The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 08, 1944, Image 7

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' V CMWOWICLK, CAIMWIW. tOUTM OAiK>Lt»A. rWiPAY, tmtiWt t. 1W4 PAOE tlVtN , i * » 3- JOIN the COTTON PICKING BRIGADE Kershaw Farmei^ URGENTLY NEED YOUR HELP IN HARVESTING THE® UNUSUALLY LARGE The farmers of South Carolina have been blessed with the largest cotton crop in the past 15 or 20 years. The labor supply is the lowest it has ever been and the farmers are faced with an unprecedented problem in gathering this crop: THEY MUST HAVE HiaJ» • « Therefore this appeal is made to the • ✓ people of Kershaw County to give assist ance in this important task. Schools, churches, dvic organizations and all hr-- % dividuals are. requested to help in every way possible. Any person that can put in only a few hours will help that much. Women’s ciubsare adsed to organise and pick a few bales; the help of school chil dren is needed, as well as every other per son who can pick a pound of cotton. - -X It is more than ever necessary this year that the cotton not be allowed to de teriorate in the fields. Government loans will more or less set the price. Differen tial in loans on various grades of cotton vary as much as $25.00 per bale. We can not affofd for our people to take this loss by letting cotton stay in the fields too Ipngy- ~ South Carolina business ii^ depend ent on its cotton crop. Industries and businesses mdsr come and go, but ihe cot ton firmer and liis money with us every year, and are ihe backbone of our prosperity. . Furthermore, cotton is a WAR ES SENTIAL, and unless the supply is plen- tifut the war effort will be seriously ban-* dicapped. It is the patriotic duty of S.' 1 • > everyone to do everything he can to save the crop. ~ ; " —- ARNOLD E. WORKMAN CouBtr Fana Labor AMutant ipt Karahaw — Xounty wttb olH^ at ^ ♦ * I County Ayricultural Building WIU b« flaa rvflattr and pteoa any arho aaa ttatp tn Karahaw OoaiHy. Eadi Co«Nity In tha Mat# hat on# or mor# farm labor aa aiataats eonn#«*a<l with th# County Ab#nt^ offlo# who JLbd-Plaaa JOMIW COTTON PICKING BRIGADE YOUR PART TC®A r' In the Iittereet of the War Effort there Phrmo Save Purehaoed thio Space to AM Ameriea’o Drive for Vietory: . ^ John Bi VOMgiie aOa fihmeFqRiiSihigCfk J. C Pomey 6k, Inc. \¥- ■ . .5ft* ♦ ^ ^ City of Camden BeQArfteit, Sbum BmtthSait^ lUw Ca . ... ■ > ■ ^ , -i ♦ . . liMMmdDttoe Imp • » Whitaker 1 Co. - .ThoHaffcrCo. MeLenn Hardware Co. SeoMmgr Anto Supply I'-'rt;' X-' X 'X.A