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% k FAGETirO THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON, S. C GAVE HER NEW “GRIP ON LIFE” “Sar^n grave me a new frip on life after I had ‘doctored’ myself for 8 years with other medicines trying to fet well.” s f I MRS. PEARL HILL “Loss of appetite, sick headaches and indigestion had me in s<ich a weakened, rundown condition that I couldn’t leave the house for weeks at a time. Six bottles of Sarjfon restored my appetite without a trace of indi- ffe.stion, I’ve jrained 7 pounds, my nerves are so strcngrthened I enjoy sound, invitroratinfc sleep and wake up fresh and cheerful wiM) an abundance of energy and vitality. “Sarpron I*.11s relieved my constipa tion naturally hy stimulating my liver to healthy action and my colpr is clear and " healthy.” -Mrs. Peart Hill, 8 Front street, SpartanburK, S. C. Sadler-Owens Pharmacy, Ajfents.— Adv. (^mUnoiaU] Qkiun. Friday — Saturday July 18 and 19 CAPITOL THEATRE Laurens, S. C. ‘‘I’ll phone the prescription” H urry...hurrY!..Thcre’s not a min ute to lo>e!...Specdinf( through the harsh,cold niKht, it’-. ,»ihh1 to know that the prescription has gone ahead of you. , You realize now your dependence upon the Druggist — the man with the mortar and pc*8tlc and his bottles of prcKription chemicals, compounding the mcJicine your Doctor has pre scribed. Perhaps you haven’t' realized that it is the sale of every-day necessities which enables y'>ur Druggist to stay in your neighborhood, ready to serve you in time of sickness. Rows and rows of the bottles in the Druggist’s prescription room besr the name “Merck”. Wherever medicinal chetnicala are used, the name of "Merck” haa long stood in the minds of Doctors and Druggists as the sym bol of reltability, purity and strength. — MERCK Vsr Tsmt Msdiciiit Cflbtaat—Seket Merck’s pure peoduets St your Doctor and DuimM do sad hsvt your psascrIprkMM ftUsd by I SAOLSR-OWENS PHARMACY PhoMg Sn ud 400 AT UNION STA'nON ■ .-.It, ' IV. . - THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1930 Vice-Chairman Stone Talks To Farmers About New Law (Written for The Chronicle By Caleb Johnson Through Autocaster Service.) > Instead of writing my column this week I am going to quote aotne state ments made by Mr. James C. Stone, vice-chairman of the Federal Farm board, in regard' to the cooperative marketing program which the board is establishing for farmers. It will be realized, some day, that the agricultural marketing act passed in 1929, and the operations of cooper atives organized under its provisions,^ Is the most important economic step which has been taken in our history. For that reason, whatever the farm board, does is of vast importance to the whole nation. And Mr. Stone has something interesting to say about the board and cooperation, and says it interestingly. ‘‘We realize that cooperative mar keting is not perfect, that there are good cooperatives and bad ones, some well managed and others badly nuin- aged. We also realize that when a farmer joins a cooperative marketing association his problems are not all solved. Cooperatives will not run them.selves. They are only busine.ss or ganizations which require sound finan cial structures, honest and efficient management, backing and support by the farmer members who own them, and unless they have all these things they will fail just like any other busi ness would under similar dreumatan- ces. . ' ‘‘'The program, undertaken by the farm board to help the farmery or- ganixe -for colloctiw "letten Will’ re- quire not only considerable time, but much patience on the part ofk both those who are trying Ao help the farm ers and the farmers themselves, ‘‘We believe that it will take several years for these national sales organi zations to become properly organized and officered and that there will be nuiny intricate problems which they will have to meet and solve, but we believe that with proper and efficient numagement they eventually will be able to perfect a more economical and efficient distributing sys^^m of farm products. ^ “As might be expected when a pror gram of such vast proportions actual ly got under way there was some criti cism. For the most part this came from middlemen who feared that co operative marketing of agricultural products, which is nothing* more than the farmer selling what he grows, would interfere with their business. "Keeping production in line with the potential demand of the market, both as to quantity and quality, is regarded by the farm board as a first essential in the success of cooperative effort in agriculture. It is a first principle in other business, and farmers are being asked to do the same thing. Industry regulates production to meet the buy ing demand and sells to the demand as'the demand will take it at a profit able price, and at the same time tries to stimulate and enlarge the demand. "The board this year asked faiimers to reduce acreage on only two ^ps, wheat and ^tton, and warned them againsT increased production of a third, tobacco. In the case of wheat the board asked for a ten per cent reduction, taking the position th’kt wheat growing will not be on a prof itable basis in this country until the quantity is brought down somewhere near- to domestic requirements. . - “In sttgjriWfflFWtlie wheif "iriTcbt- ton growers of the country that they reduce their acreage we are only fol lowing the precedent set by industry. A successful manufacturer does not produce an article blindly, but tries, to produce an amount equal to the de mand, and it is upon this basis that the farm board thought it well to call to the attention of the farmers of this country tha it was full time for them to begin to study the demand for the various pr<Hiucts they are producing and to try to produce an amount not in excess of the demand, believing this to be fundamental to their pros perity. We realize that the farmer naturally has to deal with the ele ments and that he takes more chances in his production than a manufacturer does, but by giving this subject more consideration in the future than he has in the past, we believe that it will go a long way toward solving his prcjblem. In urging farmers to pay more attention to the potential buy ing demand at planting time, the farm board hju stressed 'that it is not ask ing them to reduce their income by such action, but instead confidently believes their income will be improved substantially. "In the near future, the farm board expects to make a careful study of the marginal and sub-marginal land of the country and recommend a land policy which we hope will be to the ultimate good of the farming industry. We also expect to make a study of the various sections of the country and bring to the attention of the fann ers of each section the crops and live stock which they can produce to a bet ter advantage than can be produced in other sections. These questions we think are of vital importance to the ultimate solution of the agricultural problem. “Although cooperative marketing on a sound basis is an essential part of the farm board’s program, we do not believe that it alone will solve the farm problem. There as several things which, in our opinion, the individual farmer will have to do himself before suc- his business as a, farmer wi^ . Ill■I" •'"lifnr~*i^~TrrrT^’ cessiul: 1 ‘‘(1) Farm because he Ipves it; few people succeed doing things they are ' not interested in or love to do. ‘‘(2) He should adopt a sound finan cial policy in his individual farm op eration, and the investment of any surplus funds which he accumulates should be in securities which can be converted quickly into cash when needed. Most farmers invest their ac cumulated funds in the first payment on additional purchases of land, going into debt for the balance of the pur chase price, or intsmortgage notes on land, neither of which can be cashed in time of need. Corporations or busi ness men other than farmers usually invest their surplus funds in good stocks and bonds not necessarily allied with their own business, with'a daily market value so they can be immedi ately converted intoTash if needed in j their business. Farmers, when possi ble, should follow^ this prinepile. ‘‘(3) Plan his work; keep in touch with his state agricultural collejfe, ex- i periment station and county agent. "(4) Have his soil analyzed and cul tivate only productive land; base his production on demand as near as pos sible, anA produce quality products. "(5) Join with his neighbors in or ganizing a cooperative marketing as-! sociation through which to sell his; products because ‘In Union There Is Strength.' “There is one thing which can not be too forcibly impressed on the minds of the farmers of the country, and that is that the farm board can not put the agricultural marketing act into effect without the aid of the farmers. ’The national sales organiza tions have been formed and others which wil be formed are not govem.- ment agencies but are farmer-owned and controlled cooperative marketing associations. ’The only tlung that board is trying to do is to help the farmer, but before anything can help the farmer, he must be willing* to help himself.” SADLER-OWENS PHARMACY AT UNION STA'nON Phones 377 and 400 - NEW FICTION JUST OFF THE PRESS . FOR ONLY $1.00 GALLOWAY-MmUAN BOOK STORE wemta mat id wiMef a/t/ui Mi. ILDER, YES-BUT SOMETHING MORE. Chesterfield offers richness* aroma, satisfying flavor. 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