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INews Letter i Liberty Hill 1, Feb. II.?Rev. Mr. >ckhe?t. i? expected to iroapn ?t th? Pre.b>tei next Sunday morning At a largo congrogatton > hear him. Our chuich ?utt a pastor and our * would be PleaBedto lth unemployed a or those desiring to icallon tot any reason. ,lty g?vo cadet CUar .? m. Jr., a real surprise owe on Thursday night young were present and with a Ave dollar bill cited?'"Happy landings was then bended a huge ioven or eight different lea and In turn served g. Old time games were brightly lighted sitting i cheery oak wood Are > open Aroplace. After young Mend Charlo. rtea for a safe gnd pleasaorvtoe aa one of Unclo ..adeta, the party broke Cunningham. Jr., left on ng for Charlotte, N. C., Is ted in the army all 1 train for three months V. Todd, of bursas, and s Jane Todd, a WtathW , Sunday guests in the arnor anjl Mra John Q. ants of Mrs. Todd. e Cuunlngham daugbter i Ingham, of Allendale, a student, ayent the weekaunt, Mrs. R. J. w&ra irday night. Mrs. Wardr. J. Wardlaw Jr.. gave mes were played and ro arvod. tes, president of *the company, was a Rook ist week. , ol, ie, Sophie, and I^U RichColumbia last week to > McDonald sing. Floyd and Dr. Reeves, of ?ent a couple of days ek hunting. They wej"? > fine old home place of tral J. W. Floyd, now the 3ol. Floyd, and occupied . Floyd and her brother, Col. Floyd Is a promlnan In the mountain city, a. John G. Richards. 3rd. lighter of Florence Mr^ J. Richards and little ,rd. N. c.; s. of Lenoaeter. Mr. ana Herlot and daughter, ?lyn and Suzanne ? and Mrs. Marlon R. tumter were Sunday vis-1 r sisters Misses Dizzle, Dal Richards at their Mrs. J. B. McCoy, of ? Sunday gu&ts of Mrs. Cunningham. Miss Adella and Mrs. R. J. ^artllaw, Jr. were Rock H1R -visitors Monday. Hon D. C. Clyburn and Mrs. ciyburn were visiting relatives here on Sunday. Mrs. A. C. Cureton and E. J. Cunningham went to Spartanburg on Sunday to bring home A. C. Cureton who was taken sick while working In that city. Postmaster C. D. Cunningham made a trip to Charlotte on Sunday. Your correspondent availed himself of the opportunity to ride with him to Knck Hill?and return, whore he visit i?d bis (laughter, Mrs. W. T. Boyd at the York county hospital. He found !o*r getting along well following a serious operation last week. I, P. Thompson is having a well drilled at his homo here. They havo gone down about a hundred feet in the granite rock but the end is not yet. J. H. Addison, a former citizen of Stoneboro, but for a number of years living at Great Falls was buried at Beaver Creek Baptist church cemetery on Tuesday after funeral services by Rev. J. M. Forbis. He had been in bad health for some time. One son, Edward Addison,' of Great Falls, survives. A good man and neighbor has gone from among us. Nobody's Business Written for The Chronicle by Gee McGee, Copyright, 1928. GENERAL ITEMS OF MORE OR LE88 INTEREST FROM FLAT ROCK ?enduring the recent flu epper-dcmtc in flut rock, the local drug Htoar . 'old out all Its stock of "flu-kill"?a patent medlson. ho kept on having calls for it, so ho got hisHolf a gallon of opsoino salts and 10 gallons of stump water tmd <*10 worth of tppccac. und made up a tub full of the suid modison and sold it at the roggular price. It cured folks Just as faHt as the other kind cured them:. people enjoy spending their inonney for medlsou, especially if it alnt no account. ?mr. alim chance, Jr. says he would dove to see the lt-layans lu ethy-opy running from hatlio salasslo's soldiers dressed in automatic guns and shirt tails, it seems that old man haillo will get his throne und tom-toms and pom-poms back and that it-lay will not only lose what she stole from him, but both of her simoWilands will fall into the hands of the rightful owners, mussy-leaia ought to send brouno back over there to watch 'em run. he got a kick out of it a few years ago while he was machine gunning them from an air-plane. ?miss Jennie reere Imiith Is bad* #>n the Job again, the side plurisy she ketclied from the newmony settled in neck and now she is a-feared to look around right when something happens In the scholl room. It ik liable to pop off, so she says. she has bought herself a revolving chair and Is getting along verry well will her work. Sh9 lost 17 pounds while out. it was verry serious, the fruit tree agent despaired of her once. ?'the 3 grocery sto&rs here will set a new weage scale for their employeess ere long, the "cash and tote" chain will not come into it. the feller who runs It says he believes In higher pay and shorter hours, but he Is a-feared to let his boss in n. y. know it. the pressent scale Is 9$ 'per week for 72 hours, nothing for over-time and no Hmeyfook out to eat. the folks who trade at the chain tote everything heme, but at the other stoars where they buy on creddick they are ashamed to be saw toting annything home, somboddy mought think they were pore foiks. the c. i. o. mought be behind this sallery and wedges trouble, allso hours. FINAL DISCHARGE Notice Is hereby given that one month from this date, on February 28, 1941, John M. Brewer, Administrator, and Sarah B. Mlckle, Administratrix, will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County their final return as Administrator and Administratrix of the estate of J. B. Mlckle, deceased, and on the same date they will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said Administrator and Ad. mlnlstratrix. Camden, S. C., Jan. 28, 1941. N. C. ARNBTT, Judge of Probate for Kershaw county. My Heart Remains In South Carolina i Hp ''South Carolina is bone of my bono and flesh uf my flosh and although I have livojAtu New York more than 50 years. tlljjNpore of my heart (emu in* in South Carolina,'* said Bernard M. Baruch, Internationally-known flnaneier, philanthropist, friend of Presldents, but first of all, a South Carolinian. In a luxurious private reception tooni Mr. Baruch sat and talked of many things-?the genius of J. H. Duke and the humane way in which hie wealth Is being expended; of North Carolinians in Congress today; tho first World war; his memories of South Carolina's suffering during Hoconstruction; of visiting his uncle, Hermann Baruch, In Charlotte during tils boyhood; of his frequont trips to his plantation near Georgetown, whore tho people give him a warm welcome hut leave him to come'and go quietly in unobtrusive fashion. His largo New York office occupying an entire floor is maintained only for the purpose of conserving hla fortune and attending to his many benevolences. " ? Over six feet, oroct. slender, with classic features, ease and -poise, Mr. Baruch is a distinguished figure in any company. His blue eyes are sharp without being keen, his hair is silver without making him venerable, his gestures dramatic, his vigor and energy striking. Every few minutes he is out of his chair, pacing the floor, looking dwon on Madison Avenue's congestion, (or going to an outer room to apeak courteously to one who has perhaps called without an appointment Notwithstanding the fact of his investure during the World war of the broadest authority over American industry and commerce any functionary of the United States govornmeut had eyer held, one gets from Mr. Baruch an Impression of simplicity, freedom from pretentiousness, lack of affeciatlon and a high sense of compassion. His good deeds are frequent without being public, for he does not divulge his benefactions. Background of Baruch He is a Jew and proud of it. His father, Dr. Simon Baruch, a Jew of Spanish lineage emigrated to this country from Polish Prussia at an early age, settled in South Carolina and during the War Between the States was a noted surgeon of the Confederate army: His mother was Isabel Wolfe, member of a well -known Southern family "wlhose iflotrebe&rers had come to America prior to the Revolution. Before there can be real understanding of Bernard Mannes Baruch one must first understand the background of this man who haB held various national positions of -trust and by authority of the president of the United States became one of the most powerful men in America during the World war. Entering Spain as conquerors in 1500, the Moors gave favor and sympathy to the Jews, who, in time, turn] ed barren wastes into fertile -fields, j hung the hill-sides with purple grapes, gathered flgs and olives where formerly thistles had flourished. Their clever Augers wrought marvels in precious metals, stones, fine linens and siks. Jewish statesmen held high places in public affairs and so superior was their position in literature, art and the sciences many came from distant countries to learn of these Hebrew masters. From eariy childhoovl the finest traits of remote generations exhibited themselves in Bernard Baruch. Among his forebears were mftny rabbis, doctors'and students of philosophy and he seems to have inherked some of their idealism and fmi>a(ionce with error. While lie is not an orthodox Jew. he observes tho Jewish holi-| days in tribute to his parents and to his distinguished heritage. In Sherman's march to the sea the beautiful home of Dr. and Mrs. Baruch was burned and six years later, their ! son Bernard was born at Camden S. j C., in a white frame house which isj still standing. He recalls driving' through the country to Charlotte, his ' childish Impression of the splendor of j his uncle's store located where Mel-1 Ions now stands, and he has vivid i memories of an attack of malarial fever in Charlotte when he was given quinine in sweet milk. When he about fifteen years of age, his father, impoverished as a result of the War Between the States, moved to New York City, to practice medicine. The boy entered the College of the City of New York and was graduated from the institution, of which he Is now a trustee. Although he has an academic education, he is also a selfmade man with the broad sympathy such men acquire in the making. His long residence in New York has never weaned him from the South and he takes deep pride In Its traditions and accomplishments. He never allows a year to pass without spending I several weeks at intervals at Hobcaw, his home near the South Carolina coast where he and his friends hunt and fish together. On the plantation he has built comfortable homes for several aged family servant# and here, too, he -buried his old black mammy, Aunt Minerva. __ Largely -through his Influence a colony of northern capitalists have been established along South Carolina's coast which Includes men of' prominence such as Eugene Dupont, Robert Goelet, Ralph ami Herbert Pulitzer. Richard Reeves and Howard S. Hadden. "The greatest man of our time was J. B. Duke." said Mr. Baruch. "While he was hesitant and inarticulate in speech he was unerring in Judgment. I Throughout the world, anywhere you go, you see the discarded, butt of a North Carolina cigarette or cigar. Mr. Duke, like John D. Rockefeller, wisely provided for the expenditure of his money. It was his ardent wish that it should be used for the well-being of mankind. He often talked to me about it. Today there i hardly a county In the Carolines that does not feel the practical effect of his well developed plans. Proud of Miss Elliott "North Carolina people should bo very proud of Miss Harriet Elliott. They have every reason to be. Her appointment -by President Roosevelt, Is of transcendent Importance. "1 never fail to miss Senator Overman and Senator Simmons when I am In'Washington. They were my warm personal friends. J. W. Bailey, H?bert Reynolds and Josephus Dantcls are my good friends from North Carolina." Dr. Baruch, ti was one of New York's most eminent physicians, wanted his son to study medicine but he had set his mind on a business career and after^hls graduation entered a broker's office In Wall Street at a weekly salaryVf three dollars. At a night school he studied law and bookkeeping. . seven years later he had advanced no farther than a clerkship and was receiving only $100 per month. Dissatisfied, he asked his employer to double his salary in order that he might marry the girl he was engaged to. The request was promptly refusedalthough his employer finally agreed to give him one-eighth Interest In his business. Mr. Baruch accepted and at the end of the year he recelved $6,000. His marriage to Mise Annie Griffin of New York soon followed. Within a few years he became known as one of Wall Street's most clever brokers and in 1002 his profits reached almost one million dollars. He gave large amounts to his father who used it for charitable purposes. Before his fortieth birthday Mr. 'Baruch was established as Wail Street's largest and most highly esteemed speculator. ' It is natural for one so successful to } incur enmity and he has been a target ! for the envious. His transactions have been frank and open ahd never has a blemish been found. In the hea^of w^r's furnace many reputations wither. Success is the onlv test of merit and from the general who loses a battle and the administrator who fails to make good, excuses are not. accepted. Whether at fault or not they are retired, for It 1? achievement and not explanation that is wanted. In every war those who were supposedly able are found wanting and pass Into oblivion while others appointed to high places win public confidence for what they accomplish. Mr. Bernard M. Baruch Is in the latter class. * - Appointed By Wilson When President Wilson in 19X6 made him a member of the advisory commission of the Council of National Defense It was generally regarded as a complimentary appointment for the position carried no salary and lnvolv- 1 ed more or less expense for Mr. Baruch. He had never Been actiVe in politics and had never met Mr, Wilson when he enlisted In his support . to which he was drawn entirely by the idealism of the man as expressed in his public utterances. The council was composed of the Secretaries of War, _ Navy, Interior, Agriculture. Commerce, Labor. 'The Advisory commission was composed of Daniel Willard, Howard E. Coffin, Julius Rosenwaid. I>r. Hollls Godfrey, Samuel Gompors, I>r. Franklin Martin and Mr. Baruch, Arranging all of his investments ho that ho could not earn a dollar of profit out of the war, Mr. Baruch also sold his seat on the Stcok Exchange aud severed his connection with the financial district in order to give his entirp attention to the war work of Lho nation. He was made a member of the committee formed to purchase supplies in America for the Allies. Then the President ap|>olnte?d him on the War Council which included the Secretaries of the Treasury, Navy, War, also Edward N. Hurley, Harry A. Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Vance McCormlck. On March 4, President Wilson appointed Mr. Baruch chairman of the War Industries board. The President's letter, defining <tho powers and duties of the chairman stated, "The ultimate decision of all questions should rest always with the chairman", and the letter ended with the sentence that he was to be "the general eye of the supply departments in induejry." And so Mr. Baruch along with tho glory of his title was to shoulder the full responsibility. Speedy and Courageous He had two qualities highly desirable in an administration?quickness | and courage. He had them In tho Street and he had them In war. Ho was not afraid of action. A third quality which fitted him most fortunately for his duties was his ability to get people to agree on a proposition and put It through. His methods were tactful persuasion rathor than coercion and he was fired with an honest ambition to serve his country. The courage with which he met many situations where he had to decide between the rights of the nation and tho rights of capital showed that he was no respector of financial personages uvon though thdy may have been his persona] friends and associates. HIh dominating punmse wan to "bring the people to real II zo their only business then was the business of war ami to make the country ho self-contained In an economic sense that it could, if necessary, continue to tight independently and Indefinitely until victory was secured.' "Some of the war lords of the world have aaid i waa and am a war monger," said Mr lUiruch, 'Mf Inslstanee that thla country be armed to pix>tect the life ami the system thai we have here is war mongoring, then I am a war monger. .. "Every thoughtful person knows that one gains ,from war?conqueror, vanquished and neutrals all lose. Those who think war will bring profit to any nation are in error. It is only peace that can 'bring gain, spiritual or material. Tho kind of peace wo should have Is that which will permit In the whole world tho development of the Individual, that ho may be free to think, to work and to live as wo havo been privileged in this country." ?Charlotte Observer. FINAL DISCHARGE, Notice Is hereby given that cn? month from this date, on February 14, 1941, William H. Stokes and Mrs. Idzzie McCaskill, Administrator and Administrate do bonis non, will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County their final return as Adminitrator and Administratrix de bonis non of the estate of Rosa Ratcliff, deceased, and on the same date they will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said Administrator and Administratrix de bonis non. N. C. ARNETT Judge of Probate for Kershaw County Camden, S. C., January 14, 1941. % HO 111 N HOOD (It A MM 1 CLJLNTQ.N). the bold adventurer of Sherwood Forest, whose merry men protected the poor and persecuted those whi} grew rich by taxation and fraud. A? scene from the CUAJUC THKF MAJOR PRODUCTION of "ROBIN 1UX)1>". ju,??T- . z,. - <**?-- .~*r-T Farming Time Is At Hand! \ * j Buy Your? OLIVER PLOWS Plow Repairs For All Makes ?* i Camden Hdw. & Supply Co. 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FMM;ilftJ V v ^ w * SOUTHERN (armors, planning for more income in 1941, should carefully consider applying enough . potash in their fertilizer to meet the needs of their crops. Not only plenty of potash necessary to increase yields, but it is the plant food which improves quality. FOR COTTON, a recommended application at-plant* ing time is 400-600 lbs. per acife of a fertilizer containing 6-10% potash. At chopping time,, more can be added in a nitrogen-potash top-dresser containing the v equivalent of 50^100 lbs. of muriate of potash. FOR TOBACCO, the Committee on Tobacco Fertile mation recommends 800-1,200 lbs. per acre of a fertilizer containing 6-10% potash. Within 20 days after , transplanting, a side-dressing of 50-100 lbs. of actual potash per acre should be applied. ^ TOR LEGUMES, the high potash requirement should be met by using 300-400 lbs. of fertilizer containing 8-10% potAh either as a top-dressing or when seeding the crop. 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