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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAMUNA, HUDAY, NOVEMBER I, 1»M NohiImk S3 oters Urged To Go To Polls Tuesday-Vote For Amendffient 8 pCTED RAPIST MAKES ®CAPE FROM CONVICT CAMP Sentonc*, Takot Fr«Bch Lorn CEmpbeU, i^r prison iontwBoe for the 11(1 Ctinden girl two yeere fudc his escape from the BLer- Leointy convict camp on U. 8. In* |]l last Sunday afternoon the present time the an- ^ are irithoat any cine a« EVkereabouta. Lpben had served 21 months r^Tlct camp where ha was line of Uie mess hall as cook. tlSD classed aa a trusty, ac* to Snpt. Eugene Moseley. ij sUted that Can^tbell htssiendld cook and a liiodel PIT. It Is beHeved that Camp- fhe more freedom about nap as a trusty than other Hn left about 5:20 o'clock and ^ boarded the Greyhound lit passes the camp area I that time en route to Char- M Moseley reported the ee- } to Deputy Sheriff J. H. Me- I Jr., who sent ■ out circulars m ft iftftcrlptlon of Cho oocopo^ Set sad also llstlnf his ftefsr I ssd other data. These oireu* not to the sUte pollee al It nation and it Is heUeved Cuipbell wUl be taken Into M s rtort tlBse^ — leD. whoee hope wis In ts, had an extended erlml* newi, eccordtof to Inferma- iMt to the sherlfTa office here ■ tine his arrest. He la also re- ri to hsve served In the ermed issd was AWOL whn lodced Police Warning Issued Against Use Of Explosives Ckkf Says Ordtiuuica In Rn- t«rd To Fim Craekera, Etc^ To Bo Enforeod The police will enforce the ordinance prohihlting the aale or •hooting of Are crackers or fire works In the city, according to Chief Alva Rush. ''There is a city ordinance that prohibits the sale or nse of fire crackers or fire works In the city,” •aid the chief, "and I am warning all violatora that we intend to en force It" Asked If his order appllee to the hoodlums who have been toesing ezploclvM shout In a haphasird manner nt the football gamea, the chief replied, “Wait und see,” mean ing that some one ie geing to be picked np if he vk^tee the ordk nance. Festival Hckets Available At Mayors Office Mayor F. N. McCorkle, Kerahaw county chairman of the Columbia Mnsk Festival, la receiving ticket reeervatlona for the Initial event on the season’s schedule, Verdi Btwry popular opera “D Trovatore”, to be offered at the Township and!- torinm on Friday evening, Novem ber 1. Mr. McCorkle will also reo^ve or ders folr season tickete for this out standing featival program. Fifth District Parent-Teadiers jfironp Me^ Herp id’s offenae whWi I Jury trial In 'circuit court ivtft the prisoner bclag de i hr some of the beet crlm* tslent in the etate. in- t criminal assault upen a ur-oli girl. The trlM attrael- mnrdi that Jammed the oourt ill would here been ell- fcr parole about II years he date of his sentencing, I li^t years being taken off hehirlcr. WIksa ceKnh kmght bwA to the eouvlet M h probable that he wUl to serve out the entire 25- setence. b Sobndolad Par Local ApdHorfani Op. Naviarfiir ft The varloaa Pareat-Teeeher dnbe of the Fifth district will hold • district convention in Camden on Sntarday, Neveartwr I, la the andl- toriam of the gramaer school. So far as le known the local FavealTeacher's groay has not fBaetteaed so far this year but it la h<ped that the orgaalsetlea oea be reearrected and handle the hoet- aee daUse for the district meeting. Mayor W. N. McCorkle has oon- ioBted to main the addrom of wel- at the dlstri^ ythe^ag^ Boy Scouts To Stage Contests Athletic Field Famous Violinist Profram Of Ewoata Schadtilad Sanday LYDIA aUMMiat singing the leedlag relee ia the Verdi offering November will be Florence Khrk, Erie Howton. Lydto Summers ear Dualel Duse, ’ne company M aader the direethm of Frits Mahler, under whoee direction a namber of operas have toured the United Statea during the peat few yewe, winning acclaim wher- ever they played. Desire Detrere la stage maaager and has prepared an asoally briUlant sets and cosUimea for this prodoetkm. ”11 TrovaUwe” is probably the beat loved and moat familiar of V«r> di's great operas, aallke many eperas, having achieved tessedlate Snocesi. The plot Is dramatic and tbe Irreprccelble verve of Sic mas ter's musk aweepa all rtm before It To this opera heloag the beloved ”Aavil Choraa” and the An ethletie rally wW be hrid next Snaday afternoon at t:S0 o’clock on the grammar school athletic field by the five Bey Sebnt tro<^ of Camden. Among some of the events will be a baseball throwtag contest also a football paaalng event tog of war, tint pitchiag eonteat andreaa. tag relay raee (this le a ecreem). Thk jecreatkael event whidi should bring oat the relatives and friends of evmy Beg-Soout Is be ing arranged for tbe pnrpose of pro viding added intereei In the Scout recralUag and finanoe drive that le BOW la progreas. Uoyd MeCuiaber, local photo graphing axpari. who haa Jnst taken ^large of Troop 8S, affiliated with the Baptist chiidi, wants to immeas apon the people ot Camden and especially the boys of Scout age that ”8(X>UTIN0 IS FUN- JOIN NOW." The other Scout tabope are the Hermitage. Wateree, Masonk and Presbyterian. Clyde Bcktr Is Soon^ master at Wateree: David Stevens, Hermitage: C. TarhevUle, Preeby- teriaa nnlL and J. tteel^, Maaoa- k. At a weekly BMetlng df Troop SI last week te the Jandar ptibool room of the Baptlit ^oreh. tea Bcoate were present Soeutmaater McCamber had diaite of the meet ing and much Infereet was maaifeet by the Seonte. Present wem: C. B. Devls, Malcolm Duftn Peter . De- Brnhl, Oan Oulna, rva Qnlnn, CSeat- us OodwtB, Chartoe'Bovcfh, Martin Prfoe and Wayne Csoller, the latter being a new memiwF. Pliha were made to recralt new niembers and have a weiam' roeet hk' the near to- tore. i EDUCATION EFFICIENCY IN CAMDEN HANCS IN BALANCE;. EXPANSION MOST NECESSARY Gamecocks And Tarheels Do Not Agree On Route Hipkwny Muddle Refnrdmf Superrondwny Appears To Hnwe Rencked An Impnee Rniauif Of Bondiuf Limitm*. Hon WUl Permit On Bond Isdun In addition to her recital appear-1 ■"V "V (ftiHPtiuMdon fageRVM) ihimo, Jap sror’s Horse, libited Here knndreds of C!amden and IV county residents had an lity to see Lieut Dick Rysn |Ut (smous Hatshnshlmo (First I). the beautiful white horse Inperor Hirohlto to Japan frote, when the Uentenaat and ulmal were on exhibition Whttakei^Boykln parking, lot itle^e street Saturday mom- Itsd uternoon. Ill relsted that thia 12-year-old > ms offered to General Doug- [iMArthur and those who saw here can well understand ^the famous American soldier to ride the animaL p horse was exhibited by Lleat P It the State Fair ia Oolamhla l*sek and was broaght to Cam- I non the request of the Leroy I Poit No. 17, American Legion. Mce Officer PBethune r, Nov. « BEAUnFICAIVm PROGRAM 18 LAUNCHED BY GARDEN GROUP CocnipittMe Tnkn Ovnr Hunplon Park, Square And Hoa- pital Camden and community Is grave ly concerned over the location of the projpoeed eystem of super hlgh- ^ ways through South Carolina, for ai^rLe;>M Fk)^; i^ialng’yWIJ® vlolinUt who will be heard at theUton of the ^Imetto a^e highway grammar acbool auditorium on ^ *ucceaeful. one of Wedneeday, November 12. under highways wUl pass through tha anspkea of the Junior Welfare Camden, ... League, haa played with many of l At the present time the two the major European orchestras. Her Carollnas are fsr apart In the selec- debut In Vienna brought forth the tten of the m^ north ai^ south following comnmnt from the con- location. No^ Carolina suwaUve VlennsMi critk: “One t^ron*** *i*,?‘**‘V^ chalr^ has muat aemklate her with the grmit w»»ounced that the state highway masters of her art.** commlarion of tha Tarheel state Amoag tha rmnarkabla fasts of M Highway 201, which concert history must he recorded ^ ^ South Cwollna ^se tha tour da forca parformad by FToranoa and Da sway from LM»a Flood, whan tha playad in Camden, Snmter, Columbia, ate. wSaw Mtea Flood appeared as Soo«» Carolina’s highway com- mStot\lth^ owhaateiirttalr J- f. WUlte^on has Sunday noon coacarL aad.gava har|j*k*® C- ®- 15, No. owa radtal that aama avmlng tn|L •to. The two ^inlMlon chair- HaUoween Is Observed IiUbf HundFiii PpftWppto hi Codfttmp Ppr«d« And F«i Tk«ndiiy Nifki ^esday, pkiw county sarvioa officer, P^®*»onover, will be la Sa- P Wednesday, Novamber for of assisting vaterais la 8 Ppers for unnsad leave pay Teterans benefite. P* Wishing aaalstaaea may F? »• senrlea otflear at J. M. p** store after. .!• a. ,p. nUMIIIB One of tha moat pratentkus pro grams ot elvk ImprovaYianL to be fostered in Camden In dacadaa is that of tha Camden Garden club. Miss Harman, president, wherebr the club iqprklng In three onlts will nndertake a prognmi Uooklng toward the improvemem of Hampton Park. Rectkry Square and the Camden hospital grmdf. The Hampton Park improvement is under the direction and super vision of the Boxwood group. Mrs. Reuben Pitts, chairmaa. Thia group haa taken as a group projact. the propogatkn of boxwood plante. Tha Holly Tree group. Mrs. John VUlaplgue.v chairman, has for a civ ic project the Improvement of Rec tory Square, while the group pro ject is bird sanctuary. Tha Pina Tree gronp, Mrs. Allison DuBosa, chairman, has for Its civic projact the improvemnt of tha Camden hos pital grounds, while tha gronp projact is propogatkn by cuttings. visf Harman has named a com mittee of Judges, consisting of Mrs. Withers Trotter. Mayor F. N. Mo- Ciorkle and Frank H. Hsath to visit Hampton Park, Itectory Square and the hospital area next weak. ThU ooBteUttea Inspected tha projects Monday. A year from tha day of tha Initial rialL the Judges will again visit tha projects uid make their dciston aa to tha one accomplish lag tha moat la tha yaar'a time. Another splanM effort of »a gardaa clab wttT be noted la the improvement of the paikway grouada of tha Deaboffd Matton. Miss Hsnaev contacted Connell- Sim Lea Mjara tWs waa^Uva (nsaa* tarn ta jiM* Stpl) Rtelshi-As Dakel PoidBUtfter Grand Bans Minors Di^ng Scho(d Buses ' Cilea Raoent Upovar Of ^kicla In Praaantmant to The Kerahaw county grand Jury, in its prasantmant to Jndga P. & Still, In circuit court here Monday, recommended that no .minora ba employed aa school bos drivers la the futora. The grand Jury, In tha present ment, stated that the amployaMBt of minors in tha driving of tha seboot boaes was referred to la the grand Jury report as of Jana 14 of this year. The report went on to state that only recently a school bus with 25 students and driven by a turned over. ^e presentment also offered a recommendatkn that all witnessee in cases on the court calendar mast be on hand at the hour the court opens In order that the worit of the grand Jury and court may be ex^ p^ted. p. G«9iFi. ftalsoU for r C. A city-wide obaervaaee of Hallo- wesa Tharsriay algbt featured a carnival parade and eqtertalament la Hampton Park, Dr. A. W. Hamphriea of the Kershaw county civic eouacll. Ihe parade etarted from the court houee ok Aroad street at 4:20 o'clock and waa made up of cos tumed individuals -and groupa. Prises were awarded the outstand ing costumee. Awards also were made to the winners in the various sports and eatertalnmant faatnres given on the band platform In the park. , Tha committee on general ar rangements for tbe* event waa heeded by Dr. Hamphriea and con- •Isted of Baadmaater Hal Middle- tea of the high school, Donald Mor rison, J.' G. Rkharda. Jr., snperin teadmit of schools, and Mayor F. N. McCorkle. The gaiaee committee waa heeded by Home DemonstraHon Agent Margaret FeweU. Mrs. Willie Tfller Maosrs. TnrbeviUe, Shealy and Wal the baU. imen met at Ralalgh this week but failed to reach an agreemeht Camden’s Interest in tbe route suggested by Mr. wnilemson. is dne to the fact that this /wQl bring the superhighway^ Into South Carolina at the north od U. 8.15. At Blebopt Many Veterans Are CSvrii Jobs Sa ITb]* Thifil Ypur I highway woiOd divide, «M W highway foUoirlag No. 15 ■oath through Sumter and the other One thoasMid six hundred ntaety branching ttoough Camde? ^ six vateraas to the state of .ftonthlcolamWa and thence soathmiy. Oaroltoa were pla^ to federtfr ^ view of the dhrergenee of govemiaeat jObe daring the firetloptoioa betweea the oommiasioBers Bine montba of this year, aa-jof the two statae, it wiU probably Boanewl DIreetor O. A Mywn^ Abjba ttma time betere tha matter is teats, of the Fifth region of the|fiQ«ii, MtUed. South Carolina te de- United 9tetM •trll Mrrlcf tlMtL tte rodtlng ftbouM ■loa today. Thera werp lUM vat-fpravall wblkkla North Carolina tha ermn mietse^a^aiiptmi^Viilnituiimii tog. student, I ton. • The Judges of the varioos araam were: Mrs. Kathleen Watts,* MnL James Darby, Mrs. DeLoacb Sheom and Mra. R. M. Kennedy, Jr. The city had installed streamers of colored ligbte faatooned la tbe park to add color and light to the wogram. Gty License Fee For Merchants To Be Based On Tax a ■ ' Btttiiiaaa Mom Muat Foek DopUcato Of State Tax Ratam With OtF ehanto sad baatoea bmb wfil ba apha rataraa mada by tha Biea and UMrelmato to South Carettaa tax tha fatara, fV.aoiM ttate paat tlw tax si tha Paspaetlva baslaei lahmiato topa toailEN Yuribat er wgmm amtaaMaMa am la It too totopa tea city eiatt*e eft Sae vlft liae tha llswes *ia.a|5|@* ** t tha tm relarm to Camden Churches Plan Census For Sunday, Nov. 3 On Sunday aftsmaaiL Na- vemhar ft tha laeal ehimeliea ara ptonning ta taka a rallileue oenaua af CamdsiL Tha ean* vaspera will eall at evary Hama In M elty eaekinf to ohftaln a eempleta Rat of Eta namaa and agea of aaeh memtora and any ether Intermetien that will enable them le eorry ant Emir geegmm In tha a^. New BMor Bike For Hie Pblke Tho of. a gion Atebaasa, Florida. Claargte, neesss tad Paarto Rico. Largest employer la the Fifth region was tbe war department with 10,051 ptecemeate. Tbe navy department was second with fttlT, the Veterans’ Admtolsqatloa third with l,02f, while the poet office depertment was a terga employer with 1.071. World War II veteraae acooaated for 10,271 positions, while widows or wives of dleabled World War II veterans aceonnted for 110. Vet erans and the widows of wives ot disabled veterans of other wars fOled 747 positions, bringing the nine months total to 21^121. One half of all the men em ployed by the federal government within the United States to civilian poalUona are veterans, and If per cent of the veterans now employed are veterans of World War IL The anmber of veterans employed by the federal government in the United Stetes to civilian positions has more than doubled daring the past two ycari. EIF m; altbolgli there is report that legsdag ont Beteigh «ad]effMleAoy. other importaht teems la recanted by bnalness men to those arses. The attention of the voters of school district No. -1 la called to the vital necessity of voting at the elec tion next Tuesday. November 5, on Oonstitutional amendment No. 8 on the official ballot which provides that the limitation allowed on the bonded debt of the distrkt be raised from 8 to 16 per cent of the as sessed value of the real estate bt the district. The purpose of the amendmant ia to provide for improvements and additions to the high school, gram mar school, both white and colored, and erection of a Junior high school (white). For years there haa been a steady Increase In the enrollment of the public schools, causing a serloaa congestion. The usnsl high stand ard of Instruction has been mato- telned in the face of the handloap. bat only ** through the exoelleat teaching staff waa It possible to do It School officials and facnltiea of all unite Involved seek to ImproM strongly upon tha voters to ral^ to this most worthy cause next Ttoe- day and vote for the amendmott. To maintain the presmit ftoe staaMEr of tbe eeheol syatem base It to neeeesary Otet the €am4«a hlidi soboof be provided with a oomr moihoas and modem aaseiably baA a modem cafeteria and a vocatloual or trade shop. Additional etaai l^ms are necesaaiy at Jaekeoa higb school and the nOM for a Janr ior high school tar Ehite stadeatg grows more apparent every moatb. To those ooaversant with the aio- cptlonal program It to apparent that fer soBM time tbe trend baa been toward ooMoUdation or eentraltoa*' tkm ot teaching unite. A bond tosna' varimwly eattoMUad at friia tSMr. 000 to 1000,000 womM tounra eOhooto to DIotrtet No. 1 bil^ pia^ <m\ bmdk thdr iia^ fanetiott wttb one handred per Junior Chamber Growing ^eirfily N<nr Boaata Of 142 Mratbrnra On Roatar. Flam Santo Claim Frograai At e meeUng of tbe Junior (nuiini> ber of Commerce held Tuesday evening at St Mar^s Hall. 26 new members Joined np, making the total to date 142. A committee headed by laibn Scbloebarg end Inclndlng Henry CafTlson, Jr.. Anetln Shebeen, Sem Boykin, JamM Anderson, L. T. Hasty and Simon Blchel wsto ap pointed to arrange for a Clirtatmaa program featnrtng tha bringing to Camden of Santa Ctena. FAMttY SEEKS DOCUMENT TO LEARN SIGNER’S MAIDEN NAME Mrs. J. K. Shannon, Oimden noneer, IHes On Sunday Funeral aervVoea for Mrs. Joeeph Kershaw Shannon, who died at the Camden hospital Sunday morning were eondneted at 1:20 Tueeday aftemooh from the Grace Episcopal church by Rev. Eugene Weet of Hagood. Intermant was ta the Qaakhr cemetery. Mrs. Sbaaaoa was a Ufahmg real teat ^ Ctoadan and a member of Chrace Episcopal church and tbe ^nreh auxiliary. She to sarvivad by two eonn Dal loa K.; and ChMrtea J. Sbaaaoa. trd. of Atteate: one daughter. Mrs. ftoak K. Babbitt of Camden; two bioOmts, Henry & ami Attred D. Miaxsiy of Atteata; oeo aliter, Mrs. Bgamat 0. Voa Trosekow ot Cbundeft tol* five giaaiidiUdrta. Rev. G. K. Way To Prmeh At Maoey n * pm S- Many Wnll Known Fnmiliaa 0 Arm Namnd In Story Be- kmd HMuillnM During the 1040 seeoloa ot the state legtolatore a rafafendom on; this bond taereaee waa aatborbeft. through the arndhan of a Joint roam < lutioa presented by Raftreeenthttva R.,M. Kennedy, Jf. The text of tbe resolution reeds ag Mtewa: "Be it resolred by the general aaeembly of the etate of South Carolina that the followiag amend- ; meat to Section i. Article 10, of the Constitution of tbe state ot South Carolina be agreed to by add ing at tha end of tbe foUeWtag words 'Provided further that the limitetions proposed by tbto seoEon shall not apply, to School District No. 1 of Kershaw county. Sooth Carolina, said school district being hereby authorised to Issne addition al bonds ta an amount of not ax- ceedlng 16 per cent of the asnsss* able property In said seh<|ol district and that the question of Incurring said indebtedness be subntttted to the qualified electors of said school district. This amendment now cornea bih fore the electors and It to 'timely ' to mention that evM7 elector most produce hie regtetretlon certificate and proof of payment 80 days before election day of any poll tax thdE due. Voters of School District No. 1 must vote to Insure the amendment being carried. i' BY FRANK H. HEATH Some totereetlng facts ta regards to early tamlliea to (tomden and oommnnltr are revealed ee the re- solt ot an toqnlry made by the Heath News Service here tor the story behind the story'? of an ad- verttoemeat that appeared to the Camden Chronlrie reoentty which eonoemed a search isr aa oM family Bible that flgved to a he- qaest to a wfB filed to Kenhaw county probate eohrt to ItSL Robert H. Leva of Leesburg, Ya^ haa lurovidsd aa toterosttog story of his sftorts to locate the Love family Bible that was Isft to Mary Levs Campbell by ber aMther, Margaret Love. The oafoldlag of the story brings to tbs Bsmes ot ths Saqrris, Sbaws, (hUBpbsns, C r s s d s. Ogboras, Shemus, Trasadales, Clybaras, Mo- Kstos sad oChsr lamtHss wsD wwa today la this oomasaalty. STORY TOLD TO NRWtMAN sis tos to the But here to the story as gtvsa by Mr. Love "It is utos Of you yonrsstf la ths Love to gm tkaamiatmmtfmiM re- to •Ym DeKalb Youth Is lilniier (H Speech Contest ThosMM Faalkeaherry. repevtdtj the Bsroa DeKsIh dmpter ( ' Future fhnasrs ot hmartn past vies irsaldsat of ths AsMetotlOtt of the first to the Ksniiaw hureea youth spouel eoittftK' Meet). The coutoet was hstd at DeXsIh schsol OB Oeiohar ti. eoBteutaate wars: WmaH Touag. vice prssMsat of ^pCer. ida^ sssead; Jordaa, presMeat of the dmpter aad tremarsr of the ^ttea of the IWA. saA ; Hhyae, Jr., AB spoekars used as a "What tha fhna .Bursau te South CuroilBa.'* Ote OweiM.t toterttooT of IMalb FFA. pcodded hm ? eeuteat TheuMte arJO rtevssttst mww ceuBcy larm sureax The ta tha state phM. i -I SI Ift li! h V i ■^4 4 L'Vr'vi