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r>-v Sllfr (Sattdmi (SlironUb ^llO^N^h Broad Street * Cao^es, S. C PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY^ DaCOSTA BROWN PnbUaher SIPSCBIFTION TERMS: All SalpcriirttM8vP«7abfi In Advance ' One Yeair ..... ....... :: —f2.(w Six Idontba ......................X*00 Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office ’ at Cimdei^ S. C. j An articles sobmitted for publication muft be signed the aiitl^or. Fridhr, May 3, IMd BowKrd Speaks Hurt In l^redi; His Car Three Gobs On Job; Station Is Made At Bimejr FBOag StadeaT Talm Ob New life Ubder Navy ■it.: I i Wb«n tb« Untied flutes nsTy gets tisck of somedSns things happen so whra ftnree gobs, Albert, Bobby and ^Oflbeft Shirley got together to ope- t‘ate a filling sutlon,, they*1iad some- den which grows grass, peas and tlon to being nary men, they are also brothers. __AdA ao when they took otmt tho operation" of the Blrnsy Serrice sta- ^tion on West DeKslb street, things started | poping. Landscaping and painting has conrerted the place into an attractlTe station. , The sution as dell as the fencing at the rear has been iMtlnted white with a red trim. On the parkway in front the boys bars plantsd a gar den which grows grass, pass and trees. The srea'abont the sUtlon has been filled and g^radod and made pre sentable to the most tsstldloas motorist. These three Oobs hare set an ex ample for other sUtlons In Camden to follow. HUDSON RENOVATES STATION Marion Hudson, taxi line operator, who recently acquired the Quit oU '<4-, tyif 'i! t . # Here They Come! BYRON PARKER “THE OU> HIR^HAND” And Hu mS HUl-BUHea t U\ J / Frona |h« Oxarka~ Ira Dimmery FaaturiBf—SNUFFY JENKINS in ^Feathers on the Rogsf" IN PERSON AT THE _ Pine Tree Hill School Camden, S. C. \ - • ' I, s Saturday, May 11th Sponsored by Ladies Bible Class of Lyttleton Street Metliodiat Chnrcb SHOW^ARTS AT 8tM P. M. Admissiont Adults 80^ Chibbreo under 12, 28c tax in. SnUE VOLIR ROOF! ACT NOW. SOIVB YOUR ROOF PR03LCMS THIS mi SAMPU WIU PIfOVE MBEfraUIK WW <.aVl TOPE iioof» . , to® JEel H. .F. Speaks, ownsr and maaafsr of the Speaks Oil company,' ft con- fined to his horns with .te|vlea re- eelTed when a car he waF in akidded on the west psTsment on-dio Hbw- berry highway. '— Mr. Speaks was riding with, ssraral of his oU company agenu to attsnd a meeting last Thnraday week. 'Mr. Speaks was brought to 'h|^ home on Mljl street In this city where it was found that he had suffeted the fracture of several ribs. Hls Cadillac car, which fignTed In the sccldsnt. was dsmsgsdr". Lawrence Munn Is Given IMscharge Lawrence C. Muhn, whp has been in the United States-^irmy for the past 29 months with the 271 Q. gas supply company as s motor dfi^ patcher haa returned to hla home near Kershkw, having been given h' honorable diacharge. Munn wee employed as s groowy clerk, cloth insp^or and truck driver St Fort Jscksony^fore going, over seas. He wears s^pbod Conduct and Victory medal. He saw sefvlcss .in the Aslastlc-as well as the American theater. ^ and gas sUtion on Broad street op posite the Baptist church has Just completed the repainting of the place. An all white idea la carried out in an effective manner. The area about the station is being attractively land scaped. y **Ughtiung** WUliniBS FalU Before Furious Gun Berrafe (Continued from first page) Williams replied to the command by fifing at Ashn^re, the bullet Just grasing the head of the officer. Ash. more had ducked with the flash and slmulUneously bad fired at Williams. Later it was found that one shot that hit the negro had entered on the right side and ranged upward to oome out on the left side near the shoulder. This is believed to have been the shot fired by Ashmore. Williams was still able to fight snA hls rifle again biased. Ashmore then ordered the posse members to “let him have U” and guns began to blase. Later, according to the offlesn, it was found that vnillams had been riddled In the abdomen a number of jtimes. While conscious up to the time of his depth and particularly when found lying in s back room of the cabin, he never gave up. Ashmore had with him In the poess C. L. McKinnon,- a etate officer, James Hammopd of the State Highiway pat^ rol, a number of guards and sevsral trustees. The hunt for Williams was kept up with unceasing vigor from the time af his escape, and there waa no doubt in the* minds of the officers bnt that the convict would -.eventually be takMi. Willlama is said to have baen a ^ tlve of North Carolina. He has 'F prison record In that sUts and Vir ginia and waa arrested 'hare several years ago for grand larceny. In May. 1946, he made hls escape from the prison farm anA it waa not until Oc. tober of that year that he waa found at Bennettsville, where he had bemi worklnk^ under anoUier name. An ar- rest there <m a disorderly charge, the subsequent finger-printing an^ the discovery that he was the escapee from the State camp, resulted In his return to the Boykto farm. According to an escape notice on file at the State penitentipry in Co- lumbta. Williams was registered as J. B. Williams and was 49 years of age. He was short,, in statute being but five feet antflonb-half Inches tsll. He was bom in North Carolina, had no education pnd had many pit scars jan-hts face and a cut- scar on the right arm above the wrist. He 'was sentenced January 2, 1940, to ^twelve years for hoUhe breaking and grand larceny in Spartanburg. By occupa tion he was a barber and his only next of kin Is Oertmde Williams, 193 Thompson Street, Spartsnburg. CAIWtlWA FfliPAV, MAV Ca88att»Kev8 Items Mrs., Et&el Baker and ckUdrsa ■pent the week-snd-dn Camden with her fsthsr, Mr. Sam Bradley end taaor lly. ‘ Hobson Tonng and daughter, Miss Connie Bell Young npd Miss Demmie Young of Charleston, were week*ead guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry MoOoy and other rclatlvea. David West of Camden, attended services j^t Pins Tree chiirch Sunday and was the dinner guest of his cousins'Mr. and Mrs. James West. Mrs. Mary H. Klme and son Jim mie, of Csandea, were Sunday visi tors-here for the diur with their aunt, Mrs. C. L. McCasklH and fam ily. • - Master Sgt. Trpy Brannon, who is stationed at Fort Bragg, N. C., is spending a furlough with hls parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brannon. Mrs. Charlie Ray and children who have been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Robinson in Camden cpme home several days ago. Charlie McCoy, of Cbprloj Sunday and Monday with J. %. McCoy and famll^ MipB-Betty Jade McC^klll of Wtn> p College, spent /Sunday- with her tmcMBpliere.' Mrs. J. EiN^rgjuieh and Mrs. S. B. Walters accompanied b/ Sgt. Troy Brattnon,spent last Thursday with Mrs. Bnmhon'a brother. Rev. karl Hyptt and Mrs. Hyatt at Moncks Comer. Miss Margaret Ydrborough of Georgetown wpa at home for the we^k-end. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Walters were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. F,. M. Walters. The 'Woman’s Anxiliary of Pine Tree church met with Mrs A. A. West Sunday night at 8 o’clock. -The Junior class of the Baptist church was entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William-Teal'Satur day night. After games were enjoyed for an "hour they wwo Invited to a weiner roast prepared for* them by Mrs. Teal, Mrs. Marvin Elliott and Miss Nannie Elvelyn EllUott. Sgt. Troy Brannon visited bis brother. J. t. Brannon and family in Rock Hill several days lasf week. Mr. and* Mrs. P. B. Stanton and sons and Mrs. C. L. McOnlrt, Mr. and Mrs. Nettles Myers and son, were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McCoy Sunday nlfht. The Senior play will be glvep In the echool suditortum at Midway Friday night, May the 3rd. John Stokea, who was reared in the Mt. Zion community but had lived in Raliegb for several years, died Saturday and was.buried Sunday in Raliegh, N. C. He is survived by s host of relatives and friends who mourn his passings - He ^snt heeh' in declining health for the past several years. ' Roy McLaughlin, who has Just re ceived his discharge from the Army is with his wife and infant son In Swansea, where she has made her home while he was in service. Roy spent. Monday with hls parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. McLaughlin. Mr. and Mrs. S. W.. Bowers of Co- lumbia, spent Sunday with hls psr- eats, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bowers^ Sunday, May the 6th, Is home-com- iug dsy at the Baptist church here. Friends and members of the eongre- gatiop are Invited. /^r. and Mrs. Otis Lowmaa - and son. Mr..and Mrs. Pomroy Lowmaa and daughter, of Columbia, and Mlaa Dunnie Lowmaa of Saliabnry, N. visited relatives here last Sandsy. Ralph O. Young, wko haa spent several months In Germany la expect ed , home soon. Hls friends are de- ligkted to hear this news. ^11 Vl*! rr-^ • library Notes “Who-Dun-It” tans wUI^ find many new thrillers at the Camden library, including: Trouble at Turkey Hill, Knight; I Hate Blondes, Kaufman; Murder Within Murder. Lockrldge; Death Ijlfts the tkdch, Gilbert; «The Shock- luA Pink Hat, Crane; Case of the Mslevolent Twin, Eiby and Fleming. Other new books: —Jtos, Palmer’s-- Honey, JSoak;, of the Red Witch, Rovk; The Un- suspected,, Amuirbng; Before the Sun Ooee Down, Howard; Miss Bunt ing, Thlrklll; Whitten on the Whid, Wilder; Starling of the White House, Sugrne; A Frencirftiui Must Die, Boyle. 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