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It THE CLINTON CHRONICLE & C, Thomiaj, Octottr t, IMS FARMS AND FOLKS By L. C. HAMILTON Clemaon College Extension Informstion SpedsHst rUmMD Exten. Information Spc. Reflections on cotton and cot ton pickers: “Them old cotton fields" aren’t what they used to be. We’ve got news for the folk song singer who longed for the “old cotton fields back home.” He might not know the place. Around Manning, Sumter, and Dillon last week we saw the “old” crop for what it may really be: a young giant growing in stead of declining — s thing re flecting more hope than despair. New methods and machines are sweeping in over the state’s cot ton belt so rapidly one has to dis card most old images of cotton production. The harvesting season was once characterized by a line of cotton sheets along the road and a great number of workers in the fields. But this is a waning scene. Replacing the cotton sheets is now a huge 3-bail cotton trailer. And a mammoth mechanical picker has replaced most field hands. Growing cotton now without hoeing or plowing is no longer an out-on-the-limb prediction. It’s almost a sure possibility. Maxie Hicks, who lives near Manning, plowed his cotton only once this year, then only to mix m MIDWAY DRIVE-IN THEATRE CLINTON-JOANNA HIGHWAY “WHERE HITS ARE A HABIT” LAST TIME TONIGHT Thurs^ Oct. 3 aunt CUM-^. h nM lli?: Friday, Saturday - Oct. 4, 5 * Teenage SCRATCH - O - RAMA Drags & Chicken Runs Fast Cats — Fast Girls — Tri • Carbs & Duals! SEE “FAST & FURIOUS” (PLUS) “GHOST OF DRAGSTR1P HOLLOW” .. (PLUS) “HOT-Rod GIRL” (AND) “HIGH SCHOOL HELLCAT” Sun., Moil, Tues. — Oct 6, 7, 8 the top dressing. Chemicals con trolled the crab grass. And the boll weevil at last has found his equal. Precision spray ing schedules with effective insec ticides are toppling his domin ance of cotton fields. R. V. Elliott, another Claren don farmer, almost stopped in sect spraying last August 1, but didn’t. A few more application gave him another bale per acre. He’ll now make two, if our es timates are correct. County Agent A. D. Grainger, looking hopefully to next year, said, “We’ve learned to lick ev erything except the weather.” At J. W. Brown’s farm, Dalzell, at J. E. Mays’, and at the Ray Towery’s, all in Sumter county, we saw cotton grown according to Clemson recommendations. Look for some rather astound- nig cotton yields from Dillon county this year. This was not supposed to be the best kind of a cotton year. But the “bal anced practices” program advo cated by Clemson has apparently produced results — in spite of the August drought. The technological revolution in cotton growing i s sweeping through the state like the wind. In Clarendon we were told of a 25 per cent increase in mechan ical cotton pickers this year. All across the belt farmers are excited about the new grass con trol chemical, treflan. It did _ remarkable job controlling grass in trail tshis year. But the coc- kleebur weed has become a first- rate pert., It’s rather ironic, in view of all other labor-saving advances, that the cocklebur has to be pulled out by hand. I say cotton is a young giant. It is young because farmers are learning more about cotton than they have ever known before. And they are applying their knowledge. Cotton is a giant because it is incerasing in value. Last year farmers received about 84 mil lion — an increase over the pre vious year. Since about 1905 cot ton yields have been on the in crease in South Carolina. And as yields increase, so will the im portance of the crop. The property changed hands several times after the death of Theodosia before it was bought by Archer M. Huntington in 1900 to be used as a winter home for himself and his wife, Anna Hyatt Huntington. He developed the property as a setting for her sculpture, and it has been said that this may well be the hand somest gift a man ever bought for his wife. Within two years the gardens were opened to the pub lic and the Huntingtons gave the 10,000 acres to the people of South Carolina and a million dol lars to provide for its upkeep. Many of the pieces of sculpture were done by Mrs. Hutington, in cluding the huge horses at the entrance to the gardens that can be seen from Highway 17, and the walks of the gardens, which are laid out in the shape of a butterfly with outspread wings, were planned by her. ^ This can be a fascinating visit if you become so intrigued with the beauty and history that you forget the time, then you may decide to spend the night. You will find excellent accommoda tions from Myrtle Beach to Georgetown, and Litchfield Beach and Pawleys Island are very near. If you would like to hear more of the famous ghosts of the area, and maybe see one, you will find someone who loves to tell the stories. From any part of the state, it is a pleasant drive on well- planned, good roads to the coast al regions where you can take Highway 17 to reach BroOkfretn Gaidens, which are open all year — except on Mondays, and there is no admission charge. So, if you have never visited this beautiful place—or if you have, you will surely enjoy it again—pack a picnic lunch soon and plan to spend some time wandering around in the gardens catching a glimpse of the past. There is a nice picnic area. Take this Palmetto Pathway soon for an outing you will long remember. [■cut ***¥ Wed. & Thurs. Oct. 9 & 10 “Violent Years” With Special Cast Through all the seasons, a fla- vor of nostalgia and romance may be found in South Carolina. Especially is this true of the world-famous Brookgreen Gar dens located on Highway 17 be tween Myrtle Beach and George town. Here is found the world’s largest collection of American statuary in gardens extending over 4,000 acres. This outdoor museum features native South Carolina plants and flowers and a zoo with many native animals along with rare imported spe cies. There is an office where you may ask questions and get lit erature giving the history of the gardens and descriptions of the sculptures. This office was the caretaker’s house many years ago. The plantation house has long been gone, but the kitchen still stands and it was here that George Washington’s supper was once cooked. You may walk beneath live oaks planted in 1750. On the tombstones in old Alston Ceme tery you may read the fate of Theodosia Burr, Aaron Burr’s daughter, who was married to Joseph Alston, a wealthy planter who later became governor of South Carolina. There are many stories told of what happened to the beautiful Theodosia after she left her plantation home to visit her father In New York— and some say she comes back now and then and walks in the formal beauty of the grounds where her home once stood. 1963 TAX LEVY LAURENS COUNTY, S. C. GENERAL LEVY Ordinary County Bonds County Deficit Library Bonds County Wide Levy Total 25 Mills C»ty B4. T« Deficit Laurens No. 56.. Laurens No. 56- Cross Hill No. 56- Ware Shoals No. 51- Greenvllle No. 520. 13 Laurens No. 55 made up and composed of the following old school and tax Districts: Laurens No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 11; Youngs 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10; Dials 1, 2 and 5; Sullivan 1 and 17; Scuffle- town No. 4 and 12; Waterloo 2, 4, 6 and 14. Laurens No. 55 made up and composed of the following old school and tax Districts: Croes Hill No. 13; Hunter 4, 5, 6,K -9, 42 and 16; Jacks No. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 15; Scuffletown No. 1, 2 3 Ware Shoals No. 51 is made up and composed of the following old school and tax Districts: Sullivan No. 2, 2 and 7; Waterloo No. 1 and 7. Greenville No. 520 is made up and composed of the following old school and tax Districts: Youngs No. 4 and Dials 3-B. Clinton Hospital District is composed of all District 26 except Cross Hill No. 12. The Above Taxes Due and Payable Te ALLEN D. COLEMAN, Treasurer Patronize The Chronicle Advertisers O-' — VS. East Carolina — Over — MSG Saturday-7:45 P. M. » Sponsored By Bank of Clinton • Canada Dry Lynn Cooper, Inc. • Vernon’s Coach Frank Howard of Clemson Saturdays 1:30-1:45 — Over — WLBG - AM-FM -By- Citizens Federal Savings & Loan Association 220 W. Main St. Clinton, S. 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