The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 13, 1945, Image 1
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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-
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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.