Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? II.. I II C R BISIN' 'ROUND WITH THE (HIPPER A Columbia sport scribe ventures the opinion that the game of softball iH about to die the death that has been frequently predlctod for It. We take it that this sport scribe bases Itia opiulon upon the softball altuallon in Columbia and several other communities In the utidsouth. * It may be that softball is on the decline lu places like Columbia, but from all we read about the sport in the Now England, the mid-west and western areas. It is getting greater support than ever before?and it is die semi-pro baseball, also the small' er organized baseball groups that t^re suffering. I do agree with an, Augusta sport writer who declares that the purpose of the game has been destroyed more or loss and that In some communities the spirit has also passed out. The game was started as a purely recreational feature for fellows who got out of their offices or 'stores late lu the afternoon. This was true of tho- situation in Camden, for the first year of the sport was (he most successful, for it brought out a lot of outstanding business men. Then competition begau to develop stars and a desire on the parts of the younger element to win games. The sporting and recreational side, was forgotten. * V Games became more or less verbal wrangling matches and the rea\ sport fans became disgusted. Personally, I believe the program in Camden this season is freer of this disturbing situation than the past two years. The five teams In the league are playing for the fun of the spoft rather than with the tense idea of winning at any cost. ? * -1 - 1 1 remember last year that this department almoBt went nuts trying to keep harmony on the field?to prevent some of the lads from fighting. I think this year we are on the road back and the game seems to have become a matter of simple sport, good exercise and a comradeship of fellows. I hope we can keep it this ray. The fans who attended the ball game last Thursday between the Camden and Columbia Junior Legion teams saw the locals come back after taking four straight lickings In preseason battles, and beat the daylights out of the Columbia Juniors, the score being 17 to 2. The war clubs of the d^m^en kids beat a merry tattoo under the clpudy skits and five Columbia slabbist saw duty on the mound. And for Camden. curly-headed Johnny Houston stood the opposition on their heads, yielding but touT Ml* xSvkting the nine frames. ? It was a beautiful comeback for the local tribe after dropping two games to Darlington, one to Sumter and a fourth to Columbia. * * The attendance was poor, and that my frauds, was the only feature to mar :h.? afternoon program. ? * * Hie Hoy Hough of Kershaw, who pastim. (I in the right garden for the locals hanged out a homer with one <>u. while Moore, third sacker gathered a triple and Smith a double. Moor, a homer went to the fence betwp. ;. . .jnter and right fields. It was a lu < lout. * * Sunday musings:' Receiving a letter 1; oin Powell Hoath of Nottingham* Kngland and after reading It, wond.-i ing if we would have the same rout-age. the same fine morale as thos?> folks over in England still pos.si-?? after such terrific and terrible blitz bombings they have experienced. Goinu' io church and getting a lump In my throat when I saw those fine Hriti.xh jails marching up attired In fhoristir robes and thinking the i music Bounded grander and finer thau ever before as those lads, so far | away from home, lifted their voices | in praise of their Maker. Thinking j that Grace church never had such a 1 wonderful day. And realizing many | more wonderful days ahead as more aud more boys of the British group will be seeu in Grace church. For does not the registration show" that ( 48 out of the 66 are Church of Eug-> land lads, which means Episcopal to J us. Aud the commanding officer is also an Episcopalian. Thinking how j happy and proud Dr. Clarke must be. Having u dinner of baked ham, and boy, was it good. Topping it off with that wonderful Biltmore ice cream j that Ixmis Guion sells. Going over | to Dr. Clarke's in the afternoon to sip tea with some of the English lads. Sending a note to the little girl Frdiay up at Kauuga. Getting letters, telegrams and gifts from the youngsters up north who did not forget their daddy down South. Thinking of what v grand kids Barbara, Patricia, Michael, Sharon and Peter are. Getting out the old pipe, a book and reading* awhile before retiring well satisfied with the world iu general. But wishing Adolph Hitler had been bumped off by a hit and run artist. r ? * I I would suggest to all Camden folks that they read T. D. Kemp's column in the Observer every Sunday. This chap Kemp is a man after my own heart. For instance, he has the same ideas I have on these strikes. For instance Sunday, in speaking of the deportation trial of Harry Bridges, west coast C. I. O. leader, he hits the nail squarely on the head when he says "After ten weeks 'and at cost to the taxpayers of at lfeast $25,000 the trial ends. Mr. 'Bridges continues his communistic propaganda while his attorneys pre-( pare their briefs. Any other intelligent country would have kicked Mr. Bridges oat long ago but we continue as the "sucker" nation where communists, mob leaders and even Nazis can keep some important politicians under obligation. Mr. Roosevelt is said to be giving labor enough rope to hang itself as he does not openly wish to oppose the people who put him into office in 1936 and 1940. This may be true and certainly labor is hanging itself but you still cannot understand why Mr. Roosevelt has encouraged these' labor leaders as Sidney Hillman have been Included in our production management organization and other national defense boards. We still have a long way tpj go to save this country, much less England. You should know spicy, herbal ALL OVER THE SOUTH ? . ' ,: ' ' Near Complete Sign-Up For Land Columbia, S. C, June 16?A total of 96.5 per cent of the land needed for the gigantic army maneuvers in eight South Carolina counties this fall has already been secured with 90.7 per cent of the land owners granting ! maneuver rights, it was announced today at the office of Governor Burnet R. Maybank. At the same time, it was announced that 95.2 per cent of the total acreage needed in the two Carolinas had already been signed up and that efforts would be continued to secure maneuver rights on 100 per cent of the acreage needed. Major G. Heyward Mahon, chairman of the state maneuver committee, said that a majority of the land owners who had not granted the maneuever Rights were absentee owners and that permission for the troops I in all probability, be granted soon after they could be couLacted. Richland and York counties, with j 99.5 per cent of the acreage already i signed up, led the list of the eight I South Carolina counties, while in | North Carolina two counties, Anson j and Stanley, reported 100 per cent success. York county required only two more signatures granting rights on 1,298 acres, and Richland was lacking 41 signatures for 1,367 acres of land. ?The report as issued today will be submitted to Lieut. 'Gen. Hugh A. Drum, commandant of the First Army, for his consideration. Gdneral Drum had arranged, with Governor Maybank to secure the South Carolina acreage and upon the success of the project depended whether or not the maneuvers would be held In this section as planned. Army officers, sure of the ultimate success, had gone along with their planning. Today, army officers at Fort Jackson expressed gratification at the success of the project and praised the civilian county maneuver director* In both states for their hard work and cooperation. * s ' ~ ??r ... ? ? COMMENTS ON MBN AND THINGS ... s<U> Spectatot; South Carolina la a good 8tate to live In. We may be alow and "pokey" at tluiea lu getting new plants or new business, but whenever a call Is made to the manhood or womanhood of this State the real quality of our people proves Itself. Hecently the Public Service Commission Invited numerous public utilities to a conference so as to adopt plans for close cooperation for the general good in an emergency, or for the national defense. Kvery enterprise which was Invited responded and all were ready and willing to do anything and? everything. This speaks well for the Publlq Service Commission, too, for It has earned the confidence of those over whom It exercises Jurisdiction. Any one who has attended patriotic or other conferences or mass meetings,must be Impressed by | the spirit of wholesome Americanism which ' characterizes our people. We are not a rich people, but we are a happy people. I'm thinking out the plans for a seagoing boat, hydromatlc, fluid drive, twin Ignition?and all that because the weatherman does nothing by halves this year. Freozes and torrid spells by turn, now drought of the driest persuasio'n known for some time. What can we expect? Rain, gulley-washers, trash-movers, floods. Say, weatherman, what ails you this year? ' ~ ? The British have issued an official statement that they had destroyed 1,696 Nazi planes on all Middle Fast fronts from June 11, 1940 to June 1, 1941, and had lost 260 themselves. During May of this year the British claim to have shot down 166 Nazi bombers?a new record. During May the British brought down 205 Nazi planes over England, losing 87. Governor Talmadge of Georgia ought to be brought over to this State and put on exhibition. It would be worth an admission charge to see a man in Administrative public office who has deliberately set out to save money for the taxpayer?. This man| Talmadge has set his head to reduce public expenditures! Well, he seems to be doing It. A gas-less Sunday is being suggested. Well that would be a cruel war measure. As it is, the people can go to church only if they ride, even three or four blocks. Just imagine cutting off our gas on Sundays! Perish the thought. If this war continues in ferocity we may find our supply of "pop" reduced to three or four bottles a day. That would be a terrible hardship! Fancy having to drink water! . Year after year some one announces that South Carolina does not measure up to other States In caring for the educational needs of itS boys and girls. Usually the statement I? made that we stand at the bottom. Perhaps we do, but we also stand below the bottom in savings accounts, our record being forty ninth la a a&tloa ol torty eight the District of Columbia. A man is liberal or mean not by the amount he contributes, but the relation of his gift to his income. Nothing Is more appreciatively remembered than the story of the widow and her mite. She had given more than anyone else because she gave all that she had. Soma comparative figures have coiue to hand wblch show that our little state has something in common with the widow of Scripture. Taking the figures of 1938 we find Individual iiu-oma In South Carolina $249, which we must compare with Georgia's $279. Virginia's $365, North Carolina's $290. Per capita expenditures for elemeutary and secondary education showed South Carolina 49.02. Georgia $7.81. Virginia $9.36. North Carolina $10.96. Hut the real test Is the percentage of our Income which we spent for the schools. In thle South Carolina shows 3.62 per cent, Georgia 2.80 per cent, Virginia 12.96 per cent. North Carolina Is above us, with 3.78 per cent against our 3.62 per cent. Great Michigan, State Of automotive industry, shows 3.44 per cent, Now York, the nation's banking center, speut 3.57 per cent. So,, you see, Instead of being u people Indifferent to the children we stand high in the percentage of expenditures for schools in relation to our income. < Our Legislature wrestled four i months with the problem of financing a defllcit of two million dollars. The Senate proposed an arruy of new taxes and increased taxes to cover the deficit, while the House rejected the Senate's proposals but was ready to increase corporation incomo taxes. The Governor declared his intention to veto any new or increased tax. but was in favor of diverting the amount of the deficit frqm highway income. At the last minute the House found a workable solution by taking certain fees on motor carriers, which the Public Service Commission collects, and pledging these for about ten years to fund the deficit. So far, so good; the credit, of the State is maintained; the deficit will be snugly put to bed. Then - - - -! The Legislature without batting an eye, after all the twisting to take(care of a $2,000,000 deficit forthwith authorizes an additional expenditure of one million, one hum dred and fifty seven thousand dollars to Increase the pay of the teachers, which means one deficit covered and another deficit created! And this million, one hundred and! fifty seven thousand dollars was authorized with a lordly gesture which took no acccount of deficits or retrenchments or economy. Some of our people think that a deficit is a good thing because it lays a restraining hand on the ebullient spending spirit,* but the wisdom of creating deficits willy-nilly is not regarded as sound finance. I again raise the question, what shall we do when our State Income falls a million Or tW6 million dollars? Shall we maintain the present rate of spending by adding more taxes? That has been our procedure since 1934. The taxes yielded less 'because the people were poorer. That should have suggested sympathy for the taxpayer.Not so; the taxes were Increased, because It appears that the public service must not be restricted whatever may be the condition of the taxpayer. Since 1938 the average Americanbuilt bombing airplane's average max imum range has been Increased near1 ly 900 miles and average service ceil| lug si 3.3QQ feet higher. i An airplane with glass wings has been built and flown. This radical j development still Is in the experimental Btage and must be approved J by government authorities before it] can be used commercially. 'Old, dlidufu^ 'Would ?? 2*2: > *a&*. ! Hjr Marquis Janifl I (CtltbrMtJ Biogrupbtr of AnJrtw ]<xkson *mJ Puhtstr Prist XPitwtr) ? o HAVE frequently been asked what 1 thought Andrew Jackson X would do if he were hore today?In the White House, pre- : sumably. ' He would lick the llvlug tar out of Hitler, that's what he would do. Who can doubt what Jackson's foreign polloy would be? Witness his settlement of the Spoliation Qlalms against France, totalling 25,000,000 frbncs, owing since the Napoleonic Wars. France hail paid all nations except us. Presidents came and went, none of them getting afiywhere against France's barrier of polite Ovaslon and delay. Jackson ordered the Secretary of the Treasury to write out a draft on France for the first installment due. When the draft came back uupaid, ho ordered the Navy ready for sea duty. France honored the draft. ' ? The incident was typioal, not exceptional. Genuine respect for American rights abroad dates from Jackson. He reducod complex problems to terms anyone could understand. He would have ? seen the proseqt conflict as presenting the American people a choice between continuing their way of life and lighting for it? or accepting Hitler's. He would have had the courage to launch ? - that light and the wiH-to oarry it through to victory, whatever? f? the cost. Mure than any other chieftain of our Republic, Andrew Jackson exemplified the power of iviil?the ascendency of spirit to lend men to deeds beyond their strength and to triumph over odds so great that ordinary 'folk stood in terror of them. Jackson's Louisiana campaign is a feat which almost challenges belief. Neither in France nor in the Balkans has Hitler | land forces. With most of Maine seised and annexed, Easport j burned, Nantucket captured, the Cape Cod towns sacked or laid under tribute, the British went on down the coast scaring ! the daylights out of New York and Philadelphia and filling the , East with appeasers. Baltimore was shelled, Alexandria plundered, Washington occupied and the Capitol and the White House I burned. o . The British moved South for the crowning blow?the subjugation of the Mississippi Valley. With the Government in flight, the Treasury empty, and the cry of disunion raised in New England, Andrew Jackson, in Alabama with some 500 regular and 2,000 militia, was given the job of beating off the invasion. ~ Jackson reached New Orleans on December 1, 1814. The British were on their way with 7,500 men, the most powerful and best equipped military* force to set foot in the New World up to that time. ^ Against such might, what could Jackson do? That' was heard on every side. New Orleans was a rich commercial town. New Orleans merchants argued that If they had to do business with the British they could, much as they might prefer etherwise. At any rate, that would be preferable to defeat and the loss of all they had. But Jackson said he had come to flght. He would fight below New Orleans apd, if beaten there he would fight In New Orleans | if beaten there, fight above New C rleans?fight until no living thing could stand in his path. He proclaimed martial law, and Instituted a lease-lend program with himself as benefieiery. Of materials and men, he took what he retpiired. He filled jails with traitors and i^psstps. - ' Twenty-three days after his arrival Jackson fought his first battle, halting the British advance. Thirty-nine days after his arrival, he fought his last battle, obliterating the British army. Our situation now Is serious. The war will probably be long. But contrast our position with Jackson's In 1814. Then i ask yourself ^rhat you tnink Jackson would do if he were with us today, and what would be the ultimate result. For myself, I think that enough of Andrew Jackson survives in enough of us to bring about the saute* result. ??????? David Robertson Dies at Hospital David Jasper Robertson> 73, died at the Camden hospital Thursday night after an Illness of several | weeks. . _ , ?He was horn In the Spring Hill section of Sumter county, January 27, | 1863, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robertson. - i Funeral services were held from the Beulah Methodist church Satur- ! day moratC. - . Inter* ( ment was In the church cemetery. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Jane Robertson, one son, Jasper, of ' the Beulah community, one daughter, Mrs. Luke Baker, of Bishopville. Ruropean weather generally travels i from west to east. 1 CITATION State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. (By N. C. Arnett, Probate Judge) Whereas. Dorothy S. Heath made suit to me to grant unto her Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of Anna Smith, deceased These are. therefore, to cite and, admonish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors of the said Anna Smith, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Camden, S. C., next, after* publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in-the forenoon* to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 11th day of June, Anno Domini 1941. N. C. ARNETT, Tudge of Probate for Kershaw County. Rent must be paid to tho government for living in the lighthouse keepers. I FIRST IN SALES because It's I FIRST IN DESIGN I among all low-pricod trucks * FIRST IN POWER (WITH "IOAD-MASTIR" ENGINE) among all loW'pricmd trucks I FIRST IN FEATURES I among all'low-prlcod trucks I FIRST IN STEERING EASE I | among all tow-prkod trucks I FIRST IN VALUE among off low-pricod trucks li: . LANGSTON MOTOR COMPANY Phone 123 N. Broad St. Camden, S. C. * . ' I * . .. 1 ~ . ' - ' . - .' -1 j' . * f * *"