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FEBRUARY 7, 1950
Numbar 67
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Hunter Trials
To Be Renewed
Here Feb. S
Popular Horse Events To
Be Held For First Time
Since Wor
The Camden Hunt* will
hold its 14th Annual Hunter
Trials on Saturday, Feb. 25.
These Trials, which are to
show the worth of a working
hunter, are being held this
year for the first time since
1941. They will be a wel
comed renewal of one of
Camden’s most popular
horse events.
Agrees To Make Race
William F. Nettles, Jr.
Annotinces His Candidacy
For City Commissioner
William F. Nettles, Jr., prominent young business man
of the city, announced Monday that at the insistance of
numerous friends he had agreed to qualify as a candidate
tor city commissioner in the primary which is expected
to be held in March. Commissioner A. Sam Karesh has
announced that he will not be a candidate for re-election
due to the fact that he has accepted the presidency of
the Camden hospital.
Town and
County....
• Drops To 29
Judging the Trials this year
111 be Mr. Joseph F. Flanagan
The temperature dropped to 29
degrees on Monday morning.
There was a rather heavy frost.
and Mr. James Park, of Monkton,
Md., both of whom have judged
the Camden Hunter Trials at var
ious times in previous years
Beginning at 2:30 in the after-
l the Tri
noon, the Trials will take place
at the regular Trials course at
Springdale. This course is over
line of country about one mile
in length, with ten fences, nat
ural and typical of the hunting
country around Camden.
The four scheduled events of
of the Trial are: Lightweight
Hunters, Children’s Hunters, Mid-
One of Camden’s veteran busi
ness men, Willis Sheorn, will
celebrate his 70th birthday on
Wednesday. This is his 52nd year
to be in business on Broad street.
Hunters, Children s Hunters, Mid
dle and Heavyweight Hunters,
and Hunt Teams of Threes. In
case of rain the Trials will be
held on Sunday, February 26,
at 2:30 P. M.
Jurors Drawn For
February Term
Criminal Court
At the top is shown a picture of Broad street of Camden, looking north from
Rutledge street, taken about 1900, just at the turn.of the century. In the bottom
picture Photographer Monarch climbed the c*ty hall tower to make a picture of Broad
street as it looks today. The complete abser.ce of vehicles on the street will be noted
in the top picture which was taken before the days of the automobile.
girls continued
district, by de-
43-21 if Harts-
This win was
m that provid-
st exciting fin-
m a basketball
the Marigolds’
3ne in the last
laying time to
t margin. 44-43.
irlington s girls
ould give the
rd that would
lan a tie in the
rs and the Dar-
meet Tuesday
»t place in dis-
A win for eith-
matically carry
ipot among the
teams.
t, Cassidy, and
m holding the
"golds all seas-
powers of the
a a minimum,
el assured that
ding and offen-
continues. the
ake a splendid
night against
rls, last year’s
v
ys got off to a
v start in their
ast week. Dix-
iulldogs’ main-
ined the first
severe cut over
ahoney led the
and the floor
Cox kept the
lown.
district contest
A-'
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cheer-
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Annual Lenten
Dog Show To Be
Held March 1i
Show Ring Thit Yoor To
B« Locat«4 On Tha Palo
FiaM
In The Dans of Yesteryear
Recall City’s Business
Section Fifty Years Ago
aw; W„ M. Outlaw,
" oultrie
Paul Ross,
Alternates: Mi
The arrival of the new year and the simultaneous
arrival of the mid-point of a century of progress have
been the stimulus for the recall of many memories and
reflections on things as thev were in Camden 50 yeafs
Scrapbooks, photo albums, and nearly-forgotten
ago.
bundles of letters and clippings have been brought from
‘ thi
their safe-keeping to prod the spirit of recollection.
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County
nd seventy-foui
^eady planted
oo trees in Ker
ning to Nelson
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-year’s seedling
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1 nursery.
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The annual Lenten dog
show, under the sponsorship
and direction of the young
people of Grace Episcopal
church, will be held at Kirk
wood field on the afternoon
of Thursday, March 16. In
case of inclement weather
on,that date, the^show will
be held on the following
temoon. ;'V"
The show sing will be located
on the polo field directly in front
of the grandstand, which will en
able spectators to watch the show
ing of the various classes undo:
most favorable eircunjstances.
The public address system, us
ed for the polo games, will be
utilized to keep the spectators
informed of the progress of the
show, an announcer to voice the
entries, results and other infor
mation of interest to the gallery.
The Episcopal dog show has be
come one of the outstanding e-
vents of the winter sport season
in Camden. The show was origi
nated by the late Dr. Maunce
Clarke, rector of Grace church
for some years. It has grown
yearly until it takes rank as one
of the outstanding events of its
kind in the state. Blooded ani
mals of many breeds, also a full
complement of mutts, strut their
wares before an admiring throng
of dog lovers.
As usual the show will be in
charge of the young
of Grace church pariah
sflould prove to be one of
the best offered in the long his
tory of the affair.
’ Camden’s older citizens, who
today see for the city a new era
of industrial and population
boom, but who remember the
days of horse-drawn buggies and
kerosene lamps, have flavored
their thinking with nostalgia. '
And, for the citizen of more
than fifty yeaps, one of the strong
est and surest catalysts for the
stirring of memories is a stroll
down Camden’s main street. The
new store fronts, the shiny dis
play windows, the bustling traf
fic are not sufficient to blot com-
mi njetely
a f. Broad
Those who saw the birth of the
twentieth century may remember
—That today’s parking meters
stand in the places whore hitch
ing posts once stood, and that
there was a stable behind nearly
la past years the show has al
ways been -----
ways been held in Rectory Souare
but this year, becaw^fland-
•eapmg in the Square, it
ci6€fn6d
show
Ihe mental
! * Of
picture
street In the early 1900’s. .
every store where shoppers might
and cai
leave their horses
carnages
uring their stay in town.
—That every clothing store had
proud-standing dummy cloth
ing man out front to model the
latest fashions for men, and that
the wide-windowed display fronts
werepractically unheard of.
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arge Keros*
Idings’ darl
eir best to
it large
lit the buili
and did their
merchandise to
tage.
•That every store was furnish
ed with a row of swivel-topped
kerosene lamps
dark interiors
light the
its best ad van-
stools along the counter's edge
that provided a welcome stop
ping place for unhurried droppers-
—That store clerks set their
alarm clocks to call them before
the sun awoke so that they might
begin the long day by 7 a. m. at
and
the latest, and that the .working
day lasted till late evening.
—That everybody from every
where came to town on Saturday
to stock the larder for another
week. The old State Dispensary
was in its hey-day and whiskey
was selling for fifteen cents a
half-pint or fifty cents a quart.
Therefore the ladies made it a
point to vacate the streets before
the men-folks took over for their
boistrous weekend flings.
—That, in spite of strict laws
to the contrary, local barbershops
would draw their shades and re
main open after 12 on Saturday
night so that the store workers
might drop in after working hours
for a shave and a talk-feat
—The great fire of 1902 that
gutted main street from Springs
afrd Shannon’s store (now
Eichel’s) to Simpson’s hardware.
—That the ousiness district
seem to be growing south on
Broad street rather than north,
and that the city’s best business
locations were thought to lie be
yond Rutledge street and the old
Opera House.
Petit jurors to serve during the
February term of the Court of
General Sessions were drawn
Monday and at the same time
new grand jurors were drawn.
The six holdover
mz
Creed, Camden; N. P. Gettys, Lo
goff; Fred Guy, Kershaw and L.
A. Perry, Liberty Hill.
The new grand jurors are:
W. a Dial, Route 2, Camden;
J. B. Cantey, Camden; R. L. Jack-
son, Lugoff: A L. Goodale, Cam
den; J. w. Sinclair, Route 1,
Camden; J. L. Haile, Camden; J.
F. Watts, Camden; M. Hunter,
Bethune: N. T. Ray, Kershaw;
LoringDavis, Bethune; J. C. Vin
cent, 'Tfershi
Camden. /
B. Burns, Camden;
Blaney; J. F. Moody, Camden.
The Petit jurors are:
Thomas Branham, Camden; A
C. Marsh, Route 1, Camden; Steve
Bowers, Camden; Allen Norris,
Camden; O. J. Arrant, Camden;
A D. Boykin, Lugoff; H. G. Car-
rison, Camden; Arthur V. Smith,
Route 1, Camden: Henry Sanders,
Blaney, Herman Nelson, Route 1,
Camden: C. V. Massebeau, Cam
den: G. R. Darden, Camden; Louis
Barfield, Kershaw; L. L. Rut
ledge, Jr., Kershaw; W. R. Reev
es, Camden: Neil McKinnon, Be
thune; H. R. HalL Route 1, Be
thune; B. B. Faulkenberry, Ker
shaw: John H. Hinson, Kershaw,
Lonnie Stephens, Bethune; J. P.
Peeples, Route 2, Camden; W. A.
Goodale, Camden; G. H. Coats,
Route 2, Kershaw; Louis Loman-
sky, Camden* Willie Branham,
Camden; M. E. Moody. Camden;
George Keenan, Lugoff; W. W
Lane, Kershaw: EX. Moore, Cam
den; Homer Brknham, Ridgeway
James S. Anderson, Camden
Jack Stein, Camden; H. H. See-
Route %, Camden, A fi
^ook, Kershaw; Dan Sullivan,
Cassatt; H. X Truesdale, Route
2, Kershaw.
• His 70th Birthday
•Tallent In Texas
Jack Tallent, former Camden
city manager is now city mana
ger at Colorado City, Texas, ac
cording to a report of the Nation
al City manager’s association.
•To Have Family Night
Members of the Lyttleton Street
Methodist Church are making
their plans this week to attend
the family night banquet to be
held in the church’s Social Hall
Friday night. Feb. 10. All church
families are invited to attend and
bring their evening’s meal with
them. In addition to the banquet,
there will be a short entertain
ment and worship program. Mem
bers of the church, remembering
previous such occasions, are look
ing forward to attending the af
fair.
Mr. Nettles is a member of the
firm of W. F. Nettles and Son.
is a native of Camden, a graduate
of Wofford College and has been
active in all community affairs.
He is immediate past president of
the Camden Rotary Club, and
has just been named a member
of the board of directors of the
Camden Chamber of Commerce.
He is a member of the board of
stewards of the Lyttleton Street
Methodist church.
He is a veteran of World War
II, having been in the army for
four years. He has been active
in veteran affairs and is a past
commander of the J. Leroy Belk
Post of the American Legion.
Mr. Nettles has been approach
ed by many citizens and urged to
offer for the position of city com
missioner. He said Monday morn
ing that he would qualify for the
place in the event the people
wished him to serve but he did
not propose to make an active
political campaign for it.
“If the people feel tl}at I can be
of service to Camden, I will be
glad to serve.” he said, “because
there is hardly\anything that I
would not do for Camden.”
•A Different Lot
Contrary to
Senator Kennedy
Would Regulate
Use Of Posters
merly occupied by the
Railway express on Rutledge
street. The property was owned
by Florrene W. McGuirL J. B.
McGuirt, W. M. Mayer. Olive W.
Lee and Peggy M. Clybum. Mr.
Pictures of candidates will not
greet one from every tree and
post along a highway if a bUl
introduced by Senator R. M. Ken
nedy, Jr., of Kershaw county, is
ator would make it illegal to post
the | any advertising on any tree or
without first having secured
of the property own-
While the bill will , affect post
ers generally, it will particularly
affect candidates who have a'
Denton says he hopes to move his
sstabiishmi
dry cleaning establishment to the
new location by March 1.
•Story On Robbary
The $40,000 robbery of a coun-
er at Salem Cross-
try storekeeper
roads on the Camden-Newberry
highway makes a feature story m
the March issue of Real Detective
magazine The story is written
by a man named John Newman
and is entitled “Crossroads Gold."
The story reviews the investiga
tion made by North and South
Carolina officers and members of
the Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion which led to the arrest of
Russell,
Robert Pitts and Harry Ri
the latter of Kershaw. Both Pitts
and Russell are now awaiting
trial for the stickup.
Trucks May Unload
On Broad Street
From the City Hall comes the
tv K
announcement that council in its
meeting Friday approved a pro
posal to permit trucks to unload
on Broad street until 9 a. m M pro
vided the trucks do not exceed
18 feet in length.
FINE BULL LOST
is disturbed over
X E. Smith
the loss of a registered
Herford bull which disai
sometime between
kqd last Friday.
hab
it of putting their pictures on
and i
almost every tree and post avail
able along the highway.
ue along the hig
The bill follows:
“The posting of any bill, plac
ard or other advertising medium
on any tree or structure tor ad
vertising purposes, or the erec
tion of any structure for the pur-
proe of placing thereon any such
bill, placard or other advertising
medium, on the property of an
other, without the written con
sent of the owner thereof or of
the person having in charge such
Property, or the person in pos
session thereof under a written
lease or right of easement therein
is hereby prohibited and made
unlawful. Any person violating
the provisions of this act shall
be deemed guilty of a misdeamor
and upon conviction thereof, shall
be subjeet to a fine of not less
than ten ($10.00) dollars, nor more
than one hundred dollars, or im
prisonment for not exceeding
thirty days in the discretion of
the court, for the first offense;
and for the second or any subse
quent offense, the off aider «haii
be subject to a fine of not ex
ceeding two hundred dollars or
imprisonment not exceeding three
months, or both fine and impris-
of the
polled
Boy Scout Week
Nationwide Phone
Strike Threatened
A nationwide telephone strike
is threatened tor 6 a, m. Wednes
day unless an agreement is reach
ed between negotiators in the
meantime. ,
The scheduled walkout Involv
es directly 100,000 workers of the
Western Electric Company and
five other subsidiaries of the
American, Telephone and Tm-
graph Company, including the
Southern Bell Telephone Com-
To Change Yets
Training Program
for the
Camden veterans will be inter
ested in a story from Washington
to the effect that the Veterans
Administration is about to make
a start on the six-year job of
ig down the veterans- train
ing and education program.
A regulation coming out April
1 will say that-writh certain ex
ceptions—veterans may not
the training program
1951.
Honor Court Feature
Of Local Observance
posed and collected for any vio
lation of this act.
A county-wide Court of Honor, scheduled for Wed
nesday, Feb.'S, will highlight the observance of Boy Scout
week in Camden. The court will be held at the Episco
pal Parish House and will feature the awarding of ad
vancement badges and merit badges and will also in
clude a uniform inspection of all Scouts and Cub Scouts
m the county.
Boy Scout Week is being cele-
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bra ted this week all over the na
tion as it marks the 40th anni
versary of the Boy Scouts of
America. In almost every city
and town throughout the nation
and its territories the week is be
ing celebrated by 2^00,000 boys
and adult leaders.
A “good turn” by an unidenti
fied British Boy Scout. in 1909
business man who
he accompanied the Scout Id the
office of Sir (later Lord) Robert
Baden-Powell, founder of scout
ing. learned about the program
and brought a trunkful of pam
phlets to America. Later, he in
corporated the organization.
On June 21, 1910, a
to an American
men representing 34 m
groups interested in youth,
ad developing the organ!
group of
national
Coming Events
“All acts or parts of acts incon-
ith ar
are hereby re-
its approval by the Governor.
onment, In the discretion
Court; ..Each day on which any
such hill, placard or other adver
tising medium or structure is al
lowed to remain after written no-
owner Or the property, or such
__ seDarate
and distinct offenceraiid shall be
punishable as herein provided.
Any owner of property or any
■son whose property rights
ve been violated under the pro
visions of section 1 hereof shall
b* paid one-half of any fine im-
sistent herewit
pealed.
“This act shall take effect upon
HEALING SERVICES
Rev. R. L Haley pastor of the
Holiness Free Will Baptist church,
announces that Rev. Ray Rum-
sey, of Florence, will conduct a
healing service Friday, Feb. 10,
and Saturday, Feb. 11, at 7:30
p. m. at the church, which is lo
cated between Myers garage and
the blinker liaht on No. l higb-
v^ay on ICast lie 1^alb
street.
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