The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 09, 1948, Image 1
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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FlUDASr,
1048
Number 17
>w City Comiliissi^it Selects Jack Tallent As City Manager
At Bethune’s Annual Celebration Last Friday
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Wbiling.lVodKls
Will Open Here
Soon As Possible
Machmery Haa Been Boufbt
And Some Will 1^ Moved
Here From HarUville —
Plans Go Forward
Will Assume Duties As
Chief Administrator Of
City Around September 1
^if$r left Mayor Cy MHHllA M—tar of oaraetewtaa,, it
I Mm kitty Crawm wIiNi^ tf tha baaiity eontaat; et uppa^
lalaniat floalt by tha Waalayao larvtca
IMP Satliaaa Mathadiat aberaht at lawar laft, aaoaod priaa
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Ww^maVa
Crowd At
Heme
Floats Feature
STemor Speaks^
Bsaeball ^pmea.
Crowned
Be was the perfect
Wday to the 'larg*
rd that has yet at-
[one of its annual pict
barbecues and
|t program that would
ed credit on a
times its size.
Governor Thurmond At BeUumt
pigh Impute Is Paid
Du Pont Cb. In Speech
High tribute was Mid by Governor J. Strom Thur
mond in his speech at the annual Bethune picnic last Flri-
day to the Du Pont company which is expected to build
a plant near Camden. He termed it “one of the very best
organizations in-the nation*’ and said its coming should
jMrove a blessing not only to Kershaw county but to the
whole state.
Whiting Products, which
had expected to begin ope-
i^tions in Camden around
July 1, has been delayed but
hopes to be in position to be
gin operations within the
next bo^le of months, Wil
liam S. whiting, head of the
company, stated this week.
Mr. Whiting Mtd that much new
machinery tor Uwi plant has been
purchased and that the machine
shop of the Whiting Rtogineerlng
and Manufacturing Company of
Hwtsiille would be mored orer
here and become a part -of the
aeV plant
The new plant will manufacture
metal and fiber teztUe sappllet
and will open with one unit It is
(banned to gradnally expand the
iHant
Whiting Prodnets will be located
on a tract o* land on SonUi MU’
street adjaeeftt 1o the Bonthem
Railway, which was 'parebaaed
from the Ooy Lember Company.
There la a large hrtek balldtng on
the tract of land and Mr. Whiting
aaya that H will be utOiaed by the
oQjBpaay.'
while fike plant will hegUi ope<
raClotts an a very modeat soale M
1* hopad that tt wUl grow to eery
ooaslderable proportlona and may
erantanDy gfm ataptoiuiant to
eery larga nnabar of people.
:’fational Guard
)ntfit]bGi?en
Great Sendoff
OamdeaW tfeMonel Oaerd* mlt,
lottery B, Tit AAA Ogn Battallod.
• gfeau a ronaing aaudift last
Wif,
hatwing many bean- whole outfit to thle etaU.
^e Goremor said that the com>
pany had a fine reputation because
of its fine dealings with the pub
lic nad with Its employees. He said
It was the typo organisation that
the state desired to secure.
The Ooremor aald that other high
olaaa organUatloDs wmre looking to
South Carolina for locatlona and
said that the head pf Textron, Inc.,
had told him ha might moya his
These corporatkms, the Ooremor
said, are oomlng to South Caro-
lias because our people are good,
lumeet, industrions people who
ttvwialthfid work and am frear
from than those of the Horth
and But. •
, i** »ddress by Ooremor
[Jwxwnd, a great picnic
^•MbsU games, a beau*
^•Wtttest to select the
of the year, a
I in the erenlng-—
"ge of the highlights
llBirs, one of tha
r?***** y*Sf In arrang-
imh Mg barbecue, wM
ms’s meet outatand*
^ eko attsndsd Uia ;it|U.S. Senate To
* Mx having bean nr-
rJJI'g'y ons. given, a
•pon her this high
Cjr ’ Uitchell. who
of ceremonlaa,
in the cora-
C»»Ten was the win-
; ?mty contest and she
Hum Mitchell.
Ue first prise lor
went to the
Guild of the Be-
and second
Citiaeu of
^ Ml A Cotton
, .*• Big gprtaMI
menticn,
SplsA
Muantlty as ah
M arr^ of,
I tw rfmlnte. aweata
JJJ Jmyi tlx Uffgo
ttndar the
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r’^BMthuae and r»«.
iy.^baU^gMna
tha win.
Cam-
glnnaw te
sM
fftninf
lluSlL?^ gwa har>
■^ofhash wmg
pro-
«P<*e^lm-
) J^^Beww
New plants in the state last year
were rained at 112,000,000, he said,
but this year wUl top the ISO,-
000,000 mark. South Carolina, he
declared, la on the ere of the
greatest expansion. In its history.
He also notad the progress in
human llnaa, saying that tha great
eet reeouroe of any state ta Its
people. He called lor an Improred
edncaUonal program and aaoour-
aged all young peopla to go to
coUege or trade schools. He stress
ed the need for better health and
urfad Improrad Ubrary facUitlea.
In ooncluding hia speedi, the
Ooremor made an aaraeat appeal
for a drive to dlaeoumge the use
of alcohol among the young peo
ple of the state.'
Gfuididates Fw
Be Heard Friday
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Tbe five candidatee for
the United States Senate
seat now held by Burnet B.
Maybank will address ttie
voters of Kershaw county in
a regularty sehedolod cam
paign meetinf to be held in
we ooort house here Friday
g^moon at 8:80 o'clock.
llM^e eandMatsa am Mr. Mm*'
hMk, the Ineambent; OcogresaaMW
Jennings Bryan'Dora, ^
Id: Neville BeihetL if
OUa; tatm Johnstone, otHaeriwiy
anJ ymUngten. and MamiS A
Stoie;v«| rieranen.
Tha aampalfa bna thns tar hbaa
wttheat apaclal fantnria and haa
pMihid on a high plaaa.
the heat haa baen in-
caadidataa bars ham
hf aoam plaeas hy hwna
whila at othaas the aittaaS*
haa beaa vary pear.
M thpoght that a
will haar tha fim
SUym b* Stoic As
la Faaaod On
Him By Jndge G. Dameen
Bollinfer
Prospects For
€otf(« Oop
Are Now Bri^t
Kenhmw county farmers
have a good proepect for a
cotton crop this year, Coun
ty Agent W. C. MeCarley
said iSiB week. With few ex
ceptions, he said, they have
good stands and if the
wojidlMr eontiimet favorable
‘ the fHiht 08- the weevil
led wey ikdnld
make d good crop.
Ihnawn fa tha ocunty ham
lasht: 71 ISM Of A B. C ads
Mr M polaoa the waevlla ha said.
The raporta of the wiavfl tnlOo-
tatlee as eaet la hy agrtcniai
t tech ant and mteraa tasAhra ihour
freaa I to t par eaat iafastatkm
vhsrh A H. <3. has bean aaad two
or Thiae filie aaad whara no A
B. A hM hrna aaad tha tafaatatSoe
as rfasi 11 to 4# par cant
**Wo haiow tho hb 'Ma hm i
odaesy to mdaea tho woaella,'
aald Wt. MeOatlw, “hat whMPo tho
imaatatlott ta tib high, cm w two
will caoBO yea to auke
duldls]^
a half
all hoe of Jai
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Tha total aarolhaaat A
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Jack Tallent, of Knoxville, Tenn
and Spartanburg, who baa baen
ebeeen to beeome Camden'o fires
city manager. He will enter upon
Jhia dutiae arouiid SeptembM- 1.
la At Present Completing
Administrative Survey for
City Government Of St.
Peterabwg, Fla.
Town and
County....
e Wodneaday Sportelt
The Wedaaaday apeeSgle offarad
by smne of the merehanta of tha
city contlaua to draw out fold
Wednesday morning crowds. -
e Highway Petieleaa A
Stats Highway Patrolmaa
W. ksMbart la aow worklag the
CaMden district with
oSw Reed. Officer
a prertoualy autfcmed at Joha-
James Lee Boheler es
caped the electric chair
when a jury recommended
mercy when returning a ftyst
degree murder verdict after
over four hours of delibera
tion in general sessioas court
Friday night.
Boheler arrested Iasi Jaaaary
after he had Midgeoaed hM ab
traetlra M^rcaixdd wlfa, Lola Jaek<
ton Boh^, to death wiUi a
mer. romained a stoic through tha
two-day trial aad accepted the We
sentence imposed by Judge Q; Dua-
can BelUngar without tha galvor of
a rnnsete ba hla face
The Bohalar trial attraetad
capacity throngs of tha Idly car
ious to tha court room at ovary
aesalon during tiia two-day parloA
every seat was tahaa aad hnagroda
lad to stand outside la the
house corridors aad oa the tava
in troat of the balltiag.
latereet la the oateoaM
such a hlih pitch that faw laft tbahr
aeata oa the mate floor uC the
court roeai dariag Um more thaa
tour houn that the jary denhamt-
ed. Only oaee was the moaiatOBy
ef the long wait broken nad 'that
nt 7:11 9*eloak whan the
Jury rainmed to the oonrt rooip
aad aMked tor turthar faforaiafiaa
as to the term ’Teaaoaable dcnhlL'’
Thta haisf gtven hy the court, they
retaraad to the Jiny nmoi te da-
Bherate aaoWar two hours.
Tho autlrs Thursday wuaaSag
court aaaaton wua gtyan egar to
(ha drawtag of a Jury. Many of tha
Juroro caOad expraaaed themaalraa
as htlag ofpoaad to aupttal puatah-
amat er Jmd already lonaad aa
•ptatea. Tha trtsl.ftt aadar vay
at S pi a., Thuridiw with laMet-
tor T. Pea Thylar aaalatad Ir At^
tomuy Arthur Jonea appaartps for
the^alala aad Joha K.
for tha dalaaoa.
,Tho aCata oallad aa
MBdrad Jaghaou, Baary A. faak‘
L J. Jaahaca, W J.
aad Baalah Jaekaoa, aU
t|oUm,J, W,
of WhDHbore, Dr. Cart A.
MmnA fHOmntmS, Rooa ahd WH-
bnt WflNiaM and Shorffr m De-
BrnhL fho dcCggna offarad nn wii-
Whllo waiting for the train that
was to take nntt to Barannah. a
progmin of talks was eondueted
)y Granger Komegny, retiring eons-
mandar of James Larcy Belk pOat
of the ABBerlcan Leghm.
Among thoge who made short
talks coogratulatlng the outfit on
Its fine showing nad wWilag tha
men well were Benntor A H. Ken
nedy, Jfn Mnyor-elect Henry Sav
age, Jr.. Omnmaoder Joe W. Jen
kins of the Legfcm poet Rev. O. F.
Montgomery, poster >of the First
Buptlat ^ureh, offarad a prayar
and Orui^iMr Komegny entertained
with a aaries df aneedotea relatlag
to the last worid war.
A very large crowd gathered to
see the men off. The outfM is un
der the counand of Oapt Rohart
Jack) David, who learned hla war
technique na a eoldler la the 7th
Annoved Tank Corps of OMieral
Fattoa’a Third army. Under, his
toaderahip tha oait baa satabHahad
Raelf In National Onard ranks aa
being outataadlag.
Odng le ounp was Just routine
for 84lgta. Bfarule Lortek aad Ar
thur Stokaa, for it vraa the 2Srd
tlBM for Loirlek and tho ttii for
Stokao. Lorlck la a fanaar aad haa
the reputation of being a record
holder in the taklag apart and ro-
aaoembUuf of a UMchtae gi
Stokes la sapertntandent of educa
tion for Kershaw county. Both are
Camden high admol gradnataa, as
la Captain David.
Negro Woman Is
KOled bi Auto
Wreck Monday
Oae parapn was kOlad and six
njured whan a apaedtng «ai
driven by Harris Daonla of Rem
tert eroahed Into the end of a eon
erate hrtdgS over a mnuB atraet on
U. 8. Hlghwiy S21 Joat^nenthsaat
of Remhert pt 16 o'rioek Monday
Bight
Mtnnio Daria, 2f years <rtd, co
orad, auffarad a broken neck aad
died laolaatfy. .
At tha
, to.thCJwr
Jack Tallent, of Knox
ville, Tenn. and Spartan
burg, has been selected as
Camden’s first city manager
and will be formally elected
to the position when the new
city commission takes office,"
Mayor-elect Henry Savage,
Jr., announced thia week.
Mr. Tallent, 33, will aaeume
** **** chief admlnletrator
w Camden on or before Septem-
Mr 1. An acting city manager may
be appointed to fill Oie position
until hla arrival, Mr. Savage
rold. The new form of government
la effective Aagaet L
The new city manager la at pret-
eni eomplettng an administrative
survey for the City of St, Peteiu-
burg, Fla. He is a graduate feUow
of th% DopartmMt of OoTOnmioiii
Management, Denver Unlveraliy,
Denver, Colo.
^Prior In hla present work. Mr.
served tour years la/the
U. S. .Army paratroops during
World War H. He enlisted m a
private aad was pimaoted to hta
last arm posttlon with the rank of
captain,
la lfl6-41, he was a Janlor staff
mambav of Qriffeiihagan aaid Aa-
aociataa, «MthmalIy uiown con-
suttama ta govanuneut admlnlstra-
Agii apd flnaaoa. Bafora aatarhig
Ot fOviNtunantar raaaareh find, he
was eaeployed by tha KnoxvIDe
Journal aad uarlltr ta hla oaraer
by The Spartanburg Buruld aad
ha Spartanbarg JoarauL
Mr. Tallaat ta a moMhur of iba
ttateraatioMl City
wraM
^^^taWPwa^ JWMPUHPWMIpi
p^Mrilay Mantalpal Leugaa. Ma
M. A ta
Onvammaat
Unlversityr
• Pkkat F<
Reetorattaa of tha Iroa
feace about the old oourt hoaae
buOdlBg, now haawa aa 4ia Mb- « n. a h.
a:’2iJSS.TtS”SS2
*•“ *»*>•»* Baud (or PobUo
Sarrica, Wayne University, De-
stolen aaveral years ago.
m tended the UatveraHy of Ten-
• Sbarifra neeeee, 1627-40. Hefs married aad
The repori of Shei^ (Hb Da haa a darter II months old.
Bruhl for pe^ FWruary 18 Mr. Savage aald that tha city
to June II showed that 216 arraats commtasloo had agreed to aet a
had ^ the thrw ary range of |4,f664«.606 for city
months period aad ftaao totaling aumager. Mr. ThBant has been
I5.2I1J0 had been ooUeeted. «iaoted at the starttag salary of
.I4J6#.
Major
Capt. Maurieb Clark, aon of Mrs. 414 1
Maurice Clarke aad the late Rev. AWAFfm AnniUlllPAll
Mearioe Clarit, haa been commla- AWotUoitllllUUlIC^
aloned a major ta the Marine Ad T OiliAQ^ Itftfvll#
Corps. He Is etattoned at Quantico, IjIUIIUB iWlKlli
' By Local Js]
• Waatbar Ra^^^a
Camden got a lltUa respite from Bight awards were made .to
the tatenae bast which baa pre- mambera of the Camden Janlor
vailed now for almoet two weeks Cbaaeber at , Ceunaiaror at
on Wednesday night whan a cota ladtoa* night mpettaf last Tharsday
breeae blew ta from somewhara. night at the airport when Austin
Tha city haa suffared under the gheheea aeeomed the preeMeoey of
terrible heat and the respite waa the orgaataatlau.
moct weleomei The eight were Tom damp, Bd
•foody, fVed Shehean, Leonard
• On Naval Crabs Haaty. JaBan Barns, Jim Darby.
Three Camden youths, Don^Mor- David Harter aad Ralph Stevenson.
rteon, Jr., John Landaay and B. H. ***» Scifloaburg waa given an
Baum, who am ta the Naval Ea- ai^ from laat year,
aervao. are bow on a two waaka The JayCaea enjoyed swimming,
traintog crutaa. They sailed from a enpper and danetag. Thara ware
Charleatoii. docked at SavauaA apgroxhuately 71 proeatit, taclnd-
JackaonriOe and Miami and return- V»mta of mqm-
ed the same route aad aru now herA
taktag. gunning tratetag. They wiU ReOrtag PrmMent fVank R^
be cone until July li. thanked aU who had assisted ta
oe gone making Me post year aa .eventful
• Ta *» «- ^ ths.htotory of the orgunlaa-
T A ramntw OtfiWk. bSspoke fOT hta sueceesor
«iuc tomt lud
campaign meatiib has 'beep [
Bedn Wittk
euntidatea xor county effieee wiUj
aguta tpaak. The opanteg atesti
of the campaign waa held ta
but aa only n small crowd was
present tt haa bean iecldad to heM
aaothar taiering hart.
Mmiday On New
Bhw Water IJne
RuUding Prognm
Plans Are Being Drawn
For Junior High School
ei^^MHnommsm^tamitannnranMmta
Plans for the new junior high school which it b pro
posed to ereiet on the lot adjoining the Camden Grammar
School are new being drawn hy Lafajre and Lafajre of
Columbia and are expected lo be ready for stdiniMum to
tha board of trusts 6t tte school thoiily.
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Work win begin Monday oa the
~dSi eenatfuctieB program to en-
[larga the supply <d the Camdan^
waterworim syat^
A new lO-tnch raw water ttae
wBl be buflt from file aonree of *
snppiy to the treatteg plant aad
the eupaeity of the settling baste
at the water plant wUl b# ap- ■
proxtatately donMed.
L. H. Hudta, supertatendent
Mnnielpal UMIMiee. said that the
dtp. had JuBi about outgrowta the
oreeent watarworka syatem aad
taat the piattt was bdmi antarsed n
through naenaslty.
Tha propansfl buildtag win talntaM
Just aouth of the Oamier
Sehoel end ta expeeteC
rultatja the
at the higi ahd
additloea] toilet
adlittaa now being didui to tea
laokaon High School ter negro
teildron aad tonk,K a
wleh are hotag addfd to the eel-
W» A Boa
For The Rouoooo
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a the Mrth «f a nan at «ha.
ItateRal an thmnday pora
•teraftelMlTpsnaiitM
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