Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r - - - Cotton to the Fore at World's Fair I VOft K /OR I 03 fAiR KKIlfllW UN WM l|(S * N (< 3O0TWIR1 A0WC*K ? f IMt A fcCAOIAN QBOWtB1 * A * SfOMto?u ?> %* 0' A*(*U(AN N,u Alt TMlAfV*KAh JOOA Cotton Mooring. hm welcome to tired fool an thick ruga. ami much more practical. In to be one example of neveral new iihoh for cotton exhibited In the Southern Htatoa auction of the Court of Statea at the New York World'a Fair 1939. Thla ahould be good news to prospective vialtora. Ami thoae vialtora can look forward to aeolng a email alze city at the Fair, with 45 mllea of aldowalka and 17 mllea of roadwaya which required 207,000 tone of pavmaterial The people of the South will have the opportunity of a pre view of the entire Fair -in diorama form, animated with light, color and movement. wbeji the New York World'a Fair 1939 Pre-View on Whoela and Southern Motorcade, ofllolally approved by the New York World'a Fair and aponaored by the dlatrlbutora of Arcadian Nitrate, the American Soda, goea on tour through the South. Now York, depicted In a dloruuia nearly a city block In length and taller than u three etory building; In to be one of the dramatic exhibIth at the Fair, and will preaent the entire City of New York both above and below ground. The diorama form of presentation In use at the Fair and In the traveling exhibit la one of the many waya of bringing the Fair's marvela graphically before the pcu^iu. Santa Claus Letters Camden. S. C.. Dec. 9. I)oar Santa Clans: I have been a good girl this year. Please bring m a little dy-dee doll, a table and cha r , a big tea set. and a pair of riding i,an? I will leave you some cake n(i vi*11w I hope I am not sskiiiH foTtoo much. I "haven't any brothers or sisters but please be good to all the other lttle children. With lots of love, Katlna Heleos. Kershaw, S. C.. Dec 6. Dear Santa Clkus: 1 am a little b?.v almost three years old. I ve tried to he good so you would bring me some nice new toys. 1 want a big t r icycle and a cowboy suit, some nuts. mils. candy and firecrackers I have a little brother. Charles, who wants you to remember him. l^ots 'W love. .Timmie McGulrt Camden, Dec. 19 Dear Santa: 1 am a little boy live years old. I have tried to bo a very good boy this year so you would bi lug me what 1 ask for Please bring mo a wagon, fruits, nuts ami candy. a?, not asking for much, because I know that there are many other l t,1.. boys and girls that you have to bring toys to. I bank you. Dots of love. (Meatus Godwin. Camden. Dec. 15 Dear St. Nicholas: 1 am a little girl six years old. Just begun going to school 1 want you to bring me a tea set, mouth organ, rruits nuts and candv My little brother. Joe 1 homas |,a,iwo years old. He wants a wagon a ball. fruiU, nuts and candy. jUoa^ old Santa, look In the cupbo|?rd and get your supper. Merry Christmas and a happy new year. Bonnie Sue Mat shall Camden. Dec. 19 Dear Santa: I am a llttlo girl seven wars old and I am In the second urade Miss Phelps is my teacher .111 -.lie is good. Please don t fot get her Please bring me a doll with a bin.- coat and a blue bonne ? white dress She I* " (1 )lK h<MUU.t is frlllv round the edges sle . v.., v pretty A rooking set Vkltu i .vvt^ \ largo cedar chest mixing bow x "? u ? miiii.m lot lies for my dolly. UhP bVow n ? loth rantag-a "t ? And If >ou can bring ..... \ l,i. i. l, ..No Please try and ;isi, b'.vy, and girls 1 wish you mi. -A Plni-omas attd a happy lew Martha Arrant j ItHlnni-'. Dec. 20 1 tear Santa Plans I atn a 1'" bov three vc;irs Old I want you , ,,b'.ase bring me an ambulsno ; * mouth organ, a dump truck and . ilnllti nuts and candy I am uym, t,, be a a very good little boy. Your little friend. Johnny McGotigan Bethune. Dec. 20 Dear Santa Clans:- I am a little boy five years old. 1 want you to pll!?. bri..R ? 'JszUlS; o" i v have some tl reworks also I u a at remember all the little boys and gir.a, Your little frieiuW Baron Hey ward McGougau ; Dugoff- Dec. 1H ??? ? ar?.n| still UVf on I?>" .> kSi; ID . D- ' ' " ' .. ' .'hh:.h.V' la-'a'l , , | I . i: n : i .. . . ... - . v titer. - ;;. x ml : i " i> t i 1 ' : _ w : s .in. , . . T . r..v imf " something M> : ' ' . ' ? is in the third end- oi l a i.vvs a deck ?>i o.d aiai < f-nit nreworks and < and. Your friend ^ y Camden. !> '< It ^Twant.Two.Td "ike a l? 8?t (china). 1 have two little baby brothers Please bring little Sidney different color chains, a Jumping Jack and anything that you havo that you want little Sidney to have. Bring little Thornton a rattler, an apron with long sleeves and anything that ho would like to have. Thank you Ann Zemp (age 6 years) Camden, S. C. Mackey Street Dear Santa Clans: Please bring me a pair of riding pants, a typewriter and a doll. With love from Margorie Ann Waters Westvllle, Dee. 3. l>iar Santa: My name Is Itebecca Young. I am eigtit years old and my address is Westvllle. 1 go to school and 1 am in the third grade. I promise to be good because 1 ki?ow that you always remember good children on t'hristmas. Now Santa 1 shall tell you the toys I want. 1 want a rubber doll that wuU. that sleeps, that cries and drinks, and also her clothes. I want a new Scottlo dog. A blackboard eraser and chalk and crayons too, baseketball, some fruit and candy and nuts. Now, Santa, my little sister cannot writo so she asked me to write down what she wants. She is 4 years old and iter name is Bobby Jean Young. She do not go to school. She wants a doll, a tricycle, a glddap horse. Wants a new musical top, all rubber farm set, and she wants a pair of bedroom slippers, and she wants some fruits and nuts and candy also. Your little friends Itebecca Young, Bobby Jean Young Camden, Dec. 7 Dear Did Santa: I am a little girl almost seven years old?will be right after I vou come to see me. My birthday is December 31 1 am in the first grade at school, and my teacher's name is Mrs. Miljs. She is good too. 1 want you to bring me a Betsy-Wetsy doll, a blanket to go around It, so It won't get cold, a "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" 'book, a tea set, some nuts, rrult and fireworks. Remembor all the other little children, too. One of your little friends Fuyo HinHon Camden. Dec. 7 Dear Santa Claus: How are you getting along these cold days? Is it as cold at the North Bole as it Is here? I am a littlo boy seven months old. But sister wrote this as I can't write. But anywnv I want you to bring me a rattler, a pacifier, a little teddy bear to gnaw ...n us I am cutting teeth, although 1 don't have hut one so far You can also bring me a i.d sinker if you want to. Well, i | | will e|r"o- and wiit i?e crawling j iin.h r tit" Christmas tree Christmas morning to get what I have just named. J.ols .,f |..vr m you |,ilt|<> .lekn I hinell j S.iltlH la 11 ? I a.*nt *1..II ,. i.?1 j i I, ell h.i :r . I >1 a I i s- I ami I ..hie j I ., p.ill f -.i.C" > l ml .In.Ill W .III'." i it 'll ami ( Inch h..it ami a ! a s.-t atul !' l * w.in'f a 1 .olb.ill ., ,1 .( . .11 1 M .1 1.. : > .1 I...V >f ?.*iri|v. fir ft KT'ttcr M-nttts n of r-nru+r.-j . | . i ' .. 11 1 I: >' h ! \v ill'- i I \ .! tile, <t-i' i\er~ And gramitatin r want- r; y .a. <|. lite. gal. B .: 1> i: a lb mn an Dear Santa (":aus I air. a lift I - gl 1 ' oles. n y.-ais old I am in it..- fifth grade I | ,.t i h.- ('a nnb n s. honi I want you to I bring in. a b!a< kboard, typewrit r. some 'jigsaw puzzles, a pair <?f socks, some | i fruits. nuts, candy and Mr. works My j address is 1007 Mill street, so don't pass | by my house when you make your round. Remember the little girls and boys all over the world l.ovc tr> you Betty Hinson ' i'anoli a. 1 ice. 11 Dear Santa clan- I am a little g rl 1 in the second grade I want you to i bring in., a buttercup doll with her I clothes a doll bed, a bingo set and a f pair of ri'ling panls Ton must look oil the mantle ami I will ieuvc something for vou I have been a very good littlo gnl all the year Your little friend Betty June Massebeau 'j Cam b r.. I)n 11 l?e'ar Santa t'latis How are you? Fine i I Imp. Will y oil please I.ring nie a pump ,, , ; Jb- and a football f.r ('hristn.as f vvi., lie.ok s -ii %* rv much I hop'* you i 1 a 1. | . T. -r (I! 'I" '("r llMIe girls I d ' 1 l* lli W ' h 1"\ Y'"ir frler.d .1 u n i >r Dee . ..... l.i.ng a h >. r ! i In s. a . . , , i i ,d i.g pants, _ a !. i. : r a g ood v. g ' . M* ,? Christ-1 .N.v? y.-,- * I v * - V* r ' \ \k .. ,,ii a\f.b?*AU f __ I i n 11 i I a.n. a 1 Cm girl .. ; .. .. t ; .v.o.. \?u to V:Tns ! . * i f - - "in *iin.i< Also any- j ; ;". k i would ilk.- i haV'S j.; f: .;ts ..id nuts t?? ? 1 lop- , AI a a y - y on r f r nd R.fbt.v C.n.. Mass* beau i Some gasoline trucks have drag-, ' gin.; . ! ..T.ns to free I he trucks from [ stntip electricity attracted by moving I'rhjects and objects subject to frici j t ion The chains ground any clectrici^ity thus generated. C ^ , Cotton Price Outlook Not Very Promising Clumsou, Dec. 17?Uitluxa the world supply ot option Is reduced much more than now seems probable or the demand picks up much more than now seems likely, any substantial rise In the price of cotton during the next cotton marketing year appears to be quite unlikely, says O. M. Clark, extension economist, tu speaking of the agricultural outlook for 1939. Discussing cotton supply and consumption data on which he bases this cocluslou Mr. Clark says: The world supply of American cot- . ton Is for the current season about 25.7 million bales. A normal supply would be about 18 million bales. The world supply of all cottou Is now estimated to be about 51.4 million bules. This Is the largest on record and nearly a third larger than the average conclusion Mr. Clark saye: The world consumption of American cotton last season was slightly less than 11 million bales. It is expected that the consumption during the present snasop will be no less and may' be somewhat greater than that of last season. It seems likely that the consumption of foreign cottons this season will be about the same as that of last season. If the consumption of American cotton this season Is the same as that of last season the carry-over at the end of the present cotton marketing year will be at the record level of more than 14.5 million bales. Even ir consumption during the present season should snow a substantial im tease over that of last season,*the carryover at the end of the present year will still be unusually large. The cotton aeroage allotment for 1939 will be about the same as that of 1930. If the acreage planted to cotton In this country in 1939 Is the same as that planted in 1938 and the yield Is about the same as the average for the past live'--years, the production will be approximately 11.5 million bales. MERIT SYSTEM GOVERNS MORE MISSOURI JOB8 Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 26.?Civil service, in one form or another, has taken a foothold on Missouri's stuto government. Governor Lloyd C. Stark, a business man who promised a "businesslike" administration, prefers not to call what has happened "civil service." He prefers "merit system." But regardless of the name, politicians who survive through patronage, are opposed to Missouri's own new deal and have carried their fight to the state supreme court. They received their most recent set back when the high tribunal ruled that the nonpartisan conservation commission had the power to make its own regulations regardless of statutes passed by the legislature setting the fish and game seasons. Earlier the court had ruled that the commission had the power to go outside the state to hire experts. As a result, the commission chose Irwin T. Bode of the United States biological survey, as director. The commission was established by a constitutional amendment arter sportsmen conducted -a successful campaign to take "politics out of the fish and game regulatory business." The commission*replaced the old game and fish department. Continuing the merit system, the conservation agents (formerly game and fish wardens) were chosen by a non-partisan board after competitive . i.limitations. '1 he last legislature decided that Missouri's antiquated parole system was involved too deeply in politics. A parole boaid was provided It v. as authorized to employ atents to guide reie;i;?ed piisoiiers. These agents were i It..-' it >1111 11 > ert a non-part is.ui basis rtiiel' taslOg S.itt eX?4U4 in?44.ion?-i. i: wa> i-epori'-d ieliabl> that several .stato senators. a< < ustomed to naming their friends when new jobs -were created, tried with no success to dlct.i'e to the parole board regarding appointees Largest group under civil service In Missouri is the unemployment compensation commission. They recently took tests which a large number of the temporary, politically?appointed employes flunked. A charge was made that the examinations were unfair but the results have stood. The merit system got Its start In tliis stato when the legislature In 1931 created the state highway patrol. Membership has been divided equally between Democrats and Republicans but the personnel has remained on a high level because of the difficult mental and physical tests (andidates are required to pass Competence generally lias been rewarded at the slate public service commission. Most administrations ,,,- ,i i?i.11'*d euc,a*1 s. a u 'I? .>rs and others in te? Initi al por-iuoi:-, whose work h;e been s.?' i-Lrtu.y. i- ;ardless , of tlieir politics. Governor Sui k t- "d t ' would inaugurate a tn -r.t s>s'i m at ho penal Institutions but some ot.s,-. .ers believe his wholesale disnu-sal of prison personnel during the height of the priI mar) eampalcn did little to ae. omplish his purpose. t ^ Streamlining is no new 4;scovery. .As early as 4" > ears aito, French and ! English railroads fitted their automo| biles with V- and conical shaped wlndicleavlng devices. 1 i; Society News From Camden's Winter Colony Visitors, together with school and college students, havo booh urrlvl"f steadily throughout the week ami uumerous fostlvltlos In tho form of dove drives, lunches, dinners and dances have been planned for ?*em- f Mr and Mrs. J. 1- A. letter, or New York and Aiken, were tBe guests of Mr and Mrs A. K. Illakeney on Friday at their home on Fair street. Mrs W. 8. Kalusford, of Garrison, N Y gave a luncheon on Friday In honor of her guest, Mrs. Kobert W. Pomuroy, of Bedford llllls, N. Y. Mrs. Pomeroy departed later for New York. * ? ? - *s? ? Mrs J Leonard Graham entertained at dinner on Friday at her home, "viri James Howard Dews, of Blue Hill. Maine, wus hostess at a dUiner on Saturday, December 1?, at Mostly Hli'rs. Campbell Steward, of Goshen, N Y., gave a luncheon on Thursday ut l Brovurd place. Mr. and Mrs. T. McKee Graham, of Sewickley. Pa., entertained at lunch on Sunday at 1 In? Tree Hill. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Weeks, of Southampton, L. I., gave a lunch the same day at Bloomsbury in honor of their guest, William Beebe, of New York. Mr and Mrs. C. P. DuBose. Jr., gave a tea after the polo game Huuda\il.sa Helen Harraan. of Plalnafleld, N J was hostess to a luncheon party at her home. Dufflelds. on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Rhodes of Vineyard Haven, Mass.. entertained at dinner the same day. Mr and Mrs. L>. Walter Mabee, of Saratoga. N. Y? gave a dinner on Wednesday at their home on Lyttleton street. ?,k? Rodney S. Jarvls, of New York, who has been the guest of Captain and Mrs. Dwight Partridge, at b rogden, has departed for New York Arthur Whitney, of Garden City, L,. I., and Dr. J. Dodge Peters of New York, recent guests at The Kirk wood, also departed for New York 1 hey will return Immediately after the hoild t)rd and Mrs. John Vietor, of New York, are in residency for the season at Sunnv Hill. Mr and Mrs. Bruce Ryan and rain11 y have arrived to pass the holidays with Mrs. Ryan's mother. Mrs. J. L. Weeks at Bloomsbury. Mr. and Mrs. Weeks' are giving their customary egg-nog party on Christmas day. William Beebe. of New Y?rkl a"J John Kirklaud Weeks, of Southun Pines, have departed after a short visit at Bloomsbury. Mr. and Mrs. Ebon Knowlton, of New York, guests of Mr. and Mrs. VV. I, Wright, have departed for N e York. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Elder, of Pleasantville. N. Y., have Repartee after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. W ^ Nettles, Jr., at their home on Mill " Mr!* and Mrs. W. F Buckley, of Sharon. Conn., guests of Miss Olive Whittredge. departed today. Stephen Robinson has arrived from Lawrencevllle School to spend the holidays with his mothy? J^J1. Robinson. Newton and McK?? kin have also arrived from Augusta Military Academy for the hol,da>8 Beech wood, the home ? the'r moJ er. Mrs. Newton C. Boy kin. J. Leonard Graham has arrived from Choate School and Is spending the holidays with his mother. Mrs. J. Leonard Graham, at Happy Hill. John L. Steward, of New York, is visiting his mother. Mrs. CampbeH Steward, at 1 Brevard -Place. Miss Beltv Blanchard. of Uwrence, L. ., is passing the holidays with her mother. Mrs. Charles G M?Her. Mr and Mrs. H. V. Colt, of Gene-, Jr N Y . will-occupy the Carpenter House on January 1 for the remainder of the "Seftn&n. it? Guests of Mr. and Mrs. David R., Williams, at Mulberry, are John and, loan Hill, of New York, and t.hai lea, F'int Jr. of Tulsa. Oklahoma. DavidK Williams. Jr. is also home from. Culver" Military Academy lie n jam in W. Heath will give a ea, dao.e tor the younger set on Friday, at the Corral, the new club room at the Court Inn Richard Blackwell, Bo> kin is giving a large b,rlbda> ty at the same place on Satui day. Recent guests a. the Hobkirk include Mrs. Marion duPont Scott .Carrol k. Bassett and E. F. Conklin, all of Montpeller Station, Virginia. Arrivals at the Court Inn during ihe past week are Miss Emma L Adams North Truro, Cape Cod. Mass., Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Griffiths and son. of Minneapolis. Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Burns^New haven Conn_, P G Wentwort)/ Mr. and Mrs. A. D Burbank, and C. H. Dllamater, all of New York; F H ?^amm?l. of ^hVis?torehlat The Klrkwood Include Mr and Mrs. Murt Coogan. Ey-ton. Pa ; John and Jaines Buckley, ? ron. Conn , and Mr. and Mrs Audrey Barnes, of South Egremont, Mass. The Town and Country teams the Camden Volo club are playing the s.-cond match of the D.e*ln?fi ?U? ;! ries on Monday. December 26. i bers of the club will go to Fort Bragg.. X C . on Sunday. January *. to pla> the officer's team of that Army P?3^A return match will be played in Camden on Sunday. January -2. ; The Joint-Masters of the Camden Hum'< !.,b. Mr. I>wlKlit I'urlrl<lB?. of _ r-f?t Harrington, Mass., and Mrs Da Hd It Williams, of Tulsa. Ok., have arruneod fur .h? ofliclal oprnIt.* Me<*t to take place on Monday. Dec ember 26. Most of the members of the Hunt are now In residcrtve and a large field is expected to tufti out _ at the Kennels at 16 o'clock. j It is estimated that It is 300 per j cent safer to fly in 1938 than It was in 1930. The airline ratio Is one fa-; tal adcldent to every twelve million! mllM of flyin*.. I Rule Changes In Legion Baseball The December issue of "The National Legionaire" carries the announcement by Homer L. Chaillaux, director of National Americanism. Commission, that plans are already under way for the 1939 American Legion Junior Baseball soason. "The most important change in the rules for 1939 is that each boy enrolling must present a certified copy of his birth certificate or record from the department of health proving date of birth. In the past years players were permitted to use, where birth certificates were not available, school record age or baptismal certificates, but the use of these two methods of proof of date of birth brought forth many protests throughout the country. The attention of every post athletic officer is drawn to this change in the rules requiring birth certificates or records from the department of health. "The second important change in the rules is the increase in the age limit of boys 'participating. Three months have ben added to the age requirment for players. In other words, a boy born prior to midnight January 1, 1922, will not be eligiblo to play. A boy born in 1922 or thereafter is eligible under the new rule. "The 1939 Junior Baseball handbook, which will contain all of the rules governing the coming season's play, and which will give helpful information to department and post athletic committees, will be distributed to department adjutants prior to the fifteenth of January, 1939. These will be redistributed to all posts in the nation in sufficient time to get an early start in the promotion of the year's program." His Worst Job -"How glorious it is to be engaged in a purely intellectual occupation," murmured a girl,/gazing rapturously into the eyes of the editor. "Your own mental faculties for tools, and the whole universe for a workshop. Now tell me." she added?"what do you find the most difficult thing connected with your noble profession?" "Paying the staff." rejoined the editor.?Montreal Star. A San Francisco man, aged 27, is able to see today, as the result of hay. Ing the cornea of the eye of a wur* dorer, executed in Salt Lake City, Utah, only a few days ago, grafted in. to one of his blind eyes. After being shot to death by a firing squad, the Air ^ n a # * V? a a A?t /) A W n *\/l % ?*??a?. ?. ? .. co ui vuo vvauvui?fvu u?ut uu**vi noiq immediately sent to the S^n Francisco surgeon for grafting into the eye of the blind man. 1 V Christmas Holiday Excursion Fares SPEND CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS AT HOME t Vic per mile ROUND TRIP for each mile traveled (Good in Coaches Only) S 2 V4C per mile ROUND TRIP for each mile traveled (Good In Sleeping and Parlor Cars on payment of proper charges for apace occupied) *S . Tickets on sale daily 1 pecember IO to January t inclusive. Return Limit January 10t 1939 LOW HOLIDAY FARES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO DESTINATIONS IN THE EAST, NORTH, WEST AND SOUTHWEST V '* v - - t - ? Purchase Railway and Pullman Tickets in advance. ? Baggage will be checked. Stopovers allowed. Air-Conditioned Sleeping Cars, Dining Cars and Coaches on through train# TRAVEL BY TRAIN J SAFE COMFORTABLE ECONOMICAL Consult Ticket Agents J. T. COBB, Division Passenger Agent, Columbia, S. C. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM _ STATE THEATRE KERSHAW, S. C. FRIDAY, DEC. 23 "ARMY GIRL" With Madge Bvans Preston Foster SATURDAY, DEC. 24 j "THUNDER IN THE DESERT" With Bob Steele Late Show?10:30 P. M. "TIME OUT FOR MURDER" With Gloria Stuart Michael Whalen MONDAY and TUESDAY \ DECEMBER 26?27 "FOUR DAUGHTERS" I With Lane Sisters j WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28 "KENTUCKY MOONSHINE" With Ritz Brothers j Tony Martin Marjorie Weaver THURSDAY and FRIDAY DECEMBER 29?30 "ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND" With Tyrone Power?Alice Faye ADMISSION: | Matinee, 20c; Night, 25c. Children 10c any time. 'nnwwaiMMW??w??umvummmm?? *???'?? CHRISTMAS FARES \ _ 1 \2 cents per mile in coaches and 2V2 cents in ^ Sleeping and Parlor Cars, in Southeast. Tickets on sale December 10th to January 1st inclusive with final limit returning January 10th, 1939. Reduced Holiday Fares to points in the East, North, West and Southwestern territory. Following are a few examples of fares applying from Camden, S. C.: To:? Coach Fares Unrestricted Fares New York, N. Y $23.00 $32.15 Philadelphia, Pa 19.40 27.25 Baltimore, Md 15.60 22.15 j Washington, D. C 14.05 20.05' Portsmouth, Va 10.35 15.55 Richmond, Va. 9.85 14.80 Jacksonville, Fla 10.50 15.60 Tampa, Fla 16.90 25.15 St. Petersburg, Fla 18.00 26.85 Miami, Fla 21.55 32.10 DeLuxe Individual Seat Reclining Chair Coaches and , Pullmans?All Completely Air-Conditioned. For Information Apply J. L. CARTER, D. P. A. Arcede Eullding Columbia, 8. C. _ x SEABOARD, RAILWAY