Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I ■ .w I ■ .w Casualties ^Year Period ired were kfllodTiOlOft ’ \n South Carolina a» the re- . jgtg5 motor Tehlcle traffic i^u during the *0 year period me January 1. 19*6, »n<l ending w }l. 1944, according to fig- ■Xased by J. B. WlHlamaon. hiahway commiaaioner. 1,784 « total kUled were pedeatrlana. I on these figures the follow- M can be drawn: 5 accidents i.r four deaths every fire days, hduries per day. and one pedes- math every 4.4 days. WllUanison points out the fact , • jor to the year 1937. there was hecislaUve Act requiring compul- Mcldent reporting, therefore the linr rears only include accidents ,g on Sute Highways. Pears und Peadies' Teah-Blackberries Alstr til the Toot fl U'AWAPE ? IOAROOS FlOMT OV 91PtKIH& RIPPWG AT Itim OPOOHCHTS nC PDWERFUL.GOU«E-LM^ . VdTM WHICH THE. M«)OLE 16 AR>«D. Wrm THIS A 6(0 ^ y KANOAROO CAN DO tSiOERADte CMMAOE ML :unilly, sveryone Jn Camden >ws that the KORNEQAY FUN- HOME will conduct the rice wherever the family may lire. In this, as In all other ...^ their wish is our law. Be ired of superior Mrvice at ran- ibic cost. Vandals Visit the McCorkle And Van l-**yfinyhani Gsurdens Mayor F. N. McCorkle and Banker S- W. Van Landingham are neighbors, their homes adjoining each other on Lyftleton street The mayor is someyrhat of a horti culturist as is tho banker. The- may or’s efforts feature pear and i>eacb trees while the banker specializes In cultivated blackberries. Last Sunday while the mayor sat in the quiet of his home reading his Sunday paper and Banker Van reclln- Receives Qtatioir suntah on bis brawny back and arms. And while these two outstanding citizens thus rested on the Sabbath, vandals in the shape of boys, invaded the sacred gardens, stole unrippened peaches and pears from the mayor’s trees and berries from the berry bushes in the banker’s yard. The mayor has turned the matter over to the imlice. He says the boys were about 16 years of age. • .-i n 1 1 Page Mr. ^pley, This' Actually Took Place Here Scoots Do Big Job In the Waste Paper Campaign Fl'NERAL HOME hone IC3 ''•a.,. CAMDI N,S C 1 At a recent meeting of the Kershaw District Scouters cinb, held at Thomas Tavern here, C. L. ShealtY, scout master, reported that Camden Scouts had collected over 38,000 poupds of waste paper. This total would be augnmntM .AS- aoDn?. aa-#o»e--of-the^ paper collected had been cleaned in order that R could be sold. This cleaning process was carried out by Mr. Shealey’s troop, No. 64. The club members after hearing an explanation of the PhQlips Foundation plan from Scout Exeenttve Stevens, decided to participate in the plan and adopted' a resolution requesting President Henry Collins to appoint a committee to raise the necessary money. - George Mickle of the organization and extension committee, reported chat progress had been made in start ing trbop units at Mt. Pisgah Baptist church, Oates Ford school and the Buffalo Baptist church. S.Sgt. William F. King of Laurel, Md., is a member of the Third Bat talion, S9Rth Infantry Regiment of the 100th Division, which engaged in some of the most bitter fighting on the Maginot Line In France when the town of Bitche was attack in Decem ber, 1944. King has been awarded the Presidential Unit Citation which la the highest honor k unit can receive for combat action. When- the town of Bitche finally fell to the Century Division! in March after a three months siege. King also has received the Purple, Heart for wounds that re sulted in the loss of his right foot last December. Since then he has been sent back to the States and stationed at Walter Reed hospital In WaahiniCton, D. C. S.Sgt. King is the- husband of the former Alice Reynolds, Lugoff, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. T. KinlTOI LaureL Md, - - f FAQ! BIVIII Here is one for Mr. Ripley. Believe It or not, two Camden fish ermen, angling for the denizens of the deep at the Hermitage . pond last Saturday, had simultaneous strikes. They were in separate boats pn the placid surface of the pohd, about 15 feet apart, when their corks suddenly sank beneath the surface. “I’ve got one," aaid BYifnk Wooten. “So have I." said Corbett Boykin. So skilled fishermen as they were, they played the finny chaps and fin ally reeled In,' to bring to the sur- face just one fish, a one pound bream. And believe it or not, Mr. Wooten's hook, also the hook of the line be longing to Mr. Boykin, were in that one fish’s mouth. As we said—that la something for Mr. Robert Ripley—believe it or not NOTICE “ "i WilTapjply lo AiT Soiilb Carolina Tax CommUaion for a license to operate a re tail liquor store at No. 615 West DeKsJb St., Camden, S. C., under the provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act 1945. M. L. WeU. 10-12 Antioch High School Finals Pentecostal Holiness Church Fair Street - - REV. R. E. HOWARD, Pastor Sunday School - - - - 10:00 a. m. Preaching^>^m ^ • - 11:00 a. m, P, H. Y. Sunday - - - 0:30 p. m. Evangelistic Service, Sun., 7:45 p. m. Prayer Meeting, Wed., - 7:45 p. m. GoodSin^ng - .. Good Music Hear the Old Time Gospel Jackson High School Exercises Midway School Finals Are Held Orsduation exercises were held in Midway High school at 9 o’clock Wed nesday night, May 23. The com mencement address was given by Mr. Verd Peterson, State supervisor of Vocatjonal education. Calvin Fanl- kenberry was valedictorian and Don ald Holland was salutatorlan. Those serving as marshalls were Stuart Teal, Grace Threatt, Lemuel Faulkenberry and Ellen Reed Tidwell.- Those graduating: Viola Bowers, Lorlng Croft, Sarah Ruth Melton. Donald Holland. Calvin Fanlkenberry and Wlllene McLaughlin. Mrs. B. H. Gardner, music teacher at Midway, featured her music stu dents in a recital May 18. Drivu CarefuIlT—Savu a Lifa. NOTICE I will apply to tba South Carolina Tax Cowimiigion for a license to operate a re tail liquor store at No. 531H DeKalh street, Csunden, S. C., under the provuions of the Alcoholic Beverage Con trol Act of 1945. J. W. C. Boykin. License No. 151. 10-1^ The finals for Antioch High school will begin Sunday, May 27, at 8:30 o’clock with the swmon by Rev. Alt man of Betbune and Monday evening, May 28, at 8:30 with the address by Dr. Harry Clark of the University of South Carolina. Those graduating are Rosalie Frost, Carroll Stokes, Lo- rlner Bradley, Harold Pate, Tpelma Ruth Sinclair, Leroy Stokes, Annie Boykin. Frank Bracey, Alice Hollo- man. Glen Davis, Sue Barnes, James B. Huntley, Martha Lee Moseley. NOTICE Baccalaureate sermon by Rev. A Douglas McArn at Mt. Moriah Bahtist church Sunday, May 27, at 5 p. m. Class night at the Jackson Chapel Monday, May 28, at 8:30 p. m. Commencement Wednesday, May 30 at Trinity M. E. Church, at 8:30 p. m Mayor McCorkle will deliver the addcMs to the graduating class. Dm tB lilt tf MMi-Imt Ton girls kbe ansmte or who lots so lUily ptrtivit sea f ssl tirsd. Wtd outr—shk oap bs dus to low -ttoo so try B. Pl^sss's TABUm St oass-nhokhsmli tUMsto. oC tho vsty MsS booM wais to isd Mood to glvs toors Bsip Mdld up rod Hood to gn Bsstist Mood-tloo toelos you 0 ^Dow ishsi dUsoUiiji., IliaLMtaihWMSiS og the huyl I will apply to the South Carolina Tax Commission for a license to operate a re tail liquor store at No. 627 Rutledge street, Camden, S. C., under the proviaitms of The Alctdiolic Beverage Con trol Act of 1945. 10-12 NOTICE 1 will apply^ to the South Carolina Tax Commission for a license to operate a re tail liquor store at No. 607 DeKalh street, Camden, S. C., under the provisions of The Alcoholic Beverage Con trol Act of 1945. 10-12 H. D. Boulware. £. R. Dixon. NOTICE r I will apply to the South Carolina Tax Commission for a license to operate a re tail liquor store at No. 925 Broad street, Camden, S. C., under the provisions of The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act of 1945. 10-12c Meshell Shebeen. H HI’S I OVER A YEARS V - \ M expartston Dixie —mW a| Sogtfheni BeO-operai^ ftaem telephones in ras teereased hy’sere lonr tiinss frotn 1935 to 1948 rar lulesfpted our rural telephone eaqnnsion prograi^. 0 X942, vast —w^ww«»s of eonimunicati<m equipment have nd are slUl mennfactnred for shipment to our fight* iijMin oar farm telephone expansion qnd Msisrial again become available* ue we Im lltsrief ogDr^mrtTto^laRDvide In- i6wer farm tdephoro service through^ work Msd experience gained in new OMthoda of transmission and new developments in tke art of BcITs of the Bs0 SyslsaB*s earn dollar serriee of the • ishdimtaka SomEM BEutBlNNI MOTEtEBtfl GNPMIT igcetffiAfft Camden Home