The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, May 29, 1924, Image 6
^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-
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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:
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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
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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.**
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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-
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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.
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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
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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.
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