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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE]:
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Friday, December 5, 1941
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THE EDITORIAL "WE"
(Front The Dothan, Ala. Eagle.)
The derivation of the word "editor",
and origin of the editorial "we", by
which the newspaperman seeks to
avoid the obnoxloua "I," have never
been more Interest lugly explalred
than by Paul Jones, In Tho Lyons
Dally NrtwH. It comes to us via Horace
Wilkinson's (Jeneva County Keeper
and to tho (Jeneva editor via Ralph
Jones In the Atlanta Const iutlon, hut
loses nothing In Its travels.
"A new member of the high school
journalism class", writes Jones of
Lyons, "asks us the derivation of the
word 'editor.' Seeking always to he
of assistance, especially to the young,
we elucidate. 'Editor' is a combination
of two Latin words, '<hII' meaning
to give or put out, and 'taurus'?
Spanish 'toro'?meaning the hull.
"While on the subject, we may as
well explain the origin of tho editorial
'we'. In the pre-hlstorlc days, when
editors carved their papers on stone,
an editor bawled out a citizen for rot
paying his personal tuxes and Ills
pledge to tho Coronado committee.
Tho fellow came with a big knotty war
t^ub. hammered on tho lintel of tho
cave, peered Into tire darkness end
howled, 'Come out of there, you lilylivered
ao-and-so!" Tho editor, doing
aoiiie peering in return und seeing
who It was, yelled hack, "All right, you
ditto, we'll he there In a minute!"
The Irate subscriber, not being prepared
to make war on a gang, hurriedly
fled, soon forgot the incident and was
hack In three weeks begging the editor
not to publish his name for rowing a
boat while intoxicated."
100.000 FRENCHMEN
Fifty million Frenchmen, averred
the old song, can't he wrong. But a
considerable number of that 50 million
can be, and fit least 100,000 of
them are. That Is tho number of
Frenchmen who have left France to
work In Germany to build greater German
strength to hold Franco In deeper
subjection so that more Frenchmen
may he sent to Germany to build further
German strength?and so on
It Is easier to blame those Frenchmen
than to say what else they could
do. A Frame whose entire industrial
system is in bondage to Hitler probably
offers no great opportunity for
young Frenchmen. Probably they
were olfered the stark alternative of
"work in Germany or starve in
France
What hep.' i .in there possibly be
lor Europe .>r i'm the world id a "new
order based mi ^ut li alterna l vies ?
S111111 p. Ill
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SelenMfie lests have proved that
the two mo<( restful positions of tho
hand- m driving an autoniolulo ;ire
"L'u minute- to u and "-" minutes
alter |u," a->oimiiig that the driving
wheel is the face of a clock.
Sumter Farmer !
Suffers Heavy Loss
A fire, which the owner said may
have been started by a prowler,
destroyed a largo bam and a new
lumber warehouse on the Herman
Myers place early this morn lug burn1
iiK 8 mules and doing damage which
has been estimated at between $7,000
and $10,000.
The flames were discovered shortly
after 1 o'clock by a Columbia man
who was passing the home on U. S.
Highway 70, He drove Into the yard,
Mew his horn \ Ioluntly thou went luslde
and aroused one of the members
of the household.
The Sumter fire department rushed
to the scene of the blaze, In time to
prevent Its spreading to a row of farm
buildings which lead from the barn to
the house about 75 yards distant.
Flames which hpd caught a tool warehouse
nearest the barn were subdued.
Besides the eight mules, 1.000 bushids
of corn stored In the building were
destroyed as were farm Implements
and lumber.
A ntilch cow was so badly burned
in the fire that she bad to be shot.
The barn, said to bo the biggest In
the country, bad been remodeled only
u year or so ago.
Many Shaw Field soldiers and employes
of the Hunt construction company
working at the alrbase were attracted
by tltO flumes, which could be
seen for miles around, and came to
the home to offer their services.
Only animals In the barn saved
were some pigs who added their violent
squeals to the general confusion,
Mr. Myers said. The mules did not
make a sound.
Mr. Myers told Chief K. H. Lynam
of the Sumter fire department this
morning that It was Ills belief that the
conflagration bad been started by a
prowler.
There had been a good bit of stealing
about his place lately, he said,
and the thief was thought to have a
master key to the barn.
None of the regular hands liad been
in the barn since yesterday afternoon
the owner of the building stated, and
the ptd'son in charge of feeding the
animals did not smoke.
He added that If It had not been
for the quick and efficient work of
the Sumter tire department, ho probably
would not have a house to sleep
in tonight.
Flames were still rising from the
ruins of the barn at noon today and
the bodies of the mules In the wreckage
wore charred almost beyond recogntion.
The Myers home is located about
3 1-2 miles west of Sumter on tho Columbia
highway.?Tuesday's Sumtor
Item.
Most Dunked
Life-Saver To Retire
New York. Nov. 1G?Peter ("Duck")
McNeil, who has saved .183 persons
from drowning In 4<> years, Is calling
It a day.
McNeil, the most dunked hero In
history, will retire from the department
of docks December 1 four days
after his seventieth birthday carrying
with him IS medals honoring his reninaiisliip.
skill and valor.
Officially. McNeil is dnckmister at
the battery for the boats plying to and
from the Statue of I .iber t y.
I noffl? ailly. lie is a Manhattan
legend one of those i are workers in,
humble stations whose repented
demonstrations of individual bravery
raise them to the stature of a public
hero '
McNeils exploits, although winning
ettv-wlde acclaim, as often as not won
It tin nothing hut sour looks from the
\ it finis he industriously fished from
the i hitching waters ot Mutfermilk
tli inn. I. the Hast river and other harbor
tributaries. Many were would-be
suicides who later tarried out their
pacts with oblivion elsewhere.
Others. taugUt by the shock of their
w.i'ery plunge to value a world they
had thought to leave, retained lifelong
admiration for the seamed, weatherbeaten
boatman who risked his own
life to pull them to safety.
McNeil's biggest job was the rescue
of 7" persons from the steamer Keyport.
which sank off the battery seawall
in l'J 1G.
There wa re innumerable cases of
"singles", as McNeil i ailed them -SO
many, in fact, that he k- pt a spare
suit hanging in his little office so that
he would not have to go home after
a rescue. The veteran ld'esaver's last,
feat was on March 2t>. HMO. when he
saved it To-venr-Old woman from tho
bay by throwing a rope around her
while he dangled head first from the
seawall, held by fellow workers.
Last spring it young gril was saved
by a uniformed patrolman who got
tin-re fir>' and McNeil began to think
of retirement
His citations include the Congressional
Medai. the Volunteer Life Saving
Medal with three bars, the (loltLAIedal
of the Humane society, and a medal
awarded hint last April as the outstanding
employe of the departnunt
nf docks
Saluda Triumphs
In Title Classic
Sparked by tho brilliant running and
PuhhRik of Belt Is Herlong?one i#'tho
most brilliant backs to go down the
pike In many a season?the Saluda
high Tigers rolled to a 19 to 6 victory
over a doggedly fighting Marlon eleven
Friday afternoon to capture tho
(Mass B South Carolina high school
football championship.
A crowd of 3.000 watched the two
teams battle on almost even terms for
more than half of tho game boforo
Herlong cut loose on a fid-yard dash
to apply tho clincher.
Marion's Swamp Foxes kept Herlong
pretty well bottled up until the
third quarter, but It was one of his
southpaw tosses. In the first quarter
which accounted for the first score.
Rate In the period the saluda lads
had been backed up to their 20 before
Herlong tossed a Hhort pasH to Itankln,
who raced 00 yards to score. Another
pass by the same combination accounted
for the extra point to give
Saluda a lead it never relinquished,
but Marion was a constant threat and
scored a touchdown late in tho second
quarter to get within striking distance
when Clreshum bulleted a pass to
Harper In the end zone, but the try
for the extra point failed.
Midway of (he third quarter Herlong
got loose and carried tho bull
game wilh him. A penalty against
Marion gave Saluda a first down on
Its own 10 to set tho stage. Herlong
writhed and twisted through the lino
and past the secondary, a good 15
yards, then cut on the gas for thoso
last 45 its he outdistanced all pursuit.
This time the extra point was missed,
but It made little difference.
Marlon, however, didn't quit, but u
desperate passing attack boomeranged
the fourth quarter which carried to
other Saluda touchdown when Able
plucked a Marlon heave out of tho
air and raced 35 yards to score.
Marlon started another drive late In
tho forth quarter which carried to
the Saluda 30 before the upper state
boys took the ball as the game ended.
Between halves the Marion coaches
were presented a gift from Marlon
fans after Mayor F. N. McCorkle had
welcomed tho visitors.
Boa.?Saluda Marion
RE?Rankin B. Altmnn
t.T Sample VV. Altaian
\ i(??Shealy Spencer
C?Boone Wallace
R(1?Riddle Snipes
RT? Davis Stanley
RK?Forrest Foxworth
QB? Ren Herlong Ellis
1,11 ? Rett is Herlong Gresham
RH- Able Scott
FB ?Rothell Dozler
Score by periods:
Saluda 7 0 6 6?19
Marlon 0 5 0 0? 6
Saluda scoring: Touchdown, Rankin.
Rett Is Herlong. Able. Extra
point: Rankin. (Pass from Bettls
Herlong).
Marlon scoring: Touchdown, Harder.?Frank
H. Heath in the Columbia
State.
ROPER BIOGRAPHY DESCRIBES
TILLMAN'S FIERY CRUSADE
Durham, X. t\. Nov. 26?"Pitchfork"
Ren Tillman's fiery crusade for agricultural
reform during the reconstruction
era is but one of the historic
South Carolina epochs colorfully
described by Daniel C. Roper in Mis
fortItcotning biography, according to
Duke Cniversity Press who will publish
tile book ill December.
The former Secretary of Comm. n e
and Minister to Canada was born in
Marlboro County, S. ('.. April 1, lv>7,
at the very height of the " Tragic Era"
of reconstruction. His first recollection
is that of l'nion Soldiers marching
past his homo as they went on
their way to the county polling places
tor the purpose of insuring the right
of every negro to vote.
Tlie son of a Confederate veteran
who had been rendered penniless bv
the ravages of the War. Rop? r
describes the brave attitude of those
who had to begin life anew in ihat
historic preiod of strife and bitterness.
Outlaw- bands roamed the countryside
and his account of his father's persona!
experience with the murderous
Dowry gang, among the worst outlaws
in the annals of the era's crime wave,
reads like a chapter from a mystery
thriller.
There may ho some still living who
will recall the once beloved Shovlin,
an Irish peddler, whose periodic visits
to the country homes of South Carolina
marked the occasion for a
company dinner, and whose quaint
personality comes to life again in tho
pages of tho Roper book.
It was an era In which neighbors
borrowed fire, for kerosene was 25
cents per gallon and a small box of
matches cost the same amount. Roper
relates many amusing incidents of
negro life upon his father's farm, reviving
that almost eXMnct species, the
Conjure Doc to? whose black magic
was supposed to be capable of banishing
all human Ills and enomies.
While it Is the opinion of the Duke
Dress that all patriotic Americana will
derive entertainment and instruction
from the hook becnuse of its forecful
defense of Christian civilization and
the American way, they expect its
warmest reception to be from South
Carolinians and Southerners generally
who will most appreciate its first hand
account of the events which shaped
the South of today.
Roper's one and only elective office
was a term in the South Carolina legislature.
11 is connection with the
Roper bill that resulted in the State
Dispension System brought him to the
personal attention of United Senator
Matthew C. Rutler who summoned
him to Washington to act as clerl: of
a Senate Committee. The biography
traces the entire course of his life and
Its relationship to tho history of our
times and those who shaped them. No
other American could have written
such a book, since the author has lived
under sixteen Presidents and served
under nine of them.
Throughout fifty years of public life
in Washington, Daniel C. Roper has
maintained his farm in Marlboro
County, finding time each year to return
there at intervals.
Wants?For Sale
AdvtrdHnanti under thl* h*?d'ni "la
>? ohartfod for at the rate of 1 cent
i>er word Minimum chH|**1,I' ???
Ada aet tn 10 |K>lnt type JouM*
"anh must accompany ?ider except
where customer has Led?e^ Accoun .
LOST?A costume bracelet. Mack
enamel, sbt with pearls. Return
wanted for sentimental reasons.
Small reward offered. Address 1212
Lyttleton Street. Camden, 8. O.
37 pd
FOR RENT?81x-room furnished brick
bungalow. Call 312-W.. Camden. S.
c 37 sb.
FOR RENT?One bed room. Nicely
furnished- Apply Mrs. H. U. J*088Camden,
8. C. ... 'Tpd
FOR 8ALE-?Stock plants In pots.
Plant now for spring blooming. 75
cents per dozen; $5.00 per 100.?
The Camden Floral Company, telephone
193. Camden, 8. C. 37-38?h
FOR SALE?One logging mule. Can
be seen at work.?Call on William
T Miller, Camden, 8. C.
37-39sb
FOR SALE?Pansy plants, finest of
quality. $2.00 per 100. The Camden
Floral Company, Phone 193,
Camden. 8. C. 37-38sb
FOR SALE?One Corona Portable
typewriter. Price $25.00. Apply
Corner Rook Store, Camden. 8. C.
28pd.
FOR SALE?Snapdragon plants In
pots. Plant now for spring blooming.
75 cents per dozen; $5.00 per
100.?The Camden Floral Company,
Phone 193. Camden, 8. C. 37-38sb
FOR SALE?WOOD, WOOD. WOOD
whs cut In Juno and July. Just
right now for Ashley heaters or fireplaces.
Truck load $3.95.
Wood nice and dry. truck load. $5.96,
Order from Camden Furniture
Company, 1036 Broad Street, Phyne
156, Camden. S. C. 36-38 PdFOR
SALE?Camellia Japoniea. 2.000
plants, 50 varieties. All the fine
standard varieties and many new
and rare kinds. Small plants at
60 cents tip to 8 foot specimens.
Fifty field grown specimens from 2
feet to 8 feet. Visit the nursery,?
Mrs. Robert Rembert, Rembert, S.
c 37-39 pd.
WANTED?Permanent Job by experienced
cook. With best references.
Telephone 178, Camden, S. C.
37pd
WANTED- Job as companion to invalid.
elderly person or child. Ca?
furnish best of references. "?,(3lephone
388 W., Camden, S. C.
1 37-39 pd.
WANTED- To buy somo cheap farming
land wtth lowland.?Box No. "83,
Lincolnton, N. C. 37pd.
WANTED?To rent at ouco a furnished
apartment. Two or three rooms,
with bath. J. W. Hilton. Phone
376-W. Camden, S. C. 37pa.
MAN WANTED?for Rawlelgh route.
Real opportunity for right man. We
help you get started. Write Ra\vleigh's,
Dept. SCL-181-0, Richmond.
Virginia. dec I
WANTED?To pay part of expensos
with some reliable party, for auto
trip as far as Birmingham. Alabama.
Want to leave around December
15 to 20. Address W. C.
Moore, route 2. Box 169, Camden,
8. C. 37rd
WANTED?A share-cropper, white or
colored, with family large enough
to work and gather two-horse crop
for 1942. Twenty-one acre cotton
allotment. This land produces
over one bale of cotton per acre under
normal conditions. Will furnish
reliable party everything neccessary
to make crop. Write P. D.
Stokes, Cassatt, S. C., Route 2.
40pd.
BARBER1NG?Haircuts 25 cents;
shaves 15 cents. Four experienced
barbers?Des Kennedy's Barber
Shop. Camden, S. C. 32tf.
GOOD NEWS FOR YOU?If you want
a better position or If you wait to
go to work, write or wire us prepaid
about yourself. Send self-addressed
stamped envelope for information.
Especially need all types
construction workers, bricklayers,
hotel, restaurant, hospital, garage
and office help.?Southern States
Placement Bureau. 1316 Washington
Street, Telophono 2-8111. Columbia.
S. C. ?29tt
SHOES ? For shoe rebuilding and repairing
call- at the Red Boot Shop,
next door Express Qffice. 619 Rutledge
street. Ahram M. Jones. Proprietor,
Camden. 8. C. 9sb.
FARM ERS?A Ills-Chalmers Tractors
give most power per dollar invested.
We trade for surplus farm
produce. Low overhead. close J
prices. No coverage or carrying (
charges on time deals. Only 6 peri
cent. Full line' power-farming
equipment. Power units. All-crop
Harvester Combines, hammer mills.
Free literature. Green Harvester
& Implement Company. 812 Lady
Street. Phone 9273. Columbia. S. C.
June 28pdtf
PORK CURED ON FARMS
NEED SUFFER NO LOSS
Dosses of%pork cured on Kershaw
county farms generally results from
the failure to get the carcasses thoroughly
chilled soon after the animal Is
butchered and to hold the meat at a
sufficiently low temperature while in
cure to prevent the growth and development
of spoilage bacteria, says
County Agent W. C. McCarley, offering
the following rules, which If carefully
followed, will prevent most
losses of farm-slaughtered pork.
First, chill the carcass as soon as
possible after slaughter to a temperature
of 40 degrees or lower. Fresh
meat, like fresh milk, will spoil quickly
If not chilled promptly. A free circulation
of air aids in carrying off Die
heat. Dropping the head and splitting
down the bcakbone permits opening
up the chest cavity so that the heat
can escape. Pulling the leaf fat also
helps.
Second, keep meat cold while in
cure, preferably at a temperature between
36 and 40 degrees. Spoilage
germs grow at temperatures above 40
degrees and may cause souring before
the salt has reached the center of the
meat. Salt penetrates slowly Into
hams and shoulders, and large heavy :
cuts should be kept cold and In cure i
until danger is past.
Third, limit the salt used to the amount
necessary to cure the meat.
The temperature at which meat is
held, rather than the quantity of salt
used, determines whether meat will
keep when cured. Too much salt used
in the curing process results In an unpalatable
low-grade product. Eight
pounds of salt is sufficient to cure 100
pounds of meat under farm conditions.
iiememb&v that meat curihfc Is an
exact science. If the carcass is chilled
promptly after slaughter and the
meat held between 36 and 40 degrees
while in cure, and the quantity of ba.lt i
used is limited to $ pounds per 100
pounds of meat, and the length of
time meat is kept in cure is controlled,
the quality of the resulting cured meat
product can be determined beforehand !
with certainty.
The county agent reminds that j
tension Bulletin 77, Pork for Carolina
Farmers, gives full details on slaughtering1
and curing the farm meat supply,
and copies of this bulletin may be
hhd from his office or from the Publications
Department, Clemson.
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COMING ATTRACTIONS
At The
Camden Theatre
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5
! Ann Slu r id in .Ink (>a k i>'
Martha K.i\f :tn< 1 ih?> Nn\y |!lu> s
Si' \ I f'l t ?v HI
"NAVY BLUES"
SATURADY, DECEMBER 6
K?lw nd < " l{obi!i-a?ii. Kdw.ird
Amold f.ii-.iiiii' Day. Marsha Hunt
"UNHOLY PARTNERS"
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
DECEMBER 8?9 j
(Iri-ta < larbo ? Mtdvyn Douglas
"TWO FACED WOMAN"
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10
Ron.ild IJi'Kan James Gleaaon
"NINE LIVES ARE
NOT ENOUGH"
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
DECEMBER 11 ? 12
Tyroni* Dow ?-r?Betty Grable
"A YANK IN THE R. A. F."
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|| COMPLETE EXAMINATION || I
jjl ... AT,LEAST ONCE A YEAR .
j There fere few diseases not curable to a Urge extent, if taken
| phyelctan, but not to the layman. |
i j Tuberculoid can be detected in the early stagee, by a thorough
j j physical examination. Anemia, with Its attendant cauee, la |
properly definable only from a thorough study. Cancer can
be prevented and cured in many caeee by the physician having
avoided, if the doctor is given an opportunity to treat condi* I
I tlons leading up to it. j
It is unnecessary for a physician to make a complete examl I
nation of every patient who consults him, but for your own'
j cal examination at least once a year.
I j Remember, the doctor can not know all about you and your 1
[ condition. Just because you tell him your name and address.
II
Announcement
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Due to the fact the war maneuvers extended
I through the fall season and the highways are still being
! used by U. S. army convoys the directors of this organi- j
zation wish to announce to the public that plans for a
Christmas festival have had to be abandoned. j
The directors of the merchants association felt that
there would be an element of danger incurred in bring.
ing the children of the county into the city for a festival
event while these highway hazards prevailed. In view i
of the curtailment of the decorative lighting on the city !
| streets, the added fact that business men have been too
busy to give attention to affairs other than the rush of !
activity in their respective places of business, it was de1
0
\ cided that rather than attempt a festival below the high j
standard of previous events, the better course to pursue
would be to cancel the affair entirely.
The association hopes to offer a surprise feature i
in the spring. This will be new and novel and should
provide enjoyment to adults as well as children. j
j (Signed) *
Camden Merchants Ass'n.
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