The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 28, 1940, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
FeilCOpoat HKI Jllg uucuiuo |inoob
a rural pastime when the Iron support
and barbed wire aupplantod the
old wooden ponta and rall.a.
Let's observe the Fourth of July by
using caYe In drlviuK on the highways
thereby avoiding another high mark
In the slaughter of human beluga.
Any American In those critical
(linen ahould turn his thoughta upon
democratic way a of life and aearch
for the weaknesses that need bolaterIng
and the strengths that merit our
firm protection. The strengths are
evident?the weakneaaeH not no evident.
?
Now that Kngland does not permit
the publication of weather reporta. It
la up to the guy with rheumutlam to
tell hla frlenda what'a going on In the
world of weather.
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There will be lea a fraudulent canvaHalng
In our community when aollcltora
are aaked to ahow credentials.
Now It la claimed Hitler got hla
idea of war atrategy from America.
Hut that doean't explain where he
got hla hair cut, und hla muatache
trim la Htill a deep mystery.
On account of the hyaterla that haa
been aroused over the armament propouition
and the fifth column, (here
la a tendency in acme placea to indulge
In vigilante activities. This Is
something that la to bo deplored, for
It la as bad aa fifth column uctlvity
Itself as It undermines civil liberty.
The most needed Invention today Is
an automfblle brako that will got tight
with the driver.
After spending a half hour In Recorder's
court last Monday we are of
the opinion that all the United States
haa to do to get a lot of good tank
drivers ia to recruit some of the blrda
who appear in court charged with
traffic violations.
LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR
The longest daylight period of the
year 1940 was Fri.. June 21. On Friday
the sun rose at f>:09 a. m. and set
a few seconds after 7:40 p. m., a day
light period of more than 14 hours according
to the United Statea Weather
bureau. There will be only a alight
variation In Iho length of the daylight
period until July. At this time,
the time between sunriso and sunset
will be shortened daily until December
21. Since June 9, sunrise and
sunset have been almost as far apart
as oil Friday This is the time of
year when the sun Just seema to
stand still in hesitation Ask any
plow hoy how Old Sol perches herself
in the sky and simply refuses to
move about this lime of year. ? Lancaster
News.
To Meet With Beaver Dam
The II. T. I" Kallv of Kershaw
Association will be held with the Ilea- 1
ver Dam Itaptis? church. Sunday, ;
June .10. beginning at J in ihe afternoon
All i !i it re lies m the Associa- J
f jell pie.I .?,> send (|e|ega I es |
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KtMmiammg tourists is becoming a 1
major industry u Mexico.
BIRTHDAY OF 8TAMP8
The black penny stamp of Great
1 il ltit 111 In 1H40 made May 6, memorable
an the birthday of the flret "adhesive
postal paper " The subsequeut
century ban been a success story Oi
advance from rag-paper to riches for
the modest little gummed rectangles,
which started out merely to carry the
mall and arrived as u minor Industry
and a major Indoor sport.
The famous tlrst adhesive was u
penny portrait, in austere black and
white, of young Queen Victoria's prorile."
says a bulletin from the Washington,
D C, headquarters of the National
(ieographlc Society. "1 he modern
stamps bear a variety of devices,
from kangaroos to rainbows. Some
are postal peepholes Into their country's
resources. Colombia, for example,
has stamped the nation's letters
with pictures of oil wells, gold iniuos,
emerald mines, and coffee plantations.
Others uro oue-gllmpse sight-seeing
tours thru the land of their origin,
such as the 1934 National Parks Issue
of tho United Hiatus or Japan's 1936
series of ,Mount Fuji views.
Little Lands Loom Large In Philately
The stump Is born to travel, and
modern governments make It carry a
public message In addition to the prlvuto
one It is paid to escort. Even the
most noncommittal of these inch-high
ambassadors hint of the language, the
government, and currency prevailing
In their homelands.
Postal paper from the Union of
South Africa travels in pairs, each Inscribed
In a different language, be
cause Afrikaans and English are both
accepted as official. Some stamps become
miniature Murco Polos of the
malls, carrying accounts of wonders
wherever they go?the kookaburra of
Australia or the Iguassu Falls of Brazil.
Collectors who cruise thru stamp
catalogues learn geography from a
highly colored philatelic landscape,
Monaco and Vatican City, whose
small areas could almost be blanketed
with the stamps sold, can compete
for attention on an equal basis with
vast Brazil.
Many of these migratory postal
patches, like the well-seasoned travelers
that they are. carry maps. The
United States has mappod Itself on
stumps several times. A relief map of
the entire nation not two Inches wide
showing mountain ranges and river
systems, appeared on the 1926 air
mall 10 cent dark blue stamp, with
higher priced variations In olive
brown or yellow green.
The 1937 three cent purple observed
the 160th anniversary of the Northwest
Territory with a miniature map
of that region flanked by portraits of
the notable pioneers, Manasseh Cutler
and Rufus Putnam. Washington,
Montana. North Dakota. Houth Dakota.
and their capitals are mapped
on the 1939 three cent rose violet
stamp, to commemorate their admission
to statehood.
Mall man Becomes Map-Maker
Sometimes the postage stamp rushes
In where map-makers fear to tread,
and boundary controversies are raised
or settled on postal paper. The 1937
one peso stamp of Argentina presented
nn outline map of South America
in light blue, with the Argentine hrea
colored in brown block. The Falkland
Islands, off Argentina's coast In
the Atlantic, were also colored the
Argentine brown black. Meanwhile,
any collector would know that the
Falkland Islands were Issuing their
own stamps adorned with the British
sovereigns, as a Crown Colonv of
Croat Britain.
The Irish Free State, comprising
most of Ireland, issued a penny earminc
rose stamp in 1922 blithely mapping
the entire Emerald Isle under
the name of Fire, with no reference
to British-controlled Northern Ireland.
The 192* 1 12 piaster red stamp of
Cyprus, commemorating Its .?(lth year
in a British colony, bore a map of the
island, showing such time-honored
place names as l'aphos The 1938 two
penny stamp of Flgi presented In
crem and orange brown a map of the
larger islands, showing latitude and
longitude Two of C-ostH lll<it s 1936
stamps showed the country's Cocoa Island.
of ' burled tf-asure" fame, on a
map quaintly resembling a treasure
hunt chart Among the many other
postal maps of American countries
are the 1936 air mail series of Bolivia,
the 1937 Issue of Venezuela, and the
1938 five cetitavo carmine ros? of
Ecuador.
A butterfly Is said to be born seven
times.
U. S.-Argentina Trade Revived
I With New Automobile Shipments
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South American Republic
Orders Vehicles Valued
at $3,000,000.
Prepared by National Orographic Society,
Washington. D. C.-WNU 8ervic?.
Recently restricted trade relations
between the United States and Argentina
have taken another turn, according
to dispatches from Buenos
Aires, indicating that Uncle Sam is
about to sell more pleasure cars and
trucks to the South American country.
Under a new agreement with
the Argentine government, U. S. j
auto and truck concerns are report- t
ed to have signed up for more than ,
$3,000,000 worth of Argentine treas- j
ury notes in return for permission
to export cars and trucks to Argentina
in an equivalent amount.
Argentina is usually one of Uncle
Sam's best customers in the automotive
field. In the first three
months of this year, however, a
sharply curtailed quota on United
States cars, together with other
trade restrictions, resulted in a drop
of nearly 60 per cent in all U. S.
exports to the Argentine.
Trade Balance Upset. |
In the first quarter of 1938, the
United States sold Argentina a bill
of goods amounting to more than
$24,000,000; but in the corresponding
period of 1939 U. S. exports
amounted to less than 12Vk million
dollars. Imports of Argentine products
to the United States, on the
other hand, went up from about 12%
million dollars for the first quarter
of 1938 to something over $18,000,000
this year.
These figures show a reversal of
the previous trade situation between
the United States and Argentina.
For in 1938 Argentina bought from
the United States more than twice
as much as she sold here?a condition
attributed then to heavy Argentine
purchases of machinery and
vehicles.
In addition to automobiles, trucks, j
and farm implements, Argentina
normally takes from Uncle Sam important
shipments of American mo- ;
tion picture films, steel, chemicals, [
office equipment, and building materials.
In return she sells chiefly ;
lir ;eed, wool, casein, hides, corn,
quebracho logs, and preserved
meats.
Competitors in World Markets.
A constant and important feature
of economic relations between the I
United States and Argentina is the ,
fact that they both raise for export
many of the same products?
for example, wheat and corn, beef
and mutton, hides and wool.
The United States itself provided
much of Argentina's tools and facilities
for the large-scale production
that was to make her in time a
serious competitor in world markets.
From the industrial plants of
the north came plows, seeders, harvesters
and tractors, together with
forests of windmills that now rise
from one end of the Argentine plains
to the other, pumping up life-giving
wr. er for the herds, for crpaii \cwr.~,
tor plantation crops, gardens, and
shrubbery. American packing cornpan.es
moved down to fatten cattle
on their own ranches. Seed wheat
from Kansas was even exported, to
be turned later into still more com-,
petition in the world grain markets.
Foreign Capital Built Railroads.
Foreign capital, also exported to
Argentina, brought the railways,
over which the products of the vast,
flat and fertile fields are now raced
to port and thence to market overseas.
With millions of yards of imported
wire, the great feudal-like estates of
the Argentine pampas were fenced
in. Settlers came, mostly Italians,
Spaniards. Englishmen and Irishmen,
with a sprinkling of Poles.
Germans. Syrians, and others. Prize
bulls and blooded stock replaced thewild
herds that once roamed these
Texaslike plains that stretch formore
than a million square miles
east of the southern Andes. A live
stock census gave Argentina tr\ lf>.?7 1
a cattle population ofy33,000.000
head; some 44.000,000 sheep.
Packing plants, grain elevators,
and huge refrigeration systems
came into being. Today Argentina
has the world's largest refrigerating
plant. She exports more beef than
any other country, most of it going
to Great Britain. She supplies over
two-thirds of the world's linseed and
more than half of its corn. In wheat
export, she ranks after Canada; in
shipments of lamb and mutton, after
New Zealand and Australia.
The commercial heart of the na
i
I HEADED SOUTH. Pictured
I here is a shipment of passenger
automobiles awaiting shipment for
Argentina. Recent trade news it'
, dicates that the South American
republic is prepared to purchase
U. S. cars valred at more than
three million dollars.
tion and mo?t important port of
South America, Buenos Aires has
some 60 banking institutions, including
foreign branch-banks of the
United States, Great Britain, Germany,
Italy, Spain, Canada, and the
Netherlands. With its wide avenues,
parks, and swimming pools, its
packing plants, smart shops, tall
buildings, slums and show places, it
has been variously called the "Chicago,"Los
Angeles," and "Paris"
of South America.
Plan to Make Shrine of
Jefferson Davis Home
BILOXI, MISS.?Loyal Mississippi
Sons of Confederate Veterans are
working on plans to turn Beauvoir,
gulf coast home of Jefferson Davis,
into a shrine they hope will be the
Mount Vernon of the South.
Surrounded by oaks, cedars and
magnolias, the old building, which
for years has been used as a home
for veterans and widows of the Civil
war, is situated near Biloxi on the
long highway bordering the gulf.
As there are only a few veterans
and widows left, Mississippi wants
to dispense with the cost of the upkeep
of the place, and Gov. Hugh
White has promised the Loyal Sons
he would aid them in making the
place a shrine for the South.
The building was bought by Davis
in 1879. He started his book, "The
Rise and Fall of the Confederacy,"
at the home. He died in 1889, and
four years later his body was sent
to Virginia.
Under tentative plans?if they are
successful in making it a shrine?
the Loyal Sons will charge admission,
and in this way finance purchase
of the Davis furniture and
relics and pay for research work on
his life and the causes of the war
between the states. .
Arm and Leg in 'Step'
Indicate a Normal Mind
BERKELEY, CALIF.?A series of
experiments and studies carried on
over a period of years have demonstrated
that the involuntary swinging
of arms while walking indicates
a healthy mind.
This announcement has been
made by the medical school of the
University of California. The experiments
were carried out under
the direction of Dr. Robert Wartenberg,
instructor of neurology, in an
effort to ascertain the causes of
various mental disturbances.
"Failure of the arm to synchronize
with the movement of the opposite
leg," he said, "may denote
some disturbance in the brain center,
long before involvements may
be detected by other means."
Dr. Wartenberg was able to ascertain
tnat normal, involuntary arm
swinging which goes with walking
and running means more than exuberant
health and vigor, for its absence,
he said, is definite indication
of certain types of mental disease.
When jnental disturbances have
been removed by operation or otherwise,
he found, patients have shown
a return to arm swinging.
Braves Erupting Volcano
To Stalk Bear in Alaska
SEATTLE, WASH.?Stalking Alaska's
giant brown bear is dangerous
enough; and when there's an active
volcano nearby?that really adds up
to thrills.
That is the adventure recounted
by A. C. Gilbert, who returned from
a hunting trip near Perryville,
Alaska, where Mount Veniamin has
been erupting intermittently for
weeks.
Ashes fell so thickly in the vicinity
of the volcano it was difficult to
breathe, Gilbert said. But the ash,
holding the tracks of the bear, made
it easier to trail them.
Gilbert shot two bear measuring
more thair JO feet. ~
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Fire Plug 'Plugs' Schools
LORAIN, OHIO.?Fire plugs in ,
front of schools here will be painted
in the school colors instead of the
traditional red, by order of Service
Director Paul Mikus. It was considered
a good way to "plug" our
schools, he said.
No mention of the peach is made in
the Bible.
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THE MONROE DOCTRINE
Washington, Juno 22.- Last week
the bill re-asserting the Monroe o
trine passed the House by a vote of
386-6 and the.Senate toy a vote o |
0 This should leave no doubt in the,
minds of the dictators of Europe that
the Congress and the people o this,
country are unanimously decided that
we will brook no intrusion In the
Western Hemisphere by European or
other powers of the Eastern Herniaphere.
The passage of this resoluton
was brought about by increasing fear
on the part of the American people
and the congress that should the dictators
conquer Europe, their next
move would be for economic and military
expansion into this Hemisphere.
This resolution Is notice to these pow
ers that, no matter what the ?utc0?J.
of the war over there, no matter What
demands are made at the peace table, |
no matter what peace agreement is
signd by European powers, this nation
Will not consent to the transfer
of territories in this Hemisphere by
one European power to another, nor
will we permit the acquisition of new
territories in this Hemisphere by European
powers.
It might be well to refresh our
memories as to the real import and
meaning of the Monroe Doctrine, by
referring to American history. In
1823 President Monroe, who had become
concerned because of machinations
of European powers in the American
sphere of influence, published
the following warning to European
nations: _ .
"The citiaens of the United States
cherish sentiments the moBt friendly
in favor of the liberty and happiness
of their fellow men on that side of
the Atlantic. It is only when our
rights are invaded or seriously menaced
that we resent injuries or make
preparation for our defence . . . Our
political systems are vastly different.
This difference proceeds from that
which exists in their respective governments;
and to the defense of our
own which has been achieved by the
loss of so much blood and treasure we
dedicate ourselves .... We owe it,
therefore, to candor and to the amicable
relations existing between the
United States and those powers, to
declare that we should consider any
attempt on their part to extend their
system to any portion of this hemisphere
as dangerous to our peace and
safety. With the existing colonies or
dependencies of any European power
we have not interfered and shall not
interfere. Put with the governments
who have declared their Independence
and maintained it. and whose independence
we have, on great consideration
and on just principles, acknowledged.
we could not view any interposition
for the purpose of oppressing
them, or controlling in any other
manner their destiny, by any European
power, in any other light than
as the manifestation of an unfriendly
disposition toward the United States.
Ill the war between these new governments
and Spain we declared our
neutrality at the time of their recognition.
and to this we have adhered
and shall continue to adhere, provided
no change shall occur which, in
the judgment of the competent authorities
of th oGstbetrconsptoflexists
thorlties of this Government, shall
make a corresponding change on the
part of the United States indispensable
to uieir security." and the like.
Thus, the Monroe Doctrine came to
be one of the conrestones of our foreign
policy and has remained so since.
It has become the unwritten law of
the land and, on several occasions,
since the declaration of the Doctrine,
Congress has seen flt by joint resolution
to bring this national policy to
the attention of foreign governments
which have indicated intention., to
violate it. In fact, even before the
enunciation of the Doctrine In the
year 1811, congress warned Spain
against further acquisition to the
south of the United States.
In 1830 there was talk of the trasfer
of Cuba, from Spain to England.
Congress, ny Joint resolution, objectsf
and the transfer did not go Into 4
feet. In 1912 the Senate passed if*
olution In regal-d to the rumored &
quisltlon by Japan of territories I*
Magdelena Bay, lower California. Otf
warning was sufficient and J&P11
backed down.
To quote <Senator Elihu Root: "TH
Doctrine la not International !**
rests upon the rltftt of protect!*
and the right Is recognized by Inter
national law."
Chief Justice Hughes said: Tl#
Monroe Doctrine Is not a policy of
gression. It Is a policy of selfd*"
fense. It still remains an asaortW
of the principle of national security
Summer Mee at
Hartsville June
The aunur.' summer meeting 0f aJ
Baptist Brotherhood In South
Htm will toe held Sunday, June 3o \
Harstvllle, ** a part of tho Bapti
summer assembly, according j0 ^
uouucement toy Charles Htoguei.( ^
Camden, chairman of tho Hrotberhooi
work In Kershaw Baptist AsA<>ctRllott
NV. B. Southorlln of Went Columbu
state chairman of the Baptist BroJ
erhood, haa forwarded the following
program to all asBOclatloiuil chairmen
for the purpose of souring the attend,
ance of large groups of laytuen fro*
all sections of the Btate.
Afternoon session, 3 o'clock?DeV().
tion; 3:16, reports of vice president!3:45,
song service; 4:00, addren^
"The Layman and His Church" by Dr
Lee H- Scarborough.
Evening session, 8 o'clock, song am
worship; 8:15, "The Layman and the
Denomination's Program," toy the Re?
W. S. Brooke; 8:30, address, ?Thj
Layman and Hit Bible," by Dr. w. T,
I Conner.
! Doctor Scarborough, guest speaker
I for the afternoon period, Is president
Qf, the Southweatrp Bgptfat Theolotf.
cal seminary. He is said by Mr. Sontherlln
to be the second greatest llr.
ing Baptist preacher today.
Doctor Conner, principal speaker at
the evening period, Is an associate
of Doctor Scarborough and teach#
New Testament Interpretation. Heh
likewise Haid to be outstanding Baptist
expositor.
i All sessions will be held at the
| Coker college auditorium.
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Bates Is Named
S. C. Treasurer
{ State Senator Jefferson B. Bates of
| Richland county . will be appointed
1 state treasurer this morning to succeed
the late ?. P. Miller, It was a>
[ nounced last night in Charleston by
| Governor Burnet R. Maytoank.
When Informed last night of the
! governor's announcement, Senator
Bates said he had not been officially
notified of the impending appolntmeit
and therefore did not care to mftkei
statement. ^
"I have not been available to a telephone
today and therefore have received
no word from the goveraorr
Until I am officially notified, I would
prefer not to have anything to say,".:
Governor Maybank said that the ay
polntment had to be made immediilfH
ly, as none of the more than %71/H' fl
000 111 state and federal funds
annually goes through the office coiA
not .be touched until a treasurer la-fl
named. - ?
Mrs. Lilly Holland
Dies in Beulah Section
Mrs. Lilly B. Holland, age 80, died
at her residence in the Beulah section
east of here at 11:30 a. m., last
Friday after an illness of 10 daya.
Born in Kershaw county, she wai
married to R. T. Holland 63 yean
ago, *ho survives as well as five sow
?E. t. Holland and Charlie Hollaad,
of Camden; T. Jr Holland, of Hartsville;
Eugene Holland of Cassatt; ani
Arthur Holland, of the Beulah a#
tion; two daughters, Mrs. W. E. 8,
Trapp, of Boykln;xMrs. A. B. S. hft
ver. of the Antloch section. Twentyeight
grandchildren and nineted
great-grandchildren survive.
Funeral services were held fro*
Beulah Methodist church Sunday at
11 o'clock a. m., and interment
In the church cemetery. The R*TMr.
Godtoold and the Rev. J. C. Cock
conducted the rites.
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I ATTENTION FARMERS!
I Stop the Boll Weevil NOW
Blackstrap Molasses:
In 57 gal. Barrels, 13c per gal. Smaller amounts
?you furnishing container?14c per gal.
Calcium Arsenate:
i In case lots or more, 6 3-4c; Smaller am'ts., 7c.
40 Bushels SOUND BRABHAM PEAS
1 $1.60 per bu.
100 Bushels SOUND BRIGHT MIXED CLAY PEAS
$ 1.35 per bu.
We have installed Machinery for ?
Cleaning and Treating Cottonseed
Wheat, Rye, Oats, Peas, Beansy
Lespedeza and Crotalaria Seed.
Very Reasonable Prices.
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