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1 THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable ♦ \ (Eltnlmi €hrontrlp If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume LI Clinton, S. C, Thursday, November 16,1950 Number 46 To Relieve Misery of UQWO Oft TMUTS* SAMI FAST MUE' Choir Singingj CONTESTS Program WLBG 3:30 p. m. 860 kc ];;tADY fo> any fMtUGfNCY Phone Us For All Your Dtuq Needs Remember our phone num ber! It is your key to peace of mind, for no matter your drug need and no mat ter the hour of day we as sure you immediate deliv ery in any emergency. Re member— Phone No. 1 McGEE’S DRUG STORE Phone No. 1 There’s no better protec tion against the high cost of accidents for boys and girls of school and college age than an ^tna Stu dent’s Accident Policy. Pays hospital expense and othdr benefits. Costs sur prisingly little. 8. W. SUMEREL AETNA-1ZER Jacobs Bldg. Tele. 80 By J. M. ELEAZER. Clemson College Extension Infor mation Specialist ITU llfl ifltMIIK tft. Grass Years ago I read and re-read what Senator John J. Ingalls said about grass. Then it had little meaning to me, except the sheer beauty of the lan guage. Soon I found I bad memorized it. In recent years it has come to have more meaning than the beauty of its words. For grass has grown from a pest in the field to a treasure in the pasture. Here is about what Ingalls said: “Grass is the forgiveness of Na ture, her constant benediction. “Fields trampled with battle, sat urated with blood, torn with the ruts of cannon, grow. green again with grass, and carnage is forgotten. “Streets abandoned by traffic be come grass grown like rural lanes and are obliterated; forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish, but grass is immortal. “Beleaguered by the sullen hosts i of winter, it witndraws into the im- 1 pregnable fortress of its subterran- ! can vitality and merges upon the : solicitation of spring. “Sown by the winds, by the wan dering birds, propagated by the sub- ' tie horticulture of the elements, which are its ministers and servants, it softens the rude outline of the world. Its tenacious fibers bold the earth in its place, and prevent its j soluble components from washing in- |to the sea. “It invades the solitude of deserts, climbs the inaccessible slopes and forbidden pinnacles of mountains, modifies climates, and determines the history, character, and destiny of nations. “Unobtrusive and patient, it has immortal vigor and aggression “Banished from the thoroughfare or the field, it bides its time to re turn, and when vigilence is relaxed, or the dynasty has perished, it si lently resumes its throne, from which it has been expelled but which it never abdicates. “It bears no blazonry of bloom to charm the senses with fragrance and splendor, but its homely hue is more enchanting than the lily or the rose. “It yields no fruit on earth or air, and yet should its harvest fail for a single year famine wou’d depopu late the world.” .This thing we call Grasc must really be important. It wa<, t..e first living thing an all-wise P:ovi. ence saw fit to bring forth on this earth. In the 11th verse of Gene-::.., after the waters were called into the seas and the dry land appeared, the Al mighty said, “Let the Earth bring forth Grass.” And then other life fol lowed. So when modern science sees grass in a beneficial new light, and not on ly as a pest in the cultivated field, it is getting in tune with the plan of ages. Experiment and experience are finding out for us the ways of grass County agents and others demon strate the latest know-how with grass as a crop. Farm tours see these. And grass begins to come into its ancient own in our land of cotton. Overheard In a Low Country cafe I heard a group of graying women talking. You will know what the conversation was about when one of them said, “No second wife will ever wear my diamond. I’d swallow it first.” Pumpkins Aplenty Saw a piie of pumpkins in County Agent Johnston’s yard in Conway. He said the Lions club would auction them off for Thanksgiving. E. M. Meares had grown them on his old tobacco plant bed and donated them td the good cai^se, and Johnston had hauled,’em in. A new idea there for civic groups, -i-H clubs and the iiko to make a lit tle money. Many folks would like to have a pumpkin for decorative purposes at Thanksgiving. But they are usually hard 10 imd. It Pays Master Farmer Earl Taylor ol Gieenviile county says: “In 1948 we irrigated for the first time and sold $46,000 worth of peaches from 25 acres. The equip ment easily paid for itself the first year:” And County Agent Bill Gray tells me that he has gotten good results from his irrigation on pastures and fall truck too. An irrigation outfit costs right smart. In fact it is rather big mon ey when compared with most farm expenditures. But we shouldn’t just look at that and balk. Look on the other side and see what it promises to yield. Sometimes we have to spend some money in order to make more mon ey. And irrigation is surely a 1 case of this sort. We are rather new with irrigation here. And we need .to know a lot more about it. Our information is developing fast. Clemson’s P. M. Gar vin, Jr., is specializing on that sub ject. He is available through your county agent to help you survey and plan it. And your SCS men can help you with some phases of it too. All too long have we let that greit potential that water could have brought to our acres go to waste down its ancient channels to the sea, while crops parched and burned along its very courses. Boys Are That Way I went to my first fair at about 5 or 6. It is one of the earliest things I can remember. And its impressions arc still fresh. Wc boarded the 4 o’clock train at White Rock, stopped to take on wood at the Melts woodrack, and got to Columbia, 18 miles away, at 5 p. m. We took a hack to my aunt’s house, ate early, and then walked the one block up to Main Street whe^e the fair was then held. The lights and the crowd quite ov erwhelmed me. And the confetti they were throwing was beautiful stuff, I thought. It was thick on the wide- walk, and I scraped it up and packed my pockets with it when my folks weren’t looking: Later they noticed it and made me empty the unsanitary stuff from the street out. 1 cried and then they bought me a nickel pack age of that shredded bits of bright paper. But I didn't throw mine. Ii was a treasure that I kept. The shows and concessions were along the side streets, and Mah: Street looked to me like a moving o. humanity. I didn’t know there were so many folks in the world. I could n’t see out, except when I looked up, and there was a wall of merry-mak ers all around me all the time. I hung on to my mother’s dress. Once I changed hands with my confetti package and turned her skirt loose for a moment. When I reached back for it a man had moved in there. I was panic-stricken and hurriedly worked my way through the crowd. I started calling her, but my small shrill voice could not be heard above the din of merrymakers. I let out to hear a public address system blaring at a fair. There was no such thing then. crying, and a friendly cop got me The moments I spent in his arms seemed like an age, as I suffered and sobbed. He held me high so they SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE might see me or me them. Soon we — found them. And no greater solace has ever come to a human being than that. I wanted to go home right then. And I didn’t care to go to fairs any more. To me they were monstrous, hideous things, where children got lost. And nothing could be more dreadful! I am still thankful every time I Dickie Work Pants $3.95 Dickie Work Shirts $2.95 L B. DILLARD Hear...Allston Calhoun ‘THE WORKING MAN’S FRIEND” SPEAKING TO YOU ON Americanism Preferred Allston Calhoun has long been known as ‘The Working Man’s Friend” because he tells the truth on conditions affecting your work and every-day existence. TUNE TO WLBG LAURENS 860 K. C. Every Saturday At 8:45 A. M. WFBC GREENVILLE 93.7 M. C. Every Saturday At 7:00 P. M. WKDK NEWBERRY 1240 K. C. ^ Every Tuesday At 7:15 P. M. WESC GREENVILLE 660 KC Every Saturday At 8:30 A. M. 200000 freshmen can t be wrong l We believe that something has hap pened in 1950 that you should take to heart. Ever since this year’s Buicks were intro duced, their big bulge in safes has come from people who traded other makes of cars for this bounteous beauty. The total is more than 200,000. That’s 200,000 "freshmen” added to the roll call of Buick owners—200,000 peo ple who must have sized up the current version of the cars they owned, and decided that Buick offered more thrill, more comfort, more satisfaction for the money. Beyond that, of course, there were other hundreds of thousands who already owned a Buick and bought a new one •••>••• - • • •... this year. But we’re speaking here of new owners only. We can name many reasons for this landslide — including Fireball power — an incomparable ride — and Dynaflow Drive.* We can remind you that the Buick Special, Super and Roadmaster just about blanket the range of a car-owner’s aspirations—matching prices with many sixes in the lower brackets—matching distinaion with the finest in the fine-car field. We might add that Buick prices are doubly attractive—since their list prices include many features customarily on the "extra” list. But why try to spell out all the reasons Buick wins in a showdown? The proof of the pudding is in this great car itself. Better come in —look it over —and find out what an unbeatable buy it is. *SUmUrJ ,n ROADMASTER, si ,xlrs «*/ m SUPER snU SPECIAL moJeb. When better automobiles are built BUICK will build them • • • Tun* In HENRY J. TAYLOR, ABC Ntlwoih, tvnry Monday »v»ning. YOUR KEY TO GREATER VALLE if* LAURENS MOTOR COMPANY Zarick Street' Laurens, S. C.