The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 27, 1945, Image 1
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VOLUME 87
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CAMDEN. SOUTH CAR0UNA, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1946
NUMBER 19
wenty-Nine'Gridders Get
teady For Training Period
Hm Big Job To Build
Toam Around Four 1944
Vetenuu
.^.nine griidvn, in«ab«r« oi
"gUte Chjunploa Camden High
1 Bulldog sqood, will learo
en ihortly after the middle of
jt and go Into a two weaka camp
jn at Taxedo In the North Caro-
Mountains.
, Muad will be ojider the per.
dlrecUoii of Coach Lindsay
. eho piloted the Bolldog foot-
'ttlent to a state title last year
, u unbeaten and untied recorC
vho was the high school coach
Fthe y«*r in the state.
rce faces tough Job this coming
n for out of his' championsklp
of 1144, he has but four regu-
uound which to build a 1»4S
j. And as an added headache
1145 schedule Is a touch one.
IcKay Norris, spin back; Sam Me-
rtU, tackle; Howard Novls, guard,
OOea Huggins, a guard, are the
reterans around whom Pierce
construct his Tt46 smehine. Of
bslance of the sqaad, there are
sleren boys who saw action at
jrals In 1944. They are Don
ipbell, Dallas Mshoney, Bobby
90 Tommy Little, Chapman Ora-
John Anderson, George Carlton.
Cue, Eknest Baker and Rich.
I Raley.
Jier boys who will be seen In the
sad black uniforms this fall wilh
nmie Cox. Leon Branham, Frank
Delma Parker, Ted Melton, C.
ers, Joe McCarley, John Lind-
fllOTt Muller, Jackie Karesh, Dar-
Dority. Gene Oninn, Onllford
Mickey Marshall. Dtm JCorrl.
obby >jnold. Frank W^t, Darld
Jiray Team. Dan Brnnson;
Kerr and Eugene Watson,
ell Parker and Charles Bhchel
ptndent mansgsiiy for the football
this seuon.
u than two months remain be-
[the opening gsme^ which will pit
ogs against Brooklknd-^yce
will be played at Zemp fleld.
|BC squad la reported, will fee.
a betry line and a reasonably
back field.
Memorial Rites
Are Conducted
F^r Pvt Freitag
Mnthodist Church Is Fillnd
Witii StMrroerinf Rnlntiwes
• . umd Friends
Camden tiuards '
Co Into Camp
At Fort Moultrie.
Locel Sute Guard Unh Left
Gty Lnst Sunday For
Training
Investigator For
Unde Whiskers
Pays Vfeit Here
B ol Fnaaons Conledomte
General llgkee Camden
A CaU
Impressive Memorial rites wore oh.
served at an 8; SO o'clock service at
the LytUeton Street Methodist church
' Compkay E, South Csrolins StsRs
Guard, left Sunday for Fort Moultrie
at Charleston for a week’s training
encampment Rev. J. B. Gaston, com
pany chaplain. Joined the unit on
Monday. Rev. A. D. McAm, regiment
al chaplain, also joined the camp on
Monday.
By nightfall Sunday over 2,800
guardsmen had reported at the camp.
Commanders bad an (M'lentatlon
conference Sunday night and the
brigade chaplain. Col. George K. Way
of Charleston, conferred with the
chsplains on the week’s activities.
Training routine got under way
Monday morning. The following ap-
polntments were announced Sunday
night: Major, J. D. Parler, St George^
public relations: Major John O. Din
kins. Summerton. liason officer; Ma
jor A. W. Bohlea. Oolnmbis; macktoe
gnn officer, and Captain T^ Qniina-
way, Orangeburg, special services of-
fltjer.
The Camden nnit was in command
of Captain S. C. Clybnm.
Howard Wrl|ht of 12M Stillwood
Drive N. ic.. Atlanta, Qa., spent last
Thnssday and Friday in Camden on
business.
Mr. Wright is s special Investigator
of the United States Internal Revenne
depa(tment with he^quarters at At
lanta, and his visit to Camden was
In connection with matters growing
out of non-compliance with certain
fedsMtl laws om the part of local par-
Wright is the son of the late
General Marcus J. Wright of Ten-
nsasee, who was an outstanding figure
of ue Confederacy during the war be
tween the statea.
It Is of Interest to know that Mrs.
Wrii^ is a cousin of Mrs. W. L
Boykin, Jr., of Boykin.
Several Fsars ago, Mr. Wright, re-
Issset an Intersstlag story of his
father through the Camden News
Servlet. This story appeared in pap
ers. all ever the nation, according to
Mr. Wright
Lt Roy Cauldtf Pc^cMrms
Heroic Deed To Shve Unit
(Pliass tim to lufu MMht)
istsPay
Attention To
ffic Rules Here
Running Wild On
Streets of Csundon
Nbwr~ ~
rowing disregard of traffic
[on the part of motorists and the
hxt the safety IsUnds that have
»eral years prevailed at down-
rrosslngs are now missing has
ted in the police department is-
a Item warning for drivers to
the rights of pedestrians,
ng comers, speeding around
without regard for the safety
ople who have the right of way,
' the traffic lights gad othsr
violations occur daily,
pointed out that uilnsa motor-
iwclae greatsr caution in re-
>g the rights of a pedestrian
uid motorist Is maUng a ooe*
hrn. that serious acoldaats will
r^umbla the law prohlhiUng
Pking and crosslag tha stjrwat
fwtections against tha grean
I In accomplished regiazkabla
^•Motorists used -tU' lunr
wt stmt comers, now sMst wak
P^estrian triiffle to poM
* can break through. Here lu
the motorist dlsrsgards ths
^ of pedestralns. He blows hto
Ifrnntically, tgUs to alow up,
B around ths comer, and It ha
» make an abrupt turn to gat
r| a pedestrinx who has tha right
glares st tha wgikar, haraa
Pth and rauUMs aonieth^ that
P ^ printed.
PVT. ROBERT t. FREITAQ
Suaday evMifaig for the lata Pvt.
Robert L. Freitag, who was killed in
aetipa at Loxsmherg, Feb.* 11. 1146.
Assistant Post Chaplain Kalalar of
Fort Jneknon, dallvered tha memorial
address and paid tribnta to tha labs
soldier, in the prusanoa of a crowd of
relatives and Mends that oompleMy
filled the church, explain Kelaler
prufented Mrs. Alma RVeitag, mother
of the lata Prlvsta Freitag with a
beautiful Amarlcan flag.
A. -C. McKaln, a member of the
Grace Bplscopsil church qholr, sang
a solo "Nearer Still Nearer." The me
morial service was In charge of Rev.
Henry Collins, pastor of tha LytUaton
fPlaass turn to poga tmt)
Users of Coal
Given Warning
By SFA Leader
• s
GJd Hopaaa Nsrw» WSntwr gaan
Eleazer Telk
Of Visit Paid
Hi This County
CkniaoBf SpMialial Shja Good-
ulo Gufdan Boot Ho Hua '
SoMThia Yotf
In bis colnmn "Seen Along tha.
Roadsida," J. M. Bleasar, Clemsou
Collage Extension Information spaeL
aUst, has tha following comment o(m-
earning a recant visit hs*pald to
Camden and Kershaw county:
"Mlsa SalUa Psarca^ faad oaaaanra-
doa apadallst of ttw Claoiaon Ektan-
son sarvica, gava a damonstritlon in
preparing and freeiing fresh i>eachea
and lima beans st the Camden freeser-
locker plant to 88 locker renters.
’'We are going to need a lot of that
sort of service. Qnick freesing is a
new art that we all need to learn, for
it Is sure coming.
"Best garden that I have seen this
Unless Fuel Is Strictly
Smith
ly TnCvels
Air Lanes
Flyer rnrriei Ctilneei
From
Ahr Bom
Wsy^ to Columbia by lilana
by motor to thM dty In
w really traveHng In hlghi
L«*t la jngt Captain Van
ton of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
I^y scoompUahed last
* Isrgs truaapsrt planu,
(M Ckliese flyurs
^ dalnlng at an ludlaMl
JJJ^Is sSp*? OoShfl
T* than four Mon later.
U?* !«• tfc. *0—
^ Smith was able to )
^01^ as he was
*2^back to fbrt
.^.bad weaffesr —
Coal consnmers whose fuel stock is
exhausted by the middle of next
winter will be required Ur do what
the people of European nations were
forced to do daring the past winters
go without fusL
At least that Is what ths manager
of the solid fuels administration sayS|
and be ought to know.
Despite the fact that the unusual
chUl/ weather last spring caused
many coal consamers to bum from
80 to 86 per cent of thshr next heatr
Ing year's supply, there will be no
more coal availabls.
Amoriea’s coal shortaps this yuar
Is sxtrumsly crltlcaL Consumsrs have
beeAallottsd 80 ptf cent of the total
amount of fud burned laat wlntsr.
ilani are psrmlttod to cedar- on^
80 per cent of ^ stock they hud on
kau iMfysur, u thOy can obtain that
mneh.
Domsstie users will be given a
preferential rating In the dlstrlbutkia
of eoal next winter. The government
Is Interested primarily In keeping the
average American family warm, there
fore the family unit win be first on
the coal prierf^ list following ths flU-
ing of mlUtory needs. In second plaes
In the priority rating ere publk ntlli-
tlee, third, rallroada. and fourth, in
dustry.
It is predicted that there win be a
mod severe shortage of stoker eoal
and sereenlngs. This wfll be due to
the rductanee of producers to crush
latger vsrlsties Into oorreet slses for
stoker use because the celling price
of stoker eoal is lower than the oMl-
Ing on larger typsa of the feel
It tM shortari oontlnnes, the solid
fuels administration wlU oonaidar a
etoalng ordsr tor pnbUe bofldlngs, In-
cludlng departipant atoies, theatsrs.
There la some talk that the "brown
out" order thut prevailed laat sprlag
may ba ragunrectad and put In operar
tfcm again. This order aaved the na-
tfou a' tremendoua amount of aoUd
fksL
den. They are the greenhouse folks,
and they (jo gardening just like they
do their other business that is well
known. Saw a stalk pf com 14 feet
high there in a field of tall com.
They also had plenty of the dwarf
eating sort.
Mr. Nntting, the district forestsr at
Camden, busy geUing state-wide fire
control set up.
"Guy Daugherty, the iwtter by the
roadside at Bethune. patiently plying
his trade alone. I saM yon seem to
keep busy all the time.' .Said he had
to keep from going crasy, bat be was
joking there. He loves bis art, and
in It is bit companionship, with his
chililrea scattsred—In the arml’ and
umrrled. Bald he sold his piquets
In 4| statss, and can't fill orders. Said
ths pottor's wheal Is the oldest mg-
dilne In existence."
Camdm Giris Are
Mountain Qioir
E. T. Stort Tnlla of Mootug
Marfnnt SBlBmwMi nad
Jingo Tnwthnm
the
County’s Share of
Fines Came To $4465
Kgnkaw ooBnty ksn rdbetved a
cks^ umounttog to 9U8i tnm the
rtatokigKway patrol hendquartors as
too inijn
ta Onto iy traffic violators In ths
Btito taring the 194444 flseat ysar.
TuoelTsd ths highta
for say slngls eoonty, its
ksiBt $19211.
vrith ni.tTA
wst tMPl with |U.7tf,
E. T. Start, wsU known Oamdsn
wlntsr rssldsat for aqpiy yssrs. who
spends his summers at his cottage at
Saranac Lake^ New Tovk, In a lettm*
.to the Chronicle tolls of meeting two
CanMlen girls there.
They were Mtesf Margaret Salmond
and Miss Jane Trantham who are
atadsnts at ths Adirondack Symphony
Orchestra and Dssrwood Choir ousto
near Saranac Lake.
Mr. Start statea that be met the
two girls after «m of ths conoorU
and that both are wsU and enjoying
ths camp to ths fuUsst He stutss
that ths students otady u few ksurs
eSch day sad then spsnd tksir ttsM
in oanos trips and auto ridsa.
Tbs coocerts, u program of ota
which ho anclosed, esns real mualeal
treats for musle lovers. Tbs students
taldag p^ corns from 88 states sad
Csaads. The tsschsrs srs boum of
ths finest talent obtalaabis from fh#
large musle osatsn. In addttfon to
the dally eouesrts ta-ths largs oon-
veutlou hall at Bargnae Lake, tttty
ibsrs of the mastat group atog la
of churches orsry Bnuisy.
Msidlsas to state thd cspsi^ of toe
ehureh is toxsd at these
Mr. Start statea that MfP.
Sarrls df Oamdsn, has a
at the Mhs aai uMs In the
of Oto student
Ths tsmpsfutars at fsrsiae at toe
ttas sC Mr.
ir. Btarfs wrlttoi
and dt BtaitoBm.
vTittog wua 90
H«i||il4fB WtofB Ygvlh, Morw
Wsto •
Cm JbB
First Lt Lsrsy W. Canlder, this
utty, a asortar platoou leader, dls-
UngMmsd hfmsslf hi helping to ro-
pel 'un attack of a fsuatical Jap fores
armed wRh kaao sHrtoso and auto-
tie weapons sn posltlong of the
list InitoHy dlvlbfcm on Mindanao
land.
Lt. OaaMsr, whoo# wife was form
erly MlH Crolloy of Hermitage
▼IDags, CtJmm suburb, moved to the
front Unas taft a seund-powsrsd teto
phone as soon as ths Japs attacked
ths tjpt divlilon perimeter In central
I. barf sent that ike sni
had ahoady advanced too does to oor
positions to risk using the fire of his
81mm mortar platoon against them.
Checking the front line gun poeitions,
Lt Canlder realised that in order
repulse the Jap aasault the dwindl
ing supply OC^ammunltlon would have
to be replenished.
At the risk of his life, Lt Caulder
returned to the rear, organised an
ammo carrying party and In the taco
of the concentrated enemy fire,
brought the munitions to the front
line, moving from fox hole to fox bote
to see that each gnn was snpplled.
And when the Japs began to tall back
be resumed his role as mortar platoon
leader and directed a devastating fire
on them. A citation just given him
reads; ‘'Because of his great iniUa-
tlve, his aggressive leadership and his
outatAUding courage he coutrihuted
much to the successful repulse of the
enemy."
The Camden officer was awarded
the Bfonxe tMar on July 1.
Federal Agents
Arrest Camden
Stamp delators
Court Hoang
Ag OUmdun liandi To
Pay FIbm
Sooisa Camden and Ksnhaw
county motorlsta, who disregarded
the riOttest of the federal govsnunent
to affix the M Federal AutomobOe
Dae 'Bkx 46,thetr cars this year were
obllgad to vlait the Kerahaw County
Court pouae laat week. Wednesday,
and eiqpUln to Federal agents just
how they hsppeoed to miaa up In eom-
plying with the law.
All day there was a parade of
creetfallen anta*^ owners into thu. court
room of the county bnUdlng. Prao-
tlcally all caiie out mlnas a few dol
lars that Uncle Whiskers had taken
trem them aa a peualty for iketr
forge tfulnaae.
*1116 average flue waa $26, but In
a few tawtances the amount extracted
from the penitent motorist was less
Several estoped paying a tine but had
to viatt the poet office and purchase
their tax dtamp withont further delay.
The two weeks period of grscs
S at tha fodaral govsnunent extended
e ear owners expired Isst Monday
and on Tnaeday tka agents were
tm|aUng sbont the state, tagging the
effendsm and extracting the fines.
A aajorlty of the oCtmiderB, It Is
ctaimpA had hopad to get ty this
year wfrhent pejiag the tax. Soma
of ifroto admtttad they did not pay
baeanpe last year many of Uieir
trlenda did not and thay had Wn
branded aa tnekers beeaase they did.
Tbaee snealled enokers really had
a oiisnge to enldtor because some of
the ear ewnsve who paid the :
mam flans to the federal agento
these' whe^ ha4 ee fnoetionsly did
of their friends last
• lifto
'brmer C^(den High School
Ace With World Title Squad
Greatest Example
Of Sportsmanship
I Ever Heard of
Coriicj Lynn, Paralysis Victim,
Was Unlucky and Yet
Very Lucky
Is Third South Carolina Player
To Become Member of
Lamboau*s Outfit
By the Skipper
Several years ago a 12 year old
kid watched two Junior Legion tesnu
battle on the baseball diamond at
Sumter. Last year that kid was s
pitcher on the Sumter Junior Legion
team. We saw him pitch here in
Camden against our Junior team.
This year ‘‘Corky’’ Lynn, for that
is his name, was to be Sumter’s old
reliable as a Junior Legion pttchar.
The coach of the team and the boys
who were on the team personnel loom
ed forward to Corky having a big
year In Legion baseball.
But several weeks ago Corky be
came 111 and when It became known
that the youngster was a victim of
Jplantile paralysis, he. and his team
mates knew that Corky was through
as s pitcher. The paralysis spread
and soon Corky was helpless from
his hips down.
Bat that isn’t all of this remarkabls
story. 'The bojrs on the team decided
to stage a benefit game to raise
money to give to Corky to flght the
paralysis. The fine lads on tks Flor
ence team agreed to coma over to
Sumtor and play the Oamseoek Jun
iors In a benefit battle. Not only did
ths fine sportspeopls of Sumter back
tks project but all over ths area ths
gsoturs took popular fancy.
Wall, they ka4 ths game last Friday
night Ths Sumtar park waa Jammed
with fans. FkNunos won tbn game
I to 0 bat that was just a small mat
ter. The big thing about that game
was that Corky Lynn reoalved a
check for IT1I.46. That wss what ths
receipts of the game amounted to.
And in that amount was $161 that
tks tans of norsnes raised and sent
over to add to the fund.
'The money Is in a fund known as
ths Corky Lynn Medical Fund. The
more I think of this affair the more
1 feel like skaklng hands wkh tks
good people of Sumtar, with those
Sumter and Florenes Junior Lsglan
boys for one of ths finest sporting
gestures T have pver heard of.
Corky Lynn was unlucky in falling
victim to Infantile paralysis but he
certainly was steeped In luck that
be happened to live in Sumter.
Burning Truck
lies Up Traffic
On lUver Bridge
s
Guard Rail of Stroctum Ouar
Littlo Lsmehas Rrmr Is
RippMl Up
In a letter from a South Pacific
Marine base, addressed to the Heath
Nfwa Service here, James H. (Shot)
Cox. former Camden High school and
UnlTersity of North Carolina grid ace,
confirms a report that be has sjgned
a contract with the Green Bay Pack
ers, football champimts of the world.
Cox will b» the third South Carolina
youth to don the Packer unlfoim.
Larry Craig, formerly with the Uni
versity of South Carolina, has been
k permanent cog In the famous Green
Bay machine for several years. Sid
Tinsley, reported in the service now,
is the third Sandlspper to be listed os
the Packer roster.
Shot Cox was the first of a trio of
Cox brothers to step into the gridiron
spotlight. Shot was outstanding as
a member of thg (Camden high team
and later with the University of North
Carolina. Dickie was next, also a
high school ace and later with the
University of Georgia. Then cams
Carol, who sparked the Camden High
school team to It’s first Clsss A state
title and who was later named on ths
All-Csrollnas and All-Southern High
team. Carol is now at Clemson and
will be seen In action with the Tigers
this coming seosoB.
In his lettsr to Frank H. Heath,
director of the News Service^ ttiot
Cat sUtss that be sees his brother,'
Diet, (juits often and both of them
are looking forward to the day when
they can rssnme their activities In
sports. "I have a fine contract with
ths Packers," writes Shot. "1 had a
very aloe lettsr from Curley Lambeau
ths othsr day and be tells me that he
is looking to a great season this com
ing faU."
Shot went on to state that he had
received a letter from Coach Snavsly
of North Carottna, who exproassd
dlaappolnunsnt that he did not get
CarSl On as, ks stated. Carol could
play tailback <m any college team.
In his letter to the Skipper, Cox
says:
‘T know this will be more or less
(Kaass tom to pags sight)
Auxiliaiy Head
Issues Eteta On
Finance Budget
Also Announcoa Appointmant
ol Mn. J. M. Vfllopifiw
'Traffic on Highway No. 1 at ths
bridge crossing the Little Lomches
river near Bethune was tlsd up tor
hours Thursday morning when a truck
loaded with rayou cord got out of
control, tore up several hundred feet
ot guard rail of the bridge and then
esught fire.
An appeal for help In fighting the
/ire was sent to ths Casadsn airport
and ths Dsfsnss Plants corporation
dispatched the airport pumper to the
scene. Water was paBDed from fits
river and streams dlrsetsd on tlw
DRl&Ilig truck. The fire wss quickly
controlled after ths pumper went Into
action.
The truck was the property of ths
Malone 'Truck company of Birming
ham. Ala., and the driver wad Paul
Walker of Birmingham. Aooording to
Patrol Officer McMahon, who investi
gated tbs accident, the driver ap
parently kMt control ot the truck as
ks was taking ths curve of tks brldgs.
The driver waa »ot Injursd.
Kershaw Warrims
Are Flown Home
Mbbj TboasBitda Coiniig From
EionopB By AJbr FUglit
T.4 William Medlln, 29. Blansy. 21
months In ETO wltk unit of ths flsld
ArtlUsry of the lOth Division, wear
ing five battle stars. >
Pfe. Lynch D Boykla, 14. Bogrkln,
29 months MTO, I battl# stars. Arrow
head. Purple Heart with Cluster.
The above Kershaw county service
men were smong the latest overseas
returnees to arrive at ths Miami Air
Fleld after being flown by Air Trans
port Command troii
This Is a part ot the grsatsst aerial
movement of troops In history. It is
part ot ths Green Project to retam
68,000 men a month by sir.
From Miami thoy SM sent to Gamp
Blandlng, Fla., and thsaoo to a roeep-
tkm center nearer tkeir rsopectlyp
houMO, where they are either rtirtssttl
from service or rssssignsd. foUowlag
furloughs houM.
In InA M ki ksUavsd ktst a wssi*
thy man who dSss without hairs rs-
Mrs. W. L. Ooodale, preas relstlona
and publicity chairman of the Camden
Hospital auxiliary has issued some
interesting statistics in conneoUon
with the flnsncisl status of the snxl-
limy.
According to Mrs. Ooodale, who Is
also president ot the auxiliary, ths
last financial statement quoted In
The Chronicle showed a balance on
hand of 11,096.28. Since that time
there has been expended |28.19 for
refreshments and gifts tor the gradu
ating nurses. $19.98 tor lawn ebatrs
for the nurses home and $78.80 for
six metal bedside tables for the wards
and the O. B. wing.
This leaves s balance at preseot
of $978.29. The Auxiliary is paying
1260 toward ths cost ot the new
sterilising machins for the maternity
wing, and also has ordsred sn electri
cally hqutod sad ShtomsHrilly oba-
troUed food conveyor to be used in
thS' wards. This conveyor vrill cost
approximately |SS6. With the |686
to be used on the above Hems, there
wfll remain a balance of $887.29 in the
treasury.
It Is ehstomary to have a balance
of at least $100 to greet the new offi
cers who take over in the fail of the
year. This win leave a balance of
1117 which Is to be used on' the
grounds thti foU.
Mrs. John Vllleplgue has oonssnt-
sd to be ehalnasn of the grounds
committee for the coming year. Her
scesptnace of thb appointment insures
Improvenent in the ears and main*
tsnanoe of ths hospital grounds.
Rembert Scene ■
Of Ifottle Royal;
One Bfan l^ed
turns as a ssrpaut to protset hfr
Wtfn Comf-so8 SIm Shot Hm-
htmd. AsmoAmt Held For
StaUlof
James JohnMi. Rembert Negro,
who was Involvsd in a fracas last Bun-
day near Rembert, In which Rfims
Rlehardson. also eokrsd. was shot
and Irillsd, haa' bm diargsd with
oasauU and battery of s' high sad
aggravated nature
Johnoou, who was badly out by
mshsrdsop in the fight, has bssn
rsissvsd from a Sumtar hospital to
the eeunty jaa ami fsess trial st ths
usxt term of ortatasl court.
Lettio Ri^ardoou. wife of ths akda
BMB, eonfsassd tliM she shat her
husbsad bat elaimsd that It was dons
la seif dsfanss. tas was
to two yssrs sn a