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V’* Page Two THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, December 11, 1952 Joyce was five years old and Ice land two years old. Mr. and Mrs. Matt Davis cele-j brated their 25th wedding anniver sary November 7th. j Terry Fuller celebrated his birth day November 24. Little Robert Henry Abercrom- For the Week . . . LYDIA MILLS NEWS MRS. HORACE C. SMITH. Correspondent and Representative «aaac»»qBaBttOBt»««»goc«qa« Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cunningham b* was 2 years old December 4. and Gary of Clinton, spent the Dmrme Abercrombie was 4 years week-end with the latter's parents, C W December 26. Mr. and Mrs Matt Davis near Clin- Henry P. Abercrombie will have 1on a birthday December 23. „ . , _ , , , . Billy Abercrombie will have a Mrs. Harold Copeland and dill- December 28. dre" of near Clinton. Melvin Mr ^ „„ Buddy Sanders wln , <a> of We.~t Clinton tisitcd Mrs. , b , their 5th wedding anni-, Eva Mae Madden Sunday. | versarv December 12. Mr. and Mrs. Quinton Jones at tended a birthday dinner Sunday .n Fort Mill in honor of Mr. Jones' Men's Club To Meet , ... i The Lydia Men’s club will meet mother, who was celebrating her ] Thursday n!ght Dec llt at 7; 0 0, (2nd birthdav. o'clock at Providence school. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pearson were This is the last meeting of the dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Vic-jy^ anc j new officers will be elect-; tor Pearson Sunday in Woodruff. ec j t0 begin their duties in Janu- Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Alexander ar y members are invited to and family visited in Greenville attend. New members are invited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur ito j 0 j n . -A.t-xander. ■■ Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Gaffney cr.d Mack were Saturday visitors in Greenville. - , Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Parrish, Jr., ; nd Carol with Mr. and Mrs. Ed- v. ard Williams of Newberry, visit- < d Mr and Mrs. C. W. Shirley in Seneca on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs Spurgeon Todd and son of Columbia, visited Mr. and Mrs. Perry Parrish Sunday Presbyterian Services Sunday Glenn Robinson of Presbyterian college, will preach Sunday morn ing at the Lydia Presbyterian church. Sunday school at 10 o’clock. Preaching at 11 a. m. Mrs. Robin son will render a ?olo during the worship hour. On Sunday evening at 7:30 Gor don Bradford will , preach. The Little Jamie and Kathy Smith .. were week-end visitors of Fran- |> ubl ‘ c “ cord ‘ all >’ inv,ted at - teen and Laura Smith. i e 2r . . ., , , Mrs. J. W. Fuller and Mrs. Lois' The y°™g people of the church Webb and children. Niles Richard: ar \f sk t ed , ^ , be . pr f s f^ t and children spent the week-end n ‘e>« 7 a ‘ »>e c ’ hur ' h t0 n Greenwood with .Mr. and Mrs.. P™" 06 a Christmas play. Samuel Fuller. ^ D Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wallace, Mr. ReT - Gre «9 and Mrs. Spurgeon Todd and sonj Rev. R. D. Gregg resigned Sun-! cf Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Otto 1 day, Nov. 30, as pastor of the. Cox and daughter, Bunny, of In- 1 Lydia Baptist chuoch to became; d^n Springs, N. C., Mr. and Mrs. 1 effective December 30. Mr. Gregg "Wiley Harper and children, Mr. j and Mrs. John Martin and family! of Greenwood, visited Mr. and Mrs. has accepted a call as pastor of the; Barker’s Creek Baptist church atj Honea Path. The many friends ofj S. J. Todd during the week-end. the family wdll regret to learn of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. McManus of . their leaving. Whitmire, visited Mr. and Mrs. i Glenn Kelly of Gibson, N. C.,! Horace Smith Sunday. j will preach Sunday morning at the, Mrs. W. E. Johnson and daugh- 11 o’clock hour, officers announce.' ter. Miss Mary Johnson, spent the ^ olidays in Charlotte with their HOUSEHOLD HINTS •.aughter and sister, Mrs. J. t- Keeping clothes in good condition Cobb, and Mr. Cobb. | i s no problem if you plan to devote! Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bray of-Geen-^sdiffle time to it each week. If you. vi..e, visited their daughter, Mrs.; can do on-the-spot mending, always' Ralph Harbin, Mr. Harbin and Mr.; pin a memo to the garment and you; and Mrs. Harold Blackstock. jwill find it readily when you go Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Sanders and j through the closet or drawer once a 1 small sons, Mr. and Mrs. Roy San- week or twice a month, ders and family attended a birth-1 An embroidery hoop used on the day dinner in,honor--Of--Mrs^-G.- S-fsput which you , fe~<IafnThg"wrii make Sanders in Union Sunday. ; the job easier as it tightens the ma-i T-Sgt. Carliss Caldwell of Ja-Merial enough for you to#make the. pan, is home on furlough with his stitches more easily. It also prevents | parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cald-, puckering. well, near Clinton. Birthdays and Anniversaries Joyce and Leland Madden, chil dren of Ms. Eva Mae Madden, cele brated their birthdays Dec. 8. For best matching, try to pull rav-i clings from the material itself, such as the inside seams. Crosswise darns will require cross threads while the lengthwise ones wdll require the lengthier threads. Farmers Continue To Plant Grasses For Pasture and Hay It looks like another big year for gassland farming in 1952 fort cooperators of the Laurens County, Soil Conservation District. J. B- O’Dell, Unit Conservationist of the Soil Conservation Sendee reports. 1 Development of improved pas tures has continued to hold a highj place in the long list of conserva-^ tion practices these farmers are ap-| plying to their land in a coordinat-, cd program designed to use every! acre within its capabilities and, treat every acre according to its, needs for protection and improve-j ment. During the first 11 months of, 1952, farmers cooperating with the; district have treated 4,335 acres ofj pasture land, bringing the total im proved pasture to 22,952 acres. In othtr words, the amount treated j during this 11-month period rep- esents 19 per cent of the total to date. i Probably the greatest lesson learned during the extremely dry weather the past two years, O’Dell said was the importance of having an adequate acreage of drought- resistant perennial crops, such as sericea, and kudzu, to supplement other kinds of pasture. On many farms these crops provided the on ly grazing available during the prolonged dry weather. As a re sult, the acreage of these crops is expeettd to be increased during 1953, even though the acreage! planted to these deep-rooted peren-j nial crops, was more than usual the past year. The largest acreage planted to sericea in 1952 was on the Creek- land Farms, 6 miles north of Clin ton, owned by P. S. Bailey, and operated by L. L. Norton. 150 ac-j erres were planted for pasture and hay. T. Pluss Brown and D. E. Brown, father and son, dairymen of Rt. 2, Laurens, planted the largest acre age of kudzu. Appoximately 30 j acres were planted, using kudzu seed for direct field planting. This is the first year this method has been used in Laurens county to any extent. They got good stands and thg kudzu grew off well. The Browns have also planted kudzu by using crowns or plants. They like the seed method the best and have placed an order for seed to plant an ad Hitinna1 *0. next spring. On cropland, too, where good ro tations had been - established, in creasing the organic matter content and water-holding capacity of the soil, crops suffered less from the extended drought than on areas that had been properly treated. Another lesson learned during j the dry weather was the import-; ance of farm ponds. In addition; Notes From The County Agent's Office By C. B. CANNON. County Agent Attend Jersey Cattle Club Meeting Wofford Wood, 4-H dairy calf club member, of the Greenpond commun ity, was one of the five top 4-H Jer sey breeders of the state to be se lected by the Jersey Cattle club to be guest at the annual meeting and luncheon of the South Carolina Jer sey Cattle club that was held at the American Legion Hut in Newberry on December 9th. Also Gene Marlar of the same community, and also a 4-H dairy calf club member, attend ed the meeting on special invitation to providing fish, recreation, water for livestock, and other benefits, several ponds were used for the first time duing 1952 for irrigat ing pastures, truck and other crops. Some of the major practices and acreages established as a part of the complete farm soil and water conservation programs on these farms included: crop rotations, 2,- 234 acres: cover cropping, 1,724 acres; pasture improvement, 4,- 335 acres; wildlife plantings, 29 acres; water disposal areas, 62 ac res; kudzu, 12 acres; sericea, 1,- 620 acres, and 2) farm ponds. from the Jersey Cattle club. Mr. J. F. Wise; assistant county agent, attend ed the luncheon with the club mem bers from Laurens county. Pine Tree Seedlings The first cooperative truck ship ment of pine tree seedlings for the season arrived .today with 48,000 seedlings for 19 landowners. Notice has been received also from the State Forest Service that the second cooperative truck, shipment of 100,- 000 seedlings for 36 Laurens county landowners will arrive January 9. Notices will be mailed in due time to interested persons as to time and place to pick up seedlings. These cooperative shipments are being made through the County Ag ent’s office. Soil Conservation dis trict, County Forest Ranger and Vo cational Agriculture teachers. The trees are given free by the State For est Service for the first 3000 and the only charge is 50 cents per 1000 seed lings to cover transportation charges. Those receiving free tree seedlings should make every effort possible to plant and care for them as if the ex pense were coming from their priv ate money for growing the seedlings. Some time it’s a question in the writer’s opinion that these free seed lings are not handled in the best of care. When something is free, there is often neglect of proper handling, as to most profitable return as the receiver has nothing to lose. There is no question that public taxpayers’ money spent would accomplish more good if it was< spent as a person’s own personal money. Top Dress Pasture Grass When temperature is not below 40 degrees, plants will grow, and liberal application of nitrogen hastens the much needed grazing at this season for livestock. During this year there has been received in cooperative orders, 490 tons of T.V.A. nitrogen for top- dressipg pasture grasses in Laurens county. Those who received this ni trogen obtained same as a demon strator in grass production. Packed back under a shelter waiting for spring use doesn’t grow grass now that is so badly needed. J. W. Tinsley, chairman of the pasture committee of the County Agriculture committee; Fred Irwin and D. Eugene Brown, have assisted during the year with the handling of these cooperative orders. Their serv ices have been voluntary. - — HOUSEHOLD HINTS Skillful mending gives each gar ment a new lease on life. Done, when the hole first appears, you’ll be able to accomplish a minor job instead of . a major one if you let it grow. Imitate the weave of the material for the best match. If it’s a tightly woven material, make your darn close together; if, loose, work loosely. • • »• •> » • • • •j* • % * * * • ' * %• a J. C. Thomas, Jeweler ‘It’s Time That Counts” YOU'RE SURE TO "RING THE BELL" ON CHRISTMAS, WHEN YOU .. . CHOOSE HERE THE FOR YOUR TOP MEN! 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