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V MAIMS 41 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1950 Number 63 property owner* in e* east of Camden are sought this week,to petition to the Secre- 'f State requesting sanc- an election to decide ier the approximately residents of that eom want to incorporate immunity. I petition was drawn np ld; a community roomm* night in the Pine Tree iooi auditorium, which j to discuss the prod and incorporation. brding to lure the si| customary petition lure me signed petition filed ic Secretary of State -will . him to appoint a com of ten citizens of the com- •to conduct a registration Id an election, m v owners only which will be to vote, to see if a ma- Iwish to incorporate. official show of hands at leeting last Thumday night the 150 to 200 . fairly equally divided on e. long unofficially consider- lion of incorporatidn was to a head recently when ip of property owners ide plans to investigate the iges and the disadvantages jntemplated move might cers at the meeting in- | J. Clator Arrants, who pre- nd Charles J. Shannon, latter of whom discussed itages and the disad- of incorporating. ; the benefits discussed meeting which the com*- [might expect to reap were fire protection, police garbage disposal, a organized community _ __ [greatest drawback men* I was the increase in taxes holders in the com to a street-to-street I. W. Fields, a member Dmmittee of citizens, them proximately 1,800 people the community. There residences, 38 business [and four churches. it there are 345 water and 435 light customers [community. on the part of some citi- lat incorporation migftt ome children in the com the right to attend the city schools was remover from County Super- fcnt of Education Arthur saying that any such move I bring about no change in sent set-up. committee investigating abilities of a move to in tie includes: H. W. IcNatt, C. C. Stokes, Ji and H. L. Criminger. ptition is being circulatee ek opposing the inclusion Park within the in tie limits of the proponed the ground that the pro awn “could not possibly the functions ana bestow citizens the benefits us- fndered by towns without osition of prohibitive Large Crowd Expected AX.M.Wiggins Speaks At Annual Meeting Chamber Commerce Thursday Nite Whorhis, >ard of the At- choir- A. L. man of the do Untie Const line Railroad and xrne of the leadang fif- nres of the nation, will be the principal speaker at the annual meeting: of the Cam den Chamber of Commerce on Thursday night in the Hunt room of the Sarsfield hotel. The meeting wiH begin at 8:15 o'clock. A large crowd is expected to attend the meeting and to hear Mr. Wiggins, who is expected to cover a wide field in his talk, touching upon business prospects in the course of same. Mr. Wiggins, who is from Hartovflle, resigned ns under sec retary of the treasury to become chairman of the board of • the At lantic Coast lone Railroad. Be fore becoming under secretary of Ihe treasury he was head of the many of the Coker enterprises in Hartsville, including the bank, newspaper and department store. He has served as president of the American Bankers Association, fthu fidnrth Bankers As sociation, the South Carolina Press Association and many other organizations. He is at present chairman of a committee working on the reor ganization of state government of South Carolina. He served as chairman of the American Heart Association campaign in South Cawflina last year. A. C. McKain is president of the Chamber of Commerce • and George Stuart secretary. The Chamber was reorganized last year after city and county ap propriations were cut off and is now supported by membership does entirely. Opening Number Conceit Seies Will B« Fim Off Thru* SchnduUd Fur Camden Tickat-H A. L. M. WIGGINS Laval To Meet With BaH Fans % Ntwbarry Col leg* Cooch To Discuss Plans On Wednesday Night Dimes In Parking Meters Will Go :e Lemen Is On Farm l. L. Catoe .♦ s l a K ndard " sized lemons .J 5 cer ? ts a dozen in Cam- • king-sized variety grown Ip Ca 1 toe on his farm be- | Camden and Bishopville the value of a small nug- with him a one-and-a- "l specimen to prove his Catoe came to The office Saturday after- a story of lone lem- tnat grows lemons that ^ pare favorably with ‘da or California cou|d non produced as evi- u large as a full-grown Camden's citizens will dropping dimes in the city's park ing meters this week for a penny's worth of parking and a dime con tribution to tee nation-wide March of Dimes, Ed Ogtnira, Ker shaw county chairman for the drive, announced Monday. Each meter will begr a tag re minding the user that he may use the meter to make A contribution to the fight against infantile paralysis, Mr. Ogham said. Id consideration 64 the worthiness oi-the cause and the fact teat the drive Ms planned primarily for coin contributions, the city agreed to allow the feetH-s to be used for the purpose. It was found teat several sur rounding cities were using their meters during the drive for dime- collectiignj The campaign, which began Jan. 10, seeks approximately $4,- 000 (an average of 10 cents per person) from Kershaw county. Coin cards were mailed to all parts of the county Monday which, when filled, will carryTlS til dimes hack to the drive Chair man. . ,• “We want to urge everyone to join this March of Dimes, ,T Chair man Ogbura said. “The recent polio epidemics have drawn sev erely on the national treasury, and the foundation is depending on this year’s drive to supplement it considerably,” he added. The drive was founded several years ago by President Roosevelt, himself a polio victim, as a fund raiser for combatting the dread infantile paralysis. In recent years, severe summer epidemics in the South have caused large sums of money to be spgnt Billy Laval, veteran New berry College coach, is ex pected to meet with Camden baseball fans on Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock at the American Legion Hall to discuss the prospects for Camden team in the Palmet- to League this season. r hsssbsll in desirous of seeing a team in the The Revelei the* World's Male Quartet, durtain on Community Coi Jan. 31, in school auditorii program of enough to a] musical taste. The concert teralded as Famous raise the m's 1950 Series Grammar with a varied to every Court Action Is Threatened et-holders. ers’ ap bring t! on Feb. 16, American baritone, According to residents and den have recent am tickets would be to them. Officers sociation say the) tickets left, governing the states that any in Camden since week-long ticket may obtain a tacting Mrs tary of the An invitation the HartsvfiLe « for Camden concert > members to join them in their Jtou 30 concert to be presented by Appleton and Field, a duo-pdamst team that boasts a world-wide reputation. The concert is scheduled to begin at 8:30 in the Center theater. Through reciprocal agreements, Camden members need only to present their Camden tickets to be admitted to the Haftsvill the first of en tick- tee Revel- series will pianists, Steefe, March 24. winter to Cam- well to the t concert available local as- stffl some The ruling et sales , arriving dose of the in March, p by con- Kirk, secre- Employees Of Jaclyn Mill Protest Wage Negotiations With Union Representatives Two officials of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers negotiating with the Jaclyn Mill for a contract walked out of the negotiations Friday afternoon after 38 of the 58 employees of the mill had walked boldly in the room where the negotia tions /were in progress and demanded that no contract be signed with the union be cause over 70 per cent of the employees were not members of the union but were members of the Kershaw Gounty Knitting and Finishing Association. The union of ficials left the meeting shortly afterwards threatening court action against Joseph B. Keenan, the company’s attorney, and Van Wrape, the manager of the mill. They charged that the demonstration had been inspired by the company, although mem bers of the Knitting and Finishing Association told them during the demonstration that it had not been inspired by any one but that it had been planned by themselves without the knowledge of any official of the company. One of the union officials is also said to have threatened court action aga nst the head of the Knitting and Finish ing Association. come from I association e con- Other concerts towns which may attend incl neighboring member* will somewhat different last year and that this year sal ary limits would be strictly forced and other regulations an- Mr. Laval Is a veteran baseball been connected with of h** life and he ▼ cm man. having baseball mot violinist Other reciprocal dates and art ists will be announced later, the local board of directors said. Funeral Services John T. Sevens is expected to be able to give tee ‘ i tfiii m wage for workers bf employ- in interstate .enterprises to 75 New Dormitory At Mather Academy To Be Dedicated The public is invited to attend the dedicatory service of the new boys' dormitory to be held st Mather Academy, Sunday after noon, January 29. at four o'clock. Open House win be observed, January 26-30. Bishop J. W. E. Bowen, of the Central Jurisdiction of the Metho- ^ It measures five inch- ^ church, WiD be tee guest fh. 4 inches in width, imd *P!f ker ‘ Muriel Day, exe- * in girth. According“5 •^cr^aty of the Board of will produce - - ° full -flavored lemonade, Jeroon pi*. lts reader * may wai be m ,2: a Priority offl£ W d * y * *» The fans some information that will prove interesting and worthwhile. New Wage-Hour Law To Go Into Effect Wednesday Wage-hour law changes going into effect next Wednesday win exempt a number of retail and service firms previously covered by the law. The principal change of the new law if to boost the 40-cent mini mum era cents an hour. . The law still will require pay ment of time and a naif rates for hours worked beyond 40 a week to workers covered by the law. Under the changes, retail dr service establishments generally wiH be exempt from the wage- hour law if: 1. Over 50 per cent of the an nual dollar volume of sales is made within the state in which the establishments is located, and 2. Not more than 25 per cent of the annual dollar volume of sales and transactions for re-sale, and 3. At least 75 per cent of an es tablishment’s annual dollar vol ume of goods and services are recognized at retail within the particular industry. In addition, retail establish ments making their own goods are exempt if 85 per. cent of the goods they make or process am made within tee state where the establishment is located. Under the old law a retail or service establishment was exempt if the neater part of the selling or servicing was in “intra-state commerce. tes in the wording of the on from “intra-state com- to sales “made within a stated broaden*, the exemptions. CERT AT MATHER , Florida! Schools Of the Woman’s Society,' and Mrs. R. EL Gordon, conference presi dent of the same organization, are other honorary guests who will participate in the program. Funds for Nl —^ Propriated by „ ciety of Christian was the Cellar, Mr June Sitgreaves, vives him. Other survivors include two sis ters, Mrs. Hattie S. McKay .of Cheraw and Mrs. Annie 8. David son of Camden; five John S. Davidson of Leroy S. Davidson, Jr. ter, Walter M. Stevens, Jr, of Lancaster, Jhmes H. Stevens of Baltimore, Md„ Dr. Samuel M. Wilkes of Philadelphia, Pa.; two nieces, Mrs. R. A Beckham of Lancaster and Mrs. Joe Croxton of City Accepts Bid For Sale Of Lot for a sale price of $816, 1 by L. O. Funderburk, has been accepted by the city the sale of the city lot on (the on School Meeting Tuesday Night Committee Report To Be Discussed At Grammar School Auditorium Citizens of Camden and Lugoff will meet Tuesday night in the Camden Gram mar school auditorium at 7:30 o’clock to hear the recommendations of the com mittee on reorganization of the school districts hi Ker shaw county. This is one of a series of seven meetings being held at which the re port is being explained to the citisens of the county. 1)0 Fire Loss Less Than 1W Total Off $17,000 Is Less Than Halff That Off The Preceding Year Joseph B. Keenad, attorney for foi Fire took its toll in prop erty damage in Camden again in 1949, Fire Chief Carl Hammond's annual re port showed last week—but the estimated losses amount ed to less than half the amount reported in 1948. According to the summary, fire louts were estimated at $17,000 for 1949, while the ISM losses amounted to approximately $38,- 000. The number of fires reported wa$ also consideraly decreased, 70 calh being recorded in u compared to M in 19M. housing kncrei Funeral services were held for the late John T. Stevens Friday afternoon ^t hin. home in Ker shaw. A huge concourse of people from aH over the state attended. Mr. Stevens, well known indus trialist, died at his home early Thursday morning at the age of 80. He had been ul for several r. Stevens was married on e 19, 1913, to Miss Edna Henri reaves, or Laurens, who sur- New Remedy For Influenza Said ToBe Effective of the ■n ealfod antibiotics. The report was by Drs. Maxwell Finland. E. Buist Walls. Harvey S. Col lins and Thomas M. Oh They treated II ca of in- Coming Events Tuesday, Jan. 24 The Blaney meeting last of the scheduled ■Representatives of the reorgani zation committee will be sreeant at the meeting Tuesday night to fully explain the report and do zens who attend are invited to ask any questions they might de sire. Tim committee appointed under authority of e Joint resolution of the 1949 General Assembly to submit plans lor reorganization of the Khool eet^ot jhe county.!. Camden, chainnaiw jETm. l2 DuVaL Boykin, secretary; Earl Truesdale, Lugoff; J. C. Hoffman, SSTW’ F 1 " £'tiSge,^tlu!S; Jesse Rou, Blaney, and Ferd B. Stanton, passatt Ex-officio mem bers are Henry Savage, Jr., may or of Camden; Steve Lane, mayor of Bethune; Arthur Jones, mayor of Kershaw; E. T. Bowen, mayor of Blaney, and Arthur Stokes, county superintendent of educa tion. ' -r ; - - JayCee Gymkhana Sunday, Feb. 26; Fields Chairman the company, when asked for a statement regarding the break in the negotiations, said that he and Mr. Wrape had met with a com mittee from the union and with John J. McCoy, district manager of the union, and Cedric Stallings, an organizer for the union, to dis cuss with them a contract, as the company had been ordered to do by the National Labor Relations Board following charges filed- by the union. He said that they had begun a discussion when suddenly there was a pounding on the door. One of the company officials went to the door and came back and re* ported that there was a large group of employees on the out side demanding admission. Mr. Keenan said that Mr. McCoy, the union official, then said, “Call the police and have them arrested.” The company official then went back to the door and asked the ees to keep quiet and go their work but the in- pounding en the door kept UP ao finally Mr. Keenan him- auf went to Jhe door to ask them to keep quiet. As he opened the to talk to them, the eny 38 of them, pushed their way into the room. They were asked what wanted and employ e< back to city officials said.* Chief Harnmnirf, who has head ed the dty fire department for a year and three months now, credits a large percentage of the in evaluated property to the new Scott “Air-pac* this year to the it's fighting apparatus, o the chief, at least one Camden home would have otherwise to a $12,000 loss. Ion tc which In giving the report. Chief Ham mond reminded that it did not in clude calls answered by the de partment which were outside the city litohs. The department re sponded to 17 such calls in 1949. A total of 22 fireman, tour regu lar and 18 volunteer, make up the city's fire fighting unit at present. t chiriL second At their regular meeting Thurs- nden J day night the Camden JayCees set the date fix* the annual Gymkhana for Sunday, Feb. 26. Luther Fields, who has done an eexcellent job of putting on the affair lor the past few years, was again appointed chairman of the project. Instead of appointing .a com mittee, Mr. Fields said that every JayCee would work toward mak ing tiie annual affair bigger and better than ever. Nine new members, the largest number to come into the local or- ganizataion at any one time, were accepted at a board of directors meeting held after the regular meeting. The new members, are: Arthur Sheheen, J. L. McWhorter, Tom Richards, Henry D. Green, Clarence Ford, Jack Haile, Hus ton McNichol, Mack V. Gardner and William S. Anderson. Working full-time Hammond are A R. L. S. Mayer, Sr., and Sullivan. Among the volunteers, J. T. Haynes serves as assistant and Guy Mayer assistant. The volunteer firemen are: Fred Sheheen, A A. Alford, James Wil liams, Roscoe .Johnson, Robert Snyder, W. G. Haynes, Harold Shirley, Troy Stewart, Ralph Stevenson, Ross Shirley, Willie Williams, Andrew Mayer, Jr., Al- / fined McCaskill and Wallace Stokes. - — The city’s fire-fighting equip ment consists of two 750 gallon pumpers, one 500 gallon pumper, one 100 gallon pumper, one 506 gallon pumper mounted on a trailer and a. hose (accessory) truck." County Auditor To Receive Returns Geunty Auditor Fred M. Og- bum announced this week a schedule of visits which he will make over the county for the purpose of receiving tax returns. Hiis year is the year for mak- be with TMf said there were 38 of the ctofioyesa present and each a wa^asked to stetf that the union represent Five oth- I ... s oK other reasons from being present that they were not members of the Hosiery Workers union and / did not want the union to be pos ing as representatives of the — "j. jA.i? ■. 1 ■" ji - ■ ■ j ■'< 4 ^ the eniployees cleared McCoy and Stallings ‘ company with Rav- the demonstration, representatives that thpy would meet them in court and walked out If court proceedings are sssasss “MSS*- b. M. “to knew if a company la to be re quired to enter into a contract to have a union with its two rep resentatives the sole people you ron rftarti— employee business with when over TQper cent of the employees walk in and toll you in their preMnce that they do not 43 58 emi Richards Votes For Rule To Ban F.E.P.C. Measure Representative J. P. Richards, of the fifth congressional district, joined four other Soutii Carolina representatives in voting for s House rule that would have en abled the rules committee of the House to have sidetracked the FJ5.P.C. legislation. Representa tive Hugo S. Sims, Jr., of the sec ond district was the only South Carolina representative to vote against the rule. The defeat of the move to re store the pigeon-holing power to the house rules committee today * rights measures i senate, Sena- _ k f ybank (D-SQ said. The South Carolina senator i dieted the senate would begin de- morning that yees of the miR j of his associa tion and that the members of his association wiH fight to the last ditch tie company sighing any with |he Hosiery Work- ers Union, which represents leas than 30 per cent df the employees. The incident of last BP , _ another in the cold war which has been in progress for some time between rival employee group* at the mill. « According to Mr. Horton, bis prove to edTclaima organization wanted to the union officials the plant was. grossly untrue and at the same time they wanted to of the miR officials that ‘ Mir-.* 6 deal with for^the bad ordered to negotiate petition had board by the Knitting and Finishing m for an election as to represent tne was recently ita office and the Knitting fttion to ■ ; ■' 1 .mm,Jjgj