Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FURNISH YOUR HOME Now it ? particularly good rimo to buy furniture, rugf tnd drtptri ?t. And cash talks f Cot 9 loan from us, buy what you ntod? and pay over a porlod j of 12 months PERSONAL LOAN DEPARTMENT The COMMERCIAL BANK of Camden Member Fedoral Deposit Insurance Corporation Met With Mrs. Peebles The Malvern Hill Homo Demonstraiicr. einb h e.IH Its regular meeting Friday, April 28, witn i'e'.o Peebles. The president, Mrs. Will Denton, presided. The meeting was opened by singing "Carolina," our bountiful state song Mrs. Troy Denton had charge of the devotional. The Lord's prayer was repeated In unison. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved and the roll called by the secretary, Mrs. Troy Denton. As Malvern Hill Is very anxious to have a community house, we spent a few minutes discussing ways and plans, and I am sure we will have one in tlie hear fufureV" Our attendance was splendid, only one absent member, and a visitor, Miss Juanlta Neely. our district agent, who after being introduced by our! president, responded in her gracious manner and gave us a must inspiring talk. The meeting was then turned over to Miss Powell, our county home detnr;:t! "!i > *? "? She gave us cur picture for the month,' "Morning ut the Lake," by Camille Carol, a French artist, termed as the poet artist, was a master of exquisite refinement, who worshipped and painted nature In her most tranquil moods. "Morning at tho Lake," one of his masterpieces, revals, as through a veil, the tender beauty of early morning Next in order was our garden letters for the month, which should he carried out, -M one would have a continuous supply of fresh vegetables. Then she cave tts a most interesting booklet mi Protecting Your Heart " This little pamphlet should he carefully studied and lh<- ad\ii/ followed She u- pamphlet.- oti "Milk, An Allmuml Food," and "Three Meals a Day Aiso. several little recipe hooks <>ni sn b i? ft for the month he in v ' S'"! ar'i- Spa> es," all ibal subject lie, au.-e most 'arm hoim s fall fat -lief oj adequate storage -p.oe Miss i'ew.ll's hetptill talk helped us solv? AUlia of these problems. Also, tin :nini.itui e built-in kitchen cabinet w ;i!i sinks ami -o much storage space tin- interesting built-in clothes and lin cfipnn closets for bedrooms so useful helptul and et otiomical it makes oih dt i am dream.- of wlitit otie can do. I lie hostess, assisted I > Mrs lilack will. > e i \ i -, I del.ghttul sandwiches, as soiled i ,'iki s with iced tea The meet ' !!! _ 'If-e ad |,.ill tod to illeet Willi Mis. Lit tie Uobmsoii iii May t'on* ributeti STATE THEATRE KERSHAW, S. C. FRIDAY, MAY 5 ''KING OF THE UNDERWORLD" W i. is TT ? T"- <- i !'* k i y F .i Mi > SATURDAY, MAY 6 "IN OLD MEXICO" \V:-ri H ;> b. k.i ? idy Late Show-?10:30 P. M. "SKY GIANT" With Richard Dix -Chester Morris i MONDAY and TUESDAY j MAY 8?9 "WINGS OF THE NAVY" | With Mrcnt < )hv ia iJaHa\ liaiul ' WEDNESDAY, MAY 10 "THE GIRL DOWNSTAIRS" I With Fran?:i>ka (dial Francho: Tone THURSDAY and FRIDAY MAY 11?12 "IDIOTS DELIGHT" With Norma Shearer?Clark Gable A DM I88ION: Matinee, 20o; Night, 25c. Children 10c any time. HjRjHinGijin ntmjA 1 cnncRf/zmnn j-p wicMnRD/ 1 Washington, Ai>ril 28.?-The House only a few days ago completed favorably consideration of the bill to extend ttie President'* power to change the gold content of our dollar, or. In other words, to revalue our dollar us a protection to our exports and our home murkets. This Is a matter of supreme Importance to over thirty million farm people In this country. The power to revalue our dollar expires on June 30, 1039, unless action Is completed by Congress to renew this authority. Failure to act now might be caUmitOUfl. Perhaps at no time since the close of the World War hus the international situation been more unstable. It Is Imperative, particularly under such conditions of International Insecurity, that we maintain these powers to protect our markets from the disastrous consequences of monetary manipulation and exchange fluctuations by foreign coum trios. Now that we are a creditor nation with huge surpluses, especially of wheat and cotton, It Is vital that we protect our export trade from adverse currency manipulation by competing nations. Practically every Important nation of the world has abandoned the fixed gold standard. The executive branch of practcially every nation of the world has been given the power to depreciate its currency If It so wishes and do so without public discussion and debato. In the world today when currencies of competitor nations are in u state of constant change it would bo suicidal to tie the hands of our government and prevent it from adI justing our currency in such a way as to protect our export markets and prevent foreign produce from being dumped into our domestic market. The secretary of the treasury takes the position that if the existing power to revalue the dollar within the specified limits is not continued it really "lemis nutting the I'nited States back on the llxed gold stanuaru. n .v.canc tying our dollar to a fixed gold con tent. Wo would be virtually the onl> country In the world that would bt doing so. Hy tying our currency U the gold dollar while the other coun tries are permitted to depreciate theii currencies at will, we are deliberate ly sacrificing the one weapon whicl prevents foreign countries from act ually carrying out the depreciation o their currencies. We would be giv ing np the one weapon which wouh restrain these competing nations fron celling a competitive advantage in tin itcrit ultural and industrial markets o ! t he W orhl. The attempt 'to maintain a llxet \ .line fur our gold dollar regardless o ' chances in our economic and monetary ' conditions was an important factor it bringing about tin- most disastrous I and far re.m long depression in out ' history in 1929-1932. Itecauso oui dollar was rigidly bound to a llxet quant it > of gold and because otho ' countries depreciated their currencies ' basic commodity prices dropped al most one-half. That meant w?- hai ' to produce Twice as much to ohtaii the same dollar income as in 1921' (Mir dollar became dear that i ouilil no buig- r serve as a lair nied i u 111 of e X v llatlge for g<?'>dS Ulbl Set ' \ b - ~ and the pa>uieut of debts till 51 w hob' economic structure was brouuh ' jr.. in- brink > :' i uin '! K.trine: s w !io mu.-t exchange th-t > | hi.'b - lor d"]la:- -ufT. r He | a:,.- ! .mi a ti v d .-obi >ta:i la: d 1* <? I , > imp;.-, m ;u2l'. a laraie! < ?V1 Id v I , h.i:ig I--- than one bushel ot w In a I , dollar lit:* ill U'32 tile Inline ! ha I b? - M hange : hr? e bushels o j w , .... Hold dollar w it li it a ... I ..he U is. ? "ttllll 1.11 a .. . i.or: w e?l J*nn b"T r..w - d .U:V tb nt el' 1 ! ' bales o 1 cu''i. ii b: i' It ic h.ol to pa > back Mii ,?eb! :n 1932. l.e i.ati to pa; back till , . i:\ale lit of foU-!' b.lleS O t CO t toll. I be .1 l.a U dt Ml 111 e 11 ' of tile llxed goll > :,iii da rd in 1933 followed by tile r? \ aluaMoii of our dollar stopped tie i.m.o.i* process of deflation and prov ! i*d a major factor in starting our ua I ti.in back on the road to recovery Ti abandon now the power to revalue ou dollar means once more subjectlnj the millions ?>f our farm pooplo to On men iless consequences of a fixed an< rigid gold standard fit a time whet our competitor nations can, at wil. change the value of their currenciei Hearings were held last week oi my bill ill K 3.39M to give the or rollees of CC'C camps six hours a' wee] training In military tactics and dril Evidence w^s presented that thl could be done at no additional cost I t)ie governhiont. Generals of the Arm stafT are against the bill and testlfiei that soldiering Is a "full-time job" To frame a definite policy for inter change of cultural Influences betweei j the United States and nations of L*t ' in America, Secretary of State Hull 11 has asked congress to authorize api | j pointnifnl of an advisory committee for the new division of cultural relan tions if is realized here more keenly each dav that with conditions as k they are jn Europe. the most promis' iiik field for our future foreign trade g Ilea in South America. Certain European nations have already begun a| y system of barter with South American countries whereby aorloua Inroads have been made on our business dealinga there. We must meet rhia 1 challenge This trade field Is too val " uable to lose. DR. EPP8 ON TAXATION hhiitor The Camden Chronicle: The South Carolina state senate's | sub-committee report on a plan to hoIvo the state's present financial di* ' lemma is a marvel. The woudar.'ul thing about It la that the annate couM | tlml live members the majority ofj whom hail the'gllU to openly display hiii h an enormous amount of peanut politic* with such an astonishing lack | of statesmanship. Those who signed ' the report shouted from the h >usotops that, when It comes to a light between the selllsh Interests ot the state highway department and the f welfare of tho people of South CaroI Una, they are with the highway de| partment 100 per cent. The report j was puzzling only to those who are not acquainted with politics us now existing lu our etate. Let us consider the facts lu a nutshell: South Carolina now faceg a deficit of about four million dollars. 1 accordlug to the present outlook. The income of the people has been greatly reduced since 1937. The 1938 state Income taxes dropped 28 per cent^rom those of 1937, "and there was a xr$M. decrease in the total value of the cotton and many other money crops. Thousands of our people are In actual want. In contrast to this, the highway department recelves-a total of about twenty-five million dollars, according to recent newspaper reports. This yearly Income is contrasted with a total of about twelve million dollars received by the state for all other purposes, Including such things as schools, colleegs, law enforcement, care of the Insane, the blind, and the like. As has been well said, when our cotton crop was bringing one hundred million dollars a year wo spent only so von million on state government, but now, with cotton bringing loss than twenty-nine million dollai-3, wo are spending forty-nine million | dollars in governmental affairs. To 'only an unbalanced mind does that j make sense. | While some of our vital institutions, j Including some schopls, are badly ' cramped for funds the highway de! partment Is literally rolling in wealth. It is spending millions in new roads that In many cases we cannot afford, ! and broadening others that serve very well as they are. Of course all of 1 this is to the great delight of roadbuilding contractors hunting fat jobs, j j but It IS loo great a umiu the . ' payers. We are spending far more] on roads, In proportion, than are i' Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia and , other nearby states. Generally speaking, most of us are 1 naturally opposed to diverting highway funds to other purposes, but this ljis a time of great emergency in our "l state's finances, and even a casual li study of the subject will convince anv just thinker that the highway deI " ! partment gets more than its share of 'j tax money. The sensible thing do j is to take from the highway dep.i j inent funds the necessary amount to ! meet the emergency, and later reduce II the gasoline and oil tax to what is I actually needed by the department. 'j I hit. instead of doing this, the scmum 11 sub-committee, the majority of whom "have for years shown their high way J department partisanship, now prop).;1 j es to protect tills all too powerful de'! partment by heaping a new treni'.idI ous load of taxes on the already crush* ' i ed backs of our people. They w t u i new sales taxes oir numerous thing', i such as chewing gum, automobil -s, 1 j trucks, candy, amusement admissions, I automobile, oils, electrical e<|uipnic i?, 1 and the like. They also call for in w income taxes to hit those who can I I liardl.v exist now. Also far reaching. r | a n d (.ntirely unjust vocational taxes j on practii ally everyone from shoe,-huie boys to lawyers. 1 aid "t' trying to reduce , \; .-adit in ? > ,is t he t oin suit tee of nun-, f leaded b> Senator Ward, was pos. d to do, this new group is try.ng : > hang new taxes lU'cutid our n?-ck-. ; Th>- only ray of hope seen was t: ' d :-.-e;i! iag minority report made b ! Seii.t'or Sims, of Orangeburg. Thotlmr four members. Senators S. Ni Ward. Kdgar Hrown. J H. Hntt -:t ! a:i I C S Met'.til. all s'-em proud l.n r hipolitical monstrosity to call theia ; baddy. CARL H KPPS. M b. President, South Carolina Farmers and Taxpayers' league. ! Sumter. S C . May 1, 1939. The treasury has modified Its ex> t ra 2."> per cent tariff on German pror ducts to exempt goods sold to Ameri? : c ans for cash. a i Between You and Me (By THE SKIPPER) , The determination of Police ComnHsaioner Charlea Shannon and Chief of Police Push to curb the activities, of Juvenile "tough guys", who have, boon running wild In the deatrucllon | of property, speed mania and general disregard of the rights of others, Jh to l?o commended. Several urreata and application of drastic punishment bya tine or Imprlsoninent will have a lasting effect. * It was a pleasure to note the enthusiasm in evidence among the baseball fans present at the meeting hold last Thursday night to take steps to organize a six-club league. We met some fine boys Trora Sumter, Lancaster, Cheraw and Newberry. Billy Laval, of Newberry, stood out for Class D ball, which was beyond the depth the other clubs would venture this yea*. * We hope that In 1940 we can talk Class D baseball and when we do we will find billy l^aval ready to join us. This man Hoy blanding, of Sumter, is a one hundred percenter to my way of thinking. He has good ideas, a fine personality and should he a fine civic leader. Jack Nettles handled the baseball meeting in a dignified and intelligent manner. I feel certain 1 used good Judgment when I suggested Jack as leader of the local baseball group. Some of the fans who read my ao claim of Coach Linwood Smith's diamond pastlmers following the Darlington game were rather sarcastic after the Columbia game. I'm not taking back a thing 1 said about the bulldog baseball team. I've seen major league teams stage Just as wild ,an...axh.lb.lll.o.a..Qr...))AW;P.Qkt9.;TAM:base; ball as did the highs in the Columbia game. And the next time they settled down and with the miaplays all out of their systems, really strutted sterling stuff. And speaking of errors, the Columbia scorer who furnished the Stato with the box count really went on an ivory spree. Somewhere on the road between Camden and Columbia u- ^ t lnoof a \ v orrnru from ajo ? - ? the Camden register and one from tho Columbia column. From all we hear of a recent tennis jamboree over on the hill It had all the ear-marks of a December-May affair. In other words youth must be served. , * Camden may not be the polo center of the world but we sure get the crowds at our polo games. ? 0 Well fellow criminals it won't be long now before the softball past!niers will gambol fft\ the green near the grammar school building. And believe me, there will be no goings on such as prevailed last year. Softball Is going to be operated on a I sportsmanlike and business-like ba ! sis. or someone beside yours ti uly i will have to handle it. We positively will not. Charles Little, a member of the Cam den polo club and a player ol many years experience js to take charge of the West Shore Polo clut of Harrisonburg, Pa., as coach and polo director this summer. Charlie certainly knows his polo and shoulc prove of great value to the Pennsy talent. Good luck old chap. Milton Smith, Klrkwood head man was back in our bailiwick over the week end, hustling around to line iri plans for rebuilding of the Kirkwooc golf course. * 4 We'll have some dope to dish ou on this project In a week or so. can say right now that it looks surefire for grass greens and some chang OS in location on the Kirkwood pas ture-pool layout. ? Which means new life, new facet and a lot more activity in the wintei visitor's program next season. I i I If we can promise our tourist visi tors golf on grass greens, polo, tennis horeback riding, horse shows, hunter trials and racos. well, that kind of a sport menu should really pack an appeal. Old Man Jup Pluv took first honors last Friday at the Camden baseball plant wh?*n doused the territory so liberally the ball game between Camden and Newberry Highs had to be called off. The polo season of 1938-1939 came to a close Sunday at the Xo. 1 field when a combination Agusta-Camden team defeated the All-Camden foursome 7 to 2 o And believe it or not. one of the largest crowds of the season Jammed the side lines and grandstand to witness the battle which was 'featured by the appearance la tho acuta * lineup of Mrs. J. H. Minnick, Jr., of Augusta. The little lady played three chukkers and demonstrated her ability as a rider and mallet wielder in a most convincing manner. The unprecented turnout of fans for this game was a simon-pure demonstration of the result of publicity. The, -fact that Mrav-Mlixnick was to_play- in the game was utilized as a leader for all publicity on the game, and the publice learned of the mixed foursome stunt by means of radio and press in a three-day high-pressure publicity drive. As a result several thousand people from the Carolinas motored to Camden to ?ee the game. It is an interesting fact that the game at Camden drew over double the number of fans as U1U the higniy-iouied American-British clash at Aiken. 80UTH CAROLINA FARMER8 4 RECEIVE $1,790,00# Columbia, April 29.?Farmers of Bouth Carolina received assistance totaling $1,790,000 for carrying out soilbuilding practices on their farms under the 1938 Agricultural Conservation program, according to R. W. Hamilton, state administrative officer of the AAA. However, he points out, they f failed to use the additional an in of $760,000 available, for the sumo pur- I pope. r \ "In other words," Mr. Hamilton 5 states, "a total of $2,660,000 was set 1 up for assistance of South Carolina 1 farmers In carrying out approved soil-^ building practices, such as terracing, liming, establishing permanent pag. j tures, strip-cropping, seeding legumes, and planting forest trees. Many fir-1 naers mads- use of thu ssafatance; t'd 1 others did not, and as a result nearly 1 30 per cent of the fund that was avail- i able for building up and conserving ' our farms was not used." Pointing out that similar assistance is available to farmers under the 1939 farm program, Mr. Hamilton continues: "1 sincerely hope that ev^ry farmer j of the state ^his year will get the ] maximum good from this assistance 1 by using it for bearing a part of the J cash cost of the soil-bulldlng prac-'J tlces needed in protecting and restoring the fertility of our soil. dJ "The assistance is not. in hself, a reward for the conservation accomp-i lished. It simply provides a means by which farmers can get soil-bulldlng done that they could not otherwise? do. The real reward to the farmer is 1 111 lilt? 1U1 in Ui iui^i u v cu lunu Miiu Miviv mm efficient production." 1 I J Here's the ideal spring houscclcaning combf* nation?Gullspray to kill moths as you clean clothes closets?Gulf Gleam to Clean and polish furniture and woodwork. wTTp WATTS' GULF SUPER SERVICE STATION Corner Fair end DeKalb 8treeta / BSlxiP FERlMBj I ^ ViT|rV||^ ! Ensign off 'GROWTH! I > * 1 . i Nitrogen, Phosphoric Acid and Potash-each has its job to do in producing bigger yields of better quality crops at lower if cost. The proper amounts and proportions of the necessary ele- M ments provide plant-food balance. Nitrogen is the important j growth element in plant-food balance. ARCADIAN NITRATE } OF SODA, used as a top-dressing or side-dressing, supplies 11 quick-acting nitrogen to supplement mixed fertilizer when extra (a nitrogen is needed for plant-food balance* J Arcadian Nitrate of Soda on Cotton, as a supplement to 1 mixed fertilizer well-balanced with phosphoric acid and potash, -1 produces your yield of cotton on fewer acres at lower cost per ' pound. This means more land for soil-conserving crops, more - j chance for the soil to grow its own organic matter, less loss from erosion and more actual farm income. ARCADIAN side-dressing is needed when your cotton fertilizer contains less than 6% nitrogen. Arcadian Nitrate of Soda on Corn used as a side-dressing J when stalks are knee-high, encourages rapid growth and develops a large leaf area to enable the plant to manufacture the starches, sugars, fats, protein and fiber which build the ears and 1 fill them to the tip with high-quality corn. Soil on whidh corn is grown should be supplied with plenty of phosphoric acid and M potash, either in complete fertilizer at planting or by heavy fertilization of the previous crop. \ arcadian nitrate, tktamerioan mm jh ia celebrating ita tenth mnnteeraary. During its JO yeara of growth, nitrate prices he* 9? down aome 40% while quality of pie* ' I and package here improved. Tbday if .fl production ia a raat Southern Induatrj. ARCAD1 AN means growth Jbf the Sooth tad growth for your crops... quick, vigoroua, pfth J dtKtira growth. When you buy Nitrate * M Soda, ALWAYS ASK FOR ARCADIA* the barrett company i KMOMWfU. VA. ATUUiiMi WES.?