The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 02, 1944, Image 7
TWt CAM0EW* CHWOWIOt.1. CAMPltf tOUTH CAROLIWA, rUlPAYt JUNE a, 1»I4
PAOK tCVtN
SPORTS
From th« Skipper's Desk
ii*
The Milwaukee Bre*eei% leader*
J"; ”erlcan association fw
JJted Toledo 28 to 0 laat Th*
5, AA leagu*
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«neo M a sport, la dead In many
iunltles of toe nation havln*
.Z, declared to be a gamblim nnl-
^re In Milwaukee three women
.ho were caught engaging to a bingo
;;5t were fined ten bucks each.
e^ll Blatz came from a family of
i.«,wer».. He died several weeks ago
lad in bis will he lefi the cMQr of
tli^auKee $1,7(XM»<r to IBulTd^ iwerea-
tlonal center*. Several year* ago he
LiUt a Temple of Music in one of the
Milwaukee parks at a cost of $350,000
Milwaukee will remember Emil Blatz
(or a long tlme.^ ^ ^
tsmile a military inspection can not
exactly be described as a sporting
erent and probably has no place un
der a sport caption, this writer be-1
lieves t^t there was and is a big
elemen^ofrsportlngness in the ranks
of Coihpany" E, the home guard unit
The officers-of the command and the
^listed men in the ranks deserve all
kinds of praise for their jred-blooded I
sporting sense in giving of their time
toward the protection of the home |
front .
« * • •
Company E enjoyed its annual in. I
spection last Thursday night and the
show went off beautifully. Colonel
John C. Hill, Inspection officer and!
who is with the United States army,
had-only worda of praise Tor the Cam-1
den soldiers.
* • • •
Again turning to the sport angle—I
Captain Steve Clybum needs more!
men on his team. How about some of
you fellows who are able bodied and!
have the interests of the home front
at heart, Joining up. There are 441
enUsted men on the E team now.
There should be double that number.)
War Bonds
and the Farmer
by J. L. Temumt
HeocJ, Oepg. of AgricultmnU Economics
Bb<^e Island State Gdlege
Charles Cashatt
Wins Essay Contest
Charles Cashatt, Blaney High school
Senior, was county winner of the
Essay contest on Soil Consolation,
sponsored Jointly by the South Caro
lina Bankers association and the
Lynches River SpU Conservation Dis
trict suppervlsor. Mr. Blzby, school
luperlntendent at Blaney, awarded
the winner a |26 war bond at the
closing exercises of the school. These
contests were held in each county
throughout the state and the awards
were made possible by contributions
from individual banks in the stata
Gaude CamplmU, also a Blaney sta- three-fourths has been damaged
dent, was declared aeoond place win- jjy ^^igtlon and exhaustive crop.
ping systems. There are four bUlionl
„ • — *1... *cree of cultlvatable land in the world 1
people. This is
such natural foW(MMi^ wind and person, and It la said
I one-half acres per per
il^ rf^^ needed. to~4>rodnce food-
thb e^lon^b^ ▼Wtotti^i^wto ® adequate diet Much of the eroded j
and poor land must be cultivated to
<^get the necessary food requirements.
New and better ways of farming
can be achieved only through soU |
Soil conservation In-
the land until it became unproductive
and moved on because there was more
land to the west
Today agriculture is being threat
ened by the basic soil resources being
lost in large proportions. In America
about 60 million acres hav^ been
eroded until it cannot be used for
farming. Some of this is in forest
used for raising wild life or for limit
ed grazing. Another 50 million acres
are ready to be abandoned as far as
cultivation Is concerned. About one-
fourth to three-fourths of the topsoil
has'been destroyed on another one
hundred million acres and two million
more acres damaged. There are about
four billion tCTes of cnltivatahle land
in the - world 'and only about one-
fourth of this is real good laud. The
ner. Casbatt’s essay follows:
Boll Er^on
the land. Erosion is slowed up and
topeotl develops faster than it can
be destroyed by normal erosion. As
soon as this vegetative growth sraa
destroyed the bsl^ of nature waa_^goQgg^^t,OQ
broken and erosion started taking'
place.
When America was first settled,
only a few of the farmers tried to
prevnit soil erosion. They worked
mMHU
JiKD
RHEUMATISM
SUFFERERS
Here’s quick rcliel Get a full
home treatment of DMC PRE
SCRIPTION No. 49 today. Some
people would spend a fortune to
find relief from the excruciating
pain of Arthritis, Rheumatism
and similar ailments, but spend
ing a fortune is not necessary
now. TTie pries of DMC No. 49
is reasonabls and results are
suaraTTtpsH
OeKALB PHARMACY
creases the per-acre yield and main
tains the soil. The basic principle of
soil conservation is prevention and
control of erosion and conservation of
rainfall.
Much of the erosion is caused by
wasteful land-iue practices being
baphasardly applied. When toe land
[Is eroded loo~~had1y to be cultivate^
it can be helped by planting leaps-
desas and Kudsu. Kudsu and leaps-
dssas are good for grazing and hay,
for holding soil, reducing silting, les
sening run-off and increasing farm
Incomes. • '
Conservation farming in the United
States has increased the per-acre
yield about 80 per cent and In some
places 40, 50 and 100 per emit or mors
per acre. Very little additional money,
time, labor, fuel or machinery has
been used. A 20 per cent Increased
production la equal to adding a sixth
farm to every flvs farms now in cul
tivation.
Soil conservation Is the only way
by which we may have a permanently
producOre land tw pennanOTt agrt
culture for supportluj the uetlou. A
J
radnates of Red
Sross Courses To
Be Given Awards
Inwited To Attend
GradtuitioQ Program
Tonight.
COtTND farm management sug>
^ gests that funds should be re
served now to pro',nde for depre
ciation. for insurance against riste,
and for expected future outlays.
The purchase of War Bonds is one
of the best ways to conserve such
savings.
Every experienced farmer knows
he must keep buildings iA repaif,
and that machinery wears out or
becomes obsolete. In our present
crisis, many of the outlavs needed
to maintain the farm plant must
be deferred. The lumber, min
erals and chemicals now produced
and our skilled and unskiUgd labor
must be used to produce foods and
fibre, build ships, make airplanes,
and provide the other goo^ and
services essential to the prosecu
tion of the war.
As our farm machinery gets old
er, as buildings ^ without paint
ing, and with minimum attention
to, other repairs, these needs
grow. When the war is over, our
industries again will make civilian
S oods. Saving money and build-
ig a reserve through the pur
chase of War Bonds now, will
enable a farmer to buy the equip
ment and the other goods arc
services which then will be avail
able.
Savings Are Beaeieigl
The savings from current in
come should include funds to re
place household equipment and
furnishings, to buy new equipment,
and to install n water system, n
central heating plant, electricity,
or some other service vtoich wU
add^to the conyenience and com
fort of family Uvi^.
A back-log in War Bonds will
help to carry the farm businesa
throu^ a year in wbldi expenses
exceed the returns. Fanning Ja
siAtJect'tcriSl^tiazards. A fow
of the risks are price dbanges,
unftivoraMe weather, the outbreak
of disease, toe attack of a destruc
tive insect, and tha sodden illness
of toe openitor. Growers of cash
crops know that prices vary from
ybar to year. &vings set aside
during years when prices are rela
tively high, win h^ to carry tha
business throu^ a year when re
turns are small. A potato grow
ler who put part of his receipts
from the 1942 and 1943 crops into.
War Bonds will find such a re
serve is extremely helpful in a
year of low prices. A few hun
dred dollars in War Bonds are
very useful when the farm family
faces an emergency as a result
of a serious illness or accident.
In planning for the futiu'e of the
fami^ or the business, each farm
operator will find reserves for a
^dfic purpose are desirable,
with one it will be a provision
for the education of child^; with
another funds for retirement may
be important. With a young man
especially, such reserves wul fur
nish the first payment for the pur*
chase of a farm. A farmer who
owns the land he operates will find
such a fund useful if and when an
opportunity to purchase additional
land develops.
Saving Time Taries
The time of the year when mcm-
ey to buy War Bonds is available
varies with the type at farming.
On dairy farms income usually Is
received monthly or semimontoly.
The expenses of the poultry farm
er are heavy during the months
that chickens are being raised.
Producers of cash crops have large
outlaws during the planting and
growing seas<».
But depreciation is continuous.
Therefore, irrespective of the tspe
of farming, definite provision
should be made to reserve in War
Bonds part of the receipts from
sales of crops, livestock, or liv»-
stock products. .
UnltM States War Bonds may
be bought in various amounts and
are redeemable. For every $3.00
invested, $4.00 will be retuined at
the end^ of 10 jrears. Thisyjir#
mfc. The IrSercsf rate compares
favorably srith that from sa; ‘
deposits. Investing in War
helps to finance the war. Follow
ing the srar, such savings will pro*
vide toe fajrm operator with tha
cash to buy improvements for his
farm and home; to educate his
children: and to do. the other
things which he or his family wish
to UMertak^ at a time when loans
may be difiScult to obtain.
U. S. Trmmtry DtfaMmmi
YOU CAN STILL
HAVE
WHILE-YOU-WAIT
SERVICE
Don’t Wnnr Rim-Dovm HboIs Wlien It Tnkoa But
A Fow Mmutaa To Afi« Now Ouoa. Stop
In mii Hnvo It Dome Today!
AUJJN’S SHOE SHOP
broad IFTREET '
Tm Notice
Beghuiing June 1st, a 15 per
cent Pcnalfy will be added to
all unpaid 1943 Gty Taxes.
LOUISE W. BOYKW,
Qty Cieiic
census taken in 1939 showed of the
three hundred nlnety-eight million
acres cropland 40 million acres
should be. retired to permanent grass
or forest The other S58 millloa
acres are suitable for cultivation. The
sarvey showed that there are one hun
dred thirty-two million acres of grass-
land that is plowable and 34 million
acres of plowable woodland. To plow
up this land would be unwise be.
cause the lutlon needs the beef, milk,
butter and wood which is produced on
this land. It showed that approxi
mately 122 million acres need contour
plowing, 81 million need drainage,
240 million need crop rotation, S3 mil
lion acres would be helped by ter
racing and 90 million by strip crop-
Pti«.
Soil erosion Is costing the farmer
millions of dollars per year. Erosloa
is carrying off about toree billion
tons of
possible
the amount of soil that is carried
away by erosion, btft it amounts to
about 400 million dollars annually
on American farms. At fertiliser
prices the amount of plant food lost
every year Is worth millions of dol
lars. Most of these losses tell on
the 30 million farm people, but the
effects of soil erosion usmfily extend
far beyond the farm. Soil from erod
ed 1«m! te filHog -uy reservoirs, ~drahi-~
age ditches, navigable streams and
harttprs. Erosion not only decreases
the value of the land bat the silt fills
up toe streams, sad It has destroyed
plant and animal Ufq. It iq deereaa-
ing our valuable wildlife population
every yegr.
Many of the praeUoes now us$d to
control soil erosion date back in one
form or another to prehistoric times.
Most of these practlMs hare been hn-
proved during the last few years.
Now both new and Improved methods
are nsed together effectively.
Eroeion can not be adequately con
trolled nnlees every acre is treated
according to its needs and adaptabili
ties. Cultivation should be confined
ai^far as poulble to the more nearly
level parte of the farm. The placee
too steep to cultivate, the galled and
other eroded spots should be planted
for permanent pasture, meadows or
fog^t. The conservation farmer has
an arrangement of pasturei, meadows,
cultivated fields, sraoda, water ways
and stock ponds that fit toe lay of
toe land, the climate, tha typa of
Mdl and toat ytrttcular form. Crop
lands should always be formed in ro
tation, on toe dovel or In eontour
the
-They-are also
tablee for the
tables and. meats. -
building some new
cannery.
The eleminatlon for the Future
Farmer speaking contest was held in
chapel May 18. Duglas Barfield won
first place. His subject was "Food
is a Weapon of War.” The oth^
speakers were Howard McDowell,
whose subject was “Second Beach
head,” and Thomas Faulkenberry,
whose subject was “Soils At War.”
An interesting program will be
given at the Red Cross headquarters
on Broad street Friday evening at 8
o’clock when the county chapter
awards certificates to the members
of the graduating class In Nurses’
Aids, Home Nursing, First Aid and
Staff Assistance.
In addition, a war fund certificate
win be preeenled to Major MouUrie
Brailsford, president of the counjy
chapter,'for the succeesful completion
of the war fund drive. Two 'certifi
cates will be presented to Mrs. Leon
Schloeburg for her outstanding work
as chairman of the 1943 and 1944 War
Fund drives.’
Special musical numbers will be
given during the evening. An invi
tation is extended to the public to
attend the program, which Is to be
Held out of doors at the headquarters
area. The canteen corps will serve
refreehments during the evening.
The following are the list of gradu
ates of toe various courses who are
to receive certificates.
Nurses' Aid corps: Mrs. John Lang
ford, chairman; Miss Margaret Mc-
Caskill, instructor: Mrs. Mary Booh-
er, Mrs. May Nell Davis, Anns May
OodwIn, Mrs. Lula O. Hinson, Nan
Ingram, Mrs. U. N. Myers, Inez Park
er. Mrs. Alva Rush and Mrs. Margue
rite S. Stogner.
Home Nursing corps, Mrs, Qrainger
Oaitber, chairman; Mrs. A. H. Beahrs,
instructor: Mrs. Wlllle Cameron, Mrs.
Clarence Christmas, Mrs. David L.
Melton, Jr,, Mrs. Joe Nelson. Miss
Cornelia Oliver, Mrs. Spain Shirley
and Mrs. Edna Watkins.
Staff Assistance corps* Miss Vir
ginia Green, chairman; Miss Green
instructor: Dorothy Van Lue Ra-
beeb. Dense Smith Harrison, Ann
Fish Sawyer. Mary Q. Stuart, Sarah
Pethel- Woden, and Ethel €.HAtesr
A total of 56,326 Spanish political
prisoners have been granted condi
tional liberty in the last year, leaving
about 25,000 still held.
KERSHAW LODGE NO. ft, A. F. M,
RNPilar OommuaieatliMi
First Tuesday of Esidl
Month. At t P. M. Vlsltoni
Welcome. ^
J. C. BOFFMAN, W. M.
J. BL ROSS, Beersftavy.
strips and terraoes built for land pro
tection. Gullies should be pleated in
a permanent cover crop and smal
soil bolding dams built.
On any given farm the effects of
soil erosion are slow in appearing ac
cording to the type of soil and the
way it is used. When the top soil is
removed the crop yi^ds begin to de
cline and the income also declines. As
the topsoil is removed, more fertiliser
and more rainfall is required. In
short, as soil erosion increases, the
Job of farming becomes more and
more difficult, more costly and less
profitable. Finally H becomes im
possible to make a living and the
land la abandoned. It is a bad sttna-
Reviews Work of
The DeKalb F. F. A.
The Baron DeKalb chapter of the
Future Farmers of America, in re
viewing its activities of the year,
find that sveu though the program
of work for the year waa not com
pleted. H haa done something tot
the, war and for its community. Dur
ing the y«i^ the chapter members
Elive^iteld and^~Eoaght $3,760.00 worth
of bonds and stamps. They also col
lected and sold several hundred lbs,
of scrap iron and other salvage ma-
terlaL * '
Even though there has been
icarlcity of material for shop work
toe boys have made a few arttdee
for home convenienclee. They have
also built a farm trailer to be used
by the School and the diapter.
This year several hundred bushels
of cotton seed were treated with
oeresan to control fungus diseases,
but by having a trailer to use the
chapter expects to carry on a more
extensive seed tresting campslgn next
year.
The chapter also .grew and sold
whon it Is multiplied thousands of
times over the United States a prob
lem develops which affects tbe en
tire Nation’s economic and' social life,
soil every year. It is lm-| Unless some effort is made to prevent
to place an exact value on I **** control soil erosion, and if it con
tinues to take place at the present
rate, we can never hope to achieve a
sound and lasting natlonsl prosperity
is this country.
Recovering From
Tropical Ailment
Wavstl HoepTtal. ^klahd, Calif.—A
veteran of 65 days of combat on
Bougainville, including a major ac
tion In toe Plva Valley section there
oq November 24. Marine Corporal
James McCrae Thornton, 20, of 609
DeKalb St., Camden, is now convalesc
ing here from a tropical ailment,
"After all the bad weather we bad
and the toings we went through wjth
at Bougainville. I don’t think I’ll ever
complain again,” 'I%oniton said.
Overeeaa for about 17 monthe, CpL
Thornton is a veteran of Guadalcanal.
A son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Thornton
of Camden, he enlisted in July 1948.
tion for the farmer, - lm4 4)Ototo and tomato plaiifo to the farm
ers of this district
An addition it being built to the
cannery. By enlarging toe floor
■pace of the cannery it can better
accommodate all those who wish to
use Its facilities to conserve vege-
The word curfew Is taken from the
French words couvre feu. meaning
cover toe Hre.
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