The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 25, 1942, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6
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RATIONING IN THI8 8TATE
IS NOTHING NEW SAYS ELEAZER
(By J. M. Klon/.er. Sumter County
Farm Agent)
The paruuts and grandparents of
those of us now here In middle llfo
Mud nothing new In the basic Idea of
rationing.
Idvlng as virtually a conquered
province for many years after the Inglorious
Sherman left It wrecked to
the core and In ashes, this state has
known hard limes and the voluntary
rationing that went with it.
I am 46 years old and can well remember
when wo had far less than
a pound of coffee per person every
five weeks as the present war now
imposes. Scarcity of coffee was not
the cause then. Our generation came
in the wake of the one that destitution
had taught to use substitutes for
anything that was bought. They
le. trued to like the substitutes, and
when limited mean** uvula permitted i
t
the l?U> lllg of some coffee. We liked
it letter mixed with the adulterants
to which customs had tied us.
If was green coffee then that, we
bought at the country store. A pound !
of it. properly compound* d with adul- '
t? rants, made enough to last the family
p.-rh ips a month. We never served
pure coffee in those days. Didn't
even have a taste for it.
To us, the proper way to prepare
coffe,. for use was to mix sweet potatoes
nr soy beans with It Then
> on had the "making's of coffee."
For many years until sov beans
came w (j only used sweet pot.foes.
As I recall, they worn peeled, cut
both wavs. and then cros-kaps. which
made them into small tubes >bout a
quarter of an inch square. These
were toasted or parched dry in the
oven of the stove until tlu v were a
dark brown color. After cooling they
were ground on llu> hand coffee mill
along with the homo-parched coffee
] kernels.
Soon alter the turn of the century
some soy beans came Into our com1
muuity. They were reputed to be a
[good coffee substitute, and some fam1
Hies used them as such. They made
(a brew that did taste a lot like coffee.
But our prieipal use of them
was as a substitute for sweet potatoes,
when wo did not have the latter
in compounding the coffee we had
always used. And the old-time black
coffee pot was used, which I understand
is far more efficient In getting
the substance out of the coffee than
many of .the contraptions used at the
present time. A bit of cold water a
-minute before pouring settled th?i
grounds in the pot. A raw egg brok !
i n into it did a similar Job. and clear i
coffee resulted.
Yes. "The South will take rationing
in regular stride," as Director
Watkin.s of the Clcinson Kxtensioit
Service puts it "Kcnnomie privation
tor so long caused our people
o ration themselves that the necessary
sort brought on by the present
war will cause li'tle more than a rip
| pie."
REGISTERED GUERNSEY'S AT
KINGS DAIRY FARM
Peterborough, N H . O, ( :? 1.? \V.
King of King < Dairy Farm Bishop\
illt*. S hak just completed official
advanced register records of
'wo registered (luernsrv tows. Riverside
Doris Ra< b I produred y 6 > 7.1
lioutids of milk and a is.3 pounds of
butter fat as a two year old. and 1 er
sister Riverside Royal Fanny made a
record of 11 v;t s pounds of milk end
' "I s pounds of butter fat it four
[years of age. Both of these records
[are above the average for the breed
( for ?helr respective ages and classes,
i rio ir sire. Sir Peter of Riverside, is
' akn ow ned by Mr. King.
Be Quick To Treat
Bronchitis
Chronic bronchitis may develop If
your cough. chest cold, or acute bronchitis
is not treated and you cannot afford
to take a chance with any medicine
less {xitent than Creomulsion which
goes right to the seat of the trouble to
help loosen and expel germ laden
f)hlegm and aid nature to soothe and
leal raw. tender, Inflamed bronchial
mucous membranes.
Creomulsion blends beechwood creosote
by special process with other time
tested medicines for coughs. It contains
no narcotics.
No matter how many medicines you
have tried, tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulsion with the understanding
you must like the way it quickly
allays the cough, permitting rest and
sleep, or you are to have your money
back. (Adv.) >
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Are you entitled to wear a
"target" lapel button? You
are If you are investing at
least ten percent of your Income
in War Bonds every pay
day. It's your badge of patriotism
.
When V 7 Your*
! EYES \iyWATER
1 DUE
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\DISCOM FORTS/
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MOUNTAINEER CATCHES
10,000 RATTLESNAKES
Unusual is the occupation of Kim
, Miller. 66-vear-old mountaineer, of
i Lake Toxaway, N. C.. who has caught
more than 10,000 rattlesnakes?
caught them alive and turned each
one into a tanned and stuffed hide
and about two gills of Rnake oil, both
of which are marketable products.
in 36 years of stalking mountain
rattlesnake^, which most of his
neighbors go out of their ^ay to
avoid, Kim has developed a technique
that is almost foolproof?for
him. that is. The rattler is badly
fooled however. Kim never has been
bitten, though he admits a few narrow
escapes. Here's how he goes
I about catching his prey.
Imagine the vicious rattler coiled
| up on a Hunny rock somewhere in
the bills. Nature has provided the
I reptile various lethal defenses?the
i "bark" of a rattle-snake is definitely
not worse than his bite. But here
?om??s Kim. stalking through the underbrush
:
"The only hunt In' gear I take with
me i? a four-foot pole and three or
four strings to make nooses," be explains
' When I chance upon a rattler
I just bide my time till I can
make a loop and tie the end of the
poh- Then I ease up and luiid the
l noose right over the snake's head.
(That don't please him a bit, and before
long he'll strike out. I Just lower
the loop a little bit. and he sticks
this head tight into it. And there I
1 h i\ e int."
"The market for stuffed snake
hides is good." says the mountainer,
"and I have orders for more'u I can
jeatrh As for snake oil ? 1 just can't
get enough of that to go around. It's
such a good medicine."
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lOluit j3 tOiiU !
WAR BONDS
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| Wishful thinking will not halt Hit|
ler's tyranny, nor will "sparechange"
financing give us the money
necessary to win this war. So
' start today investing in your country's
War Bonds with ten percent or
i more of your earnings.
r m
Wishful thinking will not help you
1 to buy that new furniture when tha
war is won. But your money saved
I in War Bonds will. Join the Payroll
Savings Plan at your office or factory
Let'a "Top that Ten Percent.**
U S Tr*+t**y
Above?-Machine Work?Left to right--Rosa Lee Hood. Bishopville; Kubln Hatfield Caughnmn, Bishop,
ville; Kllen Vaugban, Lamar; Bonnie McGoughau. Bethune.
Below ? Welding?Left to right?-Mary Belle Dees. Ituby; Myrtle Quick, Patrick; AJleen, Boykin, Bishop.
villt*; Kinnia Johnson, Sumter; Wllma Poison, Patrick.
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Many Men By The \
Same Name
Atlanta, Ga,, Dec. 7 You're in the
army now. Mr. Jones. But?which
.Mr. Jones? For there were only 28,-!
050 Mr. Jones' in the last war, so
who knows how many in this one?
John Jones doesn't help too much,
for there are thousands of Johns and
hundreds of those Johns had wives
named Mary, which wasn't much of
a help when the war department
tried tracing down a Jones.
If you think there were a lot of
Jones' consider then the Johnsons,
53,200 strong, 2,000 of whom were
named William. And the Smiths
with 51,900, among them were 3,412
Willies; the Ilrowns with 48.000; the
Williams, 47,000; the Andersons, 22,000;
the Walkers, 18,500 and the
Millers 2.500.
What's in a name? Not much, according
to the army records, if it
isn't accompanied by a serial number.
And the war department continues to
stress the importance of remembering
those serial numbers. When you
think of that man in service, think
of his serial number, too, for without
it he might not get his mail and
you might not get your allotment, according
to Colonel John H. Hush,
army emergency officer, headquarters
Fourt Service command.
Colonel Bush pointed out the many
cases of mix-ups in allotment and
relief chocks due to improper statements
of names, serial numbers, rank
and addresses, and he stated that
much time would be saved the individuals
and the government if'more i
card were taken in these matters.
Beer Tax Helps
Garry on Schools
Beer will be expected to carry a ;
larger share of the Job of supporting j
South Carolina's schools and local
governments this year and next, according
to official figures presented
to the state budget commission recently.
The beverage of moderation now
produces approximately $5,000 each
day in taxes in this state and this
huge sum will seem increasingly
larger as other revenues decline in
the face of war conditions.
C.overnor It M Jefferies, commenting
on estimates of the state tax
commission that collections will topple
from $ 10,000,000 to $30,000,000
this year, termed the picture "despondent
The budget commission
is now drafting its proposals to the
legislature.
Of all the estimates announced,
that for beer ami wine showed the
smallest decline. A drop of only 2
1-2 per ceut is anticipated in beer
revenue but the rommisajon predicted
a decrease of 7 per cent from liquor.
25 per "cent from income taxes
and 43 per cent in gasoline taxes.
Dr. W. fl. Query, fax commission
chairman, also anticipates another
$1,000.0000 decline In 1943-1944.
Beer's popularity will mean a lot
to counties and towns of the state
since fully $500,000 of revenue from
the beverage Is apportioned to local
governments. The tax commission
retains the rest?more than $1,200,000
?for support of the schools.
It takes 8,000 man hours to make
an American pursuit plane.
Many Terraces To
Be Built This Winter
Many farmers in Kershaw county j
are making plans for constructing
terraces this winter, according to V.
T. Mullen. Work LTnit Conservationist
of the Lynches ltiver Soil Conservation
district.
Some farmers who gathered their
crop early have already constructed
their terraces. Equipment commonly
found on farms- in this section can
be used in building terraces. Earin
tractors and disk plows are particularly
well-adapted to construction of
terraces. However, when not available,
turn plows, long wing terrace
plows, V-drags, and drag pans can be
used in this work.
The conservationist points out that
while terraces are not the complete
answer to erosion control they are
part of it. Terraces not only take
the water off the land slowly, thus
preventing the soil from washing
away, but this very slowness of the
movement of water enables more
water to soak into the soil for future
use.
Oftentimes crops are drowned out
on hat areas because of water running
onto them from more sloping
land while if terraces were constructed
on this sloping land it would hold
back or divert water from these
areas, thereby preventing them from
becoming too wet for cultivation.
An important point to remember in
terracing land is to have a safe place
to empty the terraces. A wooded
area not too steep, a welLsod^LetT
area, or a natural draw protected by
a well-established, close-growing
cover, are good places to empty terraces.
Baby Left At
Hartsvilte Home
(Hartsvllle Messenger)
About eleven o'clock Wednesday
night of last week the cries of a
three-weeks old baby aroused the
suspicions of the Egleston family
that all wasn't well with their latest
guests for the night. The baby had
been brought there by two women,
about 8:30 o'clock, and left asleep
while they were out for supper.
The women, who gave their names
and addresses as Mrs. Rob Creech1
Moore, of Newport, Tenn., and Mrs.!
Clarence Fields, of Fayetteville, N.
C., had failed to return by next feeding
time for the young chap. They I
have not returned as yet. I
Mrs. Egleston. realizing that everything
wasn't just as It should he,
called i ao lot-al policemen, and the
baby was later taken to Byerly a
hospital, where it still remains.
I'pon making her investigation,
Mrs. Egleston found that the child
had ample supplies of nice clothing.
A ten dollar hill was left with a note!
askintr the Egleston home to kdep
the baby and asking that it he reg- 1
is tercel as .James Robert Moore,'
claiming this to he its real name. A
formula for the baby's food was also
left with the note.
The Children's Bureau of Columbia
has been Informed of the situation,
and it Is understood that they
Will take charge of the infant as j
soon as they can arrange to do so.
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Former Ballplayer 1
Now Corporal I
Kershaw county people will be intensely
interested in the following ,9
story sent out from Oulfport Field,
Miss., regarding Arthur L. Jones, of o^9
Kershaw:
"If you are from anywhere but
the far West, you've probably seen fl
the line, "'Jones, P." in a box score fl
meaning Cpl. Arthur L. Jones of the
Nine Hundred and Fifteenth Guard
Squadron, at this big new field where
airplane mechanics are trained by \
thousands in the Army Air Forces fl
Technical school. Corporal Jones has
been tossing professional baseball in j
all parts of the country, since 1930, 9
reaching the major leagues to pitch
two years for the Brooklyn Dodgers. j
"His baseball is not the only in- 9
foresting thing about Corporal Jons*
?he Is also a member of the law 'fl
firm of Jones and Jones in his home
town of Kershaw, S. C. He received
his educatiqn at Furman and Mercer fl
colleges, getting his degree in law
from the latter. At Furman he did
some fancy mound work to help !
bring state championships home in -^9
each of his three seasons of play.
"He moved around more than a ^9
Fuller brush man during his drat 9
year of pro ball, being owned by both 9
the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Dod- H
gers. In this year he saw action with
Salisbury. Durham and Asheville in
the Piedmont league and Columbia
and Macon in the South Atlantic cir- 9
"He stayed with Hartford in the /
F:astern league during the entire fol- "m
low ing season, piling up 21 wins, his
best season's work. Brooklyn then
under Casey Stengel, called the corporal
up and he stayed with ttyem
for parts of three seasons, with one
brief Interlude at Jersey City in the
International.
- "Corporal Jones played with Albany,
Syracuse and Toronto In the h
International league; Kansas City In
the American association; Tulsa In S
the Texas league.; Birmlngram In the
Southern association, and Williamsport
in the Eastern league from hit
tenure with the Dodgers to his entry
in the service. He has been selected
at various times on the All-Star H
teams of the Interntional league, and
Southern association. Corporal Jones
hopes to land a managerial Job after 9
the war."
No proposal for peaceV by Germany
should be entertained ror one mln- , J
ute, If it does not Include the delivery
of Hitler, Ooerlng, Goebbels, Hlmmler
and their understudies to be dealt
with according to Allied dictates,
which, of couree, should be hanging.
The cruelty of these monsters is at- 9
most unbelievable. That they should, jU
be allowed to escape with any P?*f
ishment short of death should lnfolrt J
serious punishment for the Individ*
ual making such a suggestion.?Chefc.
ter Reporter.
Cow Dies Violent Death
A fine cow belonging to Mrs. Jam
It. Durant died a rather violent j9
at the farm near Cypress of SL 9
Beasley one day last week. P!f. -J
Beasley treated the cowremedies
but felt suspicious
sickness. It taypow belleved ^^ 1
her death was fr^m rabies, ^ a
I caused from the bite of ? ^ \ "a
Bishopville. Messenger.
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Children learn to
soon as they learn to walk lyj* -9
I Guinea. Each child *r j
at an early agal.... JjAH Jj
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