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Camden Chronicle
volume B7
CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1945
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NUMBER IS
ieut. Cyril Harrison Is
ildng For Polo Return
Former Manafer and Star of
Camden Ranks, VisuaUxes
Renewal of Sport Here
Ti Cyril Harrison of tbo United
Cosst Guard, whose exploits
Te polo field hack a few years
■dll talk«<l o'f by polo enthusiasts
ixloas to see a resumptton of
as soon as war condltwns
"ITcamden dn a short leare of ah-
Harrison, who gained polo
’with a Long Island team and
fcgd the thousands of fans who
ewd at the Kirkwood field hoarse
, cheering, believes that polo will
afsln with Just as much Interest
ai enthusiasm as the peak days Just
jfare the start of the war.
■^ison would like to see the
ird field, located opposite the
»r^ passenger station, be readl-
"ta^prepsratlon for the resnmpUon
t^e sport—probably within the
The Seaboard field, ac
to Harrison, offwa thd op-
dty for a big polo buildup here,
on No. 1 highway and discern-
Vom the highway. It offers a
appeal th passing naotorisU
brief stopover* to “see the
[Ivrlsoii
believes that when the
^ds and travd returns to nonnal
’9« highways U»*t there will be
[■imtlr Increased tonrist movement
' iMth to south and much of the
^ will be via No. 1 highway,
before the polo season oame to
"ahrept end under the pressure of
the Seaboard field was used for
y games. Here it was that mili-
asd diplomatic dignitaries In at>
laee at the headquarters of the
„ Army headquarters lor the ma
rsrs program watched the Cam-
and Fort JaCkson polo teams in
beUeves 'thpt Camden
have this field and also the
^ field, which In the past has
the ouUUndlng layout In the
used for the polo prograim
am looking forward to picking up
polo program as soon as I get
of the service,” said Harrison,
ken that will be is hard to say
we SHiy expect something to hap-
wlthln the next year 1 believe.
we resume our polo games I
Mrdhs fsaa tmm an aver the
(PIsass turn la faga tva)
Ralph Williams
Drags 22 Pounder
Out of the Lake.
Captiuii Komegaj
Is Awarded the
Bronze Star Medal Is Believed Slain
Now H<^da Chnmpkmakip Of
Nimroda of tha Wataree
Lnka Fnaaanbla.
To Ralph Williams, an employee of
the Duke Power Company, with head
quarters St the Wateree Dam, goes
the honor of being the champion fish
erman of Wateree Lake. Williams
dragged a 22 pound rock bass from
the deep waters of the lake Just above
the dam last Friday, breaking a prev
ious record of snaring a 17 1-2 pound
baas, made several days previously.
The 22-poander was brought to
Camden under escort of Attorney
Lambert DePass, who recorded the
weight, then bad the head removed
to be mounted, and the balance of the
Wateree Lake “whale” was plsced In
the freeser-locker plant.
While Corbett Boykin, Camden city
clerk. Is not makix« any claims so
far as the weight of fish are concern
ed, be does hold something of s re-
o(Hd In figuring tn dusl catches. Sev
eral weeks sgo, while fishing in Her
mitage lake he snared a fish that had
Just seised upon the bait on a hook
belonging to Frank Wooten, local cot
ton broker, who was fishing from s
nearby boat
Last Friday Boykin again saw bis
cork disappear below Uie surface of
Hermitage lake. Donald Campbell,
fishing nearby, also noted that bis
bobber bad gone out of sight. You
guessed H — believe it or not — the
two fishermen had caught the same
fish.
Former Camden Ctwic Lender
- Is Cited For Meritorious
Performance
Woman Is Found
Dead At Roadside;
Kershaw County Rolls
Over Top In Overall Quota
Negro Finds lifeless Ek>dy ^On
Highway Naar Evans
Crossroads.
Captain C. Granger Komegay, who
is with the Ordinance department of
the United States Army la Qermauy,
has been swarded the Bronso Star
medal for meritorious service In eoa*^
nectlea with mflitary operations.
Hb unit reoetved the msrltorleus
service unit plaque for sup^rler gsr-
formance of duty in the
ment of exceptionally dlftlei
and for the achievement and
ance of a high standard of
discipline.
The citation states “The
skill and untiring efforts
by the members of 4SSrd OrdI
Motor Vehicle company were lu
Ing with the highest tuitions of the
armed forces of the United Ststea.”
Captain Komegay eetabllahed the
Komegay Funeral Home In Caiidea
some years sgo and It ranks as one
of the most outstanding in South
,Cirolina. Befors entering, the service
he was active in Camden clvle af
fairs and was the first presldeut el
the reorgaalsed Camden and KelihMV
County Chamber of Commerce
1137. He Is a member of the
Rotary club.
Kershaw county officials are taking
marked Interest in the Investigation
helm made by Lancaster county of-
fldw la the mystery surrounding the
gaath et Mrs. Ida Small. S8-year-old
^ife of an employee of the Springs
Cettaa Mill at Leueaeter, and a for-
Caiedea reaident
body of the woman waa found
ihe side of the road near the Evans
Roads, three miles this side of
ter, by a negro at 1 o’clock
twday morning. He hurriedly got
touch with the Lancaster sheriffs
Lt J. G. Richards
Is Awarded Air
Medal For Service
I
Cited for Meritorious Ashiewe-
ment for Trawel Over
J
‘ the Hump
Eumlaatlon of the body disclosed
t the woman had been killed by
means other than being struck by a
mr, as her body was free of any
K iiises. The only evidence of vlol-
ce was a severe bruise and lacera-
~9on on the side of her face.
The last seen of the woman was
rilortly after midnight when she left
cotton mill to go home. Less than
hour later her llfelees body wgs
ered by the paestng negro.
Inquem Is to be held. At* this
lug deefors will ussks a report on
autspey that was held.
Statutory Case
Now ^ Trial
In Local Court
Man, 40 Yaaru of Afa, Charg
ed With Offemsa Against
Giri^.14
iden Water
ipply Adequate;
G^d Quality
lAlso Free of Anj Contami-
Mtion According To
Analysig
uden has for many ysars been
for its fine drinking water. Not
Is the water palatable, free from
amlnation and of exceptional
Hy, bnt. there is plenty of It.
fact, the Caindsn water supply Is
aate for a city of 80,000 popula-
It la stated,
an indication of the high quality
lie water, the report from Dr. F,
Parker of the State Board of
dth qn a recent analysis, shows
water to be absolutely free of
contamination, with the ft^low-
ivport on parts per mllUof*.
S-00, chloride 8.00, free am-
0.01, albumlnold ammonia 0.02,
sen as nitrites 0.000; total solids
The attention of the present ses
sion of criminal court on Thursday
and today is centered on the trial
of Sheldon Gainey, 40 year old Be-
thune resident, who is charged with
serious statutory offense involving
a 14 year old girl from the Betbune
area.
The trial got underway Thursday
morning at 10 o’clock and was ex
pected to require at least until Uiis
afternoon to complete the testimony.
With Judge O. D. Bellinger presid-
ng, ibe criminal court session was
opened Monday morning. Sentences
were Imposed on the following de-
I'endsdts: John WesMy Usher, one
year for using s car without tbs
owner's permission; Joseph Reynolds,
colored, ten years for housebreaking.
This was the colorsd youth arrested
or entering, the Schenck and Ander
son homes last fall. Melvin Reed,
colored was given six months for a
liquor law violation; Alfonse Clybum,
colored, was given ona year tor dis
posing of mortgaged^ property; Ed
ward DeBruhel, white, waa fined |M
and placed on probation for two years
I or violation of a liquor law; ’Thomas
Hunter, colored, was given a |B0 tine
and two years probationary period for
similar offsuse. Walter Rembeil.
hscterlsl analysis shows B. Coll
negative and gas forming org-
ns to be absent
s comparison with a report Is
on June IB. 1140, the latter
color 6.00, chlorite B.OO, free
onia 0.14, albuminoid ammonia
(Please turn to pngo two)
idard Oa Co.
[bscribes $5,^
County Shm
Emo Outfit Ujr* iUK
MOIion Ob tiM Bond
Un.
of
It
this
Seventh War Loan Drive in
** “onty received a. boont
MOO,000 worth of hOBis W4
Lby the Standard Oil com*
New Jersey In South Churo-
vaa announced by Bob Aiken,
•npervlaor.
' amount IB.OOO wOl be credlt-
wt Kershaw county quota,
n in keeping with Esso’s policy
k Pwchasss of war bonds
^ ths cosamunltiss whkh have
•® ranch to foster ths growth
cosipaay. This is the ssvunth
of nude in South
by the StandaH Oil eompaay
nukihg A totel of
Puyrhassd iaflug war loan
|f0r
IBOO.OOO Is euly a. p^ ilk
prof^ of hot iBrAsi
^tlnns^ *<aud ws are hfyrr
*ay to uxprsas our MPPwela-
lu tho Arwid 9mx
^tesir vsllaat* SBi
Camp Groups-Want To
Know About F^per Mill
General Bucknor
Was Frequent
Visitor In Oty
An Obaof of Staff of Sixlb
Army, Wan At Mubwi
▼•rs Hoadqoartora.
charged with larceny, waa given a
WhUe the death sf Lieut Oen.
mon Bolivar Buckner, Commander
the Tenth army wbou he was kU:
by a stray piece of Japanese
nel. was rooelvsd with dues
throuihont the nation, his
proved more shocking to his Intlnmlcs
and fMmer friends.
Colonel John Wall, retired, who
makes his home on Greene and Broad
streets here, had known General
Buckner over a period of many years.
The Wall and Buckner families were
friends when they made their homes
In Louisville, Ky.
In 1889 sad 1940; General Buckner
was chief of staff of the faased Sixth
division at Fort Jackson. When the
First Army maneuvers were In pro
gress In thU area and the pabllc re
lations headquarters were located at
the Kirkwood hotel. General Buckner
was s frequent visitor there. It was
then that the former friendly associ
ations with Olonel John Wall were
resumed, these old- friends meeting
frequently.
(Continued on next page)
J If RafBM and Wanln
WosUd DeutoBy Full aad
Life
First Lt. John O. Richards, IV, son
of Supt of Schools and Mrs. J. G.
Richards, 1720 Lyttleton street, has
been swarded the air medal accord
ing to announcement by Brig. Oen.
William ‘Turner, commanding general
of the Indla-Chlna division, Air
’Transport command.
The award was made upon the
completion of 160 hours of opera
tional flight in transport sir craft
over the dangerous and difficult
Chins-Indla sir routes, where enemy
Interception and attack was probable
and expected.
’The air trail over the hump, famed
route through the towring peaks of
the Himalaya mountains, biased by
the sir transport command. Is recog
nlsed by sir men as the world’s
toughest Today the hump route U
the only llfestream of vital mlliury
supplies for the Allied forces tighten
Ing the Jape in China. ITie citation
accompanying the award to Lt. Rich'
aids adds:
“Flying at night as weU as by day,
at high altkudet over Impaaubls
mountainous tsrrain through arbu
characterieed by extremely danger
ous and treacherous weather condi
tions necessitating long periods of
operation on Instruments, requiring
courageous and superior performance
his dutlas to overcome, he accomp
lished his mission with distinction
e idan to build u paper mill ou
itee-Coopor has brought a backlash
protest from game and fish en-
who srs fearful that such a
would occusiOB damage to the
fish In the waters of ths lake
river.
t T. Brown, well known In
and Kershaw eousrty as sn
it ntanrod end sportsoian end
ssivlug ss secretary of the
CoBBty Game and Fish
has addresasd a letter te
A. Rtehardson, chief, gsme warden of
the state In which he axprssses his
apprshenskm over the mill project
The prol
probable detrimental effect on
the fish and wild life of the Santee
Cooper basin is based oq the antici
pated poUntloB of the water by waste
and refuse lyom the proposed mill.
Mr. Brown calls attention to the
fact that therp are many Instances
where waste from mills and other In
dustries, such as at Mingo Creek,
whidi formerly was literally alive
with fish, are now completely sterile
so tar as fish are concerned. He sug
gests that the new mill should be
I'orced to give some kind of a written
guarantee that waste matter loosed
wOd
Bam Is Destroyed
In Night Blaze
Laney Ftfm Ob BiislMipTillB
Road Visitad By Fira
Into the Santee basin will not di
or drive away the fish and
life.
He sutec that the Santee Cooper
now a fisherman’s paradise and to
i astroy It would be a tragedy, and Is
_ the sute game warden to give
the matter his personal attention in
orter to protect the Interest of the
sportssMa of ths state with regard
to Uisse waters.
suspended six months sentence and
placed on probation for two years.
Viola Watkins, charged with assault
and battery, was given three months
n Jan and placed on probation for
two years.
The preseatment of the graad Jury
to the court, sa interim affair, was
made by Foreman George Creed. The
reports of the sheriffs office and also
that of the superiateadeat ef edaea-
tlon wers approved by ths graad jary.
Kerehilw County
News Off Press
For July Sales
A large barn, together with its con
tents, on the Sam Umey farm on the
BishopvUls highway, was destroyed
by fire last Friday night The loss
Is estimated to have sxossded fMOO
with very small Insurance, coverage
The cause of the blase Is unknown
When firtt diseovered the fire had
gained much headway and while
neighbors aided In the effort to fl^t
the flames, it waa fatfle. ^
This is the third serious fbe hi
Lae eonnty within a two weska per*
lodk la tho prsoodhtt weak the hsra
on the Self farm oa tho Wlsacky road
was burned. Considerable Uvestoch
feed was destroyed.
A few days l^er tha firm home of
Mrs. Robert Durant in the Htekory
Hm sectloa was oomptstely dsstrey
ed by fire.
The Ksr^inPCounty News wIU bo
oa sale at all drag stores la Oaaadsn
Sunday, Jaly 1st
Under the direcUoa of Miss Emnm
vmspl^, who la editor ef this
ssrvios men’s sheet the Jane edlttw
is reported to he brimming wlte
iteoas, calculated to be of Interest
to tbo boys and girls from Kershaw
eonnty who are la tho se* vice
Tho sorvico paper Is to be sold to
the public this time at 16 cents ^
copy, this being ths SMaas eaipl^eil
hr ths young ladles who sro looking
after the bmuanes df tho paper to
Aaaass of reported to the
Ow*"-
fanlw Oose
no Hrat
Osmmerslal ^ ^
Mxt WsdnssdbFf Jmx* u, m
Pierce To Attend
Palmetto Meeting
At State Varsity
Dod* Philip Wid Hbwb
CludrgB ol tiM TaBchari
Chief of Pdice
Warns Anuist
iffiduqis
Jolyltfi
Polios Chief iJva Buh hss an-
nonaesd that the UMOOUBhli
meat program wll\9a la effaet
the Fourtii of Joly holiday period.
**1110 program,’* he. saU. **ls la ea-
oasratioa wiUi the aathmwIAe effort
bsiBg amdo by the Natleaal fafety
Couaoll to yadasa tha i
I toU whSeh-aoeuiu suuuaWy at
tbM '
pollee dsparteMUt la
every clflssa te take tpeslal oars to
thte
County Nsuri, hoc mwo llvos aad prapsrty
•Thla Is no tlaaa
Letter Tells of
Good Food Found
In Canada Stores
Biittar, Pork Ckopa, Staaka All
Awailabla 1b Plaotj Ib
But Is Still Lagging In The
Matter of Its E Bond
Goal
This sounds llkr a dream, bat Bill
Cuanlngham voaohee for tho truth of
it, for he was in Toronto, Canada. In
person s few woeks ago and he ought
to know. And bostdos, there have
been a number of magaslne artlclee
which paint the same picture that
Bill does In his letter.
Says Bill; “Such things ss two-
inch quadrancloa of honey-odored
hatter, aweot aad suceulent pork
cbope. pan fried to a lovely brunette
shade, 'tilrloln ateaka you almost
couldn’t cover with a ten gallon hat,
hamburger that doesn’t look as If
they had ground some Innertube in It,
hamt anyway you wlah It sir, bacon,
■tx stripe to tho serving, sausage—
Kershaw county has achieved its
overall quota in the Mighty Seventh
War Ixian drive which comes to a
close tomorrow. The overall 'percent
age is reported by State Chairman
Christie Benet of Columbia was
111.78.
This is almost equal to the state
overall total of 118.8 per cent, as re
ported last Saturday.
However the success of the Seventh
War Loan campaign has not been at-
talned in this (K)unty or the state tor
the reason that the most important
objective of the effort Is short of its
goal.
As of last Saturday the state was
still behind in its B bond quota by
37,300,000. Kershaw county is lag
ging by about the same proportion.
Marion Heyman, cbalrman of the
Kershaw county drive committee in
a statement Thursday declared that
there stlil remains over a complete
day before the drive' is finished and
he believee that If the good people
of the county can bo nude to realise
that there Is so much of vital Import
ance at stake that they will put on
an eleventh hoar rally that will cloee
the gap.
Bald Mr. Heymaa in a statement to
the press:
“In every military campaign objec
tives are assigned and the welcome
signal, ’Mission Accomplished’ Is not
given out until the last objective has
been attained.
“In the Seventh War Loan cam
paign. South Carolina has achieved Its
overall objoetlve by a sobetaatlal mar
gin. but as of today we hake yet to
■ell $7,100,000 worth of B bonds to
make our B bond quota.
’’Wo have had 15,000 casualties on
Okinawa already reported. What a
ghastly cost la young lives! Leading
the attack by the Infantry and Ms-
rinte. oar Tiek Force used 600,000,000
gailoae of gbsollne. Our planes burned
enough gasoline to fill 16,666 yucks
and trailers. We had on hand on
D-Day on Okinawa the equivalent of
1600 freight cars of ammunition and
2600 tons of food. Lastly, planes
brought 1200 pints of whole blood to
try to save our fighting mou wke
wsre severely wounded. Over tha
(eontlnasd on page two)
troy lean you hear me now, or doesn’t the
1
Storm Bring:s
Cooler Weather 1
To the Community
Hurricane Waalker Pualiea the
Mercury To A More Com
fortable Degree
Ooadi Undsay Pierce of the Cam-
Usa klgh tehool athletic ualta will at-
teBt a Joint cUnlc for nhyaleal fltasM
tenehorii of the SUte had for
bsfu of the South CaroUaa Football
OfBeteli Assoelatioa, to be held at
tee -Catvurnity of South CaroUaa.
JaDr »«. _
The tmcluri prognuB will be dl-
rseted by State Physical Education
Dlrsetor, Dodo PhllUpa.
Jack Rsaatea, of Oresnvttlo, acting
ehahmaa of tho football offtclala
group will be la charge of arraage-
■isate for tho cUalc, at which the
South CaroUaa Untveralty Football
wtU be aaed for denonstratioBs
words mean anything any more?
“Well, we’ve got It right her In
Canada—^Just as I have told you.
’They’re ration frae. You can buy
them at any meat counter. I know
bocanso 1 mosoyod through.six dif
ferent breeds of food emporiums and
there was the beef of steer and all
the sundry cuts of swine resposlng
la all their pristine glory.
’Trices. woU the hamburger yas
40 cents a pound. It was oU red and
looked real good. Ramp roast was
44 cents. Sirloin steak was 49 cents.
Mwhrooina and good looking ones at
that, wore 60 cents a pound. Per
fectly boantifnl asparagus was SS
osBts tor a big bunch. At home
bunch of Uttle stinkers about the else
of half a dossa lead pencils cost ms
60 oents.
**AU of tkte Is a credit to Csaads
Thsre’s no monkov buslnesa, no
black aurkst, no cheating the starv'
big. It’s poeeibls bosaoso Canada
ehaaesd to take some poopls with
yaough brains and oocapational know,
hnw to msasars her food supply aad
her loo^ potential and fit It Into her
Cool temporatures, ths result of the
chilling breeses that swept this area
Monday, were the only effect that
Camden felt from ths storm that
swept along the Atlantic coast
Flurries of rains, driven by heavy
gusts of wind, enveloped the city all
day Monday. The temperature sank
to a comfortable degree following the
many days of sultry torrid weather.
Skies wers overcast throughout tho
day.
Rssortors at Myrtle Bosch and
other beach resorts along the coast,
wsre asked to evacuate their homes,
as ths government looked for dang-
erously nigh, tides wHh wind at. 60
to 66 miles per hour, creating a has-
ard to tho flimsy structures that grace
the coast line.
Oianges Will Be
Effective Jidy Ist
Camden Soldier
Is Sought After
Escape From Fort
Hnmry GroMlamd, AfB 24, Rn-
pogtBd To Hawn TbImb
Frmch Lobto
For
CHm Now Hcsmp
Ordir Wiodow
la a notice te tee pubUc this wesk.
s te ths puMic tais wew.
C. P. Moss calls attea-
to the taet thte In as mack ss
tee teModsa post offlss Is now rated
la the fltet ^Bi UaA changes tn the
hours of tho
win bseoms ef-
1st.
OB apt Iflir Jaly IsCteb griadow
~ a tt a. as. aad teoss at 6
p. K WMe wM bo no change hi tlM
A Camden soldier, identified by
the army officials as Henry Cross-
land, ago 24, and a companion aamod
John W. Barnett, 81. of Bedford, Va..
are being ooo^t following thefar
eaeape from the Army's rMmbllttatloa
canter at Fort Slocum. Nww Tech.
According to tho story of the soeape
appsarlng uadsr a Now Rochello, N.
T,. date Uae. the aua had been do-
tallod to duty at a military
Bethune Supt To
Head Schools At
Pageland In ’45-'46
R. C Ghiwplmn, FvrmBB Gr»d
1b 1926^ TakM Of«r
R. C. Campbell, who has bssn sup-
erlnteadent of tho public sehocqs at
Bstiiaao the past two years has token
over tee superlatondency of'18b pub
lic schools at Pagsland.
Previous to going to Botbnno, Mr.
Campbell was superintendent of
sehools at Rlehburg for 14 yoare and
prior to that was at Willow Consoli
dated school tor thfse years.
Hs Is a gradoate with an A. B. do-
grss from Furman Ualverilty. finite-
lag thsre with the class of 192i. He
also holds an M. A. degree from Pea
body GoUogo at Nashvllls. Toon.
His wife was formerly Mias Aa-
fttsta OatepbsU, of CteamMa. aad
Lssliigton.
Woman Shruck By
Car (hi Hisdiway
la TJim offles of tha teexlff Is Invssti-
Thsy escaped Wsdnssday la. a light an accldoat that took idaes oa
bine sedan, property of a c^lan
p^qpe .at tke Fort Poflee latek ro-
covsred the ear at Oretete M. T.
Army effknra are extMsIlng the
ssnapk for the two mm to Vlrflnla
ua4 ibuth Carolina, ae It Is beUevsd
•iTa. bl gailtho two Hten are headed for tbolr
— eoteiiaaitlea
U. 8. Rlgkway 611 ^e miles from
this city several nights ago In white
a.eolored woman, walklag along the
reed was struck by a car driven by
R. Ll Lindsay of Oharlotts.
The woman was taken to the hee-
pllal Where ft was Isuni thai hex