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CAMDEN, SOUTH . CAROUNA, FRIDAY, JUNE IS. 1945
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NUMBER 13
Vork On Rebuilding of
'owe Veneer Plant Starts
^er Edmund Gay Gw«a
praUe To Firo Figbters
For Fino Job
n,rk on the rebuttOlas of tbottK
i unit of the Powe Veneer oo^
, oUnt. aeetroyed by fire recently
[ ir eetlmnted loee of »40.000. hu
been BUrted.
0«y. mnnaser of the plant,
been making every effort to ee.
, the machinery neoeaeary to re-
*Xit ruined la the fire. While
company hare prtorlty
Mufpment. It aUll remafna dlfO-
7o secure becauae of Ita non-
lufwturi for aeveral y
* Oay while dh a hnetaeas trft)
uorcla’when the fire ooeared last
k iUted that his saeoeiatea hare
thfl creates! of commendation for
Sflctent manner In which the
Jm handled by the Oamdea Are
jtroent and of the aid given by
lorees of the veneer plant,
want especUUy to complUpent
or McCorkle, the members of the
councU. and Leon Robin, snper-
ident of the light and water de-
nent, tor their foreelidit In to-
lu additiooat water mala faclU-
h, the section of the city where
reaeer plant Is located." iald Mr.
"It waa due to thta that the
I pumpers operated daring the
were able to secure anfflcieiit
r to prevent the Are from apread
to the Browning Home. Mather
emy and to the remainder of onr
plant ar«L I cannot say.enongh
raise of this very praleeworthy
tght"
rilian Defoise
Be Continued
Kershaw County
Equipmuot Is BwiMf Tamed
>r«r.jQ HogpiUl, Red
CroM end City
» Kerahaw . County Council for
.nal Defenae will conUnue to
Ion when oocaalon reqairea, de>
the fact that the goverameat
Vandals Agun On
Rampage; Damage
At Footb^PaA
Clab Hoom Broken Into^ Fence
Rqyped Down To Make
Fve Weed
The annual wrecking of the club
touae at the baaebell and football
fieMa oa lower Broad street haa beta
accompllahed without iaterfareace,
aad u a reault the aaaal expanse
of repairing the btlldlag will be ear.
ried oat before the opmilng of the
tooCball season to September.
A visit to the club house last week
MK>wed that three wtodows' and. * 6o<nr
had been shattered by vandals. Toilet
seats and percelato tops of Ausb
tanks were broken.
A stuvey of the wrecked interior
revealed other Interesting facts. The
heater yraa minus grates, due to the
fact that ashes had not b«en removed
and grates had burned out Parts of
American Legion Junior bas^toll uni-
forma, newly purchased last ysar,
were found mildewed and rotting on
top of lockera. Debris of various kinds
littered the floor.
The deetmctlon at the athletic
fields was not. however, confined to
tha dub house. A seat section to the
baoeball bleachers had been torn up.
probably for the pprpose of be^ng used
for Are wood.
The fence about the football field
was to a deplorable condition. Some
of it, partlcalarly on the north apd
west side and a small section on the
south side hsd fallen and parts have
dlsanpeared. Broken boards on the
north fence had been broken off and
carted away—probably for Are wood.
The wire fence along the west tide
of the football field was to bad shape.
The yard markers, new last fall,
but leA.out to the weather all winter
and apiing, ware to bad abape, lome
of tbam batog wraqkad
Qatsa to the football Aeld bad been
torijkA^ their hinges and parts of
theJ^Bar had disappeared.
ij^^BAUions described are an an
nusWl^HranoB. Two yean ago the
tkw^tibee of tha baseball field wai
. ^ ^ .*t-*.««wi4«*iapprdt»itted by vandals, even to the
ir**^ *****®^^|posts. The club bouse lias baen brok
iinse * . , rtjje* Into many times and will probably
a meeting ^ conttone to be the objective of van-
wmcll rooms, dallsm activities for years to come
po'>« p"--
« past several months,
rever all equipment owned by
Irilian Defenae that can be utl-
by the public institutions of
ounty will be turned over to
Some (200 worth of surgical
nenu at the Auxiliary base bos-
ia being turned over to the
in hospital. All Arst aid equip-
and stretchers are being given
Red Cross and auxiliary fire-
air raid warden equipment
g given to the city,
as felt necessary to conUnue
vUian defense program in its
t form following receipt of a
From the state headquarters to
feet that volunteer workers
be expected to continue to be
le in aiding In kll war eAorta.
hope was expressed at the
1 that the public would eon
0 cooperate to tha salvage of
materials such as paper, tin
ata, etc., and the buying of
nds until after V-P. 6aj.
» WHAT CAN YOU SAY?
Yeu—-what cu you say^ that wrounded soldier?
Don’t offer him sympa^y. He doesn’t want it.
He di^ his job and he did it Avell—stopping an enemy
hullet _
/>■
You too hare a jch to d% a duty to that wounded
-soldier, to those boys wlio~aia itHTHfhtmf afaiMt the
wily Nip.
The biggest part of yopr duty is to hoy War Bonds
with ewery dime and doQor you can spare.
What can you say li ligA wounded soldier? We’ll
tell you.
You can say ”THANIC5” and jrou can say it by
buying your full share of War |kmds in tha Mighty
Sowenlk War Lama campaign, now on.
• •
Oh wail Wo know you cannot match his sacrifice
by merely lending your money. Bbit bo undorstands.
Ho asks you not to b* ashamed becadso if you hay
War Beads you’we done your duty, you’wo shown yoaar
gratitudo—you kawe THANKED hW~-iii tbo way he
wanted and in the way he i^ipreciates.
Yes, say THANKS to orsry Yankee soldier by
dosAling the bonds you bought before and help put
Korshaw County oynr toe top in too Mighty Sewentb
War Loan drhra.
President Asks Citizens
Not To Do Any Traveling
E Bond Quota
Is Below Level;
Action Is Urged^
County Chairman M. H. Hey-
man Asks Public To Buy
More Bonds
Says He Will Resort To Travel
Rationing If Necessary
-- As Curb
Camden Will Refum To
Wint^ Sport I^bgram
Daring 1945-46 Season
tton oAer#d.
It Is going to egst the high school
athletic association considerable to re
pair the fence of the football field.
Last summer considerable money was
expended to make repairs.
Several weeks ago, considerable
damage was done at the Court Inn by
vandals. So far as is known no one
has ever been apprehended for that
or any of the other of the countlesi
acts of property destruction
Hospital Phone
CaUs Should Be
Made After 9:30 a. m.
ion Purchases
’ Headquarters
bg Fonntriy Occupied
Printing Plant Sold
Uroy Belk Post No. 17,
n I.«floii, has acquired the
nicture fronting on the grass
back of the poet office bufld-
I recently vaoated by the
Stewart Job printtog 0kuit
' utiiUe it as a legion keid-
• a USO and headquarters of
ice officer who vdll be named
after the totereets Of retnm-
veterana.
Uion recently sold their form'
toartera bnlMteg oa DeKalb
* Gus and Chris Beleoe.
understood that the bnUdtog
■o arranged aa to offer Meal
^dations for Laglon aad 1780
len Golfers
Entertained
'oliunbiaiis
llers of the Cainden Country
n their wivea, ware gnesta
weraide Count^ club la Oa-
unday. ~
affemoon the CaaMen
Kara engaged In a eistck
'^ap of Port Jackson golfera
'a orer-aU seore
sloabia g
I gave the
afternoon,
naklag the
,,el«b tnm
too Esiriy CnlU Interferon With
Emergency Worik At toe
Inatitutioa
Legion Balieball
Program To Last
For Six Weeks
Many Teems Enter State Com
potHkm, Due To Start
Juna 25
The South Carolina Amerieaa
Harry D. Kkkorer Makan li
portant Aimouncoment
To F.ntliaeiaat$
.Marion H. Heyman, chairman of
the war finance committee for Ker
shaw county announced this week
that against our ■ country.'s E bond
quota of 1180,000, the latest official
reports show sales totaling only
If 2,077.
This leaves a balance of $87,022.60
to be sold if the county is to make
its E bond quota.
Because of the manpower ahortage
and the few remaining days left in
the campaign it ia physically Impoa-
aible for the volunteer workers to call
peraonally on everyone In the county.
"It la necessary," the county chair
man said, "that our people meet this
obligation to our government and to
our fighting forces by going to the
nearest issuing office now and pur
chase whatever amount they poesibly
cam. Thoae who have not yet bought
bonds to this drlvo are nnted to do
eo without further delay. Tboae who
have not' bought all the bonds they
can afford to buy are asked to buy
addlAonal ones.
'"nio situation Is critical but there
la time left to whkdi to make our
bond quota If th# people of our coun
ty will respond to this urgent sp-
peaL"
Mr. Heyman believes we have a
fil^Ung chance to make onr B bond
total. The support of our Agbttog
men and the honor of Kershaw cottn<
ty la at stako.
over the fameue SprtofOale
Legion baseball season will conttona Carollu Cup eemmittae that a date
for six weeks this year.
A tentative opening date of Juae
26, has been set with completion of
play due to six weeks, or to time to
declare a state champion by August
10,
Sqmo 40 state Legion department
officials and post representatives met
in Columbia last FYiday and dis
cussed eligibility rules adopted by the
National organisation.
A schedule committee was named
to meet in Columbia June ,22 to go
over the entry forms - and make a
division of teams Into districts and
also arrange' game schedules, district
playoffs and championship dates.
This schedule committee consists
of Dide Phillips, state Legion depart
ment athletic officer, Dr. Carl A.
West, Camden; Dr. A. C. Watson of
OreenvlUe, Q. W. Shaw of Sumter,
R. B. Oregg of Florenca, D. 8, Tem
pleton of Clinton, R. A. McCreary of
Colnmbla, and Edward B. Schmit of
Orotnville.
Teams reprsaentod at the mooting
were: Columbia, Charleston. Clinton.
Clover, Eau Claore, Florence, Green
viUe, (city aad county teams) North
Charleston. Spartanburg, Sumter and
Woodruff. Not reprsaentod but idaa<
ning to enter teams to the state com
petition were Aiken. Anderson. Bel
ton, Lancaster, North Augusta, Pelxer,
Piedmont aad WUUston.
Camden, the legal state Atle holder
to 1144, will not have a team to the
program this year.
DM yon know that each time you
t^phone to the hospital to Inquire
about the condition of a patient, it
takes tke time of at least two people,
sometimes three or four.
Bmergeocy calls are blocked and
tipio taken that should be given to
the hospital routine to the care of
patienta. The Chronicle has been
asked to persuade friends and relar
lives to phone the nearest of kin for , wy*ii •
toformaUon rather than the Camden m:||||||A ViIImiMP
iMSpItal and also ask those relaAves rJlIUlMh
to ^one late anon^ to the momtag
—after f:20 o’clock—to get completed
records without calling the nurses
for InforasaAon.
This suggestion hes been utliluod
to scores of hospitals throni^ont the
^wontry aad aocmdtog to fep^
there wae a decidad decreate to lele-
pboue toqulrlea early in the morning.
Tkia problem which relatlvec and
friends create for the boepltal when
they make unneoeeeary calle Is one
tiiMi bee happened to a majority of
the hoepltale of the country and one
that was not selVM until the redlo
and preea took up the cudgels for the
boepltal aad Mnntly told the public
that the aeeeeeary work at tha h^
pitals wae b^ag hampmnd ahd to-
terfered with hy reason of people call-
tog during tha early morning hours
for taformatiott regarding some tick
rolative or friend.
New Manafer At
A. and P. ^re
T- 5
* Mr BUtaan worrsds R. H. Brown,
who Imw beui traneftrrod to tko CSto-
tni A. Oai P- stora.
^ wne to Gunden two
Is Jane Editor
0f ~ Kershaw News
Coutributei For Nust laoao
Ot Sorviea Mou’a Paper
Duo JoM 20
Now they have a name for It It
is called the "Kershaw County Nows
and it is the service sbeq| jtr news
paper that goes forth every month to
the men aad women of Kershaw coun
ty who aro to <ho oervtea of their
country.
Miss Sauna VUloplgne is the editor
oMho Juno edition whidi le now un
der oonrso ot preparation. The edl
tar aad her corps «f aeslstaats are
keeking cwitribatisas to the lino of
news, etc., aad raqneet that they bo
oudled to th# Kershaw County Newsi
Box M, Camden. The deadMne tor
thee# news releeeee Is Jnne It.
Next week The Chronicle wlU sM
fer Re readers a featnre ttory i
with Ittosrs reeelved hy too New*
staff ftw mfw aad wonmn «vt
who uopeoa toair wheMnam
proatotton aC what tha Vmmmrn
K (MS joat baan annaimeed hy tha
Cltlxen* who believed that VE da.v
would mean the end of travel re
strictions In the States and had vit*-
iona of vacation Jaunts this summer,
had their dreams rudely blasted lut
week when President Truman declar
ed that if necessary he will call for
government control of travel In order
to check the growing tendency on'
the part of the public ot going on
vacation trips.
The President In a public announce
ment stated be hoped that it would
not be necessary to take such a dras
tic step, but he certainly would do
BO if the occasion requires.
He made this comment in connec
tion with a formal statement in which
be said that with the return of sol
diers from the European war and
their transfer to the Pacific "we must
now complete in ten months a taak
that is only one-third lees than the
previous Job which required neiurly
48 months."
Existing trausportatlon restrictions
not only will be retained be said but
undoubtedly would be Increased. In
response to*a query be declared that
if government control of travel was
necessary, it would be done by ration
ing of transportation.
He further declared that It will
probably become necessary to reduce
the capacity of sleeping car equipment
on regular tralna by 60 per cent to
obtain passenger space for troop
movemsats.
By Frank H. Heath
Hers in Camden lovers of the
•tosplo chaos and squsotrlan svants
In tsnsral are heplnf that V-J day
•MSS th^ysar. It itdm. IJM# will j^Juuaiy Wall of Comdoii. Giwon
wHnesa th# running of th# Caroling wwmMu -krnr-i i
Court of Honor
Held At Betiiune
Is Wen Attended
Is being elalnwd for a eno-day roes
meet the latter part of next March.
With the nfting of thcpracing ban
and the hoped fer oaoing up of ship
ping rogO'Ictions on botoss bWors next
winter, It Is firmly beilsvsd that Cam
dsnwill again be In the fore as the
outstanding wintsb and sport resort
of the mid-south.
Bslisvlng that South Carolina is the
Ideal winter training section In the
UnHsd States, the facilities for train
ing and stabling in Camden are being
put Into top condition to aooommodats
the owners and trainers of flat and
stsspischsso horses also those who
have hunters and show horses to
"make" or dsvolop.
Prom the encouragement given the
members of the Csmden Hunt by the
entries and attendance at the two
purely local horse shows hold the past
season. It la fair to assume a pro
gram made up of huater trials, an
exclusive hunter bore# show, an open
horse sbow,<drag hunUng two to three
times a waak Is assured for next
winter. Polo will bo resumed aa soon
as practical.
BoCore tha war, all the events men-
Honed above wera held annually, and
people came fram far and near to
witness the oontofts. They were re
warded by the keenest racing to
which top hoi^ssa, many ot which have
mada .equine hJatory to this coontry
and England, took part.
Harry D. Klrkover, dean of local
oqasstrlan snthnsiasts, has heard
from several promtoeot bunt rnetog
and hooter amthnsiastli asking or
(Plaaso tom to pago ota)
Nob Prisoners
noinib Way Back
Into Prison Canqi
Star Scout Award
V s
«
Tko third eounty-wMs Ooart of
Honor of toe year for toe Boy Scoots
of Kershaw oounty was hrid Friday
night. June I, at BeChuns. The Conn
waa well attended by botb Scoots and
parents and waa considered one of the
most successful tons tar this year.
The program opened with the flag
ceremony by Troop 6S of Bethnno.
the Pledge of AlUglanoe to the Flag
being led by Rev. John Murray, Scout-
master of thO'Bethune troop. The
flag ceremony was followed by the
Invocation by Rev. Claude R. Griffin,
Asst. Scoutmaster of Troop 79, the
County’s newest troop which Is locat
ed at tbo Buffalo Baptist church.
Next on the program was the candle
lighting ceremony carried out by two
Scouts of Troop 60. Kershaw. All of
the lights to the huildtog were dsrk-
Mied and candles were lighted repre
senting the three points of toe Scout
Oath and the twelve Scout laws. The
Conrt of Honor took place by toe
light of these candles.
Second class awards were presented
by George Mickle of the district com
mittee to toe following Scouts: Tobey
Clemons. Troop 50; Etomest Mayes,
Troop 63.
' The Star Soont award was present
ed to Scout Johnny Wall by bis Scont-
msster. *C. L. flbealy of Troop 14.
Camden.
Merit badges were presented by
Maxis King, rice chairman of too dis
trict oommlttoe, to the following
Scents to snbjoet named: Johnny
Wall, clvles, pereonal health, pnblle
haalto. horsemanship, plgaon raSalng;
Martin Price, civics, personal bsaltb,
TObllc health; FYaok Babbitt, safety;
Bobby JeHon. pathftedtog.
...Tba Oenoral Btosahowsr awar4 um
next preasntoa by Renr. Mofray to
Troop t4 of Camdeo. This awaM, a
osed 7iMM shall case inscribed by
Oeoersl Bissahowar, was earned by
Tumod Owmr To Local Polico
By Bill Rabou* Dra# Stforo
Two Gorman prisoners of wsr ended
week of froodom by giving them-
solvsa up to Bill Rabon, 18 year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Rabon of
Logoff and employed at toe City
Drug atorei here.
Rabon, driving from his home to
suBn tost Friday ervenlng, came
upon tke two Oermana on U. 8. No. 1
oaar the Seaboard overhead. When
Juke Box Broken
Into and Looted
At CathoKc HaU
Win B* Lockad h
Tl^ Fathor
Ed Bark|
Vandalism and Juvenile delinquen
cy are rampant in Camden If evidenoa
produced at the St. Mary’s hsll and
at the hall pi^ and football field can
be tabui aa a cHtorkm.
The St Mary’s ban, feeatol at the
rear of the <totoolio Obnreb of Onr/
Lady of Perpetnal Help at Lyttleton
and Pine streets, which is open dally
for too yonng people to enjoy toe potri
and ping pong tables, bss been closed
now.
The reaaon—daring the sbeeoce of
Father EMmund Burks from the city
last week, vandals broke open s Juke
box and stole some $20 to (»tns. The
box was also badly damaged.
Father Burke stated that it Is cus
tomary to leave the ball open to
order that the young people may take
advantage of the recreational facili
ties. "It is to be regretted that we
shall have to lock the doors now, Just
because a few irresponslblo youths
could * not accept our hospitality to
a deservtag manner," he said. ’’Wo
are sorry to have to do this because
It Is Imposing disciplinary measures
upon scores of other boys who were
not Involved. It Is to be regretted
that a few can destroy the pleasures
of the many."
St. Mary’s hsll will be open on
Saturday evenings for the servles men
and young people who take part in
the week-end dancing parties sponsor-
•d by too Servleo Cwter.
(
tw)
McCoride Talks
To Farm Groro
At J. A. Bell mme
Hb Vim A* To Ow
Momoriol
MkHnf
ho
kis ear, after aottog that
wore 4ho regnlatlon rato-
apparol isauod to war pria-
Mto twa escapees asked that
them to tbs police.
potto# to turn gave them
of guards from tha
at too Wood-
thay wart ra-
tha POW eompound at Fort
whaaea ihay had aacap-
wara Wolfram
ttonarr. aaeopd-
of iBvoatf-
In an addraas given by Mayor BL N
McCortClai, gaeat apoakar at tha maat-
Ing of the Womon’a Farm clnb, hold
bat Wadnoatey at tha hoaa ot Mra.
J. A Bell to LhtoCt foat war fro|sota
and a daaariptton of tha proposed
mamorial bufldlng to bo araetad ia
Caindan ware oatltoad. •
Tha mayor atatad that tba proposed
manorial woald have an askUtorlaai
largo aaoaqh to soot at toast TM pao-
pto and that (haro woald ba qaaitaaa
araflabto tor all eomamnity orgaatoo-
ttona each as Boy Saoata, Rad Caoas,
Farm wonaa orsaolsatlaaa, ato.
Ba atatad that the baaaiaant woald
bo to eoaatractad aa to provide for
a oommonlty marfcat, wKare faraars
to
Bishwrille Man,
Well Known Here,
Is Electrocuted
CoFoy O. Bar—g Moola Doatih
In Jodkoonwilla, Flo,,
-NSIrfpjari
Caray D. Bamas, formar ^^opvHto
raaldai^ and a fraqnent visitor to
Camdan, waa accidentally Ullad last
Monday afternoon whila working in
tba JacksoBvIlla, Fla<, ablp yards.
Ha waa guiding a crana on which
ataal waa batog loadad whan tha me-
chtoa atmek a high tenston wtra.
Bamaa waa alaetrocated instaatty.
AitifiebI rasptratton waa raaortad to,
bnt too effort waa fntUa.
Funeral aerrieas ware held last
Friday afternoon from St Mattbasra*
Mathodbt ebnreh near BlshopriUa
wRk totaomaat ia tbo church camo-
tary.
In addition to hto widow. Mrs. Sadie
MoKnlght Bamaa, ba taavas a dangb-
ter, Bametta Jana Bamaa, hb par^
ante, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Bamaa, two
sbtars, Mrs. WUlto McfGasklll and
Mrs. Hoyt Kelly, aad two brotbars.
Ctoi^ Banns aad W. 1). Bamaa, aU
wMitog oa moto 4. BhAoprilla.
T. B. Anderson To
Address Bible Class
■A •♦■'tj • «—■ ■ ■ '
Dp. T. Bl Aadaiaon of tbb dity, win
•idran tha A*Mt Man’s Bibb atoaa
to tbafr ctoas room at tha firat Bap-
tbt dnmli Jtea 14, ot le a. m.
o’clock. All maa of toa dty are to-
vttad to hear this great opaakor.
Drfpu
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