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# ■ z '+ IHP rasp’ ? ^ ~ r WM imam ■ ifi V »i Y**^ Interesting Article ••v f* > ‘ Charleston Paper Has DuPont Plant Reduce MeCuriey Urges rff*- *WA. ^Vl taer G tA i:»:» •t »■< to crops the best time i> before the'crop ° < to The latest examiiuMoa of Cam den’s water, made bf the state board of health, indicates that it is of food quality and free frpot ranTrwt—»4/»« >K- ' The News and Courier of Chwieeton, Tuesday car ried a long story regarding the May plant of E. I. DuPont de Nemours A Co., Inc., which la now nearing completion here. The story w(hlch was written by Thomas R. Waring, managing editor of the paper, follows: A year after ground was brol construction of DuPont's first mill for makiag or Ion now has reached its peak. Although the mill-will not be complete Until next winter, the first production line may be turning out synthetic yarn for the market by summer. Meanwhile, the tin hats of 850 construction workers .art fa iliar and welcome sights in t historic town. As they tread De- Kalb and Broad streets in their steel-toed safety shoes, the men bring in pay checks that have helped to save this community from hard times. Last summers cotton crop failure would have spelled empty cash registers in many a place of business had it not been for the duPont pay roll, now exceeding $30,000 each week. The figure 1 850 employees is a peak for the construction phase and will start Ur taper off July 1. The building is almost finished now, and some equipment has already been installed. When fin ished the mill will have coat $15. 000,000. Added to the $7,000,000 spent in research to develop or- lon, the duPont investment m or- Ion will represent $22,000,000. Dress shop proprietors who have had a preview of orlon fab rics are estimating a brisk de mand, and a backlog of orders is reported already.. When con struction is finished, the mill will employ 500 production workers as a starter. The production is almost sure to increase as the market for orlon develops. That will mean more jobs-several times 500. At first only yarn will be manufact ured, and this will be sold to weavers for making synthetic silks and other light fabrics. Later the plant may be expanded for manufacture of staple (similar to wool or cotton) which would make orlon available for many additional fabrics. . Research chemists say orlon is more like the natural fibers of cotton, wool and silk in many of its characteristics than other syn thetic products. They have pulled, stretched, bleached, soaked, bur ied and mistreated it generally. They have tested its resistance to strains, sunlight, insects and all the wears and-tears they could think of, and its score has been better in many respects than ny lon or the rayons. After the laboratory stage, or was manufactured in small quan tities in the duPont plant at Waynesboro. Va. This was a pilot operation. The Camden plant will be the first to produce orlon for the commercial market. The raw material for orlon is called monomeric acrylonitrile. DuPont purchases this material, from other manufacturers. It is made from coal, limestone, pet roleum, natural gases, water and air. By a chemical process at the Camden mill, the liquid will be polymerized, which means that it will be turned into a solid form. This polymer (in flakes) then Will Dr. Karl D. Caughmait —OPTOMETRIST— ’ $ Located In Ike Hoffer Co. Each Day Except Friday be dissolved and pumped into tall cylinders under high pressure. The solution will, be forced through spinnerette cups, emerging as yarn The yarn then has to be washed, stretched, twisted and wound on spools. Some of these processes are trade secrets of the duPont Company. < Why did duPont come to Cam den? The choice of Camden in the South was influenced by several factors. Camden is dose to many cloth mills. These will make a market for orlon yarn, either for weaving orlon cloth or for blend' ing it with cotton or wool. A good site was available, on the Water- ee river near the main line of the Seaboard Air Line There is an ample supply of de sirable labor.. People in this area have a long history of skills in mill work. They will learn the new orlon process from the technicians sent from Waynesboro. Some of the local mill workers may be sent to Way nesboro for training. , Because of the nature of the chemicals, the mill will be air- conditioned throughout. The pro cess goes on 24 hours a day and cannot be interrupted. If the solu tion solidifies in the cylinders, it must be reamed out at great cost. Orion will compete with other synthetic materials, and also with natural fibers such as silk, cotton and wool. Existing textile mills will fabricate it for clothing, and for awnings and various indust rial uses. Orion’s future .will depend, of course, on public reception, man ufacturing costs and other factors yet to be determined. So far as can be told in advance, and du Pont has a notable record for suc cess in bringing out new products, orlon. will make its way. If some cotton field hands are put out of oba by the synthetic yarn, new obs with steady salaries will be created for somebody in the mill. Thus again the balance of in dustry is being changed by science. The Secret Explained How was It that some “experts so freely predicted that the Rus sians wouldn’t develop the A-bomb by 1952? ■ . . ■; They made the mistake of think ing that the Russians would take as long as TSfe TJ. 8:” But the Am slans didn’t have to experiment. Their spies stole atomic secrets from us and what they didn’t ateal the government printed in a book. Says Prof. Ellsworth Raymond In the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “Even so Stslin might 1 have waited until 1952 for his first A- bomb if he had sought to follow the American example and build four large atomic plants simul taneously, each using a different method. "The United States tried four ways out of fear that one or more would fall. Russia was able to select the simplest type—the Han ford plutonium type in order to get a few bomba in a hurry.” It’s that simple, this thing of “security." It’s cheaper .to steal than to build and the«8oviets are past pasters at theft.—Anderson Independent The 160-ton blue whale is larger than the largest of the dinosaurs of former geological ages. _ of fork ^ xaaa the free seed valuable aid, best resistant varieties available. He points out that the following stions from these and that tion on these subjects may be se cured from The importance of seed stocks as nearly free from disease as possible cannot be over empha sized at this time. This warning applies to all nursery stock, roots, bulbs, tubers and seed. This free dom from disease is secured in numerous ways. Prominent among them are the use, of cer tified seed or nyraery stock, seed treatment, inspection and grow ing seed in disease-free areas. Too much stress cannot be placed on use of disease-free Irish and sweet potato seed stocks. Rotation has several values and peat control is a very important one. Rotation aids In the con trol of several soil-borne disases, insects, nematodes and weeds. Rotation is one of the cheapest means of controlling pests. No one rotation will suit aO soils and farm conditions in the .state; hence it behooves the farmer to know just which rotations work best on his farm and in his lo cality. Rotation as a means of controlling pests has its limita tions. For a long time breeders have analysis fellows: Ammonia —. Nitrites Nitrates 8.00 4.00 _ 0.01 0.03 —0.000 0.00 J10.00 B. analysis showed itive and gas forming absent Some 540,000 fish books a day re made by American manutac- Stnce the beginning of the Red Crosa National Blood Program un til June SO, 1149, 2t regional blood programs have been opened and are now In operation, with approxi mately MO Red Croes chapters participating. In that time 276,497 plats of Mood were obtained and konsands of unite of blood de rivatives, Including. 1,918,000 vials of Immune serum globulin to coin- bat measles, had been made svaflr able to the American people. sought to add high resistant seed to their varieties and in many in stances have been highly success ful. The work of the breeder is never finished because change and plant diseases d —new strains of diseases may develop and severely damage here-to-fore resistant plants. In making recommendations for va rieties, this factor of resistance is given due attention and many times the importance of disease resistance is taken for granted. 4* 1b Celebrated •>* All Over Nation South Carolina 4-H club meam berm aad leaders 1x1 Krvance of Rational 4 4-H Club Week, beginning March 4 During this week -the 2,040^00 boys apd girls throughout the nation vMre- dedlcate "Heads. Hearts, Heeds aad Health" to weridag together awards a better home aad worM community. Stressing the theme. "Better Wr ing for A Better World." 4-H dub members and their leader^dmlng the week of March 4-1A will with national, state and local broad casts, magaslne aad newspaper articles, posters, exhibits sad dam- eraatratioas further acquaint the public with the 4-H club work of the past and the goals for 1950. Two South Carolina 4-H dub girls, Barbara Best, Sorry county, and Jinny Page, Barnwell county, will be In Washington March 5-6 to serve as ushers at the national 4-H clnb breakfast, which is an annual event staged In observance of National 4-H CClub Week. Both girls have done outstanding club work in both achievement and leadership. , In proclaiming 4-H club week In South Carolina, Governor J. Strom Thurmond said: "I urge that ail citizens of South Carolina, particu larly those hi rural areac, encour age the continued growth and in fluence of the 4-H clubs Four-H club work makes for good homes, good citizens and a more cultural rural life.’’ In South Carolina National 4-H Club Week will afford opportunty for members and their clubs to pheck on their efforts in carrying out the programs and goals they have already started. They wiU use the observance week as s ‘‘4-H a pari eC tfce 4. Get 8* mule its*' largest rural youth the world, the sol Mn 4s Soath CaroBas 4-H stubs win, Mag the wset. give the public an opportunity to tabs a look at «rlT oteh west ap flt Is being carried oh fa ties ami counties. ^ oti«r 4-H store «PQ Programs, oor meetings, Notice To AO Daaiocrottc , In '• -iv.. ‘ In 1948 the State Convention changed the of Club meotmil from the fourth SatuixUrbi $o the fourth Saturday in March. There/* asking all Clubs to ’tiiset on the FOURTH DAY IN MARCH, which will be Mar* j perfect their organizations. They should president, vice-president, sBcwiary-treai®^ rollment committee, executive committee .J other committee that they may deem per ^ 'WiM Delegates to the County Convention elected, one delegate to each 25 enrolled the first primary in 1948 and one deleft^ majority fraction of twenty-five voters. * *■ The County Convention date has also beoai ed. The County Convention wifl be held the MONDAY IN APRIL at the Court House rij o'clock. 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