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HOT Oil THE KEY) mm skipper. lu un (ho reel, Don ealle up to hat u .sniper in the army is not, ? complain about ?the food that m tx fore htm. "He la used to ^ lu> k ?ay? I>on. * Kow Uroen Was My Valet" might] title for a movie. One of comedy affairs, you know. m m Kv Myers, tjjat genial chap who I [cars down on DeKalb Street I me that when u motor car now^K ,,, , to need shoes it in about tor the driver to use his own. *? # ? ..i. quests that oats would make K tilling for tires. Mebbe so, but advised against parking the ear ^^^ ncur a horse. , * * i Knerals In the old days were al-1 ^K pictured as astride a horse, i King Into the distance with a: K; Nowadays they are invaria-! pictured as pointing to a spot on! with a pencil. Which simply] K ,o prove that the pencil is ] Kttie: than the sword. * ? K the same vein of thought?now K Tim civilian sale of typewriters, been stopped, we can dip our pen ^ riou-dy into the ink and ruminate Kw different from the old-fashion^ typt W! iter days when we always Kned *?' be changing ribbons." * * K preacher's success depends not K on his practising what he Kclu's hut on preparing what he ? h:< really happened and - if you I'l believe it. ask Beck. Automobile Ken by colored chap and carrying ^Ke live or* six children raced ^Bugh a red light at DeKalb and streets. Beck mounts his mo and^oars after the offender, stopHg him out near the Seaboard cross at Dusty Bend. ^ ^Hwhy did you go through the red Kt' veiled Beck at the frightened torist. "Well, you see Mister Beck, I done night the green light was for the j Kite folks and th^ped light for us , or?*d folks." 'Aw, eo on" said Beck. * We don't know whether Sam Ham-] Km), manager of the Haiglar theatre <i anything in mind when he exe-1 Kted a face-lifting on the popular] K)V1" house through the medium of ( ini:na the front, but we suspicion w.i.s ihlnking of the film sensation ^ Kasht'uL- Bachelor", which comes to He ;i,. iitor Monday and Tuesday, May H and 19. For this picture features <>* old favorites Lum and Abner ith Zazu Pitts in a screamingly] Hnny cracker-barrel comedy. For a Her I oiks, you'll love to gather around j He old cracker barrel in Lum and brier's store at Pine Ridge. If the let ure is half as side-splitting as Dreaming out loud", you'll be glad ou went to see it. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP Notice is hereby given that the arinershlp composed of the underigned and engaged in the general ontracting business in Camden, S. and Columbia, S. C., has by rauua! agreement been dissolved as of anil 1, 1942. QBORGE A. CREED I . D. J. CREED luted at Camden, S. C , April 29, 1942 [ ROSES and THORNS ] Hoses to Alderman Massebenu for getting iho jump on tho entire state in the prog rain of eliminntlng vagrancy. Two \yeeks ago Clyde culled us in nnil told us about his plan to have the police round up every vagrant in tho city and give them the choice of going to work, or doing a thirty days stretch on the city gang. * ? Last Friday morning Governor Jefferies proclaimed a state-wide program of a similar nature. Again we say?roses to Clyde. * * By the' way, one of the outstanding events in recent months was the action of the city dads in establishing a taxi license program in which a schedule of fares and requirements of insurance protection for passengers and property damage were incorporated. It was a constructive measure and places Camden right in the front ranks of being up-to-date. * The Camden baseball team has been playing to empty seats at the city ball park. While we are now ready to admit that our bailiwick is not baseball-minded, we still feel thut the outlandish hour of 4:30 for starting ganiCB has- kept manv_ fans away. With play concluding at anytime bo-tw-eeu 6:30 and 7 p. m. Jt is decidedly a belated pastime. ? * . And speaking of high school athletic activities, wo hope that therer will be ft renewal of band activity i^K schooL circles -when , the -school term,, opens next fall. It" wasn't out a yebr' ago that the Camden schools band was something to brag about?but last year? it had quality but sadly lacked in quantity. If Hartsville, Gaffney, Newberry, Orangeburg and other cities can boast of good school bands, there is no reason why we can't have one too. Let's do something about It. Did anyone follow our suggestion of going down to gaze upon the exquisite rose display at the Southern Cotton Oil company plant on DeKalb street early last week. It was a gorgeous sight. At the Camden Garden club flower show last Wednesday, there was a generous display of the Southern Oil roses. It was a flue exhibit. * Several days ago- we read in one of our favorite papers a reply by Fraily Post, famous authority on otiquette, to the question "shall a sol! dior's sweetheart go to a camj^ unI chaperoned, to see him before he sails." Emily says it^is not proper and we want to go on record as saying Emily Is clear off the beam. She is measuring army life with a civilian yardstick. It is ridiculous, stupid and silly. Emily jiever visited an army camp in her life?that is obvious. If she did, she would know that all girls are put up at guest houses and no soldiers are allowed in guest rooms at any time. As one of the Fort Bragg soldiers said "Men are dying every day now in battle. And they are dying without chaperonts." * . m - Wo take our hat off to the Sumter Legion. Post 16 of the Gamecock city, it Is opposed to the granting of "quickie" commissions in the army, navy, marines and air corps. The Post condemns the practise as unfair, undemocratic and .unwise In these critical times. The Post takes exception to the granting of commissions to men who have not had any previous military training or experience. ' Roues to Aarou Fletcher Fuuderburke, the 78-yoar old Pa^eland raaidout, who Is the oldest guardsman In America. M'. Fanderhuke wu our Kuest at the dedication of the now Wateree bridge and we enjoyed a long chat with hint. He told ua that when he applied for a place In the ranks of the Pageland home guard unit, they told him he was over the age limit. He drove to Columbia uud persuaded the state officials to wave the'age limit for him, which they did. And boltevo It or not, he passed i.h? physical examination with flying colors. And when you see the Pageland guards on the march, you'll see Private Aaron Fundorburko stepping along like a two-year old In a flat ruce. _ More roses to Bishop Herald P. O'Hara of. the Savannah-Atlantic Catholic diocese Who asked all the people of the diocese to remain home Sunday s0 they could be contacted by members of the war bond committee. Members of the Protestant churches of tho same area wrote to the chairman of the war bond campaign that they "stood ready to give every logitlmate cooperation, but felt that this work could bo done within the six days of tho week and not necessary to be brought Into tho Sabbath." A bunch of posies of radiant hue to the Camden Home Guard unit. Tho boys stepped out in force Sunday afternoon for the memorial services at the Quaker cemetery, and they sure lookod swell. They inarched like veteYans, executed various formations with machine-like precision and alertness, and in general made us feel mighty proud of them. * Cbngratulatlons to Mrs. Sadie VonTresckow for ono of the largest attended and most interesting memorial programs given here in many years. You may have heard and you will hear "America" sung, but we want to say the beauty of Mrs. E. M. Carter's singing of that beautiful air was a real treat. And what earnestness und eloquence was offered by Father Burke In his reading, "High Flight." r ?? Sport Potpourri ! f BY THE SKIPPER Camden baseball^ /fans wllb-Tememher Eddie Stanky, the ball of fire that- worked - at-sbort stop for Milton Shock's MacOn team In the **&AUey -reagiTe^Wt season. Ju particular they will recall^'the battle " of Dreyfuss Dell last summer when Stanky and Cap. Crosley got into a fistic encounter. Eddie really got under the skin of the Columbia-sports scribes and they panned him unmercifully. At the close of the 1941 Salley 'league season Stanky was drafted by the Chicago Cubs and this team turned him over to Milwaukee of the American association. Charlie Grimm, former Cub manager, now managing the Brewers, found Stanky a Bpark plug that has given him a wonder team this year. Milwaukee has won 14 out of 19 games so far played and has a commanding lead In the association race. Stanky Is leading the club and the league In hitting. Recently the Toledo Mud Hens dropped four In a row to Milwaukee and after the game Haney said, "That little short stop you've got, Ed Stanky, can't possibly be as good as ho played against us. Nobody can be that good. Ho gets balls tftat are base hits. Damned if I know how good he actually Is, but he's certainly not that good." The brilliant performance of the Milwaukee team has flred the Brewer fans Into a frenzy of Joy. They are Jamming the park for all home games and the average per game so far this season has been 18,000. This figure, by the way, Is better than the attendance mark of the National and American leagues. The University of Wisconsin reports that thd financial year which ended April 30, shows It was the third best In the history of varsity athletics. Receipts amounted to $817,211, with football contributing the largest share. Rasketball was the second highest in box office (returns. A year ago last Sunday we watched a polo game. Last Sunday would have been Ideal for polo. - i_ Who wanta to play softball? Art Robinson Is seeking to line up four leaps to play softball three times a week?doable-headers each time. We have tried for weeks to find softball talent around this ballwick, but the war seems to h?ye taken most : " ;y ... r * of the lad* who used to gambol on the diamond for us. How about it boys? Who wants to play on a team? . Just call the writer or Art Robinson and give your name, 1 " % Illinium,diii m. BY | llon^Mn j-lElBUfflq Gasollnb Rationing | Washington, May 13. Prlco AdI mtnlatraiur Loh>U Jleudortum bus announced'that the gasoline rationing beginning May 15 will permit distribution to non-essential users at a rate "between two and three gallons a week, probably ruearer two, with 110 prospect of getting It ubovo three." He estimated that non-eHeential motorists accounted for only about one-third of all car owners In the rationed areas. The term "non-essential", he said. Is applied to "autos JMA;Used for vocational or necessary purposes" and declared "we will furnish enough gasoline to get tho worker to and from his Joh", Tho gasolluo limitation will affect 17 Kasteru states and the District of Columbia has been tnade necessary because of a luck of sufficient transportation facilities as well as the diversion of petroleum supplies to our armed forces stationed at points most easily suppl'od from (tie Atlantic seaboard. Great 8ea Battle Tho full slgnifieahce of tho great sea battle which has been raging 1,000 miles off the northeast Australian coast cannot bo determined, but the whole strategy of the southwest Pacific war may well hinge on Its outcome. 3ervice Pay The bill to prowlde increases In pay for men In the armed aprvicos has been approved by tho house military affairs committee und sent to tho house for debate. It passed the senate by a 70-to-0 vote Marcjh 30. Increases for soldiers and sailors follow: privates and apprentice seamen, from $30 to $42 a month; privates first class und seamen second class, from $36 to $48; corporals and soamon first class, from $54 to $66; sergeants and petty officers third c|las8, from $60 to $78; staff sorgeant and petty officers second class, from $72 to $96; tlrst sergeants and petty officers first class, from $84 to $114; master Bergeants and chief petty officers, from $126 to $138. Under the provisions of the bill second lieutenants and ensigns would get $1,800 a year instead of $1,500. Also It^Cjnded In the pay raises are the army and navy nurses who will receive increases x?f from $20 to $30 a ~mohtB7 depending on their length of service. The bill eliminates the practice of giving privates a $10 a month increase after a years's service. Corregidor Wherever and whenever true heroism and courage are respected, men will talk of Corregidor and of the gallant losing fight which _ ended last week. If America needed another grim reminder of the necessity for a full and unstinted war effort she could find it In the fall of this Pacific fortress. More than 11,000 of our boys are presumed to be prisoners of war as a result of Corregidor's fall. The men who died there will take their places in history with the warriors who held tho pass at Thermoplae and the Texans who defended the Alamo. The willingness of men to give their lives to preserve benefits which they personally cannot hope to enjoy is tho highest proof of the deep love they hold for the American ideal. An American Privilege The word "sacrifice" should no longer be a part of the American language. As President Roosevelt said In his last message to congress "free men and women, bred in the concepts qt democrarcy and wedded to the principles of democracy deem It a privilege rather than a sacrifice to work and to fight for the perpetuation of the democratic ideal." Four-8tar Generals I had a letter this weelf from a young soldier I know who is stationed at Fort 8111, Okla., asking' how , many four-star (full) generals there are now in service with the United States Army. The answer is?there , are only two active duty officers en, titled to wear the four stars of a general; General George C. Marshall, army chief of staff, and General Douglas MacArthur, commanding the allied forces In the Pacific. Charles P. Summerall, president of the Citadel, at Charleston; held the temporary rank of a full general while he was army chief of staff. LUM AND ABNER FILM GRAND ENTERTAINMENT When Lum and Abner and their producer Juck Votion started to prepuce for "The Bashful Bachelor" see- ' ond in tlie series of Lum and Abnor tllins, thoy started reuding stories trying to find something suitable. But almost Immediately thoy gave up, and decided that 20,000,000 listeners of Lum and Abnor couldn't bo wrong, so Chester (Lum) Lauck and Norrfb (Abner) doff sat down und wrote their own origlnnl story. And why not, since they write their- daily radio sciipts? In this manner "Tho Bashful Bachelor" was born. "The Bashful Bachelor" makes no pretense toward anything oxeept an hour and fifteen minutes of chuckles, guffaws, and roars of laughter. For those 20,000,000 who know Lum and Abner on the air, there are actualities that they have been visualizing and imagining ever since they first tuned in the Lum and Abner program. There are Lum and Abner themselves. There's the Jot-em-down store and the main street of Pine Ridge. Then there's Squire Skir&p played by Oscar O'Shea in the picture and Cedric, portrayed by Orandy Sutton. Both of these characters have become incarnated for the first time, as Lum and Abner have spoken their radio linos thoinsolvos over since thoy conceived the two characters. Also (or those 20,000,000 and the other new fans Lum and Ahuor will polite with this new film, thoro Is Pitts giving one of her outstanding character portrayals ar the spln< stor of Pino lttdgo who has been waiting for over ten years for Lum to ask her to marry him. The remainder of tho cast Includes Louise Currio, beautiful blondo Ingenue who plays a pal and a confidant of Lum and Abnor; Irving Bacon, postman of the Blondie series, soon as the* sheriff; and Constance Purdy, a newcomer to tho screen, us tho Widder Abernathy who has boon casting romantic eyes at Lum for many years and who almost forces him to marry her In "Tho Bashful Bachelor." Most of the action takes place In the Jot-em-down store although there is plenty of excitement at the horse race at the county fair which Abner wins with a horse which he acquired by a tVade involving the Jo^em-down's delivery car. ;" The dialogue and situations are typical^ of the programs which have made Lum and Abner one of the moat outstanding teams on the air for the past eleven years. rMexlco has established government control of production, assembly and fHs?rlhiiilnn of motor vehicles. f sasB=a=s-a5=SSSSSSSSSSSSS HAIGLAR ? Monday and Tuesday RABBITS ON A RAMPAGE Everything between Lum and Abner Is as It should bev until Abner invest* In pair of rabbits. Then the fun begins. Before they know It, the Jot-'Em Down store Is overrun with them, and that's only the beginning. Louise Currle tries to cheer the part, ners up but It's no go. A scene from "The Bashful Bachelor", Lum and Abner's ourrent new hit comedy, produced by Jaok Votlon and released by RKO Radio. ZaSu Pitts is one of the hilarious merrymakers In this swell picture. When a Child Needs a Laxative I Your child should like this tasty liquid laxative and you should like the Qtnllt way it usually wakes up a youngster's lasy intestines when given by the simple directions. SYRUP OP BLACK-DRAUGHT contains the same principal ingredient which has enabled its older brother BLACK-DRAUGHT to give o many users such satisfying reUsf for so many years! Perhaps that's why it usually Rfrea a child such refreshing relief when the symptoms indicate a laxative Is needed SYRUP OF BLAOK-DRAPGOT auf i m, . i ii. * _ ~ For Only 10/Now . ^ L#? Hum ? L. '! a doca . ~ Tm opfrMdtrwrtad/ ' Camden Hardware ? '' > , " " '?eT% Jvf*IA ?MONDAY! - TUESDAY! _ y-r REMEMBER "DREAMIN' OUT LOUD"? , WHAT A SHOW! NOT A BETTEft SHOW, ? BUT JUST AS GOOD! Their 2tad SCREEN SCREAM!' //howdy, folks! Here we I egeln?straight from tke V \ Jot-'em-down t^ort in Pine J / Ridge, Arkanses.. witbi t ad our eld radio crowles , V V ?dncoiglo of wtwone^j Yes, slrree, neighbors, | you're In for a good laugh J when Lum courts Z*5u.. | | Thet gel sure looks good \ f to him..Must be he needs 1 L wwflitsort^ J , ' ' ??"^TONIGHTl?1?y Always Outnumbered ? Never ^^^RealGlo^^^ jj