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UMi 6* Happy Ending To A Night Of SfM|taMg| CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1949 Hwmbtr 14 For Vote On Bond Issue Will Manage Camden iiiii erce Chamber Of Co Urges Freeholders To Election Petition w^ek a resolution was unaninrously adopted urging freeholders of Camden to return the petitions which 1 MM Sf5 ■ At a meeting of the board of directors of the Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce held this the petitions which have been mailed to them for their signature asking City Coun-, cil to order an election on a proposed bond issue. The resolution adopted by the directors follows: | “Whereas, a bond issue has been proposed in Camden for the purpose of improving our public utilities, sewerage facilities, streets, parks and recreational facilities; and . *...., “Whereas, it is necessary that the freeholders express them- selves as to whether they desire InvitOiion 10 neor ▼•CC an election on the bond issue; ‘ “Now, therefore, be it resolved that the directors of the Camden Kennedy Tells Baikley Record President In Is Turned Down. ft Lawrence Edwards, Jr„ for whom national guardsmen and ethers search- jrht Monday night is shown here in the aims of his father,Lawrence Edwards, Httle sister wh^toddled off from home with him but who was founcLahadi hi the picture reading froi uwn in the arms of her mot VI _ from leftto right are and Lawrence, 3%; Pvt. Charles Ellis, the little boy; Capt. R. E. David Of Battery B., whose men conducted an albnight search, and Recruit William Gardner of Battery B. ) —Photo by Monarch. irds and the little girl; Mr. Bdwi R. E. E Unhurt i idwordSrJr.tfioi it Alona Altar From H EdwardsT^^T Ir. and Mm, First CoUm Blooms County Are Reported Edwards, 8r n who ^ E. Smith place CdlilSf morning about members of tfae Guard unit and I tearched all night lolloping his disap from home Mon fellow appeared to “ J condition except Its that had been ito bites. He was in a briar patch apparently tried to a bed. He found. ind his little baby led away from ut S o’clock Mon- Their disappear i shortly afterwards Qts began a frantic The little girl ler a tree a quar- from home near parents were unable little boy. o’clock the parents riff DeBruhl to or- -night search. The Capt. R. E. (Jack) and asked him his men together, pol was also called. 1 quickly summon* quad began searching ? 10 o’clock. This' iieved Tuesday mom* ■?r squad. o^cloek Pvt. Charles B heard a muse ties and rushing over the little boy lying ’ sobbing. He quickly “vs and a jubilant .quickly. the little boy sort of a bed patch of twigs and | w .m clad only in a his bare legs were caused by m mm, mmmm m* •On Student Council ^ - ’ *-■j -,- * - * — Donald CroUey, of Camden, has been elected a member of the men’s student council of New berry College for the next •U. N. C Graduate Among the graduates at the University of North Carolina this year was Frederick William Mul len, of Camden, son of Mn and Mrs. Jack Mullen. •Pretty New Front One of the prettiest business fronts ip Camden is the one re cently installed on Johnny’s res taurant on West Broad street •Underwriters Meeting The regular monthly meeting of the Camden Underwriters Associ ation was held on Tuesday night •Lost Gold Medal Norman Shealy, who won the American history medal at the Camden High School, did not get to take it home. He lost it at the graduating exercises. The medal wa swrapped up in a small box with Norman Shealy’s name on it State Senator R. M. Ken nedy, Jr., of Camden, has written a letter to Maxie C. Collins, of the National Democrats Party of South Carolina declining an invi tation to purchase a $15 ticket to a dinner in Colum bia on July 1 at which Vice . President -AlheiL W.. J5ark- ley is scheduled to be the principal s; In his letter Senator Kennedy reviews the record of Vice Presi dent Barkley on legislation in the l < directed Twin WIH Follow Civil Court Which WiH Moot t_. Jurors were drawn this -i weak for thy Copt hf ■ eral Sessions which will be held the week .of June 21 Circuit Judge >G. Dun can B e 1 1 i n g e r jnyidd judge ior this circ The list of. jurors follows: A. Stanley L FSUgcSF* BhfEfkJJSr Route A. J. Boheler, Lugoff; Broughton, Route 2, __ y, Camden; Joe Mi te 3, Camden; Al- s- i r T. \ C. SZSXrZZl*’ Kmh ‘ w: k 1 * T. Rabon, Lugoff; A. and says those other “can be of Thad and ef the dis graceful reconstruction era.” Mr. Kennedy refers the rul log of fee Vice had the filibuster ■ and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce, in meeting assembled, do hereby urge the freeholders of Camden to return the petitions which have been mailed to them marked in accord with their de sires in order that the will of the freeholders may be determined.” About 550 signatures have been secured thus far to the petitions calling for an election on the pro posed bond issue. It is estimated that between 750 and 800 will be necessary to secure the election. In amphaalsiB shy for a bond Issue, Mayor Henry Savage, Jr. this week, pointed out that at its last mooting Council had auih ©rised the expenditure of S3.9t7.50 for sew connections. One of to tha Colcolough i Highland Avenue where 20 new homes are to be erected. This will also m available to six in **»»♦ section. This expenditure was not pro vided for m the regular dty bud- lot, Mayor Savage said, but he pointed out that the extension of m:’% it a -i nlSKllp /■ *'"«F '"IgSrf I I mmm jfo,* ./tax I W- $ '*2 Leland M. Jones With Du Pont 16 Years would be absolutely Bond ifii in almost evary dty fawn of any stea now for md It Was no dty in She data Manager Orion Arcilic Fiber Leland M. J ones, jupembir pf the Hu Pont Company’a rayon organization for 16 years, has been appointed plant manager of the “Orion” acrylic fiber plant of E. I. Dn Pont De Nemours A Co. which is now under construction! i bert Charles a J. •Midget Baseball took his b&seball fellow was sent to I hospital but after the emergency room [rotes was sent home. foiTWorkerg yd Meeting extension Rttend the meeting “ workers and home Personnel of the 1 extension service. 20-21 4t Winthr °P *7 275 county and wwl home dem- nJ?® 1,6 expected routing, it W iu be iirt? 10 ® entire ■vision service since Coach Camden* team, to Bethune ernoon and trounced the Midgets 9 to 2. The Bethune gets will pky the local team here on next Wednesday afternoon at Legion stadium at 3:30 o’clock. Richards Coming ; and Mrs. R. M. Richards Robert, Steve and John, re in Camden on Sunday to spend a short vacation the former’s parents, Mr. and J. Q. Richards. Major Rfc! has been stationed at Quantico for the past nine months and in July wifi report to Camp Le- Jqune for a period of service. Lugoff; J. W. shaw; T. B. Watte- Camden* Herman Rabon, Steffi C. E. Hornsby, Camden: Vernon Devil, Bethune; Clinton C. Out law, Camden; W. F. Latham. Ridgeway; T. D. Huggins, Cam den; Herbert Wilson, Route 1, Camden; W. F. Zeigler. Camden: Walter L. Knight, Kershaw; C. B. Dabney, Camden; Wilbur Sowell. Route 2, Kershaw; W. C. Hough, Camden. A term of the Court of Com mon Pleas (civil court) will be held next week beginning on Tuesday morning, June 21. Judge Bellinger will aim preside at this court. The jurors for the civil court, convening next Tuesday are: M. C. O’Cain, ’ Camden; Lee West, Camden; S. R. Kirkland. Route 2, Lugoff: Willie Sheorn, Jr. Camden-E. B. Russell, Cam den; W. B. Pitta, Camden; F. M. Wooten, Camden; Yancey Hilton, Route 2, Kershaw; J. R. Faulken- , Route 2, Kershaw; & B. jhton. Route 2, Kershaw; E. D. Drakeford,. Camden; C. C. Agerton, Kershaw; John R. Lang ford, Camden: G. B .Shaw, Cam den; Neil McKinnon, Bethune; Roy B. Mathis, Camden. Also, Henry Sanders, Blaney; James £ Orr, Camden; Coley Rose, Blaney; Simon W. Eichel, Camden; Levy Sanders, Blaney; \ Fletcher. Route 2, Kershaw; “Your invitation to xttWfl the| wc ^3 rtvSSn 10 S 0 *** *' ***308,000 would “to? £t££! y and improvements to the water- m«ii r 8i , on * and improvements to the ijjpect to an official of the gov- H the Section is bald, (he peo- ernment. PM wfflFpJ* on each of the items J. d! directed gainst the Soute^omta 1 e and rtJect ° thers - •t CiUhiSen. ^ here in the Tk to begin the latter past of 1950 to eftftblish operations are scheduled V compared only to that Stevens, Ben Butler, Sumner and I those* other radicals of the dis graceful Reconstruction Era. Ini he 79th Congress the Southern) Senators were fighting with their wall to t BASEBALL C.A.P. Cadets Begin Classes WIN Be Open To Sfiniof IG In A native of Green Valley. Va., Mr. Jonas is 46 years old. He at tended high school at Cm Va- and studied at tha Union, Va., Military Aca fora attending Virginia Institute, where he uated in 1925 with Science degree in ing. Mr. Jones joined the Du Pont vi ment at June, 1925, and for Rain which started a half hour fort gams time caused a pest ponement of the Camden-Oeorgo to the wall to prevent the passage of Bill 101, the moc damnable piece of legislation ex cept one' ever introduced in a awmaking body—the exception I town game scheduled for Wednee- being the one from which it was day night In Camden. The game copied, the Soviet All Races Bill, will be played Saturday night >assed in Russia. In this critical 1 fight for the preservation of thei All other gamee In the Palmetto very fundamentals of white civi- League were rained out Wedne.- lization m the South, what did dey night except the Klngetree- Senator Barkley do? He cited the Fort Jackson tilt which Klngetrec cloture motion to take the erners off their feet and i South- deprive I us of the only effective weapon available to us — the Filibuster.] Had not the Republicans hell he Southerners we would t have imposed upon us the quitous FEPC laws. Classes for Cadets of the Camden squadron of tha Civil Air Patrol begin this Friday night in the oper ations building of the local airport, according to Capt. Henry J. Bagley, Jr., the commanding officer of the local unit. ' Lieut Jack Stogner, -training officer, and Lieut Jimmy Stewart, Klngetrec commandant of cadets, will suj advancing in from., ah i _ _ . _ commandant of cadets, wiu super- vv °" fcy • •® or * I vise the instruction which wiu in- The Camden Chiefs will pley elude in the first class orientation Fort Jaekoon In Camden Sunday and training in two-way radio afternoon at 3:90 o'eloek. It la an- communication with the “walkie- nounead. Thla la a pottponad talkies” of the local outfit gams. The classes wiU be open to all Member* of the Camden Bual | senior members and cadets. Those Kt« mm I "••• •"* Profeealonal Women’s who wish to join this Friday night nrL^no ^ c,ub • r » wiling tickets to tha j may get on the imtial classes and Vice Presidfim Sml preudmg <»-1 0rw>f ^b Ur g^; amd#n B , m# m Cam are urged to be at the meeting den next Tuesday night and a-roc- at 8 JO to submit their applies- ord crowd if expectfd cut for this) tiona BuMrio, cesaive steps from. engineer to fii|d project manager. He was transferred to the rayon organization in May, •*** ^ jfoject >lant in became maintenance supervisor and works engine# at Richmond jefore he was transferred to the “Orion” acrylic fiber organization in 1947. Mr. Jones is married and has two daughters. Mrs. Jones is the former Molly Mathews Ford of xjuisvUle, Ky., and Ridley Park, Mr. Jones has visited Camden several times during the past year and has already made quite a number of friends in this city. berry, 'icer of the Senate. Contraiy the ruling of preceding presiding I ■ “ ruled that cloture coultf be imposed to pre vent debate on a motion, thus de priving the Southerners of their) only weapon; and the only protec tion of g minority. With the help | of Republican Sena- was overruled. ] Bid For Paving Roads In Cmatty of a group bf P tors. Barklev Again had this political tunist had his way, the contest. The standing of the clubs through Wednesday night’s garnet follows: . ■ Orangeburg 27 9 4Ji Lake City ........... 22 10 .697 Klngetrec V 19 It MO Hartevllle 19 1* -614 CAMDEN 18 19 -483 Georgetown 19 If, «469 Fort Jackson 10 22 J19 4 27 .129 Encar for the impmeni ben of the local CAP will be from August 1 until August IS at Shaw Field afar force base In Sumteq. Cadets may attend camp for the full two they MO is • ••Sete* W. F. Henry Lee , W. Hogue, Camden; i unden; S. Camden: J. M. Wooten, D. C. Dixon, Camden; . R. Rodgers, Camden; Arthur ExpectTremendous Crowd At Baseball Game On Tuesday The largest attendance of the t baseball present base ban season is expect- na , . ,■ ed at the game between Orange- 5?. “ nMrt Tu ~ mdeh Business and Pro- Womens Club if selling to thegame and ho^esjto bas been __ Sgstgcr work. PIC J . L. Branham, 'aulkenberry. Route 2, Kershaw; W. E. Rabon. Lugoff; A. M. Porter,Blangr; TTLee Lit tle, Camden; DaCoste Brown, Camden; P. C. -Catoe, Camden; Arthur Bowers, Route 1, Kershaw Power WUl Be,Off For Three Hours Again Next Sunday ^ .it ' The Carolina Power and Light Company announces that the pow er wUl be ‘ would undergo another struction horror. "Further, than the above reason, | Myrtle Beach I do not care to help financially that has junked every Three Candidates S''S; In Legion Contest South—best for both our white 1 and colored people. million i ao not cai a party thi principle of fathers. Prir . "In my opi ‘between the S group, aocw Bagley. It i ever, that a < the cleavage The J. Leroy Belk Post of the tates Rights Demo-1 American Legion is expected to cratic party and that of the Tru- be well represented at the state mdnites is permanent and irrecon-hegion convention in Greenville cilable, for it is based upon a dif- 0 n July 4th. ference to principle, and you can’t) At this me principle. ’ Co. company. more. off from again Sunday accept again my thanks invitation and indulge tion and very frank views.” mimeographed letter to Kennedy from Mr. Col 7 o’clock of 'arty to the Ashton The Nation- of South having been nominated at the re- cent district meeting in Camden. Camden legionnaires are mter- j ested to the race for national exe- -)cutive committeeman from this state.- There are three candidates in the field for this position, Green- the Jr., fcjbtrtw UVraMCU* vvraaa Griffith, c ' H. Ward, itteeman; may care to although attendance not compulsory foe aithar gto Captain DQCiQd# uOW * good number will local New equipment is still arri for the use of the Camden sqi ron. In addition to the extensive radio gear now on hand, more of flee furniture to expected -shortly and a plane is expected to arrive shortly, Program Given For Sky*Vu Theatre Through an error there was transposition of heads over the program of the Sky-Vu Theater program and a few conies of the paper were run off before it was caught An effort was made sea that none of these pap were distributed. The pro- Jects at Partin, N. J.; Nemours; W. Va.; Moqar, Iowa; Wilmington, ppsi Low bids for paving aimounced Tuesday by the State. Highway department in Columbia included the following Kershaw ects: 8.242 projects: rom ne county miles of road 21 line; 7.790 miles of roads 50 and from U. S. 1 in Blaney south easterly to Route 2|; and 5.775 milei of roads 49, 48 and 53 from U. S. 1 at Blaney northwestly to the Richland county line, and Newell, of Florence, $1 Coming Events at lltlS a. m. Bawboll: Camden va Feet Jackson. 3:30 p. m. yum A3m villa, 9:15 p. Tavern, 1 p. Baseball) - angeburg. 8:15 p. m. DAfil