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-■,,^ .. ■;" ■, ■' JE iJV^A' ■ ■ " ;. ■■ j ..... -■.;. ■ -vyr ■ ■. ■ .. '/ : t ‘ FAGE TWO THK CAMOm CHf mCLl, CAMOm, tOUTH CAWOUHA, PWlOAY, MAY 2G 1f44 % The Outlook For Rubber In the U. S. Roter W. Bkhsoo Say»^Situa> tkm U ImproToiK/ Bobson Park, Mast., May 26.—From a ciTiltan point of rlew the tire sitna- tion is cnirently more critical than the gasoline supply. The production of synthetic rubber will about equal, by the end of this year, our inventory of natural crude rubber, namely about 600,<K)0 tons, irhich K was on hand at the end of 1941. Mean* while all natural rubber and most of the synthetic must go for mill* Flashes From the County Agents Office By W. C. McCarleyv<Coanty Agent AAA Lime To date farmers In Kershaw county have ordered 306 cars of lime, 75 of which have been delivered. The do* livery of lime to the county has been slow but arrangements have been made whereby lime mined in South Carolina will be delivered to farmers by truck direct, which means that more will be delivered lust as soon as the company that is mining this lime gets under way. Anyone interested in putting in application for lime should contact Mr, J, D. Crawford at the AAA office. Get Harvesting Machinery Ready The grain harvest is right on us. Get the combines, binders and thrashers in proper order nowi ~Tbey tary purposes. The **1*^^*^ *“l^lhsve a big war job to do. Valuable4- I P*-^-Ttime is lost in tuning them up and Ucularly acute. I making repairs when the grain is do, howevCT, b^ ready to cut. This year, of all years, lleve that the end must make every hour count with of our rubber shortage is in sight the little labor we have But do not think that tires for clvili* Qood SUnds Being Secured ans are just around the comer. | Reports from all sections of the county are to the effect that, follow* ing the bad start we got, excellent Natural Rubber Data With all pre-Pearl Harbor .sources of natural rubber shut off, our major cotton and com are being supply now comes from the Island of Ceylon. In addition, some is coming out of the revived Amaxon River val* Tey dUtrict. We also are picking up ! a little Mexican Ouayule and perhaps 1” “ a small amount of natural rubber from Tn^f«r^nf Brazil and from Africa. However. ***^*“« with the exception of Ceylon, the great Middle Blast sources are natur- ally out until we lick Japan. OB the land is of Importance at this time. In some cases where a drop planter was used farmers are planning Our cou.uu.ptloo of uaturui rubbur, lui"J'.l;‘bnl tl'r'SirL'i.* •nil remember that It li ell tor the * “ ‘ military. Is e8timate*(l at 150,000 tons per hill that they have The equivalpnt of about one stalk for 1944 This comnares with an >11 inches of row is none too purpose uw T iaTurri in 1943 cot- amounting to 340,000 tons and in 1942 1°^ m^u“hJie^t”5iJt wa^!S to 870.000 tons. .Our stock pile at LcuiJf ch^k till uswlly reve“ the beginning of the year was about ,v.e ^ ..... liA non hAiim •i*h e_a avoragos nearer a stalk every 140.000 tons with receipts esUmated J,*J * on" ‘ ■ at 80,000 tons. We will cut our in- i?, * three sUlks to the «>n»/bnr lei iimu K.thKm r.# iftej I*I>out every ten inches is a goot Tenter, in h.Hb,jtbe •»« «t »«• .Im, Then we will llkel, (et It .bout What About Synthetic? light The production of synthetic rubber a Year to Top Dresa Heavily was slow in getting underway but in- with labor as scarce and high as crewed in 1943 from a January pro- it is, we need to make every pound ductlon of 600 tons to a December of crop we can from every acre that production of 39,000 tons. The entire we tend with this high and scarce y®**"^* work produced under 185,000 labor. To get this maximum produc- tona or about one-half our toUl 1942 tlon from the acres that we do tUl consumption. Synthetic production top dressing should be stepped up capacity has expanded rapidly during That is the only way to set It 19M and for March, 1944, reached an annual output rate of 670,000 Ions. As , , .... No longer does Berlin or Tokyo are exceeding their rated oa- whine that no one here’ understands jmclty. output should progressively her. It is as well. There is a llml ; rise. I estimate for the full year that even to the compassion of our narole about 870,000 tons will be made. boards. Who Will Get Our Rubber? | Our 1944 American rubber consump- tion should look sotneihlnif iigft this; 30,000,000 'Nalural crude 160.000 Postwar Outlook Reclaimed 260,000 Natural rubber, and perhaps tota Synthetic 700!000 *uppllea, will be short for from two to five years after the war. Tons 1,100,000 ^®*'® ®ome time to clear up The dlfferenoe betweeh our syn- plantations after the thetlc production of say 870,000 tons driven out. Not much more and of the 700,000 tons which we use. 250.000 tons a year for the first or about 170,000 tons, will be lend- ^***’®® y®**’" *>® expected leased or stocked for our future use. f*"®*” pre-war sources. The Unltet All natural reclaimed will be used or will require 1.000,000 set aside for war purposes. Out of ®f rubber annually which may the above synthetic supply about 18,* dose to BO per cent of the needs 000.000. tires will be made this year entire world. Estimating our for civilians against an estimated Production of synthetic at 1,000000 ^ tons It looks as though our synthetic js Bt*a • ~ ■ plants might have 100 per cent ca CAII Wltanilll^ KP^tni'A operation ahead of them for vail 1IUIIIIIII9 ncaiuic « fe-W. years after the war is over, but after 1960 look out! Why Farmers Should Buy and Hold War Bon^ by Charles H. Merdiant Head, Dept, of Agricultu^ Ecottomice tin Jnivenity of Maine W E ARE winning this global war but final victory may be a long way off. We all hope the end is near, but we must plan for a long war, one which may last two or more-years. Certai^, it is disheartening to think that much proud to share in this privilege, m fact, w^shoukl sacrifice to 1^ la m of our fighting on both the Euro- la Asia! pean and Asiatic fronts is ahead of us, accompanied by long casu alty lists. Unpleasant as £is out- look aroesTA it is .much- l)etter than being enslaved by the mur> derous and plundering dictators of Germany and Japan. Hitler was right when he stsited that this would be a tot^ war. All of us must share its responsi bilities and endure ha many sacri- ficea. Unfortunately, all of ua can- <not share them equally. It is the farmer’s job and hia pert in this war to pimuce farm products aa never baore, under the most try ing shd difficult conditiooa.* la some eooatries food srs> dseed by farmers Is 'tekea away frc« them, bat hfnre ia Amerlea Ikrmdrs ta geaeral receive gob^prlees for tteir farm pr^ets. Soma el extra money received should many War Bonds as possible. The Bonds farmers buy will help to shorten the war and at the same time form the soundest in vestment ever known. Tiiese Bonds will give the greatest return to farmers and others if they are held until maturity. Also by hold ing them you will help materially ip ^^venting^ -infiation now and after the war. Let us pause just a moment and analyse the situation. In general, farmers have surplus funds with which they would like to buy ma- diinery, equipment, and many other things for the farm and the home. But all of these things are not available in the quanti^ de sired: Therefore, farmers simply must go without them at least un til they become available. It is just common sense that all of these things viiich the farmers would like to buy, and many of them are dei^rateiy needed, will not be available the day after the war is over or even within a year. Dur ing this time and probably-longer Ite go lata the purchase of War fUrndM ■ ' fhr tha jaaaciag of this war. All most hay War Beads, for oar boys at tha froat mast be the host trained and eqoipped liters hi tha world. It Is maoh better te saeiiieo material and eqnipmcat ttua tha Ufa ef yoaTWy or that of fMl there is going to be a strong demand and good prices for farm products. Hence, most farmers will want to hold meir War Bonds. In sizing up the entire situation' it looks luce taa uf e er yov aey or taat or |emMMlghbor's sou ea the hat* The purchase of War Bofods is a privilege and each of us'should be good sound business for farmers to Iniy all the War Bonds po^ble and plan to hold them until maturity unless the cash is desperately needed. Thus, farmers are helping their coimtry in financing the war and in pre venting inflation by helping them selves. V. S. Trttmry Dtftrtmmi • 2. A nationwide empio johconnseUng eerrlce. 8. Government guarantee 60 per cent of loans to v« terest on the gdaranteed the loans woald be paid eminent for two years, and i interest Would be limited to Ik, cent a year. Such loans m«st the purchase or constnictloiirf, homes and business property 4. Educational allowances f* year training courses for all yZL and additional education eqmi^ veteran's length of military , up to a maximum of thre* This would be available to aiT erans 24 years old or under ^ others whose education was rupted by induction. Payments r Camdoi High Places Winners In Contest Winners in the Sodlh Carolina High School League mental contest in con temporary affairs were announced re cently by the personnel bureau of the University of South Carolina. This year 3,165 contestants from 46 par ticipating schools entered the con test, representing all high school grades. The mental contest program, con ducted annually by the State High School League, was restircted this year to the one contest in contemp orary affairs. The contest examina tion, published for high schocds by the American Council on Education, contained questions on six different areas of contemporary affairs: polit ical and military events; social and economic events; science and medi cine; literature; fine arts, music knd drama; and amusements (sports mov ies, etc.). Although the examination was de signed primarily for upper high school students, some schools entered eighth and ninth grade contestants, an ap preciable percentage of whom won places id the honors list The list of winners was restricted to the highest- scoring five percenf of the oonteflt- ants throughout the state. Winners in this contest from Cam den high school were: Skpttowe De>. Pass, Bobby Horton, WUllam Shan non Lindsay, Ted Hall Marshall, Wal do Brown Marshsm, Samuel Newton Nicholson, Edwin Itevis Partin, Wil liam Sumter Reasonover, Molly Ruth Redfeam, Willie Alfred Smyrl. Prisoners of War Washington. May 24—A Bubcommlt- tee of the House Foreign Affairs com- Imlttee has been appointed to de- • termlne whether or not any Improve- .a.Tuient iments can be made In the plan now tuition provided this hu’ (Operating to assist American civilians ^ ^ and servicemen and women ^ho are allowance of |50 a mo’nJfc being held by the Japanese. This additional »26 a month fw J we€k we *re folding hearings and dependants. ^ pbtaining testimony--from—the. § Increased hogpltalizatioB~ Navy and State departments on the veterans with the om question. These three departments necessary sums be apnroa and the American Red Cross now are needs arise, working to Assist the Americans held Veterans Hospitals by the Japanese, ani it seems that ^>1,0 Veterans’ Adminlstrstlo. the general expert opinion here now ^j,0 Service Forces ar> . is thak-Hippolntment of an additional operating 860 hospitals in the nJ commission or additional groups^to do gj^tes and overseas with a the same type of work might not be ^ nallllon beds. In ST helpful. Whether or not ^Is Is M is 35 goo b^s are now available is 1 something we honestly don t know ^0^^ hospitals for emergen® and which we are trying to find out. 35,000 beds in mobile units l Because of the nature of the treat- big total bed capacity avatktbT ment accorded prisoners by the Jap- overseas of 626,000—suffl^ anese and the difficulty in dealing any ^ar load. We can be aasnrM t with this enemy, we will have to gervlcemen will receive »ii move slowly, m we certainly dont jime, ,n all theaters of ww want to do anything which will barm ^0,^ |j0gt hospitgllxatlon and m our men out thwe or conflict with wherever they are. The vu the work now being done to help Administration, which dosli ^bem. ^ ai.*_ {receive servicemen until they sre veterans’ Aid . charged from a servlce-operatel I The Hoilse of Representatives pkss- pltal, has developed a 304,1 ed unanimously last week a bill program to make available bi_^ establishing a broad post-war veter- well-situated hospitals in every^ ans’ aid program which will Include tlon of the country, employment service, unemployment. compensation, loans for business and] homes, educational subsidies and hos pitalization. The program will be supervised by the Veterans* Admtn- istrstion. The House version of the bill ib- cludes the following five'major pro visions: L Unemployment compeiuation ofj $20 a week for a maximum of 26 weeks. YES FOLKS “SHOT* COX IS NOW LIEUTENANT Hugh (Shot) Cox, one of the out standing football contributions to Camden grid history, is now a Lieut, in the United States Marines. Hugh received his commission following his graduation from the Marine school at Quantico, Va. Members of his family, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cox, Mill street, was hopeful that he will receive a leave so that be may visit them before being assigned to further duty. Buy War Bonds and Stampi ySrCOLD_^ DISCOHrOVTt MDCf'TIMKTirr POP KOLA BIGGEST THIRST VALUE UNDER THE SUN POP KOLA Sold In Bettctr Stores In Camden and Vicinity Color to CRAY HAIR?^ la tMts with fray toliwl peoj>l«, a lewflnc WMaekMpinc Bifigaxiiie. uaing UM *‘anti rray balr vitamin.’' (mind 8SC oi thcM tMtvd nad aomeauooeaa. CKAYVITAconuina the toted •Blount o( thia rrmarkabte jritamln I’LUS 4SO Sat. tin «nitao( lii.Cet ORAYVITA «¥>•, SOday $1AQ. 100 day*' $4.00. Rbooa DeKALB PHARMACY Tire Company Securities Tire company .stocks, while selling nf about llieir best prices since the w:tr. may not be um iiigh. but .1 do not know. Karnings for 1!M1 should ri.ii cl :: to lUi!? ;tnd dividends m.iy run t li tie higher a- provi.slOns fur po huar conversion and oth-r re.-.,, ■ ^ li.ive iieeti largely i(ikt'-n (••'ire of. i’or lon^i ierm and a • a business nian'-= 11: k I .’iiu noi~adV^ re. th-- be -t tire •• U Her. in rdl otli. i ;l;ii tiotis )' f man.i .i iiu i^s ••vji.aeally - i‘i(h hai.: the ,.;:iiuhiic ^'f ■‘ ::I provide t! , 1.. » profit-. I ill ■h. V - ✓ < -f*' /- p k to ov r; iCdi Lv i .ilv t\vo 1 li a ^ f I'-c f . ‘ ■ f • i—. ' 'TN f . - - - I -4 **— /V * J 1 I k I t u . t -.J. \ ‘ % \ * ^ • -J}; ;• A- L'.r 4 » a » w » V, ^ ^ f 0 0 0 '■'vil ... IN SPARKLING Palmetto Cleatned Clothes It pay* in many -ways tq be well groomed. Spot less clothing is a most important part of appearing neat and attractive. Keep up your personal appear ance. Send yoiir clothes regularly to our cleaners^ CKir expert service will keep ytu fi^sh and immaculate . . . and so very self-ccmfident. 4 * donyerpoints ■ v\ • ' a Sat'es fffose 6ejr/afs onc^pisfjn rings,. •. Thb,amxrican Petroleum Institute recuounenda changing oil re^ularb'. It’s equeliy important to use a ^ooef motor oil like Oulipride, “The World’s Finest Motor Oil,’* or Gulflube, an extra-quality oil that coats a few cents less. ^^icanyjd^,? ** ** bum more m m ■*** power; a Palmetto Dry Cleaners, Inc. •AfOififi ponrtti im attack • • . oon't WAtri a mopi •R All .w.—.—.- To Inip ysor Gidt Dsm>« ^ thoroagli J4»k ea •a • 9 last DSKalb SItmL PItejM • \ ' li y.