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QVE—soywir RED CR0» ^ _ CAN CARRY ONI IMEM CAMDEN, SOUTH CARCHJNA, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1S47 NamlMr 52 esident Of National Farm Bureau To Address Kershaw County Group Here ,yob' trains his guns to provide city manager plan for camden-to offer again fcCorkle Plans To Submit Plan To Council Soon. Water And Light Administration Separate Entity Olsyor F. N. McCovlile, who Is serriny his fourth con- e term as mayor of tills city, has come out flat- _ for the city-manager form of government for Cam- IncidenUlly tiie mayor has set at ^t all rumors as j plans after he completes his present term by stating be would definitely be a candidate for re-election. ' In a statement relative to hb views on the city man- form of government, the mayor declared that he had investigating that program for smne time past and \j believes timt it would he the ideal setup for Cam- b that it would increase administrative effkiencv. mayor advocates a separate nan commlealon for admin- lion of the affairs of the city I and light departments, which [receipts of over $200,000 an- The mayor went on to lout that this was too. larfs Iness to be placed in the hands alderman with no previous ence every two years. city manassi* program provide for the election of Duncilmen at large, according mayor. He added that City ey Charlea Shannon IV has las hit opinion that tharo Is statute in effect that pro- |for a change in the form of government, which calls for wide referendum and eertl- by the city council. CrsS- a water and light eommia- jid require a asparaSs lap act mayor states that the rea- having a separate commis- the water and light de bt is- due to the fact that erlntendent of the depart- a specialist traln^ to the affairs of this dapsri- Rhereas a city manager Is to direct only the city ad- ition affairs. ayor says that he plans to [the mstter to "the city conn- early date in order that ie over may be made te the 1948 eleotlon. tJoned at to whether he Nettles Myers Is Deputy Sheriff Of Kershaw County Succeeds J. H. McLeod, Jr. New Officer Served For 2 Years In The Navy Nettles A. Myers, In the navy for over two years during the last world war and- for four years 'a state highway patrolman, has been appointed deputy sheriff by Sheriff Olh DeBmhl. He succeeds J. H. Mc Leod, Jr., who has been Identified with the office of sheriff for a long period of years. According to Sheriff DeBmhl, Mr. McLeod win remian on hks staff until after the audit of the ta rec ords has been completed. Mr. Mc Leod will make known his plans for his fntufe efforts later.. With the resignation of Mr. Mc Leod the office of the sheriff la without McLeod in its personnel for a number of decades of tiim. Mr. Myers, the new deputy sheriff, makes the sltzh law en forcement officer on the staff of the sheriff. Mr. Myers Is^a eon of Mr. and Mrs. Uaher Mymrs, Fair ^ . street, aad attended Camden high ro offer for *r«-eleetl80 Itr achool nntn he entered the deorgfa Red Cross Drive Wm Be Ushered In On Saturday Chairmsui DougUs Moat- gomery Lines Up Hu Bet- tie Front for Csunpeigu mayor replied with an et and definite-“yee." of our foremost cltfsens liggeeted that I continue In I he said, “especially In view act that so much has to be the next two years -in ex, the facilities. They deem arience as being a strong at College Park, from that instl- miitary Academy Oa. He graduate tution in 1987. During hie affiliation with the navy Mr. Myers was stationed at Norfolk, Va. The new deputy sheriff is married and has one child, a hoy. The family is- now residing in Cam den. Horses To ire Show At Scott Ring Ithe Camden Horse show, Ven March 22 at the Marlon Bcott show ring will be one est in the mid south, is In- by the outstanding entries [now coming In to the corn- charge. T. Cardy of .Quebec, Ils entering ten horses. Mr. 18 one of the largest show T Canada. He is a resident em Pines during the wto- hs. hlliam Wood, who won the pshlp last year la return- Aiken for the 1947 show. 1 Aiken will come a new Everett Crawford, also learned this week lor Walter Carll of Fort lis showing one or more the program. William Columbia is another exhibitor. LEGION NOTES hes Uroy Belk. Post No, Legion, Camden, 8. C., or a county-wlde dratori- gbout the high schools r county. Nlon, cooperating with f* county, through $06 composed of Arthur telrman; Q. b. McOrew Stanton. wfll be held murnday, March M. at » auditorium of the Cam- far school ®ntorod wiu * ta the coun- h participate finals to he U h’/ »^tar the county Wet *** <*®®tanated T«ct commander. ^ ylU be the aHthul constitution of the n to fn *f *'*• Rifles Station; Youth Nabbed At The Ward Tavern Pittsburgh Youngster Breaks Into Safe In Watts Service Statkm ) A 14 year old youth, giving his name aa Bill Cameron of Pitts burgh, Pa., was taken Into cus tody at the Out Ward tavern on U. a Highvray No. 1 late Monday night by County Officer Wilbert Williams, after he had allegedly broken into the Watts Service sta tion at DeKalb and Market streets and forcing a safe, stole some $78 In cash. Officer WlUUlms. working on his best, saw the youth hanging around the Ward place and questioned him. The boy said he hsd run away from bis home in Pittsburgh last Thursrfav and had hitch-hiked to ward ^FWrida. He was without funds when he reached Camden Monday and at 9 o’clock managed to break into the Watts Service station. He forced the safe and gathered the contents snd then started toward Columbia. He managed to get a ride aa far as the Tavern. Williams brought the youngster to the county Jail where be Is be ing held by hte sheriff, pending word from his parents in Pitts burgh. The police report of the gas sta tion burglary Indicated that Came ron ^ted the station during the evening, going nitc the waah room. It later developed that while In tiM wash room he unlatched the window and it was through this window that he crawled later after (Flense gmm to page eight) NOTICE TO AOVEIITI81R4 The Chroniole wiehea to osll attention to advertleorc to a new deadline .far sdvartieliig eepy. The growlag^deinshd fer spaee and the r^ltant In- oneaee in the tim and lahor . - required for oowpeftien work Riakea It neoedMfF to aet a dime limit far rcaalpt ef ad* veftislaf mqttar. Advartlaaiq asa r^ueatad ta eeepsnate with aa in ear af-. ferta ta »a ta preaa Tharaday 1 PROPERTY OWNER ATTENTION EDWARD A. O’NEAL OF CHICAGO TO APPEAR AT MEETING HERE IN CAMDEN SCHOOL AUDITORmM The annual Red Cross drive gats underway in Camden and Kershaw counties Saturday. March 16, and all workers undm* the leadership of Attorney' Douglas Montgomery, campaign chairman, hope to put over a smashing victory in a short period of time. Mr. Montgomery has lined up an efficient and able group of com mittee members. His advisory com mittee consists of Charles P. Du- Bose, Ralph Shannon, Sam Karesh and Lee Little. Lee Mays is the business chair man and he has lined up the fol lowing. sub-groups: Charley De- Loach and Joe Jenkins for the West DeKalb street area, Austin Shehhen end Doug Montgomery, for East DeKalb street and Sidney Zemp for North Broad streeL John A. Hagin and R. M. Kennedy III, will handle the west side of Broad street from DeKalb to Rutledge and A. C. McKain and Ellhu Schlosbtirg on east side of Broad, while South Broad is to be taken care of by Prank Shebeen and Jack Moore. Mrs. W.^. Jflller will be in charge of tSe house to house drive. In Ward 1, she has Bdna^ and Lorine Striik', Ward 2, Mrs. ’J. E. Hoffman, Ward S, Mrs. Wiley I Bheom, Ward 4, Mrs. Dan Mackey, Ward 6. Mrs. J. L. Williford, and jWard 6, Mrs. Joe McKain as her ward workers. Mrs. Kathleen Watts is in charge of rural groups. The white schools committee Is headed by Mrs. Theres^ Bell and the colored schools of the coonty by James L. Dibble. Mrs. W. L, Qoodale will canvass the winter colony, Mrs. Agnes Und say is in chairge of window dis- plsys, Mrs. Jack Mnllen of organi sations and clubs and Mrs. Marls Nicholson of supplies J. C. Swing is Wateree mill chairman and B. D. KsUy sC Ik* Hermitage mill area. The city schools ' snd colors citisqns will be handled‘as in the past The various county localities will have the following drive chairmen: Pine Grove, Miss Lula Robinson; Wateree Dam, Mrs. Hammond; Blaney, Mrs. W. D. Grigsby; Lo goff, Mrs. N. P. Gettys; Uberty Hill. Miss Lai Richards; Gates Pord, Miss Wilma Taylor; Mt Pisgah, Mrs. Ira Bails; Westvllle, Mrs. J. R. Blackmou; DeKalb, Mrs Shelby Truesdale; Antioch, Bfrs. Weathers; Midway, Mrs. J. L. Coop er; Bethune, Mrs. D. M. Mays; Malvern Hill, Mrs. W. G. Denton; Boykin, Mrs. Whit Boykin; Mt Zion, Mrs. Paul Brown; Baron De Kalb, Mrs. A. H WUIlams. aad Charlotte ^ompaon, Mrs. Mattie Dr. J. P. f Pickett is general chair man of thq colored committees. He has assigned Dr. C. C. Brevard to the business. Prof, P.B. Mdodsna to the city schools and Rev. J. W. Boykin and Rev. W. R. Gregg to the city and county churches. These chairmen will name their co-workers to serve. In most cases •they will bd the same as served in last year’s campaign. Edward B. Lorick Given Simunons Edward Burney Lorick passed away March 7 at his home near Camden, after a long period of de clining health. Mr. Lorick was a retired farmer and spent his entire life in that sectipn where he was bom January 1, 1871. He was the son of Capt. Solomon Lorick and Harriet Ml.l- inc Lorick. He received bis education in private schools and The Citadel graduating In 1891. Mr. Lorick was of the conserva tive type with a quiet, kindly na ture and a keen sense of humor which traits endeared him to many. He is survived by his wife. Mrs. EUsabeth Mickle Lorick; one ■on, Edward Burney Lorick, Jr., of Camden; two daughters. Mrs. T. L. Webb and Mrs. George A. Rheme of Columbia; four grandchildren, and one brotter, Charlea P. Lorick of Camden. \ Funeral servlees were conducted by Rev. A. D. McAm Saturday af- temoon at S o’clock from the Kor- negay Funeral home with inter ment in the family burlnl gronnde. Pallbearers were: T. L. Webb. George A. Rhame, McLean Marth, Robert btarsh. Joe Mickle, Cbarlee Bk. Jf^ Tha perM frtmi March 17 to 27 incluenra will be paint-up, fix-up and clean-up days in Camden. lie Camden Chamber d Commerce has taken the initiative in conducting a iwogram that will place Camden in a spic and span appearance for the Caro- Uim Cup race meet wiiM many thousands of people will be here to view tim race q;>ectacle. The cooperation of all business men and citisens is urged in this city-wide clean-up, fix-up aad paint-up program* Merchanto are^requested to cooperate to the ex tent of refraining from sweeping their store aad side walk debris and refuse into the street. This is a care less and untidy habit that needs cmrrection. The city street cleaning unit cleans the streets from curb to curb. Then when the stores oflen, the refuse is swpt from stores aad sidewalks into the gutter, making the street untidy. — Store fionts should be repainted vdiere needed, windows should he cleaned. In the residential districts lawns and paiiiways should be cleared of debris and weeds. Enq^ lots should be cleared of weeds. To accommodate those who are unable to secure workmen te deer lots a request and registration may be made by calling 67. Nsunes will be registered as they come In mmI as soen as possible a qapahle man will call and estimate of the expense invdved. Then, if agrewtible, the work will he done just as soon as the name is reached in the list on f Ue. I Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce Baptist liter’s Assistant \Now On The Job Ih Camden Miss Mabel Starnes of Asheville, N. C., who has been engaged as aasiatant to the peator of the First Baptist church, has arrived In Cam den to aasume her duUea. Miss Starnes is a native of Aahe- viUe, N. C. Kbe graduated from Onrson-NewmsB college with B. 4 Big Changes Are Taldng Place At Sarsfleld Hotel New.Hqnting And Hot Water Flaiu Being Installed in Stfoeture P. Losict and Wniism Tbmnp- ■on. by bsvteg tbsir eeey svalfsMe by f a esdi Wo# CCMtTERY AStOeiATION TO Mtrr The annnsl mesctag of ths Qnsk- r Cepetery sssoelstloe wfll be held at the Bed Grass heaipni art Mtmdsy. March 17, at f p. au seoerdlag to last wasa. MISS MABEL STARNES degree and took her degree ta Re ligious Education from Southwsst- ern Seminary in Fort Worth* Texas. 0pon graduation she was hssd o< the English department of Fruit- land Inatitote, one of the Baptist high Bchoolp at Hendersonville for four years and directed the re ligions activities of the eampu. She then served as associate train ing union secretary for the state of North Carolina for five years. She has served as educational director at the First Baptist church, Orlando, Fla., and First Baptist church, Winston-Salem, N. C., and for almost four years has been with the Asheboro Street Baptist church, Greensboro, N. C. Dates to Remember Friday, March 14—t p. at, Pine Tree school, “Claude Caaey and his Sage-Dusters,’* sponsored by the Businees Women’s Guild of Lyttleton Street Methodist church. • • • • Wednesday, March lb-—Don’t for get the Gymkhana at 2 p. m., spon- aored by the Junior Chamber of Commwee. • * • • Friday, March 21—The Court Inn, 8:M o’clock. Fashion Show, under the auspicea of the Women’s Auxil iary of Grace Episcopal church. • • • • Saturday, March 22—The Marion dnPOttt Scott race track, beginning St 10 o’clock Iq the morning. The Camden hone show. • • • • I The Boxwood group of the Cam den Garden club will give an satiqne tea snd exhibit oa Thurs day, March 27, at Horse Branch HSU, tha home of Mr. and Mrs. Wsrran L. Smith. The honrs are from 1 vatu f o’clock. Many rare and attractive antiqnee wUl be shown. Ths proceeds are to be used for tiM improvement of Hamp ton Psik. Alftpomrt Utl FLAME THROWERS flssM thibwera, most spsctacnlsr sC wsrfsra, can he adapted wmw mi lea off airport aspertesnts of tha Chaml- If. 5 mrmy, have dis- A new heating plant equipped with automatic oil heat aad also a new hot s^ter planrvritb oil fuel burner have been installed in the flarsfleld hotel This new equipment will be IS tion in a abort time, thus in* ests at the hotel warmth gbhdttwater fan^FtM jtsrpoeea. The Iqpvy cerpetlng for cor-*- dOrs and gneet rooms is being put down this week. All windows have been equipped with Venetian blinds and practically all of the rooms have private beths. The walls of the lobby and cor ridors have all been papered as have all gnest rooms. New light fixtures are being instaUed through out When the work of remod^tng and renovating has been completed the Sarsfleld will be cemparable with the best hotels in the mM- sonth. No pains or sxpense have been spared In the eqnimting of the place throughout with new fw- nlture mattreesea. etc. Woiic on the new front of tha building la to be started wltbla a few weeks.'The front win bs Is black glass with a new estraaee ts the lobby provided to take the ^scs of the present obsolete doorway. The patting In of tiie floor for the new coffee shop Is to he start ed St Gymkhana Event Will ^ Staged At Polo Arena Kirkwood FMd To Be Scene Of CIsssie SiponstMTed By Jnyoees Next Wednesday, March 19, wUI be gymkhana day in Camden. And on the afternoon of that day, be ginning at 2 o’clock .the erasieet, funniest, moat laughable show of the year will be offered at Kirk wood polo field, under the aus^oes of the -Camden Junior Chember 'OY Commerce for the benefit of the South Caroline Orthopedic clinic. Here at Kirkwood field, specta tors n^y sit in their cars or in the grandstand and watch the pageant of fun unfold on the broad expanse of the green-turfed poloi arena. Here one will aee balloon and pin racea, a potato race, mule steeplechsse, egg and spoon race, mule polo, ox race, musical chairs, rescue race, pony express raee. greased pole climbtng elaasic snd many other sMweplittlng events. For Instancs, grab on ^ to your chair grandps, far the mule staepl* chase will feature the appearance of such stellar riders ss Dick Kirk, GhorMs P. DaBese.-Monltrie Burns and Carl UghUoot. Their steeds will he the RUT* of the mil# eolony —nif sed. Perhaps the biggest event on the program will be the polo game be tween the Klwanls and Rotary riders. The Klwaais ridera will be the same group that played some years ago in a slmnar elastic. Ths first team • Is made up of Dewey Creed, Usher N. Myers. John Gettys and Eugene Pearce. Snbsti- tntee aye Frank Montgomery, Oscar Snyrl Dan Hall and Ed Craig. The Rotary players will be B. -auEA- Hattry Savage. •• C.- bora aad Thomaa Ahomnr. Camden has had gymkhaaa events in past years snd in eveiy Instance they have been replete with side-eplltting pageantry and constitute an afternoon of, riotous fun. The program starts at 2 p. m. ’The .admission Is $1.00 a person with children paying 26 cents each. The Camden city schools band will be on the )ob to discourse sweet music daring the afternoon. A gymkhana datee from the time of the Rlndos and its correct defini tion means a display of miscel- laneont sports, origlnslly at the military stations of* India. ' Bat no Matter what it need to be—today it’s a scream of fun and laughter. And youll enjoy every mfnnte of the afternoon yon spend St Kirkwood, field, knowing yonr dollar means so much to the won- derfnl charity that the Junior Chamber of Commerce plans it for. Famed Farm Leader Will Diacuaa Agricultural Prob- lema At County Wide Gathering Corpora] Connell Plans To Visit Brother’s Grave J. C. Connell, Camden youth, who la serviag in the United States army and who is now stationed in Italy and was recently promoted to the rank of corporal, plans to visit the grave of his brother, Lient. Ivey Connell, who died in ectlon daring the ItsNen campaign. In a letter-to his parents here Corporal Connell says that he is planning on going to Trieete and then getting a pass to Naples, where Lient lyey Connell is hurled in an American cemetery. Lient Ivey Cmmeli was killed on October $, 1942. He was a graduate of the Camden high school and at tended Clemson college tor one year. He was a paratrooper. Corporal Connell joined the army about a year ago. He sailed for overaeea assignment six months ago. Annual Waff Wuff Classic Slated ^ For March 28tii The eleventh annual Lenten dog ■how, an institution that was start ed by the late Dr. Maurice Clarke when he became^ rector of Grace church in 1936 and which grew in interest each succeeding year, will be held this year on Friday, March 28. In Rectory Square. The shoW this year, as in past years, will be sponsored by the young people of Grace Episcopal church, with Johnny 2>mp and Will Ann Campbell aa oo-chalrmen. Classes to be shown will be: pointers, setters, hounds, beagles, Boykin Spaniels, Springer Spaniels, Cocker Spaniels, mfscellaneons. mutts, thoronghbred, puppies and a championship class. An effort is being mads to se cure a judge from out side the city, thus eliminating .favoritism and bias. In the event of bad weather the show will be postponed to Thnrsday, April t. Edward A. O’Neal, president of the Ylational Farm Bureau, will be the main speaker at a general meeting of farmers snd citisens of Kershaw county to be held Wed nesday evening at 8 o’clock in the auditorium of the grammar school. With Mr. O'Neal at this meeting be B. H. Agnew, president of the state farm bureau group. The Kershaw county farm bureau of which James R. West Is president extends an invitation to every clU- ien of the county to be present at thtq meeting and hear this ont- itandlng speaker. Vlattora from ad joining counties are also expected to attend. Mr. O'Neal, who comes from the National Farm Bureau headquart ers in Chicago, is a native of Ala bama and comes from a southern family of land lovers. He chose farming as a vocation and climax ed hie efforts with a national career as an agricultural leader. His career in that particular waa ■o potable and ontatandlng that todagr he ranks at the top aa n splendid example of excellent eitl- senship and able leadership. Mr. O’Neel is described by many writers as a real American gentle man. His ancestry extends back like a golden chord, through the social, the military, the political, and the professional life of thia ■*-1 ■ tion—and further back into Bnro- pean countriea. ..L As the nation’s No. 1 leader In organised agrloulture there Is to him. in his vision and his alma. < no north, no aonth, no east 'Or west, but one greet nation aflUlor one and one for all Camoen and Kershaw connty can be deemed most tortnnate - to be able to secure a man of Mr. O’Neal’a ability to talk to tha cltl- aena -■artiasiavir ths the county. It 'Vas due to (he ef forts of President James R. West that Mr. O’Naal was persnaded to come from Columbia where he was the main speaker before the state group. Coroner’s Jury Could Not Find > Any Fool Action LftEcagtnr faiqiMwl fas DmIom DMttii GHtm S«ffdcxtioo At APPEAL FOR ACCOMMODATIONS During tilt next sewtml weeks Cemden it to be celled upon to eoconunodete many hundr^ ol risitors who will be here for the Tarious equestrian events headlined by the C^eroliBa Ciqi meet on March 29. ^ Already hetal facilitiat are lortly taxed to take care of the demand and this situatiM will becoma more serious before tiie climax it raachad. Camden residents wim mmj have availahle room in their homet where ririlort may securt lodfkiirt are requested to notify the Camden *6uid Kerthaw Cham- ' her of Commerce at Phene No. 67. Pleate register what aeeommedtfinng ^en^ay r that we may like care of • The coroner’s at inquest Into the death of Wade Deaton. Jr., yoang Kershaw man who lost hit life in a fire which partially deatroy- ed hla home, retort a verdlot last Friday that be came to hla daath by means of suffocation from ■moke. The verdict was returned after hearing the testimony of MveraJ witnesses aad receipt of the an* topsy report The jury was composed of Beo Beal Ikin vFahIkenberry. Everett Clafk, Ansel Roberts. Lawson Bal lard and Johnnie Adams. The report on the antopsy waa aa follows: “Anatomlcsl Impression: No gross pathological flndlngs. His tological Impression: No histo pathologic rinds of note except multiple small hemorrhages of the lungs. These are compatible wltle suffocation.” A number of wltneesea testified St the Inquest. Baddy Cop^nd told of having taken young De^ ton home about 1:16 a. m.* after having attended a dance. Frank Taylor teatifled that he was going home and saw the ftra. He reported it to Orln Knight and they went back to the house. They tried to hreek in the back door.' They got the door broke dovm. saw the smoke and did not go ta. Orin Knight gave snlwtantlally the same teetlmony as Taylor. Lloyd Hunter told of kaviag gone to the fire with Taylor and Knighf. David Earl Hilton laid he was making a round with l^fooinaa Q. W. Gardnw. They appreached the house and saw that ft ma m fire. They tnrned around and pat in the fire, alarm. It was ahont 8 o’clock In the moratiif. Policeman Gardner oecroheratad the testimony of Mr. BUtou aad added that after the fire was put out he saw Wade Deaton, Jr., the closet dead. ' Graham Watson of the ftra d*^ partment tasUfled that they fought the fire for one hour er more. After they got the ftra dow* he made a trip through thq hg«s# It waa too smoky $» stay hi aMko eonldn’t tm anylMig. »a (rU»qaqrla.hadt9aEa) ' ill i-'H 1^.; 't: .'uj, 'I . v Rj.'. i iir V ^ W-' /■I "tI, ■ '«*« w ■ ' ...■ I