The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 20, 1949, Image 1
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tt ChoMl Soct«*y And
V'/*
geventy-thrM m«*idin0
-bined their vocei hnd
SumenUl Ulent under
► baton of ConduetorOey
•tchina before an overflow
lW d at Lyttleton Street
thbdist church Sunday
Ann* in an iwpreasiye
iera m of Chriatmaa mnaic.
Jnbining the M voic« o<
,den Choral S«dey with a 23-
« symphonette of muMdam
* cities in the two Carollnas,
hour-ion* muslcnl profram
presented thi* ImpreMW me
l audience as “one of the fin
in Camden’s history.
To Ered^lew Tank
Contacts Are Let For
Improvements To Water
Sewerage Systems
- - - ^ '
Contracts were let by City ^Ipncil at its meeting on I Majority It
rnaay afternoon for improvemehta to the waterworks
s
en
fcnas carols to fbe impres-
Hallelujah Chorus from Han-
The Messiah. The conre-
,n filled the paw^ the aisles,
the balcony, and listened ap-
iatively to the vocal-instru-
tal arrangements,
c program began with the
estral Prelude from Saint-
The Christmas Oratorio”,
in the style of Johann
stian Bach. The orchestra-
for this number was tran-
ed by Guy Hutching.
[lowing the Prelude, the choir
nted a capella the first of
Bach chorale*, “Braak Ffarth
auteous Morning Light” The
stra joined wtth the chpnia
esentmg “Jmu, Joy of Man’s
ing” and “Now Let leery
ue Adore Thee", the two
chorales that completed the
/ocal group
i audience
horua
the
k V'l
- The
ipreasive
ero baaed on
ned chorus _
gain la on« Of
nd vart ‘
im. This
especia
1 Society
fin*!
from
1 G.
forld’Y the chorus set the
for file presentation of two
on* from
h”
first of th«M
into Ua A
es difficult counter and
tinging and, when perform*
h orchestra and chcwus,
a difficult problem of ffi*
■. Th#
number,
outfall construction will be
gin by Jan. 2. Work on the other
projects is expected to be started
in the near future.
Fourteen bids were received for
the various projects.
Christmas Story.
Old and New,
At Kindergarten
On Friday Night
impro
■and sewerage systems, to be paid for out of the proceeds]
of the $500,000 bond issue recently wfcf by the city.
That qaatract for the construc
tion of the new water tank which
is to be located on a lot to the
ir of the farm market building
is let to the Chicago Bridge and
Iron Company, which submitted
the low bid of $46,400 for this
Contract for the water filtra
tion plant improvements was also
let to the Frank Lamotte Com
pany, their bid for this work
being $71,359.42.
The contract for the construc
tion of a sewer outfall to the
river will be let to the Sloan Con-
■fraction Co., of Greenville. The
low bid submitted on this work
totaled $26,574.14 and the Sloan
Company has promised a alight
reduction in this bid before the
final contract is signed.
It is expected that work on the
outfall co
In County,
In THo Bolt
Approximately 07 per
] cent of the Kershaw county
cotton growers voted for
Federal marketing Quotas in
the election held last Thurs-
Committee To Moko Tour | be&g^JSS^o 1 ? quotas Tnd
Of-City To
Forty-Five AH-Stor High
School Flayers Hava
Accepted Invitations
Winners
56 against.
In South Carolina SM per |
of growers voted tor quotas,
state vote being 46,439 for
3,297 against
Farmers ii_ __ ___
nearly nine to one ton quotaa. that
Judging for Camden’s
Christmas Lighting contest
will be held Friday night,
Dec. 23, from 7 to 9, accord
ing to members of the judg
ing committee.
The committee
George Stuart John
Jr., and L. H. Hardin, will make
I their rounds just one night be*
fore the arrival of Saint Nick to the quota system. But they
decide which of Camden’s homes jmitted apparently to be
has most attractively combined!cotton prices are _
the colored lights, stars and trees The vote in Kershaw
I to most appropriately represent communities follow:
The Horse Bowl parade,
which had originally been
eeheduled for the night of
Dec. 30, has been changed
to Monday, Jan. 2, at noon,
it was announced Monday
morning.
The committee in charge of the
cent]parade announced that it had ra
the ceived so many calls for the
and I changed date that it had decided
to change the parade until the day
voted ] of the game. It was pointed out
the distinguished guests
Council Ord$ff Overall
Raise of Fifty Per Cent
In Water Rates In City
Their heavy approval have th# would all be here on Jan. 2 for
Department of Africulfwe th« the game and could participate in
right to tell each gro$rar how the parade and then witness the
many acres of cotton he can plant . . .
next year. I invitations have been extended
In return, the government will I to James F. Byrnes, Senator* Bur-
guarantee to support th* price of net R. Maybank and CM in John-
- “ 'ston. Congressman J. P. Richards,
Senator R. M. Kennedy, Repre-
tentative* William Getty* and
ed that most farmers do not like | R**ll ReUy, W. J. McLeod, state
First 1950 Baby
Will Get Prizes
Oky Council at Ha meeting oh Friday afternoon au-
zed an overall increase of 50 per cent in municipal
>r rates. In the discussion regarding the raise it waa
it out that the city's bond attorneys had recoin*
such a raise and that thjjmmmlaen ef the bond
had requested it on the ground that “the water
revenues of the City of Camden do not justify the selling
of bonds for the improvements A of < that facility, as the
water revenue is not sufficient to pay'off the interest on
the bonds.'*
The minimum rate for city cus
tomers war Increased from 85
cents to $lJ9 and for out-of-town
customers from $1.50 to $1.85.
Council also authorized the
billing of customers to the near
est 100 cubic feet and changed
the existing brackets so that
prices would change according to
the nearest 100 cubic feet Mem
bers of Coundl said that it had
Marc Kant* Of City Offar]^'^
_. . _ I this new method of computation
Variety Of Gifts To would save approximately two-
thirds of the tune now required
to compute the water bills under
lystem which now
computation to the
Year's First Born
the Christmas tneme.
Along with the announcement]
of the judging hours, the com
mittee listed three rules on which
Midway
Oakland
DeKalb
Child Is Born,’ 1
Mrs.
numbers
reditahle for t _ .
argely of amateurs,
the climaxing number on
•gram, the group fl|
hose the Hallelujah Chorus
The Messiah.” Orchestra
orus combined expertly in
ing this number and
t the audience to its feet
irogram was brought to an
live close.
"tial listing of the members
choral society who took
Sunday’s concert includes
mos: Mrs. J. G.
obin, Mrs. John .
irl Rosborough, Miss Ada
Miss Jo Anne Mickle,
izabeth and Miss lather
Mrs. Joe Mickle, Mrs. Mil
am, Mrs. Allison DuBoee,
uis H. Hardin, Mrs. W. ~
i. M iss Sarah Maddox,
rvin Reasonover and Miss
awsori.
Mrs. Douglas McArn,
ary Watkins, Mrs. J. ,M.
je, Mrs. C. B. Salmond
ry M. Hayes, Mrs. Isabel
?, Mrs. Emily K. Whiting,
idle MunrvMrs. Willie P.
Irs. Gertrude Zemp, Mrs.
Team.
i: W. S. Whiting, F. N.
e, E. M. Craig, W. R.
A. Gilford Trapp and
sonover. ,
: Dr. A W. Humphries,
P. Gettys and Hugh
I Ait-' A
! the visiting musicians
aposed the symphonette
ets: James Robertson,
s; Sanders Bridges, Flor-
llie Barn
: Joseph
ph Beshere,
a Dickman, Florence;
atinued on Rape 5)
~~W~ ' —
Hants Ready
Final - ‘
Brunson.
Christmas:
“The Christmas Story—Old and the displays would be judged.
New”, was the theme of the ex- The rules are: 1. Only residences ■
ercises of the Camden Kinder- in Camden and suburbs will be | Liberty Hfll
garten in their pageant on Mon- eligible. 2. Judging will be besed
day afternoon at the school which I on how well the decorations ex-
1s in conjunction with the Cal-jprass the Christmas theme and
vert School. not necessarily on the elaborate.
were ten scenes, “A I ness of the display. 3. Only out-{Pine Grove
Tree” with decorations decorations will be judged,
children.
Sue Webb.
Charlie Whitaker.
Nise Men, Freddie Boy*
Buff lejfcb and Peta Brun-j
Bobby Bruce, Hey-
"Angeir", Caroline urant, Lri
Vincent, Sydney Campbell. B<
nie Mac Nicol. Mary Cant
Helen U Roche. ^
> back- although window decorations vis- Antioch ..,^7 T3
lible from the outside will be Three Ca —82
leLgibte. Chariot* Thompeon „ 82
Have
eligi
hi response tp the lighting con
test and in preparation
Christmas season- local _
been dressed up with
the
rooftop,
Lowe''
F , Caroline Grant, Gray.
gSM prize of $20.1
*'\ Serving as joint sponsors for
Christmas” the contest are the Kiwanis Club
all him* on firenlace) tfie JayCees. The committee,
Sally Baxley " ; 'l whidi will also serve as judges in
Father, Henry EicheL \ I the contest, it composed of
•^Children to deepen and St^,J^Tellen and
ghfties”, Lee Harrison. rVfi* IL* H. Hardin, all three
Jeffield, Helen Savage, Anna- ^ $ ^e two sponsoring
bdUe Whiting. Jody Brunson, I
Mikie Kerr and Marvia Stogner.
“Away In The Manger”,
Total
With
[commander of the American Le
gion and others.
j An invitation was extended to
ty by I Governor and Mn. Strom Thur
mond. but they had previously ac
cepted an invitation to attend the
Cigar Bowl game to Tampa, Fla.,
< to which Wofford Collage will be
| one of th* participants, and Flori
da State University the other.
A news release given out by
the Horse Bowl committee con-
the parade and the game
nys!
.Many cities and their mer
chants will have beautiful floats
as well as acme of the local mar
chants to the parade. There will
be over 25 girls to the Queen'i
contest and this alone will ad<
much color to the game.
. “The Queen will be **
56 Friday night at the
Camden merchants are go
ing to prove real Santa
Clauses to the first baby
born in Kershaw county in
1950.
In the Friday, Dec. 80 issue of
The Camden Chronicle, there will
be many advertisements from
merchants
who are
to
contribute gifts to the 1960 First
Via m*
prepared
elBo
Baby and thaaa gifts ranee from
silver cups, through spoons, a
Simmons inner spring crib mat-
tren. high chair, through a fine
stroller.
In past years The Chronicle has
featured this First Baby event and
has received a marked endorse
ment from the btuln—nen. This
year la no exception.
The contest covers
shew county. On Tt
the dame of the i
announced,
i. 1 to Jan.
to
They arid that calculations
show that unjustified overchanges
under the new billing system
could not exceed 12 cents for any
month, -and that the following
month's billing would equalize the
difference.
In the discussion Council mem
bers pointed out that, seeking to
compare Camden’s water rates
with those of other comparable
citiea, 17 North and South Cart-
lina citiea worn asked to
their water rates for <
The rates for these IT
averaged and it w*a found that
an increase of TIJ par cent would
be required to bring this city’s
at the
tiwn
line
1850.
I of the newest products that have
controls.
That
favor*
to reft
an 89 J per cent vote! - This affair ta sponsored by the
'James Leroy Belk Post 17 of tho
and many of the
a 108 par cent JaMaa
it to the lower brack*'
M
een^put on the market
of Council stated*that
Sons.
«gE3h
necessary margin. Florida camel. The
STL 0
and address of same.
meat be
or mailed to The Cam
den ChronicietYtrrt Baby Contest
editor and must be received not
later than • o’clock on Saturday,
i to brine
noaiafita -
‘ i^af^lagl
the Jan. 7.
with their queens. Anyone So if the stork ii
f any information on the]way, you expectant
con call at the Horae Bowl I ter wire him to j
* Sarsfield hotel
of the officials that
invitations to be|
announced at a fu-
J get into h
gear and arrive as soon after
advent of 1950 a$ possible^
member, this contest is like a
gams, for it’s the low score
counts. If your baby is bom
minutes after midnighAMlF
that
I be
to city
customers, mast of the delegation
is reported to have appeared satia-
Mayor Henry
commenting on
bully so tor Al.b.n.^Amoli.Il "forty-fly. aU-itu hi(h KhoolU big tin on tb, yotuoMr who
cu ' tm * ^ “tt - iM
Approval
Ichgible*to Geme nt tone wUl be^o’cfockT ^ ^ .
SliT’ at chiiSta MoSay r t her * ^ £2^°.^ From Association
morning at's o’clock, following al^jJ^li^ ^fb^ut t0 l!oOOJ)Jo 0 ^owers te^^^P^^^ent^ ^^‘wSflS^tital _ ' j-
eligible to cast ballotaTWide- selection of Ralph Evans of Green- The Camden High School has
d Sid weather cut the nuro- wood » Steve Goudolock of Winns-1 keen notified thatu has received
Savage, Jr.
Coundrs a<
r^tj^o^a
which have not
“Water
to ham
things a
m-*
was presented a IA Heart Attack
gift of candy in a rad boot, and
punch was served to all mothers
and visitors of Calvert School.
The rooms were decorated
with pine, holly, smilax end | morning at 3 o’clock, following
lighted tapers. heart attack which he suffered, WiTO „
The Kindergarten is operated while in Charlotte on Wednesday
by Mr*. Margaret (A B.) Boykin afternoon, Dec. 7. He had been a
Zemp (Horace | patient in the Memorial General j %
hospital, Charlotte, since that’ 1688
time. i th _
Mr. Perry’s condition was j
th<H.ght to be improved on .S.t-1
this year. Agriculture
jHwBffl
cent and
as have ot
t than half
r ^ ^ .
and Mrs. Gertrude
Campbell).
White Christmas
Is Foreseen By
Chester Prophet
A white Christmas is foreseen
for most of the country, probably
South, by J. Martin
tton growers greed nena i^oscn noya sioxes ox ut given uiu»e
6,359,000 acres less I ^ Lower State squad had to I schools which can qualify each
nrri.v and hnn* w.i. nut for I“«** *hey were allowed ^ , OI )« replacement in jeer- The Camden High School
ff .y, ,, r I this y «»r. Agriculture Secretary Braxton of Charleston in the he* been an approval school for
hu rroqvo? but h« wtlOTil p. I>1»« »l Write Woodl*. State yroro.
m ° rn ’ I announced that 1950 allotments h* delighted with his squad and The letter from Dr. Orin F.
mg which proved fatal. will total 21000 000 acres, com- believes that the boys wUl give Crow, chairman of the Sou* u
lilr. Perry was one of the thel949 totaTof 2? “ * ^ - V|
150.
fare of
has been widespread dis- Jan. 2.
the
[ an excellent account
selves in the battle
them
field
e I urow, ci
.{Carolina State committee, to J.I
d Richards, Jr., superintendent
the
Camden City Schools,
the approval of Camden
Southern Association of
sections are to]Colleges and Secondary Schools
next week in order that *t Its meeting in Houston, Nov.
I iicials say there u no other way I oe aaaeo next weex in oraer mai xwu«»wu,
of R E^ Pe^v K a£d h the 40 formulate the allotments under the anticipated record crowd may 28-Dec. l, aave its unoualified ap-
PeSv Vh^b^v^lthe present law and Congrera C|be totems a^^ ^ ^ &
Perry was one of the own
ers of the Camden Builders Sup-
Co., which opened for busi-
induding the South, by J. Martin | not’rnoved U fds t fa^ 1 y*to Camden I content oyer the prraent method I “Incidentally the field is being I "owjjcj*
GrantT* well known forecaster of gSaSS^ the hSSng tiSJtaS of <Jet«nninlng quotas on a coun-hfroomed for the game and there Hi?hf<
ChSter. In an interview with S. pUzXgT^e h^K ^ a4uxuAnt turf in evi-L ?The
W. Klutz, Chester newspaper!^ nearfuture. j dual, basis. But agriculture of-1 dence.
man, Mr. Grant foresees very He waa a native of Kershaw.IBc^* “/.there if,no other way]be add;
wintry weather for the last part|ft e ^
of December. _ ., . ., 1 late Mrs. Perry, ue nan oeen vaty |g?T_** T.” id .t'lVI •* a u I membership in’the lyyfrristiTTn for
instruments an/1 i lens careruiiv. i. a - — i:«~ -a v i me law nexx year. iciuama juu Angnuu w i the_yrar, 1949-80.
stated
of the Kershaw
had been active
the Kershaw
He is survi
Mrs. Marian Carnes Perry; one]Ql. _/Y#/v__ a..
son and one daughtor OllOrt Of ViUOta
Funeral services will be hdd on 1
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at
theKerahaw ^ | tor residents to the 1949 Christmas |" “It 'became' known today that|cdmpletatar inthe deaf andjiope
hewag 8 ar^ISale has been fairly satis- college coaches throughout the|y»u will be
m xuic win
Our rates ju
with thosP
from the western states will reach
the Mississippi and Ohio valleys
on or about December 18 to 19,
with heavy snow Monns and bliz
zard conditions reaching the At
lantic coast regions two or three
Another storm period, Mr.
Grant remarked, wifi be central
mi the 20th and the earth’s win
ter solsticeonDec. 21. This storm
period wifi lap ova: into the .
ceding storm period causing much
unsettled weather, culminal
in a cold wave over much
the country. Snow will cover a
large area of the counfry prob-
ably reaching the South by the
b v cold.
Mr. Grant stated that he
another storm period central on
the 21st and into January, 1950.
The last half of Deeembsg, Ik*
outlook is for some
er over a large wrea
afternoon at 3 o’<
haw Baptist chur
The aims of Mr. Perry
canto as a shock as he was appar
ently in fine health until he suf
fered a coronary thrombosis
Dec. 7. He was 40 yean old.
former oresident I ^
ta°“, S^lChristinas Seal
W^dowJSale Is $2,000
most of our
-■
>ther
. of the cost
i w«nr and power la
yeiiaries. f
added greatly .to
is a smaller
income now than
the financial wd-
and good business
I think the rate
affected waa long
increase in electiic
' as these rates are
her communities,
practically identical
M>uke and Carolina
light who supply
neighboring cities. 1 ’
of Kershaw coun- week’s intensive
Jim Ingram of Lexington, I the year!
, Hyatt of Abbeville and ‘TW* action was taken after
of Graniteville for the Up- previous consideration by the
State and Coach Boyd Stokes, %uth Carolina. state committee.
ty Scarborough of Camden ti» Central Reviewing committee,
add J. “Pug” Teal of Bishopville and thacommission on Secondary
will be at the Bowl Game head- School* before final action was
quarters early on the morning of taMn by the association on your
Dee. 26 when the players will be-1 school,
gin to arrive and. prepare for a] 1 ^
One Suspect In
Local Negro Death
of
one
d* prepGTG
training.
wish to
County police are
suspect in the death
Belton, j bu 40-year-old
county negro, who died in the
.Cwwfcn boapital last week, re-
congratulate ydu| P< TTta%ite ttr , Oe > cS5ner*s in-
on l
C. R. Harrison
Opens Tack Room
C. R (Coach) Harrison official
ly opened his Tack Room for busi
ness Saturday. The small p.
equipped with saddlery d
stable equipment, is locate. J-
jacentt to the stables at bcott
factory to date, but at least 82,000
must ho collected before the
of the campaign on Christ-
if the 1950 Program of the
haw County ■ TB Association-
, Is to be raalasaal 'icounty Seal
| Sale Cb a i rTrtan Mrs. GraingeF
{Gaither said today in her report
on the first four weeks of the Seal
Sals.' • ,
The quota for Kershaw county
this year is $4,000. Residents have
contributed $2,000, or 50 par cen
of the quota since the
the Seal Sale on Nov.
to Mrs. Gaither,
th a successful < £eall> Hale,
Gaither added, the tubercu-
assodation can carry out its
to expand its health educa-
raat findingtr. rehabili-
Hs for the control of
in Kershaw county,
come in daily to
tera,” Mrs.
college co<
Southeast and showing
interest in the Bowl gi
and have already made
nta for hotel
^New Year
“Pon baring your high achool | quest has not been set, but an
etalar in the dear and hope | autopsy report following Belton’s
able to meet all re- ] death on Dec. 8 confirmed the
marked|quirements again next year.”
ne here
hotels.
response
i and teleg
at
sm veil.
e opening o:
. 2Luaochrd
Asks Returns
““lOn Seal Sales
to the many tde-j
phone and telegraphic requests for
data regarding where tickets may
be obtained, the Bowl committee
states that mail orders will ra
ve ceive prompt attention if the sp
at, plicants to the Horse Bowl com-
°f mittee, Sarsfield Hotel, Camden,
S. C., enclosing $1.50 for each gen
eral admission tickets desired, or
$2.50 per ticket for the reserved
section.
“The local Legion Post With the
poisoning diagnosis.
No motive has yet been uncov
ered in the death, but one
I has already been
estioning, and
the custody of
Dr. J. P. Pickett, chairman ofH^
the TB Sals for the negro division Un tw v
this week urged that recipients of d" 1 * 0 * 7
seals send in their contributions*
for same as promptly as possible.
Splendid contributions were
made by the
I wood school
individuals
in coming in.
evigguiv
to the Camden
i gim died the
Kiwanis Speaker
Coming ilvents
R. C.
lowing tiie game.”