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^ .'J ■ -v- / '• —V •*. • ^ r- " r-'^ *^ ’*■ s'* •- • •*. # , 3 ■ > \i IE 88 XAMDEN, SOtmi CAR0U^4 >AY, FRIDAY* MAY A 1M6 Nmyber 7 11 i-i^ lerican Legion Baseball, Inc. ^ill Promote Sport In Camden stock Onb Of State League Is A Poverhouse, cor* Ufb*». Bl«li«f» ' And Promote Game _ JUegioD Baaeball, Inc^ a ’’orptnixation ipouored bjr the oT Belk Poet 17. American Lesion, been orgtehed to foater the jl prosram In Camden aa part ItbT -uUnericair Youth” moTem^" I in progreea ah war the “Oof V Amerlcaa Legion BaaebaU, Inc^ rtalch Poet Commaxfder A. Bam ,h a chairman, will netoUate a l«rm agreement far,^ uaa oC ramden baartnill' VWS ^ m. aa •tap toward putMag the grant putime on an organbed here.' tUf time the orgawieetien haa Immediate obJectiTee. first, to 3 a lifting aratem at the base- park; so that night gamee may second, to taha card of the pi^lem and third, to prorlde tronnd the park. Bder the plan formulated the iQ #ill ba placed at the b1 of the high school. Legion city teams, or ottier teams de. to me it, on the basis of a Itly fee. Fifty per cent ef this win go toward paying<for the while the balance win m htfd •tnkUig fund for Oguldatioa of L locceM of this worthy program Legion groan to psedicated the support thht to giwen by all public of .the commanlty. In American Leglsn Dasehall. wfl be'1100 and a camraea of !bu win be made in the enort to them purchased. Already quite a er hare expressed their deeire to ^ one or more shares. ; thu time the renUtre appears to mtlsg with sucoqgs. It to the 4e- [m the part of the sponaoih that Iftock be diapoeed of at once hi that contracts for Uiditlng in. atlon, etc., can be signed and ipsUIled for play this saauDsr. tmas Ancmm President Deim No. S UTlw Konlunr Co—ty Court Homao. [a meeting hadd on Saturday. 117 at the court hoaae, the Dsmo. dab of Cdmden, Precinct No. 1, l^reprgtnlxM and the foUowing prt.tnd delegates to the county atk convention was sleeted: Bident. Thomee Ancmm. )-Pre8id«nt, Mrs Louise Proctor. Btarj and treacurer, Ctojfksoa Local Tteoa la Mad* Up At- moat Entirely Of Sarwita Ma« Komegay-^ntt Launch A Model Memorial Plant- Plan Ewentually To Hatsa _ P«*t Carwer And Eagrawar On Tha Job What 16oms ea one of the oatetaad* ing marble and granite manufSeturtaig plants In the state has beea fa> augurated In ^Gamden by C. flrilagag kornegajrand Prod Pratt < The cbmpanr. tost Msmi company, tost formed, .known as Camden Memorial 'with headquarters la the rt ls Given Itigenship Award iifb Honor la Actordad 'To Miad Eloanor, Rpaaboroni^ Of Ufiiff near the entrance to Quaker tcry. At the present time the cempany has oa hand a big stock la granite and aiarhle monuments, being the most etoenaive ewer carried inf Cam- hrl - - den klstory. Brmfhnally the uy vt peny wBl c<matract a plant where There are sow eight dtiee to hie South Carolina State leegue. At a meeting this week the roater of the league waa tnereaaed to eight cluha, KiaiMrec and BoaaetWHlla heiag the last two admitted to msmberuhip. The original she teamg. In tha league, uteres Camden. Sumter, Dar. lington, Florence. Blshop^e and HsrtsTllle. Play in the league will get under way on June S and the sea son will ran through August. Camden's team will have grey uni- f(Mma, which hare been ordered and are to be denwered In a week or two. Maaager Arthur Robtiiseu of the Camden team haa announced the per- sonnel of his squad. Art has six hurlers on his mound staff, flvs of them bstog sx-aerrlee men aad all serving overseas. U T. Ts^, David Chandler, Clarence ("MonhkT") Mr gins, HolUe Lyntdk. AUea Qaulder and Art Rohlnsou, conidtate the sharp- shooters. Back ot the hat Robinson has B- ton Reeves and Do Hides, both ‘of whom ars excdlemt catchsrs.-At first he to also two daep with Leroy CsiUd- er and Ceefl Taylor. Billy Mims, a sweet IhfMdsr will work at aaeond and Bennie Robtiison and IPat Dennis a^ after the shortatop b«rth. At toilrd Lester Boblnsoa, tenner Cam den high sdiool and Junior Legion ace, and now doing a Ted WRliame at Newbmry college wni fight H out with Jaaea 'Hueatt, saother tweet, , In the outfield Walton Mime, dab J%ured^ on engraving of granite and marble, sand blasting, etc., win be carried on in a large scale. Temporarily the company has si^ rangi^ to hav# an expert carver come to. Camden once a month at whtoh time he will do lettering, etc., such sa dates, namea on monaments or markers. Those who ere Intereeted to bavlag work of this klad done, may eontset the Camden Memorial eoau pany at the eompany office at the cemetery gate. Miss Eleanor Roseborongh, dangh. Mr of Mr. aad Mrs. T. F. Roseboroqgh, M Lufoft, an honor student at the Camden hl|di ediool, has been award- M the American Rcvolntlon clttoen- Alp. Mlee Roeeboroufh to active in all jBhool affairs. She' to a member of ^e Beta Club, whleh shews that her Mage has been 9Q or above in her ool #ork. She was a member of Glee club in Iffd and 1144. . In 41- and 1944 she won the .scholar- medal' In 1146 she was a n\em. her of the J. H. A. Mtoa RoeeborOUfh has a qdiet and most attractive personality. Sefsbtion for the Cltlsenshlp award was based on qualities of dependabll- ity,‘ asrvice. leederehip and patriot ism. Three- candidatee from a list Offered through a vote of the student body .were passed'upon by uie schod thculty, the one receiving the approv al of the faculty vote being given the Mrsrd. * - •BANKS TO BCCLOtBD The First National and Commercial Motional hanks of this city will be closed aU day Friday. May If, Con federate Memorial Day. Episcopal Rector b Fran^ ' In IXiciufinf City V Needs Kiwaaia CUb littaBa Je li^ tamattef TnOc By Dr. 4 Mnnriee CImtIm the JctomBaa’ oathe theam Mac McCarty Victor .fii Kicker Clas^ Jamea Bnndrlck, BUI > hnr SowdlAad a chap named Branson gives tne team some sure fleldere and good stickers. Brunson wUl be renieih-,. . _ _ ^ . hersd BS the tanner Sumter High and ^ ** “"I®* ^Needs of Camden”, Dr. Manrfaa Clarke, D. D., rector of Grace Bpito- copal church and one of the eivto leaders of Camden, suggested a aumr Junior Legion ace. itive committeeman. N tea; M? M. Johnson. Thomas Dm. R. H. Kennedy, Jr., R. M. iy.Jrd. U. N. Myers, G. T. N. R. Goodslsi. Jr.. B. li. Gas- O. Stogner, B. L. Mosetoyi W. iieern, Arthur Stoksa, ■. 0. John T. Nsttlea, N. .C- Ar- 'R. N. Shannon, #oto M. Vllla- John Mullen, Srn C.. P. Du- Jr., M. M. Reesonover, J.. B. Md.A C. McKaln. ernates: “R. B. Clarkaon, B. 0. , T. l: Little, M. B. Burns, 'M. J. u Guy, B. W. MarshaU, ^McKato, Col John Wall, Donald J. Shannon, 4th, Jadi Jr.. C. V. Massabeaa. W. Jale, Julian Bnrna, H. G. CarrU B. w. Rhame aad W. W. Jr. ronnty convsntion wfll he held leu at the county oonrt house F»y 4, 1944. vkinan Heads Bn. Onb IwtoapmBi Unit raaiMtl At Mutfaj .l^arlotte-lhoamaan DamftoraHn rj^r*^d at a meettag Batar^ \*^tory and tiiaaaiy. MaU Wed; execntlvu eoaBBMaaai 'B- Murchtoon. elected to Me oonnty con* ■- M. Workman, 0. Mattie R. West and Allea B. Bulldogs Pli^ Find ' " Home Gmne Toes. Hifha Wm Bnttin Bsaa On Cnmdmn. Field At 4 K M. higii make Camden’s 1141 edition of Bchool hasehall paetlmetu will their hoam debut for the present sea- eon at thi dMlOhaU park nwit Tnesday afternoon at 4 o’clock when they bat tle the Cheater Highs. la a recent game at Chester Cam den itae deferred when a ball batted by a CheetOT ptoyer became lost In the weeds that flllsd the outfield of the Cheater park aad the numer got a homer as i result The baseball feat of Camden and would make Camdea an even mora al- tractive and decirable pUoa to'llve in than what It to now. Dr. Ctoika atrassed la hto limiaary remarin taat whatever ha a4At to the way ef wee only fsr the purpose e( ytirriag up civic pride to the cad that tain changes can bo bronght i that will make for a better city. He declared that hto ressarks were not to be construed as heiag personal. The scholarly clergymaa took up the matter of the city government stating the need for a UMro Iraotoam like and efficient .Udmintotration. He declared that no ‘mlUloa dollar eor- poration can be ran saoeessfully by a group of inen who have only tbe odds and ends of their ttom to i^e to iu affaire. He said that both tha mayor, and the city oouaeUnMu had full time Jobs from wldoh thfty had to mske a living -tor theamelvea and their families aad the interests of tbs city necesssrUy aad inevitably came eeeond in their totarests aad aottvittes. The eolntidn to tSto-girobleiB. saM Dr. Clarks, sewa# to Uo bi tbs sis- commnnlty are urged to turn-out for ^ _ Me ^e^ game here. Co^Jterra of a fuU city Other things needed, aepordlag to the speaker were a p^ ^ tratoed has frankly told Me spmrt tons of Camden that hto team Mto year to a side and span outfit Just oft Me assembly line and many of Me youngsters ere playing bsseball for thb first time in their lives. Pierce doesn’t expect MeD® h> do snyMing Mto year. He to bnlldtof for next year aad Me yeenUfter Mat aad Mto fact should be born to mind hy the fans when Msy view aoxt Tisadsy*s gsme. If Me teas do not get dtoooursgod end bqgto to pan Mo kkto. yen may bo MTO 4I» yowBBters will not get dtoOMMted. Yto rtoo Me toi» vronld be totol to Me future of M# sport in Obwdsai ^ Bo Istto an torn mt Mst Tuasday and suptert Me teto. “ jitter ^ bedly Mings tern out ibow Mem Mat you are beok oC Mem IM per cent ftig. Gen. Awarded Ltofum ^ Merit Award War I Officers \Bold Ueeiti^ keecr^ ^ invited to- the ’.^orncm ' 'J'cloek > JL oervlce It to “t PoUey for ^ of sad to M ». 0. i. The iniartm-rTt Mat two BouM Caroltoiaii»->Brig- Cton. of Caasdon aad om Louis Bsrtoflpto of M0Utre*nio--hara boea iwarM ; Me' Legion of Merit was saado Mis wash by Mo war dspartasnt, Aa chief of staff, 8e4BBd\8erTlra imwwpand. from Octpter*'to nspSimbs^. tm, oetent epived bis award tor fire department and a bfrger aae mora circnlathig poUho foree. It was plain that Dr. Clarke felt fs do oMors gnardtoas of -lew sad order should be etrcttlatlnl abof t the olty- He elted one Instanoe wberT" la-, traders ttad entered Me Eptooopal churah to the eveutog, tmmed on all the Ili^ts, which bunked sH night and were not tora^ off until a nearby reeldent walled attention to Me maL ter at t o^clook tha following nsorn. lug. Dr. Clarfca said Mat Mate thtogs he toUl meatloiied esrtatoly wohU to- crease taxes bat lower tosarsaoe rates aad other henstlto would compansato for this. - - Another matter to bo dtoouossd- by Dr. Gtorko wee Me Inadotoato im CFlaaM tarn to face toAl) I JiadorSenior PUty' At MUimi The Janioraateto dlMMi of MM- way b4fb aobort wmj^t anlv cnUtled 'TIoot My WIvoa- OB Friday ovontof. May t. at I o'ilock A act pisy with Ag" Camdtem Amd Colaadbin JObH- At LmmI CIvb i- 8- B- (Mac) McCarty won Me kick er tooraament at Me Caatoen golf 61ab last wsekead. gettiag a gross IM, wtM a It haadkap, gave him TS. Bam Boykto Usd MoOsto hli haadloap of to aad gross ef N firtag him a aet 7C. Mac won ocuMto taca-op. ’Ihird plaec to Mo ovent woat to William Bhoora, who acorod M4A 71. Wedaceday of Mto wotei- found Caatoon^gsitors enitoged in aa Jator- ctub play with golfMu of Mo ftoust take club from Oolamhla. Oaatomi geUtoe partidiatlag Ja Me tounuu meat were W. L., Goodale, DeLeaA Sheora, Joe Sheffield. * Chartoc De- Loaeh. Joe McKaM Morty Mullsr. Dwight Partridge, Bob Brace, Charlec Vtoaaat. John VUlepigua Qolotel HuAea and Lt'Bvaaa. The feature amateur makrii of Mo altsntoon fbuad Bru Bornean aad Charlee Barron of Columbia moetiag Joe BheCftold aad DeLoaeh Bhb^ while Me proamatev match found Melvin Hemphill and ■rncri Bpong of OolumhU meeting Bterc Dudas sndi W. L. Goodala The ChroBlcle wUl i^ve'a complete remima of Me intercity -club iday next "Ughtniiig’* Williams Falls MeCoMl^Says "Nb Comment On State A^de " Ezocukhra Docliaos To Eit Confirm Or Donj Tlio ■ - Story i- Chmwi c^t From Stele' Farm Takan After Battia la Mtil- barry.Swamp Skamty James Williams, 48 year qM colored Mayor F. N. MeCorkle dcbllncd to confirm or deny a comment appear ing in the column of R. B. Grier, political commentator of Me Colum bia State to the effect that he (Mc- Corkle) *was getting hto dpeks in a row to make the plunge Into Me boii- gressloiiai race In the fifth district ’’No ^ comment. whatever at this time'’ was the rbp^y of . Me Camden ezecutlve’';-wheh'^queathmed by .a Chronicle rapreoentatlve. ’The comment In the Btate TeadTas follows; CONOR BBS Anotheit^ ji^. Mto, ons based on ramor however and not on definite announcement seemed to be shaping up in the Fifth oongree- skmal district, which 'st present is repTsssnted ip Washington by James P. Rlcharda Talk waa that F. N. MoCorkle. mayor ef the olty of Camden for sev eral tarma, and precldent of Me Maniefpal Aasoctatkm of SonM Oaro- llna, was gsttlng hto ducks to a row to mske Me plunge. . The two men are wen acquatotod ovsr Ms FltM dlstrlet sad boM ars forceful,fpeakers. CouaUee In ^ Me Fifth, la addition to Kershaw, art Cherokee, Ctoester, Chesterfield. Fhlr- field, Lancaster and York. ■ ■ Wooten Home Is Badty Damaged In Morning, TOze. MOI MrMt DmlliM CoUmI By Rufiaf Mormiof Film KorAaw Men Enlist In Navy It was anaouneed hare today by Chief F. J. Nettiee. Navy Recraiter for this area, that two Camden men were enlisted in Me navy reoently by bis station. Chief Nettles stated Mat many mora men are needed to man our large peacetime navy and urged that all men between Me ages of IT and to oentact a navy recraiter and Ob tain'ton totonbatlon of the amny ad- vantsges ai^ opportunittoe oCfared |y Me navy. All mea gradnattog tram h^ uAool. 17 or oMer, are amNdW ufigod to OMtact a navy reentlter and obtton ,Information about sdteoltog besMlte avallabla under Ms O. L Bill entliMte. There li A navy rewulter on date at Me Faal.fMOoi buWdlag to Camta each tiHnday, from lt:M a. m. .to 4:M p. m. vrte win gliA give fan latoramMm. Tbeae enUgM nmre: Dtxtor Lau Cook. P. O. Am tth, Keribaw, 8. CL, aad Mward JitoiFCbpsIsnil. P. O. D« tt. Kamiil^ 0. Fire of an nadetarmtood origto caused considerable damage to Me home of Mrs. F. M. WooCea. jtot on Mm strest Iriday morsJng. The seeokid story at Me dweUlng, which to located adjacent to Me Oburt ton and for years was known at Ms Court Inn eottsge, was ftUed wlM smoke when the fire department rsaehed the ioene. The heat in Me rooma one on the second floor was intense, causing the finish oa a baM tub to flake oft. while mirrors were cracked. The loss to Me dweUtog aad eon- tenta to quite heavy. Fire was respon sible for the damage on Me second floor while water caused much dam age on the second. Myers-Castmi ' Are Delis^ted ’, gt^baker Attemd DmImp MMtiiif Im Ban Room 6t Thm WnMorf Agfeodm Hotel htotoa^ remdved bib ^ Tvf^df "grmit lent water torir port of . toAngaAlHC. adntte too: toe. BJjDRyKtoieM Tol^teeiitl^ Ite play. ■ * A ' mm Edwin Given Partin :e WWB, Rn.L.M-ltette.inT bis Les MyeruHuid Frank Csuton of Mo Mysrs Motor company bava returnod from New YwIl vMere tost Monday they attended a meeting at Ms Stnde- baker antomobOe eompany salesmen who were present to view and hear about tbe new 1147 model Sixteen hundred representatives gaMsred in Ms grand ball room of Me Waldorf-Astoria betel whsra Me masting'aiul disptoy was hsid. Btx models of Me new ear were sented. SpeeMee were mgde, hy eC- flcials of Me Stadebaker corporation while one ot Me loadtag of Me nation offered a mnsfcal set- ttair tor Mo event Mussrs. Myers and O Muslastlc over Me new 1147 model and oxpeet to have a car on display here to a week or oo. The now oar while meehaaleaUy Me seme as Me 114# model is mors streamttned and offers many at Ma latast Ideas to advance automobile Meaars. Mysrs andiOaston H quite Me classtoet ihd Me most eoonomleal ear on tha^hlghl ways of Atosriea. ColgmlMii Baritome to Cmicert Here John known baritooov who hap Mreughout Mo state on radio programs, will give a raetlal at Me Chmden grammar sehod -andl- .tortum on Unto , , ^ f •» o'cloci; IfcT Ni by Mo Tfnmiwli Ms Chnreh of Ms tol to, St ton. copvlct who escaped -dransiMe Btate Prison'Farm at Boyn tost Tnss- day, after he had disarmed a prtoon guard aad appropriated a rifle and a clip of tO-SO cartridges, was fatally wounded in a gun hattls with oftloers In a house on a raaots ssetloa of • Mulberry Plantation Thursday night. Williams, shot sevsral times was taken to tbe Camden hospital, dying at 11:S0 o'clock that night Williams, who has long criminal record, was serving a tO-year sen tence. After fleeing Me State Furm Tueeday he was trailed by a posse to- til trapped in the cabin on Mnlherry , plantation. He was ssen a number of tlmeo aad mateit Tussday evmitof week, he engaged in a shoottag dual^ ' firing five or six times at Me offi cers, who in return shot at WOllams nine times. No ons was hit Last Thursday afternoon Me offt- ceie. again picked up WUItama’ traR whiM led them Into M^ deep forest and swamp land on Me north side of the main highway. Aliout t:6B o’elbek , Snpt. J. .11 AahradN^ wlM several members of the pursuing group, de- ' teeted Me~odsr of bnrntag rags and tracing it up, came upon Me cabin. Williams bad started a Hre In Me bulMlng aad was lyteg -oa Me floor in front of the flromtooe drying out his eloMea when AMmove Weksd Me door In and mUttog - to him saM, ‘iitotntog, some out”. (Lightning was ths name Wniiams was known by at Me Stale Fhrm). (Please tura to pafi feur) Dem. Chib Names Its Offleers At''^ Week-End Meeting Sam Karaali It’ Namad As Haad Of PolHkal Gromp. iwothw 9vciviwy At A jBuuttag of ThmsititfB dnb No. 1 at Me court house tost Satur day Me followlag . offloeiu were burned: PresMeat A 8am Karsah: vtee- presldent W. IX Stokss, Sr.; Secre tary-treasurer, Jack Nettlss; com mitteeman. Amea Cooper. Delegatee: W. L. Stokai^ Etr., Joe Outlaw, J. H. McLeod. Jr., W. L., Btricee, Jr., L. O. Funderburk. J. M. ’rhornton, F. 0. Rtaasa, A. Bam-^ Karesh, J. 0. Omis. Jack Nettiee. R. L. MeCaakill, W. p. McOatrtrFtod Ogbura, Les Myers, R. H. Poobsr, George Creed, C. L Shealey, Amee Cooper. H B. Span^, Boy Mathis, t J. C. Boykin aad Henry Bavsge, Jr. . Alternates: J,^ Oox. T. B. BrnoA Sr., aad Jack Mbere. Enrollment oommlttee: Las Mymrs, B. B. Sparrow and Jack Nettlss. Those present at the utoetlng were: W. L. Stokes, Sr., Joe Outlaw, J. H. McLeod, Jr., W. L. Stokes. Jr.. L. O. ‘ Funderburk, J, M. Thornton, F. C. Hinson, A Sam BavaM aad Jack netUea. Local Officers^ AMed To Watch Out For Kifler Local city and county law enforoa. ment offlesrs have bem anbtl to be on the lookout tar a baadM who on Sunday aUegedly shot aad killed a store keeper aad his wlta at AMaaT A fonr ysar cM son of Me atote oonpte was an eys wltaesa to the dom murder. Tbe ehlM boworer wna anoMe to furnish otfloera wtM a dsnertptVm of the killer aad so tar Mt AOna aa- theritlee have sbsuhitoly no elae upon which to go la Meir ssareb. Tha only coherent • toots Mat ware ae- enred from Me tsar year bay waa Mat Me slayer was ‘ a aagro who wore aa army cap aad aa army aterl Robbery pravtied a tooftoa tar tha crime aa Me osM drawee li.Ma BUWa operated by Me slate cto^lSd bten cleaned ant'” The victims vrsta tward J, Boa- nett, ts. aad hto with Mm. May Bsa- aett, to. " ■ L-S-ii- Clean Up 'Tour Cemetery Late The Cemetery Aeaodatiaa ai«w all persons, ownteg*br to MMgu of lata, to hare Msm elsuasi no aaip m paa- slbla. for Mstoorlal Day, Imy IIM. Itf WiML to bmri _ to arrangs^Si MM Ntould ia tetom imte OIIAOB BPIBOOPAL OHUIICN Dr. Nagrloa Clsit% D. D. lUto'. Osty ruM by Ma The maM I Tuar Ma bra hava 'darhMp Mb huMsr if loto earad tar. as tha araotlaa af iam: to amaynbaaton tot Mi '■ ■ ■ , . ••J, a ":r! ’"‘■L.T'jm