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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.