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Our Wan Slogans
I.v.ks "Hcnuunbor the Maine"
"Uemember the IjUsltania"
lidl "Uemember Pearl Harbor"
15,42?"Uemember to Buy Defense
Holids."
Thought for this week?Self Defense
Not a crusade, not a plan of
conquest, not a sudden loss of temper.
but a strong determination that
this nation shall not perish.
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It s coming and will bow Into existence
about March 1. It will be the
rationing <>n retreaded and recapped
automobile tires. The plans for this
rationing will follow the present new
tire rationing plan, but many more
classifications of motorists will be
issued certificates.
And taking up the subject of sugar.
Some stores are now selling but two
pounds to the customer. Here is the
bad news right from Washington. The
government is making ready to issue
sugar at the rate of approximately a
pound per person per week. .
Speaking of the ban on auto sales
and the rationing of tires retreading,
it makes us ponder. If walking 1b to
be restored as a national habit the
athletic clubs may once again be filled
with athletes.
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The methods Hitler is following In
conducting his war with Russia reminds
some people of a woman trying
to back out of a parking space.
Up in Fon duLac, Wisconsin, a
friend of this corner, who is now a
municipal judge. Jumped Into the spotlight
of the midwest press and also
of the various news syndicates by fining
a youth, arrested for drunken
driving and operating a car without
a driver's license one hundred and
fifty bucks. The youth could not pay
and he is now serving nine month's
jail sentence and has also lost the
right to drive a car for a year.
When South Carolina courts impose
similar penalties in similar offenses
highways of the state will be far safer.
Just how is this country going to
keep up with morale with one government
department taking the girdles
away from the girls and another
yelling, "Pull yourself togetherf"
Ii you haven't secured your federal
use stamp, better do it pronto?or
you're likely to be fined $25 or spend
1'i days in the hoose-gow,
While every car owner was supposed
to have purchased the stamp
last Monday, many have not and in
some instances, it was not their fault
as the supply at the local post office
gave out several times during the
week. *
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Stamps will continue through February,
in fact, they will be on sale in
March, but cheap'er and with the adhesive
substance on the proper side.
Incidentally It'might be stated that
the tax applies Only to vehicles which
are used. So if your car Is stored away
m the garage, you do not have to
buy a Htamp. j
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A"to dealers will be interested to
know that all new autos now frozen
,n their hands, except a government
*tock pile of 13,000 units, will be sold
during the year under apending ra'
lo"ing program. Beginning February
dealers will be permitted to de''v>r
,,ow cars sold but not delivered
before the original freezing order of
January l.
Beware Coughs
from common cows
That Hang On
Creomulsion relieves promptly because
it goes right to the test of the
trouble to help loosen end expel germ
laden phlegm, and aid wtiit to soothe
and heal raw, tender inflamed bronrhlal
mucous membranes. Tell your druggist
to sell you a bottle of Creomulstonwith
the understanding you must Mke the
R'ASgrfSSM"'"
si&?m Bronchitis
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Sport Potpourri
BY THE &KIPPER !
Congratulations to the Huron DeKalh
and the Central high schools
for winning the Camden trade area
cage tournament. The Central girls
took the tl(le In competition with
seven other maiden squads and the
boys of Baron DeKalb scorod a title
win over a hard-fighting Central boys
team iu tho final.
And
louds of congratulations to an
alert and- progressive group of business
and professional men who are
rally "Builders" in every sense of the
word. For It was the "Builders" of
Klwanls who put over tho trade area j
tournament.
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For'while this jolly good bunch of
builders did not make1 a lo tof sheckels
on the venture, they did start a
sporting program that should be carried
out annually. We believe it will
be if Cyril Busbee, Joe McKain, H. A?
Small and a lot of other Builders
have anything to say about it.
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And we want to pay a special tribute
to Arthur Robinson who worked
as referee in every game of the tournament
and we will affirm that he did
a fine job. At least all of the coaches
admitted it. This corner saw most of
the games and we will hand Arthur
a hearty slap on the back for his line
officiating.
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His promptness in dealing with an
unpleasant situation in the last game
Friday night is highly commendable.
The thought that was uppermost In
our mind diiring the tournament was
the presence In the competition of
such a fine lot of young people. It
was a fine picture of real American
boys and girls at play.
The polo game between the Essex
Troop and the Palmettoes was witnessed
by the largest crowd of spectators
to gather at the field side this
season. The hundreds of soldiers present
rooted for the Essex riders and
the cheering, tooting of horns and
the like drowned out the dulcet tones
of Ralph Waldo Chase's efforts over
i the mike.
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This coming Sunday the Camden
Palmettoes play the Long Acre Farm
team from Long Island and the battle
should be full of thrills. This
will be the first game of the Devlne
cup series. Other teams to take part
In this event will be the Camden
Ramblers, Essex Troop, Aiken and
possibly Pinehurst and Fort Bragg.
Charleston Mayor
Praises McCorkle
Mayor Henry W. Lockwood, of
Charleston, liked the address that
was made to the members of the state
senate by Camden's mayor, F. N. McCorkle.
As stated In The Chronicle
last week, the mayor made an extended
address to the senate members In
behalf of the South Carolina Municipal
Association. The talk being In
the nature of a plea for a more Just
apportionment of certain tax returns.
In a telegram to the Camden mayor,
the Charleston executive says:
"It was my pleasure to introduce
you to the members of the Senate of
the General Assembly of South Carolina
on Thursday morning, January
16, on which occasion your address
was well received and In my opinion
yOtt made quite an impression on the
members of the Senate.'
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Rat Poison i$ Here
ForStrong Campaign
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Health Inspector, Donald Morrison,
bus received a supply of rat poison
und Is now prepared to take care of
all complaints from residents who
are bothered with the rodents about
their premises. ?
Accordiug to councilman Clyde
Massabeau. who is in charge of the
health commtttee activities. the war
on rats will be prosecuted as rapidly
as possible. Mr. Massabeau points out
that the success of the campaign dopends
greatly upon public cooperation.
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The city officials request that all
[cases oT raT"ltvO\tbIe ho reported Immediately.
The poison that Is being
used Is recommended highly by oxperls*
elsewhere. In order to secure
effective redUlts the poison must be
placed by persons familiar with Its
operation.
Citizens who wish city aid In eliminating
rats from their premises cau
I secure rupld and effective sotvlce by
Icalling Donald Morrison at Phone 199.
Camden Cagers
Have Full Scehdule
The Camden high school basketball
teams will play tho next three games
away from the homo wood, taking on
Chester at Chester last,night; Sumter
In tho Gamecock's stronghold on
February 6. and Brookland-Cayce, on
tho letter's home floor on Febraury
10.
The BlackCaWf Gold squads return
to Camden for a home uppearance
with Chester on February 13, then
take on Brookland-Cayce In a return
game here on February 20, Lancaster
here on February 24 and then go
to Chester for a game on February 27.
On March 3 the Newberry team
plays here and the season will clo^e
on Mprch 6 with Sumter playing here.
Camden already has a win over the
Newberry cagers, defeating both the
boys as well as the girls teams by
decisive scores in an invasion last |
Friday night.
"Regal Lilies"
Awarded Miss Kirby
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that we cannot escape It. We are
building up the Red Cross to war,
strength, and wisely.
The children feel our unrest and
[anxiety. They hear about the Red
I Cross membership, Its work, its reason
for being, and their minds are
troubled: If we are not careful to
allay their fears, we are going to
have a lot of sick, ailing, fear-stricken
children and young people.
I The very best way to prevent this
war-fear among them Is to put them
to work In the country's service. Fear
is driven out the moment active work
against it begins. A child busy with
[defense work will not be subject to
fear so much nor so often as the one
who sits and worries about it- Get
them all to work.
The Junior Red Cross programs offer
work that Interests all Hinds of
children. They cook, mend, make
I things for soldiers. They knit and
make bandages, and they collect
necessary materials when called on.
They plan and carry through entertainments
that raise money, entertain
ailing or lonely people. They
run errands. They type and they
read; they even dance for their
cause.
' All they need is good leadership
to start them on their way, hold
them there, and through their experience.
learn wholesome practical
ways of living that will stand them
I in good stead in days to* come.
I am against war scares and war
propaganda for children. I believe
they can be permitted to skip all that
and still be trained and prepared for
any emergency. "This thing you do,"
is good education and good training
In any emergency, any day, anywhere
and training In first aid. cooking.
I mending, housekeeping and hospital
life, nursing, office work, errands,
I entertaining1?any specific instruction
1 that merges into practical swvSC*?
such as the Junior Red Cross classes
offer, will stabilize children and multure
them mentally and phJ^R^W1
All the children need for this work
I is good leadership and thts Is readily
obtained, so readily that not to avail
oneself of its Influence Is unthinkable
In this day of distress. Every
I school, every community, should organise
Its children into Jhntor Red
I Cross groups and <^o everything :posI
sible to forward the work to be f<jund
within its range. . '
1 There is no finer way to prepare
[children for war emergencies than
this. ,V \
Two Men PriiwtIM
Lieutenant BUI Gettys and Lieutenant
Cullen Cape hart, both o* _thls
county, have been promoted to the
r?nk rf.C.^tWr M?d,
throughout tho count/ will be tater*trf
.? the. de^rrcd hrcnuttlo...
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LCOnGHtJJfTIMn P RICHHWPJ 'I
Washington. Jan. JO* Today, Friday
the 20th, U (ho i'loahlout'A birthday.
Mauy tributes wore today paid
him on tho floor of Congress.
Though many do not agree with everything
he has done, 1 am sure 1 express
the ulmost unanimous sentiment
of the people of the Fifth Dial-riot
in wishing for this great humanitarian
leader many more years of
health, happiness and trail-blazing
accomplishments for serving humanity.
History will accord him a place
with the greatest.
Fulmer's Farm Relief
After a hard light on Thursday the
bill introduced by Congressman Fulmor,
chairman of the Agriculture
committee, seeking a measure of relief
for our cotton farmers in South
Carolina and other states, who had
such a severe crop failure In 1941, was
defeated by tho house.
Here the hill provided payments
from the United States treasury upon
the recommendation of tho Department
of Agriculture to Individual farmers
qualifying for the relief.
Section 2 of the bill restricted the
benefits to producers of cotton and
tobacco who had less than a 40 per
cent crop. , This bill would authorize
the Secretary of Agriculture to pay I
them tho difference be^wyeq their ac-j
tual production and/40 per cept of
their normal production on the basis
of parity price for the commodity.
Payments to any que person are limited
to $500, but the farm owner as
well as tho tenant is eligible for payment
in tho same proportion that they
are entitled to share In the proceeds
of the crop.
The margin by which the bill was
defeated was 190 to 140 showing the
problem representatives of agricultural
districts are up ^gainst in the
house. In the senate It is easier for
farmers to get a break because agricultural
states hi^ve equal representation
with the industrial states. For
Instance, New York has two senators
and South Carolina has two senators.
On the other hand, New York has 43
representatives in the house and
South Carolina has only 6, explaining,
how the great Industrial states can
out-vote the agricultural states. Cotton
farmers this year will have a better
outlook because they will come
under the provisions of the crop Insurance
act. Cotton farmers were
not thus protected in 1941.
Price Control
The badly mauled price control bill
hab been Anally passed In both house
and senate. The bill provides for appointment
of a price administrator
with power to place a celling over
every commodity and over rents in
defense districts. No control Is provided
over wages.
There are several restrictions as to
prices Axed on farm commodities. It
is estimated that the legislation will
bar ceilings on average agricultural
prices until they have gone up 13 per
cent above present levels.
There was a clause also providing
a licensing system for business affected
by price maximums. Businesses
violating the provisions could
be refused licenses to do business.
The object of price control legislation
is to prevent inAatlon and
bankruptcy through sky-rocketing
prices resulting from war conditions.
\ Pearl Harbor
' The Pearl Harbor report by Justlc
Roberts shows gross dereliction of
duty on the part of the commanding
admiral and commanding geperal in
the Hawaiian Islands. It will take
our navy a long time to recover but
we'will recover 4|nd beat the Japs and
Hitler in the long run. We know now
that we were not ready* for the war
when it came. We really needed one
more year to prepare. When the
neutrality act was repealed in entirety
Hitler knew we were in the war
for good. He, therefore, < demanded
that his axis partner, Japan, strike
before the United States could really
get ready. Japan struck at Pearl
Harbor and the Philippines with the
results we already know. Secretary
of the Navy Knox was right In hie
Chicago speech on Wednesday. January
28. He said .-"the Axis chose the
time and the PaciAc as the place foi
our entry Into the war. It Is there
that our Aeet lias been_ attacked
Why? Because Hitler wants us t<
throw all of our growing strength tc
the Pacific to stop-our supplying the
British and Russians."
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Annual Meeting
Loan Association
The 1942 annual meeting of the
Kershaw National Farm Loan Association
was hold on Wednesday, January
28, 1942, at Camden South Carolina.
."Reports made by the officers
and directors reflected substantial
progress during the past year. Loan
repayments were in excess of the
previous year and members are taking
advantago of the future payments
plan offered by the Federal Land
Hank of -Columbia. Under this plan
future payments are.accepted by the
bank on which Interest is allowed the
borrower at the same rate charged
oh his mortgage.
Officers and directors of the Association
are: J. Roy Cunningham,
president, U. N. Myers, vicq president;
L. O. Funderburk, Charles P.
DuBose, Jr., and J. H. Mobley; A. C.
Bradham is secretary-treasurer. The
association handles long-term mortgage
loans made by Federal Land
Bank of Columbia in Kershaw, Lancaster
and Fairfield counties. During
the year 1941 eighteen loans
amounting to $33,250.00 were made
by the Bank through k the association.
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Project Approved
For Old County Jail
Washington, Jan. 31.?Congressman
J. P. Rlcahds, Fifth District of South
Carolina, has been i\otlfled by the
Federal Works Agency, Work Projects
Administration, Washington,
that WPA Project No. 265-1-33-110, in
the amount of $1,000 has been approv*
ed for Kershaw county, city of Camden.
This is to remodel old county JalL
Work includes painting, calcimining
and trimming; performing plumbing,
electrical and masonry work; landscaping
grounds; and performing appurtenant
and incidental work.
This is publicly-owned property. No
goods are to be produced or manufactured
in this building.
This project is sponslred by the
Kershaw County Board of Directors
and is eligible for operation at the
discretion, of the State Works Pro
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jocU Administrator, L. M. Plnckney,
Columbia, 8. C.
The light generated by a firefly Is
only about 26-l,000ths of a candlepower.
'Pacific Blackout'
Thrills To Screen
Paramount Pictures has stepped out
fur ahead of the held with its current
thrill film at the Uuiglnr Theatre
Monday and Tueaday. It's an opus
called "Pacific Blackout" with Robert
Preston and Martha O'Driscoll in the
leading roles.
With curiouB foresight. Paramount
completed "Pacific Blackout" Just as
the Japanese loosed their blitz on
Pearl Harbor and before the other
Axis poweiB decided to gamble everything
by tackling Uncle Sam. The
picture was ruj?hed through the cutting
rooms and to thentre scroons
throughout the oountry.
Set ,ln a large Pacific Coast city in
the throeB of a full-dress air raid
alert, "Pacific Blackout" contains every
thrill of that decidedly novel experience.
To this is added a whale
of a story, swift action, superlative
acting on the part of a truly magnificent
cast. The drama of a great American'
city on guard against enemy
air raids is big enough by Itself to
make "Pacific Blackout" an oust&ndIng
film. At times Its feeling of suspense
Is terrlfflc. Not Satisfied
with that, Director Ralph Murphy
stirred in some artful comedy and
ended up with a film blend that la a
knockout.
Preston is cast as'i the brilliant
young inventor of a range-finder for
anti-aircraft guns. Enemy agents, out
to steal his secret, get him out of the
way by "framing" him on a murder
charge. Condemned to death, ho is
taken through the blacked-out city,
but escapes when a motorized antiaircraft
gun crashes into the polios
van. With the aid of M|ss O'Driscoll,
an adventurous telephone operator
on the loose, he tracks down the spies,
solves two murders and saves the city
from destruction. The picture is one
continuous chase from beginning to
end, with every moment filled with
suspense and chills. , "
HAIGLAR ? Monday and Tuesday
When bombs crash down out of a midnight sky and anti-aircraft shells
scream upward from a thousand steel throats that's Just the time for
for romance and adventure, according to Robert Preston and Martha
O'Drlscoll, who share top honors In Paramount's thrilling "Paolflo Blackout".
This film, with Civil Defense as a spectacular background, opens
Monday at the Haiglar Theatre. ?
?MONDAY and TUESDAY!!
It Could Happen Here! ^
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"RISE AND SHINE"
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