The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 21, 1942, Page PAGE EIGHT, Image 8
Weekly News Letter
From Liberty Hill
Liberty Hill, Auk. IS- At the Presbyterian
church Sunday morning the
pant or. Dr. It W. Jopllng, preached
au able sermon basinl on Rev.. 4th
chapter. 3rd verse. A large audience
wan out t ohear hlni Including a number
of out-of-town vlHltora. Following
the aermon, a congregational meeting
with tho paator aa moderator, and
('. D. Cunningham aa clerk, wan held
to elect additional church offlcera.
K. J. Cunningham and W. E. Cunningbain
were choaen for elders, and W.
C. Wardlaw was elected to complete
the board of deacons.
Sunday Hchqol at 10:15 with superintendent
It. C. Jones, In charge. Prof,
A. J. Richards, of Denmark, an old
Liberty Hill boy, was presont and
taught the men's Illble claaa, explaining
and commenting on the lesson In
a very Interesting manner.
Captain (Jeorgo W. Ilaber, of New
York City, and Camp Sutton, N. C.,
was a week end visitor in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. ' L. P. Thompson,
who also had with them for the wt ek
end, their daughter. Miss C. Ann
Thompson, of Columbia.
Mr and Mrs. J. K. Herlot and
daughters, Misses Carolyn und
Suztlnn, of Itlshopvllle. were Sunday
guests of relatives here.
VV. E. Cunningham, Jr.. of Savannati,
is on a visit to ills father and
other relatives here.
R. C. Jones, of the MackryJones
Company, was a Lancaster visitor
on Tuesday.
Shirley Ann. young daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Abo Hilton had her
tonsils removed at the Hock Hill hospital
recently. She Is well now end
at home.
Mr. and Mrs. \V K. Hamlter. of
Camden, were visitors hero Sunday.
L. P. Thompson, of the SauteeCooper
project, spenl Hit* week end
at home.
Prof. A. J. Richards and family,
of Denmark, are visiting Ills sisters
at their home here.
Miss Annie Mae Cu ret on, of Bl*hopvllle.
visited her parents for the
week end.
Mrs. It M Kennedy. Jr.. of Camden,
and little Jim Murphy, of Columbia,
were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs.
L. IV Thompson.
Mrs Fannie Johnston. Miss Kate
Johnston. Miss Joan Wli Resides, of
(Ireat Falls; Miss Mary Lorlek. of
Camden, and Jean Hamilton, of Chester.
ha Vo been recent visitors of
Misses Clara and Louise Johnston, at
their Hill Top home.
Charles I) Cunningham. Jr.. who
has been in tH? Pacific war zone for
some time, has been promoted to a
first lieutenant in the C. S. Army Air
Corps. ||(* js stationed some where
in tiie Hawaiian Islands
I'at Thompson, Jr., left Tuesday
morning for a t n day's stay at Moiltreat,
as guest of Kev. it. \V. Jopllng.
Mrs. H. J. Wardlaw. Jr., and son.
Jinimie. visited relatives in Harnwell
last week.
Miss Adella Cunningham, an employee
of the Commercial Hank of
Camden, spent a short vacation at
home this week. I
Mrs linker Warren and children, of
Allendale, and Miss Josephine Wardlaw.
of Chester, are with their mother.
Mrs It. J Wardlaw. Sr., for several
days this week.
This writer has been to several of
the county campaign meetings this
week (Jood crowds have turned out
to hear the candidates, some good
speeches have been made, some political
dynamite exploded, and a lot
of personalities injected into the debate
by a few but for the most part,
the proceedings have been very pleasant.
The candidates have discussed
their plans and ideas as to what
should, or should not be done, and
stuck to the main issue, which was
to convince the voters that they?each
one?was best fitted for the duties of
the office for which they were running
We have enjoyed being with
this bunch of good fellows and wish
each one could be elected.
L. M. Waters, Sr.,
Dies At Kershaw
Kershaw, Aug. 14.?L. M. Waters,
Sr., 76, died here this afternoon after an
Illness of 13 duys.
, Surviving are six sons, Greydon !
Waters, Eugene Wuters, Labon Waters,
Fred Waters, Harold Waters and '
L. M. Waters, Jr., all of Kershaw; '
seven daughters. Mrs. Pearl Russell, '
Mrs. Corlnne Phillips, Mrs. Ruby
Roberts and Miss Ruth Waters, of
Kershaw; Mrs. Rlanche Vincent, of 1
Hartsvllle, Mrs. Theliua Phillips, of 1
Lancaster and Mrs, It. M. Kelly, of '
Hlshopvllle; one sister, Mrs. Ella
Jordan, of Bethune, and 20 grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at
5 o'clock Saturday evening from the '
First Baptist church at Bethune, by 1
the Rev. (\ E. Schiable, assisted by '
the Rev. Cletua Blackmon and the (
Rev. Connie Dabney. Burial was In '
the Brnnnon cemetery, near Bethune. *
Torrential Rains
Descend On City !
i
Nearly four Inches of rain fell during
the torrential downpour which
swept the city Tuesday afternoon
and night, according to government
records. The exact fall was three and
three quarter Inches,
j Streets became veritable rivers
while alleys poured small torrents
across walks and down drives.
The rainy season of the past several
weeks has served to halt many
outdoor activities, especially in the
Softball league, where but a few
games of the second half schedule
Injve been played because of almost
constant afternoon downpours.
30MMENT8 ON MEN AND THINGS
(By Spectator)
Hlnco the gasoline restriction lu
jur area was decreed; and again when
[he price wuh Increased two and a half I
tenia a gallon In this area. I have
wondered a hit ahoul the legality
;?f both the restriction and the price..
One of our principles la that we are i
ttI) cltizena of one nation and all stund ,
initial before the law. Section 8 of Article
1 of the Constitution of the
l'lilted Sta^g^^fiys; "All duties, luipoata
and 'dxclfces shall be uniform
throughout the United Slates".
How about reviving the small town?
In the good old gasoline and rubber
daya we could "start-ber-up" and
run to the city fur something or otlicr.
perhaps an excuse to run over to the
big town. Of course, there wasn't anythlngs
worth buying in the little country
town we seemed to think. The
stock doesn't, look so fancy and Bl(l
and Ed don't look as nifty as the
city salesman. Hut the time has come
around again when the restrictions
on rubber and gasoline bring old Dobbin
back to the popularity he enjoyed
before the day of the gasoline bug- j
gy.
The small town has certain advan-,
tages: You can "Bhop" all over thei
business section without long, t Ire-1
some walking. Aguin, you probably,
know the merchants and his clerks.
John Doe, the merchant, attends!
church (or does he?), and Dill and
Sam are the sons of a neighbor.
Mabel, the cashier, lives around the
rorner and can tell you how Sally's
boy Is or Henry's daughter. Shopping !
in a small town Is Just a neighborly
visit.
The war may make us neighborly
igaln. We can't go very far with
:hat "A" card, so let's use good old
<hoe-leather.
1 acquired a pair of shoes for $1.50.
That was luck, too. Here's how It
was: A pair of favorite shoes had'
worn to the ground. Eor six weeks a
[ ertaln man had promised to have a
pair for me. As I waited and waited, |
:he shoes wore and wore. You know j
the comfort of old shoes? Well, all
Lhe comfort was on top for the >
mles had about gone to the bow-wows, i
I bought a pair, but they "didn't
mil". No sir, they weren't my kind.
1 was In a pickle. But a bright
Idea occurred: Why not half sole the
tild shoes? Well, why not, as a matter
of fact? I sent the shoes to a
friend who has the necessary skill.'
He did so well that I forthwith salvaged
a second pair from my prl-1
vate dump?and now I have two pairs
?all stout and serviceable?at $1.50
each.
Bernard Baruch and his associates
will command confidence in their report
on the rubber situation. It Is unfortunate
that we've waited so long
to do what should have been months
ago. Nor would this Commission exist
today If Congress had not passed an
Act creating an agency to deal with
the rubber problem, and requiring the
use of farm products in the manufac-,
ture of rubber.
The rival contentions as betweensynthetic,
or substitute rubber, made
from oil and alcohol are very much
before the public. Why not both? Why
ilo wo Americans argue Interminably
over such problems? We are a big
consumer to use all the rubber likely
to be made?and we need it now. Besides.
this is no new problem; Russia
tins been making rubber from farm
products for ten years.
As a result of Japanese activity In
Asia we may soon make-all our rubber
here, thus creating another great
American Industry. Both the alcohol
ulvocates and the oil people are com.
ng forward with roseate promises.
The president of a great oil company
ells a committee of'The senate that
)>' the end of 1943 his company will
>e making enough rubber to provide
>,500,000 tires a year.
No nation is defeated; no war Is
ost. while the armed forces of a counry
are still Intact in the field. We
>ear many people say that we are
osing the war. Certainly that Is not
rue. As long as our country 1b In
mr possession we have not lost the
var. But more than that; we have
tardly entered the war Britain seemed
whipped two years ago, but she
s stronger today than at Dunkirk.
She didn t know she was whipped;
ind, of course, she wasn't. We Ameri
iun? haven't put our real strength
into the war yot. When we have an
army of millions in actual engagement,
with more millions in camp
back home, ready to go, we shall reglly
be trying our strength. We have
u long way to go before we shall see
the vigorous Americans in battle on
n large scale. Enough has been done
by our sailors, soldiers and airmen
prove the quality of our men In
battle. #
We have a military tradition of |
victory and thfrMb spirit of conquerors
is In the heart of every American.
? .
Said a man to me, "You talk and
write a lot about the war. I thought
you were speaking for businessmen.''
What do you think of that? Are businessmen
different from other menf
Is not the war the greatest task or
us all? Who, by the y>ay, are the
soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen
of this war? Are businessmen in
touch with the lighting services?
There is an impression that whenever
a businessman gets into war
be sits at a desk in this country, far
from the heat and sweat; safe from
the awful roar and blast ot artillery,
a long way from the crash of bombs
and the rain of machine gun bullets.
Well, many businessmen of sixty
years are at work behind the lines,
but in the ranks, in the lighting tops
of ships, in submarines, in the air
and wherever, the American flag flies
?are the younger businessmen, facing
the enemy. And the older businessmen:
What stake have4 they iu
the war? Their sons are in the field
or on the sea or in the air, with the
other lads of America. The Draft
Boards draw men, and they come
from every walk and community and
condition of life. This is no rich man's
war and poor man's fight; this is
the war of each of us and is the fight
of all.
Some days ago a man of large interests
stopped a soldier with these
questions: "Are you in Division?"
The soldier said that he was.
"My name is X", said the man and
my son is in your Division. Can you
tell me if the Division is being moved?"
Waa that man interested in the
war or in his business? Recently I
had an engagement with a man of
large interests. When I arrived in
his town he was away. He had received
a message that his son was
being sent away; and to that camp
went the anxious father, leaving business
and friends and engagements.
All of us are alike: the father and
mother who stood ready to travel 1,200
miles to a camp to see their sick
soldier son; and the millionaire and
wife whose boy is a marine?they
are at bottom just fathers and mothers;
and their richest treasures are
not in banks, but in flesh and blood.
Even with the differences of plan
and outlook we have a vast stake in
America, a stake which is the same
to all of us. Some are bargaining for
wages. That can't be done anywhere
else today, I think.
Our Pee Dee farmers are rejoicing
in. the good prices for tobacco. That
can't be found anywhere else, I think.
We still travel; we still have an abundance
of everything really necessary
to our comfort. In spite of war controls
and rationing, we are not only
the favored people of fortune, but our
fathers, In their palmiest days, had j
much less.
Businessmen have worked and invested
in this_ America of ours and
they have enjoyed 4.he xappofctunities.of
free enterprise aqQ,-th? inviting field
for the full scope of their genius.
The workers, likewise, have prospered
and lived in comfort and peace
and plenty. The rich men and the
business leaders began at the bottom.
As Napoleon said, to inspire
his army, every soldier carries a Marshall's
baton in his knapsack. Just
as every soldier may cherish the ambition
to rise in the service, like some
of our generals who began in the
ranks, so may every American worker
hope to rise in the ranks of industry
as many have done.
We have some superficial differences
of the moment, but to us, all,
business leaders and men In the business
ranks, there is the one great interest
in common, to keep America
free, to maintain it as the land of
opportunity, beckoning to each man
to rise to the full sweep of his powers
and to climb as high as he can.
S. C. Seeks To Meet :
Bond Quota Again
South Carolina has established the
highly-rated record of exceeding its
war bonds quotas for three months
in succession and those in charge of
the sale of bonds expect August purchases
to make it four months in a
row.
In Kershaw county, the August
quota is $37,400, or approximately
the same amount which was the
county's quota in July. The members
of the county's war savings committees
urge all possible investments
in bonds during the remaining days of
this month, in order that the county
may go over the top, thus contributing
its specified amount for the month
to the financing of the war and helping
the state maintain its perfect
record since the institution of the
quota system with the month of May.
Dark as the war picture is, leaders
in the efforts to sell war bonds in
the state point out in South Carolina
there is a relative boom in many
sections, and that this points to continued
heavy purchases of bonds. Tobacco
and cotton prices are higher
than in years, it is noted, and industrial
activity is at an all-time peak.
The. response to the appeals of
leaders to buy bonds has been excellent
in every county in the state, it
is pointed out. In the agricultural
counties and in the industrial counties
South Carolinians are contributing
heavily to the task of paying for the
war, through the purchase of bonds.
And officials believe it is one of the
biggest personal-savings movements
in the history of the country.
In a statement in Columbia this
week, James H. Hammond, state war
savings chairman, said the United
States treasury is proud of South
Carolina's record, and Mr. Hammond
made a special plea that purchases
this month put August over the top, (
and thus maintain the records made ?
in May, June and July.
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| VOTERS
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I am a candidate for the office of Lieutenant
Governor of this state. One of the duties of this office
is tp preside over the state Senate. I feel that my
service of 28 years in the Senate and 4 years in the
House qualifies me to discharge the duties of that office.
1 have given honest, fearless, fajthful, and clean
service to the people of my state. |
1 will appreciate your support.
(9 I
George K. Laney j
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