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. ■= .UMC mmm ' ii^bb— CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, J , FEBRUARY 14 r 1950 Number 69 f. H. A. Dh«c*o» It ,nt At KifkwwXl 4 V ^ M V «>•- j*. "% < *- ^jod Apartments on Broad street in Cam- received its formal g Thursday afternoon [. E. Bailey, SUte Di- of Federal Housmg stration, present. present at ttia, rorrne 1 aiKi inspection w«« WU- Carlisle, from the »m G. Lyles, Blssett, Car- Wolfl of Columtr for the project a ittlebaum from riarlea ium Construction Co. of builders ’of the apart- Henry Savage, Jr., C. E. of the Du Pont corn- lay Plant A. S. Llewellen . state Research and Plan- rd, Usher Myers, Chair- the Kershaw Countv [of Directors, Marion M. i Police Chief Alva Rush, ief Carl Hammond, John American Lecipn Com- and Allen Murchison long those present for the c-unit apartment project to contain 22 two-bed- „tments, 4 one-bedroom its, and 4 three-bedroom its. Construction work progress, but the first thas already moved into |the completed units. Upchurch, owner of the krtments, presided over the [and led the group through ie completed apartments. In Serious [ition From Collision ... serious condition Planting Pine Seedlings Camden High School veterans' farm trainees are par ticipating in setting out over 200y000 pin* seedlings. There are over 100 veterans participating, 75 agriculture boys and 50 adult farmers. In the above picture Bentley Stogs- •41111, veteran agricultural teacher, is shown instructing R. Ht Cantey, Cecil Dennis, E. M. DuBose, Nettles Myers, Wil lie Pettis, John W. Roland, James Thompson, Ellie Trapp, Lloyd Truesdale, Harold Segars, Edwin Segars, John Se- gars, Frank McLeod, Eddie B. Mathis, and others in heel ing in plants. There are 100,000 pines in this lot a head-on f two automobiles on street Friday night at ck. is said to have a shat* cap, several broken serious head injuries; bead and chest injuries, head injuries. . to Chief Alva Rush Officer Sheheen, who ited the accident, Ed- in the car was going DeKalb street and when the Jackson nursery lided with a car driven who was accompanied Despite the fact that a four lane highway at (it of collision, the cars »d-on in the center., olice report shows that Ither was misty and foggy asphalt highway wet. Is was employed by the Floral Company, but siy was a driver for the sit line. He has a wife ild. Davis and Guinn are at the national guard as assistants in admini- activities. Town and County.... •Not A Day Missed In Camdeh, this winter’s fair, unseasonable warm weather has had its advantages. Les Flerx, trainer at J. E. Ryan’s stable, tells that not one,day’s work out has been missed this season because of the weather. There have been few winters since Camden’s beginning as a train ing center for horses when a trainer could make that boast •Infested With Termites Work is to be started at ter mite treating the floor and sup- timbers at the Agricul- on West DeKalb l as “being invl to Sheriff Glb| offered Jury Finds H« Cam To Hit Death At Hands Of Unknown Portias A coroner’s jury, follow ing an inquest held at the court house Thursday even ing, found that Bennie Bel ton, a negro laborer at CKancefield plantation, came to his death by being poison ed by person or persons un known. Thus the Belton case CHy Primaiy Is Ordered To Be Held March M . Enrollment Books Will B« Open February 13 To March 6 The City Democratic exe cutive committee has set March 14, as the date for a City Democratic primary to be held for the [purpose of nominating a city com missioner to succeed A. Sam Karesh, whose term expires on May 1. ' The committee ordered the books of enrollment opened Mon day; Feb. 13. They will remain open until March 8 at 6 p. m. The books for Wards One, Two id Three are at the City Drug company and for Wards Four, Five and Six at The Camden Chronicle office. The voting precinct for Wards One, Two and Three will be at the county court house while the voters of Wards Four. Five and Six will cast their ballots at St. Mary’s Hall. Commissioner A Sam Karesh has announced that he will not seek re-election because of the fact that he has accepted the presidency of the Camden Hos pital. William F. Nettles, Jr., a promi nent young business man of the city, is the only announced can didate for the position. 'The entry list doses Feb. 27. A A Alferd To Retire As Member Fire Department A. A (Popeye) Alferd, who has served as an active member of the Camden fire department for the past fifteen years frill go on the retired list on March 1st, but has informed Fire Chief Carl Hammond that hia services will always be available in an emer- Ploy Here Thursday & -n (1 -'l/M It ^ I kA ^C. t! >*' if ?ra/ Services frg. Lou Spann Camden people were to learn Friday afternoon tudden death in Columbia Lou Spann, aunt of Mrs. rooser and a frequent visi le home of Mr. and Mrs. oi this city. [Spann was for a number .Part owner of the Friend- rcna in Columbia, now as Caldwell’s Cafeterid, »il y [^den people knew j place 0perated this weU l^ n , eral was held Sunday n from the Shandon Bap- oh and was attended by of people from this •Hoopitel Charily Days In the Hospital Auxiliary Tag Day advartiasment in last Fri day’s iscus of The Chronicle, the number of days of charity care was listed as 424. This was a typographical error as the num ber should have bean 4^41. •Cam Angle Park Am the rtsult of a new police order coining from the office of the city manager, trucks of one half to one' ton capacity and hay ing an overall length of an ordi nary automobile will be permit ted to angle park on the streets in the business district, but will have to feed the meter, the same as car owners dot Large trucks can angle park up to 9 a. m^ but after that hour, must unload at the back door of stores. Veryhieager Supply Of Coal Reported On Hand In City - the vary mild weath- T Reward For Turning toe Alarms kb* alarms reported *5 )Ull Y Saturday afi- har. caused Firs r** 1 Hammond to 1 lV' a f d Information and con- hi^ anT ! P*” 00 or par- system. ***“9 to Chief Hmm. r sports were re- ‘ 5:30 p. ^ ^ « » time m* Satur- Jhe alarm calls wan *» Of BtomI cSr a from the lack of of local coal dealers reveals that there is a vary, vary limited supply in the city and that a law days of cold wsathsr would ex haust the very me _ Absolutely no coa is received now by the ' sruj hsrsnse of i it is feared that hone will bo received for some time yet. The warm weather the city has enjoyed this winter has been a real blessing in this city, it is reported. Variety To Keynote Children’s Carnival Children from-6 to 60 are mak- g plans this week to attend the carnival to be presented sorship of the Grammar Health Committee. The carnival, which'will feat ure a Main Show in the school auditorium, win offer everything from fortune tellers to tight rope walkers for the entertainment of attenders. . [T • The money earned will go to ward conducting health projects for the children’s benefit. Si. BARXES IMPROVDVQ Friends of Dr. George S. Barn es wiD be ‘ ‘ * ^ he^jT home on >n Mill street. came frooi slx witnesses, gj j *“• Carlos and i Most of them at Chat Belton died under circuangtan- eas that brought an examination by pathological experts, who found evidence of poii sumably either carbolic add or lysol or other similar reagent. ^ Prior to his being taken Belton is reported by wi to have imbibed soi from a bottle in his There was no indicai where he obtained the whether the liquor tained the poison. Al, Ivy Wabh Coining To Cily Al and Ivy Walsh, widely- recognized entertain m e n t personalities, will be featur ed in a special Sunday even ing service at the Lyttleton Street Methodist church on March 6, R was announced this week. Appearing on the program with the musicians will be Pat B. Withrow, Jr., noted speaker, humorist and song leader, who is National Director of the Vet erans hospital program. The artists will come to Cam den in the interest of the Vet erans hospital program, . which is now in its fourth year of con tinuous operation. The program, a non-profit organization, has as its purpose taking inspirational entertainment into the veterans hospitals, and presenting bedside radios to the wounded men. Reports from churches in near by towns where the traveling team have appeared have all been highly favorable am c p KgS nwm There will be _ attending the prograrh, but a token offering will be taken at the close of the service. Bethune Will Play Midway Team Next The Bethune boys eliminated Baron DeKalb from the tourna ment Friday night- by defeating them 34-23. The Bethune boys were in top playing condition and were ahead at all times. Bobby Jones played his best game of the fafm and made IS points for Bethune. Baron DeKaltrs Freddie Hyatt wm really hot on long shots ■r»H made 12 points for his team. The Bethune Wildcats were to meet another team that has not been defeated, Midway, Monday night. ^ „ is a native of Cam den. K J, and WhmoteKt a ter of years an a I a cowboy says that the of “Popeye” was given him by cowboys When he was IS years of h- used to sit with the cow hands around a camp fire when I was a wee kid, listening to the men spinning yarns of cowboy life, fights with Indians and I guess my eyes used to pop out it some of the stories I was reg ‘ with,” said Alferd. “Anyhow one of the men noticed the Eddie Cantor appearance of my lamps and told the others they had bet ter go slow on the yarning since “the kids eyes are popping out now.” Alferd came to Camden in 19& and took a job at the old Majes tic theater. Later he became as sociated with an auto dealer on West DeKalb street where the, Drakeford garage is now located, but two years was enough in the auto salesmanship game and he went back to the theater business in the Haiglar building. That came after the Majestic theater burned. Alferd is manager of the theater. joined the fire d in 1935 and today can hose, ladder or any o fighting equipment m a dexter ious manner. Would Increase School Teachers' Retirement Age i ^ [Senator Kennedy Would Also Bor New Taxes And Any Increases Bills proposing an exten sion of teachers’ retirement age from 65 to 72 years, op position of any further in crease in state taxes, and prohibiting trespassing on timber property were intro duced to the senate last week by Senator R. M. Ken nedy. The highly-controversial teach ers’ bill would set retirement age for teachers at 70 but would pro vide for a two-year extension of service with the approval of the employer and the retirement board. Under the present state retire ment law, two classes of mem bers are recognized - - the state employees group and the teach ers group. The act requires that teachers be retired at age 65. but provides that members of Alfred and Herbert Teltachik, duo pianiata, who »p-|S.e •motoyee group may work pear here in Hie second of the seanon’a series ofarUat*' I ^ performances presented by the Camden Community Con- Essentially the proposed amend- | rqent would give teachers die same privilege. Tho bill opposing further in tho stale was cert Association. To File Petition On New Town A Asking Secretory of State To Order Election On Incorporation Definite plans to present petition for an election on the incorporation question in meeting of e at a m is of tnat ity Friday night in the Tree school. According to H. W. Fields, corn- ring the de- TeHschiks Here Thursday Night Duo Fionitta Will Be Sec-1 ond In Series Of Artists! Psrformonces tax increase tmoIu nody. Kean# and Abrams. It was introduced following a report from tho Budget Com mission suggesting courses to ovoid deficit spending, which included the imposition of new taxes or tho increese of The bill, as presented, read: “Whereas, the Budget Commis- aion in a special report to the General Assembly has directed attention to the financial situa- tiontion confronting the state, ahd Two brothers from Texas,- Alfred and Herbert Telta- ^"iaSfVSSc^ ,0 —_ -.chik, will seat themselves at “l. The imposition of new tax- C*mdwr twin pianos Tfoureday fright, « or the tnertese of bustent lev- Camden Community Concert members the second of this season’s concert musical per- mitteeman for studying ^^Ly^iSSn^^mT^T^rBrinfi^ with them the petition is in the hands of|*tring of achievements the Sooetary before any action musical world and can be taken toward setting up a balloting. It was expected mat the petition, signed by more than 200 East Camden property own ers, would reach the Secretary in the near future. aiier ui« Today J Haiglar He jo iepartment i handle a other fire Bates To Speak To Underwriters and indicate the be of the highest no charge for but Highlighting Friday night’s dis cussion was a question-and-ans- wer session led by a visiting util* ity employe from Cayce who had seen that town recently incor porate and who was able to tell the group some of the problems to be faced in incorporating ahd some of the advantages and dis advantages incorporation would bring. Additional data and informa tion was provided the citizens by the investigating committee, which has been busy since the last community meeting with fur- their investigation of the incorpo ration procedure. The commit tee is composed of H. W. Fields, Fred McNatt C. C. Stokes, Jack David and H. L. Criminger. According to a street-to-street _ survey, there art approximately 1,800 people living in the com munity considering incorporation. There are 329 residences, 38 busi ness places and four churches. for brilliance and Teltschiks w lenia m xne g as v»f*f^i iftitinn -Ails.*— verBaximy, vne expected to be one of the most enjoyable and lauadable of Cam den’s 1950 concert series. Ticket-holders are being urged to make definite plans to attend and take advantage of the op portunity to hear good musical entertainment It has been sug gested that concert association members Who cannot attend. The * use ' ON plus to iuppfoment current oper- •‘sysrsBi* a—™ *> order a uniform reduction in ap propriations, and “Whereas; the Budget Com mission in this report mvitea an expression from the General Assembly a« to the future course to be followttf; Now, therefore, “Be it resolved by the Senate, ter House of Representatives con- mmm '• * “Ttart the General Assembly record its opposition to the im position of further additional taxes, and that the General Assembly requests that the pro per committees do study all pos sibilities of eliminating wasteful and unnecessary expenditures by should arrange to have friendr any . * tate xgency and to mate use their tickets for this affair. ^commendations at will advance economical and efficient No single concert tickets will be sold, local association officials announced. Born respectively 29 and 30 years ago in Fioresville, Texas, of Austrian parents, the Teltschiks began their musical training at an early age under the tutelage of their father, an old-world mu sician. Later, they came to New York where they entered the Julllard School of Music, study ing under such eminent person alities as Sascha Gorodnitzki and Mme. Olga Samaroff-Stokowski dng the brilliance and the boundless variety that can be Lester L. the Capital City company and now HOSPITAL Hamp frby, linotype operator on The Chronicle, is recuperating serving his second term as a member of the Columbia City Council, wil the principal speaker at the regu lar monthly dinner of the Camden Life Underwriters Association at the Thomas Tavern on Tuesday evening of this week. Mr. Bates will be the first of the executives of insurance com panies to address the association in a program designed to the heads of all companies soited by members of the i tion here tor trite to the Football Team To Be Given Banquet 1 Wednesday Night The Camden High School Ath letic Association will be host to the members of the 1949 high school football team Wednesday night, Feb. 15, at Thomas Tavern th a banquet made to the Bull dogs order. 4, Among the special guests pres ent will be /Code Phillips, ex football star at Erskine College present state Director of ysical Education, and Rex ‘it, head coach at the Uni ty of South Carolina. Present plans call for the show- of a film of one of Carolina’a football games. It Was not announced as to which game would be shown. The banquet, an annual affair, will be attended by the players dheer leaders, managers, coaches and guests. Camden Scouts To Go OnC The United States Navy has in vited 15 Senior Scouts from the Central South Carolina Council to attend a Senior Scqut Cruise at Charleston, Feb. 17. Nine Senior Scouts were pick ed from Columbia and 5 Explor ers and one from ( Attending will be tained with two pifthos, the musi cal pair will comoine their talents to present to the Camden audi ence a program that will appeal to every type of music lover. Years of experience have given the pair perfect . The 1 together ct team? ing, critics say. The Telt have mastered the difficult ibb of coordinating two pianos/and their combination has giverf their music fullness, as well as musical accuracy. Large Grow^Saw Sunday Polo Game The Chari riders the first out the of shi field 4 copht was n-Columbia polo all their points in s chukkers to nose estem North Carolina before a large crowd g fans at Kirkwood y afternoon by a 6 to handsome T< Charleston West iPoint who was the handy man with the mallet, the slender youth checking in with four goals dur ing the afternoon. Other goals for the C-C outfit were made tar Sam Holland and Jock Arnold. Arnold, by the way, played a beautiful game to the joy of his to who had motored down Reading, PeniL, to see the * polo ace in action. The action on the field, spur red by the extremely c‘ “ mosphere, had the fans ing vigorously. Thei The bill was referred to the Committee on Commerce and Manufacturer* for further study. The bill prohibiting trespassing on timber property provided, in part, that every unauthorized en try upon lands on which there is growing timber, by any person or tar any domestic animal own- «I by a person shall be a mis demeanor and punishable by . a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment for not more than 30 days in the discretion of the court. Conconing the teachers’ re tirement bill, the amendment proposed reads: . “Any teacher in service who bar attained the age of 70 years Snail be retired forthwith; pro vided, that with the approval of his employer he may remain in '(Please turn to sage four) Coming Events 7 Tuesday. February 14 Kiwanls luncheon. Thomas ~ Tavern, 1p.m. Camden Life Underwriter- ets dinner. Thomas Tavern. 7:30 p. m. . , Wednesday. February 15 Collectors Club, all sections. In Hunt Room, Sarsfiold Hotel, • p. m. * Spring Fashion Show, Grace Church Parish 3:30p. m. • Thursday. February It Rotary Tavern, 1 avem. 1 pw 1 Teltschiks. auditorium, 8:30 p. m. Friday. February 17 3:30 p. m. Fabntary 25 ■ getting off a fc and under