some soldiers on a bench in Hyde park. He said that when he returned to the United Statea he waa going to investigate charges that rehabilitation plans in hospltala for veterans were inade quate. I’m going to etraighten but that sltuatidn.” < he said. ‘”rbe GI bill of rights has to be made more effective than it to at preeCnt. When a vet eran is discharged he should be told his rights—rights which aren’t chari ty dispensed by a beneficient com munity, but rights which he haa earned. He should be protected from su per aaleemanship. designed to sell him everything "from a piece of uaelecs property to a used car. He ^ould be advised authoritaUve- ly what can do with the money he borrows. He ahonld have dertnlte aaanrance—not some vagne provtoluz —that he can get hto old Job back or a better one. And he should be given enough time to make his de- etolona. 1 ‘^In othbr words, when a veteran returns to the United Statee he should have at least one place to which he can go in dignity. There to too much shunting around at pres ent “That to my hope and deimmlDa- Uea. -We’ve got to de-induatraliae Ger many and Japad—at least for a gen eration,” Baruch said in an ixtorvlew with 'Victor Lasky, the army newa- (PleoM torn to page atifrt) The attractive six room dwelling belonging to C. M. Brown and located In the DuBoee park area was com pletely destroyed by fire ’Tburaday morning of last week, shortly after 14:8(lrO’«lock. ’The blase, apparently cauaed by electric wiring, spread rapidly and fanned by a high gale, soon enveloped the entire dwelling. Fire Chief Buddy Denton, accompanied the big pumper to the scmie but the lack of a water •apply made It impoeslble for the firemen to do much toward checking thr flames. The dwelling which was let in an attractively- laadecaped -ares 'sur- ronnded by a white picket fences to gether wiUi its entire contents, which included peraonal effects of the fami ly, were completely destroyed. The loca to eatlmated at between $7,000 and $7,500 and to only par tially covered by Inaorinee. Kershaw Sends 21 Inductees Dito Service of Uncle Sam FoorkBZB Eator Rm Army and WmBMonMNawy ’Twenty.one Kershaw county men were Indneted Into service daring tke month of March. White men who went into the army were: ’Clyde C. Nichols^ Louie P. Smith, Leland Eugene Mann, Harry Lee Vinson, IVed William Anderson, John Benjamin (^ft, Edward Lae Melton, IBvln James Jones, Arthmr Clarence Toong, Jr., James Edward Baker, Paul Kenneth Faulkenberry. Thoee going into the Navy were: Stephen Leonard Edenfeld, Thomas Andrew Green, Jr„ Clifton h.- Rogers and John Thomas Hunter. Colored Inductees Into the Army were: Whittle .Pringle, Theodore Eng. Itoh, Willie Bllto Haggiza. while thoee entering the Navy are: Ernest Harris. Aaron Nelson and -Xoitoer White. Plans For Club j House At Country Oub Taking Form Diractorz Approw SugfeatioB Of W. F. BocAlBy On TIm Matter At a recent meeting of tke board of directors of the Camden Country club a project that will provide a club honae that will give club facili ties to golf and non-golf playing mem bers of the club and their famlliee waa discussed. Tbe project waa In the nature of a proposal submitted by- W. F. "Bnctley i and provides that after plans for a club house, and alternately of a club house and guest house, are submitted to and approved by the board, soms fonn of an agreement will ba provid ed whereby the dlreetore win pay a certain inm each year for club facUl- tiee in the building. Acceptance of the proposal was forthcoming from the board of'direc tors and the next step to be taken will be the organization of a corpora tion to which the Camden Country club will deed approxhnately two acres of land aa a site for the dub house structure. The board of directors of the Cam- den Country club have unanimously approved the idea of building a clnb hoMs at as early a date aa may be practical on tbe site already decided upon and the eervloee of aa arohRect have been secured and plana ore now being /prepared. Odell Twins Wn Honoira At Show Taka Pint Plooa Ib IbIobI Cloaa and Hmb Cop Top Sugw Forms Available At '^e Ration Office Housewives vriko desire su gar may ffll oet their application blanks at the ratlom board beadgmurt- eiz. Spare stamp No. 18 la war ra- tloo book No. 4 of eaeh momber ol tho family must bo attsched to the Sugar appUeatleoa wfll be received by tbe board dmint kpik. Tbe Odell twins w<m ths grand prize at the Episcopal Baby Show bold last Satitoday in ths parish house. The twins. Mr. sad Mrs. Frod Odell, West Hamilton street bstnj tho parents, took top honors ia the list of babiss nadsr oas ysar of ags and thea went on to take top boaors of tbe show. In the one 19 two year age elaas the wiaaers were Douglas Bates sad Scottle Janass. Ia the two to tbroo year olsas Miss Boo doLoach and Bolton Mcdarty wore tbs wlaasn and ia tho throe to five group top bqa- ors went to Peggy Team aad DavM Nuttlag. Tbe show attracted a large orowd of spoetators aad was one of too most successful btol by tho Touag Wo- msob group of too eborob hi tho ■svsral ysors tbs attair baa booB aa aaBual classic.