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Mayor Sponsors Express Picture A sound film depicting the growth of the express business and showing improvement of operation was demonstrated before the Camden Rotary club and the high school students last Thursday week, by Hugh R. Brown, traveling commercial agent for the Railway Express company. The film showed the oarly pony express and then traced the growth of transportation from that period to the present, later scenes showing the modern trains and the airplanes. Mr. Brown was introduced J>y Mayor F. N. McCorkle at all of the meetings here. As many as 4,000 stars may be counted In the heavens bythe casual observer without the aid of a telescope. MIKTINO HELD llflNTBREST { O? MBRARIK8 FOR COUNTY Mrs. Kathleen B. Watts, bounty ?u* perlntendent of education, presided at a meeting on Saturday of cltlxens Interested in library yrork. After explaining the purpose of the meeting, Mrs. L. J. Baker, a representative of the library department of the WPA was Introduced; /also lire. Sam Ruefell, a member of the City Library board. Miss Margaret Fewell, cpunty home demonstration agent, was next introduced, as was Mrs. Kate B. Get}ys, president of the Kershaw county Council of Farm Women, and Mrs. Bostiqk, of, the Klchleud couhty U| brary. The guest speaker of the meeting wis Dr. Helen G. Stewart, an author* lty on library work and who la at this (time making a special study of the I library work in South Caroling* She I explained the library movement in i our state and told of its Vowth | through the voluntary efforts of individuals and communities. 4 Y Dr. Stewart congratulated South I Carolina on ite excellent iibrarjttaw and the state library hoard, ^Sfhe stressed the need of a paid Worker who can give active creative work, and the need of a. state depository for books and materials not ordinarily found in smaller libraries. She called attention to the library bill now before congress and urged that South Carollnla take necessary steps to seoure federal aid upon the passage of the bill. t--vY --ryYY h " . ? V *v t . H After discuslon it wgs decided to form a Citizen's Library association, the purpose of the organisation bd|ug to back and support a program for better library facilities and to mob* llze public opinion showing the legislature thgt tho citlseifb are behind the movement for better libraries \ After the election of J. T. McLeod, president; and Mrs. Oscar Smyrl as secretary and . treasurer, the meeting adjourned. *. * Y . rj >\< V, U - - - ? - _j, b . The Federal supreme court on Mon* day ruled that fourteeW private utility companies had no basis for g' suit against the Tennesee Valley authority. They upheld a state court decision validating a 1935 California tax Imposed on articles bought outside California and brought into thg state j for use there. It upheld the supreme 'court of Geqrgla and New Hm?Pahlre In ruling valid state laws for taxing and regulating truck operations. Columbia Recovers From Recent Storm " ? * Tito situation tn Columbia's southwest section devastated by Friday at tsruoou's tornado was well in hand yesterday, all homolaaa having been sheltered }n more or leea permanent quarters and fflveo necessary food. The flre1 department l?ad permanently withdrawn from the scene last night and the police department was maintaining only a sufficient number of men In the area to guard "-Warehouses and stores. Chief A. MoO. Marsh reported "ev* erything in good shape." Chief W. H. Rawlinson made prsctioally the same comment Mrs. Lee Cain, executive secretary of Rlohland oounty Red Cross, had no further report to make of the situation except to reiterate that the homeless had been housed and fed by the Red Cross and assist* lng Columbia agencies. ^ * The extent of the damage was placed somewhere between $15?,000 and 1200,000 by City Engineer W. 8. Tomalinson. Thirty-five frame buildings were demolished and 100 more dam-, aged. Several persons were injured in the twister, but only Walter R. Turbevllle, 8210 Monroe street, was ad* mitted to the hospital. HO WM T9ported last night by Columbia hospital attendants to be "getting along fine." Mayor L. B. Owens said last night that "things are being cleared up nioely" and that the area would soon be In a condition to be rebuilt. He said that federal agent# had offered some assistance and the "local Red Cross and city agencies are taking care of the situation." Thomas Crouch, dietriot4 manager for Southern Bell Telephpne company, reported that telephone difficulties in the area had been "practically cleared up." He said that workipen had been busy repairing lines in the section all night Friday and during Saturday, -with only scattered trouble op Saturday. , "Some of the work Is not permanent," he s&ld, "but It hae been oleared Up temporarily to restore service." He estimated that between 800 and 500 telephones had been out of toommlssi on. Mr, Tomllnson eald last night that "they've about got the situation cleared up." A ' ? The path of the wreckage was clearly marked, the tornado, estimated by weather bureau officials to. have had .a velocity of perhaps 100 miles. an hour, passing from across the Congaree river In the Piatt Springs section into the southwest section of Co* lumbia, dipping again into the University of South Carolina where it did considerable damage. - Brookland-Cayce high school in West Columbia suffered pefhaps a damage of 81,000, and President J. Rion McKissiok of the University of South Carolina estimated damage to property around the campus, mainly athletic buildings, at $4,250, the greatest loss being that of $8,000 to the baseball stands on Meltofi neia, the roof having been ripped off. Especially feeling the effects of thp tornado was the southwestern section of the city where the warehouses are located. Three cotton warehouses and one *Wrehouse containing thirty-six 'automobiles sustained the largest loss. Most of the ruins had been removed by Saturday night. No work Wat done yesterday toward clearing up the a^ea, Mr. Tomlinson said. - C. C. Gibson, superiutendenLOf.tb?. tree department, said that about thirty had been blown down and would be replaced by "Darlington oaka."^ Lancaster Child Killed By Auto Lancaster, Feb. 2.?The death of Jlmmte Solomon, ten years old, marked the third death In Lancaster county resulting from automobile accidents the past week end. ; Jlmmte died Wednesday night at the Lancaster hospital _from results of being struck by an automobile an the'XJfchtfl&tte highway laat Saturday. Hs was the aoij of Mrs. J. S. Snipes, of Lancaster. Jordan Gladden, school teacher of Barbervllle, gave himself up as the driver of the car and was held in jail pending the ontoome of the child's Injuries. A coroner's Jury found the accident unavoidable aa witnesses testified the child jumped from n wagon in the path of the automobile. Gildden was released. The other two death# were Jamea G. Thompson and William West, of Camden, who died Sunday after a fatal accident Saturday night when the car In which they ware riding ran into the rear end of a Greyhound bhs. The Shrevepqyt, La.. Journal said Monday Mrs. i*Tad? Smith, 44 year old housewife, died Sunday after an unbroken fsat of 35 days undertaken after she had "seen a vision and the Lord told her fasting would cleanse her of her tins." Her husband, W? M. 8m 1th. of Pionrnoy, and her two daughters, Georgia, 14, and Vivian, if, reported she declined to heefi tketr pleas to sat. f ' . - % - Nolle* *f. Loot Certificate Notice U hereby given that the certificate for one shaw 0* the oapltal took of the Enterprise Building and Loan Association of Camden, 8. O., being certificate Np. 68, Series 6-86, standing In the name of the undersigned. ha# been lost or destroyed and that the undersigned will on the lith day Qf February apply to said Association toy a # d]BCTflfftiV deVRIHJS BLAKBNBY Dated January 4, 1889, I I' I III UN" II .1 FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given tKit dfiO 'month from this date, on February 86, 1989, D. T. Yarborough will make to. the Probate Court of Kershaw County his final return as Executor of the estate of George B. McCoy, deceased, and on the same date he will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said Executor of said estate. N. 0. ARNBTT, Judge of Probate for Kershaw County Camden, S. O., Jan. 86, 1989. CITATION The State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. By N. C. Arnett, Probate Judge: Whereas, Mrs. Kate Morris made suit to me to grant unto A. W. Humphries Letters of Administration of the estate and effects of James G. Thompson, deceased. < . These areu. therefore, to cite and admonish all nHd singular the Kindred and; Creditor** of the said James G. Thompson deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Camden, S. 0., on Wednesday, February 15, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenon, to ehow cause, If any they have, why the said Administration sttdnkf' not be granted. Given under my hand this thirtyfirst day of January Anno Domini 1939. ' N. C. ARNBTT, Judge of Probate for Kershaw County. Vgjlough mi| if contained in (v. 60W Ot tlW world m iniw > CT1 block u*ea?urin# 4,800,000 fubieTm?lSI :?Z tXx returns -jb Notice is hereby given that the A*1 dl tor's Office will be open for recti! ing Tax Returns from Januury fall 1939, to Ifcurch 1st, 1989. All pert<9 owning real estate or pereonal pro^fl erty must make returns of the mm within said period, as required law, or be subject to a penalty of ifl per cent. ' V #! All persons between the ages of tM and 60 years, inclusive, are reqafcfl to pay a poll tax, and all personals tween the ages of 21 and 50 y?S Inclusive, are required to pay a Ros Tax, unless excused by law. AH I Trues tees, Guardians; Executives, AH 'mlnlstratora or Agents holding prtH erty In charge must return un3 Parties sending tax returns by |js must make oath to same before smfl officers and fill oat the same In fcS per manner or they wiH he rejects!? rmis in ilni nisi all iinl iifliM should be returned. " B B flpAltttOW; S Auditor Kershaw County? . Ill I II lull I) . ' I il I I M I 11 II HI I I i'lll I IIJ { I. ^ '' Boy Scout Anniversary I" i J Minn 111 i?tfmmmmm i n il 1 P*rt*t ?r I'M (I, Aimmott THIS potter, showing, how "Scooting .Carrie* On American Ideals", theme of Boy Scout Week from Feb. 8 to 14, marks the 29th anniversary of the incorporation of the Boy Scoots of America. 39,750 Boy Scout Troops, Chb Packs and Sea Scout Ships now include 1,233,950 boys and men, a membership gain of better than .13% in the past year. Since the beginning of Scouting In, America 8,400^000 boys and men have been identified with the Movement. U. N. MYERS I ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF A WHOLE- j SALE AND RETAIL BUSINESS HANDLING fl J ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY'S PRODUCTS I | Gasoline Motor Oils J r Kerosene Fuel Oils 1 WILL APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS || This is an Independently Owned Business " in I East DeKalb Street ^Telephone 65 | jj ' Caftan, S. C. 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