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i ’V V. 61 CAMDEN, SDUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1949 Nomb«r 1 m ntract Let For New Greyhound Terminal ler Asks Give Release ient A* City lere Brings A Council e city council of to Camden fternoon for a nth the Camden 1 in an effort tq den Commisaion- se Lott Rogers, of Lancaster, ceptance of the city manager of er All Clashes Are Filled Almost Record Entry * List For Horse Show 1 To Be Held Saturday ■■ in ——— An almost record entry has been received for the Cam- deii Horse Show which -Will be held Saturday at the Junior Horse Show ring at Cool Springs and officials of the show say that inf all or the 35 years of its existence^ the show has never boasted of greater quantity or quality in entries. The show, which is being put on under the auspices of the Cam den Hunt, as usual, is being spon sored this year for the first time by the Camden Junior Chamber '•<4 .as been offered the ad accepted. When decision in Lan- of protest arose of that city as iincil and the coun- to come to see the Commissioners in ive them release Mr. acceptance. that 9m his [pie kis accep t Sentood that ihtir fixai to the people they fsrt that the right , manager fas Mr. that thtgr wartW came to years ago and has excellent record the second man to Lancaster for the delegation iror K. C. Billings were Aldermen E. C. . Angus and T. Commerce, which has done a thorough Job of publicizing it and a very large attendance is expect- j ad* For the first time this year, spectators who do not have ring side parking space, may ait in 'comfortable bleachers and watch the show. Heretofore they have had to stand. All 15 classes of the show are varn well filled with two , of leading ■** k1 * m In ♦*** country heading the UaL Both of South* r. C- Vernon O. Cardy and Mrs. Audrey Ken* Mrs. Kennedy has entered four of her top hunters in an atempt to gain another lag on the cham- irhich must be for She won the championship last year with her Irish horse, Taugh-A-Baugh. The Canadian exhibitor, Ver non Cardy, tends the very best of his large string of show hunt- I ung Bis first win of the Memorial Trophy, em- ■ of the y and ! _ on the horse show M l » ,t n»r,.wffl.b»Mw.'Cw- QjTS represeniauves. < Mrs. James A. Blackmon, of ftfon, N. C, ha 4-year-olds. , The noted horseman, Arthur Reynolds, of Tryon Is sending one grey, horse for the green New Highway Postoffice To Service Camden Initial Trip Charlotte To Flortnct Scheduled For Moreli 31 ED -w- ' it-j; Building To Be Fmished On Or Before Oct. 1 To Be Colonial le Design And Total Cost To Be Around $85,000 This is how the new Greyhound Bus Terminal for Camden, on East DeKalb Street, will look when completed. The contract for the building was let this week and work has already started on it. The building w<hen completed an expenditure of approximately |85,000, not including cost of the building will be of Colonial design. Movies In House legalize Sunday en has been pass- _ by the Houae third reading. , Record Thursday lowing story about Sunday would Inh puse bill up for • , j Rees Gettys in- | measure which is osed by his col- ell Kelly, both Kef- epresentatives. Gettys said that Kennedy favored his point on the |House Tuesday and petition with 4,150 ig Sunday movies linments. of staging a fil- the bilL Kdly de- | stating facts, that's ig. I don’t tUnk the lant Sunday movies, phurches don’t want iewed the recreation at had been the out- war and cited the zed Sunday antar- |let the voters in 1950 ler we were right or queried. 1 gave the bill secohd ise of a majority of aber delegation fav- h>uld prohibit public at church or pray- |6S» Tom of Flort Camden will be serviced by the new highway post of fice which will begin opera tions Thursday, March 81, between Charlotte and Flor- ence. The first traveling post office will arrive in Camden at 10:29 orf the morning of March 31 and a stop of 15 minutes will be made here for ceremonies in connection with the first run of this post office on wheels, marking a new development in the poe- taL service. The post office Sir Seek Addition ToPosloffice ir Wm' 1 To Stotfy Ngsds Lorger Quoitars Building Permits Since Man 1 Near Half Million Mark the city shape May L 1S4I zjui ngurg qom nc 9m cost of wfaring. nignl City Hay Annex Kendall Houses reach Ci m.. on the ;amc ., v U retu Florence. / After the first fice will reach ^ morning from Charlotte and returning that afternoon will “ the city at 4:39 p. m. Wicks will show winner of two February Horse Walter her Blue Girl, classe sin the Show. Local entries include horses of C. P. DuBose, Jr n Mulberry Plan tation, W. F. Buckley, Kent Mil ler, S. C. Clyburn, Shannon Heath and Cyril Harrison. William Boyd, of Camden, and Joe Bates, of Wateree, and Miss Penelope Coker,, of Hartsville, have entries. . ... ...—— The Sheffields, W. bum, DuBose, Miller and children will have entries. The Judges will be J. North Warrenton, Va^ and of Unionville, Pa.; Cocks, car clerks on to who will work the mail Just as it is worked on rail wary mail cars. The post office will leave Char lotte every morning at 6 a. m., and will stop at Lancaster, Heath Springs, Kershaw, WestviHe, Camden, Bishopville, ‘ “ Hartsville, Darlington and ence, arriving at Florence at 11:15 a. m. Returning it will leave Florence Ipr sa^ and arrive in Charlotte at 7:15 p. m. The post office will give Cam den much better mail service to HartsviUsL Darlington and Flor- and the PeeDee j ^ noted steplechase Ukrifige, the world’s steeplechase money “ r Battle, both 1 it Miller, will be leading er, and SHOW Dog show will be Wednesday afternoon pare at 3:30 o’clock.' Subscription To Carolina Cup Comes From Czechoslovakia Evan fan far away Csecho- slovalda there b thou^ii of the Carolina Cup race. Harry D. Kiraover, chalr- man^of the^race, recefared Uu» cup races from Major Edward B. Whitman, assistant sir at tache# of the U. 8. Embassy fas Praguat. SPOKE TO XIWAM1B Verd Peterson, state supervisor of vocational agriculture, was the guest speaker at the regular luncheon of the Camden Kiwanb Club otf Tuesday. Mr. Peterson spoke on some trends in educa tion. Hulan A. Small was in charge of the program and intro duced the will have one or two to who A postal inspector has den at 6:03 visited Camden to make a survey of the need for larger quarters for the local post- office, at the request of Representative J. P. Rich ards and Poetmaater C. P. DuBose. f'ix ro mail the Post Office Department the irn trip from day the poet of- Camden each Charlotte aft 8*59 The highs od to . .. ^pcV^un- derstood to be about 40 feet long and is motor-driven. A large crowd is expected to er at the post office on March 10:29 to see the arshod of time gatha 31 at post officer for the first sozife sort of welcoming mony will be planned Mail Delivery To New Section City The Post Office Department has promised mail delivery to the citi- sens of the newly annexed section of the city hist as soon as it can be arranged. _ The department-has asked that the city renumber the housea on the streets and this will be done aft once. Clemson Alumni To Have Dutch Supper Clcmsen College alumni an supporters will have a Dutch sup* per at Gus Ward's Friday night at 8 o’clock. There will be an election of officers for the coming year and mafitm pictures of the Clemson- WakeFarest football game win be of the ■ mm * * e 14 ID# CUT Wmm Mquiraa XOT lie Mew residences are balng built all over the dty. necessity of mwe ed out that was erected postal receipts at that time in the office were approximately $12,- 000 to $14,000. For the past few years they have been between $41,000 and $48,000. Mr. DuBose pointed out in his letter that during the put year a of new plants had ‘ Baruch Day To About May! City Commissions Hove Assuronco That No'll Accopt Invitation number of new plants had located in Camden and referred to the big ptont which the Du Pont r pany was planning to build. Representative Richards the matter up with the Post Of fice Department and was notified that an inspector Would come to Camden and make an investiga tion to determine if additions! facilities wen needed. ( Bernard M. Baruch ii ex- ^eWg pected tp come to Camden of the, Com * about the first of May to be the guest of honor of the city ~ on a day which will be offi cially set aside aa "Baruch Day.” Contracts were executed Tuesday morning with the Alcott Construction Com pany of Sumter for the con struction of the handsome new Greyhound Bus Termi nal building to be erected on DeKalb street and pre liminary work got under way Wednesday afternoon, amount of the contract will represent waa not but Grey- property. The|h ounc j com p an y gtated that the total investment, exclus ive of the land, represents an expenditure by Atlantic Greyhound Corporation of approximately $85,000. The building of Colonial design will front on DeKalb street and will be 60 feet wide by 90 feet long. Buses will enter the proper - . ty on the left hand side of the Stockholder. Of Mill. To feL Veto On Propotol At platform will be 'Mooting Morch 25 ° f ^ building, which'wilTbe 1 ^ ■ l '»— roof for the protection of luggage and Stockholder, of the K*»-| JX? Ln. d.ll 1UII. »t a “uLTld^ilk. meeting to be held on Fri-j sidewalk crossings, day morning, March 25, - at IA 1 mod « r " tor white the office of the treMurer In Boston will consider and way traveler, end load citizen, act on a proposal to petition A lunch ear has been provided and authorize the City Com-r^toke care of colored paaseng- missioners of Camden to ap- SStinTrom USt ° ff ^ color * d prove the amtoxation to the A modern kitchen with tile City and incorporation with- Boor and a seven foot high tile in the city limits of 15 acres p ro^ded and of land, with bondinn Wih ‘'“ d thereon. Veery adequate white and col- The homes on this land are I ored waiting rooms have been those occupied by the manager provided, together with large men and otner efficialj of the local sad women’s rest rooms. Public branch of the Kendall Mills. telephones, parcel lockers end di- The property is located South red telephones to Western Union of East Hampton street extending aro being provided, between the railway and creek. ■' All floors in public spaces will It will be recalled that moat be asphalt tile, excepting kitchen ty belonging, to the and real rooms, which will be was annexed to the j ceramic tile. The building will be city following an election held <me story in height of cinder this spring and this property has Mock, ashlar pattern, with inter- since been sold to the employees tor ceiling* plastered. The color of the mill. The 15 scree on which | scheme will be white exterior, FootbaD Schedule For Camden High Is Made Public Ten garnet have been scheduled And another will probably be added for the .Camden High School football team next season. Local fans will get a good break as six games are scheduled for Camden, the teams to appear here being Dreher, Hartsville, Flor ence, Darlington, North Chirtes- fton and Orangeburg. Orangeburg will be here Thanksgiving Day. _ The opening game of the season will be on Sept 16 with Dreher High of Columbia In Camden. The complete schedule follows: 16, Dreher here; r at Sumter shlar pattern, i ngs plastered. - wffl be WhlM the management houses were tot ivory and beige interior, cated was not included in the The Greyhound people state property annexed. * | that “we have efideavored in de- It is now Sept Mr. Baruch at his winter home near Georgetown, over the week end and Mr. Baruch told them that he would let them know the exact date he could come to' the city just as soon as wai Mr. Baruch is expecting a visit from Winston Churchill during April and the date of his visit to Camden determines o nthe length of time Mr. Churchill win be with Mr. Baruch. Mr. Baruch will come to Cam den after Mr. Churchill’s visit to him has been concluded. Jusft as soon as the city learns inr oat# tnai n# will come plans will be made tor the observance of same. Mr. Baruch has atreasad the fact that he does not want any elaborate display which would coat a lot of money but will wel come the opportunity of meeting and speaking to the people of his old home town. bU; cat in burg in l-Cayce in West Coium- 11, Lancaster in Lan- tov. 18, North Charleston Nov. 24, Orange- • Stamp Collectors Club The suggestion has been made that a stamp collectors’ dub be organized in Camden. A request is made that ail who would fike to Join such a dub communicate with the Chamber of ow proposed to annex this ligning this building to provide 15-acre strip also and this is the a terminal which will more than proposition the mill stockholders I adequately serve our needs and will vote on Friday. No election of colonial design, which we fed would be necessary in order to w necessary to conform to the annex this additional strip if the area in which It is being construc- mill stockholders approve and the ed. , City Commissioners approve A D. Alcott, Jr n of the Alcott Construction Company, will be in Reuben Pitts, Jr. Named President Of Rotary Club | charge of construction says he hopes eted before Od 1. of the Camden Rotary Club for the coming year and will inter upon his duties on July 1, the beginning of the new ““**’*• Other officers chosen far the w.^tTni new year are who au president, and A. Nettles, Jr, •comes vice Mahon, sec- Dtrectors elected far the en- are Mr. Pitta, Mr. Net- Ralph Little, The club has had an ^esrundsr the presidency of Mr and Jim Darby. ' i excellent ing com pi The building here will be _ exact duplicate of the building constructed in Wythevilie, Va. Ik ivy i d Cross Drive Is Extended To Last Of Month The Bed Ctees drive Kershaw county is now p SSta-riK fare that dale. Sketch Of New Du Pont Plant Now In Course Of Construction and he to have the build-' r/ ± .* slce tch of the Du Pont Now for *b new plant at Cam-. for pleasant % caf<' This includes working areas, employees "Orion” under uiost modern of A feet in size, the 1 with jumbo 1 Portions^ will L A will be into the research of w new synthetic It developed of