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No Shortage Of
Fuel Wood In
South Carolina
K^rabaw county people who may
be worried about the supply of fuel
oil and coal will be delighted to
learn that at least South Carolina’s
forests are well stocked with good
wood for fuel, according to State
Forester C. H. Flory. Except In
those areas where.handllng_facijl-
tios are Inadequate the fuel ollj
rhortage may be greatly relieved
by drawing on local woodlands for
stoves and fireplaces, he said.
Farmers have a good oppor
tunity to supplement their slack
time Income by the sale of prop
erly harvested fuel wood. State
'Forester Flory stafes_that one cord
of certain hardwoods properlv sea
soned are equal In value to
a ton of good coal. These are, hick
ory, oak, beech, birch, ash. and
long-leaf pine. About one and one-
halL.cords of other pines, gum,
and mapje are required lo yield the
heat value of a ton of coal, he ex
plained.
Several good wood stoves on the
market now produce even, easily
*ontrolled heat. Most of the bet
ter ones are controlled by a ther
mostat and provide sufficient air
flow to Insure complete combus
tion.
By removing low grade, defec
tive, or poorly formed trees for
fuel wood, tho valuable tree- are
given a better chance to grow to
higher valued'timber. In this why
the fuel Rhortage is relleve<l the
farmer receives a profit for thin
ning. and his woods are improved
for future harvests. State Forester
nory concluded.
See Us For Your
Building Needs!
We have just receiwed
a Carload of . • .
^RoU Roofing
(All^Grades)
•Brick Siding
•Shingles
(210 lb.—thick butt)
•Felt—lb and 30 lb;
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PHONE 21
nasties Used
On Huge Scale
Chemical Maturof Under
War Strew; Now Factor
In Big Businew.
CHICAOO. — ••Matured under Om
stress of war, plastics have become
an important factor in the field ci
blf business,” .declared WlUlsm T.
Cruse, executive vice president of
the Society of the Plsstlcs Indus-
try.
••Peacetime finds America uslnf
plastics in Industry and home on a
gigantic scale,” he continued. “The
man-iAade material has come a long
way from the day when It was
largely associated with variety store
trinkets and baubles.
•‘Plastics,^’ he added, •'have
emerged as engineering materials
In their own right. Industry Is us
ing them in the factory as housing,
gears and a thousand other sturdy
items never dreamed up 10 years
ago.*'
It took the war — a proving
ground for many things and peopla
—to glvf plastics supporters the
test they needed to show that their
material could stand up with any
other if not misapplied.
Blow to loduatry.
In the early days, manufacturers
bad unfortunate experiences with
plastics and threw up their hands in
disgust. ,
They made plastic cameras that
fogged the film, combs that curled
up, and plastic dinnerwsra that
softened in hot water.
••It was simply a case of using
the wrong plastic to do a particu
lar Job,” Cruse explained. •There
are more than 23 plastics to choose
from. All are different The only
thing they have in common la their
origin—the molecules can be Jug
gled in the test tube and combined
in many sorts of ways to make plas
tics that are har^ soft, clastic,
semiliquid or brittle, depending on
what use is to be made of them.”
This early misapplication waa a
severe blow to what bad been her
alded as a plastic aga. The indus
try was Just beginning to make
stridea again when the war broke
out
It got into the fray as a pinch-
hitter when such strategic metals
as aluminum, magnesium and zinc
bccama scarce.
Show VeraatUlty.
Almost immediately, plaatles
demonstrated their versatility and
adaptability to a variety of uaea.
The public heard little of plaatles '
until the war department revealed
It was being used In helpnets, '
trench mortar fuses, pistol grips,
bomber plane noses and bom^r
foselagei.
•‘In battleship construction, over
1,000 different plasUbs applications
were used, in airplanes more than
100,” Cruse said.
Plastics also went Into radar
equipment, assault boats, Ufa rafts.
Jungle boots, goggles, binoculars
and electrical equipment” '
Today, once doubtful manufac
turers are back on the bandwagon
and looking for plastics for an an
swer to their problems. |
But plastics leaders, mindful of
the damaging blow that unbridled
public enthusiasm ones dealt them,
now are moving with caution. I
They are reluctant to talk about
plastic cars and plastic homes.
••We are trying to atrip away
tba glamour, magic and mytitry
wHb which many havt come to re
gard plastica.^^ Cruae aald.
**Wa era pointing to It as • mate
riel of tough quality that will de t
particular Job wall vdicn pteperiy
tngineered.” |
liberty Hill News Oxford Bound
Dr. ahd Mrs. T. O. Hall of Weet
‘Mlnater and Bob Hall. Miss Louiae
Hall of Queens College spent Fri
day with Mrs. Louiae Jone<» and
sisters at the Jones family home
here.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Wardlaw, Jr.,,
tnd family spent Christmas with
Mrs. Wardlaw’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Towne of Barnwell.
Capt. N. S. Richards had with
him for Christmas all of bis chil
dren and grandchildren except
Rev. 'J; B. Richards and family of
Columbus. Oa.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Cnreton i^d
bon, Dick, will visit their son, A.
C. Cureton, Jr., and family this
week.
Miss Bettie Richards and Miss
Slargaret Richards of Columbia
college spent Christmas with their
mother, Mrs. John 0. Richards.
O. R. Clements spent Christmas
week with his daughters, Mrs. 0.
P. Folk and Kirk McCellan of
Charleston.
Mrs. R. J. Wardlaw. Jr. Billie
Wardlaw and Mrs. C. B. I^esaley
spent Monday with Mrs. Ward-
law’s sister. Miss Fay Towne, at
Columbia hospital.
Delegation Asks— '
(Continued from page one)
License real estate dealers.
Make public the records of the
state industrial commission.
Outlaw the check-off of union
dues.
Give war veterans free hunting
and fishing licenses.
Extend war veterans income tax
exemptions.
Prohibit the issuance of motor
vehicle licenses except on proof of
payment of all property taxes due
on automobiles for the preceding
>eaf.
JoIm Qaitinan vetsvan with
a wife aitd child, whoRC exceptional
sehoIasUe allsinmeni has won him a
Rhodes scholarship. One of six can-
didalcs chosen from sontheastem
•lalea, HiH is a graduate of Wofford
College where he earned a Bachelor
of Science degree while working fnll
time aa a caid grinder at Pacific
Mills in Lyman, S. C The scholar
ship, for two years at Oxford Univer
sity, England, is worth aboni $2,000
aunnally to the textile mill employe.
EXTENDS THANKS
Dear Mr. Editor:
Please allow me space in your
good, paper to thank my good
white and colored friends for the
kindness given me during my ill
ness in the Camden hospital with
the loss of my left hand. Many
thanks to yon all. Your kindness
will never be forgotten.
John Mickle, R-3, Camden.
Local Girls Are
Not Enthusiastic
About Leap Year
Do Not Propose Td TaJre
Advantafe Of It Aa Do
Girls In Washington Who
Are Out For Blood
will Camden girls Uke advant-
age of leap yearf T
This question was propounded to^ut. Hs conld say “No, thaaka” or
avsrred Antofnette Oarcla, bmnetto
secretary.
“If the girl doesn’t come out and
ask, she might never find out Us
intentions,” said Norma Bozz, who
added tbat she'already had her
man.
Even some men—the tralUna!—’
got Into the act
^Bhrmyone is taking advantage
of everyone else,” said Harold Tre-
meuaa, a philosophical sailor, ”so
why shoald*nt the women take ad-
vaato«e of the men'-one year oot
cl four?”
Short of taking to the tali Um-
isr, an rilgible male had two ways
teveraf of them this week and their
(.nswers were not conclusive. Some
of them allowed as how they might
half way take advantage of it
some of them indignantly refuged
the thought that they might while
others were evasive
Not so in Washington, the cap!-
tol of the nation! The Washington
Tlmes-Herald asked a bunch of
blick young spinsters the same
question that was asked of Cam
den girls and got a,chorus of en
thusiastic “yfeses.” '
Says the dispatch from Washing
ton concerning the Tlmes-Herald's
Inquiries %
* “I missed last Leap Tear but 111
not let opportunity slip by again!”
he could beat the deadline aa eow‘
boy star Roy Rogers did—by get
ting wed on December 81.
But there was a time. In Scot
land several centnriea ago. when
it cost a man hard cash to tim
down s proposal
was fined, tmder the law,
for spuming ••ike msyden ladye of
higbe and lowe estait” unless he
conld ’‘make it appears that he is
betrothit ane either woman.”
Note that he only had to “makej
It appeare" he waa already hook
ed. Them were loopholes, in those
days, toa ^
In this country, men have been
nncommonly cagey. AUhooA the
number, of marris^ normi^ In-
cressee year by year, it
behrw Rie previous It aum^
the Leap Tears of IgOi, i»os
ISIS. ISSI and 1144. '
So says the oeasuss. bu
vrtileh adds that tha m^
gsrons girl between now sod
December II Is the ll-yesr<
<»* at least that IS is the an*
which moat wousen marry.
John Haywood, sn .i^ii
who Ooorished arouad ISM
Leaf Taii^liiai in a
ahell—for bacbil&s, aayeay;
“Looka yea ya leapa.”
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