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Page Eight THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, January 30, 1958 j * -*r New Officers of Clinton Exchange Club (Hficprvol the Clinton.Kxchange Club, named at a recent meeting, include, left to right. Olin C. Johnson, treasurer; Karl C. Rice, secre tary: Robert L. Plaxico,'Jr„ vice president; and Paul L. Pearson, president.—Photo by IVin Yarborough. FARMS... AND FOLKS By • J. M. ELEAZER ('temson' College Information Specialist School Of Missions Scheduled At Joanna Church Next Week A School of Missions will begin at the Joanna Baptist Church Sunday evening, February 2, at 7:30 o’clock with Miss Elizabeth Gray bringing the message. Miss Gray, Southern Baptist mis sionary to Malaya,, is a native of Darlington. She attended Winthrop College, Rock Hill, and received the bachelor of missionary training degree from the Woman’s Mission ary Union Training School (now Carver School of Missions and So cial Work). Louisville, Ky. She re ceived the RN from McLeod Infir mary Nurses’ Training School, Floi* ence, and the bachelor of arts de gree from Southern Illinois Univer sity, Carbondale. Following her appointment for mission service in China in 1936, she studied the language in Peiping for a year and then served on the staffs of Wlarren Memorial Hospital, Hwanghsien, and Oxner-Alexander Memorial Hospital, Fingtu. She left China in 1941 because of War conditions, but she returned in 1947 to work at the Baptist Hospital, Chengchow', and the Baptist Com- pqilnd Clinic, Shanghai. -- In 1951, due to Communist ag gression, she transferred to Malaya where she has done medical work at Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Mis Gray is now in the states on furlough. Monday through Friday at 7:00 p. m. a different missionary will speak each evening in the church sanctu ary. Mission classes for all age groups will be held. Miss Gray will speak at the Hur ricane Baptist church on Sunday af ternoon. Students Register For Second Semester Presbyterian College students will register today (Thursday) for cour ses they plan to study during the second semester of the 1967-58 ses sion. Registration is scheduled to start at 9:00 a. m. in the library build ing. Seniors will be processed the first hour, and the lower three classes will begin signing up fbr courses at 10:00 a. m. Classwork opening the second se mester will start on regular sche dule Friday morning, thus bringing to a close the week-long holiday “break” between semesters. IF YOU DON'T READ THE CHRONICLE - YOU DONT GET THE NEWS I Phone 74 JV NOYBF.ANS GROW AS \ CROP , i.n „'-t-acre.me of soybeans- Yields Soybeans are- making rapid gob<!. running from 20 to 40 growth as a money crop in Smith PV 1 aire. Carolina Many of the farming I'hey had a soybean growing ton- >tatc> share this growth.’ In fact** >n Kershaw County Agent Mc- soys have grow into a majortrop 1 alley tells me yields were general- m this country m recent years. Here '> g <H xi hut none exceptionally high, it- growth has been.’specially fast It looked like ju.-t about every since John Watmamaker of St Mat- thing was in soybeans down in Wan- ihews, ami other plant breeders namaker's county of Calhoun. Coun- -gave u- high yielding sorts of shat- ty Agem. Cain there laid me they ter-resistant beans acclimated to had 55,000 acres \nd, folks that’s a this area, and suited for crushing, heap of anything for that rather I visited his increase plots last fall •-mall county and can tell you he has still more promising sorts on the way GRAIN SORGHCM County Agent Willis of .Chester-^ Grain sorghum Is another crop field, says; "Last" year saw our that > on .the increase here. It stands drought better than corn, usually Then it averaged only about 14 per makes more, can follow grain, and ries over 50 per cent (nore power has about the same uses as corn new! . County Agent Wood of Pickens, Experiment and experience show tells me they tried out several sorts we could profitably use more fer- One of the forage types. Dekalb Hy- tilizer than we now average. But, brid, gave the highest yield,' 56-of course fertilizer alone can't do it. bushels per acre. It takes good husbandry all the way through Then the fertilizer can pay IRRIGATING COTTON , off best Irrigation rather consistently adds Through long experience, I ve no- around a half bale and above per ’' ce ^ the farmer who uses the acre to cotton yields here. Last year higher rates of fertilizer, in a good at Clenxson in three tests it averag- rotation program, is the one who ed adding 604 pounds of seed cot- ;lves in house and rides in ton v At the. Pontiac Station it added *he car that s paid for 853 pounds per acre. And the irn- ^ es - fertilizer costs, like irriga- gated cotton averaged 5-32 inch bet- I* 00 8ut. handled right, it pays off. ter staple..too The increased value of this, plus the increased yield, added up to j substantial profit Cotton growing generally ih this mea is in ra’her shaky position, It will pay us well to ponder facts like the above The Aunt Jemima Bandwagon, * stars of radio and television, will i 7 appear at Winn-Dixie Super Mar ket, Clinton, S. C., Friday, Jan uary 31st from 10 to 11:30 a. m. FREE ENTERTAINMENT BOYS ARE THAT WAY Four weeks back 1 started off here: ’'Memories of boyhood in the Stoiie Hills of the Dutch Fork re turn often. Nota are fonder than :hose surrounding country ham.” j I got into butcherin', which pro-, ■FERTILIZER i duced those ham delicacies and Without fertilizers, thi> growing have just got through. So now to i world population would surely be; the original question, that ham hungry today Clemson's B D. Clo-| To me still no meat compares ninger. director of fertilizer inspec- w ‘*h really good country ham. And lion and analy-is. says: The 124,-1 of »t is not that way Nothing va- 203 South.Carolina farmers use an- Ties more. (By the way. I’ve found nually over 800.000 tons, of fertilizer, or m place they are alw ays good, at an estimated price of approxi- That is from W. N. Henderson and mately 40 million collars Even his son Fred, of Ninety-Six.) though this represents a large ex- 1 Memory carries me back to bar- penditure. numerous surveys reveal es t dawn My brother and I slept that for every SI spent for commer- upstairs. Before they called us I 1 rial fertilizers, the farmer receives uas often was awakened by by that an average net return of So. It has savorest of all odors, country ham been aptly-said that fertilizer is afryin’ on the stove down in the comparable to interest—things grow kitchen. That stuff penetrates; it w hile on sleeps ” ' Sets around 1 still smell it clear South Carolina was one of the out to the highway; as I travel the staves thbt started using fertilizer state, and I’m always tempted to heavy from the time there was suc^i stop, even if I don't know the folks, a thing as '‘fertilizer.” Even back in "’ell, it didn’t take melong to 1909 we used about as many-tons dr ess on those cold mornings and as- in 1957 But it was of a much trip down two steps-at a time, with lower grade and on more acres. that ham, gravy, grits, and soft The Magician PRESTON TWO NIGHTS FEBRUARY 3-4 Clinton High School Auditorium cent plant food. Now it averages a fried eggs calling. And I’ve still little above 23 per cent. So it car- f °und no better way to ept it than — j that. The grits must be cooked just ri-iit, stiff, and with a little creamy milk in ’em before-they are done. Into a big batch of that you sink] little excavations with your fork. Into these you put several spoon- | fuls of that red ham gravy. (Gra-| cious, my mouth waters now!) Then} | it is stirred in evenly until the grits assume a tan color. On top of that you then dump one or two-soft fried eggs Shredthe* up good with knife! and fork and stir them in. Then Then spread this delightful mass over about two-thirds of your plate to cool a bit for eatin’. A great slab of friend country ham can then] coyer the rest of the plate. Boy, man, and ladies! Don’t both-! er me then for about 20 minutes. For I will be in the very ecstasy of good eatin’. *Xnd-~Pm—liable ,to be! hard to handle if you try to call me| away. *« Now that ham for breakfast! wasn’t all. What was left was put between biscuits tor our chool lunch. And there you have some-! thing good too, country ham,, sand-1 wished in a cold biscuit at noon.' That, with a cold oven-baked sweet || pota, and a jelly-sandwich-rmade| up many a good dinner at school for| as. C. T. Smith Jersey Herd Is Cited By American Cattle Club S- Preston Pulls Rabbit Out Of Charlie McCarthy’s ' i ’ Hat As Edgar Bergen Looks On - See Hypnotism By Radio! On Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock Preston will hypnotize a Clinton resident (probably a girl) by radio in the window of Maxwell Bros. & Wilkes Furni ture Store on N. Broad St. Preston will be in the studio of Station WPCC. Jhe person will be awakened on the stage at Monday night’s performance. » - - - ■ - Get Your Tickets Now From Any Jaycee Or From Young’s Pharmacy Or McGee’s Drug Store . •<:. Sponsored By Junior Chamber Of Commerce A record of 14,936 pounds of milk with 693 pounds of fat was recently reported for a registered Jersey cow owned by C. T. Smith, Valley Farm Dairy - , Rt. 1, Kinards. The record was announced by the American Jersey Cattle club on Desgining Triumph Maggie which began her official herd improve ment test at the age of four years. The production was for a 305-day period. Thirteen other/fow?> in the Smith Jersey herd were cited by the na tional breed organization for meri torious production recoxd^ ^ ' Clenuson'AgRcultural College su pervised the tests of the above Jer sey herd in cooperation with the American Jersey Cattle Club, Co- lumbus. Qhio- > Enjoy Baking Light, Fluffy Cakes -USE- I . . . Sunnyside Eggs . . . Premium Quality — Locally Produced • Nutritious Healthful • Cartoned and Sealed for your Protection What a pleasure to have your baking turn out success fully! Use SUNNYSIDE EGGS for all your baking and. cooking needs. They’re reasonably priced and available at many grocery stores in this area. Ask for them by name: SUNNYSIDE EGGS! Guaranteed and Distributed By Palmetto Egg Service — Laurens, S. C. John L. Mimnaugh Dad had to fix the TV aerial himself. He looked like he was trying to fly as he slipped and skidded down the roof and landed in our lilac bush. He was laid up seven weeks. Expenses and lost salary total over $1,000. 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' JUST ARRIVED Chenille Spreads 2.33 A lovely assortment of colors in full and twin -9 .. size to choose from. Made to-sell for much more. SHEETS 81x99 72x108 Tw in Fitted \ 81x108 Double Fitted 1-57 1-77 Cannon Muslin SHEETS Irregulars 2-00 eadi V County Deputy . Shot In Accident Laurens, Jan. 16—Laurens County! Deputy Sheriff Chesley L. Richards is recovering from a bullet wound in the ankle received January 6. He| .accidentally shot himself. Richardi, leaving the sheriff’s of fice at the end of the day, dropped I the bolstered gun he was carrying in his hand. The gun fired and the| bullet passed through his ankle. —PILLOW CASES 42x36 38 C Regular $2.98 value. 81x108 size in lovely solid colors of blue, pink, yellow and green. PILLOW CASES 43c Each Cannon Striped Sheets 2 ,or 5 -00 * Regular $3.98 values. Green, yel low, blue, and pink in size 81x108. 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