The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 21, 1948, Image 1
volume 80
CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUKA, nUDAY. MAY 11, IMS
jgOTOIlS
War On
Weevil Is
Be Conducted
L iM« ArM««*«M «
G«-» i»
^ty Af«>* 0«*" —
Weakly Inf eaUBoo Cnont
PiEiis for co-ordinatinf the
Kiinrt the boll weevu
Viscounty were discuesed
.meeting of repreeentn-
pal agencies, agricultitfai
Ehers, veterans teachers,
mnciers,
^ leaders h^d^tte
Bn^ agricaltural bullah^
li^Thursday. '
o Funaerourt, cbainnan of
‘’county agrlcultur* comttlttoo,
led tb»t * PoiMH hid l^n ^
S that will control tto
^ of the farmert ^
paij. He atreaaed tbo
^ of cotton poUonei. ao-
to
ff ftcr# -
dine to recommendatloiia.
f« 5,S(W to eerlcol^
phers Teterana teachers and
STVorker. to mek. W..U,
IttUon connta In hrery com-
litT In the county and tho r^
I, of these counts will bo pnl^
Ml In Tho Camden Chronlcla In
IT to keep the public adrlaod
[0 the damage bedng dona Vjr tho
mating rocommond^
iMt farmera attrt Molnf '
J).D.T. duet when tho firat
^ jiNt baftanli^ to *
M enough to puncturo, and
iMit at Intorvala of • to 7
um for thrao appHoaWana. H
that If all cotton
troated In thia manar
Inn would not ba any miff**
Imi*
fhsn cotton la young the famar
nked to ufo from flva to aawa*
ads of B.a.C par aora and aajt
I Mggur from oli^kt to
ldi per. acra. WhaU tho J ,
I ilarta In Tata ^JUftT aad^^
, CloTdane or ToaaphMa mouli
Matter than B.H.C. aa ttwaa mm
lb last longor on tha flantoi
t «u alao brought out at tha
^ that It la To«7 taifortMt
{Miners soenre thtor
■tel and alao pat ordara
lliatera now aa they ara vmy
Buhnnity meatlnga
r-
Must Register Again
To Vote in City
General Election
I inp yisr
a, amd
pam
Camdan paopla Who want to
oxareiao thair right of suffraga
Hava had to apand a good bit of
thoir ttmo In roglatoring during
tho last two mantha, and tha
and la not yot for—
City Council haa
ordinaneo calling a gonorai
alaMion for a Mayor and two
Commtaaionars to bo held on
Tuoaday, Juna t and In order
to vote In thlo oloction vottro
of tho city will have to roglotar
at tho elty haH.
Tha roglatratlon booka will
ba open each day through May
27•
As a rula tha gongral oloo-
tion la a mart formality and
tha nomlnaoa of tho Domoeratle
primaiy arc oloctod without op-
pooftlen but thia year votars
urged to take no chaneoa.
Camgaign Drawing To Close
City To Vote For Mayor and
Two Commissioners Tuesday
Qioral Society
To (dve First
Concert June 1
Will Be First Appeamiice
Of New Groiqp — Mist
Aime Bunch, Of/^^uml^
To Be Gueat Artiat
Hazel A. Elliott
Named Prendent
annual concert on Tuesday Of II|||ld»rwrit|b|Mi
evening, June 1 at 8 o'clock viWiCrwnWTB
The Camden Choral So-
city, which was organized in
January, will give its first
In the Camden Grammar
School auditorium, it .was an
nounced this week.
Iha dionu, which la directed hy
Him Marian Burgoot la oompoaad
approxhnataly SO Toicoa and a
waOdMUanead program wUl bo
gtron, laeliding elaaateal nnmbero
aa wall aa oomo popular nnmbars.
Tha ehorua wlU haT# aa Its gnaat
artist. Aana Burch, a colwa-
Mnra Kusraiio, of Coiambia. Was
Bmpdi wilt sing ‘*Cloads” hy Chskm
"Vod dl PrlmsTera" by StraasS
and '*TfU Ma Oh Blna^ Blue flky*
by Zlanatnl and the wUl alao slag
the aola and obligato parla of **Tlia
IfslisB Btraat Song** from Naaghty
Kal Sewts To
ttendC^pAt
irstow This Year
l 0. Kearse, field seout eiecu-
I for Kershaw county, wUl be
;b«iDes manager of Camp Bar^
the scout camp for tl>a Cen-
I Carolina district thia year.
loMoe E. SteTens, scont execn-
I for the district, will superrisa
entire * camping grogriun this
bner. William H. Donly, 'field
it executlre, wiU senre as camp
Ictor.
Ir. Kearse, who wiU senre as
bets manager, will be hi charge
M dining hall. He Is a graduate
le National Training S^ool for
It Executires and tha National
ip School V
inn will be three camp periods
ymr and Boy Scout troops from
ihaw are expected to attend one
them. Bach period lasts six
L
WY SCOUT CAMP RALLV
toat Executire P. O. Kearse an-
heed Wednesday that Uiere
id be a camp rally at Camp
itow on May 28 and 89 to which
ibera of ocout troops In Ker-
r eounty are Invited. Hhe rally
lest from 5 p. m.. May 88 to 4
IL, May 29. This will not be a
horee and the camp will not be
1 eompetitive baals.
from the Ghaniiati
Aarong tha. wnabars to be
ftsnrsl fpeteb are WImt
iCiAl Mnrgiii*r 4>
homa*, *lfy Maas Walts
f^ooolate SeldlsrV—“fla Tliy?
Wddding Morn** from "The Rose
Malden**, and an old 14th Century
^ -
Miss Marian Burgaas la the di
rector of the chorus and Mrs. 7.
N. MeCorkle the accompanist.
Since this is the first appear
ance of the chorus there w^ll be no
admission fee but an offering will
be taken at the doors after the
concert
Five Camden ffigh
School Students
finish In June
(ori4°f
.rm*^
ir theiwi
Camden voters ‘^will go to the
polls next Tuesday to vote for a
Democratic nominee for Mayor and
two Democratic nominees for City
Commissioner. There has been a
heavy enrollment and a.very heavy
vote is expected, the heaviest In
many .years if not In the history of
the city.
The polls WiU open at 9 a. m..
and close at I p. m., and due to
the heavy vole it is expected that
the counting of the ballots will
take some time, to that it may be
well In the evening before the re
sult Is known.
The CUy Demomtle Mxecntlve
Committee has ruled that there will
be no absentee ballots but that sick
people will be aUowed to vote. Only
persons whose names are on the
club rolls wUl be permitted to vote.
There are three candidates for
Mayor In the race. Prancls N. Mc-
Corkle, the Incumbent, is seeking
re-election and he is opposed by
Henry Savage, Jr., and Dewey J.
Creed. - j Mathis, Jos MeloUn, W. A. (Jack)
tn the race for City Commission-{Moore, A. J. Stain and John M.
er there are seven candidates, T.|Vlllepigna.
C. Gladden, A .8am Kareih, Roy j Five members of the present dty
Election Data
Voting prtdnctf will bs lo
cated at lollowkig places:
Precinct ^o. 1 — Record
er's Court Bo^.
Precinct No, 2—Cl^ Pill
ing Station.
Precinct No. 8 — Carolina
Motor Company.
Precinct No. 4 — John T.
Nettles* restdeies. ’
Precinct No. 5 — Dr. R. .
Stevenson's resideiMe.
Precinct NA 6 — Mrs. C.
M. Hough's residence.
The only qualification
necessary to vote is that your
name is on the club roll. .
council are eeeking afttoaa. They
are Mayor McC^rkla, and AMsr-
Polls open at • a. m. and'2*“ i®''
close at fin m. Alderman Mathis, Mo-
CiOM at D p» m. — KtAn and Stein, who ara running
for Commisslonar.
No speaking has bean dona la
the course of the campaign and the
candidates have confined UMlr ac
tivities to personal ^ork.
This la the first primary tc be
held since the approval of tha Com-
mieelon-city manager form of gov
ernment by the votwn. PravloaBly
there have been tlx membafa ct
council, ope from each of ,UMLflk
wards and the Mayor. Uaiar the
new form of government thara will
be only three membera, a Mayor
and two comraiaeloners. ...
While wahlB have been abolished
the voting precincta are being main
tained as they were under, the old
aldermanic form.
All of the eandidatee have been
very active this week and all Mam
to be confident
The Chronicle wiU receive the
returns aa fast as the count is
concluded in each of the precincts
on Tuesday night
Camden Life Underwrilera
AagedatSoM Organized At
Meeting HeM On Tnaadiqr
Evening
Lost Bj Qiieis
Organisatioii of the life
Underwriters Association of 11 O
Cai^Un was perfect at aIUOBW uCMOII 18
meetijag held on Tuesday
evening and Hamel A. Elliott
wag chosen as the ^■st presi
dent of the new organiiation,
which'^ ndll be a unit oi tho
state and national aaeocia-
tione.
--Othar etfleeite named were Lcon-
Mo^.'tlce pfkoidezt; m
a RMth, scorMary and treae-
and natkmal committeeman.
Scores Of Games
Played This Week
Monday — HaftovOla t, Laka
City 4; Sumtar IB, Qrangeiurg
S; Klngatrua 6, OMtfatowm t.
Tueedsy CamSea tt, Narte
villa 7; Qaargatoum H Semtor
•; Laka CRy 10 Qraageteurg t.
CaiwSae B; HartavUla I, <
burg I; Letea Otto •>
A
Opniiig Cum «
Chieb kMt
U BaUuma Monday
Kershaw county luglatrattoa
be at Bethaaa Buaday
torpote of regtstcrlag ettt*
that oommuatto-
To Rotary
a. John T. Kaanedy was tba
* tpeaker at the regolar watk*
of Uie Camden Rotary
^tUhe ThomM Tavam Mat
™4ay. He apoka <m world con*
B&
Although there will be no
commencement exerclsas
Camden High School this rear
will be five to graduate In June.
Wilma Trande Watts, James H.
Bass, Ted B. Davla, Orahuter Kor
negaj kSid Osrl Hdward Mdtoa wul
receive their diplomas.
Three graduated in February,
these being Jewel O. Hlnrom Bu-
fsne Banner and Theodore (3oiBna
There were two graduatea last
summer. Prank A. Nell and Charles
Henry Blchel.
Priipafies To Be
Held In August
By a vota of 18 to IB the state
Democratic executive committee
jactad tha proposal to kdrany A”!
data of Gia Democratic prlmariaa
thin yaar.
The proposal callad for toanrte^
ary to ba advanced to June, ^t tM
SLStte. held to tlm IMJdate cd
mutt prtmm Cii
tagtaad of thrua, vaoki totor, bow-
^ t^en Klwauls Chib —^
* » flih fry St Lake ShamoklB
wedneedsy afternoon of tkls
YonA Meat
■jHlletrict Method Youth
waa haM at
Matbodtet
I sight Twang
^ the BeAuae, Heath
*• Kershaw
to sttsadad
POUR MBW DKACONt
Ibur now. daacona have ruoee^
bank ordalnad at Sprite Vila Bi|^
5m chareh at Lngoft w J
XX Baboa. Frank WattMRtoa^
kam and Carl Rabon. ^
Coming Evente
Friday, May t1 —
Cassdsn va. Soiiitor, Lagian
ttadlum, • P. M.
•anday. May fB-Sarvloaa to
ail ahurobaa, lltli A. M.
Monday, May 14—BasabMI,.
Camd*^ vn> KIngalraa, LagioN
Madlwn, e P. M.
Tweaday, May fi—Khgan^
CtuM Tteamai Tavam, 1 P. M.
Wsdnsaday, Mgy
ball Camdaii va. <
Laglan etadlwn, • R. M.
Tburaday,, May 17 —Ratary
CluM Tbomas Tavern, 1 P. M.
PHSto* Mey •
Clto»
urer
Members of the board of directors
are: J(^n B. Anderson, James P.
Jimes, Loekard A. Munn, Lucius Og-
burn and John H. Reesa
The association will meet for din
ner In the Hunt room of the Bars-
field hotel at jl o*clock on the sec
ond Thursday of each month with
the first dinnsr scheduled for June
10.
The association Is a professional
organisation of life Insurance men.
It fonctiona for the life underwriter
as does the American Medical So
ciety for the doctor and tha bar
aaaociatioa for the lawyer. Among
the objects are those to advance'
public knowledge of life insurance
and to maintain a high standard
ethical conduct Ip the profes
sion. *
_A.-M. Ofgain, of Columbia, presi
dent of the state association, and
R. J. Hunt, presidsnt of the Lan
caster association, were present at
the meeting and both made talks
stressing the Importanec of the or
ganisation.
D. Frank Sowell
Died On Tuesday
b. Frank Sowell, 40-yeanold vet
eran of World War H, son of Mr.
and Mrs. D. L. Sowell, of (Tharlotte
Thompson community, died at 8
o'clock Tuesday moming In Ken
nedy Veterans hospital, Mampula,
Tenn., after an Ulnae of savaral
years.
Foneral sarvlees wUl ba conduct
ed at 8:80 o’clock Friday afternoon
from Hmrmony Preebyteilan diurdi
In CroekotvUle, Hampton eoanty,
by too Raw. J. K. Johasoo, the pas
tor, amdriod by toe Rav. Htory
OoUias of OiHumbla aai tho Rav.
L W. Ps4snb»ugh. of Rambert
Mr. Rowan was aMorried to (be
naar MMs Mtfty Ooedtng of
Hamptea. A gradaato of ataiaga
OoUagA bo wan. a star atotots to
eolloge. bavtog been oabftatttag to
footouB. Bo retoivud lli MMtot**
froas toe Uaiverdto M Rma
tgeky to 1981 aai waa atofiHFtet aa
a teMBber of toa itaff oC tha poaltry
dlTlaloa aatn 1984 wbaa ba iietptad
poatUan wttb tha UntiMffly M
FlorMa axtaaMan aarvlea to
vUla I
In INI. ^a aatarai tha aonpy
raaanrV offlcar aai oarvei at
varioea army posts la the TJiltoi
etataa in tha guait«raMatir*s
Ha waa itodMigud bimraas of
cal itaabllltf to 1M4. Ha waa
Mar of a largo inaatatkm la
Uamsbarg oeamy uatn ha waa
foroai to glva ip the poaltloB la
1N7 basaaaa of tofilag haalth.
Rmnrtvors taclaio his paresta. Mr.
aai Mrs. IX L. Rowan. aC CbarloMa
hla wtSoV
aai a laaryaar oli iaagbtor, Mary
Rowan, of Hamplaa.
The
their ope:
the
geason
te Geofgmws bg,
6 to 8 D^re a very large
openinf qifht crowd.
Errors at critical periods and
wildness on the part of Miller
Shealy, (Thiers chunker, sccountad
for the embarrassment of the local
OU Dehydralim
Plant Property To
Be Sdd June 7
Freperty Amd
Tte B« Sold Om Fkrat Mom-
dap By SktriH To Saliaff
Mn. Clybum WUl
Not Run A§ain For
Cterk'W Courts
i| >
Mru. J. N. (Uaae) Clybum
annaunaai tola weak tteal Mm
bad dealiai nal to ofPar ofuto
,far Clarii of Cagrt, a paslUan
whiok aka baa YtlM far toe
paei three yaarn ami aevan
inoiiCha,#ftor «a wkleii oka umm
for about 90 yogra doputy •'•'b
of oaurt
Mrs. Olybum in kar ao-
nouneemaat aaitr^
"After earefsB aenpldefatlen
I afmannettnekei to friends
and the peeple,. of Kecateew
eoUnty that I w|'l net M a Ain-
didati far tka efTlaa ef OMrii of
Ceurt ef Kerahfwf piunto bi tlM
summer primary.
"I thank my MonOl aid Ika
paeple ef the
many eeurteeiea
Ing my servlee In
Mre. Ctybum eneeeeded ker
late httAoMt J. H. Clykum, ad
clerk, having earvad as Ms
deputy, ika aaya ska fOH Nito
the had been In tjha elark*a dw'
flee all ef her llfa.
$>;, CommnUjr
Displayed Very
Excellent Sjurit
Rov. Honry Coilma, Spoakar
At MomorUl Ezoreiaaa For
Clevolaiid School Victiaas,
Faunilioa
The proporly beloiiftaf to
Freth-Dry Poods, Ine
on which was loca
pUnt in which de
foods were made d
war is advertiged this
for ule on Monday, Jime 7
by Sheriff G. B. MMri to
! aetiify an execution held by
itto Mgne Hamiitoii Bank Note En-
fravbif and Printing
SbaHrrMniM Is'a|Bw BiVtotto-
The Camden Chiefs will play
tha Sumtar Falmettoea In tlM’.
ascend heme league game af
the season at Legion stadium
on Friday aveiiing at f o'etoefc.
tribe. Shealy made hla Initial deUut
with the Camden team and bung/up
a record of eight pasaea and-el^t
strikeouts!, while he gave up sevmi
blows, tow going as doubles with
Frank Tsar, Qaorgetown shortstop,
doing the power act
For sit innings the record crowd
of fans saw as fine a game as has
been offered at the local lot In
agei. It was practieaUy arroriaas
ball with tha teams travrllng nose
and nose with a twowll county.
But In the seventh (Tamden be
came Jittmr and In a frame feat
uring two walks, two Infleld er
rors, two stolen basep mixed with
thm hits, the Invaders icored
throe runs to take a 5 to 1 lead.
This they increased by another tat
ty In tha ninth on a single and three
hoots after two were down.
GCyak went tha routs for the
visitors, striking out but two, walk
ing three and yielding eight hits, all
slngle-sackers.
While the Chiefs lost the open
ing game at hosM they won toa
opening game of the leagae season
on Tuesday night at Hartsvilla by
a score of 12 to 7 before a large
crowd.
Shout Freedom ‘
Cast Visits City ,
Two oarloads of maotosrs of toe
"Sbont Freedom** cast vtaltad 0am-
dan aa Monday aftaraooa to ptlr up
iatareet la the gnat paguaat to ba
compapy
1944, 1N5, 1949 aad IMT
county and school taxes.
The property which Is to ba sold
Is bounded on tha north by pram-
ises of tbe Southera Railway and
Thomas A Howard (Tompaay; on
tha east by the right-of-way of the
Southern Railway Company, on the
aonth by the premises of tha as-
ate of J. B. Zema and oa the west
by other preialsee of Adrlanaa R.
Newkirk and promlsea of A. M. Mc
Leod.
There have been many ramors
afloat In tha city duriag recant
weeks to tha effect that this prop
erty hod been sold but these ware
evidently Incorrect since tha an-
nouncatnent that they are to be
sold by the sheriff.
The Fresh-Dry Poods, Ine., open
ed hero in 1941 and was thought to
have done a good bualnee doling
the war but has been closed now
for some time. ^
Junior Welfare
TomU Oinic To
Be Held In June
The Junior Welfare League wfl)
hold Its annual tonsil clinic In June,
ft was announced this week.
Only approved needy cases will
bo accepted, It was stated. Letters
will bo mailed odt those acoeptod
with hutructlona as to when to ap
pear for tbe clinic and preparations
necessary baforo tha clinic.
The parent or gnardian must ao-
oompany the cl^ild to tho clink
which will bo hold at tha Camden
hospital.
Ilia tonsil clinic is i
project of tho Junior
League.
The people who lost lovRd
oneg in the tragic Cleveland
•ehool fire 25 yean ago were
warralv commended for the
gplendld spirit which they
showed in the after yean
the Rev. Henry F. Colline,
who was the speaker at the
memorial serviceg held
Beulah Methodist church
last Sunday afternoon.
Mr. CoUlna said that aldumgb
they had sutfMred tragle losoos,
dovMopad
Heahli Nerse b
Added To Cily^
Sdiook^slem
Mies J. McMaeler Named
iPor Poeitiop ' Reeigns Aa
Secreary Tubercoloeu As-
Miss Jennie McMaster has
reeled as executive secre-
tarv of the Kenhew CouaV
Tuberculosie Association to
accept a position as school
mine for the Camden City
ScjKmIe. In that position ahe
wit) institute ^. heRlth pro*
gum in the schools. *
School haalth damonstratkms
isIMenUd la Ksnhaw county by
Am tVbarcttloals AaaoclntlQn aid
If toe eounty haalth dapartmantt of
tWok XHr. A W. HumpMas to dl-
rtetar bava attracted wMa attaa-^
ttoe aad buttatlaa on them bavo
btee wldaly dtotrlbutad by tlw atoto
departmaat of adaoation.
Marly la INI Mias McMatoer aad
Dr. Hamphriea decided to JoRitly
carry oa a darntmetratloa of a mod
ern school health program. It was
plaaaad to show what r^a ba so-
compllsbed In the promotion of n
weU-rouBded. well-integrated health
program, with aU possible wgaalae-
tlons working togothor for too
maximnm success.
The Baron DeKalb. school aad
tha Pina Tree Hill echool were
choeen ae demonstration cantars,
and later a ttsgro damoastratloa la
tha Kirkwood aehool was added.
At each aehool meetings waro
held for dlacusalon. Thasa waro at-
taadsd by the superteteodeat aad
teadiars 'of toe acboola, tha haalth
offlcar. toe nuraeoxeeuUve aad tha
health educatkm eaeratary. It waa
daoldad at tha Initial maaflag to
brlag too paroata into too nroRnua
from tho begtnalag aad toto was
done. At toa eacond laoetlag a
*11 daftiHa orgaatiatlon was sal iP^
.k aai oonunlttoea apgotatod to work
toroagli tha soaumr moatoa.
A daClatte program waa wartod
out aad ovary oao la tho aelMMo
boeaaao Interaatod.
not gtvoa to aum to uadorstaad
and went about bravely rebnUding
their Uvea.
Ku taiit ftt yt of
man whoea son waa kfiled
I.C Uuu M Wiu WU .u ■Mki.n
and equipment toe company for
toaro. dovMoped no MttonMas; The romlta wan Vary gratifyiag.
among them. They aoeegtod M aa It waa^ roported that than had
oho of tooso mysterlae that It Is bean a noticasble change In the at-
tltada of toa chHdron to health.
.They now think health to ‘^Tan*’
and "interesting.** They show a
? 14ar aadarataadizg mT healto.
hay aro dafinitato tnterastsd In
what haalth wiwkers think of toatr
IndtvIiVlil haalth status. With few
.axceptfona thsy an lutrrasted la
bavtag itoysleal oenraetiOBa.
Tn the Baron DeKalb school of
121 ehUdraa found to hsvo daatai
defects. 62 per cent have had cor-'
reetions, of 19 children found to
have vision defects, 47 psr cant
had eorroctirns, of 4 children
found to need specialist -can, 100
per cent had corrections: of all
physical defects, 60 per cent won
corrected.
Walpore
-W*
bis Festival A
praaentad In Charioua May MUiu »,Sumter Hinrsday
Tha sou was the apple of hla fUth
er% eye—he idolised him. When hie
paotor beard the newt he started
for the man’s house, but ^ was
told on tho way that the faUrar was
vary bitter and had said hs didn’t
want to sea him.
WhMi the pastor knocked at the
door, the father answered and told
him he didn’t think he wanted to
eee him. *T11 see you," the father
finally said, *if you’ll anewar this
one question for me: Where was
God Saturday night when my boy
was killed r* The preacher respond
ed: "He was In toe same plice he
waa when his owa beloved son was
killed." The fsthsr broke down at
tola and embraefed tbe pastor.
Mr. Collins pointed out that It
Waa not given to people on earth
to understand why such tragedies
aro visited upon them but that they
must be accepted In a brave way.
Tha Rev. Mr. Colliae was align
ed to Beulah church, his first ap
pointment in toe MethSdlst confar-
enoa, the yaar after the fire and
he uaid toe brato manner tn which
the people boro their bereavement;
was an iaaplration to him.
The lltle wooden church did not
begin to hold toe crowd which fath
ered Sunday afternoon for toe ser
vices. Many stood in the dbdiri
and around at the windows whils
others sat in thair cafs.
Rev. Kenneth W. Bedenbaugh,,
pastor of toe church, presided, and
the scripture was 'road hy Rev.
Douglas Smith, pastor of a Baptist
chufeh in toe ocmmnnlty. "Abide
With Me** was sung by |Crs. O.
Floyd Montgomery and Mn. Wll-
Ua TRlar te a duaL
Tha floral oftarlngs were beau-
tifnl, eonspleloaS among them ba-
iag some lovely ones eent by the
Camden Floral Ca
There were people present from
a vary wide area at the sanrloas.
I- at tha Southern Staton
Ofouads.
Tka BMinban ef the cast were
amad in ravolutkmaiy ooatuaMs
and attracted a great deal of at-
toadoa.
ban.
A iMort stop waa
CaptoR^Eo David
Seeks Reflection
Ospt R. B. David aaaoaacad this
we«k tost he would eeei ruMleetloB
to toe office of maglstnUo of De
Kalb towasklp la tha DemooraUc
this
To4«yf» Chrottkh
VgiPR want 9s NmR svsry
toe Csmdea Grammar Reboot from
9 nhttl 4 o'eloek. AR dilldkea wbo
expect to eatar tbd first irsis aSxt
fall are to be
rolled St tois
LaiYe Crowd Sees
Nine Yonng Nurses
Get Their D^lomas
Many from Caaidan ara expeotod
to attooi too Ug Iris Fa^(^ to
be held in Sumter oa next Tbsn-
day. The trie In Snmterie two Mg
gaidou Is expected to be in taU
bkwm at tost thaa.
A varied prognm of am
and antertainmant bas bi
ranged for toe day.
Registration For
jflrst Grades
Registntion and anroilmrat of att
first grede ehlldrea for next year
wtti be bald aa Friday. May 91 at proriOr daeoniad far tbaopeaslaa.
Senatw Kennedy
Named Alternate
To Phfladelphia
Senator R. M, Kennedy pas
named one of toe alternate dele
gatee to toe national Democratic
convention' in Pbnadelphla at the
State Democratic oonvaMlon bald
In Columbia on Wednesday.
The state convention followed
vary largely the pettem of the Ker
shaw county convantloB, having
adopted resolutions opposing Presi
dent Truman and voting to Artth-
bold toa votai of Its eight electoral
college nominees from the aatkntal
pirty If President Truman la the
nominee.
The South Carolina dalagatlon
will vote for Governor Tbunrond
for the Democratle nomination tar
'Prostdant
Tha Sonventlon voted to rales the
age limit for voting to 91 jeaie
after, a heater dabato.
Paity mambere ara to ba raqalrad
to subscribe to the priaclplaa of
toa state party as axpreaad by tbe
oonvantlon and the primary votlag
oath was expanded to laatade a
pladga to rapport race segragathm.
Further toa oath would ragufere
a pladga that toe voter waa aat a
member of aay otoer party (sadi
aa toa Routo CaroMaa ProfreMlva
(aagro) Demoeratto party), aai
that toa voter wm aot dlaqaallflad
a voUr'Yy coavietkai of aar
A large crowd attmded the grfid-
uatlag exerckee of the Oamdea hos
pital. School of Nnntng and saw
mlaa youag woman, who ted com-
platad the prescrited eoursa of
trainlBg, reoahra tbelr dlplomaa
from H. O. Carrtooa. abairmaa at
toe hospital ^koari,
A splendid addrasa was daltvared
to tte graduataa Iqr A
LleweUya.
Tte axardaaa were bald oa lawn
of toe baaidtal wbito' waa
Tboaa who raealvad diplomaa
ittp Mte Roterla ef
Camden, Marsk Haka Traasdak of
Ksntew, Tky Lea ftamphroy of
Htltoa of Kar*
Ooveraor Thurmond waa electai
Dmaoeratlo aatiottal oommittaemaa.
Mn. Amm Agaew, Damoeratk aa-
tfouat commlttaewoman, aad lira.
Kitty McCravy Wtlson vies obal^
State Ctelrmaa W. P. Wrakta
was reelected. Ckorge Warrea. of
Hampton, was temporary chaInBaa
of too ooavttioa and dettverei the
keynote speaeh. Georga Ball Tim-
Low Bidder On
Kershaw Road
LaiMioa
a kalf mika of road
ine.. It was
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