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The Camden AJM S9 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1948 rs Number 1 iny Entries For Big *»• # imden Horse Show To Held On Wednesday frum finest in AntPrir?^ iature the annual Camden Horse Show, whicli will'be dext Wednesday, March 24 at the show ring of Mrs. yn duPont Scott. Among the horses to be shown will be ijr Colors,” who was declared working hunter cham- it the National Horse Show in Madison Square Gar- New York last November. top show hunters, Includ- ng Colore.” will b«S entered e stable of Vermon Cardy, a, who is a winter resl- Southern Pinee. ardy’s show string returns en for the third time In an win the championship, as eluded him In the past, h he has taken the resenre nshlp two times; 8 have also been received rg. W. J. Kennedy, of South- nes, owner of the green champion at the National Show. Aiken will be well inted with entries. There wUl ries from Tryon, N. C. Wu- yd of Columbia, and Mrs. Moss, of Southern Pines, ling horse woman and ex- of hunters, yill have en- |en entries will Include from the stables of Mrs. duPont Scott, Mrs. Esther Weir, Richard K. Mellon and' other famous stables with horses‘in training here. Hunters owned by residents of Camden that wiU be shown include those of Mr. and Mrs. David R. Williams, C. P. DuBose, Jr., Mrs. Thomas Waller and Cyrril Harrison. The children’s classes, always an interesting feature of the show, are expected to be well filled this year. Among the outstanding entries in the horsemanship classes are the Misses Helen and Penny Sheffield, Patsy Clyburn, Ray Woolfe and Joe Williams. James E. Ryan, outstanding horse trainer from Unionville, Pa., will Judge the various classes. There will be 16 classes offered in the show, seven in the morning, starting at 10 a. m., and nine in the afternoon, beginning at 2 p. m. The show will be ushered In with suitable to become hunters class for horses four years of age or under. Class 2 will offer green (Please Turn To Page Ten) in How City Mmiager Of Gowenimmit U ' ig In City Snmn As Camdon the city nuuutftf [of government workn, of comparmble 1^ iden will be outlined officials of Lancaster yublic meeting to ba _ the auditorium of the 6n Grammar ScheoLmt night, March 18 at 8 iter officials who will take the meeting are Mayor K. ngs, City Manager Lott T. and City Attorney Ned , all‘bf whom were invited Camden Junior Chamber of rce to be present to particl- the meeting. lunior Chamber stated that eting Is open to the general nd that all citlsens, wheth* are inclined to favor or to the city manager form of Bent, are urged to attend. I about one week rexsains in Citizens of the city who have Watered can register for the which is to be held on , April IS. The botdcs of ^tion at the city hall will Saturday, March 27.* registration hat been heavy but It Is known hundreds of eltixons bavo ^et registered and wtll bo ed from voting < unlooe [do register before the Ng date. le surface the campaign has >ry quiet thus far but it la that more and more in* Iwili be generated in the as the day of ballotlni; Red Cross Drive Continues, Gty Far From Quota Many Canvateeri Hawa Not Yot Coiiq>leted Work — Appoal la Mado.To All To Giro liborally Record-Breaking Crowd Expected For Carolina Cup Eatriee Cloeo On l^txirday -And Indicatkma Point To When Barber Shop Patrons Had Their Own Cups Fine Lbt In Each Of The ■c Seven Races The 16th annual meeting of the Carolina Cup races, the South’s most colorful race classic, is expected to attract a record-breaking crowd on-Saturday after noon, March “ 27 to Spring- dale race course. Estimate.^ of the probable crowd run as high as 16,000. • Ehitries for the seven races to be run in the afternoon’s meeting will close on Saturday and presen indications are that the entire pro gram will be featured by more an( finer entries than at any time in the cnp race history. ^ The Carolina Cup, a three-mile Umber test and the feature event of the afternoon, will pr^ent a fielc of some of the nationts 'top-rankin( It is requested that to avoid con fusion, all who attend the Carolina Cup raoaa on Saturday, March 2. make certain that they have the proper car stickers and ticksta fc thsaa raesa. Thesa ars compiataly different ’from those used st th Sprirmdale Race wiostlng of March 13. Camden is stiil far from reaching its quota of |3,875 in the annual Red (>oS8 Jumpers. Horses trained for Ihe timber jumps are available this year in goodly numbers and the race promises to be -the best oi Its kind offered In the span of years from 1330 when it was firs, run bere. This cap event wffl offer a |60€ parse and Is for fonr-yaarolds and upwards with a wsi^t figure o IM pounds. The race is to be broad cast by remota control from Radk SUtlon WIS, Columbia, with Cbris Wood, famous turf commentator, describing tbs classic. First race on the seven event pro gram wOT be the Wateree, a Tutte and a half hurdle event with puree of $600. This ia tor maidens, three- Gipsy Smith To Conduct Revival Here Next Month Noted EvangeKat Will Be Heard At Firtt Beptiat Church For Two Weeks, Begiiminf April 4 Gipsy Smith, international ly known ^angelist, will do the preaching in revival ser vices which will be held in the First Baptist church of Camden, beginning on Sun day, April 4 and continuing through Sunday, April 18, I Rev. 0. Floyd Montgomery, pastor of the church, an nounced this week. The Rev. Mr. Montgomery has been associated with Mr. Smith in the past in revivals having con- ducU^ the singing and It waa through this former association ^ith him that be was able to se cure him for this meeting in Cam den. Mr. Montgomery will lead the singing for the revival in his own church. Gipsy Smith has conducted meet ings all over this country and in other countries. His father before him was also a great evangelist, one of the world’s greatest, and the son has thus followed In the father’s footsteps. ^ Mr. Smith has conducted revivals in Augusta, Greenville and other cities in this section and every where he has attracted enormous crowds. Mr. Smith was born in a gipsy I camp in Ehigland, which accounts for his first name. I Further details of the meetings i will be announced next week. —r drive, L. S. Mayer, the coun- .-i ty Chairman, aaid week second race la the Cheredtee Shown above if the display of tihaving cups at -a local barber shop which attracts much attention. These cups were owned by prominent citizens of the city. Monial Stores Eventa For lA^eri Ten Daya are some of the event! br the next ten days In Cam- 19—Public meeting on city form of government. Cam- am mar School Audltortsm, 21—Polo, Kirkwood field, m. 23— Klwanls (Jlnb, Thomas 1 P . m. ^ 24— Flower Show at Cam- ral Company, 8 to 7 p, m. r,*’ Camden Horae Show [Marlon duPont Soott’a'ahow [ A.' m. i p-Chamber of Com- I stock show at fair 25— Rotary Club luncheoD. , vV®*?’ ^ P- “• .J’rCarollna Cup Raesa. He Coarse.* and is tmtec that all aoSdtora rV OPMI NcW StOTC •«P«lite th'air ifoA as poasible and that they ask the people to be as lib eral in tteir giving as they can afford to be. The Red Cross makes only one appeal for funds each year to carry on Its various programs of service, Mr. Mayer said, and be urged that the people be as responsive to this appeal aa they feel it poesible for them to be. “Yqiu can never tell disas ter will strike at Camden,** said Mr. Mayer, **and leave In Ita wake injuries or loss of life amounting to thousands of dollars. And w]ien it does, the Red Cross will be bere with trained disaster workers and funds earmarked for disaster needs. The three Red Croaa services which are expected to claim top priority nationally In next year’s expenditures are disaster, the new blood donor service and senrieea to veterans. *T>isa8ter is given top rating bo- cause of a record-breaking year of major catastrophee in 1147, which has seriously depleted disaster bud get reservee to the extent of morO than ft,000,000 over a 10-month pnlod. "Then there is. the new national Red Cross blood program, whlrii Relics Of Other Daya will eventually rea^ #11 chapters Blood donor centers are being set up all over the country; they will provide whole blood free of charge to physicians and hospitals for free use by patlonts needing whole blood. “With .the large number of war veterans in tha United States today. Red Cross services to these veh ersns still claims largs expendi- tnrss. In tbs past year 2,023,000 vet- srsns thsir dependents wars siwlsted through Red Cross Home Service workers, and 1,035,000 were aslsted by Red Cross Claims Ser- Tles Stglfs in Yotsrans Admlnlstrsp tkm offloss.** ysar-ollB and npwastlt whicb have not won OTsr brus^ aa of Mgrch 1,, tkls year. Following fbo Carolina Cnp. cornea the Camden Plate, six fur longs on the flat for three-year- olds and upwards,'With a purse of $400 offered. The Springdale Cup Is the fifth race and carries a purse of||l,000. This is about two mflesV over brush and is for four-year-oldk upwards. . The. JBhron peKalb, purse $800. a p^e and a half over hurdles Is the sixth race and is for threo'year- oMs and lunrards. The seventh race is the Maiden Plate, one mile and a half on the flat, purse $400 and ia for four^ year-olds and gpws^a Maidens under all roles. The Carolina Cup oommlttoe is composed of Harry D. Klikover of Camden and Buffalo, N. T., chair man; BurwMl H. Boykin, F. Am brose Clark, Arthur T. Meigs, Paul Mellon, Richard ^K. Mellon, Mrs. MsMon duPont Soott, F. Sklddy von Stade, Mrs. Esther doPont Weir and David R. wnMains. , All riders most he licensed by the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association, or approved by Jhe stewards at the meeting. In the steeplechases or hurdle events, riders who have ridden a winner are to he allowed 10 pounds, non- winners of five races 7 pounds, ten races 5 pounds and mares and mUles allowed 6 pounds. — .Beautaful Djwtey .Pt . On Neit IKin-sdnrloid-Tiine Shaving Cups Company Offictstls To Bo I Here For Oocsmkm And Mayor McCorkle To Make Acceptance Address The Colonial Stores will throw open the doors of their fine new Camden store on Broad street on next Thursday morning, March 25 at 8:30 o’clock, it was announced this week by com pany officials. The opening day ceremonies will occur, at 9 o’clock and a public broad A reminder of by-gone days is the magnificent display of private shaving cups which is kept on view at the Palace Barber Shop on DeKalb street, cups owned by prominent citizens of uamden many of whom are now dead. The dis play attracts much attention from visitors and new^romers to the city. According to Walter Wright, many of the men wim owned these cups were patrons of the present shop which he has operated since 1926 while many were patrons of the shop owned by George McLean which preceded the Palace and which Wright bought Names on the cups include: J. 8. Dunn, B. P. DeLoach, J. S Lind say, C. P. DuBose, O, L- Blackwell, H. O. Csrrison, F. M. Wooten. John casting system will be used I w. Corbett,'m. d., l. j. whiuker, 50 that those on the outside ip- R- Y'Wsp'gne, b. Eiuo^it, g. of the store as well as those on the inside 'may hear. !ilbt the ceremony hig^ officials of the company will formally pre- L. Blackwell. D. Wolfs. G. T. Ut tie, T. L. Little. M. C. Huckabee. Also, E. C. Pearce, T. C. Gladden, J. D. McLain, G. A- Gaskins, F. El DeLoach, M. H. Heyman, M. C. SCHOOLS CLOSE FRIDAY His Camden city schools wll be closed Friday on account of the anaual meeting of the South Caro lina Education Association in Co lombia. TO PLAY FOR CUP Play (or tko Spectator P<do Cop will ba^ at Kirkwood field Sun day afternoon at t:t0 o*eloiCl^ sent the new store to the shopping* West, Jake Hlrsch, H. H. Birch- public of Camden. Mayor Francis'more, C. A. West, C. W. Birchmore, N. McCorkle will make a speech! ' ■ ■ - ■ of acceptance and welcome Ihe hew store to the business section the city. I High officials of Colonial Stores,'/v _ _ w wwr who are expected here for the open-, I All|I1^ All log. Include: Scott W. Allen, presi-^ dent; Joseph Belts, executive vice| president; W. C. Moseley, vice, president; J. P. Hall, advertising manager; G. O. Gamer, sales man- H. F. Watkins, D. O. Hauser, T. C. Stewart, G. B. Moseley, G. Hlrsch, R. B. WUliams, G. R. Baum, L. T. Mills, W. L. Goodale, W. L. Wooten. Henry Elchel, C. H. Yates, W. C. Beagle and J. T. Nettles. The cups make a very colorful display. They are beautiful in de sign. In former years It was the cus tom for practically every regular patron of a barber shop to have bis' own shaving cup. and soap and when he went In for a shave the barber got his cup and used it Most of the patrons had their own brashes. Some had their own rasors! The custom has passed away and now every one uses the tecilities furnished by the barber shop. Town and County.... Preach At Lugolf Rev. John L. Sandlin, professor of Bible at Columbia College, will presoh Sunday nighL March 21.-at 7:30 o’clock at Bt John Methodist chnr^ LegeCL < ♦ NnftiBg Bays lltwna ^ * Ernest Nutting has purchased the home of the late Hsnstor 8. F. Bradkitoa at tit Teslfth facing Hampton Park. It js under stood that Mr. Nutting contem plates renovating and remoding the dwelling and will occupy it with his family in the near future. • Eastern Star To Meet The Leslie Zemp chapter. Order of the Eastern Star, wQl meet Thureday evening, March IS. at the Masonic hall. Election of offV cers will be held. Covered dish sap per will be served st 7 o’clock. All members are urged to be prssent. * New Dry CleanM’ Plant RusseU’s D^ Cleaners will for mally open for business on next Monday momlag on Bast Kntledgs street in the building formwly oc cupied by Mesres’ Cabinet Shop. CHurles Russell is the proprietor of the new plant °’|Legioii Oratory Contest Is Won By Camden Boy Fifteen Calvea Entered sger, and C. H. Campbell, division manager, all of Atlanta; A. C. Edens, manager in charge of store operations, Norfolk, Va.; O. B. Smith, general superintendent. Au gusta, Oa.; J. M. McCsrley, groc ery ssperintendent ank J. F. Al- man, Jr., meat superintendenL Co- nmhia, and F. G. Chambers, head of the maintenance department The store contains majny feat- rm Uiat mre new- to Colonial G/y£ N(W F^t Stock Show Will Be Held On Next Thurdday The Camden and K< County Chamber of Com merce will hold its annual Fat Stock Show for 4-H and FFA boys cm Thursday, March 26 and a total of $800 in prizes will be award ed to Ike winners in ‘toe toow, it was announoed this week. Fifteen ealvas will be shown. . Thi oslTSs wiU bo nnlosdsd at tho Agricsltaral building on Wait DsKalb strsst Thursday and w«l h# paraM to tha fair at 11 a’Ussk. Tha jndstaMI The calves will be taken to Co lumbia on toa following day.^to the state show and will be aold'along with other calvea from over the state ki'*" Falrwold Farm, near Co lumbia that day. The hope ia eat pressed that pi^ons of the Frees- er l<Qcker and meat market people will go over to Columbia tor the sale and will hay one or more of them to go in their loek«r txt in thdhr meat ooan^r. . The Camden Freeseif liocker has agreed to hatcher all calves booght by tha Kershaw coonty peopls fret of ^args. The fat atopk show Is aa dsaoid event and the hope is esprossed by Chamber M Coounaros sIfVHalt that Umtn will bn n Ians' crowd it tor the fiwt iwst 9h« forestry Quiz Finals Are Held In This County R Will Open Soon Town and Country, automobile service' itatlon and imack bar, which is being built on U. 8. High way No. 1 about a mile weat of city line limits and aeroea the high way from the Jaelyn Hoelely Mills, will open around MarCh 29, ac cording to R. J. Kunsler, owner end mangger. Bobby Jack Moody, of the Camden High Sdhool, was the winner of to.e eleventh annual high school oratorical contest conducted by the James Leroy Belk Post No. 17 of the American Legion. The contest was held Wednesday morning in the auditorium of the Camden Grammar School and there Moody, Camdon; James CMy, Baron DeKalb schooL and Rath Baker, Bethune sebooL Storea, including a self-service, ^rere three conteetants, Bfbby Jack meat refrigerator. At this counter there will be packages of bacon, bologna and other meats already wrapped for tho customers. Tho store will also have a self- sbrvlco refrigerator for dairy products, eggs, oleo and butter, an other 8elf;eervlce refrigerator for cheese end a third for frosen foods. One of the most modem features of .the store will be the meat re frigerators. There is one large cold the was Jimmie Hornsby, of Baron DeKalb school toe winner of first place in the forestry quiz finals for white children held recently at the Agricultural building. Charlie McLaughlin, of Mid way, won second place and Christine Pebbles of Antioefa won third place. This educational program waa presented In 52 schoob of the coun ty under the auspices of the fores- ers was acquitted themsMves handsomely making tho deebion Of the judges a rather difficult one. The three Judges were Rev. A. D. McAra, Rev. H. L Spell end Harold Booker. Bobby Jack Moody will represent the James Leroy Belk Post in the room and in it is a smaner freeier dirtslct contest, which wlU be held room. The meat cutting will be||:Q Camden on next Wednesday kf- done under refrigeratloo. 'ternoon st 3:30 o’clock ut the Cam- There are three separate en- ^en Granimar School, trances to the rear of the store, -pjig winner of the district con- one being for the grocery depart- enter the state-wide con- meat, another for the produce d»- teat partinent and apother for the mar ket department. There b a cold room for. the produce. D, D. Lee, who has‘been man ager of Ihs weal Rogers store tor the pMl 17 years, wfii he store aWnsgsr; j; T. Cato will ho mar ket tuugeger imd A. Y. Burtdi, protais psugW. Tito Mur ittos wm he tot IMnrae hag toe THE SEVEN LAST WORI^ On the evening of Oood /^day, “The Seven Lest Wtaris of'^Chrtat,” e sacred cantata ky nedore Du bob. will be sung tSba/bt of b^heada Presbyteria. church, un der the direction of Mbs Marlon Dggngssa' Mvetyoae to ::he Qr kas a. oetoUto iKvtotbs to • At Sumter Meetfaig Camden was well represented at the Methodist educational advance meeting held in Sumter Wednesday night Among those going from here were: Rev. H. L. Spell. Marlon B. Willbms, Mrs. H. H. Pooser, George Mickle, Joe Jenktes, J. C Walton, Harold Booker. W. F. Net tles, Jr., and B. T. Psoree. Suggest Mnseam For Present City library Ba3d!ii« Rhone sebooL > 1 onovr we suspicee 01 ine loree- The subject of the three sp6ak*l^*T department and wider the di- The ConaUtutlon” aiSlai Potion of Forest Ranger L. B. fhAtn.*!**. Iiattii«nni«w Smith. It oroused much interest as was Indicated by the record num ber of those participated and the number who gathered to hear the contests. - 1 The colored finals were held al Jackson High School and Thelma Miller, of the Witty achodL won first place; Marga:^ Baskins, of the West Branch school, second place, and Roeh ClMt, of the Mt Zion school third piece. Bake Sale To Be Held On Friday The Ledlee Bible Claae o( the Lyttleion Street Methodbt churdi will hold a hake oola on Friday, March 25 at Frtodi*s Drug Storo. The sole vfil hegta At 3:M e’eloek toe iPflMlii. w« go to tl At a meeting of the Kershaw County Library Commission hsM thb week the suggesOon wee made that the city library, locstsd on Broad streeL be converted into a museum and that the dty and coun ty libraries be consolidated toto the same building. It was pointed out that the dty library b e fireproof bufldtng and that it would be an exceUent pbee In which to exhibit many of the priceless relics tbst are now owned in Camden and Kershaw county. The dty and county oro rich in hbtory and it b believed that the museum eould be mode one of the most interesting, in thb ssotloaL The commission has noL of course, takwi any action on th* matter but has dtoeuased it with a view of getting Gie oyinlon <ft the pnblie. Conpottag the pommbelmi are: Mra. a J. Smyrti ehsirman; law. aI D. Meim. MriJTsam CMRtys. sH of MtoEtou; Mrs. Col MUehell. Bsthi [■' I ■ '4 i, U.: . 'I if; ' j: , ' .i - S'