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iHOTOfffHEREt) \jfy THE SKIPPER. | (!rt,ai snakes, are wo In a war-1 aiv we? The Greenwood Indexjournal >eeina to have a rather garble or vague Idea or the crisis which ^nfronn this nation. In a recent is?ut. o! the Index-Journal asserts that tl,e state fair must be held for no other reason than that the Clemaon-1 Sol,tli Carolina football game may be played. "The Washington person or persons simply overlooked that event". said the Index-Journal. ? tvv wonder If the guy Tyho wrote that nonsense has any conception of what the present war feally amountB to? * Thi> is interesting. Nonconformists of the OP A rent regulations ro-1 quiring property owners to drop their reIlts to the March 1 level may be j forced to return to their renters triple the amount of the rent raises. When this corner hurriedly left for Columbia last Wednesday at noon and upon return we casually mentioned having responded to a newspaper request to go to Fort Jackson and look over the doings in connection with the appearance there of Winston Churchill. The homo lads thought we were kidding?especially when neither press nor radio carried any news of the British prime minister and other dignitaries being there. Well, the story was released Saturday. ? The Charlotte Observer last Satur! day commented editorially thusly: "The British people are reported-as being quite at a loss to understand the sinking in American coastal waters. Bui. for that matter. Americans are sometimes puzzled by what happens to the British in their engagements with a common enemy." ? Under the caption "Heard Same Thing Before", the Observer goes to refer to the statement of Major Atlee, deputy to Prime Minister Churchill who declared that all will be well with British when and If they are assaulted by the dynamic General Rommel's forces. He said they had been heavily reinvested with everything it takes to fight and win. Over in this country, Mr. Churchill catches up the same note, points out the Observer, and would have an anxious democratic world feel free and easy to take its normal breath that the British would do what is necessary '<> hold the lines In Egypt. But over here in America, also In England, in Russia, China and other 1 ('( ? countries, the public has a memory. That memory revitalizes similar words that were spoken of Hong Kong, Singapore, Lybia and other impregnable and invincible strongholds that would never fall. As the Observer puts It, "We wish i' were not so, but It Is so." m m For the Information of the readers of 'his column we wish to Bay that all new-* of the visit Wednesday of Winston Churchill and high ranking army officers to Fort Jackson was released from the White House in Washington on Friday. Outside of the military personnel and honored visitors there were only five newspaper writers permitted to be present. The five lncluded staff writers of the Associated FTess. United Press, International N'-ws Service, the Columbia State and The Record. When a Child Needs ? Laxative! Your child should like this tasty liquid laxative and you should like the gent It way it usually wakes up youngster's lasy intestines when Riven by the simple directions. SYRUP OP B^CK-DRAUGHT contains the same principal ingredient which has enabled its oldy brother BLACK-DRAUGHT to fits so many users such satisfying relief for so many years! Perhaps that's why it usually lives a child such refreshing relief when the familiar symptoms indi?*tea laxative is needed. SYRUP OP BLACK-DRAUGHT JjJHnw inj2 sizes. The Introductory --i. '*/" ~*-'4 - I -t ? . The Camden News Service represents all throe liewspapor syndicates ho far as Camden and Kershaw county are concerned. Affiliation with tho International News Service, duting from the army maneuvers last fall, embraces a state-wide area. Tho announcement of the transfer of Colonel Walte from Fort Jackson to an undisclosed location is a recognition of tho soldiery skill of Colonel Walte. Camden rejoices in tho recognition but regrets he will havo to leave this area. Colonel and Mrs. Walte and family have made their home on Hroad street. Mrs. Walte was formerly Elizabeth Carrtson. An extended report on the career of Colonel Walte is listed In another column of this paper. The price of gas soared 2 1-2 cents Monday. What with the tightening up of the rationing in July and the con1 stantly increasing price, looks as If the government Is determined to get I the cars off the road In a desperate ; effort to conserve rubber. All of which means extra walking for all of us. m | The minimum coupon book to be1 issued In July will grant a fraction of a gallon more per week than the "A" card grants under the present temporary setup, but the condition that must be met to obtain supplemental rations under the new plan are so strict that most auto Owners will have to get along on the minimum. > "*?>> ROSES and THORNS | v ? ' Roses to the Camden ladles responsible for the flsh fry given the cadets of the aviation school at Adams' pond last Friday afternoon. It was a (gala event with lots of good things to eat and the flyers and their girl friends enjoyed the affair. The class graduating from the Southern post Tuesday staged a graduation party at the Sarsfleld club that evening. A good time was had by all. The graduates go to Shaw and Bush fields for the second stage of their training. Sport Potpourri ji BY THE SKIPPER jj Camden trained horses continue to make fine showing in the several race meets taking place along the eastern seaboard. The Barrington stables of Chicago, in charge of Edward Heyward, and the Christlanna stables of Wilmington, Delaware, have takin major honors in the races at Plmlico, Delaware, Acqueduct, and Belmont. At the Acqueduct meet the Barrlngton stables took two races in one day. The legion baseball situation in the state continues unchanged with Florence still looming up as a possible winner of the State Title. The hopes of the Greenville legion followers were upset last week when the Florence lads bumped off the Spinners In two games. The Darlington legion outfit is press-agentlng itself as a wreck crew and probably will give Florence a tough argument. We are putting our shackles on Florence. Darling took a 6 to 0 lacing from Albermarle last week. The Kendall mill softball pasttimers of this city are roving about knocking off teams here and there about the state, in addition to playing uie league program here. Items A Vegetable Laxative For Headache, ^tour Stomach and Df?*T Spells when ; caused by Conatipation. Use ! cnuy as directed. > IS doetff for only 10 fcents. .V- Lr.. \ ? ~I?": ' Final Exam V .... - - WHILE OFFICERS watch, a tough Dutch sergeant of the Netherlands Legion in Canada passes an examination in the handling of a submachine gun. Recruited from all over the world, the Netherlands Legion is carrying on the traditions of the Dutch Army, which proved its worth in the East Indies. Months of training have developed tne Legion into a bard-fighting! force, ready to take another crack at the Axis. relating to the forays of the Millers t to the enemy outposts will bo found 1 elsewhere in this issue of The Chronicle. # v The Columbia Reds have not lm- a proved their position In the SAlly 2 league any in the past several woeks. The Reds are a cross-word puzzle ^ to president Earl Blue and to Co- 1 lumbla sport writers and fans. In i practically every game they have lost, they have outhit the opposition by a < wide margin. ? Selg Smith, sports announcer for t radio station WIS, is going Into the c Army. He tells us that he has to report July 15. We are now anxiously awaiting his successor. Selg has made c a great many friends by his fine sport v casts and has set a standard that will a require par-excellence to equal. * I We regard the WIS sports parade t as being flittlngly named. In the sev- t eral years we have been in South 1 Carolina and intimately acquainted c with the WIS sport personnel, we are r free to admit that procession of sport casters has actually been a sports parade. We recall Vic Lund, Jim ^ Young, Bill Mayhew and several oth- * ers and we must say that each and r everyone of them has been a swell 1 fellow.. Our best wishes to Selg Smith * in the armed forces * of the nation. 1 ft* < In case you are pondering as to { the cause of that big grin Babin 1 is wearing these days?it is all due * to his visit to New York where hejc saw the recent Dodger-Cardinal base- 1 ball classic. From where we sit, we have ai- i ways had an idea that he was a Ctncy j Red fah. Knowing that, we asked Stan which side he was rooting for in the Dodger-Cardinal series. He 1 tells me that he had no choice in i the matter, that he was sitting in 1 a group of Brooklyn fans and a keen 1 desire to return safely to his own ' fireside caused him to root long and vociferously for the Brooklyn bums. m * Speaking of sporting events?that 1 rubber salvage campaign put on at 1 Kershaw last week can be classed as being outstanding from a sport standpoint. What we mean to put over to our 'readers is that the Kershaw business men under the able direction of Colonel John T. Stevens, James Burns, and Jack Bell, demonstrated a genuine American sporting spirit and, incidentally, hung up a national record .by the amount of old rubber that was collected. Stanloy Stasica, the battling Yankee from Rockford, Illinois, unquestionably the most outstanding football player ever to wear the uniform of the University . of South Carolina, has enlisted in the U. S. Army. This is a staggering blow to the Gamecock football team, as Stasica was expected to render ''All-American" service this coming football season. Stasica would have been drafted fron** the Rockford, III., board next month. In view of this fact, the Gamecock star decided to enlist. * * * *r To the fans who were Interested in the Toronto ball team when Burleigh G'lmfl* and his gan? were here last spring some batting and pitching data should^be of some interest. Russell is leading the1 team and also the International league in hitting with a mark of 375. Russell made 12 runs, 21 hita and drove in five - runs in 20 games. Colman is next high in TO-CHSCK - - S A ififi j. * -Ip1 . ""."T ~ "'3 St^ ? ho Toronto list with 299. Whitehead 8 third with 280. In pitching Brandt leads the staff vlth 9 wiiiH as against 5 defeats for l mark of .646. Conger is second with ! wins and 2 losses for 500. Shumau tas won 2 and lost 6. > The Lighter Vein A candid definition of a salesman: A man who can convince his wife hat she would look fat In a fur oat." ~ * ? * Stopping at one of the lunch countitb in our ballwick the other night ve were watching the performance of l customer who was peering between wo slices of bread. Listening, we leard him say to the young lady >ack of the counter ''Did you slice his ham?" The young lady replied n the affirmative, whereupon the :ustomer grunted, "You darn near nissed it." A young couple, following their vedding, boarded a Seaboard train mroute north for a honeymoon. Mr. Mewlyweds, to ' keep the mar. iage secret, gave the porter a very fenerous tip. The next morning when he newlyweds entered the dining ;ar they noticed all of the diners ?azlng at them In a knowing way. Mr. Newlywed became quite wrathy ind upon his return to the pullman :ar, wherein their reservation was oc&ted, he took the porter to task. 'Lan' sakes, boss!" said the porter, 'When dey all asked me If you all ivas jest married, 'I sed po, dey is (est good friends, that's all'!" * You sure ??t to hand it to Lhe automotive industry for the progress that has been made in the past several years, in the march of time. 1940 produced no running boards; 1941, no gear shift; 1942, no car! The .most popular wisecrack of the year is "The reason Hitler always Looks so glum and sour is that he gets up on the wrong side of the channel every morning." CAMDEN YOUN<^ PEOPLE POPULAR AT KANUGA LAKE Kanuga Lake, Hendersonvule, N. C., June 26.?George Dibs and Donald Campbell, both of Camden, were members of the group that won the camp award at the Junior Conference which has just closed at Kanuga Lake, conference center of the Episcopal church. Miss Elizabeth Allen, also of Camden, was voted the most original girl camper and Miss Louise Blakeney the most popular camper among girls. Donald C. Campbell was voted the most popular boy camper. The camp was under the direction of the Rev. William 8. Lea, Spartanburg. The young peopled conference will begin June 27 under the direction of the Rev. John A. Pinckney, ClemBon, 8. C. Other campers from Camden were: Bernie Atkinson, Thomas Ancrum, Arthur Dibs, John deLoach, William Lindsay and Murt Whltaker. FINAL DISCHARGE Notice Is hereby given that one month from this date on July 3, 1942, I will make to the Probate Court ol Kershaw County my final returns as Administratrix of the estate of Mrs. Anna Smith, deceased, and on the same date 1 will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said administratrix. DOROTHY HEATH, Administratrix. Camden. 8. C., June 3, 1942. If a tire goes flat do not let It re. main that way for any length, ol time, for to do so will break down th^ fabric of the eating. * t , - T . * ;? * * " ' * v, ?r.-' Tag ?Vsr TTrf HA1GLAR ? Monday and Tuesday . ?- .? or"...:; tA Seen* From "Syncopation", A Big Brand New Mualcal With Adolphe Monjou, Jackie Cooper and Bonita Granville, at the Halglar Monday and Tuesday. HISTORIC TREE COLLAPSES ON CHERAW STREET Cheraw, Juno 16.?Sunday afternoon, while not evon a breeze was blowing, a huge, apparently healthy hackborry tree which Btood In Second street, directly In front of an office suddenly crashed to the ground, completely blocking Second street and neudly crushing a passing automobile. The tree was nothing but a shell. All of the insido was decayed. This was a land mark In Cheruw. In 1768, Ell Kershaw, u merchant who came from Charleston and traded with the Indiaus, laid out the town of Cheraw on his own l^nd, and along the southern boundary of the town planted a hackborry tree, each spaced 800 feet apart. All but two of the trees have long since diet,!; this tree that fell dunday was one of the two remaining. The only oue left is 300 feet away In St. David's cemetery. After Ell Kershaw laid out Choraw (one of the principal streets here Is named for him), ho moved to Camden where his brother, Thomas Kershaw lived and Ell laid out Camden, very much like Cheraw with 100-foot wide streets on his brother's land. When the British army under Dord Cornwallls reached Camden In 1780, they captured Eli Kershaw and Bent him as a prisoner of war to Char, leston where he was kept on a prison ship and later carried to British Kershaw Tops! Nation In Drive For Rubber (Continued from first page) doll, the only plaything tho little miss possessed, wus refused. The Interesting part of the Kershaw program ts that every business man engaged In tho snlvage campaign ex* pressed himself as getting a real kick out of it. "Tho boys really enjoyed the experience," said James R. llurns, one of the live wlros who wus Interrogated regarding the record feast of the small mill community. "We really combed the area, not a road being missed and, not a house which was not visited Wo got rubber of some kind at every place and can rest assured our boys are mighty proud of their record." "We have secured more rubber per capita than any other place I have heard of," continued Mr. Burns. "Our rocord of some 40 pounds per person has already been established, but it I know my workers, we'll beat that figure by a comfortable margin when tho returns are all In." Honduras and put in a prison camp there.* He remained there for some time and again was carried to a prison camp In the Bahamas Islands where he died. Ho is burled there. The old building at Cheraw built and operated as a store in Cherftw is still standing at the corner of Church and Front streets and now houses a ginnery. NOT ONLY FIRST RUN IN CAMDEN, BUT AHEAD OF ANY SPOT IN THE CAROLINAS! f. M JLaAt - THE SCREEN'S f&EAT * CAVALCADE OF MEflBPYI . Drama as close to your heart aa love to ? rich with rhythmsfu^^^pp^|^j^lve I HHi in tha PoU M ^ PrBl GEORGE B^CROFT ., 3 V VI Connee Boswell Ted North SAW. ( L/ Todd Duncan Hall Johnson Choir ?v =HAIGLAR= ENDS TONIGHT! Th. Mighty "klNQH^fC" ' " *\