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i- k ‘ v! , Tlw Trada CAMDEN, SOUTH C^AEOUNA. TRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1950 ' Number 72 re Monday A. Uwi* To Spend mr 1h Camden :ol M rde A. Lewis of Pletts- N. Y„ cammanderan- . of the Veterans of For-: |Wars, will visit Camden lay as the guest of the len Post. He will ar [shortly before 2 p. m. own plane,‘“The Spirit! V. F. W.” which he is 1 himself in his speah- jur of the country. /ill be met at the airport S. Bowden, .commander of iden post of V.F?Wa re- 1 committee composed of [S. Harter, Lane Woodcock rank Montgomery imd py [officials of the local port citizens and earned to adquarters of the local Thile here he will make a ik. lander Lewis, a veteran by missions over Fhitope as r pilot during World War n, zed to be the firrt nation-, of a major veteran organ ic fly his own plane inf- units of his organization iout the country. \ Spirit of V.FTW.” [Ryan Naylon, iro-way radi ty devices jmmander is an expyt laving spent 21 morffha first as a B-17 pilot with: 1st bomb group, 8th Air He completed one tour of jen volunteered tot and aost completed his second len V-E day arrived, ations for s /ar II include tthae Flying Cro« with duster*; the IY*aeb Guerre, the Air Medal ir clusters: the Diatin< [Unit citation with MM. the European-African- East campaign ribbon battle stars, and tht Theater ribbon. IRTBSTTK Jerry in Plans Two Basketball Trophies . Dr. A. W. Humphries and Brevard Boykin, of the Camden Kiwanis Club, are shown here holding two handsome trophies donated by the Camden Lions Club and the Camden Civitan club to be awarded the win ners in this week’s basketball tournament. The Kiwanis club is giving gold basketballs and furnishing a place for the players to stay. In the above picture are shown a group ef KiWonians who have been discussing the tournament Heading from left to right they are: H. L. Spell, Marion B. Williams, treasurer; Joe Jenkins, sec retary; Brevard Boykin, Hulan Small, Dr. A. W. Humph ries, president; and Julian Bums, vice president First Games Thursday Night iiaftnir- jui; o and “the Seven Teams Entered In Basketball Tournament Camden will play host to 120 Sports-minded lasses from high schools throughout the state this week-end as seven Class A and AA girls’ basketball teams compete for'the state championship in Camden High gym. The second annual invitational tournament sponsored by the Camden* Kiwanis club, will this year be participated in y teams from Greenwood, Anderson, Charleston, Conway, _ olumbia, West Columbia, Harteville and Camden, and will determine the state's top team in the AA class. * Elimination pairing* were made earlier This week, and games have been scheduled to begin at 6:30 The pair-off* Thursday to pre- namant. to be in lour and leaving _ [fly to Florence where ce an address at a Hinr>fy [ven there in his honor. *e Gymkhana lay Afternoon Kirkwood Field fourth annual Gymkhana, by the Junior Chamber icrce, will begin at 2 p. iay at the Camden Polo st three years the Jay made this event one of st successful projects and m indications this years l of fun and frolics will be Fnd better than ever, [events scheduled are a ie in which anybody can Qy pet from white rata In » sack race in which con- iwill get ih sacks and race yards a pony express tig the old days of the nrnle race on the flat entrants only; a three in which one leg ends ontestants is tied togeth- mule baskefbaB game in Be contestants will be county employees; a it? 0 6 c i mb 0 P eo tor cd- “y, with the one getting op first getting the |5 bffl nuw i 0n a Potato a musical chair race, all ak 3 ™ 1 spoon race !r’ a b l an ° on r***, and steeplechase for colored winning last year’s tournament, was placed in' one elimination bracket and Anderson, last year’s runner-up, was placed in another. The opening night games will match Hartsville and Anderson at 6:30, Brookland-Cayce and Chicora (Charleston) st 7:30, ood and Conway at 8:30, and Camden and University High of the Hartsville-Anderson contest meet the winner of the Brookland-Cayce-Chicora contest at 7:30. At 8:30 the winner of the Greenwood - Conway game Thursday night will play the win ner of the Camden-University an »n of the tee, Luther arranj ngements Fields, says games have been arrang- r at 2 s * t0 get started by all P T m ' Tlckets are >ki 311 Ja y c ees and will ibl e at the gate. [ified Pine Slab Found “• bte that m-nu... a «» r«d« of years too. rill r * c «^T M * P ro Perty — changed by time heavy, shale * found as e re. mining op- 4 T Petrified wood i oi Tears in a* heavy slab i the beougbt ^ if* ^01 be netuns? slit. ison competition The^Gre^iw^d Y( Joe Stewart To GoOnTriajln Sessions Ciiurt If Ckorgfd Wirii Sbyii* Of His F«th«r4ii-Law Last August When Genersl Sessions court . reconvenes Friday morning, the case of the State vs. Joe Stewart, in which the defendant is charged with having mur dered his father-in-law. Law- ton McCaskill, last August at the McCaskill home on the Bishopville roftd some nine miles from Camden, will be tried. Stewart has been held at the county jail since August 12, when a coroner’s jury held that McCas- cill came to his death by a shot gun blast fired by Stewart The case is expected to attract as much if not more public inter est than the Perry Amerson in quest when a record crowd jam med the court room. Amerson died under circumstances that even the coroner’s jury •could not fathom, that body holding that be came to his death at the hands of a person or persons unknown. One of the stiffert sentences to be handed out by Judge G. B. Greene was that of five yean in the state pen or on the county chain gang to Johnny Anderson after he had pleaded guilty to a charge of house breaking and grand larceny. Camden police charged that Anderson broke into the Bramlett stable office and took a suit of clothes, some shoes and several packs ef cfcgsre! belonging to Bramlett, manager and ndine master. Brooks K^Hy, charged with violation of the liquor law, w given six months or a $100 fine, which was changed to two years robation upon payment of the ne. Floyd and Lloyd Pruitt, charged with malicious destruction of property were atirteutad to the chain gang for stk mantis and Church Open All Day World Day of Prayer To Be Observed Here With Special Service I#- ' - r M ,• The doors Of Lyttleton Street Methodist dhurch will be opened to all denominations of church-goers FYiday, Feb. 24, a& Camden joins the world in observing a con secrated World Day of Prayer. Worshipers are expected to visit the church throughout the day to offer prayers, but the planned prayer .service, x with special music and directed prayer, is sdhed'uled Tor 4 o’clock Friday after noon. Designed solely as a prayer service, the program will include reading of prayers by memben of the congregation, short directed meditations by representatives of various churches who are mem bers of the committee in charge of the Service, and specially se lected music. A special offering will be taken during the service which will go toward supporting the foreign churches, schools and hospitals under the sponsorship of the Unit ed Council of Church Women. Miss Mabel Starnes, educational director of the First Baptist church, will introduce this appeal. Special music will inclune a solo by Miss Mary Dawson, First Presbyterian Church Choir direc tor, and a selection by a male quartet composed of A. C. Mc- Kainj’ftev. O. F. Montgomery, W. R. Braddy and Dr. A. W. Hum phries. Mrs. J. M. Gandy will Camden Hunt's Hunter Triab Saturday Event Large Numbers Of Entries For First Renewal Of Trials Since War Warrant Sworn Out By Widow Mrs. Amerson Charges Peter Bradley Struck Her Late Husband Pete Bradley, held at the county jail for gome time following the death of Perry Amerson and later released from custody when a coron er’s jury found that Amer son came to his death Jan. 1 at the hands of a person or persons unknown, was ai> rested in a warrant sworn out by Mrs. Amerson. ' Mrs. Gertrude Amerson, widow of Perry Amerson, swore a com- n Magistrate John C. t’s court in which she chargee that Bradley “did with felonious intent assault, strike erson later succumoea. Following Bradley’s ar attorney J. Or tor Ann fee ted his release under and beat Perry Amerson.” Am erson later succumbed. Bradley's arrest, his Arrants, ef- bail of ,006. The order of release was by Resident Judge G. B. with consent of T. Pou Taylor the solicitor. Amerson died on the after noon of Jen. 1, following an al tercation with Bradley in a,house on the Bishopville road. At the provide appropriate organ music for the service. The World Day of Praysr was obseresd last ysar In 06 countries and the program then 60 in ovsr 10.000 conununitiss in the United States. Members of the committee in charge of the service are Mrs. James W. Burns, Mrs. M. E. Forte, Mrs. J. L. Guy, Mrs. D. D. Lae, Mrs. Dan Mackey. Mrs. V. T. Mullen, Miss MyrlRast, Mias Cora Richey and Mrs. Herbert L. Spell The program is designed as in terdenominational, Inter - racial and international in scope. Of ferings received are divided be tween home and foreign missions and are used to bring the people of the world to greater commun ion whh each other by supplying their spiritual, educational and two years. The Ihile length cross country Hunter Trials Course adjoining the Springdale Race Track will be the scene this Saturday, Feb. 25, of the Fourteenth Annual Camden Hunt Huhter Trials. With a large number of entries from Columbia and Aiken, as well as St Matthews, Wateree and other parts of the surround ing country, there will be up wards of thirty horses trying their worth as working hunters over this traditional course. This rear the course will include ten ences that wind their way around the overlooking hill on, the prop erty of Mr. Many D. Kirkover, on which the crowd will gather. Under the direction of Mrs. C. DuBose, Jr., Master of Fox- lounds of The Camden Hunt, his will be the first time that he Trials have been held since 1941. They have always been one of the outstanding horse events n Camden since their inaugura tion in 1926, so much so that hunt clubs over the country have writ ten to Camden for rules and ad vice for their own trials. The re newal of the Triab this year has been widely welcomed, and. as indicated by the entries, will be as large and well attended as those of the prewar years. The four scheduled events of the Trials are Lightweight Hunt- era, Children’s Hunters, Middle and Heavyweight Hunters, and Hunt Teams of Three Horses. Of particular interest will be the Hunt Teams Hunt of Hunt, die Camden Junior Drag will represented in their colors. The Camden Hunt Team will consist of three hunters owned by Mr. S. C. Clyburn, Miss Patricia and Mulberry Planta- Camden Junior High contest Sat turday night will bring the tournament finals, with Friday night’s winners playing for the state championship and runner- up, and Friday night’s losers play ing for (he consolation award. The championshrp game is sched uled to begin at 9, and will be ' ‘ by the consolation game, at 8 o’clock. o large, engraved trophies will be presented the tournament winners and the runner-up by the Camden Kiw&nians. Additional awards to be made include a con solation award, 13 gold basket balls for outstanding individual players from any of (he compet- mg teams, a cup for good sports- boys and girls I of the Kiwanis club has arranged to have the girls housed in the mala asm during tneir stay here. Mrs. L. B. Elliott will serve as House Mother. / The Kiwanis committee is com posed of Carl Schlosburg, chair man; Brevard Boykin, George Stewart, Frank Rector, Dave Harter, and Eugene Pearce. According to H. A. Small, Cam den girls’ basketball coach and chairman of the Class AA basket ball committee, every team Out ‘ in last year’s tourna ment Is returning. Among the girls namgd to aB state in last year’s tournament who will re turn this year are* Annie Claire Stephens from Anderson, Minnie Elliott and Mamie Lou Caulder from Camden. Joan Sasser from Conway, another of last year's tournament stars, will also be back in actum. Game officials for the tourna ment will be Jimmie Welch and Johnnie Stokes. Adults will be charged $2 for a season ticket admitting them dents will be charged 75c for the season ticket # Season tickets admitting the bearer to all games are on sale now, and are being sold at $2 for adults, and 75c for students. HoolHi Comntittoo Flans To Spond Pfocoadt On School HoaMi Projects An estimated 600 parents, kids and kid-loners jammed into the Camden Grammar and Junior High school buildings Friday night, Feb 17, to take in the multi-fea tured children's carnival, sponsored by the Grammar School Heath Committee for the purpose of raising funds for school health projects. Committee members report the event was an overwhelming suc cess, both from a financial and from an entertainment stand point Carnival visitors crowded into the Main Show in the audi torium, the side shows, and the food and drink dispensary and when the evening’s fun was over left the health committee with net profit of $385 for project fin ancing. Encouraged by, their success, the parents whd make up the committee met in a business and planning session Tuesday morn- mg, Feb. 21, and outlined a por tion of the program that is to be undertaken immediately with the help of the money earned. Tbe projects approved for im mediate attention bv the commit tee include: (1) Rubber mats for the cafeteria’s kitchen floor, (2) The purchase of manual work material for use by the first grad ers, (3> Mimeograph paper for publishing health bulletins by the School Hurse, Miss Jennie Me- Master ,(4) Reference books for the school health room, . (#) A small electric hot plate and steril izing pen for the health room, and (6) full-length mirrors for (he school rest rooms, to children to take more their appearance. Robinson, charged >tor vehicle'without the t au with on & ven one nhf in using a motor owner’s consent, year in prison i gang. j > Johnny Ealy, charged with bastardy, was sentenced to two years with a stipulation that sen tence would be suspended if the defendant pays $20 a month for a 12 year period to toe com plaining witness. Laney Milton Ballaxd mas given three years after she pleaded guil ty to murder. James I. Ander son, charged with house breaking and larceny had a one year sen tence imposed but was placed oh probation for four years. > Johnnie Knight, charged with non-support, drew a sentence of one year in prison or a fine of $1500 but the sentence was sus pended and he was admitted to probation for five years and or dered to pay $15 a week to the Clerk of Court, the money to be turned over to his ‘ wife, Janie Knight ' Will Stone, charged with as sault of a high and aggravated nature was sentenced to months on the chain gang. nine encourage pridrin Other projects made possible through the carnival are planned for the future. Among these plans is the decision to make the chil dren’s show an annual affair. The Grammar School Health committee is composed of parents with an active interest in their children’s and their school’s wel fare and condition. The group meets on the last Tuesday in each month in each month m the health room. ^ I “Any parent interested in our work and willing to help us with it is more than welcome to join us,” one member of e said this “We i the commit- couraged by the carnival’s cess, and we would like to appreciationtojthe mer- for ranking ft the Would Preserve * . v \ Baruch's Hour The Red Fez (Shrine) Chib of Camden at its last meeting ap pointed a committee composed of George A. Creed, A. Sam Karesh and E. O. Williams to look into the possibility of preserving (he Baruch homestead on North Broad street, now the property of the Firrt Baptist church. It is understood that the plans of the church call for the tearing down of the home at a later date.' The building has been condemned as ywf The Shriners are looking into re possibility of buying the build BaruduJHHH Mr. Baruch was quoted recently as having written that “I have always regretted that I was un able to buy the property as a whole.” He said tnat he did try once but toe owner would not sell all of it in one piece. By the time he could get it all, said, “it had lost much significance to me. “The Baruch of its passing of the landmark, one of the last links with my childhood, does not lessen my in terert in Camden, its people and the state,” he said, “for no matter how long I live, there is always toe memory of a ‘ there ~ “ and ‘ days. ing which Bradley is | _ have struck Amerson in the jaw, Amerson was aide to walk about and talk. The autopsy on Amer son showed that he had suffered a severe brain hemorrhage from a blow near the top of his head. Doctors testified at toe inquest that Amerson* could not have walked or talked after being struck such a Mow. Testimony showed that Amer son went home about 10:30 o’clock and went to bed. When he could not be aroused from an apparent coma on Sunday, he was rushed to the Camden hospital, but was dead before reaching there. According to Magistrate Lang ford, Bradley will have a prelim inary hearing, which may be call ed at any time ten days prior to ‘ ‘ s Juj the opening session. of the June court No Arrests Yet In Stabbing Of Officer Alquist No arrests have yet been made in the case of Police Officer Ern est Alquist, who was stabbed about 4:30 o’clock Tuesday morn ing at the rear of the City Drug Company’s store. Officer Alquist was on his beat checking the alley back of the stores, he says, when he saw a white man apparently trying to in the rear of the drug store." Alquist put his flash, on the man and advanced toward him. He says that as he got almost to the man, the latter seemed to ■e in stumble but did not fall, lunging upward with a knife in his right hand. The knife penetrated fleshy part of the officer’s near the hip. As the man fled. Officer Al quist says he drew his gun and fired at him. The officer then managed to walk to the police booth at the corner of Broad and DeKalb streets. He was rushed to the hospital. te hospi Chief Rush called Columbia and asked that bloodhounds be sent at once. However, the hounds were unable to pick up the traiL Officer Alquist is improving from the stab wounds. He says he did not get a good view of his assailant. , - Cecil Palmer, Noted Briton, Guest of William F. Buckleys Cecil Palmer, noted British au thor and publisher, who win be the speaker at the annual dinner of the South Carolina Press As- tion in Columbia Friday William F. Buckley in -■ -V . pro shivering in raft, and some will pray from the plush seats Clyburn. a tion. iWs of comfort. All will pray for health, for a better life for their children, for relief from life-de stroying war, and for a surer faith that God is in His Heaven and that a better day will dawn.” Collectors’ Club To Hold Annual Dimier On March 1 The firrt annual dinner meet ing of the Camden Collectors’ club to be held at 7:30 p. m. Wed nesday. March 1, at the Hotel Sarsfield is expected to become Drag. Other teams will include one of three hunters owned by Mrs. Georfrji. Beetwkk, while individual entries for the Hunt s been Teams have been made by SSi.^&r“r. p 1RX. c ^ > Thomas M Walter, and Betty Bostejjr. Mrs. The Trials will Jamas Park and Man of Monkton, Md., begin at 2:30 Saturday i In charge of too Hunt one of the outstanding Philatelic events of South Carolina. C. A. Walling of Columbia, well known collector and stamp deal er, will be the speaker for the event It is expected that a dele gation from the Columbia Stamp club win attend the meeting as well as a number of other visi tors from out of the city. Much interest has been aroused by the announcement that there would also be a short exhibition featuring an outstanding collec tion of counterfeit and fake Con federate States stamps by Her man Herat of Shrub Oak, N. Y. This collection has won numer ous prizes at the large national exhibitions and has been loaned by Mr. Herat especially for this mit ~ i Also to be seen will be an exhibition of Camden Covers from Confederate days and before; also a presentation of the stamps issued to date by every country in the world in honor of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Universal Postal Union, the only event to be celebrated by every country in the world. The exhibition will be <■ gen field from 4 to 8 day of the dinner. Reservations for the dinner may be made through Monday. Collectors and others interested in Philately are invited to at tend and it is not required that they be a member of any club. Full information may be obtained from Wm. G. Major, Jr., secretary- treasurer of the Camden organiz ation. Sponsors of the event be Here that it will be most inter esting to anyone having any type of couecting hobby. AT MUNICIPAL MEETOfO Mayor Henry Savage, Jr, chairman of the resolutions com mittee at the meeting of the Mun icipal Association of South Caro lina held in CohunT and Tuesday Rogers mittee. r. ,a and afternoon. Committee is Commander W. Shadnon Heath who is well known in Camden for the work he has done on behalf of Camden Junior Riders. Mrs. R. Arden Lowndes te secretary and the members of the committee are: Betty Bosley,\ Samuel Boykin, \ Mrs. Charles P. _ _ . J^SL Mr. Charles P. DuBoae, Jr~ J. Leonard Gra ham, Cyril R. Harrison, Mrs. Dion T D. Kirkover, John N. Lindsay, R. Arden Lowndes, Mr. and Mrs. Kent Milter, Mrs. Dwight _ Partridge, James L. open reneral public at the Hotel Sars- Sweet, John F. "WalL Jr., Mrs. Thomas M. Waller, Sidney Wat ters, Mrs. David R. Williams and Kate Williams. •Visitors Prom~Afar With the winter traveling sea- ton at its height, U. S. Highway No. 1 brings through Camden every day cars from practically every state of the Union. But two cars, parked side by side on DeKalb street Wedaeeday morn ing drew the particular attention of observers. Bright-colored li cense plates showed one of the two autos had traveled from On tario, Canada, and the other from Puerto Rico. —I ’ < •>. j— Coming Events Friday. February 24 World Day of Prayer ser vice LyHleton Street Metho dist Church. 4 p. as. Saturday. February 25 Hunter's Trials of Camden