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I t t % T'* v THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thuraday, December 24, 195» * Personal and Social News of Joanna MRS. GEORGE METTS. Correspondent and Representative ' TVIephene Joanna 3261 ' , I uish for fa<h of rraders and subM nbers a >cr> Merr>' ('hrist- mas and a Happ> and Prosperous \c» Year mhs «,corgi: mots n Mr-' Lambert and chil dren <>f Chrton. visited Mr and lrv;n \rro\‘ K>d 'Sunday after- Mrs :ux>n Mr < ouc K Hs’yee and- Mrs Leroy at.ended tin Modern Dance program 'at Wmthrop College Wed nesday night 1 Misses Sue Boyce ,.nd Dixie .Couch are members of •he daltee class Mr and Mrs Toddy Black and .randson. Larrv. spent Sunday with Nfr and Mrs Dick Hueble. Mr and Mrs. \|\in Marshall celebrated tneir 23rd wedding an niversary on December 12. Miss Dixie Couch, of Wmthrop College, is speeding the Christmas holidays with her parents. Mr and Mrs Leroy Couch Mr and Mrs J E Boyce Bar bara and Elaine spent the week end with relatives in Lynchburg and Lamar. ’ .Mis.- Brenda O'Dell, of Wmthrop College, i- spending the Christmas ho’idays with her parents. Mr and M s. Cecil O Dell. l.AB CHRISTMAS PARTY f h staff of the lab of Joanna Mills and their guests enjoyed a C hristmas party Saturday night at 1 >anna Clubhouse . Christmas decorations were used throughout the party roams Places were laid for 20 guests The tables were covered.'with white cloths with low :k)v is or holly as centerpieces. The serving table was covered in green with a white Christmas tree and holly and a centerpiece of red carnations A butfet supper was sen ed Mrs Pope Oxner directed a num her of games, including a panto- mine quiz WITH THE SICK Virgil Varborougn has returned hoihe after being a patient at the » Veteran's Hospital in Columbia for several weeks. C. H. Brown has'been dismissed from Joanna Hospital following treatment. Baby Mary Elizabeth Crowder, of Mountville. is a patient at Joanna Hospital Mrs. Myrtle McCumber, of Clin ton. is receiving treatmeht at Jo anna Hospital Mrs Annie Lyda is a medical pa tient at Joanna Hospital \ FIGHT TB Wouldn’t you do anything you can to protect your family . those you love ; r from being stricken by a drea*i disease” Then why not take a very simple step toward helping to fight TB Answer your Christmas Seal letter toddy CLASS HAS CHRISTMAS PARTY The Ever Ready Class and W. S. C, S. members gathered for a joint Christmas party at Epworth Meth odist Church Monday evening The social hall was beautifully decorated ih keeping with the Christmas reason A lighted Christ- FARMS... AND FOLKS By I. M Eleazer Clemson College Information Specialist BALE PER ACRE j metto Grape Marketing Association We can well remember when a that's promoting the building of a bale of cotton per acre was a j(ield grape processing plant in the sthte. ag ffl to brag about, and it was seldom made on a whole field or farm in South Carolina But with the pinch of h*gh costs and the fuller application of devel- per -acre A lot of grapes are being set this winter Interested farmers, see your county agent or ag teacher * * * HAIL! TAKE'HEART When hail hits a young growing Public Records The Following Stores Will Be Closed 4 Two Days For Christmas HAMILTON’S JEWELERS PEARLE HENRY GpORGE A. COPELAND & SON SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. ROSE’S 5 & 10c STORE HOWARD’S PHARMACY SADLER-OWENS PHARMACY McGEE’S DRUG STORE EFIRD’S DEPT. STORE BELK’S DEPT. STORE LADIES READY-TO-WEAR SHOPPE CATO’S Monday-Tuesday Dec. 28-29 TARZAN FINDS ° FORGOTTEN WORLDS OF ADVENTURE! ■DENNY NU£R a IN NEW Tna OSARE DAN0VA-X1ANNA BARNES•H06EKT OOU6LAS ROfMTHul M JOSEPH NEMMN * M.BMIBT ADMISSION THIS PICTURE: CHILDREN 25c — ADULTS 60c V i BRttk Q\Y ftX !op«)d know-how, a bale average on the better farmis has not cra P- the farmer always fades the been exceptional now for..^,some dilemma of what to do Whether it time But a bale or more average ^ better to trust it to grovy out or per acre in a whole county has been ‘° plant it over, that s the pressing very rare However, last year 6 quesion that must be decided right ma* tree was placed at one end of | counties in the state averaged over For time will not wait, the hall. * S00 pounds of actual lint per acre County Agent Bonnette of McCoc Mrs. Jimmie Murrah led a num- on their entire acreage. These, with mick reports: “Cotton that was her of appropriate ^ames their yield figures in order, were: beaten completely clean of leaves A buffet style supper; was served Calhoun 550. Hampton 345, Dorches- and limbs on Jpne 3 by hail came ter 541, Allendale 522. Bamberg 520, ou( and made a' bale per acre in and Orangeburg 510 pounds. And some fields ” the whole state averaged 406 1 * • * . pounds Add the bagging and ties BOYS ARE THAT WAY to that and you have close to a good When they opened the hog up at bale per acre for the state. butchering time,' we were right Under present conditions, facts there, getting in the way, trying to developed by Clemson show it takes see everything, boqt a bale of cotton per acre here As soon as the insides came out in iow to make the crop at all worth- a tub, some of the women folks took from a beautifully apifunted jable, covered in white and centered with a net Christmas tree flanked by green burning tapers. R ' Rev Nathan Fleming, pastor of the church, was a special guest.. Gifts were exchanged at the close of the/evening W. S. C. S. HAS MEETING The Women's Society of Chris a making very little, just swapping There they cleaned the intestines for dollars, or losing them. • -luffing sausage and puddin’ in. Our cotton acreage is fast settling .And the stomach and larger parts on the best cotton lands, mostly in went for chitterlings. My, how we the mid-state. Large fields, lands liked them! Creamed like chicken that warm up and grow off early, and served on grits, they were won and those suited to mechanization derful. And to this day, I know of are the ones where this great crop nothing better. tian Service met December 8 at to the grower. Under that, you ; them down behind the plum thicket Epworth Methodist Church. Mrs. Lavirua Cooley, president, gave the Christmas/ nieditation from the Christian ^Herald. t Mrs. Jessie Prater was assisted by Mrs Olivia Abrams. Miss Kit- •tie Moseley. Mrs. J. D. O’Dell and Mrs. Lula Mae O'Dell in present ing the program. "There’s A Hush Of Expectation." The worship center was covered in white, centered with a brass cross flanked by lighted lapers and the world globe. Items from (the work sheet were read by the president She also an nounced that the Zone meeting will be held January 25 at the First Methodist Church in Laurens Mrs. -Van Godfrey and Mrs. Pearl Williams, hostesses for the meeting, served fruit cake with ambrosia and coffee. BOY SCOUTS GO TO FLORIDA The following Boy Scouts and still looks, good. r ... WITCHWEED IN WILLIAMSBURG Associate County Agent Harring ton of William shug, reports: “Witchwedd was found on one farm rounty We spoke in turns for the bladder It was highly treasured. We would insert a cane in it and blow it up. That was the only sort of balloon we ever had. We would put a few cow- peas in it, let it dry inflated, and then it would rattle like a drum in the coubty the past summer bor- when we agitated it. dering on the Santee Swamp Con- About that time they bad split the trol measures were immediately set hog down the back with a sharp up." axe. We hadn't beard of meat saws It was a bit surprising to find it then. The best axemen bragged there, as that’s on the far side of about being able to split the mar- the big county of Williamsburg row all the way down the back* from the known infestations in sev- bone ,as the hog hung from the limb eral -border counties' in the other of the old apple tree there in our direction. back yard * * * ‘It was really getting interesting leaders returned Saturday from a GRAPES ON THE PEE DEfc to us then, for it was nearing the week's trip to Florida. While there they visited many points of inter est They are: George Marshall. Randy Thompson. Alfred Harrel- son, Philip Wicker. Bill Bishop, Keith Ovsens. Roman Jaskin, Adgie Abrams. Johnny Moore. Jr., Steve Holt, Lewis Marshall, Johnny We ordinarily think of our start eating stage They would cut thin with bunch grapes as a money crop strips of the light tender loin and in this f state as being in th^ mid- give it to us to cook on Miarp sticks state and up-country. However,(over the coals there by the pots. County Agent Livingston of Flor- Frequently we would hold it too ence, tells me he asissted 11 farm- close and it or the#bck would catch ers there in marketing 30 toof of fire. If it dropped off, we’d scrape it grapes the past summer from 21 out of the ashes and try again. With Moore, Sr, Alvin Marshall and Ju- acres of rather young vines. These a little salt sprink'ed on, we thought lian Hunmcutt' | growers are-members of the Pal- that roasted pork was grand. Head, liver, skins, and scraps were all put in a pot, with a bag of rice to boil for liver puddin’. Trim mings of lean were ground for sau sage, and the fat was ground for lard The trimmed hams, shoulders, and sides were salted heavy and placed oq. papers on a shelf in the smoke bouse. And next week now we will finish this butchering thing CREDITORS’ NOTICE .All persons having claims against the estate of Dr. James W. Davis, deceased, are hereby notified to file the same duly verified, with the un dersigned, and those indebted to said estate will please make pay ment likewiae. LAWRENCE F DAVIS, Executor, To ail our good friends, v>e send our V V H warmest thaiks for their patronage and good will, // n \\ along-with our heartiest wishes for their happiness throughout the Holiday season. W X > EASTSIDE GREENHOUSE COLl MBIA HWY. The following public records were filed the past week in theroffice of the Clerk of Court of Lauras Coun ty. 1 PROPERTY TRANSFERS Joe H. Bonds to Mullen G. Over- street and Myrtle G. Overstreet, 1.9 acres, more or less, on east side of the Calhoun Highway for $10.00 and o’.her considerations. Blanche C. CoVan to Mertis S. Rhodes. 8 acres, more or less, in Laurens Township for $100.00. John Pinson and Lorsie Redfiekl to John F. Grant, lot on road lead ing from Piedmont Church for $50 Joe H. Bonds to Bu^r Mack and | Jennie Salters Mack. 2B.29 acres in Town of Waterloo for $10.00 and oth er considerations Sam Compton to James Todd Compton, lot three miles northwest of the City of .Clinton for $10.00 and other considerations. George Q Neely to C. W Kinard and J. Lindsay Fennell, 136.1 acres, mote or less, in Sullivan’s Township No. 17 for $10.00. James Henry Pulley to Thomas C. Lancaster and Mrs. June Martin Lancaster, lot on Douglas Street in the City of Laurens for $500 00 and other considerations. * Andrew F, Holliday to Levenia I McIntyre and Hugh B. Jones, lot on By-Pass 76 in the City of Laurens, for $10.00 and other valuable con siderations. ’ p Sam Cathcart to Fred Cathcart, j of an acre in Youngs School Dis trict No. 10 for $1,700. M. H. Hunter, Jr, and Boyd H. Parham to Thomas T Adkins, 2 lots on Lake Greenwood for $1,600.00. Louis O. Vinson to Mary M. Vin son, lot in Fountain Inn for $1.00 and other considerations. J. Marvin Rhodes to Marvin L. Bennett and Dorothy 0. Bennett, 1 acre on highway between Gray | Court and Martin’s Cross Roads, for $10.00 and other considerations. Joe H. Bonds to Frai* H. Golden and Sara M. Golden, lot on David- son Street in the City of Clinton for $10.00 and other considerations. Anna M. Beaty to James O. Fin ley, lot in the Town of Laurens, for $75.00. Fred Hill to M. E. Hunsinger, lot in Cross Hill Township for $10.00 and other considerations. A. C. Clark to Orien Vance Clark, lot in Laurens County for $5.00. love and affection. MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED John H. Stevens, Woodruff, and Carrie Lou Godfrey, Joanna. James Darrell Landreth, Wood ruff, and Joan Vaughn. Woodruff Leon Broughton Wright, Honea Path, and Sallie Mae Collins, Lau rens. t Eddie Lanier Johnson, Joanna, and Carol Ann Mills, Laurens, Gilbert Eugene Kidd, Clinton, and Sarah Vidalia Smith, Clinton. Calvin Joel Poag. Clinton, and Dorothy Eloise Corbin, Clinton. Dex Allen Madden, Laurens, and Rachel Johnson. Laurens. William Leroy Alexander, Clin ton. and Mattie Lee Floyd Jones, Clinton. Jodie Martin GambreO. Waterloo, and Ethel Rice. Waterloo. Clarence Wilburn Barnes, Lau rens, and Francelene Hitt, Laurens. Robert Earle Scott, Woodruff, and Donnie Ann Simmons, Laurens. Ray Leonard Gossett, Clinton, and Sallie Mae Johnson, Clinton. Edward Oscar Craddock. Foun tain Inn, and Pearl Etrulia Hens ley, Fountain Inn. George William Kiker, Laurens, and Martha Ann Thomason, Gray Court. Donald Frank Nelson, Clinton, and Leona Arresa Beaman, Clinton. Eugene Hunter, Clinton, and .Ly dia Bell Kennedy, Mountville. Preston Bobo Gist, Spartanburg, and Sara Ellen Y^tmg Laurens. Hubert Ruben Davis, Hope Mills. N. C., and JiU Elizabeth League, Joanna. 1 Booker T. James, Gray Court, and Elizabeth Coleman, Greenville. THANK YOU AND A TO ALL OUR FRIENDS We're happy from the top of ovr bright red slocking cap right down to our shining boots, to have hod a share in your Christ- mosl Smiles and kisses and squeals of joy around your family drde are our best reward for our many long and busy hours spent these post few weeks. 7!^ • We know... Santa does some times make mistakes on sizes, colors. So please, bring it bock lor exchange. You'll be happiar ... ond so will we! pjL We wont to moke good Santa's mistakes and we will appreciate your cooperation, so ...PHASE MAKE EXCHANGES BEFORE JANUARY 1st. P if M «<P V rlLv i N* OFFICE SUPPLIES CHRONICLE PUR. CO. PHONE 14 Clinton, S C. | Dec. 4. 1950 3cD-24 Last Day Dec. 24 ***** ^ KETTLES _ P^MacDOKAlDS WgM •* untfcSft afteunoML nenm Friday-Saturday Dec* 25-26 -^CHRISTMASJTREAT —Plus— BUGS BUNNY CARTOON SHOW One Hoar Of Cartoons Wishing You A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year - i BROAMRi FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the IMfe day of January, U8i, I will radw a final account of my acts and doings as Administratrix of the estate ef George James Sinesth. Jr., in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock a. H-. and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Administratrix. -Any person indebted to said es tate is notified and required to make payment on or before feat data; and all persons hatpng claims against said estate w«il preaent them on or before said dale, duly proven, or be forever burred. HELEN H. JOHNSON. Administratrix Dec 9, I960 4c>J-7 IF YOU DOHT READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DOITT GET THE NEWS 74 through the world. We wish for all our friends Christmas peace and happiness. PIGGLY WIGGLY Dr. David T. Mixon —Optometrist— 201 N. Broad Street - I PHONE 1308 Office Bonn: 3-5:30 Gray Funeral Home FUNERAL DIRECTORS WHY TAKE LESS? PER ANNUM NEW ANTICIPATED RATE ON SAVINGS AND INVESTMENTS Place Vow Funds Witfc Us Now • . I Laurens Federal Savings . amp u*ur AatoctAmir 201 Went Main St. Phene 2S0I2