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Thfdhy, 1H4 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE F«C» Flr> C B. CANNON, County A^ent What Price An You Soiling Groin? Combines are m the grain fields throughout the county, harvesting the 1954 grain crop which is good as a whole. Die grain crop is a cash crop for the farmers, and should be handled so that the maximum ‘dollar is obtained. The question of storing grain on the farm dur-*- ing the peak harvesting period has been called to the attention at the farmers for many weeks. Several grain producers have taken proper steps by providing farms, while others have made suitable storage space on their no move whatsoever, and will sell their grain at the prevailing prive wherever markets are available. Prices for sound dry oats are being quoted by commercial con cerns at 60 to 65 cents per bush el, delivered; barley, 98 cents to $1.00; and wheat from $1.96 to $2.06 per bushsL Under the government support price, farmers may secure a loan of $2.35 per bushel for Na 1 wheat; $2.34 for No. 2, and $2.32 for No. 3. Also $2.29 for No. 4, and $2.26 fob No. 5 per bushel for wheat. Oats support price is 93 cents per bushel • Farmers who have approved storage space on their farms, or who secure space in an approved warehouse or elevator can real ize about 25 cents per bushel more for their wheat by placing it under government loan than by selling it on the open market at present prices. Assistance for purchasing and constructing farm storage facilities is still available through the office of the Agricultural Conservation and Stabilization Committee. (Die old PMA.) ' Over 24 new storage bins have been erected on farms in the county this year. Size of the bins WHO SUPPORTS BATES? The NAACP, declares the Chicago Negro Magi .tine JET, in its May 27 issue.' Hare's what JET says on Page 11: There's no question abojut it! If further proof< is necessary, consider the vote in Ward 9, Colum bia, which has approximately 90% Negro voters. Here's bow the NAACP block-voted io the 1950 Governor's race :', Sates -1,176 - Pope - 23' Byrnes- 108 Stone - t VOTE TO PROMOTE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR George Bell ^ „ J^T.- — to GOVERNOR He leads the fight to keep separate schools io South Carolina. a. _ Bennie B. Blakely Candidate for Supervisor Offering for Re-election on My Record SOUND BUSINESS ADMINIS TRATION. All heavy equipment and other supplies purchased thru competitive bid. 140 Miles Black Topped Roads. New Modern County Home. Improvements In Court House. ; .-V ' — L-.. , n -W- “T' ' Agriculture Building Remodeled, I hove worked wholeheartedly for improvements of our Churches and Schools. I wish to complete my present program and to build f New and Mod em Chain Gang Camps. It has been.a pleasure to serve you os your Supervisor and I wont to express to you my appreciation for your co-operation and support during my present administration and to solicit your continued support on June 8th. ( After being re-elected as your Supervisor for another term, I pledge to you the some business Hke, sober and impartial service, in the futurg, as you hove received in the post. 7 BEN N HE B. BLAKELY . ■ ’ - A '■ •' n ' * YOUR SUPPORT ON JUNE 8 WILL BE APPRECIATED mm mi .... ranging from 1000 btutoete and up. Farmers with new bine are C C. Herbert, Trinity Ridge; Mrs. Wallace L. Martin and sons, Youngs; W. P. Dickson, Hope- well; John L. Adair, Sr., and Heath Copeland, Clinton; Fur man Garrett and sons, Mount- ville. No doubt there are oth ers in the county who have bought bine that the county agent's office has no knowledge of. Also several farmers have converted old buildings on the farm into suitable space. W. T. Senn, Rocky Springs, got last week from the county agent’s office, a set of blueprints to erect a wooden grain storage building on his farm. Grain should not be ,stored when moisture content is over 13 per cent without means of drying equipment. A bushel of wheat containing 14 per cent moisture will contain one gallon of water. Grains stored with high mois ture content will heart., sour, go out of grade and will provide ex cellent condition for insect infes tation and breeding. The office of the Agricultural Conservation, and Stabilization has a machine to test moisture content of grain, and any farmer may get this ser vice free. A quart of represen tative sample of grain, is suf ficient for the testing at their office. Grain should be clean when put in storage. Chaff, weed seed and other trash prevents fumigation from being as ef fective as it would be in clean grain. Such foreign materials also reduce the grade of grain and thus reduce its sates value. Fumigating stored grain is im portant and Extension Service Information Card No. 48 gives directions in the use of recom mended materials. The card is free for the asking from the county agent’s office. Don't Trust Machinery Small grain aqd crimson clo ver seed harvesting season is at hand, and fanners are rushing to harvest their crops. Some farmers will become careless in operating their tractors and com bines, and as a result minor or major accidents will result. Power take-off shields should be kept in place at all times. The National Safety Council reports that many tragedies result from unguarded power take-offs. In struction books published by the manufacturers of machinery al ways stress the proper handling of machinery to prevent acci dents. A word to. the wise may save you. Cotton Improving With Warm Weather Reese Young, Hopewell got good results from dusting jii cotton the first of last week for thrip and hopper control An examination of the cotton on Friday by County Agent with Mr. Young showed that die in sects were controlled. Across the road from Mr. Young’s cotton field, an exami nation was made of an adjoining landowner’s cotton, who had not dusted to control thrip and hop pers, and found the insects in large numbers. Thse insects sucking young cotton leaves causing , crinkling appearance, and can retard growth of cotton much as 10 days to two weeks. Dusting with one of the recom mended dusts will control the insects and allow cotton to set shapes much earlier. When a cotton bill is 21 days old or old er, it is out of danger of boll weevil There is no need of using dust containing DDT or sulphur at this stage of cotton growth as these materials axe for boll worm and red spider. However, there is no damage done by using dust containing the material Those planning the use of ni trogen top-dressing should apply growth of cotton due to cold same now to hasten the retarded weather, insect damage, etc. Frequent cultivation is of ad vantage in conserving moisturt, weed and grass control Those who are yet chopping cotton should leave plants thick in the row for greatest yield. Renew Application for Classifi cation and Market Newt Berries Laurens County Organized Cotton Improvement Group re newed its application for classi fication and market news ser vice last week with John B. Grimball, chairman. United States Bo&rd of Cotton Examin ers, Columbia, as a one variety cotton community. The county by far plants the largest cotton acreage to the Coker variety of cotton. James D Wasson, Hickory Tavern, president; C. B. Cannon, coimty agent, group representa tive; L. N. Cook, alternate group representative, signed the proper form. Under the classification and marketing news sen farmers may have free cotton classification by government cotton chesen under the SmiAh- Doxey Act passed by Congress in 1937, provided the gamer will cooperate with the fanner in sending cotton samples to Co lumbia during cotton ginning. The county was organised as a one-variety group in 1947. A card is malted frotn Colum bia to the farmer giving him his same cotton clawing Is acceptad staple length and grads. This by the govenunnt from the farmer who places his cotton in the warehouse and obtains « government loan on his cotton. It will be necessary for gin- men to file proper blanks with the Columbia office before florins and containers will be mailed to the ginner. The county agent’s office has the proper form for th^ gamer to file for bond. 4-H Members Attend Columbia Fat Stock Show and Bala The tenth annual! Columbia Fat Stock Show and Sale was held on May 2L The following boys entered their animals in the show and sale: Cain Thomason, Trinity Ridge, entered two ani mals; Dewey Tumblin, Hickory Tavern, Richard Sistair and Mil- ton Nannel, Thomwell, entered one anima leach. All of the above animals grade medium apd brought from $22 to $18 per hundred. The grand champion sold for $53 per hundred. The 4-H members enjoyed a barbe cue lunch served by the Colum bia Chamber of Commerce. Laurens County 4-H Talent Show The Laurens county 4-H tal ent show will be held in the ag ricultural building at 8:00 p. m., Thursday, June 3. The 4-H members that will take part on the program that night have been selected as winners in 4-H club talent shows that were held during the month of May at regular 4-H club meet ings in each community. The 4-H members that will take part on the program are as follows: Judy Mauldin, Cross Hill club, tap dance and ballet. Pattie Cake Polka — Long Branch club. Martha Tinsley, Trinity Ridge, piano. Donald Thompson, Trinity- Ridge, “A Woman Powders Her Nose.” Betty Jo Waddell, Camak dub, “Secret Love.” Jo Ann Coker-and Sybil Loth- ridge, Camak chib, "Do Lord.” Jeanette Cooper and Judy Cook, Gray Court club, “P. S., I Love You” Doris Hellams, Barksdale-Nar- nie Club, “Frankie and Johnny.” Sadie Brooms, Barksdale-Nar- nie chib, reading, ‘Tell the Same <Sld Story.” Mike Stewart, Harry Abbott and Johnny Broome, Barksdale- Namie club, “Little Liza Jana" Martha Milam, Mountville club, piano. Becky Finley, Mountville sen ior club, tap dance. > Patsy Bowick, Cross Hill club, reading, “Herman.” Christine Mullen, Jessie Ste vens, Calvin Bostick and Henry Ingle, Cross Hill club, skit. Nancy Bunton, Baile club, song and dance. Linda Word, Bailey chib, song and dance. L. M. Cheek. Nancy Pullev, Jean Davenport, Linda Trayn- ham and Jerry Todd, Hickory Tavern club, song. From the above talent the judges will select the boys and girls that will represent Laurens county at the Piedmont District Round-Up at Camp Long, July 21-22, where the talent will be selected to take part on the an nual Farm and Home Week 4-H Talent Show at CJemson. This program has been considered as one of the highlights of Farm and Home Week. a cent higher than in 1952, the se curities and exchange commis sion and the Federal Trade Com mission reported jointly today. Profits before taxes were $24,400,000,000 Mid after taxes $11,300,000,000. This compared with $22,900,000,000 and $10,700,- 000,000 m 1952 Manufacturers’ sales reached a record $265,900,000,000. Of 2$ industry groups, 16 showed increased profits after taxes. Iron and steel led with 33 per cent, reflected in part by the adverse effects of the steel strike in 1952. WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING—EXCEPT BAD CHRONICLE PUB. CO. Phene 74 * 30 DAY FREE TRIAL! Profits Reported Up After Toxes For Corporations —■ • Washington, May 29.—Profits after taxes of manufacturing cor porations last year were six per OtDERPEDIC *69.50 BOX SPRINGS TO MATCH Tee w« INNIRSPRING MATTRESS with “SURE-SIHP" CONSTRUCTION Try this beautiful extra firm Orderpedic Innerspring Mattress for 30 days. See for yourself how the Or derest ‘‘sure-sleep” construction lets you sleep—sleep—sleep in modern relaxing comfort. ,fN OROft TO t*JT BUY AM OBDiBtST. Lawson Furniture Co. THE COLD FACTS! Jftait of J^outli Carolina & S ■mlsss HBf 20, 1951* L« U Bates, PxNiidsnt Capital Lift Insurance Co* Columbia, South Carolina , Bear Mr. Batess , * w This will acknowledge receipt of jour registered letter of Hey 17th Interpoeing five questions for answer by this Department concerning the operation of Capital Life Insurance Company. The questions and our answers are as followsi 1* Q - In the past, have the number of examinations required by law been made of Capital Life Insurance Company? A - The Capital Life Insurance Company was organised January 13, 1936. Since that time examinations were made as follows; including the close of business as of 7/31/37, 12/31/39, 12/31/Ui, 12/31/1*6, 6/30/1*8, 12/31/50. t. Q- Has this Company met all legal requirements with reference to reserves for protection of policy holders and what Is the status of its reserve as of this date? A - Tea. The reserves of this company are held in the physical custody of this Department. Although this company qualified as an old line legal reserve company in 1953* and is not required to deposit reserves with the Department, the company officials have deposited reserves in 195U, amounting to $582,860, making a total reserve held by this Department for protection of policyholders of $2,235*360.00.' 3. Q - Is it a usual practice for the Insurance Department to critlie insurance companies in its examination reports of those companies? *6 A - In all instances where the Examiners find ipatiers which they think should be critiled, this is done, and quite often the reports of Examiners are critical. 1*. Q - Since organization, has the progress of the Company been good? A - Tat. 5* Q - According to records, reports and statements now in your office are the - policy holders of Capital Life Insurance Company now fully and amply protected? A - Yes. Very truly you^s. PMb D. 'Di Murp»ij, Insurance Corami Quoted from letter of Moy 20, 1954, signed by oil stockholders of Copitol Life Insurance Compony, ex cept members of Botes fomily: “Having learned of the criticism about your man- agement of Capitol Life Insurance Company^ we, being the only stockholders in the company outsida of the members of your fomily, wish to express to you our deep appreciation for the unusual and outstanding growth and progress this Company has mode under your leadership and to assure you of our fuN confi dence in your management and ability.* The 300,000 policyholders of Capital Life are fully protected and satisfied. * The Capital Life stockholders are satisfied. The State Insurance Department is satisfied. CAPITAL LK INSURANCE ~ COMPANY What Right Have the Politicians to Complain?