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ing of Hair Chocked ith Common Table Salt ivery that common table salt i important .aid to certain is and glands in the provenpremature "old age" wpa d recently. Elaine P. Kalli, Delphine II. and E. Kennedy of the New niversity college of medicine.; )und that "sodium chlOride/T' n table salt, considerably!, the graying of hair due tb i certain vitamins. ^ ' h been demonstrated by varientists that if rats, dogs and nimals are deprived of one or ( f "B filtrate factors," in diet, j nt signs of old age are pro- { rapidly. ?The animal loses i ho hair or fur turns white 1 1 gray, the skin loses its , t appearance and activity. j ctreme cases of such dietary i icy death occurs. Always the j 1 corex gland, the "gland of , s found severely injured, substances of "B-flltrate fac- | vitamins of B-complex, are ; lenic acid, P-amonobenzoic nd some others, and they are id in the same foodstuffs that h in vitamin B-l, that is whole iver, yeast, rice huskings and the New York scientists that when rats were deprived ie vitamins, the graying of ad_other signs of premature ' and illness occurred sooner also was lacking in the diet, that were fed adequate or mounts of salt, showed grayhair much later than rats fed It diets. 5 Oil Makes America ss Dependent on Others sly information about Americreased Independence of im'or self-defense and her selfsnt position in the world is ted in reports recently refrom the American Petroletitute public relations departiomists taking Inventory of itrategic minerals" such as , tin, tungsten and mangaElnd the United States is the self-sufficient nation on the interesting case in point is untry's development of sevynthetic substitutes for rubt is pointed out that plentiful >s are available in view of :t that oil, basic raw material ithetic rubber, is almost limn this country, where we proilmost twice as much crude all of the rest of the world led. hetic rubber, however, is only f hundreds of products for crude oil is used. To underthe basic importance of this :e we have but to realize crude duces more than 300 different ial products. NexV to earth, and air, petroleum probably most widely used natural :t. ingevity Before Vitamins inces of longevity are not iven in the days before -vitavere discovered and hygiene onsidered an important adLo health. Take for example Francisco, who died in 1820 tehall, New York, at the age Francisco, When 16 years at the drum at Queen Anne's tion. He did not-die of old ut of fever.and ague. John wer, of Marengo county, Aladied in January, 1845, at the 136. William Prigden of Bal- , Md., died in October of the /ear at 123. James Syphax, o in vigorous health, was livthe same time In Cumberland ^ Virginia, at 117, and Dr. s Harvey, a Baptist minister, In Frankfort, N. Y., was still at 111. Nerves Explode nerve does not simply transimpulse jof excitement as a ansmits electricity. In fact, ve itself is like a fuse loaded with gunpowder. Each active step of the nerve is nke burning up of the fuse. The nerve action la like a series of burnings and explosions of the nerve chamicals. Amazing is the property of the nerve to rebuild itself. After each explosion the nerve cajls-wnain inactive about o^e-SOOth of a^fecond, then revive themselves, reedy for another explosion. . In the human brain there ere some 10 to 14 billion cells; tbey, too, appear to act like the nerve fibers. They explode and refill themselves, then explode again. Human intelligence is a product of such processes. Foods Left in Cans Foods may be left in tin cans after they are opened. However, such food must be properly refrigerated just as is done for all perishable food. Many people prefer to remove food from tins to their containers to make a neater appearance in a refrigerator than if it is filled with opened cans of food. Not only cabbage^ but other vegetables and fruits, should be cut or chopped just before serving to conserve vitamins. tfore surface erf food that la finely cut cornea in contact with air and certain vitamins destroyed by oxygen. Carrots?10 ?n?n, *yAr ones?in ? greased baking dish, eight marsbmallowm, cut la small plena*, *78 degrees Fahrenheit tor 18 minutes and VflilBfly 8flBbd~8H 8BSM* : ? ? CURACAO, NETHERLANDS WEST INDIAN ISLAND Traditional Dutch towns In a flamboyant tropical netting; arid land that draws water from ship*' holds instead of wells; a giant oil Industry in a country that produces no oil?theseuro some of the Incongruities of the Vest Indies islands of Curacao and Aifuba, where it has been announced a {protective Culled Slates force 's to by Honed. ^Cu^acno and Aruba (situated off uorwMtHi coast of Venezuela) are the largetK "huil most important' of the six islands of the Netherlands West Indies. says a bulletin from tho National Geographic Society. With their barren* neighbor, . Bonaire (now reported an internment center for local German residents), they form the southern members of the widely separated island clusters known by the group name of Curacao. The others?Saba, St. Kustatlus, and the Netherlands share of St. Martin?lie east of Peurto Rico, some 500 miles away. Although often called a colony, the Curacao islands normally form a constituent part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, tho bulletin continues. They are administered by a locgl governor and partially-elected council, whose headquarters ure at Willemstead, on the individual island of Curacao. Following the German attack on the Netherlands in May, 1940, Curacao's governor proclaimed the existence of a state of war. ShoytfyThereafter, British and French troops were reported to have been landed In the Islands to forestall any German attempt to sabotage their vast oil Industry. The French forces later were withdrawn. Curacao (210 square miles) and Aruba (69 square miles) produce no crude oil themselves. Yet they pour forth a steady stream of fuel, lubricating, dlesel, and other oils, of blgh octane, and lesser gasolines that feed the machines of war or peace. The answer to the apparent paradox is found in the island's three refineries, built to take advantage of the proximity of Venezuela's rich sources of oil In the Maracalbo region, about 170 miles southwest of Aruba. Two of these refineries a,re In the world's front rank. Aruba's giant establishment claims a record capacity of 286,000 barrels of oil a day. Another plant on Curacao runs it a close second. An ' endless chain" of tankers normally carries some three-fourths of Venezuela's crude oil supply to Aruba. and Curacao. Additional sources come from Columbia and the island of Trinidad. Outgoing petroleum products account for 95 per cent or more of the island's export trade, and are reported to be providing a large share o? Britain's power and lubrication for bombers and submarines, warships, and fighting planes. The spectacular growth of the Curacao oil Industry, within the last two decades, has brought many changes to the islands. Arid Aruba?which made a meager living in pre-oil days by fishing, "Panama" hat weaving, and the production of a few export articles for the drug and tanning trades increased in population from less than 10.000 Inhabitants in 1919 to more than 30,000 in 1939. Curacao-wlth an already thriving commercial life based on phosphate and other exports and the activities of Its free port of Wlllemstad?raised its population during the same period from some 34,000 people to more than 66,000. Although Curacao is slightly more fertile than Aruba, both islands suffer from water shortage. Much of the water supply comes from the United States In ships. With the loss of foodstuffs and other necessary Imports formerly received from abroad, the islands are now depending on the United States as their chief source of all supplies. In peacetime, Curacao has accommodated as many as 7,000 ships in a year. Because of the dutyfree bargains in goods from all over the world, Wlllemstad was known as a "shoppers paradise." The presence of the United 8tates workers and technicians, and the letting up on "company towns" with homes, *oK courses, clube schools, and commissaries, has already added ^ strong "Yankee" flavor to the International potpourri of these tropical Islands. Strategically situated between outlying islands of the Caribbean, the Spanish Main, and the Isthmus of Panama, Curacao early played an Important role in West Indies history. It I was the haunt of pirates and one of the largest shire markets In the Western Hemisphere. Discovered by the Spaniards in 1499, Curacao was seised by Dutch naral forces in 1634, to become a bone of contention In the three-cornered struggle for power between British, French, and Dutch nationals. It was finally awarded to the Netherlands by. the Treaty of Paris in 1816. Tgday, although Dutch is the official language and the Netherlands influence is paramount in neat and ^substantial Dutch architecture and traditional burgher ways of life, the native speech of the islanders gives evidence Of their International heritage*. Known as Patl^mentc, this tongue is a combination of Dutch, English, French, Indian, and Spanish, it tightly has been called a "perfect pepperpot of a dJaloctf* For Only 10^ Now * , L?ii th?n flUJflUJM ff?J- ' " Red Star Hurricane THE FIRST RUSSIAN PILOT to fly a British-made Hurricane fighter plane is shown in this picture, seated in the cockpit of his fast, deadly craft. The plant is a late, much-improved model of the famous Hurricanes which broke up the German air-blitz on Britain last year, and is one of the many similar ships sent to Russia during the last few months. Four of its gun ports, through which in combat pours a stream of machine gun and cannon bullets, may be seen in the leading edge of the plane's left wing, f ' ^i Horse Dragged ' From Oblivion f The old gray mare?she ain't what J Bhe used to be. Not yet; But she. and her brother, the horse, promise a quick recovery to that high place in the hearts of men and the com-; merce of the nation which they held many long years ago. For, with the already grave shortage of automobile tires and new de-, livery trucks and a^ probable future I dearth of gasoline and motorized farm equipment, the work horse is suddenly coming back into his own. A sharply increased demand for draft and farm animals has sent prices skyward in mid-WeBtern horse mar-1 kets during the last few days. And the rise 1b already reflected in the East, according to J. C. Keith, who operates the largest equine mart on the Atlantic Seaboard at his Boston stables. "Horse and buggy days, which the president said would never return, are here again," Mr. Keith proclaimed breathlessly, as he bustled between the jangling telephones and insistent messenger boys that were turning his recently quiet barns into a turmoil of trading activity. "By the time our next regular weekly auctions get into swing prices per pair of horses will probably have Jumped $50 to $75 over what they were last week. A good team of work animals will bring anywhere from $275 to $525," he said. "And even a i work-worn old plug will be up from | $35 to $50." Never before in all his forty-nine years of trading has seventy-year-ol^ Keith seen the horse market in such a furore aB it was this week. Two breeders from. Illinois who had promised to ship him a carload of horses apiece failed to deliver because their stock was Bold out at home. A New York dealer was bidding very fancy prices on two carloads (approximately fifty-six horses) for the Sheffield Dairy Farms. The market was short in Baltimore, Kingston, N. Y.; Norristown and Westchester, Pa. as it was in the great horse-trading center at Bacyrus, Ohio. Prices may go higher in the weeks and months to come, the Boston expert predicts. But he believes that the West and mid-West will be able to supply the country with all the horses It needs. He expects that his annual sales, which have totaled around 5,000 in recent years, will amount to 15,000 or 20,000 in 1942. "The streets of every city, great and small will soon echo the clatter of horses hooves and the rumble of wagon wheels. Much of our retail and wholesale delivery will be by horse and cart. The "whoa*" of teamsters will compete with the horn tooting of motorists for top noise honors. "But our return to horse-drawn traffic will be a lot more orderly than was the case in France,' 'Mr. Keith saya. "Here, we won't have the shortages which forced Parisians to convert sporting animals into dray horses. Even though our race tracks close down because of the war, we won't have to adopt the dangerous practice of trying to put high-spirited and obstreperous racers into harness." Although Vermont and New York, formerly great horse-breeding states, won't contribute much to the nation's new supply, their rural communities and those of Maine and New Hampshire will furnish eastern cities with something equally essential?teamsters! "We'll have to import men?and middle-aged men?from country villages to drive our new horses and wagons," veteran Keith declares. "The art is almost dead in cities now, and even young men on farms have never learned it. A country-bred boy in my own family hitched up a horse not long ago, and he had the traces so long that the poor animal was almost out of the shafts before he'd hauled the wagon a hundred yards." While horses will be plentiful and drivers can be recruited from rural areas, wagons, carts, buggies and pungs will be scarce In these parts. Fairly recent motorization of milk and bakery transports forced most of the hist-fltand wagon makers out of?' business. And Mr. Keith says there are only a dozen concerns extant In the Bast today, "It may be that a search of our farming areas will uncover a fair supply of wagons which can be used in the city," he suggested. "Conversion of motor truck bodies into vehicles to be drawn by horses is impractical. They are too heavy. A single horse can't haul more than 2.500 pounds, at best, and' most medium sized delivery trucks weigh that much empty." Merchants have delivery agents who believe that horse-borne transportation will be inexpensive have a sorry surprise awaiting them, according to Horse Trader Keiftt. Equipping, feeding, housing and caring for a horse is a great deal more costly than it was in the good old days. Double harness with collars, which sold for $30 in the Nineties, now cost $100, and a single rigging ,has risen from $18 to $60. In the past year the price of hay has jumped from $18 to $26 per ton, and oats from fifty cents to seventy-five cents a bushel. The minimum cost of feeding a work horse Is $5.60 a week now, whereas It was about $2.50 a quarter of a century ago. Boarding stables which provide complete care of an animal, wagon and harness, are charging at least $10 per week, against a maximum of $6 in the bygone horse era. Although only a scattered few livery barns are operating this year, where hundreds flourished in 1011, Mr. Keith does not believe that stable facilities will be a major problem. He says that In most cities old stable buildings are still standing unoccupied. These can be opened up qulok* ly after a little cleaning and minor repairs. QUICK RELIEF FROM Symptoms of Dlttrtts Arltlnf frovn STOMACH ULCERS ?? to EXCESS ACID FrooBoofcTtSftofNoMMTrootanatfhot In tHilp or ft WM Coot VooWilliRS Owr too Wllhi iflll WILUaP TRBATMKNT h*v? boea sold for relief of . i/mptomi ofdlrtro?ortoln?frotB? iwuli fWoCS DeKALB PHARMACY r **%"> "-' ? 'r-'' >VVj During threo docndes of motor supremacy, the price of shoeing a horse has leaped from $1.50 to $4. This will prove quite a costly item to the 1942 horse owner, for a work animal must be shod on an average of once a mouth. Finding competent blacksmiths to do the Job will not be easy. While there are dosons of smithies and forges around every big cHy, Mr. Keith claims there are mighty few who have kept their hands In an equine podlartry. Veterinarians who speclal^e in horses are scarce, too. Most modern animal medicos have cat and dog practices. But the owner who has a good horse, well fed, intelligently driven and not overworked, won't have much cause for calling In the "vet" in ordinary circumstances, Mr. I^eith says. PercheroiiB ahd Belgians are the best breeds for general work purposes. They should weigh between 1,200 and 1,500 pounds, and should never be forced to draw a load of more than a ton and a half. These breeds are at their peak when they are between six and seven years old, but give good service until they are about fifteen. "Feed 'em well and keep 'em clean. And you'll find 'em more reliable, if not quite so speedy as the horseless carriage," advises Mr. Keith, who doesn't know how to drive an automobile and, on threat of losing his chauffeur to the draft, is already reconditioning an old buggy for his personal use. KERSHAW YOUTH GETS PROMOTION IN ARMY James J. McDowell, son of Dr. and Mrs. W. C. McDowell, of Kershaw, has been promoted from the rank of private to sergeant, it was announced recently by his commanding officer at Gunter Field,-Montgomery, Ala. Seargeant McDowell Joined the Air Corps in August, 1941, and helps keep 'em flying now as an engineering clerk at Gunter Field, a basic flying school of the vast Southeast Air Corps Traiinng center where American and British aviation cadets win their wings. Sergeant McDowell is a graduate of Kershaw high school and an alumnus of Clemson college. McDowell's promotion to the rank of non-commissioned afflcer pushed him up three steps at one time, as he skipped the intermediate grades of private first-class and corporal.?Lancaster News. FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on March 21, 1942, Lncle W. Graham will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw county her final return as Guardian of the estate of James Leonard Graham, Jr., Minor, and on the same date she will apply to the said Court tor a final discharge as said Guardian. ~ N. C. ARNHJTT Judge of Probate Camden, 8. C., Feb. 18, 1942 FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on March 18, 1942, Willie Bell English and Thelma Omega Moody will make to the Probate Court of Kerabaw county their final return as Ezecutrlcles of the estate of Cora Lee Jackson, deceased, and on the same date they will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as aald Ezecutrlcles. N*. a ARNETT, ? judge of Probate Camden, 8. C., Feb. 12, 1941 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS All parties indebted to the estate of Marlon F, - Williams are hereby notified to make payment to the on dersigned, and all parties, if any, having claims against the said eetaU will present them likewise, dnly at tested, within the time prescribed bj law. C. G. KORNBQAY, Camden, S. C.. Nobody's Business Written for The Chronicle by Q?e McQce. Copyright, 1928. THERE 18 ONE CONSULATION AF. TER ALL: PEDESTRAINS DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A PLACE TO PARK 1 um suffering from that thru-leas fooling. Ah u inn It or of fart, 1 am doing. lots of walking and It' dooan't vol agroo with my hips. knee-joints, calves. ankloH, insteps, fuUeji arches, corns. and ingrowing toe-nails. My joints grow mtIff after awhile . . . for (ho purpose of resting. I believe It might- soon Lu ucceasury for nip tot hire a rubbing doctor, or nn osteopath or whatever kind of "path" you call them. ?I was so stingy 1 put ioff having . my tires recapped until the OI'M sal right kprdab down on any civilian (that's the kind of villlan I am) getting anything done to IiIh tires, and ho here I am. And 1 live exactly one mile and IS steps from my wife's homo where 1 stuy. We have a nice bus coining real close to our frout door, but they charge me every time I ride on It. I can't afford to pay 4 rides a day, two of them for the stuff that the doctor hIIowh me to eat (only) for lunch, which Is dinner to you. ?Well, I'll have to get used to perambulating. I have been thlnglng of either moving by business to the hottso or moving my family to the business. Since Japan set in, I have an unused office . . . which, by the way, UBed to be my private office . . that I never needed, as I had nothing private enough to ho kept from everybody hearing. My family being small could sleep and eat And set-up OK In it just about as cheap as I could ride a bus or walk. ?This war is going to teach many of us old fellows new tricks. We have already cut down on our riding, next cur will be on clothing, that Is?the kind we prefer, and last, but not least?before thiB thing is over, the question will arise about what to eat, where to get it,-and how to pay for it. Up to now . . we are, that is?most of us, are setting around and riding about and hoping and trusting that old Santa Claus will fix things up for us, but t!here ain't going to be any Santa Claus for the* duration, if you let me guess. HOW AND WHY HITLER HA8 WON 80 MANY VICTORIE8 1?Hitler has no labor agitators, ? hence no labor troubles^ such as strikes, Etc. 2?Hitler has no German enemies In his government set up, nor has he any friends (?) on his payroll who are working for England and America. 8?Hitler has either taken by force or has stolen everything of value in every country that he has overrun ? and appropriated the same to the use of the German people and Nazi army. 4?Hitler has made slaves of all he has subjugated and they are work- ? ing for him and his allies. (They, however, have a bhance to not work: they either elect to wojrk or be shot. * ^ 5?Hitler has lied himself into the confidence of several European rulers and then took advantage of all confidences, and later on? created many Quislings of the "Made in Germany" type. 6?Hitler had 4 years start of all the rest of the world in getting ready for this war. America and England were too busy to take heed of what that weakling was doing. 7?Hitler has taken over the money and wealth of all conquered countries by giving In exchange therefor bad checks, worthless currency, and broken promises. Hitler has not been pestered wi&ii men, la -hl* government who ate, , prejudiced, narrow, and envious? who object to this or that?that " might be of merit to hie war machinery. . \i , t?Hitler haa spies In every country. , His American spies appear to be amongst the "higher-ups" in our own government (Nobody knows now the extent of tho damage that our own people have don# to ^ their own . government, and in most cases?German cash was* at the bottom of it all. . 10?Hitler's friend Ferryman Mussolini, has aided and abetted him in a(l kinds of crime and dllttUfh ^ tion, and this monkey on a stick has been, a great help to the tfdsi >' vfnterests. .And'last, but not Ignat ?Hitler has made beasts out of ( his people and his allies: they Si ^ .. ~~~ *