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Year Made Meeting At McBee u;|b' ■or Past YaorW«sOr«r 1500^00 ret »»lee of Th« ipsny were f70,986,000 949, compiuped to • high <rf ,* 80> 2f* ) f! 9 ^ [8, aceording to the an si report released to stocfc- fden, today by H. R. Lane, Went of the cotton ter- and surgical dressing Inufacturinr, .<L°* € *L™ ich operates 18 domestic foreign plants, including Wateree Mfll at Cam- against earnlns* c& fSJlMOO fHnfl *+ th *' g*d »an «v«r«fl« «f •boot 220 W i5j a total annual payroll $500,000. „ . compl«tl° n ,or • PfOtr*" Bd In 1*« a P 0 ^ 0 "^ 0 ! ,e property wao fneorporaUd the Cemden City HmIU. Bt* and utllltlaa In tWa aroa donated to the City. During I ye>r « program of powr dr- and switchroom modamlxatlon fouracVe park altt locatad Pine Tree school ¥ lie City of Cam dsn. 1948 Dividend payment* tor holders in 1949 were fl,891,- jjring the year, the company ft more than 13,000,000 on plant ernization and new conatruo- The company's Oakland Mfll Jewberry, waa modernised and Lw plant for the company's Can- subsidiary, Is now nearing plction in Toronto, Ontario. Itional facilities were constmet- Charlotte, N. C„ for the Ken- Mills Grey Division juul in ewood, N. J., for the com- 7t with repreaentattves of CMIhgn and. tha Soil Coo- mat Tuesday and at the Me te illarusa soil At this oonAnoon nartlonlar emphasis waa gtraa to the prepemr Hon at the SMI Qm»ervatk>n Din- trict them plan and the importance of Vooatlbnml Agricultural teachers la the Soil Conservation program. On the first dhy of Hie confer- eaee particular ratphasis waa gtroa to land' use capabilities .as used in the Pee Dee Soil Conservation (Petrlct. On thp second afternoon the group prepared!» tHatrict Cana plan, ton the fann of lSr. J, I. Moore near McBee. The diacaasion was led By Mr: O. L. Hanson of the Soil Conservation Service stationed at Chsaterfl&la. Others on the pro gram included Mr. W. E. Core, District Supervisor of Agricultural Education, Columbia, and Mr. W. C. Bowen of the. Department of Education at Clemson College. Mr. J. L Moore^ oat whoae farm the Soil Conservation District plan was prepared, also entered into the dis cussion: Ofhers present at the con ference were J. L. Talley, Baron DeKalb High school; H. A. Small, Beaton With n, mm ■amden Tni QMton. aged in * the past work of a re in Columbia, and IB yuan with the and Service of that city, has become woeiated with the Clarkson Sup ply company of this city as an oat- aide- laieeman and aerrice expert Mr. Deaton specialises in Gen eva! Electric appliances and will give all of hi* time to the aula <Jf ths O E appliances and the oerrielng of all installation, past and future.' v Mrs. Deaton Is the former tioria Trueodale, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George R. TTueadale of Baron DeKalb. TJiegr wQl make their home In Camden, haring rented an apartment on Broad street Sulphur and salt, 99 per cent pore,, arm found in. Louisiana. Black dlrlaibn. In December, lt4P* the company prepaid the balance of its par cent serial notes than outstand ing ia dm principal amount of ISOOjOOO and due #§rially in the cs 19604962./The company’s funded ihbt nodr consists of $3,- 690^000 of cant sinking fond debenture*" due June 1, 1960. The first fixed semi-annual payment of $100,600 ia due in November, 1967. Ia 1946i the company’s Research and Development departments con tinued development of new prod ucts and the improvement of estab lished products and processing techniques. The company’s Ken dall Mills Finishing division has been operating an experimental pilot plant for the prodaction of a new non-woven felt-like cotton fabric. New full-scale production facilities for this product were completed during the year. In ad dition, development .of preseure- sensfilve adhesives at the Bauer ft Black division has continued and Is -making possible broader Indus trial application and mi pension of sales outlets. During the year the company organised a separate Blue-Jay Products division to distribute the foot paodneta Mae formerly mereh- andized through the Bauer ft Black division. Commenting on the outlook for this year, Mr. Lane stated that the company started the year with a substantial backlog of orders at satisfactory pricee. As a result he looked for a high level output for the flikt quarter and probably for the first half year., lie anileipated greater stability ia sales and pro duction for the year as a whole, than was experienced in 1649 Camden High schorl; C. C. Jack-' son. Antioch High school. Also F. B. Stanton, Midway High school; W.‘D. Crapps, Blaney High school; T. K. Watts, Bethune High school; H. L. Snipes, Cheraw High school; W. E. Jordan, Chesterfield High school; E. W. McCrelght, Ruby High school; E. J. Corley, P&geland High school. A. L. Llnd- ler, Jefferson High school; E. B. Earle, McBee High school, and G. <3. Truesdale, ML PlSgah High school. Fred Thompson and W. L Colburn of the Soil Conservation Service, and Messrs. Herbert and Joe Gardner, who are neighbors of * . i Mr. Moore and also District co- operators, attended the conference, MAN WHO CLAIMS TO BE JESSE 5D CAMDEN ONCE Camden theater path)ns, particularly those who were wont to attend the Halclar theater, recall that several yean ago a hard-bitten old man wlio claimed to be near ing the 100 year mark in age, who sported a flowing white mane of hair and drooping handle bar mustache, made his appearance on the stage, claiming to be the old-time bandit Jesse James. that hs be declared the legendary Jasse James. . Dalton who recently suffered a broken hip, said he was 102 years of age. He caressed a white-han- This oM man, remarkably agile for his alleged years, mads brief appearances before the theater goers daring thq several days ha waa hare and related many inci dents of the Jesse James activities daring the heyday of that legen- The promoter of the show who hailed to Missouri had much docmfceatary evidence to support his claim and there were many who attended the shows who felt they were looking upon the real Jssse. The show was accompanied by s lobby display that featured an embalmed man In a wooden box shaped like a casket, also some weird pictures of- the gun-battling days. / The alleged Jesse James was traveling under the name of Dal ton, Frank being his first name. Dalton’s appearance la Camden was only a matter of s few short years ago but the occasion wUl bo recalled in view of developments of the past several days at Union. (Mo. There Dalton appeared before Judge Ransom B. Brener and asked sty blanket ho had p as ho lay on a stretcher. Ho also carried with him a battered coffee can which ho used as a cuspidor. " , When the proceedings wore over Dalton was carried'back to his Mg csvo in the Missouri Osarks whore ho has lived for some years. He left the court room with the words of the Judge ringing in his oars when the court said; “If this gentleman has never changed his name by law, he stUl bears tbs name which he was christened. If he Is Jelse James I suggest he return to his hide out and ask forgiveness of the good Lord. If ho is not, ho has tried 16 perpetuate a fraud upon this court Wo lovo Missouri and Mis souri people but the criminal con- FAMOUS GARDENS' MAGNOLIA o CYPRESS o MIDDLETON * Now In Full Bloom Buy Our Combination Ticket. 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