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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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Thursday^*January 31, 1952
FARMS
AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information
Specialist
Laurens County Grass
Have you seen the grazing, they
have in Laurens Covlnty?
Thousands of cotton’s lost ’acres
have gone to, grass there. County
Agent Cannon’s records show that
there on the soil to do the job. And
the returns have become inviting.
So now we see many bright young-j
sters b^ing educated to the soil, not'
away fronv it, ^
And, I’m sure, all of this goes to
Belfe
during the past year thev bought I help make the golden age that
560 tons of TVA ammonium ni- Director Watkins was talking
trate to go to. 10,000 acres of it. about.
iTiis grew from 5,000 acres the I 65 Million Acres,
vear befofe and 2.250 in 1948. * | It took 65 million acres of land
And most of our other counties I to'feed the 20 million horses and
ace traveling this same road. Lau-' mules that have already gone from
rens is just a litle further along
than most of them.
the farms of this cbuntry. Now that
land is used for growing food and
At most places new fall seedlings , fiber. It represents one-sixth of our
were slow and late due to dwught total cultivated acreage,
last fall. But here and there theL In 1910 had 24 million head
county agents point to a . few whofof work stock in this country'. Now j
irrigated. My, you should see the we have six million. Then we had i
grazing there! I one thousand tractors. Now we
The*way things look, more and’:have four million!
morr farmers can be expected to | Change, my. my! And this change
take the most advanced step in has contributed much to “our
their farming lives in the imme- golden age’’ that Director Watkins
diate. vears ahead by embracing wa ^ talking about abofbr tob.
this thing we call irrigation. Yes. i Personally I hate to see the crit-
Tin certain of their lands near wat- | ters 8°- They added a solidarity
er they will cease the ancient folly . and self-sufficiency to the farm
of looking Tiito stern blue skies and j that was real. They went with the
longing .for the showers' that do farmer, through the ups and downs,
not come at critical times. They 1 And when adversity struck, and
Final Reductions 1
will apply the knowledge that man
has developed to the water that’s,
stored in the pond or that the AH
mighty has put in the running
the farmer scraped the bottom of
his barrel, they gnawed on the
logs of the barn and ate coarse
stuff in the pasture to pull through
stream. And the result will be the with him until better times. But,
life-giving shower at the right - feel as we may about it, change and
place when it counts for most. j progress are relentless. And we
Our Golden Age move on to what usually proves to
"Our golden age on the farms in i be better things.
South’ Carolina is somewhere out | Often in crossing South Carolina 1
front,” said Director Watkins in a now I believe I see more tractor!
recent address at Aiken to the pas- outfits - in the fields than mules. |
lure contest winners. And we are fast learning to get the |
He was thinking of the awaken- 1 best out of those iron mules, too. j
ing that’s coming so fast to our i County -agents arrange - farm ma-
land of cotton. Not that we are 1 c hinery schools. Some years ago,
thinking less of cotton, but that when critters were still / rather j
our eyes are being opened to other i plentiful, these schools were attend-!
possibilities that have lain dorm- ed by small groups,. But now the
ant here so long. And, as they take fajrm machinery schools are usually
hold on The Ipnd, cotton itself is attended by such crowds as to make
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made into a better crop with their
hcJp.
- With the machine and varied
it hard for the engineers of Clem- j
son to get the intimate details over
..La. every man. " |
livestock and money crops, a bet- J The mule largely took care of
ter farm life beckons to intelli- himself, as long as we kept feed in
gence diligently applied. | the trough. But with the tractor it
I can well remember when Clem- is entirely different. We must mas-
.. son educated principally farm ter its every need, and be atten- ;:
leaders. Now it also educates lead- tive to its every squeak and sput- ,
ing farmers * Back then a job in ter, if we are to get the service out 1
some agricultural field looked bet- of them that proper attention in- 1
ter to the graduate than a pair of sures.
plow handles, for you could hire! Boys Are That Way
a boy to hold them up for $6 a ! We had our peculiarities of
month. But now that mechanization speech. But we didn t notice them. :;
has come and diversity promises Naturally we thought the way we
more, it takes intelligence out said things was right, for we had-
1 never heard any other. •
— j When I first went to the old one-
i teacher school back in the stone
hills I came in contact with chil-
1 dren from across the creek. I
thought they talked funny. And I
Dr. Felder Smith
Optometrist
Laurens, S. C.
128 EAST MAIN STREET
South Side Public Squarr
HOIKS FOR EYE
EXAMINATIONS;
9:00 to 5:30
Wednesdays 9:00 to I2;3t
Phone 794
Gray
Funeral Home
Clinton, S. C.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
...and...
EMBALMERS
Phones 41 and 399-J
.AMBULANCE SERVICE
L. RUSSELL GRAY and
V. PARKS ADAIR, Grn. M*ts.
guess they thought I did, too.
In late years folks have gotten
about a lot more. And that creek
is not now the dividing line it'once-
was. But man of the peculiarities
of speech still remain. I mentioned
sevefal of them here some time
ago. Recently I visited a man from
across that creek and many of his
words were just like the kids used
from over there forty- odd years
ago. For instance he said “main-
tion” instead of mention, “bundage”
for bondage, "thang’’ for thing,
“houman” for human, “attaintion”
for attention, and so on.
As kids we cut a lot of craziness
with words, just meaningless
I words or phrases. For years, when
we had nothing else at all to do,
i we would just out of a clear- sky
! break out and say this, “topeke-
leeka-genwell cackwell-bone”.
And when you didn’t understand
what someone said and asked
“What?”, the answer you would in
variably get, during the few years
that this vogue ran, was “That’s
what”. So if you didn’t catch it at
first, it was hard to get it at all.
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BOYS MOUTON COLLAR
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^ Sizes 4 to 16
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2.99
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^ MEN’S FANCY
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" UNDERWEAR REDUCED!
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'' ' Sizes 34 to 46
FINAL CLEARANCE!
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FINAL REDUCTIONS!
MEN’S SUITS
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Regular values to $39.50. Blues, greys.
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Group II
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Half Sizes. Crepes
3.99
5.88
7.88
Values
to |
.$12.95
Values
to
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Values
to
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HERE’E YOUR CHANCE TO BUY THAT
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16.88
Regular
$39.95
Value
GABARDINES. A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME BUY.
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SIZES 12 TO 18.
SPECIAL PURCHASE! RAYON TRICOT
SLIPS ... 1.98
Sizes 34 to 40. Regular $2.98 value.
Nylon trim with pleated ruffle at bottom.
: (Lingerie—second floor)
DRESS SPECIAL!
Women’s Dresses
2.77
Reg. Values
to
. $5.95
Rayon crepes and gabardines. Not all sizes in all
styles, but excellent values for the money.
BOYS’ BLUE DENIM .
DUNGAREES
1.33
8-oz. sanforized.
Copper riveted. Sizes 6 to 16.
Excellent Buy!
CANNON LEAKSVILLE,
5% WOOL PLAID
BLANKETS
3.00
Size 72x84. Regular $.49 value.
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GRAND BUY!
PIECE GOODS
38c yA
Values to 79c.
Gabardines and rayon crepes.
REPEAT VALUE! CANNON BATH
TOWELS
38c
Big, thick and thirsty.
20x40. All wanted colors.
WOMEN’S COTTON
PRINT DRESSES
1.44“
Sizes 14 to 44. Fast colors.
New spring styles.
MEN’S* '
T-SHIRTS
37c
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2.00
Casuals and Dress Shoes. Leather and
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• CLOSE-OUT!
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PANTIES
29c pr
- 4 pair for 1.00 -
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Regular 59c value.
Ful 38-inch width. Fast colors. ^
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Several patterns to choose from.
RAYON GABARDINE
Sizes
10 to 18
10.00
Values
to
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green and brown.
pr.
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WOMEN’S
HANDBAGS
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Patents, plastics and leathers.
Red. green, naVy, black, brown.
WOMEN’S RAYON
BLOUSES
REDUCED!
Sizes 2 to S
SNUZE
PILLOW CASES
Smooth quality. Size 42x36.
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