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th^ 88 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRllUY, NOVEMBER 22,194€ Ntunbcr 36 Claus Will Arrive In Camden Next Friday Afternoon - Gifts For Packed House To Greet lions Club Great Fall Show M«inbera Raport Tick«ta Go-| iag Fast Procaeda All To Charity Pro jecta JIJC ASKS THAT PRESS OF STATE BACK CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER LOCAL GOVT.l , Wide Poll RoroaU hitoroatiiif Facts On ChriUaii Reaction To Nowspapora 6f South Carolina qgeitlonnsiro Issiied bf Charles Ia Allen, assistant dean and of research ot the school of Journalism at Northweetem nnl- of BJvanston, tor the -South Carolina Press association to rnanr Sooth CaroUnJana has Indicated that the most Im- f community project the papers of the Palmetto State nan spon* I one that will provide better local gorsnunent Other derelopments that the public wants the newspapers to snp-] Imjfde new and bsttsr housing, hospitals, schools, highways, | centers and bsttsr stste snd national gorsmmsnt. trtBd in the rotlng, a»j “ rfrecenUy, Is now preaeoted^ ibers of the sUte preaa group! r^int form. Queatlonnalraai to 5,000 outstanding nj women and Jabnlatkma iiude from thoaa returned, multiple choice qnsaticm. Ill «t replied that the asost hh- It community derslopment I local papers sponsor was one jl better local goTsmment. Ifu interesting to note that east of the dtlsens thouSht ,M aewspspora should enprese (in opinion on the edJterlsl Thile 15 per cent declareJ paper expresslf^l opinions. ftr cent roted In fsror of jtU being permitted to ex I their own opinions, poll showed thst 61.5 per nre of the opinion that were fair In the handling ri snd editorials. Another tb^t they Vara inare than’ iDthe time. giestlonnalrs showed Siat •r esnt said that aodaty .were nndemocratie and flUsd sews of so-called **hlg wiga". p^ further ahowed that wanted mors sports and 61 i fSTored newspaper decUn- I pritt llQttor ndrartlsements. nwy percentage roted In fnr- hsrlng namea of peraena ar> ; published but agsead that n’t names should not be h erhnlnsl cases, hr the greatest majority re- newspaper adrertlalng nost useful klnd< FACING OUR DELEGATION Wedfenm and tha Karehaw . Engages , H. Hardin Fw itendent South CsuroUttiaih lONice Left Vacant By Tobin Daath (1 Hardin, a native South Clemson gradaate and It background of axperleD^e In IhUsUstlon and operation plsntB of every deacrlp* kaember ot the American In of Electrical Ehiglnews, tCuoIlna society of engineers, electrical engineer with the Valley authority and rother outstanding affiliations, secured by the city of to take over the mnnldpal I nperintendency, left vacant »recent death of Leon Tobin, will take charge of the tt on December 1, acoordk itatemenf from Mayor F. Me. The new anperin- marrled and has three idifldren. He graduated from ud M college at Clemson nth the degree of B. S., “Tchanlcal-electrlcal engineer. I was with the General Elec- my at Schenectgdy and and was In fall charge construction on a war time expansion pro ne wag bom at Blacksburg, 1190. Mr. Hardin plans en Or building 'a home In u» soon as poasible. Re- bo Is of the Pi^otestant MtmSers of the Camden Lions club are gleeful over the manner In wrhieh the tickets for the ‘'BSIabo- rate Fall Revue", to be given at the grammar school auditorium on| the evmilng of Friday, December 6, under the ansplces of the Lions club. Housewives have visions of the fine 1547 KslvlnaUu*, which Is to be given away at the show, as juat fitting Into their kitchen. the revue will be the peak event of the entertainment season In Camden and It la the belief of tha LIobb, from President John Stoter down throngh Ute membership ret- tar that the andltorlnm win be Jam- packed when the curtain rolls np at t p, m. Tkla same Revue played to capacity houses at eevwal show ings at the Carolina theater In Co lumbia and critics raved over it The nice feature of the Camden showing Is that outside of the fee peld to the management of the Re vue, every penny that is taken In throngh the sale ot tl«±ets and at the door goes to the Charity and pbllsSDflurople program of the LJi Baron DeKalb School Play To Be Given Tonight The Jnnlor class of Baron De- Katb high school will present their class play tonight in the auditorium at 7:10 o’clock. The title 6f the play la "An Early Bird." BJverybody Is cordially Invited to attend for oath one will enjoy the',. ''"‘““‘r aurprlaea of the wise old “Blrd".)^ C<^e and bring your friends so we‘P®P®^ carried In a can surprise the old "Bird" by'our presence. The admission will be 20 cents for children and 30 cents for adults. This edHerial is addressed to Senator W. T. Representatives Arranta and Jonea, reprssenting county delegation: Gentlemen: The tragedy at Kershaw on ArfhlsHea Day after noon In which four young war'vetarana lost their ItvM and two othara were aerioualy burned, has aarved to focus statewida attan- tion on the danger of exploalvea in'the fbnn of fIrawoHcs and fire eraokera, and all evtr South Carolina munIcipalHIaa ara laauipt warnings, based on city ordinanoea, that the sale of an^lag tham is orohlMted. The mayors of many eitlaa haye been outspoken In their mand for state legislation that will prohibit tho aalo ar af flra* Worfcs within tha bordors of our stato. They point out that whila olty ordlnancoa prohibit tho aalo and uaa of oxploolvoa, ^hnt road- sldo stands within a fow yards of olty limits do a land dftlea buS9> noss in. sailing tho haxardoua morohandiao. If tho oountg stnd thd stato had prohibitiva monaursa tho monaeo would be ottsnlnatod. Up in Qroonvnio tho front of a store Ji^ outaido the pity limits was blown out whon firoworko dioplayod In V window dnplodod. Portunatoty tharo wero no fatalltloa. Tho Chrenlolo la aaking you momboro of tho Karuhme dtloga- tion to uao your offerta to have teglelatlen enacted at tha fwxt see- tion of tho gonoral aaoombly that will offer to the paof|d ^ wur city, county and atata, pretoction against tho haxarda ef Rro eroek- art and firoworica. Aeeerding to Uio Lanoastar Nows aemo of Uie fir^ eraokera now being odd have anough TNT in tham to make tham OKtromoly dangerous to Ufa and limb. Qontlamon, tho Chrenlolo asks that you give oorloua gawsldsra tion to this roquoat But for tho unfortunate tragedy at lUrehaw on 'Novombor 11 four or mere-homat would have been happier. Greed for tho fidanolel returns attendant upon tho aalo of dansorouo ox- ploolvos brought hoartaeho and sorrow Into those hemea. Lot's not have a repetition of this tragotly* Lot's daar the stato of a monaeo that anuffod out tho Hvaa ef four young men who fought en tho battle front during the roeent war. Iaii\ it Ironloai that theaa fine young follewa who llvod through the hell ef machine gun fire, ef bomba, who survived the rigors ef flghtlnB In fain, anew and wind, should give up thair Hvaa Just baoauaa aama paeple must waato thoir money in creating a oelao at a time wRan all the world la paying homage and trtbuto to tho King of Kings, Joaua ef Naxeroth, whose birthday dtould bo eeiebratod In qutot and rover- once, In prayer and humiliation- Inatoed ef heedlumlam and pagan- iatic ndaoa from axpieding firt eraokera and flrewerhn. Gentleman that a our eaod. Wo awaK your vordiet THE CHRONICLE. * Case-Finding Program Is Working Out Fine] The tnbwrculoaio caae-flndlng pS^ gram, operated Jointly by tbo Ker shaw County Tnbercnloala asaocla- tion and the county health depart ment, la bringing a eonitantiy in- ereamng chest diagnostic aervlM to this county. Since the first of Jan- nary, 1546, tn this county, 465 per sons have been flnorcecoped. and 1451 have been X-rayed. "This, Ipcreased case-flndtng la one at the ppograma which tha tnberculoala aaaoctitlon ^mlaed during our 1545 Chrlatmaa Soal Sale,” Mrs. George Creed, eonnty chairman points oat She further Btatoc that this la not tha complete figure for the year, as dtodr X-ray clinics will be held before the new year. The recent X-ray program, which lasted throngh the greater part of last week, was a aurvmr of aup- poaedly wall people. "The reports from this survey have not yat reeetved," aald Mrs. Creed, "but we are told by cHnie doetors of Htoj •tato tnbereulosls aasodatloB, Dates to Remember Chronicle To Inaufumld A PoUic Comwonidneo FmU wrm hk Effective within tlie next few weeks, the Chronicle will print e "Dates to Remember" colama In each issue. The column will earry the dates of conemts, elnb meednga orgenitatlon's meetli^, etc. If the column Is to be a anooaaa. It must have the cooperation of all organisation groups tn Camden and community. If your club Is to have a dance or bridge party, send name of club, date of event and where held to "Dates to Remember", care The Chronicle. The column will be so arranged from the handbag, or Kirkwood Hotel Project Win Be Started In ^lan. r.-a. fuk Cei^ii^ vn Mgw Fofm NiifE To Bogin of the state health deportment, thok In such survgys. It is osuelly fonadj that about IJ per cent of thoaa X-rayed are found to have eome form of tuberculosis Infeatlon.” The beet pert of such surveys is the fact that eases thus found are nsnelly In the early stage of tuber- euloel^ which Is moat certain of bring cured." Mrs. Creed farther points out that I the X-ray program of last weak In part an outgrowth of tbo two school demonstrations which the eseocletlon Is now sponsoring In this county. "It was while at tempting to plan for the X-raylng of pnpUs and teadieri In these two sriiools, that It was learned this county might have the temporary use of tha U. 8. public health ser. vice mlero-photoi^phle unit, which l| now bring operated by the state department of health. Working on a two^ilght and threiHlay sobedole. this unit was set np flret at the Wetaree MHl, then the Hunnltage Mill, end finally at the Baron De- Kalb school All examinations were free. ChUdran and paranta of both achoola were urged to be X-rayed 160 per cenU.AJI Itoaelwre ^ ioA JOLLY OLD ST NICK WHL ATTEND CELEBRATION IN HAMPTON PARK-BAND COMING ICan^un Guts Ruady For Momskur ClirUtiiiaa CoMuratioik Noxt We^ Band Mtuk And Otiior Excitmt Featurae ' WELL KIODIEB, THE BIG DAY OF DAYS, WHEN SANTA CLAUB will arrive In Camden to meet all you little folks and even your mothers, fathers, ilatera and brothMrs as well as a legion of ancles and aunts la Just one week off. The Camden Jnnlor Chamber of Commerce, in. dally tonch with the Jolly old chap as he sweepe over the country trying to find out Just whet his chUdraa want to have him brtaqi them for Christmas an- nouaeee that Santa wGl arrive at the poet office corner In downtown CandM at 1:50 o’clock. And In hia message he eaye "tell ell my little Senu pals to he there to greet me eed take pert te the parade at Hampton Park where 1 am going to give each tad avenrwM oC fkem a gItL" It has been so loag since Santa Claus oama to Camden before Cbrlstmae—evw since the war startad and the little folks ere ell excited over the prospect of seeing hi msgaln. It’s certain that there will he more kiddles In tvidenoe In Camden next Friday afternoon than tn previous annals of Santa Oium Forestry Qidz Contest niouied. By Ranger &nith Tko'lltk annual frireetry qnlt ooatosL aponamred by the South Oarrilna atate oommlmton ef foree- try, will be eonduetod la IS spools tkmuidtout Kerskgw eonaiy during December end January. Ranger L. ■. BaUth reporta the winners of each school ooaleat will be awarded eeeh prism, and, an tl the paaL there will be three wl»>{ ■pri to each ladlvktadl teat [-rayed and many pareata.' This edneatioaal program kam*^ provea Interesting to tko stodeats over a period of yeert. tt eneblee the forest service to ahow the school child of today why he should Invest In the future of toauirrow's forest The program wOl be haM la both white and colored schools and seleotioa of the eohoole will be based on woods tire problems. Ranger Smith stetea that every effort will be made to hold some type of foreetry program ta at commnalty this saasou. Conteataats for the quls oonteat will be adleeted by tha principal from students la the fifth end sixth grades ot, la the larger schools, from those la the tlxth end twelfth grades. Each oonteatant will be given three [jqpeattcips, eaeUef wkfdi a velnd Of MO.'X^trtlkl ere^ wn! be rilowed tor IneomplaU aaawOTi and ties will be nm oft. dty Unable To S*;^|Get Equipment; ooiutrtictlon of tli. oiv iNo Xmas lights paper placed on a desk as a conatnt re minder. righMehuiyierii CORONER’S JURY FINDS THAT KERSHAW TRAGEDY “ACCIDENr Afrs. Schlosburg Given Summons Belowad Character Soccumba ,At Honse ^A^er Loof 111^ Work In wering Car m At Betbnne _J. Moseley, who realdee In ^tlon of Kershaw oonn- ucld at the county Jail •Involving the theft of ue belonging to Dr. B. of Bethnne. Tiro oth- “** girls, who were In- ■ alleged joy ride with been released on I to Deputy ^McLeod. onto, a new model •lolen from In front of ‘*® fMldence In Bethnne y morning. Thronl^ the ^ of state ConsUMe the ear was pick- police later ta only deaugg to a btown out tiru. ^ bis eompankme were “1 brought to Ae betng geaatL releaaed on wtR, Moeeley was plMai ^ * akergu of onto IML ^toported to hmre biBE >em the navr- Camden mourns the passing of Mrs; Anna Karesh Schlosburg, who died at 12:06 Timrsday morning at her home, 402 Laurens street, lUter an illneu of several years dura tion. She Was the widow of the late Barry L. Bcblosbnrg. The deceased, while bom at BrancbvHle, October 2, 1875, had spent prsctlcaily all of her life In Camden, where she nnmbered her friends legion. Philanthropic, of pleasing personality and outstand ing in her devotion of her family, her death will be received with much sympathy and sorrow by thb entire commnnlty. She leaves three sons, Leon H., Carl S.. and BHhu Schlosburg, of this city; a daughter, Mrs. 41. M. Kaplan of Macon, Oa.; four graad- ehlldren, also three slsten, Mrs. lAlex Hlrsoh of Atlanta, GSn Mrs. IA. J. Hellmaa of Colombia and Mra. X l>evy of GalvMton, Teats, and one hrrihsr, X Sam Kareah, of this city. The funeral irits hrid to^ at 11 a. m., from tha Komegay Funerkl homa, with bmial Jn the Jewish SH. 'wad 'mta mtoar IT.' n glA B. M. TostimoBy RwriMla That Sky Rodkat Wan ItBitod In Station • A verdict of "nnavoldkble acci dent’ was returned by a coroner’s Jury after an inquest In the matter of the desth of four ex-servic<« men in the baralng of the Catoe Filling station and Innch room on the Camden-Charlotte hignway Just out side of the Kershaw city iimlU on Monday, November 11. High-lighting the inquest was the introduction of a statement made by Jack Outen, Kersh&w youth who was badly burned In the fire and who Is now In a hospital In which Oaten describes the Igniting'of a sky rocket which toomed Into the fire crackers and fireworks tkat had been nnloaded less than a hour and a half previously. The statement states thst Oaten could not say definitely whether It was his hand that Ignited the rock el or whether it had been done by Jesse Oaten, brothOT of one of the victims of the tire. Onten said that aftOT >the explosion he did not re member anyUilng until he* came to in a hospital. Jesse Griffon, who with Jack Outen was another to make a mlracnlons escape from the flUlng station denied when he took the stand at tha Inquest that he had touched off the sky rockel dectar- ing that at the time he was stand- lag with hia hack toward tka malr part of the bunding Intorlor and was looking over soma raeoris naar a Jake bax wkan tha affair hap- MWd. '' ' ’ li tia flva toOewtag tha tkm laymaGi Barflaid. StoatoOrB- m, Isalaw ihOa and C. W. Oow- ianO wars all karaad to dsait. AB whOa wtrnld Kirkwood hotri on tha rite of the old building on Kirkwood Heights about January II. Mr. Hair stated that a . sauU aUnlature model of the pr^oaed hotri would be placed on exhibition at the office of the Camden ud Ker shaw cooaty Chamber of Commerce jSbout December 15. The plans that Mr. Hair haa pre pared and from which the specifica tions for the new building are be ing prepared and blue-printed call for the rebuilding of the central unit and the addition of two 22 room wings. The wings will be of brick and will have a grill, dining room, etc., on the ground Door. The central ground floor will feature a lobby and specialty shops. “We plan on moving our toroe to Camden shortly after January 1 and will proceed with our construc tion program," said Mr. Hair. 1 would like to say that wa plan on doing everything possible to have the new Kirkwood completed and ready for occupancy sometime next fall. We deflnitriy wUl have It to readiness for the 1547-48 winter sea son." Parking Meter Enforcement Is l^layed One .Weekj Chief of Police Alva Rush an- BoanocNd today that the enforcement of the parking meter regulations would start on Saturday, November 20, Instead of tomorrow as pre- vlottriy annonnoed. In order to secure the pnldlcatlon Of the ordinance three ttoma as re quired by law bkfore It can ha tn- forced, it was nacessary to extend the time to oovot Friday, Novamber 25. Whldi would be the date of tha third publication. ^ief Ruth atatod that tlto ih*! stallation d the metara la now » derway and thn work of marking the parking areas would be atortoi to time to be ftolriMd tale ntet Cnnulnm Kkldina Art Goinf To Bo Hooit-Brolnm Otor Lnte DovolopniMit Camden kiddles will be heart broken to team that they will not see gayly lighted streets for the Christmas period this year. Acoordlng to Mayor F. N. Me- Corkle and light and Water De partment Commissioner D. J. Creed, It will be Impossible to strtog tha street lights for the reason that it was Impossible to secure the re quired equipment. The mayor stated that an o^er for the equipment was sent 'to the manufacturers many weeks ago bat so tar no cod- signmants have been received Enough of the old equipment la ^vallable to deemte the holly tree to the library yard and also a Jun ior Chamber of Commerce Christ- mas tree* to the Hampton The Jnnlor Chamber ot Oom- miroe, 116 strong In membership, la reafiy gqlng all out to make this Santa Otaus program one of the beat In Camden history. Under the skiUed direction of the "Little Maee- tns" (BUha Schlosburg), tha com- mlttoa on arrangements have bean laboring lou and faithfully to get tg nned Bvsrythlag up and randy for Two Are Injured In Tnmoyer On Bishopville Road Nina Freeman, said to reside near Rabon Crossroads* In Logoff, suf fered lacerations on bar legs and was otharwise braised and cut while Levla Branham, raaldlng oa R-2, Camden, was bmlaed when s car driven by Miss Freeman left the highway and tnmad over to a ditch on the Blshopvllls road a few miles from Cmnden Thnrsdsy afternoon last at t:l6'o’olock. According to stato pollea Inves tigating the aoddent the ear left the road on a curva. Union Tirnnkaglvinf Barvlea The annnal onion Thanksgivtog Service of the chnrehes of Camden will be held ta Camden Fhrri Baptist ehnrob on Thanksgivtog morning at 7:10 o’clock. The Rev. J. B. Caaton will give the. address and tha otkar mtaiatora wGl parti cipate. The undesignatod offertoga will ba gtvan to the Oamdan Chfl- Parkldren’a Homn Everyone la oorilally invited. Chamber <0f Commeiipe Activities Bj Kafhlnn Wattn, SaoralnrF A Chamber of Commerce la Uke ! the individual business man whoj makes up its membership. It mnsti not only plan where It is going, but hew It Is going to get there. The member who realises this Is a real Chamber of Commerce BMmber, try ing along with all the other Ohio and business people to develop j civic pride, commnnlty reeoureea, industrial and agrtenltural deTelop-| ment ^ Towns and commonltlea, like to- dhrldnals, do not lire by them- erives. 'They are hooked up aritk other towns and oommunitlM from wkkk they buy and aril. We ean not eoneem oursehres solety With Five bijur^ As .^tos Coflide Five persona ware taJurA la n eoBlslon between two antemokBea on U. 8. Highway 1 |Mt wm •€ 2. To be a real neighbor to the towns and neighborhoods to our rads araa, 2. Solicit and promote new bust- neao—industrial or otherwise—seek he business that la logically adapt- J>le to our local economy, and bnsl- neas that wiU aid to a healtliy rowth for our commnalty. 4. Engage to and offar«! laedaH ship ta worthwhile enterprises for clvlo bettermen't. f. Promote the agrionltural ie- velppmeat of the entire area. South CaroUna la primarily an agricnl- tnral state. Our herttagf haa been vested la the good earth, climate _ and production of oar native ton. ri'w ei^'ciV -MiTJ* ^ eommunlty. hat the outlook SSl^fto broaden and we must ^ 2JSla2 iTJt ^ 5SS2i £ «w„.» ot MM, la coming here via air, hto to land at tha Camden alh perl ritoftly after 2 o’clock. He will be phtoed ta a ear and rubbed to downtown Camden under poUee ee> cort Here he will be greeted by hundreds and hundreds ol little folka (continued on page fov) Junior Chamber Is Just Rollin’ Along; Plan Gwrter Nite The Junior (Camber ri Com merce waa to ita ttaual It 'flto weeldy aewnM MiridTw day evenlw at Bt JiOTy’t lalt'irilh President fbank Montsomary prw siding. After "palling the bnt” on a sug gestion that members oontrlbuto to ward a fund to renovate the build ing being prepered far a 'teen ago canteen, n substantial sum ri money was raised. Following oloee oh the heels ri this aetkm the Jun ior group unanimously agreed to eontribttte gifts to the Banta Clauo pack for the Christmas program of November S5, A finance committee, appointed to a make a oanvasa ri the hustoesa firms of the city to solicit <xmtrl> butlons to help defray the expenaee of the Santa .Claus m’Ogram was appointed 1^' lOlhu Sehlbihnrg, chairman of ^o program committee. (Please turn to page ton) Couple Wedded 60- Yrs.-Presented With A Bungalow Mr. nasi Mrs. J. E. L. Bma* non Aim’Gmnats Of Honor At Bowiiow Sunday, November 17 waa an eventfnl day In the almost four score years in the life ri Mr. and Mrs. J. E. L. Brannon of this olty. For on that day, surrounded by ; their nine children, they wqre feted at the home of their daughter, )|vF. Dallas J. Mahoney, Mill atrecL and daring the program arranged to felicitate them upon their doth wedding anniversary, were pre sented with a new home, fogr^ rooms and bath, which had helm erected adjacent to the Mahoney home. And better yri—the home was completely fhmlshed. Thursday, Navem>er 14 was tb* 60th waddtok anniveranry of the esteem couple. On that date to 1886 they were married by a Rev. Hard- ' tog In WeatriUe. Ifhto chUdrsa ware bom ri too naton and all' Btoe alive ana' In ordar that we may amet toeoo to this 6. Malntala proper pabUe . rria- tioae. todlst tbo cooperatioa and own oMBmaalty, the board riitouatoam ri alt groups tor a Mggur tdirdotort ri too Oamdoa and Rar-'amd batter Omaden and a jtosw coanty Cbaniber ri CoMmoreo'raral araa to devalof our aat«al le- caitato. alma and par-iaonreoi to attract our ftod lamM Horton ftoOToarrlad too elvlik: tom ri toe wen, were present nk.^ the oaalverBaiT event last Sunday. The dUldren are Mrs. T. C. ' Fletchar and Mm. R. B. Gaakto of ■ Kemhaw; Mm. D. J. Mahoney, lira. Uoyd McCombar, J. R. Bmanon, M O. E Rraanon, Buniett Braanoa, sR > of evuadea; Maxle Brannon, CSmr* V laatoa and J. E Braancm ri P<mto> mouth, Ya. i < to addition to too alno too aged conpio boost ri 57 children and eight greati draa. Mr. Md Mm. Brannon Igaeeta ri honor at a roeeptloa fnir a^gnoon at tho . Tvoy hod an ImporiUB wileb etntoced a oiri . wh^.aad' HbwOEir; 1167 Md