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Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE :•»»»»»»»»»«* < - Thursday, July 19, 1951 FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist I against, as the fire burned beauti fully there on the ground. The fire was comforting in several ways. In addition to its warmth, it dis pelled the darkness all around us, and the goblins of the night went away from our minds. There some of the older ones would regale the circle with tall tales. Sometimes they grew scary, and weJittle ones would lise closer to an older brother or colored man who went along with us. Even tually we would hear one of the dogs bark away across the hills. Everyone would get quiet then to Prayer Meetings ' against the cost of $$700. \]^ n ; . From the bark we could The other Wednesday I was re- Thus we see all agencies working it Was a trail or if they had • together and getting a tine and^f^ 4 “ a ‘J? 11 ' we stayed qmet needed service for the farmers of ^ere at the fire until it changed the county. to a bark that u to d us "} e P 05 ' ns-j r\ i i sum was U P tbe tree - Then we put out the fire and struck out _ _ I 111 IldiillULUH. A 11U111USU11 lUUS A11C. Manv '-hurches were passed. turning to Clemson across the state from early dusk on into the night. 1 was traveling the byroads, as Ij always do', when that’s possible in netting where I’m going. . I In Hampton Thompson tells me, across hiU , vale and . all agricultural workers meet io- th best } lun t e r in the noticed the early ones were open; g et h e r monthly and have a good owd P led us It was then the to air out.^A little farther along, working agreement among them. smal i er ones had to really turn on ™„v\ rh , eir or f a ''> za >' ona "' 1 the steam to keep up. 'A tangle y, helps \wth many things, like the j n vines an( j a f a |] meant some . , ., „ . , , . , running then to catch up. And they all took orders for les- posit with the Clerk of Court the sum of 5% as a guarantee of his good faith in the bidding. The same to be applied to the purchase price upon his complying with the terms of sale, otherwise to be paid to Plaintiff for credit on the indebted ness. In the event the successful! ing purchaser. bidder should fail to make such de posit, or should fail to comply with the terms of sale, the said lands shall be re-sold on the same or some subsequent Salesday on the same terms, at risk of the 'default- The purchaser to pay for papers, stamps and recording. J. HEWLETTE WASSON, 1 Judge of Probate, Laurens County, S. C. Dated July 10, 1951. 2-3cvr I noticed the lights were on and a j Their few persons had gathered. were chatting there near the steps.! s t a te and county corn contests. pedeza bicolor plants that are fur nished by the state game depart- plants were set on the farms for ment. In all, 225,000 of those bird feed the past winfer. L. S. Long, the agriculture teacher at did a specially fine job out Dogs would be looking up the tree and barking w'hen we arrived. We would wave torches at differ ent angles around the tree to get a shine from his eyes, if he was up there. Thus assured, the older boys lit in to chopping the tree down. And no giant of the forest was too large for us to sacrifice for the smallest 'possum. This is already long enough. I On down the road, time had pass ed to where they were going in the church, and I could hear the opening songs from one or two. And still farther along I heard the spirited preaching from one, as I glided by on a new' black-top road that had lately replaced dust Brunson, and mud there. with his FA boys, who set In the neighborhood of nine I 25,000 on their home farms, was passing across Anderson coun- 4-H Galore ty. One congregation was just get- i n Horry county the county and will have to get you out of the win- ting out, and another had about home agents have 1,600 white 4-H ter woods next Week. dwindled away. Farther on still club Members, about equally di- ihe lights had been turned out and vided between boys and girls. NOTICE OF SALE several boys were lingering on a They are handled in 32 community The State of South Carolina, log there by the road in the clubs. churchyard talking. And on down I remarked that they sure must the road two young couples were have their county covered. They walking, holding hands, while par-1 said no, not by a lot. They have onts and younger children were dozens of schools that they haven’f walking on ahead. the time to reach wdth a 4-H club. 1 Pc accful and reassuring scenes of, For there are just so many days in: the countryside! I like ’em. a month, and they have to meet with them regularly. •yy.’a" "Fumigatin' All Day" A I ’.ored man who works for R. County of Laurens. In Court of Probate Rosa Lee Lilliewood, individual ly and as Administratrix of the estate of E. L. Lilliewood, Plaintiff, vs. L. Lilliewood cl. \v With all else these agents have to W. L. Lilliewood, Luther Lillie-; .. . what they had been do- do. it’s a mystery how they handle wood. Eugene Lilliewood, Lula Maej •ig. He said. "Fumigatin’ all day.”jSuch a load of 4-H work. too. Lilliewood Daniels. Sammie Lee That was his word for irrigat- Boys Are That Way Lilliewood, and Beatrice Lillie- 1 .:u: - -"ething new for him. Even though our house in the wood Crawford. Defendants. Hr. N'ed is pioneering in that Stone *lills of the Dutch Fork had Pursuant to a Decree of the| I mis alfalfa is feeling the large airy rooms and only a fire- Court in the above stated case, I f: m the man-made show- place for heat. I don't recall ever will sell at public outcry to the they don't come natural- getting cold as a kid. highest bidder, either in or in front Winter cramped our style a bit of the Court House, at Laurens Drainage In Hampton as roving youngsters in a bound- C. H., S. C., Salesday in August' C ty Agent Thompson tells me less domain of almost virgin coun- next, being Monday, the 6th day of' bruit : cy had 74 applications for t r . v - Days were short and con- the month, during the legal hours ditching by the county-owned out- sumod by school. Our creek, so for such sales, the following de- Ifit the past year. Their SCS man. fruitful at other seasons, was a scribed property, to wit: damp, cold, and uninviting ravine All that certain piece, parcel, lot in winter. But the long nights of land together with dwelling brought delights that were differ-j house and other improvements' ent. thereon, lying, situate and being in! It was then that we sought the the Town of Clinton, County and! wary possum on long treks . State aforesaid, containing about R Q Rousey, routes anr super vises it The past year this out fit removed 210.000 square yards of dirt in digging needed ditches. And the PM A payments earned by the farmers on it totaled S25.Q06 or enough to go a long way to wards paying for the work. This work is under the direc tion of the county soil conserva tion district supervisors of Hamp ton county. Last fall they secured another piece of needed equip ment, a cultipadker-seeder. This is used for seeding small seeds like pasture grasses and clovers. through the rugged woods. Bundles one-third of an acre, more or less, of burning lightwood splinters bounded by West Carolina Avenue' were cai ried by the lead man, and (formerly Green Street), C. N. it we followed him through the tangle L. Railway, lot now or formerly of underbrush. Beyond the gleam belonging to Young Dendy and of that flickering light lay dark- others, and being all of the lands ness, deep and sinister. And we on Carolina Avenue owned by E. L. little ones sure scrambled to keep; Lilliewood at his death. up within its comforting reach. As the frosts of night bit down, They rent it out to farmers at 50 we became chilly, and built a fire, cents per acre. Last fall, Tholnp- 1 Our woods were never burned; so son tells me, it seeded 900 acres of the straw was thick. We would pastures, bringing in $450 to apply I rake that back for a cushion to rest $==sm j.t $ :: 31 3: Xl $ 1 MIDWAY Drive-In Theatre Terms of Sale: Cash. 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