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Chronicle
CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA. FHto^Y, DECEMBER 19, 1947
Number 40
Otristmas
It To Be
rea Tuesday
^ Group To Fart
^ Praoantatioo Of
Beautiful Story Of
,
Christmas story wiU
told in tableaux, scripture
I carols when a pageant
n be presented by the
Bbined choirs of the var-
- churches of the city on
jt Tuesday evening at
10 o’clock on the wrch
I lawn of Bethesda Free
ly church.
pwoxlmatelr one hundred peo-
aoa the Tarloun churche? are
leted to. take part in the
rdL
will be alx icenes. the
],elna the annonciatlon to
f tnd this will be followed In
f br the H<rfy FamUy acene;
Shepherd at the Manfer; the
, Men at the Manger; and the
lUon of the mnltltnde.
• paseant is being sponsored
M recreation committee of the
haw Countr CItIc Cooneil and
Kirch of the Bethesda church
luke an excellent background
ih* characters ¥d»o are to
• part in the pageant are
HMted to moot at tho
ireh Monday evening at 7
eck and the singers at 7:80
a rehearsal.
a Marlon Burgess wlU direct
ageant and she saM today
it was hoped that the arah
of all of the chsreh ebolra
agree to participate,
the erent of rafaa Tnoeiay
ig the pageant wUl ba pr»>
I OB Friday, erenlng, fispoea-
I, at the Mme hour.
isent Caps To
Nurses In
'ely Ceremony
nurses home was the sesM
orely ceremony on Monday,
ber IS, when six nurses hav-
nred idx months pre<lfnieat
were presented wMh aipir
indlelight program was oa^
It, and decorations of holly,
and pines were In keeping
le holiday spirit,
processional waa led by
llldred Vick, a Junior stu
who portrayed Florence
igale. Following her was the
r of nurses, Mrs. Bltsoy
I, RN, who was followed by
dor nurses. Then came
lurses who were to receive
caps: Misses ISmestine
il«, Aline Watts, BmUy
'Hornsby, Cecelia WllIlV'
iksr, Pay Christine Moore
irjorie Permealle Qllbert.
Inrocation and benedlctloB
Iren by the Rev. O. Floyd
tnery. The invocation was
I by the singing of “Jkmerl-
IT which OecR^e R. Darden,
Irator, gave the welcome
“My Creed” was sung by
lent group. Dr. C. A. West
e address, which was fol-
rlth the presentation of
Mrs. Bltaoy B. Barflold,
of nurses. As each stu*
ceired her cap, a candle
ited for her by one o! the
Those receiving caps ra
the Nightingale Qakh, led
0. Rhoden. RN, ednou-
rector.
'hristine Zelglar, RN. was
uUt for the occasion,
rt reception was held Im^*
r after the oeremony.
Swift atrsaralined trains be
gan senHeo on December 12
on the new winter eehedule of
the Seaboard Air Line Rail-^
esad.
Thesa trains, made up of
modom luxury oeachos and
Pullman can. will servo win
ter vaeatloniste bound for'Cam
den in South Carolina, Savan
nah and Soa Island In Georgia
and West Palm Boaeti, St.
Patenburg* Miami and other
Florida eftios.
The tnins Include tho ”Sil-
vof Sttr”, tho ^Silver Meteor”
and tho ”Orango Blossom
Speeial.”
Other Seaboard trains ope-
nting between New York and
both coasts of Florida an tho
”Palmiand” and tho Camellia.”
Chosen Head of
Health Dep’U
New York Gly
Dr. Harry S. Mustard, Very
Closely Connected With
Kershaw County, Named
To High Position
Cash Assistance
Pn^am Causes
Some Confusion
Annusd Report Dopartment
Public Welfare Seeks To
Clear Misunderstanding
On Part Of Some
Town and
County....
* Close . One Day Only
The county offices at the court
house will be closed for Chrletmas
day but will be opwi as usuat Fri
day.
M Banka To Close
Both Camden banks will be
closed Christmas day and the day
after Christmas, it was announced
Wednesday.
* Postoffice Hours
The post office will remain open
nntil f o’clock on Saturday after
noon, Deownber tO, Postmaster C.
P. DuBoao announces.
• Metkodbt Youths Meet
A meeting of the youth divinlons
of all Methodist churches in Ker
shaw county was held at the
Aiyttleton Street Methodist churdi
Wednesday nlghL
• Named Magistrate
Rex Jones of Kershaw baa been
appointed magistrate for Buffalo
township to sncceed the Iste W.
R. Taylor. He waa appointed to
serve until December 12, 1141.
• Mr. deLoadb Here
Lonls D. deLoacb, general man
ager of the Glendale Mfg. Cj.. of
lipartanhanL was h visitor W the
^ty' gndhy. He wae acoonimnlsd
by his family.
• Found It At Home
A Camden woman browsing
around in a local store Saturday
uighL found an item which she said
she had looked all over Columbia
(or on Saturday. That Is very often
the ease.
Dr. Harry S. Mustard,
closely identified w'th Cam
den and Kershaw county
and a nationally recognized'
public health expert, re-
eptiy assumed the office of
city health commissioner of
New York City. He succeed
ed Dr. Israel in the $11,000-
a-year commissionership.
Dr. Mustard,-a native of Charles
ton, Is the father of Mrs. M. L.
DuVal and Mrs. T. J. Wooten, of
Boykin. Mrs. Mustard, before her
marriage, was Mlse Sarah Hopklna
Halle, of Boykin, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Haile.
Bom in Charleston. October 10.
1888, Dr. Mustsrd received his
medical degree from the Medical
College of South Carolina at Char
leston in 1911. After Internship^
and grada|te study of clinical
pathology In Charleston, he enter
ed the United States PnbUc Health
Service in 1918 as a scientific as
sistant
After serving as health officer
ior two West Virginia oountlea. Dr.
Mustard Joined the Commonwealth
Fond and from 1914 to 1926, bead
ed the fund’s Child Health Demon-
straUon in Tennessee. From 1929
to 1982 he was Tennessee’s as
sistant health commlsaloner.
For the next five years. Dr. Mus
tard was associate proCeeeor of
health education at the school of
public health of Jobna Hopkins
university of Baltimore.
In 1927 Dr. Mustard came to New
York university as proCesor of
preventive medicine at the nnl-
verslty’s college of medicine. In
1940 he becsine professor of pub
lic health practice at Colombia’s
CcRlege of Physicians and Snr-
geons and was named head of the
tinlverslty'a Schoci of Pulflic
Health.
Of. Mustsed Ma associated with
tha .'CMuiann'veAth .Fund, .the
American Public Health Associa
tion, the New York City Research
Institute. He Is a member of the
New York Academy of Medicine
and many other medical groups.
The new city commissioner of
New York has often visited In this
section and the new recognition
whkh has come to him was rodo
to his friends in this sec-
Some confusion still exists
in the public mind as to the
cash assistance program ad
ministered by the Kershaw
County Department of Pub
lic Welfare, according to the
agency’s tenth nfinual re
port, which' has b^n filed in
the office of thg Clerk of
Court.
Public assistance, the report
points out, is given on the basis
of established need, whereas ser
vicemen’s allotments, old age in
surance and certain Other federal
grants are not based on indlT:dual
need. There Is no coSnectlon, the
report says, betwsen the work of
the department and gie Old Age
Pension Association.
”lt might seem te the aver
age person”; the report says,
”that publie asslitance should
deersese with fsM, prices and
wages and work %r all who
wish te pertiolpaiA but «ve
must keep In mNB that meet
reeiplenta of pubHgnaalatanee
are not able te Umrk and,
therefore, except In a few
eases where ailetments have
affected the family income,
there has been little reduction
in our ease lead.*
Daring the fiscal year de
partment provided aid to needy
and dependent pereona totaling
1174488.98, of which 1140,807.48
waa for old age igalitance, |4.-
~81.17 for the needy kUnd. 181,089.-
StorcB To Renuun
Open Vnta 7 P. M.
Beginning Monday
On Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday nights of next
week the stores of Camden
will romsin open until 7 o’clock
each evening in order to ac
commodate the Chrletmee
shoppers.
The ten-eent stores began
staying open until 7 o’clock
on Thursday night of this
week.
Christmas trade has been
brisk but as usual It Is expect
ed there will be a tremendous
ruah on Gto last three days
before Christmas.
Camden etoree are welt*
stocked with Christmas goods.
ALBERT BURGER DECLARES
HE’LL NEVER STRAY AGAIN
SAYS HE IS GOING TO UVE IN JHE FUTURE AS HIS
CHRISTIAN FATHER AND MOTHER TAUGHT
HIM - - - BLAMES LIQUOR FOR HIS PLIGHT AND
SAYS HE WILL NEVER TOUCH IT AGAIN.
titfd Staff
Directors
)inner Meet
nneth M. Lynch, dean of
cal College of SonUi Caro-
> the guest speaker kt a
(tended by the medical
I the board of directors
mden hospital, held at the
1 on Monday evenUig.
^ch disenssed the rela-
he staff to the hwM, tho
• of hospltallxatioo, the
the Medical college and
tters of Intersot to the
board.
>tg the dinner were: Drs.
■nsoD, A. W. Hnmphrlea,
eL Andrew Whltakel^
hame, 0. P. YImmM,
fbaw and J. M. Brewer of
R- O. Carrlso^ John
W. Robin Zemp, R. M.
Henry Savage, Jr.. Sans
the board and George
• the hoapltal superlnr
nned to have theee meet-
een the atoff and the
srlons tines dnrfeM: each
J-
• Cotton Giimmg Report
The Bureau of Census cotton
glnn^ report_8hows Jhat 10JH)7
bales of cotton wereginned In Ker
shaw county from the crop of 1947
aa compared with 11,728 hales for
ths ekoy of 1148.
• woi Skip Mootmg
At Its regular weekly luncheon
on Tntisday at the Thomas Tavern
the Camden Klwanls Club voted
not tovmeet next week because of
the Incideace of the Christmas
holidays. At the meeting Tnesday
the club discusoed clnb > matters
and there was no gnest speaksr.
President Dewey Creed prechled.
news
tion.
We Xo Print
r Next yP^l
^chard S. Kirk,
Leading Citizen
Is Given Summons
Richard Singleton Kirk. 46, civic
leader, farmer and sportsman,
whose death Thursday lilght
stunned the community, was Isld
at rest in historic Quaker ceme
tery Saturday morning following
litea at Grace Episcopal chnrch at
11 o’clock and later at the grave
with Rev. Stiles B. Lines, rector,
and Rev. Herbert Donovan of
CherlottevlUe^ Va., officUting.
The grief of a commnnity was
evidenced by the many beantifol
floral expression of sympathy that
were in evidence and by thu big
throng gathered at the chnrch for
the burial eervicei Scoree came
from Charlasten, BaUwvlUe, Co-
lembia and many other points to
join with Camden and Kershaw
county cltisens in mourning the
pastaM of this ontataadlng char
acter.
Mr. Kirk passed ewer st the
Camden hospital Thweday evening
•t 8:80 o’clock after aa illnesa
ef hnt a few day*. _ _ . .
He wae a native of Charteston.
where his father was a member of
the faculty of the South Carolina
Medlcia ooUege and realdent sur
geon at Porter Military academy.
He was graduated frew Clemeon
college with high honors.
Hli home wae on a plantation at
BatawvlUe until the land wac in
undated by waters from the San-
«n»OeopM> hyOQroeleetrie preJeoL
He was tntereeted in the hreeding
4f ftts horaee, and while he wee
e wna onelof tboee Instru-
^ ratgm of jmdng to
te iidtii Caattag. He
^ te rm
SvW
Mention INeree
For College Job
/•
In Jake Penland's sport column
In The Stete Thursday, appears a
letter from a Newberry college
alumni group at Charleston say
ing;
“Many of the alumni of Newterry
college who live In Charleston are
displeased with the record ' of
their slma mster in 1947. They feel
that Coach Laval has the material
for a winner. Word has leaked out
down here that the boys on the
tMtn won’t *pttt ouf for him. If
this is true, this group of alumni
would like to nominate Lindsey
Pierce, coach et Csmden High, for
ihe position of head coEch at NeW'
berry. Pierce is s Newberry grad
iiate and would do a good , job
there.”
47 for dependent children, and $7,
787.88 for other haaiUcapped per
sons. The coet of edmlnlsterlng
the entire program ftes 118460.08,
of which only about fl| per cent, or
88,881, was used, la connection
with thp admlnistradou of cash ss-
slstance.
The report, oevi
year ended June
N. 8.
Christmas Seal
Sale Receipts
Are Below 1946
Mrs. George Creed reports that
the Seal Sale Is running a little
ahead of last year’s sale, but that
unless the gain increases, the goal
will not be reached.
“The usual reminder letters
are going out this week”, Mrs.
Creed said. “These are sent be
cause at this season of the year it
is especially easy for letters to
get misplaced and forgotten, or
burled under incoming mail.’’ Mrs
Creed reminde that theee letters
are merely friendly reminders that
the need has not yet been met
“Past experience haa taught us
that thbse reminders are received
in the spirit which they are sent,
“Since my incarceration, I nave had a lot of time to
think and reason things out and please believe me that in
the event a parole is granted me or at the expiration of
my sentence, I am going out into the world and prove to
God and society that I am made of the stuff that law-
abiding citizens are made of”, says Albert L. Burger in a
letter to the editor of The Gamden Chronicle received
Tuesday of thia week.
Mulberry-Camden
Polo Series To
Begin On Sunday
Cyril Hsurrison, Polo Ace,
Will Return To Play In
Game — Much Polo For
Christmas Season
rsrteg
80,1s
’They always give contributions
sheira upward curve.”
meal tale returns aa ef De-
eetnber 18 were as fellovrs:
Camden bonds $480, Camden
mail 8849.78, Rural bonda $88,
Rural mail 8888A8, negro eels
880, white aeheole 829.^ total
sale $1487.79. County goal
$8,500; negro goal 8960.
Dr. J. P. Pickatt, county negro
chairman, eaya that the major sale
in the negro gronp comes thiongh
churches and schoola, and that
these returns are slower coming
in than bond and mail sale. ’The
the fis^ negro sale to date was realised as
signed by . follows: One church |6, bonds $26,
Richards, lAeity Hill, chair- mou mIo $20. “Though our re-
_ ^ tarns are slower edming in”, said
and by Mrs. Alma B. Safanond, know what this program does for
county director of pnblic welfare. ^
Copies have been foyniahed tbej
members of the county leglslstlve
delegation and the foreman of the
grand Jury.
Trade Schools Are
Open To Veterans
M* M. Reasonovar, county
rrlee officer, has received a letter
Btatlng that an area tirfule school
for negroes win open around Jan
uary 28 at Dennark. Training will
be offered at the institution in
auto mechanics, carpentry, telck-
laying, barbering, taUoiing, electric
appliance repair, shoe repairing,
cooks and bakart.
The area trade school for
whites opened on September 11
Capitol Airport. West ColnmMa,
IM is offering trateing te atreon-
ditlonlng and refrigeration, anto
mechanics, radio, aleetrlcity, ma
chine shop, cabinet making, car
pentry and cosmetology. Beginning
with the second semester February
<5 training will be given in diesel
engineering, watch repairing and
barbering.
Veterans Interested in attending
these echools may contact Mr.
Reaaonover.
CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS ARE
PLANNED IN ALL CHURCHES
Churches of Camden and Kershaw county are mak-
inir elaborate preparations for the Christmas seaaon. At
all of the regular services Sunday there will be mu«c ap
propriate to the occasion wliile at some of them special
programs are being planned.
Announcements from some of the churches follow:
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Grace Episcopal diurch wlU
nave Its traditional calebfatl.in of
the midnight Holy CJommualon, ho-
gtenlng at 11 p. M.. oa Chrtstmaa
rve. The choir, vndw* tho dlreo-
tlM of Robert Allen, haa baen pre
paring special Chriatmas music in
cluding a number of carols, and
CantSgue de Noel as tho offertory
anthem. This aarvice always at-
urmeta a large coagregatioii, and
people, of eU denominations are In
vited to attend.
Op Christinas day there will be
a eelebrsUon of the Holy Commun
ion with music at 11 a. m.
The Children’s Christmas ser
vice will te * F-
Sunday, nenet will be a aervloe
in. the ehareh, with carols and col
ored slide pictures of the Nativity,
followed by a Christmte tree to
the pwish house. .’The new Junior
choir of Orsee churdi will stag
at ^ servite. Adults as well se
elilM
brilllanUy colored hand.made cera-
mio figurinee. Each tiny fignre la
a work ot art and aach performs
a given task in every sparkling
JeweMlke soene which makao
“Christmas In Bethlehem” a an
preatdy Inspirational and beauU-
fttl experience.
“Beboid the lamb of God” and
the “Hallelujah Chorus” from Han
del’s Messiah by Sadler'a ehoras
will be heard on the program and
also as background the Christmas
carols, “It Came Upon a Midnight
Oear” and “Hard tho Herald
Angels Sing”, ‘The First Noel”
and “Silent Night”. Elmer
Ihrke at the organ with chimes
win be heard.
Baron DeKalb
Glee Oiib Will
Present Cantata
, 'The Baron DeKalb School Glee
club will present the Cantata’i
“The Flret Chriatmas”, by Bellalre
and Kouts. The cantata will be
given Friday. December 19. at the
Kchool assembly st 12:10 p. m. The
publie is invited to attend.
Members of the Glee club are:
Susie Bradley. Betty Ann Cessady.
Margie Ann Owens. Jlnnle Ruth
Fanlkenberry, Bobbie Jean HsU,
Daisy Moseley, Bobbie Jesn Yonng,
Mary Baker, Nancy Truesdale,
Netvena Willie. LaRne Owens,
Bteie Brotighton. Patsy Branham,
Betty Hayes. Ella Mae Baker,
Ruby Langley. Margnerite Wil
liams, Nellie Hearon, Mary Bran
ham. Lucille Baker, Annie Fnalk-
enberry, Doris Yonng. Myrtis
Broughton, Betty Jean Fau!ken-
berry, lodlene Young, Bmostlne
Fanlkenberry, Margie Ann McDow
ell. Katherine Clybnm.
Soloists: Myitis Broughton,
Nancy ’Truesdale, Daisy Moseley.
Idolene Young and ’Thomas Fanlk-
tnberry.
The Glee club is under the dfree-
Jion of Miss .Gene Williams and is
accompanied by Mrs. Carlisle
Jackson.
Entertain Football
Players At Dinner
are InvMid-
•RHIT Hjiw" CHtmcii
tejWiAl' ht T’lg-o’eloek,
I lh:BtthWhMB*' Wft! te
BETHESDA PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
At 5 g’dock in the afternoon on
Sunday, December 8L the adult
and ehUdrep’s ehohrs of Bethesda
rreshyterlip church, under the di
reetion of MMs Marian Burgees,
wOl .iMv* » itetmi* of sacred
SelectldE, UMm the “Mee-
spii” 'nnd other-pOibere win be
mM€ te the chelM hlong with a
reedtef of the NiiMlr#tory. Solo-
VMM QfV W
The Camden High School foot
ball team was entertained at a
chicken dinner at the Sarsfleld
hotel on Wednesday evening. De
cember 18.
Sponsoring the dinner for the
entire squad, together with the
■lx pboerleadm. were Mr. and
Myt. Christy Rodgers, Mr. and
Mrs. 3t B. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs.
Dallas J. Mahoney, Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Cox, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde V.
Massaboan and Mr. and Mrs. T. O.
Boykin. Coach Lindsay Pierce and
Mrs. Henry Norris were also honor
guestA
Hold Examination
For Rural Carrier
With weather permitting, one of
the largest crowds ot the season
is expected to gather at Kirkwood
fiald Sunday afternoon when the
initial gamo in the annual Mul
berry-Camden polo series is play
ed.
This series is always s peak
affair in Camden polo and brings
the best in talent on to the green
turf. This Sunday, the sport will
witness the return of Cyril Harri
■on, polo ace, whose sensational
play in past years produced record
crowds at the match events.
Harrison is to play, according to
Fred Tejan, with the Camden
team against a Mulberry power
house featuring Kirby Tupper,
David Williams. Carl Lightfoot
and Johnny Hosang. In the event
that John Daniels of St. Paul ar
rlvea for the Christmas holidays,
he will fill the spot allotted to
Hosang, making it a 100 per cent
Mulberry aggregation.
Fred Tejan, numager of the polo
club and captain of the Camden
team, will have Sabin at No. 1.
Bddie Tejan at No. 2, Cyril Harri-
. JCRL M No. 2 and Fred Tejan at
TNo. 4 or backing position. C. P Du-
Bose, Jr., will bo referee.
It wae aon'ouneed Thursday
morning by Manager Tejan that,
beginning with the game on Sun
day, five games would be played
daring the week between the Cam
den and Mulberry foursomes.
It was also announced that John
(Jack) Daniels of St. Paul, Minn.,
a star daring the past eeveral
seasons, would he here to play
with Mulberry.
Death Comes To
A. J. MitcheU
Funeral servlcee were held Tnee-
day morning at the Hermitage Bap
tist church for Andrew Jefferson
MltchelL 71, who died Sunday aft-
tmoon after an illness of a few
houra. The servlcee were conduct
ed by the peator. Rev. Paul Webb.
Inthrment followed Tuesday
afternoon at Graceland cemetery
in Greenville where graveside eer-
vlcee were condocted by Dr. Dean
Crain.
Mr. Mitchell had raeided in Cam
den 14 yonrs, having moved here
from Greenville in 1928 to become
superintendent of the Hermitage
Mill. He was stricken rather sud
denly Sunday and died a few hoars
later.
He is survived by two daughters.
Mrs. W. K. Gantt and Mrs. A. L.
Busbte of Greenville; two broth-
rra, J. B. Mltebetl of High Shoals.
N. C.. and P. B. Mitchel of Cite-
ton; three sisters, Mrs. Dora
Lssguo and Miss Lillie Mitchell
^'f Oreenville and Mre. Sailing Hol-
longsworth of Charlotte.
Mr. MitcheU had made many
friends and his death haa* brought
much regret
The United SUtei CivU Service
Commission has announced that
an examination to fUl the poeitloh
of rural carrier at Cassatt. The
examination will be held et Cam
den and all applidatkme must he
in by.Jaiinary 15, 1948.
EASTERN STAR MBETINa .
The Leslie Zemp Ctepier. Order
of the Hastem Star, wfll hqM R*
regularly monthly meetteE cm
Thuruday nlidtt. Deosmber lA A
eoverud dish supper vDl he sotM
at 7 o'clock. Thoiw will tejhh
teIttetSem and Choiftetes
uad afl mMtesn f vffd
Week’s Calei^m*
Friday, Dee. If
Robkirk HIU chapter, DAK.
meets at the home of Dr. and Mm.
George T. Barnes at 4 p. m.
Sunday, Dee. t1
Servlcee In all churchee at 11:16
a. m.
Polo. Camden va. Mulberry
Plantation, Kirkwood field, 8 p. m.
Tuesday, Deo. 28
Christmas pageant on lawn of
Bethedda Preebyterian church,
8:18 p, m.
Thursday, Deo. 26
Junior Welfare League dance at
Court Inn. 9 p. m.
Admiral Nimitz Has
Breakfast In City
Admiral Chester Nimits. retired,
hero of naval operationa la the
Paclflc during the last world war,
was a visitor in Camden Tuesday
mmillns.
Whan contacted in a local ree-
tasrmnL where In company with
Us wife and other friends, be waa
teprtes hruaktasL he said that he
— ^ tea way from WashiEgton
tha trip te
UurRer, who was ot^ntonced at
the October term of the Court of
Oenoral feosslons after ho had
staged a hold-up in a local liquor
store last August, wrote the letter
from the state peniteutiary where
he is now serving his sentence of
18 months of hard labor.
“I am going to live as my
good Christian mother and
father taught me and I shell
never go aetray again end get
into wrong chennele”, eeye
Burger in hit letter.
“Liquor wea tha ceuae of
my getting into trouble and I
realize It nrtore now then ever.
I never Intend to drink again.”
When young Burger waa ar- -
raigned at the October term hie
father took the stand and with
tears streaming down his face, told
of the career of bis son. He spoke
of how interested the boy had
been in church affairs and doing
the right thing until he waa sent
to the eervice and later dis
charged.
In his letter to the editor ot The
Chronicle, Barger said:
“I wish to take this opportunity
to extend to yon and Ue kind
people of Camden by ssost sin
cere appreciation and thank i for
the kind consideration which was
shown to me in yonr good city
during my dlfficultiee.
“I am in receipt of a copy of the
letter Mr. Woodcock wrote my
tether. Mr. L B. Barger, of At
lanta, Qa. I wrote Mr, Woodcock
thinking him for all he had done
for me and also all tha good peopla
of Camden. At the time 1 wrote the
letteri to him, I wanted the letter
to get to you but evMqnUr it
dldn^
“Mr. Woodcock stated in his let
ter that be was makluf every ef
fort to help me obtain a parole.
Since my Incarceration. I have had
a lot of time to think and repaon
hinge out and plaase believe mp
that in the event e parole le grant
ed me or at the expiration of my
rentence, I am going out into the
world and prove to God and eo-
clety that I am made of tte etuff ^
that law-abiding citisena are made
of. I am going to live ae my >good
Christian mother sad father taught
me, I Shan never go aetray again
and get Into the wrong dtennel.
Tn closing let me agate thank
you and ull of the kind and ooo-
slderate people of Oamdea for all
that waa done for me. 1 am thor-
onghly convinced that crime does
not pay and I am going to do my
itmoet to be a man that my father
win be proud of sad be aa upright
eftisen.
”Lldnor was the caoee of my
gettlite into trouble and I realise
It more now dian ever. 1 never In
tend to drink again.”
In a recent issue of The Chron
icle a letter of thanks to the peo
ple of Camden waa pnbliahed irom
Burger’s father,
Faulkenberry Is
Winner Of FFA
Speaidng Contest
The Baron DeKalb chapter of
Future fWmers of America held
its elimination speaking contest
on tho evening of December 11 at
8 ofclock. Of the 28 members 100
per cent participated la the speak
ing contest This is the first, time
In the history of the chapter' that
100 per cent of its membership
inrticipated in, not only the speak
ing conteaL bat any om ot the
many conteats available to Futura
Fhraerc
Flret place winnar waa Thomas
Fenlkenberry who apoke on ”A
Growing Agriculture”. Second
place winner was Wmiam Jordan
who spoke on “The Oideat Indns-
try in the World”.
Other speakers and their suh-
iecte w«u; Jamea Gay, “To Selva
the Food Problem”; Joseph Stover,
“If Yonr Son Could Speak”; Louie
Cake, “Agriculture Movoa Ahead":
'William Bradley, “Future Fannmru
of America”; Eugene Dabney.
“South Carolina Future Farmera”;
John Edgar Roraeby, “A Balanced
Agriculture'’; Lucius Cauthea,
“Farm Budgets”; Ralte Wllllama,
“South Carolina Can Become a
Great Cattle Country”; Wendell
Anthony, “Don’t Waste Soil Reee-
due”; Raymond Drtkeford, “Agri-
cnltural Economics”; Glenn Black
mon, “Forest Conservation”, and
Joe Young. “What Tomorrowt”
Also, William Bowen, “Tte
Need for Beautifying the Homa”:
8. J. Baas, “Our Hogs”; Ted
Owens, “Our Soil”; RohUe Otex.
‘-Orowtef Small Grate**: JulMi
Hnckatee. *‘Watch Ymt BrefT;
Dewey Cteoe, **|temie>l8 yi|8#t”;
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