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-a' ^ PAQg PQUW THC 6AMDCN OiRQMICLC, CAMDIN. SOUTH CARQUNA. FRIDAY. SgFTEMSER 10, H43 (Etirnnirb 1109 North Broad Street Camden, S. C. PUBUSHED. EVERY„Zm][).AY prvi« att:. . I JNO. M. CANNON, Editor »T»SEF»?T'raEEW!W»WW..--»«^-.-=a*-. ' “ SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: All Subscriptions Payable In Advance One Y^- ....,.|2.00 Six Months ^'.....7. .: 1.00 ISC Entered, as .Second Class Matter at'the PPst Office at Camden, S. C. All articles submitted for publication mu^t be sismed by * the author. Friday, September 10, 1943 LABOR DAY OF 1943 There are many and varied versions concerning^ the origin and the -purpose of Labor Day, wJiifch in the Uhited States is observed annually oh the first‘Monday in September. Labor Day used to be an qccasion when those who work- . ed fot a living stopped working for a.day set aside in tribute to workers. It meant another holiday for many. For the little boy and girl it iisually meant th£^t schools would reopen the (Pollbwing day. There used to be parades and picnics. . There was free lemonade and free ice cream for the kids. ~ Invariably somebody set up a couple of kegs and it was the .one day pn which dad really let 'off steam. ' - But Labor "Day isn’t like that any more. Ever since" . Pearl Harbor when the Japanese pulled the so-called sneak attack for which we. should have been prepared there hasn’t been time for that sort of egotistical class seif-expression. There is work to be done, much more work—notwithstanding the see'mingly favorable progress «f. the war—than we have^ plant and manpower to do. So last Monday many of us ob-, served our second new style Labor Day, on which Labor meant work as usual. .• It might well be stretched to mean work more than usual. Since the man at the lathe can not, if he is patriotic, take the -day off to celebrate, any more than the farmer can leave his potatoes lindug and his pigs unfed and his cows unmiiked,, would it not be a tine gesture for turning out just a little mote - work than he has done in any* previous day? ’ ^ Capitalism and labor are sugar-coated and tailor-made subjects to rave and rant about—in peacetime. But we are in a war to the finish, a war in which if one or the other Ifalls, both will fall. We are living in a democratic nation, ahd^e realize that the future of th6~lvorld still rests on American labor. We can not do it all. We are not expected to do kraU. But because of the vast industrial resources of the Urated States of America it seems that this country primarily must supply the armaments, the munitions, the fppdstuffs and the other supplies with which the war is going to be won, ^ - - Mussolini has fallen and his w^ak-kneed successor is quaking in his boots; Hitler is. wondering he ever quit the p.^p.exhanging trade, and the tide -!}as be^n to turn, how- sTo ever slowly, against Japan. We can still be defeated, but the danger isn’t quite as serious as it was a year ago. Defeat and victory, however, are,only relative terms. We can win this war and still lose it. We shall have lost it- if we' do not win it Absolutely, unconditionally, and over whelmingly. And even today, if we were to slow down'too much, we might lose the coqiplete victory that we need. ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES , The Third War Loan campaign for fifteen billion dollars opened on September 9. In the two previous loan drives com mercial banks have been permitted to'purchase practically all the different offerings of bonds they deslfi^. *l^nks gen erally^ subscribed liberally, releasing to. some extent the re^ sponsihility of the individual purchaser. 7" In the approaching campaign bank's are not permitted to purchase bonds. This means that more individuals, cor porations and companies will have to^bsorb the issue. And 'v this, unquestionably, will involve very definite sacrifice on the part'of millions of people. • * Money that has been “tucked away’’ for this, that and the other will have to be brought out in the open and made available-to Uncle* Sam'for his prosecution of the war. An ticipated pleasures and purchases will have to be deferred, and the money loaned to the government. The previous war loan campaigns have been compara tively easy. This period has passed. We are now dowii ta bed rock, so to speak, aqd faced\with-diggfng-dewn where i ao i1 the digging is hard. But we can do it—we must do it—and we are going to do it.. Amertca will not Ifail in the acid test of home front patriotism. ^ . Kershaw county must sell over $800,000 worth of bonds. - Jt’s aJ>ig undertaking, dddble the job of the second war loan —but we can do it-—We,will do it. .f£- IS UNCHANGED The ban oh pleasure driving has been lifted, but this does not materially change the status of the gasoline situa tion; We still are faced with an acute Shortage of gasoline and it is silly to assume that we are going to be able to motor to any great extent more than we have in the past. It does mean that w'e may be more selective in o<ur driving, consery-. ing gasoline in some uses of the car to the end we may enjoy it in other uses, or pleasure driving. Pleasure driving .at the ihost should be liinited to refuaonable distances and more than , ever the 36 mile speed limit observed. The slower the speed the more, miles will cortfe out of the gas tank. — \tOO MUCH TALK \ OPA Director Brown finally persuaded Petroleum Ad-NsJ] ministrator Ickes that the pleasure driving ban could be lifted and more gasoline given to eastern mTrtorists. Forthwith, th^ pumps began to run dry. Instead of more IPuel, the .eastern rear owners found that the tickets they have are no good. ~ - l^qblems of supply and demand 'can not be solved in - thfe spirit of good fellowship, on the basis of pleasing the voters. If Messrs. - Bro-wn and Ickes had not promised so much so soon, War Mobilizer Byrnes ^vo^ld be sleeping better , of aHight.,, - ' ^ WE HAVE NO BANANAS Fifty years ago, reports the Middle America Information Bureau, “the banana was to most North Americans'something ,thfey had heard vague rumors about. To the fortunate few. I who could get.dhe fruit occasionally it was a rare tropical delicacy.” T ~ Well, what's noteworthy about that? What is a banana?>J What does it look like, and how does one'^.eat it,,or is it some i'trophy rwm?’ . ‘ thing to mouht for. display in the' L -f- ONE snJall TREE wm make... ’ 350 corrugated blood . plasma containars 113 waathar* proof fibra containars for Army K-Ration 80 waathar-propf ' fibre containers for canned frozen foods or 70 weather-proof, contain ers for Red Cross ' pris- ontrs of war" packagas GIVE 3 EXTRA DAYS! CUT MORE PULPWOOD! Return From 10-Day Field Problems Tired but wiser, and full of the tall tales Qf.Jlghtlng meil, the 100th In-| fantry DiTislon Thursday returned to Fort Jackson from a 10-day aeries of field xn-objeme that *were staged under simulated comtnrt'eonO' Taylor Hurls Two Hit Game To Keep Team In the Race Itions. The ez- arciaea held In the . T0ilinS-lllUa- -Qt4 north-central South Carolina, wpre proDo«inced a comj^ete aucceas by Uie division’s ranking officers. “The exercises showed the division to be a topnotcb division,*’ said.Major GeneraL.Withers A. Burrees, the di vision’s command^ at a conference of 100th dlviiloiy^fflcerrTecenUy. “I have never seen^a better motor move ment. ^ The men rode with their steel helmets on all the way, and the drivers drove as far as 180—miles in one day,, much of which was under blackout conditions.” . Practically all difficpltiei and obstacles that soldiers meet in actual battle, from forced marches before dawn to the discomfortir of trying to sleep under a piit-tent during a storm, were encountered by the'^centurymen. Along with tho **^ave aspects of inaking war, there were eountlesa in cidents to enliven the procedlngs. In the 100th Reconnassiance Troop^ Sgt. Bill Cummings was presented a tailess rooster by an appreciative Chester cdunty farmer.' For" a while the Re- con-men considered adopting the rooster as a^mascot. But'Trooper^ the Re-cona’gsiz month old pointer mjlBcot, angrily chased the joostsr from the bivouac area. A clear case of jeal ousy. ^ 0^ Haydu Blasts Longest Homer Seen On Field Tbis Season. Shaw Field Takes Carolinians Shaw Field, Sumtef, Sept.—-A South Carolinian a day—every day for four coiisecnti'Te - Btostha 1 'ritat is the record of th«7 Shaw. Field Aviation Cadet Examining Board which has qualified 124 Caro: linians for. air crew tralnip^ since May 1. State boundary lines are no barrier to the en^'getic recruiters at Shaw Field, headed by Major Richard C. Fadeiey, recorder of the ^adet eiam- i^lng'hoard. ^ Shaw’a one-day processing service, including mental and physical exams, has drawn many civilians from neigh boring states and scores of soldiers from nearby Army stations. At home, too, the opportunities of air crew training have been so impressed upon the enlisted men at Shaw Field that they have responded, by the dozens in qualifying for ca^et appointment Included in this comprehensive air. crew training program is five months of college training at many of the country’s leading colleges and uni versities. Men who have never before been to college. are getting the op portunity of a lifetime—academic In struction In subjects that will serve th^ now and after the war. In recent weeks, men who were disqualified by the examining board on nrevloug tests have been qualify ing under relaxed regulations recently issued by the War department. ^Thls is particularly true in the case of minor physical disabilities. While the average age 6f the men qualifying at Shaw Field is 21, boys in the IT-yhar old group have come In Incr^sing numbers to lake the tests and enlist in the Air Corps Enlisted ~ srre INSTRfUCTORS NOSE OUT ARM.Y (Continued froth first pats) surface of the diamond. Many errors were piled up as Inflelders made des perate efforts to throw while seated on the ground followingbs sddden skid. The Army »cor^ to score Beebe. ChUjhea- when one run was sent homeu TwOiy'** . -—.. . . more were, added in the-second and It looked rosy' for an Army victory. When two more.runs were push^ over In the third the crowd ahttled back and began to speak of an Army rout. But the ''Instmctora staged a rally in the third to score three tlmsa and then added* three moce In the fourth to take a one run lead.. The Army came back in half of the fourth with a rua> to knot the count 0t 6 alt. In the fifth the Instructora forged ahead, when one run was pushed over.. But the Army again tied up the count in the sixth. For the next three innings It was goose eflgs \^ot the Army while the Instructors by reason of the brother-act of Chichester atjd W’inn sneaked over the' winning riw in the' last of the ninth to take the game and the title. A big crowd of spectators, 'inclisd- ing many of the hlg-wlgs of the South ern Aviation school, were on band to watch the game which - was repleta with thrills. So tight was the de fensive play of the Instructors that in the seventh inning when the Army filled the sacks with none out, the side was retired without a score be ing made. One runner was killed at tfte plate, another at second '«nd the other on a pop fly tb first- Th^ aehre; ' - R. H. tT. Instructors 8 10 1 Army ..: •, 7 it 4 Batteries: Taylor and Ohlchester; Schnell and AdamskL Behind the two-hit jjltch'ing of George Taylor, the Instructors trounc ed the Merchants 10 to 2 Friday night in a city softball league game and earfifed the right to battle ^ the. Army] Wednesday night to decide 'the second half championship. The victory put the Filers into a tie with the 64lh machine, each team chalking up a second-half record of ten wins-and two defeats. * , • The Merchants looked as hot as freshly cooked peanuts in the. opening round. After turning back the Filers in One, two, three order in the first of the initial stanza the Nolan crew proceeded to gathM* in a run in their half. After Parker had ^goive down on a grounder to short, Cox slashed a single to left and look second when Beebe let the ball get by him. A pass ed ball sent Cox scurrying to third and he seoredt on Hanco^’a slow rol ler to third. "Bancock was nipped by a hair bn Haydn’s syrlft peg to Pollard at first. Nolaji popped to Reynolds to retire the side. The second run came in the fifth when Bruce, singled, took second oh a passed ball traveled to third on Rowell’s out at first and scored on Cooper's grounder to Haydu. But Cooper -was out at first. Bell then rolled to Taylor who tossed to Pollard for the out. The Instructors went to town in their half of the second when six hits and twp errors netted them five runs, which was enough to win the’ game. Taylor opened the frame with a single and Beebe duplicated.. Haydu forced .Taylor at‘rthird but Wester cracked ReseWe. In so doing, they are ea titled to wear the blue and silver lapel button which. identifies them with the Armed Forces. . Complete information on air crew |.trSthing and the Air Corps Enlisted Reserve may be obtained by writing, direct to Major Richard C. Fadeiey Cadet Examining Board7~Shaw Field S- C. ElHbtt Brothers Are Real Experts Of the Profession ter was safe biTOok’s error and Haydu and' Welter scored, Chichester going to second. Stowe doubled to score Chichester. Stowe scored on Speth’s single. Speth tried to'score on'Winn’s single but was nipped at the'plate by a beautiful throw from Rowelt to Hancock. Pollard singled but Rey- 'nolds Wasted a long fly to Rowell, the big fellow taking it with his usual sang froid. to retire the side. The Instructors added two more In the fourth when Spetn singled and scored on Reynolds’ blow to ipwiter. Reynolds scored when a relay went haywire over third. Taylor retired the side on a fly..to short center. An other run came in the fifth when Hay du blasted out a homer, the longest hit this writer has seen on the field 'tWs season, tlte ball soaring almost to thKplay^ound between left and cen ter. ' In the seventh the Instructors etag- eff* another hlltx, three hits scorlnjg two runs. After Reynolds had poih ped tt> Parker. Taylor singled. Beebe flew out to deep center but Wester cracked out his 'second two^base knock of the afternoon to score Haydu. Chlchester-lanned to end the Inning. Taylor not only pitched a beautiful l^game but he collected three' hits in four Jlmes at the ’plate. Haydu got two .for four, one being his lusty homer. Speth gathered three for four, all singles but figuring in the scoring. Three of the Instructor runs were registered by Haydu while the other By The Skipper Ifg^not “That Brewster Boy,” but "Those Bhllott Boys.” Fact folks, If you batter, up your fender, dent the side of your Jalopy, bend your bumper, or in any way disttgure your automo bile, it’s the "Eailott Beys” for you, Introducing Edward (hiarles and Willis Clybum Elliott, who are In charge of ih epaint shop of the Les Myers garage on Ea^t DeKalh street. I .Your nosy reporter wandered Into the paint shop last week and Yatched those Elliott Boys strut their stuff with spray guns, hammers, files and the like aftd the way they converted wrecked cars into nifty and new sp^ pearing autos was amazing. As we watched these lads at work,.^.we haih penqd to glance up and theire seated on top of one of Howard Speaks’ oil trucks w^s our good friend Archibald Stein. Wait' till you see the jql> Archibald did on that truck. He sure knows his sign painting. But the Job we w'ere watching was that on which the Eniiotts were en gaged. As ' we watched we nw a steel top, which had been crushed like an ^gg shell begin to round into shape. We wished we had a motion picture machine to record this pro cess for Jt sure was interesting. A few days' later when we dropped In pgaln, that top looked as if it bad just come from the aujo plant—sleek and ahiney and otot a wrinkle. • As a matter of fact, the prowess of the Elliotts in-„r.eEairing fenders, tops, sides and whatnot bn an auto is far-flung' and they haye all the work they can attend to. =P Annoui^ing Opening Qf the ROXY CAFE I have secure^Tthe above Calfe *nd cordially invite my friends in Camden and Kershaw County to visit my new location. ,We .will continue to give the same-food and service that wp did when we operated the New York Cafe for . t ♦ several years here.’- . ROXY C/VFE GUS MlTCHIOTl^ Pi«p. runs were listed by Reynolds, Beebe, Wester, Chicb^ter, Stowe, Speth and Taylor. Runs for the Merchants were scored by Cox and Bruoe jshlleJUtB "were put in the book by the same duo. Jack. .Nettles and Art Robinson did a fine bit pf umpiring. The score: R. H. Instructors - 10 13 Merchants 2 2 Batteries: - Taylor and (Chichester Cooper, and Hancock,^,. E The artesian-well salamander Uvea 200 feet below the earth’s surface and is blind. - FRIDAY^ SEPT. 10 ' “UNION PACIFIC” With BARBARA 8TANWICK and . JOELMcCBEA SATURDi^, SEPT. 11 “THE MAN FROM THUNDER RIVER” < With WILD BILL ELLIOTT and GEORGE ’‘GABBY” HAYES MON.-TUES., S^t 13-14 ' MY KINGDOM FOR A COOK” (4 CHARLES : WIW , “QINfiLE" Coburn WEDNESDAY, SEPT. IS “THE WEST SIDE KID” With DONALD ”REO” BARRY and HEKRY'HULL THURS.-FRI., SEPT. IS-IT “THE'NAVY COMES THROUGH” With PAT O’BRIEN and GEORGE MURPHY HAIGLAR Lespedeza CanBe Grown In Countj^ Is Profitable Crop p|noDzsmvn'<wa4.* Bf fba-SkQipf'" ^Aewrding to expert agrfcmt.-- Weal fSrt and 'uS ^ —.. uie M which can be obtained for It ate « usually satisfactory. Good day lu is reported to be Meal for ^ and this type ol land prevaiit the river, ^tlcularly la the km country above C^mdhn. These are some of the tacts alk gathered' in a chat'with a Chadi man who is weU versed in sgila ture. He even went further thaa i] above by stating that the holy eei above Camden some day^ heavily planted . with this^^ lespedeza crop. in the 'This party sute dthat a well-kaw fanner in the Stockton section phit 35 acres of oata wblch> produced bushels to the acre. In April he ktn cast lespedeza seed aaemg the a After cutting his- dats the growth took possession of the fV and be has cut a ton to the ec which be found, a ready market for |30 a ton. This gentleman wwit onlo say ti some sections of South lespedeza .is cut two and thi times 'a aumme.r, depending on rel fall, etc. . In the Piedmont jaef above Kershaw' oonnty some of \ Miy sells for as hfeh aa 330 a i The Catnden gentleman beckme ioi what facetious when he stated t the declaration that nothing g comes out of Japah Was in errot i that he .believed that the party ing this rem.ark had In mind Japanese mra and pot their cropi. a matter of fact, he. pointed'out niost valukhle croi» .to be Introte in Sohth, Carolina,in. receiR yean of Japanese origin—they .being kni crotalarla and lespedeza. Among some of the fartners ph ing lespedeza . in Kershaw cos might be mentioned BoUver Bop J. L. Guy, James Ward, E. C. Fata M. C. West and’others. Mr. 1 lives near Cassatt and bad th« nti al result of obtaining a fine gnn in sandy solL CARO OF THANKS I Want to thank my husband’i m friends for their kindness to him ing his long iUn^s. It 'was grea appreciated. . Mrs. Ney Billii|i FDR I hope Americans figure out for themselves addi tional payroll aav- ings. Waitin^kt\ Horn Tanicmon, fUar, doughboy-NB ond John and Bill—are woWng hwigbf #0 hoar o cortak' jfeki , oii^tho wtTM. IFa a voice thatcai pvf mor* spring In their Bridb flivw them mofs dcterminfllioe to do their best unt9 fWnj ceases. For Pete, John and ii ore waiting to bear —a voioi from homo, 4, When yotf^re obout to place i long efistanoe ooll, wool yoe pleose reawnber these Mom who need o few mlnuies-lB’ fore tomorrow's hold bidl^’ ^ inenfs—to ttdk to the homeWbf WonY you remember, too^ Ad •nost of these men hovt,*® In the° evening, during Ad crowded period from 7 w-Wf And bfcouee burdened iiM* con'f be expondednow to ised oil deincmds,won*t you poilpone your coH until the lesiJnef boors? ' When you owid making distance coH^ or ^leok borf) If you tB^ yoo'f* lleve the notion'a war-crowded communicotions system. YoiAe olso helfdng faring "a Yok$ fre* **'*«*-w «n litm hovs oWailAB A home-£ihe boy. owo«J9 Mn and Bar *• \ .grolefrdL StITICIBlairElEHfli ni TBfillPI tMMB 4 •