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/ r Enormous PayroU, Exceeding $100,000. Is Paid Out Here In Seven Months. Camden S7 CAMDEN. SOUTH CA80UWA, FRIDAY,' MAY 25, 1945 NUMBEa.JO >1. Hoyt Rockafellow Receives High Honors Legion oi Merit For lEsceptiooally Meritorious Conduct j army's »«cond highest award lacU^vement, the Legion of Merit, ^D pres^ted. to Col. L. Hoyt ifellow of Camden, by Colonel b. Dogglns, commanding officer of jalre General hospital where Col. kafellow Is a patient. M Legion of Merit was awarded iMvmaod of OenMal MacArthnr ’‘exceptionally merltorloas con- , Is the performance of ontstsnd •errlces from January 27, 1943 ctober 11, 1944." citation accompanying the ^ said, in pvt: Appoint^ adjutant general, Sixth ^y, St the time of its activation, Bockafellow organised the ad- st general’s section with ezcep- foreeight and skill. He estab- kd an administrative procedure os a sound operational system, . effectively solved the many nn. dented problems incident to a expanding and constantly army during its eapansion, and operating phases in the Itwest Pacific area. his thorough professional riedge. discerning Judgment and leadership. Colonel Rocka- was eminently succeesful in liag a prom^ and accurate itlve system within the Cth itrl Rockafellow, a veteran of _ in the army, was graduated I the Caked States Military aeade- Ills and served in the Army of In Oermany following the »r. eoloners wife and two daugh* Margaret Clarke Doing Great Job In ffig Hospital Has Coanplefe Charge ot the| Hobby Shop In CaKfomia NawaJ Unit She’s Just a wisp of a girl, this WAVE they call LIeuL (Jg) Margmret Clvke, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Clvke of the Camden Elpiscb- pal church, for she only weighs about 100 pounds. But she rates aa tops ss an occu pational therapist and ss such, she is doing s major Job In the Ahwahnee hospital nev Fresno, Calif. For Lt. Clvke has charge of the hobby shop in this big naval hospital and she Instructs shop workers In wood, metal and leather craft, having eight classes of one hour each day. Lieut. Clarke, a graduaite of Qra- wet High school at Mvquette, Michigan, and later of the occupa tional therapy coarse at Milwaukee Downer college is enthusiastic over her work, which has to do with over three hundred or more convalescent young sailors and marines recovering from overseas Injuries, who ve Just as enthusiastic as their WAVE iu- stmctress In the activities of the hobby shop, made possible through the efforts of yalley Elks Commis sion, representing some 12 ESk lodges in the San Joaquin valley. When the Elks learned that the wounded and sick men at the hos pital ^ksd entertainment and rscre- ationil facilities they got busy and F^cee and Margam, live ’ at they havh prcfetetonfl enterUin- Broad streft, Ctlj^W 111 Grass Under it of Citizens Aiken County kdy Start Poat War Me BoildBic Projact For Atmm recent announcements from W. T. Redtsara and Mayor McCorkle, relative to the build- a community building as a >ria] to the dead of World wars 2, throngh cooperative effmrt the city and county govem- created no end of favorably t through the city and county. Aiken county got the jump on intiee of the state by creating en County Memorial Commls- an tot that received ratification bpproTsl by the committee on Acts of the South Carolina ItUire. ft act. introduced by State Sena- hinkley, provides for the terms "fice of its members, for the Inc, equipment and furnishing of tile building at Aiken, aa for the lenance of said building and the ribing of its purposes. act further provides for the ftce and sale of bonds and the K Of taxes to pay the same and e acceptance of grants and gifts B**d in carrying out the "plto- Is thereof. getting an organisation ^and the necessary law pat on i*«wds, Aiken county is all set ^eed just as soon as the lessen ed Restrictions permits of the of materials.-, llits Is die- r a poat-wv project. mema twice a month and alto fov! dances a month. The Elks got togeth er a complete supply of wood working | tools and machinery and set op s' hobby shop. The raks keep the pe- tientM supplied with materials and are continually adding tools and equip ment Right now the men are making 1200 gavels sot of MamsanHa wood and these gavefai are to be sent to each of the IMO Elk lodges in the nation. Bach lodge will be expected to con tribute toward the shop expenses. Negro Driver Is Held In Killing Of Antioch Youth Inqueut ReweaU Motorisi Fled After Hittinf A Negro Boy Dsvis McDsniel, Snmter county negro, has been held for trial by a ooroner’s Jury following an inquest into the dei^ of a ten yev old Negro boy near the Antioch church in the DuBose section of the county. Testimony at the inquest brought out. that Tommie Heriot, thq Negro boy, was riding bis bicycle when Me-. Daniel, traveling at a high rate of speed in bis car. stmek him. McDaniel, it is alleged, did not stop after striking the boy, hot fled the scene. Authorities, getting the num her of the car Ueease from wttnflHes followed McDaniel to Bishopvllle but loet trace of him there. 'The next day acting on a tip, they went to Halts Tills and took McDaniel Into costody Just as he was to hoard a train .for New York. HENRY D. NIL^ VETERAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER, DIES - { Henry Dixon Niles, 64, newspaper publisher and editor for several decades, died at bis home on North Mill street Monday morning at 8 o’clock following an extended Illness. And thus passes s character who has been indelibly linked with Camdeti progress and affairs for more than thirty yearn of active and untiring iwrtlclpatlon. As publisher and editor of The Camden Chronicle, he gave freely of his time and the'golumns of his paper toward all affairs of civic betterment and constructive ideas. His faith in Camden and Kershaw county was unbdnnded and he was ready at all times to do his share in the upward trend of the community. He warn of the conservative and retiring type, traits that en deared him to a wide following of friends. His retirement from active partlciiMition in the newspaper work early in 1948 was greeted with genuine regret. « Not only an able irriter, be '^As an expert linotype operator and combination man. He knew printing trade and during his long period in the promotion of T%e Chronicle he gained an enviable niche in the affairs of the comiauBity. Mr. Niles, son of the late Arlo V. NUea and Martha Anu Creber Nilea, worked at Jiis trade at Aiken. S. C.; Madison and Newnan, Oa., and Greenville, 8, Ch before be acquired The Chronicle, going into a pa^erahl|| with E. N. McDowell and purchasing the paper from W. L. Mf^Dowell. Later he bought out the interests of E. N. McDowell and-'became the sole owner of the paper and printing plant Beeidea his widow, Banna Groan Niles, he leaves a son. Sergeant Henry D. NUea, Jr., who Is a gunner on a B-17 and now stationed in England; also two sistors, Mrs. EVank Spann of Moot Point, Miss„ and Mi^s. W. L. McDonrslI of AlkoB, and one brother, Ario V. Niles, of Atlanta, Qa. H# waa.joorrled to Miss Banna Green of Newberry, Jane .19, 1981. Mr. NUea enjoyed the reaped and esteem of the newspaper fratamity of the state, while these dioeetly connected with him In the trade, carried a deep effeetiog^md admiration for him. Evidence of the popular eetMik in which he was held was exemplified by the many who foUlTt l et the NUea home on Mill street Tuesday afternoon to attend the funeral rites which were conducted Jijr JBev. A. D. MeAfe of rnthoMa Preshyterieo church at C o’clocif! Burial took plaee In ^saker cemetery. Friends from out of the elty In attendance u the fnneral were: Mrs. Gary Martin and daughtorn, !KmUy and l^na Fleeter, of Spartanburg, Mrs. J. R. Gresa ant NTs. W. O. MUler of Newberry. Mr. and Mrs. T.' P. Green and daa|^ter, Loulae, of Rocky Mount, N. C.; Mrs. L. W. Green of WnmtB||lBn, N. C., Miss Kitty Wilburn of Union, Mr. Md Mrs. W. A, McllMrell of Bethune, Mr. and Mrs. Brownlee Lowry of Cheddr, Mn. WUliams of N. Charleeton, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Reameo et Mldkr. and W. R. Cunningham of BlshopvUle, and.Mrs. Hoyt MniBiR Pageland. The active bearen at the tuni|l| were: Joe B. McKaIn, C. P. DnBoae, Jr.. E. N. McDowell. ■HMMCidde, Joe Mlekle. Cooley Oillls and Dr. D. Q. Ifinaon. Henornry hearers were: H. O. Cani- son, Sam Kareoh, DeCootn Brown. J. M. VUleplgne, T. Lee Little, W. Lu Qoodale, S. C. Clybum. N. C. Arnett, B. L. Moeeler, 'K^y Hogue, F. N. McOorkle, J. Q. Rieharde, R. M. Kennedr, W. T. Redfeam, W. R. Zemp, Thomas Ancrum and C. P.-DuBosa^ Sr. Col. Martin Bateman of Camden, Given Decoration COLONEL MARTIN A. BATEMAN Hughey Tindal Free Of Prison Camp Of Nazis CamcInB Yooaf Man Heard From After Silence of Seven Monthnl’’ Fresh Dry Foods Plant Processed 170,000 Bushels Sgt. Hughey Tindal, Jr., who bad !not been heard from by his mother and wifs here since last November, in safe in France.., After members of his family were Ibsflnniag to fear that ho hod boon kiUed or dtod whUe a prisoner of the .Nasis. news of his being alive and jwell came almost simultaneously from three soorees, a Chaplain in-the army, the Red Cross and a letter from the young man himself. I SgL Tindal has been a prisoner of {war since Sept. IS. 1944, when bo was shot down over Italy. When last Iheord from prior to receipt of tbs news of his safety last week, be was at Stalag Luft IV In Germany. I Sgt. TJndal is a son of.Mrs. Marie Tindal of this city and the hnsband of the former Miss Helen Bums. Sgt. Tindal is awaiting transporta tion boms from Franco. His wifs and mother are hoping he wiU be here in Inne. Episcopalians At~ Diocesian Meeting Giwn Imporkimt Cotnnunittoo AnoifiiBienU For Yonr Camden Episcopalians received im. portant committee assignments at the manual conneU of the diocese of Upper SoRfli Carolina, held at Trinity church Tuesday and Wednesday, Dr. Maurice Clarke, Grace church rector, wni named aa a member of rs Crash At tner, Driver |orcd Signs , ^ taighi have bean a tragic a^ T took place Sunday **8^ per of North Broad and Ch^ ^t*. when two cars epUMW concrete wall was partially d^ wi. — hr driven by Theodore commhtee and also as Jte 2, going north on Brood examining chap- iruck hy-Tcu driven by Albert lone of the bishops ex«m« 1. coWred, route 4. Pollco de- Ikat Carter did not stop for the p* was going at a rate of pjected hto car over the Chso- Vm curb, through n concr^ M some 29 feet into the yard. W driveo by Charley Conyor, (ruck by a ear driven by n Mrs. CroUey at Fair and Chasnut Saturday aftarnoon. Both cars iNnaged. ^ ^nght Here prions Charge I and county authorltlea here ft*®® requestod to be on thSi ^ for Ha^ McCutclien, a negro Leo county eathortUee on fee of oasaalt with latent To W time of the orime ^helng ». 194S. r F?w**t came Iroui Cert Thono ^Jf of i«oo county. McOntdieo' as betag tS years of age. Mack tsUr. Mfhi $ ten pehea and —s-at— ^bee(L »•) R. B. Claikson whs named as a drte- gnte to the provincial synod and Ralph N. Shannon was named aa a trustee pot the University of the South at Sswaaee, Tenn. Rntiedge Street Is On the March The R. E. Stevenson stables oh West RnUedge street hsve been In the hands of workmen and bricklayers the past week, an entire new front to harmonise with the front of the Stevenson block at the wesL being put in place. Rutledge street has been featured by nuuiy improvements ower the past s9f|Vn4 months. The new Pontiac gerege to be opdrnted by Whit Boy kin. the new quarters of Whitaker nad company, the Pat Orr itoragnl wnrekouse. Um new home of Stan dard Parts, the fresser loeksr plaaL tegther with ssveml new stores are of the edded improve- Co. E, State Guards To Stand Inspection The public U extended a cordial invitation to at tend the Annual Federal Inspoctioo of the Co. E, State Guards, at the Cam- * den Aitnorj tonight, Fri day, May 25, at 5 o’clock. L>ent.-Colooel John T. Hill wrill be the inspecting oi~ ficer. Camden Softball Team Looks Like Real Powerhouse iCanulen Dehydrated Sweet Potatoes Are Shipped 'The Fresh Dry Foods, Inc., plant on East DeKalb street, has been shat down for the summer mouths after seven and a half months of uninter rupted debydfattott ot-aweet potatoes. liie plant will resume operation^ on September 1, when another supply of sweet potatoes is available. During the seven months and a half operation Just concluded the plant turned out 170,000 bushels of sweet potatoes and pahi out in salaries dar ing the period over $100^900. All of the products of the plant were placed in sealed containers and| Would Remove Taxi Cab Stands From Highways Excellnnt Idea To Bo Suggest- ed To kho City Taxi Commiasion' Opens Season Against Strong Mullins City T Tonight ^Tamden sport fans will be glad to hear that some interesting softball games will be offered the fans here this sninmer as a result of the organi sation of the Gamdso Mftball team^ which makes its dsbut against a pow erfnl Mullins city team at Mullins to- night The team is made up efTormee Camden softball stars of pest yeqrs and Includea memhera of the merdi- ants teem that won the city rtian- pionsMp two yeers age when the sport was in ita heyday here. The pitching staff is heeded by Carrlcker, a Charlotte lad who is em ployed at the Defease plants unit at the alrpcnrt and when has one of the fastest dellverlss ever dished up to loeal fane. ^Arthur BoMneon, the Path Gray of ths todspeedeot roaks, will alternata on the saound with Carrlcksr. When net pltchteg tbeee two players will work in the outfield. In the catching dspsrtmsat wfll he Eddie CsrrleoB sad Carol Cox. Han cock and Bundrlek wSl be svidUble for first bese asuignmenL JlggnTartt- er, veted ths most valoahle idnyer la ths city league two years ago, wUl work, at^aeeond. nttarnatlag with Be Hkhn, wonrld war vet Threatt Wfll take eare of third base and Bfll Mins wm be nean In the short tMd. Ih the wifitid wfll be M. fllnelalre, Tenmj ^^BeMaa^ Ehriaou, lean, eta. Several of the local taxi cab lines hsve contacted the city taxi commin slon with a plan that in the eyes of this paper, la a most meritorious one. The plan contemplates ntillxlng the empty lot north of the poet office area for a taxi itand, eliminating the use ofa part of the east aide of Broad street for taxi purposes. Camden Is one of the few com- .mnnltlee left In which taxi linee are shipped to the amed forces overseas, j permitted to ntSise parking apace on Tte plant wurbe given a complete' the stre^ lor huslneaa purpoeea. In overhauling daring Jane, July and AngiuL Working three eight hour ■hHtn daQy. the machinery has been In ahnost constant operation for the past seven and a half montls. The company is now prepared to disease contracts for sweet potatoes. General Sessions Coart To Convene Monday, Jpne 11th Tho Court of General Sessions for Kershaw County will convene et Cam den Court House oa Monday, June 11, 194S. with His Honor, Judge Q. W. Bellinger of Columbia, presiding. The ftrilowing petit Jurors are to report at 10 o’clock. June 12. 1948: J. C. David. WUey L. Baker. J. H. Oavte, W. E. Faulkenberry, J. T. Bowers, R. M. Ray, Furman Brough- toB, J. O. Oardner, Sam Davis,.Jr., H. U. HoUaad, R. E Perry, J. A. BeU, J. H. SmaU. Jessie C. Owens. J. E. Mangnm, E W. Marshall, W. F. StokifS, Barron L. McCasklH,'Walter raalam, D. K. Lee, L. P. Brankam. N. 1* Lilly, Mack Branham, L. W. Boykin, ted. S. E Kirkland, Grover C. Ruah. J. ICOoxton, Hasel Sowell D. C. Dixon, Louis Lomenaky, E-K Rose, John W. Hornsby, Howard Out law, J. Walter Stover, W. J. Denton and Heyward VlnoenL . Italy has 81 universiUes of whkh 17 are vader state eantroL They have 1 ananal enfoWment «f between 89,- •M nad 8K99d atndoBta in the vnrtoas practically all oommunHiee with nrod- ern tendenclee, taxi Hues are acquir ing tbeir own lota and keeping non active cabe off toe atreOu. "It ia understo^ that several of the taxi lines now nsing Broad street Just north of file poet office as a taxi stand, have arranged to rent the vacant lot and provide a modem taxi stand. However, they want the city to remove all other taxi'cabe from parking privilegca <» the street Bethune School Closing Begins The closing events of the Bstbuue school will continue with the plaxio recital on Friday evening, May 26, at 8:46 o’clock. Tbe gradusitlng sermcm will., be preached by Rev. W. L. Baker, pastor of tbe Bethnne Presbyterian chnrrti oh Sunday morning, June 8, at 12. The address to the graduates will be delivered by Dr. Harry H. Clark of the Untverstty of South Carolhia on the evening of June €, at 9 o’clock. The class valedictorian is Margaret Delle Braswell, the salntatorian, Joyce Geraldine Fowler. The grammar school operetta, *<8un. ny of . Snnnyskle," was given on die evening of May 11. On April 27, the Jnnkws and Sem is Awarded the Freiroh Crox de Guerre With Palm By French 'tr'olonel Martin A. Hateman. aon of Mrs. JanL» R. Itatemaii of (’amdon. hat l>een awarded the fVench Croix de; Guerre with I’alin by the frovern- ni*%it of France for “excelU nt aervlce rendered In the course of the cam palgn for the iiberation of France ’’ The pre'aentatlon was made by Gen eral Rrne Bouscat of the French army. Only a abort lime previously. Col. Bateman waa awarded, at the direc tion of the President of the UnHed Stale*, the I.«xlon of Merit, “for ex ceptionally merhoriouH conduct In the performance of outstandlnx dullee.” He also wear* the Bronxe Star. A command pilot, with more than a doten years of active duty as an airman and over 3.000 hours of flying time to his credit. Col. Bateman en tered the U. S. Army Air forces Imme diately following his graduatioD from the Citadel In 1932. He has been stationed at various fields In tbe U. 3., and was on active duty In Hawaii for two years. He has been in the Ehiropean thea tre of operations since Jan., 1944, and at present is commanding officer of the Air Technical Service command’s S02nd TYansport Wing. The transport organisation which Col. Bateman beads operates an aerial supply line, flying ammunition, arms, gasoline, clothing, medical supplies and other high-priority cargo directly to front line air ftrlps In the Reich. On return rilgbts the C-46 Commandos and C-47 Skytrains evacuate wounded Allied combat men to base taoapitals in rear areas. Thotnands of ItberniteMt prisoners of war, many of them French, have also been flown to cen tral France from tbe forward areas. Col. Bateman's wife and two chil dren. Ansel and Jane Ellen, are mak ing thalr homo at 410 Elsmere streeL San Antonio, for the duration. He has a brother. Corporal L. Bateman, who Is serving In Burma. Heart Attack Proves Fatal To Kennedy Blakeney DMlh Clain* WaO-Known Rnaidnat At the Age oi 52 Yam., Anthony Kennedy Blakeney, 62, died at the Camden hospital Sunday aflef- noon at 6:46 o’clock, following an ill ness which assumed serkws propor tion's a week before. A son of the late Ehigene DuBose Blakeney and Elitabeih Kennedy Blakeney, he was a native of Camden and outside of s few years spent in schooling and In Cbarlotte, N. C., has made Camden his home throughout his life. A graduate of the Camden High school, he was educated further St Baylor Military Academy, Univerai- ty of North Carolina and the Universi ty of Virginia. He leaves, besidea his wife, three daughters, Henrietta Shannon Blake ney of New York; BUxabetb Kennedy Blakeney of Winthrop college, and Louise DuBosO Blakeney, at home; three sisters, Mrs! B. L. Williams of New York, Mrs. Ernest M. Spong of Columbia and Washington, E C., Mrs. Joseph K. Lang, Jr., of Columbia and Camden, a brother, Eugene DnBose Blakeney of Charleston, and a step mother, Mrs. E. T. Blakeney, Sr. Fnneral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 8 o’clock from Eftethesda Presbyterian church. Rev. A D. Me Am officiating wHh inter ment at Quaker oemetery. The bear ers wsre LL Commander Shannon Heath, Charles P. DuBoee, Jr., Roecoe W. Boneal Ralph N. Shannon, Charles H. Zemp, J. W. C. Boykin. Kirby Tnpper and Charles O. Moller. Hms Husband Speak In Mike Fiur Across Sea Mra. ARob G. Brdwn Haart Hnaband Broadcaat From Mrs. Alton Q. Brown, 1726 1-2 Fair atreet, heard a recording of her hns- band'e voice from Radio Station WIS Saturday morning, tbe recording hav ing been made at an advanced base In IVance where Major Brown is sta tioned aa head of a hospUa] unit Tho recording was in . the nature of an interview with a broadcasting an nouncer propounding questions to Major Brown that were pertinent to the work of the medical corps. Major Brown was on the air for five mlnntee and it was a most unique experidnoe' for Mrs. Brown and her ^ . .two ehUdren. who bed not heard his lore preMuted the play. "For PetesUotc, ,iBce Ootober, 1942. Ho has Sake.** Iboen overMS* for the pest 21 monlha. TiM Juniors gavo the annual Junior-In^ stars to show Senior hanqnsf on Friday evonfaig.lfor OKperlsQee ta fighting arena. May 4. I Before entering the service Major Eown Wna on the faculty of the 9edl- cul cooWe of Charteaion