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j ATTENTION FARMERS! I I Stop the Boll Weevil NOW I Blackstrap Molasses: j In 57 gal. Barrels, 13 l-2c per gal. Smaller j j amounts?you furnishing container?14 1 -2c I Calcium Arsenate: ^ j In case lots or more, 6 3-4c; I j Smaller amounts, 7c. j j Extra nice lot of Biloxi Beans. j Priced Right. j I We have installed Machinery for ? j Cleaning and Treating Cottonseed I Wheat, Rye, Oats, Peas, Beans, Lespedeza arid Crotalaria Seed. I I Very Reasonable Prices. Ij I BAILEY DISTRIBUTING and I I MILLING COMPANY I I BLANEY, S. C. I Softball League Is Preparing For Season The? Camden sofrball league will get under way la to this mouth with four well-balanced teams In tho Held. The Kendall team has been playing Intercity ball for several weeks now and has yet to taste defeat. Tho old Wolves aggregation has announced entry in the city league and funs will bo Interested to know that Clarkeson Hhaine, rated as one of the best Softball hurlors In the state two years ago, would bo back In | uniform for his old VV'olve aggroga-1 tJon. Jakle Huynes has entered a team to be known as the liroadway Lunch Past liners and the fourth team In the league will represent the Hermitage Mill. The league will be sponsored by tho Ilureau of Kocreation of the Camden Chamber of Commerce. ???? Mrs. Lee Johnson Dies at Bethune Hartavllle, May 19?Mrs Ullio Johnson, GO, widow ot Johnson, died suddenly at her homo in Bethune ubout midnight Saturday. Funeral services will be held from the Baptist church In Bethuno at 3 | o'clock Monday afternoon. Services I in charge of Rev. Mr. Cowherd, her pastor. Interment In the Brown cemetery near Bethune. Mrs. Johnson was "born and reared in Chesterfield county and for the last twenty years had resided in Bethune. She was a daughter of the late W. Land Liza Segars Tiller, pioneer citizens of Chesterfield county. Surviving are the following children: Mrs. C. L. Thompson, of Jacksonville; J. R. Johnson, of Charlotte; W. A. Johnson, of Charlotte; L. B. Johnson, of Kershaw; Ix?o Johnson of Columbia; M. C. Johnson, of Nevada, and several grandchildren. Weekly News Letter From Liberty Hill I Liberty 11111, May 21.?'Hie supper and meet lug held at the community house on Monday night, sponsored by the Kershaw County WPA? "This Work Paya Our Community Week," wiih a very picusunl affair. A good | Crowd waa proa on t, not wlthatanding , I the prevalence of a local rain and | thunder Htiower at the time. A good aupper waa aerved and good muaic waa dispensed. Mr. and Mra. ONDaulel of Camden were preaent. Mr. O'Daniel, Kerahaw county truant officer waa Introduced toy K. C. Jonca and gave an Interesting talk on the alius and objects of the works program, paying special attention to school problems, hot lunches, adult schools, health projects, and personal visits and inspection of WPA projects, finished or In course of construction ut this time, and so get a better idea of what is really being done. Mr. O'Danlels' Instructive talk was very much enjoyed. ! On Saturday evening lust the D. Y.'j P.IT., of Rich Hill church In Lancaster county, paid our village a visit. They ascended the fire observation tower ?went to the big Wateree pond and enjoyed a picnic on the flat rock in J. H Clements' pasture. Boyce Ellis,' the leader, Mrs. Ellis, Mr. J. A. Small and Mrs. Ira B. Small accompanied the crowd of twenty or twenty-five boys and girls who seemed to enjoy their visit to our village. Dust Sunday was a beautiful spring tlay and a large crowd attended service conducted by Elder John O. Richards at the Presbyterian church. A number of visitors from other towns were present. A. \V. Matheson, a native of Liberty Hill, was here one day last week to visit his boyhood home. He has .spent most or his life at Longtown, in Fairfield county, where for many | years he held the office of magistrate. He is now making his home with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Croxton of the 3C's section. Miss Willie I*ee Higglns spent the week end at home and had as her guests three of her Wlnthrop College mates?Misses Dorothy Grimp and Peggy Glenn, of Anderson and Miss Vernell Hammond of Stoneboro. Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Thompson and twin daughters. Misses Polly and Tiney, and son Billy, of Glenn Springs, were week end visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Thompson, who also had as guests Misses Leclair Am derson and Geneva Marsh of Columbia. - ? Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Cunningham and children of Columbia, were Sunday visitors of the former's uncles, E. J. and C. D. Cunningham. Jack Roddy, of Rock Hill is visiting his grandparents, Governor and Mrs. John G. Richards. Sunday guests In the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Higglns were Mr. and Mrs. I,. H. Massey, of Fort Mill, ami F. R Higgins. of Kingston, N. C. Miss Christine Perry, teacher in one of Lancaster county's rural schools, spuiu the week and with her sister,Mrs. J H. Clements. They were shopping visitors in -Qimden on Saturday* Mr. and Mrs. T J. Cunningham and other members of the family were Sunday guests of the former's sister, Mrs. R. J Wardlaw. Sr. Congressman J. P. Richards is pushing his bill in Congress to give the OCC boys military training in camp His argument is full of logical com! mon sense, and should be passed Read It, if you have not done so. The practice of fishing on Sunday in the Power company lake in violation of the state law, has become so common that citizens are moving to have the law enforced. Sunday fishers. take notice. Manda Brown, a good colored woman. wife of Burrell Brown, a tenant ' on the lands of Governor Richards, died last week. Her 'burial was at Cedar Rock Baptist church. The colored Presbyterian congregation have had their church improved by the addition of a concrete base and steps to the entrance door. G. C. Truesdale, prominent lumber manufacturer, ia moving his mill to the lands of Abe Hilton where he has a lot of timber to cut. * I PulpwoodFacts (By Douglas Pew, Foreater for l>ewey Creed) Pulpwood cuttiugs, following behind hswiuill operations have cousUtently received had inspection reports. " f It is impossible for the pulpwood operator to adhere to the outtlng rules when trees large enough for need trees, 10 inches, are cut for saw timber. , v To meet this condition it has beeu necessary for us to insist that seed trees be marked prior to/he entrance df the sawmill operations. This would leave four ten inch trees to the acre, which is not much volumne 4loss to the sawmill, but which at the same time will Insure the landowner of future reproduction. . ? . Unless this plan can be followed, Mr Creed will discontinue pulpwood cuttings (behind sawmill operations. vgeed trees will be marked free of charge by myself. I can be reached at the Creed office on DoKalb street. Forestry Barbecue Is Held At Wayside Park The fifth annual barbecue of the Kerehaw County Forest Protective Association was held at Wayside park on U. S. No. 1, Thursday, May 23, beginning at 10 o'clock in the morning. The barbecue was given as an expression of appreciation for services rendered during the past year by fire crew members of the Kershaw County Forest Protective Association and volunteers in the prevention and surpression of woods fires in Kershaw County. j Former Camden Lady Dies In Greenwood . > " Greenwood, May 20.? Mrs. Mary I [Withers Gambrell, widow of Will'tm ( (I. Gambrell, and a teacher in the city schools for 21 years, died at her borne |here today after five days illness. Mrs. Gambrell had not been very j well recently, but since the Christmas , holidays had been at her (post as j teacher In the Grenols school uiUil last Wednesday. She was a native of Camden, daugh- j Iter of the late Randolph Withers and j Nannie Shannon Withers, members of families long prominent in the state. She was married 37 years ago to the late William B. Gambrell, a na- | tive of the Princeton community, who j was a leading hardware merchant | here for years. He died in 1908. She . is survived by one son, William G. j Gambrell, a step-daughter, Mrs. Geo. [ L. Marshall, and one sister, 'Mrs. F. Barron Grier. Burial In Greenwood The funeral of Mrs. Gambrell was held from the home of her sister in Greenwood on Tuesday, and the burial was in Magnolia cemetery in that city. Mrs. Gambrell will be pleasantly remembered by many of our older people as Miss Mary Withers, of this city. The family resided in Camden for many years where Mrs. Nannie Withers taught In the Camden graded schools. They resided on north Fair street. Untermeyer Horses First Place Winners Camden trained horses continue to take major honors in racing events of the spring season in the north, according to information and news dispatches appearing daily. Last Thursday, Torch Light, from the Alvin Untermeyer stables here took honors in the Bigsonet handicap at Belmont and on Wednesday Cockerel. another Untermyer entry won the feature race of that day's program at the same track. The Untermeyer horses trained all of last season at the Marion duPont Scottt track here. Hugh Dufford is trainer and ranks among the top notchers of the country. Midweek Closing Is General in The State The following cities In South Carolina are observing the midweek Thursday afternoon closing during thy summer mouths; DeuuetUville, Dishopvtllo, Camden .Charlotte, Cheraw. OreeJeyville, KingstreSfc Manning, I Orangeburg and Sumter., Those observing Tuesday afternoon as a half holtduy are Chester, Harts* vllle, ltock Hill. .Those observing Wednesday are Charleston. Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Greenwood, Marlon, Mulllns, Newberry and Timmonavllle. | Cities not observing ally midweek closing are Anderson, Andrews, Columbia, Conway, Lake City, Lamar and Spurtanburg. Hps Shipment Next Monday The Kershaw County Farmer's Ex1 change is planning a hog shipment for Monday, May 27. We will 'begin loading at 8:30 a. in. We will appreciate you telling anyone in your community whom you think will be interested says W. C. MoCarley, county agent. There are now 32,600 licensed pilots In the United 8tates. COURT It ASKKp TO RESTOft^fl TRAINS ON SOUTHERN RAILUn^l The supremo coun, the May term heard on Moadiy,Jj torueya for the Syuth Caroling pJm lie Service commission appeal the refusal of the lowtu court to (J I der the Southern Railway t0 rettZ^I I wo trains which formerly 0^r^yB from Hock Hill to K^lngvUle, via I4J caster, Kershaw and Camden. At present time the Southern railroad (J running a mixed train over ihu It ,haa beeu reporte^that the ralla^^B company would like to abandon line as it is nbt a paying \n-bpositjJ Some time ago all mail service wfl and from this city was |.l;u,,| automobiles and Imam's. 1 iu. rac(^| that the railroad service was lrre^l lar caused the cancellation of t|tfl mail oontract. Attorney* for the Southern Kai).^| way In asking that the lower oom^H be upheld say that t)he pastenggB traffic on the Rook Hill KlngvU)|* line is insufficient to Justify the o>l oration of trains on this line.?Ugfl caster News. Pittsburgh was the first large cltjfl to have n professional football teagfl | NOTICE Since the Wage Hour Law has gone into effect we find it necessary to speed ; up the work of our bookkeepers and tel]?- j I ers in order to comply with the law which j . . . . . limits our force to a forty-two hour week I at present, and a forty hour week after October 24, 1940, and along with other banks over the state in order to keep the ; law, we find it necessary to change our i banking hours to open at 9 A.M. and close at 1 P.M., this change to become effective Monday, June 3, until further notice. We take this opportunity to say that we intend as usual to be of every service possible to the public. We feel that the pub lie will co-operate with us and arrange to do their banking business within the hours above named. The change in our banking hour is not a choice of our own, but done to comply with the law. ; The First National Bank of Camden | The Commercial Bank ~ , of Camden j MEMBERS FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION FEDERAL RESERVE SY8TEM Notice 1 NOTICE is hereby given that current will be off on Sunday, May 26, 1940, from 5 a.m., to 7 a. m., on account Carolina ! Power & Light Company doing some work on main feed line. 915unicipal QJlilities vw 1 MOM Mii INTRODUCING THE NEW ALL-AMERICAN TIRE MADE AND GUARANTEED BY GOODYEAR - An amazing new Goodyear value for the lowest price held I See it? compare it lor downright value at anything like these low prices. LIFETIME GUARANTEE | Every Goodyear Tire we sell is guaranteed in writing for its FULL LIFE, without time or mileage limits. ?? ?? 5.25?17 or $Ct95 5.50?17 9 4.75-10 or $A95 5.00-19 *T CASH PRICES WITH YOUR OLD TIKE I PLAY SAFE1 You can buy safe, guaranteed Goodyear Tlree today at prices far lower than you Imagine. See them! 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