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Hioasands To See
tors lo see folf^wing the parade*
A special float v is being con-
Anderson Christmas structed to carry santa Glaus. He
will ride *t the end of the parade
Parade December 7
J( v Stage Balloon Characters,
and Bands, In Line Of
March Starting IQ a. m.,
Q250 Prises Offered
South ♦ Carolina’s largest Yule-
tlda parade will , march before
thonsaxids of spectators in Ander-
-fon Saturday, December 7, begird
ntag at 10 a. m., and will feature
fifty-four huge rubber balloon
characters, Santa Claus, who is her
tag flown direct from .the North
BoAe, several Outstanding bands,
and colorful floats. »« ><> *■
The main feature of.. the event
wfll be the presentation, for the
first time in the state, of the
balloon characters of cats, a pig,
caterpillar, horse and rider, giant
to greet *the many children who
are nedr the street. s . .
“We are expecting a large croW&'j a
for the event," the Rev. B. C.
White, parade chairman, said,
“because people in this section of
the South have never seen any
thing like it before. We know it
will thrill the children and we arej
sure the adults will
oughly enjoy lt. M
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also thon>*
American Farmers
Putting Millions Of
Dollars In U. S.
Savings Bonds
lions of dollars a day. in U. S,
Savings Bonds, according to a re
port just received by Mr. G. J.
Sanders, Jr., County Chairman, U.
S. Savings Bonds Division, from
the Treasury Department in
Washington. ^
' “Farmers have been discovering
in 1946 that the same savings
bonds they bought to help win the
war are an excellent investment
in peacetime, too,” Mr. Sanders Important
commented.
American farmers, enjoying the
_ best year’s income in their history
head, kangaroo with baby, dragon,(nationally, are putting away mU-
flsh and an elephant. Some of
tremendous figures will reach
IS feet into the air and measure
110 feet in length.
They will come bobbing down
the street on the shoulders pf high
-school boys or riding on truck
trailers. A railroad train, com
plete with passengers and sound
effects, will be included in the
march.
Before the parade special • en
tertainment will be presented by
Fire Chief Jack Bdhe luid his
'"gaHoping 'jalopy.”
The march is expected to be
ovre two miles in length and will
take approximately an hour %o
pass a given point. •
.The Anderson Police Depart
ment, with the cooperation of law
enforcement officers of other
nearby cities, have made prepara-
i ions to aifford visitors an excel
lent view of the spectacle. No
parking will be allowed oh the
Greets during the parade and
special personnel will be stationed
ttiong the line of march.
In conjunction with the parade,
jhcom£^r retirement are buying
Series G Doqds, which pay 2 1-2
per annum for 12 years;
an brings the Interest
h months,
rs who in the hard times
he f^t World War, had to
sell Liberty Bonds for less than
they had paid for them appreciate
the removal of that risk on the
present Savings Bonds, which al
ways pay ip principal and
interest, x at least as much as you
have invested, tfery few holders pf
E tionds realize that the return on f
these bonds,'if you hold them six
years, mounts as high as 4.41 per
cent. Compound interest is a great
thing if you’re on the receiving
end of ?iV,’
Americail*.farmers generally are
in far bettt^financial -shape now
than they were 15 months after
the first World War, Mr. Sanders
commented^. Farm mortgages in
early 1920 totalled $10,000,000,000
' the nation; now amount to a-
t ;half’ that. - F’armers invested
r $5,000^00,000 in U. B. Savings
Bonds in 1941-45 and have been
adding to that steadily in 1946.
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Farm Calendar For
December Guidance
Even in
ember farmers liave
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ivities, chiefly lobk-
The average farmer tag to the'future, says ftouhty A-
today recalls what happened after gQnt M. A. Bouknight, who lists
the last war, - when high prices these reminders
hit the toboggan in May, 1920, and
farmers were hit hardest; of ■ fill
producers, more tfian 400,000 farm
mortgages were foreclosed and
many farm families were so deep
in debt that it took them 20 yedrs
to get back on sound financial
footing. They don’t want to he
caiight unprepared ag^in, so they
are laying up reserves.
“Most farmers are buying E
bonds, which are literally the best
investment on the market today,
paying almost 3 per cej^^om-
ly, if 1
Agronomy
1. Save plant food for 1947 crops
—“Green, fields for Christmas”. 2.
Put cotton.under cover to prevent
loss of $5 or more per bale. 3.
Clean up ftriars and plum thickets
around $dges of fields. 4. Bed
down stalls and barns with leaves,
pine needles, or jgruin straw; • the
bigger iJfcfe manure pile the small
er the fertilizer bill. 5'. Start that
permanent pasture now. 6. Dis
tribute limestone. 7. Make im
mediate application for 1947 ferti-
seeds before. seedsmen are out -of
desirable varieties, v 2. If > fruit
trees have not already been set, do
so this month; . fall 8 or winter
planting in the South is 'preferable
to early spring planting. 3. Pre
pare hotbeds for Sowing in Janu
ary and February, t 4. Prune fruit
trees and bunch grapes. 5. Pro
pagate ' grapes and ornamental
deciduous shrubs from new cut
tings. 6. Terrace all land to be
planted' to** peaches before • trees
are set.
Insects and Diseases
1. Observe how well long, close-
fitting shucks protect com against
weevils. 2. Burn orchard prim
ings to destroy shot-hole borers.
3. Bum pecan twigs severed by
girdlers. 4. Apply sprays after
fruit trees are completely dormant.
5. Destroy grubs in backs of and
lice on bodies of cattle. 6. Kill
rats, clean up breeding places,
and make buildings “ratproof” to
reduce losses.
1 Agricultural Engineering
1. Check over all farm machin
ery and order needed repair parts
now. 2. Store cultivating machin
ery and grease parts that are
likely to ' nist. 3. In operating
tractor during winter months, .fol
low manufacturer’s instruction
book regarding “Suggestions for
Cold Weather. Operation”. 4. Use
disk harrow or plow for cutting-
in or turning cotton ^talks and
other vegetable matter. 5. Plow
up terraces so they will have time
to settle before the spring plant
ing season. Get Extension Circular
253, Care and Maintenance of Ter
races. • ■
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Family Type Farm
Ownership Makes
Gains In S. C
pounded semi-annually, if held lizer needs—this is important.
$290 in prizes are to be awarded' ten years to maturity. Elderly j ‘ Horticulture
merchants having the best Christ- 1 farm folk who expe«tt$o retire be- 1. Make'plans for your garden Carolina, R. F. Kolb, State Director
mas window displays for the visi- fore ten years and want~i%?filar in 1947, get catalogs, and order of the Farmers Home Administra-
Columbia, November 30.—Despite
the fact that land prices have in
creased sharply in recent years,
family type farm ownership has
made remarkable gains in South
tion, announced today. ,.
Mr. Kolb revealed that a total
of. 3,575 former tenants, share
croppers and veterans ^ have
come farm owners as a : .‘result of
their participation in the Farm
Security: program, 'pie Farm Se
curity .program was taken over by
the new Farmers 'Home- Admini
stration on November 1.
. Most of the new farm owners—
2,570, purchased their farms under
terms • of the Bankhead.-Jones
Tenant Act. ■ An additional 1,005
purchased farms through ba^ks,
insurance companies or other
sources outside of Farm Security
after they had received training
for the responsibilities of owner
ship in the FSA rehabilitation pro
gram.
“This means that 7.1 per cent or
approximately one of every 15 of
all of the full owners of farms in
South Carolina, according to the
1940 census, became owners as a
result of their, participation in the
Farm Security program”, Mr. Kolb
said.
Actually, he said,. the Farm Se
curity Administration has been
preparing tenants and sharecrop
pers for the responsibilities of
farm ownership <at ,a more rapid
rate than opportunities for owner
ship have become available. Re
ports from the county supervisors
show that of the total 4,367 active
borrowers in the rehabilitation
program in South (Carolina today,
873 are ready and qualified for
farm ownership and would in All
probability make a success if they
could find a farm at a reasonable
price. An additional 1,175 families
who have paid their rehabilitation
loans in full , are also qualifled, for
farm ownership in the opinion of
the county supervisors, Mr. Kolb
said. v *
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mas will be F’riday and Saturday,
December 6th and 7th, and Friday,
December 20th.
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McCormick, S. C.
INSURANCE
Fire.. Insurance And All
Other Kinds* of Insurance in
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THE McCORMICK SPINNING MILL
OFFICE
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Temporary location across the street
from bank
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9TH
Hours: 9 A. M. To 5 P. M.
Plant operation will begin in near future