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SEASON'S GREETINGS & We ere more then justified in feeling happy at the dawn o! the New Year, and take this opportunity of expressing our sincere appreciation for your oontri* bution to our success in 1941. Our wishes for you are many and varied, and can hardly be set down in this space, but chief among them is the wish that your every cloud may have a silver lining. May 1942 be rich in its blessings for you ana yours. CITY LAUNDRY CAMDEN DRY CLEANERS WASHINGTON NEWS (Continued from page three) 21; undeveloped physically and cunuot endure hardships of training and campaign. I saw many sicken die In 1898 and 1917. They bocame n loss, while they are potentlul assets In maturity." Approved tflong with Induction provisions were requirements for registration of all American man-power between the ages of 18 to 64, lucluajye, but excluding 18-year-old registrants and men from 45 to 64, Inclusive, from military service. The Phllllpplno situation looks as well as could be expected. The* key to the Pacific, though Is Singapore. If Singapore is lost, the Philippines will probably be lost to the Japanese later. If Singapore is held, we have a chance of holding on to the Philippines. The British should do or die at Singapore. The picture of Russia Is encouraging. The Germans are retreating, but don't get too optimistic about that, as it is possible that they are only re treating to winter-quarter lines. If the Russians can keep in behind the Germans close enough and keep them from getting settled In their new lines, a great victory will be In sight. British forces in Africa seem to be doing good work against the German Libyan forces. In the meantime, everything is being done in the United States to prepare for a long wur. It may not last as long as some expect, but we must prepare for anything. OPM Civilian Supply director L >on Henderson this week announced an impending rubber rationing plan under , which sales of new tires to owners of I private passenger cars will be virtual, ly prohibited for the present. The rubber conservation plan Is designed to cut present consumption of rubber by nearly 80 per cent. It provides that the production of new passenger tires will be almost entirely elimlnatj ed, and apparently also completely prohibits fabrication of such luxury ing npparel, toy balloons, and the like, ing apparel, boy balloons, and the like. L. 0. Johnson Of ! Lee County Dies Blshopville, Dec. 18?J. Oliver Johnson, 60, died suddenly Wednesday night, at his home in the upper section of Lee county. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Pearl Springs Johnson; two daughters, Mrs. Ollle Mae Hinson of Camden and Miss Frances Johnson of Camden, ( ilFD: two sons, Clyburn Johnson and Burnwood Johnson of Camden, RFD; two sisters. Mrs. Ida Croft of Blshopville. RFD No. 1, and Mrs. Allie Arrant* of Camden. RFI) No. 4; four brothers, J M. Johnson, of Sumter. Services were conducted at 11 , o'clock Friday morning by his pastor, the Rev. J. T. Littlejohn. , ????i^?i?i School Boy Saves Life of Friend Thirteen-year-old Helton Seller#, Hon of Mike Heller#, who live# about two mile# east of Chesterfield ou Highway No. 9, rate# a hero In these purls umong all classes of young nnd old. At. great peril to his own tyfe he rescued his 14-year-old friend, Frank Davis, front death by electrocution. l^ast Friday morning the boy# met an usual at a point on the highway near their homes to catch the school bus to Zoar school. On seeing a car In the ditch across the road they wont over to Investigate.? Unnoticed by them, a guy wlie that had braced a rural power line, had been broken In such a manner as to be In contact with the heavily charged power line, and was hanging about four feet from the groundv Frank Davis, In some manner, came In contact with this guy wire. Helton Hellers states the first Intimation he had of trouble was when he saw the boy slump toward the ground with his hands apparently frozen to the wire He ran toward him inteuding to pull him loose but suddenly remembered having read advice la such an emergency In a fertiliser book. This advice said do not touch a person with your hands who is In contact with a live wire. He then looked about for something with which to get the boy loose from the wiret Filling a heavy stick he struck the wire with all his might.* He was himself knocked flat. Jumping to his feet he again struck the wire and was again knocked down. He doesn't know how many times he w;as knpcked down by the current, before he finally managed to knock the wire from the boy's hands. The Davis boy, son of Bon T. Davis, was rushed to a hospital at Florencethough there seemed only a slight chance he could live. Recent report from the hospital indicates he has an excellent chance to recover. Though he was partially paralyzed, and one eye was Injured, It is said the doctors encourage the hope of complete recovery. The car that broke the guy wire was driven by Patrolman M. F. Grant, who was driving toward Chesterfield Thursday evening. It is understood he was trailing another car and on seeing ahead two parked cars, one on each side of the road he applied his brakes to slow down, because of the close quarters ahead. His car instantly went out of control, crossing the highway on his left and ran some distance In a ditch. He Is quoted as saying he did not know his car tad broken the guy wire.?Chesterfield Advertiser. R. L. PLYLER OF LANCASTER DIES Lancaster, Dec. 2?R. Lonzo Plyler, 60, prominent native of Lancaster cougty, died at the home of his brother, G. M. Plyler in Lancaster. He was the son of the late R. P. and Josephine Plyler. Surviving are four brothers, G. M. Plyler and E. K. Plyler of Lancaster; M. B. Plyler. Darlington; Dudley, Walterboro; one sistor. Mrs. D. R. Sapp, Lancaster county; his step-mother, Mrs. Lizzie Plyler; two half-brothers, Carl Plyler and Randolph Plyler; five Half-sisters. Mrs. J. W. Plyler, CamJen; Mrs. E. C. Parker, Mrs. Strait Belk. Miss Etta Plyler and Miss Beriiice Plyler. all of Lancaster. Funeral services will be held at 3 p. m. Wednesday at New Bethel Methodist church. Interment will follow In tho church cemetery. Nobody's Business Written for The Chronlole by Qm McOee. Copyright, IWt. strictly Confidential door mr. eddltor: the following lutornaUon la vorry confidential, ho you will kindly keep It u secret as far as a newspaper man can keep a aocret, and that ia not verry far, ao mr. holaum moore aaya. mr. Hllin chance, nr., haa a nephew iu the navy, ho hua Just received a letter from him. It was rote from leeland. he la on a big aubmarino chaser. (cenaored). its name la (censored) and It haa (censored) decks Including the poop. mr. chance's nephew Is named (censored) and he haa charge of 5 torpedo tubes, he rote that he hlsself had alreddy sunk 5 submarines near (cen1 sored) and captured 2 more and the admiral of his boat tied them behind 1 ours and towed them Into rejauavik. 1 our boat was not (censored). mr. chance's nephew allso said that he had charge of 7 depth guns, he says he has seen grease and oil and gerrnau helmets and heavy underwear and smokestacks rise up out of the water where he shot his depth charges: this has occurred 9 times up to last thursday when he rote. I ! mr. chance's nephew says that 1 submarine got away, it was a big one. the capting on it was herr hitler hlsself. he could tell by the small I mustash he wore, he could see it Just as plain thru his spy-glasses, they did not give chase, his torpedo boat destroyer was so full of prisoners, it was lapping watter, and they took no chances, they had to run (censored) knots per hour. . ( ^ plose don't let sen. wheeler and sen. nye and charley lindeubergh know about this, they would include it In their proper-gander and turn it ovver to the "amerlca first club, and Jhon 1. lewis mought order another strike if he thought roosevelt was keeping annything from him. yoros trulie, . mike lark, rfd, corry spondent i THE TOUGHEST JOB I EVER IN. DULGE IN ?Buying Christmas presents is a hard ' | job. both financially and physically, I and occasionally mentally. The way 1 } to stop folks from giving you Christ- ' j mas presents is.... you just stop giv ing them Christmas presents. I have almost choked down at both ends of the remembrance line....Aint giving and aint receiving much. ?I visited a store the other day to ! try to buy something for a good friend, ( in fact, my wife. After hunting awhile I decided she had everything she 1 needed, even my check book; but I felt a little bit sheepish when I walked 1 out empty-handed. But Woolworth ] really had some cute things! ; ?I thought of buying her a book, but she has a book. I looked at some 1 hose, and decided they would be nice. < I asked the girl what size she wore: why, the kid thought I was trying to i buy something for her. She said, I "Oh, I -er, -er wear size 9, but you just select the patterns you like, and I can < exchange them." Boy, I got put of { that store, presto. (She was about j the size of my wife). ?It looks like somebody would invent * some "permanent" Christmas gifts. For Instance, If there was a kind of gold brick that you could give a fellow this year.... while he was giving you a silver brick, why, all you'd have to do next year is just swap bricks. They would never wear out, and. they i would prove to be worth much more , than the average Christmas presents. ?About one present out of every 100 Is useful and wearable by the person receiving It. All the others are packed away -in a drawer to rot, or they are exchanged, where possible, for soap and beauty doo-dads that you , wanted in the first place. Neckties , are about all I ever got. Some folks sent me some socks, size 11 1-2. I wear 10 1-2. I occasionally get h ( handkerchief that's so stiff I sand- 1 paper my face every time I use it. But 1 I'm still looking for something suitable for "her". I know I've got to buy at 1 least one present. > 1 < NOTICE OF SALE OF FARM EQUIPMENT, ETC. < ?mr. si. weakley is offering all of his < farmnig tools and implements for sail < to the highest bidder, allso his farm i supplies In genner&l, next week at 10 < 3'clock terms of sail as outlined below. 1 rhe goods to be so)d at auction by this jood farmer are as followers: 1 6-tube supper-hetrodyne raddio purchaser to assume 17 unpaid payments thereon, he bought it on the 24-easy-payments plan, but he is wil- < lng to lose 7 payments hisself. j 1 bed-room sweet of over-stufted i furniture ansoforth. successful bid- . ier to assume 11 payments thereon. ,1 V-8 ford, purchaser to assume 16 payments and a first and secont mort- . ?age thereon, it runs like new. 1 electric refrigerator with 4 leeways. buyer to see that 19 payments j ire made thereon, nicluding 6 already' past due. 1 set of lightning rods, like new: purchaser to assume all payments thereon now due and to take up the check for 12$ reppersenting the down payments, they have nerver benn struck by lightning. 25 lbs. seed cotton, reppersenting his entire crop, after the boll weevil got thue with It this summer, purchaser to assume the payment Of 6 \ bales or rent, *224$ for 10 tons of ferty- \ iize and 4 sacks of sody. this is due the govverment and uncle sam will let the successful bidder take his time as to payments. 2 bushels of nice white milling corn, free of debt but with some weevils, buyer to shuck it hisself. 4 bundles of 3-hand fodder, dry and clean. Allso 1 plowstock and a hamestring. these last named items are 1 unencumbered. 1 p. s. no livestock will be offered for ' sail, it was all re-possessed by the liberty stable enduring the august irowth. if interested in the above farm equipment and feedstuffs, ploaso rlto 5f foam mr weakly at the drug stoar, >r get in touch with the undersized who will auction the stuff off. pleee lon't let nothnig go too cheap; it will iurt defense plans. yores trulie, ? mike lark, rfd, depputy sheriff American factories annually pro- \ luce more than 1,120,000 tobacco V pouches. Census records show. The I atest annual production figure on cig- 1 ir and cigarette cases is 1,509,200. ' To relieve fAT T| C " "1 Misery of \J vf MJ JLf ^ ' liquid f f f tablets salve llllll ? nose drops ' couqh drop8 v' Try "Rub-My-Tltm"-a Wondarful V Liniment -'-Vj " \ Iwcuf lulp+ W WOMEN \ PI POPULAR FOR 61 YEARS! W S** D'fec tiont on label % * A THOUSAND THANKS * V J Let us all make merry and be jolly, for there is reason sufficient. New leadership is at the Wheel t of Time and brighter ports are in the offing. As for ourselves, under the same leadership and with the same friends to help us we expect to reach new heights of service to this community in 1942. A thousand thanks for past favors. We wish you a holiday of unbounded merriment and joy, and a New Year replete with benefit* and blessing*. W. F. NETTLES & SON , t. ... TO EVERY PATRON AND FRIEND WE SAY NAPPY NEW YEAR, AND WE SAY IT WITH ALU THE HEARTINESS AT OUR COMMAND. v : . :: WHATEVER SUCCESS WE HAVE ENJOYED DURING , 1941 HAS SEEN OP YOtJR MAKING. WITH THAT THOUGHT IN WX PLEDGE RENEWKO ENDEAVORS AND DETERMINATION TO SERVE YOU STILL BETTER DURING THE YEAR AHEAD. ' i I > I i. . < 1 I ' I DeLUXE CLEANERS __f I 11 \ HAPPIEST NEW YEAR ' ^TO ALL a We Are q ad to say farewell to 1941 and rejoice j with you at the dawn of j the Now Year, for we truly believe it opens wide the portaTs to better things. We hoDO that Father Time, with his quiver full of days, has many golden ones reserved tor you, and that your New Year ! celebration will be full of jollification and enjoyment. JOHN LANGFORPS ESSO STATION | Hap J?^r J 1 In crowning the New Year king for another 36^ days ' j we close the door upon past mistakes and look hope- . i fully forward to a year of greater fulfillment. The j progress of the past is but our starting point, and now, thanks to the support you have given us, we have set M | still higher goals of service and value to our customers. """" r ~3 Thai the New Year may usher in for you a new era of Prosperity, Health and Hnpplnoes is our CAMDEN LUMBER CO. * M * ~ ? " -r .1. ~?c-&