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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. O. NILEb, Editor Proprist? Published ?very Friday ,at Numbar i 10W North Itroad Street. and entered at the Obmden, South Carolina Postofflo# en second claas mall nwttcr Price per year ft 00. No auhecrlpttona taken for less than HI* Months In all Instance# the subscription price Is due and payable In advance. All subscriptions are cancelled when subscriber falls to renew. Represented In New York by the American Press Association and elsewhere by all reliable Advertising Avencies We ncoept no advertising of a doubtful nature ami try to protect our patrons from misrepresentation hy Advertisers No Liquor Advertisements accepted at any price Church notices published fiee. Cards of thanks and notices of entertainments where an admission fee Is thsrged will be charged for Tributes of respect and obituaries will be charged for. All o^iitiitunlcsffluiis must be signed. Otherwise they will be destroyed Friday, August 14, 1942 i Bpo ijlsiii. iVnlilj ifK riMiuMs?- t lif W W"" U_ , m. , OsMb > AMmmtm I MUU 81X SABOTEUR 8PIE8 SINGED The proximity of war cornea closer with the execution of six (ionium Hiiboteurs, who lundcd In this country from U-hoats for tho purpose of mukIiik secret war against the I'nlted Htutes. The yentenco of death follows tho penalty usually reserved for spies. Those Invaders were worse than spies; they sought to blow up Industrial plants, not to seek Information about military secrets. Naturally, every humane Individual roKrels to see human beluga executed but the fate of these enemies should not obscure the death and destruction which the Axis has visited upon helpless men, women and chtldien, who have heen guilty of no crime. .Maudlin sympathy and crocodile tears, shed over these saboteurs, can ! only ho explained u{m>n the assumption that what happens In China, Czechoslovakia, Poland and other con-j qtiered lands Is of no Importance be- i cause distance separates us from tho | persecuted and Ill-treated peoples tin- j der the Axis heel. There will be. no doubt, certain ( religious fanatics to "regret" the cxo- , tuitions. Unfortunately, they have been HitiRiilarly silent concerning the crimes of the Axis and the fato of captive populations. Their concern,! through some Inexplicable mental 1 miasma, Is solely with what wo do to to those who have attacked us and assaulted civilization. ? Orangeburg Times-Democrat. MR. BARUCH PUT TO WORK j The President has called the old i South ('a i olina horn war horse. Pernard Harm h bark into hai rless to "gei the facts" on the confused and | much disputed i uhber situation. He is insinieitd. according to tip* Associated Press, "to make a thorough j snivel" and to submit "as quickly as jiosslbb " a report which Is to become! the bi-<is lor action on the manufacture of synthetic rubber and on nation wide gasoline rationing. Both the word "thorough" and the word "quickly" are entirely superfluous, since if Mr Munich performs this lin-1 portant duty with anything like Ills j characteristic- efficiency, completeness and promptness, plus intelligent interpretation. will lie^BfiO^eynotes of his findings. As chairman of the Industries commission, Mr. Darnell did Invaluable service in World War No. 1. He is not as young as he once was but he Ih still alert both mentally and physically and If Is good that the President has taken advantage of his Hams ness m trying to solve what has become t he nations most confusing problem. But using Mr Marueh and othermembers <>i the commission Is not ] oncuigli I mless ilia President, him- < sulf steps I'n(o the picture and acts, j with firmness, ,,M (B,? commissions! recommendations, it is r.-allv no use j to waste f||t. i aituthle time of these I busy, patriotic 111 ri <'o|umhln State. Victory Bran A buffer bean, in as perfect a V. Rhape as could have been possible.' Was foil ml feee 11' ! y j., ,|s,. u . t. , |()f Mrs \\- .1 s-iil.-, L't;, Broad street. Mr Scale brought the bean to the Item office y.st.rd.ii, sating he hoped it was a good om.-n Wednesday's Sumter Bern. i FAMOUS GARDENS ? Ray Mllland and Paulette Goddard meet and carry on their romance in the beautiful, world-famous Cypress and Middleton Gardens in Charleston, S. C., strikingly depicted by the Technicolor camera in Cecil B. DeMille's epic adventure romance, "Reap the Wild Wind." The new Paramount film comes Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, August 16, 17 and 18, to the Camden Theatre, co-starring John Wayne. "Reap the Wild Wind" is the story of the battle against pirate wreckers in 1840 who were menacing America's sea lanes. McKain Issues Appeal For Cooperation of Public (Continued from first page) hardware or implement dealer or at a Junk yard, and it can either bo donated for patriotic use cj sold at a price stipulated by the government. Chairman McKain announced that the collection In the city on Thursday. August 2D. was being arranged through the cooperation of the city authorities and the leaders of the several active civic organizations. The members of the city council who act as chief air wardens in their respective wards will have direct supervision of the collections in their respective wards. The actual collection will he undertaken by cifv employees with city trucks, under the supervision of James Haley, superintendent of public works. In order t<> expedite the collection on Thursday. August 20, nil householders are to I).* requested, through the medium of circulars, publicity and advertising, to have the salvage placed on the lawn or parkway in front of their homes prior to the day of collection. In order to acquaint the populace with the program, every home in the city will he circularized on Monday and Tuesday of next week with printed matter explaining the object of the drive and asking for complete cooperation. Several thousand of these hand bills will bo distributed throughout the city. Chairman McKain wishes to point out that the August 20 collection will I not terminate the drive activities in j the city. The salvage program is to i continue up to and including December .'11. Following the Thursday collection. Mr McKain urges that tho public carefully save all salvage items.) Hater an announcement will he made) relative to the collection r>t' same. Regarding the collection of fats and. grease. Mr McKain pointed out that these it?'ins may I >?- taken to any grocery store or meat market and either donated or sold Mr. McKain particularly stressed the fact that fats and grease will not be collected on salvage day. _ | 1'rivate motor cars in Ireland may not he used for sports meetings, for' holiday driving, social calls, shop ping and other nonessential us- s. Brain Operation Aids Paralytics For the Hint time In history the, brain has at quired a musi :)e to help | it think. This phenomenon of medicine is | an amazing surgical feat which ere-j utes a new pipeline of blood In the brain and restores normal circulation which has been stopped by blood clots or hardening of the arteries. | The victims of such brain conditions are those usually described as having a stroke, and the ontire right or left half of the body is paralyzed, lit they walk at all, it is with great I difficulty and they cannot talk or .at normally, I'ntil now they have continued to exist only half-alive until death. I)r. Frederick E. Kredel of tho Medical College of South Carolina conceived the operation and has performed it on five carefully selected patients. He reported it for the first time at the meeting of the southeastern surgical congress in Atlanta and was astonished that it attracted much attention from surgeons many years his senior. His operation is one of the most delicate in surgery but, because the brain itself is insensitive to pain, it ean be done under local anesthesia of the scalp. The only shock to tho patient is the sound of drills and saws going through tho skull. Dr. Kredel opens the scalp and peels from the skull the temporal muscle?the one which attaches to the lower jawbone and aids In chewing and talking. He then makes four small holes in the skull just above the ear and with an electric saw cuts a small window Into tho brain. When the brain Is exposed, he cleans out the area If necessary and then with a series of quick, fine stitches attaches tho temporal muscle to the dura, or outer covering of the hraln. A small portion of the skull is theipTMiwed away to accommodate fhe lower part of the muscle, the skull cap is replaced and the scalp sewn hack.. "More than half of the brain injuries which result in paralysis on one side or the other are due to blood riots rather than to hemorrhage." Dr. Kredel declares and some ran lie aided by this operation. Blaney Man Finds (iun 80-Years Old D O. Odom of Blaney brought Into The State's office a muzzle-watering gun which he thought to he about So years old. He found it after a road grader had scooped it up and left it lying beside the road near his home. After carefully examining his discovery ho noticed that it was a ball and cap type, which according to William Ferry. Sr.. was the type of rifle used by the Northern soldiers In the Confederate war. Engraved on the barrel of the gun In small letters are the words "Colonel Colt. United States | Army." The wood on the stock showed varnish stains and with a little oiling, Mr. Odom said he thought the gun could he used for target practice. " Large Crop of Hogs In The Making ' One of the {?ost slgnlflcent developments in the' agriculture of the state in a generation is the rise of hogs as a cash crop of commanding importance in many of the counties," states Director D. \V. Watkins of the Clenison extension Service. "From practically no commercial hogs ton to fifteen years ago, many counties now ccant their hog shipment in Bcores and e\en hundreds of'car-loads each year. Demonstration feeding tests and hog management demonstrations lary !> paved the way to this important industry that now seems firmly established here," lie concludes. Through cooperative sales in 23 counties the past year 1,677 car-loads, or 117.44 1 head, of hogs were ubld from the state. In addition to these, additional thousands were sold locally to fill a demand that pork was formerly shipped in for. To date this year shipments are far ahead of last year, and the prospect is for continued heavy shipinenrs from this county as well as from the state. It appears that the state as a whole will more than meet the war goal for hogs as set the first of the year. A good feed crop is in prospect, and farmers generally are taking good care of their hogs, according to the county agent. They point out that labor shortage is making it imperative that farmers seek incomes other than from so much row-crop; and hogs handled right, grown out on grazing, and hogging down crops help give Die farm that diversified income and labor distribution so badly needed at this time. Wants?For Sale Advertisements under this heading wlH be charged for at the rate of 1 cent per word. Minimum charge 25 cents. Ads set in 10 point type double charge. Cash must accompany order except where customer has Ledger K^count. FOR SALE ? Baby's play pen, in A-l condition. Will sell cheap. Can be seen after 6 p. m. any day at IMS Mill street, Camden, S. C. 21pd FOR RENT?Two unfurnished rooms. Private entrance. Call 230-W or see Mrs. G. K. Price, at 1322 Ilaile street, Camden, S. C. 21 sb CURTAINS STRETCHED?At reasonable prices. All work guarahte'ed. Address 904 Campbell Street, Camden, S. C. 3tf. BARBERI NG ? Haircuts no cents.; shaves 15 cents. Four experienced barbers ? Dos Kennedy's Barber Shon. Camden, S. C. 32tf. CHICK FEED?Get a bag of that good Spartan All-Mash Starter for your chicks and give them the right start. Only the one feed is all you need to carry them through the flrBt ten weeks Buy Spartan today and chase your chick worries away.? Whitaker & Company, Camden. S. C. 44sbtf SHOES?For shoe rebuilding and repairing call at the Red Boot Shop, next door Express OfTlce, 619 Rutledge street, Abram M. Jones, Proprietor, Camden. S. C. 9eh. The hlaekfish is a mammal, not a fish. Dutch Fork Native Looks Backward ' (uv J. M. Kleazor) I',, in th?f Dutch Fork section of Lexington uiui lUchlttiid counties, when- I was raised, a thrifty and work lug people hew a secure living out of the rough stone hills. A man of national importance recently told mo of riding through there for the tlrst time and of how he was impressed with the small neat farms, excellent gardens, beautiful home-made quilts airing on the bannisters, and the T model Fords still in excellent condition. His observations caught the quality of the people whoso ancestors settled In that rugged section In the now dim past. The old folks, whom those who are now old can remember, often talked of the origin of that colony and just where they came front. Hut such things usually fall on the ears of youth, who weary at their tolling, and thus the facts are lost. Now much of the history of these frugal people is not clear and they become a substantial bit of that molting pot of humanity that is our great America. Perhaps I am blessed a hit. but after living away from the Fork for a generation, I can see that customs and attitudes are distinctly different up there to what they are anywhere else In this country, except perhaps up In Pennsylvania, where a similar settlement. 1 am told, makes one side of a river bloom as an earthly paradise. while the other side, with less skilled husbandry, has wasted away into gullied liabilities of the state. At this time of national peril, when we are looking for light. 011 how we are to go from the commercial era, into which farming had drifted, to a safer system, where each farm will he fortified with self sufficiency, many Interesting chapters could be written about this unique Dutch Fork. 1 will not attempt here to touch 011 all of the ways of our people. Hut since war has cut off most of the herbs and seasonings that entered our commercial world of today. I thought it might he of interest to relate here some of the ways of the thrifty Dutch in providing their family needs of such things in my day. There were no store-bought seasonings, and our cooking called for varied sorts. Bought medicines were rare, but the art of compounding effective portions from native plants was well known by all. My father was the country doctor, but he never found anything better for the colicky baby than grandma's catnip tea that we thrived 011 as we came up. There was mint for stomach troubles. and for flavoring candy. And the sage hush grew in every garden. It seasoned certain meats and furnished tea for the sick. And there was thyme. very aromatic, used for similar purpose. The horehound that grew in the corner of the garden was for dyspepsia, colds .and worms; and the leaves of the mulleim plant that flourished in the pasture were smoloed for catarrh. The dark green leaves of the rue plant were crushed and bound to the wrists and temples as a treatment for convulsions. The mild fragrance of lavender perfumed the dresser drawer and gave a touch of delicate sweetness to the boudoir. Stramonium leaves fJimson Weed) dried in the shade, pulverised, and mixed with a bit of saltpeter to make them burn good gave off smoke that was a benediction to the asthma sufferer. My sister used It frequently, and wo gathered it for cousins who lived away. Swoet marjoram and basil were seasonings that added distinctiveness to certain Dutch cooking. And senna was the laxative, taken as a tea. Hot tea from the roots of the pink sassafras was a spring favorite relished by ail of us. It was a stimulant, like coffee or tea, and did not have to he bought It was supposed to "purify" voilr blood. W iutergrc-n was a flavoring 'hat I never liked. And. as a disinfectant for wounds and a healing agent, we had the bright yellow fruit front the balsam vine cut into small strips and soaked in whisky. ( alamus grew in the spring drains and was a cherished plant. Grandma kept us supplied with it at till times. From its dried roots a tea was made for crying babies. To be without it with babies in the house was taking an unnecessary risk. And perhaps the outstanding herb of seasoning was coriander. It is what makes the sausage up there different to anj other I have tasted anywhere else. To us there was no sausage without it. Leave it out. and it becomes just ground pork to us. It is what glorifies ground pork into sausage, with a little help from salt and popper. There are others, but memory / through the years loses them In the mists. ~ Other angles of life In the Fork ' might be of Interest at this critical time in our history, when the old. time virtues of olose living and hard working are the need of the hour. But I will not prolong this to Include them. I will say this In closing. Everjone 1 Is called'upon to work and to Bave, To waste is unpatriotic In this trying 3 hour, lip there It has not only been j unpatriotic to waste, but a sin; Until 1 this day I can't throw an apple peel. ' tug In the fire. It was ingrained in us that it was a sin to destroy anything to eat. A hungry hen or pig could use I that peeling. And strings?I never saw anyone cut a string, to say nothing of throwing one away! The few that ? came our way were untied and ?avcd. Paper sacks were smoothed out and . packed in a drawer. | And thus the frugal Dutchman went, [and still goes, his way?a way that might lead to a cure of many things that ail the farming sections of this rouutry today. Through the alluremeats of the commercial age that glittered and beckoned, the real Dutch Fork has kept to its frugal ways. The little houses are still white and the yards are scrupulously clean. Farms are small, well worked, and mort. gages are rare. The garden is still \ the most important land on the farm, and the cellar is stocked with the season's bounty. Everyone still has "Sunday clothes," and the many white steepled churches are still the cenI ters of community life. The great dei pression made little dent there. The | folks have always stayed close to their soil and it nurtures them serenely along through the years. Pecan Crop Short Washington. Aug. 10?Insects and disease were blamed by the American Agriculture Department today for an expected 32,600,000 pound decrease In this year's pecan crop. Six Soldiers Drown Titusville, Fla., Aug 11?Six soldiers were drowned today when an army truck skidded and crashed through a bridge railing Into 10 feet of water In the Indian river. Witnesses said the truck was carrying about a score of soldiers. Harrison Seeks To Enlist Horsemen (Continued from first page) country, even though disqualified for military service for over age or other reasons. ; Mr. Harrison, in a letter to the Chamber of Commerce, states that towns and cities on or near the coast- ^ line would have men who would be more interested in this work. "This , patrol isf a most important duty at this time," said Mr. Harrison, "and I am sure all patriotic people will be : Interested in helping to form it. Those who desire to become regular members of the Coast Guard for this duty ^ only, may do so. Instructions in the use of arms and signals will be given all who Join. Uniforms will also be supplied. The age limit is 18 to w ; with liberal waivers for minor physi- i cal defects." Berne, not Geneva, is the political capital of the Swiss Confederation, j Jhfl *f04**jobi* THE WAR EFFORT 1 **********^ 0 Of course you wane to help America iu this troubled hour. And here's one part you can pUy ?resolve to do something NOW to further a personal program of physical fitnejl#?ge/ u etl and keep well. What America needs today is our health, our energy, our best efforts in useful produclion. So?go see your Physician; Then let us cooperate by e*. pertly filling his prescriptions. Oct well I Keep welll For Good Health is a National Duty, DeKalb Pharmacy TELEPHONE 95 H WYNDHAM MANNING For Governor Safe and Sane Advocates Safe and Sane Governmnt . . . Unity instead of Disunity . . . Order Instead of Disorder . . . as a Guarantee of Maximum State Cooperation for Victory . . . and to Assure a Strong Economic Foundation Against Difficult Times Which Will Follow the War. I WANTED I I Experienced Male or Female Book- I keeper. State age, experience, salary ex- j j | pected in first letter. Address "Book- j j I keepercare Camden Chronicle, Cam| den, S. C. j ILOTT LAWSON Candidate Fop COMPTROLLER GENERAL This office for which I ask your vote is truly the heart of the busi- i ness of our state. It calls for a man who it thoroughly familiar with finance and business administration. _] As a business man, with years of experience, I j am coming before ths j people of South Carolina fully realizing the j responsibilities of the j office and the precau- j tiona necessary to be used to protect the highest interest ot every citi- ^ zen of our state. " J