The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, July 19, 1951, Image 4
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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Thursday, July 19, 1951
FARMS
AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information
Specialist
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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.
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"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
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