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Says If 9 Tax On Tax Wottl4 Exempt Federal Tax In State Income Contending: that it is unfair, if not unconstitutional, to tax a tax, Senator K. M. Kenney said this week that he planned to introduce in the General Assembly a bill, fd exempt at least a portion of the amount paid in Federal income taxes from state income tax provisions. lyor McCorkle isweji^ Letter Mr. Carrison it Information Ragardtnf Ity Manager*® Functions i Obtain^ From Gtias [aving Them [ayor F. N. McCorkle on inesday made public a ■f of his reply to the open 5r addressed to him last k by Henry G. Carrison ^hich Mr. Carrison asked ; the Mayor publish at early date information X) just how a city 'man-1 f government would rtion. * e Mayor In his reply sU.te« from information obtained other cities he would say that ^ « TS*1I y manager “Is an employee. K|at|a|*A|||l||||| Kill and fired at the pleasure of CUUUIU Council, and has only such au-1 ty as is delegated to him by Mnchinnry WiU Now Be Set Council.” ^ a Mayor’s reply toUQws In Up For Election On City lank you rery much for your Manager Form Govern* letter In the Camden Chron* of last week asking certain ”»®"* ™ Camden nation about the proposed 56 in our city form of goyem- New. And Retiring Officers Of Camden Kiwanis Club At present the Federal In* come tax law allowa a taxpay er to exempt money paid on state income taxee b«rt the etate law doee not allow a tax payer to exempt the amount paid on federal income taxee. Senator Kennedy saye that In the case of withholding taxes the tai^yer has never even coma Into poeeeeelon of the money and that it la unfair Snd he thinks perhaps (t may be tinc<fnetlttitional to require him to pay on that as part of hie income. The Senator said that it ntight net be pocsible to exempt all of the amount paid in Federal taxea but .that It should be possible to exempt a certain portion of ft any way. CoTernor Signs JayCees Girding Loins Fojr Fight Plan Intensive Campaign To Secure Approval Of City Manager Form Govern ment By Petrie Civic Cooncil To Hold Annual MeeUng F^. 12 Organisation WUl Review Work Of Past Year And, Make Plana For Another Year The bill providing for a pi-m fn.. This is an important stop peferendnm on adontinw the intensive [ think that the pubUc Should Campaign foy the adoption til of the informauon poa- ^ the city manager fom of tbout the aew form. form 01 Gamden waa ratL.ied wovemmAnf Fm* iw ,r.m r«aii OM Wii» 7««i ,t « joint senion of the 5 president of Iht oiambmr of c^iuth Garollna General Aa* WisreHQUm to DO held nerce duriuf the past tmo ^ <m Tuesday, April 18 were the matter of ehaaslns ”^® ** * special supper of goTemm^t ^ np G<>ver^ Thumond Th^ meeting of the Camden Jnn- ^ attached his signature uuu “ oft to it ttereby makihg it a —Photo by Monarch. New offioera of .the Kiwanie Club Installed recently for the year are shown above with some of the re tiring officers. Handing from left to right, front row: Lewrenee H. Jones, retiring secretary; U. N. Myere, new president; DIatriet Lieutenant Qovemor James M. Seignoue of Kingstree who Installed the new officers; Dewey J. Creed, fairing p^ident, who automatically became vice president; and Joe W. Jenkins, the new aecretary. Bask raw, left to right: Dr. A. W. Humphries, E. H. Craig, direetert; Marion D. Wllllamo, r#< elected treaauren HaroM Funderburk, Eugeite T. Pearce and Frank Montgomery, direetofa. Bsion a number i Information twst This means that the th7 opinion of at lauat a election will be held on Tuea- rlty of the moaiban that tka day, 4pril 13. !r should be placed bafiofo the* c to be deddod la a rafaraa Therefore, I raanastcd oar Attorney to draw a|L a bfll present it to the Coan^ Dalw n In the form of aa act en- % the Mayor to call aa otad* [0 decide the matter. This waa sod the matter le now before Legislsture In eawloa. ertsin Iriformatlon la aakad t how the City Managar faao- . From the Information ol>- d from other clUea, permit aw V that gif , City Ohlcl; imber of Connell is. He fit an oyee, hired and fired at the urd of City Connell, and hat such authority ae la delegated m by City Council. The flret ngibiUty ^ways lies with the ?d Mayor and City <ConnclL xplain^ by the Mayw of a ty City ‘The Mayor and City cil make the pollclee for the and the City Manager eorrlee out.’ y understanding of the new of gorerument Is that the City cll would set the poll^ee for lifferent departments of the and the employees in charge ese departments would worit ' the direct auperrlelon Of the Manager, hho, In tnm, would out the policies ns ept bF Council. No member of City cll would be In charge -of any department The Mayor and aldermen would be elrcted the City at large for a term iir years. Tax rates wonld be y City Council. am unable to adrlee at thle whether the Water and Light rtment would he under the ion of the City Manager aa is a matter that would have decided by the newly elected •n. )m the information t^at I been able tp secure, the moet It from the City Manager form be obtained In cities of more ten thousand Inhabitants, for caaon that you must pay an t manager between |6,S00 and 0 per year, and this salary be In addition to our pree- aiarles. The Ctty^ Manager save more than his oWn salary > any benefit accrues to the yer. However, tho plan has ^ successfully In towns of than ten thouegnd popnla- Under the terms of the bill only qualified electore can vote which BMona thkt all who participate will have to regleter. The btU. prcvldea ihat the IwMKa of reglatratlon chan be opeg^'Aw registratton foy at least thrig weeks prior to the elec tion antf laM hooks shaH ba closed at least flftaen diQrs bsfore ths u)ecUon. The bUl also postponed the elec tion for Mayor and City Council which ordinarily would l^ve been Leld In April and provkiaa that an shaU ba IMfJg iuvia. f the oonnaleslon form of govem- nent should be adopted a Mayor and two commissioners would be elected. If not a M^Fcr and six cldermen would be elected as at preeent In the election on April 13 the I allot will carry this: “Shall the city of Camden adopt the commission' form of govern' ment with a dty manager In lieu of the preeent aldermanle form?” Those favoring the commission form will vote “yee” and those who are opposed will vote “no” Town and County.... fairness to the several dty latratlons that we have had f war years, permit iae ' that the taxpayera In Cam* kre enjoyed one of the low- 11 levies on reel estate hi the in apite of the increased cost ration, our mm levy has been only five mflle and our prea- * rate of S5 mills Is mimk than most eWes of Sooth on- As an example, t quote I® n number of other 01 the state: Lake City, TO Sumter, 42 mUls; Dnrtlng- ’ mills; Hartsvllle, 30 mnis-, mills; Blshopvflle. 46 Aiken, 50 mine, mhtter which form of gov- nt is chosen, we intend to aucceepfally and to 4he help ot oar many Wd for- •^Itlng ckltens, I predict 5^" » n«riod of unpreced- W^nperity." lHAli?~LODOE TO MEET mflr^*® No. 23. A. F. M., ' ‘be entered apprentice IrTie*?# evening. to bttend. csniaBir ’• Contest Winar Mary Hugh Matthews of Camden has been awarded fourth prise in a nationwide contest hdld by Young America Reader. a . claaoroom magaslne for grsnnnar school chil dren. The contest drew thousands of entries. Mary Is ten years old. She is in the fifth grade at the Camden Grammar School. • Offieeih Got StOI Ueputy Sheriff Pat Orr, with Rural Police Wilbnrt Williams and I<eo Rose raided a etlU in the Mt Zion section of Kershaw county Sunday morning. No one was at the btlU when the officers closed iu on IL The still was demolished, and 340 gallons of mash destroyed. • Ckamber Of Com. Moot Harold Funderburk, president of the Chamber cf Commerce and the following group from the Cham ber of Commerce attended the Nar flcmal 4l1MrB Conference at the Wide Hampton hotel In Columbia, Jannary S3: Mrs. Harold Funder- hark, wniiam L. Ooodale, H. G. Carrison. Granger Gaither. Jonn M. Vlllepigue, Cot Myron C. Topper and Mrs. Kathleen Watts, secretary of the local chamber. • IfmcNnmcm Akool Membmre of the Caaiden ilotary Chib don’t know much about pigs. Hnlon Small, agricultoral teacher at the Camden High School, one of tho guest speakers at last Thursday's meeting of the club, brought u S-monfhe-old pig to the club meeting and asked the mem bers of the club to gueu Its weight The guesses vuried all of the way from 13 pounds to 40. Idgst of the guesses were fom 26 to 36 pounda The pig, one of thode given to Fu Drawn Far Year Sfai Fioom Laal v Yaar H<4d Ovar Fur Awpfliar Yaaf^ Term Of CitarfM Court Opons On Fd4> lor Chamber of Commerce 19 ClMiidi TiirtfkrG heW last Friday evening in “ urailO JUrOrS tile Hunt room of the San- field hotel. ' After the membere preeent nnsnimouily pledged their whole hearted support in the eflort to put serose the new form of govern ment u resolution was passed pro viding for the appointment tt a general eampalga chalrmaa. O. X. Stuart'Jlr„ waa named to thle po- eltioo. A number of commlttsee ware to be appointed at the meet ing to be Md #a Thursday night ^f this weMc. Mach the tlmo at ttm umsI- ing last Friday night was devoted do a. discasalia . ed - tBo comlag odam. 'iMoii 'ips^ig Strealhd Die tmpartaaee of seeing that there was a heavy enrollment for the election and that a special effort wonld have to be made on election day te get the, voters out. Dewey JT. Creed, who waa pree ent at the meeting, commended the and juron B warn mmif- at the same tiMa petif'^uors’ to Twelve new to lerve durim drawn by the . •loners t^ wedk i je3r; serve at the February term of the Court of Generaf Ses sions convening Monday, ^February 16 were drawn. There are tlx bold-over grand Jtums, thase being C. V. Hammodd. Heath Springs, R-1; Lorlng Pavla. JayCees for their efforts to bring ^ u' Bethune; DeLosch Sheom, Cam- about the commlsek>n-eity manlier form of government to the cltv and stated his wholehearted support of the plan. Harold Booker, another visitor, also expressed hie hearty approval of the plan and stated that it had worked very succeesfully in Lan caster, a city of comparabla size to Camdea President Wank Rector asked the membere to exprees themselves freely now that a referendum Is assured. On motion a standing vote was taken and every member of the organization arose to idedf® his wholehearted support. Capt. T. X Reger of the Shaw Field recruiting officer was a guest speaker at the meeting. He stated that the U. S. Air Force was In reed of aviation cadets to Join the March 1 class and explained the advantages offered bf the corps. He wasjntroduced by Dave Hsrter. Horse Show Dates INFORMAI. HORSE SHOW TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, FER 21 WiU B« Limitad To Camden Entries And Will Have Eleven Clasoes Of Wkick S« WUl Be For CbUdren -- Date . Of Thirty-Fifth Cenklem Home Show U Announced Aa Memh S4 The first of the horse shows scheduled to be held here The annual meeting ol the Camden Civil Council, an organization composed of representatives of civic and religious groups of the city, will be held on next Thurfl^ day afternoon, February 12 at 4 o’clock in the recrea tion room of the Presbyter ian Sunday school building at which reports will, be made on iho year’s work and officers elevated for the en-. suing year. Present officers ere A. Stanley Llewellyn, president; Rev. A. D. McArn, vice president; Mrs. W. C. 3almon. secretary, and J, G. Rlch- irdi, treasurer. Mr. McAm is chairman of the committee on children under spec- al disadvantages; Mrs. John De- vine of the committee on Juvenile lollnquency; Arthur Stokes of the committee on education; Mrs. Kath leen Watts of the recreation com mittee and Dr. A. W. Humidiriee of the health eommlttee. The eommlttee was organised tn 1943 for the purpose of promoting recreational acUvlUes for the yonth and for their general welfare. The committee has sent children to the Opportunity School eveiy summer; has promoted recreation al programs fw young people an der trained leadership eaeh earn- mer; promoted Hidlowe’en carni vals, started a program of dteA- ing all school children to aroer- taln if, any were hard of bearing, has provided clothJng for children Tho otherwiae would not havo been able to attend school. At the meeting on next i Thursday the matter ef a day nursery for oolered ehlldreh .whose methere work will be brought up and eonaldered. The geoMral public la invited to attend the meeting next 'riiam day and get some Idea of thu scope of the work tho connril Is doing. this season will be held on Saturday, Febiuaw 21 at 2 m» ue. w* » In Mrs. Msriph dttPOnt Scott's ihow ring. This wlH be raflAff#1"'FiHHl “ Passes $500 Mark; Many To Report informal show with eleven classes, of wQiich six will be for children. The show will be limited to Camden entries. Janies C Stewart Goes To Califoi;nia James C. Stewart, who has been manager of the Jaclyn Hosiery Mill since It began operations, has resigned and has moved to Cali fornia. It Is understood that he will enter the air plane business there, No annonn^ement has been made den; John X Baker, Bethune; D E. Baxley, Kershaw, and A. G. Huggins, Camden. The twelve new grand Jurors are: Floyd Sowell, Kershaw, R-2; A. W. West, 'Camden, R-8; Wade Horton, Bethune; T. C. Jones. Ker shaw. R-1; A. E. Kirkland; Lugoff; C. H. Barrett, Camden; R. J. WardUw, Liberty Hill; H. M Rob inson, -Heath Springs, R-1; G. C. Truesdale, Heath Sprtogs, R-l; .W. O. McPherson, Bethune, R-S; O. J. Sipyri, Camden, and James F. Watts, Camden. * Alternate grand Jurors are Ben A. lUbon. Lugoff, R-2; W. M. Peake, Logoff, R-2; Clyde Barfield, Logoff, R-2. Petit Jurors for the Fpbmary term ot court are: C. O. Stogner, Jr.. Camden; James X Rush, Camden; W. T. McDonald. Kestville; Sam' Davis, Jr., R-2, Bethune; A S. Jordan, R-1, Kershaw; Carl Owens, West- vllle; B. B. Fanlkenberry, Kershaw; C. -B. Rodgers, Camden; Ira B. Horton, R-1, Bethune; 8. W. Hogue. Camden; J. A Hagtns. Camden; D. A. Rabon, R-1, Lugoff; T. M. Catoe, Camden; H. T. Catoe, R-6, Kershaw; W. C. Young, R-2, Be- thnne. Also, D. Eubanks, R-1, Bethune; Ralph Bamee, Camden; L. H. Jones, Camden; W. H. Copeland, Bethune: W. R. Nelson, Camden; Carl Rabon, R-l, Logoff; John Lee- ' The classes for the show follow: 1—Horsemanship. oiMn to chil dren 9 years of age and nnder. Competitors tO; show at a walk, trot and canter, and to be Judged on hands and seat and general horsemanship, 3—Hunt-Hacks, to be shown at a walk, trot, and canter and over two 3-foot Jumps. Horses to be judged on perfonnance, manners and suit ability. 8—Horsemanship, open to chil dren 10 to 12 years of age. Inclu sive. Competitors to be judged on hands and sMt and general horse manship. A—Open Hunters. To be shown over the outside course—^Jumps not to exceed 3 feet. 6 inches, man- aera and ways of going 60 per ednt, conformation 40 per cent. g-^Horsemanahlp. Open to chil dren 13 to J7 years of agei inclu sive. Competitors to be Judged on hands and seat and general horse manship. 6— Working Hunters. To be shown over the outside coarse and Judged on general perfonnance as a hunter. A fair hunting pace will be required but horses must be INilled up In the ring . at the Judges' stand after completing the tmurse. Conformation not con sidered. Hunting soundnecs oply required. Jumps not to exceed 8 fceet, 6 inches. 7— Children's Hacks Open to horses or ponies of any height To be ridden by chUdren and Judged on performance at a walk, trot and canter and suitability aa a child's mount. 8— Lead Rain Class. Open to fPlaaae tom to page ten) Deciding Game In Polo Series Set For Sunday 4 -ni—I—i Camden Ramblers Will Meet Blmdbrook J^dt In What Prmnises To Be A Moat Exciting Match ^ ^ With Old Sol grinning cheer fully as he bolstered the tempera ture back to a normal figure. Cam- don and South Carolina followers Prize Winners Announced LUGOFF FARMFAt IS FIRST IN COUNTY CORN CONTEST L. 0. Jones, of Lugoff, with a yield of 72 buehels per acre, waa winner of firrt prize in the Kershaw county com conteatfor 1947, County Agent W. C. McCariey announced on Wednesday. He will receive a cheek for $50. _ _ . fourth plaee and 130; H. C. Godwin turo Farmera hr ths <3nb, welgmeA ^ (Tttmden; Rd, "wtUr it hnShelB. exactly 16 pounds. • Got jflia Diploma John Cart West, of Camden, got his diploma as a graduate of the University of Solth Cerollna law school In a ooromony talcing place fast ‘ThlBrsday, January If.^He had prwlouMy boon admitted to Jhe •tale Ur by oaaarilaattBa. Mt mU le the eka ^ , of tho noble sport of polo ere ss to his sueceesor at the hoelery- Jfapplly anticipating the game Sun- mm. » (Please Tnm To Page Ten) pebruary 8. between tho Cam- aen Ramblers and the Bllndbrook lads from Long Island. The game, to be playod at Kirk wood field at 3 o’clock In the af ternoon, will U> the final and de riding game ln~4)ie current sertea between the Camden and Yankee talent of the polo group. Hie Rebela won the tlrat game, 6 to 3, but fell by the wayside in the second encounter which the Tanka stowed eway by a 7 'to 0 ■eore. Efforts to pl®r oft the game last Sunday met with failure whep Dame Nature sheathed the field in tee. Manager Fired Tejan says the rest oceasionM by the Inclement veather has rested up the poniee and they will be rartn' to go Sun day next. Tejan plans to use the tame Bllndbrook outfit that he did tn the second game, with thv ex ception ot the No. I spot. Charley ^abfn, who played In That poeTiloq, Till4wear the Camden colors for this game. Tejan will probably Vut Walter Carll In tb« No. 1 slot with Luis Ramoa at No. 3. Fred Tejan at Na 3 and Eddie Eejan at No. 4. The Rambers will line up with Sabin at No. 1. Kirby Tup- t-er, Sr., at No. 8, Ligbtfoot at No. t and Kirby Tapper, Jr., at No. pemIhnitT that Mator X B. McCaakill of Bethnne with Stokes, Camden, R-2. and James a yield of 70 bushels per acra, won] Pickett. Camden. R-L second place and |36; C. X Mitch-] It la InterestiBg to note that the first three prizee were won witb Hybrid com. The average for the ten high yields was 58 bushels per acre. The Kershaw county com con- ell of Bethune with a yield of 67 bushels per acre, won third place and‘-326; L. W. Boykin of Boykin with 60 bushels pw acre, won won fifth plaee and |16; H. R- Hall at Cassatt with 48 hdahels. won sixth place and |16 and W. R. Capehart of Boykin with 46 bushels, woa seventh place end 616. The following received |6 eeok: T. A. Kpeier. Bettiwe; W. L. Mfleg, lOaney; X. CL. ^McOlf. Gaarntt; ■feet has been spomordd Try ihp Kiwanis and Rotary eluba for the past five years. Others who have contributed this year In making the contest pottible were Lee TJttle, 666; Sonihem Cottok OU Mill fM; Cominavclal National Bank. 416; Fhyt National Bank. 936; ^Muaher/uf Oousmerce $61; Bnms aid BxrretLtlO; Camdta Fsed and Local Baseball Outlook Is Not Very Bright Now Backers Must Be Found If Camden Is To Have Club *In The Palmetto League This Year If Camden is to h^ve a team in the Palmetto league some backers for it will have to be found immediately as the composition of the league will be definitely decided upon within the next two or three weeks, it waa reported by J. C. Walton and T. J. McNinch, who attended a meeting of the league held in Bishopville oyer the week* end. At this meeting John Rowland, of McBee, was elected pree'dent end Orangeburg wae represented along with Hartsvllle, Lake City, Kingstree and Camden. Orangeburg. Sumter, Hartsvllle, Lake City and Kingstree arc def initely ready for the new eeaaon and Bennettsvllle has been given until Febmery 15 to decide upon entering. If Camden doM not en- t«: Bennettsvllle will probably h« given Its place. If Camden does enter and Bennettsvllle decides to enter an eight team will probably bo taken .tn. The rules this year provide that *11 players with the Sxceptkii qf four must be recruited from with in a 20-mlIe radlna of the home city. The other four tnsy he se cured frmn anywhere. No ufiary limit was set. fftianghueuey pkyotts ■ will he bald at the end of the Through Monday morning of thle week a total of 1633.70 had been collected In the Kershaw County March of Dimes campaign. Only 68 out of 600 folders mailed nut had been returned, these net* Bug $167.50. Six schools reported roUections of 1260.10. There had been miscellaneous oontribntlona of |13. Polo tickets sold in advance of the gamO Wednesday Better 1101 It la not known yet what the prA- eeede from the polo game on Wed- nesdey will toUl and the wishing of the game Wednesday netted went In the etoree have not yet been etdleetoi. Request is made by the campaign committee that all who have not yet returned their folders but ex pect to return them do this by Feb- mary 15 as the campaign will dote •.->11 that date. Camden Boys And Girls Win ^om Brookland-Cayce Camden High School basketball teams (won from Brookland-Cayce tfams Tuesday night, the boys win ning by a score of 32 to 22. while ^he girls won a score of 20 to 17. Gayle Kerr wee the outstacdlng player for the boys teem while Aldrett Boykin and Mamie Loo Calder shone for the girls. On next Tuesday night at 7:80 In the high eehool gymnaelnm the local teams play Darlington High School teams. The Darlington glris team la led by Betty Skearoa. • let 1 Inok tal torwari whp wae an albatate torwprfl last year and who le coneidei^ one of the oai- atandlair gM ptayera ef the state. On Friday nlittit, Fehnutry 13, tb* Hartsvllle teams play here at 7:36. to Ogrll. tf aMe to ha Me. f ■the Fin play a t«ltt Hospital Tag Day To Be Observed Saturday, Feb. 14 Batofdey, February t4 wilt be ebeerved as Tag Day In Camden for the Camden Hoe- pitaf. The Woman’s Auxiliary of the heepttel le making elahor rate preparations for the ok- eervanoi ef the dev this year and he;>ea te realhte quite a ' neat Mtm Npr the heapttal 6n thto M ,I6R TOLBERT ILL Friends of J. J. Tolbert will re gret to learn of his lUneea which has confined him to his homo for several weeks. la ta* ef rala R ISttl - * M