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Cruising Around : ii with 11 "Skipper" J HERE 18 OUR SIDE Clotting out this column la no plenio. If wo i>rlut Jokes, people say we are Hilly. If wo don't, they say we are too serious. If wo clip things from other magazines, wo are too lazy to write thorn ourselves. If we don't wo are too fond of our own stuff. If we don't print contributions, we don't appreciate true genius, if we do print thom, , the column is filled with Junk. No, / like as not, someone will say we swiped this from some other magazine WE DID! * ? ? * Wo suggest to hiztfoner the mayor and chief of police Hush that now is the time to padlock some of the objectionable places In the city and eliminate the possibility of another shooting affair whie^ on Christmas eve cost'one life. ? * * Wo bellovo such a move would meet p^pii!??? approval. Well. 1940 put up a swell game but 1941. Ouch. We had a lot of surprises over the holidays and everyone was pleasant. For instance a long distance' chat with loved ones clear up in the midwest was the high light of the holiday period. ? And when that good chap Robin Zemp handed us .a missive from the school trustees expressing appreciation for our cooperation In the athletic program we Just sort of choked up. And when we opened the envelops a wee bit farther and found a card therein which called for a swell suit of clothes at the Sheorn men's shop? well?that was the climax. A thousand thanks fellows. Heard two good football garaeB last Saturday. __One between the Yanks l Rebels at Montgomery which ended In1 a 14 to 12 win for the former, and the | other at Atlanta between Georgia Tech and California whi<!h the Crackers won 13 to 0. * Thanks for Sam Latimer of the1 State, the boys at the Record, also the Charlotte News and the Observer, the Charleston News and Courier, Greenville News, Spartanburg Herald, Radio stations WIS and WBT for the fine Christmas greetings. * Our biggest headache these days? finding accommodations for all the people who want to live in Camden. H. B. Cornell, professor of aeronautical engineering at Alabama U drove up here with Mrs. Cornell last week and we spent an entire day In trying to find a home for them?without result. And the demand is Just starting folks. What are we going to do. Will someone please tell me. Frankly, we are up against a stone wall. Some of our people with a surplus of cash will have to loosen the purse strings and start building homes. Camden is definitely on the march and WE MUST have homes for people to live in. Cur good friends Bert and Betty j Dolan of Milwaukee are going to head south soon and spend several days with us in Camden taking in the | horse shows and the like. If there were ever two real people?It's Bert and Betty. Have you observed the congestion on Deftalb street near the bus termi-j nal at frequent intervals daily? Seems, to me the city pops should Insist on' the big buses doing their loading and unloading on some other street other' than U. S. No. 1 which has such a! heavy traffic load. Some day there' will be a serious accident because of the congestion caused by the buses and a lot of folks will be saying, "I told you so." * * * Now that Camden is growing up and becoming a lusty city, it's time we got out of the whistle stop class and did some brightening up. Meaning that our downtown street lights need bigger bulbs and the overhead lights at the corners should be replaced with a more modern type. * Several hundred polo fans cam * to Camden last Sunday to see a polo game. Wet grounds made It necessary to call the game off. It was a wise decision on the part of the polo club management. That was a powerful fireside chat the chief executive of the nation made Sunday night. We rather liked the way he talked up. It must have made the dictators do some thinking. Epidemic of Cold Symptoms 666 Liquid or 666 Tablets with 666 Salve or 666 Nose Drops generally re-i iievee cold symptoms the first day. j Adv. I JANUARY FARMING MINT* ** COUNTY AGENT MoCARLRY For greater success in farming in 1&41 county farm * agent W. 0. MrCarloy makes these important suggestions for January. Agronomy. B6 aure your ?U planting oeed 'or 1941 ?? ? produce staple at least one tncU In tenrth and preferably longer, lest aeod (or germination and plant only seed that tost at least ml percent. J sufficient oats was not planted during fall to meet farm needs, plant this month, weather permitting. Clean up hedge rows and wood patches between Holds, hut don't lot Are burn any woodland. Spread Unto, tf this has not already been done. . Horticulture. Prepare hotbeds and coldfraines tor cabbage, tomato, popper. and the like. Plant English peas (lu lower part of state) It soil Is In condition. Prepare land to. Irish potatoes, and order certified seed. Prune fruit trees and vines props tory to spraying with oil emulsionBordeaux or lime-sulfur. Plant frull trees at once, if soil Is In condlt torn Terrace all now orchard land before planting. isr? , "Agricultural Engineering. lower production costs in 1941 y more efficient use of labor, power and machinery. Arrange sheds and farm a hop for better care of, equipment. Check over farm machinery and make needed repairs; .Make needed repairs and Improvements on buildings, fences and gates. If storage houses or other log buildings are to be constructed this year, the timber should bo cut now in order to Insure bolto. curing of logs. Insects and Diseases. Plan to treat cotton seed before planting. Cont nue cleaning orchards to destroy fallen fruit and limbs to control d ??? Clean up trash about edges of fields and gardens to kill hibernating Insects. Do not burn woods to control insects. Appply dormant spray to peach trees for San Jose scale and loaf curl. Examine cattle for lico, and ask county agent McCarley about the new dust for lice. Midway 4-H Club The Midway High school 4-11 CI lib held Its first meeting December 17, ,<H0 in the Midway high school house. There was twenty-two present. We opened our meeting by singing Ood Bless America". Then we dl?cus??l some of the ways In which Obd has blessed America. Then Miss Fewell lead us in prayer. Then she told ur a very Interesting story which was the " Great Christmas Wish." We a enjoyed tt very much. She then dt cussed our coming year's work and the change of meetings. We then elected our' officers for the year. President. Mies Lillian president. Miss Sarah C- Watkio*; secretary. Miss Charlotte McCasklU. reporter. Miss Juanlta Anderson. We then agreed to meet In January and were dismissed. Law Enforcement Pushed Georgetown, Dec. 21?Georgetown police pushed a ragld law enforcement ramnalgn today in the wake of a series of disturbances that started last U dny Wit.ll ft mOb Police officers, under the ^^*on of Fred Nobles; newly appointed chief, arrested five white Per^n9h^? on Neeroes In the last 24 hours various charges as they sought to re^ store normal conditions to this ancient BCaiZ\lonce, aided by state militia and the sheriff's force, maintained a strict watch over streets, and public places, determined to prevent a"otl4|^ outburst against Negroes such as that which followed an attempt by an armed mob to gain custody of the alleged assailant of a white woman. LEE'S PROBATE JObQE NOW 90 YEAR8 YOUNQ On the eveulng of December J9, 1940, Lee County Court House officials and their wives gathered in the Court House, the occasion being a celebration of Judge Smith's ninetieth birthday. A delightful turkey dinner had been prepared and was served on a table in the oorrldor. A huge birthday cako adorned the center with the figure ninety represented by burning candles. L. VV. Moore, Clerk of Court, was loastmaster. Johnson-' McCutchon, Superintendent of Education, gave a toast to Judge Smith, aiul presented him with a gift front the officials and employees of the Court House. Mrs. John M. Smith was presented with a lovely oorsago of pink carnations. I<awreuce Peebles, County Treasurer, gave a resume of Judge Smith's life, recalling that iu addition to other interesting facts, Judge Smith has married couples from all tho Atlantic Seaboard states, that Judge Smith is older than 18 statos, and has lived through the administrations of eighteen presidents, from President Fillmore's to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's. He has seen the United States grow from a nation of 23.000,000 in 1850 to 131,000.000 in 1940. Several Christmas songs and happy birthday greetings were sung by tho thirty-two present. John Mitchell smith was bom iir Sumter, S. C., December 18, 1850, the son of the late John M. Smith and [ Lydia Copeland Smith. His father served his country in two wars, as a volunteer under Captain DuBose in Florida, also as a private volunteer of tho Sumter Company A. Palmetto Regiment, and was wounded in the battle of Churubusco, Mexico. The wound received in that battle caused I his death nine years later. | Judge Smith was married to Sara j Isabel Player on May 18, 1881, at Rose Hill plantation, which Is now a part [of the government resettlement farm | known as Ashwood. To this union | has been born eight children, J. Mar| tin; Clara (deceased), Mrs. F. M. Ramsey, Mrs. Will McLendon, Mrs. L. C. Stevens (deceased), Grady, Connie and Brooks. He has sixteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. His wife has - two brothers. "W. W. Player and Slgmond Player, of Elliott, and one sister, Mrs. Sue Bradham. of Pinewood. Judge Smith was elected Probate Judge of Lee county in 1902, being the winner over three opponents, thereby becoming the first and only Probate Judge Lee county has ever had. Since that time he has been reelected five times without opposition. John M. Smith, known by thousands of South Carolina residents as "Judge", has served Lee county for thirty-eight consecutive years. During this long tenure of ofTice he has endeared himself to a great multitude of people. His quiet, unassuming manner, blended with his untiring and faithful devotion to the discharge of his official duties, explains his continued success as a public citizen. Judge Smith is a gentleman of the old school, courtly in his manner, broadminded, and is a genuinely good friend to his associates. The dinner served him on his ninetieth birthday is testimonial of the esteem and love of his fellow workers. MAN GETS HAIR CUT AND SHAVE AFTER 20 YEARS San ford, N. C., Dec. 26?Among the unusual gifts Santa Claus brought to Lee county was a haircut and shave for Oris Burns, 55. of Route 4, Sanford, who on Christmas eve walked into Porter's barber shop, got into a chair and requested S. D. Porter, the proprietor, to give him a haircut and shave?the first he had in approximately 20 years. It took about one hour for Porter to complete the Job. Burns, a familiar figure in I^ee county, wore his hair braided in three plaits, according to the barber shop attaches the longest plaits were 25 inches and his beard was proportionately long. After an attack of illfieSs some years ago Burns decided to let his hair and beard grow?and it is understood that he would not divulge the reason. Unmarried, Burns resided with relatives about seven miles north of Sanford. He is very fond of walking and on his trips-to and from Sanford, he always prefers to walk rather than ride with friends in an automobile. It Is learned that in his younger days he would walk to Raleigh to attend the State Fair and then homo again. Raleigh is about 40 miles from his home. He was accompanied to Sanford on Christmas eve by his brother, Remus Burns of Burlington. j " Nobody's Business Written for The' Chronicle by Gee MoGee, Copyright, 1928. MY NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS RBBOLVBD, That I won't think hard Of the man or woman \yho rushes in ahead of me and take* my parking space. I am off cussing again. RIDSOLVBI), That 1 will have full respect for my stale, county, city and federal governments; but I would lovo all of them more if they would reduce taxes. I will likewise huvo due regard for red lights, stop signs, short skirts, painted nails? and policemen's whistles. RESOLVED. That 1 will quit trying to reduce expenses of my household; it can't do done without a dissolution of family ties. 1 will continue to love my ties. (They are mighty nice ties.) RESOLVED, That 1 will not extend credit to the fellow that says he will pay me next week or next Saturday. I have no more money to lose on such guys. (There ought to be a law.) RESOLVED, That I will sit Idly by and let my competitor cut my throat. While he is severing my jugular, ho Is likewise severing his own Jugular. (Misery loves coinpauy, and plenty of It: the kind of compel ft ion we are enjoying today is the cut-throat kind.) lilCSOhVDB, I bat i will continue to ?pay until- death-do u? paw all of the money I can rake and scrape on account?of the wages and hours, the social security, the unemployment, the state and county, the city and federal, the school district and the gas, the license and the stampon luxuries, and any and all other agencies that any future crack-pot "light think up to help destroy my business. (Dun, please tell Bradstreet I am through!) RESOLVED, < That I will listen more and talk loss; oat leas and sleep , more; say nice things about folks or not say at all; avoid folks who would cough or sneeze In my face; laugh at old Jokes I've heard before, I even if I can't laugh as loud as the teller laughs; make my present stock of old out-moded clothes last! for the duration of the war?unless It becomes against the law to look like that; and, last, but not least, I will pay my debts promptly audi renew my notes on time, and smile and smile and smile?if possible. ! FREE! -FREE! ! FREE! ! < ?The whole country has gone premium crazy. Nearly everything you buy carries a coupon or a prize of some kind with It. It looks like you can now send In 10 any kind of wrappers and 15c and get a nice 10c stick pin; or you can mail 5 box tops or lids to the manufacturer and he will send you a set of something that yog don't especially need, provided, of course, that you enclose only 26c with the I tops or lids or wrappers. It's some-l thing for nothing till you stop and think, which none of us ever do nowadays. 1 I want to make a few suggestions to our poultry raisers, farmers and vgetable growers. They will have to get premium-wise If they expect to I sell their wares. For Instance, an egg seller ought to advertise that he will give a nice frying-sizo pullet if an eggeater will send in 10 egg shells and 35c. Or, in case the fanner wants to sell more roasting ears (in season), j ho could tell the world that he will give one big rattlesnake watermelon (with streamlined stripes) if the cornon cob customer will send in only 2 bales of shucks and 6 cobs, plus 40c.l That ought to produce results. ?Take a turnip seller for Instance: he should advertise that he will give away, absolutely free of charge, 2 nice sweet potatoes if the turnip buyer will send him only the roots and the tops clipped from a dozen turnips, and 10c of course. The cash is always sent along to pay for the present that the guy is giving away. Take cantaloupes ?as an example: if the producer will! offer 5 full-size 5c cantaloupes fori only 25c and 10 .additional 5c cantaloupes for 50c, an extra cantaloupe will be given to "the individual consumer provided he, she or it will send the seeds from 6 or 10 cantaloupes I back to the seller with 5c in coin. j ?The spud grower needs help. He should offer to trade a nice green-and-l gold potato bug inbedded in beeswax for the eyes of only 25 spuds, provided ?as you have already guessed?that the buyer enclose with the potato ayes (Just referred to) the sum of 16o. Don't get the idea that it don't costl something to catch a potato bug and I mash him into a pretty little cube ofl beeswax: If the manufacturer gives premium^ (or rather sells 'em) with overjtWhg, why should the farmer not do so. too? (P. S. Don't fail to give your name and address.) 80MEBODY'8 GOING BAREFOOTED , IF A CHANGE I8N'T MADE ?From (his da/ hence. I am going to have more respect for a oow. It aint because of her milk that I have at last seen fit to do honor to her: her hide has turned the trick, I am not sure that the hide is so valuable while she's wearing it. but after she discards it, something sets in. If I could sell my cow (her name Is Liza) and g*?t. the price for her that her hide would be worth after It becomes shoes, she would easily fetch $5,648.49. i wtintod a pair of shoos mighty bad: that was last week, but I had been needing them for i^arly a )?ar I wont to a shoo store. h< "*a took an X-ray picture of my test and f u u u d- -nu t? UutL?Lhey wuDitold him 1 wore a ?1?) J; ?ho sa d; \' a 7 will Ht you OK. I lot 1 lm decide about the size. Of course a. wouldn't hurt my foot, as nelher shot would touch my foot except on bottom. 1 told him to wrap them up. ?The smiling clerk handed me the bundle and I said how much, and he said $13.50, 1 said. U>oky-here. young follow. 1 don't want to buy an Interest In the store'' I only wanted a palro shoes. He said $13.o0 again 1 dldn t argue; I gave him a cheek for $13 oO^ 1 hope the bank thought as much of that cbock as 1 did. He rang It up. I checked up on tho price of green and dry cow-hides after I got home. I ho green hides fetch about 12c per lb The dry ones, selects, fetch about lSc per lb. I had 2 lbs. of dry cowhide In that pair of shoes, thus making the actual leather cost 36c. ?I began to flgger as to the nigger In the wood-pile. The cow-raiser possibly got 10c for that 2 lb. hide. Ihe hide-dealer got 20c. The tanner got about 30c. The manufacturer got $2 The C. I. O. 1 am sure must of got $5 The little bit of cloth and thread cost somebody 12c. Freight was possibly 5c. Social security and unemployment taxes amounted to (easy) 25c Tho retailer evidently got the balance. He had a nice store, and the rent was way-up yonder. But, folks, don't forget: a cow-hide aln t anything to be sneezed at, that .8, after it's made up. THE WAY WE SEE THINGS ?According to Berlin, the British have never been able to drop bombs on anything in Germany exc?v' churches, hospitals, graveyards, nsh ponds, and open spaces. It looks like they would hit a train or depot or something kind of accidental some time. But every German bomb, lr you take the word of a German for It, lands right kerdab on top of an ammunition dump, or a railroad station, or an airplane factory, or s wharf, or a ship, or a crowd of women and children. Wont It be nice to get a rest from John L. Lewis? He possibly h^s enough money from recent deals to permit him to live In kingly style from now on. We don't know of any good ho bki ever done, hut we don't know everything. He has caused more distrust and trouble and discontent than any other man that ever lived. Mebbe la*wis and Bridges will buy themselves a big luxury liner and tour the world. If they ever atop, wo hope John L. will take up his abode In Italy and Bro. Bridges will naturally want to live In his dear old Russia. Suits us. - ' I * ? It wouldn't hurt the country so terrible If Friend Hugh Johnson would atop talking so much and so loud. He> hasn't been any great blessing to the country. If he had not of been so Hitler-like with the NRA, it might have done better. Some folks are now worrying because they feel that he might try to get back Into the Ekdnocratlc party again. The New Peal got rid of a few thorns In the flesh just in lime not to have them around their necks. Now ain't no time to have things around your neck except collars and ties, and they ought to lit very loose. ?I have been thinking about the poor farmer here of late. He grows cotton to sell to buy guano to grow cotton with. The tobacco farmer produces tobacco one year and sells It bo's he will have money enough to grow another crop of tobacco the next year to sell so's he can grow some more for nothing. Tho manufacturer of tobacco products makes all of the profit, the users pay all.^pf the taxes. All farm produce Is so cheap the government will never have to arrest a farmer for profiteering. Yet, lots of folks want to see crop control discontinued: all the country wold have to do then would be to Increase the size of its poorhouse and the lengths of bread lines about 10000 per cent. * = " MICKEY ROONEY TOPS QABLE AS A MONEY MAKER Hull wood. l)oo. 86.?The 10 biggest money making movie stars this year, the Motion I'icturo Herald, a trade publication, determined in its annual poll of theater exhibitors, were: 1. Mickey Koonoy; 2. Sponeer Tracy; 3. Clark Gable; 4, Gene Autry; 5. Tyrone Power; 6. James Cagrney; 7, Hing Crosby; 8 .Wallace Beery; 9, llotte Davis; 10, Judy Garland. The highlight of this year's i>oll, the Herald said in releasing the returns today, was the establishment of Autry, singing cowboy Htar. in fourth place. Not since the late Will Rogers topped the 1934 poll has a cowboy star been voted into the top 10 list. Koonoy. who personifies the American youth, easily retained the No 1 position ho won last year. Judy Garland rose from ohscprlty in the 1939 listing to her present place. These 15 came after the favored 10 in the following order: James Stewart, Deanne Durbin, Alice Kayo, Errol Flynn, Myript I/oy, Dorothy fjamour, Gary Grant, Bob Hope, Henry Fonda, Gary Cooper, Don Anioche, Jack Hennay, Ginger Rogers, Ann Sheridan and William Powell. Old Poem Foretelling Wonders of Today Ono of tho moat spiritual characters of alPmstory, was a woman known aa "Mother Shlptou." Sim lived In England over live hundred yoasr ago, and was a very keen, discerning rutdent of the prophecies or the Bible. Sho died in 1441); forty-three years before Columbus discovered America. From her studies of the Scriptures, she saw what was going to take place in tin* twentieth century or In the latter days and wrote it in the form of a poem, which is one of the most remarkable poems wo have ovor soon. We print it below exactly as originally written. MOTHER SHIPTON'S PROPHECY in the year 1441) A. 1). And now n word, in uncouth rhyme Of what shall be in future time For, iu those wondrous fur oil' days, The women shall adopt a erase To dress like men and trousers wear And cut off all their locks of hair. They'll ride astride with brazen brow, As witchua do, on broomsticks now 1 hen love shall die, and marriage cease And nations wayne as babes decrease 1 hen wives shall fondle cats and dogs And men shall live much the same as hogs, A ca? ri4fce without horses shall go, IMsaster till the world with woe; lu IjoiuIoii, Primrose Hill shall be, lis center hold a Bishop's See, Around the world men's thoughts shall My Quick as the twinkling of an eye. And' waters shall great wonders Ho-? How strange, and yet It shall come true. Then upside down the world shall bo, And gold found at the root of tree. Through tow'ring hills proud man shall ride. No horse or mule move by his side. Heneath tho water men shall walk, Shall ride, shall sleep, and even talk; And in tho air men shall bo seen, In white, In black as well as green. A grout man then shall come and go, For prophecy declares it so. In water Iron then shall float, As easy as a wooden boat. Gold shall bo found In streams and stono In land that Is ns yet unknown. Water and flre shall wonder do (steam), And England shall admit a Jew. The Jew that once was held in scorn Shall of a Christian then bo born. A house of glass shall come to pass (The Crystal Palace) iu England?but, alas! alas! A wur will follow with the work Where dwells the pagan and the Turk. The states wIM lock In fiercest strife, And seek to take each other's life; When North shall thus divide the South, The eagle builds In lion's mouth.. Then tax and blood and cruel war Shall come to every humble door. Then, when tho fiercest fight Is done, England and France shall bo as one. The British olive next shall twine In marriage with the German vine. Men shall wulk beneath and over streams? Fulfilled shall be our strangest dreams. All England's sons that plow the land Shall oft be seen with Book In hand The poor shall now great wisdom know. Great houses stand in farflung valo, All covered o'er with snow and hail. In nineteen hundred twenty-six Build houses light of straw and sticks,.:-' For tlmn shall mighty wars be planned. When pictures seem alive with movements free, When boats like fishes swim beneath tho sea. When men like birds scour the sky; Then half this world, deep drenched in blood shall die. But those who live to see (all this) through, In fear and trembling this will do; Flee to the mountains and the dens, To bog and forest and wild fens For storms will rage and oceans roar, When Gabriel stands on aea and shoro. And as he blows his wondrous horn Old worlds shall die and new be born. \ . j ?Reprinted by Lexington DispatchNews from Weekly News of Wealthy Street Baptist Temple, Grand Rapids, Michigan. KER8HAW LODGE IN8TALL8 OFFICER8 FOR YEAR i A a j On December 18, Abney Lodge No. 211 A. F. M.,. met and installed the following officers for the year 1941: worshipful master, Rev. Davis M. ''" Sanders; senior warden, I. B. Alexander; Junior warden, T. R. Robinson, Jr.; secretary, Dr. L. D. Simpson; ' treasurer, Hazel Est ridge; senior deacon, Ben Neal; Junior deacon, A. O. Hatfield; senior steward, J. E. Heg*- ? ler; Junior steward, Arthur Christmas; tyler, John Whilley; " chaplain, Rev. E. C. Shuler. . MALARIA DANGER IS SPREADING * ' ?!.> ^_iW When weather geti warm,' and mosquitos become thicker, then is when malaria spreads faster, for malaria comes from -mosquito bite, and any infected mosquito bite can infect you. If mosquitos bother you and you feel tired, rundown, lack normal pep, can't steep, are nervous, feet bilious, and have nagging aches and pains in back And legs. It can be malaria, even if yom are not weak Truesdell Drug Store, Bethune, 8. C. * " V~~v - * "' ' . enough yet to have chills and fever. Thousands feeling this way have taken Oxidine, a famous, 00 year old, doctor's prescription. Oxidine is made to attack the most common malaria we have in the South. Beside that, it is a tonic, warms the stomach and is gently laxative. Get a 60c bottle of Oxidine. If in just 7 days you don't feel satisfied, your money will be returned. Try it now. DeKalb Pharmacy, Camden, 8. C. i.'g~+. ' J' -I y- ? . roR. DeKALB PHARMACY KMEs&r- - ...... '^v.4 FOR PERSPIRING FEET U8E STA-DRI 1 At Your Drufl()i?tri 35c To relieve f AT HC Misery of VJ U L 1J IJ ^ LlQUrD / S S TABLETS OOO nosWOP. COUQH DROPS Try "Rub-My-Tltm"-* Wonderful | Liniment Goodrich Hres ? Batteries EASY TERMS RADIOS ? BICYCLES ! ECONOMY AUTO SUPPLY CAMDEN, S. C.