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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.
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Reqaactfully,
CLARKSON RHAME
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Spring Lovelies
Sailors!
Bonnets!
Toques!
from
2
.95 to ^.95
a
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prettiest Spring hats weVe ever as
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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!
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