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Paare Four flBB=3=S= THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, May 6,1984 ,srrrrrrrrt— FARMS... AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson College Information Specialist Spring ' What a day. A May morning. The sun has broken through, and the fog has lifted. The dew sparkles on ev ery twig, leaf, and blade. And the birds are a-twitter irv every I i' tree. There is something dynamic about it, something enormous. A silent symphony of action, of growth, back of the birdsongs fills the air. You are very con scious of rejuvenating life and growth at every turn tures. But now.’ we have. County Agent Willis of Ches terfield tells me their county wide rat-killing campaign back in February was very effective. Warfarin and red squill, mixed with shredded fish, were madb avaliable to all farmers at cost. "Good reports were received from all parts of the county,” he says. A rat is a very destructive thing. They destroy and con taminate much food and feed. The smafl cost of their control Tfc' sordid sod is dead m/^ow is. good business. As usual, more. It writhes With life. The sleeping bug crawls from its wintdk casing there and zooms crazily away. The earthworm and the grub come forth at night to craw’l around, and the fisher- man finds them again when he digs. The dead brown coat of earth changes to green, and flowers, stems, blades, and stalks come through into the light and warmth of day. The woodland, that has known but the hum of winter winds through its bare branches now becomes decked with lacy leaves of green. Birds are nesting in the branches, the squirrel chat ters in the treetops, and the sly old ’possum conceals its young in its pocket or the hollowUof a tree. And out in the open fields, w’here the farmer plys his trade, the winding rows again come in to focus The seed that has been planted there breaks its casing and comes forth in ribbons of green that carry the promise of another ^harvest. It is from this promise that all life clings to hope on this beautiful earth of ours. 'Hie recurring seasons, how fas cinating they are. Summer sees the building of what spring has started. Fall brings the finish, maturity and the harvest. Winter lays things low for rest, nights are long, and life is low. Then gradually, all of the powers of nature make their as- sault on winter. The' battle lasts for a while. One day spring seems to halyOC your county agent has the dope on this. Chesney Martin, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey, Secre tary of Commerce Weeks. Under Secretary of Commerce Walter Williams, Humphrey’s deputy W. Randolph Burgess and others. A month or six weeks ago you would not have had to look very far to find uneasiness about the business outlook in some admin istration quarters. But the air of crisis passed as March and early April economic reiports rolled in. It has been repkwed by an air of buoyancy, although economic reports still get critical daily study. Policy makers interviewed in recent days appeared convinced that the business dip is at, or {. about at its bottom, and that busi ness is about to bestir itself pro bably slowly at. first, for a climb to new economic records. One very high official said another eight to nine months would pass before another surge upward be gan. Another e q u a 1 l,y high thought that estimate too pessi mistic. He predicted an upturn of more than seasonal significance by May or June. CITATION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION The State of South Carolina. County of Laurens. By J. H. Wasson, Probate Judge: WHEREAS, Marie Adair Ran- tin made suit to me to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of Hervey Dingle Rantin. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors of the said Hervey Dingle Rantin, deceased, that they be and ap pear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Laurens Court House, Laurens, S. C., on May 6, 1954, next, after publica tion hereof, at 10 o’clock in the WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING—EXCEPT BAD DESKS—CHAIRS CHRONICLE PUB. CO. forenoon, to show cause,, if any they have, why the sgid Admin istration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 21st day of April, Anno Domini, 1954. J. HEWLETTE WASSON, M6-c-w J. P. L. C. FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the , 7th day of June, 1954, we will render a final acount of our acts and do ings as Executors of the estate of Martha E. Dendy, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Lau rens County, at 10 o’clock a. W, and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from our trust as Executors. Any person in deb to dto said 1 estate is notified aad 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 forver barred. D. E. DENDY, MARY LOUISE DENDY, Executors. April 23, 1954 4c-W-m20 CRACKED LINOLEUM Finely chopped cork mixed with liquid glue is excellent as a filler for the crack in lineol- All The Little Things Nssdsd f For Ths Office eunv When it has set hard, rub down with emery paper and paint to match with the lindle- um. i - Gray Funeral Home ( Union. S. C. I I M.’KAL I)IHK(TOR< .ami... I. M HAI MKRS Phones II ind 39!) .1 \MIU l.\\< I SI K \ ICE I III SS1 1.1, (JKAY and \ PARKS ADAIR, On. Mjjrs winter sneaks in and knocks it for a Joop with frost that spark les, leaving shriveled buds andj back, dead flowers. But spring does not give up. The ascending sun battles the lingering cohorts of winter until at lonjg last they are beaten into submission. And then it is spring, now, the won- Cream of The Land County Agent McComb of Or angeburg telLs me they have cleared 6,000 acres of land since their Pasture Development Com mission started work with a big bulldozing outfit 6 years ago It is kept busy, and the land it clears is mostly the low, wet,, rich areas that are also drained and put to pastures. That’s the very cream of the land there in those low places, where it has accumulated for yearsi * • • . ^ Boys Are Thkt Way There where—we reached the creek in that forbidden pasture, the banks were high, and we threw rocks in the silent water below to see how deep it was. We judged that from the sound That was new for us. Further up, where that creek was ours, it rippled through its rocky channel, and there was just an occasional pool. We speculated about great fish in there, and vowed to return and try them out. We were in a new world down there and imagination was rampant We could envis age all sorts of things, and per chance a stray Indian in the dense jungle on the other side. Our dreaming was interrupted ere long. What was that distant^ rumble? Was it a summer cloud in the making, or COULD IT BE THAT BULL BELLOWING? One of the larger boys ventur ed back out into the opening. He TeTurned with bad tidings The cattle, in eluding the bull, hs rmne ~Trbim~ theie Foot and-were | - feeding out across the opening that we had to cross on our way And they were slowly coming our way, silently, but for an occasional from that bull that reverberated through the lowlands. That scared us powerfully^ end we went up some easy Luscious! CRUSHED CATSUP Rich In Flavor, Rich In Vitamin*! Libby’* TOMATO JUICE PMOPPU Kernels Of Golden Com In Rich, Smooth Cream! SOS Can LIBBY'S CORN 2 "ir 29c “One good turn deserves another! 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The past spring -Ahey had-2^ and ovtrrAHI per rent of their grain crop was sprayed. That spray, applied right, sure cleans the weeds out. of grain. Your county ag**nt has the par ticulars. • * * * Killing Rats Science has worked out a real ly effective way of killing'rats. Those varmints have always been a problem, and in the past we Have had nn very effeetivd way ot getting Those wary crea- bank. There we were safe, and could watch the movement of the cattle, specially that bull Feeding slowly along, they came much closer, and our treetops * The older boys noticed the tall lops of some foliage across the creek. It looked like the tops of canes. But we had never seen any so tall And that called for more figuring, for canes, large canes, are just to a boy’s liking. We never had any much larger than pipe stems before. And if those were really canes, , that would be a find of the first or-” der. — A low-descending sun was set ting. 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