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* WEW8 •tm JMl CAMOeW CMWOlilCH, CAtlOm, tOUTH CAWOLtliA. FWIOAV, JULY 17. im ewt EUlon, ton of Mr. tl6-tMted TOtenns who woro flown 7Mrs. ErereU Hilton of Kershnw, Across the ocenn to Ad Mrs Its been !<rtsida<i- nrtnsP®*’* transferred. from where he Is conuxumd Italy -- Miami and thence to cleared for Camp Blanding and re- wlth the Air ceptkm centers nearer home Sgt. Hilton 16 months In Italy. He wears Pfc. John C. Bennett, 1505 Broad hrse campaign rihlwns, African, SicU street, who participated in the cam- .ATAn battle stars, the paign in Germany, has been awarded • First Battle Star. Pfc. Bennett was with the SOth diTision. •*'^d Italian, seren battle stars, the fjT Conduct and Presidential ClU- ^ medals and Oak Leaf cluster Pfc oscwr S.TIunterr wlio has been ■ AS serTlce for the past three years, “ received his discharge andHs now “he home of his relatives InJ^Bose pfc. Hunter' saw service in Ireland, Scotland. Wales, Sjisnd France and Germany. Pfc Bill Van Landlngham is spend- s SO^lay furlough with his psr- ^ Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Van Land- ^sm after having served two years ^ the 491st Bomb Group with the uh Air Force In Bngland. He weaiw 1 battle stars, Presidential citation ^ two oak leaf clusters. He will l^rt to Tacoma, Washington after iti furlough. CdI Joe B. Gaskin, Jr., son of Mr. jjd Mrs. Joe B. Gaskin, Sr., 1340 falls stresU has begun training as u aviation engineer of the Air Porces It Geiger Field, Spokane. Washing- on, sccarding to word received from ;;ol. James W, Park, commanding of- of that field. Announcement has beeii received by Irs. W. F. Russell. Lafayette avenue, iat hfr nephew, Lt. James B. God- rin. who is hr the Philippine Islands, at been promoted to the rank of 'aptsin. Captain Godwin is a brother f the late Staff Sgt. Hugh Godwin, rho was killed in Prance. 8(t. John B. Whitley, 211 York St, j months in Italy, and Pfc. Edward oith. route 1. 34 months in Europe, >n. John L. Quinn of Lugoff, 36 onthg in Ehirope are among the bat- [IRSHAW lodge no. 29, A. F. M. 4 Regular Communleatloa First Tuesday of Baeh Month, At t P. M. YisHors WelconMi U H. J0NB8. W. M. J. OUTLAW, Seeratary State Theatre KERSHAW, 8. C FRIDAY, JULY 27 -TILL WE MEET AGAIN” with ^ Ray Mliland and Bartmra Britton SATURDAY, JULY 28 ‘LAW OP THE VALLEY” with ^ Johnny Mack Brown ^T., JULY 28, 10x30 p. m. }ANG£ROUS PASSAGE” With Lowery and Phylla Byooks III0N.-TUES., JULY 30^1 **A TREE GROWS IN . BROOKLYN” iy McQlure and James Dunn WEDNESDAY, AUG. 1 “NIGHT CLUB GIRL” Vivian Austin and Billy Dunn THURSDAY, AUa 2 “IPS A PLEASURE” onja Heiiie and Michael O’Shea Private John L. Mickle, 36. 1-2 months in Elurope, terminating in Germany and who wears two battle stars, has arrived at Miami via air from Ctormany and is now at a re ception center. Signalman. ' S.2-c. Harvle Catoe, route 1, Camden, has repotted to the U. 8. Naval receiving station at the Charleston-Navy Yard. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Catoe of this city. Before. enlisting in the Navy in January. 1943, he was employed as a textile worker at the Hermitage mill. He la a veteran of Green Island, Hollandla, New Guinea, ♦ Guam and Leyte actions. Ho has three brothers In the Navy, Radioman Third Class James B. Catoe, Gunner’s Mate Sec ond Class Hollis T. Catoe, and Fire man Second Class Jack Catoe. Thomas A. Deese. S.2-c, fion of Rev. and Mrs. H. H. Vines, route 1, this city, is serving aboard the USS Ne vada. which has written a blaxlng chapter In the history of World War No. 2. Wc. William > J. %own, Hermitafl^ mill, is a member of the 384th B^- talion, a Unit of the Peninsular Base section in Itayl. Pfc. Wade C. Humphrey, route 1, Bethune, who has been overseas for two and a halt years, as a member of the 37th Infantry division,' and is a son of Mrs. P. C. Humphrey of Be- tbune, has received his discharge from the armed forces. Eugene T. Horton, a son of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Hortoii, route 2, Kershaw, an aviation fife controlman, third class, In the Navy, has returned on leave after a tour of duty with the Navy’s Air Fleet, Wing 2. He has spent 11 months overseas. Before bis enlistment he was a student at the Kershaw High school. Among the 18 sons of South Caro lina who responded to a roll call at a recent informal' states reunion staged In the crew’s mess hall of a heavy cruiser of the U. 8. war fleet, was Marvin Mobley, electrican's mate, first class, whose brother, William 8. Mobley, also in the Navy, and who has a sister, Mrs. Jatncfs Hegler of Kershaw. First Lt. Alma P. Good. 414 Lau rens street, is a member of Head quarters company, 97th Infantry, wlGch recently received the meritori ous service unit plaque for superior performance of duty during ita service In Prance and Germany. B9B> PAGE TMfItt McCaakin Brothers Meet In ^aris Bethune Soldier DeBvers Fire To Artillery Uunit Pfc. Heyward Went of Bethune Is the Man Who Pulls The Lanyard Troop 54, Boy Scouts, Return From Camp Life T.-Sgt. Daniel M. McCasktll (left) and Sgt. Charles W. McCaskill (right) sons of Mrs. J. P. Lewis. They met in Paris tor the first time in two years. At present Daniel is in Ma- drled, Spain, and Charles is in Prance* Marsh Brothers Return After Serving At Front Two brothers, Cpl. Leroy Marsh and Pfc. Kenneth Marsh, of this city, have retorned to the States after having been in active service for over three years. Cpl. Marsh was in the Army Re serve and was called Into service and was stationed at Fort Bragg in May. >942. He was transferred to^e ions S.Sgt. Colvin Sheorn of Garden City, Kansas, and Cpl. Benton Sheorn of Tampa, na., are spmding fur loughs with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Benton Sheorn on Lyttleton St It Is the first time the two brothers have been home together for quite sometime. S.Sut. Sheorn served aa a gunner on a B-W in the iMropean theater of war and returned to the states in March. Big and little Tires MsAe A Show Visitors to the Carolina Motor Ck>. filling station on Broad street last This woodcrful new Insecticide will kill' end rEpELFlies, Mosquitoes, Ger- muo Roaches, Jiggers, Carpet Beetles, Water Bugs, Uce,' Bed Bugs, Silver Fish, Centipede^ Fleas, Spiders, Ticks, Night Bugs and many other insects; when used as directed; - Inexpensive to use one bottle will last lor wceklwJQae, appligtion^ of DPT wUl last from llO <£ys. DEKALB PHARMACY w. p. THOI^ • Nurtn and touth Caraliaa Olatrihutora Phono 88 E. W. SHEORN China-Bucma theater of operat and was attached to the 782nd M. P. Battalion. He returned home In May, 1946. has recently received his honorable discharge. Pfc. Kenneth Mersh wea a member of the Kershaw unit of the South Carolina National Gnard. Company M, 118th'Infantry of the SOtb division. He was stationed at Fort Jackson for two years. In August, 1942, he was sent overseas and his aaalgn- ments sent him to Iceland, England, Ireland and France. In Prance he was transferred to the 82nd Armored Infantry, later serving In Belgium and Germany. “ He participated in two major battles in Belgium and Ger many. He returned to the States last June and has since received his hon orable discharge.. The two boys are sons of Mr. M. S. Marsh of this city, who also has two other sons. Alfred and Lewis, who were in t^ service and have since received their discharges. Al fred Marsh returned home after serv ing one yeer with the 118th Ipfantry te leataud Lewis served ten meathe Sore Throat Kept Camden Flyer (nf Ill-Fated Air Plane Entire Crew of Fortreaa Hits The SUk Aa Gas En- V velopea Ship In limited service. week were interested in the two ex tremes in tire slsee that were on ex- hibltion. There were two tires (tractor site) that were folly five feet high and 12 Inches thick. Nearby were two tires that were about 14 inches high and but four inches thick. Ordinarily a sore throat is a nui sance, but la the case of Lt. William Major, Jr.. Camden, flyer, a throat infection which prevented him from going on a routine flight in a B-29 plane, also saved him from probable Injury or death. For Lt Major was a member of the crew of the super-fortress which guided by an automatfc pilot after Its crew had taken to parachutes when the big ship became filled with gas fumes, crashed many miles west of Grand Rapids, Minn., in- a sparsely settled area. The big Fortress left Pyote, Texas, carrying 11 crow members ahd 4,000 gallons of gas.'enough to fly it to the West coast from the point that the crew abandoned ship. The crow Jumped from the plane from an elevation of 9,000 feet when gas fumes filled the sMp and threat ened to explode. One. of the crew was overcome by the fumes and his com panions had to strop his chute on and throw him out of the plane before they Jumped. Lt. K. C. Hudson of Thomasrllle. N. C.. was the flyer overcome and he roooverdd conscl- ousnesa as he was floating earthward. Two other members of the crow were Pfc. Heyward West, husband of Mrs. Dorothy West, route 2. Bethune. is kept on s 24 hour schedule dally to deliver ammunition to soften up the Japs and support the advance of the Yfuaks of the battle-hardened 33rd Infantry division, now righting in the Nofthern Luson area. West is a cannoneer in the 210th Field Artillery battalion and since all artillery depends on the man who pulls the lanyard, he is an important man in hla crew. In the rapidly moving situations that have characterized the Luzon campaign, a cannoneer is on the Job every minute of the day and night. The gun crews are stationed in the gun pita at all times, working In shifts and ready to unloose their 150mm howitzers at a moment's no tice. Digging the guns in. constructing gun and ammunition pits and settlnx up camoflage nets are but a f«w of the extra tasks involved when a gun section moves from one position to another. •West has completed two years of overseas duty and Is a veteran of three campaigns, New Guinea, Morotal In the Netherlands Elast Indies and Luzon. He wears the OodQ Conduct medal, Asiatic-Pacific ribbon with two battle stars and the Philippine Liberation ribbon with a star. Scout Troop 64. has retnrned from (3amp Barstow, near Gaston, after an enjoyable week’s* outing. The following members of the Troop came back with Camp emblems: Garmon Collins, Bill Savage, Sandy Savage, Billy .Salmond, FVank Babbitt. Martiu Price, Johnny Wall. Wendell Smith and Jack McLean. To be eligible for this award a Scout has to attend classes in First Aid, Swimming, Life Saving, Axman- ship and Nature Study. He also has to be able to tie various knots, show proper use of a rifle and go on an overnight camtfimL trip. Johnny Wall, settler patrol leader, was elected a candidate for the Order of the Arrow. This award requires that the elected one must have at tended camp at least a week before being named, (hat he must be a Hrat Class Scout and must live up to the oath and laws of Scouting. Only one boy in a camp can be elected to this order. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS All parties indebted to the estate of Maude Louise Scarborough are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all parties, if any, having claims against the said esatte will present them likewise, duly attested, within the time pre scribed by law. W. C. Scarborough, Admiulstrator. Camden, 8. C., July 2t. 1945. 19 weco uniwui On poor 'land you will find such weeds as bear grass, bitterweed, bracted plantain.. poverty grass, poverty cat grass, buckhom, cinque foil, golden rod, green brier, mus tard, oxeye daisy, pineweed, rabbit dover, rough buttonweed, sand spur, sheep sorrel and yellow weed. 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