The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 27, 1944, Image 9
JlP^ntributes
four ^ Effort
the fiscal year which ended
f'lffso 17.663,000 board feet of
were cut and •removed from
f r National Foreeta, according
r H Fischer, Forest Supervlaor.
‘ timber was purchased od the
hv urivate operators who paid
Vjv S. Treasury $167,985. Un-
itUUng laws the Treasurer will
nSt 25 percent of these timber
•nd other National Forest re-
to the State for distribution to
Ls within which the forests are
*(1 Also 10 percent will be re-
j to the National Forest for
ttiniDft the forest road and trail
m. Payments to the counties are
pj/of taxes, since federal lands
jot taOTe. Last year payments
)unties amounted to $35,659. In
ar years the annual cut of timber
the National Forests In South
tins amounted to about 5 million
ere are 564,719 acres of National
It land in South Carolina divided
four ranger districts. Ranger
josrters are at Moncks Cd^ner,
terry. Greenwood and WalhaJla.
hough timber cutting on the Na-
I Forests has been accelerated
out in the effort to supply
adequate timber supplies for
ifX and directly relatwl use,
has been no cutting which has
oyed or impaired the timber pro-
g capacity of the land or which
lot conformed to management
which provide for continuous
In the future.
ictlcally all types of forest pro*
were represented In last year’s
^wlogs for lumber and construe*
timbers made up the largest
nt followed by pulpwood, rail*
ties, veneer bolts, poles, piling,
le blocks, fence posts and fuel*
) planned cut for the fiscal year
I began on July 1 Is 35.000,000
feet. This amount, Fischer says
n all probability take care of the
I of all operators who are in a
on to utilise NltionliT Forest
jsge:—The planned cut for next
Includes a large amount of pulp-
which will consist of Insect and
» infested -trees -and-
ercrowded, immature stands
THE CAMDEN CHROWtCLl. CAMDIW, tOUTM jBiMtOUfU. FRIPAY, OCTOIER 27, 1H4
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FAQE NINE
Woodcutting
Is Fi*ofitable At
Leisure llnie
By F. W. Corey, Project Forester
The end of the harvest marks the
begini^ng of adotber season when pro*
fltable activity may begin in farm
woodlands throughout this area. Far*
mere who have been busy for the past
weeks getting in cotton, peanuts and
other crops now have free time In
which to take advantage of the cus
tomary favorable fall weather for cut
ting timber, pulpwood, and producing
other woods products that will bring
in extra cash, and, more important,
aid mightily in the>flnal push toward
the final Allied victory over the Axls;
War needs tor woods products con
tinue to be critlcat,-©nd-no^war
Insurance Stocks
As An Investment
Babuofi Discuaaes Inflatton
crease, due to Inflation. PmOT^Itl
direct writing companies | Tv at A lU^idUll
Depends On Wood
gradually Increase
without the
having any means of increasing their
income. |
When a life insuranhe company took |
a contract forty years ago on a young
man at 10 years of age the company
ew cotton textile mill in Haiti
reduce 3,000,000 square yards of
a year.
Aak yewr Drv§gltf
er write McUfeiss 35<
FLVET PRODUCTS CO.
Nmv Teifi y. N. Y.
flNAL DISCHARGE .
ice is hereby given .that one
I from this date, on November
)44, Mrs. Daisy McLaurin will
to the Probate Court of Ker-
^ounty, her final return as
listratrlx of the estate of Edgar
)w, deceased, and on the same
Rhe will apply to the said Court
final discharge as said Adminis-
X.
N. C. ARNETT.
Judge of Probate
len, S. C., Oct. 18, 1944, 31-34c
riCE TO DEBTORS AND
er is more vital than those engaged In
forest production.
The stepped up action in the Pacific
the continuing need for vast supplies
for our Army and Navy In the ^rop-
ean theater, and the enormous needs
of our Allies and the liberated peoples
of occupied countries add up to a
woodh products demand that will con
tinue to strain every production facll
Ity we have.
This need can be met only by stren
uous efforts of our fanners to utilise
the time they now have to produce the
raw materials from their woodlAids
There are three distinct purposes to
The dependence of the war program
Babson Park, Mass., Oct 27.—Those the same untU the man finally
whn fniinw preseut time, better health.the forests of the South, an import-
who follow the market cloeely know reducing death!knee as great In peacetime as in war.
that the«> Insurance stocks are about rates These have offset, temporarily, in the opinion of CoHn P. Kelly, execu-
the only group that has not gone up these increased expenses’and decreas-i tlve director of the Forest Farmers
In price during the past tlx months, ed Interest rates. If Inflation does not Association.
___ interest rates soon again' Kelly, who is owner of a large tim-
Increase, these life insurance com- at Madlspn. Fla., is working
iPanies.have little to fear, but other-, tjirough the 12-8tate association of
wise look out * [timber growers which he heads to
Firo insurance companies are not “^ge farm woodlot owners and other
subject to these handicaps as their, ^f^at ■ land operators to cut their
rates , can be re-adjusted every one, ttlm*)«r for sawlogs and pulpwood with
three or five years according to the ®P*.“ Z**® fulur® P*"®-
lehgth of the outstanding poTlcIes. i^*^'^®®^^*,^^ th<^ lands.-
This is also true of most accident* • strip the land of growing
ihd hiimr^liclM:" Frankly, 1 prefer trees." he urges, ^ut only trees that
the stocks of good fire and accident “««« ^ means mature
Insurance companies to those of life t™®* f®** sawUmTOr, and culL trees,
companies -and health companies. | ^^***” **8’*’ trees and defective
Some other week I Vlll discuss casu- the lees valuable uses, If
be served by getting into the woods
now: (1) A great and needed service
may be rendered to our boys In ser
vice, (2) added and necessary Income
for farm forest owners may Im earned
now while prices remain at their
peak, and (3) farm labor, which dur
ing the coming slack season might
tempted away to other jobs, will be
provided with work and wages on or
near the, farm
The stated needs of just two
products for this year will se:
emphasize the gravity of the situ
ation: 36 billion board feet of luml«r
are needed this year; A7' billion tor
shipping (boxing, crating, dunnage);
36 million board toot are required to
meat demands jn. farm construction
and malnten
s vaa va
vroods
srve to
The Industrials are
strong based upon
postwar prospects;
the railroads are
%trong based upon
huge temp o r a r y
earnings: the pu^
lic' utilities are
strong based upon
the hopes that
Dewey wDI bo
elected; while oth
er groups are more
or less following the leaders with the
exception of the Insurance stocks.
These have been dull since the Su-
jtreme Court decision of a few months
ago. This decision may not hurt the
larger direct writing fire companies
nor the well-operated re-lnsurance
companies, but It could knock the
present agency system galley-west. Up
to the present time, the Insurance;
agents of most states have controlled
the Insurance business. Their h^ey-
moon Is apparently ov<er.
—AH kinds of' Insuranc^-^'coTnpanles
are more or less fearfdl of govern
ment interference i^tnis country. In
foreign countries the insurance Indus,
try has been one of the first to be
taken over the socialistic govern
ments. Sp^'^many people are affected
by Insuivtnee that It has been a popu
lar Industry for politicians to seek
loyrer rates. Some economists claim
-^at the cost of selling Insurance
could materially be reduced under
government ownership.
In the case of fire companies, this
might be done by adding the Insurance
Xtreminin. to the tax* bill, barcd upon
the amount that the property is as
sessed. In the case of accident in.
surance, the premium could be de-
ducted from the wage envelope: whfle
ments for^is year total 16 million
cords divided as followk: 36.8 percent
war plants
war ‘purposes; 32.9
ally companies, hut (his la a subject
by Itself.
The cloud over the. fire Insurance
companies at the present time Is the
very heavy fire losses. These are
running today greater than they have
J)een for years. .Coupled with these
losses are the unjustified cuts in rates
by the insurance departments of cer
tain stat^. These rates should be
raised instead .of lowered. The In-
creased fire loases are due to-^^poror -
housekeeping, untrained employees
and the Inability of fire chiefs to get
the needed equipment.” ’Thereford,
next week I shall say a word to your
City Fathers aa to the immediate
need for Installing more fire alarms,
buying more fire equipment and mak
ing their departments more efficient
just as soon aa possible before the
big inflation comes around 1950.
life insurance will come more and
more under social seettrity. Personal
ly, I believe that these changes may
tha^Anny, Naiy come some day bnt need nOt be iakeir -
seriously at thia time. Besides, there
pe^ ua^ ^mahrt^thww eco^ always wffl ha ah oppdrtuhfty “for
companies to sell “excese In-
surance,” excess Are. burglar, accl*
pr^ucts, are .Inclu^ In this class); ^^nt. life and cerUihly casualty,
and 31.3 percent used to maintain cIv- Supreme Court decisions
Ulan econopiy.
The Timber Production War Pro
ject of the U. S. Forest Service, which
I represent In this section, was form
ed more than a year ago at the re
quest of the War Production Board
to work with timber owners and pro
ducers to stimulate the production of
woods products. We work closely with
the WPB, the Office of Defense Trans
portation, the War Manpower Com
mission, and other agenciee charged
with aiding in prosecuting the war.
We are In a poaitlon to assist farmers
in getting necessary markets for wood
products, to aid in obtaining machin
ery and equipment and labor, and to
give special assistance as ne^ed.
■ The TPWP is at the service of all
woodland owners and we welcome
any request for assistance in the great
job which all of us share, that of win
ning the war as quickly as possible.
or government operations which I
fear, hat rather inflation. Inflation
could materially hurt life Insurance
companies. It Is true that they can
pay out the same dollars that they
takw in, but they have contracted to
make these payments based upon cer-
tain operating expenses. In the case
of non-participating Insurance com
panies, these operating expenses could
- CARO OF THANKS
We wish to show our appreciation
for the kindness shown toward our
son, Charlea Laverne Branham, dur-.
Ing his lllne^ and deaths and the
many nice flowers received
Mr. and Mrs. Carl V. Branham.
CREDITORS
parties indebted to the estate
A. Goff are hereby notified to
I payment to the undersigned,
U1 parties, if any, having claims
i?-t the said estAte will present
likewise, duly attested, within
ime prescribed by law.
Nannie M. Jones.
_ Admlplatratrlx.
mden. S. C., Oct. 14. 1M4. 81?
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BRONCHIAl IRRITATIONS
TAKI ACCOMDIMO TO LAiSL OIRICTIONt
iUhtf, DeKAlb PhtfmEcy
DON’T BE LEFT IN THE C-O-L-D
/Send V» Your Winter Coatg \
' and Overcoats Today
B« wisej prvpaAi ••riy for tibooe nippy days*
Send tifi yoor iMory wrapt now.
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Nmetto Dry Cleaners, he.
■mi DeKalb itrtsL ^****** *
we use up our growing, stock now. we
win be impoverished later, and there
the Sout^ to provide a significant
backlog of postwar employment. As.
father of Captain Celin Kelly, Pacific
war hero, he has a vital interest lA
the returning service men and bopee
that timberland owners will help to
provide jobs for tb^. ' He believes
that in addition to thousands who may
be profitably employed in the woods,
tens of thousands should find work
in wqod-using lodoAtries now here or
to be. established in the South.
But. he warns, it under the mistaken
impression that it is patriotic to do
so, woodland owners destroy the tim
ber crop of the future in order to get
pulpwood for the present, there will
be no basis for expansion of the wood-
using Industries in^^H^, the greatest
timber-growing section^of the nation.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
All parties Indebted to the estate of
W. D. Sanders are hereby notified to
make payment to ihe undersigned,
and all parties, if any, having claims
against the said estate will present
them likewise, duly attested, within
Is enough that Is now ready for cut-[the time prescribed by law.
ting to meet Immediate needs.’”* Corxle V. Sanders, Ebcecutrlx
Kelly Is looking to the forests of'Camden, S. C., Sept 28, 1944. 80-82
this cord for Joe
it up—food, ammunition, medic^ supplies, clothing*
* ^ r * ' ‘
fi* Depwficfs on Pvfpwootf
**Most of the things our boys use overseas de^nd
on this pulpwood fm cutting. They’re either made
of it or packed in Qbre that comes from pulpwood.
«
Sonmfhing to Como Homo to
**Pulpwood cutting pays well, and it’s a good busi-
I ness that I expect to stay in after the was. With
I my extra casli going into War Bonds and my pulp-
[wood sales growing, I expect to have something fat
my boy when he comes home again.^^' ^
D. J. CREED
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