The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, August 06, 1953, Image 13
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
EASIER ON HANDS
If you prefer some commercial
brand of sand soap—especially for
removing paint—and it is’t kind
to your skin, add a little petnfteum
jelly to the soup before you use it.
PAINT SPOTS'
Turpentine, Kerosene and clean
ing fluid are all good for paint
spot removal, unless the spots are
old. For old paint spots, try com
bining equal parts of turpentine
and acetone (or nail polish remov
er), as long as the fabric involved
is not acetate rayon, and use it as
you would ordinary cleaning fluid
COMMENT
ON MEN
AND THINGS
By The Spectator
Your Body and
J Your Car
By DR. J. W. JONES, JR.
Even if you are buying the
most perfect gasoline and motor
oil, your automobile can, and
may, stall—through failure of
» operation of the electrical sys-
8 tern. The electric spark neces-
I sary for efficient ignition of the
gases in the combustion cham
ber may not occur at the proper
time, or in sufficient voltage to
give complete combustion, re
sulting in loss of power, yet with
an increase in fuel consumption,
and may possibly cause your en
gine to stall.
If your car stalls your me
chanic examines the car, not on
ly to see if the gas and oil are
flowing readily, but also to see
if anything is wrong with the
wiring system. If the wires are
not just right or if there is a
short, the electricity cannot
reach the ponit it should serve.
In an analogous fashion, the
human body approximates the
engine of the car. The nerves of
the body carry “electricity” to
supply the necessary stimuli to
different parts of the body. If
there occurs a “short”—any in
terference with the h o r m a 1
transmission of these impulses—
the organ or tissue supplied by
the “shorted” nerves, will “stall”
until it again receives its normal
quota of impulses. Therefore,
just as most persons have their
car checked, lubricated, oil
changed, etc., periodically, (pre-
ventitive maintenance), so it is
common sense to do at least as
much for your body. You won’t
be trading it in for a later model
when it begins to seem “out of
style,” or gives more than ordi
nary trouble.
See your “body ; piephanic”—
your CHIROPRACTOR — for
that much-needed and long-neg
lected check-up.
(One of a series of articles pub
lished in the public interest to
explain and illustrate the practice
of scientific Chiropractic, written
by Dr. J. W. Jones, Jr., whose of
fices are located over Prather-
Simpson Furniture Co., Clinton.
Telephone 1023.)
FINE
FURNITURE
Down Through
the Years
T.E.
Jones
&
Sons
The Best for Over
Fifty Years
CLINTON,
S.C.
Plus Thirteen Other
Stores in
South Carolina
A wonderful world and we enjoy,
the wonders progressively. Have
you observed that the Great and
Bountiful Provider shows us some
thing new, as soon as we are ready
to use it? All these things have
been in His storehouse since the
beginhing; and vastly more will
be revealed when we know enough
to use it. We find new materials
every day; and every generation
will find something to stir its imag
ination and satisfy its needs.
Suppose the basis of Penicillin
had been discussed with pharma
ceutical chemists in George Wash
ington’s day? Between the phar
macy of that day and this the world
has progressed by gigantic strides.
“Titanium, which a few years
ago was only a paint pigment, is
rapidly rising '■above its present
status as the Ceinderella element
of the metal world.”
The pure white mineral’s emer
gence in the role of what admiring
chemists call a ‘wonder metal,’ co
incided with mobilization for the
Korean war. Its reputation is ex
pected to grow as long as produc
tion of war weapons continues.
If one big handicap can be over
come, experts predict titanium one
day will replace stainless steel and
aluminum in the manufacture of
countless articles, household and
otherwise. The handicap is the
high cost of titanium ming, pro
cessing and fabricating.
Tests by the U. S. Bureau of
Mines, which has been producing
the metal since 1948, show titan
ium is light in weight but titanic
in strength—40 per cent lighter
and stronger than many seels.
Titahiiim also is stronger, pound
for pound, than aluminum, but
weighs slightly more. Because it
is strong, light and resistant to heat
and corrosion, titanium is being
used in production of war materials
including jet engines, airplanes and
gun parts.
Since uses, which have been in
creasing steadily since the out
break of the fighting in Korea, are
expec|ed to stimulate interest in
the metal. The result may be that
experiments will reduce the cost
of titanium from the present $5 a
poung in sponge form and $10 to
$15 a pound when fabricated into
plateis or sheets.
Domestic production of titanium
sponge increased from 10 tons in
1948 to 1,100 tops in 1952. Antici
pated production this year is 3,300
tons, and the goal for 1954 is 6,600
tons.
The high cost of recovery and
processing thus far has made it
economically unsound to produce
titanium except as a by-product in
connection with other mining ope
rations.
The metal is found with many
hard rock metals, and eventually
may be recovered from copper and
zinc mines in the Rocky Mountain
area. It also may turn up with
uranium on the vast Colorado plat
eau, the scene of widespread pros
pecting in parts of Colorado, Utah,
Arizona and New Mexico.
We heard about titanium. There
must be a great story behind it.
I recall reading that Frederick the
Great of Prussia complained of a
fever and his physician told him
about the Peruvian bark known as
quinine. The physician recom
mended it and asked permission to
administer it to the King. All
these things come from explora
tions and experiments. The quiet,
patient, perservering man of sci
ence slowly blazes the path of prog
ress.
We think of the scientist as delv
ing in mysteries, as the old alchem
ists did in the early days of chem
istry, but tens of thousands of men
may be hard at jwofk to make a bet-
your car. There was a time when
ter carburetor or a tougher tire for
the best tires were good for about
six thousand miles. Those hardy
tires of today grew out of constant
study by men of the laboratories.
And so with your gasoline and oil.
And the thinker and student, the
planner and the experimentalist
work hard to make a better refrig
erator. Just let your mind play
on this;
“Would you like a refrigerator
externally only half the size of
present models yet capable of hold
ing just as much food?
“What would you say to a suit
or dress almost invulnerable to
stains from food or beverages?
“If you’re in the food business,
how would you like to double the
storage life of your produce ?
“If you raise cattle, could you cut
costs by feeding sawdust instead of
com?
Pipe dreams, you say? Nothing
of the sort. All these things and
many other eyebrow-raising de
velopments are entirely possible—
even probable.
About five miles east of Sche
nectady is the general research lab
oratory of the General Electric Co.
Here a staff of a thousand technic
ians and scientists are busy explor
ing unknown frontieris in quest of
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Weevils Still
Damage Cotton,
Clemson Reports
Clemson, Aug. 1—Reports from
over the state indicate that the boll
weevil is still damaging the cotton
crop; that in some fields ahpid in
festation is heavy; that spider mite
infestation is a problem in fields in
many areas; that the bollworm
population is building up; and that
hot dry weather is eausing many
young bolls’^and squares to drop
off and is also calising some gotten
to open prematurply, especially ijn
the lower part of the state.
Each cotton field throughout the
state is now an individual prob
lem. The Clemson extension cot
ton committee cautions growers
who have fields heavily infested
with aphids that, in addition to
lowered yields, damage to the qual
ity of the lint can result from the;
sticky “honey dew” which will
drop on the open bolls unless tne I
aphids are controlled.
Some of the cotton fields on the,
Clemson farm are heavily infested!
with aphids and tests conducted by
John K. Reed of the experiment
station entomology department in
the use of four per cent malathon
dust applied with a hand duster re
sulted in a satisfactory “cleanup”
of the infestation. In view of the
above results, farmers who have I
failed to get satisfactory control
of aphids from the use of otheri
recommended materials tnight well
consider the use of malathon.
better products; for the business
man it could mean the birth of en- j
tire new industries and the creation!
of new jobs.
The GE research laboratory—it’s |
one of the industry’s oldest—differs
from most other industrial labora
tories. It’s activities are not con- 1
fined to any one industry or line
of products but pretty much run
the gamut from chemistry, physics
and electronics to metallurgy, ce
ramics and atomic energy.
At present more than a hundred
different projects are underway.
While great secrecy surrounds most
of them, a peek under the curtain
reveals some rather startling
things.
Say—
“I SAW IT IN THE CHRONICLE”
Thank Yon
For instance, a revolutionary new
insulating material—its identity is
guarded closely—ten times more
efficient than any now in use could
make possible a reduction of 50 per
cent in the external size of a re
frigerator without reducing intern
al dimensions. A freezer using this
material would have walls only
half an inch thick compared with
the three-inch wall thickness of
present-day refrigerators. Tt would
provide much more refrigerated
space and permit placing the re
frigerator above the kitchen work
counter rather than in an upright
floor cabinet as at present.’
Stain-proofing of garments and
other fabrics is a definite possibil
ity for the future as a result of a
now development in silicone plas
tics. Chemsits here have discov
ered a new solution which experi
mentally at least, has demonstrated
greater water or liquid repellent
qualities than anything of its kind
yet developed. Soda pop, coffee
or other liquid or food spilled on
j silicone treated fabrics roll of in
stead of seeping through a- hap
pens to untreated materials.
Fabrics treated with silicone so
lution have come through soap and
water washings and dry cleanings
Without losing any of their water
repelling properties.
Even more intriguing to textile
men, however, is the fact that cot
ton fabric when treated with this
silicone solution takes on a softer
feel and assumes a better draping
i quality."
New and Improved
SEED CLEANING and
SEPARATING EQUIPMENT
We wish to advise farmers in our area that beginning the new sea
son, July, we have put in new machines and made improvements and are
better fixed than ever to serve you in cleaning and separating your seed.
Why not let us do your work now while we are not rushed, and then
you will have your seed ready for fall sow ing.
We want to thank you for your past business and to assure you we
are ever trying to give you better service.
Now On Sale
• LADING CLOVER
• CRIMSON CLOVER
• ORCHARD GRASS
• WHEAT
• CERTIFIED FESCUE KL. 31
• RESCUE GRASS
• FI LLGRAIX OATS. 1st Vr.
• MARCONEE BARLEY. Cert.
W. B. Blakely Seed Plant
Laurens
Greenwood Highway
Telephone 21516
in August-
SAVE MONEY!
the new materials and protesses*
that, w'ill make possible the prod
ucts of tomorrow.
What happens here and in the
3,300 other industrial laboratories
around the country should be of in
terest not only to the consumer but
to the business man as well. For
the consumer it promises new and
TOPS AU 8 s
In Mobilgas Economy Swet-pa takes.
Dodge V-8 takes top honors over all
other 8’s in famous 1206-mile run.
Official AAA rating system established
Dodge as America’s Top Economy 81
WINS ITS CLASS
Dcdge Coronet V-EigM 4-door Sedan
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allowance on your present car. It may never be worth so much again.
This is your opportunity to step up to the extra power, safety and
handling ease that make this ’53 Dodge the Action Car of the Year.
This is your chance to own the winner ... to drive and enjoy the car
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In Mobilgas Economy Hun, Dodge
V-8 outperforms every car in its daas.
Dodge wins Trophy for cars priced just
above lowest-priced field.
SETS NEW RECORDS
In AAA Performance Runs, Dodge V-8
demonstrates outstanding power-for-
safety with record-breaking perform
ance. -New records show Dodge tops all
American^cars bvef^Measured Mile.
and ivbtacf to ctxarKj* without tofCW.
Dodge has been honored by 3 separate Beauty
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