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• 7 - s ? J* 7 Sk'a^ i ': 50 Number 39 ^ Wetfaie ^ers Observe gth Anniversary B. Rhrera, State Di- Speaker At Bir&< Dinner Held In Cam- I tlnirsday kir R Rivers^ director of the pepartnient of Public Wel- 'vai tbe speaker at a lunch- iW at the Court Ina Tnura- I a observance of the tenth aa- ' of the eetabllahmect of [jMSTtment ^ ^ jl, iBBcheon waa featured by lighting servloe ■ durhif * bUhllghts of the ten wore given by vanfua of- and employees oT the de- Dt. Preceding and followini^ IhBcheon a conference waa porticipated in by offlcialt (Dployees of the department flirshaw, Lancaster, Chester, luburg. Cherokee. York, Falr- . ^ Union conntles. the morning session of the «Dce there was a panel dla- on on various phaaea of the done by the department. Bg In the dlscnsskms In the were Mrs. P. Vdwarda, di- ir, Spartanburg county DPW; Helen Burge, child welfare r, York counjly;' Mrs, Klisa* Jackson, visitor, Spartanbnrf work supervisor, York coua- Miss Margaret llalrmty, rMn Mellte Plyler. visitor. Lan- county; Mrs. Mary Jsm e, child welfare worker, Fair^ I county. , Mrs. May Count, visitor, county; Miss Mary Ksysa. r, Kershaw ounty; Mrs. oW- I Bsckham, visitor, Lancaster Mrs. Ella Lyleaai. visitor, county; Mrs. Martha O. visitor, Fhltftald coan- Mbs Polly Came^ vlaitor, county; Mrs. l||Brtfca Al- vMtor, Union ooimy;*Mra. Lee, viaitor, Cheatar aawity. hnaheoB wap hfM 1m tkP room of th^ Court ,|pn at #clodL <iraaa wm hM by D. McAn. paaW^ of Presbyteriaa churdL Marien Borfeas aaip a solo, ^aps^ by Mra. A. D. MeAm [iM libo. dpatlng in the madia light were: Mrs. Mary lifarie field supenrlaoir, vAo I; Mrs. SaUle Bagby. Ches- ;Mn. Dara Inmap. Toric; Mas. Gregory, Ldncaatwr; Mrs. . Sahnond, Mlaa Query;' IpSthaburg; Glsfys P. Riddle, Cherokee; Mary Johnaon, Fair^ld; Minnie R. Lee, Union; Mrs. » B. Owlnga, diriston for the I; F. A. Dean, public aasiatance dOD. t the afternoon session Mias nh Mauldin, chief of the child ire division, waa the dilef ter. Blum Curtis Esell, assistant I of the public asslstaace dtvi- ' presided over the. morning * steering committee for the ; was composed of Mra. Dell ob, Gaffney; Mrs. Charlotte iSpsrUnburg; Miss Verna Hill, JMa; Mrs. ottey M. Perry, P®. CONVICT ENTERING BETHUNE HOME H«»ry PaitMi, 21, AppipfcpJad ^hrm Or Six Hours After Entarmp Horn# WiA laletition, H« Saya Of Robbery And Committing Aaaaidt-.Egcaped From Uxington Jail ' a loiiowing ms arrest at B^hune Siwday m«r^ng aft«r h« had entered the home Sfx »>Tested five or aix hoora after he had entered the home by S. P Watkina rural policeman, and Chief C. H. Hineori of Bethune Faison, who is about 21 years old. and whose home is at Marion, waa serving- a sentence of five years on the Lexington county tdtaingang. He eeeaped after hav- lag served appfoximately one year sad officers had been on the look out for'him. Some time bade be went to Be- thune and had been staying there undetected. Sunday night or early Monday morning he entered the home of a prominent Itefbunr man. He searched |the pMiiMa of the owner and took Ifierefrom a pock et knife. He then went Into a bed room occupied by the Bethune maa and hla wife and was feel ing areund the bed in which the couple were sleeping when the wife awdte and screamed. The negro thea Jumped out of the win dow and fled. At hla boarding house he dropped thm knife which he had atolea from the Bethune ipan. Faleon confeeeed to having entered the home when he wae armalad end said It waa his iNtpntldn to rob and oommtt oNmlnal aaoautt Tho negpp oeems to hare been conataatly in trouble. He ;wa8 sorrluf a MBtenoe In the state re formate^ to Columbia but escaped from them. Ooing to Lexington, he got into trouble fliere and wae •entoneed to flvo years on the gang. Re bad served only about a year bdforo ho oocaped Aikffli Polo Team Returns Sunday At Strength Camdum Fans Look To Lob Ramos To Upset Aikaa la SaaMi Mgnnar Ho Upsat ifis OwB Team Last Sna* day Town and County.. * Real Estata Traasftr A.CMcKainIs Named Master Of Kershaw Lodge Well ICaown Rasbiess^ Maa Succeeds George Mickle Oa First Of. Year~Otber Officers Nan^ At the regular eomaunication of Kershaw Lodge No, 29. A F.M., field last week. A. C. McKain. well- known local business man. was elected Worshipful Master for the gsas: ensuing year. He will succeed George Mickle, w.ho has served ~ - m the positifdi for the past year,, and will enter upod bis duUo.i the ' ^ first of the year. 1 —n Other officers elected for 1948 and who wlU be inetalled along with the new WorMitpful Master are; J. B. McOuirt. senior warden; J. A. Hagln, Junior warden; J. B. Ross, treasurer; L. H. Jonet. sec- retary: Joe Rhodus, senior dea- oob; W. a. Jordan, Junior deacon; j •Perry C. Threett, seutor steward; | 4 recorded J ind^ge H. Motley, Junior atew- in the offied of the county auditor ard; J. C. Hoffman, tiler Mveral days Include one ib McKain, the new Worship- recording the sale of §,800 acies of land in the Lugoff area to W. B. Hoyoe Company by Robert M. Lee. The property la bounded on the north, by the Seaboard Railwav, on the south by property of • H L, Bowen and on the west bf High way No. 28. Cash considerHtloa listed in the transfer was |7,600.^ F ter, is manager pf the J. C PdHIk Company's stora In Cam den and one of the beet known bttslnece men of the city. Kershaw Lodge No. 29, A.F.M., haa the honor hs'dng one of its mombers aerrtng ma diatrlet deputy grand master Jg the peretm of J. C. Hoffman. Ov. >.v \ / Palmetto League May Lose Three Of Its Meml^rs . Florence la Definitely In Tri-State; Hartaville And Bennettaville May. Join Another League with Florence alreadv definitely cd In the Trj-.sute league and Hartaville and Bennettavllla (vlth • Home la Bamod Ifr. and Mrs. I^jgan Rush of the WestviUe commonlty had the mis fortune to lose their home by fire on Tuesday, November 28. The building and furniture were a com plete loea. There waa no insurance. Itibut^ Is Paid To TeiFhers By Dr. lasers • Orclieatra Stx^st Here Gueat l^sonker At Annual Dinner Karakaw County Toackan Rmpkaahre Tka Importanao Of iekoola " Fifteen musicians, comprising the Little Philharmonic oreheotra of Chicago and under the dlrectioii of George H. Shapiro, stopped at tbo Sarsfield coffee shop Tuesday afternoon, en route from Augusta, Ga. to FsyettevUle, N C. The or chestra, traveling In a Wisconsin- Illinois Trailway oompany bus;'has «, been giving concerts In varlouf ty of South CaroUna points in Georgia, Tennoasee. Kem lucky and the Carolinaa. • Library Holidajrs The Camden Theater wlU show the picture of the Joe Loul^Wal- oott prise right ou Friday sad Sgt- nrtfty. High tributa waa paid to mem bers of the teachlag profess! m by Dr. R. B. Jaggeia, director of ele mentary edneatloa of the Unireral* who waa meat speaker at tke annual dia- nsr of tke KerAsw Coaaty lUa- i^tlonal Aseoeiatioa on last Thars- Tavera. Ktng Halglar of the Catawbae is all lit up like a Christmas tree these nights. As f part of the ChrlHmae deeeratiena th« effigy of the King on the city hall toever haa beeti Illuminated and at night aftar the street lights are off the illumination remains on ee that the King Mn be very plainly teen. The euggeetlen has been made that tho lighta oa tho King be kept on the year areund. GREAT CHRISTMAS PAGEANT TO BE PRESENTED DEC. 23 idicate Flag ' le At Armory 'Dead Airman "" 11II ■ ^ a ttll steel flag pole In front a South Carolina National J ^ory on West DeKalb ttsi been designated a# a •ral to Staff Sgt. Alva J, I Jr., son of Chief of Police an. Alva J. Rush, who waa ■ a action in . the Pacific on “nr 7. 1948^1 Wn Robert B. David of the “lU of the National Guard ' that the flag pole was te- thfougb the courteay ot At- r Vmillam Gettya chaiiman '^mden and Kerthaw coun- |Port Commiaaion It had oc- » prominent place at the “D Aviation School hero dur- • War. ^8e new flag which flleo ^ masthead came from Mrs. Rush while the * Memorial Company la In- i» handsome marker at the pole. The pole Ip set and in the center of a Mwers. Shrubbery repent- shout the armory was th^ by member of the ■Garden Club and adds J® the appearance of the seture. Alva J. Raah, Jr., waa of the Camden High He was also on the roster E. 1st Regiment, South ■ State Guard.' He en- ■• service June 7. 1842, at At the time of his ■ attached to the 7lBt » ^uadron and his plane J flown In battle. None of Of the plane was ever Library Bouts Kershaw oesmty ^located in the Teei- on Campbell ■ aaaounoe its to 4:08 ww J^turini*. over * wn Manager Fred Tejan ot the Cam den polo club announced Wedims- day that be bad received a tele gram from Aiken to the effect that an Aiken team made up of George (Pete) Bostwlck, Smith, O'Brien and Hosang would take the field agalnat^the Camden team here Sun day afternoon at the Kirkwood polo arena ~ Game time will be l~o'cloek and arrangements have been made to take care of a record crowd of fana. C. P. (Bobber) DuBose. Jr., will be referee of the match. “This Aiken team will be the strongeft we have had to battle so far this season", said Manager lejan. All of the players are out standing and Camden will be pot to a. severe test to hold its own against them." Tejan will nae Lois Ramos, the nigh scoring ace of his playing personnel to play the No. 1 posi tion, Eddie Tejsm will be at No. 2, Carl Ligbtfoot at No. 8 and Fred Tejan arthp No. 4 or backing rpot It waa Lula Ramos, who. wear ing the Aiken colon last Sunday, 8hot Are goals to give his team an 8 to S decision over Camden. Ramos was loaned to Aiken when Pete Bostwlck was unable to play because of a sprained wrist. Week’s Calendar Sunday, Dee. 14 Services In all churches at 11:15 a. m. Polo, (3amden vs Aiken, Kirk wood Field, 8:00 p. m. Tuesday, Dee. 18 Kiwanls Club luncheon, Thomas Tavern, 1:00 p. m. Junior Chamber of Commerce, Sarsfield hotel. 8;00 p. m. Thursday, Dee. 18 Rotary. Club luncheon, Thomas Tavern, 1:00 p. m. Order Eastern Star Masonic ball. 8:08 p. m. Two Hiteh-Blkero Qlven Sentences Paul Reid, 17. and Leon Dale^ », Chicago yontha, who said they were hiteh-hlklnf to their homes in Chicago, were lonad guilty et stealinga motorbike in a Camden snburband sentenced to 21 dajfs on the diaingang. Ralidi Dunn, 84. a recident of Lon Angelea, who said that ho had hitcb4iiked from Los Angeles to Chicago and then to Chiind^ was sentenced to 12 days on tha gang on a charge of vagrancy. News' OMITTID BMauee of tha shortage of newsprint. The Chronicle I# limited to ten pages today and thia made H riiBiaaary to leave am 1^ adfsmiilna ihatam am wall a mnaldeCThja^ kac ^*"**1^ waekt la- R Fifht Picturaa The Kershaw County Library will be closed from December 23 to December 29 and also on New Tear’s Day. • Spoke St SalloF Mayor Franciu McCorkle spoke at the evening service of the First Baptist church at Salley, Aiken county, last Sunday evening on the subject of Christian education and the teaching of the Btbio'in tax-supported schods. In bis talk. Mayor McCorkle said that educa tion in-most ot the colleges today is primarily in fitting the student into a purely materii^tlc culture. Farm Bureau Meet Is Held At Bethune Approximately 125 people at tended the meeting of the Buffalo township unit of the Kemhaw County Farm Bureau hdd nt Be- Ihnne last Wednesday night Neal Ratcliff presided and introduced the speakers who included Arthur Stokes, J. D. (Tawford and J. B. Griffith. • As a result of the meeting 28 new members were secured. Riy night at the Thoi Dr. Jaggers ewikiiimd tke part tha echodl takaa WkialatalaiBi and daveloplnc ithe 4eaweni||p form of lift. based kls fhpimks «« the thaefT that Yhe tndfvflkih of un derstanding and edneatloB t» the given sources of the democratic way of life and that among other things it is the teacher's respon sibility to develop in each student their own Individual and unique personality. Dr. Jaggers stated that if an in dustrialist came to the commonlty and established a new industry, he would be treated by the communi ty as a benefactor, while the teachers and the schools, who are creating tho human resonrens son which any apmmonity must rest frequently. «aiTy on without no tice or cooperation by the com munity at large. By way at illustration. Dr. Jag- yers stated that a trainer observer could ride along the highway and potait out without knowing person ally, the Intelligent or the i^orant farmer, as indicated by the intelli gence need in preeervlng and atlli- satioa of the natural resources of the soil and climate. He stated that a like opinion could be reliably formed by oaaerv- Ing other businesses and profea- alona. Ho said further that it was not always the fault of a S'rhool for In many instances the teacher did not have the proper education. Mrs. B. O. Boykin, president of the council with her committee, presented a splendid program. Ow Om HnadrMl P«opk Arm Exphctod To Toko Part In Progomtation Of Baanlifial Ckrktmaa Story In PacoaiM On Porck And Lawn Ot Tko Botkowla •• JAMES R WEST AGAIN HEADS THIS (XJUNTTS FARM BUREAIJ Membership Of Unit Has Grown Until It b Now About 700 Parmers Of County Enthusiastic Orur Tbo Grow^ Of The pryanuathm — Thu County Has First Nagro Unit With a membenhip of ap proximately 700 the Ker- ahaw County Farm Bureau claims now to be one of the banner county farm bureaus of South'Carolina, ilie mem- bereUp goal for 1948 waa set at 700 and at the annual heM recently it waa that there waa at 81 on the rolle. me anno that Ji has fsnissi been comins Other ol coming year are Bethune,’ vice Crawford, Camden, nrw; Luther Jones, of Cassatt, who ideiit of the or^ past year, has eat .for the ed for the H. Gardner, t; J. D. etary-treaa- :of, vice mwideat Wateree township; J. B. McOuirt, Camden, i vice prealdeat IcOnirt, DeKalb townAfo ripe president, and W. H. 8tok< ■prasidwit. Flat Dhaetors fog ihlpiwtltha be heU dartag tha ysnr, Nell RatcIifL o towBahlg. WfoetvIRt. vice tmsMkip gin listing 818. For 1948 it baa a goal of 700 which baa been prac tically reached. J. B. Cantey was the flrst presi dent of tha County Farm Bureau And he was followed by L. O. Fund- erharke. Then In 1947 Jamda R. West was named and he wss re elected again tor 1948. Kershaw county has the distinc tion of having the first negro coun ty farm bureau organised in South Carolina. This unit now hns a mem bership of 180 and Is growing rap idly. The county farm burean has spon sored the Kershaw county fair the past two years most tnecessfnily and lately haa given strong sup port to the hospital insurance plan, there being 590 policies already in effect within the bureau member ship. At the snnual meeting a resolu tion was passed urging that all ef forts he made to secure bdditional supplies of nitrate of soda. This wss rsgarded as most Important considering the fact that Che world for grata it eo urgent It gotaited out font thd aewing of grabt had basa (lilmrid duo pros- f faHeatstd a iMmU Approximatgly one hundred people Are expected to take part in a great Chriatmaa pageant which will be pre sented on Tuesday eveniag, December 23, at 8:30 o’clock on the ^rch and lawn of the Bethesda Presbyterian ehi^h. The pageant will be sponsored by the civic council of the ^reation committee, and a very large crowd is expected to be present. Rotary Members WiU J^e Study Of United Nations Msmbsra of tho Camden Rotary Chib at their regular weekly lunch* eoa last Thursday at the Thumss Tavern sgresd to read the charter of the United Nations organisation before January 8. The club haa aecured from Rot* ary International a number of book lets kgivlBg the complete ^rter of the organisation along with ex planations of same and one will be given to each member to read before Jannary 8, at which time the booklets will be returned to the club. It is planned later to use them in the city schools and Henry Sav age, Jr., chairman of the club's international affairs committse, will explain the charier to the stu dents, according to plans which the club hopes to work out with the schools. At the meeting last Thursday a club aaaembly waa held at which reports were made by committee (hairmen, A. 8. Llewellyn. Marlon Hyman and Henry Savage, Jr. ' Joe B. Timberlske of the CToIum- bla club, a former district gever- nor, wss a visitor and spoke brief ly Preeldent M. W. Tapper pre sided. Usher Myers Is Jected I^esideht 0f Kwanis Onb said to be Interested in e new Class D league along with a group of North Caroifna towns, the fate of the Palmetto Baseball loague for 1948 appears to be very much In doubt. If the league is to func tion again, it appears that It will have to be completely .‘eorganited and thus far no steps have been isken to that end. In Camden the picture is on the apathetic order and there is some concerned expressed as to whether It will be possible to find a group to sponsor the Chiefs next season. The group that handled the base- ball program here and gave Cam den a pennant winner last seaeon Is definitely out of the picture for the coming season, it ie said, but tt is believed that with the rapa city crowds that Jammed tho American Legion stadium last toa- eon there should bo no great prob lem in the handling of the league champs for the coming soason. Last year tho Palmoito loaguo was composed of Camden. Sum ter, Hartaville, BlshcpvlUo, Bon- nettavlUo, Florence and Lake City. Since throe of tho above ciUea are reported to be leaving the leagne a coipplete reorganisation will be necessary it it is to function again aa local fans hope it wSl There has been some talk ot try ing to get Lancaster and Cbtster interested in Joining the leagne hut there appears to be lUUs hope that this can be done sinee both are members of the Oentral Catawba league which eomprisoe Lancaster. Kershaw, Cbsstor and Port Min. Thei'e wUl be five scenes to tbs peasant Tbs first will U the scene showing the Nstlvlty, the second the Shepherd scent; third, the Three Wise Men; fosrth. the fsmily group, and fifth, "O Come AU Ye Faithful”. The steering committee appoint ed by the civic eonncll to srrsnge for the psgesnt is composed of Mrs. Clybum Perry, chairmen; Mrs. R. B. PItU, Sr., Mrs. Hattie Stesdmsn. Neel Parker. Joe Jea- kins, Mrs, William B. Salraond and Miss Marion Burgess. The pageant will be directed by Miss Bukm. The eteering eommKIlleur- gently requeate that all singers In the eity Mgree to psrtlelpats to the pageant and se notify the steering oommittes at onoe. It win he almost Im* possible for the eemmittee to eonteet all of the atngere and so it is rsqusstsd that they eonteet membert of the eom- mittae. “The lovely psgesnt will tell the Christmas story again , to tho peo- pie of Camden", said .the com mittee, “and this Is an occasion for every person in Camden to spprectste. The committee ^rges that every one who will slug fo the chorus or help in some other way volunteer to mako this a giant community affair that will be long remembered." Chrigtmas, Seal Sale Very- Oose To Last Ye^s Kershaw Comity Sdiool Lundies Ctiven Ikr Milk Kershaw county school lunch* rooms will shsrs in about thrss and a half carloads of uoa-fat dry milk Just ooatrihBisd to the state by lh* U.A .Dupitfiiiiept. uf Agrl- eolture, ms. Mfttle" R. WssC, (oauty school luooh supcrv.'sor, snnooncsd this wash. Mra. MstUe R. West said the dry milk allocated to the stats is enough to make about 190,000 gal lons of fluid fMia. This milk la being distributed to schools in milk deficit areas wbsrs supplies of fresh fluid milk are unavailable as csrtiflsd by W. C. McCarlsy, county agricdltarsl sgsat “Dir Milk", Mrs. Mattie R. West sxplalned, “contains moat of the nutrients of whole ndlk, sad U will add iraaesaursbly to the nutittlve value of our s<diooI hmehes. Only the fat, vltimln A, and water have been removed, and it provldea pro tein, calcium and other minerals, milk sugar, and riboflavin." The dry milk is only one of a number of food oontribnUons to- eently made to Kershaw county's school lunches. Others havs in cluded canned tomatoes, tomato juice and Irish potatoes. These foods, purchased largely with funds provide under the national school lunch act, are contributed to foe school lunch program ta line with the n. S. Department Agricul ture's policy of fostering high nu tritional standards for school lunches. They are given to the state department of sdncatlon. which In turn distributes them within the state on the baois of need and thW number of children served by the program Usher Myers has been elected president of the CaaidcB Kiwaais Glob and will be butalled in the position at the flrst msettne of the club In January. He will succeed D. J. Creed, who has servsd as president for the past year. Mr. Creed sntomsticslly becomes vice president Marion Williams was ra^eeted tieasurer for the condng year and Joe Jenklna was elected seerutilr to succeed Lawrence H. Jones. At the meeting of the . club oa Tuesday Andrew B. Marion, local attorney, made a most tntsrsrtiaf talk on the “United Natisas Or- ganipatlon". He stressed ^ Igp portance of tha orgsnlsstiea 4m tho neosssity of its sacecss if vmrtd peace Is to bscoms a VsalUy fm the world. Mr. Myers, the new prsaMsiR «f the idali, is obatnaan of Qm are Sals eovtribuUon „. <'onlBg in a rather uansdal way”, said Mre. Georgs Crsed. county chairman. “Compnrsd with tha same day last ysar, a grs^ shows an xp and down curve. This is baaed on the fact that for one or two days, contributions run a Mt- Ue, ahsnd of last year's flgurs tor the same day, and then for one or two days, eontributUma lag a Httls beblnd." Mrs. Creed reports ... that this woek began with the contributions at 8928.71, aa eomppred to 192199 on the same return date last year. “Althonifli it is disturbing when we are oa the down-enrve*' con tinued Mrs. Creed, “even thea we have faith la our eoatribntors. and in the grand ehainara whC' are vertdBg far ne all over tho conn- We have faith hoetiiis these |»y-had hoeiw so anax. pec^ Farmers Exchange Is Established On Market Street Here The Farmers Exchange is sbont ready to open for business in a re cently constructed bnilding on Market street midway bstwsen De- Kalb sad Rutledge. This innorstion, the flrst in Camden and Kmxhaw .county, hpm a most unique feature, that of of fering curb service to pa'ronn. Shoppers may drive up and make their porohaac without learing their cars. The new establishment, operated by two entcrmislBg young men, wUl feature fresh fruits, vogetsblea and taney grocers, ss waU as fresh farm prodnee. The farmers axchange is Jnst what the name impllea—tannera may bring produce to the market and exchange it for raerchundiao they need. This hurarea a constant flow of fresh South Carolina fans products to the trade. The exchange is hotised in a new building Just mrectsd pr Band Cton- stmetion Co.. It la of. nenereta toUstmet^ and' modem m every detail ^ Dane* f e BeAteOurittm f * Ui ■ if? '•'i ■' ->■ ‘ -A .