Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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t .*, * i »!> r rv m S" - 4.1 A la Captain Kid M *'■. i .m *• 'Ml coast gvard snb* looks like he mlfeht have served with the swashbuckling crew Kidd. He Is Philip C. Water tender, first class. Aria. ii Driver Education Institutes For South Carolina ■ • f -i se-it-i'-.'S.; tfSii'i Icy Touch (\ . : -i ' Baymond Dandrea, RCNVR, , walks through ice covered Royal Canadian Navy corvette. His ship battled heavy- seas in sub-zero leather while on North Atlantic uwavoy escort run- Driver Education Institutes will be held in five cities of South Carolina announced J. S. Wil liamson, Chief Highway Commis- sioner in calling notice to the program to inaugurate classroom driver training in the high schools which is sponsored by the State Department of Education and. the South Carolina State Highway. Department. High School administrators, principals, teachers and others in terested in driver training are urged to attend the one day ses sions to be conducted by an in structional staff of nationally rec ognized authorities in the field of safety education and driver train ing. Tiie first institute opens at 10:00 A. M. in Columbia on April 10th, in the Columbia High School Auditorium. The schedule for these conferences includes Flor ence on April 11th, Charleston, A- pril 12th, Spartanburg pn April 13th, with the final meeting in GreenvUle, April 14th. State Superintendent of Educa tion James H. Hope in urging school representation at these in stitutes said “Driver Education has been accorded emphasized recognition under - the stress of war and there seems every reason to believe that this subject is des tined to become a part of the curriculum of many of our high schools and colleges within the near future. It is therefore most important that schools interested in this course have some teacher representation at the institutes offered in our State.” • - *"» *' y- * Among the instructors conduct ing these institutes Major I. N. Carr, Chief of the Pre-Induction Training Branch of the Army Service Forces, will discuss the Pre-Induction Training Program Recommended by the War De~ Guadalcanal Natives in Silhouette % m. li m i §p§ '■■*«** if jilt ■fn.fi IW mm ' j- *' N:< :: >j:>J _ !# $ ■■ mm ' iil h y. am 5f>. <1 Holding their sharp spears, two natives are silhouetted against the aky as they stand by a beached canoe to show the “beauty in var” of tropic Guadalcanal in the Solomons. All’s well and quiet now on Guadalcanal since the only Japs left are the ones buried there. r * J !•»>** HfcC *• »• * %~* s ‘ t partment. r * . Educational Director H. R. Dan- ford of the National Conservation Bureau and Milton D. Kramer, Consultant to the Quartermaster General, Army Service Forces and Administrative Assistant of the New York University Center for Safety Education will offer in formation toward effectively of fering a course of classroom driv er education for our high school youth. X Victory Gardening More Important Than Before itandft ClattSSenS Bread ALWAYS FRESH AT your grocers i&A’ Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted Registered Optometrist in Charge THE SI GREBTE5T CREDIT JEWELERS ■ 826 Broad St. Augusta, Ga. Buy Your Furniture From STROM Easy Payment Plan. No Carrying Charge. McCormick, S. C. Clemson, Mar. 27.—Food pro duction as a part of the nationa 1 war program is more important from now until victory is won than it has been up to this time, Extension Director D. W. Watkins said here today. This is no time therefore for victory gardeners to become indifferent or discourag ed. Reports indicate that this is happening to a number of peo ple who had gardens in 1943. Last year gave victory garden ers some good experience on which they should capitalize in 1944, both as to production of usable foodstuffs and as to canning and other preservation of high quality products. Many gardeners last year lacked experience in select ing and canning garden produce and thereby failed to have on hand the high quality, appetizing pantry full of canned goods. There is no reason why this con dition should not be corrected in 1944. At Clemson this week a meeting of leaders of different interested agencies and organizations is comparing notes and studying to gether the matter of canning and conserving the highest possible quality of produce. It is expected that shortly a report from this technical group will be made a- vailable. In the meantime as soon as soils are in condition all per sons having land suitable for gar- lening will render a wartime ser vice by producing at least as much as they themselves require. If farmers do not fully meet this year’s crop goals, as last week’s crop report suggests, it will be with respect to such crops as grow in vegetable gardens. Gar dening thus may hit the bull’s eye this year better than ever for hose who do not neglect it. Early Garden Pests Whipped By Poisor Two pests of the early gard" which give many gardeners h " aches are cabbage worms e mole crickets; but County A n G. W. Bonnette tells what it to' to fight them off — arsenic properly applied. Watch for the small cream c ored butterflies flitting about cabbage row. This butterfly ]r the eggs, that form the comm cabbage worm, the agent says. As soon as the little gre 1 worms hatch out, dust the cab bage with either pure calcium a - senate or Paris green diluted a- bout 20 times with lime or flou A good way to apply the materia’ is to put it in a cotton sack am jerk lightly over each plant; o 1 use any of the common dust guns, j Subsequent rains and thorough washing before cooking the cab bage will remove any poison res idues remaining at that time. Mole crickets are about th" 1 size of a regular cricket, and they burrow just under the ground like a mole. Their principal damage comes from burrowing up the soF before small seeds can get up ^nd well set in the soil, and from eating the seeds and tender root: before they can get tough enough *o withstand them. /Natural nitrate of soda shipments from Chile are arriv ing on satisfactory schedule. Close to half a million tons are already here, delivered or ready for delivery. Another 200,000 tons are expected and every effort is being made to get it here in time for this season’s crops. If shipping estimates hold, there will be about as much Chilean nitrate for top and side dressing as last year. But because all of it is being distributed under the government’s allocation program, it may be impossible to supply all sec tions in the same proportions as last year. t If you cannot get Chilean nitrate when you want it, remember the inconvenience is only temporary—one of many dislocations due to war* Chilean nitrate is here in substantial quantity, but, like every good soldier, it goes where it is told and when it is told by the government. The remedy fpr this insect is etc. supplement manure with fertili zers. If manure is not available, a- commercial mixture alone will give good results, if the organic content of the soil is kept up through use of compost, leaf mold, A GOOD SALESM WHO WORKS CH i AP MEW5PAPER' ADVERTISMG & ® “No more patriotic service be rendered by those able to their services this year thar work on the farms. Thousand workers are needed, especially replace those who are needed the final battles at the front. 1 very soil is a weapon, variety of /food that as is every it will so generously give.” — George Mat thew Adams, in Today’s Talk. easy and effective. Scatter poi soned bait lightly in the late af ternoon. It will usually, kill them all over-night. The next morn ing work the soil so as to destroy any remaining bait that might kill birds or poultry. For the poisoned bait mix one part of calcium arsenate with 20 parts or com meal or wheat bran, or one part Paris green with 30 parts of either of these. Make thi: into a damp crumbly dough with one part of molasses to ten part of water. X Victory Gardens Need Balanced Plant Food Clemson. Mar. 25. — How shall I fertilize my garden for best re sults? That question gardener; are now asking A. E. Schilletter. extension horticulturist. Soils need especially three plant food elements — nitrogen, phos phorus, and potash—Mr. Schillet ter says, making these suggestions on supplying needed garden fertil ity. The three plant food element are applied to the soil in the forrr of manures or commercial fertili zers. Nitrogen gives a dark greer color to the leaves and stimulates growth. Phosphorus stimulates growth, especially of the roots and fruit, and potash favors the for mation of flowers and fruit. Manure has no substitute as a general garden fertilizer. It fur nishes plant nutrients in a reason Gardens which have not receiv ed a heavy application of barnyard manure should receive a complete fertilizer mixture such as a 4-8-8 or 5-10-5 analysis. Each year 2 1-2 pounds to each 100 square feet of ground should be applied. All fer tilizer and manure should be mix ed thoroughly with the soil and not left in a concentrated layer under the crop. X Treasurer To Close Tax Books on April 15 The County tax books will be closed on April 15th. All persons desiring to pay their 1943 taxes, should do so before this time. In addition to the seven per cent oenalty, cost will be added after that date. Ruth P. Duncan, Treasurer, McCormick County. Quints’ Mother •sm m iH ■■■: ■ * Mrs. Anna Russo De Valotta Dili- penti, mother of quintuplets born last July in Buenos Aires. Father of quints withheld news of multiple birth due to superstition. Three -iris two bojs, the quints are all well. Shows S nars DONT I RELY ON 4-LEAF CLOVERS, y y-r:>:•?? \, OPR WANT ADS ARE LUCKY TOO K'x-.- Spring, summer, or autumn, lovers of Nature find deep truth in Revelation 22:14, “—and tits leaves of the tree were for the ably balanced form, and it helps i healing of the nations”. to keep the soil in good physical j x condition by supplying organic i “To fthe extent that, thoro:’ matter. Manure is best applied and plowed under in the fall and going soil conservation work the land is able to maintain winter, or disced in during early * build healthy soil, so may it spring. If applied in the spring tribute to improved nutrition n and summer to growing crops, it {far greater measure than we can should be well-rotted. 'now anticipate.”—From Soil Con- For some crops, it is desirable to' servation, March 1944. J .. .. - • • vvfMw. •••v.-.-.w.. Esther Williams, former national »;>imming champion, now of the alms, shows SPARS at Los Angeles her water wares. Here she demon- ftrates right way to execute the orav.l stroke^ .