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p,;- \--m 60 CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROUNA. FRIDAY, APRIL 16. 1946 SECTION A N^imbfr 6 den Rejoices Over Annoimcement Made By duPont Co. ^ ^ 1 . - - " i, Komegay Qualifiers ►If Touniey Shoot 75» WbiU Joe field, The Defcndin* ipion, Follow* Cloao- IWith A 76. * iLoach Sheorn and ^er Komeyay shot 75 e id the qualifying round club championship iinent now in progress Camden Country dub. Sheffield, the defending kpion, wilih a 76, was [behind the leaders. Blylng play was completed and the pafHngs for the oatch action was announc^ ows; Championship Fllflht er bracket—Joe Sheffield Goodale; Charlee VlnTOnt rs JcCarley. Will Beebe tb Joe and M. E. Muller, Sr., tb ar Komegay. er bracket—W. L. Goodale Ti Bce, T. V, Hough T» Charle* ch, R. W. Taller t» John ae and Anc Boykin tb Do Sheora. Second Flight bracket—Charle# Pahner Sheorn, Lee May# tb M. Jr. bracket—A. Brown TB BUI and J. W. C. Boykin tb Gaither. Third FHfht ar braaket—Thomas Ancma ky winner of match hetwBon I Wooten and Whit Boykin McCarty tb Cliff Le<mard. bracket—Jcdin HaslBB TB > Zemp and Charles MoUsr tb feat been annonneod that Ot* aquet will be held st OiB lard TaTtm on tha eTBuftig ay, March IS. Cocktail# 1^01 ier at 7 with the bBBSMt at S. ReaerTatloM tor l|f I and gueBts hsTt heSB |w. Bg scores in the dsh bip were as follows: IMh heom TS, OranttW Joe-Sheffield 7S, W. U fc.M. Wlir Beebe 81. R. W. |St' ebai4es DeLoaflh 84. rley 86. Albert Goodale* 8f, fcKaln 88.'T. V. Hon|^ Sd ^vkln 88, John VlUepigne 88, ruce 88, M. G. Muller 8$, Vincent 89, Charlea Pahner knger Gaither 90, A. Brown jo. Muller, Jr., 98, J. W. C. 194. Bill Hayes 94. Lee Mays Sheorn 95, Tom Ancmm West 99, John Haslns l#8i |cCarty 103, T. Wooten 100, 107, C. Leonard 107, Chas. 1108 and Whit Boykin 111. Wins By Big Majority mil lission-Manager of Goyernment Effective On August 1 • * ' * Camden will**go under the Commission-City Manager form of government on August 1 when a Mayor and two commissioners to be elected on the second Tuesday in June will take office. By a ratio of 2 to 1 the voters of the city on Tuesday adopted this form of government over the present aldermanic form. rellyn ^leaks inference On il Work Here was host Thnrsday to Die annual central regional Bce of the Sooth Carolina nee of Social Woilc of whitdi Julian Barnwell, of Stat*#* I the director. The oonn- [th« central regldfi are Csl* nlrfield, Lezinftoo. Rich- nmtar and Kerdtow. nley Llwrilyn, of Camden, principal speeker nt the which was held In the om of the Sarsfleld hotel at L i I lller report of the nr in the next lesne |ronlcle. ifield Coffee la Honored rnlMd Hotel Coffee Shop •elected for exelnsiTe of- nembership in Cusden In nnean Reeteunnt ording to an *iitfr by Leon 'Schfawhari, the coffee shepi M^ip in the aseoelsUWl It ntien only andJt M Mtini* •Unranu meeting J^ards and qnaltflmiioiB by the conncll of the The Tote in the election on Tues day was' 437 for the commission^ city manager form and 217 for the aldermanic form. Four of the. city’s six wards voted in favor of the new form, only Wards One and Two voting for the aldemanic form. ' The vote by wards follows: Ward One — City Manager form 28; jyidermanie form 60. Ward Two — City Manadsr form 24; Aldsmuinic foim 30. Wash Thres — City Manager form 85; Aldermanic form 53. . Ward Four — City Manager form 212;..AIdermAnie form 64. Ward Five — City Manager form 67; Aldermanic form 15. Ward Six — City Manager form 22; Aldermanic form TI. Under the terms of the act which ^thorlsed' the, election nhd the change in form of government if approved by tbe voters, a Mayor and two conunlsskmeni will take tbe place of the present city coun cil, which oonMets of a Ma^ Bad six aldermen. Under the commleskm form the Mayor win receive e tmlary of |760 and each of the commie- sloaem win receive IBM sanually. AU three wHI be Reeled from the dty at largB. snd they wQl coih- pose the governing body of the cUy. RegardlBf the employment ef a dty -manager the act pBovldes: "In the event of the setaMlsh- ment of such commlaclan form of government the conncll shall forth with employ a city manager who shall he paid such aalary aa eaid eonneU may deem advisable. Said city manager shall hgve sash pew- esa and ant|ieHtiaB as la eustom- soch msnagera snd cBliy feeWNFSThsC Ye- strlcted to sU sdmlg|ifw,tl^ routine mstten sa4 eneh -other duties as may be assigned te him by" ths counen.” It is expected that one of the fhwt steps taken by tbe councU to be sleeted in June will be tb begin to look about for a competent man for the city manager’s position. The politlcsl pot Is expected to boU almost any day now since It Is not qaite two months until the city wfll elect s Mayor and two eom- misaioners. Mayor FraacM N. McOorkle had announced prior to the Olectkm that he would be a candidate for Mayor whether or not the oommMslon form of government was sdoptsd. Prasant momben of city coanefl In addition to Mayor McOorkI* ar* Aldermen J. B. McKsln. Dewey J. Creed, R. P. Langaton, T. L. Mpars, R. A. MathM Ahi A. J. Bteln. The OsasisM Jsnlor Chamher sf Oommeroe had heaa very aeUvf M promoting Um eampeign for' adoption of the dty manngsp and had rngintpinod oampalfT gawtan tMiMoftlee* of thg. son InanranoB ngsney on ■irset It hrsagM nsfranl to the dty to enplala the of the flan, oondaeted n campaign to get TOterff ts end on electkm day get oat a liurpe vote, the organisation wsro ly ddlghtsd with tha rasnlt dsetion Tnssday. . A toUl of 917 Totsrs rsglrt^ili for th# elodkm bnt sgly iti mips to the polls. Gipsy Smithy Jr, Revival Closes.,, On Sunday Night Camden’s First Vqlimteer Fire Department Noted Evangelist Story Of Hu Service To. Be Friday Night To TeU Life At Held On Gipsy Smith, Jr., will tell the story of his Hfe at the Friday night service of big evangelistic campaign now being conducted st the First Baptist church, he an nounced this week. This is expected to drmw one of tfiie bin^st crowds that hns yet attended the meeting al though the church has been phcked to capadly every night The two weeks svangellcsl cam paign wfll ooma to a olos* with the servlee on Sunday night There will be no servloe on Saturday night Monday night Mr. Smith In th* course of his sermon eaid that In his 62 years In the ministry he had never beBn in a dty the alse of OaaideB where only op* aharoh had nl^t" earrlees wn Snaday. Me ex pressed regret ^that this 'wga t^e ease to-€6siidai»/S; ■ ’ ' ynitnasdsy •might the- eTsageUet ipok* ea ’’Hlat most I da ta ha ■avedr’ (Th* eemplals text d Me. tarfthh Wedeeeday night Bar men wrifi be found on thB first page ef flesUsa U ef this laeue). Worit To Begin On Of FW Unit Apartgient W(»k will he startmS this wsek on's fonr unit spartmeat batkHag locstsd oa fhir surest last si of But DsKalb strsst * Th* fear agit suraetara wfll ha hunt oa a bclA fnniidsHwa sad wlH be of traaM asgatrastlea with as* best Of (ByiO T. |6nsshssn Is baUding ttm Is vt«9r tks Miliili deiBsad for boas* to b* In svi- dnPomt plnat ha plans oa •omploBod doeapaacy within ar bolora Aagnst 1. , win hSTS n ItzlT a ind bath. Betty Bowers^ ll^trict Wiimer biEyression ognlpmoat r dot loun. r non Vhidi tha ha is IM fast hsckilS ^ I lhaoest at tlC,dM Camdn*8 first volunteer fire depajlment is shown sboyje and it was. a prize winner, laving won the championship of the South at Newberry or June 6, 1901. fading from left to right, front row, Frank Zemp, W. R. DeLoach, John Jenkins, Henry Watkins (chief), W. S. Burnett, and W. R. Watkins. Second row. Bill Young, George S. Rhame, W. Robin 2^i|ip, Botkin Rhame, I. C. Hough, Lewis Vaughn and Robert (J, McCreight. The driver was Charley Champion, shown in front. Drive Launched For Monbers oS Concert Ass’n hk Effort To E City High Class Sought ring To Musical At Turn Of The Century Tho drive for members eC the Casddfa ComnwnitFC^ sort AflsoedAtion, which is beJ ing organized to bring g group of top-ranking musical artists to Camden for a series of at least three concerts next fall and winter, was launched Monday evening at a dinner which was held at the San^eld hotel. Tuesday morning volunteer workers began a canvass of the city and are reported to be mak ing excellent progress. At th* dinner Monday evening Dr. A. W. Humphries, vice presi- Camden’s Fire Fighters Were South’s Champions It may be news to many of Camden’s present citimens.' especially of the younger group, that at the turn of the century this city had a volunteer fire department that neariy always grabbed prizes at the big fir^en’s tourna ments held in this state and other states in tl in fact it won the **championali1p of the South tournament held In Newberry on June 6, ^901. This Rbpfrtm'eat—OsmdsB's ftnR —also worn, flrsk place in * Soathern Further Hans Of Company Eagerly Awaited In .Qty Projected Plant Eaq[>ecte<i To Bring Large Program Of -Expanaion Within The City tournament held la Sallsbory, N. €., snd it placed second in a big tournament held In dransebUrs In another year. Henry Watkins was chief of the company in the early year* of 1900 and other members were ftank Zemp, W. R. DeLoach, John Jen- klna, W. 8. Barnett, W. R. Wat kins, Bill Yoons, George B. Rhame, W. Robin Zemp, Boykin Rhame, J. C. Hough, Lewie Vanghn and Rob ert O. McCreight The driver was Charley Champion. Of this group Mr. McCreight W. R. Watkins, Mr. Burnett, Henry L. dent M the aseociatlon, Watkins. Boykin" Rhame, George *jf***^ Rhame, Mr. Jenklna, Mr. DeLoach, ^ * ***??-^ ***^*^*f«ni? te Zemp and Mr. Tonng are all the hamflt whidk womd Inara to ^ ^ *h* yoi^ef Cecity, as ‘ Robin Zemp, on* of tte sur* mtertahuMt fliey would P*«vld* member* of the oompeny, —4 vrss asked Wednoaday to tell some- ‘ 6»lng of the company’s history. He (^slrtoan, ontlh^ aald that it was gtricUy a volunteer ^ yassp^ and *«**r»«»*®»|oompaiiy and that none of the mem- T®, ^'bers drew any pay whatever. Throe Abbott Ini^ a roP»^o^taUvo of nigjjt Conimral^ . partmeht headquarters, alternating furnish tbe artists, told of th# thU duty T* ^ ^ recnll,” said Mr..Zemp, “thst plan In other MUm In Soatt bedbugs wOp* so bad that I Una, tncladlag DlUen, snd Chsstsr. Mr. Uks said that sreiebig frswi a handful of affillaSsd ai^ ggnlsMIsns tn th* Middle Weal twe deesdes end n half Cemmunlty Ceneert has nsw nraahreemad ts bnsas eleaa to SCO In sitien and tawns sT tirpe ef eebnemle In 47 ef the United % woald sometimes have to slip off to the old Workman hotel and go to bed to get any sleep.” ) Mr, Itomp Skid that the depart ment took part In the suAe flrl^ man’s tourmuneat I esch year nM that the toamameSt #as In thoaa days a Mg thing, attracting thou sands of people. He proudly dis played the ribbon won In the tour nament at Newberry. On' the rib bon was this Inscription: “Camden Hose Squad No. 1, winners of first prise and championship of -the South at tournament at Newberry, 8. C.. June I, 1901. ’Tim* 36 sec onds.” Mr. Zemp said that the hose sqnad of th* department was.gen- c^ly recognised to be one of th* fastest In the Sonth. Regarding the pletore shown above, Mr. Zemp said that he re- calla that It was taken on th* steps of the grammar achOol building and that Mr. Watkins, tha chief, who lived across the street fron»'^the school then took the memberp across to his honse and gava them a eonp plate full of Ice cream each, saying that he wanted to see them have all of the Ice cream they oonld eat at opa tlma. The department was honsed tn the old wooden city hall building that stood whero the present city ball stands. Th* biggest fire th* department had to fight was tn 1900 when nine wooden stores on Broad street were burned Hie stores ran from the comer to th* first National Bask balldlig. Announcement that E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company had exercised their options to purchase a tract of approximately 800 acres on the Wjgteree river is generally taken to mean that the company plans to go right ahead with the con struction of its projected plant here. White no further announcement has been made as yet by the com pany since ibe announcement "of the purchase of the land, hirther de tails are expected to be i^ven shortly and these are being awaited eagerly. » First news of the fact that the . company bad exerefsed Its options on the land was glvea to Uie peo ple of Camden through aa Mtra to* sued by The Camden Cairoaiclo last Friday moraliig. The catnl was oa the streets shortly after 8 o’clock^ and the news spreiur Hfes wild fir*. The “extras” weat like (he pro verbial hot eahask over 760 betaMt soM. 0 It had been generally known tn Camden that the eompnay bad been making all sorts of sarveys, tastm lavesUgattoos. etc., looKhif to the eBRiblishment of a toxgo pMnt htrs, but likewise it was known that other sHee wera.MrtH sgasidwa tlon. • V Thar* was anrealnlM* toy ovar tha annoanesmsat that lia plaat was assured for 6Smien.‘ k "to felt •flhet-kwill BMTk the beglanlng of a great period of expansloB for the city. Mayor MeCerkla laaaed a statement exprseslng the pleasure of the city over the eoaUag of th* company. The Soafli^ CsralMM Oiamil As sam^ passed a )Mnt. cesoluUoa “thirt the’dnFont comimny he as- anad our gsBiltkattoa a# Miato announcement aSd a moat hearty welcome t* the state” and **that the duPonI eonpeny be offared the ier- vicea wharevar naadad oi an da- partmeata of tha state govern ment.” - - Merehants and . bualnss men. of olty aro using the atorsrtle- Ing eotumns ef The Camden Chronicle today to weleeme th* eomiiMny to th* elty. One of the first probleais to be tackled locally will be Uw bousing problem. It to understood that ptona (are already andar way to bagln the constmetion of nmre hoaaea ht th* city and already tha aaaaancement has been mads af tha (aanedtota constmetion of a fapnaak apart- mant hoaat. - Camdaw has baaa vtokad during the waek by auny basin ass man ooklag to flia cky aa a isod loca- tlon for new bustaaaaaa haaanaa of tha coming of tha eompnay. 31to hope has haaa gaaiasHy ax* pressed that there wO be no wild realty boom hat that tbe dty adll expaad aa niera toeflUtoa aia asad- Cancer Sodety Canpugn Begins In ifiis County ^SH’g FmtT ixtkA imaod by Tha Camdaa 90 last Frtdiw morning ^ the parchaiTi UmdS Mt Mmpany.waa tha flrat UioM by a Miaa Batty NWIa flitodaa high - school alaea la ttto dtotrkt ^ vhld^ kald at haheM la This Issue d Tha Chraatela d.64,p«fea.' ' three eeedefw of" Mottout Mre you have d Intsreet thlm* ana-1 the d the The have wfUka tag thinday Aa Mtolet 1 ISM wM^to fi **|gtoa iSirg eempatai wlli ^ othar high behaal girla trafi sver tha dtttrlet . % tSC%i High, wad thaboy% Mias inatic taacker ta aehoM and eaaehai th* trtoa la tha dtotriet ia||jU Wdi Yott '*' lPSto< llataty dty for tha tfcaaattra M*.: tRdMiii Sale q( Effort Baghi To Raioo For WosIe Of OflMcor SoclotST wn the Bei 9|«iP eenditet • drirtr'' wm eendfl fg wfll fftar to JayCees Thanked For hstallatioik Of Fire Hydrants OoidoMts Oi IHgfcwoy Wo. 1 BotvroOM CimdoM Asd Airport Write Lollte To OrgeabotioM Mn. KAthleen B. Wetts, ehtirihflii of . the Kershaw codnty branch' of the Ameri- een Cencer Society en- nouDces thet the month of Ainril has been pet Agide by tbe Congress of‘the United Statw M National Gancer Society month and concen- treted effort to rtise funds for tbe work of the Ameri- can C!nncer Society bis be gun in this county. The three-fold alms of the cancer aoetoty are raaearch, education and ■ervle* and all donations mad# to (go seototy are aaad oa ttaa* 'pro* tocta, Mrs. Watts «dd. r^My* Watts salt that wkilj ~ ~i9 aalvaraal oaaear aura pmvMrtaaw iirt iwalatSao tadmlfuaa Ibat ar* raaetral taa of nn Its Rpsldenta who live In Iho section along Highway No. 1 between Cam den and the airport this week wrote a card of thaakSa to Camden Junior Chamber of Commerca tor Ita wort in sponsoring tha InalaJta* tlOB of lire hydrants In that .tloa. The letter follows: ”W* the anderalgned iHah te publicly acknowledge oaroosMada* tlon and appreciation to tha Ji Chamber .of ConMneree tor Ing sponsoring and toll through to completion the bi*tall|U| tkm of fire hydrants from thia city itaUto of Camdaa to th* atopOrt thus insariag to thooo .of a* live along Highway Nw. 1 tea pM* taction for anr taaallla* and hoi are aware thai tfila was ao* ooBtyltohad throagh tha aatMiif aP- tofte of tea mawtete 'rt Tear ag^l with tha it Of tha CMetaWkmen Over Stonier ht BaUGameStei I ■ Slllfc ‘ Tha CaaMea Ghtoda el tha Pal^ mettb leagOe, defeated the Sumter Gamecocks to a gaam played at Sumter oa Tueaday night by a score of I to t. The Chlaf* took the leaf to th* first toning with s ran, added twe In the third and twp tal tha eirti^ Coleman atartad aa rta atoanTtor Camden but letlfad alter iht flyat * “h a sore am. Chandler fhea treat ta and rtairtai for lour frame* altar whteb 1 by Woora. Naltker fRMaeiar or HvOra MTO n Tflh'CMnak far aa aagto prat ■eaaon atfalr. was raiaaiwatity. from mtoeedh It was sayewcad hare trtiy thaS th* gamedhaiatod w1* iMb for flafaMity night has baaa caUad oft. 1%a locil Maa- aeasMBi fait (hit wHt tea pmm for tha waaA a thflrd eoulg kapasa fraa tha to ea^the' Into th* Cter qf the ”Ase lii poMUe .torimts, rested to/ BUhepvttle . BalMofl ^ dropped thair thlyd idtow at m- sterna laat Taa^y' matoef tha Btohopmie Higha. totp. n e game last weap thaHa* ad tha lochta U te 1 to a ghtoe iik Whtok arrocs war* to ilnnilgiini Midler wmked oa tha moasld iDr th* Ihilldagi tor savea reuads triMih Jtaamy Cax took aver lor thepto amtotag two. Oa Wedpeteay tha CaiMiaY' Dey; • (» •S 't ‘ ! |i| ' is • .Vt. TU -fV*