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./ / Sti- . t THURSDAY, AUGUST 11. 19S2 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. r Syndicate Will Buy Farm Board Staple Cotton Mill 3,000,000 Interests To Buy Bales. $90,000,000 Reported Involved. New Yjik. Aug. 6.—^The Times says a'syrrdicate of big cotton mill inter- ^ts is ‘being formed with powerful •bduking support to purchase the 3,- 000,000 bales of cotton held either di- jrectly or indirectly by the federal farm board. The new organization will not be i a pool or holding syndicate, the Times says, but will purchase the govern ment holdings for consumption by the Henry Ford Gives His Formula For A Long And Happy Life And Also How He Shampoos His ■j... SEVENTH INSTALLMENT Synopsis: Johnny Breen, 16 years mills in an orderly over a period \ old, w'ho had spent all of his life of year?.. ' ' ‘ i aboard a Hudson river tugboat plying Th« d;,oration, it wa. estimated, I "f" N'’*' York, is tossed into tht would invoHe a fund of at least SSO,-!"''"- ■" » ternf.c collision which sinks 000 000 ' drow’ns his mother and the Detroit, July ,30. —Henry’, 'Ford’s [ years we’ll see some remarkaMe de- formula for a “youthful ol<J age,” giv-t ve’opment in flying, en on his 60th birthday today, is: To, biggest work, be believes, is 1 dont ever be bored, j tying together of factories and The motor manufacturer said todavj farming. For several years he has he “never was bored with anything in j been developing means whereby men hny life,” and to prove it he ta'ke-l niay work “part time on farms and ! about many subje^cts from the vco-j part time in factories, thus linking the ; nomic .situation to hair shampiros. , two industries. j First of all, he said, the country; “There are too many big cities,” he , has passed the “rocking chair period |-"^aid. “Some of the pieople have to get for you,” and then, looking up at, bye" to John Breen and Pug. while | ' i ba. k to the small towns. That s what Pug wiJh veined bloodshot eyes, he the grin on the facc‘ of Charlie and ! ^ <-ou^e we older folks like to k spoke vehemently. “Kick ’em, beat the frantic apron waving from thei n p» scatte^^ ’em. Judge Kelly’s watched you. Pug, i kitchen doorway, and the expansive' ^bler, he contiruieil. “and I ^ ® ‘ smaller The say think that is more true than ever to-, The soil is good for us.^’ day. .As long as people are vitally in-i .About this time Mr, Ford’s son, terested in many things they haven’t F.dsel, arrived to make a tour with his . I man he Called father. Ignorant, uh-i time. If you set’em up right it, means i the farm, for Judge Kelly, impulsive 1 olJ- I ve never been father of the .«»chools and gardens ys the disposal of the, ^^i^pn ^e drags la big thing for you. a danin big' and liberal, sounded the full measure anything. 1 almost got, which Ford has restored in several knews what you kin do, an’ he’s lined j face of the driver, told of extraordi up guys who’ll pay. But, mind. Pug,! nary largess by the departing guests, you got to turn the trick, three at a[ Pug Malone became sole owner of himself ashore, hides in the friendly darkness of a huge covei'ed truck— only to be kicked out at dawn—and farm Iv.iarl’s cotton in this would fit .r with the proposed com modity credit plan of bmgone Meyer, governor ot the federal reserve board and until recently chairman of the Recor .strjction Finance corporation, j Jf; ;;japeV’"int"J a basement He ha^ beiii working on plans to i make -.'rent easier to the larger users i rescued and taken into the home or consur.er.' of raw materials, 1 ^ Jewish family living in the rear pecially agricultural staples. , their second-hand clothing store. The fa-r: board, in its stabilization j He works in the swe'atshop store — effort-., purchased about 1.300,000 and is openly courted by Becka—the bales of Mtton two years ago, and the young daughter . . . The scene shifts Times -.ays the government agency j to the homo of the wealthy Van sdbseuuently advanced funds to cot-1 Horn-^—on Fifth avenue, where lives ton oxy’vatives on about 2,300,0001 the bachelor, Gilbert Van Horn, in bales. whose life there is a hidden chapter. The -yndicate proi>o.sed to buy ■ That chapter was an affair with his all of th’s • otton left, the paper says, j niother’s maid, who left the house except "') 1.000 bales donated to the when he was accusc'd. The lives of of his worth, and besides advertising!when I went to an arha-; counties surrounding his Dearborn ‘‘ xu 1 L . , , , . ' He inquir<*<l a.s to his father’.* thing, I should say. -- - „ xu x • i u i r > , i “What joint did you say it was?” lit, he made easy terms for the train-theatiical, but I found somebody “Greenbough farm, a fancy place, er. Van Horn became a frequent vis-] into the midst of a tough gang of j I gues.^, up in Westchester. Kelly owns.itor, and brought many of his friends;! There are some^ing.s, Mr. Fopd river rat boys who beat and chase it: got it handed to him. ,or ..some-'he seemed even more interested in | which he i> more keen than thin’.” I lohn Breen than ih the farm. K. K.|^'’^'y; “I’ll need Breen,” Malone spoke as. Southerland .said nothing, but sent if to himself.. ; Malone a check that almost took his “Take'him. Him an’ his books. No i breath away, use fightin’ that kid no more — he’.s John was approaching twenty. He a dead pan; a *•* bu.st. Ain’t he, Han- was indefatigable reader, his room, non : on the top floor of Greenbough, was "Ves, sir, yes, sir,” the immaculate' littered with books, and while the Hannon chimed in a-' Malone left the] rigid rules turned lights out at nine, room. The McManus smiled genially. I.lohn’s blazed far into the night as he "That fixes Kelly on that.” he con*ii'iiod his explorations, grunttnl. “And I’ll put Patsy in charge | While John was making haphazard of the corner,” j progress in learning, the great city to Greenbough farm consisteii of a j the south, the city that loomed up o)h Red by congress. It is reported that rh- -yi'dicate plans to start de- Johnny Breen and Gilbert Van Horn first cix>ss when Van Horn sees Breen Iiverie> .f ‘ ‘tton one year hence and win his fir?t important ring battle compU-fe :rem within three years of {pug Malone, fight trainer, re.scuesi that date. ^ young Breen from a crooked manager, ’The p^ice. the Times says, will l>e j takes him in hand, finds Breen cannot approxirT'aC.ely the average price for and starts him to night School, the next two or three years. [ Now Gc On Wljh the Story: “ThU project,” • says the Times, “con«»ider‘d the most con.structive yet As he burrowed and grubbed and undertaker to strengthen the position j y^d stored the kernels of of agricu'tural staples, is calculated,j he visioned a greater,^ vaster in the opinion of inkers and cotton thing than all of the astonishments intere t*, t ) overcome the most seri-jaf the surrounding city, ous problem that th^ cotton industry j Hubert Malcolm, his teacher, met j has ever faced “W’ith the continuance of the pres ent police >f dumping this cotton, it i.s gene’-ally conceded that demorali zation jf the entire cotton and tex tile indu.'tries will continue until the entire surplus has been dispo.sed of. John one Saturday afternoon,' quite j by accident. They were in Union' Square. “John, I live over this way; come in and have tea. Mrs. Malcolm will be happy to .see you. I’ve been telling her of your progress It wa.s a flat, .so clean and fre.sh, so Since July Ih it is estiirrated, either, pure. John dropped sjxions, the.farm board or cotton cooperativ’es ^stammered. Knid Malcolm ^ have up’proximately 2.'VO,000 hales j Jike an.angel ill her gingham of cotton on the New York cotton ex-j baby, tucked in a crih.j change at prices ranging from to t) I pink hands about his fin-j cents a pound, in addition to dumping j never occurred to John health. “I’m in the best of shape,” said Mr. P'ord. “I’ve never been ill in my life— never even had the chickenpox. The “One of them i.s aviation,” he dc- ss^cret is to kee[i on working. Flat ev- clared. "I’vo lieen thinking a lot about j|^rything but not too much of it. No- it. There’s a lot of work to be done in ; tice'tny hair; I’ve got lots of it be- that field. Planes have t-o be made | cause I shampoo it in a salt water .so- more reliable. I think in anothei^ ten 1 lution.” FARMERS RECEIVE TIMELY TIPS ON WORK FOR AUGUST Glemson (’ollege, .Aug. 6. — I.ive- .stock reminders for August attention of busy farmers are given by L. V. Staikey, chief animal husbandman; C. G. Clubman, extension dairyman, andltility. .Agronomy Plan now for abundant winter le gumes for soil improvement, the mo.-t economical way t(> increa.se soiy fer- !’. H. Goovling, extension poultnyman. AnimaF-HusImndry F’ull feed hogs now weighing 100 pounds and intended for September market. Keep shade and water U'fore hogs during the hot weather. iinall some in the foreign markets at iaround these level-s. “DespiU* the unfavorable prospects that a baby could he So clean, andj could seem so happy. * _ Malcolm ?moked a pipe, and John, " , , , . for this year’s cotton crop in the | ,1^^. a wild thing, sat tongue-tied. ) fair acreage of rocky uneven land up- United .<-ates. this stdling policy of; there many places like this?”;”" "hich a roomy comfortable old the farm board or cotton cooperatives j finally asked, his tones harsh. ^■^king into gradual decay. has kept the prices of this commodity Malcolm overheard the i]iu*stion. ^ ‘ ' during the last month from advancing “Millions of them,” she^ smiled, along with visually every other j "only much nicer thari thi.s.” portaat agricultural staple. Th^ cot-1 John knew the quiet-voiced woman ton mSwket must be relieved of thisj^y^j^. liar. For the re^t of the Visit depressing influence and uncertainty, mute and ill at ease, and then “I’m gelling tired of this training,” said John, “the fight game i.s a rotten business.” Make plans to sow some grain for forage tfhis fall. Give the sheep a fre.sh pasture if po.ssible; this may make them Iamb early. Use oats for horses and mules and save corn for hogs. Give iH'cf calves some grain in a creep. Dairying Mow pastures to keep gra.sses ten der and to kill i^’ced-s. Maintain milk flow by temporary grazing of. Sudan grass or pearl mil- Do not pull fiMider; it is extremely disagreeable, an expen'sive practiee, and reduces the yield of corn. ^Glean up weeds everywhere to pre vent .seeding. Horticulture FMant fall crop of Irish potatoes a.s ’ate as .August ir>. B<‘ans planted in late August often bring a good price. After peach harvest, cut out all broken limbs, as a preventative for shot-hole borers. Plant the fall garden. InsectH and niseases Plow under old plants .soon after harvest to destroy insect.*. Be prepared to fight the fall army worm with poison and harriers. Continue spraying tomatoes with l-J-.'iO Bordeaux to control leaf dis- let or by cutting green feed. > Prepare for heavy fall s^HHling ofl^ Begin cleaning up the prchar|d and barley, oats, ami rye fur l)«)th graz- jj|[ faii(>n fruit., ing and winter grain to make up for clear days and glow<'<l with a cold aura of light on sharp winter nights, a(lde<l another million to the tally of rarpeiiteis from the city, working'’*^’' inhabitant.'', under dirwtion (if Pug .Malone, con-1 Van Horn, in lus own way a lover verted the barn into a practical gym-1 of th(* city, took .lohn Br<*<*n on long nasium, A farmer and his w'ife and i rides through the width of the inMrop- son were engaged to run the place, |olis in his new high-powered racing milk the cnw.s, tend the garden, and ear, a second F’reqeh machine that 1“ and :ool pro- it is argued in the trades if even a ^j^ friend took him to the .sijuare and | the chickens, and cook the meals. j .'ped over the poor roads with a soft semblance of pro.sperity is to be ex* I walked with him as far as Fourteenth! The farmhou.se itself was given a j purr of chains clicking in giant pected in this industry. \ | street. John Breen headed back to the I thorough cleaning. The wall pajier was , spun-kets. "The concensus in the trade is that! bewildered than ever, jstiip|K‘d from the place, fhe pla.ster j What was this thing, the city? Van a sale such as outlined to the Ameri-' John Br(M?n had lost his interest ini.sized and coated with washable tint, j Horn, in arguments at Greenbough, can cotton mills would be one of the j in the greater thrill of the’Floors were painted, and lied rooms with men such as R:intoul, the engin- most constructive " accomplishments for that unknown prize, the as- , were prepared on a n-xidel of Spartan eer, attempted to fathom its meaning. possible ,that could be done.’ this ijea.son’s corn .shortage .Seed liberal vetch for roughage. Ke<‘|> milk products'cU^aii and ami di'liver promptly. r I’oullrj Do not force the pullets into j duction too early. 1 ('lean and (li.sinf(‘ct the laying hous es before using. F’ree pullets from internal and ex ternal parasites before housing. (’nil the hon-produeing hens. Other F'arm Work Important phases of farm work that may not be neglected in August' without loss are given Ik*1ow by (’lem-' son college extension specialist,s, R. VV, Hamilton, agronomist ; F. H. Raw'l, horticulturist; Alfred Lutken, ento- .Agricultural Engineering Get mower and rake in good run ning eondition for hay harvest. V August is a good time to comstruct Miij'I'.fi'Piiir farm buildings.. .Mai^'*' grain storage building rat- ; proof and t^gh^ x".*f«u^h to make^wee- Ivil fumigation effective. •*-- ! Build a water cooling tank beside : the well for dairy product.*; it may j lower ternjH*rature 20 to 30 (legrees. 1 Investigate po.s'sibilities of install- jin g a .hydraulic ram for a low-cost water supply. \ WITH GII.E.S CHEVROLET CO. .S, A. Pitts, for the past 14 months I'onnected with the Gr«*eiTwood Chev rolet company, has resigned his posi tion ih GreenwiKHl and is now connect- Better Days For , Livestock Farmers Clem-or. < ollege, July 23.—During tonishments always lying just ahead. | simplicity, ('anva.s cots and stools, | Hi.- ancestors had pixMlicted great He was spurred on by curiosity, and ' w’ilhout hacks, were placed near the: things for it, and their faith had lieen j ^”o)gist; J. T. Mc.Allister, ugricul-icd with the Giles ('hevrolet company not by ambition. He was the primi-1windows and a small rag rug was add. rewarded, but their dreaips were engineer. - lof this city as salesman. live climbing to the top of a nioun- ed by way of luxury. Three pegs were ready far behind the actuality that | li—i . . tain, not for f:)(»d or treasure, but for driven in the doors for the hanging i was the city in the year I1K)5. a iMjtter view. Honor and prizes, and j up of clothes, and all closets were “It’s simply a natural coming to- prosperity, as Pug Malone kept point-1 locked and nailed. There were nojgether for cheaper warmth and shel- ing out to John, lay behind the direc-1 lights, no mirrors, no she!ve>. no pic-.ter and food. It’s a result of sjx'ciali- the oast five vears great strides have 1 tion he attempted. In several clandes-1 tures. There was absolutidy nothing zatiun in industry made possible by ^ ■ nvinir the blood of tine bouts, John Breen only held hh-j to di.straet from the bu-^iriess of sleep- progre •' in the mechanical arts.” ♦ (► !o been taken in improving the blood of: • . i j i u- • <• u u *u the .South Cen.lina livestock, an illus-' own. in one. with the I'hlladelphia ^ v.-k. for wh.uh the ns w,-, . tration hein^ found in a f.-edin|t dem-ire, apper. .Icrry Wilke, he a.mosl lost. Uwusl. onstration contest just finished in. until, at the very raKKcd cdee of hi.s. Pus al-o fitted the DarliKton county, says I.. V, .Starkey, i rfownfall. I’uir pleaded with him. cried e eats which preveiited the chief of animal husbandry, who statesUo him. implored him. literally throw- closing hy a loot at the top and hot- ♦ aras Kaaa-ommir so i ing the handlers fi‘om the ring, tiilk-1 tom. and of eour.se there were n. window •m de- K inti'Ul lo«»ke(l upim the city as ju.st lieginning. with “This building will never stop,” from *Herkimer Pratt, the auctmneer, in sisted. “Ten years, twenty, thirty, fif ty, a thousand years. It will keej) ! right on until—until—” <► (► i* sullen and preoccupied.' i “There’s nothin’ de luxe about this! “L’etil what?” asked Van Horn. ^ The bell sounded and John Breen, place,” Pug remarked to Jfihri when; "Well, I guCs.s it will continue until I a sudden light in his eyes, his fa:e!the work had been comjileted, a labor all the people of the world are as.sem ,33.6 per cent increase in that high grades are bec-oming so I mg u * u . plentful that it can truthfully be said (ing and arguing with John who sat, shades. that a .scrub animal is the exception rather than the rule. J <gfllwev*^con^tinues^\here has^^Wn a (battered, stepped into the center of j in which both John and the trainer bh.d in citie:.” His vision was ’ number! the rir'g and knocked Wilke cold with j shared with enthusiasm. The green | world cut up in city lots. Lh raulina^ ft single perfect blow--W -th“ ^ —was— a--rt*freshmerit-1o —John-l - JrhTT-Brtnmr H^tmiing,' readir while the United States as a whole! tremendous hu,wl approval greeted Breen. In tho^e brief moments, before | appraising, .‘«en.--ed the immensity has shown practically no increase.; him; admirers tried to carry him from 'Hiis indicates that this enterprise is j the ring.. l^owing in popularity with us because I “I-eave him alone,' Pug cautioned. * e F ^ . "That kid was thinkin’ of somethin when he hit Jerry, or he never would of pulled that punch f a GOOD <► i* i* o < ► PRINTING (► (► <► WILL HELP DO THE .lOB Circulars it is returning a profit to the farm ers. Ths increase should continue just as rapidly as the feed crops can be economically produced. Regarding two important benefits from liVeitfjck—richer soils and prof itable u.se of unmarketable feeds—Mr. Starkey says he diopjH'd off Jo slumber, he seemed the city to .see a fading city, a vast pile of tenant.* flashing with light.x and the jumbled voices and cries of millions, as if he had alighted in the midst (*f it suddenly, as he had, and a.' if he What w'as you dreamin’ about, were then standing on the rear phu- John Breen- had come up through the difficult iM*riod of life with a lu.'h. His childhood held on into man hood, and hi.s .sudden cra.sh frmi the! .she!) of circumstance found him i lohn, when you soaked that Quaker?” Malone asked as they prepared for bed. “I was knocking the whole prize form of a train, whirling him away. ■ em( :'ging into a world of delirious; earn-, tness. John was tw'eoty-two, I and as he strode beside the rather tall figure of Gilbert Van Horn, on Not l(>ng since I drove by two com! fijfht game in the eye. I’m through, The quick rumble of the wheels of his idea.* lulled him to sleep. And on Saturday Gilbert Van Horn, png “ Joh» >milH sadly. Malone from drought, the other showing noj ”I ^ -ttt«ffmi:^rht»^namon was not due aSTfeed. ™ too go(>d I be true. Hell, wish I knew what to do to difference in soil type nor to ram (ftH, but to the greater amount of or ranic. mattef and fertility which one j fieW ^ntained. When pigt hog down.of the wmdem. ^ ^ corn and.pther crops, a Urge per cent ‘ Not if ^ with you!” “HI leave.” John stood^looking out of the organic matter and fertilising constituents is left in the soil. As time goes on the ■ soils will become more productive ai>d livestock feeds will be more plentiful. ,, and grasped John’s hand. “You stick around an* finish that school. I won’t fight you any more, can’t risk it. The next time some low-brow scrapper Judge Marvin Hart and the great in- one of thier long walk.*, in early Sep Ruranee magnate. FI. K. Southerland. lembei. < a.>iinl fibA<krver might-have^ came under the strict regimen ^and spartan simplicity of Pug Malone’s training farm. Van Horn and Johnny Breen were thrown together and, unconsciously, became strongly attracted to each on many subjects. Van Horn’s inter- pronouneed them father and son: Gil bert Van Horn and John Breen had become friends, close, yet miles and miles apart. They talked a.* they had long talked, other. Two weeks after the arrival of the trio the bags with their elaborate pro vision for comfort, their toilet sets, .*ilk pajamas, and fancy knickers, the “One purpouo*, of meat-producing suiiniuils is to convert feed crops, many of .which are unmarketable for cash, into meat, for which there is a will trim you good. An’ then where country toggery of city folk, were will I be?” So John Breen continued to tend bar durin? the day, to work in the Samson club g>’m, to live with Malone. cMh market, to tmy nothin*, of Another y.ear drew itt «il,o( clun*M the imporunee of meat for home >on-! over the face of the grondn* city. sumption. When our fields are ade quately fenced and our live-stock --minded boys and men become more /T— ‘Judge kelly says they’ll stand for again on the verandah. The three men, strangely sober, tough and clear-eyed, farched up, took their traps down to the waiting buokboard and then, of a sudden,Ubey rushed ^ck yelling Hke Indians, They grabbed the trainer, hoisted him on their shoulders, car ried him down the field and.^tossed greater. anythin’ an* they’ll paypay well. I him on a hay stack. . Boys, you’re better’n I expected,” shouted, waving at them as they for the buckboard, calling "gpod- •zpcrienced in the ere mnd m»n»,e. The MeManit, lookM yellow and ftab;| “B nmt of livertock, the profita will be,by in contrast With the trainer, if, Pug 1 you work the'm guys fough they 11 fall j ran ; est in the prize ring and John’R abil ity and knowledge gave them a com mon topic. The fights, many of which they saw together, had long ceased to be an absoibing interest with John Breen, “Gil.” He paused for a moment. The older man was puffing as they lifted over a ri.*e of ground. “I’m getting tired of this training game, and I haven’t fought in the ring since Pug came up here. Fact is. I’m not so sure there is any real fight in the busi ness. 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