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i. Chronicle St CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, rpOAY. OCTOBER 24, 1»47 GEARED TO iU)] SB TO UNBEATEN RECORD F THE 1947 BUUJDOG TEAM No«a Oat Cluuriattan la QrooEoc FigBl. Braa- ^ Scored Winaiaf Coimtar la Triple Reverae Pl«7 la the^ttri FmM. .Camden Bulldogs engage theil jti CrcJones at Z«mp Field M is wbst promisM to be the battle of season for the fridderi. jater, defeated twice and tied e the season’s category of win record the year’s pro- u a huge success if they ip the Bulldogs tonight. . Oe> tb«~bear stories that hare ott of Chester regarding in* players, the Inraders are at length for tonight’s encounter I the Bulldogs. den, with fire straight wins on their record Sheet will > 40 make it aix in a row to* and thereby enhance their to at least a ahare In what 'honors goes with a Palmetto I title. ding to a Cheater dlspateh Collins will throw every* in the book at the Balldoge the sixty minute sqnebble I local turf this erenlng. . Bulldogs came out e( a Charleston battle in lair I although the rough bundling from the Banties left ran aching muscle and tendon, ton, smarting under three defeats, did ereryfhlng Iwnmit mayhem fn order to : the title-bound BnUdogi. It aO Charleston in the first vith action almost entirely (peden territory.' But tn tho I half, Camden strnck swiftly dfsetirely. It hsppsoed hi period when Coiiien took sn of the beB and wltk spear-heading the offeo* Ngiatered three flrat downs the hall te the Chailaeton whence they skeok Leon loose on a trtple rersese II yard gallop krte pay dfot. ' Cox, who hasn't aleeed once ht extra p<dnt boeta, •quarelf between SI for the extze point the opening period the inorei within the Camden 10 liMpe twice bat tumbles eo*t iiheee scoring oppartnnitJae. lition to some fine w<wk by and Cox, Johnny Andfor* George Carlton were ont* in the Camden attack, t Rilrer, Camden and, Hewnad sad Donnie Morthion stood the Camden line. I Kennedy turned in the beet Bcp for the Bantams Steele, a conrertad tackle i from the fullback slot, aiao tor much yardage. Camden team came ont of Iter nursing many In the roughuees of the '••••nt. It WM the moot ▼kt a* the Bulldogs hare i^yed teason. > matter of first dw Hated I aa ^against 7 for Camden was malntahilng ^*feated and untied march title honora, a powerfnl high team iamhnstdd II to 7 whfle Gaffney wee the skids under Greenrllle 7- Rock HIU lired np to •ope by mauling Orange* ' to I. Oyangeburg had •» an upaet by reason of over Cheater, but tn an of title prospecU, It must t^ out that Chester has to wn somewhat of a flop Gaffney end til aTO the top high eehool t^s In the Palmetto state ^'though the Barecets ^1. are listed with reaer- I,]. semee the Cate rayed have been wltk teams n scarcely be listed as being omg. Bennetterme, Ander* s and OrangelNirg are W4 defeated, kicked around by most on Its schedule did defeat there you hare It ^ the other hand, has Mftfjv using resenras time. Sumter, Florence, r*™!* and Charleston, all Band Members Were Enthused Over Port \Tsit Tour of CharlMton Pitrami Aa Interestinf Event Te Yodofaters of the hi^llghta of the visit, paid to Charleston last Friday by the Camden High sdhool band wns the scenic tour that IBreetor ad Middleton arranged. It was an. exciting event for the band boya and girls and they did not rnim any of the •historical places around the Port City. The band was quartered at the Charles ton hotel where every courtesy was extended (be members. Massy of the band membera bad never been in a hotel before and the same was true of many Who had never in Charleston. Director* Middleton this week In quired of band members as to what they liked beat during the trip. Sole Gettye liked the museum vfhere she entbnsed over things made and used by Intfana^ ffhe was also Interested in the skele* tmss of klrde and enimsie. Also the rooms of old plantation homes end cdefhteg worn during the 1700 period. Ifaney Mjm I&ed the too and the mneenm, srhOe Betty Clark en* thneed over the beaattftd Battery ditre and the exqntoite old Sonth- ern homes. She also enjoyed the mneenm. IClchard EMiel thrilled to the eight flt the Cooper Biver brlOgi^ the Citadel, the Battery and the mnsenn£ Betty Shaylor en joyed every minute of the el^t* seeing trip, Gie Cooper River bridge, the ships In the river, the s|80o and the Ec^len statnee. El bert Littlejohn enjoyed foe nice hotel, and bowling alley. Here la what Mary Jeanette Campbell, chief mejor^te, had to (Please turn te page five) YipiiHi Giedt Is. AnnornicMuy: IVee Principal lean Rsllhis t v*^®rage call- Chester, ^^Wand-Caree, Lan* bd»» ****”“ *• over. 0] day calendar hi m*k repeate— f Wgh school athletle unit make some money— r • laat-et^ HW tMm. AU as wen as Wdgewty FvSi®' ®!®'’ h. dhnrd of |l,^^®*’®bebly tarn ont for ^ween To J^rved At win ba Nsv school beginning gjoclock. E. A WlUlams, fT^TOt of the school, etatee ‘ prowl, foe ^e high ud foe black IW ’^bUe the t^J^tch over the HeUn* Jbn wfli htf -Sr bin be Ml thihto r"- ■ P. D. Baird, prineipal of foe Pine Tree Hill school, hsa sent letters to perents of aU dxildren In that sdiool, advising them that upon final cheddng of di!ldren,~at the begfining of this term, it was found that foe following results havd 'been accomplished through the Health Qemoastratloa In that school: Of vision defects found 67 per cent corrected, of nose and throat defects found f8 per cent corrected, of denUl defects found IS per cent corrected, of heeiing defects found 100 per cent corrected, of other de fects found 50 per cent corrected, of all defects found II per cent corrected. In his letter Mr. Baird commend ed parents, teachers and the varl* one cooperating agencies and In- dlvMnals for foe pert each played in this fine aeconiplishmenh B, A WtlUame of Baron DeKalb bchoM, reports that the final check 18 now being nude en children In that school, and that theea flgvres win be publbbed la the near fu ture. On Monday of this week. Miss Jennie McMaster went to Florence to meet with the public health nurses In this district, and to dis* ensa with them the work accomp lished through these sdiool health demonstrations. Or. A W. Hum phries sUtes, “We are Indeed very proud of these accompliehfnente and of the splendid cooperation we buve received from aU souroee.” — — - — InA Preabyterim Church Wm Have Installation Service « (te Sunday. October H, at 4 p. Rev. M. A SaUderi, Jr., will he teeOdled as pestor the Bee* ood Preebyterlen church, of Cam den, Senth Cerolina. The pestor is a graduate of John- •on C. Smith Unlvereity where he obtained the degree of Bachelor of Arte udfo majors In BngUek and Rellgioos Bdneatiott In 1146, and tha degree of Bachelor ef Dlvlttlty with a mnJer te Praotlcal Theckvy In 1147. After onp yeer of praetk^ aa student pestor at Xineola Acad emy. King's Mountain. N. C., he he* gen his work •• mtete peator of the Second Preebyierian church. MiiUaters eontrihntteg to the Httr- vices of the tastellgtion wlU be R#v. A ®. MeAm, of lha flrat l»rew bytruian enureh of Oumden, Rev. M. A Sanders. Sr., of the St James ITesbyterian churdi of 1»* lanA 8. C., Dr. A H. George, Dean of the TheolegM Banteary ef Johnson C. Smith tTnlversity, Rev. Bishop ^ney To Preach Sunday At Grace diurch _ • la Son of ClorgTmaa Wbo Wn» Rector Hare From / 18S4tol887. Grace Episcopal church will be the icene of an interesting event Sunday pornlng at the 11:16 serv ice when the Rt. Rev. James M. Stoney, Bishop of New M^tico and Southwest Texas, will be the preacher. It was in this house of worship that Bishop Stoney and his brother, Rev. William Stoney, rector of Grace church at Annis ton, were baptised and confirmed and where thehr father, Rev. Jp.mea Moss Stoney. was rector from 1884 until his death In 1897. Both Blsh op Jamei M. Stoney and Rev. Wil Ham Stoney were born and grew up in Camden. . This la the first visit of Bishop Stoney to Camden te many years and the first since his consecration as Bishop In 1942. He has many relatives and friends here. Following the service next Sun day, members of the Woman’s auxi liary will serve coffee in Grace church parish house and those who wish to greet Bishop and Mra. Igtoney are invited to call. This invitation includes those who at tend services in other churches. Bishop Stoney will go from Cam den to Winston-Salem. N. C., where be will attend the annual meeting of the House of Bishops of the Episcopal churdL While in Cam den Bishop and Mri. Stoney wiH be foe gnests of Mr. and Mrs. Joto M. ▼nepltae. . ..A New Cttffee Sh<m Opera At SarsHeld Hetcl On Sunday EatdMykoMot b Coo^ibliid TUnWMk. RMOogol FioMt la SUto The Sarsfield Coffee shop, oper ated in connection with the Snra- field hotel, will have an informal opening Sunday, Oct 26, when a regular Sunday menu will be serv ed from 12 to t. The Oeflee shop, said to be one of the outstanding eating estab- lishmentt of ite kind in foe state, te located iuit east of the hotel bteldlttc and to moat modarn te Its srchiteefttral alraagemmt as well as installations. The management announces that a formal opening te planned for later In the fall. Hours for service will be, breakfast 7 to 10 a. m.; luncheon on week days 12 to 2:20 p. m., snd dlnaor evenings from 4 to • p. Bt On Sundays dinner will also be served from 12 to 2:20 p. m. and a late dianer from 6 to I PL m. The Coffee shop win feature table bote as well as ala carte service with seteettens from all meats, fowls, sea and fresh water fish, including lobatera. ^ TifMe Btedary Nooiber 32 Register With Us! Two Lines Will Ertend Bus ^rvice In Camden Area Job seekers are nrged to file their appllcationa for employ ment with the local State Employment afrviee. This of fice is located In the Agri cultural building. Bmployera Mat their Job openings with ns for work lo cally, throughout the state at well as for tarflgn empky- ment We, in tarn, are in a poaltlon to refer^you to the type of Job for which -you are qualified. ’This service to free to all applicants. ''»«*■ Proclmteition Wliereas it te the custom on one day of each year fhr our cltisens to Join hands across the nation to render gratefnl tribute to our mighty Navy, and give well de served honor and recognitioD to the achievemmits of the men snd women who compose Its ranks; and 'Whereas this year Is in especial ly appropriate oeeaston to honor the veterans of World War 11, and to emphasise the Importance to our nation of maintaining a strong peacetime Navy with a traine-1 Re serve ready to man our fleet in the event of national Mnergency; ‘ and Whereas it te fitting that ony citlsens be Informed and aware of the current alms aal activities of our Navy, victor in war and guardian to peace. , Therefore, I Francll N McCorkle, Mayor of Camden, 4B. C., hereby proclaim Monday. Odt 27, 1M7, aa Navy Day and etf uFon all citteens of Camden to taka fart in observ ance of foil day tbreugh the many channels open to them. Herein unto I havs aet my band and seal tbta 20th 4gy ef Octeher. 1247. Mayor Fraacla B. McCorkle, ettj of Gamden, S. C. Fattermm Speaks To On Tneidsy ormriK. October 18 att eight o'clocA fos mr. lAslie H. Pattenea will mmS te tka am- gregaUen of BMssda Presbyter ian church at thsdr church school building. Mr. Patteraon to foe eze- mitive secretary for the synod of South CarollBa and |ls addrws will be on The Pradbyterlan Program of Progress sad Wnstyterian Hobm Missions. Bvsiysna Is cordtetly In vited to hear him. Greyhound nod Cnrolhia SUfea Are lines InoolTed Halloween Carnival At Blanep^hool The WemraiSa^^^iUiBg^pre- sented by foe bmu of (he common- ity wiU be foe main faatnre'of a Halloween Carnival to be given at foe Blanay Sdiool. Thnrsday Oc tober 30, at 7:20 P. M. Other entertainment will Inclode a “House of Horrors,** “Fish lug PontK’ for the smaller dilhlren. a cake walk, A Coyntry Store* which wlU sMl varied articles, and for tune telling. Refreahments af all kinds will be sold. The public to invited to an eve ning of fun for all. ITooeeds will be used for afoletio equipment for the school teams. REV. J. DOUGLAS SMITH NEW PASTOR OF WESTVILLE CHURCH Woodcock WiU Represent Group Cin New Fund Unit Jmfcmm Hold Big Mooting. To Suporuise Toon- Ago Conteoo Danco Resigns From FMd of Foof Churchos In CInster- field Comity ’The South Carolina Public Serv ice Commission made available ad ditional bus service in and around Camden last week by granting two class A certificates, one to Carolina Stages, and the other to the At- Isntic Qreyhonnd company. The jc®rtificate received by Caro lina Stages anthorlxes motor bus service from between the Junctions of South (terolina Highways 98 and 97 (one mile above Great Falls), snd Columbia, and from there over the following routes : ^ From the above Junction to Camden, over the SUte Highway 97 for 33 miles; from Camden to Lugoff. over U. S. Highway 1 for six miles; from Lugoff to junction of 8. C. Highway 26, and Richland conhty highway; over county high way 1.6 miles; from that Junction to Junction of county highway and State Highway ■_12; over county highway, for 9.8 nailes; and from there over State Highway 12 to Columbia, a distance of 14.6 n Ues, an<r a total distance of 64.9 nlles. ’The Atlantic Greyhound corpora tion was authorised by its certifi cate to render bus service over foe route which follows: From Columbia to Junction unnumbered. paved county highway and State Highway 12; over State Highway 12, a distance of 14.6 miles; from that intersection over unnamberM county highway t*^ts Junction with State Rlidiway^r'a dlatance Of 2,8 miles; thence over State Highway 26. for a distance of 1.6 miles to the Intersection of S. C. highway 26 snd U. 8. highway 1, six miles koofo of Camden, a total distance of 2t.f miles. Halloween Fete In Hampton Parit Fnatfwal of Fan la Promiaod For Yonng Poopio In Annaal Bwnnt^ The ghost and gobllna, black cats and witches are all ready for foe Halloween fun Friday night. Oct. 31, at Hampton Park. ■All boys and girls will don their spedM Hallotraen costunes and aaigtfolir in fren ■ or the Gonrt House square at 6:20 promptlv. to march around to the park and have aa evening of fun. The parade will be lots of fun and the children’s good friend. Chief Rush, and all of his blue- coated boys will be on hand to see that no one heed fear the ghosts and gobllna No prises will be offered for cqs- tumea bnt the King and Queen of the Carnival will be winers and many witches will be around brew ing surprise pots and potions for every oaa Since this te the evening cf a football game, the committee urges the parents to eome early and have plenty of time for the fun before the kick-off. This te one of the projects of foe Civic CteuncO and is wholly a oommnntty affair, plan ned to take care of foe Halloweeh spirit te a community gafoerinr- CONGR^MAN J. P. RICHARDS TELI5 ()F ECONOMIC CONDITIONS PREVAILING IN EUROPE NOW Fifth District Repreientotive Will Tell of Obserwationa Made When Ho Was With Committee Chrerseaa.. Local Leaders' Meet Here To Coordinate Drives To Eliminate Needleaa Dup lication of Fund Drives of Various Groups while the A H. Prteee. ist ot Atlaa- Bav. Cl % Thlter. TMA Attorney (ad® Woodcock has been named by the Junior Chamber of Commerce to be its represent ative at a coordination committee meeting to be helo in the office of M. M. Reasonover in the Ameri can Legion building next Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. Elsewhere In this issue _of The Chronicle te A story on the coordi nation plan that te to be carried out te Camden. A Jaycee sponam:®d tean-aga can teen sqnard dancA will be held on Laurens street in frGQt of foe higk school gymaesinm Seth^ay even ing with Taylor Brothers’Mtee pleca orchetsra orovldlng foe >mnalo. Members of foe Jayoea gron^wlU be iveeent. te a anparvteory ea- paeltir* Tin pkUle te Brrllad to ba present end obeerve wbat te being done tbrongh the medium of foe teeaege-te^araoL Anaonneearant was made of foe appolatmeBt of JoOj Pitts as state sporte and recreation cbalrmaB. Thrae new menfoers. Meena. George Stewart. Bngana Rnseell and T. Ct Munlriiia were admIttaB to foe Junior Chambar. mpbarablp rolt Tbe»meat1ng waa m of foa larg^ attandM In aaraqr mbntli BlTHltDA MnSTTKIUAN CHURCH Snndar, October 26.—A Donglaa MoArn. pastor. Chnrdi school at ton o'cloek with a Bibla alaas for every age. The nnreery class con- tteaea tbrongh foe morning ser- ,Xtea. Mfoa<fon«haehool.wonblp pifMilb At The Rev. J. Douglas Smith of Pageland, has announced hto ac ceptance of a call to foe Bethany (WeatviUe). Baptist chihrch In Weatvillq, in Kershaw county, and his resignation from g field of four Baptist churches in Chesterfield county. 1^)r the past several years, since his entrance into the mln- iptry in the Union and Cheeterfleld •ssociations, he has served foe Macedonia, Ruby, Ifiixabetb and Pine Grove Baptist chnrcher te this section. Rev. Smith was graduated from the Union.. N. CL. scboole and later attended Wingate Jnnor cioUege, North (terolina State college and foe Baptist Seminary In New Or- tefuu. La. He succeeds foe Rev. Clyde A Quinn at Bethany (Weetville.) Rev. Qnten recently reeigned, effective lata In Angnat to move to Bpertan- barg. where he is devotlite fall ttera to raUskMW pubUeatloBs work. Doxlag Ids pastorate In Cheater- field and IhilOB asMdations, Bav. Smifo saw innfo progreaa'made tn hto chnrdheh. In ona* church be hapfowd 88 aaw maabers and re- oel^ a sfteUar nnnfoer by letter. All foe four ebnrcbee exp^enced proportlonaYe growth slaee he was called to them begteatag In 1241 In January, 1247, Rev. Smith la autfrled to^tho foraier Misa NetUa Mae MMdletaa at Jeftereon and foe coupte have made their boate te Pageland slpme that time. Daring the summer of this year. Rev. toifo attend^ foe Baptist 'Wbrid Congresi in Oopeahsgen. Denmark, and made an Extensive tour of eeveral western AiroP®off conntriee after the congreap ad Jonrned. The memberahlp ot foe Bethany churdi now te appraalmately 400, and renovation work on foe par sonage te to begin immediately as toon as matartels ara dallvered. Deaeoaa of foe Bafoaay (Weet- vUle) charfo era 4: JL fletcber. Jeaae Owens. Sr.. Brary Ihnaen- Mnx Dan Oweaa, HatMctar, Tnd- Uti. Davto and H. tL-WaMAihafr- Kershaw. Comity To Be Represented At Staite Meeting Kerahaw county wUl be weD represented at the fSfo annual eeseion of foe South Carolina Con ference of. Social Work in Oolom- bia November 6-7, according to lira. Alma B. Salmond, county memberehip chairman. J. Edgar Hoover, director of foe FBI. will address foe conference at 11:45 ’Thufsday morning, Nov, 6, in foe ball of foe House of Representativee, hte topic being ^bmnimdty Reepohaibllity for To morrow’s-fotteens.’* Other speak ers and public welfare leaders tak ing part in foe oonference include Dr. Malcolm W. Davis, of foe Car negie Peace Fonndation; Dr. Mor- Urn A Seldenfeld, of foe National Polio Foundation; Dr, Harold D. Meyer, nresident of foe American Beereaocm Society; Daniel OlCeefe of the United States Public Healfo Service; Frederick Ward, of foe National ProbatJon 'Asaoelation; Dr. Jamaa C. Kinard, presidenr of Newberry College and dteinnan of foe State Board of PnMfc Welfare, and others. Twelve Institutes to be condnet- cd inrtag the conference by ont- standing authorities will atndy cur rent developments in prevention and cure of alooholtem. Juvenile courts and probation staadsrda, foater home finding and adoption, etretching foe food dollar, opera tion of foe national health act, and other problems. CHANOt OP LOCATION The M and*C Electric Service (Jompeny, operated by C. P. Croft and B. L. McGee have moved to the recently conetructed Beard bonding on South Broad straet. They are praparad to luradle any thing In foe electrical line since the new expansion. At a meeting of representatives from every civic organisation in Camden ’Tuesday afternoon It was decided to sponsei-- a drive for funds for various community proj ects in an attempt to eliminate needless duplications and repetl tlon heretofore encountered due to each project putting on a separate drive. ’These civic representatives formed themselves Into a Coordi nation Board of which Harold Pun derbnrk is temporary chalrmar. ’This, coordinated drive will be put on under the general suptrvls- ion of the coordination board under foe direct leadership of a drive commitae to be appointed next week. So far the leaders of three com munity projects have expreued a desire to participate In this drive and to share te the proceeds. These are: The Boy Scouts, The Civic Council, and the Teen-Age Canteen. These and any other projecta in- tereated te participating will pre- smit their petitions to the coordi nation boan! at a meeting to be held te Mr. Reeaonover’s office te the American Lagfon .Hall Tues day. Oct 28, at I p. m. In order to partlelMte in this drive, foe leeders of foe partlclpat log projects must agrae to accept their share ef the proceeds of the drive and hot to nat en a separate drlra It h bellevai this Brive will save a great deal oTwoih on the pert of the ones who have la foe past been called upon to put on so many separate drives, and will save the citteens ot Camden thft annoyanoe of being called npon time and time again (or contribu- tkma . Thau coordinating board feels con fident that all the citteens of Cam dea will be glad to cooperate by contributing ro and vesklag with this coordinatad drive for aMamun- Ity fnada. Mrs. Steward Succumbs To Injuries From FaU Dsuifhtog^ln-LAW ol Mra. CaaniMl Slaarnrd Moofa Draith WhUo Ridinc Mrs. Campbell Steward, promi nent Camden winter reskleBL baa received word of foe death of her daofhter-te-law, Mra. Gilbert L. Steward, promlaeat in New York and Boston society, after she had been fatally tnjnr^ when thrown from a horse while riding on foe estate of her uncle, foe late Gen eral George 8. Pattoa, Jr. An Associated Frees story ap pearing under a Hamilton, Maas., date line recitee that Mrs. Steward was riding with her eon Campbell, It, when her horse fell at a Jump and rolled onto her. She died In an, ambulance en route to the Bev erly boepltal. Mrs. Steward, foe former Ann Beekman Ayer, was widely known aa a Judge for the American Ken nel club In shows throughout the country. Her husband is a partner of Tucker, Anthony and Co., Bos- (Thi« is (he first of a series of * eeven articles by Congressman J. P. Klchsrds of the Fifth District who recently returned from a siudy of economic conditions in Eiurope 08 a member of (he House Select Committee on Foreign Aid. The second and concluding article on Great Britain will appear next week.) ARTICLE I Shortly after Secretary of State Marshall proposed the so-call^' Marshall Plan for aid to Eutope snd called upon European nations to formulate a program' of self- help, the Herter resolution provid ing for the*° appointment of a Special House committee on Por- eljcn Aid was reported favorably out of the Rules committee. ’The ' resolution was'agreed to by the House on July 22, this year. It was then decided by Speaker Martin (Republican) that the Committee should be composed of 18 membera —10 Republicans and 8 Democrats. The Speaker named the Republi can members and Minority Leader Rayburn named the Democrats. The members represent nine dif ferent major eommlteee of the House and come from every sec tion of the United. States. They tre: Republicans: Herter. N. J.; Anderson, Minn.; Yorysi O.; Wolv- erton, N. J.; Nhron. Cal; Kuakel, Pa.; Jenkins, o.; Vurtell, ftL; Macy. N. Y.; Case, 8. D.; Demo crats: Monroney, Okla.; Walter, Pa.; Keogh, N. Y.; Mahon, Texas; Brooks, la,; Cooley, N. C.; Cox, Ga.; Richards, 8. C. We sailed from New York August 27, with a humbsr of economic ex perts and clerks. Dortag fos trip over we had Oomlttae meetlnga lasting three hours each Btorntor and aftenioon. when we were brief ed OB and dtecnased foe eeonomle problems of Burope. It was decid ed that foe whtee Committee would h(dd general heartags for a few days in England and Germany flrat but thereafter it would break np into 8ubk)iommitteea so aa to make a more detailed and exhaustive lu- vestlgatlon of each country during tho four or five weeks allotted ns. The following sub-Committecs were formed: (a) Finance, with hpad- qnarten in London; (b) Agrlenl- turc; (e) Auatrla-Oermany; (d) France • Belgium - HoUand-Luxem- burg; (e) ItalyOrauee ■fh’test^.. I chose the last named Committee because I had visited the other countries involved as a member of a mission in 1M5 and was par ticularly intoTMted tn bow our pro- Rijun was going forward in Greece and foe Mediterranean Ares I must, however, give some impres sions of the United Kingdom gain ed during the few days I was there Mt the beginning and end of our trip. We arrived at Southampton on the morning of Sept. 2. and after a two hour train trip were in Lon- and immpdiately embarked on Msertes of oonferMkoea^lUi offi- elals of foe Brltisb government. It had been apparent for some - time that the British economy te sick and that the British pound sterling, formerly foe dominant medium of exchange in the world of International trade, was losing •out. ** According to Treasury and Commerce experts te Washington, fos offset on world trade will be serioBs. Britain will be forced to cut Imports and nations which ss4I to Britain will have to cut their purchases from the United States. Naturally we were concerned about this, particularly in view of foe $8,760,000,000 loan made to Britain by fop United States, and foe re quest from Britain for additional help. We conferred with Sir Wilfred Bady of the British Treasury. Mr. Cobbotd, deputy governor, of foe Bank of England, Mr. Dalton, PInoe your Job ordsn S. C. State for qwiWtid to^Investment te^era. {chancellor of exchequer. Prime She te »u^v^ by her hua^nd, | Attlee. Foreign Secretary her tethjy, C^lee F. J**!®*iErtieat Bevteu Sir SUIford Grippe, sons,-Gilbert Steward, Jrv, ^h fouy^jj^u board of trade and now minister > for economic-affairs, Herbert MornapA j^ernaient lead er in the house oRoommons. Lew Douglas, oar aafoOMador to Great Britain, and ofoera tm the econonilc plight of Britain sad foa eansee and care fosrefor. They all wel- nmnad our inqulrlas and chaerfnlly tried to fnniteh foe iafermatlos we asked for. It was plain that Brlbilii was go* teg tiroke. last like aoY ofoar na- tloB or individaal would to broke which had 9oat aU Ito reserveB and whoee coiraat axpenditarae exceeded Iboobm. In the old Sm- plre days. Britain's prosperity was built SB raw materials brought into Britain and converted into maaii- factarad articles and sold abroad. , plus sale of coal from foe Briltoh mines ^ over and above foe ooal needed at home. Now, eoid pro duction. te down by ntanost one^Mf and worn ont mnchnlery and aatl- qnated bnstnesa methods te iedus- try generally have slowed down exports. She is today feeding and clefoing her people with goods bOBgbt from oataMe with Brithfo ponads. But the people who got foe poqnds can’t bay the goods they want from Gr^ BrltetB; therefore, they seek to oonvert foete pounti to foe -curreBcv of foe ooBBtry where'foey can buy—- most often d^lnn. heesnse foe tTBJtod States II foo only natloB whero oMt Imr. In ofoor worda, fodp •te'' can doBi^ (orJ|K9ateia Bmp (Pitkin fonilpilin nUM) army te Japan, Charles A Steward and Ctempbell Steward, and a sis ter, Mrs. Archibald C. Randolph of UppervlUe, Va. Co /• Shannon Is Back Following Stay In Hospital The reason why patrons <d U.4 First National Bank have missed the dwery grontteg of President Charles X Shaagon, foe venerable ^4-year-old bead ot foa Institution foa past week, to beeanee Mr. Shan non waa in foe Charlotte Manorial hospltaL reooverteg from for ef- fe^ of an operatkm. ifta^te hte years, Mr. 8I\unon snrvlvod foe ordeal of foe lion splendidly and expected to re- torn to hte home oa Chesnnt street foe latter part of foe weeA <ProbabIy there te not another banker in South Carolina who has the westlgo of Mr. Shannon. He was a director of foe American Bankur* Asaoclation and former hf :foe ''South CarcUna Aa hoed of foe 'First National Bank hoTA hofoas piloted that in atitutitk lilp A PteitioB q( state leadliahlp la ^ ^«ra«g ranks. m person te beeoBMs gain- IfoBs Bsafnl to hte enployw I Ml ; j. r m i