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CAMDfN, SOUTH
PMOAY, OCTOBER 28, 1949
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_ Civitin QUb
jS^VX^t °»
ETieid at the Sarsfield
The Club was organ-
er the sponeonhip
Columbia Civitan
Stokes, county >«P®rte*
*o( education, was ei^t-
jLi of the dub; BUI
president, and James
' secretary and treaa-
Lwnard J. Haaty and F.
of the dub in addi-
.Tfte officers and diwctor*
[^ler. Stiles Line*, Jack Mar-
- Bee Emerson, Edward Og-
' r o. Funderburk, Jr- Ed
Dan McCaskiU, Malcolm
Bernard Bramham.
Everett Mont«om«ry,
Horton, Marion Schlos-
L Griminfer, A. M.
j, Bruce Peaech, Fred Mc-
|g«ner Fields, Haid Elliott
‘fbner Nolan.
the diarter night dinner on
Sat the Sarsneld hotel the
a will be presented bv
Gvitan Governor W. O.
I+J* of Columbia. Out-of-
i nests will be directors of
Columbia Civitan Chib and
j wives and the president of
iCsiumbu dub.
i of other dwic dubs
and their w‘
aed Mrs. Henry
| also be guests at
Prize Photo
Criminal Court
Session Lasted
W '■■P A*
|S#v#rol G m
Entardd But No iuvy
TrioKt Held
famed
itition
Vote
aeeW.A.
Several pleas of guilty
were entered but not a jury
trial was held at the Court
of General Sessions, winch
convened on Monday morn*
inv and adjourned Tuesday
Awarded a blue ribbon I shortly before the noon hour,
and first place in the pho- A la r* e n u ®*>« r <> f CM «»
tography exhibit at the State C0 T nt j nil ® d - _ . . .
*K bove *
photo of Mias Molly Ogbura, voluntary pleas of guilty.
Winthrop freshman, daugh- William McCaskey,
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl ^ •Ji q V or Uw
'sentenced to pay
. . . , , placed on probath
picture was taken and en- and was ordered
tered in the contest by I driving a passenger car for six
Brownie Studios, Rock Hill. charged wMi
Conditions At
Stockade Hit
^<4 • v j,
By Grand Jury
a
Immadiate Action Asked
And Board Of HooMi
* t
Urged To Investigate
Rotary Chief
«ffl in-
of
Shrockt
this
key, charged
violation was
Presided Over
Trial Of Maxey
eenParade
/T *.--1
tarniTai
i Mont
driving under the influence of
liquor, was fined 1400 but had the
fine reduced to $100 and was
placed on probation for three
years.
T. J. Parker, facing five sep
arate counts, was fined $200 and
I placed on probation for five yean.
Detroit Smith, charged with set
ting fire to e building, was given
^ _ .. .a one year prison sentence and
Judge Grtneker Soys Ho upon completion of that will be
on probation for three years.
Hot R«c.irtd
a mMmrm c;_-- able to locate buried treasures,
Mtftr* since I was given two yean for swindling
Judge Thomas B. Gren- J RcberWordan, charged with as-
eker of Edgefield, who pre- sault and sbootkagkito a dwelling
sided over the two-dsy term h^g^J^JS^Swith
of Court of General Sessions I
here this week, was the pre-1 nature, was given
■Hint judge »t the W»I of «the .date ptawd
E “**l B- t-’nivomlty comptattSTSTi.^.
of South Carolina professor 1
who was convicted of attack-, • k
ing a trained nurse in Co-I JurOrS AfC DnWII
lumbia recently.
JudgGn^er said .that since |
lie liM&ajT
benefit of
Id Bethesda
H
will form at 8 JO
at the eoraer
and Lafayette
lef all
are asked to MIB
r ie. Judges will award
outstanding costumes
„ •!* groups.
> Camden High School band
the parade, followed by
Scouts and Cub Scouts
and then the,funny
rwill fall in line. The parade
[WS M the corner of Broad
[DeKalb streets into DeKalb
>to the back of the Bethesda
nan church where the
will be staged,
will be free shows end
| mows, favors for all and
Bglore, it is stated. A free
[wgth conic movie will be
booths will be stationed
,i ,( ? r 811 who like hot dogs,
F*mks, cookies, candies, pea-
doughnuts. Three for-
'Wlcrs have been secured
[« evening.
gam* will be run by
wwol group. Grab bags
jwer features are h»ing
Profits on the
toward thebuSdmrhtm
Sunday School building.
1 BREACHING SUNDAY
I? J® absence of the pas-
“ L ‘ SpeU t. who i* at ‘
me. annual South Caro-
iist conf<
j* 00 . Preaching
laormng at th,
there
u^r-M»e Lyttleton
■«hodist church. Sunday
^ be held as usuaL
Wall
a test book, “Ftenous Run
ning Horses,” published by \porXs that the roads in the county
the Tnfnntrv Jmimal Pro*, *re in first class condition, for
Tne iniantry journal rress, which it wou i d ^ to thank the
Washington, came oflf of the authorities.
»reas this week. The book —
a a very handsome one and
contains numerous illustra
tions.
the In
:hal
f from
Jurors fbr the
mon Flees which
day, Nov. 1
might add that the majority as follows:
ae letters cam* from women, I XD. Kelly,
Judge remarked with a smile. I Luther Miles,
I
Court of Com-
k convenes Mon-
drawn this Wl
Ernest R. Frietag,
Francis Billixm,
native oft John M. VUlipigue, C. W. Bran-
is a veteran of both ham, D. L. Bradley, G.
wars, a graduate of Wof- Clancey J. H. Koon, Lewis L.
late football at Wofford when I O. Stogner,, Jr., W. B. Catoe,
. R. McLeod, Lonnie
And be- Moak, S. W. Faulkenberry, Net-
got rou^i. M ties A. Myers, R. M. Kennedy. HI,
how- J. B. Branham, Charles H. ^tog-
“ B. McGuirt,
Moore, Upyd
though, and among the players | Also, Mark Maddox, H. O. Wfl-
were some of thTfineet football | son, Kenneth
players Fve ever
Ueveme, ttiose
•varTfiat Wofford had ah inter-1ner.E. L. Dabney, J.
collegiate program in baseball and C. H. Zemp, A. S. ,
basketball while ha eras a stud- Horton, L. E. Moor
ant there. He took part in both Boykin.
sports before he graduated with The jurors are asked to report
the of 1914. on Nov. 8.
The Judge is naturally quite I —
«£S5 g&VSr* ““Saturday Is 4-H
Judge Greneker saw overseas
a member of the 118th infantry. Achievement Day
During the second World War he» *
served in
the aviation branch of
Four-H, Club members from all
S-|5rd.y. Oct. 28 <or 4-H «hi.ve-
t day, according
two years in Greenwood, then ac- (mm{ dav 4ccord ing to Miss
assistant home
•chool M Ckorgetown | U^vSS'y^« B>ee«n, i« »0 b^in .t 1^30
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Hortot
Of AN
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Colonel John. F.
t, **™noi
A request that immediate
action be taken to correct
the M deplorable conditions
prevailing” at the county's
dhaingang camp was con
tained in the grand* jury
presentment to the Court of
General Sessions this week.
The presentment said that since
no action has boon taken on the
recommendations made by the
committee on jail and county
buildings at the last term, the
committee was making no new
report at this term but recom
mended that immediate action be
taken to correct the conditions.
The committee further asked that
the county board of health make
|an investigation of the camp.
The grand jury's presentment,
by C. H. Barrett, foreman,
I*
have passed on all bills of
I indictment presented to us.
“We are in receipt of the
sheriffs office report hereto at
tached covering activities from
(June 15, 1949 to Oct 15, 1949.
"The committee on roads re-
baa been taken en
at the
nini hors
Their
ties, their
"ISU I
story of the
nas naa a ux
horse-L
books
of health make an
in
,4f It haa not
Ilka In
Convots Will Bo Modo
To Roitf Romoindor
Of Amount Nteded
Herman Prioleau Hamil
ton of Chester, district gov
ernor of Rotary, who ad
dressed the Camden Rotary
Club on Thursday.
Rotary District
Governor Here
Soys Rotary Chibt In 81
Countrios Working For
International Poaca
Rotary Clubs in 81 coun
tries throughout the world
are united in an endeavor
to promote international un
derstanding, good will and
pdace. That was the mes
sage of Herman P. Hamilton
of Chester, Governor of Dis
trict 282 of Rotary Inter
national, in addressing the
Rotary Club, Camden,
day, following a confei-
ence with local Rotary offi
cers, directors and commit
tee chairmen.
In addition to the activities of
Mary's 7,000 clubs
An extensive canvass ik
now in progress to solicit
subscriptions for shares! of
stock in the newly-formed
corporation organized for
the promotion of a prepara
tory school for boys to be
located in Camden, accord
ing to John K. DeLoach, the*
corporation’s temporary
president. Prospects for the
establishment of the school
are now considered bright.
Reporting to an assemblage of
15 stockholders and interested
persons Tuesday night. President
DeLoach announced that a new
S tition had been made to form
e corporation with a capital at
$50,000. Of this amount $22,000 is
to be used for the purchase of the
property built and occupied by
Die Southern Aviation Company,
which now belongs to the city of
Camden and Kerfhaw county.
Subscriptions now being taken
for shares of stock in the cor
poration are selling at $100 per
share. It is hoped that the full
500 shares will be sold to com
pete the corporation’s capital be
ta* the December 1 deadline for
the sale of stock.
John Carl West, reporting to
tne group on reccm progress maae
toward making the school a real
ity, announced that two admirals,
a brigadier-general and a colonel
are among the applicants for
headmaster's and instructors'
positions at the still
semi-military echo
other applications
gponse to a —>*ti
placed in the Army and Navy
Journal.
"TMa to
ad smoi
West told
1 the group, after ;
and
In it, with daritr and wit, be db-lse
tils the moot famous stories about I in
the history of the be a
“ informal style ‘The grand jury
(the annual audit at
.’EflUSL 1 ’* 1
s to tne co<
i coun-
neoDles of
oftha ]
principal
h of county
to their tap roots. During thislcom’pletod and forwarded*to b tS|^
SSL y a£J , tKpro™n wu «-
“ urt *HubUrt«ita iMOTrSiowAip.
- f report of Sheriff O. B. De-Jhave bean awarded to students in
, to the grand jury and cov-
the period from June IS to
15, showed that $2,49$ in
were col
ing and little-1 There were f
pushed home 500 gallons of
exterity." | $6,451.53 in t
The r«
prisoners
days on i
be held
of famous
races, sidelights on breeders
owners and shrewd comments on I’ The report of Sheriff O. B. De-jb?^
ods and habtta. Race Bruhl, to the gr
racing methods
track language, the
at betting, how
races wen
and other
known facts are
27 countries, with grants totaltog
more than $250,090.
and a thoua- fines were collected by bis
five stilb destroyed.!
troyed and
sure
in|for tbslaU
school will b? 1
modate between.
and will at first
lum to subjects of L
level According to
two applications 1
bean rocs
school
Citing some of the
that such a preparatory
have if located in
with jodtey-like dexterity." I $6,481
Colonel Wall, the publish-1 ^he
report snows that
to 845
be a
Of
HTAM ^ «h^ I. . ^ R* r * umdt fcc*
"Graduating from West Point arrests oPdrunks headed the listg^* 1 the Pnmmd ™Jocort^g to indiratiowL
he went foto the Cavalry, and he of arrests made with a total of United 'Nations ^
stayed with the Cavalry for more There were 22 arrests made on I charter, and that, since the or- fcAratlye , personnel would be
than thirty year*, waving with disorder conduct^Sge^ne to? ^ the United Nations available lor the school would
it in the Far West, on the Mexi-1 trespassing, one for disturbing re- ?. - .
can border and in the Philippines, ligious workship, four for assault tf 1 * wwld have been active
He was in charge of purchasing and battery, 12 for possession of de™ 10 ?®*** « bifonned pub-
and breeding at Lexington, Ken- illegal whiskey, one for larceny, £ °” the ! obiacUvtB of
tucky, for the Remount Service, onh for shooting on the highway. Jbe United Nations hi an endeavor
and he was later chief of the Re-1 three for drunk and possession oil 10 make it an effective instrument
mount Service and Com “ 1 - , * 1 •-—
on the" Mexi-1 trespassing, one for disturbing re-1 lQ 1M 5, Rotary dubs throughout would abo add to making the
- ‘ - 1 *•- ,J — * dive m the *cbool highly attractive to par
ents and students alike, the presi
dent added.
From the corporation’s tem
porary ^rospecU^ comes the state-
drawing card to
icanta. The
Service and Commanding I illegal whiskey, one' for public I** *•« P«>Pie* everywhere.
Officer of the Remount Depot jit drinking, six for driving unoer jn-
Va."
Front Royal
hi his fotrflL
Colonel Wall relates a story
troduction to the book, I five for speeding.
told I Also, 11 for r
twofor improper passing, Wrn | REDFEARN MOTOR CO.
-i-,!... inh. hut 1 and will indude the presentation
h the^Ffait^vforld •wards and a recreations
service m the Fud World hour Refreshments will be served
^ dy M h at the dose of the regular pro-
b«k. how^. *™^
he finished reading his course in ~ ^
afow office, and was aWetopass pj^^-^ T^Jl^ —
hU examination tlfCUS 10 DC
lawyer led
a a circuit
by a well known Camden man four for not
follows: I license, one for indecent
a full-fledged lawyer,
ience as a practicing
to his appointment a
judge.
Society , To Sponsor
fusic Festival Planned
k Camden Next Spring
Here Tuesday
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N '•**' jP ^ .
Biller Bros, three-ring wild
anipial circus, America's
newest and largest circus to
be wholly transported by
automotive equipment alone,
will be in Camden next
. .Tuesday, Nov. 1* for matinee
A music festival for Camden to be held next Spring Und evemng performances
J which a symphony orchestra will be brought here at 3 and 8 p. m.
[°«sponsored by the Camden Choral Society, acco«i- l .^ a .'•jof
PpUns made at the mee^ »nn—-f™* 1 •» being of top-fhght omi-
in the Sunday
church.
Hutchins, <
JJjf Jamden dty
i ^ director and
Sfa'l
SLr
the new
iuctorof i
the y
ij93‘irth!°
in U
of the society held Tues-1 circus.
1 building of Bethesda including the famous Cristiani
Troupe, whirlwind somersaulting
Ibdreback riders and acrobats who
He became an associate accomplish somersaults over the
of the Columbia Syni- backs of massed herds of'
phanta and also complete a
Choral Sodctyj assault from teeter,board to
human
and his
. jiormance” lions; Mario apd
uate of the Camden High
I where he was an ou
a yer on the Bu
m.
Coming Events
vs Dar-
p.aa.
%
t 1
He married Min
ler, daughter at Mr.
Muller.
tstanding
Hdof football
[in Betty Mul-
t. and Mrs. M.
reckless driving. Colvin Sheorn, a son of Mr. and
having* drivers' Mrs. Benton Sheorn, and a grad-
M rouows: j license, one tor indecent expos- uate of the University of South
A story is told by Mr. J. W. ure, one for fraud, two for failing Carolina, where he majored in the
Cqnteyaf a man seeking dirac- to stop at traffic sign, one for business administration cwne
ions from an old negro fn locat- reckless driving and resisting ar- has accepted a position as office
ng an obscure town in lower rest, one for being drunk, re- manager for the Redfearn Motor
South Carolina that illustrates sisting arrest and assault and five Coinpany. Mr. Sheorn is a
the necessity of changing plans for fighting.
when one haa reason to believe!
he. is following an impossible
course.
Uncle, how long have you
i around here?’, he was asked.
1 been hea hail de tune,' was
his reply.
Then can you tell me how
to get to Jacksonboro?’
. ‘Yea, *uh. I aho’ can. You
jus* keep on dis same straight
road that you is on. Pretty toon,
you’ll pass a ol’ chu’ch. The
chuch ain’t deah now. It been
deah but it done bu’n down. Den
you comes to a railroad, and you
cross dat and turns sha’p on yo’
lef han’ and crosses a little
briutch crick and comes out o’ dat
(OonHimod ou Page 12)
ment that “after considerable
study, it is believed that a school
can be operated on a sound fi
nancial basis as a business propo
sition.”
Several names have been sug
gested for the school, but thus
far none has been chosen. It ia
requested that those subscribing
for stock, submit a proposed name
for the school.
MEET TUESDAY NIGHT
A Kershaw county chanter of
the South Carolina Wikilife Fed-
\Ha» Faith in Fabric
Mrs. Gaither To
Talk At Meeting
WJEkjk Pont Has Investment
$22,000,000 In Orion
meeting of the South Carolina
Association in Co-
Tuberculosis
lumbia on next W
2. A number
E. I. du Pont de Nemours 4 Co. disclosed in Wihn-
Wwfoesday, Nov. ington, Delaware, on Wednesday that it has a $22,000,000
peopfo wiU attend n 0rlon » commercial production of which
^kSrs! Gaither’s dfk bel 1 * scheduled to start next year at the plaint now under
made at the meeting of the cam- construction in Camden, Capacity output at the plant
thfinar^c^do^M th i 11 not be reac,led until 1951, it was stated.
association. Homer Para, of An Associated Pram dispatch
Charleston, state chairman for from Wilmington said that “if
foe seal sale, will apeak and a t^e product ia as successful as the
discussion on “Volunteer Leader-1 company’s research*
will be
it in a
rl&l
>n’“yol
■hip and Community
Wi fl - - -^ ra 5 iun «y-
believe,
ion
be led by Frank Wardlsw,
Associate Justice Dewey Qxna
will preside at the ai
ing of the associate
James E. Perkins,
rector of the National
loais Association, will be
tee guest speakers.
* M'
that
of Wednesday night was based
follows: . -4 ' VUj
000 investment in the
fiber, Orion, that
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