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■ ”■ • ——^ n . 0 m.mm • I «Mw-V Volume 59 CAMDEN» SOUTH CARbUNA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1948 Number 48 Presenting A Very Rare Scent In City Of Camden - ...•,•1 ...... N- •.• •.vA\v *. .V City Registration To Begin On Feb. 23 For Vote On Manager Form City Cotmcil Formally Passes Ordinsuice Providing For Special Election To Be Held On April 13—Managers Of Election Named And Polling Place In Each Ward Designated He!s Getting His Mid-day Meal ■ ifP ^s.-* "y V V ). ^ ^ ' 4. * >.s.. v.-......v^-#.^. .•*< X|.Tv At a meeting of the Camden, City Council held Mon day evening a special general election was ordered for April 13 at Which time the voters of the city will'have tin opportunity to vote on' the comission-city manager form of government. Airangements were made for the opening of the books or registration, polling places were designated and managers of election appointed. ■i > 'V ' J ' " > v' % - ♦ I <■ ^ ' i f'^7 tk' . V •.•..•.•."^.••1.1,. »x *J\ This is a picture of a stroot soana in Csmaden'that %ity to taka often. Tbo picture was taken from the 1 f^dsy amd the scone is looknif south on Broad stroot rhh two inchos of sloot and snow. ..i3 m v.'^Xv.n-?44V '' '•■* ' —^Photo by Monarch. Bs not have an oppor* ^of the Baptist Church ground was ooverod Sleet, Snow And ice Admmistratwr fsr Assets on Is Speaksr Al on Of Qdk Camden Taki Whipping Fi Is Worst , In 'errific Weather; ly Years ^oeral Rohert-M* iittla* former War Assets Ad- istrator, was the guest Aker at the weekly lunch- I of the Camden Kiwanis Tuesday and the native th Carolinian gave the anians some highlights lis work during the war n he was in' the import*, quartermaster division also of his work as the Assets Administration Even some of Camden’s old not recall a worse spell of weal been viaited upon tb^ city thia ' ‘ to flv general said be took charge Ihe quartemiMter corps in 1940, and that at the time sd 17 clerks, no money snOl lothes. He t^ of his efforts et clothing for the army of iOOO men which he was told to be built up immediately. development of the Quarter- fcr division waa tonched on be General who told of the erful record made in getting lies to men dnrjng the Inrs d1 Europe. lieral Littlejohn paid high trlb- the British. He Mid he went Dgland somewhat anti-British aid that in the two years he Ithere he never failed to get |ponslve chord from the Brit government and the British and that he had very great ct for them. ae of the early difficulties of ^'ar Assets Administration ^Qinbteed to glvu^it kste, slMt, vrell havt imaginsd during .. frozen north—except ^st with ml i ice that was experienced here the ^ too low. According to H. A. Brown, the Many local Weather boreaa man. the low- closed est reading of the tberemometer sftem this wSek has been .20 degrecMi on ployeea Tuesday Wming. The mercury aituatio dropped as low as 14 degrees here Tnesdi in Januiry so that the city. > has experienced colder weather this yesr than it has had this week hut nothing like as dlsagreeabls. Mr. Brown Mys that about two InohM of stoot and snow fail horo Monday. It wm mostly siset, ho Mid, thero boing a littio snow mixsd with it The itreets of the city were «or- ered with the oombinstion of sleet, snow and frosen rain «o that traf fic wap hifhiy dangerous and pedestrians found it dangerons to negotiate their way mi foot. The .city schools closed early Monday and remainded closed throdSh Thursday. Most through bases discontlaned operstlons Shy that they can- lan that which has hen thg elements 1e^ Ong cosldl wtii b# lat he was' In the ^ le snow, sleet and ture did not drop The election was ordered in compliance with the provisicnB of an act latifled at this session of the General Assembly of South 'Carolina providing for same. , The ordinance psMed by Council provided that the books of registration be open ed by the Supervisor of Regis tration in the offise of the City Clerk on February 2S and remain open each day there after through March 17. The polls will open "'at I s. m., on April 12 and remals open until 15 p. m., and will bo located as fol- (lows: Ward 1—City Recorder’s Court room. Ward 2—City FlUiim Station. Ward I—CarolhM Motor Com* pany. _ Ward 4—^John Y. Ifsttles resi- denca Ward S—Dr. R. K. Steyenson’s residence. Ward S—Mrs. C. ^'M. HonghV reskienca « “ The toUowlag msMgers of elec tion were sppolsisd: Ward 1—Mra. John H. Hendrix and W. C. Stewart. Ward f-*MTa. C. R. Lswls and Mrk. wniism Johnson. Ward S—Mrs. OWwtS 'W. Wilson sad Mrs. Qrsce Mng^ Ward 4—Mrs. DIen flottiss and Mra A. A. Reasgngoor. Ward 5—Mrs.' R. M.~8tereuon and Mrs. N. R. Ooodala Ward f—Mrs. 0. M. AMMh ant Mrs. T. C. Gladden. In conneotlen with foglstrs- jtlon It Is pointnt su| jhat in ts vots If Mili Mtntlsii H tented disconce first real had had The struggled condltious scraping ueM sectl ice WM so dimculty ting it ott. Mr. Bro this had Camden has the cold liM He said that rain had ready, or si in the whole places of bnsineM ^tbau usnal Monday ler that their em- home before the wocaa ling the city pre- if some what lena It was the of whito that it time. department to cope with a force of mmi of the busi- Tuesday. The ,t considerable tiered in get- 'ednesday that •rerest winter ears, in that prtrfonged. •nr Inches of 'ebrusry al- uch as fell January. Plans Are Going Ahead For Horse Show On Feb. 21 . Plans are progressing rap idly for the informal local ” - — —i-i-u ill u.. 2,000 Gi Kerosenl For Emel Of Sent Use Mayor has been n( rtSBcin Aumimsuwiiu^idiy lof me i Oil outlined by the Oenerilj Horse ShOW wWch that these difficulties were ^ 21 at Mrs. Mar-'Camden 'has Ironed out and the admlnls- neiO on r c • . . emergency R] in had done a good Job. lon duPont ^Ott 8 WOW X lerai Littlejohn wm Intro-: beginning at 4 p. ^ v«rosene is on by Col. John F. Wall, who Thia show gjiest of the club. Ed. H Uhe Camden Hunt «« was In charge of the P*’®' for the day. sldent Usher Myers presldad. keral Littlejohn wM told by a bentative of Tbs Ckroniets he had been mentioned in te* papers as a'poMible candMsts ^vemor of South CaroUas. at’s what I have been told. be seven claMes for children, three for adnlts and the fSmily claM. Ribbons will be given in all clsases and in addition two chUdren's horaemaaship troidifss will be given by Mrs. Tbomss Wsl- ler sad Hsrry D. Kirkorer. ^ There will be no sdmisskm '■ ' r .diSTge or entry fee. Post entries Mplled snd hsd no) wiU be used. There will be s ^^mment to miBke. icbsige for ring side psrktag, r " ~ ^ ' ervsthms for which esa he msde St tbs .Comer Book Storsi irda; WiQ {Observed As ipital Tag Day turday wilt "be obMrved ss Day for the Camden hoe* I'. ’<iB event le staged annually |the Womsn’i Auxiliary of ^hospital snd Quits a nsat ' is rs'ted Moh ysar for ths of ths/auxiliary In this of Die auxllTsry eompistsd all prepars- i for ths day snd will te en IstrestS-Mfiy. ] the svsnt ef Inelsmeet ^•r Tag Day will be pest- ^ for ons wssk -md w4tt Satnrdev. fsbmsry. sf tis Criminal Court To Meet Monday ted to emerge; The city bad distributing this rangements have ILsngtord's Bsso ton sad DeKslb tt. AppHcsnts for ths call tor it sad gmnon esas. This kerosene is to those in special apMnnt la ttmited per applIcsBt. Gorki e ly the ly that en an if 2.- This Hot- eemethihS bebesdn FbUhisfy 2S snd March 2y.st the city hell. Mo ether rsgfstretion oertffl- eate will sumes. Reglatratien oertifleatea lesued by the eoun- ty registration beard at the court house will not enable a voter to pertielpate In this eisetion. The ballot to be used in the elec tion srill read; '‘Shall the city of Camden adopt the commlMlon form govern ment with m city manager in lien of the present aldarmanic form?” There will be a ’Yes” sad s ”No” on the ballot and the voter will be aaked to Indicate whether he voiea •‘Yea” or "No.” Town and County... . 1 4 Ilf X V % • It Sure Is Now is the winter of our discon tent • Spools Closed The Camden schoola have been closed every since Monday after noon because of the weather. •Wheel C^ir Wanted. The county department of pub lic welfare is in need of s wheel chair for a 60-year-old colored wo man, who la paralysed from Uis waiat down. It would appreciate if any one who hM a chair they would let it have for her H thagr would call the department at phone tlO. •Easten Star MeeCimf. The Leslie Zemp Chapter, Ord er of the BMtern Star, wUl hoM its regnlsr monthly meeting st the Masonfo Hsn on Thursday night, Msh. It. A oeverod dish supper wn ho served st 7 s’elock. —Photo by Monarch. The question of pigs came up again at t^e meet ing of the Camden Rotary Club last Thursday so Lee Little had J. P. Jones, local insurance man, hrfaig in one which he is raising on the bottle and feed it as a group of amaxed Rotarians looked on. The pig’s moth er died and Mr. Jones is raising it on the bottle and it seems to he thriving. Fow Chafes h Zone Ordinance Teen-Age Golf Toum^ent To To Be Considered Be Held H«re Meeting Of Commisnon Will, Be Held On March 1 Forj Pnrpoae Of Ceosiderinf] . PFniytali State Junior Chiunber Of Commerce Accepts Local *lnwitatMMi For Etrent To BeHeldThls •Polo Game Sunday. Wpsther permitting, s combins- tion Csmdsn-Alken team will meet Carl Lightfoot's Mulberry Wlur Hon la whst hMt fair to he si. exeitlag polo game Seaday after- lasqa at i o'clock at Klikwood MIM. Managar Fred Teiaa hopec to have Lewie Smith snd Johnny Hossng of Aiken here to play with hhn and Ekldie Tejan agidnet the Ughtfoot aggregation of Sabin, Ramoa, CarU and Llgbtfoot. o Thw “L Q.” Vary Poor Marlon Heyman, who wm in charge of the program at the Camden Rotary Club’S regular weekly luncheon Iset Thursday, took the "1. Q.” of the club mem-, bera and found it to be 100 perj cent nil. He propounded s very In-j tereaUng teet to the clnb and when he took up hla papera not a mem ber of the club had answered the qnection which he Mked correctly. It waa a very intereeting program nevertheleM. ■ • Maalmf Postponad The annual meeting of the Cam den Civic Council which wm to have been held Tbun^y afternoon at 4 o’clock in the rAreatlon room of the Preebyterian Snnday school building bM been poetponed until Thursday afternoon, Febmary It jat 4 o’clock at the Mme place. The illness of Chairman A. Stanley Uewellyn and the very inclement weather wm the cause of the post ponement Funeral Services Mrs. Wyfie Hogne This community was deeply shocked iMt Friday momiug when It became known that Mrs. Sadie White Rogue, age 64, beloved wife of S. Wylie Hogue, had succumbed to a h^rt attack. Her Mssing cMt a cioom over the entire community, but espec ially In the Betbesda Presbyterlnn church membership, where she was held In great a^ection and es teem. She wssjiS loval worker in the church and^er Christian spirit endeared her to alL She was bom in the Spring Hill community of Lee county May 18,' 1893. being a daughter of the lat** T.avrrence A. and Minnie McLeod White. She leaves to mourn her passing, her husband. S. Wylie Hogue, this city: a son, Wylie Hogue, Jr., of the Union Theological Seminary. Richmond. Va.; a daughter, Minnie Harris Hogue of this city; four brothers. L. A. White of Daliell. H. D. Whlfo of Roano^a, Va, J. O. White of Charlotte end Waiter White of Caaeatt Funeral rites, whteh were large ly attended and which featured a wealth bf exQulsIte fforsl expree- siems of sympathy and aftsetion.: WM held Satarday afternoon frem the Bethseda Presbyterien church., —««•* with Rev. Al DouglM McAm, oMthe cltlsen finally got up and went . ..--I—. -- - --- - Henry SavAge, Jr., chAir* UAn of the Zoning Commis-I ilon of the City of Camden, gnnounced this week that a. hearing would be the)d be-| fore the commission at the office of the city clerk and tareasiirer on Monday, March, 1 at 7:80 p. m., on four pro posed changes and amend-1 ments to the zoning ordin ance of the city. one eC the prepeeels -io be oon- |el4aMd wlU be to reiae the per mitted storage of gMoUne in Zone A (the fire tone ef the city) from 1400 gallons to AOOO gaiions. Another proposal is that all cf the area lying between DeKalb, Market, Rutledge snd Broad streets be included in Zone A. ths firs tone. A third proposal Is that the weatem limit of the tire sone in the block bounded nortb by DeKslb street, eMt by Broad street, sontb by Rutledge street and weet by Church street, be extended to a line tSOO feet west of Broed street The fourth proposal Is that the eastern limit of Zone A, the .fire sone, in the Mock bounded nortk by Walnut street, east by LytUe- ton street, eoath by DeK^ etreet The annual South Caro lina teen-age golf tourna ment sponsored each year by the South Carolina Jun ior Chamber of Commerce will be held in Camden this snmmer, the board of direc tors of the state (urgaaiBatioB having accepted ^e invita tion extendi by tbe local chapter of the JayCeea at a meeting held in Greenville Saturday. f - The imrltetion wm extended on behalf ot the local club by Prill* den fVairic Rector, Jolly Pitts and RaniMy Horton, who attended the Greenville meeting. It is expected that there will be ever twenty participants in the tournament which will be held on the cotirse ot the Camden Country Club, which la coopMutlng with the local chapter of Uie JayCeee in the event The tonmament wm held in Co lumbia last year and wm a two- dsy affair. Only boys who have not fMsed thsir Sith birthdays will be elfgibis te eater. At tbe Greenville meeting Mr. Pitts showed s moving picture film of the natlonsl Jeyffoe teen-ege ' toamssMut held in Peoria Ust yeer 'OnA tn «r1t4«l> ♦»*-. ^ • - • Local Fighter Does Well Ed Hudson, (^mden boy, hss been going pretty good In the ring lately. He won a decision in s bout at (Charlotte bn^ lo«t at Augusta ' Ra turday. Rnteoa did s gop** bit of boxing in the army and ac cording to some of the experts be has the making of a good fighter. • Miller Back In Jafl Mose Miller, arrested iMt week on an arson charge, and who wm releMed from lail on ball bond, was returned to the Jail Snnday when the bondsman withdrew bte bail. Miller will be tried st the Fsb- msry term of court. • Cota wirntto Tan A loesi cltisen reports that Ms dog kspt barking one nigbt this [week. He msde so much noise that WeHneadau Ol InWarOnRi fldsHng. Bnrial took place in the I family lot of St John’s Methodist chnrch oessetery st Spring HDl. out to see what the trou'— He found that tbe dog’s tall had frosen to the sleet Date h Aowroved The Spring term of Court of General SeQpions will cmivene on Monday momAig. Fab. lA with Judge J. Henry Johnson, of Allen dale; pcesiding. Jurors for (he tMm were snnonneed iMt week. A fkumber of. eesM are scheduled for trial including the one against Samuel Ballard, taegrov who Is charged with the slaying of bis wife, Hester Brown Ballard, and bis stepdanghter, Klla Nora Brown on the night of Jaanary 24. HAA AlIN mCK O. R. AMmmtm, of liberty HIU,, ,hM been remfsrsffng. % re- psaa mas— ah tlm hmto liltl Wednssdfty, February D-Day for the war on Shaw county. Tbe county agent’s placed orders for nee pounds of rat poison and ers in G>e county have b to put it out on tbes dam' that dMUt will be dealt over the’connty. . iCarolina Clip Races To Be Held Marcli 27 Cat0den WUl PI Bartapltte Frtdai The Ca^en High School bsU'QisomQ wlU 1^ the r High School beateSteU " ak^ at “ '—* L ' , Harry D. Kirkover received a telegram 'IJiuTsday ning stating that the National Steeplechase and Hun' iciation. had sanctioned the sixteenth annual Carolina meeting for tlie Springdale Course for Saturday. , 1I-27. , , . , ^llr. Kirkover amid that pfeparations had already be- evaat to draw throngr M«ew»| ewsuMnwai noiQ IB IBBt snd west by Broed street be ex-'dad In whJeb tbe two winners of tended to e Uni running north snd‘"'^ . - south half wsy between Brosd snd Lyttleton streets so that sll the western half of the Mid block will be removed from Bone D, the reel- dentisl sons, snd Inclnded la Zone A, the fire tone. Bethane Espects To Do Without A Liquor Store A story from Bethune Mys that ,— wmeMwem va the Sontb CsroUna tonrasment per- ticipetsd. The State convention ef the Jay- Cesa win be held st Myrtle Beech In April. Mr. Rector Mid that the iewaid of the most outstanding young man of the year wm voted to Congressman Wniiam Jsnnlngs Bryan Doran ot the Third Sonth Carolina district In addition to Representative Dora, RepTMontatlves J. R. Bryson and L. M. Rivers ettended the Greenville meeting, the latter being the banquet speekey. A story from Bethune Mys tbstlmw^^ _ i u^ the people of that community who j HdCv/OlKl© I; BvOlS have been fighting tbe establish-' ment of a liquor store there appear to have won their fight The dispatch Mys: ”Throngh the medium of the Kershaw county legislative delega tion, which hM submitted a reso lution to tho state tax commission.. - protesting the licensing of s liquor Jy denonneing the store In Bethune, it is almost ce^ tain that those who like to imbibe wm have to buy their liquor else where. "The Kershaw delsgatioii in a resolution snbmitted to the stats tax commlMlon declares that ths law enforcement facllltlee at Be- tbnne are inadequate, also that the eltisenry Is almost 190 per cent opposed to heving a liquor store there and farther that the present liquor dlstrtbnUon outlets in the country are adequate to the pres ent demand. . "The delegation requests the tax body to refuse to grant a liquor store license for tbe town of Bethune.’ Cotton Picking Machine Beu^ By Local Farmers Kershaw oeunty wlil have Its first ectton pieklna machies In ooerstion next fall. One ef these machines wm told re- oently to W. Anerum Beykln hful sees elates, and It repre- Mnte a alxeable Inveetmant. QuHe a few fermere ere tw- teresfrd In pprehaplna a me* lad huft thev pra «» Secession From National Party Mayor Francis N. McCorklo ia* sued a statement this week bitter ly denouncing tho "civil rights'* legislation which to beteg advo cated by Prsstdsot Truman and Northern Dmnocratle toaders. "Preetdent Trumaato fhlr prao* Uca propoaals do not iMka even e grafa of 00080.” Mid flu Mayor, who daclarsd that tho South to go- *a --- dug to maintain Its trmdltlona "no racial trouble wOl develof .tt the Northern politldaiia win atop meddUug in the South to get the negro votee in tho North.*’ Tho Mayor declared Biat "Bi«re Is one solutioB and that to to withdraw from the national partv and form a Southern party with no obligations to the national Drau^ cratlc party. The South hM lit tle or nqthing to gain under tee preseat set-up. *1 woold like to see tbe Soothf Wn states withdraw from tbe DetoW cratlc party and form a Sontberu party of its own snd name Hon. Burnet R. Maybank or somo other outstmidlng man from below the Mason and Dixon Una for Presi dent” Machinery Break Hampers ChronMe The Chronicle wm delayed seu#- what thto week by the breahdowa ot an Important piece ot srv in the nschaatael r tell ^ vn V'Si J’- - f • s.;, t- ji Rr