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, /. >’, j-is V:^. If Erl W-jL. ■v'ij *v*>. ' >• ' ^ E71 **4?PK? Vf' IS m n, Ff? « ♦**5» M *1 CAMDEN. SOUTH CARI SEPTEMBER 27, 1949 — Number 31 Most Urgent Heeds Firat To Issue $450,000 V; jr *>• .£9 Bench Show b Bonds At Early Date! Meet Nad Week ForFraHunlers City Council plans to sell $450,000 in general obligation bonds with- j Doy t r.«deB City v/wurcn iaj ¥ -.u V ,uuv m gtmeiwi oougawon Donas witn- r J-ftwo or three months and to use the proceeds in making public improve- -e the most urgently needed, such as the extension of the sewer line rLiaA enlarging and improving the waterworks system. Mayor Henry , Monday. This will represent not quite one-half of the total bond k by the voters of the city. The other bonds will be issued at later At Over Two Hundred Dogs Shamrock Church, And Expected To Take Fort Second At Thom Hill In Field Trials S»T**e said that Wd be let for the filter beds capacity of the lassoonas pos- ovements to the system call for on of a downtown exact location of not yet been de original plans issue did not .round storage , city waterworks have declined extent that bids Will be cafied for it and if it can be worked In one will be installed since it is badly needed. Bids will also be asked for the construction of a sewer line to the river, which is one of the City’s necessi ties. The construction of water mains, street sewers and im provements to public utili ties will be done by the City itself and this work will be done steadily. The Mayor said that the City was not figuring on The fiftieth annual Session the Kershaw Baptist As- starting the paving program I sociation will be held on Oct. within the next twelve to 14-5, the first day’s sessions ptist /' eighteen months. He said the essential improvements would come first and the other would wait until labor was plentiful and when it might help to give employ ment Members of City Council to be at Shamroc church and the second day’s at Thorn Hill church. The Kershaw association com prises the Baptist chUtches of Kershaw county. Rev. J. T. Oat en is the moderator and Rev. L. B. Morrison is the clerk. The program for the session on October 4. at Shamrock church, I nation Opened Town Hall Is To Ssnrt As Place ethune Recrea- vas dedicated was held j at 8 o’clock, 250 interest- j young and old, ! for the exercises. _ the decorated Steal Lane, idMheiown L Kennedy? tt Bottles, Brains, Ballots?* Temperance Leader To i : « . • • * Speak Here Wednesday met last week with repre-IJ^^ 4 sentatives of several bond io A. M.—Song, scripture, and houses and with Huger Sink- prayer, Rev. James P. Stokes; ler, Jr bond »ttonjey o f 10:1^ M.-Adopt«« Charleston, at which time ers . jo:25 A. M.—Digest of let plans for issuing the bonds ters, Rev. L. B. Morrison; 10:30 were discussed. A- M —^ e P9^. 4 on stat ?rtw’ Mrs. C. L. Whitmore; 10:55 A. M —Report on Home Missions, Mr S. C. Truesdale; Song, “Send the Light”; 11:25 A. M.—Rqport on Foreign Missions, Rev. Paul M Webb; Song and miscellaneous business; 11:55 A. M.—Associat Hundreds of fox busters, members of the South Caro lina Fox Hunters association, began to pour into Camden Monday morning to take part in the annual bench show and field trials, which began with the former event Monday night and will con tinue with derby and all-age class runs today, Wednesday and Thursday. At noon Monday Carl Lightfoot, chairman of the host committee for the meeting here, stated that he looked for over 200 hounds, a take will new high in number, to in the several casts that ure the meeting. Monday night’* bench Entries Are Still Being Received In Pastures Contest New entries are still com- Im for the Pasture Contest being sponsored by the Ker shaw Boil Conservation Dis trict. according to reports from County Agent W. C. Mc- Carley. To the many farmers in the county who are planting their winter pastures now. Mr. McCarley announces that the Extension Service has or dered seeds which should be available at that office short ly. Winter pastures entered in the contest will be Judged some time In March or ApriL Summer pastures will not be looked over by the Judges until July or August W. G. Tucker, Jr. Coiin!*^ Wntof Rosttout Diod At Hit Summer Homo Soturdoy Town and County.... •“Call of the Land »» Willis Gaylord Tucker, Jr., of Camden and Saratoga Springs, N. Y., retired adver tising executive, died at bis summer home in Saratoga Springs Saturday. Funeral services will be held Wed nesday morning at 9:30 o’clock at St Clement's Catholic Church, Saratoga Springs. Mr. Tucker, great grandson of was schedule show under the lights at the high school foot- ne cpected to ireral hun- Dr. L. E. Borton To Spook From Pulpit Of First Baptist Church „ Dr. L. E. Barton, minister, author, publicist and official ngrliamentarian of the Southern Baptist Convention, will speak on “Brains, Bot tles and Ballots’’ at a public meeting to be held in the First Baptist church on Wed- - g, Sei& p. general pu wasdec-1 lie is invited to attend. ball field. and was ex], attract a crowd of several hun dred spectators as well as scores of hunters whose hounds were striving for honors. , _ Foxhunters began to arrive at f?™ 0 **’ .. Douglas I the Sarsfield hotel, headquarters &nith; 12:30 P. M.—Adjourn for f or the state classic, Sunday even- • . ing and Monday morning the ar- * :30 P-scripture and speeded up. Every room in prayer, Rev. Hamp Stogner; 1:40 the hotel was taken, most of them P. M —Report on Christian Liter- having been reserved many days ature. Rev P. E. Blackmon; 2:051 ahead. The air was filled with the « ^ on I chatter of the hound enthusiasts, Mr. Fred Moseley; 2:30 P. M.— who confined themselves to the Report of promotion committee, harden of the occasion. Rev. A. B. Davis; 3:00 P. M.—Ad- j. r. White of Spartanburg was J 0 ^- . A to judge at the bench ahow Mon- Tb® Pogrom for Oct 5, at LjayTSght. Included in the Thorn HUl church follow*: | 0 f officials present are: !0 A. ML—Song, scripture and jeeter of Union, president of n er, Rev. B. A Davis; 10:10 atate body; C. D. Palls and A. S. [ -—Report on Sunday School, J Pearsen/W Rev. C. L. Whitmore; 10:30 A M. I Tuesday there will be a derby ift- t"35£ P 1 ? * wi4h ^ first cast Miss Lottie being at the EraxHtert H. Ca-1 olantation and “Call of The Land,” a book L^er/rucker pioneer American written for and about 4-H dub P ubUsher work and workers, has been ob- w * s tbe tained by the county agent, and d ASr wnH^SfiSn is being held in his office tor I r ic< i i) C _ oU _ e *t’ o^ d i U \vfi_ use by any 4-H clubber in the county who would Uk« to u,e « the ”fd •Slip of Typowritor I h^terod the «ivertis- Through a slip of the type- ing field and estaWished the writer, Alexander Young, well Tucker Advertising Agency in mown Jeweler of Camden in for- New York City, representing the was referred to in the New York Edison and associated port on W. M. «., Barnes; 11:05 A. M. the Work”; 11:10 A hood work report, Mr toe; 11:30 A. M -T 11:35 A Wt building ., i colorful fall flowers. | Dr. Barton, long a leader in the presented the hall temperance movement, ia said to natv^ney j. B.lbe exceedingly forceful speak- t mmister accepted I cr and has been heard by very lot the town’. FU^. ^ i, Methodist minister, •**•&&*.!*$ 1 dedicating the build-Iduded Chester, Lancaster, Greer, iAest devdopment of i Clinton and Rock HiUX j ^ winner of four oratori- » Kennedy told the .rtud-ntlncoh n^b2 of to. *u ; [which eras distrlbut I be county for the Form Arthur Jones excellent II recreation [ the bill proposing Field Society of Authors and U1C UUi u lupwm ,, - o’* Who in American Clergy dr^ti^sS- wSid“mo^hy^e riX- pointed*out ^StIQ u ent contributor to.^o^cal wiU result in bet- "““'P, Sf^ Dr. Barton wn. twic. elected intemational Onpate the urge legate to the national conclave tive from each ofl wb ^® * student, wganizations pledg- " and cooperation; C. B. Mitchell; the World, Huf i Legion, Budc School, A. i s Society of I Mrs. J. M. Cly- of the Presby- Mrs. Frank Lee; Society, Mrs. I !?**■> Mayor Un. oSSS^St^ ^ Floyd Montgomery; It Missionary sermon. Rev t)B. L. E. BARTON secre- Alat Barton is of the Baptist Foundation of and a former vicee- president of the Southern Baptist ""is currently chair man of the Alabama Social Ser vice committee. He ^ritt speal here under auepkes of the Ala bama Temperance Association. The teemperance speaker was ordained to die ■■■ in 1896 and received his decree of doctor of divinity from Union in 1911. Univeresity He has held lantation and the lurchison property »tte Thompson sect! the mer years, was referred to in the New York Edison and associated article dealing with the old town I companies until the sale of the clock as “an outstanding black- business some years ago to Kelly, smith.” The error was obvious Nason and Roosevelt, since the article stated that Mr. I Mr. Tucker was interested in Young was entrusted with the job the improvement of the breed of of caring for the town’s new thoroughbred horses and was a clock. I former member of the Saratoga Association. Of recent years he has •Trees Being Trimmed / divided his time between Saratoga The city .trect dn»rtii.«.t i. SP M^Tu^ r C ‘?r^ S^.'Tan'? ‘Sf t, to!f U SL th ?ta£ C.toci£u£JS, hid crown to low that tall inatrumaiul in toe orfuization w.te^to.d?n,ukv tolffiPn 1 : ■*.?>■« Commonw^th,. on some of thesidewalki * Rmides his widow, the former on some oi me sidewalks. | of N. Yt he ed was •Oklahoma Viaitors Mr. and Mrs. R and Bessie Lightfoot, brother of Cad Liijj berry plantation mho bail from T * in ‘ C * rl for an by taro sisters, Mrs. A , Putnam, of Rye, N. Y, Lightfoot 1 anad Mrs. Harry Holt, of New its and I York Chy. ^ • Mr. Tucker's Camden home is located at 1802 Lyttleton street IM. W. McKinney h time have business; 2:59 P. M.—Obituaries, ing to Mrs. S. C. Truesdale; 3 P. ” 1 * j Woman’ > Women Seoul Rally Held Saturday scooters met Pjup t° inspect the aat Hampton Park Saturday after- nnnwu?? the 8and -!noon as participants in aJbig ral- that included games, os and were serv *a —w „ HHH t fire-building demonstrations ^council gave the tent-pitching. ^"^unity The rally, which marked the l^nter the follow- cub Scouts’ first public appear- was placed in ance in uniform, was held under maty recreation j the leadership of Neighborhood •iectric kitchen Commissioner J. R. Sheelr. From t toe hundred 4 o’clock until 5:30 the scouts ■ tables; a piano|grouped themselves in games of l J* Dt for pre- Tug CWar and Steal the Bacon, jPro^ram planned competed for skill and speed in rouon for every I tent-pitching, and saw members out the South. Throughout the battle for pass age of the 18th amendment, he was a leader in Alabama and was chairman of the state organiza tion fighting repeal. Free Seedlings For Farmers The State Forestry Commis sion, in cooperation with the Ex tension Service, has made avail able to farmers as many as 3,000 seedlings for nothing more payment of the express charges to Camden. For farmers desiring more than 3,006 seedliiu extra ones may be ordered $2.50 per thousand. “Every farm in the county has land that would be better if it weft planted in pine seedlings,” County Agent W. C. McCarley said. “The seedlings offered ' Noon— W iu be staged I James class runs will be P. Stokes; 12:30 P. M.—Adjourn Wednesday and Thursday. to* lupch. " j' J will be scoring at all casts with 1:30 P. M.—-Seng, senpture and I the procees of elimination func- Rev. Fred Johnson; 1:40 tioning through Thursday morn- „ _ ing when the winning hound will cation, Mr. R. B. Pitts: 2:10 P. M. be annouaeed. —Report on Benevolence, Rev. Camden merchants, profession- C. R. Griffon; 2 JO P. M.—Social I *1 m en and individual sportsmen •rr** ..npsrs, B f-r-,P 0U « u ‘'t*™ m «>. Smith; 1:50 P. M.—Miacelianeous | bringing of the association meet- and were in their donation of , some 21'being provided, ition to the trophies, there are seven challenge trophies I to be awarded the top winners. This will be an annual affair in 1 the future, it was stated today. Hugh Jeeter, of Union, who Local authorities have been re-l hMd * the association and who is qu^Sd % an enthusteriic fox lmnt«; two girls said to have run away from their homes in Miami. “ l^fated by reservations al- ridk oi “ We V 1 * association cannot Ss <SSr y as^ig 17 of work tfiat Carl Lixhtfoot and his aee 5 feet 3 inches tall and I committee have done to make W^jhms 100 pounds. She K tot* meeting ooe of toe yg dark blonde hate hazel ^ea. 1 On Lookout For Two Miami Girls ngs, for Her companion, Caroline Cox, J® 01 *} 1011 * 20, is 5 feet 8 inches tall and Monday. J — - - a. . - I fl'kto A •Rum Ormr Rattler Jack Henderson of Camden ap- ■ J at The Chronicle office bearing the still-quivering i of a three-foot, ten-inch woods rattler, and the story of how he ran over the poisonous reptile on the Fort Jackson road, •bout four miles off the Orange- bur* highway. Henderson says the saafei was coiled on the side of the road, his tail pointing up, and his 12 rattles whirring their warn ing. After it was hit, the snake sunk its fangs into itself, then twisted and turned till it died. Snakes are particularly prevalent in the woods this time of the year while they are on the move to winter quarters. Series of Rabies Inoculation Clinics In County Planned The Kershaw wh “ L > hSr n 7;.iMtoy u ^ wno nas oeen building some houses at Logoff, was killed on United StatesHighway No. 1 Sat- and a half north of Pontiac. Coroner William A Plot! of Richland county gave this account of what he thought probably hap pened: The truck which Mr. McKimwy u driving, fur some unaccount- >le reason had veered off the highway down a slight embank ment Apparently he was unable to get the truck back on the high way and from all evidence he had crossed tbi on the left oncoming walking on the shoulder of \ road, when he was struck by automobile or truck. He was dragged for a distance of approximately 125 feet Cor oner Plot* said. The driver of the vehicle that struck him continued op. The incident is being investi- “Cinderella” To to.^ esq™* *sr%«wt 4 v _y v '| liw Tennessee, Georgia, Florida I . Sept^ 28, 2:00-4:30 — Wh and Vii bracing Bv Kiwanis Club I ^ Fo1 HuntOT ’ NO CIRCUS IN SIGHT Department announces the follow^(^Hallmar^^smftv ^ dogs: as Beckham, P Deputy Sheriff Rabies inoculations clinics: itejZobf'ijfe, tJ^t “ST™ « weighs 250 pounds. The father T* 1 ® woriJs oi President Jeeta states in his wire that the girls were ® cho ^ were last reported to be hitch- P®*"® 1 ?* secretary and treasurer hiking north on «. S. Highway 'ing Carl Lightfoot said that so far the entries for the field trials' - vmjltime of his death. Tle^om- . muted between Lugoff and Co- _ ~ . Hinas. Tennessee, Georgia, noriaai — WhitesIlumbia daily Rrmurht tn (^telTnHpri and VirgiitiaTuie most far-em- store, Warren Cross Road, Ridge- ‘ Brought to tamdenl^ _ b.,^1 Charles H. Stogner Oct. 5, 2:00-4.30—Wade’i The Camden Kiwanis Club is I It seems now as though Cam-1 §*• M* tthe w bringing the musical stage show, den will have to pass a circus-1 xvouie ** “Cinderella” to Camden on Mon-1 less fall So far as X known onej Home Purchased school, Camden, Oct 6, 9:30-12:30—Smith’s store By Lclftfld M. J0II68 a^^OcrnTScSIlK^^^'totoff^lS^^* white tohool. C«n- / den Gremmar School zuditortan. I yet Who can remember toe ato< . L < ^ i M JlW Ma M fir y Arthur Pweton Rivers, Scoutm vfJS ran ^ h^P 38 : p e rd y Pm*-1 ter of Pack 96; R. B. 1 Scoutmaster of , Cubmas- I ter of Pack 96; R. B. Pitts, Jr^ frrf. ii'T'rr* Scout chairman tor K«tiiaw dia- feels that this trict and R. John Holland, field a bg step I scout executive. "«ninunitv eatlon l Scheduled for the load scouts ^ muiuty - for Monday night was a Court of Honor and the Annual Roll Call and Inspection which were to be held at the EpiscojpalChurch Par - ish House at 7:30. The Court of j Honor, held for the purpoee of • pected to be one of wHtog<Mt grocery in CHRONICLE ltb&. l '~bn* (Thursday) the Forestry Commis sion are limited, however, and' they are dispensing them on the basis of Tint come, first serve.’ Seedlings will be trucked to the county agent’s office some time in December for delivery.” Believed Bitten By Black Widow | Gregory, five-and-a-half- year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lee Gregory, North Broad Street, is thought to have been bitten by a Black Widow spider last Thursday. He was out in the I yard f V: by den Grammar School auditorium, yet . , _ ■tm n. 1 1 ■ _ . . - it was announced Monday morn- old days when a big circus came piayeiTs store, the manager of the Cam. ing. through every fall? Lucknow Road, Camden, Route l 0 f the DuPont Company, The stage show features an all LwE P®”?™ who cannot reach chased the Charles H. adult professional New York cast. XL sc Ices ■ a ft# • the abovc cHnics may come^to the | home at 2105 North Bro It wtil be the same excellent com-1 I lllo ISSUC wl Jones, who will be Camden plant , has pur- the same excellent pany which has appeared from 1 — coast to coast playing to capacity! I hg audiences in key dties throughout the United States. Audiences in Kendiaw County Heaitii Depart-land wiil occupy same°to a^fev ment, Camden, any Saturday weeks, morning between 9 . m. and 12 noon. such metropolitan centers as Chi- 1 metropol: >, Detroit, of such occasions held ' a jK5re? i MML beta^SLtoX a^duir^uto™ and scout leaders is a . Ladics Night banquet to be ten he was bitten , and the effects it u believed to have been a black widow. He the hospital for and has now n the effects cago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, City, Seattle and many others) have been thrilled with the toil- performance.— The show will introduce to) Camden people one of the most charming personalities of the American theater. Clelia is a New England girl town of a theatrical family, well known in the annals of the theatrical world. She stud ied with the great Malatesta of) the Metropolitan Opera Company and was guided in the ballet by Louis Chalif. She starred with the Children’* Opera Company) and the American Light Opera] Company. Housewives will be interested to learn that turkeys for this) Thanksgiving and In this issue of The Cam den Chronicle appears. the first column of Cwndon High School news. This will be a regular feature of each Tues day’s Chronicle. Also in this issue will be found a paga advertisement listing a number of football games and local fans an ask ed to guees the outcome of these games. Prises wUl he for the three meet I Prayer Meetings Held For Success Revival Meetings Football «■»»* rite-up of the tArz. will find a -Cam- Camden will be print ed in each Tueeday't •V-'lJPL.. •. - available on IB which [will begin on next Sunday at the (First Baptist Church of Camden. ■ Rev. John Haggai, pastor of the | Second Baptist church, of Lan caster, will do the preachjtog in the revival services. The music will be led by Bob Post, musical director of the Lancaster Second Baptist church, and a well known musician. Mrs. Haggai and Mrs. Post, both of whom are lisfaed musicians, will assist the The home which was sold by Mr. Stogner to Mr. Jones lest week is one of the attractive homes of the city. It was former- )ly the home of Dr. Lindsay. FALL ARRIVES Fall of tite year arrived in Cam- |den promptly on schedule. The last few days have been rather . cool and some people have turned ^ on their furnaces. Coming Events Sept. W Kiwanis lunch L iSP ■ ■