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^AGE SIX THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, COLLEGE ALUMNI PLAN REUNION WU1 Hold “Grand Rally” Next Year During Commencement Week. At the annual meeting of the Alum ni Association of the Presbyterian College on Tuesday night, definite plans were made for the holding of an Ahunni reunion in connection with next year’s commencement program. The college has extended an invitation to all former students to be its guests ■nH entertainment will be provided for the young men in the college dor mitories and gymnasium. Monday evening of commencement week has been designated as “banquet night”, *t which time the P. C. meri will gath er round the festal board in what promises to be one of the most elab orate and enjoyable banquets ever held in Clinton. D. W. A. Neville of this city, an alumnus of the institu tion, has been asked to head the ar rangements for the banquet and other details of the week’s entertainment. A. W. Brice is president of the asso- cuiation, H. L. Eichelbergef, vice- president, and John Holland Hunter, secretary-treasurer. “ONE-SIDED COMMISSION w In a recent issue of The Chronicle appeared a reprint of an article from Ihe Laurens Advertiser of May 8th, “County Highway Commission Has Breezy Session Tuesday,” which re ports an interview between Supervis or Watts and Mr. J. M. Simmons of Mountville, which interview the writer did not hear, as it occurred before the meeting of the Highway Commission. In that news article The Advertiser represents Supervisor Watts as stat ing to Mr. J. M. Simmons, “that un der the plan of building the Calhoun Highway, as put through by the com- >N, SOUTH CAROLINA probable from the equipment 'V. the completion of the work. It now seems likely that the engineer will uccom- f rtish the very superb result j# build- ng all of the roads provided for with in the* amount of the appropriation, which was based on about $3,000.00 a mile. These roads will be built very much cheaper than any highways pre built by the county, and the: — - ■■■ »• r"» , »rMg"qar. '■ ■' l ""’~ ■’I 'J"' : THUBSPAY, MAY 29. 1924 viously built by the county, and they will average construction over a rougher country, and therefore natur ally involve Hie moving of more dirt than the average of previous roads. The bridge construction will be much heavier. ,, J| ^ It is possible that the supervisor's mission'over'his protest, the total statement Involved the consideration cost of the_ highway, exclusive of the that on the federal aid project of — " also the Puckett's Ferry Bri $165,000.00, ), whereas only appropriated. If the commission HEW UNIVERSE IS SEEN IN HARVARD PHOTOGRAPHS less than $118,000.00 had been a in its predicament seeks to complete the highway by building bridges on the smaller streams too light to carry the traffic, Mr. Watts declares that he would nail them up as a protection to the coun ty. He could not allow the county, he said, to take the risk of being sued for large sums on account of weak bridges?* In this news item The Advertiser’s reporter must have gotten Mr. Watts’ statement mixed, for the entire state ment is erroneous. The appropriation made by the bill for the Calhoun Highway is $118,500.00 instead of $118,000.00 as stated. The amount of money spent on the Calhoun Highway up to date of May 1st, ac cording to the engineer’s report is for Bridge would be not I Puckett's Ferry bridge, and whereas only (federal aid project from 'Puckett’s Ferry bridge to Cross Hill and Mount ville, the commission will have to sup ply the funds for the construction m toto of the latter project, and one- half of the former project. This means on the latter $60,000.0#^ on the former nearly $50,000.00. However, it should be remembered that on both of these projects one-half of the fund ffttrested by Laurens County is to be Farm Demonstration - News »- returned by the State High? partment, vix: on the bridge about $25,000.00, and on the n returned by the State Highway De project road pro- ^ ct from Puckett's Ferry bridge to ountville $30,000.00, so that the net cost of those two projects to Laurens County will be not $110,000.00, which will have to be advanced, but the net sum after return by the State High way Department of federal aid to the county, of about $55,000.00. Of this sum of $55,000.00, $20,000.00 is ap- as Paint Haze In Sagittarius May Prove That Heavens Are Formed From Ice. Washington.—Government scientists Identified with glacial research work In Glacier National park are showing interest in the new theory developed by the Viennese scientist, Dr. Haas Hoerbigt r, that glapial cosmogony ‘‘ex plains’’ the origin of the heavens. This Idea, that Ice is the building material with which new universes are constantly forming In the heavens, recently stirred scientific circle# of ICurope. Now It Is being given partic ular attention In America in eonnec* Hon witli the recent discovery at the Harvard observatory, where photo graphs were taken showing that a faint and nameless luminous haze In the aky in the constellation of Bnglttaiiua, the Archer, is a distinct universe. ?- From these photographs Dr. Har low Shapely, director of the observa tory, estimates that It tak«>s 1.000,000 years for ii,rht to frnrel fVom this newly found universe, which, he says, is the most distant object ever viewed by the eye of man. He bases this statement on the fact that the most distant stars known prior to this measurement are only 250,000 light- years from our earth. The new universe found by the mam- lenses measures six qulntllllou away. It took a 100-lnch r#> fleeting telescope, the largest evar Made, to find this “cloud of atara.** J ' ' -W. ■ -g B*brlo~ - - " ^ >fl»t gang work $11,926.30 between Clin-i Kil1 „ t.*,™, ten and the Newberry line, $10.00 be- : ** tween Clinton and Mountville, and for' A hmit. *4 500*00° addi* engineering bet wen Puckett’s Ferry i «nr* and Mountville $978.23, this last item i tionalisappropnatedfrom the sur- . • ^ • j . .o*-.- tt- . , plus fund to take care of the en- V n rL^' ** ance<1 cost the bridge, above the ^ ^ amount estimated at the time the bill r ederal aid project which is to be drawn S30 000 00 is nrovided built by the State Highway Depart- was drawn -- * 3U>WU -- W 18 P roviaed out of the Calhoun Highway appro priation. -Against this $30,000.00 there is ten and a half miles of road ray ^T?L 0n ^" 'tTbe built-in the"federal**aFd 'project*, 1 which includes the bridges m that ment. For that project the Laurens County Highway Commission has agreed to fu an<f a in f. -? Utt gttirair ' project,"as^weil’as the U ‘ro.d"iteeTf. mL fJJTS OM “ nothin*, therefore, which Crose Hill, leevin* the Old Cross Hill-! Sif'ii.Vd’to^he^rk Mountville section unattended to until ft Vh,. 4 t ^ 0m ' the remainder of the road has Wen j ‘JSfullv effi completed, since there is already a 1 K >» b ” n d< »» c,refully ' very good highway, though rather in direct between those two towns. A new gang had just been moved ciently and the record is one which should bring credit to the commission, and especially to its engineer, Mr. Patton. In fact, it is a strong com- fsnfl l . „ m ***? .TT 01 * fetween ^ Clinton and m ig*i 0 n, and naturally there are differ- Mountville, and only $10.00 expendi- enceg 0 f opinion, but no injury comes tore had been incurred up to May 1st to the C0U S t y f since a majority rules, on that gang. No bridge work had f- r the nolicim of the com- been done on the Calhoun Highway miMion are B uffi£tly proven to be wise from the actual record of results. It is questionable if any county in South Carolina has ever accomplish ed bigger results, proportional to money spent. The Advertiser and all interested citizens of Laurens County can verify the writer's statement by referring to the engineer’s reports, which are public property, and mav be seen at the engineer’s office, which opens in to the office of the supervisor. These records, and the minutes of the com mission are open for examination, and it is therefore difficult to understand how a Laurens editor could get so far off the course as to the facts, with exact information easily available. J. F. JACOBS. new-Key Philadelphia.—Through the ptase* IflM of more tfag 800 fiabyfonlan cUlmIdc?- whicn recently have bge» ChS* by Dr. Leon Legraln, curator at Brfbylonian secjjon of the unlver- museum. The University of Femv- ia has supplied the archeological Id with an unbroken chain for the. study of the origin, develop- art, religion and epigraphy of flon. For two years Doctor Legraln has flaan at work classifying and translat ing the seals, which Include five royal Cylinders, To the eyes of thousands who yearly and therefore no expense involved on that account. The equipment expense on the Calhoun Highway ia $338.71, so that considerably less than $15,- 000.00 has up to May 1st, 1924, been spent on the Calhoun Highway out of a total of $118,500.00 appropriated. It would seem therefore utterly im possible that the supervisor, who is chairman of the commission, could have made such a statement as The Advertiser attributes to him. Engi neer Patton states that he will be able to build the highways provided for by. the bill within the limitations of the funds supplied. It is. hoped that the funds will be sufficient to provide double track, re-inforced con crete bridges on all streams, and such bridges are now being constructed on the Cold Point-Mt. Olive road and on the Gray Court-Woodruff Bridge road. There are no bridges to be construct ed between Cold Point and Waterloo, or between Waterloo and Puckett’s Ferry bridge, so that the remainder of the bridge work will occur on the Calhoun HigliwaY. ^ It iff Iwped.tnat there will be a considerable surplus left from the sur- pltti fund of $27,500.00 after paying all overtoad expense!. And after de- ductiMtJw hpecial appropriation from tinue through June 26th, it was an- that fund for Puckett’s Ferry bridge i . * , v * and the Gray Court-Woodruff Bridge ^ ounce d a ^few days^ago by Scout road, which surplus can be used for " BOY SCOUTS MEET HERE JUNE 12TH Date la Set For Annual Outing Of Musgrove Council Which Will Be Largely Attended. • _ — — „ - a -, , |t is matured earlier, if The Muagrovc Council Boy Scout T, , .. , : . _ ... " _ T j bad some way of knowing what camp will open on June 12tn and con the Calhoun Highway bridges It would be of interest to the peo ple of the county to know that up to Executive Harper. The site will be on the Enoree river near here on the Thomwell Orpahnage property, thoit buildings and equipment having been date of May 1st, 1924, the following „ ,* ,. ? _ .. . work K~n oomnwa- r.r.v I offered for that purpose. It is ex pected that a large number of Scouts from the counties comprising the dis trict will be present and a program work had been completed: Gray Court to Woodruff Bridge, five miles finish ed, one-half mile graded; Cold Point to ML Olive, three and a half miles finished, three and a half miles grad ed; Waterloo to Calhoun Highway, to the university museum the lat- waienoo V; a,,I ° un . m—- ^rhii.u .in • fi v « an d a half miles finished; Chn- *“ ^ i ion to Newberry line, four mills f.n- *00 Interest but to stndenu of tbolll». i , hedi onejh<1( mile toul . toefcal mysteries of thousands of year* eighteen miles finished, four and miles graded. Additional to the seals will supply three new «!•> its of Information. First, an early chronology going buck to nearly 5000 B. C.; second, an early Elamite art on painted seala and vraaea, flOOO B. C., and third, a better-known Akkadian empire, of about 2700 B. GL graded. above the Highway Commission has ment: of interest has been arranged for their outing. The cost of the camp is fixed at $5.00 per week for each ( ^ boy. Each boy attending will be re- the : duircd t° bring the following equip- By C. L. VAU.GHAN, County Agent Thick Spacing ef Cotton Pays We can see by the latest experi ments that thick spacing of cotton pays. If we do not have cotton on land we cannot expect to make a crop. Thick spacing will make cotton mature much earlier than thin spac ing. Early maturing is what we are working for under the boll weevil con ditions. Many experiments show that cotton not thinned at all will make more per acre than where it is thin- ney at any distance. Where cotton is not thinned at all it will have to be worked with a drag harrow or weeder for from four to six weeks after it comes up. 1920 spacing results at the Mississ ippi Delta Experimental Station was as follows: Unthinned—1,350 pounds seed cot ton per acre. 8 inches—1,146 pounds seed cotton per acre. 12 inches—1,010 pounds seed cotton per acre. The following yields have been ob tained at Clemson College in an aver age of two years work on a soil in only medium state of fertility: Unthipned—1,021 pounds seed cot ton per acre. 8 inches—904 pounds seed cotton per acre. 12 inches—951 pounds seed cotton per acre. 24 inches—759 pounds seed cotton per acre. Many things are to be considered when we go to thin our cotton. Some of the considerations are asHFollows: Composition and amount of fertility; type of soil; amount of cultivation; variety of cotton, etc. When land normally produces from three-fourth to one bale of cotton per acre, then it should be thinned from two to three stalks from eight to twelve inches apart There is one rule that may be followed to a slight extent and that ie richer the land thinner the cotton, poorer the land thicker the cotton. Best Time to Apply Nitrate of Soda Before Billy Boll Weevil entered South Carolina the test on the experi mental station showed that we got better results from applying nitrate of soda rather late in the season but for the past three years the test shows that applications of nitrate of soda and sulphurate of ammonia ap plied about ten days after chopping, gives the highest yields and it has also shown that applications made late in the seaaon not only does not give any results but actually decreas ed the yield because it keeps the cotton growing and bolls soft too long in the latter part of the sea son and the boll weevils puncture the soft bolls much easier than they do we way of knowing what kind of Seasons we are to have this sum- then We would kftoW totter when to make application of nitrate of soda. Seasons like we Had last sum mer nitrate of soda applied late would have given a much better yield than where applied very early but we can not afford to take the risk on the delay not knowing how the seasons are going to be, so just remember to make applications not later than ten days after chopping cotton. pad $7,500.00, the exact sum authoris ed for the construction of the Watts Mill-Ora road, about six miles, mak- , . .., . . r ,. i ing a total of about 24 miles finished, undoubtedly executed before four and a half miles graded. " Against this construction#—which has occurred during the winter period# and has therefore been more expen sive than summer construction owing to the rain and frost interference and shorter da; ed up rena County following sums: for engineering, in- Would Sell Mechanical Army to United States York.—Nells W. Aaseo, quiet scholarly Danish inventor, has ex pressed his intention of coming to this country shortly to offer his “meehanl- cal soldiers’’ and superbombs to the HsRed States. ▲ line of soulless mechanisms buried la the earth along frontiers, waiting for years for the hand on an electric button that will release them to ■bower bullets and poison gas on in vaders—that is Mr. Aasen’s substitute Dor flesh and blood defensive armies. His human equivalent is reduced to a engineers to guide the defensive and, on the offensive, to aviators, function would be poison-gas tombing, and to naval crewft operating Ids newly invented depth bombs •gainst enemy shipping. With different wave lengths, succet- tlers of the underground soldiers be exploded to stop the advance Off any army whose positions esnld bo by radio from r days#—there has been expend-1 | nM to May 1st, 1924, by the Lau- '"v* lounty Highway Commission the 1 1 1 bed sack, (Can be purchased at Army and Navy stores in Greenville or Columbia.) 2 pair blankets. (Wool preferred.) 1 Scout uniform, if you have it (To be worn to camp, but only on dress occasions during stay at camp.) 3 changes of underwear, and stock- I Good as They Look Dr. Copeland, United States Senator from New York, in one of his recent artiefes, in speaking about substi tutes in bread rations, declares that good cake is just as good and just as nourishing as the staff of life, and should be counted part of our daily meals. The dinton Bakery I .■phone 124 § “Your jBreakfast is more complete with Toast.” 4 K For The Graduate NORRIS VARIETY In Special Graduation Wrapper MAH JONGG SHAFFER PEN AND PENCIL SETS , COXY’S, TRE-JUR AND PALMERS* COMPACT Sadler-Owens Pharmacy Telephone 400 eluding the expenses of engineer’s of fice and also federal aid Sti State High way Department engineering above referred to. $3,478.12; for road and;"® CU P- pair old pants. 1 ok) cap or hat 2 old shirts. 1 fork, spoon, knife, tin plate and WHAT DO P. S. JEANS bridge Work, $68,055.56; for equip ment $16,784.54. The above includes the $7*500.00 paid back to the eoqnty for the work done by the supervisor on contracts lej. by him through the State Highway Department on Ora- Watts Mill road (and including equip ment in warehouse of $2,974.35, and including supplies on hand $4,373.44,) making the total expenditure by the commission of $88,318.26 out of a to tal appropriation of $250,000.00 The commission sold 5% bonds, though urged to make the bonds 5 1-2% or 6%. They brought frac tionally less than par. but with their accrued interest ana the interest which is being paid to the county by banks for the money deposited, the return on the bonds will be better than par, and the amount available to the commission will exceed $250,- 000.00. On May 1st there remained available to the commission about $167,000.00 for the remainder DO? for the construction of the of the roads an) bridges provided under the bill On May 1st there remained to to built about forty miles of road. About five-twelfths of the work is finished, so far as road construeflaw is concerned, but con* sidetUHy leas than five-tarelftto se | far as bridge construction is concern* isSt “ 1 extra pair shoes. 1 bathing suit, also water wings, or tire tube. 1 comb, brush, tooth brush, tooth paste, soap. 2 towels. 6 handkerchiefs. 1 Scout Hand-book. Also notebook for taking notes, etc. 1 pocket knife. 1 Bible, or prayer book. 1 flashlight The following articles are optional and not required: kodak* fishing tackle, etc., scout axe, baseball out fits, sewing outfits, etc. DR. AND MRS. HAYS LOSR LITTLE INFANT Dr. and Mrs. S. C. Hays lost their little infant child last Wcdnesda night* it living only a few town after birth. Their many friends n the city sympathise with them in their and CLEMSON COLLEGE SCMUtSIff BUS UUTI0IIS Competitive examinations to fill vacant scholarships in forty- two counties will to held on Fri day, Jaly 11* 1624, beginning at . 9 A. M. under the supervision of the County Superintendents of Education. FOUR-YEAR SCHOLAR SHIPS—Open to students desir ing to pursue four-year college courses ia Agriculture. Winners ef these scholarships meet meet felly the requirements for en trance into the Freshmaa Gass. TWO-YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS —Open to etadents desiring to pursue the two-year course in Agriculture. Common school odn- • cotian sufficient Each scholarship is worth 106.66 a session and froe tuition of $46.66. Membership in the Reserve Of- ’ fleers Training Corps—R. O. T. C.—is also equivalent hi money to a scholarship during the tost two years in college. For and write, to THE REGISTRAR CLHMSOff COLLEGE, 8. C. « t t.Z.AJ.A i.,iieAiAA.A.».eOJ.A.JiOAAJi.t.e + | ^ 1) M l I t 1 H I I n CASINO THEATRE PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK MATINEE 2 P. M. -NtaHT 7:15 P. M. THE CORNER STORE «ra» Me value at 66c sad T9e Two Days—Monday and Tuesday* June 2nd and 3rd “BRASS” From the startling novel by Chas. G. Norris, starring Monte Blue, Irene Rich, Marie Prevost, Harry Meyers and DuPont. “Ia Your Wedding Ring Brass?” never has the whole subject pf marriage, its obligations to the individual, been with such undetstaadteg and sympathy. We have here a first rate picture and criticisms tip top. Might give you an evening of splendid entertaiinment Also “TELEPHONE GIRL.” Both Days—10c and 33c * * - Wednesday, June 4th “LETS 60” With Richard Talmade. Boys, here is the picture with the thrills and real actions, given by the man that does not fear death. Here we have a “purty” good picture and I believe you will be well entertained if you come out and see it.—Because it baa Eileen Percy and Tully Marshall to make it please you. Also “LEATH ER PUSHERS.” 11c and 25c Two Days—Thursday and Friday, June 5th and 6th “TO THE LAST MAN” Story by ZANE GREY. Starring Richard Dix, Loia Wilson, Noah Berry and other capable actors. Why should you hesitate on this one—everybody reads Zane Grey’s books and know he is the lead ing fiction author of today, and thii picture follows the book and will slam the entertainment right before your eyes that’s bound to send you away pleased. “It’s a Paramount Picture” that you read about in the leading trade papers of the day. Also TWO REEL COMEDY. 11c aad 28c Saturday, June 7th “GALLOPING GALLAGER” With FRED THOMPSON and the horse “SILVER KING.” You’rw going to tod Hke standing up and yelling when you aeo this ondT Nothing yet to equal such thrilling fast this one. Also “STEEL TRAIL** N*. 10. ; 1 k t % l|c and Me fast riding aad action as in ONE REEL COMEDY. ■w* rnm