The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 28, 1961, Image 9
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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
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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.
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measure in dollars and cents.
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—Gutters —Downspouts —Metal Vents
—Cy-Craft Fences —Aluminum Awnings
—Bonded Built Up and Tar and Gravel Roofs
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P. O. Box 144 CLINTON, S. C. Phone 833-0325
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‘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
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