Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HOT 0>F THIBET} J# THE SKIPPER. L^roppeil <? rtttlou headquarters. i inj found the .small army of maidens orking hard to look after the wants ( a large army pf gas and sugar j lakers. Observing ihe splendid efficleucy lD evid. n? e in the way the affairs of. be rationing units were handled and ihinkiuK 11 was about tlme tho wholB, 'fonunuiu-.v handed John Vllleplpue. | I)r i' i? mure and A. D. McAru aj nice pf l,n thelr re8Pectivo hacks |0r a diH" ult job well done. * * Making inquiry as to how many | pounds of sugar I might get for can-, ning purposes, and being told that | on the basis of 1941 operations I 'would draw about 20. m Wandering Into Herb Maddox grocery: emporium and being amazed at jeeinx a smiling colored woman lugging out a big basket loaded with pound sacks of sugar. And asking Boss Maddox "how come, and being , informed that the said colored woman had eleven children. * * * Nice going?Governor Jefferles. The South Carolina executive Is really mad and has plenty reason to be. His charge that the gasoline situation was being "flagrantly fumbled" has been definitely substantiated, he claims, by the recent announcement from the federal government that candidates for political offices would be permitted to have more gas than the average citizen. * Was the Governor burped up. Yes sir-ee. H.? was plumb mad and said, here we have been begging for more gasoline ?o move peaches and melons and bureaucratic clerks do nothing abou' i' yes they are giving candidates all the gas they want. This wasteful method proves again how the gas situation Is being fumbled." 1 * * And from Charlotte comes a blast that is no mere zephyr. The author'] is none other than the brilliant col- j umnist of the Charlotte Observer who says: \1 "With Rommel's German army bottled up between the sea and the des- i ert for more than a week, you wonder why it's not blasted off the earth instead of waiting for It to recuperate. obtaiu reinforcements and start marchiiur again. Have we and our; allies lost all power of initiative? j) "The above question brings up another ion which we hope our leaders w :i! answer with actions, < such as: "The Doolittle expedition wtis highly -?i< i-essful, so why no more ? j Tie- large number of German Uboats operating in the Gulf of Mex- < ko and off our Atlantic coasts Indicates th>-y have a supply base there, probably Martinique, so why isn't it I seized for the duration? II "The lips supposedly landed only : a few hundred men on the Aleutians, i 40 why haven't they been driven off instead of permitted to stay there, t build a:r bases, subdue the natives and bee one firmily entrenched." a 1 had eight Americans, engaged in sabo'age been caught in Germany, 1 can you imagine how the Nazi would ] have handled their trial. It would J i have be mi .sensational. It would have ] dramatized with lurid details t and such dramatization would have | 1 splendid effect. But what happen- t * to those eight Nazi saboteurs J, ^nght in this country. They are tried ^ i in aeorK >fle American public being i ? ! i kept in i lie dark an to what lakes place. And the result has been a howl of protest from all over the nation. Wo believe that the details of this trial, if Riven to the American people, minus any and all military secrets. would provide a storm of Indignation as the American public secured a real picture of the danger we are in. * * And as another evidence of the failure of certain folks to cooperate in lite all-out war effort, are tho many strikes which are now taking place. Isn't it about time that these labor leaders who are halting the v.ar effort be handled without gloves. They are just as bad as those eight spies now on trial. Sport Potpourri I BY THE SKIPPER Remember Les Bell, the pleasant (1) chap who piloted the Harrlsburg club of the Interstate league the year that team trained In Camden? Bell tooik.. his team to the league pennant and won the playoff series and then?got tired. He Is managing thev Springfield, Mass., club of the Eastern league this year and believe it or not, is way down In the cellar. Wilkes-Barre, training at Sumter last April, leads the league and Scranton, training at Benuettsville, Is a close second. Bell, In a recent statement regarding the performance of his cellar champs said that a bunch of Chinese fire crackers would make more noise than his batters. > * Those mighty Kendall Millers finally bit the dust and it was a fine working Mechanics team from the air post which turned the trick by a 6 to 5 score. ' * Genial Jim Raley, the chap who does things around the streets of the community had the playing field Bcraped and raked last week and when Artie Robinson, supervisor of the league moved the diamond out several feej, the complexion of the play area was greatly improved. Last week we said we would have something to say this week relative to the golf club. Which means we have gained the impression that Camden sport followers are few and far between and that there Is as much interest In golf as there is in baseball and basketball, and we all know that baseball ayd basketball games draw only a handful of spectators. ? Now?listen folks?here is the difference. In baseball and basketball? you sit and watch the sport. In golf, you actually get out in the air and rove over the turf, smacking a little white ball from tee to cup and getting a big kick out of being alive. With the .golf layout that H. G. Carrison, Bill Goodale, Charley DeLoache, Ralph Shannon. Charley DuBose, Frank Wooten and others are promoting at the Kirkwood area, there should be at least forty or more players roaming the fairways Saturday afternoons and Sundays. The fairways are good, the greens good ind companionship ideal. And the club membership fee is unusually reasonable. We'll bet a buck against i coke that the amount you would ( ipend in a membership will pay a big dividend in the amount saved in the form of doctor's bills, medicine, ind the like. And you'll feel a million lines better for having been out in he fine air and getting the splendid exercise. ? We remember back in 1926-1930* we promoted a golf club at the Mt. Plymouth course near Orlando. In the place we were located there were just three men who played golf and who motored some 60 to 60 miles on a trip to and from the golf course they were affiliated with. The Mt. Plymouth course was just seven miles from where we were located and believe it or not?in less than a month the Saturday and Sunday tournaments we engineered attracted between sixty to one hundred divot diggers. m m m + We sometimes have a feeling that there are a lot of chaps in Camden who, if they played several games of golf, would become just as enthusiastic as those folks down in Florida did. It's a great game folks and we think a lot of you men and women are passing up a great opportunity for secure recreation and health by not joining up with the Camden golf club. Well, there you have it?a short sermon on why you should play golf. Now let us turn the spotlight ou to football. * * How about the all-star game, the! national football opener, usually p'oyed late in August to raise funds for the football camp. We talked to John Villepigue and he referred us to Lindsay Pierce, who was out on the city. We then talked to J. G. Richards, Jr., and ho told us to see Lindsay. So pending the return of Coach Pierce, we are going to go on record as favoring having the all-star game. With the material available here end in Kershaw, a spirited battle should result. Remember Kershaw won last year. * We really hope the game is arranged because we would like to see the football talent have their mountain trip. And speaking of football, we hope to get that much discussed scoreboard built early in the fall. * While discussing the gridiron, let us Bay that we hope that something can be done about restoring the Camden schools band back to a respectable size. It seems a pity that after such a fine start, when some 60 or more boys and girls really offered a fine band that the program went sour last year. . m 9 m ' And listen you high school sport fans and fanettes?let us have some organized cheering this year ? no more of that tank town chanting. Get some real school yells, an organized cheering section and instead of a lot of squeaky pirated tunes, cut loose with a Rizzer-racker, fire cracker. boom bah. Camden high school, Rah, Rah. Rah. And build up a real sky rocket yell. Oh. there are so many noise-making cheers you can find to take the place of the village choir. Hark back to the games you have heard over the air from Duke. Notre Dame, Georgia Tech and others. Let's have some of that kind of rooting. What say J I COCKEYED HAPPENINGS j As if the government did not have sufficient worries occasioned by the set-backs in the European and Asiatic battle areas, landlords in many sections of the country are organizing to force rent ceilings upward. In other words, a nation-wide "rent strike" is eminent. Attempted wholesale evictions were reported from New Heaven, Connecticut, and on top of that a suit charging constitutionality of the whole price control act, was started in Mobile, Alabama, where a property owner petitioned the Federal Courjt to block enforcement of the rent freeze in that area. * Out in Arizona six negro soldiers went on a terror rampage In the business district of Flagstaff. The negro soldiers were angered by a re-1 fusal of admittance to an all-night cafe. Police killed one of the soldiers and captured the others. The traffic lights here went off duty for several hours during rthe peak traffic period Saturday. There was much confusion in evidence on the part of motorists at the corners where the lights are located. Police officer Sheheen is to be commended for his intelligent grasp of the situation when he went into the center of Broad and DeKalb street intersection, and personally directed traffic. During the next several weeks, Joe McKain will be the Mayor of Camden. Mayor F. N. McCorkFe left Monday for Athens, Georgia, where he wiil spend the next few weeks. Frank E. Sailer, staff writer in the Public Relations office at Fort Jackson, was one of those killed in the plane crash at Smith Field, N. O., last Wednesday. This corner had occasion to meet Sailer several times and admired him for his fine ability as a publicity writer. Killed By Lightning Surviving Private Alva Bruce Watson, twenty-one-year-old Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie L. Watson, of Wisacky, who was killed by lightuing at Parris Island Sunday evening, July 6, are his parents, one sister, Mrs. Malcolm King, of Bishopville; one brother, Private T. W. Wataon, of Wisacky and Panama Canal/Zohe, and his' grandmother, Mrs. L. O. McLeod, of Wisacky. Funeral services were conducted at Cedar Creek Baptist church at 11 o'clock Wednesday by the Rev. J. T. Llttlejohn, assisted by the Rev. P. E, Blackmon. Alva had only been in the army for several weeks. His sudden death was a shock to his friends and acquaintances and a great grief to his loved ones.?Bishopville Messenger. War Bonds Guard fiome Front This new color poster, which soon will be seen throughout the United States, emphasizes a new theme in the War Bond sales campaign. The present goal of the Nation wide drive is to persuade all citizens to iAvest 10 percent of income in War Bonds and Stamps. u. S. Treasury Dept. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtrnmm You should know : : spicy, herbal * TOP-SELLING laxative all over the sooth ' i For Only 10/ Now , u, Less than 4 ? \ a dosa 4jge only ? dlractgL p?1 T"""\ KR,a V **<000 ' r ' V * T - - - - -* ? X I - 1 ' m > rtBafo lilim of MONTHLY^ ~ I ?n!9 SILO SSED buwn I ? Lydla k. Plnkham s TABletb (with added iron) have helped thousands of girls to relieve functional monthly pain and weak feelings. Plnkhams Tablets AUSO help build np red Mood and thus aid In promoting more strength. Made especially for toomrnTroU Jeer label directions. Worth trgingt X*1 et* t '*" fT * ~? ?>v*; ^ Farm Women Canning Fruit Kershaw couuty farm women participating In the Farm Security Administration program have canned already this season approximately 18,000 quarts of fruits and vegetables, according to Mrs. Kva (). Irby, FSA county home management supervisor, i The canning goal for 1043 Is 73.261 quarts for the 108 families participating In the FSA program In this county. This Is an increase of 8.000 quarts over last year's quota of 04,261 Jars, and Is evidence of Kershaw county farm wives' response to the Nation's appeal for more food. Canned fruits and vegetables already lining pantry shelves of these families Include snap , beans, squash, English peas, Kraut, carrots, beets, blackberries, hucklohorrle*. plums, apples and poaches. "FSA housewives are helping In the country's wartime food need by putting up large supplies of food." said Mrs. Irby. Besides the estimated 72.261 quarts of fruits and vegetables that will be canned by families cooperating with the Farm Security program this year. Increased emphasis will be put on dehydrated foods. - * Discussing drying as a method of food preservation, Mrs. Irby pointed out that It is one of the most economical ways of preserving fooda^. land one which can be carried out with a minimum of equipment. Drying will play an increasingly Important part In the food preservation program of FSA famlllos she said. Homo mado dryers will be used. '^heso dryers uro large wire trays, approximately 30 by 36 Inches, mounted on wooden logs, so that they can be placed conveniently on warm stoves, in case of rain. A handle fastened over the rack makes it easy to carry, and fruits and vegetables are dried under a thin cloth. Wartime restrictions on sugar and canning equipment are bringing home to faTin women the necessity of changing their food preservation programs this year. Mrs. Irby said. Kershaw county housewives participating In the FSA program, Mrs. Irby said, are also learning to ecomize on the sugar used for canning. "Canning blackberries Is already well under way in Kershaw county, and FSA homemakers have been very successful In substituting honey or syrup for half sugar needed to can the berries," Mrs. Irby said. Farm women participating in the FSA program are also conserving sugar by canning berries unsweetened and by using three parts of sugar to four of berries, instead of the usual parts, she pointed out. MONTGOMERY'S HAVE TWO SONS IN SERVICE Samuel Ev.erett Montgomery, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Montgomery of this city, volunteered for the Army Air Fofce of the U. S. on July 1, and was Inducted at Fort Jackson, S. C. On July 10, he was transferred to Kessler Field, at Biloxi, Mississippi, for a thirteen-week enfantry training period. Following this drill he Is to be sent to Lowry Field. Denver, Colorado. ' Second Lieutenant Douglas Montgomery, another son of Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery already Is stationed at Lowery Field. Mrs. Everett Montgomery and children, Bunny and Everette, Jr., will be in Camden for the duration with Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Montgomery. TRAFFIC DANQER8 NOT 80LVED BY RATIONING Truffle Dangers won't dissolve under the impact of gasoline rationing and reduced car use, say liighwa/ patrol officials in warning against .careless car use. "The fact that automobiles are no longer being manufactured, tires are irreplacable and gasoline rationed should not lull local officials, drivers and others of traveling publie to the philosophy that these factors will oventually result in a complete solution of the traffic problem," reminds the patrol. "Nothing could bo farther from the truth and the best evidence is the experience in England where traffic deaths increased over 51 per cent in it's second war year over the corresponding pre-war period. A further lesson might be learned from the experience in England. Despite a decrease of 31 per cent In motor vehicle, registration and traffic movement In that country during the first 15 months of war, traffic fatalities Increased 23 per cent. The situation in this country may be quite similar , to the English unless we bolster our defense against traffic's principal enemies ? recklessness and (ndl/fer* ence." The chances are thut you won't be able to get another car or repair the one you now have, points out patrol officials, udding that the minor traffic mishap that might have caused little concern in the past will now put your car away for the duration. STATE THEATRE KERSHAW, S. C. FRIDAY, JULY 17 "RINGS ON HER FINGERS" Homy Fonda (lenn Tlerney SATURDAY, JULY 18 "BULLETS FOR BANDITS" Mill KM lot t Tex Ret tar SATURDAY, JULY 18 Late Show 10:30 "GIRL FROM ALASKA" _ - Hay lllddleton Jean Parker MONDAY and TUESDAY JULY 20 and 21 "TO THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI" Maureen O'Hnra John Payne WEDNESDAY, JQLY 22 "SUICIDE SQUADRON" Anton Wa I brook Sally (Jray THURSDAY, JULY 23 "SABOTEUR" Robert Cuinmlngs Prlsctlla Lang ? NOTICE ? PRICE CHANGES MatineeAdults, 25c; children under 12, 11o Evenlno? Adults, 30c; children under 12, 11o BEAT the Heat! Buy an ELECTRIC FIN Prices Right ICE CREAM FREEZERS ...J Half Gallon ? Gallon ? Six Quarts MASON FRUIT JARS Pints ? Quarts ? Half Gallon _ ' . " SPRAYS? to rid the premises of flys and ~~ mosquitoes Camden Hdw.&Supply Co.