Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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INVESTMENTS There are many big bargains in real estate these days. Perhaps you can have the thrill and satisfaction of owning your own home with a down payment of $300 or lees. You can get such an amount from us. PERSONAL LOAN DEPARTMENT Tho COMMERCIAL BANK of Camden Member Federal Deposit insurance Corporation First National Bank Is Being Renovated Extensive renovating operations are being carried on at the First National hank, the Interior of tho banking house and also the exterior being In tho hands of painters and decorators. All equipment, Including the steel cages and other equipment Is also to be renovated. When completed the bank will offer a pleasing perspective to Its large group of customers. An Interesting feature of the First National bank and one that Is favorably commented upon by customers and visitors is the dally presence In the office or lobby of the courteous and affable president. Charles Shannon. Jr. who has been the titular head of the Institution for the past thirty-four years. The history of the First National bank Is an rplr affair and the rapid] ami steady growth is a glowing re-J (lection upon the sagacity and banking acumen of President Shannon The present First National was chartered F< brunt > I 7. 1 t. as the State (tank of Camden, with ! . s. Vau\ as president and I lav id It \\ il1 iains*. J r . a - \ lee pi ' m o-ih in tiefall of that year Mr Vans died and a it roup of enterprising business men h-aded by Charles Shannon. Jr., purchased the stock of the hank. Mr. Shannon being named as president. \; ; h. time t lit capital stock w a s listed at tf'jr.jum |., \| ,t vch pots hank was . ottv?.j-! ec| t<> th<- i'its' National bank ,cm| i . a pt' a 1 " " U w a- fa ise,l to t .i? i.< . S ie e tli.it : ;;ii t;te g i o w t; i .... j ., t . \ i'.... i. .t. , - ,i - 1 s total>. ! ' 11. :. i\ i: a- an- was i, : 1 i ... P.. Notional . I 1: .,; I i ' " I ' It'K :tl t\ : - ! I. I w '! !,,. oft - Ot' the P.'tt k are (' J. SPatiiioii. . 1 i" . pic siih nt , Charles J .-liainn':i. Ph. x ie. ;>r> si lent ; I.ewis !. CPbirn. \ t c i pr? si-l' n? and as-.i-.t .* . is-hi.s W Van I .a tiding ha m. c asp.ii r ami Basil H: tire. assistant la-hiif I ?i re.-1 oj-s are C J Shannon. Jr. Ralph N Shannon. C J Shannon Ph. M II Hey man, \\ A. Hoykin. S. W. YaaHandingham and Howls 1. Cly burn Early cases of tuberculosis are less likely spread disease Advanced cases, undiscovered and unrated for, arc r"rititn to endanger others. t> ? STATE THEATRE KERSHAW, S.^L FRIDAY, APRIL 28 "DRAMATIC SCHOOL" U : !; i .onise Rain. P.: ; . I ill,Ida '"'i SATURDAY, APRIL 29 "RHYTHM OF THE SADDLE" \\ i> h I ? lie \ l| : . > S:ii;;ry I ill: :n Late Show?10:30 P. M. "THE HIGGINS FAMILY" \\ 11 h James < iIeas.*ii I .11' 1 1 " < i IVjONDAY and TUESDAY MAY 1?2 "ARTISTS AND MODELS ABROAD" With Jack Penny Joan Bennett WEDNESDAY, MAY 3 "A CHRISTMAS CAROL" With Reginald Owens tjene Hock hart THURSDAY, MAY 4 "OFF THE RECORD" With Pat O'Brien? Joan Blondell ADM I88ION: Matinee, 20o; Nlflht, 26c, Children 10c any time. Highs Have Pepper On Baseball Field (My The Skipper) Coach IJiiwood Smith's high school baseball bum flhowf(l?Vlp??y of rtn?8| lnnhcir Initial home appearance last Friday when they defeated the Darlington past I liters 2 to 0 In a game that should have hud grandstand and bleachers well filled. The attendance at the game WUB dlsapiHitntIhk and must have been disheartening t<> thy members of the ball team and Coach Smith. Wallace Lynch, Camden's lire-ball heaver had a lot of stuff oil the apple In his first appearanco of this season and gave up but two blows during the nine Innings. On the other hand Darlington also uncovered a g6od heaver In Hopkins. None of the Camden rutiB thui came over in the sixth Inning wore earned. A pile-up of errors enabled Cox and Lynch to navigate the. four bags. Clifton, who succeeded Hopkins on the mound for the visitor In the seventh, retired the Camden hatters In order on both the seventh and eighth innings. In fact, the southpaw took the measurement of the home lads and let four of them down via the strikeout route. What impressed the handful of the faithful who were scattered over the broad expanse of the bleachers and grandstand like water bugs on a pond was the pepper that Coach Smith seems to have put into his team. Th? boys chattered like a flock of magpies when on the neftl, and this or t way, is something the fans like to listen to. The boys are out there working every minute and If they do not win all their games this season, the fact that they are on the Job will sutlsfy the funs. Personally we feel Camden has come a long way In a short time so far as baseball Is concerned. It wasn't but a few years back when Huan Small started a baseball program in the high school and the fans well remember the small squad that turned out at the call. For a small community Camden offers some good talent. We feel that the appearance of the ! Syracuse club here during the training s.usoii was a great inspiration to the local future baseball greats. I he bays picked up a lot of good stuff just from watching the C hiefs in act ion. TI,.. big it< in necessary '.of a future in Camden Imschall is to have the tun* take an interest in the team b> l . .. I to. eatn.'S 11 surely | isn't very condusive to enthusiasm I ,,I a desire to play ball to have to perform before a handful of speca-| tors. To my way of thinking it is a j >ei ions reflection upon tie sporting ( blood of Camden people Joe Bowers Killed in Car-Train Wreck ! i ti,. relatives and many It muds! ' tlirxtighoiit Lancaster and Kershaw ' e..unties o! Joe J\ Mowers W re deep. ! \\ giieted to learn of his :ragi< <b .c.h j ! winch o?i tn !? il in Cerro te'fdo. N t ... i | in:: -dn.? . Apt ii 1 ' j 1 he i a r in which in was rid,ng( wa- stritek by a passenger train aPoii! 'a ho o'clock. lb* lived only aj few seconds after lie was rescued j t rot n t h?> w i e i k, having rece i ved in-1 ! juries about the head and neck, j Mr Mowers was born January .10,] lss*.. near Heatli Springs. He had made his home in Lancaster county sine' birth. About two and a half years ago l.e moved to Columbus county in North Carolina to operate a tobacco farm He was taking the trip to town to purchase a planter the morning of the accident The body was brought to Heath Spt tius on Saturday. April lu. I* uit era 1 scrviees were conducted at Heaver Creek i hurrh at 2 Jo o'clock by i;.v I'.esr. of Lam-aster. a-s;sted by [ K, \ M F t'arsoti. of Maimy. a form| . r past. >r. and lo-v./ J I > Culb dge. of | Lake View Other mi:il'-t?rs pt'i >' llt I wet.- Ke\ J M I'a.-toji. o'. C.linden. | Ilei Mr 1 1 tner. i 1 oil Spr;:igs. I de,ea>. d is survived by his j w : ! a. M.Nannie Hhu kmoti Howj , rv and three chthiren. Mrs It L iS.'We.;, of Kvl-I.aw, Joe ) ' Mowers. I .! - < Chadbourr. N C . and William Mowers, of Ceiro (ford" N C lie J a;-o ii-HV-s surviving htm two grand hi. and the following brothers I and sis'e: > Dixon Mowers, of Ker: shaw . Kdd Mowers, of Heath Springs; j Amos IF w is. of Chariotle; Mrs. ; .Jc.-s llowi is, Mineaster; Mrs. lx-e j Williams. II. a t H Springs; Mrs John j lb-, kh.tin. (lieat Falls; iv.tneroy j lloniii.soti, IH-ath Springs, and Mrs. K.iri Kis.-r. of Charlotte. ?Lancaster I NVw S Putting It Politely "I've got a pretty distasteful job before me," remarked the genealogist "Mrs Newrlch employed me to look up her family tree, and I've got to inform' her thai- one of her relatives was electrocuted." . "Why worry about that?" said his friend. "Just write that the man in question "occupied the chair of applied electricity at one of our public Institutions."?Boston Transcript. L conGRE/Jfnpn J pntCHffwo/ i Washington,, April 21.?-President Roosevelt has requested an appropriation of $32,600,000 for the army's pro gram of "educational" military orders for Industry. In the meantime, the Senate Naval Affairs committee re, Jected the $6,000,000 proposal for harbor development. in Uuam, but ap proved and reported a National Defense bill authorizing $06,000,000 to be expended for. naval bases at other sites. The inflow of gold in the United States continued at high levels. The total receipts for the week ending April 7, were $130,704,180. The total gold Inflow for March was higher than lu any other month In our history except September and October of last year. The total for March was $365,536.437. Senator Byrnes of South Carolina and the Department of State simultaneously announced a plan for the United States Government to barter cotton in exchange for tin and rubber through a deal Involving Great Britain and Holland. The plan has been approved by the President. This government is hoping to work out a trade that will involve at least 2,500,000 bales of American cotton and at least 300,000 long tonB of rubber. It is, also, hoped that another 1,000,000 bales of cotton for about $65,000,000 worth of tin, will be traded. Many problems, however, are raised by the plan for barter; one of the most Important being that other governments will need to acquire large amounts of their rubber and tin from their colonlei* before they can barter these products for American cotton. The Sleagall bill, extending the life of the Federal Housing Administration to 11141, and Increasing the limit oil mortgage insurance. which the agency may have outstanding, from three billion dollars to four billion dollars, was passed by the House. The Senate. also, approved a Housing bill, wh* n It passed the measure amending the National Housing act of 1937, respecting cost limits in metropolitan districts of half a million or more population. Improved educational and library .services benefiting millions of persons ' through the United States aro foreseen by tbo commissioner of education, If the present low postage rate ! on books continues after the June 30, 1939, deadline. The commissioner revealed thai hundreds of libraries and educational Institutions have reported taking advantage of the low mailing fee on books. The low postage rate on books was set at 1 1-2 cents a pound, regardless of zone, by the executive order on November 1, 1938, to continue until June 30, 1939. The President will consult "the record" to see if the rate should be continued. In the executive order, President Roosevelt said: "The Interests of the public in the promotion of cultural growth, education and development of the American people require that the postage rate on books be modified." In an event of war, the United States would be forced to take up a definite course In the field of trade, i Four choices are open to us In such a case, according to highest officials in Washington, namely: Isolation, by withdrawing from world trade and revising our national economic system upon self-sufficiency. Export subsidies, as a national pol, icy to maintain markets abroad for surplus products of farm and factory. Low wages, to enable American pro ducts to compete In world markets I with products of nations using barter. New planning, conscious planning through the cooperation of government and industry hiiu finance ttml-laI bor and agriculture. An additional $100,000,000 for relief purposes this year has been voted by both Houses of Congress. This brings the total amount provided for relief this year to $2,163,000,000. This compares with previous years as follows: 1035, $4,545,900,170.00; 1936, $2,234,767,817.00; 1937, $1,827,824,984.00; 1938, $1,740,633,710.0?. So much haa been Bald recently J about the cut in the figure recommended to Congress that sight has 1 been lost of the fact that more ha* i been appropriates ibis year tnan dur- "j ing the preceding two years. Postmaster General James L. Farley, speaking Friday at the luncheon ] of the mayor and city council for distinguished guests at Charleston, told \ about 1,000 guests that the Democra- 1 tic party would not allow the nation j to forget the services rendered by the Roosevelt administration during and 1 since depression days. ????m* : ALL DOGS] MUST BE VACCINATED , Every person in the City who owps a dog i or dogs must have them vaccinated, if they 1 have not been vaccinated;this year, or suffer the consequences. A Complete list of all dogs, in the City has been made by the Health OfflJ cer, therefore none may expect to escape. The work will be done by Dr. T. B. Bruce;IU Veterinarian, at his office on Lyttleton Street, MONDAY and TUESDAY, MAY 1 and 2. I No dogs will be permitted to remain in the] City unless they have been vaccinated. Be sure to bring your dog the first day, if possible.; The fee will be 65 cents for each dog. This notice is final. DONT FORGET THE DATE] DON MORRISON, Health Officer. Camden, S. C. / . ????? , ?- - ^ _ Iftierels Extra good news j this price tag i I Tht model liiuuruuj is the Bunk SPECIAL model 41 four, door louring it dan $996 delivered at Flint} Mich,* THERE arc a lot of things about this Buick any wide-awaketo-value buyer ought to know, but there's one important point that's worth making especially clear. That's this: Many an item you'll pay extra for elsewhere is included in Buick's eye-opening prices! Indeed, so many "extras" are standard on Buick that when you count them in, this beauty, costs actually less than more than one car with lower advertised prices! No other car, for instance, gives you the Flash-Way direction signal for sure, clear, unfailing signaling on turns by a mere touch of a switch ? a $10 iterfTright there! Few have locks on both front doors ? or a light in the luggage compartment ? or automatic electric lighters in the dash ? or ash receivers as numerous and as handy. And where else, we'd like to ask, may you have your choice of wide running boards or narrow?or get a gas-saving economy gear just for the asking? No other car, of course, gives you the extra silkiness of the Dynaflash valve-in-head straighteight engine ? none has quite the comfort of the BuiCoil "full float" ride ? the security of Knee-Action that banks on curves plus the safety of rear springs that actually lessen skid-risks. Naturally, it's the stnart white-tie look of this Buick, its agile stepping and wide-paned outlook that are causing most of the talk. But look into the good news about "extras"?and you'd spot this honey as the car and the value of the year even without its beauty and its brilliance! delivered at Hint, Mich. * Prices subject to change nvithout notice. Transportation, state and j local taxes {if any), optional equip' j ment and accessories ? extra. W /^NOOTHfR CAR IN THE^\, /WORLD HAS ALL THESE FEATURES ' * DYNAPl ASH VALVE-IN HEAD STRAIGHT-EIGHT ENGINE AAUICOIL TORQUE-FREE SPRINOINO A OREATER VISIBILITY ir H ANDISHIFT TRANSMISSION * ROOMIER UNtSTftl BODY BY FISHER it TORQUE TUM DRIVE it TIPTOE HYDRAULIC MAKES * CROWN SPRING CllTTCM ir "CATWALK-COOLINO" it OPTIONAL REAR L AXLE OEAR RATIOS-R- FLASH-WAYOIRECTION SIONAl ^ it SELF BANKING KNEE-ACTION FRONT SPRINOINO Easy on the Qte?eaty to buy? on Central Motors terms'. *Beiier buy MWS^X CAMDEN MOTOR COMPANY 1119 Broad St. Camden, S. C.