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? ? if * r . " v j." ? '* n Facts On Conservation The Story of Wild Life and Natural Resources* Their l)estruction and How They Can Be Restored to South Carolina. (Prepared by the South Carolina Forest, Game and Fish Associa tion and the Conservation Society of South Carolina.) ?' -? v - *<. ' :;.v- ? y v ?, v - s- v . ^ \>reword ? The series of articles to >e published in these columns is pre ~ d by the ^Jouth Carolina Forest, 9 and Fish Association through ?*? secretary, Harry R. E. Hampton, and the Conservation Society of South Carolina, through its, president, James Henry^Rice, Jr., felloe in the Natip* $td Geographic ^Society of New York ?uad in the Royal Geographic Society of Tendon, and on& of the National Committee of 100 Naturalists, select ed ill the interest Vt Wild Life, a rec ognized1 authority on the Natural Re* I sources of South Carolina, and long a ?fifihter for their preservation. The South Carolina Eorest, Game and Fish Association is an organiza tion of sportsmen^conservationists with upwards of 2,000 members all over the state, who have banded to gether in the interest of our wild lifo and forests. The association will pre sent a program of law reform in the interest of these resources to the com ing session o? the General Assembly. This program will be treated in these articles in clue time. The information oontained in these articles ^yas warmly endorsed by many leading men, including the late Ferdi nand Jacobs of Clinton, who, at hi3 own expense, was to have"" published and distributed it in pamphlet form, wheriT" his death Intervened. THE REASONS FOR CONSERVA TION. ' ' The world, stocked with * plant und animal, flower and fruit, with inex haustible beauties to delight heart and soul, was created for man. God turn ed It over to Adam und his descen dants in the beginning. It was li goodly possession. In the ages nince, man has lived on the bounty of nature ? whether he dug it out of the pyound, took toll of the water or the forest, grew craps, or pastured his flocks on mountain or plain.* For thousand's, of years the human population was pitifully small, com pared with the tast store uround it. There was t no occasion to husband natural resources. Small In numbers., the capacity of the race for destruction was limited. Clearing away forests was tslow and laborious; tilling noil equally r.o. Ships wer^_siow and of iight burden. Most of the world was without roads. Trans portation of commodities was Ceasi-? ble on a limited scale only. Men's 'weapons yore crude. Gunpowder has -been in use only a few centuries. The percussion cap is about 100 years old. Before that came, wing-shooting with the old flint-and-steel guns was an extraordinary feat, which few could compass. Muzzle-loading rifles and shotguns were the sole dependence . Within the memory of living men. Man had constant battle with wild toasts in much of the world. In parts \ot Asia and' Africa wild beasts were - too mUch for him. Gordon Cumming ; describes the hordes of game that \ swarmed over South Africa in 1850. ^ Tigfers wer$ so numerous and daring ilj India, they invaded ships, as.Capt. Alexander Hamilton testifies. Sir Scmuel BaTccr painti a vivid picture , of tbe wild life of Ceylon in 1800. {; Travellers in America, during the 18th ?and! first half of the 10th centuries, /relate stories' which smack of romance yet, all are truo. Four hundred thou sand bear hides wero snipped from the port of Charleston In uinKlo year and nearly 100, CO") deerskins. ??, ' Blocks of wild pigeons were esti mated in billions by Wilson iind Au dubon. As laTe aft 18!>0, a government, ?urvey showed above 40,000,000 buf faloes (ifiisons) on our western pralr Game was practically unlimited everywhere, ; The Carolina paroquet carpeted' the Woods of South Carolina for miles, ' like a vast greet! carpet. By 18B1 the last paroquet had disappeared front the at ate. In 1&07, frank M. Chap man found 15 individuals in one fl<Sck near Kiteimmee, Florida. Today there is probably not one on earth. $H*h and shellfish were abundant. U:p-Country rivers teemed with shad and herring each spring. Farmers hauled them home !n wagons. Down to M years ago, the Up-Coun y had numerous stands of virgin mberj Mid-"Couhtry and coast wore ?vered With pine and cypress/ both ' invmense si*?. Plantation pcrlau >rs, or dujjf-outs, requiring 80 men lo | m them, were made from a single hw?ll| An order from tfHTfeahk bfjl ngland for a shipload of pine sticks I feet Ion* and squaring 16 inches i the small ent*, was filled the whole South today. i By the middle 30*3 buffalo hand vanished from the western prairies, the wild pigeon had disappeared, save from a few nesting places and was ex tinct by the end of the century; the black bear was a curiosity; the wild turkey had become extinct in most of the eastern states; the beaver Wai? gone; eik had retreated across the Mississippi; the prairie chicken was vanishing; naval stores operators had made a graveyard of the extensive yellow pine forests. ? "Hero is a tree," 3aid Arthur T. Wayne, the naturalist, "which took God Almighty a hundred years to grow and two fools with a cross-cut saw can destroy it in 20 minutes." All means of destruction were mul tiplied, yet nature went on, making no haste, taking rto rest. Then it dawned, on men's minds that unless prudent use were made of na ture's bounties, serious inroads vwoul<I be made on the source. Many birds had become extinct, and not a few mammals. One of the tragedies of the world is the disappearance of a species, for it will not be seen again "Until there is a new heaven and a new earth." Hence .arises the demand for Con servation of our remaing natural re sources, now a live question in every land. Pew people realise that there are barely four acres of woods for every man, woman and child on the earth. Much of this is unsuited for timber. Much of it lies in mountains or in tropical forests. Single issues of the Sunday editions of metropolitan news papers take all the trees from six ac res of Jand! - / Stock taking of potential resources is in order, and stock has been taken by men who seek to offset waste and folly. The case is not hopeless. While the ?buffalo, the wild pigeon and much else have disappeared forever, forests e nough and game enough remain, pro vided they are conserved ? not other I wise. Rules Tor conservation were laid | laid down in the Pentateuch ? the I number of quail to be taken and the amountof manna to be. gathered 1 Ivloses, in the shadow of Mount Nebo, I charged the Israelites to leave the dam, or mother, when they took the eggs or young (cf. Deuteronomy, XXII: *0 and 7). The natural resour ces of the world 'can supply a -rapidly increasing population, only in case they are conserved. The basic idea of conservation is that man must re place what he takes away. He owes this to future generations. Ornithologists frave taught us that man can not exist without birds. With out them, insects would destroy crops, earth a desert. The more crops grown pastures and forests, and leave the the more food' is provided for insects. There is no choice. There must be conservation or devastation. Powers^ of .state and nation must' be invoked. The existence of the race is in ;oerii and half-way measures can' serve no purpose. When *f>eople are educated in the /aiue of natural resources, Conser vation is simple. So much is proinn on ? so many distractions, due to haste, waste and jfreed ? it is no easy uvifc ter to disseminate the facts. Yet such education is vital. For this purpose the Conservation Society of South Carolina was chartered. It is likewiso one of the ninrfs of the South Carolina Forest, Game and' Fish Association. Men and women must be made think bofore they ran understand. The issue must bo met by the man jhood and womftnhood of the state ? I "The best ye breed." I . FARM MEETINGS PLANNED I i | U. 9. Economist Coming To County ] In order to assist the farm people' ! of Kershaw County to better lay plans' for 19S2Land to assist them to deter mine What crops they Bhould produce and ih what amounts, County Agent Green is m?feing arrangements for a number of .Important meetings. The dates are being arranged and will be announced in a few days-. Mr. D. W. Watkins, Senior Ecpnom ist, U. S. D. A., has aovised Ac, Green that he will come Camden at an early date to conduct a general aut look meeting1. This hi most import ant in determing tho farm and busi ness policies for the future. Outlook work might well be called to tho eyes of Agriculture. Mr. Watkins, being the ernment, is in position to givo our peo Senior Economist for the U. S. liov pie valuable information and it is a distinction to have him come to Ker shaw County. Leading farmers, bankers and other business men have learned to use and appreciate this work and it is expect ed that this meeting will be a papular one. ? The farmer who operates without, this outlook information works in the dark to a large extent. Many a crop has been planted, cul tivated and harvested in Kershaw County and sold at a loss when had the farmer but known it was already foredoomed to bring him loss ? and the farmer could have known of its future outcome if he had had the op portunity of studying this- important outlook work as taught by the Gov ernment economists. How many of our farmers or other business men know now just what the 1932 outlook is for probable prices on cotton, corn, wheat, poultry, eggs, turkeys, potatoes, cows, cream and butter, oats, hogs, peanuts and mules? The outlook on some of these is pretty dark while others are fairly bright. But without knowing which is bright or which is dark how is the producer to know how to plan his 1932 opera tions? Outlook work is the front | sight for agriculture. Many people will ask "How could a Government economist Know what is ahead " Many people will say "That town man can't help me." Just the same these special afvnts of the Gov ernment do know, they have proven this many times before ?and they can help our people of this county if they will only listen. It will be a big opportunity for the peoiple of Kershaw County to hear Mr. Watkins, to be able to ask, him ques tions. Tell your neighbors about it and watch for the meeting date. Let's stop farming in the dark. Yours for a more enlightened and more successful agriculture. Respectfully, HENRY D. GREEN, County Agent. I STATE LEADING AGAIN IN | QUALITY OF COTTON. Clemson College, Dec. 14. Through the united efforts of farmers, cotton manufacturers, newspapers, seed breeders, agricultural leaders, and the Extension Service of Clemson^ College, South Carolina again leads the South eastern cotton producing states in the improvement of the quality of cotton, says R. W. Hamilton, extension agro nomist, who finds that G070 per cent of the 1931 South Carolina cotton crop was 15-16-inch staple or longer. Per centages for other Southeastern states are North Carolina 57.8, Georgia 22.9, and Alabama 15.5 per cent. Only the Delta states,, where true long staple i cotton is grown, Mr. Hamilton points out, exceeded^ South Carolina in per cent of quality cotton, Texas having 54.6 and1 Oklahoma 54 per cent of 15-16 or longer. "In J 925 only about 15 per ccnt of South Carolina's cotton crop was 15 J 6-inch or longer and very little of the state's crop could be used by local mills," Mr. Hamilton states. "The Extension Service in 192F> organized the five-acre cotton contest for the improvement of staple and yield |>er acre, and this contest has run for six years with the hearty cooperation of all Interests, approximately 5,000 farmers having ontered iluring the six years. Kach of these farmers planted seed of improved breeding, and each five acres' became a ! ource of good Reed not only for t-he entire farm of the contestant but for his neighbors. Thin widespread increas ed use of need that produces the de sired staple lengths accounts for ttm steady improvement in the quality of South Carolina qotton." STOCK HOLDBK8 MEETING. U Hereby gtoen that the. an- . nn^tl meeting of the stockholders of thfe/fc4delty Building A Loan Associ ation will be held at the office of W. F. Nettles, on Monday, January,, '18, 1932, at 8:80 *\ M. it ^mP.Nett^PrwJctypt ?j vr'^ j? ' ?"? i-tf/ ? j*?L IN INTEREST OF THE KINGDOM . . :s..; ? ; Biblical Signs of The Times % *-V V; Students of industry study the signs of the business world; students of political econqmy study the signs of present governmental conditions; students of astronofny observe the signs in the celestial heavens; stu dents of the word of God "study the Bible and relate the events of today in order to know what signs to look for. Read the newspapers for news, and read the Bible for the meaning. In the . scriptures we Christians are called "the children of the light, v and the "children of the day." Now as the day of -Christ draws near we should be conscious of its approach. The Lord has indicated some positive conditions of the day. We cannot af ford to ignore thom. Rather we are to read the Word and then wait for the manifestations of His appearing. We want to notice the signs of His appearing. Want to mention two: The times of the Gentiles, and the sign of Jerusalem. In Luke 21st chap ter and 24th verse our Lord said: ?'Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the time of the Gentiles be fulfilled." The times of the Gentiles began with the disper sion of the Children of Israel under the rule of Nebuchadnezzar (B. C. fi04-561) who carried them away cap tive. Theywil be under the dominion of the Gentiles until the King comes back. So we find that J^ruslem has been trodden down by the Gentiles as well as Palestine through all the centuries from Nebuchadnezzar down to the present time. The following gentile peoples have ruled over Pal stine and trodden down Jerusalem: The Amonites, the Canaanites, Egyp tians, Philistines, Assyrians, Baby lonians Greeks, Romans, Moslems, Persians. Crusaders,, Turks, and now the British. The gentile rule over Palestine and Jerusalem will last till our Lord returns to this earth to rule and reign in righteousness. Dan iel had a vision of them of this age, and saw ten great Kinfrdoms. These ten kingdoms are the gentile king doms, of Europe and Asia, consisting of England, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Syria," Roumania? Hungary, Turkey, Egypt. There is now under way in Europe a federation of na tions to be called the United States ofEurope. This has been advanced by. Briand of France, and the object is to strengthen the economic life of Europe. These ten kingdoms will occupy the same territory of the old Roman Empire, but will not include Ger many or Russia as they were not in the Holy Romn~Empire. The Jerusalem sign ? of being trodden down by the Gentiles. The city of Jerusalem has been beseiged, attacked, and destroyed', nearly two dojsen times in its history. No city in the world has been destroyed so many times and then arisen to a greater glory than before its de struction as has Jerusalem. Our IiCrd predicted its destruction, which took place in A. D. 70 under Titus with the Roman army. The city was burned, the walls battered down,, the citizens slain with the aword, hun dreds being nailed to - crosses along the roads leading for miles out from the pity of Jerusalem. Yet inspite of all this, it stands today as one of the most famous cities in all the world.' It has today great banks, fine hotels, (just recently a new million and a quarter dolar hotel has been completed, one of the finest hotels In all the orient), three railroad lines running* north, south and west, with bus fines running over to Bagdad, 150 miles to- the east. Trunk lines run into Jerusalem from all dlrec* tions, bring in goods, fresh fish from the Sea of Galilee. Jerusalem is the center of three great rligions, Judaism, Mohammedanism and Chris tinnity. Jerusalem has schools, a groat Hebrew university, hospitals modorn beautiful cemeteries, church es, both Protestant and Catholic, ca thedrals, synagogues, mosques, tele graph offices, consulates, dispensa ries where food and clothing are dis tributed to the poor and needy. What of tho future of Jerusalem? It makos no difference what the poli ticians say, cr the statesmen devise, Jerusalem wil yet be a greater city. There aro some 25 prophecies of Isaih I still unfulfilld. The prophet says: "For Zions sake will I not hold my peaeo, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest until the righteousness there of go forth as brightness as a lamp that burtleltfi." (Isa. 62:1. )God has not ffiven up Jerusalem and will not till ovary prophecy ha* been fulfilled, for it is In tho city of Jerusalem that Christ is to sit on the throne of David, and rule In power and right eousness. Oohie Lord , Jesus, come quickly. And the Lord sftld unto Moses, Wherefore erlest thou unto me? Speak unto the children of Israel that th.y go torwwd. E*. H;tt. No more critical moment ^ver fac ed a man or a nation than when God spoke the above words/ Israel, flee ing from Egypt, were confronted by the sea, and threatened from the rear by a pursuing army. There was no escape to right or left. If a people ever needed God, it was now, yet, when the cry of panic reached His ears, he threw responsibility for de liverance back upon themselves. Wherefore criest thou unto me? It is your duty to go forward. In the whole incident is a fine ex ample of how God works together with men. He intended to save his people, -and he did save them, but salvation came only when they be stirred themselves, and stepped out resolutely to do that which any eye could see was impossible. Doubtless God honors the some kind of faith, of courage, of obedient ini tiative today. When times are hard it seems to many a time of despair and retreat. The hands hang down, and the knees are feble, and the voice is raised in the lamentable cry, Save, Lord, or we perish, and then comes the answer from God that, You have salvation in your own hands. Go for ward, and the way will open. Here are some steps toward de liverance from present evils: the mind disciplined out of its demands | for luxury; cultivation of a horror of debt; realiztion tht dollar will buy so much and no more a sober valu ation of the things for which money At The Change A! Critical Time In JSvery Woman's Life. "During a critical time in my life I took Cardui for several months. I had hot flashes. I would sud denly get dizzy and seem blind. I would get faint and have no strength. My nerves were on edge. I would not sleep at night. "Cardui did won ders for me. I rec ommend it to all women who are pass ing through the criti cal period of change. I have found it a fine medicine "?a/?. nettio Murphy, Poplar Bluff, Mo. Cardui is a purely vege table medicine- and con tains no dangerous drugs, T ' . . ?-?7? Thedford'u Black-Draurht ft> | Constipation, Indigostlon, ana BlHoustioaa. can be spent; essential concentrated upon; recognition 'that God's work is always an essential, and that pros perity is promised to those who hon or with th<*ir * tithes and offerings; industry, sobriety, frugality, honesty, love, and heexercise of sound c6m mon sense. Regular communication of ^thia lodge is held on the first Tuesday in each month at 8 p. m. Visiting Brethren are welcomed. W. R. CLYBURN, . E. ROSS, Worshipful Master. Secretary. M. M. REASON OVER ? Legion Service Officer, Kershaw County Assistance rendered all Veterans in Securing. Benefits, Hospital and Disability Claims. Headquarters in Legion Hall, over Sowell's Drug Store, DeKalb St. Camden, S. C. BICYCLE FOR SALE? good second hand bicycle for sale. Cheap. Ap ply to Jenkins Repair Shop, 926 Broad St., Camden, S. C. FOR SALE ? Tabby Carlos place in Oartersville. House and ^lot of one half acre. House has four rooms and hallway. Apply to Phyllis l Warren, Chestnut St. 4tpd FOR SALE: Large and small tracts of the most valuable land in the County for huntinpi preserves and agriculture. None better. One nice country home. Prices in keep ing with times. C. G. ROWLAND, Sumter, S. C. DeK ALB COUNCIL NO. 88, JR. O. U. A. M. meets in regular council, the 2nd and 4th Monday oi each month, at 8 o ? :iock. Visiting members welcome. A. W. HUMPHRIES, Councilor. Li H. JONES, Rec. Sec. EYES EXAMINED ? and ? GLASSES FITTED THE HOFFER CO. CAMDEN, S. C. Jewelers & Optometrists ?WILSE W. MARTIN HARNESS AND SADDLE MAKER ffbutfeaale I<eatk.?r and Shoe FinAmf* Auto Top Maker and Rep*ir?r HI bB DBALBK 1114-16-18 Hampton St. P1m?? 68M COLUMBIA, 8. C. Job Printing THAT PLEASES We are prepared to lurnish you with all kinds of printing at the lowest possible prices. 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