The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, June 05, 1952, Image 9
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Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 5, 1952
Number 23
farms
AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information
Specialist
Record 4-H Rally
Florence recently had what looks
like a record 4-H rally for these
parts. From every community of
the county they came with their
local leaders, 1,400 strong! Levon
Godwin, president of their 4-H
council, presided well over the in
spirational program put on by the
clubs. They had to sit two deep
where they met. There were tears
tn irrany eyes when—County Agent
McLendon announced that their
; beloved assistant county agent,
Archi^ Odom, was leaving for oth-
er work. But he promised to, come
back and help them with their
summer camp and booth at the fall
fair.
A berbecue dinner was served at
the fair grounds, from which sev
eral hundred dollars were netted
for the state 4-H camp improve
ment fund, according to J. T. Rog
ers, district 4-H club leader.
Small Things Count
Nothing looks much sorrier than
an automobile with a hub cap off.
Or a good crop growing with an
bccasiohal h!gfT "weed“ "Sticking Tip
out there in it.
Wrinkled hose on a beautiful
woman, or a gate that drags and
won’t latch.
An expensive combine left out
l in the weather for the 11. months
good many plantings of it on oth
er farms this spring. And, of!
course, it likes good land too.
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They had 57 head of nice fat
steers at the Greenwood area 4-H
show and sale back in April. Prices
were off, and net rejturns were dis
appointing. But' that, too, teaches
the youngsters a valuable lesson.
For when they get on their own as
farmers they need to know the
hard fact that disappaointments he
in that road too, as well as in all
others. We must just do the best
job we possibly can. And then
when prices are low, maybe we
can still come out. When the price
break is good, then we can rack
up some profits.
The counties of _ Greenwood,
Newberry and Laurens took part
in this show. The 4-H fat stock
shows have done a lot to blaze that i
way for the cattle development
we now.see- grawing aver .the state.
For there is where many a farmer
saw his first really fat beef cattle.
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Boys Are That Way
New things were a bit slow' to
get back in our stone hills. So I
it isp’t in use* or. the fellow- who- -gSIhS- along there before- the muz-
drags a plow down the hill and z f un 8 or >e.
starts a gully. 7116 old long-barreled, big-ham-
Fertilizer sacks thrown around meiec ! gun stood on the floor in a
and allowed to rot, or a garden ( ‘ orner behind the clothes closet
door to the left of the fireplace.
where weeds crowd the vegetables
out.
The fellow who has money for
Kqyor and smokes but none for a
washing machine nor to paint his
house.'
j A critter suffering with a sack
! for a muzzle when a dime or quar-
| ter would get one that lets it
breathe.
A running stream by a field
where crops are parching up.
A rural church that's allowed to
starve amid plenty.
A balding man like me, need
ing a haircut.
Enough of that for now'. - -
HARRY C. LAYTON
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Alderman
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Your Vote and Influence
Will Be Appreciated
I County Agent Shelley of Bam-
1 well tells me that last year the lo-
cal PMA office there paid 174
farmers $40,110.48 in practice pay-
ments"for building 140 miles of
woven wire fence and 26.8 miles of
barbed wire fence. And he says
there was a lot of fencing in addi
tion to this. '
It strikes me that this is a
mighty constructive way for a
j farm to spend its PMA allowance.
; Good fences carry their dividends
I on through the years in the live
stock development that’s growing.
For PMA assistance, a fence
must be built right. Consult your
local committeeman and get Clem
son Agricultural Engineering Leaf
let No. 71, Better Fencing for Bet
ter Pastures, fro myour county
agent before you build yours.
Coastal Bermuda grass is giving
good results even on light sandy
lands. Cal Peeples, who used to
be our soils man, tells me that it
is tops on light sandy land for cat
tle in Beaufort. And County
Agent Cain of Calhoun, says it has
done well on light land for Dr.
Raysor there. They have made a
And above it from a nail hung ’he
powder horn, shot flask, paper
wadcling, and box of caps in the
hunting sack.
The gun w’as kept loaded for
emergencies, for it took time to do
that. And the hammer was pulled
back till it clicked once. It was
on safety there. But tw’o clicks
meant it was fully cocked for busi
ness.
My brother was an expert shot
with that gun. He loaded it to
suit the job. Squirrel in high trees
called for larger shot and more
powder, while birds on the w’ing
called for finer shot that .would
--{-scatter. Sometimes those old guns
wniild f :i11 f,r< ‘i j 11 -'- 1 ^
cap on the fuse that stuck out
about a half-inch. It was hollow
and led down in the barrel to the
powder. To make sure, we would
usually pack a little fine powder
down in that fuse.
In the earlier days our folks got |
their shot from across the creek t
piece, where a venerable old man
of the back country ran a crude
store. He had heard in his youth (
that “a pint is a pound the world
around,” and believed it implicitly.
He had no Scales. So he used a |
pint measure for the few thin-
that needed measuring or weigh
ing. He applied that to shot too.
That made it a big bargain, for a
pint of shot weighed several
pounds. 4 The thrifty men -of the
stone hills were not long in put
ting him out of the shot business.
He said somehov/ or other they
just wouldn’t measure out, and it
puzzled him.
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Officers, Committees
Classroom Teachers
The following are the officers J
and committee members of the
Clinton Classroom Teachers asso
ciation for 1952-1953:
President, Mrs. Nene D. Work-!
man.
Vice-President, Miss Agne Davis.
Secretary, Mrs. Lewis Wallace.
Treasurer, Mrs. Minna Irby.
-Welfare: Mrs. Raymond Pitts,
Miss Nancy Owens, Mrs. Marian*
Neighbors, Mrs. Essie Workman,
Mrs. Ayliffe Jacobs, Mrs, Minna
Irby.
Public Relations: Miss Clyde;
Smith, Mrs. Ayliffe Jacobs, Miss |
Julia Porter.
Program Committee: Miss Rose
Lee, Mrs. Eloise Ellis, Mrs. Hugh
Buford.
Social Committee: Mrs. Irene C.
Little, Miss Ella Little McCrary,
Mrs. Fannie Wade.
Citizenship: Miss Irene Work
man, Florida Street school; Miss
Mary Johnson, Providence school;
Miss Elizabeth Boland, high school;
Mrs. Margaret Blakely, Academy
Street school; Mrs. Margaret Sease,
S|ate Training school; one to be
supplied from Thornwell school.
N. E. A. Committees
Citizenship: Miss Irene Work- f
man.
Credit Unions: Miss Odetta Mau-
ney.
International Relatibns: Mrs. Ay
liffe Jacobs.
Professional Ethics: Miss Clyde 1
Smith.
Tax Education and School Fi
nance: Mrs. Frank Boland.
Tenure and Academic Freedom:
Mrs. Claude Lawson.
Defense Commission: Mrs. Minna
Irby.
Legislative Commission: Miss
Kate Milam.
National Commission on Teach
er Education and Professional
Standards: Mrs. Nene D. Workman.
State Committees: Miss Clyde
Smith, Mrs. George D. Ellis, Jr,
Mrs. Hugh Buford, Mr$. Mollie
Donnan, Miss Kate Milam.
Membership: Miss Elizabeth
Copeland, Mrs. Evelyn H. Law,
Mrs. Polly E. Hierfc.
Loving Service: Mrs. Randolph
Davis, Mrs. Clayte Ray.
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