The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 26, 1941, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6
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. ,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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TO EVERY PATRON AND FRIEND WE SAY NAPPY
NEW YEAR, AND WE SAY IT WITH ALU THE HEARTINESS
AT OUR COMMAND. v
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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.
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DeLUXE CLEANERS __f
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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
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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.
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Thai the New Year may usher in for you a
new era of Prosperity, Health and Hnpplnoes is our
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