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• • Thursday, January 22, 1953 me ctmoN chronicle ~ • IN Paare Thre« • • • v FARMS AND FOLKS ¥ By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist * Rural Electricity Electrified farms! Just about all of ’em have it, or could have it, now, if they wanted it. • Nothing has meanx more to farm life either. Well do I remember back just 13 years ago when most of our farms were still in darkness. I was coun ty agent in Sumter then. Gov. Maybank was fired up on the sub ject. And that was just to the lik'- ing of Clemson’s G. H. Stewart, ex tension rural electrification spec ialist then. He came to our coun ty, as well- as to all others, and showed us how to get electricity for our farms. There were many obstacles. But he and the governor stayed true to their course, and the blessing of electricity reached our farms faster than we had even dreamed it could. Power compan ies and REA cooperatives built lines in every direction. And there was rejoicing in many an isolated home when the benediction of good light flashed on there for the first lime. County Agent Cannon of Lan caster tells me that their electric cooperative held its 12th annual meeing the other day. They start ed out in the spring of 1939 with 500 members. Now it has 5,675 members receiving electricity in the counties it serves, Lancaster, Chesterfield and Kershaw. And that is now a familiar story. Similar organizations serve every county. And the growth of each has been phenomenal. ' • * * Laurens Cattle County Agent Charlie Cannon of Laurens, brother of the, one in Lancaster, and both good ‘uns, tells me that three of his beef cat tle growers put on a sale of breed ing stock in the fall. The 8 bulls and 44 females averaged $613 each. I didn’t see these exact cattle. But I’ll bet you one thing. They had had plenty to eat. For Laurens takes second place to no county in the quality and all-year abundance of its grazjhg. Many have had their eyes opened by going there and riding with Charlie a bit. Not all farms have it yet. But many of ’em do. • • • | "A Pina Baxran" 1 When George Washington passed through South Carolina, he spent a night at Pine House, that still stands near Trenton. He wrote in his diary describing the country there as “a pine barren of the worst sort.” Yet that is near the spot in South Carolina where the Smiths and Herlongs of Edgefield have won more cotton improvement contest prizes than any other community. And just recently the Harmony community there was awarded the National Grange prize of $15,000 for community improvement! So we see even “The Father of Our Country” could be wrong. There is some awfully good land there that our President didn’t properly appraise. 1 But.there is al so poor land there too that they make behave like it too is good. It’s not all in the land, you know. I’ve spoken often here of the, thrifty yeomen of the sandhills and rock ridges of Lexington county. There they hew out a good living on lands where a less sturdy folk would starve. Yes, we .are often prone to curse our fate. When likely the main trouble is within ourselves. .^ 4 Good Winter Graxing County Agent Garvin of Green wood, told me that J. J. Griffin had two big beef cattle to the acre on his rye grass and crimson clover in November. It was 14 inches high and looked like it could well stand more cattle. Irrigation had brought it up promptly when it was seed ed the last of August. And addi tional waterings had kept it grow ing during the dry fall. When cold weather arrived, it had formed a fine turf and had a surplus of growth to carry into winter. We need more of that sort of thing, insurance against drought. Then we can really do business in the right way with both livestock and crops. * * • Boys Ar« That Way I still like to ride the rural lanes at autumn, when the leaves are falling, and watch them scurry like ground birds when I pass. Along ^ the path through the woods to school, we used to gather them, great handsfull. And it al ways seemed that the most bril- liant colors were still high on the trees. We wanted them a lot. The sourwoods sure carried a treasure of bright red leaves. They 1 were low and held their brilliant leaves long. And the maples came! a bit late with a shower of gold leaves that we sought to get too. One of the latest sorts v was the leaves of the gum bushes. They held ’em longer than the gum trees, for their nearness to earth protect ed them from some of the chill of early winter winds. They turned various shades of purple,- mottled a bit with other colors. They were specially fascinating to fool with, for there was always the lure of finer patterns, j But always after we gathered them, there was the problem of what to do with them. And they were not nearly as pretty as they had looked on ground or tree. You know, that’s the way with most of Nature’s wild beauty. How we climbed trees and invaded the hard places to get vine, bloom, berry, and leaf that beckoned with beau ty, only to find that it usually wilt ed, shed, Or lost its luster soon. How much better it is to admire and leave rather than pluck and ruin it. Girls Club Meeting The Hougon club meets each Tuesday evening at the Community house. This group invites ail girls 14 15, 16 and 17 years of age to meet with them and enjoy the crafts activities they are paricipat- ing in. West Clinton... I (Continued from Page 4) present and the pastor, Rev. R. J. Finley, extends a special invitation to all singers and the publtcfto at-! tend. Card of Thanks May I say thank you to neigh-|i bors and friends, to Dr. Shealy and ; Dr. Rhame and the nurses at Hays : hospital for the gifts, cards, flowers : and all kindness shown me during 1 : my illness and hospital stay. —MRS. ARZO IVESTER Woman's Club Serves Banquet The Woman’s club served a ban-,: quet for the James B. Parrott chap- 1 ter, Order of Eastern Star, on Fri-: day evening at the Community! building. Planning Club Work The Camp Fire Guardians and sponsors met Monday evening at 7 o’clock at the Community build ing to plan their work for the next three months. 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 promptly 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. 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