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P^OE FOUW the CAMPIW CHEONICi^E, CAIOill, tOUTH CAROLINA, FWiPAY, MAECH % 1f4E r VT I5i|r (EamS^fTCHiirantcU 1109 North Broad Strecit ^-Xamden, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY DeCOSTA BROWN - - - ■ ■ ■ I^ibliaher SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: J All Subscriptions Payable In Advance Ope Year — - $2.00 Six Months - 1-0^ Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Camden, S. C. All articles submittlld for publication must be si^ed by the author. Friday, March 8, 1946 Elliotts To Open Modern Shop For Auto Renovating Skilled Opemtora To Estaklish Plant Back Of City Lankfary TO THE VOTEEt. OF WARP SIX PleaM permit me ^to um tills method of expressing to sU of jon my sincere thanks for the splendid vote given me in the recent election. I shall warrant yonr oonfideoce by working faithfully for Ward Six and for the City as a whole. J. B. McKAlN DUNN LOOKS AHEAD Dunn, North Carolina, is about the size of Camden. We note by tiie Dunn Dispatch of last week something that should be of some interest^to those who would like to see Camden progress. The Dispatch relates how Dupn has adopted a master five-year plan "fbfTpP^twar improvement and development, which was formulati^ by the city board of commissoners. It includes a municipal airport, a.swimming pool, recreation centers for white and colored ^remodeling ^of "the city hall, much additional street paving, improved sewerage extension and the extension of the water system to include every home in the city.-- Most cities and towns of the size of Dunn and of Cam den are now doing some long-distance planning and it is well that they are, because those towns that dO not, are going to be left behind in the shuffle."^ Richards Talks On Lumber Before His Colleagues CongreMman J P. Richards. Fifth Congressional District of South Car olina. on Thursday spoke in the House of Representatives concerning the existing shortage of lumber, and charged that the shortage in partly due to export Mies at higher prices tiian domestic ceiling prices. Richard! asserted, “The building material nituatlon constitutes one of the ma>ur problems now confronting the Nation. It follows that the sltna- tlon relative to lumber, lumber mar> kets, and lumber prices is of supreme Importance. In many sections of the country there is a critical ahortage of building material, particularly pine , and hardwood lumber. Veterans are trying unsuccessfully to obtain pine lumber with which to construpt homes. Home owners want boarding for long needsd and long delayed re pair of their residences. Large and small industries wish to-increase the ^ space of their buildings, or to repair Che buildings they already have, with little lumber on the market. It Is therefore pertinent t^o call to the at tention of the proper Committee of this House one of the factors caus ing this lumber shortage. “It Iras called to my attention re cently by the engineer of a manufac turing company in my district, now trying to carry out plans for ths erec tion of an addition to Its. plant which will mean Jobs for hundreds of peo ple, that he attempted to purchase lumber from several of the large lumber mills In my Stats and found that they were not interested at aU in getting out planking for the home market, under domeettc celling prices, because they could get higher prices in the export trade. “I immediately began an investiga tion of this situation because I* is obvious that If lumber manufacturers can secure export licenses and higher pricwi abroad for their lumber than are allowed in this country under our existing ceiling prices, they are go ing to s<*ll abroad, and our post-war building program for veterans, other private individuals, and businesses which plan to increase their produc tion, will receive a stunning blow. “When I took this matter up with OPA, I found that this Agency is not chiefly to blame. It was admitted that export licenses have been grant- . «d for shipment of some lumber to foreign ports at a higher price than our own ceiling pfice. I was further informed that there is an established trade practice which allows a higher price for export lumber, but that the difference is actually a lirokerage rather than a premium. As to" the Wfect of this differential. I was ad vised that, although 1,04S;(M)0,000 feet of lumber were authorised for export in 1945 and export licenses were granted for about 700,000,000 feet, the amount actually exported during the year amounted to only about 380,000.000 feet. The total pro duction of lumber in the United States in 1946 was about 27.500,000,- 000 feet. This means that about one and one-half i>ercent of the total pro duction was exported last year, whereas In normal tim*es, exports amount to about six percent. "These facts and figures may be correct as to 1946 which waa a District Bureau Of Farmers Meet Held At Lanca^er Farmers from Kershaw, Lancaster, Chester, Chesterfield, Fairfield and York counties met at Lancaster Thursday for a district meeting of the Fhrm Bureau. The meeting was held in the Lancaster high school auditorium and began at 11 o’clock. E. H. Agnew of Anderson, preeident of the South Carolina Farm Bureau was the principal speaker at the meeting which waa attended by of- ficers of " jpie various county farm bureaus In. the district, their wives and other members, as well as exten sion workers and others interested in agriculture. THANK8 Hi8 CON8TITUENT8 I wish to take this opportunity to extend to the voters of the first ward my thanks for their support in tha primary election on Tuesday. y> ALBBOCT HINSON NOTICE OF ELECTION Tbs second Municipal Demoaratie Primary for- the purpose of nominat ing Councilmen in Wards No. 1 and 4, in tha City of Camdan, 8. C., will be held on Tuesday. March 19, lt4f. Tha polls will open at 9 a.^m. and remain open until 6 p. m. The Managers to serve in this pri mary arenas follows; Ward 1—John W. Wilson. Mrs. John Hendrix. W. C. Stewart and Miss Lorlne Strak. Ward 4—Miss Loulie Whitaker, Mrs. Biien Nettles, Mrs. .’James Ohewnlng and Mrs. A. A. Reason over. The place for voting will be: Ward One, (Mty Recorders Court Room; Ward Four. John T. Nettles, Sr., res idence. Municipal Democratic Executive Committee. L. H. JONES, Sw. J. H. ktA who have been in charge 61* the Norris body and shop on Market-strest hate ieasK^the^huUding adjacent to the health department hulldlng and in the rear of the Camden city lanndry where they, will operate a modem body repair and paint shop. J. H. Elliott, senior member of the firm, has been engaged in body re pair work and painting of cars for the past twenty years. Prior to be coming affiliated with the Norris outfit two years ago be was with the J. P. Paris company at George town for six years. W. Clyburn Elliott has had nine years experience in body repair work and car painting. He has been with Norris for the past two years. The excellence of the work done by- the Elliott Brothers, as the new firm is to be known, extends throughout the state, cart being brought here from all points for repair or renovating. Lance fleet has had many of MR. MATHIS THANKS VOTERS . 1 wish to take this method to ex press my appreciation to the voters of Ward Two for the votes given me on Tuesday, re-electing me as yew cbuncilnoan for another term. I shall continue to do my best to merit your confidence in me. ROY R. MATHIS their cars palpted and renovated by these two skilled operators.. Entranoe to the new quarters of the EHliotts is from DeKalb street on the concrete paved drive leading to the department of health building and the county library. A third brother, also a skilled painter and body repair man, is in charge of the paint shop of the Myers Motor company, Ehtist DeKalb street Boy Scout News Troop 64 Meets The meeting started with a game of “Capture the Flag’’. ’The Panther Patrol' won the first game and the second game was unfinished. After this- we went into the meting room and had 'the Scewt Oath and Law. iThe Patrxrf corners^ wars aest and thwe the dues were eoUected and the roll was called. Norman Shealy and Martin Price had a First Aid demon stration after which a First Aid con test was held. Mr. Sheely told os about the camporse which was com ing up and.urged the Scouts to study for it. The meeting was dismissed wHh “The Great Scoutmaster’s Ben ediction’*. After the meeting, a meet ing of the Green Bar-took place and some new rules were ■discussed. TfAra FV(m Car Ten cases of dgnrettes s>i cases of ladles and ehlldr«i were taken troa n Benboard ivl RaUway box ear a( McBsa night of Feb. IE ^ Police In the cltlse ahmg tk* board and In the McBes been notified ot the lootlat ^1 box car. ^ > thanks TO THE VOTERS OF WARD FOUR J ‘ 1 wiah* to espreaa my aincore approeintioB to aH the voters of this ward for the apteadkl aopport m. hiB me the highest vote in the recent Mnnicqial eia^ tion for Alderman. As a candidate in die second primary to be hrid on March 19,1 solicit your continued sopp^ and epta, pledging to do my bMt to carry out my platform a* previouriy announced. D.J. CREED year. But this year, 1 am reliably In formed, the monthly export percent age ia far and above wh^t it was last year and ia increaaing steadily. If ao. Komething should be done about it or our reconversion building program will be stalled. The manufacturer is simply not going to sell his lumber on the home market when a higher price is allowed for it abroad. Either no export licenses showld be\ granted for shipments abroad at a higher price than the domestic ceiling price, or the home markets should be subaldlx- ed to the extent of the difference. “I believe that Mr. Bowles, OPA Administrator, fulfy comprehends the disaster lurking behind this situation. His efforts are bam-su-ung to some extent, however, due to the fact that export quantitiee are allocated by the Civilian Production Administration and ei^port licenses are issued'by the State Department. I have requested the Civilian Production Administra tion to explore this field at once with a view to correcting existing inequi ties between domestic celling prices and prices allowed for foreign ship ments of lumber. It is a serioOs sit uation and must be corrected If our own people are to receive a fair daal and the United States is to go ahead with reconversion.’’ To the Voters of Ward Four- I wish to expreaa, to tha vdtora of Ward Four, "my sincere appreciation of your fine support ha last Tues days IHimary. I again solidt your vote in tha second Primary on Tuesday, March 19th, and assure you that if elected, I wdl make every effort to be worthy of your confi- deaca. V . V , • , ■ • *- • w Reqaactfully, CLARKSON RHAME . I Spring Lovelies Sailors! Bonnets! Toques! from 2 .95 to ^.95 a Lovely you . . bewitching you—in the prettiest Spring hats weVe ever as sembled! Just see our captivating oollection—little ‘‘Bloomer Girl” sailors, Paris-touch bonnets, hats banked with lush flowers or swathed in veiling! Ch^se yours iP fine felt or straw—to complement every costume. The prices? Tiny—of course! ■L_. ' - -.A ■ (