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Friday, April 14, 1944
COST WILL BE HEAVY
THE LUCK OF THE IRISH
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SHARE YOUR CLOTHES WITH RUSSI4NS”
Another War Drive is on! South Carolina boys and girls
are being called on to collect used, clean clothing and shoes
during the week of April 24-28 for our Ally, Russia. Already
these valiant people are returning to their homes, long over-
.run by Nazi hordes, to find abject ruin and poverty. Often
the only clothes they have are. th^gse they are wearing and
'Very often the children are in rags. ' Practically np”cmllan
garments have been manufactured since the war. Can we
help? Of course we can! ^
Qur.apring cleaning activities at this time into^
Iceland Maidens
Are Attractive
Bnt Teeth Poor
Aviation Cadet Telia of Stay
In Far North.
Collier’s, in the issue for last week, has an interesting
story dealing with the casualties that we may anticipate in
a second front invasion, but the writer predicts that we will
win even in the face of |^at obstacTes. ’There will be plenty
of surprises,” says Quentin Reynolds, “plenty of unpredict
able problems, once General Eisenhower attempts an am-
S hibious operation the like of which neither Napoleon nor
[itler, as eager m they were to invade and o^nbuer England,
dared tp^. But when General Eiisemhower gives the word to
go it will be because he thinks the chances are good. If we
say we can do it, we can do it.” The writer contends that
there will be heavy casualties, and that if we land a million
men the casualties will rise sharply. No one questions but
what this second front is going to be a real test, but on the
other hand, neither the writer for Collier’s nor any other
writer can reasonably predict at this time what the nature
of the second front will be or when and how it will be
launched. Mr. Reynolds ihas been a foreign correspondent
for a great many years and has witnessed many of the bat
tles in this second World War. No doubt he speaki^ with a
degree of authority when he recounts what is likely to hap
pen. In recounting this he also says that “the Germans are
not loath to come out and trade punches and with tanks will
come the German infantry.” Then he asks the question,
“Are they well equipped?” a;nd answers this by saying that
“Those I saw in France, Russia, Sicily and Italy were superbly
equiped and their courage and cruelty matched the hardness
of their weapons.” We all know that the final battle for
victory over Germany will be a costly one, but it will be a
priceless victory because it will lay low the hand of militarism
and it will give to the nations of th^world, we hope and
pray, a breathing spell with peace for 60 or 100 years. After
the attack on Pearl Harbor Germany joined with Japan and
Italy in declaring war on the United States. We are fighting
today on many fronts because Hitler and.Tojo believed that
they held in their hands the destiny of the world. *
G. B. S. dwlares that the Irish arc justified in refusing
to abandon neutrality at the request of the United States and
Great Britain. The fellow who has the right of way at an
intersection may also feel justified, but that does him little
good if he gets in the way of a truck. The Irish are lucky
that their neighbors are law-abiding. They are fortunate
that they have America and Great Britam 'to contend with
and not the Axis powers.
Witness that when Czechoslovvakia, the low countries,
Denmark, Luxemburg and Norway stood in Hitler’s path he
made no bones of overrunning and attempting to enslave these
countries. Nor did the Japanese hesitate to invade Korea,
Manchukuo, China, the Philippines and the rest.
Mr. de Valera, the American-bom premier of Ireland,
declares that serving diplomatic relations with another coun
try is a step toward war. In ordinary circumstances that is
true. But in the case of Ireland there is no necessity that the
country become an active belligerent. By severing relations
and kicking out the official Axis spies Ireland would, in
actuality, be infinitely more neutral than she now is, serving
as an information outpost for the Axis.
The only reason the Irish would wish to res^t *the re
quest would be through national stubbornness and pride
because they hate the English-—with some justification—as
Mr. Shaw has hinted.
But, we repeat, the Irish are lucky in their neighbors.
Sam Latimer, in The State.
Arlatlon Cadet Charlev T. OoUerill,
who haa Juat completed JiU primarv
pilot training at the Southern Aviation
acbool here, spent sixteen months in
Counter Intelllfence work In Ic^and.
Cadet Cotteiill speaks in an inter
esting view of the period that be
spent in Iceland and the people with
whom he came in contact. One'of his
mSst vivid impressions were the girls
in Iceland, quite prettv when dressed
up, have bad teeth, which is due to
faulty diet. However, this condition
is being materially helped through an
improved diet which is possible
through the use of hot houses, which
are heated from the hot water springs
for which Iceland is famous.
It is interesting to listen to Cot-
teriU’s description of Reyjkovik, the
.capHol of Ic^and, which is heated by
steam from the hot springs.
While stationed at the Southern
Aviation school here. Cadet CotteriU
met and had physical training under
the direction of Lt. Maurice A. Clay,
whose father. Oliver 8. Clay, served
as tobacco auctioneer on the Loose-
Leaf tobacco markets in MaysvUle,
Ky., for several years. Cadet Cot-
terlll is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
T .CotteriU of Ellzaville, Ky., and his
wife, Mrs. C. T. CotteriU, Jr., makes
her home at 805 East 2nd strMt,
MaysvUle, Ky. Cadet CotterUl Is a
graduate of Flemingsburg, Ky.. High
school. FVtllowing his graduation at
the Southern Aviation school here, he
has been sent to a basic school for
further air training.
Pulpwood Becoming
Major War Industry
Atlanta, Oa.—War needs for pulp-
wood are arousing the patriotic inter
est of ■ southerners from the share
cropper to the large woodland owner
as the South rises in importance as
a center of pulpwood production.
Pulpwood production has ris'kn
steadily in the South in recent years
until now almost half of the nation’s
domestic pulpwood reoeipis comes
from the ^uth. And the proportion
of this wood which goes to war is
much larger because most of the
wrapping paper and paperboard boxes
In which food, supplies, and equip
ment are shipped to our armed fonses
overseas are made in the South of
southern pulpwood.
T fsirt—a uaimssss as ifs
ijVl 11 rw aiviii , IDnu/ ^ywvuiJOl
-pulpwood producers since the in
auguration of the Victory Pulpwood
campaigns Indicate the growing inter,
est in this war industry.
Much of this correspondence is from
new pulpwood producing prospects in
areas that have been oi>ened up tor
the first time. Among the new pro
ducers, and there are scores of them,
are a Judge and former candidate for
governor of Georgia, a physician, the
president of a welding engineering
company, the head of a nursery, a con
structlon contractor and a furniture
salesman.
Bethuhe Youth
Is Killed When
Autos Collide
Funeral services for Bobby Garner.
19, of Bethune community, who died
en route to the Florence hospital Sat
urday night after a wreck, that killed
two others, was held at 11 o’clock
Tuesday morning from Bethany
ebureb.'seven miles from Bethune.
Young Garner is survived by bis
parents, D. H. and Mrs. Lee Smith
Garner; three brothers, Darr, Jr., ,Taek
and •Wilson, and a sister, Peggy.
Palmetto Fanner
And Wife Adopt
Many Foundings
^lumbia.—^Everybody has heard o<
chalh~ Btorea, chain lettera and chain
smoking, but a worker In the State
Department oC Public Welfare tells an
interesting story of a chain family,
with some Si links, only one of which
has ever been found to be defeetlre.
Henry and Susan Abwcrombie—
only that isn’t the teal name-Aare a
colored couple of around seventy,years
of age. They own a small farm in a
South Carolina ooonty, thsT>ir« to aid
from the Farm Security Admlnietra-
tion, and rent a few additional acres
from an adjoining tract They have
never had any children, bnt for more
than a third of a centory they have
made a practice of taking homeless
colored children into their home and
rearing them aa their own. The chil
dren are given excellent care, inclnd-
Ing medical tests and treatment, are
sent to school, and later are taught
and required to work on the farm.
When they reach' matnrlty they go
their way, but Henry ftud Sqmn al
ways find other children to take their
plmcee.
’The one of whom Henry and Snsan
are proudest hasn’t the slightest doubt
that be is their own son, and they are
careful to protect him in that belief.
Susan tells with pride how she kept
hts bottle In the bosom ot her nlgbt
clothes to keep the milk warm, and
Sam distinctly remembers when he
was ‘‘nursed” by his “mother." He
Is now in the army and sends an al
lotment to the old couple every month.
He has also financed an electric pomp
and an electric refrigerator in the
hdme.
No social agency induced Henry and
Susan to establish a chain family. It
was undertaken to gratify parental
instincts which had been'denied the
satisfaction of actual parenthood. Only
by hearsay did the welfare worker
learn their story, when it became
necessary for her to find a home for
six colored children, all under eleven
years of age, who had been placed
under the department’s guardianship
by the probate Judge after they had
been deserted by their mothers The
father of the children is serring a
term in the State penitentiary. When
brought to the attention of the wel
fare worker one of the children was
naked and the others were in the last
reranante ef their tags, but Snsas
took theiq in. Her first problem was
to reassure them when they showed
some astonishment at being required
to remove their filthy clothing and
seeing it put into a boiling “wash-pot”
—a proceeding they had never seen
before.
The only "defective link" in the
Cotton Contest .
Be Held Again, 1944
Clemso^ April.—Tfie'stole flve-acro
cotton improveoient contest vrlH be
sponsored again In 1944 by the Cofr
ton Manufacturers’ Association of
South Carolfua, Sbctenskm Director D.
W. Watkins announces.
The Cotton Manufacturers’ asaociar
tlon, through its treasurer, Dr. W. P.
Jacobs, of Clinton, has notified Direc
tor Watkins that a c<Hitribation ot |1.-
000 has been made by the Association
to furnish funds tor prise money. ’This
organisation has provided the prise
money fnnds for 16 yq|te, and expres
ses its pleasure In having a part In
ths good work, which was sponsored
in Its first year, 1924, by the State
Publishing company, Columbia.
Itor a number of years the prises
have been |750 tor the first state
prise, $276 for second state prise, $200
each for three district fliet prises,
and $126 each for three district second
prises.
During the 16 years in which the
cotton contest has been held, jibout
12,000 farmers have entered the com-
petition, have reaped the benefits de-
rived from tBe r^uired use of better
seed and the improved practices, and
have helped to spread these benefits
among other farmers.
So, as the extension agronomists
who conduct the contest express it,
everybody wins In this contest, not
Just those whb get casta .prizes, but all
other contestants, all other cotton
manufacturers. It Is hoped, there
fore, that again/this year many cotton
growers of the state will enter the
contest and help to maintain profit
able cotton production In South Caro
lina.
Greenrilk Man
Begs Mr. “Box A"
To Send Letters
IN MEMORIAM
Filtered Into life .eternal April 1.
Am^ia Boykin McCaa, daughter of
the late Dr. John McCaa and Mary
family rhnin wAy nna nf tjyft I Whitaker McCasr—She Is survlveTl'b:
who drifted into bad company and has
been convicted several times of petty
thievery.
Among the younger members of the
present family are two children of
former members of the group—"grand
children” of Henry and Susan. One
of these, born with clubfeet, was kept
in Columbia for several months for
treatment, the expense being home by
Henry and Susan, chiefly from the
allotment received from Uielr soldier
GUY SCOTT, MERCHANT MARINE,
LEAVES FOR NEW ASSIGNMENT
Guy E. Scott, who Is In the Mer
chant Marine*, left Wednesday for
Charleston, S. C., where he will ship
out again. Scortt went to Ehigland on
bis last trip. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. G. M. Scott, Broad street,
Camden.
“son.” 'This child, now about three
years old, is Just learning to walk.
An official report from the county
welfare office ends with the following
sentence:
“When asked why she had devoted
her life to rearing 36 children ot other
perentsv she nsnally suys with an
humble and shy drop of her chin, T
am always glad to do what I can to
help make better citizens’.”
He Too» Se^s He, k ^
I<o6ie>ome Mao.
Mr. "Box A,” whose dreama ^
women have reached a point wlZ
shuns the post office, which k
turning over to him scores ^
seedling eplsUes,/ to response n
advertisement for a life mate (tf
der, loving disposition. The d
came Wednesday when the tan
earthed something new in mat^
replies. ^
j Actually the letter was from a
dle-sged man to Greenville, who *
that In as much as ths law allM
man to hare bnt one wife aid
“Box A" bad received lovinjT
municatlons from so many
“Box A” please send a wldow^
years the letters he. does not i
for which he will be glad to iJ
per letter and slsb take care d
poatage expense.
Some people never go Into ae
a dinner party undl the body
innocent absentee Is pat on ihi
tog block.
the following brothers and sisters:
James and William McCaa, Mrs. Wil
liam Rosborough, Mrs. Lewis Mickle
and Miss Mary McCaa. In her sweet,
gentle and unsdfish life, she leaves
a memory cherished by all who knew
and loved her. “He gave, and takes
them when He thinks it best, for
them to come to Him, and take their
rest’’ — Contributed.
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FRIDAY^AT^ April 14.
Belita with James Ellison and ft
great bands!
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LADY LETS'DANCr
Henry Busse, Mitch Ayers, g*
LeBaron and Lou Bring
SAT., APRIL 15, 10:30
Dona Drake, Robert Lowery, t
and Irrae, Sidney Miller
“HOT RHYTHM”
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SUNDAY, APRIL If
Mecca of Melody and Glaaom
“TROCADERO”
Rosemary Xahe and Johnny Do*
Extra added attraction—the Unit
States Government pressiu
“WITH THE MARINES A
TARAWA”
Filmed in Technicolor
lOOOOdiOOOOOOOOOOQOOOtM
MON.-TUES., April ITU
Ginger Rogers,' Robert Ryu u
Ruth Hussey
’TENDER COMRADE”
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WED..THURSn April IM
Loretta Young, Oeraldine Flti
gerald, Anne Gwynne, Dfauw
Barrymore and ElvMyn Aiken
“LADIES COURAGEOUS*
AFTER EASTER
JOHNNIE COOKE
HAS BEEN PROMOTED
Johnnie Cook of route 2, box 39,
Camden, has been promoted from Pfe.
to technician fifth grade. In Cimp
Ijee’s Quartermaster Itoplacement
Training center. Cpl. Cooke is the
son of Mrs. Ethel Cooke of 817 Market
street, Camden.
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a wartime treasure hunt for the benefit of these .destitute
Russians, starting life anew in the liberated but devastated
villages. In practically all our homes there are many pounds
of wearable garments that we can easily dispense with—^that
' all never miss—that will be eagerly received by our
we shal
courageous ally.
Any garment that is clean and in good condition, of any
size, may be given. Dresses, skirts, blouses, jackets, topcoats,
aoits, shirts, trousers,* vests, overcoats, capes, caps, shoes—all
are needed in as large quantities and as quickly as possible.
Do not send underwear, hose or hats. Do not send worn-out
or soiled garments.
Let us do our part in this patriotic undertaking that will
do much to alleviate the suffering Russian civilians and at the
same time serve as a good-will gesture that will further the
neighborly relations between our two peoples, without which
there can be no enduring peace.
STAY ON THE JOB
Some textile workels may say they cannot buy any more
war bonds than they are now buying through the payroll
deduction plan. And that, in some cases, may be true but
therisTs a way in which these workers can aid the war effort
if ^ey are not already doing so, and that is to stay on the
job EVERY DAY. There’s not a great deal of absenteeism
in our mills but even any, however small, is too much now.
Tiresome, unpleasant, wearisome, you say? So it is with the
Boldiers fight^ plus the danger of being blown to pieces the
next minute.
It is the expert consensus that the coming invasion is tb
be no picnic. This is true also of some pknks.
reflect tiiat
1, Hoh. Japanese who loses face
ious daily ittiave is no longer in order.
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FRIDAY^T.* APRIL 14-15
“THE VIGILANTES RIDE”
Watch “em outshooL outride the
outlaws
Russell Hayden with Dub Taylor,
Shirley Patterson, Bob Wills and
his Texas Playboys.
Chapter 8
“The Mask^ Marvel”
Also Comedy
MON.-TUES., APRIL 17-18
Errol klynn and Alexis Smith
—In—
“GENTLEMAN JIM”
“It’s a Knockout”
The Story of James J. Corbett
Jack Carson and Alan Hale
Also Latest World News
koopofteoeooooooeoooeoeoo*
WED.-THURS., April 19-20
It’s A JUlion-DoUar Holler!
Those bowery block-busters are
cleaning up the town.
The East Side Kids
“MILUON DOLLAR KID”
with
Leo Gorcey, Hunts Hall, Gabriel
Dell and Btily BenedicL
ChaptM 4
“Adwenturea of the Flying
Cadets”
Latest ^otUL^^
HAIGLAR
We must make room for incom
ing stocks of hot weather ap
parel, so we offer these fine
Spring vatees at great savings.
Coats and Suits
Regular Price .Sale Price'
$ 9.75 now only - $ 7.95
$14.95 now only 10.98
$17.50 now only .rr.t.T.. 1B.50
$19.75 now only 14.75
$22.50 now only 1850
$2750 now only 21.95
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10%
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