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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1949
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December 31,1949
A ONE
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State and County
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In America on Christmaa Eve,
there la a merry tinkle of sleigh
belie aa Santa Claus drives up in
a sleigh drawn by eight reindeer.
He drives from roof to roof,
pausing just long enough to climb
down each chimney. From a huge
pack on his back he fills the chil
dren’a stockings with toys and
goodies. Gifts that are too large to
be stuffed in the stockings are put
on the Christmas tree or stacked
underneath it
This is Christmas in America
—but it is not always Santa
who brings the gifts to children
in other lands.
The Dutch children anxiously
await the arrival on Christmas oi
St. Nicholas. He was the bishop of
Myra, so he is dressed in the tradi
tional bishop’s robes of black
wears a mitre, and carries a
c roller.
He rides a white horse and is ac
companied by Black Peter, his
page boy. Instead of hanging up
their stockings to hold the gifts, the
Dutch children place their wooden
shoes in the chimney corner before
going to bed. On the window sills
they leave a bunch of hay for
"Sleipner,” the bishop’s white
horse. It is customary for St Nicho
las to overturn chairs and leave the
room in general confusion for
Christmas morning.
English chUdren wait for a Santa
Claus who closely resembles our
own. They also find gifts tied to a
green Christmas tree, but this cus
tom has been in effect only since
Queen Victoria was a young bride
She married Albert, a German
prince, and it was he who intro
duced this Christmas custom to
England from Germany.
It la an angel who leaves the
gifts in Csechoslovakia. She de
scends on a golden chord to
accompany Santa.
In Scandinavia gifts are distrib
uted during the supper hour. They
are brought by dwarfs and the chil
dren leave bowls of porridge on the
doorstep for them. Santa comes
riding on a goat instead of a rein
deer.
The birds receive the largest
number of gifts in Sweden. Each
family places a sheaf of grain on
a pole or on the fence posts for
the birds' Christmas dinner.
Spanish children place their
straw-filled sleeves on the window
sills so the Magi may feed their
horses while they leave gifts. The
older people fill an Urn of Fate
from which the gifts are drawn on
Christmas Day.
Knight Ruppert, who is the
German Kris Kringie, is repre
sented by a young girl wearing
a golden crown and gowned in
a flowing white robe. She car
ries a small tree laden with
gifts which she distributes.
The children of Switzerland have
their gifts brought to them by a
radiant angel who rides in a sleigh
drawn by six reindeer. She brings
them goodies to eat as well as
toys.
And in Poland, at least before the
Communists came in, the people
called at the parish house on
Christmas morning where the
priest presented them with "peace
wafers,” which symbolized peace
on earth, good will to men. The
people exchanged Christmas wishes
as the wafers were broken and eat
en before returning home.
As Americans observe this
Christmas in the comfort and luxury
of modern civilization, who among
them will pause for a thought of
how their forebears kept the holy
season?
An example of Christmas of the
past in America is provided in a
study of the history of the old vil
lage of Kaskaskia, first capital of
Illinois, where the pioneers braved
the rigors of a new and unsettled
world.
Despite the hardships and dis
comfort which prevailed in the days
of the early settlers of this land,
there was hardly a cabin so humble
but what its occupants found some
way to keep Christmas.
OLD, OLD STORY ... If teacher
could get this kind of attention as
she lectures on the three R's,
she’d have a room full of geniuses.
She to reading the ageless Clement
Moore classic *’ ‘Twas the Night
Before Christmas.” And not a
creature to stirring.
FARMS
AND
FOLKS
By J. M. Eleazer
"Landslide Proportions"
“Interest in permanent pas
tures and seeding winter graz
ing mixtures reacher landslide
proportions this fall,” says Co.
Agent Lloyd of Edgefield.
And he says that 43 of his 72
state 5-acre cotton contestants
made a bale or more per acre.
Now, on an average, that would
not have received notice, but
in a year like 1949 has been,
bale-to-the-acre cotton is a rare
thing.
Soon after this is published,
winter grazing tours will be in
order. Many counties held them
last wipter. And then and there
is where many a farmer resolv
ed to have some of it this win
ter.
While much of the country is
in the grip of winter, the land
is frozen and under snow, and
the cattle have to be fed by
hand, ours <*raze on rich green
stuff under sunny skies. An
advantage, if ever you saw one.
Poland Chinas 55 Years
At the Orangeburg Fair I ran
up on that grand old gentleman i
of Cameron. Dr. S. J. Summers.
He was watching the judging of
Poland China hogs. His son was
showing theirs there in the
ring.
Long before I ever met him I
knew him as a raiser of Poland
Chinas. So I asked him just
how long he had been raising
them. He said since 1894!
Now I wonder if that isn’t
some kind of a record? That’s
since before I was born. And
I’m getting bald-headed. Fifty-
five years with the same hog,
same sort, this is. How’s that
for constancy? If anyone can
top that with any sort of live
stock, let me know.
He’s Still At It
At the State Fair I ran upon
a friend of my Saluda days,
Frank Long. He is one of those
little hard- working, dried-up
fellows that hasn’t changed
much in the 26 years since I
was county agent there.
Frank was always a good
small farmer, and progressive.
If there was anything new, he
would try it. And his yields
were usually high. I asked him
how they were coming along
now, and he said all right. The
past season he had harvested
100 bushels of oats per acre!
And he had some fine corn,
too. And lespedeza, he was
early in recognizing its true
value.
Each county has a few. of
Frank’s type. It‘s a pity we
didn’t have a lot more of ’em.
Building Pastures
Among many other things
for September, County Agent
Dukes reported:
“Photographed the sites on
which the 34 contest pastures
will be planted. Manv will be
planted on land heretofore con
sidered worthless for agricul
tural purposes.”
Thus the Pee Dee Pasture
Contest got off to a fine start
in all 15 counties in that dis
trict. Over 500 farmers entered
it. That was pasture on new
land, you know. Pictures of be
fore and after, like Dukes got,
will grow in interest as the
areas improve under expert
handling.
Pastures in tha Piedmont and
in the Pee Dee! And I’d have
included the other district in
that too, but it wouldn’t rhyme.
But they are getting the pas
tures too, just the same.
Chester Guernseys
Chester is really building
with Guernseys.
For a long time they have
Guernseys. But in recent years
they have started doing more
with them. Then they mainly
raised cows, producing .little
feed or milk. But now milk
routes traverse the county and
feed production has become a
major issue.
The county agent told me that
they had sold at least a thous
and Guernseys from the county
this year. And that many, at
good Guernsey prices adds up
to a batch of money. At their
annual sale in September the
51 head brought $18,115, or an
average of $355.
Get a good thing in farming
and then stick to it, usually
pays off. And that is just what
Chester has done with Guern
seys. ,
BOYS ARE THAT WAY
On a sparsely settled road
the other day I saw three cute
little urchins with oversize,
hand-me-downs on, leaving a
filling station at a road cross
ing ahead. Evidently they were
too timid to start in eating
their candy until they got
started down the road. Then
the older one peeped into the
sack, fingered around a bit,
and gave each one a piece. As
I passed, they were so intent
on unwrapping theirs that they
didn’t look up.
If I had money, I think I
would go around giving candy
to kids of that sort. For I can
well remember when I was one
like that. And I know what in
describable charm a piece of
candy holds for a kid in the
deep country that doesn’t see
much of that sort of thing.
That’s one reason I always
liked to go to grandma’s. And
she usually had cookies too.
In th semi-darkness of her bed
room, she could go at an/
time and come out with a piece
of candy for us grandchildren.
And her cookies too were per
petual.
When I got big enough and
had a penny, I would walk
down the hill from our house
to the blacksmith shop and get
a pretty good bag of candy
from the little commisary that
he ran there in the front. And
later, when I was about 10 and
had a bicycle, about once a
week I would journey two
miles down the road where Mr.
George Whites ran a little
store in his pantry on the back
porrh. Each Friday he went to
Columbia and brought back
fresh-made peanut candy from
Fagan’s Candy Kitchen. I us
ually had a nickle then, and it
would get a good-sized bag of
that wonderful candy. I would
stop in the first woods I came
to, sit on a stump, and grind
candy until it stopped tasting
good.
Yes, candy and kids, they
go together. The only thing
that ever bothered me about it
was, they told us that it would
they did that to keep us from
make out teeth rot out. Think
eating so much. But it just
bothered me a bit mentally.
Don’t think I ever slighted
candy at all on that account.
RESOLUTIONS
presented by Dr. Butler B. Hare
and adopted by the Board of
Trustees of Newberry College
at the regular semi-annual
meeting on December 8, 1949:
Whereas, we have learned
with deepregret and great sor
row of the recent death of Dr.
Z. F. Wright, a graduate of
Newberry College and a most
loyal member of its Board of
Trustees for more than two
decades; and
Whereas, We are grateful for
his highly valued services, his
cherished friendship, his sin
cere devotion and loyalty to
his Alma Mater, and;
Whereas, from early youth
he developed those virtues that
make truly great men, for he
was first a Christian gentleman,,
one who loved his fellowman i
and never lost an opportunity I
to minister to the needs, hap
piness and comfort of others. I
Not many men, if any, possess- j
ed a more wholesome spirit of
cheerfulness, or obtained a:
greater amount of true and 1
wholesome happiness out of
life than did Dr. Wright; and
he never allowed his joy of
living to leave him; he carried
it with him upon the street, to
his place of business, and to
every phase of his busy life,
well illustrating by his example
that goodness is the true basis
of real joy and happiness—the
legitimate fruitage of love and
Christian service.
Therefore, be it resolved that
at a duly assembled meeting of
the Board of Trustees of New
berry college at Newberry, S.
C. December 8, 1949, we ex
press our sincere and deepest
sympathies to the members of
Dr. Weight’s family, and say
that we share with them in the
great loss they have sustained
by his death; that we give
public expression of our grat
itude for his loyal and gener
ous devotion to the work of
this board, and the contribu
tions he made in the promotion
of Newberry college and Christ
ian education, and;
Be it further resolved, that a
copy of this resolution be in
corporated in the minutes of
this meeting of the Board of
Trustees of Newberry college,
that a copy be furnished to his
family, and to the Board of
Stewards of the Central Meth
odist church, of which he was
a most devout member, and
which he served faithfully, loy
ally, and efficiently during his
long and useful life.
RIDGEWAY MEETS
WITH O'NEAL CLUB
The O’Neall 4-H Club met
Thursday morning, December
1st. in the lunch room of the
school. After the meeting was
called to order by the Presi
dent, Jingle Bells was sung,
followed by the Pledge of
Allegiance to the flag and the
4-H Pledge.
Devotionals were conducted
by Joellen Koon and Geraldine
Wessinger. The roll was called
and the minutes of the last
meeting were read by the
secretary. Juanita White read a
poem. Mis Jane Winn, Assis
tant 'Home • Demonstration
Agent, presented an interesting
demonstration on Christmas
Decorations.
After the meeting the 4-H
Club boys with their leader,
Mr. Ridgeway joined us for the
social hour. Several games of
bingo were enjoyed and a
Christmas Gift exchange held.
Sandwiches in the shape of
Christmas trees and bells,
sweet crackers, and drinks were
served. 1
Shirley Adams, Prea.
Joellen Koon, Secy.
Again in 1949
MORE PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT CHEVROLET
than any other make
, —just as they have done during the
total 19-Year period, 1931 to date!
FIRST
in passenger ear sales for ’49*
I HE men and women of America know value when they see it!
Consequently, they are purchasing more Chevrolet passenger
cars than any other make . . . and more Chevrolet trucks than
the next two makes combined . . . thereby placing Chevrolet
first in sales this year, just as they have done for the total 19-
year period, 1931 to date.
Naturally, we and all Chevrolet dealers are deeply appred-
ative of this overwhelming tribute of preference; and we join
with Chevrolet in pledging to do everything possible to give
you greater and greater value in the months and years to come.
FIRST
in truck sales for *49*
(OuHmllimg Hm nut 2 makml i
FIRST
in passenger car sales
for all postwar years
CHEVROLET
*1949 results based on incomplete but conducive
wide registration figures. AN other facts listed here are based
on complete and official nationwide registration figures.
FIRST
in truck sales for
/all postwar years
FIRST
in total number of
cars on road today
FIRST
in passenger car sales
for total 19-year period,
1931 to date
FIRST
in truck sales for
total 19-year period,
1931 to date
FIRST
in total number of
trucks on road today
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