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t . , t FACE POUR THE Slljr (datn&m QU^ronirlr 1109 North Broad Street Camden, S. G. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY DiCOSTA^ROWN Pablisher SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: All Subscriptiojis Payable Iff Advance One Year - |2:00 Six Montha 1.00 Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Camden, S. C. All articles submitted for publication must be sifirnad by ^ the author. Friday* May^ 25* 1945 JAPAN! V-E Day has come and gone. The mighty structure of Nazism tfhat was to last one thousand years has crumbled into-dust and rubble. Its leaders are dead or imprisoned, everywhere dishonored. The German military machine is smashed. After almost six years of suffering and slaughter, there is peace ... in Europe. But for us there is no full peace. For millions of Amm- cans there still is furthej^sacrifice and anxiety. For America there can be no full peace until Japan is finally crushed. We are facing the moat stem test in our nation's history. Japan is cunning, cruel, strong! A Jap army of 7,000,000 still is intact. More than 350,000,000 subject peoples have been slaving to build supporting stockpiles of war materiel in Japan and occupied China while we have been engaged in conquering Hitlerism in Europe. Bringing Japan to her knees requires that our Army 'and Navy overcome the most tremendous logistics problem in the annals of warfare. We must transport millions of men a distance of 15,000 miles from the European war theater to new bases in the Pacific. Millions of tons of new supplies must be shipped 6,000 miles from San Francisco to Manila— and Manila is still almost 2,000 miles from tlje Japanese home land. The long, long haul to the Pacific is the task that high lights pulpwo^’s role in the war with Japan. For pulpwood must provide the double wrapping and the double packaging of fo^, ammunition, clothing, blood plasma and the thous ands of other mititary items-fequired now by Admiral Nimitz and General Mac Arthur. This is why pulpwood is on the Production Urgency List, along with planes and bombs. Pulpwood from forests and farm woodlands in this coun try helped to defeat the Nazi war machine. From these same forests and farm woodlands imfSt come the pulpwood that •will bring unconditional surrender of the Japanese. Profoundlj^ grateful, then, to our fighting forces in Europe, we must fight on—with all our hearts and all our strength;—in the spirit of dedication to our fighting forces in the Pacific. The war goes on! Hollywood must be running out of cinema.titles. They awre being-berrowed-from-songs. - ANNOUNCING... Mr. W. H. IVIorrison (formerly of Conway, S. C.) is now associated with Byrd’s Barber Shop We extend to our old customers and the general public a cordial invitation to come in and meet Mr. Morrison and receive... •Prompt •Efficient and •Courteous service in tonsorial^needs. 3 YEARS OF SERVICE—THE WACS GO MARCHING ON “ She walk.s in pride today, this woman soldier of Awienc** Her .salute is a little snappier with the added dignity which comes fro mlength of service. For the Women’s Army Corps celebrates its third anniversary this month. As each Wac raises her arm in the traditional gesture of military courtesy in Army posts, camps and stations in the United States and around the globe, we who only write of war, salute her in our hearts. .. ■ And so we give you of the Carolinas, the WAC, oorn of the necessity of war, bred in the Army tradition, now come of age in a brief three years. When Congress enacted into law the bill proposed by Representative Eklith N. Rogers to create the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps on May 14, 1942, there were those who doubted that the new organization would succeed. They said that women, especially American women, couldn’t take it. Today the doubters have joined the saluting throng who ap plaud the work of the Women’s Army Ck)rps, a title acquired in August 1943 wQien the WAC became an integral part of the United States. ^ The WAC had 58,000 women in its ranks on May 14, 1943, just one year after its first member enlisted. By May 14, 1944, the WAC had 70,000 members. And now during its third anniversary month more thah^ 100,000 women are serving here and overseas. Thus we pay tribute to our gallant women who had rath er help our fighting men than merely wait for them . . this is the Women’s Army Corps . . . the spirit of American wo manhood. And so it is our privilege to urge all eligible women to enlist now through the Army Recruiting Station at 1703 Main Street, Columbia. Remember, the final blow to Japan, in or der to be a knockout, will require a punch from us all! FOLKS Br B. It. BrfaikeilME. ’‘They’re sUyinc home every nifht and saviny their money for a Wai Bond!" The Story Behind The Story Of Penicillin Drug Rural Letter Carriers Meet The Kershaw-Lancaster County Ru ral Letter Carriers and its auxiliary held their annual meeting at the Ker shaw club house Thursday. May 17, with a large crowd attending. The postal employees of the Kershaw Post Office acted as host, and the postal employees of the two counties were invited. There .were postmasters, clerks, retired carriers, railway mail clerks apd their wives. All geemed to enjoy the fellowship, the fraternal love and esteem they have for each other. After supper the audience enjoyed some very humorous and tim^y re marks by postmaster Billings, of the Lancaster office, and postmaster Hor. ton, of the Heath Springs office. A solo was rendered by Mrs. How ard E. Etters, accompanied by Miss .Mary Alice HilHard. After a few remarks from around the table, Mr. George Fail, postmast er of the Kershaw office, introduced Judge Roddey Bell, of Lancaster, who brought an inspiring address, which was enjoyed thorou^iy by all in at tendance. Brush Turkey The young of the brush turkey are fully feathered when Imtched and can fly almost immedisrcly. a hey never know their pareius, as the mother bird lays her eggs in hillocks of sandy soil containing de composing vegetable matter and al lows heat from this source to in cubate the eggs. The chicks must shift for themselves immediately when they come into the world. About a half century ago. a young English boy on a visit to a rural com munity in Scotland set out to enjoy a swim in a small lake. He was seised with cramps while some disUuice from the shore. His cries for help were beard only by a young fwrm boy work ing in a nearby field. The country lad plunged into the lake, towed the drowning swimmer to the shore and administered first aid. lii a short time the visitor re covered and was able to return to his home in London. The farm boy con tinued to perform his dally chores. Years passed before the two boys met again. This time the city yodth came to tha. rural community to ask. the farm boy who had saved bis life, what plans he bad formulated for the future. When the youth frankly c(m- fided that his ambition always had been to study medicine, the youth from London revealed that he and his parents were ready, in fact eager, to place at the young farmer’s disposal the money he needed for bis educa tion. More years passed. The farm boy attended a medical school, graduated with high honors, and embarked upon a career of scientific research. Even tually, in 1928, be made a discovery that was to save uncounted millions of lives. In his laboratory he found some germs could not exist in certain vegetable molds. He had discovered penicillin. The one-time farm boy had become Dr. Alexander Fleming, international ly known scientist and benefactor of mankind. But what about that London youth whose life Fleming bad savpd and through whose financial assistance Fleming had been able to scale the heights be once had regarded as un attainable? ” Weil, that’s a rather Interesting, essential part of the story. Last winter that Londoner was stricken with pneumonia while on an epochal Journey to the Near Ekuit. He had gone thither to meet Franklin D. Roosevelt of Washington, and Jo seph Stalin of Moscow, for a series of imik>rtant conferences. 'The statesman’s condition became alarming. Back in England tbe drug invented by" the one-time farm boy was readied, then sped by plane to the sick man’s bedside. Within a few hours the nriracle producing peuf- cillin had performed its mission, added another illustrious name to the long list of those whose lives had been saved by its amazing properties. GyO Air Pair, Group Gathen At Ward Tave Orcffnisatioa M«el^ H«ld Monday £, Airpon Captain Jeff Bates of n squadron of the Civil *1, Captain N. Pickard, tween the United StatZ forces and the South Cm the Civil Air Patrof^ meeting of local Civil Ah thusiasts following « ^ Gus Ward tavern Mond« Present at the meetln* , Bates and Pickard werTfl Chartes H. Btogner, kin, John Villepigue, Clari James Darby, Mr. Carrt Boan, Mrs. H. j. Vm Deyell and Mr. Summer. The visiting officers sd meeting and outlined Uh purpose of the Civil Air p Sam Boykin was elected a leader of the Camden groi were made for an organb Ing to be held next Moa at 8:30 o’clock at the alri Drags 9 Ponm Bass From Rr Alton Hasty Gets One FUhinf ^ DoIko Dam. Chief of Police Alva shoot 150 lb. deer in tJ section of Camden. Ti Branham may be able width of the Wateree Rlv it comes to fishing—then Alton Hasty. At least—that is what J (Buck) Smith says am makes the statement hi nine pound blg-mouth bli Hasty dragged from the big lake above the Daks on Wednesday. “It was a real 'V da] said the'Judge. "He wai ley Mortimer Bair whei the fish. When weighed actly nine pounds. Fy)r the second time Al< ing had saved the Londi Yes, Winston Chnrchll who' went ewimming i rustic lake a half cento Get In The Swim! ... with a lovely new Swim Suit 'from our large .and varied stock. -1 • Midriff and Oiie-Piece Styles, in both solid color and beautiful printed fab rics, all priced exception- i ally low. 'R ' •Also—A large selection of Ensembl.e Suits, Slacks and Play Shorts to suit every" taste.' "B-y Only What You NasE.