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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAMNJNA, flUDAY, JUNE 28. IMS
Number 18
»uth’s Cities,” Municipal Mag
•es Camden Executive
PublicatkMi Of Nine
sums WeU AS-
^ertisM CaindMi
aottthern Cl^ • moatWy
tuned by the State Mnnlelpal
^7 Alabama, Arkanaaa. Cktor-
ntncky. Loulalana, Mlaelaaifjl,
ttd Soath Carolina and Ten-
fMtniee an excellent pletnre
or F. N. McCorkle of thla dty
cover page.
e^e editor of the papc.
JSTon Mayor lloCorkle aa Id-
-Thte year’s prwddent o* the
rinal Asaociation of South Caro-
i Mayor r. N. McCwWe of
Sw whose pbotofraph appears
,r eover this month.'
iTor McCorkle entered munici.
rork after helns elected to Cam>
cltT cooncll on May 1, ltS4. He
reelected tn 1140, 4S and 44 and
'Toppoeltton either time and en
he began hie fifth team In of.
iror McCorkle haa been e mem
the Msnicipel Aeeociatlen of
Carolina since Iftt and for
haa been the aaaoeia-
ipokesman before the Sonth
lei^lature. He* was elected
;'on Febmary It
jj aotlre hi bomwfiroiit
daring the war. Mayor Me.
lerved aa chairman of tho
county war fund U80 for
imrs, waa a member of tho
Wi bureau of the Sooth Oaro.
IdefeBM council for flre yeare
_ the aaaaa Use yenm w
of soldier recreation tn Ear*
county.
i\i a ruling oMer
ebureh of
of the First
Fiist Nite Game
inU Be Occasimi
For Kg: Itoings
McCodkln As Msmtar Of Csre-
iBOiiiM Wm iBlrwiucu Rich-
•ids, Latiilbir, Fcmsdll
And Otbsrs
mine
CAMDEN STORES WILL BE
CLOSED DAY AND A HALF
praschers
Mayor Me
When the swlteh ie palled and the
lights flash Into brilUanoe la the tow-
Ming pdas flnaklng American Legion
ball park boro on somo nlidit during
^ first week to July. It wUl signify
Camden’s debut into tho ranks of
progresslTo cities wUh lighted ball
parka.
The Amertean Legion Bneohall, Inc .
tho organltaUon hg^rtog tho loeat on
the bdl perk plan on making the first
nig(ht gams hers a memoi'ade crent
The peak of the erenlng program will
of oonrse bo the ball game to
played between the Camden Juniors
and somo oth^ Jnnlor Legion toam,
yst ta he announced..
Prior to tho game there will he a
profiaas to which Mayor F. H. Me-
Corkle will be master of corengmios
InrltatlMia to bo prosoat at the cere
mony ah gueets of honor end Who will
be asked to make abort talks will
be: Congreeemsn J. P. Richards, who
was an outstandnlg ball ptofor to hie
yoimgetr daypi Sam Latimer, district
Iddor of’the Amerlcaa Legion; Abe
Fennell, former''sports bend of the
Odnmhla Stnto end new slato akh-
letle oltleer, and others.
Mayor MeOorkle wOl throw ont
He first hnU whisb wlU bs ennght by
Mnrehnnts AgM To Sliuft Simp
WodmesdaF Noou-—Opra
Friday
Camden will enjoy a'day and a
half holiday period next week, mer*
chants of the dty being agreed to ob
serve the regular Wednaedey after
noon dosing end also remain dosed
all day Thursday, July 4.
This decision was reached at a
meeting of merchants held at the dty
held Tneedey afternoon.
Efforts are being made to arrenge
YlU^goe Is :
Nan^ President
Of Flying Group
Camd«ii Flylttf Club Ic
Lnouchnd At Montiut Hold
At Knrnnh Honin
Chief Request Is For Steps
To Separate Dangerous Men
In Barracks At Prison Farm
th|l Camden flying dnh, reoently or
for btuieliall gamm^t the Legion besw
ball park on the aftmmoon 6t each
Prison Slayer
Sentenced For
Ten More-Years
Allen Chieolm, odored. charged
John M. Villepigue is president ofiWlth the murder of David Townsend
on
day. If the management of the teams
are able to do this, baseball fans wSl
have an opportunity to see some ac
tion on the diamond.
Many Camden people are planning
on driving to tho beaches for the mkl-
Hoffer, manager of the Hofter
Servioe with headquarters at
Woodward air field hera.
The organisation meeting was hsM
Mtkiday evening at the home of Jack
Karesh, Laurens street Bern Boykin
named as vtoe presidwnt and
vu uiiTuv uf uim mtmcmmm ivr uiw aum~ TUrfw, .
koM., will. «1«. wffl **S?.r^bi.T?!715Sr,tab
arm Jack Karesh, B. C. Smith, Bobby
Lawton. Bill Stripland. Yates VUle.
pUpe Oranger Komegay, Jr., and
McDowelU
e club members have aa oh
remain at home and,relax by enjoytog
swimming and bathtog at the Her
mitage and Saddle and Paddle ponds.
Camden May Have
Radio Broadcasting
Unit Bnflt Soim
' w
Tnmtnthr* Flam CaH For Hook-
Up With National Nai-
spork Of Stariona
t of the Sunday selMel. «um Kaniait president of the Amori-
ciajL^g^
the ^
edition oP *’1UI •onth’e
h s double pleiare shesrtag
■town dlstrlet of a Teiae lawn
Italy the same else aa
, oae scene showing the down-
before the
ttfhttng syateai
•erne arse
i<f s nederh
foe
hs'
Mr.
I ptetwe of the Texas ‘bbwW n
iaa edeqnate UgbUngiiystem
I wnrsl years’ it hil been
»F*
years
to th\^e who
I that Camden Is. ttis poorest
dty In Sonth Csioltoa. Lan-
Somter and-scortM of othsr
1m have Installed np to date
■tandarda w|tfi 'light bnlbe
r and the streets iMk enter-
: and alert. <
ig Nodes (m
Health
eltisena, who do not obtain
Bilk supply for dabry dallverlaa
home, order their milk from
rman. The tniifc is then
I from the refrigerator, placed in
Itmck directly exposed to eun-
jon hot Bummer daya. At aouM
|0D the delivery route the milk,
with the grocery order. , hi
> the porch of like home. From
of removal from the
In the stom until
on refrigeration at home the
U most apt to rlae above
W whereupon bneterla
tnnj^y ut a very rapM vsdn.
> of tsrmllk le then hasardone
h danger of canelng tUnSM
and young ddMren even
it looks and taates all right
older people.
Bmehell, Inc. And beat of
UaweUyn, fonnar itato
ap. Kanaedy hab
with .chief umpire
i the placing of
of hhn to the batting
Bjiuady centends that be
gad rea faster and
the leadoff tkt-
Si that Ite
an hla hSai
bring a bet..
Uewallyn
Atagb hit
aU 1 bavu to dor ig fo jmenteir
aronud lha aaeka. I spaclallM
home mas. Bob hlta stogloa only.**
Tho field wfll bo oqnlppod wlto a
Camden will have a radio broad-
casttog station If the preeeot plans
of tbd Camden BadtO company, for
which notloo of appHeatfcm tor a
charter appeere to this weeks iasue
of the Chronicle, are sucoesafeny car
ried ont.
Henry Savage, Jr^ one ef the to-
eorporators atatsd that lha ^aa of.
the Ousden Radio adlppapy will net
only be *1» engage In a gmeral radio
bnehMaa toetudtog both wholeaala
and retail operations and such other
things not prohlbitsd by law**,
also to operate a radio station
(tec-
low cost flylag and the benents
of owning their own plenes. The Im
mediate plan catle fat tbw elnb to
take over ownership of a new Aermca
Champion on er bsfors July 1.
Jerry Hoffer Is to act ea operattona
manager for the club and aid to aU
ways poaMble for smooth funcUonlim
of the orgenlsetlon. The ^b plena
io nxpend Its membarahlp to twelve
to' the near future.
during a quarrel growing out of a
gambling game in the berraekS of the
State Prison farm at Bc^kjn <m June
1C, wee sentenced to tan yeare to the
penitentiary on a manalaaghter
oharge by Judge Q. Duaona Bellinger
to general sewMoae eourt Moudby.
Frances HarrMbB, Who was charged
with havtog a ploeolo . to oparttton at
at her home to Blaaey after 1 a.
to the momtog and also for -betog
drunk and disorderly and who bed
been spnteneed to pay a fine of fSO
by Maglstme A. B. Nelson of Btouey
who likewise'Impoaed a'lMey pCboa
sentence, escaped with the paysMat
of ISO to the ooanty aa the reeult of a
fihdtof by Jadge BMtoger. Whea the
PUBLIC FOttUM
and south sides of the Ci
•bell park, the weal aids being the
aroe of argnment as It appears.
like to take this- oraortanity
outline another angle udiin I think
^lls of greater importaaoe than any ad
™ vaneed ee yet aa to a reason that
be atfSiatud with one of theltka lunbe of the outflaldere of
get aboai t^ioad apoakor which will be atlllied
by the epeekere end also a plv by
pley report on tho game. Gone Holn-
richa, former sporta announcor aad
proCmalonal ball player, srfll Ite how
to frm^**^* the game over this pub
lic addreas systam.
of
;wdrka thus toaurtoc ftoa receptioa
tandtag programa on that pan-
natwork. It la the plan of
eompauF to ovaatuilly cunatruot a
aodorn radio atattat'
The oorporatosa as listed on tha
notiee of appUcatfon for a diartar arc
J<din M. VlUoplgua synd Henry Sav
age. Jr., but Mr. Savage states that
here are others who are totereeted
In toe erganisatiDn ^tea.
As soon as th# stata charter ie re
ceived the company plane to nutoo
appHcatioB for ea air channel, which
wlR ^^rtoaUy mean -toe eecurteg of
license to operate the radio tnroad-
casting station.
<<Shot Cox^ Goes
Back To North
Carolina Varsity
MiAm IW APP4WUW* Wkfc
SoK Hara This Waak
Mversi years toe citiseas
tw tounty have bqon
' ^ the absence of tyjMiptd
At present there are several
trpboid fever In aanroandlag
^4 it Is net unraneonshle
that the tnfectloa wtn
wy Into our eeaaty. .
•w, It la adviaad that evury
Ptet careful oondenclag their
Bouree of ditokfag water
Be diapoaal. Brery «aaa la
Mttof or diiaktok ibod or
[yAlch are oontaadaoCtiriiF <
~ pecsin wild has hat
idrUltMMMHMI ||0|
Ha^ (Shot) (jox, former Uatvere^
of Kerth Caroltoa football aca, who
haa bben dofag hia bit for^t^ _
several yeart aa a Unltrt
t*- Maifaa la going back to the
.fotbchpoi vrtth the Idee ,ol gredaatlag
n*«t I— .
Oqg has baan playing
1^11 tbte famnier with toe Camden
team of tha Palamtto Stata
Ba la to parfact condition afttojoy
long puriod of aorvlce
FaeOle aad loeka forward
Uaa cox ^ foia toa Qreea Bay PW
ora to toe fan of 1»47. Dpbn hto trip
Msble
w proper sanitary
[pr EnroRmrat
'oters Noted
jotora to
« ^ high on Taeaday whaa
soma iMi stoned tha
Act book and Uit plaead
the Hn f -
_ total err—
L®^*2todowe
Sy tBOMf
jjmportlBnate
in
wfli
ttom the wdet ebaat Cex etopiM
ai&een Bay, Wto, hw
ous Packen, where ^ met
Lamhemi. Padbar aiaeh aad athm »
ftotola ef the .ftreea Bay club of tha
Natfonal RrofomMaal
Ce^was totteh hiipresasd with too
coopatatloa tone too Phtoaw
from toair heam town
the fm* iwadMa af WlaeoaaBL fw me
torwaid la his Paahar afflllatlan Wl
—^ajpetton.
Martha Leon^ ^
Bectotot Assistant
'mMF OM
Ute vne hmm
Martha Lsonart' will hegta
wori^aaT^SSmt horn.
agent to Karshaw eeaaty on Jh^ L
MBs T inaard. wlto la
raft A (L to a <mdaam ^ Wto^
ceOega In toe alaanof todda
a dsgtoa af BMhator of
Tha
Gettys Has
Fine Career In
The Marine Corps
b Seeking Elaction • To
OtHm Of Horn Mm
kar In Angnst Mmarg
'WllUam R. Cettya, sen Ot J. Toaip
aad Annie R. Oottys. attended the
(huaden hJgh stoooi. the CltadM aad
grsdnatad from the Unlvaraity of
South Caroltaa law school ta Jana
ItSV aad who haa abrved la tha Unit-
ad Stataa Marlaa agrpa continuously
from’ Oot 1. im dntU May lat, tola
r ia olw Of toa iMva list of
das toom, wtosli. voters of tha
ooanty wlU aaam tab tof Boas#
eeauitvaa to AxiMt
*<801* Qettys waa horn to Cohuabia
ea Angost SL ItlS hat haa apoat
praetleaily eg of hfa Ufa, oatside of
the yseys he was to tho^ Marlaea, to
LdgolL * " ” ' ’
In hla earaar wtol tha Marinas Mr.
Gettya sanrad at (huntloa. Va,. Parris
bldad, A’C., Oaaawtomo Bay, Cabs.
NOW ItoNf K C; nad to the Pacific
Theater ,er wnr- Upon hla ratara from
to# PadBe ha sarvad dt too Mhvy
yard la FhSadatoMto
Whiia to tte PM^ QjMto*
[ a eotomaidWaeB%em Com
toe Hold, t
week Wedaaaday
lad Dpritagtot
Ml ML
ratrieva lha halls drtvaa oK'beyaad
the fence fthlta.
To tho nnltla^d let asb pt^it
that the foneo Is a horribla aaam:
of spUt logs and wira. and wire being,
about two feet or more wide and
placed at toa base of the ‘posts.
I freely criticise the amplrsa abi
tha managamsat of tha Oamdsa ball
clab- for parmittlng such a hasardous
sttuatlon to tonri lava
the fence then for heaven's sake and
for tha aaka of tha ball players, have
mla Umiting a batter to two Vasoa
when a ball goee throagh the fence.
That will eiimlnato forcing tha out
fielders to leap the wire In thrir fraa.
tic effort to get the balL
It Is better to he safe than sorry
and 1 think that tha American Laglon
Baseball, Inc., reaponsible tor the
fence, c^d be sued for damagee In
tho event aomoono la injnrod.
Bvar since the present ball park has
prevaflsd and that la about seven
years, it has been a mlaerahle job.
not Mily tn ita original eonstmoUon
bat also In rqpalr wwk. Tho very
toeapaat mathods hava bean employ,
ed. It Is about time that thosa ras^-
slbla waka np and do things right
A Baseball .Fin.
tor
aatoii ataft
^umiiea Eatoms
R^fitate
b Camden
Hm Aaaaki Baa^
which W. M. ShsMeh to
win ratarg la thto»Mal «
to Camisa agA wto ba
to
daLoato aa DtoCalb sbraat ta toa tar-
aga baOdtog ^ •
Mr. ShaaasB uNlNPad to toa teal
aatate baptaam ab the Maaaaa laaMy
aempaay tram ISIS toraagh ItSB at
whtob ttma ha sattoat aad mavad ta
Boftto whara ha rmliad np ta u
aral moatos aaa wMa ha iitowei to
woman appeajad har eaaa to tha hlgh<
ha dspoaltdd a
ar court the dspoaltdd a hoari of flH
with toe county. JMge BelUlnger ap-
htol her contention that the punish-
nmnt Imposed hy Maglatrato Nriaan
was exceealve and ordsrsi that IW at
the $100 bond be retaraed to her aad
the remainder be tarnod over to
eouaty.
Robert B. Hatfield, ohargad wttb
three separate counts of twgory was
(aontenoad to seven years in tha paaL
tantlary on sach count, tho santoaoos
to run eonennrentiy.
Haxol Raid Reynolds, charged with
, non support and absmdonmant of hla
•f-MwIfe was given one yaar tn prtoon
a fl.OOe fiaa aad than admlttad to
THAT FBNCg AGAIN
httor reading T. B. Braoo,
iMa statomant rogardlag tha
llaeussed fenM Umt adorns too aorlhi^tation upon his promlsa to pay
to his wtta. Walter
ore charged srltb* bon support of
wife nad Chraa ehUdraa sraa ar-
dtorad to pay HO a moath to bia trilk
Mary B. Bmora. Clifton • DanM
Sba^. diarged with aon sipport was
amitoaoad to ona ysar ar a 'flae af
and admitted to probation and
ta pay hla wlfa tha
1100 a mdath,
New Street b
Back Of
Stores
low bafaif Mada Far
3S-Faol HigkwaF 1» Dawnii-'
Also Wamta Moamakamars Cit«d
For Qramdi Jmrj lawaatifa-
tkm. Schoaie Naad llapair
In a preaentment to Judge G. Dun.
can Bellinger, presiding judge at the
court term held here tola weak, the
Kershaw county grand jury submitted
many reoommaodaUons, chief among
toem being for tim immadlata repair
of aoma of tha soaaola of toa eonnly
wtleb ara badly in need of repairs
and equipment
The grand jury also, rafarrsd to
tha rscsnt mnider to tha State Vturm
barracks at Boyktat aad SaUtorsd toa
aooaaalty tor aalla to be used for the
purpoea of sogrsgatlng dangerou
priaonors. Tho graml jury recom
mends that the Kershaw county dele
gation take up tola toattor with too
printer autlKwttlaa aad saa that prop
er ateps ara takoo to remedy the slt-
uatloa In mder to proteet the priaon.
ars and prohibit raoocuranee of sndi
troaMa.
'fha proaentaiaat eltau that tha
grand jury reaHsaa that H would ba
Impracticable to Pft eadi prts<mer in
an Individual aall bfN rasommanda
that tadiridual caUt m faruiahad for
the moot danguroas prieoatrs.
In ragartt to tha aabools to tha ooua-
ty» toa graai Jary atatoa that It
barBS that rooftaa rapalra, repaint-
tog of walls, Mpalr af btoekboards,
need of new maps, slrisaiag of fcltoto
ens, additional atavas whara prsasat
boating toettttlsa ara toaaffleiant. naad
at mora aisetrio Hghta ara amoag
some of too Immediate needs. It also
that stops ba takan to al-
toa orowdsd baaas aad fnmiah
tnansporfatlon for school
UhAdrsa. Tba grand Jury also wont
veeord ai airislag that aompeCoat
drivers for bosoa ba employad aa soon
aa poaalUo, toaaa to ba other than
atadaats .
Anothor reoommoadatlon that too
iaraad lary makau to tor batter sleep-
tog fanrtore'at tha ritote gaag eamp
that kuttar daaetog ha gfovldad
tn oadbr that tha prlsoaani may hava
more wiifeatlag udliii'lhd gfounds.
A maned forward atop
a f nNI watt
tha road
la oedar HHgMl tha tap aoU Into tho
road ralhar lhaa paih It Into the
ditches aad that aarraupaiMig dlteh-
as ba apaaad.
Tha gvaad Jary farthar vaaommoad-
ed that toa law safarasmsat ottioare
of tha ooaaty maht taldi la ragigd to
whtokoy aad stilhi ta a maaasr aa to
Haney Cannery
Open To PabKc
Tha Blaaay aehool board of trustees
insnmits that tha Blaaay sdtool eaa.
nary to opea ta the paMic tor eaaatog.
Patrons aib .jegalrai to prepare qad
help eaa thair jpredaats aaiar aapar-
vlsloa flyaJahai by the sehooL
Atoa aalmab may be alaagbtared
la tha ariMMS ahattolr on Wadaseday
eC aaeh waak. Maat smy ba cerad tor
to par fo«ad,-urlth patron feralahlag
salt, ai^. ate.
ATpprotmsat ■ ahsuld ba amda ta a(8
«*iiM ior 'eMsiM and tor alaaahur*
tagvaf aatoMte by coatactlag agrleal-
tara or boas# aoaaototoo tpfuto
bir matUag a mrd to eKbar of
Surveyors havs baoa sngagad la lay
ing ont a straet tost Is to extend from
Rutledge north to DeKalb straet at
the rear of tbs stares extsndlng along
the wset sida of Broad ktraet batwosa
Rutledgs and DaKalb street
The street is to be S6 feet wide aad
will have curb aad gutter where re
quired. As soon as the sairey to aoM
plated toe mayor*a office wiU ooataet
the property owners to reqaest deeds
transfsrrtng the aaeeesary width to
the city. ,
Following tho deeding of too strlpa
reqalred the atreet wfll be oat througb
and graded. Than If a hard, swfaat to
dmifod the elty will he prepsared to.
take care of tlH without delay.
For soma flaw past thars has he
a paralatoat desire oa the part
many of toa proparty owaara tokt
streat ba cut toraagh hatwssa tha
potets uiaBtioaei. It is aot
than will be say troUMe la gettlag
the prograaf eoatplstad.
This cress atraat projact has
under contemplatloa for soam ydara,
In fact, five yaan ago the Chamber
of .Oommence had takoa up lha laat-
tor and tinea that ibna R
toe purpose of Mayor M(
carfy ttooagh with It During thi
the plan was daramat bat
waa revived by the maper aid i
looks aa tt tha atraat to aaanred.
IPod to aearaa,
QfSM to pNOOOO
food paaatola tor h
so
oie
WDsonStrikes
OntlSAaSox
Dawn Bnmtar 10-1
Bobby (Rahe) Wflawt ft^impr
eto If
toto
Id to
bat an
m
aary avUtoaoe tor aonviottoa of mma
ba obtalnod, aal that yropar warraats
ba drawn ao aa te coaatltata a traa
un to aaah lastanoa. Tha praasatmont
want OB ta eaO attaatloa to tba toot
that h raport from tha aharHTs offloa
atad that fourtaaa wbtohay t^
had basB eaptarad daring toa parted
f^ Jaly 1 through DMumber tt
IMI, aad only two aaah oasts wars
bsougbt batora tha flaiBd Jury aad
oaa of thaaa cacaa waa foand ‘too
bir* daa to laaufflatoat avfdtnea aad
impropar toarga af toe warraat tor
the eridaaoe toual
to
llinnas
CriledBy Dei^
Gilbert Halaall age 11, aaa
of Mrs. Srilae D. Ralsall aad to# lata
T. O; Itotoan, toftaarly of Chmdsa,
dtod Jana Uth at hto bosM la Jack-
soavtnsk Florida, aflar a Btoterlag 81-
Sarvfvtag ara hto mathtr, two rid-
tarf 9t laiiaogrRH uad hto graad-
a. M. 8. Itotoan of Ohas-
daa.
Ha waa bartod la
tory ai Jartyaavilla.
Krariiaw Prop
Ate Ai
fhdaral works agency
liauniBg aad praparatlon of to
JeUfo ta fliarahaw ooaaty ban
■iprovad, ii4a aaaouaoad from
' gtoa tor •toaisr ORa A ~ ^
to a talsgiim. toa
that ftiOi to
tha aaaatnMttoi I a aombtoad farm
todlittoa la
P raved:
and 'pra;
a new
had al
agaaey
to
sw county waa ap-
tUM tor
tor ooBatraodua oC
to tha
Revival Befiite
At Antiodh
hotlea
thagr ara oat tor
tha
to
,aad fot.^di
af
aM wflB hava
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v.-'.’s
l:M o’eloak throaghoat the WdM.
The pastor, K- B. Newall of
ssk REflt wfll ha saaiated hy toe
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