The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, May 15, 1930, Image 8
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. a
THURSDAY, MAY 15, 19S0
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lished. Next in popularity is a biog
raphy, “Henry VIII,” by Francis
Hackett.
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coveries is a germ which will extract
the oil from coconuts without pres
sure, economically and completely.
FACTS
The basis of all successful business
is facts. The head of one of the
world’s greatest corporations has a
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Blow
the Whistle
WILLIAMS
The most widely known newspaner
man in the~world is probably Walter
Williams. Williams started life as a
printer on a country paper in Mis
souri. His education, except for a few
• ears in the common schools, came
from his newspaper work, travel and
leading. He conceived the idea of a
'ollege of journalism and in 1908 es
tablished the first school of that kind,
at the University of Missouri. There
are fifty or so colleges of journalism
now, in different, universities, all
founded on the Williams model.
The other day Walter Williams was
made president of the University of
Missouri. He still retains the title of
dean of the school pf journalism. He
is the first newspaper man ever to
head a great educational institution.
WELCH
“No human being in this country is
not his debtor, though millions have
never heard his name?'
No greater tribute could be paid to
any man than that phrayjwhich waa
applied to Dr. William H.' Welch of
Baltimore, “dean of American medi
cine,” on his eightieth birthday.
Dr. Welch’s great work has been in
starting in this country the methods
of medical research into the cause and
prevention of disease and in leading
in the application of the results of re
search to the practice of medicine.
His especial interest has been in pre
ventive medicine. 'The public health
systems of America owe their origin
largely to him. It is because he es
tablished the principle that it is the
physician’s chief du^ to aid in pre
venting disease that the world owes
him a debt of gratitude.
Farm Demonstration
-— Notes
C. B. Catanon, County Agent
SUGAR
Straw and cottonseed may soon
supply the world with sugar. Xylose,
one of the most widely distributed oij-
ganie compounds in nature, is -found
in aTT vegetable fibers. It is a sugar
which does not produce fat when eat
en. It was first discovered in 1880 and
chemists have been working for 44
years to find a cheap way to extract
it. Up to reafcntly it cost about a dol
lar a pound to get it out of the fibers.
Under a grant by congress two years
ago the federal bureau of standards
has been engagfed in chemical re
search "into xylose, and now announce
the development of a process which
extracts it from cottonseed hulls at a
cost of only five cents a pound.
The salvation of the cotton farmer
may come through this added by
product of the cotton seed, though it
will hurt the sugar-grower.
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COCTO
JOIN JOSEPH MINK Ml
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“TWILIGHT SLEEP”
.Sounds almost alluring, doesn’t it?
Gives one a sort of dreamy feeling
just to think of it. Yet, as used in
medicine, and ijuackery as well, it is
Cotton Spacing'
Within the next few days chopping
of cotton will be carried on through
out this county. There is a possibility
of cotton seed being rotten in the
ground. I would advise that each
farmer keep a close check on his cot
ton seed for germination, and if nec
essary, plant over.
When you chop your cotton I would
suggest leaving 2 and 3 stalks to each
hoe’s width. Laurens county’s cotton
spacing last year has been the thick
est on the ground since the present
agent has been on this work. ^ soon
as you chop your cotton I would ad
vise giving it a top-dressing of nitrate
of soda at the rate of 100 pounds per
acre, or its equivalent in other forms
of amnv>nia. Experiments show that
from 100 to 200 pounds of nitrate of
soda per acre as tbp-dressing gives the
greatest profit return.
patch this year. I would suggest that
these sprouts be set during this
month. The best results in growing
sweet potatoes are obtained if the
rows are 3 feet apart, setting the
plants between 10 and 12 inches in
[the drill, and fertilizing with 600 to
hOO pounds of a fertilizer analyzing
?8-4-8 or 10-4-10. In'other words, sweet
potatoes require quite a bit of potash.
The potash causes the potato to^evel-
op very fast and produce a smooth
skin. The close spacing in rows pro
duces a medium-sized potato and pre
vents the large size, known as the
jumbo, which is very undesirable to
market and for table use. The most
desirable potato is the pink skin Pdrto
Rico variety.
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OIL
Oil is the world’s most precious
commodity. I am not thinking espec
ially of petroleum, which is the first
thing we think of when, we say “oil."
Palm oil from interior Africa, olive
oil from the Mediterranean shores,
whale oil front the seven seas, were
articles of international traffic cen
turies before Columbus.
Today the animal and vegetable oils
are .still sought for everywhen* and
consuuH'd ■ in larger quantities than
ever before. America htts contributed
lorn oil, peanut oil and eottonseeil oil
to the list. We produee more lin.seed
oil, from flax grown in the northw«'st,
than any other nation. Florida is be
ginning to product tung oil, extracted
from the nut of a tree native to Chi
na. The pursuit of whale.s for their
oil has developed in the past twenty
years to such an extent that interna
tional laws for the protection of these
huge 'beasts are under consideration.
Aviation has stimulated the demand
for castor oil, which remains fluid at
low temperatures and does not car
bonize. Cod-liver oil is in greater de
mand than ever. Porpoise oil is used
for lubricating watches. And the oil
from coconuts is used in a thousand
ways, for foods, candies and cosmet
ics.
One of the newest scientific dis-
Summer Hay Crop
Since sending out a circular letter
a few days ago calling to the atten
tion of the farmers the need of a sum
mer hay crop, I have received a num
ber of inquiries in regard to the 90-
day velvet bean as a hay crop. Within
five days following this letter, eight
thou.sand poumls of seed have been
ordered, bringing the total number of
tons to 12'1-2, to be used as a hay
Sweet Potatoes
The .sweet potato crop is a rather
important crop to be grown, but is not
looked upon with the value it should
Ik*. I suggest that eai’h farmer, ten
ant or land-owner, plant a potato
one of the most deadening combin»-^xrop in I>auren8 county. This county
trons of drugs we have at our Com- has never taken the step forward be-
mand. . fore in the use'of ^0-day velvet beans,
-- the . formula ag it w’dbing this year. Thik-question
known as ‘.'H. M. C.” claimed at-first of a hay Crop is a problem to the in-
that a th'gh might be amputated with- dividual farmer, and as I see the situ
out pain under its influence. The at- ation, there is no time to lose,
tention of the medical woild was at
tracted. That was a good many years
ago; and the best surgeons of Ameri
ca are still using the safer method
of ether anesthesia; "twilight sleep"
dropped back to its very limited
sphere and stayed there.
Hyo.scin, morphin and cactin are
the ingredients of the compound; the
first two are most powerful drugs, and
the more so when used in combination;
the latter has, if any effect at ^ull, a
very negligible one. My experience
with “H. M. C.” led me to abandon it
early in its history as too dangerous
to tamper with.
For instance, a patient of mine, an
inebriate, was in delimium tremens—
alcoholic mania; he had not slept for
four days. Having tried everything
else, in despair 1 gave him a df)«e of
the new “twilight sleep.’ \\’ell — it
worked; within five minutes the man
was snoring loudly, and alino.'«t blue
from' cyano.sis; he breathed only .siy
times |K*r minute! 1 stayed at his bid-
side fourteen hours, until the poi.ion
wore away- never more anxiou.“ be
fore or .since. When he awoke he d<
clar«‘(l, looking .wildly about him. that
he hadTieen druggE*d!
I told him if he hadh’t, then theie
never huvl been a man d+4Egge<l. tie
immediately ordered his helong'ngs
pjickeil and left town and I diilu*.
blame him. I l)lame<l myself and the
new “twilight sleep.” Now I only use
the stuff in eigth-grain do.ses, to soft-
en the terrible pains in childbirli.—
and I haven’t used it Cven that w»iiy
in fifteen years.
The quack, however, uses "twilight
sleep’’ as a slogan, and dopes hi.i
^upes in his own sweet way with 'e
deadly thing.
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Not A Dry Year
Says Dutch Prophet
“I do not indorse the prediction of
John Henry Baxter, voluntary official
government weather observer of New
berry, as reported in a special dis
patch to The State of Tuesday, that
1930 wHl be a dry year,” said the
Dutch Weather Prophet Saturday in
Columbia.
■ C/ontinuing, Columbia’s" weather
prophet said that Mr. Baxter’s pre
dictions did TfK>t agree with the for
mer's spring forecast issued March
9, that this year would have raihil
abundant and seasonal enough to pro
duce good crops of all kinds, while
there pould.be no serious overflows
in the rivers of the southeast. “On the
other hand,” the Dutch Weather
Prophet advised the planting of much
crops and gardens in the lowlands in
order to secure best vegetable pro
ducts.
“Wind directions since the winter
sollice (December 20) indicate exact
ly opposite of any condition that 1930
will be a dry year.
.“It has been on record for nearly
2,000 years that ivind from the south
west without fail will bring rain.
Without quoting my authority for
this weather prediction, I propose at
some future date to embody it and
two others from the .same source.
“.\ dry May is more favorable for a
good cotton crop than a wet May and
a.s it requires northwest winds in this
month to produce a dought, but all
northeast winds during the four
months of 1930 have brought rain and
thus it stands to reason—and weather
is one of the most reasonable things
in mundane spheres, whatever con
trary opinion may prevail—that the
fifth month will -not be uncHSfiffitu-
tionally dry.”
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