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Friday, May 5, 1944
GOSSIP
sip,” says The Greer Citizen. The Aiken Standard and Re-
‘Tn Greer as in all small towns there is too much gos-
view says that the same is true of Aiken and add that *^n
small towns bad news spreads like wildfire and the ‘flame'
grows bigger as time passes.”
Many a gossiper would be horrified at bmng called a
thief. Yet in many instances ‘‘he who steals my purse steals
trash but who steals my character steals all.”
Noted writers throughout the ages have condemned gos
sip. Here are some quotations from just a few of them:
‘‘Narrow-minded and ignorant persons talk about per
sons and not things; hence gossip is the bane and disgrace
of so large a portion of society ."-George Eliot.
‘‘Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice
or imbecility, and the young should not only shun it, but by
the most thorough culture relieve themselves from all tempta
tion to it.”^-J. G. Holland.
^ "There fs a set of malicious pratingr prudent gossips,
both male and female, who murder characters to kill time;
and will rob a you'^ fellow of his good name before he has
the years to know the value o^».it.”—Richard B. Sheridan.
"An empty brain and a tattling tongue are very apt to
go together; the most silly and trivial items of news or scandal
fill the former and are retailed by the latter.”—Ouida.
“Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on
the characters and lives of their amusement.”—George Can-
croft. _ _
‘Why behbTdert thou the mdte that is in thy brother's
Cassatt News Letter
James McGoy, Jr., who waa called
home doe to the Ulneas of iUa father,
recanted' to New Rirer, N. C., Stutday.
-<:een .fioweca of Soiatac, juiteni Jtba
week-rad with hia pairata. Mr. aad
Mrs. Stere Bowera.
Pfc. Oulnton Lowman of the U. 8.
Army, stationed in Key West, Fla.,
Sofl Conserration
News
■y V. T. Mullen
Kodzu wia piairted on 46 farms In
Khrshaw county this sprlns for ero-
alon control and for future hay and
tuui, .M... s™*lns- This represents orer four
spent'his furlough with wlaltTea hero, hundred acres of land subject to imU
eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thy own eye?’
Matthew 7:8.
AMEN! MR. SAM LATIMER
in the Columbia State of March 30, Mr. Sam L. Latimer,
publisher and editor, has the following editorial anent the
travels of Mrs. Eleanor Roosecelt, the title of the editorial
being “She Sihould Stay At Home.”
see jiira. Rnnspvplt is hack from her junket to South
America.
“We hope now that she settles down for the duration.
“We skid that same thing when she came back from
her tour of the Pacific; that she could serve her country best
by not using up precious flying space; that no person of her
high rank could visit any military establishment, anywhere,
without upsetting the routine. ^And that there was no time
now overseas to be spent in entertaining famous sightseers.
“We ^ink Mrs. Roosevelt sets a bad travel example when
she herself will not stay put. It must have been veryaggravat-
ing to old couples who could not get back home from Florida
(we are expressing, you will notice, no sympathy for the fun-
seekers) to find that while they had to wait, there were air
plane accommodations for the First Lady.
“Surely now that she has written ‘My Day' from the
European theater, from the Pacific and from Central and
Boutb America sho-should b^^Feady-to limit her tiravels to
her own country. But she has the wanderlust, and the
chances are she will selfishly satisfy it when it gets to calling
again.”
It would seem to any sensible-thinking American citizen
,that the First Lady should use more discretion at a time like
this when there is such an imperative need for gasoline, oil
Secretary Knox
Waahington, D. C., May.—Not ao
many day* ago Secretary of Uxe Nary
Prank Knox waa teetifrins ^
fore • our Foreign Aftalra committee
during itudy of the question of lend
lease extension. He was bluff, frank
and sometlinee Tilunt In his speech
He had appeared before the commit
tee a number of timea, and I klwaya
was impreas^ by his deep faith
our Nary and hla Jealous guarding of
its fighting reputation—erra in the
dark hours Just after Pearl Harbor
when there were some scared Ameri
cans who were taken in by the ene
my's whispers that perhaps we didn’t
any longer have a Navy. ■ I waa proud,
(To know him as a personal friend.
Colonel Knox waa the third Navy
Secretary to die in office. The Jirst
was Thomas W. Gilmer, who waa kill
ed nine days after his appointment
when -a gun exploded on the U8S
Princeton! That was In 1844. The
second was Secretary Swanson, who
died 10:^989, -
The active direction of the Navy has
been taken over by James V. Forre-
etal, who has been undersecretary of
the Navy.
I^resldent Roosevelt said of Knox.
•‘He has done much for his country;
he has helped greatly In our defense
and in making victory certain. I like
to think of his bigness and his loyalty.
Truly he put his country first We
shall Ki;eatly miss his ability and hts
friendship."
He was a "big Navy" man who
fought for more ships and better
ships. When he became civilian head
of the Navy in 1940 our country had
about a million tons of combatant
vessels on hand about 344 combat
vessels. Now we have on band about
two aad a half million tons aiid are
building toward 1,000 ships of more
than five million tons.
In maupower too the Navy-has
grown quickly to giant rise. In 1939
we had about 125,000 men in the
Navy, 19,000 in the Marine corps and
10,000 in the Coast Guard. Now we
have more than 2,260,000 in the Navy
390,000 in the Marines, and 171,000 In
the Coast Guard.
As of April 16 we have lost 168
ships of all kinds. But the Axis pow
ers have lost 1,128.
Prisoners of War
A number of fifth district families
now have loved ones in prisoner of
retumiqg to kis post Tuesday.
Pvt John McCoy visited his father,
who is a patient In the Camden hoe-
piul, returning to hjs post Monday.
Ernest Lowman of the Navy, made
a short visit here Monday.
Miss Susan Rush of Camden, spent
the week-end with Mies Betty Jane
McCasklll. } j t ■
Mrs. Rufus ClaHi andT sou, ToeTCie
CroBwell, of Pageland, visited Mrs.
Clatk!i sister. Mrs. J. K Brannon,
Sunday
and planes—other than, doing atuinspection (7) trip sijch
as her South American jauirt has been described as. we
wonder if the army and navy ranks are so poorly staffed that
inspection duties have to be delegated to a gadding woman.
If, as reported from Washington, Mrs. Roosevelt made the trip
on the order of her husband, we must admit that we have lost
a great deal of resp^t for the judgment and acumen of the
chief executive. American people resent the junket craze
of the First Lady and we venture oUr humble opinion that
the issue will be quite prominent iii the verbal barrage to
feature the- presidential-^eetien. —-- -
erosion and generally un-productive
for row crops being converted into
perenial forage.
H, L. Dinkins has completed a tile
drain system on bis place at Logoff.
A survey wis recently made by dis
trict personnel and all excavat^n
work was done tiy drag^j^
L O. Fusderhurk seegaj >
acres of serioea leap^^ •
Logoff term tliis week for kar '
■ n,l Afinatnn Anatml |l
and erosion coatroL
acres of sericea on hte
last year.
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The State Forest Servleefc^
ed crotolarla on their tower^
Blahey and Westvuie for
trol and soil-building purpo2?
Recent conservation piS
written by the Inches
Conservation district on the fJ!
G. C. Sowell of Flat Rock
R. Bums of Kershaw,
Stokes of WestvUle.
Mcti
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Buy War Bonds and Stssqs
News was received here Monday
from Ppl. Troy West stating that he
had arrived safely in ^tain.
Pete Downer, who has been working
as night operator for the Seaboard,
was' called to Dnks hospital last week
to be with his tether, who is critically |
Ul.
Mr. Hamilton of Columbia, is visit
ing his granddaughter, Mrs. J. R.
W60t Jr,
Miss Margoret Pate of Patrick, Is
working here as night operator for
the Seaboard.
Mrs. John Buchan is visiting Miss
Flo Roxisft" in New River, N.^
Jake Price of Vldolla, Ga., made a
brief visit here last Friday on his re
turn trip from Fayetteville, N. C.
J. B. McCoy, who baa. been seriously
ill, is improving slowly at the Camden
hospital.
News was received here that L. L.
West, who is a patient in the Veterans
hospital in Augusta, Ga., is critical
ly ill.
Miss .Charlotte-McCasklll, a fresh-
man at Wlnthrop college, is in the
May Day exercises Saturday at the
college.
Mr^ Sv -
been on an extended visit to Orlando,
Fla., returned to her home here last
Saturday.
Mrs. William McCoy and her aunt^
Mra. Rogers, of Pelxer, visited Mrs.
J. B. McCoy and family last week.
The Circle of Pine Tree met with
Mrs. M. S. Rosier Wednesday night.
And hi that —
Night clubs are wasteful. By mixing ginger ale, fruit
juice, ice and soda with the liquor, it takes $50 and four
hours to achieve what a shot of moonshine w6uld do in 20
. —
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The Kirkwood
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Comfortable Beds
RENT REASONABLE
By the Day, Week or Month
MRS. W. C HORTON, HostMt
connection I should like to set out
some general mailing Instructoina sup
plied me by the American Red Cross.
Letters may. be sent to prisoners of
war and civilian internees through
regular mail channels, postage free, as
soon as the next of kin receives an
official notification of capture and
instructions for addressing mail from
the Prisoner of War Information
Bureau, Provost Marshal General, War
Department. Friends and other rela
tives who write must follow the same
instructions.
Althongh the United States Post
Office department forwards mail
through all available cbanhels, time
will be lost if communications are
addressed to the prisoner of war in
care oL'Ria-JELed -Ct08a .or-4h« PoaU
master General. Instead of exactly in
accordance with the instructions is
sued by the Office of the Provost
Marshal General. Sufficient space
should be left on the envelope for a
forwarding address as this may be
necessary. In addition to being placed
on the envelope, the name, number,
and camp address should be written
in the upper right comer of the sta
tionery, in case the envelope is lost or
becomes illegible. Plain stationery,
preferably of airmail type, should be
used. Letters may* pertain to personal
and family affairs only, information
. of a pqi:tlc.tl or military character
m^ay not b«> InrlndeS. Unmounted
nliotographs ard nnupHliots which fit
Into an ordinary rnvelope may be In-
cluile<l. If they do not reveal informa
tion of mljltary or political sIgnifU
cftHce: i ■
(Jermany places no restrictions on
the length of a letter, but short let-
ter.^, typed or printed in block capi
tals, facilitate censorship..- Because
Japan requires letters tP prlspners
war and civilian Intwnees to be not
more than 24 words In length and to
t^ jyped or printed In capital 'letters,
longer communications will not be for
warded but will be retiimed to the
sendeT.
Weekly News Letter
From Liberty Hill
Rev. J. T, Dendy preached at the
Sunday morning hour at the Presby
terian church last Sunday, Sacra
mental rites were held at the close of
service. Supt. W. E Cunningham
conducted Sunday school at the usual
hour.
On Saturday Misses ‘Rlghton and
Edith Richards, accompanied by Mrs.
P. G. Richards and daughters, Marlon
and Phoebe of Lancaster, went to
Darlington to attend the marriage of
their neiCe, Miss Sarah Wilson, to Mr.
William Dewitt of Darlington, member
of the U, S. Navy. The ceremony waa
preformed at the home of the bride’s
parents. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Wilson
at 8 o’clock Satui^ay evening, by the
Rev. John B. Richards, Army chap
lain. of Indianapolis. Ind... oneje of
the bride, who is a granddaughtec^ql
Capt N. S. Richards, of Liberty HIIL
Cpt N. S. Richards, Mr. E J. C«l-
ningham and G. R. Clements were in
Camden Mohday attending the Kei>
Shaw County Democratic convention.
STEVE BRICE BROADWAY
HAS BEEN GRADUATED
Marine Private Steve Brice Broad
way, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Broadway of Bethune, has been gard-
uated from the Infantry and-Brown-
ing automatic rifle section school at
training cei^ter at Camp Elliott, San
Diego, Calif. Pvt. Broadway, bom
Aug. 24, 1924, in Chesterfield, attend
ed Bethune High school where he was
active in sports.
Petroleum reserves at the end of
1943 amounted to 20,064,162,000 bar
rels, a decrease of 18,641,000 barrels.
Production in 1943 totaled 1,503,427,-
000 barrels.
CAMDEN
CGMING ATTRACTKWS
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
MAY 6th and 6lh
SATURDAY NIGHT, lo,
.WlLllAM
SUNDAY, MAY 7th
BETTY RHDDE8 — MARJDRIE WEAVER
JDHNNIE JDHN8TDN — JOHNNIE “SCAT” DAVIS
O’ARTEGA and HIS ALL-GIRL ORCHESTRA
“You Can’t Ration Love”
MONDAY and TUESDAY
MAY 8th and 9th
WEDN’SDAY-^THURSO)
MAY lOtii and lltk
jmni I
—MDRPHt-SIMMS f
Why WISH
Can BUY One!
We have a number of newly built homes for sale in the
Sarsfield area ^nd you do not have to be eng^aged in
defense work now to qualify for one of these, houses.
SMALL DOWN PAYMENT ... EASY TERMS
CAMDEN HOUSING CO. IN
If Iiitemted See T. A. BRADLCY.^Afi^
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