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‘ ^ ^ t'. 1,, "^-r >c 7'"^ ^iaT^^^;rs^j'j^.?^r ■ -^' ' ■■ . '' ■' - X? PAQK POUR S^ifr (Satndnt QUprmtkU 1109 North Broad Street Camden, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY DaCOSTA BROWN Publisher ( SXmSCRIFTION TERKS: All Sabscriptions Payable In Advance One Year ^2.00^ Six Months 1.00 Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Camden, S. C. All articles submitted for publication must be signed by the author. Friday, June 18, 1944 YES! WHY NOT? It’s a fact—every business man Is under some kind of a ftcense. Doctors, lawyers, merchants—^in fact everyone, evei^ the hotel people, operate under a license of some kind. And so far we have not heard much grouching about it. Occasionally some one will yelp because he or she thinks the fee is too heavy. But on the average, there is little com plaint. And when you atop to consider this license business- one has to get a license to marry. If you are a begger' and want to beg on the streets—if you want to sell anything from house to house—you have to get a license. Yes—^this license business is universal and it always brings in a nice wad of cash to a municipality, a state, or a nation. The reason we are discussing the matter of licensing in this editorial is because we happened to run across a copy of The Southern Watchman, which is published weekly at Greensboro, Alabama. Fellow named Hamner Cobbs is edi tor. In a resent issue of The Southern Watchman Editor Cobbs says under the caption “Why Not License For Voters?’’ The editorial in question offers such an interesting view point on the matter of licensing voters that we submit it, in part, to our readers: liils brings up the idee of licensing voters, instead of coUecting a poll tax. The maebinerr of registration could remain as it now is under the existing laws—then Instead of paying a poll tax, a registrant could buy a license, just as one buys a flsblng or hunting license. That would probably be better than the poll tax that has caused such a disturbance in Washing ton. It would pi-obably be impossible for politicians ta pick flaws in the licensing of people to vote. A man carries a license to shoot birds; why couldn’t he carry one in order to vote in “the open season.” The money from voters’ licenses could be used to pay the cost of Sections, thus causing every man who goes to the polls to pay his share of the monetary outlay of the polling of votes. If the voters’ cash, thus coUected, was more than the cost of elections, the balance could be used for educational purpoees, or for the erection of new school buildings. In this manner licensed voters would be .paying the cost of their balloting and contributing to the education of their children. The Montgomery Weekly offers this suggestion in ali earnestness.. It would probably cure the arguments against poll tax in the eight Southern states that have such a levy. A man has the right to be a licensed voter, could carry his license with him, as hft nr 'Xod^he^des,'a license carries with it a certain dignity, because it'cannot be attacked legally, for the constitution has not yet been used to repeal a license, so far as this paper can recall. Let us, therefore, have licensed voters, instead of paying a poll tax.—'The Montgomery Weekly. YOUR ST. THl CAMDlll CHRORtCLK, CANWIII, tOtlTN CAROtlWA. RRIRAV, JUNE 1«, 1M4 IN THE FUTURE Mrs. Montgomery Is Premdent of Hie Junior League FraakUn Alexander—Philatislphlm BmlUtiu World Peace PLAIN AND FANCY LYING. As we see it, our chief affliction at the present moment is that there is too much plain and fancy lying being done, and ordinary common horse sense has become outmoded in America. To illustrate one point in kind, we cite what the Christian Science Monitor has to say about the claims .niade “about the value of vitamins and sulmry preparations that are supposed to give one pep and the bloom of youth. In discussing the subject of vitamin quackery, this is what the Monitor editor has to say in part. We quote: “For the past year, the Federal TVade Commission has been busy issuing ’cease-and-desi^’ orders against the sellers and advertisers of chemical, or synthetic, vitamins because of the extravagant claims made in their behalf. Some vendors had been representing that their product would prevent^a long list of diseases, insure good teeth, prevent hair turning gray, improve eyesight, and cure sleeplessness and nervous troubles. “One cosmetic manufacturer even advertised that her skin cream, ‘so faithful in combating age,’ contained vitamins wbieJt the would tdworb. • “Little of thi^ FederaT curbing of the vitamin campaign ers was given much newspaper publicity. But now the New York newspaper, PM, has published a double-page 'expose which debunks the ‘vitamin craze’ in three ways: (1) It at tacks the untruthful or abnormally magnified claims made for the pxoducte; (2) It charges that the public is paying grossly high prices, which the OPA already has ordered re duced; (3) ft reveals tiie danger which lies in~ hypnotizing id\ the public into believing the^dvertisers’ claims and ‘doctor ing themselves’ with the pills.’’—Aiken Standard & Review. VETERANS BACK PULPWOOD DRIVE Americans who had a hand in licking the Germans in the first World War teamed with veterans of a younger gen eration in South Carolina to vote their all-out support of the Victory Pulpwood campaign. No better indorsement of the importance of pulpwood in war could be obtained than that of men who have seen it in actipn in the form of gun powder, shell cases, food and medicine containers and scores of other ways. The men who took this commendable action comprised 160 veterans of the first World War and 40 veterans of the present World War who for the most part had been honorably discharged because of physical disabilities incurred in com bat. They formed the Mars-McDonald Post, No. 99, of the American Legion at Fitzgerald, Ga. Last Fall during the special drive to Cut A Cord of Pulp wood for Every Local Boy In Service, American Legion Com mander Warren H. Atherton wged Legion Posts to get be hind the drive in their local communities. ‘This pulpwood drive gives us another opportunity to show our fighting men we’re behind them with all we’ve got,” he said. We hope that other American Legion Posts will follow the example of the Fitzgerald group if they have not already enlisted in the Victory Pulpwood Drive. Washlnfcton, Juiie 7.—It is t<fc early yet to outline in any detail the exact organlzatioh which will be set up to establish and maintain peace in the world after this war. It is certain, though, that some such organization will emerge, and it is of course the earnest hope and prayer of every legislator and every citizen that its work will be more effective than any thing the world has yet known. It can be said that the United States definitely is moving for the establishment of a sort of internation al council, possibly to be dominated by the four big piJwers allTe’d in this war—the United States, Britain, Rus sia and China—and which will pro vide for participation also by other nations of the world. ’The ground work for International cooperation has been effecUvely laid by the operations of the ieud-Iease plan by which the allies and friendly nations have cooperated to share some of the costs of the war and in which resources have been pooled to meet this great emergency. This founda tion for cooperation will be extended and made even more firm by the operations of the United Nations Re lief and Rehabilitation admlnistrar tion, through., which the nations will shore the-TMPOQslhllltJ 9£4 the cost of rehabilitating those sections which have suffered the destructive effects of war. the 200,000 Smiths are 12,000 all hav ing the name of John Smi^. (Practically all counties have vet erans’ service officers who are fami liar with the details of making vet erans’ claims and who are available for personal advice and assistance in such maters). Navy Mall • As a general rule, I have heard few complaints about the delivery of mail to our boys in the Navy. Occas ionally, though, a mother or father writes about the difficulty in cor responding with boys on sea duty. The Navy department, which re cently pointed out that it has 16,000 Smiths in the Navy, says that wrong addressee and careless wrlitng ac count for the delay in delivery of many letters. I am told that from 60,000 to as many as 125,000 incor rectly addressed letters are received each week at the Pearl Harbor Fleet Post Officei I also occasionally hear from par ents who say they receive mail regu larly from their sons but their sons have difficulty in getting letters from home. The boys In the Service moving arouTidr~'aird mailing condi tions of course are not as good as they are here In the United States. Also, there is more shipping space on boats and planes coming back to the United States than on those carry ing men and cargo to overseas sta tions. WILSON FANS 18 AS CAMDEN DOWNS COLUMBIA (Continued from first page) Income Taxes. Fifth district residents will be di rectly affected by the Income tax,bill paased by 'Congress and which has been signed into law by the President. This bill will simplify very greatly the plan for the payment of income taxes. Congress already has begun Studying ways for reducing these heavy Individual and corporation taxes as soon as the war will permlj^ Food Production Food production in the United Slatea luui..^been- held at unprecedented high levels recently, and farmers have done an almost miraculous Job In meeting the war time demands of our military and civilian consumers and the demands of some of our allies who have needed assistance with their own food programs. The fanner, who has bad about as many obstacles placed in his way as any single group in the_ whole war rffort, atiU has a big job to do. though, to main tain this food production in the face of difficult labor, machinery and fer tilizer conditions. Veterans. A good many veterans and members of veterans’ families write me for information about various phases «f veterans’ cases, and I am always glad to assist in any way I can. However. 1 sometimes have difficulty in getting a satisfactory report on a veteran’s case when the letters I receive do not give very definite and full informa tion about the particular case in which the writer is Interested. In view of the' huge files which have to be maintained by the Veterans' Administration, it is easy to under stand why this is true. Veterans now has on file case records on 19,000,000 American veterans, living and dead, of all wars. Included among these 19,000,000 are 200,000 Smiths. 136,000 Johnsons. 100,000 Browns, 92,000 Wil liamses and 88,000 Joneses. AmofBf NURSE LOSES PAT SAFaYAYDSWAY Life in these times is no bed of rosea. One must go without things our parents never had, and grandfather never heard of. and There’s always a bright side. Odors cause indiifeBtlon. when you have a bad cold you can’t smell. ■ none down. A passed ball was recov ered by Hancock and pegged to Wil son to kill a runner at the plate. Wil son fanned Sbealy and then forced Johnson to roll weakly to second, be ing tossed out at first. The Camden team plays Cheraw n^Bxt Wednesday on the local diamond. Cheraw gave the Camden team a hard fight in a recent game at Cheraw and the game here should be a fine enter tainment. Wilson will pitch. The score: R H B Camden • 'j •j ^ Columbia 3 4 4 Baubles; Wilson and Hancock; Lattlmore, Shealy and Coleman. miiimiiiHiaiiiiinK COMING ATTRACTibNS Haiglar Theatre Corner Brood and Rutledge 8te. MCAU PHARMACr FRIDAY and SATURDAY '•JUNE 16th and 17th The Pony Expreta Rides to Glory 0 e . in a Whirlwind of Action. Charles Stsrrett in _ “RIDING WEST” - Shirley Patterson—Arthur Hunnl- cut and Ernest Tubb and His Sing ing Cowboys. Chapter 5 - “Captian America” Also Comedy Rachel Montgomery was elected president of the Junior League at a recent lieeting. Tweetfe' Blak^y, retiring president assum^ the office of vice president. Louisa Williams was named treasurer, Lena Woodcock 'recording secretary; Bobby- Mills, cor responding secretary, while ^ a plpk tnlle bow. responuing swcrwunj, wu...- Pwt &t>wn entertaisai flee of member at large will be filled eoreral eelectionalS. later. afternoon. Little Nancy ’The' repewt of the treasurer for the Johnson presented a wagon jZ past year shows that the League pur- • - •• chased 1296 worth of war bonds, took out a 126 Red Cross membership, gave MRtd CANNON 1$ HONIRi Mrs. J. C. CaaiuttL tha Elisabeth X^e, a recent iMar eomnllmeeted with > complimented wltti lane^ shower Wednesday^ i* given by her anaU, Miss bU 5 and Mrs. Annie .77.® and Mrs. Annie Joeey tTYj* House a few mllee eest oose a imw muee eest ot <W The party room was atS! decorated. The bride wss-^ with a corsage of with a corsage of gardemaTZ hoetessea. Her diair was nZL5 —' a ed In white and flUed with^JJ? ly and useful gifts to the hrSb Dellcioas refreshments wsm 137.28 toward Red Cross kit bags, ex- j to 32 of toe honor guest’s frW pended |5*for a antl-tuberculOTisJwnd^ «er^ expended $120 toward the (Hjlldren s Home, $25 for Christmas baskets, $44 toward the tonsil clinic and had an Item of $10.60 for miscelUneous ex- tiense. Mlases Betty Lee^ Vlrgbirj Virginia Brannon and OrtlZ ^ tlATl I MISS RUSSELL HONORED WITH BIRTHDAY PARTY Little Miss Kathryn Beckham Rus sell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chartes Russell, was honored by her mother at a party on last Wednesday after noon, the occasion being her fourth birthday. 'Twenty-two little guests were invited for 4:30 o’clock. After games were played, the guests were invited in where a pink and white cake centered the table from which punch, cookies and cake was served. non. BRIDGE PARTY HONORIMq MISSES WHITAKER AND Miss SJlsle Redfeam and lis Kareeh entertained with bridge party In toe Aviation the Sarpfield club Thursdw honoring Miss Anne WhltakiT Miss Betty Sowell. Bridge wuT at five tables and eight gueiuV after cards. Mrs. W A wiL itoe"* high score prize and low , , W ,*uu low ‘’y Anas 1 aker. ’The honor guest were nr, ajI warlOk 1J— ed with gifts of linen napkE salad course was served ' Each guest was presented small pink served alon* and .hlte basketa tilled with candy. J* 1* f'tt* TRIBUTE IS PAID MEN WHO HAYE MADE SACRIFICE (Continued from first page) Pacific. Sept. 15, 1942; Able Seaman Thomas S. Hendrlc, Navy, killed at sea in combat in South Pacific, Nov. 11, 1943; Chief J»etty Officer Albert H. Isbell, Navy, died In service Jan. 25, 1943; Seaman William C. Mackey, Navy, died March 9. 1943; Private tesses, assisted by Mrs. John G and Miss Helen Hunter. ENTERTAIN FOR MISS JEAN MAYER William Baxley, Army, died In Jap Complimenting Jean Mayer i elect of June, Mrs. M. J. Ryiir Cecil Leagon and Mrs. Bill Bmb entertained wtto a pretty Ixwi i and shower at Mrs. Plflw'B apsrt on Laurena street. Games ui tests were enjoyed after whiek prison camp in Philippines May 14, 1943. . Also Sgt. Henry Claremont Rabon, Army, died In Philippines July 1, 1943; Cadet James Ellison Cureton. Army, accidentally killed In service July 12, 1943; Radioman ;2nd Class Reese B. Hall. Navy, killed In Horlda Sept. 19, 1943; Lt. Ivey CJonnell, Army paratrooper, killed in Italian invasion, Oct. 7, 1943; Sgt. James T, Shirley, killed In Louisiana maneuver area, Oct. 16. 1943; Lt, Woodrow Sandere, Army, killed in action on New Britain Island, Jan. 28, 1944; LL C. C. Vaughan, Navy, killed Jan. 27, 1944, and Aviation Cadet William J. Brown, Army, killed March 20, 1944. Held as prisoners of war are Clar ence Riggins, Mendel L. Tbrean, Al bertos Shirley, William Wesley Davis and Burwell B. Gapehart. Missihg In action are Henry Davis and EMwin reported a prisoner of war. WILLIAM I. HULSEY NOW AT MIAMI BEACH T.-Sgt. William I. Hulsey, 23^ of Bethune, recently returned from serv ice outside the continental U. S.. now is being processed throuih the Army Air Forces Redistribution station No, 2 in Miami Beach, where his next as signment will be recommended. He is the son of C. M. Hulsey, and Is married to Mrs. Avis Nell Hulsey. | honor guest was sent on s host found a large box (Hied wltk i lovely and useful gifts which hMl brought by the guests. ■» 'The boetesses served delidou freshments from a prettily ipM table. ’The honor guest was pm ed with a coraage of white gvis OSCAR SMITH WOOTEN COMPLETES BASIC FLYINS Aviation Cadet Oscar Smith l en, eon of Mrs. C. D. Wooten tt Lodge, Camden, has completed th qulred basic flying course it Newport Army Air Field ssd transferred to another Arm Forces Eastern Flying Tralnlin mand school to enter advanced h ing. IN ENGLAND Mrs. John A. Gregory has reed e ntsary imrio ,Word from her husband Pvt -Tfaw former has sluce ■GruBOfy, that he arrived safely a wHafa In IS^frlAmii wherp in England. Before repai for overseas duty Pvt Gregory rk his family on 12. day furlong MmneHmmmfh Yomrhmtttmm tm Amteriem • * * MONDAY and TUESDAY JUNE 19tlk and 20tlk Russian Guerillas Decoying Nszis Into Death TrapsI “DAYS OF GLORY” A 1944 Release—First showing In Camden, witb Tamara Toumanova — Gregory Peek — Alan» Reed Also Paths News WEDNESDAYtTHURSDAY . JUNE 21at and 22nd Despised by Woman! Semmsd by Msnl Whispered about—Taunted, HatadI Anna Naagla with Richard Greella In “YELLOW CANARY” with Nova Pilbaam Lueia Mann. halm — Albert Liven Chapter 13 “AdYentums of the Flying Cadols” Jae Latest World Nows Showing the invasion of Europe. Matinoa 3:16 P. M. Night 7:304:18 P. M.