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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
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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,^,.
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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”
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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 *•
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