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1 PageTw* THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, June 9,19S5 By C. B. CANNON. County Agont Five-Acre Cotton Contest cotton. There must be ten or more Joe Holliday, Laurens, Rt. 3, and Ben Arnold, Ware Shoals, Negro farmer, have entered the 5-acre cotton contest this last week. Any landowner, cash tenant, or managing share tenant may join the contest. The farmer works the five acres of cotton as he sees fit —also fertilizes and controls in sects as he thinks best, but of persons entering and completing the contest in each County to be eligible for any farmer in the County to win and receive the prize money. Phrizes consist of first and sec ond county prize; first and second district prize; first and second state prize, and a sweepstake prize. A simple record book to be kept tricia Jacks, Sammy Wilson, Billy Teague, Jimrtiy Thompson, Gene Hamilton, Libby Young, Jean Blackmon, Brenda Nickles and Julia Watts, Mountville 4-W Club. Also Glenda Rice, Jackie Liv ingston, Brenda Sharpe, Wilford Simpson, and Terry Simpson, Cross Hill 4-H Club; Margaret Ann Lawson and Kenneth Law- son, Long Branch 4-H Club; Kay ^ Mftrtto,- Leathea Simmons, and '"Jimmy Simmons, Camak 4-H club; Bunny Spruell, Patricia Wham, and Henry Mitchell, Gray Court 4hH Club. Also Jimmy and Larry Pressley, Bennie Ridgeway, Bobby Watt, Millie Pulliam, Jerry Martin, Charlie Ray Jones, Billy Wayne Cothran, and Grady Strickland, of Camak 4-H Club; Dorothy Haynes, Clara Mae Thornhill, Juanita Lov ett and Jeanette Welch of Whit ten Village 4-H Club. ( Top winners selected June 9th Birth Announcement* glad to advise on any matters the farmers requests pertaining to cotton production problems from the agent. Variety of cotton to pull at least one inch in staple length and seed planted to be direct or not more than two years removed from the breeder. With reduced cotton acres, now is a good time for fanners to en ter the five-acre contest and make special effort to produce more cotton per acre on smaller acreage planted to cotton. Under the ASC farm program, a farmer may sell all cotton pro duced on allotted acres tax free regardless the yield. No deductions will be allowed in the five-acre contest plot for terraces, ditch, roads, etc. In other words, the five acres to be in one body, although the five acres may be in the center of a large field of ent's office in the fall. The Coun ty Agent's Office will be glad to help the farmer complete this simple record. Foor-H Talent Show Charles Bannister, Mountville 4-H club boy, will be Master of Ceremonies at the second annual 4-H Talent Show at 8:00 p.nr., June 9, in the Agriculture Build ing Auditorium. Approximately 24 events with 50 or mroe club members taking part on the talent program. Those taking part on the program will be top winner selected from their community at a community talent 1 meeting. Those taking part are as follows: Sandra Bolt, Barbara Bolt, and Brenda Bramlette, County 4-H club; Joyce Dunn, Di anne Baumberger, Faye Cothran, and Marie Madden, Hickory Tav ern 4-H Club; Barbara Laugh- ridge, Elizabeth, and Alice Moore, Garlington Street 4-H Club; Pa- fthe BANKER S STORY Vffi IMBmDIXJQACO BANKING HOUSE _ of EG!B! - JIbchaeologists HAVE UNCOVERED RECORDS OF A Af/GHLV DEVELOPED BAM KING SYSTEM IN ANCIENT BYLON OF THE CENTURY, B C m Leading bankers were the House of Egibi, who used huge earthenware jars For safes and made their entries on dag tablets. THE BABYLONIAN BANKING HOUSE OF EGIBI Are you creating a record of thrift and indus try? Here you will find a modern, pleasant and safe place for your money — with the added advantage of a “return” for its use. 2% INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SEMI-ANNUALLY H. $. Blim 4 Ml.dU, JOHNSTON Mr. and Mrs. Howard Johnston announce the birth of a son on May 31 at St. Francis hospital, Columbus, Ga. Mrs. Johnston i* the former Miss Mary Elizabeth Neely, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Neely, of Pelham, Ga. Mrs. Neely was before marriage Miss Mary Blakely of this citT- GINN Mr. and Mrs. Miller Giml an nounce the birth of a son on June 5 at Hays hospital. ALSTON Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Alston of Charlotte, N. C, announce the birth of a daughter, Barbara Jane, on June 6. Mrs. Alston is the former Miss Sara Jane John son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Johnson of this city. New are spending the week in York. Dr. and Mrs. D. O. Rhame and Barbara Eichelberger visited Mr. and Mrs. James Murray in Bates- burg Sunday. itiss Anne Owens of Columbia, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Ow- course the County Agent will be j and turned into the County^ Ag-j will compete at the District Round-Up which will be held at Camp Long, July 22-23, for se lection to represent 4-H club on talent show program at Clemson College Farm and Home Week in August. Laurens County 4-H Talent Show has been held for two years with much interest and entertain ment. All club members and par ents are being invited to the Tal ent Show on June 9th. The judges will be Miss Georgia Taylor, Asst. State 4-H Club Ag ent, Winthrop college; L B. Mas sey, District Agent, Spartanburg; and Tom J. Copeland, president, Lions Club of Laurens. Brown Boys Holstein Cattle D. Eugene Brown, Laurens, Rt. 2, his two boys, William and Dav id, and John F. Wise, Asst. County Agent, left for Forsgate Farm, Jamesburg, N. J., June 1st to buy registered Holstein animals for 4-H club projects for Mr. and Mrs. Brown's boys. Frank, the youngest son, did not make the trip, but one of the animals was bought for him. Frank will join the 4-H club when he reaches ten years of age. They returned late Sunday, June 5th with three heifers and a three-yedF old cow in the truck. The production records of dams of the animals bought ran from 17,000 pounds to 23,000 pounds of milk per year. The 3 year old an imal placed second in the Canad ian National Exposition Show in 1952. It cost $100 breeding fee to breed this cow’s dam artificial. The New Jersey farm dispersal herd of 300 head of fine Holstein were sold. The highest priced an imal sold for $4,400 at the age of j 12 years old and a milk produc tion record of 24,000 pounds of I milk in 12 months. Mr. Brown is a commercial dairyman with his father, T. Plus Brown of the Bailey Community. They have one of the highest pro ducing commercial dairy herds of the County, and use artificial breeding program in their herd. Dairymen, to stay in profitable business, must have high produc ing animals, sufficient quality feed, which includes both summer and winter grazing, and business like management of the farm op eration. Through the Laurens Coopera tive Artificial Breeding Associa tion, any person owning one or more cows, can use the same high producing bulls that heads the Clemson College dairy breeding program. James E. Adair, Technician, holds the record of among the top technicians of the State in his work. Calls should be placed at office in agricultural building or {over phone 521 between hours of 8:00 a. m. to 10:00 a. m. If animals to be breed that day. However, calls' should be placed when the cow is first noticed in heat be tween hours of 8:00 a. m. and 5:00 p. m. during week days. The office is closed each Saturday at noon. The Technician is also on duty* in the office each Sunday morning from 8:00 a. m. to 10:00 a. m.' He makes his field trips after 10:00 a. m. and no one is in the office to take calls on Sunday when the technician is on a field trip. Chinch Bags On Corn A few reports are coming to the County Agent’s office of chinch bugs attacking corn. Chinch is a small, bright, blood-red insect, sucking sap from plants. Adults are black, having white wing cov ers with a black spot on each. The insect usually is found in small grain fields, and when the grain ripens, the chinch bug mi grates to corn fields, and can do serious damage if not controlled. Dust infested corn, or other plants, with 10 percent DDT, 3-5 BHC-DDT cotton dust or 20 per cent Topophene dust at the rate of 10 pounds of dust per care. It is suggested that roasting ear corn not 'be dusted with B(RC dust due to likely off-flavor results. Personal Mention Mrs. W. R. Anderson is spend ing several weeks in Thomasville and Tifton, Ga., with relatives. Kelly Dixon returned yesterday to his home in Talladega, Ala., aft er a few days visit with his grand mother, Mrs. C. M. Bailey. Miss Florence Ella Blakely, of Durham, N. C., is spending a week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Blakely. Mr. and Mrs. John Law Ander son, of Wilson, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. Douglas McPhail and children, Sara Douglas and Phil, of Enfield, N. C., are visiting Mrs. Ray An derson, W. R. Anderson and fam ily. Mrs. Ayliffe Jacobs spent the week-end with her daughter, Mrs. Ken Bogle and Mr. Bogle in Ma rietta, Ga. Richard Lukstat, student at The Citadel, Charleston, is spending the summer at the jhome of Mrs. J. H Donnan. Misses Shirley Asbill, Mary Catherine Anderson and Patsy Macdonald, students at the Uni versity of Ga., Athens, are spending the summer at their homes. Mr. and Mrs. Irby Hipp and son, Irby III, and Mr. and Mrs. Gene Avery and daughter, Ag nes Caroline, of Rock Hill, were week-end visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Irby Hipp. Mr. and Mrs. Murray Garber Friends of Ervin Shook will be interested to know he received his discharge over the week end at Fort Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Young ac companied their son, Davis, to Blackville, Wednesday where he will supply a Presbyterian church for the summer months. Friends of Carroll W. Copeland will regret to learn he under went an operation at Greenville General hospital last week. His condition is reported satisfactory. Cap! Charles C. Winn of Tal lahassee, Fla., is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Winn Guests over the week-end for the graduation exercises at PC were Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Laws of Cleveland, Term., and Miss Sara Larws of Knoxville, Tenn. Miss Emma Gray, student at Converse College, is at home for the summer with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. James S. Gray. Dr. and Mrs. A. B. Stump are visiting the former’s relatives in Baltimore, Md. The Stumps’ daughters are guests of relatives in Mt. Gilead and Pine Bluff, N. C. j Dr. Neill G. White law is visit ing Dr. and Mrs. Bernard H. Boyd in Chapel Hill, N. C. Miss Nancy Cook, who attends Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga., is at home for the summer with her mother, Mrs. David S. Cook. Bible School Cross Hill Baptist Church There will be a daily vacation Bible school held in the Cross Hill Baptist church June 13th through the 17th. This will be a union school for all the churches of the vicinity. Classes will be held each day from 8:30 to 1,1:30 a. m. Mrs. J. B. Hill is principal. Preparation day will be Friday, June 10, at 9 o’clock. Rev. C. B. Rogers is pas tor of the church. IF YOU DON'T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON'T GET THE NEWt Joe H. Phinney Posses Suddenly In Columbia WITH THE SICK Joe H. Phinney, 88, former resi dent of this city, died suddenly Saturday morning while attending his class reu uon of the University of South Carolina. The announce ment was received here with re gret by friends and relatives. Funeral services were held Monday morning in Columbia with interment there in El wood ceme tery. Mr. Phinney was the son of Nancy Copeland and J. H. Phin ney, pioneer residents of this city. He was a half-brother of T. D. Copeland of this city.^ He is survived by his widow, the former Miss Hettie Lake, of Laurens. Mr. Phinney was manager of the government warehouse at Fort Jackson. Patients at Hays hospital are Mrs. Johnny Deaton, Mrs. Neil Ballew, Charles D. Yarborough and John B. Holland. Carl Burroughs, Mrs. Mary Snow and Mrs. Annabel Hoopel have been discharged from Bla lock clinic. Friends of Mrs. John Ferguson will he interested to know she is a patient at Hays hospital. Mrs. James Brewington is a patient at Hays hospital suffer ing from injuries received in a car accident Mason Coleman and William Simpson are recuperating from operations at Blalock clinic. Mrs. L. A. Smith is a patient at Blalock clinic. Miss Sandra Ray underwent an appendectomy at Hays hos pital Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Simmons and little Willie Ray MoGown are patients at Hays hospital. ATHLETES FOOT GERM HOW TO KILL FT IN ONE HOUR If not pleased, your 40c beck. This STRONG fungicide SLOUGHS OFF the outer skin to expose buried fungi Kills it on contact. Get greaseless, instant- 1 drying T-4-L at any drug store. Today at McGee’s Drug Store. 4c-June 23 Young Laurens Girl Dies In Vehicle Crash Patricia Ann Lanford, of Laur-j ens, 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Lanford, was killed near Laurens last Friday afternoon in a crash involving four vehicles. Another teen-ager, Edna Callahan, 14, was seriously injured and is now a patient at the Laurens hospital. Patricia died before reaching the hospital. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at Laurens. In addition to her parents, Pa* tricia is survived by her grand parents, Mr. and MTs. Rex Lan ford, of Waterloo. Mr. Lanford is secretary-treasurer of the Clinton Credit* Production company serv ing this and Newberry counties. His friends and acquaintances here will join in extending sympathy to the bereaved family. How To Kin Attilotoo Foot Germ IF YOU DONT READ THE CHMGNICLE YOU DONT GET THE NEWS Lawson Furniture Co. Outpoints Than AU In Price With 17.2 Cu. Ft Hotpoint Freezer at 32S* 00 Lawson Furniture Co. JOANNA PHONE Sill #> E S T A B L ohd fauAm CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $600 00000 MIMIIR - FEDERAL DEPOSIT 8 8 6 INSURANCE CORPORATION A 'BRamm. Qkeciirie L Today and Friday THE DAY ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE!... 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