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VOLUME «1
CAMDEN. SOUTH CAE
BBSS
New Cafeteria
At Baron DeKaAf
Informal Opon Houoa To
•o Hold On Friday
t Kooning
An informal Open Houie
ceremony at Baron DeKalb
School Friday nipht will pro
vide for parents and school
supporters of that commun
ity an opportunity to visit
and inspect the schools
modern, new *18,000 c»fe-
teria, to tour the school, visit
with teachers and enjoy^a
planned program in the
school's auditorium.
More than 300 Baron DeKalb
i, n 1S
STdS Of Th. weU
equipped brick bmlding. buUt^ M
an annex to the school* seated 150
of the pupils at a
a brief 45 minute had nutritional
ly fortified each oi« for the re-
rnainer of the school day. '
Miss Mamie Sroyri directs tiie
operation of the new cafeteria,
with the assistance of co-workers
Mrs. G. B. Peach and Mrs. John
C E k A. Williams, superintendent
jof Baron DeKalb schools, an-
nounces that every person in ttie
community is invited to the in
formal Open House Friday night
■Refreshments will be served the
1 guests as they arrive, and school
[officials will be on hand to point
jut the outstanding features of
the school’s newest addition.
Teachers will be ip tipfejchool-
rooms during the' Open Hi
visiting parepi
By Wood* Fites in
Past Six Month* I
Mr I to
LI IT
M.T
ha said, can
to timlpr. as-
young growth.
Annual Session
Many
To
ours to give visiting parej
pportunity to meet their
Iren’s instructors and to _
hpol work. A film oa the.
■•Community Spirit,”
ppropriate program
- ven in the auditorium.
The cafeteria was constructed
ith money obtained through a
immunity bond sale, by the
neral Engineering
nee at a cost of $14;
Balloting Wifl
End Wednesday
Lost Chonco For Cifizont
To Exprott Proforonco
For City Holl Towor
Balloting on the City Hall
tower will end Wednesday
afternoon at 6 o’clock at
which time the ballot box
will be opened and the votes
counted. Another ballot ap
pears on the front page of
this issue of The Cnronkle
for those who may not have
yet voted.
C. McKain, president of thf.'
and Kershaw County
of Commerce, and Jim
istdet* of the Junior
of Commerce, have
agreed to count the banota on
Wednesday evening.
Much interest has been taken in
the election and a rather heavy
vote has been cast To supply
the desnand for ^ballots The
jmmodaiions for Iso, added an»*an« w th»m
additional $4,000 to the cdSt dT Three plans are being voted
ae building. —.
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'ive-Year Forest
Ire Protection '
’Ian For County -
A five-year forest fire protec-
an plan for Kershaw county has
tst been completed for toe period
1950-55. The plan, part of a state
wide survey of fire control facili-
pes and equipment is conducted
f>y the State Commiasion of For
estry and the U. S. Forest Ser-
nce. It is designed to revise the
five-year plan whan
to provide
ipower i
itely saf _
the countir from destructive
^oods fires, said L. I. Smith,
ounty ranger.
the counW, with
local fire fighting
ment
iJ ' ' 4
TUESDAY, JANUARY TO, 1950
Numbar 59
a enaan
probably
luring the session wifi
ool district reorganise-
Kershaw county’s three
members will be present at
the opening seaeion of the
South Carolina General As
sembly on Tuesday at noon.
Senator R. M. Kennedy, Jr.,
and Representatives W. R.
Gettya and Ezell Kelly plan
to go over to Columbia Tues
day morning. h
One of the most important loc
al matters that will prob
come up d
be the achool
tion measure. A committee ap
pointed at the last session of the
General Assembly has been at
work during the past year con
sidering reorganization and con
solidation plains, which will be
submitted to the delegation dur
ing the present session.
First piece of business for the
senate will be election of a clerk
to succeed James H. Fowles, who
died during the summer after 24
years in the post His son-in-law,
L. O. Thomas, of Columbia, who
has been general desk clerk for
several years, and Reading Clerk
Lane L. Bonner are candidates to
succeed him.
Immediately behind the clerk’s
election for the senate is a sched
uled vote on confirmation of Gov
ernor Thurmond’s appointment of
Miss Faith Clayton, of Central, to
the state industrial commission.
This vote is set for next Wednes-
&iss Clayton's appointment,
which cannot become effective
without senate confirmation,
touched off a prolonged filibuster
last year. Opponaots of the ap
pointment succeeded in putting
off any action until this session.
If tetta Clayton .is confirmed,
she will succeed Commissioner I.
L. Hyatt of Spartanburg. His
At H. A. Luro Stables
Foreign Horses Here
For Winter Training
The last of a capacity 32 horses arrived at the H. A.
Luro Stables in Camden last week to take up winter train
ing schedules, Trainer Charles Whittingham said'last
week, and described some of the outstanding horses to
be Quartered in the stable under his and Owner-trainer
Luro’s care.
_ Hones from four of the out-. Alahlue, and includes Ode, a well-
I standing nations in the turf world thought-of 3-year-old, who is be
Newcomersjto V* mden I - Argentina. Brazil. France and ing A°? k ^ VP° n favorably as ■
Concert Series
Any On« Not Living In
. City During Campaign
Eligibla 1
Pruning Trees
On Broad And
DeKalb Streets
Wbric Being Done Under
Supervision Pork And
Streets Commission
1
■
and winter rAidents
still get tickets .for this se»- Chl, ?-"* 1 **' ong ^ L
rivals, and many of them bring
SOU 8 community concert se- records that mark them as racing
nes, according: to a recent successfuls and highly promising
ruling of the
tion’s Board o:
Previously, the
organization
the sale of tickets
of the annual
campaign. The
vides, however,
was not in town
tickets were sold
and who desires
may obtain it by
Richard Kirk,
sociation.
The association
new ruling that
dhridual concerts
sold, but that
night guests of i
secured from the
The current
bring three
:ert associa
rectors,
r-laws of the
prohibited
the close
(-long ticket
ruling pro-
“anyone who
the time the
the spring.
newcomers.
Heading the Argentinian
delegations atr the stable is
While Milk, chosen the top
3-year old filly in Argentina
this year. White Milk was
flown from Argentina to
Miami, and traveled to her
winter home here by van. She
is owned hr Arnold Hanger,
m unii i. .1 nr i Mill River Stable will be rep-
resented by nine horses at Luro
• Mrt -1 stables. The Mill River horses wifi
be headed by the good 1 mare
te as-
possible Derby candidate.
Four 3-year-olds, two fillies
and two colts, make up the
French horses at Luro Stables.
The fourth, owned by , Marcel
Boussac, includes Druda, the
Limbs, dead twigs, and
branches fell freely last
week as shaggy trees along
Broad and DeKalb street
got their first professional
crew cut in years at the
son.
certs are: Jan.
world's most
quartet} Fi
Teltechiks,
March 24.
added in the I
for in-
d not be I
for over-
could be |
will
artists ta
the con-
18. The
pianists}
Steffe.
Caleb Whitaker
Passes Suddenly
Funeral Semen For Well
Known Citizen On
Tuesday
Caleb Clarke Whitaker,
outstanding citizen, former
city councilman and a lead-
At the board meeting, held Fri
day, Jad. 6, plans for toe coming
membership campaign were dis
cussed, and March 6 was set as
the opening date fbr toe drive’s
sentative of the nationai Com- ln K realtor of the communi-
munity Concert Association, led ty, died suddenly at his
th « djfcuaaicm. home, 1516 Fair street, Sun-
Ticket-holders for the Camden | day
Born in Camden 76 years, ago.
community concert aeries have
the privilege of attending concerts I - ■ . . _ ,
In nearby towns, the local associa- a son of the late John and Eliza-
tion
certs in n
reciprocity
enjoyed arer Jan.
Among toe con-1 beth Clarke Whitaker, he has
towns where taken an active interest in civic
may be I affairs for many yeara. He was a
i-u rzi •— Camden
Id
member
Club,
of the
qualifies.
upon.
Plan No. 1 would leave toe
tower aa it is now but would call
for replacing the necessary im-
bers to make it soond and refin
coloratura soprano; April 20, the office c
n £ oft ter’"?’ wau “ Worn-.
__ erce activities and
toe office of city councilman with
Cotton Fire At
WatereeMill
^?n Ut ^ wh0 . w , as T on J* the of tree-pruner Jftn
top 10 in this year’s free handicap, rr o
Paracios, who has won well over Koough and his six co-work-
half his starts; Eagle, a colt who ers.
ran second in his omv start, and According to the city, the trees
Cosmopaila,'a filly who has won ii n i ng Broad and DeKalb streets
all three of her starts. from city limit to city limit will
Balan, a grey horse, who has undergo the thinning treatment,
won once and placed once in two The sawing, clipping process will
starts, will head a group of eight probably be in progress for sev-
horses who will leave shortly for oral weeks
Florid, lor the winter r.cing see-1 Jim Keough job supervlsor for
the Norman Armstrong Co., Inc.,
of White Plains, N. Y., has been
in the tree thinning business for
[ten years.
1 Camden has a number of
fine trees." he remarked, as
he painted a freshly cut limb *
stump with tree wound dres
sing, "but they could have
had a lot better care."
Virtually all of the limbs re-
a » q..i_. ooc « . .imoved the pruners are dead
Approximately 225 Bales and worthless, the workers told.
Each tree wound s immediately
Damaged By Fire And painted with a special tree dres
sing, which contains antiseptic,
preservative and everything that
would be soothing to a fresh-cut
Approximately 225 bales I , ix workOT who will hd
of cotton were damaged by Foreman Keugh give Camden's
fire and water in a fite trees their needed clipping are
which was discovered in the I ?„ 0 k"* h
warehoiise of the Wateree rr, " k
Mill Saturday at noon. Rob- The work is being done under
ert Snyder, member of the toe supervision of the streets and
fire department, was struck l P*ff* ctmmussion.
t D Koo ’ j*;™ ♦ho Members of toe commission say
by a falling beam during the that they with they had the funds
fire and knocked unconaci- with which to have all of the
out. I streets of the city covered by the
Origin of toe fire la unknown.
Water Saturday
and had set the wooden part of
wateree
the building on fire. The ,
ten fighting the
Another sumier, wimam mnmwe, violin- |oi«incuoo. . . . , . fire department was fighting the
01 O0*. rodproM date, art art- £2J to «- rt -
who Sd tootfS h.-moancl taUr. tlwIcidH
months ago. i . 1
Thurmond appointed P. T. i v-t# w
Clarendon county dedt FUIC PTOgrUn Ig
the tower in size and slightly re
styling it to more of a mission-
type styling. The estimated cost
of this plan is $11,000.
Plan No. 3 calls for
the size considerably, a
fled styling and a spired root
estimated cost of thjs nl«n«
17,500.
Xtte thu'pun iTi’uLwo male4 1^I^ki® Program Is IwSSkS; aSSwJ:
vxPreaented B, P. C.
a o^v < 2' r Li 0 r.wJfw Choir• On Sunday
ceu^ty^ark of Court W. W. K!3U£%5
The'will be at a Joint P^S^ianCoU^f
m «nt arrived on the
Mr. Whitaker leaves his widow, ^h®
S^XXSf^M'GST’th 1 ".
flamed from spreading
^ ,. Seal Sale Returns
&»££03tin Coming In
S. Burns of Washing-
. J.
Whitaker was a member of
church Grace Episcopal church and was
member from.time to time lor
vestry of the
church Tuesday
ies Lines
aunty ranger.
The people of
he aid of the 1<
arestry coi
oe provide
mmission,
Committeemen 1 riU * wlU ^ hel< *
Monday night
work on the bill,
ished yesterday, raceo wun ae-1 numbers
Bril campaign of u-I^SS ^ 0r %XS , '^3 U ^l‘'%«>d. of Ur. Whindwr wlU
Kershaw Count TB Ajaociation ^ The Scriptures to- link the pro- recall him with admiration of ma
continue to come in, Mrs. Oscar | * 1>proprt * tion *|<pzm around the central theme. I courtesy and gallantry- He
the campaign has of-
returns from the |
Stil
Fared SSS fully selected"p»oiBmii it 18 short I officrating. Buriat wfil take place
rSrSentMMtHfS l n^bera chosao to expound the | the family plot in Quaker ceme-
ept
into one
The rear end oi the warehouse
was knocked out and the cotton
pulled out as fast as it was pos
sible to do so.
No estimate can be had as to
the loss until the insurance ad
justors arrive.
Fireman
the Camdi
was given
was scheduled
the hospital M
was rushed to
tel where he
CrMtfYMKil* 116
released from
Changes Listed In
Fire Department
J a n'7«tion and such equipauw* ■ wu»uh<v w wui« uo, a*&*a. ww ■ . *7X018000 —
weld be provided by Sayri. oreeutiv. aecretary, •*w| 0, £^|S, M2 for
have greatly this week.
the area bumod annually I Many who overlooked sending!
Frank Sullivan, who has been
gram around the central theme, I courtesy and gauantnr. He was a to * rc “-
an I ^2* »®t a well-defined mood *nan of itrong principles and n i ne years, lias been promoted to
^ v^'if^rprogr^ ™ h, tx»i.bi^ihrM.*a l r ^
woods fire*. Still, nearly 5,000 in their cheeks during the holiday iS?* a a LE5S 0 l l !ndilif i55r credit to «« groupaSltoeir col- nes* matters, psrticularljr real as- sJSuvm’s pro^ttei puts
occur e »rii year in the state, rush, .have mailed in checks dur- fi lege * The •olowta performed well, tate, resulted in his being con- ^ drivers-radio^ operates P on
tnglSiW) acres, and the ingthe past week. P™' to^h^^er^ and ?* the VILried numb«l»ulted on many m*tters of major eight-hour shifts. Thaother two
s ^ ares J the loss. There is I There are a great many who was well interpreted. The entire import*®®® involving the driven who will handle the
urgent need to strengthen the have not yet sent in their returns program was sung from memory, of Camden. He was identified installation are A. R. Mayer
ji f ^ e contr ? 1 organization in and it is hoped that they will yet ^eased taxes such ra and the group's attention to and with some of the most forward L . s . Mayer, both having been
iiMaw° d ® ma ** to the do so as the money is badly need- ? t J iints a r« , P on *« to the director could not movements in toe commvmity. with the department for over 25
Suable forest crop. ed by the association to finance bike in toe present six cents-a- ^ criticized. Active pallbearers will be John ytus.
‘T?* , of tb® froatest torward its fiAt against tuberculosis in toe . .. ^ Originally is as welcome as Wbitaker, Jr., A Bttrnet WWb- Chief Carl Hammond also an-
InST? 1 ^ ^ Smith, iscounty. Ig?" th^r * b , i , llty ^ ® “®red program by a«£er John W. Lcjofr, Henr F I nounces the acquisition of a 500-
msUl atjon pf two-way radio Mrs. Smyrl said that the u- ^ club - 71x9 freshness of Clarke, Andrew Marina and fira pumper truck, which
of Je fire detection tow- sociation was deeply indebted to proposed pay the approach and tha-Attoctive- [Lawreiye WhiUker. was secured from the Woodward
' v *bicles Of each of ]all who had assisted in the cam- ^bool J* -STlb®®® of the presentation made thej Honorary pafibears^ wig be| Avilttion This truck is to be
ore fighting personnel. This paign and that it wished P^- ^ P'®*”® 1 • thoroughly enjoyable membera of toe Camden Rotary repainted and thoroughly
«I & X ett I £££ I ^ (Cb^uai, U-unax, J.
' or «,d houM Vernon E. Galloway,
Caleb Clarke Moore ^£.^'co1XiSo v r^S! Camden Man, Cited
S& faftSaWS Died In Darien, Conn. Outstanding Work
C. P.
I Kirkover, L.
Goodale and AOtsoa
_r, j. r.
DuBose, Harry D.
Deas Boykin^ T. Di
m DuBbse.
I hauled.
Acquisition of this truck gives
te departmen
that they would like to
pruned consult the commission
while the primen are here u it
would be possible for the citi
zens to engage the services of
J16S6 CXpCIT X*c6 111611 xlOVr•
Camden High Cage
Teams Split Twin
Bill With Olympia
, a near caoacity throng of
fans jammedthe high school gym
ast Thursday night to witaess toe
boys and, gins team* of Camden
and Olympia Hi^i clash on the
maple. It was by far the large*
crowd of the season or of sevsrsl
seasons past and about 60 per
cent came from Columbia.
The Camden girls racked up
r r .J,d nt ,^t n th°£i h, to c ssi5S;
scoring honors with 13 points,
other 00-captain, end
ed in with
. the
eacn cnccxea
quarter t]
favor of
The boys went down to a 41 to
30 lacing from the sharpshooting
gentry from Columbia. At the
the score was 11 to 5 in
the invaders and they
never relinguished the lead. At
the half they led, 21 to 15.
Camden was weak on shooting,
in the free she
missed four in a
the early stages of the game
the work of most of the oi
was off the mark
Gayle Kerr managed to
eru of his famed one-1
mer ior calls from the tow
Radio will permit them to I News has been received in Cam-
nUln constant contact with ^ °* tbe death in Darien, Conm,
I agency for the state,
Imitted last year.
was sub-
Fewer Marriages
rjVfTojLagSg: In County In Year
The commission has announced I den, has been awarded the certifi-
that “reorganization plan No. 2” I cate of achievement for outstand-
may be expected within a few ing and exemplary performance
successfully.
It was a good game,
with a fifth ope available from /** ..“.*
the water end light department.
Of OUI pumper complement two,
on du5 re - CI?W, W0Uli U!
- T to assi
ifim-Ra^™*,
latent finances limit
of these crews,
toe number, of smokes]
WW ■
Gen.
W. Clark
of the
tor tower from the remotest 00 D®®* 20 o* Caleb Clarke Moore,
w-°* the county. Thus, they ® native of Camden. ' .
^ c®.permitted to rendia twice! Mr. Moore waa the son of the may be expected J . . . . .
^ , assist ® nce to landowners for-1 lat ® Df. Albertus Adair Moore days. It has not announced what I of duty by
f /T,. Possible. and Carrie Clarke Moore. Dr. thtt plan embodies. j l» OI V
[national fire crews would be Mooro was for many yeara a be- Other plans may be expected
n duty during hazardous lvied Physician ofCamden. “from time to time , the commis-
to assist landownpm In He is survived bv two tion indicates. _
^es. Ranger Smito^rtate p^xn®® Ancrum Moore and Al- Major controversial bilk hang- the European thrate for 22
* tS Adair Moore, and one ing over from 1949 include ones months with the 697th Field Ar-
Fre. daughter, Mrs. O. K. Myers, of to increase the gasoline tax, lega- tiUery^Hk pr«ent assignment is
ickra P™n, tona. lize parimutuel betting on horse with Service Battery, Hh Field
often H* w ®» 74 years old at the time and dog racing at “incorporated Artillery.
mSI 0 * hia death. } ' ^ 1 (Haase tarn to page four)
Sgt Galloway k a
Worid War U* having
a t L® b {« to go to
I ^landowners,
I'ue took with
'JgniMd comm
^craws is
toeouip
f volun-!
present in-
--.I AX
with-
j 3n y tools, mese tool*
•ud plowin
Purchased
owing
and
regular
1 BALLOT
(Please niark an <4 X” beside the plan you favor for
retaining the city hall tower).
Plan No. 1. Replacing the* necessary timbers to
make the tower sound and refinishing the exterior
at an estimated cost of $15,000.
Plan No. 2. Decreasing the tower in size and,
rled to more of a missiontype styling at
cost of $11,000
the size of the tower con-
ied JiM*g and spired rqof, at an
to Camden Chronicle of-
Uy,
sligh
He k authorized the American
Theater. American Defense, E. A.
M. X. T. Campaign with 5 stars.
Good Conduct, Victory Medal and
the Occupation of Germany. 1
I Richards Critical
Of Traman’s Talk
Representative J. P Richards
of toe fifth congressional district
k quoted in Washington dis
patches as having said of
I dent Truman's address to
aero n»a mm ui
fro^“ ' ^
vidad
an American LaFrance and Sea- , -
i^7^ 7W «£ 11 a^- w tt£ oSS
two otners, me* c.nrysier , me, r-
respectively.
at the weter md'Pixon «na Cg»
tabulations of marriage licenses (grilon affair.
the office of Pro-1
bate Judge W. C. Arnett. TaII If Tb The
The records show 307 couples, 1 ■* 1 V' "
white and colored, were solemn- aa#'* a • wap||
ized lest year, while the number TfONCl III ITdU
in 1346 totaled 356. In the ether 1
end of the marital department,
that which tec'
has been tied,
totaled 27. Of
been granted, and 13 are pending. I ^
The first ruk of salesmanship
Property was exchanged
surpnsin f
The total , __
for the 12-month period teetered
very close to the 1000 mark. The
exact number passing through
that office aa of Dec. 15 came t
331.
Basketball Gaines
th.l!**
paper goea into toe horn
residents of Camden and
per tomed m
honey
Ritchie, a w
The girls _
with Camdin
final
at tii
of two
rr and
their floor
Utl
wag
Hi in the
a gap that
only a matter
>tt of Camden
Olympia vied for
Camden
six as
went home while
but one. Hallman of
and Norton
Gibbes 2 for
,2ft