The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 11, 1940, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
Cruising
Around
with
< ( I
"Skipper"
the expression#
heard some of the merchants
", irofe?.lon?l ?">? d? uot 1,110 th0
of the One-hour parklug law
-hUli will he effective six days of
k' week beginning November 1.
Jht' ?
Thi? business district parkin* prohle.n
|-n-t just a Camden affair it
i xeueral ov?r tho country and
torn all we have heard and read,relard
ins the situation In other cities
f, VouUl appear that the shop keepers
L office folks are in a great meas
1 responsible for the difficulty in
' , ,hev pre empt the parkins
i-Jcea for their owu vehicles instead
rleaving them open to possible custowers.
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Kor Instance, we had one Broad
8troer business man tell us last week
i that three concerns boasted nine cars
rk.Mi in the one block between
Broad and Rutledge street and
the trouble is, these cars are parked
(or many hours at a time.
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This is county fair week and the
this year ia oiitatanrilug 111
many particulars. The carnival outfit
Is an Improvement for one thing.)
The tiro works were outstanding while(
the free acta were better than the
average. The exhibits In agricultural
products cattle, swine, etc. are comprehensive
and well arranged.
The Mather-Sims football gamej
Wednesday attraoted a big following
and the game tonight between Cam-:
den and Sumter should bring out a.
record crowd. }
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Dixie Boykln responded to an eleventh
hour request to take over the
running of the dog show Thursday
afternoon and did a right smart job
of i;
And speaking of nice jobs well,
done, we're, giving Dewey Creed a
nice pat on 'the back for some effect-,
ive supervision and direction. Of
course Dewey had some excellent
helpers who did a valiant bit of work
All In all the 1940 fair is a
good one and those responsible deserve
all credit.
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Carl LAfthtfoot*, who is taking an
enforced vacation at the hospital, was
Injured more seriously than what was
first believed. Carl fractured two
bones in his neck and it is going to
be some weeks before he will be able
to be out and start shaping up for
the polo season. Cheerio old chap. _ J
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We want to take this opportunity to
urge each and every football fan in
Camden to be sure and be present at
Zemp stadium tonight. All the repur's
from Sumter indicate that the
Gamecocks will have the support of;
.m army of rooters who are bringing
:V iiiuh school band with them. It
is you Camden fans to show the
people of the neighboring balliwi<
i\ :hctL Camden Is with the Bulldogs
exactly 100 per cent. Come on.
-a -here are 2000 football fans
li- i ht-re in Camden and at least
noro in tho county outside the
cry Gosh, if you all turn out. with
:? * b""? or more expected from Sumwiiai
a crowd of folks, what a
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Charleston Man Saw
Traitors Kill Holland
The following article was takeu
from a recent Issue of the News and
Courier, Charleston:
BY 8AM A. COTMRAN
Small, peace loving Holland, never
really believing her neutrality would
be violated seriously, dually was the
victim of the most treacherous pranks
the Nasi Invaders could concoct, according
to llorry F. Prioleau, formerly
of Charleston, who was in the Netherlands
when the blitzkrieg struck
May 10.
Mr. Prioleau left Charleston for
Scarsdale. N. Y.. last night after passing
a few days visiting friends and
relatives hero. Ho was a guest at t<ho
Fort Sumter hotel.
An executive of the Netherlands
Colonial Petroleum corporation, a
branch of Standard Oil, Mr. Prleleau
was forced to leave Holland July 1$
after passing some time In that country.
lie munaged to leave the county
In a special train hearing about 200
diplomats ordered out by tho German
government. Ho undertook the special
task of secretary to the American
minister to Holland, George Anderson
Gordon, formerly of Savannah, and
joined tho entourage of the diplomats,
who represented more than 30 differ-1
ent foreign legations.
The special train left Holland the
morning of July 16, rambled through
Germany, which Mr. Prioleau described
as "desolate", thence Into Switzerland,
to unoccupied France, to
Spain, apd Anally io Lisbon, Portugal.
There he boarded the Americau export
liner Excalibur for the trip across
the Atlantic with the Duke of Windsor
and his American bride, the former
Mrs. Wallis Simpson. The liner
arrived in New York August 10.
Mr. Prioleau had returned t* Charleston
briefly last summer, but resumed
his work in the Netherlands
after war had begun.
Speaking In what may be termed
Mr. Prioleau described the scene of
the German attack. He said that on
the morning of May 10, he saw countleas
Nazi planes from his hotel window
near Rotterdam. "The sky was
dark with German planes^ but even
then, there was no definite sign of
attack, he said.
"Several times previously German
planes had crossed Holland for attacks
against France. We didn't
know whether it was an attack or
simply a wholesale violation of the
country's neutrality."
Mr. Prioleau said there was little
doubt left when the planes began
circling. One plane swooped low and
dropped two bombs. It was the beginning
of the attack. It was the cue
for the legions of fifth columnists to
come from hiding and fight Dutch
soldiers In the street.s
He said tljat although he had seen
no parachutists dropped, Minister Gordon,
whom he lauded for his tireless
efforts in evacuating Americans, had
seen several 'chutists floating downward
for the attack. Reports that
Nazi soldiers had tricked Dutchmen
by being completely outfitted with
Dutch army uniforms when they landed
were no exaggerations, Mr. Prioleau
said. He added that it had been
reported authoratively that In some
sections, the Nazi soldiers 'dropped into
communities dressed as Catholic
A little bird from Rock Hill says
the Bearcats would like to got another
shot at the Bulldogs. What a "natural"
for a post-season tilt In early
December. Only this time the Bearcats
would not be so lucky as to play
to a tie with the scrappy lads of
Camden.
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Replies to Brltloh Mayor
l-aat week thli paper quoted a rad*
Ingram from the mayor of Cheater-,
field. England, to the mayor of Chesterfield,
8. O.. V. 8. A.. <x>wilally referring
the fact that one of the fifty
destroyers transferred from thle
country to Great Britain waa uaiued
Chesterfield.
Mr. J. A. Welsh, Jr., mayor of Chesterfield
replied:
"Your sentiment* txwdlally reclprocated.
May our gallant namesake
be privileged to atrlke telliug blows
for civilisation."?Chesterfield Advertiser.
priests and as women.
Adding to the confusion and the
trickery of the Germans were the fifth
columnists who long before had established
arsenals In various sections
of the country and spread Into the
streets the moment the attack started.
Mr. Prtoleau said that there was no
evidence of the highly vaunted German
"secret weapon", a nerve gas. He
pointed out that there had been no
report of such a gas, and that gas
was Impracticable In Holland due to
high winds. Five days after the attack.
the bewildered Hutch capttulatI
ed. but left very little material of military
value with which the Nazis could
wedge their way Into France later.
Nearly all the Dutch planes were shot
out of the air by the Germans, hh said.
Ho confirmed a recent Associated
Press story which related the lone
night raids from England of a former J
Dutch aviator. Mr. Prioloau said that
this Hollander and another, both for-;
"iner commercial pilots, hatT determlned
to bomb their native land as long
as the Nazis occupied it. Mighty
they carry out their raids, dumping
tons of explosives on the land where
they were reared. J
j Despite two previous threats against
the neutrality of the Netherlands by
the Nazis, the. Dutch still almost re-|
i fused to believe they would be lnvad-l
led. Mr. Prtoleau said. There was a
crisis in November and a secondary
crisis in January, and thousands of
German troops were massed at the
border. Then tension, as Mr. Prioleau
put it, "was so thick you could
have sliced it with a knife.
Ho depicted the painstaking efTorts
of the Dutch to study their means of
defense and particularly their means
of preserving their neutrality. The
people were vastly pro-British, he said,
but despite this, they did not hesitate
to take pot shots at trespassing British
planes on their way to upset the
Nazis at home. The Dutch anti-craft
fire brought down two or more British
planes.
Even if they never expected any invasion
from the British, and hoped the
i British would conquer, the Dutch government
went to extreme pains and
expense simply to make gestures of
complete impartiality. An example of
this pointed out by Mr. Prloleau was
that the Dutch dug trenches on their
western shores, signifying they were
prepared to repel any landing paity
the British might send.
For some weeks prior to the attack,
the Dutch had anticipated to some extent
the mode of approach of the
Nazis, however. They had learned
from t/he Norwegian campaign. Every
airport field, golf course and cow pasture
was piled high with junk in an
effort to prevent the German troop
planes from landing. The Nazis nevertheless
accomplished their objective
by landing the parachutists, who in
turn cajyured the airfields and cleat ed
them sufficiently for plane landings.
Mr. Prloleau said that "the-moment
the fields were cleared, German troop
planes started coining in like express
I trains." He said that one plane followed
another at a dangerous closeI
ness. Some crashed on Ute landing
fields. I
He visited Rotterdam, a fine bus
tling commerce city, two days after ^
the Germans had riveted their attack
against it. He said of it: ~|
' "I have never seen anything so devastated.
Everything was leveled.
There was a water shortage, a short!
age of food, refugees clotted the
streets and there was a terrific stench.
From the special train Mr. Prloleau
saw only a glimpse of Nazi Germany.
He described the scene as being one
of almost complete desertion. There
was hardly a man to be seen, and even
only a few women and children.
Switzerland had begun the process of
demobilizing, since by then the pressure
had been relieved.
The people of unoccupied France
I seemed completely broken to Mr. Prloleau.
It appeared to- him that their
entire world had collapsed beneath
them. There was an amazing scarcity
of food In Spain, and the country
appeared to be considerably run down.
He ascribed this to the Brltsh blockade
and to the recent civil war.
Portugal remained the only country
prospering in the face of a continental
upheaval.
Britain, In the opinion of Mr. Prloleau,
ha? about a fifty-fifty chance of
licking the Germans. They are by no
means defeated now, he saicj.
Mr. Prloleau expects, to settle at
Scarsdaie .for some tUosh?but anticipated
going to Sumatra in the Dutch
Indtes.
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
, (Hy Specialot)
Fifty years of service to Methodism,
to South (Ntrolina and to humanity Is
the record of Hoary Nelson Snyder.
Years a go ho was tho hrllllant profossor
and pleasing speaker, carrying
a gracious personality and luminous
thought from the mountains to t>oa.
In recent years, while still the charming
speaker on any occasion, he has
become one of the sages to whom the
State looks for counsel.
With all deference we cannot permit
our Methodist brethren to exercise
?n exclusive option to Dr. Snyder,
we claim him for the State, and he becomes
of those who are enshrined in
the hearts of huntatrity. Spectator, a
Iluptist, never knew Dr. Snyder as
narrowly sectarian, on the contrary,
he has always boon a towering figure
among us. albeit gentle and modeHt
always. .
Dr. Snyder, through Wofford College,
has been a great minister In the
Master's service, but from tho pulpit
and platform he has been us a guiding
light which shlneth more and more
unto the perfect day.
There arc four obstacles which work
against our State In trying to persuade
industries to come here: the
pultive damage practice, 'annual sosslons
of tho Legislature, high local
taxes, both county and municipal, a
disposition to-*soak the corporations.
All these obstacles to our development
are man-made and can he removed.
From the English wo Inherited as
.uur Jaw all. the old legal doctrines
wthlch were in effect there until these
States became Independent. Among
the practices was one called Exemplary
or Punitive 'Damages, hy which
a man who is sued might he chargfed
not only with actual damages, hut because
of certain fraudulent elements
he might also he required to pay extra
damages for punishment or to
make an example of him. In tho
course of years this matter of damages
for punishment or to make an
example of one has grown in our
State so that regardless of any fraud
or peculiar circumstance requiring an
example the platntnfT will lank for both
actual and punitive damages.
What has that to do with us? Well,
if a poor man hits someone with his
car the person who is hit will do well
to get the five, ten or fifty dollars necessary
to cover loss, but if that car
had been owned by a great corporation
or a man with a little property
there might have been a suit for $50
as actual damages and $1,000 as punl-l
tlve damages. The vice of our practice
is that however innocently one
may have been at fault the wealth or
even small means of a man may excite
some lawyer and result in verdicts
entirely out of proportion to the
merit of the case. And if the defendant
should he a big corporation
all sense of right, Justice, equity and
proportion is sometimes thrown to the
i winds. This kind of practice Is not
| common among the members of our
bar, but It Is too frequent at that. Consider
the case of a big corporation, It
must operate through Individuals,
'oftentimes our friends and neighbors.
Usually when it injures some one it
Is the act of our neighbor who works
for the Corporation. So far as he is
concerned we would ask little or nothing:
but If his act can be charged to
the corporation then the hill for damages
swells enormously. If a corporation
be sued for fifty thousand dollars
it can never tell whether the jury
will say fifty thousand or five thousand.
The full amount asked for
hangs over the corporation like a note
in tin4 bank. The practice of our
State scares away investors. We
should not let a few lawyers fatten
at tho expense of the development of
the State.
No one should object to fair damages
for Injuries sustained; but the
practice of shaking down a man or an
enterprise is a prostitution of justice,
as well as an obstacle to the growth
of the business of our State.
Annual sessions of our Legislature
running from t January until June keep
all the business Interests In fear for
until the General Assembly adjourns
It may at any moment?and especially
In the final act known.as the Free
Conference Committee on the General
Appropriation Bill?enact some requirement
or Impose some tax which
will hamper or hamstring the business
of the State. Forty-two states have
bi-ennla! sessions, including North
BYRNES DECLARE8 WILLKIE
3TUOENT OF "MEIN KAMPF"
Washington. Oct. 2? Senator Byrnes
(IV80) said tonight that Wendell h,
Willkic In his Cleveland speech "again
attempt* to place responsibility of
Munich and dismemberment of Cseohoalovakht
on President Roosevelt" and
"stubbornly sticks to hie inlsrepresenlatlon."
In a atatineut issued through the
national committee of Independent
Voter* for Roosevelt, Hymen recalled
Willklo'e "ill-starred atatinent In
Jollet two weeks ago" on the subject
and commented:
"Apparently ho and his advisers
have become disciple* of Moln Kainpf
which declares that any mis statement
told often enough sooner or later will
be believed
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Carolina. Oeorgla and Virginia, but)
we keep things stirred up six months
in the year. Twice the people have
voted for bi ennial sessions, and twice
the Legislature has Ignored the popular
demand.
Our State taxes are not notably
higher than those of other States,
which Is hardly an argument for new
business. If we could tell the world
that our taxes are lower than others
we should have a talking point. It is
the local unit -county and city?
which Is so drastically out of line. We
have piled on services and the State
has contributed to the counties, assuming
heavy obligations of schools
and roads hereto/ore resting on the
counties. Hut the counties have |m-lh>aed
on real jQftlfttfiL Jmrdona of tax a:
Mon which make our state an uninviting
field for investment.
The hostile attitude of some lawmakers
has made it seem that nothing
but a foolish and narrow political
claptrap determines our regulations
concerning business. The membership
of the recent General Assembly
was a bright and wholesome exception.
Indood, the people of the State
nre awake to the dangers of persecuting
enterprises and will act decisively
when given the facts. |
A friendly atmospherev among all
classes of our people Is a surer guarantee
of fair treatment than any other
lnfluouce, and It exercises a wider appeal
than any other In making Industry
ohoose our State.
?
"Bishop" Smoak of Colleton will not
be in the Legislature next year?
which may bo lucky for the Bishop,
but regrettable for the State. Colleton
hail too many good men at one
time when W. W. Smoak and Jesse I).
Padgett ran In the second race. Excellent
men and deserving of endorsement
as they were, how could the
county elect both to one seat? Probably
old Colleton tfhould have elected
both and given each a half vote In the
House. The Bishop is a mighty 'fighter
and loves 'his State; Mr. Padgett if
a retiring man of great usefulness
and steadfast purpose.
Mr. Smoak. who* edits and publishes
a reniarkablo County paper of only
one defect, Is one of the crusaders for
Prohibition and Education and is always
found either in the lead or in
the ranks of every forward movement.
Though his presence and his
voice will be missed, he has a powerful
medium through which his county
and his brethren of the quill will
know clearly whore he stands and
what he thinks.
What about this country of ours?
is it worth defending? Sounds like a
foolish question, but let us look into
It somewhat. Several weeks ago I
gave some figures showing a few of
the |>olnt.s of superiority of this country
over Germany. Another comparative
study has come to my attention
which may prove informative. Tho
study includes the tTnlted States,
Great Britain, Germany, France, Belglum,
Italy and Russia. Boyond a
doubt the comparison W much more
favorable to us now because France,
and Belgium are overrun by German
troops and Italy, as well as Germany
and Britain, are feeling the pinch of
war.
Statisticians do not hesitate to
break down figures into the farthest
detail, so I mention some studies of
the relative purchasing power of tho
people of the nations When applied to
bread, beef, butter, coffee, and potatoes.
How many pounds of bread, beef,
butter, coffee and potatoes can the
average factory worker buy with the
wages he earns in one hour? Starting
| with bread:
In our country 7.5 lbs.
Great Britain 5.2 lbs.
France 5. lbs.
Belgium 4.9 lbs.
Italy 2.8 lbs.
Germany 2.5 lbs.
Russia 1.9 lbs.
No wonder we look like a nation o
millionaires to some Europeans.
Now In tho matter of beef:
United States 2.1 lbs.
? Great Britain - 1.4 lbs.
Germany 0.9 lbc.
France . 0.8 lbs.
Belgium 0.7 lbs.
Italy .T. 0,5 lbs.
Russia 0.5 lbs
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Farm Yard Lights
Are A Great Aid
Yard lights leason the number of accidents
on the ' farm and also discourage
thieves and prowlers who rely
on darkness tq conceal their activities;
suggests County Agent W. C.
MoCarley, who advises that every
farm home with electricity should
have one or more yard light* as a convenience
In doing the chores.
Yard lights, the agent suggests,
should be placed near the center of
greatest farmstead activity. Kach
light should be mounted at least 15
feet above the ground on either a pole
or on a butldingvyHho location for the
light should he Tqge of trees or othor
obstructions that would prevent the
light reaching the deslrod area,
For the greatest convenience yard
lights should he controlled from at
least two plucea which require the
use of two 3-way switches, one located
at the house and the other at the
barn, With such an arrangement the
lights can he switched on wthen leaving
the house to light the arm between
the two buildings and turned
off upon arriving at the barn, and
vice versa.
Homemade yard lights can be constructed
at very nominal cost by using
a wash pan as a reflector, the agent
states. Plans for constructing such a
light are gvlcn in Rural (electrification
Circular No. 3, "Rural Electrification
Activities for 4-H Club Members and
Others". This circular may be secured
from county farm and home demonstration
agents or the agricultural engineering
division of the Extension
Service at Clomson College.
One Hour Parking
After November 1
(continued from first page)
Another traffic change that has
been made In the past week was the
restoring to operation of the stop and
go signal lights at Hroad and Rutledge
streets. This was done after several
month* of experlmetntntion without
the control lights, when it was found
Chat the threat of accidents was so
much In ovldence that traffic control
was necessary.
The one-hour parking regulations
in the down town area will mean that
some of the business and professional
men wbo have been parking their enrs
lit the zone will have to make use of
space at the i-ear of their .establishments
or park on side streets.
The present yellow and black signs
on the light standards which proscribe
one hour parking on Saturdays will bo
removed. The police stale that the
published announcement of the one
hour parking regulations for all days
of the week excepting Sunday will be
sufficient notice to the public.
REPUBLICANS
We desire to get in direct communication with all
REPUBLICANS, ANTI-NEW DEALERS and ANTIj
THIRD TERMERS in Kershaw county, and adjoining
counties, in order to supply them with official guide
voting tickets or ballots for the coming general election
on November 5th., and any other information desired
by the voters.
Our ballots in Kershaw county will be headed by
C. F. Pendleton for congress, and followed with the
only authorized and official REPUBLICAN Presidential
! Electors for Wendell L. Willkie, as follows: J. Bates
Gerald, George Norwood, Mrs. John E. Messervy,
Marion W. Seabrook, A. M. Morris, CTBC fluffin, A. N.
Sifford and W. B. Daughtrey. Casting your vote for
any other ticket, will be throwing your vote away as it
will not be counted in the regular Willkie column.
Address your letters to:
SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN PARTY
P. O. Box 425, State Headquarters, Sumter, S. C.
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VACCINATED PIGS
GO TO MARKET
Dead Pigs Stay at Home
Now is the time to vaccinate
against CHOLERA. It will cost on*
|y a few cents per pig if you buy
your U. 8. TE8TED SERUM AND
VIRUS from DeKALB PHARMACY. |
A complete stock under refrigeration
at att tim. 8yrlnges, needles,
bacterln and All animal Vaccines.
DeKALB PHARMACY.
Camden, 8. C. Telephone 96
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WHAT'S 1/044*
TELEPHONE SCORE?
-t r - rMob?
people realize the
business and social value
of a pleasant telephone persona
lity, and a seemingly
- - gruff or hasty manner is
usually just thoughtlessness.
Since this seems to be
the age of quizzes, how
I about a short one on some
points of telephone usage?,
Do You Talk Directly
Into the Telephone?
j The proper way to use the
telephone for best results is
to hold the transmitter dj*
rectly in front of the lips
while you are talking. Do
You
. Speak Pleasantly?
Remember...it may be your best
friend or your best customer.
Greet him as pleasantly
as you would it you
were face to face. Pleasant ... t:
people get the most fun out
of life anyway.
Do You
Hang Up Gently?
Thoughtlessly slamming the
j receiver may appear like an
act of discourtesy to the per- j
son to whom you have been !
talking. You don*t mean it,
of course, but it may leave j
the wrong impression.
Do You
Talk Naturally?
Normal tone of voice it best.
Whispered words arc indistinct.
Shouting distorts the
voice and may make it gruff and
unpleasant.
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Many, many timed you
form your impression of
people?and they judge |3
! you?by the sound of a
I voice over the telephone.
Southern Bell Telephone " ~~s
Atii>Telegraph Co., Inc.?- ?