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STATE THEATRE KERSHAW, S. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 3 "ALWAYS IN TROUBLE" With Juno Wit 1mm h Jean Rogers SATURDAY, MARCH 4 "OVERLAND STAGE RAIDERS" With "Three MoBquiteers" Late Show?10:30 P. M. "TENTH AVENUE KID" With Bruce Cabot?-Beverly/ Roberta MONDAY and TUESDAY MARCH 6?7 "MEN WITH WINGS" With Fred Mat-Murray ?Ray Mllland WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8 "WOMAN DOCTOR" With Prelda Inmtcort?Sybil Juaon , THURSDAY, MARCH 9 "DIVORCE OF LADY X" With Merle Oberon?IMnnie Barua ADM I88ION: Matinee, 20cJ Night, 25?. Children 10c any tlma. MATHER ACADEMY TO ENTER SIXTH ANNUAL E88AY CONTEST Mather Academy high achool Btudenta will enter the sixth annual essay contest on tuberculosis which Is being conducted between February 15 and March 1 under the supervision of Cameron St. C. Guild, M. I)., director of the negro program of the National tuberculosis association. Miss I.ula B. Bryan, principal of Mather Academy, says that writing the essay each year Is considered a requirement muu that In 1937 one of the Mather students was a prize winner. Preparation for writing essays will be under the direction of teachers In the science and English departments. This year's subject Is "What I Told Them." The line of thought Is to center around what a well Informed negro high school student can tell a family about tuberculosis in case a visit is made to the home of a neighbor or relative where there Is a case of tuberculosis and instructions are not being followed because of a tendency to believe In "sure cures," patent medicines and that once a person gets tuberculosis, death Is Inevitable. There continues to bo a growing Interest among the Kershaw county negro population both In the tuberculosis program and in the. Christmas Seal Sale. The latest figures on the 1938 Christmas Seal Sale show that the negroes of this county have reported $156.58 and In every part of tli?< county an effort is being made to bring this amount up to $176 44 so that Kershaw county will have the distinction of being mentioned in data going out from the offices of tho South Carolina Tuberculosis Association among those counties In which tho Seal Sale among the negro population is at least one cent per capita To date there are only five counties in this class following the 1938 Christmas Seal Sale?Charleston, Chester, Darlington, Florence and Richland. New LOW COACH FARES Effective January 15th Example fares from Camden, S. C. New York $12.62 Philadelphia 10.37 Baltimore 8.00 Washington .... 7.05 Portsmouth 5.20 Richmond 4.95 Jacksonville 5.25 Tampa 8.45 St. Petersburg 9.00 West Palm Beach .... 9.75 Miami 10.80 Watch for the announcement of tho "Silver Meteor" Streamlined Stalnlega Steel Coach Train. J. L. CARTER, D. P. A. Arcade Building, Columbia, S. C. Between You and Me (By THE SKIPPER) We applaud tilt' action of tin* Cam den postmaster In seeking official invest IgatIon to disclose the identity of (ho anonymous letter writer or filters who have been using the mall to uhhuuIi various individuals In ( atndeii The anonymous letter writer la the most despicable and cowardly snake in the world And It Is our earnest hope that Cm Ih Sain will be able to ferret out the offender In Camden and make an example of the party in question. In our career as u newspaper reporter and editor wo have had many cases of broken homes, friendships of many years standing shattered, business associations wrecked and many other tragedies due to the filthy underhand tactics of the skunk who Is afraid to sign his or her name to an epistle sent through the mall. The Individual who skulks behind anonymity Is the type that will stab his best friend In the back. # Well, the season goes on and already the finish line for the 1938-1939 winter season Is In sight. Dive weeks more und the winter colonists and the tourist* will be heading north. Right now we ure hoping for a long continued Bpell of dry weather In* order that the baseball plant can bo made shipshape for the Syracuse Chiefs. We take off our hatB to Jack Nettles, John Vlllepigue, Clarkson Rhagie, Dlako Zerap and all the rest of the boys who have been camping right on the Job trying to build a baseball plant under the moBt trying condi*Sgs No nijitter what th6 outcomo may be, we hand it to Jack and his lads for their pluck and perseverance. We have Just closed a contract that will put Camden on one of the most important north and south trunk highways? with plenty of ballyhoo and strip map stuff. You'll hear the story later. We would suggest to everyone who reads this column to plan right now to attend the Carolina Cup races on April 1, at the Sprlngdale course. In all frankness and sincerity we tell you the program this year, weather permitting, will be the most outstanding In the history of the sport here or anywhere else in the southland. # Well, after those several serious explosions we will take a whirl at a little comedy (perhaps). When a girl looks backward, she may be followed by a man who is forward. p Thought you might be interested In knowing that Chicago. Detroit, Cleveland. Minneapolis, Pittsburg. Duluth. Madison. Charleston. Atlanta and Tampa are all towns in Kansas. * Our thinkagram for this week "A brain is only as strong as its weakest t hink." No! Not a Member No, she's not an active member She's never a thing to say While we exchange our gossip She Just sits and plays away. t t t This community sure was all hot up Saturday evening when an effort was made to stage a robbery at the Kirkwood hotel The developments in the affair, related in the news columns of this paper, certainly reflected credit upon Manager Milt Smith and bell captain William Gamble of the Kirkwood and upon the speed and dispatch with which chief of police Alva Ku-h and <h riff .1 H M> Rood acted ivti'ii tie- alarm was given. Tin- uni\ "? ?! chant these days is Rain. Rain. Go Away Speaking of basketball. we note with a great d-al of satisfaction that a puwiflal Marquette university cage - piad is the a< know'.edged national ? oileciate champs, aft- r giving the famous Notre Datne five a territlc lacing in ! wo garnet*, after Notre Dame 1 had applied the poison to the big shot teams up around New \ ork Didst you see the conference battles over in the South Carolina field ^ house last Saturday night . If it had not been for that Maryland group the evening would have been as exciting as a sewing circle We would suggest to Kddie Cantor that he sign up the chap who gave the blow by blow descriptions of the fight over t lie radio Wow, it was something to write home about. His hair raising bellow of how "Covington reaches out with that long left and flicked Covington on the Jaw" wan but one of many sensational features in which the boy back of the mike had the boxers clouting themselves What a gang of arrobats or mebbe it was Just shadow boxing. Well folks. Camden has done gone -and grabbed off a state championship and it was the basketball gals of the high school that did the business * Which causes us to arise, address the chair and humbly suggest that ire 'una do something to show our appreciation of the securing of the first Class A title gathered Into the local Nobody's Business wri,,9BMcSu;,s:pKurboi,.,oiJMb' OOINQ UP WUvu you smoke a cigarette, don't forget that you puff 2 puffs of taxes for every single puff of tobacco. NVben you mast lea to plug tbbacco, every other smack of your jaws Is taxes. When you dip Htiuff. you dip 2 dips of snuff to one dip of taxes. You really have something there. Every time you ride a mile in your V-s installment plan, assuming that you get the 20 in. p. g that they claim. 45 per cent of your money (which you wasted to ride that mile we are talking about) went for tuxes and the 66 percent really bought tho gas. ..The average legislator thinks when he putB a tax on an Insurance company or a power company or a telephone company or an oil company or a tobacco manufacturer, and many other similar "things." that they have pulled a good one on the wealthy fellow, but that ain't so. ..AH of these companies are only collecting agencies for the government; they add these taxes to your bills and you pay them; when you pay them, tney are nice enough to pass them on to the tax collector. Nice, ain't It? But these big folks do pay taxee on their machinery and their buildings and their dogs and their autos, Just like the rest of us do. ..Neighbor Jonee told me the other day that a single loaf of bread had 16 taxes on It. That's true. If It were not for those 16 measly taxes, you would be able to buy a 10-cent loaf of bread for only a dime. The real high taxes, those that we are least able to pay, but must . . . are assessed against such absolute necessities as tobacco, cigarettes, whiskey, soft drinks, gunshells, gasoline and very 4U?- .in. .i/xeWUfro Hvorollfl ft rwj til 111 Diin oivvAiweo. ^ ? cornbread and fatback, our modern luxuries, are really not taxed enough to hurt. IMPORTANT NEWS FROM FLAT ROCK I . .nir. slim chance, sr., says he had pretty good luck about 4 weeks ago. a truck which belonged to the back & fourth furniture co., ran over hls| little girl and broke her leg and shoulder blade, they settled with rar, chance out of coart for 150$. he Is verry proud of hiB good fortune ansoforth. ..another streak of good luck struck the Wilkinson familey of near flat rock, their husband and pa died and left a insurance in the sum of 500$. this monney certainly did come in handy, about 40$ was paid on the mortgage on their home and enough was left to buy a nice secont hand ford. ..tlie cannon ball freight train overtook and killed si. slmkins nice, fine; thoroughbred, imported, jersey cow, fresh in. last thursday betwixt the depot and the all-nite Ailing station, she was verry valuable after death, and he was offered 15$ for her befoar her demise, reather than face the law, the railroad companny settled for 75$. . ,mr. puddiu head, of the leggislature, spent a few hours in our little citty last sunday and a good time was had by all who heard him talk, he thinks 1T will he necessary to put a tax on. the air we breathe and the sun rays that shine upon us and the blood that circulates thru our valns ansoforth. he do not now see anny other way to raise enough monney to keep the govverment alive and the old age pensioners from llvving with their sons and darters. ..miss Jennie veeve smith has had her wart cut off her nose again, this | is the third time it has benn removed. I hut ever doctor that has opperated on ' her garranteed to take it off perm.in jenny, but wlreli she went back to each i<?f th-n? I hay all claimed that it was | a new wart i' costs lu$ per wart to : get them off of her personality and 1 she is getting verry much worried I about the cash it is taking to keep her beauty intact ansoforth. dr. hub! pert green keeps on saving it is a birth-mark of which there is no cure, yores trulie, mike lark, rfd, corry spondent. A 4-year old boy of Brooklyn. N. Y . was returned to his father after he had paid kidnapers $300, which was ! all the money he had, he declared, i The kidnapers demanded a ransom of i j $7,000. i fold. During the short period of time yours truly has hibernated in these here fine regions, we recall a Class B i football title and several runner-up claims in football. But here we have an honest-to-goodness Class A title, won by Captain Doris Mcleod and he:- gallant crew of cage dames. So let some of you guys in the service clubs get together and stage a community dinner with the "State Champs" as guests. MANY FROM CAMDEN TO ATTEND THE SANDHILL 8TEEPLECHA8E The usual crowd from hero plans (o attend the big ?toeplecha?e race meet In the Sandhills on Saturday afternoon, March IK, an annual event which has Increased In popularity1 throughout the stuto each year sinew It was Inaugurated In 1935. Uist year an estimated 15.000 persons watched many of the country's leading steeplechase horses tty over the timber, brush and hurdle fences for the "pot of gold" uwaiting their owners at the finish Hue. The purses total $2,200. The course on the Midland road, between PlnehurBt and Southern Pines, Is reported In perfect condition for the fifth anuual meet. Richard Wallach, Jr.. racing secretary, states he expects more horses than ever in the various events on the card, and with an Increased demand this year for the reserved parking spaces there Is every evidence of the most successful "Race Day" in the history of the Sandhills Steeplechase and Racing association. Five events are on the card, as follows: The Catawba, one mile and onehalf over hurdles for a purse of $300. The Croatan Steeplechase, two miles over brush fences for maidens and winners of one race, for a purse of $300. The Sandhills Cup, three miles over timber fences for a purse of $300 and the Challenge Cup to be held one year by the winning owner. This cup was won last year by Paul Mellon's Corn Dodger, alter the rider, Jack Skinner, fell at a fence, remounted, and went on to victory. A trophy In 'memory of the late Noel Lalng, noted Southern Pines trainer, has been presented by Veraer Z. Reed, Jr., of Plnehurst, to go to the winning rider In this event. The Yadkin Steplechase, two and one-half miles over the brush course, for a purse of $1,000 and a trophy donated by Mrs. John R. Drexel, oi Southern Pines. The Midland, one mile and onequarter on the flat, for a purse of $300. ' Grandstand parking spaces will be sold at the gate on the day of the races at $5.00, and general parking spaoes around the course at $2.00, with no Individual admission charge. The reserved spaces In the Clubhouse. Enclosure are $25.00 and $10.00 on application to the association at Its office in Pinehurst. The Sandhills meet is the first of the season in the country, and the only meet of its kind in North Carolina. Notable men in racing will be represented among owners, riders and officials, and national and state society Is expected to turn out In force for the big afternoon of sport. COUNTY RANGER GIVE8 NAMES AND PHONES OF FIRE WARDENS The Kershaw county forest protective association, cooperating with the state forest service has a setup of one county ranger. W. C. Perry has office phone 166, residence phone 512. Three wardens?C. L. McKinnon, of Buffalo district, with residence at Bethune and phone 2013. Warden W. E. Cunningham, Flat Rock district, with residence at Liberty Hill and phone 2006. Warden D. G. McLeod, of West Wateree district, phone 2014. There are five Are towers In the county each containing a telephone. One at Liberty Hill. 2005; one at Westville, 2012; one at Cassatt, 2003; one at Blaney, 2002, and one at Camden, 2004. There are eighteen crew leaders In the county and thirty-six crew members. Each crew has the following equipment: One pump, one swatter, two fire rakes, and one bush axe. On February 10, the association put on moving picture shows at" Wood school, Pine Grove school and Blaney high school. On February IT we had three shows?one at Knight's Hill {jchool, one at Kirkland school and one at Red Hill school with a- total attendance of 580. We have also had seventeen forestry quiz contests In white and colored schools of the county which means we talked to 2,638 students. The principal speakers at these meetings were district ranger Campbell; county ranger W C. Perry; wardens McLeod, McKinnon and Cunningham. We have one nursery in Kershaw county that has shipped about 1,060.000 seedlings to all parts of the state, showing what a keen interest the landowners are taking in this new crop. The forestry association asks that the cooperation of the landowners be continued in the future as in the past in preventing and suppressing fires Please let us know at once about any fires you see and report to the nearest phone is the request of W. C. Perry, the county ranger. British naval authorities and police are making an Intensive investigation as to the probable causes of a fire on the recently launched giant battleship, Prince of Wales, working on the theory that- it might have been sabotage. The fire occurred Tuesday night and was extinguished with but little damage. F0RE8TER POINT8 WAY BETTER FORE8T RETURNS Clemson, Jan. 28.?The earning capacity of the farm woodlands in South Carolina could be readily increased through cooperation with the Forestry Commission in reducing forest flres and through better forest management practices, says M. H. Bruner, extension forester, repeating his recent statement that income from woodland could be raised from the present average of 47 cents to an average of $2.00,per acre. Through cooperating with the Forestry commission farmers could more effectively reduce forest flres, which destroy leaf litter, reduce the waterholding ability of the soil, encourage surface run-off and erosion, kill small 'trees, and damage large ones, Mr. Bruner points out. Fire protection should be followed by thinning young stands of trees for farm needs or pulpwood. Through thinning, ready cash is made from fl young timber and the reserved trees are enabled to grow into sawlogs in H one-half the time usually required by I unthinned trees. Mature timber should be cntfl through individual tree selection for I specific products such as poles, piling; I veneer bolts and sawlogs. Before cot fl ting, the trees should be marked/ I as to leave a good stand of yootjfl thrifty trees to provide another cwi,? of timber a few years hence. "By applying these simple prlnct pies of management consistent witb I good farm culture in dealing with I their timber crops," Mr. Bruner con-1 eludes, "South Carolina farmers can fl readily build up their woodlands bo I that they will contribute their shariB to the farm income." ! The government of Turkey has glV'l en official recognition to the govern*B ment of Generalissmo Franco in Spain! as the legitimate government offl Spain. ?^ | UMPH, SONNY, LOOK YONDER 1 NATC-HEL SODA I YAS SON ! J I CHILEAN soda is the world** only natural nitrate. Its quick-acting nitrogen helps every crop you grow. More than that?its natural blend of protective elements?boron, iodine, potash, manganese, calcium, magnesium and others ,1 ? helps offset any lack of these elements in your soil. , Whenever, wherever you use nitrate be sure it is Natural I Chilean Nitrate of Soda. Use it year after year on all your oops, and get the full advantage of its fertilising and soil improving qualities. <\U N/TRATEorSODA I THE NATURAL SIDE DRESSER ? ON YOUR RADIO! Enjoy the Uncle Natchel program every Saturday night on WSB and WSM.and every Sunday afternoon on WRVA, WPTF, WBT, WIS. WPBO, WSFA, WACF, WJBY, WJRD, WMC, WJPX, KWKH. WWL. Economic Data on South Carolina Beer I BI Columns of coins represent brewers' annual expenditures in production of beer consumed by South Carolina, together with the retail value H of beer and ale sold in the state. South Carolina Beer Business Volume Close to $5,500,000 AN ANNUAL business volume estimated at $6,499,000 has been developed and maintained In South Carolina by the legalized beer business and most of this volume is reflected in the state by employment, payrolls and taxes, according to an analysis by the United Brewers Industrial Foundation, based on latest official statistics: South Carolina consumed 166,126 barrels of beer during the fiscal year 1938. Production of this quantity meant the use of 171,737 bushels of premium malting barley, 27,043 bushels of corn and com products, 15,737 bushels of rice and 36,797 pounds of hops, based on national averages for farm materials necessary in brewing. An area of 8901 acres was utilised In meeting these agricultural demands as was the full-time -efforts of SO# farm hands. j Federal and State treasuries were I among the major beneficiaries from SouthI Carolina's beer consumption. The elate realized approximately $725,000, exclusive of license fees. for the fiscal yep.r, while the Fed- fl eral Oovernment collected mors than $780,000 at $5 a barrel. Much i of thi8 money, however,* was returned to the state through Federal I j appropriations for highways and other state and national projects. Brewers' expenditures for labor. I materials, supplies, equipment and electric power In the production ot. the barrelage consumed In South' i Carolina was $871,000, compared with national brewery payroll urea of $105.840.22? for 1M7 and.* $201,903,514 for materials, etc. While South Carolina's beer rj tellers were immediate gainers, ad* 1 dltional beneficiaries Included reej. fl estate, looal labor, food purreysj I and other branches of local bus>- aeee. Other iadostrlee With deftatt* 1 interest In the annual turnover l> A olnded glass, steel, tfnplate, l#?b* j and others. ? -W. . ; .