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p - f *. -- ■ • ' • • The Camden Ghronkxe VOLUME 57 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1945 NUMBER 36 State High School Loop lists Four Classifications A- * Tea ScJiooU of Stole Are In List Csunden In A Ranks Throngh the medlom 6t the Col- State, we learn that the South Solina High School Leagne to still hWoom and Is blofMsomIng forth * f new shoots, one of which Is a classification of schools. Hiah school league sprouted in Uli and listn 226 of the 300 high !^lg of the SUte within its mem- Slilp During the war years the Its is pointed out, maintained f^’tly curtailed program but now k s nrepared to return to full-sise Lratlon in fdotball, basketball, ^ball and track. The first big event scheduled will w Ansusl High School Week, to be Md In the Spring and will bring 1.800 leading high school ath- and students to Columbia. This Mtt is fbr track events and in as as track competition is on- iHirn In Cainlen, this league event rti not attract muih attention here. Itui writer believes that if Camden iteods to maintain her standing long the high schools of the state, wOl have to have a well-rounded ^m, including track, baseball, ball and basketball, ne schools of the state are now led Into four classes, AA, A, B C. The Class AA list includes in, Charleston, Columbia, e. Greenville, Greenwood, th Chhrleston, Parker, Spartan- and Sumter, hese are schools an enrollment of over 800. The Class A list which inclitdes en is for schools of not less SOO and under 800. 'There are 30 Is in this classification. Prior the Class AA listing, all schools Ml students or more were in IS A. Class B schools are. those with en- lit of from 126 to 800 and B includes the schools with no than 125 students, nil jear the double A classifica- did not prevail but next year it asned to have the various teams within their owm classification, league has rigid rules of elgi- for sports contestants. Physi- oaminations, medical approval, s consent sad scholastle rs- f' Camden Playing Final Grid Game On Turkey Day Wins At Lancaster 20 to 0 After A Poor Exhibition Of Play (Plsase turn to OUTM) icaster Looks [oward 20,0Q0 V End of 1946 >t«r, A City of 20,000 People By the End of 1946 If Camden defeats Qljmn Academy In the Thanksgiving day game, It wrill give the Bulldogs a record of six wins, three defeats and two ties for the season. By looking back in the files we note where this comer predicted last summer that the Bulldogs would lose at least three games and probably four. At the time the teams we be lieved would down the Camden eleven were ^arleston, Florence, Sumter and Glenn Academy. The Sumter team was the only one to turn the trick out of the group mentioned al though the result of ^e Glynn game is still hanging Are at press time. Sumter was lucky to win from Cam den, as has been proven by later games in which the two teams have flgnred. Orangeburg tor instance. Camden rolled over the Orangeburg lads with ease, nstng second stringers moat of the time. Orangeburg tied Sumter 6 to 6. The Bulldogs hung up their fifth win of the season at Lancaster last Friday night 20 to 0. It wrasn’t a per- {ormance the Camden talent could be proud of. Whether It was over-con fidence or some other ailment cannot be said, but the play of the Bulldogs was tar from the form they have shown tn other games. There was some bOT>e In local fan ranks -that the Bulldogs would stage a post-eeason game. However in view (Pleaae turn to page four) Cleaning Unit Goes Haywire; City IsDir^ Fathire Of Street CleeBUif Equipment Ceneee Slowen- ly Fog of Uncertainty Still Shrouds Sumter Tragedy NIW TOBK CRT—^American Jeatw Red CroH eicmbcn help pttpeie fer toipeMet asedleal seypHaa beeed for Xnrope te baneflt Rep. Kennedy Urges Loans And Grants To Churches Carrisons Meet ¥^le ^ Duty hi Faraway Tokyo Lt. Cdr. D. J. Carrison and Li. Cdr. H. G. CarrisBo, Jr., On Nawy Dnty And that isn't any pipe dream on Pirt of the home town of Con- fflan J. P. Richards Jr. For the bleaching and dyeing plant, on h work has already started, will ^ue the population of Lancaster • a ^ncaster resident: “It Is ted that the new^. plant will em- oTer 2,000 people, hat does not *«rHy mean 2,000 additional leg in Lancaster but It will ‘bly result In over 1,000 new fei. Then there •AIll be many people attracted here by the s of the plant, lo we can safe- •Untste that our population will ^eased by at leaat 8,000.” ^•^Pulatlon of LancaatM’, which “I MM than 6,000 four years ago 12.600, this figure inclnding Tirlous mUl villages. If this is by the 8,000 flgnred by the ier people it will make Lan- one of the “big towns” of the m^ter people freely admit they w a phenomenal growth within xwo years. Quite a number business firms are seeking there and several new business are already under construe- of new homes have Al- been blue-printed and work ^ sUrted in the spring. ‘nthuslasUc are the people of that they want to create , end toward that •^developing another street In "•rtness district. In Auto Are-Fatal L Ramsey Dies After Car Crashes Into Guard Rafl Raas^, age suitor at the Chureh of God died last Monday tn a Injurlee re- entonsoblle ran In- »t the intersection of " wi and 76 Jnst oat of Lnn- rwfc n?!r of (ho cnr. Baker, ema»- ^or injurlee. expired Mr. Ramsey toM Julies Chat the •teeriar ^ car had beooma -loeked, ^ ont of coetiUL l*(v Lt. Cdr. Henry G.. Carrison, Jr., U8NR, and Mt. Cdr. Dan J. Carrison, U8N met while on duty in Tokyo itey, Japan recently, acording to a navy news releaae. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Carrison of this city. Lt Cdr. H. G. Carrison, Jr., has under his command a gronp of LC8'8 which were instrumental In shooting down Japanese sncide planes and in eliminating Japanese suicide boats, while on duty in the Okinawa ar$a.' He entered the Nary in July 1940 and was first Lientsnant on the U88 Meredith which was sunk in engage ments with the enemy, and partici- (oontinned on page three) Asks South Carolina Dolofa- tkm In Washhifton To Gire Matter Consideration Camden's debris^corered streets Sunday morning were not due to any strike on the part of employees of the street cleaning department, but ust becauke the street sweeper had lecome obstinate and broken down for the 'steenth time since it was pur chased last summer. } Camden residents who came doWn early Sunday morning to pick up their mall were aghast at the spec tacle offered. Streets, especially along the curb line were covered with ice cream cup boxes, banana skins, orange peelings, paKs of cardboard boxes and other kinds of debris and garbage. James Raley, streets tuperlnten- dent, stated that the sweeping equip ment had taken a recess due to in- urles. The equipment newly purchas ed earlier in the year, has been glv- ng much trouble. As to whether H Is due to defects in the machine or be^ cause of being handled by inexper- enced operatives, is not known. Notes From Chamber Of Commerce The rejuvenated and reorganised Camden and Kershaw County Cham ber of Commerce will launch Ita jsn- rural membership drive daring the coming week. Preliminary contacts have been made through the mail with flrma, business men, and pro- fossional men of the community. These people represent the largest portion of the proepective membw- shlp. Individuals, not included In the above business group, have an eqnri responsibility for the ^progrbss Md development of this community. These Individuals are urged to bear this responsibUlty and contact yonr Chamber of Commerce Immediately. Membership dues for individuals are not fixed; however, the members of the Finance Committee are of tte opinion that a minimum of ten dol lars should prove very satisfactory to nrogresslve cltlxens Interested in the weMsre and progress of Camden and Kerahaw County. ,' ^ k..,. TBe reorganisation of the Chamtor has been completed; a new Conatito tion and By Laws has been adopted and will be famished to each m^- ber. Progressive and posttlve is being taken by vartoas commtteM In several fields leading to highly nd- vantageous developments tof den. Kershaw Connty. and South Cm- ollnm. The future of our commuiuy la bright with promise if we, the people who live here, wIU juto pro- grsssivs action, not only Indlvldnally bnt%llectively. as the ties arise. Locpl cooperation of inlto ative and effort la Imperative for the protrsnsive development of any oom- mnnity. A sonnd and dal atmeums it a necessity for the oomplOtlon of the ambitious progrw of yonr Chamber. Chamber has to spend is a dlred gnage of Ihp acti^ U is capable of uioJfiCtiiff jonr Chamber of Oomsaerce. Qty Wins Case Divolving Taxi Parking IMspnte Judfe A. L. Gaston Finda City WHiim Richts tn The Matter House Member R. M. Kennedy,. Jr., this pi^ lias addressed a letter to all memlan of the South Carolina dele gation in Washington reqnesting that in planning the poetwar employment and spending program of the govern ment to consider seriously the inclu sion in the program .kmna and grants to organized church bodies in the stsfe. ‘*As you know” eaye Mr, Kennedy, in his letter, “the chnrchee are the most unselfish agencies for good in the communities and many of them are badly in need of improvementa and etpansion which they cannot af ford tn make. It is believed that gov- emmclit money expended for this, purpose will reeult in mnre communi ty improvemeuts than if spent in any other way. ”For some reason, churches were excluded under the relief expendi tures during the depression but it is hoped thst Congress will make some provision fm* them in the present Planjting." Im; Kennedy sent copies of his let' tor to Senators Burnet R. Maybank and Olin Johnston, Oongreasmen Mem del Rlvere, J. J. Riley. B. B. Hare,,_ R. Bryson, J. P. Rlcharde, Jr., and {Former Nowberry Store Man- Squabble Already Taking Fdrm In Highway Project ' Towns On U* S. 301 Enlist f Nortlr Cnrolina In Fight For Route/ —n Just when the South Carolina state highway commission -felt that the super-higbway problem had been solved through designating Highway 15 as the state’s portion of the pro posed north-south federal link, a dele gation of South Carolina citizens a- long Highway 301 are kicking over the traces. The objection on the part of the U. S. Highway SOI group has been taken to the North Carolina state highway commission in the hopes that this body may aid in having the Soufb Carolina routing changed. In designating Highway 15-A in this state the proposed route would enter North Carolina near Laurln- burg and proceed through Fayette, ville. If Highway 301 had been desig nated the highway would have enter ed North Carolina near Rowland, thence to Lumberton and north via Fayetteville. 'The North Carolina group has al ready designated 801 as the routing for the interstate highway through North Carolina. Just what the South Carolina high- way department will do if North Car olina puts the pressure on them to make the change aa requested is hard to state but already the cities and towns along Highway 16-A are mak ing ready to go into action to insure the continuance of the proposed 15-A routing. Camden and Kershaw county have aq intereet In the matsr in that un der the 16-A designation Camden la on one of the highways that will fork at Bishopville, one going south through Sumter and the other west ward through Camden and Into Co lumbia. County Officials Frankly Ad mit They Have Run Up Against Blank Wall ^4^ Judge A. L. Gaston has filed his decision in the matter of the writ of mandamus action involving the taxi parking area on North Broad street, and has found tor the city. This means that barring a reversal of Judge Gaston’s findings by the state snpreme court, to which the matter will be appealed according to Attorney J,^n K. deLoach, who rep resents Burhie and Andie Hinson, the city has a right to designate the taxi parking areas. *rhe full*text of Judge Gaston’s finding will be printed in the Chron icle next week. Sub-Freeziiig Weather ffite This Conuimnity . TnmpwMtaro Drop* To 26 Degreos On Morninf Of NoromlMr 16 The mercury dropped to a sub- frdezlng temperature of 86 degrees early last Friday morning, and was accompanied by a heavy frost that covered the buBdlngs and grounds to an extent as to be reminiscent of a snowfall. 'Tbe drop to the sub-freezing mark, the lowest of the season so far, left tittle doubt but that Old Man W1nt«r had arrived. Satuiday was somewhat warmer, the temperature rising to the low do’s, where as on Friday the hifbe|j It lose was to 66 degrees. Sergeant Neese, Remember Him? Is Now Ii) Italy J. L. McMillan. Camden “Clink” Repaired For Future ^rvice Guardhouso At Police Head- quartern Now ln .Spic And Span Condition 1110 Camden “Hooeegow”, eome- tlmes referred to as the “clink” but officially registered as the police guard bouse, has been given’s tbor- ough overhauling and renovating and today is comparable with a majority of detention pern in the state. Under the snpenrision of George F. Cooley, city purcbAing agent, the guardhouse has been completely re novated. Tbe bars in tbs window through which a man and wife made their escape several weeks ago have been restored. Walls and ceilings have been painted while cell cages have been painted with aluminum. Cota have oeen checked and painted and the floors throughout coated with a cement paint. Christmas Seal CmnpaignOn af«r Pleaaed To Road Nawn of Cauaaden Bynum M. Neese, former manager of the Newberry store in Csmden and now a sergeant in the army and stationed at Leghorn Italy writes to say that the .beet news he has re ceived from Camden involves the in- etallation of a bus line, prospective Greyhound terminal and plans for a modern athlectic field. 'T presume I’ll hardly be able to recognise the place when I return” be writes. “I have covered mo^t of Italy from the heel to tbe top and I can’t say much for the place. I am now ata- tioned in Leghorn which Is one of the largest seacoast cities. A short time ago I was in Switzerland where I had a grand time and visited many of tbe larger cities. One of them was Geneva where I spent two days and visited many places of interest, among tbem being tbe International Red Cross headquarters and the League of Nations Building. I also visited Just shout every milk bar came to.” Sefgeant Neese states that be en joyed the Kerahaw County News and wishes to estend bis thanks to every one connected with the essning of the tabloid paper. Sergeant Neeme entered the tervice Oct. 20, 1948, going from Camden to Fort Jackson with Jack Nettles, who entered st the same time. Almost a month has elapsed since the charred bodies of Dorothy Mabel Kay and Allen Hamilton Griffin were found in a biasing automobile on a lonely side road near Sumter. The mystery shrouding the affair appears to be becoming more impenetrable as time goes on. Sumter county officials lean toward the belief that foul play figures in the tragedy. They are still working on the case but frankly admit that they have run up against a stone wail so far'’ as clues are concerned So far as they have been able to ascertain, there was no motive for any one to have plotted tbe deaths of the two young people. One hears of events that become "nine-day wronders." In the case of the fire-gutted auto and the charred bodies of two popular. young people, the puzzlement and conjecture has extended beyond thst time limit, for the case is still the main topic of discussion in Sumter and vicinity. Citizens admit that they eagerly await the arrival of tbe evening pap er and hurriedly scan it in the hope that the case has been broken and the mystery lifted. Those who have gazed upon tbe death car declare they have never seen a more completely burned ve hicle. Already scrapings from tbe interior together with ashes have l)een sent t6 a laboratory for examination to ascertain if any inflamable ma terial bad been used to cause a fire of such intense beat that the interior furnishings and the bodies were liter ally cooked. The theory that a leaking muffler or exhause pipe might have caused carbon-monoxide fumee to overcome couple is ridiculed for tbe reason tiat the windows of the car were open and also: bow did the flm start? This writer, upon the request of a news syndicate, visited the scene of the blsse, examined the car and talk ed to scores of people in and around Sumter. Conjectures vary but in genm-al the opinion seemed to lean toward tbe affair as being the act of a aex- (Pleaae turn to page four) Man Is Infored When Car Leaps From Highway Columbia Resident, On Way To Meet Wife, Lands In Ho^iital Cotton Market Is Much Behind The 19M Market A great many people have the idea the cotton market tn Camden has token a Mg drop thie season, in comparison with the figures (rf n year ago. Up to lost Saturday night the total bnlee reported at the cRy weighing Atftmn on Rutledge street was ns compared to the total •411 repwtod np to the mune date year ago. Thia diffMwnce, aocording to cot ton growers M dne to the fact that the nMTkst Is late ^ ysnr. A year •go ttte season won Japt sbont oyer •t this date, bnt this year H wOl be • naBti>er of weeks befose a propor- tleaete period Is reedied. Mrs: yf: J. Mayfield, bond chair man for the' Kershaw County ’Tnber- cnlosis association’s 1946 Christmas Seal Sole reports Chat bond letters were mailed in Camden on the 19th which woe the official seal isle open ing dote. Bond sales Ih this county were recently changed from personal Bollcltatlon to letter tale, which, Mn. MayfMd states is mors convenient for theoe eolicKed, as well as for the bond committee. -She reminds that seal sole contributions nro deductable from income tax. Bonds ore also be ing mailed prospective givers In all arena and other towns in the county. Mrs. Oeorge Creed, county seal sole choinann states mall sole letters will Im driayed till the Monday following ’TbanksglTtig. Mrs. Creed states that from the way requests for 'additional msteiiBla which ore pouring In from oU over tbe county, she anticipates on masllsat seal sale. Tbongb bond bnyers ore entitled to seals to the amount cC the bond pnr- chaoed, most bnyers would iiot want oCimore thaa two hundred seals. For X (Siln ranaon, two sheets of seals were enckupB with each bond nmlled to Unas gad IndivldaaU. Any bond bny- erf wbo widi seals to tbe total *irirTt «( Uielr bonds, tbe T B osoo- Mntlon win glodfr moll thsoe os re- Victory Drive Sfipping Badly Says State Leader The victory loan campaign is foil ing woefnlly behind In Kershaw coun ty and the state, according to an an nouncement from Chrietie Benet, state chairman. Tlie Kerahaw total is but 28.81 per cent oa of Tueedto’ noon. This Is in comparleon wkh double that amount In prevlona bcmd drtvea. Mr. Bene( stated that unleas there Is a sharp upswing In purchases the state will not make Its bond quota. So tar tbe state total la only $4,000,-, 000 against a quota if 814.000.000. Pointing to Thanksgiving day, Mr Benet bald: *In all the history of thia country there was never n Tbonks- givlng day when we have more jto be tbnnkfnl for, and we con ahow onr gratitude for tbe amcrltloee mode to bring abont peace by ImnMdlatMy buyl^ B Bonds, as never before. The tacts are that nnleas we do t^ the record may show Sowth Caroltui fafi- T» Th* Carlisle H. Beall, 40, residing at 818 South Saluda street. Columbia, Is n a critical condition at tbe Camden boepital at the result of an accident on n. S. Highway 1 Just west of tbe Wateree river bridge, Monday after noon at 4:80 o’clock. Beall, acording to the inveetigatlng officers, who has joat been discharg ed from the United States army and who originally resided in Bishopville, was on bis way from Columbia to Bishopville where he was to meet his wife who has been in a hospital there. Driving east on U. S. No. 1, he kwt oontro lof his car, a 1941 Plymouth, which left the road, mounted a six foot bank and rMItd over in a field. The car was badly wrecked. n Camden Face To Face With Bad Housing Problem Shortage Of Accommodatkmn Ha« Reached A Serious Peak New At no time in the history of Cam den baa the shortage of homes, apartments and rooms been os acute os It is right now. The only solution to the sltuetton, according to one business man, la tor the people of the city to open up their homes and ta]ce In the visitors. People coming to Cunden are walk ing the streets In the frantic bunt for accommodations. People moving to Camden to work find themselves confronted with tiie fact there Is no place tor them to stay. The honsing problem M one that win have to be tackled soon or Cam den will suffer. ' Masons To Hold Ladies’ Night Banquet^ Kerahaw Lodge No. 89 AJ'.M. wfll hold Ladies’ night Banquet at Court Inn Hotel, Thursday, December 6, at t P. M. A very Interesting program ed to show the gratitade I know sR* bos been pbumed. AH Msster Masons of oa feel. Let ua show H by buying B Bonds”. Boutii Africa has Uftod Ita ban oa fireworks nt eelsbratlOBa retnralni nsrvlee men and wosmu. may aeeure tickets at W. R. Zemp'a Dr^ Store and DsKalb Plutnnaey or from tbe Committee ffrmisest' of J. B. McOnlrt. O. A. Owed, and J. O. No fIskaCi Monday, Deceaibtir fid.