The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, January 13, 1955, Image 12
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thoraday, January IS, 1955
FARMS...
AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson College
Information Specialist
worms at times in the other
things we ate but did not see.
Like in black haws, sandberries,
thorn apples and the like, where
you put the whoie thing in your
mouth. But what you don’t know
along this line doesn’t seem to
| hurt you. And our worm eating
' doesn’t stop with just when we
' were kids either. Next week we’li
look into that here
Keep Plugging j
Hubert Calloway, with The
Savannah Morning News writes:
■ Keep plugging for irrigation.
About half enough equipment
saved the day for my three broth
ers who are still on the farm in
Tattnall county, Ga. It was en
ough to save their tobacco crop
and they made over three times
as much per acre as neighbors i
wdio normally ran nip and tuck
with them.’’
County Agent Livingston of,
Dillon told me Joe Temple of
Lake View got $666.75 more per
acre for his irrigated tobacco.
The other, too, was pretty good
tobacco. But the added pounds
and quality made up that differ
ence in favor of identical tobacco
that was watered three times.
Clemson has averaged well over
a half bale of cotton increase
from irrigation for a number of
years. Properly used, irrigation,
where you have the water, is our
most powerful yield insurance.
Do all the other things needed,
and it can then help you nail
down the payoff.
"Keep plugging?” Yes. Results
from both experiment and farm
experience prod us on.
• • •
Turnipseed
The venerable Rhett Turnip-
seed, well known retired minister
in this state, was to open a re
gional seedmen’s convention at
Clemson some time ago. When
the chairman announced the op
ening prayer would be by Rev.
Turnpiseed, there was a lot of
snickering in the audience. They
thought he was trying to be fun
ny.
• t *
Future Leaders
Of the National 4-H club Con
gress that met for a week in Chi
cago early in December, Admin
istrator C. M. Ferguson, of the
Extension Service wrote:
“I was able to attend only one
day, but during that time took
pride in agreeing with many of
those present that the country is
safe in the hands of future lead
ers like these.”
There were 1,250 4-H boy and
girl delegates there from the
states and territories. We had
about our share, with 28 there
from South Carolina.
I attended the memorable af
fair twice back when I was coun
ty agent. And now I can think
of no more inspiring and interest
ing experience that could come
to a boy or girl than to win one
of those trips. That’s one thing
money can’l buy. These farm
youngsters are the only ones el
igible to go. And they earn it by j
the excellence of their work in
4-H back in their community and
their farm home. And only 28
can go from the fifty-odd thous
and members we have But these,
bring back a lot of inspiration j
that’s passed on to the others in!
their clubs While there, the great
city is theirs. And it's hard to
tell which is the most delighted,
they at being there or the great
city over having them there.
Tops in emeriainment, sightsee
ing, and inspirational features
are theirs for every minute of the
busy days and into the nights.
4-H has many rewards. And
surely one of the crowning ones
is a trip to the Cbngress in Chi
cago. But the greatest asset is
the hi^h type future citizen it is
helping build
• * *
Cotton Now
Last year there were 109,000
work sheets covering farms in
South Carolina. Mr. Hamilton
tells me they included practically
all of the farm land in the state.
Of these, 73,723 received cotton
acreage allotments. But 8,147 <f
these didn’t plant it. This left a
total of 64.576 with cotton plant
ed in 1954, and 44.403 without it.
We had a total allotment of
929,000 acres of cotton in 1954.
But we only planted 76,000 ac
res, or 88 per cent of it. That left
103,000 acres of allotted cotton
that we did not plant.
This year our allotted acres is
774,000. This is 155,000 less than
we w'ere allotted last year, and
52,000 acres less than we planted
One thing that’s hurting us is
the fact that we are not planting
our full allotted acres, according
to Mr. Hamilton, or planted ac
res is the main figure used in
making future allotments. The
West is planting theirs, but we
are not. So their allotted acreage
is holding up better than ours.
And every new allotted acre they
get produces about twice the cot
ton the same acre would have
here. And that just adds to cot
ton’s troubles twice as fast.
That’s the cotton picture as it
looks now.
t « it
Boys Ar« That Way
As a kid we really foraged on
the wild beauty of the woods.
Fall was the most fertile saeson
for this. Spring had its beauty
and flowers. But they didn’t ap
peal to us so much. What inter
ested us most was something to
eat.
Spring had its wild strawber
ries. Then came plums, follow
ed by blackberries that lasted out
into summer. But it was fall that
brought the greatest variety.
It takes frost to make most fall
things good and ready to e#t. We
watched the honey locusts, black
ening on the thorny trees Frost
knocked the last bit of greenness
out of them and soon they were
good. Our mouths were usually
stained with their honey good
ness until they became wormy
and dried up. But we tolerated
the worms, as long as the locusts
were good and gooey. Sometimes
we saw a half-worm left after a
bite was taken. But that didn’t
bother us much. We spat that
out. But often I'm sure we just
didn’t happen to leave a half
there after the bites were taken
And this same thing often hap
pened earlier with wild plums
and fruit from down in the or
chard.
And there were doubtless small
Gloomy Financial
Report Given To
New Assembly
Report Expected To
Show Deficit Of $3
Million
Columbia, January 9 — Money
problems were tossed in the lap
of of the new 91st general assem
bly soon after it convened here
Tuesday.
The legislature, with 59 ne.v
members, will just about be or
ganized when the State Budget
and Control Board will give it a
pessimistic financial report
Thursday.
The report is expected to con
firm a current deficit of about
three million dollars predicted by
state auditor J. M. Smith some
time ago, and to foresee a similar
shortage for 1955-56.
Before the lawmakers have a
chance to more than mull over
)the report, they will nee new
Gov. George Bell Timmerman,
'Jr., inaugurated in state house
j steps ceremonies January 18.
Hf> will succeed Gov. Brynes
who makes his final talk to the
legislature Wednesday. Other
constitutional officers will take
their oaths with Timmerman.
Among them will be Lt. Gov.-
elect Ernest F. (Fritz) Hollings
of Charleston, stepping up from
speaker pre tempore of the house
to president of the senate.
The Senate will caucus for
committee assignments tomorrow
night, confirm them on the open
ing formal meeting at noon Tues
day.
The House will elect a speaker,
Rep Sol Blatt of Barnwell, seek
ing his ninth lerm, being unop
posed. Rep. Tracy Gaines of
Spartanburg, has no announced
opposition for speaker pro tern.
Blatt will apopint all House
committees, a chore that may
take several days.
A legislative-governor’s cem-
mittee of 13 has promised an
other interim report on how the
state can Work toward keeping
its traditional segregated White
and Negro schools in the face of
a U. S. Supreme Court ruling de
claring such sergregation uncon
stitutional
Prohibition interests have
promised early introduction of t
local liquor sales option bilL
The State Highway Depart
ment plans to seek legislative en
actment of its safe driving point
system that the courts have de
clared lacking in legislative foun
dation.
A special legislative committee
,’orking on a water policy bill to
5et up priority rights in place of
old riparian rights to water use
has completed a draft of a new
version of the bill and expects to
offer it early in the session.
A number of other pieces of
legislation are also promised.
These include measures to:
Allow women to serve on jur
ies, provide stricter marriage
laws, separate the highway pa
trol from the highway depart
ment, and make it a law enforce
ment, rather than a highway
traffic law enforcement, agency;
provide money to build an auth
orized state dental college; create
a state system of juvenile-domes
tic relations courts; allow a ref
erendum oh calling a state con
stitutional convention; establish
an authorized rehabilitation cen
ter for alcoholics; and many oth
ers.
Little 'can be done with intro
duced bills until after committees
are set up and have had time to
study and report on such legisla
tion.
The House ways and means
committee will see first action as
it begins work on drafting a 1955-
56 general appropriations bill af
ter getting the budget commit
tee’s report.
The Heart of America
By JAMES C. KINARD
"The heart of America is still
sound."
This statement was made by a
successful business executive af
ter he had read of the plans be
ing made in his community for
the annual March of Dimes. He
made the point that a nation
which gives of its time, energy,
and money to the relief of the af
flicted and the unfortunate has a
heart that is fundamentally
sound and secure.
The March of Dimes is just one
of the many humanitarian causes
that appeal to the generous im
pulses of the American people.
We always respond to the call of
genuine need.
Throughout the nation the
month of January is being given
to the waging of the fight against
infantile paralysis. Polio is a dan
ger that threatens every homo.
The funds contributed will help
to build strong defenses against
further ravages of this dread
disease. There is every reason to
distant when this malady will no
hope that the time is not so far
longer throw fear into our hearts
because it will have been con
quered. •
A young alien applying for his
naturalization papers was asked
by the judge why he wanted to
become an American citizen. His
reply was prompt, “I want to be
one of those always ready to help
the less fortunate, eager to lend
the helping hand.”
That is the heart of America.
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FINAL SETTLEMENT
Take notice that on the 24th
Jay of February, 1955, I will ren
der a final account of my acts and
doings as Administrator of the
estate of Ada Ann Henry in the
office of the Judge of Probate of
Laurens County, at 10 o’clock a.
m. and on the same day will ap
ply for a final discharge from my
trust as Administrator.
Any person indebted to said es
tate is notified and required to
make payment on or before that
date; and all persons having
claims against said estate will
present them on or before said
date, duly proven, or be forever
barred.
ALEX HENRY,
Administrator of Es
tate of Ada Ann Henry,
Clinton, S. C.
Jan. 6, 1955 4c-Feb. 3
CITATION FOR LETTERS OF
ADMINISTRATION
The State of South Carolina,
County of Laurens.
By J. H. Wasson, Probate Judge:
WHEREAS, Tench P. Owens
made suit to me to grant him Let
ters of Administration of the Es
tate and effects of Robert Spen
cer Owens, Jr.
These are, therefore, to cite
and admonish all and singular
the Kindred and Creditbrs of the
said Robert Spencer Owens, Jr.,
deceased, that they be and ap
pear before me, in the Court ol
Probate, to be held at Laure.is
Court House, Laurens, S. C., on
January 21, 1955 next, after pub
lication hereof, at 10 o’clock in
the forenoon, to show cause, if
any they have, why the said Ad
ministration should not be grant
ed. ’
Given under my hand this 6th
day of January Anno Domini
1955.
J. HEWLETTE WASSON,
2c-Jan. 20 J.P.L.C.
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!AI. ARENA
Cone Predicts
Banner Year In
Textile Industry
Greensboro — Herman Cone,
president of Cone mills, says It Is
possible for the textile industry in
1955 to equal its 1953 production
of 10-billion yards.
But Cone warned here Friday
that “if the government continues
the trade policy it inherited from
World War II and the post war
era” serious consequences may re
sult.
The veteran textile executive
said he based his optimistic out
look 'for 1955 on several factors:
1. That stocks beyond the mill lev
el are comparatively low; 2, that
income after taxes probably will
be higher this year than they were
in 1954 ; 3, that the high level of
residential construction should
contribute to the purchase of
house furnishings; 4, that the out
look for leading industrial uses of
cotton goods is bullish.
Speaking to a Greensboro civic
club, Cone said, "It is important
to realize that right now a large
scale surge of imports into the
United States is taking place. It
compares to the disastrous inflow
of 1936-38, which was checked
only when Secretary of State Cor
dell Hull took emergency action
to 'increase customs duties.”
Cone said "The textile industry
knows from bitter experience
what volume imports of Japanese
goods can do to American mills.
They disrupt markets, upset price
levels, create uncertainty, and, as
in the 19Q0s, cause mill closing
and unemployment.”
Dr. Fred E. Holcombe
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