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Thijrwlaj, N’o\ember fi. 1958 THE CUNTON CHRONICLE (ttliutmt (Ehnintrlr £ FARMS... AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Olemson College Information Specialist A SAD STORY lYuck, melons, and peaches were all a sad story this year. And the farmer who depended on them | alone saw everything going out and veiy little coming in. ^►Listen to Linder of Lee: “Bean tomato crops produced well. But prices were disastrous ” And Jdhnston of Horry: “Exces sive rains almost ruined the tomato crop, and competition from other areas made the pepper crop un profitable. Livingston of Charleston: “All of our spring truck crops were disas trous. A thdrd of the potato acreage was never harvested. And yields were low and prices, too, on that which was harvested.” But for those who had other things, the old staples like cotton, tobacco, hogs, cattle, and dairying, the going this year has been a lot better. • * * THAT NEW GRASS Most counties tried that new Ber muda Grass, NK-37, this year. Among the county agents who put these demonstrations out, I find rather mixed emotions. Some got big yields of hay from it the first year. But most of them feel like County Agent McCord of George town, who reports: “It appears that although NK-37 is a good grass, it is not superior in any way to Coast- al •’ It is a type of Bermuda, too, and you get it from seed. The fact that it makes seed scares some folks. Coastal doesn’t. Seeding makes it easier .to get • • • NEW SILO County Agent Benton of Dillon, was telling me of a trench silo Carl Jean Stubbs cut through the pile of dirt from the pond he dug. It is 9 feet deep, 10 feet wide, and 100 feet long And when he needs to, he can extend it further through the spoil hank from his pond Now’, folks, there's an idea that might work in many cases For all over the Low Country we have dug ponds, and more are being dug for irrigation and stock water And ■long by each you see these long piles of dirt you are seldom out of sight of. Useless things before But now- potential silos Such silos ran he covered with building paper and sawdust, such as has been used over trench silos for jears in the Up Country. Or plastic covers can be used. That’s what Mr Stubbs used, Benton tells me. These cheap trench silos are pop ular in the Up Country, where there is enough slope to give the neided drainage. But, on account of the high water table, they have been unable to do much with them in the flat country. Now this idea from Dillon looks like it will make the cheap trench silo practical down there, too. *. * * BOYS ARE THAT WAY Zeke and I did once play with fire. But it got away from us, and scared us so, we never did again. He was my colored playmate, my constant companion. And a kid never had a better one. He was very fond of me. and I of hipi. We played the whole day through And, when night approached, we reluc tantly parted. He took to his abode. I to mine. And, as the mists of morning started melting, we’d meet again, the earliest at the^ other’s house One early winter day, frost had killed the verdure, and we were playing in the high broom straw down below our pasture. We tram pled it down at the spot and were playing house there, walled in by the four-foot straw all around us. It was a bit chilly. It so happened Zeke had a lone match he picked ap where his mother left it at the wash pot For our folks never left matches where the small children could get them So we decided to start us a fire there in our house. We broke straw and made a httle pile of it. That was dry and burned good. But the stubble on the ground was damp and didn't. Hiat is, for the tame being We let it burn, and put on a tittle more straw along to keep it going It was getitng late and we let it bum, preparatory to letting it go out But, as the last flickering straw burned, we decided we wanted to keep it going a little longer So we carefully held som“ burning blades of the dry grass to U and they caught up Zeke had wrung off a pretty good handful of the tall straw He laid that on the re-kindled fire and it biased up big ger than ever. About that time the itubble on the ground had dried EVERYDAY COUNSELOR \ . By Dr. Herbert ^puigh Last week I rounded out 25 years of talking to you- through the me dium of this newspaper column It commenced under the title, “Mu- sings of a Minister,” at the insist- jence and under the tutoring of Bn uiie S. Grifith, at that time manag ing editor of The Charlotte News, i He is now executive v^ce-president. To him I owe a d^bl of gratitude as being a long-time teacher and friend. After a few years “Musings of a Minister” became the “Every- iday Counselor,” as he and J. E. Dowd, at that time general manager i of the Charlotte Ne^s, thought this title would appeal more to the man .n the street Looking back over the years which have brought hundreds of 1 letters and personal conferences, certain things stand out vividly. 1 Man is essentially and basically j religious. He has a spiritual hunger which only God can satisfy. 2. Men and women are more spi ritually hungry now than ever be fore in my lifetime. Many don’t rec ognize it as that, nor will they ad mit it. This unsatisfied hunger pro duces frustration which leads many to psychiatrists, counselors, relig ious groups. This frustration often drives men and women into alco holism. They are spiritually hungry but they will not seek spiritual food with an open mind. 3. Men, women, and children are suffering intensely from lack of ap preciation, attention and love. Yet, what strange methods they use to try to get it. These methods run all the way from temper tantrums, flashy clothes, hot rod automobiles, to actual self-induced illness God is love, yet He is the last to be sought when He should be first. How strange it is that men and women resist God who has the an swer to all their needs. During these past years I have witnessed some terribl* 1 instances of the resistance which men and women have put up against God The Bible has the an swer, but they won t read it There are churches all around us, but they will not attend Ministers, priests, and rabbis are available, but they will not seek an appointment. God has the answer to all of our problems. I’m more convinced of that now than ever before after ihrity-five years in the ministry and 25 years as a newspaper columnist The Bible tells us that God is love. My experience and the expe rience of thousands of others prove it. I've seen too many modern mi racles in these 25 years. Someone has said: “God said it. Christ did it. I believe it That settles it.” Now, may I thank my readers who through the years have dealt so kindly with me, giving me les sons in iove You’ve taught me a way to love people Next to love for God this is essential to success ful, healthy, and happy living Looking back over the 25 years. 1 can condense all the advice I have given to you, my readers, into one sentence—LOVE GOD AND LOVE PEOPLE Now on Display—the New RAMBLER AMERICAN Station Wagon America’s Lower-priced Top Economy Station Wagon • The small car offering automata transmission and Air liner Reclining Seats! • 100-ii»ch wheelbase. Out-tums every ot her American car' • Quiet, economical, high-performance 6-cylinder engine' • Roomy comfort for five, king-size cargo space* • Top resale value. • 2600 dealers, parts and service coast to coast' RAMBLER AMERICAN SEDAN Sugjrilrd drtivrf'd pner *1 'nctofy. Keno sha Kfiitonsm lor ? door sedon at left State and local taaev it any automatic ttammission and other iptinnal equipment eatra out a bit, and a puff of wind came from out of newhere! That fir* jumped the barrier of Our opening, got in the tops of the tall straw, and was away like -a race horse towards our rail fence and a woodland area we treasured jfor straw. At first we hit at it writh our hats, but to no avail. Horror stricken, we lit out home, he to his, uiid I to mine I arrived squalling, and went away back under the house to the chimney, where the grown folks couldn't get me My mother was naving a quilting party The ladies all came out to see what ailed me. It waa then they saw the black smoke rsung down in the pasture, f rang the farm bed. and the men were soon there from the fields and beat it out. 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