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Pice hint THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday. June 12, 1958 Retiring County Agent... Successor Charles B. Cannon (sealed) will retire on June 30 as County Agent of Laurens County after 33 years ol service. His successor will be M. L. Outi (standing), who has been Assistant County Agent since last July. Mr. Cannon will leave the office on Tuesday. June li, to begin a two-week vacation which will extend through his trim of office.—Photo by Dan Yarborough. Charles B. Cannon to Retire June 30 1 have witnessed a revolution in agriculture during the 33 years of ni> service as County Agent of Laurens County 1 have seen a farm economy that was based almost eft tirely on the row crops of cotton and corn and small gram give way to a system ot farming that was un dreamed of in 1936 I ha'e seen a land where cot ton *a' king rise up and overthrow it» master, reducing the then prin cipal crop from an annual produc tion of ST Otto bale* to a mere 1.701 baks m 1167-a Jo per cent rrduc IMO %nd lur the future. 1 see a rO- gtun Where pastures cattle grata, pr aches and ptnr forest dr''tup m. 11 wd. play tugger part* ta Uhe I arm rcutwstwp These are the wurchs at < Xaites K l aanon telrtan c <■ at Laur* • t wwaty a* rvTitr trwm thr pant «a J| H« ha> serst J «*» » JaK X7 Mi t aa - a X lease the ■n J .*• IT te-j.s asg a loi sactgaoO thar - t esle the rbssr «g has term m tie •>£ hr tmrreedk I try Mater* CM.TZ TO SUCCEED Mr. Cannon will be succeeded in the position of Laurens County Agent by M L Outz. assistant since July. 19S7 Mr Outz. a native uf Oconee County. is a graduate of tTemson College, class ol 1961 with a degree in animal husbandry He was in service for three and a half years during Murid Mar U He came to Laurent jiftfY »crv tni as Assistant County Agent in Ander son County for six and a half years Mr* Outz it the former Frances Edwards of l man it a M ml hr op graduate aad teaches la Laurens irmim children Laura. 4 T> 11. Jj alls wa Jot> I and were Oscar F. and Martha Babb Cannon The family moved to Honeg Path in Anderson County in 1906 Mj Cannon first attended school in his home community in Laurens County, "in the woods behind Green- pond Church." as he expressed it. Graduating from Honea Path High School m 1918. he entered Clemsor. College in the fall ol that year, graduating with a degree in Agro nomy in 1923 In his senior year at Chrmson he was a lieutenant cutoaei m the corps ul cadets He was a member of the tract team m college participating tn the our mikr jinS fi^c mile events Mr Camuai told of once running the 18 aide* from Ctrmaaa la Aa- drnaa m the time of two busses aad M mmoles Participating m the race ware thcov other ctudesas haps named hock and Hummers wcth the Imcrth hmng SUwax inau U 8 sonaSoc from heath t arohna* Thar amad Mr t anaen geaeroasty stat ed that Ba*y ad fauehed the race at the same uaee eat ta GaexaM m Ns three-teacher school for a year, la ter going to TownviUe, in Andetson County, where he was superinten dent of the high school. Entering the extension service in May. 1925. Mr. Cannon was sent to Clarendon County as Assistant County Agent. After two months, he was transferred to Horry County as County Agent, with the understand ing that he would be given the first County Agent's position that became open in the Piedmont section of the state. Mr. Cannon pointed out that since he was a native iff the section and grew up on a Piedmont area farm, he wa$ more familiar with farming practices in this region, and there fore felt he could be of greater use fulness in his home territory. Mr. Cannon was in Horry County, bordering the state's eastern At lantic shore, for abput 30 days when the County Agent’s office in Laur ens became available and he was immediately transferred here. He has been here since. Mr. Cannon recalled that his ser vice began in an era when the land was planted to. cotton and corn, with much of the soil being washed away to the sea. Now, he said, the soil is being held together in vast areas of good pastures and trees, neither of which had any part in the farm economy in 1925. Laurens County’s great advance ment in cattle raising demands and is being given its accompaniment of thousands of acres in grass and hay. Of Laurens County's total acreage of 455.000, forest acres, principally pine, occupy 58.2 per cent, or 265,- 000 acres. The first commercial planting of trees in the county occurred in 1930- 32, Mr. Cannon recalled Ross Cun ningham. of historic Rosemont plan tation near Waterloo, planted 257,- 000 loblolly, long leaf, and slash pines during that period. Other farmers in the county took , up the work of tree planting until I today tree farming on a vast scale occupies a prominent part in the ! farm picture. Grain sorghum is toeing substitut ed for com. peaches are staging a comeback (with approximately 500 acres being planted to trees during the 1968 57 season). For the future. Mr. Cannon sees development in dairying, principal I ly tn sue of herds, and increasing production ta beef cattle, poultry, and bugs. Cotton, hr said, will con umtr to have less and less influence 1 n the farm economy eat accomplish!ment during hit long tenure of office his assistance in or ganizing the Rural Electric Aaao- ctattoo i REA 1, covering the entire county and aroas at adjoining caun isos 1*racticafij every farm haaie now has efactrmty. be amd, raswR mg ta a htghor level of living mi the farm, oosmting to rtiauaeting the drudgery of farm chares and dady hvmg that prevailed m his ear tv MM nd gsrX» of Mm Ihe t-M Club wall J. D. W Watts. 19111914; T. E Stokes. 1915; P W Moore. 1915-19; J. E. Trevathen. 1920-21; C. L. Vaughan. 1922-25 Mr. Cannon has no special plans for his retirement, he said. He ex pects to enjoy a well-earned rest at his home at 709 Chestnut Street in Laurens, follow his hobby .of garden ing. and he and Mrs. Cannon will do some traveling through some of the states they have not visited. He and Mrs Cannon, the former Myrtle Griffin, of Anderson County, have four children: Myrtle, Win- throp College graduate who teaches in Ford Elementary School, Laur ens; Mrs. Betty Cannon Parson, Winthrop, graduate, Charlotte, N. C.; Charles B. Cannon, Jr., fraduate of Clemson in electrical engineering, employed with the Bendix Electri cal Co,, Baltimore, Md., engaged in government work in guided missi les; and Mrs. Jacqueline Cannon Socha, Furman 'graduate, who teaches in the Apalache school in Greer. Gray Named Judge Domestic Relations Court By Delegation Robert L. Gray, Laurens attor- qpy, was named judge of the newly constituted Domestic Relations and Juvenile Court for Laurens County at the monthly meeting of the leg islative delegation in the court house on June 2. Mr. Gray is judge of the present Domestic Relations Court, During the recent session of the General Assembly, the scope and duties of the court were enlarged. The judge is recommended by the Laurens County Bar Association to the delegation, who In turn passes on the recommendation to the gov ernor for appointment The delegation also reappointed James M. Donnan, of Laurens, as a member of the Board of Public Welfare Mrs. Ben Hay Hammett of Clin ton, chairman of the recent March of Dimes campaign for funds in Clinton, told of Ute need for about $2,000 to purchase shots of Salk vaccine for the county. The present supply, she said, would be exhaust ed in July. E. C. Vincent and Rev. Fred Rowe of Clinton came to the delega tion for aid for Mr. Vincent’s son, Charles, who has been bed-ridden Miss Dot Houpfeor Represents County In Myrtle Beach Festival Miss Dot Haupfear, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Haupfear, of this city, represented Laurens Coun ty in the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant of South Carolina during the Sun Fun Festival in Myrtle Beach on June 4-8. The 21-year-old beauty is a reg istered nurse at the Greenville Gen eral Hospital. She is five feet, live and one-half inches tall and weighs 115 pounds. She plays the piano and professes a love of most sports. Miss Haupfear participated with approximately 50 other South Car olina contestants at Myrtle Beach in the contest. since March, 1958, having been in jured in an automobile accident They said $8,000 received by the boy from accident liability had been used up, $4,000 in New York, $24)00 in Greenwood, and the rest for local doctors, chiropractic and medical, and hospital care. The Vincents* earnings, they said, are not suffi cient to keep the family going- No conclusion was reached as to aid for the boy, but the County Welfare Department agreed to furnish $15 per month for medicine * Three departments of the county reported the need of funds totaling about $2,800 with which to finish out the fiscal year on June 30. In cluded were the court house fund, $1,000, auditor's office. $504.48; and jail fund, $1,300 The delegation de ferred action. Estimates and plans for improve ments in the Laurens County jail were authorized to be prepared by Robert N. Jackson, Jr, Columbia architect. G. C. Merchant, probation officer for Laurens and Greenwood coun ties came before the delegation relative to a two-way radio for bis automobile. The equipment, he said, would cost $650 or $700, with Green wood County agreeing to pay half the cost. No action wa,s taken on the matter at the meeting. 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It’s more than six elephants big and costs only $1.20 more pa- month than a “low-price 3“ car. MORAL: If you want a jumbo-size bargain that only costs peanuts per day —see and drive the 1958 MERCURY. MERCURY/58 Baldwin Motor Co.. Inc . bboad STREET CLINTON. & C WIN A Florida Vacation Register every day this week at the following # stores for the Florida vacation and many other prizes: • ** T. E. Jones & Son Furniture for a 32-piece set of china. J. C. Penney Company for a Towncraft Pima broadcloth shirt. .McGee’s Drug Store for an $8.75 Waterman pen.. Cox Home & Auto Supply for a Zebco spinning rod and reel. Young’s Gulf SUtion for a $6.45 car rug. Adair’s Men’s Shop for a sport shirt. - s Broadway Theatre for a 2 month’s pass. #• * Belk’s Department Store for a pair of wash and wear pants. Adair’s Sporting Goods for an outdoor grill. Johnson & Pitts Men’s Shop for a spftrt shirt. V • Howard’s Pharmacy for a Slimline dress model Zippo lighter. 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