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[hot Off TH! Kits I Ju THE SKIPPER.. 1 1 Illv ilie way, Just finished a bpok Sunday I think every man and woman ghoul'1 read. It Is "This Above All' aml from the pen of Nrlc Knight. If vou want to see the real England during war time, by all means read this hook We have hoard somo folkH with John Hull sympathies belittle this magnificent novel, but* we read the book after we had noted what outstanding critics had to say in praise 0f it It's the truost picture of what ,1s happening in England we have ever read and that echoes what noted review i rs have to say. Since tne war started, the cosi of living in the United States has gone up ? lt von per cent. It is rising about ono aiul one-half per cent a month, and by spring it will have risen twenty per (flit. Thai's Leon i Henderson, federal price administrator, speaking. Ho ought to know. Prices are his bus$ iness. rutting the statement In reverse, It means that people whose income is fixed will have suffered a virtual i twenty percent cut In Income by iprinir, because their fixed Income will then buy just that much less. The cut will probably be even greater because next year taxes are almost certain to increase. ! !Vo clearer demonstration could be given of the necessity that congress grab hold of this problem with firm hands, and put every curb on Inflation 1 that ingenuity can contrive and firmness enforce. V * Beiore the current worldwld.e conflagration has become history It is estimated that- the United States will have spent well over one-hundred fifty bittton for national defense. It's gok?HsifcVi be terribly hard to convince the V average person that in order to meet I die bill the standard of living "For Americans is not going to take an awful licking. m m <m 9 Wo havo lived through throe ages. The flrat one when each home had a parlor that wus only opened on Sunday and when company came. The second age came When the parlor was made into a living room. The third and preaont age is the one in which no one atuya home long enough to use more than a bedroom and the breakfast room. If IHtler's blitzkrieg tochnique has demonstrated nothing else to the world, it is that modern war demands young commanders. William Shlrer in his "Berlin Diary" tells how Germany's young generals in September. 1939, led their divisions into Poland. The German comrfnahder-in-chief was the first to swini'tho Vistula after bis troops advanced to Warsaw. The sooner the British and U. S. armies get this kind of young generalship the better. ? Most persons sooner or later catch up with the real Christmas spirit. Some few, of course, never do. For them the approach of the Christmas season is a bore and an annoyance at least they go through elaborate steps to pretend it is. The reason for. the pretense is that they* have not understood, or at least have not taken the pains to put Jn practice, the inevitable fact that Christmas is without real significance unless the element of making somebody else happy enters into it. You can not have Christmas all by yourself or with any merely perfunctory ceremony of slipping the proper people the proper gifts and, receiving the proper gifts ffom the proper people in return. To be real. Christmas season must harbor within itself a complete acknowledgement, each of us for ourselves alone, that I wo have definitely contributed in some concrete way, little or big. to the further happiness of uomo deserving person. * ? Just to demonstrate how fleeting notoriety in: What was the name of [ the fellow who purachuted to the lop | of that flat mountain for the sake of publicity * a ? NI no are dead down in Indiana because a man loaded with rum was uuafruid to take to the highway with his car, And "unafraid" is an appropriate word to Indicate that the treatment meted out by the law to drunken drivers had made little impression upon this particular person. Had lie not been arrested for.a similar offense only a week before and let off with a tine. What deterrent is there in a mora, fine when a man is hopped up with hooch? It is claimed that in those sections of the country where the law treats the drunken driver as a vicious person and not some poor weakling who must bo humored when he takes to his cups the offense has been large- ' ly eradicated. He that as it may, the law should treat such person for just l what ho is, a fellow who will keep away form the wheel if he knows that he will be adequately punished if ho takes hold of it. A man would probably have to get too drunk to stand before he would forget the penalty for drunken driving^ if that penalty were serious enough to Impress hint. ? In our business we deal heavily wfth rumors?that is,- we hear an amazing variety of them and as a matter of policy check on most of them. Because of that experience wo do not have a particularly high regard for rumors as a source of accurate information. We have learned that nearly all rumors are badly out of line. As a consequence a newspaper attitudo toward rumor is quite the opposite of that of many persons. How many do you know who just love to believe every fool rumor that comes along? They worry and waver this way and that and can reel off more "important developments" in five minutes than a trained news-gatherer could track down in five weeks. The difference is that news is supposed to have at least some slight basis fact, whereas the farther rumors run the wilder they get. SPORT POTPURRI (By Skipper) Heard a swell basketball game last Saturday night via radio. Wisconsin versus Notre Dame And the Badger state . five, -national champs, gunning for their 19th straight wLu?and they got it 43 to 35. Had dinner with Mine Host Slade at 'the Court Inn Sunday and it was one perfect menu from an iced fruit cup, through some hot consomme, through some fine turkey and trimmings, salads, corn fritters and maple syrup, topping off wtih apple pie a la mode and a beeker of aromatic coffee. m * Art sure is a lucky hotel maestro in that he has B. C. Hellnuind, a culinary and cookery expert for 50 years in Charge of his kitchen as chef. Hellmund worked for the late Harrt Marvin in Columbia some 30 years ago and was at the Hobkirk when Art was there For fceveral years. ? Cyril Harrison led the Yellowjackets OWNERS OF TRUCKS AND BUSES ASKED TO REPORT The South Carolina Highway Traffic. Ad v isory Commit too to tho war department today made ait urgent appeal to owners of all trucks and buses to complete and return to tho commit too tho questionnaire tarda forwarded to thout sometime .ago. 0 This questionnaire Is a | a it of a stirvoy being made to determine the exlout lu which privately owned trucks and buses could b{> called upon in the event of an emergency overtaxing government-owned facilities. The traffic Advisory committee for ?>outh Carolina Is composed of three .officials of tho State Highway Department, C. H. McMillan,'State Highway Engineer. A. W. Hohlen, Director of the Motor Vehicle Division and K. F. Mason. Captain of tho State Highway Patrol This committee, after a meeting today issued tho following appeal: "Tho evouts of tho last ten days have made It Imperative for every owner of a truck or bus to cooperate a hundred per cent in tills survey and complete tho questionnaire cards and j ot urn them immediately to tho address in Columbia shown on the cards. To" date only 71.6 per cent of the cards for South Carolina have been returned and one hundred per cent return is imperative. This is a one hundred per cent war and ono hundred per cent cooperation from evory citizen is needed in this truck and bus survey as well as all other defense efforts." to a 5 to 4 win over the Ramblers at the Seaboard polo arena Sunday. Harrison scored four goals, his final poke coming in the last ehukker. m m . j v Harrison Is asking the polo riders to-be at the sceno of action in sufficient time to get the guilds started &u I time, which is 3 o'clock. We are unable to understand why the polo fans do not like the Seaboard field. Perhaps some time In the future when the field can he en-1 closed by an attractive fence with parking spaces marked off. some bleacher sections and an added entrance provided, It will be more popular. ? The news that Lieutenant Heath has been assigned to Shaw field at Sumter is pleasing to this corner. Lieutenant .Heath happens to be Ben. who worked with his old man on Camden publicity on a number of occasions. ' ? The football news of the week involves the cancelling of the Rose J^owl game,, also the East-West game at Frisco. The cancellation was purely for defense . purposes. It is very likely the games will be played at pome inland location. The Rose Bowl game could be played at Durham and while the Duke bowl seats about half of the number which can be accommodated in the Rose Bowl, the game would attract much attention. The expected happened at Chicago Sunday when a powerhouse Bear team .crushed Green Boy in the western playoff. The Bears meet New York Giants for the national title. 9 * 9 Apropos of that Bears-Packer game the icy slippery field, according to pone other than the Chicago sport writers messed up -the famous Isbel to Ilutson passing attack and without that the Packers were helpless. The Hears possess great power in ground attack. EXHIBITS INTERESTING TABLE DECORATION AT GARDEN CLUB The blue ribbon Christmas centerpiece entered at the Camden Garden Club when it met at the home of the Misses Leila and Charlotte Shannon was owned by Mrs. K. C. VonTrosckow and was presented to her by a friend in Berlin in 192J?, and has beeh replenished and used each year for thirteen years wherever they lived? in Holland. Yugoslavia. Canada and now in Camden. Spruce sprays, cedar and other evergreens from the base, berries and holly and mistletoe, lichens and simulated toadstools, slivered or sliver pine cones and leaves and holly and red berries furnish color, and from the red candle topping a large pine cone the whole arrangement is covered by a. spider web of angel's hair ?a spleen glass product?and the figure of a Christmas angel?The Miuchener Kindl?holding a small red candle, nestles under the bow of goldtinsel-ribbon which keeps the candle in place. The whole is mounted on a hand-carved tablot from the Dutch East_Indles. I COURT HOUSE TO OBSERVE ' . TWO DAYS AND A HALF James H. Clyburn, clerk of court, and also custodian of the court house, t announces that all offices of the court house will close at ono o'clock Wednesday afternoon, December 24, and will remain closed Thursday and Friday, December 25 and 26, and will re-open on Saturday, December 27. This is in order that the various of-; fleers may observe the Christmas holidays. Banks To Observe Two Days Following their usual custom Jhe two banks of Camden announce that they will close two days?Thursday and Friday, December 25 and 26. Tln-y urge the public to bear these dates in mind and do your banking business early. The first thing . to do when you notice the odor of burning insulation is to disconnect one of the battery terminals. The short circuit can be hunted later. ,. I Citizens March To Enroll In Fight To Save Democracy (continued from first page) ? s Rev. Jefferson \V. Hoykin. pastor of the Mt. Moriah Baptist church lias been named as chairman of tho colored section of the ,registration for civilian defense. His committee workers are Dr. J. 1'. Pickett. Dr. Thomas, Jiihmio Dibble, Orof M. Mdonna, A. It. Collins, and J. K. Marshall. Chairman Roykin plans on having tho entire city and county taken care of by bis workers. The committee will have tho assistance of school teachers and other groups. . At Illaney tho white' registration will be under the direction of a committee headed by J. I). Bailey who has workers Jessie T. Itoss, J. C. Blckloy, Dr. W. D. Grigsby, J. D. Watson, C. L\ Young and B. K. Rose. Mrs. John C. Brewer is chairman of the committee at Kershaw. Names of tho committee workers were not available this week but will be announced next week. Also next week will bring the announcement of tho committee at Bethune. Colonel Von Tresckow, county director of the registration program has -? urged ull clergymen, leuders of clubs and other organizations.'Hto call the attention of their followers and members to the program now under way and urge all civilians to, register. In tho list of men who have joined the colors and who are serving their country at this time, recently appearing in this paper the names of William W. Bates, Jr. and Ben W. Heath, \yere unintentionally omitted. Mr. Bates, u son of Mr. and Mrs. Williuifl Bates, Sr. of tho Cedars and tho Pines is at Fort Benning but his headquarters are at Edgewood arsenal in Maryland. Mr. Heath is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank II. Heath of ibis city and is siatfoned at Shaw field as an aeronaut icu 1 t eh nlcian. iks'cjr \ CHL666 LIQUID. TABLETS. SALVE. NOSE DROPS You've Asked for Jesse James. Well, 0 Here He Is In A Brand New Picture! ROY ROGERS and GEORGE "$*%" HAYES jbM AT BAT with t SALLY PAYNE GALE STORM Dlractad by Joseph Knne TONIGHT! "Go West Young Lady PENNY 8INQLET0N ' ANN MILLER HAIGLAR THEATRE ft ~ T - GREETINGS ( p::; - * * ClirUtmua Wyulnl And a* the glad chimes tiny out wo loin In the general gladness lo wUh you and yours a more loyous and bount'.tul' Chrlilmai than efer. For yvur patronage we are deeply gratelul. and we renew our pledge ol lull service lor the future. OUTLOOK SHOP C We'd like very mucti to send each || of you a gift to show our appreciation of your friendship and patron| ego during the year. 'X As this is impossible, we take this ;| opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. M-K COFFEE SHOP 1 teeeoooooeooeeooocoooooooooooooooooooo* ?/* J; Christmasl That glorious season of seasons which draws the soul out of bondage in spite of binding i\ withes and cutting cords, enabling the spirit to soar upwards whence the melody has descended! May that Peace of Spirit which is our divine heri- 4\ laga be yours in full measure this Yuletide season, \ with al] the material joys that make life abundantly j irz , worth while. - * J - - ~ '> 7~~ THE CAMDEN POOD SHOP ' ? r r.-$M ? -- : . --ferSSjtt temm