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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, October 15, 1953 - -t- FARMS AND FOLKS R* 'J. M. fiLEAZER ‘ > Clemson Extension Information Specialist Haye A Ladder Handy I; strike^ me that a musion every ohue is a 'adder. , What if the cat. even, gets up on he roof? You can't let him starve there. “ . But there is a more serious pur pose’ Suppose a'spark catches the dry shingles in the accumulated leaves in a gutter up there. I saw that happen twice. Once to a fine old school house. Teachers and pupils had to simply stand there and watch it burn, when, a bucket of water at the right spot would have put it out when it was first detected. The other case was an old home in the Low Country. I was county agent there and was talking with a farmer in the field in November. We noticed a wisp of or,(ike from a side of the old man sion where it should not have beer. We hurried there. A ladder Aas handy. And a few buckets of water aved the beautiful old landmark. Mary of them in the past have gone m s.'m.lar fashion where there was r.o ’adder handy. , Yes. a handy ladder is mighty mpoitant to a property owner. And me that's long enough to reach the i oof., and’ light enough for one man in handle is the sort to have too. * * * County Feeder Calf Sale County Agent McComb tells me Orangeburg is having its first feed er calf sale on Friday, Nov. 6. They plan to sell at .least 350 spring calves. They will be graded into uniform lots by livestock specialists and there you can get just the type feeders you like, one or many. This event is being sponsored by the' County Farm Bureau and the live-| stock specialists of Clemson are helping. They plan to make it an annual eventrin their growing beef cattle busines- there in that farm* me empire of Orangeburg Full details may be secured from County Agent J. C. McComb, Or angeburg, S. C. "y" • J t Wafer Shed Improvement I've told you about the commun ity in Cherokee county (hat had un dertaken a 100 per . cent soil and water conservation program on an entire little water shed there em bracing some thirty-odd farms. When I rode oyer it with County Agent Lee and SCS technician Sam Wolfe,-they had already made ma terial progress. Now a larger experimental water shed improvement project is being undertaken in the Twelve Mile Cre ■ok water shed of Pickens coun- ty. This is i being jo intly financed by local and federal funds. The lo- cal soil const- r vat ion ,di>t rict super-- vis< >rs and ag ency wc i.kers will as- sist in plann 'Ill'i. earrying out 'he full con servatioi r. program* in the area drai ned bv Twelve Mile crei ~'k. This job is to be scientifical- ly handled a nri con; pleted in five years. K knowing th at area. I'm sure they FINE FURNITURE Down Through the Years T. E. Jones & Sons The Best for Over Fifty Years CLINTON, S. C. ti Plus Thirteen Other Stores in South Carolina could have found none with a greater need for full conservation.' For that stream's entire bottom is a moving batter pf silt and red soil from the hills it drains. And its heavily laden water pollutes the clear Keowee river where they meet and form the Seneca. To clear that stream up by applying the full particular know-how of conservation to its basin will be an accomplishment of the first order. | And whether or not that can be, done remains to .be seen. But any intelligent efforts towards that end are surely to be applauded and watched with keen interest. * * 0 On Our Way In 1930 the average income of us living in South Carolina was only about a third of the national aver age.. Last year it had. doubled to, two-thirds the national average, according to figures furnished me by our Dr. Rochester. And in 1930 our average income was only 75 per cent of that for the whole Southeast. Bu* last year this figuie had grown to 98 per cent. So, you see, we have made great progress. We had so far to go that there is still room for improvements And practically every succedingi year shows further progress to wards that end. , From the very ashes of 88 years ago, we were wedded to the one; cash crop, cotton, w r hich held body and soul together through the try ing decades. But our lands became eroded and our people impoverish ed. Late years have seen ability come to the'hands of the farmer, a new and diverse agriculture grow’ in the fields, and a helpful indus trialization come into the life of the state. And now we begin to see some of the fruits of a kindly soil and climate showing up. And we are just good started! 0 0 0 Boys Are That Way k Last week I told you about my being allowed to take the old wood- burning train to Columbia to do shopping for the family occasional ly when I was quite young. After attending to those duties, I usually had an hour or so to kill ! before the return »ra:n left at five. ; So those hours were spent back I there on Assembly street where a i streeh hawker sold his wares. I can see him now, with his large valise opeh and supported by a tri pod of legs and under a large bug gy-type umbrella. He stood on . a b >x so as to command his crow’d. He would start something like this: “Come r’ght up, folks. I won’t bite you, but I’m .goiiig.to practically give you a lot of valuable things. But to start with,., let's get ac- aequafnted. I'm THU, cheap Bill, from Lemon Hill, this side of York- vjllOv I never worked and never will. You wonder how I am able to sell all of these things so cheap. Well, I'll let you in on a secret. I have a brother that steals ’em.” And on and one he would go, very entertaining'to-me. He would de- jstribe a cheap gadget of some sort, as he ^Opened the little carton and unwrapped it. He would tell of the wonderful things it wmuld do. And he would lay it out there in front where all could see it. He would i start by saying it was worth a half dollar., And then, “But so help me bob if I won’t do it, I’m going to let you have it not for a quarter, half its value, but for a thin dime, only a fraction of its cost. And, hold a minute, what’s this (as he unwrapped another item)? So help me bob if I won’t do it, I’ll add that to if too. And here, look, a pew ter bird that will sing if you put water in it; that goes too. And here, a ten cents handkerchief to wrap it all up in. Now, so help me bob if I don’t do it. the first person that slips me a thin dime for all this handfull of stuff, it’s yours, just like I said it was.’’ And on a^ on he would go, never pausing for a word. I would stand near the back of the group gathered there so he wouldn't embarrass me by poking a handful of stuff at me. For I had already eaten my dime up with a hamburger and milk shake up on Main street But “Cheap Bill” from Lemon Hill" was long a favorite of mine there on the dusty street in Colum bia forty-odd years ago. And each time I saw him he had new things to sell, and had added new verb- age to his spiel. I would go down in the cedars^ in our pasture and imitate him. T thought I got pretty good at it too. Thought I might live kv that, too, some day. Big Spartanburg interstate Fair In Full Swing it ^ Tne 8th annual Piedmont Inter state fair of which Laurens.county is a member, opened its gates in Spartanburg Monday for six days and nights, closing next Saturday Events in which Laurens county at midnight. readers will find special interest, include the annual show Thursday and the annual sale Friday of the South Carolina Hereford Breeders association; the Piedmont House of Flowers of which all Piedmont Carolinas flower and garden clubs are taking part; the annual Pied mont Parade of Marching Bands, composed of high school bands in the six fair counties, Spartanburg, Union, Laurens, and Cherokee in South Carolina, and Polk and Ruth erford counties in North Carolina; and the annual livestock fitting and showing contest in which a Laurens county 4-H boy or girl or Future) Farmer will be chosen for national honors. FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 3rd dav o\ November, 1953, I will render a nnal account of my acts arid doings as Guardian of the estate of Richard Albert Thomas in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens Coun ty, at 10 o’clock a.m., and on the same day will apply for a final dis charge from my trust as Guardian. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make payment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, or be forever barred. LEON L. THOMAS. Guardian. Sept. 19, 1953. 15-4cw Joanna, S. C. ?> John Furman Daniel, M. D., F. A. C. S. announces the opening of offices T’ 218 North Main— Greenwood, South Carolina Practice Limited to Obstetrics and Gynecology Diplomate of American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Telephone 7316 and IT IS GOOD! Unmatched in its field! Get your hands into a bag of Spartan Quality Dairy, and you’ll agree "MAN, WHAT FEED!" 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