Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HOT OIF THE RE Yt Ju THE SKIPPER. Hero la ft faot wo d01*'1 believe many of us realise. We have been at war aince early In December. In that time we have lost more men than the totul for a year In world war No. 1. Our Navy lOHt only 900 men during the world war No. 1. It lost three times that" many In the Pearl Harbor attack alone. The quicker we come to a full realization as to. what we are up against, .the better it will be We have a tremendous Job to do. :~7 7 7" And another thing?we think of Ed Wynn, famous radio comedian, in an address before the Baltimore Advertising club last Saturday night really said a mouthful when he declared, "fools and their automobiles are soon parted". What Ed was putting over to the public was that the motoring public is not taking seriously the matter of tire rationing. Iu fact, a a he put JU, they think that Pncle Sam is a Santa Claus and that when the tires on carB wear out, there will be some means of replacing them. Friends, there will be no tires after your present tires are worn out. That is, if the war continues and there is ,~^vefy reason to believe it will be a long, long war. Don't say you were not warned when you find that the old bus has to go into retirement because of not having tires. Wise motorists will put up their car now and start to learn how to wark again. 8unday Musing* Wondering why someone hasn't thought that the best way to Induce1 motorists to stop at railroad crossings would be to erect hot dog stands on each side of the crossings. We admire the fellow who sent his girl friend a defense bond as a valentine this year. Judging from the number of letters of protest they received, there's a possibility that congressmen pass their pension bill to help out the postal department. ? Recently we noted in the press two news items. The first was to the effect that a shipload of American supplies left for Vichy, France during the last week in January. The other, concerned a British broadcast to the j effect that Vice-Premier Darlan of j France has agreed to send two ship loads of supplies weekly to Nazi Gen- j era! Rommell's forces In North Africa. Now ain't that something. Somebody in the State Department ought to give a simple, clear, public explanation of these items. We feel that the American public is entitled to a fair-, ly clear definition as to just what] is American 'policy toward France.. Rear in mind that General Rommel is fighting us and our policy can scarcely be what It was before De- j cetnber 7. j * Maybe it's all baby-food that Is. going to France; maybe It's some-f thing cannot even be used to substt-| tute for what is being sent to Rommel. Maybe there is a good answer.' We wouldn't know. ? After having several Itinerant sales individuals and groups call upon us in the past several weeks, we feel, that the sooner something Is done to prevent these sales people who resort to sympathy pleas in order to j make a sale from operating here, the % , The sympathy story teller, or "sob* sister", seeking to make the sale. of something. for fcmrsonal gain, or j that of those she represents, often \ pretend to be a residont of the com- j inuulty in'which she is trying to make the utile. In most oases uhe Ih not but actually a transient au part of the traveling house-to-house canvassing crew. Shfl simply endeavors to give her utory seeking sympathy a hometown setting, the listener to the yarn ?for that is what It Is?all too iroquently believes and make sympathetic response. * After viewing a picture of Mayrls Chaney, Philadelphia dancer und protege of Mrs. Roosevelt, it is easy to understand why a lot of congressmen are lighting for her. | By the way, if you watch a game, it's a pastime; if you play in it, it's recreation. Will someone kindly tell us just what is bridge? i' The trouble with a lot of our patriots (?) is that they sing "God Bless America" and then hustle away to the grocer and get him to r.ell ! them 5, 10 or more pounds of sugar. * The government research giants declare it will cost $100?moW3 per capita to live in the United States this year than last. But it always is worth more than it cost, regardless of the cost. * * * Out calling the other night and some one asked us what is meant by a "predatory nation". The answer is that a predatory nation uses war, not for legitimate defense but as a racket. It arms itself more powerfully than other nations, then attacks them and takes their property, killing those who resist. It is gangsterism on a big scale. Friday, the 13, was a black Friday for England. But most of the days the past several months have been black ones for the Britons. In fact, so much so that the spirit of the i British people has become quite black. The latest daring coup of the Germans has lowered the British morale. Their pride has been so shocked and bowed down. Because the Germans beat them at their strongest point,?the point of the Royal Navy. Some 26 years ago a fellow named Thomas A. Edison offered the United States a blue print of a plan that would not only make the nation invasion-proof, but a major world military power. Today that plan or blue print is being feverishly carried out. But it comes 26 years too late, America did not have much use for thinkers like Edison. The country listened to the politicians. Columnist Kemp of the Charlotte Observer, who has the nerve to speak his mind, offers some interesting comment in the Sunday issue of the Observer. Here are a few pertinent remarks: "Jap soldiers enter surburbs of Singapore, the "mighty" fortress that Churchill assured us would "hold", while local Britishers sip afternoon 4 tea. "Two German battleships and a cruiser, long blockaded in the French port of Brest, escape through the English channel to Helgoland. "Premier Hepburn, of Canada's Ontario, says the American navy is "afraid to make contact" with the Jap fleet. "Lord Beaverbrook, speaking In London, says, 10 minutes after Mr. Churchill's arrival in the U. S., he asked for an A. E. F. In the British Isles and "a few minutes later he was given the promise." "Comments on news dispatches like the above are better unmade except to say, as this column has often said, that it's up, to us to fight this war. - ? ^t-The fall of Singapore will7 be a worse blpw to the British than Dun. ' ' I kirk, Crete, or the Norwegian and Greek exits. "Most of us still go about our business finding satisfaction in the fact that England has always won the "last battle." That is partly true, but if you study your history you will , find that England has never won that "last battle" alone?not in over 100 years. Even at Waterloo, the Get-man army under Blucher saved Wellington's British army from defeat. * "Despite the fact that we are fighting the greatest war in our history, we talk about it as we would a Chinese flood or Hawaiian earthquake, little realizing that, because of our pitifully inadequate' defenses, it may now come to our shores. You would hate to think of American cities being bombed, Women and children killed, hospitals destroyed, but unless our outlook changes quickly we may experience these. We have started to, eliminate nonessentials but such elimination must be speeded up and the serious business of total war, against enemies within as well as without, fought in dead earnest. * 4 * "Not all'news is bad.-General MacArthur, who, as was well suggested yesterday, should be brought home land put in command of all United States forces, fights bravely on, the best example of real fighting In this war to date. i-rprVAnd the stout-hearted Dutch, who also know how to fight. Inflict heavy losses on the Japs in Java and seem destined to hold out a, long time. Also good news is the announcement by British official* that they will permit Indian nationalist leaders to have representation in the War cabinet ,an<l the Pacific War council, You can thank China's General Chalng Kai-shek, now visiting ,New Delhi, India, for this Important ' condescension- on England's part, which will strengthen Indian's aid to the Allied cause." > " r "PLANT VICTORY GARDENS" ADVISE8 CAMDEN GARDEN CLUB The following list hM boon com pllod by the Bureau of Homo Economics of the department of agriculture at Washington, and la furnished us by the Cauiden garden club. The vegetables listed are important from the standpoint of beiug generally j UfatyL used regularly on the menu, Hitd (or their nutritive content; PotittOos /trntvoTBaity itked. contribute * import a fit amounts of Iron, JtuulMy^l and C. Tom&Mta?Important source of vitamin cr^JThero is little loss in cooking aud canning. Their growing season is long. They are easily panned and can do much to mqke meals appetising. Sweet rotatoes?Importaut source of vitaniiu A B and C. They also contain iron. Greens?Kale, turnip greens, mustard greens, spinach, collurda, are important sources of vitamins A B and C. They contuin Iron and sometimes calcium. The growing season is long and they can be canned for home use. Every victory garden should contain 0110 or more of these. Snapbeans?Generally liked. Especially good for home-cooking and canning. A fair source of several nutrlents. Cabbage?Easily grown, well liked. An excellent soufce of vltainlu C especially when eaten raw. Carrots?Vitamin A B and C. May be eaten cooked or raw. Carrots are excellent for night blindness. Shell Beans or Peas?Good source of protein, iron, calcium, contains vitamin B and riboflavin. Onions?Are listed as an important vegetable for flavoring, but are not outstanding for nfitritive value. Green Peas?Good source of vitamin B and C. Contains traces of iron and vitamin A, although the growing season is short. Peas are excellent for home canning.Lettuce?Because It Is eaten raw, it Is an excellent source of vitamin A and contains other vitamins and minerals. The outer or green leaves of lettuce contain many more vitamins than the inner or bleacehd leaves. Squash?Yellow varieties contain .more vitamin A than white. Winter squ48h is an excellent source of vitamin A. Squash may be stored for some length of time. Relief At Last For Your Cough Creomulaton -promptly be- j cause it goes light to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel germ , laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe j and heal raw. tender inflamed bronchial i mucous membranes. Tbll your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomplstcm with the understanding you must Hfce the way it quickly-allays the cough or you sSSSS&if. To relieve A A T HO Misery of tjl/ L i/ U 2 ^ ^ MQUIO yr yi> yr tablets OOD nAP. COUGH DROPS Try "Rub-My-Tltm"-a Wonderful * X .^2 - w * -?N ' 'O* <y r / ** T . Iflw Mac , / ; lost 52- lbs.!" WEAR SIZE 14 AGAIN WORTH . ^ PMMUin I Too can Iqm tutly ponnd* and bar. * tteudar. Biotwl fhpar*. No draga. no 'aieTtlalni. Sirliply follow Urn ?a*y Ajili Candy Ylao? and grow tbia.? . JkfAa Candy rontalna wiff?ry aHa?a(na and aiUiMiH Dun* appeilt. 1r,r t?tienfn* food*. Hacked by flOOO parity gaarantro. Mmwjt Back If Not S*tisfi?4 DeKalb Pharmacy, Camden, 6. C. I - State Cooperates In New Safety Effort HIGHWAY SAFETY CAMPAIGN jA ry-o^: CONDUCT!# JV J|?| VM The Motor Vehicle Qivlsloh A new campaign against a serious obstacle to the natlonul defense program?"off-the-Job" accidents ? will appear on the highways of the state under the direction of the motor vehicle division, South Carolina Highway Department in cooperation with local advertising companies and the Ksso Safety Foundation, it was announced today. A Key effort in the drive is dramatic 24-sheet poster which will appear throughout the state on outdoor billboards. Under the heading "This Must Stop?Don't Kill Our Workers", the poster depicts a traffic officer holding an injured worker with one arm, whjle raising a cleuched hat In aug?r. Pointing out that the poster is a plea not only for safe driving, but also for ftqual care among pedestrians who made up about one-third of all fatal motor vehicle accidents in 1041, A. W. Hohien, director of the Vehicle division said: "We are direction our safety campaign (IiIh year to pedisirians aa well aa motorists, both of whom are equally charged with observing aafe practices In the use of the highways. Tills Is more important this year than ever before. Many of our skilled workers engaged In natioDul defense production are belug killed in motor vehicle accidents after leaving their factories. Among victims of these accidents are die and tool workers, draftsmen, scientists and other workers, vital to tho national defense production plan." Don't waU^4iAgonully across tho street or crdfc's against the red light says the highway patrol in reminding the person on foot that ho muBt con aider the curb lino as a danger line. One third of South Carolina's fatal traffic accidents arc pedestrian mis* hups and evory other accident involviiiK the pedestrian resulted In a death reminds patrol officials who appeal to the person On foot to take his share of responsibility for traffic safety. Few persons appear to realise the vast difference between walking speeds and automobile speods. When a pedestrlun takes one step and ad* vances one yard, an automobile driven at the slow speed of thirty miles an hour advances nine yards. This inability to calculate speeds"may ha one of the mistakes made by the wnlkor who underestimating the speed of au approaching car Is struok down, says the patrol in an- appeal for pedestrians to cooperate in an ef! fort to furb accidents. Lima lleans?Good source of vitamin C. Fair source of vitamin I) and iron when green. Can be canned or dried. When matured and dried, can be stored. < f Turnips or Rutabagas?Yellow varjetles contain vitamin A. Both white and yellow contain small amounts of minerals and vitamins. Beets?Chief nutritional value is in the tops. Suggest they be used when young and when tops are edible. Cooking destroys certain vitamins in vegetables, especially long cooking and if the water in which they are cooked 1b not UBed, the soluahle minerals are lost. Green leaves which are rich In vitamin C when raw may lose a large proportion of it through cooking. Production of bone black. * carbon black and lampblack is a 115,000,000 a year industry In the United. States, according to manufacturer's reports Children Can Help Save Fuel Where there are young children around a house, doors are often left open as the youngsters dart in and out?thus creating sudden drafts and wasting heat. Now Is a good time, say Iron Fireman heating engineers, to teach children to close doors. Children will be glad to cooperate when shown that they can save coal which Is needed by plants which are manufacturing equipment to win the war. Tuberculosis Plans For 1942 With returns still coming In from the recent Christmas seal campaign, J. Team Gettys, president, announced today that plana for combhting tuberculosis this year are being formulated by the Kershaw County Tuberculosis Association. The war and Its relation to the people of Kershaw county will remain the number 1 problem of the local association. Members of the asso elation havo indicated that they are ready to meet any health problem# particularly tuberculosis, as It might arise during the coming year. "More than that, however," Mr. Oettys said, "We are keeping In mind the necessity of maintaining progress which has been made by the local association during the last several years." Mr. Oettys added that the tuberculosis association will again conduct an early diagnosis campaign during April. I . ? Guernseys Are Sold to Redfearn Peterborough, N. H.f Feb. 14.?W. T. Redfearn of Camden, S. C? recently purchased five registered Guernsey cows from B. L. Stevenson of College Place, S. C., to add to his local herd. The names under which | these animals are registered are , , with The American Guernsey Cattle Club. "? " ? ?i?4f^.. ' ^1^ ^ and outstanding leader of the ? CAR CONSERVATION _ 1 WAN" ? Designed to keep America's cars serving for the duration., To prolong the Mfo of your car?to avoid many major repair bills ?to protect your pocketbook?to preserve your motor car transportation. See your Chevrolet dealer today for full details of Chevrolet's original "Car Conservation Plan," and keep your car servhig WO well by keeping It well serviced. Ajfl b A MOBILE NATION IS A STRONG NATION LANGSTON MOTOR GO*s c puaattfcg N. Broad St.