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4 f THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18,1930 THK CLlNTpN CHRONICLE; CLINTON. S. C. Page edeven COUNTY TREASURER’S NOTICE 1929 ^ The books of the County Treasurer will be open for the collection ^of i taxes for i^he fiscal year, 19^, at The Treasurette office^from October 15th to December, 31, 1929. After Decern-| ber 31 one-per cent will* be adde<l. Af-1 ter January 31st, two per cent will be added, and after Feb. 28th, seven per ^ cent will be added until the 15th day o£ March, 1930, when the books will | be closed. All ' persons owning property in ■ more than one township are requested ; to call for receipts in each of the several townships in which the prop erty is located. This is important, as additional cost and penalty rpay be attacUeu. AJl able-bodied male citizens be tween the ages 'of twenty-one (21) and sixty (60) years of age are liable to pay a poll tax of $1.00, except old soldiers, who are exempt at fifty (50) years of age. Commutation Road Tax $1.50 in lieu of road duty. All able- bodied men between the ages of 21 and 55 are liable^ to road duty except those in military service, school trus tees, school teachers, ministers, and students. sure comfort in later years. In the meantime, Americans are fo^unatt in being able, to enjoy a wide range I of luxuries while still laying some- i thing by. , COAL Geologists of the Byrd South Pole expedition have found coal in Antarc tica. Great Britain takes occasion to 1 remind the United States that con- ■ siderable parts of the land there are 'under,the protection of the British j flag. Trouble-makers, especially the I sensational newspapers which prefer i war to peace because war is' more ' “newsey” are already trying to l.ay the foundation for international sfrife. If we ever do go to war against Great Britain it will 'oe over some thing far more important than h coal bed located where the temperature is VoL. I, JSo. 3 VirginioW.antlina Chemical Corporal ion Cnpyrifilit 1930 V-C Is Quite Proper COMMUNISTS A group of comrhunist agitators tried to hold a,public meeting on the steps of New York city hall the other day. They had neglected to obtain a permit for a public meeting and the police dispersed them. They fought I the police and some of them got brok en heads. Many fialf-baked thinkers i below freezing and usually 40 see in that episode an example of ty-' or so below zero. Even if the ! coal were accessible i.t would not be It was rather an example of the ^^***^1^ i Communists’ lofty disi-egard for all economic'Scheme oT the laws of civilized nations. Their' oil has become the record in Russia proves that their ^oel for the world s navies whole scheme of government is more tyrannical than the worst of the 1 Czars. Every American citizen has the *‘A.s the cotton farmer has not yet been able to control the selling; price of his crop, low cost of production i>er pound gives the best assurance of largest profit. High yield i^er acre means low cost per pound. Lll)eral' as- well as the merchant marine. NOTICE ANNUAL MEETING Proper attention will be given those r'lfbt to agitate for a change in the who wish to pay their taxes through Is^'s or the Constitution itself. There The annual meeting of the .Ioanna 1 the mail by check, money order, etc;t4 place in America for those who (Cotton Mills, will be held according to giving nanie-of township and number ‘each disobedience to law. ; By-laww,on Tue.sday, March 4, 1930,; of .school district.. use of proper fortlllv.er Is one of the surest ways of Increasing yield and lowering cost. Thousands of tests and the general experience of farm ers have proved the wisdom of using liberal applications of high analysis fertilizer. Fertilize cotton with 6(X) to tUH) pounds i)er acre to Increase yield, lower cost and obtain greater profit.”—Ward H. Sachs. V V-C — The tax levy is as follows: State Tax 5 mills at 11 o’clock A. M. At this meeting I ' directors and officers will be elected! OVERPRODUCTION ^ u u ^ ■ , , ... and such other business transacted as OrH,„.rv T.V ™in. may legally come before it. Ordmarj Count> Tax 5H mills > of farming conditions was coindd by • ' ^0®^ ^ --it g^ceUry of agrieukure the other- - - ' ^* Railroad Bond 1 mill jday.'‘Blind production for an unknown ‘ Secretary Road Bonds ...6Vi hiiHs j-demand,” were Mr. Hyde’s w’orda, Ev-j Past Indebtedness ,2 mills j farmer has experienced the evils! Statewide School (6-0-1) 4 mills i of overprodyction. The pendulum | M/eak and High School 1 mill I swings too far each way. One year a. Constitutional School 3 mills g}jort crop brings high prices; the — i next year every farmer produces more ’ Total ... 38 mills j of that commodity and the markets Laurens School Districts j glutted at low prices. No. 1, Trinity Ridge 1614 mills j por the first time in history, intel- No. 2, Prospect 16 nrills' jjg,ont steps are being taken'by our "The majority of our customers demand V-C- will not buy any other tobacco fertilizer except V-0, regardless of price." Whipple Bros., Dealer, Quitman, Oa. -V-0- 666 TABLETS Relieves a Headache or Neuralgia in 30 minutes, checks a Cold the first day, and checks Malaria in three days. 666 alMO in Liquid Can G<4-Ofiicial frradtflj For 40 cents per sample, any grower or owner of cotton cafi get an oflTlclal statement of tho quality of hts ((ber. He Is exiweted to ask for a forinf Oh 4t out, and send It back with his samples to the United 8tates board of cotton examiners at New Orleans, Houston, Oulveston or New York, or to the hpimmiI board of review examiners at'Washington. No. 3, Barksdale-Nannie 18% wiills (Ip keep farmers from 7 rviilla . _ . • -i . L 1 . _ ^ No. 4. Bailey .......—.. .1 i mills ; competing with each other and to com- No. 5, Copeland-Heming 8 mills p^.] them to work together to control No.- b. Oak Grove 6 mills production and so make farming a No. 7, WatU Mills 8 mills | p,.„^jtjjhle bu:'ine;i.s for all engaged in ” * r»o I No No 11, I.,aurens 22 mills 12, Ora i 11% mills Youngs School Districts No No . . 24 mills .16 mills 17 mills 10% mills 17% mills 2, Friendship (D-5) 4, Bethany No. 5, Grays No.. 6, Central No. 7, Youngs No. H, Warrior Creek No. 10, Lanford No. 3-B, Fountain Inn . * Dials School Districts No. 1, Greenpond 10 mills .Mr. Hyde i.< right in .saying that the farmer.s of .America face in the* com ing years as stern a test a.s evei- fa-ced OUT forefathers. CIVILIZATION T) mills Il^man progress consists in the inul- 04, Ml tiplication of human wants and of the means to supply the new needs. The man who wants nothing w.e call a_ sav- He is, at liberty to live in the 24 mills age. No.' 2, E<ion : .IT', mni, “'"i •■"M; [(f*- No. 3, Shiloh (Sul. 17) 22 mill,^*"' *'■ No. 5, Gray Court-Owing, 24 mill, ‘■“"“""y" "'t'' No. L-3, Bark,dale..Narnio ir,., ,„i|„ corumo<l,tie, which appeal to h.m ,o No. 8, Smyrna (Sul. 17) . 22 mm,!'];** '■’'change hi, labor for No. 3.B, Fountain Inn .24 mills Sullivan School DistrictH The next step is to teach him to No. 1, Princoton 22 milki bailly_^he .rs wiUmg No. 2, Mt. Bethel 15 mills No. 3. Poplar Springs 25 mills ^ are to be had No. 7. Brewerton .. 16 mills I No. 17, Hickory Tavern 22 mills I A'«<’*-ica today is that they want Railroad Tax x 3 mills P®y BEFORE BABY COMES ^i'^AKE cod-liver oil the pleasant way. Helps keep up the nn- slrcngth and Icss- e!» s danger to iccth. The nev/ life needs it too.' 12. -.ily digested c.;d retaihjd. 4'! SXTTS ^[-ry.vx:] I Oood for Mo'.hct AT... CIiilu iki t( 4 Down* L. 0' :.tU. ; -v-o- Th» use of cotton for making auto mobile tires and otherfubiwr goods has more than doubled since 1»20. says B. Youngblood in The Country Gentleman. Almost a million bales of cotton are now vised annually by these industries alone. Cotton-crowing made little -headway In this country before tho cotton gin was invented, writes A. F. Lever in The Country Gentlemen. The trouble was that one good field hand could grow more cotton than a dozen could de-lint. Tliick Cotton Pays^ -v-o- "We are now selling five tlme.s as much V-O as a few years ago.”— Allen A rhomfl*son,8kipwith, Va. -y-0- BetltT Use for Poor Lamls "Much of the poorer land which now produces at a loss can be profit ably us«d for the growth of pine forests and the production of tur pentine and rosin, for which there are excellent prospect s of expanding markets.” Dr. H. G.,Knight, V. S. Dept, of Agriculture, Close-spaced cotton will fruit earlier and produce, larger yields than thinly spaced cotton, an- nounce.s, P. H. Klmo, plant breeder for-, the 8tate College experiment station at Palelgh, N. C. Mr. Klme s lys the station’s teats have proved tuts conclusively. According to tho tests, better yields are obtained when the jhllls are spaced 8 to 12 Inchw apart In the row, with two or throe plants to the liill. An earlier crop results when -V-0- "Farmers are well pleased and V-C sales are steadily Increasing." J. R. Nef.j^, ijfeal^r, Thompson, Pa. V-0 lli|:h Analysis Best Demonstrations of high-analysls fertilizers under cotton will be con- ^ducted by the National Fortlllz.cr Association at many inilnts In the southeast this spring. The purpose -V-C Co-0|)H Turn to Rrsoarcli “One of the most slgnlficiuit de velopments is the attention given by the cooi«>ratlves to research. Twont.v or more associations have research departments. The use of crop and market Information by these organizations Is placing them in the forefront among merchan dising concerns.” W. Af. Jardine, Secretary of Agriculture. Is to show farmers and fertilizer dealers the false economy of using low-analysis goods Just Ivecause the price tier ton looks clieaiier. Other activities planned by the 'Associa tion will show In practice tho recom mendations of national and stato exiwrlment stations and other ugrh- cultural authorities. tho cotton is left thick, Mr. Klme dov'lares, because a larger number of blooms •-C pro hired during the first few' weeks of iho blooming - period. Thin Is esi>ocii'll/ Important under Ivoll W'.?evll conditions, for the weevil gets most of the ImiIKs formed after August 15 and sometimes nftor Augu.st 1. Leatlng the cotton thick in the row prevents the ex cessive vegetut'.ve growth that usually results In late fruiting and heavy, wBevtl ilawTagw! " ' Choi) your ctiiton as early as POS7 slble. V.Vi Klnt^ advises. This glvei_ tho plants more room, loosens the soil around them, gives them an earlier growing start. Block the cotton out a hoe's width. -V-O- *''We handle V-0 goods because our farmer friends want V-C. V-C Is known and liked.”ZXvrcAesfcr Cotton Oil Co., Dealer, St. Cltorge, S. O. — V-C AT YOUR SKRVTC,!^™ -v-o Low yields of cotton per aae mean high costs per pound. V-C "Therf. arf.'about 1(H) dllTeront siiecles of ctUton. Of these, vinly two are grown In t he United States S<>u Island and t he short-staple vartet les of Gossypium hirsutum. Of the latter Rliocles there are more than 200 varieties cultivated.” — William S. Myers. In the head office of Virglnla- ffandlna Chemical CoriHiratlon at Ulclunond, Va., there Is a Imreuu that 8ta.vs inh'hfy busy answering (luestions from f.irniers and glvliu: advice about soil management. It Is tho V-O Agricultural Service Pu- reiiu. Have you ev4*r needed It? Is any big soil mana 'eniont problem b'ltheruur you ami .Vfiiir nt>lglil)or.-4 ’ 'riie Bureau is there Just lo be of s(‘rvlco ^o you. your county agent, your community. Use’it fre-aly. V-C "Once sold on-V-C, they are al ways V-C customers.”—IVm.Jacgues, Jr., Dealer, Lehunon, N. J. Vmr.lNIA-r.AROl.lNA CIIICMirAI. COHPORATION < K (►■Va-## Waterloo School Digtrictg No, 1, Mt. Gallagher 12 mills No. 2, Bethel Grove 9 mills No. 3, Ekom (Sul. 17) 22 mills No. 4, Center Point 14 mills No. 5, Oakville 8 mills the price, ei.her in labor or in obe-1 dience to the community law. The old I law of the pilgrim fathers, “He who' does not work shall not eat’’ is not I sufficiently enforced. Too many par-' ents are fetiing their boys and girls the Farmers of South Carolina ^ ^ .“have a good time’’ instead of going - «■>'!< ''•h''' hav' fi>lj,hed No. 7,"Mt. Ohve 21 mills. . No. 14, Waterloo 8 mills Cross Hill School Districts No, 13> Cross Hill 21% mills Hunter School Districts I No, 3, Rock Bridge 6 mills No. 4, W’adsworth 8 mills school. It is from this irraspon.sible; | leisure class that most of the crimi-| nals develop, according to the police commissioner of New York. I NOBILITY I In 1913, when the unrest in the Bal-' No. 5, Clinton 23 mills, kans was already threatening central No. 6, Goldville 18 mills Europe with vague murmurings of No. 7, Belfast 8 mills; the great war which began the next No. K-19, Kinards 8 mills year, Frederic C.^Penfield, American No. R-42, Reederville 13 mills (ambassador to Austria-Hungary,* at- No. 16, Mountville 21 milh i tended a tea-party in Budapest, given Jacks School Dlstricti: by the Archduchess Maria Theresa No. 1. No white schboX- - 4 mills attended t>S many of the highest No. 2, Shady Grove ..1 11 mills Hungarian nobility. No. 3, Renno : 16 mills .®“ deprived of ,| No. 4, No white school 3 mills J'^ur titles, e.-tates and fortunes, what N6. 6, O’Dells r. mills do?’’ Mr, Penfield a.sked. Not 7, Garlington 3 mills was silence for a minute or No. 15, Hurricane 6 mills Then the archduchess answered: In recd^nition of the vital necessity of producing higher yields per acre and bet ter quality of lint, the Cotton Manufacturers’ Association of South Carolina is re newing its offer of $2,000 to be ^iven in prizes lo the successful South Carolina farmers in a 1930 Five-Acre Cotton Contest to be conducted by the Clemson Col lege Extension Servic*. Increased production per acre and hijfher quality lint is essential to the welfare cf the South (.'arolina cotton ijrowers. To meet the competition of Western cottons our .'^rowers must realize the followinj? facts; \Ve are in the Lirtunate position of havinj; within the State a"*market throu.qh our cotton mills for approximately 800,000 bales of 15-16 to 1 1-16 inch cotton. J)uriji); the. past four years, since the iwauifuration of the Five-Aere Cotton Con test,’our production of this type of cotton has increased faster than that Of any other Southeastern State but w;e still are approximately 500,000 bales shprt of sup plying the needs cf our home manufacturers. Scuffletown School Districts No. 2, Musgrove 8 mills No. 3, Langston 3 mills No. 4, Sandy Springs : 4 mills ‘I do not know what we would do, , rt u o but I tell you one thing we would V. 9 « mill. do, she replied. would not complaini’’ _ The man -srho told me of the inci dent w'as one of thb noblemen who was °l Results of the contests show that the production of a quality cotton is more Rrofituble per acre than is the production of 7-8 inch'staple cotton, cf which we Ij^row almost 300,000 mere bales than our mills can consume. No. 10, Lanford -..24% mills .... . „ . j • u • No. 12, Ora UVi milK,?,' h*” » )“'> ■" A cordial invitation is extended every farmer in South Carolina to enter the 1930 contest and,to compete for the valuable cash awards to be Riven by the *(k)t- ton Manufacturers. Full details cf the requirements'and rules will be gladly fur nished by the local County Agent in each County Seat. Persons sending in lists of names I New' York and only a few intimate] to l* Xn o« .« re,o;.tod to aondj'^-’O’ J*'' * high title e-L 1 . -...I a great estate in his native Hun-I them early and give the township and X, ^ ^ n . .^*1 ■ - orarv Like the rest, he lost al , but. school district of each, as the Trens-: W. W. Long, Director, Clemson College Extension Service /■ urer is very busy durin* the month:''' not complain. The Archduch-^ of December. ROSS D. Y»UNG, ess W'as right. They are taking their I medicine and smiling at the dose. That, : is true nobility. j Would You Know One If You Saw It? ^ yoa ever came face to face with a •ennT wpuki you recognise it? Of Soane it is not likely th^ course irfl] see a germ. you ever uiil^ you own a ■ microBOope, for one over as big as - a pin beod. But you should reoegnizo tbefactthat thesotiny germs can get into your blood stremns through the gmaDest cut, and give vpu t^oid • fever, tuberculoais, lockjaw, blood pcisomDg, and many, more dwgerotu ^tperfaHie Irtal d»ca^ “ one sure safeguOT against these dasgen — waidiing every cut, no Q^er how small, thorou^y with l^iiirl Bocoaone, the safe anits^ 5c. You can e«t lionkl Bofosoue al s’.nrn-owENS pharmacy THRIFT Savings deposits throughout the na tion are showing an upward trend, | again. Xhey were considerably deplet ed for a while, money being with drawn for stock speculation. Life in [| surance investments are steadily climbing. Henry Ford was right when he saij that most men should not depri /e j themselves under forty in order to save. The old idea that-thrift n.eans jiving a stunted life in youth i» order j to eke out narrow and bare er istence in old age gone the way of the* twelve-hour day and the ox-te im. Ev- j ery worker today has a surp us above, | normal Uving costa out oi which a anall percentage of savinwill in-! Comparative Profits per Acre from Various Length Staples—b, Averaged from Records of 1010 Contestants , in 1928 and 1929 Contests ' Staple 7-8’’ 15-16’’ 1’’ 1 I-32I'’ 1 1-16” No. of acres 590 1170 1110 800 1120 Ave. yield per acre lint 487 500 500 561 484 ^ •Value in cts. per lb 17.96 18.48 19.36 20.18 20.48 Value per acre $87.46 $92.40 $96.80 $113.21 $|9.12 Increased acre value over 7-8’’ ... — 4.94 9.34 25.75 ' ri.66 • .•Average Price Delivered Carol .r.a Mills Last Week of Dec. 1928 and 1929. Per Cent of Cotton Crops in Desired Class cf 15-16 Staple or Better State 1928 * 1929 South Carolina North Carolina Georgia Alabama 33.3. 20.8 17.4 7.9 34.3 24.1 10.8 2.8 figures by Bureau of Agri. Economics, u. S. Department of Agriculture TirTTr This space is contributed to the Clemson College Extension Service by The Cotton Manufacturers’ Association of South Carolina and this advertisement is being inserted in the entire press of the State as an assurance of the continuation of the interest of* the Cotton Manufacurers in more profitable cotton-growring in the. State. 1 4