Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CAMDEN. SOUTH Ha On ices nment p s\h *r*vr} — Of If Hearing I 8 Held tes of Colam- aker *t tho eeting of the an Club on declared that xrmaimrt commission ideal it. a ty i candidate for ; Civitana “that hour are more threats to our merous than at history of our 1 that “both at id“swr»£ our s introduced by member of the i Club. Other Columbia dub rge Geiaer, the int and Fred !r. Qates in hif ask—are we so rtice, the tran- lessings of lib- s that we take or as a matter he forces that er attempts at um ours? Are ?dom? *use of lefR of :h an._, w it and other of choice and ive are iadia- ess. Anything restricts indi dependence, or to a loea of in rk. We cannot we are in I •w that is ven though it think so. lies in the is have been h in their own tip; free to in- Plans For Widening Ot Broad Street Bring Protests From Residents wrrl >1 ffu-- f0r -7 idenip * Bro * d “t™* to «» 80 foot ttiiet fh» pr V* e8ted »t a meeting of reridenta of ♦Ho T> e \* n i the ^ counci l ftll d engineers representing pl Jo if department and the Bureau of PubUc Roads, held at the city council chamber on Monday after noon. No final conclusions were reached at the meeting. Every resident on the section of Broad street which it is propoaed to widen was invited to attend the conference and there were some 18 or 20 present. Most of them appeared to be against anything over a 50-foot street. "Various suggestions were offer ed, some suggesting a by-oass awund the cityforHighway SB* whileanpther suggestion was that h*. U P Lyttleton street. Objection to tnis sugges tion was that the location of the grammar and junior high schools on that street, made it dangerous for through traffic. Ilie suggestion that a by-pass k* built was declared not to be feasible because the traffic count on that street would not Justify the construction of a by representatives of the state high way department said. A representative of the public roads administration, who was present, said that he had instruc tions not to agree to anything l than a 80-foot street City Commissioner Joe McKain presided over the meeeting due to the absence of Mayor Henry Savage, Jr., who was engaged in the trial of a case in court The plans for the widening of Broad street for the elimina tion of the islands north and south of the Confederate monument and also the removal of the monument to the park across from the "lib rary, the spot designated by the UDC. Scouts To Go On PHgrimage Many Expactad To Go On Visit To Capitol i Govomor's Mansion Many Camdan Scouts and Cubs are planning to go to Columbia on Nov. 26 to take in a pilgrimage to the te Capitol. The invita tion to the Scouts came from Governor J. Strom Thur- mond, the University of ^ a mSSi Sooth Carolina and the Cen- IStatosSTC trnl South Carolina Council. I Scout execu that nea] nearly all ofH and Cuba want to Officers Will Dnecl Traffic Chief Ruth Worm That ; Motorists Must Obay Regulations Beginning Saturday, traf fic regulation in the down town area of the city will be directed hy police officers stationed in the center of street intersections. The purpose — according to Chief of Police Alva Rush and City Manager Lott Rogers, is to ' fupthe r _ up the habit ot some mot orists in skipping the red Hgb that transportation was firohkem ft kt to or others who The program for the pilgram- ;e in Columbia follows: 8 JO to 0 a. nu—Arrive at State heir own con mounce their ree to invent : possible uee to exert their applj^ their isiness. n of initiative f-reliance that ans to create in the world, incentives to ve; take way re and to do; am to produce lent to create, n- away the progress. , is the ver- m the Roman > provide food r its citizens, ng for them, its way out :nt of s defining ex- s ~ i 9 JO to 1J0 AM. — Tours to prints of interest such as State Bouse, Governor's Mansion and as many other points as time per mits. " 7 11:00 to 12 .Noon — Lunch at Governor's Mansion. Each person is to bring a wrapped lunch. The Governor will furnish drinks and “S&p . M.—Leave Mansion for football stadium. 2:00 P. M.—Scouts, Cuba, Ex plorers and leaders who are in 'uniform will be the guests of the University of South Carolina at the Wake Forest game. The uni form will be the pam into the i game. County library’s New Bookmobile Out In Operation - bond takit re Ji udge Alii police court, “ their son DuBose Chief Rush. “The motorist who tears around a corner at high speed, blowing his horn to scatter pedestrian traffic is going to be dealt with summarily, continued the chief. "And we rise propose to bear NOVEMBER 18, 1949 Number 46 Hdd On Monday J. ~R. Wort Is Ro-oloctod » ■' P ’{ .4 J? s President Afrf Talk By * State Presi4o«t Heard J. R. Wert re-elected pi Kershaw County reau for the comlirt yeat at the annual meeting of that organisation in ths county court house Tueadpy even ing. E. H. Agnew, president of the South Carolina Farm Bureau, was the principal speaker. Also elected at the tended by more than farm men and w McGuirt, of Cam serve as vice president ganization. It was the be eemen Union Thanksgiving Service Will Be At Grace Church Plan Festival At Opening Of ! will la a servtee at Grace 'church at IS a. m. Bo Hold Nov. 2B To Doc. 2 In Tbit County. Production and Marketing I Administration farmer-corn-1 mttteemen for the coming year will be elected by the farmers of Kershaw County daring the period of Nov. 28 to Dec. 2. it was announc-l ed by J. R. West, county chairman, this week. At the meetings to be held ia| the various communities farmer- committeemen for the coming year win be elected and also a delegate from each community to a Music w<U he led fcHthe eombiaod ef Grace Week Of fug-tty And Pom p To Bo Stogod By fciHMMt Of City ^■wiU be Rev. Hhmssfl of the Hrthudht Town and County.... •To Addreea D. A. R. Allison DuBoee will be on tin skip the red light or the traffic stop signs. “And it is going to be tough from now on lor the Jay walker,'' said the chief. TfsTt wonder some one isn't seriously injured or killed in the jaywalking that on in the business roes on in fin Spain be-1 t of bureau-! i getting heavier daily," continued Chief Rush, “and the jaywalker, together with the motorist who disregards pe destrian rights, have become maj or problems to us. We have talk ed the matter over with the po lice judge, the city manager and some of the council members and they are all agreed that we must get tough from now on. "For the benefit of motorists who might be found at fault by a police officer, it will be bet ter for the motorist who comes to a stop if the officer blows his A new "bookmobile,”"^- R wfehmrvto locate the Which will carry the county’* library service to all parts of I mons, his fine is going to be the county, was put into ope- h<Mvy.” le arrnrdimr Tne Cniei went on to declare K, accoraing ^ fhe traffic reguUtion will extend all over the city and that motorists must respect the silent stop signs, or else take the consequences. r ’ Thanksgiving Day board of office of would be held open ent, but that a _ would be hired before Jan. 1 to fill this office. Mr. Agnew, who fldmmarized in detail the provisions of the- farm bill passed in the last hours of Congfesa, told the group, ‘This is definitely a better farm bill than what has been pease d hy the previous Congress." Mr. Agnew explained just what the new leg islation would mean to local farmers. A representative prom each of the four townships, and one rep resentative at large were chosen to comprise the new board of di- rector*, uecteci to tne Finley Branham from resenting Watoroe Sweet of Boykin, DeKalb township; Laurin of Buffalo Truesdale of resenting Flat Rock O. Funderburk from chosen as director J. D. Cra tary-treasurer reported a of Nov. 15. the county's 1 &TV. ‘ 0* j a profit of our 92.140 a balance _ _ Oawford told the group. The Fanp Bureau, which has as its purpose the promotion of legislature favorable to frmkelrs and to the public as a whole, meets annually in Kershaw coun ty. •The thirteen objectives of the South Carolina Farm Bureau are listed as follows:. 1. To gain and hold “equality of opportunity for the American Farmer" - 2. To obtain fair prices for farm products at the market place 2. Continued support of a Na tional Farm Program to other na JO* $L°S?1S8! “ 0B ‘ y PMA M<J.y .fternoon .t thr hinted MrtHln, C ^’ W *•" Ch “ m,t Association will administer suchl* 1 "* 1 * nattofiai farm programs as agri by the At a meeting of the heads of civic knd business organi zations held at the Ameri can Legion Hall on Wednes day night a week of pagean try and pomp was planned for Camden pt connection with the opening of the Do Pont plant next fall. Tentative p!*>u call for the resentation of a great outd< pageant every night during week at Zemp Stadium or the baseball field, parades every day. windows, tours of old the national farm programs as agri cultural conservation, price sup ports, marketing quotas and Fad-1 decorated windows, too homes cad many other It is planned to make each day a special day of some sort One day, tor entopia, win be “Homa- coming Day" whea all former residents of Camden win be urged days of it Day" of the •Art Exhibit Hera , Kershaw I health com^^ 1 I *b?^ CO!I aS' PggM. « 11 «jhte* 0 wte ^X^ P*^ “J Du*Pont wy will b. htn. in the elections or hold office, I the showtog of. the Audabon A 0 f Youth Day” would who is an owner, operator, tenant Prints of the Traveler s Insurance ^ featured by a parade of school or sharecropper on a farm »hat Ojm^. Watoh for ftotiw ■•* UudrSTS Si county is participating in any program nouncement of toe showing of At ^ meeting Wednesday administered during the current | these beautiful pictures. | p^^t a representative of the John calendar year through the county. and community PMA com- dTo Attend Meeting is one of toe best methods of I night on the Silver Meteor to at- term pSSSc'lS?. WI SSwSteui.^Wid^ 1 ^ Mr, MoSSyrT8»f^r l«Mw» SSi SK.*" **<£$30 m Sl; OrtlMd, 10 : >0 ^^ * w, a. m.; Bethunc gymnasium. l| # -j* 0 B. Foster which has and celebrat country for Company pageants over the was praa- signed to have this company produce ths t l- ffj-. .Iriil il Bi r-\ $ nere. nunareaB ox Fewihsw count Cam- ration this wee to Mrs. Jesse J. Baker, Coun ty librarian. ~ unit was bought by the at a cost of more than It will cover a route jut the county that will . more than 125 regular S2Wj8 , SES. , 5S y <5^o ln cig e SS2 rEd »SL3 wui.»« ^ ss ited the inet- Plain are that Sparrow and Mrs. Rhame will drive the ar trips a week. Eight or two weeks, will be to cover every stopping in the county, the librarian our soil and natural re- 4. Continuation of the adjust ment features, with {nice sup port, of the farm program as a safe-guard against ruinous prices. 5. To work for a fair price re lationship between agriculture, labor and industry. 6. Reducing unjustified spreads between producers and consum ers. 7. To obtain construction of all- weather roads in rural South Carolina. 8. Continued support of efforts to bring adequate health and hos pitalization facilities to rural peo ple of South Carolina. 9. Assist in the further expan sion of rural electrification and telephone service. 10. To carry out the policies and principles, determined by the membership as expressed through their delegates ja resolutions. 11. To continue and strengthen tilt non-partisan farm bloc in Washington, fay co-ordinating toe effort* of the Democratic South and toe Republican Mid-West be hind a sound national farm pro- p. m.; Mt. Pisgah school, 3 p. m. I 1,0*. 29: Liberty Hill ssrSd be in the pageant tot life of Camden and iw county from 1723 to tot ft Garrison was elected prtsidtnt of the etotmoeynary cor- poration which will be organized to stage tot celebration. A gen eral chairman and a vice chair- ‘ their names on thetr ac- 1 man were elected and TWir ^J will be announced ju oeptance bf the It is the belli those behind and tm ttk, w M wa 4 Camden and interrupted « I Field will bt n afternoon, Nov. 20, . and 5 P. M. to The exact d tion cannot be fo toe | oi tot Du Raved now time early in mt ulant but d ^Se^pte^gs^sSif. “ First Prio Game servicing and the additional equipment it ops _ , . t _ . The Lighthousa and Informer, I toicT^lfaumtar^ at the Carolina Of S62lflOIt To Bo SSTSuSS Played On Sunday Cray, who was prominent in the Jin the Boykin, Rambert, Hagood, I (Negro) Democratic I and Horatio section and on ad- Tegro) D ______ campaign in this state last!jacent rural Unas, tor President, last week car-1 in editorial n party year for km 1 ] Many Gift Boxes Jr o( C"^ toUte i FlUed By County TwS School Children The 1949-50 polo timers^3 o'clock.. iason will be on Sunday, waatam North Carolina ^ feature the appearance FVed Tejan, Eddie Tefan, Eddie and Art Christian, a quar- forltet that recorded a splendid his letter to Life the Senator the “old northern intervention in South , era affairs. The filling of gift boxes The editorial in the Lighthouse children of many lands, for many Ison's achievement the past sum- and Informer under the heading years a project of the American mer and fall at Asheville. ‘The Confederate Bound Sena- Red Cross, is now being carried I ♦ The two Tejans and Roberts tor" follows: out in the schools of Kershaw are members of the Camden polo “State Senator R. M. Kennedy, county, according to the Kershaw club while Christian is a resident Jr., of Kershaw county, ardent County Red Cross chapter head- of AahevH supporter of the Dixiecratic move- quarters. The Camden team, and it is em inent, and whose white suprem- Already 50 of these small gift phasized that it is strictly a home acy squealings the last year or boxes have been distributed in frown product, will be headed by ■e reminiscent of the late I the county, and, in answer to re- Carl Lightfoot two are Bilbo at his best, undertakes an | quests for more, an additional 651 his lineup Leonard Graham, Me- Boykin unnecessary zine, which ough i ‘Nei enj its ... - eople clamor Eh results in lu<5 "bookmobile" has a shelf capacity for 1,800 books, and is ~ A I toga allow readers to and around it and find the books they WMtTha so} lection of books will he changed constantly in the mobile uritand Special requests for books will be Sled as soon as possftfe . ^ A new service feature of the . soon to be put into ope- will be to stoo at designat- On Next Thursday Day. which falls Nov. 24, will . observed in There will be a coal ition of business with , , , stwes, offices, etc, dosed for the day. A community Thanksgiving will be held at 10 A. M. r the Rev. H. L. Spell, the Lyttleton Street church. Thanksgiving afternoon the amden High Bulldogs will close their 1949 football season in a with the Orangeburg In- -rt Zemp 9 is expected to atnatt a large crowd as many are ex Mtmiripq/ Meeting 12. To obtain adequate funds and facinties to carry on a piete research program on uaes and marketing of farm modi ties. 12. To pbtain a sound and ade quate Education program. COLDER WEATHER The mercury took a tumble it and was due to ither was ursday night. precuctea lor & Stockholders of New Boys School To Meet Monday who will have on Kee and Newton Boykin. nap, needles, arena, out it win probably be id paper, also Capt. S. C. Clyburn, who has of- toys to bright-1 flciated as referee in the past Idren of other with marked success. letter to Life maga- boxes have been ordered. had been foolish The gift boxes, which are pack-1 It is not known at this time who to seek his reaction to ad with small useful items such as will be th4 ninth man in the ew South’ series. tooth brushes, soap, needles, | arena, but U will probably be “One wonders in the first place combs, pencils, and | why publishers of Life sought contain many small to the opinion of so well known and en the eyes of Children perverted a view point as that countries. The gift box project I already displayed by Mr. Ken-1 belongs entirety to the children | nedy, and concludes that the re-1 of America, and every quest was deliberate and not of-1 carried out with great i fered by mistake. the nation’s schools. And Mr. Kennedy obliged in] The first shipment from Ker Dixiecratic fashion, binding his] shaw county will go to Washing ao well to tiie Civil War ton on Nov. 30, and another ship- and the so-called virtues of the ment is to be reedy by late confederacy that he missed a won-1 March, county Rad Cross officials dertul chance to lend dignity to I said . . the rapidly evolving common-1 will bear the name at the ! South, the South which | donating it looks ahead and not behind. And Mr. Kennedy usual. He undertakes the world SI Directs Verdict For Defendants n which I aonaung ix. »a ind. | The response and appreciation doss the the small “boxfuls of America" to speak have received in foreign countries lit which has baaa la tiia aSrawaa^Mn in the diplomats is been ■ to to speak for them, as is tl habit and want of DixtecraMTlft and appears yet that soma southern- This project has been recognised en are unable to divorce from as one of the Rad Cron’ worth-1 of firm Women their thinking the fact that no I tot, and th«4oeal chapter is c-—' • "W longer are white men the masten for the cooperation ot i who speak for the members of school child in this county’s their family in the big house and ticipation in it their kept slave servants in the FARM WOMEN TO MEET The Kershaw County Council ten will meet Satur- at 10 o'clock in the resbyterian church Sunday ~ Smyrl mafcj.': .... Home Demonstration CouncU. room. Mrs. Mrs. John reports on the Gettys Om win Events Of FAMILY 79 YEAR! The historic old mansion at i Paint Hill with South Carolina sedation held at nesday. This 5$ S' Wed- \ re- 9p.m. 'IV