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■AiiiiM r , DftCOSTA BROWN One Year ... Six Montha SU|» dlaniilra (Siprattirb 1109 North Broad Street Camden, S. 6. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY Publiaher SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: All Subacriptiona Payable In Advance f2.oa 1.00 Entered as Second Claaa Matter at the Poat Omce ^ at Camden, S. C. All articlea aobmitted for publication must be aigned by the antiiori, — Friday, July 28, 1844 KERSHAW COUNTY. FARM BUREAU—AN ORGANIZA TION WITH A PURPOSE Agriculture fhas always needed a strong voice. Tlie very nature of it makes that so. More than any oth- oup, it is split up into many hundreds of thousands of in- r noup, dividual units scattered throughout the land, with little chance for unity of action in looking out for its needs in an tttt ftMibtN ORbetiicn. CAHom, gwK 4imoniia. eaiaav, juuy lA \m This Is a Bicycia Built for TWO! age of lobbying and power politics. National la rarm organizations are its hope, and those that we have, have been very much on the scene in recent years. We are getting to the point where agriculture’s voice can be heard. ' In all of this, the American Farm Bureau has played a major part. It should prove a good day for South Carolina when this great farm organization was recently invHed into South Carolina. I understand that Kershaw County has organized a strong and active local unit of the Farm Bureau. It looks as though it means business, too, when alreadv it has initiated two county-wide movements for the general benefit of agri culture. It is sponsoring one variety of cotton for the entire coun- alre ty, and most of the gins have already been lined up to sample 3fffo every bale, send it off for grading and stapling, and the grow er will receive a report on that, together with the loan rate .that it carries. This should prove of great benefit to every farmer in the county, both large and small. It is a fine thing for the grower to know more about the value of the cotton he grows. And a freezer-locker plant, too, is being sponsored by the Kershaw Countv Farm Bureau. That seemato be the next great boon destined to come to farm life, now that rural elec trification has been made a reality for most communities. So, I would say congratulations to the Kershaw County Fam Bureau. While still in its infancy, and before it has been able to celebrate the anniversary of its tirst year of service, it has initiated beneficial things that will reach every farm in the county. And to The Camden Chronicle, too, congratulations upon the service it is rendering to the agriculture of the county by adding impetus to wtiat is being done with this special issue of the paper. The local press is a powerful aid to any county or community endeavor, and it is fine that The Chronicle is lending its weight to the farmers of the county who are trying to better their position throiigh organized e^orts. May this team ever go forward. (A guest editorial by J. M. Eleazer, Clemson Extension Information Specialist) ON HIS SIDE In this day of war’s severest trials and tests it is but naturalihat the^ President and even Govemoss of the several states are called upon to proclaim days of prayer. Even in the War Between the States President Lincoln was impor tuned by a committee of ladies to designate a day of prayer, that the at which time, the ladies explained, ’’we wish to pray Lord will be oh our side.” President Lincoln likened atten tively, though somewhat analytically, and while committed to the proposition, he said: ’’Ladies, I must refuse to proclaim a day of prayer to the end that the Lord be on our side but I’ll tell you what I will do; I’ll proclaim a day of prayer to the end that we be permitted to get on the Lord’s side.” It is hard to eliminate selfishness from our petitions and prayers and it is well enough that such prayers are not fre quently answered because nothing good can comeL of aelflBh- ness. It is safe to assume that selfish prayers are unanswer able, that is the kind of prayers whose granting would be at tile expense, hurt or detriment of another or even the petitioner, himself. As mentioned in soldiers letters, we are glad to know first hand that oiir boys on the far flung battle fronts pray not so much for themselves but for others—^always others, and they are more concerned for the comfort and safety of loved ones at home than for themselves on the battle fronts u^fe dange]^:iyer li$k tmd death stalks their every move. .We agree withj^retidehtTdnccdn*ai]drfloeophy matter of prayer and petition and, consequently, agree that a coalition that will enable us to get on the ’’Lord’s side” is a much safer bet than importuning the Lord to jojn up with us. . NOT ALL STING AND HONEY The average person’s knowledge of the bee is that it is an insect that will sting you and that makes honey. But bees have a far more fundamental function than these in this world that we live in. Without bees visiting the blossoms of many plants to get their honey, and incidentally pollenizing or fertilizing the blossoms so that fruiting will take place, some plants would produce but sparsely and others hardly at all. That is why citros growers rent bees to put in their groves at blooming time. The heaviest crop of apples we have seen in the upper part of this state is whore County Agent W. H. Stallwoiih of Spartanburg, tells us they put 40 hives of bees in 20 acres during the blooming period. There is quite a business in bees. Professional bee men Local Aviation Sdiool Was Part ^ Bg Project B. K. Yoiiiit Telb of Gread Growth of Air Service. Trmintnf of nUotj fOT the Army Air foroei has attained the 110,000 per year mark. This was made known by Lt. Gen. BartoA K. Toont, commandtog the en tire AAF Training command as the program to create a msM air force rounded out its fifth year. It was in July 1939 that first - reported to clTllian Schools for army auperriaion. Before the first classes completed their 05 hours in September that year, the experiment of General H. H. Arnold and his staff had been rlndicated, and building the 'worid’a" largest single educational organisation had been started. How tile army air force which nnm- bered only 21,656 officers and men in 1939 was enabled literally to ax- plode to 2,386,000 as January 1944, la a story unknown to moat Ameri cans. mt repnewiams. we are teM tw* they win not be ae bec'ry any ptanped, iMttnneh as trltkm rates of pUeta aad crews o«» sees have been leee than aatidni^' We ere happy that thla la so anditS oertamiy proef of the eaceUeat tr.* ing which thoaeende of pQots hav»^ celvid at year aehMla.’* ^ The program of training reached at least a temporary some monthe ago. Aenmaatleal tvT? ing Society lielsoa egeaey for^! schools which have doae all the ariZ. ary fUidit training since 1939 re^Z timt of Ha original 54 aohoolsn have completed the tasks asainle them. While .schools which have compist. ed their cadet Uralnlng quotas iu^[ ally are looking ahead to 4^4. tlon Jobs in the post war wond, tha 47 schools that are left are puttte in their beet licks on the eedet primary “iratnlnx under hag Jobe.—Xlart^-Bwntdan, viee ^aen. dent of ihe Ryan Schools n/t Aeroata. tics epitomized the feeing at the recent New Orleana oonferenee et AAF Training leaders and school m. erators when he said, ‘*So long as £ Army needs ne onr first end oai* thought will be doing our wartal Job and doing It welL** FUTURE USES POSSIBLE FOR THE GAS TURBINE The gas turbine, old in prlnctpu been done. It ca8 be told that at. teTmendou; taakTaa aceompMahed by hr ABspkiFa Do Your Christmas Shopping Early, b Request of U. & A UbcIs Ssm Urgss All Ovnrassi Gifts B« Ssnt Bnfore Oct. 18. It is atm five montiis before Chrlit. mas 1944 anivea. Bat right now la the time to begin to plan to do your Christmas shopping, the buying of gifts and the mailing of same to Uie boys orerseas. _ _ yweminmit wants all of na t6i«wi« infUmflhl*. get onr Chrstimes maUing done be tween Sept. 16 and Oct 15. During this time overseas Chriatmaa pack ages may be malted without the usual written request. Oreraeas Chriatmaa packages can not weigh more than fiva pounds when wrapped, gmnoc measure more than fifteen inches in length, and can not measure more than 30 Inches In length and girth combined. Be positive that your Christmas package is completely, 'correctly, clearly and legibly addreaaed. If pos sible, print address with a substance that will not mar, run. streak, fade or smudge. Bncloee a complete eddrees and return address Inside your pack age. This will insure delivery if the outside wrapping should become soil ed or tom. Mark your orerseas Christmas pack age as “Christmas Gift Package.” Do not use label which resembles a post age or mark of any kind. Ton muft pay the fall postage of thejnrerseas Christmas package from the poet office "whim yoa tofdreinmd insslMe. the iKWt of embarkation post offlee. In cam of which the package is ad dreaaed. Peck and wrap securely In a strong box. Do not nae a aboe box. If pack age contains small items, wrap each one completely and thoroughly ao all contents am protected. Do not send perishable foods, in toxicants, weapons of any kind, pol- ■cho<^ like Southern Arlation. It was the Augnat closing of Spartan School of Aeronautlce in Tulaa that gare General Tount occasion to recog nize the great growth of the training program. In a letter to Captain Max Balfour, ho wrote: ' ‘Tt seems only yesterday that the command placed the entire fntnm ct Ita training program in the hands of a few petriotio men rach as yourself. Witiiont this email nucleus of civil contractors this command conl^. not posiibly hare expanded from four or five hundred a year to the astounding rate of 110,000 pilots per year. “I want you to know that this com mand will never forget the original contractors who made this expansion possible.” General Yonnt conceded that “our Job has been too good. We hare built up this great air force in far less time than anyone hdd ever From now -an our training vrlll be confined to fnmlah- Fer Cotton Weigher—Kershaw eluding matches and lighter flnldii: ^ ' are strictly prohibited. Christmas cards, which mnst be sent in sealed enrelopes, may be mailed any time during or after the 30-day package maOing period. Thla year the above mailing dates apply to all oL the Armed Forces. Bveryone wants onr people in the ^med Servicee overseas to have a Merry Chriatmaa end receive their gifts on time and in good condition. Please follow these directions care fully and yon will be of great help to the combined postal aenricea of oar| I hereby annonnoe that I will he e candidate for re-election as Cottoa WelEber at Kershaw in the electloa to be held September 26. I promlae the eeme courteous, feithfal senriee that I have given in the past hanliag of railroed trains, propeltkg •hips and driving airplanes, aoemS to J. Kenneth Sitilsbury, General ]Q|Z trie turbine engineer. It is imimh able, however, he says, that the tm tnrblne would replace h^e stsam turbines in central atations. Many sects In India forbid the ing of animate. FEMUEMlI rmM^lmiarpeitobe"& S, Ptukhaa'a Vi to nitefe SI iRwiially for tw«/Alee a grirnd KCMHAW tPDM NO. ^ Armed Forces. Buy War Bonds and Stamps When You CaU A Taxi, What Do Yon Expect? -,M If* PROMPTNESS • SERVICE WITH A SMILE^ • A COMPETENT DRIVER WITH A NICE CAB Then You Want To CiOl. . POPS CABeeoPHONE 696-R 1>!l y HOME IS THE SAILOR .,-,for a fete treasured hours! hAve specially constructed trucks. They start out with their in Florida in the winter and procede north as the season bees advances—ending up in Canada. Thus the bees are kept working to capacity during the heavy honey flow in each section. And the friiit grower gets his full crop, due to the pollenization carried on by the bees. South Carolina is not without its small and growing bee Mustry. E. $. Prevost, bee specialist of the Clemson ^en- akm service, works with it closely and announces that a short covxBe for beekeepers is being arranged at Clemson for Aug. 9 The Stpte. Thefe*s precioas cargo rSfonri our buses these days — yomig fathers on last leaves-Hvsr-woiMuled going home—^war workers bound for the arsenals of Victory — A the thousands of active Americans who mnst be kept on the move. They add up to far more passengers than buses have ever carried before—in spite of the serious shortage of equipment and manpower. Our'‘‘task force of the highways** is able to carry out its vital missioironly wi^ ^ur help. the b^p^aHjeho travel y^lyja wartime. ifr 'ODT has not yet ruled on whether wives may go the campaign to see how old the babiee are that the DaKalb Street BUS TERMmAL As it tuns out, the modemizing of ’Turkey was an vn- sven job. ' It took the veils off the girls and left them on lbs fonign policy. GREYHOUND