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The [uME 60 Merritt To Legion •reparedness Commander Served I Both FitmU In La»t — Will Speak Here fonday Nifht CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIOaV, APRIL a. 1948 Camden’s First Polo Team Number 3 |G. Kornegay, com- [r of the James L^oy Leg-ion Post, an- »d Thursday that the secured Maj. Gen. [g. Merritt, USMC (re fer its principaL Jr at the Legion meet- be held next Monday General Merritt has to speak on “Pre- less,” Mr. Komegay il Merritt, natlre South in, and now living in We«t ia. S. C., entered the Marine a second lieutenant upon iuaUon from The Citadel In 1917. He was placed upon red list on June 1, 1947, and liat time has practiced law igton county. general is well qualified,” rnegay said, "to speak on ject he has selected. In ad* his World War 1 service, on both fronts during /ar li: in North Africa Attached to the Royal Air an observer, and as com* general of search and Drees, with headquarters In jti, in the South Pacific. planned and snperTlsed ling of the Marine Corps Jon at Miramar, Calif., in ral Merritt also holds the liitinction of being the first flyer shot down in World IWhile on a routine obsenrap lion, aboard a British Web I bomber, fighters attaehed ael's forces in North Af* rcepted the bomber and I down, wounding the gen* Ijames LeRoy Belk Legion 1 pleased to have been able are General Merritt," he "and I’m sure that all will enjoy his timely Choral Qub Is Formed By Local Croup of Singers Plans Being Made To Give Concert In^ay — Invite All Who Uke To Sing Td Become Members Winners In Fat Stock Shv>w The first team ever to wear the Camden uniform in a polo game is shown above. The team played its first game in 1898. Members are, reading from left to right, front row: W. C. Salmond, R. L. .Barstow, captain; K. G. Whistler, and back row, Clem Brown and A. D. Kennedy. (Qualify F< Election t lanager Plan ts of registration for ferendum on the city form of ' govem- Elosed Saturday nighi total df 927 register- |us falling somewhat )f the 1,000 toai which ^en prediced. registratjon by wards is: One, 126: Ward Two, €9; 2Z3; Ward Pour, S41; 108. and Wash Six. 6L eiecUon is to be* hold on April 13. Thus far the baa been an exi^dingly He and there that there ts in it before bular attacking the pMn was ted in the city during the the first outward sign Bltion to the plan. Whether ins that the opponents will more active is not known, p-oponenta of the plan hare feral meetings at which the ^nager form of government discussed and explained. ity Omits Aid [State Agencies R. M. Kennedy said Mon* the county supply bill ir would carry no supple* jsalarlee for state-eupported 1 He said it was the of pgation that If the atate^aa n agency It should run it past It has been tbf cus* the county to aupplement ■^PnaUons for some of tiie “icles working - in the Polo Was First Played In Camden In Year 1B98 Polo was first brought to Camden in 1898 by the late R. L. Barstow, of Boston who, Wat a member of the Cam den winter Colony at that time and the first game ever to be played by a Camden team was in 1900, according to W. C. ^Imo^, who is the only surviving member of that team. The, one game played that year was against the Aiken team and Aiken won 28 to 0. The following year Aiken came to Camden and the Camden team won 12 to 8. tfr." ^almbh^ bald'the aatne flatd was used td 1S98 as the one now used but there was no turf. The field was sandy which made the play more difficult. In 1899 the field was fertillied and sodded and by 1900 was in very good condition. The Camden team which played Aiken in the first game ever to be played by S local team was com* posed of R. L. Barstdw, capUin; D.)0. Whistler, A. D. Kennedy, W* C.' Salmond and Clem Brovm, anb* sUtute. Thwe were no polo ponies here as that time and the players had to train their own ponies. BIr. Sal* mond said. In 1908 he went to North Dakota and Minnesota and brought back a carload of ponies. Incidental ly while he was In the West he punched cattle for a time. In 1901 the team played only one game, that against Aiken, which it won. It did not ptay any foreign teams in 1902 but later tt pUyed In Orlando and then Orlando came here. The game In those dajrs was rerf similar to that of today but much rougher. Mr. Salmond, who made a profes sion of polo, said that other play- ere joined the team after the first year qy so, notably Sid Smith who became a star. --— Mr. Salmond went to Thousand Island on Invitation of George C. Bolte, built a polo field and trained teams there and then In 1914 he went to Montreal, Canada. He still loves the game and never misses g one which is pUyed on Kirkwood field. Mr. Barstow did much for Cam den, said Mr. Salmond, who said he first Instituted golf here and that ht built many of the winter colony resldenees. ,The Camden Choral So ciety was formed at a meet ing of a group of singers held Tuesday night in thei Sunday school building of the Bethesda Presbyttrian church and already plans have been made to p-ive ai concert some time during the month of May. The society was formed with 34 mem-1 hers but it is hoped to great ly increase this number. E. M. Craig was elected prestdant, of the society; Eh-. A. W. Hum- phriee, vice president; Mrs. Willie Tiller, secretary; Mrs. George Dar den, treasurer, and Miss Marlon. Burgess, director. The society will cooperate very closely with the Cau^en Com munity Concert Association which has been formed for the purpose of bringing outside artists to the city and the new organisation of fered its services to the community concert organisation Tuesday night Local muaie lovers hope that through the Joint efforts of ths two' oilganixatlons It might bo poosIMo ovsntually to stag# a muaie footival In .tha city using outside artlots and tha local aoeloty. From the interest shown, at tho meeting Tuesday night it wao stated that it wMt definitely em Ubiished that Camden needs aaA wants a choral society that will not only give enjoyment to those who sing bnt will give tho oommnnlty a sorvioo for which there has long been n need. Tho porpooo of tho nodoty lo tn establish a basis for motlcal ao- tlvity In and around ths qlty q< Camden, and tovjH by the society and back mnaicnl ac tivity wherever poantMe and create Intereet and enconmgemeni for gU mnalc lovers in the oommnnlty. President Craig anid that the no- clety invites all singnrs, of city, those who mag Mng In diota .nnd thoaet become a member. The next meet ing will be held in the Betikesda church Sunday school building Monday, ApiH ^ at 8 o‘Cloch, and all who wish to become members are asked to attend. Conference Of Social Work To Be Held April 15 Six Coimtina Of Central Aren To Be Repreaented At Conference — Liat Of Speakm Given The eleventh annual cen tral regional conference of the South Carolina confer ence of Social Work will be held in Camden on Thurs day, April 16. it was, an nounced this week by Mrs. St. Julian Barnwell, States- burg, the director. T^e coun ties in the central region are Calhoun, Fairfield, Lexing ton, Richlhnd, Sumter and Kershaw. Among the speakers who will take part in the disensaions are: Galen Elliott, of Darlington; A. Stanley Llewellyn, of CamdMi: „ v ... Miss toUy Cate, physical tharaptat , Tb® Kershaw county cotton crop of the SUte Board of Health; Av for the year 1947 was 10,8^ bales —Photo by Monarch. Prize winners in the annual Camden Fat Stock Show held last Thursday are shown above. In the top picture Douglas Horton (right) of Gates Ford and Olin Brown of Antioch are shown with their two calves, which won first and second prizes respectively. In the bottom picture Marion Jones and his brother, Edward Jones of Lugoff, who first and second prizes for showmanship are shown with their calves. They also won first and second prises at the state show in Columbia the following day. ■ .. - . - ■„ , ■■■ - Good Prices Paid For Calves At Stock Sh^w Douglas'Horton’s calf won first prize in the second annual Fal Stock Show held in Camden on last Thunday ^ and Olin Brown’s vi^n second prize. Marion Jones won first place in showmanship and nis brother, Edward, won second place, repeating their performance at the State Wide Show and Sale in Columbia next day when Marion again won first place and Edward second. V^^ansOf (M ^ Coinpany M Meet iitflere Wednesday Eleven 4-H and three FFA boys exhibited oalvee at thp ihow here, do wiC toiWhOe tha number hiflemd wnt fewer than laet year the quality wae greatly Improved. The boye did a good job feeding and shoving their calves. The show was held ond«r the sponsorship of the Camden and Ker- Among those who have already I ihaw County Chamber of Commerce lined the soefoty are: E. M. Craig, I and liberal prltee were offered. The calves were sold at the State-Wide Show and Sale on Frl- dhy and all bronght good pricea. 'The boys who showed calvee, the weight of their calves, the vMUng price and the purchasers fpUow: Douglas Horton won first .prise. P. Gettys, Dr. A. W. Humphries, D. McAm, F. N. McCmrkle. Paul O. Semple, J. Lane Weodcock. Mrs. H. S. Bowden, Mrs. Joe Brun son, Miss Marlon Burgess, Mrs. E. M.*^ Craig, Mrs. George Darden. Mrs. Allison DnBose, Mrs. M. E. Fortem, Mrs. James Gandy, Mra. N. P. Gettys, Jr., Miss Cary Guthrie, Mra. H. C. Hallman, Mrs. Joe Mickle. Mrs. Doug Montgomery, Mrs. A. D. McAm, Mrs. F. N. McCorkle, Mrs. Olive Richey, Mrs. J. Q. Richards, Mrs. W. €. Salmond, Mrs. C. B. Salmond, Mrs. Willie TlUer, Mrs. L. P. Tobin. Mrs. John l^lepigne, Mrs. F. B. WesL Miss Joan Wil liams. Mrs. Ernest Zemp, Mrs. J. Blakeney Zemp, Mrs. mien Doug las Allen. County Cotton Crop Short Last Year Open House And Dinner Planned For* Members Of Camden Company In First World War Duke Endowment Gives $3,993 To Camden Hos|Htal Appropriation Is Made On BasU Of Work Done dn 1947 — Report Made By Local Hospital * % . -V III i-.n ^ An appropriation of $3,- 093 has been made to the Camden hospital by the Duke Endowment .The local hospital was one of .the 109 hospitals and 40; orphan homes in the CaroJinas that secured appropriations, made on the basis of work done by the institutions in 1947. The money for hos pitals is given on the basis of $1 a day for each day of charity care. The Camden hospital had recent ly submitted Its annual report to the Duke Endowment for the year 1947, according to George R. Dar den, administrator This report Is submitted each year by all of the hospitals In North and South Caro lina that are assisted by the En dowment. The report covers all aetlvlUes of the hospital, Including administrative and professional. The Camden hospital's report shows that it had 8,098 charity days for 1947 and since the Duke Eb- dowiMat makes an appropriation on the basis of |1 a day for each of 4tf>arity ears, the appropria tion for the local hospital as an nounced Tneeday was |S,0fS. The report of the local hospital ^ revealed that It coot I177.01J.- •i 10 opamtn tho hospital In 1947. or this nmovat |7f,178.0l was jent for salaries, 18.898.06 for Sf*# 186,888.87 JF Ilii88.81 for laundry and » hnimee for amipileo, equipment matafonanee. The repMt shows further that It cost $10.18 per pat ient tey for each day a patient re mained In the hospital. , the hospital had 1,100 leas patient days In 1847 than in 1946 but admitted 200 more pat ients for the same period. T^iia was duo to s more rapid tnm-over of patients. All departments of tho hospital showod increased aotlvi- .tles over the year 1946. The hospital operatas an ac credited School of Noreliig with tho maiprUy of the atndenla hatog inua Kershaw and adjoining educes. Hm Duke Endowment nnd, which makes an appropriation anhually to the hospital, was set up by the late James B. Dnke for the pose, among others, of assisting hospitals in North and South Caro lina in caring for charity pationta. Town^and Preparations are complete r the reunion on next Wed- ^d for 81.60 a pound. parcbxaer,| nesday, April 7, of Company $60. his cairwei^i^ 786 forada.| for the reunion on next ^ed- CoUHtV e # e e npa**’ ^ Natioi tming Events »y. April s — Bassbalf, W^wluBton, Do'l.. |Tieid, 8 p. m. April 4—aervloes at all il:l6 a. m. Opening oer- ®n»sy 8mKh, Jr., evango- •wpsion at First Baptist 8 p. m. Servlcea eaeli 'Hng wMk at 8 p. m,—Tolo, ^ Harrisburg, KIriewood p. m. Camden Club. Thomas Tavtnv 1 7—Rat^nlon al ich* Thomas Tavern, 1 'l^mden Llene Club, Themaa • P. m. ’V. A^i 10 — Bageball. ‘ Camden Chlaffe. Le- * Ml, AprM IZ-Camden 'h**! f. M. Taylor, chairman oC tha stair committee of the Sute Conference of Social Work; Miss Elisabeth Davis, consultant of tho County Health Department, Snmter; Dr. (Pleasv tom to page five) as compared with 12,448 bales In 1946, a difference of 1,618* bales. Orangeburg led the state list year with a total of 61,864 bales, s gain of 8,641 bales over the pre-lRoddey. vioui year. (Please Turn To Page Ten) WAI. nrisef^' Camden’s waaona Olin Brown won 8000B1I 860. his calf ^lghed 710 pounds, ^****1^ sold for 81.60 avfofund, purchaser. Vice m the First World War, c. B. Rodgers. M. M. Reasonover, com- 1?^ mittee chairman, said Thura* calf weighed 886 pounds, sold forlj-— a tm 81.26 a pdnnd, purchaser, Christie ^j**Tge attendance is BeneL expected here for the event Mike Truesdale won fourth prise, I Mr. Reasonover said that he hat 885, calf weighed 1,011 pounds, sold received letters from members of for 88.71 a pound, purohaser, Co- the company who are now living lonial Stores. elsewhare saying that they would Edward Jones won fifth prise, be here and he expects a good 825, eill .wolghed 875 ponnds, told turnont tor 28.50 a pound, purchaser, Co- The rennlon date almoat tails on, lonial Stores. the exact anniversary of the day Kenneth Moore won sixth prise, the coinpany waa mustered into ser- 820, calf weighed 790 ponnds. sold vice. The company was sworn In for 28.26 a ponnd, purchaser, Co-|st old Camp Styx, a National lonial Stores. I Guard camp at that time located Steam Team won seventh prise, I near Columbia, on April 8,1917. 815, calf weighed 670 pounds, sold] The company sailed for Europe for 28.75 a pound, pnrehaser, J. B.|on May 16, 1918, and waa a mem ber of the famous 80th Division, • TvBsday Amy D«y Next Tuesday wUl be obeerved all over the nation aa Army Day and on this day tha people of the nation are asked to give thought to the needs of the armed forces of the nation. • Tha RbA Cms Red Cross officials are urging all cltisens who have not been solicited by team workera to send In their contributions voluntarily. 1%e county is some 8800 shy of Its quota and the money will in all probability be urgently needed this year. L. S. Mayer is chairman of the campaign and Joe Jenkins Is tressnrer. WUl Be In Camden Two Weeki- Adopt Schedule Of Games For Palmetto Lei^e The schednle for the Palmetto baseball league was adopted at a msettng hMd in Snmter Wedneeday i^AL and J. C. Walton, bustnesa manager of the Camden Chiefs sn- nonneed that Camden would open the season on May 18 playing at Rartsvine. i The Chiafa will epan thsir home aeaeen on May 19 whan they play Georgetown here. On the opening day. May 17. HartavlUa plays at Lake City; Orangeburg at Snmter and George town at Kingstree. Camden does not play, that day. On May 18 Snmter vplays at Oeorgetovra; Camden at Bartaville and Lake City at Oraagebwg. On May 19 Gaorgetown pteys In Camden. Oraagehnrg at Htftsvllla and Kingstree at Lake City. The ^ronicle will print the full schodnlo next week. Ttere wla he 19 hoosO games and 8t gamp* away from home. Tho vogalar season desos ^ngnst 19 Gipsy Smith, Noted'Evangelist, Will Open Campaign In First Baptist Church Sunday Gipsy Smith, Jr., son of the world famous evangelist, ^11 begin a two weeks evan- gelistie campaign in the First Baptist church of Cam den on Sunday eveninpr at 8 o’clock. A service will be held each Evening during the next two weeks closing with the service on Sunday even ing, April 18. Mr. Smith has been sn eTangeltst for 8 years. Christened Albany Rod ney Smith he has become more generaUy known aa Gipsy Smith, Jr., asho has followed In the foot steps of his father, Gipsy Smith, Sr., the mnch beloved and revered evangelist who passed away in 1947 while sailing ba^ to the United States. Born In England, married to a Scottish lassie, Gipsy. Jr., Is a graduate of the Baptist Seminary at .Cheater, Pa. He Is one of 14 descendants of his father who have gone Into the ministry to inroacb la ehwchee or conduct evangeUstie uupi which cracked the Hindenbtlrg lice. It returned from overseas duty March 81, 1919, and was mastered out at Camp Jackson April I. 1919. There were 86 membfsrs of the company when it was mastered into the service. Lster its ranks were ewelled and It numbmred 00 when It went acroes. Open house will be kept for the members of the company all day at the Legion Hall a^ that svem SUtea cltlsen In 1880 and he wUl be held at the his home In MysUp, Conn., to which | Thomas TsTem. he and bis wifo go for rest and relaxation. Hla hobby is fkkkig,|C|^A|||ii4Ag||i| l^envAQ Yfl fishing snd more fishing. He andl* Will iCvil x All mlth have three children and rearing their okn faml- I0(18YS UIirOIUC16 ick. the (Rdeet, is an attor-| ^ Qlpey Smith. Jr. Ustie meetings in 40 of the 48 '•Utee. He hae been claesed along with BUly Snnday, Dwl^t L. ■gtA Ban P. . Jbnee as an a United fishing Mrs. Smith grown lies. Jacki nay in New London, Conn., a grad uate of Harvard law school; Wil bur is a Presbyterian preacher in Stuttgart, Ark., and Betty Is Mrs. Robert Teeters of JackspnrMIsa. Mrs. Smith will accompany the noted evangelist to Camden for the meeting here. Mr. Smith Is known across America as>a preacher who "preach es the Bible, and nothing elBe.’’|| T^e majority of hla lUnetratlons are taken directly from the Bible, mixed with personal experiences which have come his way throa|^ the many years of senrice and eX' perience. So much imprint did his cam paign in one Southern city make Tlmre ere fourteen pages In todays Camden Chronfele. The paper ie divided Into two eec- tlone, one sf ten pages and one of four pages. You ere urged to read ovary page carefully ae there are news Items ef interest on eneh pnge In addition to tho Import ant announeomanto ebntalnod in tha'advortiasmanta of looal ihorehants. Bo SOTO you got both' too- tlono and bo turo you mad ovory page in tha two soctlbns. * - WOOBMIN TO MIKT • Wofford Mob Moot Ksny Kershaw county Wofford men were expected to attend tho WollOT-d college alumni rally for this area to be hal4 in Sumter on Thursday night A eoneert by tho Wofford Glee Club waa to be one of tho features of tho rally. • Lottia W. Horo Lonia W. Bishop, tha now exocn* tlTo waaagw of tho South Caro- Ina Planning snd Development loard, was the guest speaker at I ho regular wo^y luncheon of tha' <7amdon Rotary Clttb hold last Thnrsday. He was tntrodneed by A. Stanley Llewellyn, a member of the board, and insde a moet tai- tersetlbg talk on the work of tha board. • Crowds At ChnrclMa All of tho Camden churchaa had record-breaking eongregattont last Sunday, Easter Sunday. The sun rise services at Bethesda Prestor tartan and tho First Baptmt churches were also well attended. Del^oBch k Sp—kar The IVoodmen of tho Wcvtd wO' that five years later whoa ho ro-lmoat at tha Amorieaa Laghm ha& torned tho dty tathefs nnvealad al on TufMday, April 8 at 8 p. m. This monument orootod la hit hqaor. I la an importaat meotiag sad si Thd singing at tha maottaig hofat Woodasaa are argod to attend. D. P. wtn be lad by the Rev. O. Ftoydl Paertea la qwipa| eoWBasdar sad Moatgoamry. paator of the FbutlBiw KM BapOM^wdL Bad lUU aaeratary aflof |186.» by la cmRa , i ■- f - J^'ltaid.'^ltsria John K deLoach waa the guest speaker at the regular * weekly meeting of tho Oaihden Kiwanla Clnb Tuesday. Mr, deLoach atroMOd pa tho clnb tbo tmportanoe of vot ing In geoior|l oloetiOTM la tho fa- tdra. • GatsIliW riw Ghndreals Boiao ^ Kerdbaw eoinity was gtrea aa . - r- ill w V