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CAMDEN. SOUTH York Forestry Students Visit Camden . - < . '•■ : > 1 ! —:i sfe’ RRk; AY, SEPTEMBER 23,1949 Number 30 im« Accident ■**■''*1 i What Makes Old Town Clock Tick SafelY Record Of Du Pout's Camden Construction Program IS Highly Praised At Meeting “Du Pont’e sa to be just about on< the construction dent J. A. Font’s Enginee at Du Font’s new ■Hi HMh^h w *}% Mr. DeLuce, speaking at a mass safety rally of the Camden plant’s 511 employees, quoted in his speech statistics showing that only .4 of one worker was hurt per million employees in Du Font’s construction division, whereas the construction industry as a whole showed 22 workers re ceived loss-time injuries lion employed. It was that Du Pont had safety record 80 to better than the rest of try for the past nine The brief 45-minute • •* retordg show its construction work undred times safer than the rest of /* Division Safety Superinten- of the Construction Division of Du partment told construction workers nt in Camden Wednesdayv that is prevalent here,” Mr. Mas m i : :-y : $p£Siia& «■ " ly, the second SUch since ; .-y.v< .-. , : :v .vX /.'.-x';.' y-four senior students and four faculty members from the New York of Forestry afc Syracuse University are shown above. The picture was (Tuesday just beyond the Seaboard Air Line depot. (See story on page 10.) —Photo by Joe Gaskin. Deceived Ike State Shore Of The Taxes In Year I of $38,334.85 was Kershaw county distribution of i-h»lf per cent of tmcoBie tax to the daring the fiscal »g July 1, 1043 June 30, 1949, to records from of the County Camden Will Surely Go Forward Thinks Harry D. Kirkouer Mayor Haary Savaga. Jr* Tuaaday vocMvad tha follow- from Harry D. “H»vo Just racaivad Cam- an Chronicla with tha vary of the rasults of alaciton on tha for vary nacaasary nts, ‘ / s th« Council, tha Tax- wad Tha Chronicla a congrahdafadi will auraly go from tataxn the four disburae- during the year i largest for Kershaw i July, 1948, Kershaw of the income tax i mounted to $8,473.- 1948, Kershaw $5,734.90; Jan- gave Kershaw I; and in April the i was $19,730.44. > past fiscal year, a mM was granted to Id the state as their state’s income tax. I Allocation, that made .one to $1,138,880, ‘ amount, $331,- . . !d to the coun- | October, 1948. A total n» distributed among I® July, 1948, and in state distributed the counties. of seven-and- of the state’s in- jde to the counties I the basis of popula- |®nual distribution of tion funds among the state, Camden ‘total of $5,874.77. is also made on ' tion. allocation of win* tax among ■attod Kershaw ** of 172.915.84 «mr. taxes on beer ■tohaw county re- $4,934.04, and on ^coholic liquor, Jr 1 * total * Kershaw county’s ^disbursements are '®e counties of the « intervals on the Population. New Streets To Be Named i 0’^) 1 t ifb. Sugggsfioni Art Sought By Streets And Barks • m 4 ff Commission The streets and parka commission is planning to give names to new streets in Camden and also to some old ones which have never been legally named and it wants suggestions from the public as to names. Mias Martha Singleton, a mem ber of the commission, said Thurs day that the commission desires names that will be of local sig nificance, dealing with Camden’s historic past or with the present It does npt desire meaningless names, she says. Mias-Singleton said the commis sion was very anxious that local people make suggestion^ as to names, giving their reasons for the names which they suggest,-.. The commission will select The names and submit them to City Council which has the final ap proval of same. It is asked that suggestions be Are Being Made Improvomont In Exhibits And Fino Midwoy Are Premisod This Year Preparations are going steadily forward for the an nual KershaW County Fair, which will be held Oct. 10- 15. ' The fair this year fa expected to offer a big im provement ip -ftsbibits of /arm produde, cattle, hogs, chickens, etc., while the midway attractions are ex pected to be of a vgry high and excellent type. Farmers, business men and manufacturers are showing keen interest in the fair program this yeaer. J. R. West of Westville is president of'the Kershaw Farm Bureau, which ia sponsoring the fair. J. D. Crawford ia secretary executive fety ral- hdd Du Pont began its construc tion work in Camden, was held on the plant grounds during the unch hour. R. K. Mason, field project manager at the experi mental station for construction work, traveled from WQjnington, Del., to deliver the keynote ad dress of the’program. Mr. hod high for Camden's Da ■ traction program, and for Us safety record of 9QSJII con secutive working hoars with out a loai-tUoa aocldaqd. “I was impressed by the or deriliness, neatness, and effic iency of the Camden project, and I wish to congratulate the work gfe apparent on told the assembled employees. He pointed out that Du Pont holds that the correct approach to safety "lies in full cooperation be tween employer and employee” Conspiciously flying at full mast for the occasion was the green-and-white safety flag which was raised as part of tl at the last safety rally oh The flag will continue to fly until one of the employees of the Cam den construction program receives an injury on the job sufficiently to require' his missing time from went as a resalt ^ Thus far. not one lost-time injury has occurred ia the of the Camden plant. Mute evidence to the emphasis placed upon safety by both em ployers and employees were the metal hats and eye protectors worn by every worker present at the rally. Safety posters, bill boards, and slogans were con- Interior of Hall tower. the old town clock in the Camden City —Photo by Monarch. era for the spidously displayed all around the plant grounds, and many of the precautionary measures tak en for the safety of the workers were evident O. H. Bynum, who presided at the rally, is employed as full time safety director of the Cam den project. V. F. Abrahms teamwork serves as his assistant ■■■. i Watch b Taken From Hurt Man __ jM.. * Negro Takes Timlepiece OH Truck Driver Wko Was Injured and treasurer. The committee consists of W.' C. Me Carley, Margaret. Fewell, C. C. Jackson, F. B. St WmBSL*. \ *■ The carnival unit will arrive on Monday morning, Oct. 10, and will exhibit the entire week, fur nishing many midway attractions and a number of free acts. The fair program calls for the opening of the gates on Monday, Oct. 10 for farm people to enter exhibits. Tuesday morning the work of completing the puttii into place of all fair exhibits w be completed. The fair gates open at 10 a. m. At 9 p. m. there will be free attractions on thd mid- Wednesday, Oct. 12, will be School Day at the fair. The edu cation committee consists of Ar thur Stokes, county supt. o: schools; E. A Williams, A. C Wayne, C. F. Wiggins and H. W. Hast. Students, bus drivers and teachers will be admitted free to the grounds from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. Judging of exhibits will start at Lose Money To Voodoo Artist Agod Nogre Coupk In County FoH Victims Game Tick Took, Tick Tock, Tick Tock Clock In Camden City Hall Tower Has Been Ticking For 125 Years By Rob Braddy The grandfather clocks thgt are cherished as heir looms in family parlors sverywhere have been the sub ject for many a legend, song and poem. But the citizens of Camden might well scorn these comparatively youth ful grandfather clocks for to them belongs a timepiece that was the timepiece of their great, great grandfathers, 125 years ago. In th® yOtr 1825, there arrived Jack Morrison, 30, of Chamotte, N. C., driver of a la ton R. C. Company truck was hospitalized as the result of injuries receiv ed when his truck turned over in a ditch near Boykin Lake Tuesday morning at 5:45 o’clock.’ In addition, Morrison, stun ned when his truck turned . over had managed to crawl from Stanton and J. B. the cab before collapsing, had a $100 wrist watch stolen as he lay partially dazed on the ground near the scene of the accident. Morrison says he came to to find a negro bending over him and strapping the watch. He was too weak to resist, and the negro fled. The R C truck, heavily loaded, was enroute from Charleston to Charlotte. Just after leaving the bridge over Boykin Lake, an ap proaching truck forced the ve hicle driven by Morrison far off the road, until it weht out of con trol and down the steep bank, when it overturned. Morrison was knocked unconscious when his head struck the side of the cab. When he partially recovered he got free of the cab and then collapsed. . The Myers Motor Company wrecker later righted the huge truck, but only after a relief truck had arrived from Charlotte and Oct. 13, willUeme of the contents of the wreck- facturers day, Oct 14, Farmers the ir | Bwedneaday ^modeling the Commercial for the in- »Stores through- 101 of the in. i k- the con- ^te vault for of the in- for teller, 6b e tli >resent a** 1 J* we most mod- JM •tomodel- L^topleted sent to Miss Singleton, who will, in turn, present them to the com mission. Members of the streets and parks’commission are John K. de- Loache, Robert Kennedy, III, Miss Hattie Steedman, Mrs. J. H. Strak, Miss Singleton and one member to be named by the Camden Gar de® Club. • ' * Merit Badges Be Presented Scouts A record number of merit badges will be presented at the Kershaw District Court of Honor, Boy Scouts of America, to be held at Grace Episcopal church parish house, Monday, Sept. 26 at 7:30 p. m. John K. DeLoach will pre- and roll call of each troop committee will ed in connection with Crusade to Strengthen the Arm of Liberty, currently being id by the Boy Scouts in 10 a. m. Thursday, Oct. bo Merchants and Manufi Day. On Friday and Future Farms Organization Day will be observed. The fair will wind up Saturday, Colored School Day. Superintendents assigned to the various departments are as fol lows: Home Economics and Girls 4-H Dept, Mrs. W. L. Jackson and Miss Margaret Fewell; canned products department Mrs. John L. Gettys, Mrs. Team Gettys; cook ed foods department, Mrs. James Roseborough and Mrs. Carl Rosborough; thrift department Mrs. Lou Lloyd and Mrs. Alma Rozier; flower department, Mrs. D. M. Mays and Mrs. Clara Davis; swine, John B. Griffith; poultry, Hugh McCollum and F. Billings; beef type cattle, Gaston Gee; gen eral agricultural department, C. M. Graham; miscellaneous depart- _ , A ment C. M. Graham; Future bfito? the residents of Cl Jack-' in dramaatic presentations ed vehicle 'removed. The Myers company report considerable property damage to the truck and contents. Morrison was X-rayed at the hospital, and until a report on the pictures is received, the extent of his injuries could not be gauged. County Boy Scout Rally At Hampton Park On Saturday Approximately 45 Boy Scouts and leaders will converge on Mampton Park Saturday after noon at 4 o’clock for the Kershaw county rally to highlight the an nual nation-wide Round-Up of the Boy Scouts of America. Demonstrations of Scouting and Cubbing skills will be ‘ A voodoo artist, wfoo claimed that he could scare the “hants” away and find some money which was hid den around their . home fa alleged to have flimflammed an aged Kershaw county negro couple out of $135 last week. According to the story unfold ed by Tom and Mattie Baskins, toe former of whom is Mind, in Magistrate R. E. David’s court, a “Dr.” B. L. Anderson, colored, who hails from Hartsville, ap peared at their farm home and strutting about the yard claimed to have located a treasure. He explained to Baskins and his wife that a ghost hovered over the treaesure and that it would be necessary to drive the ghost away by putting “seed money” in a sack and burying it above the treasure.' The Baskins gathered their sav ings, amounting to $138 and saw their visitor wrap it in a bag and bury It. The visitor then told that they all had to go away or the “hant** would not leave. So “Dr.” Ander son went one way, Mattie Bas kins another while Tom Baskins, who is blind, sat all alone in the house. When night came Mattie return ed from the cotton field only to ind that “Dr.” Anderson had gone and so had the money. • Sheriff DeBruhl was notified and after aa investigation Ander son was arrested. A warrant has been issued charging him with grand larceny and he will face rial at the October term of toe Court of General Sessions. mam Town County.... 4 Baseball At Cassatt Baseball fans in this section will have an opportunity to see another game this season as Tur key Creek and Cassatt meet on ftMbb, time already established as a thriving community, a large, four faced, jeweled-bearing clock. It was the second of three such time pieces which were made in Phila delphia by a German clocksmith named Lukens. And of these three, toe one that found its way to Camden is the only (me still working- Accompanying the clock on toe long ioumey from Philadelphia to Camden was a large bell, with the name of its maker cast in bold re- the diamond at Cassatt Friday ^ iu “Cast by John Wiibank, Philadelphia, 18M.” The teams have played before this sea- clock and bell were Disced to- son and a hot game is expected. Igether in toe tower Sftoe old •Farm Bureau Grows |catedat otoidls now ^ ceJ^n^bmhfn^mm^rn* ^ who^afartha^Um^recogmzS cent membership campaign the M an outstanding blacksmith in w “ entrusted boosted its membership roster to w ith the job of caring for the Jb* bi toa drive town’s new dock. The same in- tohl? » nrevtouJlft?? £***5* that ** att *ched to tober a previous 1947 high record the dock today to toll the hours of 950 members will be eclipsed. 0 n the old bell was devised by ^ ^ ClOCk ’ S • Keopen Kindergarten caretaker. • . r» j Today, the bell and clock, still Mrs. A. B Boykin end'kfrs. together, are located in the tower Horace CampbeH announced this 0 f the old opera house on the week their plans to reopen toe comer of Rutledge and Broad Camden Kindergarten at its same streets, where they were placed location, 1704 Fair street The when that building was erected in kindergarten, which will be open 1875. Since 1911 they have been to all children between the ages cared for by F. D. Goodale, Cam- of four and six, will begin on den jeweler. Mr. Goodale says that Monday, October 3, at 9 a. m. except for minor repairs he has J „ had little to do bit wind toe • Attend Funeral remarkable timepiece. And he _ „ „ „ „ . A1 _ adds with a note of hidden pride! Rev. H. L. Spell, pastor of the “Of course, the old clock has seen Lyttleton Sir, , t Mrthodi* it, bSf^., Now church, attended toe funeral^ of | as much as a minute between Dr. J ford Stolen Coupe Has Been Recovered B. conducted by fee Boy communities all over the nation. Officiating at the inspection will ghipof the be W. F. Nettles} Jr. C. L. To*- ~ Farmers of America, C. C. son and Ford B. Stanton. The county air grounds are in splendid condition for the 1949 exposition. Efforts to arrange toe fair schedule to coincide with fee Camden High School football schedule whereby a football game could be provided on Friday night were unavailing, since Camden plays at Charleston on Sept. 14. The fair is under toe sponsor County Farm pared by the boys themselves. However it was explained, that the exhibitions* to be carried 6n will not be “special” but will be demonstrating only part of the regular training in campcraft and other skills that Scouts enjoy all year around. HOME FROM Lieut John family were visitors at of Mr. and Mrs. A. R ■1 weekend. Lieut Nord- has recently returned The coupe stolen from J. Rush Monday afternoon has been recovered. Sheriff G. B. DeBruhl announced Wednesday that Ed Marshall, 35 year-old.white resi dent of the Cassatt community, had been arrested charged with the theft of the car. The automobile was found parked behind the Refuge Baptist church on the Lockhart road. It is estimated that damage done the car would amount to approxi mately $50. The automobile was taken from its parking place on DeKalb street where members of the Rush fam ily had left it while attending the afternoon movies. ERROR IN LINEUP In the preview of the football game on toe sports page of this . . issue, the Camden center for the Sumter game is listed as Austin Sheheen through error. The cen ter is Bill Savage. pre windings * Thebell, every ten days.’ resting in the top of of 10x12 Henry Nelson Snyder of Wof- i College, which was held in| the college auditorium on Tues day morning. ‘ •Spoke To Kiwonis Coach Boyd Stokes of theCam-l den High School was the speaker at the regular weekly luncheon of fee Camden Kiwanls Club on Tuesday. He Miscussed the out- TL^ ook for the Camden Bulldogs I I1C WIFOniClC the tower on a structure and 12 xl2 inch timbers (which, incidentally, were put together largely wife wooden pegs) has (Please Turn To Page Ten) Tuesday's Issue this football season. with A—J top**! 1 WOULD STOP COX “Gamecocks Out To St •Says Doves Disappearing Nick P, Gettys was the speaker j at the Rotarv luncheon last Thursday and he made a strong plea for the conservation of the wildlife of the county. He said that the dove was disappearing from toe county. Most of the squirrels in the county, he said) had moved into Camden. California Pears For School Lunches I Kershaw county school children have recently been enjoying fresh pears grown in California. Some 414 forty pound crates have al ready been distributed with 378 more crates expected, according to Mrs. Mattie xT West, Kershaw county school lunch The the U. ■ Hi Beginning with next Tues day's issue there will be a column of Camden High School; nows in each Tues day'* issue of The Chronicle. Camden High does Whrnra a newspaper of its own end tois column will, in part take tho place of one. In next Tuesday's issue there will be a page ad in which local footbril fans will be given an opportunity to tori toelr accuracy as proph ets. A number of football Ustod end prises will be of- tored to the tiu gyllOS# flIMMW accurate. \ You'll also toe Wednesday Lais advertise In to seed