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r THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean "i.; Newspaper/Complete Newsy- and Reftabte If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume LI Clinton, S. C. Thursday, February 2, 1950 Number 5 15-POINT FARM PROGRAM GIVEN FOR THE STATE Over-all Plan for Coor dinating Agricultural Activities. A 15-point 1950 agricultural pro gram for South Carolina has been announced jointly by the South Car olina Agricultural committee and the Clemson College Extension service. Adopted recently by the commit tee, at its annual meeting in Colum bia, the program is aimed at an im provement in general welfare and better farming. " All points in the program, the an nouncement said, were included af ter careful study of suggestions from the 46 county agricultural commit tees. G. E. Hawkins of Greenwood, state agricultural committee president, said, r the program attempts “to pro vide a short, concise, overall state ment of agricultural goals for South Carolina in 1950.’’ The complete state program as an nounced is as follows: 1. Complete Farm Planning: Meet high costs, acreage adjustments, and lower prices by planning the entire . farm to make the best use of land, labor, and equipment, and by effi cient production to meet market de mands. 2. Food and Feed: Produce, con serve, and use adequate food for family needs. Grow a year-round garden on every farm. Continue to increase the efficient production of com, pastures, annual grazing, small grains, silage, and grain sorghum to support our growing livestock indus try. 3. Soil Conservation and Improve ment: Conserve and improve the pro- _ ductivity of soils through liming, proper fertilization, cover crops, crop rotations, and terracing, drainage, and irrigation where needed.» Cover South Carolina with a “Blanket of Green”. 4. Farm and Home Equipment: Become more efficient in the use and upkeep of improved farm machin ery and farm and home equipment. Expand rural electrification and ru ral telephone service. 5. Livestock, Dairying, and Poul try: Further balance our farming system by developing a larger in come from hogs, beef cattle, dairy products, chickens, and turkeys through closer culling and improved i breeding, feeding, and , marketing. I 6\Cotton: Because of acreage re- ( duction and competition from other' areas and other fibers, it is necessary to produce larger yields per acre of high quality cotton at the lowest cost per pound. Plant improved,. treated seed of known gemination and prov ed varieties. Use recommended poi sons to control cotton insects and di- , seases. Improve preparation and ginning. Use grade and staple ser vice in marketing. 7. Tobacco: Keep up yields per acre of high quality tobacco. Give more attention to control of plant- bed and field insects and diseases, and preparation of tobacco for mark et. 8. Fruits and Vegetables: Use re commended varieties and improved methods of production, grading, pre paration, and marketing fruits and vegetables. 9. Forestry: Give farm woodlands better management and fire protec tion. Do a better job of marketing the timber crop. Reforest lands best suited to trees. * 10. Seeds and * Plants: Increase production and use of clean, high quality seeds and plants, including certified seed, for additional farm in come and to aid in efficient crop production. • 11. Pests and Diseases: Use ap proved methods nad materials in fighting crop and livestock insects, diseases, and parasites, household injects, rates, weeds, and other pests. 12. Marketing Facilities: Expand the development and use processing and marketing facilities for farm products. 13. Farm Homes and Other Build ings: Plan and improve farm homes and other buildings for health, safe ty, efficiency, comfort, and general appearance. [ 14. Farm Boys and Girls: Further develop 4-H club work to train rural (Continued on page seven) $ FOOD... Is An Important Item With Housewives You will find helpful Gro cery and Market News in THE CHRONICLE every week from leading food stores in the city. Read the advertisements reg-^ ularly — they tell you about changing prices each week and where you can supply your needs and buy to advantage. » County Farmers Allotted 60 Tons TVA Nitrogen • According to County Agent C. B. Cannon, fifty-three Laurehs atfanly farmers were allotted 60 tons of T. V. A. nitrogen last week to be used as top dressing for 2,665 acres of winter grazing. The distribution was made at the Agricultural building by J. W. Tins ley, chairman, D. Eugene Brown and Fred Irwin, members of the sub committee of the county agricultural committee. Mr. Cannon, said the T.Vj\. nit rogen was tested at 33 per cent which “makes the materials twice as strong as nitrate of soda.” He said that additional nitrogen has been placed on order. He stated that many farmers are requesting information concerning the seeding of fescue and ladino clo ver for this fall, which indicates that many additional acres will be plant ed this year. Mr. Cannon declared that' there is a “steady trend toward raising more livestock in the Piedmont area, with a reduction of cotton acreage ” Such trends, he said, will create ag riculture in Laurens country. He explained that the Fall and Winter grazing has been below av erage due to lack of moisture last fall, but added that, the warm rains lately have improved the situation “greatly.” _ Mr. Cannon pointed out that for best results, grasses or clovers should not be grazed closer than three inches to the ground. “If the growth gets ahead of the cattle, something like six or eight inches nigh, the grass should be clipped to encourage new tender growth that is high in feed value.” He ended by saying that “Lau rens county is making outstanding progress in developing livestock.” Credit Association Re-elects Officers For Coming Year At a meeting of the board of di-/ rectors of the Clinton Production Credit association, held recently sub sequent to the annual meeting of stockholders, officers were elected for the year 1950. J. T. McCrackin of Newberry was re-elected president, J. F. Haw- kms of Newberry, wa s re-elected vice-president. Rex Lanford of Waterloo, was re elected as secretary-treasurer and George W. Copeland of this city assistant secretary-treasurer. The board also elected J. T. Mc Crackin and Hugh Bonds Workman to serve on the executive committee witn the secretary-treauser. Present members of the board are: Mr McCrackin, J. F. Hawkins, Mr. Workman, Wallace L. Martin and Lawrence F. Davis. The Association located in the Jac obs building, serves the credit needs of farmers in Laurens and Newber ry counties and maintains branch offices in Newberry and Laurens. The Association has a membership now of 1001 and made loans in 1949 totalling $548,000.00. Applications for loans for this season are being ac cepted officers state. Central Carolina League Expecting Six Fast Teams - ^ RECOVERING FROM POLIO Pictured above is little JUDY DOBBINS, flve-ye&r-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Dobbins of Joanna. The attractive little girl was all smiles yesterday when this picture was made for The Chronicle and she gladly “posed” to do her bit to help in the “March of Dimes” campaign now underway. Little Judy was stricken with polio in October 1948, and immediately removed to the General hospital in Greenville where she received treat ment for an extended period. She has shown steady improvement and is well on the way to complete recovery. The splendid care and treatment she received was made possible* through the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, an organisation which Judy and her parents say has their fullest support “The March of Dimes” drive is now on to help little girls like Judy “win.” Laurens County Concert Campaign To Begin Monday Final details f6r the annual mem bership week of the Laurens County Community Con. ert association, to be held beginning Monday, are com plete, according to Robert E. Wysor, III, of this city, president of the sciXip. A fast-minute check-up of prepa rations is being made by Mrs. Sarah- Dixon DeLoa_ch. general chairman of the .campaign, to 1 insure that the dnvt will be as successful this year as it has been in the past As inf pre vious years there will be a dinner for all- workers, the executive commit tee. and the board of directors Jo be gi ven at the Laurens community hall .at 7:30 on Friday evening, Feb. 3. Mrs. DeLoach said yesterday that among those attending the dinner will be the representative of the na tionwide Community Concert ser vice, Thomas Thompson, who will remain in the county, to assist in the details of campaign 'keek. All members of the current season will be given an opportunity to re new their subscriptions tonight (Thursday^ at the Laurens high school when The Revelers, male quartet ^nd final attraction of the 1949-50 series, will be presented *t 8:15. Mrs. Hummel Harley, secre tary of the association, has announc ed that worers will be on hand to renew memberships one hour before curtain time, during intermission, and after the performance. Heaquarters for the campaign will be at Mr. Wysor’s office on- East Car- olinaX^ avenue and workers will be there'from 9 a m. to 5 p.m. during the entire week. Memberships may be obtained at headquarters or from any of the large corps of volunteer workers which will make a canvass of Clinton, Laurens, Joanna, and surrounding areas. The drive' will close on Saturday, the 11th, at 5 p.m., after which no memberships will be sold. ■ Announcement was made during the week that Ninety Six, after an absence of a year spent in the ill- fated King Cotton league, has re turned to the Central Carolina Tex tile Baseball league for the 1950 sea son. It is now expected that the fast loop will include six clubs. A group representing Mathews, Greenwood and Harris mills is seeking entry in the league for the sixth place. The proposed team would represent the three mills. Financial support will not be provided by Greenwood Mills, it was stated, but woulyd come from mill employees and residents of Greenwood who are interested in textile baseball. ^ If Greenwood enters, the league will be composed of Ninety Six, Ware Shoals, Watts, Joanna, Clinton Mills and Greenwood. The season will open April 18 with three games a week, all to be payed” at night, on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. Sunshine Cleaners In New Building The Sunshine Cleaners are now occupying their recently completed building on West Florida street di rectly behind the post office. The business was established here in April 1946 by its present proprie tors H. F^ Blalock and Gary H. Hol combe upon their return from ser vice. In a commercial announce ment in today’s paper they extend an invitation to the public to visit them in their new and enlarged quarters where a shirt laundry unit and more extensive cleaning services have been added. Walter Barbare Named Baseball Coach For Presbyterian Athletic Director W. A. Johnson announced yesterday that Walter Barbare will coach baseball at Pres byterian college this spring. He said Barbare would report February 22 and remain in charge of the team until their final game in May. Barbare, who played major league baseball with Cleveland, Pittsburgh and the Boston Braves, wil be grant ed a leave from textile league um piring assignments on dates that con flict with the Blue Hose schedule^ Besides his major league connection Barbare managed and played for teams in the minor circuit and was in the International league and Am erican Association. He also umpired four years in the Piedmont and South Atlantic leagues, and in recent sea sons confined his work to textile cir cuits. Johnson said he felt’ fortunate in securing Barbare for this spring sport. He will succeed Claude Crocker who coached P. C. last year and is athletic director for the Clin ton and Lydia Mills.. Presbyterian has a 24-game sche dule which will open here on March 24 with Catawba college. j Heart Campaign In The County Begins February 13 — As already announced the 1950 Heart campaign in Laurens county will be made the week beginning February 13, which has been desig nated as American Heart week. Col. R. E. Wysor, of this city, is i the county chairman and will have ! co-chairmen here and in Laurens to . assist him in addition to other work- 1 ers in the community. The Heart campaign this year has | a goal of $6,000,000 to support the 1 association’s attack on heart diseases through research, education and ( clinics et up in all the states. Chair- jman Wysor is asking a generous re sponse to the appeal in the city and j community. The slogan for the campaign is, “Open Your Heart — Give to Fight Heart Disease." I Mayor L. E. Bishop has issued a proclamation which appears in to- j day’s paper, urging individuals and organizations to support the drive. Joanna Baptists Approve Plans For Sunday School Plant The Rev. James Mitchell, speaking for the chairman of the board of deacons of the Joanna Baptist church, read the following recom mendations to the v church* members who voted unanimously to accept them during a meeting Sunday morning: , (1) As a whole the church woulc set a $10,000 building goal each year for several years; (2) each Sunday School class would set its own goal; (3) the offering each first Sunday would be contributed to the building fund; (4) the churcb treasurer would be instructed to transfer everything over $200 in the church funds at the end of, each month toward the goal. Tentative plans call for a three- story Sunday School plant with a modern kitchen and recreation room, and a general enlargement of the one-story brick building which was first used in 1940. The -membership has doubled since the church was built. 1 Presbyterian Church To Be Host To Christian Youth Council Cub Pack Will Meet Friday A meeting of the Cub pack will be held Friday evening, February 3, at >:30, at Florida Street school audi torium. A1.1 cub leaders, parents and friends are invited to attend. A spe cial feature of the program will be a movie, “The Shortest Way Home?® 1 NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL a There are very few homes in Clin ton in which THE CHRONICLE does not enter. If you are in this minority group we invite you to become a member of bur large family. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week: W. A. WINN, Laurens. „ MRS. JOE L. BEAUDROT, Greenwood. A. P. RUSHTQN, N. Redondo Beach, Calif. MRS. W. S. PORTER, Clinton. . GEORGE PRESSLEY, Piedmont. MRS. H. L. BLACK, EDWARD BIGBEE; MRS. BARBARA CHILDS, MRS. VERNON WILLIAMS, West Clinton. \ The First Presbyterian church of this city will be host to the Coopera tive Christian Youth Council of South Carolina for the annual meet ing here Saturday and Sunday Feb ruary 4 and 5th. The council which is interdenom inational is composed of representa tives of college and -young peoples groups from the cooperating church es. About twenty young people are expected to attend the meeting and will be entertained in various homes ifin the city with a supper to be given I in their honor 9t the church on Sat- j urday evening. The local represen- I tative is Bob Hunt of Presbyterian college. Clinton, Joanna Boys Graduate At Clemson James Austin Chandler, son of Mrs. James Austin Chandler, and the late Mr. Chandler, of this city, received his degree in civil en gineering at the graduating exercises held at Clemson college Sunday. Also listed among the members of the graduating class was Wiliam Minor Poag, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Poag, of Joanna, who received a degree in textile engineering. Friends of Mr. -Chandler will be interested to know he will leave February 15 for Denver, Colorado, where he has accepted a position ith the Bureau of Reclamation. Cotton Ginning In The County Below Lost Year The 1949 cotton crop in Laurens county and surrounding counties is considerably below that of last year. Thp latest cotton ginning report of the bureau of the census, and the next to the last one for the year, shows that the county had ginned 15,034 from the. 1949 crop prior to Jan. 16,- as compared with 19.263 bi^es for the crop of 1948. South Carolina ranks far down the list of cotton states this year, falling in tenth position. Texas is far in the lead in cotton'ginned thus far with 5,743.043 bales. By January 16 a total of 15.641 310 bales had been ginned in the United States, compared with $14,140,444 at this time last year and 11,390,100 at the same time in 1948. New Semester At Presbyterian College To Begin Today The second semester of the 1949- 50 school term at Presbyterian col lege will open today, the students returning to the campus after a four- day holiday at their homes following the. mid-year examinations. Twenty-eight seniors completed work on degrees .during, the firs* semester. Diplomas will be official ly awarded the group at commence ment exercises in June. WIGGINS TERMS 5. C. AS STATE OF OPPORTUNITY Reviews Progress Mode In Agriculture, Educa tion and Industry. Cites Heavy Federal Taxes. Carndeh. Feb. 1. _ A composite reveaiing picture of progress in r vt ^ arolina wa ' presented by A L. M. Wiggins, chairman of th • ooard of the Atlantic Coast’ Lir. > Railroad, weli-known bankefTmdu^- tnaust and publisher, to members of e Camden chamber of commerce a* tne annual meeting of that organiza tion on Thursday night. After discussing the state’s indus trial growth, the sound financial p#- sition of its excellent state gover- ment, the educational ’and agncultu- p ,^ ress wh ‘ch has bene made. Mr. Wiggins declared that “the smaller conimunities of South Caro- • ma afford the best opportunity fo- abundant living that can be founi anywhere.” He told the group that Tvf ^ awakening in this state .hat. will mean progress and prosper- J n his address Mr. Wiggins ou*- imed the progress made in the sta’e in recent years. li would be a fair statement I think, to say that we have achieve : in South Carolina, as of this date, the ig- cst standard of living for the argest proportion of our population or any tune in our history. We have witnessed within the past ten years he greatest rise in per capita Th- come that we have ever had. State and local governments now provide greater services to our people than ever before We have accumulated greater resources in liquid wealth than anyone dreamed possible even , e y ear s ago. In whatever area of material progress we choose to examine, we find that more of our people have achieved a higher de gree of well-being Ujan at any othe period in the Irtxtory- of the state’ Commenting on industrial prog- ress ,n the state, Mr. Wiggins stated: The value added by manufacturing in South Carolina rose 369 per ceir nse^f^ 939 3nd ^ as rise of 203 per cent for the counts a whole and exceeded that o: state excepting one . . In 1939 the 1,331 industries in SouL Carolina employed 136.713 people 572 ono d , and Wages of * 10 3.- 57^,000. In 1947 there were 2 137 industries employing 138.601 people xa"r cnfnZn WaSes an d salaries o Jm 6 i 934 ’ 000 ' F ° rty p€r cen: m0 ^ employees in 1947 were receiving 31, Limes the wages received in 1939 The value added in manufacturing n thisstaterose from $170,000,000 m 1939 to $.94,000,000 in 1947 more tnan fourfold. Between ! Jan. I 194s and Dec. 31, 1948, in four years, 803 thiT ‘ ndustrial p!ants ^re built in and 1 0h« 31 a • C ° St ° f $270 - 0 °0.000. and ,036 existing plants had eithe completed or had under construction or had plans ready for expansion a: he end of 1948 costing in excess o* $200,000,000,” excess 0. ^Showing progress in education. Mr ^ ^ the rteld of edu ” ation and social service. South Car- bUna has also moved forward Ac cording to the last census report we fh ' e mo ' e children in proportion to -mbe,^^ than any oth ^ >iate. This means that the financial .oad ot public education in terms o' income producing population to fi- lance that education is heavier’ in •his state than elsewhere However <n spite of the proportionately Tign burden that these facts of population South Carolina ha s added a -*h grad* to its schools, has increas- anes of its tea cbers ana provided for them a retirement sys- Re.larding bus.^J* advance the pr °,T,! ne ? t indus trMilist said: lowml lh TqiJ e K ev f n ' year ^ nod fo1 - •t.t *• b® 11 * deposits m thi, against an increase of 130 per cen* or .{.he entire country. i n th is re .' from theT^ Carolina 5too <* seventh rom the top among the 48 states The *47 WW busin **** during is fasfin q^K^ w * s thr ** times as fast in South Carolina as m the (Continued on page seven) ..... i’j t : X Parent-Teacher Group To Meet The Parent-Teachers association will meet next Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock at Florida Street school. 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