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I DAY, AUGUST 12,1949 HRONIGtfi- Number 22 *>» * > ^^^ % , i • : ed For September 13 constraction work an expenditure of * U,yS ?h 0 e 0 €to wty m the Wy !iith other large proj- beitt plah"^’ pamden So continue to enjoy rid growth it ha* had fthe past 12 month*. atSfift* rapid come to . **2 ! tt»e city announced 1 ^Tv W ater consumption £* now 1.WO.OOO compared to 800,000 ‘southern Bell Telephone announced this telephones had I during the past year and it ire now 230 applies* . haad for telephone aa» C P. DuBoa# ‘"to ^Hl e stationad here and r maneuvers were in this section. __ traction projects on ,«vk is now progressing, [iaa nearing completion, w L „ w- » » student of the Baron DeKalb High School will.represent thi* district In * F.F.A. speak ing contest which is to be held at Clemson College this week. He firet won the Kershaw county contest and then later won the district contest at Columbia. The district he will represent comprises Chesterfield, Kershaw, Rich land, Lexington, Saluda, Aiken and Edgefield counties. His subject is ‘The Business of Farming.” Congratulating young Stover on hie speech is J. L. Talley, agricultvml st Baron High Schools ties,* afl Igggt To Take Specic& Training* Achievement Winners In Sioimty Going To Clemson Fifteen achievement winners in Kershaw county 4-H Club work will attend the district 4-H club achievement round-up at Clemson College on Monday and Tuesday o Round-ups be held for each of Acadamy three extension districts in the state and the round-up for the Piedmont district in which Kershaw county is situated is scheduled for the first two days of next week. Stokaa, imieM. teacher, all in “.Scarborough, fcnt athletic Voting Requirements In | Bond Election Are Rigid Under state laws, a voter who desires to cast a ballot in the bond issue election on Sept. 13 must: (1) Possess and present a county registration certificate issued within the period Jan. 1, 1949 and Aug. 13, 1949, inclusive. , (2) Possess a municipal registration certificate issued by the supervisor of registration of the City of Camden. (3) Present proof showing the payment of all taxes, state, county and municipal for the previous year; and proof showing the payment of the poll tax for the year 1949. The production of a receipt of an officer authorised to collect the taxes referred to ■hall be conclusive proof of the payment. Gettya, Mrs. Nye B. Rivers and others, all ha Camden Sprint in Fine Tree School C Wilton, who hea been of the Camdaw Grammar will foe principal of both the junior high sad w* grammar schools. as an fol- AS New Phones Added In Year | .* V "fc r t __ • w. Now TcUphong Directory For Comdon Will Hovo Classified Fagot Farmer b Slain; Son-Inlaw Held Joo Stowort It In Joil On Charge Of Killing D. L McCatkill The complete f noungod by Supt High School: C. R' Baldwin, prindpel; Frank MT ‘ * social studies, culture; M. d O.; The next issue of Cam den’s telephone directory, which will be delivered in the near future will carry a new classified section, ac cording to W. G. Edwards, district manager of the Soutiiern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company. r. Edwards points out that the for the new classified sec tion Is brought about by the in- CHy Books Of The following winners from Kershaw county will attend in i at sumerous I in the formative stage; to have I which building stage yet hive not been an- will bring the the next few months i sum also. to the water con- City Manager Lott I this week that it was It per cent of the the plant and that as continues to grow the mat i I with. Wfihelmina Gardner -A Room Improvement and Team Demon stration. Leona Watkins—Team Demon- Marie Stokes—Poultry. Jo An rdthe Anne Warna—Leadership. Bennie Sue Marshall—Canning. Douglas Horton—Better Meth ods. must Persons Are In Wreck rt Comer t, and R. accompany the ^boys , two women and were injured and two a badly damaged in a i«t the comer of East De- Ljrttleton streets Mon . »oon at 1:15 o’clock. Iwwed were: Mrs. E. R. ! k®den; Mrs. Winnons *•, and Miss Leona letter two of Demar- [J. All thro* had to be hos- •od it was feared that “.f^d received a frae- AU^three were badly car, driven by r., was going street and the lor north on Lyttleton. The «r war struck midway be- front and rear on the left *5* a l m °st demolished, car was badly daro- snop extimators who -»ed to the scene e ‘M80o mage t0 the cars to Marion Jones—LeaderWup. Olin Brown—Meat Animal Loc McKinnon—Tractor Main tenance. John Elliott—Tractor Plowing. Mias Frances Hicks, assistant home demonatration ag R. Montgomery, agent, will acco . . and girls to Clemson. Miss will asriat with the dress revue and Mr. Montgomery will assist with ttie tractor maintenance and mess hall committee. At the roundup the county win ners prill be placed in special ad Miss Hicks will assist ssey, district agent with a recognition program which will conclude the district achievemen work. “l p ' traffic moving wreck, Police Officer ous conduced the in , ° r the police. t L* 5 oUiaion threw * out of the car. She i rlVJ Ve r nt when .reached the scene. » bad cut on his received Meeting Pwrt Plant ! *te e . ly co5SS{ engineer ItSciH p nducted the yor the DuPont G>ult " ^ J*wkmeng the - : ^ remarks*^ The boys and girls who are go ing to Clemson have been selected because of their past records and activities for the year. County winners in each of the 37 different 4-H dub projects will attend these roundup* The pro gram of the roundup will be designed to give the individual county winners additional train ing in the specific projects in which they each excefled in their respective counties. The training group committees will be com posed of Extension Service sub ject matter specialists, members of the Clemson faculty or oiha invited speakers, and older 4-H dub members who arte former state winners in the various ^^After'the additional training at the roundup the county winnaws vrill be given until Oct 1 to con tinue their projects and improve their dub records before submit ting them in the final contest to select state winners. City Buys Building For Gty Garage The dty has bought the build ing on Mill street, formwly oc- cupied by Mayer’s Cabinet shop, and next to the Anderson ma chine works and has convertec A*mrohaitehM servirod there. Genffsl repair work will be done on ril city mot- equipment and it is hoped that Town •To French Sunday Rev. James Allen Knight of St ethodist church, Sunday, Aug. 14. Rev. Knight is a member of the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist church and is a student st Venderbilt University. t °Sui ton, principal; Mazy & Ddtfal, 8th grade history; Inda S. Hall 8th grade English; Esther G. Bruce, 8th grade mathematics- Olin K. McDonald, 7th grade; Phebe a Schenk, 7th grade; D. E. Scar borough, fth grade and assistant athletic coech; Annie H Boykin, 6th grade; Rachel McGrew. 8th grade; Vera Crosby, 6th grade. Camden* Grammar School: Louise W. Boykin, 5th grade; •Two Store Rooms The work of converting the old Camden Theater building into two store rooms on the .ground floor has about been completed. Very attractive glass fronts have been installed a of that block of DeKalb street has been enhancedTby the change. •Copt Minnieta Hero Cap! and Mrs. Eugene D. Min nieta and son, Gene of Long Is land, N. Y., have been visiting friends in the city this week. Minnieta was stationed in Cleon Pitts, 5th grade; Sarah Hall, 5th grade; Gretchen Salley, 4th Sallay, ‘ Team, grade; II Klapman, 2nd Rivers,' 2nd JatSKB 3rd grade; Ada Phelps, 2nd grade; Madge O’Cain, 2pd grade; MUdrad * ■ Mnr-ir. b. a Montgomery, 1st Carothers, 1st grade. Hill School: P. D. ipal; Nolle Hoffman, Ruby Gordon, 6th Joe Stewart, 25-year-old textile worker, is being held at the county jail charged with the shotgun slaying of hia father - in - law Daniel Lawton McCaskill, 41, at the latter’s home near Antioch Sunday evening. According to Sheriff Gib De- Bruhl who, with Deputy Sheriff D. E. Hilton, Rural Officer Sam Roberta and Coroner Purdy Lee, investigated the killing, family differencea led to the shooting. Tbs shooting occured in the front room ofthe McCaskill home which Is located near the Ker shaw-Lee county line. It is said that Mrs. Stewart with hsr three- Will Be Opened R«quirem«nts For Voting, As Fix«d By Stata Law, Are Very Rigid City Council Mofiday aft ernoon ordered an election to be held on Tuesday, Sept. 13 on the question of the City of Camden issuing bonds for public improve ments. Six proposals involv ing bond issues totaling $906,000 will be voted on at this election. ’ The requirements for voting in this election as prescribed by the laws of the state and ar outlined to City Council by Huger Sinkler, id attorney, are rather rigid. Tt> assist voters in qualifying for the election. City Council or dered the books of registration of the City of Camden opened st the office of the supervisor of regis tration st the city hall on Wed nesday,* Aug. 24 and to remain open through Friday, Sept. 2. The books will be open from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. each day during this period. In order to qualify for munici pal registration, die applicant must produce a certificate of reg istration for the registration of- firials of Kershaw dated between Jan. 1, 1948 and Aug. 13, 1848. In order to vote in the election voter must have a municipal Jistratipn certificate, a county municipal registration certificate and present proof showing the ana municipal , for the previous 1. Shall the City Council of the 9th we know will find ! directory a c< i of useful business informa tion. The classified section- wig be printed on ydlow pages and will be similar to those now ap pearing in dlrectoriea published for many other cities throughout the country." The new yellow page section will list the names, addresses and telephone numbers of business telephone subscribers under head- arranged and CaskilL ings alphabetically _ which describe their business, ifcCaikill home shortly b her husband, armed with a 12- single barrel shotgun ap- and is reported to have de manded that nie return to her home bringing the boy with her, Aq argument followed, and Mr Stewart was killed. The shot tad his heart after passing his left arm and side ■■■■ Campbell 5th den at the air school during the grade; Nan H. Richards, 4th grade; war and made dumerou* friends Helen Phelps, 3rd grate; Jean Sprunt Douglas, 2nd grade; Ruth Baird, 2nd and 3rd grades; Lou Pearce, 1st grade. here. Their son, Gene, w4s born in Camden while he was stationed here. He has just returned from Okinawa, where he has been sta tioned, and is now en route to Indianapolis on a 60-day leave. •In All-Star Game C. B. Rogers and Charles Smith, seniors on last year's Cam den High School football team, played in the second annual high school all-star football game in Columbia Wednesday night Rogers player at center and Smith in the backfirid and both. • i ■* » j t.v. loo^^^o^^lveterinarian Is Employed High Coach, was one of the coach es of the lower state team. Jimmy Cox. of Camden, was manager of the lower stata I VACATION SEASON Many local people are still in the mountains or at the seashore on vacations. The heat wave drove nearly every one who could get off away to some place and many have not yet returned. Most of those going oft reported the heat pretty intense st the places to which they went or the commodities or service they sell Life Underwriters Plan Active Year At the regular monthly meeting of the Camden Life Underwriters Association held at the Thomas plans were the new president. President Mayer was authorised to name a number of important committees which he will an nounce later. Attendance on the meeting was large and most of the members expressed themselves as being en thusiastic over the prospects for the association. BOARD OF HEALTH MEETS A meeting of the Kershaw County Board of Health Tuesday evening in the offices of ty health the county department. •Baseball Fans Excited Baseball fans of the city and county have been excited all week with the games scheduled here for Thursday and Saturday nights of this week and Monday and Tuesday night ofnext week. Thursday nigh the Chiefs lock horns with Lake City, Saturday night with Kingstree, Monday with Kingstree again and Tues day night with Lake City. These games m&y settle not only the seasonal pennant winner but also who will be in the playoffs. Tre mendous crowds are expected to see them. ’ * ■ ■ '— Recorder's Court Forfeited bonds and brought a healthy cash si tioaupto the; fines Dr. M. S. Corwin County Milk and Meat Inspector Dr. M. a Corwin, graduate of the University of South Carolina of the Middlesex School of Veterinary Medicine at Waltham, Mass., haa been appointed milk and meat inspector for Kershaw County and has already entered upon his duties. Dr. Corwin, who is s native ‘of New Jersey, spent four yean at the University of South Carolina in Columbia after which his degree in veterinary at Waltham. He is now on his Master’s degree health which he hopes to from the University of Carolina. Dr. Corwin is near future to hold a tion clinic which all mea Hie date at the clinic has not yet been determined. A mass rabies vaccination pro gram for the dogs of the county is also being planned. The board of health has also pu on another sanitarian, Robert T. Douglass, at Winnsboro, a grad ate of the University at south arolina, having been selected for this job. At the last session of the Gen eral Assembly the Kershav county delegation enacted legiala- death has been onomomti in terming for years but oflate has lean employed at the Hermitage Mill here for some time. The son- in-law, held without bail at the county jail was empteyed at the 900 of Wateree Mill of the Kendall Com- **9hen Sheriff Gib DeBruhl and his aides v reached the scene, they summoned an ambulance and the >ody of McCaskill was removed to the Kornegay Funeral Home. The deceased was a son of the ate C. T. McCaskill and of Lula Hatfield McCaskill. He was born 41 years ago in Lee cougty. He eaves his widow, Mrs. Daisy Stevens McCaskill; six daughter!, Mrs. Ret us McCaskill Stewart Henrieta, Ann, Ruth, Judy and June: his mother, Mrs. Lula Mc- CaskiU, and three sisters, Mrs. Ernest Parker of Lancaster. Mrs. Irene Rabon of Cassatt and Mrs. Arana Davis of Antioch. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Aug. 9 at 5 p. m^ from the Concord Baptist church in Lee county. , The proposals to be voted upeti in the election follow; from time to time as several sep arate lame* net exceeding $39{- frjfe&jfcsggsB * cowtl-is-s. — ‘rnprovsmentr to the . . System of the City of Camden 2. Shall the City Council of the from time to time as several aep- arate issue*, not exceeding 811V 000 of general obligation bonds of the City of Camden, whoee pro ceeds shall be expended for ax- tensions and improvements to the 8yrtera S. Shall the City Council o< the City of Camden be empowered to Hsue, either as a single issue or from time to time as several tap- the City of Camden, a' Is shall be expended lions and improvements to the Seif? Sy * t * m °* the City of 4. Shall the City Council of the . . iU) or BASEBAU The including Wed Mtey night^gamss. Lake City 48 21 _ 4, j, Pet. GB. .687 NnisvBla Fast Jackson 87 18 22 S 52 £i 6 Vi 10 38 30*2 City of Camden be empowered issue, either as a single issue from time to time as several sep arate issues, not exceeding $181 000 at general obligation bonds of the City of Camden, whose pro ceeds shall be expended for the construction and improvement of streets in the City of Camden? 5. Shall the City Council of the City of Camden be empowered to tame, either as a stogie issue or from time to time as several sep arate issues, not exceeding $144,- 000 of general obligation bdn " the City of Camden, whose to the ?al- League is growing rapidly to a dose with the No. to the pennant race still lad aa wall as Ilia Nos. 3 and 4 spots to the playoffs. Lake City and Orangeburg are of being to the playoffs to ha a a^jsd hot one *»« a’ f- vA- -»j be of storm the City of Camden? 6. Shall the CHy Council of the City of CAmden be empowared to issue either as a single issue or from time to time as several sep arate issues, not exceeding $10,- x-"* <* tne Gity of Camden, whose pro ceeds mall be expended for the construction andnaprovement of parka in the City of Camden? LIGHTNING HIT GYM v The high school gymnasium was hit by lightning during an elec trical storm about ten days ago twit Vary little damage was done.* THE WEATHER The days have been hot again this weak but the nights have been more comfortable. ^^eaasiaaaaju C ■ r n—6 >i worn mg cvenrs ♦a