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Chronicle volume tf CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FEBRUARY 8, 1S46 Red Cross Leaders Are ✓ Honored At Annudi Eotir« Ejwcutnre Groups Re- Elected For The Ensu- Tbat tbe ipIeDdid performance of gdmttiiatratioii that has featured the local Chapter of the American Red Cross durta* the last fire jeari Is appreciated by the hundreds'of mem bers was indicated last week. Jan. 28, when the entire eotecatlTe group wM returned to Office for the ensu ing year by a unanimous Tote of the I many assembled at the annual meet ing at the Presbyterian church Sun- I day school room. Major Moultrie Brallstleld. ehalr- ,man for the flTe year period, which Included the “war years’* was re elected as chairman. Mrs. BL C. Von Tresckow,. rice chairman. Mrs. J, R. B^k. treasurer and Mm. George Stuart, secretary. Efforts on the part of this capable group to permit others to take orer for the next year were met with a veriuble “draft” demand and their [re-election was a most popular ges ture on the part of the Chapter mem- 1 hershlp. The annual meeting was a moat I colorful and Interesttag affair. Music by Mayor and Mrs. F. N. McOorkle^ Mrs. A. D. McAm. Mm. Chariee Sal- mond and her junior music class, a •olo by Bdward Thompson and the reporU of the Ysrious departments of the chapter, all prorfded an eyenlng of interest and enjoyaoent Three hun dred and serenty-ftre oertifkates of merit from thd Washington headquar ters of the Red Cross were issued to membms who had giran two hundred hours or more to Red Cross work dur ing the last world war. Many of the J members had oontributed thouaanda |of hours to this most patrlotle work. Highlighting the erening program I was an addreas on "Tho Meaning of the Red Cross” by Miss Jennie Mc- Master. T. B. Dtr^Mider of Meralmw (county. A Tote of thanks was girsn to Raw. Ia. D. McAm and the members xtt (the Presbyterian chnrch fbr the use lof tbe Sunday sdiotH room tor tike Imeetlng. Heyman Honored For Sjdendid Work In Bond Drives Is Awarded Beautifully Ea- grawed Medal In Re^- nitkm Of Effort Hilton To Face Trid For Killing Johnny Eastman IJnry Retnma Verdict Holding Shooting Was Clear Cas^ Of Murder A coroner’s jury has returned a Iverdict holding that Johnny Baetman, 118 year old colored youth, came to Ihia death as a result of a Imllet rired ■from a gun in the hands of James I Hilton, companion, also colored. Hilton will be tried on a murder Icharge at the Psbruary term of crim- linal court which gets under way Feh- Iroary 18 at the Kershaw county court Ihonse. Eastman was killed when Hilton jshot him in front of the Hiltmi reel- Idence on Chesnut street Hilton maln- jtained that the shooting was acci- Idental. that he had extended the re- iTolTer to Eastman who grabbed it by I the muzzle and Jerked it Hilton said Ihia finger caught In the trigger cans- fln* the gun to fire. ’ Police reported that the coarse ■taken by the'ballet through Gie body lof Eastman did not bear out the state- Iment. The coroner’s Jury took the jeame Tiewpolnt* and that the lehootlng was a clear oms of murder. Testimony brought out that the two I men had been drinking heavily- all ierening prior to the fatal shooting. After HUton klUed Bastman he drag- |ged the body several hundred feet land into a yard back of a chnrch. Rejects Legislative Curb On Simtee Cooper Marion' Heyman, whose work as chairman of the seven war loan drives and the one Victory loan drive in Kershaw county carried the county to “above quota” records in esmh, has been awarded the Patriotic Service Medal. The medal Is a beautifully engraved affair,about the siae of a A^ctory dollar which were in evidence after the ftrat world war. Mr. Heyman attended the testimon ial meeting that was bald in Cohun- bia last week Wednesday at the CJolumbia hotel and at which Ted R. Gamble of Washington, who was the originator of the war loan program was the speaker. The event was in honor of Christie Benet, South Caro lina state drive chairman. Mr. Gamble told hla listeners tliat In the eight drives that were held during the war he soM S7f billkm tloUare in bonds. It ia fitting ,Miat mention be made at this time that during the eight war loan drives to Kershaw county Mr. Heyman was*responsible for the sale of four mllllbn doUara in bonds. Forestry Quiz Contest Is Over In llie Schools FiiiaU To Bo Hold Fobnury *1 At TIm Court H The annual forestry quiz contest conducted by the Kershaw Oranty Forest Service and under the direc tion of L. B. Smith, county ranter, has been completed In 7 white schoola and 87 colored schools. The final contest to determine the winnen over the successful pupils in the ro> spectlve Mchool eventii Vill , be held Mb, 16' at 10 A. M. at tl^ eohrt house and on Feb. 11 at 7 P. M. at Jackson High school. The finals at the court bouse will be for the winners In the 7 white schools, and In the afternoon the win ners of the 37 colored schools win stage their final qttls at Jackson school. The attendance at the white school events was 1180 and at the 37 colored contests 2244 making a total of 8434. The winners In the white schools were as follows: Blaney school, David Zorn and Ruby Mae Dowery; Pine Grove school, Floyd Hinsoa and RtHand Rabon; Baron DeKalb school, J. W. Baker and Brown Stover; Gates Ford school. Bill 'Whitaker, Thomas West and Wilma Dess; Antioch acbool, Robert Watkins; Midway school, Bennie 8. Marshall; Bethune school, Pauline SmalL The following were the winners In the colored schools: Pleasant Grove acbool. Suelee Thompaon; DeKalb school. Lonres Drakeford; Westvllle school, Beat- (Plsasa tom to page tsM) Bishop Phillips Will (dve Sermon At Grace Churdi Mmm Loam Fight By Om Vote Mtffte Legislative control o( tho Shateo- l^per projMt, prqpoiMd In o hOl by Repreaenutive R.^ Kennedy Of this city, was rejected last Wednes- 1°^ by the House of Riepreeentatlveo ^Mplte Kennedy's aUegatlons that project waa.*loslng money” end “*“®Wlclent^ administered.** The bill failed to pees, however, the narrow margin of one vote. The connt waa 41-48. Kennedy, who waa assistant lo the ten^ manager of the State PubUc srylce authority, opdinator of the •^iMt. when R. M. Oooper held the Mtloii, bitterly ettadied the preeeot serai manager sad KOmm counsel, enator R. m. Jetterfee of OoUetoa, nom he blamed for the conditions he claimed existed. "This bUl hae amt Mm moat vln- lictlve aa(~ sltloB,” Ki itre as a dtogi .^•“^•<3oopar. tteTiiRMTT^ effort 40 eenoat Mt He'*^ Rt. Rev. Henry D. PhlUlpe, DJ). Bishop o^ Sottthwsot Virginia, who is spcndhig the winter in Camden, will be the speaker at the Sunday mom- ig aervice at Grace Elplscopal chnrch. Bishop Phillips will speak at the 11:16 a. m. sarviee. Btshop PkUllpa will be remember ed as having been rector of Trinity churdi In Oolnmbla for come yeara. He was jnrobably oae of tho asoct be loved mulstera in Oolambla and this araa. The BlMiop is an eleqnaat speaker sad worshippers at Qraoa ehnrdi win Ond hia sermon moat Interesting. Barbers Raise Hair Cots And Shaves Up 10 Cents AU Shop# Im ComAm Mak* N«w Raton Effactiva Fab. 8 Camden barbers upped the price of haircuts and shaves last Tuesday. Whereat haircuts uaad to ooet 40 cents per« they are now perfwmM for 10 cents. Shaves went from 86 lo The Camden Umaorial range la atm .ibalow the flgvrae .ortifUiBg In a ) areas. In tha eltSee U hOircnts have oost from 76 oe^ to II tar >ear. Shavea have 'tanged from 60 to <0 eeata. IS OolgVMa the prtee of haircnU [legftr ralMd to 00 cents, art eerwpondMMly' hliter NUMBER 47 Give.*^SMH9-0/f>Baekt^ To Help^Scouto Oporotat Goi So^utit^ Started Again County Library Gives ThrenfhUieir**8hirts- Og-Oar-Backs” eam- r paiga In February, the Bey Scottts.^af America are flTlag usable nai- - forms and eqnipm.Hit to . ~ help boys abroad re- ^sume SeouUng. Scouts fin the PhUlppliiee are desiitate and In Europe thi^ eonditlon Icn't " better. Service In Wide Area Polo Wm Step Into Limelight On February 17 Sporta Which Attracted Thou- annda Before War, To Be Reaumed ‘-Scouts of the iflg Together” Theioe of Celehratiofl iftSStb ‘ Nearly two million Boy Scouts, Cab Scouts, Senior Seouta, and thelF adnlt leaders throughout the United Statee will commemorate Boy Scout Week, which begins Friday. Feb. 8, and con- ttames throuih Thursday, Feb. 14. The theme of the obaerrance, which marks the 38th annlvereary of the tainding of the moreiheat ia Ameri ca, is “Scouts of the World—^BuQding Together.” The Boy Scoute of America have created a “World Friendship Fund” and nearly two million members have been invited and urged to contribute Tohmtartty to it Through the fund. Scout AaeocleUons In lands ravaged during World War H are being helped to rebuild their organisations. At the outbreak of the war in 1838 there were more than three miilkm Scouts and leaden In 70 different lands. Com Contest' nans Annonnced ^ County Agent Algo **PmaraHBia Afrkulliiral Progritm** Is (telliiMd Aid to PoetWar Werid Many Boy Scout Troops, Cub Packs, and Senior Scout Units wUl maik Boy Scout Week by contributing to tho fund throat local Boy Scout Connells. The NatloniU E^ecntlTe Board of the Movement authorised the World Wkoidshlp believtng It can make a definite contribution to the postwar world, alnoe boys dsdi- cated to the Scout Ideals of tolsrancA friendliness, and democracy, may Oe tbe leaders of the world of tomorrow. Help Through Literature Thirty-seven shlpmei^s, m<Mtly Scout literature, have been tent to 80 coontriea. The fund la making possible an Intemstlonal edlticm of XiOrd Baden Powell’s original “Aids to Scoutmastership,” an edition of value in every country. Much pictor ial literatiu'e of the Boy Scouts of America la being made available, since little translation la needed. Since the printing of Scout manoala and other literature in foreign lang- nages brings many problems, the Fund will arrange for photo-offset (Please turn to page four) Walter Johnson Post Meets Mon., Feb. 11 The Walter Johnson Post Nnmber 18 wUl meet In the Masonic hall Bunk building, Kershaw, Monday nighL Fob. 11, 7:80 P. M. All legionnaires and ex-aervlce men are cordially In vited to attend. We are expecting M. M. Reasonover Ksrahaw Ocranty Servloe, Officer, to be the speaker. Sunday Afternoon Concerts Continne The Sunday afternoon organ and voice conceits given by Don Roberts and Kay Bdwards at the Sarafleld club are proving popular with the public as evidenced by the many who torn out each Sunday. Inttereatlng programs are given by the two muskitas with the range go ing from religUma and classical through to popular numbers. 1848 Com Contest The Servke Clubc, Rotary, Klwauia and Lkma, of Carndm will sponsor the Kershaw county Com Gonteat again In 1848. Mr. Otto Rogers won ths first prise of |60.00 in the contest lael year. We would like to have a larger number eater the contest this year. Anyone can enter by calling at the County Agent’s office or by writ: ing a cord or latter stating that they wkh to^enter the coateet W. C.iMcCarley, J. L. Oochron and Mias Margaret B. Fewell of the CMpeon College extension service gnuaunoed today the Clemoon exten- toBk*bervice **Peaeetima Agriealtural Profiam for Kershaw county, 1848”, to follow the 1845 “10-Polnt Food and Feed Program.” Oarefnl study has been given to the matters involved In the transition from wartime conditions and needs for heavy production to peacetime conditions and needs for progress In various phases of farming and rural life, the agents saM. The 1848 peace time program works towards meotiag these needs. Outstanding points in the 1848 pro gram Include: Soil improvement; planning for best use of land, labor, and equipment; Improved home food production for better nutrition; high er per acre yields and lower coet; further developmeot of the livestock Industry including hogs, beef cattle, dairying, poultry, and turkeys; wider productiou and use of purebred seeds; greater skill In growh^ and market ing high-quality farm products; more Intelligent fighting of crop and live stock pests. Fun consideration «nd attention will be give also to: Further develop ment of 4-H club work A> train fu ture farm people; assistance to war veterans returning to farms; Improv ed farm homes and other bnlMlnge for greater effklency and health; more attention to rnral health and reermtional facUiUea. The Extension Servke will devote Its beet efforts to advancing this pro gram daring 1848 and ths future. **Feaee Time Program** 1. Improve soils through proper fertilisation, liming and sdeqnate conservation practices. Pton the farm to make the best ase of land, labor, and eqnlpmenL and ad- (Plsaae tarn to page two) The polo program, which for many years prior to the start pf the second world war brought thousands of sport fans of l4orth and South Car olina to Kirkwod field Sunday after noons. win be resumed here on Sun day, February 17, when the Camden Yellowjackets play the crack Augusta polo club from Augusta, Ga.. at 8 o’clock in the afternoon on the turf of tbe Kirkwood arena. This announcement will bring Joy and cheers from thousands of polo Mithuslasts who In the years before the war made a weekly itUgrimage to Camden to witness the exciting sport The start of the war sent a majority of the players of the Camden polo club Into the front line and aa a re sult the sport went into hibernation for the duration. The game on Sunday, Feb. 17, will be the first of a series with the Angnsta team, the second to be play ed at Augusta the following Sunday, Fsb. 24. Beginning Sunday, March 8. there will be games at the Kirkwood arena every Sunday, daring March. April and well Into May. It is also planned to have games every Wed nesday afternoon. Sunday garnet will start at 8 tfclock and we^esday games at 4 p. m. The enAK^ to the polo arena wiU. as In the daye before the war, he In charge of the American Legion with a small admis sion fee being asked. Tentative plana of the polo club call for the playing of the Devine enp and the Rnosell Memorial enp tournaments* the latter pert of March and in April. ne Camden lineup for the Febru ary 17 game srith the Augusta club will find Thomas Daniels, John Dan iels, David wnUarns, John HUl and Carl Lightfoot wearing the bine and white of the home team. These same players wearing the orange and black of Mnlberry plantation, won the 1841 club champkoahip on Kirkwood flald, defeating Tswn and Country, the (Please Turn To Paga Tan) Now Has 10,240 Books Avail able To The Reading Public What do you, Mr. and Mrs. Citizen, know about the Kershaw County library. There are thousands of adulta and Juveniles- in Camden and throughout the county who can t^l you a lot about the library, especially how well they like it. It was our god fortune to visit this busy place recently and we were really surprised to know that there are "some 10,840 bimks owned by the institution. ^ And following along tbe statistical avenue farther we learned that there are 1004 reghtwred borrowers In the city, 1089 in the schools and 1170 In the county outside of the schools. This makes a grand total of 4,888 registered borrowers. Getting Into the book circulation we learned that there are 18,814 books circulated In the city, 44,877 In the county, 4,860 in the schoola, for a total of 88,741. This waa for 1846. The library operates on an annoal appropriation of |4,000 and last year the total operating coat, including everything, was 88,888.04. The county library was set np la 1888 when the Works Progrees Ad ministration approved a project spon sored by the county board directors and recommended by the county del egation to create a county library. Mrs. J. Boyce Baker wes appointed supervisor at the time and ten* sta tions were opened and a worker plac ed. In each stotka and in tha aeveral schools over the county. The sum of 8860 was appropriated by the delega tion to be spent for hooka that year. Every two weeks the sneervlsor vklt- (Pleaae turn to page four) Mouths Water As Wreck Spills Out 3,060 Real Chicks Dphrgr Saya Scar* Gava Moat Of Umbi **Ha8urt TVoabla** Opposition Looms In Three Wards For March Primary Maytir F. N. MeCorikI* Atona In Field For Ite- Elactkm Aa Mayor WITHDRAWAL I am withdrawing from the race for AMenaan ia Ward One since my brother-in-law, Mr. Albert Hineon. has auBounced hia candidacy for same; therefore I win not be a can- didato for Aldarman for Ward One. Respectfully, . D. L. MELTON. Sumter-Camderi Grid Clash Is Scheduled For Sept. 27 Gamaeocka Annoiiaoa An 11- «> Gauza Program; New Taams Art Added The Chundea-SamtM’ high acbool foethell game this year will be played here ea Bepteaiber 87. aeeordtel to aa annemMeasent of the 1846 grli aehednla of the Many faaa had hoped that la atrik- tog the a^edttle 4hia mbs Butt tha iteethig between the ttolMoga and hd/set dor jmar to here and to evept OB ThaakaglvlBt day. Uader the preaent arrangement the Builiof-Oaaseeoek tattle wW be the eeooBd of the season tot Sumter. It will protably. be the same for .the Bulldocat although tha Caasdea adied- ule has not been aunonneed as yet Tka Sumtor achedule will consist of 11 games, seven to be played on the heme field!: Four new teams have heaa added to the list of opposing teuato. toey hatog Qattaey, Darling- ton. teartaah^ aad Anderaea. Other are Oieeaueod. CharleaUm. (kaagtoarg aad Flormce. BM OkiOt, raaiatly back from over- uriBl tolto 19 tha eeashtag at Bamtor aad wfil hava prehaMy loe Bc^, ter. meridtotote ^utftiiteek at Camden votara will Jonmey to tho polls Tuesday, March 6, to make their choice for a mayor and six council members. Up to Tuesday, Feb. 6, the only candidate so tar announced for mayor la F. N. McCorkle, who if sleeted, will begin Jils fifth term as city ex- excutlve. However In the tattle of the wards, there is hot opposition In several ct them. In the fkst ward four candi dates have already anaonneed. They are W. J. Haynes, Albert Hinson, taxi line operator, Archie Stein, paint ing contractor and C. C. Padgett At the present time Ward 1 is without any councilman as C. Y. Maasabean, who has represented the ward for a long term of years, has moved to Ward 4. where he le offering aa alder man. In Ward 8, where Roy R. Mathis has served for the pest two years there are two candidates. Mr. Mathis la offering for reflection and he is so far opposed by C. Li Shealy.^meet dealer and bostneea man. Leslie Myers, auto dealer and gar age owner, who has served es alte^ man of tho third ward for tho past two years, does not hsvo any opposi tion to dato. (Plsaso tara to page tea) C!oart Teim To Be Held Feb. 24 Urt or Jvran Wi^ WOl port For Duty Tliat Momiiif ' The Court of Commoa Pipy for Kershaw coirnty will he held et the Court Honae on the fourth Worn of the month. February 86. with Bto Honprable J. Woodrow Lewla. of RanaTtUe, presiding. - ; Hie Jurors who are to report on the opening day aro: Tlioinaa O. Boy. kin, W. J. Hnntor, C. B, Weet. D. a Dixon, C. B. Dahamr, A. B. Boykto, Biddle D. Bradley. H. M. Dohtnsoa, T. D. Montgomary, A. H BWa, J. E. Jeffords. B. 8. Rodgers, W. D. Ktrk- laad. W. J. PhersoB, Q. A. Wete fra a Catos, T, J. CenaeD, J. A. Bell, C- B. Pate, Thomas Qaady, M. a Bahen. a B. ’itaesdalA <X M 9mm, S. S- Khrfclaad. a B. TDlsi% toad L. Tha- mao, Hoyt Stovar, toed L Qardasr. to M. Roberta, H. D Boalwaia, Waltsr Branhsm aad A. a Catos. The eyes of spectators at a trash wreck on U. 8. Highway 181 near the Rembert Pond fairly popped out end their months twitched es they gased, not at the wrecked tnick that lay on its side at the foot of the tmi^oot embankment, but at the ehkkena that everywhere covered the landscepe. For a fact, there wma . plenty of fryers, some 8000 of them, some In crates, some lying dead, others just merely hopping around. Tbey were to crates that weri' being carried on the truck from a North Carolina poul try farm* to Charleston. Several automobiles were driven as close as the drivers could get to the •ree where the chkkens were and Uien were left with doors wide open In the hope that some of the chickens would enter and roost therein. Tbe driver of the truck and - his companion both negroes, said »bat something went srrong with the drag link of the truck, causing the wreek. Had the affair happened twenty yards back the track’would have gone Into Rembert pond. The driver of thi truck, when ask ed If the loose ehkkena-would run away replied: **Lawsy no. atiw. Dem dat alnt dead ninata nave heart trouble aad can't move.” Rcdfeam Again Nam^HeadOf Credit Association Tbe twelfth annnal meeting of the Kershaw Prodnotioa Credit aaeoota tion was held In Kershaw on January If IWI, at whkh ttoto O. a Coimeh I Sprtofs. 8. 0. and 8. P Robertson d Ronte 8, Heath Springs, 8. C., were named as directors. Other dlreetors ot this — W. T. Redfearn of Camden. 8. CL "Ortag Davis of Bethone, 8. CL, and L. O. Fundertailc of Gamdeo. 8. c. We theme of the program was mem- ber-ownership of the assoelaUon. Mr. Redfearn. prealdeBL preahlad over the meeting. Be said ^ eiat^ had sxperieaeed another tao- ceosfnl year and that It eonttanea to improve Its aervioes to the fanners each yaar. John C. Stover, aeeretary-treasurer, made the seeretary-treaaarer*s reporL to this report he stated the aosoota during the past Mar and of |87,881.0a W b^t ap a reoerve weo Ita organisation to protect the tovestaaent of Ita members, like total •arntegs and member eai^l ot the •mlatioa amonnta to 146.887.00. Tta Kershaw Prodaction CrwUt os- •octotton, which is a cooperative credit orgaalsation k making short tora igrkakaiul toaas on on typto of farming, serves Ksrstaw end Laa-. caator Oouatlaa. The main eCtke to to nitolta. and the field efOeo to to tte dtanetara ■fter the etoekholicrs* ^ elected the foOoi^ oOtoeas fbr tha **^**«* ireellMai lo. C. Oonoh, vie# preaMsot; Jbte C, ■Stover. aeerteuT'tirenaurer.