The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, January 19, 1961, Image 9

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I m Thunday, Jaanary if, i m ' ■ * *s . ... - ■« . ■ . . ,• TBS CLINTON CHRONICLE Farms and Folks \ Clemaon Extcnskw lafomatJon SpedaHst ^ , -A; | ‘Soma primal termite knockad The break-through In mechani- on wood And tasted it, and found it good, And that is why our Cousin May Fell through the parlor floor today.” Like Ogden Nash, who wrote the above poem, Ctemson’s W. C. Nettles finds nothing drab and hum-drum about members of the lowly insect breed. To him, man’s fight against the insect world is real, serious, and dramatic. He knows, for in stance, that the boll weevil, if permitted to carry out his own designs, might wipe out a 75-mil- lion-dollar cotton crop in a mat ter of days—with disastrous re sults to thousands of persons. Army worms could likewise eat up a promising soybean crop in a matter of hours. The war against pests that at tack plants, animals, and man is hard and never-ending. As head extension' entomoligst at Clemson, Nettles is at one season advising on the kind and frequen cy of sprays—and at another urg ing farmers to turn under pient residue or follow certain crop ro tations. Nettles trouble-shooting has not been confined entirely to the in sect world. He’s had requests to advise on ridding lawns of stink ing toadstools and barns of rats. As a reward for his unending fight against bugs, Progressive Farmer magazine thi« month picked him as the ‘‘Man of the Year in South Carolina Agricul ture.’’ Congratulations, W. C. Netties! —* . • * Homeowners and ornamental nurserymen speak different lang uages. As a result, buying shrubs to plant around the home can be frustrating—even exasperating. Nurserymen use the botanical names in inventories and price lists. There are so many pi»n»« that they have to use botanical names—which are, incidentally, universally understood — except by custonMra Nurserymen also-usr common names of .plants when talking with customers. This helps to communicate, but it has limita tions. Customers themselves are not at all in agreement on the common names.— H Your best bet may be to go personally to the nursery or sales place and pick out what plants you wart. If you’re not sure what Should we mechanist cotton pickingT Clemson Extension Service Di rector George B. Nutt gives three reasons in favoji of doing so. We can better compete with other areas; better adjust to our dwindling labor supply; and save cotton crops from possible loss by hurricanes. cal picking came Ust year, he says, when more than 400 spin dle pickers were used to harvest 30 per cent of the state’s crop. Director Nutt is chairman of the Clemson extension cotton committee. • * e You take the high road, and I’ll take ... South Carolina’s fabulous new highways are engineering mar vels. From Greenville, the motorist can turn south on 276, ride it down to the vicinity of Clinton, eaae onto* 146, and rapted on to burg motorists will have it Just as easy when the I-M leg from Clinton to Spartanburg is com- tetedi There are practically no stops, and no grade crossings. or It’s really two highways. Traffic going south goes in one highway, cars Shaded north are on another along la parallel fashion. The out er roads are for local travelers between the traffic interchanges. The new highway is off the beaten path. You see plenty of but few pastures or cultivated fields. You can perhaps half a dozen farm hous es between Clinton and Colum bia. Most of them are not orient ed to front toward the new road. Agriculture is dependent on roads and transportation sya- terns more than ever before. Farm products must now go from the farm to plants. From there they are dis tributed by highway or railroad back to the consuming centers. You’d see empty shelves in the grocery store if they could not be re-supplied during the span of a single week. Government Without Coiuent By TflUBMOND SENSING, Executive Vfce-Pwsident Southern States Industrial Council While Americans spend $40 bil lion a year to protect the nation from foreign aggressors, the rights of U. S. citizens are with ering away at home. This is the meaning of the tragic second battle of New Or leans between the Louisiana leg islature and the federal Judiciary. It is an unequal battle, for on one side—the side of the state authority—is simply the solemn assurance of our country’s politi cal tradition that the Republic will be based on the consent of the governed. On the other side— the side of th courts—is the ar rogance of Judges who believe that nothing may be permitted to stand in the way of their edicts and who act confidently in the knowledge that the total power of the nation, including bayonets, will be used to implement their will. And thus it has been that the legitimate voice of the people of Louslana—the legislature of that state—has been blanketed by the most high-handed abuse directed against a sovereign state in mod ern times. Though the Constitu tion of the United States contains no provision whatsoever for fed eral operation of a state’s school system, the federal courts In Lou isiana have gone to extreme board. The courts have state officials in contempt be^ cause the latter sought to operate the schools as the taxpayers wished them to be operated. Banking institutions in New Or leans have been forced to sub mit to court demands Hint state funds be spent in a manner not approved by state agencies. There is only one word thfct fits idnd <rf p[arS8"y«>u mod, 'younf] ^ ^ the word find most established mne reliable advisors. Homeowners are giving more attention to landscaping their grounds. Ornamental horticul ture has been one of the fastest growing segments of agriculture in Soyth Carolina. County and home demonstra tion agents get numerous re quests for help with landscape problems. In fact, the demand upon them has been so great that Celm^On recently employed a full' time ornamental horticulturist to help them. He is William R. Gar ren, formerly employed by the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N. C. Ifls services should be re quested through the office of the county aqent in your county tyranny.” Louisiana, in the eyes of the courts, is without funda mental rights as though it were some Persian satrapy undo- Ro man rule long ago. Americans who live in regions outside the South can’t seem to understand how shocked and of fended Southerners are at the in vasion of states rights in Louisi ana. It is no wonder, for the re porting of the school dispute in Neu Orleans has been even more distorted than usual. Throughout the early weeks of the dispute, wire services and in dividual Northern newspa p e r s and magazines distributed dozens of stories that presented the in- tergationists as heroic folk and the believers in separate schools —the majority of Louisiana citi zens—as primitives with no sense of justice or decency. The State of Louisiana was cruelly UbeUed, but there is no way to have the li bel corrected in the court of pub lic opinion . Yet one can be sure that those Americans who approved of the drastic measures used against the State of Louisiana will, in time, pay -for their harsh and un reasoning attitude. They will pay because it is impossible' to de prive the people of Louisiana of their rights without also depriv ing other Americans of their rights. The dictatorial orders is sued by the federal courts in New Orleans will haunt other regions in the, years ahead. They will serve as legal precedents for high handed judges elsewhere in the nation. Have tee fallen so low that we shall destroy completely the prin ciples of states rights, the corner stone of government on which our founding fathers so wisely build- ed? If so, we can forget our Ideals and tell our traditional form of government goodbye. One can be quite sure the Communists would like to see this happen; they know it would be much easier to sub vert a centralized government than the governments of fifty states. They also know, whether we do or not, that a centralized government is always a totalita rian government—and It mak no difference whether it is the planned economy of socialism, the regimentation of commun ism, or the autocratic rule of dic tatorship. In each case, the peo ple lose their freedom. Perhaps it is too late to teach as a super school the present generation of Ameri cans outside the South that ex cessive governmental power is a terible evil. But. they will learn! For, as Lord Acton said in the last century, “power corrupts; and absolute power corrupts ab solutely.” The sins of today’s courts, which seek to promote a social revolution in the South at the expense of white citizens and their rights, will result in a na tional denial of rights that an other generation will have many occasions to regret. Around Clinton High Save Or Invest with —Safety Accounts Insured up to $10,000 —Profit ^ 4% per Annum —Convenience In Person or by Mail Funds Available When Needed Laurens Federal Savings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION PHONE 2-M12 * LAURENS, & C. By Trecie Davis Today may seem like any other Thursday to you. but to each stu dent at C inton High it means the completion of another semt ter's work. Now we seniors have only one more semester of high school. The senior who maintains an A average next semester will not have to take the second se mester exams. Even though the exams are over, regular classes will be held tomorrow. To celebrate the com pletion of exams, members of the Transportation Chib and their dates plan to go ice skating in Greenville Saturday night. With a little bit of luck those careful bus drivers may not break too many bones at the Ice Palace. The Clinton basketball teams were victorious last Friday night even though it was Friday, the 13th. The girls’ varsity team both of the boys’ teams beat the unlucky Newberry teams at New berry. During chapel last Friday, Mr. Ted Prevatte showed a film en titled “The Bridge Between This film, which was show in connection with the New March of Dimes drive, made the CHS students realize bow fortunate they are in not being crippled with polio or arthritis. Tomorrow ‘during chapel the two cakes will ,be given away to the two home rooms that have the longest strings of dimes for the March of Dimes. Also lari week we seniors re ceived our personal cards that we put in our graduation invita tions. For the next few days ev erybody whs. busy exchanging cards. This Friday night'the Clinton TLgh basketball teams will play Laurens at Clinton. Please sup port the teams by coming to the games. Lommuiiity Cash in rloan pt* asant icp food stores ine’s Smoked PICNICS o 8 Lbs. 29c Fresh Boston Butt Pork ROAST u^39c DREHER’S LUNCHEON MEATS ....... BAR-B-QUE LOAF HONEY HAM ^ C! PICKLE & PIM1ENTO LOAF 6-oz.Pkg. SPICED LUNCHEON MEAT WE GIVE TOP VALUE STAMPS America’s Fastest Growing Food Stamp Plan RATH'S BLACK HAWK SLICED BACON * 59 FRESH DRESSED HENS *33 Heinz Limit 2 with $5.00 or More Order. 14-oz. Bottle 19c Kraft’s Pint MAYONNAISE 19c Limit 1 with 15.00 or More Order BAMA , STRAWBERRY Preserves 12-Ox. Tumbler 4 FOR $1.00 SHORTENING SUNNY DAY 49c 3-LB. TIN SNOW- DRIFT 59c Choice of 1 with 15.00 or More Order FRESH FLORIDA RIPE Sunny Day Lb. Limit 1 with $5.00 or More Order Lake Orchard Frozen , APPLE PIES 20-Ox. Size 4 - loo SUNNY DAY Evaporated MILK Large Can 10c Limit 6 with $5.00--or More Order s. o. s. SCOURING PADS Pkg. of 4 10c RED BAND 10-LB. BAG 79c Limit 1 with $5.00 or Moro Order Morton’s Fresh Frozen 11-Oz. Size TURKEY, CHICKEN, BEEF, MEAT LOAF, SALISBURY, HAM and SEAFOOD DINNERS 39c DEL MONTE CRUSHED No. 2 Cano PINEAPPLE 2 for 53c DEL MONTE PINEAPPLE 46-Ox. Cans JUICE 3fer89« U. S. No. 1 White In Vent-Vu Bags Potatoes io Bag 39c LIBBY’S VIENNA SAUSAGE 6 CaK 1*0D