The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, October 13, 1949, Image 12
Page Four
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, October 13, 1949
i
Farms
&
Folks
National Fire
Prevention Week
October 9-15
By J. M. ELEAZER.
Clemson College Extension Infor
mation Specialist
t The week of October 9-15 has been
| proclaimed National Fire Prevention
week, and county agent C. B. Cannon
] urges all Laurens county farm famii-
j ies to join in the effort to prevent
( fires by removing possible fire haz
ards and by taking other precaution-
j ary measures to prevent their occur-
! ence.
He points out that families living
: in rural areas do not have the advan-
tages of organized fire fighting crews
Marketing Aid an d equipment, and that once a farm
The term -‘marketing" covers a lot building begins to burn the chances
of ground. saving it are much less than in
And it means a mighty lot to the, the cases of building located in towns;
farmer or cities He says for this reason
Certainly it covers that vast gap t: ‘ rm families should use even great-
.>» - a eon the man who grows a prod- er Precaution than urban families to
t an j'the one who eats or wears it. P ! ' event flres ‘
And that covers proper harvesting. Mr. Cannon explains that Fire Pre- 1
grading, packing, shipping, drying, mention Week is sponsored by Me'
c.inning, pickling, curing, and so on. National Fire Prevention Association
And even m back of all these, ^.cooperation with the U. S. Depart-,
things, marketing extends, as Clem- m c n t of Agriculture and the state
sm s Tom Cole has often pointed out. extension services. He says those
For g od marketing often depends groups join in making the following
cm r. the crop and variety you $e-! suggestions for fire prevention in
lect to grow, the niche that it has farm buildings:
f c. the market in the field of supply. 1. Dn-'t smoke in bed or in barns
u! ! the quality of product you can and don't discard lighted cigarettes
produce, and the success of your in- or matches.
sect and disease control on it. 2. Ged rid of flamahie rubbish.
We have all sorts of marketing in Old papers, magazines, worn-out
South Carlina. Some of the facilities clothes, broken furniture, and boxes
are pr.vately owned and handled, are ideal tinder for a stray spark,
si me are cooperatives, and some are Keep oily rags in covered metal con-
'• ..to, county, >r municipally owned, tainers to prevent spontaneous igni-
Locat.on. architecture, and design tion.
a iso enter the picture. And on and 3. Keep matches in covered
on the scope >f marketing reaches, metal boxes out of reach of small
Under the Research and Marketing children. Use safety matches only.
Act r.f Congress, Clemson recently 4. Store gasoline and kerosene in
had a project approved which gives approved metal containers a safe
the Extension Service a
n n • work with our overall mark-
(' - c farm products in South Car-
• i The man employed for this
■ \. e s Bob Martin. Clemson grad-
aate. igciculture teacher, farm rad- cover them with asphalt shingles or |
i director, and building supervisor other fire-resistant roofing.
d tnen manager of the Greenville . Don’t use flammable cleaning
Farmers Produce Market. For the fluids. Cleaners which won't burn
time being. Director Watkins announ- are available.
• Mi. Martin will give close sup- 7. Keep heating plants and chim- 1
er. - n to the new Greenville mark- neys clean and make sure fhey tunc- i
pliances and replace frayed cords.
Lightning rod systems must be in
stalled properly and periodically in
spected. Keep electric motors clean.
, 9. Clean lamps and lanterns.
■i - Mi .1 i '■ ' ■■■■
Annual State Fair
For Six Days To
Begin October 17
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 11.—The
eightieth annual South Carolina State
Fair opens here October 17 with six
full days and nights of education,
fun and frolic scheduled before it
closes at midnight October 22.
The fair is putting the greatest
stress in history this year on agricul
ture and is offering the biggest priz
es in American fair circles for field
crops. Agriculture premiums have
nearly doubled this year—from $1,-
POO to S3.459 while livestock prem
iums were hiked sometime ago.
Even Oconee county in the north
western part of the state is sending
65 crats of' apples this year to
show what a wonderful apple crop
they raise up there. The Clemson
college exhibit has been prepared and
other exhibitors are rapidly getting
their displays in shape. The Steel
Building, the main exhibit building
is already decorated and all space
in it and on the grounds has been
sold. There is not even room for a
single hot dog stand.
Providing amusement for the fair
this year will be George A. Hamid’s
spectacular “Show Time Revue” at
the fair grandstand and the World
of Mirth shows, largest carnival on
earth, on the fair midway.
Five special days will be observed
this year at the fair. Tuesday, Oct.
18 will be FFA-JHA day when all
| FFA and JHA members will be ad
mitted free on payment of the 10c
federal tax; Wednesday will be 4-H
i Club day when all 4-H club members
will be admitted free on payment of
the 10c tax; Thursday will be col-
! lege and football day with the sold-
I out Carolina-Clemson game as the
, stellar attraction; Friday will be
i “School Day” when every school
child in South Carolina will be ad
mitted free on payment of the 10c
tax; Saturday will be Thrill Day
when daredevil automobile drivers
will perform before the grandstand-
One of . the highlights of “School
Day”, Friday, Oct. 21, will be the
State Fair Marching band festival
which will be held at 1:30 p. m. be
fore the grandstand. Any public
school band is eligible to enter.
Say—
“I SAW IT IN THE CHRONICLE”
Thadk Ton
Dr. Fred E. Holcombe
OPTOMETRIST
Offices at
200 South Broad SL
Office Honrs 9:00 to 5:30
Phone 658
<•' '--w.;y.-'
full-time distance from buildings and combus
tible materials.
5. Flammable roof shingled often !
catch fire from chimney sparks or;
windblown fire brands. It's best to;
et,. put ms - • •
rt• 1 m mfnf'muT-teTIhg aTTover S-nttS ‘ 8. Repair defectiv
e electrical aT-
No
Red Tape!
The association is proud of the fact that
getting a loan here is no long drawn out, ex
pensive procedure.
Many of our loans are made within a few
hours after application therefor is signed. Only
in rare cases is more than three or four days
required to get a loan through.
No long waits for out-of-town appraisers,
no expensive appraisal fees, and no involved
legal procedure, makes the Citizens Savings and
Loan way of owning a home by far the most
popular in Clinton and Laurens County.
IF YOU WANT A HOME OF YOUR OWN, COME IN
TODAY AND SEE US
r *ss W-A..*
federal Savings
AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
Telephone No. 6
A Clinton Institution Serving Clinton People Since 1909
Carolina.
They Shine in 4-11
Something over 46,000 boys and
girls, white and colored, now form!
the 4-H club enrollment for South
Carolina.
These youngsters have their local
community organizations and their i
emmt-y- 4-H councils. -The county
councils make reports yearly to Lean-
Clayton of Clemson, state 4-H club
leader. These are judged according
to the scope of their local programs
and achievements. For the past year
two counties were awarded purple
ribbons for outstanding excellence of
their 4-H programs carried out. These
were Colleton and Spartanburg.
Then 13 other counties showed that!
they were getting in the neighborhood
of that purple award too. and they
received the blue ribbons. They wer?
Hampton, Dillon, Newberry, Marion, i
Laurens, Marlboro, Greenville. An
derson. Cherokee, Chesterfield. Sum
ter. Richland, and Williamsburg.
Surely there is meaning for the fu-
lure in these 4-H youngsters'
They not only learn how to treat}
their soils and grow better crops and |
livestock. But they learn the more
intangible and equally valuable thing
like eadership, cooperation, group
action, community service, how to
conduct a meeting, how to partici
pate in public discussion, and so on.
And at their summer camps they
learn courtesy, etique, nature study, j
how to swim, tractor driving and j
maintenance, handicrafts, and so on. i
Boys Are That Way-
One fall I carried a “stone bruise" i
or. my foot on into cold weather.
Now these things are bad enough *
during warm weather. But to have
one on your foot when frost comes
and you can't put a shoe on is anoth
er thing. For you are bound to hurt;
it. at times. And to bump a stone,
bourse on a cold foot is agony of the i
first order.
Our schoolhouse was away back in,
the woods from our house. I would
never have made it, hobbling along!
u-ng only the heel of that foot. So j
they took me in the, road cart. Even
A’e folks who had a buggy had one!
o: these carts too. For when roads got 1
so 'bad, that a horse couldn't lug a j
buggy through, we could make it for
a while longer in a two-wheeled cart. I
A bog-hole had developed back
there in the edge of an old field on
the way to the schoolhouse, and it
wasn’t safe to try it in a buggy. So
they were taking us to school in the
cart while my foot was sore. Other
wise we would have walked.
. Our old Bill was a rather frac
tious horse and never liked to get in
4 tight place. He would hurry through
_<«jch bad looking spots. One very cold
morning he bounced us something
awluL as he tore through that boggy
place. It was frozen hard and the
bouncing caused a spring clamp to
come off the hook on the shaft. That
let the seat drop down on the axle
and bumi> us in the frozen mud.
, OX didn’t hurt my foot, fr a djf-
*erent portion of my anatomy strMpk.
But we got enough bruisee to murn
home and missed school that day.
And with that, we were able to mark
the experience up as a success.
No other low-priced car
offers you all these EXTRA VALUES
World’s
bo-
fora with now DmU-Uft Rrrat-
Iom brake bnmgs that hwt op to
twice as long.
the extra efficient power plant
with the vahre-in-heod design
that's setting the trend for the
automotive industry.
with control centered between
the front wheels for maximum
driving esse with minimum driver
fatigue.
with smooth, graceful
new interior richness and
extra luxuries as
Door Handles.
Chevrolet
and Chevrolet alone
offers you all
EXTRA Vahtet
at lowest cost t
Ixtro Economical to
and traditionally worth more
when you trade; for Chev
rolet is America’s most
wanted car — new or used!
Curvwd Wlndahiold wMi
Panoramic Visibility
supplying all that extra
vision which means extra
safety in driving with a
fuller, freer view of the road.
Flshor Unistool Body
Construction ,
with steel welded to steel
above, below and all around
you for the highest degree
of solidity and safety.
5-Inch WMo-Baso Rims,
plus Low-Prossuro Tiros
the widest rims in the low-
price field—plus extra low-
pressure tires—for greater
stability and riding-comfort.
Long or, Hoovior, with
Widor Trood
the big car in the low-price
field, with all the advantages
of more riding-comfort,
road-steadiness and safety.
AclNTOSH'S
SHOE SHOP,
our Shoes To Ua for
st Materials and
Workmanship.
GILES CHEVROLET COMPANY, Inc.
Phone 26
West Main Street
Clinton, S. C.
We re featuring Chevrolet Super-Service Specials all this month —so "ALL ABOARD FOR VALUES UNLIMITED!”