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TharMUr* December 2S, IMi THB CLINTON CHRONICLE 1 Varner in Historical Japanese Area (Editor's Note: This is a third Mushiro is also made into sacks I am stayuig. (Editor's Note: This is a third article in a series by Evin Varner of Marlboro County about his experiences in Japan as a dele gate in the International Farm Youth Exchange. He is a former student at Presbyterian College. The IF YE program, now being conducted in some 60 countries, ultimately hopes to bring about world peace. The State Master 4-H Club, in cooperation with the Clemson Extension Service, spon sors the IFYE program in South Carolina.) Nara. Japan—Here on the Ya mamoto plain, the birthplace of much of Japan’s history and cul ture, the old and new is contrast ed sharply. Nara was th? first capital over 1,200 years ago; so the area is rich in history, legends, songs, and dance. Here are the oldest wooden buildings in the world, storehouses of priceless ancient objects of art. But the skyline is also punctuated with shining in dustrial and office buildings, evi dence of the modern face of Ja pan. The farmers of this area con centrate on vegetable and fruit growing to grace the tables of nearby metropolitan complexes. With ingenuity and skill they make one small plot of land pro duce six crops a year. In the face of today's intense industrialization, many hand craft traditions are carried on in small shops and in farm homes, producing things that are vital to the Japanese way of life. These are not wasteful people —they cannot afford to be. For example, after rise is threshed, the straw is used in many ways It is twisted into strong rope or woven into mushiro. the Jap anese equivalent of burlap, and used much like that material is used oh South Carolina farms Mushiro is also made into sacks and storage bags. Waroji are sandals made of rice straw- popular footwear of farmers. Bamboo grows abundantly and finds its way to the dinner table as a crisp, tasty vegetable. It also furnishes raw material to skilled home craftsmen who pro duce furniture, screens, baskets and tableware. Curved tiles that make Japan ese roofs so distinctive are made by small, one-family rural indus tries whose front yards serve as the drying kiln. The same type „ „ of "factory” produces tubs of y many sizes from wooden slats that are durable and useful. Tatami, the woven floor mat ting, is both grown and manufac tured on the farm. The loom is threaded with a plant fiber cord called ichibi, and igusa^ a strong reed, grown in paddy-like fields, I am s He blows long blasts on a deep whistle. My host mother runs out with a pan. calling “O Tofu- San!” (Mr. Tofu man). Tofu is a soybean curd used in many dish es. The vendor, using a hand scale, weighs out some of his wares for her. As she returns, I aske her if she cannot buy tofu from a store, factory made, rath er than from the vendor who makes it in his home. Speaking slowly so I can un derstand her Japanese, she says, “Yes, but I guess we like the PUBLIC RECORDS PROPERTY TRANSFERS Ruth Nelson Porter, Alvin Nel son, Pauline Jones, M e 1 v i n c Jones, Piccola Jones and Alvin N is woven through the cords to Jones, 79 acres in Youngs Town- make the Japanese "rug.” The loom is propelled by a foot-pedal, as are most machines used in making these various chafts. The inner walls of a Japanese tion. ship for $10.00 and other valuable considerations. Ben Wood to Sallie Woods. 30t4 i acres for $5.00, love and affec- home are screens of a wooden 'framework covered with a rice ' straw paper. The paper, frame- i work, an dassembly are al made j in home workshops. Every area of Japan boasts a special souvenir — often toys, dolls, woven fabrics, or trays— all handmade and very beautiful. I U. S. variety store buyers have overlooked many of the quality items of tasteful design that Ja pan produces. Home gardeners here are skill David T. Williamson to Ken neth L. Babb, lot near Hickory Tavern for $7,000.00. Thomas T. Adkins to John C. Jarrard, lot on Lake Greenwood for $800.00 Arthur Belue to J. W. Sharpe and Minnietta Sharpe, lot on Fairview Road, Laurens County, for $10.00 and other considera tions. Reid P. Gowan to W. M. Whel- ichel, lot on Blalock Drive, Joan- pperRowi too** NASHVH.il TINNHSII THE WORLDS MOST WIDELY USED DEVOTIONAL GUIDE Read I John, Chapter I If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7) Since the days of Enoch prophets, priests and saints have sought a closer walk with God. From generation to generation, man has sought to know Him who is light and life and love. This spiritual quest is deeply planted in man's soul, as shown in every age, in every clime, in every state of his advance ment. What better supporting evidence of man’s immortality could God have revealed to us? To make crystal clear His love for us, God sent us Christ His Son as revelation, redeemer, example, and friend. Christ brought to us a picture of our eternal Father—His nature. His relationship to us. His deepest yearnings for the least of us. While in the flesh, Jesus communetfln prayer with God and did His Father’s will each day. In the examples of Jesus, we discover the way of a closer walk with God our Father. PRAYER Our Father, In our journey through life, help us to walk close to Thee. May our lives disclose that we have been with Thee today. This we ask in the name of Jesus, who taught us to pray, "Our Father who art in heaven . . . Amen." Clyde O. Law (West Virginia) World-wide Bible Reading—Hebrews 11:1-16 Four-H groups from Claren don, Fairfield, and Marlboro counties are exploring the feasa- btllty of organizing horse shows. Sumter Associate County Agent T. B. Tillman, Jr., organized a club a couple of years ago. In terest has snowballed. T .0. Bow en emceed the most recent show before about 1,500 persons. • • » D. H. Merchant and Watson Chandler, and their families of Williamsburg County, will make progress reports in the state's Farm and Home Development Program shortly These residents of the Cades community and i Greeleyville, respectively, have added new farm enterprises poultry among them) to balance out their farming program. County Agent R. A. Jackson says most folks in the Kingstree area are giving a lot of atten tion right now to tobacco beds. "The majority of the beds are started around Christmas time.” Tobacco U the big crop here abouts. Actually, Williamsburg ranks third in the state in tobac co acreage and production. "Even so, we could use a few more acres.” The First National Bank Of Laurens, S. C. Laurens County’s Only National Bank « On the Square — Telephone 25943 Member F. D. I. C. Member Federal Reserve System Township for $1,000.00. Joe H. Bonds to Charles E. Pat- r*’ “ terson and Willie Mae Patterson, many boxes , ot near c , lnton for >1() ^ and jful and artistic. They can take , a single chrysanthemum plant, . 0 0 r ,' or J >or f ! on to coax it over a wire frame and Mam,e lmo « ene Crain - lot coax it over a wire frame, and Laurensi for $3 000.00. produce flowering forms in many w n shapes, often 8 feet square These Ar ^ e , r D nn > An " slron « “> P are sold for display in stores or - cre ® as gifts., to shrines and temples Just now an old man wheels a bicycle laden with I through the little village where! Pansy S. Blakely to Harry M. Lanford-and Dorothy K. Lanford, 2 acres in Jacks Township for $10.00 and other considerations. Frank H. Rowe to Fidelity Co., Inc., lot in Joanna for $5.00 and mortgage. Pineland Trading Corporation to Dr. D. H. McFadden, lot on Lake Greenwood for $1,100.00. Joe H. Bonds to Gladston L. Huggins and Dorothy L. Huggins, lot near Clinton for $10.00 and other considerations. D. F. Patterson, executor of the estate of Emma D. Gray, to Gus Yeargin, lot near Gray Court for $100.00 Eugene Sloan to Joe E. Living ston and Hattie B. Livingston, lot | on Musgrove Street, Clinton, for ; $10.00 and other considerations Roy W. Baughman to Rosetta Satterwhite, lot near Laurens for $100 00. A. E Holton to Glenda L. Peters, lots in Greenacres for $198 00 Fidelity Co., Inc., to George O. Meadors and Lodus H. Mead ors, lot in Joanna for $4,875.00. Hubert L. Penland to J. C. Pen- land and Christine Patterson Pen- land, 1 acre in Laurens Township for $10.00 and other valuable considerations. MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED Joe Cecil McCall and Catherine Josephine Brewer of Clinton. Charles Terry Campbell and Delora Belle Lydia of Clinton. Horace O’Dell Finley of Clin ton and Patricia Lucille Mattox of Joanna. CHEERY ... WARM-AS-TOAST WINTERS CAN BE YOURS IF YOC INSULATE AND WEATHERSTRIP YOUR HOME Enjoy freedom from cold drafts and save on fuel bills. Home insulation pays for itself in fuei sav ings, in increased comfort — more than you can measure in dollars and cents. SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS —Roofing —Siding —Sheet Metal Work —Gutters —Downspouts —Metal Vents —Cy-Craft Fences —Aluminum Awnings —Bonded Built Up and Tar and Gravel Roofs For Free EatimateN — Call or Write J. A. SMITH, JR. P. O. Box 144 CLINTON, S. C. Phone 833-0325 —Representing— AUGUSTA ROOFING & METAL WORKS. Inc. AUGUSTA, GA. FARMS AND FOLKS By L. C. HAMILTON Clemson College Extension Information Specialist Installations And Repair Service • Plumbing • Electric — Call — Joe V. Edwards 833-2933 3 . j ^ Point Budget Finance Service 1. Dial 833 - 2161 2. Ask For "Budget Manager n 3. Pick Up Your Cash In 1 Hour Result: YOU HAVE THE CASH YOU NEED WE HAVE A CUSTOMER 110 PITTS ST. CLINTON, S. C. ‘Subject to our usual liberal credit policy. January was named for the Roman god Janus. Janus con trolled gates and doors and was influential in all beginnings and endings. One feature of the god Janus was peculiar: he had two heads. One head looked back and the other forward. He could therefore see the old year and the new one ahead. So, with old Janus looking straight at us, what better chance is there for erasing this year's mistakes and listing our good in tentions for 1962? Did someone mention things left undone? Here’s a few: 1. Failure to plow the garden after harvest. F. H. Smith, Clem son extension pathologist, says early deep plowing is one of sev era! good disease control prac tices. 2. Insufficient reading and cor recting your stories. When an er ror in spelling or grammar slips by, my face turns red. Although he doesn’t say so, my chief, J. B. Copeland, is embarrassed, too. 3. Failure to fence that field of kudzu and put cattle on it. 4 Failure to plant the remain der of ornamental plants around the house. Erasing those will partially clear the slate (and my con science) for 1961. But what lofty objectives can we list for the coming year? 1. First, of course, will be to plow the garden, fence the kudzu, spend more time on reading copy, and planting the ornamentals. I’ll also resolve not to carry these things over again next year. 2. Keep ahead of the seasons with timely information on farm ing and homemaking in order that folks may take advantage of the hints . 3. Follow the suggestion of P. S. Williams to keep better rec ords during 1962. Don't let anyone fool you, farming is a business. So is homemaking. 4. Try harder to write a story that will convince people that a more prosperous agriculture is a resource to wealth for the entire population; that everyone has a stake in agriculture; and that there are now expansion (devel opment) possibilities in agricul ture in the Southeast. 5. Attempt to tell non-farm people that close-to-home agricul ture creates non-farm jobs in the community. It Is also a first-rate business stimulator. Agriculture needs non-farm goodwill and en couragement, especially in fi nance and marketing. That's a real slate of work cut out for next year. I don’t dare add another item. * * * G. D. O'Dell, Clemson dairy researcher, listed these advan tages for pelleting forages: 1. Animals consume more for age. 2. Lends feeding of roughages to mechanization. 3. It decreases storage and transportation cost. “But,” he continued at a Sum ter dairy field day, "feeding pel leted roughages to dairy cattle is generally not considered practi cal at this time due to the high cost of pelleting.” • • • There's absolutely no basis in fact for the often-heard idea that milk and acid fruits and milk and fish are not healthy combina tions, C. B. Reeves, Clemson extension dairy technologist, says. » • • Clarendon County Agent A. D. Grainger has given me the first returns on this year’s soybean contest in that county. The top yield was 45.9 bushels. "Twenty - four demonstrations with Jackson beans gave an aver age yield of 35 bushels; nine plots planted to CNS beans averaged 29.5; and six farmers who plant ed Yelnando averaged 24.7." • a a Actual digging of drainage projects on GUm Branch and Chub Bay in Dorchester County is expected to commence in 1962, D. E. Epps, county agent, says “Farmers are a little slow in signing up right now. But we feel that interest in these projects Is high.” Plans and supervision for the projects is under the direction of the Soil Conservation Service. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT | OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That an order nisi has been pass ed by W. E. Dunlap, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Lau rens County, South Carolina, ap pointing W. Paul Culbertson, at torney-at-law, whose address Is Old Palmetto Bank Building, Laurens, South Carolina, as guardian ad litem for unknown minors and other persons under disability, if any, defendants in in this action; that the appoint ment becomes absolute on the 18th day of January, 1962; and that said order was dated and filed on the 12th day of Decem ber, 1961, in the office of the Clerk of Court for Laurens County, South Carolina. TENCH P. OWENS, t' Attorney for the Plaintiff Clinton, South Carolina, December 12, 1961 3c-D-28 Happy New Year! 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