The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 27, 1944, Image 2
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PASE TEN
Farmers
To Organiae
Urged
Farmers as a whole are getting left
behind while ofther sections of Amerl-
ca’s popufation are beneflttlng them-
selves financially through goTsmment
help, said Mr. Cant^, president of
the Kershaw County Farm Bjurean In
a statement citing figures that show
farmers are In an unfavorable posi
tion compared with other groups.
Mr. Canley’s statement was based
' on information and figures sent him
by Robert Coker, president of the
South Carolina Farm Bureau Federa
tion. The figures were contained in
a statement prepared by Edward A.
0’^(eaI, president of the American
Farm Bureau Federation, for presen
tation at a hearing in Washington last
week on the “Little Steel” formula.
Mr. O’Neal, however, was denied
Iho TiTrtlSge of publicly presehllhg
the factual data on agriculture, al
though both labor and Industry were
permitted to tell their side of the
story. Mr. Cantey. .termed ihls. Aenlal
“a shame when there are groups try
ing to saddle on the overworked
shoulders of the farmers the blame
for ’inflation,” and said that copies of
Mr. dTleal’a statement are being .seat
to all state Farm Bureaus, and to
county organisations as a service to
all farmers.
While producing more food than
befDra, farmers -have received
Cassatt News Letter
Miss Willie Mae Elliott. second
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Elliott,
is receiving congratulations from her
friends in this community due to her
4-H club activities in the county-
winning "ihe ^ trip to Chicago, 111., in
the near future. ' Willie Mae is in the
11th grade of the Camden high school
and has done excellent work In all
subjects, especially in i-H club work
for the past four years. Miss Marg
aret Elliott, a sister, won the trip to
Chicago last year.
Pvt.'* and Mrs. A. L. Spears are
visiting Mrs. Speers’ parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jake Watkins. Pvt. Spears has
been stationed in Tszas for some
time;
Mrs. W. L. Young and son, A. L.
Young, return^ Monday from several
days’ visit to Fort Bennlng, Ga., with
lPvI. Aal^ O.- Ymittg,"-who Is-attendw^
ing officers training school there.
Miss Donzolo McLaughlin of Lan
caster, spent several days with her
parents here.
Miss Antts; Bhooley of Batnuia,
Ohio, has been visiting Mr. and Mrs.
8. L. McLaughlin.
Pvt. Roy West is at home on fur
lough with- his mother, Mrs. Fleta
West.
Miss Sarahs June Rosier received a
cable from her brother, Capt. W. Ra
Rosier, who is in Sydney, Australia,
on several days leave. Capt. Rosier
only about 10 percent of the increased
national income during the current
war period, while the rest of the coun-,
try’s population received 90 percent,
it was pointed out by Mr. Csatey.
“Farm people, who constitute near
ly 21 percent of the country’s popula
tion, received only a small portion of
the Increase," he added. “On the oth
er hand, prices paid by farmers have
increased by four percent in the last
year, while prices he gets for his pro
ducts have remained the same.”
Through establishment of wage for
mulas, weekly earnings of industrial
workers have Increased 74 percent
since 1941, oompared with a 24 per
emit increase in the cost of living, it
was pointed out. ’The retail price of
food is about the same today as dic
ing the 1926-1929 period when wagtU
were considerably lower.
Industrial workers have also bene-
fltted from the fact that the retail
price of food today is about the same
as during the 1926-1929 period, when
wages were considerably lower than
, lA n A Sumter was that when the merchint-
4hey are now Mr Cantey other growth re
costs in relation to the consumer’s in
come are therefore a good bit below
those before the war, he added, say-
ing that since January 1941, the base
date of the “Little Steel” Formula,
weekly earnings of industrial workers
have Increased 74 percent, compared
with a 24 percent Increase in the cost
of living.
“In spite of any wide-spread belief
that farmers are getting along better
than they used to, it is plain from
these figures,” said Mr. Cantey, "that
farmers are not getting their rightful
share of the national Income. Agri
culture needs more spokesmen and
more men who will fight its battles
Service Center News
(Service Center Reporter)
The Center for the last two weeks
has been in its new location on De-
Kalb street. The building is very
small and Inadequate for the care and
entertainment Af the large numb'M- of
service men that seek relaxation in
jCan^den every week-end.
Qn Saturday night some forty
or fifty aervice men dropped in at the
Center Due to the lack of dancing
apace in the Center'a new quarters,
the young people were taken up to St.
Mary’s TTfiTl. wh|ch Irsd T)eeh offered
for use by Father Burke. However,
upon arrival there, it was found that
the vlctrola wouldn’t work.'
It waa^then that Mrs. John Muilen.
who was* with the crowd, came to the
rescue. Appreciating the keen disap
pointment of the service men especial
ly, she invited them all, and the girls
and hostesses to come to her house,
a lovely and most spacious home
There tn The large living room
cheerful fire in the big fireplace
greeted them. It wasn’t long before
everyone was perfectly at home and
-having the time of their lives, not
only in the living room,’but all over
the house. Some sat around the fire
and told yarns, some danced, some
gathered around the piano and' sang,
some investigated the ^ks and Jhe
■marvelous coUwtlon of vlctrola rec-
' ords in the library, and back in the
kitchen others, who had made a pur-
^haelng -tvip-tcr tto nelghborhoonT
ery* store,- cooked welners and made,
acoffee and cheese sandwiches to serve
to the crowd.
It was at a very late hour before
the last of the service men left that
home that had given them such a cor
dial welcome, and such « grand time.
The Service Center is most grate
ful to Mrs. Mullen, and to Mr. Mullen,
for he too entered most heartily into
the entertainment of his unexpected
guests.
left the State# one year ago today for
Pacific duty and has served in the
South West most of the time.
Miss Charlotte ^cCaakill will leave
this week to accept work in Balti
more, Md.
Rev. and Mrs. T. B. Anderson of
Camden, are visiting friends here to
day, 'Wednesday.
Land Owners In the Area
InTolwed In Inundation
Project Rise Up In Anns
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and Csyce which procure the bulk of
their raw material from the Wateree
and Congaree forest areas. Any num
ber of small towns up and (town the
rivers are made up largely of lumber
and timber Induetriee that feed di
rectly on the timber hauled from the
luxuriant forests.
A point stressed at the meeting at
mains, as the swamps have a thick
stand of undergrowth and another cut
ting la poaalbls within a few years.
Woodworking plant Owners at the
meeting declared they would have to
cloee if the forests ' are destroyed.
Land owners, who depend on an an
nual cutting for their livelihood an-
nounced that the dtseruction of the
timber would mean the Immediate
loss of an annuity the balance of their
lives.
The merchants of Sumter and other
points present at the meeting stress
ed the fact that the Inundation of the
timberlands would entail a severe loss
to all business men because of the
loss of BO many payrolls. They con
tended that it would throw all this
area into a depression.
A request has been made to the
state forestry commission for a sur
vey of the present merchantable tim
ber and also an estimate as to the
approximate income from the fertile
area where the timber reproduces It-
Girl Scouts To
Observe National
Week In Activity
National Girl Scout Weeh#
Sli^mg ^ext^^mday,
Ottober 29.
Starting next Su^ay and closing
Novr 4, QM Scout, week wttl be ob
served by the Camden Girl Scouts In
a fitting manner.
Sunday morning the local Girl
Scouts will march to the First Bap
•tist church to attend the 11:16 o’clock
service.
On Monday the Scout troop mem-
bers will devote their spare time in
helping their-mothers, this being the
day’s objective. On Tuesday “Oltlsen
ship day,” the girls will give their
time to community service and will
go to the office of the Christmas Seal
campaign chairman and help .in ad
dressing envelopes.
On Wednesday, “health and safety
day” the glrla will check their first
aid kits. On. Thursday they will ob
serve International Friendship day
and on Friday, “Arts and Oafts day,
they will begin to make Christmas
presents. On Saturday, the girls will
observe “Out of Doors” day In a prop
er manner.
Mrs. Frank Babbitt, Mrs. Joe Me-
Kaln, Mrs. May ShSom nad Mrs. J. H.
McLean will go to "Columbia in tha
near future to attend the leadership
training course for both brownie and
Intermediate Oirl Scouts.
self rapidly, and provides a steady
Inconfe, not only for the land owners
btt4-for thr ttousands of wdfken' sni
their families in the ten counties in
vnlvfid In the. i»oposed drainage area.
Something of the enormous out
put of power Is indicated by the gov
emment’s flglTre^^ that the five dama
from' Columbia north, not Including
the huge project at Buckingham Land
Ing, would, with the increased output
at Saluda dam and Santee-Cooper, pro
vide 1,617,728,578 kilowatt hours. And
some of those here emphasised that a
surplus of- power even now was being
produced at some plants.
Another point emphasized was that
involving taxes. Publicly owned plants
do not pay certain taxes imposed on
privately owned utilities. If a few
million dollars of such taxes be takMi
out of the state treasury, such 1(«b
would be shifted to other taxable
sources, nnd would be levied on a
statewide policy. For that, reason, they
emphasized, the whole proposition be
comes every taxpayer’s business or
concern.
Engineers give the Buckingham
Landing dam as a structure 5.89 miles
or 31,105 feet long.
Fall meeting of
Fann Women Held
a
Kershaw County Council of Farm
Women met in the auditorium of the
Presbyterian Sunday ecbool building
at' 3 p. m. ’Thursday, Dct. 12. t After
the call to order by the president, Mrs,
J. T. Oettys, America wu aung. The
salute to the flag wae given and was
followed by tbe devotional in charge
of Miss Margaret Fewell.
Tbe Council membera, led by Mrs,
Gettys. repeated the council creed.
Guests of tbe coimcil ware then in
troduced by Mrs. O. J. Sm)rrl. They
were Miss Lonny I. ^Landrum, Sena
tor Bedfeam, Mias Frances Eratt,
Mrs, William Fuller and Mr*. Samuel
Russell.
Miss Landrum gave a short interest
ing talk on 4'H club work and asked
that mre"*lreaaii “Of ttmiilo* in wBicir
there was a 4-H girl or boy give every
encouragement to them In their 4-H
club work.
Miss Frances. Pratt, who haa Just
come to the qounty as T. B. Nurse,
gave a short ‘talk on the work she
hopes to do in tbe county.
AUer singing ‘‘America the Beauti
ful.” Mrs. William Fuller told of her
work as a local leader.
Mary Loa Holley gave an account
of 4-H contesta. Mary Frances Horton
told of 4-H council work. Faith Holley
talked on the 4-H conservation can^
and Willie Mae Elliott gave an ac
count of her work as a 4.H club mem-
bar.
After the roll call and minutes of
the spring meeting, the council heard
the treasurer's report by Mrs. Wade
Holley and a report of the District
Council meeting by Mrs. Victor Ward.
The report of the nominating com
mittee waa given and accepted. Mrs.
Charles Dymock was elected presi
dent, Mrs. Rochelle Hall, 2nd vlce-
bresident and Mrs. Cliff Smith, direc
tor,
Mrs, John Gettys reported that Miss
Grace Faulkenberry bolds the coun
cil scholarship and Is now at Coker
College. There being no other busl-
bess the council adjourned to meetj
In the spring.
Joins WACs
Mrs. Lillian Dorla Conway, formerly
of Camden, has enlisted in the WAC
now-taktag^ her biBlc^trainlng
at FV>rt Des Moines, Iowa. Pvt Lillian
Davis is tbe sister of Mrs. Albert
Hiheott of (^mden and tbe daugbtw
of H. Arthur Davis and the late Lena
Watts Davis. I*vt Davis also has two
brothers in service, Cpl. Londees
Davis’ of this city, and Pfc. Jack L.
Davis of Sumter.
#• 0*mmmv iJ»k.
jfeanhmn Child
Given Summons
Charles LaVeme Branham, age 14
months and 15 days, son of C. V. and
Peggy Evans Branham, died at the
Columbia hospital *fter an Illness of
seven weeks. He leaves his father
and mother, two brothers, Carl V.,
Jr., and Maxie, his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Belton Branham, Mr. and
Mrs. L. C. Evans, the following unclea
and aunts, Mr. and Mrs. Will Ziegler,
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Branham, Mr. and
Mrs. Boyd Dixon, all of Camden; Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Branham, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul (Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Branham, all of Charleston; seven
nephews and nieces and an uncle,
Ja^ C. Evans of the U. S. Air corps.
Month-End
CLEAN-UP
BIG BARGAINS in Odd Lots
P •_ _
Droked nzes
Children's
OXFORDS
for Boya or Girls ~ Sizer
8 1>2 to 13—Brown or
fOlktk,
$1.77
Men’* Black High Top
SHOES !
Police style—Sizes 7 to 10
$4.00
Ladies* Brown
OXFORDS
and
BLACK PUMPS
Arch Support* and Double
A widths. Size* 5 to 8 1-2.
3.00
Odd Sizes in
MEN’S SUITS'
Bargains if y<m can get a
fit.
$15.00 and $18.00
Man's
DRESS PANTS
Hard worsteds and go^
patterns. Mostly sizes 33
to 33 waists. A*
$2.98- $3.98 -$5.90
Men's Poplin
JACKETS
Tan color. Smallp medium
and large sizes. Water
repellent.
$5.00
m
Boys' Long Pants .
SUITS
10 to 16—Brown Herring
bone. Nice styles. Good
walues.
$9.00
MISSJES ANKLETS
81-2 to 101-2.
- 19c
Assorted •colors. *
Eagles To Play
At State Fair
The annual game.between Booker
'Washington’s Tornadoes and Mather
Academy’s Eagles will be played at
the State Fair in Columbia, S. C., on
October 27, at 1 o’clock.
A large group from Mather la plan
ning to attend and make this one of
tbe greatest games in their histoir.
Dr. A. W. Humphries
Gives Address At
Piedmont Meeting
Dr. A. ' W. Humphries, Kershaw
County Health officer, represented the
County organization at a meeting of
the Piedmont Medical association
meeting held last Thursday, Oct. 12.
Dr. Humphries gave an interesting
address to the physicians, dentists and
pharmacists, touching npon many
phases of the public health situation.
Following Dr, Humphries’ talk. Dr.
D. .jT. Rolfe, professor of physiology
ana executive secretary of the Me-
harry Medical college of NashvUlq,
Tenn, He .spoke briefly of what can
be expected of the science of medi
cine in the post war world.
—Dr. Rolfe was Invited to South Oaro^
lina by the Building Commissioner
Dr. Brevard, to make a tour of the
three zones of the state to receive
contributions from the alumni toward
the "er^tldii of an alpmni hall at Me-
harry college.
Last Tuesday night they visited the
lower zone, or Charleeton area, where
the sum of |1,515 was raised. On
Wednesday night in the central zone
they raised |1.606. On Thursday nfght
here in Ciamden, at a meeting at
Trinity church the alumni of the
Pl^mont sone and the alumnus ctf
SCOOOlo BuDOvl 11M5CI UHUI
ing a total for the three days of
15.160.
Dr. Rolfe praised the work of Dr.
Brevard very highly. A banquet was
given at Haile’s hall after the meet
ing here.
T^imerance Rally
At Imptist Church
Dr. George W. Crabbe, of Washing
ton, D. C., will deliver a Temperance
addresi. at the First Baptist eburch,
of Can^en. next Tuesday, tbe 3lst of
October, at 3:30 p. m.
Dr. Crabbe is an able lawyer and a
splendid speaker, and every one will
be well repaid by going out to hear
him.
-He is a native bf Madison County,
Ohio. After completing his university
years. He studied law, and was for
six years tbe Clerk of Court in his
nativw —Later he- became as
sociated with the Anti-Saloon League
in Ohio, then in West 'Virginia, and
finally in Maryland. His leadership
was so fine and constmetive that in
1940 be was chosen as general super
intendent of the Anti-Saloon League
in America, with headquarters in
Washington. D. C.
On this visit to South Carolina he
j comes to deliver the Temperance ad-
'dress before the South Carolina Meth
odist Conference at Myrtle Beach on
the 28th instant.
Mr. C. O. Stogner, of Camden, is
the acting chairman of the county
Tempwance committee, and Rev. C.
R. Griffin of Kershaw is secretary.
Ehreryone is cordially invited to at
tend .this rally.
Bethesda Pn^yterian Churet.
Sunday, Oct. 29, A. Douglas MeA»«
pastor:, Chundt school at ten a. m
with a Bible class for every
Morning worship at lUU. iilsSn!;
study class and young people’s
at 8 p. m. Tbe public ia invited.
Grace Episcopal Church
Maurice Clarke. D.D., Rector
Holy communion at 8 < m
Church achool at 10 a. m.
Morning prayer and sermon bv ii.-.
rector at 11:16. “•
Meeting of the young people of »k-,
^Parisb in the Parish hotaw
Lyttlaton Street Methodist
Henry F. Collins, Pastor
Church school at 10 a. m.
Morning worship *t 11:16 s. xa.
MeLaod'a Chapel, Rambert
Henry F. Collins. Pastor
Preaching: 1st and 8rd Sundays at
6 p. m.
V » • •
Beulah Methodist Church
Henry F, CoIUns, Pastor
Preaching; 2nd and 4th Sundays it
A - f—
Dedication Service
For Refuge Church
Rededication serrlces will be held
next Sunday, Oct, 29, for Refuge Baa
list church of Lockhart - section «
Kershaw county. Tbe program be
gins at 10:30 a. m., with the dediea-
tlon sermon being delWered at 2
o’clock by Rev. Leslie W. Edwardv
pastor of the First Baptist chanch of
Kershaw.
Wants—For Sale
llfeehfotf too Mo for
LOST—Ration bo(A No. 8, issued to
J. W. Bradley, route 2, Blaney. ^
LOST—Ration books 8 and 4, ifrtiij
IS uniyersity to Mrs. Sallv BrailUy, twr.
fur veveral Disney. * m.
m/I WMM rnr
FOR RENT—4-room house with ligHg
waterxnd-tath. o&~^dtwsy No. 1,“
between Camden and Airport; atss
for sale, two registered male setter
puppies, ready to hunt this ——n
See J. J. Tc^bert, 809 %oad SL Up
Terrific Gale and Downpour
Oi Rain Canoag Mncli DaaMfO
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the wind ripped some of the shUt
panels away.
Tbe rainfall Thursday night up to
8 o’clock Friday morning amounted to
6 and 63-100 inchea, the heaviest oa
record since 1988 when a traction «l
an inch more fell irlthhi a similar
period of time.
SPECIAL NOTICE
Throughout this war time we have made every effort to
give our customers the best service possible. Many auto
parts have been hard, if not impossible, to get for obvi
ous reasons. And good niechanics have been scarce. But
we do appreciate the splendid spirit of sympathetic un
derstanding and cooperation shown by almost everyone.
After all, most of us realize that winning riiig Wr fa
all important job;
However, we want you to know that many parts ami ac
cessories, heretofore impossible to get, are coming through
now. Among them are complete new motor assemhii^,
radiator grilles, fendere, C’tc. We have these parts-^r can
get them—fnr! . —— —_
CHRYSLER, DODGE, DeSOTO and PLYMOUTH
Cars—Also '
DODGE and PLYMOUTH TRUCKS
We shaU continue to do our best to give you coiKtcous
and satisfactory service. Come in and give us an oimor-
tunity to service your car.
Remember,,,
It PAYS TO USip Genuine Factory En
gineered Replacement Parts In Your Car
^ —
Stogner Motor Co.
Chas. H. Stogner, Owner
121 Eaal DaKaW Stnal
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