The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 20, 1945, Image 1
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VOLUME 57
>imden Hospital Has Best
)peratiiig Room Facilities
gosiett end Most Exactmc
pUce In Well Known
Institution
CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, ^ULY 10* 1945
NUMBER 18
The opertUng room st the Camden
iB the most Important de-
„ in the instltation. It Is also
the busiest and most exaetlng
’'^procedure that reauires sor-
ig done In the operating room,
rtpplies such as dressings. Instm-
sotnUons, dressing trsTs.
gloTes, etc., are prepared,
ite’ed and stored In this depart.
The operating room supplies
vard and private room with
iM iUPpHw. to insure unilorm
' ue and sterility,
i, difficult for anyone not con-
jd with the hospiul. to Tisualixe
large amount of eouipment and
connected with one slihple
ion. For example: tn one rou-
abdominal operation there are
ly from six to eight nurses and
employed. This team uses
jximately from 100 to 200 In-
i^oenti and from 7S to 1(0 pieces
aen. Before sny of these articles
be re-os^. they must be cleaned,
id If neoeeeary and reaterllised.
it is realized that several opsr-
are done daily and often two
giree St the same time, theae
total an almost unbelievable
iL
operating room la always pre>
for emergency eases and can
to operate with notice 24
s day.
jg the past year the entire
of sterilisers have been over.
The Autoclave is checked
b7 disck control to assure aoe».
in •terilisation. At the present
there is one large steriliser for
lolnthms. trays, etc. and oasi
speed steriliser which will
Instrumeftts for use within
minntis.
lutruments and equipment are
parchssed constantly in order
iprore the care of surgical
&ln the past two years the de
em of Anestheste has been
expended. Cydopropane and
penothol anesthesia has been
laced under the competent dl*
of Mn. Ida Cameron Holden.
Holden it a gnduate of the
General hospital of Kin.
C. She received her post
> course in Anesthestology at
hosplUl in New Orleans. La.
past three and half years
been in charge of the
department of the Cam-
iplUL
operating room is efficiently
by Miss Georgia Silcox. Miss
tarn to page thms)
Issue of
ihaw News To
Out August 1st
Requests All Addrenn
To Bn Rnpottnd
Now.
Merchants Beg
labile To Aid
In Bag Campaign
Want the Housewriwes To Use
Bnakets and Shopphsf
. Bags In F
On another page of this issus of
The Chronicle apitears a half page
display advertisement, sponssred by
the grooers of the city; r^uqitlBg the
shopping public to cooperate with
them in working out a solntlon to
the present paper problem, eepecially
the matter of pai>er bags.
Whereas by proclamation of Mayor
F. N. McCorkle of this city, every Fri
day is a yonr own unwrapped
groceries’* day, the growing lack of
paper bags and wrapping paper has
made It necessary for the grocers to
invoke the paper oonaerratlon mens,
nre for every shopping dbiy-^ix days
a week.'
The grocers are begging the shop
pers to return all the ofil paper bags
they may have tn their kosMS. Some
housewives who have saved paper
bags, have a goodly number, all of
which can be used by the merchants
at this critical time.
So the merchants are asking the
honaewivee to carry their shopping
bags or^hsskets with dkem when
skopptng. Unlsai tMs k dsM and
when the fast^mpiag mmtf of
bags gives oat. It Is fofesg ts mean
that the shopper wB ha;vs to tarry
his merehaadisa unwrapped, whether
tt be a loaf of bread, a hunch ot car
rots <w a dotan potatosa. Tov grocer
■ay have to poor the potatoee, orang.
ea. or whatever yon have pnrebased.
Into the bottom of 7onr car.
bags are not only a missing
Navy Issues Story of
Heroism of Captain Miller
Color^ Youth,
Fleeing From
Posse, Is Shot
few days the publishers of
shew County News vsssivs
the far.ofl Pacific, the
I. Germany and places which
It for most of na iwlor to
These lettersi as well as
& the boys in the States,
.the impetus which keep tbs
fotug
Ivfll
In tbs
lut
and
pro-
Ijf ^ ormrtsaMop. ^ ^
Cassdsn esHalnly
aktitnda iafward
^ said Mr. Cmom^
shveral sears and
we reeetvad kand-
aqaatlon right now—aoap. laundry
aoap, la also scarce as hens’ teeth.
One Ganulen boslnesa man made a
tonr of all Camden stores where soap
might be on sale and finding none
went to Colombia and made a tour of
the pocsfble soap sonrcee there—but
wltbont avalL On his way home he
stopped at every village and
road store bat no soap.
Timrd <Bd<Age
Benefidaries Are
Over Age of 75
Aweraf* Afe of <Nd
Asaiatanffo RocipM
74 Yeara
Age
U
Althongh about half of the aged
population of Kershaw County are
between the ages of 66 and 69. less
than one-tenth ^ thoee receiving old
age assistance fall within these age
limits, according to information ob
tained from the chairman of the
County Board of Public Welfare, Nor.
8. Riehards, based upon records
in the state department of Public
welfare and the federal social seenri-
ty board. More than a third are over
76. the average age of all recipients
being about 74 ysers-
Thk means, the chairman pointed
out, that e large majority of the
oonnty's citisena between 66 and 70
yearn of age are aelf-snpporting qr
otherwise able to get along without
public aid, and do not need assistance
nntU they are close to or over 70.
While old age assistance roUa are
the boys fxqpL thlg ^n»»i^v to_ fihange^ .month,
' tries to send w stisui^ ^ow ~ *“ *“*
Mes—aowt which haa an
The fact that the paper
1 and as gratefnlly re*
** h indicated in letters to the
and staff, makes thetr work
worth.whUs. It is hoped
of those who receive the
continue to Ml what they
« and feel tree to offer any
aa for improvement.
Wy of the service men arq
particnlarlr from the
tteater, the News would
^▼ing thetr new addresses
Kevahaw County News,
tamdeu. 8. C. The names
of any boys not re.
paper shon^ also be sent
addrtus.
of the News will
^und the first of Ang.
voiepigae, undw whoM
u well as the other
^ tte staff and advisory
^that the News will f^pn*
much and tefag home
j^"***" to aU of thosk who
present those rseeMng.-saeh assist-
anes in the county come within the
following ago groups: nom €6 to tS
years of age. S8. FVom C8 to 76 years
cC age, S4«. Over 76 years of age,
171 Total recipients of old age as-
siptaaoe, 4d0.
Boy, 15, Is Held
For ft'eaking Into
Grocery Store Here
AUnfPd To Hnvo Tnknm $85
Ffom Market At Christmas
City Shouldr.
For Highwi^
Camden SailoFs
Fleet
nd Pnrehasss
Johnny Pate, colored, who claims
to be 16 yeers of age. bnt who kxAa
thiwe to five years older, was taken
Into custody at Bsnnettsville Friday
by Chief of Police Alva Rash and is
being held for trial on a charge ot
house breaking and grand larceny.
Tke police charge Pate with breek-
ing into the Christmas and Christmas
gfocsry store and robbing the cash
registar of the neat sum of $66.
'Pate waa bom and raised in Cam
den. His. mother died aeveral months
ago and his fathsr is employed at
The poUee say he fled
® likes the
loon Army
8^ t w Bennsttavllla. The police say he Red
wkeM had joined
ANTIOCH CKRITIRY
' Jill bkOiM Inlsrested in eleaniaf stf
the Aatioek eemetery plsasS mest^
thdve Thnrsdsy. Jsly 2d. a Ou, tor
purpose of dseiihig up. Revival srlll
start 4th imisy hi Angust* Bsv.
Jsnalags sf Oolsmbia, will assist the
pastsc
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Bsnny Robinson, who lias Wn
IdentlfM with thp Waters branch of
the Kendall Mills before entering the
service over four years ago is now
in the South Pacific.
Robinson is attached to the ahlp
”Wlllle Bee,” which he proudly de-
dares leads the entire Pacific fleet
in bond purchaaes.
Speaking of bond sales Robinson
writes: “It’s the bonds that you folks
-hack home are baying to give us the
material and ships to do such a fine
Job and you can bet your life that
all of us will never forget you for this.
We have a bond selling campaign
bere in the Pacific fleet and I’m very
happy to state that my ship, the ‘‘Wil
lie Bee,." leads the entire fleet In
purchases.
"Here’s a few places that we’ve hit
since 1 hive been out. here: Luzon,
Indo China, Formosa, Hong Kong,
Iwo Jims, Okinawa, Kjuskee and be
lieve it or not, Tokyo.”
In his letter to the Skipper, Benny
make to bo remembered to all his
friends in Camden and especlaDy to
Don Morrison. Ho olooes by saying
"I do so enjoy your column in tho
Chrcmicle, ‘aa do all the other boys
from home who are out hero.”
In addition to distlngnisbing him.
odf aa a fighter, Robinson has boon
foremoot in tho athletic program of
tkk fkec. BBMdslly in. hasd^ has
ho boon outstanding.' Hvhurittwsyg
ranked topo in the national sport and
is quits the host player Camden hat
ever produced. As an Infloldor and
stlcksr ha wiu without a poor in this
Home Guards To
Enjoy Camp life
At ^ Moultrie
Compmiy E Mnaabnra Will
Lanwn Cnmil— For Locn-
tioB J«lj 22
Mombora of Company E, Sooth
Carolina State Onard are to enjoy a
week at Fort Moultrie boot Cliiwloo-
ton, the boys going Into camp on
Jnly 22 and rotnml^ home on Jnly
22.
State guard nnlta from all over
Sonth Carolina will be proeent at the
camp. In addition to the healthfnl
and Intereotlng prograip of drill/ there
will be plenty of rscssetlon.
Adjutant Gensral Jamas Dotlsr has
advised Oaptajn 8. C. Clytmm of Com
pany B that the Fort Moultrie camp
site Is one of tbs best tn the ststn.
Captain Clyhom haa called the at-
tenttoa of the loonl guardtiugn to the
eanqi datao and Is uigkg all to mpki^
tkair plans so they may attend tbs
affair. He asks that aO msmbars of
the Chmdsn company notify him as
soon ss posslUs wb^sr thqy osn
be connUM on to swoB dbe raotar ed
the BualL T
Csndidatss tor public oCOes In
eisnt Bams distribntad pass to the
tn order to
b Bnac Rnnilied For .
Emd ol War
no need for Immediate action to
Camden being served with a
super highway, rather than be-
relecated to a branch route Is
reeUaed by civic leaders and
hsUaivad that in tbs inunedlata
nctlpn wUl ha tnkan to
attsndon to the placing
of a highway atartlng at Charlotte
and extending south through Lancas
ter. Kershaw, Camden and Orange-
burg and thence sonthwardly into
Georgia, on the interstate project
The national Interstato roads, which
will taka from 16 to 20 years to com
plete will save many thooaandi o^
lives through' tho elimination ot traf
fic hasarda. There la nothing vision
ary about the federal highway pro-
gram, fantastic as it may seem. •
In visw of the far-reaching effects
of the program, it is believed that
Camden and Kershaw county should
put forth every effort to see that this
area ia placed upon a through rather
than a branch route.
Routes through the various Staten
are establiabed through the recom
mendations received from the state
highway departments. A • recently
pnbllebed map of the proposed routes
in South Carolina, mentioD of which
waa made in last week’s Chronicle.
Indicate that the South Carolina com-
missl(Hi has progressed far in its
plans. Only the coming of peace ki
now neoesaary to put the plans in
operation and start constmctlon foil
ing
The interstato routes win form di
rect links between the larger citlM.
A system of aeoemdarr or farm-to-
hA
marl
roede la also bafng
more or lean th<f routea of eziatlng
roads. In places whera it la Impoa-
■ible to widen and Improve existing
highways, entirely nsvr locations wiU
Synthetic Fiber
Forcing Cotttm
Ootfof Pictiire
itlMm Agrknhgnil
Sny Tbn Koif Mmnt Bn
Cotton farmers of Kershaw county
ara apprehenalve over the ptetnre of
aoutham cotton prodnetkm ai painted
by Dr. Joseph Ackerman, chainnan ot
the Southern Farm Foundation, at a
meeting last weak In Dallu, Texas.
In vlnw of the discovery of a syn-
theCk Aer that ia rapMly foroing
cotton out of the picture Dr. Acker-
las that tha moat important
reconversion problem tn eonthern eg-
ricnltnral elrelee today la to find
cheaper ways to produce cotton In
order to piece it on a competitive
beeis with the lynthetic.
Dr. Aekammn declared thet the
most eMactive nwve that can be made
by the eenthemi ptantora la to find
temato erepn to iipincB edttoa.
The flnto meeting of the Farm
iniiatimi oommittee since betog as*
cently eppototed by the American
mnomdn nnnorintlon to .0^47
tarnl ammunMi' prebiBaMi waa
held at BnBao two days last week.
laoladBd la the Itot oC atribaltaral
lac ww O. H. Ann of Sonth Oarollaa.
eaparta mtmMMm ^ importaat meai-
AB ef tho aenAara. er cetton statoa.
Ricluu’d Cole, Dieolinrced Sol*
Held 'A^er
Shooting
die^ U
Richard Cole. 26, discharged World
war 2 veteran. Is being held at the
county Jail pending the results ot s
ballet wound allegedly inflicted by
him on Son Gaskin, colored youth,
who is at the Camden hospital in s
critical condition.
According to the police version of
the shooting which took place early
Saturday morning on South Market
street. Gaskin failed to heed a com
anand from a group of white men
concealed In a cotton field nearby
and when he started to run. Cole
fired and the bullet struck Gaskin in
the back, penetrating hit left lung.
The presence ot the white men in
the cotton fleld was due to a determi
nation to capture a Peeping Tom,
who had been terrorising white res!
dents of the neighborhood eeriier in
the evening. Police, responding to e
call at 11:20 Friday night, found that
the prowler bed fled but had left hie
bicycle. Thle bike the polke re
moved to the police station.
It was believed that the owner of
the bike would meke an effort to
recover It, so a small armed posse
wee formed to effect the captnke of
the culprit.
Whether Oeskln was the alleged
Peeping Tom Is not known. But wh«B
he appeared near the cornfield, the
oonceeled men celled on him to belt
Ineteed, Oeekin started to run. After
he wee shot the white men closed in
on him. Oeekin collapsed after walk.
Ing a short dtstance and waa rushed
to the hospital.
Bkamlnation disclosed that he had
been ahot in. the left lung and wai
bleeding Intmally. Physicians de
clared his condition critl<^.
Chief Alva Ruth ot the Camden
police ..department stated that no
charge'* has been filed against. Cole,
but that he was betng heM at the
county j||dl pending develojanenta.
Mystery Still
Baffles Officer^
In SmdlDeath
Saak ing To Find Out How
Body Ceuno To Bo Whara
It Waa Wban Found
There have been no additional de-
velopmenta in the death of Mrs. Ida
Kate Small, whose lifriecs body was
found lying many yards off of the
highway near Ehrsns Cross roads on
the morning of Jane 21
The cause of death, as revealed by
an autopey was a ceberal hemorrhage,
and there were no indicatlona of fool
play. Bnt the officers ot Lancaster
County ere ecretchlng tbeir beads and
pondMing over the problem of how
the body of |he deed woman happened
to be where It was when discovered.
The officials are wondering if
someone was with her when she died
and if that party carried the body
some 70 yards oft the highway, where
it wee later found by a home-hound
Negro worker. .
tnqosrt la heing held up While
tbft oCdoen JnsreiRlgKte farther Jn
tarnMrafr'tP 'MBfli4el what appean
to be a baffling mystery. As jtt not
a sool has been tototed who eaw Mre.
Smell after .she left her woric at a
Lancaster mill at mldnikht on June
21
Son of Mre. W. J. Ma]rfield Is
Now Located! At Charles-
ton Nawy Yard
From the public informatioa office
of the Sixth Naval district of Charles,
ton, comes the following ne^s release,
which will be read with much interest
Cars Crash Headon
Near Ward Tavmi;
Five Are Injured
Nnky Awiatiom Fflot CnAm
Into Car Ratkar Ilian
HR Cyclkt
Seeking to avoid etriklng a blcyele
rider who wee pedeling on the wroug
side of the highway, Cnrtis R. Alien,
a chief aviation pilot , of the Uhlted
States Navy drove h'le ear hcedon
into a madtine driven by Owens
James, ot^lored, of Odnmbia, on U. S.
Hi^way No. 1 near- the Gus Ward
tavern Sunday evening at t:20
o’clock..
The accident wee Investigated by
State Patrol Officer McMahon, who
reported all^ details to the state head
qnarters.
Allen had A paosenger la tha car
with him while tbaru were four pas-
seagers fax the Jamas ear. Five wera,
taken to tke boapttal hat only ona
remdlned. thw other four being die-
^tfged after their cuts and bruleea
had baan attended to.
Allen yae drivtag toward Camden
James toward Fohmhie Both
care wpra badly' damagad. •
Preekms stonea
mala and tomato by tha
eardtng to tha darknaaa or Ugh
ai titohr
by the relatives and friends of Cap
tain Daniel Byrd Miller:
OapUin Daniel B. MUler, DSN, of
Camden, j3st back from the Okinawa
campaign, has reported as assistant
chief ot staff for personnel. Sixth
Neval district, with heedquerters in
the Navy yerd.
”Hls chip wee operating with the
tomed task f<wce 68 for the second
raid on Tokyo, and the attack on
Formosa prevKun to the second Bat
tle of the PhlUpplBes. And his ship
was along for the first sttack on
Manila and for strikes on the
Rykttkyos.
"Captain Miller, son of Mrs W. J.
MayflSM of dito city and a nephew
of Bishop and Mrs. Albert Thomas,
of Charleston, was briefly stationed
at the CharleatOB Navy yard in 1981
when his destroyer was ordered there.
"During this war, most of Captain
Miller’s dalles have been afloet In
iimmend of deetrayurn tactoding tbn
nss Alton at Pearl Harbor when the
Japs ettaeked Dee. 7. 1941, end the
MacKenele, which he put Into com.
mission and commanded in the Blcil-
len invasion.
“Ceptaln Miller commended an
other destroyer, which he also placed
in commission in a task force that
arrived off Okinawa several days be
fore the aotnal landings and particl-
(Ftanne tore to page eight)
Bishopville Is
Really Going To
Town Thm Days
Hub ol luternlnte Higliwnya*
Finn Now Stadium and A
N«w PVt
There is a lot of jubilation over In
Bishopvllle these da^. The rsaaon—
the town is on the march.
Bishopvllle will become the hub of
several main arterials. one to be a
anper highway between Washington,
D. C., and Miami, Fla. Another will
be a Interstate highway from Bishop-
vllle to Angnsta, Ga., while a third_
wm be the hard-irartoeei highway be
tween Btebopfriito wMt MiQWvnto: ~
Another canoe for rejoletaig la the
toct that BIshopville Is just complet-
Ing a memorial stadtam for football
and other athletic gaaea as wM as
outdoor festival events. The War
Production boaid has jest approved
the lighting system for this etadhiih,
and tt wUl be the finest fax the state.
It Is planned to open the fine stadium
on September 21. when BlshoBvIlto
plays ChertosUm high on the footr
beU field.
^The Idea of erecting a Uring me
morial Iq heaer of Lee County's war
dead orlipaated a year ago, and whlto
other oommnnltlee In the state still
have their memorial projects in the
‘nalklng itage,** BlehoiitriDe haa gone
ahead and done things In a material
way. Work la already being carried
L
As a third reason tor clvie eatiefac-
tkm a New York bnetaxees firm has
negotiated (or the lease of a building
to be erected at once by the Blshop-
vUto Developmqat company. This
company will manufaeture brassiere
and wm employ one hnndred hands.
Place Marker*
On Soldier Chrave
A marker, bearing his nama date
Mrih and dmtii has heea ptoeed over
the grave of Jack BvaageUstn, New
Jeraey youth who.took hie life fax the
county jail Mlowlng hie arreot tor
apon a Kddtor-motoriet,
who had attawod him a ride from
Fenasyhnuxla.
-Sheriff J. H. McLeod hae not heard
from the F. B. L headqaarters at
.Washington yet tax regard to the Hag
er prfata and other lieatifleatioa
amrks taken from the soidde’s body.
He etatee however that he toeha tor
a
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