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rOLUMi *1 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1950 Number 68 | Workers’ itilion Denied Labor Board Mad* For Hortion i y Joelyn Employ*** Turned Down petition filed b» the ihaw County Knittinf Finishing Association, resenting over 70 per t of the employees of the lyn Hosiery Mills, for an ction to determine wheth- it or the American Fed- tion of Hosiery Workerr represent the employ- of the Mill as bargain- agent, has been turned m by the National Labor dions Board. Cedric Stallings, of Char- N. C., representative of the rican Federation of Hoaiery xers, in making the an* icement in Charlotte, aave an mretation of the board’* reaa- declining the petition, cording to a st^y^ui the Hotte Observer Thursday ling Mr. Stallings "iaid the issal of the petition sustained iecision of the regional <h- ,r of the NIJtB. on grounds a decision and order of the i providing for a consent de- was outstanding in 'a case by the American Federation bsiery Workers. This, it was Lned, requires the employer, ig other things, to bargain fctively with the American ition of Hosiery Workers iployes of the Jaclyn Hot- | mills of Camden, it further, said Mr. ® an understanding is to be embodied in a sign- letter dis- reement, and the —ifr™ ig the petition states that, ling to the regional direc* employer has not complied ie order, said the American Federa- Hosiery Workers is the le- Dllective bargaining agent by the board on Decem- ' 1948;' that the union' on 24 charged the comj [forming a com [union and alleged iy had interfered ^ wttfc the union and had fail- Ibargain in good faith in di- Violation of the consent de> I entered into the Circuit of Appeals at Richmond* Dy the N.L.R.B. in settle- of a previous case against ^mpany in which unfair lab- actices of interference and to bargain were charged. Jan- Swords, Shields And Chivalry oai In tall knight's regalia, M of Camden's cub scouts taste a break in their Round Table meeting, held last week at the Episcopal Perish House, to poee formally long Knighting le Sir Cube art armor, made Arthur's of in Maya. John Joe McKain Middle row—Henry Beard. III. Gene Watta were part of a month From loft to right the Sir Cubs are: Top row—Bobby ommy Buckner. John Spooks. Jimmy Rheme. Burton Pitts, Joo McKain. Don OKoal Brown, Kenny Mars, Graham Buckner, Jackie Magee, and Sidney Zemp. Joey Jenkins. Phillip Savage. Elliott W le row—Henry Beard. III. Gene Watts. Joey Jenkins. Phillip Savage, Elliott Wehta Ed Chrirt- mas. Maxey Qliotl, Billy Campbell, Irvin Heigfer, Pets Canter, Johnnie Laney, and Berry Stewart. Front row—Ashby Rhame. Lee McCeskUL Joe Speaks, Rusty Roberts. BUI Goodale. Bobby Kennedy. Joe Cantey, David Rutting, and Ben Emerson. — Chronicle Photo by Monarch. In Form of A Bill Report of Committee On School System Changes Is Sent To Delegation The committee appointed at the close of the last ses sion of the General Assembly to make a study of the schools of Kershaw county and to make recommendations for consolidation of school districts and other changes looking to an improvement of the system has submitted its report to the legislative delegation. The report is in the form of a bill providing for the educatiohal set-up favored by the committee, which members of the dele gation are asked to introduce and pass if it meets with their approval. ' Town and County.... •Broad Street Picture The Chronicle has received many comments and remarks from the recent publication of the Duo Pianists To Be Heard Here T«lttckik Brothers Are Second On Series Of Artists Performances , Bringing with them their twin Steinways and a grow ing reputation in the music world, Alfred and Herbert Teltschik, American duo- piano team, will on Thurs day night, Feb.. 16, present the second of the three art ists’ performances on this season’s bill of the Camden Community Concert Associa tion. M R gRRf A Al tfaCJ XOlfi Because oi Trie onitiance w tne* brmance which the Teltschiks * Knights of Liberty Cub Scouts Stage Mock King Arthur Roundtable Dresscdln authentic-looking knigiht’s armor and peace fully bearing swords and shield, more than 50 Camden Cub Scouts climaxed flfeir month-long knighting crusade program at the Episcopal Parish House with a dignified mock King Arthur’s roundtable meeting on last Thursday night ‘'' V * The nation-wide emphasis on knighting through the cub pro gram was carried out as a of this year’s scouting “Strengthen the Arm ofLiberty.’ 1 In Camden the cubs studied for a month the deeds and habits of the early gallant knights, and with the help of parents and leaders, made for themselves com plete sets of cardboard armor in order to more impressively fill Thursday over night's program, pre- by Scout Den Chief who Stalling said that on 20, the alleged company- ttated union, Kershaw Coun- itting and Finishing associ- created a disturbance at i Hosiery mills by storjn- the office of the company a bargaining conference |m progress between the [ican Federation of ers, the legal certified wi ld the company's represen- After the disturbance, rgaining was resumed by ties for a time and later off by the American Fed- of Hosiery Workers be- .of the company’s alleged to bargain in good faith cause of their alleged inter- he said. union also filed on Janu- a charge against the Ker- Uunty Knitting and Fin- ' association alleging inter- a coercion and intimidation organization on the em- of the Jaclyn Hosiery The concert association announ ced this week that it regretted that it could not deviate from its rule of not selling tickets to In dividual performances but sug gested that if any of the holders of season tickets should find that they would be unable to attend that they allow friends to use their tickets so that every one possible may be able to hear the pianista. ' Born respectively 29 and SO ID in Floresville, Texas, the Teltschiks ofAustrian parents, tl began their musical an early age under the tutelage father, an old-world mu ibers of the Kershaw Coun- . j 1 ® an d Finishing Associ- »id Thursday that 43 of the orkers at the Jaclyn Min ember s of their association d ° not Want the Federation of Hosiery rs to represent them. They »vL , com P an y had nothing K thP?r d ° with the f °rma- iv th v,L ^u and that the Witt 1 no £} lng whatever ^ h , the demonstration” ^to by Mr. Stallings. They ^ ould continue theur [to the last ditch. ■dlines From ‘day Issue of fths most import. br#,lk OT * T ~>fc**nd. For this rsos- ao not want to miss ‘ i«uo of Tuesday's headlines Th* Chronido of IsS F. Nottlos, His Jr* h« t ?S. *► ^*»25i 1 i? ,how Uk of their sician. Later, they came to New York where they entered the Julliard School of Music, study- ing under such ejninent person as Sascha Gorodnitzki and Mme. Olga Samaroff-Stokowski. Utilizing the brilliance and the boundless variety that can be ob tained with two pianos, the musi* ibine their talents cal pair will com to present to the Camden audi ence a program that will appekl to every type of^ music lover. Years of experience together have given the pair perfect team ing, critics say. The Teltschiks have mastered the difficult job of coordinating two pianos and their combination ‘ has given their music fullness, as well as musical accuracy. Re veil The Revelers, highly entertain ing male quartet, opened Cam den’s concert season oii Jan. 31 and left an audience well-pleased and well-sold on the community concert project. An eveniarger crowd is expected for the duo- pianists’ performance. Plan Inquest In Death of Belton A coroner’s inquest was sche duled to convene Thursday eve ning at 7 o’clock in the County court house to investigate the death of Benny Belton, local neg ro who met his death oy ing, an autoposy revealed. County police reported poison- no pects were being held in connec tion with the case. Police have been investigating leads since the death occurred. The coroner’s jury announced to serve in Thursday evening’s inquest included Ernest Newman, Hazel Parker. A. P. Oardukin, T J. Munn, J. B. Roberts, and P. ] Crolley, Jr. T Orton Fabrics For Awnings Available For some c s - — -—>e time a program at /test work in developing orlon for use as awnings has been in pro- SL- ■ by the presentation of ment awards and the welcoming of new members. A number of parents- were on band to watch the proceedings, and to make any necessary emer gency repairs to their cubs’ “arm or.” Eight of the cub-knights presented their Order Of tl Achievi the Wolf ement badges by “King Ar thur” Mays. Those receiving the awards were John Speaks, Joe >eaks, Kenny Mays, Burton tts, Don Neal Brown, Phillip |e, Jimmy Rhame, and Barry The round-table circle of scouts was widened at the beginning of ould-f the ceremonies when 9 wc -be cubs were accepted into the org anization and were presented their Bobcat badges and their r. The new cubs are Ben Emerson. Graham Buck ner, Thomas Buckner, Maxie El liott, Russell Roberts, Billy Good ale, Bobby Kennedy, Gene Watts and Thomas Myers. Watts, Myers. At present four cub packs are active in the city under .the lead ership of “ ‘ put picture of Broad Street as it beared 50 yean ago. It migRt interest readers to know that the photograph came from the col lection of the late Dr. S. C. Zemp of Camden. The bill, suggested by the com mittee, would make the county Board of Education the central authority of the public school system of the county. The board would be composed of eight mem bers. The seven chairmen of the proposed high school districts would be ex officio members and these seven members would elect the eighth member. The county Superintendent of Education would be the secretary, executive officer and administra tive officer of the board. The county board would be re- Proponenfs Of New Town Meet On Friday Nighl Over 200 Signoturef To Petition Asking Vote Reported Secured • For Recreation Project The Junior Welfare League has gone on record as wholeheartedly endorsing the recreation project being sponsored by toe Camden Business and Professional Wo mens club. The latter club has urged City Council to employ a full time director of recreation for the dty. group Shaylor, a local meets regularly as Den Chief. Den No. 1 Is directed by Den Mother, Mrs. Percy Mays, and has as its Den Chief Johnny Peebles. Mrs. W. H. James and Mrs. Ernest Nutting serve as Den Mothers for Den No. 2, with George Barnes as Den Chiet For Den No. 4, Mrs. R. B Pitts, Jr. and Mrs. W. A. Rhame are Den Mothers, and Bobby Hays is Den Chief. Present plans are to present the Knighting program staged in Camden Thursday night in Orangeburg at the Scout Circus to be held there sometime in the Spring. J. Fields To Head Commerce Body Luther Fields •was elected president of the Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce at a reorganiz ation meeting of the board of directors held on Wednes day morning in the office of the Chamber. He will suc ceed A. C. McKain, Who has served as president for the past year. Mr. Fields was elected a mem ber of the board of directors Wed nesday to fill the vacancy caused by the announcement of A. S. Llewellyn that he could not serve on the board. Mr. Llewellyn said that he thought it would be in consistent for him to serve in view of the fact that he is serv ing on the South Carolina Re search, Planning and Develop ment Board. Henry C. Hallman was elected a member of the board to fill another vacancy, which had de- Ve Charles J. Shannon, IV. was elected vice president George Stuart, secretary, and Lee Mays The 1 consists A. Hag Ms: F. elds. '. a N’ettle*A fenry HAUe , Howard Mlman aftd Si uther Rat Poisoning May Still Be Obtained From the Farm and Home Ag ent’s office comes the announce ment that supplies of rat poison ing are still available and may be secured at the Home Agent’s o' flee through Saturday, Feb. 11. Camden Horse Show Hard) It The 37th annual Camden Horse Show will be held on March 18 at the show grounds of Mrs. Marion Du Pont Scott, it was announced this week. The show is al ways One of the outstanding events of the Spring season in Camden. The event, for which entries usually come from Aiken, Tryon, Pinehurst, Columbia and Darling ton, Richland and Kershaw coun ties, will begin at 10 o’clock in the morning. The judge for the show this year will be Gerard S. Smith, of New Canaan, Connecticut The majority of the classes will he for hunters. These will in clude such classes as Green Hunt ers, Working Hunters, Middle and Heavyweight Ladies Hunters, and pairs of Hunter’s Tandem. There will be several children’s horsemanship classes, one of which will be a Children’s Jump ing class. Of particular note will be ♦be itegpTorhaM type and flat hone types. In whieh some of the top race hones In Baa country which are training An will be ‘ ~ •To Run For House John Baker, a resident of the Shamrock neighborhood, mer chant and farmer and a graduate of the Bethune high school and Clemson College will offer for the office of Representative from the July a son of resides in the Shamrock area. onice ox nepreseniau Kershaw countv at t primary. Mr. Baker is L. J. Baker who reside •To Conduct Story Hour “yv* David*”. ^ me winter in Camden wui con duct Story-Hour for six wades at 3 uired to certify to the county elegation annually a tax levy to be applied uniformly to all prop- would erty of the county which wo be distributed in all districts in a sufficient amount to insure the adequate operation of all schools in the county. The measure provides that the area now comprising schools dis tricts Noe. 1, 2, 16, 29 and 43 shall be known as Camden High School district No. 1; the area comprising school districts Nos. 3, 7 and 31 shall be known as Mt Pisgah High School district No. 2; the i 2; the area now comprising school districts Nos. 4, 6, IB. 25 and 42 shall be known as Midway High School district now comprising Nos. 11, 12, ST dway High No. 3; the area schools districts II 38 and known as Blaney High School dis be Citizens of the area east of Camden’s city limits will meet for the second time 'Friday night at the Pine Tree school auditorium to* discuss developments in their tentative plans to incorpor ate, it was announced by a committee of residents this week. Highlighting the discussion will be a visiting utility employe from Cayce, who has had experience in the operation^ advantages, and trict No. 4; the area now compris ing school districts Noe. 8, 9, 14. &&&?&£ mm School vn as B district now comprising v 20, 22. and No. 5; the area 1 school districts 22, and 23 shall be ■ Bethune High School NaBT ihathe VeT how school districts Noe. Ui- and 47 shall disadvantages of a small incorpo rated town, and who, according to plans, will be willing to ans wer the local citizens’ questions concerning their proposed incor poration. Since the last community meet ing, the committee charged with investigating details involved in incorporation has been active S athering additional data. More nan 200 eligible persons have signed the petition which, when eubmitted to the Secretary of State, reouires that an election be held in the community to deter mine whether or not the people want incorporation. Only 50 sig natures are required to make the petition effective. Part of Friday night’s discuss ion will be concerned with wheth er or not the petition should be submitted to the state official, it was announced. Supporters of the movement say sentiment among the citizens of the community seems to run in favor of incorporation at pres- ent, but admit that there is suf- it opposition to make the outcome of a balloting on the question indeterminate. m number of short stories and one continued story will be told. All children from 5 to 10 yeers age are invited to hear these stor ies? - •Hospital Tag Day Saturday will be Hospital Tag Uu Day and members of the Hospi Auxiliary will be on the streets Saturday anarping soliciting con tributions from all for.the work of the auxiliary. The auxiliary asks that the public be as gener ous as possible. •Want Poetoffico Clark Applications are being sought for the position of at the Blaney Postoffice. Those substitute clerk desiring to^apj?ly_may secure^ ap plication blanks from J. D. Wat son, the Blaney postmaster. •Baaolaaa Rumors How do wild rumors get start ed in Camden? Nearly every week there is one going the rounds and as a general rule they are found to be absolutely without founda tion. A week or so ago one went the rounds to the effect that two prominent local citizens, good mends had had a fight This week e report is in circulation to the effect that City Council had voted to raise city taxes 150 per fiMtilttiSf after- Parking space reservation for the Horse Snow will be obtain able at the Comer Book Store afteHlarcI :h 3. Report On Sale Of Savings Bonds Mr. Marion H. County > of S. Savings Bond tho sate of *5.717.50 In lor Keeshaw of U. S at its meeting Friday ancL that water rates to e outside of the city would also be given a steep lift. There is no foundation for either re port, according to city officials who say that there is no intention of raising taxes or of any further changes in the water rate. Collector’s Club Plans First Annual Dinner Meeting At the regular bi-weekly meet- the Camden Collector’s ing of ' the Camden club held last Wednesday it was decided the date for the first an nual dinner meeting of the club would be on the evening of March 1. The dinner will be at the Hotel Sarsfield. A varied program of entertain ment Is being worked out and will be announced by the Board of Governors at a later date. Sev eral interesting stamp exhibits will be on display. The Camden Collector's club extends an invitation to all stamp collectors, and others in terested in Philately, throughout the Carolines to attend this din ner meeting. Full information be obtained from Wm. G. Secretary of the club the Camden Chamber of Cemmerce. , • The meeting held this past Wednesday was well attended and featured by several lively may be o Major, Jr., or from th district No. 7« Ife is provided that in each of the high school districts the board of trustees of the. district wherein the high school is located togeth- with the chairman of the board of each* of the cooperating tricts shall act ex offio as es of such high sc! I The tall reduces the number of local board of trustees of school City Police Will Make Iffort To Chy Police Chief Alv* Rush ted Monday announced investigation was being connection with the many that a careful made in my inci- cation. The measure provides a peti- uallfied election of school trustees for said district, it ahaH be the county board of education to order an election. > ; George Nicholson Resumes Practice Of Law In Camden After many years a professor of mathematics in colleges and universities through out the South, George W. Nichol son has decided to resume in this city the practice of law which he began in July, 1922, over W. Rob- in*Zemp’s imp's Drug store. Mr. Nicholson is a native of Camden and a graduate of the Camden High School in the of 1915. He also at one time serv ed as Principal of the G High School, teaching mathemat ics, chemistry, biology and phy sics. As an educational foundation Mr. Nicholson holds the follow ing degrees: Bachelor of Science degree from The Citadel, Master Of Arts degree, from the Univer sity of South Carolina, Bachelor property in this area reported attacks by the vandals ^Wvand of Laws degree from the Univer- uth Carolina, Doctor of sity of Sou Philosophy from gradu in Einstein’s Relativity University of North His mathema following Military i Clemson A State man’s Colli South, Brenai sity of in mathematics research work and General in Cornell University professor of as acquired in the ituttons: Staunton Tech, . o- of the Univer- Winthrop den he held ervisor of shaw county County Board Kershaw. The quired much tu the centralizing law in Cam- tions of Sup- on for Ker- ber of the on for itter dences of vandalism reported re cently and that steps were being taken to prevent any recurrence of such misdemeanors. According to the reports, a wave of promiscuous, needless window-breaking has occurred re cently in the city. Authorities believe the offenders to be reck less youngsters with a false idea of tan and excitement Lyttleton Street Methodist Church reported this week that stained glass windows in the church’s .auditorium had been broken, with resulting damage amounting to nearly $400. Church officials say this is the most re cent of a series of break-ins and destruction “raids” that CrSTorcurred in recent months at the church. The officials say that if vandals are caught at tempting any further offenses to the church property, police .will be notified and the guilty pertons E unished to the full extent of the iw. An expensive neon light near Llewellyn Iron Works , on East DeKalb street, is reported broken beyond repair. Several bands of children have been caught at their window-breaking “games” near the Southern Cotton Oil Co., and the building that housed the de hydrating plant in that neighbor hood has scarcely an unbroken window left, reports say. Other t has also andalism is going to be stop- Rush said ped in Camden,” Chief Thursday, “and someone is going to pay a stiff penalty if necessary to make sure that it is stopped. The guilty persons may consider themselves warned that they will be caught and severely punished unless this destruction stops im mediately. Vandalism is a seri ous offense, and the law provides punishment for guilty children as well as adults.” ■ Coming Events Saturday, Fabru Camden Hospital Teg . _ ^jSunday^Fehruary of dty. 11:15 a. as. Polo. Kirkwood Field. 3:10 p. m. mSh ~ Mtia WM