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TOE CAMDEN CHRONICLE W. O. MIL??. mw ?"* rrw***?-TrSSSii the Cam do". BPUUi ~~it>rlo? Bar leM than ?? , . j ... .?d nay a,h. .Ul.?rlp.lQn prlo. r /:-"^.C|,and?trydtorpro%t%ur ^tW from KSKT?s;S5SS??i. ?? price , Friday, May 31, 1940 DO SOME TALL THINKING With tho Nazi Juggernuut still rolling, fulfilling to tho moat minute detull tho boabtful utterances of Adolph Hitler relative to its efficiency uud power, It la important the peoples of tho United Htatoa understand clearly what the present picture presenta. If the Nazi success doutlnues and military exports assert It will, France will be pushed Into a corner, virtually Immobilized, in a percarlous defense behind the Maginot lino and fighting desperately to stave off the capture of Paris. In northern France and Belglum the British will be pushed into the sea. Thus, Hitler will be in a position to demand surrender of Kngland, giving that country an alternative of yielding or bo devastated by a bombing blitzkrieg. Of vital Importance to the United States is what happens to the British fleet. There are three possibilities. Tho ships of course can be scuttled by their crews. Or they can flee to other bases in Canada, the Bahamas or to Singapore. And tho third a surrender to Hitler to ransom England from a shambles of blood and destruction. Any one of these three alternatives leaves the United States in a Jam. If the British uavy flees to Canada, the war comes with it and we aio in It. II the ships are scuttled and that could happen in a few days time, there would be absolutely nothing between our shores and tho German and Italian navies except a few warships of tho Atlantic squadron, a force no nrtuch for tho battleships Hitler has in port and the untouched and powerful Italian navy. If the British fleet surrendered the situation would bocome even more grave for us. W 1th the Germans using the British ships and Italy arrayed against us, even a dash through tho Panama canal by our Pacific fleet would be futile. With the Pacific Tree of American fighting craft the Japs could do their worst. B.-ar in mind that none of the' above possibilities can bo dismissed with a shrug of tho shoulders. The nay illtlrr lie" pdnr -it cuuld happen in a week. What to do about it? Tragically the answer is that it may be too late to do anything. There Is no question but that the American people should lie impressed with the gravity of the situation. If we had time to build ad.000 planes and train pilots to fly them. If we had time to build an Atlantic fleet as powerful as tho one we have in the Pacific. If we only had more than 39 anti-aircraft ?tios {?> protect the city of New York. If wi had a motorized army that could travel ft on) Maine to Florida as last as Hitler drives the same distance throng!) opposition seeking to ;, o, k him If we had all llie.se tilings or a ' a semblance of them, the r-.'T ot til" future Wo'.lld J1?> t 1?C SO \\\. i.i. V wll admit it. We no t'o-m Wrist we have is pr ifully iuade.jua't for our own ji: ? .. .in,| i- ,,| no milisary value - .-a.n::ig the : .de now rolling ... Time is the es;!i.. of Fnglttnd and Finite itid in this urgent hour of .... i .- is absolutely nothing of ,... :n i rial sabs*.nuv that wo can hi i a it the balance. K.\e , .:.g of course*?eucourage . W e ran offer plenty of that I : \ to hearten them to - k .* cut an 1 refusing to surrender :::* i; u.- . ,tu build those fpi.doo planes and jo;:; tlmjn in effective resistance it a oui-'.^beij, greatly. Otherwise. .... v i,,, th-ink, we may never have bos.- "m mmj planes Hitler knows that wr-s the Allies made their '- :v.r mot.tke after rhe last world war w.i> in letting Germany re-arin. He is *i it g ing to make the same error in d.-ahng with a potential enemy. He kti'^s ':.?: ?h-> ."0,000 pianos will never b? u?ed except to fight him. The w ti l knows that the German fi-uhror is not the one in need of having his head examined for letting anybody copy the rules right out of his own book. But in this dark hour ?there Is one ray of light and to depeml upon tho that hope i-, something th.v Americans cannot *ak-- with any degree of pride. That hope i- that tno Allies will take a toe hold and k--?-p us safe until we are in a position to take fare of ourselves The absence of bumble bees prevented the fetilization of red < .over in New Zealand Then *. ' bumble bees were shipped in. and nine years ]afer !hftt country prodticed $1,000,000 worth of red clover seed. ?1 I WELL WORTH WHILE The WPA observance, held last I week, *U over tbe uatUm, was a revelation to a hi* majority of the public. The result of the project week, or whatever it might be termed, waa tq refute In a moat emphatic manner the fact it waa a aoiV of a national Joke. It Aoi'vbd to convince the general public that there have been too many Jokoa and too little appreciation. Those in charge had a definite objective in proving to the maaaoa that* there la more to the VVd'A than leafraking and ahpvel-leaulng, that there haa been great material aa well aa bocial values in what haa been done for the relief of unemployment. The dlaplaya featuring project week were impressive proof of the virtue of the contention of the leaders in the VVPA work. The general public, accustomed to Hee building operations proceed slowly, but who do not see the activity and speed featuring the handicraft and sewing operations, are inclined to believe the VVPA la the Joke too many uninformed detractorB make of it. But we could name many city and county officials, members of the chamber of commerce and aoorea of business and professional men who know the value of the WPA and that last week provided an opportunity for the general public to observe and to give credit where credit is long overduo. Better still, the celebration gave the workers an opportunity to parade pride in their achievements. To show a piece of work and have it appreciated puts heart in any workman and makes of him a contented citizen. In the ranks of the VVPA are many men who work as hard and as faithfully as any In private employment. They should not be looked down upou as relief labor. They are men and women employed by the government In the public service and there is Just as much dignity In their Jobs as there Is la any other. The public has learned that the VVPA la useful and that it Is giving value for the money that Is expended upon It. READ THE FILLERS From "Drlplets," a swell column by I City Fditor Stanley Moore of the Morganton, N. C., NewB-JJerald, comes this nifty little gathering: A never-ending source of fascination for us Is the newspaper "fillers" ?the little sentence of a few lines dropped around here aud there to fill Tip a spot which nothing else will fill. It's a brief mention of such things as the cost of potatoes in Mesopotamia and the like, and the statement ia made with such an air of finality that you dare not dispute the fact, even if ,yau really would like to know where the information came from. For example: "The moon's orbit around the earth Is growing larger." It must be so, we wouldn't know. Here's another: "Baby elephants often remain with the mother for as long as ten years." So what? We never thought there'd be sufficient interest to justify some person hanging around a decade or more to find out what the weaning time is for elephants. Then again: "Approximately $200 is the average value of all automobiles on the American highways." That .must be the-Lradoin value, or else there are a whole lot more rattletraps on the roads than we see. Here's one: "The former palace of the Hohenzollerns, In Germany, contains 60u rooms with only two bathrooms" In spite of that we notice the Hohenzollerns got pretty well washed up. Perhaps you don't read fillers, but we know of some people, who "make a practice of reading them all. finding a variety of information in this neci s>;uy evil. We commend the practice to you. CAMDEN K I WAN IANS TO MEET WITH RIDGEWAY CLUB TONIGHT The weekly luncheon of the Kiwanis ( hih was held Tuesday at Hotel Camden at one o'clock. .Toe Outlaw had charge of the program and introduced Colonel Waite. who spoke on a diversified cash crop for South Carolina. Friday of this week the Ridgeway cluh will have its charter night and all Kiwanians who can go are requested to meet at the hotel .at 7:lf? p. m Tuesday night. June 4, the Camden Kiwanls cluh will havo charge of the program for the Rldegway Club and all Camden Kiwanians are asked to attend. Automobiles will leave from the Hotel Camden at 7 o'clock. The meeting of the Camden club at Rldgewsy will constitute our weekly meeting, so there will be no meeting of the club here. The attendance this week was twenty-four meatf>ers and one visitor ?Charles V'ogell, of Columbia. i ( Sound travels faster In warm weather. The 3.1,000-ton 1'. S. S. North Carolina. first I'nited States battleship to he launched since 1021. will slide down the ways June 13 at tho Brook' > :i N. Y . navy yard. Tho last bat :iip put Info the waters by this i.i'i >n was the West Virginia in 1021. \ ,-nako could not possibly milk a c.?w. v._n if the cow raised no objecf The shape of Its mouth makes h- feat impossible, and tb** sharp teuth would stampede the gentlesCoT > ow- it's Just a snake story that willnot s and up Under senrfTblo thinking. parking meters The lustaUatlou of parking meters on the MaiU street In Columbia haa been the oocaalpu for loud and laineutuous walls fro*n individuals who claim Chem to be everything from an Infringement of odnsltutldnal rights to busluess deatroyere. Oome extraordinary statements have been forthcoming yfrom opponents of the meter system of parking control. Extravagant reports of oi- j ties using them and discarding them have been voiced. C. L. C. Kah, president of Uw merchants association of Weft . Palm Beach, a hustling municipality in Florida, Is a staunch believer in the effectiveness of parking meters from the standpoint of business efficiency. Parking congestion had seriously interfered with shopping in the Florida city, according to Mr. Kah. "The merchants petitioned the city commission to Install t'he meteis , said Mr. Kah. "The initiative was taken by some of the leading merchants. At the start a few were doubtful, but today there is better than 90 per cent agreement that It was a good move for business. "The merchants of one blocfc ttrtjt petitioned the commlselon to refrain from placing meters in this blook. Shortly after, observing the suocoss of the metered parking oh kother streets, they asked for Immediate installation on their street. I.<aat summer the city removed the meter boxes from several of the streets Just for the summer period. This year they will remain od all streets because the merchants have so requested." Ernest Metcalf. a memfber of the city cold mission, declared the city government had no tibuble whatsoever. Said Motcalf, "We did Just what the merchauts asked for and it proved satisfactory. First, we bought 300 meters and then added 150. They have greatly Improved our traffic problem and the revenue helps to run our police department, relieving the general taxpayer of Just so ,much charge. The meters yield about $10,000 a year." St. Petersburg, Orlando, Fort Myerm and other Florida points have, or plan on having the meters Installed. A visit to Columbia Is not the hairraising vain quest for parking space today that It was several weeks ago. or before the meters were placed in use. To a timid driver, to navigate down the Columbia Main street was an ordeal never-to-be-forgotten. Double parking, cars whizzing by on the right contrary to all rules of tTaffic and finally driving to a side afreet blocks distant from the busineag^dlsJrlct was the usual , but a few of the 'high-lights of a mutinlMt'a vlsll to the state capital. Columbia ranks as one of the fastest growing cities in the nation. But Columbia is outmoded so far as parking facilities are concerned. Where other cities have provided central paTkiirg areas by the purchase of jrroperty, Columbia does not boast pf a single modern parking area. At least this writer, who has used as much gas in riding around seeking a parking space as in the entire trip to Columbia has never located one. tA- ? Dangerous Corner .4 Claims Car Crash An automobile driven by Mrs. Margaret l^angford was struck by a car operated by Tally Rabon of DeKalb township at the corner of Broad and Hampton streets last Firday. The Hangford car was badly damaged and Mrs. Langford received a severe shaking up. Police arrested Rabon and took him to headquarters where he posted a bond of $51. l^ater upon his agreeing to take care of the expense of repairing the l^angford car the police charge was dropped. Following the collision at Broad and Hampton streets, there is a gro-tfing desire on the part of the motorists who use that intersection for the city to cut down the high hank along the southeast corner to permit or a clearer and more extended view s<A?th on Broad street. Even though a driver stops his car before entering on Broad street from Hampton he has.tP proceed almost Into the -lane of traffic before he can oMaln a clear vision south on Broad street. A year or so ago the city removed a lot of shrubbery from the corner and helped matters considerably but there remains plenty of room for Improvement In order to safeguard traffic. The whale is said to have the largest mouth In the world^ with the hippopotamus ranking second In thWtoespect. -f X-Ray Proves Velnable?? In Studying Paintings ThS X-ray, probing beneath the surface of famous paintings, has aided modern art students by revealing the technique of old masters and determining the authenticity of questioned paintings, a display of more than 100 photographs at Harvard university's Fogg art museum showed. Under the Roentgen or X-ray, ttoo original and retouched parts of a picture are immediately revealed. Thus students ere learning the art of restoring damaged parts of paintings by studying those which already have been skillfully retouched. The museum's research department also has used both the short infra-red and long ultra-violet rays in addition to the X-rays to determine whether several questioned paintings were genuine. A portrait by the colonial artist Copley, when examined under these tools of modern science, showed that another artist had not only retouched dam| aged parts, but had painted over the entire original work. | In another case, an anonymous artist, realizing that part df a mas> terpiece which had "touched up" was not as good as the original, pdinted over the entire canvas, thus concealing, until the advent of the X-ray, a valuable piece of work. . The Roentgen ray will eVen show what part of a picture has beep painted first. It revealed that when artist Niccolo da Foligno painted the central figures of one composition, he left the rest to be filled in later by an assistants Forest Fires Decrease Game and Fish Supply Fires probably destroy more forest game and fish, directly and indirectly, than guns of all the hunters and hooks of all the anglers. Thus does the United States forest service summarize the toll levied on wildlife by forest fires, 90 per dent of which are caused by users of the woodlands and are largely preventable. Reports of game experts tell of natural breeding places of birds and animals, the nests, eggs, and even the young destroyed by fires. The cool waters of woodland streams, in which so many game fish are found, become too warm when the forest cover is destroyed- Trees tend to keep cool the stratum of air overlying the water and prevent the stream bed and surrounding ground from absorbing the heat of the sun during the day. Furthermore, the lye in wood ashes dissolved in the streams destroys the aquatic life upon which fish feed. Forest fires eventually affect the floor of lakes and streams as much as the forest floor. There is less control of run-off water when the forest cover disappears, so that water levels rise and fall more rapidly. fioth tend to destroy the aquatic plants and smaller animals on which fish depend for food. "Forests," says the forest service, "furnish three essentials of wildlife; food, breeding grounds, and protection. " Green " forests mean wildlife. Forest fires mean destruction." Homogenising Milk Homogenizing, with reference to milk, means to break up the fat globules and make milk and cream more uniform Jn composition. There is a machine, called a homogenizer, which does this by forcing the milk and cream under a pressure of 1,000 to 3,000 pounds through various openings. After the milk and cream have gone through the machine the fat globules are separated from the milk serum and rise to the top. In modern milk, homogenization is used in the preparation of sweet milk and cream. Cream that has been homogenized is of a smooth and uniform body. The fat does not separate later and the cream appears to be of a higher bodily fat content than it really is. Homogenization is also used in the manufacture of butter, chocolate milk and ice cream. Aged Wine At Friends' House in Euston road, the headquarters of the Quakers in London, is preserved a solitary bottle of port which has a curious history, reports the Milwaukee Journal. . More than 150 years ago it was sent into the old Fleet prison by a sympathizer for the use of three Quakers who had been confined for non-payment of tithes. The trio, however, deqided that it should be preserved, unopened, until the severance of church and state should abolish tithes forever. The time has not arrived sp the bottle remains closely sealed, in company with specimens of the broadbrimmed hats of the old Quakers, the demure poke bonnets of their womenfolk and other relics of faroff days. Rains Increased winter wheat prospects 33,476,000 bushels. - General N?ws_Note* The southwestern state* this ymr . are c*U#>rmtlaf the 40&th ejaalreswerr i" of the conquest at the Bpanlsb eoldler-explorer Ooronado. An |80,000 tuuMutu h beiof ooMtruttted at fh? ! old Indian vWftge of Albuquerque, N. M., whore spent hi* first ! winter. * Queen WUhemlna of the Netheri land*, told newspapermen In Ixxndon that she had left her Invaded hlM^ . dom because the Qermans were do 1 termlned to capture her and hold her as a hostage. r George Dalsh, eoouowlo adviser to ,(t,the British ohanoellor of the exche;. quer in the last war, suggests Id London that Great Britain trade part of the West Indies for tJuited States air-, planes and pilots. Lifting of the blackout from all Sweden was ordered Friday night amid an easing of alarm provoked by . the'BWfopeau war.1 Blackout, of the entire oountry was ordered May 18, aifter Germany's invaeion of the Neth, erlarid's and Belgium. Greek officers and soldiers Of an additional quota designated as "category fifteen" were called up for ser| vice Saturday. Tension Is high In Greece with the constant addition of - new Italian troops to nearby Italiani held Albania. i The immediate organisation of exservice men Into a "vptehaue' home ' guard" In Canada for the protection of military property and "any other purpose that may be found necessary," Is > announced by Canadian Defense Minister, J. L. Rogers. Mrs. Herbert Clftnpson, wife of the ; deputy director of Salvation Army war services In France is reported to have been "killed In action" in a letter received by Brigadier Thomas H. Leech, northern territory Salvation Array division secretary, in Minneapolis, Minn. Acting on a plea from Attorney General Ellis Armall, Georgia's prosecutors have Joined the drive to free the state of all subversive activities. The state association of prosecutors, meeting with the Georgia bar association, adopted a resolution to expose unDeraocratic activities. ? ? V flow High the Hat? There could oe no trouble about starting a conversation about high hats so generally worn a few years ago and now rather rare except for strictly evening wear in full dress. Ask the question, 'How high is a high hat?" There will be various , guesses." "Here," you say to someone in the crowd, "take this pencil and mark on the wall your idea of the height of a high hat whe^ placed on the floor resting on its crown,-" Get one after another to make his marK on the wall and then get a high hat and compare it with the marks that have been made. To the amazement and amusement of those present all the marks will be 1 far too high and some will be double the height of the headgear. Roman Frigidariunt The frigidarium, or cold room of the ancient Romans can be economically duplicated on a modest scale in the Twentieth-century home, according to insi^lation engineers. Wall off a basement room with doublethick insulation, they advise. This can be done with one of the many color-panels now offered. Tints include ivory, wheat, apricot, sky blue and apple green. The double piotec *ion \v<" r < " t' r base neni 1 oo< In England the voting age for women Is 30 years. THt Right tpiiZsM A letter receive at rh/? headquarters from sm,?M oolite do the aumZ* 4 0?HU With the meeawe r^l ** ? W^ve usefuUoJg fart- Tlcllm ?t th, ??*1 Wuits-jfy FOR RlNT^Unfurnieh^ downstairs. Also ^ furnished or J9 itV'c110* *3 I'ttUlllou Ctaw^SSjJl FOR 6ALK?(Petunia and a ii?u Aw>iy *?. vTj ji 418 Hampton Avenue oT?!N went in rear. Camden ??* QSWeT^JS?! doilfcle war age, smoke J U house, corn crib. AwXVI Rosehorougi>. (Lugoff, 8.<Jy uJ FOR ALWI^re farm't?! southeaster Camden 0i ?l I?SJi tW?l tor home ZI Ailing station. Write or pS?! B. Moaeley, corner Mill *?h J nut streets, Camden, sal illHj BOLL WEEVIL POISON-ghJ of molasses and arsenate fl 1-1-1 mixture in nKhtiux 21 have been received by th? Cotton OH Company. South! llna was well repaid for toil weevils last year. t| ^ANTBBMTo (buy several hula acres of land. Address D id Camden, S. C. f POTASH-NITRATE?Try W J ean Potash-Nitrate on yow3 and corn and you win fee &3 with results. As the supZl lted get your share now Till thern Cotton Oil Compai^<3 MIXED FERTILIZERS planting get your mixed ferif and raw materials from Tf?fl - Cotton Oil Company, (J NITRATE?We have a Utr&osj all kinds of Nitrate of Sodfl several cars are enruote towj dealer can supply you fr^i stock. The Southern Coggl Company, Caanden, s. C. FOR REbfT?One Bmall furnhd partment. Private bath.! 376-W., Mrs. R. A. Carpenter! den, S. C. SULPHATE?A car load of gZ| of Ammonia haa been recetil The Southern Cotton Oil Oari Try some on your corn and? FOR RENT?One small cottSjM session given June 1. Phone Mrs. R. a. Carpenter, CaaM FERTILIZERS?Send yourj^l The Southern Cotton OUJM ?'for all gradoB of mixod?PiM and such raw materials of Soda, Kalnlt, Sulphate o(Jn nia. Cottonseed Meal, Baiitfl Apld, ets. '9 CURTAINS 8TRETCHED?4tffl able prices. All work (unfl Address 904 Campbell 8trMt! den/O.C.'*' Ttjl BE 8URE?To try arnn? IfflpJ ash on your crops. Thle id material, direct from Chile vM you very flpe results. Our nfl is limited so order today.! Southern Cotton Oil Compear,! den, S. C. SHOES?For shoe rebulldtnf pairing* call at tho Re<l Boot! next door Express Office, ft? ledge street, Abram M. JomJ prletor, Camden, S. C. jfl NOTICE Beginning June 1, we will close at six o'clock. We will appreciate our customers cooperation. Sanitary Barber Shop East DeKalb Street ~ Camden, S. C. STATE THEATRE I KERSHAW, S. C Telephone 98 I FRIDAY, MAY 31 "VIGIL IN THE NIGHT" With Carole Lombard Brian Aherne SATURDAY, JUNE 1 "HI-YO, SILVER" With Lee Powell Herman Brlx \ SATURDAY, JUNE 1 LATE SHOW?10:30 P. M. "THE BIG GUY" With Victor McLaglen Jackie Cooper MONDAY and TUESDAY . JUNE 3?4 "GREEN HELL" With Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. j Joan Bennett WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 "INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS" With Vincent Price Nan Grey . ? THURSDAY and FRIDAY 4 JUNE 6?7 "YOUNG TOM EDISON" With Mickey Rooney Gene Reynolds J ADMI88ION: Matinee, 20o; Night, 26c. Children 10c any time. i i i i For Your] Crops... Cottonseed. Med\ Cottonseed Hidm Molasses I Arsenate I Mixed Fertilize Nitrate of Sodi3 ^Nitrate ? Potm Acid 1 Kainit I Sulphate -J ; Of Ammonia^ BasicSlagj r? V J Bags For Sacking Gram The SoHtheit CtttinOilW Phone L_ -?I