The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 27, 1942, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
H. O. NILit, Kdltor and ProprUtof
published avary Friday at Numbar
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oth'trwlwe they will he destro^o-d
Friday, February 27, 1942
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SO LITTLE IS ASKED OF US
For nearly 10 yearn the Gorman
people have lived on a closely latlonetl
and curtailed diet. They have
lived without automobiles (on any - ,
thing comparable to the senlo on j
which they are ueed here). They have
been ^>rced to scrimp and save and
sacrifice
Why? In order that the ureal military
machine might bo built which
is now overrunning civilized Kurupu.
For more than 10 years the Japanese
people, whose living standard
has always been pitiably poor, httve
lived a bare sugHlHtenee. cutting deep
er and deeper each year Into u sculo
of living beside which thut of an
American family on relief is regal. )
Why J To build the ships and planes
thut struck at Pearl Harbor. To build
the ships und planes and equip the J
men who now run amock In Malaya,
the Dutch Indies, and the Philippines.
For nearly 20 years the Italian people
have been ground beneath a ty- i
ranny which has constantly taken
more and more from the dally living
of a people already by American
standards desparately poor.
Why? To build the planes that
bombed tUn Ethiopian natives. thoj
tanks that rolled across Libya, the
ships that bedevil the Medllerran-'
can.
Now the world faces the result of
all that sacrifice and denial, faces
the weapons forged front the peoples
daily broad. We are In deadly con-,
filet with all that. It is now plain,
we must sooner or later have been
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anyway.
Now we cant get new cars and
tires. It may be a little difficult to
get all the sugar one wants. Sometimes
pay lags somewhat behind a
rising cost of living. Profits aren't
what they were. Everybody is asked
to work harder and longer. It may
not be easy to get gasoline for "Sunday
driving." We are asked to lend
(not give) our savings; pay higher
taxes.
Yet one hears occasional grumbling
and complaining. Not from the two
million men already called to arms;
not from the two or three million
men to follow; generally speaking
they are ready to do what is necessary
to be done
Complaints come usually front those
least hurt, and the violence of the
complaint Is usually in inverse proportion
to the amount of sacrifice.
In Greece, the children starve In
the streets. In France, a proud people
has been mad? to nsk for scraps.
In Norway hip* Czechoslovakia, free
and upstanding folk cope dally and
unarmed against a greedy invader
in their ntldst. In Poland and Yugoslavia.
people* are hunted down like
animals, in Britain, peaceable folk
have seen their homes tumble about
their ears while the bombs took hor
rible toll.
It Is to avert these things that
we are asked to sacrifice. In comparison
with them, so little has been
asked thus far.?Sumter Item.
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Eddie Cantor Volunteers to Aid Uncle Sam . J
Surrounded by some of the members of his cast in his current show, "Banjo Eyes." Eddie Cantor volunteers
to institute the Treasury plan of Defense Payroll Savings for the regular and systematic purchase every
pay day of Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps. Left to rlgnt are: IJna Griffith. Virginia Mayo, Doris Kent.
June Clyde, Audrey Christie, Sally DeMarco. and Tony Demaroo with Eddie seated at the table.
MASTERFUL ACHIEVEMENT !
i
In less than seven weeks following j
the attack on Pearl Harbor, -hoiiio
GOO,000 hoops were moved within the
boundaries of the United States. That'
feat Is unparalleled in the history of |
the country?ami. as David Lawrence j
writes, it "mfist be credited to the
railroads of America, their executives j
and their Workers. Nearly all the j
railroads. Involving more that 200,000
miles of track, were used. Seventyfive
per cent of the soldiei* actually
had sleeping accommodations, and the
remainder traveled In day coaches, so
not u single company had to be moved
In freight cars, as was the case
in the first World War.
"The colossal Job is difficult to describe.
It was a mammoth task iu
planning and administration. The Association
of American Railroads, acting
for all the railroads, sent out orders
and worked 24-hour basis. The
odd part or It was the public hardly I
noticed the movement because delay!
to civilian traffic were the exception
rather than the rule. There was no
confusion, no lost trains?every moment
In the day the authorities could
I keep track of every contingent.
; "The railroads get half fare for the
i
troops and it probably cost them a
great deal of passenger revenue, but
j when the government called every
thought except the military purpose
, was subordinated. It was a maBter1
ful achievement."
Twenty years of plunning since
World War I went into that achievement
? 20 years of work and preparation.
The railroads didn't wait for war
: to come before adapting themselves
i to war. They were ready long before
[the first enemy bomb fell In the Paclfie.
i
Thousands Will Grow Rice
I
In 1039 fewer than a thousand
I South Carolina farmers produced
rice. I ut in 1942 several thousand
farmers in the state are expected to
. produce rice. The number is likely
to be above a.000 and may be In ex!
cess of 10,000.
There arc several explanations of
this encouraging development. First,
I the general drive for inoro food,
j Second, the fact that the Farm Security
administration is placing rice
I in its farm plans for its cooperating
families, except in those cases where
I
, tlie crop cannot he produced satisI
factorily. Third, the price of rice is
i
j high. Today the wholesale price is
about double what it was last year,
| and the retail price must go up correspondingly.
Fourth, there are no
quota restrictions or sales restric
tloiiH on rice. South Carolina farmers
may grow It and sell It freely.
Farm figures have found that the
average low-income farm family In
South Carolina spends from $25 to
$40 a year in cash for rice. The study
was made two or three years ago,
when the price was normal. In this <
year of war, a family must spend al-''
most twice as much as customary i1
for rice, or eat loss of it. Clearly,'!
the course to follow under such con-1'
(litions is for us many families as I
possible to grow their own; and, if|'
no rice mill is at hand, perhaps a**-]
little ingenuity and old-time muscle11
power combined will result in a house-'
hold milling process. There is no'<
good reason for rice to be highly
polished. There is good reason why
it should not be polished. The unpolished.
such as South Carolinians i
will have if they grow their own and
hysk it at .home or in local mills, is1
much more valuable as food.
This turning to rice in time of war
may be one of the considerable val-'
ties South Carolina will get out of
the war. If we succeed now in reestablishing
this crop for home consumption.
we certainly can retain it
for that purpose, and perhaps expand
it until rice becomes a commercial
crop. But the first step is to produce
all we can for our own use. The
shortage or prospective shortage of
rice giveB to South Carolina another
opportunity to do what can be done in
the war effort, and to make the economic
future of the state more secure.
If you are interested in growing
rice, talk with your county agent,
with a Farm Security agent, a Trlpl^A
man, write to Clemson college, or
in some way obtain the information
needed. Half an acre or less will produce
enough rice for the average family.?Columbia
State.
X-Raying of Army
i Men Important
The following is taken from an ar- ,
tide by Major Alfred A. deUorimler.
in service with the medical corps of 1
the Cnited Army:
"There is no need for emphasizing i
tin- importance of x-rav studies of ]
i
I the chest w hen conducting a casefinding
procedure; particularly when
dealing with large groups. However
because of certain public statements,
it appears that the policies
of the medical department of the
army are not widely realized.
"First, let me cite a few of the
reasons why the United States army'
does realize the importance of includ-'
ing x-ray studies in conjunction with
our examinations of candidates for
our army and moreover of repeating
these examinations before dismissal
of any individuals from army service.
"As of December, 1940, there were
2.79*5 individuals retired from the J
regular army of the United States
' and receiving an average of $66.25 j
per month because of 'active pulmonary
tuberculosis.' There were 1,195 (
others receiving an average monthly
pension of $27.77 because of inactive'
pulmonary tuberculosis.
"Moreover, Included among the
beneficiaries of the Veterans' Admin-j
Istration wore 8,329 c&ses of active
pulmonary tuberculosis?these being
carried as casualties of world war 1.1
and receiving an average monthly
pension of $89.30. In addition, there'
wore 44,763 receiving an average
monthly pension of $46.01 on the basis
of inactive pulmonary tuberculosis. I
Hplllman has estimated that tubercu-J
losis during and after the world war J
has cost approximately $960,000,000*
to date in compensation, vocation
training. Insurance and hospltllixatlon !
and that within the next Are years '
'these costs will pass the billion dol-1
lar mark.
"We can not all be soldiers at the
front but we will have to do our part
to protect our own health and be of
the least possible expense to our
country. Tuberculosis Is expensive
not because it takes high price drugs
to cure, but because It takes a high
price diet and a long time to successfully
treat a patient so that they can
be a useful citizen.
"-X-rays are cheap in comparison
to the amounts mentioned above. It
is so much better to bo sure of one's
health and the only way to find tuberculosis
early Is by an x-ray. Ry
this means tuberculosis can be found
when a cure Is more effectively procured
and with much less expenso.
When having a physical examination
or when you seo your doctor, ask
him If he would advise an x-ray examination
to determine the presence
of early tuberculosis." 1
News Events In and
Around Bethune
Betbune, Feb. 26.?An impressive
candle light service was given Sunday
evening In the Presbyterian
church by the young people from
Shandon Presbyterian church. The
theme was "Youths Place in the Kingdom
Enterprise". The leader. Howard
Lindsay, attended the Youth's convention
on World Mission in Memphis
in December and gave an interesting
report from there. Twelve young peoplec
were present. Following the ser- .
v'icfc, supper was served in the cabin
by the young people of the church.
Misses Gerry Davis and Gloria Brogden,
of Columbia College, spent the
week end with Gerry's mother, Mrs.
Clara Davis.
The young girls knitting circle mot
Friday evening at the home of Mrs.
C. E. Braswell. These girls are learning
to knit for the soldiers.
Mrs. L. M. Best, Leslie Marvin and
Miss Betty Best and Loring Davis
spent Sunday in Charlotte with Mr.
and Mrs Mack Davis.
Miss Margaret McLaurin, of Leo.
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
N. McLaurin, during the week end
Itichard McLaurin, athletic coach
in the Florence high school, was
called into service and spent several
days last week here with his parents
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. McLaurin. Richard
left Saturday night for Florence and
from there he was sent to Fort Jackson
Sunday morning.
Robert B. King who has been in
training at Shaw Field, Sumter, was
in town Saturday evening before leaving
for Maxwell Field, Ala. Mr. and
Mrs. Mark King, of Neese, spent the
week end here after their sons departure
from Sumter.
A congregational meeting was called
Sunday morning in the Presbyterian
church for the purpose of calling
J. Hoge Smith, as pastor of tnis
church. Mr. Smith is a senior at Columbia
Seminiary.
The executive board of the Presbyterian
auxiliary met Tuesday afternoon
with Mrs. B. W. Brannon. Plans
were made for the completion of the
church year in March. Nine members
were present. Jello. whipped cream
and crackers were served.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Mason and
daughter, of Hartsville. were recent
guests here of friends.
M. K. Parker and family were week
end guests of relatives in Pregnali.
Mayo Davis, of Perry, Ga., spent
the week end here in the home of his
brother. Loring Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. Bell King, of Charleston.
spent the week end here with
relatives.
M. G. King and Mrs. John Edwin
King and daughter, Jean, left Sunday
for a few days stay in Athens, Atlanta
and Quitman. <
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Gardner, of Sal
ly. visited Mrs. Gardner's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Z. P. Gordan, during the
week end.
Mr. and Mrs. James Brice Waters,
of Rodman, are with the latter's
mother. Mrs. E. B. King, who f-uffered
a painful accident Monday afternoon.
Mrs. King was returning from
Bishopvilje, driving a pick up and
had reached the outskirts of the town
when suddenly she lost consciousness
and the truck crashed into a tree.
Several bones were broken. She was
admitted to the Camden hospital Tues"i
day.
Mrs. R. E. Sims spent the week end
in Atlanta with her brother and family,
the Nell E. Truesdell's, where
she joined her husband who is attending
officers' training school at
Fort Benning, in Columbus, Ga.
Mrs. Ixjuise Kelley is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. M. C. Wilson, in New
berry.
Guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
D. D. Clyburn Sunday were the trustees
and their wives of Oakland
school. Mrs. Clyburn is a member of
the faculty of that school.
Mrs. Hattie Heustess is visiting
the S. K. Gardner's, in Hartsville.
Mrs. Louise Etheridge, of Columbia,
spent the week end with her sister,
Miss Celia King, and Mrs. D. M. Mays.
World Day of Prayer was observed
in the Methodist church Friday afternoon
wltn a good attendance. Miss
Mary Arthur had charge of the service
and was assisted by Mrs. E. Z.
Truesdell and Mrs. Oleatre Blackmon.
High Maidens Spank
Lancaster 34 to 18
I^ed by Hetty Hrowu with IS poiuts
o her credit. Neva Shannon's maiden
Hasketeers of Camden high school
dosed their homo season with a brilliant
34 to 18 victory over the blue
iud white laaalea from Lancaster
nigh In the local gymnasium Wedneslay
night.
lletty Brown's sharpshooting was
Lhe oMtetanding feature of a ^nmej
which saw the gold and black garbed I
jwcctlea shako off the town against
the Invaders from the home port of
Congressman J. 1*. ltichards.
Hut Hetty wasn't the only one to
man a Tommle gun and hit the turgot.
Mary Kennlngton, who was doing
swell Job at forward gathered 10
points while Margaret McLean was a
close third in point making with 9.
Carol ritts, who was on her toes
every minute manage to add her bit
to the scoring with 2 points. Others
of tlie llrst line of dofense who played
their best game of tlie season
were Ollio May Stokes, Hetty Sue
Crolley and Doris Hush.
One of the interesting periods of
the eveuing came in the final quarter
when Coach Shannon removed her
battery Of forwards and put in h$r
primary class consisting of Doris
Trapp. Hetty Moseley, Jean McLean,
Jean Laney and ^ybill Joye. The kid-1
lets did a fine job and got a great
hand from the crowd for their fine!
showing. There was promise of excellent
material in evidence for next
year's girlie cage team.
The Camden girls will Journey to
Chester tonight and next Tuesday will
ring down the curtain on the 1942
season against Newberry at. Newberry.
The record of the team so far
this season has been 4 wins as agulnst
9 defeats. .
Miss Neva Shannon, the attractive
Hlackstock Miss who has been handling
the coaching job this season is
not dismayed by the preponderance
of defeats suffered by her charges
this year. The manner in which the
team came back Wednesday night
against the I>ancaster maids indicated
that there is good stuff available
and another season will see this material
developed to a point where a
much better showing can be looked
forward to.
Miss Shannon came to Camden
from Midway where she coached and
taught the preceding year. She is a
graduate of Erskine college. She Is
a personable young woman and has
made many friends since affiliating
with the local school and athletic program.
Red Cross Active
In War Work
(Continued from first pair?)
corps, 50 hours; home service corps,
20 hours, and hospital and recreation
corps, 50 hours.
Each pin has its special color and
design, which includes the Red Cross
in the center. The wearing of volunteer
service pins is recommended
by national headquarters, since they
have been found helpful in developing
the volunteer work and in identifyinqg
types of workers. In times of
emergency, they help to identify
people who can be relied upon to
perform certain definite services that
are needed.
Forestry Meeting
Scheduled March 3
(continued from first page)
placement. It can bo done at a cost
of only a few cents each".
"Other features of this forestry
meeting", Mr. McCarley explained,
"will Include an actual logging operation
of a tract of selectively marked
timber. This is the only way", he
said, "that farmers should sell their
timber; because it enables them to
know what they, are selling; and because
it enables them to reserve a
portion of their stand for future cutting
or use. Still other features will
be a tree planting demonstration; together
with discussion oa lire protection,
utilization of low grade materials,
Insect and disease control, and
pulpwood cutting and sales."
* * .
Sheriff's Report
of Work Done
' "
The undersigned. Sheriff of w.-fl
shaw county, begs leave to Hubi^jl
hie report of his actings and dolnjafl
and those of hiu Deputy and HujSI
Police Force from July I through (ufl
cumber 31, 1941, as follows:
Ten liquor stills were captured ?tufl
destroyed, along with thirty gnltoiul
of white whiskey and 8,000 galio*!
of mash.
Five men were arrested. for vini. 1
thm of the Hffttor iaw whtlo 520 j**.1
sons were arrested charged w ith oth.l
er violations.
The members of the ltural l'ollMB
Force have been active in patroHI^I
their respective- districts throughout!
the year and they have been eapec.l
ially watchful for violations, or threat-fl
ened violations, of the law in th?fl
night-time. Night gatherings haV^B
been regularly attended with the rtev^fl
of preserving order, especially, a* vtel|
as detecting any efforts to vlolat?fl
tho law In any respect. The scarcity I
of law violations has been noticeable
throughout the year?a condition for I
which we are thhnkful and which we I
trust will continue,
J. H. McLeod, Jr., deputy sheriff, I
who is a graduate of the F. B. I. po,' I
lice school in Washington, D. C., ha* |
set up a finger-print department unj M
is equipped to do all kinds of linger |
print work which adds a lot to the
efficiency of this office. There are |
blood hounds at the County Cbaia fl
Gang that we can use at any t.jme |
we need them. We certainly do appre- |
elate the use of them and are grateful
to E. L. Moseley, superintendent I
of the county roads and gang and
Manscl Owens, who has charge of !
the dogs for tho use of them. Mr. !
Owens has been very nice to got up |
at nights and at other ..times to go fl
with us and carry the dogs. I
I am grateful to Senator Johnson I
and Representative Thornton for
their kind offer to provide the necee- I
sary funds for additional help dur.
lng the army maneuvers, held during I
October and November, If such should fl
be required; but due to the fine con- ]
duct of tho soldiers and the cordial I
roiaiions existing between them and
the citizens of the county, there was I
no unpleasant Incidents during the
maneuvers and th^e utmost good (eel- I
ing continued to prevail throughout I
and until they were finished. !
1 am keenly alive to the fact that fl
it is my duty and the duty of those 1
working out of my office to'cooperate I
with your honorable body in the en- ^!
forcement of the law at all times, I
and that, I assure you, we are de- H
lighted to do. I
Respectfully submitted: j
J. H. McLEOD, t
Sheriff of Kershaw County. fl
Choice Polo Menu fl
Offered On Sunday I
(Continued from first page) I
ment will get under way with the ..fl
Palmetto riders playing a combina* I
tion Yale-Mulberry team. Mr. Har- fl
rison expects that three members/B
will be from Yale, while Mulberry^ fl
will be represented in the line-up by NH
Carl Lightfoot. The winner of this
game will take on the Camden Ramblers
on the following Sunday, March
22, and the winner of that game Is
scheduled to play the Essex Troop
on March 29. As teams from Pinehurst,
Fort Bragg and Aiken enter
the Russell classic, there will be sev? I
eral games played during the week I
of March 27 In order that the final
game can be set for March 29. !
No Court Next Week
Sheriff J. H. McLeod announces |
there will be no second week of the !
civil term of court and Jurors drawn
to serve for week beginning March
2, are requested not to report.
Automobile accidents in the United
States cause an annual loss of $2.500.000,000,
it is estimated.
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STATE THEATRE
KERSHAW, S. C.
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FRIDAY, FEB. 27
"WEED-END IN
HAVANA"
Alice Faye
Carmen Miranda
John Payne
SATURDAY, FEB. 28
"KING OF
DODGE CITY"
Bill Elliott
Tex Ritter
SATURDAY, FEB. 28
10:30 P. M.
"MAN AT LARGE"
Marjorie Weaver
George Reeves ?
MONDAY and TUESDAY
MARCH 2?3 J
"UNHOLY PARTNERS"
Edward G. Robinson
Laraine Day
Edward Arnoll
WEDNESDAY, MAR. 4
"MALTEESE FALCON"
HumpiirBy Bo#art ; .
Mary As tor
THURSDAY,
MAR. 5
"DESIGN FOR SCANDAL"
Walter PldfMS
Rosalind Rtiassl
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REPAIRS
We carry a large stock of REPAIRS
for FARMALL TRACTORS,
and all other FARM IMPLEMENTS
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that we sell in this territory.
BUT, we urge FARMERS to place
orders with us AT ONCE for REPAIRS
that will be needed this
SPRING. _
Whitaker & Co,
Telephone Four Rut!edge Street
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