The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 21, 1945, Image 5
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Time To Bang
Tom Stoddng
•^One Ae biggest
items ia your Christmas
gtoddng this Yale seastm
ol 194S wiU be oar note
,ol tha^ to yoa and oar
wish for the biggest,
oierriest, hiq^iesl Qirist’
asas yoa hanre'
Anderson’s
Esso^tation
6 Killed, 60 liqured-
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(otHitlnaed from pace two) ^
Ihis is the season of good
will, and, looking down die
long list of names of those
who have shown &eir
good will towards us in
1945, wo come to yours.
We want to thank you for
this good will on your part,
and to send lust die frlsDd*
liest wishes lor your
happiness and chaw at
Cbtstmostima
4he tracedy, was prepared to handle
the injured that mlcht be sent here.
However it was found that the facll
Itlee at BennettaTllle, Hamlet and
the Haxton base were sufficieBt la
A short time over a score of ambu
lances had reached the scene of the
wreck.
The injured were removed from the
wreckace by passengers from the cars
that were not derailed and who es
caped Injury. Workers from the ranks
of those who had harried to the
scene from ’ nearby communities as
sisted In carinit for the unfortunates.
Many bad to lie out In thj sub-frees-
ing weather until they were placed
in ambulances and hurried to hospi
tals. Some of these were reported to
nave suffered from exposure.
The cab of the Meteor’s engine,
crushed out of Khape, was the most
gruesome sight of the entire wreck.
There the engineer’s body was found,
flung on the blood-apattered ' floor.
I^evers and gears bore blood stains
as well. 'The second section ol the
engine was split oiwn the entire
length of the car, exposing the Diesel
engine to full view.
The aid given by servicebien who
were passengers on the two trains,
brought praise from crew
men. other passmigers and the
crowds that assembled quickly des
pite the early hour and the cold.
“The army and navy men aboard the
trains were marvelous,’’ declarett one
man. “’They deserve anything that
can be said or done for them because
we certainly couldn’t get along with
out their help.’’ Servicemen were es
pecially'praised for their help ip lift
ing the Injured from the wi^ecked
cars and through the windows to
waiting hands outside.
Hours after the colllslou occurred,
crewmen were still at work to repair
the damage. They paused momentar
ily to glance about at the scattered
evidences of human lives and senti
mentalities that conld be observed in
the tracks, along the rails, and trail
lug from the trees and hnshea 17S
feet from the tracks. A. twisted rail
reached convulsively toward the sky,
bearing a woman’s red housecoat to
ward the blue.
A child’s doll lay limply among the
bushes its head forever gone from
the once cherished body. 'ITiere was
the lining of a suitcase, feminine gar'
meats protruding from the case that
had escaped its leather covering. Fur
ther along, a man’s tie lay in the day-
lik^ mud the blue pattern sadly re
vealing the care with which it had
Jeen selected. A sailor's cap lay in
the namp grass, the sweatband bear
ing the stencil of W. J. Sullivan. A
gob’U white- cap proved beyond reach
as it reposed on a post Some officer’s
valpak, the sipper open, lay twisted
and cdFlrered with mud. while road
maps were scattered to the winds. A
lone bedroom slipper pointed to the
sky, and soldier’s uniforms, lost their
clean dignity among the diesel-oil
soaked mud.
The tom baggage car gave mute
evidence of the varied lives of the
peoplQ that Inhabited the other cars.
Suitcases were rumpled and torn, a
baby stroller snuggled into a comer,
while tissues floated around. Insula
tion from the torn coach sides floated
gently In the brisk air, forming a
frame for the silver car.
Deed Recorded
For Transfer Ctf
Historic Home
SandcM PwriUac Oa F«ar plan. -Therefore, li^owners In-
^ ^ terested in availing themselves of the
Street lies A Unique
Beckground
SHEALEY’S
MARKET
FAOl FIVI
Landowners Can
Obtain Free Trees
Time is growing short for obtain
ing trees under the free seedling or-
Conveyance records In the transfer
of the Sanders residence on Pair
street to Mary Lenoir Kerrison of
Charleston were filed with the county
auditor this week.
This is one of the interesting old
homes in Camden. Mrs. Sanders has
resided In the dwelling for ..over
twenty years. It was also the homh
of Mrs. E31en L. Boykin for some 14
years. It is believed to *have been
built some 100 years ago. It was at
one time the home of the late Wyley
McKain, law partner of the late Gen-
e*ul Joseph Kershaw. McKain sold
It to H. R. Workman. At' that time
the Pair street frontage was sonte
J60 feet.
In 1857 when the property changed
hands, the figure as given in the
county records .was $2,400.
'The new owner of the property is
the wife of a retired Charleston den
tist. She was formerly .Mary I,enoir
of this city.
Other conveyance records filed the
past several days are as follows: En
terprise Building and Loan associa
tion to William T. Miller, lot; R. C.
Small to Prank Moseley, 110 acres;
Lottie C. Qaml)le et al to John and
Isabel Kelly, lot; A. C. Baker to Ver
gil Hall, 2-5.63 acres; and W. R.
Zemp to Rebecca Zemp Mays, house
and lot •on Laurens Court.
opportunity of obtaining free trees
are advised to file application with
their County Farm Agent, County
Ranger or ^il Conservation office at
once. Tbo only .cost in connection
with obtaining tbMe trees is 60c per
thoosapd packing and shipping char
ges. And even this cost may be elim
inated if the owner is close enough
to the Horace L. Tillman State For
est Nursery, at Sutnter. to stop by
and pick np the seedlings. A total of
5.000 seedlings are available to a
landowner; but,' with only abont 5.-
000,000 trees on hand • for this pur
pose, the policy will be “first come,
ttrst serve’’
To date, many farmers have avail
ed themselves .of the opportunity not
only to secure free seedlings but. also,
to buy additional seedlings .for re
forestation purposes. Experience has
shown that the best time to plant
seedlings is from December to Peb;
ruary and consequently, planting is
in full swing at this time. Species
most in demknd in this area is lob
lolly pine, a tree that is very common
throughout the woodlands. This tree
is a fast growing specie, widely used
for both pulpwood and sawtimbw and
is, therefore, an excellent one to
plant. Another species in demand Is
slash pine and though this is not
found naturally in this area, it ap
pears to do very well in any planta
tiona that have been established with
It.
Buy War Bonds and Stamps
Sgt. Stevenson
Gets Air Medal
Staff Sgt. Ralph E. Stevenson, Jr.
World War II veteran of 1717 Pair
St., Camden, South Carolina, was pre
sented with the Air Medal, when he
received bis discharge from the Army
at Camp' Gordon’s Separation Center
recently.
'The Air Medal is awarded by the
War Department for meritorlons
achievement while participating in an
aerial flight.
I.O.CLMIE
You can remove grease from your
iron by robbing It with oommeal.
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And rich is a man ... in
fact and fancy . . . uftio haa
acquired completa Inaunaf^
protactlon for ail his aaaata.
Camden
Loan & Realty Co.
All Forma of Insuranco
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG.
Camden, S. C. Phone 62
'T'A-e - CAMDEN HOME BAKERY
Play Christmas Carols...
make this a really old-fashioned Christ-
'K;,
nias. Make the frosty air tingle with the
element'of surprise. Wrap your things-
to-give more festively than you’ve ever
attempted before! Scatter cheer wher
ever you go. . '
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
An old-fashioned Merry Christmas to
you all.
CAMDEN HOME BAKERY
CAMDEN,S.C
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Zippy Weather
Envelopes Oty;
Mercury Hits 13
Old Man Boroas really breathed
with Medicine Hat temperatnre nptm
Camden Monday morning, the mer
cury sinking, to a new low for tha
season. U being 18 degress fbove
aero at 7 o'clock.
, Sunday morning was regarded as
being chilly when the temperatoce
reading was recorded as being 14 de
grees. The highest reading Sunday
was 40 degrees.
Snow flnnies were in evidence on
Friday of last week. ’The snow melt
ed as soon as it fell however.
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FROM
ST.NICHOIIAS
A blanket gf tnoor on thg tool*
L peace e«d stillneu and warmtt
llreHght, Hie lovely Utter of Christ-
maa on Hie llrinn room door. Certainly
thera'g a'^anta Clans, and as we wish
you a Bliarry Christmas we add this
wish for food measure: May good eM
St. NIchrias come ladea, tWs Chrlst-
194S, wWi more ef Ae feed
tUags el me for jaa Aam t^a have
Camden Hardware & Supply Co.
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