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~ - ■4i'& 61 M' rj Grovtl < Stole Form Polling Places For Voting On' Cotton Quotas lily n above will and storing and adjoinil —Ohromcl# Nearbw The voting places for the fifteen different communi- ies in Kershaw county which will cast ballots in the referendum* to be held on ext Thursday, Dec. 15, on the question of cotton con- Is for next year, were an nounced on Wednesday. poll* will open at 8 a. sn^ remain open until 5 p. m, no credentials will have to in order to vote, will ask whatever isit, sits Begin Meeting Of Delegation, Directors * And Council At Armory Next Wednesday Governor T* hurmond Will i . T ■ Speak At Luncheon For Winners In Corn Contest Governor J. Strom Thurmond will speak at a joint meeting of the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs on next Wed- nqsday at 1 o’clock at the armory at which time the winners of the corn contest in Kershaw county this year will be announced and prizes presented to them. The Lions and Civitan Clubs will also be asked to unite with take the ty will be P'f&l'al places in this coun ited as follows: A. A. West store and ig of a large, rich gravel deposit on State Farm joining Und», aoa« IS mile, Camden^ to begin shortly as work is nearing comp ebon r C processing and finishing plant being built bf Eker County Sand and Gravel Company, condu »t leaat 2,000•eM.aff.Mt of which 80^ acres Umenthe SUte Farm. processing and w nearing _ to be able 20 tons lind processed operations , l Southern RailWttf satinin'V^VSAll A Y • • • • .mat into tdupments Trid wlthtn ^to pUst; -% - Sandy Grove church. Loring Davis’ store. Ira Catoe’s store. _____ ^ Ed Jones' store. Three C»: Gay’s store. Kershaw; Gates Ford school. Baron DeKalb: Boyd Young’s store and Bill Owens’ store. Charlotte Thompson: Price’s Boykin: Bradley's stole. P. M. A. office In response to a **ive-or- take” nroDOsition regarding, tliA nirnnrt made hvthp citv th « Rotary and Kiwanis Qubs at the airport w^rjine city | the &nd it ^ hoped that they will accept The luncheon will r | place of the ty tak- mgs of the stock Clubs next week. There will be some 10 or 12 , ... | prise winners to be announced at ^f*®**’ the luncheon and cash prizes will Coim-! be awarc ied to each. The corn contest is an annual event, sponsored each year by the to the county Tuesday, the bounty decided -to “give” and plans art now under way looking to ing over the port, and barrel, v The* Kershaw five delegation, Kershi ty Board of Directors regular weekly meet- Kiwanis and Rotary AHanb Firm Is Low Bidder For City Bond Issue Courts and Company Buys $500,000 Issue For A Syndicate ten City Council j which and the in joint imprac- set-UD i Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs. The then nn, corn must be grown on two acres either °* upland land, an session at wl ticability of fiie was discussed. The nounced that it was to give the county the interest in the proper the county take over complete I * control of the poet w it was concrete, has ahdght | feet and a length of 100 feet.. L titt plant is to j an<j of , Seven storage • cubic feet, will be used the gravd according to ■ future shipment the concrete plant a convey or belt will re- la gravel and cany it to platform to be placed inQroad cars. t pavel plant, when corn- will be the largest in Carolina and the largest of and oi Antioch: Fred Smith’s store. Lugoff: John Rabon’a store. e: Lugoff Supply Co. ■ _ V Farmers Supply Co. Farmers in every cotton grow- * 1 did " ing community in the United A Tae eity will iiuotiary willing tc and take After a tails regarding the county directori delegation d be best for the The city let the Can E'23S3J be established em aviation I the mess hall building so ..led or it did and all fanners in tv’s half I th® county are eligible to enter and let thc contest. The contest is conducted under on of County Agent cCarley. rnntroi l uie corn contest last year mmc de hi Kershaw county first prise was £rtv the won ^ R B- McCaskin, of Be- * Native thune; second prize by C. B. t jtt would i Mitchell, ^ of, Bethune, and third over. w TT T ' T “ th^e new 1 ^uwral having ^Boys 1 *^ Wednesday. id South- Tht corn contest has been very 1h j Miicneu, oi netnune, ana tmra . prize by R L. Dinkins, of Lugoff. I Mr. Dinkins died this week, his funeral having been held on use ition need- with fiie successful each year and has state. Governor J. Strom Thurmond greatly stimulated the production of corn in the county and the The city's $500,000 bond Issue was sold Wednesday to a syndicate headed by Courts and Company of At lanta, Ga., at a rate of 2.38 per cent and a premium of $174.80. City officials were well pleased with the price secured for the bonds. The low bid arrived by special delivery just one hour before 12 o’clock noon, the time set for the official opening of the bids. The syndicate, submitting the low bid, is composed of Courts and Conru- any, the Citizi Citizens and Southern of Atlanta, Clement A. Evans and Co., and Providence Savings Bank and Trust Co., of Cincinnati The bonds are serial bonds and run for 20 years with the first ones being retire din 1954. The second lowest bid offered purchase of the bonds at 2.54 per amt with a premium of $21.67. The syndicate submitting this proposal was composed of the firms of B. 8. Dickson and Co- Jhe Robinson Humphrey Co., Huger Barnwell and Co., Hamilton and Co., end E. R wn ■gneMBk If government control is ed. South Carolina is be allotted 1.025,726 adopt-] farm, •Lbweat Reading Of Fall The thermometer hit 22 degrees Tuesday morning, mail ooidast morning of the Lake which three hundred The d ‘toill sell allotted 1,025,72^ a^ a^] 1 ®* Kerthaw county is expected to be 111 ** not allotted 28,502 am*^ * P °M!IlT J ?ieL ney, and Harold before the voting date, It is stated | J** 0 !?* 3 Marketing quotas for the 1960 9? ^ over the Colonial two or together of fiie for- K is for Plan Chapter Of Akoholics £| Anonymous Here it the cgtton crop were proclaimed Charles F. Brannan, agriculture, ec ~ ' county attor- Mmupipi VoSIOpon Mooting To Bo HoM mines owned It the Becker Tu~Uy. Mr. ^ tahienSr i» •wdi.known, W. CWk : « CIVh will meet Monday niAt at 7:30 o’clock at the Thomas Tavern. •Gas Tax Aik The sum. of 66,664 has been al lotted to KershaW county as its one^ent share of the state s stx- cents-a-gallon gasoline tax col lections during October. •Elected Alderman R. J. Hunt, formerly of Cam den, was elected alderman from Ward 4 in the Lancaster Mumci- fha enployed to opt Isis* anar it beeiiia I opaniion. B. f . Si is a buna In the )hr II ysi gravel i for the discovery of the nit goes to Col. Wind- nning, superintendent fs penal system, and s penal board.. They e I the fact that there was posit and carried the letting it mined to a Mullen, president of Gravel . vice ’ Sand and Gravel Com- M. C. Evans, general it, both of whom headquarters in were in Camden Tues- ng a visit to the State This makes the fourth I me company in the Caro- |<rther plants being at Fayetteville, N. O, and •jFayetteviUe “pany formerly had _ .the property of the late and conducted min ions there for several Library Unit ttkson High Discussed ''| ; Meeting of all who are ® seeing a new unit of “•w county library built I the Jackson High School iJJ 1 ® “ked to attend a 15 ^ held in the audi- \the Jackson High evening, Dtc. Meeting plans for the , ® of the new library [be unfolded and an ef- w assure construction at once. .ijng Events Dae. g Auxiliary Garr ^ Thomas Dec. 11 VI# ipply by a wida margliw Tu become effective, however, quotas must be approved by at least two-thirds of the growers voting in the coining referendum. Every cotton grower county is urged vote. . (Pleats Turn To Page Tea) Anniversary Pearl Harbor Attack Is Not Noticed Here f nt-t- n J * A ■ lerrea In# _ control of the airport's operations. delegation [reed I will j full Wednesday Night At Gtaca Fen»li Houm - ■! ■ "-nr*" An opdn meeting of Alco holics Anonymous will be held in the Grace Episcopal Church Pariah House on Returns Coming In From Sale ' Christmas Scab Of Money Derived From Solo# 9$ For Coni I Rogers Attending |c*CS ti PartS I re is, ^[Managers’ Meeting I Lett T. Rogers, city nunoger, u|*o m « *« bo pres- | among the representatives from ent from the Columbia group 89 states sad several foreten to explain how this organi- countnes who are attending the z .ti on works and to heln 35th ormuo! meeting of 4he In- za * ;,on 1 woraa ana to neip temationai City Manager’s As-l®Fganize a group in Camden, i sodation now in aesaion in Palm I The announcement of the meet ing states that "any one who has man. Mayor Crawford' Billings was re-elected. The four-day station r session being held an alcohblic problem or who has of Florida’s lamed I relatives or friends with this prob- •At Flat Creek Church . F. N. McCorkle filled the at the Flat Creek Baptist church in Lancaster county last Sunday morning. R*v- was pastor of the First Baptist churchof this city, is a native of the Flat Creek community. •Auto Deaths High Kershaw county motorists may; and they/may not, be interested in a prediction by the State Bu reau of Vital Statistics that the last year’s record from automo bile accidents when 561 deaths were recorded may be surpassed this year. , •Bend la Appreciated Mayor Arthur L Jones, of Ker shaw, has asked The Chronicle to convey the thanks of the of Kershaw to the Camden High School band for its contribution to the success of the Kershaw Christ mas parade. He states titet the presence of the band aided ma- Sly in the dey-e event, end that there w ere, mwiy Mmph- ments on the splendid perform ance by the band. • Named Directors L. O. Funderburk of Camden attend.’’ Anonymous is a of the most as? ^ ffjSroSf^, rjMnedJfcet they I Th? enter-1 wi_ re- suc- successful alcoholic to Mr. ere not too much surprised. It will be recalled that just a, __ couple of days before the sneak mnf»r»»y»v attack which came on Sunday, 1 President Roosevelt had address-1 si s . m* n ed an appeal to the Emperor of {JUndeit Mcllt 0668 Japan m the hope of averting war. | \ w M no ob^nnuu* o, I King Of England i. , . . i r . i -. wwggjries and its membership is stopping at Hotel I j, gaid to be showing an increase stopping at Palm Beach, during 1 0 f 2 5 per < rates in 53 hospitals and 66 pfis cent each year. It ope- ons and even has a chapter in the Molokai Returns «B%v vlAl IIO Christmas from the Seals fk p Tfc5r 4 ° k * ^ _ syndicate, com The Trust Company of G. R CrawfoidfCo, Inc., R f® d «nd Simona, Inc., and Var- neda, Chisholm and Co^ sub- mitted a bid of 160 par cant net bends, and ofmrttf no premium. A bid from Columbian Bank J^Co-tto print the city’s bonds i craws on Jan. 1. , "T^fi It — ^ ‘ X^S the 0 ' 101 out day in this country. The only servance of the day insofar as I .. —- \ Americans were concerned was at Arthur L. Bradley, boilerman. Pearl Harbor itself. There a aim- third class, USN, of Route 2. Cam ple service was held at the sad, den, was a “host’’ to the King of rusting monument to the day that I England when that ruler recently, ... thrust the United States into the visited the heavy cruiser USS Co- j it has grown to large proportions, worst war in history. The monu-1 lumbus of which he is a crew is still self-supporting through ment is the superstructure of the rhember. voluntary contributions of its own once-proud battleship Arizona. It I All personnel received hearty members. It asks the public for pokes from the waters of the nav- congratulations for their smart | no funds, it pressures nobody to 1949 fund-raising campaign of the Kershaw Tuberculosis Association opened have amounted to $1,000, accord ing to an announcement made by Mrs. Granger Gai ther, chairman of the coun ty Seal Sale committee. The amount so far received, Mrs. Gaither explained, is 40 per cent of the goal ofHOOO the as sociation hopes to raise this year to finance its tuberculosis control program in 1950. The Seel Sale will continue until Christmas. Of the amount raised in the Seal Sals, 95 per cent will be used within the state to support work within the state directed at the prevention end eradication of tuberculosis and the remaining 8 per cent will be forwarded to toe National TB Association, with which the Kershaw TB Associa tion and the South Carolina TB Association are affiliated. Leper colony on Molokai Island I TBAbociation 1 in 'mSnMhe in toe Pacific. launching of a nation-wide cam- . The OTganization reports that paign against a communicable half of its members have never;disease which was the first cause taken another drink aft« joining, i of death in fid* country at that one-fourth stopped drinking after I “ ~ ‘ ~ one or two relapses and one- fourth failed completely to stop. Alcoholics Anonymous, though hour UAL suiting cost to ( have been rather with the tide, that it wa# one togthmev. ‘ den beads. It was rather unusual that toe low — Had -_y the re- city would al anchorage. It has net been dis- appearance from the Sovereign, turbed since Japanese bombs]whose many years’ service with buried it there in the water. A the Royal navy has given him a small party of officials boarded sharp eye for quch things as a the hulk at Pearl Harbor. A navy smartly turned out sailor and a chaplain said a prayer. trim, clean ship. Following the Pearl Harbor at- The King was the luncheon tack this country quickly began (guest of Admiral Conolly, whose a general mobilization of forces flag flies in the Columbus* The and within a comparatively short | U. S. Ambassador to the CouTVpf f Camden join, it Has no officers and it 3 it ope- rganiza- time hundreds o; Lugoff Kerthaw county young men went]many other American and 1 . South off to war. 1 ish dignitaries also attended. and L. P. Branham of WiU Be Fireproof week. The; represent the flfth dietrict E. ft Agiew of Anto»»° was re-elected prewdent. The Kershaw County Farm Bureau was well represented at the meet ing and j St James, Lewis Douglas and other American and Brit- I •For Dr. Whiteside Camden people ■W^vited £ £T?f the South Carolina Baotkt ffijiSpsi Work To Begin At Once Building New Stockade The Kershaw county legislative delegation Tuesday authorized the county Board of directors to proceed with the construction of a new county stockade and work is expected to begin at once on same. Chairman Usher Myers stated Wednesday that the new stockade would be located 11:15 i YS iFUUlj WmaOm on county prop erty about one-half mile from the 4-H club camp and would be built with concrete blocks, and stuc coed. It is expected to cost around 1$ Myers said. The Kershaw iE’, county granc has repeatedly condemned present stockade and urged toe construction of a new one am at the last term of the Court o! General Sessions urged that im- action be taken in re- to same has been planning of • n< rates without a formal tional setup. Alcoholics Anonymous does not mmediately come a-running. It has to be sure first that a drinker needs and want* help. Once that is established it pitches in. State To Curtail Its Road Building The state highway department is cutting down on road building from now until next summer when it can float another bond issue. Chief Highway Commissioner C. R. McMillan said “we are now running on current revenue. Things will be tight until June when we can issue more bonds.” * McMillan said “we will go ahead planning more road work en do the fills time,” said Mrs. Gaither. “Prior to toe organization of the National Association, several communities and at leaat one state had formed voluntary as sociations to promote anti-tuber culosis programs. Leaden of these movements, however, realized that no real progress could be made in toe campaign tuberculosis unit (Please turn to page three) Luncheon Guest and then do the work when we get the money.” He estimated it will be Sep tember before the department completes Vork programmed for the 1949-50 fiscal year, which ends next June 30. The announcement of curtailed road work was made despite con tinued decreases in construction COStS. Last monfii, for department reduced allot- projects Mrs. s. Gary P of iha Wc _ sast of honor at a Dutch lunch ton of tho 1902 Model Car Attracte Much. Attention Here . 1M2 San and brought the horseless car- kIK luS. cxplogive halt on ^ ra: & SmS il own€r . told of how in 1947 he had nursed the antique ^from border to border and from coast to roast, and Pm on my way to doing it again?* He has been on the road since May 1 this trip, b® teykand has traveled more than $,000 miles. He has been as tor wort as Amarilla, Texas, down through Florida, and is now on his way back home to Pennsyl vania. The last trip took him from the Canadian border to Browns- viUe. Texas, and to the west coast. *Tve owned the old buggy my self for 30 years,” Ruth told toe crowd, as he sold pictures of him- _ _____, self and pretty gpls'seatod in the' the campaign I auto—his chief source of income while on the road. “I figure she’s K more than 100,000 miles on , but she’s still in first class condition.” Ruth does all the me chanical work on the auto him self. The motor, located under the floor boards, has only been recon ditioned once, it has worn out at least six sets of solid rubber tires (no worry from flats), and will carry the relic up to 30 miles per hour at 15 miles to the gallon of gas. , _. j.,. A friction clutch connects toe motor with the drive wheels. The ■tearing post is on the left side with a straight pipe for steering. The car has an 8 I motor and th< about 8500. T1 built file motor and the Carriage , Company the body. - .■ As toe old Sears - Roebuck horseless carriage creeps from town to town, amusing onlookers all along the wav, it has, for the second time in its life span be come the object of stares and snickers. Once toe backfiring hide madejaorses rare and Auxiliary o«{ made old-timers lai Witt b« the at “the gol-darned horse power the original price ). The Autocar Cqaii Company e Murray constructed BIBLE SUPPER The