The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 03, 1942, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
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(!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.
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tvv wonder If the guy Tyho wrote
that nonsense has any conception of
what the present war feally amountB
to?
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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.
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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."
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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."
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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.
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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.
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| 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.
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ROSES and THORNS |
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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." ~ *
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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'!"
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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 ,
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HA1GLAR ? Monday and Tuesday
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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!
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