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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE M, p. NIL??. ?"* I1W North *,r<^utt}llrtVroJli?i* Vo?to?o? the C?io?*n. ViStter. PrU* P * m CX lub Jr^ttoi.- taken for Year W.00. No puww???? inetanoaa miarepreaentfttton by Adv#r ?o? Llqiuor Advertteenaente accepted at any price _____ Friday, May 17, HMO. A False Alarm Turning In a falae alarm U, or at least should be, regarded m a terloua offense. Apparently there are a feW lame brains in Camden with a moronic test of things unlawful and dangerous. The Chronicle takes this occasion to suggest to Mayor F. N. McCorkle and the members of the city council that some action be taken to put a stop to this pastime of hoodlum?. - This comment Is prompted by the turning In of a false alarm of lire | from the residential section of the city a few days ago. It so happened that rain had been falling, creating a driving hazard. Fire apparatus is obliged to maintain speed In responding to an alarm. Motor apparatus of any kind when traveling at a speed of 40 or 45 miles an hour over a wet pavement Is dynamite In the event of a skid. Why create a menace Just for the moronic thrill of soolng the bright red Are trucks dash over the boulevards. Every time the flro apparatus loaves the Are station iu response to a call, It moans an outlay of money wfhlch ' comes from the pockets of Mr. Taxpayer. There Is the added wear and tear on tho apparatus, there Is the consumption of gas and oil, there l? the ever-present danger of a real Are getting a good start when the Are company Is chasing around because of the act of some simpleminded moron. ; In a northern Michigan community where several of those moionlc mind rd Individuals resided, the city fathers solved the problem by offering a cash reward of $50 for the Identity of the fnlseatarm boys. There was always some member of the gang, whose avarice was aroused by the opportunity to cash 1 ti by squealing, ITie vest was easy. The Chronicle suggests a similar plan here. If the reward results .in_ the arrest and punishment of tho false-alarm moron, it will bo money well spent. Hospital To Open The executive committee of the Marion Sims Memorial Hospital at Lancaster. South Carolina, announced today that the formal opening of the hospital will be on Saturday morning. June 8. 1940. There will addresses by representatives of The Commonwealth Fund, of New York City, and by the board of trustees. For Magistrate: Lower Wateree I hereby announce myself for reelection to the office of Magistrate for Ixjwer West Wateree. Your suppor" will be highly appreciated. Respect fully yours. A 13. NELSON i ?? ?' I (I ifUIAMUl} \ * n?fc SHHP / "OVt pv / WEAR-SEALED ^V\ fifcj Pru *1 e I NOW SHOWING-the history moking new hosiery creation ~ NYLONI Starring an old krvonte ol Those Who Like the Ftnest. exquisite Claussner Sheerness ... with the added attraction ol NY~LON i longer-lasting loveliness and tine lit. 30-denicr styles (equivalent to usual 2 thread weight) in CLAUSSNCR's enchanting Fairyland Shades. $1.35 pair W. Sheorn & Son Moultrie Burtia 1$ Stur of Close Game Th? Mulberry foureoiue defeated a team made up of Cool Bprlnfi and Lancaster, Penu., player# on the number one field here Thursday afternoon 5 to 3. Moultrie Burns, No. I man for Mulberry was high man for the winning team with three goals while his mount kicked over the fourth. Charlie Uttle, coach of the Lancaster. Perth., team with Ben Forney, a No. 2 player from the same clufb, played with Charlie DuBose and Joe Bate* of the Cpol Springs quartet and In the early stages of the game looked certain winners. This group garbed In ths yellow silks ran up three points before the blue of Mulberry registered. The first chukker was scoreless for both sides, but In the second Bates opeued the counting with a free shot that was good. Robertson added a second. At the start of the third chukker Bates scored. It was not uhtll the close of the third chukker ittut Burns began to get his target eye working. He scored In the third, fourth and fifth and another shot In the fifth stopped a few Inches from pay dirt and In the scrimmage that followed the ponV | kicked the willow home. Carl Lightfoot. playing a hangup game at Nq. 2 for Mulberry, udded a score In the fifth for good measure. Probably the most striking feature of the game was the breaking of the Seaboard train Jinx which has beset the polo field for some forty or more years?according to the story told by Home of the oldsters. It was claimed that In the forty-odd years polo players wore In action there has not been a single Instance where the polo players were In action when the Seaboard northbound passenger train passed over the western end of the polo area. But Thursday the riders were hard at It when the clioo choo roared past. Aiid in the wo^gs of Postmaster O. P. DuBose, "that's that." Scoring Burns 3, Llghtfoot 1, pony 1, Bates 2, Robertson 1. Wolves Will Prowl In The Softball Circuit iShdi-h-h-h! The Wolves are on the prowl. Sur-nuff. And once again the softball fans are going to have a chance to gather around the baseball pasture at l^aurens ' and Fair streets and watch the sofflball talent perform. Manager Jack Halsall of the Wolves outfit on Thursday announced Ills battle front for tho league season which Is expected to start before June 1st with four teams In the field. Manager Halsall has none other than K. Clarkeson Rhame as his ace to take care of the pitching assignments. Fans will recall Rhame as the Freddie Fltzsininions of the south lomo two years back when the first flush of softball lnterost was at a fever heat and the rotund lad was strutting his stuff on the mound. Back of the bat the Wolves willj present Btlly Nettles, rated as one of the best catchers In the softball loop. The-rest of the lineup to wear the lark blue of bho Wolves outfit will be Jack Halle, who will do duty at the initial sack Zander Clarkeson, Carl Llghtfoot, Frnest Wooten, Larry Staley. G. T. Hendrix, T. B. Bruce, II, Ehner Nolan and Pierce Cantey as well as Manager Halsall himself. Arthur Robinson has entered his Kendall team In the league and as usual the Millers will give a good account of themselves all season. The team lias been playing softball for several weeks now and have yet to taste defeat. A third team will come from the Hermitage mill group and a fourth will be made up in Camden. The mason will start as soon as four t.-anis have filed their playing roster. Date Changed The Chottiicle lias been advised hat owing to the continued cold the late for Iris Day Festival has been changed from May 17 to May 24. to. be held at Sumter. Also that the Japanese iris at Swan Lake will not be at their height apparently until tho week of May 21 to May 31. Domestic airlines in the United States in the year ending March 26. 1040. carried more than 2,000,000 passengers some 80"i.000,000 passenger miles, without a single fatality to passengers or crew. Citizen Says Census Taker Missed Family A lateral appeal has bun prominent reside/it# of the city to the general pubU^to Cooperate 'In the taking of tlt^MO ceuaua by 'reporting to the HlmW of commerce. If any have beeu missed by the census enumerators. Henry Savage, Sr., In a meaaage to the chamber of commerce stated that If there are many luatancea similar to the one In his own home the Onmden census will be shy by many hundreds of registrants. <fr. Savgj;? stated that whereas there are six people In hla dwelling, but one has been recorded by the ceuaua canvasser. 'That la but 16 per cent of the total and If there are many other aimliar Instances -Camden la going to show a falling off In population," aald IVfi* The dhamber also reports getting a notice from a colored .family residing near the Kirk wood hotel property to the effect that no one has been canvassed in the family. The..chamber of commerce has announced that reports of people being missed by the enumerators should be made to the chamber of commerce at 'once, phone 67, and the chamber will I see that the censug board Is informed of the mlaaes. "CAN YOU THINK?" An official report made public Mon-1 day shows that one-third of the total population of New York City received "relief" In some form or other In the past six years. Also the cost of this "relief" was over two billion dollars. And this two billion dollars was not plucked off bushes. Money does not grow that wuy. That is for those of you who pay the taxes for meeting the appropriations for sdch bills. Can you think? If you can, how long do you think the American people as a whole can continue to feed and "keep up" one third of the population of the big cities? These cities, most of them, dre broke. They are lip to all legal limits as to borrowing. Yet they cannot quit, cannot dissolve. Property valires depend on keeping their populations. But can the rest of the country always carry this load on Its back? Can you think??Greenwood IndexJournal. More Places Added To The Midweek Closing The City Laundry and Camden Dry Cleaning establishment and the Palme t4o?Gfeatters?bare announced that beginning Thursday May 30, both establishments will dbserve the-'Thursday afternoon closing program for the remainder of the summer months. On Thursday, June 6th, all stores, shops and offices In Camden will be closed for the Thursday afternoon midweek half holiday, and will ob' serve the midweek closing through June, July and August A majority of the stores, offices, etc., began the midweek half holiday program the first Thursday in May. UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB TO 8ING AT BETHESDA PRtSBVTERIAN Thirty young women, constituting the Woman's Glee Club of the University of South Carolina, wilL sing several sacred numibers at the 11:15 morning worship" serwlce at 'RetTiesda Presbyterian Church on Sunday May 11). The public is cordially invited to attend this service. FOR GAME WARDEN i hereby announce myself as <i candidate for the office of Game Warden for Kershaw County, subject t<i* the etrie^ and regulations of the Democratic Primary. Will appreciate the support of the voters. Respectfully yours. A. KENNEDY BIJAKKNiCY. Donald H. Jay, 25. of Des Moines, Iowa, wants to go back to prison, where life isn't so hard Jay. freed from the Ananiosa. Iowa, reformatory a month ago, said the person to wfaoTO he was paroled forced him to work 18 hours a day. He is a voluntary prisoner In the Des Moines jail, while investigators are looking Into the case. News of Interest In And Around Bethune Bethune, U.?Urt*. C. Mwell entertained Saturday evening with three table. of bridge in honor of her house guest, Mrs. Marshall liadcliff, of Wadesboro, N, 0. Hfch score was wou by Mrs. U M. wi. ia>w score weut to Mrs. Mack Uav s. The honor guest was also a lovely gift. At the conolusion of the game fce cream and wafers were served. Out of town guesls were Misses Wilis and H*r*tMVlJ* Gates of McBee, and Mrs. Jake Bw? I '.'iri Mrs. O. B. Mitchell and little daughter, Martha Jane, spent Sunday in Spartanburg with the former's mother. l*ee Morgan, of HJastover; Mr. and I Mrs. Van Morgan, o* Blshopvflle aud Forbte Morgan, of MulUns, spent Sunday with their mother, Mrs. Eva Morg<lMr. and Mrs. Paschal McLAurln, of Slier City, N. 0., were Sunday Kuests of Mr. McLaurln's mother, Mrs. J. N. I McLaurln. I Miss Mary Bra^non, of Columbia, J was the week end guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Brannon. | Miss Prances Bethune, of Camden, | to spending this week with her paVents, Mr. and Mrs. %. P. Bethune.. I Mrs. M .C. MoCaskill and daus^hter, Miss Mary, were week end guests of Mrs. MoCaskill's mother, Mrs. Ida Hlltln, In Florence. I Mrs. Mark King ,and son, Mark, Jr., of Neeses, were week end gueets of the E. Z. Truesdell's. " "j Memorial dhy exercises were held In the high ^hool auditorium Friday morning by tHe local chapter U. D. 0. The president, Mrs. Truesdell, presided over the meeting and the follow-1 ing program was given: "America", sung by the school; scripture reading by Rev. C. P. Cowherd; invocation by Rev. F. R. Morse; solo, "Tenting On The Old Camp Ground." by Miss Stella Bethune; poem, "All Quiet A-1 I long the Potomac," by Mrs. Margaret I [Marlon; "Dixie," by the school; ad-1 dress by Rev. P. B. McLeod. and clos| ing song, "God Bless America, j I Wreaths were placed on the graves I of the Confederate dead In the com- j munity cemeteries. j Mrs. T. A. Rofcier Is visiting her mother. Mrs. O. B. Therrell in Rock Hill. F. C. Kelley and family, of Johnson City, Tenn., were the week end guests of Mr. Kelley's mother, Mrs. Louise Kelley. j Mr. and Mrs. P.-S. Mays Are receiving congratulations upon the arrival of a son, Percy M. Mays, May 9. ! Miss Cecelia King returned Monday from a visit to her brother, Harry King, in Winter Haven," Fla. -Miss King was accompanied on the trip by her sister, Mrs. Louise Etheridge, of Columbia, and her brotfher, G. S. King j of Charleston. I Miss Mary Frances Davis spent the week-end in Greenwood with her -parents. Miss Helen Snell was the week-end guestof relatives in Columbia. j Mr. and Mrs.. M. E. Parker and family were Sunday guests of Mrs. Parker's parents in Lynchburg. I Miss Carrie Yaihrough, of Mayesvllle, spent Mother's Day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Yar-1 brough. j Miss Mary Alice Helms who taught the past year at Moncure, N. C., is at home for the summer. j Miss Mary Ellen MeLaurln, teacher in the Roper, N. C., school is at home j for the-gummm* vacation. ~~ i Mrs. Hattie Heustess spent the4 week-end in Hartsville with the S. K. Gardner's. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Stevens and son. of High Point. N. C., spent the week-end with Mrs. Stevens parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Outlaw. Miss Elsie Hammond, of the Kelton school - faculty, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hammond. ? Circles number one and two of the Baptist Missionary Sdciety. met with Mrs. G. H. Fowler and Mrs. W. A. Outlaw respectively, Monday afternoon. The music class of Mrs. Eugene King will give a recital Friday evening in the high school auditorium. Miss Lorena McDonald is at home for the summer vacation. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. McKlnnon and Miss Mary McKinnon visited in Timmonsvllle Sunday. A beautiful and impressive pageant Christ's Challenge for Childhood, was given in the Prekbyterlan church Monday evening by the Woman's Auxiliary in the presence of a large crowd. Those taking part were "Mrs. Margaret Marion, Mrs. G. B. McKlnnon. Mrs. Mayme MdCoy, Mrs. O. B. Mitchell. Mrs. F. R. Morse and Miss Ixmise Ortman. The offering went to the establishing of a daily vacation Bible school. Rev. B. P. McLeod spent Thursday in Charleston. Mrs. Mayme McCoy and son spent the week-end In Bishopville with relatives. Miss Jerry Davis, of Columbia College. spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs. Clara Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Alvln dlybnrn and J. M. Clyburn, of Aloolu, and H. H. McCullough, of Baltimore, were Sunday guests in the home of the J. M. Clyburn's. _ The Waterbury, Conn.. Republican and American has been awarded a $50Q Pulitser prise gold medal t&r the most distinguished and meritorious Rorvico rendered by an American newspaper during 1939. The atward = was made for the newsaper'a campaign exposing municipal graft,-?*, r Camdtfl D?fatt Florence Camden high school's tennis team defeated a strong Florence team, 4 to 2, here May 9. Summary: Jaok WUkenaon. Florence, derated Bill iMaJor 6-1 6-1. Although Major played good tennis he was ho match for the hard-driving Wllkenson. Junior Miller, Florence, won on a forfeit Joe fthame. , Jimmy Little, Camden defeated bhapman 6-6, 6-0. The match between BlIKVanrLandingham, Camden and ghipman, was called because of weather conditions with VanLandIngham leading 7-5, 8-3. Joe Christmas, Camden, defeated Boyd 6-9, 4-6, 6-1 in the only match Qt the day to go three Beti. Henry Nile*, Camden, Uef^J eon 6?4, 4-1. In the only double match 1 evening Henry Nllea and Jinj Ue defeated Junior Miller TmM Wilkenaon 6 0, 8-6, Negro Spiritual* To B* QfJ A program of negro splrt^3 be given by the Clan la Colie*! at Trinity Methodist churoh, |H May 19, at 1 o'clock. The 9 fte to laet only one hour and 3 Ho is cordially invited to coaS Hhoda Bogge 1$ leader ot t9 and she haa (had years of bo a fine program 1b promiaeiM HAIL SEASONJS HERE! Get Your Protection at Once. It Costs No Less to Wait. RATES ON COTTON $50 per acre $1.50 j $40 per acre $1.20 j $30 per acre 90c 1 $25 per acre 75c i RATES ON TOBACCO j $200 per acre $10.00 $150 per acre 7.50 $100 per acre 5.00 $75 per acre 3.75 $50 per acre 2.50 C P. 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