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'r t A’ PAGE SIX r': THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C. T 1- / THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1938 THE SPORTS CHAHERBOX By TENCH OWENS Farmers To Face , Drastic Penalty Cotton Growers Exceedinis: Quo ta To Be Denied All Subsidies In New Asricultoral Law. UNIFORMS BI.UE HOSE CAGERS END SEASON The hlue-clad cagefs from Presbyterian collejfe ended a whirlwind basket- i ball season last Monday in losing, a hard-fought, but erratic, contest to Thej Citadel quintet. Previously, on Friday, an improved Wofford five had comC Washington, Feb. 27.—Farmers who from behind to give the I*. C. boys another defeat. In both of these games, j harvest more than their allotted acre- j and in others, the Blue Stocking.s jumped in at the start to outplay their j age of major crops face drastic de- jpponents and get the lead, but fallered in the second half to lose by only a ductions in their federal subsidy pay respectively, for othfer crops include: I cotton and l3 cents'a bushel for com potatoes, 3 and 30 cents a bushel;!and Wheat. ' rice, and one cent a pound; pea nuts, 2 and 20 cents a pound. The subsidy rate "for tobacco varies^' ac- Outside the major cotton, com, rice, tobacco, potatoe and peanut producing areas, acreage will not be allowed for cording to types, from .5 to 1.5 cents!individual crops. Instead, farmers will a pound, and the deduction rate from!be allotted acreage for “soil deplet- 5 to 15 cents a pound. |ing” crops generally. Inasmuch as winter wheat already has been planted while individual The government will pay them a subsidy of $1.25 for each acre of their acreage allotments have not been de-1 allotments, and deduct $1.50 for each termined, wheat grow’ers who fin<l excess acre planted to “soil-depleting’ themselves with acreage in excess of | crops. — For Dress few points. . j ments under the new farm program, may escape deductions by | announced that it . The officers of the United States: Finishing fifth in the closest state race in years, the Blue Hose won j officials disclosed today. j making a corresponding reduction in^.j^j^ aiming at holding plantinj^ of army are to have new dress uniforms, games to complete an excellent record considering the which they will be required to wear|^. . competition they were in. Here is how the South Carolina teams istration announced detailed ’reguia-^f*" ........inr, off.,, “rntrnnt nna " ‘ ' ! • 1.1 A a in the evening after “retreat” has season: Clemson, Citadel, Wofford, Erskine, Presby-! ^'ons governing payment of benefits | As an been sounded, and on social occasions when off duty at other limes. The new uniforms will have dark coat.s, with lapels turned back, ligjit blue trousers with gold stripes down the| Beams, and blue caps, all emln'llished and decorated witb the insignia o#^- rank. We change<l our army uniforms from blue to khaki between the .Span ish war and the World war. Th<*dusty brown is urnloubtedly better for s<*r- vice wear but 'every man wants a change to “dress up" in. With the nuH-hanization of the army, the work The agricultural adjustment admin-acreage of other soil-depleting i^jj “soil-depleting” crops to betw’een ' ' 275,000,000 and 290.000,000 acres. Ap- inducement for small grow-1 proximately 307,000,000 acres were terian, Furman, Carolina, College of Charleston, Newberry. FROSH STRUT THEIR StYfF •from $.500,000,000 congress is author-j®’’* ^ cooperate w’ith acreage allot-j planted to such last year, ized to appropriate for financing thel*^®’^^** program authorize.s in-j The goals 'for the major crops: new crop control law. [creases of from 8 to 10 per cent in | Wheat, 62,500,000 acres; cotton, .be- Boasting a splendid record, the P. C. Anklets, coached bj^ “Chick” Gallo- Crops affected include cotton, com, P®yuienits under $200. way, defeattNl Wofford freshmen, 41 to 29, in their final game of the season A total of 708 points were scored by the freshman team against 485 points y their opponents. Out of 16 games playe<l, 13 were won and 3 were lost. Only 7 games were against college competition. Of these, the Blue Sox won .5 and lost 2. Dick .Meisky, Keith Fleischman and .1. C. .Coleman were high s<.-orers for the frosh with 156, 134 and lOH points, respectively. o — wheat, tobacco, rice, potatoes, pea nuts and others designated officially as “soil-depleting.” The new farm act authorizes pay- tween 26,000,000 and 27,000,000; po- Officials sa/d that if a grower’s de- ’tatoes, 3,100,000 to .3,360,600; rice, ductions exceeded his benefits, he'825,000 to 875,000; peanuts, 1,500,000 would not be asked to pay the gov- to 1,600,000; hurley tobacco, 450,000 ernment the difference. They also ex-jto 475,000; fire-cured and dark air- ! ment of .subsidies to growers who di-i plained that the de<luction rates un- cured'tbbacco, 170,000 to 180,000; ci-' vert land from these crops to those der the Subsidy^program .were not to gar filler and binde'r tobacco, 85,000 which improve the soil and who use; be confused with penalty taxes w’hich to 90,000; Georgia-Florida type 62 to other practices which the AAA .says, may be imposed on farmers’ sales in, bacco, 2,800 to 3,000; and the re- ing gaH> of our soldiers in th<‘ nexI * SPRING GRID PRACTICE ENDS Football jiractice for P. C.’s gridiron warriors was brought to a close on u. if I I 1 '..„ir.!T^onday with a game between the “whites” and the “reds” on .Johnson field. war might welLbj^ plain dmum.ovcr- , ... ... „ . alls I like to see soldiers look gorgeous. There is something aliout a hrilliant uniform which inspires respect for the servici- in which men 'tarid to lose everything and gain nothing hut glory. ■\ small crowd of shivering students as.sembled to watch the “whiU*.s” defeat the “reds” by 33 to 0. are soil-building. In announcing the regulations, J. B. Hut.son, assistant AAA administrator, excess of marketing (juotas. These | mainder to other crops, penalty taxi's, which may be put into effect when approved in producers’ Dick .Meisky gave warning that he will be a great back next season by|..jj^ SERVICE — In Highest Sense 1 once heard Woodrow Wilson, long: before he was luesident, point out the difference he<twcen civilians and soldiers, ami why we eicci |»ublic monuments t<» .'.“Idn i and preserve their swords and muski-ts us family treasures. i at her than hang a TaTlor's yards!ilk over the mantel. "The tail<ii'.> oeeU|iatinn is md less honorahle lliaii tlie --uliliei’s,” he said, “but lie.labbri.-(,l for gain, for the sup port of hi-- family. Tlie soldier risks j everything, ineliidiiig his life itself, > squad with a |iraetie» .scoring a touchdown, passing for three others, doing some fine running, anil, in short, performing ail of his backfield chores as they .should he performed. .StiK'ky June Moore and “Mike” will make a combination hard to heat next fall. J. C, (.Coleman, Red Lawrence and Be .Moore, rangy ends, each scored on a jiass. June Moore drove over the line for his touchdowrv. The last play of the game was a heaut^ifully executed pass from .Meisky to Be .Moore, who outstripped the safety man to score after a jaunt of about 65 yards. All in all, the Blue .Stockings’ first spring practice has proliably helped Coach .Johnson to size up his men and has given the fre.shm.en a foretaste | of the system u.-ed at I*. It ha.- encouraged us to expect a more formidable team by far than last year. — — ( HATTERBOXINt; qiie-lioii mark seems to aptly describe Clington high school pros- A lai gi pects as some 2()-odd boys bi'gin diamond praetici K. I’. Wilder . . . Football practice was concluded game. Coach Wildi r sent the this week under Coach Kriday by the lied Devil first team backfield and •vvani but in tin* not for money or n .service of bi- people and his counfry.“ My oliservation of the .\meiican army, which has been eoii-idi'iahle, makes me feel that nothing they want is tee good for them. 1 am said the subsidy or “.soil conserva- referenda, are 2 cents a pound for tion” phase of the ^nrm rr'rfram irnc iiiBiiiwirTrirwn-Tr———— di'signed to do more than improve and maintain soil fertility. He .said will tend to keep production in line” with crop requirements. Other provisions of the new act au- j thorize the use of a marketing quota j system,'when approved by two-thirds} of the growers voting in referenda, 1 to keep surplus .supplies off the mar- ] ket, 1 Under terms of the subsidy pro- ' r;am wheat growei-s, for exainjile, j will be paid at the rate of 12 cents ! a bushel on the normal prinluction . from acTeage allbtti'd To them. How-1 ever, if they harvest more than their allotted acreage, diMliu-tions from th(‘.-e payments will he made at the SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE Paper Everybody Reads” Solves your INK PROBLEMS A SMART CARTER CUBE RLLED WITH FINEST FOIA4 TAIN PEN INK siH'aking now of the professional sol- ilier.s iiiiil the We.-^t Point officers, who are fully imbued with the spirit of democracy and recognize that (hoy arc (he servants of the people, not their masters. I the second string line against the .second string backfield plu.s the first team 'line, with .some variations. Result: the former won by two touchdowns over stiff opposition . . . ('linton high plans to enter contestant.s in the county track and field meet to he held at Johnson field on .April 1 ... If Hall King returns to school as he plans to do, {.’linton should go places in footliall next, season. Many’a time we can rememher being thankful for his presence ‘ the field during a particularly hard game . . . Glad to hear that the Red Devils’ dressing room in Florida Street school has Tieen remoiTided. They would wait_uiitil we graduated . . . Now that we have graduated, it woa’t hurt to eontinue hoping for a new school building with a gym attached. P. ('. will play .Murray (Ky.) college tomorrow in the S. I. A. A. hasket- I hall tournanient-being held thi.£ week at Bowling Gree rate of 96 oent.s a bushel on the nor- maj production of the excess acreage Likewise, corn growers will lie paid ! subsidy rates of ten cents a Inishel ‘ on the normal production of iheir'*^ acreage allotment, bul lose subsidy i at the rate of 50 cents a -bushel on, the normal production of any extra' SPEED — Increased i , , ... , . . 1 • .1- lumhii{‘'*TiiyIor.H and Due West are state high school hoy.s basketball cham- Kight years ago I (iredicted in this . i i i i column that some day airplanes would;^ ‘•‘•«P‘’<^tively.. . . Joanna class B girls and class 1m> huiR capable of flying around thej^' the gigantic textile tourney in Greenville this week . . world with the MKi,' starting-^ from ' New 'York at noon and crossing ev ery point on the l•<)und trip at noon. That would take a speed of only about .’’lOO miles an hour, flying several miles alMive the earth. .Science and invention are loingiiig that time closer and^closei-, One by one ithe oTTsTacles to last flight in the stratosphere are being overcome. The upper air has lieeii explored and wind-currents studied. Tin an airplane to fly with the least re Drangehurg, Loris and .Monetta are ^tate high school girls ba-sketball cham pions in A, B and C classes, respectively ... Of the eleven teams entepd hi the intramural basketball tourney at P. ('. this week, the one we want to see most^is the faculty team, coached by Tui^ (J.sinan,^ and boasting such stars as Coaches .lohnson, Galloway and McMillian, President Jacobs and Business Manager John Holland Hunter growers face even larger 1 for “over-planting.” If | they knowingly exceed their acreage ' allotments, they will be deni«^~aTr miJwtidies^. HnweTer, if they unknow-' ingly “overplant,” their payments r ...PLUS A NEW DESK STAND THAT FITS yOUR FOUNTAIN fen ( PEN OR STEEL BOTH FOR- will be subject to deductions at the rate of 6 cents a (Kiuntj on the nor mal proiluction of the excess acreage. The subshly rate for compliance i ^ . with the g)lton |,roKr.m i, 2.4 cents CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY a pound. Benefit and deiluction rates,' sistanci* has lu'cn worked out. The use of oxygen to eiialile the piltit to breathe ami the engine to funeititm eight or ten miles above groumi has iM'en demoMslratetl. .S|)eetls of more than Kb* miles an hour have been made. ' All tliat remains is to find more t'conomieal methtuls tif earrying fuel for a worlilUniml, non-stop flight. . Lykes Boykin and Bob Kerdasha are hack from Floriila tanped and tennis’ll . . . K. J. Bohan brought a group! of Tiiy boys frtnn the^tate TraiTTtng schind Ttt witness P. (4.’s two final basketball games, which they thoroughly enjoyed . . . Another champioa- itslship frack team is being formed as a large group of ambitious Thornwell shaping of j^t racksters work out regularly under the experienceddirection of B. .S. I’inson. .•\dd queer sports: seen in the einner of a daily sports sheet rwently: Gas House Gus, a scrawny spring frog from deep in the Florida everglades sprang to national fame today with a heroic leap of 19 feet to win the second international frogolympics. Nazi In U. S. Get | German Warning School Teacher Holds Rabid Dog BUY A MODERN CAR NOW-whue YOU HAVE MORE TO TRADE AND LESS TO PAY FIRE — Filing Bogy 3'he greatest hazard in flying is fire. .Many airplane erashes would net result fiutally hut for the ignition of the gasoline tanks The great airship “Hindenhui'L^’’ was destroyisl, with most of its p.assengers, bwause the hydrogen gas on which it caught fire. Berlin Tells Them To Get Out of Orj;ani/.ation of Swastika Over Here. Alabama Woman Hailed As He roine When She Projects Chil dren Under H^r Care. Washington. Feb. 28.—Germany | Bii minghamr Ala., Feb. 26. — Mi.ss warned her half-million citizens in ('lementine Allen, 30, a nudest school teacher, today was hailed as a heroine ihe Unitisl Stato.s today against joining the .American-tiernvan Nazi floated I organization anil ordereil them to I’e- sign if they had already joinid. Fireproof flight is coming. The new- big German airship will he filled with helium gas, from Texas gas wells, which the United .States is selling for that peai-eful purpose. Kxci^ptj foi tiu' "Himlenburg” catastrophe, no pa.ssengei's life was ever lost in a non-military rigid air .ship! The Z eppeliiis use with non-inflammable The order, communicated by Am- bas.sador Hans Dieckhoff after an audience with Secretary of State I Hull, applied also to (lermans who i had taken out their first citizenship : papers. ^ The German government thereby washinl its hands of the Amerika- liiesel engines,Dout.sche 'Volksbund (Amorican-Ger- nf gasidine. .N irplitiies tmve been flown fuel oil instead I man Nazi organization). -Dw-' onler was interpiTted in this country with diesel engines, formed persons a.s a warning to and now one of the big motor com-1 (^'i-mans in America to keep out of after she faced possible death to drive away a rabid divg which threatent*d the lives of her 90 pupils. Miss .\llen, playground instructor at the Parker school here, seiztnl the dog and held it until a child the ani mal had attackinl could join her schiwlmates in a da.sh for safety. Health authorities said the dog ap parently had gone “mad.’’ The rabid dog, frothing at the mouth, came ,out of an alley near the schdbl yesterday and attacked Jac- ine Hoaslett, IT, third grade pu panics has brought out a new light-! American politics, weight diesel engine.’The airplano ofj . Members of the Volksbund whose the future, like the air-ship’ of tlhe' president is Fritz-Kuhn, had aroused future, will be fireproof. jcontrover'^iy by parading with swas- I tikas EDUCATION — Of Public i and uniforms, and making statements in favor of authoritarian 1 am not greatly concerned about government and anti-Jewish move- the future i>f the nation so long as ments, there i.s no restriction u|>on public dis-! GdrmanyV wder today implied, cussion of economic anil government- that the German government had al que.xlions, in the new.spapers and no control over the Volksbund, elsewhere. whose members were American citi- I have thought a good many of the zens, althoLigh (rf GeirhW cTrlgtn^^^ experiments which have been going The order meant, moreover, that j With $700,000 for 29 ice shows, on in Washington in the |>a.st few Germany would refuse to accept re- Sonja Henie has definitely cashed in years to bo rather silly and based on spomiibility for the Volksbund on,on frozen assets. half-baked theories. So long as the the grounds that it had warned its , ' , . I A doctor reports!that beer averts pil. Miss Allen seized the dog atx)und the neck and held it until Jacqueline tore loose from the dogSs grip and fled to safety. The dog had bitten the child on the foot. Miss Allen then released the dog arid fleil. The animal escaped. The child w-as treated for rabies and will recover. Theo Wright, principal of the school, said Miss Allen displayed “particular heroism.” He said had she been bitten about the face, almost certain death would have resulted. SEE ANT UR DULB DISPUTM6 TMS SI6N Get there early while the choice Is wide— fine cars now offered at rock-hottom prices that after a few drinks you even get to like the foami. people at large were willing to itind jown citizens-to stay out of it. j A doctor repo for them, there was nothing tado but' The order applied also to Germans ««as>CKness. Many people can testify to let time work its inevitable cltaiig-, who had made application for es. Now I think’I see less popular American citizens. They have been eEiLhusiasm for new .schemes which.joining an organization called the don’t work. . I Prospective Citizens Ix'ague. What has been going on in the ^ past five years is a proews of Vdu- CASE IS CONTINUED cation. 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