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Ttiumday. Frbruar> 26. IfSt THE CLINTON CHROMCI It IS Good Crops Guide For February Use Hut a food Mart to important la itmaed by County Agmi M. L. Outx in hi* February farm calen dar of auffeotion* for Lauren* County fanners AGRONOMY 1. Plant certified seed of recoin, meftded varieties. 1. Have your soil tested Use recommended amounts of lime and fertilirer for higher yields per acre. 3. Turn under cover crops in' plenty of time to permit decomfMsition before seeding.' 4. Plant more forage crops and Coast al Bermuda grass this year to sup^ ply ample feed for livestock 5 Fertilize permanent pastures with 500 ixHinds of 4-12-12 fertilizer per acre in February. 6. Start a Coastal Bermuda nursery with certified sprigs. 7. Order fertilizer now if you want to be sure to get what you want. 8. Rotate grazing—don’t over- graze. 9. Plan your farm to get a return from every acre. 10. Top- dress small grains with nitrogen to make plenty of grazing, hay, and silage this spring. HORTICULTURE 1. Plant strawberries, dewberries, blackberries. 2. Set out grape vines and fruit trees. 3. Apply fertilizer to home and commercial orchards. Apply dormant sprays on home and commercial orchards. 4. Plant as paragus and Irish potatoes in coast- al counties; transplant cabbage plants in central and upper coun ties. 5. Plant turnips, mustard, let tuce, kale, peas, radishes, onions. 6. Plant in hotbeds tomato* pepper, eggplant. 7. Remember that gar dens are an important aid to good nutrition. I. If interested in pecans, get Extension Circular 301. “Pecan Production and Marketing in South Carolina." INSECTS AND DISEASES 1. Tobacco, vegetable, and peach by Mil non t Study talret inform control scale iaoocta and leaf curl i. Spray apple tree* with Ume-Mtl fur or oil la control •rale t. Disin fect sweet potato toed See County Agent for instructions. 7. Treat ver ••table seed to get better stands I. Feed hers if stores are short. 9 Re pair equipment and get ready for the spring honey flow. AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING 1 Check over farm machinery and order needed repairs now. 2. Plan terraces to make them wider to facilitate operation of machin ery. 3. Grade yards or lots to pro vide better drainage away from building*. 4. Make needed repairs, such as leaky roofs and poor foun dations, to farm buildings. 5 Farm ers planning to irrigate should be gin to get equipment. 6. Construct fences during winter months. Laurens County Girl To Enter Pie Baking Contest In Chicago Leathea Simmons, of Laurens County, state winner in the Cherry Pie Baking Contest, will take part in the 27th annual National Cherry Pie Baking Contest sponsored by the National Red Cherry Institute. The contest will be at the Sheraton Hotel in Chicago February 17-19. Leatha will be accompanied by Miss Myrtice Taylor, Laurens Coun ty home demonstration agent. Lea thea. a member of the Camack (Poplar Springs area) Senior 4-H Club, has participated in the cherry pie activity three years and has baked over 100 pies During her eight years a* a 4-H Club member in Laurens County, she has participated not only in the cherry pie activity but has also car hed several other major project* such as: eiaetne. food preparattoe clothing and drew revue, tar which she has received recognition la ll&S Leathea waa state dairy foods dutncl wtanor ■ elsctnr in Itt? and in IMS she was named first WASHINGTON AND SMALL BUSINESS" B v C WILSON MASDER •rd#r Howty, but surely, it Is being bora* home in Washington that the action taken by the European Common Market nations to re suming convertibility of cur rency, * and the devaluation of currency by France, is a threat to American economic security. • • e In many respecta, there la now a three-aided ‘ economic war ^, under way. * * a Soviet Rus-' sia, of course, seeks to under-' mine the eco-' nomic health of other na-| tions by barter deals, some of| which have c. w. been quite sizable. * * • On the other band, devaluation of currencies in Europe snly means that these nations, with cheaper currencies, hence still eheaper wages, will further un dercut the U. 8. both in the home market and in foreign markets. • » • Thus, the carefully hatched chickens over more than the past 20 years are starting home to roost. • os Reciprocal trade treaties have abont torn down the protective tariff structure that protected the U. 8. employer and worker from dumping from abroad. • • • The constant drive toward a greater and greater welfare state as evidenced by this years sharp hike to Social Security taxes, has added greatly to the cost of doing business. • o • And America Is no Unger, through almo't sole mastery at to compete wMh away grams, the same gifts by American taxpayers, ooo Many are wondering just bow smart Walter Reuther, bead of the auto workers' union really is because while he hat been boosting up benefit* for the worker* in Detroit, the business is going elsewhere. • * • It Is predicted that the sale of foreien made car* In the U. S. which almost hit tOG of sill car sales in 195* will climb' np to 20% of the market in 1959. • * • And a large share of this busi ness is being done by cars cither made, or whose U. S. sales are controlled, by the wholly owned foreign subsidiaries of Detroit's Big Three, Thus, Big Autos have stepped out from under the iand>lide. o • * Unfortunately, the nation's in dependent business firms, who furnish most of the nation's em ployment, are not in a position to hedge their position in such a manner, because everything they have is tied up on U. S. soil ooo Thus, this session of Congress will perhaps be the most impor tant to the nation's history.There is no doubt that the decision must he made sooa whether the U. 8. will continue to sap the strength of independent en*er- prise to rrente a bigger welfare state, and throw money around the world for the benefit of a few, or If Independent enterprise will be given the green llcht to build u much greater America, which was origtnallv built by same unfettered Indrpen- ipirit The Ameri* m sy*> cannot morh longer < e»- half free, half huMzorratlc itoated. i a i TV ihe Iwfcm hr the wreckage at a pick up truci to which he and one other person Wal ter Hill, were traveJtog Two officers that investigated the accident testified at the inquest con ducted by Magxlratr K. Eugene Johnson and Sheriff C. W Wter Highway Patrolman James L. Col hm testified that the track toward Rtoimwe. appoarvd la he traveftog x a high rate at speed as M rounded a « irv. on Highway tl 1*1 ru les ifcxlh ioT Jsaon* TV dm cc apparently loot roeir.n of the ve hirle before entering a bridge, the patrolman said The track traveled some X&3 feet before the wheels hit a ditch on the right side of the road and overturned the patrolman con- Deputy Floyd P<tl» tent* Tied th» he and Depot* A A Holt amrad at the scene and found the dead man pmnrd in the wrerkane Mill had been picked, up by a paws mg melons:, hr «aid. and earned to the Jnann.< Hospital TV officer stated 'hat from all indtonttom. the dead man was the driver at the truck, owned by J. R •4 t *u'm tr* « *npear at toe 11*41 AkI i a*t»c v «a« at the Joamm t*hsr Mouse It •.« hrmight sot that to i was «'iil under treal merit m tto t man Hospital where to -ago ear rted Saturday night The Jury was composed of Iff A Fulmer, James P Johnson. <tyd> Wehunt, Alvin Evans, John < Neighbors and J O Hu. hie Itbii save inquest Jury So* . Wkitmifv Mon Diet B * Own Hondi la Wreck HI A PWtongA. eWAW 4 toltoMfWh ravt 4 44 Si RS. • 4 RMPejMtodh je ■» aaoe* 4» Up* <* * a IliillllllllllllllK^j TMB COUPON -ON 104* OR LAROik SACK h! ■ RCD BAND FLOUR = s|: Mr. Oro««r. A* «wr •gwU, •mop* Sto *o*o— lor 2*4 an Ho p—- dMM of * 10-4. or largar of Sod Rood How. Yo*r Oorwrol MSb rrpn.w*■*»> wi* rodoom for 2*4 eto H h—dto* chorgo mm» Sto coup— to Ooosrof MSb. 400, doyi of 90 to cewec coupon i • o • I • • 1 j *8*1 1 • CL, I * 2 • I ■ v * I good. Codowor owd poy *olo* to* If any. Thb odor void In aoy Cat out thto coupon, kw%M it to jrour frocar, and he wiO grra you 26* off the regular price of a 10-lb., or Urgw aack, of Red Band Flour! Offer limited, eo hurry! Bt^YmrsTod^! i Clip coupon neatly m •u»—»—* ome——* *^ *—•* *■•*• •■• to help your grocer proMhitlos, H- coodoptosiogor coopoos. Tkl* _pffor oaplros 40 doys oftor RED BAND RED BAND FLODN RED BAND •ep Hu of Roo pee n of the hod oo ■ I fa ho •44 the -arm* at sale otherwise to ho paid it the Plaintiff for credo oo (he to Jetotedncss In tto rvont the me coaful bwider should fail to make such deposit, or should fail to com 4y with the term* <if sale, the said .and* shall be re-sold on the same >r some subsequent Sakaday on the amc terms, at risk at the default ing purchaser. The purchsaer to pay for papers, stamps and recording. J. HEWLETTE WASSON. Judge of Probate, Laurens Coun ty, S. C. Dated this 20th day of February, 1959. 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