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A'0^1 ' [ ,- -■ "-f / ‘.Vii MetrskoB jited To Screen Test chw«* ^ to take • »cre«i tool ^ «■ es5?*T accepted by •on of Arthur P. Ketru* , w »Bd K Coffoo Bhop^ 'iSbort la » Jnnlor at tha rftr of Nobraaka. rMsclred a tolofram from BKO atnilo In Hoi- '/.flterin* tho young mad a tothe atudlo'a forth- trodaetio“ “Beau Brum- fo^ lietrakoa aent an Im- .S^aof^ted after tkott ^ • picture of the youth 1 pa] of Metrgkoa who waa ,te of Ne^jraaka. The haw^ nJ-eyed and wary-halred , admitted he waa "rery fdtad’ and “extremely in- » The teat will be glren ■» In Aufuat. loa had two yearn of radio iperlence while In tha air EMropenn war theater. I the coUege of bhalnaaa ad- ition and a member (tf Tau Bplacolon fraternity at Ne- Unlwslty. He haa also (tire aa a Koemet Klub work- u a member-of the general ijnent committee of the Union Board and of the ling decoration committee, (dotted from the Lincoln, 'h ichool where he waa a of the Advocate, ahoool lon, st&ff and was also a iBger of ability. While hi hool he starred as a guard football team. roung man haa been a fre* Itor here. [ershaw LOOCiB no. 2t A. P. M. Regular Commnnicar tioD First Tuesday of Bach Month at t P. M. Tlsltora Welooma. C. McKAlN. W. M. Secretary ihu/8 resting story of OU) N MAN IS AGAIN RETOLD Xn interesting story regardiny-*TTir:-iioirvMan dueling da]r8 wl^h now leans i^ainst- a massiveoint'tiree on the lawn in front of the old colonial home at Milw^ '>y Ed Vereo*, a Camden boy “ the Uni- • The story foQowa: | of BY fcO vcncEN Leaning ag..lnta a maaalve oak tree cm the lawn in front of the large colonial house at Milway idan- appointed a seeoad to arrange a duel In a dnel which took place In Camden In 1818 one of the prlnci' tatlon near Camden. Is an old bul- I>raetleed on a tmnbstooe at let-eoarred relic which la mute evl'^I^^Bad of the grave of Nell smith deuce of an era when gentlemen hi i Qnaker eemetery. The majha Sooth Carolina defended their hon- * or with dueling piatola. The few people around Camden Ottcrete PImR Is EstaUished On DeKalb Street The Camden Concrete Company of which Kirby 8. Ihsper and James L Walaer. of Sumter, are proprietors, has opened for buai- aSBs on West DeKalb struet. The company la featuring ready mixed concrete for all eoustmction purposes, also drain tile and othw ■concrete prodnets. The opening of the plant means the return to Camden of Mr. and Mrs. Kirby Topper, who have been making their home In Cheiter for the past several years. Mr. Tnpper was at one time In charge of Mnlberry plaatatlon and rated as one of the best polo play ers In this area. He and Mrs. Tnp- pm have taken up iwuldeBee in the L. W. Boykin kome at Boyklu. The Camden Concrete Company Is capitalised at $10,000 and.Is pre pared to enter Into the eonatmo- tlon program due to develop in this area within a short time. NOTICE TO DE^TOI AND CRElAl^ All parties indebted to the ew] iate of Mrs. V. W. Clarke are here-] by notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all parties, if ■ Ir of the bullets can still be seen. But apparently a tombstone was not enough taiget for Dickinson. who know of the relic call It the legend he sent Jim •iron man." It Is cut from a quar- * “•d*® furvant. to Mathe- ter incjh gkeet Of Iren and represents store, then on the northwest the side view of a man. It Is I feet, ^ Broad and York etreets, 10 InchM taU and weighs spproxl- *? mately 40 pouads. There U an ex- taken tcu Shiver’s blacksmith, I ehop where (be r exact else 2 of Smart’s side view was cut from It. On the day lof the duel, the two men, their seconds, and witnesses met west of the wateree river In the vicinity of Logoff. Each A picture of the Iron man will be found on Page 1 of this l*eue of The-.CIiron1«le. hereby given that one _ this date, on Jnly 1st, rwill makp to the Probate I Kershaw County our fhml I l^utors wf 4he aetata . BaOe, deceased, and on t date we will apply to the for a final disofearge [Enentors. 11-lle Kj MAE SHROPSHIRE . BAILK JR. f8.C..May M. 1M|» S.MiQrer lUKNTATIVl POR lYork Life lagnruioe CompeBy PHONE 1f4-W Quick And Efficient'^ ter Service BnildinK Repairs Sue or Call or DeBruhl Phone 771-R tension io the heel so that it can be throat Into the ground to make It stand without supports According tc Its well anthenti- oated history Colonel Jamee D. Dickinson of Camden had it made In 184S as a dnellng target Colonel Dlcklnsan’s need tor the Iron man was derived from a duel which was averted by an adjust ment of differences on the field. ’This duel was to have been between Pride (first name unknown) of Cheater and James Cantey of Cam den. DlckinsoD who had acted as Can- ter’a second returned to Camden flawing the adjustment and in convMuatlon with Major John Smart la reported to have said that the settlement had been reached very much in favor of (huatey, but that Cantey.^ad no fight in him and had to he bnu^ up by his seconds Smart later iRlated this to Cantey. yrho d(Mna: manaliw. that Me.’’ 8; VUQlriMd' of Dickinson an ex- fnaon^s answer was had toM a “damned aa a gentleman was do to redeem hia honor, Dicklgaon. Ae ehal- and 4pch man Whf?n Your Back Hurts - MMMmI M MBMlhiMi liii liTii laSSi IW bw~tri«i —4 •4 Mor ywM- 0«a * to4ay. DOANS PILLS Use Chronicle Want Ads NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS All parties Indebted to the es tate at Meta C. Boykin are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all parties, if any. having claims against the eald ee- tate will present them llkewlsa, duly attest^, within tha time pre- Bcribed by law. It-lfrC L. W. BOTKIN, n Bxeentor Camden. 8. C.. May $8, 1148. CafiNlen Ref i ,V*.‘ •Wkan jon think «f Urnibur Thiakofna. . MOUir Lum bur Cotnpanj. rveye Map* Pbm* M. C. D*CA1N REGISTERED PROKSUONAI. ClVn, ENGINEER-' 2213 CtwduSb A C es - Dedffns fired, with both ballets mi—inf their mark. In accordance with dueling code lulee, ^mart. the chal lenger. was Skked if he was satis fied. "Dlsgnsted.’’ he replied.-This answer brought laughtre from t^e witnesses.and ended hostiiltlee. According to tradition, after the Smart-Dlckinson affair the iron man was thrown in the body of water on the eastern edge of CUim- den which-is cow the Wateree mill pond. Years later, when the water was drawn off to repair the dam, the iron man waa found and pwed out by some unknown person to be used later in a series of duels which occurred during the years 1878 to 1880. After the nse of the iron man passed it became a historic reUc to the people of Camden. Fete John son obtained it and kept it at hU home bn north Pair street, lor many yaars. Colonel Clark WilUama later boni^t it and upon hla death it eras bought from hla estate by Henry O. Carrleon and given to his daughter, Mrs. L. W. Boykin, IH. who now has It at her home. The iron mao, symbol of an era in Sooth Candlna when A gentleman had to bu earuCnl of what ha eald lust IM ttnA himself on the dueling IMd, stsnds today in tha oontrasb lag eurenlty of plantatian Ufa. Develoimient Of Plastic IndoBtry in State Ra^d Tha davalopmaat of tha plastics tndnstry in Sooth Carolina, already peadno^ a wida variety of prod- nets. is ths svbjset of tha current advertisement of tha itata ra- aaarch, plaauuig agd devalepmant hoard The advartiaement is sppasrlng this month in ths New York Her- sld-Tiibnna, the New York Tlmee sad the Chicago Tribune. “Looking for a new bnsineaa or a bttslnees with a new kK>k?f“ the advertleement aske. It has s cap- thm, “Plastics are loOdn np In South Carolina”, with an Olostra- tion of eye-glass frames at the top. “Sooth Cmrolina companies . al' ready are busy molding plsstlcs garden hoae, llidit fixtures, pens, jmint bmsh basket and radio cab inets. An Indnatrl^ giant rsi^tl; selected Sooth' CJshdlih (or a |i6,‘ 000.000 synthetics plant. “Plftics, like other bnastnssses, are looking up In a state whidi Is oontlBulng to sgpand Its Indus trial froBb-stuadfly and on a aonnd bnsif: “tetarsatod In Joining ths psrsdet liSt ow frlsodly government give yon ths ffecto and flgnrss psrtaln- Ing to yonr parttcnlar bnsiaass or tndnstiy. Dor beard was orsanised to do Inst that—to help yon In any • i •. mskV , “Transportatkm? Plenty .. . by water, rail, highway and air. Lab or? Large supply, At per cent na tive-born. Electric power? Reason able and amide state. WHto today for Information: research, planning and development board, Columbia. An Ultra* lE¥OlOd —A mmm imumnatt (Hunk) HgEiTiTk. 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