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VOLUME 60 ~ CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1940 Comment* On Chronicle Editorial Drew Pearson Says He ■■■vAilBHi Defining A “Liberal” ¥ill Succeed Miss Ervin Who Returns To Duties With State Krs Oscar J. SmyrI has Hsen elected-executive sec- etary of the Kershaw Coun- v Tuberculosis Association id will enter upon her luties Monday, Jan. 17, W. I Gettys, president of the kssocmtion, announced this veek. Mrs SmyrI takes the place of tiss Margaret Ervin, who has ten temporarily loaned to the [ershaw county association by ie state association. Mias Ervin nil now take over her duties as tate health education secretary, ut will continue to keep in cldee ,uch with the work in Kershaw ountjr. ', Mrs. SmyrI has long = Fhf Concert Oi Series Ml Be On Friday Night The Camden Chronicle ia in receipt of the following letter from Drew Pearson, author ,the Washington Merry- Go-Round column that appears in many daily newspaper^ Oi the county: ‘•I just read pur most interesting editorial "On Being A Liberal’' in which you make a passing reference to me. k® 8 ^t me thinking that perhaps some one should define what a ‘liberal’ is. In fact, you have al most inspired me to try to write a column giving a defini tion of my own. Again thanks for the editorial.” who presided *t the Henry Wal- been Bury Eitsomblo, Compocud Of Ftvo Artists, At High Baseball Fans Will Meet To Consider Team <4 J The Chronicle has written Mr. -M follows: that write the definition of what e is. It become fad for every exponent of an *Tsm" even coy». to peee ee a greet "UberaL* The word Is getting in very bed repute.** The editorial to which Mr, appears in The Chronicle reterndlo Wal es a Harry w School Auditorium The first in ^ series of three presentations by the Camden Community Concert Association will he the Bary Ensemble whichT will be heard Fri lace convention has . classified as a 'liberal.’ C. win, who managed Henry lace’s campaign, is classed liberal We see where Bridges, who once was ordered performances on deported from this country to struments, piano, Russia, calls himself a liberal.’, viola and clarinet Mayor Humphries, of Minneapo- There win be lis, who introduced the South-lets, all day night at 8:30 o’clock at tiie Camden High School auditorium. Composed of five en, this musical program of worn win and solo five in violin, ceUo, hating resolution at the last Na- to members tional Democratic convention, is ‘liberal.’ Dr. ident of the) The Carolina, is follows: pale of tick- l^been sold community •nd *U Mercury Climbed To 82 Monday, Hotteet Since Year 1832 climbed to §2 Monday, the hot- Officials of the TB Association 1 The edltonal fo1 ’ tourned the South with Wallace, | ,T —‘-* 1 — *“ M well qualified for 1 ® w, • u *■"— 1 eel that she is ^ lx position of secretary and that) he association is fortunate in uring her services. Mr« Donald A. tie chairman, f Tuesday, Jan. 11, 83.37 has been re MS Seal Sale. This is nder the amount receivi une day last year, but impbell hopes that when aU re- ims are in, that the goal of 1,000 wfll be reached, nt any individum or on who has not sbnt in their imtribution, to please do so as na as possible. 7 ". ' Follow-up letters were sent out us week and a nice response has ten made. beats the ton {Deal crowd, ia ferring to la referred to frequently as a lib- r Williams, of Mont- Variations in rang Amadei Bary (piano). Ave Maiie, Hungarian what ia elawify a “Henry ‘liberal’ (ershaw ITA Federation Holds Meeting who afrtoys tefl’ Aubrey _ for the New gomery, Ala., who was NYA ad- contmually re- ministrator under Roosevelt and he likes, us- ia new trying to get the South Popper; Virginia Dealer as be- toaccept me cbjU rights pro-1 fthondo ala gram, is called * liberal.’ ; fPiano wonder just **Wffl some une who knows In- nee when Bacchus, ‘liberal* trade Bary, — — jasa era > AUagre TugweU, don’t want to be called one." Gorelli, ** 1< S«2S: Oertrude as ually a radical New a. ing a “liberal" ‘ B^j^And tttlMMiNMi _ oean now when you form us just what is means man as a “liberal.^ a man is raferred to as « Ti Wallace claims to be a We’d like te knew becau: David Ccello). from Propotifion To Bo Mod# To Them For City To Bo In League ■ " « Camden baseball fans have been called to meet in thte Hunt room of the Sarsfield hotel on Monday evening, Jan 17 at 8 o’clock to decide whether or not this city will be represented in the Pal metto League in 1949. The meeting has been called by a group of fans who are in terested in seeing Camden con tinue in the loop, which has been reorganized with John Todd, of Columbia, well known in athletic m in South Carolina and owner of the Rock Hill team the Tri-State League last sea son. as oresident. It is stated there will be no solicitation of funds, sale of stock or any other money-raising action at the meeting • Monday night. i calling the meeting, it is will submit a proposition it should, if adopted, provide sufficient funds to make the $600 league deposit and purchase uni forms, etc. Promoters of the meeting urge Brawn, local waaih- White t2 wap the point reached here in the heet wave which this section mercury climbed to 7t on Tuesday. On Wednesday M the high point In Anderson the thermome- * touched 80 on Monday tho weather bureau there it was the hotteet Jan uary day since 1132. Mr. thinks that the seme probably true here. litre. W.D. Barrett Has Interesting Coin Collection 7 V armers of America amden Agricultural uesday, plans were r improving and FA booths at the r Fair. H. A. Small coi ntioch, Blaney, Mi isgah chapters for the splendid ork which they have always »e on community and FFA »ths. , .. s&i'mamfv The Baron DeKalb chapter had urge of the program for the For Meeting Red Cross Chapter “I. -^r B - — ■■ To Bo Cnoo Ymut’. Work, Offkon For 1949 - ra Mmty r>eCK€ Nocturne, SeauidiBa, 1 Mary oecccr, Vlrrinia Peters Rhapeody in Blue, George Gershwin, entire ensemble. At this is a new venture wards a more and the assodi cert, the Rev. A, dent, every baseball fan, who is in- d in the future of the sport It is in the event there is a ■fference and # the to attract interest, program will be n and County.... •Underwriters Meet The Camden Life Underwriters Association held its regular monthly meeting at the Thomas Tavern on Tuesday night Mem bers spent considerable time dis cussing the progress of the or ganizations and mutu presided. ganizations and mutual problems. President Hazel Elliott “ ‘ here, to attend the stated that in tl spirit of meeting the definitely nust post its forfeit fee and mis, it is pointed reason for haste in the local organization per- the other •Lancaster Visitors * Rev. H. L. Kingman, W. C. Bar field, Charles Duke and Morrell Thomas, members of the Lances ter Rotary Club, were visitors at the meeting bf the Camden Rot- r Club last Friday. J. M. Up church was the guest speaker a the meeting. He was introduced >y R. M. Kennedy, IH, who was in charge of the program. Mayor Henry Savage will be one of the speakers at the South A very inieresttog and very valuable coin collectien, including some American coins dating back to 1797,1l owned by Mrs. W. D. Bar rett, 1718 Fair street, who says she has been collecting them nearly all of her life. In the collection are 24 large one-cent pieces, dating from 1797 to 1861. Mrs. Barrett also has some of in Lake City teat Monday Camden was granted a to secure players from umbia, which hag plenty of Munidoal Asraciation’ meeting at Columbia Feb. 7-8. H will discuss the need for a state wide ravkkxe of the assessed vahi- stum of property. . ^ fr y been fum+mrt Dreseptetion ith the following com for the ensuing year will be named and re- ^airman with the ports given on the work of mhtee: Mrs- John the ppst year at the annual dressing raoms; J. C. Waltoii am meeting of the Kershaw gri Midaeton. jaxhtorimn, light County Chapter of the an d Lawrence Whitaker, door; American Red Cross which Miss Caroline Moore, chairman. com- John Mullen, artists , Walton and SSusfor drawing play- KCTSliaW MdltbCrS of profMaioaaltaleatand Opening Of General Assembly school and eol orofessional employing high schoo lege players, were drawn up. [ The league Is scheduled to open will be held in the chapel with the of the Lyttleton Street Meth- SjfSd— odist church next Mondfcy Gku bbft> ’Bmie^Lra evening, Jan. 17 at 8 o’clock- fPatsy Hammond on May 2 and it is hoped to have eight clubs in it Myrtle Beach, Aiken and Fort Jackson are said to be interested in securing Misses berths. North'Charleston is also Sarah and The complete program for the Jlri&ST S: «h. I-P«r bilh. rtndtar to tho« as snpouncri thia .Mb itional convention held^atJCan- mentioned in The Chronicle^ Irat, Call ^ order> AndrananM. ■ City, Mo., in No Isckmon made a report isiness meetings of this can- mtion. gji- ’MOW ?ollowing suggestions made by C. Jackson for the publication G1 ^ n Weak as being owned by W. B. i on> chairman. Mrs. Barrett has bills inl_ Invocation, Rev. of three, ten, flf- -five and fifty cents. In her collection of pennies she Herbert L. * FFA magazine, the members ^ ^ flying eagles, dated from •ted to publish a magazine every vS?i^7 iSfi thrM lndian heads. « montha It ia hoprt teat ^ d t0 fririe«S bjcriptions from thU members, 1009 tetiaament. and mon^r cent Jed by the vari0 « s wiH 180 o and 8 two-cent fray expenses of publication. dated from 1884 to 1871 T. C. Reynolds gavea summary P ^the rollection are seven large dimes dating from 1820 and 3r325 t &r'7~ T She also has six one-half dimes, datmg from 1831 to 1W4. She has four nicktes with-the figue 5 on them and five with figure “V” on them- The oldest coin in the collection is an old ttnmmn coin which was dugupin London when St PauT s Cathedral was being repaired 50 m, led by the Gallant Phalanx, years ago. Its dge cannot be as- tstandmg three-year-old of the| C * r '*b M ®‘ the work of the FFA chapters r the previous month. •allant Phalanx, n Whitney String, fere For Training twenty-seven' horses, belonging c - V. Whitney* noted horse- _ The Lard’s Prayer, Mrs. NeUe Hoffman, Mrs. James Gan dy, accompanist “ Pledge to Flag, Boy Scouts. America, audience, Mrs. Charles Salmond, accompanist r , Welcome, Mayw Henry Sav- g Minutes of 194^ annual meet ing, Mrs. E. C. vonTresckow, re cording secretary. Report of treasurer, Mrs. C. E. Watts. Report of executive secretary, (Continued on Pago 12) Gertrude Bary, founder and organizer of the Bary Ensemble, received her musical education at the Conservatory of Leipzig. After extensive concerning abroad she came to this country and immediately became as sociated with chamber music groups of the highest calibre— among them the Stradivarius and Gordon Quartets. Radio appear ances and a New York Town Hall recital are among her. achieve ments at a solo artist Violinist Mary Becker made five transcontinental tours before making her New York Town Hall debut A former student at the Juilliard Graduate School, her teachers were Albert Spalding as being Sumter will not be m the league this year having joined the Tri- State league. Present members of the league are Orangeburg, Cam den,Lake City, HartsviUe, Georgetown and HartsviUe. The schedule will run 15 and will feature 80 gTtr*Tr Each club may carry a roster of 21 the roster to be completed and turned in to the dent by July 15. County Auditor To Make Annual Tour!^ and the late Paul Kochanski. A former pupil of the late Emanuel Feuermann, Virginia Peterson, Cellist, received her musical education entirely through Scholarships. After study- Tondon with ‘ wurc-jrcMr-wu ui me | 1947, winner of the $100;- * Belmont stake, -rut lose in the 1947 Kin’ *»ce and third in the k arrived by asecrai Kington, Ky., list nig] > now stabled at tile Pont Scott * tiring of kr Veitch, •n, the Richards , Jleton streetfor the •ne Scott sti ndations for „ v til occupied jitney string. Png to the James Ivor James, .die came to New York to con- County Auditor Fred M. Og-! tinue her work with Alfred Wal- bum is planning to make his an- lenstein. She has appeared in Inual tour of the county for the many recitals and several tim< purpose receiving tax returns. He has been guest ~ this week that he will , New York City the Camden Is Second Oldest Chartered Town In The State 'According to a publication sued by the South Carolina State Planning Board Camden is the second oldest incorporated town in South Carolina. This publication lists Cnarles' ton as the oldest, it having been chartered Aug. 13, 1783, while Camden was chartered Feb. 19, 1791. These appear to have been the two towns chartered before only 1800. ricts. A1 goods and furniture used h» the .home of.the owner are | from taxation. soloist with to£ 3SK ed to New York to study with the late Paul Kodtonslci of the Juilliard School and then'With famed violinist Albert Spalding. (Swum thro to page twelve) Columbia and Beaufort chartered in 1803 and Georgetown In 1805. Winnsboro was chartered in 1815, and Che- On Creadon 01 Sanitary Area Area North Of Camden Would Solve Problem Of Garbage Disposal Petitions are being circu- ated among residents and freeholders in the area north of Camden along Highway No. 1 asking for an election on the question of creating a Garbage and Sanitary dis- rict. It is said that the pe titions are being freely sign ed and it is anticipated that the necessary number of signers will be secured to in sure an election. In tbs •rant Dm togislstiv* dslsgetto— providm ter an •Isction and iha proposition a board of comxnis- •ppointed by tho Gov Jy on tho u, MTS would ha the right to swats all within iha ol petition which is diroctod to the legislative delegation at Kershaw county follows: “The undersigned residents and i hi that such laws be passed at tha. term of the Legislature Carolina as will permit eWotnawlaaa Wedding, 7 There will be a “womanlaaa wedding’’ at Baron DeKalb High Schoolon Friday evening, an. 21 . m. Teachers in the A members of the board teking The throe members of the Ker- the collection of and deleterious stances which any wutaanoas, arm. hazards other matter or thing which n affect the general health district morals at “The district hereinabove re ferred to shall include that area bound as follows: North by prop erty of The Kendall Mills, prop- of Bateman, and Woodward _-ii' Airport, but to include all habit- to and running in a southerly' south of of a> of tile General Snab&sl Representatives Gettys My. ‘ of the a hold -over ^wuuiuvw vymiyu aiiu a— ^ as « j* being new members, were f*** 1 ™} S'® Si 1 ” 1 , 8 ° ut J of P r to M-tte opmn* °f 15” House. Senator Kennedy ia ^Z.' l l r 1 . boundaiy line of idln^e Houra^and ®^? Hermit^Cotfon ami er pro tern. D. county, was e] tern. Senator Edgar president pro tem Brown, of Barnwell, elected J. Strom delivered his annual message to the two' houses in joint assembly Wednesday night. point where it borders U. 8. way No. 1 and thereafter by of the ti^Wateree Mill area of the city o{ Camduvprwfoeei of Kendatt MiUs, and premises of Bateman. “That in the event the result of the balloting ia in the affirma tive then such area shall be es tablished by legislative action as a garbage and sanitary district to be controfled by the board of commissioners who shall be PRICE CORRECTION In the Colonial Stores tisement in thia issue of The . — Chronicle the price of fresh med- ***%*• ium-size. firm rreen cabbase ia 9*. t 1 ® district, not to exceed five f“ nSnto t»> to.tomtoyr to b. S « Lt, OU,n * ,hr ” POUnda fiSST lit grot^ttiat tile terms of office of AT GREENLEAF VILLA ine 8aid commiasitmers xfiall be Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Richards rt******^ *> that at all times the have moved to the Greenleaf commission shall have some ex- Villa for the next three months ^2* fe °S C * ^T h * and have rented their home to mould be Ivester Veitch, trainer for the me right to assase all V. Whitney string bones. ^thin the diatrtet such amount as Juvenile Riders To Compete t of Wm Affair . '■% of the Camden Ki- joyea idcit Mfiirym Wednesday night at hall at the airport. Informal Junior Horse Show Saturdays Officers Chosen Hoqntal Board