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Police Offer Reward For Inforn»tioii A& To P mm VOLUME 57 CAMbEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRlt JULY 13, 1945 <-r > Looting Graves At Cemetery of Potted Plants NUMBER 17 ^ur Stokes k Now n Charge of County Schools I^SuperintoocIwat Will Train ^ib So They Can Take Jobs no ronis of Kerrtinw County’s hwiy L, oxocuUves was reduced from tliree wh«i Mrs. Kathleen ^ for the past If .years county Uirlntendent of education, turned the keys to her office to Arthur kei. > linlnf in the ranks of the wo> execoUves are: Mrs. Lena Cly- . clerk of courts; Mrs. J. H. Me* Sr., sheriff, and Mrs. Hough, b5 warden. bar Stokes was born and reared iKenhaw county, received his edn* in the rural achoola and gradu- trom Camden High school. He a four year seholarship at The d9l gr^uatlng from t^gt Instltn ii 1928 with a H.8. degree. He took poet graduate work in •chool administration at the tity of South Cadolina end then Jt icbool for IS yeere in the ^way achool of Kershaw county, home community. Stokee left school work in the of 1941 and entared the army, was (Uacharged In 1148 after reached the rank of First Lieut. |the infsotry. His military career fsefeded service in Cony^ny M, Infantry, South Carolina Na> i Guards from 1928 to 1928. He rt member of the Camden Home I inlt and Is also an active mem> |«f the James Leroy Belk Post, Legion. ously Mr. Stokea la a Baptist (Please tuiix to page two) icle Whiskers icement Unit )w In Operation . Office Will Aid In the I Work of Matchinf Man To Jobs D. Bennett, local United States ployment service manager states the expanded employment coun- program of the United Statee "oyment service la now being blUhed in the local office and its primary- objective the prop- Pheement of workers during the ' and during the period pf demobi- and reconversion of industry post war period, new program, which supple- [ * placement senricea of I ooES, Mr. Bennett stated, In- » more effective matching of •od men. It la a process Mr. , whereby present and Qualifications of the appli- related* to prevailing occupa- '*^*ue turn to paga tight) [thune Fighter the Way Home Bruuaoo Saw Much On Gomuui Frotit Brannon. Jr., son ol Brannon of Bethnne. has ^ rrom the war front In Bnrope the Eighth Infan- .t^iith tor 21 times its ovra'vrelght ^ by uklng 81t.l87 prison- months of combat. The '^iden Arrow) division was Normandy breakthrough, the the bitter fight In ^n forest aj Eighth were the fhet *4 launching • that reached the Rhina The ISt *TO tlghtlBg by Kenttedy' Contacts Governor On The Retirement Issue Addraaaea Ezacathm Altar Ap pearance Before the Re> tiremeut Board Following an appearance before the Retirement Board, during which he discussed with members of the board some of the cases affecting teachers throughout the State and particularly In Kershaw county, Rep. R. M. Ken nedy, Jr., in. a letter to Governor Ran. some J. Williams, points out that there la a definite distinction between “teachers" and “employees,” and that this distinction is intentionally indi cates that It was the Intention of the legislature to provide all teachers with retriement benefits. ' Says Mr. Kennedy In his letter: “This letter will express my ap preciation of the opportunity afforded me yesterday to diacuaa with the Re tirement Board some of the cases affecting teachers thronghout the State and particularly in Kershaw County. I am also taking the liberty of atatlag again the arguments offer ed as to the eligibility of teachers who have received all or part of their oorapensatlon from political snbdivis- Iona of the State rather than from the SUte (JBiveUy. First. I wish to call the attention of the Board to the fact that throughout the Act there la a very deflnlta distinction between ‘teachera’ and ’employees.’ This dia- tlnctlon so evidently Intentional indi- cataa that it was the intention of the Leglglatnre to provide all teachers with retirement benefits. “By referring to page 2, Sectional, Snbseetlon 2, the definition of ‘teach er’ shall mean, any teacher—in any educational inatltutlon supported by and under control of the State. It will be noted that there is absolutely no qualification aa to who pays the oompOnaation. The only requirement being, that such teacher shall be an employee hi an edocatlonal Institution supported by and under control of the State. Compare this definition with that of ’employee’ in the subsection following, where there la requirement •s*to till time employment and that ■ot less than 60 per cent of the sal ary aball be derived froin the state. I hope you will agree that this deflni tion of teacher carries no qualifica tion as to the derivation of compen sation. and that It was intended that the. provisions for teachers be ex (Please tnm to page two) State Slaughter Policy Made Knowir' By 0.PA Executi^ SUttglifteren Warned Afamsl Violation ol Any ol The Promkms Richards Joins M Fight Against FTEPC Measure ^jkifretsman Describee Act As Announcement has been made by the district OPA ezecutiTe that the maximum percentage of choice (AA) end good (A) cattle, which may be slaughtered by any slaughterer In South Carolina has been-'revlaed. The maximum percentages which any slaughterer may kill In fhw months of July, August and Septem ber In these two top grades are not to be exceeded under any clrcnm- stsnees. The maximum percentages of so. 50 and 40 are not to be con fused with slaughtering quotas. Further more, it is stated, the amount of AA and A grade meat slaughtered by any ohe Iq the itate could not exceed tbepe percentages of the entire amount of meat slaugh- tered. In thla connection H was pointed out the enforcement division of the OPA is now in the process of exten- alve Investigation into the activities of the meat Industry. 1 Woll In Sheep*# Clothinf Congrea«man J. P. Richards of this dietrkt, has been named as a member of the 12 member committee selected to map our strategy and coordinate tlte aetlvltiea of members of Congress opposed tP the Fair Employment Prac- tls#a J^L Congressman Whittington of the committee, statement Congreaaman Rich- arfi said: “This committee la going to tight any appropriation continuing the present FEPC as well ae the new bill which would create a permanent FlJPC set up. “Such legislation Is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. If Its hidden pur- PtklM are carried out. they will ulti- mktely deatroy our present‘form of government. The name of the act Is a misnomer. It should be more properly called ‘The Untglr Practices Aet,’ or ‘An Act to Establish Racial and Rellglona Hatred and To Promote Strife Among the People of America’." Mystery Still Clouds ' Death-of Mrs. Ida Small Maybank Asserts Will Be No Soft Peace For the Nazi South Carolina Senator De« ,dares 60 Per Cent ol Na tion In Ruins ^ Autopsy Fails To Indicate Any Violence. Ceberal Hem orrhage Proven Rush Says Example Will Be Made of the Culprits Tarheels Batter Sandlappers In Annual Ball Tilt North Carolina Wins Over South Carolina At Char lotte 8 to 3 The several Camden fans who man aged to store up sufficient gas cou pons to make the Jaunt to Charlotte last Friday evening to attend the so- called All-Star baseball game between the so-called cream of the two Caro- linas were rewarded by having to wit ness the downfall of the Palmetto lads by a score of 8 to S. Not only did- the Tarheel players clip the apple for 14 safeties but the scoring was aided through the regist ering of eight big errors by the South Carolinians. The Tarheels had It over their opponents In hitting and fielding like a circus tent. Landrum, Kerr and Haxel pitched for the South Carolina team. Lan drum from the Columbia Caps gave up four hits In one and two thirds in nings; Kerr yielded 8 in'8 innings, and Hasel was hit for seven blows In five and two-thir<} rounds. Lan drum was the losing pitcher. Riggs of Charleston got two of the four hits that-the Palmetto team listed. Dosen- berry of Florence and Parrow of Qreenville, collected one each. Haxel had 4 strikeouts, Landrum 1, and Kerr 2. Hasel walked 2, Kerr 1 and Landrum did not break Into that column. An overflow crowd of 6,000 fans saw the game. Black and Stiver Colors For 1545-46 Motor Licenses South Carolina motorists will add a lot of chic and style to their Jalopies when they affix the new state auto Ileense ptetea In September and Oe- tober. iinisn^ It, ttihUBg by The new 194541 plate la to be jet Elbe and tinklBC writh black wHb bright alumttiaiB nmiAerf eM win go on sale late In SepCeniber. They will be effbcUvo as of Oct IL A change la to ba made this year la cemiectkm with tb# aaven anmM'- als la the Class C, ilaaeijOeHon. Here- tsitrs cars la that cttairhaTe had to dMregaM the jC -wbea Acre than six Bamanls wera lavolvad bacaaeo of lack cf «9acd t^e tag. _TW C tWa year win be naaller as win alao be tk» lettsra, tham cMkUat the It fho »alt oa the llemma, •ntering the service Pfc. Iks «• •“* I It 1944, and Ha has ^ leekM ^ He kh ^ the Bbe Congress Amends Farm Loan Act LMidinf Powara ol Land Banks and Farm Loan A. C. Bradham, secretary-treasurer of the Camden National Farm Loan association, said today that nnder the new legislation recently enacted by Congress, it will be possible for the aaaoclatlon to handle loans more ex peditiously and that with more of the lending procees turned over to the associations, the proepectlve borrow- on win be told more quickly of what action wUl be taken on their applica tions for long-term loans from the Federal Land Bank of oClumbla. Under the new law, the land bank may lend up to 65 per cent of the normal agrlcnltnral value of the farm, whereas since 1917 It baa been limited to 50 per cent of the appraised value of the land plus 20 per cent of the permanent improvements. Land Bank Commissioner Ipana will be continued for one year from July 1, 1946. ’They may be made up to 75 per cent of the normal value of the farm. However, the contract interest rate on these loans will be 5 per cent except to veterans who may borrow at 4 per cent in the event the loan is guaranteed under the O. I. Bill of Rights. The contract rate for “land bank loans through the association will remain at-lU present all-time low of 4 per cent. Secretary Bradham said that many of the Commissioner loans have been reduced to a point where they can easily be refinanced with 4 per cent land bank loans which will give these borrowers interest aavings of 1 per cent The office of the Chimden Associa tion ts located in the Crocker building in Camden and handles land bank and Commissioner loans In Kershaw and Fairfield counties. Court Inn Is Purchased By Local People ^ Will SpMxd Bif Sum In Mod ernizing the Historic Hoetelrj John WhlUker. Jr., C. C. Whitaker, A. Robin Zemp, Moultrie B. Burns and John M. VUIeplgue, comprising a group of local buslneas and profes sional men, have purchased the Court Inn property and will, as soon as pos sible. expend between fl2,000 and IIS.CKK) In modernizing the historic old structnre. Details as to the management of the Inn In the fnture are not an nounced at this time, but it Is known definitely that sew faces will be seen in the hotel office when the place la opened foUowlag the modernisation program. The Court Inn will oiterate aa a year-round hotel nnder the new own ership. It promisea to become a fav orite eetabllahment w4k Camden peo ple aa the new owners are outstanding In the clUseoablp yanks ranks of Cam den and will have a large foUowiag. The Court laa khe 90 rooms and It is understood that whereas only a portkm of the room aecomamdatlOae have heea utilised la the pact few that an of thtm will he avail able when the work of modaralaatloa is complsted by the new owamrs. CEMETERY AMOCU7ION There will be a nsstlag of the (3eaaetery sssodatloa of Csaidea oa mdior. Jahr l*. Il6f, at 6 p. m. at the Preebxtwisa iapday sdiool MomlO^lsiii firtOftlt to at- * ■ r .. ■■ ■ Ralers^ To- Act As Dospicahic and Low Down^ *‘l have heard many 'people express the fear that Germany will have a soft peaee,” aaid Senator Burnet R. Maybank, Just returned from a five weeks tour of European battlefields. "From my own personal observa tions, they can allay these fears be cause you cannot have a soft peace with over 60 per cent of the country in ruins and destroyed. Senator Maybank, who went to Europe as a member of a special committee of the Senate military af fairs committee, visited the Army's camps where German prlaonera are Interned and learned first hand that the German prisoners are being made to work and that the Army is cer tainly not treating them “toft" , In prison* camps In the vicinity of MaraeiUea, Senator Maybank said are 75,000 German prisoners who are being used In .clearing up the war damages. He found that no one seemed to be, sure aa to the fate of Adolf Hitler. In hla talks With people he found many who believed that Hit ler bad been dead at least two years sad, others who doubted that be had ever been killed or died. However, he said, no one seemed to believe that he died lately. ’’Industrial and commercial Ger many are destroyed," said Senator Maybank. "Holland is greatly dam aged and It will be many yaara before The Camden police department has announced a reward of $26 will bo paid for iafermatlon leading to the apprehension of the peraon or per- ootM who have beeo stealing plants, sad cut flowers from the graves atitha land cah. be reclaimed from the salt water that covered farm lands Quaker cemetery. “Of all the deaplcable dastardly low down acts I have ever beard of. the looting of the graves at Quaker ceme- tery of floral expressions of sympathy and affection la Juat about the last word in vandalism,’’ aaid Chief of Pouts Rnsh. “Yesterday a woman came to the police headquarters In tears. She had oaHjl a law daya ago placed some peRM plants oir the grave of h de parted relative and that morning when she went to the cemetery^ the plants had been taken.” For aome time past there have been complaints heard relative to the theft of sprays of cut flowers from the graves, but the practice now includes potted plants. Chief Rush of the police department has asked The Chronicle to announce the offer of the 826 reward. Barfield Lauds Work of Future Fanners Group Baron DeKalb Chapter Mem ber Telia oi AcooenplUh- ments. when the enemy broke the dikes and flooded the countryiide. Belgium and Prance suffered kllghtly from phyileal damage In comparison with other countries." Sixpresslng the belief that American military forces have done a most outstanding and remarkabla Job in ^roi>e. Senator Maybank warned' that we are at a disadvantage on the civilian end because we do not have a long-range definite poUey as to our plana in postwar Europe, while Great Britain and Ruaala know exactly what they want to od. “The sooner onr government develops such a policy, the better off we will be, sfid the South Carolinian. Relatives Disclaim Body; Buried In Unmarked Grave Jack Ewaafeliata, Suicide Cell Corridor, Now In Unknown Grawe In * Douglas Barfield of the Baron De- Kalb chapter of the Future Farmers of America la really proud of hla achievemrnt in the work of this fine undertaking. . The Baron DeKalb youth has submitted an interesting article dealing with hla ca reer as s'- Future Farmer.^ He aaya: “I my green- hand year of t^ Fu~ ture Farmers of Aineitea_in 1948. During that first year, I set my goal to become a State Farmer before my work In agriculture was -done. 'With this In mind, I planned my project work ae that it would increase In size and value. In the fall of 1942 I purchased a purebred Qaemsey heifer at the aacri- flced price of 85. Besides the calf, whidb was to be my oontlnuatlon proj ect, t produced 54 pounds of friers. From three scree of cotton I made a net profit of 1144.10. Four scree of corn produced 50 bushels which waa used la calf feed and for my horae. I alao had one acre of lee'pedesa, from which I harvested a don of well cured . . hay. I planted two acres of oata and | A|*lrgk|* I waa responsible for the home gar- AeVvlaC'g Officers Will Be den. "la tile summm* of 1942 I won the diztriet Future Farmer epeaking con test. Not being satisfied with that, I tried again the following year and won the State F. F. A. speaking con- tezt. Tke same year I was one of tke two delegates from South Carolina (Please tarn to page aevea) Kerdiaw County Is Free of Polio ' .Ill ii f The jaspected case of polio proved to ha * iad and as s rssolt Karshsw Coat^.ls reportsd ss saaoag the few la the state bslas free of poUo. Thwo are less than aknndred easea of la the state at the SNasa^. tee aid H Is tha belief of the stSjj'ksdWk he^ officials that thera. KSfla If danger of ha m frwalled a few Jack ENangeliata, 26 year old New Jersey man, a discharged soldier, rests in an unmarked grave In pot ter’s field here., Oangelista, who hung himself in a cell corridor of the Kershaw County Jail after bis arrest for assaulting Sgt. Clayton E. Betzold of Camp Wheeler, Ga., after the latter had picked blm^up in bis car and brought him ffom 'a point in Pennsylvania here, waa turned down by hla own relatives. ' Louis Evangelista of Elizabeth City, N. J., beHeved to be either the father or a brother of the suicide, when wired T6t IhilruCtSons regarding the disposition of the body, replied ifi a recunrwirgT “ “Cannot accept body for what he did, for the Catholic religion don’t allow me to take him to the church. Can’t afford It.”^ So Deputy Sheriff J. H. McLeod called an inquest which was held at the county Jail Thuraday noon, the coroner’s Jury returning a verdict that Evangelista came to hla death at hla own bands by hanging. Shortly after the inqneat the body of the young man waa bnried in an unmarked grave In the potter’s field section of Quaker cemetery. Located In Gamden The conatltetlon of the South Caro lina Freeser Locker Operators’ aaao- elation waa formally adopted Monday at a meeting of the 25 members of the association at the Jefferson hotel In Columbia. The officers of the aa- Bociation will be located in Camden, it waa daolded. At Ifemday'a maatlng,' tha ground work waa laid for the eatabUahmaat of uniform pricea te thla ateta. Repra- aentetivea of tha Offlea of Price Ad- minlstratloa eoaferred with the aaao clatlon to work dnit 4 anttorm piioa for tha South Carolina plaats. “We will work together with the OPA to arrive at uniform prlouu uMi the types of aarvioa to be rawden hy tha loekar plaata of South Caro ls" B. E. Bauaoa. aacretery-treua- urar of the orgaatautloa. auU. Mrs. Ida Kate Small, former Cam den woman, whose lifeless body was found lying just off the highway near Evans Cross Roads on June 22. may have died of a cerebral hemorrhage, but that does not explain the circum stances surrounding her death, ac cording to Lancaster county officials. The 864 question appears to be, according to a Lancaster report, "how did her lifeless body happen to be where It waa foupd?" The offlciala admit they are with out any information that will answer that question. The autopsy, performed by Dr. Paul Klmmelselel of Charlotte, N. C.. In- dlcates that the ceberal hemorrhage had all the characteristics of having been "kpontaneous. Np evidences of bruises on the head were found and the finger marks on the neck did not serve as sufficient evidence of strang ulation. The autopsy revealed that there were two small bruises over the left side of the neck st approximately the level of the thjrrold gland and small bnilsea were noted over the right outer surface of one hand. Those were the only Indications of any suggea- tloa of external violence. There waa no skull fracture, no laceration of the brain tissue or any evidence of con- tuaion. Thu coroner’s inquest has been zgaln postponed pending farther In- vwtlgutlon by officers. Soldiers’ Piwer Will file F^i^hed Every Month KsFalutw Gonnty Newa Appeal# To ISdblic For Support In Project Letters of appreciation from service men in the atetes and overseas ara coming in to the ateft of the Kershaw County Newa, the aarvleo man’s news paper. which la sponsored by variohs merchante In the city, the work being done enllraly by volunteers, and which goes to the service men free of charge In order that they may have aome link with home while at far away posts of duty. The greatest difficulty encountered so far is keeping up with the changes of address of the men and women in service. It is requested that parents and friends of these service men keep the staff constantly informed of changes of adless, either by writing a letter or post card to The Kershaw County Newa. box 98, Camden, 8. C., or by telephoning Mrs. Emily Zemp Hough, 83, who is now in charge of the mailing list. Itds her Job to see that the addresses are up to date. She has an alphabetical card Index of the members to whom these papers go, and it will simplify matters if rela tives and friends would send In their sons and daughters’ new addresses as they move from post to post, - such addresses, of course, to be consistent with military • security. About 926 papers are mailed each month and It ia a waste -of time, energy and money to send them to obsolete addresses, and have them returned or end up in the dead letter office. It is the intention of the staff to continue the paper once a month, the deadline for all newa for the paper to be sent In by the 16th of each month. Anyone having anything of interest concerning their boys are rqqueated to write a letteir to The News, by the 15th and it will then be_typ^ and aortejT and pdbllahed aa aj^e' permits. The paper has been cut to five mimeographed pages, which will go first class mall for three cents in the states and 6 cents overseas. It is hoped that the editing, typing, sten cilling. mimeographing, stapling and (Plauau tnru to pugu suvuu) Camden Girl Will Go Overseas In i Red Cross Work B««r (WbilakOT) Knifbt Now Traininf At Camp DaYU, N. C - » According to a report from Camp pavls. N. C., Mrs. Ellaabeth (Betty whlteker) Knight, staff aaalstant of the American Red CroM, haa been ae> zighed to Camp Davis. N. C., for train ing 4n* recreational work prior to go ing overaeus for service. Camp Davis is an Installation of the Army Air Forces Personnel Dletribu- Uon Commapd and functions us u re> distribution station and oonvalesccfit hospHal. Mrs. Knight attended Camden High schosl sad the Uuiverslty of South CuroUau. Prior to her entrance tuto |ted Cross work she was enmgud la aseretertel work, being In the admin istration quarters of tha Southeru Aviatkm school. She Is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Yl%lte)cer,-Ult *Fulr strait •