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i ? . Legion Auxiliary To Sell Poppies Poppy Day will be observed throughout the United State# on Saturday. Mtiy 37. with the wearing of memorial nopplea in honor of the World War dead Mr#. J. WUliford, Poppy chairman'of the James Leroy Belk unit of lhe American legion Auxiliary, announced today. The observance will be led by the auxiliary women who will distribute poppies on the street# during the day. ?. ' . Morq than eleven mllllou of the littlo red memorial flower# have beeu made by disabled World War veteraue working In government hospitals and in poppy workroom# maintained by the auxBlary. These flowers are crepe paper relics of the poppies which grew on the Wprld War battlefields and among which the dead and woundod fell They are recognised throughout the English-speaking world as the memorial flower for those who fell in defense of democracy.' plans for the local observance of Poppy Day are being completed. Volunteer workers^from the unit will offer popples on the streets all da/ and will receive contributions for the legion and Auxiliary welfare attd relief work among the disabled veterans and dependent families of veterans. Poppies for distribution here have been ordered front hospitals where w disabled veterans have been given employment through the winter and spring making the little flowers. They are expected to be worn more generally than ever before on Poppy Day this year. tennis tournament at kershaw, may 15-19 The annual Bi-county Tennis tournment will be played on the courts hi Kershaw during the week of May 1519. Any player from Kershaw conutv or from Lancaster county Is invited to enter. Those entering are asked 10 send their names along with the $1.50 entrance fee to H. E. Edwards, local tennis coach, Kershaw. Three trophies will be presented] the winners, one to the singles chain-1 piou and one to each of the doubles' champions. It is expected that members of tho Camden high school team and the Kershaw high school team will enter along with several older players from both counties. In the list will be a former member Of the Erskine college team and the singles champion and one member of the doubles champion team of the first annual. Bl-county tournament which was run three years ago. V The week of May 15-19, the sponsors feel, offers a good brand of tennis to the people of this section as the boys' finals and the girls' finals for the local high school tennis tournament will be played on the hardwood court of the school gymnasium at night during the first week. Attractive medals will be awarded the girls' champion and the boys' champion. Then on Thursday night, May 18, at 8:15, there will be two exhibition matches, with Sam Daniels, former collegiate champion of South Carolina playing in one and Sara Rushton, formet high school champion of South Carolina, and now perhaps the best woman player in the entire state, playing in the other. Finally, to conclude the week of tennis. the final match In singles ana in doubles for the * Bi-county tournament will be played Friday night. All entrants are requested to send their names to H "ft" Edwards, Kershaw. 1 county young people get many nya scholarships Columbia. May a.?State Director Roger L. Coe, of the National Youth administration reported today that 104 college aid scholarships of ,the NYA went to Kershaw county young people during the past three and a half school years, including twentyseven In 1935-1936, twenty-eight In 1936-1937, twenty-thf&ef in 1937-1938, and twenty-six during the first half of 1938-1939. The NYA has distributed a total Of vllO of these scholarships throughout the state on the basis of nine perant of enrollment at thifty-flve certi"^ :ied institutions In South, Carolina luring the first half of the current school year. They ranged from three at the Lutheran seminary in Columbia to 148 at Clemson college. / Since the college aid program was begun iff 1935, 8,110 scholarships have issued by the NY A in this a tat College aid recipients eara an ||ter' age of 115. a month, working - flltY hours a month for thirty .xentti. an hour. A recent check showed $h"em engaged in forty different projects, including assistance, in correcting papers, Laboratory and research assistance, campus construction and beautlflcatlon and library work. NYA college, mid la strictly an institutional program. The oollagea afo responsible tor eeleotlon of itgdente. assignment pf projects, tlme^eejtej Mrs. Allen Boy kin Dies In Columbia Mrs. AUen J. Boykln. 85, died early Friday morning at the home of her d&ufhter, Mrs. Edmund It. Hey ward, 2430 Terrace Way. Columbia, after an illneaa of one year. She was the former Miss Elisabeth Courtney, of Charleston. Since tly> death of her husband, Allan J. HoyKin, of Camden, she had made her home lu Colombia, with her daughter, Mrs. lleyward. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. John F. Bennett, of Charleston; two daughters, Mrs. Heyward and Mrs. U. D .Bostwick, of Jacksonville, Fla.; fourteen grandchlldreu, Mrs. Eugene Salmon, Miss Bessie Heyward, Mrs. Dwight Cathcart, Mrs. Archie Hardy, Albert Heyward, Mrs. Colin Monteith and Duvant Bostwick, all of Columbia; Mrs.-James Crist, Mrs. Arthur Ravenel and Charles Boykln, all of Charleston; Mrs. GL Edwiu Smith, of Miami, Fla.; Charles Boykln Bostick, of Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. Bruce Card, of Washington, D. C.; aud Mrs. Lauren Parrott, of Los Angeles, Cal.; aiyt a large number of great-grand children. Funeral services were conducted at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon from Qrace Episcopal church, Camden, by the Rev. Maurice Clarke, rector, and the Rev, A. Rufus Morgan, rector of St. John's Episcopal church, Columbia. Interment was in Quaker cemetery in Camden. Pallbearers were: L. D. Boykln, of I . Hoy kin; E. Miller Boykln, of Oakley; Mack Boykln, of Sumter; Will Salmond, of Camden; Harfy Porter, of Camden; and I^aurence Manning, of Atlanta, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Boykln formerly resided in the Charlotte Thompson community, where they owned and maintained a beautiful country home, known as Woodstock, where In the years gone by they have beeu gracious hosts to not only Camden and Kershaw county residents but to many of ihcr northern, colony.. Spelling Contest Held The Kershaw county spoiling contest was held Wednesday afternoon, May 3. at the Camden city schools, and Miss Mildred Hoseborough, of the Lugoff school, was selected to represent the county In the grammar grades and Miss Maggie Trantham. of the Camden city schools was selected to represent the high school group. These contestants will go to Wlnthrop in June to participate in the statewide spelling contest. Other contestants that are excellent showing for the grammar grades were: Alice DeBruhl, Camden schools; Carlisle Floyd, Bethune; Julia Arrants, Charlotte Thompson; Ralph Young, Midway; Doris Rabon, iMno drove; . and Barbara Oghurn, Ann Ogburn, Baron IMKalb school. Other high school contestants were: Marjorle Jones, Bethune; JCd Dixon, Charlie Thompson, Ruby Young, Baron DoKalb; and Pauline Catoe, Midway. X mmilK .-JL1 . L I, m*** ~ a u y. wvy* Deadly Drink [ Used By Ring Philadelphia, May 4.?Hemlock poison?the deadly drink quaffed by Socrate*, (he philosopher, when he was put to death?wan Identified by police chemists today a* one concoction employed by a murder ring which authorities believe may have killed one hundred persons for insurance money. ('hnmlHts Kdward Burke and Charles l^mpert reported traces of the polsou. one of the oldest In the world, were found In the body of Pletro Stea, one of the latest exhftfued In an Investigation that has resulted In the arrest of fourteen persons, Including a physician. Still another poison?a less subtlie one?-was found lu another recently exhumed body, the chemists said. It was one of the type known to' the ting's members as "witch's brew" ami fed to victims so slowly that oven attending physicians were duped. The chemists report followed by only a few hours the arrest of a dapper, 50-year-old physician, Dr. Horace 1). Perlman, who was hold without hall after Assistant District Attorney Vincent P. McDevitt declared at a hearing ho* "furnished poison and obtained prospects" for the ring. He was charged with being an accessory to the murder. Dr. Perlman, who has practiced In Philadelphia for twenty-eight years, was taken into custody at his home, where detqptlves also seized medicines and record b. Police Captain Jamoa Kelly said the arrest wa? made on information given by Morris Bolber, known to police as "I^uie, the Rabbi" and described by them as one of the "bosses" | of the ring. Bolber is charged with I murder. * Farm Ljibor Excludod Agricultural labor and domestic service In private homos are not covered by the South .Carolina unemployment compensation law, aud persons ongaged in those occupations are not creating rights to unemployment boneilts. North Carolina has never ratified the woman suttrage amendment. One Popular Cop Kansas City.?Police officials bit oft more than they bargained for when thoy transferred traffic patrolman Harry Sandlfer from the Bancroft School to the Swope Park zoo. Harry was buck on the old stand after an organised -demonstration by more than three hundred students and some of their parents. Queries as to why they 'were so determined to retain Sandlfer brought varied responses: "He Is Just a swell guy." "He Isn't grouchy like other cops." and "He's not too skinny or too fat, he's Just right." KductaMon was made obligatory in Japan in i?9i. ^K3HB9EEBBS^ ANNOUNCEMENT l We havo added a Fresh Meat Market to our Grocery Department and will always have on hand the beat in Native and Western Meats. McCaskill's Grocery Staple and Fancy Groceries Vegetables and Fruits Boy! did/get a "\RADE ? Zon a New V-8 o v "/*T. , .Well pay more for Your Car (any make) Took my old car lo the Ford Dealer Ever since we first saw it my wife and I have been crazy for a new Ford V-8. So I took the old bus around to . the FORD Dealer to see what kind of trade I could make. Was I surprised? / when the Ford Dealer offered me $25.00 more The figure feet on my old oar gare me all the best of it? Imagine my aurprioe when the FORD Dealer gave me $25.00 more than I had any right to expect* t Did I gel a Tradel You bet I jumped at the deal. Drove home In a brand new FORD V-8. Has it got style! Is my wife crazy about its luxurious comfort! Are those big hydrtfulie brakes sm-o?o-th! And talk about performance* say* I've been shaking hands with myself ever since. YOU GET MORE w?e*tuya JtnttSS The new FORD V-8 leads the parade in streamlined beauty, in comfort, in performance, in economy. It's the car that gives you extra valueinstead of extra cost. The high quality features in the FORD V-8 are found only in cars costing hundreds of dollars more. At nowhere near the price can you match its brilliant V-8 performance. : W^need used cars. Bring in ybur car today. You'll be surprised at the liberal allowance well make ' J ' ' ASK AlOllT UNIVERSAL CREDIT PC - - F/HST V YOUR CAR IS WORTH MORE AT THE FORD DEALER ^ ' 1' 4 "r' *-- * j . ' -'^^ ? - ^SsM Camden, REDFEARN MOTOR COMPANY Camden, M