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F" TMt CAMDEN CHWOHICLl, CAMDKW. tOUTH CAHOtiNA, WtlPAY, MAY 2%, 1t#4 PAQI tKVIN SPORTS From th« DmIc Hina and pitching fMtc In^ major ? Lleball ao far thip aaaaon JJIrtratea tho low callbor of tha i c .vinK orer the leading bottero rt wwk Thurman Tucker * White Sox, leading th^'Amerl- iP»xue with .408, whereas last he hit .235. Swift of Detroit, is ,, 342 and In 1848 the best he do was .271. Dixie Walker Is at a .424 gait this year and a Feather, Johnny KUbano, 41.87; Ban- tarn, Terry McQoTem, 80.08; Fly weight, Jimmy WUde, 88.08. « • • What la It that iittia Joe Barry, with Milwaukee laat year, and now with Connie Mack, got that haa made him the relief pitching aenaation of the aeaaon to daU? ,AII Little Joe haa done thia seaaon hae been retief work, but he haa won four ^mea and ioat only one. Joe throws a little of everything and not much of any thing. He haa a fast ball which ia sneaky rather than speedy. We havo seen the midget pitch in Milwaukee several times and we believe hie suo- ie ito h© was .81L * • • • t ove^att class of pHchlng these face is lower than the majors ever had before. Veterai^ like eeea la due probably in part to the of them, just do nrt find th^r fact that hie stuff is strange to major ig eyes so late In their career*, league batters and they do not see ),e other hand, the go^ pitchers enough of him to get used t olL Battle For Equal Rates Being Won By the Railroads • ——— Actkm of Camden Chamber of Commerce In line With Profresaiwe More. Pause a Minute^ ' Folks—Our Walter IMes In His Sleep Old Colored Man With the Smile and Tin Cup la No More. Members of fhe 1948-44 Chamber of Commerce are gratified to leam that efforts put forth some four to five months ago to insure passage In Washington of' a bill to end com pletely the*-preferential rates enjoyed by the govemmeent on land gre&tjfound dead at the city house Monday have eacapad tha draft ara hav- lings pretty much their own way. 4y with the season over a h old. two no.hlt games have pitched and there have been a of one-hlttera. • • • • the latest Esquire magaxine I poll the greatest boxers of all were selected as follows, with stage of total vote each got fweight: Jack Dempsey, 49.78; Heavy, Bob Pltasimmona, 40.17; lewelght, Mickey Walker, 80.87; *r, Henry Armstrong, 48.69; weight, Benny Leonard, 64.14; BELK’S DEFT. STORE Kingstree Highs handed Sumter a terrific beating laat week. Chester lambasted Great Falls. When we read about these - games about the state and note the many high school games being played In North Caro lina, Georgia, etc., we sort of feel chagrined that Camden, styled as a sport center, does not have a high school baseball team. Things sure have changed In the past few years. • • • We are looking forward to the opening of the Junior Legion baeeball program and we believe that the Camden team is going to ba good. Wa haven’t eeen the lade in action as yet and theiwfore cannot paaa ac. curate judgment Here’e hoping. BRYANT A. COX TRAINING AT CAMP LEJEUNE Marine Rrlvate Bryant A. Cox is now undergoing training in the school for radio Instmction at Camp Lejenne, N. C. Cox Is the son of James C. Oox, 1211 Mill street, Camden. Hia broth, er, James H. (Shot) Oox. ia also a Marine. He is In officer candidates class at Qnantleo, Va. railroads have bees realixed and the bill is expected to be passed with little opposition. It already has re ceived the approval of the House In terstate Commerce committee. To the unitiated, land grant con cessions were concessions made to the government by the railroads as the result of land grants. In a 20 year period from 1860 to 1871 the government donated some 160,000,000 acres of land tb help western and some southern railroads finance rail road construction. In some cases the contemplated construction was not undertaken and the grants were re- voked. Some 116,000,000 seres how ever did find constmetioD projects carried out. The land In nearly every instance was along the construction route to be followed, usually In alter nate strips on either side. The, railroads getting the land grants had to agree to transport gov ernmental material and troops with out toils over the length of the road so constructed. Later the courts ruled this phrase to cover only the actnal transportation costs. As a result the concession worked out to about 60 per cent of the usual freight charge or 80 per cent of the usual charge for transporting the maDs To get their share of government business, the non-grant roads had to make similar concessions under the so-called agreements. Up to 1987 the government fignres show thst rate reductions amounting to 1166,000,001) had been received. In 1940 most of the redactions were abolished. The single exception was that of actual military tra^ and in this connection the railroads are now eontrlbatlng 6260,000,000 a year or $140,000,000 more than the actual value of the land granted. The Chamber of Commerce in CTam- den, acting in concert with other Chambers of Commerce slong the Sea board railroad, petitioned Sectors Maybank and Smith and Congressman Richards to use their efforts to have the bill to end preferentia Irates abol ished. morning. He had evidently passed away in his sleep early Sunday even ing for rigor mortis had set in when the’ body was discovered. Walter usually wore a sm military cap and the most collection of clothes human might devise. He always carried a little tin cup,,and begged his friends to drop their Dickies, dimes and. pen nies ' in it Walter 'a’ls a fixture in Camden and while many cltlxens did not like the idea of beggers parading the streets, good-natured and harmless Walter was an exception. He always wore a toothless smile. Take a tip from the boys in the servicejidme front filt ers... when there’s not time « for a meal, drink milk. ^uick ehei^gy that slays with yoST^ The beat milk doesn’t come from cowt—^it cornea from Camden Dairies Phone 666 For Your Milkman en the matter came before the Interstate Commerce commission that body recommended the abolishment of the rates. Later the House Inter state Commerce committee joined in the recommendation. The attitude taken by the Camden Chamber was that the railroads have long since paid back all they ever got and the government should now pay the rates charged other ship pers. Pine Grove School Exercises Yesterday The Pine Grove school had com mOncement exercises Thursday, May 26, at Baptist Will Conduct Vacation Kble Schools South Carolina Baptists are plan- ning the greatest program of Bible teaching for children freed' from pub lic school for the vacation time ever staged by that denomination. The work will be done in hundreds of va- One of the fixtures of downtownBible schools In churches Camden for many years has joined *1*™“***®***^ *he «^te. the ranks of the dead. summer there were 358 such Walter McCall, age 60, colored, who **^_^®°*^*' Carolina Baptist Is known to every Camdenlle and win- Thi* Increase of ter visitor here for many years, was P®*' cent over tho year before. Due to war conditions many states of the Southern Baptist Convention suffered a set back in vacation Bible schools. For the whole convention there was a loss of IS per cent In the number of schools. ’This makes the South Caro lina gain all the more significant and prompts the leaders to believe that the vacation Bible school is well on its way to becoming a permanent part of the educational ministry In every Baptist church. ’ — In each of the 88 Baptist associa tions of the state there is an elected leader of vacation Bible schools. Ret. J .B. Caston serves in that capacity for the'Kershaw Baptist association. He is leading In the effort to get good vacation Bible schools estabuiih- ed In every church in this associa tion. Churches which need help In beginning or In Improving a vacation Bible schools have been asked to consnlt him. The aim for the state Is 60Q vacation Bible schools In 1944. For the association a goal of 18 schools has been set ^ FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hweby given that one month from this date, on June 19, 1944, Selma Pearce will make to U95 Pf^bate Court of Kershaw County her final return as Administratrix of the estate of William Ben „ Pearce, de ceased, and on the same date she will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said Administratrix. N. C. ARNETT, Judge of Probate Camden, S. C., May 18, 1944, 1| Colored Youth Is Drowned In Pond A second drowning^ within a week occured Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock when Willie Roberson, 17- year-old colored boy, who was In the Wateree Lake near the beach used by the colored people, went down, presumably from a cramp. Roberson was reported to have been an excellent swimmer. His body was located and_taken from the lake one half hour after he had gone down. Police worked over him for some time with a pulmoter. Anna Johnson, 17-year-<rfd, and a resident of the Hermitage village, was drowned earlier In the we^ in the Hermitage pond. CITATION state of South Carolina, County of Kerahaw. .By N. C. AmetL Probate Judge: Wherestf, Mrs. Alma P. Rabon made suit to me to grant her Letters of Admlnlstratloa of the Estate and effects of Henry Clepient Ralwn. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and tlngnlar the Kin dred and Creditors of the said Henry daments Rabon, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at (Camden, S. C., on June 6th, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o’clock In the forenoon, to show cause. If any they have, why the said Admlnltsartiott should not be granted. dlven under my hand this 22nd day of May, Anno Domini, 1944. 10 N. C. Arnett, Judge of Probate, For Kerahaw County. It is a great ability to be able to conceal one’s ability.—La Rochefou cauld, 1666. fniHt ekdi bsnlM pre- NOW wM wmmm pvfNFV W9WwQ rarRr Twenty pevnd* •■tew ••gar per peraee wL bteed io€ Ikk pMiywb Apply MW !• ye«r 1»> ed lollenlng 9e«rd. DIXIE CRYSTALS Tax Notice Beginning June Ist, a 15 per cent Penalty wiU be added to all unpaid 1943 Oty Taxes. LOUISE W. BOYKIN, City Clerk I took part in the program which pre- -sented in words and song the place of ev^eryday performance of duties In {the upkeeping of our nation during j It’s critical period. Willie Mae Bar- V field took the paft of Miss America. The following received certificates I 1024 Broad Street — — Camden, S. C. !§,of award for perfect attendance: Pa tricia Rabon, 2nd grade; .Myrtle- Ra bon, 4th grade; Doris Branham, 6th grade; Willie Mae Barfield, 7th frade; Betty Rabon, 7th grade; Katie I>ee Rabon, 7th grade. J Members of the 7th grade receiving Y--certlficatf« of gradnatlWwpre: WtF ' lie Mae Barfield, Sue Branham, Bessie 'Lee Ford, B>tty Rabon, Katie Lee ^1 S wiwnf' wWTMWCsrr't •.■ry, -T *■ ! w • Uabon and Paul Rabou. MOTHER tells the SOUTH! ■\0 "I always have good luck with my baking. I i-.r; ricSed Tablc-Teslcd ADLUH FLOUR.'* K i.'-v- j -A I I- ii iLWkJkw addifienal cT^ri, viJamin B-l, and niacin for heallh building. fcal- iron creerer ^1 You arc sure of uniformly ■ • I I it . ■ htgn quality and success-y , ful performance. Ask -for Enriched, Table-icsfed ADLUH FLOUR evary time. BUY WAR BONDS Bf Ar4D STAMPS a"' b I' 4 » ' ^ - ^Innclted ^ame-^ested FLOUR MMStIClALLV L nSiaa .11 ... Ill SoU... AnJ tojay the d, fertile soils of the^outh are Ixelpiog to susuia pr of a V. < Je vaHcty of farm crops, ia : a-a-yln^ r-^uLry t.ii-ing, livestock and our nation fighting for its way of life. In in tlio growing of fruits and vegetables. this rich area agricultural products ran,:c from sub-tropic fruits and v^etablcs in Florida to the grain ficjds and apple orchards of Virginia. The Seaboard Railway through its Agri cultural Development Department has contributed substantially to the growth of the South’s agriculture. In coming days. Where once the principal crop was cot- the Seaboard will actively assist in the ton, diversification is now the order of the further development of the rich farming day and the South takes high rank in the resources of its territory. Seaboard Radury, Norfolk 10, Veu • * rev Oroew Soivly tom kmM DIstribaM by COUMItt. S. V *: ' , W -a ' ■JWIIIOOP, 8. c. 0^ - \ '