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Camden Gains New Industiy h ^ape Of, Supreme Products Company Inc. The Camden i UJi VOLUME 57 CAMDEN, SOUTH" CAROUNA, FRIDAT, JANUARY 18, 1946 NUMBER 44 Sumter Teen-Age Centeen Investment Worth While Murder Charge Follows Shooting On Rutledge Ave. Suggestion Is Made That Cam- den City OfTiciaU Visit TbovNew Unit • We suggeet that-the people In Cam den who are interested in recreation as one of the curatiTS means toward ^curbing Juvenile dellmiuency, pay a ^vlslt to the new cantemi for teen agers which has been op^ed in Sum ter. We happened to in the Oame- cock city last week whidn the new can- teen was -opMied and we wished that Donald Barnes, a graduate of the - , j Camden high school and now mak there had been aeveral hundred pe^ jng his home in Charlotte, Is haring pie from Camden on hand to see whdt a really worth-while program is being l^aiTled out in the intereets of the ■jwnng people in the nearby city. ■ We were rather strongly reminded ■that bere in Camden not a thing is r being done along the sante lines. But to get back to the Sumter tera- l sge canteen. It Is located on. North Salem street in a new building and ^ on that particular night .there were about 300 teen-agers on deck enjoy- Ing to the full an erenlng of clean wholesome fun. A Juke box was pouring forth the strains of “Cblckory Chick”, "Beu lah’s Buggy”, • “Buss Me” and other rhythmetic numbers, whUe somres of young people were swinging It high i wide and handsome. The snack bar, s really outstanding feature was Jam med with those seeking refreshments. The recreation center is a delight to the eye. It ia paneled In pine with red white and blue wall paper eorer- ing the walls of the lounge unit. Red leather covered furniture, tHvans, big easy chairs, chronlmum and leather chairs were there in plenty. Tall chronimum leather-seated stools were in evidence around the snack bar counter. A wide hallway leads Into ths ball room which Is psnsled half way np with pine, while the rest of the walls are in fancy wall paper. In this com modious ball room the youngsterr were really cutting the jive. The building is equipped with a modem beating plant while in the summer time it will be cooled by ceil ing fans. More fumltnre is already on order and will be Installed In the lounge when H arrlvea. Arrangemmita, hare been made whereby a motion picture machine can be installed as a part of the en tertainment feature of the canteen. At the snack bar one may obtain c<M drinks, ice cream, candy and crackers. A. T. Heath, ootatandlng Sumter citlxen and business man. Is respon sible for the furnishing of the canteen center. The building is one story In height and cost the city |10,000 to construct. Now the grounds about the structure are being landscaped. In the spring it is planned to build tennis courts and other recreational units on the grounds. The building is supervised by the recreational director of t^ city and is in charge of a building supervisor who is assisted by a committee se lected from the teen-age group. It is hoped that Mayor McCorkle and members of the city council, to gether with other interested Camden citizens, will pay a visit to this Sum- tw teen-age canteen; with the idea of putting up one of similar design in Camden. 'Ilie Chronicle believes it would be the greatest InvestmMit to ward the youth of the city that the community could make. ' Bubble Trouble- Makes Fortune For Camden Man EweniBc Of Back-Alley Drink- Has A Fatal mg CulmmatKNi B%d Cross To Prepare Plans For Big Drive Meetiiig la To Be Held ^' Coluadbia On Jan. 31 In An evening of back-alley whiskey guzzling culminated in the fatal zhoot- DaraM Rawma* John Wade Eaetman. 18 year uonald Bamea NeU 8250,000]^ colored youth in South Chesnut During His First Year Making Them avenue Friday evening between the . hours of 10 and 11 o’clock. Jamas Elarl Hilton, 80 year old negro. Is In the county Jail, charged with the crime. The police ^have a confession that Hilton is alle^^ to have made in the office of_^ Magistrate Cfiarles B. Blyther on ' Saturday, following hit airest on a downtown street hr Police Officer Joe McBlanus. •The lethal weapon, a 88 caliber re. volver, was recover^ from an out side toilet at the rear of the HUton home on Chesnut avenue, where HU ton confessed'1)0 had throwm It after the shooting. The shooting took place in front of the Hilton home and according to Hilton was an accident, cgused when Elastman grabbed the gun by the muzzle as Hilton was handing it to him. Chief of Police Alva. Ruah dis counts this statement, as he claims the direction the bullet took refute# Hilton's statement that he was stand ing In front of Eastman when the shot was fired. The bullet went into BSastman’s left shoulder ellgbtiy to ward bis back and ranged downward through his left Iting and came out on bis right side. He died instantly. (Please tan to page tour) Sunday Movies Are Ductmtinued Camden Theutwwg AmmuBOU Abandonmunt Of SdMMitk Mouw Shows ‘^bubble trouble”, but It is a kind of trouble any Tom, Dick or, Harry would like to encounter. For Donald’s bubble trouble petted him |260J)00 a year ago and this year he will exceed that amount by a wide margin. Donald has the country literally bubble crazy—nut with Just the ordi nary transparent white bubble, but with bubbles of all colors. The cur rent issue of the American magazine carries a full-page picture of Donald, dodging a storm of bubbles. * Here la what the America magasine has to say: “Currently the country is going ground blowing bubbles—colored bub bles. The man behind a lot of bub bling is a long lean South Carolinian named Donald Barnes, nicknamsd Dllly by bis friends. > “Bamee, a chMnlst, was decking a fohnol for sealing cement when he tumbled on the babble Idea. It took him a week to work It out l^en suddenly the air was filled with fly ing babbles. Starting up in business a year ago, with his garage aa a fac tory, Barnes netted 1850 000 for the year and now hae 800 employees. Mar ried and the father of two girls, Betty and Lucy Qlenn, Barnes likes to play golf and tennis and occasion- ri 1 O 1 T ally blow a few bubbles. He is faint-' Ifl ly surprised by bis success and con tinues to toy wiht the idee of making something scieatific out of his discov ery. But so far he has not revealed what he baa found out At first, to test the popularity of the product, Dllly took a couple of groes of bubble-fluid jars to the beach oo the Fourth of July, especting to got rid of a doten or so. To his amaiement not only did he sell every Jar, but he left tb« beach MIosred by crying kids who tagged along at his heels asking for more bnbblea. Donald and bis family spent Christ mas holidays In Camden, be^ guests at the R. B. Bamee home. Aftnr leaving the Camden high school Donald went to Clemson. He lived at Lyman, S. C., for several years and then located in Chaiiotter where.he has since reeided. A delegation .$rom the Kershaw County Chapter of the Americai) Red Cross will be in Camden on January 81 to attend a regional conference with Sontheaatem Afea officials on plans *tor the 1846 Fund Campaign whldk Is to be held in March, Major BraHstord, chapter chairman, an- noua^ this week. Tim meeting is scheduled to begin at a. m. at the Columbia Hotel, wltCfHeglonal Director Francis P. SlmervUle leading the discnslson of campaign plans. After luncheon the group will hear Lucy H. Darter, Red Cross hospital worker, in a talk on her experiences in serving hospitalis ed servlcemeit The local delegation will consist of members of the Fund Campaign and officers of the chapter. R^resenta- tives of the area headquarters who are .expected to be present Include R. 't. Schaeffet-, assistant area mana ger; Velma Tinsley, chief of radio; and Florence Pad^t, general fi^d representative. Ooai of tb« 1948 campaign has been set at 1100,000,000. Red Cross post war services arc vital to the nation’s well-wing, C^hainnan Brallsford point ed oiH. Our armed forces are still de- all t)ver the world, and our wouhded are still entitled to the same grateful service as ever. The cam paign slogan, "Your Red Cress Must Oarrw On," is particularly appropri ate. he added. Old Southern Freight Depot. Will House A Modem Plant Fletcher Stables Have Been Sold Td Mrs. Marion Scott Beliewed She Will Continue Their Uee For Trainnif Purpoees The. J. North Fletcher atables and school area, representing some nine acres and fine stable buildings near the Springdale race track, home of tbe famous Carolina cup classic, has been sold to Mrs. Marion duPont Scott. « The Fletcher stables and area have been the scene of many brilliant horse shows by the Virginians group iprtlie- past several years. \ . In the absence of any deflnlte^J^- 0 ner COUNOL SEm DATA <)N T" MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT Gvic Council In Annual Meet At Parish House All JFormer Officera Are Re- Elected For The Eiuik mg Yeer Nearing Goal Now that the war Is over and few soldiers or men of the eervice are oomiDK to Ckmden for their week- Camden win revert to the pre fer program of movie-lesa Sundays, state demartwent .‘Of education ad- dra«MI4 we tlnee^if aq €14 J. S,; At tbe annual ewsting of the Ker shaw County Civic council held last Thursday at the Grace church parish house Attorney Oliver M. Rice was re-elected * president;’ Rev. A. D. McAm ee first vice president; Dr. Maurice (Clarke second vice president; Mrs. William Salmond as secratary and J. O. Richards, Jr., as treasurer. Report of the scouting committee was given by George Mickle, by Mrs. Devine for the committee on Juvenile dellnqaeDcy, Mrs. Donald Morrison for the recreation committee, bt ’ J- O. Richards for ths educational com mittee and by Rev. A. D. McAm for ^e committee ..on children siwelal opadvantaf^ P. O. ShMcr, supervisor of the vo cational rehabilitation division of tbe Lee UtUa of the Camden f *nd also- Manager Gaorfc i^e of the Hatt^ theater announo- ^ this week‘that effective last Sun- 1 ^7. the Sunday sbowlng'of fUms has 1 discontinued.' When the Southern AvUutlon ssheoj in operation here* and tfrdif brongh^ hnndwds of servka “Why postiL W pamAeo, ^ of mo^ AnhdAy after- Kiu**^** evenings after 9 p.m. was Iz ordinance. It made tbaater waploy- theaters wers oDersUag uSr 5 Th® retnm to the echedule win enable » complete off every week now. l^pstal Receipts >now A DeomuM the first time In many years SU *t the Camdgn wsUj showed a fUllng oC| |194$ >tatisUcal report ss Jrapiisd H7*47l«r - iwesipzs WSiW deorease Is oomparstivs wHh ****•*“ offteaa ia the J? te have bean to the fsiuag off M Aipaew of die satta debartnient who Is in charge of the work being done for hi^ of hssrlng children. Satunbiy, Taiv 19 The attention of the public is call ed to the fact JhSt b^ The Com mercial Nstidnat and The First Na tional Bulks of ChsMIen will be cloa. ed on Ssutiday, Jsn. 19. This day Is the birthday of Led and is declared a legal holiday, l^erchants and other tnteraSted paities should asoartahi their needs m -lYIdsy, for waek-enf trade, so they wOl suffer no iaeoo- venlenoeis. to Andrew _ _ firman ot^f uy Sconts of Aiderlca, Wo trafiibg coarss for scout masters sad troop cogugltlae mw wJU be8;ln Monday ■finilg’; ‘Jaaaaiy 81. at the offlee.of Henry Savage. Jr., at 7;to o’clock. N. 8. rnaoU, Ystsnm •eontatantar wfll be course tetruetor. “We lack just about flO.OO of raack- ing our goal,” Mrs. Geoige Creed, Sea) Sale Chairman reports. She stated that a few “second foUow-np cards'* have been sent out In the hope of reaching the association’s 18500.00 within a few. days. Mrs. (breed states that eaa of the interesting features of this years re turns Is the increase In rural eontrl- butions. (}amden remains far In tha lead in total returns, because of her many small bond buyers. ‘H^amden’s bond sales bave gone over 8800.00. These are largely five and ten dollar bonds,’’ said Mrs. Creed. “Becsnse of the many Camden citlsens who make a practice of contributing in this amount, Camden leads with about 68 percent of total contributions In Kershaw county." ‘'But,” as Mrs. Shelby Trueedale, rural chairman, points out, “of tha total mail sale in the county, about 47 percent of funds come from out-of- town areas. And,” Mrs. Tmesdale added, “mral letters average about tbe same amount per letter, as tha town mail sale. In tnis years’ returns, letters bringing money averaged $1.44 for the town of (bimdei), and $1.41 for out-of-town letters. Also, the percent age of those retnraing seals without contributions is about the same: 7 percent in Camden and 10 percent In out-of-to(w areas.” Mrs. Creed states that the Tnbercu- loeis Association remains . oonfindent their goal will soon be reached. Antiquated Aldermanic System May Be Junked In Favor Of ModiMm Plan Kshop Keeler Here Tonight The Rt. Rev. Btepbea- Kaeler, bish op of the Wplaoopal dioceae of Minne sota wRl be the gpaet of the .congre gation and factor of Oraca Bp^Popal church tottlidit There will be a brief eanrlce la the church at 8 o’clock at-wfaleb time Blskop Keeler will give ga address outlining tha opportnnitiea that con front tha church throughout tha world and of the importance af th« physical properties of tile in order that work already gun will be continued and apw started. FOHowJnf’ tba church ception will be held in tha house, during which the members of tha Womaan* auxiliary will serve light refreehments. That Camden may change dU pres ent form of administration of a may or and six councilmen to a city-man- agar fonp-od government Is believed to be a possibility, following a re quest made to thb city attorney by ti:>-«aeseai eouaott ak a meeting lut Monday evening that he inveetlgate the matter and report to the council tho procedure that would be requir ed. ♦..-Cv If each a plan is in prospect it will be received with general approv al on the part of the citlsenry who regard the success that has featured the adoption of t^e city manager plan In other cities as a criterioil of its general excellence. ’Hie city manager plan Is likened to a successful business with a skill ed technician at its head. Camden^is a business with a physical valuation of several million dollars and an in come of close to $200,000, If figures provided the Chronicle are correct. A concern or industry of that magni tude should be administered by a man who is qualified and who under, stands municipal administration. As to whether a referendum would be required ia a matter that is now being inquirbd Into. It is said that in other places where th« old antiquated ward lystMn of election has been superceded by the city manager plan, the city charter has been amended by an act of the legislature upon the request of tha county delegation. Under the city manager plan pre vailing in other citiee a mayor and three aldermen are Mlected fiom the city at large. They In turn engage a city manager. At the present time the matter of city management has become a pcience and educational in- stituttoas are concentrating on turn ing out amn who are skilled In the technlqae.. The,ai)coass that bas featured the prograil In^ Somter; Rock Hill and other ^cltiea le such as to leave no doubt bf its advantage over the old (Fleaaa turn te pqge four) formation from Mrs. Scott as to plans tor the stablei. It is assured that they will become part of her training units in this area. She al ready has extensive stable holdings in the area northwest of the city and adjacent to her fine track, one ^ the beet flat track planta in the south. J. North Flotcher, a Virginian of charm and dtetlnctlen, was for many /ears an outstanding figure In (Cam den equeatrmln cirdes. He wqp a fine organiser of bores shows, hunter trials and similar equestrain activ- Hlas. The tritnsfer of tiie Fletcher stables property to Mrs. Scott was recorded with the register pf deeds Igst week. A transfer of more than ordinary interest was tbe sale of the .brick cottage of the Hobkirk surea by Mrs Elisabeth J. Savage to Mrs. Lucy B. PomAoy, announcement of which was made last week. ^ Other transfers registered at the court house w^re: Carroll W. Jones to Q. K. Ftice, one acra; J. P. Lawis and C. C. Whiter to Bamlo and Irene Shirley, five acres; F. K. Jones to C. M. Baker and R. J. Tmesdale, 150 acres; Josephene B.'Chireton to James M. Thornton, 11-8 acres; W. B. Fort and Willie 1^ Anthon, 18 8-4 acrec; Ella M. Hayes at al to J. R. Brown, house and lot; Ernest West to D. J. West, 84 $-4 acres; H. W. Smith to O. O. Sowell, 111 acres. Equipment Will Be Installed Aa Soon Aa Available On The Market The Supreme Products Company Inc., hlive taken a long term lease on the old Southern freight station and will, as soon as available, Install equipment for a modern meet process ing plant. Identified wi^ the Supreme Pro ducts Company Inc. are Hampton A. Rabon, who has been affiliated with tha treasury department In Washing ton for the past fifteen years and Jefferson W. Rabon, progressiva, bus iness man of Logoff. The company already bas a eapitalisation of $49,- 000 but this will be hiked to $76,000 very shortly. ^ According to J. W* Rabon, the com pany plans* to engage In a general meat processing business. The bnild- ing they have leased, a sturdy brick etructure which was built In 1848 and ranks as one of the tmly historic structures in Camdan, will be remod eled and modernised to meet the re- ulrements of the new plant It is 801 feet in length and has a width of 47 feet. Jefferso W. Rabon will be ajawiger of the plant. it J. P. Richai^ Is Guest Speaker At Legion Meet MayofiMkGorkle Tosses Hat Into Election Ring Ckiaf Executiva Announeea He WUI Seek A Fifth Term As Majror Hon. J. P. Richards, Congressman from the Fifth South Ciarollna district was guest speaker at the January meeting of the James Leroy Belk Poet No. 17. American Legion, held at the Legion hall last week Monday. *nie meeting was largely attended by Legion members. Legion Auxiliary members and invited guests. Congressman Rlshard^made an in- tereothm and instructive talk. The Legion Poet swarded the 1945 American Legion Distinguished Ser vice award to Post Ckimmander A. Sam Kareah, the award being based, on the 84 years of community service that has faaturad the career of the recipient Mr. Kar^ has been setivs in the work of - tne Crippled Childrmis so ciety of the county, the T. B. asso ciation, <3hina RelM, Clothing drive, Jewish relief, local U80 activities, ss s member of the county war price and rationing board and as chairman of the national war fund drives. During tbe war fund drives a total of $28,981 was subscribed. Previous distinguished service awards of the local Legion poet have gope to Dr. J. W. Corbett, Mrs. Mar garet C. Mayfield and John M. Yllll^ pigne. Chief Of Police Issued Warning; Alva Rush, chief of the Gamdaa ^lice department, has Issued a wam- m)g< td hnslnesa men and cltlaeas to beware being taken In by alleged servlaa men who are pretending to be wonnded veterans and who ara selliag magasinea in tho dtr- Tha cfalaf stated that oomplaint has wars nnaMe tovdo so. One of tha kUh. waw&r h 'Bnqpi .! eoUd shew •( any .1 Plan To CoUect (teNext Aftpmoon _Tlm^ktko for clothJng to smhI to me ’ aditaria# -upoidd .M occupied ns- tions in Europe'hirt elsewhere, being sponsored by the Uohs club of thhL ■8 city. Is proving to be s big succee: amlLst.t^ Mfly date the clothing al ready tumad in has bean in goodly Next Sunday, Jan. 80 and on the following Sunday, Ian. 87, members of the Lions club. In their oto suto- mobUen, will mslM s city wide can vas and pick up all the clothing that has beaii amde available and placed on the porchee of homes? The hoars of cirflsetion will be beCwem 8 and 5 o’elodc in the afternoon. A station for the d^^itlng of cl^es is being installeg at ths post enaper, ad that the public may old clothing St this AfteqlliS is ggaln caHod to tha ool , Metiuu m ho dtoide hy tha Ltons on carts or diachn^ csstlOeatat, thayjtlia afinmssn at tha nant two Sun days. Tha liens e!nh» fho tadhnt ssrvtia cluh af ^•ndirn. is ilsrlnssn and >vt?y JM of imjaets rt irtMM Mayor Francis Nolan McCorkls this week made formal announcement of his candidacy (or re-election as mayor of Camden. The mayor is Just com pleting his fourth term in office as chief executive of the city. In a prepared statement announc ing biz candidacy the mayor said: “During the years I have served as Mayor of Camden, we have pass ed through s world-wide war period. It is my intention, if I am ra-Hected, to carry out many plans for the bet terment of C^smden and our commun ity. “There will, no doubt, be much government spending, matched by eub-dlvisions of the government It Is my-lntention tO see that every dol lar expended in Camden* will go to ward Improvements of a permanent nature. “Already application has been made for government assistance In the pat ting in of a modam sewage system in the area east of Mill street, which is below the fall of tha praoaot rity sewage system. “With the aid of the city council and tbe Chamber of (Tommerco, I hopo to invite small indnstrlas to locate here, offering what indneements are possible. “We will soon have another major industry, a hoaiary mill, in operatl(i» in Camden as s result of tho fhae cooperation - that * has been aosordad by all parties ‘ooacerned. There la ■till another big Indhstrial projact in tbe maklpg which concerns tho looat. ing here 6f k large meat procasrtng plant, this to‘be kutaUed Ig the old (Ploaia tom to page tan) NewBjFrom The Countu Age^Ve Office Oatlook Ml tin^i Hiere will he bo a meatlBg at tho Camden Grammar stimol aadBorium on Wednesday, January ftrd, at 16:10 to discuss the outlook inforauitioa fertilizers, and .AAA program for 1946. It will bo to Um a^raataga of all farm people to attend trte meet ing and got infnrsrtiluu rt rafpgiiica to irhat farm people may grteet for various farm conwiertBsi tMi year. Unm Finopluklii Mr. J. D. Crawford le now In tion to take orders for s«per-| phste and Hma eultmral do: .meats wfll gram for ap^ytug IrtM which New Market Is Making Its Bow To Camden Folks Located At Froxen Foods Plant Now Undar Manafemont Of John DoMars 'liie plant of Frozen Foods Inc. is now under the management of John W. DeMars. * Simultaneously with the above an nounced change 1 n management comet the added annonneement that the plant is opening s high class re tail meat market under the supervis ion of Tally Rabon. Tha new gipket will carry a com plete line rt quality meats, fresh poultry, and frosen sea foods will bs available at all times. . The market will be open from 8 a.in. to 8 p.m. daily, The patronage rt exacting householders and all rt Mr. Babon’s previous customers is cordially invited, The Frosen Food Plant, wherein the new market is located, on Rutledge street seroas from the tire deport- meat headquarters. ■A|nsi Ckairnien Are Named For Hie Polio Gunpaign siHtr rt tha i' 4 - ft Chajmmn A. W. Hitmphriea rt the Intaatile Panlysls fund campaign has announced. that the Msreh rt Dtmee hall, to be given at the Sarsfield club on Tuesday, Jan. 29, wOl be in charge rt Mrs. Leon Seblosbarg and Mks. Dess Goodale, committee leaders. Tbe womens activities oommitfse is headed by Mre. Hmrhay Tindal, the •ritools committee by Mrs. Hubert Wttson, the Kershaw emnmlttee by Meg W. P. Croxton and theiBethnne eOiUntttaa Mrs. D. M. Mays. A flaandal shport rt the 1945 fund shows that tbe baisaee on hand and crtleetions for the year gmounted to $1050.14^—Expendltaraa tor the year verp qg'Mows: 66 per cent rt nol- rtatmmi ie blational fund amounted to iMppIlM fw the hesplialiaatikm tor I Iuui4 to