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Chronicle i-Heekly An nt is being made in this issue of The that beginning around the first of C oSwtper will be issued semi-weekly. PubU- * { be Tnesday and Friday of each week. ^Ululiceinent is also being made that the sub- ! *S “ tb« P*P* r wi 11 f» U P <*> a year tSSSon of the semi-weekly is begun but that “ nf the paper will have an opportunity now rfShSir subscriptions at the present rate of $2.50 / ,tong a period as two years if they so desire. *°r e 0 f The Chronicle is being sent to a very V*f neonle in the county who are not now sub in the hope that they will *Join the large list of the paper now has. They will also have the of subscribing now at the $2.50 rate a year and 0 may subscribe for as long a period as two i t ), e y go desire. < Camden Chronicle now claims to offer as com- overajre of its county as any county paper in the In this issue there are news letters from Blaney, e Cassatt, Liberty Hill and Westville. The paper to cany more sports news than any county paper action. There is much news of interest to the . There is a complete coverage of the social news iden General news of the city and county is also in detail. In addition the paper has several other b which it feels are of interest i management has planned for some time to enter ^weekly field but the newsprint situation has fd with plans. Newsprint remains about the only lity shortage now existing but it is still very, very pd about as difficult to secure aa it ever was. fever it is felt that by September the paper will be Of a sufficient supply to enter the semi-weekly Tiis will give the city's business men greater ad- > opportunities and will also enable the paper to’ ore up-to-the-minute news coverage of the county. Certificate Is Southern Ry. of in 1948, i recommenda- • Harriman Award Com- »Southern Railway has (the Certificate of Com- <rf the American Mu- aa the leader In , railroads in die it was announced to ol the m«ie to Emest E. Norris, of Washington, D. C., president of the Southern Rahway System, at the Harriman Memorial Award Dinner to be hald in New York City during September. July 10 Edward Whitson, student pas tor, in charge. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Evening worship at 7:30. Everyone is invited to attend these services. J. A. Baldwin’s Home Destroyed % Fire Sunday , rjn af an undertermined origin destroyed the home ofT A. Bald- wrn, transportaaon superintend ent of the Du Pont company short- r before midnight Sunday. The welling, a six room bungalow type was located on StateHigh- way 213 m the town of Lugoff. Loss to building and contents will aggregate 014,000. * : the •J 11:30 o clock saw the fire alarmed neighbors, who summon ed the Camden fire department, five mdes away. When a pumper reached the scene, the building was beyond saving, being a mass of flames. The Baldwins had left the dwelling shortly after 8 o’clock and returned to find the place in flamea They have occupied the place for the past two months and had just completed the installa tion of new electric equipment in the kitchen. The estimate their loss at over $6,000 while the loss $7 000 C * we ^ n ® aggregate J-McCaa, who resides north pi the Baldwin home, stated that his son heard the honking of au tomobiles on toe highway and looking out saw the Baldwin place ablaze. In the meantime a Harking Bade To Old Days PARAGRAPH ON ICE CREAM CHURN AROUSES MEMORIES A paragraph in Harold Booker's “Thiniring Out Loud” column about the good old 'days when "the ice cream freezer was brought out to furnish the dessert when un expected company came in sUrted The State newspaper to reminescing. The following editorial is from Sunday issue of the Columbia paper. ‘ Harold Booker wants to know who can remember the good old day* when the old ‘ice cream freezer was brought out to furnish the dessert when company came in the summer time. “We not only can remember that We can remember when it wasn’t even called a freezer. It was an ice cream ‘churn.’ “Who can’t remember all the ramifications that sprang from toe weekly ritual of ‘churning the earn?’ certificate MILLER'S for Lumber home, directly across the highway from the burning building, The flames lit up the sky and attracted hundreds of motorists to the scene. The Baldwin home was ■bout** eighth of a mile from U. S. Highway L Attorney General Writes Legislators Refund Extra Pay Seventy-five members of the South Carolina General Assembly who accepted $700 in extra pay for the 1947 session have been asked to return this money since the S^upretne^Court declared it uncon- Of the 170 members 44 of them never collected the extra pay and 51 who did collect have made re funds. The attorney general wrote each of toe delinquent legislators a letter. ’ \ S “It is my purpose,” he wrote, “to take such steps as may be necessary to close this matter of record." * ice cream “First, there was the problem, where we came from, of getting toe ice This had to be hauled from town, a distance anywhere from two to five miles, according to location. Ip toe days of the horse and buggy, this was some- toing of an item. Not everyone kept well-filled refrigerators, for ,, . spring houses were still somewhat lepartment in use. In locations nearer the city I* Ford ice was delivered by mule-drawn [o The Public:. ', i ' / * -•’* • ' ; jiT ' - ' . With thanks and appreciation for your inued patronage we take pleasure in . itting herewith our financial statement of June 30th., 1949, which we believe will of interest. FINANCIAL STATEMENT TIm Commercial National Bank Jana 30,1949 l Resources Discounts _$ 931,645-40 by Bonk 1,489,671.26 Federal * .* . Bank — 5,250.00 toty Starring ^ 630.52 ondFixtuijfc 9,083.46 1 Hand and From Bonks j' 738,617.78 LiaWlitiae Capital Surplus .$ 50,000.00 . 125,000.00 Undivided Profits and Reserve Accounts 49,957.32 Bills Pbyabte Deposits — $3,174,898.42 1 : NONE . 2,949,941.10 $3,174,898.42 V* mm \ r- CAMDEN, S. C V* J JS , ilm M«nk., Th. • Mombar The Fedoral Dapodi Insuranc* /s wagon, toe dozen dogs in the yard, it is recalled, making no outcry whatsoever upon the wagon’s en- try, but when it started away giv ing chase in full cry with fran tically raised hair. That phenome non of the psychology of those particular dogs has never been fathomed. “In those days, also, there was no ready-cracked ice as there is in these days of labor-saving, initiative defeating devices. Some estates probably had a short length of hickory or poplar log on the back porch to serve as a pounding block and the elegance of a wooden mallet. Others used the steps and the axe Still others •ajca pick and a dish pan. With two or more boys around there was always an argument as to who would crack the ice and who would turn the crank. The one drawing the cracking might lie on the sofa too long forcing his brother to take over his chore, but he would still be on hand to put in his claim to licking the dasher. •That, in itself, b^major mem- of toe we Other BETHE8DA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday. July 19 Rav. A. Douglas McArn. Paator Du Pont President Issues Statement Government Suit ■—i ■ - with at Church school class for every At the 11:15 Lord’s Supper will __ and new members will a 10 Bible e m. - the observed be re ceived. The Youth Fellowship meets at 8:30 p. m. The Young Adults at 8:30. The Session meets at the church on Saturday, July 9 at 7 p. m., to receive any who may wish to unite with this church. Everyone is cordially in vited to attend these services. Following is the text of a state ment by Crawford H. Greenewalt, president of the Du Pont Com- ny, concerning the civil suit ed in Chicago by the U. S. De partment of Justice against Du Pont, General Motor Corporation and others alleging violation of the Sherman and Clayton anti trust laws: . “The Du Pont Company em phatically denies that its rela tionships with General Motors and the other companies mentioned in the complaint have been either il legal or In any way detrimental to toe interest of toe people of toe United States. “On the contrary, these rela tionships have served the public interest in a conspicuous way; and in that firm belief we will de fend our actions and our present position with the utmost vigor. “Since these relationships have been a matter of public record and public information for many ssssssssssmrnssamm FT-V ' years, toe motive for this suit must arise out of a determination by toe Department of Justice to attack bigness in business as such. We cannot believe that such a po sition is or will be supported by toe American people because in the end it would increase prices, reduce living standards, and even weaken the national security." - _ ’ * . Aged Liberty Hill Negro Died Monday Sam Williams, one of Liberty Hill's oldest colored citizens, died on Monday. His funeral was held at Rich Hill on Thursday after noon at 3 o’clock. San Marino is the oldest and smallest Republic in the world. KILL ATHLETES FOOT "TE-OL.BEST..SELLER" Sayt DaKalb Pharmacy HERE’S The REASON. The (erm deeply. You must REACH ory of toe era. Other things being equal there was always a battle for this delectable chore. “But meanwhile there was the chore, not so delectable, of mixing the salt and turning the crank. Not infrequently, it would be found as the last minute that toe supply of ke cream salt had been exhausted, occasionally with an argument as to who had prom ised to replenish the supply, and rate of tods was substituted on the suggestion of the Dad, who was an “Not of the by more or less wiliinghands. It had a regular rhythm, why did it never receive the delicate atten tion of a drop of oil? “There was always the great ambition of retting it out whole. No matter what precautions were taken, it seems tost prattically every time instead of coming out as a leaning tower of Pisa the fin ished product would partly pour forth m a practically shapeless lump, barely beyond the liquid base. “Than, oh, bitter truth! there I were the times when the sudded cry would arise, *Salt!’ The ice cream freezer, of I course, has not disappeared from the American scene. It is still I available on the markets: used by despite the fact mat moat i buy their ke cream, or! i to the eesy-method mixes. “Churning ice creem is a ritual | deserving intensive revival." Revival Services Providence Church Revival services will begin at I Providence Baptist church on Sunday night, July 10 at 7:45 o’clock. Rev. Boyce Davis will as- [ sist tha pastor. Rev. Roy Neal. Homecoming Day will be ob served on Sunday, July 17. Every (toe is invited to come and bring wcu xuiea Muets. Use Chronicle Went Ads . Jr. ■ i •V ip 2K>JRNi hot •**!£ ... urn GOOO/YEAlt TIKES TO FAY CASMI i no Motor CompaRV if Lr it TE-OL, containing alcohol, PENETRAT- les more germs. Your om any druggist if not fE HOUR. IN ONE EY S Semi-Annuaf STRETCH YOUR DOLLAR WITH VALUE PACKED MERCHANDISE VOR 'COOL A. GOOD LOOKS TOWN CLAD*! 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