The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, November 17, 1949, Image 12
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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Ploxico Scores As
Florida Fisherman
R. L Plaxico, who has returned
irom a vacation at Stuart, Fla.,
caught the largest sailfish la’s* week
since the annual tournament, spon
sored by the Stuart Sailfish club,
Parted on Nov. 1. it was reported,
and was awarded a certificate and
bronze button by the Stuart club. His
fish measured 6 feet, 11 inches and
was boated aboard the cruiser Miss
Florida, Toley Engbretsen. captain.
In addition, Mr. Plaxico hooked a
'mail sail. 6 feet. 1 inch, which he
s having mounted.
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BATTERIES AND
ACCESSORIES
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Sinclair Products
Phone No. 2
Dr. Felder Smith
Optometrist
Laurens, S. C.
126 EAST MAIN STREET
South Side Public Square
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Should you Nofter a disastrous
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all kinds of Insurance, Surety
Bonds and Real Estate.
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West Main Street
By J. M. ELEAZER.
Clemson College Extension Infor
mation Specialist
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Give And Take
What do ^-ou tfant "from your soil?
i Usually it’s some sort of crop. You
give the soil fertilizer, lime, seed and
1 work. Then it gives you the crop.
If you want grass from your land,
good grass that has "suction” to it,
' the process is just the same.
» You give your soil lime, fertilizer, |
j work, and seed. Then it gives you!
grass. And on grass of that sort we;
are beginning to build a real livestock
industry.
Farm tours will be held this winter t
to see them in many counties. Your,
county agent will let you know about
it. if one is to be held there.
Progressive Spirit
I made a talk to the Civitan club
of Chesterfield the other day.
One of the first to arrive'was that
grand old man of Chesterfield, Geo. |
K Laney. as progressive and youth-
tul in outlook as ever. .
Mr. Laney was enthusiastic in re
counting the great progress of farm
ing in the Chesterfield area. And he
recalled the work of the lafe W J.
Tiller, who pioneered there as coun
ty agent for many years.
I had fast seen Mr. Lapey five
years ago. Chesterfield closed for
15 minutes at noon during the dark
days of the war. And the folks as
sembled at the theater for a brief
service of meditation and prayer for
, the boys on the far-fronts of the
world The county agent and I
joined them And Mr. Laney of
fered a beautiful and fervent prayer
at that time. It was good to see him
afoin
Or amir*
I like the word. Ceramics!
It's the art of making things from
clay and baking them
This state ha* some of the world's
finest clays. We have sold a lot of
the clay But we haven't done much
m the w*ay of manufacturing things
from it
The other day I stopped by again
to see the genteel old potter by the
roadside there near Bcthune. Guy
Daugherty. He was firing the kiln
in which a variety of his skilled hand
work cooked And he showed me
something new. It was 25 pound
balls of mud wrapped in cellophane.
What on eartn do you do with,
those." 1 asked.
"Supply them ta schools.** he said
"And what da they do with them. 1 *
I asked
Thry use them in class work.
teach;ng ceramics.*' he said
Well, I was glad to hear that. He
knows just how to mix mud for such
use. And in the past tney had trou
ble with it drying out before they
could use it. In the celophane it
keeps just right
Clemson is building a real ceram
ics department under the leadership
of Professor G. C. Robinson. In the
short time he ha* been here, he has
built up an interesting story.
Riches from the earth! That's
where it about all comes from And
with us th^se riches have never been
fully explared. And this is one of
that sort, ceramics.
Bovs Are That Way
My brother was a hunter, liked bird !
dogs and we always kept a few. I
never was much for hunting. Guess
I was too lazy, for that’s hard work.
One Christmas he induced me to
go with him and Cousin Ed. I car
ried a gun. But never killed a bird.
I soon got so tired, walking up hill
and down hill, and slipping back on
the pine straw, that I was seldom up
there when they flushed the covies.
We left early that morning, and
soon I was about lost away out tow
ards Hilton. About 11 o’clock we,
came out ta a road that I knew. So
I hit it for h me, and rested the bal
ance of the day there before the fire
eating Christmas goodies.
Just before sundowfti they came in.
loaded down with birds. That morn- |
ing we hai only covered a fourth of i
a two mile circle around home, and j
I could hardly put one foot before
the other one. I was so tired. But!
they went on and covered the other
three sections of that circle that day j
and didn’t seem to be specially tired
at all. It was a puzzle to me, how,
they did it. But I guess if I had liked i
it as they did I wouldn’t have tired
so easily.
I’ve learned to know this, if you,
like to do something, it loses the fla- i
vor of work. And you’re awful for
tunate when your regular occupation
falls in that class. Mine does.
said actually it will be a very easy
winter.
“I shot a bobcat back on my place
not long ago and his fur was as thin
as I ever saw,” he said. "Any fool
knows animals have extra thick fur
before a hard winter.’’
No survey would be complete with
out a statement from the real weather
propnosticators, the elderly negroes
of the Lowcountry.
One said positively it will be the
coldest winter in history. The squir
rels, it seems, started gathering nuts
early and have stored the biggest
piles anyone remembers seeing.
Ants, too, have been busy laying
in a supply of food to last through a
protracted freeze.
The incontrovertible piece of evi
dence was the abundance of acorns.
That’s nature’s way of taking care
of the animals when a hard winter is
coming she said.
Across the road lived a negro who
completed discounted this evidence.
He had seen a ’possum recently
whose den was a hollow tree. This is
sign enough that the comihg winter
will be mild, for all Lowcountry
darkies know the a ’possum holes up
underground when a hard winter is
on the way.
In some sections of the country’
the beaver is highly prized as a
weather prophet. If he builds his
home early, a severe winter is
ahead.^ So far none of the beavers
have reported in around here.
Thick husks on ears of Indian corn
are another sign of a~ hard winter,
local residents say. They forgot to
mention the thickness of this year’s
husks.
One woman said she is preparing
for a bad winter because her Jack
Frost flowers (scientific name un
known) bloomed a month early.
On the subject of frost, it’s a good
( indicator too. Something went wrong
1 with it last year, though. The first
frost of 1948 was October 19, ex
tremely early. But the winter was
considered very mi^d. Perhaps that
was the exception that proves the
rule.
A Pennsylvania Dutch custom of
predicting winter’s severity is the
"goosebone”. If the breastbone of a
roast goose is thick, the winter will
be cold. A thin bone foretells a
mild winter. No one in the Low-
country seems to be using this
highly reliable method yet.
Asked which method he preferred,
Meteorologist John E. Lockwood said
he would stick to his scientific instru
ments.
*T don’t see how an animal can
grow thicker fur, even if he knows
the winter is going to be cold. That
is a good trick,” he said.
One city-bred man said he knew
nothing of the old signs, but he knows
it will be a cold winter. Why?
"John L. called a coal strike. That
is a sure sign.”
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Weather Forecasters
Look for Cold Winter
Is it going to be a cold or a mild
winter?
The United States weather bureau
says it can not tell yet, but lowcoun
try residents say positively it will be
i severe—or mild.
A resident of James Island said
it’s easy to tell it will be a long, hard
winter.
*T saw geese flying over a month
ago. Everybody knows what that
means.”
And for a final clincher he added
that ducks appeared early in James
Island creek this fall.
Another man, on John’s Island,
NOTICE FOR PAYMENT OF
1949 CITY TAXES
Notice is hereby given that Town Taxes for the Town
of Clinton are due and rollectable up to December 31st
for the year 1919. The Tax Books opened for the collec
tion of taxes at the office of the Town Clerk on October
15th. and will temain open up to and through December
31st.
A penalty of ten (10'. ) shall be added if snid taxes
are not paid on or before the 31st day of December. 19t9.
The levy for current fiscal year is 55 mills; 15 mills
for current operating expenses, and 40 mills for interest
and sinking fund on tarious Bond Issues outstanding.
WM. B. OWENS. City Clerk.
OLDEST AND LARGEST B & L. ASSOCIATION
IN LAURENS COUNTY
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That’s Our Business
The purpose of our association is to help citizens
of this community own their own homes, and at the
same time provide investment opportunities for
those persons who wish to put their idle funds to
work. Hundreds of homes have been built in this
county through financing by this association, and
we are real proud of our record of achievement for
40 years.
If you wish to build a home of your own, we sug
gest you come in and talk to us about it. Or if you
have money to invest come to see us. You'll find our
association a good place to borrow or invest money.
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N ow is the time to get ready
—for getting the most fun,
the most use out of your Huick
in the months ahead.
Ouick-trigger starts, that is. A
lively, quiet motor—a chassis
that rides you in lazy comfort,
without squeaks.
And remember that with the
days getting shorter you'll w ant
your lights bright and “on the
beam." Roads will be wetter—
so be sure your tires have good
safe treads, and your brakes
are adjusted for smooth gentle
stopping.
Skilled in the special care of
Buicks at we are, knowing,
your Buick and the factory-
engineered methods of keeping
it always at its best, we can
give you all this surely and
inexpensively.
Drive in this week. TimeV
coming when we’ll be crowded
with rush orders— and it’s
easier to give you the best
service in a hurry when our
schedule is open. Just tell us
you want our quick but
thoroughgoing checkup on all
the points listed below. Leave
your Buick in our hands, and
our special brand of Buick
care will relieve you of any
car-worries in the coming
winter months!
3-nay
preparedness
checkup
NOW
EN6INE
Adjust volv* tappat clearance
Clean and re-oil air cleaner
Chedc oil filter element
Adjust carburetor for best economy
Tighten cylinder head
Drain, Hush cooling system
Inspect all hoses, tighten joints
Determine antifreeze requirements
IGNITION-ELECTRICAL
Cleon, adjust distributor points
Time ignition for peak performance
Clean and reset spark plugs
Check battery—refill—clean off corrosion,
coot terminals
Check generator brushes, charging rate
Check headlight alignment and brightness
BOP/ - CHASSIS
Fill steeling gear housing with lubricant
Inspect and pack front wheel bearings
Inspect front brakes
Check car heater for winter use
Check steering alignment
Sumper-to-bumper lUBHICARE, includ.
Ing trouble-preventing inspection
Buick care
LAURENS MOTOR COMPANY
Zarick Street
Laurens, S. C.