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R ' (Santee-Cocmr) Gives ^proval To Plan of VOLUME ST Opening Bulldog Game To ge Played On the B.-C. Field 1,^ Openinf Here On Sept 21 With Hamlet High Schocd Mdtn footlwai want to 1,^ their Bulldoa* In antlon in the ggm© of ta® aeeoon on nett, will have to rattlo over M Crt^hia. a» the game with the lluoUend-Cayce grtddera. originaUy l^kMlaled for thU dty, will he played liOie new B..C. gridiron In the capl in city Thursday. I for many years the B.-C. games Iww always been played In Camden. Im this y®®!*’ West Columbia vith a fine new tleM and a twed lighting system available, want- liTto stage the game In hia owi own ball!- Ivtek Camden realising that this lanrtesy Irt^ttsly consented. So you tans 1^ had planned on going out to ' DP stadium next Friday night will to revise your program and •y to Columbia 11 yon want to Coach Lindsay Pearce’s 1946 fooU jD team in action on Thursday, the Camden grid squad retnrned tbeir mountain/camp at Tnxedo, C„ last Saturday. There was only ^ualty reported, that being a lined ankle sustained by_ Jimmy Coach Pearce and bis advisors are f dishing out a lot of “bear” or they are in a most pessl- frame of mind regarding the Bulldog team. “We have to take loin years you know,” said Pearce asked as to what the Bulldogs t dish up this year. itk INS hen iden Slicking Ip For \^lnter figitor Period and Gurages Being Faint^« Light Standards Are Dlbgrace Dariag the midweek hall holiday week a crew of the Parker Paint liTaded the Camden Food aad when they had punched ‘ time clock at the end of the alter- the Interior of this food and emporium had been renovated front to back. [Through the fine cooperation of working etaff of the store who » up tbeir half holiday to aid in work of renovation, the store able to continue service to omers on the morning following, hout any interruption what8oe.ver. [The epidemic of clean up and paint it apparently gaining momentum fly. At the Stogner garage on lib street, the attractive builoTug been given added elegance by the lullation of some handsome neon and a complete repainting of trim of the building. Lt the Les Myers garage next door, entire front of the building haa repainted in a pure white, add- Bueh to the neat appearance of ituToundings and adding greatly I Ae street perspective. |0Be of the most needed Ittprove- »t* in Camden right now Is the Bing of the light standards and signal standards. The light dards in particular are a dirty, color now and iVACtically all [ih«m are at a craty angle. Why Ught department under Leon To- this tinslghtly ipectaclq INymid the reaeonlng of most cltl- Kept Bdi^ lering Autoists im Bus Zones ^Whiof a Prefnu^ B«k ArrmH Eii^eHf On Satar4ar Commerce Group Getting Organized Committoea Are Appointed To Carry Ont Program ' ci Work. % ProKrees la being made In reorgan ising the Camden and Kershaw coun ty Chamber of Commerce. The or- ganixation is planning a program which calls for amtlvo participation of each of its members. A carefnl study of the success obtained in similar towns aad eommonities. through the use of standing committees lor each type of project, has led to the adop tion of this plui huw. The members of each committee are selected from among the progressive and active members of the organization. Each member of the Chamber of Commerce has an opportunity to, and is expect ed to, take an active and vital part In the development, progress, and prosperity of Camden and Kershaw County. » To handle problems of ah immed iate nature, several committees hare been appointed. The linage com mittee has been appointed and will be requested to perform such duties as preparing the budget for the Cham ber’s fiscal needs, classifying the prospective members, auditing fin ances of the organisation, and mak ing progressive recommendations. Howard F. Speaks has been appoint ed Chairman of this committee. The industrial committee will per' form the following duties;. To pro mote industi^I development and pro vide service'and information to exist ing and prospective industries that will assiat in successful operation and community progress. John Whit aker, Jr., has been appointed chair man of this committee. 'The agricultural committee has been appointed and will perform the followtng duties: To promote closer relations between ckixens of the town and rural areas; cooperate with coun ty agricaharal authorities in projects (Please turn to page four) Sumter County Launches Great Forward Pfogr^ Akgricultural and Indnttrial Committea Organized To Promote Area CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, rS^AY, SEPTEMBER 7, IMS Stores Are Open Six Days All E^y During the Week Liquer Stores, However, Will Contintfe To CIom Wed- neaday Aftemoona NUMBER 25 Negro Is Killed When Truck Skids a Off the Highway *' Paul Kitt, 22, Dies Inatamd^ Another Uncoociooa At Hoq>ita] ^ ' Paul Kltt, living on the Whit. farm near Boykin, was killed a truck he wae riding on, from the highway a mile sooth of Pisgah and turned over in the dltgk. Kltt, colored, was with three com panions in the truck, when the actU dent occured. One of the other mga was nnconscloas when picked op ani Uken to the hoepltal. Hta coBdiWt: wae reported as serious. *■ The two other men werp bruised and lacerated, but otherwise oninjur. ed. The accident was Investigated by Rnral Officer Henry Horton and High way Patrolman Macliahon. Coroner Purdy announced that an inquest is to be held. Shirts and dresses are now being made from a Florida weed, known as ramie, <^iginally imported from Chine. - Camden storee, with the exception of the eight liquor establishments, are now open six full days each week, the midweek half-^holiday period hav ing expired following the Wednesday closing last week. The liquor stores will contlnoe to close every Wednes day at 1 b. m. srith the esespflon of the Wednesdays during December. Announcement comes from Oolum- bla that Columbia stores will remain Open Wednesdays beginning this week. Furniture storee there however maintain the midweek half holiday durhig September. All grocery stores in (^lumbla close Wednesday after noons an year. For the past three months Camden merchants and profesaional men have abut their doors one afternoon (Wed' neaday) aach week in order to relieve their employees end conserve power: It has been the custom every summer for several years.past. Government Cancels Contract. With Local Fresh Food Plant |ksad ivo busiest men in Csm^mi were the patnteen on duty 1 Md DeKalb streets. In par- ttls streak of aeUvity was * ^ placed in the hands of Joe McManus and Stgnlor 1 the deliberate violatioD ^11-2 marking. Re- during the daylight honre ^ night honra up to IS rt J*^^*®®** are comp^ed to that the new yellow * So^bOes buses, and **?r*,* of hlasU on th® ^l»Ue would rsanlt in mo- JfoMbited Eones. hwtf<moro fre- we officers weeid have to osri pnd tmne thefr ^ notice. rt-?* <k® police have 47 Local .Bearti lUs. pUT" ^ iiMiMrs t:SS a. m. te S:9i The attention of many Camden and Kershaw county farmers and business men is being directed to the opera tions of the Sumter County Agricul tural and Industrial committee, re cently launched in the Oantecock city. Alfred Scarborough is chairman of the group and when aaked as to what the prime puspose of the organisa tion was, stat^ that its purpose is to promote througn association, closer cooperation and coordination among the heads of business and agriculture in the county. The first undertaking will be to at tempt to get an accurate picture of the economic potentialities of the cosnty through the means of an accur ate survey. It Is hoped in this way to bring about an increasing consef- ousness of the inter-relationship aad inter-dependenoe of all types of busi ness throughout the county. The committee, according to Mr STcarborough, will encourage fkct finding research in the county as a basis for economical and social pro gress. The seryices of the rpeearch depai^ent of Cletnson college will be secured to assiat in making the survey. The research, it is hoped, will eo courage more industry and agriculture in ^e coun^ and Invite the interest of private capital. Research results will be at the dMpodal of all individu als. business men. professions, gov ernment divisions. ..social §nd civic agenoles. , _ A meeting of all the social and civic organizations of the county will be held tk the progrum of cooperation Bscessary in gathering. the desired fhets. . LL Com. Carrion C^en l^motion And Fine (Statipn Lieut Henry Qeorge Oarrison, J|, ton of Mr. and Miw. H. O. Carr^h. 8r, Oherohee HUl, Nm promoted to the rank of Lleutsoant Conuaander. . He abo he* received ation from the Omnman^ of ^ Amphibioas Porcee of the Wted States Navy, the citation of which Tssils as follows; fVir meritorloui service JM tkme office in the atatt c< er VfNM riedle Nine from Msr^ M to Aim f#, im " MSI esA- hasardew in Sh Sgeutto* ntiacks ^ w toawa, and om the We^J^te This nsrvice ejd Ale out these nssrofhms were ■ mtth the Nav«! Service.' if the Police Warning With the inauguration of a city bus line achedulf In Camden, the foliewing traffic rsgulatlene are to be enforced to thw lotter. No U turns will be permitted at DeKalb and Sroad or Rutlodge and Broad Intersections. Positively no double parking will be permitted on any street In tha downtown diatrict. Cars must be on the move unleee In an aiMie parking apaca. ■ue stop zones will be prohlbH- ed areas for parking of automo- bilaa. Offanders againet thaaa and other traffic regulations will be arrested and fined* Buses will oi^ate from B a-m. until 12 night dally and during these hours, motorlsts*parklng In tha bus stops will bo arrestodi.. Merchants and profaaaional man on Broad and DeKalb streets who have been. In the habit of parking their oars on the atroeta in tha buainasa area, are asked to park them elaewhtre in order that ahoppere may have apace to park their oare. Alva Rush, Chief. Bus- Service Is Started In City; Stops Are Marked ftiprmagatattww. R M. KeuMdy, Jr., Appeals To Washinp- ton To Roacmd Act Leas Spaces for Car Parkinf Available Since Transit Line Starts Robert M. Kennedy. Jr, Kershaw eoufety House member, haa addreaaed telegrams to Measra Burnett R. May- bank, Olln D. Johnston and J. P. Richards. Jr., iu Washington, urging their efforts to have the recent can cellation of contracts for processed tweet potatoes manufactured by the 4ry food plants of South Carolina rescinded. In bis wire Representative Kennedy states that this community is very much disturbed over the action of the government, as Camden has a dehy dration plant with a payroll Cf over 1150,090 a year. 'This plant haa been turning ont vast quantitiee of dehy- ^aM tweet potatoes for the govern. Mr. Kennedy points out that an ex- tremely large^ aersage of sweet pota toes was planted because of the market afforded by the processors and unless the government rescinds its action, serious loss will result to the farmers who have a limited market other than to-such plants. Kershaw county &aa some 600 acres given over to the raising of sweet potatoes. At an estimated figure of 200 bushels to the acre, this glvqs a total of 120,000 bushels of sweet potatoes growing in Kershaw county this year. Robert M. Cooper, head of the Sooth Carolina Research and Plan, nlng board has been working on this problem for several weeks, according to Representative Kennedy. Requests District Engineer Study Flood Control Project Eastover PoKce Chief Is Slain By Angry Fanner Fatal Shooting Tajees Place In Store In Village of Eastover E. .A. Wilson, chief of police at Eastover and well known In Cqmden and Kershaw couhly law enforcement circles, was shot to death In a store at Eastover last ’Thursday. ’The slaying followed au argument resulting from an arrest. It was stated by the coroner. J. F. Morgan, a farm er, residing in ths Eastover area, la being sought for the slaying. A mur der charge is to be made against him. The shooting took place In the early aflernoon. According to the authori ties Chief Wilson was In the store when Morgan came'in, carrying a shot gun. He is alleged to have addressed ths police head saying “all right, old man. reach. It’s either me or you Two witnesses. L. L. Abbott and Henry Campbell, describe the affair as a double shooting. Wllsoo, they say. was behind a counter and alleg edly drew his gun to defend himself The shooting was almost simultane ous, Wilson firing and missing while a sing from the shotgun of Morgan entered the chiefs brain and he died Instantly, Coroner W. A. Plott stated lhaty an Inqueet would' be held. • According to reporta, Morgan and a friend were stopped Wednesday by Wilson and book^'d for drunken driv ing. They posted bond and were scheduled to appear in court yester- day. When they did not appear, the bond was fortelted. This led to the shooting later In the day. Witnesses told investigating offi cers that Morgan came into the store at 1:46 yesterday with a 20 guage shot gun he had taken from hia daughter’s cafe next door. Captain John Lee Tells of Sermon By Wallace Edwards FormBT Baptist Miniatar H Praaebas To Man On Board Ship R. M. Jeffries Confirms Oral . Statement In A Written Communication TnOsday was a red-letter day in Camden history. ’The buses of the' City Transit company started to roll over the streets and boulevards on a regular schedule and for the first time in Its history, Camden boasted a mn- nicipal bus line. The advent of the buses is going to inconvenience a number of motorists who have for years held possession of certain parking areas in the down town district, for the marking out of the bus stops at DeKalb and Broad streets is eliminating some eight park ing spaces. On DeKalb atreet adjacent to the Comer Book stors thd yellow no park ing aina has been extended some IS to 16 feet west, completely blocking oQt two ear spaces In ths sngls park- inr Use. This is also tras of the Broad street parkiag area at the sssm corosr tor the new anU-parklng aoito or boa stop extsndg two spaces farther north. On the police booth comer there aso extsasiona of the no-parldaf tones on DbKalb stroet and on Broad street On Broad stroet at Rutledge the bus stop Boaito srw in front ct ths Dess Kennedy harhsr dhop and aerbss (Flaasa turn to pofe feur) Transit line To Give tVee Rides To Pniwls Monday Boa Um SBBka to Prow •£!- oi Meat, Gheese And Butter Is More Plentifol Rad Ratkm Poml* WOl Now Buy A Grwnt DosJ lloro The CHy Transit Company, opsm- tors of ths local has Itea, has sn- nounced that next Monday tha ' win carry all schoM chOdrm aad taadiars tree of chan®. This coutssy OB tha pmrt of thw has ihM M to gtva a owiawts dam on strati— of the sflieismey to which tlto hoses oaa handle m heavy rrok of baslBsas. Iha free rids program wffi prevail aB dap on Monday. Bapt Id.. Red points will buy about 28 per cent more meat 60 per cent move cheeee, and 26 cent more butter and margarine now. (banned milk becomec ration free. Announcing these sharp reductlona in red point valuss Price Admlnlatra^ tor Chester Bowles attributed them te larger allocations by the Africa] tore Departmeut and improved dis tribution. Only in the eeee of fats and oils M tha situation tighter than in An il^ Bowlas report^ Aad ha addad toWe is no indleatloa of an tarty tan- provaamt there. totimating the average decrease in the point value of meets at about 26 per cent, the OPA chief aaM both housewives and raetanrants will be able to buy more meat than at any tlmsL itoc® tost March. He asserted, however, that the s^tontion stm doee not permit the ^ of meat rationing “baeauae sup- pBsa continue to be tight in many fdaces over the country.^ He would not gnees when the end nright come. ftoaks aad roasts are down from two to three points a pound; ham burger two, and tomb and veal, one to three points. Pork steaks, chops and roasts go down one to tiro points; all bacon two points and sparerlbs drop thros points. Most msats that now havs a valne two to three pointa go down one Rev. Wallace Edwards preached the sermon aboard an American battle ship at sea on August 6, according to a letter received from Captain John K. Lee, Jr., to his father, J. K. Lee, of this community. Chaplain Edwards will be remem bered as being associate pastor of the First Baptist church here for a few years. ^ In his letter regarding the Protest ant service on the battle wagon Cap tain Lee aays: “These services st sea are about the most stirring and Impresaive I have ever attended. Tbia one was held in the shelter deck amidst ship’s gear, guns and tanka. Hardly anyone had on more than hia shorts, Mae to the heat. Imagine a choir or quaitete rendering special numbers in church without their pants or ahlrta. “A study of their faces ,^tu1nf such a servloe dosa your hsart good and makes you glad you are one of them We had communion—different from any I’ve ever eeen Due to a shortage of wine and cups the bread was dip- tied in the wine. “The sermon was preached by (^p- toin Edwards, who used to be as sistant to Mr (toston in the Baptist chnrch at Camden. “So no matter how far I go across ths world I never really get away from home and my loved ones. Lots to all. June.” R. M. Jeffries, general manager of the South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee-Cooper) has re quested Col. C^rl R. Shaw, district engineer of the U. S. Army Engineer ing corps to accept a written request that the army engineers make a study as to the advisability of Improving the Wateree river as far as Camden for navigation, drainage and irriga tion.' This written request follows an oral request made by Mr. Jeffries at the federal hearing at Sumter on Augnat 28 and gives endorsement to the Lynches River Soil Conservation dis trict plan as submitted at the hefu*lng by Attorney Henry Savage, Jr., who is president of the Lynches RIvmt dis trict group. Notice of the action of Mr. Jeffries is embraced in copies of the letter sent by him to Col. Wood, received by Mr. Savage, Senator W. T, Red- fearn and others in this community. Supplementing his stated oral quest, Mr. Jeffries says In bis letter; "I requested that the army engi neers as a part of the Investigation work in connection with the utUism- tlon of waters In the Congaree and Wateree rlveca ooBalder and make as a part of the report which will be filed, such findings aa a study may indicate as to the advisability of Im proving the Wateree river as far, aa Camden for navigation, drainage and irrigation. The request was made orally and was not included in mx written statement which I filed. "You will recall that Mr. Henry Savagy^ Jr., of Camden, who appeared for the Lynches River Soli Conserva tion district requested an improve ment in navigation to Camden com bined with diking of the Wateree river from the soil to be removed by dredging from the river bed and the damming of certain clear water streams entering the river, for pur poses of irrigation. Such a plan will give the Wateree river in effect the same 8 foot navigation proposed for the Congaree and should be of great benefit to the territory adjoining the Wateres river. As pointed out in my (Ftoeas tarn to pegs tent) Jockey Harrison, Well Known Here, Killed At ^Imont r —I.— Piloted Seweral Horaea To Wine In Cartdin* Ciq;> Rbcos Crsaaasry butter, as unotticlsUy sa- earlier, will cost 12 poiuts. Ihto decrease of four makes He point lowest since May, 1944, and onto holt the valoe. H commanded iMl toldJtor* Mnrgnrine also goes NTO-from sixtesB to twelve points fel BditoOB to making eaaiei adn tor leoM eemsumftton, the all rsatrictloaa oa Ma Baron DeKalb Opens Sept 11th Bsron DeKalb school will oiUm its 1946-46 school term at f:M Tuesday morning. Sept IL The following is an tneomplets Hat of the tenehsra: Grammar grades: M|sa Ottie Lee Robinson. Mrt H. D. Aadarson, Mias Mary Jane Oettys, Mrs. Emma King Low^ Mrs. Carson and lltoa Lonlss Parker. High achool: Mrs. Rsbeeen O. Bst- ridge, Mrs. Sulltvsn, Mias Loutee Hin son, C. J. Mclver, J. L. Tnilsy and B. A. WUlinms. John 9. Harrison, gentleman Jockey, from Bryn Mawr, Pa., a Princeton graduate of 1938, died 'Thursday night of last week as a result of* a head Injury received in a fall with Grey Hood in the steeplchase event at Bel mont Bark. * . Harrison was taken to Mery Im maculate hospital In Jamaica after a hurried examination at the traek in dicated he had a possible fractured ■kail, and be never regained consci- ousness. A brain hemmoihage snff* Harrison was one of the beet known ered in the fall hastened hia death, steeplechase Jockeys in the country. After his gredoatiqn be served as sn amateur until 1N8 when he turned professionaL While a Junior at Princeton, Harri son won the Marytond Hunt’s Cup on Welbonrns Jaka^ owned by Panl Mri- km.' Harrison was well known in Cam- dsn, having been attached to the Panl Mellon stable. He rode In several Carolina Cup races and also at the Sandhills races at Pinshnrst-Sonthsrn Pines. He ranked aa a winning jockey. Midway Sdiool Opens Sept 10th Annoanosmsnt is msde by tbs Sup- Mlntendent, J. H. Mprphres, that Mid way adisols will open tor the 1946-’46 term oa Monday morning. Sept 10, at 9 o’clock. The tollowliif iriU be teachers for the coming year: Mn. L. J. Jordan, MMa MOdrad Tettort, R. Murphrse and Mnt. & B. Gardner aa taadier oC rare than Pnrtoet perfect dtoaonds. Intermediates To Hold Fordi At Qnirch For Week Bnptiata Plam UmiqtM Profrnm For tiko ToMik Of TiMir intermedtote emphaale week at the First Bapttot church will begin Sun day and oonttoue throm^ the week. The intermsdlatoe Include all< boys and girla troni II to 17 years of ago. Emphsaia” week means that aU' tltoee boys and gteto will concentrate during that period In a scrlaa of shnrdb aettvittoi. The purpose of the week is to tomf torise Intcrmedtotoe with the chnvQh, aad to see the joy in nerving. They will participate to Sunday achool ami B. T. U. programa. On Sunday an intormedtotss will sit srith their parents. Boys win set ss ushers, and a apeeial program will be praesntsd to the trntoing union. On Monday there will be a parents tohito led bf Rev. J. B. Ctoaton, en wStTSTji c^iSSJS?- iSTT M t. ■ JSli: BrtMi. TMMar wfll b* kam as “Rome Night** and the tetormed- totaa will remain at home tor ton with thslT parents. ( an page tow)