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Tfcnraiftj. May 28, IMt THE CUNTON CHRONICLE § FARMS... AND FOLKS By J. B1 Eleazer Clemson CoDafft Information ,«lparinl>at —*•**»»*—«»»»»•< ••• »>»»<•*»»» »*••*** lowing acreages signed up in a num ber of counties: Cherokee, 50 acres; Chester, 50; Fairfield, 18; Green- viHe, 75; Oconee, 39; Spartanburg, 185; Union, 78; and York, 100 acres. And there are others I don’t have a report from. GOOD START WITH GRAFES “Bunlh grapes handled right offer a promising a new money crop for the Piedmont area," says Roy Fer- ree, Clemson Extension Horticul turist. Up through the past planting sea son about a thousand acres had been signed up with the Palmetto Grape Marketing Association. And Roy tells me there are ,good pros pects for many more. For the past several years a scat tering of bunch grapes has been planted over this area and it was just last summer that they came into production in sufficient volume to justify looking for a wholesale outlet. This the marketing men of Clemson found at a processing plant up in New York state. A number of large truckloads were assembled, with the help of local county agents and ag teachers, and shipped up there. These folks liked our grapes and our growers were pretty well pleased with prices gotten. If sufficient acreage is planted down here, this firm shows a def inite interest in establishing a pro cessing plant in the area. This will take a lot more grapes than we now have. But Roy and the county agents tell me local interest indicates that a lot more will be set out next winter. County agents tell me of the fol- * * V TOBACCO IN CHEROKEE Thirteen farmers in Cherokee county signed up to plant 15.5 acres of aromatic tobacco last year, As sistant County Agent Ridgeway tells me. t These demonstrations, like the others over the Piedmont area, will be under one of Clemson’s special agents versed in the growing and curing of this rather new money crop. Small acaeages of it handled by family labor are proving a good money crop on a good many up country farms. This is one commfMj- ity we import a lot of. So the oppor tunity is wide open for a consider able production of it. * • • GRAIN SORGHUM HYBRIDS Agent Livingston of Charles ton says, “Several varieties of new experimental grain sorghums are planted in the county this year.” Last year County Agent Craven of Saluda had similar tests and found that some of the new hybrids did considerably better than the old va- neties w* hare been planting TMs county has boen_ gaowing consider* able grain sorghum for some yean. The new hybrids are being system atically tested out by Clemson. As they prove themselves in the field, and as seed supplies become avail able. they will be recommended for general planting. Recommended va rieties of grain sorghum for South Carolina now are DeKalb E-56-A. Martin, Redbine 80, RS 810, and Texas 660. These are for grain For forage (grazing and silage) the reg, ular Hegari variety is recommend ed. * * • BOYS ARE THAT WAY Of late I went to the Stone Hills of the Dutch Fork, where child hood’s happy days were spent. It’s always good to go back there But I’m sure I'd not like to stay. For time changes things and us, too. So it is in memory we can best linger back there. I went down on the creek of many memories. It had changed so I hard' ly recognized it. The channel that once trickled with clear water had largely silted up when the hills were cleared. Now those lands have large ly gone back to sod and tree, and we see the water clearing up there again. On the way back I came by the old locust tree, surely a milestone in our memories. It marked a land corner and we feasted on honey lo cust pods from it in our time. It had specially good ones, and we let few of them waste. Its long, sharp, fork ed thorns kept us from climbing it But with the abundant rocks that lay around, we knocked them off. Late in the seson an - occasional j worm would be in the good meat of the pods. But that didn't bother us much. It gave rise to the saying, what's worse than seeing a worm in the locust you are eating'’ The an ew er wm. a half of one. Well, the old locust tree, although long-lived, bad gone And some of IU sprouts marked its spot. Our field that bordered it, where many a hot day I had toiled, had been turned out and it came back thick with pines now almost ready to cut. With that change I wondered if kids would again eat honey locusts when those sprouts grew up there. I doubted it, for the competition is too keen, and the morning sun can't bathe them with its power as it did their parent that stood there in the sunny edge of the old woodland by the field Next week we'U walk around some more down there through childhood’s memories. Public Records (Elintmt (Elirnutrb The following public records were filed the past week in the office of the Clerk of Court of Laurens Coun ty. Property Transfers Simon Cunningham to borothy Cunningham Daniel, lot in the Trin ity Ridge School District for $1 00, love and affection. M. H. Hunter, Jr., to Baker Con struction Co., lot in South Heights sub-division, Laurens, for $10.00. Hubert J. Pitts to C. W. Cooper, lot in Pitts Meadow, Clinton, for $10.00 and other valuable considera tions. Thomas D. Pigg, Jr., to J. A. Be- denbaugh and Sarah P. Beden- baugh, lots in Grayview Estates, Laurens, for $10.00 and other val uable considerations. Niles C. Clark and Agnes A. Clark to Emma Lee Garrett, lot in Rose mont sub-division on Lake Green wood for $10 00 and other valuable considerations. Jack H. Davis, Jr., Lawrence F. Davis. Ada Davis Bayon and Cath erine Davis Mclver, to W Watts Davis, 76.6 acres on the Old Milton Road for $10.00, William P Dagnall and Ruby M. 1 Dagnall to Joe H. Bonds, lot in Dag nall Circle, Laurens, for $10 00 and i other consider a lions Niles C. Clark and Agars A Clark to John Willie Watts and Ethel Watts. 2.15 acres near Waterloo for $10.p0 and other considerations. M E Beck to O'Dell Beasley and Mary Beasley, lot in Washington Heights, Laurens, for $7,390.00. Irby M Poole to Bobby Nell Poole, lot in Youngs Township for $5 00, love and alfection Baker Construction Co. to William P. Knight, lot on U. S Highway No. &1 for $9,450 00. Blake P. Garrett to Dorothy M Harrison, lot in Youngs Township for $3,500.00. Arthur H. Howard to Nelle R. Howard, lot on Stonewall St., Clin ton, for $10.00, love and affection. J M. Austin and Lee A. Austin to John A. Webster and Maria H. Webster, lot on Farley Ave., Lau rens, for $3,000.00 and other consid erations. Marriage Licenses Issued William Ray Pace, Clinton, and Woodie Mae Campbell, Clinton. Joe Calvin Foster, W r oodruff, and Mildred Louise Lawson. Clinton. Cecil Wayne Quinton. Clinton, and Carol Dean Emery, Clinton. Leroy Curtis Lehman, Pensacola, Fla., and Kathleen Ray Webb, Pen sacola, Fla. M L. Butts, Mauldin, and Kath erine Louise Luthrell, Knoxville, Tenn. Billy Hughes, Enoree, and Eva Eubanks. Clinton FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 9th day of June, 1959, I will render a final ac count of my acts and doings as Ex- 1 ecutor of the estate of Eddie N. Hen ry in the office of the Judge of Pro bate of Laurens County, at 10 o'clock a. m , and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Executor. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make payment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, or be forever barred. HOMER D HENRY, Executor May 7, 1969 4C-J-5 OFFICE'SUPPLIES CHRONICLE PUB. CO, SCRATCH ME-NOT WITH nrCH-ME-NOT Apply ITCH ME-NOT. In 1$ mia ntes. if the itch needs scratching, get your Mr back. You feel the med ication take hold to quiet the itch in minutes; watch healthy, clear skin come on. Get ITCH-ME-NOT from any druggist for external skin irritations. NOW at Youngs Phar macy. , ^ „ 3c-21 FOR Heating Service CALL BENJAMIN PHONE 117 nr .'>% Laurens County Evangelistic Crusade INVITES YOt TO HEAR May 31 Thru June 14 .VftAb Al 7 » r. H. BmSusu S r. M (few Johnson Field, Presbyterian College CMVTDft. a c. j Wide flot bead Non-skid design Black sidewall, tube-type *Suu 470*15“, plus to* and recappohJe frodu-in Backed by the Famous Gulf Namel You can be sure that the quality of any Gulf Tire you buy is backed by Gulf. Get New Safe Gulf Tires Now at Big Savings I See Your Nearest Gulf Dealer Listed Below McCrary s Service Station South Brood St. ' CMuUm.S.C. 45 Charlie’s Gulf Center 314-316 E. Carolina Ave. Clinton. S. C. 9SS4 Young Bros. Gulf Station N Htwnd and L L C isas Clinton Service Station T. a YOUftCBUJOO Yew voter I FROM OLTER STATE. I a Mirth* -pin OB Hm an ■petp wauMg for (At aHMafn. Tfcfcl bon from far beyond the earth ie Bade poteibk by a icmarkaNe lavratK>n—the traauvu>r—developed through reuearvh by telephone people. It's the tame oay ampUfer now being used in tuch everyday arms as radios and hearing aids. They're also used in more and more new telephone equipment, and will play a big part in to morrow's better telephone service. SCHOOL'S OUT! And the good ole summertime is just around the corner. Wonderful days for the teen-agers at your house — busy with plans for swims, picnics, platter parties. And how they love to chat with school pals. Seems to me now’s the time to see for your self what a difference an extension phone can make in your home. One in your teen-ager’s bedroom, for instance. Or perhaps one tor the busy mother, in the kitchen. Check their favorite colors and give us a call. Incidentally, an extension makes a wonderful gift for that graduating senior less than a nickel a day. 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