The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 24, 1948, Image 5
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1948
THE NEWBERRY SUN
Seen Along
The Roadside
By J. M. Eleazar
Christmas Week!
Will all else, it brings me a
birthday. And that’s about all
I don’t like about it. For
those things begin to add up
too much. 1 was 53 on the
19th.
For the young folks, it is the
full joy of the present.
For us who are getting along,
there is also a lot of joy in
the present. But we have our
yesterdays too to recall.
Christmas was the greatest
time of the year for us in the
Dutch Fork when we were
kids. That was when those
who had strayed to far places
came home for a glorious week.
The men hunted by day, the
women visited about and cook
ed great meals, and the kids
ate fruit and shot firecrackers.
Then for supper, groups gather
ed for a big meal. And after
that all walked down to “T{ie
House” (the ancestral home
where the stagecoaches stopped
in their day and the drivers
from Tennessee rested their
herds on way to market at
Charleston), where my great-
aunt Vennie lived.
We all felt perfectly at home
there. Her large living room
with the immense fireplace was
so comfortable and livable, and
the cnly one large enough to
hold our flock. Several gener
ations had hallowed that
threshhold.
And what a party we had
there every night! The men
always had the hottelst set-back
games you ever saw going un
til midnight. The women cir
cled the wall, watched and
talked. And the children play
ed on the floor and occasion
ally ran out in the cold for a
few minutes to shoot some fire
works.
At midnight then the party
would break. Up the frosty
lane we trudged homeward.
The kids, sleepy and full of re
freshments, wanted to be toted.
Sleep was heavy, and morning
soon came. Then another round
of it started.
Oh the joys of yesteryear!
I hope the young folks of to
day are building such treasures
too.
thing. It might have been a
bag of candy, a plug of tobacco,
or even a wool hat, if it was
a fertilizer bill or the like that
you were paying. And I still
think that was pretty good
business.
Sleeping sickness broke out
among workstock in Beaufort
in the early fall. The Clem-
son College Livestock Sanitary
office hopped in there and vac
cinated 475 horses and mules
and checked it, according to
County Agent Abrams.
Lice have given winter graz
ing a rather serious setback
in the Low Country in recent _ _ __ ,
years. Bu.t apparently the rem-(Tew ~of the far places, it “was
edy is forthcoming now. I once in our midst. And maybe
aginative in the far back places
to which the last of their kind
have been driven. 'And who
'are we to invade the last soli
tude that hides them? And
the only glory that comes to
the one who wields the fatal
rifle is that of making a batch
of carrion out of one of Na
ture’s great creatures that’s try
ing to survive. There they
are, in their last retreat, harm
ing no one. It’s a pity they
were not th^ ones that had
knowledge and high powered
rifles when some nit-wit vio
lated their sanctuary there in
the jungle.
Although the frontier of big
game is now left at only a
Abrams in Beaufort reports
control of this pest by grazing
and then applying nitrate of
soda, and also from spraying
the affected grain with one per
cent Isotox. '
And talking about the past,
I wonder if you can remember
when things were six for a
nickle. And any five cent stuff
was always six for a quarter.
And when you paid a bill
at the store or made a size
able cash purchase, the mer
chant always gave you some-
I have told you of successes
with shatter-resistant soybeans
following potatoes in Beaufort
and following grain on several
thousand acres in Calhoun.
And in Saluda, County Agent
Kearse says the Wheeler boys
made 30 bushels per acre of
the Clemson nonshatter variety
that John Wlannamaker of Cal
houn county developed.
There are several sorts of
these nonshattering beans of
the crushing type that are
promising here. They follow
grain and leave a rich residue
on the land.
The first application of 2,4-D
last fall to a heavy growth of
water lilies in the pond of
Ilia Smith of Aiken county
killed three-fourths of them, ac
cording to Assistant County
Agent Thompson. The second
application the last week in
September got the balance of
them, he states. And now the
pond is clean for fishing.
This is good news, for lilies
are sure a pest in most farm
ponds. He mixed one pint of
the material with 5 gallons of
water and sprayed it on the
lily leaves from a boat.
d maybe
it was necessary for man to
push it back as he possessed
the land. But there is small
reason for him following in on
into the jungle and far places
that he has no use for.
The great elk once inhabited
this land of ours. I learned
at the Charleston Museum that
the last one in South Carolina
is thought to have been shot
in Fairfield countj years ago.
Now they have killed out un
til a few remain at protected
spots in the far West.
Conservation is needed.
That’s why I speak often of
the great thing Lockhart Gaddy
of Ansonville, North Carolina,
twenty odd ipiles above Ches
terfield, has done in giving
wild geese a chance. They too
looked as if they v/ere on then-
way out some years ago. Then
a few kindly souls started giv
ing them a safe place to light
in this land of ours. They ac
cepted the courtesy and return
seasonally in growing numbers.
I had a letter from him the
other day. Many came during
light nights in October. But
full moon came rather early
then for them. So most of
them waited for full moon in
November to make their South
ern flight. For, coming South,
you know, they have the young
one with them that they rais
ed in the Arctic Circle the
the past summer. And they
have to stop to rest them. So
light nights are required for
needed landings.
He says that at 10:20 a.m. on
November 17 he watched sev
eral hundred in a flock land.
In it he spotted the lone blue
goose that has come now the
fourth year. Last year it had
a young one with it. They
stayed together and left to
gether. But the young one did
not come this time. And Mr.
Gaddy said the old one wan
dered all around, honking, as
though hunting for it. Inter
esting speculation surrounds
what happened to that young
ster of last year. It was prob
ably shot at some '“point in
their southern flight when they
came down for the young ones
to rest somewhere.
And more interesting specu
lation has centered around that
lone blue goose that comes
with these Canadian geese. For
two years it was alone. The
third year it brought a young
one along and they were in
separable. Where did it get
that young one? No mate came
along, and geese mate off.
What interesting things are
these wild, cunning creatures
of Nature that battle with no
thing but their wits against
millions of men with high
powered guns! We lure them
with decoys and then shoot.
To survive, they have been
made keen in detecting these.
And with a few safe havens
like the Gaddy pond, where
they can land in safety, rest,
and feed, they will likely hold
their own against a world
that’s at war with them.
And th e wild geese must
have told the wild ducks about
Mr. Gaddy’s hospitality, too.
or he writes me that some mal
lards, ringed-necks, black
ducks, pintails, canvass-backs,
and one red-head duck had al
ready come on November 19.
And up to then it hadn’t been
cold enough to bring them in
great numbers.
If you like such things, you’ll
have a feast for the eyes thers.
That would be a good short
trip from anywhere in South
Carolina for Christmas week.
PROSPERITY
Hawkin*-Frick
Miss Rosalyn Hawkins and
Heyward Frick wer e married
in M)t. Pilgrim church Satur
day afternoon, Dec. 18, at five
o’clock with the bride’s pastor,
the Rev. (E. B. Heidt, officiating.
A few relatives and , close
friends witnessed the ceremony.
The bride was attirea in a
grey suit with black accessories
and wore a corsage of red
roses. She is the daughter of
T. C. Hawkins and the late
Mrs. Gerlie Shealy Hawkins.
She is a graduate of the Pros
perity High School.
Mr. Frick is the son of Mr.
and Mlrs.John G. Frick of
Little Mountain. He received
his education in the Chapin
School. He is employed in
Joanna.
The couple will make their
home with the bride’s father.
Amick-Wilson
Miss Erin Mae Amick and
Claude Wilson were married
Saturday afternoon at four
o’clock at the St. Paul’s par
sonage by Rev. Ballentine.
Mrs. Wilson is the daughter
of Mrs. Bennet L. Amick and
the late Mr. Amick of the St.
Luke’s community.
Mir. Wilson is a farmer of
the Bachman Chapel communi
ty and also Magistrate at Pros
perity.
Crepe Myrtle Club
The Crepe Myrtl^ Club held
its Christmas meeting Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. Raymond
Ruff. The holiday decorations
in the home gave , the guests
the Christmas spirit.
The program began with the
Christmas carol, “O Little
Town of Bethlehem.” Then
“Lady Santa to Lonely Chil
dren,” a Christmas story, was
given. The gleaner, Mrs. Cole
Wessinger read the poem,
“ ’Twfes the Night before Christ
mas.”
During the business session
the club voted to help CROP
and to buy Christmas seals.
For recreation Mrs. Elbert
Shealy conducted a Yes and
No contest. During the same
time gifts from the tree were
exchanged. Mrs. J. A. Sing-
ley won the contest prize.
The hostess served an at
tractive and tasty salad plate,
fruit cake and coffee.
From somewhere comes this Christmas sentiment
to our mind, and which we think exceptionally
appropriate because of its simplicity.
The charm of the Yuletide Season
lies in the thought that we live
in the memory of our friends,
A Afewut CAsU&tmal
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ta ZacU of Ifau
Drug Store
Saw some rather sickening
pictures the other day of a
teenage girl standing by several
of the vanishing wild animals
of' Africa that she had shot
on a stacked hunt that some
rich folks had staged. Why
anyone would want to go to
Africa or India or anywhere
else and employ all of the
cunning and trappings of an
atomic age to slay the few
remaining specimens of big
wildlife that still inhibit this
globe is beyond me.
Elephants, lions, tigers and
the like are beautiful and im-
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For those pleasant friendships
in the past we say, "thank you"
. with a genuine sincerity. /
R. M. LOMINACK
FORREST LOMINACK
HENRY LOMINACK
KIRBY LOMINACK
CHARLIE FORCE
J. W. LONGSHORE
IDA DAVENPORT
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As we look about us and give serious thought to what has trans
pired the past twelve months, we welcome the Christmas season with
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even more enthusiasm than ever before. We have much for which
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to be thankful—a host of friends, a fine community, a spirit of loy-
alty that makes us proud to call this our home.
It is good to be among friends at Christmas and to send you our
annual message of "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"
NEWBERRY TEXTILE MILLS