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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA* FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, IMS Number 30 Expected T© d© This Yeor Sine© fas Organized es to th© 194€f County Fair will e0 to the genenf on next Monday it 6 o’clock and the „ year promisea to the best in history, ber of exhibitors in aU will apparently be ever before and the > exhibits will be ex- cally all space in all j has been reserved, will be open each nning Tuesday at 10 ose each nigh| at 11 urday. be six community year, Mt. Pisgah, Be- ■ ille, Midway, An- »ney. i also be six commer- Boykin Furniture Co., ier Furniture Co., _iWACA B. & H. Co., Hermitage Cot- 1 Smoak Electric Ap- ipany and Oldsmo- Southern Tractor a.-j- . "" .i"* : Mfg. Corporation Opens Plant Here thorn Tractor Manufacturing Corporation, Cam- • °P ene< * assembly and manufac- !v*h5i2i«l ^ wee , k * The P lan t i* located in the large foraierly used as a cotton warehouse by the intereste * building was recenly pur- ootT*i>y me company. Joseph M. Upchurch, president of the corporation, aaid at it would serve 15 Southern states, Virginia, North and mth Oarolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana Texas Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Ken- plem^nte^ Virginia with Gardenaid tractors and im- The corporation also has plants in Pontiac, Michigan, Kingf^n. New York and Olympia, Wash. The Camden plant has been lo cated at Alexandria, Va., until it was moved here. He. Upchurch the Jones home on .. street and has moved his family here, thus becoming a Camden citizen. The corporation is a heavy ad vertiser in trade publications and Camden will get considerable ad vertising therefrom, since its gf ant will.be listed along with mose at Pontiac, Olympia and Kingston in all advertising. The company carries most of its large display advertising in the Coun- tey Gentleman, Farm Journal, ter Homes & Gardens, Farm Southern Agricultur- ftjBd&'ue & Garden. 0 The Gardenaid Tractor features 50 per cent greater gear reduction. Simple implement hitch, more power directed to the ground than any tractor its size, and the larg est implements in its classifica tion. i there will be depart- ced foods, canned art, thrift, flower, Clubs and gen- ck places have been the fair and the ex- department and in department will be jits for the fair will be (by the CaraveUi 1 Company. This cop- lie midway last y number of rides will be school day bnd all white school the county, their bus drivers will be from 10 a. m. to 6 ay, all colored-school teachers and bus I be admitted free to ients of departments re: omics and Girls, Mrs. and Miss Margaret ied products, Mrs. (tys and Mrs. Team foods, Mrs. James land Mrs. Carl Rose- ling, Mrs. W. L. Mrs. Shelby Trues- rs. Lou Floyd and gorier; flower, Mrs. Mrs. Clark Ddvis; Williams; swine, fth; poultry, F. Bill- cattle, Gaston Gee: Itural, C. M: Grah- ius. C. M. Graham; educational, J. L. C. McCarley. Dale Carnegie Course Will Be Offered In €ltj 1b Camden ver Says Robbed By Inty Man ]n, proprietor of 289 city, will prefer a |arge against a Lee man, whom he kidnapping J. B. ^er, at a point of a inty man, age 24, [before a Lee coun- [n a charge of arm assault and bat pgning the com was later released magistrate, the story aa told son, he was called ein lunch rqpm by ’ man at 7 o’clock Upon arrival -tive fare said he aken to his home ie cab driver said ^al there his fare ato the house and rifle and revolver the taxi driver, mey pouch. _ pmplied and after scooped up, wax ito the taxT Then in behind the [drove away. The 7 drove around hours and then >f the Lee county. D to persuade him iver ended in * fight J melee the taxi (a field and made Managed to get a and notified the ■according to Hin- m. Wednesday, that hia assaUv ck him in the .time they lessly, to Lee county, ^jt against the ged with the SS- ^whlch he dpjm# extent of sev plied to dty of ®nu»«on to in- rt* in all of hie m Bhgil~iTTgi nn»nleip nDTna A pttmtC oCTYIvC, lilt; Camden Chronicle will spoil boot the orglinizatkm of a class in Camden to take the Dale Carnegie course is ef fective speaking, personality development and the art of winning friends and influ encing people. The Chronicle learned that sev eral classes were being organized in Columbia to take this course and that the instructor of the course in that city would be avail able one evening each week for Camden. The courses are being conduct ed in the Caroliaas by the Burton Institute of Charlotte, N. C., and there is one evening class session each week for 17 weeks. The Dale Carnegie Course has grown out of Dale Carnegie’s 35 years of experience in teaching over 100,000 men and women the pies of more effective speak- and better human relations, ore than 15.00Q adults are taking the Dale Carnegie Course this year, in more than 100 cities in the United States and Canada. A class is limited to 40 students and the first 40 who apply in Camden will be accepted. Eeach student receives two books by Dale Carnegie and five other booklets and leaflets. An organizational meeting will be held in Camden soon at which Dr. Thomas Burton, president of the Barton Institute, will be pres ent and explain the costs, meth ods of procedure, etc. Invitations to this organizational meeting will be mailed to all who indicate that they would be interested in hear ing further details about the course and might be interested in taking the course. Dr. Burton is an A B. graduate of Columbia University, and also has a degree from Harvard. He was a member of the British League of Nations unions in Parte. Elsewhere in this issue of The Chronicle will be found a blank form which all who may be in terested in the course may fin out An invitation wfll then be sent them to attend the organiza tional meeting. Over To this completely or to do so. . “* u will b. : of the Churches Report Good Attendance Al Drive Begins Not Aa Mnay Present Last Sunday Aa Hoped For But Increase Noted Laboratory On Recreation For Church Youths R©pr©s©ntoHv©t Of Many M©Htodisf Churches In Stat© To Moefr Her© v A Methodist Youth Fel lowship recreation labora tory for the South Carolina Conference of the Meth odist ohuroh will be held, at the Lyttleton Street Meth odist church October 8-10. Between 75 ami 100 persons are expected to attend from all over the conference. The purpose of the laboratory is to provide training in several areas of recreation In an effort to enrich the recreational program < the church. Youth, lo years c old, and adults whd have recrei tional responsibilities in their churches, are expected to attend. Workshops will be conducted for the following: Art and crafts, dramatics, party planning, party games, banquet planning, folk songs, folk games and leadership techniques. The director of the laboratory will be Lois Bedford, director of youth work of the South Carolina Conference and it te being held under the auspices of the confer- ence board of education, Woodrow Ward, executive secretary; Miss Louise Epps, president S/C. Con ference Methodist Youth Fellow ship; Tommy Jones, chairman recreation and Mrs. 8. D. Newell, recreation adviser. Miss Marie Taylor te district di rector of youth work for the Sum ter district. -w !5eton Street^MethodUt^ chureh says that thorn attendbig the con ference will be entertained in the homes of members of the church. Will Speak At States Rights Dinner Lieut Governor Sam M. Lumpkin, of Tupelo, Misa., who will be the speaker of the evening at the States Rights Democratic $25-a-pl i ate dinner in Camden on Monday even ing, October 11. The opening of the Church Loyalty Drive found large congregations at Camden churches last Sunday, al though not quite as large as had been hoped for. It is be lieved that the attendance will be even larger this Sun day and that it will continue to grow throughout the drive. An increase was noted Sunday. The Church Loyalty Drive, sponsored by the civic clubs of the city, will continue through Christmas Sunday and efforts will be made to have capacity congre gations at all of the churches next Sunday. 1 Posters have been placed in the windows of business houses over the city calling attrition to the campaign and urging attendance on church. The objective is “Every One In Camden In Church Every Sunday." Every one is urged to go to the church of his or her choice. *, Business firms of the city are cooperating in the campaign by sponsoring a page advertisement in The Church each week stress ing loyalty to the church and at tendance on same. The advertise ment this week will be found on Page 9. Those sponsoring the move ment point out that these are troublous and uncertain days and that the church is the only insti tution that has much to offer in such a time. It is hoped next week to begin printing attendance figures show ing progress being made in the drive. , ©The World*# Series Camden baseball tens who list ened to the radio report of the first world series baseball game agreed that Sain pitching won the first game for the Boston Braves. Some of them also think that Sain may drive the Cleveland Indians insane before the series te over. JAe&J.A. Guest Speaker At Farm Women Meet Tickets Are Going Fast Expect Capacity Crowd For Dinner of States' Rigkters Monday Night Tickets to tire States Rights Democratic dinner to be held on next Monday night at 7:30 o'clock at the Sarsfield hotel are going rapidly and a capacity crowd is expected. The dining room will seat only 125 people and as tickets have been allotted to each section of the county the num ber available in Camden is necessarily limited. Mrs. J. A Riley was the guest > fall meeting of the of Fnm urday in the Pres school building. "The Need of s it the fall meeting Sunday -- subject was Better Educa tional System/for Rural Youth.” Mrs Riley is a former home demonstration agent of South Carolina and a member of the South Carolina Educational Sur vey Committee. She told of im provements that could be made in the state’s school system and the need of an actrfe P.TA in eve school. In appreciation for the ex cellent work which Mrs. Riley has dona far the past 14 years with the CeiiadL she wtad a gift by the of the Council, Mrs. J. Parker, who presided Mrs. tS Town And County.... The dinner was first announced for Tuesday night, October 12, but . Petitions For Annexation Are In Circulation Freeholders In Water©© Mills Village D©sir© To Conte Into City A petition is now being circulated in the Wateree Mill Village asking annexa tion to the city of Camden. There are only 12 freehold ers in the village and it is thought that the seven signa tures necessary to secure an election will be obtained without difficulty. Meetings were held this week with employees of the Wateree Mills who are planning to pur chase the 99 homes which the mill is planning to sell. At these meetings Mayor Henry Savage, Jr., explained just what coming into the city would mean to them. He presented both sides of the question in a very clear manner, pointing out the advant- a es of the move and also the dis- vantages. He told the employees that the disadvantage of the move would be that they would, of course, have to pay city taxes if they come inside of the city. But, he pointed out to them what they would get for these taxes by way of reduced insurance costs, garb age collection, fire protection, police protection, lower light and water rates, etc. The sentiment of the meetings seemed to be overwhelmingly m favor of coming into the city. The Wateree plant of the Ken dall Mills hroounced last week thlt it had decided to sell ap proximately 99 of its company- owned houses. Present occupante louses to be sold will be **%&&&*& who do not live on the vil lage will be riven the next oppor-, tunity should the present occu- o purchase. „ of the freeholders in the area sign the petition for Ml etegtion the city commissioners will order One. In order for the territory to be annexed a ma- •In Fashion Revue Miss Ruth Rozier, Kershaw County 4-H Dress contestant will compete in the district fashion re vue m Spartanburg Saturday, Oc tober 9. She will model a two- piece grey corduroy dress which she made as a 4-H Club project She has been an outstanding dub girl in the Bethune 4-H Club for Die past four accompanied Hicks, assistant tion A Lieutenant Governor Sam M. Lumprin. of Tupelo, Miss., who te to be the principal speaker of the evening, is expected to arrive in Camden on Monday afternoon. He make the trip by will probably -plane. The ^gent. years. She will be by Miss Frances t Home Demonstra- ‘eam Gettys gave a report on tn^ State Council meeting which was held ai Winthrop Col lege in June Mrs. Shelby Truesdale reported on the District Council meeting held in Chester on October 2. Sixteen of the 18 home demon stration clubs of the county were represented at the meeting which had an attendance of 62. Margaret FeweU, county agent, urged every council mem ber to put exhibits in the county fair which opens on October 11. She also urged a membership drive in every dub. - After the meeting the group was taken to Radio Station WACA for a conducted tour. ** --- - r --I - - I q | u — PRICE CORRECTION I Miss year homei •Maj. Gandy To Japan Major James M. Gandy, who has been spending 30 days leave with his family in Camden, te leaving Saturday for Hamilton Field, Calif., where he will be sent overseas for duty in Japan. Major Gandy was appointed alieutenant colone 1 in the United States Army Air Reserves in July of this e Kiwanit _ Dr. Or in Crow of the University of South Carolina faculty was the guest speaker at the regular weekly luncheon of the .Camden Kiwanis Club Tuesday. •The Weather Camden was visited bya North east gale Monday. Rain fell in tor- Kershaw County's First Cotton In the A & P. advertisement on ^j^in tor- Page -2 of this issue of The r * I V* day long and Monday Chronide the mice of Morrell’s whole or string hams should be fiS of ^toeada^wL^Ttoaut^ y although slightly on the chill te composed Llewellyn. for nay be secured from of ©So three so long 1 Btenie©, goodale and Sam* Karesh and any one as there are any loft Lieutenant Governor Lumpkin, the principal speaker of the even- iP g ’ who . i* *n ardent States j* considered one of the Souths finest speakers. He has spoken before numerous groups since the nomination of Governor J. Strom Thurmond and Governor Fielding Wright on the States Ririits presidential ticket. Mr. Lumpkin is expected to re- port on the progress made by States Rights Democrats in their campaign and discuss the major campaign issues. He has an en viable record as soldier and states- man. Born in Marshall county, Mis stesippi, hte parents moved to Tu “5 he waa elected tc the Mississippi legislature, serving for 12 years, the' last four as nex must vote in favor of it as well as a majority of the people in the present dty limits. The aree proposed to be an nexed extendi from the mill and the management’s houses down through the new Pine Tree Creek school for a short distance down to V. S. Highway No. 1 for a short distance between Pine Tree Creek and the business district down to Lewisville. About 100 houses are in the area and the population of increased by the some dty would be e 500 people. County Declines To Let City Use The County Jail. v 5 ,; v* - . «-3u. .. «' •**»?••• - .7 '• A ^ ■■•rill * f /> The Kephaw County Coramis sioners this week refused a re quest of the City of Camden U use the county jail in which t< lodge prisoners arrested by thi dty police. . Mayor Henry Savage, Jr., an< City Manager Jack Tallent ap i- peared before the commissioner r-r ,-r‘ to ot*ke the request. The. citj ® le ctod to agreed to pay the county all ex lature, serving penses and some excess which in V-f iY- ~C~ “st tour as duded the Sheriffs fees and thi legislature ^“k.^s actual cqpt of meals. The fact tha nrSf^HAh Lum P^ n tov- city prisoners are practically t‘ occa«l<m»lly <m Saturdi salarire for teachers, larger pen' #ion * «P«nsion of rural itions, improved afternoons and evenings was en phasized. dty^would*bufld'Own whole or string ^ams should be 65 cents a pound instead of 69 cents. .JL- it±- • Centralized Purchasing ■ The dty will begin, its central ized purchasing within the next few days. This te to initiate pos sible savings caused by com; “ Purchasing in ‘ is thought w promote additional saving •To Bar U Ttana The dty plans to enforce an ordinance that prohibits U turns in the business district. — .« - Thousands Dead Fish Are Found In Beaver Creek i of deed in Beev- —— — . ■ i a VSA —_ . STILV maintenance of the State soon as i r Uberal veterans’ legislation. In 1942, he resigned hte position J fpeeker of the horn | jftiL Annqd Forces. He Officers' Candidate school after being stationed at the GreenvilleTs.C) Army Air Base, •pd other U. S. bases, he eawac- tion in the Southwest Pacaflc with the 90th Bombardment Group. - - • ’ Returning from wer, Mr. Lump dn campaigned for the post of l^utenant governor In the 1947 state denuxratic party. He was elected in the second primary by basis of hte record as a soldier and legislator. • Pormauent not feasible to rebuild the old at Department of Labor and The commissioners then we possible and that ihle to into executive session and afb «v~-rT“ toe meeting Chairman U. ’ - —“-&S JSS’.'SMp** and Myers stated that he pi was in favor of letting the di use the jafl. It > understood that the con missioners took the position the same pant would have to to other t made ty if they agreed * thejaiL ion Needs Will Be Studied Submits Budget To City Commission Jack Tallent last a budget for the i.~z,—r- — ^resent fiscal Members , an to Other ns in Die to let Camd< _ Jland the city comm The months itting the