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1 - « a i * ^ i k- 9 j f VOLUME S7 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY; fEBRUARY 1, 1M6 NUMBER 46 'ee Colored Men Must t Trial On Assault Cha lleged To Hare Boat Up A Wliita Man On RuBedgo StrooC Shrilling police whisUee attrected a Ibrong of Satordajr alioppera to West lutledge street aear the cotton platr form Saturday afternoon and saw the Liuecoats subdue three negroes who |bey charge were assaulting K. 8. ^mith, a white num. The three negroes. SUsha and Usha larris and WiUle Harris were held Saturday night at pcdice headquarters rithont bail an^ on Sunday were ^ked in the county Jail to await trial U an assault and ^battery charge at (be criminal court term next month, bond figure of flOO set by Cbipf Police Rush shortly after the em broilment was erased from the doc ket. According to the police Tmwkm of affair, the Harris trio were in car that was backed into a car longing to Smith, damaging it ^mith approached the three negroes [nd wanted to know why they didn’t ratch out where they were drixing. lisha, the oidest of the trio, is said hare called Smith some unprint (ble names and Smith struck him rith his fist Whereupon aU three ^egroes jumped Smith and started to eat him up. Police g(R an emergency call, re sponding at once, with <%ief Rush sd Patrolman Sheheen taking the liree negroes into custody. lie Floor In [alls And Wards [s The Objedive ident Of Hogpttol Auxil iary Oatlmaa Program For TW Yoar - Members of the Woman's Auxiliary the Camden Hospital hare tsc^t- sn interesting and hi^ly eonstmc- Ire letter from Mra. Catherine H. poodale, president of the group. The letter Is oouchsd in su^ Ian- iiage as to awaksn much Interest sd a spirit of cooperation in the rk that is to be carried qut by the rganisation the omning year. OhJectlTea aimed at the Anxiliary lis year and outlined to the mem- tership in President Qoodale’s letter. Ist the following: a membership Irlve, annual ball and a tag day. I'he average income from theae rents has been around $1200 but Ins. Goodale is asking that the mem. ers work toward a $2000 goal this fear. The money to be raised this year ^ill go toward the installation of an fiphalt tile flooring in all hallways ad ward rooms of the hospital. This (as been a long cherished wish on the >rt of the auxiliary members and bembers of the hospital staff. During the past two years the [uxiliary succored In having nearly ill of the rooms of the hospital ye- tinted. 5hor Cox With >I In China In InwMtigatioa Of I War Criminala In Tha Remember "Shot" Cox? "Shot", who used to gambol on the aseball and football lots here in linden and later broke into the big |me headlinee at the Unlrersity of forth Carolina as a grMdsr is now rith the FBI and is stationed at lestsln, China. In a letter to his folks here in imden "Shot” says he has a house plch cost him exacUy $80 in Amer en money, so he is a real lauded fnt now. Hl« work with the FBI has to do tttlreiy with the investigation of war fiminals. He does uot Indicate whsa he will > sent back to the States but hopes »ni be soon as hf ^wgats to resume ps f^tball plsyntg. tills times with r ^roen Bky PuHtttn of the Na- ProfossioBSl Football League. tlumbia Yegg fot Known Here Bright, Arrmted For Robborioi, Chma CmndoBi A* Mon ICamdeu and Kershoirv ueuaty law vorcement ofneera ainirt Oat the .k*^*^* his nnlOe as James «Tarted in con- S* *■ iiwk *■ wOnsowB hmw. Laik^^ ^ Aiwa iMh and a MoLsed declare of a mna <*■ bounty. nru Irnim to be. ro,^t Ok# M hw given a flctlo. nd aim a teke place of t Vincent Urges Early Action To Aid Aged People CHea Tragic Instances To Ootlino Noed Of Inunod- iate Program Dr. Charles P. Vinceut, Jr., one of Camden’s outstanding profeaskmal men. has given hearty endorsement of the suggestion of the Chronicle for action looking toward the care of elderly residents of the county who are in need of care and attention. Dr. Vincent statea'that those peo- pie who ere in s position to under stand the great need along this line by reason of their contact with these people who are chronically Ul and who have no means of support, or relatives or friends who cap aid them, feel that to neglect this pro^ lem at this time will he serloos. In an Interview in regard to the matter Dr. Viuoent said in part: "To grow old, peahUess and with out chOdreii or relatlvea to care for one is tragedy enouili, but to be chronically ill as well makes life al most unbwrsbie to many who in past years have been worthwhile citisens. "Take, for instance, the ease of Hhi. X, who is a freqnent patient in onr hocpital. She ia a white woman sixty years of age and lives with her aged husband in a little shack twelve miles from the city. They have no children or relatlvea and live on what the welfare department Is able to give them. Mr. X is afflicted wRh an incurable lung condition which has so debilltnted him that he can do no work whatsoever. Mrs. X is suffering from an nncurable kidney diseese which ia characterised by intermit tent aitaeks of marked generalised edeme. She is able to brsnth on^ in a most labored manner. I will not go into the medical aspect of this case exoept to say that upon one oeoasion we removed approximately five gal- loss fluid from her abdominal qavlty alone. When theae attacks oc cur Mrs. X Is brought to the hospital where she stays until all available fluid is removed and the is able to breath fireely again. During her stay in the hospital shs is a very bright, cooperative and appreciative patient and only when it is time for her dis- chsrge does the look of gloom re place the smile. Because ot the very limited hoepitsl space she must be discharged to return to poverty and her invalid husband. "One even [more tragic recent case is that of Mr. T, a resident of Ker shaw county'for 83 years. He waa 78 years of age and lived alone in a small hut in Lugoff. His wife died in 1933 and since this time he had lived a very lonely and solitary life, doing odd. jolw...until he became too feeble. Here, toorthe welfare department did all they could. One day in November, one of the residents of the vicinity in which he lived called by the hut to see if anything was wrong since Mr. Y bad not been seen for several days. He found Mr. Y very lU—suffer ing from slow starvation and a sup erimposed terminal pneumonia. He was brought to the hospital where he later expired. "Theae are only two of a number of equally tragic cases^-eaaes la which a nursing home would make life much more bearable. "We are proud of our county—in its response to war bond drives, in its Clothing drives (or the needy of ^rope, in its many other charitable (Pleaee turn to page four) Lugoff Highway- Is Embraced In Highway Contract ' One of the thirteen road and bridge building projects, upon which bids wers ree^ved by the state highway department Tuesday at the Wade Hampton hotel in Columbia was 1.70$ miles of roadwork on Ronts 217 grad ing and bitnminons surfacing from the Fairfield county line to U. S. Highway No. 1 in Lugoff. Embraced in the highway building project in the state was the finishing of sbont 7t miles of roaide. constrno- thm of several bridges and surfacing of bridge approachee. It was the first hlg letting on road wcNTk this year and marked the open ing of the $42,000,000 three-year highway oonstiwctkm program. Camden Hospi^ On Approved list TTie Camden General hospital with If bed capacity and 18 bassinets, has bean plne^ on the IfdO'^pproved list of hoapltals by the Anteriesn CoUege of Snrgeons, according to a aews re- leaae hMned today. The American College of Sorgmms. ae the resaK of the 28th ananal hoe- gital .ntondardisatlon snrvey In 1048 shewn Utl hespttols or 80J peresnt of. thine nninr survey as mesttng ths nrtnlmnm smadard for approval This eomparss with a total ot $4*$ follow- lag toe 1044 sarvey. Final Plans Are #ade For Hosiery In This Area Annual Report Of Welfare Unit Placed On File Intereatmx Rewinw Of Acthri- tiea For Yonr Ewlmf Jmnn SO, ’46 Gienm The eighth annual report of the Kershaw County Board of Public Welfare, covering the year ended June SO, 1946, has been filed as a permanent record in the. office* (rf clerk of court. Copies have also ,been furnished to Senator W. T. RedfMrn, Representatives L. > C. Clybura and Robert M. Kennedy. Jr., and George Creed, foreman of the county grand Jury. The report, signed by Chairman N. S. Richards of Liberty Hill, Mrs. Margaret Mayfield ot Camden, and L. J. Baker of Bethune, members of the board, and Mrs. Alma B. Balmond. county dfareetor, emphasUea ths meth ods by which citisens gensrally cooperate with the welfhre agmicy in improving the econoarie and health conditions ot the couaty’s needy and dependent pereoas. Statistical tables it Will B« Opcrat^ Under The Name Of .'jacljrn Homery Mills Aanooncsment was made here this wpek by Samuel Boykin, Execntive taiT of the Camden and Ker- C<mnty' Chamber of Commerce Camden is to be favored e' establishment of a mill to pro- duM' ladies’ (nll-fashloned hosiery. mill which will operate under the pa^ ef Jaclyw . Hosiery Mills, lac., wn be locat^ one mile sooth of the business section of Camdett on toe north side of U. 8. Highway No. 1 and will occupy fifty acres. The plans ot the company call for the initial employmmit of more than IM .people. The building which will bouA the first unit of ten modem fuU-tkahioned hosiery macbinee will be wproximately 80 feet'Wide and 200 kt long. It will be of modem type will construction designed to as sure Igreatest efficiency and comfort to thg employees. Tlie anaouDcement of the location of thf mills here comes after-aisveral moatha of negotiations between Lt. Col. James C. Stewart, who will heiMl tils mQl. and Henry Savage, Jr., local attomqy in collaboration with city and county . oftieials, executives of ths ChsBiber of Commerce and repre- Dr. R. E. Stevenson Planning Area Of Attractive Homes Bowdens Plan To Convert Dwelling Into Modem Apts. Gilooel H. S. Bowden And W. R. Bowden Purchase The Yates Residence show toe servioeB rendered and funds used to relieve need during the year.'iS^totl^es of the Indnatrisl depari- indlcating steady improvement aMfhtost m the Seaboard railway. expansion of services over previous TMTS. A total of I78.482.S2 waa paid to a monthly average of 461 ne^y aged persons lu amounts averaging $14.68 per month. The average for the State was $12.94. Aid totaling $8.7S6.$8 pro. Tided 11 needy blind persons with $20J1 per month, the State average being $19.66. One hundred and thirty- six ne<^y dependent children received a total of $12,987.09 in monthly aver ages ot $7.97. The average in the State was $8.06. Kershaw County used $4,785.98 dur ing the year tor temporary and emer gency aid to handicapped persons not eligible tor other types of asslstanos. The report explains that the work of the department has been material ly aided through the cooperation of local organisations, officials, and in- Atvidaals. Thu Kershaw flonaty Civic. ^ and Distiiiguished OooBcU is given'credit for suhetsntial Wylng Cross with oak lekf clusters, assistance ia the way of acquaint ing the public with the methods by which the department may be of ser vice to citisens of the county. These services include treatment, training and Muployment of blind persons, shl. Ing with the care of neglected, aban doned and delinquent children and coopermion with selective service boards in determining questions of dependency in volved in cases of per sons inducted ito the armed services. Four Graduate From The Camden Nursing School Four yoiing women received diplo mas at the graduating exercises held January 11 at the Nurses Home of the CamdMi hoepitsl. They were Miss Virginia King of Hartsville; Miaa Edna Farmer of OoldviUe, Mias Mary Goff of Logoff and Miss Grace Rho den of this city. The graduation program opened with music by Mrs. A. D. McArn and waa tollowed by the invocation by Rsv. Way of thp Lyttlston street Methodist church. The graduation address was made by Dr. Maurice Clarke, rcetor of Grace Episcopal church. Following the recitation of the Flmwnee Nightengale pledge, gradua tion pins were presented to the grad uates by Mrs. Mauldin, director of nurses and the diplomas ware given by Dr. J. W. Corbett. The beuedicUon was given by Rev. A. D. McAru. During the reoeptioB following the exercises music was playsd by Mrs. McArn. Ths Woman’s AnxlMsry of the hos pital fnmlshsd the refrsslimsats with Mra. A. D. McArn. Mrs. John M. VUli- iplgne and Mrn. R. E. Stovsnson serv- Tbs nsnal apssd of common birds in flight is about $6 ntilsa per hour. In order to assure Camden this in- dnstty, the city has agreed to ex tend water, sewer and power lines and to inat^l street lighting and (ire hydrunts to the plant. The county commlsaloners has made provisions for ths sstablishmsnt of the neces- tiry roads and the state highway de partment will construct a sidewalk along U. 8. Highway No. 1 to provide tor 4^ safety of eniployeea going to and from work and to assure efficient opsratlon of the mill. Lt. Cokmel Stewart is a native ot Corona, California, and a graduate of dntffee oollege in Ontario, Calif. He was ene of the nation’s outstanding pOots with ths 66th Fighter Group in Mai^aiid during the recent war. He bas been in the afar corps since De- eember, ltS9. For his sctivttieo against toe enemy he was awarded The Yates home on North Broad street, one of the early landmarks of Camden has been purchased by Col., Hayward S. and Woodrow R. Bowden who plan to remodel the building into a two family apartment, known in the north as su "upper and lower flat building". The'-work of remodeling the build ing will be started just'as soon as materials are available. The renovat ing will feature a complete modern isation of the property. Colonel Hayward 8. Bowden will make hia home in Camden in the fu ture. He waa. before the war, affiliat ed with the Daily Press at Savannah, Oa., for fifteen years. When /war threatened be enlisted and waa locat ed at Fort Jaekaon before being sent oversees. While at Fort Jackson he waa a frequent visitor in Camden, taking a great interest in the Camden winter sport program, particularly p<^. He often took over the "mike” at the polo games to broadcsst the play by play account of the games Mr. Bowden spent five and a half years in the service and twenty-two months of this wss spent in action overseas. His carreM* In the army was outstanding and be. returned home with the rank of Ll^tenant-Colonel. Woodrow R. Bowden has been sffil- isted with the businesu life of the community for years ss owner and manager of the Western Auto Asso ciate store here. He is also a radio technician. ^ Messrs. Hsjrwsrd and Woodrow Bowden will operate the Western Auto store in the future, ss Colonsl Bowden la arranging to become asso ciated with bis brother in the busi ness. ths Silver Star, Distinguished Ser^ vice medal, the Unit citation and tile French medal, Croix de Guerre. In an .interview regarding the Cam den mill. Colonel Stewart said that after a long and careful investigation of many communities, be and his as sociates decided to locate their new plant in Camden for the reason that It particularly meets the require ments in every respect "It is Just the sixe of community we deslr^ and we will in no way conflict with other establishments al ready here.” he declared. Colons Stewart emphasized the fine cooperation that was accorded him by city and county authorities and representatives of the Chamber of Commerce. “You have the kind of good AU- American people whe made loyal em ployees,” he said. "Apd best of all, Mrs. Stewart sod I have decided Camden is ths ideal place tor ns to sstahlish our home. We found every thing here as represented to us by Messrs. Hall and Haselhurst ot the Industrial Department of the Sea- board Air Line Railway, who recom mended Camden to os. They are re sponsible tor ns being here now. "Machinery ot the very lateat type for toe production of womens’ (nll- fashiooed hoaiery will be installed in the plant Plana ars*now being drawn and obstruction of the plant will be started soon. It will be rushed to as ssriy a completion aa the building and material situation will permit "CAtoden is so located as to afford easy aeceas to both our raw materials and markets.” Dr. A. B. Whitaker Resumes Practice As Doctor-Surgeon WdLknowii ProfessioiMil Man Saw Much Action Dnr- inc Tha World War Winding DriTea..And Restrict ed Building Regulations To Feature Kirkwood Heights, covering some twenty-five acres of beautiful rolling terrain over i portion of the site of tb« historic battle of Hobkirk HUl during the Revolutionary war and later .the location of a nine hole golf courae la being groomed to become a restricted residential development. Already Dr. R. E. Stevenson, who recently purchased the property has surveyors at work taking measure ments and grades preliminary to the preparation of blue prints showing the hundred lots that will be set off on winding drives. The plans are tentatively outlined by Dr. Stevenson will make this Kirkwood Heights ^velopment one of toe most attractive residential areas in Camden. The location has the particular advantage of being on high ground in an area that back In ante-bellum days waa the summer site of homes of Camden people who dur ing the winter mont^ occupied homes on the lower ground to the south. The area to be developed by Dr. Stevenson Is located just south of the Kirkwood hotel property and extends from Broad street weal to Gordon itreet In a statement to the press Dr. Stevenson said that the platting of the area into lots and roads wonhl be done at once, after which be will begin the erection of homes. The work will be carried on as rapidly as materials are available. The area will accommodate between 75 and 100 homes on large.aixe lots. Special Music At BUmey Church Thur Pacific Qnartct of .^Inmbia, ft. C„ will sing at the Blai^ Metho dist rimreh. Snnday, Fsb. I, at 4 o’clodt. The quartet is composed ot D. S. Jeffers, F- K- Jeffers, W« B, Floyd and M. M Shealy. Miss Miriam Jaflers as accompanist The public Is invito. Over lSj600 Traffic VMatsrs Convicted In Patrpl Enforcement In toe coBtinuons effort to reduce accidents through traffic law enfOTce- raent over 18,006 vtolatiag drivers and pedsstraina were apprehended by the State Hlitoway Patrol during the past twelve monthi^ aanouaeed J. 8. WIll- Masou. Chief Highway OowlsilsB er. * As a result of this activity stotortets aad pedsstralBs, eouvletod of vkdat. ing traffle laws, paid flues totaling $287,764.06 Into the varloue couMIsb in which they were tried. Over 100 traffic vlolaton, who vers aealMrs of the armed aerrleoe. vsre tuned over to the utiUtair authoiltJsu.' Of toe lt,U0 oouvietlous. driver llceuse vhdatlMM M .toe list wMh 6486. Dpssdtug.vtolsHsuu mmo next wftk'S488 eouvlcMoua Vftio uOarly SJOO nJittrulus won tSmimA, aad found guilty, ot walking the highways In an intoxicatod cbditlon. Patrol arrests taivolving the drink- lug driver resulted in 1,041 coovlc tions and highway depastaent rec ords reveal that over 8,000 driver's licenses were suspeuded. or revoked In South- CaroHua last year because of statewide convictions of driving while ; under the Inflnsnce of tetogti- eanta. DeCOetlve brahss or Improper Uidits were saong toe leading vkflaUons n- ported with 2448 drivers oonvletod of opernOng their motor vehtolee wfth toeee datoeevns isisets. In noani tntint on this patrol toe last year, Ooa- poii^tod ent that ever 1400 tsnffla vtalators were ap- prabtodid h!r^ Hlrtnay FUtzol every Dr. Andrew B. Wbitaker, well- known physician and surgeon, wbo served with the armed forces for forty-four months during the second world war, baa resumed his practice here and is located in this former suite of offices on DeKalb street <h;>- posite the Hotel Camden. Dr. Whitaker reported for serrlce at tbe Jacksonville Naval Air station August 1. 1942 and later went to the United States Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Fla. Here he took a course in naval flight surgery and became affiliated with air group No. 70. + He was aboard tbe aircraft carrier Salamaua (or fourteen ■ months and in that time saw service at Guam, Saipan. Leyte gulf. Okinawa and in Tokyo bay and Yokahama. His ship was caught in the typhoon that swept the Pacific. The carrier was attached to the 3rd and 6th fleet and became part of the 7th fleet which provided air cover tor the 8th army under MacArthnr in the invasion of Japan. Later planee from his carrier gave photographic coverage of Tokyo bay and vicinity. Dr. Whitaker returned to the Statec Oct. 12, 1946. He is now on terminal leave. Capt Richards Is In Charge Of Marine Station captain Robert M. Richards, a vet eran of long service ia the Pacific, has been named officer In charge of the District Headquarters, Marine Recruiting Station in Columbia, It has been announced. He encceeds Captain T. H. Abbdy, Jr., who has been officer in charge for the past ssveral months. - The new offleer in charge, a 1041 graduate of the Naval Academy, grad- nated from the Camden High school and had one year at Marion Military Institute at Marion, Ala. He is the sui of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Richards, tills city. Important Meeting A County wids moetinf of ths Farm Bureau wilt be hoM a the Aineriean Legioii Hall on FrWoy night, February ftlfn at 7:88 otilaok. All mswtoaro, Hnmro, and aonaumers ara wgid to ba praaant Wa will award ftITOJB In eaab priaaa to tbaaa largsat nonibar eO ill tha Farm DeKalb Pharmacy Block Visited By Second Blaze Flnmna Diaeownmd Aa Firsmea Are Away Fifhtiiit Gnat Fire While firemen were flghttng a grass fire out in the Bast Hampton street districi Sunday afternoon, a blase was discovered between celling and roof of tbe second floor of the OeKsIb jdiarmacy, corner of Brood and DeKalb streets. The second pumper, always in re serve St fire headquarters, was rush ed to the DeKalb phannacy blase and had water playing on the flames be fore tbe equipment and firemen re turned from tbe Hampton street grass fire. The flames on the DeKalb phar macy building fire were in the ceil ing and walls of tbe upper hail but had spread wlU{ great rapidity under the roof, making it necessary (or the department to tprow considerable water. The office of Dewey J. Creed, locat ed on the second floor of the building were smoke damaged and several panes of glass were broken by the best and by firemen breaking into the suite. The damage by fire was contiped to the celling and walla ot the imll bat much water nn down into the dmg store area on tbe first floor, causing a heavy loaa. This is the second time within a few months that fire has visited the drug store building- The first time the blase was in a store room at the rear of tbe drug store. tlie etjeetivsii if too F< Chratmas Seal Sale Is Over Top Oliver Rice, treasurer for the Christmas seal sale, reports the 1845 ssal sale has gone over the top, with s total to date of $2814.04. "Contributions are still coming In”, Mr. Rice reports, "and It la expected the final return will reach the 104$ all-hii^ ot $2800.00.” He states that this expectotion Is beeed upon re tains which it M known will stm come in. as the Gatee Ford and Mid way Schools, end ton romaiping Ne^ schools have not reported. Mrs. George Creed, aeal sale chair, man, wishes to take this opportunity to thank all who have hetp^ toe Kershaw oounty asaoelatlon reach this goal "We are partleulariy grate-' ful,” she states, ‘Ho the GUmden Chronicle tor its generous contribu tion of valuatOe specs, to Oliver Rice for his long day-by-day brntiiUbig of eontributkms and keeping of ac curate records, to the Caasdmi theater for Hs showing of the seel sale trail-' er, to the Junior WetCaro leaipte for Its sponsoring of the bangle sale, to all sehotrts and toaeliers and pupils for toeir valuable contributions, to all chatnnen over the county for toe splendid wtp'k th^ did In. such a short time, to each aad every coatri- hutor for his snbetantlU suniort aad to toe negro ^urehee whi^ undsr toe laederahlp ef Rev. Boykin end Rev. OreiK, have tar sMeeded sny- thlag this grong has done In the past all of theae^” statoe Mn. AweK ”we are gratofM. becanse tha L. O. tion. hy yonr efferCs, win now he ahia to esnry out the pregrnm it bus tm IHL-