Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Plan Arbor Day Observance, Plant Jefferson Oak Tree A cork oak tree, grown from a aeod brought from France by Thomas Jcf(eraon In 1786, will bo pluntcd on the Htate House grounds In Columbia on Arbor Day, December 3, according, to It. K. Hauiia, president of tho South Carolina Kconomlc Association. Tho planting of the cork oak on the State House grounds will bo by (lov. Olln D. Johnston, atul preseut plans call for the presence of Gov. Arnuld of Georgia, and Gov. Hroughton of North Carolina, M tho ceremony, as well as other high officials of South Carolina and adjacent states. An Interesting story tells of tho bringing of the cork oak acorns from France by Thomas Jefferson. It appear? that Jefferson was visiting In the south of France when he became Interested In the cork oak trees. Upon his return to America he sent some of tho seeds to William Drayton, president or the Agricultural Society of South Carolina. From this Initial effort by Jefferson came the original cork oak trees of South Carolina, Georgia and North Carolina. TJjere are perhaps two score In this area which can he traced directly to the Jefferson acoms. One of the finest Is In tho grounds or Kdwln Selbels of Columbia, and another near Choraw, well over one hundred years old. On the Do Push place near Wlnnsboro (here are several of them. Three enormous cork oaks on the Abrams place near Whit-1 mire were cut down only a few years ago. There Is a fine tree on tho Herndon properly at Union, while still others are found near Hthrothor, Jllalrs and Sbelton. Aiken also boasts of a fine species, while up-river from North Augusta on the ancestral estate of the Mackeys are found many flue I rees. In North Carolina cork oak Ueos are found at the homo of Dr. Clarence poe, editor of Progressive Farmer. Others are found at Manley, Tarboro and Windsor. In Georgia several uro to bo found In the home of Judge Hammond and also at the Frultland Nurseries In Augusta, .while still others aro located about the state. The Crown Pork utul Seal Company of Baltimore Is planning to have two ^ million trees ultimately planted In the Carolina and Georgia area. Already some 25 thousand of those trees are available. Plans are being made to secure two hundred Ions of tho cork oak acorns, bringing them from , Spain asx soon as the war permits their transportation here. The cork oak Is a ll.ve oak and lias a very rapid growth. This being the 200th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson, it Is regarded as ijulte fitting that Arbor Day be observed by the planting of the cork ouk t roes. Spain and Portugal and the Mediterranean area produce all the cork which Is an essential war material. If the planting of those troes-ls started now, in about twenty years they can be stripped, then the stripping can take place after every ten years. The wixid of the cork oak Is very similar to that of tho dogwood tree. ? Between You and Me By flic Skipper Good morning, Mayor McKaln. ? Now that hizzoner Frances N. McCorkle is down in Georgia on his vacation the job of mayor is vested in that sturdy redhead Joe McKaln. Speaking of Georgia reminds me that bovs of 1 ^ may vote in that state. Now a lad may cast bis ballot If he Is that age. He has to pay a dollar and they say that i: will help a hell of a lot if he is a Democrat. 0 0 0 0 Great snakes?have you noted the | new tax form you have to fill out nextj month? This time you have to tell your past, present and future. m W'.ll folks, tie littlo minister is back and now we can get hack in the habit of going to church. w Speaking of vacations?it just occurred to me that the only vacation I will have this summer is over?a vacation from church. All Joking aside -after six weeks of a silent church, it certainly seemed good to go back, watch the choir come In. listen to the little minister and offer up a few prayers. The church fills a niche in our lives which nothing else can supply. ; J.,1.1'. +MT Prefabrication, Kaiser's Secret Added to Workers' Spirit, It Produces Records In Shipbuilding. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.?Announcements of records being broken by Henry J. Kaiser in turning out ships in less than a week after the keels are laid?the latest one in three days?toll only part of the story of this amazing ship building program on the West coast. The explanation for these accomplishments, rather than being based on any secret formula, lies in jjrefabrication and the use of American assembly line methods in a field where they previously had not been extensively employed. Involved, investigation shows, is the dynamic genius of Kaiser, the high morale of the workers, and the Kaiser technique of welcoming suggestions. But it is largely prefubrication that is determining the rate at which this stream of ships are sliding down the ways at California and Oregon yards. Because shipyard ways ore expensive and few, the construction of completed sections away from them, in the open where work can be done better and faster, speeds not merely the time of building one ship but decreases the total time for a fleet of them by permitting the ways to be used only for finishing processes. As a result of the method by which - completed sections are prefabricated sometimes weeks before they reach the ways, it is impossible to determine accurately the total number of man hours required to build a ship. However, statisticians estimate that this system has cut at least 20 per cent off the average ' time for previous construction. The manner in which prefabrication and the assembly line method f works is strikingly illustrated by one of Kaiser's recent record breakers, the Liberty ship Robert E. Peary. The 10,500-ton cargo vessel was launched at dne of his three Richmond yards only 4 days and 15 hours after the keel was laid, and was delivered to the Maritime commission fully fitted a few days later. This preceded the three-day ship. The Peary was essentially a test, a challenge to the men in the yards where it was constructed to experiment with new ideas and to devise a new and better way of building a ship. A request for suggestions brought a flood of answers from every classification of workers in the yard, ideas for jigs, rigs and gadgets and constructive criticism. Built on Assembly Tables. Then the planners and blueprinters went to work on prefabrications through which as much of the ship as possible would be built on open assembly tables. As a result of their planning, approximately 250,000 items that went into the Peary were assembled into mammoth sections ranging up to 110 tons. Most of them were completed in two weeks or less. When the time came for the giant trailers to haul the sections the short distance from the "prefab" plant to the shipway, the usual 12 double bottom units had been reduced to five huge pieces. Similarly, the 23 pieces usually comprising the main deck were dropped into place by the cranes in seven sections. Prefabrication of the fore and aft peaks alone had saved over 4,000 man-hours. The union melt welding machine, which performs in 25 minutes operations requiring eight hours of hand work, had been used to the maximum. Workers had completed on assembly tables 152,000 | feet of welding, leaving only 57,800 feet for completion on the ways. Again slashing man hours, five days, work by "prefab" on the 135 ton engine had cut the engine room assembly job of 25 marine machinists from three weeks fc> two day , cr. the ways. When the over-all hull of the Peary moved onto the ways it was 61 per cent prefabricated in comparison with 41 per cent prefabrication on previous vessels. Steel Is Man's Jc4j? Not To 18 Colorado Women PUEBLO, COLO. ? Eighteen Pueblo women?described as a "typical cross section of femininity" ? have disproved the old theory that i a steel works is exclusively a man's world. ' A local plant was just about the i only industrial concern which had not already been invaded by women workers and it was thought that no | woman could possibly take over a Job there. ' Purely as an experiment the company, in co-operation with the vocai tional training department of the Pueblo high schools, gave 28 Pueblo women a two-weeks' training period : with conditions closely simulating exact working conditions. To nwkf house* MkIu along the ! Alaskan military highway and to savo coal next winter, army engineers or ; dered cotton insulation made according to specifications. " .MT.sS wwn lifl 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 C. OF C. SECRETARY LISTS RIGHTS OF CONSUMER GROUP (Continued from first pago) 1sts only If the (tout Is purchased for I i ?iv consumer's own use and not for re-sale. This Is known us ''treble damages." A consumer may consult with anyoue .connected with the OJPA regard lug a suit for treble damages, either the district office of 'the OCA or the local war price and rationing board, and may take up his complaint at cither place. \ The treble damages right applies to rent overcharges. If the renter believes be has been overcharged by the landlord he can get In touch with the nearest defense rental area office of the OPA, which will advise hint of the steps to be taken. As celling prices must be posted, the consumer can know if a retailer overcharges him by comparing the posted celling price with the price he has been charged, the board said.If the price Is not posted, the consumer should usk the retailer to show the base period of prices he must keep, and the consumer should compare the price on this list with the price charged him. If (be consumer baa been charged morp than the Hated price, he ahould report the fact to the Oi'A. If the retailer haa not posted his telling prices and refuses to show hlH base list, the oouaumer has the right to report htm to the OPA. It la possible for {he consumer to determine whether he has been overcharged without looking at the retailer's records on certain commodities now covered by specific dollarsund cents ceilings. For example, specific prices hava been set for pork and other Itams, and more will follow. These prices are not only posted by the reiaU~r, but also appear In newspapers t? w time to time. Hy comparing the ?tiee charged with the legal dollars-and-cents price the consumer can find out If he has been charged correctly. If the consumer believes he has been overcharged And wishes to sue, he should save his sales receipt. It would be best to get one showing the Heller, buyer, Item and date, the hoard said. In addition the ceiling price thut is posted, should be jotted down, if there is any, and a careful note made of the brand, grude or ktnd, und nice and/ weight of what is bought. Such information should he taken to the consumer's lawyer, or if he has no luwyer, he should call the local bar association or consult the legal aid bureau. If the consumer or lawyer haa any Questions about the suit, they should be taken up with the OPA. If the retailer refuses to Issue u receipt with the proper information the consumer should make a careful note of the details listed above and report the whole matter to the OPAIt was said thqt it is not necessary to preserve and not use the goods bought iu ordor to sue, but that would be helpful. - V ? \ State Parks Are To Remain Open Columbia, August 23.?The State Parks .of Ocbnee, Table Rock, Cheraw, and Sesqui-Centennial will remain open for complete use by the public until September 13th. In past years the|. procedure bus been for the parks to is , , ,1 close on Ubor Day, but use of tbWO pork# has been /* tjiat they wttl reinalu oihju UuTJB d It tonal week During that tins ? facilities will bo lu ??iKUrtitott JW iiiottua that lifeguards will be <* j!?* as uaual and that the bathhouse concession Blends will Htlll b#^ JJJB ration. Dinl,.grooms at Oconee *ul Table R<x* State Parks will alio |J* main open. ^ Three other parka, however, vrtn >? officially closed for the summer ZM Labor Day,' These are Paris Mount*?* Poinsett, and Barnwell. At that tSfl the . lifeguards and other attendant* Will go Off duty, hnd the usual bathluB facilities will not be available. ti*B public can still make use of ik.,.1 areas for plcntctng ami gonoral recrt* atlonal uses, and Is urged to da J throughout the coming months. I NO ABSENTEEISM I Never late' for work In hi* mor,l than SO yeare of service and abae*t| only seven days (when hi* wife dl?dl In 1940) In all those ll.ooo days |8 record of Mike Rakvlcz. Qener*M Electric fofge worker la Schenectady* N. Y.. who has Just retired. * AUTOMOBILES WANTED We Don't Just Kick The Tires and Quote A Price We're really interested in buying your car. If it has EXTRA VALUE, we went to make it well worth your while to sell it to us. Cash Waiting SHAW MOTOR COMPANY ?i Kershaw, S. C. 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