The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 04, 1941, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
and things
By Spectator
The Fourth of July la with ua again.
B 1776 our people fought tha British
, earn our freedom; today we are
irounly determined to defend the
eedoiri of Britain. At both timee
4f national purpose la interpreted
i a love for freedom and as a denice
of injustice and tyranny.
Looking back to 1776 we must conude
(hat our forefathera were a very
nfitlve lot of men. In thla day alMt
nobody but a few editors would
80 relentless against the violation
a principle. As a matter of fact we
bruit to many violations of our Contutlonu,
State and National, and do
t light. But the men of 1776 and
i Southerners of 1860 were men
0 fought for their political prlncls.
They were not "8AFHTY,
1ST" men by any means, but redoded
and contentious over even
ill things, if a principle waa laved.
They lhsgd under the, lnsplra1
of such men aa John Hampden of
"/TTLl
England who defied the King in hist
majesty and refused to pay an unjustl
tax. Those men took life seriously!
and regarded their rights and Uber-I
ties as something worth fighting for. I
Our liberties today were earned fori
us, were Indeed achieved for us on I
battlefields and in prisons, in suffer-1
ing, privation and sorrow by those I
who counted honor and principle most!
and stood ready to battle for them. I
Let me repeat; All that irritated I
our forefathers of 1776 was small lnl
comparison with the threat which!
hangs over mankind today. We!
fought England because she wanted!
us to pay a fow taxes to help cover I
the cost of defending ourselves I
against the French and Indians. Our!
people resisted because the tax wusl
imposed without their consent. But!
today a mighty force is loose in the!
world which respects neither Gor norl
man; whioh makes all men the prop-1
erty of the State; which despeils and!
dishonors womanhood; which erects!
a monster in the form of government!
before which all must bow in homage. I
But bending in homage is only a cer-1
emonial act. What this new order 1
would require is the complete subser-l
vlence of the Individual to the State I
In all his relations. In very truth it I
Is the negation of all for which men
have fought for centuries.
The human spirit is not seeking!
power or force or efficiency, primar-|
ily, but liberty of thought, freedom!
of speech, independence of movement!
? the- opportunity to the individual to |
develop all his powers and to live thai
abundant life of unfettered opportunl-1
*One of the Commonest expressions!
of today is "I won't stick my neck!
out." Perhaps evdfy good thing we J
enjoy came to us because somebody!
stuck his neck out. Old John Hampden
stuck his neck out and lit a torch I
in England which even we in America I
carry proudly today. That handful of I
men in Philadelphia in 1776 decidelyl
stuck their necks out and risked the I
gallows, but a glorious country of!
free men recalls with gratitude the!
audacity of those patriots. Our fath-l
ers may have looked ragged and starv-j
ed at Appomatox; they may have en-1
dured beyond limit for their cause;!
and they sank their all in defeat; butl
the Confederate soldier lives imperishably
not only for his bravery in the!
flash and roar of the cannons, but be-l
causa he gave himself and everything I
for a cauBO.
In this country were many men who
would have prospered more if there
Jiad been no revolution; many indeed
there were who would have been mor
prosperous if there had been no Civil
War* but today we revere tbe memory
of those who regarded freedom as
worth more than prosperity and who
became impoverished that we today
might have what Lincoln called a
"government of the people, for the
people and by the people" and that
such a government should not perish
from the earth.
? We hare many likable, genial spirits
in our State. Life isn't always easy;
sometimes it is hard and drear and
full of discouragements, but go to a
service /club luncheon or a trade convention
or even a religions convention
and observe the warmth of good
fellowship and the general well-being
of all present. Is there any other
' country in the world so happy as
I ours f Well, that's why it is worth
saving.
The National Government used to
seem far off. The World War (No. 1)
accustomed us to Uncle Sam. Then
a new generation came on who knew
neither war no Uncle Sam. But the
United States, the President, the
Congress, the Supreme Court, ' the
Armed forces, Europe, all are close
to us again.
Sunday I went out to El Recuerdo.
The Manager of the farm and I walked
around looking at cotton, corn and
tobacw. The little boy and his little
sister went with jus. We tarried at
j
the peach and plum trees for a "spell"
and "ate our flll'l, da somebody said.
As we walked down the rows of tobacco
my partner called attention to
a barefoot track In the "middle?". It
was made by a lad a few days ago
while poisoning the tobacco. That
lad Is today In Norfolk?In the navy.
Two years another lad walked
up and down those fields. Today he
is in the Marine Corps, somewhere up
North or on the broad Atlantic,
aboard ship of war. A few more
years ago there was another one of
those brothers who knew about the
broling sun and the steam of the corn
middle. Today he la la the 'army.
Three brothers?Just a little while ago
boys on the farm; today members of
Uncle Sam's three lighting services?
all volunteers. ?- -1. / - !
The operation of the National WageI
Hour Law is being extended. A store
engaged in rethil trade within the
State would not be under the Federal
law because its transactions are ^entirely
intra-state and not inter-State.
But what of wholesalers? That jques- '
tlon at once raised the issue of bringing
into the State goods manufactured
or processed elsewhere. Then another
problem arose: What is the difference
between a wholesaler and a retailer?
Some stores are thought of
as retailers, but sell in case lots or
such other quantities as would not ordinarily
be regarded as retail. The
Administrator of the Law has decided
that hereafter unless 76 per cent of
the sales are at retail the store must
come under the Federal Wage-Hour
regulation. Until this new order the
lest was 60 per cent. If, then, more
than 25 per cent of the sales are not
retail the rule of forjy hour law and '
thirty cent minimum pay will prevail.
What is a sale at retail? Well a
retail place of business is one characterized
by numerous small sales or
such as are patronized regularly by
,the general consuming public. They
'sell goods for direct consumption and
not for re-sale or redistribution. >
With regard to chain stores, each
physically separate store will be
judged separately, not as part of ft
chain, but a warehouse serving the
chain would stand as a wholesaler.
A lumber camp and bunk house are
regarded as part of the main operation
and will be under the same regulation.
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Urges Lunch for
Each Underfed Child
"Thoro Is oue very practical way
tor this couuty to give material help
to the national defense program",
Miss Fewell, county home demonstration
agent, said today. "We can see
to It that alt* our children are well
nourished."
"The National Nutrltjon^Conference
tor Defense made rtuWriLieudat'iona
for action to President' Roosevelt," *
Miss Fewell said. The delegates 1
to the conference {rereytaboftg the 1
foremost leaders of our motional
thinking on food needs for minimum (
health and strength. Not the least 1
of their recommendations was that *
growing boys and girls be adequately *
fed. They urged expanslqn of the 1
free school lunch program for which '*
the Surplus Marketing Administration 1
supplies basic foods?dairy products, i
vegetables, fruits, cereals, and certain 1
meat products.
"School-lunch programs are spon- '
sored by local groups?church socle- 1
ties, fraternal organisations, parent- 1
teacher associations, ' and others.
Local sponsorj can obtain foodstuffs
for school lunches from our state welfare
agency which is supplied by the
SMA. Kitchen equipment can be obtained
with funds raised at benefit
parties, some times by donations
from public-spirited citizens, or
through the cooperation of the WPA
and the NYA. The Extension Service
is ready to help In any way possible.
"In order that the benefit* of
school-lunch programs will not stop
with the close of the school year, the
SMA is encouraging the continuation
of lunch programs through the vacation
period. For those who are interested,
copies of two school lunch
pamphlets, 'Summer Lunches for
Hungry Children' and 'School Lunches
and the Community*, can be obtained
by writing to the Department of
Agriculture at Washington, D. C."'
UlnmincAn
mini JL
tv
Washington, p. <}., jfune ?I7?Al- "
hough no quantities have been an- (
tounoed. the purchasing of textiles .
inder the provisions of the Lend- ,
.ease Act has been begun by the Pro- .
mrement Division, Treasury Departnent.
The Invitations covered sheet- ,
nga drills, and print cloths. Since no ,
luantltles were mentioned, It Is im- ,
possible to estimate th* effect of this ,
)n the market. It was suggested that
manufacturers shall offer to ship such
luantltles as they may be able to sup- ,
ply during the next four months.
Bids have, also, been opened by the
Procurement Division of the Treasury
for furnishing 2,157.000 yards of cotton
textiles to the Work Projects Administration
for distribution to designated
emergency work relief rooms.
This Included both muslin and broadcloth.
.
The number of Army nurses has
lncre&ged from 942 a year ago to more
than 5,000, and It is expected to exceed
8,000 by the end of the year, the
War Department announced June 12.
To assure continuity of training and
to provide replacements for the
Army's growing parachute force, a
Parachute section of the Infantry
School at Fort Banning, Georgia, has
been established as a permanent institution.
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The 1,133 homes for defense workers
and families of enlisted personnel
completed the week ended June 14
bring the total number of completions
under the Defense House Program to
15,426 homes, located in 55 localities
of 26 States and Territories.
Construction of field houses at 25
Army posts to provide facilities for
such Indoor sports as basketball, boxing,
and wrestling, was authorized
June 18 by the War Department.
When the Array expansion program
began last fall there were only a few
posts in the country that were equipped
with permanent gymnasiums.
The plan to build field houses was
formulated by the Morale Branch to
provide every large Army station with
facilities for sports during inclement
weather.
Each of the field houses will provide
approximately 2,750 seats for
basketball and approximately 3,750
seats for boxing and wrestling.
A nation-wide campaign to collect
useu aluminum was announced June
22 by the Office of Production Management.
The aluminum will be collected
under the direction of the
Office of Civilian Defense. Every citizen
of the United Statqs will be asked
to participate In the campaign. Every
housewife In the-county will be asked
by thA flflvarnmant tn r-nnfrthnfA <^1
used aluminum. ware she can spare
for National Defense. Aluminum so
collected will help remedy the existing
temporary shortage of scrap aluminum,
needed in -vast amounts for the
rapidly growing _,f defense program.
The aluminum collected will be turned
over to the Office of Production Management.
An all-out effort to convert enough
of America's milk production into
cheese and evaporated milk to meet
the needs of the British under the
Lease-Lend Act has been launched by
the Department of Agriculture.
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard,
In re-emphasizing the British need for
dairy products, declared that to date
we have been able to buy only about
half the amount of cheese we wanted
to obtain by the end of June and less
thatf two-thirds of the amount of
evaporated milk.
Sending enough of needed dairy
products is a vital part of our aid-toBrltain
policy, the Secretary declared.
Our total milk production is adequate
for meeting this need, in addition to
atatfftff needs In this country, but
the'ffilllt has not been going into
cheese and evaporated milk at rates
fast enough to supply the British with
minimum requirements.
In order to encourage the conversion
of milk Into cheese and evaporated
milk, the Department is purchasing
these two products at prices which
should yield farmers a higher return
for milk going into them than Into
other dairy products such as butter.
American consumers can-help In
the effort to give needed aid to Britain
by holding down on their use of
cheese. It Is hoped, however, that
we will soon reach a production of
these commodities Which will enable
American consumers to fee the normal
amounts white at the same time
wb supply the British requirements
for these highly nutritive dairy products.
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According to officials of the Fish
sad Wildlife Servcle that wise gray
akdlkar* the coyote, seems to thrive
with civilisation and Is actually increasing
its range. In spite ef gun,
trap and poison the coyote is holding
his own. ...
Sfew Bomber \
Passes Tests
> \\mm
March Felld, Calif., Juuo 27?The
rmy air corp's 13,600,000 Bl? bomb- il
r did everything asked of It today hi
n its maiden test flight from Santa fi
Tonlca. w
Major Stanley M. Umstead, the N
rmy's No. 1 test pilot, nosed the huge s<
raft into the air nine seconds after N
running the four motors at Clover c)
leld. He brought it to a slow, gentle A
nding on a long runway of this army g
sir base. Wlud velocity at both Aelds
vas 18 miles an hour. I
More thau 5,000 army officers and y
men swarmed onto the Held at the j
iky giant?officially described as the t
world's largest ^ bomber?taxied to- 1
ward a hangar. I
Officers appeared highly pleased at j
the performance. The plane was In \
the air 56 minutes. <
Major Umstead grlnued broadly in ?
admitting he might have been a little j
nervous as he took oft. The four- |
motored bomber, which was a 212-foot j
wingspread and 132-foot fuselage, ]
wobbled slightly as it left the
ground. i
Umstead said the character of the ]
takeoff was not dangerous, however, j
He simply over-controlled the ship, ]
which has an extremely sensitive response
to manipulation^ i
Landing characteristics, the major ,
said, Indicate the B-19 can be taken
onto any ordinary first-class field. The
brakes, which gave trouble In pvat
Umlnary taxing, worked perfectly, as
did the landing gear. Umstead said ,
that ip landing he was not sure at
what speed the ship would continue {
to be air-borne, so his landing was
tentative.' He came in slowly, Bat the
plane down on the two rear wheels
of the tricycle landing gear, and the
front wheel of the gear gently touched ,
the'ground. Aboard
were seven men, In place of
the ultimate crew of ten. The plane
carried lees than one-fifth of its 11,000
gallons fuel capacity. 'Builders* statistics
rate it as 41 tons empty. 82 tons
full loaded.
The sky monster left Clover field ,
at 12.01 p. m. after Its surprisingly (
quick takeoff, which required only
1,500 feet of the 3,800-foot Clover '
Field runway, it flew out to sea,
cfrciedHback over the Douglas plant
at Santa Monica, where the workers
who built it might see it In the air,
and headed for March Field. It landed
at 12:57 p. m..
"Boy, what a load off my mind that
was,'' chirped an unidentified private.
"My heart was in my mouth while It
was landing."
12-Year Rain
Record Broken
Blshopvllle, June 28?Not since
September, 1928, has so much rain
fallen in Lee county In so short a
time as fell yesterday and today. In
122811 Wftfr impossible for Btehopville residents
to get out of the county due
to high water and wash out.
Black river ditch which Is where
Black river begins and which is part
of the town drainage system, overflowed
this morning and water from
Lynches river backed up a considerable
distance to flood a nearby dairy
pasture.
Drainage ditches throughout Blshopvllle
were anable to carry oft the
heavy rainfall which amounted to
about eight Inches from Friday morning
at 7 o'clock to 11 o'clock today
when the rain finally ceased.
Water several Inches deep stood in
Church street for a number of blocks
while tgavei on Highway 15-A was
slowed up because of deep water
across the highway at both sides of
Blshopvllle. State highway department
men were on duty at both places
and had to pull out a number of stalled
vehicles. United States army
trucks which passed during the morning
had no trouble whatever due to
the fact that they are built high from
the ground. t
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IN8ECT DAMAGE 8EVERE
ON LATE-PLANTED CORN
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- Severe insect damage frequently occurs
to the unfolding leaf funnels of
late-planted corn, particularly in fields
from which oats have been HMglJpfed,
says Connty Agent W. C. McCarley,
explaining that the insect causing this
damage la the corn-ear worm alias
shatter worm, tomato fruit worm, tobacco
hud worm, vetch worm, and corn budworm.
Farmers planting their main crop
of corn early have largely avoided
this type of damage. Unless very favorable
conditions exist during late
summer, when this insect is abundant,
late-planted corn Is often a failure.
Wot small ronatinx-ear patches, Mr.
McCarley advisee a quick-maturing
variety on a productive sou with adequate
fertiliser to insure vigorous and
rapid growth. An arsenical poison,
similar to that for controlling the9 tobacco
budworm, has given promising
results In South Carolina on fmall
roasting-ear patches, but it is not to
j be considered tor large aereagee.
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Veekly News Letter
From Liberty Hill
July X?Dr. R. W. Jopllng and famy
have returned from their vacation
[>ent In Virginia, and was expected to
U the pulpit here on Sunday, but
as sick and uuable to do so. Elder
r. S. Richards conducted the morning
jrvlces and read a sermon by Dr.
lorrlson. Sunday exercises were In
barge of superintendent R. C. Jonos.
.ttonduuce at both services was very
ood.
Mrs. Chester Frances, of Rogolusa,
arrived last week to spend awhile
rlth her parents Governor and Mrs.
dhn G. Richards, who also had with
hem on 8unday Mr. and Mrs. John
toddy, of Rock Hill; Miss Margaret
tlchards, of Columbia and Miss
Fohngy Richards, of Chester. It will
)e pleasant news to the many friends
>f Gov. Richards throughout the
State to hear that he Is steadily Improving
from a long illness and is
iovt able to walk some about the
place and expects to take automobile
rides very soon.
Supfter guests of Patterson Thompion
on last Thursday w<pre Rev. and
Mrs. A. M. MacLauchlin, A. M. MacLauchltn,
Jr., Dr. William T. MacLauchlin,
Misses Charlotte and Anna
M. MacLauchlin. Mrs. Hugh Hamilton
and Miss Joan Hamilton, all of near
Chester.
I)r. and Mrs. T. G. Hall and son
Robert, and daughter, Miss Louise, of
Weetmtnldter, spent several dayH last
week as guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
Jones, parents of Mrs. Hall, who will
be remembered by her friends as Miss
Sallle Jones.
Miss Annie Mae Cureton, of Blshopville,
spent Sunday with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Cureton.
Miss Phobe Richards, of Greensboro,
N. C., is spending a while with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Richards.
Mr. and Mrs. James Thompson, of
Virginia, were' visitors-last week in
the home of Mr. -and Mrs. S. H. Cunningham,
parents of Mrs. Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G- Richards, 3rd,
of Florence, and Professor and Mrs.
J. P. Richards, of Lancaster, were visitors
last week of their sisters, Misses
Lizzie, Sophie, and Lai Richards at
their home here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sublett, of
Union, were visitors last week In the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Cureton,
parents of Mrs. Sublett. They came
especially to see Mr. Cureton, who
has been quite sick for Borne time.
J. Flynn Johnston arrived last week
to spend a part of his annual vacation
with his sisters, Misses Clara and
Louise Johnston, at his boyhood home
here. He is a Clemson graduate and
has long held an Important position
with the Southern ' Bell Telephone
Company, making his home In Atlanta,
Ga., where he enjoys the weekly
visits of The Camden Chronicle.
Several of "our boys", recent students
of the Camden high school, are
spending Their-vaea?onin various
lines of employment. We hear that
Henry S. Hlgglns, Jr- and David Hlgglns
are assisting land surveyors for
the Southern Power Company. Pat
Thompsoii, Jr., Is agisting In the
crop land measurement for the government,
and John Thompson Is part.
time salesman in the DePass drug
store, Camden. v
Our people have watched with interest
the splendid efforts of Fred
Cdnnlngham In Four-H Club work,
and congratulate him on his flnal notable
success in winning the state
championship title. He Is the son
of W. E. Cunningham, county fire
warden, and a grandson of the late
Gen. J. W. Floyd.
8WEETPOTATO GETS LIFTS
ON TTS WAY TO INDU8TRY ?
Efforts to make the sweetpotato
crop an important raw material for
Industry have been going on for several
years In the U. 8. Department of
Agriculture. Chemists of the Bureau
of Agricultural Chemistry and Engineering
showed how to make from
weelpotatoes a wood white starch
equal to starches from imported tropical
roots. Now engineers of the
same Bureau are reporting progress
in equipment and methods of producing
harvesting, marketiUg and storing.
Cotton farmers who grow most of
the sweet-potatoes for the cooperative
starch plant established several years
ago at Laurel, Miss., use standard cotton
tillage implements for land preparation
work for the new crop. This
practice bfcs worked out well, but engineers
have found, that use of the
general-purpose tractor with these implements
provides a great advantage
In deeper tillage and a high bed, especially
Important for this crop, New
equipment has been developed for
cultivation and for handling fransPl
mher short owe Include changes In
piling the crop after digging, sleds
and carts for collecting, and better
-ways for loading. Borne sweet-potatoes
are now shipped In box or catOh
cars and are unloaded directly into a
flamjtha* carries them to the waahef^in
whtdfc the factory work on the
crop begins.
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!# What makes a quiz fan quizzi\cal?
That's one you don't have to
'know to ivin a high rating in this'
intelligence test. Just dig into the
jproblems below, mark Your OUT
twers in the space provided and
then check the answers and add
points for your rating.
(1) You don't have to be a constant
visitor to the Naval Observatory
to know that when it's 4 p. m.
in New York, clocks on the banks ot I
the Mississippi register (a) 2 p. m.;
(b) 3 p. m.;,(c) 5 r~H
p. m.: (d) m. I I
(2) Calling ^tyilinary experts!
Here's one that's vyour "dish." If
there was a .i'brulot" served you,
you'd know it was (a) a heavily
spiced roast; (b) a baked redhsh;
(c) a lighted pudding; (d) a pastry
topped with | | /.
whipped cream. 1 I
[ (3) The boat above is making 15
'inotSi which Is more than 15 miles
per hour. (True
o r false.) I I
<4) Paging historians! The invincible
Spanish grand fleet that
England conquered "way back
when" was (a) the Armada; (b)
the Great White Fleet; (c) the Banacubo;
(d) the [~" 1
Del Marbo Fleet. I I
(5) Jewels are hard, so is this one.
(Today's toughie.) The Rosette
Stone is priceless in the eyes of (a)
jewelers; (b) archeologists; (c) f^"l
the Royal Family of England, i I
(6) The word "fore" is associated
with golf, but the word "contact"
makes one think of (a) bridge playtr?;
(b) a tennis game; (c) |
airplanes; (d) road building. I t
(t) How's your angling knowledge?
Fishermen have an old superstition
that the best time to catchcrabs
is (a) after dinner; (b) when
the moon is full; (c) at high tide;
(d) following ,| 1
a rainstorm. I I
1
1 "GUESS AGAIN"
ANSWERS S?*
1. (b) (or 10 pta - i
1 (c) for 20 (yummy!).,!.!..
1 (True) fot 10 more 4..
A (a) for 10
S. (b) for 20
' (c) for 10 pta *
" (b) for the seme
RATINGS: 90-100. goodneasi
80-90, plenty TOTAL
well; 70-80. not bed at
all; 60-70, you got one 20 anyway I
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LUMBER FOR SALE
^ y " We
have on hand several thousand
feet, cull boards % x 4 Inches to 12
inches tongue and groove, square
edgeand sniplap working. Also
2x4s. !'
This lumber is very suitable ?or ordinary
building purposes and prieed
so low it will pay you to investigate.
water! lumber co.
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