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Pajte Two THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thuraday, February 10,19&5 City To 8uild Water Reservoir Oky council authorized the con struction of a reservoir to impound ^46,000,000 gallons of waiter ait a meoting Thursday night. The reservoir wall toe buat near the pumping station on Duncan creek. A dam about 500 feet long and 18 or 20 feet high will be built. A lake of about 20 acres will be formed, and will drain from a watershed of 460 acres. Two small streams are on the property, also a couple otf springs. The necessary land, 25 or 30 j acres, will be bought or leased, | and negotoatioinis are now under way. Water from the lake will be drained into the present small reservoir at the pumping station, and will supplement the supply in the creek during drought periods. "I Saw It Iif THE CHRONICLE" Recreation Expert To Hold Conference Wi£h Local Group iR. B. Van Fleet, of the National Recreation association, will be in Clinton some time during the next few days to make a survey of the city’s facilities and needs, it was stated yesterday by Mayor H. L. Eicheitoerger. Mr. Van Fleet will meet with members of the local recreation commission, city officials, and in terested citizens and recreation leaders. Farmers To Get Booklets On Social Security Data In State This Month Dr. Solter Moves Into New Office Dr. A. D. Salter has moved, into the building at 109 E. Caro lina avenue, which he recently purchased for his dental office. The building, formerly occupied by Page’s Beauty Shop, is being renovated and remodeled, with the addition of a redw'ood front Almost everyone who gets mail on a rural star route will receive this month a'Small booklet on So cial Security for farm families, the Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Admin istration have announced. Self-employed farmers, farm employers and farm -workers were brought under Social Se curity Jan. 1. This booklet tells them briefly how Social Security works and what farmers need to do about it. Both the benefits and the tax obligations of old-age and survivors insurance are describ ed. A special feature of the book let is an application form which employers of far& workers may send to district directors of In- trenal Revenue in order to obtain further instructions, the tax re turn forms and an employer’s identification number. The booklet points out that, if a farm operator has a worker to whom he expects to pay at least $100 in cash wages during 1955 he needs to keep a record of the name, Social Security account number, and the amount of wages paid to the worker. The employer should deduct two per cent Social Security tax from all cash wages paid to each such employee. As the employer, he must put in an equal amount, re port the wages, end pay the total social security tax of four per cent to the district director of Internal Revenue. Self-employed farmers and hired farm workers are advised to apply for a social security ac count number card if they do not already have one. The farm op erator will report his own earn ings from self-employment on the same return on which he re ports his income tax. He will pay the self-employment tax for each taxable year ending after 1954 in which his net earnings from self- employment are $400 or more. If the farm operator reports his in come tax on a calendar year ba sis, his first report and payment of self-employment tax will be made for the calendar year 1955. This will be due not later than April 15, 1956. The booklet gives examples of the monthly benefit payments for farmers and their families towards which farmers are now building under the old-age and survivors insurance program. Farm J\ews C. B. CANNON, County Agent ers, Trinity Ridge oocnmunaity, at the home of Milton Thmoaaon, north side of Laurena-Princetoo highway across the road from the Thomason brick two-atory house. Dr. W. ID. Mayftaifi, vetematian, will give the demonstration, show ing three types of nostra tioc and two methods of dehorning. On the beef carttile farm of C. W. Anderson, located on the CUn- ton-Musgrove highway, a similar demonstration will be held ai 2:00 p. m. with W. W. Adams, veter- narian, giving the same type of demonstration above. Also each of the vetemarians will make a few remarks on black leg in cattle and the Bang’s con trol program now underway in Laurens county as well as through out the state These are important field meet ings and it is hoped livestock pro ducers, tooth dairy and beef cat tle, will attend one of the demon strations. Hybrid Seed Cora Scarce Farmers needing hybrid seed corn this spring will find the sup ply is limited due to weather con ditions last year. It is not recom mended farmers save seed corn from hybrid com planted last year. ’ There wil be more round seed com on the market this year than usual due to the scarcity of flat seed grains. The round seed wil he cheaper in price per bushel than flat seed, and is good for planting, tout will not plant through a corn planter as uniformly as the flat seed corn. 'Ittm HEART BOXES Brush Control Demonstration A brush control demonstration will be held on the farm of B. H. Morrison, Laurens, Rt. 3, at 2:30 p. m., February 15. The demon stration will be held in the pas- an ibefore hay is ordered. Sow Oats At Once Farmers should sow spring oats at once when the soil condition permits to supply silage, hay or seed grain to meet feed shortage. Liberal application of complete ture adjoining an all-weather fertilizer should be applied at road just off the Laurens-Prince- ! s f di ^ time - “ application Thcrt u i big tfifttrtnce in heirt tats When you givt a Whitman'^ Htart Boi Jfe knows yam gnrtn tht best. McGees Drug Store Telpehone No. 1 it’s EASY to open a Checking Account at BAILEY’S Always pay by check by mail, Why feed the parking meter, And walk the street— With aching feet— When postage stamps are cheaper. 2% INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SEMI-ANNUALLY H. S. I! Hill k SIIVJU. S T A B l I S H E 0 fc^rntm \jtmd CAPITAL AND SURPLUS S600 000 00 MEMBER - FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION ton highway. Turn north at sign of M. B. Cochran’s Beef Cattle Farm located south of ce ment bridge over Lick creek. M. C. McKenzie, Extension Agricultural Engineer, W. C. Nettles, leader, Extension Ento mology, of Clfheson college, and commercial concern representa tives will take part in the dem onstration. The equipment used in the ' demonstration will be small hand sprays to that of tractor mount ed. Also small machines dem onstration in clearing under growth. A brush control demonstraition was given on Mr. Morrison’s farm about a year ago, and those at tending will see the dead bushes and trees standing that were killed with the spray material sprayed on the 'trunk - of the tree. Also the effect of spray on sweet gum stumps. Many acres on small streams in Laurens county need to be la pasture grass. If a person has only one or two head of livestock, pas ture grass is necessary for profit able feeding, the same as a farmer with large number of animals. A farm without livestock is not a balanced farm operation.- Labor to clear land for pasture is expensive and may be chemical spray is the answer. The demon stration will be held unless act ually raining ait the time. The meeting is open to the public, and it is hoped a large crowd will at tend. Bring your neighbor and see whart has been done in killing brush and trees on this farm last year Seeing is believing. Last Call For Hay On Reduced Freight Temporary emergency freight rates on hay in car lots to drought areas will expire February 15. Any person needing hay should take note of this closing date. Certain railroads take one-half of freight charges on emergency hay which is a big saving to the farmer. A person who receives a major portion of his income from agri culture is entitled to the purchase of emergency hay. Applications to be filed with-the Farm Home Ad ministration and receive approval of nitrogen applied as top-dress ing as soon as the oats are up to a stand in order to rush the grain growth. Oats is one of the best all-around feeds a farmer can grow. Dairymen should play safe for silage in early spring with oats to fill silos. A. S. C. Payments On Pasture i Under the 1955 A. S. C. pro gram, soil building practice money may be earned by applying com plete fertilizer or nitrogen top dressing, or both, to restore stand and growth of permanent type vegetative cover. Livestock pro ducers should take advantage of this practice on grassland. Farmers should be sure they have approval of the practices to be carried out on their farm by 1 the County A. S. C. committee in! order to be able to receive pay ment. It should be the aim of every i farmer to earn 100 per cent soil building practices set up for his farm. Taking Orders For Seed Sweet Potatoes The county agent’s office is tak ing orders for a cooperative ship ment of seed sweet potatoes for bedding. The potatoes will come from the South Carolina Experi ment station, and will cost $4.00 per bushel delivered at the Agri cultural building in Laurens. Due to the short crap brought about by dry weather last year, seed sweet potatoes are scarce. The potatoes from the experiment station wild be packed in bushel baskets, varying in size from ap- 1 prox innately one inch to whatever size the field produced. These siz es are suitable for bedding. Any person washing to piece an order for potatoes should notify the county agents office at once. No' orders placed without deposit of cash or check before order is placed. Please look alter this mat- etr at once if in need of seed po tatoes. Dehorning And Castration i South Leads The Nation In Tree Cultivation The tremendous progress made by the Southern pine industry in reforestation and forest manage ment is reflected in figures just released by the American Forest Products, Industries, Inc., which show that the South has more tree farms and more tree farm acreage than all other sections of the nation combined. Total U. S. tree farm acreage is 33,692,964 acres, and 20,668,113 ot them—61 per cent—are located in 11 Southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Lou- isiana, Mississippi, North Caro lina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. In South Carolina there are 140 tree farms comprising 1,201,343 acres. Twenty new farms have been created since the first of last year, with acreage increased by 56,961. In all there are 6,063 tree farms in the nation and the South has 3,157—or 52 per cent. The South’s superiority in this vital activity, which has placed the growing of trees on a “sus tained yield” basis, and has sub stantially reduced the ravages of fire, insects and disease, is even more pronounced when compared with other producing areas. bill, making his plea as the hill was introduced. This in itself is an extremely rare occurrence. New bills go to committeees as a matter of routine, with the speech- making coming later when the measure is up for debate. But Shealy apparently wanted to be sure the House was aware of Ms toiU and that the members will remember it later on when it comes out of the Eduoation com mittee. He asked, and got, required unanimous consent to make his statement. * “Our schools are flooded with requests to conduct financial drives for «U sorts ot he Sbesly’t bill prohibits ail such drives except those put on to raise money for a school-connected agency, such as a parent-teacher association. ONIONS The strong taste of onions can be avoided by pouring boiling water over them after they have been sliced,' and then drain and pour cold water over them. IF YOU*DONT READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON'T GET THE NEWS Livestock producers are urged to attend at least one of the dem onstrations on dehoming and cas tration February 17. M 9::30 a. m. one demonstration will be held on the farm of Thomason broth- YOUR J MOAMKi c /KeciHr k PROGRAM Today and Friday Feb. 10-11 Mon.-Tues.-Wed. Feb. 14-15-16 amrs THRILLING ADVENTURE OF FABULOUS JEWELS AND A FLAME AND ICE BLONDE...IN OAZZUNG COLOR AND CiNIMaSCOPE! Due to its length, only three features daily 3:00, 5:40, 8:15 10c and 50c Saturday February 12 The Cowboy and the (Fast Action) With JOHN WAYNE and JEAN ARTHUR COMEDY CARTOON Credit Association Re-Elects Officers At Annual Meeting Stockholders of Clinton Pro duction Credit Association at their twenty-first annual meeting held here Saturday, January 29, elected two directors. Hugh B. Workman, Clinton, was re-elect ed and J. F. Hawkins of New berry. was elected to take the place of J. T. McCrackin of New- brery. Mr. McCrackin stated that due to the state of his health he would not be able to serve the association longer as a director. A full report of the year’s ope ration was given by Rex Lanford, secretary-treasurer of the asso ciation. The report showed that the association now has a total membership of 994 and made loans of $550,000.00 to farmers in Laurens and Newberry counties. The report shows also that the members now own the associa tion, the capital invested by the Federal Government of $118,- 400.00, having been paid in full. The association now having a total of capital and reserves of $130,315.00, all farmer owned. Each member of the associa tion attending the meeting was presented a silver dollar. Subsequent to the annual meeting of the stockholders a meeting of the directors was held and officers for 1955 were elect ed. Hugh B. Workman of Clin ton was elected president, and J F. Hawkins of Newberry, was elected vice-president. Rex Aen- ford of Waterloo, was re-elected secretary-treasurer, and Geo. W. Copeland of Clinton, assistant secretary-treasurer. The board of directors, other than Mr. Workman and Mr. Haw kins, are Claude L Lester, R. N. Jackson and Lawrence F. Davis. The association’s home office is in the Jacobs Building here and serves the credit needs of farm ers in Laurens and Newberry counties. Branch offices are maintained at Laurens and New berry where applications for loans may be filed. Several Teams Out Of Carolina Textile League At a meeting held last Tuesday night in Greenwood Ware Shoals, Clinton Mills, Johnston and Greenwood Mills reported they will not be represented in the Carolina Textile Baseball League during the 1955 season. Three of those communities, long time supporters of textile league baseball, said they will withdraw from this type of com munity recreation. Greenwood Mills and Ware Shoals were not represented, but sent word they were not contemplating baseball on a textile league schedule. Clinton Mills was represented by Claude Crocker and Charlie Gaffney and they said their mill is not interested in the type of baseball that was played last sea son . J. W. Babb, president of the league the past two years, pre sided and reported that Wilbanks, the athletic director at Ware Shoals, had told him that the Reigel plant was looking towards a more diversified community program and that baseball of this type was not in the plans. Clearwater reported their fin ishing plant is ready to play ball in the league if accepted. The representative also stated that Graniteville is interested in join ing. Ninety-Six indicated there is no danger of their dropping out of the league. Teams represented and ready to play from last year's league included Calhoun Falls, Mathews and Joanna. It was stated that with Clearwater and Graniteville eager to come into the league that it would probably operate with six teams instead of the eight clubs of 1964. Clyde Sim mons, secretary and treasurer of House Bill Would Bon Money Drives In State Schools Columbia, Feb. 8—Probably the only man ever elected to the gen eral assembly while away on mili tary duty made his maiden speech in the State House of Representa tives today. Ryan C. Shealy, 32, of Lexing ton, who sells encyclopedias and is a Naval Reserve petty officer, made his initial speech in behalf of a school bill he introduced. Shealy won Denvocraitic primary nomination—which insures elec tion in this state—last June while on a Naval Reserve area cruise. He didn’t even get a chance to vote for himself. He spoke up emotionally for his the league, also announced at the meeting that he will resign his position before the 1955 season is underway. It was anounced that the group will meet again next week for further efforts to organize the loop for the 1955 season. 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