The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, January 29, 1953, Image 11
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Thursday, January 29, 1953
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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FARMS
AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information
Specialist
"Dangerous 'Tim«»"
I read a rather frightening ar
ticle the other day about “the dan
gerous times” which we are pass
ing.
History shows that practically
every generation has lived through
“dangerous times.’’ I can. remem
ber several of ’em in my time.
Thirty-five years ago the name
Kaiser caused the whole world to
Shudder. But a few years later ne
died in exile in a foreign land
where he, a beaten man, sought
asylum.
In the late twenties a great de
pression gnawed at the very foun
dation of our economy, and many
men could then see no way out.
Yet it was followed by our period
of greatest prosperity.
Then in the very late thirties a
mad-man, who thought he had the
power to conquer the world, struck
in Europe, followed by another
group that struck with him in the
Pacific. Things looked awful dark
then for peaceful people. But a
few years later the mad-man was
buried beneath the rubble of his
blasted capitol, and the atomic
bomb had written finis to the dark
years in the Pacific.
And now a few short years af
terwards, dangerous times are up
on us again. And they look like
the worst. Each one has looked
that way in its time. And one is
led to wonder if one of them will
yet succeed in its dark purpose and
engulf the World in another Dark
Age. Hardly, if we are vigilant,
and stick to our ideals.
These dark and dangerous times
have hit agriculture too. It was
indeed dark when the boll weevil
. knocked the county where I was
later agent from 65 thousand bales
of cotton in 1920 to 9 thousand in
1922. And it was dangerous times,
too, when for a time in 1932 there
was simply no market for our cot
ton, and hogs were quoted on the
Chicago market at 2.9 cents a
pound fof tops. And farm credit
died completely, but for the Seed
Loan.
Yes, dark and .dangerous times
have been our lot. Usually then
we have been at our best, and soon
came back. May it ever be so.
not solved it to the satisfaction of
all by any means, while hey have
been working on it for many years.
But the important fact is, they are
putting all the water they have to
beneficial use. Now, folks, that’s | bag^limits on all game and fish
our task here. Up to now we have 1 10 estab]ish game zoneSt a nd to
used very little of our water re-• regulate commercial fishing,
sources. But with irrigation com
ing for sure, and industrial and
Wildlife Body
Proposes Big
Changes In Law
Columbia, Jan. 29. — Sweeping
changes in South Carolina’s hunt
ing and fishing regulations are
proposed in the recommendations
of the newly-created State Wild
life Resources Commission to the
1953 General Assembly.
The commission is asking com
plete authority to set seasons and
Livestock Care
Our livestock specialist, A. L.
DuRant, suggests feeding a grain
mixture to young cattle this winer
that are to be fed out later for
spring and early summer markets.
About T parts corn, cob and shuck
meal mixed with one part of cotton
seed meal makes a good mixture,
he says. At first feed them just a
pound or two a day while grazing.
Then, as grazing gets scarcer and
the fattening season approaches,
increase it gradually up to all they
will eat
And for hogs he suggests letting
them clean up the fields good. At
the same time give them a supple
mentary protein feed made out of
equal parts of tankage or fish meal
and cotton seed meal or soybean
meal mixed together. A half pound
of this per day per shote is about
right.
* • *
Modernized Water Law
Such water laws as we have in
South Carolina are entirely unsuit-
ed to modern times. The soil con
servation district supervisors in
stituted a study of the situation
through Dean Prince of the Law
School of our University. An ex
pert of the SCS spent some time in
the state making a study of» our
situation and rendered valuable
assistance in getting some recom
mendations to the legislature.
I have visited most of the irriga-
ion regions of the country. Regu
lating the use of water has been
one of their greatest problems.
And they all told me that they had
All existing laws governing these
matters would be repealed and the
commission given sole authority to
set up new laws. Such regulations
lature.
are how made' by the State, Legis-
In addition, the commission
would abolis hthe present com
plicated system of special fiShihg
permits and provide a single fish
ing license good anywhere in the
state.
The commission recommenda-*
tions, based on a survey by the
Wildlife Management Institute,
were submitted to the legislature
by Chairman George Warren.
Warren said the commission
must be able to fix seasons and
bag limits in order to “intelligent
ly” control wildlife resources.
“A reading of the laws now in
effect will disclose a variety of
statutory provisions, some of which
are obsolete, some conflicting, and
some having no scientific basis in
fact for their existence,’ [Warren
declared.
“We realize that the General As
sembly, ever zealous in retention
of its powers, may be hesitant in
conferring the requeted authority
upon a commission,” the former
Hampton county senator said. “Our
Sgt. H. L. Austin
Serves In Korea
V ♦ 1
With the 7th Infantry Div. in
Korea. — Sgt. Harold L. Austin,
son of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Austin,
Route 1. Clinton recently com
pleted his eighth month in Korea
with the 7th Infanty Division.
The 7th has fought continuously
in Korea since its landing at In
chon in the, fall of 1950. During
its two years of combat in the
mountainous terrain the division
has battled in every sector of the
peninsula. Elements of the 7th
were the only U. S. forces to reach
the Yula river.
A mechanic in Service Battery
of the 31st t’ield Artillery Bat
talion, Austin entered the Army in
January, 1951.
municipal needs for water growing
constantly, it is high time for us
to get some workable statutes on
the books that will permit the use
of our water most effectively.
• • •
Information
Science knows a lot more about
the things that bother you most in
your farming than the average man
knows. That information is prepar
ed for you in practical form in
Clemson’s bulletins that are free
for the asking at your county
agent’s office there in your county.
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Boys Are That Way
There is an old myth about a
strange animal being at large in
the community.
We experienced it every few
years when we were kids. > And I
still hear of it at times now. Often
it reaches print, and the whole
community gets all scared up about
it.
Well can I remember several of
these monsters that came our way
when I was a kid. And how those
tales scared us! One of them was
what made me first scared of the
darkness of night. This monster
was supposed to roam only on dark _ _
nights. All you could hear was the justification is the better
rustling in the leaves of the dry, life conditions that have resulted
woods. Dogs were reputed to be where the regulations mentidncd
deathly afraid of it for it ate dogs, i have been promulgated and en-
Folks shut their dogs up at night.; forced by a commission or depart-
I had nightmares in my“sleep about mentr"
that thing and it made me not 1 .
want to blow the lamp out. i Down the road where it was repu
Another monster of the stone; fd to roam, we heard it was suck-
hills was a bear-like thing that'i n 8 milk from cows and making
walked upright. Someone had ac- them wild and nervous, and that i
tually seen it, but we never kpew killed a full grown yearling
who that someone was. ■ He always/ consumed it, not leaving a
WANTED TOPSOIL
Within two or three miles of
road running from highway 56
to Philson Cross Roads, and
also road to Duncan Creek
Church.
If you have any you would
sell, please notify—
BENNIE B. BLAKELY
County Supervisor
Laurens, S. C.
A REMINDER
Taxes Now Due
COUNTY TAXES ARE NOW PAYABLE WITH
THE FOLLOWING PENALTIES:
Jan. 1
Feb. 1
1% March I ... 3%
2% April 1 .... 7%
TAX BOOKS CLOSE APRIL 15 AND GO
INTO EXECUTION WITH ADDED COSTS
SAM M. LEAMAN
TREASURER
Say "I Saw It In The Chronicle” — Thank You!
lived across the creek or away out
trace. When one of those tales was
t t:
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in the piney woods. Folks told of| ? broad in the-Dutch Fork, our pos
its great tracks they had seen on; sum huntin’ was ruined for the
the sand lanog streams. Said it; being. For the dark out of
looked like a bear’s rack, but big- j doors carried many goblins then. - -
ger than any ordinary bear_ that]
j ever lived: That' was^ wheh"”f ^
only had muzzle loading guns. And
most of them loaded theirs with
heavy loads, using some buckshot,
bb’s, or slugs from the blacksmith
shot in it. They wanted to be sure
of a kill if the monster came their
way. And the word spread that it
was killing cattle, being especially
fond of calves. And it ate them
bones and all.
We heard great tales about it.
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