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K'-J; PPAU THRU Is )ier«b]r give* tbaU UPtergiicned vUl apply to tito f V. Smi SaTings Bank o( CharM I ire., on the tth day of Ja^ ^1948, for the iasnance of I passbook in Uen of orii (book Ne, 1770 which pasi (been lost or destroyed by i.x 4., . i: Vjf the Carolina Special and In Clerelatid Toeeday Bnrial arrangeneota ^ia charge of the Kome- Home. The body was mge at Clereland by Wn and Son Funeral / 41-4SP JOHN V. MTJ! Box 286. Bethane, PlX TtilEATl FfiBnds M^et bcthuwe, s^j Since Going Overeeae Friday, J*"* and l-Ei Mart -LOVE with Jack Careon News of the Day an Saturday, Jai “DANGEROUS V with WUliam Chapter 5, Jes Also CSLTt^ Saturday bate “GRAND OtI with Roy Monday<Tu< “DEAR with Joan Caufiel MOTtetone Ne^ WediK ‘SWING THE with The H Also Select Thu “THE Rock Hill with tdel ing hos- the :€ R* the at the esday he re being j addi- Earl Earren o< save a dinner Sunday Angus McCauley, Jr., ef Ches ter and Jc^n de Loach, Jr., Skottowe DePasa and Tommy Anerwna of Camden ae hie gueela. 1 ^ After eonrplatiiiKl freshman work at these young men enlisted to gether at Fort Jackson. After being trained at Fort Bragg, all parted, McCauley go- dsLoach their college, with Clark Gj News of th 'the guest I bi-weekly d tho Ki* ad a good been ap- n Hospital f ospital* or the regulrw hospital, is rated as tias did not r« always 76 14 of the c cases, ft under, fixe of they ... Ing to Germany, detoach to the Philippines and OePass, Barron and Anerum to differ ent points in Korea. The dinner on Sunday was the first time they had been together since they separated at Fort Bragg. They are all sophomores at ooilegee now, and dsLoech is at the UNC, McCauley at The Citadel, DePaee and Anerum at' Duke university and Barron at Erskine epHogs, where he is * studying for the ministry of Die AseociUted Reformed Pree- bytertan ehureh. BBggwsBeagaBBWg?^^ « ■■ ,■ CAMDEN, SOUTH CASOUNA, FI K^haw County March 0’ Dimes Campaign Plans Arlbur Stolua DeaifMted ^County Cbaimum Wif^ Harold Booker Sonrir Am Campaifn Chairman The Kershaw county chapter officers for the Na tional Foundation for Infan tile Paralysis for 1948 have been named with Arthur Stokes as chairman; Floyd Boykin, vice chairman; Mis. W. C. Salmond, secretary, and Dr. A. W. Humphries as treasurer. Booker, editor plAtaJkRY 2, 1948 Of Camden’s Interesting Scenes Cm Good From Dem< 0 DEBTORS EDITORS <,^ed to the es- QJrk are heifeby ^^ent to the / ’Ttles, If any, the said es- > likewise, timo pre- 40-42e n: I \ » • r>’ Harold of the •?Y' j J. .t ■ 'M. i : S ir \\ Senator R. M. Kennedy Sa] South Should Take Its Own Stand In National Elections 1.! '4 ■PAm. ; Town and! County. e e Cmd... Chromcle, h. »«•” »*”“ as esmpaign chairman for the 1948 campaign and Mrs. Ralph Steren- •on, Jr., hae been named chairman of the women’s division A ««n oot b, tb. ^ ■ ... h. !!« . - “We are gaking the people of op tha front ei K«rshaw county for their whole-1 down b hearted support in the 1#48 March of Dimes Campaign. When con tacted, please give liberally and In iretom we guarantee the hospital ,.|and doctor bills to be paid ir. full child afflicted in our{ * A eight which Bredtn, better kr gether down hie cart. It le attached wit wae taken. —Photo by Monarch. many Camden people ee well aa many viaitors to the city ie shown above. James “Boao”, It frsquently seen driving his ox through th« buelneee section of the city, ftaken two days beford Chrlstmat and “Bozo" was peddling'holly at the time. Ha ox for five years. Hie dog, whom he aays everybody calls “Black Boy", it ahown wagon with hia head in Bozo't lap. Bozo, hie ox and hie dog ere glwaye seen to- has a Steve which be fires up in real cold weather and carries in a trailer hoeked to tight to see Boxo driving down the busineea section with his ear and with the trailer turing foKI) from the Move. Bozo wae enjoying a Chrietmae orange when the picture every • Schools Open Mondny The Camden city schools will re- open Monday after an enjoyable for , two weeks holidays period for county wltb Uito dreaded disease, Christmas. regardless of age, race or color. “We are backed by Mr. Julian ivt^vv • Bowl S. Martin, the sUte representsUve A good portion of Camden epent whose offices is in Columbia, on A toon by 1*“^ ****• ®'«Nrantee of funds, regardless jnsO' r^Ntrts ie hospital had Ik an emergency m always mgde Ittch cases. Often k up in the oor- care of pat- • listening to the reporu 01 iver ^n turned Kg|| games being played in the him our backing In our nnvo. pjtal for the la<* vaiioda bowls. Martin ia a South Carolinian andlTf perintendpnt said. liTsa in Fairfield county. He A to be ran on a • TlorkU Off backed by the national office he Tosrists peaeing throng the city ^ qUOtasl - He is aakiug that we^ food portion oc camueu New Tear’s afternoon by the radio this guarantee of lunos, *n fhA reports of foot- ot the amount requested. Let's give —. K.,.irinv In our drive. Mr. M euu, **» '"'vr I TouruM* v—— •K* »rom rx*!" "121. 2^. ^ "«fit ir .. t^, •«»“ « this yesr. ts.'^"^lS* £S5 ““erably"iif'up to tUa time. ^ ilres the hokpltal _ !■ yr‘'rnf'ri.i..l« ■ *• purpose to oostset every » W s pert-yy • olmb asd the members ef every or- Male gsd s report f sulsstkm in our county sad to- 1* on each c^ so ward that end a compleU record Hy img (0 of construction the mw tbeeto’ ^y| w. Mon ae toe-I^wJMlug M osimenilii* their response wiU be koaw of the Cotosial I, ^ 0^,^^ Ihtafocmatfkm as foe- itr sumbitr iyelvB4lisrspy ww-. , - fsell- I Henry Hallman, loeal ^ I of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea pulsed taKerMiaw oennty, store, underwent an appen- nrg* onfortanate vl tomy at the Camden hospital timy of families in the future ' Tuesday night Hla fi;lends will contact us immediately when r clad to know thm he te recover- *trlkee in a famUy. These t are not charity—they are for _ ^ ^ protection and we should use tl IIbw TMT ComBS iWe wiU be glad to face thex iemden welcomed the New Tear!the service of the people <>< the U8na\ manner. Church bellsjcounty as long as medical Whistles *xiaw aixd autos | helpful to the victims." luaam with deterirtsatkm to ml jpaigu wfM* hAs ever heel BuMtagerjinore money Ums j ...lajor ogwatiofi room* miner operatise reem. ^onal private reome, kvete reome and ward fwaiting room, and pvblle I. leolaUon ward. Jarden said that st present ipital is uitable to take pat- [ suffering from centagious tu rang, wuwvp^ ..... dashed up and down the etreets with their horns Mowing. There were numerous New Tear’s Sve parties. On New Tear's Da of the stores of the citj ... cloeeA as were offtcra banks/ etc Gfbim] *htrrgat On % Day Sunday To Bo- Sefigg Thura- Alkan P1aT» Sdimday __ polo game le prom- > Tear's afternoon sn the Town and of the Camden Polo Bt in first game iilsl Miles at Kirk- :wUl start at thia clangs in the my get to 'their radios [listen to the Rose Bowl fine. Fred Tejan of the polo ices Uiat the Town team ir in yellow silks and C. P. DuBose at No. 1, Jabin at No. 2, Eki Tejan and Fred TeJaU at No. 4. weeuring blue silks, will rby Tapper, Jr. lOt No. 1, ipper, Sr. at No. 2, Carl >t at No. 3 and S. C, Cly* No. 4. In the event that is unable to keep the date, mold wUl play die No. 4 MYSTERY OF FLAMING PLANE CONTINUES TO BE UNSOLVED The flaming plane that al legedly erupted In a cataclysm of fire when It crAthed, m re ported by Dick Trapp, e taxi driver early Sunday morning and which resulted In a wide search by Sheriff Gib DeBruhl and Deputy Sheriff Pat Orr and sieo Messrs Wolff and Tur* ner ef the state aeronaotlcel oommieslon continues to re main a deep shrouded myetory. Trapp’s vivid dseoriptiou ef seeing Die plane with Rre etreeming from a motor er wing ceeceds to eartli with the reeulstont blase ef flames wae given eredenee Iqr the autherb ties. Tuesday Msaere Wolff aad Tumar ef the I iecat at air in a faiHueehlng reeon- neieeanee of the area. A second trip found Tiupp in the plane which flew ever the aree where Trapp, had spotted the burning plane. The brief survey failed to reveal any signs of a burned plane, aeoerdlng te tha ftyare. On the ether hand* tha re port ef Trapp was aulMtan- tiatad by hie eompanton, James Flereon, and today the ^erifre offiee announce^ thlR Fand D. •Canton, auperlatanfknt ef the Midway HM fifioeL had heard a low^kytnf- plane pees ever Ms dwellmo' at the hour thdt Tvppp saw It •a far ae ean be Ing. were Legislature Is, Facing Probk^ On Court Ri '* f BUlierJU^ lies because 4)f the fact that k tto place in which to segre-' them. It Is necesearyiaow to such patients to CMnfibla for italisation. > I Federal Hospital kt pro- for 4,000 Additional isAs for • Pfwtrmf SillilSr HSITiL.^t4 TheChrlstmas pageant, prraent- ^ ed on the lawn of Bethaeda Prreby- .... ... •Ml beds. Tne Fedem ap- chuKh on last Tuesday A. decision by the* ****■ ^ was a lovely one and attract- that white ^ple m It* gwerament ^ one- ^ ^ ^ H generally aaparate politick prim 1 ^«*t that the pageant was a credit exclMlon of other rt to the community und that it can problem bott for the providing for SO ^The ^ ueeleted in Damocratlc party m^A the committee in The decision of Judge J. Wattee the white primary j Tuesday by the Fou^ of appeals at Ri^ not been announce peal will ho take States Supremol ^ The opinion Camden this mi >n. Stress Military Training During Week Jan. 5-12 Mayor McCoiitle lamm A Proclamation Urfiiif Peo ple Of Camden To Inform Tkemaekrea Marauder l^ts Official’s Home; Starts A Blaze Ffare Diacowered ia Cloaet Of Councilman Roy Matk- U’ Home On Market Street nroviding tor ao 000*^ noy acouw iSt coat of constmcUon^ in uo pugeant and th® tMt U «>.U .1K>»1 wwq • ol»n, Ot, lam. wtoXw “ ao that the ProP<*®^^tion toeaT p^tlcularly t>ald cost around |SOO,0(B of M • Atttomokae Wrack * ^ thA wfw^iAns ^ OldamobUe ooupe-eedun be- longing to Mrs. Marguerite Scott, mll» Jthlt Washington, and driven byl her sSf hnaband. was badly wrecked on u [the board of directors. \ ^ oit?^^e*totor- tti® convention lutereeting etatletlcs were dven *HiSwm? »t®te. K ia fMt Darden in comparing the ^ara ’ ”‘•£0^6^ five Pwvpnt wl «“■ >“«« “• x-aw StS'^.nlV* L,_ nesday morning. None of the occu- ee* ■ —. _ 16,728 days of care as with 21,061 in 1946. “ tn 1940 numbered 0.*Tt leellTj!^ crash pared with 1,712 in 1946. 'lhe»J“™" cent of charity ease# to in 1940 was 49.6 oompai 17.6 in 1946. The per dRm 'hi 1940 waa $8.84 as eoixipamd 11.61 in 1946. The coat tty In 1940 whs 181,860.48 ipared with 181,960.81 tn 19 itdent Dewey Creed tbanki members of the club tor lUndld support they had during hie administratlott that the eame tine sup: given hia aucceesor, who Will take over in Ji iBnOosto Brown wae prograi in for the meeting and Bed the speaker. • ^eeVs Cidendar •uaday, Jan. 4 In all' chnrchee at 11:11 >to« Camden vi Alkeh,*'t p. m, ood FtoU. Meaday, Jaa. • kalk-Font Agtortcan at 8^ tn iNlign kmiiBii • p. m w -- ..B4h Eaymond Bklhni In Hoqiital;ilay Never Again Raymond HMton. who waa aev- erely bnmed when six membere of tbe Melton family loet thefar Uvea tn « Oaab Rre, ia reperted te be improving bat It is net egpected t'nat be will ever again be able to walk, aecordtnt to annrtvtng inem- berf gf tba fginfly. Mr. Ifaltan to amr in the YmM erana liegBitM mk Ckdmibia. Hef ,and hie wife leat tbair elgiit mmtitt lid hilqr In the ftr« that akopt n in tb» farm toii»w. I to Bb coat will hare to] I them. At any Itherq will’ the prohl clalon imeeta den., B HI __ ing the expioMcm'^of a onn ef karo- ", V ■ 1 XB. MMtena hat -Iwit Into tke amall dwitttM v ^ .ly oeenrei. Tba peoNa Ot ^ n SundMy afternoon a elm- pure Aiken team will battle Camden feursome en Kirk- >d field. _ bwry upheld the traditions of past by speaking the Cemden biers in two of a three gums s, but the reel thrills of the as came in the final game, ed before tbe Urgeet crowd of - season at Kirkwood field Run- -y afternoon, with Camding wlu- ng 7 to 3. The first casualty of the season as put on the bo^s when David Williams, Jr., playing the No, fm position for the plantation qoar- tet, had his left wrist broken, when his pony fell in the closing minute of the fifth period. C. P. DuBose. Jr., took Williams place on the Mulberry team, going to the No. 3 spot while Llghtfoot shifted to No. 4 or backing spot Johnny Hoaang and Louis Smith took scoring honors of* the after- nixm, each cheeMng in with three goali. Eddie Tejan posted ♦*»« seventh counter. For Mulberry, Jack Daniels scored twice and Carl Llghtfoot once. It was Daniels fiqa! game as he had to leave for St, Paul Monday. » Next Sunday the Camden polo club management plans to have an alletar Camden team take on the speedy Aiken quartet again. It ia (Please turn to page eight) Got Job, As Boss From Camden, N. J. Mr. Chreitiberg, ‘waa an unrecon structed New Bnglander who never selected men from South CartdlnA When he sew the word Chunden sAer my uamo, he assumed I was from NSW Jersey.' “Nearly 100 Aiends and fellow ICC employ®® honored Mr. ChreitP- hsrg. Commissioner Clyde R AigbH So, ICC chairman, atten^.^^^ eeremoniee and spoke tog Mr. Chreitaherg for service to the governmeniv Obrettxben. »f Cam- >t s job Com- beesnse bought he fbutMMd ai - Oeeem- time the ig his ap- known by Star of toRowtof «to® ■ to Mayor Francis N. McCorkle has issued a proclamation setting selde the week of January 6-12 aa Uni- versal MiUtary Training Week in (^mden end urging the people of the city during that week to fnlly i.iform thmualves regarding all an- pects of national security, pr^mred ness and defense. The proclamatlim follows: “Whereas, the President’s Advis ory Cofnmisston on Universal Training, oomposed of oatstanding American hitixens, after long study uuaalmously endoraed and recom mended universal military training us an indispensable factor in a well designed program ot secnrlty for the nation: and “Whereat. ,ch universal mili tary training has been endorsed as a wise Slid prudent investment tn security, liberty and peace for the nation and Its people; and “Whereas, the subject of uni- wersal military training ie worthy of sincere study by all tbe people of tbe ixation in order that they may know the neceeelty for, adviaa bllity of, and obligations attached to tbe proposed system; “Now, therefore, 1, Francis N. McCorkle, by virtue of the authority vested in me us mayor of Camden, in the county of Koriduiw, state of South Carolina, proclaim the week of January 5 to II. A. D., 3948, as Universal Military Train- ing Week in Camden, durliig which week our people should tolly in form tlmmselvee regarding all ae- pecta of national secnrlty, pre- parednees and deCense.” ’The James Leroy Belk poet ot the American LegUm hat been Very active la pushing tor a eatd 'nnttonal defense program clttUng Univecibl Military Tralaz tag and a petition nrging the gton^lti^^ng of natioaal deConsee Police are invgetigattng the ran sacking of the home of CouneUman Roy Mathis. Market street, some time between the early evening hdnre of Friday night and 4 a. m., Saturday. And it was at 4 a. m. that the Camden fire depertment was called to the Mathis home to extingnisb a blase that was in a cloaet oft a bedroom that Mr. Mathis oecn4 pied. This blase ie believed to have been started by the marauder who had raiuuteked the house and waa presnmably caused by clothing be coming ignited ‘by a match. The Mathis home waa nnoocn- pled from an early hour Friday evening to the time Mr. Mathis returned at 4 s. m.. Saturday. Mrs. Mathis wae away on a visit to rela tives oustide of the city. Mr. Mathis, who was at one time a member of the Camden police department had spent the evening in visiting the boys in duty in the police department and also the fire department He returned home and shortly after he had retired he became aware of the fire in the clothes closet He called the fire department and the blase was con trolled before any great damage had been dorm. And It waa then that the dis covery was made that the house had thoroughly rausacked. Mr. Mathis does not know whether or not anything of valne had been taken. The withdrawal of Henry Wallace from the Demo cratic party to run for Presi dent on a third party ticket was called a blessing by Sen ator R. M. Kennedy, Jr., in an address to the Kershaw County Clemson Club at the club’s annual Christmas din ner held on Tuesday night at Gus Ward’s. At the same time the Senator expressed the hope that the South would assert its independ-> ence in future national elec tions. The dinner, attended by some 16 people, including Clemson stndsats from this county and tholr datss, alumni and their wives and a fsw guests, was a most enjoysblo oo- casioxu Robert Hall, of Camden, prekl* dent of the club, w^lsom^ tks' gueste, and Dan Baxley, ot Ker shaw, vice presidenL waa mastar of cerhmoiUee. Other offiosrs of the club are Lynch Dee Boykin, of Boykin, secretary, and Bobbie Wat son, of Blaney, treasnrer. Harold Booker, editpr of The Camden Chroni^, waa another epeaker of the evening and after telling a number of atories urged the ’young people present to he on the look out for the infUtrutloii of. coxaBxmisin. Douglas Barfield, ot Ksraiuw. spoke for the students and en- pressed their apgrielnMsn of tho Intsrest of the alnauxi In tkn sin- denj body. Onrllale Jackson, cl Csmisn. spgfce for ikd akunM nni argsi grgst ioosl partMiMlpn ki IgtiVi the orgaaiBatton wklolr boosts Clooson stklottsn Senator Keimody In bis sdirass spgke of the. wondertgl nf egress wbldi ban bean mads by m statn of Sooth Carolina uni doelarod ithat opportunity new nriMnt bs kManiars Trifisd tba tha state along uAd he urged tha young men pm- eat not to do aa yonag man asei to do prepare to leave tbe state tor" soon sa they grsdnatei. Discosslng politics. Senator Ken- itedy said that tbe Bantb had too l<mg been the door nmt tn naUonal polities. Neither one of the big parties pbid any attention to it, be said. Tbe Democrats fsel that they 6wn It and tbo Repdbitesna teal that they oaa expaet aatking from it with the reaalt that tbls section gets BO preferential traaigMnt. The sensor saM that brwas net a Democrat ot the Haaty Wallaoa kind or of the Trnaun kind a|MI that he hoped that tbo pooiSa of the South would organise their icwn party and then forsa the other two parties to treat with IL Mto bS Unas fn ■.V t ^tnm rii Chnstnms Seal Sde Now Ahead Of 19^ Rer^ Mrs. Georg# Creed, Seal Sal# chairman, reports that the 1947 Christmas 8^ Sale now amovnts to 92,081.62. ’“Fhii is far head of th# returns tor this time last year”, said Mra. Creed, "but we atil) lack |l,4i8J8 to reach onr goal. “Though retpras have slowed down, eonbribatkUM are still ooming in, and we remain confident we will finally receive tbe 98,600.00 for which we are striving, 'We are deeply grateful to all contributors who have help^ to add ap such sidendld retaras, aad we feel certain that cohtributora who have iK>t yet responded, wfll still remember ns, and help ,yg reach the goal whieb Is wMomfmf tor the active program we |Mm'«a< promote during 1948" said .DMddaa Montgomsirr, presMoat ’dr fba Tnbercnlosis AsaoclathxiL « r ’ Production Credit Association Wm ^I^IMeet On Jan. 8 % Funeral Is iOver Renu, Kendiaw Stookholderf ef the Kershaw Prodnetioo Cbedit Assodatkm will signed by bgairads of|boM the annual aroeting ot metn- bera at tha onxrt hhaao ta Gdiiden 01 ytyiHr. Jaamry 0, l*|f. to at ibtii ar’cioiat a. ao- to anaadBcemeat 'of John Mm ^ bo gtoOB a detail* from Thoiaai - Fuaerai eorsieaa, reoently from the aoar KorMMiar, Idr Raley, wbg wab- during the wn wna the iioMl aP': ty lent gtr. ro^tpr of the of X. :.V. .Nfc ban ! i -••v % m II Ji-- 'JL