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ferySMfl. Die» Cancer Chronicle FW fanet! CAMDEN. SOUTH CXROUNA, ra»AY, APRIL M, IMT GIVE to Flg^t Cancer 1 out o# Erwfy 8 Di« of tliio DiaoMe. Number 8 ty and County Take Steps To Secure Property of Southern ^^ School j. niNANCE ON FlRE-CHA^RS Si by chief of pouce, who ARRESTS TO BE MADE H SAYS HE WILL MAKE EXAMPLE OF> EVERY VIOLATCHl OF LAW—HABIT IS A MENACE TO UFE AND UMB XIm outdoor ^KMrt of many bundreda of Camden mot- 1, diat of chaainc tbe fire trncka to a fire, ia about to gome other traiditiona which hare **foiie with the For city fathera are up in anna xegarding the reckleaa, i craay antica of theae “follow the truck’* deroteea, If been running wild the paat aereral montha. • when cltUeM roie ap In a| g protest against these speed persons recently when hun* of cars raced throogb the I at speeds estimated trom Ti miles an hour, the city atratlon went into action. > called the chief of police onference and as a result the cgrrled this week display ad- Hoents wamln* fire truck , and clung the proTlslons •ity ordinance, which It la )i, win he enforced to the from now on. (law sUtes that “It Is unlajt I <|rirs any rehlcle on any to the city of Camden where I betaf fought, within SCO I said fire. No wehle^a are 4 to follow the fire track be- the speed limit, and to ap>| I within fire hnndred feat ofj red when said truck la go>| or returning from a Ore." (of Police Aiwa Rush, m eX' If the lae said tiat whan a xnn In a block, that Mock isdlstely closed to all motor*' rtth the exoepdoB of thoaa by members of the lira de>j rn’uow on, and let me flral iHIc . solemn notice, ue «re to arrest ewery drtrpr wkO' a the law In chaslnc the the or in running into the % “SAFETY FOR SCHOOL CHHJIREN” Merchants Must File Tax Return With City Clerk Order la laaued For Im mediate Actiou By All Men Mrs. Louise W. Boykin, city clerk, has issued an order to all merchanu of the city to file copies of their stete Uz returns with her tanmediaMy. The notice cites that city licenses are due for payment May 1, and In order to determine the amount to be paid by the merchants, It Is necessary for the state tax return of each to be filed. Under a recent ordinance put la force, merehaats are Ueensed oa the basis of gross sales. Prior to this year, Ueense fees were fixed by the city. U many lastanoes this ayptem was anfalr aad ia wder to eee that aa equitable program carried out, the prsesnt amaga BMota was I APPUCATION IS FILED AFTER CONFERENCE HELD IN COLUMBU; MUCH RED TAPE IS ENCOUNTERED No COMMITTMENTS AS TO USE OF PROPERTY WILL BE MADE UNTIL DEAL IS CLOSED—MEANS 1 MUCH TO CAMDEN AND COMMUNITY Tha City of Camdmi and county of Kershaw, through ha Camden and Kerahayr county airport commiaaion, hawe hkan alepa to acquire all the improvements Mi»d land fofUMMrly used by the Southern Aviation achool at Wood ward aihd Bateman fialds. At a maeting laat week in Columbia between of ficiab ef IIm war aaaeta adminiatratioa, civil aeronautic a^ CBy ef Camden and Kershaw county, a formal appli- qnlkMi f^ theaa properties was made by the mid Kmknw. county airport comaaisoion, exarciaing tha com- ~ mtkahmU prkirRy rigbta to acquire these properties for aviation phrpoaoa. (oue at 'a fire," of theae motorista, who nme, hare been rnaktng of fire trucks thctr iport, Tlolste tbs i hare Juat mentioned, te la 9 haw* to pay the stBfest leemder' «an ImcMaa. Aa4 Foue doublh this order, iuat k try chasing the truck or I vithln the fire limits." oner Lee Is n In Battle li Steam Blast rc Cooker Wins la 1 With This Kershaw County Off icial Oiairman Says All Credit Due To IBs Wariiers r Lee, coroner of Kershaw was badly burned when he ke lid of a pressure cookw lome on Market street Sun* the steam on hit wrists Fmrma and also over his I. all being so badly burned ilae heavy bllatera. prouer said he never dream- I would be that much ateam I and he did not exercise the care when he lifted the > cooker top. K a barber by profession, obliged to take an en- ition. Local Rad Nchir RkkwBy |M08k Sacurad la Drkra ' Attorney Douglas llentgomery, chairman of the Red Croae fUnd campaign, and whose fine graeral- shlp made the project a success reports thst the goal of IS.8S0 as set by the National Red Cross was exceeded by over |I00. , Mr. Montgomery sUtes that the success of the drive Is a tribute to the fine cooperative spirit of the citisens ot the county *»«< the hard work "ot the teams thst sc* tually did the work. Bedeviled frmn the outset tf bad weather, then having tbs added handioap of a flu opedMBle, the drive appeared doomed to fallnrew However, the dhatrman and his workers turned on the heat, tha .-steams dug In and worked harder, ^ner received the fi^' th, flj, was'reduced to mere ooMs the hfgfiway and watfcitifl along tlie Mgle> Look both wsye and eeunt “one^wo^thres* beters aWsslng ths roadway, la the etegen ef a rsosnt Statewids safety program for childrsn eondoetsd by the ftale Highway Pstrol, 13S children under 14 years ef age ursre atruek dawk by mstor vshieiss in teuth Careltns ysar, S7 of thsas ehildrtn wars kiilsd, nsarly a hundred tothsrs were eeriously Injured, and In svsry Instanes semt set of ths younger was rssgonsiMk Running into traffle from behind parked ears, playHif In way in grouM with baefc to traffle were leading eausss fW thess ehiid trsgsdise. In an sNUrt to dsvsiep ehlld aafSty eonselousnsss -anil to present an apgsaling reinindsr, the tlMe Highway department has avallsbie for eeheol ehewing s motion pietiiiv wbleh hat been aeolaisiqd nationally ao “number one** In the field of vieual aide fef shild asfsty tseohlng. Hundreds ef seheol children have during the last fepr months^ in oabeel sauambllas^ assa the pl» ture “One*TWe'Tlwee Oo“ ahouvn by Highway Patrol OfUsera, Thia program for grammar tehooli esn ba seednad lir writing to the State Highway Degartmsat offering truffle safety pregranu far hlglF aeheela^/PTA mssttiios sad ether paMIe gadieringa. Uncle Sam Aids The School Lunch Program Very Well SMppKes Ovar $16,000 Wdrtk Tb Sakools Of Kagakaw KERSHAW COUNTY STARTS NEW VOCATIONAL PROGRAM Gua Travis, CluuHbtIa Col- umaiat la Spagkgr At Maut- A new vocstloaal gnldsace pro* gram for high school seniors, of Over 111,000 worth of food com*l Kershaw county, was Inaugurated ww, fi h ot —and victory was attained. “Now that victory la aura", mUI Chaimum Montgomery **to those who gave go our sincere tiianks and deep an>reciatlon and oon* gratnlationa for a One job trail done.” The report of' the chalrmam ahowa that the drive has been eonp modltles have been' anppHed the Kershaw county achools by the United States department of agri culture during the current achool year. These supplies have ma terially aaaisted schools to fumlab balanced lunches to children at low cost Staple commodities furnished In clude: potatoes, onions, cabbage aad cheese. Beverages supplied in clude: orange juice, dried milk and tomato juice. For the sweet tooth, thme have been shipments of apri cot and peach jam Theae supplies, all fniHished without cost to the sriiools by the United States department of agri culture, in cooperation with stats and local ^ officials, afu In addl- tloB to the direct financial acslatr ance given to the schools by the fsd- Mwl government. This aid con sists of seven cMts for each “A” lunch served, and' tour cents for each “B” lunch served. ("A” lunch- ee are oomplste meals, while “B” lunches are not as extsnstvs la quantity). Considerable anxiety has been len People fnveiling Of Ich Portrait I wag well represented at lling of the Bernard M. ortrait in the State House bla Wednesday, i faces reported being seen fair Included H. O. Carrt- fy Savage, Jr., Bupt. Dai^ le Camden hospltaL Dr. J. Dr. Andrew Whitaker, on Shaw, and others., fuch, long-time advisor to 1. made a brief address, • broadcaat over WI8. the onvelling at the ^ at noon, a luncheon w to some 500 guests at son hotel. portrait brnTiy la _ rtofore occupied by Brig, w Jsnklns of tha Con- ^fmy, which has been re- “wther section of the pns To Meet s Sarsfield meeting at tha ^^l«n Wars%U be Monday nigkt at tha h. C. AnstaU teeql ▼FW ani. eluded and the lo«l chapter noFl^P^rtgnc^d by offlcials of the has a fund of |4,600 to the bunk. program because of with some checks stlU to be re- congresslonsl aoUon limit- ported. The money has been tam ed over to Mrs. C. B. Watts, treas urer, for accounting to the na tional organisation. Mr. Montgomery atatea that If there are any cltiseni who wish to add to ^e fund, they can mall thehr contributions to the head quarters ot the Kershaw chapter. Work On Highway Surfacing Starts Early Next Month For several weeks during the month of May. Camden people mot oring • to Oolumbia will find the trip one of detours, for It Is on that data that work at putting on tha naw sarfaetog of U. S. No. 1 from Camdan to tha Richland conn* ty line will he startedj- Connty highway officials do not know from' what end of the stretch the woA win proceed. WhHe work ing from the RlehUnd county line this wti^, the route to Columbia win be by way of the road and the acceas highway through Fort Jackson. When toe work progresses this side of the Bastover road Intersecthm it wm ba neeeasary to go to Columbia ym Sumter, n distance of at laast 78 mfiea rally day ^ ismuslt 8tr<MC Metoodltt ahSuh neheoi wffl hold ehareh schupl rally day 1^ awdjriJwBj ijpm AMU Hi at the ehnreh sch«wi ISr. AO mambain £ lug federal aid In the program However, there Is now avallablt sufficient funds to Insure oonttoua- tlon of the program throuito the month of April. If congress passes the pending $6,000,000 deficiency ap- proprlaUon, the program wUl have sufficient funds to continue the re mainder of the school year. Even If federal funds art not svailaMe naxt year, the achool lunch program wHl probably con tinue to some form according to a statement by W. H. Garrison, state director. Mr. Garrison snld that *50.000 chlldrep Iff atata schools. 40 per cent of the enrdl- menL are served hot lunches. This comparss with ths national average of $0 per osnt, he cosMBentaa. Ten Graduate At Camden Hoi^tal Exercingg Friday, April 18^ WOl Ba Fallowed By last Tharsday to Camden when boys and girls of the sMilor clasees assembled at the grammar school suditorlum to hear a sertea of voca tional talks by leaders to a num ber of proteosions. Tbe program la being sponsored by toe child wel fare division ot the American Le mon auxiliary, under toe super vision of Mrs. William T. MlUer. ' The object of toe program Is to sicqaatot toa studants srith the at tractions offered to variona voca tions, tha pay to he expected and tha service that can ba rahdered. This maeting. which started at 10:80 o’clock, was the first of a number to ba bald under sponsor ship of the Legion auxiliary. Miss Jennla McMastar told the seniors of toe attractloa the nurs ing profession offers. Rev. A D. McArn made a talk on tha wisdom of going Into the ministry. Dr. J. W. Brunson ezplatosd the prin ciples of diatetlo and Uboratory technician work to«hoapitals. An drew Marlon dlacnssed secratailal work, and, In the absence of Mrs. D. M. Davis, a Camden beautician explained what that profession had to offer. Guest speaker for the occasion was Gas Travis, Observer colum nist Mr. Travis Istw spoke at the 1 o’clock luncheon meeting of the Camden Rotary club. The Camden hospital wl graduate ten young women nursea at formal exercises to be held Fri day evening. April 18. at 8:8 o’clock on the hospital lawn. The members of the gradnattog class are the Mlssas Mary Laa Simpson, Ikllto Rllsabeth Slmpaon, Margaret Angea DeBntol, Roaa Far rell McLeod, Helen Catoe Manor, Annie Mae Godwin, Anna Balls Moatea, Hasel LUa Adams, Carolyn Judy Hall and Sadia Louis# Frritag The exerclsea will open with an invocation by Rev. Georga K. Way, followed by a vo^ sofo by Miss Jsan Wnilams. Tha^uMrass to to# claas will than fall<iw aftar whl^ Mlsa Williams will again offsr a solo number. . The Florence Nimitangala pledge will ba given by the clasa ensambla after which pins will be presented the gradnates by Mrs. B. M. Manld- in, superlntandant ot nurses. The diplomas will be presented by Henry G. Garrison, after which toe .bene^Uon will be offered by Rev. Mr. Way. Following the graduation azar- class a reception will be hrid at the Nurses home. ■ULLtTIN h was announoad just, bafort time 'that tha pats game tun- tfay, starting at t oih at Kirk- sireed field, may find a fast Leula- vills, Ky. team battling Mulberry. The arrival ef Watkins Raynolds and Wagner gsovida tha nucisua far a atreng Mua-graat qoarteta. Cyril Harriaen trawM mafca ths fourth man. Andrew Marion Drive IMrector In Cancer Control Mn. KrtM— w.tu, Coo- tjr CotninMiHlo, Sgft <2$wIm Will B« RglMMd Smri Two Persons Are Hurt In ColMon On Sumter Road Auto and Tradx' Craab At Cai|idsia HigliwaF Intor- Dempsey Changes Name of Service Auto Inspection Law Is Again In O^ration The South Carolina compnlaory motor vahlela toapeetton law, an» pended to 1$4S beeanao of the war. became operatlva again laat Wed- aaaday whan the houie of repro- aenUtlvea auatained Oovaraor Tharmond’a veto of an aet to ttono tha auapenaion until MaroA L 1*88- A arajortty oC tha honao tavoraC ovnrriteg the rate, hnt tha i aary two-tohda 'eonld not bo torad. Tho voto, allor asara ono haor’a iahata to which ipoka, waa to* Sgt Wallace Alaxaudar of Shaw Field and Wm. N. Niven In Mineral Springs, N. C., both recslved head Injnrtea about 10 o’clock Thursday Bight OB tho enrvo oaat ot tha CotombtorCamdon highway totar- aactloB, wbe«. the antanobllo and truck in which they were riding crashed togatoer, both traveling towarda Columbia, aoeording to the highway department oftlon. Sergmt Alexander, aeoordtng to “Beeaufo ono out of tight ptF- Bons to Karthaw county will 41o of cancer ‘anlaaa wa net*, tha American Caimor aaclaty h launched a drive for $11,000,000 with which to fight tots dlaaasa oa a triple front: raaanrah, adnoatlon and service”, said Mrs. Kathleen Watta county commando. “Bvery person to Camden and the rest of the eounty wlU ha ask- sR to give .to this drive, tha thirds major national tuad ralaing cam- ^ign.hald by tka^Amaslean Onto oar aewtaty. “Organlaad asora than SO‘'yean ago by a small group of medical men and clylc-mtoded laymen, the society struggled against public complacency for more than two de cades. In 1145 toe first great ktfort to raise funds on a national scale brought In more than four add a half mllUon dollan. Last year $10,000,000 waa ralaad. “Sixty per cent of tha money contributed by the people ramatos within the atata for looal uaa. It la admtoiatrated by tha atata division of toe American Cancer aoelety. This portion ot the money la uaed for aiding eaacar datoction can ton and traatmant dlnios and anp- plying aqnlpmant with which to treat cancer. In addition the money ftoaaoea dlstribntlon of lltantnra and tha aducatlon of the pnblie on both the dangan of cancm* and toa hope that many who die now eonld be saved throngh early da- taction and treatment “Forty par cant of tha funds go to tha natlomd organisation. Tha hulk of tbls Is usad for faaaareh in an effort to find a cure' for can cer and to Improve prasant means of treating tha dlaaasa. Abont three and a half million 'dollan has already been set aside by the American Cancer society for re search. A large amount of the money raised tbls year will also be used for this purpose. “The . drive to Camden will con tinue throughout the mouth of April which has been designated )j congress and proclaimed by Attorney Henry Savage, Jn, who Is handling ths negotiations for tha airport Commission, stalsd this wrah that while it appears-raaaon- ably osrtain that tha appileation ef the eemmlasion will ba grafitad and tha city of Camden will event ually acquire thia property. It la anticipatod It will probably ba aav- aral montha before tho property Is aetuaHf turned ever to tha eem- mlaaion. “Maanwhilo,” mM Miv tavago. *tooro will bt no gaflntta aon^ iMnta iMda as to tha ana af tha property.” Involved in the appllaiRlaii af tha airport eommiaslon era CT aaraa a# land, upon nvhloh are laaali# tha hulldinga faniiariy uaad by tha •outhara Aviation aehaoV tha twa alool hangnra and tha alhar haUto Inga piaoad an tho airport hy tha Southern Aviatian aakaal. Otvarnmani autharttlaa antial- P^ that all thia proparty la naato ^ ar Witt In toa lofaaaaahlr fin IgrSf ba naadad for aviation pu^ poaas, and tha gavammant la da- alraua af aaaing ao muah aa goto alhio of tha war aoquirad aviatton faeilitloa praaorvod for utIlIxatleR in aviatlfMi. Thaaa propartioo and tha Im- prevomonts on them rapraaant aaw- orai hundred thousand daMara In invoatinants, and tha, atasmunRy will ba axoaadingly fOrtnnots if It ean ba . pagnirad by Mm alan. At lata man, or~Na- t field, thars ara 850 aeraa of land. t^trolman Griffith of tha highway departmenL was knockad nneon- sclona and was to that condition tor aoma tUna bMora regmintog eonadonsnaas. He waa rnahad to the .Shaw Field hospital with head lajvlaa. Tim sslamoMla eaaghi am Ora idMl« track aC the Samthr fire da- partigiMt WM cMlad oiff to gnt oat the ArA Tim MStto Oaroltniaab dflvlng s Elsewhere to thia lasu of the Chronicle la an advertisement an nouncing toe Dempsey Rafrlgera- tlon' Service, a busineas that has been functlontog for the past sev- ersl months under the name of tha Kershaw Refrigeration Service. L. 0. Dempsey, the proprietor, la making a change In tha name of hla TUilt due to the tact that the former nkme was mialeadlng to that the public gained the Impres sion that his place of buslneaa was to Kershaw. Mr. Dempsey, before entering the navy, wm engaged In the refrig erating bnstoesa at Savannah. Qa., for ten year and la thoroughly ex perienced to all forma of tha aar- vlce. He ia married to h Camden girt and they hope to make Cam den their home for many years. Mr. Dempsey does both commer cial M well as domestic refrigera tion Installation and servlctog and aU of his work Is guaranteed. to ftod abto ftbjMpd about EVANGELIST HERB . Leroy C. Payton, Jr., the 14-ye4r^ old evangelist of Orhngebnrg, wfU ba to New Batoel A. M. S. churdi, S. Mato atroet, April *0, 81 and 88. Come oot nnd^hear him. Bav. S. Q. Gadsden, pMtor: Flora D. HursL teeraUury. Beats for our whlta DrioM CarsMIr—Ssftt tt Ufar (PlaMS Turn To Paga Tan) Drunken Driver Pays Heavy Fine In David’s Court Darlinftom Yottlh Ckaorgg Of Hit And Rim Driving lYaining Umon i Of First Baptist'' To Have Banquet Tha Training Union of tha First Baptist church la climaxing thalr Training Union Bmphasls Weak on Friday night with a banquet The study course hM been well attended, about 100 attending. The PMtor, O. Floyd Montgomery, hM been teaching “Christian Laadar- ship" to oftloara and leaders; Mrs. Montgomery hM led the adult group. Mrs. M. B. Forte tha Toung Paopla, Mias Mahal Staraas to# In- termadlates, TCrs. Frank Rector tha Juniors, and Mrs. J. €. Bennett the Story Honr gronp. The thems for toe benqueC will be “A Spring Garden BengMt” end the program Is m follows: “Preparing Oar Hearts”, Mr. Montgomery; “Spring LyrieA’, group singing by the gueata; read ing: “The Flower O' Yo la", Mias Vera Graea McOaakiU; “Warhllngs of Spring”, violin saleetloas by F. N. McCorkle; **Forgetmenots”. (tableaus). “UtUe Sir Beho”, Jana Lou Bwtog, Don O’Neal Brown; “Down by the Old Mill Stream”, ^U)y Jack Moody, Mollle Sue Smith: “IRdiy. Daisy”, C. B. and Barbara Rogers: “Some Summer Bventog”, Richard Raley, Patricia Maddox; “Because”, Mr. and Mrs. lYsnk Rector, mils Rowall: 'lH Ba Lov ing You ^Always”, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Gladden. Inspirational message: “The Mas ter Gardner”, C. S. Hodge. Misses Mgrjorle Waters, Joan Rush, Mary Howard Hancock and Frances Clybura will greet the guests at the door. C. S. Hodge, who Is to bring too address of the evening la ednoa- tlonal dfarector at the First Baptist ehnreh. Columhla. He la widely mown throughout the Southern Baptist coaventkm aad Ida maasge wUl be anticipated by the gronp with pleMure. Joaoph McC^klU, 88-year»old Darllnil;oB man, wm arrested after he had crashed Into a truck be longing to Otis Graham of R-1 of Camden on U. S. Highway No, 1„ two miles north of the city. According to the authorities. Me- CaaklU wm so totoxloated that he droTs away from the scene of the crash and wm picked up later on a side road. When arraigned before Judge Jack David In magistrate court the charge, wm reduced to drunken driving and hu wu fined $10 and costa. A man giving hla name Sa John Smith of R4, Camdan, wm nrrestod by State Patrototaa Roy Monney Monday aventog m a ebargo No one la safe! Tbara drtvtag wblla drank nad not havltag ebaee la a^t that yea a driver*# Uemaa Whan arralgaad balara Magtolrata David, be fiaad H4 aad coats. MRS. GRACE COLQLAZItR MARSHALL Local meraben of tho DAR waro ■hocked to hoar of tho death of Mrs. Oraca Colglailer MarahalL wife of John Logan Manhall of tho Clemson college englneertog fhoal- ty. which oocnred to PhUadalpbla. Mn. Marshall wm aetlvaly aa- gaged to the DAR for 87 yoara nad WM a candidate for the offioe praBldeBt-ceneral at the time of her death. I m- ; I- i -I ^ I 'I will ho a vtetini of klllor. Tm eaaoM Is ao« oao dMto to avan^^Miht