The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, June 23, 1955, Image 12
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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FARMS...
AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
r-’' Ctemson College
Information Specialist
Irrigation Wells
They are getting surprisingly
good irrigation wells at places.
Our underground water resuorc-
es have not been very thorough
ly explored. It took our present
interest in irrigation to prompt
the getting of a lot if this infor
mation. We don’t have all the
information we need about this
yet But the well-digging folks
are sure adding to their know
ledge. And now they are getting
to where they can more accurate
ly guarantee their work.
County Agent Willis of Ches
terfield was telling me of the
promising 8-inch irrigation well
C. S. McLeod put down the past
winter on the high sandhills
there near McBee. It is S16 feet
deep. Water stands at the 165-
And that means ponds, lakes,
and holes of all sorts. All of
these need expert engineering, if
dry ponds are to be avoided. And
their safety factors need to be
looked after, too.
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Improved Culture
Did you know the cultivated
acreage in this country is now
the same as it was in 1910?
Since then we h»ve been put
ting science to work instead of
more acres to take care of our
growing needs.
And, incidentally, further de
veloping that same thought, that
was about the time Dr. Knapp
started what we now know as
Extension work. He said to
write the lessons of science on
the ground, in the community
foot level. On test, it pumped w jth the field demonstration.
620 gallons per minute. They Folks could read and would heed
feel it will settle down and sus- that. And his idea grew into the
tain at least 500 gallons per min- Cooperative (Federal-State) Ex-
ute. . tension Service we now have.
With County Agent Bowen I It has been studied by many
saw a heavier producing well on countries of the world, and a lot
Jack Brogdon’s farm in Sumter. 1 of ’em have set up similar work
His was not nearly as deep and in recent years. Old, true and
water came to within about 19 tried county agents have been
feet of the surface last fall when hired by those counties. Some
it was so dry. of the results have already been
And down in Jasper, County: spectacular.
Agent Tate showed me a 12-inch A writer in a national maga-
well that saved 200 acres of fine | zine, just after the last world
com last summer. war returned and wrote, “What
An adequate source of water Europe needs is about 100 good
is the first consideration. Many County Agents.”
do not have it. But more and Yes, we have gone far in fill-
more folks are trying to get it. ing growing needs from the same
In some cases in certain areas it number of acres since 1910. And
is wells, as above. But water like we haven’t reached the peak of
that just isn’t everywhere, the 1 that yet. For that great produc-
experts tell me. At other places
the source is a running stream.
But they often j fail during a
drought, w r hen needed most.
tion potential of supplementary
irrigation is just beginning to be
brought into play. And it car
ries vield insurance we haven’t
Thousands of ponds are to be known before. Apply it to more
found over the state And more and more of our acres, and they
are being built constantly. They will continue to provide abun-
will likely prove to be our main dance for our growing millions
fort in irrigation. For the Al- for many decades to come,
mighty sends the water to all of • • •
our land. Butt most of it n °w War On The Roach
runs away. Surgl” we can de- War is being waged on the
vise means for holding some of roach in every county of the
it there handy until we need it. I state now. Science now has an
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A similar campaign was waged
against flies last summer with
excellent results. And against
household ants, bed bugs, etc.,
the new poisons are equally ef
fective. It is not necessary to be
bothered by these pests any
longer. •
Boys Are Thai Way
Pleasant memories of boyhood
carry me back to the “Drug
Store” at Chapin. Not a drug
store as we know it now. But a
place for penny candy, that sold
6 for a nickel. We didn’t deal
in that latter figure often though.
It was usually a penny for us.
And back then you could get a
pretty good fill of candy for one
cent.
This store was run by “Colo
nel” Frick and his sister, Miss
Fannie. I don’t think either ever
married. Colonel was a digni
fied man, and Miss Fannie a de
lightful little woman that did
most of the work.
There were several other gen
eral stores in town there. But I
seldom darkened the door then.
To me. Colonel Frick’s drug
store was about the nearest thing
to heaven I knew of in our Stone
Hills.
He’d get a large block of ice
from Columbia, 22 miles away^
every other day on the old" mixed
train that came through. It
came with sawdust around it in
a large sack. With that, they
made unspeakable delights with
red, pink, and yellow syrup. My
favorite was “Pineapple Ice.”
It was made by filling a glass
with shaved ice. It was cut from
the block with a hand shaver
that made it just like snow. Over
that was poured some syrup, fla
vored with pineapple. It was
then stirred down to the right
consistency. Then on top of that
was put a spoonful of the pure
essence of delight, crushed pine
apple, thick and sweet, and stir
red in. This gave it all a slight
amber color. I always had trou
ble to keep my mouth from
drooling while it was being
made.
Miss Fannie would, then hand
it to me across the counter, as I
dropped my nickel in the slot
there in the clock. (I’ll have to
tell you about that clock next
week.) Then, folks, for about 20
minutes after that this country
boy from the Stone Hills of the
Dutch Fork wouldn’t have swap
ped places with anybody, not
John D. Rockefeller himself.
That is still a mighty good con
coction. We made it at home the
other summer. But I don’t know
of anywhere it is made commer
cially now.
SERVICE
TNI nitCtl.UO. mA.MACf
The mind ond the touch con be dulled from loch of practice
in our profession too. But not so with the pharmacists
working here in your behalf, for they compound thousands
of prescriptions annually,
e
The quiet preference of your Doctor, pigs your continued
patronage have mode this on active prescription phar
macy. Pharmacists here are alert, busy, and expert, having
die advantage of continuous prescription experience, and
finest drug products, such as those of Parke, Davit l> Com
pany, with which to practice their profession.
McGEE’S DRUG STORE
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DRUG STOIttl
Far Enough
By JAMES C. KINARD
During the last world war a
reconnoitering party was sent
out to locate an area believed to
be heavily mined with explos
ives. The officer in charge an
nounced that when the danger
ous spot was found there would
be erected a sign, “Far Enough.”
When the troops which follow
ed later reached the sign they
stopped right there. They knew
that to advance further would
invite certain disaster.
In out attitude toward the va
rious problems involved in the
segregation question it may be
that at present we have gone far
enough. Precipitate or ill-con
sidered action could easily pro
duce undesirable and unhappy
results. The United States Su
preme Court has handed down
decrees which wisely recognize
the powerful factors of local
sentiment and conditions that
may be peculiar to individual
communities.
New school construction in this
state has been authorized to
nearly 140 million dollars, the
larger percentage of this amount
going to schools for Negroes.
South Carolina has been sincere
in its effort to provide adequate
educational facilities for both
races. There are so many white
people and Negroes who strongly
favor separate schools of equal
advantage that we may now
have gone far enough.
Nothing good can be gained by
insistence either that segregation
be arbitrarily abolished within a
specified time or that is be stub
bornly maintained at all costs.
The courts will leave the way
open for the ample use of patient
study, understanding tolerance
and common sense cooperation to
find an amicable answer to the
question as to whether we have
gone far enough.
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M. S. Bailey Son, Bankers
Phone 818
H. D. Payne Co.
Phone 120
Bank Of Clinton
121
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Howard’s Pharmacy
101
Giles Chevrolet Co.
Phone 26 x
Farmers Feed & Seed Store
PhM. 1025
Burriss-Harrison Co.
Phone 435
Clinton Tire & Recap. Co.
Phone 1206
The Country Market
Phone 98
Carolina Service Station
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Gray Funeral Home
Phone 41
Timmerman Motor Co.
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Young’s Pharmacy
Phone 19
Pitts Service Sta. & Coal Co.
Phone 75
Cox’Home & Auto Supply
Phone 12
T. EL Jones & Sons
PheM 1J1
Geo. A. Copeland & Son.
Plume 61
McGee’s Drug Store
Phene 1
Gulf Oil Corp.
Phene 21
Cooper Motor Co.
Phone 515
Sunshine Gleaners
4SS
Belk’s
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Broadway Theatre
McMillan Service Station
Phone 2
Clinton Cleaners
Phone 948
D. EL Tribble Co.
Phone 94
M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers
Phone 818
H. D. Payne Co.
Phene 120
Johnson Bros. Super Mkt
Phone 239
Clyde Body Works
• Phone 850
Copeland Hdw. Supply Co.
Phone 15
Ruby’s Beauty Shop
PkMW 458
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Baldwin Motor Co.
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