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l-A-^ - ;;m.., I 111 U|i|H HH , 11|| 11| 11. U J |i ■' *• /*»/ hT' i 4 '•,.■» A*, V,'""' « ■ ,v-^'. •■ ■"S- PAGE FOUR THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 1929 il|p (Etyrnnirlf PUBUSHED EVERY THURSDAf BY j the United States,,Jbut also other mil-' directed by Dr. Fred Williams. This : lions in foreigrn countries. j board, entrusted with the direction of I The radio has advanced to an almost the lar^st institution in the stat^, has 'unbelievable e)rtent. Recently pro- its hands full as every one well knows ! grams from London were heard in who is familiar with the magnitude of TBE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. York with absolute clarity. Now ,its work and problems, and we doubt . I maaLaa vxyNaeiiLlA 1 if CI1l^^1A1AV«f f 1 A f/\ oaOllWlia WILSON HARRIS Editor and Publisher Entered at the Clinton Post Office a.' matter of Second Class. this progress makes it possible for' it having sufficient time to assume not only America, but also other na-rthe responsibilities of still another in- tions of the world, to hear the voice i stitution. of our new president as he dedicates j. It occurs to us that the Training himself to the leadership of the .A.mer- school should be g^jven its oum board ican people. How fitting that this of trustees, men primarily interested Terms of Subscription; One y«ar $1.50 j should be sol The world has its eye ^ in its work and needs. This school has Six months 75'on Hoover, and how the worll will be suffered irs thfe past for various rea- Tbree months 50 Payable in advance M H’' I 1 St 4;'^' 'ft able to hear hiS first words as he as- sons and a divided interest now, mak- sumes the highest office of his coun- |fng it a subsidiary to a much larger j try. I institution, is calculated -to have ai The Chronicle .'.eeks the cooperatioiT^ very thought thrills ^ne—the • harmfuPeffeet. j of its suWeribe's and readers world has moved forward indeed!! We have long contended that the j publisher will a* all times appr^iateiGeorge Washington's inau- school should be given a square deal.! wise suggestion i and kindly advice. ' gural address—his words were not It has been kicked around by the legis-1 Irncwn for days after the event by per- j lature and others as a football lorfg; j sons within a narrow radius, they enough. This spirit of indifference and 1 I were not >heard save by those who stingy attitude of support toward it, ! were within the rang.* of his voice, i Today, a man in the remotest comer CLINTON, S. C., FEB. 28, tf29 8 PAGES ji. of the land may be “present'’^ at an , , . „ . , u T# I important ceremony simply by turn- p. dumb shall speak hereafter. If c.a,v they would wa.t unt.l then., A man never knows how many rela- j tivi s he has until he begins to get; ahead in the world. ! TRAINING SCHOOL UP AGAIN has been a great drawback to Dr. \^Tiitten and his associates in its prop er development. The Training school is doing a work | that no other institution in the state ^ attempts. It needs a separate, inter- i ested, understanding, kind-hearted, | positive board Of management to work j for the care and comfort of its hun-| The state board of public welfare Qf poor, helpless and unfortu ^ lo>i? been a nightmare to Gover- ■ ^ate inmates who are incapacitated to j .Spring wdl soon be here. The aver-i nor Richards. Two years ago on thei^arg for themselves. Such assistance i £ge man’s idea of making a garden ^ pretention ®f economy, he struck it a oversight will help keep the will be >to buy some vegetable seed j serious blew by cutting off its entire . hoof fronv* running upon the rofks ; fo: his wife to plant. ; appropriation and leaving it to func tion with no funds at its disposal. .\s in spite of the attitude and sfforts of some of our peanut politicians who sitions of honor in the state. Wnut profiteth it a man to toil and, a result of this attitude on his part unwisely have been’exalted to high po- a,r.a'.' a foitune anJ leave it to a son arul other.s, ihe board ha.s been badly who isn'i worth a hoot in Hades? j cripple,1 and greatly handicapped in its important work. • There is a difference, too, between' \ second attack is nrev looming pr .n-iner.ce and permanence, and we against this board as it ’.i«w exists Poultry Shipments ^ Reach Nearly $5,000 w ll do well to think about it as we The bill to “kill" it this ^ime comes sa.l along. j from the Colleton county senator, With the shipment last week of a ■ T ! . ■ P’'obably w’.th littL likelihood of pass- poultry car from Fountain Inn, Gray ! The main objection to a man who | jng on account of considerable oppo- Court an.1 Clinton, the'total shipments has good luck is that he usually insists sition against it in the senate. If the for the year have amounted to 18,900 on bragging on his gooJ judgment. i bill passes, the board will be abolished pQunds, according to C. B. Cannon, • ^ ' and it.s duties devolved upon other county agent. The shipment last week I HEIJ’ NEEDED NOH boards and agencies*now existing and amounted to 7,948 pounds and the sum 'vVhile there is no tendency to deny ; yet to be created by the governor. realized was $1,789.22, ’ i that the farm is the backbone of the, The bill now proposed if passed, will ^ ! world, there is strong reason to be-^ put the management and control of lieve that in this country there is need^he State Training school of this city that it should receive all the atteirtimitTn the “hands of the board of regents of the most skilled chiropractors. Once in three or four months, pour a teaspoonful of castor oil around the roots of ferns and plants and they of the state hospital, now efficiently' will grow luxuriantly. A NEW FEATURE We arc glad to make the important announcement of a new inspirational feature beginning today to replace the late Ur. Frank Crane’s series. Dr. J. .J. Gaines will write this new^ fceries. No one is better fitted to carry on the excellent work of Dr. Crane wno.se efforts were suddenly brought t.. an end by an untimely death. HEART TO HEART TALKS BY JOHN J. GAINES, M. D. CHANGING I This is an era of changes. And we the body; so it is with no little satis faction that I take up the pleasant “Heari to Heart Talks” presents Dr. j rgijgh them to the point of hearty wel- which I am assigned. '-• * .1*1. ^ .A. 1 ^ -^1.. 1 I noQ Kaam n ^ii Caines at his best—right in his ele ment—it is human-c-eoptimistic-—kindly. —and shows an understanding of hu , , There has never been a time when i come m most instances. Those who do the thinkers of our beloved country not change once in a while gradually have been sought with such positive roan nature that is exceptionally keen jthat lethargic state of mind energy. We are interested in every- an-i delightful. His writings will be an we call a rut and everybody^ thing good; the bad forces itself upon irupiration to young and old alike. ' - l *t- -- T.ne Chronicle is quite proud to pre sent such an excellent new’ feature. It begins today. THE SAWDUST TRAIL resents that. us, whether we w’ill or no. “Prove all The same suit of clothes w'om for things; hold fast to that which is too long grows tiresome to our neigh- good.” I don’t know’ of any better ad- “ bors, if not to ourselves, though the • vice than that, ; SS ■garments are by no means worn out. I heartily wish I could hear all of' = 'People relish contrasts, especially the comments that may be aroused bv|s= Doubts of the effecti.eness of old-1*''"" for the briKhter the things I shall try'to say to you,| = fashioned religious revival, have been J' »ttractive And dear friends, during the next year. I = prevalent among observant churchmen “> reading matter, I Maybe some of you will differ with = for years past. There has been on the, “> Wends part of .some, and still is, a disposi tion to feci that whatever good may j j .u . — this abandonment of things and dream that way, at any rate. And I' ^ physical appearances. may even clip out something of mine i = So the readers of this paper will —and put it in the scrap-book; I shall! = he accomplished by leaders in this i -..u au j- i r ^ n , . . =z= kind of religious work is overbalanced 7" “ "‘‘t the medical tang. Ever fully apprenate the honor of taking S by the air of professionalism which, , .T. I »* “beloved writer who ha, = aitends their campaigns. More and inspirational lately beim called to the higher sphere. 1 = more leaden of a number of denomi-' 7'”'*’,'’' 7 , = nations have united to substitute iess ‘ n^ree with him. thaf the corner somewhere in your heart fur = obstructive and more intimate meth-, should be refreshed as well as me to creep into and be happy ? ' ^ cds to stimulate religious feeling in their communities. .\o;one may say how deeply the re ligious experience of the sawdust trail ■ • i: was actually felt. But to say, as some . S critics of the revivalists are doing, • that spectacular reAivals do no per- 2 manent good is to assume that which.i* very probably is not true. It will hard- • ly do to suppose that any man of elo- , quence can speak powerfully to mul- i titude.s day after day in behalf of so- briety, clean living and all the simpler virtues without‘doing some good. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON By Rev. Samuel D. Price, 1). D., AsHociate General Secretary of the World’s Sunday School AK.sociation. International Sunday School Lesson for March 3 . j THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH Mark 4:26-32; Ephesians 1:22, 23; 4:4-6, 11, 16 Jesus laid down very few rules. He! can find books on church history in ; did announce principles which would any public library. 'determine right action under varying^ in a recent le.sson study we had circumstances. No elaborate organiza-: Peter’s confession, “Thou are the IT’S THE PRESENT, THAT < COUN-TS ~ The past is a pleasant field for j ^.j^n was established to carry’ forward Chri.st, the Son of the"'li^ng^*^GoT” memory, the future for speculation ni, pn^ram. During the three years: which Jesus Himself declared to be and good intention.,but it is an old ty^^ee months of public ministry the foundation on which the spiritual' would be built. Well may the a like the present. No other moment can jpatetic school. From among those j beginning be called, in the parable truly be called our ow’n, for memories learners twelve were inducted into the' afrain of mustard seed. The growth may f^l and dreams fade, but the un- apostolic office. | has been marvelous. The World Alma-v e presen IS TCa . xhe Kingdom of God "was frequent- nac indicates that 566,201.000 are and ready fw what we can make of it. i, j i • i u . We talk of critical moment, in his- »"<',»;» ^plameJ both alas^ as Chrm >«n, m the world’s tory, yet the long story of man, now, ‘*7" teaching^ Th.s ^ pcpulat.on^of 1,619,711^000. Thus one- as always, hinges on today. Men lDok 7‘"7“"' 'I>p '‘I'l 7 God isith rd „f the race clam,, re atlonsh.p b«,kward to cross-road decisions tali""' a '7" “ '77'" i »f «>'’ The church is a term which grew up 1 church. ^heir lives or forward to expected op portunities, yet a real crisis is al'ways close to hand. The long road of the past has led to it and the future will be guided by it. We owe it to our unknown future in apostolic days and means in par-j The different members have vary- ticular those who are called out. That i ing ability, said Paul in writing to the word has various meanings today. Wel Romans, but all are- “one body in are not discussing any reference to a; Christ.” The trouble is that too many »nere building, but rather to the com-1 do hot live up to their spiritual possi- to mW the best of the present. We j that is called ■ bility. It is stated that nine-tenths of uwe .it to the causes of progress to ^ ‘7‘. woff Stnctly speaking, the i the work in the average church is meettheissue. of our own time. The one-tenth of its members, present problem is the touchdown of '•'« '■“"'P»ny "f; Failure cannot be charged against the o..r courage and capacity, and the', chorch, but that indictment can be day’s work is the only reeo'rd of our l “" V* ?7i!' *" *7 .7 aifninst the majority of its ... ,1. —a ai,. , P'Pn'hP'’*‘h' organized strength and worth. 'Hre present mo-1 “J. ; constituency. ment is a standing invitation to learn: 1 The failure is because the members our ' J * A not under consideration either; there, tu u a n *. j- . -.u powers-and use them» and in its! , ortn-ti - . . . • the body will not coordinate with ^ ■ ‘ are more than 200 Protestant sects in - — • . ^ 1 11 > i.1. • are more man rroie fle-fing challenge there is opportune 1 United States alone, ty to stamp ourselves and our times, with character that endures. the Head, as set forth in tlphesians. I Christ is called also the “chief comer HOOVER ON THE AIR When Herbert Hoover takes the Read, with close attention, the pas-[ stone,” All the bodily life, thinking sages,.,which are indicated for study <»f an individual, and all construction. today, ki addition to those named above, we have Matthew l'6:20-30; oath of office on next Monday, his j Romans 12:4-8; Ephesians 1:15-23; voice will be heard throughout the ' 5:22-27; I Timothy St 15. Then turn to world. His /inaugural address wiH ithe word “church’* in any ency^lopae- having an edifice in mind, must be with reference to Founder and Sav iour. ThVn glorious attainment can be had, for we again 'behedtf the 'gdal: “Unto thd measure of tite statnni of reach not only millions of listeners in ’ dia for many general statements. You | the fullness of Christ,*' VOL III, NO. i Viri^inia-Camlina Ch«7iniral <sOfporalion Copyright 1929 Grow What They Want Cotton fibor '>f uniform standards baa always lieen wanted by the man ufacturers. and the price pAimium has always favtinHl Lhese stand.inls, •ays the U. 8 [Aqiartment of .Agri culture But, farriiera offered what they gr*;w instead of gniwing what the market wanted. Quality kept OD getting worse—until “hnally the CAuae became clear.” Public gins had taken the pla(« of the old-time ^plantation gin, and everylxKiy’s seed was being mixed, crossing and mongrelising the whole crop. The way to do, says the I>epartment, is to plant one g<v>d variety of cotton in each ginning neighborltood. In other words, put GOOD seed on your V-C Fertiliser. VC Newspapers from cornstalks In lx hours Is t six hours Is the latest record made by the scientific sharps. What will they do next? FULL ROWS is preimred for anything short of a paid-up subscription list. -V-C- A Preacher of Farming One of the hardest working and fiost meaning folks in the world is your typical average county agent He’s a sort of preacher aUiut farming instead of religion. Yet how often does he get credit for trying? Or for knowing what he’s talking about? Still, Fou.. Rows has noticed one thing: the farmers who make money year in and year out always listen when the county agent talks. • The money may be due to tbe listening, or the listening may be due to the money, but some how they go together. V-C jr “AS 3 As yisid per acre goee UP, net DOWN “On one 5-ACRE PLOT I used 450 pounds of V-C per acre with no soda or top dressing of any kind, and I picked seven bales averaging 650 pounds.. V-C beat them aUI"— W. J. MeStewart, Coats, N. C. V-C —— Ed lira I ion Pays Dividends A .study of 1271 farmers was mads by the Georgia >>tate Coll(?ge of Agriculture in 1925, says the Y’ear- book of Agriculture. Records show(*d that farincrs with a common school education had a yearly in come of aliout two and a half times ss 'much as farmers without school ing. Farmers i}'ith s high school education earned api^ximately three times a.s miichj and Jarmere urith a ehort course- tn agricultural edtication earned ubout four timea as much at those mlhtnU tchooling. V-C Takes a smart boll weevil to beat V-C cotton. icr pound goes _ 0«f|ia» tment of Agriculturt. V-O :i One-Variety Cotton “Advantages may be expected by one-variety cotton communities above the prices obtained by com munities that produce a miscellane ous crop,” says the 1927 Yeari)ook of Agriculture. “This is shown by experience in communities where the 8<!ed is kept pure and a uniform fiber is pnxiueed. In ('aliforiiia, Ari zona and New Mexico omv variety cornmunitii's have been maintaiiied since 1920. Definite prograuM of community improvement have U’cn adopted recently in several of the older cotton-growing states.” V-C HOW TO RAISE TURNIPS— —V-C- "The soul, like an athlete, ffnds it bard to come back once it is bor dering on exhaustion,”says Modern Farming. “The time to get most froii) an investment in plant food is BEiXJRE the soil is depleted.” “Take hold of the top and pull,*' says Mixed Goods. V-O . "About 25 per oe.nt of tin* aver age cost of fertilizer is made up of inbound and outlHiund freight eharges.”- -Natumil Fertilizer A»sn. — V 0- — “This season I decid<*d to experiment with V-C siqier analysis grades, |>lanting 15 acres and using 301) iKUinds of 1^15-5 ptT aiTc. On this field / made more than a bale to the acre.''—I)r. W. C. Carver, Vidette, Ga, Save Labor Cost With V-C V-C Fertilizers are cheaper than labor, so why 'not let them lower your costa? Instead of 300 pounds per acre on three acres of cotton, for instance, try the whole 900 pounds on one acre. You won’t save any thing on the fertiliser, of ooume. But, man, what you’ll taee on labor and teed! Check up afterward and see how close, it hits to $42 log every acre. V-iV-^ In competition with modem ompei industry, the farmer must swing into step with the march of mod em business methods.’*—U. S. Department of the Interior. V-C-- And Money for the Farmer Crude cottonseed oil is fit only to bum in lamps,' says the U. S. De partment of Agriculture. The re fining process is what makes it really valuable. Refined cottonseed eil is good for so many purposes it would be hard tf> list them all, but they include salads, medicine, cook ing, soap, nitro-glycerin, pitch, paint and roofing. V-C-’ In order to brino top pricRi sweet potatoes must be nuxlium large, well rounded and not slender, and must cook dry’ and mealy. All these go<><l qualities are put in them by plenty of the right V-C fertilizer. -V-C "The United States today uses less than 6 pounds of commercial fer tilizer p<’r acre per year, as compared with 99 [Kiumis per . acre for Hol land, 50 pounds for Germany, 20 pounds for Fnincezand 16 pounds fsr Great Britain. ’ ’—A merican Farming ^ _.V.C Wise Farmers Make Sure Two farmers get exactly the same price for their product—but one MAKES MORE than tbe other for his year’s work. The difference is in Cost of Production. And the biggest factor in controlling cost (A production is fertiliser—fAe right kind, the right onofymv used right. Hit-or-miss farmers take a chance and boI)e for the best. Good farm ers, wise fanners, the kind who make money, take NO chances that they don’t have to taka. They buy V-C. •ViaCINI A-CAROLINA CHRMiCAL CORPORATION* ANOTHER DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES We sell moderate priced furniture that is stylish and in as much variety as if you were trading at a store that asked top prices. We do not claim to sell without profitbut our profits are modest on our entire stocks. We depend upon volume and your good-will. i - For Your Spring Trips. , Our stocks are yeiy' complete, new, up-to-date styles * -well tailored and moderate prices. HAT BOXES — SUIT CASES — GLADSTONE CASES WEEK-END CASES — BAGS AND TRUNKS WILKES & CO § CLINTON rTwo Stores LAURENS I \ lUlllllE ... /■ t