Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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iwipes Ahead ( World War Peak ty of V. S. Plants Is icreasing Steadily. lNGTON. ? United States ,o already producing mora us than were made at the production in the last war, her capacity is under conaccording to traders in the 1 field, who said that vast .s of chemical materials , used for production of goods of all kinds were now evoted to powder output. , basic ingredient in trini, the famed tnt, is being nthetically from a petrolein two large plants erected lly for the defense promd chemical experts said ad been expected originally ;e plants, together with oth?r construction, would suphe toluol needed, tly, however, largely bef lease-lend shipments to i powers, the United States icnt has called upon the toluol industry to turn over ent of its production for exToluol is a by-product of j is derived from the cokeicess of steelmaking. ;e part of recent purchases to Russia for processing sive plants, also has taken large quanpicric acid for production sives. This material, which in large amounts in World for explosives production, erted to "Other uses during e interval, and its use here )sives was not resumed here have turned to use of 5S powder. Principal use of rid here has been in producilastics. a Peak* Receive Names of Scientists ERVILLE, CALIF. ? The >f four renowned scientists en given to major features jquoia National park. Elliott, park supervisor, said S. board on geographical ipproved national park servDmmendations for naming ures. 3f the names were given to n summits, all more than ;et high, none of which is an three miles from Mount , highest point in the United The summits were named Chamberlain, Hale, Newid Pickering in honor of the scientists. George Ellery Hale, for whom one ot the features was called, organized the Kentwood, Yerkes and ' Mount Wilson observatories. A high elevation between Rock and Golden Trout creeks in the park was named Boreal Plateau because plant life on the high, wind-swept area is similar to that found in the Arctic regions. Elliott said the highest pass over which a saddle horse trail passes in the country, 13,600 feet, was named Trail Crest. It is a sag in the main crest of the Sierra Nevada two miles south of Mount Whitney and on the boundary of .Sequoia National park. Britain Hopes to Ease War Workers' Shopping LONDON.?To help women warworkers who have no time for shopping during the week stores in Britain may decide to serve only warworkers on Saturday afternoons. They would have to show their factory passes before being served. This is the idea of Miss G. M. Cross, welfare officer at the ministry of health. She is trying the plan in the London area. The food control committee agreed to help and sent out 2,000 letters to shopkeepers asking for their support. If the shopkeepers agree Miss Cross will try to put over her idea in other parts of London and then in the North. "The idea is to make certain that women war-workers can go shopping once a week if they want to," said * ministry of health official. Loses 14 Lbs. in Week To Serve With Brother I new YORK.?A feature of the brisk enlistments here Into the tnned services was the swearing in ?* 17-year-old youth who was 14 Pounds overweight when he applied a week previously. The too-heavy recruit was Donald Covert of Ronkonkoma, L. I., a son ?f Lieut. Comdr. Graham Covert, n?w on active fleet duty. Donald ?nd his twin brother Eugene appeared at marine corps enlistment headquarters and Eugene,was accepted. But Donald, who is six feet toll, had too much "beef," so he went home, dieted and worked off hstUgh to en?ble bim to enThat Mosquito's Worse Than Bite of Lovebugi Washington.?Romantic u. sj soldiers stationed-In Caribbean sea .Ports should do their courting behind screen doors, Dr. Ernest C. Faust Tulane university advises prmy i doctors. It's bad enough to be bitn by the lovebug but the malaris carrying mosquito has a sting just bad. Tly swatters may bestandard courting equipment, with guttata, Vitamin E Curbs Muscle Diseases, Claim Doctors Thy synthetic production of a ' water-soluble form of vitamin E, recently found helpful in the treatment 1 or some diseases of the muscles, | was reported before the closing ses 8ions of the National Academy of Sciences. .< 1 he now form of vitamin E was 1 described by Prof. Lee Irwin Smith I w . , Univt'rs'?y of Minnesota.! natural vitamin E is soluble only in : Iat and therefore must be adminis- I tered by injection in order to be ! properly absorbed by the body. The fact that the new synthetic form can be made to dissolve in 1 water by the addition of a drop or ! two of hydrochloric acid, it was | pointed out, provides for the first ' time a vitamin E which can be taken orally. Studies which determined for the first time the exact wave-length bands in the ultra-violet radiations of the sun which produce cancer of I the skin by overexposure were reported by Drs. H. P. Rusch and B. E. Kline of the University of Wisconsin. It has been known for some time that over-exposure to sunlight is an important casual agent in cancer of skin. The high incidence of skin cancer in sailors, the report stated, "has long been known, and nearly 50 years ago 'seaman's skin' was described as a precancerous condition attributable to continued exposure to light." Date Seed Will Always Originate New Variety Due to the fact that a date seed will always originate a new variety but never reproduce its kind, the only way to perpetuate a variety is to propagate its offshoots. A date palm produces at, or near its base, 5 to 25 offshoots or suckers during the first 10 or 15 years of its life. These offshoots are cut from the parent palm when they have developed a root system of their own and are planted 48 females and 1 male palm per acre. The female palms bear the fruit which will mature and ripen only if the flowers are fertilized with pollen from the bloom produced by the male palms. The male flower alone has fragrance, attracting bees, so that it is necessary to collect its pollen and pollinate each female bloom by hand?a task beginning in February and lasting until May. This is closely followed by thinning and supporting the fruit bunches. Later, each bunch is covered with paper protectors to guard against rain?their worst enemy. From September until Christmas the fruit is picked once a week. Inasmuch as QlMh" dates On a cluster do not ripens? the same time, they must be picked individually. A cluster cannot be cut in a bunch like bananas. After the fruit is picked, it is thoroughly cleaned, graded and packed under the most sanitary conditions. When Cats Are Sick When your cat bapke away from his food, first examine his teeth. He may have an ulcerated or broken tooth that makes it painful to eat, and cats are averse to pain. If you find something wrong with his teeth, have the veterinarian take care of them. If his teeth are all right and he seems well, wait a couple of days for his appetite to come back. Check on him to see if he is constipated and, if so, give him a generous teaspoon of mineral oil on a flaked sardine and follow this with milk of magnesia twice a week. Continued refusal to eat, particularly if accompanied by fever, dullness and roughened fur, is a matter for the veterinarian. Of course, cats sometimes become bored with what they are fed and want a change. Old cats frequently become choosy. In that event tempt them with something dainty and nourishing, chicken meat, beef juice, whatever they fancy. Sometimes a cat's lost appetite is restored by a raw chicken head with the feathers left on but the bill cut off. Tung Oil Dr. David Fairchild of the U. S. department of agriculture first introduced the tung tree to California in 1905. Tung culture remained on a small scale and experimental level for 25 years, chiefly because manufacturers could obtain all they needed from China. But in recent years the acreage of tung plantations in this country has been greatly extended, and today about 175,000 acres in southeastern United States have been planted in tung trees. Of : this area only about 50,000 to 60,060 acres are in full production of the oil-bearing fruit. In 1940 the United States produced 5,000,000 pounds of tung oil, but imported nearly 100,000,000 pounds. Defrost Often For economy of operation, defrost often; frost thicker than a quarterinch acts as insulation, increasing operating costs. Cool all c<>?kejj ; foods before storing is another thrift hint. For quick defrosting torn the current off, removing ice cubes from freezing trays (they may be temporarily stored in a bowl), flil trays with hot water and replace. This causes the accumulated frost to melt quickly, after which the ice cubes may be returned to the freezing trays and the current turned on again for normal operation. , <. _ ' ~ V '~? I'V This Sergeant Acta ()ual Hole With Carrier t'igeona and Hayoneta ?U. 8. 810NAL CORPS PHOTO. Sergt. Max BronkhorMt A worker of miracles is Master Sergeant Max Bronkhorst. At Fort Sam Houston, Texas, he is engaged in the dual capacity of training homing pigeons for the Sigual Corps and in teaching New York clerks, Pennsylvania steel workers and young farmers from half u dozen states in the dexterous use of the bayonet. He has been breeding barrier pigeons since his boyhood in Rotterdam, Holland, nearly half a century ago. He brought 'a basketful of his Dutch birds to America long before the first World , War and with him they entered the United States Army. Both made good. Nearly everybody knows how pigeons are used in modern warfare for auxiliary communications and for pilots of airplanes whose radios go wrong. Parachute troops and military intelligence agents also need the courageous feathered messengers. Very few are downed by gunAre, the sergeant says, but a good many are killed by hawks and cats. He declares that with the best of food and care a pigeon will serve the Army and the nation for as long as 10 years. Bronkhorst is equally enthusiastic in his work as an instructor In bayonet practice.- He acquired his skill with the steel weapon while serving in the Dutch army and majored in its use in the A. E. F. He is especially proud of his bayoneteers in the squads at Fort Sam Houston. I have never seen anything like them, he says. These men are just superior, and that's all there is to it. I've seen bayonet fighters of all races but none will be able to stand up against these American boys. Soldiers from the farms, adept in handling the pitchfork, are handy with the bayonet l?ut he ingles out the Pennsylvanians for the highest praise. "Especially these Polish boys from the steeijnills," the sergeant grins. "The Poles have a perpetual resentment of the wrongs suffered by their native land. They can come to grips." NOTICE State of South Carolina County of Kershaw , In the Court of Common Pleas Ex Parte: Harold W. Funderburk, receiver of the Bank of Bethune, In liquidation. To all Creditors and Depositors having Claims or Interest in the Bank of Bethune, in Liquidation:,' You will please take notice that the undersigned receiver has petitioned the Court of Common Pleas for Kershaw County for an order to Anally liquidate and wind up the affairs of the Bank of Bethune and for an Order Axing the compensation of the Receiver and the compensation of his attorney. You will further take notice that said receiver will petition the Court for the conArmation of such settlements as have heretofore been had with depositors of said Bank and the Anal Order excluding them or any of them from participating in the Anal dividends to be hereafter paid the depositors of said Bank of Bethune, and for such other and further Orders as may be requisite in the Anal closing of said bank. ? You will further take notice that all claims shall be Aled with said receiver on or before the 27th day of April, 1942, and all depositors shall Ale with the undersigned receiver within thirty (30) days from said date their .present address and | or the present address of any heir, distributee or administrator of any deceased depositor. You will also take notice that failure to Ale said notice and claim and said address shall exclude such depositor and | or claimant from participating in the Anal dividend as provided by law. HAROLD W. FUNDERBURK, Receiver of the Bank of Bethune l-4sb CITATION The State of South Carolina County of Kershaw By N. C. Arnett, Probate Judge Whereas, Mrs. Bezella Shiver made suit to me to grant unto her Letters of Administration of the Estate and Effects of Lester A. Shiver, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors of the said Lester A. Shiver deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Pribate, to be held at Camden, 8. C.J on Saturday, April 18, next after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration! should not be granted. Given under my hand this third day of April, Anno Domini, 1942. N. C. ARNBTT, I Judge o/f Probate for Kershaw County NOTICE | State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. In the Court of Common Pleas ! Ex Parte: Harold W. Funderburke, receiver of the Bank of Bethune, in liquidation. To all Creditors, Depositors and! Stockholders having claims or Interest in the Bank of Bethune, in Liquidation: The receiver of the Bank of Bethune, having Aled his petition for an order winding up the affairs of the Bilnk of Bethune And for An order for allowances for costs, fees and commissions. And the receiver having further petitioned for an order conArming certain settlements heretofore had with certain deposjtors in said Bank, Notice is hereby given that on the 27th day of April and on such days IhefeaTter as said meeting may be adjourned to, the undersigned will take testimony and hold su<to hearings on said matters as are required bjr submit the same to the court of Common Pleas for Kershaw County .^together with his findings of fact and conclusions of law thereon I i* _,W' h. 2ePA8S. JR. . Master tor Kershaw County : gs -XSte-'XjMr 1+ j'-T. GROW YELLOW CORN FOR THE HEN'8 SAKE Clemson, April 11. ? Yellow corn Is better than white for all classes of livestock, especially for chickens because they are smaller animals and very sensitive to lack of the right ingredients, minerals, and vitamins in the ration, says P. H. Ooodlng, Clemson extension poultryman. Farmers should grow at least enough yellow corn for their poultry. Yellow corn supplies vitamin A, which white corn does not," Mr. flooding explains. This vitamin Is necessary to make hens lay well; to make the eggs hatch beet; to make chicks grow faster; and to prevent an eye trouble known as Xerophthalmia or nutritional roup. About 45 bushels of yellow corn together with other Ingredients will be required to brood 300 chicks and grow 100 pullets out of this brood to laying age, and one bushel will be required for each hen in the flock per year. From these facts and the approximate yield of corn per acre, the farmer can tell how much corn to plant for poultry. Yellow corn is an early-maturing corn, as a rule, and to get the largest yield It should be grown on fertile soil. Many have claimed that yellow varieties will not yield as well as the white varieties, but tests indicate that if seed is used from yellow corn which has been grown In the Btate for some years, the yield is as good as that obtained from white corn. Trials by the South Carolina Experiment Station show that Mill's Yellow Dent, Marett's Yellow Chief, and Wood's Improved Golden Dent, yield about as much corn per acre as the common white varieties, and there are probably other good varieties of yellow corn. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS All parties Indebted to the estate of J. W. Dunn are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all parties, if any, having claims against the said estate will present them likewise, duly attested, within the time prescribed by law. MRS. LILLIE R. C. DUNN Administratrix Camden, B. C., March 28, 1942 FINAL DISCHARGE Notice Is hereby given that one month from this date, on April 18, 1942, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return as Administrator of the estate of Etta T. Perry, deceased, and on the same date 1 will apply to the said Court tor a final discharge as said Administrator. R. M. PERRY Administrator Camden, 8. C., March 18, 1942 WOMEN!" speak for ~ . * * : # . visE Good Pasture 'Cheap Cow Food Dairy and livestock products are receiving first call from American farmers under the Food-for-Freedom program, V. T. Mullen, Work Unit Conservationist of the Lynches River District, said this week, and he pointed out that for cows to reach maximum production they must have the best possible forage. Good pasture is the cheapest feed a farmer can produce, the conservationist said. A good pasture can frequently be made to produce more feed per acre, at less cost, than many of the other feed crops. Also, a good pasture sod protects the land against erosion. However, on many farms, pastures are subjected to greater use and more abuse than any other portion of the farm, Mr. Mullen adds. This accounts for the failure of many pastures to provide adequate grazing at a time when It is needed. The conservationist warns against too early grazing of pastures in the spring. Too early grazing and continuous close grazing always results in the plants of low vitality. When grasses go into the hot, dry summer months In a weakened condition, they frequently die. % Other practices which Mr. Mullen recommends include the application of lime and fertilizer, spreading of barnyard manure, clipping as often as necessary to prevent weed seeds from maturing, and the provision of supplemental pasture such as pearl millet, Sudan grass, or kudzu for use during the summer months when the regular pasture is usually short. By doing these things, Mr. Mullen points out, farmers will be able to carry over livestock on fewer acres and be able to produce more milk and meat at a lower cost of production. Patrick Men Held In Forest Fires -^heraw, April 8. ? Deputy Sheriff Lee Melton arrested two white men, Louis Gainey, 35, and Roy McLean, 25, who live near Patrick, and charged them with setting a Are out in the government-owned Sand Hill area which burned over about 5,000 acres of government-owned land which is in charge of the forestry commission of South Carolina. The men were taken before Magistrate J. W. Ratcllff, where Mr. Melton said they acknowledged setting the Are and explained that last Saturday they were riding in the back of a truck in area and struck matches to light their pipes then threw the matches out and the grass caught.^"" Then, Mr. Melton said, they continued to strike matches and throw them out to see if they would catch in the straw, which they did. The Are burned for three days, said Randolph Lee, the director of the area, for the forestry commission, and did thousands of dollars damage to timber and young trees that harve been set out In the past few yegrp^ The magistrate imposed a Ane of $16 on each of .the men or 30 days on the road. Mr. Lee said several days ago a Are which started on a farmer's land homed more than $.000 acres of the government-owned area. W i ' .--*??* J.. -T" i Negro FBI Agent ] Wins Commendation Now York, April 8. Oao day back In HUil Theodore taking hia daily cantor through Washington'* Itook Crook park, turned to the Negro nunmtod policeman accompany tug him and naked: "Have you got a hoy who would liko to go to work"?" Officer Joseph A, Amoa noddod Tvo got one 1 can t control", ho replied. "All right," rejoined the President el the Lulled States, "that's the one I want." Jatuos K. Amos, the boy whoso pappy couldn't control him, for ulinost II years was Theodore Itoosovult s bodyguard, Jack of-ull-trndus and ehief idolutor. At 68 James K. Amos is ono of the Negro agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Not once but several j times ho has won the personal commendation of FBI Director J. Edgur j Hoover for Jobs well done. ^ He played an important role In the nation's biggest spy case, in which 3 persons wero sentenced for helping steal Uncle Sam's secrets for Hitler. ^ He Joined up with the bureau to* August, 1921, and has Bervod in Washington, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Chicago, Detroit, Boston and Miami, as well ns in New York. Shrewd, patient and observing, bo once apprehended a man who hud killed another on a battleship, after the bureau bad been hunting him for 16 years. Among his choicest memories Is his association with Theodora Roosevolt. ~ ^ -7 "He was one of the moBt regular ' men 1 ever worked for in my life," he says. An expert on guns, Amos always t tried out T. R's before the latter would use them. If AmOB said a gun was no good, It was sent back. He wrote a book about Mr. Roosevelt, "A Hero to his Valet" which won t* him an honorary membership in the International Mark Twain society. His knowlodge of the White House during T. R's tenure of office evoked an Interesting bit of testimony during the spy trial. Frederick J. Duquesne, one of the defendants, said he was a frequent visitor to the White Houbo when the first Roosevelt was president. The government called Amos to the stand. No, Amos testl- ? fled, Duquesne was not. An expert marksman as well as a specialist in guns, Amos regularly ^ ' reports for work at 7 a. m. He la not required to be there until 9:30. Seaboard Celebrates Return,Of Road Norfolk, Va., April 18.?Maybe April is a day of no special' historical significance to you, but it is to the Sea- . board Railway, On April 20, 1865, General W. T. Sherman wrote a letter which returned to its owners part of the railroad, then known as The Raleigh and Gaston, which had been commandeered for use by the Northern forces during the War Between The States. Now, 77 years later, when all 'of America is united against a common enemy, the Seaboard feels this date has increased significance and piognancy. Written "In the Field" at Raleigh, N. C? in General Sherman's ownhand, this letter was recently discovered in an old tin box at the General Counsel's Seaboard office at Portsmouth. On the back was the potation, "Letter of Gen. W. T. Sherman In regard to the Cedar Creek Bridge"? one of the bridges over the Roanoke and Tar rivers in North Carolina which had been burned by Confederate forces to stop the northern advance. General Sherman writes, "My construction party is now equipped and can repair the Cedar Creek bridge very quick. If you will meet Colonel Wright there he will agree with you as to Repairs and c." He goes on to say that he has no objection to the return of the railroad, but "would like to borrow or jjyl rent of you for a few days some locomotives and cars" ? presumably for ending bis troops back north. He adds, "Any arrangements made with Colonel Wright will be respected by me, and I think I am safe In the assurance that Gen. (Joseph B.) Johnston will approve any bargain we may make." ~~ ' vWSR FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on April t7, 1942. Mrs. Emma HlHon Jordan WW -J3 make to the Probate Court ot Kershaw County her final return as Executrix of the estate of L J. Jordan, deceased^, and on^^MUnsijlate^she Camden, B. C., March M, 55. -jfe Officers are toveatigalto* the origin of other recent flree to this area,