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.1 —V Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday,. May 1, 1952 FARMS..... AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Ciemson Extension Information Specialist Leave Plenty Colton Kow’s your cotton stand? periment and experience show that we need at least twice that many ]f good, I wonder if you're going [stalks on the land on an average; to leave it thick enough? for best yielas. Maurice Smith of i One stalk every foot in three- ioot rows gives you 15,000 stalks Edgetield, who broke our record! yield last year with 3 1-2 bales, pci acre. And a lot of your cotton 90,000 stalks per acre! It takes j wwA average that thick. Yet ex- about 100,000 bolls to make a bale, i CIRCUS GIRL AND HORSE ! utstanding in the Silver parade Designed with greit freshness and origi nality—Heirloom Sterling is richly carved, distinguished for its beauty and heavy weight. This superb solid silver is .a marvelous value> too . . . giving you a lifetime and more, of use, beauty, pleasure, you'll use it every day,- three times a day, and it will never show a *TaA0( M*aas or patioa ito. sign of wear! Do see the exquisite .Heirloom Sterling patterns now . . . begin with one place setting, add more later 6-picce place settings from $27.50 Federal To* Included So he didn’t need but about four bolls per plant to get his record yield. Of course, the number of stalks it will pay to leave depends a lot upon the land. But I think this is true, on most land we don’t leave enough. Under boll weevil condi tions, the first few bolls on a stalk are the easiest ones to get. And cotton will put on the first few bolls about as quick as if it is left rather thick as if you had thinned it out more. Therefore, a lot of stalks out there in the cotton patch gives you a better chance to get a paying crop set before the weevil gets too bad. If you are shooting for a bale per acre in three-foot rows and leave a stalk to the foot of row, you will need about seven good bolls to the plant to get your bale. Leave two to three stalks to the foot and you’ll need only about three good bolls to the stalk to get your bale per acre. And each stalk of reas onably thick cotton will put on those first few bolls about as fast as if they were thinner. By the way, have you joined the 1952 Cotton Improvement Contest yet? Your county agent has the blanks. Some good fields have been left out in the past simply be cause the owned did not enroll in time. • * * Look Here H. R. McLeod, good sand hill farmer of McBee, sends me these reminders about the great soil builder. Giant Striata 1 Coratlaria, that has made so many acres of poor, light sandy land in that area dark and fertile . I. It puts into the soil 400 to 1,000 pounds of slowly available nitrogen per acre. 2. Its large roots penetrate wide and deep to subsoil land. 3. Giant Striata Crotalaria is nematode-resistant, thus starves this pest out. 4. It makes from 15,000 to 38,000 pounds of green manure per acre. 5. This organic matter gives land greater “holding capacity” for moisture and fertilizer. 6. It increases soil organisms. 7. It may be sown in row crops when laid by or in small grains when top-dressed. 8. It increases the yield of any crop following it. 9. It is an inexpensive legume to seed 10. Once planted it usually con everyone to his task. Those who had the chores to do left the field at sunset. The others worked on a while until you could not see good. Supper was ready at dark. And that’s the meal we enjoyed most. Not that is was any more ellaborate than the rest. But that was the end of day, we were not in a hurry, and we sat and talk ed until the small kids began to nod. And then it became awful painful to have to wash dirty feet i for bed. FOR SOLICITOR “DIE FOR ALL YOU ARE WORTH” Hugh L. Eichelberger NEW YORK LIFE MAN 29 Years Experience PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE INFORMATION FURNISHED FREE Member The National Association of Life Underwriters WM w ?> v vw. C. E. SAINT-AM AND C. E. Saint-Amand, well known Newberry attorney, is a- catididat?- for the office of Solicitor for the 8th Judicial Circuit in this sum mer’s primary. His official an nouncement appears in today’s pa per. His ward, No. 6, in Newberry, endorsed Mr. Saint-Amand at its recent precinct emeting. Terming Mr. Samt-A/nand an “able, competent lawyer who will represent the people of Newberry, Laurens, Greenwood and Abbeville counties fairly add justly as So licitor," the resolution was adopted with enthusiasm and without dis sent by the citizens present at the meeting. The precinct is located in the city of Newberry and has bout seven hundred voters regis tered for the primary July 8. It is Mr. Saint-Airand’s home box. The resolution, as adopted, reads as follow’s: Mrr—C:—E. Saint* Wednesday. May 7, will be circus day In Clinton. The pretty miss pi« tured above portrays one of the surest sifns of spring—prancing per forming equine beauties and lovely maidens of the tanbark — when the circus comes to town. The Beers-Barnes circus will exhibit at the Legion grounds and is being sponsored by American Legion Post 56, Wyman Mbealy, Sr., post commander, has announced. One performance, commencing at 8 p.m., with doors to the Big Top opening one hour earlier, will be offered by the show, celebrating its 2Cih consecutive season. Trained lions, seals, chimpanzees, and a multi tude of other circus acts make up the program, not the least of which will he four-ton “Congo Alice,” said to be the largest elephant in America. A CREDIT TO SOUTH CAROLINA tinues to reseed. 11. It will make good growth on. the poorest soils. 12. It is not toxic to animals. 13. It requires a minimum of soil preparation. 14. It needs no fertilizer. And I might add a caution. Its reseeding habit makes it a weed in. summer hay. So, folks don’t us ually put it where they plan to grow that. However, some put it on all of their land and then grow winter hay of vetch and grain mix tures. That comes off before the crotalaria is up to bother. Its greatest place is on light sandy soils. . Mr. McLeod has stated the case of this great crop well in his 14 points. Now I’ll bet you want some. If so, and for further de tails, communicate with County Agent J. C. Willis, Chesterfield, S. C. He has grown up with that stuff over there. * * * I Like U Here One reason I like to go to the far places is that it feels so good to get back. Like a fellow down home used to say, he sort of liked to have the toothache occasionally because it felt so good when it quit. Green pastures are noted for ap pearing in the distance. Go there and the raw truth reveals their rough spots, too. Folks, I‘ve been all around pret ty well over this country and ad joining countries. And I like to go there for they have their charms too. But nowehere do I find as wide adpations of soils and climate, where you can successfully grow so many things, as right here in our part of this great Southeast. It does not yet fully know . its strength. We were satisfied with cotton for so long that other things equally well suited here have not had their full chance yet. But they are now beginning td get it in the diversification that’s growing. And just watch this area! Boys Are Thai Way With us in the stone hills it was always three meals a day, full meals. We knevfr nothing of this thing they call “lunch” now. We had lunches sometimes, but they came between meals, day or night. And we didn’t always call even that lunch. We usually called it “a nick-nack to eat.” We started off with breakfast oy the light of a lamp. It was not fruit juice and cereal. It was a full-fledged meal, always grits and gravy and country ham or other meat and eggs, with plenty of hot biscuits, butter, and preserves or jelly. As noon approached, we listened for the bell that carried the wel come news across the rolling hills. Then we unhitched the mule, or laid down what we were doing, and made our way to the house. We drew a fresh bucke^ of water, took a deep drink of it, carried the irest to the back porcl 1 !, washed up, and were ready to really eat. The table was laden with varied vege tables, meat and sweety. That was dinner. We ate so much then that all were drowsy, and we took a brief nap on the floor of the front porch before the hour of one struck and the bell rang again, calling Amand, a member of the Newber ry bar, is seeking the office of So licitor of the Eighth Judicial cir cuit in the summer elections; and, “Whereas, ha is best known to those of us present since we are his neighbors and have had occasion to observe his condyict in his busi ness daily; and, “Whereas, he is an able, compe tent lawyer well fitted for the po sition and will represent the peo ple of Newberry. Laurens, Green- wood and Abbeville counties fairly and justly as Solicitor, “Therefore, be it resolved by the voters of Ward 6, Newberry, in reg ular meeting assembled. That we gon on record as wholeheartedly supporting C. E. Saint-Amand for Solicitor, Eighth circuit, and we do recommend him to our feilow- Democrats in this and other coun ties without reservation. “Approved unanimously in regu lar meeting this 22nd day of March, 1952, at Newberry county court house. Signed by William W. Whelan, Secretary of Ward 6 pre cinct.” tops ’ * » tor quality tops tor quality America’s Biggest Cola Value! When you buy the big, BIG 12-ounce bottle of Pepsi-Cola, you get TWO FULL GLASSES in every bottle — yet you ALSO get top quality in every drop. Ounce for ounce, no finer cola! So today tomorrow, ALWAYS — buy America's BIGGEST cola value: Pepsi-Cola! Whenever you shop, always take home six big, BIG 12-ounce bottles of Pepsicola for the family! TWELVE full glasses— plenty for all! at Any In Big 12-ounce Bottle PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO. GREENVILLE, S. C. Six-Inch Sermon By REV. ROBERT H. tLARPEB MIDWAY Drive-In Theatre NEWEST AND FINEST CLINTON — JOANNA Lydia. Who Opened Heart and Home Acts 16: 6-15. 40 Golden Text: Proverbs 31:30 On his second missionary jour ney. after Paul and Barnabas had separated, and after Paul had been forbidden of the Spirit to labor in the province of Asia, he went to Troa<, accompanied by Silas. There, in a vision by night, he saw a man of Macedonia standing and saying, “Come over into Mace donia. and help us.” It appears that Luke joined Paul and Silas at Tro- as. Taking the vision as the call of God, they crossed over the north ern part of the Aegean Sea and in due time came to Philippi, a chief city of Macedonia. When the Sabbath came, Paul and his companions went to a place by a river, which Paul supposed was a place of prayer. Seemingly there was not a synagogue in the city. Devout women were gathered in the place and Paul preached to them and formed the nucleus of the Philippian Church, which was the first Christian church in Europe and composed originally of women. For not a man was present that day by the riverside. Lydia and her household were chief among those who fo?med the church. Lydia opened her house to the disciples and after they had been released from prison (See- 1 Acts 16; 16-39), they went to that blessed home for Christian fellowship and encouragement before they depart ed. Lydia well deserves her fame as staunch friend and hostess of the disciples. Let her be an’ example the first convert in Europe, the unto women of the present time, OFFICE SUPPLIES Complete line, all the little items needed for the office. CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Phone 74 a SAT: “I SAW IT IN THE CHRONICLE” THANK YOU THURSDAY MAY 1 MYSTERY STREET Ricardo Montalban and Sally Forrest TWO CARTOONS FRIDAY-SATURDAY MAY 2-3 CROSSWINDS John Payne — Rhonda Fleming — Forrest Tucker Serial—“KIT CARSON”—Chapter 12 CARTOON MONDAY-TUESDAY MAY 5-6 THREE LITTLE WORDS ' Red Skelton, Fred Astaire, Vera Ellen, Arlene Dahl CARTOON WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY MAY 7-8 A NIGHT AT THE FOLLIES Evelyn West (the Huba-Huba Girl) and All-Star Cast WAHOO THURSDAY NIGHT $150.00 ADMISSION 40c Children under 12 admitted FREE First Show Starts at Dusk—Second Show at 10 P.M.