Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HOT OIF THE KIT) Jy_THE SKIPPER., .Much' regret has been expressed over the illness of Colonel Clark W1K I in ms of the Cedars and The Pines. * ? Colonel Williams, an adopted sou of South Carolina Is held In the greatest of respect and esteem by all who have enjoyed his acquaintance. Ho is a soldier, a V?trlot, an educator, ;t leader In finance and an outstanding citizen. His legion of friends here and In the north are hoping for his recovery. * * * * We are happy to report that Harry 1) Kirkover, who was under the weath'-r last week, Is able to be out au till. Camden is certainly getting a combination of weather. Last week a frosfy morning and temperature ranging down *to 23 degrees. Saturday and Sunday temperatures as high as 75 and 76 and then Sunday night a genuine midsummer thunder storm that featured a brlllaut electrical display. some terrific bombing and a veritable cloudburst of aqua pura. ? Word comes from N^argie I)eI,oach<\ now a WAAC at Des Moines, telling of how well she likes being a WAAC. She says that she is getting toughened to the rigorous training and likes It a lot?only she says that washing windows in zero weather is not so hot. Margaret Clarke and Martha Singleton arrived okeh at Northampton, Mass . where they have been Inducted into the WAVES. J battle between players of mediocre ability?sort of second string men. That isn't so nice for the spectators who have put down their coin for admission fees. Chandler would have a player sent j to a penalty box for a three minute period when he commits a personal foul. After three minutes he would returft to the lineup. It sounds like ' a swell idea to us and wo are certain | it would tend toward keeping gallery i interest at a high pitch. It Sport Potpourri;i BY THE SKIPPER i Had a fine letter from Connie Mack last week. The 80 year old leader of the Philadelphia Athletics declared that he had hoped ?o bring his team south in the spring for training purposes. but that in view of the ruling of Judge Land is baseball czar, the plan had to be abandoned and the Athletics would train at Wilmington, Delaware. The Albany, N. Y., Club, which for several years past, has trained at Barnwell, S. C., has been obliged to cancel the 1943 training program at that place. As a matter of fact, every pro club will have to seek training quarters north of the Mason-Dixon line. Some of (he big-shot sport writers declare the change is going to be an eye-opener in that the managers are going to find the southern Jaunt each spring had no value at all, that playera could be conditioned in northern I Kymnasuims just as effectively. Time however, will reveal Just how wfsp'hey are in this particular. Bill Chandler, who in his University days at Wisconsin, ranked as one of the greatest of basketball stars, and who is now cage coach at Marquette, comes forth with one of the most constructive ideas for baskethall we have heard of in many moons. Bill advocates the abolishing of the four personal foul penalty and the substitution of a penalty-box-rulq similar to the one in Use in hockey Raines. ' / * ? Bill's Idea is that spectators come 'o a basketball game to see outstanding players in action. If the game be hotly contested and body contact frequent, the four personal foul rule soon has the stars out of the game and the balance of the contest ia-a Bethune 8eaman Reported Misslna Bethune, Jan. 15?Simon Thomas Hendrlx, 20, is missing in action at sea relatives here have been notified by the navy department. He was a fireman, third class, in the United States Naval Reserve. A native of Kershaw cdunty he was the son of Mrs. Charlie Granger and the late Stephen H. Hendrlx. He was a grandson of the late Simon S. Stokes. Roses i and | Thorns ) With all due respect to the boys up ! in Washington who figure these ra| tionlng merry-go-rounds, we still I think the present picture Is about the > most cock-eyed brainless setup we have had foisted upon us so far in this war crirfis. * * Frankly, the procedure smacks of 'the very thing we have gone to war ' about?it is a heck of a long way from the Democratic way of doing I things. * * * Wouldn't it have been far better to have just made a plain statement of fact and appeal to the patriotism of the people? and in conjunction with; this?reduce the gasoline value of the A, B, C, and T certificates. , I ' In the first place, under the present Hitler-like method, you are permitted to get three gallons on your coupon. Then the government tells you you can use it for this and that only. The gas is in your car, so what's the difference whether it is used or not? When it's gone, it's. gone, and no more is forthcoming without using another coupon. The whole setup Is wrong. Take the theaters, the Sarsfield Club, charitable organisations seeking to raise funds for worthy causes through dances, etc. ? all these are penalized. What a lot of cussing, damning, trouble of all sorts would have beep avoided, If the ration cards had been further regulated. Right after the new order went inj to effect, the taxi lines hit the golden [ lode for everybody wanted to ride hither and yon and fearing they would run afoul of the law, they called on the taxis. And the taxi drivers almost got dizzy trying to keap up wtth the calls. Now we find that taxis cannot transport passengers to pleasure spots. And that is only right. Just as much gas is consumed and Just as xmuch rubber used whether you ride in a taxi or your own car. All in all, the whole situation can be summed up in the words, "mass inquisition." r-rfrrifrnrrrrrri iri {THEMERCHANTS CORNER The Consumer*' Goods Inventory limitation Order 1m out. Consumer goods covered by the order are delined us goods Suitable (or sale to Individual ultimate consumers for personal or honsohold use. Inventories of food and petroleum products are excluded from the order. ? m m m The order will apply to every merchant who on or after November 30. 1942, had or has a total mercantile inventory of consumers' goods having a cost value of $f?0,000 or more at the end of any quarter of his fedoral Income tax year, and who also had during the 12 months preceding the end of the same quarter net sales of consumers' goods of $200,000 or more. (Mercantile Inventories include stocks held for sale in retail stores, wholesale establishments and stock-carrying branches of manufacturers. ) The restrictions of the order go into effect the second quarter of 1913 ?on March 1 for companies whose tax yqar or tax quarter begins December 1, on Atfril 1 for cohipuuies whoso tax year or tn?x quarter begins January 1, and May 1 for companies whoso tax year or. tax quarter begins on February 1. * ? The order operates on a-quarterly ( basis. All calculations are based on each of the four quarters of the fiscal or tax year which a merchant has already established by his income i tax reports. m A good many stores over the country have helped out a great deal ou1 their delivery and employee problems by taking orders over the telephone or through the mall and In return filling the order by mall. ^ Another help In solving those problems Is Internal Display. Not only traffic limitations but what ?ls more Important, lack of experienced sales help makes Rood internal display utmost a necessity. The more in formation which the customer is able to get without the aid of the sales person the easier it will be for her to buy and the less time it will take to complete the transaction. Maku your counter cards, posters and elevator cards soli Make them as Informative as possible. So many war campaigns have been pushed at the same time that in . many cases the stores have not been able to tell which promotion Is the tuost Important. Thus, so that proper sequence could be followed In these campaigns, a Central Commit-1 tee of National Retail Association | has been established in Washington. I * * * This committee will direct campaigns each month under one ,big theme-. The theme for January is ; "Your Home and The War." Tills campaign includes Fuel Conservation' which lasts the whole month of Jan-j uary and is most important; Con-: nervation of Household Equipment;! Conservation of Family Apparel; Conservation of Your Car; and Household Salvage. * | The stores are asked to help In ! this campaign by the proper display of posters Inside your store and in your windows, and by drop-in adver-. tisements.' j ? ? Merchants may also use those campaigns to their own advantage by ad-! vertising along with the poster their commodities that will help in the conservation program the poster describes. For instance, clothing stores will find an opportunity to tie in their display with the poster campagn on Fuel Conservation by showing their warmest clothing and the like. I #>- ! Windshield Patter Wandering up to the Kirk wood a few days ugo to bo exact?on the opening day, whlch^'onld bo January 15, impressed with tbo thoroughness and splc and span appoaranco of everything about the big tourist hostelry. Grounds novor lookod bottor and tlio in (or lor was most attractive and fairly gleamed. Deciding that tbo of-j forts of General Manager L. U. Hawkins and his oorpa of workers certainly ahowod Mao results, ? Reflecting upon the spirit of friendI ship and hospitality that was everywhere In evidence. And accepting an invitation to saunter up some evening and sample the cuisine. This chap Hawkins is just about the pleasantost man we have met in many years. And he is a go-getter, which means that even in these times of war sacrifice, the Kirkwood is In good hands and should have a splendid season's voyage. What a thumping big success a fellow like that would have made of the Kir wood program in other years when the war clouds were not In evidence ? say the past three years or so. * Illness prevented us attending the annual foot hall banquet last Friday at the Sarstlold, but from all reports yvas a major success from tho j unexcelled toaslmastering of our popular mayor to the fine menu served j by Leon and his eerw. ? * * The boys on the football squad showed a lot of good judgnynt in their selection of Wilbur Council as the 1943 football captain. Council played a swell game at center for the locals last season and has a lot of good sense in running a team on the field?as will .be demonstrated next full?if wo have fori! ball. Rocky Bonsai, that energetic civilian defense loader, is meeting with a rough voyage la keeping his ship of preparedness from going on the shoals of complacency. We think that the people of Camden who should he giving their efforts to aid in building the war preparedness effort Mb the nth degree, are being somewhat overly confident that it can't happen hero. Commander lfonsal haw a big meeting listed for the grammar school on January 2G and it should he the objective of every air raid warden, auxiliary police, auxiliary firemen and all other cooperating units to be present at this meetfng. Despite the fact that adult malo seals are called bulls ami the females cows. . the young seals are known as pupa. I Appeal I? Made For War Workers (Continued fropi first imge) and Henry Heard, co-chairmen; Nutrition, Miss Margaret Fewell; Recreation, Mayor F.N. McCorkie; ConBurner, Mrs. John Whitaker, Jr.; USO, Hum Kareah; Public Health, I)r. A. W. llumphriea; Child Welfare, Mrs. Margaret MayileUl; Housing, C. C. Whltaker; Kducatlon, Mrs. Kathleen Watts; War Savings, J. Team Gettys; Agriculture, W. C. MoCarley; Plant Utilization, J. C. Kwing; Red Cross, Major Moultrie llruilsford; Hlock Leader, Mrs. Deas Qoodale; Rationing Hoard, John M. Vlllepigue; Community Service, Mrs. Catoe (Hover; Public Welfare, Mrs. William Salmond; County Representative, Senator W. T. Redfoarn; United ^ States Department of Agriculture War Hoard, M. 0. King; Press, F. H. Heath; Treasurer of Council, of Defense. William Coodale; American Legion, Commander Arthur Ctark; and American Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. Leon Sehlosburg. QUICK RgUEF FROM Symptoms of Dlstnss Arising from STOMACH ULCERS due TO EXCESS ACID frW?wH?l??lliwa nl?l?l Hut M??t IMp *r tt WW CM MM? ymptoma of dtetrtM srWtng from Mamas* Md Du<xf?nal Ukm duS to IlllM AsM? P?v "' ftin. tiw or SbnI Miniir*-. wplatra Mda irwiniwl fcw M mcalb pharmacy Kwiliwri!;,' "**; hayes pharmacy f k m FOR GIRLS H Hto rpmemberl H ^HDiscover its 2-way help'^B .'-t^ j| i ; m H - H i' ' j B. ^H.. B . H B ~' B . *$# Dir^ctiooi on m# ? ? av?BBH* * 5:1 1??&J v* jy. - j-c^ ? M?W -? I ^iii' t-life . _ ^ ? " - -? - v'V. A. ^ t' ; ^ *4 I \ "1 never saw the likes of it!" r - " YES* Bill has been guarding that crossing for a good many years now. . and never before has he seen the likes of the transportation job the Southern Railway is doing today. You see* when America declared war* the men and women of the Southern knew that they would be up against the biggest* most important job they had ever tackled. They know now that millions of fighting men are counting on them to keep enormous quantities of war goods rolling. They know now that Uncle Sam is depending on them to move troops by the millions...swiftly, safely, at a moment's notice. They know now that gas-and-tire-rationed civilians are looking to them to handle essential civilian travel and the transportation of civilian necessities. It's a big* tough job...chock-full of headaches and heartaches. But the Southern's men and women are getting It done f That's why full-packed trains are rumbling by Bill's post at the crossing in an endless procession ... carrying freight and passengers in a volume that amases even railroaders* What's more, the trains that are heavy with war traffic today wilkkeep on rolling aftef Victory is won. For then the Southern Rail way/will be serving a new and a greater South...a busy, prosperous Southland. And Bill will still be saying, "I never saw the likes of Hi" President SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM 1 * 9 W