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'.if • PAW rOUR THE ^CAMDKW CHRONtCLI, CAiiWm, tOUtW’’FWjAY, HAItOI* »/ IKt (Ea^ra (Etironirlr 1109 North Broad Strert * Camden, S. Cl PUBUSiaiD EVERY FRIDAY - . . - > . - PhhHsher DaCOSTA BROWN SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: . ’ - All Sutfscriptions Payable In Advance One Year —.............. *-.$2.00 • Si* Months : : 100 Entered as'Second Class Matter at the Post Office ^ at Camden, S. C. t AR articles sul^piitted for publication must be signed by. the author. ' Friday, March 29, 1946 THE BUTTER §ITUATIQ]^ TheHButter situation daily becomes more acute. The Wall Street Journal in its issue of last Thursday states that production is now at the lowest rate in 26 years, over 30 per cent under a, year ago. One big Philadelphia wholesaler hasn’t had a poUnd for sale in weeks. In San Francisco sales are 60 per cent below a year ago; in. Chicago 30 per cent below. Black market sales are universal. In some of the larger cities retaBers increasingly sell butter on a “tie-in” ba^. You take some frozen eggs, say—or you get no butter. THE STUFF THEY’RE MADE OF Virginia born Nancy Langhorne Astor, who was guest of South .Carolina last weel^, ^Id Charlestonians that Win ston Churchill was not responsible in putting the “stuff’ in the British people during the last war, for the reason that ^‘the stud^’ she si^id, has been there all along. ' We rather like the way Sam Latimer of the Columbia State speaks of Lady Astor’s remark. He sdys: “F^ • rom time to time the remark, Those people have really rot guts’, cornea from some awed American who serv ed isri-England during the war. Only recently a returned officer who had been there an unusually Jong time put it PUBL/C FORUM To the Editor of tho Cundon Chro> nicle: * I have been rtrj much inteijoated in the letters and a^dea pablished winter in Chronicle aufgeatmg ^e establishment of a nuraing home for the old people of oar* community. It it hoped that the eitiaena of Cam den and the county will take enough intereat in the project to noake it a realityr Our Welfare workera, dergymen- and doctora who are in a position to see and know the need, have apohen strongly in favor of the plan. They tell us that there are forty eases in immediate need of such a home. Our local hospital is over-crowded at^ should not use its beds for_the chronically ill and these cases could be adequately and more economically cared for in the suggested nursing home. Thefre are two alternative sugges tions, one to establish an institution serving, the needy^of perhaps three counties, and supported by all three; the ether, a smaller home for Ker shaw County alone. It is proposed to have a trained nurse in charge. Surely we shpulfT feel sympathy and an obligation toward those of our community who^^re’old, sick and poor, Major West Is Given Otation JOHN S. MYBtS John S. Myers, cdored eemtraetor and former resident of Camden,.died Sunday morning, March 17, at 8 aon. QScnafiCl! It is hoped that more citisms of m R Camden Wnl get behind the plan. One ly, as suggested by Dr. nis article, of doing so P’ V incenx in would 1i)C to write to our represents tives, urging the necessary approp riation. The names and addresses are: Mr. Wi> T. Redfcm of Camden, sen ator; Mr. R. M. Kennedy of Camden, member of the Hopse, and Mr. L. C. Clybum, of Westville, member of the House. ' MRS. JOHN DEVINE. CAIDOPTHANKS We thank our many friends for their kind sympathy shown.us dur ing the malady and bereavement of our deir husband and father. Signed: ^ EUSE MYERS AND SON Dfivt Cartftally—Bate m life. more fonnall;^and more grammatScally. “ The ability of those people to take punishment,’ he said, ’is truly amazing. I often wonder if our people could have atood what they went through’. “That is an interesting qu^on. If bombs had been dropping nightly on New York and Chicago for four years, what would have been the popular reaction? “The only thing we have to go by is the radio program some five years ago that described a fictitious invasion from another planet. The result was mass hysteria and panis over a wide area. ' It might be well to remember that the British Isles serv ed as a buffer and a bulwark between Hitlei^s armies and us. It might be well to reflect upon this matter in connection with the proposed loan to Great Britain. Perhaps the services rendered were worth more to us even than 3% billion dollars.” Major Shelton J. West, Qeno Farm. Camden. 8. C., sop of'Mra. Mattie R. West, haa received the foUowing citation for merKorioua service as an .active executive oficer in the Greenland Baa Command: “For merltorioua aervice aa Acting Executive Officer, Greenland BhM Command. He la admirably fitted for the position which he now temporar ily occupies. He heads a smoothly working and coordinated staff, and has demonstrated hia qualifications by the excellent mannei* in' which that staff functions. His manner of performanc of duty ia such as^ to elicit Jbigh praise from all^ who have the opportunity of observing it.” Major West waa in the Coast Artil lery Corps. Major Shelton J. West, a graduate of -the Camden high school, graduat ed from the Citadel in 1940. He enter ed the Army in July 1941, after teacbing-A year at-Golf Port Military Academy. He, entered the Firat Borage Baroon Training Class at Camp Davis, N, C., in 1941. He was ordered to Panama in December, .1941, and spent two‘years there with the Baroon Barage Outfit. He then spent six months in California. He was ordered to Wa^ington, and was one-^of the twenty-six offlcws sent obt-tiif the United States to handle the soldier's vote in 1944. His assign ment Vas Greenland. After that work, he was assigned to Greenland Base Command and has been there ever since. He is making preparations for his wife (Gladys Burbage) to join him in Greenland. He expe<^ to stay In ths Army. ' He waa a member of Trinity Metii- f ailed to at- odist chnrch and never . tend and soppoft it libovally. To the community lo tremendous was his ideal that he could not let any trouble stop his toUs fox^it. b'uneral services were held Wednes- SlUlUiU Scout News Troop SA...jpet on March 20. The meeting started with a short game of tag. We went Inside and said the Scout Oath and Law. We went out side and practiced the knots for the campore which is coming up. After this we WMre assigned to other posi tions. First Aid, Ilrebuilding, etc. Mr. Sheeiy asked how inany were go> Ing on the hike the SOth and we dia* noissed with the Great Scontmaatera Benediction. • ^y,_Mkrch 20, at 4 p.m. at which Rev. “ ~ ided. W. R. Gregg presit _ .He is snrvived by his widow, EUse H. Myers,'and one son, Harris S. Myers. oOvP€i»n»ift for Prompt Service CALL ■" - S. & M. Cabs D. J. Malumey, Jr. PHONE 613.W ‘Then Count the Seconds” Safe, Courteous Drivers Passengers Insured Located between Camden Hotel and Rooiy Cafe Parking Spaces for Rent bythe DAY.- WEEK - MONTH f 6*ti*v* in jruttlsg my store ri^hf is my customers home The telephone is more than C0|,nvenient communica tion. It is a means of doing business, a way for the merchant to put his store in his customen’ homes. In serving business, the Telephone Company accepts a great responsibility—the obligation to meet every need of the business txian who depends on the te^lephone. With the Company—as with the corner drug storo—eariiings are vital to continued success. And because the telephone has become a part of every day life, telephone earnings are a subject of im portance to all. . In 1945, telephone earnings were the lowest in the past 23 years. For 1946, the outlook is for even lower earnings. In keeping with the general trend throughout the country, wages have recently been increased. The cost of 'everjrthing else going into ~ the furnishing of telephone service is also climbing. Adequate earnings are a basic^ necessity to the American way of life. Earnings must be sufficient to enable industry to maintain high'standards of aervice and to attract capital for expansion. As for* the Telephone Company, they are indispensable if Hie full usefulness of the ulephone in carrying on the business of the community is to bs saf sgusrdsd. #v fOVfHfRN 1IL& flilPNONI AN» Tlil«IAPH COMPANT ^ V LET'S STOP -A: FEEDING INFLATION Y, ou know what happens When you continue to spend more than you make and ... Yet that is exactly what’s happenin| to« r- day. Our government is spending billions more than it takes in. And it continues to borrow to make up the difference. Keep on borrowing to make up the dif< lerencel This is the kind of money-handling that causes inflation. You know too, that a big chunk of every dollar you earn and every dollar you spend goes to pay the cost of government. fconomy In govornmont moona mcnoy in your pockot That’s why it’s important for you to take e good look at the way the government ■penda your doilara. 6ov«rnm«nt should bogin no'w to ttvo within Its moons If the American people — through Con* great — will reduce government spending and take steps to encourage production, inflation will be stopped... and tbit is tho only way it can be stopped. During the war government necessarily spent huge sums of money. Yet, with the war over, die government plans to spend four tiinee as much in the coming year as it spent in the highest pre-war year. K^oat thoughtful people believe that gov ernment expenditures are now far greater than they need be. Write your representadvea in Congreae today. Urge them to cut the cost of government, eliminating all waste ... ril unnecessary services •.. and postponing ail expendi* tures that can be put off until our war bills have been paid. They believe diat government, like e family, should Uve within its maims ... that it should not spend more than it takes in . . . diat it should not keep on gning deeper into debL Urge theti. lo make the government start living within its meant... at a level that you and your neighbors can afford to pay. You’ll see die results soon in dm cost of everything that you buy... food, plothing end everything else. And youll be yeur cMmtry s real service. TOtfl OOUARS.,*# postetrd f» tn, Aamuthm Ff MmntrfaOunn; H W»st 49tk Strarf, Ntw 20, N. K, wM brimt year c»pj tf this Ipfsnaa- Um bmkUt M fv*rmm4mt mhkh M yse^ NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTUBERS tot a BeUet Tomorrow for EverfbodY tt 4 J -