Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IhOT OIF THE Kit* I I^THE SKIPPER. I lleuil of mine who has been in iKorth and visited a number of Kgbt clubs along Broadway, telle M,tl about the eaeleat way to get i CiniuK for the latest dance steps tip over a bee hive. j you ever hear the story of the : ttber who walked into a tavern be course of his welfare work ^ ordered a glass of milk? By mis1^^ ,e was served a milk punch. Irinking it the preacher lifted ,8 upward and murmured, ''Oh vital a cow!" i iu Slick's place the other 01l we were sitting around g dopes und spinning yams. got quite a laugh when we out the ventriloquist who ata uegro funeral. What hapwhen the ventriloquist exerted j >uliar powers was told by an-, negro at the cemetery. I sub." he reported, "when egius to lower Rastus into de he says. "Let me down easy they go ahead and bury hlm?"| a listener. j in de world does I know? I pack!" * i detiuitiou of a golf ball Is: ill white Indented object which s on the tee while a perspirizeu fans it vigorously with a :lub." ? weet young thing iu a class t the Camden high school leaner to inquire of the youth in xt seat. "What are the initials International Youth Quorum?" uth replying, "I. Y. Q." Sweet thine. "Aw, gee, I. Y. Q. too!" ild. who is always godd for a wit dropped in to tell us about inister who was just closing s in his church and said, "And line, brethren, let us pray. I k brother John to lead.'* ler John (awakening from a "It's not my lead. I just * * * aLo advises me that a wovo? ahulary is said to be about ord-. "Small inventory, but ink of the turnover," said Don. OR A FACT : y: notice the front of the tb'-ater last week when the ilarii.ir picture constituted the o-re>j?tance on the program? <i: i not, you missed a nifty : >! the \car film. Manager md had the front of the theater iulwarkvd with bags of sand?sort ' th air-raid precautionary idea. tor a fact?the picture grossed he bias. <t gate of any picture ever hown at the popular Broad street lickt-r place. That is a rather novel idea the heater manager has of keeping his 'atrons out of the sun and rain? a larg.. tanvas canopy extendirfg out over th?- walk iu front of the theater. ? Mm Zemp, the ever-pleasant boss ?t the DeKalb Pharmacy has been doing some face lifthig^ withyttte front ?f his store. New paint j^D even to 80m? really outstanding signsTMJood M Mm. ' The Allen shoe repair uud shine parlor, formerly located on DeKalb atroet has been moved to the Nettles store on Broad street?the shop formerly occupied by the Knoud tack establishment. Dolly and Hhetta are kept busy watering their window garden on the DeKalb street side of the Corner Hook store these hot days. The bit of green adds a note of comfort to an otherwise very hot atmosphere. * * * The many friends of Mrs. Carrie Wooten, who recently closed her tea shop on DeKalb street, will be glad to know that she is opening a modern tea shop at the Ivy Lodge. ? By the way?have you blked yet. I notice that the government is permitting the sale of several hundred thousand bikes. Better get yours friends, because the war will last several years and u two-wheel Jalcpy |may come in mighty handy in about j ten or twelve months from now. And j besides?think what it does to your l figure. Since I took to pedaling my j own sturdy steed over the asphalt of our fair city, I have punched a new hole in my belt and shed some seven pounds of weight. * * * Looks as if the Columbia Merchants I Association sort of slipped something over on the mercantile groups in the smaller towns in this area. The Columbia stores will close Saturday, July 4, in observance of Independence 1 Day. The stores in the smaller townB ?Camden included, will observe Monday, July 6, by closing all day. And | we'll bet, rubber and gas restrictions considered, there will be an influx of i small town shoppers into the Columj bia stores Monday. * * | From that neck of the woods, we came from, the Fourth of Jluy is celeebrated on the Fourth of July, with only one exception to the rule, that j being when the Fourth comes on Sunday, then Monday becomes the day ! for observance. * | Here is sad news for the taxi own: ers. A news story, appearing under ia Washington date line Sunday, announces that operating mileage restrictions will be imposed on taxis, j trucks and buses. Details which will I be announced later will embrace I methods whereby taxi operations will ; be curtailed. One will involve a flat j order to make a certain reduction Jin mileage, another will limit the uses for which a taxi may bo put, a third will limit inter-city operations 'and limit the distance a taxi may operate from its garage. Sightseeing trips by taxis will also be prohibited. j In the eastern area where gasoline is rationed, restricted vehicles will be allowed only enough gas to carry out ;the operations permitted under their mileage allowance. ? if ROSES and THORNS j Apropos of the effort being made by the Chamber of Commerce to seI cure a citation for heroism to Doro| thy and Edwin Horton, who died in a 1 brave attempt to save the life of their j older brother, Wardlaw, who was drowning in Beaver Creek, the CarI negie Fund commission has takeu a most unusual viewpoint of the tragedy. In other words, the commission refuses to consider the case because the act of heroism on the part of the two children was prompted by "ties of consanguinity." * In other words, ladies and gentle II . , -- -III LUJ J 1? rgg men. you have to wave the life of someone not related to you before the commission will eveu couslder the matter of a citation or awurd, No matter by what act of heroism a person may be guilty, eveu If It involved the saving of a dozen Uvea, i If the parties Involved are blood relatives, yoy cannot interest the oommlsslon. Or, according to the rules of the commission, if a man save his wife, or a wife suve her husband In some heryly oct^ the coinmlssion would not be Interested. Hut if a man savb another man's wife, or visa versa, then the act will be considered. ? * Well, even tho the Caruogie commission refuses to consider the request for consideration of the Hoi ton matter,, Dorothy, Curtis, Edwin and Maureen Hortou have the tribute of the world as to their bravery and heroism. Sport Potpourri BY THE SKIPPER J What did we tell you? Iu substance, that high school baseball so far as Class A teams are concerned, was a mess in the Palmetto State this past season. We bused our judgment upon tho Class A title going to the Darlington team, which in our humble estimation was a long, long way from tho Tipperary of champions. It took an alert and neat playing Class 13 title holder, the Hennettsville highs to uncork the conceit of the Darlington bubble. Yes slr-e-e-e, ttttoe lads from up iu Bennettsville smacked the A champs where it hurt most? right iu the center of the conceit part of their craulums. They blitzed the A champs 8 to 0 as 2,000 popeyed fans look on. * The game was staged as a benefit to raise funds to purchase athletic equipment to replace that destroyed in the recent fire that razed the Bennettsville high school. # * Paul Bowers, tho Bennettsville hurler, gave up but four hits, walked only one opponent and fanned 11. Byrd. the highly touted Darlington mound ace was nicked for eight blows, two being home runs. ? ? * * Folks, that 2,000 attendance figure sure sounds like a real American turnout. It bears out what a Scranton, Penn., baseball official told me last spring?that Bennettsville was the best dog-gone training camp his team had ever located in. All we can add is "Hats off to Bennettsville". The Bennettsvllle lads were sports enough to give the Darlington champs another chance, even to playing a game 011 the Darlington pasture. Again did the Bennettsvile talent demonstrate they are In a class several steps up the ladder over the Darllngton level by winning 6 to 3. The win gave Bennettsvllle a record of 25 wins out of 26 starts. They closed the regular season with a record of 21 consecutive victories. Yes sir, folks, our hats off to Mike Caskey and his baseball lads. * * Why in blazes cannot Camden put together a baseball team such as Bennettsvllle offers? Camden is larger, has a fine base ball plant but for several years past, our baseball has been rather off color. Council For Defense Will Sponsor Big Community Event (Continued from first page) American flags and bunting, adding a real fourth of July atmosphere to the event. Early indications of the working out of the program points to one of the most auspicious patriotic affairs in Camden history. Commander Shannon believes that there will be well over 1,000 people In the mammoth parade and he looks for Hampton Park to be filled with patriots who desire to take part in the singing, and to listen to the stirring words of Dr. Jacobs. Need a Laxative? Take good old B It's a top-setter *U over the South A Vegetable i Laxative ' For Headacha, Sour Stomach and D i r zV Spelli when caused by Constipation. Uae only aa directed. > 15 doaea for ,on1y 10 centa. f H you writer distress fro?"S f> female! weakness Which Makes TN Tlrad, Nervous I If at such times you suffer backache, cramps, headache, distress of "irregularities," a bloated feeling, so tired, weak ?due to functional monthly disturbances?try Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound? It's made especially for women and famous to help relieve such monthly distress. ? Taken regularly thruout the month?Pinkham's Compound helps build up resistance against such symptoms. Thousands Upon thousands benefited! Follow te^e^lre^tons^Worth^rirbv^^ : * . tm - ? ? UlwHintin Ilflilj "J Total War Washington. June 8.?''Congress has given the President every dollar and uviil'y 4aw he hus asked for defense purposesSpeaker Sam It ay hum has said. "* In dollars this amounts to almost one hundred and sixty billion dollars sluce jlune 1940. Thirty five and a half billion dollars ha,ve been provided for airplanes, thirty-two billion for tauks and guns, nineteen and a half billions for miscellaneous munitions, sixteen billions for industrial facilities, fifteen and u half billions for cantonments, depots, etc., nearly six billions for stock pile and food exports, nearly five billions for pay and subsistence of the armed forces, over a billion for housing, over six and a half billions for odds und ends necessary to the war program. We are inclined to be impatient, to expect miracles. It takes time to turn a nation of peaceful people Into a nation of lighters?though Pearl Harbor went a long way toward doing that overnight. It takes time to turn plans on paper Into combat material and to transport that mnterlal to the battlefronts of the world. But every form of production for war is ahead of the schedule which we set a year ago, and the work Is sveeding up and guinlng more momentum. Three Fronts We are lighting a three-sided warwar on the Held of arms, war under the plant roofs, and war on the nation's farms. To win this war wo are raising great forces of soldiers and sailors, great labor armies and huge troops of farm workers. If any ,ohe of these armies fail, all will fail. Two years ago few more than 1,000,000 persons were employed in defense industries. Now the Man Power Commission figures 10,600,000 men and women are working in war plants and associated services. There are 53,500,000 gainfully employed outside the military establishments. And about 10,790,000 are working on farms. Only 3,000,000 of America's 130,000,000 are now without jobs. Food Control A Food Requirements Committee with complete control over all civilian and military food supplies has been Bet up by War Production Chief .Donald M. Nelson. Headed by Agriculture Secretary WIckard, It will I have the authority to step up or limit i domestic production and importation, of foodstuffs. The decisions of tho' new committee are expected to affect the eating habits of every person In tho country. Th? 18-19 Group The President has set Juno 30 hs the registration date for young men' between the Ag?s of 18 and 19 and those who reached their 20th biithday between December 30, 1941 and Juno 30, 1942. The 18-19 group 1h not subject to military service, but the' 20-year olds can be called and probably will bo called. The army la pushing for lowering tho minimum ago to include this group on the ground that the Navy and Marino Corps were getting these men who wore younger and better fitted physically by volunteer enlistments. About 625,000 youths' will bo available Immediately in the 20-yoar group, and about 3,000,000 In tho 18-19 group would bo avallnble if congress should lower the age limit so as to take in these youngsters. Put congress Is loathe to do this unless It can be shown that Buch a pro-' cedure Is absolutely necessary. Cutting Red Tape In an effort to speed the operations both afloat and ashore, a move has been begun by the Navy to eliminate all possible "paper work". The number of typewriters and mimeograph and inuliigraph machines throughout the forces will be cut by at least 50 per cent and clvl^an uxe-l cutlves and sub-chiefs will be promoted for curtailing their forces and work rather than Increasing them. Battleships now carry a battery of 59 typewriters each, and even patrol planes carry at least one. The curtailment of reports and correspond* ence will leave officers and men more time to train and to tight. NIK 1HM SNEER Off HIS FACE / i * ? Dr.Seuss \ ^ S / Roy WAR SAVINGS BONDS & STAMPS U. it. Trtvt*ry Wild Dog Killed; Two More Escape One of tho three dogs which have been killhiK hogs, goats and other livestock In the White street section of tho city was shot and killed about 2 o'clock Tuesday morning by W. I. Satterwhite and Cal House and was placed on exhibition in front of the police station Tuesday. The dog wus a queer spectmeu and appeared to be a cross either be* twoon a German police and some other breed of dog or wolf. No ouo of the crowd which saw the dog could identify the breed. For about two weeks now the dogs had been playing havoc in that section of the city. Several hogs, including one belonging to Cheif of Police Montgomery, had fallen vie* tlms to thom. Several goats uud oue yearling also had been killed by them. An Intensive hunt was lauifobed for the dogs and Saturday night one of them was shot at but the shot went wild. They seemed to como along ubout 2 o'clock every morning. Tuesday morning some fifteen or twenty people were waiting for them in that seotlon near the l)uko Power Company's sub-station. True to form they came trotting along ubout 2 o'clock. Tho posse opened tire on them and ouo fell dead. The other two oscttpod. The dogs are very wild and make no effort to attack human beings.? lainouster News. ? y Save Materials To save all posslhlo materials nnd effort available for immediate war production, top officials of tho War Production Hoard and the War and Navy Departments have established broad principles governing all wartime construction. The program means that no new plants will be built unless they are absolutely essential. In the light of existing shortages, it Is felt to bo necessary to put materials and effort into planes, ships, tanks uud guns now, rather than put them Into plants which would not produce fighting weapons until a much later date. T ravel We will have to curtail any vacation travel this year?possibly oliminate It altogether. Tho office of Defense Transportation has started a survey of Inter-clty bus and rail travel rai tlonlng and has alreudy placed bus : service between Washington and New 'York on a war footing. Fountain pens and automatic pencils used up to 2,800 tons of steel last year, enough for 430,000 shells for 75 mm field guns. ' K ' , ' I 1 L ||A Y a T m 41 A ifAiil fl A 1 ! - - i ' NEW AND MORE LIBERAL CAR RATIONING RULES wcwitty by 0. F. A. now moko It modi ? fnr .linn.!. easier Tor eiigioie boyon to got delivery of now VRfviOIITI 4. V , ^ ' You need the good, dependable, long-term transportation a new Chevrolet will give you.... A fine new car with new tires?new battery?new parts?and with Chevrolet's outstanding economy of operation and upkeep. Rationing regulations have been relaxed and liberal* **- - - *j ized ?itvs much eas/er to get delivery now than it hai~ been for months. Better see us?today! ...... %?, ^1T: yves*'IrrSSfrsT* v/rrrr??, ' ' * " * *' ...... ... U (J- - a: LANGSTON MOTOR CQ. Phone 123 N. Brjpad St ? Canjden, S. C.