The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 22, 1949, Image 1
Day will
is-safs
and the buadneM
jl have a deserted
^ as all stores, of-
etc., are shut
wk' in the morning
e a union Thantagiv-
hdd at Grace Epia-
h. The sermOn Will
1 bylh '- K i^2^
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i tor
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K result
ed on scoi
teams this t
rkey dinners Will be
e public eating places
both at mid-day end
md many are expect-
e the day hy dining
of the homes turkey
the piece de re-
ie day’s dinner,
be much visiting on
as numerous people
5 Camden to spend
i relatives and loved
aany Camden
>ther places on
i
■owd from
sc ted to
t in the
Ike wl
ay and the
few will not be open
iUgoff
will be
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01jankB0tttutg
‘As we kneel in Your House of Worship, we thank -
you, Lord, for.all our blessings...
Throughout the nation, bright fires .glow in open
for
_ hearths ...
children sing as they eagerly set the table for the holiday
feast. .. and the family is united on the occasion of tradit
ional Thanksgiving Day.
Let this Thanksgiving be one for the entire
world as we raise our voices in a prayer for universal peace.
Get Ready For
Christinas Rush
vtpMas
n am
* v ■'.
In
ty...,
r Fire
* _-y> ^
partment was called
lewman home on
ray Thursday after-
guish a fire starting
tster.
Year
to government
ling Ca
coldest
•y
rent down
the
i thermometers e*
ind Saturday morn-
i low as 17
Fraternity
ity of South Caro-
To Discontinue
Wednesday Closing To
Trad*
They Missed the Boat
Two Camden Men,
Spend Night In
Uyee Oorf ~
unlucky msm
B. Bhiriey or
Wfective
of this ^
on Wednesday
week the stores of
Wii remain open on
Wednesday aftsrnoons until
after the Christinas holidays.
The Wednesday afternoon
closings will be resumed aft
er the holidays. H
Announcement was also made
this -wttk that the stares of the
Year's since both of these holi
days fall on Sundays.
The Camden merchants have
laid in large stocks of goods for
the Christinas rash and will be
to take care of the needs
people in every par-
In Camden This Christ-
been suggested as a
! all Camden people to
and it is urged that the
of the city do all of their
hopping here thereby
mden money in Cam
den!
It is pointed out that many
Camden people have in the past
gone to other cities and bought
~ articles that they could have
k announces that bought in Camden^at the smno
mpbell of Camden price or in. so|ap* r . instances at a
«f a member of. lower price. ^
Local people are urged this
year to prepare their Christmas
lists and see if they cannot be
filled in their entirety in Cam-
huill a fixe to roaat one of the
High Honors To
Hiss Thompson
and fat ha s Am dor's
ing.** one of the tat In
romarkod. “The oeJy tn
“oSleU^iJSiiia?
Two Children
Bum To Death
ulty and students combined
/eek to bestow on Isabelle
member of
unal Honor Fra ter-
y-coveted member-
ey is baaed on good
onality, scholarship
in campus and ttni-
tonald, son of Mr.
ild A. Campbell, is
university’s School
member of Kappa
ratemity, the Can-
erman Clubs, tep-
1 president of the
r Council, and
ippa Alpha.
m Asked
i asked
citizen* ,
^-cleaning
effort to
i of
ves and
the s'
k.
it is in
»nce to
of trai_
r officials
cooperation
ore they
nent of
Ruptured
I quickly!
as caused some
system to
FFAForestryWork
Of Year Reviewed
At Meeting Here
Last week forty agriculture and
farm veteran teachers from Ker
shaw, Chesterfield and Rk
Counties met at Camden
School. Professor F. E. Kirkley
from Clemson College reviewed
forestry work accomplished ji
the FJA. and farth yeUxan
in the three counUes last
From his charts, Mr. Kirk-
nwed that the increase in
itiilg, fire protection and
J woodland cutting prac-
_ on lands of the counties was
a level with or above this state
average. Assistant State Supo--
vSorof Agriculture EducationW.
1. Gore of Columbia discussed
n^rrtii for greater efforts in good
forestry practices.
The group spent two hours m
1 weather to r.^lth. ChfneefielfFUntttto. woois
Facult
last
Thompson, prominent young high
school senior, two of the most
highly-coveted awards offered to
girls at the high school. She is the
recipient of the D. A. R. Good
Citizenship Award, and the Miss
Hi Miss award.
The award in recognition of
good citizenship, sponsored by the
focal chapter, v Daughters of the
American Revolution, was based
on characteristics of depend
ability, service, leadership, and
patriotism. From three nomina
tions selected by Hie members of
the senior class, the high school
faculty selected Mias Thompson
to receive the award. A represen
tative of the D. A. R will be
prawnt at graduation to recognize
Miss Thompeon for her honor, and.
to present her with a certificate
of award.
From a list of the receivers of
ird in the
the state,
that
be no ha-
NOVEMBER 22,1949
Notifies Highwag Officials
City Places Limit ot
60 Feet On Widening
Project For Broad St.
“The city is this day advising the S. C. Highway De
partment and the Bureau of Public rpads that Camden
city officials and citizens will not be interested in any
broadening project on Broad street Hut will give that
street a right-of-way of more than 60 feet.” City Man
ager Lott T. Rogers announced Monday morning.
Mr. Rogers received Monday
from the state highway depart
ment a copy of a letter which the
department has written the Fed
eral Bureau of Public Roads con
veying the desires of the citizens
of Camden that the - proposed
right-of-way be reduced to - 00
feet
Along with the letter to the
bureau, the highway department
included two drawings showing
proposed broadening plana that
would increase the wideth of the
street to 70 or 80 feet A meet
ing of the property owners on
Broad street with-city officials
last week showed that many citi
zens were opposed to any broad
ening program, and that oppoai
Steeplechase % Track Is
Purchased By Well
Known
Sends Note To
KingHaiglar
Dr. Corbett Gives Some
Interesting Data On
N rrototype
Dr. John W. Corbett has
written to King Haiglar tell
ing the Old Indian Chief of
the plan to remove his pro
totype from the top of the
City Hall and recounting the
wanderings of the effigy
since it waa made hi 1826 or
1826. The effigy has twice
before been moved and in
each instance it was fortun-
late that they were because
in each instance the building
I from which it and the old
| clock were moved was later
destroyed by fire.
Dr. Corbetri letter to the old
Chief fellows:
To Your Majesty. King Haiglar:
Alas, your Majesty, a revolu
tionary plot is being engendered
to cause your downfall from your
dignified and exalted position.
[Your swinging to tee hteeses hat
noted with delight by thou-
i since early In 1100 and by
Titer for IS yean. Many
will bn^ghed and much
agony Mt at your downfall. This
1 prototype of you was made for
a laatins tribute
ItejjgrStff
I tdM.
Your effigy, five feet three, and
you were mounted so tee staple
I of the first town hall, tea| stood
lust in front of the old court
moved northward, end in IS59 it
was with ths steeple, placed on
I the top of ths new town hail on
the west side of Brand. This yras
very lucky for the effigy and tee
dock, which always followed you
I to your peripatetics, as the old
> city hall waa soon after
by fire. It waa alto
fortunate that the effigy and dock
were removed to the steeple of
the opera house built to 1888, as
tee west side of Broad street was
wiped away by fire to 1891
The effigy was removed
I to the opera house by a smart,
‘ Alfred Hum-
Announcement of the sale
of the Springdale track and
schooling course to Mrs. Am
brose Clark was made Satur
day by Harry D. Kirkover
a few minuths after the deal
had finally been completed.
About 460 acres of land are
involved.
Mr. Kirkover said that the
purchase of the courses by Mrs.
Clark meant a continuation of the
activities of former years, includ
ing, of course, the famous Caro
lina Cup races, which have be
come a national event He said
that the one thing he had in
tion to any broadening exceeding mind in selling the course was a
60 fact was almost unanimous. continuation of the activities
The dty advised the highway {there,
department and the Bureau of The physical
Public Roads that neither of the will be very gx
side of the course
greedy improved by
two plans propoeed for increasing | the new owner, said Mr. Kirk-
the street to 70 or to 80 feet would over. Ilia understood that work
meH with approval in Cam- begins this week on these lin
den, even if approved by those wroyements.
two department*. “Mrs. Clark and Mrs. DuPont
Mr. Rogers said that the oppo- Scott are remarkable sportawom-
sition to any further widening I en,” said Mr. Kirkover. “Both of
was due to the excessive proper-1 these ladies have accomplished
ty damage which would result if I more for steeplechasing than have
the right of way exceeded 80 feet most men.”
Mr. Kirkover and E. L. Wood
ward bought the course in 1928
Auto Stickers
Now Available
agile
named
show he
Betty Jean, twe y
ape. and Ruby Jo. II
old. children of Mint* and
EUsabefii Heal. term
ers Bring near While Oak
Creek. 18 miles from this dty.
ware burned to death in a fire
that leveled the Heel dwelling
’ morning.
feel was on Ms way
te tMs city and Ms wife bed
gone down a MU near the
home to get e pall of water.
she found tee
to flames. She could do
nofMag to save the two chil
dren. whose bodies, burned to
a crisp, were later rooovotod.
The fire h bettered te have
a stove, which
sad to
negro, a
and the snow ne out on
taking
I your Majesty to the southeast car
j ner of Broad and Rutledge, stop-
all business and work to the
It was first fixed on too
small an iron rod, and a gust of
wind hitting your broadside,
caused you to fell over on your
I side against the walls of the tow
(Continued on Page-8)
ught the course in
end the first Carolina Cup i
was run to 1930 and with the ex
ception of war years has been run
annually since. Mr. Kirkover sub
sequently took over Mr. Wood-
intereel in me course,
have been reports in cir-
for some time that the
pending but The Chran-
» to watt until its
uncon-
81 Ja thereat day for
i and any one trim I ^
aameby thatdate dSTHSI
to a fine of $6- air rifle ty
Bullet Crashes
Window*
St Heme
ting tee stickers and
not secured
will be subject
Su|
Sate Is Urged V
By Mayor Savage
within .the'
j>ons of the
type must stop, accord
ing to the police, who are inves- *
> a «- - a, _ -a-1 -e-
[ Drvum episodes wruen
have had serious if not
results.
v a nampion sxreex resident naa
a window punctured by a 21 cali
ber bullat last week and but for
tea fact that the party in ques
tion had just moved from in
Mayor Hennr Savage. Jr„ Mon- front ai the window might
day issued a formal proclamation bean struck hy the leaden
urging all residents of Camden to jectile.
pro-
“demonstrate their
tuberculosis to
Cantey Parkway, the
of projectiles from il cali-
the hands of young-
to shoot birds and
County 1 squirrels has aroused the com-
nd that the
to | On
stamping out tuberc
den through their
art” of the 1949
Sale of the
Association, which opens
day and will continue until C
mas. | be abated.
his proclamation, the Chief; Alva
the tuberculosis Section 10 of
control program of the aaMda- Book of,
tion particularly it* projects di- stipulates that “it te unlawful to
rected at helping to find an esti- fire or discharge any projectile
mated 80 of “unknown” cases of|from any.gun regardless of how
Vie disease in the county. These or by what means such projec-
unknown cases, he explained, are tile may be propelled from the
those not reported to the health gun.”
authorities. Many of them are The ordinance goes on to state
early cases and the people them-1 that guns as referred to in the
section shall include air guns or
Rush states that
chapter IS of
(Continued on Pag* 8)
[ what is known as bee bee guns.
The police believe that tee bul
let that crashed through the win
dow of the Hampton street home
was fired, from a
o determine the winner of
11<*F government bond
Hew Association
the oe*
is giving. - ^
e feel that the awarding of
tee hood will be an ea
aim of the D. A. R to
character and to
ve adequate recognition to it,”
fit last week to choose her to rep
resent Camden High School as
Mias HI Mias in the
Would Improve Monument Square
Park Director Makes
Survey of City Parks
The Parks and Streets Commission has received
j ot the State Commission of For^fbry to" Cohmbto 1 *©!?°a! I Penalty On Jan. 1
survey which he made recently of Camden's various city .... ... . *'
parks. Mr. Schellenberg was asked by the commission Mondav-ti!
to make recommendation* for beautification and a long penalty of ?•
range program of development, including necessary rec-|5an. l for ail
reational and playground areas. «*- lx w ,“ pointed out that'this
annual tetereat on the tax money
a re
rifle that was
boys in Campbell
. , _ are now seeking to
find out tee names of the youths.
• The police chief made it plain
that arrests : will remit to stiff
1 fanes and confiscation of weapons.
Delinquent Tax
Luuutu aim piuygruunu J'V
Following are extracts from his prenminary report:
s.
the foresters were
guts As
.hT
^beiag m** and
jeasurm f(^.
? heaters..If
lectric Ji
a woodland hn-
rotiothor ,
ndbnta
of For-
Jk
“It can be stated that the dty
of Camden is very fortunate to
mm—LUm* I have wch beautiful open areas set
Hazel Horton, president of the for ltg
KsprtMkw County Knitting and L,^^ toSrnsWp 1 ^ Uyout £
Association, an organi-1“'fir < ““ i*'” 1 ** “J
—, of the Jadyn fiSoummt
reau ofLaT:
has received a let-
director of thd Bu-
Standards at Wash-
is to advise that as of
24, 1949, your union has filed
s of its constitution and oy-
and the answers in the form
decretory or
b lADOf Manw
Act, 1947^A a
A
ciubwm*
Ladies
,Rotary
SSS'tST ^JM; I
The
son Square, Did Central Square
(4 sections, of which
sections). Rectory
ipton Square, Jack-
Old Central Square
are now in
eluded in the Fair Ground area),
and the un-named square at old
Seaboard station. The more or leas
newly acquired perk sites are:
Kirkwood Commona (1818),
Woodward Park (1948), at pres-
iboard station, and the un
area adjacent to Pine Tree
(1949).
“It was suggested to start first
with the improvement of Monu
ment Square, because a place will
have to be designated ‘
monument now located
of Broad street
Library te located
■are and
commisaion felt that aome plant-1^^ *
tog should be done to acremtec ywir 011 thn *- ^
Union Thanksgiving
| Service At Logoff -
for the
to ten
“The third area which should 1
be considered for beautification
is Jackson Square located on U. |
R Highway No. 1. The imp
ment there at present wouk
sUtjOf plating to screen the back |
"With such a start therfat
of the citizens of Camden will be-1
come park conadons' and will be I
with tee park cownnteaion to
carry through its tong range pro-1
a union Thanks-
at Lugoff Presby-
, „ Thursday morning
10 o'clock. All diurehes in Lu-
wiU unite to tee service.
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Coming Evenls
"to 582 K IP* *
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to