Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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9k C* Tkvrafay, Joly 1« IMi THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Telephone Talk a a MARTIN Your Telephone Manager Want to keep your children physcially fit? Well, you can! We understand that Clinton School District No. 56 is going to improve the ten- courts at Clinton Hi. , . . they sure could use a donation from toward this very worthwhile project Just out a check to them and don't put it off. I WAS A BIO YEAR IN TELEPHONE COM- IICATIONS. Early in the year die phone was used first time in news reporting, the first experimental >ard exchange was opened, and the first business rat installed. Then, on July 9, 1877, die tele business was formally organized with the drawing up of papers that created the Bell Telephone Company. We've come a long way since then. From a hand full of experimental phones has sprung the greatest communica tions network in the world . . . over 72,000,000 Bell System phones in the U.S. alone! JUST READ A NEWSPAPER ITEM SAYING AMERI CAN TELEPHONE BOOKS TURNED OUT TO BE THE BIG HIT OF AN AMERICAN COMMUNICA TIONS EXHIBIT IN MOSCOW! That’s right, telephone books just like yours and mine. There were 2,500 of them from cities all over the country, and as many as 12,000 people a day stood in line just to get a look at them. In Russia only a limited number of directories are printed and the latest Moscow phone book has been out of print for two years! Most Russians make their own private lists of phone numbers, but even at that, Russian phone companies must have the world's busiest Information Operators! 17:14-81 which of you by taking thought can add his stature^—Matthew «:f1. The little boy jumped down from his chair at the dining table and ran to stand beside his father. Stretching his frame as far as he could, he asked, “Am I big enough now, Daddy?” This was a daily ritual, for the father had promised him a dog when he became big enough to own one. The boy did not think of this as being something in the far-distant future—it was something attainable right away. He was not growing by being anxious; he was growing by eating plenty of nourishing food each meal, and he wanted a daily check on his progress. Jesus said: “Ask, and ye shall receive," but sometimes we are not big enough for what we ask. Let us not waste our time in anxieties, but have faith in God and continue, our spiritual growth. We can measure our progress, not by asking, “Am I big enough now, Father?” but by the way we measure up to the fullness of Christ. « 1 . PRAYER Our heavenly Father, mty we be thankful each day to receive what that day provides, content hi the know ledge that TVsu art our guide hi all of life. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Oh, that my spiritual growth today may measure up to what God expects! Carroll Tinsley (Georgia) FARMS and FOLKS By L. C. HAMILTON Clemaon College Extension Information Specialist oxen, South Carolinians of U6Q owned ‘87,179 head of cattle. This compares to a total 547,000 head on South CaroMaa farms January 1 of this year. The 1800 census shows over a million head of swine in the state, approximately three times the number today. Add to this a quarter of a million sheep and about 180,000 beasts of burden and one can understand the need for fences 115 years ago. With our South Carolina hu man population^ increasing to ward three million and our cattle population on the increase also, we may have to reverse the old refrain “Don’t Fence Me In” to something more fitting to the present situation. Mediock and L. Eston Medlock Term.; 10 grandchildren and a nedy Mortuary by Dr. of Atlanta, Ga.; two sisters, Mrs. great-grandchild. Cooper, Rev. T. C, C. W. Pinson of Belton and Mrs. Funeral services were con- Dr. Melvin K. E. M. Nesbit of Summerville, ducted Friday at 2 p. m. at Ken- was in Laurens City J. A. Tripp Fences for cattle are no par ticular issue now, except per haps the need for more of them. But there was a time when South Carolina had more cattle, and putting them behind fences was an issue which raged hot and heavy. Dr. G. H. Aull, in the The Carolina Economist relates hu morously how South Carolina for a half century or more was di vided down the middle on wheth er the state should enact a fenc ing law. Hard-working pickup... with a flair for fun! Works hard, but know* how to relax I That’s the new Ford Twin-I-Beam pickup. Two front axles give you big-truck tough ness on the job, smooth riding comfort afl the time. Each front wheel is suspended indepen- •dendy oa a forged I-beam axle, forged radius rods lock in wheel alignment, heavy-duty coil springs cushion the ride for comfort you never found in a tough truck before. That’s why, on the job or off on s family out- ing. Ford’s Twin-I-Beam suspen sion pickup is best for you. ’65 FORD PICKUP Corn* in and teat the ride that’s beet for work and play BALDWIN MOTOR COMPANY ORTH BROAD STREET CLINTON, 8. C. “South Carolina was sorely di vided—up-state and low-state— over the question . . . (and) cam paigning could sometimes get pretty rough for candidates seeking STATEWIDE office. “It was not too difficult to fa vor a ‘fence’ law when cam paigning in the upper part of South Carolina and to come out for a ‘no-fence’ law when cam paigning below Columbia where it was a common practice to let animals roam at will.” The problem was what to stand for in mid-state where sen timent was about equally divid ed and where, of course, the con troversial issue was evaded as much as possible. “The time came, however, when a well-known politician could not avoid taking a stand. Was he FOR or AGAINST the controversial ‘fence’ law? In true political fashion, this is what he said: “Well, some of my friends is fer it and some of ’em agin it. I’m fer my friends.” Sometime ago, I talked to Dr. T. S. Buie, Spartanburg, recent ly-retired leader of the Soil Con servation Service in South Caro lina, and an authority on fences. Dr. Buie referred to an article on fences he had written in the October, 1964, issue of American Forests. The article suggests that de pletion of forests through use of the timber fence rails contrib uted to the outward migration of South Carolinians to western regions during the middle of the last century. He quotes Oscar M. Leiber as writing about 1860. “Many valu able plantations and farms are abandoned, simply because there is not sufficient timber on them to enable them to he fenced. This is a misfortune greatly on the increase, and is a conspicuous cause of the emi gration from out state.” Population pressure was obvi ously another reason for fenc ing. As farmers moved closer to gether, the conflicts increased. Farmers who raised livestock thought other farmers should fence their crops. The crops peo ple in turn demanded that live stock farmers fence their stock. In South Carolina today the need is for more fences. But the need was great also during the South’s “Golden era” 115 years ago. The state simply had more livestock then, although fewer people. The Census lists for South Carolina during the year 1860 103,000 milch cows and 508,885 OTHER cattle, not including 20,- 507 working oxen. Omitting the Laurens — James Alpheus Tripp of 8 Blackwell Circle died at 0 p. m. Saturday at Laurens District Hospital after a long ill ness. Native of Laurens County, son of the late Forrest and Della Culbertson Tripp, he was a re tired textile worker and a mem ber of the Assembly of God. Church on Owens Street. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sara Pearl Tripp; a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Madden of Ware Shoals; a son, Jerome Tripp of the home; a sister, Mrs. Annie Owens of Greenville; a brother, George Truman Tripp of Char lotte, N. C.; and two grandchil dren. Funeral services were con ducted Monday at 3 p. m. at Bethel Temple Assembly of God Church on Owens Street in Clin ton by Rev. James W. Welch and Rev. John R. Waters. Burial was in Ware Shoals Cemetery. Mrs, J, A. Taylor Laurens — Mrs. Madge Med lock Taylor, 70, of 320 S. Harper St., died early Thursday in a local hospital after a week of illness. A native of Laurens County, daughter of the late Frank and Lou Nash Medlock, she was a member of First Methodist Church. Her husband, J. Ar thur Medlock, died in 1957. Surviving are a son, W. Wes ley Taylor of Laurens; four daughters, Mrs. R. A. Martin of Laurens, Mrs .Charles R. Williams of Columbia, Mrs. George C. 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