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. V-- ^ t Hosiery Mifl Official Acquires Option On filtle Estate Area For Proposed Factory The Camden CHRONia^E VOLUME 57 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY* NOVEMBER 30, 1945 NUMBER 37 ^urt Holds That City Has Right Td^Regulate Pfcision Of Judge Gaston In. ’ Taxi Case Ghres Munic ipally Control ta kis deciaioo In the case of Bur- to Binaon and Andee Hinaon ts the ^ of Camden, in which taxi park- ^jnd telephone inatallatign on , city ^rty by compettnf taxi linea was Judge A. L. Gaston baa rol- a that the city has the right in the ^tea of its police power to permit ail designate a special parking space igf taxi automobiles and that the use g a telephone does not constitute a Mblic nuisance but is beneficial to* ^ public at large. The ruling cites that the deaigna- tioB of special parking spaces Jor taxi utomobiles removes the taxis from ■are oongeat^ points and is within mt reach of those who find it neces- arr to rid« in a taxi and cannot use m automobile. l%e Hinson brothers leased the va- (Ut lot abutting on the street where tha taxi service has fuaetloned for use time. They claimed that the cKy has no right to permit the use of ^atreet for such purpose and that ^ a violation of the ptalntlfTs right lew his own property thus rented w bin in bis own business of a sim- kr nature. It was also claimed that g« pUlntlfPs free and nntmmmeled i hU private proper^ impaired nl impeded by the conditions cre- iiid and permitted by the dity. The Judge cited tbit the record dMi that no other business is con- kdsd on the vacant, lot except by tki Hinsons to park their taxis and neetred phone calls relative to the Ktrlcs. "It also appears” reads the taiiion. "that the plaintiff at one tiM availed himself of the phdne ser. Tie* on the street”. The ruling In brief finds that the ri^U of an abutter arp sabject to the right of the city to regulate and (titroi the public highways for the knefit of the travelUlg public. State Officer Holdup Victim; Seeting Youth Tests Fail To Reveal Clues In Sumter Tragedy Sheriff Seale PUu To Tent Vehicle For Caurbon Mon oxide Fumes" MssMoCurry, Tex Commit •ion Agent, Loset Car And Money Charlee McCurry, an agent of the fath Carolina Tax commidhion was Hid up and robbed of his car and a. n of money last week Thursday. Ihe holdup took place on the high- nj near Lancaster. McCurry was going to Lancaster al was nearing the outskirts of that when a youth, looking to bo about 8 years of age, thumbed him for a Ue. McCurry stopped his car and the 'Nth stepped in and seated himself wHe Mr. Curry. After driving a kort distance the youth asked Mc- to stop the car, that he wanted • let out. The driver obliged and den the youth stepped out he tu’m- t drew a gun and ordered McCurry I tnm off on a nearby dirt road. When McCurry complied, the youth M his hands back of him after Jerk- k him from the car. He then tied hi to a small tree and getting into 1* Mr, drove off. He told McCurry iu he would find the ear later in Nt of the bank in Kershaw. Ihe car was later recovered but not 1 the point indicated by the holdup M*- The amount of money taken ij® the tax collector waa not stab Horns Selected ^MemberOtf ^etto Squad ^tain Of 1945 Bialldoga WOl Take Part In Thn Shrine Bowl Game Norris, captain and star per. ^ of the 1M4B Bulldog grid team the twenty-three players ae- from 17 high scl^ls of South as a member of the South alUtar team that will batUe Carolina AU-Stars la the Bowl game at Charlotte, Dec. Sparunburg, Parker, Char- ^^,Rock Hin and Brookland- Plsced two each oa the South ^ team with North CharlMton. Mullins. Oattaey. Basley, Sumter, Ooleeibla, Bishop- **a«m^”* and deergetown pUu^ kth( ar fa^ bakween the AIL ih CaroBaas, the Tur- *<>n 4 and the Saadlappera b ecoreless ties. ■^Picture of the ooaehM of the ^ an An- ^Isrci I Cumden •htt^**** «f the Oewt^ ^®a®a- Local faaa were by the eat Itae aader ibat Pivee • klgh eobeot ts coach of The automobile fire that to<* the lives of Miss Dorothy May Kay and Allen Hamilton Grlffen ^wlll probably go down ta the books as Just as much a mystery as the kidnapping of Char ley Ross decades ago. Latest reports Indicate that 'the Sumter county officials are about ready to call the affair an accident and let it go at that An FBI chemical report on speci mens taken from different' portions of the burned' car and on the gronnd near the car showed negative results when tested for the presence of vola tile, Inflammable and incendiary ma. terials, according to Sheriff W. J. Seale of Sumter county. * Specimens tested included portions of the inside and scrapings from the outside of the car and dirt from be neath the car at the place of burning. Sheriff Seale now haa a new idea which involves a test to determine whether carbon monoxide gaa might have been responsible for the death of the occupants of the car. He has taken the gntted car and rigged it up with new windows and covered the roof. One window, that in the front door on the driver’s side, will be left opmi. Then, in the presence of wit- nesscig, states, will be quali fied to Judge, he will start the auto mobile’s motor and allow carbon mon oxide gas to seep into the carethrough a hole in the car's muffler. A gas detecting instrummit will be placed In the vehicle to register the amount of the gas present. Sheriff Seale hopes in this way to establish that the couple was burned to death while under the influence of a deadly gas from the muffler. It will not however determine how the fire started. According to earlier reports, the motor was not running when the car was discovered afire although there was gas still in the gss tank. While the Sumter county sheriff is inclined to regard the affair as an ac cident, Chief A. McMarsh of the Co lumbia fire department is emphatic in his belief that the fire must' have had some help through the medium of some highly volatile fluid. A Sumter automobile mechanic who was a close freind to the Grlffen youth continues to insist that the theory of carbon monoxi^ poisoning is not born out by the c^umstances surrounding the fire. Sheriff Seale states that his depart- ment is prepared to investigate any leads that might come up ip the case. Right now, he admits he is at a stale mate. He declares there are no clues and as far as can be ascertained, no clues that would t«id to ,lead toward a suspicion of foul play. f Farm Bureau To Hold Annual Meet On December 7th Cooclaw® Will B« Held At Tbe New LefioD Hell. Prom inent Speaker Secured The annual meeting of tbe Kershaw County Farm Bureau will be held at tte new Legko Hall, Friday, Dec. 7 at 7:30 p. m., according to announce ment from the (rfflce of secretary, C. P. DuBose Jr., Wednesday. Tbe meeting la for the purpose of electing officers and directors for the ensning year. Plans are being made to have a prominent out-of-town speaker present to address the mem- bers. ^ . Members are urged to attend this meeting and to bring any Interested guests. "■ The present officers of the Bureau are: L. O. Funderburke. president; H. L. Dinkins, vice president and C. P. DaBose Jr,*, secretary and treasurer. Craig Ani Lmrd Seek Pine Props EHsewhere in Nils issue of the Chronicle is sa advertisement firom the firm of Locke Craig and J. A. Latrd, relative to the sale of pine pit prop*- The B<^gian govertimMit haa con tracted for two and a half' mfflion dollars- worth of pine tree props to this country, this contract to' be fill ed by Map let. Messrs. Craig and Laird are rspre- seotatlves for the purchasers to this tnrrltory.. "BJe attention of tormerx tfucksrs and timberland owners to eaUsd to the attractive prices bstog offered for the pins pit props. KERSHAW COUNTY SINOINC CONVENTION WILL HOLD MEET The Kershaw County Stogtog Con- ventlOB wfll meet with Bethany WeaL Tin*, on Sonday, Dec. I. This chnroh to located 7 mUss soqth of Kershaw, on highway 5tt AH stogsn are oor- dlany toiritsd. *■' 1 City , and County Unite In Working Out Program Bulldogs Defeat Glynn In Wild And Furious Battle Haawy Academy Players Drop Weird Struffle To Camden^ 14 To 6 Mm* ISM kss MM sslM* to ( 7S%i AM It «w he —A»rlH** •sv hf AwfSW 1 Y«l i*srtln n s sew %• 1M* yem. •setose MIY CHVSTMAS SEALS Tke WtHiiy, TelitifietiLAweclutloat hi the City Offers Reward To Curb Offending Youths First Returns On Seal Drive Oliver Rice, Seal Sale Treaanrsr tor the Kershaw Connty TB Ass'n., rs- porta that the first week’s returns for Christmas Seals amounted to 1289.60, of which $234.00 was realised from bonds and $85.50 from mail sale. Mrs. George Creed, Christmas 8ssi Sale ,Chairman, states that to date UKure than 2000 Iftters have been mailed, about 100 within tbe town of Camden, and about 100 in other com munities in the county. Rural chair men ane still working, and all figures from the out-of-town sections of the county have not yet been received. Most of the mail sale returns came from the town of Kershaw, letters having been mailed there on tbe 19th, or a week earlier than to other sec tions' of the county. As stated in the Christmas Seal letters, returas from tbe Christmas Seals will be used for a four point program within the county: (1) find ing new cases, which will be largely an X-ray program; (2) getting diag nosed patients under treatment; (3) rehabilitating the returned patient who is able to work, and (4) health education with emphasis on tubercu losis. ' Lugoff Soldier Telk Of Sabotage On Bougainville Pfc. Joteph Jackaon Deacribes Story Of Myaterkma Ex- ploaioo Of Ammunition How a mysterious explosion to an ammunition dump on a Bougainville airstrip was trac^ to sabotage by two American soldiers is related by Pfc. Joseph Jackson, son of Mrs. Amie Doby, Rt 1, Logoff. Pfc. Doby is a patient at the AAF Regional hospital at Coral Gables, Fla. Jackson was a message center clerk with the 4$5th Aviation Squadron at the Mirida Airstrip on Bougainville to September, 1944. The men were knocking off for noon chow one day and Jackeon wae driving the com manding officer to the officers' mees to a Jeep. Suddenly a terrifying ex- tdoeion wae heArd in the area of the ammunition dump wheiw 600-ponnd demobilltion 4md lOO-poond incendi ary bombs were stored. “The vibration of the recurrixig ex plosions kept the Jeep dancing,” re called Joekeoa. “The C O aM I look ed hock and saw a red hlkse and deitoe amoke and" saw men ninnlng about wildly. He told me to head the Jeep toward the fire as fait aa I oo«ld.“ (Plau* tana to pngs eight) Ladies Night Plans The annuel Ladles’ Night Banquet of Kershaw Lodge No. 29, A.F.M. will be held at the Court Inn Thursday •ventog, Dec. 6 at $ o’clock. An Intereeting program to being prepared by Chairman Donald Morri son of the program oommiUee. Tick ets for the affair any be procured by Master Masons at Uie W. R. Jemp drug store or the DeKsIb Phamumy. They ere also on tale hy the ticket eoBunittee conetettag of J. B. McOuirL George A Creed and J. C. HoCIsmui. No tickets will be arallaU* after Dec. I.' Bttlinta From Small Rifles Narrowly Miss Strikinf People Dsgiance of poHee orders to refrain frnni^ilutotlng fire arms or exploelves ▼Mm the city limits, resulted in Mnyer F. N. McCorkle offering a re- $25 for intonnatlon which will reWR in the arruet and conrictlpn of the party or parties. This week a driver for the Railway Express company, driving an express truck along Brevard Place waajiimoet struck by a bullet that wentlt^ough ^e cab of the vehicle. Residents In that exclusive residential section of the city have complained that it is dangerous to be out after nightfall because of the reckless use of fire arms. ’The mayor and police chief have declared that when they effect the custody of the culprit or culprits that an example will be made of him or them. The hoodlums who have been the source of almost constant complaint since the latter part of October through using firecrackers with an unusually loud detonation are still be ing sought. Recent complaints have come from the area around the Cam den hospital. No respect has been paid to tbe fact that the incessant firing haa not bera of any help to hospital patients. The open defiance by these offen ders toward the police and tbe man- nm* in which they have had the of ficers running in circles in the effort to apprehend them, has aroused a feeling on the part of John Law that will not be good toward the offenders if and when they are taken into cus tody. Working on Glynn Academy’s vaunt ed force with speed and alertness the Camden Bulldogs subdued the Georgia boys at Zemp stadium on Thanksgiving day 14 to 6 to the de lectation of several thousand home coming fans and the acute distress of a noisy cheering section from down Brunswick way. Actually it waa the worst hosing the Academy team has taken this season and marked the second win for the Bulldogs, Camden having won in 1944 at Brunswick 20 to 13. Incidentally this writer believes that it marked finis to sport relations between the two schools. The game was marred throughout the 'second half by rough tactics on th* part of the invaders, particularly after Camden had taken the lead mid way In the third period. It waa one of the nA>st vicious and unsportsman like exhibition ever seen on a Camden field. That the Camden players were able to take the punishment meted out by the Brunswick warriors, spoke vblumns for th* spirit of clean sports manship as offered in the coaching of Coach Lindsay Pierce. The visitors outweighed Camden by a wide range of poundage and at tbe end of the first half, they were lead ing 6 to 0 on Ted Sasser’s 16 yard ramble around left end into pay dirt in the middle of the second quarter. In the third quarter Camden work ed the ball down to the Glynn IS yard line and erupted McDowell on a re verse fo score. Norris plunged over to add tbe extra point. To make victory certain the Bull dogs added a second touchdown in tbe fourth period when Norris went' over from the six yard line. A line buck by the same player added the extra point. On the next kickoff one of the Academy players went the length of the field into the Camden end aone, but tbe play waa called back becanse of fugh tactics on the part of the vis iting team. It was at this Juncture that a Camden player was attacked by a Glynn warrior and when the Cam den led's daddy vaulted over the fence and showed im Interest In the patty cake ruction, the battle became general. And it waa not until the po lice bad taken a hand that order was restored, although there were several sporadic outbreaks before the field was finally cleared and the game re sumed. The visitors later broke one of their players loose for a Ugbt-rope stunt along the west boundary line into pay dirt The Gl3mn coach and tbe subs (Please tnm to pag* two) Council Orders Contracts Pre pared. County Officials To Meet Next Week In Matter The Fire Comes To Buddy Denton In His Own Shop Chief Of Department Calb Hb Fab When Blaxe Gats Under Way Chief Buddy Deaton th* Cam den fire depsitment to a most verssr tlle chap. He likes to see that his fir* fighters are kept in training. So whan grass fires etc. began to appear on the records for a period and then ceased when frost and rain took tire hasard from these sources, Buddy was in sr qoandry. But Old Man Fate stepped to and qnoth “Buddy my boy, if you can’t go to firea, let me bring the fire to you.” So on Tuesday morning fir* broke out la a “tumbier” to the cleaning establtohment of the fire chiSf, known as the Dainxe cleaners. A tumbler is a metal eabinei-Itke affair into whlek clothss are taken from tihe cleaning compound to be dried. Anyhow, Buddy says there mnst have beea a spark weat astray and started the clothes to the tnmbler MaslRg. So Buddy called hto pals from the fire station across the street and th* hlaxe was soon exttognished. Qutte a nnmber of garments ware destroyed but all losses were covered by 1 Bristol, teglaad. has been made a key eRy lor handling Imported tor- Richards Replies ^ To Kennedy Upon Church Grants Says It Infrhaffes On Foondn* lion Stone Of The Republic Congressman J. P. Riobards, in a reply to R. M. Kennedy, Jr., of this city, who had addressed a letter to him urging that a program of loans and grants to organised church bod ies in South Carolina be included to a general Federal building program during the post war period, declares that it would be unWise for any church body to be partly or remote ly dependent upon the Federal gov ernment for support. “It is easy to imagine what great injury would be done to religion, not to mention the State itself, if Pro testant and Catholic, Jew and Gentile, and Negro and White religious org anisations became eligible for funds appropriated by a government dedi cated to the principle of separation of Church and State” says (Congress man Richards in his letter to Mr. Kennedy. . The Congressman goes on to state that he folly agrees with Mr. Ken nedy that churches are the greatest agend^ for good In this country. At the same time, be points ouL U mast be remembered that one of the foun dation etonos this great Repabllo is separation of Chnrch and State. He states further that a great many officials of church • bodies have ex pressed the opinion to blm that it to be portly or remotely dependent would be unwise for any chnr^ body upon th* government for support Mercniy Hiisliow ForTheWmter How cold was It last Saturday morning? ' To be exact—end that gov ernment reading, it was down to >4 degrees. The dawn of ike day was greeted with a heavy coating ef fnwt over ground and roofs. Sunday momtog the nwrcnry want down to M and on Monday to 19. James C. Stewart, representing a full fashion hosiery mill organisation has acquired a 60 day option on the 1000 acres of land known as the "Little Estate” lying west of the city of Camden and Just outside the city limits on DeKalb stret, on No. 1 high way, with the intention of using the property as a location for a full fash ion hosiery mill designed to employ at least 100 persons at the start of operations. At a meeting of the city council Monday afternoon a resolution favor ing the execution of a contract with the hosiery mill along certain sug gested lines was adopted and Attorn eys Henry Savage, Jr., and C. J. Shannon, IV were Instructed to pre pare and submit to the council a pro posed contract between the city and Mr. Stewart in acco^anoe with specU fled requests. These requests embrace the exten sion of the water main along IT. S. Highway No. 1 to the edge of the riv er swamp, to provide street lighting from the city limits to the Seabt^d overhead bridge end also grant ' an easement for a riUIroad siding spur from the Seaboard railway main line to the property under option. NmI week a meeting will be h%ld' between the hosiery mill officials and the Kershaw county delegation and board of directors relative to county cooperatioh in the proposed hosiery mill location. At a meeting of the Camden and Kershaw county Chamber of Com merce officers and directors prior to tbe city council meeting, full endorse ment of the mill project was forth- oomtng and the city and county were requested to cooperate with tbe mill organisation in working out the re quests* made by Loan Campaign Will Come To, Qose Next Week InteiiaiTa EHorta Boiiif Mad« To Attnm Quota In Final Stratck This is next tq tbe last week of the state period for the Victory Loan campaign and with time running ouL intensive efforts are being made in this and all other counties of the state to increase sales to individuals, par ticularly the sale of ”B” bonds. Latest reports from the state bond headquarters in (Columbia show that on a statewide basis purchases by officials are relying on what they hope will be a wave of buying in the campaigns closing stages sufficient to make the quota for individuals, in cluding tbe B bond objective. Christie Benet, State Bond Chair man, pointed oat tbto week that al- thongh the official Brive would end December 8, all pnrchaaes of series B, F and O bonds, and series C sav ings notes made through December 31, would count towards quotas. Subscriptions from corporate inves tors, however, will be received for six days only, from December I through December 8. Bouth Carolina’s overall quota, for bonds of all types, is $88X100,000. In this county the drive goes on to sell bonds to help “Finish the Job”. Shannon Retiums To Oty Berth C. J. Shannon IV, Otj Attorney, Aa let Attorney Charles Shannon, IV. will take over the'duties of city attorney^ on December 1st. Prior to entering the Navy shortly after the outbreak of the Srar, Mr. Shannon held the office of city attorn ey. Prior to that be was also active in mnnlclpal affairs as a meiXher of tbe city council. Mr. Shannon Juat recently received hto honorable disgorge from the navy, returning to Camden with tbe rank of Ueutenant Commander. Daring Attorney Shannmis abcence in the war eervloe, the office of city attorney was filled by Judge Oliver Rice and later by Henry Savage, Jr. M.L McHugh Gfic»t Speaker At Legion Meeting The Deomnber meeting' of The JanKto Leroy Belk. Poet No. 17, wfll be held Monday nigbL Deeember .trd, at 7:30 P. M., in Legton Headqnart' en. Mr. M. L. McHugh, Director oC the VocotioiM Rekabtlltation and Bd- ucatlonal Derision of The Teteraoa AdBlntotratlon. Ooinmbla, 8. C.. will be the gneet apeakcr. This meeting ahonld he «( totenot to all imteraos, espeefafly th^a of Worlds War 1 >■ ,.v