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% f A Pape Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE A Thursday, November 29, 1951 FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist Seen Oui West Many small lakes in arid west ern Nebraska. I wondered why they didn’t irrigate from them. Learned they were so alkaline as to be no good. And only at places where they could get good water from deep wells did I see the abund ance that irrigation brings. The Burlington Zephyr trains, that speed west into the Great Plains from Chicago, are light, At the old one-teacher school away back in the woods from our place, I can well remember seeing all the children of a family wearing garments from the same cloth. And our school clothes too occupied a special category. Last week I told you of our “Sunday clpthes.” They were strictly for church, weddings, par- itcular visiting, and the like. They comfortable, and fast. They hinge were often store bought, or made together like an accordion, and only have one wheel on each side at the end of the car, whereas most at home from a little better ma terial. Then the school clothes came next. They were always made at trains have three. No smoking is home, even to our pants and coats allowed in the coaches. A club car of heavy jeans. If there was work is provided for that. In the Chicago station a fash ionably dressed woman was lead ing her suitcase along by a strap. It had skate rollers attached to the bottom of it. At Peoria I saw’ tractors being made. They work 28,000 folks in that factory. Now I have more ad miration for the skill and material that g^es into a good engine. Melons and peaches were high in Chicago. But our growers were not getting much for them then. Carrying and distributing costs must be high. The producer gets what's left after those things are ^ paid When I got back I saw a t farmer in Spartanburg >vho had received $43 back for a car of, peaches—10 cents a bushel! The ones I saw up there were selling for 15 cents a pound. Double sidewalks on the grounds; of the University of Illinois. One' was wide and the other narrow. I wondered, and soon found out. The narrow one was for bicycles. Not a bad idea. And the sidewalks were brick in stead of concrete where they lay mar trees. The brick would Rive, a? the tree roots grew, and could t* taken up and relaid. Concrete I couldn't to do when we got home from school, we pulled our school out fit off and donned overalls, our everyday work clothes. In them we w’ere most comfortable. LAND SALE The State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. In Court of Common Pleas. TOM PLAIXCO, Plaintiff, vs CHARLES J. SLACK, Defendant. Pursuant to a Decree of the Court in the aboye stated case, I will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder, either in or in front of the Court House, at Laurens, S. C., on Salesday in December next, being Monday, the 3rd day of the month, during the legal hours for such sales, the following described property, to wit; All that piece, parcel or lot of land, with the dwelling house thereon, situate, lying and being one hundred seventy-five (175) feet, more or less, south of U. S. Highway No. T6, about one (1) mile east of the corporate limits of the Town of Clinton, in Laurens Coun ty, State of South Carolina, bound- Nqw from these three sorts of clothing, don’t get the idea we had a lot of ’em. One Sunday outfit, including shoes, was all. Two school outfits, washed on alternate weeks. And several changes of older patched-up work clothes that had likely once occupied the upper categories. That made up our out fits in the Stone Hills when we were kids. ed on the north by lands of Tom Plaxico, three hundred and thirty- two (332) feet thereon; on the east by land of Annie W. Todd, two huhdred sixteen (216) feet thereon; ’on the south by land of B.- L. Smith, one hundred ninety-eight (198) feet thereon, »and by another lot of Tom Plaxico shown as^lot No. 2 on plat of said subdivision hereinafter referred to, ninety (90) feet thereon; and on the west by said Lot No. 2 of Tom Plaxico, one hundred and eighty-five (185) feet ^thereon, and by public driveway leading south from U .S. Highway ;76, twenty-five (25) feet thereon. Said lot of land is Lot No. 1 as shown, designated and delineated on a plat of subdivision of proper ty of Tom Plaxico. made by S./T. Martin, Surveyor, dated March 21, 1949, and is a portion of the land acquired by Tom Plaxico by deed of Annie W. Todd, dated Decem ber 28, 1943, and recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Laurens County, in Deed Book 83. at page 271, and is the identical lot of land conveyed to Charles J. Slack by Tom Plaxico by deed dated May 11, 1949. Terms of Sale: Cash. The success ful bidder, immediately upon the conclusion of the bidding, shall de posit with the Clerk of Court the sum of five (5%) per centum as a guarantee of his good faith in the bidding. The same to be applied to the purchase price upon his com plying with the terms of sale, oth erwise to be paid to Plaintiff for credit on the indebtedness. In the event the successful bidder should fail to make such deposit or should fail to comply with the terms of sale, the said lands shall be re-sold on the same oc some subsequent Salesday on the same terms, at risk of defaulting purchaser. The purchaser to pay for papers, stamps and recording. W. E. DUNLAP, C. C. C. P. 8c G. S. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE NOTICE FOR PAYMENT OF 1951 CITY TAXES Notice is hereby given that Town Taxes for the Town of Clinton are due and collectable up to December 31st for the year 1951. The Tax Books are now open at the office of the Town Clerk and will remain open up to and through December 31st. A penalty of ten (10%) shall be added if said taxes are not paid on or before January 1, 1952. The levy for current fiscal year is 53 mills; 15 mills for current operating expenses, and 38 mills for interest and sinking fund on various Bond Issues outstanding. WM. B. OWENS, City Clerk. Say "I Saw It In The Chronicle'' — Thank You! can see, mat are In a '•range area, nt.* many interesting thing:, different Hawkint Reviewed Cattle Business For many years J R. Hawkins vi..' a very effective livestock *P«f»ah >• here with the Extension S« rv itf Now he is a livestock farmer of Richland county. He made . i very good and practical t..lk to the large group of beef cat- tl* farmers at Clemson’i recent Farmers' Week Among other things, he said, •Dne thing about this beef cattle bu«ines> is, you can do enough of < it to muke a good standard of liv ing ’ Hr recalls that our first auction market was started in 1934. Now we ha\e many. And the readiness with which a product sells at or near the established market price has a whole lot to do with how well it will take as a crop. And he saw pointed out that in Texas it took some advantages we have here. He an investment of something like $250 tu $300 per cow in land for the cattle business, and more in the Midwest. Here he figured it took an investment of only about $125 to $150 per cow in land on an average. Our advantage is not in rich soil nor experience. For we don’t have them. Our main advantage is in winter grazing,” he said. His season of most abunpdant grazing was in the winter. I’m sure other growers share with Mr. Hawkins in what he said. And demonstrations that county agents have in practically every county prove the same things about the cattle business here and our grazing potential. The beef cattle growers had a very fme short course at Clemson during Farmers’ Week. Hundreds of them were here. By the way, how is your winter grazing now? If you got it up early, Hhgh Woodle says it should have already had some of that nitrate. Lewis Knows Tobacco ’ Our extension tobacco specialist, J. M. Lewis, really knows tobacco. He should. He grew up with the crop and was educated in the science of growing it. His dad, W. J. Lewis of Darlington county, built his first tobacco bam the year I was born, 1895. And Lewis tells me he still uses it. It is a frame barn. The space between the walls is stuffed with sawdust. I wonder if anyone has a tobacco barn that has been in continuous use any longer than that, 56 years? If so, let me know, and I’ll men tion it here. Boys Are That Way Our country store would get in a shipment of cloth a time or two a year. Most mothers would go there, pick out a bolt that she liked, and buy it all Then she would make garments for all the family from it. Shirts for the men and boys and dresses for the girls and women. Then, for the next year or more, the family was attired in a sort of uniform. This had its advantages. Waste in ;emnants was small, and when patching time c*me, we only had to match one pattern. Thus we can see, economy was the watchword in $he Stone ff*Us of the Dutch Fori:. lor living was hard SOLVE YOUR SHOPPING PROBLEMS IN 5 MINUTES AT HAMILTON’S HAMILTON “A Credit To All South Carolina” 22 More Shopping ©ays Until Christmas