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HOT Oil THE KEY! JyVNL SKIPPER. I I 1 Who's the guy who started that NV ,i,i fantastic yam about a Nasi plana j howrlng over Camden a few nights The yarn spread like, wildfire brought a veritable epidemic of phone calls to this writer's home dur- j , lie wee small hours of the morn ! ing- . , ' V. . . , a e Wow! What an imagination some persons did have. One lady said that the home guard had been called out' anil another said that the training planes at the air sehool had been suddenly taken from the hangars and placed at points about the air field. We commenced to smell the. animal in i he woodpile vfhen we heard the story about the planes as we recalled distinctly that about four weeks ago the airport started the practice of removing the planes 'from the hangars. Well, It was a good yarn anyhow, and it sure caused a wild wave of excitement In this man's town. But it was purely fantastic and we mean how! _ | By the way, we believe. that the action of the mayor in establishing the hours between 2 and 5 p. m. for the use of the roller rink at Broad and Laurens streets by little children exclusively Is a mighty fine idea. We watched the skaters for an hour the j other afternoon and some twenty tiny tots were taking a real beating by a gang of older boys who were playing hockey. It's a miracle that some of the little people were not hurt by the reckless skaters and stick-swinging boys. ? * * The mayor is having a sign made to he installed at this rink. We believe it would be a mighty good idea to have a rink established in Hampton park where the boys could play hockey. With suitable lights above at such a rink would be .a. popular place to have hockey games evenings, see* A good Irish friend of ours called up last Friday afterdoon to tell us what he thought about our comments on the Irish and fheir cowardly attitude in not permitting Britain and the United States to establish bases in, Ireland. This good friend said wej were one hundred per cent right and' he hoped that the darned English and J Americans would take the needed j bases and tell old deValera to gOj jump into the Irish sea. *" " W e have a rather warm spot in our ln-art for the Irish. Out in Wisconsin where We held down the desk of j litv editor for many years, we had thirteen members on tho nev^s staff! and believe it or not, every darn one wa-; Irish, Ood rest their-.souls. In th- pages of memory I can look thru the spectacles of time and see Kitty,' Mikm Pat, Betty and the whole caboodle of fine upright men and' wo-1 nit-n who never flinched at tackling j the hardest and toughest kind of a I news paper assignment. Several of them are now out on fth-- last big story and have turaedin heir copy with a big "10", scrib- ( hi- ! 'hereon. Their Job is over, but i* a job well done. , - { " ::: ^ : | "... thumbing those pages, I recall ( itnmer when ur.111 the old homej drifting into the city-room of od old paper, and hearing Kit's I yelp of joy when she saw me. j~ V. with his hair gray but still j i twinkle'in his eyes coming h ' nd putting an aridh around;, me' fat-J grunting, "Hollo.feller, glad to see j And Carl, now city editor,), fuinning like a, Cheshire cat as his \ g.iv.. rne a handshake that made me,; m " f. a mi yet. dear litoe , ' l''sta. we used to ciall her Cal, whoj once helped.me drag a drowning victim oi^t 9f the water .in order to search fot^ndentillcatlon marks?yes, they were there and It made tue feel sort of choked up at the welcome they gave me. . "Oh gee, I'd give the world to see that old gang of mine." ? Well, folks, shutting up the album of memories, let's talk of present day things. For Instance?we are getting j fed up with the complaints that have be^n coming in Regarding exhorbltqnt taxi fares being imposed in this man's town. It's about tirtie Camden went modern and adopted a taxi ordinance ; like some of the other cities have. Rock Hill, for instance. Such an orordlnance will eliminate the present system of gouging which Is being practiced by some taxi drivers, if reports are to be cj^dited. a Reports from Berlin that high German army officials are seriously 111 should corroborate worldwide suspicions that the Naeis must be pretty sick of the whole Russian venture. |- When we have to quit J6y-rlding in cars, when we can no longer buy radios, refrigerators and washing machines and we become a bit depressed as a consequence, It ought to help us shake the gloom'to remember those boys who are performing the dangerous jobs of manning our ships, our submarines and our planes and those who face the enemy on the fighting lines. That the richest prosperity we have known won't be worth having unless we finish this Job successfully. ? In some cities and towns campaigns are being conducted to raise funds to purchase bombers for the army air corps'and many persons have responded with their dimes, quarters and dollars to the appeal of "Remember Pearl Harbor," and help avenge the Japa-' nese assault. As between buying a bomber for the army?a bomber which the army will get anyway?and giving money for a purpose which could not otherwise be served, w;e leave it to our readers to determine which is the more beneficial act and the more patriotic gesture, l/et's *%et'B Remember Pearl Harbor" inr' the best way, which is not necessarily the most spectacular way. Buy defense bonds ?Donate to the Red Cross! m ' There is really no need ,to give a married man advice for he invariably gets more at home than he can use. Old Dobbin couldn't travel seventy miles an hour but still, when his shoes wore smooth, all you had to do , was to take him around to a blacksmith shop for fantails and have him reshod. , . - * --- A University of Wisconsin student ; has confessed to stealing forty dol- } lars worth pf orchids from the univer- { sify botany department, thereby nul- ' lifylng several years of experiment. What's your guess abont that chap: Did he like. the girl or did he bate botany. r???? ;?? - Sport Potpourri BY THE SKIPPER Nice letter from Lee McPhail of the Toronto Maple Leafs telling Of his plana for the training period dowp here in Camden. Sending us list of players, exhibition game schedule and asking us have " Joe McKaIn_ and / Don Morrison check up on slme things necessary. At the bXgebnU, plank f'jr* ~-*X% e. * " Largest crowd of the season out for the polo game Sunday. * And what a fame it was. Carl Llghtfoot seemed to be the star, so far as the crowd r. rras concerned, but we want to pass ; I blg bunch of posies to Charley Rob art sou. the M|e of Kutawvllte. for OHO of tilt boat tlblMUou over ofIwod. The crowd groaned when they ww Light foot ltd his pony tangle on the ground In the first chukker, but when Carl got up, took his potty from the arena and then came back mounted on another to continue in the game, the crowd applauded vigorously. Right hpre and now we want td go on record as advocating admitting of soldiers in uniform free of charge at all polo games. The Yanks do not get a lot of money?they are gearing our colors aud prepared to fight for us. The least we can do Is to admit them to all sports .free of charge. What say yet' Legionnaires and polb club members? Well, King Basketball Is with us this week?thanks for an alert Klwanis club. The Camden trade area tournament Is toeing held in the high Bchqpl gymnasium with sixteen teams taking part. The least you and und you and you can do is to patronise some of these games. ? ? i As the days and weeks roll by, the Carolina Cup day draws nearer and nearer. It is still too- early to make any predictions as to what kind of a program will be offered?but we venture to say It should be interesting. Carolina Cup races always are. fl? The big topic of conversation at the polo game Sunday nfternoon concerned the sermou by Rev, Michael Coleman, English vicar, at Grabe Episcopal church in the morning. Bv^jyr body agreed It was one of the most inspiring, the most interesting and outstanding preachments ever heard In Grace church. This one was so Inspiring, so dynamic, and offered such a real picture of London in the grasp of the demon??K>f. jtar, that I could-have listened for another hour. V And we might add that the muslchlpart of the church program was very outstanding. A large choir did a masterful Job. ? And speaking of foreign countries and the like, we Would like to say that our suggestion to Lee MacPhall that he bring with him a Canadian flag to be flown In the ball park during the stay here of the Maple Leafs was enthusiastically received. . Tuned In on the Wisconsin-Indiana basketball clash at Madison Saturday night and heard a thrilling game. Wisconsin won 41 to 36 and it looks as if the Badgers are again headed for a national title. By the way, don't forget the polo game next Sunday when the Camden boys take on the EJssgg troopers. And' on February 22nd We have a Pinehurst team coming down for the afternoon. ' Some- of pur pet peeves: Seeing Ill-bred kids barge into the theatre carrying cups of pop and sucking from a straw. Or perhaps munching on a candy bar or some other sweet. Seeing girls we thought had manners, slide down into a seat, put their knees almost on the back of the seat In front end and from that" almost inverted position, watch the picture. We don't give A particular , darn about these things, only It gripes us to have Camden girls and boys branded as l^eing guilty of 111 - manners., When planes of the R. A/ F. Coastal 1 Command blast at a U-boat, cripple It, then run out of bombs, they drop a i light metal cylinder filled with powdered aluminum. Impact of the fall , drives aluminum through the top, forming a big, bright disc on the wi- ' ter. Bomber then goes home for another load, returns, and finishes the j t?b-, / * , Relief At Last For Year Cough Cr^cmulslon relieves promptly to* it goes right to the MM ,of tb*iadpn nhS helP *nA ?2j5 bro?Sh?l i KJ Ilhlve Vow* money beck. < pRE^l^SMOg; MOTH PROOF foe* beftta for ft* Itttfft ft* $1jOa Fumi- fl Mint approved by U. 8. Department ... * Agriculture. Simple to nee. Sold ; ty Presbyterian Women's Auxiliary, . *hoa*t 4?7 or **. ' J* i ^K'1 '''(r' i!RU|S| T- /v IN TOWN* Drive Slowly, Don** Skid, Avoid Quick Starts, Inflate SUPE^COACH It> *i ctwfrw. rwtfal way W ??r ' wkact~iM*ii>t nW and tttr on mi AAA AamIAA * A f|/ AUA AI I* | IML* I cv| mtvc ?ft fr ? omtmit Ona-Way Rd.-Trip Charleston .... 1j86 3.35 Charlotte . . . . *jofr ~ Savannah 2.60 4J0 Jacksonville '.. 4J6 7JS r Plus 8 per eent federe* tax Bus } BREYHDUWD MMMl/mMM Burleigh Grimes Colorful Character (By Frank H. Heath) "iiatH'ball fans of South Carolina, moot Burleigh Grimes, manager of the Toronto Mapel l*eafs of Jhe Interna-* tlonal league, to train in Camden during March and early April. * When the Toronto manager arrives with his squad of athletes In Camdeu early in March, he will find an old TTlOOif awaiting him. None other than Frank H, Heath, Camden public relations director and publicist, who hails from the same state as the Toronto leader and who as. a sport writer back in 1913 watched the famous Crimea make his debut iu pro ball iu the old Wisconsin-Illinois league. . Crimes, now in his 49th year, will ever be fatuous for his sensational pitching In the J981 world series. Remember it, fans y That was the time Crimes pitched agatnst a sensational team lod by Connie Muck, who was seetfug his third straight world series triumph with his famouH Athletic power house. Grimes is the terror of the umpire fraternity. Jt is safe to say that Burleigh steps into the spotlight in nearly every game with some form of a protest against some decision by the umpiring staff and It is very certain that what' h.e has to say to the arbiters will be quite colorful and expressive. - ? ' Burleigh comes from Emerald, Wisconsin, where he saw*tbe light of day away back in 1893. Today he is a man of 49, scales 180 pounds and has a height of 5 feet 10 Inches. Ho is married and his home Is at New Haven, Mo. - / Burleigh broke into the baseball game with one of the Wisconsin-Illinois league teams and. later went to Ottumwa of the Three-Eye loop. In 1913 and through to 1910 he was with Chattanooga and Birmingham of the Southern association. In J1916 he won 2D and lost 11 and earned a chance to try out with the Pittsburg Pirates of the National league. That year he won 2 and loBt 3 games. In 1917 hie* efforts met with disaster as he won but three games and lost sixteen. That ended his car.eer with the PirateB and he went to Brooklyn, pitching for t?e Dodgers from 1918 to i926 Inclusive. In 1918 his record was 19 won and 9 lost. In 1919 he won 10 and lost 11. In 1920 he pitched 23 wins and 11 defeats. In 1921, 22 wins and 13 de* feats. In 1922 his record was 17 wins and 14 defeats. In 192S It was 21 wins and 18 losses. In 1924 he won 22 and lost 13. In 1926 he won 12 and lost 19. Ih 1926 he won 12 and lost 13. In 1927 Grimes was sold to the. New York Giants and in that year he won 19 and lost 8 games. He went back to Pittsburgh in 1928 where he won 26 and lost 14. In 1927 as a Pirate pitcher he won 17 and lost 7. In 1980 he started with the Boston Braves hut finished with the St. Louis Cardinals, his record for the year with both these teams being 16 wins as against 11 defeats. 1989 his record was 17 wins and but 9 defeats. In 1932 he wnet to Chicago Cuba where be pitched'6 wins and 11 losses. Grimes took part in four world series. In 1920 as a member of the. Brooklyn Dodgerw his record was one victory and two defeats. * In 1930 he pitched two games for St. Louis and lost both. In 1931 he reached the j peak of hisv sensational career by , pitching two. games In the world ae- 1 rles and winning both. In 1982 he , pitched two games for tfcie Chicago J Cubs in the world series. 1 He started his managing career , with a farm team of the St. Louis Cardinals and has also managed Louisville, Brooklyn, Montreal, Grand Rapids and Milwaukee. City-Wide Project Approved By WPA ;Wa8hlngton. Jan. 24?Congressman i Richards. Fifth District of South I Carolina, has ^ been . notified by the I Federal Works Agency, Work Projects I Administration, Washington, that Project No. 265-1-33-104, In the J uhount of $91,448-has been approved * [or Kershaw county. City ofx Camden, i This is a city-wide project and is :o improve strata and sidewalks, i iurtaclhf, grading: draining and per- 1 forming appurtenant. end incidental i work. ? ' Thhf-to publicly- owned property ffijp.jhe project j* sposdred br the j City of Caqglen. 1 * This project is eligible for operation i It the discretion of the 8UU . Work i Projects Administrator, I* U. Plnck- i ley, Columbia, S. C. ~^ 1 FINAL DISCHARGE 1 Notice to hereby, given that one 1 month from this date, on February 81. mi. 1 will m?k. to the FrohotoTSi:SJSA >f Baayon R. Trueedell, deceased, and , ?a the date I wBI apply to M _ laid Court for a final discharge as Ctd Administratrix. ALETHIA H. THUBSDHLL Administratrix Camden. S. C.. Jan. 20. J942. '?Z- "* '? v ~ . - ~g On The Home Front Washington, Jan. Iff,?This Is the job: to mould our whole country into a single weapon'of attack, as the separate fingers of the handsuttlte to form a clenched, fighting fist And now, under the new War Production Hoard, we're really hammering at that Job. WI'B'h chairman, Donald M. Morrison. Intends that every ounce of material not required absolutely essential civil. Ian needs, every machine and every plaut which c*n be spared from Chilian production and converted to military uses, shall work for war. That's going to bring this struggle to the home front as It hasn't been brought before. As time goes on it's goiug to teat the inettle'of every one of us, in ( one way or another. For some while now the trends have Indicated that the American consumer facea increasing deprivation, %ust be prepared for increasing sacrifice and last woek was 110 exception. All this underlines the fuct that the civilian in this fight for democracy must practice two soldierly virtues; he must bo cheerful and unafraid. What the President said about fear, that, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself, Is particularly true on the consumer front. ^ Hoarding is fear operating in the sphere of the consumer. You can't boat shortages by, hoarding.* Hoarding, where potential scarcities exist, simply hastens the day of rationing? and hoarding may actually create artificial shortages of goods of commodities which actually*are plentiful. Sugar we may have to ration, because of the tremendous quantities required for production of alcohol used in making high explosives and fpr other military purposes. But there are many energy-giving substitutes for sugar, so far as that goes. It Is with Bugar as Mfjth the Bpices we may not be getting |n quantity because the Jap stands athwart our Far Easterb trade routes?we certainly can get along with less pepper, if we hare to. The point is that fundamentally we have plenty of food. Even under the most unlikely conditions our standard of nutrition still will seem extravagantly high to the Japanese ^ith his 35 handfulls of rice each month, or the German living on a diet of potatoes and erzats. * But suppose?and this isn't theory, the Office of Price Administration and the Department of Agriculture are jointly concerned about It?suppose some people, motivated by unreasontug fear, begin to hoard staple groceries. If enough people are moved by the contagion of example and do likewise, retire great quantities of staples to what amounts to dead storage, you have the rudiments for a serious situation. Prices pyramid In response to suddenly stimulated demand, the time comes when retailers1 stocks really are depleted, when warehouses and processing plants stagger under a rush of orders, when the whole economy of food supply Is upset. OPA has received reports that at least one grocery distributor has been encouraging hoarding in handbills given out to housewives with their purchases at the store. Anyone urging housewives to stock "emergency pantry shelves" at this time Is seeking temporary profit at the expense of truth, and Is doing himself and his fellow citizens and his country a disservice. Don't have any Of it, buy your foodstuffs as you need them, be prepared ot make adjustments if and when they become necessary?there'll be enough to eat for everyone. Keep your head, and don't be afraid. * s _ - Here are new developments on the war production front, developments which will eventually?As present stocks are exhausted?be reflected Jn the lives of many consumers. They stem from a variety of secondary causes, everything which happens on any sector of-every front in the,world battle affects us all, but their primary purpose' is. to? speed qur victory over the Axis:; ' ? , 1. The WPB slapped further drastic controls on rubber which will reluce the amount available for a wide range ,of civilian products by about 75 per cent. And many products, vtfph is garden hose, toys, Erasers, sporting goods and rubber heels.may be made only from 'reclaimed rubber Iq the future.\ 2. 'WPB moved to meet tremendous army and navy demands on the radio _ Industry by ordering heavy cuts In production of receiving sets for civilians, also ordered reduced output of phonograph and radlo-phonogntph combinations. Cut for the next' ninety la/s Is 40 per cent below output for the nine-month period ended September SO. 1*41% ' Most of the big com pa __ _. ? -V4. -? nies are converting 100 per cent (or military production. We now hare an |estimated 60,000.000 radios in 97 per cent of United States homee. 3. Couaumers in 16 Eastern and Southern states will pay more for gasoline as the result of a three-tenths of a cent per gallon Inorease granted by OPA and Petroleum Coordinator tfar-, for higher transportation costs incurred by oil companies using tank ears and other methods to relieve the shortage of ocean-going tankers. 4. Representatives of the mens* and boys' clothing industry handed up a report to WPB on style simplifications to conserve wool and this report feoommended?as had been e<pected-? abolition of tho two-troueer suit. A breakdown on tho "two pauts" suit; forty por cent of 25.000,000 sulfa made in tho United Stutes Inst year had two pairs of trousers. Each pair nveruged one-and-a-half yards 4of cloth. Hesultant 16,000,000 yards *av-, ing by ellminattng one pair would equal 17 per cent more suits. Forty- v' three per cent of last year's suits <7 were douhlo-breastod, the ludustry men would olimlnato vests with this type of suit ? 5. KestrlcTTQhs designed to - plug loopholes in coutrol of nickel are going to make many articles of common use loHs decorative, if Just as serviceable. The list runs a gamut from musical instruments to Baddlery and harness hardware. Salvage, Simplify, Substitute?these are the "Three 8's" of wartime economy. Even the army is using substitutes where it can, conserving scarce metals for work In which they're absolutely essentials. The nationwide Salvage Campaign?to collect scrap metal, old rubber, used paper?moves forward apace. OPA's Consumer Divla-te ion suggests you carry your bundles home from the store, save tires, truck, paper. Printers and publishers are studying ways of conserving colored inks, salvaging metals. WPB has ordered Texas and Arlsona cotton seed mills not to crush Amer-' ican-Egyptlan cotton in their possession?the seed is needed for planting, the cotton?"long staple":?71s used for balloon cloth and other aviation 'equipment. Production of passenger autos and light trucks for any purpose at all will be stopped Fbbrifary 1 as the Industry begins conversion to full war production. Parts producers may' turn out 60 per cent as many replacement parts during.^ this year's first quarter as they sold in the last half of 1941. Sidney Hill man, WPB's Labor Division chief, says A. F. L. and C. I. O. leaders will meet for the first 'time In years at regional conferences on war production next month. American canners will have to get along with less tin plate, less sugar. But WPB will help them maintain production, increase along aome lines. - - NOTICE ~ i \ Due to Increased operating cost such as taxes, stationary and payment of overtime, we find It necessary to place our service chafge at 75 cents per p month instead of 60 cents, this to apply to all checking1 accounts with a balance less than fSO.00 on any one day during the month oh which three or more checks have been'given. The First National Bank of Camden, The Commercial Banlrof Camden. Daw. an Englishman, Introduced the hammerless gun into England In 1392. The actual Invention of this gun Improvement, however, is obscure. %rYOO'HOO ? , fl?kfcy.ali la*l^|lthf?U that IWUaat !? ? |Mi arc iiIJim mittiWi Yw ' ?etna't pot ott. twrw 4f yw tb. ?pp4H-':.. _ tH* tat >!> food.. V1MOC with It. VkMta ml Iron MMCur*((i ippttlMk SpMdMvnnkJ,M imok^ ipd^LB PHARMACY > * I LOST 52 LBS. rr??170 Down to 118 Lb*. W#?r Aftln v , 'MM' . dW;;,: MIMPLE1 EA$Yt ftO DRVQBI "I was continually try far dlftcfant thfnrm to w<i?<, a Wo d latins, with Bo results," wsWmm t:-f$ Mrs. C. D. Walk. Fort Worth. T?. "I n? v .:?J mm advmrtiMOMni for the Csndr Plu psktf > Ay dm. Xi stULtti itnOn mMt Lclo. i?s wiSli IK iwimiln I turn! II ?oan<m Wi . lama than four tnos.liia, and now w?ar sbo S Id drams. Couldn't wmar also M bedova." * Toucan lossucly pounds and hmvmaalendmr. E^<A5lJ9&>&nS* *n<i g w z Cr:.. & ? ; wni'ta tt'ii;i)dlk7-ttttfSh Ifel-SfflSlsps pounds a weak. You Uko m oho boss. Only BACK*ON FTOT BO^PiS?M&S? phouo Q?Kalb Pharnwwy, C*?dan, ft. C. \