The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 29, 1941, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6
British Flyers In
Visit To Columbia
(Continued from Aral page) 1
"Hubert L. .Avlngor, Jaycee presldent.,(welcomed
the HAF and Alleu
CI. KoUlne, program chairman, added
his own wordH and had charge of the
evening's events.
"Hoy A. l'owell Introduced the
guests and Claude C. Tate brought
tlie invocation. Juntos D. Waiters Introduced
lite speaker.
There were u number of guests but
tiie one who wus In position to enjoy
It more than any was 1). C. Wall of
of county Kent, who wus privileged
to meet one young ulrinan from his
old home territory.
"Speaking for the English group, J.
J'. (Roto) Morgan?who wus redheaded
with blue eyes?told tho Jaytees
how much they enjoyed being In
. Columblu,
"After tho oveniug's Informal program,
the Kngllshmen wore divided
Into smaller groups and were taken to
various places of entertainment In
Colu labia.
"iMu^iy friendships were formed."
A GRAND SCHEME
We have boon told about a man In
Georgia who owned plenty of cottou
land, which was worked by tenant cotton
farmers. The owner never raised
any cotton In Ills life. He got Jtf.600
from tlie government for withdrawing
acmage from cotton production, and
has reinvested the money in more
cotton land, which In turn he will
withdraw from cotton growing.
Hence, another fat check, etc.
This looks "rfbrta" like nil endless
chain system that could be kept going
for ever, providing tho U. 8. Treasury
did not run out of money.
Tills thing of getting paid for not
doing anything Is a grand scheme.
Wish somebody would pay this writer
more for doing less work, so lie could
get a few dollars together und go into
this not rulslng cotton business.?
Aiken Standard and Review.
Let's go?it's the startiXg~iv)iistlt
for another Guess Again race, feet's
see if you can he first to "break the
tape." Indicate your answers in
the space provided and then add
your score for your rating.
(1) If you're a bank teller you
might know that on the fifty-dollar
bill there is a picture of (a) John
Quincy Adams; (b) U. S. Grant; (c)
Thomas Jefferson; I l
(d) Zachary Taylor. I I
(t) Picture yourself aboard ship
early in the morning. You hear the
ship's clock ring "one bell," which
tells you it's (a) 2 a. m.; (b) 1:30
a. m.; (c) 12:30 I 1
a. m.; (d) 1 a. m. 1 I
(J) Attention radio fans; Lanny
Ross' daily program immediately
follows: (a) Amos 'n' Andy; (b) ~
Myrt and Marge; (c) Charlie
McCarthy; (d) Bob Hope. I I
(4) Oh, yeah, it's a fish, all right
(at left), but which of the following:
(a) shark; (b) martin; I j
(c) tuna; (d) tarpon,] |
(5) If you miss this one, write
Emily Post. If a girl is in the company
of a man and she drops her
handkerchief (a) the gentleman
should pick it up; (b) she should get
it herself; (c) she should ignore it;
(d) he should give j |
her his handkerchief. | |
(6) The American Red Cedar is ;
an evergreen that's rot a cedar at
all, it's (a) a pine; (b) a cypress;
(c) a juniper; j J
(d) a spruce. | |
(7) Hey, football fans, which of j
these was (during his college days)
a member of Knute Rockne's fa- '
mous.'Four Horsemen"? (a) Grant- j
land Rice: (b) Walter Winchell; j
(c) Ted IIusing; | |
(d) Elmer Laydcn. 1 I
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"GUESS AG A UN" ?y j
? ?. , Score
AN>W UR> Here
1. (bl for 25 pts 'touehtel
2. (c) for 15 more.
3. (a) for 10 (oni>) J
4. id) for another 10
5. ibl for 15 pts
6 <ct for 15
7. <d) for the last >cn
HERE RE YOUR RATINGS:
90 100. tape- TOTAL
breaker; 80-90, tfood
stepper; 70-80, miKhty brisk; 60-70, still
a racer.
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THIN08
(Hy Spectator),
I hhw a notable night one day. I
wan In TennoHaee taking a bua ride.
The bun wan crowded?scores of poo*
pin looking for something they could
tlnd at home but won't have It Jbere.
A young woman, of perhaps thirtywan
hitting on that dinky llttlt* seal
pulled down at the dashboard for the
iStewurd. Two strapping young bucks
were comfortably heated at the front
b^it suld young buckh Continued firm
and uumovtug In their comfortable
Heath.. Down the road an elderly
woman came aboard. Said bucka continued
aa firm and immovable aa
ever?-or even more bo- but the
young woman gave her aeat to the
elderly one. And all the men atood
Tor It; I should ?ay they ?ut for It.
So the young woman Joined the eight
men already standing and she stood
for a half hour!
Seldom huvo I seen one woman
give her seat to another woman; but
never -have I seen young fellows so
utterly Indifferent to the moat elementary
idea of courtesy.
I wus driving "up through the mountains,
winding and twisting, and
squeezing my way along narrow
turns, when I saw a disabled truck
parked on the shoulder near a curve.
The truck was facing the road, but
the front wheels were "cut" so as to
keep off the main drive, i wondered
what misfortune, or perhaps calamity,
had happened. As I approached, uJl
niy fears were put at rest; 1 knew
that no one had been hurt because
there were four "pop" bottles by the
front wheels, so I knew that the
country was safe.
The Press and Stiuulard of Walterboro
Is working hard to bring into
being a chamber of commerce for
Walterboro. Hy all means the businessmen
of Colleton's capltul should
hand themselves to promote the welfare
of their good town.
In Interpreting the Federal wage
and hour law the administrators try
to be reasonable and lenient, but even
our country newspaper?Job printing
offices tire being scrutinized. There
Is no problem about tho paper, but
most county papors do considerable,
Job printing. So far as the Job printing
is for delivery within this State
there is still no problem. But suppose
the office does some printing for
delivery out of the Stuto? Over there
in Rock Hill, York. Lancaster and
Fort Mill, for example? Suppose the
business houses of Charlotte, In appreciation
of the excellence of the
work done in the offices of Huckle,
Grist, Barton and Bradford should
overwhelm those gentlemen with Job
work ? All have papers and all have
Job offices as adjuncts. So long as
the work is for delivery .within this
State there is no difficulty; but if the
orders pour In from Charlotte?then
what?
A bulletin says:
"The publisher of the typical newspaper
described in the exemption employs
relatively few employees and
most of them work only part of the
week In publishing the newspaper.
The rest of the week they are employed
In related work, usually Job
printing.
"For enforcement purposes, an employee
In such cases will be considered
exempt If he spends more than 50
percent of his time in work directly
necessary to the publication of a
newspaper which meets the requirements
of Section 13?a
"In our opinion, therefore, except
as hereinafter stated, employees cmployed
in connection with the publication
of a county weekly or semiweekly
newspaper described In Section
13?n?8 must he considered
within the exemption, even though they
work on Job printing during the part
of the week In which they are not engaged
in publishing the newspaper
and even though some of the Job
printing is produced for customers
who use the printing In Interstate
com merce."
"If any employee spends one-half
or more of his time on job printing
work in a particular week and . <he
newspaper exemption does not extend
to him the question then arises
whether the Job printing work done
hy the employe.* for that week is
work covered hy the Act. The test
for covered work hinges on uhe'heany
of the job printing material on
which this employee works, is printed
for interstate commerce. As is true
In other fields. If an employee In a
particular workweek works on goods
which at the time or production his
employer hopes, intends or has reason
to believe will move outside the state.'
the employee is covered hy the Act
for that workweek."
"A weekly newspaper of 2.S00 circulation,
the greater part of which is
in the county where the paper Is
printed and published, does considerable
job printing work. Examination
of the hooks hy an inspector discloses
that while practically all of the employees
do some work on job printing
much of which goes into interstate
commerce, all of the employees
jpend more than 60 percent of their
time In connection with the publication
of the weekly uewspapor. All
the employee*, therefore, are exempt
under Hoot Ion 13?a?8."
llow big Ih a blK man? What
makes a 1>Ik man? We are less Inclined
to hero worship than our fath
ere were; at least It seems to me. To
say that a man Is great covers too
much territory; we may more modestly
say that he Is big. What makes a
big man? Is it a big Job? Does the
Job make the man big, or does toe
man magnify the Job? Perhaps the
! story of the illustrious Greek who
was elected public garbage man by
Ibis enemies. He accepted, saying
[that If tho position could not honor
I him he would try to dignify the post
lion, lie must have been a big man
A big man must be one who fills his
place so completely that he Is always
regarded ty* blggor than the Job.
Frequently- we see a man whoso position
overshadows him. People say
"Yonder goes the Chief mogul of
such-and-such an enterprise". The
Job Is bigger than the man and even
hides him. Hut when you think of
' Washington, Lee, Calhoun, Wade
Hampton or Hen Tillman you don't
think of a position or office, for any
office seems too small for the man,
| Washington?Well who was he, or
what was he? A general, A ayesident?
He was more than that. He
was Washington, and all the honors
Just merge Into the greatness of the
man. Most people don't remember
anything about bis generalship or his
administration as president; but nearly
everybody thinks of hint as a figure
of heroic stature, a man above and
beyond the petty details of place or
the routine of living.
Who remembers anything about the
ofTices held by John C. Calhoun? Or
his grput arguments? He towers ahove
all other Carolina statesmen until
he Is becoming a mythical figure
of renowpr" ->
Who today thinks of Lee as the
great strategist; as the aggressive
fighter, alw'ays attacking the enemy f
Who thinks of him as the president of
Washington COllegp? Lee was so
great a man that any position would
seem to crowd and cramp his personality
within narrow confines.
Hampton and Tillman are not remembered
as Untied States Sena|
tors or as Governors. Those men
I were of a size too great to be measured
by an office.
So, perhaps, a man is a big man
who fills hts office; who exalts his
office; but he Is a great man when
he so far surpasses all the requirements
of office as to be immeasurably
above and beyond It.
Any man or newspaper calling attention
to our high cost of governj
ment will find himself sharing the
J experience of the Disciples who remarked
"We have tolled all night and
caught nothing". Government of all
kinds cost heavily. I don't know
what to do except to do without
something. Each one of us could add
twenty-five per cent to his cost of living
and defend It as a wholesome
expenditure. Hut careful men don't
buy everything that Is, or seems, desirable;
only governments seem to do
thut. That Is true here In South Carolina,
as well as elsewhere. It is
true of counties and municipal governments,
as well as the State. It Is
true of the nation.
There are lots of things below the
surface. In geology we expect to find
interesting formations below the level
on which \ie walk. Oftentimes there
is more goiug on beneath the street
level in matters political than on the
level. Let us repeat, there is a lot
of stuff that is decidely not on the
level: an agreement here, a combination
there?and all that.
A government by the people Isn't
worth anything unless the p?-ople exercise
their choice freely and sincereI
ly. I do not know that any one deliberately
sells his vote for so many
dollars, but we have developed and
are still developing, the practice of
sending cars out to bring in the
voters. $100 to $500 may be sent to
a county to get the men to the polls
To the polls for whom? Surely for
those who pay for the cars, or the
gasoline. Hen Tillman wasn't elected
that way. Wade Hampton and his
followers didn't wait for a hired carriage
to take them to the polls. We
voters should regard our ballot as
something which symbolizes our citizenship.
We ought to get to the
ballot box under our own power, or
with friends who take us at our request.
We ought not to be hauled
about by friends or paid workers of
candidates. If the voters don't regard
the right to vote as a solemn
responsibility, government by the people
is a mere illusion.
In the cafes of Budapest. Hungary,
coffee now sells for 20 to 30 cents a
cup, and retails for $3 a pound.
The 1940 census shows Alabama
with a population of 2,830,285 as compared
wtlh 1,646,248 In 1930.
Of the 14.852 foreign-born persons
in the Panama Canal Zone, only 931,
or 6 3 per cent -pere naturalized citizens
of the United States, according
to tho Census.
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I rnncftf/rmftft gEBBBgBEJ
Washington, D. C., August 22 -The
War Department announced 'I uosday
a policy of releasing selectees and enliHted
men of the Natloual. Guard
after an average of 18 months of active
duty?providing the United
States does not become more seriously
involved In the International situation.
Home will be sent home after
as little as 14 months of service.
About 200.000 selectees and enlisted
men in the Guard, who entered the
service last year and would, therefore
complete 12 months service
during 1941, will be released by December
10, under the plan, so they
can reach their homes before the
Christmas holidays.
Enlisted guardsmen (other than
officers) and selectees now in training
are to be released from active duty
on their own application in accordance
with the following priorities:
Dependency and hardship cases
when properly established.
Men 28 years of ago and over on
July 1, 1941, regardless of length of
service and In the order of length of
Federal -service.
MuWied men desiring discharge at
the end of t,h?lr 12 months' service.
The releases are to be made at a
rate, It was stated, so that organization
efficiency will not be lowered too
seriously. Men wh^se units are engaged
In maneuvers or on other special
training exorcises will not be released
except In cases of dependency,
hardship, or other emergencies. :2nllsted
men of the Guard and Belectees.
not covered by the priorities will be
released from duty after an average
of 18 months' service?and some
after as little as 14 mouths' service,
It -was declared, always with the
qualification that carrying out the
plan depends on continuation of' the
present International situation without
more serious developments.
The President also affixed his signature
to legislation relieving men 28
vears and older from active military
duty under the Selective Service Act.
This law provides mandatory deferment
for men not yet Inducted and
directs that those of the specified age
who request It shall be-released from
service " as soon as practicable and
when not In conflict with the Interest
of National Defense."
The law requires that local draft
boards post conspicuously In their
offices the names and classifications
of registrants. Immediately after Mr.
Roosevelt signed the bill, this posting
of names was ordered by Selective
Servcie headquarters.
Figures last week by the War Department
gave the total Army
strength as 1,646,400." A breakdown
follows:
Officers?Regular Army, 15,000; ,
National Guard, 21,900, and Reserve
Officers, 65.000, making a total of 101,900
officers.
Enlisted men?Regular Army, threeyear
enlistments, 484,500; Regular
Army Reserves and one-year enlistments,
17,500; National Guard in Federal
Service, 260,000, and Selective
Service trainees, 681,500. The total in
the three branches was 1,443,500.
Total combined strength?Regular
Army, 517.0U0; National Guard, 281,900;
Reserve Officers, 65.000; and
Selective Service trainees, 681,500.
Armored target ships of a new type
will be built for the Army Air Corps
for use In the training of long-range,
heavy bombardment squadrons In actual
operations at sea, the War Department
has Just announced. Bids
will be asked this month for the construction
of several of these new
shops .which will compare In speed
and maneuvering ability with naval
vessels.
Officials said the vessels are to be
armored sufficiently to withstand the
impact of standard practice bombs
dropped from an altitude obtainable
by modern aircraft. They will bo
capable of operating far at sea for
indefinite periods. |
The target ships will be approxl-j
mately 175 feet long, with a beam of
30 feet, and each will be manned by a
crew of about 50 men.
The Army Air Corps has conducted
experiments with small boats, both
manually and radio-controlled for target
purposes. The now type of target
ships was developed as a result
of recent experimental work in the
United States and abroad.
American factories shipped 30,449
pianos In the first quarter of 1940,
compared with 26,089 In the first quarter
of 1930.
/No man Is as bad as he thinks on
the morning after.
The lena of a camera la named
for Its resemblance to a lentil seed.
Arizona Increased In population
from 436,573 In 1930 to 497,789 in
1940.
Weekly News Letter
From Liberty Hill
Liberty Hill, Aug. 26?At the Presbyterian
church on Sunday the morning
?ervice waa conducted by Elder
N. S. Hlcharda, who read a sermon by
Dr. Morrlsou on crow-bearing. ' "Kverybody
baa a cross to bear, daily,
not Just tor a season, but through
life." Sunday .school exercises, conducted
by assistant superintendent,
W. 10. Cunningham.
Announcement waa made that Dr.
Jopliu, supply pastor, now on vacation,
was expected to bo present and
preach next Shnday.
The people of our village were
pleased to see formed Governor Richards
out riding and conversing with
friends on different evenings last
week.
Mrs. S. H. Rion, of Wlunsboro,
spent a few days last week with her
sister, Mrs. R. C. Jones.
Mrs. M. C. Mayes, of Mayesvllle, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. F. A. Drennan,
and niece, Mrs. E. L. Jones.
Visitors of Miss Lizzie Richards last
Sunday were Mr, and Mrs. J. P. Richards,
Jr., and Jack Edwards, of Lancaster;
Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Settler, of
Swansea; and Mr. and Mrs. Atmar
Jennings and daughter, of Spartanburg.
Misses Clara and Louise Johnston,
Misses Louise and Callie Jones; C. D.
and E. J. Cunningham attended the
funeral of their relative, A. C. McDow
of Lancaster, on Monday evening
at Douglas Church in Lancaster county.
Miss Lizzie Richards spent last
week with relatives in Bishopville.
Dr. and Mrs. T. G. Hall and daughter,
Louise, spenC the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Jones, parents of
Mrs. Hall.- They were accompanied
home by their son, Bobby, who spent
the summer with his grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Richards and
son, Jlmmle, of Concord, and Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Smith and son, Tommle, of^
Albermarle, N. C., were Sunday
guests In the home .of Miss Lizzie
Richards. - i
Misses Mary and Sarah Cunningham,
twins, returned Wednesday
night after a pleasant visit of several
days with college friends at Orangeburg
and other points in the lower
part of the State.
Chaplain and Mrs. John E. Richards,
of Gunter' Field, Montgomery,
Ala., are expected to spend this weekend
with the former's parents,, Mr.
and Mrs. N. S. Richards and family
here.
Friday visitors of Miss Marlon
Richards were Mr. and Mrs. Parham,
and Mrs. Buxton, and children of
Sumter.
Mr. J. K. Herlot and daughter, Miss
Carolyn of Bishopville stopped over
for a while Saturday night enroute
from the Herlot-Harrls wedding at
Greenville. Miss Carolyn was one of
the bridesmaids in the wedding of her
cousin.
Miss Marion Richards is spending
some time this week with friends in
Sumter. v
Mrs. Charlie Preesley returned home
to Charleston on Thursday morning
after spending a few days with her
mother, Mrs. R. J. Wardlaw. She
was accompanied home by Mrs.
Wardlaw, who will visit several days
in the City by the Sea.
Miss Adelja Cunningham spent the
week e(nd with Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Hodkin, of Winnsboro. Mrs. Hodkin
whs Miss Annie R. McCaskill before
her marriage.
John Henry Clements, high school
student, had his tonsils removed in
a Charlotte Hospital one day last
week. He was accompanied up by
his parents and sister, Lucy, who sat
with him overnight. He Is recuperating
nicely at home now.
Mrs. C. D. Cunningham and twin
daughters, Misses Mary and Sarah,
were over-night guests of W. D. McDowall
and sisters of Knights Hill recently.
Miss Laura Matheson Is spending a
while with her sister, Mrs. W. S.
Hamlter, who | also has as guest for
a while her father, Judge A. W.
Matheson, who Is now making his
home in the 3 C's section.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sublett and
Ellison Cureton, of Union, were
guests last week in the home of their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Cureton.
W.E. Cunningham active and energetic
fire warden for Kershaw
county forest protection association
and little son, Cleary, are on a vacation
this week.
H. S. Higglns of the Duke Power
Company was a Charlotte visitor on
Tuesday.
A. B. Whltaker, representing tha_?
Kershaw Oil Mill was In our village
Monday.
A serious car wreck occurred here
on Sunday morning a,bout 1 or 1:30
o'clock, when Banks McFadden, noted
football star, of Great Falls, driving
alone smashed into a. tree by Highway
97, just north of the U. S. post
office. The car, a new model, was
badly broken up, and he was severely
hurt. A passing motorist carried
him to a Rock Hill hospital. We
have not heard how serious his Injuries
proved to be. ,
One of our most beautiful aind best
known flowering trees is the Southern
crepe myrtle, whose beautiful
pink flowers are seen most everywhere,
from tiny roadside bushes
to trees of greater size.
One of the local beauty spots
is the line of trees, with its mass of
flowers bordering the north side of
the spacious yard and lawn of Mr.
and Mrs. R. C. Jones.
Omaha, Nebraska, is located on 16
national and interstate highways and
is the junction of three national
highways.
Clean Carnival
For County Fair
(Continued from ttret page)
dren of the county taking pert. There
will be a football game, in the afternoou
at 3 o'clock. The fair will clo?e
at ? p. m. Saturday.^ ,
The general committee iu charge
of the fair is headed by Dewey Creed
us general chairman. Oscar Suiyrl
Is treasurer, and M. M. Johnaou,
retary. Other members of the committee
are Perry R. Laugaton, M. M.
Keasonover, J. H. McLeod, Wylie \
Sheorn and John Mullen.
In the home eoonomio and Girls
Four-H department. Mlsa Itachel
O'Dauiel and Misa Margaret Fe.well
are to be in charge. Mrs. F. d. Good,
ale will be superintendent of the cam
ned products department; Mrs. L. p.
Tobln, of the cpoked food department;
Mrs. James dandy lu the thrift
department; Mrg. M. M. Reasouover
in the flower department; Mrs. T. Lee
Little in the clo'thing department;
Mrs. J. Tr Williford in the county fair
art exhibit; F. D. Stanton iu the
swine exhibit; M. N. Harmon lu the
miscellaneous department, lu the
general agricultural department H. A.
Small will be superintendent, while
In the Kershaw County Future Farmer
exhibit J. H. Klnard will bo in
charge.
In shop work C. E. Young will be
In charge; F. B. Stanton In the fat
barrow show; C. E. McGrew in the
woodwork exhibit and while the dog
show 1b to be presented under the
personal direction of E. Clarkaon
Rhame.
The fireworks to be offered during
the fair will be h&ndled by operators
of the World Flrework'a Display
company of Danville, 111. This company
presented the display last year
and It was rated one of the best ever
offered at a Camden fair.
The James Leroy Belk Post No. 17,
American Legion and the Camden Red
Cross club, under whose Joint sponsorship
the fair Is presented this year
announces that every effort is being
made to make the fair this year an
outstanding event. Farmers, merchants,
stock raisgr* *nd produce
marketers are all entering wholeheartedly
Into the spirit of the affair.
Paving Assessments
By order of City Council all un|
paid paving assessments on property
will be levied upon and sold.
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Mrs. Louise Boykin,
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City Clerk and Treasurer. J p