The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 14, 1941, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
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.
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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.
Ask your county agent or experiment station how
much available potash your soil will supply and how
much to add to carry your crops through to more
profit Your fertilizer dealer will point out to you how
little extra it costs to apply enough. Write us for our
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