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re •• ,T . ’ # ^iMT Rdd (Mai b FMnd Jini^Iike j^rea W Wateree River Swamp Chroni S8 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FlDDAY, SEPTEMBER S7, ISM NUMBER Legion Post Out Xo Attain 500 Membera 31^ Willi TIm Rods. ^ Bluet Radof 5ooriiiC Honors wtidi ralatS —■larshtp r^OHi ^ _■ ta «Bt to icbre iBort 100! [J^hlp drlT® that It M»t Mgt liM plann*^ t novtl with three teams, to ‘\iVthe Red*, the '^Ite* 6seh ncder the com- ' t Tic* commander out to tkOBW*. BOt to be eoBfnaed the eommonialtlc tearlet, tbe direction of Vice wi j. B. Campbd; Uie BOt to be regaled at In- [ivreader, under the dlreo* I Vice Commander BaroM A BBd the Blues, far from , Set way, wfll be headed b7 RguMOder J. Clyde David. I ctmpbell of the Reds will .. lid <r snch able Uenten* rwnuwn R. Oettye, Joe W. Charles ▼. Salmooi, Mar , irthv Stokes and Slber* fUtM of Captain McNtaioh Mt a lineup of workers fB inclnde Arthur (Stampi) A Stanley Llewellyn, X. Iltrer, Jr., Norman Buna, Bta Jr., and Raymond Btal* School Bub Tips Over; Passengers Escape Injury T- Bmbot And Cota Extent Of Hurte Roeolfod. Driwar Do- clnrad Blsmoltt A ateel body school bos, driven by C. L. Poison, a hi^ school O. L student, tirosd over on Uie MeCras road just off the No. 1 fed eral highway Tneaday morning. Thirty boy* and gtrls, on their way to the Camden high and gram mar sehools, were Shaken up and bruised, bnt no one received ser- Ions Injary. Five of the youthful passengers were taken to the Cim den heepUal ^kere they received first aid treatment and were toen sent to their homes. State highway pstrtd offleers, In- vestigatlag the aocMeat. reported that ft was sn nnavoidable affair and the bus driver was Uameleis. The bos was coming down a hUl at thn time and at the base ta the bill ran Into a sand bed which canned It to swerve and torn over. The bns was badly damaged. JThe steel body of the bns prob- aaly nsved many of ths passengera iMni aerlona Injury. started September come to a close on Novem- nuK Commands Kerneh, ihdolitration last year fea^ povth of the poet to t44 has announced that he jS lott to the winhihg toaM drive ■ party tmra, this event to be held night. Novemter 11 >rs tor the .member- BOW on are at the Amarl- )n hall and ex-service men IS who desire to become of the American Legloa finiy for said membership the rales committee coa- of W. r. Nettle*. A. ttd M. M. Reasonover. Court Holds For Verdict Of Guilty Bhieo team, captained kf J. Clyde David, wfil havn consisting . of Frank Beekhsm Rnssell, Leroy Howard Rabon. M. B. I ud John K. deLoach.. I isIm committee oonslsts of [Onunander V^lam F. Net' [Jr, Past Commander 4- Bomf and Post Adjutant M. T«r. .. V IkiTOfhd the city court room Mdkday, ^9 whca the yosng man wat ItiM be fore Judge OUrer Rlee. Rnmors of a threatened ontbreak by O. I. Joes if one of th^r nnmbnr, arrested for reststlag arreet on drunk and disorderly charge, was oontlutod, resulted m the police throwing a cordon of ofDeera A hundred or.morn former ter- vloe men and dtiaena Jammed the area about the reeordec'e eonrt boUding whea the hearing was held Monday morning. Steve Oeotell, CAMDEN BAND NOTES ^•PIVE RECRUITS PROM QRammar school ty afternoon Prot Mlddl*- He Confad Talent Teat to ■t* from the fifth, sixth and rtoes of the grammar ^ this column last week, I ®ion praised the excellent iptltnde of the high school I hgatn the teat grades tn- •unUent material!^ also • that Camden can have pn® niieit bands in the land w majority of these talented ^ equipped with band In- If you know of an In-, iH. lo** I Nr. Middlebm at the Mding ui goon as poe- cheering “CTION CLICKS iJWen Bulldogs received " evation from the toeering aeetlon Charlotte H Wday uighL The before .Judge Rice After waiving hla right Ao a Jury triaL Police Officer Qeae Smith was the complaining witness and fled to haVtng aiveeted Connell on Bread street for being dmtk and disorderly. Smith testiflad that Oomnell resisted arreet and fought him. Henry Horton, a rural police officer, took part In the arrest and gave hla testimony at the hearing. Connell plead guilty to bjlM drunk and disorderly but denied be resisted arrest After tlm hwlng Judge Rice found him guilty snd ftoed him with an alternAtlve of to days In Jail. ^ , . J<^ H. Hongb, by*th# poUoe with a poUet officer enjgaged ^ m^tag an arreet pleaded not guilty b« upon given a he^ng. wa^ou guflty by the ^ Sto a to day Jail alternative. Red Cross Notes Fr«d. P. southeastern are^ SSitoi. FbdSS in the field <>* be discussed; JS. SSe World of Human Red Ctos* 1* sponsoring on October 8 and be Miss Annie Laurie of headquarters *^®“® bolding an Igstltote doing home eervlce work ^ be her topic. director of home serrice for eastern area, wfll addw % iiig of Red Cross worlwrs on W tober t at t:li P. la- Reproaouta- Urea from our chapter to attend and many homo tenge of thu Ser- ohaptur are At last the “Hte- . Shaw County Chaptm^IL C. ^ the war yuaiUjte ordered ly ho** quAftirs At iteWn^ M owa- plAted. Abd lito Ohroblcle hte dw [• fitee of fobliahlAg la _^e thu chapy offlclAlA, ^ CapMa AA mt to have JJ.^undr.d sttoafc il the taterete la Iti -m^e ^OttS QUdy, HortOA ^JJe neg. Seated la a iw- Lywoe. the Bt ^•oty-mlnute. I J? ^egs and HM . [i^half time period. Meeting 'jL.tte L^ettersef m Camden Fims Vision Win' In Annual Somter Classic Bolivar D. Boykin, Leading Otusen Expires Suddenly End Co—a After H—t At- teefc At Hii MfflwmT PI— PmJc Grid GMte Of The Year Wm B« PUyed Be tween Camdem emd Sumter The Camden BnOdoga into, on even terma with tee B^ter Oaam- codcs In the sniaHlgpridlrdn f^me to be played this svmilng at Zemp Held. From lA nnderdoi|f following ths Bolivar D. Boykin. 17, ons of ths leading agrlcnltorists of the state, outstanding qportaman ant civic leader died at hit home. MOtway plantation. Boykin, Wedneeday night at 11:80 o'clock after a brM illnest, resulting from a heart at tack. A son of the late Bm^eU H. Boykin and Mary Deas Boykin, he was bom In Kershaw county and has resided here all his life. Funeral senrieee wiU.be held Fri day at 11:80 o'clock fiiwm Orace Akriacopal diurdi la this city .with burUl in Qnakar eemeCery. Ibe deteased is sunrlved by Us widow, a daaghter, Mias Msta Can- tey B^ktai, aad a son, L. W. Boy kin, Snd, site a graaddau^ter, MAry Deaa Boykin. aU of Boykin; site three brothArs, Richard Boy kin of New York, Dr. 1. M. Boykin of PhfladAlphIa and Bnrwell Boy- kte of Manning, snd two sisters, Mnk W. R. Oapehart of BoyUn and Mrs. Douglas A. JSoykla Csmdun. Decteifd W|A one of tewunwgitor* of the South OaroIlBa Fwm Bu reau w—Itetton, and has be«i ac tive In Camdei siad KershAw eoon- ty Affatri tor aasay years. Newa of the death of Mr Boykin spread like wildfire throughout the county Thursday and was reeutved with a marked senae of shock and rsgrst. For maay years the deceased wiks a domlaant figure in tee plana to promote the agriculturist Intarust la tee county sad stAte. His kesa tnsidbt into things ai^nltural and progrteslve made him a valuAble adjunct to teeutttMBry edtee In all matters involving community fanproveniMiL he was active la in terest awi participation. ^the Camden to the state elr smashing High UMiM>er of the vestry of Grace oharoh here for several years. Aeuya bearers at the fnneral servlcte Friday win be: James A Alexander, T. L. Alexander, Jr., Itanrell Boykin Capehait, D. D. Boykin, Jr« Baynard 8. Boykin and Henry Deas BoykbL bud. Victim Df Assault IH^Assailant Held For Murder AHam Yoimc Soccqmba To R—hrwd From Blow Bf Axo BIshopTiUe game^ team stepped back football picture by win over the heavy of Charlotte last Sumter got revengk on Olympia lOgh of Odumbia fud the cnishiBi defeat handed them by the Coluur btams a year ago biF wlnnlng a If to f Tlet^ In tee liM meeting at Sumter laet Friday night Bye wltnetete of t]|e Sumter bat tie deccrtbe the Qaiuacockt as be ing a heavy and fUab team and one teat should be lu teh ruunlng tor the state AA title teM year. A victory over tea Gamecocks here tonight wfll rulsn the Camden prwdge to a high peRk. It the Butt doga play the same alert Iwand of ball tonight that thm dtehed up against the Rama lam week, there is sn even chaBoe|tkat they uuy tnra the tridc. Somter hns a nuxAer ef 4F play- era on the team this year and la t» ported to be aomewihat stronger than in lf4i. This laet in itself ft * bsd omeo-to- aU-teinonmits. but Cktoiden fsns are eai^dent that their pets win coma fttron^ Game Ubm la • sfeiodc. with tee gatee of the field epaR at 7:18. The same officials worldng la tha Hard ing game wfll be in teifge sad tee jHay by play aceomid a the game will be offWed' OTwr-a public ad- dsem system. A Suikter radio a tlon wfll broadeoat tee game over tee air. It la laderatoad teag the colorfal Sumter high eabsel bmd will be preeeat to play dtnrlig the game and between hatvm. Reports from -•mRUr Indicats that the usual saoteit of Somter citlsens to Camdeta wiU take plaoe, which meaaa that 1—8 fiald wfll be jaanmeked hnagrr Si^ Indicate TiUt Youth Plummeted To Death When Parachute Failed To ‘ifi] ■fi Highway Traffic Officers Here^re Right On liiOoh Court Rooorda Show Amax- liif Nunlier Qi Arraata For VioUtioiu Stata Highway Patrol Offleera James Hammond and J. T. Mon- stngo ars distinctly on the Job In their law enforcement patrol of Kershaw county highways. Their patrol actlvlUee cover all of the Important highways where auudmam travd prevuUs but one is apt to meet them at unexpected timae on some of the lem treqnent traveled avenues. Patrollng hi^ways requires etw- nal vlgilanoe and a keen sense of dlptomacy. The law books govern ing South CaroUaa trsffio regnla- tkms list nmny otfensec that a motorist might eonunlt Far ftmtsnee some of them are: imprupar passli^ of cCAiu, driving on tee left side of the highway, dmnk an highway, driving a car while drunk. Improper stopping, de- fieteulRitete Improper left torn, nn -dSmAmmuiim slibAiiamm- . AlmAvitMgp lirtTMrw THQBSOW MllVlJI|Ep deWeieut krskea, etc. This writer bed eeoasion to scan tbe dodmt in Magistrate Qiarley Btetherli oaurt room a week ago aad te ehedklng over the traffic vlo- lathm rsaerdi, waa amased to note that'hi dm Orst 18 days of Septoin* bar, PatrolUMUi Otfiecre Hammond and MoalugO had ssade over fifty arrasta aad te each Inatanoe there was a yaymeat of a fiae, tee finee varying acooMIng to the swioua- nais of the offense. Workliig la oompleto aooord with tee patoet offiuuru lu n—l Offtear Lea Raae ef Bteaar* who dartag tea short than he has beea wearing a badge, has done seme sptoodld work la law eaforeemtnt Moore Bhnn, loeal negro, la eon- fined to the ooaaty Jail on a charge of murder, as the result of the death last Friday of Allen Young, colored, la the Camden hospital. According to tbe anthorltlea hit Yonng over the head with an axe, when he found him to the Compaq of his ghrl friend to a Mar ket street house Mmn had fled when police reach ed the scene but- be was found In a drunken slumber on the steps of tee oonrt house at 9 o'clock that evening after lingering to an conditllon for several hospital. be arraigned at the Young unoohs- days at Blmn Shaw county ae well as asarby cities -and towaa to adjotolng areas will be on hand Cm the clasalo. State highway^ police offleers will augment the Camden police in the handling of the traffic, while the latter wfll have special details of officers on the field to keep the Crowd back of the fence surround Ing the playing field. Judge Rice SecAs "Breakfast Gub** Event In Camden Fljrwra Froui All Ow«r Thw SUM Would Bo Hoito Te Atloud Affair October term of criminal court Mrs. Heyward Dies At Home Of Sister llr*. Lucretla D. Shannon Hey* wsrd, 74. died at W o’clock Monday niriit at the home of her sister, MW. Jo. BlaekweU. after a yearii eervloes were held at 4 o'clock Wednesday. afteraooB from Oiwee Rptocoval church, Camdeo. conducted by the of Oolumbte. tetetmegg teUowed to the family Not at Oariur cemetery Mw. Harward, a native of Camr Asn. la inrvlved by bar hnsbaad. AMCMicr a Heywari Sr.: ooa •M. 0— Alcaonder a Haywwd. USN: W«a Meters, Mr*. Jo. Mhtei- wnll sad Mrs. ’K a Btoedman of aai Mrs. F. W. Lacklaotto nr f^gtetea; tews bretems, wa gggitetewM of Camdeo, R W. of JMteiUHi aad 0. J rrRRBT ^ V' I AC roi Aijte A number of ^ Camden avlstlon enthnslasts have suggeated that the local flying club sponsor a “breakfast" to which members of the state breakfast club be Invited. Judge Oliver Rice is one of the most snthnsiastlc advocates of sneb si plan and Ixdieves that Ml loeal flyers and the sserchanta would cooperate In making It an outstand ing event in breaktoat dob history. The Thomas Tavern would take care of the brsakfast, which Is a "dutch affair" tor all attending. This breakfast woald be held .late In the morning after whldi, ac ceding to the tentative plans of Judge Rice, the visiting flyers would be taken to the Kirkwood field to witnem a polo gaum. The Judge’s Meg, which has beea given entbuslastle endorseaMot by a Bombwr of leeal pUots, would be to have Csiteltel merchants con tribute prfaeAJa tee vteltort. One wodd go to tee flyer ooming the loageat distanoe, anothur wonld be for the first womax pilot to land at tee local airporLwhOe other awards would go to various ether "firsts". Judg*. Riea. ftebfts sugfsatlcas _am partiss totaiUstsd to his Nan. ne breakfast dub event would not be held until after the first ef the yuar whea the ftaaday polo pro gram has been te|m up. I ' I' ji' " tlOBS enforced In order to save property and lives ars proud ef the splendid work that is being done by Messrs. Hammond and Monslnga. Cassatt News Chamber Of Cmn. ^ • WmBeHMAt fam UlrldL of ths Oamiea and Kmaftiy ity Cbawbor of Oonmiire* ateis U, baa rssigaad aai uffl be- uf a Gftaitecr fl Mr, and Mr*. L. H. Catoe wuro Sunday gnests of Mr. and Mr*. Cbstbsm of Sumter. Mrs. Loulo Smith and intant daughter, who spent several weeks with her parents, left Saturday tor her new home, wklcb has Just been completed In the Chsrlotte-Tbomp-^ ■on oommnnity. Mr and Mrs; O. T. Gardnsr of ColnmbU spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Daria and fat^. Mias Marie Yangtan of Rock Hill was St home from Satnrdsy until Monday. Miss Betty Jane MeCaakill visit ed friends at Wlnthrop college Sunday. Miss Christine Granger returned to her home Sunday after being a patient to tbe Camden hospital tea days. Mr. aad Mrs. J. T. Brannon and son of Rock HUl were with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bran non over the weekend. Mrs. W. N. WeUs of Bishopvllle and Mrs. *J. L. Cooper and grand son spent Monday to Columbia. James West attended Presby terian Synod In Ootombla Tuesday snd Wednesday. Roany Bowsrs, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Alby Bowers, has been a paUtent^ the Camden hospItaL' Camden Youth At Cadet School John Northrop WalL aon of OoL and Mrs. John F. WMl of Cantoen, has recently earoUed as a cadet at McDonoite aehool, a aetel-mlllti^ school for boys near Baltimore. Md. Cadet WaU. a boarding dtudeaL begtes this year as a aMmber of the 4te class and Is snroUed to an aeadamic program. This tall he is la Company C. Intealsy, of tho mill- Red Cross Scores \'i^hWell-Prepared Historical Book Intmraariiif Booklet Gmioa From Thu Chronicle Preaa To Public A pamphlet from the press of ths Camden Chronicle, snd entitled “History of Kersbsw County Red Cross Chapter’’ hss Just been made available to the public The pamphlet was compiled by Mrs. Bgmont C. von Treeckow, his torian. who was assisted by Mrs John Wall, chairman of the Yolun teer Special Servlcea, and chair men of the various departments Sonrees of Information were listed as follows: Records and reports of tbe chapter, data from Chamber of Commerce, hlatory of Kershaw ooonty by Whlttowsky and Moeeley, and Red Crom scrap books. Typists of manuscript wer* Mrs. Dorothy Smith and Mrs. George Stuart The.pamiAlet la dedicated to the hundreds of volunteer members and workers who have made the hla tory posaible. As a forsword appsars tee follow- tog: « "This history of the work of the Kershaw county Ahapter of the American Red Cross during the yakra 1989 tol94t, waa nndertaksn at the request of the National wk oiety w^ toatmetiona to .tea d^alrman to appoint a hlatarlaa and a'committee for the purpose. The fnraished by headquarters been follfwud as olosaly as pot- aod tea data waa glsabajj offiqial reports and matorlals «ir baas rsaskad tbe sesw# lipplled by the officers aad ehato' BIL*** It Iteewlii^pays Ullmt* to the hundreds of volunteer/ who gavw nnstlntlnglf of themaelvm. tea 119 pound foothall squad. Pr^teferim Church Giwup wuiffsmaq af Dtetiiet 1 wsn mfH with >9elMte; Preeby- tortHB ebuieh te Camlsa, Oetober 1 Tka luisfing will bagte at 10 at ae that “Tha Gruatest Mother of Them All" could ever stand "At Hla •Ida" The pamphlet featnree a history of the Kershaw county Red Croca chapter, a listing of the officers, a rsport on the activities of tee Home Service unit. Disaster Pre paredness and Relief, Camp aad Hocpital committee, Nnrslag serv- loe, Bdneation serrlee. Nutrition, First Aid, Accident Prevention, Water Safety, Junior Red teross, Ra- port of Voluntew Special services. Public Information, Rpeakera Btt- rsan, Prisoner of War, Window Displays, Program^of annual Basat- ing of 1949, Bplaodes an expsrisnoea worthy of mention, special new pro jects or actlvitlss nndertaksn, war fund campaigns, treasnrer’s report aad eerttfloatea. It cloees srtth aa epilogue, "A New Call to Servlea' An of the above are given to ehnp- ter arraagemanL there, being 18 numbered chapters and aoma five other nnnumbwed. Officers of the chapter as of 1948 were: Cbalrmsn, Major Moul trie Brailsford; vke chairman, Mrs. Bgmont 0. von Trtaekow; treasurer. Mrs. Trannis BeUc, aad secretary, Mrs. George Stuart. The pamphlet has fifty pagse including the covers. It Is wsn pre pared a^ raflects mneh credit npoa those responsible. Boykin Office)^ Is Held Captiv?^ By Comnnmiste A cease-fire team of the five head ed by OoL Thomas L Alexander of Boykin. 8. 0., Is being held to "pro tective enstody" by the Oomnranlats to w*tgs«T Caroline Cooley, Battle Creek. Mich., writer said upon her return from that Communist ro- dosbt la ChShar provtoce. Htei Goeiey, who had hsen te Kalian for two months, said left voluatarfly after awaru that the 'kazioaa tor me to gst euL' Tha American teat truce toaa Have their hr to igaattog tee time teay goaa, diitteatica vaaaoaa BBteg. ' . , t- Game Warden Comfg Grialjr Remains Of Who Diaappeared Years Ago The finding of a skeletoi Wateree swamp last eveni]^ by a Sumter county warden ended a thsee-ydar search for a missing Sbgir. cadet named Gerald T. Held, Cbappaqa, N. Y. Bleached by the aun and dated i^ntlees times by the which ireqnently cover tbe undergrowth of this area, the ton was identified as that of by a nearby rotted paraltonta^'- molded leather flight Jacket military shoes which encased ends of broken leg bones. Held became tbe subject wide and Intensive search after' crashed plane was fonnd Wateree on tbe morning of her 84. 1941. The game warden flndlaf skeleton said that both leg were snapped as if the body plummeted to the ground, as could be learned the bad failed to open. The game warden. Pi A. ton, and a eompanlon, R, L.' were traveitog to the swemp they lost tbe wag betweea lake and Beech Crete.. 7 men separated ead while ton was standtog on a kaolb noticed what he thought waa old cushion OB the gronnd-i When be piekeA-it up he rotted corte were etteehqd when he followed the corto upon, the skaletOB. teoi^ton notified Shaw hla find and soon a party ‘ route toUowai to get to tlw tel WM two nttif soqte of Wedgs along the Polasett pate The party tovad the deecrihed ^ Broughton The mllteteewaelerpfirq 1 bet parts of It wsfo todndlBg a Jaw hem teeth nearby. It wm hoped to fPloese tarn te pegs Funeral ffites For Sfrs. Whii At Grace Cjiwi Bglortd Ckaradf AAte Ilhiees Of Wggki Funeral rites for tibe Anae Barast Whiiaksro .. last Friday at tee Oarndtet! aftar an fllness ef were ooaduoted hy Rt herte Thomee, retired Lower DIoceee of BDute . Sunday afternoon at 4 Okie interment la Quaker oemet The death of Mrs. Whit WM source of mute grist row thronghout the She WM beloved by ell her aad delighted In h«r standing teanctsr aad The deosMod was a Camden and wm the the late Dr. end Mrs. Barnet She wm e member Bplscopel ehnreb, the Cam4 ter of tee Danghteis of thrL can Revolution, and the loee|| ter of tee United-Dantet Confederacy. She leaves her hMlNtodk Whitaker, Sr., this dty; John Whitaker, Jr., Whitaker of K«sl Arthur L, Burnet Calif.; two sisters, eker, 8r.^ this dty, end Merten, of Tote. Bterere at ths ware: Jhte M, Boyl^ Mnry O. am Beath, L. j. N, ttMxaspt tad C. CL' te m strife, nig. to ted tee qMI of aid INS to SfR - tejffvi .'Sfi ■J'- r i g V .f* • - -w •c45 » ji : I*- JI