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Letter From Bombed Area Received Here j L A silence of ovor half a year'# duration, during which relatives In thin country feared the worst, was broken last week when a letter from Nottingham. England, brought good news from the Powell Heath family to the Frank Heaths of this city Powell Heath, head of llarclay's Hank In Nottingham. Is a first cousin of the Ouudpn Chamber of Commerce aocietary. and the community In which ho resides and label's has been the tai'iou of many Nazi bombing raids. Pp to last stunn er the Camden family received word tit monthly Intervals from the Kngllsh family, but the letters coaatsl and despite Inters sent from here, no word was forthcomlnn. It was feared that the family had been eliminated In a bombing raid. In the letter Just received from (Ingham. Mr. Heath states that the delay In writing was unavoidable. Ho says his family Is well as can bo under the existing circumstances. Much satisfaction is expressed o\or the re-election of Franklin L). Roosevelt to the presidency of the United States. "We In this country place htm very high indeed in his leadership. not only In the U. S. A. but of many peoples besides, including tnauy here", says Mr. Heath. "Wo In IOngland think he believes, ami through him, Americans, In Ih? oaiit? things wo <lo. H? has been cautious you so easily go cold If bur* rind and it will not ho his fault if h? dons not give Knglaiid all help short of war. "What a liat?*ful explosion that Is ? short of war and how many of you Americans must halo it too. and if you : will ftlllow mo to say ho, bo ashamed 1 of It. j "You know my views about this world catastrophe and 1 am one who I believes, and expressed It at the time, ' that Christendom should havo arisen i when tho barbarous and inhuman j technique of bombing civilians started in China If Christendom should have arisen then, how much more so should 1 : America arise as on? mass at this I time when you read of the bombing of (Coventry and other town?. I mention tills especially, but you can substitute \\';us.iw and Rotterdam if you like, l don't thtn)f this Is propaganda. It Is Just, tlio simple truth and surprise that we wore all so wrong in thinking it was no concern,of ours; just because, so we all HUid, we were not rusponiblo for the causes. If wo can, wo would much rather do this job alone but If we go down, America will not be the saute place as before and your big business crowd, as also the real big hearted American people know It. "What you read in the papers about 1 >eoxagg'erated Where It happens the woret there la the greateel fortitude. However, there to a Until to human endurance. We hope It will not ho reached. If only our two countries could really understand and drum one another It tyould cut out all this cruelty and suffering; the deviltry that Is tampant lit Europe to* day, making the lives of the ordinary decent people one of terror. When you hear the drone of enemy planes over you.?In the night you will know what 1 mean. "Can you tell mo what your Mr. James Kennedy means Uy his true voices? When he first came to us wo rat hoi*" liked his broad smile and largo family, hut sometime past we have wondered Just what is behind, his uttorauces. We do not want his praise of the U. A. F. but we should like to know whore we stand with him. ** 1 hope this letter has not been too much of a grumble but, quite frankly we do get a little hit Impatient with the hot and cold attitude of some people In the United States, Tho recent example Incite surprise and astonishment that we should bo looking to you for financial assistance. Loans to (Ireat llrltaln from the U. S. A. aro barred by the Johnson Act and the , neutrality act. If you do not mind my jurying It. If the United States had not 'defaulted' on the league of Nations -there?would have been nu Hitler. "As Uud Lothian said recently wtKKKttammmmmmmmmammmmmBimmmmmm upon his return from England, you < will not be lending money to the quit tore. VVe Just cannot understand any reluctance on your part to come to the aid short of war-r-talwaya excepting your gallant Eagle Squadron) 1 of your brothers and sisters who are ; lighting against great odds for the 1 same thing. As a banker ami quite ' dispassionately, 1 would say this old country with Its empire Is a very good risk as a borrower, notwithstanding the colossal mounting debt. "lly the way, the blue pencil has not been used la any of your letters and ' I hope thtj same will apply to mine. You may res! assured that my family uml myself have appreciated your offer of help and the ringing tones of your letters, which leave no doubt as to where you stand, liellov* me wo want a lew cheers. "With best wlaha# mid affectionately, Powell." J' i Tv\> young men on leave from a psycopathic ward have been convicted of ripping a Nazi flag from Its staff at the German consulate In Ban Francisco. The incident occurred Saturday as some 2.000 persons ultenfute-s ly gasped and cheered at the reckless adventure nine floors above the strr.et. < The two, Harold J. Sturtevant, 19, of Haverhill, Mass., and Ervin G. Lackey, I 20. of Charlotte, N. C.. will bo sentenced in Ban Francisco by Munlcl[ipal Judge Peter J. Mulllns who convic-te.tl thwin <>f mnltrUms?m lac hid charge. They had waived trial by Jury and pleaded Innocent. CROPS AND FEED LOAN8 NOW AVAILABLE TO FARMERS * - * k J. A. Byrd, Held supervisor for the Emergency Crop uu d Feed Loan Office, announced today that emergency crop and food loans for 1941 are available to farmers In Kershaw County and application* for these loans are now being received In Agriculture Untitling at Camden. Ah in the pa at these loans will bo made to furiucra whose cash requirements are Hinull and who are Ineligible for a loan from other sources including production credit associations. A Money will be loaned to meet the applicant's necessary cash needs for preparing and cultivating his crops or for purchasing or producing feed for livestock. borrowers who obtain loans for production of cash crops are required to give as security a first lien on tho crops financed and. in cases tyr loans for the purchasing or producing of food for livestock, a first lien on the livestock to be fed. i ' Modesto Maidlque. -whose election to the Cuban house, of representatives had been contested, was killed and his secretary was wounded Monday when they were fired on with a pistol by a third person as they left their office in downtown Havana. Matdique had been unable to tuke his seat in congress as the Liberal party representative because of tho contest, filed by election, and her husband, Franclso Jimenez. Plana Announced For Ho The seventh annual Virginians' Horse Show will be held at the J. North Fletcher stables here on Saturday. March 1, the time for the first event,^Vnodel hunters to be 10 a. m. There will be., nine classes in the morning session, this division to cnl miuate with tho hunter sweepstake. The afternoon session featuring seven clusscs will begin at 2 p. m. <i'The committee in charge of thp 1041 show comprises Richard U. Boykin, C, P. DuBose, Jr., J. North Fletcher, Withemlne S. Klrby, Martha Singleton, Peggy Wing, and Harry D, Kirkover. Ring stewards will be I-ester Karow and Clarkson Khame. Christopher Wadsworth, Iflsq., of Kenmpre, N. Y., has been invited to officiate as Judge. Classes will be callod in the following order: 1. Model Hunters.?To be shown in hand and Judged on conformation and quality. 2. Suitable to Become Hooters? Open to horses four* years of age and under. To bo shown under saddle at a ^ya)k, trot and canter and Judged on performance, conformation, and general promiae.?I? 3. Ladles* Hunters.?To be shown over a series of Jumps which will not exceed 3 feet 6 Inches in height. Performance, 50 per cent. Manners, 50 per cent4. Green Hunters.?Open to horses which havo not been hunted with a rocognized pack of hounds more than one season or won a first prize in hunter classes at a recognized show prior to January first of the year in which they are being exhibited, other than in green hunter classes where the ; jumps do not exceed 3 feet 6 inches. Three year olds to be shown over a series of 3 foot jumps. Performance, I manners and way of going, 50 per I cent. (Conformation, 50 per cent. 5. Working Hunters?To bo judged under rules of A. H. S. A. To be shown over the outside course and | judged on performance, manners and . way of going. Conformatfon not to be I considered except that horses must be hunting sound. 6. Horsemanship?Open to children twelve years of age and under. The class will be divided if the entries so warrant. Contestants to be jtrdged on horsemanship only. l> 7. Hunters Not to Jump.?To be shown under saddle at a walk, trot and canter. Conformation, 50 per cent. Manner and way of going, 50 per cent. 8. Open Jumpers. ? Performance over 4-foot fences only to count. 9. Hunter Sweepstake.?Open to green and qualified horses. To be ' shown over a series of Jumps in the ring which will be set at $ feet 6 inches for green horses and 4 feet for qualified horse?. Performance, 60 percent. Conformation 40 per cent. 10. Hunter Hacks.?To be shewn under saddle at a walk, trot, cant eland hand gallop and to pop over, two 3, foot fences. Performances, 33 1-3 per cent. Manners. 33 1-3 per cent. Conformation, 33 1-3 por cent. 11. Touch and Out.?Performance1 only to count. Jumps to start at 4 feet. , ' . 12. Middle and Heavyweight Hunters.?To bo shown over the outside course. Performance, manners and way of going, 75 j>er cent. Conforma- tion, 25 per cent. 13. Corinthian Class.?Horses ta be ridden by members (in good standing! of a recognized hunt. Riders to wear full hunting uniform. To be shown over the outside course. Performance, 60 per cent. Appointment,. 15 per cent. Conformation , 25 per cent. 14. Lightweight Hunters?To be shown over the outside course. Performance, manners and way of going,. 75 per cent. Conformation, 25 percent. 15. Camden Working Hunters.? For hunters that have been hunted' three or more timee during the 1&41 season with the Camden hunt. To be*, shown over the outside course and to* be judged under rnles of the A. Jf. S. A. for working hunters. 16. Hunt Teams.?Combined ownership permitted. To consist of three horses, one following the other at a safe distance. To be shown at a fair lywtiing paco and to be judged on per(Jpxmtfnce, manners, and consistency of space between riders. E. J. Clemens Dead Kdward Joseph Clements, aged 61, prominent Darlington county planter, died at his home near Lamar on Monday night, after an extended illness. Mt. .(Clements was bora and reared in the Newman Swamp section. He farmed extensivoly. Surviving are Jila widow, .formerly Miss Gamel HarMs of Lee county, a daughter, Mrs. J. C. David, of Cam* den; and six sons, J. W., J. M., W.'Lk, E. J, and BH1 Cletnouu, All of Lamari and E. C. Clements of Rockingham, N. 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