The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 11, 1946, Image 1

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! . l^w Enfommeiit Of fleers Are Maldiig Careful (3i€^ Oki Beer And Wine Road Houses In County The Camden Chronicle VOLUME 87 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, iW NUMBER 43 sewe Fanner Leader Urges All To Combat Labor Group L. 0< Funderborko U |nter« Tiewed Qn Mattors Porti- nent To Consumers “The farmen slioiild ^in up with the F'ann Bureau moTement or hush up 1^ the consumer should Join with the farmers or od^plstnlns about how things are going on In Washing ton” according to O. Fnnderburke, president of the Kershaw County Farm Bureau, in an Interr^w here Ust week. ^ ~ “We are trying iQL-dQ- something about It", aaW Mr. Funderburke, meaning the farm bureau. *<and the public refnsee to help ua The Bureau has an organization in each of 45 staites. We want to make it one of the strongeat organlsationa In Ker shaw eonnty. We want 1,000 members with our farm bureau and we h<^ erery farmer and Interested party will join np and aid ns in attaining onr 1,000 obJectlTe.’’ ^ "January la mMnbershlp month iB this county." Mr. Fnnderburke made it pMln that ftrmMS and consumers who are not lined up with labor organizations and who bellere that all groups should hare their 4aat share of the national income are ^iglble to join the Bu reau. He stated that the labor group comprises some fifteen million work ers aid they hare more lafluenee over the federal go¥emment than all the 115 million not combined with them. "Why chould the arerage consnra- er line np with the Farmer Bureau?” was a question propounded to Mr. Funderburke. and In reply he said that the high ooet of llrlng is direct ly tied In wUh the Ugh cost of labor in the manntactored cost. Commodi ties. he said, were not high. "Agriculture Is the most important hnainess in the United States and from It the population of the States Is fed and clothed"^ said Mr. Fnnder- Inrke. "The income from a^cmlture should be a basis for bipoae for other groaps, but as It is, airiculture gets about I per cent of the national In come, and it respresents about 22 per cent of the' populadoo." When asked how the Farm Bureeu hopes to remedy the situation Mr. Funderburke said that Hie fifteen mil lion organised workers hare polttleal Washington under their control—they get legislation farerable to labor passed while leglslatlafi that to un- fsTorable to blocked. Washington to undoubtedly afraid of their yotes. ‘We the farmers, and the eonsnm- ers should hare an organization of twenty million and then the polltlcton Driving On Wrong ^de Of St^t Cause Of Crash la Canstt For Majority Of Traffic Accidonta In In State Kershaw County Has Need Of Suitable Nursing Home SoffeatMte For A Diatrict AUi- ' anco Moeta Widi Inatent Approval A repreeentatlve of this paper wit- neesed an unusual traffic accldeot last Friday. And^wheu we reached onr office and read a letter from the state highway department -in which it was emphaaised that the leading cause for traffic aocidenta In South Carolina since the lifting of the gasoline re strictions was driving on the wrong aide of the road, we decided to write a story on the accident in queatlon. It happened on a north side street A car was proceeding from a drive way on the north side of the street The driver stopped at th« sidewalk Una and then slowly went Into the street There was a crash—as a car com ing from the west hH Hie car emerg ing from the driveway. Ordinarily the driver of the car coming Into the street to regarded as b^ng at fault- hut in this case, he was not The car that crashed him. his anto was on the left or wrong side of the street (Please turn* to paga tea) March Of Dimes Gets Under Way On January 14 Plans for the 1946 March of Dimes the fight against Infantile paralysis Doved forward in Kershaw county week with an annoUheement from A. W. Humphries, who to chslr- for the AppMl in Kershaw couB' fy- The local campaign, which opens on lanuaiy 14 and closes January 21. to part of the nation-wide appeal of tha National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis for funds to continue the agaist poliomyelitis. Chairman Humphries will announce Ms aides and chairmen of eommlt- |ees in next weeks Chronicle. As in the past, March of Dlmss join collection bozea wlU be placed It convenient spots througJxHtt. rthe jounty and coin cards will be dlsblb- Ited. In the light widespread pub- knowledge of the Nathmal FOnn- tion’s tremendous achlevsments In cent epidemic*years, Dr. Humphrtos the local appaal committee to Bctlng a greater response this ear than ever before. ‘'Poliomyelitis", he pointed out, "to of the most ezpenalva dtosMes lown to medldae. Hoepltaltoatiom pr a single patient coats more than ^600 a year. Some case# raqulre oon- Mlng care for several years. Nbt uy must many victims ot past epl- ptme* receive omiHamlBg eare» bat year's ontbraaks add new aamss the itaadlly growing Ust Few uiliM can meet Hie cost of extend- pollo treatment ThroByh tlse an il March of Dimsa. treatment and pm can be assured for aU polio vlc- ms reg^sM of age, race, creed color.” Greyhound Bus line Purchases Terminid Site Acquiree Henry Snwnfe Prop erty On South Side Of DeKsdb Street traveling at a Mgh rate of speed. Bad he been oa the light side of the atreet there would have been no collision. Sufficient to ssy. the driver of the car which wss on the wrong side of the street readily recogntoad he was in the wrong, so the matter of damage payments for bent fenders was ad justed without any trouble. The statement from the ctate high way department, which streesed the By Prank H. Heath There to an Imperative need of some kind of arrangements whereby approximately forty elderly persons, white and colored, in Kershaw coun ty, who have no visible means of sup port and who in-the-mesn have nether relatives or friends who are In a position to provide for their needs. The overhead expenditure to pro^,, vide buildings, equipment and adnUgl totratlon with operation cost for a home for these unfortunates would be prohibitive for the county In oon- sidoration of the number that would be cared for. The'snggeetlon has been made and the Chronicle cheerfully submits it to the consideration of the county delegation and the county board of directors, that the county perfect an arrangement with other nearby coun ties for operation of a nursing home on a district basis. Them the prorata share of expense would be propor tionate to value received lu tbe care of the citizens who are in dire need of same. Dr. A. W. Humphries, director of the Kershaw county health depart* ment whMi asked for his reaction ta the suggestion of a district convalea- cent home, dr whatever other namt might 1>e ascribed to a suitable In stitution. said: "It to rather difficult to grow old gracefully when not only the ravagst of senility are taking their toll of phyblcal stamina, but also the pang* of poverty are making themselves felt "There are about forty alderly per sons, both white and colored, who have no visible means of support. The Atlantic Greyhound Corpora* tiou on Tuesday purchased property on Eiast DeKalb street just outside the busiuees district of Camden, for 118,500 upon which to erect a mod ern bus terminal this year. The prop el^ wss purchased from Henry Savage, Sr. The property now occu pied by two homes has a frontage on lb street of 181 feet and a depth 7 feet. , new bus station will be built weet of the preeent Norris gar- agb and 1S2 feet east of Market street The bus terminal now in Use will oopHnue to be operated until the new tenninal is completed. As required by Tbcent order from the -nity the Qraglihound line will have to remove buees from parking in the front of the preeent terml- before February 1st The bus line will move a residence Just west the present building back to permit of a bus stop being located there. urwynqiuH Hieto but Mt in nalbefort Huch Interest Is Demonstrated A^ Ng Meding CroM Girda For Aaj Fu- 7 A ineetlng ot the various chairmen of the Red Cross activities and par- tlesdarly the disaster committee met at the Red Cross headquarters Ust fact that the leading cause of aocl- ... * dents was driving on Hie wrong side of them hav^ no raUttow of the street or highway also pointed ?>' ™ ^ !>«>▼»« out that: Stxty-three persons ware killed as the result of motor vehicle traffic ao- eldents in South Carcrflna during No vember, 1945. Forty-three of this total occurred on State highways. Tha total in South Carolina represents an Increase of 29 per cent over tha total of 49 in November, 1944, while on State highways there was an hiereaae "Since persons, who /ire handicap- of 22 per cent over the total qf 25. » klUed TwentyJtwo pedestralna were and 19 Injured, as oompared with 18 killed and etolit Injured the same month of Ust year, ^enty-two of tha killed and Injured in November, 1946, were In the 5-14 year age group, as copiporod with the total of 12 for the same month Ust year. Thirty five per cent of the total deaths dur ing November. 1945, were pedestrahia. Twenty of the persons klUad were drivers; 21 passengers; and 22 pedes- trains. ' One hundred end slxty-two persona were injured. .Seventy-three were drivMa; 77 passengers; 10 pedes- trains; and two occnpfsnts of horse drawn vehlclee. The number of drivers Involved In accidents totaled 488. Two hundred and eighty-six drivers committed one or more vloUtions. Did not have riiht of way was listed as the most oom- (PUaaa tam ta pact ta«r) Victory Clothing Drive Is Rolling Almg With Gusto Tbe Victory Ckrthing CoUeetion drive that U now being conducted by the Camden Lfcma club U being ao- ededad fine support on the part members of tha serrioe club, ehurches and schooU as well as the dttoenry In generaL * . So far two Important oommittees are funotlonhic with alartneas and dUpiUch, they being the transporta tion and honslng group handad by Henry and Allmi Norris and the pnb- Uetty oommlttaa headed by Ranger JA IL Hmifo ot tha Forastry dapartmaat ttf tha Btata. It to propoaad to eentaet all ot tha schools and chnrchss of tha eonnty to intMeat tha paopla la giving doth- lag which to ba aant to batUa- •carad aites of Baropa Asia, ate. John Henry McDoww to general rhMhi—II of the drive and is making a haga sue cess of tha vaatara. DatalU as to tha Hma for flpal coOactloiM ate., wUl be aanoanoed ta tha Chronlda next weak. for thatr daily needs. pad by tha Infirmities ^ old not physically capable of ^Arwiwg their maintenance, it to obvious that it to necessary to provida a codvalea- cent or nursing home for them. Thera might be a few partiapa who could (PUasa tan to paga tva) Dr. F. Graysm ^awReti^ To Practice Sotw S«rwic« Dnrhif War Far Thirty-Nina Monlha, 20 Dr. F. .Grayson Shaw, who whfle overseas with the 80th General Hos- piUl unit became chief of the X-ray unit at Antwerp, Belgium, and who was discharged from the service Dec. 24, will return to practice In Chunden and wUl have his offices in thawed* leal bnilding at 816 East DeKalb streaC. Dr. Shaw engaged In the practice of medldne and eurgery in (Umden for 89 months before he went Into the service and by a strange oolnci- deace his service period ran tor ex actly 19 months. Dr. Shaw who to a gradnate of tha Medical College of South Carolina in terned at Hie Grady hosiptal In At- Unta. Shortly after entering the^ser vices he was attached to the obstatrie and gynecology hocpltal at Fort ^mk- Bon. While in the service Dr. Shaw was oversaas tor 20 months. He was locat ed at La Haye ‘de Putts for ei^t months, at Antwerp tor nine moaths and In Paris tor tkraa months. tting Affray South Broad lalUa Maltoagy R«rta Tk# ^^^pibhteate After Onto . b ”-TfnTif Robertson and WflUe Cor- oolorod.*engafte in a oarr on South Bwad atraet Bat- '* night r Officer Dallas XdhSMg had them apar^ ten ^^‘••tson’ went to a w-..,—- Carter Ibded te Re pMpi- Name Dr. Corbett As Pres. Emeritus (H 1%e Hospital Haory G. Carrisom NaiMd At the aanaal meeting of the (U^ _m BUepItaV heldltossday^ Dr. J. W. CWhett who hie tera Meat of Ike tettttatloa tot tte paM twaaty-Cbar ysara was eti wi. I-I- 1822. was ele-^ to eaecesd Dr. Ooihatt tr.. was a dtosstor siacs Belk Store Plans New Sales On Second Jolm A. Haftea GMitedi With Growlli d faMtilaliom The traasfor of tho Udtos aad ehll- drea departmodU to a commodioua secoad floor krsa to pUaaod by tho Belk department store within the next several atonths. Tha second floor of tlm boildlag oo- onpied by tbo store to now In the hands of oarpanters. OCfioss aad storago quarters which formerly pre vailed en the floor will bo ropUced by a modora Interior. John A. Hagfaw. who has baen man ager of tho Belk store here tor somo ~ tSTal^ iSiortibt tho work of rea- ovatlag the seeoad floor vdR ho car ried oa as rapidly as material supply aad Uhor wfll psnalt. Bs hsfss to tea fiand^g eeaipUtsd by Ordmt .havs hsia ptoesd for ^hat It to pvoMasnt- ical whethsirthhrsv iriHvterlMlia for tho April holMay. la the iShat titoy ere deUyii |fr. Regie SImmmR h> to Om Move Grows Out Of Recent Shooting In Kershaw Tavern .,•5 County School Bus Drivers Must Pass Special Exams Muet Ba Quyalifmd And Bueae In Good Shape Sheriff Saye Voy Little •Com* plaint Regieterad Againet Local Placae tara Pamande On Die- ^ meter Raliaf “V each a Tha meeting was largely attended and tbe intsreet that was evidenosd on the part of all was very gratify- to the committee executives. theme of the meeting was that and svsry clttoen of Camden and Kerfhaw county should constitute liampff or hersM a committee of one JO dontact the Red Crocs headqnar- uers or disaster committee chalrmsn in the event of any emergency oeeas- toned by disaster. bers of tha disaster commlttaa that the negroes ot the etty and eoanty are organising a dtoastsr group which appears certain to be a big success. It will be remembered that at the recent Seaboard train wreck, the Red Crocs canteen corps reaped tha scene in time to be of great aid la feeding the passengers and In many ways toward ratending comfort and aid. Community Mourns Death Of Rosa Tmesdale Arnett Oafatandinf OMuractor Suc- enmba To IHnaas Of Sor- aral Months Duration The community mourns the passing of s'belovsd obaiaoter in the death of Mrs. Ross Trnesdsle Arnett which ooenrred at her hoaw on Norm Broad street Thursday afternoon at 1.^6 o’clock. She has besa in failing health for tie past four months. Probably no other character In Camden home life or tot activities of. civle nature was endowed with a finer personality than Mrs. Amstt She took much Interest tn the aftain of tho Lyttloton Street Methodtot Chureh of which she was a devoat member. For years she taught the ladles biUe class. As a member of the Camden Gar den club she was outstanding la achievement. Her exquisite garden was most attractive^ oae of the flasat in tbe eommnnity. All the beaaty aad design ia it were from her arttotlo aad formative mind. " As a member of tbe United Daugh ters of tks Confederacy, she was ae- tlve to oik affairs et the local chapter. Lsfode moara her passtag ware her hnsbaad Judge N. a AraeU of tho Chief Highway Commissioner J. S. Williamson has announced that en forcement of tbe school bus driver special ..exsminstlon and bus Inspec tiou law will be started as soon as teats BOW being conducted for these drivers and Inspection of all buses is completed in each county. Approved drivers will be issued s permit, in addiUoa to their regular drivers license. Indicating that they have satisfactorily passed the special examination. Operation of a school bus by one who cannot pass this ex amination constitutes a violation of law punishable by fine or imprison ment A series of programs are now being conducted in each county by the high way department, designed to provide special examinations for all school )us drivers and inspection of aR rases as required by law. Pitrol of ficers give class-room Inatructlim and conduct examinations for drivars and inspection of buses on prearranged dathc for each county at which time- afl «4riveni raport with buses to the county peat To' date initial programs of this nature have been conducted in thlrty- hrae counties since the beginning of he school year and an itinerary has been arranged whereby all counties will be covered before May 15, 1946. This wil\ include the initial program of instruction, examination and in spection and a re-eotamlnatlon pro- irram, h^d at a later date, at which ime all drivers not passing the first tests will be given another oppor- ;unity to qualify. Buses not passing ha first Inspection will also be re- tospected -at this time. Oommtosioner Williamson pointed out that It to* Imperative for all school >us drivers to take advantage of the two opportunities afforded to each county for these tects and inspec tions as bus drivers who cannot pass or do not taka the examinations, and buses definitely found to be unsafe will not be permitted to opemte on the highways of ths State. It to contemplated that enforcement of the school bus driver special ex amination and Inspection law will be started in Oconee as this will be the first county, according to schedule, to complete the series of examina tions and inspections. Enforcement of the law in each of the other counties will subsequently be started soon as examinations are com pleted In a particnlar county. The Commissioner stated that in the interest of school child safety In South Carolina definlfo steps must be taken to Insure that tbe bus driv ers are qualified and the busee in safe conditiou. In dosing Mr. Williamson pointed out that this program to a part of the Department’s pish for concerted action aimed at cutting the toll of traffic accidents that have soared up ward in number since tha lifting ^ gssolle rationing restrietloas. Kershaw county probata court: daughter, Mrs. C. H. Barrafet of this city, two atotars, Mra. W. R. Otyhan of thli etty and Mrs. J. K. Laac of Arlington, as wan aa a humbar af naloes aad n^hawi aad maay hna- drads of acquatetanoea and friends la tha iintomiBltT Tha fuaaral took place Friday aftarnoan at 8 o’clock from tha Math- odtot obhrdi with Rav. Gaorga K. Way officiatttig. latenasut was to tlia Qwdeer eamatary- Tha fnasral ritaa ware largaly attsadad and tha flora, rapi BsaiBBs of sympatliy aa4 aftoethm tiaia aad' who has basa reoponslbla saw, W. W. Bataa, Donald Morrisea. C. J.fOatlsi^ 8. 0. Olybini T. T. B.AD^ffoe To igeCwiferred As the result of a veritable wild west gun-play drama staged In the Mendel Catoe roadhouae near Ker shaw on December 28, in which T. J. Parker of Kershaw to at death’s door In a Lancaster hospital, Deputy Sheriff J. H. McLeod, accompanied by Solicitor Pou T. Taylor, has start ed a check of the thirty-five road houses operating Jn Kershaw county. ’The check extends to all places where beer and wine are sold. ’The shooting In the Catoe road house, which is located about two hundred yards south of the city limits of Kershaw occured at 10:30 o'clock at night and according to the ihSriff, Parker and Robert Gregory Jsfl erson exchanged 11 ahots. The sheriff, who Investigated the shooting, said that Ul-feeling had pre. vailed between Parker and Gragory for some time and when thoy met in the Catoe roadhouse, both drew thair guns and startad sh'ooting, Parker was hit In the abdomen find one ot hto kidneys and his bladder perforat ed. Dr. J. W. Pittman of Lancaster, who was called to attend Parker, de- dared hto condition to be critical. Gregory was sirested but later re leased on bond. Thursday Sheriff McLeod with So licitor Taylor and others visited Hia Catoe place and also five others to that area. The sheriff states that all thirty-five beer and wine roadhouses in Kershaw county will be risited. The sheriff admitted that thare had been little complaint against the road houses and that the shooCtog at tho Oatoe place was the first serious af fair to tako place to somo Hmo. No arrests are contemplated at this time but the owners of oaeh road house will bo impressed with the tact that they must operate their places to an orderly and lawful manner, else the authorities will crack down on them. "We have had very Itttlo trouMo with onr roadhonsee to Kershaw county", said Deputy Sheriff McLeod. ‘"The Inspection by Solicitor Taylor and mysMf to not prompted by any eompli^ts, but It is becausa wo do not want to havo any of the owners eapordtoe their present good stand- ng by pemxttHng any rough-honsteg to get Into the piotnro." SolleUor Taylor has been waging war against offensive places of the Kind in Richland county it to said. He las been doing a fine job slnoe tak- ng over the office following the death of former solicitor Spignra. Phillips Lord; Radio Writer In Seaboard Wreck Deacrib«s FeeUnt Ag Car Ca« reals Down Bank After Deraflment Important Deals Are Negotiated In Cammn Homes Mrs. R. W. Porntroy Purekases Brick House In The Hob- Idrk Area A number of ontstaadlng property transfers havo taken place to Camden recently, according to records on fils and reports from real estate dealers. Probably one of tho moat fanportant was the sale ot the brick dwelling on the Hobklrk property, reportedly a 12 room structure ot modran design to Mrs. R. W. Pomeroy by Henry Savage, Jr. Iko dwslltog to at tks comer of Lorttloton sad Qroen stioots. Another toteresttag traaster was that of the homo of Mrs. Tkenas J. Kirkland at 1964 LytUeton strsot to Henry O. Garrison, Jr., who rooenHy dtopoood' of hto tsmi. Cherookso HOI, to J. B. Cantey. Both tho Pomeroy and Cartoon purchases wore negoti ated by 0. P. DaBoae. Jr., local laal. tor. The former John Wall property at Broad and Green streets, purchased several months ago by Ookmel and Mrs. Elmer 8. Van BanschOten of Charleston has been sold by ths Ist* to General John T. Ksnnody, Post Oonuiiander at Fort _ pasrfimr rton:^ateenil V- iy medal of honor aan, aad to the asr- Tice for 25 yssrs. to a graduate of the Citadel and West Petet He was bad ly wooidad III the Fhaipptow wksn battling the Mores bat served with dtotlncHoa dCrteg : tks first world war. Osaaral Ksanaiy will ooenpy tks Csmdsn resldsMO Fsb. 1st Records ot tks sale of tho hSstortc Dasauasnre koMS at Mill aad BS8o streets by Oisrlotoi S, Robfssmi to CotaMl CUttoH U sfld Mn, Uda D. Mfltor 1 bava bosto So* wttk tko ty aadttorto oCtissw Phillips H. Lor4, Who wiU be ro- membered by radio Itotsners as tho croator of tho well-lmown character "Seth Parker" and who origtaiated Gang Busters’'. "Mr. Counter Sp^, Mr. District Attorney" and other radio programs calcalatod to thrill was pecking away^ at hto portable typewriter while sitting to hto berth of s Pullman of tho Sliver Meteor when that stream-ltood flyer ot the Seaboard left the raOs and piled up tew. miles sonthwsst ot Ctomdaa Wednesday moming* Me. Lord said Uiat hto ttost totl- matkra that something wss amiss came when his car lurched and than beesme s ssriss of aerobatics acoom- paaied by tho aeraam of grtndJiif metal and cracking steel. Instinetivs. y Lord grabbed a pillow and clasp ed It over bis bead, aad than huddled down In his berth. After tho car bad asttlod down to s tilted pooltkm Lord struggled oat of tbe oompartmoat ho was to and found that tho ear was to Aai-Uiyfut. Ha could hear tho ocraama aad from frightsaod pawaagsrs. The doors at both oads (rf tho ear to whidi Lord was a jSssengsr wsrs talsscopsi to tad It was Imptoifbls to got ont St oKhor sa*. Lord sad ssv. oral otbor asn smashed windows and pried oae of the doors frse aad to that way saahlod tbo passengers to crawl oat Out of doors tho blashuess wss al- ito 1 most is toteasa ss la the car. Flash lights sad matches were tho only fflnmtostlOB. Finally fires were start ed aroaad which the tfUvsrlng peoide gstbsrsd. somo to thskr night cloHiss ss aU to Lord's car wars sleeping to their berths item -tks wrect tear itocsi Toid said hto oar and several others careened a 75 foot oa* bankMut bat bo hdSed that if the cars had goao oa tho other side ot the track, they would have gone down a ISO foe toot onbaakBtont This stato* moat to rsganlod by some of tha rail- rood tosa who heaH It as botag far. fiteMd. ;Tko fhteaimat tko oon waat fdim 40 test thoB n wM sa flte Mksr sido ad tko tei^W(*Lloid Mdl showed a drop list toi* tko 000% oooo 40 « M - V. ■,V' ■ -J JL.ir