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M -» \ Y N- Pagc Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE i hursday, December 9, 1948 I hr (EUritnn (El^rnnirlr Established 1900 WILSON W.-vHARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance):' ■One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.25 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C., 'under Act of Congress March 3, 18 7 P. the adv they not of i to Chronicle seeks l ie cooperation of its subscribers and readers— publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly-' ;ce. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinK>ns s correspondents. — ^ # MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION Strawberry Growers Told How to Lick Ground Beetle SIX-INCH SERMON By Rev. Robert II. Harper justice, purity, loveliness, and all should be with them. As a 4nan Exclusive National Advertising Representative GREATER WEEKLIES New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia ( LINTON. S. t\, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1948 A Santo Legend •anta Claus is the American ver- tri | e back this much or more in grants, aids and handouts, but this is not St. Nicholas, the bearded of Europe, who on Christmas The truth is, we are spending and wasting too much money, and when; i basket of gifts for good s i U mp comes, which is inevitable, and a bunch of birch rods will we be then? Our spend-, the naughy ones. St. Nicholas ers know not the meaning of the he carried i e n, orm.vl ;nt<vSonita Claus by ";e Dutch settlers in New Amster- i;.:n, and he became the fat. jolly, y-cheeked >ld fellow he is today— t .. :-eul character the whole world loves. Story of the Tree word retrenchment. If the 8140,000.000 is given by the legislature to those making the re quests it will be equivalent to a con tribution of seventy dollars by each man, woman and child in the state. 1 The "sky is the limit.’’ We will spend 1 and spend and spend has been thei We are told that the fir tree goes slogan during the sixteen-year Npw XI ( it nme oi -reen Eve. but it was not until the Martin Luther that tne ever- Deal. Truman's re-election will mean still more spending and taxing until Gas Tax High Enough was used as an indoor deco- the wel1 runs-dry.-Think of the; ./..on in celebration oTCHristmas. promises he made for everything for It is said that Luther one Christ- e v erybody. mas Eve wandered through the i r ^ * •voods and became enamoured with ‘he wonder of the night. He cut a small, snow-ladened fir tree, and set The Chief Highway Commissionerj t up in his home f oh his children, i of-this state is advocating raising i He illuminated it with candles to state gasoline taxes to pay for build-; represent the stars. And from that ing new roads. He is reported as say- oegmning we have the Christmas ing. "I believe that the public would tree which everyone loves, large and vote favorably fqr an increase in the *mall. gasoline tax if given* an opportunity; to do so. I don’t know of any better time than next year for the legisla-1 Pure to consider thq ; matter,” he; added. * ■ ■ The stat£ now has a six cent a gal-! Ion tax on gas and Commissioner McMillan wants it higher: He says that unless some additional road rev-! enue is found, highway construction in South Carolina is going to be Strawberry growers who use bcn- *ene hexachloride for the ground beetle, a common insect which recent ly started eating the berries, may do more harm than good. Benzene hcxa- chloride will kill the ground beetle almost Instantly, but should not be used, because its fumes cause berries to be “off-flavor.” This chemical Is an excellent insecticide, but has to be used with jraution because one berry containing only a small amount of residue can ruin a barrel of good berries if packed with them. The most satisfactory and the saf est method of destroying this beetle is the use of poison bait, says the Louisiana State University extension horticulturist. The poison bait is made up of 100 pounds of bran or commeal. 16 pounds of sugar and six pounds of sodium fluosilicate. with enough water added to moisten, so it can be handled easily. This poison bait should be placed in the late af- ternoon-jbeUveen the berry plants on the row or sprinkled along side the plants on the row. It can be placed on top of the straw as this is the quickest method of applying it. How ever, it would be more effective if placed beneath the straw. The ground beetle is a flat, brown ish-black bug which hibernates un derneath the straw in berry fields. He does not feed on the berries dyring the day time, but waits until night. If you notice fruit which has the seed eaten out and some of the flesh gone, and do not find any other in sects around the berries, you most probably have had a visit from the ground beetle. If you pull the straw up from around the berries, you will see the beetle run away and seek cover. Synthetic Resin Now Aids In Adding to Paper Supply things that are of good report. And Paul’s exhortation is that the Phil- ippians should follow all the things LETTERS IN THE BIBLE | which he had taught them, and he Lesson for December 12: Philip-; promised that the God of peace | them, pians 1:1-11; 4:8-9. ! Memory Selection: I John 5:13. Many books of the New Testa-! ment are epistles, or letters, ad dressed to individutls or churches. From them much of the theology of the church has been drawn. We examine today the letter Paul wrote to the first church founded in Europe. This church was formed on the bank of a river and it was com- 1 posed at first entirely of women. The church had grown into impor tance when Paul wrote the Phil- 1 thinketh in his heart, so is he.’ “Let us think on the virtues of which Paul writes to the Philippians, that we may be helpedLto attain unto ippians. ^ . After the gracious salutation, Paul expresses his joy and satisfaction in the progress the church had made in the good work which had been begun in it, and his confidence that its people would continue “until the day of Jesus Christ.” He assures 'them he has them in his heart, and longs for them to "abound yet more and more in knowledge and discern ment’’ and be filled with the “fruits of righteousness.” The lesson text closes with one of the most familiar and beautiful pas sages of Scripture. It is a summing up of all the virtues that should adorn the Christian—truth, honor, THE CHRONICLE Completely Covers Clinton’s Trade Area for Advertisers There Is No Substitute for News paper Advertising HEMORRHOIDS DR. HART Case No. 238 — Woman, age 28, suffering from hemorrhoids lor two years. Condition ;had pro gressed to the point where she had been forced to quit work. Pa tient was suffering so much pain that there wye actually tears in \ her eyes when she was brought to our office. Chiropractice spinal adjustments corrected the cause of her trouble and the pain was eliminated in a few hours. Her condition improv ed so rapidly that she returned to her former job. Nowadays she says, “I feel fine.” DR. CHARLES J. HART 254 WEST MAIN ST. — LAURENS, S. C. One Block west of Post Office, next to First Methodist Church. Ground Floor Plenty of parking space. LI Christmas Carols There are no more beautiful songs '-an the familiar Christmas Carols ■ it will be hea d in homes, church- t' and elsewhere from now through ‘he Yuletide season. 1 ne ivinous Christmas n v m n , vnn.i will live forever, “Silent ut ^ UMi iu uc. a -int. Holy Night.’ was written in "drastically reduced," According to <*benbo: :. one of Austria s loveliest the highway department's figures, n Christmas eve, 1818, by approximately $58,000,000 in roadj he local clergyman, who took the bonds are now outstanding. i words .j the home oi the village or- We don’t believe the people, in ^amst the same* night, where they face of the present high gas tax and Acre immediately set to the well- high cost of road building, will look known tuqe. _ _ —! favorably upon—an increase in the ror a great many people the music' gas tax. The automobile is loaded i ►i Bach and Handel make difficult down now with taxes, including nstening until Christmas, comes parking meters. ! around. Then suddenly, everybody; We think that before more money ;taits singing and humming tunes by is provided for an enlargement of •.."e two old masters. 'the highway department that it' The reason for this is that both should be studied and closely scruti- “ ac 'h on.I Handel were church mu- nized from top to bottom. A mem- .-.c.ans. One of their tasks was to ber of the legislature to convene in .umpoae songs tor church congrega- January has stated that he will seek .ons ,o sing. They proved Them- such an investigation, and the pub- masters of beautiful, easily lie is interested in seeing his effort! - wed melodies in their Christmas succeed. There is too much “poli- T ‘ u ' ;c ; , tics” in the department. Commission- ' '-oy, the Christmas music er McMillan got his job through po- noted musicians wrote is sung lit’cal maneuvering. An able admin- :ne.i, women and ci|ildreri in istrator, Mr. Williamson, was illegal- churches ot many faiths all ly kicked out of office without cause' j . e:' the world. Their oratories and except McMillan wanted his job, and • ar0lS ne ^P ma ke Christmas the joy- he had enough votes in the commis-; as, happy Season of the year.. sion to turn the trick. It was a dis- 1 graceful performance which was! never explained. And when the su- preme court ruled in favor ol WiL- : 0 ure*, • e 'vased show that state kamson the order was defied. We revenue from liquor is decreasing. say the light ' o{ publicity be ^ °1 f " tat f ir s P enders are turned on the highway commission,! •ir. ', en v? 0 , ' ne . t f , *, e are in the and in view of recent developments' . q ^ us mess chiefly for tne money now i s no tj me f or new taxes. It may d"t> e that a new head is needed first .ojooi .ei diop in sales is feiven as for the department and the commis- '..'-i^t-ut * i 4 UuI store oper- reorganized. We have such a people the same Through the use of a synthetic resin which imparts unusual strength to paper, vast amounts of wood which have been of little use in the produc tion of paper can now be added to the nation's critical supply of satisfactory pulp timber, according to scientists at the national bureau of sandards. Deciduous woods such as the maple, beech, birch or poplar have until now been used only as “filler” in the man ufacture of high grade printing pa per. In 1946, for example, wood of this type accounted-fee- enly 16 per cent of the pulp consumed and in in ventory at the end of the year. No matter »ho\v desirable their other characteristics may be, the de ciduous woods do not develop, the pri mary quality of strength and resis tance to surface pick in the usual methods of processing. The develop ment of strength through the use of the synthetic resin, melamine-for maldehyde, may have the effect cf increasing the use of the short-fiber- ed pulps by as much as 75 per cent. Corrosive Sublimate—Danger! Liquor and Money Corrosive sublimate (mercuric- chloride) is very poisonous, and its use about the household is not re commended. U. S. department of ag riculture states that corrosive sub limate is not nearly so effective or satisfactory for household use as oth er disinfectants, such as formalde hyde. Corrosive sublimate tablets in clude ammonium chloride, which fa cilitates solution in water. They should never be accessible to anyone. Bottles containing it should be plain ly labeled, have their stoppers tied or wired in, and should be placed where they cannot be mistaken for contain ers of harmless materials. As a safe ty measure, corrosive sublimate is sold in bottles of special shape and the tablets are colored blue or made in the shape of a coffin. I ■i Robin Best Loved Bird “uuor siore oper- § ion reorganized. We have a ' a , "\T Ut I Cri f n8 i fr0m a sIum P in suspicion, and there are/many ‘ ’IL 0 St ° res are rnak- jifi South Carolina who feel th ng money. That’s why, with more way nan 800 stores in operation that -■idiy a iortnight passes but that '.e.v appi.aations for licenses are be And it can be added that the road i.D a Lj*ysiem in the state is being poorly :je_ maintained. Ride over many -«f the : ' for highways and you will see they are ns.deration, with few of the appli- being neglected. The motorist can eve: turned down. We are easily detect thtat an able executive a oiiiiness which is destroying hke the late Commissioner Ben Saw- .. lUsanas ol young men>gnd women yC r is not directing our highway sys- — lor tne revenue. Our schools are t e xn. , the chief* beneficiary, and yet rarely .- a public protest heard. We are a hypocritical people.. Robin redbreast is widely distribut ed throughout the United States and is, perhaps, the best loved American bird. It has been estimated that a robin will consume more than his weight, each day, if worms, insects or fruit are available’. Before all migra tory birds were made wards of Uncle Ram under the federal migratory bird act of 1913, the robin was con sidered a game bird in some of the eastern states. Without much varia tion in numbers, the robin comes and goes each year, adding, .cheer and beauty to the days of spring, summer and autumn. Millions for Spending The state budget commission, of which Senator Brown of Barnwell fame, is a member, has been hear Postmaster General Urges Early Mailing “Pile Engineer”, New Profession With normal mail volume at an all-time high, Postmaster General ing-Requests from state agencies, de- desse Donaldson has warned: partments and institutions for the Christmas mailers that unless they | 1949-50 year. imail their parcels at once and their The oveit^fll requests total $140,-'cards well in advance of Christmas : 000,000, including permanent Lm- week that they face the likelihood provements,/ highway funds, federal of not having them delivered until spending through state agencies, etc. after Christmas. The actual operating budget requests j Directing the attention of Christ- trom earmarked and general state mas mailers to the fact that normal lunds is more than $81,000,000. That is a lot of money for taxpay ers to cough up, and shows that "spending” is still the order of the day. South Carolina is attempting to mail , volume in the last several months has daily reached the pro- poftions of the peak of the Christ mas period a year ago, the postmas ter general said that this year’s It is the Job of the pile engineer to control atomic energy, a new branch of engineering. At present there are only a few such men, most of them working at the atomic ener gy commission’s Hanford works at Richland, Wash. The name of the “pile engineer” comes from the' atomic pile, a huge assembly of slugs of uranium with a moderating ma terial such as graphite. The largest plies yet built arc those located at Richland, built during the war to make plutonium for atomic bombs. Telephoto Lenses follow the Washington spenders and Chrjstma smail, added to the present bureaucrats. We should not overlook everyday record volume, has created thi£ important fact' also—South Car^ | the most acute nqail congestion and olina citizens and corporations paid transportation' problem in the entire in taxes to the federal government j history of the postal service. more than that much last year by several million dollars ,and will pay more this year. The federal govern ment is smert enough to hide many of these taxes, but you pay them just the same. We are told we get Only by the immediate mailing of Christmas parcels, Mr. Donaldson said, can the senders be assured that their gifts will arrive prior to Christ mas and thereby be in keeping with the spirit of the holiday season. > 8om4 of the best nature picture* can be made with the aid of the tele photo lens-*—candid shots of birds in or near nests, or woodland animals that cannot be approached and whose pictures could, therefore, be taken in no other way. Telephoto lenses are also helpful when shooting color film for slides. In effect, the telephoto Jens narrows down the angle of the camera view. It gives a larger camera Image than the regular lens. ■ Perfect Accessories for Your Living Room to Make It Festive for Christmas I.AMP TABLE. Note the filed standard, the claw ^nd hall feet, and the pie crust edge — all quality details. -LAMP TABLES -COFFEE TABLES —END TABLES —TIER TABLES H a Here is a group of eighteenth century ta bles that are excep tional . . . the fine ma hogany has been used to make the most of its beauty. CONSOLE TABLE that is at home in the living room, hall or den. Grace ful, good-looking. | | H ■ I i ■ V I ■ a MAGNIFICENT DRUM TABLE A “conversation piece” gift that is worthy of the most important name on your list. Of fine mahogany, with a hand-tooled leather top in red, green, or brown. Beautifully carved base.