The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, January 22, 1953, Image 11
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Thursday, January 22, 1953
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FARMS
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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.
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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.
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| "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.
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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.
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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.
Accounts by mail promptly acknowledged.
Chartered and Supervised by the
United States Government
Laurens Federal Savings
& Loan Association
Telephone 22271
LAURENS’ LARGEST SAVINGS INSTITUYION
104 West Main Street
Laurens, S. C.
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