Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'4- X ‘ •Cl . •i CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, NtIDAY, JULY 22, 1949 Number 19 Youlh Admits Hat He fire To Business Pli Dusty Bend Monday ‘Night — pf Gib DeBruhl said Wednesday afternoon that ‘SfLh ig-year-old negro youth, taken into custody :S»L’ with the fire at the W. E. Stokes Grocery nne ffillinsr station Tuesday night, -had admitted that *^t fire to the place. , Report Received On Fire Survey Exfmmdy Poor Condition Of Electrical Wiring Is Noted In Some Cases „ vouth, according to USd how he>d , boxSS with e»vtoi» .IS it in the ladies’ ^ ‘fSe building, poured m to a match was discovered by a the Stokes place ,rStk. At thefcme smoke were pouring ffetfjttd windowofthe Kronen from the city [. responded to the ^ quickly had the fire “f^ttigation foUwing Chief Hammond dis- the wooden box fiUed •havings which had ^d with gasoline. The (mart can, was found DeBruhl had Smith m Saturday night as it ^reported tiiat he had a gainst the propnetor of in a statement to ffon^ “id that if the looTbeen discovered early have quickly enveloped ding and spread to the Jtonlu of the Sinclair Re- | Company, located near the $ay enough in praise tness and efficiency Hammond and his l" he said. “Their in checking the fire saved the building Stokes, the owner of the fining station, has ope- _ Dusty Bend store and station for several yw*. , brother of Arthur StoRS, I superintendent of educs- The city has received a re port from the South Carolina Fire Prevention Association regarding the survey which was made of Camden on May 19 and 20. The report is a lengthy one covering thirteen pages and gives rec ommendations regard ing many public places. One of the general recommend ations made by the association is that “consideration be given to amending the present building code, which provides that no re in shall be made to frame ildlngs within the mercantile ct, to provide for condemn ing Or removing them when they become so dilapidated as to cre ate extreme fire hazards.*’ A more thorough enforcement of the electrical code is also rec ommended. - Eighteen members of the asso- ‘' in Camde elation assembled Jen jand To Receive On Bond Friday itop toward the' elec-' 4 bonds for public is expected to be evening at 5:30 |vta the petition seeking sa will be formally pre- iCity Council and action i —» | web ago Mrs. Louise W. ) oty clerk, gave notice Mvenl counterparts of ta would be in the of- |be city clerk and that all interested might inspect »i|ht, in person or by at- ^tppear and challenge the 7 of the petition and au- ' of >ny name appearing ml any other matters ! thereunto. Nd that no persons have Ti to inspect the petition i not anticipated that there [ protest filed when 1 meets Friday. ■ Council is generally ex- Mo order the election for early in September. rHenry Savage, Jr., is out [oty and will not be at “ml meeting Friday. X 0 ® 0 ! go ahead and .Co®cfl will og ahead until his return is not 11 ,®. .oppomtion appears W hkely that the date i m rriday. Clinic d -n Saturday ,. 1 Junior Chamber of * base- will be held fat every Satur- 10 to 12 o’clock woay, July 23 and ®ta September. i u’S® Chiefs will co- h ”* - icSef^h^ of the i > ^ ^°und on lt .°f this issue of The the group pal Ore < approximately Z40 t erties, comprising vi mercantile or fire schools, churches, the of public and places and inspected 240 separate prop- virtually all the district; the hospital nbly. says poor condition of fho olodrk- al wiring. Houtakwoping was found to bo gonorally good, with only ■ few oxcopitons." ’The population of the city I now estimated at approximately 8,000 and the built-up area close ly surrounding the city limits will raise the total estimate to ap proximately 10,000. “The fire departn consists of three full-time paid firemen and 19 volunteers, chief and one fireman are on duty during the day and the other paid a is on duty at night, to- with seven volunteers who at the station. fire department is well housed in a two-story building, only moderately exposed. Hie premises are well kept and in ex cellent repair. The police station is located in the same building. I The fire department equip ment consists of two 750-gallon pumpers, one American- La- France equipped with a booster tank and one Seagrave equipped with a chemical tank; one 1944 Work Begins On King Hoiglor Apartments Project ■r ■ ylifilP imsmk r Of New Apartments Now Under Way Fadtrol Housing Chief Throws First Shovel Of Dirt On Project Ground was broken last Thursday for the construc tion of the King Halglar Apartments, to be built at an estimated cost of $207,500 at the corner of Mill and Laur ens streets, the first shovel full of dirt having been mov ed by H. E. Bailey, of Colum bia, federal housing admini strator for South Carolina, and the second by City Com- misMoner Sam Karesh. breaking of Town and County.... • Underwriter Meeting Hazel Elliott, L. S. Mayer and Shannon W. Heath went to Co lumbia Thursday morning repre senting the Camden Life Under writers Association, to attend a course being given by the South Carolina Life Underwriters As sociation regarding the work of local associations. •The Vacation This is the vacation season and many Camden people are either off on vacation now, have just re turned from one or are to take one. •At lions Meetings H. B. Littlejohn, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hoffman and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Kelly are attending the Lions International convention in New York this week. Mr. Littlejohn is president of the Camden club. •Watermelons Plentiful Watermelons appear to be very g entiful this season, judging by e number being ofwed for sale on the streets of the city. •Ousts Has Resigned - Camden baseball tons were In terested in the newt from Orange burg that K. K. Ouzts had resign ed as manager of the Orangeburg baseball team and had been re placed by Erve Fagan, a member of the pitching staff. There has been a long standing feud be tween the Camden tons and Ouzts. Events m. July 24 I'gri lys t d r h - July 25 EZL .Camden krp’Jmr 26 L*ly27 Tbr- tank, 41 and 600 feet of 1% inch hose; one 1940 Ford Hose Truck with an adequate amount of minor equip- mdot A total of 4200 feet of ser viceable 2% inch hose is on hand at all times. ’The fire alarm system consists of 34 Gamewell automatic fire alarm boxes in operation on a single overhead circuit These ere well placed in the mercantile dis trict with fair distribution in the other sections of the city. “The water supply in die mer cantile district is fairly adequate. Static pressure Is 80 pounds, re sidual pressure 48 pounds with • discharge of 530 gallons per min ute. There is a 10-inch main run ning east and west on DeKalb street with a 6-inch main extend ing north from the intsrsection on Broad street and ah 6-inch main extending south from the intersec tion on Brood street The dty is 6th Grade classi- fire department records reveal that 16 alarms were an swered last year. There have been no large or toerious fires within the city during the past five years.” . — The report mikes recommenda- tiona • about the different places inspected and in many of them there were references to the elec trical wiring. re John T. Sloan lory Speaker •To Go On Cruise J. Clator Arrants, local attorney, who is a member of the United States Naval Reserves, has been ordered to report for a 14-day training period with the Navy be ginning Aug. 1. He will report to file Charleston Naval Base and will be at sea for two weeks. •Game Friday Night Baseball fans are looking for ward eagerly to the game Friday night between the Camden Chiefs and the Lake City Truckers. The Truckers are now in second place in the league standings and the Chiefs are trying desperately to break into the first division. A tremendous crowd is expected at the game •In Veterana Hospital F. D. Goodale, well known loc al business man, is a patient in the Veterans Hospital m Colum bia. In the to menu now be Maxey. In the or, is shown, foil was mol ing on, left to B» M. Kennedy, ifn? Witnessing the ground for this were a group City Manager Lott Kogers, ator R. M. Kennedy, Bonner Bax ter and Reid Hearn of the Fed eral Housing Administration, William G. Lyles, of Columbia, the architect; A. Stanley Llew ellyn, chairman of the State Re search, Planning and Develop ment Board, and others. Mayor Hemy Savage, Jr., and City Com missioner Joe McKain were out of the city and could not be pres ent. v Following the formal breaking of dirt work began In earnest on the project and It Is hoped to have the apart ments completed within about Six mwwWis, The King Halglar Apartments will have 30 two-bedroom apart ments. Fourteen of the apartments will have living room, dining room and kitchen on first floor and the two bedrooms and bath ' ira. Eight of five apartments be upstairs apartments and downstairs apartmsnts. -—- h apartment is equipped with an oil-fired furnace with a heating outlet in each room, n range, refrigerator, electric hot water heater, full kitchen equip ment and Venetian blinds. , ipwn the architect's drawing of the King Haiglar Apart-1 ve I5r rf !? ,U ^S ^aei at tlfif corner of Mill and Laurens streeuT -The photo i* by Lash. All ofthe rooms on*!!* ta- pkture H. B. Bailey, of Colombia, Federal Housing Administrat-1 side will be plastered. Beths will fimt shoyel full.of dirt Qt who t, are Mrs. Mattie S. Creed, George A. Creed, City Manage# {jott Rogers, Harold Booker, Senator R. re is Th< d shovel 1)6 completely filed with a shower I -—.to..tub. The yng wlU _ . - . —— —ted and sound deadening Llewellyn, will be provided in partitions bt- Kennedy,[ k. m. Kennedy, m, uty Manager ixitt Rogers, Harold Booker, Senator R. Kennedy, L Jr., Dewey Creed, Bonner Baxter If the F. H. A., Reid Hearn of the F. H. A„ Pete Ham- mond, W. G. Lyles, the architect, and Alvin Creed. The little boy standing beside Mr. I Jrldditicm to bfdrS^ g c io^te Bailey and Mr. Karesh is Bobbie Creed, son of Alvin Creed. (The bottom photo is by coat doseta, linen closets, ScT^ BASEBALL Bravos, play- The for Pitcher Err* •d *L K. Quito. Tuesday. * ad the Cauidsn Chisto by a of 4 to 0 Wadnoday nighi. tftroa and Hartovills in a ito far fourth ptoeo and HarttvUla lost Wadnsaday night Two Prisoners Still At Largo Sammy Bollard, A Ufor, And Danny Bay Waalay Escapo Front Gang Sammy Ballard and Dan ny Boy Wesley, wha escap ed from the Kershaw Coun ty chain gang camp Sunday afternoon were serving life and ten year sentences re spectively on murder charg es. Ballard killed his wife, Hester, and daughter, Ella Nora, with a ■hot gun in the family home on York street in this city in Jan uary, 1943. Ballard was tried at the court of general sessions and a jury brought in a verdict of first degree murder with a recommen dation for mercy. . The recom mendation automatically elimi nated the electric chair for the accused. Dannie Wesley was. charged with killing Mack “ dwcT 1948 Variety Of Weather In Kershaw County Reported This Week by of' sain and of the time It moraing tha t Is reported have bean visited by a n Local JayCees Handed Awards ' | | -| ! Many Art Racogntxod By] Stott Organization For| Outstanding Work regu- 15 in- Thompson in a iwelling near.Boykin on March 6. 1948. After being found guilty of nanalaughter in general saasions court in June of that year, be was sentenced to ten- years on the i chain gang or in the state peni- bpthj Sheriff Gib DeBruhl stated that •fa«.»as yet they do not have-any clues • fas Ip,the two lar cloudburst, ^ 7.25 dies of rain having fallen. While rain has Men pretoy all over the county, _• some few Isolated sections which still need 1L ‘ mnA county has had a slight respite from the heel and ▼ailed last weds and tha week before and the nights have been a dagraaa or sq more comfortable. Sanitary Laws Being Enforced iped held Chtefr.fa tero.hifa, in at Orangeburg. Ha! the situation throughout. Braves scored three runs in fine first innnig, enough to win the game. After the first inning Shealy pitched a sweU gsme. Bar hitting star far In other fl niahi Mrrtl. Wh l^t Civilian Air Patrol Meets Friday Night period in air k, led by Jim An Instructive juvenile de ed on condi- in the home of Judge John of the Court of STSS: Hartsville 7 eat Fi The 7 to •. as of Thursday 41 pound rescue wor Darby, will feature the of the Civilian Air Patrol on day night at 8:30 o’dock. It hoped that by Friday night the unit will have received an L-4 plane which is to be used for in structional purposes. Uniforms for the members of the local CAP have been ordered. BEAL ESTATE TRANSFER recorded in the county auditor that of Elizabeth A That the sanitary laws in the city will be enforced more strict ly waiJndkated by the fact that cases Were brought this week against some who are alleged to have violated them. Summons were issued for one concern dealing in a food product because, X was alleged, all of the persons in his employ did not have health cards. A property owner was sum moned because of failure to pro vide necessary sanitary precau tions around some houses which he owns. * B !■>■■■ ■ ■» nm il f " — State’s Increase In Manufacture Second In Vnited States ' •*,■«!/ —. . -~4——- South Cardlina ranked second in the nation in “value added by manufacture,” the recently re leased census of manufactures shows. New Mexico was in first place. South Carolina’s increase fir 1930 to 1947 in value added by 370 per cent 1947 the num- wa vided on the site and all drives and parking areas win paved. Playground facilities far small children will also be pro vided. Underground garbage con tainers will be furnished. The site will be completely' fandscaped. The architects are William G. “ ea, Bissett, Carlisle and Wolff, Columbia. The owners are A Creed, Mattie S. Creed 4n Creed. The contractors are George A Creed and Son. Report On School Meals Served fimi members of the Camden Jun- school children of Kershaw coun- o r Chamber for their work Jy, according to a report released awards were given to the Uh $23,137.07. The total case in- members earning them at the I come for all of the schools was last meeting of the JayOeg 1 .. »t Which J. E. Derby w»* in- re ^^2S3’ stalled as president and the I $54,0M.27 going for food and the other newly elected officers balance for labor and supplies, took over their dotlee. 1^*^“ ^ that functioned in the coxmty. ^ recogmUon of the dto- ment sent to the schools toward flushed servtoe unselfishly helping feed the children. Part rendered by him to his city, state Uf these commodities were bought wid nation, as one of the out- by the United States Department standing young men m the state 0 f Agriculture to support farm of South Carolina.” priceTand the balan^ bought The certificates were given to I with funds appropriated by the the following: Jolly Pitts for his work as treasurer. L. H. Hasty for his work on the Youth Center building. Hazel Elliott for his work on the Horse Show end Base ball. - Ramsey Horton for his work with the youths of the city. Joe Rauseo for promotion of the Horse Show. Luther Fields for promo- tion of Gymkhana and adver tising. Jim Darby tc the Recreation Halt ' Frank Rector for his work as national director. Austin Sheheea for his work as president Officers of the Junior Chamber tor the ensuing year are: Jim Lane Woodcock ) vice are: r, Elihu Federal government to the school lunch program. _ * Woodmen To IBM Present Flog K |To Mt. Pisgoh Bed Oak the will No. 797 af the World Jim Darby tor his work at 29 at 10t30 o'clock. Officials of of the World and of women's branch will he eni to assist to the July ■im HIGHWAY BIDDER Dickerson, Inc., of C., was low .