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W>m tm-j|»af^>ti;ft vw&tytM' 1 -**<— 61 CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA. itlDAY. 1UNE 24. 1949 ■ — -*•- ick Action Necessary Save Baseball Team Oi Audit sBooks Public Mr Yoor Show And Operating Decrease ,rf!he books of Camden for the [ended April 30 ,ert A. Bruce & that the reve-, elty increased ding year and „ of operations 1 [t that there wae rease in debt to the retire- onds, and . in iy f due to the r buying new tther equipment (obsolete equip- thc year totaled compared with preceding year, _ increase o£ $27,- itest increase' was and penalties 4,053.94 last year $67,170.72 the Business licensee ‘ approximately fines were up expenses of the taled $137,151.53 ith $140,584.94, .41. The big0f$ ting expens which collection. This year as oom- the previous Kershaw County Farm Women Delegates of Council of Form Wo of Kershaw County who are tea fling from lift to right, front row: Ms. Q. E. John {Jetty*, Mrs. O. J. ImyrL state * row* Mpis and Krs. H. E. Mrs. Moll George Dixon. McCaskiU. Mrs. Mrs. Earl Truasdala. Mrs. Murray Smith. H. M. Itogorm and Mrs. Hyatt. Id at Wlnthrop College are shown shove. Price. Mrs. Sam West Mrs. Hasel Robin- ha. Ruth J. Parker. Mrs. Avis Anderson . Phillips. Mia. Jessie Vincent Mrs. C. W. Holley. Mrs Ira. J. it Dinkins. Miss Willie Mae Elliott Mrs. Lottie Getty*. Mrs. _ n. W. J. Denton. J. K. Lon Hall, Bell. Mr*. Mr*. R. A. lAlox West W. A. Howktna. Mrs. lepartment, | debt service last .68 as compared , previous year, for by the fact ovement bomb Ur 33,000 datad Doc. Need Sigi 11 lu II. 11 '" Mfl 1 ISO More llSL Mcsnt ImprovoiiMittt uLZZ pOSHom ai tion i'on the All in the 10 the _ for an elec- jl Inmooan lamm oona iftsuv nas 1 this weak and «My - r 1948, rate of 5 I these bonds were ag Fund had ac- 0, e°Wd?IS» general fund, utility fund re- had been a in electric sales total for the $243,349.13 as 7,243.78 There was an i.19 in Jted out that (considerable cash ity department capital expendi having the water and this amount, out of the and the rest ads issued by the proceeds of this | now been ex is no more for further im- ?t from operat- adopted an in- the water and so that track |all materials on tely determine for expense of t for mainten- its policy of regard* of the dly. is publishing Chronicle of the ms sum- i contained In on file In the »y be seen by • see same. novionoi iraora Gow To fo^t J Since Mty 1 work has been in progress on the Camden golf course and local golf enthusiastis say now that the course ranks as one of the finest layouts in the South. An of the greens on the course have been reworked and the Her- is now matting well ere in fine shape. all been with the lately they show a very vement. this Will Camden Lose Its Ball Club? The fate of Palmetto League baseball in Camder. will be determined at the meeting to be held in the American Legion hall on Friday night at 8 o’clock Unless positive action is taken, at this meeting, the City’s franchise in the league will be surrendered and the ball park will be dark at nights for the remainder of .the long, hot summer instead of being the gathering place for hundreds of fans. The history of the Camden baseball club this season is one of a battle against vicissitudes. The club began operations on a shoestring basis. It was the last in the league to be organized. It had not a single old player to start with as a nucleus. Because of the lateness in organizing many of the players it might have secured had already been signed up. The result has been that in order to get a good team it has been necessary to try out almost a countless number of men. Some one has said that there have been three teams, one going, one coming and one here. But at last the directors have succeeded in fielding a very creditable team, one that has ho superior in the circuit in the matter of fielding. Its pitching staff may be a little weak and the team may not have the heaviest hitters in the league but it is a team that bids fair to win more than a majority of its games and certainly the fans will have the opportunity of seeing some very fine baseball. There may be those who will say that the city had no business entering the league on a shoestring bfuis. that too much money has been spent, etc. That is all beside the point now. The city did enter the league, whether it was the wise thing to do or not and the money has been spent, whether too much or not, and the only question to decide now is whether the city will remain in the league or whether it will drop out and thus admit that it cannot kaep pate with Kingstree, Lake City, Georgetown, Orangeburg and Myrtle Beach. We omit Hartsville because the club there is financed by Sonoco and of course Fort Jack- son has no fthfiielal problems because the United^ States government is behind it _ - Myrtle Beach was recently threatened with the loss of its club but the business men and fans of the town raised tha money to keep it The owners of the Sumter team in the Tri-State League recently forfeited their franchise and Sumter was about to lose the club but a group of business men in that city put up over $30,000 to save it. Camden ia not being called upon to raise any Sumter and quasi is mod hsvo not yti city ofihoi and the The I heavily good rains late! decided hnpro Tha club fa fairways have fertilized and •1.50 par'day and it la hoped that many visitors to the dty and other* who like to play golf will avail thorn- selvas of the coune as wall as ♦Ka regular members. The Camden golf course has at tracted the admiration of nearly every one who has played on it It contains 117 acres of beautiful nd and has many tall pines lin- g the fairways to ’add to the itural beauty of the course. Steve Duda ia the professional in charge and is at the club at all times to be of service. There are many new comers to Camden and members of the club hope that they will avail themselves of the excellent oppor tunities for golfing offered here. Criminal Court Te Convene Here Monday Morning Town and County.... no record of tha nunt "T a team by had boon kept tha Camdan tima hava mada by any if not hava this Mad ona mora Wadnaaday t to Myrtle iJL*? *• M Trtlo (winning run in vhan Beard "n* on a rous- > BUI Karr. Oiiafs lost b«gua Wad- |. l ' u I]"on ovapr 1o 9 3 11 •543 9 AM oi tl •For N*v*l Training « Lieut Comdr. Andrew B. Whit* aker, U. S. N. It, of Camden, has been ordered to report for active duty in connection with the Midway for two weeks. •Heel Wave Hits City Camden is now in the midst of tiie first heat wave of the summer. The weather bureau reports that there is no relief in sight from it yet ' •Vacation Season On The vacation season is on and many Camden people are trekking towards the beaches while a few are heading towards the moun tains. 6apt. William L. Jackson of Company D of the 122nd. Engineer Battalion says that his company ia still 74 men short of its goal and that it] would like to recruit as many new men as/possible I before leaving for Fort Jack-] son on Sunday, July 3. Company D was organized on) February 8 and has a present strength of 50 men. It has an I authorized strength of 124 men sol that 74 men ire needed to bring it up to full strength. There ere vacancies, Capt Jackson stales, for jeep drivers, radio operators, linemen, pioneers, cooks, carpen ters, mechanics, riggers and many other interesting job* All men who wish to enlist now and go to the encampment are requested to stop at the arm ory and get the necessary forms for enlistment or they may con tact Captain Jackson at Jackson’s Nursery. The training at Fort Jackson] will be given under the super vision of Third Army instructors] needed here is Fans Will Heel On Friday Night 4 To Decide Fate Directors Will Surrender Franchise To League If Help Not Given At Once Unless a substantial sum of money is raised immedi ately to help finance the Camden Club of the Palmet to Baseball league, the city’s franchise in the league will be surrendered to the league next week and Camden will be forced to drop out of the baseball picture. In an effort to save tha club a meeting will be held in the American Legion hall Friday night (Juno 24) at 8 o'clock and ovary baseball fan end business man in the city who is interested in seeing the dub retained is urged to bo pres ent. ^The directors of the club an nounced this week that they could not carry on any longer unless help was forthcoming. They have put up all that they fed they can put up and it is their feeling that if the people with baseball they will have to help finance it At the meeting Friday night the directors will be present to give a detailed report on the operations of the club K and a financial report win be given. The amount which it is estimated will be needed to the club though thtapwwn . • announced ind it will then be up to the fans to decide wheth er the club will finish the season orart. It ia pointed out that the chib hM never had any operating capi- ] tal, having entered the league on shoestring. The directors state it they have done everything in to finance h, resort ia aa but fhrtnon** threfl or four s.provided within the a da £! ^ will be surrendered. The Chronicle liopee that the Money can be raised. It feels that baseball is a fine wholesome sport and that it gives the community a recreation that more people, enjoy than any other form of recreation. Any onei who attended the Orangeburg-Camden game Tuesday night and aaw gathered there over a thous and people coming from every walk of life enjoying one of the best games ever played on the local tiouffh Camden dH lose, must have with the need of continuing the &7 already J “ clubs so had a a team. Court of General Sessions will convene Monday morning with Judge G. Duncan Bellinger pre- ALL "juror* drawn for the week fol low; A Stanley Llewellyn, Camden; Harold Lee Waters, Kershaw; J. T. Nettles. Camden; W. M. Peake, Lugoff; Walter L. Gettys, Lugoff; Blake Kelly, Route 3, Camden; A. J. Boheler, Lugoff; Funnan Broughton, Route 2, Kershgw; Ernest Bradley, Camden; Joe M. Hornsby, Route 3, Camden; AH bert R&bon, Jr., Lugoff; T. C. -orion, Route 2, Kershaw; H. E. ! C C rr*abo„, Lugoff; A. R. Boulware, Route 1, Camden; Charles H. Trapp, Camden; J. D. Baker, Camden; J. T. Jackson, __ rn . l Lugoff; J. W. Faulkenberry Ker M Chiefs lost Shaw; Leroy Sanders,, Blai J^engoburg T. B. Branham, Blaney; C. “ w *“vsrirwK nine; Ridgeway; T. den; Herbert Clinotn * D. Huggins, Cam- Route 1, Camden diamond, even been impressed sport here. The Chronicle also would hate to see the team % Ipst because it would certainly give the town something of a black-eye In the estimation of the rest of the state. We are told that one of the prime rea- sons oumter business men put up the money to save the team there waa they felt it would hurt the city’s prestige to loae it At any rate we hope every one who is interested in Camden'as well as those who are particularly in terested in baseball will attend the meeting Friday night. . ** j— k. . . ..... .... . ■, » Speaks Director I Plan To CopTl First National Iwi Disasters . . . , , business man of the city, has been]directorvolunt^^servke^of faff** equipment such as bid- elected a director of the Pint Na- STsoutheariS^/?earf^ the Uk?” Clearing maChmery ^ B^crfCamd^ to succeed America? SdCroSHpoki eta an nine nice. | WiUiam R. Gettys, who resigned. | meeting of the disuter prepared- and will take in all types of duties of the Engineers such as budding of bridges, demolition of bridges, aying of mine fields, destruction of mines and clearing of mined areas. ‘The Engineers,” said Captain Jackson, “is the place for young men who wish to learn the use • Now Officers To Take Over New officers of the Rotary, Lions and JayCees organizations e expected to take over at the st meeting df th* respective or ganizations in July. The same sp ies to new officers oi the J. •roy Belk Post of the American Legion. •Big Rattlesnake Hide Among the many mementoes which Dr. George Barnes has in his home is the hide of a rattle snake, over 6 feet long. He killed the snake in the yard of hitf home in Florida when he lived in that, state. ' •D. A. R. Picnic The Hobkirk Hill chapter of the DAR enjeyed a picnic Thursday afternoon at DeKalb Park. Among the graduates at Georgia School of Technology this year were William Clarkson who was Swarded the Bachelor of Engin eering degree, and Leonard Her man Schenk, who was swarded the Bachelor of Civil Engineering —— An advance detail of men from Company D wiU leave for Colum-| 0i i c£i^,~whdU^ ^ °® ^ * et tors of the American Oil at Fort Jackson ready for | pany, has been a resident of Cam Mr. Speaks, owner of the Speaks “ ' distribu- committee of the Kershaw - county chapter last Thursday aft- Com-1 emoon. Arber W. Shirley and Lee A An derson. They will attend a pre camp mess school conducted by the Third Army from June 28 to July 3. Richards Called To White House Congressman J. P Richards of the Fifth district, acting chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Com mittee and Congressman Eaton of New Ji' to\5^S^<tey V3r3.^^£ralf e "r^^ ec *™ e IthekUal^£!Stt£, pr^Xand WaS^S^M^HaffiS d^l. Mario^ , SediapSr e i*j£l James wimams, Carl M. Hatfield, | connected with the American Oil man; Lott Rogers, city manager; He^hTa native of Union.Grove, ^/‘Mr^^hn ^^all^Wank Iredell county, North Carolina. Rector, Arthur Stokes and Col. During the 12 years he has been and Mrs. E. C. vonTresckow. made many] Miss Kemodle pointed out the necessity <ft the chapter being or ganized to meet any emergency. in Camden he has friends in the city. Revised Circular On^ DDT Available Extension Circular 284, DDT pointed out that there | emergencies in peace time as well such ai in ss tornadoes, ■t last a team which .., imSsT in the 1 But about the was secured the pew mare acute PM’ rectors say they longer without a Ine chib has had a | break from the w point Not until the ‘ boaeboll i . Tart skied has kept the attendance (home games. The first real big , se»on waa the crowd tended the Orong gajne on Tuesday | week. It is hoped that there la large turnout of fans ] meeting Friday night bee this meeting will depend j of the team. • , There are many who feel that if the team can finish thi| that other arrangements! perfected for baseball in next year. Sumter has raised $30,C past two weeks \in an save its baseball team stantial sum was raised ini 1 teach to save the teani The amount needed here is course, not comparable to raised in Sumter but the ust as urgent — Cancer Drive Isl Yet Short Of Goal . . v, Mrs. mander Cancer Society, an week that a total of $900! raised in the county i quota of $1,200. No active solicitation made in the county and be but Mrs. Watts states tfcri m one who desires to contribute the work of the society car\do sc ■ ■■ 6 J .Crow must always be on ' MU ranking Republican Femi and Home Uses, has recent- scene to render aid. ly been revised and reprinted by] I the Clemson Extension Service. member of the committee, called to the White House this. _ . ^ ... week for a conference with Presi- ft prepared by W. C. Netties, dent Truman on the subject of a fe*d<sr, Clemson Erienaion En- “Little Marshall Plan” for Korea, tomology and Plant Disease Work. The President expressed to the County agents have copies of this his interest in circular for distribution. action on his I Mr. Netties stresses the fact authorization of ex-{that residual effect of DDT Is im- Mr. Woodcock will name com mittees to handle various phases of relief in the cast of such emer- TO GIVE STREET DANCE The Camden Fire Departmen is sponsoring a street dance Tues day evening, June 28, at 9:30 o’clock on Laurens street between to'the! Applied •* ■ residual spray—not | Fair and Lyttleton streets. No part of »• mist or space Wray, he says, admission tee will be charged. United “The purpose of the residual Musk; will be furnished by 1 is to coat the treated sur-1 Southern with a very fine layer of penditure of $150,000,000 to pro- portent “DDT ..best i when Chairman Rich- the Coming Events Friday. June 24 \ Msstlng of baseball lean Legi Saturday. •ball* Cs_ 8:15 p. m. |jjh at HtlSa. aa» ■ jirtti