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S&SHBbaeiBMBHMHHHHHj / Page Four Nt- THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, November 8, 1951 FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist by a strong southern group which from time to time formed air-tight coalitions with Republicans, o r with any other division necessary to control Jcey legislation. Between jprobes^ which number ed approximately 15b, the congress i passed about 115 major bills. Here are some of the major legislative acts: Military appropriation bill of $57 billion; military construction bill for $4.1 billion; foreign aid bill for $7.3 billion; other federal spending, 10 bills totalling $14.1 billibn; reciprocal trade agree ment, which included the contro- Bro-wn Swiss In Oconee blocked it in and put it. in heavy, . ampndment fos _ “Our farmers like their Brown type^ Another editor cut it out en-; tered by the Republicans in the Swiss cattle, County Agent On - ir *. '‘ . T . . 80th congress; famine aid to India; f,n of Oconee told me the '> the ', fe ^ h ^°a t y m^e Ufe so caned »' troops to Eoropei in- v;« icnicmlicr a man _ , ro m -d mtereating..! w. w«J tnk^exiension'o? K S represenUMve‘to^th^UnUed^a: | nltion“chlrges‘ fense production act, watered; tions after congress had failed to ; And the highlight of the lobby- down; extension of the draft; uni versal military training; the tax bill to raise $5.7 billion; defense housing act; flood relief; navy ship construction act; merchant ma- Tine construction; Mexican labor the sugar controls act; hospital benefits for Korean Veterans;. free GI life insurance; railroad retire ment pensions; postal rate increas es; disabled veterans pension in crease; cars for veterans (vetoed); ending war with Germany; pea nut acreage allotment and pay hikes for government employees. The appointment of General Mark Clark as ambassador to the Vatican will run over as a major controversy into the next session of this congress, as will the recess ap pointment of Phillip Jessup as U. by President Truman on insubordi- confirm his appointment during the regular session. Announcement of Senator Taft’s presidential yen; resignation of William Boyle, Jr., ad Democratic national chairman; and refusal of George Guy Gabrielson, Republi can chairman to register were top political high-lights of the session, plus the abortive atempt of Sen ator Karl iMundt, South Dakota, for a coalition of Republicans and southern Democrats at the party level. Probably the emotional high light of this congress was the “Old Soldiers Never Die” speech of Gen. Douglas MacArthur before a joint session of the congress, after he was fired from suprenfe command Clemson went west and bought the;™ alike, things would soon first batch for them some years I mto a tiresome rut, I guess, ago, and they were also introduced, tair progress in tht college herd then. . 1 ^ /ol^ed. fairs a long time One i ea -behind thejr mtroduc- '» Sf ^h Carolina. In quite recent tun to the rugged near-mountain , ma T n >;. them have improved area v. a, the possibility of a blue « reat V- 1 T d,dn « et to ^ mold cheese business eventually in J 3 *' 1 two I visited impressed me a connecti m with Mountain tunnel acquired for the curing process. . z . . A Other introductions have been; meaningless jumble of tinsel. And ists in this congress was the Nat ional Meat Institute and the Texas booted and spurred “cowboys” who strutted through the capitol corridors in an effort to defeat the meat curbs in the defense produc tion act. Outstanding probe of the year was the Kefauver investigation of crime through out the country, and, while several bills were in troduced subsequently Ito place curbs on crime and gamblihg, none of them were passed through Ihe congress. As a mater of fact, the controversial tax bill which was defeated once, and then passed in an about face by the house, con tains at least a recognition if not a legalization of gambling when the bill imposes a 10 per cent tax on wagers placed with book mak ers or lottery operators. the Stumphousc ^ The Spartanburg Interstate that Clemson has Fair see,ne ^ organized around a purpose, and was not just a rather brought into that are* since then, i J™ could follow its progressive a number of fanners now have ngM trough the vast ex- The other fair that seems headed Mranle herds, and many have a few animals of this breeding. With this . t foundation, they started a milk somewhere is the Eastern Carolmas route in Oconee last year. And. de- Florence. They are in tune spite the very dry summer, the' w ,th , the and fores ee a grow- number of farmers patronizing it has increased constantly. And Griffin says something over 100 yium, s ''*** c “‘"** over $17,000! farmers are now selling milk and „ ing livestock empire in the Pee Dee, as evidenced by the small fortune offered in livestock prizes. are well pleased. He sees a few good cows as filling a great need, ch ‘ e .among the small farmers of Oconee. . ; Boys Are That Way As frost came to the stone hills, came m as .among tne small larmers oiuconee. i,,j .""" ^ ur r °utine, A total of 88 4-H club members k *^ * n ^e Dutch Fork, there have 115 calves, mostly! nn Y e the area - as usua . Brown Swiss a.d Guernsey. [ °" 1 n y *°^ ht was ^ ffe #1 rent Most Beautiful Houa. | J" 11 was ^ n ° w -» I’ve been around a good bit. I’ve, * 1 on a f ter * • noons. Now it was the brilliant; shades of autumn. We picked gay | leaves and pinned them together 1 with thorns for hats. The haws' were bladk-ripe, as were the sand-; berries and honey locust too. And | the persimmon was candying on \ the tree The wild grapes then turned blue on the vine, and we sought to let none drop with age.! But all of these were bounty on • the spot and would not keep The nuts we stored for winter. Hick- i through _the widely. We .seen some of the famed homes of the movie stars in Hollywood. And I’ve been carried through some of the fine residential sections of our country and Mexico. Seme of them were great castle- like structures, looking more like an institution than a home to live in. And some of them looked mighty nice, if you had the money to run them. But to my way of thinking, the most beautiful, most livable-looking, the easiest on the! ory nu ^ abounded eyes, the home that just seems to I hills. They vary say “come hither’’, and the one that j knew- the good trees and there looks like it just grew into the we made a clean harvest Sacks beautiful setting and bloomed out ) of them were stored m th „ is the one on the left a half mile I and they made happy hours bt>und Bob Jones University on around the hearth on long winter the road from Greenville towards | evenings. Spartanburg. u 1 ' A few black walnuts dotted our ! don t even know who lives range. We carted them early, there. But to me it w the most, w h,ie the hulls were 'still soggv pleasing picture of a home I ve with stain. They were dried in ever seen. the sun on the chips at the wood- \\e can all do some beautifica- pi ]e. Then later, when dry they t.on around our homes. And now were hulled with a hammer there is t t time to do it ; on the chopping block, and stored PrcnressiTe Colored Pe^P 1 ® in the smokehouse or cellar Did you see the famt and home chinquapins. The scaly^ark was of Negro home demonstration We didn’t have chestnuts on at the Piedmont Interstate Fair our choicest nut. Those at Spartanburg and at the Ander son County Fair? nor __ trees were few. We knew every one. 1. « j 1 And w hen their nuts were drop- They were excellent and would pm g in the fall our footsteps have done any fair credit. Their made paths to them They are a county and home agents were much sort of hickory nut with thin shell m evidence there with them. Their and much meat that’s easy to get out. n - • - * was hard to keep from eating all of theqi first. So the late winter saw on As Washington Sees It... IHE NATIONAL SCENE folks turned out with fine ex hibits and were there to assist all week long. And the 4-H club mem- iaie wimer saw us mostly bers were in the forefront there, hickory nuts and walnuts too. in person and with good ex- More of this next week hibits of livestock, poultry, and field crops. The colored women and 4-H club members in Florence county couldn 1 lose the time from the fields during the recent harvest season for their usual home dem- onstration and 4-H club meetings. Special To The Chronicle. So they met at night and during Washington, Nov. 5. — Despite noon-hours, according to Mrs. the small number of law5~pased Ma:! !i B. Paul, state supervisor and the predeliction of the 82dn of Ne-ro home demonstration congress for (probes and investi- Wt rk gations,' this first session of the differ So i congress cannot be called do- r iks differ. Editors, too. It of- nothing.” ten happens, as this did the other In spite of the numberless hours da - v , : wasted in probing into almost ev- I put a pithy but rather meaning- i ery nook and cranny of the land less .-quib in the column, purely as 1 and into almost every avenue of 3 tarnish, a change of pace, and. government, the overall accom- perhap.- as the carrier of a smile, plishments of the first session of Oni 1 editor liked it so well he ; the 82nd congress loom rather ! large viewed from the angle of world importance a'nd national se curity. The session started slowly, but fast—at all times under clouds of threatened war, and its appropria tions of money from the American j taxpayers, including approximate- i ly 57 billion doUars for military, pushed the ‘85 billion dollar mark. Taxes were boosted some 11 per j cent to help meet the military cost | of national security, and, from the J first day, the congress was ruled It’s so easy to relieve coughs and stuffiness of coMs in a hurry this home-proved way . .. with 2 spoonfuls of Vicks VapoRub in a vapor izer or in a bowl of boiling water as directed in package. Just breathe in the steam! Every single breath carries VapoRub’s soothing medi cations deep into throat and large bronchial tubes. It medicates irritated menj- branes, helps restore normal breathing. For coughs or upper bronchial congestion there’s nothing like using Vicks VapoRub in steam. For continued relief al ways rub it on throat, chest and back. V£!£ 59,650 Men To Be Drafted Month of January Washington, Nov. 2. — The De fense Department issued ' a draft call today for 59,650 men in Janu ary, ticketing 48,000 for the Army and 11,650 for the Marines. It was the largest call since March, when 80,000 were inducted. 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