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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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 .
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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.
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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
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