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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE M. O. NIL-E8, Editor ?nd ProprUtor published ovory Friday at 110* North lirottil 8tr??l, and tho Camden. 8uuth Carolina a? oocond claaa mall matter. Kf.? your 11.00. No ubaerlptlona lean than 81* Mentha. In all th? ftubucrlution prlco Ih du# and payabj* frxssrw uWtptton. .r. c.ncalled when aubacrlber falls Represented In New York by the Aimer can Preaa Aaaoclatlon and elsewhere y all reliable Advertising A**nc[""# aeoept no advert lain* of a doubtful nature unil try to protect our patrona frorn S&"rlwnl.\Yon b, A.lv.rtl..r._ No l.lquor Advert loomonto *uo*fi^!.n ...? price. Church notices WJtrtished no* Tarda of thanka and notice* of *ot#h talnmanta where an 0f charged will be charged for Tribute*> or rcaoect and obltuarlea will be charged for All ccnintunloatlona muat ho algned. otherwtae they wll) be deatroyed. Friday, March 13, 1942 f " - 1 tad CM^> I ' A*?'**. HE 18 NOT AN ALARMI8T A very earnest and thoughtful cltl* ton of Marlon, on Tuesday morning, endeavored to porsuudo aomu friends to take a more serious vlow of the war situation. Ho urged them to cohho regarding tho war of minor Importance and as the which wo will quickly and decisively win. He cautioned thorn that It would be well If all cltltaw realized that a long. deadly and costly war Is on our hands, and plead with thorn to arouse themselves out of their lethargy. They laughed at him; called him an "alarmist" and refused to lake him seriously. Wednesday morning came the sad news from the Philippines -- "Raymond Sloan, Marion lud. lost In action." Thus tho war roully comes homo to us; thus | our earnest friend proves that he is no mere alarmist, hut, on the other hand. Is a wise man, who full well realizes that all of us must light at home and on tho Held of battle. ^ Let those scoff who wilt; but tho day ^ la coming, and coming soon, when ^ every dollar in Marlon, will ho thrown! into the gigantic effort of winning Victory and preserve Freedom. Laugh ^ today; woep tomorrow.? Marion Star. noTollypops for junior ( Many a father will call his ].ttl?i( clan together in the next week or two to announce the sad results of 1 Ills analysis of his Income tax blank. | 1 With his forehead furrowed, he will J ' point out that the tax is the biggest in history and that to pay It each 11 member of the family will have to t routine his purchase to bare neces- < V allies. Mother will have to postpone i her shopping trip, daughter will have ? to stay home from the movies and i Junior ;nust stop asking for lollypops. It's too bad that we didn't all start I saving Income fax payments last September. We all meant to. but It seemed a long way off then. Now , we are faced with the tragic reality , of having to put the money on the lino by March 15. It's a lucky thing we can pay tho tax in Installments, or somo of us i would have to do all kinds of financial acrobatics to lay our hands on < enough cash. This first tax on the payment will ( probublv bo the hardest -but not t necessarily the biggest. It will be j s the hardest because many of us have-| > n t planned for it. After making that . ( first payment we may really do some-j ;i thing about saving to make it easier j next time. ' Income tax may not get any big- ^ f ger this year. Next year It Is apt to i < increase and H is still possible that Congress will put through a new tax on wages which will be deductablo , ^ at source - tills year. !?. We might as well look at a big tax j t. as something permanent. At least It ; il will go on until sometime after the _ war is over?atul when that will be | is nobody's guees. j Rut, since, as far as we can see, t ahead now. a big tax is coming up,b every vear. or every three months, j f< let's all make up our minds to save ,11 i>r it regularly. It will help keep peace a the family and it will make It casr?r for our local storekeeper who will eel tho brunt of father's "stop huy:ig" order.?Chesterfield Advertiser. THE POCKETBOOK of KNOWLEDGE America is mow *TURvllM<5 out MORS airplanes than oekmany; act0rwn6 to official estimate* vi fmachot* a*fc KtfT IN "active" >. stwvice fc- k* w a?a>f 7 l yeahi, *h.k which thty ake "hetikup"-. thou6m "they *t'u *v*y be k-tp 11* pjc*41m6 ? wppue* : i WMfN TEA WAV Fir*T ihrtW. "E? INTO ENGLANt? IT WAS bKt vVt S LARtjtf (JUANTITieV ANVKEIfGf. TAP" A KC<5. UKfe" Wtft'R. A COMBINATION HAlR PRV* R ANP RAPlO HA$ Been PATENTER FOR. (J6E IN dEAUly MIOFtf i tfcrr f J FOR Many mojth* -we :STEEL INDUSTRY HAS BEEH VU9HKIMO 24 HOURS A PAY. 7 DAyS A WEE*. TO \HO<eAfE GTE EL PRCVOCnoH * w tfifa r Record of Accidents For Keshaw County Motor vehicle drivers who operated on (lie wrong side of the road caused the greatest number of Kershaw ounty accidents in 1940, the latest rear for which figures are available, according to state highway department statistics. These drivers were blamed for six )f the 32 accidents reported in the munty. Another type of careless driver, one who failed to signal or gave the Improper. signal, was second with four iccldents blamed upon him. Kershaw county was fortunate in hat only one accident was attributed :o a puncture or blowout but the . buncos are agninst a repetition of uich good fortune this year because of the rubber shortage. No Kershaw accidents were blamed on smooth or worn tires and this classification, too, Is expected to show an Increase in 1942. Kershaw county reported one of the lowest number of accidents of nny county, its record being bettered by McCormick, I^ancaster, Allendale, Hamberg, neaufort. Cherokee, Dillon, Kdgefleld,- Fairfield, Hampton, Lee and Saluda. Other causes of accidents in Kerihaw county wore: reckless driving, 1; driving too fast for conditions, 3; iriver had been drinking, 3; pedesrian, 3; inattention, 2; disregarded lignal. 2; mechanical defect, 2; drlrer asleep or incapacitated, 1; right>f way violation, 1; and Improper ution of bicyclist. 1. Richland county had the greatest lumber of accidents. 459, and it was ollowcd by Charleston. Greenville, tpartanburg and Florence. IN APPRECIATION We wish to thank the many frlonds or the beautiful tlowers and the kind xpressions of sympathy in our reent bereavement.?The Frasier Famly. : I 'Antioch Pioneer Called ByJ)eath Mrs. I-aura Cannlngton Campbell, age 75. died at her home !n the Antioch community at 1 o'clock Monday morning, following an Illness of four months duration. The deceased was born at Pageland, January 18, 1867. She was married to John J. Campbell and has been a resident of the Antioch community for flfty flve years. Besides her husband. John J. Campbell of Antioch, she leaves"'one son, George Campbell, of Camden; a daughter, Mrs. Bell Shoautt, of Washington, D. C.; and a brother, Elmo Cannlngton, of Monroe, North Carolina. The funeral was held Monday afternoon at 4:30 from the Antioch Baptist church, with interment in the adjoining church yard. March Winds To Change to Zephyrs Gale-like vTlnds which prevailed in Camden over the week-end slowed down to mere zephyrs by the middle of the week, and according to the weather bureau spring-like weather is Just around the corner. The weather forecasters declared that there will be several days of continued cold, but that the quieting down or the wind will take much of the bite out and make the temperature seem mild in comparison to what it was earlier in the week. The wind velocity in Camden on Sunday night reared an intensity of about twenty-five miles per hour, t?ut Monday if was blowing at a thirtyfive-in ile-per hour degree. The rainfall Sunday afternoon and night aggregated 1.82 inches. Rainfall so far this month is approximately 1.75 inches above normal, whilo the total for the year is .70 of an inch above normal. STATE THEATRE KERSHAW, S. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 13 "H. M. PULHAM, Esq. Hedy bamarr Robert Young SATORDAY, MARCH 14 "STAGE COACH EXPRESS" Don "Red" Berry SATURDAY, MARCH 14 10:30 P. M. I "TUXEDO JUNCTION" Weaver Brothers and Elviry MONDAY and TUESDAY MARCH 16?17 "YOU BELONG TO ME" Barbara Stanwyck Henry Forrda WEDNESDAY, MAR. 18 "SMALL TOWN DEB" Jane Withers THURSDAY, MARCH 19 "BLUES IN THE NIGHT' Priscilla I^nne Betty Field Richard Whorf ADMISSION: Matinee, 20c; Nlqht, 28o h Children 20o any Urn* REPAIRS We carry a large stock of REPAIRS for FARMALL TRACTORS, and all other FARM IMPLEMENTS 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 Rutledge Street n- . . 1,.^. .1 ..III. I|yi I 1 taks rrtp? to avoid i > accimntc / % - ?v _ wL HMtoNAi tAnrr ccufca. ^ . Shaw Field Staff . Visitors in Camden Lieutenant Colonel B. M. Hovey commanding officer at Shaw Meld, with his command, visited the Air Corps Training Detachment of the Southern Aviation School hero last week. The v tailing officers were taken on a tour of the school and Its facllties by Captain Henry C. Huglin. commanding officer of the local school. I together with Captain. Brown and , Lts. Fahs and Hauprlch. The Shaw Field officers motored to Camden In time to have dinner at the school mess, after which an inspections of the various buildings and the flying line was in order. Trey then were driven to Bateman Field, and then to the Aviation Club recently opened in the city by the school. The officers accompanying Colouel B. M. Hovey were Lt. Col. D. A. Cooper, executive officer; Lt. Col. Clurr, director of flying; and First Lt. Roller, commandant of aviation cadets. These officers though from a large new Basic school found much of interest In the Camden institution. HOME-COMING DAY OBSERVED AT CASSATT BAPTIST CHURCH There will be a home-coming day observed at Cassatt Baptist church on March 29, 1942, being the fifth Sunday with the program commencing at 10 o'clock, with a song and praise "service. Rev. J. T. Outen is the pastor and he cordially invites the public. The program is as follows : 10:30 a. m. will be an lnspiratloual address by Rev. J. A. Falle, followed by a sermon by H. J. Wood; lunch at 12:15; duet; enrollment; address by Rev. B. S. Broome; sermon by Rev. T, P. Christmas. Adjournment. Publisher Extols Literary Life And Traditions r I have George Palmer Putnam 1 tell it, publishing is a romantic business. Writing, exploring, politics are all part of the game as this notable publisher has played it. But he came by it naturally. Not only his father, but his grandfather as well, Putnam reveals in the January Cosmopolitan magazine, were publishers, and he was not one to discontinue the tradition. In fact, he carried it on in the grand literary fashion, and his Cosmopolitan autobiography is replete with anecdotes of celebrities he has encountered and of the feats he has accomplished. Putnam talks glibly of his experi- 1 ences with such varied personalities 1 as Ethel Barrymore, President Coolidge, Leopold Stokowski, Douglas < Fairbanks, Sr., Professor Auguste Piccard, and Dr. William Beebe. But of his late wife, the renowned avia- ( trix Amelia Earhart, he speaks with reverence. She possessed the qualities of which hero-stuff is made, he says. Chief of these besides courage xre modesty and reasonableness. She furthermore had cool wisdom and a rare power of appraisal. In 1928, Putnam relates, Miss Earhart became the first woman to fly the Atlantic, but she gave credit where it belonged?to the pilot. But being, as she herself expressed it, merely excess baggage, she determined to make it alone, and four years later she did. But Miss Earhart's best known flight was her most tragic. After months of preparation she was ready, on June 1, 1937, to start a round-the-world hop. Her plane, the Electra, was already warming up when Putnam and his wife arrived at the airport. They retired into the hangar and on the chill concrete stepB held hands. "There la very little one says at such times," writes Putnam. "As she walked out he seemed very small and feminine ?a little girl seeking to do with a rery large world what had not been done before. A month later, Amelia Earhart and her plane disappeared somewhere near Rowland Island in the Pacific." For the superstitious: There will e' three "Fridays the thirteenth" lis year?In February. March and fovember. Police And Firemen Take Precautions An oil truflt, loaded with 4,000 gallon*) of gasoline partially overturned when being backed out of tho Langston Service Station hurt) Thursday morning. With gasoline gushing from the tap on tho top of tho big tanker, police and firemen formed a cordon about tho area and ordered spectators with lighted 'cigarettes and cigars to leave. Fire Chief Buddy Denton sent a company of firemen to the scene as u precautionary measure. The Langston Service Station is located in the business area of the city and several rods front the post office. "Bill" Bates Now ~ First Lieutenant That Colonel Clark Williams' investment in American character has been productive of splendid results Us evidenced in the splendid rocord made by William W. Bates, Jr., the first holder of the Camden scholarship provided by Colonel Williams. Word has been received In Camden of tho promotion of William Bates to First Lieutenant In the United States army. Lieutenant Bates is located at Edgewood Arsenal, in Maryland. * lie graduated from tho Citadel last June and enlisted in the service of his country July 1, with the office of Second Lieutenant. He has been with a training battalion in a fourweeks course of ''unit gas" aviation, and spent three months at Fort Benning, (ia. "Bill" Bates, as he is known: to all of his friends and acquaintances in Camden, is the son of Mr. qnd Mrs. W. W. Bates, Sr., of this city. High Wind Causes Death On Highway Hartsville, March 9.?Exceedingly high winds were blamed tonight for the death of John Hoy Jenkins, 25, of Kershaw, who was killed today when his. automobile went out of control and crashed seven miles north of Hartsville on the road to McBee. Deputy Sheriff M. H. Williams, of Hartsville. one of the investigating officers, said indications were that qxtremely heavy gusts of wind had battered the Jenkins car, causing it to swerve and sway "four or five times." "It looked as though the wind just hit his car and knocked it out of the driver's control," the deputy said, "and he failed to regain control of the car before It crashed. The wreck tossed the driver 40 yards away from his car." "It was blowing hard while I myself was on the way out there. The wind threatened to blow my car off the roud several times. It hit my car especially strong whenever we emerged in the clear from areas of the road bound by trees." Scarce Girl Angler: "I want your best silk line for catching a big fish." Floorwalker: "Stockings on the third floor, miss." Control Post Now In Post Office (Continued from first page) quested permission of the war department to stage one in tho near future. Announcement of the date! and time will be made next week. Regarding the new sirens, ordered Tuesday, and to be installed In two weeks, Mr. Shannon stated that 1 whereas, the present fire sirens are 1 half horse-power affairs the Pew ones will have eight times the power 1 and volume. The sirens will be so 1 placed as to provide warning to every section of the city. I SICKROOM I 1 SUPPLIES! Buy yowslcfcroom supplies have your prescriptions micd 3 carry a complete stock of qu|S merchandise at reasonable price?^S| order will receive the prompt ser3 that a prescription receives. TyJj when you need sickroom sumfcM W* um Mmrck Proscription j, 1 DeKalb Pharmacy I Phone 95 | Dr. Matthews Dead h Funeral services for Dr. Herlfl Jerome Matthews, prominent and J loved physician of Elliott, were k? at the Elliott Baptist church T)3 I day afternoon, February 19, condS i ed by his pastor, Rev. j. t. LI J Dr. Matthews died at Tourney bJ pital, Sumter, Tuesday ovenlng ojfl heart attack after undergoing a m? ioys operation. He was a deity? member of the Baptist church 3 many years, acting as treasurer foil number of years. He will be gretti? missed In the 'town, county and ifl rounding community. j He leaves his widow, who was MM Mary Fogle, of Orangeburg, behfl marriage; one daughter, Mrs. J.fl Bridger of Bladenboro, N. C.; onettfl H. J. Matthews, Jr., of Greenville;^! grandchildren, three brothers andifl sister.?Bishopville Messenger. ]! Soldier, Hunted By] Police, Found Dead] Columbia, March 3.?Sgt. Thorn? A. Bucknave of Fort Jackson, soa(jl by police In connection with the short? ing yesterday of Mrs. Margaret LouM Bowers, 20, of near Chester, nfl found dead this afternoon, a pM? wound through his head and a ptstfl on the ground beside him. ! Deputy sheriff Tom Scott deecriH ed the soldier as a disgruntled nil of Mrs. Bowers. j Coroner John A. Sergeant sail tkfl Buck'navage shot himself. The MM was turned over to Fort Jackson I? thorities. The soldier was from Philadelphi? MAYOR McCORKLE "J Camden's appreciation of its t*M term mayor, Fg N. McCorkle, was a? pressed emphatically Tuesday vlM the citizens of the progressive IS shaw county seat broke a 209-ye*H old precedent to name hbn for ? third consecutive time. That Camden has advanced durh? Mayor McCorkle's regime is best? tested by the growth of the cityiM the lino forward looking spirit tf? deuced in so many ways. Confidence such as his constitueM? have shown him put added respoiM bill ties on Mayor McCorkle's shod? ders but we predict that he will W? them well and that his comin* years will be not Just a continuu? of, but an Improvement over, his ft? four."?Columbia State. It takes 700 gallons of water? quench one ton of red hot coke. SAVEJ?"iX"Srl BICYCLE 1 77rt?S, PEDALS, CHAIN GUARDS I OTHER ACCESSORIES for repairing m your old bicycle. j|H Barringer Hdw. Co. I