The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 23, 1944, Image 6
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Friday, June 23, 1944
A PERPETUAL BLACK EYE
The Aiken Standard believes that we folks in South
Carolina should do something about accepting the challenge
of Northern writers who have been picturing the Palmed
State as the homeland of backward, ign^orant, prejudiced,
unprogressive, negro haters, shylocks and Simon Legrees, and
still living in the Civil War era.
The,editor declares that if one bases his judgment on
what the Northern writers say. South Carolina is the Nation's
No. 1 economic problem, surrounded by Samboes and Black
Mammies, mint juleps, poverty and indolence. In other words,
we are the slums and sore spot of the Nation.
Northehi writers are working overtime to sock us in the
eye. They picture us as being different from any part of
America. The Columbia Record in discussing Northern
opinion under the caption “We Are Not That Bad," says in
part:
"In a recent forum in the North, the State of South Caro-
linu was designated as_ *A place where illiteracy is high and
economic conditions poor.*^
"Frequently, we ourselves say, ‘we are a poor estate.’
We^report, for one reason or another, that ‘our per capita in
come is very low.'
"Statistically, and relatively, these statements are true.
We are less affected emotionally, however, when we say
It ourselves, than when we hear others say it.
A condition in which there is any illiteracy is not a^
satisfactory one, and it has not been wiped out in South
Carolina. But there is less and less, and the condition here
is not nearly so bad as the statement, ‘a place where illiteracy
is high' suggests.
"As to the flat allegation, ‘economic conditions are poor,'
that, as we all know, is not generally the truth. Certainly
there are spots where that assertion would apply, but to say
it is a general condition in South Carolina as'to indulgfr^ in^a
flagrant disregard for the facts.
"All this suggests to us that South Carolina has been
given a challenge to better inform the rest of the country of
the progress which has been made in the state, and to indi
cate the excellent prospects for the future. This should be
-doB£-nnLaQ much to get^ven with those who make irrespon
sible statemen^orwho are~thciniioccnt vjctims of-miakad,-
ing figures, no matter how accurate, statistically, but for the
purpose of the benefits coming from accurate and comprehen
sive information.”
Wants—For Sale
RoeolvoE too lato for
FOR SALE—a gallon wooden wat«r
coolers with brass taacets, at the
Camden Hardware A Supply Co.
Phone 7. 14c
FOR SALE-One-haK gallon, quart
and pint fruit Jars; also )ar lids and
caps, at the Camden Hardware A
Supply Co. Phone 7. 14c
LOST—St. Bollard poppy, brown and
white, name Joe. |10 reward. Call
676.J or 181. 14-16c
Revival Meeting
Lt James H. Cox
Graduates From
Officers School
WHERE BLOWS THE WIND?
Some time ago there was a very striking cartoon in the
London Daily Herald which was reprinted in the New York
Times. It showed two Nazi soldiers on the way back to
Germany, each bearing a big bag of loot. Behind them is a
ruined city whose flaming buildins^ blaze against the sky.
With fear in his eyes, one soldier is crying to the other, "But
the wind's in thaa direction!"
Where blows the. wind? The holocaust started as a
small blaze. Japan moved into Mahchuria, We shrugged
<mr shoulders and said that the fire was on the other side
of the world. Italy attacked Ethiopia and we said, "Isn’t it
too bad?" The Nazis began their persecution of the Jews—'
and we shed crocodile tears and said, "We can do nothing—
we don't interfere with the internal affairs of any nation.”
Then Hitler's legions started their relentless march over
Europe and we said: "It does seem as though Europe could
clean its own house.”
We should have known better—we who have had ex
perience with forest fires, who know that a dropped match
or a carelessly thrown away cigarette can bring devastation
to acres of timberland, engulfing farms and villages as it
spreads.
Where blows the wind? Ask those who first bombed
civilians—ask them as they stand in their ruined cities with
their dead around them. * Who started all this? The Ger
man peaplacau suffer and. comj?ldn^but th^ had surren
dered their bodies and souls, even before the war began, and
they are now powerless to control their destiny. _ Where
blows the wind* .
It is right to be merciful—but not right to be mauldin.
Twice in a generation have these fires been lighted. We
were not blameless du that we might have \ised an ounce of
prevention but did not—but neither were we the ones who
started the fire. The wind is blowing—^the fires are blazing—
End racing with the speed of demons back toward those who
started the blaze. They that sow the wind shall reap' the
whirlwind.
It is a breakfire—^that protection known to the pioneers.
Many of our mindsters have told us we must not emulate the
tactics of the enemy. We are not—but we are turning the
wind of wrath in his direction—keeping the fire from our
pwn homes. Surely our own people are as entitled to protec
tion as those who exulted in the bombing of Coventry?
Not cruelty but justice! Not vengeance but the immut
able laws of life! The wind blows in their direction—may it
sweep clean that free men with naught to fear, men ot good
will to all, may stand strong again and work to rebuild—^not
the old hatreds, but the new world of peace fbr all. ^By Ruth
Taylor.
Former Camden and N. C.
lijootball Ace Receives
His Bars
Marine Second Lieutenant James
Huxh Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Coker Cox, 1211 Mill street, this city,
was graduated recently from the 47th
Officers Candidates , class,. Marine
Corps schools at Quantlco, Va.
Active In sports at the Camden
High school, where he starred as a
football player, he later continued
his a^txltles In football and .other
sports at the" UntversTty of North
Carolina at Chap41 Hill. He enlisted
in the Marine Corps April 8, 1942 and
Joined the Officer Candidates class
in March, 1944. He was commis
sioned a second lieutenant May 24.
Cox Is one of three brothers who
have been outstanding in atbletfcs
at the Camden High school. Dickie
Cox went to the University cf
Georgia and later went into the U.
S. Marines. Carol Cox, a third broth
er, played wUh (be Camden High
football team lasr season and ♦his
snniner ‘s wlih tha Junior Legion
baseball team.
Lieut. James Hugh Cox "was known
throughout the football world as
“Shot" Cox. It was recently announc
ed that "Shot” has been signed by
the Green-Bay Packers of the Na
tional Professional football league,
but .Cox denies he has slgiietL-Eays
that Green Bay has drafted him but
be has not made up his mind whether
he will play with the Packers (ft not.
At least he will not give the matter
much thought until he has completed
Evangelist Robert L. Fritz is con
ducting a revival meeting in a tent
each" evening at 8 p. m. The meeting
started Thursday. These services are
being conducted on tite^ dot adjoining
Mr. John Huggins' store, near Wat-
teree Mill vUlage.
Weekly News Letter
From liberty RiU
Marlon Yarborough, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. Yarbrough, who spent two
—. weeks with his sister, Miss Margaret
(the bigger Job of ground-gaining and Yarbrough,- of Georgetown, returned
[forward passing against the Nazi and « -»— -
forward passing against the Nazi and
the Nips.
When Cox was a freshman in high
school, bis lootball playing attracted
the RttenUwn of a former Wisconsin
sporting writer who was doing pub
licity work for the Camden winter
program. This sports writer con
tacted Con Jennings, athletic direc
tor at Marquette University and told
him that Cox had the making of a
great college player. Jennings was,
not Interested and as a result Mar
quette lost a man who would have
fitted into the Golden Avalanche grid
program with much success. Cox
went to North Carolina where his
play was outstanding.
Sunday services at the Presbyterian
church were conducted by Elder E. J.
Cunningham.
Capt. C. D. Cunningham,.Jr., of the
U. S. Army Air force, is visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Cunning
ham, ami daughter. Miss ‘ Mary..
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Pressley, who
have been located in Florida for some
time, were week-end guests of Mrs.
R. J. Wardlaw, Sr., who also had with
him on Sunday. Miss Josephine Ward-
law of Chester.
Miss Charlotte MacLauchlln of
Chester, i^nt several days with her
aunt, Mrs. L. P. Thompson.
Miss Pauline Richards of Lancaster,
wag vtoltlhg her grandfather. Captain
N. S. Richards, over the week-end.
Mr. John Thompson was a Charles
ton visitor last week.
Miss Willie Lee Higgins, of the
McBee school was a Fathers* day
visitor at home.
Miss Annie Mae Cureton of Bishop-
ville, was a Sunday visitor at home
Misses Lizzie and Lai Richards
went to Blshopville and were Joined
by Mrs. J. K. Herlot, and visited
M)rrtle Beach on Sunday.
Deputy Sheriff J. H. McLeod, Jr.,
and Officer Horton were in our villags
one night last week on official busl
ness.
Miss Adella Cunningham of Cam
den, spent Sunday at home.
Mr. George^ B. Cunningham of the
U. S. Merchan't Marines, Is visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S, H. Cunning
ham.
EYES OF CAMDEN
BALL FANS ON CHARLOTTE
(Continued from firat page)
outfMd he will have ^bby Cannon of
Spartanburg, Bob Sansbury pt Flor
ence, Gene Carmichael of Lalm View,
and Billy Thomiwon of Florence.
Wilson *heported at Charlotte Thurs
day and with the members of the
South Carolina squad worked out at
Griffith park last night
Billy LavaL in 'a statement last
Sunday regarding the Palmetto team
declared that they looked^ okay in
spots but feeble In other spots. Laval
said he thought his boys would give
the Tarheels a good game and they
naturally want to win.
“We 'are not as well organized down
hM'e*wlth our Junior baseball as they
are in North Carolina,” said Laval,
"but we’ll be in there fighting.”
While the fans in general realize
that the game is a charity affair, con
ducted under the'spohsonhlp of the
Charlotte Observer, they do not be
lieve that a South Carolina player
would have a chance at getting the
nod of the customers to go to the
Esquire game in New York. “There
are three Charlotte boys on the North
Carolina team and Pm willing to bet
dollars against peanuts that one of
them will get the nod for the big
game in New York.” said one fan.
“It stands to reason that the crowd
at tonight’s game will be a Charlotte
crowd and it Is only to be expected
that they will vote for a home boy.
If a South Carolina boy was selected,
it would be little short of a mlracle.”^
Wiley Sbeorn. one of the enthusi
astic supporters and workers in the
Legion baseball program in Camden,
declared that the sugestlon of this
paper constituted a constructive idea
to the selection of an all-star
qualified throagh years of
In looking young players ot»T^
apon the merlte of those
In the pharlty gaiae!^ *^3
as
player In the Charlotte classic. The
Chronicle suggested that some out
standing baseball scouts from three
major league clubs be secured to
Judge the players and let them select
the one to be sent to New York.
There will be plenty of Scouts at
the Charlotte game and .they are
COMING ATTRACTIOHs
- Hsdglar Tkeatre
Coiwer Broad end Rutledqt
FRI.-SAT., JUNE 2344
Wnd 'BUI BUliott Jz
with
“Gabby” Hayea, Anne Jeffre,. ^
Leroy Mason ^
"MOJAVE
Thundering ThrUlg of the Wtei
Also ^
tt
'CaptaSn America”
and Stooge Comedy
M0N.-TUES.^ JUNE 26^
Mickey Rooney and Judy
"GIRL CRAZY”
wHh
Tommy Dorsey and His Orch^h.
A Oay Musical
( Also Pathe News
WED.-THURS., JUNE 2U|
Exciting Saga of a Fightl&t
AU'American!
PAT O’BRIEN
*‘THE IRON MAJOR”
with
Ruth Warrick and Robert Byu
Also First Episode ot
"Great Alagkan Mytlvji*
Paramount News With the AetM
Invasion of Franca
Matinee 3:15 p. m.
Night 7;30a:15 P. M.
Cassatt News Letter
Seaman Jimmy Hinton In
Many Battlee; Badly Hurt
In Auto Accident At Home
(Continued from first page)
WOOD GOES TO WAR
Farmers, woods workers and woodland owners. Unless
you produce more' sawlogs and pulpwood we'll be short of
crates, boxes, baskets, cartons and paper containers to pack
age food for bur armed forces. Cut your mature trees for
Bawlogs, thin crowded stands for pulpwood. They're needed
now. For help in marketing call on your farm forester or
timber project fordster. Ask your counfy agent
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CAMDEN THEATRE, SUNDAY, JUNE 25
Matinaa: 2 and 3:45. Eveafaif, 9 p. m. /
saved the convoy of transports and
supply ships backing up the Marines
on Guadalcanal.
In that battle Hinson received fire
pieces of shrapnel in his left leg. He
was brought from the scene of the
battle to Charleston where he was
hospitalized. Elliglble for honorable
medical discharge from the Navy, the
then 19 year old veteran of the Battle
of Midway, of scouting duty In thei
Aleutian waters, of screening _ tatcej
duty foY' Hihmy Doolittle^ airmen
aboard the Hornet, of the landing at
Guadalcanal an(^ of the Battler Of SaVo
islandr he begged off and pleadM to
be allowed to remain- on active duty.
His wishes were granted and he wm
assigned to shore duty.
several days ago.
Steve Bowers, who is working In
Brunswick, Ga., spent the week-end
with his family here.
Miss “Beck” McKinnon of Bethune,
is visiting Miss Betty Jane McCkskili
and Miss Sarah June Rozler.
Miss Margaret Yarbrough spent the
week-end with her parents here.
Miss Donzola McLaughlin vof Lan
caster, spent the week-end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Mc
Laughlin.
Mrs, -Mae Young visited her son.
Pvt. Ralph Young, of the U. S. Army,
stationed at Fort McClellan, Ala.
Henry Mack, a colored man, who
lives oh a farm belonging to Capt.
M. B. Burns, near here, has had the
misfortune to loose a mule ip June
for three years In succession.
Mr. Amos Watkins, whb was injured
in a fall recently, had the misfortune
iof breaking his hip.
Mrs. Alby Bowers and young son.
Billie, left last week for Key WesL
Fla., to Join her husband, Alby Bow
ers, who is stationed there.
Miss Charlie Christine Granger cele-
brnted her 11th birthday last Thurs
day, the 15th.
Olin Watkins, who was called to
Florida due to the serious injury of
bis father, Amos Watkins, returned a
few days ago.
Joe Marshall is spending some time
with bis sister, Mrs. B. E. McOougan,
of Holly Hill.
Today Seaman Hinson lies in a hos
pital bed, thousands of miles from the
scene of battle and reflects upon the •
strange vicissitude of life in that het
survived the mad cataclysm of war.i
jonly to fall prey to a skidding aato<
[on a South Carolina highway.
Notice to the Public:
Beginning on ne|i: Wednesday, June
28, and continuing tiurongh July and
August, we will be closed for the fall
day. We feel thatbnr employees de
serve this holiday daring the Summer
months.
Bring the family in for one of our
G(X)D SUNDAY DINNERS.
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