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A m i • ' U ■ ; i r: ! CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROUNA, ftIDAY, JUNE 27. 1947 Number 15 fGRV.FL/ttlES LEVEL beautiful lilANSION SUNNY HHA PLANTATTON » . ;(j^0]i.ii-Like Chiam^ in Welt«r of Ruins Mark S^te ^ Once-Proud Aristocratic Structure—Loss Estimated at $125,000 Story of Q^awbreaker Waekaiwd tapsr liks Mefc ^d* out In a^wslUir «f tMt only a law hour* prs- ftiad been the larga sMl pre mansion of Sunny HHi %, honie of* Clifford M* wealthy Chlckljo contrae* , af a mysterious origin. at 6 o'clock Friday completely destroyed the rdwtiling. Loae ie estimated Including fumishinfs. "fife,* discovered by J. O. caretaker, who resided in adjacent to the main plan* 'gilding, was in one'of the mbs of the downstairs H spread with lightning and soon the huge bpild- I a furnace of flamee. There Hifficlent time to remove the furniture of pereottal Jl for help was sent to the fire department, bat ow* the lack of water supply, neat could not respond, on workers and neighbors at keeping the roots and I adjoining buildings from fire. Ten atmctnrea. In- 'the caretaker’e lodge, fine itablee, water and light boose, kennels, etc.t were through the rmiant aid 4 [lut person to be In the man- a colored cook, whd re- one of the tenant bnild- \ said she was in the kl^' la the afternoon when she 1 some bags of sugar. TANK THIlfATINi morning plantation work guard over the smoking |ud warned curions speoU to approach too near as still biasing farlonly a storage tank that oon- jlAOO gallona of fnal pIL * lurronndlng the bar9bdt |ibo the grasa of the laamS I shrubbery were all bwnad by the heat 'Hin plantation waa one of sttraetire In this part of The dwelling had II I bath rooms. Since H sereral yeare ago Leonard conalderaMe fBir had been made se. It The grounds atxM IrdOug had been beantlfulb and enclosed in an fence. IFIK TWO YEARS AOO I yetrs ago the* home was by fire when a stable oyed. The beat was ao from the biasing stables > paint on surronnding. build- eliding the main dwelling ordied and blistered. How- thst time the city fire de nt, using a booeter tank on' r, kept the walls wet dewn prevented a more sdrioos itkm. Ileonird, who not only Is |of Sunny Hill plantatloiiv orers some 10,000 aOreS; js of Chancefleld, another plutation home with ex- •CTcage. When notified of ctlon of the SnnBy- HUl he declined to make any >t u to his ttttantlon ra- [rebuilding. was one of the moat liar io this community years. The spread of tM »as so rapid that the entire [wasa mass of flames wlth- *een minute period, as can be ascertained. ' atarted on a sun porch or [•Wng room of the bnlld- had been no fire In the orer a month. * , Kershaw guards Stage Party , At. . The New Armroy Marira lnau|nllral Of New ^ttery Was Also Farew^ To Home / Guards Steele (Sven Eleven Years For Gun Battle Kershaw Maa Escapes Mur der Charge. Csrtoe KUled By OfficOT^s Blast Camden’s fine armory building ^sa the scene of an' interesting gathering last Thursday evening when an inangural dinner was •erred for the recently stoned Battery B, T18 AAA Qnn Battalion, to be known In the fu ture M the "Kershaw Onards," thus perpetuating a name' that has descended down from Colonial days, with honor stars gained tltfoogh masterful military cour age and skill in the Revolntlonary, Mexican, War Between the Stntee, Spanlsh-American war. World War No. 1 and World War No. i. It was also in the nature of a fsMpoll for the retirement of Com pany B, South Carolina State Onard, a unit that served with dis tinction and faithfulness during the decent war as a home defense^ gronp. Tbs gathering In the armory was presided over by Capt. Robert E David (Captain Jack), who intro- dveed all of the distingnished guests. Mayor McCorkla, Senator KMinedy, Representative Arrants, Attorney John K, deLoaeh, Ameri can Legion Poet Cornknaader WDl Nettles, tJ. N. chginnaa of the Kershaw county board. Sheriff DeBruhl and -M^ M. Reaaon- aa wuBmi othwl. Mr. Reaaonover presented Capt. S. C. Clybum oC the Company E command with a sterling illvar platter, expressing appreciation for his lesdership ot the military nnit during the war yean. It was a fitting gsature and.waa given great ^Plriaase by the 80 guardsman and A laMer was m- e Arthur flkre Me ifta vemakM a/ a dMi M driee • ear. Mmeimg dawn tA iderud eg ike edge e/ ik» r, and mm nrencked tele e t m$ mf mmy rnkm aieearict wke esenee ne 1^ were teeeteed te apere iken SjM nrndmmt Cameraalien Bmimam mi^ty % AteAe aUm mp reacliani. make jmdpmmt eeMdeni ikree le /anr Hmee. safety tips OF TBE WEEK A TUNE FOR JUNE What is so rare as a day In June—when at'l^t fO Ameri can aren’t killed, S,000 injured. In highway accidents? June is the first mentn of crowded . holiday traffic-Hong bomper-to^bumper lines of cars on the move to the mountains, the beaches, the,lakes. It la a month when daytime naishupe ibcreaae aharply. Nation^ con servation bureau safety special ists say one oat of every five happens when s driver gets tired of looking at the same old jalopy in front of him and pulls out of Une to make a daah for the first tree space he can find up ahead. Too often he slams head-on into another out-oMiner; or in trying to sqneese by, be sideewipea the car ahead. The center line of a h^- way la w safety HUet croBafeg or straddling it. except when the road ie clear and stralgnt, may be nourting disaster.' June daya ars perfect daya— for the careful driver to live and lot Mva. - • Over To Counfy Rginru^eota Fings Collectud By DeKalb Townahiif JDiuring Moadi Of Mj^ Magistrate David Jones'of Karshawy wid axprasasd -yHfim gwm ||#^9Hfl ragrai at not being ahla to attenl! the gathering ehd streaaing bia Intereat in the Jtffairs of the mftk- turf unit A fried • chicken dinner waa served by the mesa sectlou of the, Keridtaw Guard unit, with Meaa Sgt ‘'Shertfr Lomlnic In charge. gueat received half a chicle en with a heavy comolement of French Mee. cold slaw, bnns. afreet pickles and lemonade. ' On dlspUy In thh armory waa a 80 mUlmeter gpn of the type to be need by the battery. Otter weap ons aid equipment were alao on dtaplay for inspection by the 'guests. t The Kershaw Onards now have n enlisted men and two officera The Onards will leave Jaly • for Gamp Jackson for a training period at that place. CSapUln David eaya that he wqi be at the armory <m drill nighU to accept appUcatkma for membership in the Onard. He also stated that tha friad chicken dlnnSr had .bfen such a Mg tucceaa that he Is planning to have them at frequent Intervale, Roadway iong Here To taken Over Chiefs Continue Winning Streak TitgM Bndg Floiwiion Rgdf Caps la Slagfask 11 to 8 Magistrate Robert E. David at DeKalb township tnmud over to the county treasnrer here the nun (g 11441.02, representing the fines Elected by him for the month of May as a result of the uctlvitlea of officera of. the county and state. Up to June 20, the June collection of fines aggregated J249. which tea pronounced decrease ow the Kay record. "Tberatare two reasons for the decrease in the May total, ona Is that efficient work of the law • fOrcement officera la outstanding and secondly, thsf usual oftShding gentry aig behaving themaelvea/' said the judge. Saturday morning Judge Duvld fined James Poaton, arrested for drunken driving f BO and costa. Pda- >ton will alio lose his di^Ofa license. Ike Grey, who has been making life miserable for many peopla at Dusty Bend, was summoned b^ore thq mugistrute Saturday and In view of the parade of-complaints against him. Judge Duvld^pat hhn to work on the county chain gang for a SO-day period. Miles Will Of State Higlivray System Dr. T. R Bruce, Jr. WiU Lorate In imdway sections in Ker- to be taken into the •ky system on July 1 Jm In length. C. fU Me- highwiy engineer, ui- • week, slon ot these roads In •I'ktem is required kjr ^y the toglitetiiiw provided that on y*"* As iwpwtmeni would take to tha various til.®": *‘®*‘*4 ^ ft* *y»tem are sa- highway depsrtbMBt kpproval of the S4 •t half of the house county, The Camden Chiefs defeated the Red Cap^^of Florence Wednesday night at^lnorence'11, to 8 with Rohe .WlMon going the route for the Chief A ' , ^ Of'Mullins does not appear In this iasuo of the CUrtmlcle. It w.m however printed In a condensed, form next W( primed IF^DKi l-iTers Will Enjoy Week'Sneampmeni ropi^MT VatonnriaB, NsUItr Ot Camdan, To Prmetioot ia Aaodaar Citj 4-H Club* beys and girls from Kenhaw county will attend camp at Camp Bob Cooper July 14-lf. The club, members wlH take conrses In manners, tractor drlv- tag,'* awimmlng, handlpraft and TMTMtkML. Hla hoped that aU club smm* hart will attend. ' -boll weevil According to weekly check on bsB wiM^ they ara.i8ore nattsrona i-ttmit tk^'kave kam fur, jrnars. “ *^«f»haw county road- Host ootlon !s,»ettteg t^ I><i.to • to ba indndad tktsltepy mawg. The,, esjdiliii^ fmsd-last/ssr Banssn-nsnacimnne road . extsadkm'BM W>T mlxtmss •• » t terminus of roMl9h^%>n8'F polakn for MnrBs sat I' kpproxtmatakr '’UtaMufikk wall of IL' ^ °®rihs«tyv4^^Qte£|3S^ uiNc- H . to Harmony tar kweeterly ta T. B. Bruce, Jr., who kna sa- goged In tte veterinary praeUsa tn Oamden had - rielnity for ■uoao years, has tianafaivad kls buawasa to MnUins, where he wtU amka hlS fntore residence. Dr. Bruce la a native of Camden and a graduate of tha Oamden schools He took a courae of study in his profsstlon at a loading ia- Btltadon and retomiag to Oamden wmt Into baslheaa with his father. Of late he haa-keon handling nil of the vetarlaary work tn this aiaa. Ba has boeg uetlve In aO soelal and^dvle affatra of tksr oonuMnlty mut was a member of the CaaadkR Lions dak. , As soon gs bw Is akle td laeato ^ kpmnth MaHias ka wlQ ba ' ' HKo sad Mp Local Autd Dealers In Move lo Cmiail Dsdths Join In MownMM Spanned By Skate Praas' And Pdb- liahars Auaiitiation Camden auto daalari huve joined In tte national kljpiway safety program, iponaorad' by the SUta Praia and PubUakar asaaciatlona. The mavspisot has as Its objective Intensive add oaatinioua afforU toward tko cUrtgOlat of traffic daatiu. MaJ. Gan. FkBtp B. Fleming, general chairman of tba .Prsak dsat’a Highway iMNEg oeoferance adminlatratar of tte Padsral Works Agoney, sKpiUna fba pro- grtuB in detalL Hi mfa in urt: ^ "Last year ttJH^son#Hsd tajbltfi aad tomebfle acddfaiTm th# United States. That test iSaF not reglatar very strongly. APH aB, iMOi la just a tlgura. Ildrtie you can Tlsualiso tksi axtsnt if tha alaagh- tar a llttlo .better' )g yoa will imagtea that maaF pqople Ilaad np la parade 'formatiWB pnd martelng from'noon to sandFwa to pan a re- vlswiag stand. "Or, sanMaa alftegtejaapla had used' 'frunt of your home, aay. tbsn yoa. could have stood on' your trimt porch day and night, week te aad week oat, and witneasad a death on the average every II minutes. "That’s aa many people as live In such a dty aa IBkharL Indiana, or Paducah, Ky., or Watertown, MaaS They are all died noi|, „^ed Jn accidents that could ssmlly huve been avoided. Hnndreda of thou- aanda of orphans, widows and be reaved parents are left to, mourn in every city In the land. "Bvra so, 1848 wus not our worst year for traffic fatalltlaa. All things oonaMered. the record for that year wsa pretty good. The most tragic year In motoriur his tory was 1841 when 27.812 were killed. That was the high point to whldi tratfic fataltttoa had steady climbed over a lO-yaar pe^ M beginning akoat 1811 whan 1,788 died. AlW 1811, the popa- laiity ot the antomeble grew, aad so did a number of doatha. Year by year tha nomber killed in- ereaipd. with a few sxeeptloai notgebr during the war when gaso line rationing drastically-curtailed drtvter . ^ A "After Japan surreaderqd apd gasoline rationing was abandoned, tetal acMdenta ahot upward. Isi the first foar or five months of iMt year, people were being dona to death in such staggering num bers that It waa confidently pre dicted the fatality Ikrt would ex ceed that for 1841. *80 when I say that the record for 1848 was ‘pretty gdod,' what I mean Is that It might have been much worse,' that the rlstog curve of fatalities waa turn ed downward, and that thS num ber killed In proportion to miles .driven was aubatantlally less than In thd year before. l!lie Improve ment seems to be continuing into 1947* *Tt Is Signlficunt that the tide tamed last year fMlowlng tte Prealdemte Highway Safety con ference ksld at Washlagton early te May. Alarmed by the eenselesi and InsxcnsaWe slaughtsr, Pre^ dent Truman called tefefher tha gmnora of the states, mayort of (Please Tnra To Pnge Ten) CRAZED PARENT BLUDGEONS TWO SLEEPING CHILDREN TO DEATH WITH BALL CLUB Huabnad of Kershaw Gift Runs Amuck in Miami Saloon. Two Other Vkkima of Gun Blast Near Death MIt ITbto Toeg It 84 te 8.1 mila Mm Its US8 par acre Ette 7 wffi Billups Named As Councilman At State Camp One of the 180 hope eeleeked tram the high aehooli H SmOi GmrMiaa to attend the Pahnatto Boys' State camp, sRoneored by the Amertein L^on. te Hugh F. BUlttps of the Camden hteh. school, te estet te bteng soRdnetad at Ggplter C^-airpeste^naar Co- Tbg h«rB get »«Mlr ewn * gorsflNMate. Meet ra sotetfli doancR- ^ gag slsa. gr ihe cnteHli «9r the to iMwn tte irteolpals Claude N. Steele, Kerahavf man. wboae pistol finger pteclpitated the baXtle of Cook’s Tavern at the outskirts of Kershaw on the night of May 11. in which George Catoe, a tavern employee, was Instantly killed, was sentenced to 11 years in the penitentiary by Judge G. Dunciu^ Bellinger today. Steele pleaded guilty to a charge of assault and battery wrlth intent to kill and carrying s concealed weapon. Solicitor T. Pou Taylor made It plain that In the event Ernest Trkesdale, Weatgllle youth suc- cumha to gunshot wounds, that Steele will be formally charged with first degree murder. In the case growing ,oat of Steele’s arraignment here today, the solicitor Jixplained that Steele oottld * hot be tried on a murder charge in the death of Catoe, as an FBI ballisttc report ihowed that the bullet that caused Catoe’s demise came from the gim of Rufus Williams, a rural police officer, who was retamteg the fire of Steele. Catoe Is alleged to have ran Into the tine of gup^re when he sought to flee from the tavem. Solicitor ’Taylor declared that tests showed that Truesdale, who la still in a precarious condition, was hit by a shot fired by Sfeele. iKILLSR GIVEN THREE YEARS Joe Dan Nelson, colored, who on May 10, fatally ptabbed Andrew Samuel In frout pf a Rntledga street basiaess house, withdrew his plea of not guilty just before hts trial by jury was to start and was ghrea three years In the penlten- ttery. The case of the state vs. Elisha. Usha and Willie Harriott, who ware found guilty last year on a of aaaault and battery of a sd ikgretated aature, aad who apon appeal tq the state su preiae coait. had the caae sent back tor another trial, entered guilty pleas and ware heavily fined An three wSre charged with aa- aaulting Karl 8. Smith, planUtlon foreaian for Dr. A. H. Bhrondou on Ratlodgo street January 88,1848. HHalut aad Llaha pleaded gHlty to tho chargo ssado aad were fteod each, or gtvua tha aRaraatlve ot six moalha oa the ehate gang. WUBe ptetelad gteMy to aseaalt charge aad was flaed 8188 with aa alteraatlve' of 28 days on the chain gang. WIFE SLAYER IS SENTENCED Willie Groom, who slew his wife in a gun' dual near their home In Logoff on May 20 was aantenced to four yean In the PMltenttery after pleading guilty. Lewis Roach. Schoefleld, Who broke Into a ear bekmglng to Co- Inmbna Knox when the nttlele waa parked on Rutledge ctreeL pleaded guilty und wus given two years. Sentence was anspeBied and he was admltteed to prohptlon for fonr yean. Richard WUoy, who broke Into the T. A. Chiistssaa grocery store omMi^ 18 aad stola aomb eaah aad groearlas, plaedad guilty aad was •entanoed to five yaan on tha road gang. , Buddy MMUm, who ploadad guil ty to eteallag a drOl valaad at 188 fropi the Hasty and Balk Oar age waa sentenoad W two yean aad later adarttted to a five year proba; tloa period. Landy O. Touag, ebargad with asaault and battery of a hlitt sg* gnvkted nature and of earryteg a coneealad wchpon. pleaded guilty and waa given a two year soataaco and later placed on a five year pro bationary period. SHERIFF MAKES FINE REPORT The report o8 Sheriff Gib De- Bmhl to tha grand jury waa moat oompnAenslva and detailed. The sheriff referred te the fact that the office had been turned over to him. on January If and that In the sobaequent interval It had been the objective of his office to give cov erage to the entire county. He said that he had turned about Iff cases ,(Pleasa tarp to page five) Red light Skips Draw Fhies AO Pofin Nab lliem Dapartiant Bmurs 0owm On Traffic VioUtars. Drank- «n Drivsrs Ara Scarad Camden police struck hard at red light jnmpen this week and on Tuesday took bonds tor three of fenders,' they > being Johnny WU- Jtenur, K. C. Crawford, Boyd Tay lor, while Boykin Ssbnond was nabbed for driving without a Uoeuae. Salmon potted a'|12 bond. Will D. Rogers either didn’t see the red light, or if he did, do attention td It. But a nearby bkieooat saw the car go throngfa the red and flagged the driver add extracted a |2 bend deposit from him. .The police also tagged a num- hqpr at motbrtets Who periled dver* ijaie te the metered area. There hss been a pronounoed daeraase In tha number of dmuk' Ml drlvlttg 'offenders, duq^ accord Jag to the police, to the fact that Aniion DuBose has been dam oa all Bethune Picnic Will Attract Big Crowd To Village. SixMi Afinusil Evunt la To Be Stefod Tkora On Thors^ daf, July 2 A Miami tewurn koepar, 59-]rear-old Ckriat Ruaaell, huaband of-tbe former Elisabeth Gay of Kershaw, who ia in jail^kSiMisJ^ after be had killed kia two children with d pumped bullets into" two neifhbors^ criticaHy woundidg thorn, ia asking for death in the elec tric chair **so 1 can be nesur my children.** ^ Police .effected the capture of Russell as he pulled tee trigger of an ompty pistol which ho held agai^ hb haad, VV^Ilie Gay, mother of Mrs. RussolL and a ooni Harry Gay, took a -plane for Miami immodiately after ^7 wm i^ormed of the tragody and took ckargo of a tho two ehtld^ bringing thorn to Korshaw for bunak-Mrs. Russell, who has boon Uwing in Norwalk. Conn., sent notioo that she was on her way to Kershaw, to - bo praaant at tho funoral. married life unpleasant According to information gather ed at Kershaw, Christ Russell and Elisabeth Gay were married about 12 years ago in Kershaw. It would appear that their life became a series of bickerings and quarrel- ings, and Rufaell was arreated a number of times for creating a nuisance sround the premises of his in-Iawa i Just when the couple parted la not knoWh, and there le alao a vagueness as to why the two chil dren, reported to be unnaually good students in the school at Miami, were left in the care of the father, who was engaged In the saloon buslneas in the Florida city. A wliw story from Miami quotas John L. Dess. « Miami city datac- tlve, who la handling the ease, ss saying that Rusmll blamed hit mad ' act In the slaying of his two ehU- drea and the shooting of Mr. sad Mn. WaUsr L. Wtets on ter UO- good wifs", s "double crossing bunch of nslghboru” sad s temd- ^ dlsspms scbuol tsacher." CRUtN fKtlitt WITH EAY ^ Dsaa ssM that RuMall hla cbkdran by cmahlng in tbsir sknlla with a baseball hat tn a room at the hack ot hts saloon lata Wednas- day nlghL H# la thbn allegsd to have gone next door to tha real •atate office of the Wolfse where he emptied hit gun at the realtor sad his wits. The Wolfes wars rw erttlesl cotefittea s| 4 tsl mi tSrWoIfte"iteite to^MYs appeared agatast RuaseB In juvenile court oh Friday oa a complaint that he was sot a fit father to have custody of the chil dren. They were prefmred to tae- tlfy that he abuaed them aad naad. obscene and profane language to ward them. It also developed that RusasU’s wife, Blsabett (he eallMl her Betty), had started divorce psp- eeedlngs against Mm last Nuvem- bar but that the final dsorss had not been issued as yet Miami police have laeued four wayrsats against Russstl, two rimrglng rauriw In |hs first de- graa for the slsylng of the two children and two disrglng aasanlt with intent to mnrier for the shoot- bte W tte WMfes. The sixth annual Bethune com munity picnic, quite the biggest picnic event of its kind In the Palmetto state, will be held in tha progressive litUe Kershaw county community on Thuraday, Jhly 2, S^d it wUl be an all-day affair Congressman J. P. Ricbarda of the Fifth district Is to be the speaker of the day and he^ will address the assembled ttonssnds of people at 11:|0 a. za. Benhtor R.: M. Kennedy and Mayor F. K. Me- Corkle of tMs city sra axpactad to be heard iif expreaaions of laleet- tatton to tte cttlsena of Bethnne. Harold Booker of LhaoMter wlU also be beard. The affair Is to be ih the nature of a basket picnic and those from near and ater who plan on atteud- teg ara urged to bring heeifing bnakets of things to esL 'rheas will be placed on long tables and tha guqste win help themsahrea. ; An invitation his been extended he paaaant aad glue n ppQgmm oi music during the uftenioon. Those in charge of tte picnic declare that the public of the pouu ty and state are invited to attend In the evening a barbecue dinner will be served In tte Mays pa vilion. ' The Bethune eommuhity picnic was started back In 1841 when so many World War 2 warriors were in training. It waa the tita# of tba First Arpiy manenvars and the good people of Bethune arranged the affUir for the purpoee of fmteg recrmUlaa and entertnih ment to tt# service men in the aree. Now that th^ war ia over the -picnic is still being given with Wmr^ War No. I heroes aa gdeats of honor. ea. ana nu wue ndad ported In n < imArnuijiom mn If McGrew Enters Cmmell University For Grad Work , CriuHh Sekools Tradb And' Indnglrktl Education nr TakM Coorua (Pleas# turn to pngs (our) Frank Rector. Takes Over As Jaycee Leader Junior Ckanibiw Plans To Campaign For A PuUk Swimming Pool Judge Q. E. McOrew, eo-ordlhator and woodwork teacher of the Camden City Schools, left Thursday (or Uhica, N. T., where he has en rolled at Cornell University for graduate work in trade and indus trial edneation and personnel man agement. Mr. McGrew has been (Identified with the Camden city sc gram since 1927, with the excep tion of the four years that he was In war service in the tTnlted States army. Prior to entering the service he was also director of - defense training activities In the Camden high school. Rls classes won many firsts In state competition. Mr. McCrew waa also chairman of the steering committee for trade and industrial camping activities. Mr. McGrew's ability was re cently recognised by the Camden Jugior Chamber of Commerce when he was presented srith .the dis tinguished service award. Mrs. Dollie Talbert Qf Bethune Passes Mrs. Dollie TalberL TS. widow of T. B. Talbq^ died at her home last Wadsmaday nlittt at Bethune after 11 weeks illness. Fnneraf services were conducted at 11 o’clock Friday morning from Bethany Methodist charch. She is survived by One son, OlUe Talbert of Blshopvlj^; two dauitt* tars, Mrs. Lola GnrdMr of Be- ttuna and Mrs* R. T. Farmer of SnmmerrfilA agd three slsterB. Mrs. T. (Sattei^ Rafiy at Blshop- bmaaMra. Lun Rogers and Elisa Wbtldns of Bsttgna. Mr#,/ "r- *■ te tegtaRln jNW," • W At a meeting of the Junior Chamber of Commerco held .Tues day evening Frank Rector took over as new president. Line Woodcock presented the outgoing preeldent, Frank Mont* g<)ihery> with a silver cup In ap- eciation of club members (or,his ffteient admioiatration of Ghazu- ber affalra during tte past ysAr. The club disenssed tte zmed o'' improv^ recreational ffcoilltles and the enlarging of the project ■ in Oamden. One of the ttema vitally needed is a pnbllo swimming pooL It la proteWa that one M’Htte year’s projects of the Jaycee group will be the InangurEtiou of a enm- palgn to have auch a pote pro vided. * sat Flag Race Is Getting l^ght •S 4- . / \ Aa a result of Monday night games in'the Palmetto loop, five teams are drawn ziearar togettar in the flag raoe, .'The Lake City Truekezs tnmad back the Sonoro team of Harts- ville. Then on Tnesday CsmteQ trounced the Sonoco outfit 7 1i6 8. On Monday Btehopville handed Ben- pettsvlUe a 8 to 8 defeat. On Tn«s- day tte Rumter defeated Lake City, while Floreilce trounced Beonetts- vllle* BA^KS WILL BE CLOSED \Tbe pnklie wUl pUmm telte aotku teat kotli Thm - Cem I Tba Fim ■ tiA, •-I-*'-;*.