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Most of South Carolina’s national guardsmen are members of the 51st Infantry Division, whoae insignia is shown above. The coiled rattlesnake signifies that the division is “Ready to Strike.” The pentagonal back ground is divided into fields of blue and orange, repre senting the flags of South Carolina and of Florida. The division comprises men from both states. Local Unit Included Rattlesnake Insignia For S. C. National Guardsmen South Carolina National Guardsmen, including the members of Company D of the 122nd Engineer Battalion, one of Camden’s units, expect delivery soon on 37,000 rattlesnakes—of the shoulder-patch variety. The rattlers in question make up the insignia of the 51st In fantry Division, which South Carolina shares with the state of Flofida. The division is predomi nantly a South Carolina outfit, however, with 7,400 officers and men from this state now assigned to the unit. During the current enlistment drive, some 3,000 additional Guardsmen are being sought for the South Carolina National Guard. The division insignia shows a coiled rattlesnake against a pen tagonal background of blue and orange. The device was chosen after extended discussions be tween National Guard officers and the two states, and with heraldry experts of the depart- met>t of the army. Formal recognition of the di vision insignia came last year. The letter of approval fro mthe quartermaster general’s office de scribed the shoulder insignia and added this: “The colors blue and orange are representative of the flags of South Carolina and Florida, and the coiled rattlesnake is symbolic of the organization's readiness to strike.” The five-sided figure and the vertical line separating the blue and orange fields carries out the division’s numerical designation —51. The rattlesnake symbol is par ticularly identified with South Carolina. One of the state’s early patriots, Colonel Christopher Gadsden, is credited with having designed the first of a nUmber of “rattlesnake flags" in American history. The Gadsden flag depicted a coiled rattlesnake, to which later were added the words, “Don’t Tread On Me.” The flag was S resented to Congress by Colonel ladsden with the request that it be designated as the flag of the Commander of the American navy. Congress declined the offer, but it is reported that the flag actual ly flew aboard the "Alfred” as the personal banner of Comdr. Esek Hopkins, then commanding the American navy. A regiment of Virginians in the Revolution adopted a similar rat tlesnake emblem for their flag, which became known as the “Cul pepper Flag.” Still later, when the military forces of the northern and southern colonies were join ed in opposition to England, an- TUNE IN Liston to his "Predictions of Things to Conte' Prtsenttd ADAM HATS AUTHORIZED DEALER D. C. Dixon's Borgoin House 951 Brood SL—Phono 506-W CAMDEN, 8. C. i-.v H A Concrete Pavement your best investment in Roads a state’s principal roads are built of portlaad cement concrete, highway lands are conserved because concrete roads are long-lived and economical to maintain! Ask your public officials for CONCRETE ROADS . p ,y» f:a* 1 1 * ’ ’ ♦ PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION SOOTH Hanger Notes • 9r Henry BaMer Almost anyone who flies has heard some one make the asser tion concerning some aeroplane (most any aeroplane) “that plane is tricky. cL. This is the quickest way to hurt a plane. If you want to a manufacturer and his „ out of business and . £rM8£§ is “tricky” or isn’t “safe.” It can be the most docile plane ever manufactured, and these tac tics will still work efficiently. When you ask these people just how the plane is ‘tncky’ they will hem and haw and beat around the bush. When you finally get to the truth of the matter, you us ually find that they have never even flown the plane, but are merely repeating some heresay put out by some goof who was buzzing the girl friencUs house with the plane and stalled it into the ground. , Air is very real even though it is invisible, and aeroplanes react in it according to fixed laws, just as automobiles react according to the rules. When you pull the nose up in the air the plane slows down. If you slow it down bylow its flying speed it stalls. If you mishandle the rudder while stal ling it, you forte it to spin. It will recover from the spin unaided in less than one one-half turns un less you force it to continue to spin. It takes as certain amount other rattlesnake flag was de signed. This one bore the pine tree symbol of the northern col onies and the rattlesnake symbol of the colonies of the south. A rattlesnake (this one un coiled) appeared on the first American navy jack and a similar one was on the short-lived ensign of the South Carolina navy. In his booklet, “Flags of America," Colonel W. H. Waldron quotes the following from Ben jamin FrankRn’s analysis of the a ualities of the rattlesnake and ne propriety of using it as a sym bol of America: “She never begins an attack, and then only when molested. Once enraged she never surrend ers, but fights to the end. She is therefore a nemblem of mag nanimity and true courage. These qualities characterized the hardy pioneers who engaged in the con test for the independence of the colonies.” Unsafe vehicles were reported an contrihuttaff cauees In 13 per cent of the fatal traffic accidents which occurred in 1948, statistics of the National Safety Council Indicate. **}*» + • • — — — — of altitude to recover from a spin, so you wouldn’t start a spin close to the ground anymore tnan you would drive your car toward a brick wall at 60 miles an hour, and wait until you were 50 feet from it before applying brakes. There are certain practices in flying which will sooner or later cause accidents. Buzzing and oth er forms of low reckleses flying is the main one. Another is slowing the plane down too close to its stalling speed on landing or take off. StiU another is flying into instrument weather without prop er training and or equipment. You can see bad weather before you come to it, and if you fly into it you almost have to do so de- about en- engine the re ported engine failure simply isn’t true. The engine was working perfectly, and the pilot is trying to fin a plausable excuse for vio lating the Civil Air Regulations. Practically all the actual engine failure is caused by the pilot’s failure* to apply carburetor heat, ever after the engine has done engine cut fW*’plane” without ga£X«o- plane engines are simple. The big majority are horizontally op- ‘ engines of either four or six They have two sets of igs and two magnetos for You can land safely mpletely off. dure it would Kivwwmj partial, and would possibly get the plane to an airport. Personal plane flying is one of the safest forms of trans portation. I have honest figures to support that statement. No C lane is safe, however, if its pilot i-a fool. When you learn to fly get the best instruction obtain able. Then fly like you are taught. You will be safe. In event of engine probably be only SUMMONS STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,’ COUNTY OF KERSHAW IN THE COURT OF COMMON PT FAQ D. C. MUler. Plaintiff, vs. Gertrud* Green and Joe Doe, denot ing collectively all the heirs at law of Agnee Baum Green, Adeline Green and David Green, the Elder, and all other persons whomsoever having an interest, lien upon or claim to all that lot of land situated In the City of Camden on the West side of the right of way Of the Seaboard Airline Rail- way containing two and one- tenth (2.1) acres, more or less, and formerly constituting pre mises of David Green and of Adeline Green. Defendants TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUM MONED AND REQUIRED to an swer the, complaint in the foregoing cause, which has this 14th day of September. 1949, been filed in the Offlc^ of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County, South Carolina, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the sub scribers, at their offices in the City of Ceanden, South Carolina, with in twenty (20) days after the ser vice hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; ud If yon fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff here in will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Comprint WILLIAM N- WILSON, jft, JOHN K. deLOACH. AtDqrneys for Plaintiff Camden, 8. £ ' IfTttC September 14, 194* . FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby glvei month from this data, on 5, 1949, Lillian Maude Grigsby will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County her final re turn as Executrix of the estate of W. D. Grigsby, deceased, and on the same date she will apply to the said Court for a final dis charge as said Executrix. N. C. ARNETT, 26r29c Judge of Probate Camden, S. C., September 5, of so Mary MASTER'S SALE The undersigned Master for Ker shaw County hereby gives notice that pursuant to a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Ker shaw county, made in the case of Carl J. Brown, Administrator oi the Estate of Mhry Sease Owens Nunnery, Plaintiff vs. The State of South Carolina, W. P. Blackwell, Escheator, and John Doe, repre- LODGE NO. 29 A.F.M. Regular Communica tion First Tuesday of Each Month at*8 P. M. Visitors Welcome. J. B. McGUIRT, W. M. L. H. JONES, Secretary rads right off these eadn* th elate! Made to last a ttlw jrisM, af featkarligkvflexibla [ahariaom! Plastie fiaiah Is ftrm It eaa*» ship, eraok, or ha ed by waathar. Costem. «a!y. Como hi ler a lam Fdlers-Summer Co. Furniture N. Broad SL Phono 993 senting Individually and collective ly an persona unknown as hetrs- aMaw and/or deviaeaa and lega tees, whether the same he adults or minors or whether the oama are tnd mind, of the estate of Sease Owens Nunnery, De fendants, that ha win sell at pub- 11s auction to the highest bidder for cash In front of ths of the Court House door la Camden, Sooth Carolina, On Shies Day tn Octobsr, 1941. the same being the 3rd day of said month, during the hoars of sale, the following described property, to-wlt: All that piece, parcel or tract of land containing One (1) acre, more or leas, and being a portion of a Forty (40) acre tract gad bounded as follows: North, East and West by property of Brown; and South by property of Hermitage Cotton Mills, this being the lot conveyed to the deceased by deed of B. M. Brown found of record tn the of fice of the Clerk of Court for Ker shaw County. 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