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I ^ %, m* THS CLINTON CHBON1CLE FARMS AND FOLKS Bj L. C HAMILTON ClemaoB CoUeg* Extcutoa LiformatkNi Specialist I rode for several miles through Columbia's northern su- < burban section last week as our guide told of farms which occu pied the residential land a dec ade ago. Riding on into the Dutch Fork section with the Richland Coun ty Agri-Business Tour, I was im pressed with the lereasing popu lation density even in the rural areas. This is similar in many re spects to the astounding growth taking place in other parts of South Carolina. I began to won der what these physical changes would mean in terms of the fu- * ture of farming; if the develop ing suburbs could stay "put” or would they be traversed by fu ture highways or utility features —or other things not now envis ioned but which in the future may become necessary. It was quite by accident that I happened to meet a man who was thinking the same thoughts and wondering, like me, if more advance planning could reduce headaches in the future. Major General O. P. Newman, USA, retired, earlier this spring volunteered to head up the larg est scale area-planning project ever attempted in South Coro- lina. “It's called the Citizens for y Progress,” General Newman told me. "We want to have a basic plan for the development of the Columbia-Lezington areas for the next 25 years.” General Newman said if some thing isn’t done in the way of Planning, many more problems will be confronting citizens of the area than if no planning is done at all. And he said you can’t do the job without including really large areas. Thus the counties of Richland and Lexington were included. "This is a people’s effort,” General Newman said. "Already we have 848 volunteers working on 38 committees. We have rep resentatives from all areas of the two counties. * "We’re asking our committee members to keep this project close to the people, to ask their advice and find their wishes,” he continued. General Newman said the growth around Columbia and Lexington was phenomenal. Sta tistics compiled by the commit tees show that capital invest ments have increased 261.8 per cent between 1958 and 1962. This compares with increases in capi tal investments in Atlanta of 2.6 per cent and in Charlotte of 92.6 per cent. Population growth in the Co lumbia area between 1950 and 1960 was 39.6 per cent—twice the national average. Retail sales are up 60.2 per cent and bank clearings up 160.2 per cent. Thus far the Design for Prog ress progam has isolated 96 sub jects which ae likely to become “problem-areas” in the near future if growth continues at its present rate. There is no reason to believe that it won’t. “We have assigned these ’problems’ to the various com mittees for their study. I might say that their studies will be comprehensive. We’re asking them to make a report on the problems and to come up with some suggested solutions.” Frank S. Smith, Jr., Columbia, chairman of the commercial de velopment committee, told me he was amazed at the complex- ityof planning for the future. There’s much more to it, he said, than he thought when he accepted te job. I asked General Newman and Mr. Smith if any of the commit tees were assigned to study ag ricultural planning. They said that for the present no commit tees were. • • • Dr. J. W. Neely, president Of the Darlington County Agricul tural Society, told tobacco grow ers at the - 118th meeting last week of the "Cigarettes Anony mous” clubs in Londan. "When he can’t stand his crav ings for a cigarette any longer, the members calls a fellow member of the club and they both decide to go down to the nearest pub and get drunk.” found the bod worm doing a great deal of damage. Let me urge farmer* to apply sufficient DDT to their insecticide to do the Job. By M. L. OUTZ, County Agent Small grain varieties recom mended for Laurens County are: wheat, Anderson, Cokers 4727, and Knox. A new variety just out is Cokers 61-19. I’m not sure of Clemson’s experimental re sults. Two farmers in the coun ty, John Earl Smith and Pat Dickson, have ordered seed and plan to try it. The oat varieties: Moregrain and Sumter. Barley: Early Marconee, Ga- Jet, and Rogers. The Rogers variety is bearded and is not suited for grazing. Gator, and Rye: E 1 b o n, Wrenn’s Abruzzi. These are the varieties recom mended for Laurens County. I hope that farmers will plant only cleaned, treated seed. Farm and Home Week was well attended by Laurens Coun ty citizens. I had the pleasure of attending on Wednesday and saw Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fleming, Mr. and Mrs. Roy DeShields Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Brown and daughter Ann Ruth; also Milton Thomason, Billy Patterson, J. M. Oeland, Ryan Lawson, J. T. Ad dison, Paul O’Dell, Pat Dickson, J. W. Tinsley, S. C. Gambrell, C. R. Workman. I’m sure many others were there. farmers to get that fall grazing seeded. Mack A. Harris Mack A. Harris* 75, died Sat urday njlght at his home, 25 Peachtne St., Lydia Mils, aft er several years of declining health. i A native of Laurens County, son of the late Nolan and Dora Gossett Harris, he was a mem ber of Yarborough’s Chapel Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Eddie Edwards _ Harris; three sons, Rex, Lester and Festus Harris of Clinton; one daughter, Mrs. Rosalee Satterfield of Clin ton; of ers, Jerry Harris and Clarence Harris two sisters, Mrs. don and Mrs. Clinton; seven and a great-gra Funeral set ducted Monday at 4:1 Lydia Mill Baptist Rev. Milford J. Rev. J. B. Aber _____ ial was in Rosemont Cemetery, Clinton.- Pallbearers were Casey Aber crombie, O. C. John and Eugene Harris, Paul McLendon and Robert Bailey. KENMOREby Reduced fur Seotember! SEARS GAS OR ELECTRIC On Display at Your Sean Office in Clinton ISO Mangrove 833-2414 HIGH FUEL BILLS make you hit the ceiling? CEILING HOT WHEN YOU HIT IT7 THEN YOU HAVE AN ORDINARY HEATER! naai on i caHingor tliaetttfm ttrftpa# * 'Ll don't gstl na nsw SnOLBt tbs hast ant af mirada of SUPHR FLOOR HBAT, •ad law, tear fort Mfe So don’t .. hit your Siaglar dealer for a hat D. PAYNE & CO. Sprawling over a vast 52,000 acres of woodland near Colum bia is South Carolina’s largest military installation. This huge U. S. Army training center is Fort Jackson, named for na tive South Carolinian Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States and noted fighter in the War of 1812. It was Camp Jackson when it was founded in 1917, as the nation entered the first world wide conflict. Since the "war to end all wars” didn’t accom plish that purpose, Fort Jack- son was later the training ground for thousands of Ameri cans in World War II and the Korean conflict. Nearly a half million men received some part of their training at the Fort during World War II, and went on to leave their indelible mark on history. The Fort was honored with a visit by Franklin D. Roosevelt in March, 1941, to emphasise the speed-up in training, as the war loomed nearer. Later, Great Britain's Prime Minis ter Winston Churchill v silted Fort Jackson while on a mili tary tour, and he witnessed an impressive show of Amercian military strength. Although the Fort was closed as an active Federal Military Reservation after World War I, It was used as the 8. C. Na tional Guard training a r • a from 1985 through 1940. Over the years, improvements to the Fort have been made and K has continued to grow into one of the Army’s largest training installations. Some of the statistics are rather interesting. You’ll find 180 miles of roads, the major ity of them hard-surfaced, pro viding access to the Fort and its many facilitise. A combined mill tar yand civilian daytime population of 26,000 keeps the gigantic operation functioning smoothly and efficiently. There are more than 2,700 buildings on the Fort, most of which were intended for short-term use. Construction of several million dollars of permanent buildings was just recently an nounced, virtually assuring that Fort Jackson will be here for a long time to come. The mission of Fort Jackson is basic training, a familiar term to all old soldiers, and the new ones, too. In addition to learning to handle the most modern weapons in field com bat situations, the trainee learns physical and emotional discipline. In eight weeks, he is transformed from a civilian into a combat-ready soldier. In a setting of tall pines, sparkling lakes and riling hills, the Fort is a favorite spot for the outdoorsman. Recreational facilities abound, including a football, stadium seating 6,000, seven softball diamonds, three modern swimming pools, a basebal stadium, 24-lane bowl ing alley, and one of the finest 18-hole golf courses in the arm ed services. One of the unique and inter esting facts about Fort Jack- son is that both its present and immediate post commanders were immigrants to our na tion’s shores. Brigadier Gen eral Gines Peres, the present commander, was born in Spain and emigrated to this country with Ms parents to lilt. Major General Otorles D’Orsa, toe previous commander, is a na ture of itdly* They are living proof of a great tradition that has torilt this country,, canted many to stand in dor at too "American Dream.” Next tone yea'are to Co- tomhta area, you will find a viatt to Fart Jackson wortb- Taa might to see the im- — YOUR FRIENDLY — MIDWAY DRIVE-IN THEATER a TONITE-FRIDAY • "SOFTgKJM on Black Silk." Admiateoa This ■t ... 75c a SATURDAY ONLY • SEPTEMBER 5TH. 8m The Shades and Shad owe of The “Fttatroeks” 3 — BIG FEATURES — 3 — NO. 1 — The heavy rain over the week end has caused considerable damage to some of our cotton by blowing * the stalks over and twisting the plants. Some farm ers plan to use airplanes to dust their crop this week and hope the plants will straighten up enough to get back in with ground equipment. I have been in several fields this week and A new circular has just been released. The title is "Lawn Grasses for South Carolina.” This circular will be in great de mand. Details in establishing a lawn, along with information on all lawn grasses, and informa tion and diseases and insect Con trol, are covered. Anyone inter ested in a copy may have the circular for the asking. This rain should enable dairy SALE! WORLD FAMOUS BERKSHIRE STOCKINGS CLINTON, S. 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