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J / f v \ Pape Six THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, October 16, 1952 FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist Bowen's Bird Bulletin Back in 1937 County Agent Bowen [of Sumter wrote a bulletin that proved very popular. It was Clemson Extension Bulletin 98, “Some Common South Carolina Birds and Their Economic Import ance to the South Carolina Farm er.'’ The supply had been exhaust ed for seme time. But the demand for it continued. So recently Direc tor Watkins decided to have it re printed. and it is again available from Clemson or from local county 1 to have a lot of abandoned school- houses. The school has long been the center of community life. That building can continue to be, ac cording to Clemson’s V. A. Boyd, by making of it a community build ing. There the home demonstration and 4-H clubs, farm organizations,!^ i and various community groups can j *• meet. There local farm and homej i programs can be worked out, and | §| neighbor can meet with neighbor,! I agents I'm sure we would all do morej a f, “"'y has b rou « ht < hem . . , , . » .all together in the past to protect our bird friends if we „ ‘ . .. . . F , I How is your community faring knew the important part the y.j n this? It will sure be a pity to let 1 * play, in holding down insects. AsJ an y 0 f the old school buildings fall; our bird population has been cut, into decay, as they will very rap-: insect problems have idly, if not used. And every eom-j munity needs that sort of meeting ^ place so bad, too. |« Termites Help ♦> Well, I’m about ready to admit ! j.j that there is some gOOdTn every-|g With our reorganization and [thing, consolidation program for schools | Tests at Cleson show that once-jg getting under way, we are going hated Bermuda grass is by far our | *•$ most \ aluable pasture plant. And j mQf)y who once knew it but : to fight it in the field are setting *.; it in their pastures. ! Some weeks ago our man Cush- :•» man came in and said a good word for crabgrass. He noticed it was the!;* first down our groVh. We had better not change Nature’s balance too much. Good Use For Abandoned Schoolhouses owuht ►. miWHoww ■ S a 8 1 i s :: M 1 8 8 Savings Accounts 3%—DIVIDEND—3% We invite savings accounts from the people of Clinton and vicinity. You will like our friendly and efficient ser vice, and you will receive your dividend promptjy each January 1st and July 1st. Any amount — from $1 up — opens an account. Each account is insured up to $10,000 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. Two people may have up to $30,000 fully insured. Accounts by mail promptly acknowledged. Chartered and Supervised by the United States Government 1 Laurens Federal Savings & Loan Association i Telephone 22271 LAURENS’ LARGEST SAVINGS INSTITUTION 104 West Main Street Laurens, S. C. G. L. MOORE thing to give good the..„_sjurn.mer.drought he ventured grazing • * • * ♦V ♦ ♦ ♦ # ♦ ♦ Mr. Moore Overcame Low Blood Pressure Under Dr. Hart’s Treatment Wishes To Tell Others About His Return To Health “In the summer of 1947 I began to think my hunt ing and fishing days were over. I became ill and had to be off work 9 weeks. This was the longest pe riod of time I had ever been Off from work in my life. “For nine weeks ! suffer ed with headaches, dizzy spells and backaches. I w’as being treated for low blood pressure but didn’t feel any better. I had no appe tite, was nervous and los ing weight fast. I had no energy and my feet and legs felt tired and weak. Some times after eating there would be pains in my stomach, and it was necessary to take laxatives several times each week for constipation. “My friends advised me to consult Dr. C. J. Hart, of Laurens, S. C. He advised me that he was POSITIVE that he could help .me regain my health. After an exam- ination he found the CAUSE of my trouble and started treatments for correction. ' v ... “I began to feel better the very first day aft*er Dr. Hart gave me a treatment. I returned to work and grad ually but surely gained my strength back, even though I was working every day. I lost that tired feeling, my headaches, dizzy spells and backache disappeared. My appetite returned and I gained 11 pounds weight during the first six weeks, and worked every day during that time. My digestion improved and bowel movements be came normal, and it was no longer necessary to takeJax- atives. “It has been more than four years since Dr. Har{ dis missed me and I have had no further trouble. I have con tinued to work every day and feel good. I go hunting ev ery opportunity I have during the hunting season and go fishing every chance I get. Dr. Hart really did put me back on my feet, and the most wonderful thing about it is the fact that I have done so well during the past four years since Joeing dismissed. “I take this opportunity to speak for Dr. Hart and what he has done for me. I suggest that everyone sick and suffering consult Dr. Hart of Laurens, S. C. “Sincerely, “G. L. MOORE, 16 Wallace St., Wattsville, S. C.” For further information, consult— Dr. Charles J. Hart 254 WEST MAIN ST. — LAURENS, S. C. Next to First Methodist Church — Telephone 22501 Parking Space — Ground Floor — Hours 9-12 and 3-6 :: % % « ♦V « :: ft the as-j*.» $! sertion that maybe we were mi$s- j ing a good bet in crabgrass. Now comes our man Nettles, and ; even finds a favorable word to I say about termites that sometimes ; eats a house down and often dam- i age timbers in a structure. It is in ( land clearing where termites and decays help. For when a stump is [ killed so as not to sprout, the ter- ! £ mites immediately start work on 1 it and 3jd the organisms of decay j ;> ! in getting rid of it and roots in ; j.» ! the ground. i To get this beneficial work out j of termites, he points out, you must , kill the stump first, for thy will j not attack a jive, sprouting stump | ! nor its roots. We now have effec-!:-: tive ways of killing stumps with j ft chemicals. Details of that are found in Clemson Extension Bulletin 113 entitled “Weeds” and under the section on “Brush and Sprout Con trol.” Your county agent has it. Progress In Pest Control Grown folks can remember when cucumbers, squash, and canta loupes were for early summer only here. If planted later, the pickle worms got em. I can well remember the finest cantaloupe patch we ever had when I was a kid. It was about two weeks late. Worms get every melon. And so it was with even slightly late cucumbers or squash. Now I see fine fall cucumbers being harvested over the Low Country in September, and at the same time I saw fine cantaloupes and squash being harvested in sight of the mountains of the Up- Country. Breeders have given us suitable varieties and the scientists have worked out disease and insect con trols that make it possible for us to have these things clear up to frost now. Improved Income Twenty-odd years ago our aver age income per person in South Carolina was running some 90-odd percent of that. These encouraging facts come from figures worked up by our Dr. Rochester. Progress for sure! More manu facturing, less cotton, more grass and. livestock, a lot more dollars from tobacco, etc., account ( for, this. And these things are all grow ing. So it looks like still better days ahead for us. Boys Are That Way Many recollections of boyhood are tied to food. And towards food, I’m still a boy. wonder what was coming up for I can well remember starting to the next meal as soon as I finished that way. I have to watch myself the current one. And I’m still a lot or I'd sure be fat. And to this day I can't understand anyone saying they are not hungry. Boy, I’m hungry- all the time. And it still tastes good when 1 get full and make myself stop. Gyess a good appetite is just one of my blessings. We had long hours at school back in the woods from home. We carried our dinner in a bucket. We ate that at noon, got out at four, and were famished after the hour walk home. We hit it for the kitchen first thing. Often it was a baked sweet potato that was still a bit warm there on the apron of the stove. Those things with the natural syrup running out were good eatin’. But if there was no sweet potatoes there, we usually found some cold biscuits from breakfast. We made the large ones that were pully and soft, not brittle and crumbly. They were not put close together in the pan, so they had a good crust ail around. We would poke a finger in the side and clear through to the crust of the other side. But we wouldn’t break that other crust. We left that to hold the syrup. We poured that hole full of good old sorghum syrup that we made our selves there on the farm. With one of these in each hand, out we would go rejoicing. Occasionally that syrup would soak through, run down our arms, and get on sleeves. That sticky stuff on my sleeve now would be abominable. But then it didn’t better us at all. We would lick all of it off that we could and play right on. EISENHOWER RALLY — CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM— Tuesday Night, October 21 At 8:00 O’clock Speaker Ed. B. Baskin of Bishopville ... a lifelong Democrat who believes in plac ing principle above party label. Mr. Baskin is not a politician or office holder and never has been. He will discuss issues of vital importance in this campaign. 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