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The Camden Chronicle
VOLUME 57
qAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1945
NUMBER 39
^ver Star Medal Is
Awarded Capt Richards
f w Hero Of ThrilUnf Battle
Japaneea Dhre
Bombers
(iotain Robert' McKaln Richard^
SUtes Marine CkJrps, a son of
5? !nd MT9. J. Q. Richards. Jr., and
So has reported for dhty at the
SJrieston Nary -Yard hM a-
iSded the surer SUr Medal for dU-
Sitehed senrlce In wOon u m
on the Cruiser USS St Lonis,
wgc a determined and oonoentrat-
r enemy air-atUck in the Leyte
£|](t
in Richards was a gaeat of
kii^Dsmnts here set^ral we^ ago
od then went to
IS wife is residing.
The citation acpompanjring the 811-
nr Star Medal reads as follows:
“For distingnishlng himself hy gat
iHtry and Intrepidity In the After
Ctoatrol action ah an officer on the
Chdier US^St Louis, during a de
mined and conceutrated air-attack
g the Leyte Gulf P. L on Norember
U lt44. Captain Richards first pick-
id 8p Tlsnslly the coming of miemy
Sreraft and initiated immediate
nning to the Task Oronp Command-
«. sabseaneoily, during repeated air-
Ktirti on his ship he so effectlTely
Mtrolled the automstie weapons bat
ary that he materially aided in the
dMtnction of seTeral enemy planes.
When hia ship was struck by an ea-
mj plane he quickly and smoothly
Seised his crew and directed re-
ulr M his damaged eqalpment and
Miored commanlcatlons. His copduct
kmshout was in keeping with the
l^stt traditions of tha Naey of the
Mted States.
T. C, Klnkaid. Admiral,
United States Nary.
Commander SereaiGi Fleet”
Nary reports of the Teyte engagw
snt indicate that Captain Rldmrds’
dip was badly damaged but it did
w pnrent her from eomtag beck in
to Okinawa campaign. In the Oktauu
(Plesss turn to page mag)
Captain J. B^Godwin
Back After
Christmas Seal
Sale Slackens
In Holiday Rush
Patriarch of Caipden Homes,
Birthplace of Baruch, Will
Retunaa Are Coming In .Sstlie-
factory Says Chairman
Mrs. George Creed, seal sale chair
man, reports that returns are still
coming In nicely, but hare consider,
ably slowed down.
‘‘Perhaps fifty pweent of our regn-
Ur contHbutors, .our ‘Old Reliables’
hsTe not yet sent their eontrlbu-
tlons,” said Mrs. Creed. “We are still
counting on thece, as well ds many
new prospects, to add to the funds
with which the Association ezpecta
to launch a greatly speeded np case-
finding program in the comlng^year.”
‘‘It Is fitting”, continued Mrs. Creed,
‘Hhat the tuberculosis astociaUon’a
drlre for funds'’Should come at (Arist-
mas—the time for humanity’s great
upHiorge of ‘thought for the lees for-
tunate*, for Christ, whose birth
Christmas oommMuorates, was the
great teacher who first pointed out to
humanity the need for such thought
of others. The work of the tubercu-
lodis S8sociatk>|i^ is a practical demon-
etratiou of this' prfaiclple, and is right
ly brought before the publle at this
Ume."
Dr. Frank L. Geiger, director of the
dirlsion of tuberculosis control of the
state board of health. In a recent talk
to the Orangeburg tuberculosis asso
ciation, said, ”Our object la the com
plete control ol the disease tubercu
losis. Our fundamental strategy still
Inblndes early diagnosis, segregstton
of the infectious person, and promo
tion of rehabilitation and after care.”
This, according to Mrs. Marie Tin
dal. president of the local group, is
also the aim of the Kershaw county
tuberculosis association. “We count
on our regular contributors, and look,
too. bo many new prospectlwe girers,'
said Mrs. Tlndil, “to^respond to our
1145 Seal Sale with sufficient gener
osKy to enable ns to carry out the
program we haro planned for IMf.”
Battle At Negros I Bullet Proof?
IcMdoi
Battle Ace Retnms
From War Weariaf Many
Citation Medak '
It’s A Laugh;
Says Kornegat
Captain Jamee B. Godwin. 608 Lat-
tntte avenue, this city, has returned
ws the Philippines where he has
Mi in combat areas for the past
lirw years.
Wearing the coveted bronze star,
OBbat infantryman badge, Purple
Ilamtien OfHcer Ridicules Im*
penriouaness Of Famous
Qperinf Car
and a four battle star cluster.
* has reutmed' to Camden to visit
rtth relatives and friends.
Captain Godwin is a nephew of
|u W. F. Russell and Mrs. Maude
*n of 608 Lafayette avenue. His
Iker. J B. Godwin of Buffalo. Va,
tow in Camden to visit wltii his
ttitrous son.
homandtng officer of a rifle com-
uy Godwin ecuned the award of
bronze star medal In front line
iw in the monntalns of northern
■ma, P. I. He assumed commend of
1 wmpany during a cflUeal period
it> operations inmld-AprlL Olrso
jmlaaion of drivftk a strong Ja^y
to from strategic HUl 4056 he tao-
« despwate enemy, well dug In
I on commanding ground. The oap-
• aoeompilshed the aasigament In
day and his command accounted
Japs liqnldated-
event in the memory that
1"® has of the war comes from
^ Where Captain Godwin and
eo^and entered a bottle neck.
Jaw permitted the Tanka to
• Bslntermpted into a draw and
ciosinr in an trapping them.
7 mortar shells b4^n dropping
• the draw. Oapt Godwin called
phone and talked to
■Whrters in the rear regarding
mucai gituation of his command.
|v*,^ In with OM hand
K the phone with the other"
^ P^ery time 1 began to weak-
• tot another burst sad hsjtMe
itor * *“td dug a mroas
hhual Dinner
w Grid Teimi
Fri.,Dec.a
May Attwad .TigiMfli
^’iv'cluse Of DfauMT
ridrata
football dinner, h^or-
j1*46 Bulldog players end
wiH be held at the
Friday, Dee. H The
** Camden wlH be host tgr the
n ji^gpr departure ««•
the pumhase ef a tWt-
^ Drug, store. These
*V22?*®** ^ miTe the
sad aa
^ha
Be Razed By New lOwners
Shrine Game Is
Won By Tarheel
Eleven 8 To 0
Thousands Of Fame Unable To
Ewen See Action On Field
Thousands of spectators have gased
in awe at the ponderous automobile
which is ^ing exhibited in this oonU'
try and which was the private car of
Hertnan Goering, famous Nasi leader
Bdt there la one man. a Camden
resident who saw years of service
overseas, who doesn’t think much of
the Goering car as bring a bullet
proof affair, such as it is touted to be.
Major C. Grainger Komegay regards
the car aa being somewhat of a joke
so Car as its being bullet proof.
'T had that oar at my station. Da-
pot, 0648 at La Hnrvo, Frmioe, tor •
weriz and after my men had process
ed it. I drove it about for throe days”,
said Major Kornagoy, who returned
to his Camden home and busineai
Just recently after a distinguished
service record.
‘Tt is true that the glass is about
an Inch and a half to two Inches
thick, but the meUl part of the ear is^
no different than the metal parts la
other oars and the root was Just can-
vas. It was a convertible affair and
a firecracker would have gone throoidi
the top. Ton can imagine what would
have happened If some one had toas-
edHi grenade on the roof.
“The car had a poor motor. It was
sluggish In operation and when yon
tried to navigate an ordlnsrr*Street
corner, H iwqulred almost an acre of
space to make the turn- It was a
difficult car to steer.”
Scores of Camden football fans who
motored to Charlotte last Saturday
to witness the Shrine game in the
Memorial stadium there found that
they could have enoyed the affair
much more if they had remained
home and sat by their radios., They
didn’t get to see the, game.' The
crowd was so great that those who
tailed to reach the stadinm at or
near the noon hour were onablo to
even get near the field barriers. The
stadium with a ssatlng capacity of
16,000 was oompeitsly Jammed some
time before the kickoff. North Caro
lina state police declared that thous
ands of peoples were tnrnpd away.
North Carolina won the game 8 to 0.
The spectators who came from
Charlotte or nearby points wsre able
to get seats, but thousands who drove
from points hundreds of miles away
found that they had wasted time and
ks, as they were unable to reach
any p6int where the action on the
field could be seen. Many carried ad
mission tickets purchased weeks be
fore the game date.
Criticism was geimral over the nn.
fortunate'fkuatkm. That the sale of
the tidzeta was permitted to exceed
the stadium capacKy was strongly
condemned. It was not'fkir to the
hundreds and hundreds who had come
from points' for from Chsrlotte to find
that Gieir pasteboards admitted them
to an already overcrowded area. The
nnfortunate ctrcumstance is bound to
effect the sale of Uckets another
year.
Onr guess la that the committee to
charge will boost the sdmiaskm price,
believing that this might be an effec
tive control by cutting down on the
number of tickets sold without low
ering the financiel setup.
The game itaelf was not comparable
with the 1144 classie. The South Oar
olina team was not coached to a point
where there was good coordination
and timing. It lacked the precision
that was manifest in the aggregaiion
that trounced the Tarheels in 1944.
Many Camden and Kershaw taiu
who saw" the game and who had at
tended the Columbia All-Star and
South Carolina AlUState game at Co
lumbia the night before were of the
opinion that the Columbia game was
more interesting i^id better played.
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Baiildiaf Was ConstriMptwd
Frior> To 1800. Leawee Im-
I»reM. On The Public
^ith the sale of the building on
Nerth Broad street known as the Ivy
Lodge to the congregation of the
First Baptist church, a step has bben
taken that will wlthin^a short timn
mesh the tearing down of one of
CMkiden’s most historic structures,
Natloqwide interest attaches to this
building which is believed to have
been built some years prior to ISOO,
tor It was wlthla its thick atone walls
that .Bernard M. Baruch, nationally
and Internationally famous financier
and statesman was born.
Three stories in height and facing
State Ports-Authority
Offers Aid To Industry
Funderbttrk4s.
Re-Elected To
Be Bureau Head
Capacity Turnout Features An
nual Meeting'Of The
Kershaw Group
an attractMe garden, the east side of
tiro
the structVlw abutts to the sidewalk
line of Broad street. In architecture
the building is almost a twin to the
Groenleaf Villa, a block north on the
same street and the home of Attwney
Henry Savage, Jr.
The buMing Is dfiitlnctly colonial
la desiga and construction. A wide
veranda extends all the way'across
the front at the house cm both the
fbat and second floors.
la aegnlring the property the Bap
tist cbardi plans to ntilise it ss the
site of a modern educational plant
Uatl ebnatructloB’ can be started the
building will remain, to- be used for
Sunday school purposes. When the
new e<lBGatk>nal building Is complet-
ed thcHne will be sufficient area left
which win be utilised for the park
ing of cars of church members.
While this qualat three story build-
lag has been known tor the past sev
ers years as the Ivy Lodge and has
been operated as a hotel and rooming
house and has always been associated
in the minds of Camden people for
many decodes as the birthplace of
Bernard Bentch, the historic house
L. O. FUnderburke of this city and
one of the leading agriculturists of
Kershaw county was re-elected presi
dent of the Kershaw County Farm
Bureau at^the annual meeting held in
the auditorium of the American Le
gion building last Friday evening.
W. T. Holley was named as vice pres
ident and John C. Stover secretary
and treasurer.
The meeting was one of the largest
attended in the history of the organ-
iution, all available space in the aud
itorium being requir^ to take care
of the crowd.
The following directors were nam
ed:
Buffalo township: John Baker,
Charles Truesdsle, W. T. Holley,
John Bowers, Loring Davis and B. H
Gardner.
Flat Rock Township: Ed Jones,
W. H. Stokes. K. C. Btters.
West Wateree Township: John Ra
bon. B. T. Bowen, L. I. Ouion, H. F.
Branham, * William Peake and Henry
Koone.
DeKalb Township: Calvin McCas-
kill, Jim Branham, David Stokes, J.
B. MoCoy, J. H. Watkins, Harvey R.
Davis, C. P. DuBoee, Jr., L. Deas
Boykin, W. A. Boykin, John Whitaker,
Jr.
The Kershaw Burean plans to go
after new members, it being the aim
to make It an organisation and power
for good in the progress of the farm
ing interests of the area. Alroady
plans hive been mapped out whereby
a membership contest calling for
suitable cash awards in township and
nty wide competition. Awards of
is known to the older reeidents as the Awards or
“Bynum house”. members turn-
Tbe records in
German Prison
Camp Is Closed
ImKlM Arm PrspmrMi
For Rotarn To
Prisoner of war camps at Camden,
Florence, Bennettsvllle, B^wril.
Hampton have been closed and
most of ths prisonsrs of
been transferred to Camp Forrest,
Tsnn., for eventual return to ov(
Cermans here and at
vlDe, BarnweU and Hampton
been engaged in agricnltural woy
and In the logging and pMpvnod u-
^^rSe ctorinf of ihpsa
confonnity ^
policy to return prieonf.of wmr bnro
Srerseaa as rapidly «
jitca PW dstaeluB«to.
to la Mlintiatiil ftat all oom
htnaak prlsiATr of var camps
cliAsd Shortly atlsr tko lint aC <9a
■ - - • ■
Camden Toys Are
Proving Popular;
Growing Industry
Wnfona, Rocktnf Horans And
Whnolbnrrowa Produond
^At Plant
An industry of rapidly expanding
importance In Camden has been ea-
tablished In the spacious work shop
reoenUy ez)Bcted st Gie rear of the
Carolina Furniture ooi^pany store on
South Broad street
Floyd BoyUn. qwner and msnager
of the store and plant has w(H*kmen
equipped with modern machines and
tools tnrnlng out sturdy and attrac
tive wagons, rocking , hzNrses and
wheelbarrows.
All of the work in the manufacture
of these toy Items is done in the
plant and zme of the features of every
j^ is the sturdiness thst goes into
the coastructlon.
Mr. Boykin plans to build attractive
ward robes and utility oablnets just
as soon as the holiday season Is ovsr.
the court house
show that the building was ereetsd
by Benjamin Bineham who was sher
iff of Kershaw oonnty In 1860 smd
agali) In 1614. The house is belisved
to Mm been built some years briore
1800.
Bineham wss a bachelor and the
record is that since he occupied the
house no female children have ever
been born there. On the Bineham
tombstone in Quaker cemetery Is the
inscription “Friend of Man, Lover of
Country‘and Father of the Poor".
Bineham was a close and intimate
friend of Richard Lloyd* Champion
and executor of his large eata<e which
was in process of administration for
more than forty years. Champion’s
daughter Elisa, married Major John
W. DeSaussure and this home was oc-
(Please turn to page ton)
Thornton Says
“Boys Are After
Hhn To Make Run"
Hovm Mosnlror
By Statt* Aa
Im Racm
ing in the most new names In each
township while cash awards of |25,
|15 |10 are to be made In the
count|-wlde campaign.
The speaker at the meetliro last
Friday was Dsvld White of McBee,
vice president of the Sooth Carolina
Farm Bureau who spoke upon matr
tera of tntereet to the local group.
Annual Meeting
Of Scout Group.
Next Thursday
Urges Camden And Kerahaw
County To Take Advantage
Of Situation
In a letter to Representative R. IL
Kennedy, Kershaw delegation, H. A.
Manning, director 6( traffic of the ,
South Carolina State Ports Authority
offers the assistance of his unit in se.
curing for Camden and Kershaw in
dustry revised freight rates.
In his letter Mr. Manning says in
part:
“The end of the war, the hustle and
bustle of reconversion to peacetime
activities, has brought us face to face
with many intricate and perplexing
problems.
“Not the least of these Is the freight
rate structures of the South which,
like many other post-war problems,
must undergo many radical changes
to meet the needs of a nation at peace .
and faced with the problem for furn
ishing food and clothing, medicines,
materials and supplies to rehabilitate
half the world.
“As has been the case after every
major war, industry is on the move.
Hardly a dsy passes but that w^#
learn of some new Industry, either
locating or seeking ,a location in the
Bouth. South Carolina stands to gain
immeasurably through this re-location
of industry. Already a number of
really big and important industries
have east their lot wHh us. Many
more will follow.
“This deceny'alliation of industry
will bring witB it many problems of
distribution. In thrir efforts to keep
old customers and gain new qpea, in
dustry will seriz and get revised
freight ratee in products of almost
every description. These changes will
vKally effect those industries which
are already here—thoee long estab
lished industriee which are the back
bone of South Carolina.
“Some of these industries and com
mercial establishments are* in your
county. We want to he of assis4hnce
to them in everjTlibssible way. Thla
<Fleaee turn to pege four)
Police Chief
Issues Warning
Against Forgers
Rush UrgM Mrorduroto To Smo
dMcka And B«Sttr»Of
IdonliHcatioii
Wai Be Held At The Thomea
Tatreni, Intereatinf
Profrem
The following Item from the Colum
bia State will be read with much In-
tereat by the many friends and sup
porters* of James M. Thornton of this
city.
James M. Thornton of Kershaw
county, member of the house of rep-
reseirtatives back in 1941-42, was ‘ in
Columbia yeatarday and aaid he’d
probably run for the house next gum
mar.
“A good jomyjai the boys have
been after me tZriwa, he said. They
want a change In tito Kerahaw mem
bendUg In the house; and I think i’ll
ran.
Kershaw Coonty
Soars Over Top
Hi Bond Campaign
Eacetob Quota By $150,000 In
Final Victory Bond
Campsdfn
Kershaw county has gzm ovar the
top In the war loan drtva. The quota
for Kershaw county, amoontlng to
K hOOO has been unheeded by $150,-
..Thls l5hro nay he greater when
Inter reports’ are in.
It Is a sonroe of maeh pride to
Chairman Marlon Heynsaa ot tha
drlv# oomnilttoe that In tha matter of
dhe sale,or B bzmds. Kernhaw county
to dato age attained a 95 ptoeeartage.
This Is tn contraat to 40 pereeM for
tho state and 56 par cent tor tho na
tion.
Mr. Hoyman lo confldont that n|i
aH roports aro in that tha ■ hood sala
win have gono over 166 per oeat
< tIo “V tola campaign *ooatkywa
tliroggh tha asonthf ant being isral-
nntod mtil after Dee. 8L
t
Pootwar IcglBlatidn tn tho national
and state leglilgtoros is going to bo
tho big thing for ffio neat few years,
and tt will require our best thonght
“Wlun la tho house, Mr. Thondtm
vriw a member of the committees on
sgricnlture, penitentiary, and mer
chants and mercantUa affairs and one
or two others.”
Knight Offlees
Are Renovated
WUto EaaiMl FinUi With
Mojnra Floomicntot liffkt-
hg Utdt»
The program for the. annual meet-'
ing ot the Kershaw District scout
meeting to be held at the Thomas
Tavern next Thursday evening, Dec.
18, will be presided over by Attorney
John K. deLoach, recently elected dis
trict president
Present at the meeting will be F.
D. Needham, head of the Central
Sooth Carolina Council, Boy Scouts of
America and Rev. John MscSschern.
Council Chaplain.
The meeting will be opened with
an Invocation by Rev. MacBachern.
Following the dinner the vsrloaa dis
trict committee chairmen will be In-
trodoced, they being George Mickle,
organisatlonfiand extension; eanptng
and activities, C. L. Shealy; finance,
Sam Karesb; leadership training.
Rev. John Murray; advancement A.
C. McKain, and health and safety.
George Mickle.
Progress reports from committee
chairmen for the year 1945 will he
offered after which riialrman deLoach
will introduce the district oommittse
members for 1946. In turn will comp
the recognition of Scoutmasters and
after the Scout Oath and Cub Propa
ise and X4w, Mr. MacBacheva^ trin
give an addrees.
“Seito that check well before you
•cask it Mr. Merchant”
warning has been issued by
Cmlef of Police Alva Rttsh„ wbo cau
tions merchants to be cm the alert
for check forgers during the business
rush incident to the holiday aeason.
Chief Rush ‘’emphasised that with
he mllliona of government cheeks
issued monthly to dependents of ser
vice men the temptation for forgera
la groat and the opportunities tor
them are many. '
“Be sure you know your endorser,”
said the chief. “Ask for. adequate
dentlflcatlon. An honest persem with
his own check will be <mly to itod to
ooopeBate In letting you know wto he
is.”
Police Issue
Warning Against
iSnfHc Violations
Dr.. T. W. Knight, Lyttleton street,
has coaroleted the remodeling of his
profsnslcnsl qaartors and has alas ss-
tended the renovating td his entire
The proCesntonal oCtlcqn oonristtef
ot wotMg rooms and cmeratton qnar-
ters itove bean finished entirely la
wMto enamel nad nil are equipped
with toe Intent la fenroaesnt Hgittns
flecrn Wve bedh oovesed with
batpr unsini la aatfuettve CO* da-
new cement walk has baen
toa honae to tha stsest
toe walk on LytUeton etreet
Camden police today isaned notice
to motorists that be^nnfng Mcmday,
Dec. 17 and continuing through Christ-
mas eve, one hour parking wtU pre
vail in the business dlstriet.
Despite repeated warnings against
leaving ears In gnrohlbited areas, perk
ing dcmble on t^'ntreets and-perking
over toe angle parkiBg lines, motor-
late In incroasing namben are being
fined or hauled into court for vlola-
tions of toe perking reguleitioas.
The area to which the more fre
quent offences oocnr is at Broad and
DeKsIb stroete adjacent to the flev-
age building. Daily mady motorlete'
who park tn the bus acme are ghrsai
bine tickete /
Beeanae at toe anticipated Inorease
In traffic dw^ tke lMjlda9i..the po-
lloe wlS *he* Arore atrlet tbna ever be
fore in heidtag^cnr owpero ’^to
letter of jtoe law, r
«i mm. iii.
Miss Drakeford
Shows Skffl In
Interview
Camdoii Carl Gets A By-lbro la
Tbo Wintlurop CoUofo
Paper
Mise Sybil Drakeford. Wlntorop
college student, society writer for toe
Wlntorop Johnsonian and a daughter
of Mr. and Mrsw B. D. Drakeford of
this city has a by-llne In the Decem
ber 7th Issue of toe Jobneonian.
Miss Drakeford's editorial ‘effort
features an Interview of stars od-toe
San Carlo Opera company which re-
feeatlr' appeared on'v the Wtnthrop
auditorium atage.
Miss, Drakefo^'d, who daring the
simmer vacations holds down the eo-
clety desk of the Chronicle, shown
much aptitude and skill In handling
such an important aasigament on n
triple interview whh sneh stprs an
Alice Tate, Armand Chlrot, Carlo
Marello and Marie Powers.
New Weather Low
Is Reokded Here
-HI'
'A
s
TanptonttMre Dropa To 20 Do*
H.'
In CamdoB Ott
Tnodday Morniiic
.WonMO In AnstrnBa are
if toOtTv
With toe war ever, a
ef mropUee ot
Reel winter gripped Camden tkin
Tke temperetore kit n new low* for
the winter season by dropping to 16
degrees on Tuesday moiihro-. H hit
>6 degrees at 6:80 Wedneaday movo-
tag b«t nocopding to O. A. Brawn, V.
& weatoer recorder, K mlidH kave
gteM below toet irlor to toe konr
A li mile wind eaaeed toe ooli In
be tilt foore keenly by tooee amt id
« on 'Wedneaday,
'anner .weather was prantomi An-
wnrd toa tloae of toe
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