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t; The Chronide Strives To Be A Clema News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Volume LV If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News Clinton, S. C, Thursday, September 30, 1954 Number 39 *—»—»**—»»»»»»»»— COMMENTS on MEN AND THINGS Irrigation, by whatever means, is the hope of our agriculture. A well i known businessman of South Carolina told me some some months ago that he was feeding four cows on one acre of irrigated land, instead of one cow on four acres And he said Standard Plywoods To Enlarge Plant, Name New Manager Standard Plywoods, Inc., re sumed manufacture at Clinton that the fourcows dkf not ex- Monday just two weeks after fin? hereby declare that its policy as regards racial segregation will be to use its influence and vot ing power to maintain our segre gated churches and do hereby urge the South Carolina Annual Conference not to take any ac tion that would recommend a change of the present policies on racial segregation.” • • • The death of Senator Burnet Jthett Maybank took away a man still ini the prime of life, though he had been a prominent public figure for twenty years. Even those who did not see eye to eye with Mr. Maybank found him a serious man and steadfastly dedi cated to the public interest, as he saw it. Mr. Maybank was a man of great energy; he was above petty things of politics; a man who was interested in the rich and the haust the grass on the one acre. Here is the same story, as it comes fro Missouri: “On 70 acres of farmland, a few miles from the Mississippi, the com stands green and ‘as high as an elephanfs eye.* same farm—and on neighboring farms—comfielclS are withered by searing drought. On many stalks in these fields there are no ears at all; on others, when the husk is pulled back from what looks like a healthy ear you'll find nothing but cob and a few- scattered grains of com. , “The green acres got that way by generous and timely use of •pushbutton rain’ — more com monly called sprinkler irrigation. Water is applied to tne fields from giant rotating sprinklers much like the smaller sprinklers you water your lawn with. The wate is pumped to the sprinklers from a creek through 20-foot lengths of aluminum pipe coup led together. “This irrigation will give 30 We shall never know exactly yhat the REA costs the nation, or has coat in rdbent years. I’ve recently read that a total of eighty million dollars has been lost to the nation through cer tain expenses of various kinds. It is always difficult to get the facts, all the facts, about public expenditures. • • • Edgar A. Brown is a 'self-made man; he is a man of much charm. Mr. Brown will not be lost in Washington; he will be popular and effective. Let me tell a little story. In the days of the Farmers and Taxpayers League some one in the Senate tried to throw cold water on the League by de manding the names of the con tributors to its campaign. I had the pleasure of writing the state ment; and I gave the reasons for the League. As the reading clerk P°ori and ready to espouse and otf the Senate read opr reply one promote any program for the senator rose and moved that re- betterment of the State and Na- ply be expunged from the record ^ on - as being propaganda Naturally,’ Th* vacancies occasioned by 1 bushels of com extra-make the the Senator’s death have stirred our people deeply. a crew at full strength employ ed. Key factory men will move here from Fairmont. All office work, which has been handled at Fairmont since the Landrum office was closed in June, will be transferred here,iff charge of H. J. Mnagum, who has been with totally destroyed their Fairmont, the company since its inception. N. C, plan* They had sold their Landrum plant on August 1, they stated. For the present all operations will be conducted here where Standard has operated a sir.gle- On another 55 acres of the I ply veneer plant since 1930. New plywood machinery has been in stalled here for limited produc. tion. More will be added as fast as new buildings, started this week, can be completed. Within three weeks, it is hoped produc tion will be back to normal witn the ownership states Bob Anderson, who has been in charge of the Fairmont plant, will move his family here as soon as a home now under construc tion is completed. He will be assisted by Earl Elliott, the pres ent manager. Standard Plywoods, Inc., is a North Carolina corporation and has a South Carolina charter. L. W. Anderson of Tryon, N. C., is president and will continue to live in Tryon and will mainlain an office there Bob Anderson ia vice-president. This two-weeks shutdown marks the first time since Stand ard started production in 1946 that any employee who wanted to work has lost any time. It is hoped that with new facilities here the policy of year round employment can be resumed, the president said. Ways Of Reducing Accidents Discussed The ways city planners are finding to reduce residential traffic an' discussed in an ar ticle. ‘Take the Terror Out of the Streets,” appearing , in the October issue of Woman's Day, the A&P magazine Starting from the premise. “You can t change the duvers. wrommunity of Montclair, N. J they'll always speed. You can't change children; they'll always play. But you can change streets,” the author. Robert M.. Yoder, describes plans by which, older communities have rede signed their streets with imme diate benefits of safety and beau ty- As.~ lions to the unending spiU-over of traffic into one after another foremrly quet street, the article describes and diagrams the Grand Rapids, Michigan, street diversions planted cater- comered across intersections, the plan of making every block one way; and the construction of new communities in super-blocks, as seen in Greenbelt, 'Md. Also praised are the modem layouts of Radbum and the ficldstone and Greendale, Wis. Making no secret of the resist ance city planers are meeting in efeeting these and other plan* described, the art cl* points out that in the Grand Rapids experi ment, the value of every home in a depreciating neighborhood was increased many times m</re than the taxpayers’ assessment. Dr. Fred E. Holcombe OPTOMETRIST Offices at 200 South Broad St. Phone 658 Office Hoars 9:00 to 5:30 that amazed pie. that anyone should confuse a straighforward reply with propoganda. How ever, Senator Brown, who was really one of our supporters, rose and said, “You asked fo it;i now you have it; publish it in the journal.” And Senator Brown was greatly amused by barrassment of the other tors. Some time ago I quoted in full auot pied the resolution adopted by the Manning Methodist church. In- ciden tally, let me say that the au« thor of the resolution was Mr. Rogers, recently elected to the House from Clarendon county. A lady writes about the water for drinking purposes, expressing great concern. It has been my boast for years (since I shudder ed at the water in Europe and the em-' South America) that in any town sena- 1 °f three thousand people in the United States you can drink wa ter with full assurance. The Frenchman seldom drinks water—and I can imagine the reason. If the neighborhood washing, the laundering, and foot-washing are done in the streams and canals; and if the cows and horses, shep and hogs, Mr. Rogers is a man of character, drink that water, one might and ability and will be a valu able public servant. I now quote a recent resolution of St. Paul’s Methodist church of St. Matthews: “Whereas, the General Confer ence of 1952 of the Methodist Church has branded racial segre gation aa being an evil institu tion practiced against the teach, logs of Christ and calls on mem bers of the Methodist Church to end this evil practice, and “Whereas, various Protestant denominations and groups have passed resolutions stating their position as concerns this vital question, “We, the Official Board of St. Paul Methodist Church of St. Matthews, therefore do hereby resolve that the official position of our church is contained in the doctrine that racial segregation does not violate the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ. We further agree that we are shock ed and concerned over the posi tion taken by our General Con ference as regards racial segrega tion and that we, as a church, are diametrically opposed to this po sition. The Official Board does feel a mild degree of hesitation about drinking it Of course, after the average Frenchman handles the grapes you might think there was little to choose. Still, if one drinks enough wine he will not think about the hand ling of the grapes. Pure drinking water is a vital matter for all people in this coun try, for all use it, rich and poor; and the health of the commun ity depends on the quality of the water. Here in South Carolina, sturdy, sober, peaceful people that we are, we drink water, pure, sparkling water; and we live sober lives and think sober thoughts. Even our recent Dem ocratic Committee meeting was calm, all being full of clear, wholesome water. If that meet ing had been in France or Italy there would have been knock downs, drag-outs, flagellations, excoriations, macerations, exoer- ebrations, exaggerations and scintillations, instead of a calm, get-together, almost as anemic as though the water were excess ively charged with debilitating flourides. • • • Refresh without filling No Finer at Any Price! , % In Big 12-ounce Bottle PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO. GRSBMVILLE. 8. C - crop run 75 to 80 bushels an acre on the irrigated land” asserts tenant on the farm. The super - sprinklers will' help many a farmer beat not* on ly the drought but Government acreage controls. In an effort to curtail the huge crop surpluses encouraged by Federal price sup ports, the Agriculture Depatment has begun to issue orders for drastic cutbacks m acreage i planted next year to major crops —for instance, com, wheat and cotton. But a farmer using the new ' irrigation techniques may in many instances be able to grow more on his reduced acre age than he has previously pro duced on the full expanes of his farm. The abundances that follow sprinkler irrigation often deive from more than just the added water. The irrigators frequent ly plant crops thicker and lay on more fertilizer, too. But, if it weren’t for the extra moisture, irrigation engineers soy, the other tactics wouldn’t pay off as they do. The sprinkler systems do have their limitations They depend on an adequate supply of water in a nearby pond, stream or well —something that isn’t available in some dry parts of the country. On the other hand, sprinkler men say, their systems outdo conven tional surface irrigation where water is plentiful enough for that. W. A. Wolff, manager of west ern operations of John Bean di vision of Food Machinery, notes sales in the 34 states the division covers this year are ‘about the same as in 1953.’ The pattern of sales has changed, though, with drought areas taking a higher percentage of the total. ‘In 1953, 60 per cent of our Shur-Rane sales were in the Western states, 20 per cent in the midwest and 20 per cent in the Northeastern states’, Mr. Wolff reports. In 1954 to date SO per cent of our sales have been in the west, 30 per cent in the midwest and 40 per cent in the northeast.’ “An even greater boost than drought to the future of sprink ler irrigation came from Con- a bin to extend the benefits of ges this year with the passage of the Water Facilities Act from 17 western states to all states. The bill was signed by he president two weeks ago. The bill, according to Missis- ssippi’s Sen. James O. Eastland, its sponsor, ‘contemplates loans to individual farmers or to small associations of farmers to provide sufficient capital for the instalatkMi of irrigation equip ment; for the drilling of wells and the purchase of pipe.’ The loans, to be repaid over ‘ a period of years, in some instances 20 years, at the interest rate of 3 per cent, fill be made by the Farmers Home Administration. It’s the regularity of water ap plication by sprinkler system, plus the ability to have water when a crop can best use it, that makes sprinkler irrigation pay off, its backers say.” Even though we may say flip pantly that we ore from Mis souri, meaning that we are doubtfuL here are facts and facts are said to be inescapable though we may .recall the politician who exclaimed angrily on the stump ‘I deny the fact”; whereupon his opponent said: “Yes, my dis tinguish e a friend has been deny mg and dodging the facts all Ids life.” . t How To KIN AtMotos Foot Germ DKUQ STORE BIG DAYS AND NIGHTS—OCTOBER 4-9 ^ ' Plan Mow To See The Filth Annaal 9 * LAU|RENS COUNTY FAIR Fairgrounds — Laurens-Clinton Highway rr r rr r rr r r r rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Educational and Entertaining — A Complete Exposition Which Every Member of The Family Should See and Enjoy! 2 Wlllllllllllllll On The MMway ross luunmiG SHOWS “Mile•Long Mirthway” 17 Bides! 12 Side Shows! Kiddieland of 8 Bides! Over 100 Attractions! Commercial and Indastrial Crop & Livestock—School & Horn Community and Club Projects Weeks Activities at the LAUBENS County Fair MONDAY, OCTOBER 4-Opening Day-Beauty Contest. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5-White School Day-Bicycle to be Given Away at 5 p.m-Beauty Contest Winner to Be Announced. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6-Merchants Day-CatUe Show. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7-Colored School Day-Bicycle to Be Given Away at 5 p.m.-Dog Show at 8 pjn. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8-Prize Night-New Chevrolet Automobile to Be Given Away. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9-FinalFair Day. Just 4 Days Until Fair Time—Oct 4-9 \ v