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* Mayor F. N. McCorkle Makes Public His Plans for Pabbc Improvements In Camden This Year. The Camden Chronicle VOLUME 57 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, flUDAT^ OCTOBER 5, IMS NUMBER 29 ’ainters Battle Bees On >erch 120 Feet Above Walk ^ Stein md Ira Carlton Stefo A Real Fight In Clondland were not Jap yellow devlU, . Uiey had tke tame venomotu LftMlstics, the same tantlcal fj tad desire to wrek injury as do I Nipponese devils. nose happened to be yellowjaekets, hnn of bee wtth a dlsttact ant red (1^. And they, many haogreds gused a fiery offensive acalnst ek Stein and Ira Carlton, painters, u ware atop the t^amden city ball ftt 120 feet above the street. ^tn and CarlUm had none aloft to ■IxfoM pAiat toHhe ten foot figure aw Haiglar, who acU as a weatb- Ttse atop the tower of tbe city I Uthossh protected from plunging I feet to the cement walks beow by I life ropes which they were at- ltd to, Stein and Carlton fought torouB onslaught of the yellow- ktts for nearly an hour' before they lUf were able to proceed and apply gold paint to the, figure of the go Chief Haiglar. leln and Carlton were stung sev. I times by tbe angry pests and I leveral narrow escapes from be- forced off the narrow ledge of tbe ih). Ittn and Carlton have applied Ir coating of gold to the Indiaa g while the metal roof of the ilo hs been given a covering of V paint The flood lights which I been out of servloe for the past > years were repaired and new and s powerful bulbs Installed by the •U jseks. otorists approaching Camden from dkeetion will be able to see the er top and gold figure of the In- I Chief by day and night. The I lights outline the ten foot figure ) brilliance at night B.A8SO. Nurse ikes Over In tnhaw County McMaubar, Widi of Is New Socratarj la Jennie McMsster, a native of Hon, Texas, but who has been a Irst of South Carolina since 1929, been named as executive secre- «f the Kershaw .County Tubercu- ueociation. according to an- Mment from the association (ssrterg in the health depart building. M McMaster held a similar of- u Marlon, S. C., before the war Mi. During the war she was em it by the American Red Cross in ipecltl work for that organixa- in MiBBissippl and Louisiana. ’tog the first World war Mlsa leter was overseas as an ymy •nd prldefully claims to oe a »r of the American Legion. She i*»n engaged in T. B. work in since 1929. noting of the executive com- * of the county T. B. association Wd yesterday, at which plans a year were disenssed. ; Majority of nden Business Close Mid-Week A Few Storva To Rumoin Mn On 'Wodaoedoy Afternoons National Pool Names Best ^hool In Five Sports Miclufan Is dio Boet Ovomll School For Athletic If yon wanted yonr boy to be a star in footbsir. basketball, baseball, track or swimming, you know what college or university to send him too where he will receive a maximum of the best coaching if yoa heed the sporu poll takMi by a popular magaxine and which has Just been announced to the press? The magaxine polled the country on the quMtlon: "To best apply his ath letic skill while gaining an education, what college or university would you send your son, or what school would you recommend to a boy who is an adept Sit football, baseball, basketball, track and swimming. Tbs poll shows that if you profit by the experience of others, you’ll send your son to Notre Dume if be is to go out for football. Notre Dame won by a landalide in tbe poll Just closed. If your boy is skilled in basketbsll. you’ll send him to Illiuois where the best basketball la played. If your son has a leaning toward baseball you’ll send him to Holy Otnoes, although Michigan la Just about aa good. And If he is a sprinter, a miler, a Jumper, or has a bent toward any track sport, be sure and send him to Southern CalifomlA And If he wants to be come a crack swimmer, diver, etc., send him to Tale. In the football poll Notre Dame re ceived S8J per cent of all votes cast. Minnesota Was second with 12.1' per cent and Michigan third with 7.4 per cent. In basketball Illinois was away out in front with Purdue a close sec ond and Kentucky and lows tied for third. In baseball It was Holy Cross with Michigan Just a percentage point be hind. So there you have the national lead ers in five sports and for an around apJe.tic career for that son of yours, donSi overlook Michigan which placed right up at the top in all four of them five sports listed. Those ^wdust Piles Can Be Made Into Riches Raaearch Opens Vaak New Field for the Lowly Pile of Forest Waste Wednesday, October 10, ■iPocery stores, anto supply *wic Bervloe shops, hardware wm implement stores, feed furniture stores wlU rs- lOe Wednesday afternoon doe- •tores will close every Wed- Mternoon at 1 o’clock, wHh ^••ceptlons, thess being the befom Christmas. *t there has been no report oepartment stores, Jewelry ■hops, etc., as to J they also will be listed in "««k closing program. 3,^lng the agreement on afternoon closing so shop. Home ahd Christmas, C.V. Rogers, Inc., A. Sheheen, V,!!?®- 8. a Ross, R. L. Mo- r T S ® Ro««r*. J. W. Wmiarns, "Jth g Nlchol- I ill McCasklU, ^to Aasodata slore. Beono- "«PPly. Beotrie Servloe Co ^ twa 10 fgge tva) Id Brills at 7:30 <=: Clyl«,r^ ^ tk. ** this In mfcitf. GIVE TO THE WAR FUND Ajram, the National War Fund and Community Cheat campaijni ia with ua. The Chronicle reconunenda generous contribu tions to this appeal. The money is always well spent. Locally a portkm collected goes to the Boy Scouts, Jewish Relief and the Service Men's Center. The campaign extends through October. De spite the fact that the war in Europe and Japan is history, much remains to be done and The Chronicle hopes that there will be no cMuttion of interest and cooperation on the part of Camden and Kershaw county citizens. Agencies partkipatiiur in the National War Fund are the USO, the tniBbed Seaman's Service, War Prisoners Aid, Philippic War Relief, Bel^sn, British, Chinese, Czechoslovisn, Luxembur^sn, Nor wegian, Polish and YugHikoroan relief societies, American Field Service, Rnttfee Relief Trustees and U. S. Committee for the care of European Chil dren. ' This is the list as announced.’ As time goes on the end of the war and. improvements in the post war situation may erase the need of some of ^ese organizations. But right now we all know ^m the tragic reports from the war-ravaged areas, much of the world is in a bad way and needs help we are able to offer. The way to make your relief contributions count most heavily is to give them to the authorized and bonafide war fund. Later of course, to the Ameri can Red Croat. These contributions are deductible on income tax returns. How about ft Mr. and Mra* Kersihaw Coun^T Let's have an over-subscription to the National War Fund this year. - — ■■ , - — ■ ■ - - —— - Sewerage Systeni To Cover Entire Area Under Project Treated like Kings hi Texas; Like Dogs In Fla. Pfc. John Corekoo TMla Fine Entertainmwk Given At Houateo That mammoth pile of sawdust North of DeKalb street and on the property of the Wateree Lumber Co., the mountain-like pile at Blaney, plus scores, perhaps hundreds of small heaps that are to be seen at various points in the county are the nucleus for a new and vast industrial enter prise. In the research laboratory of the American Forest Products Industries, Inc., forest’s waste* are being con- verted into amaxing new products whose consumption will bolster strongly the economy of many areas. Wood wssts caBBOt be discounted sny mors. Wood is being converted Into besotlfuUy grained subetanesi with tbe gloes of poHshed marblA Layers of wood pulp paper are being converted Into translueent sheets of plastic, maf ns heavy as aluminnm and yet with elmost the tensile Btreni^ of steel Wood is being transmuted so that It can be bent and twiated aa a rubber hose. Science has changed wood’s characteristic* *o that maple can be made as bard as ebony and oak pro cessed into synthetic boards lighter than balsa. ^ . Fertllliers, molded j^tlcs and even explosives, nre being dertvso from wo^. And here la where this oon^ new (FIsMa tan t» fags MiM Farm Bnrean To Laonch Drive Oct 11 L. O. Funderburk, prssldnst of the Kershaw County Farm Bureau an nounced here recently that the local Bureau will cooperate in a compre hensive State-wide membership drive nrhlch launch^ Thursday, Oct. .it at a luncheon meeting of farm Isaden m Kershaw county. An out of town speaker will addr^ the It la expected that ^ counties In the 8UU will launch their membership'drive slmultaneous- fv St a Irick-ofr luncheon msating, attended by farm laader* throughout South Carolina. One JmpoctaBt fsaUure s< ^ 8t^ wide drive J* a masting tn Oolumbte. tneeday, Oct t. at I»;ld cere and dipsetors from sw oouw in th* atnt* plan ta atta^ portaat farm meetly. WualdsBt ^i5a reau. aa aMa and foaew apaaijr will hl^light tha program with tna principal Pfc. John Cnreton, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Cureton, Sr., of Liberty Hill, who Is now stationed at Foster Field near Houston, Texas, regards flie Lone Star state people as b^ng the most hospitable In the world. In a letter to bis parents Pfc. Cure- ton elated that the treatment they have received from the Tezana is in sharp contrast to that evidenced in Florida. The Texas brand of hospi tality was evidenced in many ways and particularly In tbe many fine avenuea of entertainment that were offered up. "We were surprised at the people being so nice to us,’’ says Cureton. “I reckon after being in Florida where people treated us like a dog we were a little astonished at the hospiUlity shown us here.” Pfc. Cureton’s letter to his parenU reads in part: "We arrived here this morning about S o’clock and I’m teiltaf you we are really worn out as we bad been on the rood ever since last Monday night. We had a layover in Houston end let me tell you about that. WhMi we arrived there we went to a U80 to take a shower, cause we were real ly filthy. Some lady phoned up there and (Wanted the hostess to get five sol diers and come to lunch. So she told me to get five of us together and she would show us the place. So we had to go to another DSO to get meal tickets. We thought that w* ware Just going to a reeUnrant or some thin like. But guess what—we end ed up at the swanky Rice hotel as guest of the Klwanls club. It wee reaUy nice and we probably shook hands end rubbed ehouMers with mil lionaires. Mach one of ns we* spon sored by s busineas man of Houston. The man I was sponsored by wee s brick contractor. They Introduced us to the one* there, told them what state we were from end also what (PiMM tan to page in) Traiiiiiifl; School At Lytubton Churrii ■ —lip A training sObool for Christian work ere will be held in th* LytUeton Street Methodist'church October T-Il. Ses sions will be held each evening Sun- day through Thurnday from T:M to i:M. Two courses will be offered. How the Bible Oame to Be, tnoght by Xk John Marvin Raet, president of Laa. der c<Mege. Greenwood, and Teaching Chlldreii. taught by Mrs. A. W. WIm bertF. Lake Olty. t Dr. Bast will serve aa dean of th* scIkkM. Pull credU certifleatee will be awarded to those completing the required work. The course on the Bible wlD be of inureet to aU adulu and young people and H la hoped that a large number will avail thsmsstoea of the prirttege of attending this dess whether for credit er audit Th* cenrse on Teaching GhOdren wffi appeal aepeelaUy to those of tbe church school werklag wtth chUdpen 4-lf years of age, and to pamla of obOiran wtthln this age gmup. We tovlto enryone toUmUd to attend ragarAete of thdr pnrriealar ehureh aftnMtlano. \ Pnwiaf ol AUnjn and Stmnto and ImalallnBon of Nnw Light SUndnrdn. Hartsville Red Foxes To Battle Bulldogs Here Tonight Gamecocks Win Annual Battle From Camden 8-6 Touchdown and Safety Brings Victory To Sumtar High School Projects dealing xtjth health, public Ity. etc., are embraced in tbe program to be carried out iu the city of'Chmden this year, according to an aanobneemeni from the office of May or F. N. McOorkle on Wednesday. Mnteusion of the sewerage system to Igke in the area east of Mill street uUU give 100 per cent sewer age system coverage in the munlclpel- ty; paving of the area and alleys >ack of the business houses end shops n downtown Camden, together with the necessary catch bealne imd etorm sewers; additional equipment for the city water plant, which will Insure expansion of tbe water supply end in-, atallation of new street light stand ards, are some of tbe projects that the mayor has affixed a “must” label to. ‘All money spent will be for Im provements of a needed and perma nent nature,” said tbe mayor., "We do not want any leef-raking projects auch aa were in evidence some years ago. We want post-war projects that' will be beneficial In scope and which will provide for a more enjoyable life for our Camden people.” llie exteuion of the city sewerage to all parts*of Camden east of Mill street is to be started immediately. Stnte engineers were here last Mon day and in a conference between them end representatlvee of the city we outlined a number oC projects which we wish to aee carried out this year. At present only inch projects as deal with health,'public necessity, etc., are receiving priority necessary to begin work In a short time. On seweeage projects the United States government will pay up to 82 per cent of the total cost. I have in stnicted Leon P. Tobin, of the Muni cipal Utllltlea, to prepare application for sufficient funds to oomplete our city sewerage eystem. As soon as the project has been approved by the gov ernment it will be submltt^ to tbe city council for acceptance or rejec- tion. If accepted, the sponsor's part of the cost must be financed by either isaulag revenue bonds or serial bondn* For some time Mayor McCiorkle has been planning for a Memorial build' log la honor of tbe soldiers of the ^two world Vrars. Such a memorial would (Please tinu to page eight) Designation of National Added To Local Bank Commgreial Bask of Camdon la CoMPUrtad as of Oc- 1st Sumter, S. C. Special to Oironicle. Coming from behind in the third quarter to score a touchdown and a safety, Sumter High toppled Camden in tbe annual grid battle between the two schools last Friday night before a crowd of 8,000 fans. 'The final score was 8 to 8.> The large crowd was treated to some peculiar but exciting football throughout the hard-fought contest and the fact that the Gamecocks were in good physical cendlUon played aa an important part in their victory as did anything else. Both teams eroesed up each other with the result that the game w/s anybody’s at anytime. Sumter used an unbalanced line to crush Camden's, running attack before it could get started, but in doing so the Game- eocka fell vtctiou to Camden’e strate gy. WUh the Birds’ punting oue of their weakest links, th* BuHdog for. wards, aided by Sumter's usual slow ness in getting off the kicks, broke through five times to block Gamecock punts. Ono*. the kicker didn’t even time to kick the ball Sumter'a running attack, wbiclf looked good at times, helped tbe Oemecocks get out of several holes, but a bad play usually bogged down Sumter when in pay-off territory. STATISTICS Cam- Sum- den ter Flrat downs 4 7 Yds. gained ruahmg 108 121 Yds. lost rushing 89 Net yardage ruahlng 87 Passes attempted 4 Passes completed- 2 Total yardage gained passing 27 Opponents* passes Intercepted 0 Punts ....: 8 Average yardage punts .. 82.1 ^^ikxnblee 4 Own fumbles recovered .. 2 Opponents’ fnmblee revd.. 2 Penalties 80 48 75 6 2 48 0 9 19.1 2 0 8 15 Langston Acquires Wooten Home On North Mill Street John Whitakor, Jr., Bnya Two Proportion In Snrsfield Visitors Plan To Inrade Cam den With Big Following And Fine Band Barring a last minute change in the plans of the Hartsville High school and cltisens fandom, the game be tween the Camden Bulldogs and the Hartsville Red Foxee tonight at the Camden arena should have a lot of color and music. According to the Hartsville press, tbe Camden Invasion by tbe boys from the <^noco Products center are com ing down here escorted by a band of aome 80 pieces, a big cheering group and many faundtreds of tana. Aa a matter of fact, the HarUviUe grid world scents a victory in tbe offing and they want to be Johnny- on-theHipot to celebrate in the event their hepes are realiied. For many years the Hartsville Red Fox talent has been given the abort end of the score in tilts with the Bull dogs and a victory right now would be. JuA. about tbe biggest thing in Hartsville history and would rate a wild celebration. The game tonight la to start at 8 o’clock, while, under the time prevail ing during the war, would be 9 o’clock. Fans are sked to bear this change in time in mind in order the* they will not miss any part of the game. Camden faces tbe Hartsville team wkh a determination to add the out fit to their win column. Tbe visi tors. on the other hand, see 1946 as their best chance to take the BuUdOM for a ride. As a result the battle should be one interesting <o watoh. If tbe plans of tbe invaders ere cAiTied out and the fine high eohool band makes tbe Jaunt here, tbe tana will aee an intoreetlng spectacle be tween halves when the big band will march aiid./muy on the field. Tbe Camden team came through the game wHh Sumter in good shape and! are prepared to make a heavier team fight hard to win tonight / Negro and 18 Cases of Beer Seized by McLeod Archie Bracejr Charfed With Hnwisf Recetwed Stolen Goods Perry R. Langston, Cbevrolet deal er and swrlce agency here, has pur chased the former Frank Wooten home on Mill street, the transfer be ing recorded at the court house last week. The record shows the purchase to have been made from C. C. Whit aker, John Lewis and C. H. Schlos- burg. Two deals with John Whitaker, Jr., as purchaser were recorded. One wi for m house and lot tn the Serafleld area from Lainwnoe M. Ondmm, and the other from' Henry Savage, Jr., of a house and lot Other deals recorded were: Marg aret M. Weat to W, H. R Thomas and Beulah Irene Thomas, tour acres; Charles B. Belton to Nathaniel Brown house and lot; Heyward Tlneent etal to J. A. and €. J. WQUams, 40 acre*; W. L. Grigsby tb A. D. Goff, lot,' and Mrs. Amanda McKinnon to J. L. Kingston, bouse and lot Archie Bracey, colored, who has a small store near tbe old Seaboard depot site has been arrested by Un- deraherlff J. H. McLeod, and will face trial at the October term of court on a charge of receiving stolen goods. Archie was ceugbt with tbe goods, according to the underaheriff, whose storage vault oontains 18 cases of beer, stolen by a relative of Archie’s in Colambla lut week. Leroy Thomas, colored, sought for the robbery of a filling station at Qa*- tonia, N. C., is being held In (he ocal Jntt (or trial on a charge of nreeklng into and robbery of three homes in the Buffalo aection of the county. Thornes will be tried here and later after serving sentence will be tamed over to tbe Gastonia au thorities. Leonard Odom, colored, who was arreatod for the Oesttmia filling sta- Uon robbery, was tamed over to the Gestonla aoihorltlee by Undersberlff McLeodi Rolaad Brown, who resides In the Buffalo aoetloa, is being held at the local Jan lor attoaspled burglary of a bouse, tn wbieh two whit* women were living alone. Everybody Wanted To Add A Sign The habit of Americans to accept things in a philosophical manner, even to tke point of the ludlcroas is exemp lified In a sign that graces e counter in the Bums and Barrett hardware store. This sign, tnsteUed by the hardware firm, re^s: No Shelia No Cartridges Sorry. American shoppers in the store have added a lot to th* sign. For instance: No Cigarettes, No Xexd, Mo Fat Back, No Whiskey, No Beer, No Jelly, No Snuff, No Gum, No OPA— We Hope, No WPA, No Women, No Nothing. Of general interest in this com munity wns tbe announcement that on Monday, Oct 1, the Oommerclal Bank of Camden beceme tbe Commercial National Rank. The Commercial Bank of Camden JSM ormnlsed tn October, 1888 with resonrcea e( |77,0M. Since that time it baa grown to an toatitution of more than two and a quarter million. This is oonereto evidence of serviee and of tbe confldenea sbwwa by tbe pvbUe In tbo luiUtntion. The dlrectore of tbe Oommerclal National Bank are:. Mssara. W. MoM 2eBKp.-K. C. Bttors, Henry Savage, Jr. Jobn Whitaker, Jr.. fVsnk M. Wooten. J. Ooolay OObs and Beniy Q^^Cprrt- September Was A Month of Varied Wbat about the weather? Septem- her had plenty and of a most varied type. Torrential rains torrid temperatures and Budden drops, an combined to offer an uafbrgetaUe pmlod. Lnat weAt featnrad days of torrid heat and high hnmidity, hnt rAief csBM on Sonday wbon in the after noon Cite HaD Clock Fails To Gia^e To Standard Tiine ThM Pmc Com On Strikn. Otlmra Am Lnan JStInrjr Camden swung into Eastern Stan dard time without any oonfusion. As late as Monday however the city ball clock was stIU on Eastern War time, occasioning considerable satire and sarcasm tre^ businees men and others. Jerry Hoffer’s big time piece that overhangs the aidewalk |ln front of the Jewelry store, apparently was die. gnstod and quit completely. The clock at the u ri^t on the job' morning when oarly r their way to the post otflee, the time piece was tm the new time. Cuts Points To 70 ki October OMple with relatives in •rill he hrtereeted to leers Camden th* amy vri that aft« Oct 1, 70 polpt* sQl gat a aoldier ont of the army. By Nor. 1, 80 potots win do It . Late ta the winter the point dls- u “dlcharg* system will be dropped eathre. wmtdoern to M fly end two yeere’ emvloo hi *n cm W«elllt»tlM|wfll Bood to be AMglble for ctvUton If mcbeo.^^ clothes.