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. ?1jp (Cmnfott QlljnmirU* 1109 N. Broad Street Camden, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY JNO. M. CANNON Editor SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: All Subscriptions Payable In Advance One Year $2.00 Six Months 1.00 Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Camden, S. C. All articles submitted for publication must be signed by the author. Friday, April 36, 1943 ARMCHAIR GENERALS Today's Civilian military strategists remind us of how one Roman leader, Lucius Aemilius Paulus, took care of such "Fireside Warriors" back in 1(>8 B. C. Before starting on a campaign against tbe Macedonians, he made the following proclamation : "If any one thinks himself qualified to give advice respecting the war which I am to conduct . . . let him come with me into Macedonia. He shall be furnished with a ship, a horse, a tent; even his traveling charges will be defrayed. But if he thinks this is too much trouble and prefers the repose of a city life to, the toils ot war, let him not, on land, assume'the office of a pilot . . . we tfhall pay no attention to any councils but such as shall be framed within our camp." THIS IS MY AMERICA By Lieut. Col. William A. Brewer This is my land, this is .America. Iler waters and her soil have nourished rpe, her air I have breathed, her trees and her hills have sheltered and inspired me. I am one with her, her grasses and her minerals are flesh of my flesh and bone of my bone, and the sweet flesh of my ancestors has nourished her, and the blood of my ancestors, fighting to keep her free, has watered her broad acres. I am all hoi's and she is all mine. Her flag is my flag, in it is not just what I see, but what I am, when I look at her flag 1 see only bunting and colors, but when 1 look into her flag I see wonderful things. 1 see the breath of her, from the spume rising where rollers of the Atlantic sweep into the rocks of Maine to the Yucca Bells ringing vespers on the hills hanging over San Diego. I see the height of her, white spires rising through New England elms, and a pueblo throned on a red rock mesa in NewMexico, and the clouded summits of Shasta and of Washington. I see the depth of her, the carved dhasms of the mots of the skyscrapers of Manhattan, antflhe root cellar under the wod shacks on the prairies of Dakota, and the sweating rock a mile down in the Argonaut Mine a.t Jackson. I see the blue waters of Pend Oreille, and the brown waters of the Missouri at St. Charles, and the wrhite waters of Yosemite, and the red waters of the Tennessee, and the green waters of the Potomac, and all that they bring to the land, and to the people, and all that they take away. Waking, I hear the birdsongs in Wisconsin elms, and drifting off to sleep I hear the long-tailed chat Whistling at the moon above the black deeps of Tahoe, and the sea-mew piping the sun down beyond the Golden Gato*I see the age of her. too, the Dinosaur tracks in the stone in the prison yard at ('arson City, the ferns imbedded in coal in the rich black heart of Pennsylvania, the ring upon ring storying splendor in the redwoods in the Trinity Forest, and. more recently, the traces of the Indians at Canandaigua and El Reno, the westward t 1 ?- * ' ? ? < immmm wheel tracks of the 49'ers, and the beacons of the sky-paths of the airliners. All these I see wthen I loo|< into the flag, and in it. too. 1 see the men and women, my kind of men and women, their roots deep in old cultures by which they won their way to the light, ami their heads high as they stand up and face the light * and know that it is good. I see the children, with the sweet soft faces on which no story yet is written, and the old people with tnoir faces on whidh are written mysteries and heroic poems j I see the pageant of America's pepple, led by the lordly and colorful ones, but mostly Joe and Mary and Tom and Harry and Beth, the ones the papers don't write about, the ones that never are told about in the Histories, because they just live and work and give their hearts' warmth to keep America alive. I see the starry few, Abe of Springfield and Tom Jefferson and Teddy and Steve Decatur, the duelling man, and old Andy Jackson, puckery and fresh to the taste as a mountain plum, and Henry Thoreau bringing the world into the confines of WaJden Pond. I see these people and these things as a part of the flag ?and of the land, as I am a part of the flag and of the land, and 1 see the land and the flag as part of them, as the flag and land are a part of me. I see America ami I hear America, I hear the music of America. I hear the winds and clouds making a great harp of the heart, and 1 hear the melody of America played on that harp. The mountains bow and the hills leap at ^ the melody which no words can tell. I hear America in song and the song/is good, the voices of the waters and ^he winds and the riveting machines and the saws, the voices of the men and women singing, t'he men singing the good spirits in their hearts after their work, and the women singing to their children while they put them to sleep. I hear America in song and the song is good, I see America in the light and the light is good. I touch America, the warm, rich soil of America, and the red soil, and 1 lie sandy soil, and the loamy soil, and the soil is good. This is my America, and these are my people and these are my heartstrings on which the song is played, they are mine and I am theirs. Editor's Note: American citizens are asked to finance the greatest Government bond transaction in our history during the $ 1 8,000,000,000 second War Loan this month. Whatever the sacrifices entailed, this newspaper knows this unprecedented War Bond Campaign will be a success, for every real American citizen feels as Col. Brewer feels. Read "This Is My America" . again and revise your War Bond program up w ard. Copywriylit by Washington Post. 1943. CONFOUNDING ITS ENEMIES For the past decade promoters of socialized power in the United States have used every artifice to prove that the country faced a power shortage in the "immediate future," as justification for their program to spend unlimited millio"ns of public funds for government-owned power developments. Well, the "serious" power shortage never occurred. In the face of the nation's greatest emergency, the private electric industry "has met the demand for power in every instance, not only the abnormal loads for war industry, but the requirements of the home, the farm and all other civilian activities. This is no stroke of luck, it is in line with the record of this industry since its inception. Its ability to meet and keep ahead of wartime and civilian requirements is not limited to any one area, but is universal throughout the country because Class One utility systems are furnishing 85 per cent of the power demands of the cttTTfTtr^ and are maintaining a constructive program which assures a dependable reserve well ahead of demand. \ SPECIAL NOTE FOR BEAUTY > New Cold Ray Permanent For A Limited Time Only? $12.00 wave for $10.00 $18.50 wave for $15.00 This amazing new PERMANENT holds the hair closer to the scalp?never gets hot?makes your head always more comfortable. Be sure to make your appointment early for that Victory Ball shampoo and finger wave. Formal or informal?that's the way it's going to be. CAMDEN BEAUTY SHOP coNrams wire sa>"Only Sick Man Knows Full Value of Good Health." Your chiropractor will treat your ailments with all the skill at his command but he sincerely believ??s many serious illnesses could be completely avoided by proper preventive measures That's why lie urces you to enjoy the safecruardinc benefits of a physical check up and conditioning treatno n; today. ^ DR. T. W. KNIGHT 1203 Lyttleton St. Tel. 343 Merchants Slug Ball And Batter Army In League Battle 11 to 7 LEAGUE STANDING Won Ixmt Pet. Kendalls 1 0 1000 Mechanics 1 i 500 Merchants I .1 600 Army I l 600 Home Guard 0 1 000 luatructoi h 0 0 000 Games Tonight and Next Week Tonight: Kendalls va Instructors. Monday: Kendalls va Homu i^uanl Wed : Merchants va Mechanics; ' Thura : II. Guard va Instructors. Friday: iAruiy va luatructora. Tho Kendalls are the undisputed leudera in the city softball league up to tonight's game between the mill aquad and the Instructors. The luatructora-Nome Guard of laat Friday, rained out, will I^HIayed next Thursday, Tonight ihe^"Inatructora are to battle tlte Kendalla and if tliey win. they will take top position in the race. On Wednesday night the merchants I team, with Jack Hoy kin of football fame doing a swell pitching Job. act buck tlte Army 11 to 7. and got back into the race. Hoy kin gave the soldiers but nine hits while Keichel of the Army, was nicked for 12 blows. Tlte Merchants scored four runs in the first Inning, added 2 in the fourth, four more in the fifth and one in the sixth. Tlte Army scored 3 runs in tlte opening frame, aityJed 2 iu the fifth attd scored one each in tho 8th and 9 th The Merchants listed but three errors and tlie Army t5. R. H E. Merchants < 11 12 2 Army 7 9 3 Batteries: Hoy kin and Hancock; Keichel and Phillips. Liberty Hill On 24-Hour Watch Observers at the Liberty Hill Observation post were called upon April 2t>, 1913. to maintain 21-hour watch for airplanes. The purpose of this activation according to Lieut. Col. Oscar C. Tigner, Regional Commander. Wilmington Air Defense Region, is for testing the efficiency of the Aircraft Warning system within the Wilmington region including ground observer organizations. civilian volunteer workers in the filter center and communication , facil it ies. At a well attended meeting of the Aircraft Warning service at Liberty Hill the men citizens decided to take the night hours and the women the ' day light hours. As Mary Cunningham is the Liberty Hill towerntan, she takes her turns, watching from the I lire Tower, while the other observers watch fiont the building formally used as f.lte library. A telephone was installed there for use by the observers. The citizens of Liberty Hill are all out for Victory! LOCAL SCOUTS STAGE JAMBOREE ON MAY 7TH (Continued from first page) pull off his necherchief, then to the third marker and pull off his shirt and to the fourth marker and pull off his shoes and socks and then to the fifth marker and turn around and start back putting on the items as he reaches them. When he gets back to the starting line which will also be the finishing line, he must bo completely dressed. All buttons buttoned, shoes tied and ready for inspection. He cannot adjust or button after he steps on the finish line. The seventh event, which will high light the evening will be the first aid demonstration by teams of five men and a victim from each troop. Any three of the following problems will he given each team: (1) Compound fracture of forearm; (2) Broken leg (use padded hoard splints); (3) Arterial bleeding; (4) Shock; (5) Deep cut ou hand. Team will run to victim 1 and apply First Aid. Make a stretcher out of a blanket and 2 poles and transport victim back to starting point for Inspection. Teams must furnish own equipment. , The evening program win ^ with the benediction by Rev. McArn. Vor further information cull or V T. Miller, chairman camping 2 nctlvitiee, Kerahaw Couuty. Tel, 4J? What to do 'til I the Doctor comes j| home again If your Doctor has joined the armed forces ? as so many patriotic professional men hare ? he certainly would be the very first one to counsel you against the neglecting of your health. "Get well ?and KEEP Well!" is the order of the day. Consult competent pro* fessional counsel?prompt* ly. It isn't patriotic to postpone needed medical ad rice and attention. See a Doctor right away1 And, if he writes a presc bring it here for reliable serrice* DeKALB PHARMACY Phone 95 , 8 And most of you have developed the usual case of Spring Fever. We have the cure for this common -j ailment. Just come into Thomas' Tavern antf relax. Order our j famous country fried chicken?or Just a snack. You'll j experience a real pick-up. Housewives know, too, that kitchen cares are a poor tonic \ or "Spring Fever"?that's why so many of them are 3 >> relieving themselves from the bother of cooking and ] ]? treating themselves to "eating out" at Thomas' Tavern l J* more often at this season. Dont forget, you youngfolks?and the older ones too? 1 I come in and see some of the Tony Pastor boys and girls \ while they're in town playing for the Victory Ball. J 1 Jhoetmls9 1 aver ml | TELEPHONE 9108 FOR RESERVATIONS , Plan to have your next Bridge Luncheon or Afternoon Tea Here ltlllll 19 Pay Less For The BEST For BABY! | "Baby Week" specials for His Majesty, the American Baby! He reigns supreme and deserv^A'CHe best! , Use your credit for these specials. c Beautifully Styled Baby Carriages Made for baby'a comfort and parents' pride of -4 s ownership! 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