The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, October 15, 1953, Image 18
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, October 15, 1953
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FARMS
AND FOLKS
R* 'J. M. fiLEAZER
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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
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Phone 62
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Phone 26
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