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E Chronicle \ " ' CAMOEM. SOUTH CAMXJNA, FMDAY, NOVEMBER 7. IS47 fA CLAUS PARADE IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY* NOVEMBER 25 iTh* Trit^ Number 34 pioato And Prism Offered—Santa To Gire Gifts I's S»nt* CUui parade la for Tue«day, Norember “great will f*t ondarway r,.M n m., and promlaaa to be *'rf*^the most ootstandUK •Tsr staged U this elty. Ciniden high school band ’"-rtldpate la the parado, as luiereral outside baada. The ou affair feature many not only from orKanlaatlons "ioffaAM bouses of this tom- bit from sarroundln^ com- ganta Claoi parade is spoil- by the Junior Chambe<' ot and proved to be a gala . lut year- 1^* 'members of “organisation have done much ake it possible. EUhu Schlos- ^ been named general wBun [noprocession will begin at main on down DeKalb 8tt‘ect to Kdn Park, where SaiUa Claus lent gifts to the kiddies, are being offered for the floats and there wHI also be given to the beet dressed its window. (tgro Seal Workers Meet « Pse^Dee conference of negro Sale workers was held to on Sstnrday, November 1, McMaster end Mrs. Martha of the State TB assoetatioa. accompanied hy Q. C. and M. F. Harper 9t Kirk- „ tAool, end both uettye to ilit^w county Suul lulu. It’s Round Up Time For Boy Scouts Netlonally the Boy Sconti of America are conducting a Round- Dp. Locally the central South Caro lina conncll la participating in this Round-Up. Each and every Ncont troop, Cub pack and senior unit is participating. BJvery Sc^t, Cub or senior Scout that brings in a new member wlU be awarded a button with the picture of a cowboy riding a buck ing bronce saying, "I ropped one." Bvery Scoutmaster that gets a net iucrease of three new menibers dur ing October and November^ll! re ceive a membership plaque. Every Scout unit is asked to first of all take' an Inventory and de termine where its weak placM are, to strengthen these weak places be fore going out after the new mem bers. New members have a right to expect a challenging and in teresting program when they come into Scouting. The Scoutleaders and Scout oommitteea ucept this re sponsibility and pl^ge theee new members a' satisfying experience. Boy Scout Tralnbig Institute A training institute for scout leaders will be held at Camp Bar- stow in Lexington cOnnty the week end of November S-t. Five train ing courses will be given simul- Uneotts. It is hoped that the lead ership of all Scout units will take advantage of this opportunity and be present to take one t£ courses. .The courses offered will be s course in Scoutmastership, a courta to Cnlmiastershlp, a conrae tor sen ior Scout leaders, an advanced course In Scouting and a conns in camping. AH, troop oommtttoe- mea are invlted’aad urged to bo with the group Saturday night. No- Tombw I, for supper and a pro gram OB the troop committee. Those attending this part of the meeting will receive a speefaliaatlon oe tttteate. i ' HUGO S. SIMS PRINCIPAL SPEAKER ON ARMKTICE , i- "‘til # m, ' S- V . • -‘•'X f J Id i *, — • • ■ ‘ .C ^ - t. '■ .V - ' ft . AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK TO BE OBSERVED NOVEMBER 9-15 ;. J. P. Kchards Writes More Of •v Econoimc Conditions In Europe PaUie b iBwitod To VidI la Seboob Durinf Thb Porba. |(Thii is the second of a am I wren articles by OoBgi eiarasl . Richards of tha nfth Dto uko recently jrstannd fn r ot economic coodltlouf as a member of the tooMtofl, Commltteo on FoialtB AML) FFA Has An Atti'adive E!ridlnt [At County Fair ARTICLBI l&Kk of Britain’s dollar ersdita )iW United States have and will iwtd lor better machtosiT. to I coal mine we noted that toere seven different mochuieal atkms before a car o( coal I he sortace of a ssine. Wt aak- I a foreman of miners why this sot done in one operation by «yor belt, or othenriao, as it e in the United States. He that the operaUon was now ' to by eight men and if a 7or belt were put in. It would ‘ that seven men would be out job. |Ws also found that fewer add young men were going Into Miner parents said that wanted their sons to follow and less dangerow work. «r adverse factor is the live- work week eatabllMied by the fovemment. The theory whs he miners would pradnee ! In flve days than thm would |m days, but It hasn't worked way. The fact Is that the output of coal per man is' one-fifth of what it Is in the States. Then, too, there on a number of striker >jy people in our country seem « that the plight of coal in England was brought BT the nstionalisatlon of the ^ the labor government the information 1 could get “ Is Incorrect I talked with industrialists laborltss [eonmrvatlves, and they aU that nationalisation of tbs' mnea was necessary and aU M“t the re-building ot tha coal snd the InstallatloB of mining methods would be tbat only the government wnld foot the blU sad prop- |osngurate the new progium. Mt believe there to any of the Brltlah golag Oms- '‘•c^we the average British M devoted to the Meal of liberty. But one ot tho „ coMradlctloBs of tho work- British trad# unloa sat ®*t Homer, an avowed »t. is the aeknowledgOd jt the miners and has thehr cm parMyao the watry any mtente he •®ae British wortrers 1^ a CoiMratot to group and they replM Is they dMn»t bettotr to Horner, was BrRish ‘ *i*‘ys fought lor the They all aetoued to fool contest betwosB Russto Horasr would he for ‘told them that H hoin't way ill other aob»> ■« toey .n aoto -^ftat to Jt w«s dlfferoid. group put thii Be stoutly oemtouiodt .•toy -‘TBitoMirnriiii^'^ Kershaw county held itt second annual fair since the war the wash of October 6-11. >- One ot the attractive exhibits at the fair was tho Fitoure Faniwra of America oxhlblt CRasaea were pro vided for yellow eons, white com, swoet potatoes, aaod oats snd legume bay. Alao plow beams, klteb- eu knives, and eoM chisels as weU as Futnra Farmer bogu In yellow oom LBdn% Canthen (Baron DeKalb) won first place, Bryon Newman (Betbnne) second and Brown dtover (Baron DeKalh) third. In white com Jack Corbett (MMway) placed first, Marlon Tsr- borongh (Midway) second and Jack EUlott (MMway) third. In tweet po tatoes Joe Young (Baron flsKalh) won first place, John Edgar Horns by (Baron DeKalbV second and Al vin Branham (Blaney) third, to need oats Imciaa CuHien (Baron DeKalb) won flrst-place. Joe Young (Baron DeKalb) second and Roddy Stanton (MMway) third, In iogume bay Lemuel Wooten (Blaney) 'won first place, I-onle (Tase (Barou. DeKalb) second and Judson Dabney (Baron DeKalb) third. In the FFA swine show Joo Young (Baron DeKalb) won first place in the Duroe senior sow pig class snd second for the same clhss for Bwkshlree. Eugene Dabney (Baron DeKalb) placed first on hto senior yearling Berkshfire boar, Lucius Osnthen (Baron ^ DeKalb) (continued ou page tour) - Sumter Man To Be Guest Of Jaycees Isador of at entatandtog dvk gumtar wiU bo guest the meeting of the Jayeeet Tuea- day night at 7:M o’etoek in the privata dining room of tha Bars- field Ooftoo Shop. Supper wM be The topto of the evsBtog wiH ho city nmnagoment Tho spoahcf was an inuttgktm’ to this typo ot city govemmont tor Sumter. Sumtm was one ot the first towuu to South Ctortdtoa to inauguxale this form of govorumsBt, SSsdal guests wfU toclnde: •Senator B. B. Kennedy, Clator Ar- runts, ot the house of repreaent^ ttvoa. Arthur Jhusu of Kur^w and a memhar of tho house of rrpre- seatatiTUik Muytor AAd C. J. moomm TV, dty eooudl attorney. ^ ^ yXto. Glean Lawhum has been added to the roifir i| a now mi- ber and luefc Stog# fsmmrlr of M WtotlC.ltotoa, W jSfetoMhbsrshlPto So The theme for the obeervance of American 'Educatloo Week 4a ^^The todioMa Jtoe Tours—Visit -Them,^ Wbui could be a more fitting or timely sabJeetT Tho need tar cloaer ooopofsgAon and anisrstaudlag bo- twodi tho ochoolo npd (ho pubtio has usTsr hson so l^nly important as now. 8ob we, toe teachers of the city schools, lurlte*yon to rislt your sdiools daring this time. See where your child speuda six hoars a day, five days a week. See with whom his time is'^spent. See what opportnnlUea ha has to nntoM and der^p into the cltiseu of tomor row, who wQl not think in terms of war, but rather in terma of peace. Your school is striving to de velop leaders musI to the tsi^ which lie aheac. This is the work of the home and diureh as wsO. A foundation of weU-educated peo ple la indtopenaable in building Amortoa’a future. We must instlH the ideals at our great heiitafe of freedom into the minds and hearts of the chHdran of today, so that they can understand and meat cur- lent issues IntelligeDtly. Oonditions which weakan our national life must be corrected. Adult illiteracy, chUdren not in school, JutouHe de linquency, health and eduoatioaal deflcienelea must be overcome, so schools should be equipped to tcjrms of their clvle reUponslbilittos. (tondltkms call for bold action. 'Fhe loss of many teachers from achools and stodenta frbm teachers coUegea, uoe of unqualified Instruo- tors, heavy teacher loads, over crowded da* rooms and inade quate salaries to meet livliig needs are argent problesu. Mr. snd Mrs. America the schools are yours. What are you going to do about them? Are you going to assume your share of the responslbfllty to righting wrongs or sit idly by and see badly needed changes go un- headed? . ^ . i Our schools face new tasks in meeting peacetime needs of onr eonntry. Our nation can afford good schools. Money Invested in educa tion bnilda character, developa skills, sad Increases power to earn consume. What lays the fomi- datlOB tor the Improvement of home, ehnlreh, agrlcnlture, industry, businiftt and government? Tour achoda The m«i and woumb who are to detormine the character of tomorrow’s world are growing up m the homea and schools of today. Through the enrlchuMat of our sehooto, thto bettor worM will come Kershaw County Represented At Aiuinal TB fled At tha mmuut South rieTTUItiM .. sooMlon. which mft'in CMumbto ou Oetober tL Kerafito Mudtty arus TCpresantod by OMsd. Ito. A. W. HumpMw.v'Mlss Jsnuie MOMastor, Mra. Shelby Truesdale and Mrs. Mattie R. Weat. During the business session, Mrs. OSoar Smyri was eleetad member at large, end Mrs. Mattie R. Weet was named representative director of the board ot directors of the state seepciatkm. In the Christmee Seal confer ence, in e round-table diacuealon of "Btepe to SuceosB to the Seal Sato" Miss MaMaster dlscuaed ‘’Inter- pretalloa Through the Sehooto.’* Tho gneet epeaker for the day was Dr. Harman E. HHIaboe, New York State’s public haulth oommis- sloaer, who tHl thto taH was direc tor of the dtvtokm.of tnbereuiosto in the U. 8. public health sarvice. Dr. RUtoboe urged health educa tion on a broad seato. He stated that the TB aasociatkma of Ameri ca are the most etfeettva volunteer ageuctoa to country, and lhat tba anthnstoam and calibre of TB aa- •oeiatlon porsonnal, and of their vohmtoer workem, to such that they should tooaden the scope ot thety activities to attack many problems of gaa^ral public waUard wkien tan- plage on toe problem of tubercu- loeto. The South Pole has an etevmtlon of 1,070 toot abovo sea tovsL Antioch Oiapters Attend Annual State Meethig Members ot the Antioch chapter of tha Junior Homemakers associa tion and tho Future Turners ot Amoiiea attended the annual state meodag beM at the Cartdlna etato lUBB, Oolumhia, Ootobav-n. —Apiu uamaiiTly Y,000 meatoe f egiWiBtIng local ^iwteea through* ont the atato. wars prsessM. DIaUngulshed guaels raeogntaod by the TTA ytseHI toeliig Jesee T. AhdbnKiii* state tuporlii- tendent of eduoathm; Vlted PNns^ oom supervisor of voeettoual eiu- catoim; R. D. Anderson, gnpervlior of sgrienltural ednoatlon: Miss LQ- Uan Hoffumn, aupervtoor of homo economlco; Paul V. Moore, sesre tary S. C. Fair sssoclation. After the moetlar. an members were admitted ae guests of ‘ tho South Carolina Fair daaoclatlon. Yrilliams Gives Report Of School Health Program .* B. A Williams, superintendent of Baron DeKalb school, reports that the final check 'for accomplishment in their school health program last year has been completed. It has been found that between the be ginning of last school term and the beginning of this school term the following corrections were made: Of all vision defects found, 47% have been corrected, also 44% of the dental defects, 100% of all hear ing defects. S0% of other defects, and that the grand total shows that all defect! found at tho be ginning ot last school year, 60% have been corrected. "Considering the site of our school dtotriot. and-: ihw'remoteness of these children from medical and dental care,".said Mr. WUIlams. ' we are very proud of tola high percqntagd of accompltahment in our first year’s effort". In recognition of (hto good health job, Mr. Williams has been appoint ed, as representative of the depart ment of superintendence to the health committee of South Caro lina Education asoociation. Also, as a result of these accomplishments, Miss McMaster and Mr. WUliams have been asked to participate in the program of the Southern states work conference in Colombia on Saturday, November t. Mtos Me Master will dtocusa the organlau- tlon for participation of local agencies to local health programs, end to section dtoensehms, Mtos Me- Master will take part in the round table dtocnsslon of first-year pro grams, while Mr. WUltoms wHl participate In the round-tabto dto- cuaciba of second-year healUi pro- graau. Teachers from both tke Baron DeKalb and the Ptae Tree Hill echoola wiB attend thto meeting of the Southern stotee work qpnfsr- High Schotri Bsuid And Nn- tionnl Guard Unit Will Land Parade Hugo 8. Sims, Jr.^ of Orangeburg will be the-•principal speaker at the annual Armistice Day memorial exercises sponsored by the James LeRoy post, No. 17, of the Ameri can Legion, according to an an-; houncement by C. Grainger Kome- gay. commander of‘the post. Plans for the occasion Inclnde a parade through -the business aeo- tlon by the Camden high school band and the local National Guard unit. The hand and Guardsmen wHl march to Hampton Park where tba exercises will start promptly at 11~ o’clock. Children from the local schools will attend, and it is expected Chat large crowd of Leglonafree, townspeople will sUo be on hand. A special Invitation has been ex tended to the families and friends of those who lost their lives in World War I and 11 to attend these services As in past years, a cross will be erected in toe park in honor of each Kershaw cqunty soldier who lost his life In World War I or H, The cross will bear the name of the deceased veteran. Sims, who is to deliver tba mate address, is one of South Carolina’s most distinguished heroes of WorM S ar H He served overseas with e list Airborne division and re ceived numeroua deooratkma for bravery in action, toetadtag the Distinguished Service Cross. Silver Star. French Croix da Guarra. tha Balglan Fonrragea, Oranga Lanyard of the Netherlands, tha PrasMantlsl Unit autlon with Odk Leaf Cttm- ter. Parachute Badge wlto two Bronae stars. Combat InfaBtryinan’s badge and the Order of Oeiibnlam. Siuca hto dtocharga from tba army, Sims has beau active to La- ■km affairs aa wall aa in tha (trie, raligioua and palMieal Ufa of hto county and state. Ha to a lawyar and a maashar of tha house ot rap- raeantatlvaa county. S. C FARM BUREAU HOPES TO HAVE 25,000 MEMBERS BY NOV. 30; C' Hospital Alumnae To Have Program Tha Colambla hospital of lUoh- land county, tehool of Nnratag Atamuae assoetatkm wHl ealabrata a foMan luhilaa Friday, Novambar 14. All graduates of tha sehooi are cordially tavitad, and will SMOt at 10 a. m., at tha WUUam Waatan haU, Columbia. An Impraislva pro gram has baan planned for too day, ending with a dnteh banquet at the Jefferson hotel at# I p m. All members planning to attend the banquet please notify Mtos Paoltee Pearce, 1004 Burney Drive, Colum bia, S. C. (idione 6050). bd^Ort IS o’clock noon Thunday. November 11 jIMp Nfllt into betog. Tboy toouM be eiilpped to tanoiisB wito aantmin eftle iMsey. Tea, parants, (ha achools art yowa tha ehfUtoen ara yonra. Wm wa do tor thom today arlB dafarmtoe what they oan da na tavorrow. Ara tha quaRftad to maat thair neads? Is tha aehool aqalpment suflElelant tor tha taachar ta woik nnd.tofhianaa thate grerrth and halp hnSd thair futara? o Wb no longer have a atmpla woitd ot raadtogi writing and arltb- matte, beti a world ot trona, end aetontiPo dbangia. Tim tif (ho tatara maat ha ebnr^ ad mow. wm R ha nn adntoOd to a nanr warM of The oatwar raato haavfly upam par- anti and teacliara who adiMM Ikb anarattPB. That “ ot taaoi walk, play- ii m§ ONLY A FLOWER I am only a flower . .. yet millions love me and look to me for inspiration, hope snd peace t I waa created by God that man might always have something which would remind him of the beauty and goodness of God. I am often Cupid’s messenger and-bear the glad tidings of love ai^ romance. I apeak a language that is universal and men of ten say it with ^wers when thoughts lie too deep for words. I am the friend of man in the moments of hia greatest joy and his greatest sorrow. I walk down the roadway of Ufe^with man^ help ing to make tluit journey beautiful'each step of the way. I carry a breath of sunshine to tl\e sick, and I ease the fears of those who travel through the val ley of the shadow of death. I sometimea fall asleep during winter’s long cold aArirts, but I rise again each spring to bloom anew! In times of war, I stand for all things good and give unto those who look upem my face the hope t^t peace may come again. In days of peace, I clothe the uptom earth and the (iraivwracKed home. I am sometimes the only ray of sunlight in man’s Ufe, when the clouds are darkest, but with the com ing of the sun . . 11 lift my head and stand by to salute its merry sunshine. I may be th# orchid proud that graces a beaut^l lady’s gown, a .violet beside a brook, or a wee floiK— er that blooms beside the road. Yet, though I am only the smallest flower that grows... If you but knew the mystery of my beiim ... you would know the mystery of God and of to Hmlf! _VioU Roberts hmior Red Cross -Erorofamiii Thlrtr jraara ago, on SaplMiber li, 1617. ProsMent Woodr^ Wil son aatabllahse tha Junior mambar- ship ot tha AaerlsaB Rad Croaa In commamoration ot that avant. PraaMaat Trumaa has written tbe tonavtog miissia To too Members of toa^Jkxasikan Jonlar Rad Cross: A nation cannot took forward with confMoMO nnlaaa it baa re- souroas tor furthar Intamal da- valopaant and for further conatruo- Uve relationshipa with other nn- tions. Tha greateat rasouroa of a nation ia its jrooth. To raooipitoa youth’s capacity to eontributa to tha ganaral waltore of tha com- mmity to to davalop thto great national raaouroa. Throngb tha cooperation of tha iKAoob of'the United • Btataa and tha American Rad Croes, you ara learning to oarva. Tour rao^ dar ing' tha war years was one of whieb to be prond. Even greater, 1 am oonfdent, will be the dtotinrtlon yon will achtore during tha days to coma thronriti four sarvicas tor tbooa to tha armed foroea, (or vet erans. for safer snd baalthler rom- mnnitlas, and (or batter underatsud- luf among peo;de at home ar.d la other lands. As you approach the Itth toml- vsraary of the tonndtog of tba Arnwrlcan Junior Rad Cross, you approach a milaatone which marks 10 years of begtnnlnr, of plonaar- Ing. May yon xnov^ forwara with the confldenca gained from axper- ence. May your leaders and repre- saatatlvea continue to provMu op portunities to develop and to utilise even more fuUy than lu the past that greatast national ra- sonre»—youth. WKb II million membera ta 1147 tha JRC’c to tha largest youth aar- vlca group in the worid. Miss Ada Pbelps to chairman of tha Kershaw County Red Croas chapter. Mrs. Q. A. Hough Passes After Extended lUness Mrs. (hiaen AUce Hough, atto 54, and wM^ of tha lata J. C. Hongh of Lancaotar ooenty, died «t tha raeManca of her son, J. A. Hpngh of Route t. Camden, at t:4i p. m Wedneaday, after aa axtandM ill* soa. Funeral aerv)eea will ha eondnet- TuMbit'flmr IRsiiibsiTC PrasMaat 1. H. Agnear of tha SAutb Careiina Fsrai Buraan to JuMIant thto poomtof ovw ~ the prospect for a aiessasfal drive tor tf .000 members to tba organisation by tha end of this aMmth. Governor Thamiend has Isauad a proelamatisa daohutog tha weak of ' November M Fann Bureau Week in Sonth Carolina. Sanatmrs Maybank and Mmston have toanad statamants endorsing the high prto- dples of Fsmi Bnrean atod stress ing tha need lor a strong famiMn organisation ta look after tba In# tsrasta of ogrienltwa ta thto state. Tba mamberaidp campaign gats nadsrway Monday night at nek- off maattogs to 16 of tha 46 conn- ties. Calhonn, (Jraanville, Spartan burg, Oraagaburg, Salado, Laxtot* ton, Mariboro, Borry, Ctolatar, Dil lon, Floranoo, Lea and Samtar oounttoa have alraady begun mam- barship drives that have netted, n total of over 4,000 members bdwre Uek-oCf Abbeville, Andeirson. Bomwall, Berkeley, Ghartoston. CbestarfleM, (Harendon, DarUngton. Dorehatoer, Jasper, Kerahaw, Lancaatar, Mar lon, Nawbarry, Tiekena. RidUand, Ooouea and Union eountlas ara get ting underway today wHh wtfiotr- gantoed drivea to reach nMVber- ship quotas. All countica parties patihg to the drive ara strlvlnc for minimum at ona-third of thair white farmcra ara Farm Bureau members. Five counties exceeded 1147 quotas this year. Marlboro wRb a quota of 869 bad 589 on July 1; Dillon quota 529, membership 677; Kmiphaw - quota 447, memberthip 110; Jasper quota 111, mambarthip 181; Dorcbeatar quota 815, mem- berahlp 820. These counties and many otbera will exceed qnotae ihto year. "State-wMa tatsrest to betas diown to tha gravity of tha altua* don eonfronUag South Carolina agricuHnra whan tha national long- (Ptaasa torn to peso tan) ed frttoi (ha Komagay Tunara) city' ottletolK Yule Molweade Arrives Di Gty; Miss Ross Crowned The. Charlatta Tula faatival nndr orcada arrtvad to Camden Tueodsy momtag to be graatad by Mtoa Wyrtoa Rosa, who wHl rapraaaat Cundan to the Charlotta Ch^tnna Featival. Navembar IS, and other home at 1 a. m., Friday, Novambar 7, and taterment wtH be to the famllr plot of the Fmrt HiU Bap tist diarch ot Laiicaatsr oaunty. Tar the past tan yairs Mrs; Hough has nutda h# hams wifi ,,htf soa hare. Ska was a. fsithfnl Wambar of tha JFOtk RIM Bollpg/I ^‘diOTdL A Trrmi A.'Hem*^ to snrvtvad br ana ao^ t TUioh won Mm fjimotor the MTSlto tnlg Ig Mtoa Roaa was presented a queau’a crowd hy Mr. Knight. <ma of the rapraaantnUves od tha motor- gay faOtfval parade wUl ha tstor mSaa long, teduMig It gar- ~ i Roiria, 44 ftoat halkwna, St y tnaina’ ears, It bands and ;tod tilta. Tha panda atarta itiy at 9:8t f. m. vin ha qaoortad to itollva to tha i - '[ ■■ll -r 'fi , ■ wm ‘ w k4: i